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package v1beta3

import (
	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api"
	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/conversion"
	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/util"

	newer "github.com/openshift/origin/pkg/deploy/api"
	imageapi "github.com/openshift/origin/pkg/image/api"
)

func init() {
	err := api.Scheme.AddDefaultingFuncs(
		func(obj *DeploymentConfigSpec) {
			if len(obj.Strategy.Type) == 0 && util.AllPtrFieldsNil(obj.Strategy) {
				obj.Strategy.Type = DeploymentStrategyTypeRecreate
			}
		},
		func(obj *DeploymentTriggerImageChangeParams) {
			if len(obj.From.Kind) == 0 {
				obj.From.Kind = "ImageStreamTag"
			}
		},
	)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	err = api.Scheme.AddConversionFuncs(
		func(in *DeploymentConfig, out *newer.DeploymentConfig, s conversion.Scope) error {
			if err := s.DefaultConvert(in, out, conversion.IgnoreMissingFields); err != nil {
				return err
			}
			if err := s.Convert(&in.Spec, &out.Template, 0); err != nil {
				return err
			}
			if err := s.Convert(&in.Spec.Triggers, &out.Triggers, 0); err != nil {
				return err
			}
			out.LatestVersion = in.Status.LatestVersion
			if err := s.Convert(&in.Status.Details, &out.Details, 0); err != nil {
				return err
			}
			return nil
		},
		func(in *newer.DeploymentConfig, out *DeploymentConfig, s conversion.Scope) error {
			if err := s.DefaultConvert(in, out, conversion.IgnoreMissingFields); err != nil {
				return err
			}
			if err := s.Convert(&in.Template, &out.Spec, 0); err != nil {
				return err
			}
			if err := s.Convert(&in.Triggers, &out.Spec.Triggers, 0); err != nil {
				return err
			}
			out.Status.LatestVersion = in.LatestVersion
			if err := s.Convert(&in.Details, &out.Status.Details, 0); err != nil {
				return err
			}
			return nil
		},

		func(in *DeploymentConfigSpec, out *newer.DeploymentTemplate, s conversion.Scope) error {
			out.ControllerTemplate.Replicas = in.Replicas
			if in.Selector != nil {
				out.ControllerTemplate.Selector = make(map[string]string)
				for k, v := range in.Selector {
					out.ControllerTemplate.Selector[k] = v
				}
			}
			if in.Template != nil {
				if err := s.Convert(&in.Template, &out.ControllerTemplate.Template, 0); err != nil {
					return err
				}
			}
			if in.TemplateRef != nil {
				if err := s.Convert(&in.TemplateRef, &out.ControllerTemplate.TemplateRef, 0); err != nil {
					return err
				}
			}
			if err := s.Convert(&in.Strategy, &out.Strategy, 0); err != nil {
				return err
			}
			return nil
		},
		func(in *DeploymentStrategy, out *newer.DeploymentStrategy, s conversion.Scope) error {
			if err := s.Convert(&in.Type, &out.Type, 0); err != nil {
				return err
			}
			if err := s.Convert(&in.CustomParams, &out.CustomParams, 0); err != nil {
				return err
			}
			if err := s.Convert(&in.RecreateParams, &out.RecreateParams, 0); err != nil {
				return err
			}
			if err := s.Convert(&in.Resources, &out.Resources, 0); err != nil {
				return err
			}
			return nil
		},
		func(in *newer.DeploymentStrategy, out *DeploymentStrategy, s conversion.Scope) error {
			if err := s.Convert(&in.Type, &out.Type, 0); err != nil {
				return err
			}
			if err := s.Convert(&in.CustomParams, &out.CustomParams, 0); err != nil {
				return err
			}
			if err := s.Convert(&in.RecreateParams, &out.RecreateParams, 0); err != nil {
				return err
			}
			if err := s.Convert(&in.Resources, &out.Resources, 0); err != nil {
				return err
			}
			return nil
		},
		func(in *newer.DeploymentTemplate, out *DeploymentConfigSpec, s conversion.Scope) error {
			out.Replicas = in.ControllerTemplate.Replicas
			if in.ControllerTemplate.Selector != nil {
				out.Selector = make(map[string]string)
				for k, v := range in.ControllerTemplate.Selector {
					out.Selector[k] = v
				}
			}
			if in.ControllerTemplate.Template != nil {
				if err := s.Convert(&in.ControllerTemplate.Template, &out.Template, 0); err != nil {
					return err
				}
			}
			if in.ControllerTemplate.TemplateRef != nil {
				if err := s.Convert(&in.ControllerTemplate.TemplateRef, &out.TemplateRef, 0); err != nil {
					return err
				}
			}
			if err := s.Convert(&in.Strategy, &out.Strategy, 0); err != nil {
				return err
			}
			return nil
		},

		func(in *DeploymentTriggerImageChangeParams, out *newer.DeploymentTriggerImageChangeParams, s conversion.Scope) error {
			out.Automatic = in.Automatic
			out.ContainerNames = make([]string, len(in.ContainerNames))
			copy(out.ContainerNames, in.ContainerNames)
			out.LastTriggeredImage = in.LastTriggeredImage
			if err := s.Convert(&in.From, &out.From, 0); err != nil {
				return err
			}
			switch in.From.Kind {
			case "DockerImage":
				ref, err := imageapi.ParseDockerImageReference(in.From.Name)
				if err != nil {
					return err
				}
				out.Tag = ref.Tag
				ref.Tag, ref.ID = "", ""
				out.RepositoryName = ref.String()
			}
			return nil
		},
		func(in *newer.DeploymentTriggerImageChangeParams, out *DeploymentTriggerImageChangeParams, s conversion.Scope) error {
			out.Automatic = in.Automatic
			out.ContainerNames = make([]string, len(in.ContainerNames))
			copy(out.ContainerNames, in.ContainerNames)
			out.LastTriggeredImage = in.LastTriggeredImage
			if err := s.Convert(&in.From, &out.From, 0); err != nil {
				return err
			}
			return nil
		},

		func(in *DeploymentCauseImageTrigger, out *newer.DeploymentCauseImageTrigger, s conversion.Scope) error {
			switch in.From.Kind {
			case "DockerImage":
				ref, err := imageapi.ParseDockerImageReference(in.From.Name)
				if err != nil {
					return err
				}
				out.Tag = ref.Tag
				ref.Tag, ref.ID = "", ""
				out.RepositoryName = ref.String()
			}
			return nil
		},
		func(in *newer.DeploymentCauseImageTrigger, out *DeploymentCauseImageTrigger, s conversion.Scope) error {
			if len(in.RepositoryName) != 0 {
				ref, err := imageapi.ParseDockerImageReference(in.RepositoryName)
				if err != nil {
					return err
				}
				ref.Tag = in.Tag
				out.From.Kind = "DockerImage"
				out.From.Name = ref.Minimal().String()
			}
			return nil
		},
	)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
}


What NOT to Do When Setting Up a Will?
Comments Off on What NOT to Do When Setting Up a Will?
Most people do not want to set up a will because it forces them to think about the inevitability of their death. However, a will is a very important document. It ensures that your wishes are carried out with respect to your money and your property after you die.
There are a few mistakes to watch out for, however.
It is wise to set up a will early on in life, particularly, if you have a lot of assets or if you have children. However, as you age, so much in your life can change. You may get divorced or remarried. You may have grandchildren. You can't simply tell your family what you want to happen after you die. Instead, your wishes have to be written down in your will and processed by probate solicitors if you want them to be followed. If you do not take the proper legal steps, you cannot be sure who will inherit your money and your property after your death. Therefore, make sure that you update your will periodically over the course of your life. Also, if your executor dies, make sure that you appoint someone new to handle your estate.
No one wants to think about their own death. However, it is crucial that you think about every eventuality if you want your will to be meaningful. For example, do you have dependents? It would be unusual for you and your spouse to die at the same time, but it could happen. Therefore, you need to figure out who you would want your children's guardian to be, and you need to name that person in your will. If you don't take this step, the courts will have to get involved and they will be the ones that decide who gets to care for your children. Therefore, as you can see, it is very important that you think through what COULD happen and prepare for that in your will.
The person that you name as the executor of your estate plays an important role. They are the one that makes sure that your wishes, the ones that you outlined in your will, are carried out. Therefore, it is crucial that you choose someone responsible for this role. In addition, the person should be honest and should be able to handle stressful situations with dignity and grace.
In order for your will to be valid, you have to add your signature and date the document with two witnesses present. Those witnesses have to be older than eighteen years of age. In addition, the two witnesses have to sign the will after you do, while you are still in the room. Finally, your witnesses must not have a vested interest in your will; they cannot be people that stand to benefit from your will and they cannot be married to people that will benefit from your will.
Most people think that they will own their house if the person they are living with dies. However, that might not be the case. In some situations, both people have the same rights to the house. If one person died, the other person would get the home. However, in other situations, the two people living in the home have different rights to the property. In that situation, the surviving partner does not automatically get the house. Instead, the person that died would have to indicate in their will who they want to get the house.
If you are concerned about your will, speak to an expert who can help you.


text:
require 'spec_helper'

describe Suspiciouss::Suggestions::Underscores do

  subject { described_class.new.parse(line) }

  describe '#parse' do

    context 'invalid' do
      let(:line) { '.please_dont {}' }

      it { should eq "Don't use underscores when naming classes" }
    end

    context 'valid' do
      let(:line) { '.valid-selector {}' }

      it { should be_nil }
    end
  end
end

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Never heard of mugwort? Learn about the magnificent properties of this healthy wild herb below!
If you haven't heard of mugwort, you're missing out! This wonderful plant (also sometimes called wild wormwood, chrysanthemum weed, artemis, Old Uncle Henry, St. John's plant, or cronewort) has a number of helpful medicinal and culinary uses, and has been used in home remedies and natural medicines for centuries.
This easy-to-grow perennial grows in all types of soils, and can tolerate drought as well as cool climates. Mugwort can be found growing wild throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and some parts of Alaska.
Mugwort can be identified by its purple central stem and feathery leaves with silvery undersides. It has delicate, reddish or pale yellow flowers arranged on thin upward spikes, and a faintly sage-like scent.
You can use mugwort as an herb for flavoring many dishes, as you would other herbs. Mugwort has a slightly bitter, sage-like flavor. You can also use it as a tea, a medicinal tincture, or to repel mosquitoes and other biting insects.
#1: Tea Substitute? Tea Medicine!
Interesting tidbit: Back in WWII, when tea became a pricey luxury, mugwort was used as a tea substitute in some parts of England. Nowadays, we know that a pot of mugwort tea hosts several cups of medicine: excellent to help with gas, flatulence, stomach acid, bile production, and overall digestion. Her root is considered a supreme stomachic. That same cup of tea can be enjoyed as a nightcap before bedtime, as this herb also has nerve-soothing properties. She might even bring you some lucid dreams. Mugwort is also considered an emmenagogue, antispasmodic, and hemostatic, which means 1-3 cups of tea a day will help women with menstrual cramps or those who have heavy, prolonged bleeding.
To Harvest: Cut the top 1/3 of the plant when mugwort is in flower. You can hang the plant upside down to dry (such as from an indoor clothesline), or chop her into small pieces and spread her onto newspaper or on mesh sheets in a dehydrator. Roots are dug up and collected in the fall. Use a scrub brush and a bit of water to clean the roots, then spread them out on newspaper or on mesh sheets in the dehydrator and let them dry completely. All parts of the plant should be stored away from light (e.g., in paper bags).
To Make Mugwort Tea: Place 1 ounce dried leaves in 4 cups of boiling water and let steep 5-10 minutes, then strain. If you let it sit for longer and make a standard infusion in a mason jar for 4 hours, the tea will be quite bitter. Feel free to halve this recipe if you want to make less tea. You can keep any unused tea in the fridge for up to 2-3 days.
To Make Mugwort Root Tea: Place 1 ounce chopped roots with 4 cups water in a glass or ceramic pot. Bring to a boil, then continue to simmer, covered, until reduced by half, about 20-30 minutes. Strain and drink.
If you'd like to benefit from mugwort's medicine, but want to skimp on the bitter, consider taking it as tincture instead. It's easy to make your own, too. . . .
To Make Tincture of Mugwort: Cut off the top 1/3 of flowering mugwort plants and chop the stems, leaves, and flowers into small pieces using scissors or pruners. Place slightly packed in a mason jar. What size mason jar you use depends on how much herb you have. Fill the jar with alcohol, screw the lid on, and let sit for 6 weeks in a cool, dry place. Strain and store in dark, amber-colored bottles. Standard dosage is 5-20 drops. Use this tincture before meals to help with stomach acid and liver bile production, or after meals to help with gas, bloating, and distention.
Mugwort is in the same family as wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), and both are great at ridding the body of parasites and candida, including Staphococcus aureus, Bacillus typhi, B. dysenteriae, streptococci, E. coli, B. subtilis, and pseudomonads. While you can drink the tea for this purpose, you can also try a mugwort retention enema in combination with other naturopathic treatments.
Science has officially recognized what folk medicine has known for centuries—that burning herbs to "clear the energy" does just that: It kills bad bacteria lingering around. Mugwort is antimicrobial, so whether you happen to be a health practitioner about to give a healing session (such as massage, reiki, reflexology, etc.), or you just want to get your house purged of nasty bacteria, consider using a mugwort smudge or incense.
A great way to get some of the calcium and magnesium required by strong, healthy bones is by using mugwort vinegar. You can make "strong bones vinegar" at home by lightly packing a mason jar of any size with fresh mugwort leaves. Add apple cider vinegar to fill the jar, screw the lid on, and let it sit for 6 weeks before straining. As the leaves soak up the vinegar, you can add in more vinegar as needed. You can use plastic wrap or parchment paper to keep the metal lid from coming in contact with the vinegar and rusting. The apple cider vinegar will leach out the calcium and magnesium from the mugwort's leaves. Some people like to shake the bottle on a daily basis, checking to see if any more vinegar is needed. If you're like me (excuses: too busy or too lazy) and you only check it occasionally, your vinegar will turn out just fine anyway, so long as you leave it in a cool, dry place out of direct light.
Pour this vinegar over salads or add it to vinaigrettes. If you use an apple cider vinegar "with mother," you will get the benefits of gut-friendly probiotics as well. And if you like this "strong bones vinegar," try pairing the mugwort with chickweed (Stellaria media) or nettles (Urtica dioica), or use all three together to make a potent herbal bone vinegar.
Use mugwort stalks or leaves for kindling.
Add dried stalks to a fire to help keep it smoldering.
Rub the leaves on your skin as an antidote to poison oak.
Since it is an insect repellent, try adding essential oil of mugwort with other essential oils (such as neem, thyme, fennel, lemon eucalyptus, and others) to a carrier oil (such as coconut oil) to make your own natural insect repellent. Try using 20 drops total essential oils to 1 ounce oil.
Infused mugwort oil can be used to aid in circulation, such as on varicose veins.
Make mugwort beer. This herb was often used in beer recipes before hops became the standard. Look for recipes for "gruit ale" on the Internet.
Large amounts and prolonged use of mugwort can cause nervous and liver damage. While some midwives might use mugwort to help induce labor, mugwort is not suitable for pregnant or lactating women. Mugwort's flowers contain pollen, which can trigger hay fever symptoms in those susceptible. Contact dermatitis has been reported by some.
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Advisian and WorleyParsons participated at the two-day Port Development Middle East Conference in Muscat where Andrew joined Bart Propper, Project Director from EPC Contractor Boskalis, to talk about the design, procurement and project management process for the complex marine infrastructure.
held inMuscat Oman from 22-23 October.
The unusual dry excavation form of construction for the massive project captured the attention of the audience and provided the rare opportunity to see complex marine works that are usually submerged under water.
The project centres on the construction of four liquid product berths on a pair of double-berth island jetties, as well as three dry bulk berths on an approximately one-kilometre-long quay wall. Additionally, the port basin will be dredged to a depth of 18 metres to allow for the handling of vessels ranging in tonnage from 2,150 DWT to 168,000 DWT (Suezmax).
Hearing the client confirm to the audience that the project is on time and within budget is a great testament to the work that has been done by the consulting and contracting teams. The success of the project has been attributed to the collaborative relationship between the Client, PMC and EPC project teams that in turn has directly contributed to the overall excellent Safety and Quality achievements to date.


I was thinking on seeing if it would be a good enough idea to add an android section for people who want to try customizing Android phones? I admit it might take time to take off since I've yet to see any mobile areas in the themes section of VC, but it's a fairly large community. There's a lot of Android customizers and developers who would definitely benefit form one here. I myself have recently started posting Android Showcase videos on YouTube with the intent of showing off various Customization and/or Development apps I find online. So I can definitely see an Android/Mobile section being a useful area here in VC.
Either way, I just thought it might be an interesting idea to bring up.


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Q: How to terminate a Task in Java with guarantee? In question How to timeout a thread the suggested solution works with the ExecutorService class, where one can submit a Runnable object to be executed.
The ExecutorService class provides the two methods shutdown and shutdownNow to stop the execution of all tasks. But the Java API says about shutdownNow:
"Attempts to stop all actively executing tasks, halts the processing of waiting tasks, and returns a list of the tasks that were awaiting execution.
There are no guarantees beyond best-effort attempts to stop processing actively executing tasks. For example, typical implementations will cancel via Thread.interrupt(), so any task that fails to respond to interrupts may never terminate."
I was wondering, if there is no way to perform a termination of a task WITH guarantee ?

A: If the task's implementation is out of your control, then the answer is no.
The implementor of the task is responsible and capable for supplying a way of termination. Without it, even System.exit(-1) may have no effect, if the task opened a daemon thread...

A: The only way is to use the deprecated Thread.stop(), but it's deprecated for good reasons, and should not be used.
So the answer is no: there is no way to stop a task without this task collaboration. If the task refuses to stop even whan it has been asked to stop, nothing can be done.

A: it is possible, however you must respect to lot of things:
1) you have to make sure that InterruptedException is handled correctly, e.g not sinked
2) you have to check thread state, e.g invoke Thread.interrupted
3) restore interrupted state of the thread after test
4) consider consulting this in every custom I/O method or a loop (if appropriate)
I'd suggest to read "Java concurrency in practice", this great book contains the whole chapter dedicated to correct interruption of threads and guarantee that things will work as expected.

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The story of Ruth and Naomi is widely quoted by queer writers as an example from Scripture of possible lesbian love: but how relevant is it? Superficially at least, it is just a simple story of exceptionally strong family affection and loyalty, between mother- and daughter- in-law. Whether in any way "lesbian" or not, the story is relevant, but not perhaps in the way usually told. To unravel the lessons it may hold for us, let's begin with the simple story.
Naomi was an Israelite widow, living for a while (on account of famine) in Moab, where she married her two sons to Moabite women, Orpah and Ruth. The sons later died, leaving Naomi "all alone, without husband or sons" ,
She did have two daughters-in-law, and when she heard that conditions back in Israel had improved, she returned, initially taking her two daughters-in-law with her. She then had a change of heart, and encourages the two women to return to their own home in Moab. After some persuasion, Orpah did so, but Ruth refused.
Do not press me to leave you
Or turn back from following you!
Where you go I will go,
Where you lodge, I will lodge;
Your people will be my people, and your God my God.
Where you die, I will die –
There will I be buried.
May the Lord do thus and so to me,
and more as well,
if even death parts me from you.
(Ruth 1: 16-17)
After their arrival in Bethlehem, Naomi arranged a second husband for Ruth, to Boaz. She then bore a grandson for Naomi, a grandson who would support them both in old age, and who would in time be part of the lineage linking Naomi to David, and hence to Jesus. (Ruth becomes King David's great-grandmother: Ruth is the mother of Obed, who is father of Jesse and grandfather of David.)
It is obvious from the above that Naomi was mother-in-law to Ruth –twice over. It is equally obviously a story of great affection and loyalty between two women. Is it more?
John Boswell doesn't think so:
"There is little in the Book of Ruth to suggest that anything other than loyalty bound Ruth to Naomi (who had, in fact, suggested that Ruth depart, along with her other daughters-in-law; but Ruth refused to do so.)"
He also points out that the obvious devotion of Ruth to Naomi is instrumental in securing the attention of Boaz. What would be the point of remembering a lesbian relationship that serves to attract a husband for one of the women?
Paul Halsall asks, but does not answer, the question,
Is this a story about Lesbianism, which was not forbidden at all in the Law? Whatever the answer, it is a story of love and loyalty between two women.
However, he does point to another aspect of the story which is less commonly remarked on, that it is a story of the outsider, and how outsiders can become insiders. As a Moabite woman, Ruth is very much an outsider in Israeli society. Yet she accepts this in her loyalty to Naomi, and is ultimately rewarded by becoming the mother of Obed, the grandmother of King David, and ultimately an ancestor of Jesus himself.
This is a book of the inclusivity of God's call, and another Biblical illustration of the limits of the Law
Paul Glaser also sees this as a story of devotion, but reads it as a "coming out" story:
All of us who grow to accept and affirm our sexuality have in some sense heard this call to come out. In grief and regret, some of us may feel forced to leave a family, a congregation, or a community (much as Ruth did) to make our commitments. Following Ruth and Naomi's strategy, we may use whatever is available to us in the church and society to survive. Yet, alongside Ruth and Naomi, we use our commitment to lovers, our fresh understandings of God, and our new communities of faith – maybe a support group, a network, an organization, a congregation – to survive.
A comment placed on this site by a Baptist pastor ( " hinbww ") responding to an earlier article on the Bible (Is the Bible Anti-gay?"), stated unequivocally:
Ruth & Naomi were married.
He later elaborated:
Ruth 1:14, referring to the relationship between Ruth and Naomi, mentions that "Ruth clave onto her." (KJV) The Hebrew word translated here as "clave" is identical to that used in the description of a heterosexual marriage in Genesis 2:24: " Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh." (KJV)
This book was probably included in the Hebrew Scriptures because King David was one of the descendents of Ruth. Although this same-sex friendship appears to have been very close, there is no proof that it was a sexually active relationship.
How valid this interpretation is, I have no idea. I have no knowledge of Hebrew, but if the word used in Ruth 1:14 is the same as that in Genesis 2:24, as stated, then the suggestion is an important one which needs to be taken seriously. It is also worth pointing out though, that Naomi's arrangement of a marriage to Boaz does not eliminate the possibility of a lesbian relationship between the two women; and that a lesbian relationship does not necessarily imply a sexual relationship. (We recognise a number of gay clergy as saints who clearly demonstrate a homosexual orientation, and who had deeply intimate emotional relationships with men, who are nevertheless accepted as having remained celibate).
What do I think?
I don't see the need for just a single, "correct" interpretation. I think the reading of "cleave" suggested above is worth taking seriously and one which I will try to explore further. I also think it is worthwhile to use the passage as a reflection on female loyalty, or on inclusion and outsiders, or on coming out. But I also see this passage in another light, which is instructive but not inspirational.
When I read Ruth as a gay man, I am struck by another theme entirely how totally dependent women of that time were on men, for their very survival. When Naomi's sons died, she is described as being left all alone. She was not – she had two daughters in law, but they didn't count. Much later, during the negations leading up to the marriage of Ruth to Boaz, there is a complicated bit about the sale of a piece of land. The critical point is that the purchaser of the property is obliged to take the woman with it – women are sold as property along with the land, The joyful climax of the story is the birth of a son, who can take care of both women in their old age,
This reminder of the total dependence of women on men goes to the heart of the problems of the church on matters of gender and sexuality. Women continue to be seen as inferior to men, and are treated accordingly. The inferior status is also why the Leviticus prohibition is on men who lie with men "as with women", and why so many societies, then and now, see it as shameful for a man to take the "female" part in male intercourse, but to take the "masculine", active, role, is not regarded as gay at all. These attitudes , coupled with some bizarre ides about animal behaviour, were behind the condemnation of same sex relationships by some (not all) early church fathers.
The social attitudes of Jewish society revealed by the story of Ruth and Naomi are at the heart of the modern oppression by the church of women and gay men. Ruth and Naomi found a way to survive and flourish working within the system. For us today, in a world where the attitudes outside the church (informed by science and reason) are very different, should not have to work within an unjust system to flourish ourselves. Instead, we should work to subvert and destroy those elements that are unloving and unjust.
Kittredge Cherry has also written on these two: see Jesus in Love blog
The Queer Family in the Book of Ruth
The story of Ruth and Naomi and their deep love has often been used to illustrate love between women in the Bible. There is more to the book than that alone, for a queer reading. Although the book begins as the story of Ruth and Naomi, it ends as that of Ruth, Naomi and Boaz, as Mona West makes clear in her chapter on Ruth for The Queer Bible Commentary, concluding with a reflection on its lesson for queer families – in all their variety.
With the strong public interest in the struggle for marriage equality and gay adoption, we often overlook the simple but important fact that not all queer families are imitations of conventional families, differing only in the minor detail of being headed by a couple of the same biological sex. We come in a multitude of forms – like the family I meet recently, comprising three men who have just celebrated 25 years of living as a mutually supportive and committed triple. This obviously does not fit with the modern conception of "traditional" marriage and family – but nor do the families of Jesus and his disciples in the New Testament, and nor does the family of Ruth, Naomi and Boaz, as we know it by the end of the book.
Ruth and Naomi (Ary Scheffer) – But Where is Boaz?
Naomi was a Jewish woman, mother-in-law to Ruth, a Moabite. After the deaths of their husbands, both were left childless and destitute. Ruth chose to return to her Jewish homeland, and urged Ruth to remain with her own kin. Ruth refused, insisting in the famous verses, "Where you go, I will go". They both return to Bethlehem, where they come under the protection of Boaz, a kinsman of Naomi's, who ends by marrying Ruth. This much is familiar: what caught my attention was Mona West's reflection on the unusual features in this relationship.
Boaz is Naomi's kinsman, and so has obligations to her – not to Ruth. But after originally making some provision for their economic survival, he comes to recognize and respect the love and devotion that Ruth has for Naomi. He marries Ruth (at her proposal, not his) but Naomi is not excluded.
All these actions indicate Naomi, Ruth and Boaz's decision to create their own family and define their own understanding of kinship and responsibility to one another within the context of the inheritance and kinship laws of ancient Israel. These actions are similar to the ways in which Queer people of today create families: a bisexual man and two lesbians live together with their biological child; a gay man is a sperm donor for a lesbian couple and is part of the parenting of their child; three gay men live together as lovers and family for twenty years; a lesbian mother and her lover live two doors down from her lesbian daughter and her lover.
-Mona West, "Ruth" in The Queer Bible Commentary
Related articles at QTC:
Gay Lovers in Church History
The Queer Bible: Beyond Family Values
Boswell, John; Same Sex Unions in Pre-Modern Europe, (Harper-Collins)
Glaser, Chris: Coming out as Sacrament (Westminster John Knox Press)
West, Mona: "Ruth" in The Queer Bible Commentary
Ruth and Naomi: Love between women (jesusinlove.blogspot.com)
FREE eBook Download – The Gospel of Ruth: Loving God Enough to Break the Rules by Carolyn Custis James (randomizeme.wordpress.com)
Halsall, Paul: Calendar of LGBT Saints (on-line)

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Former State Department official calls ranked choice voting a reform worthy of James Madison.
Globe editorial board again advocates for ranked choice voting after low plurality win in Tuesday's primary.
The winner claimed just 21 percent of votes, with a 52-vote margin over the runner up.
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(Reuters) - Democratic U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand will deliver a fiery first speech as an official presidential candidate in New York City on Sunday, calling U.S. President Donald Trump a "coward" at the doorstep of one of his most famous properties.
The location in front of Trump International Hotel - which she plans to call a "shrine to greed, division and vanity," according to excerpts from her prepared remarks - is intended to show voters that Gillibrand will attack Trump directly, in contrast to some Democratic rivals who have hesitated to focus on the Republican president early in the 2020 campaign.
"President Trump is tearing apart the moral fabric of our country," she plans to say. "He demonizes the vulnerable and he punches down...Our President is a coward."
While some candidates, most notably Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, have harshly criticized Trump, others have largely avoided using his name, as Democrats try out different tactics for confronting the divisive president.
"She's trying to differentiate herself from the field," said Maria Cardona, a former senior adviser to Hillary Clinton. "It's a pretty crowded field. She's not really in the middle of it, and she needs to be in the middle of it."
Though Gillibrand launched her formal campaign for the Democratic nomination only a week ago, she announced she was exploring a candidacy in January and spent the last two months visiting states such as Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina that will hold early nominating contests next year.
But she has struggled to build momentum among a group of more than 15 announced and potential candidates, including five other sitting senators and former Vice President Joe Biden, who has not yet decided but is expected to join the race.
"Gillibrand simply lacks the star power or national prominence that would lead to extensive free media time," said Patrick Murray, director of the Polling Institute at Monmouth University.
In recent surveys, Gillibrand has remained stubbornly mired in the 1-percent range, while other first-time presidential candidates like Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren, both U.S. senators, have shown more competitiveness.
The race remains in its infancy, however, with the first nominating contest in Iowa still 10 months away.
"Most voters are just learning the candidates' names," said Jesse Ferguson, a senior spokesman for Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign. "Right now, the priority for a candidate is to introduce themselves and show what their values are and how that's the answer to what we have in the White House."
Gillibrand, known as a moderate when she served as a congresswoman from upstate New York, has refashioned herself into a staunch progressive, calling for strict gun laws and supporting the environmental agenda known as the Green New Deal. Some liberal activists have viewed that shift with skepticism.
In recent years, she has led efforts to address sexual assault in the military and on college campuses, and she pushed for Congress to improve its own handling of sexual misconduct allegations. But she recently was forced to defend her office's handling of a sexual harassment investigation, after a former employee said her allegations against a supervisor were mishandled.
The theme of her speech on Sunday will focus on what it means to be "brave." Gillibrand will argue that she has stood up against big banks, sexual assault and most importantly Trump himself, with more votes against the Trump administration than any other senator.
"Symbols are powerful, and for Democratic primary voters, no symbol more clearly represents what's wrong than the icon of Trump's egotism that is Trump International," Ferguson said.


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The Curious Case of the Orang Ikan
Brent Swancer February 17, 2017
Merbeings have been present in folklore throughout the world since practically as long as folklore has been around. Yet as much as the idea of half-human, half-fish beings may sound like mere flight of fancy there are numerous reports of real-life sightings and encounters with strange merbeings from all over the world. Such accounts suggest that something very much like the mermaids of lore could be somehow real, but does this fit in with our reality or not? Is it it all spooky stories or is there something more to it? Whether you believe they are possible are not, it is undeniable that half-human/half-fish beings or creatures are a recurring theme around the world and across cultural divides, and that they seem to have a very real place in the world of the strange. Perhaps some of these cases are worth looking at.
Weird cases of merbeings come from far-flung corners of the world, with some coming from places you may have never even heard of. During World War II, amidst the fighting that was quickly flaming across the Pacific there is an interesting case that was reported by Japanese soldiers from the Kei Islands of Indonesia in 1943. The Kei Islands, also known as the Kai Islands, are located in the south-eastern part of the Maluka Islands of Indonesia. The Kei Islands cover a total area of around 555 square miles and are famous for their pristine, beautiful beaches and unspoiled scenery. It was in this gorgeous island paradise of postcard perfect, pristine white sand beaches that a most peculiar and mysterious case of real merbeings occurred.
The Kei Islands, Indonesia
In 1943, Japanese soldiers stationed with a surveillance team on a small, remote island within the Kei island chain reported seeing strange creatures in the water that were said to have limbs and a face somewhat similar to a human, but a mouth like a carp, filled with needle-like teeth. These bizarre creatures were described as typically being around 150 cm tall, and having pink or salmon colored skin, as well as prominent spines or spikes of some sort on their heads or even their necks and shoulders. These strange beats were not really keeping with the image of what a mermaid should look like at all. Unlike the more classical mermaids, these merbeings were not described as attractive maidens, and did not have wholly fish tails, but rather possessed two long arms and two prominent, frog-like legs, both of which ended in wicked talons.
On several occasions, these beings were seen cavorting about near beaches or most commonly in lagoons. In one case, two of the odd creatures were spotted playing in a lagoon, and another was reportedly seen swimming near a beach in a manner similar to a human doing the breast stroke. One report was told by a startled soldier who recalls seeing one of the creatures on a beach one night. At first the soldier had thought it was a child until it turned around and he could see in the moonlight that its facial features were not quite right. The creature quickly ran headlong into the water upon being seen and did not resurface. They were allegedly able to get around on land to some degree, with another soldier claiming to have seen one running about on the sand at dusk, seeming to be looking for something. However, they were claimed to be most at home in the water, through which they were able to deftly and agilely dart and zoom through with ease.
There were even reports of the troops stationed there engaging the creatures. One patrol of Japanese soldiers claimed that they had slogged through a thicket of underbrush to come upon an isolated lagoon. At first things seemed as serene and peaceful as most scenes on the quiet island, but then there was a sudden thrashing in the water. Thinking it was some sort of large fish, the curious soldiers looked on to see what would happen, trying to peer through the sun-speckled surface to see what sort of fish could be causing such a commotion. As they squinted and gazed at the water, a strange being lurched out from beneath to pull itself up onto a rock outcropping. It was described as being pinkish in color and having ape-like features, only it was devoid of hair and possessed an oversized mouth like a fish, with arms that ended in webbed hands and claws.
The creature quickly turned to the soldiers gawking on the bank and reportedly let out a gurgling burping noise that the troops did not translate as being particularly friendly. Soon after another could be seen making its way through the water towards them in a purportedly elegant, smooth fashion as fast as any fish. The speed with which it approached was startling, and those claws weighed on everyone's mind. As the second creature silently darted towards them, the one on the rock continued its background symphony of gurgling, throaty coughing noises and the men began to fire. The water erupted in spouts of water kicked up by bullets and fire was directed towards the rock as well, but shortly after this barrage the creatures were gone, leaving the baffled troops there amidst the jungle noises wondering what they had just seen.
Another bedraggled and exhausted soldier who had taken a break near the water to pour some over himself and cool down reported that as he opened his eyes from the pleasure of feeling the cool water on his skin he saw staring back at him the face of a "horrible monkey-thing with a fish mouth and spines like a sea urchin" protruding from the surface not 3 feet from him, exuding a fishy stench. He immediately fumbled for his sidearm and unloaded it at the terrifying thing, but whether he hit it or not remains unknown. When his panicked blind firing was done the creature had sunk beneath the water and vanished. Other soldiers, while not directly encountering the beasts, often saw them lying on secluded beaches or swimming languidly about. At least one soldier claims to have seen one catching fish and stuffing them into its gaping mouth. They were most frequently sighted in lagoons, not typically near the sea itself.
Although the Japanese soldiers were deeply perplexed by these sightings and encounters, these creatures were not unknown to the indigenous people of the islands. When asked about them, villagers in the vicinity told the Japanese that they were known locally as the Orang Ikan. In Malay, Orang means "human" and Ikan means "fish," so we have something akin to "man fish." The villagers said that they were often seen about the islands, and were sometimes even caught in nets. They were said to mostly keep to themselves, but that they were fiercely territorial and would attack if approached too closely. Indeed, the creatures were feared but seen as a fact of life, and the Japanese were informed that if another was captured, they would be told so that they could see for themselves.
One evening, the sergeant of the surveillance team, a Mr. Taro Horiba, was summoned by the chief of the nearby village. It was announced to Horiba that an Orang Ikan had been found dead on a beach earlier that day and the body was available for viewing. The sergeant somewhat skeptically made his way towards the hut, where anxious villagers were gathered, looking as if they were scared of something. The Japanese sergeant found himself wondering if he really wanted to see what was in that hut, to come face to face with what was frightening these local people so much. Nevertheless, the rational part of him assumed that there would be some mundane explanation, that he would find an explainable answer within. Horiba would be dumfounded by what he was to find sprawled out upon the grass laid out at the chief's home.
Horibe described the strange, dead creature he saw laid out there as being around 160 cm long and possessing a head of red-brown, shoulder length hair, although it was sparse and patchy, as well as spines along the neck. The face was said to be quite ugly, with a combination of human and ape-like features; a low, short nose, a broad forehead, and small ears. The lipless mouth was wide like that of a fish, specifically described like that of a carp, and filled with tiny, sharp needle-like teeth which were mused to be perfect for grabbing and holding prey. The creature's fingers and toes were long and webbed, and ended in translucent claws. Horiba also reported that there was some sort of algae attached all over its body, which gave the body a greenish cast in some places. The stench of the beast was said to be horrific, like a mix of rotting fish and fetid meat, an absolute assault on the senses.
Sergeant Horiba, although having sighted the Orang Ikan himself on several occasions but from a distance and doubting what he had seen, could not fathom what it was that he had witnessed so closely at the chief's home. There was no known creature residing on the island that could have possibly accounted for the strange, dead humanoid creature he had witnessed, and the sight of the carcass deeply disturbed and unsettled him. Upon returning to Japan, Horiba told of his experiences and urged zoologists to go investigate the phenomena, but no one took him seriously. The fact that he had taken no photos did not help his cause, and in the end he was mostly ridiculed.
What is it these soldiers were seeing? What was that carcass at the chief's house? Could there have been a real animal behind this case? The local villagers certainly seemed to think so, so here we have a classic case of an ethnoknown animal, meaning that it is known by locals, coming to the knowledge of baffled outsiders. It does not appear that these mysterious merbeings can be merely attributed to the wild imaginings of the foreign Japanese in a strange land in wartime under harsh conditions, especially with the number of sightings made by more than one witness. There is really no hard evidence available, but let's take a moment to explore some possibilities.
Many merbeing sightings have been attributed to misidentifications of dugongs or manatees. Dugongs, although rare, were once found all over the Indo-Pacific, and could very well have existed in the areas of these Indonesian sightings. However, it seems unlikely that dugongs could be the culprit behind the reports of the Orang Ikan. Dugongs do not have two arms and two legs like Orang Ikan were reported to have, and it does not seem that a dugong's face could be misconstrued as being all that human-like. They are also not known for their agile, speedy swimming or maneuverability, which is a hallmark of Orang Ikan reports. Villagers would also have likely been able to make a distinction between any dugongs in the area and a merbeing. It was most definitely not the body of a dugong that sergeant Horiba described seeing at the village chief's house, nor a dugong that had crawled up onto a rock to threaten soldiers. A dugong seems to make for a poor candidate in explaining these phenomena.
What else could these strange creatures have been? When pondering this case, I cannot help but notice the resemblance between these Orang Ikan and some other types of aquatic, ape-like beings that have been reported elsewhere. The Thetis Lake Gillman that was sighted at Thetis Lake on Vancouver Island in 1972, for instance, seems to share some Orang Ikan characteristics, as does the Pugwis merbeings of Native American lore. Pugwis and the Thetis Lake Monster, like the Orang Ikan, are creatures that feature prominent spines or spikes on the head, two arms, two legs rather than a fish tail, webbed fingers and toes, and generally appear to be amalgam of ape and fish features. Could the Orang Ikan reported by the Kei Island natives and Japanese soldiers have been a similar sort of creature to these other cryptids?
One possibility is that all of these accounts have their basis in some sort of unknown primate that diverged long ago to adapt to an aquatic or semi-aquatic life. We could certainly expect such a primate to evolve some of the aquatic features mentioned in relation to the Orang Ikan, the Pugwis, and Thetis Lake monster. It is likely that an aquatic adapted ape-like creature would look more like these creatures than the classical mermaid image of a perfect human torso upon a perfectly fish-like tail. Although the idea that there were ever aquatic apes had largely been discredited, it is still an intiguing possibility to explain such reports.
The particular location of the Orang Ikan sightings also leads me to speculate on another possibility. The relatively recent unearthing in Indonesia of the fossils of Homo floresiensis also known as "Flores Man" or "the real Hobbit," shows us that there was once a previously unknown type of pygmy hominid found there. It is not known what the specific range of Homo floresiensis was, and it seems possible they could very well have inhabited other Indonesian islands in addition to Flores island. Is it possible that these Flores hominids were also present on the Kei islands, and at some point adapted to a more aquatic habitat in this geographically isolated environment? It is thought by some researchers that Homo floresiensis may have had its small size due to island dwarfism, which is one possible adaptation to cope with limited resources in an island ecosystem. It seems possible that such an isolated population could have adapted in other ways as well.
Perhaps an isolated population of Homo floresiensis on the Kei Islands could have dealt with the same kind of geographical pressures by at least partially adapting a more aquatic lifestyle to take advantage of coastal resources there. Coastal areas provide rich potential for food resources, so it does not seem completely unfeasible that a primate or early hominid in a remote habitat could have perhaps evolved along these lines. It is certainly interesting to speculate about. Could an aquatic adapted population of Homo floresiensis or some sort of primate or hominid explain these Indonesian merbeings? Or was it something else? Whatever they were, the Orang Ikan presents a curious and little known mystery that has never been satisfactorily solved, and of all of the alleged merging sightings out there, this case of Japanese soldiers being startled during the war by such creatures on these remote islands seems to hole a certain mystique to it. Whether it was true merbeings like those from folklore or not or something else, it certainly seems that something weird was going on over there. Just what that was we may never know.
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Brent Swancer is an author and crypto expert living in Japan. Biology, nature, and cryptozoology still remain Brent Swancer's first intellectual loves. He's written articles for MU and Daily Grail and has been a guest on Coast to Coast AM and Binnal of America.
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The allegation was made by the Senate Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariff.
NPA, in a statement yesterday by its Principal Manager, Public Affairs, Ibrahim Nasiru, said its records did not support such claim.
The statement reads: "On Thursday, July 20, 2017, the Senate Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariff handed over documents containing a list of 29 items, which are a combination of vessels and details of individual Bill of Lading of consignments carried by different vessels to representatives of NPA for review.
"On July 24, 2017, the NPA received another set of 10 volumes of items, numbering 11252 alleged to have been transported by vessels said to have called at the NPA. This was delivered to the authority by the Nigeria Shippers Council on the instruction of the Senate committee.
"Of the 29 items handed over to the NPA on July 20, 2017, only five vessels were identifiable. We discovered that the other 24 items are a repetition of the five vessels that were identified.
A report to this effect with relevant supporting documents evidencing payment of charges for the five vessels has been forwarded to the Senate committee as requested.
"Concerning the 10 volumes of items numbering 1-1252 handed over to the NPA by the Nigerian Shippers Council, the NPA was unable to conduct a meaningful review as the documents did not provide the data that will enable verification.
No port of call and name of terminal where vessel berthed were provided.
"The Authority has conveyed these observations to the Senate Committee and looks forward to receiving the required information to enable full investigation.


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GREENWOOD COUNTY, Kan. (KWCH) A former two-time congressional candidate was arrested in Greenwood County last month.
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CFP: 5th Eastern African Literacy and Cultural Studies Conference, Moi University, 6 – 8 September 2021
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Theme: On Radical Joy
As it has killed tens of thousands of people and traumatized many more in Africa, the Covid–19 pandemic has accented the frailties of the continent's postcolonial nation–states. Feeble or non–existent health care systems, scientific backwardness, poverty, dependent economies, weak structures of political accountability, and generally, most indicators of underdevelopment, have once again been exposed. But that is not all that the Covid–19 crisis has hauled back to light. It has also returned to view Africa's resilience in the face of multiple natural and man-made perils – and thus raised the question on how to understand the resilience of the continent's peoples that is undeterred by earthquakes, floods, locust infestations, HIV and Ebola pandemics, the bubonic plague, rinderpest, terrorist attacks, wars, structural adjustment's violence, and most devastatingly, corrupt, predatory governance.
The 5th Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies Conference invites papers reflecting on the practices of joy that concretize, symbolize and help to explain that resilience in East African contexts of adversity. We are interested in the circulation of individual and collective joy amidst public peril. We read these pursuits of joy as radical acts of refusal. Refusal of surrender, defeat, unhumaning. While seemingly quotidian, often ephemeral, and sometimes conservative, these acts of refusal are generative for understanding East African modes of insisting the self into being, against all odds. In contexts where, as Audre Lorde would say, we were never meant to survive, East Africans have not only survived, but flourished; squeezing joy out of unlikely sites, sometimes laughing in the face of death, literally.
We welcome critical considerations of what is known about the practices of joy as an everyday imperative in Africa, despite — or perhaps because of — brutal structures, agents and processes of harm across history. Which are these rituals and practices that generate joy as a counterforce to the temporalities of harm, peril and death in East Africa? What genres have been associated with the production and circulation of joy in the region at the different times of crisis? What economies of pleasure, leisure and self-making articulate East African modes of resilience in the face of intractable challenges? How have East Africans imagined new orientations in the face of devastation and despair? How have artists, thinkers and knowledge workers mapped alternative affective landscapes of renewal and hope in response to systems of decay? What does lingering on the collective euphoria of historic moments — such as the respective countries' independence days, Eritrea and South Sudan's secessions, or the end of Idi Amin, Daniel arap Moi and Haile Mariam Mengistu's respective autocracies — reveal about the limits of this radical joy? What does the memory of that affective charge, enable, in fueling future mappings? How does the collective jubilation produced by artistic and sporting victories such as Lupita Nyong'o's Oscar or athletics world records complicate nationalism's popular appeal? How do we reconcile the predatory predilection of Pentecostal entrepreneurship with the equally powerful affective renewal produced by charismatic Christianity across the region? What methods lend themselves to archiving such an ephemeral affect as joy? What are the radical possibilities of joy — both individual and collective — in countering the forces of unhumaning most recently underscored by the Covid–19 pandemic? What is the socio-political reach of the erotics of pleasure explored in such genres as East African film, fiction and popular music? How do the temporalities of productivity in neoliberal time devalue the pursuit of joy as a legitimate political quest? What methodological issues does the interpretation of textual and everyday practices of joy in Africa pose?
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Early examples of mourning jewelry were found in Europe in the 15th and 16th centuries. Black and white enameled heads or skulls were often set into both rings and brooches and worn to signify a period of mourning after the death of a loved one.
The presentation of mourning rings was a status symbol in the 17th and 18th centuries. The wealthy specified the ring design and quantity to be made in their wills.
Samuel Pepys, English diarist and naval official (1633-1703) willed that 129 mourning rings be given away at his funeral.
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Doctors, paramedical staff put on alert at ghats
TNN | Oct 25, 2017, 09.21 AM IST
PATNA: The state health department on Tuesday said it is prepared for any emergency that may arise during the four-day Chhath festival.
Deputy secretary of health department Anil Kumar said civil surgeons have been asked to ensure deputation of doctors at all ghats with paramedical staff, medicines, ambulances and stretchers. "Patna Medical College and Hospital and Nalanda Medical College and Hospital administrations have also been asked to remain prepared for any emergency," he said.
Health department officials said all necessary precautions are being taken to avoid any untoward incident during the festival.
NMCH superintendent Dr A P Singh said 15 beds had been reserved in the emergency ward for the duration of Chhath. "Two teams of doctors will work in two shifts of 12 hours each. We have stationed three ambulances in the hospital to ferry patients," he said.
PMCH, on the other hand, has reserved 10 beds in the emergency ward for Chhath. "Doctors have been advised not to seek leave during the festival. Sufficient quantity of drugs, blood and blood platelets have been made available," said an official, adding the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has urged the hospital to keep the passage between PMCH principal's office and student common room free. "This passage leads to the bank of the Ganga. In case of any untoward incident, NDRF will be able to ferry people from different ghats on boats directly to the PMCH," he added.
Three NDRF medical base camps have been established at Gai Ghat, Gandhi Ghat and Digha Ghat. "Three self-contained water ambulances with medical staff and lifesaving equipment have also been stationed on the bank of the Ganga in Patna," said commandant Vijay Sinha of 9 Battalion NDRF.
Altogether 540 State Disaster Response Force personnel and six divers have been deployed in 19 districts.


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It seems like Julia Barretto and Joshua Garcia have really fostered a special bond while doing their 2016 MMFF film, "Vince & Kath & James". The young actor made sure he wouldn't miss his golden girl's 20th birthday celebration with her family and friends.
Julia's mom Marjorie captured a sweet moment between the two while slow dancing to the "Beauty and the Beast" title song and shared it on her Instagram account. Other attendees like the actress' sister Dani, comedienne Alora Sasam and IC Mendoza teased them for their sweetness.
JoshLia, as their fans tag them, also performed a duet of "Lucky" by Jason Mraz as posted in Dani's Instagram stories.
Previously, Joshua joined Julia's "quiet family dinner" on the day of her birthday, March 10th, and surprised her with a bouquet of roses and a giant pink piggy stuffed toy, which earned him a tight embrace from the celebrant.
Also spotted attending the #TwentyYearsOfJulia birthday bash are Yassi Pressman, Inigo Pascual, Moira Dela Torre, Awra, Marco Gumabao, among others.
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Join us for Main Event 2013!
We're looking forward to hosting our 21st Annual Main Event Fundraiser Dinner Set on May 11, 2013!
On May 11th, Samaritan House will welcome members of the community, civic leaders, corporate sponsors, donors, and guests at The Main Event, a special evening celebrating the agency's robust food program. The night will include fine dining, dancing, a live auction, raffle, and surprises along the way.
Over 400 guests are expected to attend the evening's event, which begins at 6:00 p.m with a reception, followed by an elegant dinner and a welcome by Samaritan House Executive Director Kitty Lopez and Master of Ceremonies, Congresswoman Jackie Speier. Auctioneer and State Senator Jerry Hill will champion the cause – the Samaritan House food program – and auction off a variety of exciting items, from fine wines to gourmet dinners and travel getaways.
A new video about Samaritan House's food program and hunger here at home will be premiered, followed by a "Fund-A-Need" auction, which will raise funds for the Samaritan House dining and food pantry services. The Raffle Grand Prize is a Hawaiian vacation at the Alii Kai Resort in Kauai, Hawaii. Guests will finish off the evening in style, dancing the night away to Motown and classic favorites from The Reed Fromer Band, one of the Bay Area's most dynamic and energetic musical groups.
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Analogous perspectives of the trinity of essential values in various cultures and religions in the world.
In a way the three essential values that the institute is advancing, is a trinity of values. If one were look at these three values from a Christian perspective, the first essential value "oneness of reality" is somewhat analogous to God the Father, According to what Christ preached and taught, God the Father is personified as being a loving forgiving person. The second essential value; "all human beings are responsible beings equal in dignity and rights" is analogous to Christ the God the Son, who taught and preached that we need to reciprocate and love God, and that that it was equally important to love your neighbor as yourself. The third essential value "the intrinsic relationship between human beings and the natural and cosmic environment around us, is analogous to the Holy Spirit, the cosmic presences of God, that is the source of all, knowledge, wisdom, and consciousness that the Catholic Jesuit theologian Pierre Teilhard de Chardin defined as the "noosphere". Yet the God the Father, God the Son, and God the Spirit are believed to be three persons in One God, an omnipotent infinite, and absolute being, entity or realm.
In Judaism and Islam, one does not find this concept of three person's in One God, but they still believe in God as an omnipotent infinite being, that has domain over all creation. While Muslims believe in Christ as a Prophet just as Abraham and some other prophets of the Old Testament, they do not believe in Christ as the only son of God. In Judaism they do not believe in Christ, to be even a prophet. Also even some Christian sects such as the Unitarian Church do not believe in the concept of the Trinity as three persons in one God, but do believe in Christ as a son of God as all human beings are sons and daughters of God, and also as a prophet and a messenger of God.
If one were to look at these three essential values from a Hindu perspective, the first one, "oneness of reality" is somewhat analogous to Brahma, the Supreme Creator God. The second essential value; that "all human beings are responsible beings equal in dignity and rights" is somewhat analogous to Shiva the destroyer, generally understood as destroying constraints, and enabling change to happen. Also in effect analogous to challenges in life that human beings face, with changes that occur throughout their existence on Earth. More specifically what is being destroyed is the illusion of individuality. Shiva also have human attributes of Love, generally represented as a loving spouse of his two wives Sati and Shakti. Shakti is personified in many forms, but mostly as Parvathi. Shiva is also the father of Ganesh and Katikeya. The third essential value "the intrinsic relationship between human beings and the natural and cosmic environment is somewhat analogous to Vishnu the preserver and protector of the universe. Vishnu is also the embodiment of mercy and goodness, and maintains the cosmic order and the Dharma, which is not merely a set of beliefs having no connection with living, but a set of essential principles for a harmonious and beneficial life. Dharma is constant but its application may vary depending on the circumstances at a given time and place.
Also Vishnu as the preserver of the cosmic balance between good and evil, comes to earth as an avatar whenever evil forces tends to upset the balance between good and evil. While Hindus' believe in many incarnation of Vishnu they mostly focus on ten such incarnations. First as Matsya a fish. Second as Kurma a Turtle. Third as Varaha the Boar. Fourth as Narashingha the Lion. Fifth as Vamana the dwarf, Sixth as Parasurana, a normal human being, Seventh as Ram or Rama as in the Story of Rama and Sita. Then as Krishna as revealed in the Bhagavad-Gita. The ninth as Buddha, but many Hindu's do not consider Buddha as the ninth incarnation of Vishnu. Even though Buddhism originated in India, by accepting Buddha as the ninth avatar of Vishnu, Buddhism has in effect been assimilated into Hinduism and Buddhism almost ceased to exist as a separate religion in India.
The Divine pattern and the potential matter, both these are derived from God, who is the beginning, the middle, and the end, Brahma, Vishnu, and Siva. God with creative ideas is Brahma. God who pours out His Love and works with patience which is matched only by His love is Vishnu, who is perpetually at work saving the world. When conceptual becomes the cosmic, when heaven is established on earth, we have the fulfilment represented by Siva. God is at the same time wisdom, love and perfection. The three functions cannot be torn apart. Brahma, Vishnu and Siva are fundamentally one though conceived in threefold manner.
Thus we see that different religions may perceive "oneness of reality" in different forms. Probably the broadest perspective analogous to "oneness of reality" is the Hindu perspective of the pantheistic concept of God as One Omnipotent, Infinite, and Absolute Entity. Then there is the Buddhist concept of Nibbana or Nirvana as an Omnipotent Infinite Absolute Realm. Then there is the Catholic, Anglican and some other Christian Sects that perceives "oneness of reality" in a Trinitarian terms of three persons in One God. And there is the various Monotheistic and Unitarian perspectives of Oneness of Reality, as God as being One Omnipotent, Infinite, and Absolute personal God.
Perhaps when one considers that Omnipotent, Infinite, and Absolute "Oneness of Reality" is in fact somewhat inconceivable, so whether it is a Personal Being, an Entity or a Realm, is somewhat immaterial, it could well be that the "Oneness of Reality" could simultaneously be a Personal Being with an absolute infinite consciousness, and an Absolute Infinite Realm, and at the same time an Absolute Infinite Entity. Perhaps one could gain a deeper understanding and consciousness of "oneness of reality" by opening our minds, and in a respectful loving manner try and study and meditate on the various perspectives of "oneness of reality" and try and arrive at one's own love for and appreciation of oneness of reality.


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Bishop Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows Scholarship Fund
Bishop Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows (MDiv 1997) of the Diocese of Indianapolis is the first black woman to be elected diocesan bishop in the Episcopal Church. She was CDSP's director of alumni/ae and church relations from 2002-2004 before serving in the Dioceses of Central New York and Chicago. She had previously served in the Diocese of Newark.
CDSP announced the creation of a scholarship in her name to benefit black and Native American students during a gala reception at the 2018 General Convention in Austin, Texas. Presiding Bishop Michael Curry and the Rev. Gay Clark Jennings, president of the House of Deputies, attended the reception and made lead gifts.
To contribute, donate online or send a check made out to CDSP with "Bishop Jennifer Fund" in the memo field to 2451 Ridge Road, Berkeley CA, 94709.
Winifred B. Gaines Scholarship Endowment
The Rev. Canon Winnie Gaines graduated from CDSP in 1978 and became the first woman to be ordained to the priesthood in the Diocese of Northern California. Her husband, Bob Gaines, recently established the Winifred B. Gaines Scholarship Endowment with $100,000 gift to support seminarians from that diocese.
Bob Gaines' gift is a challenge grant, and supporters, alumni and friends are encouraged to help meet the challenge with a gift of any size. To contribute, donate online or send a check made out to CDSP with "Gaines Fund" in the memo field to 2451 Ridge Road, Berkeley CA, 94709.
Rev. Dr. John Kater Scholarship Fund
The Rev. Dr. John Kater, professor emeritus of ministry development, began teaching at CDSP in 1990 and is still active in its low-residency program. He founded and directed the Center of Anglican Learning and Leadership (CALL) for ten years. Kater also coordinated a program that gave Episcopal seminarians the opportunity to study in Panama, and helped shape CDSP's relationship with Ming Hua seminary in Hong Kong, where he frequently taught.
The scholarship was established in 2016 with a gift from Lillian Woo, a public policy specialist who met Kater in a Chinese class when both were students at Columbia University. To contribute, donate online or send a check made out to CDSP with "Kater Fund" in the memo field to 2451 Ridge Road, Berkeley CA, 94709.
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CDSP pays faculty in part from funds designated for particular academic disciplines. All of these chairs require additional funding to ensure their sustainability. Your gift to our Endowed Faculty Chair Funds is a great way to support the scholarship and instruction in the areas of ministry about which you are passionate.
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Harrell Christian Education Endowed Faculty Chair
Jenkins Ministry Development Endowed Faculty Chair
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St. Margaret's Women in Ministry Endowed Faculty Chair
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Sparkhill is an inner-city area of Birmingham, England, situated between Springfield, Hall Green and Sparkbrook.
Sparkhill takes its name from Spark Brook, a small stream that flows from Moseley to the River Cole in Small Heath. It was, as the name suggests, a hill that was situated alongside the stream. The watercourse can be traced almost entirely along its length from source to where it joins the River Tame, although most of its tributaries are now culverted, and is a popular route for leisure walkers and cyclists. The only part where it cannot easily be followed is a short tunnel where it passes under the Grand Union Canal, very close to the old BSA motorcycle factory near Golden Hillock Road. Most of the route is accessible through Ackers Trust artificial ski slope and sports centre, which was built on BSA's old test track. This part of the route is still used for off-road cycling and similar pursuits.
Historically part of Worcestershire, Sparkhill once existed as a rural area with its main industry being agriculture until the 1880s. In the Middle Ages, the Sparke family farmed in the area.
Development of the area began in the 1890s as a result of the Industrial Revolution which was causing Birmingham to expand. In the 1850s, a small area of land was bought by a building society and sold to separate developers who built houses for the working class. People who owned a property were entitled to vote and a campaigner for the working class vote was Joseph Sturge, a Birmingham manufacturer. As a result of his campaigning, a newly created street in the area was named after him. The architecture of the houses was varied due to the different developers. A centre began to develop for the area with its own pub, The Cherry Arbour.
In the late 1860s, developments appeared all over Sparkhill with the creation of long, straight streets forming a uniform pattern. The new houses were terraced with their own back garden, coal shed and lavatory. For the wealthy middle class, larger houses were built in a plot bounded by Stoney Lane, Alfred Road and Durham Road.
Sparkhill was removed from the possession of Yardley and became an area of Birmingham in 1911 as part of the Greater Birmingham Act. Yardley also became a suburb of Birmingham in the same year. The former council house for Yardley District Council (built 1898–1902, architect Arthur Harrison) was converted into Sparkhill Library (SP09238366) and opened on 19 January 1923. It is one of the earliest examples of double-glazed windows in a public building. Other buildings built for the district were a police station, magistrate's court and a fire station, which were all located next to the council house. St John's Church is the local Anglican Parish Church and the home of the charity Narthex Sparkhill. Designed by the famous Birmingham Architects Martin and Chamberlain, the church was built in 1888. A reredos in memory of Louisa Ryland was erected in the church after her death.
As a result of the nearby BSA factory being targeted, the area suffered from bombing in World War II, resulting in the loss of some houses, and their 1940s replacement (e.g. the houses at 180–190 Osborne Road). A memorial to those from the BSA works who died during the Second World War can be found in St John's Church.
Another old landmark in Sparkhill is the Mermaid Inn, which has been the site of a pub since the 17th century. The building was converted into a Balti restaurant in the late 20th century; however, it was severely damaged by numerous fires in the 2000s decade. The building's art deco exterior decoration is by local sculptor William Bloye.
Other pubs, the Bear and The Antelope, both designed by Holland W. Hobbiss, have sculpted pub signs by William Bloye. The Antelope was, in 2010, converted into a Pakistani restaurant known as "Hajees Spice".
In the 20th century, the area became heavily influenced by migrants who settled in the area. The first wave of immigrants were of Irish descent. This has progressed to include Afro-Caribbeans, South Asians, and more recently Somalis. Moreover in the last decade, migrants of Romanian descent have begun to settle in the area, mostly inhabiting terraced houses. It has a large population of ethnic minorities, mainly of South Asian origin, which is reflected by the number of Asian eateries in the area. As a result, Sparkhill has become a main centre in the "Balti Triangle" of Birmingham.
Bev Bevan, drummer with the Move and the Electric Light Orchestra.
Charlie Timmins, Coventry City captain.
Gil Merrick, Birmingham City goalkeeper.
Moazzam Begg, Guantanamo Bay detainee.
Simon Inglis, Architectural historian, writer and broadcaster.
Moeen Munir Ali, England International Cricketer. Also plays England Lions, Warwickshire and Worcestershire county teams. He was declared Cricketer of the Year for year 2015 by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.
The BBC sitcom Citizen Khan focuses on the life of Mr Khan and his family, Pakistani immigrants in the Sparkhill area, which it dubbed "The capital of British Pakistan" in the credits. The first series was broadcast from August 2012 with a new series each year; currently up to series 5 in 2016.
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A new small study has discovered treating clinical depression via the telephone is nearly as effective as face-to-face consultations.
Brigham Young University scientists followed 30 people newly diagnosed with major depression.
Instead of eight scheduled visits to the clinic, the participants covered the same material during a series of phone calls with the therapist. Calls varied in length, ranging from 21 to 52 minutes.
The patients did not receive antidepressant medication.
At a six month followup, 42 percent of participants had recovered from depression. For comparison, similar therapy conducted in person has a 50 percent recovery rate.
"Offering a phone or webcam option for psychotherapy does appear warranted from an efficacy point of view," said Diane Spangler, a BYU psychology professor and a coauthor on the study.
Over-the-phone therapy may not be for everyone.
One-third of eligible participants declined the option for telephone consultations, preferring the psychotherapist's couch to the one in their living room. But for those comfortable with phone calls, therapy could soon be cheaper, more convenient and minus awkward waiting rooms.
The study appears in the June issue of the journal Behavior Therapy .


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Liability finding in Conley rape allegation to be appealed
CLEVELAND (AP) — An attorney is vowing an appeal for a woman found liable by a civil jury for malicious prosecution in a rape allegation she made against a former Ohio State football standout more than five years ago. Attorney Patrick Thomas said his client "deserves justice and patiently waited for her day in court" in her lawsuit against Gareon Conley. He said "a number of issues" that arose during trial would be addressed on appeal. The accusation against Conley shortly before the 2017 NFL draft was made by a 23-year-old woman who alleged that he had sexually assaulted her in a Cleveland hotel room. Conley's attorney said the sex was consensual.
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Brian May has apologised after he appeared to defend Bohemian Rhapsody director Bryan Singer in the wake of sexual assault allegations against the film-maker.
The Queen guitarist shared a long message on Instagram in which he said he had "absolutely no intention" of defending the director.
After a report in the US emerged alleging that Singer sexually assaulted four men while they were under-age, one fan suggested to May that he unfollow the director on the social media platform.
Singer has denied the claims and called The Atlantic magazine's story "a homophobic smear piece".
He left the Freddie Mercury biopic midway through production and was replaced by Dexter Fletcher but still has the sole directing credit on the Oscar-nominated film.
However, he has since offered an apology for the remark, addressing the woman directly, as well as "anyone else out there that I inadvertently offended".
He wrote: "Dear Folks – I was shocked and saddened to realise what I had done by my hasty and inconsiderate IG reply to this lady yesterday. I've posted an apology to her in the 'reply' box, but it seems to have disappeared – so I'm going to try to repeat it here, to be clear.
"I had no idea that saying someone was innocent until proven guilty could be interpreted as "defending" Bryan Singer. I had absolutely no intention of doing that.
"I guess I must be naive, because also it had never occurred to me that 'following' a person on Instagram could be interpreted as approving of that person.
"The only reason I followed Bryan Singer was that we were working with him on a project.
"That situation came to an end when Mr Singer was sacked during the shooting of the film, but I suppose unfollowing him never occurred to me as a necessity.
Responding to the allegations against him, Singer said it was "vendetta journalism" that "rehashes claims from bogus lawsuits filed by a disreputable cast of individuals willing to lie for money or attention".