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A Baltimore developer is seeking permission to demolish the Eddie's of Mount Vernon grocery store and the neighboring buildings to make way for a mixed-use development on West Eager Street.
On Tuesday, Baltimore's Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation determined the buildings at 7-11, 13 and 15 W. Eager St. contribute to the neighborhood's historical significance, temporarily blocking them from demolition.
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Contra Mundum: Dawkins and secular hypocrisy
Started by Ken Gilmore, Jul 08 2012 06:02 AM
#1 Ken Gilmore
Ken Gilmore
LocationBrisbane, Australia
I'm not taken with public debates on evolution, atheism, or other big-ticket items as debates are a poor way of discussing such complex subjects. Furthermore, debating subjects such as evolution runs the risk of giving legitimacy to fringe movements such as special creationism. Giving marginal figures such as Ray Comfort or Eric Hovind the oxygen of publicity is often not worth any gains that may be made by pointing out the flaws of special creationism.
In The Blind Watchmaker, Richard Dawkins explained the reason for his refusal to engage in debates where the participants were not sincere in their advocacy of the issues:
I had come a long way to perform the disagreeable task of public speaking, because I believed in the truth of the motion that I had been asked to propose. When I discovered that members of the society were using the motion as a vehicle for playing arguing games, I resolved to decline future invitations from debating societies that encourage insincere advocacy on issues where scientific truth is at stake.
It's an excellent position, but Dawkins has not been consistent in his policy on debating since then. The most egregious example has been his refusal to Christian philosopher and apologist William Lane Craig. Craig is an expert debater, but unlike the special creationists whom Dawkins rightly regards with disdain, he is a recognised philosopher and theologian, with two doctorates and a number of academic publications. New Zealand philosopher Matt Flannagan notes that:
Craig's visit to the UK attracted media attention when Richard Dawkins, author of the best selling "God Delusion", publically and resolutely refused to debate him. Dawkins publically stated earlier of his critics that "he did not care" who they were, he would "dialogue" with them and "win the argument". He also had publically debated numerous critics significantly less qualified than Craig, notably Ted Haggard. These facts, alongside Dawkins implausible and inconsistent reasons lead to accusations of cowardice and hypocrisy from other academics such as Daniel Came a philosophy professor at St Hugh's College Oxford.
While WLC is a professional debater, leading to claims that his vaunted success over atheists in debates owed more to his debating skill rather than the quality of his arguments, Dawkins' reasons for refusing to debate WLC, as Flannagan notes don't withstand scrutiny.
The first is that Dawkins has expressed reservations about WLCs status as a philosopher. Flannagan notes dryly:
Dawkins concern about Craig's alleged lack of scholarly credentials also seems odd seeing that he (Dawkins) had earlier accepted an invitation to debate actor Kirk Cameron. Apparently, having two PhD's, authoring over 100 papers, and writing 30 books on a topic makes you unqualified to speak on it but being the star of the 80′s TV series "Growing Pains" does qualify you. It's also ironic that Dawkins would accuse Craig of lacking scholarly credentials on the matter given that he (Dawkins) is a biologist and not a philosopher of religion.
The second problem with Dawkins' position is the hypocrisy inherent in his claim that WLC is 'morally unfit' to debate. Flannagan again:
To substantiate this he cites not from any of Craig's scholarly writings. But two blog posts Craig had written on with the conquest of Canaan. At face value the early chapters of the book of Joshua portrays God as commanding the killing of every man women and child in Canaan. I say "appears", here because latter sections of the book of Joshua and its sequel in judges proceed on the assumption this never occurred, and studies into ancient conquest accounts of this genre have noted the widespread use of literary hyperbole whereby victories are described in sweeping rhetoric of killing absolutely everyone when in reality they were nothing of the sort.
As it happens Craig does not take these accounts at face value. While he rejects a hyperbolic reading, he suggests the commands are best understood as a command to destroy the nations as a collective group, not to destroy every individual. The command, on Craig's view, is a command to drive the inhabitants out of the land (land to which the Israelites had legal title), with only the die-hard occupants who refused to leave being killed. Moreover, Craig expresses scepticism that women and children were remaining at the time of the attack.
In one place however, Craig granted the face value reading for the sake of argument and argued that even if one accepts this, one can still coherently claim that a loving and just God could have issued the commands in question. While a loving and just God would, in normal circumstances, condemn killing of the innocent, in highly unusual rare circumstances a loving and just being could, for the sake of some greater good, permit or command such killing. Craig is clear that he is talking about rare, highly unusual circumstances where killing brings about some greater good. Moreover, Craig believes that with the exception of a couple of incidents recorded in the bible, God has not ever issued such commands, and we should be extremely sceptical of any claim that he has today.
In the Guardian, Dawkins takes the position Craig adopted for the sake of argument as Craig's actual view, and issued a vitriolic attack on Craig. Dawkins asks? "Would you shake hands with a man who could write stuff like that? Would you share a platform with him? I wouldn't, and I won't. Even if I were not engaged to be in London on the day in question, I would be proud to leave that chair in Oxford eloquently empty."
A charitable interpretation of Dawkins' position is that he's grossly misrepresented WLC. I'm not a fan of Divine Command theory, but Dawkins has arguably attacked a parody of WLC. It's hard to take him seriously as a credible figure on philosophy and theology when he pulls such stunts as this.
Dawkins however appears to have a strange view of morality, as evidenced by his praise for controversial Australian philosopher Peter Singer, whose utilitarian views extend to justifying infanticide under certain conditions:
In a documentary he hosted entitled "the Genius of Darwin" on UK's channel four, Dawkins interviewed Princeton Philosopher Peter Singer. Dawkins opened the interview by stating that Singer was "one of the most moral people in the world", and that he "certainly [had] the one of most logically thought out ethical position in world."
The irony of this is that Singer is (in)famous for his advocacy of infanticide: the killing of newborn infants. In his book Practical Ethics, Singer has argued that atheism and Darwinism lead to the conclusion that human infants have no greater moral standing than that of other animals such as pigs or cows. He concludes that the only reason it's wrong to kill an infant is that doing so upsets the parents or other people in society who desire that it lives. If an infant is disabled, so that its parents do not want it, killing it is permissible. Singer does not limit his conclusion to the severely disabled. He goes so far as to argue that even moderately disabled children can be killed provided that the parents replace the child by having another healthy one. Doing so brings about greater happiness in the world and hence a greater good.
If one applies the same metric to judge both Singer and WLC, it's hard to see how one can call WLC morally unfit, and not tar Singer with the same brush. At best, Dawkins' position is inconsistent. One could be forgiven for thinking that his refusal to debate WLC and willingness to praise Singer is hypocritical. As Flannagan notes:
It's hard to see how this difference makes Craig "morally unfit" to shake his hand while Singer is one of the most "moral people in the world" worth fawning over on UK TV. It makes about as much sense as the claim that a distinguished philosopher of religion is not academically qualified to debate philosophy of religion, while a famous teen heart throb from an 80's sitcom is.
Dawkins, I suspect, realises that not only will his philosophical naivete be exposed by Craig, but he'll be eaten alive and made to look a fool in the process. It's easier to glory over has-been TV actors, I guess.
"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." - Galileo Galilei
#2 Fortigurn
Fortigurn
#3 Chris
LocationTexas, USA
Methinks New Atheism may be losing its momentum.
#4 Evangelion
LocationAdelaide, South Australia
Cracking analysis by Flannagan.
'Abba Antony said, "A time is coming when men will go mad, and when they see someone who is not mad, they will attack him saying, 'You are mad, you are not like us.'"'
Ward, Benedicta. The Sayings of the Desert Fathers (2006), Antony 25, p. 5.
Credo.
It's a bit hard to go forward when they're pulling themselves apart over matters such as ElevatorGate and sexual politics.
Ho, ho, ho...
In 1970, a promising young scientist returned to Oxford to become a lecturer in the Department of Zoology. He had worked under a Nobel Laureate, Nikolaas Tinbergen, and had published a handful of low-impact papers, mostly about the pecking order of baby chicks. Over the next few years his scientific publications remained modest (and included an absurd speculation that neurone death might be a memory mechanism, published in Nature). But in 1976 he published a popular science book with a catchy title and his public profile went stratospheric.
The Selfish Gene took a scientific idea with an important grain of truth in it ('Inclusive Fitness') and elevated it to dogma. Supposedly, we are nothing but lumbering, dribbling bio-cyberbots controlled by our genes: we exist solely because of these, and selfishly reproduce ourselves through sex in order to populate the world with hordes of mini-mes. The book coincided with the rise of materialism and individualism, and became sacred writ to a generation of selfish go-getters.
Richard Dawkins had discovered his métier: a writer of populist science books with a certain socio-political agenda. Having contributed one-and-a-half moderately interesting ideas to evolutionary theory (the 'Evolutionary Arms Race' and the 'Extended Phenotype'), he published very little primary science, becoming a scientific commentator and populariser.
His scientific career rather stalled – he was only appointed Reader in 1990. However, in 1995 an admirer (who had made some serious money from Microsoft) made Oxford University and offer they couldn't refuse, and handsomely endowed a professorship for (not 'of') Public Understanding of Science with the express intention that the first holder should be Richard Dawkins.
As an Oxford professor, free to preach and publish without being a drain on University funds, Richard Dawkins strutted the international stage. He collected sundry honorary doctorates and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society at the relatively late age of 61. In 2006 he launched his broadside The God Delusion.
This grossly overstated diatribe attracted very mixed reviews even from his admirers, and scathing reviews from his opponents (Terry Eagleton famously compared it to 'a book on biology written by someone whose sole knowledge of the subject was acquired from reading The Book of British Birds'). By 2009, John Polkinghorne and Nicholas Beale could write that 'a number of serious scientists have come to the view that, by taking shrill positions that go well beyond his area of expertise, Dawkins is bringing science into disrepute' (Questions of Truth p30, unchallenged in any academic review).
Richard Dawkins retired from his professorship in 2008, but his fame spreads and he continues to be referred to, wrongly, as Professor Dawkins. However, his basic scientific dogma is now fraying badly at the edges.
Firstly, it is now clear, contrary to what was supposed in the 1970s, that genes, although important, are not nearly as important as people then imagined. The human genome is much smaller than was surmised, and much smaller than the genomes of far simpler organisms (maize, for example). The idea that there is 'a gene for X' which underlies most of Dr Dawkins' thinking is ludicrously over-simplistic: genes always act through extremely complex biological networks involving hundreds or even thousands of other genes, and every gene appears to be involved in a myriad of such networks.
It is now quite clear that much of inheritance is 'epigenetic', ie not done through the genes at all (epigenetics is a rapidly-developing field of research). Nor are these non-genetic effects matters of minor significance: it is known from twin studies that 80 per cent of variation in stature is inherited, but only about 16 per cent of this can be traced to genetic causes.
Secondly, first-rate scientists are making it increasingly clear that Dr Dawkins' simplistic views don't hold water at a biological level. Denis Noble (elected FRS at 43, and currently President of the International Union of Physiological Sciences) has persuasively rebutted Dr Dawkins' proposals, most notably in his book The Music of Life, along with subsequent scientific articles.
John Polkinghorne (elected FRS at 44) and Simon Conway-Morris (FRS at 39) have also been effective critics. And recently two world renowned Harvard biologists, EO Wilson and Martin Nowak, demonstrated that the whole idea of 'Inclusive Fitness' is, at best, an approximation that is almost never accurate, and can be quite wrong in significant cases.
So, when we hear the shrill voice of Dr Richard Dawkins bleating about Professor Craig's 'relentless drive for self-promotion', and rejecting the debasement of his eminent CV by debating with the distinguished Christian apologist, we should remember this: Richard Dawkins never contributed much to science; his Oxford chair was bought for him by a rich admirer; and the scientific ideas upon which he built his reputation are increasingly discredited. Those beguiled by his diatribes are listening neither to the voice of reason nor science.
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And the momentum continues to slow.
I think the New Atheists lost a lot of steam when Hitchens died. He was a brawling headkicker with fire in his belly, but he was in tune with popular culture and galvanised the younger generation.
Dawkins exists in the rarefied atmosphere of academia, and seems almost as unfamiliar with the real world as he is with any form of Christianity more sophisticated than fundamentalism (demonstrated by his patronising response to Elevatorgate).
Sam Harris might have filled the gap left by Hitchens (at least, intellectually), but he's not the consummate performer Hitchens was, and his extremist views have left him vulnerable to savage critique from his fellow atheists.
We can forget about Dennett and Stenger; they're not even on the general public's radar.
It's important to differentiate between the 'New Atheism' and the disenchantment with organised Christianity. The latter is here to stay, while the former is beginning to balkanise, as evidenced by the internecine squabbling over sexual politics. When you try to bring together the radical left (feminists, marxists and other left-wing culture warriors), libertarian frat boys and old-school atheistic scientists, whose only uniting feature is a lack of religious belief, you're bound to end up with problems, once you've exposed the failings of organised Christianity in areas such as child abuse, science denialism and being sock-puppets for the political right for the n-th time. You can see signs of fatigue in atheists such as John Loftus and Alex Botten. If you think that the only instantiation of Christianity is its fundamental variant, then you're going to get tired after ritually thrashing Independent Fundamental Baptists and AiG for the ten thousandth time.
Ironically, the New Atheists may well have done us a favour by concentrating on the low-hanging fruit, and in the process demonstrating that in many ways they're the atheistic analog of fundamentalism. It may well allow us to emphasise to those disenchanted with mainstream Christianity that there's more to Christianity than the 700 Club and Ken Ham.
#10 Hudders
Hudders
Mooooderator
LocationNSW, Australia
... and Alex Botten.
LOL, I just read the comments section on his blog:
John Bedson
If you want to quit, I'll take over writing this blog for you, if that will help.
Sorry John, I'm not passing the blog on.
Edited by Hudders, 08 July 2012 - 09:47 PM.
#11 Ken Gilmore
Is Bedson looking for a new home? Hmmm...
#12 Evangelion
^^ Good question. Did Corky get tired of him?
Also, is Alex packing up shop?
#13 Fortigurn
This was ironic:
A few people will have noticed that they can no longer contact me on Facebook, that's because I've cut the people I'm 'friends' with back to those I either know in real life, or those who've interacted enough with me for my interest in what they've got to say to continue. If I've deleted you and you feel offended by it, please don't – I had to clear my timeline of an almost endless stream of negative posts against religion.
Is Alex feeling a bit John Loftus these days?
After the Hitler posts vanished, Bedson stopped commenting. I can't help speculating whether that was indeed the case.
Looks like it. He's grown tired of tackling Eric Hovind and Sye Ten Bruggencate, who in his universe represent the entire spectrum of Christian thought. Not quite a dummy spit, but rather a recognition that you won't get through YEC / presuppositional Christians with a diamond-tipped drill and a tonne of thermite. A shame he can't get past his fundamentalist past and recognise that there's more to Christianity than those two characters.
He wishes.
Edited by Ken Gilmore, 09 July 2012 - 12:01 AM.
I think it's hilarious that Botten, Corky and Bedson have all fallen over in a heap.
Looks like it.
Pfft. Lightweight. That's what he gets for being a glass cannon atheist.
A shame he can't get past his fundamentalist past and recognise that there's more to Christianity than those two characters.
He knows there is, because he's familiar with our community.
The simple truth is that he lacks the knowledge, ability, and intellectual honesty to tackle anything more sophisticated than Dr Dino so he has to pretend it doesn't exist.
On the rare occasions when he can't help addressing it (e.g. when you, Fort and Len have posted on his blog) he has to convince himself that it's all based on cherrypicking and subjective exegesis. Deep down, he knows he can't afford to take up the challenge because he'd be torn to shreds in minutes.
That was painfully evident the moment the question of hermeneutics was raised. Definitely a Brave Sir Robin moment.
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                            int br_in_perc = seekBar.getProgress();
                            br_value.setText(String.valueOf(100*br_in_perc/seekBar.getMax())+" %");
                            handler.postDelayed(refresh, 100);
                        }
                    };
                    handler.post(refresh);
                } else {
                    br_value.setText(R.string.write_settings_not_allowed);
                }
            }

            @Override
            public void onStartTrackingTouch(SeekBar seekBar) {

            }

            @Override
            public void onStopTrackingTouch(SeekBar seekBar) {

            }
        });
    }

    public int getMaxBrightness(Context context, int defaultValue){

        PowerManager powerManager = (PowerManager) context.getSystemService(Context.POWER_SERVICE);
        if(powerManager != null) {
            Field[] fields = powerManager.getClass().getDeclaredFields();
            for (Field field: fields) {

                //https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/refs/heads/master/core/java/android/os/PowerManager.java

                if(field.getName().equals("BRIGHTNESS_ON")) {
                    field.setAccessible(true);
                    try {
                        return (int) field.get(powerManager);
                    } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
                        return defaultValue;
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        return defaultValue;
    }

    public void writeSettings() {
        boolean canWrite = Settings.System.canWrite(getApplicationContext());
        if (!canWrite) {
            AlertDialog.Builder writeSettingsDialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(Brightness.this, R.style.AlertDialog);
            writeSettingsDialog.setTitle(R.string.bright_alert_title)
                    .setMessage(R.string.bright_alert_text)
                    .setCancelable(false)
                    .setPositiveButton(R.string.ok, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                        @Override
                        public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                            Intent intent = new Intent(Settings.ACTION_MANAGE_WRITE_SETTINGS);
                            startActivity(intent);
                        }
                    })
                    .setNegativeButton(R.string.cancel, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                        @Override
                        public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                            finish();
                            Toast.makeText(Brightness.this, R.string.settings_cancelled, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                        }
                    });
            AlertDialog alertDialog = writeSettingsDialog.create();
            alertDialog.show();
            alertDialog.getButton(AlertDialog.BUTTON_NEGATIVE).setTextColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.black));
            alertDialog.getButton(AlertDialog.BUTTON_POSITIVE).setTextColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.black));
        }
    }
}

At the end of the code is AlertDialog which checks for permission to write settings.
Hope it helps

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The Undergraduate Diploma Program for a Bachelor of Science in Public Health offers college students with the talents vital to grasp the advanced factors that affect the well being of people, families, communities, and populations and to take a public well being approach to addressing these components to enhance health outcomes for each individuals and societies. Every year, more than one billion folks suffer from mosquito-borne illnesses corresponding to malaria, dengue, chikungunya, West Nile Virus and yellow fever. This programme covers the entire breadth of public health, which focuses on excessive-, middle- and low-revenue countries. The SHARE challenge collects data about folks's well being, socio-economic standing, social networks and use of healthcare providers.
Our students come from a wide range of health and social care professions regionally, from across the UK and internationally, together with these working in health care, social companies, environmental well being, local authorities and the voluntary sector. And as an alternative of prescribing medication for high blood pressure, we examine the links among weight problems, diabetes and heart disease—and we use our information to affect policy aimed toward reducing all three circumstances.
Public well being promotes and protects the well being of people and the communities where they reside, learn, work and play. This module focuses on research as part of a body of evidence used for professional apply and provides you with an outline of methodologies and strategies at the moment used in research in health and social care working environments. In the fourth 12 months of the program, college students will take part in a practicum, which allows the ideas learned in program course work to be utilized to a real world" setting alongside professionals in public well being organizations in central Iowa.
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Last night the first book signing was held at Aero Studios for American Modern by Thomas O'Brien. This beautiful new book published by Abrams is filled with not only pictures of Thomas O'Brien's favorite rooms from his homes and clients, but also with the thought process and stories behind the pieces and why they are special. Visit your local bookstore, Aero Studios, Abrams or search online to acquire your own copy of American Modern by Thomas O'Brien.
Hickory Chair is introducing a very large new collection by Thomas O'Brien at the Spring International Home Furnishings Market in High Point, North Carolina next month. These amazing new pieces have a heritage of being reproduced or inspired by timeless, classic pieces that have withstood the test of time. Thomas has perfected each piece to every detail from the crispness of carving, the proportion and scale to the jewerly-like custom hardware. Next week we will work together to install these beautiful new pieces in our showroom in High Point. In the weeks to come we will share photography of the pieces. This summer you will be able to visit key furniture stores, boutique stores and trade showrooms to see the pieces in person.
Interested in learning more? I found a wonderful blog today about Thomas O'Brien named Everything LEB entitled Changes Over Time. I think you will enjoy it too!
I am looking forward to coming and seeing his new collection at market!
Laura, Thank you for the note. We are already here in the showroom setting up this AMAZING new collection! See you soon!


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Democrat official pleads guilty to stuffing ballot boxes in Philadelphia elections
22 May, 2020 / 07:45EDT
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Domenick J. DeMuro, who served as a Philadelphia elections judge and Democratic Party official, plead guilty this week to altering election results by stuffing ballot boxes for Democratic candidates. He was paid thousands of dollars to do so during elections in 2014, 2015 and 2016.
It is reported that he served as a consultant and charged clients upwards of $5,000 to rig election results. Philadelphia prosecutors allege that he stuffed ballots for numerous elections to assist Democrats running for local, state and even federal offices.
"DeMuro fraudulently stuffed the ballot box by literally standing in a voting booth and voting over and over, as fast as he could, while he thought the coast was clear," said U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain. "Voting is the cornerstone of our democracy. If even one vote is fraudulently rung up, the integrity of that election is compromised."
As an example of DeMuro's nefarious activity, in 2016 he provided receipts for 266 votes in the city's 39th Ward, when only 220 registered voters participated in voting at that particular location. According to court filings similar activity has occurred repeatedly throughout his years of involvement with elections.
This news comes on the heels of a nationwide debate over voting by mail, which is seen by many as an opportunity for increased fraudulent activity and a process that heavily favors Democrats.


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Google Docs versus Microsoft Word: Attorneys blame 'technical incompatibilities' for late filing
by Sabrina I. Pacifici on Jan 3, 2021
ZDNet – "…The American legal system runs on deadlines. As one practicing attorney wrote in an official publication for the American Bar Association, "[M]issing any filing deadline is a lawyer's worst nightmare." That's especially true if you're representing the plaintiffs in an "Emergency Complaint For Expedited Declaratory And Emergency Injunctive Relief" involving the United States Presidential election before a Federal District Court. For those keeping score at home, that's two Emergencies and one Expedited in a single motion. All of which makes this weekend's filing from the plaintiffs' legal team in Gohmert v. Pence particularly eye-catching:
Plaintiffs' Unopposed Motion to File Responsive Brief Late – Come now the Plaintiffs, U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert (TX-1), Tyler Bowyer, Nancy Cottle, Jake Hoffman, Anthony Kern, James R. Lamon, Sam Moorhead, Robert Montgomery, Loraine Pellegrino, Greg Safsten, Kelli Ward, and Michael Ward, by and through their undersigned counsel, and request that this Court allow Plaintiffs to file their responsive brief one hour late. In support thereof, Plaintiffs state: Plaintiffs have employed a team of lawyers to prepare their responsive brief. During the course of preparation, Plaintiffs' counsel have encountered numerous technical incompatibilities in the software versions between Google Docs and Microsoft Word resulting in editing difficulties and text problems. WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs request an extension of one hour of the deadline for filing their responsive brief. [emphasis added]
I read that and had to rub my eyes and reread it about five more times to make sure I was really seeing a Federal court filing in which the attorneys for a sitting member of the United States Congress, suing the Vice President of the United States, told a Federal District Court that they needed a one-hour extension because they were having trouble getting Google Docs and Microsoft Word to play nicely together…"
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Another bad side to stamped concrete is durability. Concrete tends to crack overtime, more so if it is exposed to weather changes. A heavy load is also a factor. So the location where stamped concrete is installed should also be taken into consideration. This is the reason why stamped concrete is ideal for walkways and not on driveways. But when it comes to upkeep, stamped concrete wins. It's easy to clean and may essentially need little to zero maintenance at all. Nevertheless, contractors advise that the concrete is sealed for increased protection.
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Q: Activation function defined as a convolution (proof verification) I would like to request a proof verification.
I am currently reading this paper, and I am trying to prove Eq. (3) from the paper.

The operator $\ast$ is the convolution operation and $\phi_n(x) = n\phi(nx)$ with $\phi(x) = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}}e^{-\frac{x^2}{2}}$. (Gaussian function)
I have tried this tedious calculation 3 times, and could not get the same answer as the paper. Can anyone check my calculations? I have written the full calculation process below.

I want to calculate the following function defined by a convolution.
$$G(x, \alpha, n) = (\mathrm{LeakyReLU[\alpha]} \ast \phi_n)(x) = \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \mathrm{LeakyReLU}[\alpha](x-y)\phi_n(y)\,d{y}.$$
Since
$$\mathrm{LeakyReLU}[\alpha](x-y) = \begin{cases} x - y & (y \leq x) \\ \alpha(x-y) & (y > x) \end{cases},$$
we split the integral into two parts.
$$
\begin{aligned}
G(x, \alpha, n) &= \int_{-\infty}^{x} (x-y)\phi_n(y)\,d{y} + \int_{x}^{\infty} \alpha(x-y)\phi_n(y)\,d{y} \\
&= \int_{-\infty}^{x} (x-y)n\phi(ny)\,d{y} + \int_{x}^{\infty} \alpha(x-y)n\phi(ny)\,d{y} \\
&= \frac{n}{\sqrt{2\pi}} \int_{-\infty}^{x} (x-y) e^{-\frac{n^2y^2}{2}}\,dy + \frac{\alpha n}{\sqrt{2\pi}} \int_{x}^{\infty} (x-y) e^{-\frac{n^2y^2}{2}}\,dy.
\end{aligned}
$$
Let each term be $(\ast)$ and $(\ast\ast)$ respectively. Then
$$
\begin{aligned}
(\ast) &= \frac{nx}{\sqrt{2\pi}} \int_{-\infty}^x e^{-\frac{n^2y^2}{2}} \,dy - \frac{n}{\sqrt{2\pi}} \int_{-\infty}^x ye^{-\frac{n^2y^2}{2}} \,dy\\
& = \frac{nx}{\sqrt{2\pi}} \int_{-\infty}^{\frac{nx}{\sqrt{2}}} e^{-t^2} \frac{\sqrt{2}}{n} \,dt - \frac{n}{\sqrt{2\pi}} \left[-\frac{1}{n^2} e^{-\frac{n^2y^2}{2}}\right]^x_{-\infty} \\
&=\frac{x}{2} \cdot \frac{2}{\sqrt{\pi}} \int_{-\infty}^{\frac{nx}{\sqrt{2}}} e^{-t^2} \,dt + \frac{n}{\sqrt{2\pi}}\cdot\frac{1}{n^2}e^{-\frac{n^2x^2}{2}} \\
&= \frac{x}{2} \left[\mathrm{erf}\left(\frac{nx}{\sqrt{2}} \right) + 1\right] + \frac{1}{n}\cdot \frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}} e^{-\frac{n^2x^2}{2}}
\end{aligned}
$$
I substituted $\frac{ny}{\sqrt{2}} = t$ in the second line. The second part is pretty much the same calculation, with the additional $\alpha$ multiplied.
$$
\begin{aligned}
(\ast\ast) &= \alpha\frac{nx}{\sqrt{2\pi}} \int_x^{\infty} e^{-\frac{n^2y^2}{2}} \,dy - \alpha \frac{n}{\sqrt{2\pi}} \int_x^{\infty} ye^{-\frac{n^2y^2}{2}} \,dy \\
&= \alpha \frac{nx}{\sqrt{2\pi}} \int_{\frac{nx}{\sqrt{2}}}^{\infty} e^{-t^2} \frac{\sqrt{2}}{n} \,dt - \alpha \frac{n}{\sqrt{2\pi}} \left[-\frac{1}{n^2} e^{-\frac{n^2y^2}{2}}\right]_x^{\infty} \\
&=\frac{\alpha x}{2} \cdot \frac{2}{\sqrt{\pi}} \int^{\infty}_{\frac{nx}{\sqrt{2}}} e^{-t^2} \,dt - \frac{\alpha n}{\sqrt{2\pi}}\cdot\frac{1}{n^2}e^{-\frac{n^2x^2}{2}} \\
&=\frac{\alpha x}{2} \left[1 - \mathrm{erf}\left(\frac{nx}{\sqrt{2}}\right)\right] - \frac{\alpha}{n}\cdot \frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}}e^{-\frac{n^2x^2}{2}}.
\end{aligned}
$$
I also substituted $\frac{ny}{\sqrt{2}} = t$ in the second line. Adding the two results gives
$$
\begin{aligned}
G(x, \alpha, n) =&\, \frac{x}{2}\left[\mathrm{erf}\left(\frac{nx}{\sqrt{2}}\right) + 1\right] + \frac{1}{n}\cdot \frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}}e^{-\frac{n^2x^2}{2}} \\
&+ \frac{\alpha x}{2}\left[1 - \mathrm{erf}\left(\frac{nx}{\sqrt{2}}\right)\right] - \frac{\alpha}{n}\cdot\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}}e^{-\frac{n^2x^2}{2}} \\
=& \frac{1+\alpha}{2}x + \frac{1-\alpha}{2}x\,\mathrm{erf}\left(\frac{nx}{\sqrt{2}}\right) + \frac{1}{n}\cdot\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}}e^{-\frac{n^2x^2}{2}} - \frac{\alpha}{n}\cdot\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}}e^{-\frac{n^2x^2}{2}}
\end{aligned}
$$
My problem here is that the first 3 terms coincide with the result in the paper. But I have no idea where the last term came from.

The equations are tedious, so please understand my abuse of notation, and there may be some typos.
Thanks in advance for check this tedious calculation for me.

A: You're right; the paper is wrong. This is easiest to see if you choose $\alpha=1$. Then the convolution of $x$ with a Gaussian should indeed yield $x$, not an additional Gaussian term. You don't need to evaluate any integrals for that; it follows by symmetry, since a convolution of a symmetric and an antisymmetric function must yield an antisymmetric function.


Most of the user might experience this error(Source path too Long) while trying to delete or copy the files. The windows will prompt the following error message.
There is a pre-defined character limit beyond which you cannot name a file or folder, and it varies from one OS to another. Mostly it varies between 256 and 260 characters. This is the character limit for a file name, which excludes the file path under which it is located, like "C:\Documents and Settings\Test User\Desktop\test file.txt". But, when you copy a file from one location, it takes into account the entire file path. So, if the file is residing under a folder which is too deep or too long, that has a length beyond the set-limit, you will get errors (Source path Long) like the ones shown above.
To work around this problem, rename the folder so that the files that exceed the MAX_PATH limit no longer exist. In this case, start from the root folder or any other point, then rename the folders to abbreviate their names. If this is not sufficient to solve the problem, for example, if a file is located at a depth greater than 128 folders, go to Resolution 3.
If Resolution 1 is not workable or does not solve the problem, create a network share at the maximum possible depth in the folder structure, then rename the folders by accessing the share.
Many Windows programs have a maximum path length of less than 255 characters and therefore allocate sufficient internal storage space for these typical paths only. The NTFS file system does not provide this limit and allows the use of longer paths.
This problem may occur if you create a share at a certain point in the folder structure at a sufficiently low level, and then create a complex structure below that point by using sharing. Some tools that act locally on the folder structure may not be able to visit the entire structure starting from the root folder. In order for these tools to visit sharing, it may be necessary to use them in a particular way. A method for visiting the entire structure in this situation is described in the documentation for the CreateFile API.
Generally, it is possible to manage the files using the program with which they were created. If you have a program that can create files that exceed the MAX_PATH limit, you can generally use that same program to delete or manage files. Files created on a share can usually be deleted using the same share.
If you cant able to follow the above-mentioned solution you can try SuperDelete to delete those files. SuperDelete is a free command line utility for Windows that lets you remove files and folders with very long path names. And this utility comes very handy when Windows Explorer is not able to delete a few unwanted files that have the path longer than 260 characters.
This tiny tool is super easy to use and configure. All you need to do is download the script and open a CMD window and execute commands to delete the files. SuperDelete supports files having path up to 32767 characters which are way beyond the default 260 character limit. So, the tool should work pretty much fine for normal users.
Note: if you have full admin access then there is no need check the ACL, You are good to delete the files and folders Directly.
How to Use SuperDelete to fix Source path too Long Error?
Click here to download the SuperDelete from Github directly.
Download the latest version, Optionally you can download the source code as well if you want to include SuperDelete in your projects or want to compile it yourself. Once you have the executable, open a CMD window in that folder.
Now Type the above-mentioned command in the command prompt, Type the path of the file or folder which you want to delete, this command will delete the file and give the confirmation message. Once you got the confirmation then check the path whether the file is deleted or not.
This command works in a similar way; the only difference is that it would not show any confirmation. It will directly go ahead and delete the file without a prompt.
This command implements the feature that we've been talking about in this post. If you have administrator rights on the drive, you can bypass all the ACL checks even if you do not have sufficient rights in ACL to remove that file. This is useful when a drive is moved from another machine or Windows installation.
SuperDelete is an amazing little tool that gets the job done. The tool runs entirely from the command line, and some users might find it difficult to access. But all in all, this tool works when it comes to deleting files with long paths which cannot be accessed by Windows Explorer.
Or You are finding difficulties to delete those files use the software Long Path Eraser to delete the file that has a long path.
Click here to download–>Long Path Eraser.
Long path Tool is my favorite tool.This works fine compare to any other tool.
Click here to download–>Long Path Tool.
I was facing the same problem but then i used long path tool and it worked very well.
you should try 'long path tool'..


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module InstallMgrCookbook
  class IbmSecureStorageFile < Chef::Resource
    resource_name :ibm_secure_storage_file
    property :secure_file, String, name_property: true
    property :master_pw_file, [String, nil], default: nil
    property :master_pw, [String, nil], default: nil
    property :url, String, default: 'http://www.ibm.com/software/repositorymanager/entitled/repository.xml'
    property :imutilsc_dir, String, default: '/opt/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse/tools'
    property :passport_advantage, [TrueClass, FalseClass], default: false
    property :username, [String, nil], default: nil
    property :password, [String, nil], default: nil
    property :sensitive_exec, [TrueClass, FalseClass], default: true

    action :create do
      file master_pw_file do
        content master_pw
        mode '0600'
        sensitive true
      end

      # if passportAdvantage ignore url.
      if passport_advantage
        cmd = "./imutilsc saveCredential  -passportAdvantage -userName \"#{username}\" -userPassword "\
        "\"#{password}\" -secureStorageFile \"#{secure_file}\" -masterPasswordFile \"#{master_pw_file}\""
      else
        cmd = "./imutilsc saveCredential  -url \"#{url}\" -userName \"#{username}\" -userPassword "\
        "\"#{password}\" -secureStorageFile \"#{secure_file}\" -masterPasswordFile \"#{master_pw_file}\""
      end

      execute "imutilsc command #{secure_file}" do
        cwd imutilsc_dir
        command cmd
        sensitive sensitive_exec
        action :run
        not_if { ::File.exist?(secure_file) }
      end
    end
  end
end

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Conducts trauma-informed educational workshops for social service and healthcare providers in community and institutional settings to sensitize them to survivors' unique needs and teach practical interventions.
Conducts staff training on practice issues pertaining to survivor populations.
Provides clinical supervision for social service and healthcare professionals.
Conducts workshops on self-care practices to guard against vicarious trauma.
Conducts workshops on wellness strategies including stress management and relaxation techniques.
Advises developers of services for survivors of genocide and war-related trauma.
Provides mentoring for social service and healthcare providers and university students.
Writes articles for YouAreUNLTD on a variety of topics including aging, life lessons, gratitude and spirituality.
McGill University, School of Social Work (1991 – Present)
Adjunct Professor, Guest Lecturer
Created and taught practice-oriented sessional course: "Social Work Practice with Older Adults."
Guest lecturer on topics that include: trauma, aging, and resilience; a community-based group trauma recovery model: The Drop-in Centre for Holocaust Survivors; and self-care practices that guard against burnout and vicarious trauma.
Former onsite and external field supervisor and field liaison for social work program interns.
Cummings Centre (2000 – 2015)
Program Manager, Services for Holocaust Survivors and their Families
Managed Services for Holocaust Survivors which include: a Drop-in Centre; Survivor Assistance Office; inter-generational projects and programs; publication and distribution of memoirs; survivor compensation funds from various governments; and Holocaust advisory committees.
Provided direct service to survivors through consultation, supportive counseling, referrals and program facilitation.
Conducted needs assessment research to identify emerging trends and gaps in service in order to recommend new or expanded programs and services.
Researched, developed and implemented new programs and services. Examples include a partnership with the Canadian Red Cross, Quebec Region to establish a Holocaust Survivors' Tracing Centre, the first of its kind in Canada, and the Claims Conference Hardship Fund program targeted for the Moroccan community.
Organized the annual Holocaust Commemoration Service for agency and Federation Combined Jewish Appeal staff.
Trained staff and volunteers on issues that pertain to Holocaust survivors.
Advocated with the German Embassy. Established the first health resort cure facility in Quebec and pioneered community authorization to stamp life certificates.
Secured grants to establish the first Survivor Assistance Office in Canada and to publish a survivors' memoir book.
Private Practice (1995 – 2000)
Therapist/Social Worker
Provided individual, couple and family counseling.
Counseled individuals, families and groups in the areas of post-traumatic stress.
Incorporated mind-body-soul approach into clinical practice that empowered individuals to cope with challenges, changes, and traumatic events.
Identified the need for a Holocaust Survivor Drop-in Centre and secured funding from the Montreal Jewish Community Foundation to develop the service. Designed, implemented and facilitated this one-year pilot project that evolved into the present Services for Holocaust Survivors at the Cummings Jewish Centre for Seniors.
Provided case management for survivors whose adult children lived out of town.
Facilitated educational, support and discussion groups for Holocaust survivors and their descendants.
Conducted educational workshops for healthcare providers in community and institutional settings to sensitize them to survivors' unique needs and teach practical interventions.
Trained interviewers about the emotional impact of trauma for Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation, a project initiated by filmmaker Steven Spielberg. Counseled Holocaust survivors who required support after the interviews.
Jewish Support Services for the Elderly (1989 – 1995)
Coordinator of Outreach
Secured a grant from the Claims Conference in 1989 to develop an outreach program for Holocaust Survivors. This community-based service model was the first of its kind in Canada.
Planned, developed and facilitated support groups for Holocaust survivors.
Conducted staff training workshops on understanding Holocaust survivors.
Developed and conducted the outreach program for older adults.
Coordinated and facilitated a psychosocial day program for Jewish seniors.
Conducted one-on-one counseling, case management, and psychosocial assessments.
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