This is the second Gordon Research Conference in the series on String Theory and Cosmology, initiated in Hong Kong in 2015. Cosmology, once a philosophical subject, has matured into a precision science as ground and space-based astronomical observations supply a wealth of unprecedentedly precise cosmological measurements. Questions that once was the stuff of speculation can now be analyzed in the context of rigorous, predictive theoretical frameworks whose viability is determined by observational data. The conference will explore the synergistic interface between cosmology and string theory. The increasingly precise measurements of the cosmic microwave background, new results from large scale structure surveys, the discovery of gravitational radiation from black holes, and the diverse dark matter/dark energy probes continue to unveil the fundamental laws of Nature. Recent progress in understanding cosmological solutions in superstring and supergravity theories give hope that string theory may eventually provide answers to some of the most profound questions in cosmology. This includes questions concerning inflation, the nature of dark matter, dark energy as well as the possibility of a multiverse.
Our aim is to promote discussion between cosmologists and string theorists, and we hope that this conference will initiate new ideas and new ways of thinking. The conference will bring together world leading experts to stimulate further in-depth study as well as the close collaboration among the conference participants in the future. The conference will be multi-disciplinary in nature covering a wide range of expertise in the intersections of cosmology and string theory, and discuss the connection between theory and experiment. The format of the conference will allow plenty of time for discussions, and there will also be poster sessions. We hope that this conference can serve as a platform for further developments in education, science and technology in this growing area. We are convinced that the beautiful location, in the midst of Tuscany, will contribute to a successful meeting.
"What We Have Learnt (or Not) from the LHC"
"From Strings and Branes Towards the Standard Model of Particle Physics (with Hidden/Dark Sectors)"
"Inflation in String Theory and Quantum Gravity"
"Inflation and Post-Inflation After String Moduli Stabilisation"
"Tunneling and Inflation in Random Axionic Landscapes"
"Axion Alignment in Calabi-Yau Compactifications"
"Paths and Obstacles for Large Field Inflation in String Theory"
"On the Effective Description and Stability of de Sitter Space"
"The Holographic Space Time Model of Cosmology: From the Big Bang, Through Inflation, to Reheating"
"Searching for Dark Matter and Axions from Active Galactic Nuclei"
"Intermediate Mass Black Holes: The Missing Link in Cosmology"
"Effects of Exotic Rotational Correlations at the Planck Scale"
"The Future Is Stochastic (Probably): Cosmology and Effective Theories of Open Systems"
"Emergent Gravity, Dark Energy and Dark Matter"
"Charting New Physics Territory with Time-Domain Astronomy"
"Dark Energy and Modified Gravity After Planck and Forecasts for Future Surveys"
"The Information Hidden in the Shape of the CMB Spectrum"
"Cosmology and Fundamental Physics with the CORE Space Mission"
"Gravitational Wave Observation of Dynamical, Strong-Field Gravity"
"The Discovery Potential of Pulsar Timing Arrays"
" Gravitational Wave Bursts from Cosmic Superstrings"
"Stringy Thoughts on Black Holes"
"Black Hole Microstates and the Information Paradox"
"Gravitational Echoes from Macroscopic Quantum Gravity Effects"
"The Soundscape of Gravitational Waves"
"Where Is String Theory Going in Cosmology and Where Is Cosmology Going in String Theory?"


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The baggage fees for the Pan American Games will not be included in the program fees. Maccabi USA is still working to determine this information for the European Games.
The travel dates are still TBD.
Juniors, Youth, and Open athletes and all volunteer staff will depart with Team USA, as their international flight is included in their program fees.
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In present times, most astrologers are recommending the use of gemstones more than any other astrological remedies. The reason for these Gemstone recommendations lies in the fact that over a period, gemstones have proved themselves as the fastest in producing results and various gemstones have proved their ability to sustain those results as long as they are worn by native. Many people have got rid of some very annoying diseases, problems and other issues after wearing a specific gemstone or a combination of gemstones.
Many others have achieved very good things in their lives after wearing a specific combination of gemstones, which these people were otherwise not capable of achieving. Hence, the use of gemstones as an astrological remedy is increasing day by day and more and more people are benefitting by wearing the gemstones recommended to them by their astrologers. Many astrologers who practice around the world, in various forms of astrology, suggest to their clients various types of gems, while Vedic astrology strongly recommends the use of the gemstones they belong to a planet among navagraha only.
For this reason, Vedic astrology is only 9 gems, one for each planet between Navagraha. These nine gemstones are called Ruby, Pearl, Yellow Sapphire, White Sapphire or Diamond, Red Coral, Emerald, Blue Sapphire, Hessonite and Cat's Eye, and they are worn for Sun, Moon, Jupiter, Venus, Mars, Mercury, Saturn, Rahu and Ketu respectively. Through this series of articles we will look at certain characteristics possessed by each one of these gemstones and in the present article, we will discuss some important things about Ruby, which is the gemstone associated with Sun.
Sun as we know is a fiery, dry and hot planet and Vedic astrology considers it as the king among navagraha. Sun is the giver and promoter of every kind of life on earth the importance of this planet in our lives cannot be described in words. The strength of Sun can vary from horoscope to horoscope, which means that in some horoscopes, Sun may be very strong, it may be having average strength in some horoscopes and it may be weak or very weak in some other horoscopes. The strength of Sun is measured by various methods available in Vedic astrology though some astrologers and people interested in astrology still think that the presence of Sun in a particular sign is the only factor that can affect the strength of Sun in a horoscope.
This is not true as there are many factors, which can affect the strength, or weakness of Sun in a horoscope and the placement of Sun in a particular sign is just one of them. If you go forward, the sun may become weaker in a horoscope because it is on the mark of weakness due to the pain of one or more bad planets in the horoscope, due to the weak placement in some houses of the horoscope and many other factors. When the sun becomes weaker in a horoscope, it is unable to protect its generic and specific concepts, and therefore the native may see bad results or fewer good results related to the significances of Sun.
When such a weak sun functions as a benefic planet in a horoscope, an extra force must be applied to a sun that is so weak that it can begin to function properly in the horoscope and it may protect its significances. This results in good things happening to the native in various spheres of his life. This extra power is provided by a special gem called Ruby that transfers energy from the planet's sun to the planet's body planet itself into the body of the native who wears this gemstone.
Ruby is called Manikya in Sanskrit and in Hindi whereas it is called Yakoot in Urdu and Persian. This gemstone captures the energy of Sun from its upper surface and it transfers this energy into the body of the native who wears it. The extra sun energy transferred by Ruby to the body of the natives gives the sun extra strength and begins to work harder in the sun horoscope, body as well as the Aura of the native. It should be noted that the different colors of the Ruby may be suitable for different natives and therefore every native must use a Ruby belonging to a color belonging to Sun and this gemstone is not capable of changing the working nature of Sun in a horoscope.
It means that if Sun is working positively or Sun is benefic in a horoscope, wearing this gemstone will increase the strength of Sun and as such positive Sun gains strength, it will start producing good results for the native with increased quantum and frequency. On the other hand, if Sun is working negatively which means that Sun is malefic in the horoscope, wearing the gemstone for Sun will provide additional strength to this negative Sun and as it gains strength, it will start causing problems and losses for the native with increased strength and quantum. Hence, utmost care should be taken that only those people should wear this gemstone, who have a benefic Sun in their horoscopes whereas the natives having a malefic Sun in their horoscopes should not wear a Ruby as wearing this gemstone can cause serious problems related to many spheres of their lives.
Looking at the composition of this gemstone, Ruby belongs to the family of corundum which is a type of family of gemstones and this gemstone is found available in different colors and shades of Red ranging from light red, light rose red, light violet red to dark rose or dark violet red, dark blood red or dark brown red. The color and clarity of this gemstone are 2 important aspects to look for when purchasing a Ruby though color and clarity are not the only aspects which decide the quality of this gemstone and there are many other aspects which can affect the final quality and efficiency of this gemstone.
Hence, it is very difficult for a common person to test or check the exact quality of a Ruby but even then, making a check for proper color and proper clarity can still make a difference in the kind of gemstone you are going to purchase. It should be noted that different colors of Ruby may be suitable for different natives and hence every native should wear a Ruby belonging to a color, which has been recommended by his astrologer. Changing the color of this gemstone with your astrologer's recommendation can cause some side effects that may disturb you with the benefits, though the Changing the color of this gemstone, it is unlikely that this gem will have a negative effect on you if the sun is beneficial to your chart. Hence due attention should be paid to the color of your Ruby when purchasing this gemstone. Pay attention to the weight recommended by your astrologer by this gem, and it is recommended to use a ruby, which is inside the gemstone the weight range recommended by your astrologer as changing the weight of this gemstone with your own discretion or on the advice of your jeweler can bring unwanted and unwelcome results for you.
For example, wearing a Ruby much less in weight than the weight of this gemstone recommended by your astrologer may not bring significant good results or any results at If you use a ruby whose weight is much greater than the weight of this gemstone, the mild or severe side effects suggested by the astrologer may cause it. In some extreme cases, it can also produce negative effects due to the native not being able to handle so much extra energy of Sun, which has been transferred into his body through this gemstone. Therefore, attention should be paid to the weight of ruby that your astrologer recommends when purchasing this gemstone. Vedic astrology recommends that you perform certain procedures before using a ruby, which can include steps like cleaning and activating this gemstone. Purification of a Ruby is the process through which any negative energy attached to this gemstone is removed with the help of Mantras and some specific Vedic procedures whereas energization of a Ruby is the process through which this gemstone is charged with the help of Mantras and some specific Vedic procedures so that it may produce its optimum results. The processes of purification and energization of a Ruby are technical processes and only expert pandits who know the proper procedures to carry out these processes should conduct them. Once the natives have energized the properly cleaned and activated ruby in a ring or pendant, the next step is to use this precious stone involves some specific procedures.
Vedic astrology recommends using a ruby on Sunday morning when the natives use this gem for the first time in their lives. Before using a ruby on Sunday morning, natives need this gem in Gangajal (Holy Water Ganges River) or a mixture of raw milk and pure water about 8 to 12 hours before the time of wearing this gemstone, which comes out to be Saturday evening in most cases as this gemstone is recommended to be worn on a Sunday morning.
The native should take his bath on Sunday morning, say his prayers and then he should sit or stand in front of the sow ring or pendant and he should first chant Mool Mantra or Beej mantra of Sun for 108 times or 27 times and then he alai should pray to god Sun and ask him to provide best possible results from this gemstone. After doing so, the native should take the Ruby ring or Pendant, he should rinse it with clean IF" water in case he had put it in a mixture of unboiled milk and aim water, then he should wipe it with a clean cloth and after al 5 completing all these procedures, the native should wear his Ruby ring.
Wearing a Ruby with proper procedures recommended by Vedic astrology can bless the native with many good and very good things, which come under the general as well as of the native. Therefore, all natives are advised to wear this gemstone with proper procedure in order to get maximum benefits from this gemstone. After the first use of this gemstone, the native must periodically clean his ruby for the best results of this precious stone.
A good frequency to clean a Ruby is once every 3 to 6 months depending on the nature of job of the native and depending on how fast this gemstone collects greasy deposits of oil and dust on its surfaces. If you do not have clean long time Ruby, this can lead to heavy deposits on the surface of this gem, especially at the bottom of this precious stone.
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Q: Ghz to MIPS? Rough estimate anyone? From the research I have done so far I learned that there the MIPS is highly dependent upon the application being run, or the language.
But can anyone give me their best guess for a 2.5 Ghz computer in MIPS? Or any other number of Ghz?
C++ if that helps.

A: MIPS stands for "Million Instructions Per Second", but that value becomes difficult to calculate for modern computers. Many processor architectures (such as x86 and x86_64, which make up most desktop and laptop computers) fall into the CISC category of processors. CISC architectures often contain instructions that perform several different tasks at once. One of the consequences of this is that some instructions take more clock cycles than other instructions. So even if you know your clock frequency (in this case 2.5 gigahertz), the number of instructions run per second depends mostly on which instructions a program uses. For this reason, MIPS has largely fallen out of use as a performance metric.

A: For some of my many benchmarks, identified in
http://www.roylongbottom.org.uk/
I produce an assembly code listing from which actual assembler instructions used can be calculated (Note that these are not actual micro instructions used by the RISC processors). The following includes %MIPS/MHz calculations based on these and other MIPS assumptions.
http://www.roylongbottom.org.uk/cpuspeed.htm
The results only apply for Intel CPUs. You will see that MIPS results depend on whether CPU, cache or RAM data is being used. For a modern CPU at 2500 MHz, likely MIPS are between 1250 and 9000 using CPU/L1 cache but much less accessing data in RAM. Then there are SSE SIMD integer instructions. Real integer MIPS for simple register based additions are in:
http://www.roylongbottom.org.uk/whatcpu%20results.htm#anchorC2D
Where my 2.4 GHz Core 2 CPU is shown to run at up to 17531 MIPS.
Roy

A: MIPS officially stands for Million Instructions Per Second but the Hacker's Dictionary defines it as Meaningless Indication of Processor Speed. This is because many companies use the theoretical maximum for marketing which is never achieved in real applications. E.g. current Intel processors can execute up to 4 instructions per cycle. Following this logic at 2.5 GHz it achieves 10,000 MIPS. In real applications, of course, this number is never achieved. Another problem, which slavik already mentions, is that instructions do different amounts of useful work. There are even NOPs, which–by definition–do nothing useful yet contribute to the MIPS rating.
To correct this people began using Dhrystone MIPS in the 1980s. Dhrystone is a synthetical benchmark (i.e. it is not based on a useful program) and one Dhrystone MIPS is defined relative to the benchmark performance of a VAX 11/780. This is only slightly less ridiculous than the definition above.
Today, performance is commonly measured by SPEC CPU benchmarks, which are based on real world programs. If you know these benchmarks and your own applications very well, you can make resonable predictions of performance without actually running your application on the CPU in question.
They key is to understand that performance will vary widely based on a number of characteristics. E.g. there used to be a program called The Many Faces of Go which essentially hard codes knowledge about the Board Game in many conditional if-clauses. The performance of this program is almost entirely determined by the branch predictor. Other programs use hughe amounts of memory that does not fit into any cache. The performance of these programs is determined by the bandwidth and/or latency of the main memory. Some applications may depend heavily on the throughput of floating point instructions while other applications never use any floating point instructions. You get the idea. An accurate prediction is impossible without knowing the application.
Having said all that, an average number would be around 2 instructions per cycle and 5,000 MIPS @ 2.5 GHz. However, real numbers can be easily ten or even a hundred times lower.

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At the start of the fight, six knights will appear and circle around the room. Just avoid thier movement, and shoot them with arrows - three arrows will kill one of them. Occasionally the knights will group up and charge down the room, use this opportunity to easily shoot 3 arrows into one and kill it. When there is only one knight left it will turn red, and it will move around the room trying to jump onto you. Avoid this, and then just shoot it down with arrows, or use your sword if you have no arrows left.
When one of the giant worms is about to jump out the sand, be careful since four rocks will fly accross the room once it does appear. Swipe each one in the head with your sword to kill them. When there is just one giant worm left, it will shoot out a whole load more rocks then normal when jumping out the sand, so keep your distance before it jumps to prevent getting hit.
To defeat Moldorm, you have to hit the end of it's tail while avoiding the rest of it's body. Make sure he isn't near you when you have to run past a ledge, since you will get knocked down and the fight will be reset. Also, after you have hit Moldorm a few times, it's movement speed will increase rapidly, so hit the tail quickly once more to kill it.
Agahnim has three attacks. When Agahnim appears, after his shadow has been moving accross the room, position yourself facing him, but at a distance. His first attack will send an orb of magic flying towards you - hit it with your sword to reflect it back at him, and damage him. His second attack will send a group of smaller orbs towards you, which you must dodge. His third attack will send a bolt of lightning towards you, it is unavoidable, but predictable - Agahnim will only cast it if he is at the top of the room, facing south, so move out of his line of sight when that happens.
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There isn't much to say about this boss, since the obstacles of this boss are physical challenges rather then built-in weaknesses. You have two choices here; either kill Mothula with your sword, or use the Rod of Fire. The sword method requires fewer hits to kill Mothula, but the Rod of Fire method also has it's advantages - since you attack from a distance, it's easier to position yourself in avoiding the moving spikes that go around the room.
To get Blind out in it's true form, take the maiden into the room in which there is light coming from the roof at the center. Have her walk into this patch of light, then she will transform into Blind the Theif. Hit Blind's head until it comes off, at which point another head will grow shortly after. After he has lost his third head, he will die. Each head Blind loses will fly around the room and shoot fireballs at you, so be careful.
Use the Fire Rod (or Bombos Medallion) to melt the ice block down. From there, three floating eyeball monsters will emerge. There are two things to avoid: firstly the eye monsters, and secondly there will also be ice periodically falling from the cieling. Avoid these things whilst striking the eyes with your sword or shooting them with the fire rod. A good general tactic is to try and 'kite' the monsters around the room by running into uninhabited spaces.
This boss isn't too hard. As you run into the room you will notice one big eyeball surrounded by many smaller eyeballs. The smaller eyeballs will come towards you, you can shoot them from a distance with your arrows or hit them with your sword. Whilst you are killing the little eyes pay attention to the big eye, as it will periodically emerge from the goo and shoot a powerful bolt of lightning. Before the attack takes place the eye will aim itself, so if it aims to the right it's attack will strike to the right of the room, and so on. After enough little eyes are defeated, the big eye will pop out, from there just use your sword/arrows to kill him.
You will need the Fire and Ice rods in this fight, and it is reccomended that you stock up on magic potions. The creature has three heads: notice the red and blue heads. You should kill the blue head with your Fire Rod, then the red head with your Ice Rod. It is also possible to hit the heads with your sword, but using the rods allows for a ranged kill. After both the heads are gone, a snake-like creature will emerge from the big rock, hit it's head with your sword until it dies. One tip here is to stand next to the big rock as it is being depleted and use your sword spin attack the moment the snake emerges.
This fight is similar to your first encounter with Agahnim, except now there are three Agahnims! However, two of them are fake illusions and only one is the real Agahnim. It's easy to see who the real Agahnim is since the fake counterparts are faded. Each Agahnim will attack you with flying orbs of magic, and the goal is to use your sword on any of them to redirect the attack back to the real Agahnim.
There are a number of distinct stages to this battle. During each stage the aim is to hit Ganon with your sword as much as possible. The battle progresses through each stage after you inflict a certain amount of damage.
Stage 1: Ganon will throw his weapon accross the room, and will teleport accross the room to reclaim it. The attack is very easy to avoid, you can tell if he's about to throw his weapon when he starts to spin it.
Stage 2: When Ganon starts spinning his weapon he will not throw it, but instead he will summon a circle of fire which will then be shot accross the room in all directions. Moving far away from Ganon makes this attack easier to avoid.
Stage 3: Ganon will teleport accross the room and when he appears, he will summon a ring of fire around him. You will need to take note of where Ganon appears to be teleporting to, so that he will appear right next to you, where you will slash him before he can create his ring of fire. Each time you strike Ganon during this phase, he will stomp on the ground causing a row of floor tiles around the edge of the room to collapse.
Stage 4: Stage four begins after four rows of tiles have been depleted by Ganon. He will put out the lights, making him invisible. He will continue teleporting around the room, but now he will shoot fire at you. Use your fire rod to re-light the torches at the edges of the room and once Ganon re-appears, strike him with your sword. Striking Ganon will cause him to become temporarily stunned, at which point you must damage him by shooting him with a Silver Arrow. You will need to shoot Ganon a total of four times, and then he will finally be defeated.
Note: To see the battle in action check out this youtube video.


The Shape and Say story is "Felicia Flamingo's Fan," featuring the letter f and its sound.
District assessments are complete. These scores will be included in the mid-year report that will go home in February.
The children have written thank-you letters to the elementary class in Connecticut who raised $200 for our school by selling items that they baked.
We are creating a dramatization of "The Nutcracker" ballet, acting out each part as it is read aloud. Lots of fun props make it exciting for the children.
Also, we will be decorating a gingerbread house and baking.
JOY OF SHARING FOOD DRIVE! – The Joy of Sharing Food Drive continues all week long. We will happily accept donations Friday morning and then prepare the baskets to go home with Ridgeline families Friday afternoon.
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Lotte Duty Free takes over as Changi Airport liquor and tobacco concessionaire
Lotte Duty Free has taken over the liquor and tobacco concessionaire at Changi Airport from incumbent DFS as of today; Lotte at Changi Airport to be the largest among Lotte's Asia Pacific operations.
Changi Airport today welcomed Lotte Duty Free as its key liquor and tobacco concessionaire at Singapore Changi Airport. The South Korean travel retailer takes over from Hong Kong-based DFS, which from the past 35 years has held that role.
DFS in August last year declined to participate in a tender by Changi Airport for its liquor and tobacco concessions that saw South Korea's The Shilla Duty Free and Lotte Duty Free, as well as Germany's Gebr Heinemaan, indicate their interest. The tender was finally won by Lotte, which was then slated to take over in the early part of June this year.
Lotte will first start to retail its offerings Changi Airport's duty-free e-commerce platform, iShopChangi.com, while renovation works begin once circuit breaker restrictions are lifted. Renovation works for Lotte's stores at Changi Airport will take place in phases, beginning with Terminals 1 and 3.
Lotte is looking to eventually offer over 3,000 tax- and duty-free wines and spirits as it expands its product portfolio. Airside travellers can look forward to a wide variety of wines and spirits brands, including products such as special and limited-edition whiskies and cognacs that will be exclusive to travel retail. A new section to look forward to will be a dedicated collection of Asian spirits highlighting brands from Singapore and Korea, as well as alcohol-free options to cater to a growing demand for non-alcoholic beverages.
Other in-store concepts planned include a specialised cognac brand boutique, immersive experience zones dedicated to whisky, gin and wines, and a high-tech tasting bar, among others.
"We are excited to welcome Lotte to the Changi family. The world of travel retail is constantly evolving, and with e-commerce growing exponentially in the current climate, we are positive that this new partnership will bring about a transformation to Changi's core liquor and tobacco concession," shared Lim Peck Hoon, CAG's Executive Vice President, Commercial.
Apart from a complete revamp of store designs, passengers can also look forward to an omni-channel experience as we integrate a seamless brick-and-mortar shopping experience with e-commerce," she added.
"The new operations at Changi Airport will be the largest among all of Lotte's Asia Pacific operations," declared Kap Lee, CEO of Lotte Duty Free. "We look forward to bringing new and exciting brands, activations and experiences to Changi's shoppers. We are confident that this new relationship will bring us one step closer to our vision to be the 'Global No.1 Travel Retailer, as we grow together with CAG and the brand partners at Changi."
To celebrate the start of its operations, Lotte is offering a 7% discount on a curated range of products from 12 June to 30 June, in addition to tax- and duty-absorbed prices, as well as a 5% discount voucher for the next purchase in-store. Singapore residents can also shop selected Lotte's products on iShopChangi without flying.
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I have learnt something new about discernment: it is important to have a realistic knowledge of oneself: abilities, gifts, skills, character and so on. So often, the enemy of the human promotes lowered self-worth and self-denigration sometimes, with particular subtlety, in the guise of spiritual humility; but it is damaging to think one is less (e.g. less capable) than the truth of the matter. If God has made (and is still labouring to make) me and God calls me, then if I deny or fail to recognise what God has made, I may miss God's call.


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Making the case for commercially successful tech
By Peter Villano
Gen. John Murray, right, the head of Army Futures Command, listens to innovators during a visit to Capital Factory in Austin, Texas, on Sept. 30, 2018. (Courtesy of the U.S. Army)
Despite the Pentagon's efforts to develop advanced technology to strengthen national security and stay competitive, barriers remain, keeping much of the most promising emerging technology out of the government.
Pockets of success do exist; Air Force acquisition in particular evaluates dual-use technologies through AFWERX and investment arm AFVentures. To truly enhance our national security, however, more needs to be done to fund companies that have proven, viable emerging technologies.
Most nontraditional companies with proven technologies that don't have national security experience already work with Fortune 500 companies and in highly regulated, complex industries. The problem is that most of these companies are still overlooked for collaboration with the government and the Pentagon.
In an effort to leverage our nation's commercial innovators, the Small Business Innovation Research program requires federal agencies with large research and development budgets, like the Department of Defense, to set aside funds for small businesses. But the government's definitions for eligible small businesses can disadvantage tech companies that have already succeeded in the private sector.
The SBIR program has been successful in many ways, but most awards go to companies already focused on the government. Robert Rozansky and Robert D. Atkinson wrote that nearly a fifth of all SBIR awards go to companies that have already won 50 or more times, evidencing failure to reach the most promising technology companies.
A 2019 report from the Alliance for Digital Innovation claimed that the federal government's failure to adopt commercial technology has wasted $345 billion over the past 25 years. And a report from Govini noted that approximately 59 percent of DoD research and development funding is concentrated in the top 10 vendors, limiting innovation. As calls for public sector innovation remind us, the DoD needs the most advanced technology from the private sector.
There are critical steps the DoD should take to fix this problem.
First, the government should reform the SBIR program and dedicate new, flexible resources to find and utilize viable, commercially successful tech companies.
The National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2020 provides additional SBIR flexibility for small businesses more than 50 percent owned by venture capital. But the DoD has yet to fully promulgate this new flexible authority and is missing an opportunity to work with proven, VC-backed companies.
The Small Business Administration should adjust the eligibility standards for the SBIR program to incentivize growth and, more importantly, take advantage of companies with more venture funding and a proven record of past performance. The number of repeat winners indicates that the SBIR program is not casting a wide enough net.
Second, the DoD should further streamline acquisitions, reward acquisition executives who move fast, and expand flexible programs such as AFWERX, SOFWERX and the Defense Innovation Unit. Mike Madsen, deputy director and director of strategic engagement of DIU, said: "What [DIU has] represented is a lowering of those barriers to entry, making it easier for those leading-edge technology companies to get their technology to the men and women in uniform."
In the National Defense Authorization Act that passed the House, there is a charter for the National Security Innovation Network, which will expand and coordinate these efforts within the DoD. I strongly encourage the Senate to adopt the NSIN charter as well, and ensure its effort remains fully funded.
The DoD alone awarded over 179 contracts in 2018 to nontraditional companies leveraging the other transaction authority, a flexible prototype authority outside of federal acquisition regulations. These contracts represent another way to engage high-growth tech companies. The DoD should continue to leverage OTAs.
Third, the DoD should seek out federally focused accelerators and VCs in the private sector to inform, source and evaluate high-growth tech companies to drive federal missions forward. Federally focused tech accelerators like Dcode, and its investment network Dcode Capital, source promising tech for the government and ensure commercial tech is fully vetted and equipped to succeed in the federal marketplace.
The DoD is also establishing in-house, VC-like programs, with AFVentures as an example. "This has been a year in the making now, trying to make our investment arm, the Air Force Ventures, act like an investor, even if it's a government entity," the assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition, technology and logistics, Dr. Will Roper, explained.
Buy-in from Congress will also be crucial to the success of these initiatives, starting with the NSIN section of the NDAA. Working with the right private sector partners is vital, and organizations like Dcode reduce risk for the government.
Defense organizations don't need to reinvent the wheel to work with commercially successful tech. Use what's available today to reduce barriers and risk, reform existing methods, and increase engagement with trustworthy resources to work with more viable commercial tech companies that can move our country forward.
Peter Villano previously worked as a staffer on the House Armed Services Committee and served as a Navy special operations officer. He currently works at Microsoft.
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Richmond CAO Kent MacIntyre confirmed that the management team of Headland Cultivation Inc. – a company planning a cannabis production operation in the Richmond Light Industrial Park in Lennox Passage – will visit the county from October 10-12 for an orientation and training session.
The 10-person delegation will include the company's management and supervisory team, as well as Headland's two owners.
Although the road to the operation will not be complete in time for the company's tour, MacIntyre said municipal crews have started land clearing, the Request for Proposals for engineering work recently closed and road construction is expected to start within the next three to four weeks.
Not only will this new road help Headland, it will also allow the municipality to sell more property in the light industrial park.
"The advantage of putting that road into their piece of property, which is at the back of the property, the 27 acres, is when we put the road in, that'll open up 14 new lots for us to sell," the CAO noted. "They'll be fully serviced, water, sewer and three-phase power.
Last year, Headland Cultivation Inc. purchased 27.9 acres of land in the northwest corner of the park with plans to hire approximately 60 employees.
Although the company has not established a timeline for hiring, MacIntyre added that the company has hired a vice-president of human resources who is putting together a human resources plan.
MacIntyre added that the company is planning to start clearing their property when road construction starts, with a view to starting full production by July, 2019.
David Burton, co-founder of Headland Cultivation Company told The Reporter last April that he has been working full-time with his mother and business partner Ann Wilkie since the fall of 2016 to establish a cultivation facility in Nova Scotia.
Burton reached out to municipalities across the province to find an appropriate site for the project. With the help of the Cape Breton Partnership, he found support from the County of Richmond.
In talking about hundreds of thousands of marijuana plants, a multi-million dollar development project and returns in the tens of millions, Burton expects Headland Cultivation Inc. will have a positive economic impact.


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Q: Quirk in calculating a percentage with a while loop I am trying to do a quick percentage counter, as follow:
percentage = 1
while chunk:
    chunk = f.read(size/100)
    read += len(chunk)
    m.update(chunk)
    if size > 500000000:
        print '%s done for %s.'%(percentage, name)
        percentage += 1

This returns 102 print statements, [1,102], instead of what I am trying to do, [1,100]. The reason for this seems to be that it is doing a print statement on the first iteration (0 read) and also on the last iteration (100% read). What would be the simplest way to fix this?

A: No, it's not a simple off-by-one error.
Let's say the file is 199 bytes long. Each iteration will read size/100 bytes, i.e. one byte. Consequently, the loop will execute 199 times, and "percentages" would range from 1 to 199.
Given that you only print out the percentages for large files, you won't actually see numbers as high as 199. Nonetheless, the logic is still flawed, as you have already observed.
A better way is to get rid of the percentage variable and use a direct computation instead:
while chunk:
    chunk = f.read(size/100)
    read += len(chunk)
    m.update(chunk)
    if size > 500000000:
        print '%s done for %s.'%(100.0 * read / size, name)


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Panmunjeom, također poznat kao Panmunjom, Joint Security Area (JSA), vojno je naselje u demilitariziranoj zoni (DMZ) između Sjeverne i Južne Koreje, gdje se pregovaralo o završetku Korejskog rata od 1951. do 1953. godine. To je sjedište Vojne komisije za primirje (MAC), koja nadzire poštivanje primirja. Panmunjeom je dom Mosta bez povratka, koji je dugo bio jedini granični prijelaz između dviju korejskih država. Mjesto je pod isključivom upravom MAC-a.Ime Panmunjeom navodno dolazi od imena sela "Neolmun" što znači vrata od dasaka. Od 10 srpnja 1951. tamo su se sastajale delegacije zaraćenih strana kako bi pregovarale o prekidu rata. Konačno, nakon 765 konferencija, Kina, Sjeverna Koreja i UN (koje zastupa SAD) potpisali su Sporazum o primirju iz srpnja 1953. Prema odredbama sporazuma, očišćena su sva naselja unutar demilitarizirane zone, uključujući i mjesto izvorno nazvano Panmunjeom. Sjedište Povjerenstva za primirje MAC-a, sastavljeno od predstavnika obje strane, premješteno je na novoucrtanu granicu između dviju korejskih država, ali je zadržalo ime Panmunjeom. U sljedećim desetljećima Panmunjeom je služio kao mjesto daljnjih pregovora.

Dana 30. lipnja 2019. Kim Jong-un i američki predsjednik Donald Trump sastali su se u Panmunjeomu. Trump je bio prvi američki predsjednik koji je prešao granicu sa Sjevernom Korejom, a potom su obojica zajedno prešli granicu s Južnom Korejom.

Područje
Najvažnije građevine u Panmunjeomu su tri plave barake sa po jednim vratima na sjevernokorejskoj i južnokorejskoj strani. Njegovom sredinom prolazi vojna linija razgraničenja (betonski blok u sredini između vojarni), de facto granica između Sjeverne i Južne Koreje. U tim prostorijama vodili su se pregovori između obiju strana.

Srednja baraka naizmjenično je dostupna delegacijama posjetitelja s obje strane. Dva vojnika iz jednog dijela Koreje iz koje se ulazi u prostoriju potom čuvaju vrata prema drugom dijelu zemlje. Inače se možete slobodno kretati u maloj sobi za pregovore i tako prijeći granicu. Između vojarni, samo uski pojas betona i različiti podovi označava graničnu liniju.

Na sjevernokorejskoj strani,  je izgrađen 1969. godine je izgrađen Panmungak, izvorno dvokatna zgrada (kasnije joj je dodan treći kat) koja je služila kao prostor za sjevernokorejske delegacije i sigurnosne snage.

Granicu s obje strane nadziru stalno prisutne vojne straže. Ovaj zadatak postavlja posebne zahtjeve pred čuvare. Na primjer, južnokorejski vojnici moraju biti visoki najmanje 1,73 metra i imati crni pojas u judou ili taekwondou borilačkim vještinama kako bi mogli služiti u DMZ-u. Ostaju na straži u modificiranoj taekwondo osnovnoj pozi s bezizražajnim izrazima lica i nose sunčane naočale kako ne bi pokazivali emocije prema sjevernokorejskim vojnicima.

Područje ima ukupni promjer od 800 metara. Prelazenje crte razgraničenja više se ne tolerira nakon incidenta 18. kolovoza 1976., u kojem su sjevernokorejski vojnici ubili dva američka vojnika. Prema međukorejskom vojnom sporazumu, bit će ponovno dopušteno.

Turistička uporaba
Panmunjeom je jedino mjesto unutar DMZ-a koje je otvoreno za strane turiste u sklopu obrazovnog i orijentacijskog programa. Ovaj program provode vojnici Zapovjedništva Ujedinjenih naroda za sigurnosnu brigadu - Joint Security Area. Vojnici prate i nadziru sve sudionike tijekom cijelog obilaska terena, a potrebno je da se sudionici pridržavaju uputa vojnika. Građani Afganistana, Iraka, Irana, Kube, Libije, Sjeverne Koreje, Pakistana, Sudana, Sirije itd. moraju biti identificirani unaprijed.

Izvori

Vanjske poveznice

 Turizam na granici Sjeverne Koreje, u spiegel-online od 6. veljače 2013.
 Posljednji zid razdvaja Sjevernu i Južnu Koreju, u Badische Zeitungu od 12. kolovoza 2011.

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Povijest Koreje
Politika Južne Koreje
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Gay is Good! Or Not?
A Challenge for Christians in the Nineties
Gay Nineties
by Steve Zeisler (steve_zeisler@pbc.org)
How shall biblical Christians minister to homosexuals ?
Perhaps we should start by recognizing that gay activists who insist that historic Christian thinking must change are in line with similar arguments offered by straights who have embraced the sexual revolution of the last thirty years. That is, the 'gay agenda' is not a unique challenge to righteousness. Its portrayal as such by right wing organizations, Christian or otherwise (especially as a money-raising, election-winning technique), is likely to backfire. Our task is to teach what is true about sexuality in the plan of God. We must warn all opponents of the truth to the dangers of misleading those whom God loves, and lead sinners to forgiveness of sins and hope for the future in Christ. Christians, of course, should also act as responsible citizens, taking public stands and voting with the expectation that we have influence as salt and light in our communities.
1. What does the Bible teach about homosexuality?
2. Do modern scientific findings require us to alter traditional Christian teaching?
3. Can orientation change? Does Christian faith lead gays to become straight?
4. How should we respond to the call for homosexual marriage?
5. How can we honestly carry out the call to reject lies and still love those who are tangled in lies?
6. How does the church compare to the 'gay community?'
Theological starting points
All Christian interaction with modern promotion of homosexuality must begin with a strong statement of the positive reason for our creation as sexual beings and a commitment to glorify God with our bodies.
The great work of God is "the summing up of all things in Christ" (Eph 1:10). Jesus prayed to his father that his followers might "be one even as we are one" (John 17:11). The uniting of persons (including, supremely, God with humanity) is the great goal. We were created sexual beings with that end in mind. Our sexuality teaches us of our need for another person, for community. Marriage is a frequent metaphor in the Bible for a profound relationship with God. The description of the creation of the first marriage proceeds from the observation, made by God, that it is not good to be alone (Gen. 2:18).
Sexuality is a deep element of our personhood (more than genital functioning alone) that God created to use in accomplishing his purposes in our lives. Paul's succinct statement in 1 Cor. 6:20, "glorify God in your body" makes the point. Desire for union with another, ultimately union with the Lord and being "one in Christ" (Gal. 3:28), comes from God and is often made plain to us by the longing to marry that proceeds from his creation of our sexuality. Sexuality is given to us by God to serve him as he creates oneness and banishes loneliness. It is not an end in itself. Its existence does not confer the right to certain kinds of experience on us. It is not an irresistible force. Our sexuality teaches us these lessons and lays a foundation for union with God and other believers whether or not we marry or remain single.
The sexual revolution of the late twentieth century has had the good effect of allowing discussion and honest admission of realities (some of them completely honorable and approved by God), that were lied about and hidden from view in the general culture and especially the Christian culture of earlier eras. It has also set loose a monster. Sexual feelings and capacities have become masters and not servants. The experience of 'intimacy' is now conceived of as a right, not a gift given to those aiming at something greater. Modern observers and their conclusions have been elevated above scripture and the wisdom accumulated by those who have followed the Lord for centuries.
Consider this paragraph from the autobiography of Mel White, a long time evangelical pastor, writer, and seminary professor who is now divorced from his wife, living with a gay partner and working as a minister in the mostly homosexual Cathedral of Hope congregation in Dallas. These conclusions were written regarding his decision to end his marriage of eighteen years, "But I learned that my best didn't mean that I could make everyone happy. You can genuinely love and respect a person. You can enjoy that person's company and celebrate that person's friendship. You can share that person's values and determine to be loyal and committed to him or her for a lifetime. But when there is no sexual attraction, no erotic fascination, no potential for authentic physical passion, no sensual pull, no amorous play, no romantic component at the heart of it there can be no intimacy, at least not the kind of intimacy required to begin and to maintain a long-term, loving relationship, let alone a marriage" ( Stranger At The Gate p.163).
A clearer word comes from Jesus about God's use of our sexuality: Mark 10:6-9 "But from the beginning of creation, {God} made them male and female. For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother and the two shall become one flesh; consequently they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate."
For a man and woman to become one flesh in marriage is a mysterious (Eph. 5:32) work of God. It is his use of our sexuality to a greater end - oneness (which exists on a more profound level than one's feelings about the relationship). We have no business serving "erotic fascination" and challenging God by separating what he has joined. Further, erotic adventuring and journeys of sexual self discovery lead us to dangerous misuse of the powerful instrument for oneness that God intended in creating our sexuality. There is no such thing as inconsequential sexual intercourse. Even emotionless, anonymous sex-for-money partakes of something profound. 1 Corinthians 6:15-16: "Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? May it never be! Or do you not know that the one who joins himself to a prostitute is one body {with her}? For He says, 'The two will become one flesh.'" Believing that erotic experience can create its own meaning, or that examining one's sensual feelings creates clarity that goes beyond the teaching of scripture is dangerous business.
The conviction that sexual urges must be obeyed and that our feelings define reality is widespread among our contemporaries both gay and straight. We should not be surprised that people with same-sex erotic desires defend sinful behavior from this world view, as do adulterers and other heterosexual rebels. Outrage and emotional opposition does little good if we don't challenge the lies that have been told so often and with such certainty that few of the world's sexual victims have real alternatives.
Apologists defending active gay life s t y l e s
What does the Bible teach regarding homosexuality?
1. As already noted, sex is God-given and intended to serve his purposes for humanity. Categories like right and wrong, natural and unnatural, etc. are related to these purposes. Human observation of what exists in a fallen world has value but cannot create the framework for making moral decisions regarding sex.
2. Monogamous marriage is the only God-intended context for genital sexual expression. Homosexual activity is found in lists of sinful behavior in both the Old and New Testaments (Lev. 18:19-23, 20:10-6; 1Cor. 6:9-11; 1Tim. 1:8-11). It is not given prominence among all sins or even among all possible sexual sins (adultery, fornication, incest, etc. are also found in similar contexts), but its inclusion supports the view of scripture from beginning to end that sexual expression belongs in the context of a lifetime, monogamous, heterosexual marriage and nowhere else.
3. Some scholars claim that references in the Bible to homosexuality refer narrowly to pederasty (men having sex with boys), prostitution or idolatrous rituals, but not to mature, loving homosexual unions. There may be some insight to be gained from these studies, but there is no justification for the massive leap in logic that often follows. Some of the heterosexual adultery that existed when the Bible was written was accomplished with ritual prostitutes in the service of pagan idols. Removing the idolatry would not have made the adultery appropriate. It is consistent with purposes of God in making us sexual to say that certain activity (e.g. genital sexual expression outside of marriage) is sinful in itself and not just because of its context. Love-filled emotions and mutual respect do not make adultery, fornication, nor gay sex righteous.
4. Romans 1:24-27 is a significant text. Paul's point in the last half of Romans one is to describe the descent into spiritual darkness that a society which refuses to acknowledge or thank God undergoes. Foolish hearts become darkened. What is valuable is replaced by what has no value. Truth is exchanged for lies. What is natural (in line with the creator's purpose) is rejected and what is unnatural is passionately sought out. The references to sexual sin here do not suggest that homosexuality is worse than other things, only that a society that grows more aggressive in rejecting the creator will aggressively reject his purpose for sexuality. It is sometimes claimed that verses 26-27 describe heterosexual individuals who one day go to a gay bar for the sinful thrill of it all (contradicting their nature). But in fact these verses describe a society that no longer can discern right from wrong, that grows instinctively to prefer and champion unrighteousness.
Do modern scientific findings require us to alter traditional Christian teaching?
1. It is claimed that the discovery of a homosexual orientation is new. Until the 1970's, we are told, neither psychiatrists nor religious teachers had a category that allowed for homosexuality as an ordinary way of being sexual - therefore all gay desires were seen as a form of twisted heterosexuality that was either sick or sinful. This argument goes on to assert that if biblical authors had modern insight they would have allowed for expression of homosexual love while condemning lust on the part of gays or straights.
2. However, it is not true that hard scientific data has led to the discovery of a homosexual orientation. There is no consensus on what makes a person have erotic desires of one sort or another. What has changed is the definition of mental health or normalcy or morality based mostly on the way outspoken gay people have claimed to understand their experience. It seems right to say that there is no good reason to claim that same sex desires indicate mental illness - mental illness being an arbitrary notion. But new, hard scientific data hasn't led to such changes of mind, only new interpretation of the same human experiences that are as old as recorded history. Modern views have been driven by a sexual revolution which has destroyed the such categories as normal, moral, natural etc. for sexual behavior. Contemporary social science and the wisdom of this age also view bi-sexuality, transvestism, fetishism and many other things as normal variations on the theme: human sexuality.
3. Presumably the apostle Paul knew real people. He and the rest of the New Testament writers knew women and men (including some with same sex desires that weren't freely chosen) with life stories like those in modern churches and modern society - the Roman world being much like ours. What the biblical authors also had were sexual categories that included natural and unnatural. They understood certain behaviors to be contrary to the intention of God as creator and as having come about because of the Fall. They believed that everyone had a fleshly nature and that by the Spirit the deeds of the flesh could be put to death (Romans 8). The fact that something inside an individual feels like love, and suggests behavior that seems desirable was not, in their thinking, an indication that it was good or true. The writers of scripture do not differ with the findings of modern science, but with the option of determining an experience to be righteous or not based on the way it feels.
Can orientation change? Does Christian faith lead gays to become straight?
1. Two observations: a) Miracles occur. Like the man born blind in John 9 anyone can be miraculously transformed by a sovereign act of God. These, of course, are out-of-the-ordinary cases by definition. b) Because the level of sex drive differs from person to person and because there is a continuum from exclusively same-sex to exclusively opposite-sex erotic desire we should expect a variety of results among Christians who attempt to change from gay to straight. Claims of 'always' and 'never' in answering this question are not useful.
2. People with less powerful sex drives, and/or those who are more toward the middle of continuum between same and opposite sex desires may readily leave behind a life of gay sex, consider marriage, and by daily trusting the Lord (as all Christians must) to "deliver us from evil" live as fulfilled heterosexuals. Many testimonies to this effect are available. Men and women who have strong sex drives and exclusively same-sex erotic desires may never, even by persistent prayer, counseling, and other efforts arrive at heterosexual desire and the possibility of marriage. This does not represent moral failure or indicate God's disapproval.
3. Some scholars argue that the rejection of homosexual practice in Romans 1 is actually about heterosexuals who contradict their orientation and engage in gay sex for sinful thrills. However, 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 uses two words (malachoi and arsenokoitai) referring to homosexual sin that cannot be construed as straight people acting in rebellion. The word malachoi (which means soft ) apparently refers to effeminacy and/or the receptive partner in anal intercourse. It is significant that Paul says of these non-heterosexual Christians, "And such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God." Forgiveness of past sins, cleansing, new purpose, and the presence of the Holy Spirit led to changed behavior (whether or not changed feelings also occurred). The power of the gospel has not diminished since Paul wrote these words.
4. There is no promise of scripture that God will remove inward pressure toward any sin. Temptation to sin is not sin. Desire for same-sex erotic experience may persist for a lifetime. No special rejection, nor accommodation needs to be applied to this situation.
5. There may be some analogy between sexual orientation and proneness to depression. Some believers, for reasons they didn't consciously contribute to, spend a lifetime fighting off waves of depression. They feel defeated by the biblical injunctions to bear the burdens of another, or to rejoice always. All the descriptions of Christian love and hope appear foreign to them during long stretches of their lives. It often seems to them as if only a handful of fellow believers understand their experience. Christian faith may take away lifetime patterns of depression, but there is no guarantee that it will. God's love is no less in such cases. He recognizes and will reward the great faith that is required for some of his children to accomplish what comes easily to others.
How should we respond to the call for homosexual marriage?
1. The notion that stable, monogamous, just-like-marriage unions of homosexuals are possible is a new idea. There are very old descriptions of homosexual desire, even idealization of some types of homosexual experience in ancient Greek and other writings. But gay sex has always been seen as something 'other'. Homosexuals have been treated with different levels of acceptance in different cultures, but no society has ever equated same-sex and opposite-sex marriages and households.
2. Long standing gay relationships are not new, but, at least among men, they have rarely been sexually exclusive. Before the advent of AIDS there was little inclination among gay leaders of thought to combine sex, love, and a lifetime commitment to monogamy - to live like straights who would promise on a wedding day, "to forsake all others and be faithful to you alone." In most gay literature relationships can be spoken of as having integrity, honor, honesty and deep emotional intimacy with no requirement that they be sexually exclusive. Even though many heterosexual couples fail to live up to standards of monogamy, 'open marriages' are rarely defended as appropriate, especially for Christians.
3. That the creator had in mind that two women or two men would become one flesh when he established humans as sexual beings has not been advanced by any student of scripture until recent years. Most efforts to defend homosexual practice as consistent with the Bible work hard to narrow the message of Romans 1:24-25, 1Corinthians 6:9-11, and other similar passages. However, even when it is argued that these negative statements have limited scope, nothing positive has been advocated. No one can find in biblical texts, written over centuries, a single reference to a homosexual union like marriage. Attempts to see such in the stories of Ruth/Naomi and Jonathan/David fail. These four people are all obviously heterosexuals who were successfully married during their lives.
4. There is nothing new under the sun. It seems extraordinary that God intended from the beginning for some of his children to live in homosexual marriages, but never made that possibility known until the last decades of the twentieth century. Those in the Christian community who advocate marriage for gays, having bought the notion that strong feelings must be acted upon, want to limit self destructive behavior. But successful marriages need a foundation to build on, and the concept of a marriage-like union of homosexuals is founded on thin air, based on nothing in either history or scripture. Life-long, faithful marriages are difficult enough to accomplish even when bolstered by the word of Jesus to his disciples that no one should separate what God has joined. Most cultures, at least those not in serious decline, have had strong societal support to help married couples and families stay together. Husbands and wives who call Jesus Lord have powerful impetus for being faithful to their vows, even during times when they don't feel love for one another and may, indeed, be attracted to someone else. Most Christian marriages are filled with tender feelings and mutual expressions of love, but these are gifts from a generous God, not the foundation for one-flesh union. Their absence is not sufficient reason to determine that a marriage is ended. The wonderful feelings of romantic, sexual love grow best on a strong foundation ("what God has joined . . ."). They cannot serve as such a foundation.
5. All of the arguments for positive regard of homosexual experience are based on giving supreme significance to an individual's longings or feelings. If feelings determine behavior why should a gay couple stay together if one partner falls in love with someone else? Should gay marriages be monogamous? Why? What scripture or tradition has the weight, in this context, to direct an individual to obey when he or she no longer wants to do what ought to be done? Does any reasonable person really think that marriage can be based on the pretext that feelings of love are not subject to change? The concept of gay marriage has nothing but feelings to depend on. It is a fragile notion, built on no foundation. It offers no help to believers who want to live righteous lives.
How can we honestly carry out the call to reject lies and still love those who are tangled in lies?
1. In the words of Kermit the Frog, "It ain't easy being green." It is wearing, often painful to live with thoughts and emotions that are significantly different from those of people all around, especially for early adolescents who are naturally insecure about issues of identity and acceptance. When these differences suggest behavior that is both very desirable and morally questionable the pressure and struggle grow greater. Confusion and hatred of oneself can occur whether or not family and friends actively condemn or demean "queers." There are many studies that report high rates of suicide among gay teens and alcoholism among adults. Most Christians with same-sex desires have wrestled with God regarding their lot in life ("Do my desires cut me off from the love of God? If I prayed harder would He make me straight? How will I be treated if my Christian friends find out?"). Real love of sinners has to recognize, and empathize with the isolation and battles for a sense of worth that most homosexual people have had to struggle with. Obeying God is hard enough when there is understanding, support and acceptance/encouragement in the wider Christian community.
2. Our ability to love homosexual strugglers is dependent on breaking down such isolation.
Wider acknowledgment that all Christians experience failure, have secret battles, feel lonely, etc. will promote everyone's spiritual health and make it more likely that those with homosexual desires will escape despair.
We should especially help young adolescents ask questions and get support before homosexual inclinations and thoughts are reinforced by erotic experience.
We can draw parallels to heterosexual Christians who struggle with some form of brokenness brought about by the Fall. Like homoerotic desire, depression, behavior disorders, communication handicaps, learning disabilities, body image disorders (anorexia, etc.) all are experienced from within, welling up in the mind and emotions usually without having been caused by conscious rebellious choices on the part of the individual involved. Isolation, despair, self-hatred, thoughts of suicide and questioning God occur in all these settings. Any of these conditions can lead to sinful behavior, but they need not. None of them is a mark of God's special disfavor.
Many straight single folks long for a loving marriage and fulfilling sexual expression, but despite prayer and years of seeking a mate find themselves unmarried and with little reason to hope they will be. At various times in history war, disease and population control methods have left some regions with ratios of women to men so unequal that marriage is impossible for many members of a particular generation. Economic pressures, military service, and even Christian ministry have required spouses to live apart for years at a time. There are husbands and wives whose marriages include no love-making and no feelings of love. None of these people have a God-honoring opportunity to experience sexual intercourse, though they may strongly wish for it. Homosexuality should not be put in a category by itself.
3. We should reject teaching which suggests that the sin nature can be healed and not require a lifetime of choices, "putting to death the deeds of the body (Rom. 8:13)." It is right to pray for God to remove a particular spiritual struggle. But his answer may be, "my grace is sufficient for you (2Cor. 12:7-9)." We have no basis for concluding that because a sinful desire is deep and abiding that it is no longer sin. We cannot claim that because God does not remove a temptation after earnest and faithful prayer that he must intend for his child to give in to the temptation.
1. How can we help early adolescents minimize self hatred and isolation if they feel same-sex attractions? The gay-sex-is-good point of view is increasingly advocated in the culture at large. What healthy, practical alternative views are available for young people today?
2. Many single adults (gay or straight) are not married nor expect that they ever will be. How can we foster living situations that allow for the fellowship of a home, provides a lasting community of friends, and significantly decreases loneliness?
How does the church compare to the gay community?
1. The church has the awesome responsibility to be a people who "speak the truth in love (Eph. 4:15)" to each other, living transparently and "bearing each other's burdens (Gal. 6:2)" not denying weakness and need. We too often make it difficult for honest strugglers, subtly preferring relationships that are based on proper outward appearance and conversations that are filled with clichés. Those who battle with anger, lust, addiction, and various compulsive behaviors (even when they are winning the battle) find it easier to talk like 'normal' people, with 'conventional' ups and downs. Most homosexual adults have spent years struggling to understand why their patterns of thought are different from the majority; pretending to talk and act like people with heterosexual desires; hiding furtive sexual experiences or fantasies. As a result the Christian community, even when there is no special focus on the evil of homosexual sin, becomes a tension-filled place to be. In the church there may be sincere worship, caring hearts and good theology, but the perception remains that honesty about struggles with homosexuality will lead to misunderstanding and rejection.
2. Two contrasting observations:
As an 'embattled minority' the gay community has achieved a form of closeness, an esprit-de-corps, that can be exciting to experience. Credit should be given to those who have shown great courage and self-sacrifice in homophobic settings and in the battle with AIDS. It is a tragic indictment that many individuals find homosexual esprit-de-corps more life giving than Christian fellowship.
Tolerance is the reigning value in the gay community (as it is for most contemporary leaders of thought). All of the self destructive vices flourish in a world where any call to change for the better is shouted down as intolerant. Narcissism, petulance, jealousy, infidelity, blame-casting and excesses of all kinds are frequently encountered in communities of gay people.
3. We need to declare the truth about God's purposes in creating us as sexual beings, become more honest about our own failures and grow in understanding others who have lived long with self doubt, isolation, and pretense. People with same-sex desires often feel personal rejection in any discussion of righteous and unrighteous living, even when nothing personal is intended. We all have lessons of love to learn.
Steve Zeisler, March 1996
Email: (steve_zeisler@pbc.org)


Brian Ruckley has been recommending the TED Talks page – this is an amazing organisation which allows experts, amateur and professional, in almost every field to have their say about pet ideas, in front of an audience of academics, celebrities and 'real people'.
I was particularly struck by this talk by one of my all time heroes, Elaine Morgan. Morgan is one of the finest writers ever to script dramas for BBC Television; and she is also an avid proponent of the much mocked and discredited Aquatic Ape theory. This hypothesis attempts to explain why humans, uniquely among the apes, have streamlined bodies, no fur, and, fat beneath our skins. The suggestion is that for a period in human evolution, we were semi-aquatic – like dolphins, who are land animals who then made a life in the sea. Except in the case of humans, we left the sea again and returned to the jungle – as naked, talking and, er, fat hominids.
That's a pretty crude summary of the theory – Morgan's books and website explain it all in more detail. (I read The Descent of Woman many years go, and its ideas have always stayed with me.) But the substance of her talk is an attack on the blinkeredness of modern science, which refuses to take the hypothesis seriously, even though there ISN'T a better theory available.
Morgan is in her 80s now – and she's sharp as a tack, adorable, and witty too.
Thanks so much Tan – your grandmother was an inspiration to all TV writers, and an amazing polymath to boot. I never met her but I loved her anyway. Respect.


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Rod Campbell: Three things are clear from the Royal Commission's report today. The first is that we need more water in the Murray-Darling Basin. Our rivers need more water. A million dead fish can't be wrong and a million dead fish are saying that we need more water returned to the rivers of the Murray-Darling Basin. The second key thing to take from the Royal Commission is that we need a new plan. The Murray-Darling Basin Plan, or at least the way it's been implemented to date, is not working. We need a major overhaul of the plan, or at least the way it's being implemented. The last thing that is very clear from the Royal Commission's report is that heads need to roll at the Murray-Darling Basin Authority. It is clear that the way that our basin is managed, and the institutions that have been charged with managing it, are failing.
This is a massive failure that is costing taxpayers dearly and is costing the environmental health of the Murray-Darling Basin.
Looking at the recommendations of the Royal Commission, one of the key recommendations is that, perhaps unsurprisingly, our policies should be based on science. The Royal Commissioner is clear that the amount of water that has been taken from our rivers needs to be scientifically determined and not compromised by the vested interests that have had an enormous influence on the way that the basin has been managed to date.
A second key recommendation is around legality and there are questions about the legality of the basin plan itself, or certainly aspects of it. That shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone who has watched Australian water politics over the last year. The Australian Institute and others have warned that changes to the sustainable diversion limits that went through the Senate last year were probably unlawful and now one of Australia's most eminent lawyers has agreed with us. So the legality of the plan and the way water management runs in the basin is certainly under question.
Thirdly, among these recommendations, there is a call for real transparency in the way that we manage the Murray-Darling Basin. The Royal Commission has described 'an unfathomable culture of secrecy' that goes on within the Basin's management organisations and there is no better demonstration of that than the fact that the Murray-Darling Basin Authority, the Federal Government and other federal agencies did everything they possibly could to avoid turning up to the Royal Commission and answering its questions. So there is a real need to end the culture of secrecy and have real transparency in the management of the Murray-Darling Basin. I'll hand over to Maryanne Slattery, who might like to say a couple of things, and then we will take a couple of questions.
Maryanne Slattery: It is important to remember this is a $13 billion plan. This is a once-in-multiple-generation opportunity to reverse a decline in our ecosystems and return water back to the environment. It is clearly failing. It is clearly failing in the implementation and the Royal Commissioner couldn't have been more clear about the multiple and systemic levels of failure with that opportunity.
We still have about $4 to $5 billion left to spend. With should take this opportunity to have a pause, really address those recommendations seriously, and rethink how the rest of that money is spent before it is too late, because we are not going to get another opportunity to fix it - in this generation, anyway.
The second point I would like to make is there are a lot of good scientists, good environmental water managers, both in the Murray-Darling Basin Authority and in the broader water scientific community. The Commissioner's findings are quite clear they are being ignored and that science is being hidden. There is no transparency around that science and decisions are being made for political purposes, rather than based on science. It is really important that we go back to the really good underpinning of science that we have in the next phase of trying to get this thing back on track and implementing the basin plan properly to get better environmental outcomes.
REPORTER: I just wanted to ask you guys. We are in a situation, a rare political consensus between the major parties at the moment. Did you risk blowing up the plan if you did suggest such a major overhaul?
Rod Campbell: I think political consensus amongst the major parties has been part of the problem. A lot of the powers-that-be in relation to the Murray-Darling Basin have worked very hard to silence critics and to not apply normal scientific questioning to the way that the Basin Plan is being implemented. I think it is great at last we are starting to see some difference between the major parties. We have seen Tony Burke go out and visit Menindee and Bill Shorten being concerned about the plight of the Lower Darling. It is about time we had high-level political attention on the Murray-Darling Basin and that has been lacking for some time. The fact that the management of the Murray-Darling Basin has been able to take place in back rooms, far from the attention of people in the major cities or here in Canberra, is part of the reason that we are in the difficulties that we are in today.
I hope the Royal Commission's report shakes the political apathy of the major parties around exactly how this major reform has been working and has been managed.


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BTS's Suga Reveals The Biggest Differences Between Rapping In English And Korean
Which does he prefer?
Christine Fernandez
BTS may be artists hailing from Korea, but they've released several English songs through the years like "Dynamite," "Butter," and "Permission To Dance."
In an interview with Weverse Magazine, Suga talked about rapping in English and in Korean. The topic was brought up when he was asked if there were any differences that arose when they altered their music style.
As far as style goes, you've been doing a smoother kind of pop music. Did any differences arise as a result of these changes?
— Weverse
Suga admitted that perfecting the English pronunciations was the most difficult part for him. Unlike if it were in Korean, it was harder for him to portray the smoothness of the song.
All things considered, the English was the hardest part. I paid close attention to my pronunciation in 'Butter' and 'Permission to Dance.' It wasn't easy to capture that smooth feeling in the songs, so I practiced my pronunciation quite a bit.
— Suga
He finds himself breathing more whenever he is performing an English song, which makes rapping more difficult. The biggest difference between the two languages, however, is in how English has more syllables.
And I end up breathing a lot when I'm doing an English song, but the rap parts were a bit hard for that reason. There's a clear difference from Korean songs, since English has so many syllables.
Knowing the areas he's weak in, Suga now tries many methods to improve his vocals in both languages.
But I don't have any one method I stick with for my vocals yet, so I tend to try lots of different things out.
Source: Weverse Magazine
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