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Posted by MLToday | Sep 5, 2021 | Cuba | 0
By Enrique Ubieta Gómez
The war that is being waged against us forces us to look at ourselves more clearly, and to examine our weaknesses and insufficiencies. But it will not be possible for us to fully understand what is happening in our cities, without understanding what is happening in the world, and the peculiar relationship of our country with the world centres of power.
To understand the events of the 11th July, we must first talk about many other things that are seemingly unrelated. It will be necessary to acknowledge a determining historical circumstance: Cuba established its Republic in Arms, machete in hand, and delivered the defining blow that constituted Cuba as an independent nation, at the very same moment when, just 90 miles from its coasts, US imperialism was being born and developed. The radicalism of José Martí's thinking, and in turn that of Fidel, as the former explained in his last letter, is a response to that unshakeable fact.[i]
The external obstacle facing Cuban independence is not reducible to a conflict of interests with one or two or even multiple North American governments; that is to say, it is not just a bilateral conflict between the US government and the Cuban government, even though the main obstacle to our development is the extraterritorial commercial, economic and financial blockade inflicted upon us by the United States.
The fundamental confrontation is with transnational capitalism – that is the structural enemy – because we chose the path of national sovereignty and social justice. There will be no peace. It is a war that knows no ethical norms and in which there are no possible protocols or resolutions for peaceful coexistence that are not already based on force and compliance.
Never before has the blockade been so flagrantly responsible for the death of Cuban citizens in such direct and palpable ways. Previously, these deaths seemed to be only statistics, summations of "abstract" losses that some people acknowledged and others cynically denied. Death, of course, swallowed unsuspecting rafters on the high seas, or children and adults in hospitals, deprived of much needed medicines. But those deaths seemed to be the result of personal decisions or incurable diseases.
The COVID-19 pandemic, its spiralling numbers of infections and deaths, spreading steadily over time and seemingly having the capacity to touch any neighbour or family member with its unpredictable finger, increases fear and frustration, a predicament undoubtedly exacerbated by human errors, by the tiredness of the men and women who work day and night to save lives in hospitals and outside of them, or due to bureaucratic confusion, especially in the face of the insufficient availability of artificial respirators, oxygen balloons, beds or antigens.
The stranglehold of the blockade has tightened; it thwarts the acquisition of resources and supplies, of raw materials for the manufacture of medicines, of every dollar that can contribute to meeting the needs of the people, of the fuels necessary for life. The war is total. The country's precarious resources are redirected to the health sector (respirators are manufactured, vaccines and antigens are created and produced) and to the production and purchase of food. But the transnational press and its small satellites blame the government for being inefficient.
The dispute is not about truth, it is about power. The existence of discontent in sections of the population most affected by the economic strangulation (pandemic + intensified blockade), could be assumed to be a natural reaction, and although it is the intended purpose of our aggressors, the outbreak of protests is not the direct consequence of these conditions. The pandemic and the growing and sustained material difficulties have also generated a spontaneous movement of solidarity amongst our citizens, which resulted, for example, in the arrival of hundreds of volunteers from all our provinces (students, professionals, artists, self-employed people) in the city of Matanzas when it was the epicentre of the disease and it seemed to have been completely overwhelmed.
Could a small country with limited resources in a state of rebellion (that is, at war with the forces of transnational domination) achieve material prosperity? I think so, but it is essential to define the concept of prosperity from the perspective of socialist culture. It cannot be forgotten that capitalism is the world's one hegemonic culture, and that what we call socialist is just a counterculture without a stable economic position in the global market. East Germany was obliged to compete in consumer goods with the West, and, even though the East German standard of living was very high – not only in relation to countries with weaker economies – it failed in that endeavour.
Consumerism (a very different term from consumption), the result of an essentially capitalist relationship between human beings and objects that is necessary both for the economic growth of that system and for the reproduction of its values, ended up imposing its unattainable and contradictory norms upon socialism. Prosperity in Miami terms is not only unattainable in the context of a war of transnational interests: it is also undesirable for Cuba's national project.
For decades transnational capitalism – whose visible head is the United States – has worked to dismantle the unity (consensus) of the Revolution. I will be rightly told that the reality resulting from the so-called Special Period reopened and exacerbated latent inequalities in Cuban society and that the resounding fall of the so-called socialist camp damaged socialist discourse and blurred its horizons.
Fidel was aware of this and in the second half of the 1990s he launched two crusades, apparently alien to each other but actually intertwined, which, beyond the realms of theory, returned the ideology of the Revolution to its true centre: of the humble, by the humble, for the humble. I am referring to the Battle of Ideas internally (the rescue, carried out by young people, of the most disadvantaged by personal and social circumstances) and Cuban medical internationalism, a tradition of the Revolution that was reaffirmed in the new conditions. The Battle of Ideas did not rescue young people by offering them material improvements, but by giving their lives meaning, and allowing them to leap from the margins of society to social prominence.
As for medical internationalism, I dare say that its effects were conceived more inwardly than outwardly, although ultimately revolutionary, socialist solidarity does not conceive of borders. Its meaning was more ideological than economic. Both projects took up the practice of solidarity, which is the heart of socialism in its long and permanent process of achieving total justice. Both programs sought to rekindle the revolutionary vocation through the youth leadership.
At the turn of the millennium, between 1999 and 2000, I lived with Cuban doctors and nurses from the Comprehensive Health Program in Central America; these internationalists received barely 50 dollars a month and were located without material comforts in the most remote areas of each country. The mission was taken on with pride. In recent years, the Henry Reeve Brigades have relaunched that quixotic spirit which has never dissipated through all the multiple missions scattered around the world and which has always meant differing things to all members of the medical contingent. From the first great mission in Pakistan, through the heroic fight against Ebola in West Africa, but above all, due to its magnitude and significance, during the COVID-19 pandemic these last two years, the Henry Reeve Contingent embodies the revitalizing sense of the revolutionary ideology conceived by Fidel.
Imperialism needs to dilute the ideology of the Revolution – especially since the physical passing of Fidel – because in the Cuban case it is precisely that revolutionary ideology which functions as the knot that seals unity. In the second half of the1990s, imperialism tried to fracture and discredit the links between Marxism and the Cuban tradition of thought, especially with the legacy of Martí.
But in the new century imperialism concentrated its full-frontal attack on communism. Here I will directly invoke the dialectical analysis of the Cuban philosopher Rubén Zardoya Loureda: "In a general way, we can say that ideology is a process of foundation (in the dialectical sense of laying the foundation) of certain social ideals. There is ideology there, and only there, where social ideals are put into play, where social ideals are produced, circulated and consumed. When we speak of ideology, we speak of social genesis and realization of ideals, of confrontation and struggle of ideals or, in the same way, when we speak of reality as it is expressed in ideals, tends towards ideals or departs from them, when it is contrasted with them."[ii]
I will cite two paradigmatic efforts of the international imperialist strategy:
a) To reverse the ideological impact of the Cuban doctor, turning it into a mere commercial transaction in the media, in which the health worker ceases to be a hero by instead becoming a "slave." That is, imperialism strives to annul the revolutionary's exceptionality as a new man or woman, who is willing to save lives at the risk of their own and without a profit interest, and to insert the Cuban medic instead into the world of buying and selling and to relativise them with the rest of their colleagues across the world, as more poorly paid and economically disadvantaged examples of that profession. The imperialist assault on Cuba has never solely been about delimiting our possible economic gains – and this is the really key thing to understand: for the enemy, it is more important that it seems that everything is to be thought of in terms of financial losses and gains.
b) To devalue revolutionary sport and oppose it to professionalism – in which some of our athletes can become millionaires – to convince ourselves that the latter is superior and that it was a mistake to have distanced ourselves from it and above all, that Cuban sporting triumphs, in the amateur bubble, were a propaganda illusion of the revolutionary government.
In both cases – more in the second than in the first – those enemy campaigns found naive or malign defenders within our society. In my opinion, the mobilization of the Cuban brigadistas of the Henry Reeve Contingent in our own country has been very positive, because it breaks with the false concept that there are two solidarities, one external and one internal.
The intention of de-ideologizing Cuban youth, which, as I have said on other occasions, is nothing more than a re-ideologization in the opposite direction, runs through intellectual circuits in three ways:
1. The reactivation of the ideological fault lines that preceded the unity of the Cuban revolutionaries, those surpassed or petrified by the triumph of Fidelista synthesis, all of the defeated currents (for example, anti-communism), and those who joined the new vision, qualitatively different from all of the rest. In this sense, the period of intense ideological struggle that preceded the formation of that unity is praised as a moment of maximum creativity. By way of a demonstration of the falsity of this thesis, read Iván Giroud's sobering book, La historia en un sobre amarillo. El cine en Cuba (1948–1964), which has recently published by the ICAIC;
2. The interpretation of dialogue or of unity as the place of the convergence of all ideologies, without the pre-eminence of any one of these. It is argued that the current diversity of Cuban society requires the acceptance of all ideological currents, as well as a multi-party system. Let us remember that, out of all the many ideologies there are, it is only Marxism that is radically anti-capitalist. At this point, the attacks are focused on the Communist Party – the object of permanent demonization – which constitutionally governs the destinies of the Homeland.
It is necessary to understand the regional context, where efforts to build anti-capitalist pathways are based more on ideologically diverse political agreements than on a unitary ideological construction like the Cuban one. This is mainly due to the fact that these regional experiences arise from bourgeois, multiparty elections, and that, despite the revolutionary steps, they remain bourgeois democracies, at least in a formal way. The fact that many theorists and former militants lost faith and have actually renounced the overcoming of capitalism cannot be ignored either, even though their discourse continues residually to appeal to anti-capitalism.
3. The effacement of the ideological. Ideology framed as a dogma to be surmounted, as an obstacle or hindrance from the past that purportedly prevents the acceptance of pragmatic solutions. The people do not need "speeches", but food, they say, as if the forms of production and distribution of food, in any country and in any historical moment, did not respond to certain models of society. As if ideas, ideals (goals, horizons) were not articulated in words; as if revolutionary ideology could exist only in words, with its back turned to practice.
The enemy strategy is clear: blur the revolutionary act by emptying it of content, in order to confuse the demobilized youth. Raised fists, hunger strikes (or simulations of them), paid "mothers" dressed in white like the dignified Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, recycled slogans.
I offer you this recent example: a group of bejewelled women, gathered on a street in Miami, carry posters in support of the presidential candidate of the Peruvian Right, and chant: "Peruvians united, will never be defeated." They compare the non-existent San Isidro Movement (whose representatives praise imperialism), with the powerful Black Lives Matter movement (which is opposed to that very Yankee imperialist system), but BLM, wisely, did not fall into the trap of equating those who violate the national symbols in Cuba and call for the invasion of their homeland by the United States Army with those who desecrated the flag and the anthem of US imperialism to protest against the invasion of Vietnam or more recently, against the murder of African Americans by the police.
The imperial counteroffensive now accuses the leaders of the left of fraud and corruption – which usually of course happens with the leaders of the right – subjecting them to trials where truth and lies overlap. They lie purposely when they speak of the disappeared in Cuba. They enlist the unwary, people both good and ignorant, when they ask for the repression to end in the country (not in Colombia, not in Chile, not in the United States!).
The left and the right are presented as the same. We have been told, with unusual cynicism, that we live in the age of post-truth. A young counterrevolutionary, faced with the incontestable evidence that his little leader was simulating a hunger strike (while the European Union and the United States were clamouring for his life), replied: "I don't care if it's a lie, I'll keep saying it's true." On the 11th of July, in Cárdenas, a girl who participated in the counterrevolutionary demonstration responded to a Party official, who had asked her whether she was receiving money for her activities, in the following way: "Yeah, so what? You are also getting paid."
A lot has been written recently about the increasingly intense and coordinated use of new technologies for cultural penetration, the constructions of attitudes and opinions, of counterrevolutionary consensuses and alliances, the invention of realities and the propagation of deliberately elaborated lies, the coordination and the conduct of the protesters by the agencies of imperialism.
The study of what happened before, during and after July 11th is revealing. However, I prefer to leave to others the important topic primarily concerned with the forms used in that campaign; rather I am focused on addressing its contents.
What are the demands? What is meant by that term? I heard some abstract slogans like "freedom", or "Homeland and life" (which is actually only the first part of the slogan "Homeland or death", if you pay attention to the fact that after Homeland there is no "and" but an "or"), some gross obscenities about the Cuban government and its leaders, but no demands. I was also able to listen to and follow those members of the group that gathered in front of the Ministry of Culture on 27th November – not all were artists – whose leadership was quickly taken over by figures with recognized ties to official or para-official entities of the US government.
In this case, with a little more elaboration, there emerged the desired re-ideologization wrapped in claims of a liberal-bourgeois character, one of these being truly unusual (and which capitalism has never practiced against itself): that the overthrow of the socialist model is to be allowed without interference. So much so, that those who asked for a dialogue then fled from it when they were summoned. I insist on this, for those who underestimate the necessary defence of revolutionary ideology; in recent years, the country's mobilizing capacity has weakened while policies that prioritize individual initiative were applied, and liberal ideology advanced in some sectors of society.
The so-called demands by these groups are marked by that ideology. It is ridiculous to speak of popular empowerment, if a class consciousness is not manifested in those truly affected by poverty, the blockade and the pandemic. We accept dialogue within the framework of the socialist Constitution (the leading party, Marti, Marxist, Leninist and Fidelista ideology), which was voted on and endorsed by an overwhelming majority of Cubans. Nobody will be subjected to ideological tests for this.
Revolutionary ideology cannot be understood as discourse, and it could never be hidden in abstraction. If the imperialist strategy is to empty the revolutionary slogans and symbols of content, ours is to protect and grow those contents. And here it is up to us to look inside ourselves, to rescue the Fidelista gaze that builds a horizon of prosperity different to that of the exploiters.
This horizon has to be ambitious, since the smaller and the more constricted the waters become, and the rowers will fail to fulfil their function: our goal is total justice, even though we know that it is a utopia which is only partially achievable. If this horizon is not undertaken as a collective vision, then each individual will follow their own course, accommodate their own expectations, take care of themselves.
To achieve this, it is necessary to build and rebuild consensus, over and over again, because reality spontaneously weaves its own logic, and the reproductive machinery of the bourgeois imaginary wraps it in cellophane. We revolutionaries do not administer factual consensuses, we build our own. To save and rescue the most vulnerable, that was the slogan of the Battle of Ideas, and it will be necessary to reaffirm it once more without concessions.
In an interview in 2017, regarding the criticism of centrism, I was asked if the Economic and Social Guidelines of the Party, then just recently approved, were centrist. The question included one of the most widespread confusions of the last twenty years. I replied that the condition of any political program was determined by its meaning: in this case, the opening of a development path for anti-capitalist socialism under exceptional conditions – a single country, small and poor, battling against US and world imperialism – and that objective would serve as a compass for the necessary adjustments.
The compass is not the adherence to letter of the law in some manual or in any other text approved in a congress; the compass, as Fidel always said, and Raúl has repeated, is the people. As Raúl confirmed in Santiago de Cuba on 1st January 2014: "Closely linked to these concepts of strategic scope, truly strategic for the present and future of the Homeland, is the phrase spoken by Fidel from this same balcony almost exactly 55 years ago today, with which, due to eternal validity of his words, I wish to conclude my own remarks. I quote: 'The Revolution comes to victory without compromise with anyone at all, but with the people, who are the only ones to whom it owes its victories'. Fifty-five years later, on the spot, we can proudly repeat: The revolution remains the same, with no commitments to anyone at all, only to the people!".
Of course, it is not about doing everything that "people" say or think (we already know how states of opinion are manufactured in the world, how we repeat prefabricated opinions as if they were our own), which is usually what a small group claiming to be "the people" say. To be with the people is to be part of them.
The essence of a revolutionary government is not defined in the art of governance. This is a requirement, but it is not the result of balancing measures that respond to specific situations. We must not forget that we skirt a precipice, along a narrow path – while it is not possible to cross the mountain – and that everything conspires to make us fall: the natural wind and a paid army of wind blowers. There is no guarantee that we will not fall apart, only the collective strength of our people and the full identification with the humble can prevent it. It is the path we must travel. Economic growth by itself does not define the final triumph of that journey. We must mobilize the masses, give prominence to young people, redeem in our actions the ideology of the Revolution.
What happened on 11th July in Cuba does not contain a "turning point" in national political practice, as those who can no longer distance themselves from the bourgeois-liberal concept of democracy wish, but it can be, beyond its obvious planning and monitoring from Washington, a jolt of the compass, which reminds us where to look. I think there is awareness of this, and for that reason, now, we are stronger.
SOURCE: Alma Mater 2 Sept 2021. With thanks to Brenda Murillo, cubanoypunto.wordpress.com
Translation: Aaron Kelly
[i] In his last letter (to Manuel Mercado, 18 May 1895) José Martí foresaw how 'brutal' US imperialism would seek to impose its dominion over the entire continent and annex all nations to its own self-interest, famously writing: "I have lived in the monster and I know its entrails; my sling is David's". You can access a full transcript of the letter at: https://www.counterpunch.org/2006/05/19/letter-to-manuel-mercado/
[ii] For the full, illuminating discussion of the ideology of the Cuban Revolution and this particular contribution, see: https://www.pvp.org.uy/2020/01/02/la-ideologia-de-la-revolucion-cubana/
Enrique Ubieta Gómez is the editor of Cuba Socialista, the theoretical magazine of the Central Committee of Cuba's Communist Party. He was also editor of La Calle del Medio, a monthly magazine of cultural debate, from 2008 to 2017. He is a member of the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC).
Born in Havana in 1958, Ubieta was managing editor of the student newspaper Chispa at the Lenin Vocational High School. He joined the Union of Young Communists in 1975. After graduating in 1983 from the University of Kiev, Ukraine, he taught philosophy at the José Martí Teachers Institute in Camagüey, Cuba. From 1994 to 1999 he was director of the Center for the Study of José Martí. Ubieta has been a member of the Communist Party of Cuba since 1986. He has received numerous awards and distinctions.
From April 1999 to March 2000, he visited some of the most remote areas of Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, and Haiti, reporting on the work of Cuban volunteer doctors and nurses who provided medical care after the devastation of Hurricane Mitch. From that experience he wrote the 2002 book La utopía rearmada: Historias de un viaje al Nuevo Mundo (Utopia rearmed: Report on a trip to the New World).
From June 2005 to March 2006 he traveled throughout Venezuela to report on the efforts—which involved thousands of Cuban medical volunteers—to expand health care to workers and peasants in Venezuela in what became known as Mission Barrio Adentro (Into the neighborhood). Drawing on that trip he wrote Venezuela rebelde: Solidaridad vs. dinero (Rebellious Venezuela: Solidarity vs. money).
He wrote Red Zone: Cuba and the Battle Against Ebola in West Africa based on his experiences as part of a reporting team to Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone along with interviews with many of the medical workers involved in the fight against Ebola there.
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Q: How Do I Limit Scrolling to a Fixed Div? I have two divs, structured as follows:

The outer, container div has a very large height (this is simply meant to emulate a real-world scenario where there's a lot of content in the parent div). The inner div is a fixed position div, with a defined height. Overflow-y is set on the inner div, so that people can scroll through it to see any content that doesn't fit within its defined height.
Here's a codepen: http://codepen.io/anon/pen/myVxar
How do I set it such that when you're done scrolling through the inner div, the outer div does not scroll? In other words, scrolling within the inner div should never scroll the outer div.
Is there a way to do this using CSS/HTML? If not, how would I do it using Javascript/Jquery?

A: You can't disable the scroll for the page but you can disable the mousewheel event
Edit: I do have to say that if you are running into this in the real world and you have full control over the front end code you should rethink you're strategy, because there is most definitely a better way.
function preventDefault(e) {
  e = e || window.event;
  if (e.preventDefault)
      e.preventDefault();
  e.returnValue = false;
}

function wheel(e) {
  preventDefault(e)
}
// bind some scroll functionality to the inner div

$('#inner').on('scroll', function(e){
    var elem = $(e.currentTarget);
    // check if user has scrolled to bottom
    if (elem[0].scrollHeight - elem.scrollTop() == elem.outerHeight()){
        // disable mouse scroll event
        if (window.addEventListener) {
            window.addEventListener('DOMMouseScroll', wheel, false);
        }
        window.onmousewheel = document.onmousewheel = wheel;
        console.log('done')
    } else{
      // remove the event that disables scroll
      if (window.removeEventListener) {
        window.removeEventListener('DOMMouseScroll', wheel, false);
      }
      window.onmousewheel = document.onmousewheel = document.onkeydown = null;
    }
});
// remove the event that disabled scroll if user mouse leaves inner container
$('#inner').mouseout(function(e){
  if (window.removeEventListener) {
        window.removeEventListener('DOMMouseScroll', wheel, false);
      }
      window.onmousewheel = document.onmousewheel = document.onkeydown = null;
})

A: Also wondering why you are taking this approach. I think you may be setting the large height in case the content is long, but why not just do something like this?
#container {
    height:200px;
    width:300px;
    overflow:scroll;
    border:1px solid;
}

Once the inner content overflows the container, the container will scroll - the .inner doesn't need any styling relating to the scrolling. Post more detail if I am missing something.

A: Assuming that the inner div isn't always covering other content... You could just adjust the height and overflow of the container when you show the inner div:
Working Example

$('#container').click(function () {
    if ($('#inner').is(':visible')) {
        $('#inner').fadeOut('slow');
        $('#container').css({
            height: 14000,
            overflow: 'auto'
        });
    } else {
        $('#inner').fadeIn('slow', function () {
            $('#container').css({
                height: "100%",
                overflow: 'hidden'
            });
        });
    }
});
#container {
    height: 14000px;
    width: 100%;
}
#inner {
    display:none;
    background: #fff;
    position: fixed;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    height: 100vh;
    width: 100%;
    overflow-y: scroll;
    box-sizing: border-box;
    padding: 15px;
    font-size: 18px;
    color: #808080;
}

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package reader

import (
	"errors"
	"fmt"
	"regexp"
	"time"

	"github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/common"
)

// MultiLine reader combining multiple line events into one multi-line event.
//
// Lines to be combined are matched by some configurable predicate using
// regular expression.
//
// The maximum number of bytes and lines to be returned is fully configurable.
// Even if limits are reached subsequent lines are matched, until event is
// fully finished.
//
// Errors will force the multiline reader to return the currently active
// multiline event first and finally return the actual error on next call to Next.
type Multiline struct {
	reader    Reader
	pred      matcher
	maxBytes  int // bytes stored in content
	maxLines  int
	separator []byte
	ts        time.Time
	content   []byte
	last      []byte
	readBytes int // bytes as read from input source
	numLines  int
	fields    common.MapStr
	err       error // last seen error
	state     func(*Multiline) (Message, error)
}

const (
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	defaultMaxLines = 500

	// Default timeout to finish a multi-line event.
	defaultMultilineTimeout = 5 * time.Second
)

// Matcher represents the predicate comparing any two lines
// to find start and end of multiline events in stream of line events.
type matcher func(last, current []byte) bool

var (
	sigMultilineTimeout = errors.New("multline timeout")
)

// NewMultiline creates a new multi-line reader combining stream of
// line events into stream of multi-line events.
func NewMultiline(
	r Reader,
	separator string,
	maxBytes int,
	config *MultilineConfig,
) (*Multiline, error) {
	types := map[string]func(*regexp.Regexp) (matcher, error){
		"before": beforeMatcher,
		"after":  afterMatcher,
	}

	matcherType, ok := types[config.Match]
	if !ok {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown matcher type: %s", config.Match)
	}

	matcher, err := matcherType(config.Pattern)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	if config.Negate {
		matcher = negatedMatcher(matcher)
	}

	maxLines := defaultMaxLines
	if config.MaxLines != nil {
		maxLines = *config.MaxLines
	}

	timeout := defaultMultilineTimeout
	if config.Timeout != nil {
		timeout = *config.Timeout
		if timeout < 0 {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("timeout %v must not be negative", config.Timeout)
		}
	}

	if timeout > 0 {
		r = NewTimeout(r, sigMultilineTimeout, timeout)
	}

	mlr := &Multiline{
		reader:    r,
		pred:      matcher,
		state:     (*Multiline).readFirst,
		maxBytes:  maxBytes,
		maxLines:  maxLines,
		separator: []byte(separator),
	}
	return mlr, nil
}

// Next returns next multi-line event.
func (mlr *Multiline) Next() (Message, error) {
	return mlr.state(mlr)
}

func (mlr *Multiline) readFirst() (Message, error) {
	for {
		message, err := mlr.reader.Next()
		if err != nil {
			// no lines buffered -> ignore timeout
			if err == sigMultilineTimeout {
				continue
			}

			// pass error to caller (next layer) for handling
			return message, err
		}

		if message.Bytes == 0 {
			continue
		}

		// Start new multiline event
		mlr.clearBuffer()
		mlr.resetBuffer(message)
		mlr.setState((*Multiline).readNext)
		return mlr.readNext()
	}
}

func (mlr *Multiline) readNext() (Message, error) {
	for {
		message, err := mlr.reader.Next()
		if err != nil {
			// handle multiline timeout signal
			if err == sigMultilineTimeout {
				// no lines buffered -> ignore timeout
				if mlr.numLines == 0 {
					continue
				}

				// return collected multiline event and
				// empty buffer for new multiline event
				message := mlr.finalize()
				mlr.resetState()
				return message, nil
			}

			// handle error without any bytes returned from reader
			if message.Bytes == 0 {
				// no lines buffered -> return error
				if mlr.numLines == 0 {
					return Message{}, err
				}

				// lines buffered, return multiline and error on next read
				m := mlr.finalize()
				mlr.err = err
				mlr.setState((*Multiline).readFailed)
				return m, nil
			}

			// handle error with some content being returned by reader and
			// line matching multiline criteria or no multiline started yet
			if mlr.readBytes == 0 || mlr.pred(mlr.last, message.Content) {
				mlr.addLine(message)

				// return multiline and error on next read
				m := mlr.finalize()
				mlr.err = err
				mlr.setState((*Multiline).readFailed)
				return m, nil
			}

			// no match, return current multline and retry with current line on next
			// call to readNext awaiting the error being reproduced (or resolved)
			// in next call to Next
			m := mlr.finalize()
			mlr.resetBuffer(message)
			return m, nil
		}

		// if predicate does not match current multiline -> return multiline event
		if mlr.readBytes > 0 && !mlr.pred(mlr.last, message.Content) {
			m := mlr.finalize()
			mlr.resetBuffer(message)
			return m, nil
		}

		// add line to current multiline event
		mlr.addLine(message)
	}
}

// readFailed returns empty message and error and resets line reader
func (mlr *Multiline) readFailed() (Message, error) {
	err := mlr.err
	mlr.err = nil
	mlr.resetState()
	return Message{}, err
}

// resetBuffer loads the reader with the given message. It is recommend to either
// run reset or finalize before.
func (mlr *Multiline) resetBuffer(m Message) {
	mlr.addLine(m)
	// Timestamp of first message is taken as overall timestamp
	mlr.ts = m.Ts
	mlr.fields = m.Fields
}

// finalize writes the existing content into the returned message and resets all reader variables.
func (mlr *Multiline) finalize() Message {

	// Create message from existing content
	m := Message{
		Ts:      mlr.ts,
		Content: mlr.content,
		Fields:  mlr.fields,
		Bytes:   mlr.readBytes,
	}

	mlr.clearBuffer()

	return m
}

// clearBuffer resets the reader buffer variables
func (mlr *Multiline) clearBuffer() {
	mlr.content = nil
	mlr.last = nil
	mlr.readBytes = 0
	mlr.numLines = 0
	mlr.err = nil
	mlr.fields = nil
}

// addLine adds the read content to the message
// The content is only added if maxBytes and maxLines is not exceed. In case one of the
// two is exceeded, addLine keeps processing but does not add it to the content.
func (mlr *Multiline) addLine(m Message) {
	if m.Bytes <= 0 {
		return
	}

	sz := len(mlr.content)
	addSeparator := len(mlr.content) > 0 && len(mlr.separator) > 0
	if addSeparator {
		sz += len(mlr.separator)
	}

	space := mlr.maxBytes - sz

	maxBytesReached := (mlr.maxBytes <= 0 || space > 0)
	maxLinesReached := (mlr.maxLines <= 0 || mlr.numLines < mlr.maxLines)

	if maxBytesReached && maxLinesReached {
		if space < 0 || space > len(m.Content) {
			space = len(m.Content)
		}

		tmp := mlr.content
		if addSeparator {
			tmp = append(tmp, mlr.separator...)
		}
		mlr.content = append(tmp, m.Content[:space]...)
		mlr.numLines++
	}

	mlr.last = m.Content
	mlr.readBytes += m.Bytes
}

// resetState sets state of the reader to readFirst
func (mlr *Multiline) resetState() {
	mlr.setState((*Multiline).readFirst)
}

// setState sets state to the given function
func (mlr *Multiline) setState(next func(mlr *Multiline) (Message, error)) {
	mlr.state = next
}

// matchers

func afterMatcher(regex *regexp.Regexp) (matcher, error) {
	return genPatternMatcher(regex, func(last, current []byte) []byte {
		return current
	})
}

func beforeMatcher(regex *regexp.Regexp) (matcher, error) {
	return genPatternMatcher(regex, func(last, current []byte) []byte {
		return last
	})
}

func negatedMatcher(m matcher) matcher {
	return func(last, current []byte) bool {
		return !m(last, current)
	}
}

func genPatternMatcher(
	regex *regexp.Regexp,
	sel func(last, current []byte) []byte,
) (matcher, error) {
	matcher := func(last, current []byte) bool {
		line := sel(last, current)
		return regex.Match(line)
	}
	return matcher, nil
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


The teaser trailer for the fourth Alien: 40th Anniversary Short has been uploaded the Alien Anthology social channels and is now available to whet your appetite for Alien: Ore!
Alien: Ore is scheduled to be released on IGN (and their YouTube) channel on Friday the 5th at 9am PST/5pm BST. This week's short was written and directed by the Spear Sisters: Sam and Kailey!
It was good, too. Easily the best of the lot, but where are all these eggs coming from?!
"Hyperdyne Systems 121-A/3 "Hanks" - Synthetic Safety Officer".... I finally get a last name call out in the Alien universe.
Looks good! Good and bad, I'm really quite enjoying these short films.
I see drool. Buckets of drool.
Are we absolutely sure these things are not actually satire?
Who is shootin the goo?
In all seriousness, this looks pretty cool.
Production quality looks top notch. Looks like it will be the best one yet.
Liking the look of that trailer a lot.
I'm looking forward to seeing this again! It was one of my favourites!
This is the one I've most been looking forward to based on the first trailer.


The application period for Fiscal Year 2020 Community Investment Grants and Festival Grants is now open! Learn more about our Community Investment Grant and Festival Grant programs at in-person and online information sessions.
On Monday, January 7, 2019, the Arizona Commission on the Arts reported to grantees on an issue that has had a significant and unforeseen impact on the Arts Commission's primary funding stream and current-year budget. For the last 6 months, the Arizona Arts Trust Fund's monthly receipts have posted well below our conservative projections and at lower levels than ever reported in the fund's 30-year history.


• Hearing protection is a last resort but must be used until noise risks are under control.
• Choose the correct level of protection. This will not usually be the highest available.
they have to wear or use.
• Ensure they wear it at all times in the noisy area. If they remove it, even briefly, they will have wasted most of the time they have spent wearing it. For example, removing protection for just 5 minutes out of one hour will reduce the protection achieved by more than half.


There's no need to be shy about wearing short shorts or skirts anymore, because now there's a new way to reduce the appearance of cellulite and that dimply-looking, orange peel skin.
Cellulaze laser treatment in our Birmingham, Alabama cosmetic surgery center will give you healthier looking legs by smoothing your skin in just one simple treatment. Discover how the lasting results from a Cellulaze™ treatment will make you feel more confident in your swimsuit!
Cellulaze is backed by clinical research and cleared for use in the United States. Clinical data has proven that Cellulaze treatments can increase the thickness of the skin by 25% and increase the skin's elasticity by 29%, according to a study in Aesthetic Surgery Journal. Thicker and more elastic skin can help flatten and smooth the skin's surface, thereby improving the appearance of cellulite.
In addition, 100% of patients surveyed were satisfied or very satisfied with their results a year after their procedure. All would recommend the Cellulaze treatment to a friend.
Who are the best candidates for Cellulaze?
The best candidates for reducing their cellulite with Cellulaze are women who are not significantly overweight but have cellulite on their thighs.
The Cellulaze treatment is performed using a very small cannula (a tube about the size of the tip of a pen) inserted under the skin. A unique laser fiber inside the tube delivers energy directly under the skin. The precise laser energy increases the depth and quality of your skin, while simultaneously releasing the fibrous bands that pull down on your skin, to minimize the orange peel look associated with cellulite. The laser is also used to diminish the lumpy pockets of fat that protrude though the fibrous bands under your skin.
On average, the procedure takes from 1 to 2 hours, depending on the size of the areas to be treated. Cellulaze is an in-office procedure performed with local anesthesia.
Only one Cellulaze treatment is necessary. You will see some immediate results, but final results will not be apparent for 3 to 6 months. There are exceptions to every rule, but unless there are very large areas that need to be treated, one procedure provides excellent results.
There is little discomfort associated with the Cellulaze treatment. Patients are treated with a local anesthetic to numb the areas to be treated. Patients may feel slight pressure or a warming sensation in and around the areas to be treated, but these are mild sensations. Patients are able to talk during the procedure because they are awake and not sedated.
Does Cellulaze have any side effects?
Cellulaze is a minimally-invasive surgical procedure. There will be some swelling and a little soreness after the treatment. However, the incision sites are very small and there is little bleeding during the procedure. Most patients are able to return to their normal activities in a day or two. Patients may have some fluid leak out of the incision sites following the Cellulaze procedure.
Since new collagen is formed in the areas treated with Cellulaze and the structures under the skin are altered, Cellulaze produces results that last. Clinical studies have shown that results can persist for a year or more. However, it is important to maintain a healthy diet and exercise regimen to continue to enjoy the results.
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I thought it was mediocre too. In contemporary American culture the "Star Wars" franchise has become a bit like the Santa Claus legend. It is something parents and grandparents can share with their children because children find it wonderful and it is fun for adults to be children again for a little while but that still doesn't change the fact that the stories are juvenile. Like a ride on a roller coaster seeing a Star Wars movies is visceral experience that give no one time to reflect while it is happening/ This allows for lazy story telling.


ANA-MPA -- Main opposition Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) president Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday blamed Prime Minister Antonis Samaras for the atmosphere of tension, scare-mongering and destabilisation that had been created.
Addressing his party's Political Secretariat, Tsipras said that "the government leads the country to an unprecedented dead end" and underlined the need for early elections.
He said that "after the Paris fiasco and the Berlin fiasco now is the turn of the Washington fiasco to confirm the virtual reality of the 'success story' and reveal the dramatic failure of the Samaras government".
Tsipras said that he asked the prime minister in parliament "to stop the tension escalation plans and the destabilisation efforts and called for elections held in a coordinated and orderly manner".
"Instead, the prime minister preferred to extend the tension and the destabilisation scare tactics for another four months," Tsipras said.
He also added that government officials are bringing back scenarios that place people's bank savings at risk and expressed certainty that "the government effort to undermine SYRIZA will not destabilise the country".


Brilliant title & product tie-in!
One of the things I like most about myself is how genuinely excited I get when a friend earns success by pursuing her passion. Rather than fall culprit to jealousy or defeat, my heart does herkies (to which my friends Kristen and Dawn can attest…though they do real ones better).
Don't get me wrong – there are plenty of other demons I battle – but witnessing Dreams Coming True is reason to celebrate. Stories of people pressing past their fears, overcoming obstacle and chasing rainbows and finishing what they started inspire me.
But this post isn't about me, it's about Melanie. And she is six shades of fabulous.
Melanie is one of my oldest blogging friends, one of the first I met in real life, back in the days where we hid our identities (ish) and were concerned every blogger might just be a creepy man sitting in his basement eerily luminated by the glow of his computer, not bathing for weeks and living on beef jerky and pork rinds.
Melanie was nothing but light and life, consistent with who I knew her to be from reading her blog.
Her first book, Sparkly Green Earrings: Catching the Light at Every Turn , debuted a few weeks ago and lest you think I'm makin' much ado about nothing, she's already at #27 on the New York Times Best Seller List. Beth Moore, Ann Voskamp and Ree Drummond have whole-heartedly endorsed it, and it's my delight to recommend it, too.
Sparkly Green Earrings is a book you could read in a single sitting or two, but I didn't. I found myself making myself take as long as possible to read it. I don't recall doing that before–I'm usually rushing to turn the final page–but this was like a visit with a good friend, sweet conversation, relatable stories on motherhood. Whether you know her or have read her blog, Melanie writes like you're long-time friends.
And sometimes that's the cup of cheer you desperately need.
Oh, and since Melanie (aka Big Mama) has written about fashion a time or 12, I thought the book title meant we'd be hearing about that. How much did I LOVE learning the why behind the title…a little, lovely surprise, and you'll just have to read to find out yourself.
Melanie is offering one of my readers a signed copy of Sparkly Green Earrings!!
For your initial entry, leave a comment on this post telling me why YOU'D like to win this giveaway; once you do that, feel free to Tweet, Pin, Facebook Like and/or Share this post for additional entries and leave a separate comment with the URL to enter. Entries will close on Sunday, March 3rd at 11:59 EST. Giveaway is for book only :).
If you can't wait, DO buy the book NOW!!
Melanie explains more about the book below…mostly it's a love letter I suppose :).
CONGRATS to commentor #32, Stephanie Auton, Random.org's rabbit out of the hat for Melanie's book.
thanks for the chance! I would want to win because they are so cute!
I think this sentence here is why I would love to read this book. I could use a little light and life and I know her words give that.
Looks and sounds intriguing! My favorite color is green this year, and I love reading new books of inspiration!
I love to read Melanie's blog and I can't wait to read her book as well!
I already have a copy but I would love to win a signed copy to give my sister!
I've been hearing you talk about it long enough, I'd like my OWN copy ;). Do you have a rule about nepotism on your blog???
I have been following Melanie's blog almost since she started it and it feels as if we are all friends – and I am SO proud of her! I would love to win a book because I have to wait weeks here to get it, it seems!And I can't wait to read it.Or Sophie's when it is published. What joy!
I would LOVE to have this book and will be travelling in a few weeks. It would be perfect reading for the airplane!
I would love a signed copy of Melanie's book because I live in Georgia, and sadly, she is not travelling out of Texas on a book tour. I just love her to pieces (I mean, by reading her blog – never had the blessing of meeting her in real life).
It sounds like such a great book!! I've read about it on a couple blogs. Can't wait to read it.
I've seen so much about this book in blogland, I am intrigued! I've never read Melanie's blog….but with all the good press, I need to stop over there!
I would love to win! Big Mama and Boo Mama were my first intro into the world of blogs years ago, and I still go to them for laughs. As a homeschooling mama of 3 (soon to be 4!) with a hubby that leaves at 6 each evening for work, I like to have an 'escape' to look forward to during the lonely evenings.
I could really use a good book to read. I have six library books on my side table and none of them are calling my name.
I love inspirational books that tie us together – such a sisterhood of motherhood!! Feeling the winter blues and could use some springtime green to cheer me up!!
Who could not use the encouragement?! Thanks for the giveaway!
Big Mama was one of the first blogs I found.
I have read Melanie's blog….and love that I can always find appropriate humor there. She helps me become less condemning of myself. Would love to win and read!
I am crying, having just watched the video of Melanie's photos and hearing her sweet, loving words directed to her daughter. I'm crying because that's me. I work so hard to not miss a moment of this journey called motherhood. And I just have so much fear I will miss moments, and I know I will, and quite frankly — this is exactly what God is showing me as I lay down my perfection-seeking life and choose to just Be in each moment, giving myself permission to miss some of them and mess some of them up. I'm excited to read Melanie's memoir, especially since her motherhood isn't over yet (and really has just begun), yet she was courageous enough to put a bookmark somewhere and write about it. Such worship.
My mother's favorite color is green, and I gave her my last pair of sparkly green earrings…I read reviews about the book and cannot wait to read it.
I am an avid reader and would love to read this book. Thank you.
I have two blogs in my feed reader under the category "Makes Me Laugh". It is the smallest category of all, because few people really write in a refreshing and funny way that makes me actually laugh out loud. Big Mama is one of them, and I would love to have a copy of her book because I am sure it would be funny and insightful and real.
Melanie's blog was one of the first I fell in love with and one of the first to break my heart with posts about Compassion, so she holds a special place in my heart. I actually already ordered my copy of her book, but I'd love to win one to give to a friend!
I don't know if I can give a better response than Amy Hunt, but I'll share the tears in my eyes, my current obsession with Beth Moore and Ann Voskamp, and my overwhelming feelings at being in one of those periods of "parentheses" in my life — the frustration superimposed on the hope of possibilities accompanied by that ever present fear that, yeah, I know, is NOT from God… And my favorite color is green. And I'm an old blogger and frustrated, oppressed writer, myself … ;-). Lovely, lovely work, Melanie!!
I would love this book because that is how I felt about motherhood… like I wanted to capture it in a bottle. It does go way too fast… I wish I could go back and get a "do over" on so many things and I pray that God will fill in the gaps as I was a single parent for half of my sons' lives… but I love them more than life itself and feel so privileged to be a mom… their mom. They can hurt you more than anyone and light up your life faster than anyone with a word or a smile or a hug (which is a rarity once boys are 16 for their mom). And I also love sparkly things so I like the title. I need some "hope" to float up and this might be it.
I'd love to win…A)Because I want to read the book B)The earrings are so pretty. Thanks.
I'm always up for some laughter!!!
I just found her blog after her book was released and I can't believe I haven't read her stuff before now! I would LOVE a copy of her book!
I would selfishly read it for my own enjoyment first, since I usually read so many self-help books. I need a good relaxing and enjoyable read! Then, as always, I would share it with others.
I love reading Melanie's blog, and I'd love a chance to win this signed copy! Thanks for your giveaway!
I hadn't heard of this book before today, but I just watched the video and am in love with the idea. I'd love to have a copy of this book to remind me to find the special moments with each of my kids (who are growing up way too fast). I don't want to lose them before I've completely found them.
I love her blog! and your herkiues for her!
I have never heard of this blog or book, but I am excited to follow!!
I WANT TO FIND OUT THE SECRET OF THE TITLE!!!!!
Wow! Have been looking at reading this book since I first heard of it! Thank you thank you for a chance to win a copy!
I'd like to win so I can share this book with friends!
Loved to have the book and earrings. Thanks.


These past few days the people of Grafton and the wider Clarence Valley have reeled in shock as we heard about the massacre in two Christchurch mosques and then learned that the assailant was one of our own, a young man who grew up in Grafton.
Over the weekend I was interviewed by numerous national and international media, and one of the most frequent questions concerned our contacts with the local Muslim community as we prepared for the prayer vigil that was held in Grafton Cathedral last night.
When I explained that it was proving very hard to make contact with the local Muslim community, as they meet in secret and do not advertise any community contact persons, the immediate question was: Why?
They are afraid of us because of the spread of an insidious virus in the Australian body politic, evidenced in the rise of right-wing parties such as Pauline Hanson's One Nation and the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers party.
This 'virus' is not limited to the far right, but also infects major political parties who find that fear fuels electoral support. Even parties which are traditionally left-wing creep to the right to minimise the electoral damage.
In the nether regions of Australian political life we find overtly white-supremacist groups and even members of parliament blaming Muslim immigration for the rise of Islamophobia and suggesting that the massacre in Christchurch was the result immigration policies that do not privilege white people.
The dog whistles echo around the media, and especially at a time when we have both state and federal elections.
It seems that my comments on a local radio station yesterday have upset a local candidate for the Shooters Party, Fishers and Farmers.
It is controversial to name the elephant in the room, namely the rise of populist political movements with policies that oppose immigration, call for the protection of our 'western culture' and seek to reduce or eliminate controls on gun ownership.
For the record, the context of my comments was the sad fact that our small Muslim community in Grafton (and indeed throughout the North Coast) meets secretly for their prayers and had proved impossible to contact as we planned the community prayer vigil at Grafton Cathedral.
Now why would they be afraid of us? Could it be the rise of populist political movements and the infection of racist atttiudes within so-called mainstream parties?
More importantly, in my view, how do we make Grafton a compassionate city where everyone feels safe and welcome, including our Muslim neighbours?
My prayer is that we come together as the generous communty that we are and use a project such as the Compassionate Communities program to demonstrate our true character to the world, but especially to our Muslim neighbours.
I saw you briefly on ABC News last night. And now this email.
You're doing a great job mate. A feather in the progressive theology cap.
Though the recognition and care of Muslims trumps (notice small 't') that.
Thank you for your great witness.
I'm trying the get up a motion for Australia to secede from Australia (like Christmas Island?) in order to become the federated states of New Zealand. Keep the impressive Jacinda as PM. Would you be willing to be her deputy?
I hope all is well with you, Eve, your kids and your Parish.
Blessings on ou, the people of grafton especially the muslims who hide from their neighbors for fear of rejection and voilence. thank you for your leadership in this and many areas, and your courage to speak.
Dear Greg, My heart breaks again when I read this post. In the US it was reported that officials in New Zealand asked Muslems to stay home, to avoid meeting in worship following this murderous rampage. Our Muslim brothers and sisters are afraid, justifiably. Since they feel in danger joining your prayer service, I recommend you join their's. Here in Massachusetts, thousands of miles away from this horrible tragedy, hundreds of people turned out for Friday prayers at our local mosque. Coming together in prayer is so important in these times, and we need to seek each other out, being particularly available and comforting toward those who are being targeted by white supremacist terrorists in our world. (If I sound angry, I am!) Blessings on your work in Grafton.
Thanks, Janet: We are indeed reaching out to our local Muslim commnity. It is evry smaller. Perhaps fewer than 50 persons. They are deeply appreciative of our friendship. I expect to meet with them this coming week and we are exploring things we can do together. Such a tragedy in Christchurch, but it has given birth to a new legacy of compassion here in the city of Grafton.


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Photo: Mark Fanders
Love God with Your 'Whole Brain'
By Andy Leeco (Jun 10, 2013)
"We must constantly be taking little steps toward God"
"We must love God with our whole brain."
Those were the two key messages famed scientific researcher Ricardo Castañon, Ph.D., gave pilgrims on Friday in his return visit to the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, Mass.
"We are still crucifying Jesus," Dr. Castaño said. "The Eucharistic miracles that I have witnessed prove that He is still the living God. He is here for us, but we are not here for Him. Why is He still bleeding from these statues and Hosts? Because He is still wounded. We need to change our lives, we need to live the Word, and we need fight to be holy."
Dr. Castaño is president and researcher of Grupo Internacional para la Paz in Bolivia, a non-profit consisting of self-financed research professionals. His presentation was titled, "Inner Transformation through Human Experience: Why We Are As We Are."
"When I was 44 years old," he said, "I went to examine my first Eucharistic miracle. A statue was bleeding. I went not because of faith but because I was curious. I was an atheist, but as soon as I saw that statue I knew I must change. It was very difficult to change. It has taken me 13 years, but God shows us a way to live better."
Doctor Castañon said those looking to grow closer to God must change their lifestyle. They must ask God for the grace to overcome their weaknesses. He explained that the first change he made was to move out of the place where he was living with a woman without benefit of marriage. He had committed to living a life of chastity. He then told a story about a woman who wanted him to spend the weekend, and the only way he decided he could get away from the temptation was to take the first flight available — to anywhere (which turned out to be Luxembourg).
"Inner transformation is the Holy Spirit calling to you," he said. "We must do something to change our lives. We must commit to growing closer to God. We must have self determination and make real changes. We can't continue to confess the same sins. We have to fight for our sanctity."
Upon the screen was a picture of a long, winding dirt road. Dr. Castañon explained that we needed to keep that image in our mind as the walkway of inner transformation.
"We think we can jump and be closer to God in three jumps, but it takes a lot of little steps," he said. "Jumps don't allow us to change. We have to go little by little."
Dr. Castañon went on to tell another story about a friend of his that ate eight doughnuts for breakfast every morning. He would tell Dr. Castañon that he was trying to change and overcome the sin of gluttony, but he couldn't. Finally one morning, the man called all excited because he had only eaten seven doughnuts that morning.
"People can change," Dr. Castañon said. "We have to have the right intention, remind ourselves to do better, and to stay the course we know is right. But if there is no inner transformation, there is no conversion."
He then told the audience that he had scientific proof that people could change. He showed two models of an alcoholic's brain. One showed a bar chart that was completely red. Doctor Castañon said that the chart showed an alcoholic who was still drinking. The next bar chart had red on the edges but the middle was full of yellow bars. He said this was a chart of a recovering alcoholic. He explained new pathways were being created and that little by little the brain was creating a new model of behavior.
"The aim of life is sanctity," he said. "Do we want to transform ourselves into what God wants us to be? Then we must become aware of everything around us and learn to cope emotionally with all the evil of the world. We must have clean mind, pure thoughts, and the right intention."
Then, Dr. Castañon turned his attentions to the inner workings of the brain. He talked about three main parts of the brain — the neocortex, the limbic system, and the reptilian brain. He said that each section of the brain was key to having a deep love for God.
He then showed two models of the brain side by side. One brain was full of activity and one that only had activity in one part of the brain. He explained that the one full of activity was a person that was completely in love with God. God was their deepest love. He called this a complex brain. The other slide was one of a lukewarm Catholic. He said the individual claimed to love God more than anything, but his brain was not triggering the chemicals that are released when you are in love. He called this a simple brain.
"I can tell when someone has a deep love for God," Dr. Castañon said. "They have an inner peace that shows up in every part of the brain."
First, Dr. Castañon talked about the frontal lobe. It controls the "essence" of our humanity. It controls our emotions and judgments.
"It decides if we take those little steps toward God or not," he said. "If you watch a lot of violence and sex on TV, then your brain gets used to these acts. Your brain is creating paths to carry this information through your brain. You are not easily offended by these things any longer."
But he said we can retrain these paths, just like alcoholics retrain their brain not to drink. We can enrich these pathways, training our brain to go to church and pray for an hour or two; or train our brains to pray the Rosary regularly instead of watching TV. Soon we will want to come to church every day.
Dr. Castañon explained that it's all about self-management. We may act holy when we are in church, but then do we do what we want when we are alone? Do we have the will and discipline to take those little steps toward God? Only if we can train our brain to reject the temptations of this world.
Then he went on to focus on the limbic system. It converts short-term to long-term memory and ties memories together with emotion.
"The more we run to be with God, the more we learn how He is talking to us, the more we show caring and compassion to others, then the more we will enjoy the fruit of the Spirit which is love," he said. "These Eucharistic miracles prove that God is alive. He's working to show us that He is with us."
Finally, he touched on the reptilian brain, which is physical power, motive, drive, and impulse.
"Good motives create good behavior," he said. "We may have an impulse to commit a sin, but if we have trained our frontal lobe, we can overcome the reptilian impulse with self control. We must take the hand of the Holy Spirit. We must have a complex brain. We must have faith, conviction, commitment, conversion, transformation, and prayer."
Dr. Castañon's parting words to the pilgrims were to grow closer to Jesus, to become a friend of God because God talks to His friends. Then, he encouraged everyone to bring others to the Source of the fountain, to bring light to the world, and to continue to take little steps to grow holy.
M. - Jul 4, 2013
great presentation. Any way we could get more detail or a dvd of the talk? Does he have any books? This sounds like exactly what I need. Thank you for sharing it with us. Meg
Lorie - Jul 2, 2013
It all made sense. Thank you for sharing.
Lois Ann - Jun 17, 2013
I was not able to attend this conference. I am however, so intent upon learning about mystical experiences. The gift of tears, the Dark Night, etc. Some have experienced these gifts and have no understanding of them in modern language. St. Theresa of Avila, John of the Cross, Paul of the Cross all explain in a language I find very difficult to understand. Julian of Norwich has been the easiest for me. Could Dr. Castano recommend any readings for someone like me? I need to understand but I find it very difficult to find anything written in modern, everyday English. Does anyone have any recommendations?
Carole - Jun 15, 2013
God bless Dr. Castano for this very insightful, inspirational message so beautifully and simply presented.
Peg - Jun 12, 2013
I fascinated. Please let us all know more about the good doctor's presentation. I for one know very personally the need for this deeper kind of understanding of how our brains and minds can help us to grow closer to Jesus, and especially how those who are addicted need not be discouraged in their struggles in recovery. Thank you so much for the article - I think we need to hear more from Dr. Castano.
Mabel - Jun 12, 2013
Thank you so very much for this beautiful and wonderfully explained insight.

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Future Fisherman Foundation launches fishing program for junior high school PE classes
PONCA CITY, Okla. (Dec. 15, 2014) – The Future Fisherman Foundation (F3) announces a new program called SUPERFISH that is designed to bring a four-week fishing curriculum into junior high schools and their physical education classes.
SUPERFISH will get its start as a 10-school pilot project, thanks to the BoatU.S. Foundation who is providing initial grant funding to F3 to help schools offset the cost of participation. After the pilot phase, the program will be refined to a final format and then made available to all interested junior highs.
"We have been working on the pieces of this program for a long time, but we now have it ready to go," said F3 Executive Director Mark Gintert. "We built a program that is aligned to National Standards for Physical Education and condensed it into a four week module for the classroom. Our intent is to teach the fundamentals of fishing, as well as aquatic education and environment stewardship, to our target group of 6th, 7th and 8th graders, and then create a system of multiple fishing opportunities for them.
"We realize that at the end of the class not every student is going to want to continue on with fishing, but for those who do we have a format that leads them into a school fishing club where they can get those additional opportunities that they may otherwise miss out on. The program works well whether fishing from the bank or boats, and for all venues and species of fish. We just want kids to get outside and to the water's edge where they can learn a host of lessons that can't be experienced in a gym," Gintert explained.
Gintert further explained that key partners have helped F3 bring the school fishing program to fruition, such as the BoatU.S. Foundation, and also Zebco and The Bass Federation.
Once the pilot program is completed, SUPERFISH will be made available to schools in a format that will allow them to bring it in at a low and manageable cost instead of having to constantly seek grants for funding.
"We have a unique fundraising feature built into the program that eliminates about 85 percent of the fishing program's cost if a school is willing to do a little work," Gintert added. "We've made SUPERFISH an exciting program for the kids and something that's easy for schools to take and run with."
Junior high schools interested in being one of the 10 schools involved in the pilot or wanting more information on SUPERFISH can contact Gintert at mark@futurefisherman.org or by visiting www.futurefisherman.org.
About the Future Fisherman Foundation
Established in 1986, the Future Fisherman Foundation (F3) unites the sportfishing industry and a nationwide network of state outdoor educators, national conservation groups, youth organizations and other educators dedicated to introducing America's youth to angling, conservation and the outdoors lifestyle. F3 operates under The Bass Federation (TBF) umbrella of companies and is the official education arm of TBF. F3 is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.


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Artist Obituaries - What Will Yours Say?
By TET (David Arandle) September 05, 2008
The final paragraph, about artist obituaries, in a recent blog post, Google-eyed, by Hazel Dooney in her Self vs Self blog set my mind to thinking in the warped way that it does. First the paragraph in question:
As anyone who reads Self Vs. Self regularly would know, I'm a total media tart. I embrace any opportunity to promote my art and myself. Barney writes: "I subscribe to Brendan Behan's view. He famously said, 'There is no such thing as bad publicity except your own obituary'." I wouldn't even draw the line there.
I can imagine the obituary of some poor starving artist including a paragraph along the lines of:
"In loving memory of __________. If you had just bought his art while he was alive he might have been able to afford the expensive, life saving, medical attention that he urgently required. Unfortunately it was not to be and he died penniless. Buy his art you bastards so we can afford to pay the funeral bills!!"
More fun than obituaries is the statements people choose to have written on their tombstones. Perhaps an appropriate one for our starving artist is:
"This will increase the value of my art!"
Or even more appropriately:
"Now's the time to buy my art!"
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Anonymous September 05, 2008 11:48 AM
OMG!!!! I just spewed my coffee onto my monitor from laughing!!!! I needed that today...thank you!!!!
TET (David Arandle) September 05, 2008 5:53 PM
Glad you enjoyed it Kristine :-)
Quite a few artists became famous after they died! Can't say which, but I have heard that. Beware! LOL!
PS. .....get the best out now!!!
Yes... I should get the best out now as it'll be much harder to do after I've died. LOL. Van Gogh is the poster boy for artists that became more famous after dying. He only ever sold two works in his life time (or so the story goes).
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By TET (David Arandle) February 05, 2019
Today's guest post is by Artist, Writer, and Mental Health Advocate, Jo B Creative who writes for her blog, Creating My Oddessey.
You should see our (almost) brand new conservatory, half of which is my art studio. 'Lucky me!' I think to myself. Not every creative bod can boast that. It's HUGE! Like a giant greenhouse.
We first moved to our pleasant cul-de-sac house - great for raising kids - when our son, who's on the cusp of thirty-one, was four. One of the main reasons that we wanted it was that, apart from its location on the fringes of a historic market town in rural Hampshire, UK, it had a sizable conservatory looking onto the back garden. It was brown wood framed and had a corrugated transparent roof sloping down from downstairs ceiling height. On the face of it, it doesn't sound that glamourous, but we loved the idea of a conservatory. Luxury! I even liked the red brick walls which it was built against - the original exterior of the house - and the light …
The Star Wars Saga: Episode II, Attack of the Clones *All Spoilers*
By TET (David Arandle) October 16, 2015
Continuing my series of posts, as one of my local TV stations shows every Star Wars movie in order, every Saturday, for the next six weeks leading up to the release of Star Wars, Episode VII, The Force Awakens, here is my response to and thoughts on Star Wars, Episode II, Attack of the Clones.
After The Phantom Menace I just wasn't interested in seeing Episode II in the cinema. I don't think I made any effort to see it or even had any anticipation for it's release.
Revive Skateboards, Design a Lifeline Competition - My Pizza Monkeys Entry Submission
By TET (David Arandle) November 19, 2019
About a month ago Revive Skateboards launched their #DesignALifeline competition where entrants had to purchase a specific Lifeline template skateboard deck, draw their design on it, and then post a photo of their finished board to Instagram with the hashtag #designalifeline.
With only 200 template boards being made available, I liked those odds, and bought a deck within an hour of seeing the competition announcement video on the day it was posted. The deck cost me US$40.00 and about that again to have it mailed to Australia. It's the most expensive competition entry I've paid for to date.
The winner gets to have their design released as an official deck as part of Revive's Spring 2020 product release. As well they get three copies of their deck along with a sponsor pack (which typically consists of a number of decks, clothes, wheels etc. from Revive's range). Four runners up will get a sponsor package only.
If you're thinking you might like to enter, unfortunatel…
Boom Crash Opera Born Classic But Not Again
By TET (David Arandle) January 12, 2009
Boom Crash Opera are an Australian Band that reached the peak of their popularity in the mid to late nineteen eighties. They are a band that I knew about at that time but was never really excited by until they released their ill fated double album Born and Born Again in 1995 (Album cover pictured).
At the time of its release I was very much into emerging Australian musical acts and was also looking out for new sounds that were different and had kind of a futuristic/electronic sound. Artists that I was buying at the time included; Swoop, Nine Inch Nails and Pop Will Eat Its Self. As well as a really interesting release by David Bowie, the concept album, Outside.
Born was a fairly radical departure for Boom Crash Opera (BCO). The first single, Gimme, was often compared to the sounds of Gary Glitter, particularly his single, Rock n Roll part 2, because of the pounding drum loops. Watch the video below.
My favorite single from the album is dissemble which probably went nowhere on the char…
Kids today are smarter than their parents?
By TET (David Arandle) July 01, 2006
How often have you heard it said that kids today are smarter than their parents? I've heard it quite frequently in the media – even Dr Phil has said it. I say speak for your self. It's not true and don't let the media fool you.
Today's kids may have access to more information that may give them more choices but in my experience, they only take in what they want to hear and still make stupid, uninformed decisions. Just like we used to at their age.
Like any cross section of people there will be exceptions. There are kids that are genuinely smarter, more mature and responsible for their age. However the vast majority know everything they need to know by the time they turn fourteen. They're 'adult' enough to be responsible for all their own decision making so parents should just let them do what they please…right? Just like we thought at fourteen.
Don't be fooled. Just because your son knows how to download MP3's onto an ipod, or your daughter can chat to five friends at the same time on he…
"You are the Generation that bought more shoes..."
By TET (David Arandle) May 03, 2006
"You are the generation that bought more shoes, you get what you deserve." This quote is a song lyric that I heard on the radio (my apologies to the writer and artist that it belongs too because I don't know who either of you are). It's a great line and I can only assume it refers to the apparent lack of interest today's eighteen to twenty somethings appear to have in more serious and deeper issues.
Not that I'm trying to hold myself up as someone who campaigns strongly for the greater good of human kind or that I spend significant amounts of time raising awareness of important issues. I'm certainly not a poster boy for changing the attitudes of people with too many shoes but lyrics like that do make you think.
It's at this point that I really don't know where to go with this article. Should I focus on the material nature of modern society and its obsession with having more stuff? Or should I mention a few important issues, like Human Rights Abuses,…
Momentary pauses in cyberspace...
By TET (David Arandle) December 28, 2005
I got to thinking about blogs and the fact that anyone can leave a comment to my posts. When someone comments, the polite thing to do is to respond with a comment under theirs. This may prompt an additional comment but really that person has no real intention of in depth discussion. They're just passing through.
It's a lot like walking down the street with a complete stranger approaching from the opposite direction. Your intention is to simply pass them by but as you come within talking distance the stranger says 'Hi, nice day isn't it.' Like they needed to share that little highlight of information to brighten your day too.
You can smile and nod in agreement, or go so far as to say 'Yes isn't it' whilst passing by without so much as a break in stride. It's all that is required to be polite.
Sometimes though, you want a bit more from your stranger. Why did they decide to say 'Hi' to you? Unfortunately you can't back track and ask your stran…
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Universal Healthcare: Not at All Universal
From Sykes Writes, an article about doctors who have drawn the logical conclusions about what follows from a system of socialized medicine:
Doctors are calling for NHS treatment to be withheld from patients who are too old or who lead unhealthy lives.
Smokers, heavy drinkers, the obese and the elderly should be barred from receiving some operations, according to doctors, with most saying the health service cannot afford to provide free care to everyone.
£1.7 billion is spent treating diseases caused by smoking, such as lung cancer and emphysema
Fertility treatment and "social" abortions are also on the list of procedures that many doctors say should not be funded by the state.
The findings of a survey conducted by Doctor magazine sparked a fierce row last night, with the British Medical Association and campaign groups describing the recommendations from family and hospital doctors as "outrageous" and "disgraceful".
About one in 10 hospitals already deny some surgery to obese patients and smokers, with restrictions most common in hospitals battling debt.
Managers defend the policies because of the higher risk of complications on the operating table for unfit patients. But critics believe that patients are being denied care simply to save money.
The Government announced plans last week to offer fat people cash incentives to diet and exercise as part of a desperate strategy to steer Britain off a course that will otherwise see half the population dangerously overweight by 2050.
Obesity costs the British taxpayer £7 billion a year. Overweight people are more likely to contract diabetes, cancer and heart disease, and to require replacement joints or stomach-stapling operations.
Meanwhile, £1.7 billion is spent treating diseases caused by smoking, such as lung cancer, bronchitis and emphysema, with a similar sum spent by the NHS on alcohol problems. Cases of cirrhosis have tripled over the past decade.
Among the survey of 870 family and hospital doctors, almost 60 per cent said the NHS could not provide full healthcare to everyone and that some individuals should pay for services.
One in three said that elderly patients should not be given free treatment if it were unlikely to do them good for long. Half thought that smokers should be denied a heart bypass, while a quarter believed that the obese should be denied hip replacements.
Tony Calland, chairman of the BMA's ethics committee, said it would be "outrageous" to limit care on age grounds. Age Concern called the doctors' views "disgraceful".
Gordon Brown promised this month that a new NHS constitution would set out people's "responsibilities" as well as their rights, a move interpreted as meaning restrictions on patients who bring health problems on themselves. The only sanction threatened so far, however, is to send patients to the bottom of the waiting list if they miss appointments.
The survey found that medical professionals wanted to go much further in denying care to patients who do not look after their bodies.
The position of the doctors is not utterly nonsensical. People who live unheathy lifestyles really are imposing costs on taxpayers.
But isn't letting them do that part of the basic logic of the welfare state?
Doesn't "enlightened opinion" say that drug users should get treatment -- and get it at the taxpayer's expense? Isn't it considered mean-spirited, and even downright racist, to condemn a woman who has a child out of wedlock, imposing all sorts of costs on society, starting with welfare benefits, but going on to include all the social pathologies that come with out-of-wedlock births?
Of course, once government takes responsibility for everybody's health care, one logical possibility is to tell people "live as we say or we won't treat you." The other possibility is to say "since we have to treat you, we are going to force you to live as we say."
The more sensible viewpoint is the market-oriented one. It says, in effect "you can live however you want, and then you can see whether you can get insurance and how much it will cost." That's what prevails with life insurance and long-term care insurance in the United States. It's less a factor with health insurance, which usually tends to be "all or nothing." But it's clearly more humane than the alternatives.
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I though the argument was too many people went without health insurance because they...
Couldn't afford it
Weren't healthy enough for coverage
And a list of a dozen other reasons.
And socialized medicine is touted by some on the left as the answer. Approve universal health care, and all your problems will be solved!
Until they realized it's expensive.
The thing that gets me is the equally unhealthy behavior of promiscuous sex - which leads to STDs, abortion, and unplanned pregnancies is never mentioned as a "bad behavior" and offenders are never listed as a group to be left off the list of universally insured. Just smokers, the elderly, and the overweight/obese.
The more sensible viewpoint is the market-oriented one. It says, in effect "you can live however you want, and then you can see whether you can get insurance and how much it will cost."
That is the solution - unfortunately, it requires personal responsibility and the ability to accept the consequences of one's actions...which flies in the face of what most liberals believe, anyway.
Allow me, if you will, to edit Amy's comment for accuracy.
"The thing that gets me is the equally unhealthy behavior of UNPROTECTED sex - which leads to STDs, abortion, and unplanned pregnancies"
There is nothing inherently unhealthy about promiscuous sex - it's actually a great cardio workout - if all proper precautions are taken. Comparing sex to smoking and obesity is beyond the scope of reason.
Amy, do you support birth control?
"Isn't it considered mean-spirited, and even downright racist, to condemn a woman who has a child out of wedlock..."
What does racism have to do with children being born out of wedlock? Oh, yeah: there's a whopping assumption behind this statement: women who have children out of wedlock are minorities.
drsemnaa said...
very sad story but the surgery is the reason he must be charged
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women who have children out of wedlock are minorities
Yes, about 72% of black babies are born out of wedlock. And a bit above 50% of Hispanic babies. The number among non-Hispanic whites is 30%, which is *way* too high, but not as bad.
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In 2017, Hasbro Studios released two series of animated shorts that are tied in with My Little Pony: Equestria Girls, an anthropomorphic spin-off franchise of the 2010 relaunch of Hasbro's My Little Pony toyline. One, titled Canterlot Shorts, was produced by Boulder Media in the Republic of Ireland and the other, a series of music videos, was produced by DHX Media in Canada. Discovery Family bills the two series together as Summertime Shorts.

Voice Cast

Tara Strong as Twilight Sparkle
Ashleigh Ball as Applejack & Rainbow Dash
Andrea Libman as Fluttershy & Pinkie Pie
Tabitha St. Germain as Rarity, Photo Finish & Granny Smith
Rebecca Shoichet as Sunset Shimmer
Michelle Creber as Apple Bloom
 Madeleine Peters as Scootaloo
Nicole Oliver as Principal Celestia
Claire Corlett as Sweetie Belle

Shorts

Canterlot Shorts
Although the title card for this series has nothing but an Equestria Girls logo, the shorts are referred by Hasbro as Canterlot Shorts. The shorts were all written by Gillian M. Berrow (who also wrote the novelization of first Equestria Girls film as well as most of the Friendship Is Magic novels) and were produced by Boulder Media in the Republic of Ireland (which Hasbro Studios acquired in 2016).

Music videos
A series of music videos were produced by DHX Media's 2D animation studio located in Vancouver, Canada, which have produced the Equestria Girls animated films and specials.

Release
In the United States, the shorts were shown on Discovery Family (a joint venture between Discovery Communications and Hasbro) as part of Discovery Family's "Summer Splash" seasonal event where they are collectively known as Summertime Shorts. Internationally, Hasbro has been releasing each short every Friday since August 11, 2017 via their official YouTube channel, starting with "Mad Twience" and ending with "Epic Fails" on November 10.

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2010s American animated television series
2010s Canadian animated television series
2017 American television series debuts
2017 Canadian television series debuts
2017 American television series endings
2017 Canadian television series endings
American children's animated fantasy television series
American flash animated television series
Canadian children's animated fantasy television series
Canadian flash animated television series
Television series by Hasbro Studios
Television series by DHX Media
Discovery Family original programming
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Aerotropolis GroupTed TabetFri 14 Sep 18
Western Sydney Aerotropolis Set to Get 'World Class' Uni
Four universities have signed on to develop a world-class aerospace, engineering and science institution in Western Sydney.
Vice Chancellors from the University of Newcastle, University of NSW and University of Wollongong, and Western Sydney University have agreed to collaborate in order to deliver a new higher education institution.
The higher education precinct will be part of the forthcoming Aerotropolis adjacent to the new Western Sydney Airport in Badgerys Creek.
The new city is expected to deliver more than 12,000 smart jobs, educate 10,000 students and provide over 3,000 homes, upon completion.
The venture will be an Australian-first and will aim provide a specialised curriculum centred on science technology, engineering and maths subjects.
It will be surrounded by 10,000-hectares of cutting-edge industries, businesses and homes that are currently being planned.
Related: Western Sydney 'Aerotropolis' Gets $20bn Funding Boost
The Western Sydney Aerotropolis is projected to become a thriving economic hub delivering new jobs, homes, infrastructure and services.
"The university project we have announced today is the first of its kind in Australia and the first new university built in Sydney in 50 years," NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said.
"It will be a world-class institution bringing together the best and brightest educators to develop our state's future scientists, engineers, and mathematicians."
The Aerotropolis has been envisaged as a hub for education and leading industries.
Surrounding business will including advanced manufacturing, aerospace, defence and agribusiness, in the hope of generating a high-skill jobs boost for New South Wales.
"The NSW Government is working to create more jobs in every part of NSW and the Western Sydney Aerotropolis will create thousands of employment opportunities for young people," Berejiklian said.
It is understood that more than 250 local and international business leaders are currently seeking to secure their place at the 10,000-hectare Luddenham site.
Related: Sydney's $5 Billion Smart City Under Way
The new campus will bring a connected network of 180,000 students, researchers and academics to the Aerotropolis.
"Quality jobs are built on a foundation of quality education," Minister for Western Sydney Stuart Ayres added.
"This education alliance is exactly what the Western Sydney Aerotropolis needs to be a jobs powerhouse of the future."
"The project builds on the significant momentum already made on the Western Sydney Aerotropolis."
Stage One of the new campus is anticipated to open in 2026, close to the completion of the new $5.3 billion airport.
Earlier this year, property group Celestino commenced construction on its $5 billion Sydney Science Park on a 250-hectare site in Luddenham.
The first stage of development at Sydney Science Park includes a mix of commercial, residential, education and open space.
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package com.oxyrem.patient.util;

import java.util.regex.Pattern;

import android.text.TextUtils;
import android.util.Log;

/**
 * A utility class for text validation.
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 */
public class ValidTextUtility {
    private static final String TAG = "OXPA/ValidTextUtility";

    /**
     * Validate password.
     *
     * @param password
     * @return boolean True if password is valid.
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        if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(password) && (password.length() > 4)) {
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        }
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    }

    /**
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    public static boolean validEmail(String email) {
        final String validPattern = "^[_A-Za-z0-9-\\+]+(\\.[_A-Za-z0-9-]+)*@[A-Za-z0-9-]+(\\.[A-Za-z0-9]+)*(\\.[A-Za-z]{2,})$";

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            }
        }catch(NullPointerException e){
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return false;
    }

}