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9 min Video: Trump and The Third Temple
Notes from video:
The Jewish Temple Mount movement are excited over the recent election of Donald Trump.
They know very well that rebuilding the Jewish temple in today's world would be a dangerous and politically incorrect task. In their view, if there is any modern political leader with the guts and determination to stand behind such a project, it could be President Trump.
Biblically, many Christians affirm that the Jewish temple will be rebuilt at some point in the End Times. Could President Trump's strong pro-Israel stand be the game changer which could help lay the groundwork? What role would President Putin play in the mix?
The Cyrus Mandate
A number of Christian leaders, including author Lance Wallnau, have been comparing Trump to the Biblical King Cyrus.
While several Christian bible teachers have pointed out similarities with Cyrus, few have raised the point that a primary part of Cyrus' divine calling was to order the rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem (Isaiah 44:28, Ezra 1:2). If President Trump really has a similar calling to King Cyrus, could it be that God would use this real estate developer turned President to facilitate the greatest property development of modern time – the rebuilding of the Temple?
A Letter from the Sanhedrin
Within days of the election victory, long time Temple Mount advocate and now prominent member of the Israeli Knesset Rabbi Yehudah Glick, issued a public call inviting Trump to visit the Temple Mount.
This call was followed days later by an open letter from the re-convened Jewish Sanhedrin. The open letter addressed BOTH Russian President Putin and the new US President Trump – asking them both to fulfil the Cyrus mandate of enabling the rebuilding of the Temple.
Rabbi Hillel Weiss, who serves as spokesman for the Sanhedrin, explained that Donald Trump's rise to power had 'made the eternal Jewish dream a very real possibility'. Trump's strong stand in support of the Jewish claim to Jerusalem and the West Bank (Biblically known as Judea and Samaria) has led to the Sanhedrin to the belief that he could also support full Israeli rights to the Temple Mount.
Compared to President Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin might seem like an even more unlikely Cyrus. Many would instead view him as a potential 'Gog' – one of Israel's great End Time enemies.
The Sanhedrin however are basing their letter to Putin on unverified positive reports concerning Putin's attitude to the Temple Mount.
The optimism of the Sanhedrin is palpable. Rabbi Weiss explains: "We are poised to rebuild the Temple. The political conditions today, in which the two most important national leaders in the world support the Jewish right to Jerusalem as their spiritual inheritance, is historically unprecedented".
Cyrus or the Anti-Christ?
While the Sanhedrin is looking for a Cyrus type figure to arise to help support the building of the Third Temple, many Christians tend to link the rebuilding of the Temple not with a Cyrus but rather with the anti-Christ himself.
The Scriptures appear clear that the coming anti-Christ will defile the temple, but we shouldn't necessarily equate foreign leaders who facilitate the rebuilding with the coming anti-Christ.
Trump's got the numbers
Jewish leaders have pointed out that the gematria (numerical value) of Donald Trump's name equals that of the phrase 'Meshiach Ben David' (Messiah, Son of David). These same rabbis are quick to point out that they do not believe that Trump is the Messiah (just as well!). They view the gematria of Trump's name as an indication of him playing a role in the 'redemptive process' – a role in preparing the conditions for the Messiah's arrival. What could prepare the way for the Messiah more than the rebuilding of the Temple?
There is great excitement within the Temple Movement in Israel that the time might be drawing near for the long desired rebuilding of the House of God. While the Sanhedrin is obviously excited about the rise of Trump and rumours of Putin being supportive, it is still early days, and we have no definite statements from either leader to support these assumptions. As believers we should none-the-less be watching these developments, praying for God's prophesied purposes to be accomplished, and checking our own spiritual lives to make sure that we are ready to meet the soon coming King.
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Ian Robinson and John Reilly (respectively founder/designers of REDGUM Audio and Axis Loudspeakers) are passing through Singapore in the week of 31st July. Both have made themselves available to meet fellow hifi enthusiasts and hobbyists for a chat.
We are sorry for the short notice and the fact that it's on a Monday morning, but do try to drop by. Both Ian and John love to talk about hifi audio. Anything at all.
The session starts at 10.30 and runs through until 12.30 or whenever Ian and John are all talked out. Light refreshments provided. If you start feeling peckish around lunchtime there are pretty good lunch options in the building (Backstage Café) and in the canteen across the street (local hawker fare).
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Q: How do I free a numpy array? I want to remove the whole numpy array. For instance, if I make array A like
A = np.zeros((2,3))

I want to remove the whole array A and want to reuse the name 'A' in other purpose.
Are there any codes (functions) to delete the array?

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I want to remove the whole array A

Easy :
del A

want to reuse the name 'A' in other purpose.

Similarly easy :
A = whateverElse  # associate A with whateverElse, so simple :o)

A: Just assign A to something else.  As @juanpa.arrivillaga said, Python will take care of the now "un-referenced" array and do any garbage collection itself.
e.g. A = "new string"

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Inter-lock /Latched: Press one button is working/ON, press another button is stop/OFF. One channel switch need 2 buttons remote control.
Press the learning code. The indicator flashes, loosen your finger, press any button of the remote control the indicator flash 2 times and off. It means you learned it successfully .
Remove/clean: press the learning button about 8 seconds, the indicator turn on to off, it means the information that you keep have been removed successfully.


In a move to tackle the problem of failing schools, the National Challenge programme was launched in June 2008. A key aim is to break the link between depravation and poor performance. Each school below the 30 per cent benchmark, or at risk of falling below it, has a National Challenge Adviser working with them to identify and broker the support needed to secure lasting improvements. The National Challenge is a floor target, not the summit of ambition for a school.
Support for local authorities is at different stages and all East Sussex and Coventry National Challenge schools have moved above the 30 per cent benchmark.
The experience of Blackpool is typical of situations where support is provided. David Lund, Director of Children's Services Blackpool Council, said: "Blackpool welcomed from the outset the involvement of Professor David Woods, who clearly has a wealth of experience in supporting local authorities in raising standards. The schools and the local authority were pleased to share with him the various good practices in place, particularly the support of the Children's Trust to help raise attainment.
It is planned to send expert advisors to Kent, where one fifth of schools fail to achieve the standard, and Suffolk, where there is concern about the rate of progress. There will also be discussions with Leeds on measures to tackle their failing schools.


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Q: Passing JavaScript Array to PHP giving Undefined Or Disallowed Key Characters I have been struggling for a couple of days with this issue now. I have an array in JavaScript that I need to pass through to my PHP method.
My PHP:
public function saveCampaignSendToMediaOwner() {

    $result = $this->input->post();
    echo '
';
    print_r($result);
    echo '
';
}

My JavaScript:
$('#saveCampaignSendToMediaOwner').on('click', function() {
console.log(allMediaOwnersObject);
for( var i = 0; i < allMediaOwnersObject.length; i++ ) {
    if( typeof(allMediaOwnersObject[i])==="undefined" ) {
        allMediaOwnersObject[i] = "";
    }
}
console.log(allMediaOwnersObject);
$.ajax({
    url: 'saveCampaignSendToMediaOwner',
    type: 'POST',
    data: allMediaOwnersObject,
    success: function(res) {
        console.log(res);
    },
    error: function(res) {
        console.log(res);
    }
});
});

The first console.log(allMediaOwnersObject); returns:
[undefined, undefined, undefined, undefined, undefined, undefined, undefined, undefined, ["8", "media owner", "developer", 6 more...]]

The second console.log(allMediaOwnersObject); returns:
["", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ["8", "media owner", "developer", 6 more...]]

Whenever I pass this variable to PHP, it returns:

Array
(
[undefined] =>
)

And if I try change the data attribute in the AJAX to {'mediaOwnersObject' : allMediaOwnersObject} I get Disallowed Key Characters.
I have changed the System/core/input.php's _clean_input_keys method to
if ( ! preg_match("/^[a-z0-9:_\/-]+$/i", $str)) {
        // there is no ~ in this regex pattern
        // You could add it, but you probably end up breaking other stuff ("/^[\w:~\/]+$/i")
        exit('Disallowed Key Characters');
    }

Why is this returning undefined in the PHP? This is the first time in the entire application that it is doing this, as all other AJAX and PHP methods ran flawlessly.
Any Ideas?

A: Figured it out.
JavaScript:
$.ajax({
    url: 'saveCampaignSendToMediaOwner',
    type: 'POST',
    data: {data : JSON.stringify(allMediaOwnersObject)},
    success: function(res) {
        console.log(res);
    },
    error: function(res) {
        console.log(res);
    }
});


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Q: check if a div has an img element inside using jquery I'm doing a drag and drop using jquery of a picture to a target div.
I have a button that calls a function that should check that the image is inside the div, but I can not get it to work correctly.
I'm trying to do as follows:

check

What's wrong in my code?
EDIT: always enters on the first condition doing the alert("yes") without the image inside the div

A: The $() always a jQuery object which makes it truthy, try
$( '#check' ).click(function(){
    if($("#droptarget:has(img.img1)").length > 0){
        alert("yes");
    }else{
        alert("no");
    }
});

This checks to see if there are any matches to the selector #droptarget:has(img.img1)

A: Your script is above #check, so the click event does not get bound.  Use $(document).ready (or just $(...) OR just move your script to below #check.


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Welcome to our 2019 Pine Ridge Crab Festival!
Includes 18 holes of golf, driving range, fun prizes and a fantastic crab dinner!
There will also be raffles and prizes!
Come spend a great day with your friends and enjoy some seafood!
Don't forget to take pictures while you're here!
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Skechers Womens Go Walk 3 shoes are built to bring on the next generation of athletic walking. These are designed with a high-rebound cushioning platform which increases stability and comfort.
shoes are very comfortable and like walking on air. I am concerned on how the fabric will hold up after many rounds of golf, but time will tell. So far, very pleased with purchase.


I need a simple wordpress site that I can edit easily. It is to be called forexarbitrageandnewstrading.com. I will blog on it and the fron page will have some wording and a number of links to other sites. I have a media temple account I'd like it to be hosted on. I will buy the domain on godaddy.
Important, Please install a plugin to block all IPs and acces from the USA. Simple plugin there are several free ones available.
I can fill in the site I just need it hosted correctly and a decent template.


Commercial land on State Hwy 66 (Lakeview Pkwy) in Rowlett in a growing business area. Water view of Lake Ray Hubbard from one end of the property. Easily accessed by Pres. G.W. Bush Turnpike from any area of the metroplex. 6.6 acres, but sellers will subdivide and are willing to sell office building and land at 5001 Rowlett Rd. with partial or entire purchase of Lakeview Pkwy properties.


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import static hprose.io.HproseTags.TagMap;
import static hprose.io.HproseTags.TagOpenbrace;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Map;

public final class MapSerializer<K, V> extends ReferenceSerializer<Map<K, V>> {

    public final static MapSerializer instance = new MapSerializer();

    @Override
    public final void serialize(Writer writer, Map<K, V> map) throws IOException {
        super.serialize(writer, map);
        OutputStream stream = writer.stream;
        int count = map.size();
        stream.write(TagMap);
        if (count > 0) {
            ValueWriter.writeInt(stream, count);
        }
        stream.write(TagOpenbrace);
        Iterator<Map.Entry<K, V>> it = map.entrySet().iterator();
        while (it.hasNext()) {
            Map.Entry<K, V> entry = it.next();
            writer.serialize(entry.getKey());
            writer.serialize(entry.getValue());
        }
        stream.write(TagClosebrace);
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Monday, March 25. Read Isaiah 25:6-8. 1) What vision does Isaiah have of "the mountain of the Lord's house? 2) What does Isaiah say that God will destroy? 3) What will occur for people who have suffered?
Tuesday, March 26. Read Luke 6:20-25. 1) Who is "blessed" in this text? 2) What does Jesus say to those who have been rich and empowered in this life? 3) What does Jesus say about human praise?
Wednesday, March 27. Read Luke 9:57-62. 1) What did wannabe Jesus' followers say they were willing to do? 2) What was Jesus' response to them each? 3) Why do you think Jesus gave them such stern replies?
Thursday, March 28. Read Luke 14:7-11. 1) What do you usually find at gatherings of people? 2) Where did Jesus say followers of his should sit? 3) Why is that hard? 4) What happens when you follow Jesus' instruction?
Friday, March 29. Read Luke 14:12-14. 1) When you throw a party, who are you inclined to invite? 2) Who does Jesus say we should invite?
Saturday, March 30. Read Luke 14:15-24. This is Sunday's sermon text.
Dear Father, this is a painful parable which we have just considered. We want to identify with those who received the second round of invitations. We want to think that we would have joyfully attended the banquet. But when we are honest, we know that we'd be the ones objecting to the healing and inviting our friends and family, only, to the banquet.
Please open our hearts. I beg you to move in the lives of those LifeSpringers who are asking the wrong questions. Please trouble their spirits so that your Spirit can work there. In Jesus' name I pray this. Amen.
Riding down Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills with my wife Camilla, my daughter Shana and my nine-year-old grandson Breylin was an experience I'll never forget. We were on the lookout for Hollywood movie and TV stars. We were also noticing the Rolls Royces, jewelry and fashion stores.
As we drove out of the rich area to go find our Big Mac, our eyes quickly spied the people pushing grocery carts loaded down with everything they owned. They were also going towards McDonald's. Why? To ask the customers for money so that they could eat a hamburger.
You see, if they had asked for money on Rodeo Drive, the police quickly would have arrived to arrest them on charges of "panhandling." Rodeo Drive merchants won't put up with beggars, street people or the homeless because they want an atmosphere of happy, carefree shopping to surround their patrons. Joy-filled shoppers buy more, shop longer and generally have a more "contented" shopping experience.
I don't know the answer to these questions. But there is one question I can't escape: what would he have me do?
Jesus met people at their point of need whether they were rich or poor. It's easy to despise the rich, thinking, "I'm not rich." It's often easy to feel sorry for the poor and yet give them none of my time or attention. How does that square with what Jesus would have me do?
In the Bible, compassion always means action on behalf of someone. Study Jesus' life. It's not sentiment, but action. Should the "haves" share with the "have nots?" In Jesus' teaching, we who are blessed by the touch of Jesus in our lives are expected to be involved in behalf of needy people, whether rich or poor. How often I've seen someone rich who is poor in relationships and lonely for real friendships — look at the divorce rate for Hollywood millionaires and superstars. And the poor sometimes have the "contentment" of the Savior because their faith is real and deeply satisfying — go on a mission trip to a third world country and meet Christian people with nothing who are full of joy because of their faith.
We can't stereotype the rich and the poor into convenient little categories. We encounter people one at a time. Our categories often are confusing and somewhat complicated. What I've found far more consistent and easy to understand is the way Jesus treated people.
I understand the charge I've received. And I really want to live that way. But it's hard to push out beyond my selfish desires to work compassionately in another's life.
Whether it's on Rodeo Drive or in the McDonald's in downtown Hollywood, people need to see Jesus and experience his touch of mercy. Jesus' words stand, "I assure you, as often as you did it for one of my least, you did it for me." (Matthew 25:31-46) That's my call in life … and yours. We are called to minister with Jesus, whether in the life of the one pushing a shopping cart or the one buying a blue-gray fox-fur bedspread on Rodeo Drive.


Jona Sandison Really i love this track, outstanding atmospheres so far Favorite track: Sinking Inside Yourself.
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Legends Steve Kilbey and timEbandit Powles of The Church collaborate with Ambient masters Hammock on "No Agenda" and "Verse for Forgiveness". Also includes two new Hammock songs.
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Chef In Your Ear! My new favorite television show! My new source of culinary schadenfreude!
I've watched the now-cancelled Dinner Party Wars which was a larf in itself, but Chef In Your Ear cranks up the schadenfreude to 11.
The premise is pretty simple: you have a professional chef bark orders over an earpiece to a novice cook who has to execute a dish with just spoken orders over the course of an hour. At no time does the chef actually go to the kitchen and they are limited by audio feedback from the novice partner, and the limited angle of view by what can be provided by the solitary single-camera cameraman. A guest who knows the dish in question then gets press-ganged into being a judge, taste both offerings and then declares a "winner".
Doesn't sound like much, so where's the schadenfreude? I'll get to that in a minute.
The chefs compete for the chance to make their fellow competitors do something unpleasant, like cap/tail/pickle bushels of beans, peel garbanzos, and various other miserable mise en place chores at their respective eateries. The novice cooks? I have to say this about Toronto – its denizens are going out of their way for their 5 minutes of fame, because apart from an appearance as a contestant, the return appears to be effectively nothing. Dinner Party Wars gave their contestants the chance to win a cheesy trophy and $1000 worth of cookware in exchange for potentially ending each couple's relationship over the stress of attempting to host strangers, but Chef In Your Ear saves that particular expenditure and only offers the humiliation participation.
There is a chez nous variant called "Un chef a l'oreille", which is hosted by Ricardo, the food writer and media baron (whose recipes never quite seem to work) formerly known as Ricardo Larrivée, who now speaks of himself as a single name and in the third-person. Similar premise, but takes itself way too seriously. I can't get into that, but I can get into this version highlighting culinary train wrecks at the Centre of the Universe.
The Chef-testants from left to right: Rob Rossi, Devin Connell, Craig Harding, Jordan Andino and Cory Vitiello.
Rossi came in second on the inaugural season of Top Chef Canada and owns Bestellen. Connell writes cookbooks, owns and operates Delica Kitchen, and is participating in the series while expecting (that kid's going to learn some interesting vocabulary through the womb-o-phone). Harding owns and operates Campagnolo, one of the Italian "in" spots in Toronto, Andino is a hyperactive hotshot working in New York, and Vitiello is attempting to channel pre-vegetable Passard at Flock.
So how evil is Chef In Your Ear? The first couple of episodes were innocuous, with the novice cooks all having limited palates and a general lack of knowledge of ingredients and understanding about cooking techniques. Then there was the competition that was Season 01, Episode 11 (watch here; the website will block playback if you do not have a Canadian IP address).
Think fish and chips as a cooking challenge.
Okay, that's fine. There is some significant technique required to successfully deep fry so that the end result is light and crispy as opposed to dense, soggy and oily. And fish can be a bit of a challenge to properly portion and cook as overcooked fish is awful. But that's not evil.
For a contestant, pick a man who describes himself as a self-employed artist who is also the drive-thru king. He doesn't like to touch fish or eggs. That's relatively common – there is a whole whack of people in North America who think the natural form of fish is boxed individually-portioned frozen squares with optional breading. As for the egg part, he dislikes them because of the texture, but not the texture from eating them – the texture from actually touching raw eggs.
So limited palate, limited skills, some weird personality quirks. That's a challenge, but that's not evil either.
Now they bring out the evil: the man is color-blind. His chef only finds out when she's finished describing her multi-colored concept to him at the start of competition.
This is where Vincent Price is supposed to do his signature laugh.


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Ohio parks get temporary new names to honor the Cincinnati Bengals in the Super Bowl
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Published February 7, 2022 at 8:52 AM EST
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Several state parks are getting new names temporarily to honor the Cincinnati Bengals in the Super Bowl.
The governor and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources are having a little fun leading up to the Super Bowl. They're renaming three state parks in honor of the Cincinnati Bengals.
The names are just temporary, of course. Gov. Mike DeWine says it's a fun way to honor the orange and black.
Burr Oak State Park in Glouster is, of course, now Burrow Oak State Park in honor of quarterback Joe Burrow who grew up in nearby Athens County.
Paint Creek State Park in Bainbridge will temporarily be "Evan McPherson Extra Point Creek State Park."
Hueston Woods is getting in on the fun as — you guessed it — Ickey Woods State Park.
The state says temporary signs will go up this week and they're encouraging fans to take pictures with them and share on social media.
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A Coalition for a Free America
About the Coalition –
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Robert Gelt was watching the 2020 Presidential Election and was overcome by shock and awe. Several of the states started to stop counting ballots as early as 10 pm!? President Trump was ahead by how many votes and then suddenly they switched!? Has this has never happened in the history of our nation? Typically the counting is completed the night of the election, for decades, even if it took until the early hours of the morning. How could President Trump be hundreds of thousands of votes ahead and suddenly lose a state!? It was clear something was wrong, it was abundantly clear something was Very Wrong!
Watching all of the evidence unfold over the next several weeks, Robert was appalled by the political mess that unfolded. In Washington DC, so many of those elected to represent our democracy refused to look at the facts. The Democrats, many of the Republicans, the Supreme Court, State Governments, local governments, so many who were elected by the people to protect our democracy turned a blind eye to the worst election in the history of America! No matter how much evidence piled high: tens of thousands of affidavits, an election audit in Antrim County Michigan, a countless many whistleblowers coming forward, canvassing efforts—all the evidence pointing to massive election fraud and worse but to the overwhelming majority of "the defenders of our democracy" none of it would matter as they turn away, refusing the truth.
Watching from the Sidelines
It was hard to sit back and watch the nation unravel under this new radical administration. Robert had never been in politics before but looking at his four little children and thinking of what would become of America, the leader of the free-world, he was compelled to engage. There would be only one path—only one hope—in saving America and restoring the Light that is the goodness within America—fixing the 2020 Presidential Election and our voting systems nationwide. Robert reasoned, if they are capable of stealing the greatest of all elections certainly they are capable of stealing the smaller, less scrutinized elections. And if they can elect whoever they want, America is lost, forever. If we lose America, who will hold the darkness at bay, what just nation is there capable of leading this world into democracy and freedom? Many of the ruling class elites seem hell-bent on destroying every bastion of freedom in the world, relegating the families of the earth to mere serfdom and worse.
Freedom—the democracy that America has been representing—must be preserved. It has been said, "Absolute Power corrupts Absolutely." So, allowing these globalists (these destroyers of nations) to have control of America would leave no power in the world to advocate for individual liberty, rights, and the pursuit of justice. The hour has never been more urgent, more desperate than right now. In the early months of 2021, Robert created a simple plan. And the Coalition was created (while at Mike Lindell's cyber symposium) to reveal the election fraud of 2020 and to fix the many broken places within our democracy. State Rep's from Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota all joined together at the Symposium creating a Coalition, agreeing to work together with Robert. From that humble beginning The Coalition for a Free America has developed.
Stepping Up to the Plate
Robert and his team developed and launched election audit petition sites for Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. The grassroots supported the efforts of the Coalition from day one and with a very small start-up budget and the petition drive grew very fast. Robert supported efforts to write bills, petitions and other legislation to audit the elections and start to fix America's broken elections.
Several new states want to join this coalition. There is momentum now, even nationwide, for states auditing the 2020 Presidential election and even DeCertifying the election. Arizona found so much fraud and its a shame they refused to release it all publicly, many are calling for the DeCertification of the Arizona Presidential Election, Texas is formally conducting an audit, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin are all in various stages of doing a full audit. People are waking up all across the nation to the reality that we must not lose our American Democracy. WE MUST FIX OUR ELECTION SYSTEM and RESTORE THE RIGHTFUL PRESIDENT TO THE OFFICE. Welcome to our "Coalition for a Free America"
Primarily we are focused on fixing the 2020 Presidential Election. However, as the months pass and as we get closer to restoring the rightful President to office, the strategy will shift to creating a new election system. The computer systems the US has been using for voting for more than 30 years are broken. And worse, they are easy to infiltrate and use to manipulate elections. Believe it or not, since the early 2000's many experts have been warning about our faulty election system; but their warnings have gone almost completely ignored. We must restore the rightful President to office but then we must fix this election system.
So Much Work to be Done
After restoring the rightful President to office, and fixing the election system, there is still so much work to be done. All the way from Washington DC on down to Main Street America. There is a radical movement in America that is eager—believe it or not—to allow the murder of babies in the womb, to destroy our borders, to impose authoritarian medical protocols, to war against our children teaching absolute lies and insanity in our public schools, etc. Its hard to understand how they are passing legislation to murder babies even after they are born – its sickening even to write the words on the page! What has become of our nation? How is this even allowed to be presented as legislation at all?! How can a modern and civilized democracy actually be voting on whether or not to allow murder? It boggles the mind. There is so much work to be done in our nation if America is to remain/become "A City on a Hill" and a "Light to the Nations".
Pick an issue to resolve. There's our broken healthcare system, human trafficking, and the destruction and outright robbery of the American Small Business. Then we have our tremendous debt-burden, China and their brazen bullying of their neighbors and the economies of the world. Our immigration and border troubles, the mess that was just created in Afghanistan and the middle east in general (Iran, Hezbollah, Gaza), and all the enemies ready to declare war on Israel. Pick an issue! There is so much work to be done! But again, nothing gets resolved if we lose our democracy.
Still Hope
There could be great hope in our future. The young people are more aware than ever that things need to change. Our nation needs to be fixed and the young people have more access than ever to this knowledge. But are we, as a nation, going to lead our young generations to the truth or simply fill their minds full of propaganda and our political agendas? We should be encouraging our nation and its youth to seek the truth. Can a nation survive who declares war on its own families and children? Certainly not. Can a nation thrive who steals individual rights from its citizens and forces a minorities political agenda? Hitler, Stalin and every other radical despot throughout history has destroyed the families of their nations by stealing individual rights. The founders of this United States often warned us in their writings of this evil—what would happen if we failed to preserve freedom.
The future has fallen on our shoulders. It is up to us now to save freedom for the world. America has long fought the enemies of freedom. Should our light be extinguished, what nation will remain to bring justice and equity to the earth? The history of the world is in our hands. Right now, it is up to this generation to preserve the Light before it's too late. It's a desperate hour but some of the greatest victories in history have been fought and won during these times of desperation.
Worth Fighting For
Hope is not lost. But someone must believe. Someone, even if it starts with a mere remnant, must choose to believe… Believers can make the difference. Believers who come together and agree that our nation is worth fighting for and that righteousness is a worthwhile cause… Such a united front can turn the tide of any war – because Truth, Justice and the greatest power of all, Love, will be on their side. If we stand for the truth with love the greatest power in heaven or on earth will be warring on our side.
For this end we do labor…
— A Coalition for a Free America
Copyright © 2022 A Coalition for a Free America


Description: I came home from work and was walking toward my apartment after parking my car. I saw two lights in the sky moving from the east. I took some pictures and then the lights disappeared.
Update – February 3, 2016 – Response From Witness Regarding Submission of Additional Photos: So sorry for the late response. I have been very sick with the flu and was recently hospitalized for it.
So I looked on your site and you put the green kind of boxy looking UFO up, but not the purple one. I tried to find the original of the purple, but may have accidently erased it. (I was transferring pictures from one laptop to a newer laptop & I think I lost some pictures in the process.) However, with that being said, I do appreciate the comment on your site that said you didn't think it was a fabricated photo.
Yes, I absolutely did crop the picture because I could barely see it. But I never do anything else and I would never send you any hoaxed picture. Your way too smart for that! You have been dealing with this subject for a long time now and I'm quite sure you could pick up the fakes fairly quickly! I was surprised I didn't see the purple one on your site!
To me, the purple was far more interesting than the green one and you also said I sent you two pictures but only one had a picture on it. I didn't remember sending a second picture.
Maybe I did, but I wouldn't want to send you blank pictures. In searching for my original, I found other UFO pictures I took all in the same month. I have attached several pictures and if you find any you are interested in, I could send in an official report through your site. Many of the pictures are completely unedited, some not even cropped.
I am still looking for the original to the purple UFO, but I did find the original of the green one you posted on your site. It is attached along with the other pictures.
UFOs NorthWest Note: The photo sent by the witness has been cropped and enlarged. I don't believe that the sighting has been "fabricated," but I have requested the original "unedited" photo. The witness saw two lights. Only one light shows up in the photo.


This is the very beginning of the Jews conquering the Promised Land and the way they are doing it doesn't make sense to us. We are not accustomed to seeing things conquered the way they set about doing it. The first thing Joshua did was to obey what God him and had the whole army circumcised. During the days following the circumcision, a small enemy army could have killed all their soldiers. They had been a people wandering in the wilderness without direction and not really even a nation. They had forgotten what God had told them to do as His people. They first had to establish themselves as followers of God's ways and the first thing they needed to do was to be circumcised and establish themselves as God's people. Christians need to do the same thing. We are God's people and should do things God's way, which will always be different from the way the world does things. Many times, we wander in the wilderness, following every wind of doctrine of the current trends of the world. We take on the ways of the wilderness in which we wander. Christians need to establish ourselves as different, even if it makes us vulnerable to the world. The Jews did just that.
The next thing they did was equally strange. They are to attack the city of Jericho, a city well known for its fortified walls. The people of Jericho felt completely safe because nothing could penetrate those walls. The Jews were to take the Ark of the Covenant, the place where God dwelt among the people of Israel, and seven priests were to carry it around the city one time for each day. "The armed guard marched ahead of the priests who blew the trumpets, and the rear guard followed the ark," while the rest of the Jews were to walk silently behind the Ark. They were to do that each day for six days. It was like a six-day-long worship service to focus the people on the Ark and on God. They were claiming the land for God.
The last day, they were to march around the city seven times. This may have been one of the greatest worship services of all time. When many of us worship today, we are self-conscious. We wonder how we look or what other people are thinking about us or if we might say the wrong thing, but worship is not about us. The focus of worship is supposed to be on God. When we look back on this battle today, many of us follow that same focus. We think of Joshua and the Jews who were fighting the battle, but that isn't where the focus was. God fought the battle of Jericho. The Israelites knew the focus was not on them, but on God. They spent seven straight days worshiping and focusing on God. Without the presence of God, there was no way the Jews would have conquered Jericho, let alone the rest of the land.
The last day, they marched around the city seven times, God's number of completeness. The worship was finally complete. The Jews had taken the Ark and the presence of God and claimed this city and really the whole land for God. The people finished the worship by shouting. When they shouted, the walls, the power center of this city, fell down. If the archeologists are to be believed, the walls fell outward. They did not fall by the power of the Israelites but by the power of God. This would be like a nation trying to conquer our country and when they shouted, their God suddenly made all our weapons melt. God has the power to do that. If all the nuclear bombs in the world went off at the same time, God could snuff them out more easily than I could snuff out a candle. We think of ourselves as being strong and powerful and we sing about Joshua's sword and spear, but those things are totally insignificant compared to the power of God. This story is about God and His power. We are impressed by the power men develop, but any power we have is nothing compared to the power of God. We don't like to look at God's power, because if we do we will obviously have to be in submission to that power.
The next thing in the story is a violent incident that really bothers us today. God told the Jews to destroy all the people of Jericho except for Rahab and her family. They were even to destroy all the children and the animals. We think of ourselves as nonviolent people and are offended by such actions. We are really no less violent, but we have hidden our violence. Back on the farm each year we had a day when we butchered hogs. There was almost a ritual around the butchering. It was always my grandfather who shot the pigs and it was always done in relative quiet. Garrison Keillor talked abut butchering in one of his stories. He accurately portrayed the way it was done. He said it was a solemn time. There was no joking around. We realized we were killing these animals for our food. We participated in the violence of it; it is violent and bloody.
As a child, I grew up watching this ritual each year. I don't know if I could do it today, but I've seen it done enough times that I could probably figure it out. We usually butchered in the winter because the carcasses needed to cool before they could be cut up and there were few large coolers in which to cool them. On days when we had people over, Grandma would usually kill a chicken or two, pluck them then cook them for the meal. Most of us have never participated in that sort of thing. We buy our chicken in buckets, already killed and cooked. We buy our meat wrapped in cellophane at a meat counter in a grocery store. We don't do any killing or even see any blood. Just because we don't see it, that doesn't mean that there was no violent killing. It is not as though the violence is not there. We call the places where the animals are killed slaughter houses and that is what is done there. We insulate ourselves from much of the violence of life. People used to die in homes, but today we seldom see people die. Surgery is done by a small group behind closed doors. We rarely even see the birth of babies. I don't think our world is any less violent or bloody; we have just hidden the blood and violence. We push those things into the background and put up a facade of non-violence.
We read about people in Old Testament times who sacrificed animals and think they must have been terrible people. Actually, they just lived closer to the daily violence of the world than we do. I have wondered why people today are so concerned that those animals were sacrificed. Today, possums seem to have a very hard time crossing our roads. I would say that it is likely each year more animals die on our highways than were ever sacrificed to pagan gods. At least the animals that were sacrificed in the Hebrew Temple were eaten by the priests instead of being left to rot along the highway. Those animals are sacrificed each year to enable us to drive high speed cars and trucks on our highways. If we stopped driving cars, a lot of possums would be spared—but, we overlook that and the other violence that is all around us.
The violence of our world is still here. It is just covered up so we are not aware of it. Very few of us are even aware of the fighting that goes on around the world or even that slavery still exists. We isolate ourselves from the terrible treatment people inflict on one another. The fact that it is hidden does not mean that the violence has gone away. The Bible even indicates that God is willing to use violence to limit evil. There is at least one recorded incident when Jesus used violence. He took cords and drove the money changers out of the Temple because they had turned God's house into a den of thieves. That was an evil worthy of using violence to limit. God may continue to use violence to limit evil until the day comes when He will eliminate evil without eliminating us.
There are passages in the Bible that speak of a time when swords shall be beaten into plowshares and spears into pruning hooks. It also speaks of a time when the lion shall lie down with the lamb. Those are wonderful passages from Isaiah, chapter two and eleven. We think that by our effort we will be able to make that happen, but we need to read the whole passage. We can, at best, create the illusion of doing that. Woody Allen once said, "The lion will lie down with the lamb, but the lamb won't get much sleep." We can't take the violence out of our world by our efforts; the best we can do is create an illusion of peace. The peace Isaiah spoke of comes indirectly. If you read the whole passage, you will find that Isaiah says there will be a day coming when all the nations of the world will fall down and worship God. When that happens, then the lion will lie down with the lamb and swords will be beaten into plowshares. If we want that day to come, then we need to work to have all people fall down and make Jesus Christ Lord of their lives.
We come into relationship to God through Jesus Christ. He absorbed the violence of this world and the violence of God when He died on the cross. When we come into that relationship to God, we begin to become new people. Even if we want to eliminate the violence in the church, we need to make Jesus Lord in our lives. Our denomination has been going through a terrible time of verbal violence toward each other. I would rather go back and participate in a couple of butchering days on the farm than go back to a couple of presbytery meetings we have had. If we want to bring peace, it will not be by political manipulations, but by everyone's falling down and calling Jesus Lord. We will need to look to Him to direct our actions. We should not keep trying to have our side win, but instead look carefully at what Jesus might want. When Jesus is truly Lord in all our lives, then all the violence that permeates our lives and our world will finally cease. Only when Jesus is finally Lord of our lives will we have peace.


Make a turbo fog control with the Illusion blocker, copying it, and the slime that gets bigger as a finisher?
Counter your turn 2 fetchland or function as a utility and copy eternal witness (to return this, letting you make as many 2/1's for 3) or spell queller or merfolk/spirit Lord's. Seems absurd in modern.
When just the text was spoiled, it looked like this was an instant on both halves. Trickbind is excellent if you have it for a fetchland on turn 2, the problem is if you draw it later, it becomes nearly a dead card. if this could have done that and created a spell queller token or copied the spirit lord to give it hexproof at instant speed, it would have been absurd. I still like it, but having the copy side as a sorcery takes away a lot of what i thought gave it potential.
Seems pretty solid. Is Replicate instant speed?
Both halves of the card being fairly cheap makes this card appealing, if you have creatures you want to risk copying at sorcery speed.


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Halo: Reach Tops $200 Million on Launch Day, Crushes Avatar
"Halo: Reach" is not only Microsoft's biggest game of the year–its opening day sales show that it might just be the biggest launch of the year in any medium.
By Dan Nosowitz 1 minute Read
We already knew Halo: Reach was a huge release for Microsoft as well as a major event for gamers worldwide. This fifth title in the Halo series is the last to be made by the original team, Bungie–future games will be handled by Microsoft in-house–and while expectations were sky-high, reviews and sales seem to have matched them.
Metacritic ranks the critical response at 93%, incredibly high, with most critics calling it the best title yet in an already-stellar series. (The reviews also note that those looking for engrossing story or character development should look elsewhere, but it's not like that kind of thing was ever a hallmark of the Halo series.)
Halo: Reach actually leaked a few weeks ago, but due to the difficulty of actually playing a leaked game (it requires the user solder a parallel port onto an Xbox 360), Microsoft didn't have to react strongly. Besides, the key part of any Halo game is the multiplayer, and online multiplayer can only be played with an official game.
When I wrote about that leak, I noted that Halo: Reach is "likely to be the biggest Xbox 360 game of the year, possibly the biggest game, period." That turned out to be an underestimation, because Halo: Reach isn't just the biggest game of the year–it's the biggest entertainment launch of the year. It's hard to measure dollars to dollars, since each copy of Halo: Reach costs $60 while even a more-expensive 3-D movie ticket costs only about a quarter of that. But we shouldn't let that cloud the insane fact that Halo: Reach made over $200 million on opening day.
No, not opening weekend–opening day. In comparison, Avatar made about $27 million on opening day, and Toy Story 3, one of the biggest openings of all time, made $41 million. Avatar barely made $200 million in its opening three-day weekend. Halo: Reach isn't merely a big video game: It's just big.
Dan Nosowitz, the author of this post, can be followed on Twitter, corresponded with via email, and stalked in Brooklyn (no link for that one–you'll have to do the legwork yourself).
Dan Nosowitz is a freelance writer and editor who has written for Popular Science, The Awl, Gizmodo, Fast Company, BuzzFeed, and elsewhere. He holds an undergraduate degree from McGill University and currently lives in Brooklyn, because he has a beard and glasses and that's the law


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Unity partner Kii (www.kii.com) recently integrated its Game Cloud service into Unity's SDK, including cloud backend, custom analytics and user and data management. Now Kii is challenging game developers working on a new mobile game to add Game Cloud features to it, and compete to win $10,000, along with distribution in the world's largest and highest monetized mobile markets: China and Japan.
Submit YouTube gameplay video and/or your game by end of May 16, 2014 (Pacific time) through the form: http://Kiigames.challengepost.com. Be sure to include your full name and Twitter account (if any).
Game must not yet be published on Apple or Google Play or Amazon before the commencement of the contest — January 28, 2014.
After being notified by Kii, the 10 selected Finalists must submit a fully playable build, if you have not already done so, to Kii + Unity for judging by May 16, 2014.
All entrants retain full ownership of their submission, but must allow Kii to feature their games, game artwork and logos on Kii and Unity sites, social networks, and promotional materials.
Entries must be "PG-13" (no explicit violence or sexual elements).
Game must not yet be published on Apple or Google Play/Amazon before the commencement of the contest -- January 28, 2014.
- All entrants retain full ownership of their submission, but must allow Kii to feature their games, game artwork and logos on Kii and Unity sites, social networks, and promotional materials.
- Entries must be "PG-13" (no explicit violence or sexual elements).
4) In the video's and/or game's "About" section, include short description of game and how the entry will use Game Cloud features. Also must include this text and link: "Follow contest results on Twitter "@kiicorp".
5) Submit the YouTube video and/or game link from your ChallengePost account: http://Kiigames.challengepost.com. Be sure to include your full name and Twitter account (if any).


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Is the use of nuclear weapons more likely now? Well, yes…
DR ROD THORNTON
Nuclear weapons are, it seems, becoming more and more of a factor in the thinking about how future major wars will be conducted. The recently released United States Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) points to the fact that Washington now wants to increase the size of its nuclear arsenal. Specifically, it seeks to deploy more non-strategic (or tactical) nuclear weapons.
Currently, the only tactical nuclear weapons the US possesses are 500 free-fall 'gravity bombs' designed to be dropped from aircraft; much like those at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. All the rest of its nuclear weapons are strategic; that is, those slated to be used against an opponent's homeland. These are the long-range ballistic missiles – the ICBMs – based in silos or fitted to road-mobile transporter-erector launchers (TELs) or the SLBMs on submarines. Also in the strategic category are the cruise missiles (ALCMs) launched from strategic bombers.
There is thus a gap in this US nuclear arsenal. This is that between these state-of-the-art high-end strategic missiles and the low-end tactical-use gravity bombs. Moreover, while the former have tremendous deterrence capability, the latter do not. Such gravity bombs have to be delivered all the way to their targets by vulnerable aircraft, which are highly likely to be shot down before they get anywhere near those targets. The fact that this gap exists – and that the tactical gravity bombs at one end of it are basically unusable – is limiting Washington's flexibility of response when it comes to the use of nuclear weapons in any future conflict.
The new NPR has looked at ways of filling this gap and in providing more effective strings to Washington's nuclear bow. Specifically, it is encouraging the development of a new tactical nuclear weapon based on an upgraded version of the Tomahawk cruise missile. This missile can currently only mount a conventional warhead – i.e. it is not 'dual-use'.
The NPR's recommendations are being made now in specific response to a particular Russian relative advantage. This is one, moreover, which has become more pronounced recently. For the Russian military has, and is developing further, a highly capable suite of tactical nuclear weapons. Russia has no 'gap' between its own strategic nuclear missiles and its gravity bombs. Whereas in the West – where thoughts about the utility of nuclear weapons dropped off the radar in a post-Cold War era dominated by insurgencies and counter-terrorist operations – in Russia, in contrast, there was no such drop-off. Interest has always been maintained in Russian military circles on how best to use nuclear weapons in warfare. In particular, the focus has been on the role of tactical nuclear weapons in an operational theatre. In Russia, such weapons are seen as a vital balancer in battlefield situations where Russian conventional forces are likely to be either technologically inferior to or outnumbered by their NATO or Chinese adversaries. In traditional Soviet/Russian thinking there is, moreover, no great philosophical barrier to overcome in terms of employing tactical nuclear weapons on a battlefield – they are just seen as having a bigger explosive potential than conventional ordnance. The targets of such Russian tactical nuclear weapons would be the likes of an adversary's troop concentrations, logistics hubs and command and control centres.
Most of the Russian development work on new tactical nuclear weapons has been concentrated on how they are to be delivered. And they can be delivered by a great range of vehicles – even Russian anti-aircraft missiles (for the S-300, S-400 and S-500 systems) can, it seems, be fitted with nuclear warheads to use against ground targets. However, the most angst in Western military circles is created by two particular delivery vehicles. Firstly, there is the cruise missile. Such missiles are normally seen as being quite vulnerable to being shot down by an opponent's air defences because traditionally they have a relatively slow speed – the Tomahawk, for instance, is subsonic. The Russians, however, have overcome this drawback by deploying the dual-use Kalibr missile, which develops supersonic speed (up to Mach 2.9). It can be fired, out to a range of some 2,500km, from several platforms, including submerged submarines and from TELs. Its launch vehicles can thus be very hard to locate. (What is perceived to be an augmentation of the Kalibr – the Zircon cruise missile – is now in production. Its speed is hypersonic – up to Mach 8!)
The Kalibr has been operationally tested (delivering conventional warheads) by the Russian navy in attacks on Syrian targets. Launches have been made from both ships in the Caspian Sea and from submarines off the Syrian coast. While the capabilities of this Kalibr missile have raised eyebrows enough in Washington, it is, however, the other principal Russian means of delivering a nuclear warhead in an operational theatre that is causing perhaps greater concern. This is the mobile Iskander-M short-range dual-use ballistic missile. Being ballistic, it is theoretically far harder to intercept than a cruise missile and also has the hard-target ground mobility provided by its TELs. Effective countermeasures against the Iskander-M appear limited. It has also been used against targets in Syria, having been fired from within the country. Its stated maximum range is only 500km, which means that it is technically in the 'short range' bracket and thus not liable to banning under the INF Treaty (which Russia seems to be ignoring anyway).
There is nothing in the US nuclear arsenal akin to either the Kalibr or the Iskander-M. Thus what the Kalibr and Iskander-M do above all else is to provide the Russian military with escalation dominance to the nuclear level in any active theatre of operations. If such missiles were to be used against, say, NATO logistics hubs on the territory of Poland then how would the US (read NATO?) respond? Currently, with no employable tactical nuclear weapons of its own to retaliate with (or to use, indeed, as an initial deterrent factor), the temptation for the US could then be to respond – in terms of escalation – by moving straight up to the use of its strategic missiles (which technically outnumber those of Russia). But such an act would naturally invite a retaliatory Russian strategic response and thus risk setting off world-wide nuclear Armageddon. The thinking on this issue is that Moscow assumes that Washington would never take this drastic step; that it would not use strategic nuclear weapons in response to Russia's use of tactical nuclear weapons. This might mean that Russian forces would have few qualms about the use of such weapons in theatre. Russia could then, by so doing, prevail on the battlefield and its adversaries would have to accept Russian terms. There are thus clear scenarios where Russia could 'win' its wars by using its tactical nuclear weapons. (It should be pointed out that modern tactical nuclear weapons can actually be very small in terms of yield – far smaller than say, the Hiroshima bomb – and, if delivered as an air-burst, produce very little radioactive fallout.)
The fact that Russia does have this capability to practice escalation dominance provides Moscow, of course, with a significant tool of deterrence. But it also provides something else. It provides Russia with a good deal of 'coercive credibility' – perhaps the sine qua non in terms of what any country's armed forces should provide to their political masters. If Russia starts rattling its tactical nuclear rockets then potential opponents have, at the very least, to pay attention to Moscow's demands and, at worst, give in to them without a fight.
This expressed intent to use nuclear weapons – and thus to back up the coercive credibility provided by their mere possession – comes not just in the general rhetoric employed by senior Russian politicians and military officers, but also in doctrinal statements. The various iterations of the Military Doctrine of the Russian Federation have, since the early 1990s, been making it clear that Russia has abandoned its Soviet-era 'no first use policy' when it comes to the use of nuclear weapons. The threshold of their use, as pointed out in such doctrine, can be seen as quite low (but, obviously, ambiguously expressed). Russian naval doctrine, moreover, appears to indicate an even lower threshold of nuclear use. Such expressions of Russia's intent to 'go nuclear' are thus enhancing both the deterrence capacity and the coercive credibility of, in particular, its most employable nuclear weapons – that is, its tactical ones.
This latest US Nuclear Posture Review, as well as indicating increasing US capabilities in the realm of tactical nuclear weapons, is also seemingly indicating an increasing intent to use them. Washington appears to be lowering its threshold of nuclear use; pointing, for instance, to the fact that such weapons could be used in retaliation for, say, a cyber attack that caused mass casualties in the US.
The advent of a new series of US nuclear weapons and the concomitant lowering of Washington's nuclear-use threshold seems to make the use of tactical nuclear weapons more likely – perhaps even, indeed, in the absence of any major future conventional conflict. Russia, moreover, is bound to become alarmed by this US move. It has been relying on the deterrent and coercive effect produced by its nuclear advantage at the tactical level and would naturally be concerned if this advantage started to be whittled away. A Russia lacking its nuclear 'comfort blanket' is, as like as not, going to feel more vulnerable and its natural reaction – as ever with a Russia feeling threatened – will probably be to become even more aggressive. Watch this space.
Image: US Army MGR-3 'Little John' docket launcher, c. 1950-1960, via wikimedia commons.
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His first major philosophical work, A Discourse on the Sciences and Arts… Rousseau argues that the progression of the sciences and arts has caused the corruption of virtue and morality. The Academy of Dijon posed the question, "Has the restoration of the sciences and arts tended to purify morals?" Rousseau's answer to this question is an emphatic "no." The First Discourse won the academy's prize as the best essay. The work is perhaps the greatest example of Rousseau as a "counter-Enlightenment" thinker. For the Enlightenment project was based on the idea that progress in fields like the arts and sciences do indeed contribute to the purification of morals on individual, social, and political levels.
Rousseau paraphrases Socrates' famous speech in the Apology. In his address to the court, Socrates says that the artists and philosophers of his day claim to have knowledge of piety, goodness, and virtue, yet they do not really understand anything.
Philosophical and scientific knowledge of subjects such as the relationship of the mind to the body, the orbit of the planets, and physical laws that govern particles fail to genuinely provide any guidance for making people more virtuous citizens. Rather, Rousseau argues that they create a false sense of need for luxury, so that science becomes simply a means for making our lives easier and more pleasurable, but not morally better.
Artists, Rousseau says, wish first and foremost to be applauded. Their work comes from a sense of wanting to be praised as superior to others. Society begins to emphasize specialized talents rather than virtues such as courage, generosity, and temperance. The great majority of people ought to focus their energies on improving their characters, rather than advancing the ideals of the Enlightenment in the arts and sciences.
The central claim of his second, longer work, The Discourse on the Origin of Inequality is that human beings are basically good by nature, but were corrupted by the complex historical events that resulted in present day civil society. If the First Discourse is indicative of Rousseau as a "counter-Enlightenment" thinker, the Second Discourse, by contrast, can rightly be considered to be representative of Enlightenment thought. This is primarily because Rousseau, like Hobbes, attacks the classical notion of human beings as naturally social. In terms of its influence, the Second Discourse is now much more widely read, and is more representative of Rousseau's general philosophical outlook. In the Confessions, Rousseau writes that he himself sees the Second Discourse as far superior to the first.
The scope of Rousseau's project is not significantly different from that of Hobbes in the Leviathan or Locke in the Second Treatise on Government. Like them, Rousseau understands society to be an invention, and he attempts to explain the nature of human beings by stripping them of all of the accidental qualities brought about by socialization. This is in stark contrast to the classical view, most notably that of Aristotle, which claims that the state of civil society is the natural human state.
his later works include his comprehensive work on the philosophy of education, the Emile, and his major work on political philosophy, The Social Contract: both published in 1762.
Rousseau greatly influenced Immanuel Kant's work on ethics. His novel Julie or the New Heloiseimpacted the late eighteenth century's Romantic Naturalism movement, and his political ideals were championed by leaders of the French Revolution.
Human beings in the state of nature are amoral creatures, neither virtuous nor vicious. After humans leave the state of nature, they can enjoy a higher form of goodness, moral goodness, which Rousseau articulates most explicitly in the Social Contract.
there is dispute as to whether Rousseau's thought is best characterized as "Enlightenment" or "counter-Enlightenment." The major goal of Enlightenment thinkers was to give a foundation to philosophy that was independent of any particular tradition, culture, or religion: one that any rational person would accept. In the realm of science, this project has its roots in the birth of modern philosophy, in large part with the seventeenth century philosopher, René Descartes.
Descartes was very skeptical about the possibility of discovering final causes, or purposes, in nature. Yet this teleological understanding of the world was the very cornerstone of Aristotelian metaphysics, which was the established philosophy of the time. And so Descartes' method was to doubt these ideas, which he claims can only be understood in a confused way, in favor of ideas that he could conceive clearly and distinctly.
The scope of modern philosophy was not limited only to issues concerning science and metaphysics. Philosophers of this period also attempted to apply the same type of reasoning to ethics and politics.


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Review: Persona 4 The Animation
Persona 4 The Animation may have a relatively specific appeal, but for fans of the game it's an easy recommendation. I mean who wouldn't want an anime retelling of their favourite RPG? It's an excellent example of Japan's smart attitude towards transmedia, and whilst it's essentially a retelling of the game's story, it is an entertaining and well-crafted adaptation of its source material.
After two playthroughs I was essentially done with Persona 4 Golden, yet still I wanted more. Persona 4 The Animation felt like a show designed exactly for someone in my position. In twenty six episodes it covers the entire story of the game, complete with all its familiar characters, locations and music, whilst adding a new perspective on the narrative, and occasionally expanding upon the source material.
The story of Persona 4 is strong enough that you can probably enjoy the anime without having played the game. It's made great thanks to memorable characters, sharp and funny dialogue, a good sense of mystery, suspense, and a dark and subtle atmosphere. Still, it's the game I'd recommend first.
As with Dangan Ronpa, the anime undeniably suffers from trying to tell this story in a medium it was not designed for. Twenty six episodes may sound like plenty, but the narrative has to move at a lightning fast pace to fit everything in, with not enough time left for the slower daily life aspect of the game which really draws you into the world and makes you care about the characters.
The actual mystery at the heart of the story suffers too, and it's considerably easier to work out who the real culprit is when every other suspect receives so little screen time. It's always obvious when an apparently insignificant event masks an important plot point as these scenes are a real focus of the anime, whereas the game was able to cleverly hide them amongst mundane activities.
Of course if you know the main story already this isn't so much of a problem, but in contrast I did find recapping some of the game's material to be a little dull. Each character must confront their inner Persona, which gave the game a solid structure with a necessary amount of repetition (complete dungeon, confront Persona, fight boss, ect.). This isn't as compelling to watch, although I actually found myself surprised that these routine fight scenes were enjoyable at all, so the anime should be given credit for facing this difficult task with such competency. The battles are tolerable thanks to a strong visual flare, and they usually don't overstay their welcome.
In comparison, the scenes where the characters are properly developed (through interacting with each other, not fighting their inner 'Personas') are superb, and bring even more life into classic scenes from the game. The school trip, summer holiday, and stay at the Amagi Inn make for some of the best episodes, and once the full cast has been assembled simply watching them have fun together is highly entertaining.
You might remember that the game stars a nameless protagonist who only speaks through dialogue choices made by the player. This is a pretty big hurdle, but one that Persona 4 The Animation jumps with an admirable sense of style and skill. Yu Narugami captures the feel of out silent hero well in the opening episodes (he grunts quite a lot and doesn't say too much), but develops over the course of the show, and quickly becomes a highly compelling character in his own right (rather than a vessel for the player's emotions, as he was in the game).What's even better is that some of the really inappropriate dialogue choices available in the game make their way into the anime, giving Yu a really odd deadpan sense of humor, and causing him to occasionally act like a complete weirdo.
It's also worth noting that the English dub contains the entire voice cast from Persona 4 Golden. This is slightly different to the cast of the PS2 game (Chie and Teddy were recast) but is consistent with the newest (and best) version of the game. For me personally, this is a massive plus. If the English dub is good, I'm happy to watch it, and for Persona 4 it is very good. It's also completely awesome to have Jonny Yong Bosch (aka Lelouche vi Britannia in Code Geass) voice Yu Narugami (as well as Tohru Adachi who he played in the game).
For Persona 4 fans, there's really nothing the anime should do that it doesn't. Okay, the bonus Persona 4 Golden content isn't here, but Atlus were still making the game back when the show came out, so I guess they can be forgiven. Persona 4 The Animation is a love letter to a magnificent game, and offers a fresh take on its excellent story. If you liked the game, this is a no brainer, you'll like the anime too.
Buy Persona 4 The Animation on Amazon.com here or Amazon.co.uk here
Also recommended: Persona 4 Golden, Persona 4 Arena, Persona 3 FES
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3 responses to "Review: Persona 4 The Animation"
tom bradley says : April 25, 2014 at 10:01 pm
Nice review man!
discodracula111 says : April 26, 2014 at 12:07 pm
Cheers buddy! :)
Thanu says : April 27, 2014 at 5:54 pm
Totally agree. But play the game first as he said, it'll be worth it. And what's great about the game is that you'll get the whole story without playing the previous ones. There are only few references which you'll get if you have played Persona 3, but it isn't important. I play P4G before P3 FES. P5 coming next year!


As a serious rice lover, this is something that I make several times per week in our home. The kids and wife love rice just as much as I do. I love to vary the recipes because rice really takes on the flavor of whatever liquid you add to it and this Instant Pot Coconut Rice Recipe is no exception.
With a rich, coconut flavor, our Instant Pot Coconut Rice Recipe goes will with anything you would serve with rice. If you haven't used an Instant Pot yet, this is the perfect recipe to get started on. I used it once and was hooked. We love our Instant Pot.
Pour the coconut water into the inner Instant Pot, add the salt and oil.
Rinse and carefully drain the rice then add it to the liquid.
Double check that the sealing ring is in correctly and then twist on the lid.
Select the Rice mode; it will automatically default to 12 minutes.
The Instant Pot will beep a few times once the cook time as finished. Allow the pot to natural pressure release (NPR) for exactly 10 minutes. Then very carefully place a damp wash cloth over the steam release valve and carefully turn the knob from sealing to venting to quick release (QR) the rest of the pressure and steam.
Stir well and enjoy with your favorite vegetables or have it on its own. The coconut water will not really add much of a coconut flavoring but will add quite a bit of sweetness to the rice.


This was a cake that I did for a friends daughter, a two tier mud and choc butter cake with chocolate buttercream., Its a traditional white cake with the bread and the wine , and a figure of Alexia on top.
more pictures to come, but the young lady Alexia had given me a drawing of the cake she , that she had designed herself, she loves watching Cake boss! So here is the finished product, sorry i have no making pictures as, i have been Hella busy and its all i can do to post photos!


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Q: SOQL Implications of Using Declarative Lookup Rollup Summaries I am a big proponent of using Andrew Fawcett's Declarative Lookup Rollup Summaries tool. However, I need to have a better understanding of how it affects my governor limits.
Specifically, I have an org where SOQL Statements are in short supply and I would like to understand how many queries a rollup will use for a Real Time Count rollup.
I found this link which indicates the package may be totally exempt from most limits, but I can't find his package on the AppExchange to determine if it is "Certified" or not.

A: Fawcett responded to my inquiry:

Yes this is an Aloha package, it was certified back at v1.2, you can see the README (scroll down to v1.2 section) for details. Thanks!

So it definitely does not affect SOQL and DML governor limits.


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Home » Retired MLB All-Star Tommy John, 77, is hospitalized with COVID-19 and has been on oxygen
Retired MLB All-Star Tommy John, 77, is hospitalized with COVID-19 and has been on oxygen
Tommy John, the former Major League All-Star pitcher and namesake of a common elbow surgery, has contracted COVID-19, but is insisting that he is fine despite being placed on oxygen.
John, 77, told the Daily Beast about his current health situation from a hospital bed near his Indio, California home, claiming that he would 'leave right now' if he were allowed.
'You're either going to live or you're going to die,' he said.
Tommy John (right), the former Major League All-Star pitcher and namesake of a common elbow surgery, has contracted COVID-19, but is insisting that he is fine despite being placed on oxygen at a California hospital. His son Tommy John III (left) is a pandemic denier
John famously underwent elbow surgery in 1976 to repair ligament damage. The surgery was a success and he pitched 14 more seasons, mostly with the Yankees. Tommy John surgery, as it's now called, is credited with saving countless pitchers' careers
John's skepticism about vaccines and medicine is peculiar for an athlete who has become synonymous with medical advancement after his 1976 elbow procedure allowed him to return prominence and play another 14 seasons, garnering three All-Star selections over that time. 'I've known and loved Tommy John since 1979,' former sportscaster Keith Olbermann joked on Twitter. 'Looks like now it's his brain that needs Tommy John Surgery'
However, his longtime girlfriend Cheryl Zeldin told the Daily Beast that his situation is much more complicated.
As he later confirmed to the Daily Beast, John has been hospitalized four times since he began having breathing problems and motor control issues in early December. And on one occasion, his oxygen saturation dropped dangerously low.
But when asked if he really needs to remain on oxygen, John snapped back: 'These people here would put you on anything!'
He also questioned whether or not his symptoms were related to COVID-19.
It's a peculiar stance for an athlete who has become synonymous with medical advancement after his 1976 elbow procedure allowed him to return prominence and play another 14 seasons, garnering three All-Star selections over that time. (Tommy John surgery is now a common fix for pitchers battling elbow ligament damage)
John's longtime girlfriend Cheryl Zeldin told the Daily Beast that she expects him to get the coronavirus vaccine when it's available
'I've known and loved Tommy John since 1979,' former sportscaster Keith Olbermann joked on Twitter. 'Looks like now it's his brain that needs Tommy John Surgery.'
However, John's skepticism is tame compared to his son, chiropractor Dr. Tommy John III, who is an outspoken pandemic denier.
'We are clear on the fact that there is no pandemic, right?' asked John III in a self-recorded social media video in which he's seen walking shirtless down a sunny street.
'There's nobody still thinking that this thing is real? I just wanted to make sure because it appears that there are some that are still fighting for it and who believe that it's a true story and not a deeper, darker, more sinister plan for the world.'
In another video, John III calls for 'the global population' to stop masking children, going so far as to write a prescription despite the fact that chiropractors are not legally permitted to do so.
'Germs don't cause disease,' John III wrote on January 3. 'Vaccines don't eradicate anything but healthy children.'
The former pitcher is not quite a pandemic denier, according to the Daily Beast, but he does share his son's views on vaccines.
'The last time I was vaccinated was when I was like eight-years-old,' he said. 'Does that make me bad?'
Despite that stance, Zeldin told the Daily Beast that she will insist that John get the COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available.
'He's getting it, trust me,' said Zeldin, who has overcome COVID-19, herself. 'We're not going to tell Tommy [John III] you're getting it, but you're getting it.'
John's skepticism is tame compared to his son, chiropractor Dr. Tommy John III, who is an outspoken pandemic denier. 'We are clear on the fact that there is no pandemic, right?' asked John III (pictured) in a self-recorded social media video in which he's seen walking shirtless down a sunny street. 'There's nobody still thinking that this thing is real? I just wanted to make sure because it appears that there are some that are still fighting for it and who believe that it's a true story and not a deeper, darker, more sinister plan for the world'
Source: Daily Mail US
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BLURRED LINES: THE STYLE OF ABBAS KIAROSTAMI
Posted on June 9, 2015 by killingmejoffrey under Uncategorized
The films of Abbas Kiarostami deal often with contemporary thematics of death and art. A master of form, Kiarostami's aesthetic approach to his films lies in his use of subtle visual imagery, time and naturalism that emphasises minimalism and challenges perceptions of reality, in an effort to discover truth and poetic transcendence.
A recurring stylistic device Kiarostami employs is to have his characters in points of transit. Like an Edward Hopper painting, his characters are never quite in homes of their own, or spaces of their own comfort. Instead, they are found quite often to be in between spaces, traveling within unfamiliar territories, or even assuming identities completely different from their own. In Taste of Cherry, the protagonist is driving around in a car for most of the film. In Certified Copy, our two characters are walking idly around the streets of Tuscany. In both films there is never a predetermined destination in mind, but it is rather the act of travelling itself that becomes significant. This state of constant motion suggests a transitory state that Gilles Deleuze refers to as derive (drift):
In a derive one or more persons during a certain period drop their usual motives for movement and action, their relations, their work and leisure activities, and let themselves be drawn by the attractions of the terrain and the encounters they find there. (2005, p. 50)
The characters of Kiarostami rely on exploring new locations and situations in an effort to find meaning within themselves. Without a predetermined destination in mind, the "traveller" in question can ultimately go in any direction he or she chooses, a choice that Deleuze states is "identical to the power of the spirit, to the perpetually renewed spiritual decision" (2005, p. 120). When the character is in motion, they are in search for a new way of life – a new way of perceiving the world they live in. Kiarostami will often film these situations in long, unbroken shots: ascribing to the concept of what Gilles Deleuze refers to as the "time-image".
Time-images are those in which we see and experience the passing of time itself, without measurement or the mediating influence of the protagonist or plot. (Stone 2013, p. 95)
Each filmmaker will use the time-image for different thematic or stylistic purposes. Kiarostami often shows the time-image from a particular point of view that doesn't necessarily provide a heightened sense of subjectivity, but rather a detached objectivity akin to documentary filmmaking. This is found in Taste of Cherry in the form of long takes looking outside the car window from the passenger's seat, viewing at the natural scenery of the landscape, or in the form of long shots peering at the car travelling from afar. This intentional distancing creates a cinematic contrast from the intimate narrative, which invites the audience to reflect in unorthodox ways. In Certified Copy, we often have long takes following our two main characters as they engage in unbroken, flowing dialogue. This gives the audience a sense of continuous time and space, throwing us into a sense of reality not typically afforded to us in traditional Hollywood cinema.
Furthering the blending of fictional narrative and documentary filmmaking, Kiarostami utilizes film as an art form to challenge typical notions of the "real". Taste of Cherry explores themes of death, and subsequently, life: over time, we follow the protagonist, Mr Baadi, as he drives around the Tehran countryside searching for a stranger willing enough to assist in his suicide. While the personal narrative ends on an ambiguous note, contemplating on whether or not Mr Baadi makes the right decision, the film's concluding scene breaks the fourth wall so to speak, showing behind the scenes footage from the film, as we see the actor portraying Mr Baadi casually enjoying both himself and the natural scenery on set, alongside the actors on the film. The film ultimately breaks traditional narrative conventions in order to communicate a deeper, philosophical message about celebrating life and the act of creation.
Abbas Kiarostami remains a fervent believer in art's power to raise more questions than answers, but still tells his stories in inherently esoteric fashion, finding his surrogate through the medium of film.
"From my very first movie, what was my concentration, my inspiration, was that I didn't want to narrate something, I didn't want to tell a story. I wanted to show something, I wanted for them to make their own story from what they were seeing."
– Abbas Kiarostami
Deleuze, G. (2005) Cinema 1 & 2. London: Continuum
Stone, R. (2013) Walk, Don't Run: The Cinema of Richard Linklater. London: Wallflower Press
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