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Main Stream Media Slams Pamela Geller's Efforts To Expose The Islamization of America
It was the day of the "Drawing Muhammad" contest in Texas, and CNN had an interview with Pamela Geller, who was the creator of this event.
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As I was sitting in the waiting room, waiting for my husband to have his PET Scan, I was subjected to the liberal rubbish proceeding from the mouths of CNN commentators.
"For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools." Romans 1:18-22 (KJV)
EDITOR'S NOTE: In 1920's Germany, everyone watched Adolf Hitler rise to power and yet no one did anything about it. Hitler didn't happen over night, he was very patient to wait all the way from the 1921 beer garden meetings to 1933 when he was elected as Chancellor. In 2015 America, we are watching the slow but very steady rise of the influence of Islam and Sharia. Pamela Geller is working to expose this and to create a much-needed dialogue to prevent the Islamization of America.
At times I had to literally bite my tongue when I wanted so badly to say what I thought of their drivel to the other people waiting. But alas, the Lord helped me hold my tongue.
It was the day of the "Drawing Muhammad" contest in Texas, and CNN had an interview with Pamela Geller, who was the creator of this event. They showed sound bites of Pamela explaining that the whole reason for her being prompted to schedule this event, was to show people the importance of holding onto our first amendment right to freedom of speech.
Fox News slams Pamela Geller:
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After the interview, the commentators called Pamela all sorts of disparaging names – mostly referring to her as an Islamophobe. They insisted that Pam Geller hated all Muslims and that she was a lightning rod. By this time, I was gritting my teeth and doing a few eye rolls.
The "Drawing Mohammad" art contest in Texas:
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Today, I watched a liberal on Fox News talking about Islamophobia. The points she made were so ridiculous and had not any semblance to reality — I wanted to scream! She said that profiling Muslims would be like profiling all Jews or Buddhists or Hindus. WHAT?? When is the last time you heard of any of these religious groups beheading or slaughtering people??
Seriously, what is wrong with these liberal minds? I'm at a loss here. Do they really believe the inane words coming out of their mouths? Sometimes I think that they are somehow programmed, and their brains are just not working!
CNN battles with Pam over Garland shooting:
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Why are these people so adamant about defending Muslims? Why would Pamela Geller be called a lightning rod? Have you seen the ignorant cartoons or our Lord Jesus all over the internet? It goes right through me when I see these depictions of the Lord of Glory – our Savior!!
But the liberals know that Christians do not behead people for drawing these horrible pictures. As a matter of fact, Jesus would say to forgive them, because they don't know what they are doing.
Well, it feels good to get this off my chest. I know that we must pray for these lost people. Sometimes it is just so frustrating.
MARANATHA!
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New Bible Versions Remove "Father" And "Son Of God" Because It Offends Muslims
The gender of God has prompted debate within the Church of England, with many calling for male pronouns He and Him, as well as reference to Our Father, to be scrapped in favour of either gender neutral or female alternatives.
For starters, the Church of England is a hot bipolar mess with one side embracing Roman Catholicism, the other nominally Protestant, producing nothing but Laodicean hogwash constantly in conflict with itself. Ironically, the Church of England was the birthplace of the King James Bible back in 1611, having survived the Gunpowder Plot in 1605. What's on the menu in 2023? Not much, just a raging debate to turn the God of the Bible into a gender neutral, non-binary thing you might just as well refer to as Antichrist from here on in.
"This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created." Genesis 5:1,2 (KJB)
If God becomes gender neutral, then He becomes an 'it', and in doing so He is no longer the God of the Bible but something else entirely. Maybe that's what the Church of England is after, kicking God off of His throne and replacing Him with a genderless, meaningless and powerless 'thing' much like a transgender. Of course, the entire LGBTQ+ Movement is all about dethroning God, getting rid of His laws and His judgments, and bringing him down to non-binary status. Coincidentally, this is also the platform for the One World Religion of Chrislam. Whatever happens, you can now stick a fork into the Church of England, it's finished and fit for the ash heap of Church history. Here's a 'fun fact' about God, no neutrality is recognized. You are either saved and headed for Heaven, or lost and going to Hell, there is no third option, there is no Purgatory. God made man, that's one, and from man He made a woman, that's two and that's all He wrote. God made two genders, all the others come from Satan. If you have a genderless God, that's the Devil.
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Gender-neutral God to be considered by Church of England
FROM MSN: Now, in what would mark a departure from centuries of tradition, bishops are to launch a project "on gendered language" referencing God in church services later this year. The move has been criticised by conservatives, who have warned that "male and female imagery is not interchangeable". However, liberal Christians have welcomed it, claiming that "a theological misreading of God as exclusively male is a driver of much continuing discrimination and sexism against women".
Details of the plans emerged in a written question to the Liturgical Commission, which prepares and promotes forms of service and religious worship in the Church, at General Synod, the Church's lawmaking body, which is sitting this week.
Any permanent changes or rewriting of scriptures with gendered language would have to be agreed by a future meeting of Synod.
The Rev Joanna Stobart, from the Diocese of Bath and Wells, asked what steps were being taken to offer congregants alternatives to referring to God with male pronouns and if there was any update "to develop more inclusive language in our authorised liturgy".
She also asked bishops "to provide more options for those who wish to use authorised liturgy and speak of God in a non-gendered way, particularly in authorised absolutions where many of the prayers offered for use refer to God using male pronouns".
In response, the Bishop of Lichfield, the Rt Rev Michael Ipgrave, replying as vice-chairman of the Liturgical Commission, said: "We have been exploring the use of gendered language in relation to God for several years, in collaboration with the Faith and Order Commission.
"After some dialogue between the two commissions in this area, a new joint project on gendered language will begin this spring."
The precise details of the project remain unknown, with Dr Ipgrave declining to comment further. Prof Helen King, the vice-chairman of the Synod's gender and sexuality group, said: "Questions around gendered language and God have been around for decades, if not centuries, but still have the power to bring out strong reactions.
"For some, God as father is helpful because of their own positive experiences of a loving parent. For others, God as father may reinforce a bad experience of a strict disciplinarian as their father. If we dig deeper, clearly God is not gendered, so why do we restrict our language for God in gendered ways?"
A spokesman for Women and the Church, a national campaign group for gender equality in the Church of England, also welcomed the move "to look at the development of more inclusive language in our authorised liturgy". READ MORE
'God is non-binary': The transgender Church of England priest who was outed by a national newspaper
Sarah Jones – the first person to have made a gender change and then be ordained in the Church of England – was 'outed' to a national newspaper in 2005 but was (mostly) supported by her peers and parish. Based in Cardiff city centre, Sarah is a keen speaker on matters involving inclusion, and she fiercely maintains that Christianity is much queerer than we think. Gay-men to that.
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A huge earthquake in Turkey and Syria registering 7.8 on the Richter Scale has already killed 3,700 souls, injuring countless thousands more, was like 'watching the apocalypse'.
This week is off to a gangbusters start from a prophecy perspective, with a once in a generation earthquake rocking Turkey and Syria, open worship of Satan at the Grammys sponsored by Pfizer, as well as minor earthquakes in New York and Georgia. Russia is preparing to unleash a 500,000 soldier contingent on Ukraine, and Chinese spy balloons fly over America with impunity. Things get much hotter and it might be time for a little '23 skidoo', and wouldn't that be great? In the meantime, here we are at the beginning of sorrows.
"And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows." Matthew 24:6-8 (KJB)
One of the missionaries on our prayer list is LuAnn from Sarasota who ministers to the Muslims in Turkey. She reported this morning that "Yes thank God I'm all right. I'm living in Istanbul and this horrendous earthquake happened in the southeast of Turkey a few hours away from me. But it is turning into quite a disaster for the nation. Thank you for your prayers and your concern. We have been told to restock our "earthquake bag" in case we too become affected. We just learned Pastor Hakan and his wife in Anitoch went to be with the Lord , leaving behind a young son. We have so few Turkish Pastors. Tragic" Please continue to pray for LuAnn and her efforts in Turkey, that the Lord would continue to keep her safe and give her and her team much fruit for His Kingdom. And pray for the untold tens of thousands of souls devastated by this earthquake.
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Major earthquake kills 3,700 in Turkey and Syria, weather hits survivors
FROM YAHOO NEWS: A huge earthquake killed more than 3,700 people across a swathe of Turkey and northwest Syria on Monday, with freezing winter weather adding to the plight of the thousands left injured or homeless and hampering efforts to find survivors.
The magnitude 7.8 quake brought down whole apartment blocks in Turkish cities and piled more devastation on millions of Syrians displaced by years of war. It struck before sunrise in harsh weather and was followed in the early afternoon by another large quake.
aerial images from #Turkey post the massive #Earthquake today
Just heartbreaking pic.twitter.com/WQBbwnLBF8
— Abier (@abierkhatib) February 6, 2023
In Diyarbakir in southeast Turkey, a woman speaking next to the wreckage of the seven-storey block where she lived said: "We were shaken like a cradle. There were nine of us at home. Two sons of mine are still in the rubble, I'm waiting for them." She was nursing a broken arm and had injuries to her face.
"It was like the apocalypse," said Abdul Salam al-Mahmoud, a Syrian in the northern town of Atareb. "It's bitterly cold and there's heavy rain, and people need saving."
The earthquake was the biggest recorded worldwide by the U.S. Geological Survey since a tremor in the remote South Atlantic in August 2021.
In Turkey, the death toll stood at 2,316, the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) said, making it the country's deadliest earthquake since a tremor of similar magnitude in 1999 devastated the heavily populated eastern Marmara Sea region near Istanbul, killing more than 17,000. READ MORE
What Parts Of Turkey And Syria Look Like After Powerful Earthquake Kills Thousands
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake killed over 2,300 people in Turkey and Syria early Monday morning. The 'apocalypse' quake occurred early in the morning when most people were sleeping or indoors.


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Review of The Vaccines' What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?
Leon DiaperLondon's Vaccines were really asking for it with the title of their debut album, What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?, what with it sounding like equal parts challenge and excuse. For my part, I didn't expect a hell of a lot. You see, as Anglophile as I am, I'm also hella suspicious of acts that arrive on a tidal wave of hype as I've owned too many CDs from British guitar bands that proved to have very little shelf life. And given The Vaccines arrived with a well-orchestrated, a major label-funded buzz blitz, I assumed they'd be all hat, no cattle.
Well I've been wrong before and I'll be wrong again. Rather than lose my interest with each listen, time spent with What Did You Expect's brief running time only made me want to hit repeat. They don't pretend to be anything more than what they are, which is to say a quartet of kids playing rock music, but it's uncanny the way they manage to evoke the best of British rock from over the last decade – the meat-and-potatoes simplicity of Arctic Monkeys, the scrappy snottiness of The Libertines, the open-hearted romanticism of Bloc Party – without actually sounding like any of them. Most key, however, is the fact that they're able to write songs that are anthemic in scope yet punkish in packaging and catchy enough to warrant praise entirely on their own creative merits – "All In White" is downright stirring. It may well be that they're just the next British guitar band of the moment, but it's The Vaccines' moment and they're making the most of it.
And while this would normally be the point in the post where I tell you that The Vaccines are coming to town soon, an announcement yesterday actually instead pulled their entire Fall tour, including the September 27 date at The Phoenix – Justin Hayward-Young will need surgery on his throat for the third time this year, and doctor's orders do not include gallivanting around the globe singing rock music. While I wasn't going to be hitting that particular show, I was looking forward to seeing that at Iceland Airwaves in October and that show is also scotched. Here's hoping Hayward-Young's recovery is quick and the make-up date is a convenient one.
NME talked the band at Reading/Leeds this past weekend about their plans for album number two and Sabotage Times has an interview with guitarist Freddie Cowan.
MP3: The Vaccines – "Norgaard"
MP3: The Vaccines – "Wreckin' Bar (Ra Ra Ra)"
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The Telegraph has an interview with Elbow frontman Guy Garvey. They're at The Sound Academy on September 28 and the video of a session from this past Spring in the crypt at London's St. Paul's Cathedral is available to stream for the next week at Absolute Radio.
The Gallagher brothers' ongoing duel of one-upmanship has spilled over into their North American touring itinerary. Noel Gallagher has announced the first Stateside live dates in support of his solo debut Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, out November 8, and though it's limited to major markets as the first Beady Eye jaunt was, it's much more ambitious in scope. For example, while Beady Eye were able to fill if not quite sell out the Sound Academy back in June, Noel has booked not one but two nights at Massey Hall to open up the tour on November 7 and 8 – tickets $39.50 and $99.50 plus fees, on sale on September 9 at 10AM. Now I know that Oasis fans are devoted and Noel has said he'd play material from said band live, but still – that's kind of… well that's a lot of tickets to expect to sell. That's all. Anyways, NME has another new song from the debut album available to stream.
Stream: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds – "If I Had A Gun"
Video: Noel Gallagher & The High Flying Birds – "The Death Of You And Me"
Meanwhile, over at BBC6, Liam Gallagher discusses the slander lawsuit that remains against his brother about comments surrounding the end of Oasis and the next Beady Eye record.
Paste has a feature piece on Laura Marling, whose new record A Creature I Don't Know is out on September 13 and who plays The Great Hall on September 23.
BBC has a conversation with Charlie Fink of Noah & The Whale about their plans for album number four and the influences being applied to it.
Ladytron's Reuben Wu talks Gravity The Seducer with DIY; the album is out September 13 and they play The Phoenix on October 5.
The Quietus gets Portishead to select thirteen of their favourite albums. They're at The Sound Academy on October 9 and 10.
Sweden's The Sounds have set a North American tour in support of their new album Something To Die For; look for them at The Opera House on October 26.
Video: The Sounds – "Something To Die For"
If anyone was wondering – as I was – if there was going to be a way to get hands on a vinyl copy of I Break Horses' gorgeous debut Hearts on vinyl in Canada without paying crazy import prices, take, um, heart – apparently there is an October 18 street date for physical editions of the record.
DIY reports that Sweden's Those Dancing Days have decided to go on hiatus to tend to things IRL for a while. This is disappointing as they were one of the bands who had to pull out of SXSW this year due to visa snafus and I was hoping they'd make it up next year. Guess not.
Video: Those Dancing Days – "Reaching Forward"
Danish punks Iceage have released a new video from their debut New Brigade.
Video: Iceage – "You're Blessed"
The lead track from the forthcoming M83 double-album ridicu-epic Hurry Up, We're Dreaming is now available to stream. They're at Lee's Palace on November 18.
Stream: M83 – "Intro"
The Jezabels have released a video to go with the first MP3 from Prisoner, out September 16 in their native Australia but not until next Spring over here. They're at The Phoenix opening up for Hey Rosetta! on November 24 and possibly the just-announced second show on November 23; still waiting on confirmation of that.
MP3: The Jezabels – "Endless Summer"
Video: The Jezabels – "Endless Summer"
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Tindersticks get box se(a)t at the movies
Richard DumasA number of words serve as accurate descriptors of Nottingham's Tindersticks – "smoky", "noirish", "soulful" all work – but if you had to narrow it down to just one, then "cinematic" would be as good as any. Their ability to create, define and enhance an atmosphere or mood makes them an ideal choice to provide the sounds to moving pictures, and for French director Claire Denis, that's what they've done. Tindersticks, either as a group or as individuals, have scored six of Denis' films and now those soundtracks have been collected in a box set entitled, most descriptively, Claire Denis Film Scores 1996-2009 and was released this week.
The lavishly appointed box consists of five discs (shiny plastic or black vinyl), some of the contents of which have never been released. And while I've not heard the whole set, the selections that I have heard are largely instrumental, though Stuart Staples' distinctive croon does make some appearances, and lush, dark and gorgeous throughout; in other words, vintage Tindersticks. For most bands, a collection of film scores might seem like a fans-only curiosity but this set feels like as necessary a part of their discography as any studio record.
Filter and The Quietus talk to Stuart Staples about the art of scoring.
MP3: Tindersticks – "The Black Mountain" (from Lintrus)
MP3: Tindersticks – "The Children's Theme" (from White Material)
MP3: Tindersticks – "La Rallye" (from Vendredi Soir)
MP3: Tindersticks – "Opening 35" (from Rhums)
Video: Tindersticks – scenes from Lintrus
Video: Tindersticks – scenes from White Material
Video: Tindersticks – scenes from Nénette et Boni
Video: Tindersticks – scenes from Rhums
The Aquarian and The AV Club talk to Stuart Braithwaite of Mogwai.
The Fly reports that the Franz Ferdinand covers 10″ EP, wherein the Scots were reinterpreted by the likes of LCD Soundsystem and The Magnetic Fields and was one of the hot items for Record Store Day in the UK, will be getting a proper CD release on May 2. Probably still only in the UK but people can at least hear the whole thing, regardless of where they live, via Soundcloud.
Stream: various artists / Franz Ferdinand Covers
Clash interviews Roddy Woomble.
Interview talks to Guy Garvey and Music Radar to Mark Potter of Elbow.
The Music Magazine reports that former Oasis songwriter/guitarist Noel Gallagher is finished his solo debut and is targeting an October release. Meanwhile, The Irish Times talks to little brother Liam about his new outfit Beady Eye, which is at The Sound Academy on June 20.
NPR has got PJ Harvey's pre-Coachella show in San Francisco available to stream or download while The Guardian has an extensive feature piece and video session. Two more video from Let England Shake has been released, with Spinner talking to director Seamus Murphy about the "Bitter Branches" clip.
Video: PJ Harvey – "Bitter Branches"
Video: PJ Harvey – "In The Dark Places"
Clash talks to Noah & The Whale.
Notion has one of those annoying Flash-based "ooh look it's like a real magazine" interfaces but their feature on Patrick Wolf makes it kind of worth enduring. Wolf's new record Lupercalia is due out June 20.
NYC Taper is sharing a recording of the finale of British Sea Power's recent North American tour while For No One has got a video session with the band up.
DIY converses with Those Dancing Days.
Ever wonder how long Daytrotter keeps sessions in the can? They just posted one with A Camp, who haven't toured in almost two years.
PopMatters interviews the members of Junip.
Mashable has a video documentary and interview with Peter Bjorn & John, who've got a show at Lee's Palace on May 6 and an in-store at Sonic Boom earlier that same evening.
Magnet Q&As The Soundtrack Of Our Lives, who are running roughshod over their website this week. They will do the same to Lee's Palace on June 4.
NPR serves up a World Cafe session with Phoenix.
Tiny Mix Tapes contemplates the theological aspects of Nick Cave.
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SACNAS Reaction to Passage of House Tax Reform Bill
Blog SACNAS Reaction to Passage of House Tax Reform Bill
sacnas | November 20, 2017
Yamila Pino, yamila@prosperolatino.com
The tax reform bill passed by the House of Representatives would raise taxes on graduates students
Santa Cruz, CA— Dr. Lino Gonzalez, President of the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill that would raise taxes on graduate students. The provision— within the overhaul of the tax code now moving through Congress— would tax the tuition waivers that graduate students receive in exchange for the work they perform in research teams. A graduate student who makes $25,000 and receives a tuition waiver for a $50,000 tuition, would be taxed as if they earned $75,000 a year.
"We are extremely concerned by this proposal that would in effect raise taxes on graduate students who are working to make ends meet while they earn their degrees and contribute to the innovation that keeps our country competitive in the global economy."
"Raising taxes on research trainees would hit minority students who may not have the resources to pay for the higher tax bill. Our government should be incentivizing higher education, but with this provision our policy makers are throwing roadblocks in front of graduate students, especially those from underrepresented minority communities."
"This dangerous provision would jeopardize our nation's ability to educate professionals in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math, collectively known as STEM. As it is, we are already falling behind as other nations' STEM workforces continue to grow and innovate."
"It is unconscionable to raise taxes on hard-working graduate students who fuel America's economy. As the U.S. Senate now takes on their version of tax reform, we urge senators to strip this tax increase from the bill. Our nation's security and economy, as well as our graduate students, especially those from underrepresented communities, simply cannot afford it."


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More Palmer Park apts set to come online in Feb, April
Tuesday, January 15, 2013 | Source: Model D
Renovation work on a handful of apartment buildings in Palmer Park is set to wrap up in the next few months.
The first in line for completion is the Sarasota Apartments, 325 Merton, in February. The four-story building exemplifies the Art Deco architecture for which Palmer Park's apartments are famous. It had been vacant for years, falling into disrepair before renovations began last spring.
Next in line are the Seville Apartments and Palmer Lodge. Both are set to come online in April. "I really can't wait," says Kathy Makino-Leipsitz, co-owner of Shelborne Development which is heading up the development of the apartment buildings in Palmer Park.
Palmer Lodge is one of the marquee apartment buildings in the Palmer Park historic district. The jumbo-sized Tudor-Revival structure stands sentinel at the corner of Woodward Avenue and Covington Drive. The four-story apartment building was designed by Weidmaier and Gay and built in 1925. It's being redeveloped into 54 apartments and space for two businesses (think cafe or martini bar) in its basement. The Seville Apartments is at 750 Whitmore St. The four-story structure at the corner of Third Avenue and Whitmore Street will feature 16 apartments. One hundred and two units will come onto the market when construction is finished at all three, which were vacant and in serious disrepair before renovation work began early last year.
Shelborne Development is renovating these buildings and a handful of others in Palmer Park. The Indian Village-based firm leveraged historic tax credits, federal stimulus funding and other government incentives to renovate these buildings to maintain their historic integrity and upgrade them with modern conveniences such as new Energy Star appliances, high-efficiency furnaces, insulation and granite countertops. It previously renovated the La Vogue apartments last summer.
Makino-Leipsitz says she is still pursuing the idea of bringing mounted security patrols to the neighborhood by utilizing the Detroit Police Department's mounted division, which is housed nearby. She also wants to bring Christmas lights to the trees of the neighborhood to help inject some vibrancy to the area.
"I want to light up the trees in Palmer Park like they do at La Dolce Vita (a nearby restaurant)," Makino-Leipsitz says. "It gives the area such a great feel."
Source: Kathy Makino-Leipsitz, co-owner of Shelborne Development
Writer: Jon Zemke
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Q: How to fix the version reported by psql? I have been working on an Ansible script for defining the standard template of our corporate servers. For some historical reasons, we chose to stick with PostgreSQL 9.6 even though we're using Ubuntu 18.04, which comes with PostgreSQL 11. We intend to catch up with the latest version after a transition phase of some months.
The 18.04 image we use from AWS has PG 11. After uninstalling version 11 and installing 9.6 on our test server, the result of psql --version is still:
psql (PostgreSQL) 11.1 (Ubuntu 11.1-3.pgdg18.04+1)

However, apt-cache policy postgresql-11 gives me:
postgresql-11:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 11.1-3.pgdg18.04+1
  Version table:
     11.1-3.pgdg18.04+1 500
        500 http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt bionic-pgdg/main amd64 Packages

pg_lsclusters yields:
Ver Cluster Port Status Owner    Data directory               Log file
9.6 main    5432 online postgres /var/lib/postgresql/9.6/main /var/log/postgresql/postgresql-9.6-main.log

I find all that misleading, even in the light of the fact that psql will talk to the server listening on 5432. I'd rather leave things in a consistent and explicit state, and not run the risk of some compatibility problems in our scripts.
My question is: is it possible to fix the version reported by psql so that it can report a version that is actually present?
I feel like the removal of version 11 left some remnants which appear unwanted to me, despite of the task specifying purge and autoremove.
[EDIT 2019-02-10]
The comment by @steeldriver put me on the right track. My Ansible role was installing postgresql-9.6 and postgresql-contrib, which didn't make sense because as I understood it, without the specification of 9.6 as the version, postgresql-contrib would stand for its current most up-to-date package, which is postgresql-contrib-11, which in turn has postgresql-11 as a dependency.
I ended up with versions 9.6 and 11, and erroneously thought that the Amazon image had postgresql-11 in it. I was wrong.
When I removed postgresql-11 (with autoremove) the uninstallation still left behind the /var/lib/postgresql/11/bin folder, where a psql binary remained. The wrapper that launches PostgreSQL binaries enumerates the versions in /var/lib/postgresql and for each, checks whether the psql binary is on the filesystem. If it is, then the most recent version is used.
With the comments and answers, I now understand that this is certainly because the package to remove was a flavor of postgresql-client-common and not just postgresql-11.

A: The comment here is completely and totally accurate. You can easily confirm this by utilizing the sadly underused Ubuntu Package Search which for 18.04 reports that psql is part of     postgresql-client-common
psql is reporting the version of psql installed as expected.
If you want to see the version of a package that you have installed dpkg -l packagename is useful.

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Two Tales of Friendship across Social Backgrounds Illuminate French Movie Screens
I am in Paris for the Le Web conference, and I'm reminded of how awesome French movies are! I loved Paris in Roman Polanski's 1988 film "Frantic". Also my favorite animated movie "Ratatouille" is set in Paris. I recently saw "Hugo" in 3D and thought the film was ok, but the redeeming feature was falling in love with the work of Georges Méliès, a 20th century filmmaker who is widely recognized as a special effects pioneer.
The birth place of cinema, France, has undergone significant transformation in the past decade. With more than 206.5 million movie tickets sold in 2010, French cinema is the third largest market in world and the most successful in Europe! In 2010 alone, 240 French movies graced film theaters around the globe.
The French films produced in the last quarter of the 20th century present France in a different light; however. If in the early 80's and 90's French films shattered all boundaries depicting the French society living in debauchery, today we are noticing a different direction. The films, are more character vs plot driven, most often than not, they reflect the grim economical epidemic plaguing Europe and the rest of world with films such as "A Screaming Man," and "Love like Poison."
One film in particular has caught the critics' eye this year: "Le Havre," tells the story of a shoeshiner who tries to save the life of an immigrant African child. The movie plot echoes with the immigration problems France has battled in the recent years. Le Havre, itself, is a port city in the northern part of France, famous for its perplex mixture of cultures and music scene.
[photo by Marja-Leena Hukkanen.]
"Le Havre," directed by Aki Kaurismaki, starting Andre Wilms, Kati Outinen, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, has been welcomed with standing ovations at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. The positive reviews of the small budget film have reached the shores of America as well.
"Le Havre pulls off the difficult trick of being wickedly ironic and yet still making you feel good about life," commented John Powers in Vogue Magazine.
On a funnier note, another French film is making a splash across Europe, "Les Intouchables," released only four weeks ago, is off to a very promising start. Based on a true story, the movie plot revolves around a French wealthy gentleman who after a tragic accident is left quadriplegic. He hires a just out of jail helper to be his legs and arms. The result is a comedy filled with plenty of unforeseen moments.
According to a review published by Newsweek's Tracy McNicoll just today, some French critics have been quick to dismiss, pointing to unrealistic flowery picture the film paints of the economic crisis, and the often painful racial and cultural divide that plagues much of France today. Nevertheless, audiences in France have flocked to see it and the film is shaping up to be a legitimate blockbuster.
"Le Havre" and "Les Intouchables" are two great French movies exploring different topics of the human character, telling the stories of diverse social backgrounds.
Jesse Thomas is an executive creative director. Visit his website at jess3.com or follow him @jess3.


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Back in April, at the time of the US-Chinese summit in Mar-a-Lago in Florida, I said that US President Trump, inexperienced in foreign affairs, was badly misreading China's President Xi Jinping.
In particular President Trump misread the Chinese President's habitual courtesy as a concrete commitment that China would take action against North Korea in connection with that country's nuclear and ballistic missile programme, and as a sign of Chinese support for the US cruise missile attack on Syria's Al-Shayrat air base.
I said that this was all completely wrong. Here is what I wrote about the summit at the time
The Chinese President must have found his recent meeting with US President Trump a strange affair. Much of it was taken up with social engagements. No important agreements were reached, and it doesn't seem as if any really substantive discussions – for example on trade issues – took place.
The Chinese President must also have been bemused – and cannot have been at all amused – to be told without any advance notice over chocolate cake and without his aides available to advise him that the US President had just launched a missile strike on Syria.
President Trump did discuss with President Xi the festering North Korean crisis, but as is becoming the pattern with this inexperienced US President, he appears to be misreading the Chinese President's typical courtesy and his standard assurances that China shares the US's concerns about the North Korean nuclear programme as a commitment by China to do more to stop the North Korean nuclear programme than it is already doing.
That is almost certainly wrong, and the Chinese will also not be happy either by the recent US carrier deployment to the Korean coast, or by the US President's threats to solve the Korean crisis by unilateral action, which they almost certainly construe (probably rightly) as empty bluff.
One suspects that Xi Jinping is relieved that with Putin he is getting back to normal business again.
Every one of these observations has since come true, with the Chinese in particular rejecting President Trump's demands for all-embracing sanctions against North Korea. Indeed as I discussed at the time, given the extent to which China's prestige is bound up with preservation of the current regime in North Korea, it could not have been otherwise.
That President Trump totally misunderstood President Xi Jinping during their meeting in Mar-a-Lago has now been admitted by the Financial Times
The deteriorating relations come less than 100 days since Mr Trump hosted Mr Xi at his Mar-a-Lago estate and said the leaders would have a "very great relationship". Since then, the White House has become frustrated China was not doing enough to pressure North Korea to abandon its ballistic missile and nuclear programmes….
"Early optimism on the US side has been dashed by what Trump thought he heard at Mar-a-Lago," said Dennis Wilder, a former top White House Asia official. "This was a classic case where Trump heard what he wanted to hear, but it wasn't actually the message that Xi intended to send."
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The result – in what I am sorry to say is an all too typical display of petulance – is that the Trump administration has now announced a $1.4 billion arms sale to Taiwan and is imposing sanctions on certain Chinese businesses which it accuses of conducting business with North Korea.
The Chinese are predictably furious, with their embassy in Washington publishing what is for them an unusually strong statement, which deserves to be set out in full
China is firmly opposed to the U.S. arms sale to Taiwan. China's stance is clear and firm. The U.S. nevertheless made the wrong decision to sale arms to Taiwan in disregard of China's strong representations. It seriously violates the principles of the three Joint Communiqués between China and the U.S., in particular, the August 17, 1982 U.S.-China Communiqué on Arms Sales to Taiwan, grossly interferes China's domestic affairs, jeopardizes China's sovereign and security interest and undermines China's efforts to realize national unification. The Chinese government and Chinese people have every right to be outraged. The Chinese side has lodged serious representation to the U.S. side, and reserves every right to take further action.
The wrong move of the U.S. side runs counter to the consensus reached by the two presidents in Mar-a-Lago and the positive development momentum of the China-U.S. relationship. It will harm the mutual trust and cooperation between China and the U.S.. We urge the U.S. to immediately revoke the wrong decision and stop the arms sale to Taiwan.
The Democratic Progressive Party authorities refused to recognize the 1992 Consensus and the core principle that the two sides of the Taiwan Straits belongs to one China, and take "dechinalize" measures in Taiwan. The arms sale by the U.S. sends a very wrong signal to the "Taiwan independence" forces and harms the cross-Straits peace and stability. The U.S. has repeatedly said that it has profound interest in maintaining peace and stability across the Straits. However, its deeds contradicted its words.
Taiwan is a part of China. One China principle is a norm widely recognized by the international community. Realizing national unification at an early date is a common wish of the Chinese people, including Taiwan compatriots. It is the aspiration of the people and the general trend that will not be stopped by arms sale to Taiwan by some countries. We are confident and capable to contain the separatist activities of the "Taiwan independence" forces and defend our sovereignty and territorial integrity. We will never allow anyone to separate Taiwan from the country.
President Trump is not the first US President since the US and China re-established diplomatic relations to authorise arms sales to Taiwan. However what will have made the Chinese especially angry is that no attempt is being made to conceal that this is being done as 'punishment' for China's failure to do the US's bidding over North Korea. Here is what the Financial Times has to say about this
The White House had held off approving arms for Taiwan and sanctioning Chinese entities helping North Korea in the hope that Beijing would greatly ramp up pressure on Pyongyang after what Mr Trump interpreted as positive signals from Mr Xi. But while US officials concede that China has done more than before, including halting coal imports, they are increasingly frustrated that it has not gone even further…..
In addition to approving a $1.4bn weapons package for Taiwan — the first arms sales to the island that China considers part of its territory since 2015 — the US announced it would cut off Bank of Dandong, a Chinese bank near the border with North Korea, from the US financial system for helping Pyongyang engage in money laundering. It also imposed sanctions on a Chinese firm and two individuals over their ties with North Korea.
The proposed US sanctions would target Bank of Dandong, which is a relatively small financial institution but a significant symbol.
The last time the US government targeted a Chinese bank for its alleged dealings with North Korea was in 2005, when the Bush administration barred US companies from dealing with Banco Delta Asia in Macau.
While such moves were always going to anger Beijing, they were particularly pointed because they were announced as Mr Xi was arriving in Hong Kong to preside over ceremonies on Saturday to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the return of the British colony to China. They also came one week before Mr Trump and Mr Xi will meet on the sidelines of the G20 in Hamburg.
"The Chinese side has seen these things coming but is probably exasperated by the timing," said Yanmei Xie at Gavekal Dragonomics, a Beijing-based consultancy. "Beijing wants the international media to focus on the pomp and ceremony of Xi Jinping's visit to Hong Kong, not its failure to rein in North Korea."
Unlike previous presidents, Mr Trump has explicitly linked Sino-US security talks with trade and economic disputes.
This is a short-sighted strategy. At the height of the Khan Sheikhoun crisis in April the Trump administration seemed to be pursuing a policy of trying to isolate Russia from China. In fact it even boasted it had succeeded in doing so during a vote in the UN Security Council.
That was always absurd, and provoked a public message of support for the Russian-Chinese alliance from Chinese President Xi Jinping to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Nonetheless, though the Trump administration's attempts in April to cause trouble between China and Russia were inept and certain to fail, they did nonetheless possess a certain crude geopolitical logic. By far the greatest challenge to the US's global position today comes from the alliance of Russia and China. It is very much in the US interest to break up this alliance, unachievable though that objective unquestionably is.
Instead, on the eve of President Xi Jinping's visit to Moscow on 3rd July 2017, and his summit meeting there with President Putin, clumsy US diplomacy has brought China and Russia if possible even closer together, and has brought home to the Chinese what they gain from the support of their Russian friends.
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First she won over critics, stirred up audiences and vanquished the box office. Now Wonder Woman is hoping to do what no superhero before her has done: Crack the Oscars.
Charging into awards season like Princess Diana of Themyscira into No Man's Land, Warner Bros.' $821 million-grossing "Wonder Woman" — the highest-grossing live action film directed by a woman — is swinging its sword for major nominations including best picture, best director for Patty Jenkins, and lead actress for star Gal Gadot.
In 2009 Christopher Nolan's artsy "The Dark Knight" was widely perceived as a best picture and director contender, before nominations morning crushed the Bat's aspirations. Last year 20th Century Fox's R-rated "Deadpool" got fan hopes up again, armed with Golden Globe, DGA, PGA and WGA nods. Alas: The Merc with a Mouth failed to secure a single Oscar nomination.
But "Wonder Woman," one of the best-reviewed films of 2017 with a 92% Rotten Tomatoes rating, boasts a zeitgeist-fueled momentum that could help it punch through the film academy's spandex ceiling, where only four women have ever been nominated for best director and only one woman, Kathryn Bigelow, has ever won (for 2009's "The Hurt Locker").
Recent infusions of diversity and youth into the academy's membership might also help the "Wonder Woman" odds. The numbers don't hurt, either: Last week Warner Bros. and DC's first female-fronted superhero tale scored another major milestone, surpassing 2002's "Spider-Man" to become the highest-grossing superhero origin movie of all time.
Superhero movies have been banging at Oscar's door since Nolan reinvented the genre as legitimate art and caught the attention of awards voting bodies. Even though it failed to break into the best picture race, "The Dark Knight" was nominated for eight Oscars and won two, including a posthumous nod for Heath Ledger's performance as the Joker. And the picture snub is thought to have prompted the expansion of the academy's top honor from five to 10 nominees the following year.
In a banner year for rallying around women within and outside of the industry, June's female-led, female-fronted "Wonder Woman" became emblematic of hope: Feminists in a post-Trump America embraced Gadot's Diana Prince/Wonder Woman as a strong and overdue screen champion. And comic book fans got the first superhero movie since Nolan's Batman saga with a serious shot at the big show.
Warner Bros. officially debuted a For Your Consideration campaign in October, pushing "Wonder Woman" in 15 categories alongside its other key contenders "Blade Runner 2049," "Dunkirk" and "The Lego Batman Movie." Screenings have been set for awards voters in Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and London, with screener mailings expected to land soon in voters' mailboxes. Both Gadot and Jenkins — who will return for the sequel — have hit the glitzy awards trail.
Jenkins previously won the Directors Guild of America award for her work on the pilot of AMC's "The Killing" and won the Spirit award for her debut film "Monster," which nabbed Charlize Theron an Oscar for lead actress.
The one-two punch of Gadot and Jenkins is a potent weapon in Warner Bros.' For Your Consideration arsenal. It was on display at Variety's Power of Women luncheon last month, where Gadot honored her "superhuman" director.
"Patty represents everything that is good in Hollywood," said Gadot, who will hit screens again this month in WB's "Justice League," keeping her Wonder Woman fresh in the minds of moviegoers, critics — and awards voters.


Halloween, by coincidence only, at the office. I love the superhero green boots – dude is not dressed up, this is his regular gear. and Old Greg rolls with a zyrconium crusted watch and gold pants – normal. group shot of the shoes. mine are the bu-usted converse of course. and finally Andrew, who took the first hour of the day to apply makeup while watching a "makeup how-to" on youtube. American productivity will save us all!
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Don't cry over spilt – organic – milk
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The federal district court for the Northern District of California recently dismissed a putative class action lawsuit, which alleged that Horizon Organic milk containing "DHA" violated California's unlawful and unfair business practices laws. In Brown v. Danone North America, LLC, plaintiff Brown alleged that she purchased Horizon Organic milk about once a week for a year. She claims that before she bought the milk, she read and relied on the labels which clearly state that the milk is "organic" and that the milk contains DHA, short for Docosahexaenoic acid, which is alleged to be a fatty acid added to milk for "brain health." The labels also bore the United States Department of Agriculture ("USDA") organic certification logo. Brown claimed that the milk's label was misleading because it couldn't really be organic if it contained DHA. Based upon this alleged misstatement, Brown claimed she repeatedly purchased the milk.
In analyzing whether Brown's lawsuit was viable, the court noted that the USDA database publicly lists Horizon Organic milk with DHA as currently certified organic by the USDA, and has been since 2013. Despite that USDA designation, Brown alleged that only certain additives, not including DHA, may be added to organic food products and, therefore, the labeling and advertising of the milk as organic is false and misleading. "Brown 'would not have purchased the products or would not have paid the price she paid,' had she known the milk was not organic."
The court focused on the Organic Foods Production Act (OFPA), which directs the USDA to establish an organic certification program for producers and handlers of agricultural products that have been produced using organic methods.
The OFPA's purposes are "(1) to establish national standards governing the marketing of certain agricultural products as organically produced products; (2) to assure consumers that organically produced products meet a consistent standard; and (3) to facilitate interstate commerce in fresh and processed food that is organically produced."
Only certified products may bear the USDA organic logo. USDA certifying agents examine "all substances or materials used in the production or handling process" to determine whether the final product is organic.
The court first held that Brown's claims were impliedly preempted by the federal certification scheme. As the court explained, where state law claims stand "as an obstacle to the accomplishment and execution of the full purposes and objectives of Congress, as laid out in a comprehensive federal regulatory scheme, those claims are impliedly preempted by that federal scheme." The court recognized that the Ninth Circuit had not yet analyzed whether the OFPA preempts state law claims which call into question whether organic products were properly certified as organic.[1] Here, the court held that Brown's claim seeks to challenge the certification itself, and was, therefore, preempted under OFPA.
Brown's state law claim that the certified organic milk is not really organic directly conflicts with OFPA's primary purposes: (1) a uniform national standard, and (2) exclusive federal enforcement of such standard … "There is simply no way to rule in [Brown's] favor without contradicting the certification decision, and, through it, the certification scheme that Congress enacted in the OFPA." … Accordingly, Brown's claims are preempted by the OFPA certification scheme, and her claim is dismissed.
As we reported previously, the California Supreme Court considered the narrow question of whether federal law preempts a state false advertising claim that a certified grower of organic food intentionally mislabeled a conventional product as organic. In this narrow circumstance, the Court answered: "no." Quesada v. Herb Thyme Farms, Inc., 62 Cal.4th 298 (2015). Here, plaintiff Brown actually attacked the USDA's designation of "organic," which formed the basis of the court finding there was preemption.
The court also held that Brown's claims failed because she did not have standing to pursue her claim. In analyzing this aspect, the court held "the Court concludes that Brown must allege a misrepresentation that (1) she actually relied upon and (2) caused economic loss to demonstrate statutory standing for all of her claims." Citing another decision, the court held that a plaintiff lacked standing where she read the label and the label disclosed all the facts that plaintiff challenged as misleading. Brown tried to circumvent that holding by arguing that her claim was not that she did not know the milk had DHA, but "rather that she believed the milk was organic based on its label, but its DHA made it not organic." The court called Brown's argument "circular," and held that it did not save her claim. Brown's allegation that she read the milk carton which represented that the milk was organic and that based upon that representation, she purchased the milk led the court to hold that " because the label prominently disclosed the presence of DHA, she did know all the relevant facts."
Despite the problems with Brown's complaint, the court did give her an opportunity to amend her complaint to cure the defects identified in its opinion.
We've blogged on Organic Food Production Act preemption in the past. Please click the links below to read past posts on this issue.
Debate growing over preemption of state claims over organic produce labeling
California's high court: Federal law does not preempt state claims for intentionally false 'organic' labels
Jeff Brown is a partner in Thompson Coburn's litigation practice.
[1] The court did note, however, that the Eighth and Second Circuits did hold that such challenges were preempted.
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Christmas is really in the air now. You can see a lot of people decorating their homes already with beautiful and colorful ornaments. I'm sure most of the houses you'll visit these days are already filled with decorations and their Christmas tree adorned with different designs and sizes of ornaments.
If you haven't started decorating yet and find it hard to include festive Christmas ornaments into your budget or holiday decorations for your home, why not try a DIY Christmas ornament instead?
Each year, I've made it a tradition to make a Christmas decoration that I can put on our Christmas tree. And this year, I'm sharing with you these 2 DIY Christmas angel ornaments that are both easy to make and won't even dent your budget. These crafts are perfect to do as a family or in a group setting too!
This is ideal if you don't have a lot of time to prepare, it is very quick to do and assemble. You'll have a cute looking paper angel in no time! This design can also be easily done by little kids so if you have one at home, then this will be a perfect time to bond.
Step 1– Draw lines on your colored paper, about 1cm space in between. Then measure the following sizes: a 2 pcs 3.5" strip, 2pcs 4" strip, 4cs 6" strips and 2pcs 7" strip. Cut all these and lay down on the table. With these items, you'll be able to create 2 paper angels.
Step 2– Grab 1 4" strip and attach the ends with glue to form a round shape for the angel's head.
Step 3– Do the same on 2 6" strips to create teardrop shape that will act as the wing.
Step 4– Attach the ends of the 7" strip to the ends of the 3.5" strip to form a bell shape that will act as the angel's body.
Step 5– Once done with the angel's parts, lay them down the table to see and imagine how you'll glue them together. Attach the head and wings to the bod, then you're done!
Step 6– You can also use magazine pages if you don't have colored papers at home. Just choose colorful pages and repeat the steps.
Step 7– Now that your angels are all finished, just tie a thread on the angel's head and they're all set to hang on your Christmas tree!
This one is very adorable because they looked like little choir angels. It's as if you can hear the angels sing just by looking at these ornaments. They're a bit more complex but, nonetheless, still very easy compared to any other DIY ornaments. Plus, you'll be using materials that you can easily find at home!
Step 1– Grab a colored paper, fold in half then cut. Fold each piece like an accordion or zigzag folds that go in opposite directions.
Step 2– Cut each folded piece in half. In this case, I didn't use a ruler which is why it is not cut in half correctly but no worries because I can still make 2 angels of different sizes.
Step 3– Fold the pieces just like in the photo.
Step 4– Now grab a needle and thread. Sew the 2 parts of angels together by poking the needle to the folded part and wrapping the thread around it to secure together.
Step 5– Sew the bead on top to act as the angel's head.
Step 6– Glue each part together so they will look like the angel's skirt, as well as the side to look like wings.
Step 7– You can now decorate the angels with another colored paper to make them look like choirs. I've used a contrasting color from a magazine page and just glue it on the angel. Add the string and they're ready to hang.
These 2 angels are both easy, quick to make and very affordable. Go check your house if you have the materials and start crafting these adorable DIY angel ornaments!
You can also use bottle caps for the angel's head if you don't have beads. Or why not print mini heads of your family members and attach them to the angels? Whichever design you choose, make sure to have fun with crafting these Christmas angel ornaments.
Oh, and don't forget the main reason why we're celebrating Christmas. Share a Bible story about Jesus' birth while doing these crafts, finish the session with a prayer and a warm embrace with your family. You may also be interested in these Christmas games.


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Q: How to check if object is ready to use in template Angular? I have a custom class that I initialize in constructor of Angular component:
public constructor() {
    this.custom = new Custom();
}

In template I use this instance this.custom like:

{{custom.count()}}

Problem is, sometimes object this.custom is not ready, so it can not find method count() inside.
How to check this in template?
I tried:

A: You can either use the safe navigation operator ?.:

{{custom?.count()}}

Or show the element conditionally with *ngIf:

{{custom.count()}}


A 29-year-old who makes funny, cute T-Shirts for geeks, nerds and pop culture lovers and a 22-year-old who makes non-dairy, high protein, low sugar bars and cookies have made Forbes' 2019 "30 Under 30" feature that annually draws attention to the top young entrepreneurs in the U.S. and Canada.
Ramy Badie's Denver-based TeeTurtle — whose apparel, toys and games are licensed characters for Disney and Marvel — was expected to generate $ 20 million in 2018 revenue. Daniel Katz's high-protein and low-sugar No Cow candy bars are in 15,000 stores nationwide and recorded $ 10 million in 2017 revenue.
Also making the list is Joel Jean, a cofounder of Swift Solar, a startup manufacturing lightweight solar panels that are cheaper and more efficient than conventional panels. Finally, the list includes Denver student Gitanjali Rao, winner of the 2017 Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge. Now 12, she invented a quick, low-cost test to detect lead-contaminated water.
During his first year in medical school, 29-year-old Ramy Badie entered a T-shirt design contest to win money for tuition. He ended up dropping out of school to found TeeTurtle. He is the winner in Forbes' Under 30 Retail and Ecommerce category.
No matter what the product line, creator Badie's undertakings are always about the design. As an example, to fund production of a card game about Unicorns he set out to raise $ 10,000 to fund production of the game on Kickstarter. He reached his goal in just 71 minutes and collected more than $ 1.8 million for the project. Support from more than 30,000 backers was more than every other project on the fundraising website at the time.
When Daniel Katz dropped out of college after just three months in 2013 to hawk his own line of energy drinks, his intense selling schedule found him eating protein bars instead of real meals. But whey protein upset his stomach, and gave him a new product idea: a high-protein but low-sugar and non-dairy bar. The Denver-based company has raised $ 100,000 in funding from blue chip investors like General Mills' venture capital arm 301 Inc.
The rapidly growing distribution footprint of No Cow — with offices on Blake St. in LoDo — has products in more than 15,000 stores across the country including GNC, Vitamin Shoppe, CVS, Sprouts, and Wegmans.
As a Ph.D. student at MIT, Joel Jean, was a member of a research team that developed record-thin and lightweight solar cells. As a co-founder of Swift Solar, he aims to develop lightweight, flexible, and efficient solar panels using metal-halide perovskite materials.
Prior to joining Swift, he served as Executive Director of the Tata-MIT GridEdge Solar research program, which focuses on scale-up of new solar photovoltaic technologies for India and other developing countries.
As a researcher and NSF Fellow at MIT, he developed ultra-lightweight and flexible solar cells that were recognized by the Katerva Award in 2017. He co-authored the MIT Future of Solar Energy Study and has worked extensively on emerging PV materials and devices, techno-economic analysis, and energy and climate policy. Jean, 29, holds a PhD and SM in electrical engineering from MIT and a BS with distinction from Stanford University.
As an 11-year old school girl Gitanjali Rao took the top prize in the 2017 Young Scientist Challenge for her lead-detection device, which is capable of finding lead in drinking water with the aid of a mobile app. As the winner of the Young Scientist Challenge she won $ 25,000. Now 12, she is using the prize money to refine the device so it can be sold commercially.
She was selected from 10 finalists who spent three months collaborating with scientists to develop their ideas. Her device uses carbon nanotubes to detect the presence of lead. Thousands of U.S. water systems are reportedly contaminated by lead. Until now, testing reliably for lead was expensive and meant sending away samples for analysis.
Playing His Cards Right: Ramy Badie's TeeTurtle was expected to generate $ 20 million in 2018. To fund production of this Unicorns card game he set out to raise $ 10,000 on Kickstarter. He reached his goal in 71 minutes and collected more than $ 1.8 million for the project.
No Cow Candy Man: Daniel Katz's high-protein and low-sugar No Cow candy bars are in 15,000 stores nationwide and recorded $ 10 million in 2017 revenue.
Bright Breakthrough: A cofounder of Denver's Swift Solar, Joel Jean was a member of the research team at MIT that developed record-thin and lightweight solar cells.
Youthful Inventor: Gitanjali Rao's lead-detection device finds lead in drinking water with the aid of a mobile app. The Young Scientist Challenge winner is using the $ 25,000 prize money to refine the device so it can be sold commercially.
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Nothing says "thank you so much" like a from-the-heart gift. Let's top that...a from-the-heart-edible gift. Even better? A from-the-heart-edible gift in the form of freshly made ice cream. Yeah, that should do it...nothing tops that.
During my husband's recovery, we had a lot of help from his mom. A lot. There were days I just couldn't have done it without her. It's for those very days, that we needed to give her a little something to show our immense gratitude.
One of her favorite things is, peppermint ice cream. I'm not the biggest fan...but she sure is. Actually...there isn't a single dessert I wouldn't eat...I'll be honest. I'd totally eat peppermint ice cream if it was around for the eating. Would I go out and buy some? Probably not, but it's not the worst thing. But back to the mother-in-law... Being a seasonal treat, she only gets to indulge during the holiday months. Which, if you ask me is kind of lame-skis. So I figured, I got this.
It came out AMAZING. Like...seriously...Yum to the O! Sweet and creamy, with hints of warmth from the vanilla. Then a nice little pop of cold peppermint at the end. MmmMmm!
I didn't want to fix what was already working for her, nor did I want to take away from the very thing she loves about this type of ice cream- so I left it simple. Vanilla and Peppermint. The end.
Ice cream is actually one of the simplest desserts you can make (as long as you have an ice cream maker) and proves to be one of the most satisfying ones as well! If you have never tried home made vanilla bean (or any other flavor) ice cream...oh heavens you're missing out! Make some, find some, or have a friend make some stat!
Plus it uses like 5 basic base ingredients. Come on. It's so versatile- after those first 5, you can add whatever your heart desires.
1. In a small saucepot add milk and vanilla beans (scraped out and insides added as well). Bring to a gentle simmer and then remove from heat. Let sit and steep for about 5 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, weigh out your sugar and add to your yolks. Whisk together until pale and fluffy. This is called the "ribbon stage". When your yolks have gone from a sunshine golden yellow to thick and creamy and a very pale yellow you know you're there.
3. Next, make a large ice bath and add a fine mesh sieve so that when your mixture is ready, so are you! There's nothing worse than having your hot mixture ready to go and then having to prepare the ice bath- you'll risk curdling and cooking your eggs! I would really encourage you to make sure your bowl that is IN the ice bath is either glass or stainless steel. This way you'll conduct the cold a lot faster. Plastic really isn't best- but feel free to use it as your bottom bowl- the one that holds the ice and water.
4. Slowly pour the warm milk mixture into the bowl with your whipped eggs and sugar. This is called "tempering" and is a very important step. Slowly add a little at a time until all is mixed in. Then pour the whole entire mixture BACK into your saucepot and place over a medium (or even medium low) flame.
5. With a wooden spoon stir the mixture around. DO NOT stop stirring. This step can go very fast and again, you don't want to risk cooking your eggs. You'll know you're getting close when the tiny bubbles on the surface start to disappear and the mixture begins to thicken up. This stage is called the nappe` stage.
6. Once you've reached the nappe` stage, quickly pour mixture through your sieve into your bowl which is in an ice bath. The sieve will catch any cooked egg that might have been created as well as your vanilla bean pod. Save that pod! Wash, dry and add to sugar to make your own vanilla bean sugar!!
7. Slowly and gently stir the mixture in the ice bath until your anglaise has reached about 40*F. This way when you pour your mix into your ice cream maker, you're allowing the maker to really do it's job (versus the maker trying to cool it and then make it into ice cream) AND you're also quickly cooling the mixture down to...you guessed it....not risk cooking the egg yolks.
8. Next, add your cream and your 12 drops of peppermint oil. If you want it stronger, add more...less strong- add less. This was a perfect amount for us. Fully mix to incorporate. At this stage you can chill your mixture over night to let "ripen"- so that the flavors incorporate fully. If you can't wait that long add to your ice cream maker.
9. When your mixture is cooled, turn maker on BEFORE adding mixture. Then slowly add mixture! Here's where you need to follow your ice cream maker's instructions. For my Cuisinart Ice Cream Maker, this took about 15 minutes. You're almost done when the mixture has lightened in color and has also increased in volume (this is because we're incorporating air while freezing). You'll know you're there when you've reached a sort of soft-serve consistency.
I'm going to try something new here...add VIDEOS!!! WOOHOOOOO for VIDEOS!!!
You'll see here I have just added mixture and began churning. Everything is darker in color, with little chunks beginning to form. The mixture is still in it's liquid form and very viscous.
After 15 minutes, this is what I have. The mixture has increased in volume dramatically and has lightened in color quite a bit! It's churning a bit slower and when I scrape a spoon in the top, a nice soft-serve consistency ice cream comes out! I'd say this is dun-zo.
Finally, add your ice cream to a freezer-proof air tight container and freeze overnight. Or just scoop and ENJOY!!
I was just thinking it was time to bust the ice cream maker out! I love ice cream so much!


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Ranking Will Smith's best (and worst) films
January 15, 2020 Entertainment, Movies
Corrections & clarifications: An earlier version of this report mischaracterized the outcome of Muhammad Ali's world heavyweight championship fight with Sonny Liston. Ali won but was later stripped of the title when he refused to be drafted into the military.
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air has long been a reigning king of Hollywood.
Unless you've been all about him since the early days of Big Willie Style, it might be hard to think of Will Smith, still one of the world's biggest movie stars, as a rapper and sitcom actor. The Philadelphia native has come a long way in the last 30 years and now returns to one of his signature roles.
In his new action-comedy threequel "Bad Boys for Life" (in theaters Friday), Smith, 51, and Martin Lawrence reteam as Miami cops and lifelong buds 25 years after first sharing the big screen.
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Smith's done everything from sci-fi invasion films and buddy action comedies to tear-jerking biopics and schmaltzy Christmas movies in his long career – sometimes with a catchy hip-hop tune he sings in the closing credits. Here's how the third "Bad Boys" ranks among his best and worst films, starting with the bad:
10. 'Hancock' (2008)
During a summer of big superhero flicks ("The Dark Knight," "Iron Man") the weakest was also the most original. Smith is a superhero who drinks and wrecks stuff in bombastic fashion and agrees to get some help from a PR guy (Jason Bateman), yet the back half of the convoluted plot fumbles a potentially interesting mythology involving ancient immortals.
9. 'Bad Boys II' (2003)
This action-packed dud proves bigger doesn't equate to better. Smith and Martin Lawrence's lawmen Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett tackle Russian gangsters, Cuban drug lords, the Ku Klux Klan and bro code when it comes to dating your partner's sister, all without the charm of the 1995 original.
8. 'The Legend of Bagger Vance' (2000)
The predictable and emotionally manipulative golf drama was pummeled for using the trope of a "magical" black character. In this case, Smith plays the title caddie who pops up out of nowhere to advise an alcoholic World War I vet (Matt Damon) needing to get his game back in order to save the family fortune of his estranged girlfriend (Charlize Theron).
7. 'Gemini Man' (2019)
There's plenty of Smith but not much else in this far-fetched sci-fi thriller. Henry Brogan (Smith) tries to retire from his gig as a government assassin and his bosses send his 23-year-old clone Junior (also Smith, via performance capture) to kill him. It's interesting to see the moments where those two come together, but they're few and far between, considering the humdrum plot and iffy special effects.
6. 'Men in Black II' (2002)
Smith spends quite a bit of screen time with a talking pug in a suit in this forgettable sequel to the refreshing first "MIB." There's a bevy of aliens, if you dig that sort of thing, but the action and gags just aren't up to snuff, the plot involving space princesses, shapeshifters and the Statue of Liberty is a mess, and a Johnny Knoxville with two heads is not better than one.
5. 'After Earth' (2013)
M. Night Shyamalan co-wrote and directed this piece of post-apocalyptic sci-fi twistiness starring Smith and his son Jaden. But, really, it's just a vanity project where they get to play father and son in futuristic space, dealing with aliens and various other dangers when they crash-land back on Earth centuries after we've left the place.
4. 'Winter's Tale' (2014)
You can't blame Smith for all the romantic fairy-tale cheesiness in this tale of guardian angels, miracles, spiritual destinies and love across centuries. But he does his over-the-top part as Lucifer – yep, that devilish one – a guy with a weirdly deep voice and an impressive set of chompers who orders around demonic gangster Russell Crowe.
3. 'Shark Tale' (2004)
The animated comedy offers a stellar voiceover cast (Angelina Jolie! Renee Zellweger! Martin Scorsese!) and a fishy premise for a kids' film: Parents, get ready to explain death and what it means to "wack" someone after watching the story of an undersea dude (Smith) who takes credit when the son of a shark mob boss (Robert De Niro) is killed and befriends the great white don's vegetarian kid (Jack Black).
2. 'Collateral Beauty' (2016)
In the wannabe holiday classic that aims for Christmas mushiness and instead leans unseasonably cynical, Smith plays a grieving father and ad executive who cathartically writes letters to Love, Time and Death. He's reasonably watchable but not much else is in a terrible tweak on the "Christmas Carol" template.
1. 'Wild Wild West' (1999)
This horrendous gunslinging misfire arrived at the height of Smith's Hollywood reign. The action-comedy adaptation of the 1960s TV Western wastes Smith and Kevin Kline as a couple of Secret Service lawmen protecting Ulysses Grant from some crazy Confederates, and not even evil Kenneth Branagh in a mechanical spider can save the day.
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10. 'Enemy of the State' (1998)
Maybe the most relevant movie now among Jerry Bruckheimer's enjoyably bombastic '90s action flicks, "Enemy" centers on surveillance states and government cover-ups in the story of a labor lawyer (Smith) who has his entire life torn asunder when videotape of a murdered journalist winds up in his possession. Help comes from an ex-intelligence operative (Gene Hackman) just as crafty as the bad guys.
9. 'Spies in Disguise' (2019)
Smith's smooth voice is right on for a too-cool superspy, so it's a hoot to hear him absolutely freak out when his character Lance Sterling is transformed into a real birdbrain. "Spies" uses Smith and Holland well and is a surprisingly good affair with an interesting and relevant message for youngsters: While macho Lance is a fan of blowing people up and asking questions later, Holland's pacifist Walter shows him that non-violent problem-solving works, too.
8. 'Six Degrees of Separation' (1993)
Smith was just a TV star making his Hollywood debut in the dramedy about a young grifter who cons his way into the household of a wealthy New York couple (Stockard Channing and Donald Sutherland) by saying he was just robbed and pretending he's Sidney Poitier's son. The film follows his various chicanery and in the process showcases the beginnings of Smith's undeniable charm as a leading man.
7. 'Bad Boys for Life' (2020)
Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do? Apparently make the rare good third franchise film! The action extravaganza is both homage to the '90s original and an unexpectedly deep return to all-star form for Smith and Lawrence's cop duo, who have to deal with a mysterious assassin gunning for one of them but more importantly figure out their own internal issues when it comes to family and mortality. Don't worry, though, plenty of stuff explodes.
6. 'Ali' (2001)
Smith earned his first Oscar nomination for floating like a butterfly and stinging like a bee in the Muhammad Ali biopic. The film follows the iconic boxer's life from winning the title from Sonny Liston to having it stripped when Ali refused service in Vietnam to getting it back vs. George Foreman. The performance is slightly better than the movie: Smith nails both the emotional and physical aspects of Ali's life inside the ring and outside dealing with racial issues.
5. 'I Am Legend' (2007)
The big-budget adaptation of Richard Matheson's classic post-apocalyptic novel brought together Smith's thespian and blockbuster sides (as well as his dog-loving one!) playing a scientist who's the last man standing in New York City after a deadly virus wipes everyone out. Sure, there are vampire-y creatures for him to fight, but Smith brings needed gravitas and solemnity along with the brawn.
4. 'Men in Black' (1997)
Buddy comedies are often best with extremes, and that's what you get when you stick Smith's cocky young rookie learning the ins and outs of alien wonders with Tommy Lee Jones' grumpy old veteran. Everything works, from the super-fun details of the secretive MIB organization to Vincent D'Onofrio as an extraterrestrial bug in an ill-fitting human suit.
3. 'Bad Boys' (1995)
Team-ups have been a running theme in Smith's career, though arguably the best one is this excellent action comedy from Michael Bay's pre-"Transformers" days. You can't beat the yin of Smith's ladies' man Mike playing off the yang of Lawrence's family dude Marcus, who switch personalities to save Tea Leoni from a French drug kingpin and his hit squad.
2. 'The Pursuit of Happyness' (2006)
Instead of "After Earth," check out a film with Smith and his son Jaden that's actually good: The uplifting biopic centers on Chris Gardner, a struggling salesman and dad trying to create a life and home for him and his young son, as he fights his way up the company ladder as a stockbroker. The elder Smith snagged his second Oscar nod for a performance that'll give you quite a few feels.
1. 'Independence Day' (1996)
Roland Emmerich's sci-fi disaster film scores so many points: alien invaders destroying the White House in epic fashion, Jeff Goldblum going full Goldblum, etc. It's Smith, though, who makes it truly fabulous as a heroic fighter pilot with tons of bravado (and a hint of vulnerability) who wants to make it back to his family – and punch a few extraterrestrials in the face along the way.
Ranking Will Smith's best (and worst) films Reviewed by Admin on January 15, 2020 Rating: 5


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Henry Newcome on Ignatius and Transubstantiation
Henry Newcome, in 1705, tackled the question of Ignatius and Transubstantiation, in response to a Roman Catholic priest identified as T.B.:
He begins with Ignatius, concerning some Heretics, (Ignatius' Epistle to the Smyrneans) that received not Eucharist or Oblations, because they confess not the Eucharist to be the Flesh of Christ. (T. B. Section 1)
The Heretics he means, were the Followers of Simon and Menander, who denied the reality of Christ's Flesh, and for that Reason admitted not the Eucharist. And what is this to Transubstantiation, that some Heretics, because they did not believe that Christ was really Incarnate, would not admit the Eucharist, the Symbols whereof represented and supposed a real Incarnation? Heresy is prolific of Heresy, and their Disbelief of the Incarnation made them reject the Eucharist, lest they would be forced to confess the Flesh of Christ. For if they allowed the Symbols of a true Body, they would be obliged to grant a true Body, since a mere Phantom can have no Sign or Symbol. Thus your Cardinal Bellarmine answers for us (Bellarmine On the Eucharist, book 1, chapter 1, p. 400), Lest the Calvinists (says he) should Glory of the Antiquity of their Opinion, it is to be observed, that those ancient Heretics did not so much oppose the Eucharist as the Mystery of the Incarnation. For therefore (as Ignatius shows in the same place) they denied the Eucharist to be the Flesh of the Lord, because they denied the Lord to have Flesh. If then in the Judgment of your Cardinal these Heretics were no Calvinists, Ignatius in condemning them, neither condemns Calvinists, nor countenances Transubstantiators: What we teach, that the Elements are Sacramental Signs of Christ's Body, is as inconsistent with the Sentiments of those Heretics as Transubstantiation, since such Figures of a Body (as Tertullian argues against the Marcionites) prove the Reality of Christ's Flesh, and that it was no Phantom, which can have no Figure. I may add, That Theodoret, out of whose third Dialogue this Passage of Ignatius is restored (which was not to be found in former Editions of Ignatius) hath plainly declared against the Eutychians (as I have formerly observed) that the Symbols after Consecration recede not from their own Nature, but remain in their former Substance. And he must have a very mean Opinion of Theodoret's Judgment, who can think he imagined this Passage of Ignatius inconsistent with his own Opinion; which would have been to have helped the Heretics instead of confuting them. To conclude, examine this Testimony by the latter part of my fifth Rule, and show us where Ignatius says a Word of the changing of the Substance of the Bread into the Substance of Christ's Body: Which is the Doctrine of the Trent Council, and what T. B. was to prove.
(Part 1, "An Answer to Some Testimonies produced by T. B. from the Fathers of the Six First Centuries, for Transubstantiation," pp. 49-50 – spellings modernized)
Theodoret's Dialogue 3 "The Impasible" (mentioned by Bellarmine)
I should caution that I believe Bellarmine may, on some other occasion, have attempted to use Ignatius against a symbolic understanding of the Eucharist. In any event, however, Bellarmine (as alleged by Newcome) is correct in stating that the objection of the heretics to the Eucharist was a denial of Christ's true humanity – not a denial of a change of the elements.
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