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The following policies guide Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC) students who wish to study or perform service abroad.
The Office of Internationalization works with GGC's academic schools to develop faculty-led study abroad programs. These programs are primarily spring break, maymester, and summer programs led and taught by GGC faculty members. The programs tend to focus on a particular topic or theme and generally attract between 10 and 20 students, though some programs may be larger. These programs grant GGC resident credit, and no course substitution or transient permission is necessary. Students participate in lectures, site visits, excursions, and tours as part of the program. These programs can last between ten days and six weeks. Students find the programs a great way to get to know their professors and other GGC students while earning GGC credits and grades. Financial aid and scholarships are available.
Currently, GGC has formal exchange agreements with these foreign universities: Hanyang University (South Korea), Sookmyung University (South Korea), Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania), Thai Nguyen University of Technology (Vietnam), University of Prizren (Kosovo), Nguyen Tat Thanh University (Vietnam), and such other universities as may be added from time to time. GGC exchanges will offer semester or academic-year studies at a foreign university, and classes may be taught in the host language, English, or both. Exchange programs are among the most affordable study abroad options, as the costs are comparable to spending the semester at GGC. Students who are very independent tend to do well on exchange programs. These programs offer a high level of cultural immersion as GGC students take their courses at the overseas partner institution with local students. Financial aid and scholarships are available. Courses taken through GGC exchanges or with GGC exchange partner universities count as transfer credit.
In cases where one of the above-referenced GGC programs does not suit the student's academic needs or interests, the student may choose from many other programs within the University System of Georgia such as the USG European Council programs or the USG Asia Council programs.
Students interested in pursuing credit-bearing international internships or independent study under the supervision of a GGC professor should contact the Office of Internationalization. There are some additional requirements related to insurance and documentation, since the student is not on an organized study abroad program. No course substitution or transient permission is necessary. If a student pursues a non-GGC-supervised international internship, course approval and transient permission is required.
Set appropriate student expectations regarding program options and requirements.
Explain in detail the various study abroad program options available to GGC students.
Verify that applicants are GGC students who meet the basic requirements, including number of collegiate credit hours and GPA. Students will also understand that certain study abroad programs may require a higher GPA or have other prerequisites.
Discuss the basics of studying abroad, including choice of destination, types of programs, financial aid, availability of scholarships, credit transfer, passport/visa issues, and health and safety abroad.
It is the responsibility of the student to ensure that, through his/her advisor, this is the right course of study.
Meet with the faculty leading the study abroad program for initial approval to participate in the program.
Apply for the program in the GGC Education Abroad Portal.
Forms to be completed in the GGC Education Abroad Portal.
Complete and submit the following forms in the GGC Education Abroad Portal.
Note: Students for both GGC faculty-led study abroad programs and non-GGC study abroad programs are required to submit their applications within the published deadlines, as well as attend all mandatory pre-departure orientations.
Service learning is a form of study abroad, except that it may or may not be credit bearing. It focuses on contemporary global and transnational issues and emphasizes human connection, thereby challenging notions of nations and cultures. Service learning incorporates community work into students' educational experiences, by providing real-world learning experiences that enhance students' academic learning while providing a tangible benefit for the community in which activity occurs. The only existing international service learning program at GGC is the Global Civic Engagement Program, a non-credit service learning program which offers students non-credit experiences in activities which address human needs or learning about an international community. In many instances, the community and student/institution are equal partners. The program requires students to dedicate thought, time, and ability to working with communities to learn about local challenges, while digging into complicated questions of power, injustice, and inequality in a global context. Each gains from the other by having significant opportunities to reflect on their service and experiences and engage theory and knowledge reflexively with the experience. The Global Civic Engagement Program is organized by the Office of Internationalization; however, other GGC faculty/staff members may also establish and lead their own service-learning programs.
Meet with the faculty or staff member leading the program for initial approval to participate in it.
Complete and submit a GGC Institutional Service-Learning Application in the GGC Education Abroad Portal.
Note: Students for both study abroad and service learning programs are required to submit their service-learning applications within the published deadlines, as well as attend all mandatory pre-departure orientations.
GGC students who wish to participate in study abroad programs must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5; students who wish to participate in service learning abroad must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0.
Students may not be on any form of academic probation, suspension, dismissal, warnings, or continued probation.
Certain study abroad programs may require higher GPAs or other prerequisites.
Students must have achieved the required GGC GPA by the application deadline of the study abroad program.
GGC students are eligible to study abroad participate in service-learning programs after completing a minimum of 24 collegiate credit hours by the program application deadline. Transfer students must complete a minimum of one full-time semester at GGC before they may study or serve abroad. International students wishing to study abroad should consult the Office of Internationalization to verify that their student visa will allow them to study or serve in the proposed host country.
Not every experiential program abroad is credit bearing. For an education abroad program, students must be sure to verify whether it is credit bearing or not. If it is credit bearing, students must verify how many credits and whether the credits will transfer to their GGC program of study.
Completed GGC Request for Transient Permission or a Consortium Agreement Form (unless advised otherwise), Course Substitution, and Study Abroad Course Approval forms are required prior to registering for the program. These forms allow students to plan how courses will transfer in. They also enable students to maintain student status at GGC for financial aid and other purposes.
Courses may transfer as major, minor, core, or elective credit. The appropriate GGC school(s), in collaboration with the Registrar's Office, will determine how the course(s) will transfer and how the course(s) will be applied towards degree requirements.
GGC students should contact the Office of Internationalization as early in the planning process as possible to review the steps required for completing the transfer credit or transient permission approval process.
Transfer credit will be given only for courses that are from accredited U.S. universities/colleges and/or operated by approved GGC study abroad affiliates or consortia.
USG programs tend to be around the same cost and are often led by a faculty member from the host USG institution.
To participate in a program through another USG institution, students will need to apply as "transient" students to that school as well as apply to their particular study abroad program.
Each institution is different, so students should pay special attention to the instructions given to them by the contact person for that specific USG study abroad program.
Foreign Language Programs/Schools: In order for credit to transfer to Georgia Gwinnett College, it must originate from an accredited institution of higher learning in the US or be evaluated by one of the approved credential/evaluation services.
GGC students can use their federal and state aid, including the HOPE Scholarship, for study abroad. Financial aid can be used on any study abroad program for which the student will receive academic credit. Students studying abroad for an academic year are eligible to apply for both the fall and spring grant competitions. Interested students should make an appointment to meet with Office of Internationalization or Financial Aid.
Important Note: While most students are able to use financial aid to assist with the cost of studying abroad, it is very likely that the student will need to cover these expenses up front and be reimbursed at a later date by financial aid or other scholarships. Due to federal regulations, these funds very rarely come through in time to use them to cover study abroad expenses in advance. Students should be aware of this and make arrangements to have their expenses covered in the meantime.
Students should complete their FAFSA application well in advance of their term abroad. They should verify how their financial aid package will apply to their study abroad program. This is easily accomplished by meeting with a Financial Aid counselor.
Be in the process of enrolling in a study abroad program for which they will receive academic credit.
Meeting eligibility requirements and submitting an application do not guarantee an award.
IEF funds may not be used towards study in countries that are currently under a U.S. Department of State Travel Warning.
Students should contact the Office of Internationalization to inquire about other types of external scholarships and funding sources.
Obtain/renew your passport and make sure it is signed and valid for at least six months after your return.
Obtain a visa, if required.
Determine whether your file is complete for your study abroad program with the Office of Internationalization.
Meet with your academic advisor or school Point of Contact to discuss your course selection and have them approve your selection (see Study Abroad Approval Form).
Finalize your financial aid (if applicable).
For semester programs: Make necessary housing arrangements at GGC for your return.
Learn about your host country.
Pay any remaining program balance on your study abroad program.
If you are registered at GGC: Pay your tuition and fees before departure.
Obtain a medical release from your doctor allowing you to travel to the host country (if this is required).
Finalize registration for courses if necessary.
Register with the US Department of State Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP).
Reconfirm your flight(s) to your destination.
Check your airline for any baggage restrictions.
Make a copy of your passport and other important documents for your family.
Make a list of all contact information in your host country. Carry a copy with you and leave one with your family.
Bring copies of insurance cards, medical prescriptions, passport/visa, ID cards.
Inform your credit card company and/or bank of your travel dates.
Students ensure that, through their academic advisors, they choose the right course of study.
Students ensure that, through their advisors, they choose the right service program.
Complete, sign, and submit to the Office of Internationalization all required forms, including an application form, a Waiver of Liability, and the pre-departure checklist for their program within the published deadlines. Electronic forms must also be duly completed and submitted.
Submit to the Office of Internationalization all required documents.
Obtain signatures of approval as part of their study abroad application and individual advisement process.
Attend all mandatory pre-departure orientations.
Sign up for the US Department of State Smart Traveler Enrollment Program.
Take all recommended travel prophylaxes/shots, and according to the recommended schedule.
Secure and take with them all required travel documents, including passport, visa, and health card. Failure to do so would result in the student not traveling. GGC is not responsible for ensuring participants have the appropriate travel documents.


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Q: Dart - When To Use Collection-For-In vs .Map() on Collections Both the collection-for-in operation and .map() method can return some manipulation of elements from a previous collection. Is there ever any reason to prefer using one over the other?
var myList = [1,2,3];
var alteredList1 = [for(int i in myList) i + 2]; //[3,4,5]
var alteredList2 = myList.map((e) => e + 2).toList(); //[3,4,5]

A: Use whichever is easier and more readable.
That's a deliberately vague answer, because it depends on what you are doing.
Any time you have something ending in .toList() I'd at least consider making it into a list literal. If the body of the map or where is simple, you can usually rewrite it directly to a list literal using for/in (plus if for where).
And then, sometimes it gets complicated, you need to use the same variable twice, or the map computation uses a while loop, or something else doesn't just fit into the list literal syntax.
Then you can either keep the helper function and do [for (var e in something) helperFunction(e)] or just do something.map((e) { body of helper function }).toList(). In many cases the latter is then more readable.
So, consider using a list literal if your iterable code ends in toList, but if the literal gets too convoluted, don't feel bad about using the .map(...).toList() approach.
Readability is all that really matters.

A: Not an expert but personally I prefer the first method. Some reasons:

*

*You can include other elements (independent from the for loop) in the same list:
var a = [1, 2, 3];
bool include5 = true;
var b = [
  1,
  for (var i in a) i + 1,
  if (include5) 5,
];
print(b); // [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

*Sometimes when mapping models to a list of Widgets the .map().toList() method will produce a List<dynamic>, implicit casting won't work. When you come across such an error just avoid the second method.

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Religion-news The House of Yahweh
Religion-news
The House of Yahweh
Who is Yahweh? Yahweh is the Name of the Creator of mankind and all that exists in the universe.
The Name 'Yahweh' has been found as far back as the first Righteous Priest, whose name was Abel.
And Abel, besides bringing his offering of the fruit of the ground, also brought a sacrifice of the firstlings of his flock and of their fat. And Yahweh honored Abel and his offerings;
So that upon you will come all the Righteous blood shed upon the whole earth, from the blood of Righteous Abel to the blood of Zecharyah, the son of Berechyah, whom you murdered between the porch and the altar.
The Book of Yahweh is shown to be a written Contract between Yahweh and mankind, showing mankind the reason they were created and how to obtain that goal.
From The Book of Yahweh, the Sacred Scriptures, read about the creation of and reason for the creation of mankind and the earth. This is the way the Scriptures were originally written in Hebrew, and the way all versions of The Book of Yahweh should have been translated.
Then Yahweh said: I will make man in My Image, according to My Likeness; they will have Authority over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, over the cattle, and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.
Compare the above with the inspired information written later in:
Even later, we are shown Yahweh is actually creating a House (Kingdom or Family) of 100% trustworthy individuals who will rule as Yahweh rules. They are commanded to practice Yahweh's Righteousness by the One called the Savior in Book Two (the second part) of The Book of Yahweh.
Search out The Book of Yahweh, and read. Not one of these will be neglected. For it is written: Yahweh is their Shepherd; for His Mouth has commanded it, and His Spirit has gathered them.
But seek you first the Kingdom of Yahweh and His Righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
To show the way to Eternal Life, the Kingdom of Yahweh, and the strictness required in following the guidelines, the Savior elaborated further in:
13 Enter in through the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who go that way.
14 Because straight is the gate, and narrow is the way which leads to Life, and few there are who find it.
15 Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
16 You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?
20 Therefore, by their fruits you will know them.
If you noticed verse 15, you saw the Warning concerning deceiving religions that do not practice the written Words of the Inspired Contract that never changes. It was inspired by Yahweh Himself.
Verse 15: beware, and be sure to search the Scriptures for Yahweh's Righteousness, then follow it only. It is the Message of Yahshua Messiah. It is the Message shown here and taught by all of Yahweh's Prophets.
8 He who practices sin is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of Yahweh was manifested; that He might destroy the works of the devil.
Entering Life Eternal can only be achieved with practicing Yahweh's Righteousness, which you just read and will find throughout the Sacred Scriptures.
Verse 19 shows the seriousness of Yahweh's Plan to create a House, perfect in Righteousness.
Read again:
Every tree which does not bring forth Righteous fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire.
Read more of the Savior's Words on this subject in:
Notice this: blessed are those who:
14 Blessed are those who keep His Laws, that they can have right to the Tree of Life, and can enter in through the gates into the City.
Those who choose to practice Yahweh's Righteousness are the only ones who will be given Eternal Life. Beware of those who tell you otherwise.
You have a one-time opportunity to meet your obligations; so, be determined to obey the Savior, Yahshua Messiah.
To all those who reject Yahweh's Righteousness, Yahshua Messiah says:
21 Not everyone who says to Me; Teacher! Teacher! will enter into the Kingdom of Yahweh, but only he who does the will of My Father Who is in heaven.
22 Many will say to Me in that day; Teacher! Teacher! Have we not prophesied in Your Name, and cast out demons in Your Name, and in Your Name performed many wonderful works?
23 But then I will declare to them; I never knew you. Get away from Me, you who practice iniquity.
Yahshua Messiah then adds a firm statement.
24 Therefore, everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, is like a wise man who built his house on the rock;
25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat against that house; but it did not fall, for it was founded upon the rock.
26 But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, but does not do them, is like a foolish man who built his house upon the sand;
27 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat against that house; and it fell, and great was the fall of it.
28 And when Yahshua had finished these sayings, the people were astonished at His Teaching;
29 For He taught them as One Who had authority, and not like the scribes.
What you must keep in mind, if you choose Life, is the word 'practice'. This is shown by Yahshua's Disciple Yahchanan (John in KJV).
Take the Fourth Commandments as an example.
8 Now Yahshua caused them to Rest in obedience to the Law, spoken of by Yahweh in a day previously.
9 Therefore, there remains the keeping of the Sabbath to the people of Yahweh,
10 For he who has entered into His Rest has also ceased from his own works, as Yahweh does from His.
11 Therefore, let us be zealous to enter into that Rest, so that no one will fall after the same example of unbelief.
There are 4,199 religions in this generation, and none of them practices this requirement.
Your bible and The Book of Yahweh say:
I Yahchanan 3:4
Whoever commits sin, transgresses also the Laws; for sin is the transgression of the Laws.
He who says: I know Him, but does not keep His Laws, is a liar, and the Truth is not in him.
If practicing Yahweh's Laws is not their agenda, you should come out from them.
9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of Yahweh? Do not deceive yourselves. Neither fornicators, nor Godworshipers (worshipers of Elohim), nor adulterers, nor men who commit sexual perversions with boys, nor men who commit sexual perversions with other men,
14 Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has Righteousness with unrighteousness? And what fellowship does Light have with darkness?
If you got the lesson in I Yahchanan 3:4, 7-8, 10, you saw that you either belong to Yahweh because you choose to practice Yahweh's Laws, or you belong to Satan the devil because you do not choose to practice Yahweh's Righteousness. This lesson is shown many times. But read this:
Satan has no plan of life for mankind, only destruction.
And compare:
15 See, I have set before you this day Life by Righteousness, and death by evil—
16 In that I command you this day to love Yahweh your Father, by walking in all His ways, by keeping His Laws, His Statutes, and His Judgments, so that you can live and multiply, and so Yahweh your Father can bless you in the land which you go in to possess.
19 I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day, that I have set before you Life and death, Blessings and curses. Therefore choose Life, so both you and your children can live.
Verse 19: therefore choose Life.
Verse 15: you choose Life by choosing t o practice Yahweh's Righteousness.
Those are the same Words Yahshua spoke.
Blessed are those who keep His Laws, that they can have right to the Tree of Life, and can enter in through the gates into the City.
A Look at the Beginning
In the beginning Yahweh's Righteousness was offered to mankind. It was preached by Righteous Abel. Abel and his people were accepted and honored by Yahweh.
Abel was referred to as Righteous by Yahshua Messiah.
Abilene (Ibillin) Israyl was named after Yahweh's teacher, Abel.
Luke 3:1
Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Yahdah, Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip was tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene,
That Work of Yahweh was named, The House of Yahweh.
I Samuyl 6:18
The gold rats represented the number of all the cities of the five rulers of the Philistines__the fortified cities with their country villages. Abel, THE GREAT HOUSE OF YAHWEH, where they set the ark of Yahweh, is a witness to this day in the field of Yahshua of Beth Shemesh.
Hebrew Abel hagadolah: most bible translations traditionally translate these words: a large stone. A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament by Brown, Driver, and Briggs, page 152, shows the Hebrew words Abel hagadolah as written in the original manuscripts of I Samuyl 6:18 are correctly translated Abel, The Great House of Yahweh. When the Philistines returned the Ark of Yahweh, it was taken to the very place where the first House of Yahweh, led by Abel (Genesis 4:2-10), had originally sat. Listen to sermon dated 10-13-90. See also II Samuyl 20:18.
II Samuyl 20:14-18
14 Sheba crossed through the tribes of Israyl to Abel Beth Maacah, and all of the Berites gathered together and followed after him.
15 Yahab and his troops came and besieged against him in Abel Beth Maacah. They built a siege ramp up to the city, standing against the outer fortified wall; and all the troops with Yahab were battering the wall to bring it down.
16 Then a wise woman called out from the city; Listen to me! Listen to me! Tell Yahab to come here now, so I can speak with him.
17 When he came near her, the woman asked; Are you Yahab? He answered; I am. Then she said to him; Listen to the words of your maidservant. He answered; I am listening.
18 Then she spoke, saying; from the beginning, the Laws of Yahweh have said: To receive an answer, ask at Abel; and that would settle a matter.
Verse 18 – The first House of Yahweh was established by Abel (Genesis 4:2-10), and the site on which it stood was named after Abel. Since The House of Yahweh is the Pillar and Ground of the Truth (I Timothy 3:15), one would, in the days of Abel, go to The House of Yahweh where Abel established it, to receive the truth. This was the city of Abel in the mountainous region (Gibeon) in northern Israyl, called Abilene in Luke 3:1. See also footnote on I Samuyl 6:18.
Evil Cain Killed Righteous Abel
5 But He did not honor Cain and his offering. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.
In that lesson, Yahweh shows when Righteousness is rejected, evil becomes your choosing. You just read that evil bring forth confusion, anger, hatred, rage; such as in road rage, shootings and murder.
Your bible and The Book of Yahweh say the world has gone the way of Cain.
First comes deception when Righteousness is rejected.
Compare these Scriptures:
2 And the woman said to the serpent; We can eat the fruit of the trees of the garden;
Jude 1:10-11, KJV
10 But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
Verse 5: notice, evil as Gods.
Verse 5: also notice, Satan was against Yahweh's Righteousness.
Now read:
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the devil, and Satan, who deceives the whole world. She was cast out into the earth, and her angels were cast out with her.
Remember The
World Around You
The whole world, all nations are involved in the wars that are taking place in that fourth part of the earth around the great River Euphrates.
Continual Wars
Cursed with:
Genesis 4:14 – there shall be continual war, vengeance and retaliation.
The Teacher of
Righteous Abel was the Priest of The House of Yahweh at Abilene, Israyl. Satan and Cain murdered Abel.
You are of your teacher who is Satan the devil, and whatever she who is your teacher desires, you will do. She was a murderer from the beginning, and remained not in the Truth, because there is no Truth in her. Therefore, when you speak your falsehoods, you speak her words, because she is a liar, and the teacher of all lies!
I Yahchanan 3:12, 15
12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and murdered his brother. And why did he murder his brother? Because his works were evil, and his brother's were Righteous.
15 Whoever hates his neighbor is a murderer; and you know that no murderer has Eternal Life abiding in him.
I Yahchanan 3:4, 7-8, 10-15
11 For this is the Message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
13 Do not marvel, my brothers, if the world hates you.
14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brothers. He who does not love his neighbor abides in death.
1 The Righteous perish, and no man takes it to heart; merciful men are taken away, none considering; understanding, that the Righteous is taken away; spared, from the evil to come.
2 They enter into peace; they rest as they lie in death—those who walk in uprightness.
3 But you—come here, you sons of those who call on demons (Gods, elohim), you offspring of those who apostatize from Yahweh, and commit whoredom with God (El)!
4 Against whom do you mock? At whom do you sneer and put out your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,
5 Inflaming yourselves with God (El) under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clefts of the rocks?
The Way of Cain
4 There were tyrants on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of the Gods (elohim) came in to the daughters of men and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty ones who are enemies of Yahweh__men which from even the days of old were known as men of an infamous name.
5 Then Yahweh saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and every intent of the thoughts of man's heart was only evil, continually.
11 The earth also was corrupt before Yahweh, and the earth was lawless, filled with violence.
12 So Yahweh looked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt; for all mankind had corrupted their way on the earth.
13 And Yahweh said to Noah: The end of all mankind has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them; and they; mankind, have corrupted themselves with the earth.
Yahweh spared Noah and his family.
8 But Noah found regard and honor in the eyes of Yahweh.
9 These are the begettings of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect in his begettings. Noah walked in the reverence of Yahweh.
10 And Noah begot three sons: Shem, Ham, and Yapheth.
From Noah came Abraham, who Yahweh proved followed Yahweh's Righteousness. From Abraham came the twelve tribes of Israyl.
The twelve tribes of Israyl were offered Yahweh's Righteousness—the Doctrine of Life—but they rejected it and Righteous Samuyl for the Catholic Gods of Egypt.
Coptic Catholics
Notice this:
I Samuyl 8:4-8
4 Then all the elders of Israyl gathered together and approached Samuyl when he was at Ramah,
5 Saying to him; You are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Appoint us a king to judge us; just like all the other nations.
6 But these things displeased Samuyl, especially when they said; Give us a king to judge us. Then Samuyl prayed to Yahweh.
7 Yahweh answered Samuyl, and said: Listen to all the words the people speak to you, for they have not rejected you; they have rejected Me, that I should not reign over them.
8 Just as they have done to Me from the day I brought them out of Egypt, to this very day, they are now doing to you__they are forsaking Me in order to serve God(s); Elohim!
Remember Genesis 3:5: evil as the Gods.
Coptic means Egyptian. Catholic means universal, meaning they worship all Gods, even the host of heaven.
Host of Heaven
Read this:
42 Then Yahweh turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven, just as it is written in the book of the Prophets: Was it to Me you brought sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israyl?
43 No! But you have lifted up the idolatrous temple of Molech; your god (el), and Chiun your star-god (el); Saturn, the star of your God (el) which you made for yourselves. And I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
Beyond Babylon?
Yes! To the seven hills of Rome, where they are now called Roman Catholics.
With that in mind, read again:
Compare those with:
Leviticus 18:1-3
1 And Yahweh spoke to Mosheh, saying:
2 Speak to the children of Israyl and say to them; I am Yahweh your Father.
3 After the doings of the land of Egypt where you dwelt, shall you not do; and after the doings of the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you, shall you not do; neither shall you walk in their ordinances.
Did you notice verse 3? After the doings of the land of Egypt.
What were they practicing in Egypt? Evil, as their Gods.
Leviticus 18:20-30
20 Moreover, you shall not have sexual relations with your neighbor's wife, to defile yourself, along with her.
21 You shall not give any of your children to be passed through the fire, to sacrifice them to Molech. You shall not profane the Name of Yahweh by giving your children to gods (elohim). I am Yahweh.
22 You shall not have sexual relations with a man, as with a woman. It is an abomination.
23 Neither shall you have sexual relations with any animal and defile yourself, along with it; neither shall any woman present herself to have sexual relations with an animal. It is confusion and perversion.
24 Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, for this is how the nations who are going to be driven out before you became defiled:
25 For the world is defiled because they have given themselves over to sin; and the land itself vomits out her inhabitants.
26 You shall therefore keep My Statutes and My Judgments, and you must not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation nor any of the strangers that sojourn among you__
27 (For all these abominations have the people of the land done, who were before you, and thus the land is defiled)__
28 Or the land will vomit you out, if you defile it, as it vomited out the nations that were before you.
29 For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, the person who commits them shall be cut off from among his people.
30 Therefore you shall keep My Ordinance, and commit none of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that you do not defile yourselves with them. I am Yahweh your Father.
These same customs of Egypt are now being spread throughout the world by the Roman Catholics. They are of the same system of Egypt but in a different location.
Yahweh let mankind go his own way, but He sent His Prophets, one by one, to warn them of the end perishing they would bring upon themselves.
Did you notice? That was the same thing Yahweh set before Adam, Eve, Cain and Abel in the beginning—Life by Righteousness and death by destruction. Read on.
They have not chosen Life; instead, they choose:
They now proclaim their Gods from the seven hills.
2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication; practiced idolatry: God worship (the worship of elohim), and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
3 So he carried me away in the Spirit into the midst of God worshipers (worshipers of elohim); and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet colored beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
Verse 3: seven heads?
Revelation 17:7, 9
The Roman Catholic Church does indeed sit on seven hills, beyond Babylon.
The Basic Everyday Encyclopedia, page 451, gives us the following information concerning these seven mountains (hills).
Compton's Pictured Encyclopedia, 1948, Volume 12, page 144, also tells us about the city of seven hills.
Each of Yahweh's Prophets Daniyl, Isayah, and Malakyah was sent to warn the world of Godworshippers for this generation.
Daniyl in speaking of the Quartet said:
Daniyl 8:22-25
22 Now because it broke off, and whereas four stood in its place, four kingdoms will stand up out of that nation, but not with his power.
23 And in the Last Days of their kingdom, when the transgressors have reached their fullness, the king of fierce expression, and understanding dark sentences; skilled in trickery and deception, will stand up;
24 And his power will be mighty, but not through his own power; and he will destroy astoundingly, and he will succeed, and practice, and will destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy, he will also cause craft; deceit and fraud, to succeed in his hand; and he will magnify himself in his heart, and by peace will destroy many. He will also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he will be broken without hands.
Isayah spoke of the burning.
Verse 6: burned and few left
Notice the cause…because:
Malakyah also spoke of the burning and of those who would be protected.
Totally burned.
Yahweh also sent the One Who proved to be the High Priest over The House of Yahweh, Yahshua Messiah, His Son to carry this Warning.
Revelation 18:2-5, 9-10, 17, 19
9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived luxuriously with her, will wail over her, and lament for her, when they will see the smoke of her burning—
One Hour Burning Possible
Only in This Prophesied Generation
See now:
…US and Russia once again are pumping up their nuclear arsenal, and the Doomsday Clock shows it's just three minutes before midnight. Is nuclear destruction looming once again over humankind?…
Sophie Shevardnadze: Now, Ted, tell me something. Explain to an amateur, to me, how does one launch a nuclear weapon? Is it as easy as pressing a button? How long does it take for a nuclear missile to reach its target?
Dr. Theodore Postol: The ballistic missile could be fired, basically, within 50 or 60 seconds, more or less, after alert being given to the operators. The rocket will then ignite…then it would release warheads. The warheads would float in the near vacuum of space under the influence of gravity and momentum, and in about 20-28 minutes would arrive at their targets, re-enter the atmosphere and explode. So the world could be, basically, finished off in anywhere from half hour to an hour upon the arrival of these warheads. …most nuclear warheads would be delivered in a very short time, probably within half hour or an hour interval.
These weapons will darken the sun. The following article and essay from Discover magazine deals directly with the consequences of nuclear war.
Dr. Thomas was one of the four American scientists who, at the invitation of Senators Edward Kennedy and Mark Hatfield, met in Washington in December for a three-hour open discussion with four Soviet counterparts. The subject of their discussion: the nuclear winter (DISCOVER).
Discover magazine, January/February, 1984
In This Generation
Are the Prophecies accurate? That Prophecy was written in 33 AY (After Yahshua).
The bombs? They started in 1934. The time period is called the Last Days.
Yahweh's Prophecies show a Last Warning will go out to all the world in this time period called the Last Days, the time of the nuclear bombs.
Wow! Did you see that? Yahweh's Righteousness will prevent all wars—verse 3, war no more.
To continue your studies on this subject, we recommend you read our books, The Mark of the Beast, Volumes 1 and 2; The End; and Birth of the Nuclear Baby. These books give clear details of the Last Days' Prophecies, even the peace plan that President Trump is now working on for the nation Israyl.
The generation of the nuclear bomb started in 1934. That is the same year I was born, so Yahweh's Work for warning the world about what sin has brought could start.
Call, write, or email us for more information about the Prophecies in this letter. Also join us every Seventh Day Sabbath at 9am CT for live stream of our Sabbath Services on Yahweh.com and Facebook live. Go to the Official House of Yahweh Facebook page, when the video begins playing, just click on the video to enter viewing mode. It's as simple as that.
Yahweh bless your understanding.
Love, True Love,

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Hong Kong action, Frank Zappa, Harry Dean Stanton, and a talking pig grace Bay Area screens this week.
I'm not sure if I should count the (Not Just) Hong Kong Action Film Series as a festival. Indiefest is calling it a series, but with three of four films screening most Saturdays and Sundays, it feels like five short festivals.
Whatever it is, it will screen at the newly-restored Great Star Theater every weekend this month (including Friday nights). And as the name implies, it will screen action movies, mostly from Hong Kong.
As near as I can tell, the Bay Area will host no other film festivals until the latter half of July.
Early in this documentary on the legendary musician and provocateur, Frank Zappa insists that you can't possibly know someone from something as artificial as an interview. And that captures the film's biggest problem; we hear a lot of Zappa's words, but they're public words, not private ones. Read my full review.
I saw Mario Van Peebles' crooks and cops thriller on Laserdisc soon after its 1991 theatrical release. I remember being very impressed with it.
I confess. I have yet to see Ozu's 1949 classic family drama (and I won't be able to see it this Saturday, either). For those who care about such things, it's been newly restored and will screen off a DCP.
It's been decades since I last saw this classic '70s comedy. I remember liking it a whole lot. I also remember it being the reverse side of American Graffiti; both were set in 1962, but Lucas' movie was about the end of the 50s, while Animal House looked forward to the birth of the 60s. Rebellious, impolite, and very funny.
I saw this Hong Kong Jackie Chan comedy a long time ago, on Laserdisc, when it was called Drunken Master II. Back then it had very bad English subtitles. I liked it a lot. I haven't seen this English-dubbed version. Part of the (Not Just) Hong Kong Action Film Series.
At least among narrative features, Babe is easily the greatest work of vegetarian propaganda in the history of cinema. It's also a sweet, funny, and charming fairy tale about a pig who wants to become a sheep dog. This Australian import helped audiences and critics recognize and appreciate character actor James Cromwell, and technically broke considerable ground in the category of live-action talking-animal movies. Warning: If you take your young children to this G-rated movie, you may have trouble getting them to eat bacon.
Duty to country conflicts with loyalty to friends in one of the best and most unusual Shakespeare adaptations in the cinema. As adapter and director, Orson Welles combined the best parts of Henry IV Part I (my favorite Shakespeare play), Henry IV Part II (a weak sequel with a great final act), and Merry Wives of Windsor (a reasonably funny comedy) to create a whole greater than its parts–funny, rousing, and ultimately tragic. And if anyone was ever born to play Falstaff, it was Orson Welles. 4K restoration.
The Coen Brothers' first film shows a promise of what they'd become. An exceptionally dark, violent, gruesome, and funny noir, it tells a coherent story that is totally incoherent to the characters onscreen. You've got an adulterous couple (half of which is Frances McDormand in her first film role), a violently vengeful husband (Dan Hedaya), and a private detective with less morals than your average snake (M. Emmet Walsh). 4K restoration.
Harry Dean Stanton gives a masterful, understated performance as an amnesiac who walks out of the desert and back into the lives of his family. Missing for years, he's taken in by his brother's family, which now includes his own son. As the man's memory slowly returns, he becomes obsessed with earning his son's love again, and finding out, not the mystery of his own disappearance, but that of his wife's. Wenders' first American film. Part of the series, Wim Wenders: Portraits Along the Road. . 4K restoration.
Jackie Chan and a not-yet-famous Owen Wilson star in this outrageous sendup on the Western. As a Chinese Imperial Guard on a mission to Nevada to rescue a princess, Chan gets to play the fish out of water. Wilson plays a would-be train robber who thinks he's the star of a dime novel. Despite their very different comic styles, the two stars find great chemistry. The sequel, Shanghai Knights, is even better. Another part of the (Not Just) Hong Kong Action Film Series.
The Third Man, Castro, Thursday. MY A+ APPRECIATION. On a double bill with The Fallen Idol.


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Q: Comparing Contact Structures: What do we Mean when we Say that two Contact Structures are Homotopic/Eliashbergs Class. of OT structures Please forgive me if this is too simple for MO; most of my posts on anything contact-structure-related in Math Stack, other sites, have barely received answers (maybe because I'm not an expert in the area and my questions are not clear-enough).
1)What do we mean when we say two contact structures $(M,\xi); (M,\xi')$ are homotopic to each other ( as plane fields), and, 2) what is the precise meaning of Eliashberg's classification of O.T contact structures up to homotopy classes of plane fields?
For the first, naively, I would say that there is a pointwise homotopy of planes $\xi_p \rightarrow \xi'_p$, and the homotopy takes place in the ambient space M. But if this was the case, then there would only be , e.g., one class in $ \mathbb R^3 $ . Do we then consider the orientation of the planes relative to the orientation of the ambient space? This seems too complicated.
For  the second, according to results by Eliashberg, the classification of overtwisted structures is equivalent to the classification of homotopy classes of plane fields. Do we mean that homotopy classes of planes coincide with contactomorphic classes of OT structures, i.e., if  $(M^3, \xi )$ is overtwisted and H is a homotopy between the contact planes $\xi(p),   \xi'(p)$ , then $\xi'$ is contactomorphic with $\xi$?.
Thanks for any help, refs., etc.

A: I hope I'm not mucking up some definitions below, as I am by no means an expert, but let me attempt to answer your questions.  No doubt you have a copy, but just for others, here is a link to the relevant paper of Eliashberg, by the way.
You might also find chapter 4 of Geiges's book "An Introduction to Contact Topology" useful.
(1) Recall that a contact structure on a $(2n+1)$-dimensional manifold is a codimension 1 tangent distribution that can be locally defined by the kernel of a 1-form $\alpha$ satisfying $\alpha\wedge(d\alpha)^n\neq0$.  Two rank $k$ distributions (e.g. two contact structures) are said to be homotopic as distributions if there is a smooth family of rank $k$ distributions beginning at the first and ending at the second.  Being homotopic as plane fields is just the special case for rank 2 distributions.
If you look at section 1.5 of Eliashberg's paper you'll see that he phrases "homotopic as plane fields" in terms of contact structures lying in the same connected component of the space of 2-plane distributions.
This notion is to be distinguished from being homotopic as contact structures which requires that the family of distributions must satisfy the contact condition throughout. Eliashberg talks about two contact structures lying in the same connected component of the space of contact structures.
As you point out, there is only one homotopy class of plane fields on $\mathbb{R}^3$, however another paper of Eliashberg proves that there are an infinite number of distinct classes of contact structures pairwise non-homotopic as contact structures.  Thus the two notions of homotopy are generally quite different.
(2) Eliashberg's theorem on the classification of overtwisted contact structures states that despite the difference in definitions above, when we look at the subset of contact structures that are overtwisted (whose definition I won't give here) the two notions coincide!
Let me try to rephrase your last paragraph. If $(M^3,\xi_0)$ and $(M^3,\xi_1)$ are both overtwisted contact structures and are homotopic as plane fields (i.e. we can find a smooth family of plane fields on $M$ which go from $\xi_0$ to $\xi_1$), then indeed, they are contactomorphic, and we can even find a smooth family of contact structures $(M^3,\xi_t)$ which connect them.


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A Mental Assumption
"28 year old female, sectioning, psych team on scene"
Sectionings are rarely as straightforward as they may initially appear. For starters, rarely are the team of people required actually there and more often than not, we are left waiting hours for people to arrive. Now factor in the fact that by its very nature, a sectioning is removing someones liberty and in this case, removing from their home address. It is of little surprise that most of these patients don't want to go to hospital, let alone go quietly. This is where the police are normally brought in. In fact, realistically, they are brought in when the word 'mental' is used in conjunction with an ambulance. but I'll get back to that.
In a break from the norm, when we pulled up on scene to find that we were in fact last to the party. The approved mental health professional (AMHP) was there with the police and all the paperwork, signed by two doctors required to make a Section 2 legal was there, I's dotted and T's crossed. The police were there as the patient was being aggressive. The patient was suffering from severe post natal depression, and had been for a perhaps 4 or 5 months since her last baby was born. She had become more and more detached from her family, her moods were changing, she wasn't eating, washing and seemed totally unable to look after herself. When she started being incontinent and being seemingly apathetic about it her husband called in help. The GP (who didn't visit initially) arranged for her to be assessed by the AMHP who wanted her admitted to the mental health ward. The patient refused. The two GPs visited, agreed, left, and here we are.
We entered the house and were led through to the patient. She had an extremely vacant look in her eyes, her lips were pursed and she was acting in a bizarre, almost manic fashion. When she spoke she sounded drunk, but we were assured she doesn't drink. As is required, we checked her over and a few things just didn't seem right. He short term memory seemed to be poor, she was complaining of a headache and her skin was red hot to touch. She didn't have a temperature but I had that feeling that anyone who has worked on an ambulance has had. Something just isn't right.
"I think she needs to go to A & E."
"No. She's going to the mental health unit for treatment. It's been arranged. You are here for transport." the AMHP snapped.
"And I think she would benefit from an assessment at A & E first."
Well that told me I'm only an 'ambulance driver' after all. The transport. I shared a look with the two police officers there, which as far as I was concerned gave me carte blanche to do what I wanted! Police and ambulance work together so frequently you just know that they will do anything we say and we would do anything they say. If I say A & E, they will support me! Without any fuss we got her onto the ambulance. She certainly had a decreased Glasgow Coma Score(GCS - a scale used to measure a patients levels of consciousness. A GCS 15 is normal. A GCS of 3 is completely unconscious) and after a quick examination it was clear she was dehydrated. Her blood pressure was also low. The AMHP was still outside the ambulance on the phone, still under the impression we were off to the mental health unit.
"Pass me the cannula roll will you?!"
"Ha, he's gonna kill you!" (by cannulating and giving treatment she then HAS to go to A & E!)
"He'll need to get over it, she needs fluids and needs to be in A & E, this isn't PND, something is up."
"I agree!"
The police watched on as we cannulated and drew up fluids.
"A & E then?! Do you want to break the news to him or shall we?!"
Because in a sick way I enjoy some confrontation I offered to break the news and unsurprisingly he was livid! He bleated on about all his wasted time and efforts at which point I interrupted him….
"Surely, what you want, like us and like the police is what is best for the patient?"
*mutter mutter, AMHP goes to his car, head shaking and tutting all the way*
By the time we left, we were that concerned by the patients rapid deterioration that we put in a blue call to the nearest hospital. On arrival I gave a handover to the doctor who promptly bleeped neuro to come and have a look.
To cut a long story short, this was one of the rare occasions that we found out an outcome. A few days later I was told that the patient had a scan shortly after arrival and was diagnosed with an extremely rare and serious brain tumour. She was transferred to a specialist hospital and had surgery that night. The long term prognosis isn't that great. The problem was, as has happened to me before, it is so easy to get tunnel vision on a medical diagnosis that once set upon a treatment path, it is hard to stop it. In this case the fact she had just had a baby, and had had PND in the past it was assumed it was the same again. The early symptoms fitted with that diagnosis and so did the latter ones. Perhaps when the doctors visited she wasn't as bad as she was with us. Needless to say, there could have been a very different outcome.
Mental Health. Yet again it rears its ugly head again. The elephant in the room of health care and policing if you will. We all know it's there, we all know it's not dealt with properly yet everyone, until recently, has just hoped it will go away! If we bury our head in the sand, perhaps when we re-emerge and one of the other agencies will have dealt with it. Nope! It's still there. In Lord Adebowale's report, published this week, looking into the handling of mental health incidents by the Metropolitan Police, it highlighted a number of key areas for improvement. Most notably to me was the fact that far too many patients were being transported to either police stations or other places of safety without proper medical examination.
This shows why 999 services have to be careful about the risks they can be managing and think for themselves. Lord Adebowale sees a greater role for the ambulance service in responding to mental health emergencies irrespective of whether the police are in attendance. I think this should apply even if mental health services are in attendance, because I know from experience that basic physical health examinations are not as common as they should be.
Parity of esteem is mentioned in the report for physical and mental health - delivery on this is going to have to include not being too quick to assume things about patients with mental health histories to the neglect of their physical health.
For further reading on the content in Lord Adebowale's report I recommend two posts by Mental Health Cop. 'The Adebowale Report' and 'My Reaction to Adebowale' both give a great insight into the reports contents and its impact and recommendations on police and the NHS.
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Big Fashionista 16 May 2013 at 18:58
As always, an excellent post
Ella Shaw 17 May 2013 at 06:39
Thank you hun x
We never call the ambulance till "pinks" are signed and hence spend many hours waiting for ambulance or police or both and getting them both at the same time is always a surprise, but whenever they arrive we are ready to go. The AMHP in your post was bang out of order i would never dream of advising on physical health. The current system frustrates us as well only the other week after calling both services the police turned up 1 officer before the ambulance told me she couldnt hang around left ambulance turns up saying they won't restrain they want the police 2 hours later 5 police officers turn up and during all this time I'm left trying to keep an elderly person with dementia calm as docs as usual left when they got their fee forms
Sounds like an awful job! Very often around here we are the first ones there, or the police are!
It's always assumed to be a police role to restraint the elderly with dementia. This has been criticised in more than one Coroner's hearings and I want to see NHS services taking seriously the notion that it is stigmatising and frankly, dangerous to launch police personal safety tactics on edlerly patients with medical problems.
Police coercion is predicated on the deliberate application of pain, which should remember, is advised against in terms of the restraint of patients detained under the MHA. We need to be more sophisticated about this stuff! Also, there's no obligation on the police to accept your s6 delegation, which is another reason the NHS to plan and prepare far better for the potential restraint of people with dementia - because they may well have other medical issues which render fighting the police and dangerous enterprise.
Just me, Leah 16 May 2013 at 22:35
A great read, as usual!
DrClimb 17 May 2013 at 06:38
Sadly we see sec. 135/136 used and abused. The thought of seeing a AHMP at scene is one of those urban myths.....
Haha! Very true!
Physical examination is so often missed out. We had a frequent flyer who we were often sent to "collapsed in street". She was a young mum with a history of mental ill health. Her loc was put down to attention seeking by docs. No one ever referred her to neuro because of her history.
Long story short. was called to her child a few weeks ago when he collapsed at school. Turns out they've both got cataplexy. ambo & hospital both let her down. Gutted as I thought she was faking
Good post & I concur with John's comment. I may liaise with ambulance services but I'll only call for the ambulance when pink forms completed & I know what I require transport wise. Sadly, it doesn't often go according to plan.
Ironically, as a nurse who worked many years in crisis teams & now an AMHP I really wish crisis teams were on board with MH Act assessments & possibly reducing the need for other services.
Delcatto.
Excellent blog Ella as always.
What a lovely picture of the new Queen Elizabeth Entrance there :) I'm going to presume though that it was pulled by a Google Image search, rather than taken by yourself :)
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The key figures in Philosophical Taoism are Lao Tzu and Chuang Tzu. Lao Tzu wrote the Dao De Jing, a short book of 81 verses which sets out how to live life well and in line with the Tao/ Dao. The literal meaning of it is the book (jing) of the way (dao) of virtue (de). After the Bible, it is the second most translated book in the world. Common themes and symbols in the book include being a ruler or sage, the concept of Wu Wei and living simply and in harmony with the Universe/ Dao.
Taoism is based on close observation of the patterns of change in ourselves and the natural world. These patterns are part of what is meant by the concept of "Dao" and only by studying nature can one learn how to live in harmony with it. In this way, Taoism is pro-science and pro-empiricism.
So what exactly is the Dao? The Dao De Jing opening line says "The Dao that can be spoken of is not the eternal Dao. The name that can be named is not the eternal name." If the Dao could be defined it would not be the Dao. Yes, thats helpful I know. The word Dao, literally means "way" or "path." It could be defined as "the way things are" or "the way things work" in Nature, however it is much more than this. The Dao is essentially ultimate reality. It is the principle behind the universe. It is an expression for the profound unity of the universe and it is the relationships between all the many pieces of the universe. It is the universe and how it works – Nature and its patterns. It is everywhere and flows through everything. It is everything. It is also the pattern by which we should live our lives. It is all these things and more – it is the ultimate, mystery that can only be experienced not described.
Philosophical Taoism calls for people to live a life of simplicity, inner peace, humility and compassion, revering and learning from Nature. A key concept in Taoism is the idea of "Wu Wei." The literal translation of this is "non-action" but its true meaning is closer to "effortless action" or "spontaneous action." The idea is not to strive or tamper or seek to control, but to have few desires and to live as much as possible in a state of P'u (original childlike simplicity), following the Dao and unencumbered by social institutions and ideas. We are not to exert our will against the Dao, other people or the situations of life, but to "go with the flow" and let things take their natural course. To live a life in line with the Dao would mean to live a simple and humble life, not chasing after wealth, fame or power, but being content with what we have in the present. It would mean having no fixed goals and no expectations of people or situations. It would mean realising that we don't control the world and accepting things, relaxing and being adaptable rather than controlling or judgemental. It would mean realising the difference between what our true needs are and what needs we have invented, and paring back our lives to the most important things – the basics.
Another important concept in Taoism is water. Water is a powerful symbol because it is a symbol of Yin. It is weak, soft and humble and yet it has the power to overcome even the hardest thing. It is adaptable, always seeking the lowest place, yet it gives life to all. The wise sage in Taoism must seek to be like water.
A final interesting aspect of Taoism that we can learn from as Pantheists is the Taoist emphasis on longevity and health. Taoists emphasise our current lives rather than looking to any afterlife. They want to enjoy life now, live every moment in a long and healthy life. They have created many practices for this, but perhaps the best known, and one which science is beginning to acknowledge as beneficial is the practice of Tai Chi. An ancient martial art, practicing this regularly can bring many health benefits including confidence, inner calm, fitness, flexibility, balance, strength, mental focus and mindfulness. It also allows a deeper understanding of the philosophy behind Taoism.


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Glyn Hopkin Fiat: The New Fiat 500!
After selling more than 1.5 million cars, Fiat will now pass the torch to the latest edition of the Fiat 500 to give it an up-to-date style and technology, without sacrificing the iconic 500 design.
The Engine
The New Fiat 500 will be available with a range of Euro 6-compliant petrol engines – choose between a 69HP 1.2-litre, an 85HP 0.9-litre TwinAir and a 105HP 0.9-litre TwinAir engine. These will be mated to either a five- or six- speed manual gearboxes, depending on the model.
The TwinAir 85HP 0.9-litre engine has an official fuel consumption figure of 74.3 MPG on the combined cycle with extremely low CO2 emissions of just 90 g/km!
The engine range will be expanded after launch, seeing the addition of a 69HP 1.2-litre engine in an 'eco' set up and a 95HP 1.3-litre MultiJet II turbo diesel engine – one of the few small city cars to be available with a diesel engine!
Despite over 1800 changes to the design, the identity of the Fiat 500 remains. All of the distinctive elements that made the 1957 Fiat 500 such a huge success have been re-imagined with a more contemporary look and new modern technologies.
The circular headlights from the original 500 have been reworked, and now combined with LED lights create the '500' logo, making the New Fiat 500 stand out, even in complete darkness.
The new model keeps the clamshell-shaped bonnet, a throwback to its iconic ancestor. At the rear, the fog light and reversing lights have been moved to the edges of the bumper trim to improve the light efficiency and are finished in either black or chrome, depending on the model.
The New Fiat 500 introduces two new brand new colour schemes, too – Glam Coral and Avantgarde Bordeaux. This brings the total number of available colours up to 13 - seven pastels, one solid and five metallic.
The interior has been brought right up-to-date, with extensive revisions throughout.
Most noticeable is the dashboard, which now integrates the Uconnect infotainment system across the entire range. Taking pride of place in the centre of the dashboard, the new Uconnect system includes FM/AM Radio, remote controls on the steering wheel; AUX-IN and USB ports and six speakers on the entry level models.
Lounge models are equipped with the Uconnect five-inch touchscreen Radio LIVE system, complete with Bluetooth hands-free calling, voice recognition and an SMS reader, allowing users to receive text messages from their friends and family without having to take their eyes off the road.
The new Uconnect system also sees the introduction of the all-new Uconnect LIVE service, allowing users to sync up their smartphone to their Uconnect system and control various apps through the centre console – each adapted to be more user-friendly so they can be safely operated at the wheel. An integrated Uconnect five-inch Radio Nav LIVE with voice-activated TomTom satellite navigation is also available.
A TFT display above the steering wheel allows the driver to monitor data from the speedometer, odometer and trip computer at a glance.
The front seats have been redesigned to be more comfortable, and are available in nine exciting colour combinations with contrasting upper portions and head restraints. Full leather upholstery is now available in Black, Bordeaux or Tobacco Frau Leather, embroidered with the 500 logo.
Further interior changes give the New Fiat 500 a more modern feel – including a new lidded glove box, a revised centre console with repositioned cup holders and 12V power socket and new electric windows.
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At Heunis Steel, the strength of its structure is that it is still run as a family business. It is small enough to implement changes quickly and respond to market conditions swiftly. It does not have a lot of 'red tape' to deal with when it comes to making decisions; instead it can call a meeting and have things resolved and implemented within half an hour. However, it is also big enough to play a major role in the industry. This makes the company very competitive in the market.
Just like everyone else, the future is uncertain for the company. Market needs will dictate where it needs to adapt to, to ensure that all demands are met. One of its major future focus areas is to remain competitive, which includes importing a portion of its raw materials. This will be unavoidable unless the local mills and government find a way to make local products more competitive. Naturally, it wants to support local producers, but the company cannot do this at its own expense.
Heunis Steel believes it is on par with international manufacturers. Many of its machines and equipment are imported and are the latest models and technology available. It has everything under one roof in its factory, ensuring a good flow of materials. This includes the distribution of the finished goods to the warehouse, and from there to the trucks. Double handling has been brought down to the bare minimum with most things being containerised.
Once it started expanding on the plant, the company built everything from scratch. It has evolved with the times by installing a railway track inside the factory, which includes operator-less shuttles conveying goods from one end to the other. This saves on forklifts and operators and removes forklift fumes. During the design of the building, provision was also made for the installation of overhead cranes, making it very easy to move materials around and load it into the machines.
Considering that the factory cannot be expanded any more because of being limited by the roads and power lines surrounding the company, bringing in a second and third shift would be its only option to increase capacity.
All of the manufacturing and distribution happens from the Zandfontein plant facility. It doesn't have warehouses in other parts of the country;therefore, it invests in logistics for direct distribution. Delivering to neighbouring countries such as Botswana, Lesotho, and Swaziland is made easy through its own logistics team.
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The 10 most important cyberattacks of the decade
Since 2010, billions of sensitive files, personal information and account details have been leaked thanks to devastating hacks and damaging breaches.
As more sensitive personal data has made its way online, the size and impact of breaches has steadily increased throughout the decade. Attacks have hit almost every sector and show no signs of slowing down as more people are forced to entrust the safety of personal information to various websites.
"For me, the largest hacks of the decade are not just the ones that were the biggest, but the ones that were game-changers in how we approach security. If we had this talk 10 years ago, we would be blown away by the numbers, but now, the numbers don't really affect us that much," said Etay Maor, chief security officer at the cybersecurity firm IntSights.
"All of a sudden, we're in the age of career-ending or career-altering hack. Honestly in 2011, if you had a hack with over a million credentials, everyone would lose their mind," Maor said. "Today, you probably won't even read about hacks that happen with a couple million credentials stolen."
The most important hacks since 2010
Yahoo - 2013
Yahoo deserves the first mention because of the sheer size of its breach and the damaging effect it had on the company's ability to compete as an email and search engine platform.
In 2013, all three billion of Yahoo's accounts were compromised, making the breach the largest in the history of the internet. It took the company three years to notify the public that everyone's names, email addresses, passwords, birth dates, phone numbers and security answers had been sold on the Dark Web by hackers.
Security experts say the Yahoo breach is notable because of how it was mishandled by the company and the devastating effect it had on Verizon's $4.8 billion acquisition. Yahoo initially discovered that a breach occurred in 2015 exposing 500 million accounts.
It was later confirmed by American security agencies that the attack was perpetrated by a group affiliated with the Russian government. While looking into the 2015 attack, Yahoo officials realized more than one billion accounts had been exposed in the breach.
The company then admitted in 2017 that all of its accounts had been breached. Verizon removed nearly $400 million from the buying price and signed an intricate deal that allowed both companies to share the financial liabilities associated with the breach.
Equifax - 2017
The size of the Equifax breach pales in comparison to the value of the data exposed to hackers. As one of America's largest credit bureaus, the company had the most sensitive data on hundreds of millions of people.
Hackers gained access to the information of 143 million Equifax customers, including their names, birth dates, drivers' license numbers, Social Security numbers and addresses. More than 200,000 credit card numbers were released and 182,000 documents with personally identifying information was accessed by cybercriminals.
Equifax's CEO, Richard Smith, was forced to testify at four hearings before Congress, where he asserted that one employee was responsible for failing to process a necessary update.
"Equifax would probably rank as the most careless given that it as due to an unpatched Struts vulnerability, which might have been prevented using even the most rudimentary protection measure," said Ameesh Divatia, co-founder and CEO of the cybersecurity firm Baffle.
It was later revealed that hackers were able to gain access to passport information from affected Equifax users. The Government Accountability Office released a detailed report about the breach.
Sony Pictures - 2014
The hack of Sony Pictures in 2014 made the news for a bunch of reasons that made it different from most breaches. The situation originated with the controversial Seth Rogen film The Interview, which revolves around a plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. The North Korean leader was incensed by the film and his government threatened to attack US theaters if the film was released.
Sony tried a number of things to quell the controversy, agreeing to recut the movie to make it less offensive and push back the release date. Because of the threats against theaters, executives eventually decided to pull the film from theaters and release it digitally.
This did little to calm North Korean anger about the film and in November 2014, a group that the FBI later said was tied to the North Korean military apparatus attacked Sony Pictures' servers, wreaking havoc on the company's internal systems. Some Sony executives, and even Rogen himself, still question whether it was truly North Korea that was behind the attack, hinting at either a disgruntled insider or the Russian government.
While Sony feared the leak of its films, what ended up hurting the company most were the millions emails of film executives discussing their true feelings about some of the world's biggest movie stars.
The attack also launched North Korea into international prominence, kickstarting a new generation of small countries punching above their weight through devastating, yet low-cost, cyberattacks.
Charity Wright, cyber threat intelligence adviser at IntSights, worked for the NSA in the Asia-Pacific theater and said previously, North Korea had mostly focused efforts on attacking South Korea and Japan.
"The Sony hack was incredible because it really showed the world that North Korea can hack legitimately. They are legit. They really put themselves on the map as a legitimate threat actor with that hack," Wright said.
Gossip sites spent months digging through the nearly 200,000 emails of Sony executives, highlighting negative comments about stars like Tom Cruise, Angelina Jolie, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Kevin Hart.
Marriott Hotels - 2018
The Marriott Hotel breach was massive both because of the amount of data exposed and the sensitivity of the information accessed.
According to The Washington Post, hackers breached the reservation systems of Starwood Hotels, which was bought by Marriott in 2016 for $13.6 billion. The cybercriminals behind the attack had an astounding four years to move within the Starwood system, which includes the Sheraton, Westin, W Hotels, St. Regis, Four Points, Aloft, Le Méridien, Tribute, Design Hotels, Element, and the Luxury Collection.
Hackers gained access to the names, credit cards, addresses and passport numbers of millions of people who stayed at the hotels between 2014 and 2018.
At first, Marriott said the number of people affected was 500 million but revised that number down to 383 million after an investigation.
"Marriott was significant in that it attacked databases and the content was protected at rest, which demonstrated that traditional database protection methods do not adequately protect sensitive data records," Baffle's Divatia said.
Ashley Madison - 2015
While the information leaked in the hack of discreet extramarital dating website Ashley Madison was not financially significant, its cultural footprint was very wide. More than 30 million email addresses and hundreds of credit cards were leaked in the attack.
The hack also set off months of marital disputes that came from spouses searching for their partner's email address in the leaked database of Ashley Madison.
Debate raged online about the ethics of news outlets reporting on famous people and politicians found in the company's files. There were reports of hackers extorting people based on the information found on the site, demanding people pay a ransom in exchange for hiding evidence of affairs.
In 2017, the company settled a lawsuit filed by users for more than $11 million, but that did little to quell the social furor over the information and messages found on the website. The aftermath was said to have life-altering implications for some.
Police in Toronto attributed two suicides to information that came from the leak and a pastor in New Orleans wrote a suicide note detailing the fear and embarrassment he felt about being implicated in Ashley Madison leaks. The hack was one of the first to lead to real-world deaths.
Target - 2013
The attack on Target is one of the biggest to hit a major retailer and involved a point-of-sale system that was compromised by malware.
The breach highlighted a problem that would come to dominate the cybersecurity conversation for the rest of the decade: third-party partners. Hackers gained access to Target's systems through a heating and air-conditioning contractor working for the company.
With their access, the cybercriminals got payment card details for more than 40 million Target customers. The company was forced to admit that the number was even larger, with the actual amount of impacted customers reaching 110 million.
The attack had a devastating effect on Target, forcing the CIO to resign months after the attack and the company reported that it lost more than $160 million due to the breach.
Both Divatia and Maor said the hack was notable because it became the first of many major breaches involving third-party systems or companies.
Capital One - 2019
In July, Capital One bank acknowledged that from 2005 and 2019, hackers were able to access the personal information of 100 million Americans and six million Canadians.
According to the bank, cybercriminals obtained the information from a trove of credit card applications, including names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, dates of birth, and self-reported income.
Capital One also said credit scores, limits, balances, payment history and about one million Canadian Social Insurance numbers, as well as 140,000 American Social Security numbers were also seen by hackers.
Unlike most of the hacks on this list, the culprit behind it was caught and charged in court. Paige Thompson, a former Amazon Web Services employee, posted on GitHub about the attack and was charged in August for the massive breach. Thompson was arraigned in September and pleaded not guilty to all charges.
The United States Office of Personnel Management - 2015
The hack conducted by the Chinese government on the United States Office of Personnel Management is one of the largest attacks to ever hit the government in the country's history.
While officials initially estimated that the records of four million current and former government workers were released, a later analysis found that 21 million records were accessed. The trove of data even included information from background checks on people who were never hired by the government.
The forms accessed by hackers had detailed information about candidates' family members, college roommates, foreign contacts and psychological information. They also stole millions of Social Security numbers, names, dates, places of birth and addresses.
The group also stole a database with nearly six million fingerprints, endangering government officials across the world.
Donna Seymour, CIO for the Office of Personnel Management, was forced to retire because of the scandal and Katherine Archuleta, the director of OPM, resigned. It was later revealed that Chinese government hackers had access to OPM systems for more than a year before they were caught.
First American Financial - 2019
Billion-dollar real estate title insurance company First American Financial had one of the biggest leaks of 2019, exposing 885 million files dating back more than 15 years.
The breach was exposed by the security reporter Brian Krebs, who wrote a lengthy blog post explaining how the massive insurance company exposed millions of mortgage deals, which featured bank account numbers and statements, mortgage and tax records, Social Security numbers, wire transaction receipts and drivers license images.
He was tipped off by a real estate developer who discovered that you could access any of the company's documents just by changing the URL link. Although it is unclear whether any of the information was accessed and used, First American immediately took down the entire website.
Stuxnet - 2010
The Stuxnet attack, allegedly perpetrated by the governments of the United States and Israel, was relatively minor in its effects but has had wide-ranging implications that will become evermore important in the next decade.
It was one of the first examples of government-led cyberattacks that could destroy physical systems and structures, setting off a growing cascade of attacks that are increasingly blurring the line between military cyberattacks and cyberattacks affecting infrastructure systems.
The Stuxnet worm destroyed Iran's 984 uranium enrichment centrifuges, essentially ruining most of its nuclear program by specifically targeting Siemens SCADA systems.
Outside of a few headlines, the attack had little impact on the US. But it kicked off a decade of attacks by dozens of countries that aimed to destroy architecture systems.
The Russian government later used similar tactics during their alarming 2015 attack on Ukraine. For the first time in history, a government was able to shut down another country's power grid through a cyberattack. Stuxnet and the attack on Ukraine opened the door to increased efforts by adversarial countries to include cyberattacks in their arsenal of military weaponry.
This article was written by Jonathan Greig and originally appeared in TechRepublic.
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Floyd Clifton Wooley, News, Sports, Weather! SEC Gifts!: Journal Entry 070416-A: Ponder this writing please and consider if you were financially ruined and came home Sunday Evening with a New System being used against you. Please consider this post as Authentic!
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Behind me in the photo is a receipt for a Charitable Donation to an Organization I hold dear to my heart that my Company made a sizeable donation to when I was allowed to utilize medication to improve all area's of my life!
I planned a five Charity selection for each new homeowner to choose from the first year it was to implemented. Donating $100.00 of the Profit with the homeowner having the pick!
1. Ronald McDonald House Charities.
2. Habitat for Humanity. New Homes that are purchased.
An example of what the action of dumbing me back down after being knowledged up.
The meetings I held with Three Door Downs Better Life Foundation helped me choose the five charities.
I lost that opportunity was lost but it lives in my heart, mind and soul so I might love someone enough to still care.
I am made to believe I will never have such an opportunity to do such work again.
The Police have turned me down flat but one lawyer did in fact offer his Services if I could meet the retainer. I have no argument with the Police but a Police Report I filed had the initial crime changed by striking it out and writing in Mental 6 year's ago.
It was full blown on the property Harrassment!
I may be bullied but I will fight for ADHD Medication! The medication increases speed of your minds processor and frees up Memory Files just like a computer!
I'm denied the medication on information records that are false and misinformation. When intimidated with false and inaccurate information and person will react so screw the file!
Start a new one with new testing so I can rebuild my life!
This story is the whole truth and nothing but the truth as Jesus is my Savior!
Each month I am fed Apples but when I get something that motivates me to be a Loving person I am fed Persimmons!
In the process many people are hurt in the collateral damage including our Children's Future's.
I must not be their only Target- how could I be?
No body comes out a winner in this War but the on-lookers that don't need anything to improve their mind body and soul!
I was taught by my mentors to compare Apples to Apples then Oranges to Oranges NOT Apples to Persimmons. As I was taught they lose even if it's mutually assured!
Mutually assured Destruction is a miserable expected out come and I have to live part in the damage NOT to mention the damage to other people that work hard to prove the same thing!
I hope so anyway cause my records that show success in all area's of my life for 24 year's compared with the previous 26 with 12 straight year's of success in all area's of my life NOT to mention 12 straight year's of being an adoring husband and not a husband that was so frustrated by very little success and very little personal life that I honestly was a snappy person that worked at everything I did until I dropped but in hindsight- I don't think I did a very good job!
In fact I know I didn't.
Who knows if just talking about this problem with some individuals that didn't get involved in my life and camp out ready to jump at the chance to ruin another person's life particularly mine until just a few year's ago will ever solve it but it is impossible to not to respond in someway or I personally would go nuts in despair and depression.
I sure look like a hater when in truth I haven't made love to a woman that wanted to make Love to me in 6 year's Today when not to belabor the point- I was prescribed Adderall and Vyvanse in combination!
I'm sorry if it offends you but hopefully it doesn't I was being attacked then by people on a regular basis for trying to prove those medications were in fact improving my quality of life- the truth is I could handle those attacks upon my personal being were Extreme!
If those people had left me alone that woman's love would indeed have made me a better person that is assured!
The married people that tell you they hate each other most cetainly gain some personal improvement. Weird but why not a theory?
Some of those attack developers would have in fact even prospered.
I guess mind Coach's hate that a medication can allow you to make better decisions yourself thus eliminating their jobs.
I would personally help one of those Coach's if I had the mind medication I had then again with no attacks to prove it has no worth!
One morning after a qroup of individuals in fact had kept me up all night to destroy some of my ability to utilize a fresh mind a man that was involved told me too my face: "I wouldn't give that to my child if it was free!"
How did he know what medication I was on if he wasn't just trying to destroy my morale for the next night's attacks?
God Bless, Peace, Love and the Knowledge you gain by Education!
I will have another opportunity to Love a Woman with these people at work in my life because I am prevented from having the Life to do so on a regular basis.
The Reply over a Damn speaker?
Your too Damn mean Now.
P.S. - I was called names at Mullet Point. This is and has never been a joke.
I had a guy have me pull his boat into Billy Goat Hole then mention to a woman in the ramp that I was or might as well be on Spice!
He wanted to pay me. I refused. It was a Set-up.
His Boat was right next to mine. It is against Federal Law to refuse a request for a tow.
He wanted me to pull in front of a Ferry that was arriving into the Harbor!
I had to cut my lines free to free up the ramps.
I took my regular 2 1/2 Doses of medication and one full pill.
He told someone at the Pier- you should have seen the handful of pills he took!
He laughed and asked if I wanted them back. I said "No!"
I left out done at him!
I was double teamed to keep me out of Construction for God Sakes!
The names were based on False and Misleading Information!
This story has to continue regardless of if my Enemies like it or not.
An Absolutely Heart Wrenching False Story was Circulated over the Weekend.
This is God-Damned Independence Day!


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