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Q: How to redirect django url in off business hours There is a requirement like app should be available in business hours 9 AM -6 PM and rest time, it should redirect to just one well defined page. Can someone explain me how to achieve this.

A: do a middleware and add the conditional for redirect
from django.shortcuts import redirect
from datetime import datetime

def simple_middleware(get_response):
    # One-time configuration and initialization.

    def middleware(request):
        # Code to be executed for each request before
        # the view (and later middleware) are called.

        response = get_response(request)
        # if the actual hour is not between start and end redirect.
        if not start <= datetime.now() <= end:
            return redirect("/")
        # Code to be executed for each request/response after
        # the view is called.

        return response

    return middleware


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December 3, 2019 by Bart Demandt 6 Comments
Segment down 2% YTD, stable at 3,3% share of the European new car market.
Mercedes-Benz GLC holds on to the top spot of the segment, although this is including sales of the GLC Coupe
BMW is now the best selling brand in the segment, with 78.500 combined sales of the X3 and X4. BMW is also the big winner, gaining 5,9 percentage points of share
The Germans are much less dominant in SUVs than in sedans, with just 55,7% share of the segment , including Porsche. Jaguar-Land Rover holds 16,4%, Volvo holds 14,2%, and even DS is more than just a niche player at 5,3%, outselling the Alfa Romeo Stelvio
The Audi Q5 is unable to fight for the segment lead, stuck in 4thplace, but selling more than double of its nearest rival
The Range Rover Velar is already losing steam at -18% YTD, with the Porsche Macan breathing down its neck
The Jaguar F-Pace loses 21% so far this year and is out of the top-10 but remains ahead of the Lexus NX
In the EV ranking, the Jaguar I-Pace is joined by the Mercedes-Benz EQC in September
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European sales 2019-H1 Premium Midsized and Compact SUV segments
August 26, 2019 by Bart Demandt 2 Comments
The midsized premium SUV segment in Europe falls into decline in the second quarter of 2019 with a 9% loss to just over 125.000 sales, after a 1% growth in the first quarter. As a result, the first half figure is down 4% to just over 260.000 deliveries. Among brands, BMW is the big winner after replacing its two entries into this segment last year as both are up by large double digits. The Mercedes-Benz GLC stays on top of the ranking, even accounting for the GLC Coupe version of which sales are included with the regular GLC. Mercedes-Benz sells 410 more cars than BMW but is losing ground quickly with a 20% drop in sales, compared to +47% for the X3 and -12% for the former segment leader Volvo XC60, which has a take rate of 17,7% for the PHEV version. However, the German brands are launching their full electric crossovers this year, with the Mercedes-Benz EQC already in showrooms, the BMW iX3 coming early next year just like the slightly larger Audi e-Tron, to which Volvo does not yet have an answer. The Audi Q5 is down 18% but holds on to 4th place as there's a significant gap to the rest of the segment. [Read more…]
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May 31, 2019 by Bart Demandt 4 Comments
The midsized premium SUV segment in Europe continues its steady growth in the first quarter of 2019 with a 5% increase to nearly 143.000 sales. In the top-10, only three nameplates improve their sales, helped by model updates. The segment leader Mercedes-Benz GLC loses ground with an 11% loss, which means it loses 2,8 percentage points of share and is now fewer than 1.500 sales ahead of both the #2 and the #3. The BMW X3 storms to second place with sales more than doubling thanks to the new generation. The X3 is looking to claim the top spot of the segment for the first time since 2013. Former leader Volvo XC60 is now down to 3rd place with sales stable on last year. It's still in the running to reclaim the segment crown it held from 2014 till 2016, but the momentum is now with the X3. The XC60 has a take rate of 22% for the plug-in hybrid version, but the German brands are launching their full electric crossovers this year, with the Mercedes-Benz EQC, the BMW iX3 and the slightly larger Audi e-Tron, to which Volvo does not yet have an answer. The Audi Q5 is down to 4th place at a distance to the top-3 as it saw its sales decline by 18% in the first quarter. [Read more…]
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European sales 2018 Premium Midsized and Compact SUV segments
March 3, 2019 by Bart Demandt 10 Comments
Sales of midsized premium SUVs in Europe continue to grow in 2018, but at a lower rate than before. After four consecutive years of double digit growth, of which the last three years showed at least 20% growth, the segment was up "only" 5% in 2018. This still means that for the first time ever, over half a million luxury midsized crossovers were sold in Europe. And after claiming the segment lead last year, the Mercedes-Benz GLC consolidates its lead with a 13% gain to over 125.000 sales, almost one in every four sales in this segment. Please note that these figures include sales of the GLC Coupe, but even without those the GLC would easily top the ranking. Just imagine the sales volume (and turnover) Mercedes-Benz has missed by completely failing with the design of its predecessor GLK, which peaked at just 33.000 sales and 15% of the segment in 2012. The Volvo XC60 is down 19% in the first full year of sales for the new generation, and this is mostly due to the strong finish of the previous generation, which even continued to be sold alongside the new model in its home market Sweden. Despite sales back to its 2016 level but its market share thawed to the lowest in at least 7 years, the XC60 still holds on to its #2 spot ahead of the Audi Q5, which sees stable sales in 2018, as it also did in 2017. The Q5 has been around 70.000 annual sales for three years now, even during the changeover to the next generation and last year's introduction of the WLTP fuel efficiency testing procedures, which meant some versions of the Q5 (and many other models) could no longer be sold after September 1st, 2018.
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February 19, 2018 by Bart Demandt Leave a Comment
Sales of midsized premium SUVs in Europe continue to boom with a fourth consecutive year of double digit growth, of which the last three years showed at least 20% growth. In 2017, the segment grew by 21% to a record 492.500 sales, or 3,2% of the overall European car market, up from 2,7% in 2016. The first nameplate in this segment to top 100.000 annual sales is the Mercedes-Benz GLC, a runaway success for the brand which had struggled with the unsuccessful GLK until just a few years ago. Keep in mind these figures include sales of the GLC Coupe version, as the GLC would be in second place with just over 85.000 sales without the Coupe. Then again, its closest rival and former segment leader Volvo XC60 benefits from also having 2 different versions available for a few months after the arrival of the new generation. Especially in its home market Sweden the outgoing XC60 was continued to be sold at reduced prices alongside the new version, allowing it to become the best selling model there for the first time ever. Still, it's impressive how the model was able to finish on such a high note, setting three consecutive annual sales records at the end of its life cycle and then extending that to a fourth record during the year of the model change to the new generation. It will be interesting to see if the new XC60 can continue this strong showing, considering the nameplate was down 11% in the fourth quarter when production of the first generation finally ended.
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European sales 2017 Q1-Q3 Premium Midsized and Compact SUV segments
November 18, 2017 by Bart Demandt Leave a Comment
The midsized premium SUV segment continues to outgrow the overall market and even accelerates its growth rate with a 29% increase in Q3 and a 25% increase in the first nine months of 2017, to over 372.000 sales. The two segment leaders consolidate their grip on the segment as both did better than the overall segment. As a result, the #1 and #2 hold a combined 43% of the segment in Q3 and 42,6% in the first three quarters. The big winner is the Mercedes-Benz GLC (including the Coupe version) wiht sales almost doubling up to over 30.000 sales in the third quarter, which allows it to take over the year-to-date lead of the segment. If the GLC manages to hold on to this position by the end of the year, it will be the first time ever that Mercedese-Benz tops the ranking of this segment. The GLC's predecessor GLK has never been a success due to polarizing styling, but the new model appears to have hit the mark. The Volvo XC60 showed double digit growth but still loses its top spot as the changeover to the new generation is hurting its pace of deliveries, even though the outgoing model has kept up strong in its last months thanks to competitive pricing of fully loaded versions. It will be interesting to see which one of these two will end up on top in 2018. Or perhaps the segment initiator BMW X3 will mingle into this fight as well when its third generation hits full steam?
Geneva Autoshow 2017: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly production cars, part 1
March 8, 2017 by Bart Demandt 5 Comments
It's that time of the year again: everybody who's somebody in the automotive industry can be found within just a few relatively small show floors at the Geneva Convention Center, where the cars are the real stars. The Geneva International Motor Show, as it's officially called, is packed with new releases and world premieres every year and the 87th edition is no different. Of course CarSalesBase.com is there too to feel the pulse of the industry and to get an idea of what's going to be a hit and what's going to flop. And as you've become used to from us, we have an opinion on the lastest launches and would like to know yours too. Which cars stir our senses, which ones need to go back to the drawing board and which are just plain mweh?
Bart: hot
It's always to see a brand with such a great heritage make a comeback, even if most car buyers may not even remember it, let alone have ever seen an Alpine in real life. Sure, in this segment brand value plays a great factor, but so does design and performance. The former is well taken care of in my opinion, the retro design with modern touches actually works on the A110. Performance promises to tick all the boxes as well thanks to its lightweight aluminium construction and 252hp on 1080kg is pretty impressive. Better than a Cayman? Hard to say, but at least it's different. And I mean that in a good way.
Kriss: hot
I agree with Bart – it's great to see Alpine make a comeback and challenge the Germano-Italian dominance of the segment. It looks great, and sports a great power-to-weight ratio thanks to its lightweight construction. In essence – I can't imagine how this car could have turned out any better. But still I'm worried – many have tried and failed to provide a genuine challenge the Boxster/Cayman duo, and I'm afraid that no matter how good the A110 is, it's not good enough to differentiate itself from the also-rans like the Alfa-Romeo 4C and Lotus Evora.
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The quadruple helix model adds the element of citizenry/community.
This article is part of two ongoing series of articles: stakeholder and community engagement and KM in international development.
As I discussed in my masterclass at the recent Knowledge Management Singapore (KMSG18) Conference, "open innovation" has become one of the most important innovation research and practice trends worldwide. For example, Carlos Moedas, European Union (EU) Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, outlined the goals of his department as being "open innovation, open science and open to the world" in a 2015 speech.
Research shows that knowledge management and innovation are very closely linked, with a range of knowledge management activities found to support innovation and open innovation. A recent evolution of open innovation has the potential to significantly enhance these links. This evolution is the quadruple helix model of open innovation, which has been proposed as the next phase of open innovation (open innovation 2.0). In the previous triple helix model of innovation, the three elements of academia, industry, and government interact to foster economic and social development. The quadruple helix model adds the element of citizenry/community.
Evidence-based knowledge management, where there is considerable alignment between the four helices of the quadruple helix model (academia, industry, government, community) and the four sources of evidence (scientific literature, practitioners, organisation, stakeholders).
Knowledge management for development, where there is an apparent move towards knowledge co-creation involving multiple stakeholders and a crossing of the boundaries between scientists and society1.
A 2016 paper2 picks up on both of these potential applications by looking at how the quadruple helix model can support the knowledge-based development of remote, rural, and less-favoured regions.
Regional development seeks to make changes that will turn the current direction of a region into a desirable future, and in the EU, the strong emphasis on innovation means that it is now core to most regional development programs. The authors advise, however, that the innovation strategies may not be the best fit because they are typically developed by policymakers located in urban areas, and based on policy models that are often assumed to be universally applicable.
Regional development requires actors and actions, so policy or governance "regional development networks" emerge to support the development of a region in question. These regional development networks typically comprise the triple helix model elements of academia, industry, and government. The networks have become more and more influential as "wicked" problems and challenges have emerged that cannot be solved by just one authority or through straightforward measures. But "wicked problems" need to be tackled by many actors at the same time or sequentially, and regional communities have a fundamental role in the regional dynamics that are a consequence of this. Further, in remote, rural, and less-favoured regions, one or more of academia, industry, and government may have only a limited presence or be not present at all, which makes the involvement of regional communities even more important.
Because of this, the authors propose a "double-coin model of knowledge-based regional development" that incorporates the quadruple helix model of open innovation (Figure 1).
Figure 1 (click to enlarge). Double-Coin Model of Knowledge-Based Regional Development (source: Kolehmainen et al. 2016).
Knowledge-based development of remote, rural and less-favoured regions is very challenging, as the preconditions are not naturally inclined into that line of development. Achieving genuine and sustainable competitiveness calls for visionary, insightful and targeted strategic thinking … Thus, turning disadvantageous characteristics of a region into competitive assets requires good strategic thinking and actions, but also usually genuinely mutual interests, commitment to the collaboration and excellent quality in the collaborative processes of all the quadruple helix actors.
The South Ostrobothnia (Finland) case revealed that reaching a solid, shared vision for the region in question is a long-lasting process in which encouraging milestones are important … [T]here need to be regional forums and arenas in which shared visions can be discussed and shaped among different quadruple helix actor groups … In creating shared vision and planning, and especially carrying out concrete common measures, people that have a connecting role in local and regional networks have an important role.
The Västerbotten (Sweden) case showed that developing multi-institutional learning environments is a solution for a remote and peripheral region to response to the educational needs and to open up new avenues for the development. The internationally increasing number of this kind of arrangements implies that they are an applicable tool for the knowledge-based development.
The North Great Plain Region (Hungary) case illustrated the ways how a research-intensive university can vitalise and strengthen its regional ties. Triple-helix collaboration is very important in this respect, but the University of Debrecen has also discovered the value of the fourth helix. For example, the Innovation Shop is a serious attempt to involve customers' views and expertise in innovation processes.
The Highlands and Islands (Scotland) case showed that a very peripheral region can achieve excellence in a certain field. This calls for intense local and regional collaboration among triple-helix actors … [A]n important lesson learned … is the importance of gaining local community input into local issues, rather than assuming a top-down, onesize-fits-all approach. Searching for and adopting relevant ideas and knowledge wherever they can be found, and maintaining a strategic view of the community's needs, can help policymakers design strategic programmes that better fit local, regional and national needs.
Acknowledgement: With thanks to Lee Zhong Nan, who introduced me to the quadruple helix model of open innovation at the KMSG18 conference.
Header image source: Charlie Sheridan & Vinny Cahill.


Scores of civilians including a prominent activist were detained on Wednesday and others were beaten, lawyers and witnesses said, as evidence began to emerge of a brutal crackdown on dissent by security forces.
Activist Evan Mawarire has been charged with inciting public violence over a hike in fuel prices and will be detained overnight before appearing in court on Thursday, his lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa said.
Mawarire was seized from his Harare home by nearly a dozen armed police officers early Wednesday.
Following two days of protests against fuel price hikes, residents said soldiers and police were patrolling townships in Harare, Marondera, Mutare, Kadoma and Bulawayo and attacking some people in their homes.
Joana Mamombe, the MDC MP for Harare West, said she was in hiding after soldiers sought her out at her parents' home on Tuesday and beat up her father, leaving him hospitalised and unable to sit.
"I'm very scared for my life. This is a crackdown on those of us who oppose this government. They want to silence opposition voices," she told Reuters by telephone.
Zimbabweans had hoped President Emmerson Mnangagwa would make good on pre-election pledges to kick-start the economy. But since the November 2017 coup that ousted its long-time leader, Robert Mugabe, the country has fallen back into familiar ways.
An internet blackout entered its third day on Wednesday, leaving many without access to social media and laying the government open to accusations that it wanted to prevent images of heavy-handedness from being broadcast around the world. The blackout had been lifted late Wednesday.
There was no immediate comment from the government on the series of arrests or allegations of violence by police and soldiers.
An official inquiry last year found troops had used "disproportionate and unjustified" force in shooting and killing six civilians during interventions to stop violence after Mnangagwa was controversially elected on July 30.
Outside a private hospital in Harare, journalists saw two men seeking treatment for wounds sustained on Tuesday night.
"They wanted to kill us but I managed to escape," said one man, who had a swollen eye, before being taken inside by a nurse.
Wednesday was the third and final day of the stay-at-home protest called by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) in response to Mnangagwa increasing the price of fuel by more than 150 percent.
Shops, banks and restaurants around major towns and cities remained closed and there was little road traffic.
Mawarire, a Harare pastor who rose to prominence as a Mugabe critic and led a national shutdown in 2016, said police had surrounded his house after he used Facebook and Twitter posts to urge Zimbabweans to join the stay-at-home protest.
He was bundled into a truck by about a dozen armed police early shortly after 7AM and charged with inciting public violence and detained, his lawyer Mtetwa said.
A spokesman for Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights said it was representing 62 others also due to be charged with public violence. Another 13 men later arrived at the Harare Magistrates Court under a heavy police guard.
Police said on Tuesday they had arrested more than 200 people following the protests.
It is believed between eight and 10 people, including a police officer, died in violent demonstrations on Monday.
In central Harare on Wednesday, police fired tear gas to disperse a crowd outside the only shop that appeared to be open as soldiers controlled a long line of citizens desperate to buy food.
At the only fuel station doing business, soldiers and police were being served ahead of other motorists, whose cars formed a line stretching more than 2km.


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Holy Terrors: Lives of the Certifiable Saints
Stephen Van Eck | August 20, 2014 | Kiosk Article
[ Catholicism | History of Religion ]
When I was eight years old, my aunt (a nun) gave me a volume on the Lives of the Saints.
The various stories of these Christian luminaries have been presented as examples to be emulated, as inspirations and role models. But only the most thoroughly brainwashed person can look at these bizarre bios and not be utterly horrified.
For sure, there are saints who are inoffensive, such as the protohippie Francis of Assisi. But the saints officially canonized by the Church include a shocking number of persons who, in all honesty, must be considered major nut cases. It's an indication of how deranged the religious impulse can be that their lunacy is not merely unrecognized, but reinterpreted as an expression of supreme sanctification.
The full story of these saints–those whose existence is verifiable rather than legendary–can be gleaned from the work of legitimate historians. But it is remarkable how much uncensored information is offered by the Church itself, which seems oblivious to how repulsive much of it is to the average person. The stories tell of men who clearly court death in defiance of the proscriptions against suicide, who tormented themselves to irrational extremes, who indulged in pointless eccentricities, yet are revered for being maniacs and tyrants.
It is also strange, and potentially perverting, to see the highly effeminate manner in which they're illustrated ("Holy Card" style) with delicate, feminine features, beardless faces in bearded times, and a simpering expression on their faces. Even John the Baptist (in the aforementioned book) is depicted as a virtual girl rather than as the coarse wilderness dweller he was.
For women, the stories all too often revolve around a psychotic horror of sexuality and the desire to escape it at all costs. Many prayed to be made ugly, a prayer that was often granted (since God is said to help those who help themselves). Numerous women who were forced by their families to marry managed to persuade their husbands to live with them in perpetual virginity. (Perhaps they were fortunate enough to have been paired with one of the holy effeminates.)
My book has both an Imprimatur and a Nihil Obstat, but I certainly object! You'll see when you read of just a few of the wackos whom the Church has seen fit to elevate to sainthood, recommending them to us.
ST. ALBINUS considered himself the lowliest of God's creatures. (And he was damned proud of it, too!) A conceit of the pious, but as Nietzsche pointed out, "lowlier than thou" is just a covert form of "holier than thou."
ST. ALOYSIUS GONZAGA was an annoying little sissy who fainted whenever he heard "indecent" talk. It took him forever to climb the stairs, since he'd stop to say a prayer at every step. He liked mortification, and he had a fascination with the repulsive, particularly chamberpot duty.
ST. ADRIAN was a Roman guard who was so impressed by his Christian wards that he asked to be jailed with them. His Christian wife (who ostensibly hadn't impressed him) shaved her head to pass as a man so she could visit him in jail, where she encouraged him to be a martyr. When they cut off his legs she prayed for his hands to be cut off as well.
ST. BENEDICT LABRE, itinerant ascetic, was so filthy, emaciated and strange that he was rejected by several monastic orders whose members weren't so spiffy themselves. Despite a life of homelessness and deprivation he miraculously managed to live to the ripe old age of 35.
ST. CASSIAN was such an odious tyrant that he was stabbed to death by his own student using their writing stilettos. (Is is still martyrdom when Christians kill a Christian?)
ST. CATHERINE OF GENOA slept with thistles, put wormwood in her food, and dragged her tongue on the ground if she spoke unnecessarily. She was yet another holy virgin who persuaded her husband to join her. She kissed a plague victim, probably hoping she'd die sooner, and was sick for years after.
ST. CATHERINE OF SWEDEN, as an infant, allegedly rejected her mother's breast if if her mother recently had sex. (Several saints did this.) As a young woman she persuaded her husband to live with her in perpetual chastity. (Once again, the Church makes a hero out of a sexually maladjusted neurotic.) As an older woman, she spent the last 25 years of her life torturing herself for sins she hadn't committed. (She certainly didn't have any sexual sins to repent of!)
ST. CYPRIAN–His epistle goes on about how God loves "glorious gore." Despite that view, he (so unlike a saint) ran away from the opportunity to be a martyr. But he got it eight years later.
ST. CYR, as a three-year-old who watched his mother stripped, flogged, and racked for being a Christian. He volunteered that he was a Christian, too, and his mother rejoiced when he was thrown down the stairs to his death.
ST. EBBA–Abbess. She and her nuns cut off their noses and lips to discourage the Vikings from raping them–a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Later, ST. MARGARET OF CORTONA, under no such threat, had to be discouraged from doing the same just for the heck of it.
ST. ETHELREDA had two sexless marriages, then joined the convent run by St. Ebba. Of Ethelreda it is written, "Sufferings were her delight." (Many other saints shared this proclivity.) If she enjoyed it, then it wasn't suffering! Masochism is a form of mental derangement not to be confused with virtue. Courageously enduring unavoidable suffering is a virtue; seeking it out is not.
ST. FERDINAND was remarkably tolerant of Jews–provided they wore funny hats and paid large fines, they were only moderately persecuted. He rescued Christian slaves from pagans, then turned around and sold pagan slaves to Christians.
ST. HEDWIG–despite her aversion to sex–gave birth to six children. She hated her husband and would not speak to him in private. She eventually left him and joined a Discalced (barefoot) order of nuns, where she liked to wash the feet of the other nuns and then drink the filthy water.
ST. JOHN CAPISTRANO, after getting religion, rode through town backwards on a donkey wearing a paper hat with his sins written on them. He hated Jews (that wasn't on his hat). Not only was he a Crusader, but he worked for the Inquisition.
ST. JOHN OF GOD acted like a madman in order to bring humiliations on himself. But anyone who'd act insane in order to be humiliated isn't acting–he IS insane. Plus he was a slave dealer.
ST. LUCY–Santa Lucia of song–was (like several female saints) sentenced to a stint in a whorehouse, but her virginity was miraculously preserved. Once a man complimented her eyes, so, obeying Jesus, she plucked them out and gave them to him. (ST. TRIDUANA also discouraged an unwanted suitor by plucking out her eyes.)
ST. MACARIUS felt guilty about killing a fly, so he retreated naked into the desert for 6 months to be bitten by insects. When a monk died and left 100 crowns to the order, Macarius showed his contempt for money by burying it with the monk instead of, say, giving it to the poor.
ST. ODO OF CLUNY is known for his proverb "Inter faeces et urinam, nascimur." (We are born between shit and piss.) What a wholesome attitude toward human reproduction.
ST. OLAF was a Viking leader who, once converted, pursued his religious duty with Viking vigor, hacking off hands, gouging eyes, plundering, burning houses–anything to encourage conversion. His subjects understandably hated him, so they joined with England's King Canute to defeat him in battle. That was his "martyrdom"!
ST. POTAMIAENA, for refusing to relinquish her virginity, was condemned to be stripped naked and placed in boiling oil. However, she begged not to be stripped naked, but to be placed in the oil fully dressed. Her request was granted. Worse than being boiled alive, this implies, is to be seen naked.
ST. PETER OF ALACANTRA slept a maximum of an hour and a half nightly in a cell too small to lie down in, crouching with the back of his head against a spike. He howled at night, which kept his fellow monks from sleeping much as well.
ST. ROSE OF LIMA was a big fan of ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA, of which more later. She hated being beautiful, so she cut off her hair and rubbed pepper on her face to blister it. She slept on bricks, put nettles in her gloves, whipped herself with chains, and gouged her flesh with broken glass. She also wore a crown of thorns and slept in a coffin on Fridays to remind her of death. She got her heart's desire at 31.
ST. SIMEON STYLITES sat on a pillar, a medieval fad, for 36 (or 68) years. He could have done something useful, but NO!
ST. TARCISIUS (emphasis on syllables 2 & 3) was the bane of Catholic schoolchildren. He was a "hero" for getting himself killed by street toughs rather than giving up a host. Although one wonders why they'd want it that much, or that if they couldn't just take it after he died, he would have died for nothing. Bottom line: He (and we) are worth less than a little round wafer.
ST. THEODORE OF SYKEON lived in a wooden cage between Christmas and Palm Sunday. Later he lived in an iron cage suspended over rocks with his hands and feet in iron rings.
ST. URSULA and several associates (either eleven or a thousand) suffered death at the hands of the Huns rather than lose their virginity. (Why the Huns would give them any choice at all is inexplicable.)
Why do Christian saints crave death as they do? The pious Christian life is so dreary, you'd want to die, too!
(Note: The most useful source for this information is Saints Preserve Us! by Sean Kelly.)
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"Palácios" é uma canção da banda brasileira de rock cristão Rebanhão, contida em seu quinto álbum de estúdio, Princípio, lançado em junho de 1990.

Escrita pelo tecladista e vocalista Pedro Braconnot, a canção possui influências do folk rock, pop rock e do rock progressivo, sendo uma das faixas de maior notoriedade na carreira da banda e foi executada em praticamente todos os shows até o final da década de 90, quando o grupo encerrou as atividades.

Com uma letra de reflexão e crítica social, a faixa esteve dentre as canções mais executadas nas rádios de nicho protestante de sua época, sendo posteriormente regravada e parafraseada por vários artistas.

História
Segundo a banda, "Palácios" foi escrita por Pedro Braconnot em meados de 1987, quando a banda produzia o álbum Novo Dia. A faixa não foi utilizada no álbum, devido ao receio de Pedro em relação à sua letra, que critica a influência do poder político, financeiro e de drogas na sociedade. Por isso, a canção acabou sendo guardada para o disco seguinte, Princípio.

Na opinião de Braconnot, "Palácios" é uma das composições mais importantes de sua carreira musical, e é um dos exemplos pelos quais acredita que os músicos cristãos também devem abordar problemas sociais em suas canções.

Performances ao vivo
"Palácios" continuou a ser tocada durante muitos anos nos shows do Rebanhão. Após a saída do baterista Fernando Augusto, a banda a executava com o músico Sérgio Batera, e após a saída de Carlinhos Felix, Braconnot, juntamente com Paulo Marotta tocou em alguns eventos. Após a reformulação de integrantes, Pedro Braconnot a manteve no repertório de eventos do Rebanhão.

Ficha técnica
Créditos adaptados do encarte do álbum:
Banda
Pedro Braconnot - vocais, teclado, sintetizadores
Carlinhos Felix - violão, guitarras
Paulo Marotta - baixo
Fernando Augusto - bateria
Equipe técnica
Amaro Moço - engenharia de áudio

Versões cover

"Palácios" foi a música do Rebanhão que mais recebeu regravações. A primeira foi do cantor Paulinho Makuko, no qual a interpretou no álbum A lei do Rei, lançado em meados de 1993.

Em 1996 o ex-vocalista e guitarrista do Rebanhão, Carlinhos Felix a gravou em carreira solo, em seu álbum Ao Vivo, mantendo praticamente intacto o seu arranjo.

O cantor João Alexandre utilizou-se de um dos trechos da música em sua composição "Tudo é Vaidade", registrada no álbum O Melhor de João Alexandre, de 2000. Em 2006, a banda Promises a registra no disco Uma Nova Direção, com arranjos distintos à versão original.

No entanto, o cover de maior notoriedade é o de Fernanda Brum, em 2011, para seu álbum ao vivo Glória in Rio. Na ocasião, a canção foi gravada em homenagem ao Rebanhão e Pedro Braconnot, que mantém um contato de muitos anos com Brum e seu marido, o tecladista Emerson Pinheiro.

Em 2017, o cantor Paulo César Baruk e o pianista Leandro Rodrigues regravaram "Palácios" para o álbum Piano e Voz, Amigos e Pertences 2. Baruk é notório por ser fã do Rebanhão.

Canções de 1990
Canções de Rebanhão

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VOLstarter Success
by Brooks Clark January 15, 2015
When Michael Locher ('88)—CEO and chairman of Enterprise Integration in Jacksonville, Florida—first heard about the VOLstarter crowdfunding website, he spent some time browsing through the videos posted by students and faculty seeking relatively small donations to support specific projects. Locher thought he might find a project that he could support. What he wasn't expecting, however, was to find an idea for solving a professional problem that had long plagued him.
Jessica Boles is a senior in electrical engineering and the vice president of Systers: Women in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UT. She had signed up with VOLstarter seeking funding to produce a video encouraging women to become engineers. "UT has always encouraged me strongly to pursue my passion for engineering," Boles says. "Systers encourages more women to do the same and mentors them along the way. I have had several classes in which I was the only female, and that's what we're trying to change."
"By creating a viral video of real women telling their stories—stories often untold—we can show young women just how powerful they can be. Your generous donations will allow us to hire a professional videographer to help create a high quality and efficient video. Your gift will also help us secure YouTube advertising spots so that we may be able to impact more women in a large platform."
When Locher saw the post, he said to himself, "That's exactly something I want to get behind."
He gave $5,000 and wrote in the comment field, "I am looking to give back to my university and to help diversify more women in the world of computer science! We need interns! We need to hire graduates, and the industry is underserved by the lack of females in this exciting and ever-changing field."
Boles was grateful for Locher's gift and his words. "It validated what we're trying to do," says Boles of efforts to target females in their teenage years. "All we can do is introduce more girls to engineering in hopes that they will consider it."
Boles' interest in engineering came from her father, Gregg, a mechanical engineer. "I always knew I wanted to be an engineer," says Boles, who is majoring in electrical engineering, focusing on power electronics with renewable energy applications. "I like math and physics. My dad and I always enjoyed tinkering in the garage. But if you don't have a family member or an influence in your life, engineering can be hard to understand."
After reading Locher's comment about needing interns the VOLstarter staff put him in touch with UT Career Services to set up internship opportunities for promising students. Locher even visited UT for several days in February to meet with professors and students, and he hopes to return in April for a very special occasion—the women in engineering conference entitled WomEngineers Day that Boles and her peers are putting together.
"I am passionate about developing the talents of young women and addressing the lack of women within information technology," says Locher, who graduated from UT with a BS in marketing and a minor in logistics. "It's an endemic industry issue. If you go down and look at our staff and the résumés that we get, we are probably 96 percent male.
"Then you look at all the strengths that women bring. We want to grab those skill sets so that we can develop someone with great technical skills and great customer service. We need to develop the people with the critical system-thinking and business skills."
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In tandem with his partner Leon Huff, producer and songwriter Kenny Gamble was the principal architect behind the lush and seductive Philly Soul sound, one of the most popular and influential musical developments of the 1970s. Born in Philadelphia on August 11, 1943, he first teamed with Huff during the late '50s while a member of the harmony group the Romeos, a unit which also included another aspiring area musician named Thom Bell, who would become crucial to Gamble's later success. "The 81," a 1964 single by the little-known Candy & the Kisses, was the inaugural Gamble-Huff co-production, and three years later the duo scored their first Top Five pop hit with the Soul Survivors' "Expressway to Your Heart." Soon recruiting the aforementioned Bell as arranger, they subsequently scored with smashes including Archie Bell & the Drells' "I Can't Stop Dancing" and Jerry Butler's "Only the Strong Survive," gradually forging their own distinctive sound.
Gamble and Huff's success on labels including Atlantic and Chess — as well as their own Neptune and Gamble imprints — spurred them to contact Columbia in the hopes of opening a new affiliate company, one inspired by the continued success of Berry Gordy and Motown. Columbia agreed, and in 1970 the duo's Philadelphia International Records was born. Given a $75,000 advance for 15 singles, with LPs budgeted at $25,000 apiece, Gamble and Huff soon exploded into the national musical consciousness, selling some ten million records in the span of nine months thanks to monster hits including Billy Paul's "Me and Mrs. Jones," Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes' "If You Don't Know Me by Now" and the O'Jays' "Back Stabbers" and "Love Train." Their signature aesthetic — an intoxicating combination of sweeping strings, smoky horns and insistent rhythms — emerged as the definitive soul sound of the early '70s, also becoming the blueprint for the rise of disco during the latter half of the decade.
Under Gamble and Huff, Philadelphia International launched hit after hit from acts including the Intruders, MFSB, and the Three Degrees. The bottom fell out in 1975, however, when the label became embroiled in a payola scandal; charged with offering bribes in exchange for radio airplay, Gamble was fined $2500, although Huff was acquitted. Probably not coincidentally, the duo's work began to suffer at much the same time, and as the decade drew to a sound their classic Philly soul sound began to grow stale and derivative. Hits became increasingly rare, although the 1979 McFadden & Whitehead single "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" was a significant return to form. Throughout the disco era Philadelphia International's most consistent hitmaker was Teddy Pendergrass, but in the wake of the tragic 1982 car accident which left the singer paralyzed, the career of Gamble and Huff began to dissipate as well, and they rarely resurfaced on record in the years to follow.


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JASPER, Ind. (AP) _ Southern Indiana's sprawling Hoosier National Forest is ending the year-round cave closures officials imposed nearly a decade ago to protect hibernating bats from a deadly disease.
The policy barring the public from caves in the 200,000-acre national forest took effect in 2009 to combat the spread of white-nose syndrome. That fungal disease has killed millions of bats in the U.S. and Canada.
But The (Jasper) Herald reports officials announced Thursday that the national forest's caves will now be open to the public May 1 through Aug. 31 each year and closed Sept. 1 through April 30.
While the fungal disease remains a serious issue, biologists determined that since it has spread throughout Indiana, neighboring states and beyond, closing the caves year-round wasn't an effective means of protecting the bats.


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Gen. Fin. Co. v. Pa. T. F.M.C. Ins. Co.
Trivitt v. Serfass
The law is clear that an insured is required to provide prompt notice of an accident to his or her insurance…
Spatz v. Nascone
Likewise, a court ordinarily cannot disregard a clause in a contract to which a reasonable meaning can be…
Full title:General Finance Company v. Pennsylvania Threshermen Farmers' Mutual…
Court:Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Date published: Jan 3, 1944
35 A.2d 409 (Pa. 1944)
35 A.2d 409
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
November 26, 1943.
January 3, 1944.
Insurance — Casualty — Terms — Construction — Failure to give written notice of Accident — Excuse — Finance companies — Automobile sales agencies.
1. The purpose of the requirement in a casualty insurance policy for prompt written notice of an accident is to permit the insurer to make an investigation and defend any claim arising out of the accident, and where the delay in giving such notice is due to circumstances not attributable to neglect or bad faith on the part of insured and the required notice is in fact furnished within a reasonable time under the circumstances, failure to file within the time stipulated is excusable. [361]
2. When the language used is plain and unambiguous, the rights of the parties must be determined by the provisions of the instruments wherein they committed their agreement to writing. [363]
3. Where a casualty insurance policy provided for indemnity against liability arising out of an accident caused by reason of the operation or use of an automobile "for any purpose . . . incidental to the assured's business of operating an automobile garage, sales agency, service station, and/or repair shop", and further provided that the premium for the policy should be based "upon the compensation earned . . . by all persons engaged in the business described herein, and such compensation shall include . . . payments for piecework", and it appeared that an associate of insured's agent was involved in an accident while en route to insured's sales service station with an automobile which had been repossessed by the agent for the insured, and it further appeared that the agent received compensation from the insured on numerous occasions and was paid piecework for each individual repossession coming within that category, it was Held that (1) driving the repossessed car to the insured's sales office was a purpose incidental to its business of operating an automobile and sales agency within the meaning of the policy, and (2) insured's agent and his associate were "engaged" by insured within the meaning of the policy. [359-63]
Argued November 26, 1943.
Before MAXEY, C. J., DREW, LINN, STERN, PATTERSON and STEARNE, JJ.
Appeal, No. 242, Jan. T., 1943, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., June T., 1941, No. 1766, in case of General Finance Company v. Pennsylvania Threshermen Farmers' Mutual Casualty Insurance Company. Judgment affirmed.
Same case below: 48 Pa. D. C. 476.
Assumpsit. Before LEWIS, J.
Verdict directed for plaintiff and judgment entered thereon. Defendant appealed.
Samuel S. Herman, with him George L. Cogan, for appellant.
David S. Malis and Arthur S. Arnold, for appellee.
OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE PATTERSON, January 3, 1944:
This is an action in assumpsit by the General Finance Company, appellee, on an insurance policy issued to it by the Pennsylvania Threshermen and Farmers' Mutual Casualty Insurance Company, appellant, to recover the amount paid by appellee to discharge verdicts rendered against it in several trespass suits. The policy provides for indemnity against liability arising by reason of the operation of automobiles owned by appellee and/or use of an automobile for a purpose incidental to its business. The trial court directed a jury to return a verdict in favor of appellee. This appeal is from the action of the court below dismissing appellant's motions for judgment non obstante veredicto and for a new trial.
The General Finance Company is engaged in the business of financing automobiles. In connection therewith it operates a sales service station where it repairs and sells automobiles which it may have acquired by repossession after default by conditional purchasers. One James R. MacWilliams, of Washington, D.C., frequently made repossessions for appellee and, either he or his associate, Houston, would then deliver the repossessed cars to its place of business in Philadelphia. On December 7, 1937, while enroute to Philadelphia, his associate was involved in a three-car collision, damaging the automobiles of one Scrivan and one Warfield and injuring a passenger in the Warfield car. On December 10, 1937, appellee was advised of the accident. Irving Silver, collection manager of appellee, immediately contacted its broker, Stein, requesting that appellant be duly notified. Stein thereupon contacted H. C. Fenno, the broker through whom the insurance had been effected. Alexander Maxwell, general manager of appellant, was immediately notified of the accident by telephone. Fenno was referred to Eli Betzer, branch manager of appellant's Philadelphia office, who, being of opinion that no liability was imposed, and desirous of avoiding the creation of a reserve fund before the beginning of the following year, advised that appellee should not submit any formal written notice of the accident at that time.
On February 10, 1938, summons of suit begun by Scrivan in a Baltimore city court was served on appellee by registered mail. This summons, together with a statement of claim, was immediately forwarded to appellant, which received it February 11. This was the first written notice to appellant of the accident. Appellant made an investigation, and its counsel appeared on behalf of appellee and successfully contested the action. Subsequently separate suits were instituted in the Federal District Court in Philadelphia by Warfield, and Waggaman, a passenger in the Warfield car. On December 9, 1938, counsel for appellant sent a formal letter of disclaimer to appellee and refused to defend the actions. On December 19, a non-waiver agreement was entered into wherein appellant consented to appear and defend the suits on behalf of appellee, reserving the right to deny liability under the policy for any loss sustained by appellee as a result of these actions. Verdicts against the appellee were subsequently paid by it. Appellant, exercising the right reserved to deny liability under the indemnity contract, refused to indemnify appellee for the amount of the verdicts so paid. This action was then instituted.
Denial of liability is based upon appellant's contentions that (1) appellee failed to give prompt written notice, thereby breaching a condition of the insurance contract and voiding it; (2) that the policy by its terms does not cover the accident from which appellee's loss arose for MacWilliams was not "engaged in the business described", hence no premium was paid which was intended to cover his activities; and, (3) that the insurance was limited to include liability arising in and about the locations described in the policy.
The purpose of the requirement for notice is to permit the insurer to make an investigation and defend any claim arising out of the accident. The successful defense to the Scrivan suit indicates that opportunity for sufficient investigation did exist. Considering the circumstances appellant cannot now insist upon the failure to give prompt written notice. Appellant's action, through its general manager Maxwell and branch manager Betzer, was of a nature clearly calculated to and did prevent prompt submission by appellee of written notice of the accident. In Curran v. The National L. Ins. Co., U.S. of A., 251 Pa. 420, we said (p. 432): "where the delay in . . . the giving of notice is due to circumstances not attributable to neglect or bad faith on the part of [appellee] and the required . . . notice [was] in fact furnished within a reasonable time under the circumstances, failure to file within the time stipulated is excusable." See Windsor Mfg. Co. v. Globe Rutgers F. Ins. Co., 277 Pa. 374, 379-80.
The policy insured against loss or expenses suffered by appellee "for damages in consequence of an accident occurring during the term of the policy, within the limits of the United States and Canada, caused by reason of: . . . (2) the ownership, maintenance, operation, and/or use of any style, type, or make of automobile . . . for any purpose . . . incidental to the assured's business of operating an automobile garage, sales agency, service station, and/or repair shop . . ." Clause N of the Garage and Sales Agency Endorsement provides: "The premium for the policy is based upon the compensation earned during the period of the policy by all persons engaged in the business described herein, and such compensation shall include salary, wages, commissions, payments for piecework, overtime, or allowances . . . The assured shall, during the entire period of the policy, keep a complete and accurate record of all accounts and expenditures above referred to." Provision is made for a computation of the premium at the end of each policy period. Should the premium exceed the estimated premium, appellee must pay to appellant additional premiums earned. If the premium is less than the estimated premium appellant must return to appellee the unearned amount. In any event, however, appellant is guaranteed the minimum stated in the application for the policy.
We may assume that liability arising from accidents, for which the appellant is bound to indemnify appellee, is restricted to those who may be considered engaged and whose compensation is made the basis for the amount of premium paid. It is not without purpose that Paragraph N provides "such compensation shall include salary, wages, commissions, payments for piecework . . ." It is admitted that MacWilliams received compensation on numerous occasions and that he was paid piecework for each individual repossession coming within that category. If the auditors of appellant, in checking the payroll and records of all compensation paid, have failed to properly include compensation for piecework, thereby preventing an increased premium, appellant cannot complain. The car was being brought back to the appellee's Philadelphia sales department after having been repossessed. It cannot be seriously contended that this was not a purpose incidental to the appellee's business of operating an automobile garage and sales agency. Houston, at the time of the accident, was engaged in the business of appellee, and liability arising from the use of the car was insured against.
The scope of the policy is very broad, insuring against loss in consequence of an accident occurring "within the limits of the United States and Canada." Appellant contends that it could not have been the intention of the parties to enter into an agreement of such broad application. It suggests to this Court that every possible location in the United States would be covered instead of the locations specifically mentioned in the policy. It urges that the intention was to limit the scope of the policy to liability arising in and about Philadelphia. "Where the language used is plain and unambiguous, the rights of the parties must be determined by the provisions of the instruments wherein they committed their agreement to writing": Musselman v. Sharswood B. L., 323 Pa. 550, 556; Siegel Company v. Philadelphia Record Co., 348 Pa. 245, decided this day. The language of the contract is quite definite. It covers all accidents arising in the United States and Canada if the employee or agent is engaged at the time of the accident by any of the four branches whose location is stated in the application for the insurance, the one with which we are concerned being No. 674 North Broad Street, Philadelphia. The case of United States F. G. Co. v. Baldwin Motor Company, 34 S.W.2d 815, relied upon by appellant, is not inconsistent with our determination. There the employee was fifteen years of age and specifically excluded from the operation of the policy. He was also engaged by a branch office not covered by the policy. The latter reason is also the basis for the decision in Hardware Mutual Casualty Co. v. Higgason, 175 Tenn. 357.
We are of opinion that MacWilliams and his associate were "engaged" by appellee within the meaning of the policy; that the automobile involved was owned by appellee; and that it was being used for a purpose "incidental to the business" of assured. The resulting liability is, therefore, within the scope of the indemnity contract. If the liability imposed under the contract seems unreasonable, the remedy is a change in the terms of the policy. Were we to sustain the contention of the appellant we would, in effect, be writing a new policy of insurance. That is not the function of this Court.


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Program on Crisis Leadership
Why and How to Adopt a "Resilience Strategy" to Counter Terror: An Israeli Perspective
Date & Time: Wednesday, December 6, 2017, 2:15-3:30 PM
Location: Room 226/Ash Center Conference Room, Suite 200 North, 124 Mt Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA
In this seminar, Dr. Meir Elran, director of the Homeland Security Program at the Institute of National Security Studies in Israel and a retired Brigadier General in the Israel Defense Forces, made the case that Israel and other countries should shift from a strategy of resistance to terrorism (i.e., trying to prevent every single attack – an impossible task, he argued) to one that more heavily emphasizes societal resilience. Elran explored how various factors, including local and national leadership and public trust, affect and complicate efforts to promote, develop, and sustain resilient societies that experience an especially high level of terrorist attacks, as is the case in Israel.
Organized by the Program on Crisis Leadership and co-sponsored by the Homeland Security Project (Belfer Center), the Crisis Management Professional Interest Council, and the International Security Professional Interest Council, all at the Harvard Kennedy School.
Command Under Attack: Emergency Response to Urban Terrorism
Date & Time: Wednesday, October 11, 2017, 4:15-5:30 PM
Location: Ash Center Foyer, Suite 200 North, 124 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA
Drawing from research they have conducted on the Boston Marathon bombings in 2013, the multi-site Paris attacks in November 2015, and similar events in other cities over the past several years, PCL Faculty Co-Directors Arnold Howitt and Dutch Leonard discussed how urban centers can prepare for and respond to acts of terror.
Coffee Chat with the Office of Emergency Management at Harvard University
Date: Thursday, March 9, 2017, 3-4 PM
Location & Time: Suite 160, Room 105, 124 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA
The Crisis Management PIC at Harvard Kennedy School welcomed Brian Mazmanian, Associate Director of Emergency Management at Harvard University, to speak about his work on emergency preparedness at Harvard and how the University responds to crises big and small. An informal coffee chat and Q & A followed.
Organized by the Crisis Management PIC at Harvard Kennedy School and the Program on Crisis Leadership, Harvard Kennedy School


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Join me as I go through the new Sisters of Battle Beta Codex and work to turn it from zero to hero.
Chapter Approved 2018 is out and with it has come the new Sisters of Battle Beta Codex, at last the nuns with guns are back. I've given the book a thorough poring over and even played a game with it. After careful consideration and getting in a game with the new book, I've come to the sad realization that the Codex needs help. I think that if the final book is very close to the beta book it could be one of the weakest armies in the game but also one of the most confusing. Luckily for use this is just a Beta Codex! GW in their wisdom has seen to fit to ask for feedback on the book, and I figured I'd throw my hat in the ring and share it. So join me as we go through the book and look at what's wrong with it and how we can fix it.
NOTE: Due to the amount I have to say on this subject I've had to break it up in several parts. This article is going to deal with the negative aspects I see in the Act of Faith system. It may feel like a downer or rant to some of you. I do have good things to say and a lot of hopefully constructive criticism that will be in part 2. I don't want this to come off as an attack on anyone. The design staff works hard on books and I appreciate that, my hope is that since this is beta Codex and they have asked for feedback I can provide some. I ask that you stay with us to part 2 which I hope will offer up a bunch of solutions.
To start this series out I want to look at arguably the most iconic part of the Sisters of Battle army, Acts of Faith. Faith is the defining characteristic of the Adepta Sororitas and Acts of Faith are how the army represents that on the table top. It's the key in my mind to getting the whole army right, and its also one of the weakest parts of the book. So lets take a look at them.
They should set the army apart from other similar armies.
They should have some sort of theme.
They should an interesting and unique mechanic that adds to the fun of playing Sisters of Battle.
They should have a meaningful effect on any game.
Using Acts of Faith should be a core part of playing Sister of Battle and good use of them will set a good player apart from a bad play.
You get few of them but they have a major impact on the game, swinging engagements in your favor. They represent a major Divine Intervention, and could be unreliable.
You get a lot of them but they have minor impacts on the game. They are a constant presence in your army but are very reliable. They represent the small manifestations of Imperial Will that go along with everyday faith.
The Beta Codex in my mind does not meet any of the goals for faith that I have laid out. It has modified the Faith rules to be, dull, mediocre and redundant all at the same time. Lets take a look at how.
The core failing of the Beta Codex faith system is that it is simply the Stratagem/Command Point system with the most minor tweaks (in fact I would not be surprised if this was an early rejected version of the CPs). Lets look at the similarities.
You start every game with a base of 3 CP and 3 Faith points.
Extra CPs are normally generated by detachments, the more units you take the more you have access to CPS. Extra Faith Points are generated based on the number of faithful models you have. the more units/models you take the more FP you will have.
You can spend CPs to activate Stratagems thus depleting you pool. You can spend FP to activate Acts of Faith thus depleting your FP pool.
So you can see how the two systems are very very similar. In fact the only real difference is that Stratagems can cost a variable number of CPs but always go off (barring AoV) where as AoF always cost only one Faith Point but have a random chance of going off. All this to me makes the Faith system dull. It's hardly unique and is basically something every army, including SoB, already has.
The Index Sisters of Battle presented us with some very powerful Acts of Faith, ones that in my mind meet the Major Intervention standard. They were also pretty simply. You had one that let move twice, one the let you shoot twice, and one that let you fight twice. You also had one that healed a unit. Now some people have argued that the Index AoF were too good and needed to be toned down. Well GW sure seems to have listened because the new ones have been severely nerfed. Lets take a look at them.
Hand of the Emperor – add 3″ to a units movement. This is a lot worse than the old double move. In particular when used on flying units in the list. Sisters aren't an assault army and 3″ is just not much extra movement. It's not the worst, but I'm hard pressed to think of many situation with SoB I really where I really wished a unit could move 3″ inches.
Spirit of the Martyr – Heal a unit for D3 wounds or bring a model back. This one is unchanged from the index. It was however already the most useless of the index AoF. While it seems really good on the surface you have to remember that: A. most individual Sisters of Battle are 9-11 points and B. Hospitallers already do the same thing.
Aegis of the Emperor – Give a Unit a 4+ FNP vs mortal wounds for a Pyschic phase. Pretty decent if you fight a psychic heavy army, otherwise useless. The army also already has a lot of ways to stop psychic attacks.
Divine Guidance – +1 to hit with ranged attacks for a shooting one. This one is also OK. It's a massive step down from being able to shoot twice but can still be kind of useful. It's hampered by a couple key things. First off, Sisters are already good at shooting, they hit on a 3+ and can pretty easily re-roll 1s. Extra accuracy only goes so far. Moreover while SoB are a shooting army, individual units dont carry all that much fire power. Giving a heavy bolter and a handful of boltguns 1+ to hit is hardly game changing. Even the best units are carring only 4 heavy bolters or melta-weapons.
The Passion – You can be picked to fight twice. This is a slight change from the Index fight twice as it happens in the fight phase rather than giving you a round of fighting at the start of your turn. While this one seems really solid you have to remember that most SoB units are not good in combat. This is only really useful when used on a handful of units.
Light of the Emperor – Auto Pass Morale tests for a phase. There is already a stratagem that does the same thing. Moreover SoB have at least 3 other ways of ignoring of serious negating moral checks.
B. you can only use them once a turn.
Because of this they are just not going to have much effect on any game, and feel like minor incidental bonuses. If I could give the bulk of my army +1 to hit that would be great. Giving one unit is pretty meh.
Lastly looking at that list, can you tell me why any of those should be Acts of Faith and not Stratagems? In fact most of those ARE stratagems in other books. Hell Light of the Emperor is a generic stratagem everyone can use. When I played using the Beta book AoF always felt like an afterthought. A random minor buff I could try to use, but not something I needed or wanted. Certainly not anything to plan a reliable strategy around.
I think this is a good time to talk about the stratagem Vessel of the Emperor's Will. For 3 CP you can have an act successful used on a character affect all units within 6″ inches. I know a lot of you are most likely pointing at this and saying that it is what makes AoF good. This is how you have an Act effect your whole army. Will I am here to say, that while you might be right, this stratagem has a very big flaw.
First off I shouldn't need a stratagem to make Acts of Faith good. They should be good on their own. In addition it's a very expensive stratagem. At best you'll get 3-4 uses of it, so it won't effect most of your AoF. It also very gimmicky to try and it use it will force you to run your army in a large clump, then hope you can get the right AoF off to use this on. However should you fail the faith test your whole plan will just come apart. It kind of feels like they made this stratagem and then decided they couldn't make any of the AoF too good due to it. I'd rather it just wasn't in the book.
One of the issues I have with the Acts of Faith is many of them feel Redundant, rather than special. Take Light of the Emperor, as I said you already have a stratagem to do that. It doesn't let you do anything new, just something you could already do. Same with Spirit of the Martyr, you already have Hospitallers for that. Aegis of the Emperor is unique effect, but you still already have a lot of other ways of fighting pyskers so this doesn't feel really special. Taken as a whole the system even feel redundant with Command Points. With those major points out of the way, lets pivot to two other issues I have with the AoF system.
One thing that intrigued me when GW first previewed the new AoF system was scaling. In the Warhammer Community article they stated "Unlike in the previous system, Acts of Faith are designed to scale up based on army size…" This is presented as a positive thing and an improvement from the Index. And many people have taken it as such, under the Index you had a limit of Acts of Faith that didn't really have anything to do with army size. Now it does, now larger armies will have more faith, and smaller ones less. Right?
Well… kind of. The Truth is both systems scaled based on army size. The current system gives you a point per 10 models plus 3 base. Thats a pretty simply and fine scale. The old system gave you one base a turn. No scaling there. However you could get extra attempts at faith, one from Celestine, and one from each Imagifier you took. In most 2000 pts games this would give you 5 chances a turn. However even with the rule of 3 for each 1,000 points you could take an extra Imagifier giving you an extra attempt per 1000 points. So both did scale.
Lets look at one more thing. The new system may scale the number of Faith Points you get, but it does not scale the number you can use. In fact in a 6 round game you can never use more than 30 Acts of Faith, no matter the game size. Given the number of Faith Points you can get through stratagems and Order Convictions its possible you could enter the last turns of a game with more FP then you could possibly spend. I just don't see how that is good.
The last issue I will raise with AoF is their random nature. Each act has a Devotion value between 3-5 that you have to equal or beat on a D6 roll to use. Fail, and the FP is wasted, the Act has no effect and can't be tried again that turn. This serves to make AoF very random, with the best ones being unreliable. Sure, you can use a combination of support characters, Order Devotions and unit upgrades to increase you changes of success, but given how underwhelming most of the effects are it hardly seems worthwhile. Minor buffs and randomness make the whole thing just feel like a waste of effort. And since so many are redundant I'm more likely just to do things the sure way. If I could try to use an AoF more than once I wouldn't mind as much, but as it is even if I want to use them there are going to be phases where I can't.
Lastly I find the way the randomness is done a unsatisfying. It doesn't feel tied to a unit's faith, just a general faith, and certain units that should be good at AoF aren't. Celestine and her Gemina for instance can't get any buffs to faith tests and so are the worst Sisters at using them in the book. Since Seraphim can't take an Imagifier they are worse at using AoF than a regular Battle Sister squad, as are most characters, which…. doesn't seem right.
So lets recap. Overall I find Acts of Faith both dull and underwhelming. Their system is almost the same as that of Stratagems, and they don't have any theme to set them apart from stratagems. Their effects are on the whole underwhelming and unreliable. Many of them can also be accomplished in other ways. They add extra book keeping, but not much extra value to the list. You are actually likely to get off less AoF then under the Index and each one will have less effect. However hope is not lost! Join me next time as we take a look at how we can turn Acts of Faith around and make them a core part of the army.
Let us know what you think of Acts of Faith and how you would improve them down in the comments!


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Hércules de Miranda, commonly known as just Hércules (June 2, 1912 – September 3, 1982), was an association footballer who played forward in the 1938 FIFA World Cup with Brazil.

Career
Hércules was born in Guaxupé, Minas Gerais state. He started his career in 1930, playing for Juventus, leaving the club in 1933, joining São Paulo da Floresta. He moved to Fluminense in the same year, leaving the club in 1941, after winning the Campeonato Carioca in 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940 and in 1941, and scoring 164 goals in 176 games. Hércules de Miranda joined Corinthians in 1942, playing 73 games and scoring 53 goals for the club until his retirement in 1948.

National team
He played six games for Brazil, scoring three goals. Hércules debut defending the national team was a 1938 FIFA World Cup game, played on June 5, 1938, against Poland. Hércules de Miranda scored his first two goals for the Braziln national team on March 10, 1940, against Argentina. His last game defending Brazil was played on March 31, 1940, when his country and Uruguay drew 1–1.

Honors

Club
Fluminense
Campeonato Carioca: 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941

References

1912 births
1982 deaths
Brazilian footballers
Brazil international footballers
Clube Atlético Juventus players
Fluminense FC players
Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players
1938 FIFA World Cup players
Association football forwards
Sportspeople from Minas Gerais


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Q: Displaying the contents of the stack I run MSIL inside Visual Studio or via Mdbg.
Is there any way of displaying the contents of the MSIL stack?
e.g. if I execute ldloc "some variable", is there any way of looking at the stack and seeing that the variable is now on the stack.
I'm presuming that the MSIL stack is not the same as the CPU stack i.e. the memory pointed to by the SP register?

A: At runtime, there actually isn't any "MSIL" stack. Even in debug mode the code that is executed is always JIT compiled. The process of JIT compiling MSIL "flattens" it from a virtual stack machine into ordinary assembly code for the platform you are running on. That means ldloc.0 might end up being translated into something like mov eax, [sp + 4], or even a no-op, if the value was already lying around in a register. If you want to debug the specific instruction ldloc, then you have to look at it in the dissasembly to see what the ldoloc was translated into and where it's actually loading the data from.
The WinDbg + SoS tools (mentioned in another post) will help you to view the CPU stack, from a managed-code perspective. They won't allow you, however, to see the "MSIL" stack because there isn't one to see.

A: You can do that and more using WinDbg + SoS. Check this question for references on how to use WinDbg.

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As I meditate on this devotion, I kept asking myself why would Jesus defend a woman caught in adultery: a sin with such a grievous consequence (stone to death) by the Jewish law.
But, Jesus said, let he who has never sinned (in other words, he who has never fallen) throw the first stone…surprisingly, they all slipped away one after the other until no one was left to judge her (John 8:7-11).
It doesn't matter where you failed or have fallen. Don't allow that voice of condemnation rob you of God's love and forgiveness.
Don't allow that evil/shadow of the past tie you to the past.
Jesus told the woman, "…didn't even one of them condemn you"? No Lord, she said. And Jesus said, "neither do I. Go and sin no more".
Prov. 24:16, "For the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of trouble".
Don't allow the mistake of your previous relationships rob you of your future celebration.
There is forgiveness with Jesus. Irrespective of what has happened, let the past live in the past.
God has a reason for permitting that fall, that loss, that rejection, that hurt.
God wants to use it to hasten your rising and miracles!
What God intends to bring out of your moments of falling is victory and testimony! You must rise above that situation. Don't allow it destroy your glory and hope. The biggest disaster do not prove to be a permanent setback!
You may have suffered a complete loss of what you hold dear, however, such a loss is never actually complete at all, for righteous people rise again even after falling seven times.
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