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As the drug war proceeded, opposition to tobacco exports began to receive some attention. In April 1990, Dr. James Mason, Assistant Secretary for Health, declared that it was "unconscionable for the mighty transnational tobacco companies -- and three of them are in the United States -- to be peddling their poison abroad, particularly because their main targets are less-developed countries." A few weeks later, however, he cancelled a scheduled appearance before a congressional hearing on the matter, while the Department of Health and Human Services "backed away from its past criticism of efforts to open new markets for American cigarettes around the world." The Department said that "the issue was one of trade, not health," Philip Hilts reported in the New York Times. A Department spokesman explained that Dr. Mason's appearance was cancelled for that reason. Citing the trade figures, another official described Mason's criticism of tobacco exports as "an unwelcome intrusion on the Administration's efforts to open new cigarette markets," particularly in Thailand, Hilts reported further. Meanwhile U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills dismissed Thai protests about U.S. imperialists thrusting cancer sticks upon them, saying, "I don't see how health concerns can enter the picture if the people are smoking their own cigarettes."35
Or, by the same logic, smoking their own crack. In our passion for free trade, then, we should surely allow the Medell¡n cartel to export cocaine freely to the United States, to advertise it to young people without constraint, and to market it aggressively.
Others continued to voice objections. In an open letter to Colombian president Virgilio Barco, Peter Bourne, who was Director of the Office of Drug Abuse Policy in the Carter administration, wrote that "perhaps nothing so reflects on Washington's fundamental hypocrisy on [the drug] issue as the fact that while it rails against the adverse effects of cocaine in the United States, the number of Colombians dying each year from subsidized North American tobacco products is significantly larger than the number of North Americans felled by Colombian cocaine." The Straits Times in Singapore found it "hard to reconcile the fact that the Americans are threatening trade sanctions against countries that try to keep out U.S. tobacco products" with U.S. efforts to reduce cigarette smoking at home (let alone its efforts to bar import of illicit drugs) -- a surprising failure to perceive the clear difference between significant and insignificant nations, to borrow some neoconservative rhetoric.36
The American Medical Association also condemned trade policies that ignore health problems, estimating that some 2.5 million excessive or premature deaths per year are attributable to tobacco -- about 5% of all deaths. At a World Conference on Lung Health in May 1990, former Surgeon General Koop, noting that U.S. tobacco exports had risen 20% the preceding year while smoking dropped 5% in the U.S., again called the export of tobacco "a moral outrage" and denounced it as "the height of hypocrisy" to call on other governments to stop the export of cocaine "while at the same time we export nicotine, a drug just as addictive as cocaine, to the rest of the world." In Taiwan, Koop said, the government had been able to cut smoking drastically by an antismoking campaign, until Washington threatened trade sanctions in 1987, leading to a 10% rise in smoking. "America better stop being a drug pusher if we expect to have any credibility in our war on drugs," Congressman Chester Atkins said at a news conference. Public health experts warned of a "global epidemic" from tobacco-related deaths as a result of the surge in overseas sales, now one-sixth of U.S. production, predicting that the death toll will rise to 12 million annually by mid-21st century. Speaking for the government, the USTR spokesman repeated that the matter is simply one of free trade: "Our question is basically one of fairness." Coverage was again slight.37
Thatcher's England was not far behind. The alternative press reported a London Sunday Times exposé of a multimillion dollar marketing drive by British American Tobacco (BAT) to sell cheap and highly addictive cigarettes in Africa -- an easy, regulation-free market -- with levels of tar and nicotine far above those permitted in the West. A corporation letter to the country's head of medical services stated that "BAT Uganda does not believe that cigarette smoking is harmful to health...[and] we should not wish to endanger our potential to export to these countries which do not have a health warning on our packs." A British cancer specialist described the situation in the Third World as similar to England in the early years of the century, when one in ten men was dying of lung cancer. He estimated that in China alone 50 million of today's children will die through tobacco-related diseases.38
If such estimates are anywhere near accurate, the reference to the Opium Wars is not far from the mark, and it might be fair to warn of the blurring of the boundary between narcotrafficking and genocide.
35 Hilts, NYT, May 18, 1990; Mary Kay Magistad, BG, May 31, 1990.
36 Bourne, COHA (Council on Hemispheric Affairs) News And Analysis, June 5, 1990. Straits Times, in International Herald Tribune, April 9, 1990. On the relative significance of nations, see chapter 12, p. 365.
37 AP, NYT, June 27, also briefly noting the World Conference on Lung Health a month earlier; AP, May 21; Ron Scherer, CSM, May 23; Betsy Lehman, BG, May 22, 1990.
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A Single Health Program
Everyone will be covered by one health insurance program, administered by the federal government, and have equal access to all medical services and treatments.
All services requiring a medical professional will be fully covered. You go to the doctor of your choice. Dental, vision, mental health, and pharmaceuticals are all included.
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A jobs initiative and severance for those affected by the transition to government-run healthcare.
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That's why we need each and every person to get involved. Winning Medicare for All will mean establishing a piece of real democratic socialism and building a broader working-class movement to take on the elite and the billionaire class. The fight is going to be long, and in many ways grueling. But it's a fight we need to wage, and one that we intend to win!
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Leopard tortoises inhabit the savannas of Southern and Eastern Africa, from Ethiopia to Sudan and from Natal to southern Angola, as well as South Africa and part of southwestern Africa. The hot, dry savannas have sparse vegetation, and the tortoises favor semi-arid to grassland areas, characteristic of grazing species. They are often seen in shady areas or resting underneath brushy plants to escape the immense heat. Some of them, however, inhabit rainy areas.
This species is not particularly social. Males will determine dominance through fighting, however, such dominance does not decide much more than access to a certain female. A leopard tortoise's day is mostly taken up with eating and resting. Their back legs are trunk-like and their front legs are paddle shaped and they have "pigeon-toes" with a row of little "nails". These legs enable them to move very fast and maneuver easily over rocky terrain. Typically slow movers, they can sprint when startled or scared. They can also climb and can float and swim slowly due to the sizeable lung space in their large, domed shell that allows buoyancy. They have well-developed and good eyesight. A tortoise will hiss when it is scared, but the sound isn't always from its mouth. When it quickly pulls it head and limbs into its shell, this forces all the air from their lungs, which may cause a hiss.
Strict herbivores (folivores), these animals will eat grass, but prefer to graze on succulents, flowers, fungi, berries, and a range of other fruit. They will sometimes eat ash or old bones, possibly to supplement their levels of calcium.
Leopard tortoises are monogamous and breed only with one partner per year during the mating season. Males and females both become increasingly aggressive when they are looking for a mate, fighting by butting and ramming their rivals. This species breeds from May until October. After mating, a female digs a hole from 100 to 300 mm deep in the ground, where she will lay her frail, white, spherical eggs. Incubation is for 9 to 12 months, varying according to the location, temperature, and precipitation. 5 to 7 clutches may be produced in one breeding season, around 3 to 4 weeks apart, with 5 to 30 eggs per clutch, with larger females laying more. Once the eggs are laid, the mother covers them up and leaves. Hatchlings are independent immediately upon emerging. Leopard tortoises reach maturity at five years old.
Leopard tortoises are seen throughout their geographic range as agricultural pests, and because of this, retaliatory killings do happen. They are also a staple food item for many local peoples, so where human populations are high, leopard tortoises are considered vulnerable.
According to IUCN, the Leopard tortoise is common and widespread throughout its range but no overall population estimate is available. According to the University of Michigan (Museum of Zoology) resource, there are 5,990 individuals in Tanzania and only 500 individuals in Ethiopia. Overall, currently this species is classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List.
Leopard tortoise is important seed predator and disperses seeds throughout its environment.
There is little evidence that tortoises can distinguish different colors. A study recently proposed that juvenile Leopard tortoises approach colors like red and various shades of green most often. As for sounds, in general, tortoises are especially sensitive to sounds that are under 1,000 Hz.
Leopard tortoises can stay underwater for as long as 10 minutes.
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The upper shells of turtles and tortoises are protected by scutes, plates made from keratin - just like our fingernails.
Leopard tortoises do not have a nuchal shield, which is a protective scute above a tortoise's neck, which all other tortoises have. This means this species is the only one in the family able to raise its head, and so is the only one that can swim.
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Musk's net worth increased by over $150 billion this year and Tesla's share price surged a massive 743% last year.
"How strange," that's how Tesla and Space X CEO Elon Musk responded to a tweet about him becoming the richest man in the world.
Creating history, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, who had once decided to sell off Tesla owing to poor results, became the richest person on the planet, surging past Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos on Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a ranking of the world's 500 wealthiest people.
"Well, back to work …", reacted Musk in a follow up tweet, displaying a familiar nonchalance about the news of him surpassing Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.
A 4.8 percent rally in Tesla's share price on Thursday took Musk past Bezos, with a net worth of $188.5 billion, 1.5 billion more than Bezos, who has held the top spot since October 2017.
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Musk's net worth increased by more than $150 billion this year and Tesla's share price surged a massive 743 percent last year.
He told Axel Springer in an interview last month that the key purpose of his wealth is to 'accelerate humanity's evolution into a spacefaring civilisation'.
The world's 500 richest people added a record $1.8 trillion to their combined net worth last year, according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
Musk Asks Employees to 'Go All Out'
Tesla delivered 4,99,550 vehicles in 2020, slightly missing its most recent guidance of 5,00,000 vehicles.
In the fourth quarter, Tesla delivered 1,61,650 Model 3 and Model Y cars and produced 1,63,660 such vehicles.
The automaker also delivered 18,920 Model S and X vehicles and produced 16,097 of them.
"In 2020, we produced and delivered half a million vehicles, in line with our most recent guidance. In addition, Model Y production in Shanghai has begun, with deliveries expected to begin shortly," the company said in a statement last week.
The company achieved the feat despite closing its new factory in China as well as its vehicle plant in Fremont, California for several weeks due coronavirus.
Musk also tweeted: "So proud of the Tesla team for achieving this major milestone! At the start of Tesla, I thought we had (optimistically) a 10 percent chance of surviving at all."
Tesla delivered 88,400 vehicles in Q1 and 90,650 vehicles in Q2.
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In October, Tesla said it delivered 1,39,300 vehicles during the third quarter, slightly better than the 1,37,000 Wall Street had expected.
For the year, Tesla delivered 4,42,511 Model 3 and Model Y cars, while producing 4,54,932 of the vehicles. It delivered 57,039 Model S and Model X cars while producing 54,805 such vehicles.
Musk has proclaimed that he wants to increase Tesla's vehicle sales volume from about 5,00,000 in 2020 to 20 million annually over the next decade.
Late last month, Musk told Tesla employees in an email to 'go all out' in order to achieve the 5 lakh vehicle delivery goal.
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Capsilon Announces Growth Investment from Francisco Partners
Press Release - June 07 2016
New Partnership Will Help Mortgage Technology Leader Accelerate Growth and Product Innovation throughout the Mortgage Industry Value Chain
Capsilon Corporation, a provider of cloud-based document and data management solutions for the mortgage industry, today announced an investment from Francisco Partners, a technology-focused private equity firm. The growth investment will provide Capsilon with a capital partner to support product innovation and keep pace with growing demand from mortgage lenders, investors, and servicers.
"We are extremely excited to announce this investment by Francisco Partners, and we look forward to their support as we advance our vision of dramatically reducing the cost of loan production through automation," said Sanjeev Malaney, CEO of Capsilon. "Capsilon will use the capital to expand our product portfolio, and we will leverage Francisco Partners' technology and financial services end-market expertise to expand our customer footprint."
Capsilon partners with companies that originate, analyze, and trade mortgage loans to understand their process workflows and deliver award-winning technology that solves critical business challenges. Capsilon's flagship product, Capsilon DocVelocity®, helps mortgage companies reduce costs and ensure compliance by automating key steps along the mortgage lifecycle.
"Sanjeev Malaney and his team are transforming the mortgage industry from labor-based to technology-driven," said Jason Brein of Francisco Partners. "We are thrilled to back Capsilon as it automates the process of accepting, organizing, and extracting intelligence from mortgage documents."
GCA Savvian Advisors, LLC acted as exclusive financial advisor and Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, LLP acted as legal advisor to Capsilon Corporation. Raymond James & Associates acted as exclusive financial advisor and Kirkland & Ellis, LLP acted as legal advisor to Francisco Partners. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
About Capsilon Corporation
Capsilon provides comprehensive cloud-based document and data management solutions that enable mortgage lenders, investors and servicers to increase productivity and lower costs, while ensuring compliance. The company's flagship product, Capsilon DocVelocity®, is a document imaging and data capture platform built specifically to address the needs of large mortgage companies. Headquartered in San Francisco, Capsilon serves many of the mortgage industry's most innovative companies, including two of the 10 largest residential mortgage lenders in the United States.
About Francisco Partners
Francisco Partners is a leading global private equity firm, which specializes in investments in technology and technology-enabled services businesses. Since its launch over 15 years ago, Francisco Partners has raised approximately $10 billion in capital and invested in more than 150 technology companies, making it one of the most active and longstanding investors in the technology industry. The firm invests in transaction values ranging from $50 million to over $2 billion, where the firm's deep sectoral knowledge and operational expertise can help companies realize their full potential.
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Opened in November 2010, Hakkasan Mayfair is the second London edition to the acclaimed Hakkasan brand. Chef Tong Chee Hwee brings his contemporary take on Cantonese cuisine to this elegantly designed space. Innovatively created cocktails and a unique wine list are combined with carefully chosen dim sum, and Chinese dishes that are ever-changing, dynamic and new. The result is authentic Cantonese cooking with a contemporary flair, at once subtle and thrilling, and all made with the best ingredients. Hakkasan Mayfair is set over two floors. The lower ground floor invites guests to the traditional Hakkasan setting, surrounded by intricate wooden screens allowing intimate dining, whilst the ground floor brings a combination of relaxed atmosphere and a vibrant bar, encouraging guests to indulge in an inspired environment.
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Families bond in many ways: location, church, civic groups and kids.
As kids, Maureen and John knew each other quite well. Their families in Springfield, Ill., had forged deep connections through church, camping trips and sports. While growing up, Maureen remembers John as just another one of her brother's friends.
Fast forward many years, and those close bonds of friendship paved the way for something new.
About four years ago, Maureen's sister decided these two should meet and invited them to a gathering to see if sparks would fly. The attraction was immediate, Maureen said, and they've been together ever since.
And in mid-November these two officially said their vows at St. John's Lutheran Church followed by a gracious reception at the President Abraham Lincoln Springfield Double Tree Hilton Hotel.
Maureen and John are straight shooters who are warm, considerate and circumspect, and this couple welcomed us to their wedding weekend celebration with open arms.
When a Sweet Pea couple is on the modest side, we know we need to take extra care to find out how they communicate and show love.
We'll never forget the quiet devotion to each other that these two shared. They were always checking in with each other, always making sure the other was doing OK.
But you can imagine our joy when we watched these two expressing their love in the most subtle of ways.
One of our favorites made it into their Sneak Peek.
It was during the ceremony processional when John got his first glimpse of Maureen walking toward him.
Suddenly a tiny smile crossed John's face. And it said it ALL: love, joy, relief, pride, happiness.
But don't blink, because the moment comes and goes in a flash, like a shooting star.
We'll also never forget the hospitality that the Rodenburg and Moulton families and friends showed us that weekend. When we're trusted to do our jobs, it actually makes our jobs so much easier!
We'll also never forget how chilly it was, too. It's a rare occasion for us to capture imagery of snow AND glorious fall color at the same time.
Congrats to the newlyweds, and we hope you enjoy their Sneak Peek as much as we have!
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Dating a younger man is now a normal occurrence. Long gone are the days when women were only comfortable with dating older guys. Today it is possible to date a younger guy as long as you like them.
The mistakes that many women make when dating a younger man is treating him like a child. If he is old enough to date you, then he is not a child. You need to make sure that you treat him like an adult.
This means that you should give him space to decide as opposed to interfering with all his decision. Treating him as a child will make him feel respected in the relationship. The last thing you want is to make him feel like he is hanging out with his mother.
When dating a younger man, you need to remember that the adventure never ends. For men in their 20s, their life is a full adventure. There are times when they do things that seem stupid and a waste of time to older women.
It is your choice to decide the kind of activities that you want to be a part of. For instance, if you are planning to go on a camping trip, then you can decide to go with him. When dating a younger man, be ready for adventure.
As part of treating your man like an adult, you also need to make sure that you let him pay for dinner. He still needs to feel like a man and this mean allowing him to do all the manly things like paying for dinner. Give him the freedom to pay for dinner and also sometimes allow him to do it.


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Todd Simon critical in Justin Jackson's commitment to UNLV
Video from Mike Grimala of RunRebs.com on the Rebels latest commitment in Justin Jackson.
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Justin Jackson is headed to UNLV, and it is all thanks to a former coach of Jackson, Todd Simon.
Simon spent some time as a video assistant on the UNLV staff from 2004-2006. Then he left to take an assistant coaching position at Findlay Prep in nearby Henderson, Nevada. After ascending to head coach at Findlay Prep for the 2012-13 season, Simon returned to UNLV as an assistant on Dave Rice's staff. But Simon's Findlay connections are paying dividends for the Runnin' Rebels' future.
"Me and coach Todd (Simon), we've been in contact for a while," Jackson told RunRebs.com on Tuesday. "He's actually the person that brought me to Findlay Prep before he took a coaching job at UNLV. He did a little bit of recruiting to bring me here, so we had a good relationship, and once he got to UNLV he got coach Rice involved."
Jackson is from Toronto, but he is now playing at Findlay Prep, located outside of Las Vegas. Another current Rebel from Findlay Prep is freshman Rashad Vaughn who Jackson described as "a brother to me." The Simon and Vaughn combination at UNLV seem to be the biggest factors in Jackson – a 2016 four star – choosing to stay in Las Vegas.
Plus Jackson thinks his fit at UNLV goes beyond the Findlay Prep connection.
"They're sort of like we do at Findlay, just up and down, up and down, transition play. And that's what I am. I can grab the ball and go. I have good vision, and I'm not selfish. I'm a playmaker and I like to look for my teammates first."
UNLV has topped the conference in possessions per game every season since Rice took over. Last year the Runnin' Rebels played at the fastest pace in the Mountain West, averaging 67.3 possessions per game. But that only ranked UNLV 181st in the country. However, with a shortage of big men, and a plethora of versatile wings, UNLV and will look to push the tempo more this season. In two seasons, Jackson will be able to help push the tempo as a small forward.
It is difficult to project the UNLV roster for when Jackson will arrive in the 2016-17 season, but with five players likely to use up their eligibility over the next two seasons, and a few potential early entrants to the NBA Draft, Jackson could be an immediate focal point for UNLV.


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How to access Amazon's Premier League coverage
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Amazon holds the rights to five days of Premier League action during December. For many, access to the games will be free of charge, but you'll need to check if your device is compatible.
Premier League games on 3rd, 4th and 5th December, plus 26 and 27th December will be exclusively live on Amazon's Prime Video service in the UK.
A full list of matches being shown is listed below, including those being broadcast in UHD. In addition to showing the matches live, replays will be available on-demand from midnight.
Those who already have Amazon Prime, for example to benefit from one-day delivery, will be able to access the live games at no extra cost.
For new Amazon customers, a 30-day free trial is available (£7.99 a month thereafter), which will cover both sets of live matches for anyone signing-up for the trial before the first game kicks off on the 3rd December.
Accessing the service
Only commercial premises (pubs and clubs) will be able to access the games via satellite in the UK.
Everyone else in the country will need to stream the matches online via Amazon.
You will need an internet speed of at least 1Mbps to watch in standard definition. On connections of more than 5Mbps, the picture should automatically switch to HD. A small selection of games will be available in 4K UHD on compatible devices.
Sky: not available. Use a smart TV, dongle or streaming box to access the games on your TV.
Virgin Media: Go to channel 205 to load the Prime Video app. If you already have an Amazon account, e.g. for physical goods, you can use this to access the service. If you have Amazon Prime, then the games will be available at no extra cost.
BT TV and TalkTalk TV: Use the Prime Video app on your YouView box (Apps section). If you already have an Amazon account, e.g. for physical goods, you can use this to access the service. If you have Amazon Prime, then the games will be available at no extra cost.
Freeview and Freesat: Prime Video isn't a regular TV channel. But are you watching Freeview or Freesat on a smart TV? Or do you have a Chromecast, Roku (newer model), Apple TV or Amazon Fire TV stick or a PS3, PS4 or Xbox One games console? You'll be able to access Prime Video on many of these devices. More details...
I don't use any of the above TV platforms: You can access the live games via the latest version of the Amazon app on iOS and Android platforms, as well as on Roku (newer models), Amazon Fire TV sticks, PS3, PS4, Xbox One (not 360) or Apple TV. More details...
Devices that can't run the live Premier League games from Prime Video
The following devices don't support the Digital Rights Management that is in place for the live Premier League games, so don't use the Prime Video app on these devices:
X Roku (2014 and earlier models, excluding Roku 3)
X Sony Bravia (most 2015 and pre-2015 models)
X Sony Bravia Blu-Ray Disc Player
X LG Hawaii TVs (2015 and earlier models)
X Xbox 360
X Nintendo Wii/Wii U
Which Premier League matches will be live on Amazon Prime Video in December 2019?
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Tuesday 3rd December 2019
Crystal Palace vs Bournemouth (7:30pm GMT)
Burnley vs Man City (8:15pm GMT) UHD
Wednesday 4th December 2019
Chelsea vs Aston Villa (7:30pm GMT)
Leicester vs Watford (7:30pm GMT)
Man Utd vs Spurs (7:30pm GMT)
Southampton vs Norwich (7:30pm GMT)
Wolves vs West Ham (7:30pm GMT)
Liverpool vs Everton (8:15pm GMT) UHD
Sheffield Utd vs Newcastle (7:30pm GMT)
Arsenal vs Brighton (8:15pm GMT) UHD
Tottenham vs Brighton (12:30 GMT)
Bournemouth vs Arsenal (3pm GMT)
Aston Villa vs Norwich (3pm GMT)
Chelsea vs Southampton (3pm GMT)
Crystal Palace vs West Ham (3pm GMT)
Everton vs Burnley (3pm GMT)
Sheffield Utd vs Watford (3pm GMT)
Man Utd vs Newcastle (5:30pm GMT)
Leicester vs Liverpool (8pm GMT) UHD
Friday 27th December 2019
Wolves vs Man City (7:45pm GMT) UHD
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The Veskarium, an interplanetary empire in the inhabited solar system nearest to the Pact Worlds, is home to the vesk race.
The rigid organization and martial focus of vesk society led to the race conquering the other races of its home system after achieving space travel. The resulting empire was named Veskarium, and eventually extended to encompass their entire system. After Drift travelers from the nearest inhabited system made first contact, Veskarium invaded their system, initiating the Silent War. The conflict led the various planets of the Pact Worlds system to unite into a single government known as the Pact Worlds. The war lasted for approximately 250 years, until both the Veskarium and the Pact Worlds were invaded by an extrasolar enemy known as the Swarm. This mutual threat forced Veskarium to call a truce with the Pact Worlds in 291 AG and join forces; this uneasy truce has held to the present day.
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After Brett Wilson, seen here in his office in Calgary, left CBC's Dragons' Den, Twitter became his platform, and politics his passion.
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Brett Wilson has long been a master of business and self-promotion.
But eight years after he left CBC's Dragons' Den, Twitter has become his platform, and politics his passion. The famous financier is now better known – and perhaps infamous – for a clamorous pro-energy, social-media profile laced with expletives and jokes aimed at climate-change campaigners and political opponents.
Some believe that the Calgary businessman goes too far in dabbling in unverified news stories, talk of treason and his antipathy toward Justin Trudeau and other federal Liberals. But for all the social-media sneers thrown his way, Mr. Wilson often accurately captures the angry mood of Alberta workers and energy executives who believe that the Canadian debate about oil and the environment is rife with hypocrisy.
"We're the only country in the world not participating in the growth of the global oil industry," the 62-year-old repeats again and again – referring to Canada's inability to get crude to international markets outside of the U.S. – during an interview in his Calgary office.
In this federal election campaign, he has proffered Western Canadian fears regarding a minority government requiring the support of the Green Party, NDP or the Bloc Québécois – who variously have said that the oil sands need to be phased out and want to stop future pipeline construction. The Liberals, he says, have been incompetent on the energy file, and have stymied investment and potential export projects with new laws regarding tanker exports and future pipeline projects.
This week, Mr. Wilson was arguing on Twitter that there is no reason why oil and gas workers should not organize a counterprotest to Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg's rally in Edmonton on Friday. And while he says he's a frustrated nationalist, some of his tweets dabble in soft Alberta separation rhetoric.
"Separation might have been everyone's seventh choice," he says. "It's now second, in a lot of minds."
Mr. Wilson has a storied history in Calgary's business community. He co-founded boutique energy investment bank FirstEnergy Capital Corp. in 1993. He's a part owner of the NHL's Nashville Predators, and an investor in oil and gas, power generation, cannabis, real estate and restaurants.
His friend Michael Lang describes how some well-heeled Calgarians have got their backs up when Mr. Wilson has insisted that everyone enjoying the eating, drinking and schmoozing at his annual garden parties bring a substantial cheque to benefit causes, including mental health and the United Way.
"Brett is long past the point where he's worried about offending people for a cause," says Mr. Lang, chairman of StoneBridge Merchant Capital Corp. "Brett's heart is always in the right place."
Mr. Wilson says after almost two decades of managing recurrent prostate cancer, his outlook on life is different than most, and little bothers him. He donates to all of Canada's political parties so he can get their e-mails. But in this election, he's backing Andrew Scheer and the third-party groups who support the Conservative Leader, such as Canada Proud.
He notes that "a number of well-known politicians and recognizable people" (who he declines to name) feed him information and opinions, because he can tweet and "add colour."
"I'm not elected, so I can't get kicked out. I'm not employed, so no one can fire me," Mr. Wilson says. "If someone chooses not to do business with me, then go ahead. But you know, the list of those that will do business with me keeps a bunch of people real busy."
And there's a marketing method to everything Mr. Wilson does. He says the language he chooses is simply in alignment with the social-media age we all live in. "I'm comfortable in using the f-bomb from time to time. In the context of two identical tweets, one with an f-bomb, one without, the f-bomb goes three times as far."
But those who take umbrage with his tweets are many. Thomas Lukaszuk, a former provincial Progressive Conservative cabinet minister in Alberta – who is no slouch himself at making waves on Twitter – says Mr. Wilson is emblematic of what happens in an angry, ultrapolarized political environment.
"Brett is that personified," says Mr. Lukaszuk, who is no longer in government. "How can this person become 'that person' in such a short period of time?"
For his part, Mr. Wilson argues that Canada is the best at environmental compliance when compared with other oil-producing countries, yet it faces the most attacks and scrutiny. On that basis, he has had too many clashes with environmentalists or centre-left politicians to list.
But one clear example came last month, when the environmental law group Ecojustice threatened to challenge Alberta Premier Jason Kenney's creation of a public inquiry into the foreign funding of environmental charities on the basis that it could constitute interference in free speech.
In response, Mr. Wilson tweeted that the group should "watch their back." Some said his words could be construed as a threat.
"I didn't threaten them with anything," Mr. Wilson says. "'Watch your back' is a conventional 'Be careful.' "
Mr. Wilson says his sarcasm is often misinterpreted, and he takes exception to my calling his tweets divisive. "It's actually the opposite," he says, arguing that he is helping to bring middle-ground Canadians into the energy debate.
Mr. Wilson says with some pride that his monthly impressions on Twitter have increased tenfold in the past two years, up to 12 million impressions a month. At every Calgary business event he attends, he says people approach him to thank him. People are demoralized, and appreciate the frank language of his pro-Canadian oil and gas tweets.
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Let this sink in: for every 93 men in the Singapore Armed Forces, there are 7 women.
And this number continues to grow steadily. A record number of women joined the force in 2014.
That year, some 140 women put on a uniform and joined the effort to ensure Singapore's safety and security.
Here are 5 Singaporean women who went against the grain and chose a career that's typically thought to be male-dominated.
And they are crushin' it.
SWO Tan is the first female Chief Warrant Officer among over 500 personnel from the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) and the SAF being promoted this year.
From the tender age of 9, she would accompany her late father, First Warrant Officer (Ret) Tan Hock Hai, to his workplace at the Tanglin Detention Barrack.
Those trips sparked her passion to join SAF in 1984 at age 18.
Two years after the army recruited its first female combatants in 1986, she finally seized her chance and applied for the Women's Combat Scheme.
Over the years in the Armour formation, she has risen through the ranks and is set to become the SAF's first female Chief Warrant Officer.
She felt that SAF has opened up more opportunities for women over the years, as long as they demonstrate their ability, commitment and passion.
MAJ Nah has smashed the 'brass ceiling' to become the first and only female operational F-15 fighter pilot in RSAF, with more than 400 flying hours under her belt.
She holds the distinction of being the first woman who is able to take part in military combat or operations.
The masters degree holder in learning technologies from the University of Michigan said that her initial ambition was to become a lawyer. However, she changed her mind and took up a SAF scholarship as she does not want to be tied to a desk-bound job.
She commented that the physical differences between her and her colleagues are rather stark.
Being physically petite, higher G-forces experienced on missions sometimes takes a toll on her body.
However, she opines that there are no differences in terms of flying skills and professional knowledge between the genders.
Most of all, she enjoys flying despite its challenges, as flying can feel tranquil and serene at times — especially when she's flying over the vast night sky.
BG Gan was appointed the first female general in SAF in 2015, and is now the Head of Air Intelligence and Director of Special Projects.
Looking for a career that offered adventure and meaning, BG Gan knew the SAF would be the right place to find it.
She was one of the first four women to receive the SAF merit scholarship in 1993, when it was opened to females.
After graduating from the London School of Economics, she rose through the ranks in the RSAF, where she drafted policies and commanded the RSAF's 203 squadron and Air Surveillance and Control Group.
The mother of three hopes that her promotion will show that women can have successful careers in the SAF — thereby encouraging more women in Singapore to join the armed forces.
Overseeing a naval warship is no easy feat, COL Goh has charted high seas and is the highest-ranking female naval officer since 2017.
She never thought of becoming a Naval Officer as a child. A career in the Navy piqued her interest when she knew that she'd get the chance to work on a ship and to be a part of the tight-knitted team to serve and defend Singapore.
She joined the Navy in 1993 and became the first female commanding officer (CO) of a frigate when she took charge of RSS Supreme — the navy's most advanced warship, in 2013.
She led a search-and-rescue operation for AirAsia Flight QZ8501 in December 2014.
COL Goh is a living embodiment of an aspiration penned in a time capsule 25 years ago by a fellow female naval officer — to have female officers command ships and units.
After her many years of service, she thinks that gender doesn't matter as much as decision-making skills and physical ability.
In 2013, Madam Zuraidah was appointed the first woman to hold the rank of Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police in SPF.
This turned out to be just another feather in her cap.
She served as Chief Executive for self-help group Yayasan Mendaki — they organise education workshops for students in troubled families.
Since young, she was actively involved in the National Cadet Corps in school. Thus, the transition to a career in the force later on was a cinch.
Being promised a dynamic vocation, a life less ordinary and a departure from monotony and repetition, Madam Zuraidah knew that being a police officer was, undoubtedly, the best choice for her.
Here are at least 5 walking examples of awe-inspiring women who overcame the odds and were rewarded with fulfilling careers in the army.
Who says women aren't fit for uniforms?
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On December 3, 2018, as the warmest year on record was coming to a close, the Polish President Andrzej Duda delivered his opening remarks at the COP24 Climate Conference in Katowice, Poland. With the double-edged motto of the conference, "Changing Together," over his head, Mr. Duda made a case for Poland's exemplary green economic transformation of the last quarter century––glossing over the last four years which have significantly rolled it back. In 2018, Poland's Law & Justice (PiS) government mounted a populist challenge against international cooperation on climate change, joined by the Trump administration in United States, Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil, and the dissatisfied French people on the streets of Paris.
Poland, especially its southern industrial region of Silesia (with the capital of Katowice), has been known to the world as the "Coal Country" for decades as the primary producer and consumer of this precious resource in Europe. In the recent years, world coal production has gone down, and the Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change (IPCC) emphasized in its October 2018 report that if by 2050 it does not reach 0, the chances of less than 1.5 degrees celsius global warming will. However, Mr. Duda proclaimed coal Poland's "national strategic resource" during the conference and suggested that Poland should stick to king coal for the next 200 years––or as long as there is any of it left to mine.
In 2015, 80% of Poland's electricity generation came from coal-fired plants and 50% of all all workers employed in the hard coal mining industry in the European Union were in Poland. Both percentages have been on the decline along with the profitability of the coal industry, but the damage to the people and the climate of Poland has already been done. WHO reports Poland has 33 of the 50 most polluted cities in the European Union. Impenetrable clouds of smog stretch over the city panoramas, villages, and the countryside alike and some 48,000 Poles are estimated to die annually from illnesses related to poor air quality. When Polish and foreign nonprofit environmental organizations raised the alarm, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled in early 2018 that Poland infringed air quality laws between 2007 and 2015 by continuously exceeding pollution values. Despite, or perhaps because of this pushback, Mr. Duda doubled down on his December 3 speech the next day when he attended celebrations of the Polish National Miner's day and promised never to allow " Polish mining to be murdered." With the consequences of burning coal so evident and dire, Mr Duda's choice of words was ironic.
As Polish cities breathe some of the worst-quality air in Europe, the ruling populist party has taken a hatchet to the ancient woodlands of Poland instead of its coal mines. To wit, the government has been chipping away at the Bialowieza Forest, a UNESCO World Heritage Site where the last of the European bison still roam the primeval woodlands. Recently, the State Forests, the arm of the Polish Treasury tasked with managing state-owned forests, announced that it will push to log 171,000 meters cubed of the woodlands by the end of 2021. To conform to the UNESCO standards and the EU directives, the Polish government organization must create new designated areas for commercial exploitation, since it had already exceeded its 4-year logging limit in the Bialowieza Forest in 2017. Environmentalists such as Greenpeace Poland again raised the issue to the ECJ, which again ruled against the Polish government and ordered an immediate repeal of the new logging permits. The PiS party and its base, who tend to portray any EU intervention in Poland's internal affairs as trampling on its sovereign will, may be the only beneficiaries from this standoff.
On the other side of the pond, in this same spirit of defiance and distrust, the U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew the history's greatest carbon-emitting economy from the Paris agreement altogether. From insisting that climate change was a "hoax invented by the Chinese to attack U.S. manufacturing," candidate Trump's climate skepticism has translated into President Trump's climate policy.
Based on the data available from 2018, Rhodium Group, an independent research institution, calculated last year the U.S. experienced its second biggest spike (3.4%) in CO2 emissions in two decades, coming mainly from carbon-heavy transportation sector and the rise in natural gas as replacement for coal in energy production. In the same year, President Trump took a hatchet to multiple Obama-era regulations, including the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) measure that targeted tailpipe CO2 emissions on federal highways and a 2012 rule that enforced fuel efficiency and clean technology standards for U.S. automakers. The staggering rise in emissions from transportation may not have been fully accidental.
Even though the coal industry has shrunk by 50% since 2008 and coal consumption is projected to decline in 2019 to a 40-year low, the Trump administration, like the Polish populist government, embraced the polluting resource. On December 6, as COP24 entered into the third day of talks, Mr. Trump announced he would do away with a law requiring all new coal-fired power plants to have carbon-capturing technology––a last-ditch attempt to make new production cheaper and to make good on campaign promises to miners of West Virginia and Wyoming. By thus leaning against the rising cost of production and pushing exports to developing countries such as India, the President has managed to stop the bleeding of the dying U.S. coal industry, if only for a moment, but at a mounting social cost for years to come.
In South America, the election of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil––a fellow populist with strong ties to Steve Bannon––proved another complicating factor for the climate conferees in Poland. A month after Mr. Bolsonaro's victory at the polls, Brazil's delegation at COP24 was responsible for the deadlock in the effort to write guidelines for Article 6 of the Paris Agreement on international cooperation between different countries' carbon trading markets. The issue was thus put off to the next UN climate conference in 2019 in Chile––a summit that was supposed to be held in Rio de Janeiro but which President Bolsonaro decided his government would no longer host.
Echoing European fears over logging of the primeval Bialowieza Forests environmentalists have swarmed to Brazil to protect the Amazon from "opening up" for development of infrastructure and energy projects. Mr. Bolsonaro's campaign trail promises to Brazil's agribusiness interest, if realized, would mean mass clear-cutting of the Amazon for agricultural use, mainly for the lucrative soybean and beef farming. The president has appointed––on the prompting of the agribusiness lobby–– a new minister of the environment, Ricardo Salles, who has suspended all government cooperation with Brazil's NGOs for the preliminary period of three months, effectively ceding all control of licensing of the new projects in the rainforest to the ministries under his control. As the Amazon remains the world's largest carbon sink, its continued or increased deforestation will not only mean a blow to the absorption of CO2 from the atmosphere but will also release gigantic stocks of carbon in the rainforests biomass, bringing the US ever so close to the brink of irreversible climate catastrophe.
The least expected blow to Paris Accords in 2018 came from Paris itself and from the hand of the agreement's greatest sponsor, French President Emmanuel Macron. The rising star of the ossified French politics, Mr. Macron promised to unite liberal Europe against all nationalists, populists, and climate change deniers– making himself as many enemies with his rhetoric. In one speech under the ill-chosen Arc de Triomphe, he railed against nationalism, which he even went so far as to equate with with treason. But if the patronizing rhetoric provided oxygen for the dissatisfaction with the liberal government, the tax hikes on fuel announced in November stoked the fire of public anger which erupted in mass protests and violence that 17 weeks later still rock the country. There may be a lesson here for all ambitious officials who wish to take a multi-trillion dollar economy off fossil fuels overnight by fiat.
Given to inexpedient taxation and such Macronesque moralizing, liberals have undermined their own cause by placing the main brunt of the fight against climate change on on the shoulders of the average people. There is a better way. The whole global populist pushback in 2018, culminating with Poland's ambiguous appearance at COP24 and the fires in Paris, points to a missing element in the international case against climate change––an emphasis on what President Duda called the "human factor." Accounting for that factor would mean striking a balance between climate change on the one hand and social change on the other. It would mean rejecting both the populist instinct to resuscitate an unprofitable and polluting industry with taxpayer money and a top-down, lump-sum tax on transportation. Taking nationalist populism at its best, with a tendency to private market solutions and solidarity with the dislocated workers of dying industries, policy makers ought to champion more targeted tools like carbon pricing and an income-neutral carbon tax that allows for rebates for negative emissions for firms and households.
Aside from innumerable health benefits (which also pay in the long term) and stimulating private sector innovation to reduce emissions, carbon rebates would benefit lower income households the most, who ought to remain the primary concern of all future policies. Today, liberals and nationalist populists are locked in two sisyphic struggles––the first waging war on the people, the second on the climate––and everybody's losing.
Jan Gerber is a sophomore at The King's College in New York City, majoring in Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PP&E). He is the founder and the president of the John Quincy Adams Society Chapter at King's. Originally from Poland, he moved to the U.S. for higher education and the experience of living abroad. He is also a languages enthusiast and an American history wonk.


Howard Wiseman of Griffith University in Australia led a team that has created a new, groundbreaking theory.
The theory suggests that multiple other universes exist in the same space and time as our own, and even interact with one another on the quantum level, says IFL Science.
Quantum Theory can be a very complicated idea to grasp, as on a quantum level matter do not behave following the same physical and universal laws we are familiar with.
This new theory is NOT the same as the "Many Worlds Theory" as it suggests something else which is pretty radical.
The new so called "Many Interacting Worlds Theory" suggests that after an event happens (like asteroid hitting Earth) numerous universes are created with all possible outcomes of that event (ours being the one where dinosaurs were wiped out) and all these universes interact with one another.
The previous theory claimed that these universes are parallel to ours and run in a separate space but at the same time, never interacting.
"Many Interacting Worlds Theory" claims these parallel universes depend on one another, interacting and running at the same space and time as ours. It suggests that if we study it better, we can actually invent interdimensional travel to another universe from the one we are at.
Michael Hall is the lead author of the paper, which was published in the journal Physical Review X. To understand their theory they say we can think of a deck of cards where each card is an event.
When you have a full deck of cards, the one you turn over could be any single outcome, until you turn it. When you turn it over it forces one particular outcome to occur.
The parallel universes overlap and take up the same space and time simultaneously, like the deck of cards. They exist in all possible configurations until an observer forces one state to exist.
This could mean that consciousness is the factor which determines the universe it'll pick from the deck of universes forcing the outcome itself.
"The beauty of our approach is that if there is just one world our theory reduces to Newtonian mechanics, while if there is a gigantic number of worlds it reproduces quantum mechanics. In between it predicts something new that is neither Newton's theory nor quantum theory," Wiseman said.
The brilliance of this theory is that it unites many groundbreaking discoveries about the quantum world, like quantum entanglement and the one that demonstrated observing influences what is being observed (The Observer Effect). For example, for us to "see" an electron, a photon must first interact with it, and this interaction will change the path of that electron.
The response from the physics community has been mixed, ranging from exhilarating excitement and support to some calling it 'a huge waste of time'!
However, taking in consideration what we know about the quantum world, nothing is strange. In the past it was hard for us to even imagine leaving this planet and exploring other planets.
Maybe someday we can access parallel universes, have interdimensional travel, which could possibly lead to time travel. And this theory can be one of the foundations that enable us.


Hello my loves! It's that time again - Sing for Hope Pianos!
This is the 7th year I will be participating in the Sing for Hope Pianos Project (don't know what that is? Check it out here: https://www.singforhope.org/pianos).
This will be my 8th piano and it is dedicated to all my fellow piano artists - those amazing, loving, creative powerhouses I have had the privilege and pleasure to create with and witness in joy and in struggle over the years. They are my friends, my inspiration, and many have become part of the family of my heart. This piano is dedicated to them and the gifts they give and receive through their hands - creativity, connection, LOVE.
"Hands are what we use to create these pianos, hands play them, hands touch them, hands are used to comfort and connect. I want to create a "portrait" of how all our lives have been connected by & through Sing for Hope, the artwork we have created together, the ways we have all touched each other and the lives of millions of New Yorkers."
Now, I need YOUR HELP to make this happen.
- as I see it living beyond the the pianos. For everyones hands - or whatever body part, prosthetic, etc. they use to "touch" the world - are capable of being a conduit for love. I'm interested in collecting the stories of how people are giving and receiving love through their hands - literally and figuratively.


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Q: Path contains matching I would like to execute the flow based on a contains match
<Flow name="do_something_flow">
        <Description/>
        <Request>
            <Step>
                <FaultRules/>
                <Name>do_something</Name>
            </Step>
        </Request>
        <Response/>
        <Condition>request.path MatchesPath "/**/india/blr/**"</Condition>
    </Flow>

The flow should execute when ever the request path contains /india/blr for example
/v1/x1/india/blr/z1
/v1/x1/india/blr
/v1/india/blr
/india/blr

The above path expression does not work for the second and last path- where URL starts and ends with subpath.
What i really needs is
request.path contains "/india/blr"

A: Try changing your condition statement as
<Condition>request.path ~ "/india/blr/**"</Condition>

A: To catch all 4 cases, you could use this:
<Condition>request.path MatchesPath "**/india/blr**"</Condition>

However, this is a overly broad and will also match paths like this:
/india/blrx/asd
So, to be more precise, you probably want this:
<Condition>request.path MatchesPath "**/india/blr/**" or request.path MatchesPath "**/india/blr"</Condition>

A: In the pre-flow you can have a custom javacallout policy to match the path with contains condition.
Then populate a variable
Use that variable in the condition of your flow.
It is a round about way - but works in absence of a "contains" operator in apigee path conditions.
Alternately, you can try JavaRegex which is supported by apigee in conditions. http://apigee.com/docs/api-services/api/conditions-reference
~~ (    JavaRegex operator )    Matches a javax.util.regex compliant regular expression

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1Then Joseph could not control himself before all those who stood by him, and he cried, "Have everyone go out from me." So there [a]was no man with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers. 2 He [b]wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard it, and the household of Pharaoh heard of it. 3 Then Joseph said to his brothers, "I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?" But his brothers could not answer him, for they were dismayed at his presence.
4 Then Joseph said to his brothers, "Please come [c]closer to me." And they came [d]closer. And he said, "I am your brother Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt. 5 Now do not be grieved or angry [e]with yourselves, because you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life. 6 For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there are still five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvesting. 7 God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth, and to keep you alive by a great [f]deliverance. 8 Now, therefore, it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has made me a father to Pharaoh and lord of all his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt. 9 Hurry and go up to my father, and say to him, 'Thus says your son Joseph, "God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not delay. 10 You shall [g]live in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and your children's children and your flocks and your herds and all that you have. 11 There I will also provide for you, for there are still five years of famine to come, and you and your household and all that you have would be impoverished."' 12 Behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see, that it is my mouth which is speaking to you. 13 Now you must tell my father of all my splendor in Egypt, and all that you have seen; and you must hurry and bring my father down here." 14 Then he fell on his brother Benjamin's neck and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck. 15 He kissed all his brothers and wept on them, and afterward his brothers talked with him.
21 Then the sons of Israel did so; and Joseph gave them wagons according to the [p]command of Pharaoh, and gave them provisions for the journey. 22 To [q]each of them he gave changes of garments, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five changes of garments. 23 To his father he sent [r]as follows: ten donkeys loaded with the [s]best things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and sustenance for his father [t]on the journey.


Two findings emerged in a new national poll that I commissioned on fatherhood and faith: the younger the generation, the more people report having difficult relationships with their fathers. At the same time, the younger generation reports the highest percentage of people who are struggling with belief in God.
I'm wondering: are these findings related?
The poll itself can't prove or disprove a direct correlation between those findings. Certainly, there are a lot of factors that influence a person's belief in God. But in my case — and in many others I've seen through the years — a person's relationship with their earthly father can influence whether they'll be receptive to a heavenly Father.
I commissioned the Barna Group to conduct the poll in conjunction with my new book, The Case for Grace, in which themes of faith and fatherhood are intertwined. In the book, which came out this week, I describe my own rocky relationship with my dad, which was one of the factors that moved me toward spiritual skepticism. I was an atheist for much of his life, until a nearly two-year investigation of the evidence for Christianity prompted me to become a Christian in 1981.
• The younger the responder, the more likely they are to report difficulties in their relationship with their fathers. Among the Elder generation (ages 69 and up), 15 percent said they had a poor or below average relationship with their dad while growing up. For Baby Boomers (ages 50-68), the number was 17 percent; for Gen X (ages 31-49), it was 22 percent. And for Millennials (ages 18-30), the number grew to 26 percent — or one in four.
• More than one-third of Millennials are struggling with belief in God, compared with one-quarter of Gen X and one-fifth of Baby Boomers and Elders. Put another way, 62 percent of Millennials are certain God exists, compared with 74 percent of Gen X, 82 percent of Boomers, and 79 percent of Elders.
So two findings can be identified. First, a higher percentage of Millennials report having subpar relationships with their fathers than previous generations. And second, a higher percentage of Millennials are uncertain or doubtful that God exists, compared to older Americans. While this particular survey can't establish for sure whether there's a correlation, I think these findings are definitely worth further exploration.
• In his book Faith of the Fatherless, psychologist Paul Vitz of New York University showed that many well-known atheists through history — including Friedrich Nietzsche, David Hume, Bertrand Russell, Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus, Arthur Schopenhauser, Ludwig Feuerbach, Baron D'Holbach, Volatire, H.G. Wells, Madalyn Murray O'Hair, and others — felt abandoned or deeply disappointed with their fathers.
This entry was posted in Family and tagged father, generation, son on February 26, 2015 by Mason Barge.
News of the forum/blog is exciting. Looking forward to interacting with everyone.


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Fri, 31 Dec, 2021 - 19:37
Covid forces deferral of elective care at hospitals across three counties
392 staff are self-isolating after testing positive or being deemed a close contact
David Raleigh
Covid-related staff absenteeism at the UL Hospitals Group has led to the deferral of the majority of scheduled surgery and outpatient appointments at five hospitals in Limerick, Clare and Tipperary next week.
The group's chief executive, Colette Cowen, said the deferral would take effect from next Tuesday to Friday.
The hospitals affected are University Hospital Limerick, Ennis Hospital, Nenagh Hospital, St John's Hospital and Croom Orthopaedic Hospital.
Services at University Maternity Hospital Limerick, where visiting restrictions were announced on Thursday due to an outbreak of Covid-19, are not affected.
"The high levels of Covid-19 infection across our communities is having a significant impact on staffing levels and therefore it is imperative that we take the necessary precautions to ensure that time critical and emergency care can go ahead," Ms Cowen said.
The group said that "a significant surge in Covid-19 activity across society" has led it to "anticipate that an increase in staff absences will have a significant impact on services over the coming weeks".
Staff self-isolating
The hospital group said it had 392 staff off work and self-isolating "having either tested positive for Covid-19, been designated as a close contact or deemed high risk".
"All the relevant HPSC guidance is being followed as we work to contain the virus and to protect patients and staff. Contact tracing and testing of staff and patients are continuing and we are putting into effect all the appropriate infection control measures to mitigate the risk," it said.
"Emergency and trauma theatre continues to operate and time-critical outpatient appointments are also being accommodated both face-to-face and virtually."
Patients impacted by the deferral of devices are to be contacted directly by the hospital in advance, and "the curtailment of services are being kept under continuous review by the UL Hospitals Group crisis management team".
A number of patient services will remain unaffected, including the Dialysis & Acute Fracture Clinic (UHL); Cancer services (oncology and haematology day ward, haematology and oncology OPD clinics, medical oncology clinics, rapid access clinics); and other outpatient clinics such as time-critical only following clinical decision, with patients being contacted in advance.
Paediatric clinics, ante-natal clinic, colposcopy clinic, diabetes in pregnancy clinic, elective c-sections and induction of labour at UMHL are also operating as normal.
Ms Cowan urged people to use local injury clinics, family doctors, out-of-hours GPs and pharmacies as an alternative to the Emergency Department at UHL, unless presenting for life-threatening emergencies.
The hospital group said: "If you do have symptoms of Covid-19, it is important that you do not go to the Emergency Department or your GP. Ring them in advance for advice. Avoid contact with other people by self-isolating. In a medical emergency if you have severe symptoms, call 112 or 999."
Ms Cowan said the group "will prioritise our most urgent patients for planned procedures and appointments next week and we look forward to increasing activity as soon as possible."
It comes as a further 20,110 cases of Covid-19 were confirmed on the last day of 2021, as Ireland experiences an unprecedented surge in cases fuelled by the Omicron variant.
A record 20,554 cases were reported on Thursday, with the country's chief medical officer saying capacity issues in the testing system means the true number may be more than 30,000.
There are currently 682 patients hospitalised with the virus, an increase of 63 since Thursday, with 86 people in intensive care.
Healthcare workers' pandemic bonus to be paid in February or March
Irish public donated almost one million Covid vaccines over Christmas
Cocaine now second most common drug used by students
RTÉ accused of behaving like 'rogue employer' at Public Accounts Committee
Emergency services at scene of an assault in Cork city centre


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Das Bistum Lucena (lat.: Dioecesis Lucenensis) ist eine auf den Philippinen gelegene römisch-katholische Diözese mit Sitz in Lucena City.

Geschichte

Das Bistum Lucena wurde am 28. März 1950 durch Papst Pius XII. mit der Apostolischen Konstitution Quo aeternae aus Gebietsabtretungen des Bistums Lipa errichtet und dem Erzbistum Manila als Suffraganbistum unterstellt. Am 20. Juni 1972 wurde das Bistum Lucena dem Erzbistum Lipa als Suffraganbistum unterstellt. Das Bistum Lucena gab am 25. April 1977 Teile seines Territoriums zur Gründung des Bistums Boac ab. Eine weitere Gebietsabtretung erfolgte am 9. April 1984 zur Gründung des Bistums Gumaca.

Das Bistum Lucena umfasst den zentral-westlichen Teil der Provinz Quezon.

Bischöfe von Lucena
 Alfredo Obviar, 1959–1976
 José Sánchez, 1976–1982, dann Erzbischof von Nueva Segovia
 Ruben Profugo, 1982–2003
 Emilio Marquez, 2003–2017
 Mel Rey Uy, seit 2017

Bedeutende Kirchen
 Basilika des St. Michael Erzengel in Tayabas
 Kathedrale des St. Ferdinand

Siehe auch
 Liste der römisch-katholischen Diözesen
 Römisch-katholische Kirche auf den Philippinen

Weblinks
 Homepage des Bistums Lucena (englisch)
  (englisch)

Einzelnachweise

Lucena
Lucena City
Gegründet 1950


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Q: What is the equivalent for C++ const size_t in C#? I'm trying to translate some Ogre code to it's C# version and I ran into a problem :
    const size_t nVertices = 8;
    const size_t vbufCount = 3*2*nVertices;

    float vertices[vbufCount] = {
            -100.0,100.0,-100.0,        //0 position
            -sqrt13,sqrt13,-sqrt13,     //0 normal
            //...
           -sqrt13,-sqrt13,sqrt13,     //7 normal
    };

Basically, const size_t doesn't exist in C#, and const int can't be used to declare array's size.
I was wondering how to declare arrays with a constant value?

A: size_t is a typedef (kind of like a #define macro) which is basically an alias for another type. Its definition depends on the SDK, but it's usually unsigned int.
Anyway, in this case it doesn't really matter because they're constants, so you know that nVertices is 8 and vbufCount is 48. You can just write it like this in C#:
const int nVertices = 8;
const int vbufCount = 3 * 2 * nVertices;

float[] vertices = new float[vbufCount] {
    -100.0,100.0,-100.0,        //0 position
    -sqrt13,sqrt13,-sqrt13,     //0 normal
    //...
    -sqrt13,-sqrt13,sqrt13,     //7 normal
    };

A:
Basically, const size_t doesn't exist in C#, and const int can't be used to declare array's size.

That's not because of const int, but because array size is not part of the array type in C#. You can change your code into this:
float[] vertices = {
        -100.0f,100.0f,-100.0f,     //0 position
        -sqrt13,sqrt13,-sqrt13,     //0 normal
        //...
       -sqrt13,-sqrt13,sqrt13,      //7 normal
};

There are also several other ways to do the same thing, including:
const int nVertices = 8;
const int vbufCount = 3*2*nVertices;

float[] vertices = new float[vbufCount] {
        -100.0f,100.0f,-100.0f,     //0 position
        -sqrt13,sqrt13,-sqrt13,     //0 normal
        //...
       -sqrt13,-sqrt13,sqrt13,      //7 normal
};

The only difference is that if the number of items in the initializer doesn't match the number you specified, you will get a compile-time error.

A: float[] array = new float[] { 1.2F, 2.3F, 3.4F, 4.5F };

This how you can declare arrays in C#

A: In C++, size_t is an unsigned integer type of at least 16-bits that follows the native integer type of the CPU. In other words, sizeof(size_t) is not fixed, even though most people use it as 'unsigned int'. In C# there is no such thing.
Sizes in C# (f.ex. when using arrays and list's) are normally type 'int', which is a 32-bit integer.
In your case I would probably make the array readonly and use 'vertices.Length', e.g.:
    private readonly float[] vertices = new float[]
    {
        1f,2f,3f,4f,5.2f // etc
    };

or in this case I'd probably define it as a 2D array and use vertices.GetLength:
    private readonly float[,] vertices = new float[5,5];

    // fill in code:
    vertices[0, 0] = 0;
    // etc

A: All these answers don't actually answer the question of what type is equivalent to size_t. The correct type equivalent for size_t in .NET is UIntPtr. It's 32-bit on 32-bit platforms, 64-bit on 64-bit platforms, and unsigned. It's the only type that's truly equivalent.


I wish allah akbar could think of something positive to say. But he is Muslim and he hates that we are winning.
What americans all wear. HAH! FACT!
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Lena Bershak leads the Nursery each week during Sunday morning worship services.
Children from 0-3 are welcome to go the nursery anytime from 15 minutes before the service to 15 minutes after. They are also welcome to stay in the sanctuary for worship or in the parlor if they need to wiggle around.