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On Disagreeing With the Pope
Published September 10, 2018 • Written by Matt Sullivan Filed Under: Faith
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On August 2, in light of an address last October to the Pontifical Council, Pope Francis made a modification to the Catholic Catechism declaring that "the death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person". As an officially declared teaching of the Church, this poses a serious dilemma for Catholic judges and political leaders who have sworn to uphold the law. Personally I have been swayed by arguments in favor of the death penalty, and face some soul-searching in light of this development.
One criticism of the Church which I have heard numerous times is that, being infallible, the Pope can make any claim and all Catholics must believe him and agree with him if they are to remain faithful. This occasion provides a good opportunity to clarify the scope of papal authority in matters of teaching and doctrine.
The dogma of papal infallibility was officially declared at the First Vatican Council in 1870. The Pope has the authority to make declarations of dogma "ex cathedra" ("from the chair" of authority) which are subsequently binding for all Catholics under pain of separation from the Church. Though officially implemented relatively recently, this notion of the Pope's authority has been paramount since the earliest days of the Church. The occasions for the use of this authority have been exceedingly rare. The latest three instances of "ex cathedra" declarations have been the dogmas of the Immaculate Conception (1854), Papal Infallibility (1870), and the Assumption of Mary (1950).
Speaking personally, I have an affinity for the clarity that such an authority would bring to my choices in life. When faced with a difficult situation at home or work, what could be better than to have the Pope standing in the room with me in full garb, telling me exactly how to deal with it and addressing my every concern? I would gladly forfeit years of ethical grappling and life experience for an infallible guiding hand. Unfortunately it doesn't quite work that way.
The three aforementioned dogmas have something in common. Not one is an idea that could have been deduced from historical study or life experience. There are two means by which our conceptions are directly connected with reality: physical observation and divine revelation. The dogma of papal infallibility lies in the domain of divine revelation. This means that the Pope can only make infallible declarations on matters in which God has directly intervened in the human history. This is fitting because he is God's representative on earth. Two conclusions follow. First, dogmas of papal infallibility are only binding to Catholics. Second, the Pope does not have the final say in matters of ethics.
C. S. Lewis makes an excellent point in his book "Mere Christianity". In a chapter entitled "Social Morality" the whimsical desire described above is shot to pieces:
But, of course, when they ask for a lead from the Church most people mean they want the clergy to put out a political programme. That is silly. The clergy are those particular people within the whole Church who have been specially trained and set aside to look after what concerns us as creatures who are going to live for ever: and we are asking them to do a quite different job for which they have not been trained. The job is really on us, on the laymen.
What Lewis is suggesting is that it is our calling as lay Catholics to take the supernatural guidance of the Pope (technically the Magisterium of the Church) and deduce both the general rules of ethical behavior and their specific applications to real-world circumstances. Ethical progress is attainable completely apart from direct supernatural intervention. The two most influential sources for Thomas Aquinas' "Summa Theologica" are Augustine of Hippo and Aristotle. Aristotle had no significant ties to the Jewish nation and lived hundreds of years before Christ.
However, Aristotle also taught that the ends do not justify the means. There exists such a thing as an intrinsically evil act, which again can be deduced completely apart from divine revelation. The Second Vatican Council enumerates instances of such acts:
Whatever is hostile to life itself, such as any kind of homicide, genocide, abortion, euthanasia and voluntary suicide; whatever violates the integrity of the human person, such as mutilation, physical and mental torture and attempts to coerce the spirit; whatever is offensive to human dignity, such as subhuman living conditions, arbitrary imprisonment, deportation, slavery, prostitution and trafficking in women and children; degrading conditions of work which treat labourers as mere instruments of profit, and not as free responsible persons: all these and the like are a disgrace, and so long as they infect human civilization they contaminate those who inflict them more than those who suffer injustice, and they are a negation of the honour due to the Creator.
In the case of slavery, eighteen centuries of history passed under the guidance of the Church before humanity had made sufficient ethical progress to realize its impermissibility. But that does not mean it required an act of God to make it so. I suspect that the same might be true of capital punishment. Although, it does not seem clear that the argument has been made, that capital punishment is indeed hostile "in toto" to life itself. Genesis 9:6 states, "Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for God made man in his own image." This passage seems to justify capital punishment by the same premise for which it is declared "impermissible".
Of course, of all earthly institutions, the Catholic Church as a whole is in the most authoritative position to argue on matters of ethics and morality. But ultimately, because ethical declarations in general and the declaration on capital punishment in particular are not made "ex cathedra", it might be argued that the onus remains on the conscience of each individual. A discourse on discerning the message of conscience will require another endeavor and some divine intervention for this fallible author.
Written by Matt Sullivan • Published September 10, 2018
Matthew Sullivan
Engineer, husband of Lisa, father of two, and parishioner of St. William in Round Rock. My purpose is to use philosophy to better understand how my life and the world appear in the eyes of God, and make amends in light of the individual and universal judgments to come.
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Passato professionista nel 2018, nello stesso anno si aggiudica la terza tappa del Tour des Fjords, posizionandosi al secondo posto della classifica generale e vincendo anche la classifica riservata ai giovani.

Il 5 agosto 2019, durante la terza tappa del Giro di Polonia, con partenza da Chorzów e arrivo a Zabrze, rimane coinvolto in una rovinosa caduta nei pressi di Pawłowice, finendo poi in un fossato. Trasportato d'urgenza all'ospedale di Rybnik in condizioni critiche, muore in sala operatoria nel corso del pomeriggio.

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Strada
2015 (Juniores)
4ª tappa Driedaagse van Axel (Velzeke > Velzeke)
Campionati belgi, Gara in linea Junior

2016 (Lotto-Soudal U23, tre vittorie)
1ª tappa Ronde de l'Isard d'Ariège (Lorp-Sentaraille > Goulier)
Classifica generale Ronde de l'Isard d'Ariège
3ª tappa Corsa della Pace Under-23 (Jeseník > Jeseník)

2017 (Lotto-Soudal U23, quattro vittorie)
Liegi-Bastogne-Liegi Under-23
3ª tappa Ronde de l'Isard d'Ariège (Quillan > Plateau de Beille)
2ª tappa Grand Prix Priessnitz spa (Krnov > Dlouhé)
Classifica generale Grand Prix Priessnitz spa

2018 (Lotto-Soudal, una vittoria)
3ª tappa Tour des Fjords (Farsund > Egersund)

Altri successi
2015 (Juniores)
Classifica scalatori Driedaagse van Axel
Classifica scalatori Grand Prix Général Patton
Classifica scalatori Oberösterreich Juniorenrundfahrt

2016 (Lotto-Soudal U23)
Classifica a punti Ronde de l'Isard d'Ariège
Classifica scalatori Ronde de l'Isard d'Ariège
Classifica giovani Ronde de l'Isard d'Ariège

2017 (Lotto-Soudal U23)
Classifica giovani Tour du Jura
Classifica a punti Grand Prix Priessnitz spa
Classifica a punti Giro della Valle d'Aosta

2018 (Lotto-Soudal)
Classifica giovani Tour des Fjords

2019 (Lotto-Soudal)
Classifica giovani Critérium du Dauphiné

Piazzamenti

Grandi Giri
Vuelta a España
2018: ritirato (15ª tappa)

Classiche monumento

Liegi-Bastogne-Liegi
2018: 75º
2019: 27º

Giro di Lombardia
2018: 69º

Competizioni mondiali
Campionati del mondo
Richmond 2015 - In linea Junior: 22º
Bergen 2017 - In linea Under-23: 15º
Innsbruck 2018 - In linea Under-23: 2º

Competizioni europee
Campionati europei
Plumelec 2016 - In linea Under-23: 2º

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"Brainwashing" California-style, from my morning post
"Brainwashing", "an old Soviet tradition," and the absence of inconveniences: why are Russian speakers in no hurry to get vaccinated against the coronavirus?
The share of native foreign-language speakers among the unvaccinated residents of Finland continues to grow. The Yle newsroom found Russian speakers who had not been vaccinated against COVID-19, and found out their reasons
Jevgeni Bogdanov • Yle • 19 January 2022
With the advent of omicron, the Finnish authorities expressed particular concern for the republic's foreign-born residents: there are many infections among them and a noticeable number of people who have refused vaccination.
Special attention paid to native foreign-language speakers
The vaccination rate continues to grow in Finland, including among residents whose native language is not the official Finnish, Swedish, or Sami. According to estimates by THL (Department of Health and Social Development), this indicator does not differ much among Russian speakers than from other native foreign-language speakers.
At the same time, the proportion of native foreign-language speakers among the unvaccinated has increased.
"In October, people who speak foreign languages [as native languages] accounted for 21% of all unvaccinated people in Finland. In mid-December, this figure rose by a couple of percent points," said Natalia Skogberg, research director of THL's group on COVID-19 among people of foreign origin.
Skogberg notes that the reasons for refusing to be vaccinated can be very different: doubts about the safety of the vaccines, confidence in one's own health and the lack of risk from the virus, distrust of public officials, difficulties with the Finnish language, and the inability to distinguish misinformation from reliable information. She argues that the opportunity to get answers in one's native language is a "big plus."
"The authorities have published a lot of information in different languages. Information and recommendations have varied depending on the stage of the epidemic and, for example, the level of vaccination," Skogberg assured us.
A Finnish health service video about coronavirus vaccines with Russian voiceover
THL's travel recommendations in Russian have been viewed 16,000 times during the pandemic. More than 4,000 people have viewed its Russian-language page about the coronavirus, and a video about the vaccines with a Russian voiceover has garnered almost 1,700 views. THL noted that they have been trying to convey information through Russophone organizations and targeted advertising on social networks.
Russophone anti-vaxxers have their say
A vaccination center at a shopping mall in Kouvola. Photo: Antro Valo / Yle
The topic of vaccination is raised not only in THL bulletins. Heated debates for and against vaccinations take place on forums and online communities for Finland's Russian-speaking residents. A Yle News journalist sent dozens of messages to those who opposed vaccination on the internet, asking them to substantiate their position for this article. Many of them turned us down. One person explained that they had rejected our request because our questions about vaccinations were "quite provocative." Another person said they did not want to be involved in "brainwashing." A third person called the work of the authorities and the media during the pandemic "one hundred percent misinformation" and "a crime against [human] rights and humanity." One of our interlocutors was hospitalized with the coronavirus during our correspondence.
However, there were also those who were willing and able to express their opinions.
Tatyana (her surname has been withheld at her request), who is a Finnish citizen and lives in Kuopio, said that she did not want to be vaccinated "for personal reasons."
"I'm not going to get vaccinated either in Finland or in any other country. […] I believe that before they are vaccinated, people with certain health problems or with a history of heart surgery should at least be given a complete physical" said the woman, who works in the cleaning industry.
According to her, this decision has already begun to affect her work, as her boss had threatened to cut her hours. In other areas of life, she did not feel any problems, since she had "no need of pubs and discos." The woman also noted that she did not need information about vaccination in Russian, as she speaks Finnish.
Vladimir, an information and communications technology specialist living in Porvoo, has also refused to be vaccinated. (He also requested that his last name be withheld.)
"The vaccine is new and the side effects in the long term are unknown, as well as the number of vaccinations that will need to be done," the young man said when asked to substantiate his position.
He also pointed out that even with three vaccinations, one can get sick with COVID-19, and a vaccinated person can infect people with whom they come in contact.
"I think it is more important to be able to do a test and be sure that you don't have the virus, that you don't have the asymptomatic form and won't infect anyone. I consider [good] hygiene and a medical mask sufficient precautions," Vladimir argued.
He also pointed out that being unvaccinated did not cause "critical inconveniences" to life in Finland. Among recent difficulties, the ICT specialist recalled that he was not able to eat at a particular restaurant due to the QR-code mandate. The man found a way out: he went instead to a nearby fast food outlet, where he was not asked for a code.
Vladimir argued that dividing people into "the vaccinated with their privileges" and the unvaccinated did not encourage them to sign up for vaccination in any way. He admitted that his position would change only if his employer "obliged" him. The man noted that some of his friends had been vaccinated for this reason.
"News about the coronavirus has turned into background noise, I don't follow it in detail," said Vladimir, adding, however, that he had read official recommendations and Yle's news reports.
THL responds and even agrees
Yle asked THL chief medical officer Hanna Nohynek to comment on the stance of our unvaccinated protagonists. She even agreed with some of their points.
Thus, one of THL's main COVID-19 spokespeople said that mRNA vaccines were not in widespread use until 2021. At the same time, she noted that the technology itself had been researched for about twenty years, and today hundreds of millions of doses of mRNA vaccines had already been produced.
"Detailed safety monitoring is carried out, so even rare side effects are known. And there has been constant reporting," Nohynek assured us.
According to her, some restrictions were made for safety reasons. People under the age of forty are better off not getting adenovirus vector vaccines (AstraZeneca, for example), and the Moderna mRNA vaccine is not recommended for men under the age of thirty.
Nohynek also acknowledged the truth of the claim that even with three doses of the COVID-19 drug [sic], one can get sick.
"This is true, but the vaccinations are primarily aimed at preventing severe forms of the coronavirus. […] None of us can know how badly they will suffer from the disease when faced with omicron," THL's chief medical officer argued.
Nohynek said that having a medical examination before getting a vaccination was an "old Soviet tradition" that is not considered necessary in Finland. However, she noted that it was important to be aware of allergies. Perhaps it was not worth getting an mRNA vaccine if one had them.
THL's chief medical officer commented on a specific problem that, judging by the discussion on the internet, Russians face. If a person has already been vaccinated with Sputnik V, can they be vaccinated in Finland?
"It is effective and safe to use different vaccines. Of course, when a large number of doses is involved, more local symptoms may occur, such as short-term fever, muscle pain, and fatigue."
Nohynek concluded by saying that the protection provided by the vaccine is considerable even for healthy young people.
Thanks to Tiina Pasanen for the heads-up. The lead image, courtesy of Montage Health, was not part of the original article. Translated by the Russian Reader
Yle's Finnish translation of its original Russian-language article is a brilliant example of what I would call "reverse" language localization. Here is a telling passage:
THL:n ylilääkäri Nohynek: rokotteet ovat turvallisia ja niiden tärkein tehtävä on suojata vakavilta tautimuodoilta
Novosti Yle pyysi THL:n ylilääkäri Hanna Nohynekiä kommentoimaan Tatjanan ja Vladimirin väitteitä.
Nohynek kertoo, että mRNA-rokotteita ei ole ollut laajassa käytössä ennen vuotta 2021, mutta itse tekniikkaa on kuitenkin tutkittu jo parikymmentä vuotta. Tähän päivään mennessä mRNA-rokotteita on annettu satoja miljoonia annoksia.
This is my English translation of this excerpt:
THL chief medical officer Nohynek: the vaccines are safe and their main function is to protect against severe forms of the disease
Novosti Yle asked THL's chief medical officer Hanna Nohynek to comment on Tatyana and Vladimir's claims.
Nohynek explains that mRNA vaccines were not in widespread use until 2021, but the technology itself has been studied for some twenty years. To date, hundreds of millions of doses of mRNA vaccines have been administered.
Here is the "same" passage in the original Russian article:
THL отвечает и даже соглашается
Редакция Yle попросила главного врача Ведомства здравоохранения и социального развития Ханну Нохинек прокомментировать позицию наших невакцинированных героев. С некоторыми пунктами она даже согласилась.
Так, один из главных спикеров THL по вопросу COVID-19 сообщила, что вакцины, произведенные с использованием технологии мРНК, не были в широком использовании до 2021 года. При этом она отметила, что сама технология изучалась около 20 лет, а на сегодня сделаны уже сотни миллионов доз мРНК-вакцин.
This is my English translation, as above:
language localization
Russian emigres
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2 thoughts on "Brainwashing vs. Reverse Language Localization"
Maija says:
Would you please clarify the part of "brain washing". What do you mean with it?
Do you mean this part?:
– Original: на сегодня сделаны уже сотни миллионов доз мРНК-вакцин.
– Finnish translation: tähän päivään mennessä mRNA-rokotteita on annettu satoja miljoonia annoksia.
– your translation of Finnish: To date, hundreds of millions of doses of mRNA vaccines have been administered.
– your translation from Russian: today hundreds of millions of doses of mRNA vaccines had already been produced
So you translate Russian "сделать вакцину" as "produce". Is this the problem or am I missing something? Anyway, the Russian verb "следать" means "to do". And when we combine this verb with a vaccine it actually means to vaccine somebody. So you are translating the verb wrong, it is not "to produce" but to actually give somebody a vaccine. The Finnish translation is also correct, "hundreds of millions doses have already been given to people". And the English verb "administrated" is also correct.
Thank you for thoughtful comment!
"Brainwashing" is mentioned in the title of the Yle article I translated here — and in this passage:
A Yle News journalist sent dozens of messages to those who opposed vaccination on the internet, asking them to substantiate their position for this article. Many of them turned us down. One person explained that they had rejected our request because our questions about vaccinations were "quite provocative." Another person said they did not want to be involved in "
But no, I wasn't making a direction connection between "brainwashing" and language localization. Except that I found it striking that the Finnish translation of the article quite clearly either soft-pedals or modifies certain things in the Russian original. In the passage I quoted in the postscript, it was the first part that struck me more:
You'll agree, I think, that the Finnish translation is not exactly "literal." I would even venture to say that it was "localized" because a literal translation would have irritated or confused Finnish readers.
So, for whatever reason, Yle's journalists and editors think the same (covid-19 and vaccine) story has to be told slightly different to different groups of readers in Finland (and abroad, for that matter, since lots of Russians with ties to Finland also read Yle Novosti).
As for the second part of that passage, your point is well taken. The Russian original could mean "doses administered" rather than "doses produced." I asked my wife, who is a native Russian speaker (and is fluent in English and competent in Finnish). Initially, she translated it as you did. But then she thought about it again for a minute and said that it could also mean "produced." She promised to think it over again later.
But the second part wasn't the focus of my larger point about "reverse language localization." So, perhaps, I should have left it out of my postscript.

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What Is the Matter with the Modern Boy?
In the words of the musical Bye Bye Birdie, "What's the Matter With Kids Today?" They've been asking that question for ages, and in 1916 a boys' school headmaster named Thomas S. Baker continued that storied tradition. He laid the blame for the modern boy at several primary culprits including the rise in popularity of sports and movies during the previous generation.
On movies:
What effect is the indulgence in this form of imaginative debauch going to have upon the minds of American boys?… The boy gets his sentiment and his imaginative excitement in big ladlefuls from the moving pictures. They certainly are not stimulating to his mentality, although they may have a very exciting effect upon his emotions. The unrealities which are laid before him cannot fail to give him a distorted view of life.
On sports:
I have been frequently asked what sort of things the boys of today like to read… The greatest element in their reading is the sporting pages of the newspapers. This is the boy's favorite hunting ground. He has an encyclopedic knowledge of sports before he develops any interest in the other portions of the newspapers. If his school work demanded an examination in the biographies of athletes or the condition of contemporary athletics, he would receive a mark that would make a strong contrast to his other averages.
Alexandra Petri wrote a great humor column for the Washington Post a few years ago about how every generation thinks the subsequent generation is just the worst, going back to at least Ancient Greek times. Worth a read, if you want a laugh with a serious point:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2014/05/15/millennials-are-going-to-be-less-narcissistic-than-ever-suggests-new-study/
What Is the Matter with the Modern Boy?: He Is Less of a Boy, But Not More of a Man, Than His Father Was — The Reason and Cure Outlined by One Who Knows Him
From September 24, 1916
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PlayStation State of Play Could Be "Potentially Big" As Per Leaks
PlayStation fans are eagerly waiting for the first State of Play of this new year, and it seems like many are in for a delight with the latest event.
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It's been a while since we have witnessed a Sony event taking place, and the community is getting quite impatient to learn more about what's in store for players this year. We do know for a fact that one of the biggest launches for the PlayStation 5, Horizon Forbidden West is coming out very soon, and it does make sense for Sony to organize a State of Play right before that.
Horizon Forbidden West | New Threats Gameplay Trailer
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According to veteran industry insider Tom Henderson, the next State of Play could be potentially big, with a number of exciting reveals slated to take place in the event. Quite obvious of all is more information about the highly anticipated release, Horizon Forbidden West, and we might see more gameplay from what could be the biggest release of this year.
Along with that, Tom also adds that God of War Ragnarok will be getting more information towards the end of March, which would possibly mean a release date as well. A PlayStation database leak had suggested a September release date, but it is too early to believe that in all honesty. He doesn't rule out a delay to early 2023 either.
What's more probable to appear in the State of Play is Hogwarts Legacy, along with some details on what's next for The Last of Us franchise, which includes a remaster as well as the Factions which fans are eagerly waiting for. With the event slated to take place sometime in February, we should be getting more details pretty soon.
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@interface CXBeautifyCameraViewController ()

@property (nonatomic,strong) CXBeautifyCameraManager *cameraManager;

@property (nonatomic,weak) CXPreviewView *previewView;

@property (nonatomic,weak) CXShutterButton *shutterButton;

@property (nonatomic,weak) CXVideoEditView *videoEditView;

@property (nonatomic,weak) UIActivityIndicatorView *indicator;

@end

@implementation CXBeautifyCameraViewController

- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];

    [self setupPreviewView];

    [self setupOverlayView];

    [self setupCameraManager];

    [self addNotificationObserver];
}

- (void)dealloc
{
    [self.cameraManager stopCaptureSession];
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self];
}

- (BOOL)shouldAutorotate
{
    return YES;
}

- (UIInterfaceOrientationMask)supportedInterfaceOrientations
{
    return UIInterfaceOrientationMaskPortrait;
}

- (BOOL)prefersStatusBarHidden
{
    return YES;
}

#pragma mark - target event

- (void)shutter:(CXShutterButton *)shutterButton
{
    shutterButton.selected = !shutterButton.isSelected;

    if (shutterButton.isSelected) {
        [self.cameraManager startRecorded];
    } else {
        [self.cameraManager stopRecorded];
        self.shutterButton.enabled = NO;
    }
}

- (void)cancel:(UIButton *)sender
{
    [self dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
}

- (void)filterDidChange:(NSNotification *)note
{
    CIFilter *filter = note.object;
    self.previewView.filter = filter;
}

- (void)videoWillWrite:(NSNotification *)note
{
    if (!_indicator) {
        UIActivityIndicatorView *indicator = [[UIActivityIndicatorView alloc] initWithActivityIndicatorStyle:UIActivityIndicatorViewStyleWhiteLarge];
        indicator.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithWhite:0 alpha:0.7];
        indicator.layer.cornerRadius = 6.0;
        indicator.layer.masksToBounds = YES;
        [self.view addSubview:indicator];

        CGFloat width = 80;
        CGFloat height = 80;
        CGFloat x = (self.view.frame.size.width - width) * 0.5;
        CGFloat y = (self.view.frame.size.height - height) * 0.5;

        indicator.frame = CGRectMake(x, y, width, height);

        self.indicator = indicator;
    }

    [self.indicator startAnimating];
}

- (void)videoDidWrite:(NSNotification *)note
{
    [self.indicator stopAnimating];
    NSURL *fileURL = note.object;
    __weak typeof(self) weakSelf = self;
    CXVideoEditView *videoEditView = [CXVideoEditView videoEditViewWithVideoURL:fileURL recordAgainBlock:^{
        weakSelf.shutterButton.enabled = YES;
        [weakSelf.videoEditView removeFromSuperview];
    } employVideoBlock:^{
        weakSelf.shutterButton.enabled = YES;
        [weakSelf.videoEditView removeFromSuperview];
    }];
    [self.view addSubview:videoEditView];
    videoEditView.frame = self.view.bounds;
    self.videoEditView = videoEditView;
}

#pragma mark - private method

- (void)setupPreviewView
{
    CXPreviewView *previewView = [[CXPreviewView alloc] initWithFrame:self.view.bounds context:[CXContextManager sharedManager].eaglContext];
    previewView.filter = [CXPhotoFilter defaultFilter];
    previewView.coreImageContext = [CXContextManager sharedManager].ciContext;
    [self.view addSubview:previewView];
    self.previewView = previewView;
}

- (void)setupCameraManager
{
    self.cameraManager = [[CXBeautifyCameraManager alloc] init];
    self.cameraManager.imageTarget = self.previewView;
    [self.cameraManager setupCaptureSession];
    [self.cameraManager startCaptureSession];
}

- (void)setupOverlayView
{
    self.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor blackColor];

    CGFloat modeViewHeight = 100;
    CGRect modeViewFrame = CGRectMake(0, self.view.height - modeViewHeight, self.view.width, modeViewHeight);
    UIView *modeView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:modeViewFrame];
    modeView.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithWhite:0 alpha:0.5];
    [self.view addSubview:modeView];

    CXShutterButton *shutterButton = [[CXShutterButton alloc] initWithMode:CXShutterButtonModeVideo];
    [shutterButton addTarget:self
                      action:@selector(shutter:)
            forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
    [modeView addSubview:shutterButton];
    CGFloat width = 68.0f;
    CGFloat height = width;
    shutterButton.size = CGSizeMake(width, height);
    shutterButton.centerX = modeView.width * 0.5;
    shutterButton.bottom = modeView.height - 10.0f;
    self.shutterButton = shutterButton;

    UIButton *cancelButton = [[UIButton alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero];
    [cancelButton setTitle:@"取消" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
    [cancelButton.titleLabel setFont:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:15.0f]];
    [cancelButton addTarget:self
                     action:@selector(cancel:)
           forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
    [modeView addSubview:cancelButton];
    [cancelButton sizeToFit];
    cancelButton.centerY = shutterButton.centerY;
    cancelButton.left = 10.0f;

    CGRect selectedViewFrame = CGRectMake(0.f, 0.f, self.view.width, 44.0f);
    CXFillterSelectedView *fillterView = [[CXFillterSelectedView alloc] initWithFrame:selectedViewFrame];
    fillterView.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithWhite:0 alpha:0.5];
    [self.view addSubview:fillterView];

}

- (void)addNotificationObserver
{
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(filterDidChange:) name:kCXCameraFitlerDidChangeNotification object:nil];

    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(videoWillWrite:) name:KCXCameraWillWriteVideoNotification object:nil];

    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(videoDidWrite:) name:KCXCameraWriteVideoCompletionNotification object:nil];
}

@end

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Q: Paypal recurring payments I have a product which have one time installation cost & then onwards it will deduct as per customer's use from his account. I completed PayPal work for one time installation cost, which is fixed. But i have problem of deducting onward months which our site will calculate & deduct from PayPal site.Once customer gave his credit card & other info, from other month it will not required to collect this info. I want without payer's login deduct money from his account.
Is this possible? How?

A: Last time I looked (about a year ago) it did not seem to be possible. I chose to use Click & Buy instead, they have a richer set of features with regards to recurring payments.

A: This is now possible using the new API that paypal has developed at x.com. You can authorize a certain amount at first and then use that authorization to get payments from users as they use your website
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A: I'm not sure how you would perform it with Paypal specifically, but it should be possible.  The terminology you are looking for is 'recurring payment'. There are potential complications, such as issues with the card reaching its expiry date, or being lost and reissued (ie card number changing) - but most payment processors can deal with these issues.

A: Typically, a recurring payment through PayPal is handled with PayPal Subscriptions and Recurring Payments, which takes care of automatically billing your customers on a periodic basis without requiring any action from the customer.
However, the only way to modify the price of a recurring payment after it has already started is to create a "modify button", which requires customer interaction and would not suit your scenario very well (see this thread). You might also want to ask your question in the Paypal Developer Community forums.
Good luck!

A: How about using Billing Agreement (Pay List in your PayPal profile) like what iTunes and woot.com uses. I don't know too much about it from a merchant perspective but as a customer I know that once I authorize Apple/Woot, they can charge my PayPal account without me personally interacting with PayPal. And I can cancel the agreement at any time.

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Nora Lassiter has been in Silver Stream, Maine way too long. But before she heads back to New York City to look for a computer job, she needs to help two people who are still under the impression she is a "hotshot NY detective," which she definitely is not.
First, there's Marney, whose husband raided their joint bank account, and has taken up with Marney's arch enemy Beverly Sue, a ski instructor. Second, there's Margaret the librarian, who is missing something valuable, and needs to find the person responsible, possibly her second cousin once-removed, Beverly Sue.
Meanwhile, a body turns up; a movie crew begins filming in town; Nora's aunts prepare to be extras in the movie; Nora takes a skiing lesson in hopes of uncovering clues; and things heat up between Nora and Sheriff Nick.
Copyright © Bernadine Fagan. All rights reserved.


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// ******************************************************************
// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
// This code is licensed under the MIT License (MIT).
// THE CODE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
// INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
// FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
// IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM,
// DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
// TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH
// THE CODE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE CODE.
// ******************************************************************

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Newtonsoft.Json;
using Windows.Foundation.Collections;
using winsdkfb;
using winsdkfb.Graph;

namespace Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.Services.Facebook
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Type to handle paged requests to Facebook Graph.
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="T">Strong type to return.</typeparam>
    public class FacebookRequestSource<T> : Collections.IIncrementalSource<T>
    {
        private bool _isFirstCall = true;

        private FBPaginatedArray _paginatedArray;

        private FacebookDataConfig _config;

        private string _fields;

        private PropertySet _propertySet;

        private FBJsonClassFactory _factory;

        private string _limit;

        private int _maxPages;

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="FacebookRequestSource{T}"/> class.
        /// </summary>
        public FacebookRequestSource()
        {
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="FacebookRequestSource{T}"/> class.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="config">Config containing query information.</param>
        /// <param name="fields">Comma-separated list of properties expected in the JSON response.  Accompanying properties must be found on the strong-typed T.</param>
        /// <param name="limit">A string representation of the number of records for page - i.e. pageSize.</param>
        /// <param name="maxPages">Upper limit of pages to return.</param>
        public FacebookRequestSource(FacebookDataConfig config, string fields, string limit, int maxPages)
        {
            _config = config;
            _fields = fields;
            _limit = limit;
            _maxPages = maxPages;

            _propertySet = new PropertySet { { "fields", _fields }, { "limit", _limit } };

            _factory = new FBJsonClassFactory(s => JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(s, typeof(T)));

            // FBPaginatedArray does not allow us to set page size per request so we must go with first supplied - see https://github.com/Microsoft/winsdkfb/issues/221
            _paginatedArray = new FBPaginatedArray(_config.Query, _propertySet, _factory);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Returns strong typed page of data.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="pageIndex">Page number.</param>
        /// <param name="pageSize">Size of page.</param>
        /// <param name="cancellationToken">Cancellation token.</param>
        /// <returns>Strong typed page of data.</returns>
        public async Task<IEnumerable<T>> GetPagedItemsAsync(int pageIndex, int pageSize, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(CancellationToken))
        {
            if (_isFirstCall)
            {
                var result = await _paginatedArray.FirstAsync();

                return ProcessResult(result);
            }
            else
            {
                if (cancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested)
                {
                    return null;
                }

                if (_paginatedArray.HasNext && (pageIndex < _maxPages))
                {
                    var result = await _paginatedArray.NextAsync();
                    return ProcessResult(result);
                }
                else
                {
                    return null;
                }
            }
        }

        private IEnumerable<T> ProcessResult(FBResult result)
        {
            List<T> items = new List<T>();

            if (result.Succeeded)
            {
                IReadOnlyList<object> processedResults = (IReadOnlyList<object>)result.Object;

                foreach (T processedResult in processedResults)
                {
                    items.Add(processedResult);
                }

                _isFirstCall = false;
                return items;
            }

            throw new Exception(result.ErrorInfo?.Message);
        }
    }
}


Software For Output From Databases (databases). The Exportizer Program Allows You To Import Information Into Databases Or To Put Data In A File, Or Copy Or Print From The Clipboard. The Exportizer Software Is Compatible With The BDE And ADO Databases And Interbase/Firebird, And Can Support DB, DBF, MDB, ACCDB, XLS, XLSM, XLSB, GDB, IB, FDB, HTML, UDL, DBC, TXT, CSV, Etc. It Comes With Text, CSV, XLS, RTF, XML, HTML, DBF, SQL Script And So On. For Example, You Can Use Popular And Popular Data Bases Like Dbf To Txt, And Txt To Xls, And Dbf To Csv, And Txt To Dbf, Also Access To HTML, And Excel To Access, And Interbase To MySQL And To Many Other Formats. It Is Also Possible To Import General Or Selected Database Files Or Tables From A Folder.
Exportizer می‌تواند بطور خودکار اکثر فرمت‌های شناخته‌شده تصویری نظیر JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP, ICO را در فیلدهای BLOB تشخیص دهد. برای مثال به فرمت HTML خروجی بگیرد. همچنین در حین پروسه تهیه خروجی می‌توان تصاویر BLOB را به فرمت تصویری دیگری تبدیل کرد.


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Berrima Road Deviation
Why is this work being done?
What will the Berrima Road Deviation Project involve?
What and where is the Moss Vale Enterprise Corridor?
How will the project be funded?
Has Hume Coal financially contributed to the project?
When will construction commence?
The Berrima Road Deviation project is just one of many being completed to support the Moss Vale Enterprise Corridor. It will provide safer and more efficient access between the Hume Highway and a significant area of land, between Moss Vale and New Berrima, set aside for employment generating development.
Berrima Road will be re-aligned and deviated away from the existing rail level crossing.
The existing rail level crossing will remain but vehicles will use a new rail overbridge constructed as part of the deviated Berrima Road to cross the railway line.
Approximately 600 metres of new road will be constructed including a new B-triple capacity roundabout at the intersection of Berrima Road and Taylor Ave, New Berrima.
The Moss Vale Enterprise Corridor scheme was designed to attract new business to the Wingecarribee Shire. The corridor is a significant area of land and road networks, between Moss Vale and New Berrima, set aside for employment generating development.
Berrima Road is a strategic access point for our shire as it is the only B-double, high-mass road that links Moss Vale with the Hume Highway.
The Moss Vale Enterprise Zone also provides an important link to the Main Southern Rail Corridor including access to Port Kembla via the Moss Vale to Unanderra rail line.
The rationale behind these improvements is that it will provide safer and more efficient access to our shire for heavy vehicles commuting between Sydney and Melbourne thereby opening our region to further business and commercial opportunities.
More information can be found in the Development Control Plan (DCP) for the Moss Vale Enterpise Corridor here.
The total cost of the Berrima Road Deviation Project is estimated to cost $9.2 million.
The Australian Government is providing $4.6 million in funding through the National Stronger Regions Funds (NSRF) with the remainder of monies to come from Council's reserves.
Council collects contributions towards this work via a Section 94 Plan for the Moss Vale Enterprise Corridor to help fund the proposed road network that will need to be developed over time as development occurs.
Learn more about this S94 contributions plan here.
No. Claims made on social media that Hume Coal is funding the deviation of Berrima Road are false.
Hume Coal has also refuted this claim on 2ST Radio news 12/3/2018. See https://www.2st.com.au/news/highlands-news/120610-hume-coal-has-made-no-financial-investment-in-berrima-deviation-project
Construction on the Berrima Road Deviation Project commenced in January 2018. Read the January 2018 Community Update for more information.


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Q: is it possible to call evaluation function from node scope in casperjs scope using spookyjs? I try to pass to spooky an outside function, But when I call it, the returned value is 'undefined'.
Here is my code:
        var eval_func = function(){
           return 123;
        };
        console.log('Outside spooky: ' + eval_func());
        var spooky = new Spooky({
            child: {
                transport: 'http',
            },
            casper: {
                logLevel: 'error',
            }
        }, function (err) {
            if (err) {
                e = new Error('Failed to initialize SpookyJS');
                e.details = err;
                throw e;
            }

            spooky.start('http://google.com/',[{
                eval_func:eval_func,
            },function(){
                console.log('Inside spooky: ' + eval_func());
            }]);
            spooky.run();
        });

        spooky.on('console', function (line) {
            console.log(line);
        });
    });

and the output is:
Outside spooky: 123

And I get "ReferenceError: Can't find variable: eval_func".
Is it possible to do this without getting any ReferenceError?

A: OK, I found a good way to get around this. I copied the function string and then regenerated it in the casperjs scope.
        eval_func = function(){
            return 123;
        }
        console.log('Outside spooky: ' + eval_func());
        var spooky = new Spooky({
            child: {
                transport: 'http',
            },
            casper: {
                logLevel: 'error',
            }
        }, function (err) {
            if (err) {
                e = new Error('Failed to initialize SpookyJS');
                e.details = err;
                throw e;
            }
            eval_func_str = eval_func.toString();

            spooky.start('http://google.com/',[{
                eval_func_str:eval_func_str,
            },function(){
                eval("eval_func=" + eval_func_str);
                console.log('Inside spooky: ' + eval_func());
            }]);

            spooky.run();
        });

        spooky.on('console', function (line) {
            console.log(line);
        });

A: If you need the value of the function, pass in the returned value:
var Spooky;
try {
  Spooky = require('spooky');
} catch (e) {
  Spooky = require('../lib/spooky');
}
var eval_func = function() {
  return 123;
};
console.log('Outside spooky: ' + eval_func());
var spooky = new Spooky({
  child: {
    transport: 'http',
  },
  casper: {
    logLevel: 'error',
  }
}, function(err) {
  if (err) {
    e = new Error('Failed to initialize SpookyJS');
    e.details = err;
    throw e;
  }

  spooky.start('http://google.com/', [{
    eval_func: eval_func(),
  }, function() {
    console.log('Inside spooky: ' + eval_func);
  }]);
  spooky.run();
});

spooky.on('console', function(line) {
  console.log(line);
});

If you need to call a function from SpookyJS, try "emit":
var Spooky;
try {
  Spooky = require('spooky');
} catch (e) {
  Spooky = require('../lib/spooky');
}
var eval_func = function() {
  return 123;
};
console.log('Outside spooky: ' + eval_func());
var spooky = new Spooky({
  child: {
    transport: 'http',
  },
  casper: {
    logLevel: 'error',
  }
}, function(err) {
  if (err) {
    e = new Error('Failed to initialize SpookyJS');
    e.details = err;
    throw e;
  }

  spooky.start('http://google.com/', function() {
    var spookyScope = 42;
    this.emit('eval_func_call', "Another value from within Spooky is " + 42);
  });

  spooky.on('eval_func_call', function(spookyValue) {
    console.log("Calling eval_func inside Spooky", eval_func());
    console.log("and...", spookyValue)
  });

  spooky.run();
});

spooky.on('console', function(line) {
  console.log(line);
});

which gives you:
Outside spooky: 123
Calling eval_func inside Spooky 123
and... Another value from within Spooky is 42


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Almost 100 cannabis plants found in raid at St Ann's property
"The cultivation of cannabis is something we take extremely seriously and we will continue to do everything we can to disrupt the people responsible"
Laycie Beck
Officers seize almost 100 cannabis plants during the raid in St Ann's (Image: Nottinghamshire Police)
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Nottinghamshire Police seized almost 100 cannabis plants during a drugs raid. Officers carried out an intelligence-led warrant at a property on Abbotsford Drive, St Ann's at around 9:30am on Thursday, December 8.
A total of 94 cannabis plants were found during the raid and are set to be destroyed. Police Constable Karl Browne, from the St Ann's neighbourhood policing team, said: "This raid and the recovery of drugs would not have been possible without information received from our community and should send out a very clear message.
"The cultivation of cannabis is something we take extremely seriously and we will continue to do everything we can to disrupt the people responsible. Cannabis cultivation is big business and is very often linked to serious organised crime groups from home and abroad."
He continued: "Related offences such as human trafficking and modern slavery are also common traits of this cruel and exploitative criminal enterprise. Residents in neighbouring properties are also placed at considerable risk of fire from the sheer amount of combustible materials and chemicals stored in these grows, and the highly dangerous modifications made to the electrics.
"Put simply, this is an activity that should never be ignored or excused. So if you have reason to suspect a property in your street please contact the police and tell us about it. We will listen, we will investigate and we will look to take this kind of firm action."
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A Narrawallee sculptor has turned your recycled goods into a 60-piece exhibition. Peter Percy is hosting the opening of his exhibition Out of the Ordinary at 36 Parkinson Street, Narrawallee. Every piece is made from recycled gear with about 90 per cent from the recycling centre at the Ulladulla Waste Depot, Mr Percy said. The material comprises wood, metal, stone and plastic. "All the material has a story." He also loves to visit second-hand shops around Milton-Ulladulla and sometimes sees parts of pieces thrown in bushland. "You've just got to look around," he said. "You see stuff and you've got get it." READ MORE: Paint the town at this year's Escape ARTfest The pieces range from small to medium sized sculptures either hanging on a wall or atop counters in his exhibition room. Some are of scenes and others are of people, places and things. To make the works Mr Percy finds items and generally leaves them about for a few months. And that's when the idea strikes. "I put pieces aside so I can see them and six months later and it clicks." READ MORE: Highlights of Escape ARTfest 2019 Mr Percy begun sculpting when he living in London during the 1970s. After raising a family he returned to the hobby. His lesson for young sculptors? "Don't listen to anyone." His solo exhibition opening will run from 5 to 7pm on Friday, October 11 with refreshments and live music by the The Shack Shakers.
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Peter Percy to host sustainable sculpture exhibition Out of the Ordinary for Escape ARTfest
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Peter Percy and his 'The Glorious Mudsingers'.
A Narrawallee sculptor has turned your recycled goods into a 60-piece exhibition.
Peter Percy is hosting the opening of his exhibition Out of the Ordinary at 36 Parkinson Street, Narrawallee.
Every piece is made from recycled gear with about 90 per cent from the recycling centre at the Ulladulla Waste Depot, Mr Percy said.
The material comprises wood, metal, stone and plastic.
"All the material has a story."
Sculptor turns your trash into treasure: Escape ARTfest
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He also loves to visit second-hand shops around Milton-Ulladulla and sometimes sees parts of pieces thrown in bushland.
"You've just got to look around," he said.
"You see stuff and you've got get it."
READ MORE: Paint the town at this year's Escape ARTfest
The pieces range from small to medium sized sculptures either hanging on a wall or atop counters in his exhibition room. Some are of scenes and others are of people, places and things.
To make the works Mr Percy finds items and generally leaves them about for a few months. And that's when the idea strikes.
"I put pieces aside so I can see them and six months later and it clicks."
READ MORE: Highlights of Escape ARTfest 2019
Mr Percy begun sculpting when he living in London during the 1970s. After raising a family he returned to the hobby.
His lesson for young sculptors?
"Don't listen to anyone."
His solo exhibition opening will run from 5 to 7pm on Friday, October 11 with refreshments and live music by the The Shack Shakers.


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O'Connor and the Abortion Battle
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It's always hazardous putting out predictions, but Will Saletan's take on the Supreme Court and abortion is, in all likelihood, exactly right. The Republicans are too scared to install a Supreme Court that would overturn Roe v. Wade; it would be the biggest disaster for their party in decades. (The last time Roe was facing imminent danger, back in 1989, turned into an electoral disaster for Republicans.)
On the other hand, incremental restrictions on abortion seem to be quite popular, and the GOP will have no trouble gunning for justices who approve of those bits. So Sandra Day O'Connor—who wasn't the swing vote on Roe, but was the swing vote on a variety of other parental notification and partial-birth abortion rulings—will likely be replaced by a hard right social conservative, as a sop to the evangelical base. Ditto with William Rehnquist, when he retires. But if John Paul Stevens—who would become the crucial swing vote on Roe—happens to retire under Bush's watch, the president may well nominate Alberto Gonzales or someone else who would uphold Roe. That would keep the "base" agitated and frenzied for years to come, without leading to electoral disaster.
On the other hand, even the partial restrictions on abortion that O'Connor's replacement is likely to uphold will prove extremely harmful. But it's also not clear that liberals can in practice do much to stop those restrictions, short of the Democrats retaking the presidency or winning over public opinion. Not in a million years will Bush nominate a Supreme Court justice who intends to strike down parental-notification laws or partial-birth abortion bans and, sadly enough, he has the bulk of voters on his side. That puts liberals and pro-choicers in a bit of a bind.
Meanwhile, one much-neglected story on this Supreme Court business, as Jordan Barab points out, is that O'Connor's replacement is likely to be even more business-friendly than the already-quite-business-friendly O'Connor, and a variety of labor protections and workplace safety laws could draw heavy fire. Michael Scherer discussed the grand strategy at work here in Mother Jones two years ago. That's the sort of thing that would certainly resonate with millions of voters—big business isn't nearly as popular as people think—and liberals would be well-advised to point this out while they figure out how to win the abortion battle.


SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Yonhap) -- Former President Lee Myung-bak ordered an air strike of a North Korean military compound when the North shelled the South Korean border island of Yeonpyeong in 2010, a memoir by Lee's former chief press secretary said Sunday.
In the memoir titled "Days of Challenges" that was released Sunday, Lee Dong-kwan, a former spokesman and chief press secretary for Lee Myung-bak, refuted the long-running claim that the president instructed the military to stop the North Korean shelling from spilling over.
Lee "ordered counterattacks involving all possible measures" on a North Korean military compound in Kaemori, said the former presidential secretary, who is running in the parliamentary elections slated for April 13.
One of those measures was for two F-15 fighter bombers, which were flown over the bombarded island, to be deployed for counterattacks, he said.
The North Korean bombardment of Yeonpyeong, one of South Korea's clusters of front-line islands in the Yellow Sea, took place while Lee was in his third year in office. The shelling killed four South Korean soldiers and civilians, and wounded 19 others.
The presidential order was not carried out, however, as military officials overrode the order with a United Nations Command rule that says a counterattack should be conducted with weapons of the same type and amount.
"The military officials hesitated about the military action, citing a need to discuss it with the United States Forces Korea," the former aide said.
He said non-military Cabinet members were more eager for a proactive counterattack, while military officials were not prepared enough, stressing that the two dispatched fighters were not even loaded with air-to-surface missiles.
The former presidential secretary also wrote about a behind-the-scene story involving Lee's summit meeting with then U.S. President George Bush in 2008.
"From now on, (the U.S.) will give intelligence to South Korea," the former presidential official said, quoting the U.S. president.
Until then, the U.S. withheld intelligence from South Korea because they believed U.S.-provided information was flowing to North Korea under the previous liberal administration of President Roh Moo-hyun, he said, stressing that the remarks are a clear sign that the South Korea-U.S. alliance is on the upturn.


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Gov. Ishaku Commends State Chapter of NULGE for supporting the Local Government Verification Exercise.
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Taraba state Governor, Darius Dickson Ishaku has appreciated the high sense of maturity as exhibited by Local government workers during their biometric exercise.
Governor Darius Ishaku stated this yesterday when the National Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE Taraba Chapter paid him a thank you visit in his office, Government House Jalingo.
Darius Ishaku said the support State government got from the leadership of NULGE and indeed the entire staff of 16 council Areas confirms their support to rid local government councils in the state from financial recklessness and zero tolerance to irregularities that has permeated the payment of Local government workers salaries in the state.
Governor Darius Ishaku explained that when he started the verification of local government staff, it was vehemently condemned by some people who were outright beneficiaries from such misdeed and expressed happiness that, all staff of local government councils are happy and stressed that, Tarabans are now seeing the benefits of the exercise.
The Governor decried the way and manner some people will have the guts to receive more than one person's salary monthly and still feel comfortable, describing the trend as cruel and unhealthy towards the development of the state.
Darius Ishaku, however, said monies that would be realised as left over after the payment of salaries would be judiciously channelled to develop the state and challenged the Union Executives to be supportive of his administration so people at the grassroots will reap the dividends of democracy.
He applauded them for being the first Union in the state to pay him a thank you visit in respect to the good work he has done to the staff of local governments.
The Governor thanked the National Secretariat of NULGE for recognising his contribution in the State and thought it wise and nominated him to receive an outstanding leadership award among the Governors in the state.
Darius Ishaku pledged to always be prompt in the payment of salaries in the state and Local government staff for them to be able to take care of their family and dependence, saying that, he is aware that the state is civil service state and promised to donate a bus to the Union to enable them to carry out their activities effectively.
Speaking earlier, the State President of NULGE.
Comrade Naphtali Kefas commended the state Governor, Arc. Darius Dickson Ishaku for initiating the biometric exercise for local government workers which has helped maximally in erasing fictitious names from the payment voucher. Comrade Naphtali described the governor as a pragmatic leader that carries everybody along irrespective of tribe, religion and other affiliations.
He appreciated Governor Darius Ishaku for the decision he has taken in order to pay off both State and local government retirees backlogs of pensions and gratuities, stating that, it would encourage civil servants not to be afraid of their retirement period since they are sure of receiving their pensions and gratuities.
Naphtali Kefas told the Governor that the payment of gratuities of local government retirees will significantly towards ameliorating their sufferings. The Unionist assured the Governor of the unalloyed loyalty and support of all local government staff in the state for the administration to succeed.
During the thank you visit, a one minute silence was observed in honour of the former Governor of the state, late Danbaba Danfulani Suntai, Senior Specia A assistant to the Governor on Media and Publicity, late Sylvanus Yakubu Giwa and all those that lost their lives during the various crises in some parts of the state.
Solidarity songs were chanted by the NULGE officials as a mark respect and appreciation to the Governor for rescuing the local governments.


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