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Q: Buddypress JSON API Plugin to show particular User activity Im using Buddypress JSON Api plugin, wanted to know how single User Activity can be displayed.
The function which is provided by BP JSON API is activity_get_activities() which display all user's activity through out the website.But i wanted to display only for single user.
For Example: http://websiteurl/api/buddypressread/activity_get_activities/?userid=1
In the above example, if i pass userid=1 then all the activity by the user 1 will be displayed not by all other user's

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Contest: 'Toy Story OF TERROR!' Prize Pack
By Dave3 | @ | August 22nd, 2014 at 12:30 pm
In conjunction with the home video release earlier this week of Disney•Pixar's Toy Story OF TERROR, we here at Geeks Of Doom have a cool prize pack to give away to three (3) lucky winners!!!
Three (3) winners will receive a Toy Story OF TERROR prize pack containing:
One (1) copy of Toy Story OF TERROR on Blu-ray
One (1) Toy Story OF TERROR Figure 3-Pack, featuring Jessie, Combat Carl, and Buzz Lightyear
TO ENTER: There's just two simple steps:
(1) Subscribe to Geeks of Doom using one or more of the following methods:
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(2) Fill out the entry form here below and submit. (Form is here after the jump.)
Topics: Contests, Features, Movies, Toys
Tags: Angus MacLane, Carl Weathers, Disney/Pixar, Don Rickles, Galyn Susman, Joan Cusack, Kristen Schaal, Michael Giacchino, Pixar, Tim Allen, Timothy Dalton, Tom Hanks, Toy Story, Toy Story of Terror, Wallace Shawn
New 'Penny Dreadful' Trailer With Eva Green, Josh Hartnett Released
By The Movie God | @ | January 16th, 2014 at 11:00 pm
A new teaser trailer has been released for Penny Dreadful, the upcoming Showtime series from the filmmakers behind movies like Gladiator, American Beauty, and Skyfall, John Logan and Sam Mendes.
We've seen teasers for the show before, but this is the longest of them so far, and the most like an actual trailer. With the series set to premiere on May 11th a full trailer should be coming fairly soon, but for now this is our best look at the show, which is described as a "psychosexual horror" that brings together literary icons such as Frankenstein and his monster, Dorian Gray, and Count Dracula.
You can check out the new teaser trailer for Penny Dreadful below.
Topics: News, Television, Trailers
Tags: Billi Piper, Danny Sapani, Eva Green, Harry Treadaway, Helen McCrory, John Logan, Josh Hartnett, Penny Dreadful, Reeve Carney, Rory Kinnear, Sam Mendes, Showtime, Simon Russell Beale, Timothy Dalton
Watch Now: Teaser Trailer For Upcoming Showtime Psychological Thriller 'Penny Dreadful'
By The Movie God | @ | September 24th, 2013 at 12:00 pm
It's not much, but a new teaser trailer has been released for Penny Dreadful, an upcoming psychological thriller from Showtime.
The show is described as a "psychosexual horror," and weaves together various literary icons such as Frankenstein and his monster, Dorian Gray, and Count Dracula as they deal with alienation in Victorian London.
You can check out the trailer below.
Tags: Billi Piper, Danny Sapani, Eva Green, Harry Treadaway, Helen McCrory, Josh Hartnett, Penny Dreadful, Reeve Carney, Rory Kinnear, Showtime, Simon Russell Beale, Timothy Dalton
30-Minute Pixar Halloween Special 'Toy Story Of Terror' Set To Air On ABC This Fall
By The Movie God | @ | May 16th, 2013 at 10:00 am
Fans of Pixar's Toy Story franchise have been somewhat spoiled not only by three wonderful movies, but by a collection of shorts that also feature the voices of all of the movies' main stars.
Most of those shorts are only a few minutes long, but that will not be the case with Toy Story of Terror, and upcoming Halloween special once again featuring all of your favorite living toys.
The special will run 30 minutes in length, and will once again feature Woody (voiced by Tom Hanks), Buzz (Tim Allen), Jessie (Joan Cusack), Mr. Potato Head (Don Rickles), Rex (Wallace Shawn), Mr. Pricklepants (Timothy Dalton), and Trixie (Kristen Schaal). Also, a toy you might remember being blown up by Sid in the original movie, Combat Carl (to be voiced by Carl Weathers in the special)—also thought to be the first "death" in a Pixar film—will also make an appearance.
Topics: Animated, Movies, News, Television
Tags: Don Rickles, Joan Cusack, Kristen Schaal, Pixar, Tim Allen, Timothy Dalton, Tom Hanks, Toy Story, Toy Story of Horror, Wallace Shawn
Disney In Depth: Blu-ray Review: Secret Of The Wings
By Brett Nachman | @ | October 25th, 2012 at 9:04 pm
Secret of the Wings
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Directed by Peggy Holmes, Bobs Gannaway
Starring Mae Whitman, Lucy Hale, Lucy Liu, Raven-Symoné, Megan Hilty, Pamela Adlon, Matt Lanter, Timothy Dalton, Anjelica Huston, Debby Ryan, Angela Bartys, Grey DeLisle
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Every once in a while, a critic must suck up his pride and cover a film that would have never registered on his radar. For me, that is what I experienced with the latest entry in the Disney Fairies series, Secret of the Wings. Though this Tinker Bell-themed movie presents nothing new to the direct-to-video blueprint, I must admit that this "flitterrific" film offers pleasant amusement. Let's fly right into this review.
Topics: Animated, Blu-ray, Blu-ray Review, Disney In Depth, Features, Movies, Reviews
Tags: Angela Bartys, Anjelica Huston, Bobs Gannaway, Debby Ryan, Disney, Disney Fairies, Disney ToonStudios, Grey DeLisle, Joel McNeely, John Lasseter, Lucy Hale, Lucy Liu, Mae Whitman, Matt Lanter, Megan Hilty, Pamela Adlon, Peggy Holmes, Pixar, Raven-Symoné, Secret of the Wings, Timothy Dalton
Countdown To Doctor Who: Netflix Review: The End Of Time
By cGt2099 | August 31st, 2012 at 6:15 pm
Doctor Who: The End Of Time
Directed by Euros Lyn
Produced and Written by Russell T. Davies
Starring David Tennant, Matt Smith, Bernard Cribbins, John Simm, Timothy Dalton, Billie Piper, John Barrowman, Elisabeth Sladen, Lawry Lewin, Sinead Keenan
BBC Worldwide
Originally Broadcast: December 25, 2009
It's not long too go now for the Doctor Who fans that have been waiting very patiently for the beginning of Series 7, featuring Matt Smith reprising his role as the Doctor. So, with the impending premiere about to explode with Daleks and timey-wimey stuffs, I thought it would be an appropriate selection for our Netflix Review this week to take a glance at one of the streaming features containing our favorite Time Lord: The End Of Time.
The End Of Time, fundamentally, is the bookend closing point for the Russell T. Davies and David Tennant era of the series. Matt Smith makes his first appearance at the end, with an iconic and memorable regeneration scene, but the key rationale for this adventure – an episode in two parts – is to bring many of the Davies storyline threads to a close, just before handing over to then-new producer Steven Moffat.
Topics: Features, Movies, Reviews, Streaming, Television
Tags: Bernard Cribbins, David Tennant, Doctor Who, Euros Lyn, John Simm, Matt Smith, Netflix, Russell T. Davies, The End Of Time, Timothy Dalton
'Bond 50' Brings All 22 James Bond Films Together For The First Time On Blu-ray
By BAADASSSSS! | May 22nd, 2012 at 4:28 pm
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the James Bond film franchise, and with the long-delayed Skyfall (watch the first trailer) finally in production and set for worldwide release in November, MGM and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment are marking the golden occasion by releasing all 22 original Bond adventures, from Dr. No – the movie that started it all – to 2008's Quantum of Solace, in one massive Blu-ray box set called Bond 50.
You can check out the full special features list for Bond 50 here below.
Topics: Blu-ray, Movies, News
Tags: Blu-ray, Daniel Craig, James Bond, Martin Campbell, Michael Apted, Pierce Brosnan, Quantum of Solace, Roger Moore, Sean Connery, Skyfall, Timothy Dalton
Blu-ray Review: Toy Story 3
By Vactor | November 2nd, 2010 at 1:49 pm
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Directed by Lee Unkrich
Starring Tim Allen, Tom Hanks, Michael Keaton, Ned Beatty
I'm a Pixar fanatic through and through and yet I'm not in love with the Toy Story franchise. My mind often wonders how that is possible. Don't get me wrong, I certainly appreciate the series and the first movie, in particular, for its historical significance. I also feel the current crop of 3D animated films owe their existence to Woody, Buzz, Slinky Dog, and the rest, but I've always found the first two entries in the series to be of a different time in Pixar's life. I find myself much more engaged by more recent outings like Wall-E and Up than I do from older films like A Bug's Life and Toy Story.
That being said, I think Toy Story 3 just might be my favorite film in the franchise. I don't know if it's just because it's the most recent and it's fresh in my mind, but I had a lot of fun with this third part of the trilogy. The film benefits greatly from computer technology that is a decade ahead of the previous Toy Story films and looks amazing (especially on Blu-ray). This can be found in the level of sophistication in not only the toys and humans, but in the backgrounds and environments as well. The opening dream sequence really shows off what I feel like the filmmakers have been trying to show us since the first movie but were limited by the technology of the day.
Topics: Blu-ray, DVD Reviews, Movies, Reviews
Tags: Lee Unkrich, Michael Keaton, Ned Beatty, Pixar, Tim Allen, Timothy Dalton, Tom Hanks, Toy Story, Toy Story 3
Johnny Depp & Angelina Jolie Are Wanted In New Trailer For 'The Tourist'
Sony Pictures has released the first trailer for The Tourist, which features mega-stars Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie.
The movie tells the story of a man named Frank (Depp), who while on a getaway to Italy to escape his life meets a stunning woman named Elise (Jolie). Frank finds himself attracted to Elise's fun and outgoing personality, but it's not long before he discovers that this is by design and that she's using him as a distraction when an onslaught of people are suddenly trying to catch him.
Along with Depp and Jolie, the movie also stars Paul Bettany (A Beautiful Mind, A Knight's Tale), Rufus Sewell (Dark City, Pillars of the Earth), and Timothy Dalton (License to Kill, Hot Fuzz). The Tourist is directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, who previously helmed The Lives of Others.
Be sure to head on over to the other side to check out the trailer for The Tourist now!
Tags: Angelina Jolie, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Johnny Depp, Paul Bettany, Rufus Sewell, Sony Pictures, The Tourist, Timothy Dalton
Second Trailer For Pixar's 'Toy Story 3' Wants To Play With You
By The Movie God | @ | February 12th, 2010 at 12:32 am
Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Entertainment have released the second official trailer for next Summer's highly-anticipated Toy Story 3.
The trailer is definitely a different direction from the first trailer that we saw released. In that one, it was mainly about Andy going off to college and the toys being dumped off in a day care facility. This time around, you're returned to the day care, but you get to meet some of the new toys that we've heard about but not seen, like the Ken doll voiced by Michael Keaton, the mysterious toy that appeared in Pixar's last film, Up, and Timothy Dalton's Mr. Pricklepants.
Continue on down to the bottom to read a synopsis and watch this brand new Toy Story 3 trailer for yourself. And do not forget, the movie will be released in only 4 short months on June 18, 2010.
Topics: Animated, Movies, News, Trailers
Tags: 3D, Disney, Finding Nemo, Lee Unkrich, Michael Keaton, Timothy Dalton, Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Toy Story 3, Walt Disney Pictures

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Tuality Forest Grove Hospital is licensed as a hospital in Forest Grove, Oregon, United States, but does not operate as an inpatient care service. Built in 1963, the facility had 48 beds and employed approximately 100 healthcare professionals.

History
Construction on a hospital began in 1962. In 1963, the $412,000 facility opened as Forest Grove Community Hospital. The hospital founders sold it in 1967 to a local business group, who in-turn sold the hospital again in 1976 to American Medical International. Forest Grove's hospital was then remodeled and updated at that time, with a new $450,000 wing added that brought capacity to 48 beds in January 1977. In 1978, a new delivery area opened to allow entire labor-delivery-recovery-postpartum process to occur in a single room.

In 1982, a medical office building was built on the campus and the hospital was purchased by Tuality Community Hospital in neighboring Hillsboro, Oregon. After the purchase, the ownership group created Fontus in 1983 as a healthcare organization. In 1990, the hospital was renamed as Tuality Forest Grove Hospital. In 1995, a geriatric psychiatric unit was added to the facility, and in 1999 a dialysis unit opened. The maternity unit was discontinued in 1996 as part of a re-organization of the parent company. The hospital announced plans in July 2013 to expand the facility by 75 beds and add a parking structure. The long-term expansion plans would add wings to the existing structure and add a fourth floor.

The geriatric psychiatric unit was closed in March 2018 due to a failure to meet safety requirements. All employees were given no notice and let go within a week of the notice.

The emergency room transitioned to an urgent care clinic on July 1, 2018 to better serve the Forest Grove community by providing a more appropriate level of care, easier access and shorter wait times. The RN staff were given a two-week notice. The Urgent care now runs with minimal staff and no RN's

Facility
Tuality Forest Grove Hospital is owned and operated by Tuality Healthcare.

See also
List of hospitals in Portland, Oregon
List of hospitals in Oregon

References

Hospital buildings completed in 1963
Buildings and structures in Forest Grove, Oregon
Hospitals in Oregon
Hospitals established in 1963
1963 establishments in Oregon

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Q: Read a list of strings from text file and remove the extra quotes In my text file, I have a list of strings as follows :
['', '"0=SYSEV,1=APPEV,2:3=VECEV"', '"ASEN"+$y', '"FALSE"', '"G"+$x+"ARBCFG"', '"G"+$x+"ARBPR"', '"HUGO:SECURE"', '"Internal"', '"SERIAL0:TRANSMIT"', '$fpi_mem_range', '$fpi_to_sri_base', '$fpi_to_sri_range', '$sx_fpi_base', '$sx_fpi_range', '$sx_sri_dest', '$trignum_g-1', '$x!=0', '$x!=1', '$x==1', '0', '0x0', '0x00', '0x0000', '0x00000000', '0x00000FFFF', '0x0000FFFF', '0x0D', '0x10', '0x1000', '0x10000000', '0x11001111', '0x11111100', '0xffc', '0xffffffff', '1', '1 clock cycle for generating the MSB', '10', '100', '101', '102', '103', '104', '115', '1156', '116', '117', '118', '1188', '119', '1192', '1196', '12', '120']

This list is written in text file using this code :
thefile = open('test.txt', 'w')
for item in thelist:
    thefile.write("%s\n" % item)

I want to read the list again. So I am using this code :
with open('test.txt') as f:
    content = f.readlines()
content = [x.strip() for x in content]

The list that I am obtaining is correct but the extracted strings contain extra quotes that I want to remove. This is the list that I obtained :
['','"0=SYSEV,1=APPEV,2:3=VECEV"','"ASEN"+$y','"FALSE"',....,'0x0000FFFF']

To remove the extra quotes, I used ast.literaleval() but I got this error :
 File "/home/ubuntu/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/ast.py", line 35, in parse
 return compile(source, filename, mode, PyCF_ONLY_AST)

 File "<unknown>", line 1
 "ASEN"+$y

  ^
 SyntaxError: unexpected EOF while parsing

It seems that it removes the single quotes for all elements of the list even the one that we don't need to remove their quotes.
Any better ideas ?

A: A possible solution is to use re.sub to remove all double quote characters. Effectively this is done by matching the double quotes characters using regular expressions, and substituting an empty character instead.
import re
thelist = ['','"0=SYSEV,1=APPEV,2:3=VECEV"','"ASEN"+$y','"FALSE"','0x0000FFFF']

newlist = [];

for item in thelist:
    newlist.append(re.sub('["]','',item))

newlist will contain the elements from thelist without double quotes.
Edit.
You may also use str.replace method for improved performance as pointed out by zwer below.
for item in thelist:
  newlist.append(item.replace('"',''))


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Witchford Village College student Ed hopes to remember the fallen with new war memorial
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Ed Ouzman.
A student from Witchford Village College is hoping to raise funds to help remember the fallen in a very special way.
Ed Ouzman is hoping to build a new war memorial on the grounds of the college – and is inviting the public to do their part by sponsoring the bricks that will make it up.
The 14-year-old from Ely is looking to raise £1,600 so it can be built in time for Remembrance Sunday 2017, and was inspired to put forward plans after reading the list of names on the college's current memorial.
He said: "I was looking at the memorial and I was thinking 'what do these names mean to me'?
"I then thought that one of these names must mean everything to someone as they were their father or grandfather, and that was my inspiration to get it built."
Those who buy bricks, which will cost £3.50, will have their name or the name of a loved one added to the plaque on the memorial, as well as a certificate of authenticity.
Ed has submitted plans to a number of builders, and is waiting on them to be given the green light.
"We've had a lot of interest so far," he said.
"The new memorial will have a sign in the middle, with two twisted pillars on either side which will represent each world war.
"I'm hoping it will be built by November 11 next year and that we can have a big opening ceremony to help remember those who lost their lives."
Adam Carter, head of history at Witchford Village College, said: "Having the memorial will make sure that young people have a reminder of what happened during the wars."
For more information or to pick up a sponsorship form, visit college reception or email office@witchfordvc.co.uk.


Consider whether great changes have not happened deep inside your being in times when you were sad. The only sadnesses that are unhealthy and dangerous are those we carry around in public in order to drown them out. Like illnesses that are treated superficially, they only recede for a while and then break out more severely. Untreated they gather strength inside us and become the rejected, lost, and unlived life that we may die of. If only we could see a little farther than our knowledge reaches and a little beyond the borders of our intuition, we might perhaps bear our sorrows more trustingly than we do our joys. For they are the moments when something new enters us, something unknown. Our feelings grow mute in shy embarrassment, they take a step back, a stillness arises, and the new thing, which no one knows, stands in the midst of it all and says nothing.


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Maharashtra: Ten newborns die in Bhandara hospital fire, 7 rescued
Ten newborn babies died after
fire broke out in the Special Newborn Care Unit of a hospital in Maharashtra in the wee hours on Saturday, doctors said.
All the infants were between a month and three months old, a doctor said.
Fire broke out in the Bhandara district hospital at around 2 am, he said. There were 17 babies in the unit and seven were rescued, he added.
Another doctor said a nurse first noticed smoke coming out from the neonatal section of the hospital and alerted doctors and other staff who reached there in five minutes.
Fire brigade personnel rescued seven babies from the 'inbound ward' of the unit but could not save the 10 other babies, he said.
The cause of the fire in the four storeyed building is not known but could have been the result of an electrical short circuit, he said.


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The youngest residents of Swansea are being invited to spend quality playtime at one of the community's most iconic buildings.
By joining a playgroup at Morriston Tabernacle they will help start breathing new life into the historic location.
Places are now available at the Cylch Ti a Fi (Welsh-medium baby and toddler group) held at the 147-year-old building every Wednesday from 9.30-11am.
The Swansea Council officer leading a revitalisation plan for the Tabernacle is urging young mums and dads - and grandparents - to seize the opportunity.
Jacqualyn Box, based at Tabernacle, said: "It's wonderful that this group and others are now making use of this amazing building.
"It's delightful to see the newest generation of Swansea people being given the chance to benefit from the great spaces the Tabernacle has to offer."
The weekly group is being run by Mudiad Meithrin, the voluntary sector's main provider of Welsh-medium early years care and education. Each session costs £2 per family.
The organisation's Carole Williams said: "The Cylch Ti a Fi is a great opportunity for parents, grandparents or guardians to meet regularly, enjoy playing with their children and socialise over a cuppa.
"People who come here make new friends, listen to simple Welsh language songs, listen to Welsh stories and have a good time.
"Our aim in Mudiad Meithrin is to give every young child in Wales the chance to benefit from early years care and education experiences through the medium of Welsh."
Another person making good use of the famous chapel is Morriston musician Mathew Morgan who is hosting regular guitar lessons there.
Other new activity hosted at the venue since the revitalisation plan's launch in October includes a film show and weekly seated yoga classes.
Other activities are in the pipeline and those leading the project are eager to hear from others who would like to use the Tabernacle.
Robert Francis-Davies, Swansea Council's cabinet member for investment, regeneration and tourism, said: "It's encouraging to see creative new use being made of one of Swansea's most celebrated buildings.
"I wish those making use of it all the best and I encourage the people from Morriston to make even more use of it."
Theplan to revitalise the Tabernacle is being driven by the council. The project represents an important development in the history of a building of national significance, one of only two Grade 1 listed structures in Swansea.
The revitalisation plan - Morriston Tabernacle: Sustaining for Future Generations - is being funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund under its Resilient Heritage Programme. The National Lottery Heritage Fund grant was made possible by National Lottery players.
The £71,300 The National Lottery Heritage Fund award is supporting the work of Jacqualyn to develop a business plan and fundraising plan.
More info: Contact Jacqualyn Box - email Jacqualyn.Box@swansea.gov.uk, phone 07827 307968. Facebook - @TabernaclTreforys. Instagram - tabernacltreforys.
Photo: Angharad Davies, leader of the Morriston Tabernacle Cylch Ti a Fi.


Good article by Niall Ferguson here.
Interesting to observe the issue of Iran climbing up the agenda of the news bulletins. It has higher to go yet. The trouble is that the world needs Iran (its oil and gas) more than Iran needs the world, so sanctions - even if they get applied - will be meaningless and cosmetic, further reinforcing Admadinajad's beliefs that the West is craven and that Allah will support him in his actions.
I'm more convinced than ever that the situation is fubar, but I'm a bit more optimistic that it won't lead to WW3, simply because I can see Russia and China benefiting more from sitting on the sidelines (possibly selling arms) while the US (and UK) get bogged down in very serious ground warfare, and while their economies go into meltdown.
The more I ponder it, the more I think an attack on Iran will be the same as the Titanic hitting the iceberg. There will be a big jolt, and then things will stabilise, and the powers that be will reassure everyone that it's all OK, nothing to worry about. Meanwhile, the ship of oil consumption begins to sink, and all that has been built on top of it will sink with it.
Ironically, it might make all the Peak Oil worrying completely irrelevant - the West shifts on to non-oil based economies (for global warming concerns as well, for example) - and by the time the oil supply situation has stabilised, we've moved off and away - and nobody cares that the oil supply has passed its peak. Oil will again be cheap, because nobody will want it.
Well, that's me trying to be optimistic!!


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Where we have homes
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Significant Performance Failures- Scottish Housing Regulator
So, how did we do?
WGHC's business plan clearly indicates that "Our tenants are paramount in everything we do". This is echoed on the first line of our website homepage. This mantra is supported by our 3 core values: Service, Consistency and Learning. We seek to promote the 3 core values at every opportunity, so these, again, are published on our website homepage and the footer of each and every e-mail we send.
We are required by the Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) to undertake, and report on, tenant satisfaction at least every three years. The SHR indicate a response rate of 40% should be achieved. At WGHC, this would equate to 148 tenants. We actually survey 200 (53%) tenants to try and get more comprehensive information as to how we are performing and what our tenants think of us.
Thank you to the 200 tenants who took the time, this year, to provide their answers and feedback for the survey. An overall 'snap shot' of results is shown below.
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Saint Onuphrius of Saint David Gareji Monastery, Georgia
Saint Onuphrius of Gareji (Otar Machutadze in the world) lived and labored in the 18th century. He was a Kartlian aristocrat famed for his wealth, hospitality, and charity.
Longing for the ascetic life, Otar wore a hair shirt under his distinguished raiment and unceasingly prayed to God for the strength to lead the monastic life. He revealed his will to his wife: "I thirst to turn from this world and draw nearer to Christ," he said. "Therefore, I beg your forgiveness for all my transgressions, both voluntary and involuntary."
His faithful wife consented and permitted him to go in peace. Otar traveled with his two eldest sons to Tbilisi, blessed them, and bade them farewell for the last time. Then he set off for the David-Gareji Monastery, which at that time was led by the kindhearted superior Archimandrite Herman.
Archimandrite Herman received Otar with great joy, and after a short time he tonsured him a monk with the name Onuphrius.
Blessed Onuphrius was a peaceful, humble and obedient man and a tireless ascetic. He would keep vigil through the night, and after the morning prayers he would go down to the ravine and continue to chant psalms, shedding tears over his past transgressions. He ate just one meal a day of bread and water, after the hour of Vespers. Once the Dagestanis attacked the David-Gareji Monastery, plundered the church, and took captive several monks including Onuphrius, the priests Maxime and Ioakime, and four deacons. Onuphrius was the oldest among them. The unbelievers planned to stab him to death, but the Lord protected him from their evil scheme.
According to the will of the All-merciful God, Onuphrius was freed and returned to the monastery.
The brotherhood was impoverished after the invasion, so Archimandrite Herman sent Saint Onuphrius on a mission to solicit alms. It was difficult for Saint Onuphrius to depart from the monastery, but he unquestioningly obeyed the will of his superior: the former aristocrat began to walk from door to door, begging for charity. At Tskhinvali in Samachablo Saint Onuphrius attracted the attention of a crowd of people leading a young, demon-possessed man. The saint approached them and discovered that they were bringing the young man to a fortuneteller for help.
With love and great boldness Saint Onuphrius addressed the crowd, saying, "My children, such behavior is not fitting for Christian believers. Bring the young man to me!"
The young man's mother fell on her knees before him, begging for help, but Saint Onuphrius raised her up and proclaimed: "I have come bearing earth from the grave of Saint David of Gareji. This will help your son!" He dissolved a pinch of the earth in water and gave it to the young man to drink, and he was immediately healed.
Saint Onuphrius took with him his youngest son, John, and returned to the monastery with a great quantity of provisions.
Once a certain Arab with a wounded eye came to the monastery seeking help. Saint Onuphrius washed his eye in water from the holy spring of David-Gareji, and he was immediately healed.
Later Saint Onuphrius desired to be tonsured into the great schema. The superior was hesitant, and told Onuphrius to remain for twenty or thirty days at the grave of Saint David praying and supplicating God to reveal His will. The saint remained there in prayer, and after thirty days God revealed to the abbot that Fr. Onuphrius was truly worthy of this honor. Then Schemamonk Onuphrius gave a vow of silence and began to sleep on a tattered mat. Under his clothing he wore a heavy chain, and he left his cell only to attend the divine services.
Soon Blessed Onuphrius became so exhausted that he was no longer able to stand. The brothers begged him to lie on a bed and rest his head on a pillow, but the blessed Onuphrius opened his mouth for the first time since taking the vow of silence and said, "I vow to end my days on this mat."
Saint Onuphrius endured his infirmities with thanksgiving and repeated the Jesus Prayer incessantly. When people came to receive his blessing, he would welcome them, saying, "Let me kiss the edge of your garments and wash your feet with my tears!"
Sensing that the end of his days was approaching, Saint Onuphrius partook of the Holy Gifts and, eighteen days later, on the Feast of Theophany, fell asleep in the Lord.
Saint Onuphrius was buried on the south side of the grave of Saint David of Gareji, near the altar window.


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Amazing Facts About Lebron James
LeBron James is a professional basketball player who currently plays for the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA. He started playing professional basketball when he was just 18 years old, being drafted to the Cavaliers in 2003. Since then, Lebron has won several championships, awards and accomplishments that makes him one of the best basketball players in history.
He is a 3-time winner of the NBA All-Star Game MVP and the NBA MVP of 2009. He has also been awarded with several titles including: Rookie of the Year, 5-time All-NBA First Team member and 4-time All-NBA Second Team member. Lebron has also won 8 times NBA Eastern Conference Player of the Month and his number 23 jersey was retired by his high school, St. Vincent-St. Mary's.
In terms of championships, Lebron has won 3 NBA Championships (2 with the Miami Heat and 1 with the Cleveland Cavaliers) and 2 Olympic gold medals (1 in 2008 Beijing and 1 in 2012 London).
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It's no wonder that Lebron James is one of the most amazing and talented athletes in the world!
How many rings do Lebron James have
Lebron James has 6 rings. He won 2 championships with Miami Heat and 4 Championships with the Cavs.
There are two versions of this question, the first one is that he already has 6 rings. And another version says that Lebron currently has 6 rings which is not true.
Lebron James has six rings which is confirmed by Lebron himself. However, there are controversies about the number of championships he won with his high school and college teams. He officially won three championships with high school and four championships with college. He also has two Olympic gold medals.
He has not clarified anything about the number of championships he won with his high school and college teams yet but it is still believed that he won three and four championships respectively. Additionally, he has two Olympic gold medals.
What do Lebron James' tattoos mean
LeBron has the tattoo "Chosen 1" on his back to symbolize that he is a fearless leader. He also has "Gloria" tattooed on his stomach to represent the glory of God. LeBron's other tattoos include four teardrops under his right eye, a crown on his head, "King James" on his chest, and the logos for Nike, St. Vincent-St. Mary High School and the University of Akron.
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His net worth is estimated to be around $400 million, making him one of the highest paid basketball players in history. He earned $154 million from salary and endorsements alone in 2017 which has made many consider him as one of the most influential athletes today. In fact, he is the second richest black celebrity in 2018 after Beyonce.
Is Lebron James still playing basketball
Yes, he still plays basketball and is currently a free agent although he announced that he will re-sign with the Cavaliers for 3 years. He might even be traded but as of right now, Lebron James has not finalized his decision yet.
In conclusion, many players have come and gone, but Lebron James has stayed on top of the game for more than a decade. Lebron James is one of those few players who has played basketball at its highest level for more than a decade now. How many rings he has, how he scored his first championship ring, and what does Nike's motto means because Lebron's sponsor are all interesting facts about LeBron which we will be covering in this blog post.
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Manchester United superstar Paul Pogba paid tribute to FC Barcelona forward Lionel Messi after France knocked Argentina out of the 2018 FIFA World Cup on Saturday.
Les Bleus were rampant in their 4-3 victory over the Albiceleste this weekend, during which the likes of Pogba and Paris Saint-Germain striker Kylian Mbappe stole the show.
While the 19-year-old forward got on the scoresheet twice, Pogba put in a dominant performance in midfield, proving hard for the Argentines to handle.
The United player, however, paid his respects to Messi after the match, saying that the Blaugrana man will forever be one of his greatest footballing idols.
"We have played against the best player in the world (Messi)," Pogba said, according to Sport.
"I've been watching him for 10 years to learn from him.
Despite assisting two goals, Messi did not see a lot of the ball in Argentina's loss to France, and was also unable to find the back of the net himself.
The Argentine scored once and set up two goals in four matches at the 2018 World Cup.


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The 'Umbrella' singer was left with facial injuries following an argument last week in which her boyfriend reportedly punched her in the face, causing swelling to her forehead and a split lip, as well as biting her on the arm.
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It is now believed it was not Rihanna who called police, but a passer-by who heard shouting coming from 19-year-old Chris' car. The altercation happened after the pair were seen arguing at a pre-Grammy awards party in California on Saturday. A source said: "Inside the party they were very lovey-dovey, but later on they were arguing.
"Rihanna is now doing a lot of soul searching over whether their relationship can last. Only time will tell." The couple were also seen having a "scary" fight on Friday. A witness said: "I saw Chris Brown and Rihanna fighting at the Verizon party at Boulevard 3 nightclub on Friday night. "They were in this room and they were just screaming at each other, totally cussing each other out. They were screaming 'F**k you!' 'No, f**k you!' at each other, back and forth. They were right in each other's face. It was scary."
Chris has hired Mark Geragos, who defended convicted murderer Scott Peterson and later Michael Jackson during his child molestation trial. He is due to appear in court on March 5 to answer charges of making criminal threats.
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About three years ago, shortly after the launch of the Chinese Shenzhou 9 spacecraft in 2012 with female "Taikonaut" Liu Yang aboard, I was interviewed on television by a woman reporter who seemed quite impressed by the fact that China had a real female astronaut. She was aware that the first female space traveler was Valentina Tereshkova, who flew a mission in the Soviet Union's Vostok program 'way back in 1963, and wondered why the United States didn't have female astronauts.
I was confounded by the question: it was like being asked why gravity had stopped working, or whether I had stopped beating my wife! Perhaps a little summary is in order here.
The argument that Tereshkova was pioneering the way for Soviet women astronauts is ludicrous: the next Soviet woman cosmonaut was not to fly for another 19 years! That woman, Svetlana Savitskaya, flew on the Soyuz T-5 mission to the Salyut 7 space station in July, 1982. She was a real astronaut, well trained and competent to do far more than touch the controls. Two years later she flew a second time, on the Soyuz T-12 mission, becoming the first woman to fly in space twice and also the first woman to go on a spacewalk.
In 1978 NASA had selected a new class of astronauts, including several women. It was clear that by 1983 NASA would begin launching female astronauts into orbit. It is reasonable to interpret Savitskaya's flight as being a preemptive strike, timed to beat NASA's women astronauts into space-- but she was a real astronaut!
The first American woman to fly in space, Sally Ride, a Ph. D. physicist from Stanford, flew two Space Shuttle missions (STS 7 and STS 41G, in 1983 and 1984 respectively). She was followed in quick succession by Judith Resnik (STS 41D and STS 51L in 1984 and 1986) and Kathryn Sullivan (three flights, STS 41G, STS 31, and STS 45 in 1984, 1990, and 1992, plus one spacewalk). Anna Fisher flew on STS 51A in 1984, and Margaret Seddon flew three STS missions between 1985 and 1993.
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· Forty-four American women have flown in space, for a total of 116 missions.
· Four Soviet/Russian women (Valentina Tereshkova, Vostok 6; Svetlana Savitskaya, Soyuz T 5, Soyuz T 12; Yelena Kondakova, Soyuz TM 20, STS-84; Yelena Serova, Soyuz TMA 14M) have flown a total of six missions.
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· From Italy (Samantha Cristoforetti, Soyuz TMA 15M), one mission.
· From the Republic of Korea (Yi So-yeon, Soyuz TMA 12), one mission.
Soviet/Russian boosters have launched 6 American women (7 counting Anousheh Ansari*), 4 Russian women, 2 French women, and one woman each from Great Britain, Iran*, Italy, and Korea.
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The debate on socialist strategy and the Irish Left – Part 2
Posted on February 25, 2014 by irishmarxism
In the first post I looked at those aspects of the Mendel-Gleason and O'Brien argument that I thought were broadly correct. In this part I want to look at their other criticisms of what they see as the revolutionary approach and what I see as valid in their criticisms of what passes for revolutionary Marxism but what I believe is not necessary to it.
They state of the revolutionary approach that "destruction of the state is the order of the day, with the point of note being the sequence: first, the state, as the godfather of capital, must be taken out of the equation; only then can the working class organise, through new forms such as workers' councils, the mass participation in public life necessary to the complete the journey to socialism."
"Until a revolutionary situation arises in which the state can be smashed there are limits to what can be achieved on a mass scale since it is the process of revolution itself that draws the masses into public life."
"The party that revolutionaries seek to build interacts with the masses during the revolutionary process and is the repository of the historical mission in less propitious times. But the revolutionary party itself has a different role than the workers councils and remains separate from them and pre-revolutionary mass organisations. By separate we mean institutionally distinct, not that they never try to influence them. Although naturally a pro-insurrectionary party would like to grow, it doesn't aim to win a majority support for itself. . ."
"If anything the creation of permanent mass institutions becomes a fetter which prevents a revolutionary overthrow of capitalism by the treacherous actions of its bureaucratised leadership when the hour strikes."
It is not that Mendel-Gleason and O'Brien are unaware of the dangers of bureaucratisation in the building of a socialist workers' movement: "Clearly there is a danger that the day-to-day concerns force the grand vision into the background. Such is the risk of engaging with reality. But without being able to relate the day-to-day with the longterm project, the proponents of socialism will remain very isolated intellectuals."
Mendel-Gleason and O'Brien also make criticisms of what they see as the anti-party and anti-political mindset of those who advocate workers' councils but since I think this criticism is aimed mainly at anarchism and perhaps council communists I won't take these arguments up.
If we work our way backwards through the criticisms above the first is the danger of bureaucratisation of workers' organisations, especially through the long years (decades!) of non-revolutionary circumstances. They are right to say that to try to seek to protect against this by avoiding the day-to-day concerns and small struggles of working people is failing to engage with reality.
We must start from where we are and not where we might want to be. This might seem so obvious as to hardly require saying but take this from the British Socialist Workers' Party article referred to in my last post:
"Who, after all, thinks that 'in the present situation' in France (or anywhere else) workers are going to try to centralise the power of their workers' councils? The very precondition of such a development is that the 'present situation' has changed. The idea of revolution in a non-revolutionary situation is absurd. Every revolutionary situation has involved a split within the existing state apparatus and the existing ruling class. A revolutionary situation involves a crisis for the state, a loss of effectiveness. Without such a crisis there can be no revolution: that is part of the ABC of Marxism. It is precisely the crisis in the state which permits the emergence of a situation of 'dual power' and the possibility of a new form of state power conquering."
The reformist approach to socialism is criticised by this writer for believing "the transition to socialism is to occur from the 'present situation' and without 'economic collapse'. In practice . . . all reformists—seek(s) to construe a transition to socialism from the 'present situation'."
In other words revolutionary politics comes into its own when there is a revolutionary situation. But of course how we get to this situation, how the working class is ready for it, how it has built its power and consciousness to the point where it can successfully challenge for power – all this has to be done precisely from the present situation. After what has been decades in which there has patently not been revolutionary crises in the advanced capitalist states it is manifestly not enough to say that when such crises eventually erupt – although they will not even erupt without a prior revolutionising of working class consciousness, organisation and social power – we need to smash the capitalist state to effectively respond to the needs of such events.
Without a prior strategy to build up the power of the working class it will in all likelihood not be in a position to effectively challenge for power no matter what objective crisis capitalism undergoes. The merit of the Mendel-Gleason and O'Brien argument is that they present this problem and it is the responsibility of Marxists to address it even if these authors use it as an argument against revolutionary destruction of the capitalist state.
There are other less crass ways of Marxists failing to engage with reality, such as demanding that campaigns or activity must meet some level of demands and therefore class consciousness that workers patently cannot rise to, at least not in current conditions or with the current level of political consciousness. Some sections of the Left can then turn political demands not into bridges to advancing political consciousness but obstacles to action and subsequent rise in consciousness.
It is no doubt true that part of the reason for this is a belief by Marxists that the purpose of Marxism is to promote a revolutionary rupture and so seek to further this by advancing demands associated with partial struggles that if accepted by workers in such struggles can more or less quickly objectively clash with the logic of the capitalist system and therefore lead to revolutionary crisis. The only problem of course is, as we have said above, it should be obvious that workers are many years from being in a position to perform such a role. That many, many struggles cannot have a perspective of more or less raising the question of state power is hard to accept.
But it must be accepted because without being with the workers, no matter how backward their consciousness, socialism, real socialism, the socialism which is about the power of workers and not of the state, can by definition achieve nothing.
There are no formulas that guarantee this but it is important to dismiss formulas that guarantee against it.
Of course most left organisations claiming to be Marxist make the opposite mistake of dumbing down socialism so that it becomes an appeal to the state to accomplish what the working class is not yet willing or able to accomplish itself.
It is my view however that revolutionary politics not only exists in periods of relative class peace but must exist in such periods, if only because we have lived through decades of non-revolutionary conditions and the level of working class organisation and consciousness is now such that we cannot expect that this will be changed quickly.
Mendel-Gleason and O'Brien put forward similar ideas, without the view that revolution is necessary, but their argument is not always consistent.
Speaking of the tasks of the socialist movement now they say that: "We want to merge the socialists into mass organisations so that ideologically socialist parties exist on a truly large basis over a prolonged period of time, for decades at least, for centuries if necessary."
But this sits uneasily with recognition of the dangers of bureaucratisation of the workers' movement and how this weakens their case for a long term strategy of attrition: "The pressure of the wider pro-capitalist culture combined with the tendency towards increasing conservative apparatus makes the strategy of attrition a risky one. There is a race on between the socialist organisations aiming to transform capitalist society before capitalist society transforms them." A race lasting centuries?
Part of the problem Mendel-Gleason and O'Brien have is expressed in their description of their own strategy:
"The strategy of attrition is, therefore, compatible with a type of politics that is close to where many people already are. Its radicalism lies in its goals, not in its practice and this makes it easier to interact with non-socialists on an open basis. There is no need to hide its insurrectionary orientation because it doesn't have one."
The separation of goals and the practice of getting there inevitably means a failure to achieve the goals or leads to a different practice. The view that socialism can be delivered by the state taking ownership of the economy, or redistributing wealth, does not lead to the working class achieving power but the extension of the power of the state.
Revolutionary politics therefore involves workers achieving what they can achieve by themselves. The revolutionary content in any demand, or action or programme is the growth in the independent power and consciousness of the working class. This obviously achieves its fullest extent when workers challenge for state power by attempting to destroy the state power wielded by the capitalist class and by creating its own. But this does not prevent, rather it requires, years of workers learning that it is their own action that will deliver them what they want and what they need.
Building an independent trade union is more revolutionary than calling for increased taxation of the rich by the state even if some success attends the latter. Creating a workers' cooperative is more revolutionary than calling for the nationalisation of the banks even if banks, as they have been, are nationalised. Workers fighting to control their own pension funds and taking them out of the hands of the bankers is more revolutionary than demanding that the state jail the corrupt bankers. The latter happens in the US and the trial of the Anglo Irish bankers has begun. They get jailed? How does this advance the independent power of the working class?
We are now able to see how revolutionary politics is compatible with the long years of relative class peace as well as revolutionary crises. We can evaluate political programmes as more or less revolutionary or reformist without being obliged to speculate on near-hand revolutionary crises.
We can say with Marx that:
"It is not a question of what this or that proletarian, or even the whole proletariat, at the moment regards as its aim. It is a question of what the proletariat is, and what, in accordance with this being, it will historically be compelled to do."
But what the working class is and what it therefore does depends on its own existence, its own struggles and not on the actions of the state and those who inhabit it.
Much of the 'transitional' character of Trotsky's transitional programme, upon which for many revolutionary politics must rest, does not connect the class struggle to the creation of an entirely new socialist mode of production. This was something we saw in the first post and taken up in the comment to it.
That which does, the expropriation of capitalist enterprises, is wrongly bastardised into nationalisation by the capitalist state, see my earlier post.
We can now therefore look again at the description of revolutionary politics from Mendel-Gleason and O'Brien which we quoted earlier.
It is not necessary for revolutionary politics to claim that only revolution that can bring the working class into mass participation in politics. Building workers cooperatives, trade unions and a workers' political party are all necessary to stimulate and develop working class consciousness and organisation. A revolution is not necessary for any of them.
It is a truism to say that only revolution expresses this participation to its fullest extent but even here the prior establishment, development and political defense of workers ownership requires certain levels and type of workers activity that political revolution is not a substitute for. Cooperative production involves the working class learning the skills and experience of the future mode of production.
Revolutionaries do have to separately organise but this does not necessitate institutional separation in terms of a completely separate party. Revolutionaries can seek to win a majority of the working class prior to a revolutionary situation. It is not a fetter to win the majority of the working class to socialism; even if the majority of the working class did not actually support a revolutionary perspective.
The dangers of bureaucratisation and conservatism are real but deliberate minority status of the revolutionaries doesn't protect either this minority or do anything to win a reformist majority. Often of course reformist leaders will not give revolutionaries the choice of working within a larger reformist working class party but it is no answer to seek separation if revolutionaries are otherwise free to organise.
Revolutionaries do not believe that it is only after the working class has smashed the capitalist state that it can organise or we would have a classic chicken and egg situation – we can't destroy the capitalist state until we are organised and can't organise until we have destroyed the state.
It is in fact my argument that it is precisely the view of Mendel-Gleason and O'Brien, of attempting to use the existing state to create socialism and to organise primarily through electoralism, that restricts and limits the participation of workers in political activity and heightens the bureaucratisation of the workers' movement.
It is obviously true that socialist revolution has not succeeded during the twentieth century but it is also true that this has been partly because the workers' movement has been bureaucratised by and through the capitalist state that Mendel-Gleason and O'Brien think is the answer to the former failure. And the strategy that produced this bureaucratisation was one of seeking election to office within the capitalist state when the working class was in a position only to administer capitalism not overthrow it.
In the next post I will look at the Mendel-Gleason and O'Brien view of the capitalist state some more.
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revolutionaryprogramme on March 4, 2014 at 5:44 pm said:
I think your comment:
hits the nail pretty much on the head and was something I tried to highlight in my own critique of the Mendel-Gleason and O'Brien perspective.
It is not only in terms of the future transformation of society that they are wrong but in the here and now the type of workers' organisations they implicitly favour do not actually encourage mass participation in the class struggle, or to the extent that they do it is in a very passive way which does not equip the working class for the reality of conflict with the forces of the capitalist state.
Of course the irony is that the "revolutionary" groups who Mendel-Gleason and O'Brien critique actually promote very similar organisational forms in their concrete electorally focussed practice – as we saw during the Campaign Against Home and Water Taxes.
Once again I look forward to your next instalment.
Boffy on February 26, 2014 at 9:57 am said:
Once again, I can't disagree with any of that. The idea that we need some kind of capitalist crisis (catastrophism) to shortcut the task of socialist revolution is common on the Left (and Far Right), and is crass.
If we look at previous societies the experience is the opposite. Primitive Communism did not experience collapse. The development of productive forces led to class society emerging from it, going beyond it. By contrast, slave society did collapse. Rather than what came out of it being built upon it, as an historical advance, there was the ruination of the contending classes, as the slaves were unable to turn themselves into the new ruling class. Feudal society did not collapse. In fact, Feudalism was stronger at the point it was replaced by capitalism, than it had ever been. It had built up a symbiotic relation with commercial and financial capital, with the latter two being subordinated to, and dependent on it. The commercial capitalists like Drake and Raleigh, and later the East India Company etc. acted as its advanced guard into wider areas of the globe.
By this means the feudal landlords obtained rents from ever extended land areas across the globe, by colonialism, whilst the commercial capitalists acting as its agents made profits by buying low and selling high in the trade to and from those colonies, whilst the money-capitalists (including sections of the aristocracy themselves like the Rothschilds) provided the finance for the trade etc. Capitalism did not arise because feudalism collapsed, but emerged out of it, on the back of its success and development of the productive forces. Its clear that narx saw the development of Socialism as following a similar course.
A collapse of Capitalism and its state, would almost certainly be disastrous for workers. As evidence look at the "Arab Spring", look at the experience of the Iranian Revolution, look at what is likely to happen now in the Ukraine.
The view of socialist revolution that flows from these kinds of perspective based on collapse and catastrophe is idealist and elitist. Instead of Marx's view of the workers creating socialism as a conscious act, knowing exactly what they want to create, having been won to that idea in their vast majority in advance by the Marxists (winning the battle of democracy as Marx puts it) we have the opposite. In short instead of the workers being the historical agent that creates socialism with the aid of the Marxists, we have a view that it is the Marxists who create socialism with the aid of the workers. Such a perspective can only lead to disaster for the workers.


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Driver-reviver volunteer - Brian Farnsworth
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For almost 20 years, Brian Farnsworth has been a driver-reviver volunteer in Harden, in the South West Slopes of NSW, encouraging travellers to take a break and reach their destination safely.
Along with his wife, Dorothy, Brian has spent countless hours chatting to motorists and handing out free cups of tea and coffee at the Harden Driver Reviver rest stop in a personal bid to prevent accidents during busy holiday periods.
"If I can get just one person to stop in the 10 hours we're open, then maybe I've saved their life," he says.
As a long-time SES member, Brian knows the cost of driving long distances without stopping. Driver fatigue is one of the three main killers on NSW roads and can be as deadly to motorists as speeding or drink-driving.
"I grew up in an ambulance service," he says. "My old man had been to a lot of accidents. I've seen what happens through fatigue."
Brian enjoys talking to people who stop at the driver reviver site in the centre of Harden on Burley Griffin Way, about 65 kilometres northwest of Yass. Everyone from weary solo travellers to fractious family groups and overseas tourists receives a hearty welcome once they step through the door.
"Straight away I'll say, 'How's things going? Can we get you a cup of tea, coffee or whatever?'," he says. "And then you just start talking to them and try to keep them there for as long as possible.
"A lot of the young ones that come in, they just want a cup of coffee and then go. As far as I'm concerned, I try to 'disorganise' that part of it and keep them there for a while. Even if it's only 10 minutes, it's a break. That's all I want from them.
"You've got to be able to convince the people that we're there to help them."
Harden's driver-reviver volunteers aren't short on passion. Assisted by community-minded people of all ages, Brian says he's particularly grateful to an ever-eager team of elderly locals who volunteer regularly.
"The oldest one is about 92 and you can't keep her out of the place," he says. "She's always asking, 'When is it my turn?'They just love meeting the people who come in."
Brian says one family have been regulars at the driver-reviver site for 18 years. He recalls the excitable arrivals of the two children during holiday seasons.
"They would run in and get a cup of cordial," says Brian. "When they'd finished that cup of cordial, they'd get a pen and write their name on the cup and say, 'Can you keep this cup until the next time?'
"We had blokes from Canada once. They flew into Perth, got in a car and headed to Sydney. They didn't think it was so far away.
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by Our Global Climate Team | Jan 17, 2018 | Changes in the World, Europe
Southern Europe countries are experiencing their worst drought in decades.
Reservoirs are drying up, crops are at risk, and water supplies are dwindling.
The extreme drought in Spain forced officials to declare emergency situations across the country.
And officials are concerned the problem will get worse before it gets better.
What is Causing the Drought in Spain
Researchers say climate change is a major factor causing the drought in Spain and southern Europe.
Spain has shown noticeable signs of climate change since 1980, but the symptoms have increased since 2000. As such, drought and dry spells are occurring more frequently across the region.
Southern Europe already sits in a subtropical climate. As the world's temperature slowly rises dues to the impacts of global warming, this already temperate region is becoming even hotter. Warmer temperatures can impact the regional weather patterns, reducing rain totals and making the area susceptible to heatwaves.
The drought in Spain and southern Europe will have a major impact throughout the region. Here are four ways in which the area will be affected.
1. The Drought in Spain Impacts Crops
Changing to the weather pattern and temperatures in southern Europe will have a drastic impact on farmers and their crops.
In recent years, wheat, oats, and barley production in Spain was reduced by 15 to 20 percent as a result of the drought.
The problem isn't just isolated to the Iberian Peninsula. Farmers in Italy reported 2017 as one of the worst yields in years for cereal, almonds, and olives. In some regions of southern Europe, cereal crop loss was predicted to hit 70 percent.
The crop shortage will have a dual impact on the region. First, villages and towns that rely on the crops will need to find other means for food. Second, less crop production means less profit for farmers and their workers. In addition, regions may actually have to spend more money to import crops from less affected areas.
2. The Drought in Spain Impacts the Water Supply
Another major impact of the drought in Spain is the impact it will have on the region's water supply.
The Tagus River has been especially hard hit by the recent drought. Record high temperatures and a fraction of Spain's average rainfall have caused portions of the river to dry up. If this water supply dwindles, it would be devastating news for Madrid. The city relies on the river to supply water to its 6 million residents.
To supply water to their crops and homes, illegal wells have sprung up through some of the hardest hit areas in Spain. However, this further exacerbates the problem because these wells just pump more water out of already critically low water tables.
3. The Drought in Spain Impacts Wildlife
Wildlife are increasingly finding their habitats threatened by the drought in Spain.
As rivers and wetlands dry up, less rain is being produced to replenish these waterways. As a result, salt water from coastal areas pushes further upstream, killing plants and fish that rely on freshwater to survive.
This has an impact on the larger animals that make their homes along the river banks. The food in their habitat is dying, so they are forced to leave their homes in search of a more suitable place to survive.
The world is beginning to take notice of this impacted. UNESCO has threatened to give Spain's Doñana World Heritage site a danger listing. The organization says climate change and the country's failure to protect the area from industrial developers have put the wetlands and its inhabitants at risk.
4. The Drought in Spain Creates Deadly Wildfires
Possibly one of the most dangerous impacts of the drought in Spain and southern Europe is the increased risk of wildfires.
Wildfires killed at least 44 people across portions of Spain and Portugal in October 2017. The region has seen an increase in fires over the past 10 years. Officials say drought conditions – specifically low humidity, high temperatures, and a lack of rain – contributed to the fires.
Combating the Drought
The best way to revert climate change for the international community to recognize the dangers caused by global warming and take steps to prevent it.
It appears this is beginning to happen. Nearly 200 nations around the world have agreed to reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions produced by their countries.
We'll have to wait and see what, if any, impact these new regulations have on southern Europe and the drought in Spain.
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Autumn is slowly spreading its wings and colouring the leaves. I got really excited when I was going along the motorway and all the trees were turning orange and red – it looked so pretty! My lips also turned different shade; loving the berry and red lipsticks! I tend to go for matte products as I don't like too much shine on my lips (it makes me feel like I'm back in the 00s). Unfortunately, my lips are not really enjoying it as much as I am. Being constantly covered with products combined with chilly weather makes them chapped and not looking very attractive with or without a lipstick. Autumn and winter always mean I have to give my lips extra attention and love. I decided to give you my one and only guide to soft lips. Interested? Keep reading.
Boring? Maybe, but so true. Our lips are the first organ which can alarm us that we don't drink enough water. Simply because it's got the thinnest layer of skin on top! It gets dry the quickest and that should be the sign for you to pick up that bottle of water. I find it even more difficult to stay hydrated in Autumn and Winter because as soon as it gets cold, it's more difficult to realise that I'm thirsty. I can go the whole day without drinking a drop of water until I realise in the evening that I haven't drunk anything. So I try to down a whole jug of water. Never works out very well.
If you're like me and can't go a day without a coffee, please remember that for every cup of coffee, you need to drink two glasses of water. Caffeine has dehydrating properties, no matter how weak you drink it! Greeks serve you a glass of water with a frappe for a reason. Drinking soft drinks isn't exactly helpful either. Yes, it will hydrate you, but at the same time, you'll give your body a lot of sugar and additives. Nothing will help your lips more (and your body in general) than water.
It's no secret – our bodies shed dead skin and replace it with new younger skin cells. Lips are no different! To make them look pouty, fresh and pink you need to remember to scrub it regularly. For me, I do it every Sunday. I take out my Lush lip scrub (bubblegum flavour, I could eat it spoonfuls of it) and rub it on my lips using my index finger. I used to do it with my toothbrush, but my lips would always hurt and sometimes even bleed if I did that so I had to become more gentle with it. There are so many great lip scrubs out there, the choice is limitless! More than that – you can do your own one! Works out a lot cheaper as well. All you need is some granulated sugar and your favourite ingredients! I like to mix mine with vanilla essence, coconut oil and honey, but you can put what your heart desires in it.
Scrubbing your lips once a week also prompts you to give your pucker a little bit of a massage. Massaging for around 5 minutes improves the blood flow in your lips making them look more pink and alive than ever!
When you start moisturising your lips from the inside, it'll be a lot easier to keep them healthy looking from the outside. You should always carry around a lip balm in your purse and apply it to your lips when they feel dry, especially when you're out in cold weather. But don't forget to moisturise your lips at night! Drop in temperature results in the air becoming dry and very often you can wake up with a throat feeling like a Sahara desert and your lips looking like they haven't seen a drop of water in three years. There are two ways to avoid it. One, you can apply honey, ghee, cooking cream or even milk on your lips for 15 minutes before going to bed. Two, you can use a lot of vaseline. Which leads us to the next point.
I have come across this little invention where I found out I had Lichen Planus. If you don't know what it is, it's a condition where your immune system fights with your skin resulting in an itchy red rash. It's not contagious or dangerous, but highly annoying because there is basically nothing that can help it. Most websites will say that it disappears on its own but it can take up to 18 months. That's a year and a half! Even my doctor wasn't very optimistic about it. Imagine how desperate I was to make it go away quicker. Luckily, I found a little mention on one of the websites (after months of searching) that I wasn't completely doomed. I was recommended to try making my own cream using vaseline and propolis. The latter is basically a combination of beeswax, bee saliva and anything plant-related that bees bring back to their hives. It is very easy to find – I purchased mine from a local beekeeper for barely anything, but I know it's sold in many health shops and online. Just make sure to buy a raw one, not already in a lip balm or any sort of cosmetic.
To make your own cream you need to melt vaseline in a bowl over simmering water (not boiling!). When it's melted slowly add your propolis. There are many instructions out there on what measurements you should use, but from experience, I can tell you that it all depends on propolis you bought and vaseline. I advise you to put it in bit by bit and stir well until it's melted completely and merged with the vaseline. Then you can add more repeating this step until you are satisfied with the colour and smell and propolis is not mixing with vaseline. When everything is mixed together simply pour it back into the vaseline container and leave it to set!
Pro tip: if you can use a bowl and a mixing spoon that you no longer care about and wouldn't mind throwing it out – the mixture got stuck to mine and I had to spend ages trying to get it off. After all, it is bee glue.
This invention helped my skin immensely and I cannot recommend it enough to you. I no longer have this skin condition – more than that, my skin is ever so soft! You can apply this to any body part you need to. I'm not even joking, people claim it can also cure burns and cuts. Never tried it on that, so I can't promise it actually works. Still, it has amazing benefits to your skin, including your lips, and the moisturising properties are insane.
Pro tip: I'd advise you to first do a patch test on your skin to see if you're not allergic. Just because you're not allergic to honey doesn't mean you won't have a reaction to propolis.
This is such a difficult one if you've been doing it for ages! The more chapped and cracked my lips are, the more I bite them and lick them to make them look better. And that leads to them becoming even drier and more damaged. It's a vicious circle we all need to avoid. Saliva may feel like it's moisturising your lips, but because of the enzymes inside it, it causes more damage than help by drying your lips even more. Touching your lips is also not the best idea – just think about all the nasty germs you're transferring so close to your mouth! Remember when I told you why you shouldn't touch your face (read here if you forgot)? The same rule goes for touching your lips. Stray away from it. Apply that lip balm instead. Your lips will thank you for it.
In the craziness and excitement of Autumn and Christmas do not forget to look after your lips. As long as you follow these simple steps regularly and don't forget to stay hydrated, your lips will pay you back by holding the lipstick a little bit better and looking just that one bit more beautiful. If you want that Kylie Jenner pout, you need to work for it. Soft lips, here we go!
How do you look after your lips?
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This is great advice! I love everything about fall except that my lips are ALWAYS so dry, chapped and miserable!
I know right, they always seem to take the most beating!
Lip scrubs are so good! Definitely try it!
It's all about making a conscious decision, I think 😀 I'm so bad a this as well, last winter my lips were so bad!
I am so bookmarking this! I am horrible when it comes to taking care of my lips when it starts to get cold!
That app sounds like something I need! I was thinking about downloading one not too long ago because I'm so bad at drinking!
This is such a great post here lovely! I hate what the harsh weather does to our lips and I'm definitely going to pick up on some of these points to keep my lips looking healthy. Especially creating my own chapped lips serum! That sounds like the perfect recipe I'm definitely going to try.
I'm glad you found it helpful! Thank you!
I will be sticking to these tips my lips are awful this time of year! Great post lovely!
It is so good! Nivea lip balms are my favourite as well, I don't think I came across the watermelon one! I love the rose one, it gives me a slight pinky shade which I love. And the Rimmel lipsticks – a genius must have come up with that!
I never scrub my lips but I really should, I am a lip balm junkie though, I have so many of them dotted around in all different bags and whatnot so I'm never without one! I'm cutting down on matte lip products too as they're so much more work to keep applying and so much worse for dehydration! This is deffo a must-read post for A/W!
I'm so bad with lip balms, I very often lose them and have to buy new ones! Matte lipsticks are my favourite, I don't think I could go without them! I don't wear makeup very often though so my lips have a good rest in between. Thank you!
That's a great idea! I've heard castor oil can help as well.


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DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS generate_userCommission;
DELIMITER $$

# CALL generate_userCommission(2);
CREATE DEFINER=`root`@`localhost` PROCEDURE `generate_userCommission`(IN userId INT)
BEGIN
	DECLARE _depth INT(11);
    DECLARE _maxChild INT(11);
    DECLARE _childCount INT(11);
    DECLARE maxDepth INT(11);
    DECLARE rCount INT(11);
    DECLARE lCount INT(11);
	DECLARE newCount INT(11);
    DECLARE oldCount INT(11);
    DECLARE upCount INT(11);
    DECLARE pairs INT(11);
    DECLARE pairCount INT(11);
    DECLARE cnt INT(11);
    DECLARE _cnt INT(11);

    IF (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM _selectedhierarchy WHERE m_parent = userId AND depth = 0) = 2
	    THEN
			SET upCount = (SELECT SUM(count_childs(s.child)) AS count
						FROM   _selectedhierarchy s
						WHERE EXISTS (SELECT 1
										   FROM   _currentchild c
										   WHERE  s.child = c.parent)
						AND s.m_parent = userId AND m_position IS NULL);
		ELSE
			SET upCount = (SELECT SUM(count_childs(s.child)) AS count
						FROM   _selectedhierarchy s
						WHERE EXISTS (SELECT 1
										   FROM   _currentchild c
										   WHERE  s.child = c.parent)
						AND s.m_parent = userId);
		END IF;

	SET oldCount = (SELECT SUM(old_count) FROM _currentchild WHERE parent = userId);
	SET newCount = (SELECT SUM(new_count) FROM _currentchild WHERE parent = userId);

    SET _depth = 1;
    SET maxDepth = (SELECT MAX(depth) FROM _selectedhierarchy);

    WHILE _depth <= maxDepth DO
		SET _maxChild = POW(2, ( _depth));
        SET _childCount = (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM _selectedhierarchy WHERE depth = _depth);
        SET pairCount = (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM commission WHERE c_user_id = userId and r_user_id = userId);

        IF (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM _selectedhierarchy WHERE m_parent = userId AND depth = 0) = 2
	    THEN
			SET lCount = (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM _selectedhierarchy WHERE depth = _depth AND m_parent = userId AND position = 'left' AND depth != 0);
			SET rCount = (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM _selectedhierarchy WHERE depth = _depth AND m_parent = userId AND position = 'right' AND depth != 0);
		ELSE
			SET lCount = (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM _selectedhierarchy WHERE depth = _depth AND m_parent = userId AND m_position = 'left' AND depth != 0);
			SET rCount = (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM _selectedhierarchy WHERE depth = _depth AND m_parent = userId AND m_position = 'right' AND depth != 0);
		END IF;

         IF newCount != oldCount
			THEN
				IF oldCount < newCount
					THEN
						IF lCount != 0 AND rCount != 0 AND lCount = rCount
						THEN
							IF _maxChild = _childCount
								THEN
									SET pairs = ((_childCount / 2));
									SET cnt = 1;
									WHILE cnt <= pairs DO
										INSERT INTO commission (c_user_id, c_amount, r_user_id, depth, remarks, date_create)
											VALUES(userId, 60, userId, CONCAT('pairing_', pairCount + 1), 'upline', NOW());
										SET cnt = cnt + 1;
									END WHILE;
							ELSE
								SET pairs = (((lCount + rCount) / 2));
								SET cnt = 1;
								WHILE cnt <= pairs DO
									INSERT INTO commission (c_user_id, c_amount, r_user_id, depth, remarks, date_create)
										VALUES(userId, 60, userId, CONCAT('pairing_', pairCount + 1), 'upline', NOW());
									SET cnt = cnt + 1;
								END WHILE;
							END IF;
						END IF;
				ELSEIF newCount != upCount
					THEN
						IF lCount != 0 AND rCount != 0 AND lCount = rCount
						THEN
							IF _maxChild = _childCount
								THEN
									SET pairs = ((_childCount / 2));
									SET cnt = 1;
									WHILE cnt <= pairs DO
										INSERT INTO commission (c_user_id, c_amount, r_user_id, depth, remarks, date_create)
											VALUES(userId, 60, userId, CONCAT('pairing_', pairCount + 1), 'upline', NOW());
										SET cnt = cnt + 1;
									END WHILE;
							ELSE
								SET pairs = (((lCount + rCount) / 2));
								SET cnt = 1;
								WHILE cnt <= pairs DO
									INSERT INTO commission (c_user_id, c_amount, r_user_id, depth, remarks, date_create)
										VALUES(userId, 60, userId, CONCAT('pairing_', pairCount + 1), 'upline', NOW());
									SET cnt = cnt + 1;
								END WHILE;
							END IF;
						END IF;
				END IF;
		ELSE
			IF (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM commission WHERE c_user_id = userId and r_user_id = userId) = 0
				THEN
					SET cnt = 1;
					WHILE cnt <= pairs DO
						INSERT INTO commission (c_user_id, c_amount, r_user_id, depth, remarks, date_create)
							VALUES(userId, 60, userId, CONCAT('pairing_', cnt), 'upline', NOW());
						-- SELECT 'count', upCount, newCount, oldCount, 's';
						SET cnt = cnt + 1;
					END WHILE;
				END IF;
		END IF;

        SET _depth = _depth + 1;
    END WHILE;
    CALL update_ChildCount(userId);
END$$
DELIMITER ;

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