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Dog left battered and beaten by abusive owner finds loving home in time for Christmas
Teddy was left with broken ribs for weeks at the hands of his abuser in Flintshire - but his story has a happy ending
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Teddy the Shar Pei, age four, has found a new home in Lancashire after suffering abuse with a previous owner in Flintshire.
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A dog left with broken ribs at the hands of his former owner has been given the best Christmas present he could wish for - a loving new home.
North Wales Live previously reported how Shar Pei Teddy was rescued from his former home in Deeside where he was cruelly chucked over a fence and left with multiple untreated rib fractures by his last owner.
The four-year-old who was so scared of his former owner he used to shake in fear and defecate in the house, according to staff at the RSPCA's Preston and District branch rehoming centre who have spent 14 months rehabilitating the young dog.
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A vet who examined the injured dog shortly after he was rescued by the animal welfare charity, said he had suffered from the rib fractures "for many weeks as a minimum and likely longer" which had occurred on multiple occasions.
Teddy's traumatic experience in Flintshire had left him especially fearful of men and he needed months of gentle handling to build up his confidence, as well as pain relief, supplements and hydrotherapy sessions for the injuries he sustained during the attacks.
His new owner visited the Lancashire-based centre multiple times so that Teddy could get to know him and on Thursday, December 16, staff said goodbye to him for the final time as he left to start his new life.
Centre manager Mark Allen, said it was an emotional time for everyone who had been involved in Teddy's journey.
He said: "Teddy struggled to cope in the kennel environment and unfortunately due to his nervousness with new people and situations he wasn't suitable for fostering, so I decided he could stay in my office at the centre during the day.
"We slowly built up his confidence around new people and situations and soon realised that the way to his heart was a daily walk at the same time. You knew when he'd befriended you as he'd come and paw at your leg for a fuss!
Teddy the dog, pictured right with his new owner, spent over a year with the RSPCA following his ordeal. (Image: RSPCA)
"I will miss him massively. Every morning when I came through the door, he was waiting in reception for me and he would get so excited when he saw me. He has so much love and affection to give and it is testament to his friendly and loving nature that he is able to forgive all humans after the cruel abuse he received.
"After 14 months with us, we are all over the moon that Teddy has found a lovely home with a fabulous owner who thinks the world of him, and we know he's now got a wonderful life ahead of him."
Following an RSPCA prosecution, Teddy's former owner was given an 18 month suspended prison sentence and banned from keeping all animals for ten years.
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Q: Display XY after Button Click I am creating a map that will generate an XY coordinate based off the location that a user clicks.  I only want this location to be generated after the user clicks a button to enable the draw toolbar and then clicks the map.  The coordinate will be passed to another web page and ultimately stored in a database so I need to make sure that a point can't accidentally be created.  Code below as well as a link to what I currently have running.
I may be wrong but I think it should have something to with a dojo.connect but I may be wrong.  But you can see the commented out options that I have tried.
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">

    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=7" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,user-scalable=no"/>

    <meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1,user-scalable=no"/>
    <title>Maps Toolbar</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://serverapi.arcgisonline.com/jsapi/arcgis/2.2/js/dojo/dijit/themes/claro/claro.css">

      <button dojoType="dijit.form.Button" onClick="projectToLatLong(evt); toolbar.activate(esri.toolbars.Draw.POINT);">Show XY</button>

http://geoville.org/viewers/XY/
Thanks for your help.
-Mike

A: Let me know if there is a reason, but I don't see the reason to use dojo.connect to call the projectToLatLong function.  Just call the function directly, and pass in the geometry.  I made two tiny changes and it worked for me:
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      html, body {
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      Show XY

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Gigantic slipper - Ordered a size 14.5 but got a size 1,450
Tom Boddingham ordered a special slipper to fit his oversized foot but was sent a size 1,450 – after manufacturers failed to spot a decimal point in his order.
The 27-year-old takes a size 13 right shoe size while his left is slightly bigger and measures 14-and-a-half. But when he ordered his custom-fit slipper, manufacturers in China misread size 14.5 and accidently made one that's a whopping 7ft long – size 1,450.
It is almost as big as a Smart car and is more than large enough to act as a sleeping bag for two. Now Tom, who has always worn custom-made shoes, plans to sell the furry monster's slipper on eBay.
He said: "It was sent directly from Hong Kong and measures 210 x 130 x 65cms – the same length as a grizzly bear or a family car. I reckon I must be the owner of the biggest slipper in the world.
"I'm going to sell it online and if I can make a few quid out of it then all the better." A company spokesman for Monster Slippers said sorry to Tom, from Ilford, East London, and explained the mistake occurred because of a "translation error".
They said: "We have given our apologies to Mr Boddingham and we are now making him a replacement slipper using the correct dimensions."
A spokesman for the Hong Kong factory said the unusual order did not give the workers paws for thought – because they just assumed that the slipper was a giant prop for a shop window display. Despite their terrible mistake, we're sure they put their heart and sole into making it…

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Men's Basketball Goes 2-2 to Start off Conference Schedule
By Dylan J. Goodman
By Mahtab Shihab
On March 7, 2020, following a dominant victory against Yale, the Crimson were looking forward to the Ivy League tournament and the possibility of securing a conference title on their home court. Little did anyone know, that would be the last Ivy League game Harvard would play for over twenty months. Following a two-year hiatus, the Crimson have finally had the chance to compete against its Ancient Eight foes.
After a strong start to the season against non-conference opponents, Harvard men's basketball (10-6, 2-2 Ivy) has had a bumpy road to start its Ivy League schedule. Close wins against Columbia and Dartmouth were bookended by losses against Brown and Cornell, the latter of which saw the Crimson get outscored by twenty points in the second half.
Harvard's struggles can, in part, be attributed to its dearth of big men in the lineup. Senior forward Mason Forbes and sophomore forward Justice Ajogbor have yet to step on the court, leading to small-ball rotations that can be outmatched on the boards. This lack of rebounding was most apparent against the Big Red. Cornell outrebounded the Crimson 39-20, an immense margin that was responsible for the Big Red's strong second-half performance.
"[The injuries] have been tough, especially when we had so much time off and were envisioning our senior year going differently," senior captain Kale Catching admitted. "It hasn't gone exactly according to plan and that part of it is definitely frustrating."
Along with their struggles on the glass, Harvard has also had a difficult time defending the perimeter. Against its conference opponents this season, the team allowed a staggering 45 percent shooting from three.
"A lot of [the opponents' three-point success] is a result of our poor transition defense," Coach Amaker said. "We're on our heels on most possessions and teams are pushing it up and get into a rhythm. They are running their offense and getting a lot of open looks in transition."
Despite the Crimson's misfortune with the injury bug this season and their lackluster perimeter defense, the team remains optimistic throughout its early conference schedule.
"There's definitely been a change in perspective and hopefully, little less 'woe is me' attitude," Catchings said. "We are accepting the current situation as reality and I think our guys have wrapped their heads around it. It also makes us out to be a better story and it's a great opportunity for us."
There have been bright spots from Harvard's performances against Ancient Eight that are hopefully a sign of things to come. One of the team's most impressive players has been senior forward Noah Kirkwood. Against the Ivy League this year, the Ottawa, Ont., native has averaged 22.5 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 4.5 assists per game. He also has an Ivy League Player of the Week distinction to his name, after the Crimson defeated the Lions and Big Green on the road.
"He's one of the top players in our league, and I think he's one of the better playmakers in the country," said Coach Amaker. His performance has been along the lines of other guys we've had in the past such as Jeremy Lin and Wesley Saunders. Noah is in that category as a playmaker."
Kirkwood's stellar play has come in spite of the instability of Harvard's lineups. He is able to fill in for multiple positions and come through for the Crimson when they need it most.
"It's very easy to play with him and it's very impressive the way he's been able to where he's really not even playing his own position," Catchings said. "He's made it a lot easier for me and can create his own shot while also creating shots for others. I think he's done a great job, especially in recent games, as he's had to call his own number more."
Alongside Kirkwood, the team's underclassmen have also had to step up in light of the injuries facing the team. The Crimson have a strong core of young talent that has played above expectations during their first conference games.
"I give [the young players] so much credit," said Coach Amaker. "They have been hard workers, they've earned the respect in this program to be out there to play and earn the minutes and nothing has been given to them. That's a tremendous sign for these guys."
Tomorrow, Harvard is facing one of its bitter Ancient Eight rivals at Lavietes Pavilion at 5pm. They will go up against Penn, a team they have clashed with in each of the last two Ivy League tournaments. The Quakers (7-12, 4-2 Ivy) are coming off an impressive win against the Yale Bulldogs and are looking to strengthen their conference record. Sitting at .500 in Ivy League play, this game will be critical to the Crimson's chances of making it to the Ivy League tournament this season.
"It's definitely not panic time," said Catchings. "We're early in the season. But it's definitely time to really have a sense of urgency and kind of bring that competitive edge about us".
— Staff writer Mahtab Shihab can be reached at mahtab.shihab@thecrimson.com.


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Hospitals: Why are you surprised nobody wants to use your patient portal?
Emily Rappleye (Twitter) - Thursday, January 22nd, 2015 Print	| Email
It's a familiar routine for many patients: navigate to a hospital website and let the clicking begin. First locate the patient portal. Log in. Want to see X-rays from a past appointment? Log into a different portal. Hoping to pay a bill? Try again. Just looking to confirm an upcoming appointment? Go back to the first login and — oh, the server is down.
"Hospitals spend millions of dollars on technology, yet their websites look like they're from 2005," said Brian Davis, vice president of Scorpion Healthcare, the healthcare division of a Valencia, Calif.-based Internet marketing firm. For a little perspective, 2005 was when Facebook was still known as Thefacebook and sites like YouTube and Reddit first launched.
While hospitals remain rooted in the olden days of the World Wide Web, they are struggling to engage just 5 percent of patients required to meet meaningful use Stage 2 measures. As of November 2014, only 17 percent of hospitals successfully attested to MU Stage 2, according to CMS.
So what exactly is the problem?
Patients with digital access are accustomed to higher quality web experiences. They constantly engage with other brands online, and almost every other sector offers more reliable, fluid online experiences than many hospitals and health systems.
Mr. Davis pointed to three simple mistakes hospitals make in their approach to the patient portal.
1. Hospitals and health systems aren't selling what is in it for the consumer. Hospitals struggling to reach meaningful use requirements should reconsider the end goal of the patient portal. The technology is meant to create an easy path to engage patients in their health. Part of the problem is no one is directly responsible for connecting and engaging patients with the technology. IT teams are accountable for implementing EHRs and building patient portals, but not necessarily for adoption. Hospitals should think about the user experience and develop a tool that is useful and convenient for patients to increase adoption.
2. The website surrounding the patient portal is not up to snuff. Even a website from 2012 looks old, Mr. Davis says. It decreases the value of the EHR investment because it doesn't engage patients. Hospitals can start to improve their websites by simply keeping location, service and schedule information up to date, and make the website compatible with mobile devices. If you wouldn't put up with outdated information and technology on a restaurant site, an online banking account or a retail page, why should patients deal with it on your hospital's site?
3. The online experience does not inspire confidence in consumers. It is criticalto build a relationship with prospective and existing patients from start to finish, according to Mr. Davis. This is something even the nation's top health systems struggle with. Clunky patient portals often reroute to third-party sites with different URLs and even clunkier, outdated designs. Things as small as the color scheme, font choice and stock photos used make patients feel more or less wary when entering confidential information about themselves. It can be fixed with a simple "HTML skin," so patient portals reflect the online brand of a hospital's home page, Mr. Davis notes.
Seamless, up-to-date websites help build rapport with patients before asking them to cough up all their personal information on the patient portal. Otherwise, "It's like asking someone to marry you on the first date," he says.
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Taking this out of the 'Something for the Weekend' bit...You see I thought the reason for ABC's existence was to allow tunes to be 'computerised' in the days when typesetting music wasn't practical for the home enthusiast and people worried about using too much memory for simple tasks. On that principle it is obsolete; the Tune-o-tron (and no doubt other things I haven't discovered) will take your abc and make it into proper music directly and no one worries about one more pdf, jpg or whatever file on the desktop these days. You don't need lilypond, the computer converts it for you.
Now I realise there are people out there who are terrified by written music. For them the abc allows them to hear it, it seems. But won't the dreaded tune-o-tron play off one of it's own music files, whatever they are? So you don't need the gobbledegook, you could add an attachment that is instantly readable by anyone who wants to just sight-read it straight off, or who can sing it to themselves from the notes yet can be played mechanically by the computer. Is that wrong?
I also understand that there are actually people who can play off an abc but not read music. That leaves me speechless. It takes several characters to get one note across; it's so cumbersome and (it's been said before) reading music at a basic level is EASY. I suppose if you want to humour these people that is a justification for putting up an abc even now. But they must be a very small minority relative to those of us that either read music or do everything by ear.
So when you say 'abc is universal' Pete (Tallship), I find myself wondering if this is true or whether abc has just become another 'tradition'. 'That's how you do it' in the folk world. Is it really much more use than sticking your finger in your ear as you sing? Hasn't it passed its sell-by date? Does it actually offer anything useful any more?
You don't need lilypond, the computer converts it for you.
Lilypond engages the computer with just the same effectiveness, but through a downloadable compiling program. The "code" looks quite similar to the abc format indeed, though it can achieve a much better outcome (as said elsewhere, for the purpose of making beautiful looking sheets).
You see I thought the reason for ABC's existence was to allow tunes to be 'computerised' in the days when typesetting music wasn't practical for the home enthusiast and people worried about using too much memory for simple tasks. On that principle it is obsolete; the Tune-o-tron (and no doubt other things I haven't discovered) will take your abc and make it into proper music directly and no one worries about one more pdf, jpg or whatever file on the desktop these days.
I'll take a stab at this. ABC does indeed allow tunes to be 'computerized". It does a very good job of it but not because it is somehow a cheap way to avoid typesetting. I don't think it's becoming obsolete in the least but if it does, it will be because some other computerized form of music representation (musicXML, Lilypond, etc) becomes the default. "Proper music", by which I presume you mean staff notation representations of music, isn't even in the running.
ABC is not in competition with "proper music". The two serve completely different purposes. A pdf or jpg with staff lines and notes is a visual representation of music. ABC is a semantic representation of music. The power of staff notation is that music is already in the form that many musicians will consume it. The power of ABC is that it's much more flexible. Because it contains semantic information, it can be manipulated in ways the visual representation cannot. This includes easily changing keys, editing it for personal variations, adding chording, harmonies, arrangements, computer playing, and many other uses. The downside of that flexibility is that most people need to perform some additional step to use the content. For most of us, that seems to be paste it into the Tune-O-Tron.
The difference is similar to that between a word processing file and a printed page. I can just pick up a printed page and read it. But if it's not in exactly the form I want it, it's very, very hard to manipulate it in any significant way. The word processing file is not as convenient to read, but it's way more convenient to edit and I can still print it if I want to.
From my point of view I am less interested in a bare tune than an interesting arrangement. When someone puts an abc up I have to copy and paste to see the music; it's a right old performance and I usually don't bother. Offer the music as an attachment that I can see instantly and I'll always have a look at it. You may say this doesn't matter because I won't do much with it and that might be fair.
ABC is more "universal" in the sense that if I offer an ABC file of some piece of music, it's usable by people in many ways that a pdf or jpg isn't while still being usable in all the ways that a pdf or jpg is. You apparently only want to look at the music and for that the flexibility that ABC provides is unneeded so the conversion is additional effort for no gain. I usually have the computer play it to see if I like it and often I need to change keys. For this a pdf attachment is useless.
So, yes, ABC is still useful. My feeling is it's becoming more useful, not less, as time goes by.
Does it actually offer anything useful any more?
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You are right about Lilypond but who would use that for simple tunes abcNav is simple to use.
I also understand that there are actually people who can play off an abc but not read music. That leaves me speechless. It takes several characters to get one note across; it's so cumbersome and (it's been said before) reading music at a basic level is EASY.
Just because you find it easy does not mean everyone does. I do find playing from abc easier than manuscript but I don't denigrate those who use manuscript.
The history of abc has be found from the horse's mouth here on Chris Walshaw's site.
Randall has covered a lot of the other points, although I would just re-emphasise that you can't take a JPG or PDF, load it into one program, and listen to it, then put that same original file into another program and transpose it.
The tune-o-tron takes abc as input and uses existing abc tools to generate the sheet music and the audio on request. It isn't creating an intermediate file that could then itself be distributed, it's doing direct processing on the raw abc file itself.
If, like Dirge, you're primarily interested in musical arrangements in traditional staff notation, then I'd agree that abc probably isn't the best file format for your particular needs. Personally I find cutting and pasting abc from the text of a post or email into an abc program (abcExplorer is my preferred option but many others are available) far quicker than downloading an attachment and opening that, but I suspect that's the way we individually use computers and the comparative timings are probably in the milliseconds.
If, however, you're interested in quickly and easily generating, consuming, and transmitting a melody in a format which can be consumed in many different ways by a variety of users across a variety of platforms, then abc is one of the best formats there is around for doing that. That's a real strength of the abc format, and the reason why I suspect it's going to be around for a long time yet.
Although the outlay was expensive, I use Sibelius a great deal for the sake of its flexibility. It also allows me to print in PDF format, which I can then export and share music. Abc is a useful way of receiving scores from sources which don't have access to more expensive software; I immediately convert it to pdf and thence to Sibelius. There is no personal advantage for me in learning how to set the music in abc. Is there any software capable of converting other formats into abc so permitting me to pass music on to other enthusiasts?
I'd like to start my contribution to this thread by thanking Steve Mansfield for writing the LeSession ABC tutorials which I printed off when I first discovered ABC and still refer to on a regular basis, cheers Steve.
Many things that justify the existence and continued use of abc have been mentioned but I would like to add a few more.
Using free software I can pick and mix tunes and create a tune book with multiple tunes per page in minutes.
I have just volunteered as a transcriber for The Village Music Project so at some time in the future the contents of an ancient manuscript which currently gathers dust in a museum or private collection will be freely available to all thanks to ABC.
Thanks tallship, & I'm delighted to hear that yet another user of the tutorial is getting involved in the wonder that is the VMP.
I'm still regularly getting 800+ page impressions a week on the tutorial and 3 - 4 emails a week from all over the world, and no-one is more surprised than me.
I was scared off the dots as a kid by a sadistic 'music teacher'.Once I realised thet doh re mi etc could be represented by Abc I found it useful in learning the Anglo as I letter the push and pull notes for each button on my C/G anyway as all the diagrams do..
So ABc coupled with a different colour marker for push or pull ( pink and yellow) makes it easy to work out the best bellows direction and button when there are varying options - improving speed, ornaments or adding chords and drones. As the letters name the notes we name orally to each other I find the dots stand between that process.
I usually convert wriiten staff notation as ABc as the first step in learning an unknown tunes off the paper.
What I do use is a stave in my mind or physically in the air, as the Kodaly method of teaching singing does, to show where notes are on the scale and whether they sharpen or flatten. I can't visualise dots but as I remember what the notes sound like it helps after a session to remember a new tune and get it down. Helpful at my age.
I do envy those who can read a new tune off the dots and sing it straight off and am still working on it. I can also appreciate the value in jotting down arrangements on the stave.
Horses for courses I reckon .. Maybe next fore me is voice recognition where you sing a tune as you remember it and get a record in one of these forms. It's probably out their now , please let me know.
You see I thought the reason for ABC's existence was to allow tunes to be 'computerised' in the days when typesetting music wasn't practical for the home enthusiast and people worried about using too much memory for simple tasks.
I also understand that there are actually people who can play off an abc but not read music. That leaves me speechless.
Careful reading of the above mentioned history will reveal that 1) Computers were the farthest thing from Chris Walshaw's mind when he developed the handwritten system that evolved into the abc music notation protocol and 2) At the time he could not read music.
Shall we agree to differ on the ease of learning to read music for the moment and just set it aside for another day?
"I find myself wondering"....."whether abc has just become another 'tradition'. 'That's how you do it' in the folk world,".
But I can wonder this without expecting anything to change, or indeed, according to my version of democracy, having any right to expect any change.
I don't get that impression here on C net though. My feeling is that most of us do read music and that is what should be used here for choice. Returning to Randall's analogy, all we need for a first inspection is a nice legible printed page, not the full Msword package that takes 10 minutes to open.
I'm sure we're not going to agree here. You have clearly got much, much better sight reading skills than I have. I do read music. I can even sight read unfamiliar music on my instrument, though rather poorly. I can sort of sight read unfamiliar music in my head if it's very simple and I put in a lot of effort.
Sure, for someone with a high level of reading skill, a pdf is very accessible. For the rest of us, not so much. Even with good reading skills, hearing the chords or hearing multiple parts at the same time I would class very definitely in the advanced category. So many pdfs aren't going to be accessible even if you do read music.
As a default format for posting tunes on CNET, ABC reaches the widest audience with the least amount of effort on the part of the poster. Your suggestion above requires that people post both pdfs for a first look and ABC for all the other advantages. Given I can go from an ABC posting to looking at the score while the computer plays it in less then 30 seconds, the savings for the viewer who only needs pdf don't seem very large.
The postings in ABC, I look at. The postings in pdf, like scanned images of Matusewitch arrangements, I print and put aside to look at later when I have my instrument in hand. But I rarely really do look later. In my opinion, the ABC convention here is wonderful.
No worries mate. Here it is in two different octaves. Take yer pick. You really miss having Misha as the heavy mob don't you? The bad news for you is that m3838 actually liked at least one tune in in the 'Something for the Weekend' thread and used abc like a native.
I do get your point by the way, but you really haven't given abc a proper go. I read music quite well really, I use abc because it's used by quite a lot of people and it doesn't exclude poor sight readers who should 'try a little harder'. Music is for the masses, to be used and enjoyed by everyone in whatever way they see fit. Anything that makes music more accessible to a larger number of people works for me.
Back to the matter in hand. A tune in Db you say? It's pretty straight forward so I look forward to hearing your recording of it sometime in the next few hours.
I can't argue with any of that of course. When I'm feeling strong I'll start the 'Is abc really easier to learn than written music?' thread because I honestly doubt it, but one 'Dirge against the World' discussion at a time is enough. I already need to lie down and it's only half past 9 in the morning here. Alternatively I might have another go at getting to grips with Lilypond; that might actually be more useful given the number of tatty photocopies and manuscripts I use.
Thanks for the pdfs old bean.
A disadvantage of attached documents in a post is eventually you reach a personal limit and have to eventually start deleting PDF and GIF files to make room for more. ABC text in a post has no such limitation and doesn't count toward that limit.
Also if someone likes the tune, it's easy to just write the notes on a napkin pretty quick.
I read music enough to learn and sight read very slowly, but am practically tone deaf and don't play by ear.
ABC's are just another tool, but the sheet music is the ultimate tab that works on any instrument.
Nah, I had all that technology aeons ago. I really do understand your viewpoint but there's a lot of fun to be had by sharing your love of music with as many people as possible. Your tastes vary quite a lot from mine (my wife is a classical music nut so I'm used to being in the minority!). If you want lots of people to share the music you love so much make it accessible to everyone that may read your posts, not just those who read staff notation.
Sorry about the silliness in other threads but you do need to take a broader view about music.
ABC's are another tool, but the sheet music is the ultimate tab that works on any instrument.
Well yes exactly. Staff notation works and is perfectly legible to staff notation music readers. Others struggle to read conventional music and need to use other means to access music and make it make sense. I'm a music reader, am I the only one sensitive to the needs of fellow musicians who find written music a bit of a challenge ?


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O'Brien happy with Knights effort but spine needs to lift
Chris Kennedy NRL.com Reporter
Thu 22 Apr 2021, 11:22 PM
Newcastle coach Adam O'Brien says if his team scrambled like they did in a 24-6 loss to Penrith on Thursday night every week they'd have a couple more wins in the bank by now.
O'Brien was pleased with his team's defensive effort overall but frustrated a Penrith scrum play they had practised defending all week still led to points, while he also lamented some poor fifth-tackle options that he said the whole spine needs to work together to improve on.
"I thought at half-time they'd done a really, really good job," O'Brien said of his team.
"If we had that type of scramble and resolve towards our defence [every week] I don't think we're sitting in the ladder position we are. I reckon we pick up a couple of games. There's two I can think of that we would.
"Any time there's 24 points [conceded] it's not flattering, 24-6, but we put up a good fight tonight.
"Disappointing that we got done on a couple of plays that we defended all week at training and knew they were coming.
"When you're against a team full of confidence with minimal changes it's much easier to fall into your shapes and plays and I thought they did that really well, ended up getting us on a scrum play we practised all week as well.
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"That's probably a sign when a team's scratching and fighting but we're not fighting smart, not as polished as what the opposition are.
"That's where we need to get to, the more time we spend together at training with combinations and finding out what our best style is with the guys that we've got."
Newcastle's poor kicking handed Penrith some golden chances to attack which they were able to capitalised on, he added.
"They scored three tries of three poor kicks from us when we were already on the back foot," he said.
"The first try was a kick early then they ran it on last, got us on that so we trained for both of those, then the scrum one.
"We turned the ball over a couple of times then how we gave the ball back to the opposition didn't help the cause.
"We put a ton of effort into trying to defend it and hold them out but ultimately got done on some plays."
Kurt Mann was the team's best player and a standout on both sides of the ball but still had to take partial responsibility along with Blake Green and Kalyn Ponga for the team's attacking woes, according to the coach.
"He epitomises the spirit and fight we're after at the Knights," he said of Mann.
"I've got to throw him in the boat with the rest of the spine, we're trying to get some polish. We're sort of relying on an incidental-type play to break the game open.
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"You see the way the Panthers fall into their plays and their shapes, everything's quite fluent, it makes you a bit envious, so we need to get there.
"It's hard with the amount of personnel changes this team's had over a long period of time."
Winger Edrick Lee and back-rower Lachlan Fitzgibbon are each a chance of returning to the field from long term injuries in round eight, O'Brien said.
However he was noncommittal on whether Mitch Barnett had done enough to hold on to the starting edge forward role or whether he may be moved to the middle rotation to accommodate Fitztgibbon.
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Pope unveils Vatican Christmas tree
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — As this year's Vatican Christmas tree and nativity scene were unveiled on Saturday (Dec. 3), Pope Francis reminded the faithful to "stay rooted in Jesus Christ" during the holidays. "The tree teaches us about our roots, the nativity scene invites us to contemplation. Don't forget these two human and Christian attitudes," he said.
The domed nativity scene in St. Peter's Square, sheltering the Holy family, was made in the northern Italian town of Sutrio. The tree is a nearly 100-foot-tall spruce that hails from the town of Rosello, in the mountainous Molise region in central Italy.
A creche from Guatemala was placed inside the Paul VI Hall, where the pope holds his weekly audience.
Normally held in St. Peter's Square, the Christmas ceremony this year was held inside the hall due to rainy weather.
"The tree, with its lights, is a reminder that Jesus comes to lighten our darkness, our existence, which is often enclosed in the shadow of sin, of fear, of pain," Francis said during the afternoon audience where official delegations from Sutrio and Rosello and other donors presented their gifts.
"And it inspires another reflection: like trees, men, too, need roots," the pope said. Only the person "rooted firmly in the ground remains firm, grows, matures, resists the winds that shake him and becomes a reference point for those who watch."
"This is what the Christmas tree reminds us of: being rooted in Jesus Christ," he added.
This year's tree dates back to medieval times and, according to locals, was planted by the Benedictine monks of the Abby of San Giovanni in Verde. Molise is home to some of the most majestic and well-preserved spruces on the Italian peninsula.
Another, larger 200-year-old spruce was originally intended to grace St. Peter's Square this year, but local environmentalists and forest rangers intervened to save the tree, which is considered a protected species and is located in a nature preserve.
Decorations for Rosello's tree were handmade by young people from a psychiatric care facility, who worked with elderly residents of a nursing home and local schoolchildren. Their shared effort "was capable of expressing a unique artistry," said Cardinal Fernando Vergez Alzaga, president of the governorate of the Vatican City State, in his remarks at the ceremony.
The creche in St. Peter's Square, more than 20 feet high, is made up of 18 life-size wooden statues arranged under a large domed structure, all made without cutting down new trees. As is customary, the scene portrays the daily life and culture of its region, in this case showcasing carpenters and shepherds.
"Simple and familiar, the creche evokes a Christmas that is different from the consumeristic and commercial one," Francis said.
The pope urged Catholics to appreciate the nativity scene as an opportunity for a "moment of silence" in their frenetic lives. "If we truly seek to celebrate Christmas, we rediscover through the nativity scene the shock and surprise of the smallness, the smallness of God, who makes himself small, who isn't born in the pomp of appearance but in the poverty of a manger," he said.
Francis encouraged believers to "make themselves small" in order to meet Christ where he is.
The pope's namesake, Saint Francis of Assisi, is credited with inventing the custom of building nativity scenes, building the first one in 1223. "The poor man from Assisi loved Christmas because it served as an opportunity to contemplate the king of glory," said Sister Raffaella Petrini, the secretary general of the Governorate of the Vatican City State and highest ranking woman in the Vatican.
"We also are invited to contemplate the mystery of incarnation," she added.
Pope Francis concluded his remarks by reminding those in the hall that "God loves us so much that he wished to share our humanity and our lives. He never leaves us alone, he is at our side in every circumstance, in joy and in sorrow," he added. The Christmas tree and nativity scene will remain in the square for faithful from all over the world to see until January 8.
A view of St. Peter's Square following the Christmas tree and nativity scene lighting ceremony at the Vatican, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022.
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In more bad news for associates, median starting pay at the largest firms in many cities has hit a peak of $130,000, down from an average of $160,000 in the past few years, a new survey has found.
According to NALP – an association for legal career professionals – while the overall median starting salary for associates was $130,000, it ranged from $70,000 in firms of two to 25 lawyers, to $135,000 in firms of 501 to 1,000 lawyers, up to $160,000 in firms of more than 1,000 lawyers.
Most medians in firms of 500 or fewer lawyers were "fairly stable" compared with 2008, the association said.
The report collected salary information from a total of 642 offices as of April 1, before many law firms that were paying the prevailing $160,000 per year began to slash associates' paychecks.
Fourteen percent of respondents represented firms of 50 or fewer lawyers, while 42 percent represented firms of more than 500 lawyers, NALP said.
Not surprisingly, each year of associate experience brings several thousand dollars in increased compensation, the report found, with median salaries for eighth-year associates ranging from $111,625 in small firms to $258,000 in the largest firms and a median for all reporting firms of $171,275.
NALP added that its analysis of 29 individual cities and other states and regions revealed a wide range of law firm compensation.
For example, it said, the median salary for first-year associates in all firms of more than 250 lawyers was highest in the West, at $160,000, followed by $145,000 in the Northeast and the South and $117,500 in the Midwest.
The highest first-year salary reported was $165,000, the report found.
Contrasts between large and smaller metropolitan areas also were evident, NALP said, with the prevailing salary in firms of more than 250 lawyers in large metropolitan areas of more than 5 million standing at $160,000 as compared with $100,000 in metropolitan areas of fewer than 1.5 million.
In addition, intellectual property junior associates generally commanded salaries that were as much as $15,000 to $20,000 higher as compared to their non-IP peers, the association said. That differential was even larger among more senior associates, NALP said.
Salaries for staff attorneys typically were just over $100,000 per year, while the median hourly salaries for law clerks ranged from $19 per hour to $50 per hour depending on firm size, the report said.
The survey also examined bonus systems at participating firms and the prevalence and size of bonuses for prior judicial clerks, and found that about 68 percent of firms use discretion as a factor to determine eligibility for bonuses.
About 35 percent use "meeting fixed goals" as a determinant of eligibility, although firms of more than 1,000 lawyers are most likely to do so, NALP said.
Bonus amounts were based on various factors, the most common of which was billable hours, followed by merit and discretion, according to the association.
Nearly all the firms of more than 1,000 lawyers reported paying a bonus to prior judicial clerks, NALP said, while relatively few smaller firms did so.
Bonuses of $10,000 to $25,000 were most typical, according to the report.


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I CAN SEE YOU. A Review of the Global Market of the Earth Remote Sensing Products
2021, №4 (69)
The discussion around space commercialization usually begins with the upstream sector – the development and design of spacecraft and their launch into orbit. This part of the work is before the public eye, it is understandable and looks effective. Thus, it is clear why most of the recent startups of the New Space movement are going to be involved precisely in the design of launch vehicles of different classes, production of satellites and cubesats and their launch into orbit. It is simple, straightforward, and effective.
QUALITY LIMIT
Unfortunately, as usual, most financial resources are located not in the sectors with bright ideas and a lot of participants willing to earn money by designing a new rocket. While the total volume of the global space market has already come close to $400 billion a year, and according to some estimates has even exceeded this value, the market volume for commercial launches of space vehicles makes for only 2–4 percent of this amount. At the same time, the great part of the market share belongs specifically to the downstream sector – namely, sales of TV broadcasting services, broadband satellite Internet, satellite communications and, of course, Earth Remote Sensing (ERS) data.
The market for Earth remote sensing data is evolving at a tremendous rate. More and more spacecraft launched into orbit are designed to monitor and survey the surface of our planet. In 2014–2015, the experts even predicted that the global satellite survey coverage of the entire planet would reach a daily rate by 2020. The forecast almost came true, as, after the launch in July 2020, Planet Labs announced the possibility of monitoring the entire planet on daily basis.
Simultaneously with the increase in the frequency of images, the world ERS market is currently aiming at improving the quality and resolution of images. The images of the Earth's surface with a resolution of 3–5 meters per pixel, which were very popular five to ten years ago, are becoming a thing of the past. Modern spacecraft are capable of providing commercial images with a resolution of 30–50 centimeters per pixel, which is close enough to the theoretical quality limit. According to NASA studies conducted in the 1970s, the theoretically calculated quality limit for images of the Earth's surface is about 10 centimeters per pixel.
A more precise resolution is not very realistic due to the presence of a dense atmosphere layer near the Earth's surface, which inevitably distorts the data received by the satellite. Perhaps, in the future, there will be attempts to solve this problem by using burst-mode image shots with subsequent data processing with neural networks, but so far surveying with such a precision is impossible. For commercial spacecraft, the best image quality is 30 centimeters per pixel. Images with a resolution of 30 centimeters to 1 meter per pixel are considered to be of the ultra-high resolution quality.
DAILY COVERAGE
There are two companies recognized as the leading companies in this field – Maxar and Airbus. Nowadays, they provide more than two-thirds of the total market value of the Earth's remote sensing space data. The main competitors of these two giants are Spacewill and the Planet Labs (which originally worked with lower resolution parameters, but then launched the SkySat ultra-high resolution constellation). This segment also includes the following companies: 21AT(China), SIIS (Korea), ISI (Israel), CG Satellite (China).
In Russia, at the moment, there is no commercial company having its own operating spacecraft constellation capable of presenting ultra-high resolution imaging of the Earth's surface. Talking about state space vehicles, these conditions are met by the 'Resurs-P' satellite imagining system. It can get images with a resolution of 1 meter per pixel using a panchromatic camera
For a long time, images with high (from 1 to 2.5 meters) and medium (from 2.5 to 20 meters) resolution have been considered as a standard. However, nowadays there are a lot of images with such resolution in the market and several companies, including Airbus and Planet Labs, have announced their gradual withdrawal from this segment. Although the leaders in this sector still remain Airbus company with the Spot constellation and a huge data archive, and Planet Labs with the Dove constellation of the previous generation.
Axelspace (Japan) and Orbita Aerospace (China) are among the new participants in the international market. Orbita Aerospace owns 12 satellites (with a planned constellation size of 34 satellites). Among the spacecraft, there are satellites with hyperspectral cameras, and there are plans to introduce spacecraft for radar imaging and satellites equipped with infrared cameras.
Axelspace is the satellite operator for the AxelGlob constellation. The company has been creating its own constellation since 2015 and initially planned to include more than fifty spacecraft in it. Based on the needs of customers, the first GRUS-1A satellite was launched in 2018. In March 2021, four more GRUS spacecraft were launched with the help of the Russian 'Soyuz-2' rocket.
In the future, an annual increase of the constellation size is expected. Regarding the specification, AxelGlobe is similar to RapidEye, but provides improved spatial resolution (2.5 m in panchrome mode, 5 m in multispectrum mode, with 55-km swath). The constellation of five vehicles will provide daily coverage in some parts of the world by the end of 2020.
In Russian segment, the main type of space vehicles providing such data is the Canopus. A series of Russian satellites for remote sensing of the Earth is designed by the VNIIEM Corporation JC in cooperation with the British company the Surrey Satellite Technology Limited. The satellites operate for Roskosmos, the Ministry of Emergencies, the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Roshydromet, the Russian Academy of Sciences; they are used for mapping, monitoring emergency situations, including fires, and operating surveillance of specified areas.
Another potentially promising segment can be ERS satellites operating beyond the visible range. These are radar and infrared-range surface surveys. The fact is that the images in the visible range, which look very similar to our eyes, are not always suitable for work. For example, when it is necessary to determine the state of the surface covered with layers of ice or snow of the same white color, or when monochrome green fields are being surveyed.
The particular feature of radar data is that they can be obtained regardless of weather conditions. For example, in the presence of dense clouds, imaging with conventional cameras is practically useless. In this case, radar surveying can provide more sensible information.
For many years, the E-Geos company remained in the leading position for this segment, and it has recently launched a new generation of Cosmo-SkyMed satellites, which are absolutely identical to vehicles of the first generation. As the previous constellation is still operating, customers can receive information from eight satellites at once. In 2019, Maxar company launched a constellation of three radar satellites of the Radarsat Constellation type into orbit.
The issue of radar surveying is of great importance for Russia. In the upcoming years, it is planned to launch several spacecraft capable of operating over the Arctic area – in the zone of monochromatic landscapes and high clouds.
COUNTING ELEPHANTS. TRENDS IN THE GLOBAL ERS DATA MARKET
When several companies reached a resolution of about 30 centimeters per pixel, it became evident that this was the standard that all commercial market players would reach in the upcoming years. The customers are increasingly willing to get detailed surface images.
The main factors for developing a competitive offer are the following:
data completeness and area coverage
price of images
image delivery speed and possibility to obtain the most relevant information
possibility to work with small orders, flexibility and convenience of the data obtaining process
Commercial organizations are more likely to meet these requirements. Therefore, state governments often form the ERS market by purchasing the required information from private companies. This form of cooperation is used by the US Department of Defense. The direct benefit is clear in this case: there is no need to launch a new ERS satellite or to re-target an existing one to the relevant military area. And the highest efficiency can be achieved in this case.
The subsequent processing of the received satellite data is becoming an important and expensive service. This task requires the operation of specially-trained ultra-precise neural networks capable of data labeling and automatic searching for and marking information that is important and significant for the user. A system of this type is capable of processing satellite data obtained from some reserved area in the automatic mode and determine, for example, all objects that can be identified as elephants. After that, an additional check is carried out, which would take several dozens or hundreds of hours in case of human work. In the nearest future, these complex and sophisticated services will become the basis for companies selling ERS data.
An increasing part of this work will be subordinated to the downstream sector, where the main profit is generated. Nowadays, the most important thing is not how many satellites and of what type you have on orbit, but rather how successfully and profitably can you sell the information received from these satellites.
Author: Mihkhail Kotov
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I started this one with a couple of others recently. It's loosely based on some pictures I took out on the bog road this month. I think this one is all about contrast – between the black bog and the white/golden grasses, the darkness of the earth itself and the lightness and blueness of the sky and its reflections.
Here's how it started below.
Here's how it progressed – I worked this whole piece very wet, playing with the inks and paint and trying to work with their fluid qualities. I love the way they react together, bleeding into each other like glazes fusing in a kiln.
I'm almost tempted to leave it as it is ( above ) but I go back to it once the colours have dried. I try to put in just a bit more detail and to describe the grasses a bit better and give them more direction..
While I am quite happy with this one, I almost prefer it at the earlier first stage as pictured above – what do you think?


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american idol jessica sanchez, phillip phillips, recaps
Jessica Sanchez starting off the night with Simon Fuller's pick of Whitney Houston's "I Have Nothing". I get the feeling she's sung this one before. Strong vocals from the petite songstress. These Whitney songs really give her a chance to show off the right way. Well song, maybe a little restrained if anything but nice job.
Phillip Phillips will be doing Ben. E. King's "Stand by Me". He's got the acoustic guitar and he's Phillip Phillipsing it (ie turning it into a Dave Mathews cover). I like his take on it though, it's at a different, slightly groovier tempo than the original, a bit slower. Cool version Phil Phil.
Randy gives round one to Jessica. Not sure if I agree with that. Neck brace guy comes out for a song, sans neck brace. Next we revisit the finalists' favorite performances from this season.
Jessica is doing "The Prayer". Odd choice, you need to go with a more popular song. It's soft and gentle and she's kind of all over the place, up high, down low, here and there, vocally. I don't know if this was a good idea for her, just weird. Nice song but weird.
Double P doing Billy Joel's "Moving Out". Now that's a good choice, his last performance of this was great. He puts his unique spin on it, revamping the song, original and unique. He's smiling, loving being up there singing for the crowd. Solid.
Steven says Jessica took it again. The crowd 100% disagrees. Randy calls it a dead heat, the crowd doesn't really agree there. JLo calls it for PP and I agree there. Next round is the single they would release if they won.
Jessica is doing a song called "Change Nothing". It's a slow ballad, pretty well suited for her vocal range. A bit upbeat in the middle with a part that sounds like she's screaming. She looks happy singing the song, not sure how much I like it, the chorus was a bit kinda not there. Randy didn't love the song but loved the performance. JLo said that a pop ballad isn't right for her but she sang it well. Steven didn't feel like that was the proper song for her.
Phillip Phillips doing a song called "Home". Starts off a bit bluegrass folk style. Very rootsy with a building beat, going a bit more uptempo. Nice little oh-oh-oh bit in the end there, almost U2-esque. Wow great song, great performance, a very well deserved ovation. Randy loved everything about it. Steven heard Paul Simon in there and says he was perfect.
I think without question, based on tonight's performances Phillip Phillip deserves to win American Idol.
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Q: In wp_query, how can I order by a complex calculated or conditional fields? In wp_query, is it possible to build a complex query so I can order by a conditional or calculated fields?
what I'm trying to do is something like the next query in MySql:
SELECT *, field1, field2
  case when field1+field2 > some_value then 1 else 2 end as my_alias
FROM my_table
ORDER BY my_alias ASC

I want to build queries like this one using wp_query, is this possible? if yes, how can I accomplish that?

A: Yeah, you need to

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*add custom field using
https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/posts_fields/

*add custom order by using
https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/posts_orderby/

A: I don't see any way to do this with a single WP_Query as meta_query doesn't allow you such flexibility, though you can do three distinct queries then merge them (untested code):
// Get ongoing events
$ongoing = new WP_Query(array(
    'post_type' => 'event',
    'meta_key' => 'date_from',
    'orderby' => 'meta_value',
    'order' => 'ASC',
    'meta_query' => array(
        'relation' => 'AND',
        array(
            'key' => 'date_from',
            'value' => date('Y-m-d'),
            'compare' => '<=',
            'type' => 'DATE'
        ),
        array(
            'key' => 'date_to',
            'value' => date('Y-m-d'),
            'compare' => '>=',
            'type' => 'DATE'
        )
    )
));
foreach($ongoing as $key => $ongoing_post) {
    $ongoing_post->event_status = 'ongoing';
    $ongoing[$key] = $ongoing_post;
}

// Get upcoming events
$upcoming = new WP_Query(array(
    'post_type' => 'event',
    'meta_key' => 'date_from',
    'orderby' => 'meta_value',
    'order' => 'ASC',
    'meta_query' => array(
        array(
            'key' => 'date_from',
            'value' => date('Y-m-d'),
            'compare' => '>',
            'type' => 'DATE'
        )
    )
));
foreach($upcoming as $key => $upcoming_post) {
    $upcoming_post->event_status = 'upcoming';
    $upcoming[$key] = $upcoming_post;
}

// Get past events
$past = new WP_Query(array(
    'post_type' => 'event',
    'meta_key' => 'date_from',
    'orderby' => 'meta_value',
    'order' => 'DESC',
    'meta_query' => array(
        array(
            'key' => 'date_to',
            'value' => date('Y-m-d'),
            'compare' => '<',
            'type' => 'DATE'
        )
    )
));
foreach($past as $key => $past_post) {
    $past_post->past_status = 'past';
    $past[$key] = $past_post;
}

// Merge'em all
$events = array_merge($ongoing, $upcoming, $past);

The thing is to use meta_query to compare the meta values with the actual date (you may want to change the date format depending of how they are stored in date_from and date_to fields), and do a little loop right after to add a property to all post object with the right event_status which you can work with when displaying posts.
Maybe there is a clever way to achieve this through WP_Query filters but it would need more in-depth investigation inside WP_Query source code as it is not really documented inside the codex.

A: I thing You use, and try this,
<?php
    global $wpdb;
    $result = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT *, field1, field2 case when field1+field2 > some_value then 1 else 2 end as my_alias FROM my_table ORDER BY my_alias ASC");
    print_r($result);
?>

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In the past year, Iglesias, a London based DJ/Producer, has catapulted up 700 spots to cement his place as one of the Top 100 best selling Tech House artists of all time, and as a future heavyweight on the scene. Iglesias' music takes unique inspiration from Italian rolling grooves infused with classic disco elements.
The last few years have seen him go from strength to strength, with major EPs landing on Sola, Repopulate Mars, Solid Grooves, Resonance Records, VIVa MUSiC and many more. On top of this, Iglesias has four tracks in Under No Illusion's Top Ten selling tracks of all time. Iglesias has a huge back catalogue signed and waiting to be released.
Iglesias has built an impressive understanding when it comes to the art of DJing, ensuring that his crowd get a fully immersive experience, unique to his musical style. For the last two summers, Iglesias has begun his conquests abroad, establishing himself as a resident DJ at Sankeys Ibiza. Now, from Taiwan to Tomorrowland, you can hear his music ringing out, as if from a heavenly host of house-angels.
Iglesias has also continued his serious success on Beatport, with every one of his releases entering the top 100, and a highest climber at number 3. Subsequently he has gone on to receive widespread support and praise from industry giants including Marco Carola, Lee Foss, Latmun, Wade and BBC Radio 1's Danny Howard.
After a jam-packed 2018 with a barrage of releases and a shed load of shows, the year ahead only promises more from the hardworking Iglesias. Keep your eyes and ears on this one because he's only just warming up.


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The Cuba Maxi dress is my go-to summer maxi. It looks just as good over a bump as it does without (and there aren't many pieces that do!) Made from 100% breathable cotton, the stretch bust grows (and shrinks) with you and is quite supportive but comfortable. Shop Black HERE. Charcol Sripe HERE.
I am so excited to share Legoe's first ever "non maternity" piece - their high waisted denim skirt. Just enough stretch vs firmness - comfortable and flattering. Available in size 8 to 14. I have teamed it with the Resort Crop - which also comes in a navy stripe and has straps if you want to wear as a cropped singlet, one strap or strapless. . I ADORE this top- feeding friendly- so versatile and perfect to wear with swim bottoms too.
And to round up my resort edit here is the first look at the Bisque Jumpsuit in Khaki- this baby is coming any day now- will keep you updated. You can find the black version HERE.
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Creflo Dollar's Prosperity Gospel finds followers and critics
By Melissa Gray, CNN
Atlanta (CNN) - The arrest of Georgia megachurch pastor Creflo Dollar brought renewed attention to his message of the Prosperity Gospel, controversial to some and faith-fulfilling to its followers.
Dollar, who was arrested last week after allegedly assaulting his teenage daughter, is the founder and pastor of World Changers Church International in suburban Atlanta.
It claims about 30,000 members and has a multimillion-dollar sanctuary that resembles a golden-domed spaceship atop a hill.
Dollar said in a statement he would never harm his children and that the facts in the case would be handled privately.
Prosperity ministers preach that God rewards the faithful with wealth and spiritual gifts. Pastors such as T.D. Jakes, Dollar, and Joel Osteen have become the Prosperity Gospel's most well known preachers, building megachurches and business empires with a message equating piety with prosperity.
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While popular in the black church, it is not a solely black phenomenon, as seen in the ministry of Osteen, a best-selling author and megapastor at Lakewood Church in Houston. The church website says it is considered to be the largest church in America, with more than 38,000 attendees.
The Prosperity Gospel is a form of evangelical Christianity that largely grew out of the booming economy of postwar America, says Jonathan Walton, a professor of Christian Morals at Harvard and author of "Watch This! Televangelism and African American Religious Culture."
The theology's emphasis is on God's promised generosity in this life and the ability of believers to claim it for themselves. If God loves us, it teaches, then God will reward us with a new home, a good job, or good health, Walton says. God wants us to be prosperous.
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One of the problems that conservatives tend to have with prosperity theology is its focus on material prosperity, says Ben Phillips, a theology professor at the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Houston.
"The Prosperity Gospel tends to mask the greatest need that any individual has, and that's to be reconciled to God through faith in Christ," Phillips says.
"The point is that God is the ultimate good," he continues. "Knowing Him, being in a relationship with Him ... in which He is God and we are His creatures, that is where joy is found."
Believers may argue, however, that material wealth is evidence of being in covenant with God, says Michael Long, a teacher of religious studies at Elizabethtown College and editor of the book, "I Must Resist: Bayard Rustin's Life in Letters."
Those believers might say material goods are a side effect of believing in God and Christ, he says. "The focus is on getting right with God, but you know that when you get right with God, you're going to get something for it."
While the theology may attract more followers in a time of economic boom, the fact that it focuses so much on the individual and controlling one's own heart is a comfort in tough economic times as well, Long says.
Tom Brown, senior pastor of the Word of Life Church in El Paso, Texas, says wealth and prosperity are what God desires for us.
"Just as any parent enjoys watching their kids have fun, God delights in watching His children enjoy what money can buy," Brown writes on the website for his ministry. "I believe God is love and He desires the best life we can have."
Believers must then use their wealth to help others, Brown says - and that to have money for its own sake is pointless.
Phillips says it's true that the Bible teaches Christians to care for the poor, sick and needy, "but the Bible also teaches that God uses and permits suffering in the lives of people for His own ends and purposes."
He points to the Book of James, which says we must value the trials in our life because they shape our character.
"Believers in humble circumstances ought to take pride in their high position. But the rich should take pride in their humiliation - since they will pass away like a wild flower," it says in James 1:9-10.
Critics may say prosperity followers are wrong, but believers say they are sincere, Walton says. The pastors may be pop culture celebrities, but it doesn't mean their congregations don't find fulfillment in the message.
The pastors' wealth, derided by some as evidence of hypocrisy, could also simply be seen as evidence of their faith, Walton says.
"The wealth is part of their authority," he says.
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There is an obvious ulterior motive for the Prosperity Gospel preachers: if they preached more traditional Christianity then they could not themselves become wealthy. As an atheist, I'm convinced of the sincerity of, for example, Friars who live a life of poverty. But I strongly suspect that some of these money preachers are, themselves, atheists.
June 11, 2012 at 12:12 pm |
Teachers of Prosperity Christianity are sincere. They sincerely care about wealth above all other things.
El Duderino (if you're not into the whole brevity thing)
Their God is money. They preach that faith equals wealth so they can be justified as affluent preachers, otherwise the sheep would object to their affluence and greed.
There might be a few of them who are atheists but I think the majority are theists and Christian but have so many doubts that they're really just going through the motions and are making so much money by fleecing the deluded sheep that they can't let go of the lifestyle they've gotten used to. The Clergy Project is a place for atheist pastors who have yet to come out.
More likely they're just Mommpm worshipping "Christians"
Mammon worshippers
Joshua the Agnostic
Prosperity gospel is only a gospel for the preachers. It's so stupid. They tell people if they give them money then they will have more. It's not a miracle. It's a lie. If you have $1000 and give $400 away, you have $600 left. Period. End of story.
"Dollar's gospel: Faith yields wealth" Is that why so many of the richest people in the world are atheists or nonChristian?
Bible just a theory
Only 25% of Americans can correctly answer the question "Why do we have winter and summer", so it's not surprising that this preacher can attract the "non-thinking" segment of our society with his magic money making nonsense.
The Bible isn't a Theory, its a story. The church treats it like scientific fact sometimes picking verses here and there to support their cause, but it's a narrative nothing more. Whether one chooses to play a part in that narrative or not makes you a believer or not.
Hi Josh – It's a play on the fundies claim that "Evolution is JUST a theory".
Aah I always tell them that Creationism is a Hypothesis
June 11, 2012 at 2:23 pm |
Sacmar
I grew up in the bible belt so we went to church faithfully every Sunday. I don't remember my ministers ever driving fancy cars and livinig in big houses that they expected us to pay for. They had jobs and didn't turn their religion into a business. They didn't preach that if you are faithful to God he would reward you with riches. Where did this come from?! Since when are Christians so concerned about material possessions? Aren't you supposed to be concerned with living right and going to Heaven? These teachings are just one of the many reasons I no longer go to church. I'm now agnostic and will stay that way.
June 11, 2012 at 11:51 am |
Since so many Christians replaced the gospel of Jesus Christ with the prosperity gospel and began worshipping Mammon
housla
please don't give up just because of bad christians who preach only prosperity gospel. unfortunately there are many of them who thrive on the greed of a human being. we need christians like you who can really testify god's truth.
A Frayed Knot
"many of them who thrive on the greed of a human being"
The *all* do. Some highlight financial greed, the rest focus on the greed of not being satisfied with this life and desperately craving MORE... and not only more, but a PERFECT, eternal MORE.
*They
Housla, I gave up religion for other reasons as well. The biggest being no proof of a God existing at all.
Someone needs to start a church which deals with the teachings of Jesus only, not the OT or of Paul. Then gays and straights can all attend and prosper.
You don't want a church.You want a gay community center.There they won't talk about sin or hell.Jesus died for sin,not for community centers
Great! Then your perfect church can tell all the gays to go on their way "AND SIN NO MORE."
TruthPrevails :-)
John and Professor: Being gay is natural, science has proven this. Sin is only pertinent in the buybull and now in the real world where the government makes laws and listens to the updated studies. Time to pull your heads out of the sand and realize that gay people are not going any where and no amount of wishful hating and bigotry will make it happen.
Should have read "not in the real world" instead of 'now in the real world'
Bill Deacon
Truth – I think the point is that it is, in fact, natural. Just as the lust for money is natural. Just as lust for power is natural. The Christian is called to rise above his nature.
ChristopherM
Why these people don't have to pay taxes is beyond me.
Charles Yoder
They do pay taxes. Their churches are tax-exempt but they aren't.
same reason that the United Way doesn't either.
Does anyone remember that Bible verse about camels and eyes of needles?
yeah but that's probably a mistranslation. The word for camel and rope are very similar. Camel makes no sense.
There's also something about NOT worshipping Mammon. At least there is in my Bible. Unfortunately, too many of my fellow Christians have forgotten that.
For the layman here, mammon is the lustful desire of wealth at all costs. This was especially bad in the first century because the wealth was held by the occupying Romans and to be a wealthy Jew you were most likely in bed with the occupiers.
If he doesn;t teach accoring to the gospel there is no light in him. It fi easir fot he camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to make it to the eternal kingdom. READ YOUR BIBLES FOR YOURSELVES!!!
Yeah but he has a REALLY BIG needle. Solves that problem.
As for Bible verses, all Christians treat them per the following. They can either be ignored, taken within any context you wish or interpreted in any way to fit your into your own personal agenda.
Frank – LIke Jeremiah 29:11 a favorite of Christians. "For I know the plans I have for you says the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you. Plans to give you a hope and a future."
Context: God has risen up Babylon against Israel and they are surrounding the gates and starving Jerusalem. God is destroying them. Makes the verse not so happy.
thejesters1975
The problem is that the media is not telling you that these prosperity preachers are saying to the people that"every dollar you give to me,God will give you 10 back!"
So what you're saying is God is running a ponzi scheme?
Moreover, these preachers tell their flock that God wants them to have all the things they covet & how they come to acquire it is OK by Him. Some even go so far as to say that since they'll own all those things in the Afterlife, they may as well claim them now.
God is FDR? Celestial rewards are like Social Security- pay a dollar and get back $10.00. Who knew? So that means the day of judgment will be when God (the government) finally runs out of money- say about 2030?
My Bible says from whom much has been given much shall be required. The duties come conjoint with the reward. The reward is not for fulfilling your duties in my version.
What is this world now coming to? If the daughter was arrested for committing a crime we will be quick to ask where the parents are. But when a father disciplines his child people are questioning his faith. No wonder we have so many zombies among us.
Choking = Crime
Choking =/= Discipline
Put your hands on an adult and we call it assault,putting your hands on a child is ok?Maybe we should "Disipline" you,what?You dont mind dishing it out,afraid to take it?
There is a difference between discipline and choking your daughter. He was arrested because both of his daughters claimed that he punched her in the head, choked her and struck her with a shoe while she was on the ground. That's a long ways away from appropriate discipline for a 15 year old girl.
Yeah I beat my kids with Rods because Solomon thought it was the best way.
What goes on in the dark will come to the light!
Yep. A 1%er preaching to the 99%ers.
Thou shall not make any graven collection plate.
Big_D
Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz? My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.
Richard Aberdeen
If faith yields wealth, one might fairly ask why Jesus and Paul were among the poorest of all people. Perhaps Mr. Dollar is just a liar out for his own financial gain, who can say for sure?
Heinz Doofenshmirtz
You just did say for sure. Works for me.
What good is gaining the whole world but losing your eternal soul?
Because the world actually exists.
People have to come to terms with the fact that faith does not equal fact. Religion is for the desperate and hopeless. It is a crutch for the weak and misguided. It does nothing positive in the world except create a false sense of comfort and hope and provides a social gathering for other like minded sheep on sundays. Science flies us to the moon. Religion flies us into buildings.
Let's not forget the tax shelter.
MarylandBill
And yet ironically, it was science that brought us Communism (Marx and his followers thought they were simply applying science to economics and government). Science has been responsible for giving us the means to destroy the world (in more ways than I could easily list here). Science has given us trans-fats, and TV's to allow us to have our arteries get all clogged up.
Now I am not saying science is bad, it has in fact done quite a lot for the world. But then again, an honest assessment (as opposed to a materialistic dogmatic assessment such as yours) will show the same thing for religion.
Religion brings you nothing tangible, just delusion and becoming a sucker for others who will take advantage of your superstition. Communism has nothing to do with science BTW.
The moral decay in this country should answer your posting.. we took God out and now we are suffering the consequences. and I am faithful in God and in Christ His son ... My weakness makes me strong ...
Lets focus on one religon, Christianity. What is your proof that Christianity is false? In a very broad sense you are making the same arguments that religon does. You are asking everyone to take on faith that all religon is false.
fintastic
Nathan, If you are making a claim (the exsistance of the Christian God) then YOU need to provide the evidence.
Can you prove that Santa Claus doesn't exsist?.... get it?
Oh give me a crutch please.I know you are gonna need a crutch to stand on the Day of Judgment looking for mercy and grace when they play your life on the big screen
MalB
Brian you are misguided in your thoughts religion is what ever one makes their believes to be and then put it onto others but the word of God is not a religion it is life eternal beyond the grave, the muslims tell you about virgins waiting on you after you kill yourself. Have you ever heard of a Christian taking anyone hostage in the name of Jesus, Have you heard of any one of the any other and to use your word "religion" claim to raise the dead, heal the sick, calm the raging seas, and walk on water. Hmmm. Leave Christians out of your talk of religion for the son of the living God does not demand us to kill in his honor. And as for the desperate and hopeless when they turn to serve God and not man they are given a new lease on live if it was not for this group who look up to the heavens every day and bruise their knees this world would cease to exist. Your scientist my fly to the moon but the knowledge to do such came from the almighty, the air you breed belongs to the Almighty God, your soul belongs to him also but many like you are working hard to give it to satan. Thats why persons in other religions fly plans into buildings, kill innocent people including children and hold the Earth at ransom in the name of their religious believes. Open the Bible and ask god to give you the wisdom and understanding so that you can bask in the words of the true and living God and why doing so gain eternal life.
OTOH
MalB,
Islam is around 1400 years old. Take a look sometime at how the Christian Church was behaving when it was about that age.
That said, however, there is NO verified evidence for supernatural beings and NO justification for killing and mayhem in the names of these fantasies and superst'itions.
cherrypieguy
yet another snake oil salesman that creates zombie like paritioners that are too ignorant to understand they're being manipulated
Please do explain how you are enlightened. Where is your proof that there is no God?
Nathan, again, where is your proof there is no Santa Claus?
You are making a claim that something exsists, you need to provide the evidence to back-up that claim.
Nathan, where is your proof that he does? Please don't reference the Bible because I've read that. I'm not saying there is or isn't a god, but there is no proof of his existence at all. We just have books written by and interpreted by man.
I have proof. Undeniable proof. I was there when it happened. I was a certain type of man. Then I had an experience. I was touched by his passion. There was a reaction, a change, a spiritual delta occurred. Now I am a new man. The evidence is undeniable. What you seek is for my proof to work for you but that is not the way. You must find it for yourself. Money probably hinders more than helps.
ocdlover
Faith makes a LIAR out of yourself and you wind up HARMING others. Religion is not needed in our world.
Oh really what do you have faith in then? Please do explain to me how your lack of faith and hope is what the world needs
Nathan....non-believers don't have faith. Faith is belief without evidence. What you think we have..that which you call faith...is really just reasonable expectaions or trust. Further our trust or expectations can change if new information is revealed...it is open to questioning and skepticism....not so for religious faith...it must adhere to dogma and since it's not based on evidence it is impossible to even begin to determine or distinguish if any of it is true fact or total fantasy. Faith isn't a virtue....it's gullibility.