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Keeping Māori storytelling alive
Posted by Siena Yates | Nov 29, 2020 | 0 | 6 min read
Lee Timutimu at Te Koputu, July 2016. (Photo supplied)
Siena Yates, a reo-beginner, has been talking to some of the winners from last year's Ngā Tohu Reo awards run by Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori (the Māori Language Commission).
Here she is with Lee Timutimu (Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Awa, Tūhoe, Ngāti Porou) about the importance of telling Māori stories in Māori.
As a kid, Lee Timutimu used to ride the bus for nearly three hours every morning just to get to school — all because his whānau wanted him to learn his reo.
These days, some kids are getting up at the break of dawn to spend two hours on the train and then walk for miles just to attend one of his reo events.
Lee and his wife Hollie Tawhiao started Te Reo Wainene o Tua in 2010. It's a free reo Māori storytelling event where people like Stacey and Scotty Morrison, Joe Harawira, and Mātai Smith, share the oral stories of Māori culture, acting them out for a room full of rapt rangatahi.
It was, and perhaps still is, the only event of its kind — and it provides one of the few opportunities available where Māori-speaking kids can feel at home in a public space like their local library.
I wish there'd been something like this around when I was a kid. I know it would've made me more likely to interact with my culture and reo, because stories are what I've always lived for. And, for many kids, stories are a gateway to greater understanding — even Harry Potter can teach you something about racism.
When I was in school, I think the only Māori story we were taught was Māui snaring the sun and fishing up the whenua. But it was taught with a sense of obligation and much eye-rolling. I also distinctly remember some of the kids laughing at how dumb we Māori must be to believe that nonsense, as if it was meant as a history lesson.
Many years later, I'm painfully aware of how society taught us to shun our own culture. So it's reassuring to think of a whole new generation being taught not only to embrace our stories, but also to have pride in them. And to do so in a way that puts te ao Māori and te reo Māori front and centre.
Lee knows how important it is to have that connection to the culture and language.
He was raised in Whakatāne by his mum, Dianne Harawira, and her parents, Mark and Mate Harawira. And although his mum wasn't a speaker, his grandparents were, as were many other members of the extended whānau.
His dad, Fred Timutimu, was so determined to make sure that Lee learned te reo Māori that he insisted on him going to the only bilingual school in the region, Rūātoki Bilingual School (now known as Te Wharekura o Rūātoki).
Even though it was a two-and-a-half to three-hour bus trip, one way, from Whakatāne.
"It was all about the reo," says Lee.
He got up to a good level of fluency, too, but when he hit high school, he was sent to St Stephen's School, a Māori boys' boarding school in the Bombay Hills — "and it just went downhill from there."
Lee wasn't able to pick the reo back up until his first child was born 15 years ago. He now has four children. His eldest two, Poutiriao Pihama (15) and Pureora Timutimu-Pihama (14), have been through both mainstream and full immersion schooling (at Puna Reo and Hoani Waititi). And the younger two, Cael Timutimu (7) and Oisin Tawhiao (2), are both in mainstream education.
Lee's own reo is still a work in progress. He isn't a fluent speaker, and even though his reo journey has been up and down, the reo is still an integral part of his life.
"It's a part of who I am, and that goes for my family and children as well," he says. "I already know that one day I'll return to being a reo speaker. It's just a matter of time, and things like Te Reo Wainene o Tua keep me connected to that world even though I still feel completely inadequate in terms of my reo.
"That's been kind of a challenge for me personally, but I've managed to keep going because I know what we're doing with our mahi is so very important and there's a demand for it."
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In a world where technology is taking over and oral traditions are at risk of dying with our kaumātua, Lee, with the help of a few famous friends, has made it his mission to keep Māori storytelling alive.
"Ours is an oral tradition, and that's important because it's not only how we share stories but how we transfer and transmit knowledge. I didn't see anything like this around, in terms of a collective of people just moving around the country reviving the oral traditions and revitalising these stories that are really important to us, so I just thought, 'Oh well, that's what we'll do'."
Using famous faces and voices offers a level of connection and excitement for the children — a way to lure them away from devices and online content.
"It's a different dynamic when you're able to connect and relate, and that's why our kids can really connect if our storytellers are doing voice intonations and doing all the actions, singing songs, or swinging a taiaha around — you just don't get that with digital formats."
For Lee, the "golden moments" are when the audience starts to connect "because what they're hearing is a story about them, their ancestors, and the trials and tribulations of our people and their tūpuna".
One moment which has really stuck with him happened just the second or third year of the programme, at the National Library in Wellington — "a big, very serious, very formal place with heaps of important books and not a lot happening in terms of kids — and certainly not reo-speaking kids."
Some of the kids had travelled all the way in from Ōtaki. Afterwards, Lee heard from one of the kaiako who was also a parent of one of the students. Her son asked her why everyone was speaking Māori and she explained the kaupapa behind the event, telling him: "This is for you."
"It was almost like he was confused because people were speaking Māori, but that wasn't the norm in a public space. Like it was the first time that he'd been able to go out in the big city with his community and still be able to converse in te reo Māori," says Lee.
"That's stuck with me all these years. It really affirmed to me that our mahi is normalising te reo in public spaces."
On top of that, the fact that the events keep children fully engaged for a whole hour "without being hōhā" speaks volumes.
"That just shows that our storytellers resonate and connect at a deeper level. Firstly, because they look like them. Secondly, because they sound like them. And also, they might not have heard the stories before, but they can sense something within those stories — that they're about them."
So far, Te Reo Wainene o Tua has drawn around 13,800 children in 45 different locations.
As demand continues to increase each year, the team is looking to include more bilingual storytelling "to reach more people and make it feel more accessible". Eventually, Lee hopes to take the event online with live streaming.
"I think that's important, just in terms of providing another way for our people to be able to engage, because at the end of the day, we want as many people as possible to benefit from this kaupapa."
That makes sense. Lee spent nearly 20 years working in IT and launched the Arataki app in 2017, a new kind of storytelling platform which is activated by the user's proximity to historical sites.
Lee is based in Hamilton now, where he's the entrepreneur-in-residence at Ahikōmako, the Māori centre of innovation excellence at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa. He's also an alumnus of the Kōkiri Māori Business accelerator programme and co-founder of Ko Maui Hangarau, which aims to inspire rangatahi into tech and innovation entrepreneurship.
"All of these things interconnect. They're things I'm really passionate about and strongly believe in — supporting our kids of all ages, providing them with inspiration, tautoko. That's basically what I do.
"It keeps me busy, but at least I'm busy doing things that I love to do. This mahi really rewards me and fulfils my spirit."
Te Reo Wainene o Tua won the Hāpori award for Māori community revitalisation initiatives, sponsored by Te Mātāwai, at Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori's 2019 Ngā Tohu Reo Awards. This series was made possible with support from Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori.
Siena Yates (Te Rarawa, Te Aupouri, and Ngāti Kuri) is an Auckland-based journalist, formerly with Stuff and the New Zealand Herald, and now with Woman magazine. She was born in Morrinsville and grew up in Te Puke in the Bay of Plenty.
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US President Restricts Ammo for Citizens
By Raquel Okyay - 6/23/2013
An international firearms dealer said the White House is blocking ammunition sales to American citizens as federal agencies continue to stockpile.
"There are elements in the United States government moving to obstruct commercial ammunition sales," said Anthony Melé, an international firearms dealer and owner of AMI Global Security, LLC. AGS is a defense trade and manufacturer's exporter registered with the U.S. Department of Defense and the United Nations.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives denied AGS's application for an ammunition-order by designating typical rifle rounds as armor piercing if they are made with a steel core instead of a lead core, he said. "They designated the ammunition AP, defined as armor piercing, even though the ammunition being supplied cannot pierce armor."
"If ATFE were accurate, then a ten-cent bullet could penetrate a $5 million Abrams tank," he said. "Obviously this makes little technical sense.""What makes a bullet armor piercing along with the caliber, full metal jacket brass is the projectile of the bullet, not the inner core," he said.
"We secured a deal between an international supplier and an American wholesaler for four million rounds of ammunition used typically with semi-automatic rifles, after a three-month intense negotiation process that started in January," said Melé.
They successfully negotiated many licenses, approvals, and shipping details in order to transport the ammunition over multiple borders to close the sale, only to be rejected by ATFE, said the U.S. Army veteran. "There were technical difficulties involved, but we were able to successfully lock all parties into an agreement. It was not easy."
After the deadly Dec. 14 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., that resulted in 26 deaths, including the lone-gunman, President Barack H. Obama Jr. called for immediate action and concrete gun control policies.
Melé, who studied international diplomacy and international conflict management at Vermont's Norwich University, said they suffered a significant loss due to the anti-Second Amendment antics of the Obama administration, which have a hidden agenda of disarmament.
The AP designation is an excuse to decrease commercial sales of ammunition, he said. "There is a real shortage of ammunition in the United States perhaps due to the Obama administration buying-up the entire surplus and directing agencies to block ammunition imports."
Republican lawmakers in the Senate and House of Representatives introduced a joint bill in late April that would limit the amount of ammunition federal agencies, except for the Department of Defense, are permitted to purchase.
"The Obama administration has prevented Americans from obtaining the very same rounds that the government is buying," Melé said.
"Some would opine that the steel core bullets are the dreaded cop killer ones, but that too is inaccurate when the projectile disintegrates on impact," he said. Teflon-coated bullets, sometimes colloquially known as "cop killer bullets" are covered with a coating of polytetrafluoroethylene. Developed in the 1960s for improved penetration against hard targets, the product was discontinued in the 1990s.
"After the Sandy Hook tragedy, ammunition supply decreased dramatically," said Enrique A. DeJesus, who is a U.S. Air Force veteran and avid sportsman from Rotterdam, N.Y.
Prices for ammunition have gone up considerably and major stores are in short supply.
"I prefer to support my local gun store American Shooter Supply before looking elsewhere, but the situation is basically the same wherever you go," he said.
To accommodate its customers, ASS has introduced a service where customers can sign up and are notified via text or phone when ammunition has arrived, he said. "It is their way of being customer-focused and doing their best to deliver ammunition in the current anti-gun climate."
DeJesus, who studied political science with an emphasis in law at New Paltz University, said there is a small group of ammunition buyers who are capitalizing off the government's ammo-grab. "They are purchasing bulk quantities and re-selling at a marked-up price, essentially price gouging."
Price gouging is when a seller prices goods much higher than what is considered reasonable or fair. "As a result, firearms enthusiasts have to decide whether those high prices are worth it," he said.
"While defensive ammunition is readily available versus the scarcity of target ammunition, it is more expensive and contains hollow points which expand upon entry and are not ideal for training purposes," he said.
"Target or ball ammunition contains a solid projectile which does not expand upon entry and is better suited for training. Currently these are the hardest to find," he said.
DeJesus said that the exercise of our Second Amendment right has been temporarily neutered because of an artificial ammunition shortage.
Nonetheless, all guns are lethal, he said. "People ought to be involved in some type of continual training to maintain proficiency and readiness, since it is a perishable skill."
"As a responsible and lawful gun owner, safety is paramount when handling firearms of any kind, but politicians and officials in Washington D.C. should not be in the business of determining which ammunition I train with," he said.
"It is disconcerting to know that the federal government wants to keep ammunition out of the hands of law abiding civilians." said the International Defensive Pistol Association member. IDPA is a shooting sport that teaches members how to effectively respond in self defense scenarios and real life encounters.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, who has been in office since 2009, is funded by congress without accountability and oversight, DeJesus said. "Napolitano has a standing open order for more ammunition, but no one knows why."
"If DHS can have ammunition, why can't we?" he asked.
The National Rifle Association member said it is no shock that officials are attempting to subvert the sale of ammunition. "A gun is just a paper weight without an ammunition supply."
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Sarah Palin v. The Future of Journalism
Sarah Palin sued The New York Times for defamation. The outcome of this case could determine how news organizations report political information in the future.
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Sarah Palin, a former Alaska governor and vice-presidential candidate, sued The New York Times for libel in reference to an editorial article that links the shooting of representative Gabby Giffords to Palin's campaign rhetoric in 2017.
After an appeal of its initial dismissal, the case was heard by a jury earlier this month. Then, on Monday, Feb. 14, Judge Jed Rakoff who was overseeing the lawsuit announced he will dismiss the suit. The dismissal all but seals the fate of the suit reaching the second circuit and potentially the Supreme Court.
The New York Times cited a map portraying Giffords and other democrats under stylized cross hairs. Palin's political action committee created the map to encourage voters to vote republican, but the New York Times claimed that this map inspired Giffords' shooter. Since The New York Times v. Sullivan case of 1964, news outlets have received leeway when reporting on public figures. The decision of The New York Times v. Sullivan case held that freedom of speech protections in the First Amendment prohibit the ability of American public officials to sue for defamation. The Supreme Court recognized that it would be inherently problematic if they punished news outlets when they published news stories in good faith but got key facts incorrect. Without this ruling, libel laws would become powerful tools for influential political and economic leaders to punish news outlets for publishing stories that are critical of them.
"Sarah Palin's case challenges this long-standing precedent," Kirby Goidel, a professor in the Department of Political Science, said. "Should she be successful, it will undermine an important protection underlying freedom of the press and will likely encourage future lawsuits. In my view, the case itself is an attempt to 'punch back' at the news media. Successful or not, forcing a news outlet to defend its reporting in court is an effort to force news outlets to think twice about critical news coverage."
This is the first defamation case against a news publication that has gone through trial in roughly 50 years, said Tom Burton, an assistant professor in the Department of Communication. The progress of Palin's case is very rare; usually, cases against news publications are dismissed or settled out of court. American news organizations mostly rely on profit and going to court is expensive. If the court rules in favor of Palin, smaller news organizations may be forced to write whatever will prevent defamation and libel lawsuits.
"The bigger question is whether individuals or political movements are weaponizing the courts," Burton shared. "They're using tactics used by certain businesses, especially big corporations, to simply go to court and intimidate people into settling or going away because it costs a lot to go to court and afford attorneys. I think that's the bigger thing: is this really about defamation or is it about trying to discredit The New York Times, which is perceived as an opponent of conservative right politics?"
Though news organizations have the right to inform the public, they do not have the right to spread misinformation, according to the First Amendment. In fact, journalism is the only profession mentioned in the Constitution with freedom of the press. However, freedom of speech does not come without consequence.
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Festival Of Speed Will Showcase The Newest, Most Amazing Supercars
In a little more than five weeks, the parkland of Goodwood House in West Sussex will welcome back the Festival of Speed presented by Mastercard. With the Festival of Speed fast approaching, they recently released some new information about two of the much-awaited events: the Michelin Supercar Paddock and the First Glance Paddock presented by heycar.
Festival of Speed brings back the Michelin Supercar Paddock and they offer the newest, most powerful, and the fastest cars currently in the market. During the 2021 Supercar Paddock, they had the premiere of some truly exemplary cars like the Glickenhaus SCG 004S, Lotus Evija, and the Aston Martin V12 Speedster. As new supercars are introduced every year, 2022 will definitely have a very exciting line up as they will have more than 60 supercars on display. There will also be some supercars that will be making their global debut during the event. Supercars that enthusiasts can expect to see in the Paddock include the Radford Type 62-2, Hispano-Suiza Carmen, Kalmar 7-97, and the gorgeous Gordon Murray Automotive T.50.
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For those who wants to see the most innovative vehicles that the automotive industry has to offer, head on over to the First Glance Paddock. The 2022 First Glance Paddock will feature some of the newest vehicles in the world, those that have just been released from the factories. Some of these cars include the Ford Ranger Raptor and the Porsche 911 Sport Classic.
Guests of the Festival of Speed have the whole weekend to roam the Goodwood Hill and see all the cars on display in the Supercar Paddock and First Glance Paddock, amongst the other events of the weekend.
Festival of Speed presented by Mastercard is scheduled to run from June 23 (Thursday) until June 26 (Sunday), 2022.
Tickets prices start at £47 and are limited for the Festival of Speed as of now. They can be purchased through the website at goodwood.com or through the Ticket Office on +44 (0) 1243 755054.
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The V12 engine holds a special place in the heart of many automotive and motorsports fans. For some, it's the sound of Formula 1 through the years, especially during the 1990s. For others, it's engines like the 6.1 L BMW S70/2 from the McLaren F1 or the 3.9L Lamborghini V12 that powered all their cars from the Miura through to the Diablo. No matter where it lies in your heart, it is the "proper" configuration for many: 6 cylinders per bank, put into a V, and firing in an odd sequence to give it that special roar under power.
Yet, as concerns over fuel efficiency, qualms about environmental impact, and high-powered turbocharged V8 or V6 engines are the norm now, the V12 is slowly, but surely, being put to rest. In fact, the only place that V12s are still hanging on by the last threads of their engine mounting bolts are in supercars, hypercars, and a few ultra-luxury cars. Even then, many exotic brands have announced that their next cars will either be V10s or turbo V8s and V6s.
Since it appears that the swan song of the V12 is reaching a crescendo, we thought it only appropriate to celebrate the few remaining cars out there that carry them. It may be the last time we see some of these brands, many of which are known for their V12s.
The Amazing Last V12 Production Versions from the Big Brands
Ferrari 812 Superfast. Image via Supercars.
The writing is on the wall for the prancing horse, as the new Ferrari 296 GTB is showing the direction that Maranello is headed. Yet, unless you were invited to snag one of the limited-edition Monza SP1 or SP2 cars, there is still one car you can buy from the legendary marque that has all 12 cylinders fully intact.
The 6.5L F140 GA V12. Image Via: Wikimedia Commons.
The 6.5L F140 GA 65-degree V12 in the front of the 812 is the last road-going version of the V12 that debuted in the Ferrari Enzo. Producing a monstrous 789 HP and 530 lbs-ft of torque, it is no slouch either, as when the 812 Superfast debuted, it was the most powerful naturally aspirated production car engine ever made.
It has the typical low-rev Ferrari roar that rises into a howl as the car revs up to nearly 9,000 RPM, and will catapult the 3,845 (1,744 kg) car to 60 MPH in 2.9 seconds. As far as a curtain call is concerned, that's a great way to bow out and focus on hybrids and turbocharged engines.
Mercedes-Maybach S680 4MATIC
cedes-Maybach S680 4MATIC. Image via Supercars.
Mercedes-Benz used to be at the very top of the V12 pecking order when it came to luxury performance cars. Such classics as the S 65 AMG from the mid-2000s and the 500 TE AMG W123 Touring from the very end of the 1970s came with big V12s that sound astounding, but the biggest and baddest of the Mercedes V12s left on in a production car is the M279 E60 LA that hauled the S65 AMGs of 2014.
Title: The Swan Song of the V12
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In our continuing quest to source motorcycle gear that combines safety and style, we bring you our thoughts on Shoei's new ECE 22.06-approved NXR2 helmet. Plus a stealthy riding parka from Akin Moto, and the perfect pair of urban riding gloves from Rev'It!.
Shoei NXR2 helmet It's no secret that I'm a huge fan of Shoei's helmets. Every Shoei I've owned has fit and felt right from the first wear, with no major deviations in their sizing or shape from model to model. So when I was looking for a do-it-all street helmet to replace my well-used Shoei RYD, the new NXR2 was a no-brainer… and it hasn't disappointed.
I loved the RYD for its combination of neutral styling, comfort and ventilation. The NXR2 basically feels like a premium version of the RYD; it has the same clean aesthetic, but ramps up the performance. And it's one of the few helmets that meet with Europe's new, and more stringent, ECE 22.06 standard.
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Portofino Tower condominium is located at 300 South Pointe Drive in the SoFi (South of Fifth) district of South Beach. This luxurious 44 story South Beach highrise, built by the Related Group, offers residents one, two, three and four bedroom floorplans ranging in size from 1,090 to 4,510 square feet. This was the first new high-rise in South Beach and it dramatically altered the skyline and was followed by several more high-rises over the next decade.
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What is X-Ray Crystallography?
X Ray Crystallography Proteins
X Ray Crystallography Dna
X Ray Crystallography Protein Structure
Crystallography X Ray
DNA's structure was identified with x-ray crystallography.
X-ray crystallography is an extremely precise, but also difficult and expensive means of imaging the exact structure of a given molecule or macromolecule in a crystal lattice. Because a diverse set of materials produce crystals, including salts, metals, minerals, semiconductors, and various inorganic, organic, and biological molecules, x-ray crystallography is essential to many scientific fields. A crystal is any regularly repeating arrangement of unit cells which range in size from less than 100 atoms — small-molecule crystallography — to tens of thousands — macromolecular crystallography).
X-ray crystallography is famous for being the tool first used to discover the structure of DNA.
X-ray crystallography is famous for being the tool first used to discover the structure of DNA, but it was also used to determine the structure of diamond, table salt, penicillin, numerous proteins, and entire viruses. In all, over 400,000 structures have been described using x-ray crystallography. These can be found in the Cambridge Structure Database.
To analyze a sample using x-ray crystallography, first one must obtain a high-purity crystal of the material to be studied with a very regular structure. This is often the hardest part as numerous crystals have nanometer-scale defects which make x-ray crystallography difficult.
Next, the sample is subjected to an intense beam of x-rays of a uniform wavelength. These x-rays produce a diffraction pattern as they reflect off the sample. This diffraction pattern is somewhat similar to what is observed when multiple stones are tossed into a pond – where the waves cross are peaks which make up the diffraction pattern.
By slowly rotating the crystal, pounding it with x-rays, and meticulously recording the diffraction patterns at each orientation, an electron density map may be derived. This electron density map is then used to formulate a hypothesis about the atomic structure it corresponds to. The diffraction patterns are then analyzed in light of the hypothesized structure, and if it looks plausible that the given structure would produce the observed diffraction pattern, a conclusion is drawn. The result is then uploaded to central databases of the type mentioned earlier.
Michael is a longtime InfoBloom contributor who specializes in topics relating to paleontology, physics, biology, astronomy, chemistry, and futurism. In addition to being an avid blogger, Michael is particularly passionate about stem cell research, regenerative medicine, and life extension therapies. He has also worked for the Methuselah Foundation, the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence, and the Lifeboat Foundation.
What Is Crystal Lattice?
How Large is a Nanometer?
What is a Goniometer?
What is Triboluminescence?
What is a Cathode Ray Tube?
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Please mention the methods to form a crystal lattice and the wavelength which is actually used between the x-ray range.
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Heb_12:11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.
Col 1:12 and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light.
BECAUSE YOU BELIEVE IN JESUS , YOU MUST DO WHAT HE SAYS , YOUR FAITH IN HIM MUST BE VISIBLE IN YOUR LIFE IN THIS WORLD.
Jas 2:14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them?
Jas 2:15 Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food.
Jas 2:16 If one of you says to them, "Go in peace; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it?
Jas 2:17 In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.
Jas 2:18 But someone will say, "You have faith; I have deeds." Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds.
Jas 2:19 You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that–and shudder.
Jas 2:20 You foolish person, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless?
Jas 2:21 Was not our father Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?
Jas 2:22 You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did.
Jas 2:23 And the scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness," and he was called God's friend.
Jas2:24 You see that a person is considered righteous by what they do and not by faith alone.
Jas 2:25 In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction?
Jas 2:26 As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.
1Jn3:7 Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. The one who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous.
Heb11:1 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
Heb11:3 By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.
Heb11:4 By faith Abel brought God a better offering than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous, when God spoke well of his offerings. And by faith Abel still speaks, even though he is dead.
Heb11:5 By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death: "He could not be found, because God had taken him away." For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.
Heb11:6 And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
Heb11:7 By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that is in keeping with faith.
Heb11:8 By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.
Heb11:9 By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.
Heb11:11 And by faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise.
Heb11:13 All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth.
Heb11:20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau in regard to their future.
Heb11:21 By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph's sons, and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.
Heb11:22 By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt and gave instructions concerning the burial of his bones.
Heb11:23 By faith Moses' parents hid him for three months after he was born, because they saw he was no ordinary child, and they were not afraid of the king's edict.
Heb11:24 By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh's daughter.
Heb11:27 By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king's anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible.
Heb11:28 By faith he kept the Passover and the application of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of Israel.
Heb11:29 By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to do so, they were drowned.
Heb11:30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the army had marched around them for seven days.
Heb11:31 By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.
Heb12:2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Heb_13:7 Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.
Mat 13:50 and throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Jas 3:13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.
Heb10:39 But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.


Be sure to be Nice all year, and get ready to see Santa at the Clear Lake Area Community Center in December! Get your picture taken with Santa, and get a candy cane, take a sleigh ride, enjoy hot cocoa and more!
Annual Fireworks Show on New Year's Eve, The fun starts at 5 p.m. with Food, Bonfire & Sledding; and Fireworks show starts at 7 p.m.. Sponsored by Clear Lake Community Club. Please bring a non perishable food item for the local food shelf or make a cash donation.
Join us for the second-annual Earth Day Celebration in Clear Lake, home of Earth Day Founder, Gaylord Nelson!
Progressive Holiday Stroll, December 2, 2017, from 9 a.m. to Noon. Enter for the chance to win $15 in Community Club Holiday Bucks at participating business location! You'll also get in-house specials and promotions.


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Larry Hendrickson, Botanist, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park® has written an article about the discovery of Volutaria sp. in Borrego Springs. This aggressive weed was discovered growing along Borrego Springs Road in the spring of 2011. The discovery of this invasive, Volutaria canariensis, is native to the Canary Islands. This short piece of botany history was published in the Botany Newsletter in October 2011.
This booklet is for people who live in Borrego Springs and neighboring desert communities such as Ocotillo Wells, Shelter Valley, Ranchita, Canebrake, or Salton City. These communities are part of a larger area known as the Lower Colorado Desert that stretches as far as Palm Springs to the north, Yuma to the east, and even Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico, to the south. The Lower Colorado is, in turn, part of the vast Sonoran Desert that encompasses most of Arizona and a large part of northern Mexico. This booklet contains gardening principles using plants native to the Sonoran Desert.
The Compositae (Asteraceae), the largest and most successful flowering plant family with some 1700 genera and 24,000 species, can be complex as can be the botanical terms which describe the details of the sunflower family. This illustrated glossary contains black and white line drawings that illustrate the terms and descriptions.
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park is the largest state park in California. Five hundred miles of dirt roads, 12 wilderness areas and many miles of hiking trails provide visitors with an unparalleled opportunity to experience the wonders of the California Desert.
Anza-Borrego Foundation (ABF) is the nonprofit cooperating association for Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. The Foundation acquires land for conservation in and around the Park, educates the public on its resources, and supports research relevant to our region.
There are a number of plants species which are germinated by warm summer rainfall from thunderstorms in July, August and September, and which would not germinate from winter rains. This link to Tom Chester's excellent Web site gives a list of plants that respond significantly to monsoonal rainfall. Linked with permission.
The Plant Atlas project is an intensive plant specimen collecting effort begun in 2003 employing dozens of volunteer plant enthusiasts and resulting in a very high density survey of the more than 2800 species found in the county.
The 3rd Edition of San Diego County Native Plants by James Lightner includes the flora of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Available from The Anza Borrego Foundation.


FundCalibre has awarded an Elite Rating to four new funds: Brooks MacDonald Defensive Capital, Guinness Global Equity Income, Jupiter Asian Income and Threadneedle UK Extended Alpha.
Clive Hale, director at FundCalibre, commented: "With interest rates at rock bottom and inflation now 1.8%, finding a decent, sustainable income is getting harder and harder. Two of the funds to which we have recently awarded an Elite Rating may be a potential solution to this problem.
"Jupiter Asian Income has a current yield of 3.9%* and the manager, Jason Pidcock, looks for companies with reliable dividends that can deliver both income and growth for investors. It aims to capitalise on the opportunities of today, as well as the potential of tomorrow.
"Guinness Global Equity Income has a slightly lower yield of 2.8%* but the total returns have been impressive. The managers look for a growing, rather than high, income and the portfolio typically consists of around 35 equal-weighted stocks, which means that investments are very different from the benchmark index.
"We also decided to award an Elite Rating to Brooks Macdonald Defensive Capital. It is a multi-asset fund in the targeted absolute return sector and while the types of assets that this fund holds can be a bit complicated—convertible bonds, preference shares, structured notes, bond and loan assets, and discounted assets—the goal of delivering positive total returns even when the market falls is straightforward enough.


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That may be an unfortunate reality given the USSF's primary
goal may be to develop the men's national team to where it is a regular contender for the Semi-Final Round at the World Cup. If the USSF wants to achieve that goal then it needs to make sure it identifies its top players early enough so those players have plenty of time to compete against the best players in the world and develop their skills.
Also the talent pool has to be large enough to force the players to constantly improve their skills due to the increase in competition for a spot on the 23-man World Cup roster. It should get to the point where very few (if any) field players should be selected for the national team once he reaches his 27th or 28th birthday because he is considered "past his prime" by national team standards.
Unfortunately that narrow window for the national team will deter the top third players from considering playing for a collegiate team. Those players know if they opt to go to college then they will delay their opportunity to play against the best players in the world and possibly miss their opportunity to even be considered for the national team. It doesn't mean those players can't have a decent pro career maybe in MLS, but most likely in NASL or USSL.
As far as content goes, I don't see why the ACC couldn't televise soccer. Just don't expect men's or women's soccer to move the needle much even with the interest in the sport growing in the US. If that doesn't appease the ACC, then it may need to consider pushing to move sports around to balance out the content or push to add sports (i.e. rugby) to the NCAA sanctioned list.
(In response to this post by HOO86)
How can ACC soccer capitalize on all of this soccer craze? -- HOO86 03/05/2017 4:42PM
There is definitely opportunity with this. -- hokie-c 03/06/2017 07:30AM
I don't see college soccer blowing up... -- BROman Hokie 03/06/2017 1:11PM
Well stated. ** -- Old Line Hokie 03/06/2017 6:45PM
Given there is a national team level to football, collegiate -- VTHokie2000 03/05/2017 5:18PM
Like baseball, best players won't play for a college. ** -- chuckd4vt 03/06/2017 10:37AM
I don't think that up for debate. Professional anything has better talent. -- HOO86 03/06/2017 2:09PM
Key difference is best 18 and 19 yr olds play college fball and bball. ** -- chuckd4vt 03/06/2017 5:44PM
True, but another key difference is -- RTFC 03/06/2017 10:50PM
Only because those sports don't have an academy system -- VTHokie2000 03/06/2017 8:05PM
For whatever reason, best players aren't competing for VT or FSU. -- chuckd4vt 03/07/2017 11:37AM
I think you missed the point. The best players (US or International) -- VTHokie2000 03/07/2017 12:27PM
What? EXACTLY my point. Not having best players hurts the game. -- chuckd4vt 03/07/2017 3:32PM
I am not sure "hold college soccer back" is the right way to look -- VTHokie2000 03/07/2017 4:19PM
I understood. Point remains, VT isn't gonna score big bucks off soccer. ** -- chuckd4vt 03/08/2017 2:41PM
I agree that VT will never make large sums of money from soccer -- VTHokie2000 03/09/2017 3:47PM
I wasn't comparing collegiate football with professional football -- VTHokie2000 03/06/2017 2:32PM
I'm more interested in the trend than in Right Now though. -- HOO86 03/06/2017 3:34PM
I wasn't suggesting that college soccer should go head to head with -- VTHokie2000 03/06/2017 3:52PM
The overall growth of the sport would have to fuel it. -- HOO86 03/06/2017 5:49PM
Honestly I believe the European leagues will be a bigger factor -- VTHokie2000 03/06/2017 8:03PM
This leaves football as the only fall sport to sell the ACC Network. -- HOO86 03/06/2017 8:30PM
That may be an unfortunate reality given the USSF's primary -- VTHokie2000 03/06/2017 9:22PM
I disagree because MLB teams are still drafting collegiate players -- VTHokie2000 03/06/2017 12:00PM
If college went to wooden bats, it would climb. -- OBX 03/06/2017 12:11PM
I am not sure if that would be true or not given that HS baseball -- VTHokie2000 03/06/2017 12:25PM
Both the Cape Cod league -- mancunian 03/07/2017 08:44AM
When I was younger (born in '77) I used to attend Turks games -- VTHokie2000 03/07/2017 10:54AM
Valley League went to wood bats in the early 90s. ** -- mancunian 03/07/2017 11:06AM
They will not switch due to costs. -- Atlee Hokie 03/07/2017 07:40AM
When I played LL in the 80s every player brought their own bat -- VTHokie2000 03/07/2017 10:47AM


The spondylocostal dysostoses (SCDO) are a genetically heterogeneous group of axial skeletal disorders defined by segmentation defects throughout the vertebral column in combination with rib abnormalities. The most common radiographic findings are multiple hemivertebrae, malalignment of the ribs, intercostal rib fusions, and reduced rib number. Clinical features include short trunk, short neck, and scoliosis. Pulmonary hypertension and other severe respiratory complications may occur in infancy due to reduced thorax size and consequent restriction of lung capacity. Males may have an increased risk for inguinal hernia.
The spondylocostal dysostosis NGS panel consists of six genes: DLL3, HES7, LFNG, MESP2, RIPPLY2 and TBX6.
Copy number variation (CNV) analysis of the spondylocostal dysostosis genes is also offered as a panel. Additionally, CTGT offers a comprehensive test (both NGS and CNV panels) for these genes. Panel genes are also offered as individual sequencing and deletion/duplication tests unless otherwise indicated.


NIHR Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre chief Professor Tony Belli has beaten his fear of heights to raise nearly £1,500 for Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.
Professor Belli, who is director of the QEHB-based trauma research centre, successfully completed a tandem skydive to raise funds towards equipment for the hospital's Critical Care Unit.
He was joined on the high-flying escapade, at Hinton Airfield in Brackley, Oxfordshire, by his 16-year-old daughter Amie and her friend Will Conway.
With his feet firmly back on solid ground, a delighted and relieved Professor Belli said: "We did it! And with no broken bones or holes in the ground, just plenty of fun and adrenaline!
The hospital charity organised Professor Belli's parachute jump, which was one of four held each year for staff, former patients and members of the public to take part in to raise funds for a department or appeal of their choice within the hospital. The dates for next year's jumps are June 4, July 2, August 6 and September 10.
For more information, to support patients at QEHB or to make a donation visit www.qehb.org or contact 0121 371 4852.


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Posted on June 28, 2019 Categories Congress, Immigration, Politics, Social Issues
Detention centers don't have to be Auschwitz or Dachau to be labeled "concentration camps." (Photo Credit: U.S. Customs and Border Protection)
When asked about her colleague Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's use of the term "concentration camps" in reference to detention centers near our southern border, Rep. Ilhan Omar had this to say about the ensuing controversy: "There are camps, and people are being concentrated. This is very simple. I don't know why this is a controversial thing to say."
Right-wing media and organizations skewed toward the interests of American Jews quickly lambasted Omar for the perceived insensitivity of her comments as well as lamented her supposed continued use of anti-Semitic imagery. Here's the problem, though: both she and Ocasio-Cortez are right.
First things first, and sorry to be that guy who cites the dictionary in making a point but here we are, let's define the phrase. According to Oxford Dictionaries, a "concentration camp" is:
A place where large numbers of people, especially political prisoners or members of persecuted minorities, are deliberately imprisoned in a relatively small area with inadequate facilities, sometimes to provide forced labor or to await mass execution. The term is most strongly associated with the several hundred camps established by the Nazis in Germany and occupied Europe in 1933–45, among the most infamous being Dachau, Belsen, and Auschwitz.
Hmm. "Large numbers of people," "persecuted minorities," "deliberately imprisoned in a relatively small area with inadequate facilities." These qualifiers all seem applicable to the detention centers and other facilities housing families detained at the border and elsewhere in the United States. According to the Department of Homeland Security, close to 45,000 detainees were being held daily on average in the United States as of 2018. What's more, this figure has risen considerably from the less-than-7,000 detainees daily observed back in 1994 and comes as part of an upward spike concordant with Donald Trump's political rise. Simply put, these numbers are no accident.
On the persecuted minorities front, um, have you heard the president speak about the Hispanic/Latinx community? As it stands to reason geographically, most of the people in detention in the U.S. are from Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala. Would conditions in facilities holding immigrants/asylum-seekers be nearly as poor (more on this in a moment) if these people were coming from, say, Norway? Of course not. As evidenced by his defensiveness any time he is challenged by a person of color—especially if that person is a woman—Donald Trump projects his hatred toward members of minority groups and immigrants on the beliefs of all Americans.
Granted, he's not alone in his racism, xenophobia, and other forms of bigotry; he got elected after all. Still, he's not speaking for all Americans when he spews his nativist rhetoric buttressed by false or misleading claims and statistics. Like their sheer number as a function of rising trends in immigrant detention, the country of origin of these detainees is highly relevant. Moreover, their demonization obscures the ways in which the U.S. has helped fuel surges in migrants crossing our southern border. In other words, not only do Trump et al.'s arguments distort the present, but they fail to retrospectively appreciate America's role in creating the conditions which have led to increases in the number of asylum-seekers from Mexico and Central America. This, too, is no mistake.
And regarding the "relatively small area with inadequate facilities" bit? Yes, this and then some. The story of these detention camps and even for-profit centers and prisons has been one of abject cruelty shown toward detainees. Facilities have been overcrowded well beyond stated capacity. Staffing is frequently insufficient with little guarantee employees are experienced enough or trained well enough to handle their appointed tasks. Adequate health care is often severely lacking if not completely absent, as is supervision of child detainees by adults. Even the availability of blankets, soap, and toothbrushes is of issue. These standards of operation fall below even the auspices afforded to prisoners of war per the Geneva Conventions, and Justice Department immigration attorney Sarah Fabian (among others) should be ashamed of arguing to the contrary.
On these three counts, the detention and separation of families at the border would easily seem to meet the definition spelled out above. Obviously, we're not to the point of forced labor or awaiting mass execution. This is not Nazi Germany and Donald Trump is not Adolf Hitler. If these are the main distinctions we're making, however, pardon me for believing we might be missing the forest for the proverbial trees. We should never forget the horrors of the Holocaust nor should we diminish the danger anti-Semitism represents in today's world. The experience of Jews here and abroad is a unique one and this merits respect.
At the same time, we can recognize that the use of the term "concentration camp," historically loaded as it may be, is not one made in a flippant manner. As discussed, the conditions of these detention centers would appear to meet the basic requirements delineated by the dictionary definition. Additionally, there is the matter of how urgent the situation is at our southern border. We are in the midst of a humanitarian crisis. Quibbling over semantics risks losing sight of the magnitude of the atrocities being inflicted on people whose only "sin" is crossing the border, in so many cases running from a dangerous situation in their country of origin. It also invites people like Liz Cheney to use Jews purely as political capital, leveraging their suffering amid disingenuous partisan attacks on Democrats.
This is why many refer to border security as a "wedge" issue. Allowing division based on bad-faith discourse is falling prey to the designs of Trump apologists and others itching at the chance to divide and conquer Democrats. We should expect attacks against Ocasio-Cortez and Omar from those on the right who frame the first-year members of Congress as a threat and whose fear (but not fearmongering, to be clear) is welcomed because it exposes the ugliness of their prejudiced antipathy. On the other hand, when those of us on the left and the center-left are effectively providing cover for an administration pursuing a white supremacist agenda and employing genocidal tactics to this end, we should really take stock of our priorities.
In elaborating her position on immigrant detention centers as "concentration camps," Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pointed to the opinions of "experts" on the subject. In particular, AOC cited an article for Esquire by Jack Holmes which name-checks journalist Andrea Pitzer, who quite literally wrote the book on concentration camps.
According to Pitzer, the "mass detention of civilians without trial" is good enough for her to satisfy the requirements of a "concentration camp system." This applies to camps in Nazi Germany, sure, but also Cuba, France, South Africa, the Soviet Union, and in the creation of "internment camps" to hold people of Japanese descent, the United States. Holmes, in speaking to historian Waitman Wade Beorn, whose basis is in Holocaust and genocide studies, also notes how the term is used by historians in a broader sense. According to Beorn, not every concentration camp has to be a death camp. Frequently, the purpose of such a camp is achieved simply by separating one group from another.
At the crux of these camps' existence are the militarization of the border and the dehumanization of the asylum/immigration enforcement process. For the Trump administration, the large-scale indefinite detention of civilians is the culmination of an intentional effort to depict a spike in border crossings as a "national emergency" and to label asylum-seekers/immigrants as subhuman. It's an "invasion." They're "animals." Not to beat the dead horse of lore or anything, but this is specific, targeted language. It's not unintentional, or for that matter, normal.
What's worse, the longer these facilities operate, the worse the conditions get and the easier it becomes to distance ourselves from the detainees because they are "sick" or because they are "criminals." This is not purely theoretical, either. Circumstances have worsened. Children and adults alike have died as a result of confinement. And this is exactly what this administration has intended: to make things so bad that families wouldn't want to come here. As Beorn underscores, it's not a prison or a holding area or waiting area—it's a policy. It occurs, no less, at the expense of people who haven't been, in many cases, charged with a crime. In some instances, even U.S. citizens are being apprehended and detained for days at a time. Those documented occurrences, while perhaps more shocking or unnerving, are rare. For now.
If all this weren't bad enough, that these facilities are so remote and that they exist in what Beorn describes as a "sort of extralegal, extrajudicial, somewhat-invisible no-man's land" makes it that much more unlikely these camps will be closed or that visible protests with the ability to meaningfully sway public opinion can be organized on the premises. Holmes points to the prison at Guantanamo Bay as an example in this regard. President Barack Obama repeatedly vowed to close Gitmo, but it "had been ingrained in the various institutions and branches of American constitutional government."
In the nebulous space where human rights abuses and constitutional protections get overlooked in the name of "national security," the justifications for these camps staying open can grow more numerous and vague. The names may have changed—George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, meet Donald Trump, Steve Bannon, and Stephen Miller—and so too have the targets of the repression (though with fears of war with Iran ever present, who knows), but the story is very much the same.
Holmes's piece ends on this sobering note:
In most cases, these camps are not closed by the executive or the judiciary or even the legislature. It usually requires external intervention. (See: D-Day) That obviously will not be an option when it comes to the most powerful country in the history of the world, a country which, while it would never call them that, and would be loathe to admit it, is now running a system at the southern border that is rapidly coming to resemble the concentration camps that have sprung up all over the world in the last century. Every system is different. They don't always end in death machines. But they never end well.
"Let's say there's 20 hurdles that we have to get over before we get to someplace really, really, really bad," Pitzer says. "I think we've knocked 10 of them down."
We're already in the midst of a humanitarian crisis and it stands to get worse. Make no mistake: these concentration camps—yes, concentration camps—are a stain on the fabric of America's moral character, a fabric of which the resiliency is continually being tested under President Trump and which already reveals its share of black marks and tears over its history despite this nation's overall promise.
We should all own this sad chapter in the saga of our proud nation. And above all others, though his self-absorption and cultivated public image won't allow acknowledgment on his part, Trump should be tied to the cruel escalation of Clinton-era and Obama-era border policies behind the mass detention of asylum-seekers and immigrants. For a man who loves slapping his name on things, including other people's successes, his legacy as president should forever be linked with this disgrace.
Tagged Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Andrea Pitzer, anti-Semitism, asylum-seekers, border security, concentration camps, detention camps, detention centers, Donald Trump, family separation, Guantanamo Bay, Holocaust, Ilhan Omar, illegal immigration, immigrant detainees, immigrant detention, immigrant prisons, Immigration, Jack Holmes, Japanese internment, Liz Cheney, private prisons, Sarah Fabian, Waitman Wade Beorn
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Q: How do I iterate over an ndarray without using for/while loops? For two given 1-d arrays or lists I can calculate the squared Euclidean distance via the function
import numpy as np

def npdistance(x1, x2):

    return sum((np.array(x1)-np.array(x2))**2)

Now for a given vector v and 2d-array X I would like to find the shortest squared Euclidean distance of any vector contained in X to the vector u without iterating over the elements of X with for/while loops. My attempt is
def npnearest(u, X):
    L=npdistance(u,X)
    return min(L)

which does not give me what I want. For example
 npnearest(np.array([1,1,1]), np.array([[1,1,1],[2,3,4]]))

would give me 16 instead of 0. How can I do it?

A: In case of numpy, prefer np.sum and np.min, rather than Python buildins sum and min.
We can adapt npdistance for 2D numpy vectors:
def npdistance(x1, x2):
    return np.sum((np.array(x1)-np.array(x2))**2, axis=1)

Consider matrix x2:
x2 = np.array([[1,1,1],[2,3,4]])

Matrix x2 has two axes:

*

*zeroth is vector number: x2[0] is np.array([1, 1, 1]) and x2[1] is np.array([2, 3, 4]),

*first axis is for vector dimension: x2[1][1] is 3 (second element of first vector).

We perform sum along axis=1 to get distances for each vector.

*

*Without np.sum axis=1 it would return scalar,

*Using buildin sum gives sum of all vectors (ala axis=0).

npnearest works correct in this case.
def npnearest(u, X):
    L=npdistance(u,X)
    return min(L)

npnearest(np.array([1,1,1]), np.array([[1,1,1],[2,3,4]]))

gives 0.

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Posted on February 18, 2020 by Kent Nutt
Ed Bastian, Delta Air Lines' CEO announced last Friday an ambitious plan to become the first U.S. airline to go carbon neutral beginning March 1. The company says it will spend at least $1 billion over the next decade to buy emission offsets and invest in more efficient planes, new fuel sources and carbon-capture technologies.
U.S.-based airlines are getting more fuel-efficient, but Americans are traveling more and erasing potential gains. Besides carbon offsets, what other steps can the industry immediately take to reduce its escalating carbon footprint?
Airline fuel efficiency varies widely — 20% to 85% difference in carbon intensity —depending on several factors, including layovers and aircraft flown. Could more stringent regulations on aircraft age, maintenance, and other factors improve efficiency and reduce carbon intensity?
Early research in new fuel technologies such as hydrogen, hybrid-electric propulsion, and recycled waste may provide zero carbon alternatives for planes of the future. How can business leaders help expedite needed research given the impending climate crisis?
Air travel accounts for only about 2.5 percent of global carbon emissions, and U.N. forecasts suggest that the industry's greenhouse-gas output will triple by 2050. But according to the International Council on Clean Transportation, emissions from global air travel may be increasing more than 1.5 times as fast as the U.N. estimate.
"Airlines, for all intents and purposes, are becoming more fuel efficient. But we're seeing demand outstrip any of that," said Brandon Graver, who led the new study. "The climate challenge for aviation is worse than anyone expected."
A Virgin service claiming to be the first to be partly powered by recycled waste crossed the Atlantic last October. According to its US fuel supply firm, LanzaTech, if that single flight could be scaled up – and more importantly, function with a fuel blend of 50% recycled waste rather than just 5% – it could curb greenhouse gas emissions by 65% compared with conventional jet fuel.
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Delta is able to immediately become carbon-neutral by purchasing carbon offsets which are financial transactions that ostensibly help cancel out carbon emissions by preventing emissions elsewhere in the world, like planting trees or supporting renewable energy.
Delta says it's going to minimize its reliance on carbon offsets, though it also concedes technologies enabling it to directly reduce its emissions aren't readily available or in some cases even invented yet. It plans to research those technologies and others with its new allocation of $1 billion.
This announcement will likely generate public good will for Delta and put pressure on other airlines, many of which probably can't afford similar programs. However, the sustainability of buying offsets for a decade is problematic.
Carbon offsets are, at best, very opaque and definitely hard for the average person to understand," said Sola Zheng, an expert on aviation at the nonprofit International Council on Clean Transportation.
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The UN's International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is working on developing standards to ensure quality offsets in an industry-wide program, but no uniform quality-control measures exist for carbon offsets airlines and others purchase, besides disparate third-party programs.
Sources: Axios, ICCT, The New York Times, The Guardian
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