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Let him come home
Sarah BelalPublished January 25, 2018
The writer is executive director, Justice Project Pakistan.
IF 52-year-old Zulfiqar Ali's death sentence had been carried out in Indonesia in July 2016, it would have been execution by firing squad. A 27-point guide details how he would have been tied to a pole in a sitting, kneeling or standing position. A doctor would mark out the location of his heart in black, on his simple, clean and white prison-supplied clothes.
Twelve shooters, nine blanks, three minutes for the spiritual leader to 'calm' the prisoner before the trigger is pulled. A sword is literally drawn, brandished and swung to start the firing.
If he had survived the hail of bullets, or had it been botched (which in all likelihood it would have) he would have been shot in the temple above his ear immediately.
The nine blanks are there so that none of the shooters can be sure that they fired the fatal shot. This is how they pretend they did not partake in the taking of a life. It could have been anyone of them, they think.
The death penalty machinery is nothing, if not prepared.
Pakistan must raise Zulfiqar Ali's case with President Widodo.
But no amount of preparation, pomp or ceremony could have primed Zulfiqar's family for what happened to him. The father of five has spent 14 years on death row, in and out of Indonesian prisons and hospitals, trying to prepare himself for a moment he should have never had to face. Having been implicated in a crime only because of a torture-induced confession, Zulfiqar was denied a lawyer for a month and received next to no translation assistance during his trial. No one from the Pakistan embassy was contacted. There is overwhelming evidence of his innocence.
The noise that Justice Project Pakistan, the media and his family made in his home country was heard just in time. The then prime minister Nawaz Sharif intervened himself after public support for Zulfiqar was galvanised through the media. Zulfiqar was granted a last-minute reprieve, as testament to the power of diplomatic representation when done right. It was unclear why or for how long, but Zulfiqar was spared — albeit in constant fear of being served another execution warrant.
But as he waited, death came for Zulfiqar from within his own body. Fourteen years ago, he was brutalised by the Indonesian police in hopes of gaining a confession that would support their paper-thin case against him. He was kicked, punched, threatened to be dragged by a moving car. When he passed out from the pain, they rushed him into emergency surgery. The torture irrevocably damaged his liver and kidneys. In a cruel twist, his family had to bear the expenses.
In December 2017, Zulfiqar's physician told him he had stage four liver cancer. His underlying medical conditions are unlikely to help him find a donor. Three months is all he has. Six, if he can afford the medicines.
So far, his medical expenses have cost him almost $40,000. Part of this has been generously paid for by Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The remainder has come from the sale of his childhood home in Lahore. His mother now lives with her sister-in-law. This has not been enough. A $5,000 pain management medicine remains out of his reach. The same pills cost a fraction of that in his home country.
President Joko Widodo is visiting Pakistan on Friday, Jan 26. His Pakistani counterpart has arranged an elaborate banquet for his arrival. President Widodo will be addressing our parliament. He will be accompanied by a large business delegation, and will also meet Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.
So there are, no doubt, plenty of moments available to the Pakistani government to raise Zulfiqar's case with President Widodo. The overwhelming fact of Zulfiqar's innocence, the violation of his fundamental rights during trial, the cruel and degrading treatment he has been subjected to, the life that has been stolen from him can all be talked about. It is an important conversation, one that will set the tone for how Pakistanis take care of their own abroad, one that might potentially bring Zulfiqar home.
President Widodo displayed wisdom, patience and flexibility when he spared Zulfiqar's life in July 2016. The Pakistani government signalled to the world that its citizens and their rights are sacred and non-negotiable. That when there is a will, lives can be and are saved. There is no one who comes up short by showing mercy to a dying man, by sending him home to his family where he may live out the rest of his days not confined to a prison cell.
It's a 10-hour flight from Jakarta to Lahore, but I sincerely hope that Zulfiqar will be boarding it soon. Fourteen years too late, but still — soon.
Twitter: @SarahBelal
Published in Dawn, January 25th, 2018
sajed syed
Yes, no human being shall be subjected to ill-treatment on earth. Zulfiqar shall be freed to live his last days with his loved ones. Life is precious of every creature, flora and fauna alike.
Very sad story hope all the best for Mr Zulfiqar
So sad, hope he gets justice.
I hope and pray he comes back home!!
I hope this poor man is spared - Pakistani authorities must do the best they can.
S.AHMAD
One can only hope that the miserable victim of this inhumanity will at least be able to share some last moments of his life with his near and dear, for wharever that is worth!
One hopes he will be allowed to go home!
So sad, hope he gets justice
Zack Khan
Sarah Belal, Thank you for bringing this out!
Thashay
Good job..Thanks for writing this. May you stay blessed forever. But, what is this guys accused of doing anyways? Thanks,
HonorBright
I hope this suffering man's last wish comes true in as comforting a way as possible. .. Get home soon Zulfiqar!


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Q: Launching an activity on micro app (android wearable) I am creating notification from my app on Phone in the below way.
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I have created a wearable micro app which has an activity(PlayActivity) with  action "com.microapp.action.PLAY_MUSIC" defined in wearable Manifest.
When I take the action from notification on the wearable I expect the activity form the micro app to be launched. But nothing happens. Could someone please help on this. Is it the right way to do it?

A: Actions that you add to a notification are for the device that the notification was created on, so if you create a notification on your phone, when you click on it on your watch, the action will be sent back to your phone to be executed.
If you want to open your activity on your watch, you cannot achieve that by sending a notification from your phone in the manner you have done. You have a couple of options: for example you can send a message from your phone to your watch and then have the wear side of your app catch that message and put out a "local" notification on the watch; then the actions on that notification are local to your watch and you can open your desired activity via the actions in that notification. If you directly want to open an activity on your watch from your phone (i.e. you don't need a notification to show up on your watch), then you can handle the message that I talked about on your watch and instead of creating a notification there, simply open the desired activity.You may find the WearCompanionLibrary useful in handling some of these cases.

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Q: Scheduling a Azure DevOps release using Powershell I am able to trigger a Azure DevOps release using Rest API call. But when i tried to do it by adding the scheduling it is not working. The code i used is given below:
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But unfortunately the scheduling or triggering is not happening.

A: You can do it in this way:
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$definition = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $defurl -Method Get -Headers $header
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A: You should not add schedule into triggers to configure the release pipeline schedule execute.
You can use Postman as test. See below pic:

Even I have configure the schedule script in request body, the response body still has no content in the trigger.

To set the schedule, you need apply above schedule script to schedules which is nested under environment.  Also, you could using Fiddler to capture the records to confirm this by configuring the schedule release from UI.


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According to Pollak, who is a corporate trainer and former ambassador for LinkedIn, some 30 percent of Americans report to a boss that's younger than they are. She says technology has made it easier for younger people to have a skill set that puts them into leadership positions faster.
That fact alone is what she calls a "massive situation" if you've been out of the workforce. Not only are you adjusting to all the ways the workplace has changed, you may be reporting to someone younger. Enter REMIX, which is a nod to DJs who entertain many age groups at say a wedding by taking a classic tune and mixing it with modern element. "Classic has a ton of value but modern elements add new value," Pollak explains.
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Make sure that you're conversant in the technologies that companies use to communicate with. Be comfortable with Slack, Zoom, Salesforce.
Don't be afraid to ask. It's important to ask about how someone prefers to communicate. The rules have really changed in terms of dress and communication. Mailing thank you's is slow. Email your thank you. Ask the recruiter what is the dress? What's the best way to get in touch with you, I'd like to follow up. You can't make assumptions that the way you communicate is the way someone else communicates. You need to be a chameleon. And it's totally, 1000 percent appropriate to ask. Just be prepared if they say, "it's best if you slide into my DM!"
3. What's another great piece of advice for job seekers wanting to make it work in a multigenerational workplace?
There's always a must-read book or podcast. What is it that everyone is reading or listening to or watching — find out and have an opinion. The goal for me for all of this is that no one wants to feel like an outsider, that you don't want to seem out of the loop. So how do you find connections? Anyone of any generation can listen to a podcast and communication. Focus on the similarities not the differences.
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Positions: Wide Receiver, Slotback
Height/Weight: 5'11, 165 lbs
Teams: Burlington Stampeders (OFC)
Commitment: None
Official Visits: None
Considerations: Open
Nicholas Casola's journey started eight years ago, when he played two years of flag football prior to playing two years of house league in the Burlington Minor Football Association (BMFA).
Since then, the wide receiver has played a total of four years with the Burlington Stampeders of the Ontario Football Conference (OFC).
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Say what you will about Bear Stearns on that day, you can't say that it was flying below the radar. It was as intently scrutinized as a public corporation can be, by some of the shrewdest people on our planet, and perhaps some smarter people from distant planets, too.
For nine months it had been in obvious distress; in just the previous three days its shares had fallen $30. A billionaire from outside the place — the sort of investor who has the power to know as much as it is possible for an investor to know about a Wall Street firm — was long the stock at $107 a share.
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JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon obviously thought it was worth more than that, or he wouldn't have bought it. How much more is hard to say but the number now being floated, $10 a share, appears to sound about right even to the sellers.
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At what point does the purchase of such shares cease to be intelligent investing, and become the crudest sort of gambling?
There is, of course, a reason that the market doesn't understand Wall Street firms: The people who run Wall Street firms, and who convey news of their inner workings to the outside world, don't understand them either.
Jimmy Cayne plays bridge, and Stan O'Neal golfs while their firms collapse, not because they don't care their firms are collapsing, but because they don't know that their firms are collapsing.
Across Wall Street, CEOs have made this little leap of faith about the manner in which their traders are making money, because they don't fully understand what their traders are doing.
Late last November, in a superb account of the demise of Citigroup CEO Charles Prince, Carol Loomis of Fortune magazine revealed that Prince resigned after he was informed of the consequences of liquidity puts — options that allowed buyers of complex and presumably safe mortgage securities to hand them back to Citigroup at par if they became hard to finance.
Liquidity puts were about to make Citigroup the new owner of $25 billion of crappy mortgage securities at par, cost Prince his job, and put the company into the hands of Robert Rubin. Rubin is an extremely smart man with keen instincts of self- preservation, and he sat closer to Prince than anyone else at Citigroup.
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Ever since then, when extremely smart people have found extremely complicated ways to make huge sums of money, the typical Wall Street boss has seldom bothered to fully understand the matter, to challenge and question and argue.
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312. Telegram From the Embassy in Saudi Arabia to the Department of State 1
Jidda, February 8, 1974, 1305Z.
632. Dept pass Cairo, Algiers, Damascus. Subject: King Faisal's Response to President Nixon. Ref: Jidda 628; Jidda 629.2
Summary: King Faisal in a letter dated Feb 73 thanks President Nixon for his letter of February 64 and for his efforts to reach peace in the Middle East. He says he understands the problems the continued oil boycott causes the President and says he has tried to persuade other Arabs to agree with Saudi Arabia in lifting the boycott. So far, few have. He says the boycott resulted from an inter-Arab decision and will have to be lifted the same way. It has been difficult, he says, to convince other Arabs to take this positive step as long as the Israelis have not started withdrawal from Syria. He says disengagement in Egypt was relatively easy—the world had a great interest in opening the Suez Canal—but the world is less interested in Syria. The Arabs fear that sufficient pressure will not be placed on Israel to withdraw from Golan. He refers to the recent U.S. efforts in Syria and hopes that they are successful; the Saudis are now awaiting information from Syria for reaction to the proposal. He closes with the repeated hope that disengagement will have begun before the Tripoli meeting. End summary.
The text of the letter dated Feb. 7, 1974, follows: "H.E. President Richard M. Nixon, President of the United States of America. Dear President: I am pleased to inform Your Excellency that I have received from Amb. Akins your letter dated February 6, 1974. I fully appreciate all the efforts which you have been exerting for the realization of a just and permanent peace in the Middle East area, and your government's commitment to a work plan which would reach that goal.
We noted with great satisfaction that this plan has begun to bear fruit on the Egyptian front, and we look forward to the same positive step (occurring) on the Syrian front, since this is no less important than the Egyptian front, both fronts being so interlinked.
Mr. President: I have as I have informed you started contacts with my Arab brethren for the lifting of the oil ban on the U.S. This I did because of my complete appreciation of the positive steps taken by Your Excellency for attaining a just peace in the area, and because of my knowledge of the embarrasing position—especially in these circumstances—this would put you in inside the U.S., if the ban is not lifted. But as you know, other Arabs would not go along with us and we are associated with our Arab brethren in a resolution from which it would be difficult to deviate. It is difficult to convince them to lift the ban if no agreement is signed for the disengagement of forces on the Syrian front. Their (the other Arabs') rationale in this is that Israel agreed to the disengagement of forces on the Egyptian front only under world pressure for the opening of the Suez Canal in order to facilitate international transportation, but that the world does not much care about the Syrian front because it doesn't have much influence on its commercial traffic. Also in their minds is the thought that the Soviet Union, although desirous of seeing the Suez Canal open for its own objectives in the Red Sea and for bringing closer its communications with the Far East, is not so anxious to have disengagement on the Golan front. The Soviet Union would like to see this front remain a hot, explosive point which would force the Arabs to fall back on the Soviet Union and continue to open their coffers to it in return for supplying them with the arms they need for their self-defense.
Mr. President: Initial indications of peace have begun to appear on the horizon of the area thanks to your efforts and those of your Secretary of State. We hope that you will continue your efforts to bring about a just and final peace in which the people of the area can enjoy security and stability.
We have given H.E. the Ambassador a verbal message for Your Excellency expressing our great concern that you exert your efforts, before the convening of the Arab Petroleum Ministers' conference in Tripoli on Feb 14, 1974, for agreement to be reached between the two sides on the Syrian front, so that our stand at the said meeting could [Page 875] be strong and so that we might forestall any attempt by anyone who might desire to put up obstacles in the path of a quick solution.
H.E. the Ambassador conveyed to us at length at his meeting with us the evening of Feb. 6 Your Excellency's evaluations, and he explained fully to us the embarrassment you are facing as a result of the delay in lifting the ban. The Ambassador also mentioned that you had offered Syria a proposal for disengagement on the Golan front, and assured us of your determination to carry out the terms of the proposal, in the event that Syria agrees to it.
We are now awaiting Syria's views on this proposal so that we will be able to contact our Arab brethren in order to coordinate with them further steps to be taken.
We hope that you will exert efforts for disengagement on the Syrian front before the Arab Oil Ministers' meeting is convened so that we would have a strong argument to put before everyone.
We wish Your Excellency good health and success. God keep you. Faisal al-Saud. Riyadh."
Letter being pouched.
Sayyid Omar Saqqaf, Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, was scheduled to return to Riyadh late last night from Damascus (ref A). We understand he met with the King last night and early this morning. Both the Acting Foreign Minister and Sayyid Omar himself have promised to inform the Ambassador as soon as the Minister returns to Jidda. Although he has not returned yet (1200 GMT Feb 8), the Ambassador hopes he will be able to see him this evening.
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 631, Country Files, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Vol. V. Secret; Immediate; Cherokee; Nodis.↩
A notation at the end of the telegram indicates it was not passed to Cairo, Algiers, or Damascus. According to telegram 628 from Jidda, February 7, Saqqaf, Royal Advisers Prince Nawwaf and Pharaon, and Faisal agreed at a February 6 meeting that the boycott should be lifted, although Faisal insisted that Saudi Arabia could not act alone. Faisal stated, "it had been difficult to build up an Arab consensus and he could not be the one to destroy it." (Ibid.) According to telegram 629 from Jidda, February 7, Akins reiterated to Faisal, February 6, Nixon and Kissinger's commitment to achieving peace in the Middle East, to which Faisal replied "repeatedly" that Saudi Arabia "could not move unilaterally." (Ibid., Kissinger Office Files, Box 139, Country Files, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Feb 74–July 74) Asad also affirmed the "pan-Arab" character of the oil boycott. (Telegram 57 from Damascus, February 9; ibid., Box 1181, Saunders Files, Middle East Negotiations Files, Middle East Peace Negotiations, 2/9–2/15 1974)↩
Scowcroft informed Nixon in a memorandum that Faisal's letter, a translation of which was attached, "was drafted before Ambassador Sowayel reached Saudi Arabia to deliver his report of the meeting with you." (Ibid., Kissinger Office Files, Box 139, Country Files, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Feb 74–July 74) Both Akins and Scowcroft were concerned that Sowayel might distort Nixon's message. (Backchannel messages from Akins to Scowcroft, February 9, and Scowcroft to Akins, February 9; Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box CL 207, Geopolitical Files, Saudi Arabia, Feb 7–Feb 28, 1974; and backchannel message from Akins to Scowcroft, February 11; National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Kissinger Office Files, Box 139, Country Files, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Feb 74–July 74)↩
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Defining Evolution 16: Fossils
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The video above will sum up the key points of this chapter- in this case, why similar features shared by species cannot be used as evidence of evolution The full chapter, which features Rent-A-Friend and his fellow Nacho-eating arm chair philosophers, can be read below. Enjoy! #JesusLovesYou
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Somewhere on the horizon, like a beacon of hope in a storm of copies in triplicate filed with accounts receivable and marketing and meetings about the GNP sway toward diversified demographics whose profiles are identical to previous markets save the range of diverse terminology mandated for categories of markets calculations (After this long, long Thursday, even I didn't know what most of that meant. It was like drinking from a fire hose)… somewhere just beyond all of that was a huge pile of Nachos. But on that horizon (known by locals as Danny's, and labeled by the signage above as Danny's Bar, Grill, and House of Rabblerousing) sat an island of Nachos, gleaming like the setting sun only with far more jalapeños, which was our weekly escape from the storm. A port, surrounded by inlets of root beer.
When I arrived at Danny's, I didn't really think that the conversation about evolution would continue this night. I'd already come up with a wonderfully clear and tremendously helpful definition for Darwinian Evolution (The world's first). We had hashed out the details, debating why the definition said what it did, and then we examined a host of mechanisms of Darwinian Evolution to see that, when Evolution was understood more clearly than "Changes happening" it was obvious that it did not happen. Changes happen all of the time, but not one of them will grow that Darwinian Tree of Life, and thus there is no reason to think Evolution even COULD happen, let lone that it had been going on for billions of years, doing the work of a genetics bioengineer.
However, when I sat down and began to give attention to my root beer, the specter of Darwin arose to haunt our Thursday night once again.
"So I've been thinking," said Captain Blue Beard. "We've sailed down the yellow brick road of Chuck D and seen that Evolution is less tangible than a Kraken in a Pilates class. Yet, I don't think any of us has heard Carl change his mind about Evolution being a fact of science supported by a mountain of evidence, have we lads?"
"It IS supported by a mountain of evidence," said Carl gruffly. "You religious fanatics simply don't understand it."
"Oh, sure," said Blue Beard with a smirk. "I think that's been made clear these past few weeks, eh?"
"I'm pretty sure we've swept away your mountain," I said. "What's still left Carl?"
"You may not understand the mechanisms of Darwinian Evolution," said Carl in a classic fact-ignoring blanket statement, "but the fossil record shows clear evidence that Evolution has been happening for billions of years. If you knew anything about paleontology, you'd know that the fossils show gradual changes from one kind to another for billions of years."
"Can it be?" said Blue Beard with mock concern. "Has science finally raised the SS Darwin from the depths to haunt our shores once more?"
"Now, how do these fossils," Bill asked, "that you talked about, show evolution happening?"
"How do you not know this?" asked Carl incredulously.
"I'm just a humble medical doctor," said Bill. "We don't dig into rocks all that often. I'm far more likely to dig into your chest cavity."
"Well, it's simple," said Carl. "The oldest rock layers contain only simple things, like bacteria, and then above them come worms, and above that fishes, and above that lizards. The fossils show the exact kind of evolutionary progression which Darwin expected."
"It's too bad he didn't live to see that become a reality," I said.
"What do you mean?" asked Carl.
"I mean that Darwin knew the fossil record didn't support his theory. Wait, let me find it." I pulled out my personal electronic device and flipped through some recent bookmarks until I found Chuck D. I read the following to my friends;
"Why then is not every geological formation and every stratum full of such intermediate links? Geology assuredly does not reveal any such finely graduated organic chain; and this, perhaps, is the most obvious and gravest objection which can be urged against my theory. The explanation lies, as I believe, in the extreme imperfection of the geological record." Charles Darwin (1859), The Origin of Species, p. 280.
"I didn't know Darwin said that," said Tom. "I always thought Darwin built his theory in part on what was found in the fossils."
"No such luck," I said.
"That was the mid 1800's!" Carl reminded us. "Darwin even tells you the explanation in that quote. The fossil record was largely unknown at the time. The fossil record has long since vindicated Darwin's theory! Transitions and evolutionary gradualism are found in every layer of rock!"
"You're a man of great faith," I replied, "but sadly not of great information. Here's a quote from famed Evolution true believer Stephen J Gould more than a hundred years after Darwin;
"The main problem with such phyletic gradualism is that the fossil record provides so little evidence for it. Very rarely can we trace the gradual transformation of one entire species into another through a finely graded sequence of intermediary forms."
(Gould, S.J. Luria, S.E. & Singer, S., A View of Life, 1981, p. 641)
"Anyone can quote mine one quack who doesn't know about fossils," said Carl. "But paleontologists have told us for decades how Darwinian the fossil record is."
"Let me see if I can find a quote from someone who works with fossils," I said, scrolling again through my research. "How about a Professor of Geology from the University of Chicago, also a Dean of Science at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago?" I read the following.
"A large number of well-trained scientists outside of evolutionary biology and paleontology have unfortunately gotten the idea that the fossil record is far more Darwinian than it is. This probably comes from the oversimplification inevitable in secondary sources: low-level textbooks, semipopular articles, and so on. Also, there is probably some wishful thinking involved. In the years after Darwin, his advocates hoped to find predictable progressions. In general, these have not been found. Yet the optimism has died hard, and some pure fantasy has crept into textbooks."
DAVID M. RAUP, New Scientist, Vol. 90, p.832, 1981
"You're obviously just taking him out of context!" Carl insisted. "No one in the field, no REAL scientists, would ever say that about the fossil record."
"Oh no?" I asked. "Well, let's see what else he said, to see if maybe it changes his tune. Here he is saying something completely different:"
"There were several problems, but the principle one was that the geologic record did not then and still does not yield a finely graduated chain of slow and progressive evolution. In other words, there are not enough intermediates. There are very few cases where one can find a gradual transition from one species to another. . . (p. 23)
"That's no good," I conceded. "Wait, here's an evolutionary website which provides more of his quotes and context in an effort to explain why people like me are morons."
"Well, we are now about 120 years after Darwin and the knowledge of the fossil record has been greatly expanded. We now have a quarter of a million fossil species but the situation hasn't changed much. The record of evolution is still surprisingly jerky and, ironically, we have even fewer examples of evolutionary transitions than we had in Darwin's time. By this I mean that some of the classic cases of darwinian change in the fossil record, such as the evolution of the horse in North America, have had to be discarded or modified as a result of more detailed information — what appeared to be a nice simple progression when relatively few data were available now appear to be much more complex and much less gradualistic. So Darwin's problem has not been alleviated in the last 120 years and we still have a record which does show change but one that can hardly be looked upon as the most reasonable consequence of natural selection."
"Conflicts between Darwin and Paleontology", Field Museum of Natural History Bulletin Jan. 1979, Vol. 50 No. 1 p. 22-29)
"Obviously he's some Creationist nut who somehow made it into the Field Museum," said Carl. "Anyone can find Darwin deniers who say similar things, but that doesn't make them true."
"Obviously a Creationist Darwin Denier, eh?" I said. "Then perhaps you'll be able to explain why he said this:
"Darwin's theory of natural selection has always been closely linked to evidence form fossils, and probably most people assume that fossils provide a very important part of the general argument that is made in favor of darwinian interpretations of the history of life. Unfortunately, this is not strictly true. We must distinguish between the fact of evolution — defined as change in organisms over time — and the explanation of this change. Darwin's contribution, through his theory of natural selection, was to suggest how the evolutionary change took place. The evidence we find in the geologic record is not nearly as compatible with darwinian natural selection as we would like it to be." (p. 22)*
"As one such Darwin denier," I said, "we don't tend to refer to the "fact" of evolution in this manner. We tend to use words like, "Myth," "religion," or "Stupid."
"Here's my favorite," said Bill holding up his own personal computation device.
"Oh, not you too," said Carl.
"Sorry," said Bill. "But even a humble suburban doctor likes to see what other experts in their field have to say."
"Paleontologists have paid an enormous price for Darwin's argument. We fancy ourselves as the only true students of life's history, yet to preserve our favored account of evolution by natural selection we view our data as so bad that we almost never see the very process we profess to study. …The history of most fossil species includes two features particularly inconsistent with gradualism: 1. Stasis. Most species exhibit no directional change during their tenure on earth. They appear in the fossil record looking much the same as when they disappear; morphological change is usually limited and directionless. 2. Sudden appearance. In any local area, a species does not arise gradually by the steady transformation of its ancestors; it appears all at once and 'fully formed.'"
Gould, Stephen J. The Panda's Thumb, 1980, p. 181-182
"Now, if I recall correctly," said Bill, "the things we all agreed had to be true of evolution according to those trees of life, you remember? We said evolution needed to be about living things changing over time, where as Stephen, here, has said the fossils show stasis, meaning things NOT changing for long periods of time, and sudden appearance, which also isn't changing over time."
"Sounds like special creation to me," I said. "Animal and plant kinds coming into being suddenly and staying the same for long periods of time? Blue Beard, didn't you say both of these were features of Biblical Creation?"
"That's right. These fossils doesn't sound very Darwinian," said Blue Beard, with no surprise at all. "Are you sure you're wise to consider the fossil record to be evidence FOR Evolution?"
"Of course!" said Carl. "Everyone knows that the fossil record has shown evolution. Modern NeoDarwinian evolution is built on the fossil record!"
"Is that so?" said Blue Beard, looking to his own personal computational device. "Then perhaps you can explain this quote from Mark Ridley in New Scientist."
"In any case, no real evolutionist, whether gradualist or punctuationist, uses the fossil record as evidence in favour of the theory of evolution as opposed to special creation."
Ridley, Mark, "Who doubts evolution?" "New Scientist", vol. 90, 25 June 1981, p. 831
"You're just quote mining!" Carl shouted. "None of this means anything!"
"Even if all of these quotes are wrong," I said, "it wouldn't help evolution, since the fossil record can't be relied on to be complete."
""What does that mean?" asked Carl.
"It means," I said, "that even if we find things in the order you suggest we do, it wouldn't matter because we know things can live without leaving fossils when they die. If we found only worms in the lowest rock layers, that wouldn't prove that fish weren't already there at the same time. It would only prove that they didn't get fossilized."
"Nonsense," Carl replied. "The fossil record was fairly incomplete in Darwin's time, but we've found billions of fossils since then. You can't appeal to a lack of fossils to say the record isn't Darwinian."
"Have you ever heard of the coelacanth?" I asked. The boys indicated that they had not, and so I continued. "It is a wide, fat flippered fish which shows up in rocks dated by evolutionists as 80 million years old, and then they don't show up in any rocks more recent."
"So it either went extinct or evolved into another kind of animal," suggested Carl.
"Or, it simply failed to leave any fossils for 80 MILLION years," I replied.
"That's pure speculation. The only way you could know that is if we found one still swimming around in the ocean today."
"Funny you would say that," I said pulling out my personal computation device. "Here's a picture of one. We've been finding them for decades, swimming around in the ocean."
"That fish is a…a living fossil?" Tom murmured.
"And he's not alone," I said. "There is a long and growing list of plants and animals which evolutionists say went extinct millions of years ago which we find living on earth today."
"Just because Natural Selection didn't cause them to change or go extinct," interjected Carl, "doesn't mean this is evidence for your religious mythology."
"What it proves," I said to him, "is that, if we accept your dating methods, something can live for 80 MILLION years without leaving a fossil. If he was here for 80 Million years AFTER his LAST fossil, how can we possibly say he wasn't around BEFORE the FIRST fossil? Very simply we can't."
"Oh my goodness," said Tom, the light bulb in his head illuminating. "That's true! The fossil sequence assumes that the earliest fossil marks when the species evolved- first came into being, and the last fossil tells us when they went extinct. But how can we know that? All things being equal, this fish could have lived 80 million years BEFORE his first fossil. Or more!"
"Well, that would be true," I said, "if there were millions of years in which to live. But I suggest we make that a topic of another night. Right now I think we just need to face the fact that the fossils can't give an evolutionary progression because they are not found in any Darwinian order, and even if they were, we can't know merely from fossils if a species existed when a rock layer was laid down."
"The rock layers," continued Carl, undaunted by information, "are found in ascending ages from billions of years old to modern rock, with the Darwinian progression we expect found in the rocks of the appropriate ages!"
"And how do we determine the age of those rocks?" I asked. "The ones with the fossils in them."
"With science," said Carl, being as specific as I had become accustomed to him being. "Radiometric dating is a fail proof method of determining the age of rock layers. Many different radio dating methods can be used, from Carbon 14 dating to Potassium Argon dating, and they all agree, and support the Evolutionary timeline."
"Carl, you make me sad," I said.
"Because you're starting to see that science disproves this silly religious view of yours?" Carl said smugly.
"No," I said, gazing into my nearly empty root beer mug. "Because you show how very badly public schools have failed."
"Typical," said Carl with a dramatic eye roll. "I show the gaping hole in your theory and you turn to name calling."
"What name did I call you?" I asked.
"Well… it was implied."
"What I said was meant to imply that your time in what I am certain was an expensive university failed to teach you the simplest truths about radio dating techniques or geology."
"I took an overpriced Geology class in college too," said Tom, "and I believe that I was taught the same things Carl was taught."
"I don't doubt it," I said. "I took similar classes. But what you learned was incomplete. Or simply wrong."
"Oh, once again," said Carl, revving up to what was certain to be a rant, were he given long enough time to accelerate, "Rent-A-Friend is going to explain to us how he knows more about science than all of the college professors teaching in their field at all the schools in the country."
"Don't forget to demand my transcripts," I reminded him. "And of course you'll need to see several science papers supporting my position which are published in peer reviewed journals, since, as we all know, science which isn't initially printed in peer reviewed science journals isn't real science."
"Finally, you've said something true!" exclaimed Carl.
"Something true about Darwin's Origin of Species," I said. "So, I suppose then you'll concede that it isn't real science? Since Darwin didn't go through that whole peer review process? Or get a degree in a science field from an accredited college?"
Carl stammered for just a moment and then replied, "Oh, well, I see that we're going to go off on a rabbit trail about history now that I've shown your ignorance about science itself, eh?"
"Carl is absolutely right," I agreed. "What was I saying?"
"You were saying, "said Tom, "that we can't date fossils using radio methods? Was that your point?"
"Almost," I said. Wendy was in the process of dropping off a root beer for me. "Thank you my dear," I said. "Say, Wendy? You took Geology in college, yes?"
"Yes, that's right," she said.
"What kind of rock are fossils found in?"
She thought for a moment, fiddling with one of her braids and then replied, "Mostly sedimentary but also some conglomerate."
"And what is common about both types of rock?" I asked.
"They are formed in water," she replied. "Most rock layers are sedimentary rock, which means they were laid down in water."
"And can you use radiometric dating to determine their ages?" I asked.
"Yes… well, not directly," Wendy said. "See, Radio dating methods are primarily used on volcanic rock. So you can't determine the age of sedimentary rock directly with those methods. If you find sedimentary rock between two layers of volcanic rock, you could date those volcanic layers using radio methods and then assume the layers between to be somewhere in the middle."
"So you can't use ANY radio dating methods on fossils?" I asked.
"Well, you could use Carbon 14 dating," Wendy explained. "But since that method is only good for once living things which died no more than, oh, a hundred thousand years ago, you wouldn't expect to find any C14 in most fossils."
"What would it mean if you were to find C14 in a fossil?" I asked.
"Well, simply it would mean that the plant or animal you were testing must have died less than one hundred thousand years ago. Otherwise all of the C14 would have decayed and there would be none to find."
"So if we tested dinosaur fossils, coal, or diamonds?" I asked.
"Oh, no," she said. "Those are all supposed to be millions of years old. Finding C14 in those would be like finding a still burning candle in a sealed Egyptian tomb."
"What about soft tissue?" I asked. "Skin, bones, and blood? Not impressions of them, but the real thing?"
Wendy shook her head. "That's out of my pay scale. Bill, how long does flesh last?"
"When you cover it in buffalo sauce," said Bill, "About twelve seconds!" Wendy laughed.
"That reminds me," she said, "I need to check with the kitchen. I'll be right back."
"And when it's not covered in buffalo sauce?" I asked.
"Well, in the best conditions," Bill explained, "any living matter will decay in less than 50,000 years. Collagen will last less than a million years. Those mummies they have in the museum, for example, are only a few thousand years old. But the museums still have to work hard to keep them from falling apart."
"Fascinating," said Carl, "but I can't help but feel that Frendius Renticus is leading us away from his intellectual failure."
"Did you not hear what Wendy said?" I asked. "You can't date fossils with radio dating methods. Except carbon 14 dating, which in fact shows they cannot be older than a hundred K."
"You can't use C14 dating on rock!" said Carl. "Don't you know anything?"
"I know that," I said. "I didn't say rock. I said fossils, which, in those cases, are not made of rock but are made of plant and animal. Skin, bone, blood, wood, ink. Dinosaur skin, bone, and blood just to name one example."
"That's what Mary Schweitzer said when she discovered it," I told him. "But it's not uncommon. It's just been kept under wraps. Dinosaur soft tissue has been found multiple times over the past century."
"Hold on," said Tom. "How do we determine the age of fossils if you can't use radio dating methods?"
"Simple," I said. "With evolution." The look on Tom's face told me he had registered my reply as nonsense, so I continued. "The rock layers- the geological column- as you find in your geology textbook are not found in that order in more than one percent of locations on earth. This, of course means that 99% of the rocks on earth are, according to deep time, evolutionary geology, in the "wrong" order. Sometimes they are entirely reversed, in which case it's called an Overthrust. Sometimes GREAT amounts of time are missing- hundreds of millions of years. Those are called an unconformity."
"Hold on now," said Blue Beard. "How does one know that layers are in the wrong order, or that millions of years are missing? If you can't radio date them I mean."
"The way we determine the age of those rocks is with Index Fossils" I replied.
"What is that?" asked Tom.
"That's when we use the common fossils in a rock layer," explained Carl, eager to interrupt, "to determine the age of the rock."
"So if you find a fossil in a rock layer which is a 300 million year old fossil?" I prompted.
"Then obviously you are looking at a rock layer which is 300 million years old," said Carl. "It's not rocket science."
"And how does one determine the age of a fossil?" I asked. "As we cannot radio date them?"
"There's a chart of index fossils in any Geology Textbook," Carl explained. "You check the chart and see when your fossil lived."
"And how did we create this chart?" I asked, wishing Carl would do more of the leg work for me. I don't mind prompting him, but he so often seems like he's happy with a bumper sticker's worth of information.
"It was created," he said annoyed, "by putting living things in the proper evolutionary sequence. Marine invertebrates at the bottom, mammals at the top."
"But, that means you are using evolutionary theory to build the list of index fossils," said Tom.
"That's right," said Carl.
"And then you use that chart to determine the age of rock layers, based on what fossils are found in the layers."
"Yes?" replied Carl, not seeing what the problem was.
"And then you label the fossils based on what rock layer they are found in." Tom paused thoughtfully for a moment. "If I find a fossil in a layer which I know to be 300 million years old, I know the fossil is 300 million years old."
"Naturally," said Carl, beginning to grow suspicious.
"And you claim that the fossils show evolutionary gradualism?" Tom asked. "That the fossils, when put in order according to these dating methods, show a progression consistent with Darwinian Evolution?"
"Now you've got it!" said Carl, and he drank to his own great success.
"But," said Tom, his little grey cells popping into light as the pieces came together, "that means you use evolution to determine the age of the fossils, and then use the fossils to date the rocks, and the rocks to date the fossils, and then use the rocks and fossils as evidence of the evolution which you had to assume to begin this process in the first place."
"What are you saying?" asked Carl. Sometimes it really seems like he doesn't have a native language.
"I'm saying this whole thing is circular reasoning!" exclaimed Tom. "Fossils date the rocks and the rocks date the fossils! This is like using two inch-rulers to measure the other for accuracy. First one is right, because the second one says so. How do we know the second one is accurate? We measure it with the first one!"
"Hey! That's good right there!" said Blue Beard.
"And you are using the fossils as evidence for evolution, when the only reason you can is because you interpret the fossils using the evolutionary assumptions to start with!"
"No," said Carl. "That's not… I mean there are lots of… Look…"
"If the rock layers are found out of order," Tom continued, his eyes wide, "then the fossils aren't found in the evolutionary sequence, are they?"
"Well, no" said Carl. "But that's because of geological processes which can invert those layers…"
"Which means that, unless we began with the evolutionary assumptions, we'd never conclude the evolutionary sequence from the actual fossils, would we?" demanded Tom. "We'd never even determine those layers to BE out of order, would we?"
"Of course we would!" shouted Carl.
"Why? Why would the fossils, found as we find them point toward Darwinian Evolution?"
"Well, because we could arrange them…" Carl's voice trailed off and for a moment it looked like he was thinking. "Look, you just show me some peer reviewed scientific journals which say the same thing these religious fanatics are saying and I'll listen to it, but otherwise, this conversation is over!"
I've got to give it to Carl. He is reliable. By which I mean predictable. By which I mean embarrassing.
Also reliable is our affable waitress, Wendy. She brought the conversation to a close with the intrusion of a huge pile of nachos, placed in our midst like a tropical isle in a vast sea of Thursday nightness.
Except for the occasional giggle from Blue Beard, the next few minutes were smothered in the sound of Nachos being consumed. Tom maintained the look of deep thought which he had, and over the next couple of days I would receive a handful of emails from him asking for sources supporting the position he had begun to see. Thankfully, that was not hard to do. The easy thing about stating the truth is, it's a lot easier to defend.
Happy Nachos! And thanks for letting me be your Rent-A-Friend.
* Quoted from http://commondescent.net/articles/Raup_quote.htm
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"We are excited to now open up N26 to the millions of US consumers who are frustrated with their current banking experience. We give users a banking app and Visa debit card that matches their lifestyles," says Nicolas Kopp, US CEO, N26 Inc.
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Best Huawei P30 Pro Cases in 2022
Joe Maring, Marc Lagace and Andrew Myrick
Best Huawei P30 Pro Cases Android Central 2022
The Huawei P30 Pro is a beautiful handset that pushes the boundaries of design, camera technology, and more. It was one of 2019's hottest phones, but with a slippery glass back that's prone to scratches and cracks, you'll want to slap on a case to ensure no harm befalls it.
Serious value: Spigen Rugged Armor
Heavy duty: SUPCASE Unicorn Beetle Pro
Clearly great: Spigen Liquid Crystal
Fancy fabric: Kwmobile Wallet Case
For case haters: Anccer Colorful Series
Faux leather: Olixar Leather Style
Wallet + case: Spigen Wallet S
Something different: Ringke Fusion-X
Worth the extra money: UAG Plasma Series
Quick access: VRS Design Slim Hybrid Wallet
Tough like a Rhino: RhinoShield SolidSuit
Keep it in your hand: Beovtk Rotating Ring Kickstand Case
A great case from Spigen that we highly recommend is the Rugged Armor. While its design may not be the flashiest around, the Rugged Armor does the basics really well at a price you'll love. The TPU design offers great protection, the button covers are very tactile, and Spigen's Air Cushion Technology keeps the phone safe from even the nastiest of drops.
Do you drop your phone a lot? Like, a lot? If so, you'll want to pick up the always reliable SUPCASE Unicorn Beetle Pro series case for the P30 Pro. It's available in black or a bright blue and features a dual-layer design that includes a front plate with a built-in screen protector.
Want to let the good looks of your P30 Pro shine through? You'll want to get a clear case — specifically the Liquid Crystal from Spigen. This slim case is made entirely of clear TPU that barely adds any bulk to your phone while keeping it protected with Spigen's Air Cushion shock-absorbing technology.
Fabric phone cases can be a lot of fun, and for the P30 Pro, one of your best options is the Kwmobile wallet case. It features a combination of textile fabric and faux leather, with the end result being a case that looks and feels fantastic. You'll also find three card slots and a cash pocket inside.
If you aren't a fan of big, bulky cases but still want to protect your P30 Pro from daily wear-and-tear, you'll want to check out the Anccer Colorful Series. These cases are super thin, come in a variety of striking colors, and even add extra grip thanks to a unique gravel pattern that's featured on some of them.
Leather cases look great, but they also tend to cost a lot. If you want the leather style without paying the premium, check out this Olixar case. The genuine leather back looks and feels great while adding minimal bulk, and along with that, you also get solid protection from drops and falls. Plus, Olixar includes a two-year warranty!
One of the best wallet cases you can buy is the Wallet S from Spigen. Made out of synthetic leather, the case looks very sleek while also keeping your phone safe. There are three card slots, a pocket for cash, and the case even transforms into a kickstand for the P30 Pro for hands-free use.
The Ringke Fusion-X is a great case if you want your phone to really stand out from the crowd. The P30 Pro is stunning enough on its own, but the combination of a clear case with a rugged and stylish bumper on the Fusion-X is a look you won't find anywhere else. Not to mention it also offers military-grade protection.
The UAG Plasma series cases aren't available at a lot of retailers yet, but it deserves a spot on our list because it's an excellent heavy duty case. The backplate is semi-transparent with a smoky finish that looks fantastic paired with the Breathing Crystal version of the P30 Pro, and despite its ruggedness, it's still thin enough to work with wireless charging.
The VRS Design Slim Hybrid Wallet is one of the sleekest wallet cases that can hold up to two credit cards or IDs. The sliding door is touted as being "semi-automatic," which makes it easy to open and close without worrying about losing your cards. Plus, VRS Design offers a 30-day money back guarantee and a one-year warranty.
RhinoShield's line of SolidSuit cases are some of the most popular thanks to the minimal design and impact resistance. This case is rated to absorb an impact from up to 11 feet with the unique honeycomb inner design providing additional defense. The SolidSuit comes in three different color/design options, and all will be perfect additions to the P30 Pro.
At first glance, the Beovtk Rotating Ring Case may just look like your basic case with a pop-out ring holder. However, it also works with magnetic car mounts, so there's one less part to install if you get this case. Plus, you get the added benefit of being able to show off the P30 Pro with the clear back, and protective edges.
Protect your P30 Pro the right way
If you only have the budget for one case, we recommend picking up the Spigen Rugged Armor. This has long been one of our favorite cases for just about every smartphone, thanks to the tried-and-true design, generous protection, and a great price.
For those who picked up one of the more colorful styles of this phone, the Spigen Liquid Crystal will protect your phone while letting you show off its brilliant looks in full glory.
Finally, a case to keep an eye out for is the UAG Plasma series. It's always among the best heavy-duty cases, but also pretty expensive to buy for your phone shortly after launch. The good news is it does typically come down in price after a few months. I've had the opportunity to test this semi-transparent case out and it delivers a mesmerizing effect with the color shifting look on the back, so it's definitely worth your time.
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These are the best thin cases for the Huawei P30 Pro
Don't let your Huawei P30 Pro get unsightly cracks or scratches — keep it protected with a quality thin case.
These are the best screen protectors for the Huawei P30 Pro
The Huawei P30 Pro just might be the best camera on a phone released in 2019 — but you'll want to keep the screen protected so you aren't distracted by scratches or cracks when looking at all those great photos.
The best screen protectors for the Huawei P30 (so far)
Protect the value of your brand new P30 by keeping your display scratch-free with a reliable screen protector.
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Q: Передача параметра в статик метод Добрый день, я привык в Symfony2 делать следующим образом
В service.yml
 api.service.filter:
    class: ApiBundle\Service\FilterRule
    arguments:
        - "%some.parametr%"

В сервисе
 * @param $some
 */
public function __construct($some)
{
    $this->some = $some;
}

и потом в любом методе сервиса этот параметр получать через
$this->some

А тут столкнулся с тем что у меня есть вот такой код
 public static function fromParamFetcher(ParamFetcherInterface $fetcher)
{

    $input = new static();
    $input->code = $fetcher->get('code', $strict = true);
    $input->dateFrom = $fetcher->get('dateFrom', $strict = true);
    $input->dateTo = $fetcher->get('dateTo', $strict = true);
}

И сюда this->some уже не могу передать. Как тут правильно это сделать?

A: Так это же фабрика
http://symfony.com/doc/current/components/dependency_injection/factories.html
services:
    api.service.filter:
        class:   ApiBundle\Service\FilterRule
        factory: ["ApiBundle\Service\FilterRule", fromParamFetcher]
        arguments:
            - '@fetcher'

Но только в конце метода нужно добавить return $input;.

A: Статический метод общий для всех экземпляров классов и может быть вызван без создания объектов.
ClassName::fromParamFetcher($fetcher);

Поэтому мы не можете задействовать внутри него ссылку $this на текущий объект - его просто нет. Вам нужно либо создать объект внутри такого статического класса, либо передать ему нужное значение через дополнительный параметр, либо объявить в классе статическую переменную с заранее заданным значением.