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Parallel Bible results for Genesis 11
NIV 1 Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. NIV 1 Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. NIV 2 As people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there. NIV 2 As people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there. NIV 3 They said to each other, "Come, let's make bricks and bake them thoroughly." They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar. NIV 3 They said to each other, "Come, let's make bricks and bake them thoroughly." They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar. NIV 4 Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth." NIV 4 Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth." NIV 5 But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower the people were building. NIV 5 But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower the people were building. NIV 6 The LORD said, "If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. NIV 6 The LORD said, "If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. NIV 7 Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other." NIV 7 Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other." NIV 8 So the LORD scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city. NIV 8 So the LORD scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city. NIV 9 That is why it was called Babel —because there the LORD confused the language of the whole world. From there the LORD scattered them over the face of the whole earth. NIV 9 That is why it was called Babel —because there the LORD confused the language of the whole world. From there the LORD scattered them over the face of the whole earth. NIV 10 This is the account of Shem's family line. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad. NIV 10 This is the account of Shem's family line. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad. NIV 11 And after he became the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters. NIV 11 And after he became the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters. NIV 12 When Arphaxad had lived 35 years, he became the father of Shelah. NIV 12 When Arphaxad had lived 35 years, he became the father of Shelah. NIV 13 And after he became the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters. NIV 13 And after he became the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters. NIV 14 When Shelah had lived 30 years, he became the father of Eber. NIV 14 When Shelah had lived 30 years, he became the father of Eber. NIV 15 And after he became the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters. NIV 15 And after he became the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters. NIV 16 When Eber had lived 34 years, he became the father of Peleg. NIV 16 When Eber had lived 34 years, he became the father of Peleg. NIV 17 And after he became the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters. NIV 17 And after he became the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters. NIV 18 When Peleg had lived 30 years, he became the father of Reu. NIV 18 When Peleg had lived 30 years, he became the father of Reu. NIV 19 And after he became the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters. NIV 19 And after he became the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters. NIV 20 When Reu had lived 32 years, he became the father of Serug. NIV 20 When Reu had lived 32 years, he became the father of Serug. NIV 21 And after he became the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters. NIV 21 And after he became the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters. NIV 22 When Serug had lived 30 years, he became the father of Nahor. NIV 22 When Serug had lived 30 years, he became the father of Nahor. NIV 23 And after he became the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters. NIV 23 And after he became the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters. NIV 24 When Nahor had lived 29 years, he became the father of Terah. NIV 24 When Nahor had lived 29 years, he became the father of Terah. NIV 25 And after he became the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters. NIV 25 And after he became the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters. NIV 26 After Terah had lived 70 years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. NIV 26 After Terah had lived 70 years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. NIV 27 This is the account of Terah's family line. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot. NIV 27 This is the account of Terah's family line. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot. NIV 28 While his father Terah was still alive, Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans, in the land of his birth. NIV 28 While his father Terah was still alive, Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans, in the land of his birth. NIV 29 Abram and Nahor both married. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife was Milkah; she was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milkah and Iskah. NIV 29 Abram and Nahor both married. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife was Milkah; she was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milkah and Iskah. NIV 30 Now Sarai was childless because she was not able to conceive. NIV 30 Now Sarai was childless because she was not able to conceive. NIV 31 Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Harran, they settled there. NIV 31 Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Harran, they settled there. NIV 32 Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Harran. NIV 32 Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Harran.
NIV 1 Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. NIV 2 As people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there. NIV 3 They said to each other, "Come, let's make bricks and bake them thoroughly." They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar. NIV 4 Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth." NIV 5 But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower the people were building. NIV 6 The LORD said, "If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. NIV 7 Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other." NIV 8 So the LORD scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city. NIV 9 That is why it was called Babel —because there the LORD confused the language of the whole world. From there the LORD scattered them over the face of the whole earth. NIV 10 This is the account of Shem's family line. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad. NIV 11 And after he became the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters. NIV 12 When Arphaxad had lived 35 years, he became the father of Shelah. NIV 13 And after he became the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters. NIV 14 When Shelah had lived 30 years, he became the father of Eber. NIV 15 And after he became the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters. NIV 16 When Eber had lived 34 years, he became the father of Peleg. NIV 17 And after he became the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters. NIV 18 When Peleg had lived 30 years, he became the father of Reu. NIV 19 And after he became the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters. NIV 20 When Reu had lived 32 years, he became the father of Serug. NIV 21 And after he became the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters. NIV 22 When Serug had lived 30 years, he became the father of Nahor. NIV 23 And after he became the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters. NIV 24 When Nahor had lived 29 years, he became the father of Terah. NIV 25 And after he became the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters. NIV 26 After Terah had lived 70 years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. NIV 27 This is the account of Terah's family line. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot. NIV 28 While his father Terah was still alive, Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans, in the land of his birth. NIV 29 Abram and Nahor both married. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife was Milkah; she was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milkah and Iskah. NIV 30 Now Sarai was childless because she was not able to conceive. NIV 31 Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Harran, they settled there. NIV 32 Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Harran.


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Q: Access denied for user 'me'@'localhost' (using password: NO) I am am trying to learn mysql 101. Doing so, I broke my ability to login as root.
At first I could simply connect to mysql by running
sudo mysql

In an attempt to alleviate a problem, I thoughtlessly copy and pasted some sql into the mysql prompt.
Specifically...
ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'password';

Now when I try to log in using sudo mysql, I get the error...

Access denied for user 'me'@'localhost' (using password: NO)

What exactly did I do, and how can I rectify it?

A: Now you can probably login by
sudo mysql -u root -p

and entering the password from your ALTER USER statement when prompted.
Once you're in the console again you can reset the password to empty like:
ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY '';

And it should start to allow you with just sudo mysql as before.

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Strictly speaking, Lew Archer is only supposed to dig up the dirt on a rich man's suspicious soon-to-be son-in-law. But in no time at all, Ross Macdonald's private eye is following a trail of corpses from the citrus belt to Mazatlan. And then there is the zebra-striped hearse and its crew of beautiful, sunburned surfers, whose path seems to keep crossing the son-in-law's--and Archer's--in this powerful, fast-paced novel of murder on the California coast.
Strictly speaking, Lew Archer is only supposed to dig up the dirt on a rich man's suspicious soon-to-be son-in-law. But in no time at all, Ross Macdonald's private eye is following a trail of corpses from the citrus belt to Mazatlan. And then there is the zebra-striped hearse and its crew of beautiful, sunburned surfers, whose path seems to keep crossing the son-in-law's-and Archer's-in this powerful, fast-paced novel of murder on the California coast.
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The Timestream is at least six known versions of Planet Earth arranged in hexagonal fashion. Each has different histories and societies, some different geologies, but all share the same physical laws and chronology. At critical historical points on one of the planets, crucial decisions result in two Earths with the same prior history but differing subsequent ones. Major events on neighbouring planets in the Timestream affect each other strongly...
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In Focus: Trustees and student activists at impasse after divestment proposal rejected
Emma Edmund, City Editor
It was below freezing. Wind blew flurries of snow everywhere, rendering the coats and gloves students wore relatively useless. But the ugly weather did not stop a group of approximately 50 students from Fossil Free Northwestern from gathering in front of the Technological Institute, unfurling banners with phrases like "Northwestern is complicit in climate injustice."
"Divest or death," another sign read. "Which side are you on?"
The students chanted almost non-stop, including a back-and-forth "Divest now!" and a stark warning to the Northwestern community: "Disclose, divest, or it will be our death!"
On Feb. 13 — Fossil Fuel Divestment Day — students at over 50 universities across the country called for their schools to divest their holdings from fossil fuel companies.
None of Northwestern's Fossil Free members knew that a week later, the school's Board of Trustees would refuse to act on their demands.
The board rejected Fossil Free Northwestern's divestment proposal calling on the University to divest its holdings from any of the top 100 coal and oil and gas companies across the world. The trustees wrote that the proposal did not meet the board's criteria for divestment as outlined in the Statement on Investment Responsibility.
The decision came over a year after students first created and submitted the proposal to the Advisory Committee on Investment Responsibility, a 10-member group that advises the board's Investment Committee on socially and ethically responsible investing.
Throughout the entire decision-making process, Fossil Free Northwestern members demanded ACIR and the board take action to remedy trustees' lack of communication and transparency, as well as the excessive length of their deliberations.
After over a year of effort yielding no commitments from trustees and ongoing frustrations with contacting them, Fossil Free Northwestern still finds itself left out in the cold.
"It slipped through the cracks"
The Fossil Free movement at Northwestern isn't new — over the last eight years, its scope has evolved. In November 2012, students formed DivestNU to lobby trustees to immediately divest from the coal industry and eventually the entire fossil fuel industry, which includes oil and natural gas.
Upon the group's formation, members circulated a petition calling on the Board of Trustees to divest from the University's coal holdings. The group demonstrated widespread support for the petition after a referendum on the 2015 Associated Student Government presidential election ballot asking whether students supported coal divestment passed with 74 percent of the vote.
Despite student support, the board voted against coal divestment without ever hearing a proposal or presentation, notifying DivestNU of the decision in 2015. Near the time of that rejection, the organization rebranded, and Fossil Free Northwestern was born the following month.
One of Fossil Free Northwestern's earliest demonstrations came that November, when the group organized a protest outside of a Board of Trustees meeting in response to their vote.
"There's a reason coal is for the naughty," DivestNU wrote in a Letter to the Editor published on the eve of Fossil Fuel Divestment Day in February 2015.
"The NU community can no longer sit back and let the Board disregard its values when it comes to coal divestment," the organization continued. "We need to see action by the Board of Trustees and be a part of their decisions. Tomorrow, the entire globe will be behind us. We hope you will be too."
T. Bondurant French (Kellogg '76), who still serves on the board, told students who protested at the 2015 board meeting that Northwestern had a negligible holding in coal plants. Students, however, said they could not find a complete list of Northwestern's direct and indirect investments.
Though Fossil Free Northwestern still existed and held occasional demonstrations, operations decreased significantly for nearly four years. Over time, the group has expanded to advocate for environmental and climate justice.
"It was a very established club, and then because of the various bureaucratic setbacks, people graduated, it slipped through the cracks," said Communication senior and director of marketing and media for Fossil Free Northwestern Grace Dolezal-Ng.
The origin of divestment
Divestment movements call for institutions to eliminate their stocks, bonds or other investments in certain industries. Their roots extend to issues beyond climate change. Many divestment movements have started on college campuses. One prominent campaign that took hold in the 1980s — aiming to end apartheid in South Africa — eventually caused about 150 educational institutions to divest from companies that conducted business in the country.
Fossil Free, the overarching international fossil fuel divestment campaign, cites the South Africa movement as a clear example of divestment campaigns' potential success.
The campaign often argues fossil fuel industry divestment is necessary, not just due to the greenhouse gas emissions traceable to fossil fuels, but also because those companies discourage government action on climate change.
"The reason why we haven't seen the type of climate action that we need to see today is because fossil fuel companies basically have a stranglehold on politicians," said Richard Brooks, a campaign coordinator for 350.org, which launched the international Fossil Free campaign in 2012. "They have too much lobbying power, they have too much political power and they have too much money."
Over the past few years, the divestment movement has picked up speed. 350.org estimates that nearly 1,200 institutions worldwide, from universities to faith-based organizations to the entire Irish government, have committed to some form of fossil fuel divestment.
Some, however, question the success of divestment movements. Over time, many have pointed to an economic study published in 1999, which found that political pressure exerted by divestment campaigns on South Africa did not actually harm such companies' economic prospects.
Brooks said the real marker of success is policy change that supports climate protection and diminishes the fossil fuel industry's influence.
"It's not so much about hurting the stock value of fossil fuel companies — that's not the point of the fossil fuel divestment campaign," Brooks said. "The point of it is to remove their political power."
Stop, drop and roll
After four years of relative inaction, Fossil Free Northwestern reemerged in 2019, submitting its most recent divestment proposal to ACIR. The committee recommended the proposal for board consideration in June.
Four students authored the proposal, which primarily calls upon the University to divest from any of the top fossil fuel companies. The proposal also demanded a "stop, drop and roll" technique where Northwestern stops future investments in fossil fuel companies, drops existing investments over a five-year period and rolls out a reinvestment plan in non-fossil fuel companies, particularly those with an emphasis on renewable energy.
"The specter of climate change is no longer looming; it is upon us," the proposal read.
The authors of the proposal argued that University divestment is necessary because of climate change and its associated human rights costs. They cited $45.4 million in direct investments in oil and gas companies, and an additional $3.9 million in coal companies.
The proposal also pointed to the University's acknowledgement of climate change as a growing threat.
A year after the students submitted the proposal to ACIR, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced the planet experienced its hottest January in recorded history. Scientists also found the rate of sea level rise is accelerating along the U.S. coasts, with the highest rates of increase along the Gulf Coast.
The divestment proposal also linked climate change with disproportionate threats to disadvantaged populations, noting that countries and individuals who use the least amount of fossil fuel are projected to feel the effects of fossil fuel emissions first.
"By investing in fossil fuels, Northwestern is thus investing in environmental injustice," the proposal stated, "and in an industry which directly poses a threat to the right to life, food, health, education and to an adequate standard of living."
The proposal called on Northwestern to stop discourse with fossil fuel companies and made the case for the economic and symbolic impact divestment would achieve. In addition to the proposal, Fossil Free Northwestern also uploaded a petition to Change.org garnering more than 1,300 alumni, faculty, staff and student signatures urging divestment.
The petition demanded a public statement from the board about its deliberations, a timeline regarding the decision-making process, a "yes" vote on the divestment proposal and an effort to involve Fossil Free Northwestern in the implementation and negotiation process.
The Investment Committee's rejection
On Feb. 20, the Board of Trustees' Investment Committee formally rejected the divestment proposal, saying it did not meet the criteria set forth in the board's Statement on Investment Responsibility. However, Fossil Free Northwestern's proposal was submitted to the board about five months before those criteria were adopted.
The board said the endowment should not be a vehicle for furthering social and political agendas, and that divestment is usually an "ineffective" way to exercise investment responsibility. The investment responsibility statement, however, did not completely eliminate divestment as a potential path the University could take in the future — though the board has now rejected fossil fuel divestment twice.
"The Trustees recognize that, on very rare occasions, a continued investment may be so morally reprehensible, such as investments that directly support slavery, apartheid or genocide, that such investment would necessitate the University's divestment," the statement said.
Per the board, fossil fuel divestment does not meet those standards. According to their response to the divestment proposal, excluding entire industries from investment is "detrimental" to the Investment Committee's stewardship of the endowment.
"This ensures intergenerational fairness, whereby financial support for both current and future Northwestern students, professors and staff is preserved," the response said.
The trustees did write in their response that they incorporate "environmental, social and governance" principles into their decision-making, and that they have proactively sought investments in areas such as cleaner technology and sustainability. They also mentioned that they are actively limiting investments in areas such as thermal coal.
Audrey DeBruine (Medill '19), a co-author of the Fossil Free Northwestern proposal, said she wasn't particularly surprised the trustees rejected it. Still, she cited current action on fossil fuel divestment from peer institutions and heightened awareness of the effects of climate change as evidence of the issue's urgency. If there is a time to divest, she said, it is now.
She added that she never felt like the board seriously considered fossil fuel divestment as an issue.
"When we'd come previously with proposals, some of the feedback we got was not on the idea of fossil fuels — it was like, 'you're not economists,' essentially," DeBruine said. "We know we're not economists. We're not trying to go in and say, 'OK, divest this money and do X, Y and Z with it,' because that's clearly not something that we're capable of doing. That was always kind of frustrating and annoying, and it was just sort of belittling."
"Students' voices don't matter"
Throughout the entire proposal process, members of Fossil Free Northwestern have remained frustrated with the trustees' inaction and transparency about the divestment proposal.
"We're just waiting because we've done everything we're supposed to," said Weinberg sophomore Olivia Stent, Fossil Free Northwestern's director of special events, before the trustees released their decision. "We've had all this campus support, we've had faculty support, we've had ACIR support, and we've been waiting for months and months."
These frustrations reached a boiling point in November, at ACIR's first open meeting of the 2019-20 academic year. Over 100 undergraduate students attended, a significantly higher number than typical meetings.
Communication senior and Fossil Free Northwestern member Ross Patten spoke on behalf of NU's chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine, another student organization calling for divestment that has expressed discontent with the board.
"We are deeply concerned with the lack of transparency surrounding ACIR and the Board's Investment Committee, the lack of proposals put through and the lack of necessary investment knowledge available to us as students," Patten said at the meeting.
These concerns continued into Winter Quarter.
While Fossil Free Northwestern listed some of the University's direct fossil fuel investments in its proposal, Dolezal-Ng said the University makes it extremely difficult to find information on indirect investments. She added the board should hold itself accountable for being transparent with the Northwestern community about the endowment.
Illustration by Catherine Buchaniec and Carly Schulman
Dolezal-Ng also said getting in contact with the board is extremely difficult, and Fossil Free Northwestern has neither knowledge of when the board meets nor a direct line of communication with the trustees.
"It's frustrating to feel, as a student who pays a lot of money in tuition and is going to have a degree from this school, that I as a student have no agency in the broader institution that is Northwestern University," Dolezal-Ng said.
She added it can often feel like the burden is on students to demand change at the University, and that doing so comes with a lot of sacrifice.
J. Landis Martin, the chair of the board, told The Daily in a February interview that trustees consider the same issues that Fossil Free Northwestern has raised. He said other universities' moves to divest and the heightened impact of climate change factored into the board's discussions — though they arrived at a different conclusion than those universities and the student activists.
For students, the long process often felt disheartening and indicative of the trustees' disconnect from the student body.
"It's frustrating to feel that students' voices don't matter," Dolezal-Ng said. "This is students' time, students' labor, that students are doing because they care about it. For that to not only be ignored, but it feels sometimes actively repressed, is really frustrating."
"We were told we would probably have a response before today"
The vague timeline around the board's decision heightened students' frustrations around communication with the trustees.
When ACIR held its second open meeting of the year on Feb. 11, Fossil Free Northwestern and other students were there. They demanded a timeline that would outline when they could expect an official decision and asked for more information about the board's deliberation process.
ACIR chair Philip Greenland said he had asked the board five days prior about a possible decision, and their response gave him reason to believe he would have one in time for the meeting.
"We were told that we would probably have a response before today," Greenland said at the Feb. 11 meeting.
The decision came nine days later.
In response to students' concerns about communication, Martin said he hoped to see the issue alleviated.
"I am sorry that people feel that we're hard to communicate with," Martin said. "I hope that we can cure that problem. Not everybody is always going to be happy, so I don't expect that this will necessarily make everyone happy, by any means, but I'm certainly available and I know that the administration can reach us."
SESP senior Jonathan Sun, one of two undergraduate members of ACIR, said the committee doesn't take an "active role" in putting pressure on trustees and has a limited ability to influence their decisions. One way students and faculty could try to push for a more open channel of communication, he said, could be writing a proposal to the board asking for clearer expectations to be set.
Greenland said ACIR is in some ways still a new committee. Fossil Free Northwestern's divestment proposal was the first one to be submitted to the committee.
"We're still trying to find our way, to some extent," Greenland said. "I do not think that future proposals are going to take this long, because I think that the committee will be able to benefit from the fact that we've learned how to do this."
Disrupting the status quo
While Northwestern will keep its holdings in fossil fuel companies, other schools like Georgetown University have announced plans to partially or completely divest from fossil fuels.
The trend is even more stark overseas — slightly over 50 percent of the public universities in the United Kingdom have committed to divest from fossil fuels.
In the past few years, fossil fuel divestment movements have picked up in frequency and intensity. During the 2019 Harvard-Yale football game, student organizers from both schools made national news when they occupied the field at halftime in protest.
BREAKING: Over 150 Yale + Harvard students, alumni, faculty stormed the field at #HarvardYale to demand DIVESTMENT from fossil fuels & cancel holdings in Puerto Rican debt. When it comes to the status quo, #NobodyWins. @YaleEJC @FossilFreeYale @DivestHarvard pic.twitter.com/lZAcAxxmYw
— Fossil Fuel Divest Harvard 🔶 (@DivestHarvard) November 23, 2019
"The whole action was grounded in the belief that we are living in a climate crisis right now," Schwartz said. "It's very evident, at least to our generation of younger people, and even to older generations our professors represent, that we need to take action. After eight years of campaigning with no movement from the University, it's clear that the status quo is not working for us as students."
According to Alyssa Lee, who directs a training and strategy hub for campus divestment movements called Divest Ed, having a large support base composed primarily of students is the key to a successful campaign.
"Divestment, at least in the U.S., is a really difficult campaign to run," Lee said. "They're trying to get the university to change an investment practice that they mostly are resistant to because it requires them to put out a political statement around the use of fossil fuels and the profitability of that industry."
Beyond a large support base, Lee said having a strongly stated goal and a long-term strategy can also aid campaigns' success.
She added that six years is a common amount of time for fossil fuel divestment campaigns to gain traction. Some smaller universities take less time, as do schools with environmentally oriented leaders.
"A lot of campaigns started in 2012, like Northwestern," she said. "The reason why (divestment) might happen more now is that there's a lot more backing for divestment in the mainstream."
Fossil Free Northwestern has taken hope from the rise of universities divesting from fossil fuels.
"It's really helpful to know that it isn't just Northwestern, it's a movement with a lot of other schools at the same caliber," Stent, the Fossil Free Northwestern director of special events, said. "It's especially important because Northwestern's endowment is larger than some small countries' GDPs."
Weinberg sophomore and Fossil Free Northwestern vice president Sarah Fernandez said at the Feb. 11 ACIR meeting she understands the perspective that the campus movement is just a group of students trying to tackle a multi-faceted issue with people in control of a multi-billion dollar endowment.
But, she said, each day Northwestern doesn't divest, it remains complicit in the destruction of the planet and environmental injustice. To make sure students are aware of the nuanced global effects of climate change, Fossil Free Northwestern also works to educate the Northwestern community. A few hours after their die-in, members of Fossil Free Northwestern led a teach-in that focused on the discriminatory impact of fossil fuel investments in marginalized communities.
The organization has made it clear that it will not stop fighting for divestment, even though the board rejected the proposal. Dolezal-Ng said they will continue to incorporate alumni and faculty, and also expand student involvement.
Fossil Free Northwestern members say they will continue trying to promote awareness about climate change despite the board's lack of support.
"The fact of the matter is, our planet is dying, and I feel stupid having to say that, because everybody knows it," Fernandez said at the Feb. 11 meeting. "I'm frustrated because they have enough privilege to be able to ignore the fact that the planet is dying, that humans are dying, but other people don't, and other people are living that reality every day. Us as students are trying to advocate for those people, and it's incredible how there's not much more attention to this."
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Kings knows to deliver a steady stream of music. His soundcloud page is loaded with bassful tracks that will keep you locked for days. With this new EP he takes some distance from the trappy vibes his other productions have and created a bunch of wavy beats. Espacially the third and fourth track take you into a dreamy landscape, with slow percussions and creative uplifting sample work. As Kings says: 'this EP is about the journey to find inner peace within one's self'. Get your copy here.
Kings represents London and shows this with a new EP called 'My Home'. Most of his music is trap influenced. He gives a nice swing to the genre and distinguishes himself from all those other trap producers. Kings himself says there's no genre, just music. For 'Mandy' he used some Juicy J vocals. Download it after the jump, and pay some money for this release if you would like to see this dude continuing to make music.
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The Kufr of Jews and Christians
Imaan
Sheikh Uthaymeen explaining that whoever denies that a Jew or Christian is a Kaafir, then he is a Kaafir himself
[This is by far one of the most useful fataawaa that can be used in the West. In the West, we have the Murji�ah propagating that we are not allowed to call the Jews, Christians (and other disbelievers) as Kaafir. This is a statement of misguidance that can lead to apostasy. Let it be clear that every single Jew and Christian - whether they are good mannered or ill mannered - are all Kaafir; and anyone who denies this after the evidence is established, is a Kaafir himself. The childish argument of, �You don�t know if they will become Muslim,� doesn�t hold any weight when they are outwardly practicing Kufr and Shirk; and by the standards of Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jama�ah, we judge by what is apparent and that is how our system works under an Islamic State.]
Question: One of the preachers in one of the mosques in Europe claimed that it is not allowed to consider Jews and Christians disbelievers. You know - may Allah preserve you - that most of the people who attend the mosques in Europe have very little knowledge. We fear that statements like this one will become widespread. Therefore, we request from you a complete and clear answer to this question.
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Salih al-`Uthaymeen replies:
I say: The statement that came from that man is misguidance. In fact, it can be blasphemy. This is because Allah has declared that Jews and Christians are disbelievers (kuffaar) in His Book. Allah has said, �And the Jews say, �Ezra is the son of Allah,� and the Christians say, �The Messiah is the son of Allah.�This is a saying from their mouths. They imitate the saying of the disbelievers of old. Allah�s curse be on them, how they are deluded away from the truth. They took their rabbis and their monks as lords besides Allah and [they also took as Lord] the Messiah, son of Mary. But they were commanded only to worship none but One God. Praise and Glory be to Him, [far above is He] from having the partners they associate with Him.�[/color] [at-Taubah 9:30-31] That shows that they are polytheists who associate partners with Allah. In other verses, Allah has made it clear that they are disbelievers:
�Surely in disbelief are they who say that Allah is the Messiah, son of Mary.� [al-Maidah 5:17 and 72]
�Surely, disbelievers are those who said, �Allah is the third of the three [in a Trinity].� [al-Maidah 5:73]
�Those among the Children of Israel who disbelieved were cursed by the tongue of David and Jesus, son of Mary.� [al-Maidah 5:87]
�Those who disbelieve among the People of the Book and the idolaters will abide in the Fire of Hell.� [al-Bayyinah 98:6]
Many verses and hadith express the same meaning. The one who rejects the idea that the Jews and the Christians who do not believe in Muhammad [peace be upon him] and deny him are disbelievers is, in fact, denying what Allah has said. Denying what Allah has said is blasphemy. If anyone has any doubt concerning them being disbelievers, then he himself is also a disbeliever.
Glory be to Allah!
How could that man be pleased to say that it is not allowed to say that they are disbelievers when they themselves say that Allah is one of a Trinity? Their Creator Himself has declared that they are disbelievers. How could this man not be pleased to call them disbelievers when they actually say, �Jesus is the son of God� or �the hand of Allah is tied,� and �Allah is poor and we are rich�?
How could this man not be pleased to call them disbelievers and apply the word of disbelief (kufr) to them in general when they describe their Lord in such ways that are nothing but cursing and abusing Allah?
I call upon that man to repent to Allah and to read Allah�s words, �They wish that you should compromise (in religion out of courtesy) with them, so that they (too) would compromise with you.� [al-Qalam (68):9] He should make it clear to everyone that they are disbelievers and that they are the inhabitants of the Hell-fire. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, �By the One in whose hand my soul is, no Jew or Christian of this community hears about me - that is from the community of people from the time of the Prophet (peace be upon him) until the Day of Judgment - and then does not follow me - or he said does not believe in what I brought - except that he is from the inhabitants of the Hell-fire.� [Saheeh Muslim]
The one who made such a statement must repent to his Lord because of this great falsehood he has stated. He must make a clear announcement that they are disbelievers and that they are inhabitants of the Hell-fire. He must also announce that it is obligatory upon them to follow the unlettered Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). he is the one that the Jews and the Christians know and they know him like they know their own sons. Allah has stated, �Those who follow the Messenger, the illiterate Prophet whom they find written about with them in the Torah and the Gospel, he commands what is right and forbids what is evil. He allows them the good things and forbids for them disdainful things. He releases them from their heavy burdens and from the fetters that were upon them. So those who believe in him, honor him, help him, and follow the light which has been sent down with him, it is they who will be successful.� [al-Araf 7:157]
He is the one of whom Jesus, son of Mary (peace be upon him) gave glad tidings. Jesus said, as His Lord states in the Quran, �O Israel, I am the Messenger of Allah for you confirming the Torah (which came) before me, and giving glad tidings of a Messenger to come after me, whose name is Ahmad [one of the names of the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him]. But when he came to them with clear proofs, they said, �This is clear magic.�� [as-Saff 61:6]
When the one, Ahmad, who was promised came to them with clear signs, they said that it was nothing but magic. By this, we can refute those Christians who say that the one Jesus promised was named Ahmad and not Muhammad. We say to that that Allah said, �When he came with clear proofs,� and none has come to you after Jesus except Muhammad (peace be upon him). Muhammad is Ahmad and Allah inspired Jesus to call Muhammad Ahmad. This is because Ahmad is a name from the root meaning, �to praise,� and the name itself means, �One who praises Allah more than others.� Therefore, [Muhammad (peace be upon him)] is the most praiseworthy of Allah among all peoples�
I further say: If anyone claims that there is a religion on earth other than Islam that is acceptable to Allah, then the person who made that claim is a disbeliever and there is no doubt about his disbelief. This is because Allah has said in His Book, �Whoever seeks a religion other than Islam, it will never be accepted from him and in the Hereafter he will be one of the losers. [ali-Imran 3:85]. Allah has also said, �Truly, the religion in the sight of Allah is Islam� [ali-Imran 3:19]. Another verse states, �This day, I have perfected your religion for you, completed My favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion� [al-Maida 5:3]
Based on that - and I repeat it for a third time - the person who made that statement [mentioned in the question] must repent to Allah, Most High. And he must also make it clear to all the people that those Jews and Christians are disbelievers. This is so because the proof has been established against them, they have received the message but they have refused to believe.
The Jews have been described as those who have earned Allah�s wrath. That is because they knew the truth and chose to go against it. The Christians have been described as those who have gone astray. This is because they sought the truth but were misled from it. Now, all of them have knowledge of the truth and recognize it. However, they go against it. Therefore, they all deserve to have the wrath of Allah upon them. I call all those Jews and Christians to believe in Allah and all of His Messengers. I call upon them to follow the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). This is what they have been ordered to do in their own books. Allah states in the Quran, �My Mercy embraces all things. That (Mercy) I shall ordain for those who are God-fearing and give zakat, and those who believe in Our revelations. Those who follow the Messenger, the illiterate Prophet whom they find written about with them in the Torah and the Gospel, he commands what is right and forbids what is evil. He allows them the good things and forbids for them disdainful things. He releases them from their heavy burdens and from the fetters that were upon them. So those who believe in him, honor him, help him, and follow the light which has been sent down with him, it is they who will be successful. Say (O Muhammad): O Mankind! Verily, I am sent to all of you as the Messenger of Allah, to whom belongs the heavens and the earth. There is no true God but He. It is He who gives life and causes death. So believe in Allah and His Messenger, the unlettered, who believes in Allah and His Words. And follow him so that you may be guided.� [al-Araf 7:156-158].
[By having such faith, those converts from Judaism and Christianity] shall receive their reward twice. The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said, �There are three people who will receive their rewards twice: A person from the People of the Book [Jews and Christians] who believed in his prophet and believed in Muhammad�� [al-Bukhari and Muslim].
I have also found in the law book al-Iqna`, in the section on apostasy, where the author has stated, �One who does not consider as a disbeliever one who follows a religion other than Islam, such as the Christians, or who has doubt about their disbelief or who approves of their way himself is a disbeliever.� And he quotes Ibn Taimiya as saying, �[The following is] a disbeliever: Whoever believes that churches are the houses of Allah in which he He is worshipped or who thinks that what the Jews and Christians do are valid acts of worship of Allah and obedience to Him and His Messenger, or loves or approves of what they do, or aids them in having such places and establishing their religion, and he does so thinking that is a way of getting closer to Allah or worshipping Allah.� He also stated, �If someone believes that visiting the Jews and the Christians in their places of worship is an act that brings him closer to Allah, then he is an apostate.�
These statements support what was stated in the text of the answer. This is a matter concerning which there is no room for doubt. And help is sought only with Allah.
[This question was responded by Ibn Uthaimin, Fatawa Islamiya, vol. 1, p. 87]
Lau Jou 03, 2011 12:09 am


Matt owns a 1963 Beetle that's been around in his family for a couple of generations, and it has a tired old 1200 in it. I'd say it has maybe 20HP left in it, and it has high miles (over 150K as it sounds) and, this 1200 in it now is it's second motor. It's so under powered it's really cannot be driven. The goal was to find another motor to drop in.
About a month ago we were on a Bus pick and found a yard with some Type I and II, and there was a 1600 dual port sitting on the ground, covered with a canvas tarp. We pulled the tarp off and found it's in decent shape, all ports capped off, tins recently painted, turned over, and didn't have any obvious end play issues. So Matt picked it up for $150 bucks - it's a complete, including 12v generator, flywheel, exhaust, etc.
I don't know why this motor was on the ground - upon inspection...it's clean, no oil leaks and painted tins, it looks like it was cared for...but it was a gamble for sure. It wasn't apparent until we got the motor in the car, but the rear main is leaking, and that will need to be replaced. so back out it will come, and the seal will be replaced.
This weekend we started on the project. First off, it's a 6V car, and while in this process we are converting it to 12V. We changed oil cooler seals right away and pulled the tired 1200 out. The generator had 0v output, so Wade had a spare so we swapped that out with a working used 12v generator. Bolted up the newer style clutch disk and pressure plate from the old to the new motor.
There are transmission bell housing clearance issues we were unaware of, and that threw us off the first day. Try as we did, there was no way a 1600DP is going to fit an early transmission bell housing without modification. We found some info (a thread with mention to a sticky, but no sticky...and a YouTube video with decent info) on having to clearance the case, but no good pictures or information on how much to remove. So we ground the obvious spots where the flywheel was hitting, and took a little more on the bottom, top and sides. It now fits in just fine, but may need clearanced further.
The 12v conversion seems straight enough. We already have a new 12v starter, and battery...although we will need to get the proper size...the donor out of my Caddy was too big. All bulbs will be replaced and the wiper motor and flasher relay are on the list to purchase.
Matt's documenting, but his pictures are blurry or too dark to post...maybe he has a couple that will turn out. Should be a good project when it's all done!
I should add to that original post that without Wade, Cole and Matt the swap would have been much harder and less fun...although we were all beat at the end of both days.
So a little update. Mike and I pulled the engine again to do some more clearance work and to install a new rear main seal and yes we did both the rear seal and the one in the flywheel. We did find that whoever did the last seal used rtv along with the seal and they didn't replace the flywheel seal.
Then back on with the clutch with utmost precision.
This is how much material was removed just today.
Well after all that Mike and I reinstalled the engine, got the starter wired and now it's a starter issue. So tomorrow we will pull the 6v starter and try the 12v starter and see what happens.
Well all I can say is that Mike and I got it running today. Mike had to get ready for a camping trip so we didn't get it finished. But wait! There's another issue. I think the fuel pump may be bad.
Nice dudes! Now him and Jackson? I think? Can roll in style!
YASHA7FOLD wrote: Well all I can say is that Mike and I got it running today. Mike had to get ready for a camping trip so we didn't get it finished. But wait! There's another issue. I think the fuel pump may be bad.
Good to hear! Progress is progress.
kompressorgolf wrote: Nice dudes! Now him and Jackson? I think? Can roll in style!
Probably wont be rolling till late next week. The Ross's are headed out of town and any progress will be halted till he gets back.
Wade and I teamed up and got the motor installed and running. As you can see above, Wade cleaned up the Solex 34 PICT 3. We got it installed yesterday afternoon, and I tuned it a bit, got it idling decent...but maybe still a bit on the rich side. But, it runs like a raped ape! Sounds badass too!
It needs a few more things done...rear tin installed and the charging system checked to make sure it's doing it's thing. Matt will be a happy guy. Matt if you are reading this, let me know when you can come by. Maybe this week sometime?


Congratulations to Sara and Matt for winning the Best Laugh of 2012 Contest! I have to say, this is one of my favorite pictures from this year. It makes me so incredibly happy. It's just a real moment from the best man's speech at their reception and Sara couldn't have a better expression on her face. We're so excited to print them a 20×30 canvas of any photo from their wedding!
Thank you so much to everyone who voted for your favorites and for the couple's who spread the word! We love each and every photo and couple we chose to enter. You are all amazing to work with and we're lucky to now call you all friends.


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West Virginia Football
Neal Brown Press Conference - "I Have To Do a Better Job"
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Great program win against Baylor Bears. Lot of respect for that program and staff. Tough physical program. Not just team. Program. I thought we showed real toughness, physicality. Most in the two years I've been here.
Special teams - negatives - didn't punt the ball well enough. Coverage was ok. Punt return team. Two opportunities to block we were close but didn't use good technique. Had the play that's made it way around on ESPN. Have to give Sinkfield a chance to get started. We had two opportunities to have big plays on kickoff return. We were blocking really well on that unit We have to do a better job on kickoffs. Covering kicks with mentality I like. I think kickoff sets the tone. I think your field goal block tells the story of who you are. Our FG Block was special. Blocked a kick, had two others we had pressure on. almost blocked the game tying PAT.
Defense - Effort and physicality unit was special. Something we need to continue. no reason we cant play that like week in and out. Credit to coaches. good game plan our kids played good and physical. Only negative was ending drive. Couple miscues. Miscommunication on the touchdown.
Sudden change but we only gave up 7 points. the punt return is the only one we gave up a touchdown on. Special in the redzone. Rushing defense, holding them to 27 yards. Takeaways. Negative plays is what our defense is built on.
Offense - Negative plays. The two interceptions. The one the linebacker made a great play and you're gonna have that. The other we fluttered the pass and they flipped the field on that. We lacked explosive plays and we have to be better than that. We made a lot of little mistakes that killed drives. They don't always show up. We got behind the chains. We have to be better.
Positives, no turnovers in the 2nd half. We didn't lose the game in the 2nd half. We ran the ball well. And the response in the two overtimes. being able to respond to some adversity with a young group.
Awards - Darius Stills received a couple national awards and he was Big 12 Co-Defensive POTW. Proud of him. Talked about after the game. Had his two best weeks of prep since Ive been here and the staff. Prep and practice habits were great.
Tony Fields, he's been an excellent addition.
OLine OTW - Mike Brown graded out high but Chase Behrdnt is our OLPOTW.
STPOTW - we vote on a special teams captain. This kid was voted special teams captain. Had three tackles. Exree Loe is our ST POTW. Proud of him. Solid player on defense but excellent st player.
DPOTW - This guy had over 9 tackles, cuople TFL, played his best game here. Josh Chandler. Couple of others were in the running, Tykee Smith, etc.
OPTOW - For the third straight game, has shown what kind of player he is. Leddie Brown goes for close to 100 yards and adds to the passing game.
Blue Collar POTW - Someboyd who doesn't show up in the stat sheet but makes a difference in our run game two weeks in a row. Couple critical catches, one on 4th and 1. Mike O'Laughlin. Ahkeem Mesidor was in the running.
Scout Team POTW - Devel Washington. Really improved
Big win, heading into a bye week. Different than our first bye. We hav eto get fresh and get our legs back. We'll work Kansas Jayhawks near end of the week.
Thoughts on Chase
We were going into the game with a dif look and had to switch that about 11 on Friday. Chase didn't practice any at center but he went out and played well. He played well against Oklahoma State Cowboys and Baylor. Playing better pad level. Doing a really good job with his pad level and communication. Has improved as much as anybody on the team. Captain for the game, chose by the staff. Thought Zack Frasier, started at left guard which he hasn't practiced a ton, played there, but he got most of his practice reps at center. He made some mistakes but was really physical in the run game. couple things switching off twists, recognizing blitz that worked against him because he didn't have the practice reps but I thought he did a really nice job. Brandon Yates played a really nice game, physical. Really excited about what he's done. Mike Brown continues to play well. That's three games in a row. He's definitely getting better. Great movement in the run game. John Hughes and Briason Mays played and we were better than the week prior.
Follow up question later in press conference
Yeah he was working some guard and tackle. We're not going to do that moving forward. He's going to be an interior player only.
Darius Stills and the brothers dynamic.
Darius best attribute is his quickness. He does a really good job with his hands and has a really good feel of the movements we run. [He] knows when to hit it frontside and backside and he makes plays. When he's in position to make plays, he makes those plays. That sounds simple but a lot of D-Lineman get back there and don't make plays but he makes plays. Whether its a TFL or getting the quarterback down, he does a good job of doing that.
As far as the [brothers] dynamic, I think they're good for one another and they're bad for one another. There's really good competition within them. They're best friends, live together and do everything together. There's no negativity but they do push each other. Darius has really stepped up from a work ethic standpoint the last couple of weeks and now you see Dante starting to do that same thing. I'm glad we have them on our team. Darius is capable of playing at a high level all the time and Dante is too but sometimes people forget that this is only the second year Dante has played an important role. If we're talking about Dante as a redshirt sophomore, the way people perceive him is going to be a whole lot different than the fact he's a junior. I think he's continuing to improve. that's the hardest Dante Stills has played in any game in his West Virginia career. If he'll play with that energy and that effort, he'll continue to make a bunch of plays and be productive.
What To Do About Prep To Win Games
Have to play with the same effort, physiciality and mentality to overcome adversity. That's something I dont think we've done a good job of, our response. Our response wasn't in a good way against Oklahoma State. Only way this is a turning point win is if we follow it up against Kansas, against Texas Tech Red Raider. We have to follow it up with that same phsyicalaity and mentality, then we can look back adn say this is the one we got ove rthe hump. I hope we identify ourselves now with that gritty mindset. I hope. If wedon't continue to do this this week and next week adn moving on, then thats not going to be the case. That's the hope, mental toughness.
Confirm Waiver
He has. Today will be the first day he's been at practice in two weeks. He had a family member that was really ill. He went home to spend time with that family member. That was excused, we told him to go. So today will be his first day back.
Filling Out Recruiting Class and Waivers
We've received them all. Dobson received his waiver. Bryce Brand will be eligible starting the Texas Tech Red Raiders game. Scottie Young will sit out as a transfer. Lot of time spent on recruiting this week. Need to finish up the 2021 class. We borrowed a couple with a couple transfers so we don't have a full 25. Five or 6 are our open spots for this class. A lot of personal visits this week.
Exree Loe
Playing better defensively. Exree's best piece of his game is his speed. He runs really well. A decorated receiver in high school. He is one of the fastest guys in all. He's hungry. Good job getting to the football, staying on his feet. Good athlete. He understands leverage, ball leverage. I think all of those things contribute to him being a really good special teams player.
Pass Protection - Good Last Year, Bad This Year.
The biggest difference between this year and last year is we had two fifth year guys playing tackle. Lot of experience on the edge. That's where we've been hurt in pass protection. That's the difference. We mis-[identified] a couple of things on Saturday in the Baylor game. Missed a corner blitz on third-and-four that should have worked out, its something we work on and practice a lot. Quarterback held on to [the ball] too long a couple of times. We missed a couple where they edge blitzed and we were in empty protection and we have to sit down and we let a guy run through the A-gaps which shouldn't happen. Its a combination of things. The sack fumble on the second drive they got us on a defensive scheme. The ball should have been out. Ball should have been thrown to his first progression. We had that protected enough to do that. Third possession, we had the ball around mid-field, third-and-four, prolly gonna get a positive play and go for it on fourth down. We get cornered blitzed to his right, his blind side. We should have picked it up. That was just a missed assignment. We just practiced guys at different spots that we had to move them on Friday. We had a couple quarterback hits, not sacks but hits, where some twist game stuff [confused lineman]. That's on [the staff]. When you deal with what we had to deal with on Friday, that's gonna happen some, but I didn't think we had a lot of protection issues. We had a lot of issues in the pass game. We didn't throw it very good. Protection was an issue against Oklahoma State, not against Baylor.
Explosive Plays Can you Create them
Yes. But that's not correct [only having one, Winston Wright]. We had a bunch against Eastern Kentucky. "Well I'm talking about 50-yard plus plays" - Well hell there aren't a whole lot of people who have those. Seriously. We only have one fifty-yard. Where you're correct is yes we have to throw the ball downfield better. Absolutely. We had a couple of opportunities against Oklahoma State and we hit on one of them. So we have to do a better job. I didn't do a good enough job in this Baylor game. I didn't a good enough job. I have to do a better job of getting them called. We likely had less than three opportunities against Baylor. That's on me as the playcaller. In the second half, I didn't want to put us in that position. Moving forward we're gonna have to do to win games.
Tony Fields - Is he evolving
He plays on our kickoff team and field goal block team. We moved him around. He's mike [middle linebacker] in our scheme. Mike lines up in a bunch of different positions. I don't know who asked the question, might have been you [Mike Cassazza] last week, we're trying to do things with him Saturday that maybe aren't his strength. WE found that out. He played extremely well. He's better at depth. He's a really good blitzer. We put him on the line of scrimmage on Saturday, I'm not sure we'll do that as much moving forward. When he knows where to go and he's confident, he's special. I thought it was a great exhibition of linebacker play between him and Chandler and the Bernard kid for [Baylor].
True Freshmen
I think its to be determined. It's tough. The downside for this class is they didn't go through a normal process. Normally you come in June and you've got eight weeks where you get a feel, you spend a lot of time together as a freshman class. You create great chemistry. You learn about the culture of the pgoram. The rules. How the workouts work. You get the base of the offense, the defense, the special teams. You spend time with older guys. You learn from them. By the time fall camp rolls around you understand what the expectations are. This group never had that. They were in and out because of quarantine. Then fall camp is split groups. I feel for them because they haven't gone through what a normal progression would be. Now we're in season and its been a month, its really been that the routine has been established. And its hard. Are there guys who are showing up on Saturday and playing really hard? Yes. But I think its too early to tell on a lot of them because of the unfortunate circumstances.
Akheem Mesidor's Game
Mesidor has played as much as any other freshman in our program. He's explosive. He loves football. He loves to compete. Loves practice. Loves to learn. Played more outside on the edge. He feels more comfortable. I like the way he competes and prepares.
That's a good room [DLine]. Obviously Dante and Darius have had a lot of success. That's a room that really has good chemistry. He is pushed because of the success of Darius and Dante.
How to stay in mindset during OT
You practice those situations in fall camp. AS a coach you just stay calm. You can't act different than 1st quarter or fourth quarter. You always have some things that you want to do in overtime that you saved, which we did. That's kind of the mindset of it.
Alex Sinkfield
That's a really good observation. He played well. When you go back and watch the film I always ask myself, "If I were to play this game tomorrow, what would I do". One of those is get Sinkfield more touches. That's one of the disappointing things is we're not able to get punt returns started because I would like to see what he can do if we get him started. Their punter did a really nice job hanging the ball in the air. The one we made the mistake on, I don't think I've played anybody with that kind of hangtime quite that long. His contact balance, his ability to win one-on-ones. Those have been the biggest differences for him.
Dreshaun Miller
He made some big plays and he'll continue to get better. He made some mistakes but he'll continue to get better and not make those mistakes. That's the thing that sticks out with Dreshaun is he played with a ton of energy. Lot of energy. Showed a lot of maturity as well.
2021 Defensive Review: Part 3 - The Games The mark of a great defense is how it affects other teams. Can it hold great offenses below their averages? Can it dominate bad teams?


OK, I'll just be real honest and tell you that lunch around here is usually an afterthought. It's just not my favorite meal, so it's not a meal I normally give much thought to. I look forward to a hearty dinner every evening, but lunch is usually just a quick stop between breakfast and dinner. I mean, we're usually busy at lunchtime – work, school, weekend activities, home improvement projects, etc, etc. When we are actually at home at lunchtime, and the tummies start rumbling, I begin to panic a little, wondering what leftovers we have in the fridge, or what I can whip up from the pantry.
This sandwich, inspired by a sandwich I ate at a deli in a little mountain town here in North Carolina, solves the problem nicely. The addition of dill and horseradish makes it a little different from the usual, everyday egg salad, but is still so darn simple to make (even with lunchtime fast-approaching!) It's easy enough to boil some eggs, and the rest of the ingredients are ones that I often have in the pantry or fridge. Plus, it's frugal – I don't see the need to spend tons of money on lunches. So, in addition to being delicious (this sandwich is so delicious – did I forget to mention that?), it's also simple, inexpensive, and made from ingredients I already have in my pantry. So yeah, pretty much fuss-free.
This time, I used a croissant because I happened to have some leftover from breakfast the day before. You could easily switch it out for whatever bread you like or have on-hand. A homemade sourdough or a pumpernickel would be just perfect!
Use a fork or potato masher to smash the eggs to desired texture.
Thoroughly mix eggs with remaining ingredients.
Refrigerate for at least 2 hours, then serve.


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The Health of the Chatino Language
February 14, 2016 Emmett A. SpeedLeave a comment
I wrote this for my ANT 3610 Language & Culture class at UWF. I thought I did pretty well on it and did in fact manage a 100%, so I thought I'd share it.
Cha'cña, or "difficult word", is what the Chatino people call their language. They're certainly not wrong. The Chatino people have apparently been told that their language was unwritten and unwritable (Cruz and Woodbury 2014). A group of graduate students at the University of Texas Austin finally developed a tonal writing system in 2006 (Cruz and Woodbury 2006). A member of the extremely internally diverse Oto-Manguean language family (postulated to be as diverse as Proto-Indo-European), Chatino has six mutually intelligible dialects; Tataltepec, Zacatepec, Panixtlahuaca, and Eastern, Western, and Nopala. Oto-Manguean languages are unique in Central America in that most languages in the group are both Verb-Subject-Object and all are tonal; indeed, Chatino boasts ten distinct tones and has a variety of both voiced and nasal vowels.
Though Chatino is recognized as a national language in Mexico along with most other indigenous languages in the country, it is still marginalised in some communities. In several communities (San Marcos Zacatepec, Taltaltepec de Valdés, and San Juan Lachao among others) have stopped speaking Chatino at home in hopes that their child will learn Spanish instead. According to personal communication with one native speaker, the school in San Juan Lachao teaches in Spanish and the test to get into high school is in Spanish (mandatory education ends at 8th grade in Mexico, though many students in Oaxaca don't make it past 6th). Young Chatino people often leave school early due to not passing the entrance exams for high school, but others are pulled out by their families to do farm work.
From what I heard from my Chatino-speaking acquaintance, I do not believe that the number of speakers is stable. Lacking opportunities besides farming or getting involved in a cartel, many young Chatinos make their way into larger cities within Mexico for work or make their way to the border. 9%~ of households in Tataltepec have a family member in the United States, a number not far out of the average in Oaxaca as a whole at 4% (Fox and Rivera-Salgado, 2004). Out of the range of their idioma natal, many of these immigrants go without speaking Chatino for years except perhaps during phone calls home. This is in sharp contrast to speakers of the closely related though mutually unintelligible Zapotec languages; they tend to cluster together post-crossing and keep in close contact with their home communities (Cruz 2013). Speakers of Chatino are also reviled among their fellow immigrants; my acquaintance was spoken of with disdain among his peers and referred to as "el indio". He would not speak Chatino in my presence after I expressed interest and would make sure all calls to his family held in the language were out of my ear shot. He taught me only one word, xni', pronounced "schnEH" and meaning "dog". He referred to his mother tongue as ugly, useless, and difficult to learn.
Many communities are in a state of advanced language shift to Spanish. Speakers resist the revitalization of Chatino within their communities (Villard and Sullivant, 2013). They idealize English and Spanish as global languages, and ask why linguists do not instead give English classes. Since so many of the adolescents are leaving the community to make their fortunes, they believe that learning English would be much more beneficial than learning their ancestral languages. They also believe that being bilingual (Chatino and Spanish) would make it harder to learn English afterwards. Signs in the villages written in Chatino are being taken down and replaced with Spanish and even English ones (Cruz and Woodbury, 2014).
According to the INALI data from 2012, two of the Chatino varieties are in "high" or "medium" risk of disappearance. The variant listed as "muy alto riesgo de desaparecer" is Chatino de Zacatepec, which has 453 speakers found in one single village and only 8% of those speakers aged under 14. The variant at mediano riesgo is Chatino Occidental Bajo (2640 speakers). Others are at no immediate risk due to sheer number of speakers, with a range of speakers from 3000 to 16000. All told, there are about 45,000 speakers of Chatino, inclusive of all dialects.
Though they are listed as not at immediate risk, I fear for the future of Chatino. Efforts at revitalization are falling flat, it's not being passed on to the next generation, and its speakers are marginalized for their language use. In villages with high numbers of migrants, Spanish and English are closing in. Unfortunately, unless Mexico begins to enforce its indigenous language policies, Chatino will be lost.
Chatino. (n.d.). Retrieved February 10, 2016, from https://www.ethnologue.com/subgroups/chatino
Chatino Language Documentation Project. "Chatino Language Documentation Project Collection" The Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America: www.ailla.utexas.org.
Cruz, E., & Woodbury, A.C. (2006). El sandhi de los tonos en el Chatino de Quiahije. In Las Memorias del Congreso de Idiomas Indígenas de Latinoamérica-II. http://www.ailla. utexas.org/site/cilla2/ECruzWoodbury_CILLA2_sandhi.pdf [Accessed 2 February 2014]
Cruz, E., & Woodbury, A.C. (2014). Collaboration in the context of teaching, scholarship, and language revitalization: Experience from the Chatino Language Documentation Project. Language Documentation and Conservation. 8. 262-286. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/24607
Cruz Manjarrez, A. (2013). Zapotecs on the move: Cultural, Social, and Political Processes in Transnational Perspective. Princeton: Rutgers University Press.
Fox, J, & Rivera-Salgado, G. (2004). Indigenous Mexican migrants in the United States. La Jolla, Calif: Center for US.-Mexican studies, UCSD/Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, UCSD.
"San Juan Lachao". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Retrieved February 8, 2016 from http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/oaxaca/municipios/20202a.html.
Osario, A.E., & Alarcón, O.Z. (2012). México: Lenguas indígenas nacionales en riesgo de desaparición. Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas. http://site.inali.gob.mx/pdf/libro_lenguas_indigenas_nacionales_en_riesgo_de_desaparicion.pdf
Pérez Báez, G. (2013). Family language policy, transnationalism, and the diaspora community of San Lucas Quiaviní of Oaxaca, México. Language Policy. 12. 27-45.
Villard, S. & Sullivant, J.R. (2013). ¿Por qué no das clases de inglés? Obstacles to language revitalization in two Chatino communities. Paper presented to the Society for the Study of Indigenous Languages of the Americas (SSILA). Boston, MA.
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A move by Philippines, Thailand and South Korea will see the next crypto valley soon. Realizing the success of Malta, Zug and Switzerland in building a blockchain and crypto friendly environment has inspired the South Asian nations to take the bold step.
Crackdowns on developments related to blockchain and trading in cryptocurrencies have been reported by many South Asian countries including Vietnam and Thailand. Thailand has recently decided to levy heavy tax on crypto traders as well as the platforms for trading.
It seems that Thailand's intention to create an environment with suitable regulatory frameworks for cryptocurrency startups is the outcome of local investors' outrage coupled with nations like Phillippines, South Korea and Japan's unequivocal support for cryptocurrency related businesses.
A CCN report of last month said a government-run economic zone in Northern Philippines, Cagayan Economic Zone (CEZA), would be issuing licenses to 25 cryptocurrency exchanges so that startups get tax exemptions. "We do not want the Philippines to be a haven for scammers even if these scams are happening abroad. That's why through our probity and integrity check we can determine if their transactions are just designed to entice unsuspecting people to invest in Bitcoin or whatever crypto coin that is a fraud," CEZA chief Raul Lambino was quoted as saying by a government-owned newswire.
South Korea is making efforts towards regulation of its blockchain and cryptocurrency sector by forming its maiden cryptocurrency regulation. The government will be investing $4.4 billion in emerging technology entities, zeroing in on big data and blockchain tech.
After Japan pipped US as the largest market for cryptocurrency exchange, Asia has got the tag of the world's biggest market for cryptocurrency and blockchain. The latest efforts by countries like Japan, Thailand, Philippines and South Korea will undoubtedly help the cryptocurrencies to break the barriers expand in new horizons.


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package com.centurylink.cloud.sdk.loadbalancer.services.dsl;

import com.centurylink.cloud.sdk.base.services.client.domain.datacenters.DataCenterMetadata;
import com.centurylink.cloud.sdk.base.services.dsl.DataCenterService;
import com.centurylink.cloud.sdk.base.services.dsl.domain.datacenters.refs.DataCenter;
import com.centurylink.cloud.sdk.base.services.dsl.domain.queue.OperationFuture;
import com.centurylink.cloud.sdk.base.services.dsl.domain.queue.job.future.JobFuture;
import com.centurylink.cloud.sdk.base.services.dsl.domain.queue.job.future.NoWaitingJobFuture;
import com.centurylink.cloud.sdk.base.services.dsl.domain.queue.job.future.ParallelJobsFuture;
import com.centurylink.cloud.sdk.base.services.dsl.domain.queue.job.future.SequentialJobsFuture;
import com.centurylink.cloud.sdk.core.services.QueryService;
import com.centurylink.cloud.sdk.loadbalancer.services.client.LoadBalancerClient;
import com.centurylink.cloud.sdk.loadbalancer.services.client.domain.LoadBalancerRequest;
import com.centurylink.cloud.sdk.loadbalancer.services.dsl.domain.LoadBalancerConfig;
import com.centurylink.cloud.sdk.loadbalancer.services.dsl.domain.LoadBalancerMetadata;
import com.centurylink.cloud.sdk.loadbalancer.services.dsl.domain.filter.LoadBalancerFilter;
import com.centurylink.cloud.sdk.loadbalancer.services.dsl.domain.future.CreateLoadBalancerJobFuture;
import com.centurylink.cloud.sdk.loadbalancer.services.dsl.domain.refs.group.LoadBalancer;
import com.centurylink.cloud.sdk.loadbalancer.services.dsl.domain.refs.group.LoadBalancerByIdRef;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.function.Supplier;
import java.util.stream.Stream;

import static com.centurylink.cloud.sdk.core.function.Predicates.alwaysTrue;
import static com.centurylink.cloud.sdk.core.function.Predicates.combine;
import static com.centurylink.cloud.sdk.core.function.Predicates.in;
import static com.centurylink.cloud.sdk.core.preconditions.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
import static java.util.stream.Collectors.toList;

public class LoadBalancerService implements QueryService<LoadBalancer, LoadBalancerFilter, LoadBalancerMetadata> {

    private final LoadBalancerClient loadBalancerClient;
    private final DataCenterService dataCenterService;
    private final Supplier<LoadBalancerPoolService> loadBalancerPoolServiceSupplier;

    public interface LoadBalancerPoolServiceSupplier extends Supplier<LoadBalancerPoolService> {}

    public LoadBalancerService(LoadBalancerClient loadBalancerClient, DataCenterService dataCenterService,
        LoadBalancerPoolServiceSupplier loadBalancerPoolServiceSupplier) {
        this.loadBalancerClient = loadBalancerClient;
        this.dataCenterService = dataCenterService;
        this.loadBalancerPoolServiceSupplier = loadBalancerPoolServiceSupplier;
    }

    private LoadBalancerPoolService loadBalancerPoolService() {
        return loadBalancerPoolServiceSupplier.get();
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    public Stream<LoadBalancerMetadata> findLazy(LoadBalancerFilter filter) {
        checkNotNull(filter, "Filter must be not a null");

        Stream<DataCenterMetadata> dataCenters = dataCenterService.findLazy(
            filter.getDataCenterFilter()
        );

        return
            dataCenters
                .flatMap(datacenter -> loadBalancerClient
                    .getLoadBalancers(datacenter.getId())
                    .stream()
                )
                .filter(filter.getPredicate())
                .filter(filter.getIds().size() > 0 ?
                    combine(LoadBalancerMetadata::getId, in(filter.getIds())) :
                    alwaysTrue()
                );
    }

    /**
     * Create load balancer
     *
     * @param config load balancer config
     * @return OperationFuture wrapper for load balancer
     */
    public OperationFuture<LoadBalancer> create(LoadBalancerConfig config) {
        String dataCenterId = dataCenterService.findByRef(config.getDataCenter()).getId();

        LoadBalancerMetadata loadBalancer = loadBalancerClient.create(
            dataCenterId,
            new LoadBalancerRequest()
                .name(config.getName())
                .description(config.getDescription())
                .status(config.getStatus())
        );

        LoadBalancer loadBalancerRef = LoadBalancer.refById(loadBalancer.getId(), DataCenter.refById(dataCenterId));

        return new OperationFuture<>(
            loadBalancerRef,
            new SequentialJobsFuture(
                () -> new CreateLoadBalancerJobFuture(this, loadBalancerRef),
                () -> addLoadBalancerPools(config, loadBalancerRef)
            )
        );
    }

    private JobFuture addLoadBalancerPools(LoadBalancerConfig config, LoadBalancer loadBalancer) {
        if (config.getPool() != null) {

            return new ParallelJobsFuture(
                config.getPool().stream()
                    .map(cfg -> loadBalancerPoolService().create(cfg.loadBalancer(loadBalancer)).jobFuture())
                    .collect(toList())
            );
        }

        return new NoWaitingJobFuture();
    }

    /**
     * Update load balancer
     *
     * @param loadBalancer load balancer
     * @param config load balancer config
     * @return OperationFuture wrapper for load balancer
     */
    public OperationFuture<LoadBalancer> update(LoadBalancer loadBalancer, LoadBalancerConfig config) {
        LoadBalancerMetadata loadBalancerMetadata = findByRef(loadBalancer);

        loadBalancerClient.update(
            loadBalancerMetadata.getDataCenterId(),
            loadBalancerMetadata.getId(),
            new LoadBalancerRequest()
                .name(config.getName())
                .description(config.getDescription())
                .status(config.getStatus())
        );

        return new OperationFuture<>(
            loadBalancer,
            updateLoadBalancerPools(
                config,
                LoadBalancer.refById(
                    loadBalancerMetadata.getId(),
                    DataCenter.refById(loadBalancerMetadata.getDataCenterId())
                )
            )
        );
    }

    private JobFuture updateLoadBalancerPools(LoadBalancerConfig config, LoadBalancerByIdRef loadBalancer) {
        if (config.getPool() != null) {
            return loadBalancerPoolService().update(loadBalancer, config.getPool()).jobFuture();
        }

        return new NoWaitingJobFuture();
    }

    /**
     * Update load balancer list
     *
     * @param loadBalancerList load balancer list
     * @param config load balancer config
     * @return OperationFuture wrapper for load balancer list
     */
    public OperationFuture<List<LoadBalancer>> update(
            List<LoadBalancer> loadBalancerList,
            LoadBalancerConfig config
    ) {
        loadBalancerList.forEach(loadBalancer -> update(loadBalancer, config));

        return new OperationFuture<>(
            loadBalancerList,
            new NoWaitingJobFuture()
        );
    }

    /**
     * Update filtered load balancers
     *
     * @param loadBalancerFilter load balancer filter
     * @param config load balancer config
     * @return OperationFuture wrapper for load balancer list
     */
    public OperationFuture<List<LoadBalancer>> update(
            LoadBalancerFilter loadBalancerFilter,
            LoadBalancerConfig config
    ) {
        checkNotNull(loadBalancerFilter, "Load balancer filter must be not null");

        List<LoadBalancer> loadBalancerList = findLazy(loadBalancerFilter)
                .map(metadata -> LoadBalancer.refById(
                    metadata.getId(),
                    DataCenter.refById(metadata.getDataCenterId())
                ))
                .collect(toList());

        return update(loadBalancerList, config);
    }

    /**
     * Delete load balancer
     *
     * @param loadBalancer load balancer
     * @return OperationFuture wrapper for load balancer
     */
    public OperationFuture<LoadBalancer> delete(LoadBalancer loadBalancer) {
        LoadBalancerMetadata loadBalancerMetadata = findByRef(loadBalancer);

        loadBalancerClient.delete(
            loadBalancerMetadata.getDataCenterId(),
            loadBalancerMetadata.getId()
        );

        return new OperationFuture<>(
            loadBalancer,
            new NoWaitingJobFuture()
        );
    }

    /**
     * Delete array of load balancers
     *
     * @param loadBalancer array of load balancer
     * @return OperationFuture wrapper for load balancer list
     */
    public OperationFuture<List<LoadBalancer>> delete(LoadBalancer... loadBalancer) {
        return delete(Arrays.asList(loadBalancer));
    }

    /**
     * Delete filtered load balancers
     *
     * @param filter load balancer filter
     * @return OperationFuture wrapper for load balancer list
     */
    public OperationFuture<List<LoadBalancer>> delete(LoadBalancerFilter filter) {
        List<LoadBalancer> loadBalancerList = findLazy(filter)
                .map(metadata -> LoadBalancer.refById(
                    metadata.getId(),
                    DataCenter.refById(metadata.getDataCenterId()))
                )
                .collect(toList());

        return delete(loadBalancerList);
    }

    /**
     * Delete load balancer list
     *
     * @param loadBalancerList load balancer list
     * @return OperationFuture wrapper for load balancer list
     */
    public OperationFuture<List<LoadBalancer>> delete(List<LoadBalancer> loadBalancerList) {
        List<JobFuture> jobs =
            loadBalancerList
                .stream()
                .map(reference -> delete(reference).jobFuture())
                .collect(toList());

        return new OperationFuture<>(
            loadBalancerList,
            new ParallelJobsFuture(jobs)
        );
    }
}

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The University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) is leading a significant drone-based investigation of severe storms and tornadoes in the U.S.
More than 50 scientists and students from four universities will participate in the TORUS (Targeted Observation by Radars and UAS of Supercells) study, deploying a suite of instrumentation into the Great Plains area during the 2019 and 2020 storm seasons.
The project will exceed $2.5 million, with the National Science Foundation awarding a three-year, $2.4 million grant and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) providing additional financial support.
It is the largest-ever study of its kind, based upon the geographical area covered and the number of drones and other assets deployed, according to UNL's Adam Houston.
The project will involve four unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), a NOAA P3 manned aircraft, eight mesonet trucks equipped with meteorological instruments, three mobile radar systems, a mobile LIDAR system, and three balloon-borne sensor launchers. The University of Colorado Boulder, Texas Tech University and the University of Oklahoma, along with the National Severe Storms Laboratory, are also participating.
The TORUS team is authorized to operate over approximately 367,000 square miles – virtually all of the Central Plains from North Dakota to Texas, Iowa to Wyoming, and Colorado. The aim is to collect high-resolution data from within the storm in order to improve forecasting for tornadoes and severe storms, Houston says.
The goal is to improve the conceptual model of supercell thunderstorms, the parent storms of the most destructive tornadoes, by exposing how small-scale structures within these storms might lead to tornado formation. These structures are hypothesized to be nearly invisible to all but the most precise research-grade instruments. By revealing the hidden composition of severe storms and associating it to known characteristics of the regularly observed larger-scale environment, the TORUS project could improve supercell and tornado forecasts, according to the researchers.
The post University Researchers to Use Drones to Study Severe U.S. Storms appeared first on Unmanned Aerial.