I have been contemplating some things from the 17th-century theologian and founder of Rhode Island Roger Williams, contemporary Christians and co-hosts of The God Journey podcast Wayne Jacobsen and Brad Cummings, and author of "The Shack" William Paul Young... lots of things. Things like liberty of conscience, love, relationships, and control. I'm not spending the time right now to write out a full exposition, but I'll leave you with a few quotes that will get you started on a train of thought, a brief discussion of control in relationships, and a couple of additional quotes to prompt you to continue the train of thought past where I've taken you.
It seems to be a natural human habit to motivate people by guilt, shame, and fear probably because it is so very easy. You manipulate relationships in order to get people to do what you want them to do because you need to be in control of everything. The more control you get, the more your sense of security and validation. You coerce people to do something for you that you would like for them to do, but when you coerce them to do it, they do it with false motives. You coerce people to conform their lives according to your standard of conduct, but when you coerce them, they do it with the wrong intent. And if they do not do what you want, if they do not meet your expectations, then you try your best to resolve the issue with conflict, or you give up and allow the relationship to splinter. But this is not unconditional love.
It's a pattern that is apparent in every human being. You need to feel loved and you need to feel secure, so you manipulate the people and the circumstances in your life, even in subconscious action, to attempt to convince yourself that these things are true. But the moment you bring control into a relationship, you rob your friend of the joy of giving what he could have given in love, and you rob yourself of the joy of receiving what he could have given in love. You cheat yourself of real opportunities for love and security. You cheapen so many friends by making them your pawns. And you reflect your own qualities upon God, expecting Him to act the same way toward you that you do toward the people in your life. But this is not unconditional love.
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How true that is. And it is so easy to revert to manipulation in our relationships. I didn't realize how much I used people to get what I wanted, or how much I tried to use people until I stopped pastoring and took a secular job.
Now that I'm not looking for workers or volunteers, I'm free to simply enjoy the relationships God gives me.
I had no idea I was this way. I remember criticizing those who use manipulation, but until I was able to step back and look at the situation objectively did I realize I was guilty too.
Thanks for the post Dave. I am thankful for God's grace. If I had to jump through all the necessary hoops to merit His favor I wouldn't stand a chance. Thankfully God doesn't operate the way I do.
I then attached my sense of identity, significance, validation, acceptance, and worth to that "dream" so that when it didn't fly like I thought it would I'd slump and feel depressed, worthless, out-of-place, and passed-by, and when it went according to my plans I could then encourage myself with the knowledge that I was justifying my existence and was now worthy of God keeping around.
It's so works-based! It's AMAZING how cunning religiosity can be!
So, now I am becoming keenly aware of all the should's we throw around in a disguised attempt at manipulation. So, I love Wayne Jacobsen's great phrase: "Don't should on yourself, and don't should on your friends either."
I love the Leo Tolstoy quote, which I should have included in this post: "And all people live, not by reason of any care they have for themselves, but by the love for them that is in other people." --This understanding radically changes how we relate to people, actually applying 1 Cor. 13 love to our relationships.
God's love is unconditional. So should ours be.
Dave, wonderful stuff for us all to think about and let transform us.
I posted something similar this morning on my blog.
Dave, I appreciate this so much. Very clear thinking and writing.
Very recently I realized I was being manipulatively used in a friendship - it became very painful. Then as time went on I had to realize I was manipulating from my side as well. I'll tell you that takes all the energy out of my "righteous" sense of being wronged.


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Defense and commercial travel boost Raytheon's hopes for the year
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FILE PHOTO: The Raytheon stand is seen at the 53rd International Paris Air Show at Le Bourget Airport near Paris
By Shreyasee Raj and Mike Stone
(Reuters) -U.S. aerospace manufacturer Raytheon Technologies Corp on Tuesday lifted the lower end of its full-year sales forecast on strong performance of its defense unit and a recovery in commercial air travel.
Neil Mitchill, Raytheon's newly appointed chief financial officer, said in an interview that "increasing confidence and a commercial aero recovery that we began to see take hold at the end of the first quarter" led to the company's view for 2021.
While demand for Raytheon's aviation technologies and service for aircraft manufacturers slumped during the global health crisis, its robust defense unit that contributes more than half of overall sales continued to lift its bottomline.
During the quarter, the company had a notable $1.4 billion in classified bookings for work at Raytheon's Intelligence and Space unit, which Mitchill said was "clearly an indication that the operations tempo is increasing from where we saw it exiting 2020."
The company now expects between $63.9 billion and $65.4 billion in full-year sales, compared with its previous forecast of $63.4 billion to $65.4 billion.
For the quarter, Raytheon had earnings per share of $0.90 versus Wall Street analyst's consensus estimate of $0.88. Revenue rose to $15.25 billion from $11.36 billion but missed Wall Street's estimate of $15.36 billion.
Net income attributable to common shareowners was $753 million, or 50 cents per share, in the quarter ended March 31, from a loss of $83 million, or 10 cents per share, a year earlier.
Raytheon increased its 2021 share repurchase authorization from $1.5 billion to at least $2 billion.
The company, which had about 195,000 employees when it merged with United Technologies last April, has laid off nearly 20,000 full-time and contract employees in its commercial aerospace business, which makes aircraft engines and spare parts. Raytheon said savings from the merger increased by $300 million to $1.3 billion.
On a call with Wall Street analysts, management said Raytheon was cooperating with Department of Justice investigations into contract pricing in the 2011-2013 timeframe. Management said the investigations were not expected to have a material impact.
Raytheon ended the first quarter with a backlog of $147.4 billion.
(Reporting by Shreyasee Raj in Bengaluru and Mike Stone in Washington; Editing by Shailesh Kuber, Chizu Nomiyama and Bernadette Baum)
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Farmhouse. C15 origins but largely rebuilt in C19. Local stone cut and squared, ashlar dressings; plain clay tile roof with simple gables; stone chimney stacks with moulded caps, of which the South stack is external, stepped with offsets, of late medieval origin, 2 storeys with attic, 3 bays. 2-light windows with cusped flat heads under square labels; central pointed arched doorway with boarded door set in recess. In North gable two wide pointed arch windows with later centre mullions added, also single-light cusped head windows, one with label, and that to attic with hoodoould. Outshut to rear, Interior not seen.


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How many Calories in New Zealand lamb, leg, whole, chilled, roasted, lean and fat?
How many Calories in New Zealand lamb, leg, whole, frozen, raw, lean and fat, weighed with bone?
How many Calories in New Zealand lamb, leg, whole, chilled, roasted, lean?
That represents 11.5% of typical adult GDA (2,000 Cals) for calorie intake, 0.0% of carbohydrate GDA, 56.0% of protein GDA and 18.7% of fat GDA.
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Operations at a recycling firm in Kidderminster have returned to normal after firefighters tackled a blaze at the site last week.
The fire, at Lawrence Recycling in Stourport Road, involved paper and plastic, and fighters with breathing apparatus as well as a specialist harzardous materials officer were called to get it under control.
Large amounts of smoke from the fire meant that nearby businesses were evacuated and roads were closed.
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Specialised information processing deficits and distinct metabolomics profiles following TM-domain disruption of Nrg1
O'Tuathaigh, C.M.P. and Mathur, N. and O'Callaghan, M.J. and MacIntyre, L. and Harvey, R. and Lai, D. and Waddington, J.L. and Pickard, B.S. and Watson, D.G. and Moran, Paula M. (2017) Specialised information processing deficits and distinct metabolomics profiles following TM-domain disruption of Nrg1. Schizophrenia Bulletin . ISSN 1745-1701
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While there is considerable genetic and pathologic evidence for an association between neuregulin 1 (NRG1) dysregulation and schizophrenia, the underlying molecular and cellular mechanisms remain unclear. Mutant mice containing disruption of the transmembrane (TM) domain of the NRG1 gene constitute a heuristic model for dysregulation of NRG1-ErbB4 signalling in schizophrenia. The present study focused on specialised behavioural and characterisation of hitherto un-characterised information processing phenotypes in this mutant line. Using a mass spectrometry-based metabolomics approach, we also quantified levels of unique metabolites in brain. Across two different sites and protocols, Nrg1 mutants demonstrated deficits in pre-pulse inhibition, a measure of sensorimotor gating that is disrupted in schizophrenia; these deficits were partially reversed by acute treatment with second-, but not first-, generation antipsychotic drugs. However, Nrg1 mutants did not show a specific deficit in latent inhibition, a measure of selective attention that is also disrupted in schizophrenia. In contrast, in the 'what-where-when' cognitive paradigm, Nrg1 mutants displayed sex-specific (males only) disruption of 'what-when' performance, indicative of impaired episodic memory. Differential metabolomic profiling revealed that these behavioural phenotypes were accompanied, most prominently, by alterations in lipid metabolism pathways. This study is the first to associate these novel physiological mechanisms, previously independently identified as being abnormal in schizophrenia, with disruption of NRG1 function. These data suggest novel mechanisms by which compromised neuregulin function from birth might lead to schizophrenia-relevant behavioural changes in adulthood.
Mutant Phenotype, Cognition, Metabolome, Antipsychotics, Neuregulin, Pre-pulse inhibition, Choline, Lipids, Schizophrenia
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One of the biggest challenges to peacemaking is the very way in which peace is often viewed: namely as an absence, or a state void of war and violence. At best this perspective means peace is simply boring. No wonder violence is then so appealing, even fascinating (in its ancient sense of sacred attraction or compulsion). It was therefore good to be reminded recently, at a conference at the University of Southern Queensland in Toowoomba, of the considerable work that has been done in recent decades in developing the concept of 'positive peace'. Speaking to a mixed body of academics, faith and local community leaders, diplomats and government representatives, Dr Lucas Misseri (from the National University of Corboba in Argentina) opened up the subject beautifully. Developing the theories of 'positive peace' by Galtung and Maliandi, he outlined deeply constructive philosophical grounding for the work being done in Toowoomba towards 'building a model city of peace and harmony'. If peace is actually truly dynamic, then it requires convergence, enabling all that is best in the variety of human life to engage, share and create even more new, life and energy. Inter-religious dialogue, he thus opined, was a vital convergent vehicle to positive peace. Dialogue indeed represents a crucial 'space in-between' our differences, offering respect and a cherishing all that is of value . It is not necessarily about seeking consensus, for that might actually deny the potential of creative conflict. For peace is impossible if it is about settling things down. True, positive, peace is about enlarging life, bringing all that is good in the past and present into a more fulfilling, yet never complete, but always open future: what the Judaeo-Christian tradition calls shalom. As such, inter-religious dialogue should also include others who do not see themselves as religious, or may even see themselves as a-religious. For everyone needs to be involved to find more convergences and the necessary values for peace.
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This open access research article gives genomic evidence of demographic fluctuations and lack of genetic structure across flyways in a long distance migrant, the European turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur).


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Today when we made our journey from Kahama, TZ back to Rwanda all I could think about was this is great blog-material. I�m sure all of you who've come on this trip can relate to this!
The day started early, we had Joseph and our cab driver, Josepheti coming to pick us up at 5:15 am. We thought we would make two trips with one cab since the bus stop is so close. The boys arrived a little late but we still thought we had lots of time.
I went in the first car with Pene and Joseph. As soon as we climbed out of the car and into the mayhem of the bus station, some random guy came and up and told me that we had the wrong bus to Kigali. I don�t know how he thought he knew, but being the only mzungus in town, I guess everyone knows our business. The cab driver had left to get Anna and LeAnne and I was getting worried because, even though everyone here operates on "Africa time", the buses usually leave as scheduled.
Joseph and crowd of guys were arguing about which bus was the right bus and then they finally decided on one that we would be using.
We stood outside with our luggage waiting for them to open the undercarriage when Joseph said �Sister, we have to put all of the luggage on the bus.� It turns out that all the storage under the bus was being used to transport sacks of produce. Joseph man-handled our bags up into the bus and down the narrow isle to the back seats with us helping as best we could. The bags were full of books for Costa�s school in Rwanda so were very heavy!! It was a ridiculous situation. The bus already looked full and were trying to get these over-loaded bags past people without decapitating them.
The other girls still weren�t on the bus but Pene thought she saw the cab go by us in the parking lot. There were a few dozen buses and they would have no idea which one was ours. I ventured out into the crowd and searched but couldn�t find them. It was time for the bus to go. Eventually Joseph located them, brought them in and we struggled to fit their luggage in also. Between us we had 7 suitcases and six backpacks. You could barely move in the bus and there was other sacks of stuff stored in the alley way.
An argument erupted when the bus staff came back and demanded 30,000 TSH for our luggage. We pointed out that the only reason it was taking up seats is because they had sold the whole undercarriage space and weren�t able to put the luggage where it was supposed to go. We lost the argument, squeezed into our seats and got on our way. It was sad saying good bye to Kahama and all of our good friends, especially Joseph!
After driving for a short while, the driver pulled over in a little town, got out and came back with a bottle of gas which he poured into the gas tank. He then left us baking in the car and stood with a group of men, talking very loudly. We don�t know what the problem was and finally started to call out to him that we were hot. He eventually got back in and began driving.
Eventually we got to the first part of the border crossing and once again were asked to get out and take our luggage. The driver drove away and we headed over to the customs office. We were directed down the hill and began the long, hot walk to the Rwandan border, each of us pulling two suitcases each and carrying heavy packs.
After spending awhile getting visas etc. we were directed to take our bags and hike over to the next office on the Rwandan side, which is another jaunt. The whole time you�re walking, you�re weaving in and out of a huge line of semis, all waiting to be processed through customs. It�s just crazy!
We had to wait for the bus to fill before it left and the only thing that saved us from perishing in the hot sun at this point was the cold beer they sold across the road. We downed one each while we were waiting and felt like things were OK again.
The first bus was called Luuxery (spelled with two uu�s) which was a laugh and this one was called Express. Express was the last thing this bus was, and our last 150 kms ended up taking four hours as we stopped at every village between the TZ border and Kigali.
We were dreading the craziness at the main bus station in Kigali and were relieved when our driver took pity on us and made an effort to get his vehicle as close as possible to the bus company we needed to use to go to Muhanga. Only one more leg to go!!!
We arrived an hour later, hot and tired but so happy to be greeted by our Rwandan friends/family Bienvenu, Peter and Denise!!! We hadn�t eaten anything except granola bars, ground nuts and some dried fruit during our 12 ½ hour journey so were happy it was beer o�clock when we arrived!!!! We visited with our frinds and had some good food!
Tomorrow, we�ll be off to Costa�s school to drop off all of the books and school supplies we dragged with us and then we�ll go visit the pig coop we�re supporting and give them another donation.


Enstek, Malaysia, March 2, 2017 – PureCircle (LSE: PURE), the world's leading producer of high-purity stevia ingredients for the global food and beverage industry, today marked the completion of a $42 million expansion of its stevia plant in Malaysia with a ceremony attended by the Minister of Energy, Green Technology & Water, Datuk Seri Panglima Dr. Maximus Johnity Ongkili.
PureCircle has a deep commitment to making stevia a mainstream ingredient and is the only company that has this type and scale of production facility in the stevia industry. This major expansion of PureCircle's facilities will enable the Company to double its production capacity and focus on even more efficient extraction and processing from sustainably grown stevia leaf and purification for its next generation of pioneering stevia ingredients.
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REVIEW: Singin' In The Rain at The Alexandra
Posted by Dan Richards at Thursday, August 22nd, 2019 11:14pm
After the success of Boogie Nights last year, West Side Story in 2017 and Grease in 2016, the Alexandra's annual Stage Experience is back on top form with their production of an 80s classic.
Quite often, when you look at the listings for theatres around the UK, you see the same list of shows heading out on the road. That's not to say there's anything wrong with them - just that, often, some of the classics can become lost or forgotten.
So when the Stage Experience scheme announced their 2019 production of Singin' In The Rain, there was a collective sigh - a sigh of an appreciative audience ready to see a piece of theatre that's not on a regular carousel of West End transfers.
Fifteen years since its inception in 2003, almost 2000 young performers have taken part in the prestigious scheme. The ethos of Stage Experience is to provide an opportunity for young people to perform as part of a large cast in a professional scale show. As well as learning to perform there are also technical placements on offer in sound, lighting, stage management and wardrobe.
Singin' in the Rain is a stage musical, adapted from the 1952 movie of the same name. Set in Hollywood in the waning days of the silent screen era, it focuses on romantic lead Don Lockwood, his sidekick Cosmo Brown, aspiring actress Kathy Selden, and Lockwood's leading lady Lina Lamont - whose less-than-dulcet vocal tones make her an unlikely candidate for stardom in talking pictures.
The original West End production, directed by Tommy Steele and choreographed by Peter Gennaro, opened in 1983 at the London Palladium, where it ran until September 1985. Following stints on Broadway and around the world, the last time it was seen professionally in the UK was in 2013.
First things first - we need to give a nod to every one of the 101 performers on stage this evening, as well as the technical placements and the staff who make this behemoth of a machine tick. The whole point of the scheme is to give young talent the chance to shine and to appreciate the methodology behind getting a production from page to stage. There's no niceties - this s two solid weeks of rehearsing and blocking to bring a full scale musical to a professional stage.
Ben Tanner takes on the iconic leading role of Don Lockwood - a part immortalised in cinematic history by Gene Kelly. Tanner is confident, charismatic and, alongside an assured performance from Sam Rogers as Cosmo Brown, the duo are almost the Morcambe and Wise of their time. Exhibiting brilliant footwork and strong vocals, the show was in safe hands from the get-go.
To be applauded in equal measure, Jessica Walton commands the stage in the role of Lina Lamont, taking the character from hapless to self assured over the course of the show. This role could so easily be overplayed, but Walton finds a perfect balance between eccentricity and relatability which sits perfectly.
However, for me, the stand out performance of the evening came from Isabella Kibble who channeled her inner Debbie Reynolds to take on the role of Kathy Selden. Kibble's talent is, quite simply, exceptional and her place at GSA is thoroughly deserved. Last year I commended her performance in Boogie Nights and what's wonderful to see is her development as a performer. Her voice soared and was note perfect - seriously, someone get her a muddy overcoat, stick her behind a barricade and call her Eponine!
What's brilliant to see - and I know I bang on about this every year - is the wealth of talent that Stage Experience brings to the second city every August. It fills you with confidence that the future of British theatre is in safe hands for decades to come.
Singin' In The Rain plays at The Alexandra until Saturday 24th August. For more information, or to get tickets, head online to atgtickets.com/birmingham.
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Q: Python string length generate output I am trying to create ruler by print, it should look like this for input value 5:

Im trying to change in my code numbers to symbols, my code is:
length = str(input("Enter the ruler length = "))

def ruler(string):
    top = []
    top_out = []
    bottom = []

    for i in range(length):
        top.append((i+1)//10)
        bottom.append((i+1)%10)
        for i in range(length):
            if ((i+1)//10) == 0:
                top_out.append(" ")
            elif (((i+1)//10) in list(sorted(set(top)))) and (((i+1)//10) not in top_out):
                top_out.append(((i+1)//10))
            else:
                top_out.append(" ")
                print (''.join(list(map(str, top_out))))
                print (''.join(list(map(str,bottom))))
                print (string)

How to correct it to get appropriate output format of a ruler?

A: Ruler printing can be down by pretty small function like this,
def print_ruler(n):
    print('|....'*(n)+'|')
    print(''.join(f'{i:<5}' for i in range(n+1)))

Execution:
In [1]: print_ruler(5)
|....|....|....|....|....|
0    1    2    3    4    5

In [2]: print_ruler(10)
|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|
0    1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9    10

In [3]: print_ruler(15)
|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|
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For ex: For 12, | align with number 1 or 2 it can't not make into the center of 12

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Prominent Italian Human Rights Activist Banned from Entering Egypt to Participate in COP 27
Civil LibertiesRegional & International Human Rights Mechanisms
On 10 November 2022, Egyptian authorities denied human rights defender Giorgio Caracciolo, an Italian national and Deputy Director for International Programs at DIGNITY and a member of the executive committee of EuroMed Rights, entry to Egypt and required him to leave Cairo International Airport on a flight to Paris, France. Caracciolo, who had a valid entry visa to Egypt and a QR Code for COP27 Green Zone access according to an expert, was scheduled to participate in COP27, including by meeting with Egyptian human rights defenders and officials from various governments attending COP27. Egyptian authorities did not provide him with a reason for revoking his visa and denying him entry.
Caracciolo's denial of entry confirms earlier concerns about restrictions facing civil society at COP27 amidst a systematic crackdown on the rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association. From the outset, the Egyptian government has maneuvered to sideline and silence independent civil society at COP27.
Egyptian authorities attempted to block the participation of independent Egyptian NGOs through an opaque and secretive one-off registration process for Egyptian groups to the conference. In the run-up to COP27, human rights organizations documented the arbitrary detention and interrogation of scores of people by the Supreme State Security Prosecution on the suspicion of supporting calls for peaceful protests during the conference. Egyptian environmental activists have voiced their concern that engagement with the COP27 may lead to acts of reprisals by the Egyptian authorities after the conclusion of the conference.
Through Caracciolo's leadership, DIGNITY has fought for years against Egypt's systematic practices of torture and ill-treatment.
Egypt's attacks on and marginalization of critical voices and human rights activists, including through Caracciolo's denial of entry, undermine the integrity of COP27 and impede the ability of civil society to meaningfully engage with the Conference of Parties.
We call upon States participating at COP27 to express their deep dismay at Caracciolo's denial of entry and urge the Egyptian authorities to address urgent human rights concerns, including by:
Ensure the right to freedom of association by closing all politically-motivated investigations into the legitimate work of NGOs, removing all restrictions on independent civil society including travel bans and asset freezes, and allowing their unimpeded participation at COP 27
Remove all disproportionate restrictions on the right to freedom of expression and ensure freedom of the media.
Amend legislation on the right to freedom of peaceful assembly to comply with Egypt's international human rights obligations, allow the full exercise of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and expression during and after COP27, and instruct security forces to refrain from using unlawful force when policing protests during and after COP27.
Immediately and unconditionally release Alaa Abdel Fattah and others arbitrarily detained in Egypt simply for exercising their human rights to freedom of expression, association, and peaceful assembly.
The failure of States participating at COP to urge the Egyptian authorities to address those concerns effectively encourages them to use COP27 as a means to whitewash Egypt's abominable human rights record, which will ultimately exacerbate the ongoing human rights crisis in the country.
Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies – CIHRS
DIGNITY – Danish Institute Against Torture
El Nadim Center Against Violence and Torture
Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms
Egyptian Human Rights Forum
EuroMed Rights
International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)
International Federation for Human Rights – FIDH
Freedoms of expression