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Tite prepares to release Brazil's 'wolves' upon Mexico
There is a feeling among players and management that things are falling into place
Mon, Jul 2, 2018, 06:00
Nick Ames in Samara
Neymar during a Brazil training session ahead of the Round 16 match against Mexico. Photograph: Buda Mendes/Getty Images
Brazil v Mexico, Samara Arena, Monday, 3.0 (Live RTÉ2/ITV)
Tite was expounding the need to make good use of his squad players when he landed upon one of his favourite metaphors. "The pack needs the wolves," the Brazil manager said, not for the first time. "Sometimes you need wolves of different characteristics."
Whether on the pitch or away from it, the scale of Brazil's travelling retinue leaves little to chance. To preview today's tie against Mexico they presented the assistant manager, Silvinho, and the fitness coach, Fábio Mahseredjian, alongside Tite and his captain, Thiago Silva. Mixed in with the noise and clamour of the world's most insistent media entourage, it almost seemed smothering: so many faces, so many voices, a truckload of competing demands and the sense of something far bigger than everyone else present.
Brazil have not consistently inspired that sense of inferiority in the modern era but there is a feeling among players and management that things are falling into place. It certainly did not hurt their cause that, two hours after their brain trust had finished holding court, Spain were the latest of their rivals to fall flat, and by then the message had already been put out that the Seleção do not expect much let-up from here.
"I think our evolution has been impressive since the first match," Thiago said. "We are well-prepared and planning to progress to the quarter-finals. The coach provided us with all the necessary tools; we have plan A and plan B. We hope that [Monday] will be a wonderful day, and that Neymar will be as inspired as everyone else."
The latter has, so far, certainly not been a given. In the win over Serbia, comfortably Brazil's best performance of the group stage, Neymar operated so obediently that it almost seemed appropriate to reach out and ask whether he was sickening for something. "His average performance exceeds his team-mates' performances … but this figure is still not high enough for Neymar," Tite said, pointing out that he needed to play more games before his recovery from a metatarsal fracture was complete.
Beguiling Coutinho
Brazil have got by in the meantime, Philippe Coutinho becoming the tournament's most beguiling No 10 and Paulinho, among others, to step up, and if Tite is given to repetition he would be happy for his team to exhibit a similar trait.
"There will be tweaks, but overall an expectation that our team continues to play as in the last match," he said of the approach against Mexico, who should be beaten if Brazil can raise things a notch above that but have already, in defeating Germany, shown how to punish underperformers.
The only notable absentee will be Marcelo, who departed early against Serbia with a back spasm and will not be risked. Mahseredjian and Tite described, between them, the process for ruling on the left-back's fitness in minute detail, but the gist was that the coach did not feel he could play a full game, particularly in heat that is likely to exceed 34 degrees.
The expectation had, after the first set of fixtures in a competition that has given short shrift to confident predictions, been that Germany would provide Brazil's opposition in Samara. "Germany belongs to the past, you cannot revert to the history," Thiago said in response to that observation; at least the shadow of Belo Horizonte will not be looming now and Brazil can concentrate upon more gettable foes.
Attacking Mexico
Mexico intend to give them a game and their manager, Juan Carlos Osorio, said he would not break from his model of fielding five attacking players. "We will try to keep possession of the ball and I believe we can be better at it," he said. "Our intention is not to stay behind the ball all the time. We don't want to stay very deep; they are very good in the last third and always score."
When it clicks for Mexico they crackle, fizz and thrill; no rival has yet produced a counterattacking performance to emulate that of Hirving Lozano, Carlos Vela, Miguel Layún and Javier Hernández against Germany.
They are rarely clinical enough, though – and, as Sweden showed to devastating effect two games later, have a major wobble in them when pressed physically.
If Brazil are pleased to be without psychological baggage, then Mexico are dogged by constant reminders of six consecutive last-16 exits; their Olympic side did beat Brazil in the London 2012 final but at senior level they have not scored against them in three meetings since.
"Football always gives you an opportunity to win," Osorio said, pointing out that the mould for underdog stories has been well cast in Russia.
If Mexico can block out the noise, they may run Brazil close. For Tite's pack of wolves, though, negotiating their way through the pandemonium their presence brings to a major tournament should be second nature.
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There is no spanking in our house now. That is a good thing, because I have definitely gotten angry enough to want to hit.
I got spanked as a kid. Not often, not hard, not in anger — but I did get whacked on the bottom. I don't think it happened once a week, but there was a stretch there where it probably happened at least once a month. My brother and I fought all the time. We got spanked when we got caught. Spanking didn't stop us from fighting, but it helped us get good at the whisper fight.
One day at school, maybe in the third grade, a mom came into the classroom and spanked her son. She was yelling and whacking and chasing while he screamed and ran. She yelled "sit still and behave in class" and "come back here so I can hit you." It was very disruptive to our learning and almost comically terrible. Even then, I could compare my whacks to his and know that I had the better deal.
But, the irony of getting spanked (a physical whack) as a consequence of fighting with my brother (many physical whacks) dawned early. The fact that my brother and I were being enjoined to be loving, peaceful, considerate young people and to break the cycle of violence between ourselves or else get whacked — by one of the country's most prominent Catholic peace activists and pacifists — was kind of funny.
Even in disciplining of us, my father was breaking his own family's cycle of violence. He was born before the Depression, the youngest of six boys with a domineering and mercurial father who made liberal use of the woodshed and the belt and whatever else he had on hand. He hit in anger, in rage, in despondence. Our dad did not. He talked our ears off first, and if we heeded even a third of what he said in our all-too-regular "rocking chair conferences" (reserved for when we were in trouble), we wouldn't get spanked.
He had gone off to war, had killed and had faced death in World War II. He came back and used the flat of his hand on us in an almost ritualistic way. We cried because we knew he was disappointed in us, because crying was expected, because crying made it shorter — not because it hurt.
There is no spanking in my house now. And none in my stepdaughter's mom's house (where she spends half her time) either. That is a good thing, because I have definitely gotten angry enough to want to hit. It makes me appreciate the self-control of my mom and dad, who whacked without anger. Not for nothing were they clergy.
Our 6-year-old is a marvel: loving, inquisitive, generous, articulate, funny. She has a phenomenal memory (for some things), boundless energy and never misses a beat. She is also scattered, disorganized, willful, opinionated and almost attorney-like in her drive to get what she wants when she wants it. I get frustrated, offended, impatient, exasperated, hurt and just plain mad.
Yes, indeed! Sleep and other aspects of self-care are important components of nonviolent parenting. I handle everything better when I am well-rested and well-caffeinated. Another good idea is trading off. When I feel myself reacting too strongly to our 6-year-old or the 7-month-old, I can ask my husband for help. I leave the room. I pass the problem on to him and take a break. I come back when I am ready to be the grown-up again, when I am cool and collected and ready to dole out consequences that match the transgression — not my anger or frustration level. That usually means a time-out for her or a high shelf for one of her stuffed-animal friends.
Talking a problem through with other parents and care-givers is also a huge help. How do you respond to this? Does that work? What do you think about that?
But maybe the biggest help I have found is asking why? Why is she acting this way right now? What does she need from me? Why am I getting hot under the collar? Why do I care if she does or doesn't do x? Is it really important, or is it just about control? Why am I rushing her? Because she is being pokey and distracted, or to compensate for my own earlier disorganization or poor time management? Does my rushing her help her move faster or slow her down?
I found a book at the library, Your Six-Year-Old: Loving and Defiant, from the Gesell Institute for Child Development. There is one for every age (4: Wild and Wonderful, 5: Sunny and Serene. I can't wait for 8: Lively and Outgoing). I was struck by the observation that 6-years-olds need attention and thrive on praise. They are discovering themselves as people capable of action and want to be recognized for that and reassured that their new discoveries and independence do not mean they are now completely on their own.
If six-year-olds do not get positive attention for their triumphs (however small and mundane they may seem to grown-ups), they will seek negative attention by acting out. Correcting, snapping, "Quit that right now" attention is better than no attention to a 6-year-old. Aha! Why is she doing x that is annoying and makes me want to scream? Because I failed to appreciate her effort to help a few minutes ago.
Reading that and then seeing praise and acknowledgement do wonders for the behavior of our very own loving and defiant 6-year-old made me consider the why of my own childhood. Why did my brother and I fight? Why were we at each other's throats? Why didn't the threat of spanking work as a deterrent to fighting?
Looking back on it now, I think we fought because living with a bunch of peace-seeking adults was not always fun, because going to school as the peace-activist kids was only occasionally fun, because having our parents go off to jail was not ever fun, because being together all the time was not at all fun, because life in general was stressful and fighting provided a sort of release for all of that. It gave us a chance to scream and cry at each other so that we would not scream and cry at a demonstration where our mom was hauled off in handcuffs, or in a courtroom where our dad stood in a baggy jumpsuit.
As kids, we never had the words or wherewithal to say to Mom and Dad, "We won't fight if you stop going to jail and get all these people out of our house." I am glad of that. They would not have been able to do it (and should not have), and we would have also missed out on lots of relationships and experiences that — looking back as an adult, anyway — I really value. I know my brother and sister — who, by the way, was almost never spanked — do too. But it is good to understand the why of our pudgy pummeling and put-downs of one another and to know that asking "Why?" makes me a more nonviolent parent now.
Chris Colegrove I was raised,and lived in culture of spanking.Can see an intergerational move toward less violent disipline.Am thankful for that!
Adrienne Monroe I was never spanked. I was taught compassion, ethics and 'how do you think it feels if that were you'. I raise my daughter the same way. She is kind and compassionate, and unfortunately just as sensitive and caring as i am. I now wish we were different – less caring, less compassionate. We do not fit in this society that is violent, mostly lacks empathy and consideration. I believe being raised with ethics and nonviolence simply sets you up for unending heartache and the selfishness of others in a violent, proudly unethical society.
Spanking / corporal punishment is never needed. Reason taught from birth goes to educate and instill worthwhile values. Other methods than violence can and will work. Finding the right methods takes time and patience.
Two cats, both female, one was around 6 years old, the other around 1 year. The older cat is defensive and will growl and has some other strange behaviors and will strike out at times. The younger cat has never been hit. Over the past 4 years the younger cat has taken advantage of the wildlife to the number of 400 + kills. The younger cat has never shown anger at me in any fashion, while the other one has. Not knowing the history of the older cat, other than she had a brother, when I'm wearing shoes, she is wary and avoids me, while without shoes, I don't seem to be a threat.
Being the Parent you want to be and Positive Discipline are super helpful too. I had no idea how much help I would need in raising my children but I've quickly learned the only way to grow as a parent is to read and ask for help constantly. Growing up in a house of violence did not give me any tactics in raising my girls nonviolently and so basically I started from scratch. I really appreciate this article because it is a daily struggle to care for my girls without spanking, yelling or fear tactics but I do it, it is the most important thing I can do. Breaking the cycle of violence is hard but worth it!
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You can as well use your own unique SVG files for this purpose. To do this, the most important criteria is that the SVG needs to be a single path node. In essence, when you open up the SVG in a text editor, it should show a path element just at the base of the svg node, not enclosed in a group or other elements.
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Q: When is it OK to start a sentence with "But"? Is starting a sentence with a "But" still bad? I know some Harvard graduates who are native English speakers and do this when they write. Is it acceptable now?
What are some of the examples where "But" is and is not acceptable?
Is there ever a situation when replacing a "But" with "However" makes the sentence better?

A: Sort of yes, sort of no.
There's writing style and then there's linguistic grammar. There's prescription (what you should do) and description (what people actually do). Those two sentences are not necessarily parallel)
People often use conjunctions at the beginning of sentences. 'And', 'but', 'or'. Also 'moreover', 'inasmuch', 'nonetheless'. That's just plain description. But are just a lot of people in error? A lot of famous and supposedly good (but probably overrated) writers do it.

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*Shakespeare did it (Romeo and Juliet, Act 1, Scene 2) :

Capulet: But woo her, gentle Paris, get her heart.

(but this is poetry where... well... not any thing goes, but a sure lot of it does, just to fit the meter).

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*Jane Austen did it (Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen, p. 1):

"My dear Mr. Bennet," said his lady to him one day, "have you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?"
  Mr. Bennet replied that he had not.
  "But it is," returned she; "for Mrs. Long has just been here, and she told me all about it."

But this is reported speech. Who knows what shipyard patois Austen is attempting to record?

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*Strunk and White did it:

But a writer should be careful not to construct too many of his sentences after this pattern

And they are exemplars of all that is both correct (grammatically) and tasteful (stylistically) in modern American writing.

Stylistically, though, it sounds funny. Shouldn't a conjunction have something parallel before it in the same sentence? But frankly it's probably more jarring in many circumstances to not use the conjunction especially when it adds meaningful contrast.
Introducing a sentence with a conjunction like and/but/or is grammatically OK in English. People do it all the time in formal and informal speech and they do it in a rule-based, consistent fashion (no one follows the conjunction with an adverb, that would be perverse. And how!).
If you are writing for a newspaper or for a journal article or a paper for school or some other place that tends towards the formal, it is advised not to do it because, and this is the subtle part, some people think it is a rule (also it is a bit informal and gimmicky style marker). Like singular 'they', ending a sentence with a preposition, or comma splicing, these things have been judged to be poor style and to be avoided because of our refined esthetic sensibilities (like wearing jeans that became ripped naturally: that is abhorrent when you can be buying them pre-ripped by professionals who know how to do it right).
In other news, I'm not saying anything new.
Sure, you probably shouldn't use it too much (which is a general advice on any stylistic peculiarity). But every so often it's totally OK.

A: Not beginning a sentence with "but" is a rule of thumb.  This is not a hard and fast rule. Rather, it's a simple guideline you should apply to avoid risking a common grammatical mistake, namely: using a sentence fragment.
It is very possible to create a grammatically correct sentence that begins with "but"; however, a lot of people don't know how to do it.
Here's an example of a fully formed sentence and grammatically correct sentence that begins with "but":

But for the petty pedantry of grammatical orthodoxy, more people would feel free to construct sentences using interesting structures.

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U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg's rejection of the Republican governor's plan to overhaul the state's Medicaid program is a setback for President Donald Trump's administration, which has been encouraging states to impose limits on the state and federal health insurance program for the poor and disabled.
Cabinet spokesman Doug Hogan squarely blames the judge, saying the "optional services" will be restored once Bevin's administration prevails in court.
The state Cabinet ...[text shortened]... the "optional services" will be restored once Bevin's administration prevails in court.
the judge caused this and you blame the gop ?
Isn't Governor Bevin a Republican?


Criticised for his lack of sharpness in Uruguay's opening game at the World Cup, Luis Suarez insists he is in better shape now as he goes head to head with Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal in the last 16.
The 31-year-old had a desperate day in front of goal as Uruguay eventually ground out a 1-0 win against Egypt to kick off their campaign in Russia.
But since then he has scored in each of his country's games, against Saudi Arabia and Russia, leaving him just one goal away from equalling Oscar Miguez's Uruguayan record tally of eight at World Cups.
"Much better than in the first game, which isn't difficult," laughed the Barcelona striker, speaking about how he felt ahead of Saturday's match in Sochi.
"I always demand the maximum from myself. I am always criticising myself. Having the support of my teammates helps, speaking to the coach is important too," he added, sitting alongside Oscar Tabarez at Friday's eve-of-game press conference.
Deprived of the chance to play at this stage of the last World Cup after being suspended for his infamous bite on Italy's Giorgio Chiellini, Suarez will lead the Uruguay line at the Fisht Stadium alongside Edinson Cavani.
Despite the presence of those two on one side and Ronaldo on the other, there is a feeling that this tie could prove to be a battle of attrition.
Uruguay were the only side to come through the group stage in Russia without letting in a goal. Skipper Diego Godin will be in charge of shackling Ronaldo on Saturday evening.
"Cristiano Ronaldo is the leader of their team. It won't just be one player marking him, it won't just be Godin. There are things we need to do from a collective viewpoint to try to limit him," said Tabarez, Uruguay's veteran coach, looking ever more frail at the age of 71.


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Interview: Amir Ashour, Founder of Iraqueer
February 4, 2016 October 18, 2016 0 Comments Iraq, Iraqueer, ISIS, LGBT, LGBTQ, Morgan McDaniel
Amir Ashour is a human rights activist and the founder of Iraqueer, the first and only organization for the LGBTIQ+ community in Iraq and Kurdistan region. IraQueer aims at increasing the visibility and the awareness amongst and about the local LGBTIQ+ community. In a region where homosexuality is criminalized and queer people face horrific violence, this is a radical and courageous step. The organization has been featured in international media outlets including Out Magazine, Haaretz, and the Huffington Post. Ashour left Iraq in 2014 and is currently living in Sweden.
Since you started Iraqueer, what has the response been from people in Iraq who are aware of it? Is the response what you expected it to be? Have you gotten a response from queer people still living in Iraq?
We've received a rapidly growing response to our work in general. But also inside Iraq and from Iraqis. Our website received more than 8000 readers in November. And we continue to receive messages and emails from members of the LGBTIQ+ community in Iraq who are showing their hopefulness since this is the first time an NGO/entity is present that is fully and solely dedicated to representing the community in Iraq. Our team of 22 people are mostly residing inside Iraq which is why we do get a lot of response and feedback from the queer community there and that's the basis of a lot of the work we do. We now are directly and indirectly connected to more than 400 people through our team, but also thousands of Iraqis through our website and social media accounts. The "Journals" we are publishing are attracting a lot of attention, but also represent a healing process for the story owners who are most likely writing their stories for the first time.
We have also received negative reactions from people and different online blogs. A number of people have been attacking what IraQueer stands for. A lot of them have been attacking me claiming that I'm doing this for fame. Others say that we are a disgrace to the society as we're bringing immorality and encouraging "sodomy" among the youth.
In 2014, you gave a talk at the University of Kurdistan Hawler about gender norms, where you discussed the difference between gender, sex, and sexual orientation and talked about how gender norms are socially constructed. How receptive are Iraqi people to these ideas? How do they fit in with existing cultural ideas about gender roles?
That talk put me through a lot of problems. I've been directly and indirectly threatened. I remember clearly the room being full and gradually people started to leave when I started talking about the "sensitive parts" of my talk. I spoke to the university trying to get a copy of my talk some months ago, and they told me that some of the talks had been destroyed "unintentionally" and that my talk is one of them. Like any community in the world, some people in Iraq received it well. Some didn't. But unfortunately, the majority didn't. And what scares me is that people in powerful positions and in academia are a part of those who don't.
Iraq has obviously faced a lot of political changes in the last few decades that have brought social changes as well. How has the visibility of the queer community, public attitudes, and government policy towards queer people changed? Have things improved or gotten worse?
Things have been much worse since the US invasion in 2003. And it's getting even worse lately. In August of 2015, Iraq criminalized homosexuality. In April this year, an Iraqi TV station was talking about homosexuality and all the calls and messages from the audience and the presenter were stating that it's an illness and a phenomenon that needs to be eliminated. A lot of the messages were encouraging the killing of gay people. That was discussed publicly on TV. The militias have more freedom because the government is claiming to be fighting terrorism. And everyone knows what ISIS is doing to people but especially gay men by throwing them off of buildings, and killing them.
On the Iraqueer website, you describe killing and torture campaigns that queer people face at the hands of religious militias. Who controls and funds these militias? Under what circumstances could they be stopped? What can be done at a national level, international level, etc., and what, realistically, will be done?
The funds in general depend on the militias itself. Some are funded by Iran. But one of them for example (Asaeb Ahl Al-Haq) partnered with the Iraqi government under the name of fighting ISIS together which is giving them more space to kill even more people. Asaeb Ahl Al-Haq is the main implementer of the execution campaigns against gay men.
They can not be stopped at this moment because the way to stop them which is making these crimes punished by the law is not something the Iraqi government is willing to talk about or even admit that it's happening. And criminalizing homosexuality just makes it harder to do so.
The Iraqi government needs to stick to human rights standards that it agreed on during the different treaties that they ratified years ago, and the international community needs to hold Iraq accountable for not committing to them. Donor states need to play a vital role in this issue, and they need to include civil society organizations and not only rely on what the government is saying. There needs to be laws that at least protect people from being killed. Both activists and the general LGBTIQ+ community face death threats for existing!! This violates human rights standards on so many levels, and yet neither the local or international governments are even willing to shed some light on it.
How are the experiences of queer women in Iraq different from or similar to the experiences of queer men? Are they subject to the same forms of oppression and violence?
Women are not subjected to the same form of violence as men. The killing campaigns largely target gay men especially those who are more feminine, which means you could be straight and feminine and still be a target. But queer women in Iraq face double discrimination, both because they are women, and queer. Forced marriages are a big problem for women especially in the Arabic speaking cities of Iraq. Women in general are not allowed to have sexuality outside of a heterosexual marriage. Queer women in Iraq are absolutely the most underrepresented part of the community.
Iraq's political situation poses a lot of challenges for activists hoping to change policy. What do you think is the most effective way to create change and protect queer people while things are so unstable?
The Iraqi government is pretending to be fighting "terrorism" while they're causing terrorism themselves. The best and most effective way to protect people and give change a real chance is to have protective laws that ensure the safety of people regardless of their sexual orientation and ensure the safety of people working with these issues who can through their work raise awareness in schools, universities, workplaces including governmental departments. But facing death simply because someone is born gay, or because someone is raising the visibility of that community is a major obstacle that will make it almost impossible to start a movement.
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At Times of Intensified Enemy Espionage, Czech President Attacks Counterintelligence Service
Photo: Czech president Miloš Zeman (left) with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Copyright profimedia.cz
Tomáš Hošek
Commentaries , V4 , Politics ,
The 2017 report by the Czech Security Information Service unequivocally characterized the activities by both Russian and Chinese espionage as one of the most severe security threats currently faced by the Czech Republic. While applauded by many, the Service's unexpected frankness wasn't met with much elation from Czechia's top proponents of Moscow's and Beijing's policies, including the President Miloš Zeman. With his verbal attacks against the primary counterintelligence service in the country, this time Zeman crossed the red line between casual political proclamations and hazarding with Czechia's key security interests.
One would say a head of state publicly denouncing his own country's intelligence service, calling its agents "bunglers" and their work "gibberish", is the kind of scandal usually occurring in third-world countries, not that worthy of western media's attention. Make no mistake, this is exactly what the Czech President Miloš Zeman did three weeks ago in his regularly broadcasted interview for the privately owned tabloid Barrandov TV. While many barely blinked at the reality of Zeman's "another provocative public stunt", the outrageous statements may very well be one of the times when the President simply went too far, putting in question the vital security interests of his country.
What Zeman referred to was the latest annual report by the civil counterintelligence Security Information Service (BIS), which surprisingly set quite an uncompromising tone in its description of Russian and Chinese spying activities on the Czech soil. Compared to the more reserved documents from previous years, the 2017 BIS report candidly described the activities of the Russian and Chinese state powers as a threat to Czechia's security and other key interests, also highlighting the extensive use of undeclared Russian spies under a diplomatic cover. Indeed, the disproportionately large Russian diplomatic mission in Prague is believed to systematically use its human resources to access internal non-public information from numerous reckless Czech state employees and politicians.
"The BIS called the pro-Russian disinformation websites a smoke screen preventing the Czech public to see the true aim of the Russian hybrid strategy, which is to undermine NATO and the EU."
Furthermore, the BIS put forward a fresh approach to deal with the Russian hybrid warfare strategy, rebuking the Czech problem of "not seeing the forest for the trees". Specifically, the agency called the often-demonised pro-Russian disinformation websites a smoke screen intended to draw attention and fuel chaos, preventing the Czech public to see the true aim of the Russian hybrid strategy, which is to undermine NATO and the EU through weakening their individual member states. Another part of this strategy in Czechia could be the practice of Russian investors hiding behind puppet Czech nationals and offshore companies in order to gain control over Czech companies that can then seek to acquire lucrative state contracts, often of a vital strategic nature.
In a similar manner, intelligence activities of Chinese spies under a diplomatic cover against Czech targets have grown more intense throughout 2017. The BIS described the development of Chinese operations in the political, intelligence, legislative and economic sphere as "unsettling", pointing out the power industry, telecommunications, finances, logistics, healthcare and modern technology to be the primary strategic sectors of Chinese interest. Overall, the Chinese efforts to undermine the EU as a cohesive unit is said to bear a clear resemblance to the disruptive hybrid strategy used by the Russian Federation.
"During the year-long cyber campaign, Russian hackers managed to compromise loads of sensitive internal data reaching to the highest-ranking Foreign Ministry representatives."
Besides addressing the spy activities of Russian intelligence services outside of the virtual world, the report also informed about the series of long-term cyber attacks on the Foreign Ministry employees' emails. During the year-long cyber campaign, the attackers managed to access more than 150 email inboxes and compromise loads of sensitive internal data reaching to the highest-ranking Ministry representatives. Likewise, another attack on the Foreign Ministry emails occurred in December 2016, utilizing the so-called "brute force attack" technique to access the inboxes. Taking all its intel into account, the BIS is convinced the attacks were carried out as parts of the cyber espionage campaigns called Turla and APT28/Sofacy, ascribed to the Russian intelligence services FSB and GRU, respectively.
In his aforementioned bid to disregard the 2017 BIS report, President Zeman accused the agency of not being able to provide evidence exposing a single Russian or Chinese spy, while failing to expose the Islamic extremists operating in Czechia. In a swift statement by the BIS chief Michal Koudelka, however, the agency defended its work and attempted to prove Zeman's claims wrong. In the last five years, the BIS, in fact, prevented dozens of Russian and Chinese intelligence officers from their spy activities by stripping them of their accreditation, and in early 2018 managed to disrupt one of the active Russian intelligence networks. Regarding the fight against terrorism, the BIS played a major role in monitoring the controversial Prague imam Samer Shehadeh, who got arrested in November 2018 on charges of supporting terrorism.
"The completion of the Dukovany Nuclear Power Plant has Russia and China among the hottest applicants for the contract, enjoying the support of the Czech President and his team."
Although claiming that Zeman's interview stunt was more of a strive for gaining publicity, rather than direct political favour to Moscow or Beijing, the former foreign intelligence chief Karel Randák said he would go as far as denying the President any further access to a single classified intel or a counter-intelligence report. Randák also reminded Zeman's earlier gaffe with publicly disclosing secret information about an Islamic State affiliate's movement on the Czech soil, once again proving the President's unacceptable treatment of sensitive intel as a tool for boosting his self-representation in the media.
Zeman's publicly expressed blatant disdain for one of the fundamental security services in Czechia came in times of increasingly intense foreign intelligence campaigns aiming to weaken the Czech affiliation with the Western liberal democratic order, which is still performing relatively strong compared to the likes of V4's Hungary and Poland. The attempt to paralyze the BIS also occurred in the deciding times for the multi-billion contract on the completion of the Dukovany Nuclear Power Plant, with Russia and China among the hottest applicants, enjoying the support of the Czech President and his team of unscrupulous advisers. Although Zeman's words were this time denounced even by his most valuable political ally, the Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, the fact that the biggest Czech counter-intelligence service came under a direct attack of its own head of state should definitely not get brushed aside by a simple shoulder shrug.
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Episode: "Stepping Out in Faith"
Leaving the familiar for an unknown destination requires putting faith into action. In Genesis, the Lord called Abram to leave his home and travel to the land of Canaan. The journey included difficult situations but culminated in a promised homeland for the Hebrews. Today, may we Believers boldly place our trust in Him and step out in faith!
Series: "Faith for the Future"
Our Journey with the Patriarchs
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob displayed their faith in God by taking small steps and sometimes leaps of faith. Oftentimes, these actions dramatically altered the course of their lives, while redirecting them toward greater dependence on the Lord. In this ten part series, Dr. Jeffrey Seif takes us through strategic events in their lives while Dr. Barri Seif (Jeff's wife) provides a personal perspective. This ten part series also includes discussions with David and Kirsten Hart as well as dramatic reenactments filmed in Israel.
Caption transcript for Faith for the Future: "Stepping Out in Faith" (1/10)
00:03 David Hart: Welcome to "Our Jewish Roots."
00:12 David: Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for,
00:15 the conviction of things not seen, for by it the men of old
00:19 received divine approval.
00:43 David: Thank you so much for joining us today.
00:44 I am David Hart.
00:47 Jeffrey Seif: And I am Jeffrey Seif.
00:48 And we are going on a journey with the patriarchs, yes?
00:52 Kirsten: And it's all about faith for our future, correct?
00:55 Jeffrey: Yes, and faith for the future is a good subject,
00:57 isn't it?
00:59 David: We're excited your wife is going to join us
01:01 in this series.
01:02 We're excited about her joining us at this table.
01:04 Jeffrey: I'm excited to share her with the world.
01:05 David: Yes.
01:07 Kirsten: Good, and this is all the trifecta, if you will,
01:09 of three generations: the patriarchs
01:12 of the Hebrew world, right?
01:14 Jeffrey: Yes, to go back and look at their steps, to follow
01:18 in the footsteps.
01:20 We're following Abraham in a mearah in Hebrew
01:24 which means cave.
01:25 You know, he traveled and it's easy lodging.
01:28 It's safe space, and we're gonna go there.
01:30 David: They traveled in tents and also caves.
01:32 I believe you're gonna teach from a cave
01:36 Jeffrey: Yes, we're gonna do that and other spaces as well.
01:39 You know, you're on a journey, you just hunker down
01:41 where you can.
01:42 David: Let's go there now.
01:46 narrator: It had been a long journey, starting in Ur, and
01:51 Abram took Sarai, his wife; and Lot, his brother's son;
01:56 and they followed the banks of the Euphrates River, migrating
02:00 northwest past Babylon to Haran.
02:05 And now, heading south into Canaan, Abram stops in Bethel
02:09 where he builds an altar and calls upon the Lord.
03:05 Jeffrey: This might not look like much,
03:08 but I got news for you.
03:10 In Abram's day, this was a five-star hotel.
03:15 In the Word, [speaking Hebrew]
03:17 "Go, go," was the command, and Avram left Ur of Chaldee,
03:22 and he traveled along the fertile crescent.
03:25 Now, when my wife and I travel, we--well, Barri plans everything
03:28 in advance, the hotels and the like.
03:30 But he was just told to go.
03:32 They didn't prepare in advance that we know of.
03:34 And they would just hunker down wherever they could.
03:37 Caves were popular in antiquity.
03:39 Well, first of all, they were air conditioned,
03:41 you know, controlled climate.
03:43 There's safety there, a little more security,
03:45 protection from the elements.
03:47 But you know, you can spend some time in a cave but you gotta get
03:50 out there in the world, and Abraham did.
03:52 And he went on a journey.
03:54 At a time when most people didn't travel far, he went
03:56 hundreds of miles.
03:59 And you know, to do that, there's something you really
04:02 need to have and you know what that is?
04:05 Faith for the future.
04:09 People talk about faith in the future, like, faith,
04:12 "Well, you know, it's all worked out in advance."
04:14 I don't mean that.
04:16 I mean, faith for the future because Abram
04:19 was up against problems.
04:21 We see it in the literature.
04:22 Right off the bat in chapter 12, he's told to go.
04:26 He picks up and he goes, in verse 4 and verse 7.
04:30 There's something important, especially if you find yourself
04:34 in a precarious place in life when you're reasonably
04:38 unprotected.
04:41 Like Abram would have been as he journeys out there beyond his
04:44 kinship network, beyond his security zone.
04:48 He's out there in the world and you don't have resources.
04:51 You can kind of feel vulnerable.
04:53 We're told here in verse 7 that Adonai, or the Lord,
04:58 appeared to him.
05:00 See, you want the Lord to show up because you need that.
05:04 I can imagine his heart needed to be fortified and there's
05:08 nothing like a touch from heaven.
05:11 I mean, he began the journey, prompted by heaven,
05:14 according to the literature.
05:15 He felt that impulse, and faith is very much like that, and
05:19 we're gonna discuss that as we go deeper into this series.
05:22 But we're told here the Lord appeared to him
05:25 and then we're told something else.
05:27 The Lord said he heard the voice.
05:32 In the Jewish world, Thigalog speak of Bat Kol.
05:38 It's a feminine term.
05:40 Bat is daughter, the daughter of the voice.
05:43 The voice of prophecy, that gentle whisper.
05:47 And as we make our journey through life, as we go from
05:51 point A to B, we might find ourselves in predicaments on
05:55 occasion, in less than desirable circumstances.
05:59 This is the present scenario, this is where we're shooting for
06:02 in the future.
06:04 What does it take to get from A to B?
06:06 I'll tell you what it takes.
06:07 It takes a journey, and it takes faith for the future.
06:13 Faith in God for the future.
06:17 We're told here that the Lord manifested himself to him and
06:20 spoke to him, and he responds to that, we're told, as we look in
06:24 verse 8, where he builds an altar to the Lord, mizbeach.
06:30 Now, this is before the tabernacle, by the way,
06:32 where there's commands to build altars.
06:35 We see this in the literature where there's just something
06:38 inside of people where they build altars before Leviticus
06:42 rolls around and you have a priesthood, before Exodus comes
06:46 around and you have a tabernacle.
06:48 Before it's mandated, there's something where people want
06:51 to offer to the divine.
06:54 And you know, that is so very true.
06:57 Yeshua, Jesus, told the story of a number of people that were
07:00 healed of leprosy and only one turned back and gave thanks.
07:06 You know, an altar, mizbeaech, it's a way of saying thank you.
07:12 This person was full of thankfulness,
07:15 and it's evidenced here.
07:17 And isn't that what you want, by the way,
07:19 as you journey through life?
07:20 And I'm telling you, the journey of life does come
07:24 replete with uncertainties.
07:27 But if you have a relationship with the Lord and you have
07:29 a Bible as a compass, and you have a Holy Spirit guide,
07:34 you can get to the future and through the present.
07:37 I hope you see some clues to how to do that here, but of course,
07:40 our journey's going to continue as we look at
07:43 "Faith for the Future."
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08:26 I promise you it will change your life.
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08:37 Kirsten: And you walk through the pages of your Bible.
08:40 You see it right there and you literally walk the steps
08:44 where Jesus walked.
08:45 David: Comes to life. Kirsten: It does.
08:47 And I just have to add, it's actually really fun.
08:49 We have a great time on tour and I'm gonna transition that fun
08:53 word to Barri Seif is with us.
08:56 You are Mrs. Doctor Jeffrey Seif, aren't you?
08:59 Barri Seif: Yes, not the policeman
09:01 or anything else, yes, yes.
09:03 Kirsten: Just the real guy. Barri: Yes.
09:05 Kirsten: Tell us a little bit about your background.
09:07 Both of you are Jewish, we know that.
09:10 And where'd you grow up?
09:12 Barri: Kansas City, born and raised,
09:13 oldest of three brothers.
09:17 Was raised in a Jewish home, both parents.
09:21 But not really focused on prayer,
09:24 but we were holiday Jews.
09:26 'Course, we loved Passover and Hanukkah and of course,
09:30 the high holy days: Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
09:35 David: Kansas City's Bible belt, was it kind of hard being
09:38 Jewish in Kansas City?
09:40 Barri: Well, it was great growing up.
09:42 I didn't come to faith til Dallas, Texas.
09:45 And I moved here in '76. Came to faith in 1980.
09:50 Met Jeff in 1981, 1982, at a Messianic--
09:56 Kirsten: Did he look any different then?
09:57 Barri: No, he had a lot of hair back then.
10:00 Kirsten: You've been quiet, but I had to bring that in.
10:01 Sorry.
10:03 Jeffrey: She wasn't interested back then.
10:05 I mean, I had the hots for her on the quick,
10:07 but she was dismissive.
10:08 Barri: Well, I was pursuing an education.
10:10 I felt as though I had been given this assignment to go for
10:14 my master's, MBA, from the Lord, and that was what I had eyes
10:19 for the direction for.
10:20 Kirsten: What was your master's in?
10:22 Barri: Business administration and human management.
10:24 Jeffrey: So guess who manages the family budget?
10:25 Kirsten: Who should, right here, right.
10:27 Barri: Yeah, and so we met at a fellowship and spent a little
10:32 bit of time together, but I wasn't interested
10:34 in dating at all.
10:36 And I share, you know, dates, figs, Middle Eastern fruit.
10:39 I just didn't have that within me.
10:43 And then it was years later.
10:45 But he always supported women in ministry.
10:48 That's one of his great gifts.
10:50 Jeffrey: And she's a woman with a ministry.
10:53 We stopped at the master's degree.
10:55 She has a PhD in biblical studies, wrote a book.
10:59 A seminary professor said it was the best treatment
11:02 he'd ever seen.
11:03 Kirsten: I didn't know that.
11:05 Jeffrey: In Romans chapter 10, verse 4, telos.
11:06 Barri: Yeah, it was my dissertation.
11:08 It got published, so I made use of the time when I was single.
11:12 I really did.
11:14 I didn't lament for marriage, but I thought that marriage is
11:17 a gift, singleness is a gift, and if I was ever
11:19 to get married, I wanted to focus on that,
11:21 but to focus on being single in the time
11:24 that God gave me and I feel like he helped me to do it right
11:27 and develop the ministry in Israel where we go on charity
11:31 trips, not tours, but I highly recommend going on a Zola tour.
11:37 David: How many times have you been?
11:39 Barri: Over 36, yeah, over 3 dozen, and hopefully we'll go
11:43 soon this year.
11:45 Kirsten: Our series is "Faith for the Future."
11:47 You had faith for your future, but you didn't know
11:49 that this guy was part of that future, did you?
11:52 Barri: Not at all, not at all.
11:53 If you had told me at age, even 61, that I'd be married
11:56 the next year, I would have thought, "You're crazy."
11:59 But like Sarah, you know, she believed beyond the point of
12:03 time and because she trusted him who had promised to be faithful.
12:08 Jeffrey: She thinks I'm the greatest husband in the world.
12:10 She was never married before, so she's got nothing
12:12 to compare it to.
12:13 Lucky me.
12:15 Barri: We're blessed.
12:16 Kirsten: You are, and we're so thankful that you're with us
12:18 for this whole series.
12:19 And you give us wisdom on Sarah's journey, and the women
12:23 that accompanied these patriarchs of the faith,
12:26 and we're so thankful that you've done that.
12:28 And speaking of Sarah's journey, there's famine in the land and
12:33 Sarai and Abraham--Abram, Avram, walked into a time of much
12:40 unknown, especially in Pharaoh's house.
12:42 Let's go there now.
12:46 narrator: Now there was famine in the land, and Abram
12:49 went down into Egypt.
13:21 narrator: And Sarai did as Abram asked.
13:25 Pharaoh took Sarai into his court and treated Abram well,
13:30 giving him sheep, oxen, and many servants.
13:34 But the Lord plagued Pharaoh for Sarai was the wife of Abram.
13:40 And Pharaoh sent Abram and Sarai away
13:44 and all that had been given to them.
13:50 Barri: We see Sarai. She is silent.
13:52 We know nothing about her experience here from her mouth.
13:57 And yet she might be complicit, but she's in a strange place in
14:01 a strange country away from her husband,
14:04 and she finds herself in the palace of Pharaoh.
14:08 It's probably quite difficult for her, and she has no idea
14:12 when she's going to get out.
14:14 Have you ever been in a situation where you have
14:17 no idea how you got there?
14:20 It was difficult.
14:22 You don't know the end of that situation, but here you are
14:27 and it's a place of suffering, it's a place of waiting.
14:30 Well, I've been there, some years ago.
14:34 I was living in the great city of Nashville, Tennessee, and I
14:37 got transferred to Kansas City, a place where all my Jewish
14:40 family was and I was afraid to go there
14:44 because of my faith in Yeshua.
14:47 But in the midst of being transferred, I broke my foot at
14:51 a worship conference and I didn't just break it,
14:53 I crushed it, dancing the horah.
14:56 And when I arrived in Kansas City, I had to have two
15:00 surgeries and I found myself on the bed for almost five months.
15:04 Not five weeks, but five months, with my foot above my heart
15:10 because my foot would not heal.
15:12 And there I was, and after a few pity parties with me, myself,
15:18 and I, I just sensed that the Lord wanted me to learn Hebrew.
15:22 I mean, what else are you gonna do when you're in your bed
15:24 for all that length of time?
15:26 And so I studied, and I thought, "Well, maybe I'll go get bat
15:30 mitzvah'd at age 45," which was the conclusion of all this.
15:35 But in the midst of this, too, just focusing on the Lord, what
15:39 did he have, what purpose was there in the midst of this?
15:42 I didn't wanna waste one lesson that God had for me
15:46 on my own bed of affliction.
15:49 And at the end of this time, not only did I get bat mitzvah'd,
15:53 but I also became a published author of a devotional on the
15:58 names of God, so God never wastes suffering.
16:01 And we can trust him when we're in the dark,
16:04 just like Sarah did.
16:05 She got good results, and you will too.
16:11 Kirsten: Our whole series is about faith for the future, and
16:15 Barri, I've got to be honest, if Dave said,
16:18 "Hey, this gal isn't my wife.
16:20 Pharaoh, you take her," I don't know if I'd have
16:21 a lot of faith in him, in you.
16:24 I love you.
16:26 I don't know if you'd have a lot of faith in Jeff
16:27 if they did that to us.
16:28 Barri: I'm in your ballpark.
16:30 I feel the same way and it's amazing that Sarah
16:32 never opened her mouth up once.
16:33 We don't know anything about that.
16:35 Kirsten: That wasn't recorded.
16:36 She had to have, right, sometime.
16:38 Barri: Oh my goodness, yes.
16:39 It's amazing they were still married after that.
16:41 Kirsten: Right, but she, amazingly, had faith that God
16:43 would provide, and he did, didn't he?
16:45 Barri: Yes, yes, the doors finally opened for her.
16:48 And waiting is never easy.
16:51 I remember waiting to get my braces off my teeth.
16:53 That was one of the first things.
16:55 And for Sarai, it must have been brutal and yet she endured.
17:00 Her faith came through for her.
17:02 Whether it's doors, whether it's doctors, whether it's donations.
17:07 It's God-directed.
17:09 Kirsten: And in the end, Pharaoh came through for her and
17:13 for Abram, because he sent them with animals and goods
17:18 and all kinds of things, so the financial reward
17:21 came through her waiting.
17:24 And as Pharaoh sent Abram and Sarai off with finances to
17:30 continue their journey of faith, we are also thankful for all of
17:34 you that send donations, faithful donations, to us to
17:38 make this ministry continue and that we still go out
17:41 on the airwaves.
17:43 We're very thankful for that.
17:44 Jeffrey: Yes, thank you for everything.
17:46 We're going to journey now.
17:48 We're gonna leave Egypt in this drama and happily make
17:51 our way back to Eretz Canaan, the land of Canaan.
17:58 narrator: "And the Lord said unto Abram, 'Lift up thine eyes
18:03 and look from the place where thou art,
18:06 northward and southward and eastward, and westward.
18:12 For all the land which thou seest to thee will I give it
18:17 and to thy seed forever.'"
19:02 Jeffrey: God promised Abraham land, not a cave.
19:08 Here we are. But from here we go.
19:11 This, in effect, was just a road stop on the highway of life for
19:16 Abram as he got about pursuing his future.
19:20 And it's great to see, to my way of thinking,
19:23 the resolve that he has, the faith.
19:26 And it's beautiful to see the Lord showing up.
19:31 Abram, to tell you the truth, was up-ended, however,
19:34 by his own base nature, it seems to me, shortly thereafter.
19:37 You know, he finds himself in a predicament, in a pickle.
19:40 He's concerned and you heard my wife just speak about how
19:43 he says to his wife, "Hey, look, tell 'em you're my sister.
19:46 You know, you kind of are, technically."
19:48 I mean, that's very unimpressive, to me, you know.
19:50 Chivalry is dead.
19:52 If I pawned off my wife because of concerns, I'm sure that she
19:57 would be displeased, and I wouldn't do it,
19:59 to tell you the truth.
20:00 Now, here I am critical of Abram.
20:02 He's not here to defend himself.
20:03 But my only point in all of this is that I look at God's ways
20:07 and promises are perfect, but he's working it
20:09 through imperfect people.
20:12 There's no perfection.
20:14 I see the grace of God at work even in the Hebrew Bible.
20:17 People think that all the grace is in the new book and legalism
20:19 in the Jew book, but right here at the very beginning, when you
20:23 see God engaging Avram, the Hebraios, the Hebrew.
20:28 Right there and then you see a kind of graciousness.
20:31 Well, we move on past Abram's little road bump and finally
20:35 we get back into Eretz Canaan.
20:38 I want you to look in chapter 13 now, verse 15,
20:42 where the promise is reiterated.
20:45 I don't think Sarah held it against him.
20:47 Maybe she did for a while.
20:48 They might have needed some family counseling.
20:50 God forgave him because of his faith and faithfulness, finally.
20:55 He says in verse 15, in chapter 13, he speaks to him again
20:59 and says, "For all the land that you're looking at,
21:03 I will give to you and to your seed forever."
21:09 I like that for a variety of reasons, one of which is the
21:13 word "seed," zara in Hebrew, is my granddaughter's name.
21:19 So bingo, and I love her dearly.
21:22 But he says, "I'll give it to you and your progeny."
21:26 There's no point just giving it to him; he's 75 years old
21:28 when he starts the journey.
21:30 I mean, how much time does he have, you know?
21:32 I'm 65 and I know the better part of my life has been lived.
21:34 But I'm--a lot of verve and energy, I'm going after it.
21:38 For me, it ain't over til it's over.
21:40 Abram was an older fellow, but he kept that walk up
21:43 and kept that shield of faith going.
21:45 But still, it's not just a promise to him;
21:47 it's for what will come after him, his seed.
21:51 Keep in mind that Sarah was a little slow in coming up
21:53 with a child, but that's a story for another program.
21:55 But the promise here, to him, is that he has a future
21:59 in terms of his progeny, terms of his lineage,
22:02 though he doesn't see it.
22:04 And he's told here he has a future in terms of a place.
22:07 It's specific.
22:09 He goes on to say that it is for eternity.
22:13 "I will give it to you and to your seed forever,"
22:17 in perpetuity.
22:19 Now, I don't get it.
22:20 There are people that claim to be Bible readers and Bible
22:24 believers, but they argue, "Well, the Jewish people,
22:27 that's not their land.
22:29 They don't have a deed to the property."
22:30 I don't know what book they're reading.
22:34 You know, you don't need a PhD in Bible to understand
22:37 that it's given to them.
22:39 And if you look at a program like ours, "Our Jewish Roots,"
22:43 we underscore that.
22:44 We press that point.
22:46 God gave people a place.
22:49 And it's in perpetuity, forever.
22:52 He goes on to say in verse 16:
22:54 "I will make your seed like the dust."
22:57 Later on, we'll see, "Like the stars."
23:00 And he goes on to say in verse 17 then against the backdrop of
23:05 this promise, it's not just a word for him; it's a word for me
23:08 and you, 'cause sometimes we get waylaid, we get discouraged.
23:12 After giving the promise, after reiterating the promise,
23:15 what does he say?
23:16 "Get up! Walk about."
23:19 You know, people can get discouraged and they just
23:21 kind of get slothful, indolent, despairing.
23:25 But there is that word "Get up!"
23:27 In fact, chapter 12 began with that
23:29 [speaking Hebrew] "Go, go."
23:31 Off he went.
23:33 Hopefully, we go with him on the journey as we look to walk
23:37 by faith and believe God for a great future.
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24:32 Kirsten: We're all on a journey into the unknown.
24:35 Tomorrow is unknown.
24:37 We don't know what will come, but we have to have faith
24:40 that God is leading us.
24:42 Even Abram and Sarai had faith.
24:45 They didn't know that they were gonna end up in Pharaoh's house
24:48 and a famine and--but we just take that next step, don't we?
24:51 Jeffrey: We don't know the future, but we can know
24:53 the person who holds the key to the future.
24:56 And I think that's very important.
24:58 David: I think what we're gonna learn from you, your
25:00 teaching, and in this whole series, is applicable for us
25:05 in our lives.
25:06 Jeffrey: I think so, because some of us are hanging on
25:08 by a thread.
25:09 Life can be so very precarious.
25:11 We're worried about the next report from the doctor, we're
25:13 worried about the next plunge in the stock market,
25:17 we're concerned about those that we love and our webs
25:19 of relationships.
25:21 We can fear we're gonna get swept away and annihilated
25:23 and a lot of people live that way
25:26 with that inner dialogue internally.
25:28 It's why it's good to read the Bible.
25:30 David: Even back in Genesis, it was kind of a roller coaster:
25:32 good times--the faith wasn't always as strong but again,
25:38 it's for us to learn.
25:39 Jeffrey: To your point, it's been like that from Genesis to
25:41 Revelation, but God has been around between Genesis and
25:45 Revelation, and he is an ever-present help in time
25:49 of trouble, and he's a guide as well.
25:51 David: We need that faith.
25:52 Kirsten: And he brings us through 'cause it's interesting,
25:55 here's Avram or Abram saying, "Tell him you're my sister,"
25:59 which she kind of was.
26:01 But he was even thinking, "I don't know what tomorrow holds.
26:04 They could take my life," even though he had a promise on his
26:07 life that "future generations will come from you."
26:10 Jeffrey: Yeah, it's funny you should alight upon that.
26:12 If I was a woman, I wouldn't have liked that play personally.
26:15 But God works through imperfect people to accomplish
26:17 his perfect will.
26:19 Kirsten: And he did, and he kept his covenant promise.
26:21 That's what's important. He keeps that with us too.
26:23 Jeffrey: Yes, indeed.
26:24 David: We have so much more to come in this series.
26:26 Stay with us.
26:27 We end our program today always saying--
26:30 Jeffrey: Just like this: "Shaalu shalom Yerushalayim."
26:33 Kirsten: Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
26:39 ♪ Come to the homeland he has promised us ♪
26:45 ♪ Brought us back from exile, how he loves his children ♪
26:52 ♪ His tender mercies, they are new each day ♪
26:58 ♪ God of our creation ♪
27:00 ♪ we shall praise your name ♪
27:06 ♪ I see the promise of God ♪
27:13 ♪ to bring salvation ♪
27:19 ♪ His gift of love to the world ♪
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27:33 ♪ I see the kingdom come ♪
27:40 ♪ descend from heaven ♪
27:47 ♪ We'll see him there on the throne ♪
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Q: pt-online-schema-change boosts so many copy threads? The other day, I use pt-online-schema-change to add a column and index to a table, the table is about 1 million rows and the .ibd file size is about 5G Bytes.
I tried several times each time i got an error says the process is aborted duo to
the critical load is reached (which is threads_running=60, i always use this and never failed before)
I found something strange using show full process list: there are so many copy threads there like:
REPLACE INTO `db`.`_some_table_new` ...

running for a long time (tens and hundreds of seconds) and in a status of 'update'.
As I know the pt-online-schema-change use only one copy threads and I use this tool many times and each time I can only observe one thread chunking and copying but this time everything changed, there were so many copy threads blocking there.
I searched the documents in percona.com and can not find any information about
the option about multi-threaded copying.
The table I altered this time is accessed very frequently, but I think this will not cause a problem as long as there is a single copying thread.
Could anyone give me some help, thanks!

A: The REPLACE statements are run by the triggers created by pt-online-schema-change.
pt-online-schema-change runs only one thread. But the triggers might be executed by many other client threads that are doing INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE on your original table.
pt-online-schema-change is not a magical way to do alter table for free. It has a cost. Every update to that table becomes two updates.
It sounds like your server can't handle the extra load of running pt-online-schema-change while you have heavy traffic running updates against your original table. The server can't keep doing these updates as fast as they are executed by your clients. So they fall behind and queue up.
You could upgrade to a more powerful server. More CPU cores and faster I/O system might help. But that will be very expensive.
The simpler solution is to schedule your table changes to a later time when you have lighter traffic.


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90 Players in 90 Days
90 Players in 90 Days: Buffalo Bills LB Sam Barrington
The five-year vet needs to impress in camp to get playing time
By Will Kennedy@ByWillKennedy Aug 7, 2017, 11:00am EDT
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The Buffalo Bills are in a strange spot when it comes to their linebacker corps. One of their two Pro Bowl linebackers left to join the Washington Redskins in free agency, and the other has serious questions around whether he can recapture the magic he had during the 2016 season.
To add to that uncertainty, last year's second round draft pick Reggie Ragland is widely considered to be a better fit in 3-4 defense, which the Bills ran under former head coach Rex Ryan. The Bills signed veteran Sam Barrington to bring depth and try and shore up the LB position.
Name: Sam Barrington
Position: LB
College: University of South Florida (Go Bulls)
Draft: Round 7, Pick 232 by the Green Bay Packers (2013)
Financial Situation (per Spotrac): Barrington signed a one year contract for $775,000. The cap hit on the contract is $615,000.
2016 Recap: After being cut by the Packers in camp, Barrington bounced around the league, spending two months with the Kansas City Chiefs and then signing with the New Orleans Saints after being released. Barrington only appeared in seven games last season without recording any stats.
Positional Outlook: It seems like Preston Brown is firmly in control of the starting middle linebacker spot and Ragland isn't having the greatest camp behind him. Behind Brown, the linebacker spot seems wide open. With a good camp, Barrington could potentially compete for a backup role.
2017 Offseason: Barrington signed with the Bills on July 25th. There has not been much talk about how Barrington has performed so far in camp.
2017 Season Outlook: Barrington needs to hope he proves to be a better fit in Head Coach Sean McDermott's defense than Ragland. If he can do that, then he has a chance to crack the 53.


There has been more than one 90s trend to come back into style in recent months. Teeny tiny sunglasses, overalls, and my personal favorite, the short suit have all come back around. I have been a huge fan of matching sets so it's no surprise that I loved this short suit. I found this striped set from Target of all places. Actually, I need to stop acting surprised that I find cute things at Target, because let's be real, it is seldom I leave there without a new item of clothing. This look totally reminds me of Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman when she wore a burnt orange short suit towards the end of the movie.
I think the short suit looks best paired with heels for a more sophisticated look. I would also even wear this set with a graphic tee for more of an edgy look.
As always, thanks for reading! I hope you have an amazing week!


If rolled out the onus would fall on companies to prove self-employed status, rather than forcing workers to via the courts. Otherwise the company would be obliged to offer worker-status benefits such as holiday and sick pay.
The two committees, which have based their draft Bill on recommendations made in the Taylor Review, have also recommended companies be fined if they falsely classify people and deny them benefits. It suggested 'a significant increase in fines for offending employers', as well as 'an obligation on employment tribunals to consider the increased use of higher, punitive fines and costs orders if an employer has already lost a similar case'.
The Bill also proposes setting a wage premium for workers without contracted hours that is above the national minimum (£4.05 to £7.05 depending on age) and living wage (currently £7.50 an hour). It argues this could prompt employers to offer more stable work and ensures agency workers are not paid less than permanent employees doing the same job.
The committees have also called for 'concentrated deep dives' in sectors and areas where there is evidence of frequent exploitation.
"The Bill would put good business on a level playing field, not being undercut by bad business," said Frank Field, the Labour chair of the Work and Pensions Committee. "It is time to close the loopholes that allow irresponsible companies to underpay workers, avoid taxes and free-ride on our welfare system."
Frances O'Grady, general secretary of the TUC, welcomed the proposals. "Employment status is complex and can deprive people of their rights at work," she said. "So the committees are right to call for reform and wide consultation. The time has come for a Royal Commission, including trade unions and employers."
But Neil Carberry, managing director for people and infrastructure at the CBI, said the recommendations risk limiting flexibility for businesses. "Based on a very limited review of the evidence the committees have brought forward proposals that close off flexibility for firms to grow and create jobs, when the issues that have been raised can be addressed by more effective enforcement action and more targeted changes to the law," he said.
The joint draft Bill comes in the wake of a recent test case ruling by the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) that Deliveroo riders are correctly classified as self-employed. It also closely follows Uber losing an employment appeal tribunal against an earlier decision to grant its drivers workers' rights.


Despite not using their Swedish heritage as part of their marketing profile, international high street chic clothes giant and SCC Patron H&M IS a very Swedish company. This is reflected not in the least by their very advanced sustainability work, today at the forefront of their company identity. The LINK was at the launch of the H&M Sustainability Report for 2014, the 13th of its kind published by the company, and had a chance to catch up with Sustainable Fashion Advisor, Catarina Midby.
"Ultimately, H&M is a family business. Our current CEO is the third generation of his family to hold this post. This makes a huge impact on how the company operates; how it doesn't just focus on profitability but remembers its history and is also very conscious of the future," Midby told The LINK.
Catarina Midby has been called a "green goddess" and it is obvious from hearing her speak about recycling and sustainability that this is a subject close to her heart. A former fashion editor at Elle Sweden and other fashion titles, she headed global fashion PR and then H&M's seasonal trend group before starting up the Conscious initiative together with the designers in 2007. Since then she has been working with H&M to make "fashion sustainable and sustainability fashionable".
The company first started working with sustainability in the early 90s and for the last fifteen years, H&M has been working actively with sustainable fabric, initially just with organic cotton but lately also branching out to test other materials. That the company invest a lot of time and resources in to their sustainability work is clear to see. It is seen by the company as an investment in the future.
"We are convinced that if companies don't put efforts into sustainability today, it will be a catastrophe for the planet AND for the industry. With time, customers will also become more aware and start expecting this kind of commitment. If you don't keep up with it, you will no longer be the obvious choice on the high street," says Midby.
The 2014 Sustainability report outlines the progress of over 80 important Conscious Actions and covers every stage in the lifecycle of an H&M garment or product. The company, firm believers in transparency, traces the way from the cotton field to the clothes recycling bins in H&M stores across the globe. There are also a number of goals for improving even further, as the company is dedicating to getting better each year.
The company vision is that all operations will be run economically, socially and environmentally sustainable. This, they hope, will mean that their business will help meet the needs of both present and future generations. To achieve this they have committed to seven principles: to provide fashion for conscious customers, to choose and reward responsible partners, to be ethical, to be climate smart, to reduce, reuse, recycle, to use natural resources responsibly, and to strengthen communities. These commitments all come with hundreds of Conscious Actions, there to ensure that the company can reach their goals.
It is, as Midby points out, clearly the right thing to do. And caring for the environment and future generations is characteristic for Sweden, a very Scandinavian country with Lutheran values, where most try to avoid wastefulness. However, she is also aware that H&M is not a company which that the general public necessarily associates with "Brand Sweden".
On this particular Conscious Exclusive Collection, they were really able to experiment with materials and influences from across the globe. The line was created together with the design studio that develops the H&M Collaboration Collections and Studio Collection. This is partly because it takes a little longer to source the materials but also because the collection takes more resources to produce, as the sustainable materials are costly in the beginning. The inspiration was eclectic and the global identity of fashion today is reflected in the diverse influences visible in the line.
As a communications professional, Midby is very eager to make the public aware of the great ways they can contribute in their own way to the H&M sustainability vision. And the response they have had from customers so far has been positive. According to Midby, there is little difference between the reactions of Swedish customers to those in countries across the globe.
"This may not come as such a surprise, considering that ideas and information spreads so quickly over the internet today. The same ideas are visible globally. Peru or Norway, they have the same views on fashion and the cultural differences that existed pre-Internet is not as common today," she says.
A recent initiative is the placing of recycle bins in the stores, where customers can leave unwanted garments and know that they will be used for recycling in exchange for a £5 H&M voucher.
can be salvaged as vintage items, what could go be resold as second hand, what could be made into other textile products and what can be recycled into new textiles and then ultimately turned into H&M clothes.
"This way we are hoping to salvage more textiles by using the garments we collect, thus saving on resources and also engaging and inviting the customer to join in this initiative. Imagine how cool it will be to come into the shop and seeing is a row of jeans on display, made by the materials you have handed in," Midby says.
The company is now focusing on making the UK and IE customers more aware of the recycling initiative, by educating the store employees and by staging a number of events over the course of the year in a bid to raise awareness - in a funny and informative way. The company also provide customers with environmentally friendly laundry advice through the Clever Care water lily symbol, increasing awareness of the difference that avoiding tumble drying and lowering the washing temperature from 60 to 30 degrees can make to the energy consumption.
In the light of the recently published report, she is very proud of what the company has achieved in a year.


San Juan, Puerto Rico – An unprecedented alliance comprised of multiple health insurers, service providers, industry associations and the government of Puerto Rico announced the start of an advertising, public relations and outreach campaign titled "Visit Your Doctor Today," which aims to help patients seek preventive care and better manage existing health conditions through regular visits to their primary medical doctors and specialists.
Puerto Rico Health Insurance Administration (ASES for its Spanish acronym) Executive Director Ángela Ávila and Health Department Secretary Dr. Rafael Rodríguez Mercado in a joint press conference with the sponsoring companies and professional associations issued an urgent call for citizens to resume medical care through their doctors.
Ávila announced that ASES has developed a health service provider directory (also available in Spanish) using information provided by health insurers for digital and print distribution as a complement to the media campaign. The directory, available for digital download at www.asespr.org, includes contact and working hour information for primary medical groups, specialists, pharmacies, hospitals, laboratories, diagnostic and treatment centers (CDT's for their Spanish acronym), dialysis clinics and radiology services centers.
The alliance behind the "Visit Your Doctor Today" initiative includes ten health insurance companies – Constellation Health, CMC Care, First Medical Health Plan, Inc., Humana, MAPFRE, MCS, Molina Healthcare, MMM, Plan de Salud Menonita and Triple-S –, as well as ASES, the Puerto Rico Health Department, the Office of the Insurance Commissioner, Best Option Healthcare, Redes del Sureste, the Insurance Companies' Association of Puerto Rico (ACODESE for its Spanish acronym), the Pharmaceutical Industry Association (PIA), the Independent Providers Association de PR (AIPR for its Spanish acronym), Primary Healthcare Association (FQHC's), COOPHARMA, the College of Medical Doctors and Surgeons, the Puerto Rico Pharmacist Association, Abarca and MC-21.
The public communications effort includes public relations, advertising and outreach events. The advertising campaign will require an investment of less than $150,000 and will be funded in its entirety by insurers and the private sector. Furthermore, members of the alliance will actively distribute communication materials and the provider directory. Health fairs will also be held across the island to connect beneficiaries with their doctors and other health professionals.
"This campaign is critically important to prevent the spread of diseases and support easy access to medical care in the face of the serious public health emergency created in the wake of hurricanes Irma and Maria," said Ávila.
The campaign starts on November 13 and ends in December 2017.
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What is Maze Ransomware and How Does it Work?
By Rotem Shemesh
Maze Ransomware has been in the headlines non-stop ever since it was first reported in May 2019. It has been used to attack individual companies, governments, and increasingly – and perhaps most worryingly – MSPs. This is especially concerning as once an MSP is compromised, this then affects all of their clients, their clients' business partners, and so on in an almost endless trail of destruction. Although Maze was shut down in November 2020 there are countless ransomware strains that pose threats to businesses across the world.
So what is Maze ransomware, why is it so infamous, and what makes it different?
What is Maze ransomware?
To start understanding Maze Ransomware, it's important to define what exactly it is. The Maze ransomware itself is a 32 bits binary file, usually in the guise of a .exe or .dll file.
Once Maze is deployed on an end user's machine (we'll discuss the "how" later on), it does the following:
It encrypts user files and sends a ransomware payment demand
It copies user data to be sold later, most likely on the Dark Web – escalating an infection from "ransomware" to "data breach"
It creates backdoors to enable the malicious actors behind the ransomware to have continued access to the system
It attempts to spread within the network and beyond
The Maze code is sophisticated and includes many obfuscation techniques designed to evade common security techniques and security teams.
Organisations believed to have been hit by Maze ransomware include the likes of Canon, tech and consulting giant Cognizant, and Conduent which provides HR and payment infrastructure to "a majority of Fortune 100 companies and over 500 governments" the impact of Maze ransomware was so massive that the FBI issued its specific warning.
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How Maze ransomware works
Initial deployment
In most cases, Maze is deployed onto the victim's machine using a phishing email – increasingly common is a spear-phishing email – containing a malicious attachment, such as a macro-enabled Microsoft Word document or password-protected zip file. From examples seen in the wild, this document is often named something innocuous yet tempting, such as "Quarterly Report" or "Confidential Data Set."
Once it has been successfully deployed – that is, a user has opened the compromised document in the previous phishing example – it begins propagating within the user's system. Simultaneously, it starts spreading laterally within the network, seeking ever-higher access privileges in order to do more damage. During this period, files start being encrypted, often affecting both the user's local machine as well as cloud storage.
It is at this point that the ransomware payment demand usually appears, spelling out the attacker's requirements and method of payment – usually with crypto-currency.
Evasion techniques
How does Maze ransomware evade common security measures?
First off, it starts with a zip attachment that is encrypted with a password and/or a document that includes a macro. This makes it very difficult for email security solutions to detect Maze ransomware, because:
They cannot automatically open the file protected with a password
They do not normally scan zip files
Scanning macros are a challenge for these solutions
Scanning for vulnerabilities
Next, the Maze ransomware scans the network for vulnerabilities. It looks for any weaknesses in network configuration, and across multiple Active Directory attributes. This way it gains critical insights and intelligence on the network itself and can embark on the next phase of its sinister mission.
Lateral movement
The Maze ransomware now begins moving laterally within the network. It does this initially by investigating the infected machine for clues regarding moving to the next machine and through the network, constantly scanning for passwords that are not well-protected. Should this prove unsuccessful, it moves on to other means such as brute-forcing access to new user accounts.
Getting elevated privileges
Just moving laterally is not enough for attackers. They want to constantly be improving their level of access privileges to access more information and gain more control over the system. As increasingly elevated privileges are accessed, so the spread becomes easier and quicker.
How to protect against Maze ransomware
There are 4 primary ways of protecting against Maze Ransomware. These are:
Detecting Maze pre-delivery
Protecting each endpoint
Preventing the lateral movement of the ransomware
With the vast majority of Maze ransomware attacks starting with a phishing email, the logical and most effective place to start is with a cloud email protection solution. This stops the problem upstream, preventing much damage down the line.
Next, it's important to protect individual endpoints from infection. A remote monitoring and management (RMM) tool is critical here to ensure that no individual machines have been compromised and that any attempt to infect individual machines is picked up and dealt with as early as possible.
As we've seen, Maze ransomware will attempt to move laterally within the organisation. Again, at this stage, an RMM tool is your best chance of keeping your network secure and isolating the infected machine, without necessitating a complete shutdown of the entire network.
Properly backed-up data is key to ensuring business continuity in the case of an attack – and something that helps you sleep well at night. Specifically for MSPs, this element is critical in ensuring your clients have a backup solution, quite literally. When it comes to data backup, there are numerous backup solutions available including:
A full Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR) suite: for example, Datto Unified Continuity which covers all business continuity and disaster recovery needs including protecting servers, files, PCs, and SaaS applications
Datto SIRIS, a reliable, all-in-one business continuity and disaster recovery solution built for MSPs to prevent data loss and minimise client downtime
Datto ALTO, a small but powerful business continuity and disaster recovery solution built for MSPs to minimise downtime and efficiently prevent data loss for their small business clients
Datto Cloud Continuity for PCs which protects MSP clients' Windows-based computers from downtime and data loss and rapidly recovers data in case of disaster
SaaS Protection, which offers reliable and secure cloud-to-cloud backup for Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace to ensure critical cloud data is protected
Maze ransomware isn't going anywhere
Unfortunately, Maze ransomware is here to stay. Moreover, we're already seeing new variants popping up that are sure to do further damage in the future. Having said that, the response to Maze ransomware as outlined here is a robust way to protect users, clients, and your organisation against Maze and other ransomware attacks.
For more information, and to see what this can look like for your business, request a demo here.
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