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Don't Be Upset about Nashville
In the midst of relief efforts underway in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood released what they have called the Nashville Statement. Named for the city in which it was written, it's a 14-point declaration on human sexuality.
If you know anything about the CBMW or the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission which hosted the CBMW at its annual conference, then you can probably guess what the Statement says. Naturally, it caused quite a stir on social media, and many friends and colleagues of mine have publicly spoken out against it.
But for those of us in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, I'm here to tell you why you shouldn't be so upset about the Nashville Statement.
It's nothing new.
The Nashville statement isn't groundbreaking. None of the views it espouses are new teachings, or even new interpretations of old teachings. It required no theological discernment to write and doesn't go into any depth (just like the Biblical interpretation that informs it). Many evangelical and fundamentalist churches hold to these same views. The Statement even acknowledges this lack of originality.
It says there are only two sexes (and that those "in between" physically must adhere to one or the other), gender is identical to biological sex, sex is solely for procreation, and cisgenderism and heterosexuality are the only gender identifications and sexualities created by God. Old hat, nothing revolutionary.
On many fundamental facts, it's just plain wrong.
It's based on a tired, shallow reading of the Bible. It also outright denies basic facts about humanity, sexuality, genetics, and science that have been known and proven for decades now. We know that in addition to visibly male and visibly female, there are people who visibly don't conform to either side of the sex binary. There are XX and XY chromosome combinations (what we consider "female" and "male"), but also XXY, XO, and mutations that cause some XX to develop severely masculine features and some XY to develop female internal sex organs or features–all of which are associated with the term "intersex".
The statement mischaracterizes the nature of homosexuality, bisexuality, pansexuality, asexuality, queerness, genderfluidity, genderqueerness, and even heterosexuality. It relies on the "absence of evidence" informal fallacy in determining what is and what is not acceptable, which is a fallacy for a reason. It completely ignores decades of careful research around these questions. Frankly, the statement is not just narrow-minded in its understanding of theology, but also in its understanding of facts.
Finally, you shouldn't be upset about the Nashville Statement because the ELCA accepts it.
Shocking, right? But go ahead and read Human Sexuality: Gift and Trust, the ELCA's social statement on… well, human sexuality. This is usually the statement cited when people talk about how awful the ELCA is (along with our horrible, terrible, no good willingness to work with the Episcopal Church). And in the eyes of many who signed the Nashville Statement, that sentiment is justified.
The ELCA's social statement on human sexuality says many commendable things. It acknowledges that sexuality is for more than simple procreation. It recognizes that marriages can become so toxic, harmful, and dangerous that divorce must follow. It lifts up that some in the church recognize the validity of what it calls "lifelong, publicly accountable, monogamous, same-gender relationships". It affirms a wider spectrum of sexuality and gender identity than the Nashville Statement. It supports birth control!
But have you read it? Then you know that it says this:
The historic Christian tradition and the Lutheran Confessions have recognized marriage as a covenant between a man and a woman.
We further believe that this church, on the basis of "the bound conscience," will include these different understandings and practices within its life as it seeks to live out its mission and ministry in the world.
Which leads to this:
On the basis of conscience-bound belief, some are convinced that same-gender sexual behavior is sinful, contrary to biblical teaching and their understanding of natural law. They believe same-gender sexual behavior carries the grave danger of unrepentant sin. They therefore conclude that the neighbor and the community are best served by calling people in same-gender sexual relationships to repentance for that behavior and to a celibate lifestyle. Such decisions are intended to be accompanied by pastoral response and community support.
The reality is that while some (few) parts of Human Sexuality: Gift and Trust are supportive of the LGBTQ+ community, it fails in two spectacular ways. One isn't really the statement's fault: social statements in the ELCA aren't enforceable laws. They are teaching documents that guide policy, but they aren't binding on anyone. Everyone is free to disregard them if they wish.
But the biggest failure is that Human Sexuality: Gift and Trust goes through all of this effort to carefully discuss sexuality, then explicitly and intentionally says that the harmful views of the Nashville Statement are not only found in the church, but should be honored and celebrated.
In theory, this sounds like a good idea. All viewpoints are acknowledged, our inability to agree is acknowledged, and there is a (tacit) commitment to continuing dialogue.
But this is what it looks like in practice: LGBTQ+ individuals routinely denied entrance to the candidacy process; LGBTQ+ candidates for ministry routinely denied interviews with congregations, or refused interviews by congregations; congregations refusing to allow their pastors to carry out the duties of their office for LGBTQ+ couples; LGBTQ+ individuals cast out of the community; all in the name of "bound conscience". All of this is explicitly allowed in the church.
Tolerance of a belief ends when it leads to harmful action. And that's what the ELCA allows. Our church explicitly allows discrimination against and the abuse of LGBTQ+ individuals because "bound conscience" protects not only attitudes, but actions that follow them. None of this is hypothetical–it happens, and the church condones it.
So yes. Continue the fight against the bad theology and science behind the Nashville Statement. We need to do better. We must do better. We didn't sign the Nashville Statement. But it's a little hypocritical to get too outraged by it when we allow its teachings in our own church.
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Posted on 30 August 2017 by Pastor KenPosted in ChurchTagged ELCA, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, human sexuality, LGBTQ+, Lutheran, Nashville Statement, PRIDE.
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pedal2metalpastor says:
I appreciate you raising the concerns above.
I disagree with your observation that the social statement "honors and celebrates" or that the church "condones" the perspectives of "bound conscience" any more than it does the accepting and inclusive ones. I recall some of the conversation being around "continuing to be church amid disagreement" rather than yet another schism (which kinda happened anyway – ala NALC, LCMC, etc.). Yes, it is taking a stance by NOT taking a stance.
I don't disagree that the path to harm is (And has been) open, but it is not because of this social statement. Congregations were, are and will continue to behave like this even if the social statement were one-sided. The same is still happening with women in ministry within our church, and it has been nearly 50 years.
It may simply be another indication of a flaw in de-centralized church authority, as you opined that these statements aren't really enforceable "rules." But would we want that? Would it resolve anything?
Anyway, just a few thoughts sparked by this article. Thanks, again, for shining a light on our own, corporate, unresolved tensions.


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However, I was getting ugly warnings about mismatches between processor selections.  To clean them up, I changed all projects to target 64-bit processors.  Suddenly, I could not use my 64-bit control on my forms.  Research revealed one article that said that Visual Studio is a 32-bit process, and therefore it could not host 64-bit controls in the toolbox, but it is still possible to use those controls dynamically.  But the KB article I found dated back to the days of VS 2008.
Is this still true in VS 2012?  How can I get my 64-bit control into the toolbox so I can drag and drop it onto a form?
Thank you very much.

A: Solution:
Add a Class Library to your Solution - Use the Any CPU flag to compile.
Move your UserControls to this library.
Add a reference in your x64 project to this library.
Build the solution, and then the UserControls are available in your x64 designers.

A: I ran into this when writing an application using 64-bit Oracle.DataAccess.  The solution then had to become 64-bit, leading to the usual problem with 64-bit controls not being draggable from the Toolbox onto forms.  I ended up making all components that had a Designer build with AnyCPU, but the rest of the application as x64.  Worked perfectly.

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Taking God Out of "God": A Crash Course in Semantics
by Kyle McDonald
As Ananda-trained yoga and meditation teachers, many of us find ourselves teaching in environments where our language skills are put to test, particularly in replacing or avoiding the word "God." This year, I had the opportunity to work in two very different environments, one secular and one non-secular. Semantics proved helpful in one situation and harmful in the other.
The first was in the Rhode Island Public schools, where I taught yoga and mindfulness. The second was in the chapel at Rhode Island Hospital, where I co-led a weekly healing circle with the rabbi on staff. In both environments, regardless of my attempt to mince words, or verbally mask the transcendent effect that yoga and meditation have on the human spirit, God would inevitably shine through.
A public school classroom
Last January, I was offered a job with a non-profit organization whose mission is to teach yoga and mindfulness in the Rhode Island public schools.
Although we were teaching kids to meditate, we were cautioned against using that particular word, as the term "mindfulness" is less prone to elicit a reaction from families who may associate meditation with a particular religion. The Board of Directors was aware of a very high-profile lawsuit in Encinitas, CA, brought by a family who believed that the school district's yoga and meditation program was inherently religious and in violation of America's constitutional separation between church and state.
The term "mindfulness" has been accepted and embraced across the nation, even though it is a translation of the Pali term sati (meditative awareness) and is at the core of Buddhist tradition. Mindfulness practices have been assimilated in churches, synagogues, and temples as well as corporate boardrooms, healthcare environments, and in most cases, public education. Perhaps it is Buddhism's lack of personification in the form of a Supreme Being which makes mindfulness palatable to a wide audience. In any case, it has become the popular linguistic choice in secular environments, favored over the term "meditation."
I met with 3rd and 4th grade students twice a week. As I prepared the lessons I would teach, I would go through a mental checklist of words and gestures to be avoided. "Yoga, to join body, mind and spirit" became "Yoga, to join body, breath and movement." The focus was on the physical movements of yoga, to help kids become aware of and gain control over the body so that when their teacher told them to "sit still and pay attention," they would have an example to refer to. "Spirit" was off limits, and we were cautioned against using the word "energy" to describe an internal state or feeling, as it could be misconstrued as spiritual or worse yet, religious.
"Namaste" was verboten, as was Anjali Mudra: palms together in front of the heart was replaced with closed fists, knuckles touching. Interestingly, without modeling hand gestures, most of the students would spontaneously bring the palms together in front of the heart.
Generic affirmations, such as "I can do this", or "I am so strong", were encouraged in the curriculum. I happily used this as an opportunity to introduce the Ananda Yoga® affirmations where applicable. Many of these wonderful affirmations do not need to be changed, and those that do reference God can, in most cases, work just fine when "God" is replaced by variations on the word "universe." I also introduced Swami Kriyananda's Superconscious Living Exercises under the guise of "motivational" exercises. They were loved and embraced by the kids as well as the class teachers, who used them outside of the yoga program to help energize fatigued students throughout the school week and as a welcome break during standardized testing. We ended each class with Yoganada's Peace and Harmony Prayer, although I called it an affirmation.
During the mindfulness portion of our class we practiced breath awareness. I would instruct the kids to lift the eyes, behind closed eyelids, bringing their attention to front and center of the forehead. I knew that this was safe language because we had introduced brain science as part of the curriculum. The kids were taught basic brain anatomy and knew that the prefrontal lobes could be used to quiet and calm the limbic part of the brain, which was described as sometimes becoming very loud, mad and emotional. Without saying "spiritual eye," the students were focusing their attention at the agya chakra. In almost every class; one or more of them would eagerly raise a hand to share an experience. Typical comments ranged from "I felt like I was in heaven" or "I felt like I was with God," to, as one boy described, "I felt like I was visiting the place where my soul lives." I would smile and nod my head, unable to comment, but humbled at the thought that no matter how diligent we were in keeping God out of the classroom, the students were having their own pure and direct experience of the divine energy within.
A hospital healing circle
In contrast to this experience, I was asked to co-lead a weekly healing circle with the rabbi at Rhode Island Hospital, where I work. My role was to lead participants into meditation before healing intentions were heard. Those in attendance were scared, grieving family and loved ones of patients, as well as over-stressed caregivers and staff. My assumption was that I would be able to use the language that came naturally to me in this environment: a beautifully uplifting, stained-glass-clad, multi-faith chapel.
I was mistaken. At the conclusion of our first healing circle, the rabbi cautioned me against using the word "God," so as not to offend anyone. After the second week, I was told that I shouldn't use the word "prayer" either, because people might feel uncomfortable. By the third week, the words "Spirit," "divine," and "sacred" were all called out and dissected one by one. By the fourth week, I felt paralyzed with fear that my word choice would accidently offend the people in attendance, who, I knew by now, had come to the healing circle to pray. As we fumbled around the language needed to communicate what we were trying to say and offer in the chapel, those in attendance often seemed baffled and confused.
When I have time, I use the chapel on my lunch hour to meditate. Most weeks I share the space with a fellow employee who is a devout Muslim and another who is a devout Catholic. My Muslim friend spreads his prayer rug in the corner facing Mecca and quietly conducts his daily spiritual practice. My Catholic friend quietly recites the rosary while I meditate and practice Kriya Yoga. In these moments, although we are all engaged in separate practices, praying with different words, God's presence is tangible; an undeniable energy that all three of us have experienced together, due to our combined devotion in this shared sacred space.
It is the rabbi's job, as part of the spiritual counseling staff, to be inclusive to all persons looking for spiritual comfort and guidance. Her intentions were coming from a place of love and compassion for all, but in an attempt at political correctness, and not to offend, we had diluted the essence of what we were offering to the people who came to us looking for relief during times of emotional stress. By tiptoeing around the words that best describe the sacred and divine, we had taken a beautiful, devotional environment, a haven from the storm, and made it sterile: the very quality families and staff were trying to escape from, found in such abundance elsewhere in the hospital rooms and hallways.
After careful thought, I spoke to the rabbi about my concerns, and asked if I could conduct the meditation portion of the service with the inclusive language that I had been trained to use as an Ananda teacher. She agreed, and the healing circle began to blossom into a more cohesive and devotional container for those seeking solace. We became increasingly comfortable and relaxed, and God was brought back into the dialogue in a way that allowed individuals their personal interpretation of that energy. Eventually, we were able to laugh together at the thought of offending people who came to pray in a chapel by using the words which best describe that action.
It's beyond words
Both of these experiences gave me the opportunity to grow as an instructor. I became aware of the power of language to inspire or repel. I learned that "God" is just a word used to describe that which cannot be defined or described, only experienced, yet it is a word that wields equal power to unite and divide. Editing our language is helpful in situations where we dare not offend, yet by over-editing our speech, we risk diluting the essence of the message we are trying to deliver.
In hindsight, I see the past year as a perfect example of ascending Dwapara Yuga, the Age of Energy. Ancient language is being rejected and called into question as we struggle to define infinite energy, which cannot be distilled into a handful of over-used words or pat phrases. As we move into the dawn of higher consciousness, we may begin to intuit subtle truth without the burden of language. Until then, we are left with our linguistic creativity to inspire others and deliver the essence of our teachings in sacred spaces as well as secular and non-traditional environments.
Lovely, Thank you!
Doug Andrews
Kyle, this was an absolutely wonderful article. Thank you so much for sharing these two teaching experiences. Would you mind if I republished it some time in the future? There are 8 or 10 other yoga teachers who would benefit from what you shared. Joy and Blessings!
Thank you for sharing Kyle! It is amazing how universal the experience of our Higher Self/Spirit/God/Divine Mother/Universe is, especially when we give and listen with the heart.
What a beautiful article Kyle. How touching. Thanks so much for sharing and for doing this service.
Thank you, Kyle. I loved reading this article and especially hearing more about your experience in the school. It was treat to connect with you briefly over the summer.
~Erica
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 Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina devient maître de la chapelle pontificale à Saint-Pierre de Rome. Il occupe ensuite plusieurs autres postes à Rome, à Saint-Jean-de-Latran (1555-1560), à Sainte-Marie-Majeure (1561-1566), ainsi que dans un collège de jésuites (1565-1571). De 1567 à 1571, il organise les concerts du cardinal Hippolyte d'Este à la villa de Tivoli. En 1571, il reprend son poste à Saint-Pierre, où il reste jusqu'à sa mort.

Œuvres
 Tielman Susato publie les trois premiers  : deux volumes consacrés au répertoire de chansons profanes néerlandaises et un volume consacré à des arrangements de danses à quatre voix.

Naissances

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 Scipione Cerreto, théoricien de la musique italien († 1633).

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The godsword is a powerful two-handed sword that was released on 17 October, 2013, along with the God Wars Dungeon. Requiring 75 Attack to wield, it carries the highest slash bonus of any weapon. The godsword consists of a godsword blade, to which a godsword hilt is attached. There exists one hilt for each of four of RuneScape's gods: Armadyl, Bandos, Saradomin, and Zamorak. Consequently, there are four different godswords: the Armadyl godsword, the Bandos godsword, the Saradomin godsword, and the Zamorak godsword. All four godswords have identical stats, but each has a different special attack, as detailed below.
The godsword is created by smithing the three different godsword shards into a godsword blade at an anvil. Doing so requires 80 Smithing, and gives a total of 200 Smithing experience. A godsword hilt is then attached to the godsword blade, which requires no stats and can be done by any player. Hilts can be attached or removed at will, at any time. Godsword hilts are dropped exclusively by the generals within the God Wars Dungeon and godsword shards are dropped by their bodyguards.
A group of Armadyl's aviantese was given the task of delivering the godsword to the army of Saradomin, which stood ready to do battle with Zamorak's forces. However, an aviantese had previously been captured by Zamorak's rangers, and it is believed that K'ril Tsutsaroth himself tortured the hapless aviansie for information. Having learned of the godsword's existence as well as its destination, Zamorak laid an ambush for the aviantese transporting the godsword. At the same time, he launched an attack against Saradomin's army with his own forces.
Upon coming under attack, the aviantese carrying the godsword retreated into a temple beneath the mountains, and set up a defence against Zamorak's forces in an attempt to protect the godsword. Bandos and Saradomin sent portions of their armies into the temple as reinforcements for the aviantese, and for a time the three groups fought as allies against Zamorak's minions. However, as the battle wore on, old distrust between the forces of Armadyl, Bandos, and Saradomin resurfaced, and the forces of the three gods turned on one another, dissolving the alliance. The battle in the temple became a four-way free-for-all for control of the godsword; it is believed that during this great melee, the godsword was shattered into four pieces.
It was then that Zamorak cast a mighty spell with such power that all of northern Gielinor, much of Zaros's old territory, was destroyed, transforming the once-tranquil land into the desolate and hellish Wilderness. This spell also caused the entrance to the temple beneath the mountains to collapse, sealing the four armies inside. However, the struggle for the godsword continued.
Before the battle could drag on any further, Guthix awoke from his deep slumber. Furious at the ruin that the God Wars had wrought upon the world, he forced the four warring gods to cease their battles in Gielinor, and erected the Edicts of Guthix in order to prevent any further wars between gods in Gielinor. The temple and the armies within were frozen by a follower of Guthix, where they would remain undisturbed for thousands of years, their battle - and the godsword - long forgotten.
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The Logic-Defying Double-Slit Experiment Is Even Weirder Than You Thought
Just by observing the process of the experiment, everything changes.
By Avery Thompson
Do you remember the double-slit experiment? It's one of the weirder experiments in modern physics, and cuts to the heart of the weirdness of quantum mechanics. Basically, waves that pass through two narrow, parallel slits will form an interference pattern on a screen. This is true for all waves, whether they're light waves, water waves, or sound waves.
But light isn't just a wave, it's also a particle called a photon. So what happens if you shoot a single photon at the double slits? Turns out, even though there's only one photon, it still forms an interference pattern. It's as if the photon travels through both slits simultaneously. You can read more about the double slit experiment here.
But wait, because it gets even weirder. As a new episode of PBS's Space Time shows, just by observing the double-slit experiment, the behavior of the photons changes.
The idea behind the double-slit experiment is that even if the photons are sent through the slits one at a time, there's still a wave present to produce the interference pattern. The wave is a wave of probability, because the experiment is set up so that the scientists don't know which of the two slits any individual photon will pass through.
But if they try to find out by setting up detectors in front of each slit to determine which slit the photon really goes through, the interference pattern doesn't show up at all. This is true even if they try setting up the detectors behind the slits. No matter what the scientists do, if they try anything to observe the photons, the interference pattern fails to emerge.
It gets even weirder than that.
A group of scientists tried a variation on the double slit experiment, called the delayed choice experiment. The scientists placed a special crystal at each slit. The crystal splits any incoming photons into a pair of identical photons. One photon from this pair should go on to create the standard interference pattern, while the other travels to a detector. Perhaps with this setup, physicists might successfully find a way to observe the logic-defying behavior of photons.
But it still doesn't work. And here's the really weird part: It doesn't work regardless of when that detection happens. Even if the second photon is detected after the first photon hits the screen, it still ruins the interference pattern. This means that observing a photon can change events that have already happened.
Scientists are still unsure how exactly this whole thing works. It's one of the greatest mysteries of quantum mechanics. Perhaps someday someone will finally be able to solve it.
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There are a couple of terms in witchcraft that you will hear probably more than the all others put together. The first one is "white witch" and the second is "black magic".
The idea for both is purely symbolic, anything seen as white is good or positive while anything black is seen as bad or negative. Think of the colour of Stetson hats in old Spaghetti Western movies. The white hats were always the good guys; the black hats were always the baddies.
I have performed quite a few bindings in my life. For those unsure of that terminology, a binding is a spell that is cast on someone to stop them doing something and usually against their knowledge or against their will. Each time the reasons have been valid and they have been cast in a protective manner, does this mean I am casting black magic because I am doing something against the targets will? No, it means I am using magic to protect people. The spells may be stronger than every day spells but that in and of itself does not make them negative. The intent of the caster sways which way the magic will work.
The term 'white witch' in the Collins Dictionary has the definition: "a witch who uses magic for benevolent purposes or without malicious intent" but many would argue that certain spells are never cast by a white witch, bindings being one of them.
As I said before, I am not a white witch at all and I think there are a lot of witches out there that feel the same, but they are comfortable using the label 'white witch' as it makes them sound more positive and, maybe, more accepted.
So then, what is "black magic"? According to Wikipedia "Black magic has traditionally referred to the use of supernatural powers or magic for evil and selfish purposes. With respect to the philosophy of left-hand path and right-hand path, black magic is the malicious counterpart of benevolent white magic. In modern times, some find that the definition of "black magic" has been convoluted by people who define magic or ritualistic practices that they disapprove of as "black magic".
And with that we go back to the beginning… magic itself has no colour. We sway it, from our very beings, our souls, our hearts, and our intent. How many of us can honestly say that if we were told that someone had deeply or fatally hurt our children we wouldn't feel anger and in that moment of anger, act upon it magically? This is all down to society's perception of what is bad or good, black or white. I fully admit that if anyone hurt my children I know that I would do anything I could to protect them even if that meant using a 'negative' spell. And what's more, that sits fine with me and I am happy to admit that. I am secure in myself enough to know that a) it would take one hell of a lot to push me that far and b) I know my way around magic well enough to deal with it. Just as in life, not everything is black or white, not clear cut. In the magical world 'darker' spells can be used in a positive and protective manner and in traditional witchcraft this is quite often the case. However many traditional witches, myself included, do work on 'darker' spells – there will always be good reason but we do the work in a very old fashioned way.
I realise that some of you reading this will probably think I am out hexing people on a regular basis but this is not the case. I do not have the time for a start but more importantly I do not have the inclination. However, if the need arose for me to cast a hex on someone or a situation then I would not have (and have not had in the past) an issue with doing so, as long as I knew all the facts and I was confident in what I was doing and the reasons behind it.
Some witches refer to their magic as grey; neither good nor bad, white or black, but they are still giving it a colour. It is just magic, pure and simple. Other witches refer to themselves as "green witches" – meaning they work with herbs, worship or work with nature and the like. A lot of us use colour IN magic as a focus, for example lighting a pale blue candle for a healing spell, however we are not calling the magic blue. I certainly couldn't be a blue witch, it would clash with my eyes!
Having said all that, and as I step down from my magical soapbox, I do also firmly believe that magic and all things 'witchy' are a very personal journey that we undertake and that we all walk the path in our own way. You really don't need a mad old witch ranting at you from inside your computer screen, but all I will say is this: don't limit yourselves by giving yourself a colour. Magic has no limits, so why should we? Spread your wings, learn about it all and embrace every part of the magic and of you. Marvel at, and be glorious in, your white parts, your black parts, your green parts and your grey parts. Think of yourself as a rainbow – a magical combination of every colour and all colours – just doing what's needed at the time.
I loved this!!! And yes, definitely pink (maybe with some sparkles).
Finally, someone on the same wavelength as myself. This is the second Article I have read of yours and it's spot on!
Totally agree with you! I have struggled for years & years with regards to a 'label' for what i am, feel & do. I have also hidden my true self away from people for fear of being stared at etc which was ridiculous!. Am i a witch, if i am, am i Wiccan as thats the main word everyone associates with the word witch. Am i a white witch etc etc…….
I am also a sensitive/intuitive & at 41 i have realised that its simply this…….i am what i am and i do what needs to be done at the time. I follow my instinct & embrace myself.
My magic has no colour, it comes from my soul, from my very being!
I do however agree that if magic was a colour it would be pink pink pink PIIIINNNNK!!!!


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The G.O.P.'s Abandoned Babies
By CHARLES M. BLOW
Republicans need to figure out where they stand on children's welfare. They can't be "pro-life" when the "child" is in the womb but indifferent when it's in the world. Allow me to illustrate just how schizophrenic their position has become through the prism of premature babies.
Of the 33 countries that the International Monetary Fund describes as "advanced economies," the United States now has the highest infant mortality rate according to data from the World Bank. It took us decades to arrive at this dubious distinction. In 1960, we were 15th. In 1980, we were 13th. And, in 2000, we were 2nd.
Part of the reason for our poor ranking is that declines in our rates stalled after premature births — a leading cause of infant mortality as well as long-term developmental disabilities — began to rise in the 1990s.
The good news is that last year the National Center for Health Statistics reported that the rate of premature births fell in 2008, representing the first two-year decline in the last 30 years.
Dr. Jennifer L. Howse, the president of the March of Dimes, which in 2003 started a multimillion-dollar premature birth campaign focusing on awareness and education, has said of the decline: "The policy changes and programs to prevent preterm birth that our volunteers and staff have worked so hard to bring about are starting to pay off."
The bad news is that, according to the March of Dimes, the Republican budget passed in the House this month could do great damage to this progress. The budget proposes:
• $50 million in cuts to the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant that "supports state-based prenatal care programs and services for children with special needs."
• $1 billion in cuts to programs at the National Institutes of Health that support "lifesaving biomedical research aimed at finding the causes and developing strategies for preventing preterm birth."
• Nearly $1 billion in cuts to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for its preventive health programs, including to its preterm birth studies.
This is the same budget in which House Republicans voted to strip all federal financing for Planned Parenthood...
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Insects are nutritious and easy to raise without harming the environment
The Six-Legged Meat of the Future
Insects are nutritious and easy to raise without harming the environment. They also have a nice nutty taste
By MARCEL DICKE and ARNOLD VAN HUIS
[BIUGS] John S. Dykes
At the London restaurant Archipelago, diners can order the $11 Baby Bee Brulee: a creamy custard topped with a crunchy little bee. In New York, the Mexican restaurant Toloache offers $11 chapulines tacos: two tacos stuffed with Oaxacan-style dried grasshoppers.
Could beetles, dragonfly larvae and water bug caviar be the meat of the future? As the global population booms and demand strains the world's supply of meat, there's a growing need for alternate animal proteins. Insects are high in protein, B vitamins and minerals like iron and zinc, and they're low in fat. Insects are easier to raise than livestock, and they produce less waste. Insects are abundant. Of all the known animal species, 80% walk on six legs; over 1,000 edible species have been identified. And the taste? It's often described as "nutty."
The vast majority of the developing world already eats insects. In Laos and Thailand, weaver-ant pupae are a highly prized and nutritious delicacy. They are prepared with shallots, lettuce, chilies, lime and spices and served with sticky rice. Further back in history, the ancient Romans considered beetle larvae to be gourmet fare, and the Old Testament mentions eating crickets and grasshoppers. In the 20th century, the Japanese emperor Hirohito's favorite meal was a mixture of cooked rice, canned wasps (including larvae, pupae and adults), soy sauce and sugar.
Will Westerners ever take to insects as food? It's possible. We are entomologists at Wageningen University, and we started promoting insects as food in the Netherlands in the 1990s. Many people laughed—and cringed—at first, but interest gradually became more serious...
Though it is true that intentionally eating insects is common only in developing countries, everyone already eats some amount of insects.
The average person consumes about a pound of insects per year, mostly mixed into other foods.
In the U.S., most processed foods contain small amounts of insects, within limits set by the Food and Drug Administration. For chocolate, the FDA limit is 60 insect fragments per 100 grams. Peanut butter can have up to 30 insect parts per 100 grams, and fruit juice can have five fruit-fly eggs and one or two larvae per 250 milliliters (just over a cup). We also use many insect products to dye our foods, such as the red dye cochineal in imitation crab sticks, Campari and candies. So we're already some of the way there in making six-legged creatures a regular part of our diet.
Recipe: Crispy Crickets
Preheat the oven to 225 degrees. Strip the antennae, limbs and wings (if any) from 20 to 30 clean, frozen adult crickets, or 40 to 60 cricket nymphs. Spread the stripped crickets on a lightly oiled baking sheet and place in oven. Bake until crickets are crisp, around 20 minutes. Yield: one cup.
Sprinkle these on salads or put them through a coffee grinder to turn them into bug "flour." You could even combine the crickets with Chex Mix for a protein-rich snack.
From "The Eat-a-Bug Cookbook" by David George Gordon (Ten Speed Press)
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Right-wingers run out of sympathy for reporters attacked in Egypt
Feb 4, 2011 13:05 ET
By Alex Pareene
...Rush Limbaugh said this, about New York Times reporters who've been detained by the Mubarak government:
Ladies and gentlemen, it is being breathlessly reported that the Egyptian army -- Snerdley, have you heard this? The Egyptian army is rounding up foreign journalists. I mean, even two New York Times reporters were detained. Now, this is supposed to make us feel what, exactly? How we supposed to feel? Are we supposed to feel outrage over it? I don't feel any outrage over it. Are we supposed to feel anger? I don't feel any anger over this. Do we feel happy? Well -- uh -- do we feel kind of going like, "neh-neh-neh-neh"? I'm sure that your emotions are running the gamut when you hear that two New York Times reporters have been detained along with other journalists in Egypt. Remember now, we're supporting the people who are doing this.
And that is why Andrew Breitbart's "BIG PEACE" features a post by Hoover Institution research fellow Peter Schweizer headlined "I Don't Have a Lot of Sympathy for Those Journalists Attacked in Egypt."...
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BPTT supports tech transformation
Students across Trinidad and the sister
isle of Tobago have been given a technological edge through the distribution of laptops by energy company bp Trinidad and Tobago (bpTT), which took place at the head office of the Rose Foundation on Oxford Street, Port of Spain on June 10th.
According to an ecstatic 14-year-old Refealla Patrice, who attends Moruga Secondary School, "I was blown away because bpTT has given us very powerful Microsoft Surface Pro laptops. This will allow me to gain a tremendous advantage in terms of my education because up to now, I had to use a phone to study online during this pandemic. Beyond my studies however, I am in the process of creating a skincare company based on my own product line. This cutting-edge tool will allow me to further my research and I will also use it to add content to my YouTube channel. This isn't just a laptop that they've given us – bpTT has given us an advantage in terms of realising our full potential and achieving our dreams."
This technology support programme forms part of bpTT's overall coronavirus (COVID-19) response, which is providing $1 million to help supplement the needs of the most vulnerable populations across Trinidad and Tobago. The technology-based support began with the distribution of 15 tablets in May, given to students across Mayaro and environs to aid them in preparation for the Secondary Entrance Assessment examination.
Speaking to the laptop recipients via virtual conference technology was Joel Primus, corporate sustainability and
stakeholder relations advisor, bpTT, "This pandemic, though turbulent and tragic, presents a good opportunity for us to take a deeper look at the world around us. There are new opportunities emerging and I urge you all to look at becoming tech-entrepreneurs focused on solving local and global problems. At bpTT, we are proud to be able to provide these tools to advance your education and create new opportunities. In empowering you, we are really transforming communities, our nation and the world as a whole. You will be the ones to usher in a new future."
"As an international organisation, we have worked from home since March and have not suffered any loss in productivity. We are continuing to work on a global level as we re-invent BP for the future and in large part, this requires the application of technology. We are changing and adapting just as you are, and I urge you to use these laptops to keep advancing and achieving your goals," Primus added.
Apart from the ten students, five non-governmental organisations also received laptops to aid them in their own community-based education and relief efforts. Receiving the computers were the La Brea Fisherfolk Association, Shield Us From Gang Violence Personalised
Learning School (SU-PLS), the Hearts and Minds Foundation, the Moruga Development Association and social entrepreneur, Nikita McIntosh.
Relating the impact of the bpTT-sponsored laptop was Desrie Slinger-Griffith, founder of SU-PLS, which is assisting students in the East Dry River area of Port of Spain: "Propagated by the COVID-19 pandemic, this has become a critical period of social, economic and technological transformation. With the closure of schools, I started a learning school that uses interactive learning software to access and monitor the progress of students in real time. My own computer was old and this new laptop will empower me to teach more effectively. I will also be able to share it with students who don't have a device of their own. I am really grateful for this bpTT
initiative and it is really helping students who could be left behind during this era of technological transformation."
Coordinating the relief efforts on the ground for bpTT has been the Rose Foundation, led by Executive Chairman,
Sterling Belgrove. Apart from the laptop distribution, the Rose Foundation has managed the establishment of six food banks across the country, which has provided hampers and other assistance to 1,040 families thus far; meaning that well over 4,500 persons have received relief at this critical juncture.
Belgrove urged the recipients to make the best use of the cutting-edge technology, "Each of you was selected because you have the most promise and are already making a positive contribution to society. This gesture shows that as long as you stay on the right path you will
be rewarded for your efforts. This is also an incentive to expand and grow and continue to empower others around you as well."


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Q: Designing Flexible SQL Schema [for Quests] What would be an efficient way to store "Quests" in an SQL database? Let's say the context is RPG. (Here was a previous question: How to store Goals (think RPG Quest) in SQL)
To summarize a Quest may be a combination of the following:
Discover [Location]
Kill n [MOB Type]
Acquire n of [Object]
Achieve a [Skill] in [Skillset]
All the other things you get in RPGs

The answer listed out in the link was:
For the Quest table:
| ID | Title | FirstStep (Foreign key to GuestStep table) | etc.

The QuestStep table
| ID | Title | Goal (Foreign key to Goal table) | NextStep (ID of next QuestStep)

I actually think it's pretty neat, but I have two things I would like to add:
Let's say I want to create it so that a quest can only be active only on certain days (e.g. M W F only) and/or active only at a certain time span (e.g. Halloween). What would be the ideal way of doing this?
Another thing: Let say I want to have a quest with two steps and a quest with 8 steps. We can create a table that is 8 columns wide but we would have lots of empty space. And what if the stars align and I needed an 9 step-wide quest?
The QuestStep table actually has a NextStep, sort of like a linked list, but what about Quests that you can do out of order?
P.S: As you can see it is potentially read-heavy, and the schema is potentially... non-schematic. Is NosSQL a vying option? (Redis seems memory only, so I'll more likely go with MongoDB)


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Why Depp and Heard are fighting again
26th Aug 2016 6:38 AM
AMBER Heard has slammed Johnny Depp for giving her divorce settlement money directly to charity so he can claim charitable tax deductions.
The 30-year-old beauty announced earlier this month the US$7 million (NZ$9.6m) she would be receiving from her estranged spouse - who she split from in May amid accusations he was abusive - would be given to the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles and the American Civil Liberties Union.
The Pirates of the Caribbean star's representative confirmed he had sent "the first of multiple installments" to both organisations.
However, Heard's team have hit out at the donation as if Depp has sent it directly, he will get a charitable tax deduction, so should donate US$14 million (NZ$19m) to make it equal.
And the actress is also frustrated that the money isn't being given as a lump sum.
Her representatives told TMZ: "If Johnny wishes to change the settlement agreement, we must insist that he honour the full amount by donating $14m to charity, which after accounting for his tax deduction, is equal to his $7m payment obligation to Heard.
"We would also insist that the full amount be paid immediately and not drawn out over many years.
"Anything less would be a transparent attempt by Johnny's counsel, Laura Wasser and Patti Glaser, to reduce their client's true payment by half under the guise of newfound concern for charities that he has never previously supported."
The 53-year-old actor said he "deeply respects" Amber for giving the money away.
His spokesperson said: "Following Amber Heard's announcement that her divorce settlement was to be divided equally and gifted to Children's Hospital of Los Angeles and the American Civil Liberties Union, two exceptionally deserving and important charities, Johnny Depp has sent the first of multiple instalments of those monies to each charity in the name of Amber Heard, which when completed will honor the full amount of Ms Heard's pledge.
"Ms Heard's generosity in giving to these wonderful causes is deeply respected."
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Ivano-Frankivska oblast is a western part of Ukraine. It borders with Romania and such regions as Lviv, Zakarpattia, Chernivtsi and Ternopil. Ivano-Frankivsk region territory occupies 2.3% of the total area of Ukraine with a population of about 1.38 mln. About 44% of the region population lives in cities and towns.
Ivano-Frankivska oblast includes 14 rayons, 15 cities, 24 urban villages, 765 villages.
The largest cities and towns of the region are Ivano-Frankivsk, Kalush, Kolomyia, Dolyna and Nadvirna.
Ivano-Frankivsk region has developed industrial sector. There are such industrial branches as power generation, chemical and petrochemical industry, wood processing, food processing, construction materials, machinery, and mining energy materials. Ivano-Frankivsk region is also quite forested area. Climate conditions Ivano-Frankivsk region let also develop agricultural sector.
Implementation of the first phase of the EU/UNDP CBA Project commenced in Ivano-Frankivsk region during February 2008. First phase was succeeded by a second phase in July 2011. Over these two phases 125988 of men, women and children of the region have benefitted from improvement in 28 schools/kindergartens, 16 healthposts, 2 water supply, 14 street-lightning, 5 environment and so on. This happened through joint effort of the citizens, oblast/rayon/local level governments, CBA Project and the private sponsors.
Ivano-Frankivska oblast is also the recipient of advanced piloting quota in the area of energy efficiency in Phase 2. Under this support, the regional energy-efficiency policy was updated; adoption of energy efficient technologies and renewable energy technologies in rural areas was promoted. Ivano-Frankivska oblast became one of the model case.
The energy strategy improvement produced a positive impact on the programme of Ivano-Frankivska oblast. In principle, the oblast recognized the necessity of including into its strategy the micro-level interventions in the rural areas to promote innovative energy technology renewable energy sources in community participation.
Third phase of the EU/UNDP CBA Project was initiated in Ivano-Frankivska oblast with regional launching and signing of MoU which took place on 8 October 2014. 8 rayons were selected for partnership in CBA-III.
Rayons selected for the EU/UNDP CBA-III Project: Kosivskyi, Horodenkivskyi, Verkhovynskyi, Tysmenytskyi, Kolomyiskyi, Kaluskyi, Tlumatskyi, Nadvirnianskyi.
2 cities supported for partnership in the EU/UNDP CBA-III Project within the framework of the urban development component – Nadvirna and Kolomyia.
Microprojects approved as of 12 January 2016: 16 micro-projects (5 in Nadvirna and 11 in Kolomyia). About 7,900 persons will benefit from implementation of these initiatives. Total budget for the initiatives is around UAH 4.6 mln (EUR 186 ths). The EU/UNDP CBA Project will provide around UAH 2.6 mln (EUR 105 ths).


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Tech YouTubers centers are stepping war:
Malik Jahanzaib
Mark Rober, a former NASA engineer, has a YouTube channel where he makes cool things like tricky squirrel mazes. But his most popular video series is the annual glitter bomb, which is a beautifully over-engineered fake package that sprays glitter and fart spray on porch pirates. In an unexpected turn, the glitter bomb video from last year also helped police catch and arrest someone who was running a phone scam. Rober spent the next year looking into how these phone scams work. In a new video, he shows off the many things that came out of that effort. For example, he hired double agents to go into phone centers in India and hack their security camera footage.
Of course, he also dropped a stink bomb.
Rober's crusade began when he and another YouTuber, Jim Browning, worked together to try to send a glitter bomb to a scammer operation. Browning's entire channel, which has 3.7 million followers, is all about finding the call centers behind tech support scams and refund scams. Most of the time, these scams target older people and people who don't know much about computers. Usually, the scammers get remote access to your computer and then trick you into giving them personal information like your bank account login. People who fall for "refund" scams think they've been overpaid with a fake refund, so they send cash in the mail to the scammers.
People in the U.S. who get these cash packages are basically low-level workers in these scams. After giving them a glitter bomb last year, Rober turned his attention to the call centers themselves. With Browning's help, they were able to get access to the call centers' CCTV, while another YouTube pair, Trilogy Media, went to Kolkata, India, to run operations on the ground.
The focus of Trilogy Media's video is on how they worked with the "sleeper agents" they sent to work in the call centers before setting up pranks like cockroach containers and stink bombs. Browning's, on the other hand, shows him talking to the con artists, who don't know that he is watching them on CCTV.
The craziest thing to me about Rober's video is that they were able to get into at least one scam operation's financial information by watching the boss type in his computer password while a security camera was recording. It turns out that this scam costs people an average of $65,000 per day or about $18 million per year.
It's worth your time to watch the videos, both to get a good laugh and to know what to look out for if scammers ever call you. Even though the pranks are fun, it's frustrating to know that, at least in the city of Kolkata, the police don't care much about them. But Rober's group did make a difference: they were able to shut down another call center in another part of the country. Videos like these, which have already been watched millions of times, might at least make fewer people fall for scam calls.
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In this guide, we illustrate the steps needed to wrap your own JS model running on a node engine in a docker image ready for deployment with Seldon Core using source-to-image app s2i.
An JS file which provides an ES5 Function object or an ES6 class for your model and that has appropriate generics for your component, i.e. an init and a predict for the model.
A init method for the model object. This will be called on startup and you can use this to load any parameters your model needs. This function may also be an async,for example in case if it has to load the model weights from a remote location.
A generic predict method is created for my model class. This will be called with a newdata field with the data object to be predicted.
Populate an package.json with any software dependencies your code requires using an npm init command and save your dependencies to the file.
uses the GitHub repo: https://github.com/seldonio/seldon-core.git and the directory wrappers/s2i/nodejs/test/model-template-app inside that repo.
The name of the JS file containing the model.
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NEWS: Bloc Party announce new album!
Bloc Party have officially announced details of their fourth album, and it's called Four! The past few years have been an anxious time for fans. As the band went on hiatus and various members set out to do different things, the fate of the group seemed up in the air. But with a handful of live dates recently set and videos of the band in the studio, this was almost an inevitable announcement.
Four will be released on the 20th of August. You can pre-order it over here, where you have a variety of bundles to choose from. You can also read a post Kele wrote on the album and the past few years over here.
Check out the album trailer below, where you can hear snippets of some songs. Bloc Party's past three albums have not disappointed. This is exciting!
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BRAND NEW: Childish Gambino – "Silk Pillow ft. Beck" [Week 3]
Gambino is back, again – this time with Beck featuring on a verse!
This is the third track from his upcoming mixtape, and it seems like he's given it a title himself this time – "Silk Pillow". The track is still uploaded as "untitled". Perhaps we'll get a set of track titles once the full mixtape drops?
In keeping with this mixtape's trend, it's a great track, so make sure you grab the free download while you can!
Above artwork by the excellent Sam Spratt.
Posted on May 31, 2012 by Jeremy	0
BRAND NEW: Los Campesinos! – "Tiptoe Through The True Bits"
I've been waiting for this all day, and now at 11.20pm, it's finally here. Los Campesinos! had been hinting at this song's release on Twitter for a few days now, and the wait was well worth it.
The song's lyrics seem to allude to the break-up Gareth went through prior to the band jetting off to Spain to record 2011's Hello Sadness, and mixed with light brass riffs, delicate guitar slides, and a serene dual vocal section – well, it's as amazing, gut-wrenchingly dark, and poetically beautiful as you'd expect.
It was recorded at the same time Hello Sadness was, but it didn't quite fit on the album. The band also noted that it's not a single, but just a free download for everyone. LC! are pretty nice like that.
See the blog post with artwork and lyrics over here, and download the song over here [direct link]. Free music doesn't get any better than this.
They also have a new, limited edition t-shirt for sale. You might wanna get one.
Posted on May 31, 2012 May 31, 2012 by Jeremy	1
LIVE: Dead Letter Circus, live at Zierholz UC, Canberra (24-05-12)
Dead Letter Circus were set to open Zierholz when they passed through Canberra late last year. Since that plan fell through and the venue hadn't opened, it only seems fitting that they're back to play the newly opened bar this time around on their Sleepwalker tour.
Melbourne band Twelve Foot Ninja kicked the night off at 8.30, for what was a respectably-sized crowd. With a strong reputation for explosive live performances, they didn't disappoint. They also set themselves apart stylistically, with what could only be described as a mix between heavy, gritty prog, and funky guitar jams. Despite the crowd seeming a little lukewarm at the time, they did a great job of warming everyone up.
Texan's Fair to Midland were up next, and they certainly threw themselves straight into things. Vocalist Darroh Sudderth flung himself across the stage, with his eccentric and entertaining stage presence holding the crowd's attention through most of the set. Their music was grandiose in scale, and that translated well, but it felt like Sudderth's vocal levels were all over the place. It also could have been the acoustics of the venue that affected their sound, but that said it's a small complaint in comparison to the performance they gave. "Musical Chairs" and "Dance of the Manatee" sounded particularly great, and they proved themselves to be a band to keep a very close eye on.
Dead Letter Circus took to the stage, this time without guitarist Rob Maric. In his place was Clint Vincent of Australian band Melodyssey, who filled in superbly, nailing every delay-filled riff they brought out. They ran through plenty of fan favourites like "Reaction", "Next In Line", and "Disconnect and Apply", and for the most part, it was a brilliant set list. Kim Benzie's voice soared as usual, and bassist Stewart Hill took to the stage with such energy that it felt as if he was stealing the show on more than a few occasions. We got a drum solo from Luke Williams, and they also ran through their latest single, "Wake Up" – which sounded significantly more impressive live than it does recorded. It was slightly disappointing that they didn't close the night with "This Is The Warning", but when the rest of the set was so tight, it was hard to care too much.
Dead Letter Circus are consistently excellent live, and it's rewarding them in more ways than one. With a solid fan-base and regular rotation on triple j, they're showing everyone else just what it takes to succeed. Aspiring musicians: watch carefully, and learn how to captivate an audience. Dead Letter Circus have nailed it.
BRAND NEW: Childish Gambino – "Untitled ft. Nipsey Hussle" [Week 2]
Donald Glover is a busy man. Following on from last week's new track, he's updated his website with another. This week's untitled song features Nipsey Hussle, and is produced by Boi-1da. It's official that this is the second track from his new mixtape, making last weeks' the first.
Blogs last week reported his first mixtape track as "We Ain't Them", and a few have already dubbed this one "Black Faces". Being one of those people who likes his tracks tagged properly, I asked artist Sam Spratt (the man responsible for the excellent artwork for these tracks!) who said that "The tracks are all Untitled".
Judging by the download URL <http://childishgambino.com/iamronald/week2/untitled%20(prod.%20Boi-1da).mp3.zip>, we can also assume that we'll be hearing new tracks on a weekly basis for what could be a while too. And that Donald is changing his name to Ronald. ;)
Read the second note from "Big Ghost", and download the new track over here – before it gets taken down in place of the next one!
Artwork above by Sam Spratt.
VIDEO: Screaming Maldini – "Life In Glorious Stereo"
Cheery pop melodies, a dash of brass, and some exquisite vocal harmonies. Could you want anything more with your quirky, loveable, indie-pop?
Yup, we have hand-claps, tension-building riffs, and great lyrics too. Anything else? You want a good video for it as well?
Isn't it just your lucky day then.
"Life In Glorious Stereo" is the latest single from Sheffield six-piece Screaming Maldini, and it's straight from their self-titled debut album (which is set for release in the northern hemisphere's autumn). The single will be out on June 18 via Hip!Hip!Hip! Records. It's really fucking good.
Photo via the above video.
VIDEO: Quakers – "Fitta Happier"
Rap and Radiohead are not a new combination. The Jaydiohead mash-up hit the internet at the turn of 2008, and by all accounts it was pretty well received – if you haven't heard anything from it yet, I felt "Reckoner's Encore" was the clear standout of the project.
Quakers are a 35-piece (yes, thirty-five) hip-hop collective, and they've flipped one of Radiohead's most memorable riffs on its head to rap some original verses over it. Quakers' core is made up of producers Fuzzface (Portishead's Geoff Barrow), 7-Stu-7 (Portishead's engineer Stuart Matthews), and Katalyst (Australia's very own Ashley Anderson). They've referenced the title of the bridging track of Radiohead's OK Computer, and borrowed the main brass riff from Kid A's "The National Anthem" (and a bit of the riff from "Optimistic" too!). The track doesn't reach for the messy, climactic heights of the latter, but that's probably a good thing. It features rappers Guilty Simpson and MED, who both have a verse each.
Take a listen below.


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Q: Javascript Error: 'missing ) after argument list I have the following StringBuilder and inside of it I want to append my html, I have the following code but I am getting this error: Javascript Error: 'missing ) after argument list
Although in stackoverflow there are dozens of question with this same title, I checked all of them and could not solve my error.
StringBuilder emplDiv = new StringBuilder();
emplDiv.Append("$('.ulEmployeeSearch').append('

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Please help me.

A: The problem is because in the JS string you're creating is this:
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You can now see from the syntax highlighting that the quotes you're using to delimit the string are the same as those wrapping the attribute values - hence the error. You need to escape the inner quotes:
emplDiv.Append("$('.ulEmployeeSearch').append('

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A: The issue is that you are having single quotes inside the class attribute which makes the missing argument issue, fix this like below-
StringBuilder emplDiv = new StringBuilder();
emplDiv.Append("$('.ulEmployeeSearch').append('

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A: you have not added the closing tag of paragraph. try to use below code.
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Is it disrespectful to an artist to give him a picture of what you want and ask him to make it under a certain amount? Like ask him to draw it and and size it to a specific price?
I don't think it's disrespectful to tell an artist your budget and/or ask if you can get a particular design for that amount.
See I went into him to have him give a price. He told me between 300$-400$. I was just wondering if it would be rude to go to him and ask him to draw it up and make it 300$. He's a very good artist and I know he wouldn't take advantage. I was just unsure of how artists feel about complying to a budget. And if it was rude to ask him to draw up something that would be worth what my budget was and let him do it to we're it would be worth that much to him.
He's a very good artist and I know he wouldn't take advantage. I was just unsure of how artists feel about complying to a budget. He said he would be between 300-400, so trust him.
And if it was rude to ask him to draw up something that would be worth what my budget was and let him do it to we're it would be worth that much to him. I don't follow. ?
Remember, cheap tattoos are not good and good tattoos are not cheap. MOST artists are not going to draw something up and give it to you in advance.
First I wasn't going to haggle him down to an unfair price. I wanted to ask him if he could draw it up at the lower end of the appraisal.
Second I never said I wanted the tattoo in advanced. I was saying to draw it up. I always give this guy at least half of what the tattoo costs before we even start.
Yes. It would be rude. Don't do it, as @Gingerninja said.
We may have different ideas on what haggling is but if you told him your budget was 300-400 then you want it for 300, that's haggling to me. Maybe we are simply misunderstanding each other!
I am still not understanding the ask to draw up the tattoo if you DON'T want to see it before hand? Sorry, it's been a long couple of days.
No my budget was not 300-400 that was the price he quoted me on it.
Then it will between that quoted range. Bring enough for $400 plus tip. Do not haggle. And yes, if you go in asking to make it $300, that is haggling.


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This Is How Europe Conquered Asia
It was not just superior technology that enabled European states to establish colonies in Asia.
By Franz-Stefan Gady for The Diplomat
Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Richard Knötel
In our tech-obsessed world, many tend to believe that military superiority is largely the product of superior military technology: The more advanced a country's missile force, the more likely it is to prevail in a military confrontation in the 21st century. While this is certainly correct up to a point, we often tend to neglect a more mundane and less exciting component of guaranteeing a military force's superiority over an adversary: military drills.
Today, we take intense close-order and extended-order (combat) drills in militaries across the world for granted. However, military drilling has been a relatively modern invention. First introduced by the ancient Romans in training their legionnaires, it was largely forgotten until the 16th century when it was rediscovered by Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (1567-1625) who laid the foundations for modern routines of army drills.
Trying to beat the Spanish Empire in the Low Countries, Maurice introduced systematic drills on the basis of Roman precedents, endlessly forcing his soldiers to load and fire their matchlock muskets (42 separate, successive moves) in unison. Maurice also regularized marching, enabling his soldiers to maintain close-order formation even on the move. By keeping in step, his soldiers were able to advance simultaneously with every man ready to fire at the same time.
In addition, Maurice divided his army up into smaller tactical units based on the maniples of Roman legions. By doing so he created battalions of 550 men subdivided into companies and platoons, with each unit capable of executing orders in unison based on a single command. Furthermore, by perfecting the countermarch, he enhanced his infantry's firepower with the introduction of volley fire.
While the Japanese Shogun Oda Nobunaga had used volley fire at the Battle of Nagashino in 1575 already and Ottoman Janissaries had fired in volleys in 1605 and conducted close-order drills, as the historian Cathan J. Nolan points out in his book The Allure of Battle, it was the superior close-order training of European soldiers based on Maurice's model, rather than firepower alone, that ultimately made European armies such a deadly opponent once they were sent overseas to conquer territories for kings and queens.
During the 17th, 18th, and for the first six decades of the 19th century it was the determined charge of well-disciplined European-trained soldiers with bayonets fixed on their muskets in massed formation, often preceded by volley fire at close range, that was perhaps the single most important tactical factor in deciding the outcome of battles in Asia. The bayonet charge in particular, dependent on its mass impact and shock, could only succeed with superbly drilled troops.
"It is fair to say that a triangular-bladed socket knife rather than British guns and superior British military technology conquered the British Raj," I noted in a piece for The Diplomat Magazine last year. Only with the introduction of the Enfield Pattern 1853 rifle-musket in 1856 did military technology, based on the disciplined delivery of volley fire, became more important than the blade in the conquest of India. As I explained:
During many decisive engagements in the 18th and first half of the 19th century, Indian armies were able to deploy superior firepower. For example, during the Battle of Plassey in 1757, the British East India Company fielded eight cannons, whereas the Mughal Empire went into the fight with 53 artillery pieces, the majority of superior caliber to the British guns. When the city of Seringapatam fell in 1799, during the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War, more than 900 canons were captured by the British East India Company while the British forces and their allies had less than a hundred.
The most formidable enemy that the British encountered during the 19th century was the Sikh Empire. It was their artillery in particular that made the Sikhs such a dangerous enemy. By the time the first Anglo-Sikh War broke out in 1845, the Sikhs were able to field 250 modern artillery pieces. "Sikh artillery was formidable, its accurate and unremitting fire a grim feature of both Sikh Wars," according to [the historian] Richard Holmes. Indeed, the Battle of Chillianwala during the Second Anglo-Sikh War was the bloodiest battle fought in the history of the British East India Company. Most British casualties occurred during a head-on assault of British infantry against Sikh guns. The well-trained Sikh gunners fired grapeshot at the attackers and held their position. The British infantry had to halt its attack and retreat.
Ultimately, the British, however, prevailed. "Good soldiers don't think, they just obey," as the former British soldier-turned-mercenary Daniel Dravot said in the movie adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's novella The Man Who Would Be King. While this certainly no longer holds true for the modern battlefield, the example of Maurice of Nassau and European armies in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries should serve as an important reminder that military technology alone will seldom lead to success on the battlefield and that our modern-day obsessions with weapons systems when discussing defense issues is perhaps too one-sided.
Staff Author
Franz-Stefan Gady
Franz-Stefan Gady is a Senior Editor with The Diplomat. Follow him on Twitter.
British Raj
European colonialism
European conquest of Asia
The Uncertain Future of Warfare
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Some of the main uncertainties pertaining to warfare for the next decade.
Digging Into China's 'Tactical' Hypersonic Boost-Glide Vehicle Program
By Raymond Wang
A new document provides the first primary source evidence of a Chinese hypersonic boost-glide vehicle program.
The British Raj's Social and Institutional Impact on Indian Society
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
The legacy of empire was born of profit-seeking.
Diamonds Are Forever: India and the UK Revisit the Koh-i-Noor Diamond
India has acknowledged that there may not be a good legal case for the return of the diamond.


Nawabzada Mirza Jamiluddin Ahmed Khan (Urdu: مرزا جمیل الدین احمد خان) better known as Jamiluddin Aali (Urdu: جمیل الدین عالی), PP, HI, (born January 20, 1926 in Delhi) is a noted Urdu poet, critic, playwright, essayist, columnist, and scholar of Pakistan. He is best known for the famous national song, Jeeway Jeeway Pakistan.
Aali hails from a literary family of Delhi. His grandfather, Nawab Allauddin Ahmed Khan, was a friend and student of Ghalib. His father Sir Ameeruddin Ahmed Khan was also a poet, and his mother Syeda Jamila Baigum belonged to the family of Mir Dard. Aali earned a BA in Economics from Anglo Arabic College, Delhi. In September 30, 1944, Jamil married Tayaba Bano. They have five children (three sons and two daughters). His son, Raju Jamil, is a Television actor. In 1947, after the partition of India, his family migrated to Pakistan and settled in Karachi. He joined the Civil Services of Pakistan in 1951. In 1971 he obtained an FEL and LLB from Karachi University. In 1966, he joined the National Bank, and served there till his retirement (1988) as senior executive vice president and member executive board.
Aali was former member of the Pakistan Peoples Party and also contested the general elections in March 7, 1977 from NA-191, but lost. In 1997, he was elected as member of the Senate for a six year term with support of Muttahida Qaumi Movement.


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Brian Kahn Inc. vs Daily Sun
Complainant: Brian Kahn Inc.
Lodged by: Nicqui Galaktiou
Article: Lawyers dump Malema!
Author of article: Mpho Kobue
Respondent: Daily Sun
Brian Kahn Inc. (BKI) complains about a story on page 2 in the Daily Sun on 20 February 2013, headlined Lawyers dump Malema!
BKI complains that the use of the word "dump" in the headline and the phrase "allegedly dumped" in the intro were inappropriate.
The law firm also complains that both the headline and the story have defamed it.
The story, written by Mpho Kobue, was about the withdrawal of Mr Julius Malema's lawyers (BKI) from a case in which he opposed SARS's application to declare him bankrupt and to sell off his assets to pay his debts.
Note: I am ignoring many of the arguments from both sides, as these did not go to the core of the matter.
'Dumped' – headline
BKI says that the use of the word "dump" in the headline was inappropriate and rendered the headline "sensationalistic and a misrepresentation". The firm also argues that the use of the word "dumped" is not the same as "withdrawn".
Galaktiou mentions that she advised Kobue that BKI had "withdrawn" from the case, without giving him a reason for such withdrawal (as such information was confidential and fell under attorney/client privilege). She refers to the Concise Oxford Dictionary, where the word means to deposit or dispose of, to put down firmly and carelessly, and to desert someone.
Daily Sun provides this office with examples of stories that used the word "dumped", and argues from these examples that there is no malice in the use of that word (see the sub-section under "defamation"). The newspaper says that the word "dumped" is commonly used when a person or company parts ways – and argues that the headline reflected the gist of the story.
Here are my considerations: It is beyond dispute that BKI's and Malema's ways have parted. But who took that initiative? Malema could have been dissatisfied with BKI's services for whatever reason, in which case he would have "dumped" BKI. On the other hand, if the initiative for the termination of their relationship came from BKI, then the word "dump" may have been appropriate in the story.
But how was Daily Sun to know who dumped whom? It did not know… Because the newspaper had no proof who took the initiative, it was not justified to choose the one alternative over the other. (This does not mean to say that BKI did not take the initiative – the point is that Daily Sun simply did not know that).
Therefore: The use of the word "dump" in the headline was an assumption that was not necessarily based on facts. It also did not reflect the content of the story itself, which at most said that the "dumped" was an allegation.
'Allegedly dumped' – intro
The intro to the story stated that Malema's lawyers have "allegedly dumped him".
This begs the question who made this allegation. The story referred to three parties – Malema, SARS and BKI. Of the three, it is only reasonable to deduct that the allegation came from BKI, especially as it quoted Galaktiou as saying that the law firm has withdrawn from Malema's case.
However, Galaktiou emphatically denies that she made any such allegation. This means that Kobue concluded or assumed that "withdrew" and "dumped" were synonymous – as indeed the newspaper argues.
But they are not synonymous – it depends on who took the initiative.
BKI complains that the headline and the story have defamed it. The use and meaning of the word "dump" conveys a "highly disparaging impression" of the firm, it says.
Defamation is a matter for the High Court and is not covered by the Press Code. However, Art. 4.2 of the Code does state that the press shall exercise care and consideration in matters involving dignity and reputation.
Boerner argues that it cannot be said that the use of the word "dumped" has damaged BKI's reputation. He adds that in terms of the Press Code dignity and reputation only apply to private persons.
I agree with his first statement – because the reason for the withdrawal was not made public, it cannot follow that that reason for this was necessarily negative or malicious towards BKI. This is why I do not believe that the use of the word "dump" caused the law firm some serious, unnecessary harm.
However, the Code does not limit the clause about dignity and reputation (and also not the one on privacy) to private persons – it certainly also extends to public figures.
The use of the word "dump" in the headline was an assumption that was not necessarily based on facts. It also did not reflect the content of the story itself, which at most stated "dumped" an allegation. This is in breach of Art. 10.1 of the Press Code that says: "Headlines…shall give a reasonable reflection of the contents of the report…in question."
The reporter assumed that the initiative for the parting of ways between BKI and Malema came from the former. This was not necessarily correct. This is in breach of Art. 2.1 of the Code: "The press shall take care to report news truthfully, accurately and fairly."
This part of the complaint is dismissed.
Daily Sun is cautioned for using the word "dump" in the headline and the phrase "allegedly dumped" in the story.
The newspaper is directed to publish the following text on page 2:
The Press Ombudsman has cautioned Daily Sun for using the word "dump" in a headline and the phrase "allegedly dumped" in the story.
Brian Kahn Inc. (BKI) complained about a story on 20 February 2013, headlined Lawyers dump Malema! The story, written by Mpho Kobue, was about the withdrawal of Mr Julius Malema's lawyers (BKI) from a case in which he opposed SARS's application to declare him bankrupt and to sell off his assets to pay his debts.
Ombudsman Johan Retief said that Malema could have been dissatisfied with BKI's services for whatever reason, in which case he would have "dumped" BKI. On the other hand, if the initiative for the termination of their relationship came from BKI, then the word "dump" may have been appropriate in the story.
"But how was Daily Sun to know who dumped whom?…Because the newspaper had no proof who took the initiative, it was not justified to choose the one alternative over the other. (This does not mean to say that BKI did not take the initiative – the point is that Daily Sun simply did not know that).
"Therefore: The use of the word 'dump' in the headline was an assumption that was not necessarily based on facts. It also did not reflect the content of the story itself, which at most said that the 'dumped' was an allegation," Retief remarked.
Also, the story implied that BKI had alleged that it had dumped Malema – a statement that the law firm emphatically denied. This means that Kobue concluded or assumed that "withdrew" and "dumped" were synonymous, as indeed the newspaper argued. "But they are not synonymous – it depends on who took the initiative," Retief said.
The Ombudsman dismissed the complaint that our story has tarnished BKI's reputation and dignity. He argued that because the reason for the withdrawal was not made public, it cannot follow that that reason was necessarily negative or malicious towards BKI.
"This is why I do not believe that the use of the word 'dump' caused the law firm some serious, unnecessary harm," Retief said.
Visit www.pressouncil.org.za for the full finding.
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