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Arsenal Coutinho links finally end with Aston Villa transfer
Arsenal fans can rest easy today as the links with Philippe Coutinho are finally set to end with the player signing for former teammate, Steven Gerrard, and Aston Villa.
BARCELONA, SPAIN – SEPTEMBER 16: Philippe Coutinho of FC Barcelona looks on during the during the pre-season friendly match between FC Barcelona and Girona at Estadi Johan Cruyff on September 16, 2020 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)
Aston Villa have pulled off a stunning deal to land Philippe Coutinho on loan from Barcelona but Arsenal fans across the globe will be relieved that the club will finally stop being linked with him.
Welcome, Philippe Coutinho! 🙌
Aston Villa and FC Barcelona have agreed terms for Philippe Coutinho to spend the rest of this season on loan at Villa Park. 🇧🇷
— Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) January 7, 2022
I've always been a Coutinho fan but Arsenal moving for him in this window, or even the last, never seemed like the right fit.
And Arsenal's interest was genuine, last summer at least.
This window, however, it felt like their name was being used by his agent to generate noise in the papers and, given that he's going to end up at Aston Villa, I don't see any reason to change that view.
Less than a week ago, for instance, it was reported that Barcelona had offered Arsenal assurances that what happened last summer, when a deal was all but done only for Ronald Koeman to block the move at the last minute, would not happen again in January.
Welcome back to the #PL, @Phil_Coutinho!
Ready for more moments of magic like this? ✨ pic.twitter.com/X9NsSikufv
— Premier League (@premierleague) January 7, 2022
The 29-year-old has played just 608 minutes this season (with two goals).
Coutinho will turn 30 in June.
Arsenal were close to Coutinho before Koeman arrived
Barcelona were considering selling Philippe Coutinho last summer and Arsenal were really close at one point, according to Fabrizio Romano.
Barcelona's Brazilian midfielder Philippe Coutinho shoots during the warm-up on September 19, 2020. (Photo by Josep LAGO / AFP)
There were reports throughout the summer that Arsenal might make a move for former Liverpool midfielder Philippe Coutinho. The Barcelona player had done well on loan with Bayern Munich, but not well enough for them to activate their expensive option to buy.
At first, it looked like he hadn't impressed Barcelona enough either, and they might let him go.
Fabrizio Romano claims Arsenal were really close to signing the 28-year-old at that stage, but the arrival of Ronald Koeman changed that.
"Before, Barca were considering to sell Philippe Coutinho and he was on the list to sell, so his agents were working to offer him to Tottenham, to Arsenal," Romano told the Blood Red podcast (via Liverpool Echo).
"Arsenal were really close and at the start of August, they were ready. But once Koeman arrived, he understood it was difficult to sign other players, for example Memphis Depay."
As a result, Barcelona held onto the Brazil international.
He appeared in all of their first six games of the season, scoring twice and assisting twice, before picking up a hamstring injury.
From that point of view, Arsenal won't be too unhappy they missed out on the player.
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GKIDS and Fathom Events Bring 'Mune' To US Cinemas August 12
Chris Perkins June 29, 2017 animation, CGI, Europe, GKIDS, news
The partnership between GKIDS Films and Fathom Events will this year enable audience across the United States to see some of Hayao Miyazaki's most beloved films on the big screen. It's not just Ghibli that will be benefiting from this fruitful relationship though. Later this summer, the two companies will partner to bring the French made Family CGI feature Mune: Guardian Of The Moon to screens for one night only.
Mune follows the eponymous faun as he finds himself out of his depth when he is handed down the title of Guardian Of The Moon. Taking advantage of his weakness, the devilish ruler of the Underworld steals the Sun and throws the world into chaos. Now, it's up to Mune and his friend Glim to save the day.
"We are excited to be releasing 'Mune' with Fathom," GKIDS' Eric Beckman said. "This is a magical, hugely entertaining, absolutely stunning film that has been wowing audiences young and old on the festival circuit. Now families and fantasy film lovers across America will get a chance to see it in theaters."
The film will be presented in a new English dub featuring Rob Lowe, Christian Slater, Ed Helms and Patton Oswalt. It will screen on August 12 at 12.55 PM local time. It will be accompanied by a series of animated shorts from around the world, screening as part of GKIDS Minifest.
Tickets can be booked via Fathom Events or at participating venues.

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Q: What is the moment of inertia really? Is moment of inertia or second moment of inertia, simply the resistance of a body to rotate it over an axis? What is radius of gyration? What if the axis is via the center of mass or somewhere different? can you give me please an overview of these issues with SIMPLE words, and without nonsense, like maths who nobody will ever remember. I need the SENSE how the brain comprehends these stuff in simple terms.

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simply the resistance of a body to rotate it over an axis?

Gosh, I dislike the word resistance in this context since resistance is, in general, dissipative and, in particular, resistance to rotation would imply that an isolated object that is rotating would eventually stop.
Think of moment of inertia (rotational inertia) about an axis as a measure of an object's opposition to change in rotation (about that axis) not as a resistance to rotation itself.

A: Basically, it is how hard it is to spin an object.  If you know what regular inertia is, moment of inertia is the rotation equivalent of it.
Regular inertia is how hard it is to push an object, and only depends on its mass.  For instance, picture an ice rink with a hockey puck.  If it is very light, then it is very easy to push it across.  However, for a very heavy puck, it will be hard to push it across.
Similarly, rotational inertia depends on its mass, but it also depends on its shape and where the it rotates.  Imagine spinning a top. It should spin in nice circles.  If you glue some stuff onto it unevenly, it will be harder to spin because you have changed the shape of it, increasing the moment of inertia.
Imagine a well shaped wheel.  It will rotate nicely.  If you put axle of the wheel somewhere other than the center, it will be harder to turn, because you increased its moment of inertia.

A: The radius of gyration is roughly the proportion of the moment of inertia of a body to its mass.  A higher gyradius means that one body will have a larger moment of inertia than a body with a lower gyradius, if both bodies have equal mass.

A: The radius of gyration is the distance from the rotation axis you would have to squeeze the entire extended body onto and still maintain the same MMOI.
So take any shape and change it into a thin cylinder around the axis of rotation. If the radius of the cylinder is the radius of gyration then both the shape and the cylinder have the same mass moment of inertia (provided they have the same mass).

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Q: Jquery div layers animate problem I just started learning jQuery and this problem baffles me.

I have `div`s in a container and when the mouse is over them it resizes the div and shifts the divs in front by a certain offset.
On mouseout, it shifts the div by subtracting from that offset.

This is my current code:

Hello World!

It is quite simple really, nothing too complicated in it.

What I found is that when the mouseover and out is rapid or maybe the animation isn't complete - the divs change more than the offset and eventually it overlaps.
Can someone please suggest how to solve this problem?

**EDIT:**

To test, rapidly move mouse over the first div.

EDIT:
After following Tommy's advice...I'm still having problems with it..the same error. I don't know whether to make a new thread, but here is modified code:

Hello World!

A: for a quick fix try using .stop(true,true)

A: Your problem is probably related to two things as I see it.

*

*you are not queueing the animations, which means you will start a new animation at the position the div is currently at.

*You call stop which means it will stop whereever it is. This will not allow the animation to complete and your div will stop in the wrong position

I just copied your code and added queue: true and removed the stop. Now if you try to move the mouse many times over the divs they will queue up the animations, which means they will move the same number of times that you move over them. If you want them to stop immediately after completing one move even if the mouse moves multiple times over them you can create a callback function to the animate call and remove any queued animations there, by calling stop inside the callback function.
Heres the modified code:

Hello World!

enter code here


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Q: ES6 javascript static class inheritance: sublass that overrides static method used by superclass How to override static method in the subclass, and let them be still used by superclass methods?
Here is the code example:
    class SuperClass {
      static calc1() {
        return 5;
      }

      static calc2() {
        return 10;
      }

      static calcAll() {
        //here must be something else, instead of SuperClass reference
        return SuperClass.calc1() + SuperClass.calc2();
      }
    }

    class SubClass extends SuperClass {
      //override
      static calc1() {
        return 1000;
      }
    }

    console.log(SuperClass.calcAll()); //expected 5+10 = 15, got 15
    console.log(SubClass.calcAll()); //expected 1000+10 = 1010, got 15

A: Solution
Just found the solution, use this
But not sure if it is the right way, so pls review/correct if necessary.
class SuperClass {
  static calc1() {
    return 5;
  }

  static calc2() {
    return 10;
  }

  static calcAll() {
    //reference to this, bound to class itself, because of 'static'
    return this.calc1() + this.calc2();
  }
}

class SubClass extends SuperClass {
  //override
  static calc1() {
    return 1000;
  }
}

console.log(SuperClass.calcAll()); //5+10 = 15
console.log(SubClass.calcAll()); //1000+10 = 1010

Optional info:
Some things i found by the way
override instance methods, is the same:
class SuperClass {
  calc1() {
    return 5;
  }

  calc2() {
    return 10;
  }

  calcAll() {
    //reference to this, bound to instance
    return this.calc1() + this.calc2();
  }
}

class SubClass extends SuperClass {
  //override
  calc1() {
    return 1000;
  }
}

console.log(new SuperClass().calcAll()); //5+10 = 15
console.log(new SubClass().calcAll()); //1000+10 = 1010

To use static methods in instance methods, or to map static methods on instance methods use current constructor reference.
class SuperClass {
  static calc1() {
    return 5;
  }

  calc2() {
    return 10;
  }

  calcAll() {
    //'this' bound to instance, and we get current! (e.g. SubClass) class, by .constructor call
    return this.constructor.calc1() + this.calc2();
  }
}

class SubClass extends SuperClass {
  //override
  static calc1() {
    return 1000;
  }
}

console.log(new SuperClass().calcAll()); //5+10 = 15
console.log(new SubClass().calcAll()); //1000+10 = 1010

map statics methods to instance methods:
class SuperClass {
  static calc1(num) {
    return num;
  }

  calc1(...args) {
    //reference to static
    return this.constructor.calc1.apply(this.constructor, args);
  }
 /* alternative:
  calc1(num) {
    //reference to static
    return this.constructor.calc1(num);
  }
  */

}

class SubClass extends SuperClass {
  //override
  static calc1(num) {
    return num + 1000;
  }
}

//call statics
console.log(SuperClass.calc1(5)); //5
console.log(SubClass.calc1(5)); //5+1000 = 1005
//call instance
console.log(new SuperClass().calc1(5)); //5
console.log(new SubClass().calc1(5)); //5+1000 = 1005


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lphabet were engraved on four parallel revolving rings, which by prearrangement on the part of the owner were made to spell a certain word, or number of words, before the lock could be opened. A French treatise, L'Art de Serrurier, published in 1767, contains many examples of the locks of that and former periods. It appears that, though the art had advanced as far as the invention of the single tumbler, yet the main dependence was placed on the complexity of the wards. Multiple bolts, shot f a set of locks. Such keys are adapted to locks having wards of the same general form. The period of the invention of tumbler-locks (E) is unknown. Some elaborate examples are exhibited in the French treatise before referred to, published in 1767. Locks. The tumbler is a lever or latch which falls into a notch of the bolt, and prevents it from being shot until the tumbler has been raised or released by the action of the key. A simple form is shown at E. The bolt has two square notche
g a greater conducting power than any other, but iron is the material usually employed. The alleged improvements since its invention by Dr. Franklin are innumerable; most of these are, however, worthless, or of a trifling and unimportant character. The first lightning-rod erected with a definite purpose of protection was put up by Benjamin Franklin soon after 1752, when he brought down electricity from a thunder-cloud. The first in England was set up at Payne's Hill, by Dr. Watson. In 1766 one was placed on the tower of St. Mark at Venice; it has since escaped injury, though previously it had been frequently struck by lightning. Great opposition was at first raised against the invention, and the charges of impiety were revived; but the centuries were exploding these notions, and Franklin held his ground. After the theory was admitted, a curious war arose. Knobs against points. Benjamin Franklin said points; but as he was a rebel, King George III. and his admirers of cours
e1829. Laced-stocking. A bandage support for varicose veins, weak legs, etc. Lace-mak′ing ma-chine′. Lace is a delicate kind of network composed of silk, flax, or cotton threads, twisted or plaited together. See lace. The meshes are of an hexagonal figure, in which thick threads are also interwoven to form the pattern, according to some design; and these threads, which are called gymp, form the ornament of the lace. The point-net frame was invented by Morris (England) in 1764, and is a variety of the stocking-frame, making a stitch or loop like that of a stocking, and formed by a continuance of one thread. The thread is by the machine formed into loops, a whole course at once, by pressing it down alternately over and under between a number of parallel needles. A second course is then made of similar loops on the same needles, and the loops of the first are drawn through those of the second in such a manner as to form meshes by retaining the first loops; the seco
ablets, linen cloth, palm leaves, bark, etc. The use of parchment was not yet, if we may credit the assertion that it was invented by the king of Pergamus as a substitute for the papyrus, on which an embargo was laid by the reigning Ptolemy, whoever he was. The use of linen paper in Europe appears to have originated in Germany, about the eleventh or twelfth century, the exact date being undeterminable. We read of a German paper-mill at Nuremberg in 1390, one in England in 1343, in France, 1314, Italy, 1367. Linen paper, however, is yet preserved, containing documents of much older date. John Tate had a mill at Stevenage, England, in 1496, but the manufacture was much increased by Spielman in 1588. This person was a German jeweler, and established a paper-mill at Deptford during the reign of Queen Elizabeth. Whatman's mill was established at Maidstone in 1770. The name is yet a famous brand. Linen-Prover. Lin′en-prov′er. A small microscope for counting the threa
trings have, by this means, been made to yield twenty-four distinct tones. The lyre was, in fact, a small harp, and the hollow resonant portion became, in time, expanded into a chamber over which the strings were stretched in parallelism, forming a dulcimer, the immediate parent of the hammer group, — citole, clavichord, clavicytherium, virginal, spinet, harpsichord, piano (see piano). Another, and perhaps earlier, divergence of the instrument with strings in parallelism above a sounding-board is found in a portallo class, — the monochord, cithara, guitar, and a host of other instruments with names less widely known, such as theorbo, pandore, mandolin, etc. These instruments were played by the fingers or by a plectrum, and from them came out the class of instruments played by the bow, of which the viol is the head, and the others take their names as relatives, — violin, viola d'amour, violoncello, bass-viol. See Description des Instrumens Harmoniques, by Father Bonanni, Rome, 1776
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eceive them when the ladder is folded. When the sidepieces are drawn apart, the rounds assume a horizontal position. A movable ladder is sometimes used in ascending and descending shafts. Two poles ascend and descend alternately, and have stages on to or from which the person steps from or to the corresponding step on the other pole, at the moment when they become stationary. See man-engine. Scaling-ladders are shown in the triumphal monuments of Rameses II., the great Sesostris, 1355 B. C. The first ladder of record was that seen by Jacob in his dream, and it is the longest and best of which we have any account. It is the only one mentioned in the Bible. 2. (Nautical.) The accommodation-ladder is a stairs slung at the gangway. The forecastle and hold ladders are at these respective places. The Jacob's-ladder abaft the top-gallant masts, where there are no ratlines at the shrouds. The quarter and stern ladders are for reaching or leaving the boats moored astern.
wrought and ornamented by machinery, comprising trimming laces of every description, veils, falls, scarfs, shawls, lappets, curtains, etc. The dates of some of the inventions connected with lace-making are as follows: — Bobbin-lace invented by Barbara Huttman of St. Annaberg, Germany1561. Pillow-lace making taught at Gt. Marlow, England1626. Strutt's machine for making open work stockings1758. Crane's Vandyke machine1758. Else and Harvey's pin machine1770. Frost's point-net machine1777. Dawson's point-net machine1791. Heathcoat's bobbin-net machine1801. Hill's plain ground net machine1816. Limerick lace made1829. Laced-stocking. A bandage support for varicose veins, weak legs, etc. Lace-mak′ing ma-chine′. Lace is a delicate kind of network composed of silk, flax, or cotton threads, twisted or plaited together. See lace. The meshes are of an hexagonal figure, in which thick threads are also interwoven to form the pattern, according to some design; and<
by the action of the key. A simple form is shown at E. The bolt has two square notches a a in its upper edge. Behind the bolt is the tumbler b, pivoted at one end, and having a projecting stump c at the other, which, in either position, locked or unlocked, falls into one of the notches of the bolt. The tumbler must first be lifted by the key, releasing the stump from the notch in the bolt before the key can act on the latter to turn it either way. Barron's tumbler-lock was patented in 1778. Its principle consisted in an arrangement to allow a stump on the tumbler to pass through an opening in the bolt, or a stump on the bolt to pass through an opening in the tumbler. The former arrangement is shown at F. This lock has two tumblers of unequal width, each having a stump or stud which, when the lock is in either a locked or unlocked position, rests in one of the notches represented in the bottom of the gating of the bolt. The web of the key has two unequal steps which, when t
between the lid and the lip of a jar, to prevent the access of air to the contents. See fruit-jar. 4. (Music.) A musical stringed instrument, played like a guitar, but having a pear-shaped form and a ribbed back. It is derived from the lyre. The old Egyptian lute is represented in many places in Egypt; one at Thebes has a long neck without frets, three strings, and a fiddle-shaped body. Ventura's lute. A lute shown on the signet-ring of Shoofoo, the Suphis of the Greeks (2325 B. C.), has a fretted neck. See the late Dr. Abbott's collection, New York. In Egypt we find the originals of most of the types of musical instruments. See harp; castanet; drum, etc. The lute consists of four parts: the table; the body, which has nine or ten sides; the neck, which has as many stops or divisions; and the head or cross, in which the screws for tuning it are inserted. The performer strikes the string with the fingers of the right hand, and regulates the sounds with those of
st consisted of tallow candles stuck in a hoop, and afterwards of twenty-four wax candles. The Argand lamp, invented in 1784, and bearing the name of its distinguished inventor, rendered a better light possible. See Argand. It was introduced or locks, both in England and this country, since Barron's time, have been very numerous. Brahmah's, patented in England, 1784, is shown at H. It has a central barrel a, having grooves in which are a number of sliders c c, whose ends rest against thr having a lock-chamber and gates. Loco-mo′tive. A self-moving, traveling steamengine. Watt's patents of 1769 and 1784 included the uses of steam-engines for running carriages on land, but he never made any such. A locomotive was made by de became effective. Its mode of coupling the power to the running-gear resembled, in some respects, his steamboat. In 1784, William Murdoch of Redruth, Cornwall, England, while in charge of the Boulton and Watt pumping-engine, made a locomotive


Google's suite of social tools, referred to as Google+, continues to kick out new features for all of its services.
Last year we launched Hangouts with extras as a way to preview certain hangout features. (http://goo.gl/yXhB1) Google Docs integration was one such extra, and the Google+ community has used it for all sorts of awesome — from trip planning and lecture notes to doodling and charades. Today I'm happy to announce that we're graduating Google Docs to the core Hangouts experience for all users.
The features available for Google+ Hangouts make working with those who are scattered around the globe simple, and Google Docs integration is the perfect addition to go along with screensharing. Being able to go back and forth within a work document while carrying on a video conversation is a huge step forward for digital workplaces.


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Gordon Lindsay Thomson (Wandsworth, 27 maart 1884 - Staplehurst, 6 juli 1953) was een Brits roeier. Thomson nam deel aan de Olympische Zomerspelen 1908 en won toen de gouden medaille in de twee-zonder-stuurman en een zilveren medaille in de vier-zonder-stuurman.

Resultaten
 Olympische Zomerspelen 1908 in Londen  in de twee-zonder-stuurman
 Olympische Zomerspelen 1908 in Londen  in de vier-zonder-stuurman

Brits roeier
Brits olympisch kampioen

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Family: Cichlidae (Cichlids), subfamily: Cichlasomatinae
Max. size: 11 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment: pelagic; freshwater
Distribution: South America: Río Rosario drainage in the Río de La Plata region of Uruguay, and from the lower Río Uruguay tributaries in Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil.
Diagnosis: Dorsal spines (total): 16-18; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7-10; Anal spines: 8-9; Anal soft rays: 6-8; Vertebrae: 26-27. Midlateral stripe prominent, vertical bars less intensive; black spots in dorsal, anal, and caudal fin; dark spots on the opercle and anterior flank scales. Distinguished from both C. facetum and C. tembe by having 8-9 anal-fin spines [vs. 6-7 (rarely 5 or 8), 5-7, respectively], 13-14 anal pterygiophores (vs. 12-13, 11-12, respectively), modally 17 dorsal-fin spines (vs. 16), and modally 6 gill rakers on first ceratobranchial (vs. 8, 7-8, respectively). Further distinguished from 'C.' facetum in having 14 caudal vertebrae (vs. 13) and from 'C'. tembe by a shorter caudal peduncle including only one or no vertebral centrum (vs. 3). Jaw teeth lack the second cusp (also in tembe vs. present in facetum (Ref. 51414).
Biology: Found in a large stream about 10 meters wide, the water mostly shallow, less than 1 meter deep; bottom of mixed rock, sand, and gravel, providing riffles; slightly brownish and turbid. Radiographed specimens reveal considerable amounts of small shells in the guts and intestines. The stout lower pharyngeal bone consistent with a snail diet (Ref. 51414).
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (124695)
Threat to humans: harmless
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舊年見Bart Ehrman出本新書叫Did Jesus Exist?: The Historical Argument for Jesus of Nazareth, 講耶穌是歷史人物, 曾經存在. 我第一反應係好無聊, 連常識都要講, 因為我真係冇聽過學者咁樣倡議, 可能極少數有幾個學者咁講, 就正如曾經有學者John Allegro話耶穌其實係粒磨菇, 世上咩人都有, 但係明顯呢尐講法都係冇人理, 亦唔值得理的.
[Y]ou've just illustrated one of the key similarities between young-earth creationism and Jesus mythicism. Both think that simply by showing that an alternative scenario is possible, they have refuted mainstream scholarship. But no historian will deny that the existence of Jesus, like everything else in history, cannot be determined with absolute certainty. The question is what is more likely, and when placed in those terms, there can be no serious doubt that some sort of historical figure of Jesus (however obscured by myth) and some form of biological evolution have the weight of evidence and theory in their favor. The biggest challenge for mythicism is that it has yet to find a proponent who offers not only challenges to specific arguments by mainstream historians, but presents a scenario for the creation of a purely mythical Jesus as well as the New Testament Gospels and other writings, a scenario that is not only possible but more persuasive than ones involving an actual Jesus.
作者Joseph Atwill過去曾撰寫《Caesar's Messiah: The Roman Conspiracy to Invent Jesus》, 最近又有新搞作, 發出新聞稿, 厚顏無恥地自稱為美國聖經學者 (American Biblical scholar), 並指將於10月19日喺倫敦舉辦座談會《Covert Messiah》, 將會公開佢發現的驚世發現, 足以證實耶穌係由羅馬政權創作, 鼓勵以色列的蟻民百姓順服在上掌權者, 自己被摑左面就叫人打埋右面, 準時交稅俾政權.
Atwill聲稱, 得到咁大啟發, 係由於佢閱讀Josephus的《Wars of the Jews》嗰時, 發覺耶穌生平同羅馬凱撒Titus有很多共通的地方, 證實撰寫耶穌生平的人, 就是羅馬政府.
當我睇完呢篇新聞稿之後, 首先諗起o既係吳宗文, 佢地兩個可以成為知己, 如果吳宗文想要搵一個認為新約聖經係要求信徒無條件向掌權者順服, 咁佢以後可以引用Joseph Atwill. 當你對聖經o既理解, 同一個唔識嘢的偽學者一模一樣o既時候, 你都好應該反省下自己智商係咪有問題.
最近聽播道會恩福堂主任牧師蘇穎智的主日講道, 由於佢教會號稱過萬會眾, 佢一向都周圍分享教會增長, 例如佢接受訪問時, 曾經講過: "神祝福恩福堂,這是無可否認的,這百分之百是神的恩典。恩福堂所以增長,最主要不是因為策略,而是同工、執事、組長、弟兄姊妹的委身和同心。" 老老實實, 要分析恩福堂增長很簡單, 有明星去的教會, 自然多人去, 關乜百分之百神的恩典事? 但係好明顯, 蘇穎智為教會人數感到很驕傲, 喺講道之中提及, 佢地教會咁多人, 係上帝的祝福, 相反好多佢見過冇人去的教會, 係因為教會領袖有問題或者佢地事工不合上帝心意.
事實上, 多人不代表得到神的祝福, 少人不代表不合上帝心意, 成堂講道立論都有問題. 例如蘇俄地區有個人叫 Sergey Anatolyevitch Torop, 一般被稱為 Vissarion, 本來係個交通警, 但後來喺1990年被炒了, 開始到達講道, 聲稱自己係神的兒子, 係耶穌再世, 成日著住件大袍向會眾講嘢, 預言世界末日, 禁止會眾食煙飲酒講粗口, 建立咗全世界最大型o既宗教會所, 會球信眾過萬, 其中四千幾人一齊住喺西伯利亞一個地方. 咁多會眾, 咁有錢, 難道就代表呢個係神的第二個獨生子? 教會多人可以有好多原因的, 可以係神的祝福, 可以係因為有明星, 可以係因為所屬地區, 可以係因為平日講道有問題, 因為大部份人都鍾意聽錯嘢多過聽正確的教導. 恩福堂有很多會眾, 但不要隨便拉上帝落水, 開口埋口話全因上帝祝福, 這不是謙虛, 而係極端的驕傲, 因為上帝祝福比起金錢更難得到.
自己驕傲都算, 事業有所成就, 感到興奮而講大咗, 其實亦可以同情, 不過最大問題, 係蘇穎智呢類人不單讚自己教會, 仲有傾向去賤視其他比較少人的教會, 不時舉呢種教會作為反面教材, 講到想喊咁滯. 但係人少不等於衰敗, 教會少人除咗因為沒有得到上帝祝福之外, 仲有好多其他原因的, 例如牧師教導會眾走上窄路, 天天背十架, 少人想走窄路, 好出奇嗎? 又或者社區組成的改變, 我就有個朋友, 佢話過去曾經去過一間很好的教會, 多年以來專門接待一尐喺個小鎮到讀書的學生, 所以學生讀完書就走, 令佢地人數不能增長, 但係祝福很多人, 可惜後來經濟問題, 很多原來的核心家庭都搬出去大城市定居返工, 令間教會接近玩完. 人係變少了, 但係不一定代表教牧偷懶或者事工有問題. 真係唔該呢班自己教會行好運撈得掂的教牧積下口德, 隨隨便便就用教會人數嚟判斷一間教會的質素.
Duke University的新約聖經教授Mark Goodacre喺U of Birmingham的一個講座, 係剛剛2013年Cadbury Series的其中一個演講, 主題係抹大拉馬利亞喺耶穌老婆的傳說, 內容豐富, 難得Goodacre係寫得又講得 sosad. 佢主要研究耶穌同埋對觀福音, 最出名的著作係The Case Against Q: Studies in Markan Priority and the Synoptic Problem, 指出原理上學術討論不必假設有Q的存在 (如果你唔知Q係乜Q, 第日有機會再講). 最近佢一本新書, Thomas and the Gospels: The Case for Thomas's Familiarity with the Synoptics, 話多馬福音應該後期過三本對觀福音書.
剛剛喺 LiveScience 睇到一篇文章相當有趣, 解釋2006年嗰時 National Geographic Society 搵咗個叫 Joseph Barabe o既猛人專門研究猶大福音上面o既墨跡, 呢個人曾經同 FBI 合作搵假畫, 亦曾經發現一份聲稱來自14年紀抄本o既經文福音 Archaic Mark.
最先佢發現猶大福音上面o既墨跡係喺紙張變型前 (折或捲起) 寫上, 就好似專家可以驗出小甜甜份遺囑上面o既簽名係喺對折前或對折後寫上, 就呢一點嚟講, 猶大福音唔似偽造. 主要問題係墨汁成份, 經化驗後, 證實猶大福音係由一種常見黑色墨水混合另一種缺少 sulfur o既啡色墨水寫成, 而呢種啡色墨水係少見, 所以曾經好懷疑係流料. 不過後來喺一尐來自第三世紀o既埃及文件 (包括婚約證書同地契) 上面, 亦發現有呢兩種墨水混合使用, 而啡色墨水之中亦係缺少 sulfur, 證實呢一類墨水喺第三世紀係常用, 並不構成懷疑猶大福音真偽o既基礎.
信耶穌是很好, Makiyo 覺得可以展開人生新一頁亦沒有錯, 但我不明白, 《基督日報》那句「更可貴的是」是甚麼意思? 罪人經過受洗後, 感到快樂, 決定重新造人, 當然比禁止婚前性行為更為可貴, 更為重要. 希望 Makiyo 能夠明白信耶穌的重點與守身如玉無關, 不要被《基督日報》這種輕重不分的價值觀扭曲了, 亦不要被高調禁慾的無聊藝人影響. 見證神有許多途徑, 依靠禁慾去為主作好見證, 信仰變成這樣其實很可悲.


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New professor in green technology
The green transition is about much more than energy and fuel, and large parts of industry are still entirely dependent on fossil raw materials. Chemical and biotechnological advances are vital for a sustainable future. Zheng Guo is a new professor in enzyme technology; a technology that will play a major role in the green society of the future.
"Enzyme technology is the be-all and end-all of the green transition. And it's a very exciting interdisciplinary field of research that I hope to work on even more in the future," says Professor Zheng Guo. Photo: Marjun Danielsen, AU Photo.
2 May 2022 by Jesper Bruun
Agriculture is facing a paradigm shift, and the sector could become the driving force behind the green transition of society and industries. At present, society depends heavily on fossil raw materials and energy sources for heating, light and fuel. These sources are also the basis for carbon-based manufacturing industries, such as textiles, chemicals and plastics.
Rethinking this infrastructure is crucial for the transition to a sustainable society: it requires a complete overhaul of the way we produce food, and there are far-reaching consequences for the industries mentioned above.
The focal point of the transition is improved and more efficient utilization of biomass, as well as the development of a wealth of technologies to convert biomass into the products that society needs both now and in the future.
Research into agro-biotechnology is at the heart of this development, and at Aarhus University, this field of research is led by Zheng Guo, who, after 13 years at the university, has now achieved a full professorship at the Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering.
"The starting point for the green transition is restructuring how we produce food. Processing excess biomass from this production into renewable products is one thing. But exploring the potential of biological resources goes beyond this. Our agro-biotechnological research is targeting the use of natural processes and materials and the innovative upcycling of agricultural residues and biowastes to enable bio-based industrial processes with lower or zero environmental footprint," says the new professor.
The evolutionary quantum leap
Among other things, the agro-biotechnology research group at Aarhus University is researching how to use enzyme technology to convert biomass and agricultural residues into high-value products.
"Enzymes are nature's way of creating chemicals, and they can also be our way of transforming today's polluting chemical industry into a sustainable alternative. By copying the quantum leaps of evolution, we can use enzyme catalysis to convert lipids, biomass and industrial crops into new value-generating products, such as biofuels, biomaterials, platform chemicals and food products. It's pretty amazing what can be achieved with enzyme technology, and it's an area we still haven't explored in any depth," says Zheng Guo.
Zheng Guo was born and grew up in the city of Zhengzhou in China. He was top of his class in chemistry at upper secondary school, and in 1988 he decided to embark on a degree programme in chemical engineering at Tianjin University, one of China's top universities in chemistry and chemical engineering.
"Chemical engineering is a very broad field with many specialist areas. Chemistry is in virtually everything, and chemical engineering is a very practical area in which we apply our academic skills to solve problems and help society," says Professor Zheng Guo.
Rapidly growing research area
Zheng Guo defended his PhD in biochemical technology in 2004, and later that same year, he travelled to Denmark to work as an assistant professor at the Technical University of Denmark, DTU. He then began his research into enzyme technology, green chemistry and sustainable biotechnological production, and at this early stage in his career, he decided that these areas would remain the focus of his research.
In 2008, he was appointed as an associate professor at the former Department of Molecular Biology at Aarhus University. He spent a year at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 2011-2012, and then returned to Aarhus University as an associate professor at the Department of Engineering.
"During his long research career at AU, Zheng Guo has built up a large and internationally renowned research group within lipids research. He has excelled at adapting to the local research environment, and establishing and maintaining good relationships with significant Danish industries, which is very important, as it means our research and developments can reach into the real world. Zheng Guo is incredibly driven and motivated, and I look forward to many years of research collaboration with him at the department," says Professor Lars DM Ottosen, head of the Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering.
In 2018, Zheng Guo travelled to the California Institute of Technology, CalTech, to spend a year working with the American Nobel Prize laureate and chemical engineer, Frances H. Arnold. When he returned in January 2019, he established a new research area: Enzyme discovery and engineering.
"Enzyme technology is the be-all and end-all of the green transition. And it's a very exciting interdisciplinary field of research that I hope to work on even more in the future. Metalloenzymes in particular show great potential and are a rapidly growing area of research that could make very positive contributions to society in many ways, for example by helping remediate historical groundwater and soil pollution," says Professor Zheng Guo.
Professor Zheng Guo
Aarhus University, Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering
Mail: guo@bce.au.dk
Tel.: +4587155528


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Q: How to bind values to a dropdownlist? I want to bind data to several dropdownlists and I want to display a text according to the values(code) of it.
This is the code
distinctValues = view.ToTable(true, "NAT_NAME");
ddlNationality.DataSource = distinctValues;
ddlNationality.DataTextField = "NAT_NAME";
ddlNationality.DataValueField = "NAT_code";
ddlNationality.DataBind();

NAT_code contains a number for a nation and NAT_NAME has relevant name of the nation as a text. Query works well when I execute in the sql server. But when I run it the program I get an exception as follows.
Additional information: DataBinding: 'System.Data.DataRowView' does not contain a property with the name 'NAT_code'.

How can I fix it?

A: your NAT_CODE field is missing in columnNames[] of View. add it to your distinct values. It should be like this.
distinctValues = view.ToTable(true, "NAT_NAME",  "NAT_code");

A: Try this one.
distinctValues = view.ToTable(true, "NAT_NAME","NAT_code");
ddlNationality.DataSource = distinctValues;
ddlNationality.DataTextField = "NAT_NAME";
ddlNationality.DataValueField = "NAT_code";
ddlNationality.DataBind();


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UPDATE: Jussie Smollett Releases Statement on Attack
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"Empire" actor Jussie Smollett has released his first public comments about the incident:
"Let me start by saying that I'm O.K.," Smollett said in a statement released on Friday. "My body is strong but my soul is stronger. More importantly, I want to say thank you. The outpouring of love and support from my village has meant more than I will ever be able to truly put into words."
"I am working with authorities and have been 100 percent factual and consistent on every level. Despite my frustrations and deep concern with certain inaccuracies and misrepresentations that have been spread, I still believe that justice will be served."
The FBI and Chicago PD are investigating have new leads.
Chicago police said an envelope with white powder and a threatening letter with magazine cut outs pasted on paper was received at Cinespace Studios, where "Empire" is filmed, on Jan. 22.
HAZMAT responded, but the white substance turned out to be aspirin.
Police have released photos of two individuals wanted for questioning.
Video of Smollett walking into a hotel after the attack with a noose around his neck, along with the noose and his sweater have also been acquired to help try to identify more clues to find the attackers.
Smollett said he was on the phone with his manager when the attack happened.
His family's statement said this was a "violent and unprovoked attack," and "a racial and homophobic hate crime."
A witness, who requested anonymity, described a "creepy" white man outside the building with a clothesline hanging from his pants, staring at another man near another entrance about 300 hundred feet away.
She told TMZ, "He looked out of place." He had scruff on his face, wearing a blue winter beanie, a blue zip-up sweatshirt with a hood and blue jeans that were too short. He had "thick, grey hunting socks" with camel-colored dress shoes.
She talked to detectives when she found out there was an attack.
"Empire" star, Jussie Smollett, was brutally attacked and hospitalized early Tuesday morning.
Chicago police are investigating the attack as a hate crime. According to the police report, Smollett had just returned from New York and went to a local Subway in Chicago at around 2 a.m.
When he left, Smollett was approached by two attackers who began to yell racial and homophobic slurs at the actor. According to Smollett, they yelled: "Aren't you that f***ot 'Empire' n****r"
After the verbal assault, Smollett recalls bleach being poured on him and they began to beat him.
Smollett fiercely fought back against his attackers and ended up with a fractured rib. The duo fled the scene.
He transported himself to Northwestern Hospital in Chicago where he was treated and released.
A Chicago Police spokesperson said that the attackers' genders are unknown, and that their faces and hands had been covered, according to The Daily Beast.
Smollett plays a gay character on the hit series, but he is also openly gay in real life. Last week, it was discovered and reported that he had received hate mail on the set of "Empire," which is filmed in Chicago.
There may be a link between Tuesday morning's attack and a threatening letter, which was sent to Smollett on the set of the show. Those details have yet to be confirmed.
The letter, which appears to be addressed to the actor, read: "You will die Black f–."
Photo courtesy of ThatGrapeJuice.Net
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The UK's airports and military bases kept planes in the sky and troops in operation by relying on back up weather forecasting systems as a fire left the Met Office out of action for hours on Tuesday morning.
The Exeter-based national weather service was left with computer problems following a small fire which caused the IT hall to be heavily smoke logged.
A fire crew from Ottery St Mary was sent to the £80m Met Office building in Fitzroy Road at 2.30am on Tuesday.
With some phone lines and automated weather feeds from the Met Office down, the Military of Defence confirmed that it used on-site weather forecasting systems at its military bases across the country.
Heathrow Airport also said that it used data from an on-site Met Office to keep Britain's biggest transport hub operating as normal.
The BBC reported that its forecast services had been disrupted during the morning but it was still able to broadcast weather updates as normal.
National news outlets reported a man's claims that the loss of weather forecasting left him unable to leave a North Sea oil rig and return to his family.
However, his Tweet to the Met Office has since been uncovered as a fake and subsequently deleted.
A Met Office spokesperson said: "The small electrical wiring fire in the early hours of Tuesday resulted in disruption to some of our services during the day. Our website and app continued to provide weather forecast and warning information throughout the incident and our supercomputer remained operational throughout.
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Any member or guest causing damage or destruction to any Club property shall be held directly responsible for such damage or destruction. No member or guest shall be permitted to remove any Club property.
Guests are welcome to use both the practice green and the driving range facilities. Practice golf balls are provided at no charge and are set on the tee deck ready for use. Guests are also welcome to use the short game area at their leisure. If guests plan to walk the golf course, courtesy carts are available for transportation to and from the practice facility.
Please note that practice facilities, excluding clubhouse practice green, will be closed on Monday's and Thursday's until 10am.
Members and guests who are not properly attired in accordance with the Club's dress code will be refused access to the facilities. It is the responsibility of the member introducing a guest to the Club, to insure that the guest is wearing the appropriate attire. Club management and staff have been advised and are obligated to strictly enforce the dress code rules at all times. The golf staff has the right to refuse play should the dress code not be followed.
Turtleneck, long and short sleeve mock neck shirts and collared golf shirts are acceptable. T-shirts are not acceptable.
All shirts are to be tucked in at all times while using the golf course. Hats are to be worn forward at all times.
Jeans, rugby, sweat, jogging or cargo pants with an exterior pocket (interior pockets are allowed) are not acceptable attire.
Outwear must be golf design specific – other sport (i.e. tennis) warm- up or track suits are not acceptable.
Bermuda-length shorts are appropriate. Denim, cargo shorts with an exterior pocket (interior pockets are allowed) and spandex shorts are not permitted.
No metal spikes. Whistle Bear is a soft spike only facility.
Jeans are allowed at the Club with the exception of the golf course and practice facilities.
The men's dress code also applies to Junior Boys.
Sleeveless tops are acceptable provided they have a collar. Conversely, any top without a collar must have sleeves.
Turtleneck, long and short sleeve mock necks and traditional golf shirts are also acceptable. T-shirts, halter tops, tube tops and tank tops are not acceptable.
Tailored golf shirts may be worn outside the pant.
Denim, rugby, sweat, jogging, cargo with an exterior pocket (interior pockets are allowed), stirrup pants and tights are not acceptable attire; however, the Club does permit Capri pants.
Bermuda-length shorts, golf skirts of appropriate length and skorts are permitted. Denim, cargo with an exterior pocket (interior pockets allowed) and spandex shorts are not permitted.
The woman's dress code also applies to Junior Girls.
Proper golf footwear is required. (Soft spiked golf shoes or running shoes). Conversion of metal spiked golf shoes will be available in the Pro Shop for a nominal fee. Extra time is required to do this, and may not be possible the same day of your outing.
Members are responsible for the attire of their guests.
Dress regulations are the same for seniors and juniors.
It is the responsibility of all members and their guests to maintain a pace of play of four (4) hours and ten (10) minutes. When there is a clear hole open in front of you, allow the group following to play through. This is a rule of golf, and as such, is not a courtesy, but mandatory.
If you are playing a four-ball game at an under four hour, twenty minute pace, you must allow faster players to pass if there is an open hole ahead.
If you are playing behind a group and you observe an open hole in front of them, it is your responsibility to make the Pro Shop aware of the situation and ask for assistance.
When you are waved through by the group ahead, you must play through.
Speed of play is the responsibility of the low handicap member in the group.
If a player believes his ball may be lost outside a water hazard or is out of bounds, to save time, he should play a provisional ball.
As of May 1, 2009, the provincial Highway Act penalties have been increased and the acceptable blood/alcohol level reduced to 0.05 from 0.08. It is against the law for the Club or any licensed establishment to serve members or guests to the point of intoxication. In addition, the Club may share liability for damages and injury caused by anyone it may have served to intoxication. The Club does not wish harm to any of its members or guests, nor does it wish harm to others. For this reason, staff will not serve anyone to intoxication. The Club believes that its members and guests come to the club for an enjoyable social outing and is happy to provide the same. The Club asks that all of the members participate in achieving this objective.
The laws of Ontario and recent court judgments make it clear that golf clubs and other liquor serving establishments must accept responsibility for actions involving the serving of alcohol, beer and wine. In Ontario, it is illegal to serve alcoholic beverages to those under the age of 19 and to any person who appears in the server's mind to have consumed alcohol to a point of creating a potential inconvenience or danger to himself/herself or others.
The Board of Directors, Members Committee and Management expect that these and all rules and regulations governing alcohol sales will be followed by Club staff involved in the service of alcohol. All alcohol service staff must be and are certified in Smart Serve. Supplemental in-house training to all service staff is provided annually.
Please repair ball marks, rake bunkers, and replace divots. Through the green, a player should ensure that he or she carefully replaces and presses down any turf he or she cuts or displaces (a divot).
Take care to replace the divot so that it fits the divot hole properly or it is likely not to survive. Only when a divot is unrecoverable, utilize the soil/ seed mix provided.
Please rake smooth all disturbances to the surface of the sand in the bunkers. This not only includes footprints but also the mark made from the ball entering the sand and the mark made by the club head when executing a shot from the bunker. The rake is to be left with the head of the rake in the bunker and handle (tip) just outside of the bunker.
On the putting green, a player should carefully repair any ball marks or other damage. Players should ensure that when putting down bags, marking balls, handling the flagstick or removing the ball from the hole, they do not damage the putting green or hole. The Club allows practice only in the designated practice areas and not on the golf course.
When taking practice swings, players should avoid causing damage to the course, particularly on tee boxes.
No player shall tee-off until the players in front have played their second shot and are out of range nor shall they play to any greens until the preceding players have holed out and have moved off the greens and are safely out of range.
It is the duty of every member to report infractions of rules and breaches of golf etiquette orally to the Players' Assistants, Professional Staff, or in writing to the General Manager. Breaches of golf etiquette and golf rules are subject to disciplinary action.
The Members Committee, or the various committees appointed by the Board in the exercise of powers, deal with all matters pertaining to the conduct of the Club and its members.
Abusive behaviour, either verbal or physical, directed toward other members, their guests or Club employees.
Coarse or loud conversations that might embarrass others.
Poor golf etiquette, such as hitting into the group in front of you, slow play or failure to comply with staff enforcing golf course policy.
Behaviour that is unbecoming or life threatening.
Non-compliance with the Club's dress code both on and off the golf course.
Members disciplining other members or staff.
The Head Golf Professional will contact both the member and any other member(s) involved in an incident to discuss and review the situation.
The appropriate Committee Chairs will be asked for input and feedback with regard to disciplinary action.
If we have experienced large amounts of precipitation carts may be required to stay on the cart paths throughout their round.
We prefer to have all carts drive in the fairway although driving in and out of the rough at 90 degrees is acceptable.
Diving in the fescue or long grass is not acceptable as it will create damage to the grass.
We hope you enjoy your day with us at Whistle Bear.
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Is it ok to watch people in class?
When I have to sit out a posture in class I sit on my knees with my hands on my knees (think blowing in firm pose). I keep my eyes on my own eyes in the mirror. I don't drink. I don't move. I don't watch anyone else (unless it's a world-class yogi in front of me like Afton Carraway and then I'm guilty of peeking).
Afton in locust pose…. how can you not peek at this!?!?
I was practicing on one end of the room this week and I was so far over only one person was to my left. The ENTIRE floor series she laid on her side staring my direction. Logically I knew she was staring past me at all the other people in the room but it FELT like she was staring at me. It felt so weird!
When is it OK to watch other people in class? For example, when there's a newcomer in class- like first class ever- I totally don't mind if they watch me during class. When it's so hot you can't concentrate and the instructor is talking about lefts and rights and hands and feet all mix up… it's hard to follow. It's a lot easier to match your body to someone else. In fact, when there's a firs timer around me I go into poses slowly and deliberately so they can see what the setup is. It also forces me to start postures with the dialog instead of lollygagging into the posture because I'm tired. So in a way, I like having first timers around me.
But what about non-first timers that sit and watch people? Is is acceptable to watch people?
At the Bikram Yoga Women's Retreat, I had the honor of taking classes from three lovely women: Emmy, Mary, and Rajashree. All three were different and complemented each other wonderfully.
Emmy in frog with Bikram on her back. Crazy!
The first class of the retreat was advanced with Emmy. Now, my studio owner has been talking about Emmy for forever. About how great she is, how high her expectations are, etc. I was nervous about not taking beginner class before but it was OK. Since I'd done that a couple times I knew what to expect as far as flexibility and stamina. Emmy got Afton on stage and had her demonstrate the crazier move and poses. I was cool to take advanced with over 50 others. At my studio it's typically 10 or less in an advanced class. Emmy was just as my studio owner depicted her. She's expects your best and isn't afraid to tell you the truth- loved her! Emmy taught one of the beginner classes each day.
Mary in an AWESOME locust pose. 99% of people get their legs only about a foot above the ground.
Right after advanced with Emmy was beginner with Mary Jarvis. The class went over 2 hours (I was EXHAUSTED). Mary was kind and loving in such a magical soothing way. She said a lot of amazing things, I wish I could remember them all…. she talked about how she knew we were all trying our best and that we didn't have to prove it to her. She was definitely soothing and comforting during class. She talked about her injury and how she was in so much pain she doesn't want anyone else to feel that much pain. She talked about not spending the whole posture thinking about getting OUT of the posture. The class was great, although I was POOPED! Sadly, this was the only class Mary taught.
Bikram and Rajashree in spine twist.
Rajashree is definitely the maternal one of the three. There were a couple kiddos (like 12 or 13 years old) and she would give them lots of feedback in class and call them baby. She Is into the emotional side of yoga (something I know nothing about). She taught a class most days and led a couple of meditations a couple of the mornings. I learned something- I can't mediate. It's probably the ADD I have mixed with the aftershocks of the master's stress. I just couldn't shut my mind off!
It was uber weird to practice without mirrors. Never done it before. You really had to focus on how postures feel and you didn't worry about how you looked (as far as hair/costume adjusting). It was weird to then go back to the studio and see myself after 7 classes without a mirror.
The energy was AMAZING I'm not sure how many women were there but I'd guess 300-350. Picture a room full of women moving together. It was a room full like minded women. I wasn't the freak yoga fan at the retreat. Most women there practiced 5-7 days a week. They have their hydroflasks and their favorite yoga gear (yoga brand or not). Since there were no mirrors I did some peeking of the postures in front of me and these women have beautiful practices. I could sit down for dinner at a table full of women from all over the country I don't know and we could all talk about yoga. Sure the classes and posture clinics were meaningful, but meeting and being with people that feel the same about yoga really meant something to me.
I can't believe I wasn't sure about going on the retreat. I mean, it was in Austin! It was amazing, refreshing, and fun! I can't wait till next year. The problem is that it's not going to be in Austin anymore. It's going to be in the DC/Virginia area. That means buying a flight and staying at the retreat. We may not be able to afford it. Boo.
Rajashree, Mardy (my studio's owner), and me the last morning of the retreat!
View from my mat before the last morning's mediation. Again, room full of like minded women getting up to meditate at 8 am on a Sunday. Love it!!!
What have you been doing the past month anyway?
So I've had an eventful month- in a good way. Finished my masters, got to go the Bikram Yoga Women's Retreat, celebrated graduation (several times), sat around and watched TV, and went to yoga everyday.
It's like if I post on my blog, real life is coming back. School is starting (high school where I teach- no more grad school!!!). I don't know if I'm ready… but I guess if given the choice I wouldn't be 'ready' for a LONG time!
The Women's Retreat was amazing, The yoga was amazing, the women were amazing- Emmy Cleaves, Rajashree, Mary Jarvis, and ALL the women I got to meet and practice with. The energy was amazing in the hot room. Hundreds of like minded women moving in unison. It was definitely a weekend that I will never forget.
Rajashree teaching a class at the retreat- look at all those T's as in TEXAS!


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Faith of the Magi
By Byron Anderson
Often overlooked in its importance, God's revelation of Christ's birth to the Magi is a significant theological event that provides us with a powerful Christian witness. Mentioned only briefly in scripture, few details are provided about the identities of the wise men and their travel to Jerusalem (Matt. 2:1-17). We can only speculate as to the number and nationality of these spiritual adventurers, but we know that they were religious leaders who worshiped another god. Just as God revealed the good news of Christ's birth to the lowly shepherds, outcasts of Jewish society, God chose the Magi to be among the first to learn of the Messiah's arrival. In choosing the shepherds and the Magi, God announced to the world that Christ had come for all people, regardless of their beliefs, nationality, or status in society.
The Magi were driven by an intense desire to answer the call of a foreign God. Only God's strong pull on them can explain why they deserted their families, incurred great expense, and risked their lives on a long, dangerous journey to a distant land. While the training and knowledge possessed by the Magi provided them with an understanding of the Hebrew Scriptures, it was their desire to know God that empowered them with the faith required to undertake the journey to Jerusalem.
The experience of the shepherds was quite different from the Magi. The shepherds witnessed an angel of the Lord, accompanied by a multitude of angels proclaiming Christ's birth (Luke 2:9-14). They received a clear message, delivered with a powerful display of God's glory, while God's interaction with the Magi was much more subtle. In a distant land far from Jerusalem, God appealed to the Magi through nature by placing an unusual star in the sky above Jerusalem.
While Scripture provides us with few details about the Magi, much is known about their beliefs and customs. Many experts believe that the Magi were Medes, a sect of Persians with reputations as fierce warriors and as breeders of exceptional horses. The Magi were known throughout Persia and beyond as priests and scholars possessing special knowledge. As they also had a reputation as astrologers, it is not surprising that God used a star to draw the Magi to Christ. The star that God placed over Jerusalem must have been unlike any other: Its brilliant light appeared suddenly and would have captivated all who saw it, particularly those who studied the night sky. It was common for scholars to interpret such extraordinary celestial events as signs foretelling an earthquake, famine, or other calamity, so the location of this star in the western sky above Israel would have certainly given it special meaning.
God's star appeared during a fascinating time in Middle Eastern history, when the Silk Road was already wellestablished and had since become the "information super-highway" of its day. News of world events, medicine, and religion were exchanged by travelers along this great road extending from China to Rome. Because religious authorities in the region held differing views about religion, they likely held different views about the star's meaning. Followers of Confucius held to his prophecy of a great teacher who would come in the west, while Zoroaster, the founder of the Magi's religion, also spoke of a prophet who would come from the heavens. The Magi were familiar with these religious perspectives, as well as the Messianic prophecies contained in the Hebrew Scriptures, particularly since many of the Jews taken to Babylon as captives five hundred years earlier remained in Persia and continued to worship their God. In addition, Greek translations of the Hebrew Scriptures were widely distributed along the Silk Road, so the appearance of the brilliant star over Jerusalem must have caused many to postulate it to be a sign of the Hebrew Messiah. One Messianic prophecy in Hebrew Scriptures that surely would have drawn their attention was the account of God causing the diviner Balaam to proclaim, "There shall come forth a star out of Jacob, and a sceptre shall rise out of Israel" (Num. 24:17). Many interpreted this reference to the star and the scepter as identifying the same entity: the Hebrew Messiah. It was not their curiosity of nature alone that led the Magi to Jerusalem. God's star certainly caught their attention, but it was their understanding of God through the Hebrew Scriptures that gave the star its meaning. In witnessing this incredible event, God's call to the Magi must have been a powerful spiritual experience.
Just as we struggle in coming to know God, there were many obstacles in the path of the Magi. An obvious dilemma facing the Magi was their role as priests who led their people according to the teachings of Zoroaster. The Magi worshipped Ahura Mazda and believed him to be god. But the one, true God, the God of the Bible, was intervening in their lives by appealing to their intellect through the Scriptures and to their interest in astronomy through the star. At some point in their great journey in search of another people's messiah, the Magi must have experienced doubt about Ahura Mazda.
Depending on where they resided in Persia, a journey to Jerusalem may have taken a year or longer and may have subsequently taken them through areas fraught with danger. In addition to the great expense required to finance a caravan and provide for its protection, they traveled on roads in poor condition while defending against roving groups of bandits and unfriendly militia.
We do not know if the Magi were merely curious adventurers when they left their homeland or if they had already undergone a religious conversion. Scripture suggests that the Magi's long walk with God must have provided them with an intensely strong faith in the Hebrew God. When they reached Jerusalem, the Magi told King Herod that they "had come to worship He who had been born King of the Jews" (Matt. 2:9). If the Magi were not yet believers in the Hebrew God, they would not have announced their intention to worship the King of the Jews. Considering that the Magi were the spiritual leaders of their people, this passage conveys a particularly significant meaning.
The unique properties of the star must have caused the Magi to marvel at this foreign God's intervention in their lives. While the star's appearance was distinct enough for the Magi to recognize it as a sign of Christ's arrival, amazingly not everyone even saw the star. Scripture records that no one the Magi encountered in Jerusalem, including Herod, was aware of the star, even though its spectacular light was responsible for drawing the Magi from their distant homeland. Once more, as the Magi entered Jerusalem, the star disappeared from view. It wasn't until the Magi departed Jerusalem for Bethlehem that the star reappeared. Scripture also tells us that when the star reappeared, it went ahead of the Magi, lighting their path to Bethlehem (Matt. 2:10). The star hanging over Jerusalem moved from its position in the sky over Jerusalem in order to lead them south towards Bethlehem until it finally came to rest over the house occupied by Christ's family.
When considering the special properties of the star, we are reminded that there is precedence in Scripture for God using light to lead the followers. During the exodus from Egypt, "the Lord went before His people in the form of a pillar of cloud by day to lead them on the way, and as a pillar of fire by night to give them light, that they might travel by day and by night" (Exod. 13:21-22). The Hebrews gave the pillar and cloud the name "Shekinah," derived from the Hebrew words "shakan," meaning to dwell or settle down, and "anan," meaning cloud. Shekinah was the "Glory Cloud" that had come to be among God's people.
Over the centuries, many have attempted to explain the "Christmas Star" as a natural occurrence. Some suggest that it was a comet, a configuration of planets, or another natural celestial occurrence, but to define the star in such a manner disregards Scripture. The star was supernatural, just as the shepherd's experience with the angels was supernatural. And what could have been more supernatural than Mary's immaculate conception? God provided us with these spectacular events to fulfill the promise of Scripture and to announce to the world that God had come to live among us. The apostle Matthew makes it quite clear when he tells us, "Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, And they shall call his name Immanuel. which is, being interpreted, God with us" (Matt. 1:23).
While the Magi's experience was extraordinary, in many ways it must have been similar to what we experience in coming to know God: their acceptance of Christ may have been immediate, or God may have transformed them over a period of time. Similarly, some of us are quite certain about our faith once we receive God's call, while others have doubts about God that may linger long after they have claimed Christ as their Savior. Given that the Magi were Zoroastrian priests, we may also wonder if they doubted the existence of the Hebrew God and if they initially resisted the personal commitment and sacrifice necessary to fully accept and trust God.
Like us, the Magi had choices to make. In seeking Christ, the Magi were separated from their friends and families, endured much hardship, and risked their lives on the journey to Jerusalem. We do not have God's star to guide us, but we have so much more. We have knowledge of Christ's life, sacrifice, death, and resurrection. Yet many of us delay in responding to God's call or ignore it completely. The next time you or someone you love is struggling with their faith, be reminded of the journey of the Magi and their faith that led them to Christ.
Byron Anderson
Byron Anderson is a lawyer in Washington, D.C. While attending seminary, Byron became interested in first-century Middle Eastern religion and culture. This interest led to his writing the novel, Quest for Light—Adventure of the Magi (2010).
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Arkells (pictured) rally their fans and discuss their new album, Tami Neilson scores a prestigious rave review, and Drake sells his LA party compound. Also in the headlines are Alexisonfire, Rory Dodd, gas prices, Diljit Dosanjh, Garth Brooks, Graham Brown, stars vs SCOTUS, Mel Warner Day, TikTok, CAA, MANifesto, Stephen Stills, Steve Cooper, Paul McCartney, John Williams, Elvis, and BTS.
Music News Digest, Nov. 15, 2021
Hit producer/songwriter Cirkut (pictured) signs a major publishing deal, Johnny Orlando bests the Biebs at the MTV EMAs, and Alessia Cara collaborates with Allen Stone. Also in the news are Drake, Arkells, West End Phoenix, RBT, Beth Ann Cole, KellyLee Evans, The Great Escape, Music PEI, and farewell Doug Dombrowski, Graeme Edge, John Goodsall, and Jeff Wald.
Music News Digest, Oct. 7, 2021
Arkells (pictured) announce a national tour, voting for the 2021 Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize has opened, and M for Montreal finalizes its lineup. Also in the news are the CCMA Awards, John Finley, a Unison fundraiser, Prix MNB Awards, David Myles, Catherine MacLellan, the Junos, TD Toronto Jazz Festival, CMRRA, William Prince, Darryl Kissick, Rudy Blair, Johnny Orlando, Winterfest, MMF Canada, and farewell Pat Fish.
Music Biz Headlines, Sept. 23, 2021
Universal Music Group and Sir Lucian Grainge (pictured) dominate the news this week, consumers weigh the risk of concerts, and Toronto designates music hubs. Also in the headlines are the Shaw Festival, Stratford, Hopscotch, TIFF, Arkells, Genesis, The Reklaws, RIAA, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Merck Mercuriadis, Twitch, Tracklib, the San Diego Symphony, Eric Clapton, Nirvana, and Guns N Roses.
Music Biz Headlines, Aug. 19, 2021
Cartel Madras (pictured) are badass rappers, blinding stats for a Weeknd smash, and Arkells shows raise eyebrows. Also in the headlines are Neil Peart, vax passports, Laila Biali, DistroKid, Reservoir, Madonna, WMG, Downtown, Bernd Dopp, Jo Jo Bennett, Gladys Knight, The Cure, the Beatles, John Coltrane, Charlie Watts, Steve Earle, and Nanci Griffith.
The return of metal queen Lee Aaron (pictured), Canadians crafting K-pop hits, and Arkells rock out in Toronto. Also in the headlines are Dr. Disc, Sled Island, John Lennon, VSO, Ishkōdé Records, Massey Hall, AEG, New Romantics, Garth Brooks, Lorde, Britney Spears, Tony Bennett, Sarah Vaughan, the Beatles, Dana Gillespie, Toots Hibbert, and Aretha.
The FYI News Bulletin: July 19, 2021
by David Farrell
AEG has again postponed Celine Dion's Nor
Music Biz Headlines, Dec. 3, 2020
by FYI Staff
Arkells (pictured) take fans on a pub crawl, Pierre Kwenders explores his history, and social media is seen as the music biz's future. Also in the headlines are Braden Lam, Harpdog Brown, Spotify, Selena, Spinrilla, Shane MacGowan, Dolly Parton, Nick Cave, Blue Oyster Cult, and Elton John.
Arkells' Album Is An Instant Hit
Pop Smoke's Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon holds at No. 1 for the second straight week but the big hit of the week is Hamilton's celebrated band Arkells' Campfire Chords (pictured), a stripped-down collection of fan and band favourites that marks the first album for the band since directly signing with UMC.
Five Questions With… Arkells' Max Kerman
by Jason Schneider
One of Canada's biggest bands hunkered down in the pandemic and created a stripped-down new album, Campfire Chords. Here the group's frontman explains the mandate and method behind the quarantine record, the song selection process, their use of social media, and thoughts about a return to the road.
Nick Nurse (pictured) boosts a school's music program, Unison Benevolent Fund's #WithoutMusic project grabs attention, and David Byrne's American Utopia will open TIFF. Also making news are MusiCounts, Alex Henry Foster, the Banff Centre International String Quartet Festival, Shambhala Music Festival, Starlight Social Club, N'Awlins Jazz Bar, LyricFind, Anyway Gang, Array Space, and farewell Annie Ross.
Ottawa's Bluesfest and NAC present a star-studded drive-in music series (pictured), NXNE is forced to cancel, and Arkells postpone a big hometown show. Also in the news are PUP, Dione Taylor, City and Colour, Elisapie, HJF, Roy Woods, Libera Awards, Orville Peck, and farewell Dame Vera Lynn, Victor Feldbrill, and Hux Brown.


Simon Guzman is director of finance at the American Council of Learned Societies. His responsibilities include payroll and benefits administration, cash flow monitoring, financial analyses, preparation of financial statements, and year-end audit coordination.
Guzman has extensive accounting experience in the nonprofit environment. Before joining ACLS in 2010, he served as controller for the Arcus Foundation. He holds an MA in nonprofit management from the New School for Social Research (now New School University) and a BA in business and accounting from the State University of New York.