nolefan5311 wrote: Ok Seamus, I think there is only one issue holding you up. After doing a little bit more research into this, the only real issue I have remains the capital bonus.
From what I can see, 5 of the 12 capitals will start neutral. This leaves 7 capitals as droppable; Beer-Sheba, Shiloh, Samariah, Adamah, Edreh, Mahanaim, and Arder. With only 4 required for the bonus, that leaves a 16% chance that a bonus will be dropped in 2 and 3 player games, which is just too high.
You have a couple of options here though. The simplest is to code 3 of the above as starting neutrals, leaving 4 to be deployed at the drop. This drops the percentage to 1% in 2 and 3 player games. The other option is to code those remaining 7 as starting positions in the XML, giving a maximum of 3. It's up to you, but this will have to be changed before the stamp can be issued.
That makes sense. 16% is WAY too high. I hate games where there are bonuses on the drop. I really like the idea of coding the remaining 7 as starting positions in the xml, with a max of 3. This makes the chances of a capital bonus on the drop 0%, and keeps them very much in play if someone does happen to drop 2-3 of them. Plus, it also then becomes V.J.'s problem since he'll be doing the xml. Thanks Nole. So with that being said, does it solve the one issue holding us up?
if 7 capitals are start positions with a maximum of 3 each in 2-player games, then the 7th capital is put into the random pot for distribution to player 1, player 2 or the neutral player. there is therefore a one-third chance of player 1 receiving a +2 bonus for holding 4 capitals.
if u deal with this by coding 7 capitals as underlying-neutral start positions, then 8-player games will start with 7 neutral capitals, which isn't ideal.
while keeping the 7 capitals as start positions, how about changing the capital bonus to +5 for every 5 capitals? there is no chance of receiving this bonus from the start and it's big enough to encourage players to position themselves for or against it.
let the levite cities start as n2 rather than n3. they're likely to remain untouched in many games if players have to kill 3 neutral troops for only a +1 auto-deploy. a further possibility is to have shechem and ramoth-gilead start as n1, to force some action in the war zones, though this has some minus points in unlimited-forts games.
the name of the river: isn't it supposed to be river jordan, rather than jordan river?
mark 1:5 And there went out unto him all the country of Judaea, and all they of Jerusalem; And they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
Officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Jordan is on the East Bank of the River Jordan.
iancanton wrote: if 7 capitals are start positions with a maximum of 3 each in 2-player games, then the 7th capital is put into the random pot for distribution to player 1, player 2 or the neutral player. there is therefore a one-third chance of player 1 receiving a +2 bonus for holding 4 capitals.
Thanks Ian. I think +5 for 5 capitals is a good solution. I'll update that for the next version. I also really like the 6 Levite Cities starting at n2 rather than n3. I don't think we need to force action in the war zones with some n1's, that should happen naturally, but could be something we rework during Beta as we see the games play out.
As for the Jordan, I've seen it both ways actually, in even earlier passages than the ones you posted. I don't mind either way, maybe BluU can crack an egg of knowledge all over us.
Either one is just a translation/interpretation of the original text. Jordan River (Modern American) - River Jordan (Antiquated British).
I think this map is going for the old feel.
Two options more for you. Remove the names as they are not territs or go completely biblical and call it Yarden.
Once you've posted that update Seamus, we can stamp this for you.
- Updated the Capitals bonus from +2 for 4 to +5 for 5.
- Updated the Levite Cities of Refuge from n3 to n2, but left Hebron as n3 since it is also a Capital, and as such much be taken to give a player the Capital bonus and a +1 auto-deploy, so it's more valuable then a regular Levite City.
Working on the small map.
Looks good Seamus. It's come a long way.
This is the last call. This map will receive the gameplay stamp in 48 hours if no issues are brought up, so if you do have any issues, now is the time to make mention of them.
Wow, great call Ahava. Not sure how I made that mistake. I'll have it corrected for the next update, which should include the small version, and is why it's taking so long to post.
"En Gedi" should be "Ein Gedi"
And you have 2 terits that are both named "Elon" one in the green Judah bonus area, and the other in the Western War Zone area.
There do appear to be a couple of grammatical changes, but that won't hold up the GP stamp being issued. Congrats Seamus...onwards and upwards!
Thanks so much! Working on all of those changes now.
My quick question of gramaticalness (is that a word? lol) The Jordan River... is often referred to as "the River Jordan" yes? Especially when referred to in the biblical sense.
RedBaron0 wrote: My quick question of gramaticalness (is that a word? lol) The Jordan River... is often referred to as "the River Jordan" yes? Especially when referred to in the biblical sense.
At the end of the day it doesn't really matter to me that much. I do think it's a little funny that of the entire map this one almost insignificant lable has been one of the focal points of the comments recently. If that's the only graphicalness (lol) issue then I'm pretty happy with myself...insert back patting here.
Its just the first thing that popped out at me.... I'm sure I'll find more stuff when I run it though the ringer.
This update includes the small version. I redid all of the text, bridges, borders, everything. The text for the terts is as small as I can go without the font looking like crap, and it's as large (and spaced) as much as it can without overlapping border lines and other names. This means some of the areas are tight, but there are no overlaps, except for a couple of the third 8's in the 888's.
- Changed the second Elon to Kerioth (Judah region), as per BluU's original suggestion.
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Seamus, you still need to make the river Jordan and the sea of Galilee the same as the impassable rivers. Only have the Dead sea terts different, but all other water needs to be made the same. Right now, only the tributaries are impassable according to the legend.
The river between Ijon and Hazor you don't need as you have a bridge connecting them and Ijon and Kedesh already connect.
- Removed the river at Ijon.
- Updated the Jordan River and Sea of Galilee colors to be like all other impassable rivers. They are all now the same.
Seamus, I think the "Jordan River" text could use some kerning.
Maybe make it bold and move it in a way so it's not touching the edge of the river.
isaiah40 wrote: The river between Ijon and Hazor you don't need as you have a bridge connecting them and Ijon and Kedesh already connect.
And if you still want to use Gath you can switch Hadesha or Libnah to it.


Bhí deis ag na páistí go léir imirt sa chomórtas seo agus bhain An Ghaelscoil an chéad agus dara háit amach, chomh maith le comhscór don tríú háit. Is dócha go raibh ionsparáid faighte acu ón gCorn Domhanda! Mórbhuíochas le Scoil Iosef as an lá a eagrú.
All the children from Rang 1 got to play in this event and the Gaelscoil took 1st, 2nd and joint 3rd place in the competition. I wonder if they were inspired by the World Cup! Thanks to St. Joseph's School for organizing the day.


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Say hello to this Best Vegan Chocolate cake in instant pot / pressure cooker / baking. This vegan chocolate cake is so versatile and screams decadence. Its moist, fluffy and soft. No one will believe it's eggfree and dairy free. A very easy recipe of a vegan cake made with ingredients found at your home. This post will guide you step by step how to make this delicious cake in an Instant Pot or stove top pressure cooker or even bake it in your oven. My go to chocolate cake recipe over a decade .
This soft and moist vegan chocolate cake is adapted from the most popular post on my blog- my eggless chocolate cake and cupcake recipe. It is the most tried recipe and has awesome feedback . You can quickly hover over my Facebook page CarveYourCraving reader's testimonial section to see what our wonderful readers have to say about this recipe and even see their droolicious bakes.
I have been testing cakes since 2 months in my Instant Pot and more than happy to tell you that I found the best ever vegan chocolate cake perfectly done in a pressure cooker/ Instant Pot after 4 trials.
I have always baked Vegan chocolate cake in the oven and only once I have tried it on stovetop pressure cooker. They have never failed either ways. The results was always fluffy and moist cake.
With so many settings in an Instant Pot , it took a bit of testing to get the same result.
And as I have an Instant Pot 6 qt duo, it doesn't have a cake button. But you can easily bake a cake in an Instant Pot without a having the cake button settings.
Sit back with a cup of coffee as I walk you through my experiments .
I opted to use the Steam option on the IP simply because I have made steamed cakes a few years back in my idli steamer.
So the settings used were – 2 cups water in the inner pot. Place the trivet handles folded inside. Start the IP and get the water steaming for 2 minutes. I wanted the IP to heat up before placing the cake so that the baking soda reacts quickly in the heating conditions and the cake fluffs up nicely. Place the cake pan , knob turned to VENT . I didn't use the IP lid , rather chose to use just basic pan lid so that I could easily check on my cake after 30 minutes .
Water evaporated rather quickly. I had to add more 1 cup water towards the end of 10 minutes of baking. It took 35 minutes to bake on steam.
I was very happy with the results. I felt I had more control over baking and checking midway rather than guesswork. It had a nice texture. This cake made in the Instant Pot was light, airy and fluffy.
So if I had to use this Steam settings for the cake I have to use 3 cups of water .
So why did I test more?
This recipe was a sure shot winner in one go but I wanted to make it more user friendly. With all the steam coming off for 35 minutes isn't a convenient setting for many. So I thought I would give it one more try on different setting. Plus there isn't anything like too much Chocolate Cake!!
2 cups water in the inner pot. Place trivet with handles folded .
I still opted to steam water in the IP as I did in Trial 1 to create pre heated oven feel .
So after gathering my ingredients for the cake I switched on the IP.
Steam water on Sautee mode for 3 minutes and placed a non IP lid just to cover the top and get the water warmed up quickly . Once the water started bubbling I placed the cake in the IP. Canceled Sautee.
Press MANUAL HIGH 35 minutes , knob closed to the sealing position.
Quick Release after 10 minutes.
The cake was uncooked from the center. Perhaps it came to pressure soon. Lot of guess work as compared to Trial 1. Not much control over your bake.
But no worries, we still enjoyed this egg free cake like a pudding cake with a side of ice cream.
Everything same as trial 2 , but for baked for 40 minutes on MANUAL HIGH and Natural Pressure Release NPR for 15 minutes and then release any pressure left doing Quick Release. I didn't want the cake to sit for too long inside.
Lovely bake. Nice and fluffy chocolate cake.
Happy with this setting . It gets a Green signal from me.
This trial just happened because of my oh so curious mind!!
I opted for a cold start. So after the batter was ready, I poured it in my cake pan. Then used MANUAL HIGH setting for 36 minutes, knob turned to the SEALING position.NPR. When the pin dropped I opened the Instant Pot.
Again a very nice fluffy bake . Fully cooked from inside and moist too .
So this trial really confused me .. lol .. lol !!!! I came to the conclusion that the recipe for the chocolate cake used here is really really forgiving and lives up to my satisfaction in any setting.
I found Trial 4 settings the most convenient and happy with the results too. I even loved the 1st Trial with Steam setting where I have more control over the cake.
Given below is step by step instructions to prepare the pan and the cake followed by the recipe for baking in Instant Pot, stove top pressure cooker and baking.
Start by preparing the pan . I have used Fat Dadio's 6″ metal pan with 3″ in height. You may use 6″ standard metal or pyrex glass pan . Double the recipe if using a 8″ pan.
As shown in the picture below we need to make a foil sling for easy handling of the pan in and out of the IP as well as a foil cover for the pan so that the water doesn't drip in the pan. For the Foil sling tear a 24 " long foil and fold it twice lengthwise as shown in the picture below to create a broad belt enough to pick up the pan .
Now that the sling and pan cover is ready , prepare the pan by brushing some oil on the base and sides of the pan and then dusting it with flour. This is done so that the cake doesn't stick to the pan and can be removed easily. Cut a round parchment paper to go onto the base of the pan. Prepare the batter . Pour it in the pan . Place the pan in the center of the sling. Cover the pan with foil cover. Lift the pan with the help of the sling carefully and place it in the IP .
Bake in the Instant Pot according to the recipe. Decorate the cake if desired . You might like the frosting recipes here .
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A versatile vegan chocolate cake recipe which is made with ingredients found at home. Easy , moist and fluffy chocolate cake recipe.
Preparing the pan as shown in the picture above.
Start by preparing the pan . I have used Fat Dadio's 6" metal .
As shown in the picture we need to make a foil sling for easy handling of the pan in and out of the IP as well as a foil cover for the pan so that the water doesn't drip in the pan.
For the Foil sling tear a 24 " long foil and fold it twice lengthwise as shown in the picture to create a broad belt enough to pick up the pan .
Now that the sling and pan cover is ready , prepare the pan by brushing some oil on the base and sides of the pan and then dusting it with flour. This is done so that the cake doesn't stick to the pan and can be removed easily. Cut a round parchment paper to go onto the base of the pan.
Sieve and Mix all dry ingredients (All purpose flour, cocoa powder, baking soda , baking powder and salt) except sugar in a bowl. Keep aside .Always sieve from a height for tender crumb outcome.
Add vinegar to milk and let it stand for a minute .
Add granulated raw sugar to milk and vinegar mixture and whip for 1 minute until the sugar is almost melted.
Now add in oil . Whip the liquid ingredients until oil is completely blended well for 30 seconds .
Pour the liquid mixture over the dry ingredients - whip with an electric beater balloon attachment or by a spatula or hand whip only till the batter is smooth and no lumps - don't over beat - very important.
Mine is always ready within 30-40 seconds.
Pour the batter in the pan . Place the pan in the center of the sling. Cover the pan with foil cover. Lift the pan with the help of the sling carefully and place it in the IP .
Bake in the IP according to the 1st , 3rd or 4th trial – whatever is convenient to you that is mentioned above in the post .
After NPR the pin will drop.
Carefully open the IP and lift the cake out with the help of the sling.
Check the doneness by inserting a toothpick in the center. It should come out with few crumbs or clean , but not with the sticky batter.
Now run a butter knife around the cake circumference and invert the cake on cooling wire rack.
Refer to my Chocolate ganache post . Recipe link in the notes.
Please scroll down for baking method and stove top method instructions.
I just tested this cake in a glass pan - Add 6 more minutes to the cooking time .
Frost your cake or just eat it as is.
I have used vegan chocolate ganache to frost just the top of the cake. For instructions follow chocolate ganache post here.
I have used Trader's Joe semi sweet chocolate chips . Use your preferred vegan baking chocolate .
Other delicious instant pot recipes - follow link here.
If you are interested in frostings - follow link here.
For other amazing vegan bakes - follow link here.
You may use 6" standard metal or pyrex glass pan . Double the recipe if using a 8" pan.
All ingredients including milk should be at room temperature. I have used So Delicious Almond milk.
If you consume dairy simply sub plant milk with regular milk.
If milk is cold just microwave it until lukewarm and then use.
I recommend adding 1 tsp instant coffee powder to the batter.It enhances the flavor of chocolate.
As there may be difference in flour quality - if you think the batter is too thick add no more than 3 tablespoon water - 1 tablespoon at a time.
I haven't tested this cake recipe in a glass bowl but luckily my friend Kavya Pai did and she loved it.
She used 4 cups Pyrex glass bowl , covered it with a steel plate. You may use foil. Baked it in IP for 34 minutes MANUAL HIGH pressure and once it beeps QR after 10 minutes .
As I mentioned that this is the best Vegan Chocolate cake in instant pot / pressure cooker / baking , so given below are the instructions for baking and stove top pressure cooking .
Refer to my extensive post on – Eggless Chocolate cake and cupcake link here. For 6″ inch pan simply half the recipe mentioned there.
Ingredients as mentioned above for a 6″ pan.
Follow instructions up to point no. 5 .
Take out the gasket ring and whistle of the pressure cooker.
Preheat the cooker by placing 1/2 cup of salt inside the cooker . Then put a trivet/ cooker stand inside the pressure cooker and put the lid on .Let the cooker preheat on high for 15 minutes. Place the cake pan carefully inside the cooker, close it with the cooker lid having no whistle or gasket ring on.Or alternatively use a steel lid to cover the cooker. Bake for 40- 50 minutes on low flame , checking at 40 minute mark until the a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean or bake for extra few minutes. For Stove top pressure cooker you do not require a foil cover or sling . Just use a pot holder to place the cake inside the cooker.
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Thank you for sharing your experience with us Marney. I am glad you liked the cake.
Only half the quantity and fully vegan .
I am new to the world of stove top pressure cooking.
I just removed your chocolate cake recipe out of my new Hawkin's 2-liter stainless steel stove top pressure cooker.
Oh my, it is mmm good, so dense and moist!
FYI, followed your directions but pressure cooked the chocolate cake with 3/4 cups of water for 40-minutes.
I used your foil cover/sling concoction with a 5″-round ramekin dish.
Placed it on the Hawkin's grid (plate with holes) with 3/4 cup of boiling water.
When the steam started to release I placed the Vent Valve on the IP and reduce the heat to low for 40-minutes. FYI heat source glass cook top.
I took the Hawkin's off the heat after 40-minutes and let it cool down naturally.
Since you stated the recipe was fool proof, I could not resist.
*a spritz of fresh squeezed orange instead of vanilla.
*a few unprocessed coconut flakes into the spice grinder.
Hand folded it all very gentle into your batter. Also, I used grape seed oil and Arrowhead Hills Organic All Purpose Flour.
So good to hear that Lynn. Thank you for a lovely feedback!
I made the cake in a 8″ spring form pan, so per your instructions, I doubled the amount of the ingredients and added 5 minutes to the cooking time. It was perfect; great texture and taste. thank you. Eggless cakes , I never knew !
Yes Karen you need to double the recipe for the pans .
Snicker flavors sounds exciting. I think Doubling the batter will only work in 8″ or 9 " pan. You may do 1.5 times the batter . I suggest 5 minutes more than mentioned in the original recipe.
I have 8" and 9" round cake pans that are 2" deep. If I use either of those should I double the recipe?
Wow that's awesome Lisa. Thank you for a lovely feedback!
I made this and it was incredible. Making another one tonight, as my husband said it's the best chocolate cake he has ever had.
OH – we loved your chocolate cake – I used trial number 3 and I used carob powder. It was perfect. thank you so much..
Wow that was quick Sheena.. glad you liked it.
Thank you Avin.. I did mention that we ate it all.. some was shared with friends too.
Please go through the notes . Yes you can use dairy same amount.
Thank you Niharika. If you read my post baking instructions are given too after instant pot instructions.
which plant milk have you used?
can I make the cake using dairy? if yes, please how?
Love your recipes.This blog is my go to place for all the good food I want to cook.
Also I don,t have an instant pot, can you tell me the procedure to bake this is cake in an oven?
Again thank you so much for writing all these recipes.Cant wait to try this one.
Thank you Sherry. Yes please do!
Glad to know Sulthana. Hope you give this one a try!
What a lovely post!! You explained everything so well.
How amazing. Can't wait to try!


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In my polling loop, can I use a message_t variable (stack allocated outside the loop) to receive a message, forward to the socket, and then use the same message_t variable to receive another message in the next iteration of the loop? Or, should I stack allocate the message_t variable INSIDE the polling loop; In other words, is it essential to zmq_close a message, zmq_msg_init it again before doing a zmq_recv with the same zmq_msg_t variable? This might not have measurable performance considerations, but the objective is to get things right to avoid bugs later on in the development cycle.
Also, can I take a zmq_msg_t structure from one socket and forward that to another socket without creating a new message structure, and doing zmq_msg_copy on it?

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Astral Dynamics Down-Under Community > Human Energy Body > Energy Work Forum > wings?
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during the medication i feel large energy wings in my back. i can only hug myself with them, and maybe move them a little.
can anybody tell me why, and if someone has similar experiences?
I often imagine moving my limbs as a body loosening technique. Occasionally, it occurs to me to flap my wings. I guess it's because I had wings in a dream once.
I imagine our energy body easily responds to such experiments if our minds are open to it. Imagining wings isn't so hard because of cultural beliefs in angels and fairies. We've also seen plenty of winged animals and heard the story of Icarus.
Extending the energy out the back isn't difficult either. We raise it above our crown rountinely, we bounce it off walls, we extend imaginary ropes from ourselves. It's just another variation.
I know when I do prone yoga postures with my energy body it responds to that too. Very distinct sensations.
Aunt Claire came across a "moth" person when reading a woman's energy body. Perhaps you could Msn her.
A while ago, when activating the energy centres in my back/spine area while walking, the energy created some kind of "shield". It didn't occur to me until later that the shield was vaguely wing-shaped.
It felt more like the solid shell of a turtle than gentle flapping wings though.
ayla, Maybe Aunt Clair will know? I think I remember reading that she's seen wings on people before and knows what they mean, but I wasn't having much luck searching the archives.
AC posted about a reading she did on a young boy. He had wings coming out of his energy body. I don't recall this being specifically interpreted, though, merely observed.
[Edit]: Found it, 4th post down: http://forums.astraldynamics.com/viewto ... wings+drag (http://forums.astraldynamics.com/viewtopic.php?t=1448&highlight=wings+drag) See subsection 'wings'.
Moth , Faerie ,Bat-Demonic ,Dragon and Swan-Angelic wings are a few that actually can be felt in meditation , viewed clairvoyantly used to assist flying in projection .
Aware people that are not yet dragons manifest their first pair of wings during the Sphinx Energy Body stage 10. These wings appear after the Great Work as a pair of green translucent moth like wings similar to this picture below .
All of us appeared like this irregardless of gender . These wings were quite beautiful but we could not feel them and they were a useless sort of predecessor . We also had three pearl white rings of energy appear vertically around the primary tan tiens as in Roerich's image.
At the end of the Emerald Tablet we get a glimpse of an ethereal crystal dragon and its wings on our body . Again these are not working wings , yet .
Wings continue to appear in various stages of spiritual development .
We actually develop Demon Wings before the Uraeus Effect . These are quite intimidating and we were all put off thinking we had fallen into a dark path somehow until we discovered esoteric works and images describing Christ and the Kundalini and the internal Demons of Seth .
Fortunately , this stage of Red Works passed quickly as it was emotionally difficult to contemplate oneself turning into a monster . The Red Works is a part of every stage of Alchemy . In the Red Works we must examine the evil within us all and transmute our negativity , shed ego and deal with our inner demons of Seth . These Demonic Wings manifested during the Aya of Sorrows which is about building the Kabbalah on the back .
We looked just like this image from the rear only .
In the front, we had this lovely Urn of Garuda , Skirt of Vishnu and a Crown full of Cobras.
During the Dragon Works the wings change colour as we do.Wings can be felt coming out fo the energy body and can be controlled in projections . We learn that the dragon is neutral and that within each of us there exists a guardian angel and a guardian demon .
The Guardian Angel is part of our higher self consciousness appearing with swan like angel wings . The Guardian Demon can become monstrous with bat like wings in some humans particularly those that attract negative energy . When it becomes in control the person becomes self destructive which unfortunately is one way to attract demons external to them .
Some of the dragons became involved in dark works ie dark tantra and they fell into traps in their lives and dungeons in the spirit world losing their abilities as Christ prophesized "1/3 of the dragons will fall away into dungeons " . He speaks in this manner about the time of 2000 in the Gospel of Mary Magdalene and in the Pisitis Sophia . His mother Mary cries and so does Mary Magdalene . Why so many dungeons Lord ? He replies there is freewill .Some dragons manifested their higher self into their angelic guardian and reunited them in consciousness instead . When we complete the Red Works of the Dragon Works stage we became a lovely Crystal Dragon with working crystal wings .
He had wings coming out of his energy body. I don't recall this being specifically interpreted, though, merely observed.
Wings: Angelic swan sort of wings. The left wing is violet blue , the right is an aqua green shade. These extend above the shoulder about 25cm and beneath the ground moving effortlessly along with the physical. He prefers to remain morphed as a dragon enjoying seeing the wings dragging behind him.
Jayden is 7 years old now . He was born a uv violet blue dragon .
Recently the Gospel of Judas was released in this important Gnostic Christian Work , Christ asks his apostles to manifest their angelic self and project with him to the realms and then laughs good naturedly at them when they can not . He teaches them about hypocrisy in ministry and about looking to their own sins . He teaches them about praying like a robot for show and popularity instead of praying with love . He says that only Judas can follow him and none of the apostle generation is capable and then he says that only some humans have the divine spark within them . In the Pistis Sophia Christ says it will take 2000 years for the humans to evolve spiritually to become dragons and then they will all have angel , demon and apostle in them in every human . All have potential today .
In the newly published Gospel of Judas ,Christ expected his apostles to project and follow him to a spiritual realm . He laughs because they can not . He praises Judas because he is the only apostle who can do this .
I believe Christ is asking the apostles to project their higher self to follow him to the realm Judas called Barbelo . Christ demonstrates by projecting his higher self and 4 elemental splits . This is a similar to an advanced Gnostic 5th aeon projection .
I think that Christ manifested his angelic self and four elemental splits for a full hand of 5 fingers of the magician so to speak . This method seems so similar but superior to the 5th aeon . I think that it has taken the 2000 years which Christ propecised in the Pistis Sophia for this spiritual evolution to take place so that we might follow him as he instructed to begin our lessons .
enlightened aeons. He made them reign over them, and he created for them myriads of angels without number, to assist them.
Each of us can now learn to do this . The vibration of Earth allows this . I believe Christ did not create an angel here but that he projected his angelic self out of his body and the other four that appeared in response to this were the elemental sets of spirits we are now learning to manifest .
We can not do this now but perhaps soon we will be able to follow Christ to learn the lessons he says we are not able to hear yet until we can become 5 angelic selfs at once . I feel the wings are to show us we are not angels but we are something else a human capable of acting like an angel or a demon . We have freewill .
Yes, they are there sometimes and like to come out when I'm dancing or releasing tension in meditations/hikes. I'm not certain what to do with them yet, but they can be fun.
So what's the crystal dragon stage? Any pages related to it?
is it possible that the dragons inside us are trying to get out?
I have felt them too, only mine are quite "small". They're not a permenant feeling but sometimes I can sense them in my back at and between my shoulders when meditating or doing energy work. I don't know what they are or what they mean but you are not the only one.
It is my understanding that many are on this stage of progression at this time.
On a number of occasions I have felt the emergence of "energy wings", sometimes being slightly painful. On one particular night I was chatting with a friend of mine and she was going through the same thing..
Can you describe the look and feel of these a bit more? I should be able to tell you more about this based on that info.
it's like you have two cuts which begins on you shoulder blade and ends cca 10 centimeters above the end of your spine (the cuts are at the distance cca 5 cm from the spine) and you feel like some new part of your body is going out through that cuts, and you can feel them like you feel your limbs, but you cannot move them as you want, you can do only few things.
Wings continue to occur.Last month 4 winged angels the length of the forearm manifested on mystics in my circle from the wrist to the elbow .
Recently ,we felt tiny wings about 25 cms long and 12 inches high develop around the eye of the moon where the hips begin and the spine starts to curve . These are too small to be useful but they are symbolic . Also a bodyless golden cherub face projected with sings on either ear from some mystics globally this month .


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NGAL, the New Marker for Acute Kidney Injury
Document Type : Letters to the Editor
Alireza Abdollahi
Division of Pathology, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Dear Editor-in-Chief
The incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI), previously referred to as acute renal failure, has reached epidemic proportions worldwide, affecting about 7% of hospitalised patients (1). In the critical care setting, the prevalence of AKI requiring dialysis is about 6%, with a mortality rate exceeding 60% (1, 2). A significant increase in morbidity and mortality associated with AKI has been demonstrated in a wide variety of clinical situations, including exposure to radiocontrast dye, cardiopulmonary bypass, mechanical ventilation and sepsis (2). The early diagnosis of AKI currently depends on detection of reduced kidney function by the rise in serum creatinine concentration, which a delayed and unreliable measure in the acute is setting (2). In general, there are several non-renal factors influencing the serum creatinine concentration such as body weight, muscle mass, race, age, gender, total body volume, drugs, muscle metabolism and protein intake (3).
In the face of AKI, serum creatinine is an even poorer reflection of kidney function, because the subjects are not in steady state, and serum creatinine therefore lags far behind renal injury. Furthermore, significant chronic kidney disease can exist with minimal or no change in creatinine because of renal reserve and enhanced tubular secretion of creatinine (4).
NGAL is a novel biomarker for diagnosing acute kidney injury (AKI). The key advantage of NGAL is that it responds earlier than other renal status markers and has a proportionate response to injury (1-5).
Like many other endogenous biomarker molecules, it is not produced by just one cell type and different pathologies in different tissues can all provoke responses. Results must be interpreted with due regard to concurrent conditions in the individual patient to make the optimal use of this sensitive marker (4). Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin, or NGAL (1), belongs to the lipocalin family of proteins (5). Human NGAL consists of a single disulfide-bridged polypeptide chain of 178 amino-acid residues with a calculated molecular mass of 22 kDa (1), but glycosylation increases its apparent molecular mass to 25 kDa (1). In neutrophils and urine it occurs as monomer, with a small percentage of dimer and trimer, and it occurs as a complex with 92-kDa human neutrophil type IV collagenase, also called gelatinase B or matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) (1,6,7).
Raised plasma levels of NGAL were strongly correlated with decreased renal function in patients with renal damage due to systemic vasculitis (2). The results for renal ischemia-reperfusion injury were subsequently confirmed and extended to nephrotoxic agents (1-3). It has been suggested that urinary NGAL levels may serve as an early marker for ischemic renal injury in children after cardiopulmonary bypass (4). Raised urinary and serum NGAL levels have also been observed in patients with established renal failure and patients with functioning renal grafts also showed urinary levels that were sufficiently raised to be readily detectable by Western blotting (1, 2). It is therefore apparent that a large variety of renal disorders are associated with raised plasma and urinary levels of NGAL. While plasma and urinary NGAL levels are closely correlated in acute conditions, it is to be expected that urinary NGAL levels will be particularly high after ischemic renal injury severe enough to result in acute renal failure, acute tubular necrosis or acute tubulo-interstitial nephropathy(1,5-7).
Abdollahi, A. (2010). NGAL, the New Marker for Acute Kidney Injury. Iranian Journal of Pathology, 5(4), 216-217.
Alireza Abdollahi. "NGAL, the New Marker for Acute Kidney Injury". Iranian Journal of Pathology, 5, 4, 2010, 216-217.
Abdollahi, A. (2010). 'NGAL, the New Marker for Acute Kidney Injury', Iranian Journal of Pathology, 5(4), pp. 216-217.
Abdollahi, A. NGAL, the New Marker for Acute Kidney Injury. Iranian Journal of Pathology, 2010; 5(4): 216-217.


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Home » Sugary drinks tax nets almost R800-million
Sugary drinks tax nets almost R800-million
by Amy Green
Written by Amy Green
The tax on sugary drinks tax has already generated almost R800-million since it was introduced on 1 April, according to Treasury.
Mpho Legote, Treasury's director for VAT, excise duties and sub-national taxes, said R779-million had been collected by the end of July, with a further R14-million from import taxes.
The tax, referred to in law as the Health Promotion Levy, amounts to a levy of 2,1 cents per gram of sugar although the first 4g of sugar per 100ml is exempt. It represents an 11 percent increase on a can of Coca Cola.
The intention of the tax is to get people to limit their consumption of liquid sugar – a major cause of obesity, which brings with it numerous health dangers, primarily diabetes, hypertension, strokes, heart attacks and cancer.
Treasury has also promised to allocate a portion of the income to the health department to "promote health".
High consumption of sugary drinks
In 2015, the combination of early retirement due to ill health, absenteeism and presenteeism (working while ill) cost South Africa's economy 6.8 percent of GDP, according to a study by the US Chamber of Commerce.
Sibongile Nkosi, Executive Director of the Healthy Living Alliance (HEALA), warned that "South Africa has a serious and growing obesity problem, and our children are amongst the highest consumers of sugary drinks in the world".
"We would have liked government to have imposed a 20 percent tax on sugary drinks to make a real impact on consumption," said Nkosi. "We also want to see the health department using the revenue from the levy to educate people about how to stay healthy."
Health economist Nick Stacey from the Wits University research think-tank Priceless warned that, while South Africa is facing economic challenges, "We need to think more broadly about our public policy, and in evaluating its impacts we need to place greater weight on lived measures of wellbeing such as health."
Sugary drinks tax and the economy
Recently, Cosatu spokesperson Sizwe Pamla, claimed that the sugary drinks tax was partly responsible for the current recession.
But Matthew Parks, parliamentary deputy co-ordinator for Cosatu, said "it would be comical for us to blame the sugar tax for the recession".
He said that the sugary drinks tax is a "smaller thing" that "impacts a little less" because "industry has adjusted to accommodate it by reducing the sugar content [of drinks], and retailers are absorbing a lot of the cost themselves".
"We are just saying the economy is stagnant and in crisis, yet the government continues tax increases, particularly for the poor. This is exacerbating an already-precarious situation," Parks said.
Meanwhile, there is a growing call for increases in "sin taxes" – on alcohol, tobacco and sugary drinks – and the introduction of higher corporate taxes to reverse the one percent VAT increase. A special government-appointed committee has recommended that more products should be zero-rated, or exempted from VAT.
"While it is uncertain at the moment which products will be zero-rated, increases in the Health Promotion Levy and alcohol and tobacco taxes could play a role in filling the fiscal hole left behind by the revenue lost on newly zero-rated products, or on a reduction in VAT should that ultimately occur," said Stacey.
But Legote poured cold water on the suggestion: "Increases in sin taxes in the 2018/19 budget are expected to raise about R1.3 billion, which pales in comparison to the revenue raising potential of a percentage point in the VAT rate – R23 billion," Legote said. – Health-e News
An edited version of this story was published by Health24.com
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Donna holds the "distinction" of having featured on both Baywatch and Baywatch Nights. By day she was a lifeguard but by night she ran a nightclub. Her work probably suffered as a result of this ridiculous double life though.


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Q: PPM image reading error in C++ i want to copy the contents of the datas pointer-array to my buffer.Bug when i try to compile this i get the following error :
Error C3861: 'copy': identifier not found

Please keep in mind that this is for an assignment so i'd appreciate it if you just explained what i've done wrong and not just posting a code that i can copy.
Here's the code :
    void setData(const float * & datas)
    {
        buffer = std::copy(datas, datas + (width*height * 3), buffer);
    }

PS: I can't include anything to my file.
Thanks!

A: For using std::copy() you need to include the header <algorithm> (that seems to be your problem, given the error message C3861).
Furthermore, the destination have a type compatible with the source.  So buffer should be an iterator to a container of float.
If nothing can be included (homework?), then:

*

*if <memory> is included, then consider using std::uninitialized_copy() instead

*else, you have to make your own manual for-loop to implement yourself the copy


Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers just sound like summer. I suppose that that is what happens when you hail from Florida, but there is something so beautifully happy about Tom Petty, even when he is singing about American Girls throwing themselves of balconies. But it is his tale of the rise & fall of the rock n' roll dream that provides the inspiration for this Tom Petty T-shirt. Into The Great Wide Open and it's anti-hero, Eddie Rebel. Tom Petty may have borrowed the line from The Replacements, but "Rebel Without A Clue" is still one of my favourite lines in rock n' roll.


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Q: Eager loading of one particular attribute of a related object (sqlalchemy) I declared the following models in sqlalchemy (python). My loading strategy is to use deferred as a default, and to modify my query when I need to avoid lazy loading.
What I'm trying to achieve is to get all legal_provision records, and have the related case_law items loaded at the same time, overruling the lazy loading (deferred) for the url column, but not for the other columns of case_law.
I don't seem to be able to find a convenient solution for this. Any help much appreciated!
ORM:

from sqlalchemy import Integer, String, Column, Table, ForeignKey
from sqlalchemy.orm import deferred, relationship, declarative_base

Base = declarative_base()

case_law_legal_provisions = Table(
    'case_law_legal_provisions',
    Column('case_law_id', ForeignKey('case_law.id'), primary_key=True),
    Column('legal_provision_id', ForeignKey('legal_provision.id'), primary_key=True)
)

class LegalProvision(Base):
    __tablename__ = 'legal_provision'

    id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True)
    reference = deferred(Column(String, unique=True))
    case_law = relationship('CaseLaw', secondary='case_law_legal_provisions', backpopulates='legal_provisions')

class CaseLaw(Base):
    __tablename__ = 'case_law'
    id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True)
    url = deferred(Column(String))
    contents = deferred(Column(String))
    legal_provisions = relationship('LegalProvision', secondary='case_law_legal_provisions', backpopulates='case_law')


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Partena Professional and AE have set the bar high for a flexible pay policy with Payabl'
Personalisation and flexibility: two code words for companies that want to grow sustainably within the framework of their pay policy. Partena Professional helps these companies by responding to trends and offering innovative services. This is how Payabl' was created: as the result of a productive collaboration between Partena Professional and AE.
"We are introducing a new type of HR"
Payabl' gives employees the opportunity to request an advance on their salary with ease. They open the app on their smartphone or laptop, enter the desired amount, and press 'Send'. The payroll staff then handle the request on their Payabl' dashboard. If they approve it, the payment order is automatically sent to the bank.
"It's so much more than a tool," states Jonas Pollet, Innovation Manager at Partena Professional. "With Payabl', we're launching a new type of HR."
More than one third of employees would like to be paid weekly
Payabl' is a response to a genuine need among employees. As Jonas states: "A survey has shown that 34% of employees would like to be paid at least once a week. 6% would even prefer to get paid every day. Payabl' is able to respond to this expectation. The solution is unique in the market, even internationally. It gives workers more freedom in terms of their pay, and it doesn't involve any type of credit or interest. The approach is streamlined, ethical and legally sound."
Why wait 30 days for your pay?
Traditionally, employees receive their salary at the end of the month. But Jonas thought: "Why shouldn't they be rewarded sooner for their work?" "I had been mulling over the idea of Payabl' in my head for two years. HR is slowly but surely moving towards more individualised, flexible pay packages. Cafeteria plans allow employees to put together their own packages. Payabl' now also personalises the time when they get paid."
"AE's numerous questions brought many details to light that we hadn't thought of ourselves. This has made the result all the more productive."
Jonas: "The roll-out of the Payabl' project coincided with the start of the coronavirus pandemic. We wanted to show people we weren't afraid to invest in strong ideas while being able to respond flexibly to a rapidly changing market. Our CEO Michel Halet gave the go-ahead and set a tight deadline: 'Our solution had to be ready by October.' We built our concept around a user-friendly, mobile app and seamless integration into the payroll software. We called on AE to help us with this."
Countless reassuring questions
It didn't take long to turn to AE's expertise. Sara Lombaerts, Product Manager at Partena Professional: "We presented our challenge to five candidates. Only AE showed a true eagerness to get started on our project. AE also made critical contributions right from the start. They didn't simply say yes to everything, and they didn't make any assumptions. This is how we knew we'd found a real partner rather than just another supplier. The AE team asked countless questions. They brought details to light that we hadn't even thought of yet."
"This has made the result all the more productive," adds Jonas. "AE was also the only candidate that had any real experience with our requirements and already had the foundation in place for good user management. That foundation, Customer Identity & Access Management or CIAM, is an essential part of Payabl'. CIAM ensured efficient development and allowed us to pay a lot of attention to user experience and extra user stories. We knew from the start that we were in good hands."
Agile: successfully reaching the finish line in four sprints
AE's Proxy Product Owner Joris Hias led the team of analysts and developers: "We believed in the product 100%. That gave us the energy to give it our all. This is illustrated by the fact that some developers wanted to stay one Friday night to complete a big user story. They could have gone home and started again on Monday, but they didn't."
"Joris from AE explained the project very clearly, with fixed milestones, valuable feedback sessions and four sprints."
The time to develop a rock-solid solution was limited. "We had sent out our invitations to tender in May. In June, we joined forces with AE. The project's kick-off was in July. Two months later – in mid-September – Payabl' was complete and ready to be launched for some test customers," reveals Sara.
That short turnaround time required a tight schedule. AE adopts an agile approach to challenges of this kind. Sara wasn't very familiar with this method. "However, Joris managed everything very well. With fixed milestones, valuable feedback sessions and four sprints," she states. "During those sprints, our user stories came to life (editor's note: a user story is a response to a challenge from the target group that has been translated into technical requirements). We kept consulting with each other to see if we were on the right track, sometimes even on a daily basis."
"AE has the expertise, the empathy and the innovative attitude to help us tackle the considerable challenges in terms of pay policy."
Were there any bumps in the road? "You encounter unexpected problems in every project," Joris states. "The trick is to keep a cool head, make sure the issue doesn't impede development, and incorporate the changes for the next sprint." Sara: "Joris and his team did an excellent job."
Fortunately, they weren't feeling the pressure all the time. "We laughed a lot together during the project," Jonas says. Joris confirms this: "We were very open and friendly with each other. When I think back to this first collaboration, that is what strikes me the most. I had a really good time." So did the AE team succeed in what it set out to achieve? Jonas and Sara don't hesitate for a second. "AE clearly has the expertise, the empathy and the innovative vision to help us tackle our major pay policy challenges," states Jonas.
Inspiring collaboration
Sara feels that working with AE provided a better solution: "AE introduced us to SendGrid email services and AUTh0 for app security – software that could play a key role in our organisation. It was also interesting to participate in an agile process. I found the so-called 'pre-mortem' particularly interesting. What does this mean? Suppose our project fails. In that case, we need to know why it failed. This exercise enabled us to identify all the project risks and remedy them in advance. That was a real eye-opener."
Ready to enter the market
Partena Professional is now discussing Payabl' with various organisations – from cleaning companies to engineering firms. Jonas: "Our go-to-market strategy is to roll out Payabl' first with some test customers. Their feedback is essential in order to build an even more robust solution that fully meets all the real needs of the market. Our co-creation with AE has made this home stretch less punishing and ensured that Payabl' keeps getting stronger every day."
"Payabl' is part of a new, employee-focused culture that allows employers to have more confidence in their staff," Jonas goes on to state. "That calls for proper management, including in terms of pay, because pay advances will obviously have an impact on the company's cash flow. It is a path we want to demonstrate to employers. And we have noticed that our move to a new type of HR is catching on."
"In AE we found a partner who is on the same wavelength"
At the time of publication, at least one customer had already started using Payabl' for its seventy employees. "The test results were very promising," reveals Jonas. Payabl' also received recognition from the press and from the world of HR and IT. "We have been nominated for the HR Excellence Awards, the Corporate IT Awards and the Belgian Prestige Awards, and we are in the final round for the CIO of the Year Awards, as presented by Data News," Jonas says with pride.
"We are going all out for HR innovation. We want to open up the market. "We are glad that in AE we have found a partner who is on the same wavelength."
Find out more about Payabl' at www.payabl.be.
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Should I Buy Decreasing Term Insurance (Mortgage Protection Insurance)?
We have been receiving many calls lately asking about mortgage protection insurance, otherwise known as decreasing term insurance or mortgage life insurance. The concept sounds logical; the death benefit equals the amount of the mortgage and decreases over time as your mortgage balance is paid down. Shortly after closing escrow, a new home-buyer is deluged with offers for life insurance of this sort. Some offers are very official looking like something from a mortgage company. If you respond, a salesman will come to your home and walk you through a carefully scripted presentation which will make you feel like you must buy this product or very bad things will happen. However, I would think twice before buying this kind of insurance.
That is right; you pay the same premium for the next 30 years, but the death benefit will decrease during this period. Most other insurance policies have a death benefit that stays the same or increases over time. If you are considering insurance to cover your mortgage, make sure to compare the cost of regular term insurance to mortgage life insurance. You can easily run an instant quote for life insurance by entering a few details in the free life insurance quote box to the right.
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We do not usually recommend buying mortgage life insurance, but there may be one exception to this rule. The health standards to qualify for a mortgage protection policy are usually lower than a standard life insurance policy. If you are in poor health and would likely face higher than usual premiums, or unable to qualify for regular life insurance, then you may want to consider a mortgage life insurance policy. However, you will want to read the policy's fine print for restrictions on covering pre-existing conditions or other qualifications that might challenge a payoff after your death.
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COMEY'S GIRL: The basic questions Kaplan raised!
Interlude—Rachel's avoidance: When she was secretary of state, was Hillary Clinton "extremely careless in [her] handling of very sensitive, highly classified information?"
Most strikingly, had she participated in email chains which "contained information that was top secret at the time they were sent?" Emails concerning "matters that were classified at the top secret special access program level at the time they were sent and received?"
Had Clinton exposed this "top secret" material to possible hacking by "sophisticated adversaries?" When she was secretary of state, did Hillary Clinton actually do these things?
On Tuesday morning, July 5, James B. Comey—he's commonly known as Comey the God—said Clinton did do those things. Comey, the FBI director, ran roughshod over Justice Department procedures as he strafed Clinton this day.
Two days later, on July 7, Comey repeated his claims before an august House committee. During that high-profile session, it became clear that he had played fast and loose with the truth concerning his claim that some of the material Clinton emailed had been marked classified at the time it was sent and received.
Might we all be honest for once? Comey's deception about the marked emails came close to being a lie. But so these things have tended to go in the past twenty-five years. (More on that tomorrow.)
That one accusation by Comey the God came close to being a lie. That said, Comey had long since been cast in a familiar role within establishment Washington.
He'd been cast in the role of the straight-shooting, upright Republican figure whose obvious rectitude mustn't be questioned. Reversing the flow of ancient myth, the director assumed that godly form as he trashed Clinton that week.
Perhaps because of his godly designation, Comey felt free to intrude on the White House campaign two more times before it was done. Those intrusions in the campaign's final weeks also flew in the face of established Justice Department policy and procedures.
Comey's intrusions produced a troubling assessment. In this campaign postmortem, Kevin Drum rated Comey's behavior as one of the three top reasons for Candidate Trump's narrow win.
Did James B. Comey's peculiar behavior hand the White House to Trump? Given the narrow way the election was decided, this possibility is blindingly obvious.
This possibility becomes more vexing when we consider a further possibility—the possibility that Comey's accusations were bogus, unfounded, deceptive, wrong. But that's what Slate's Fred Kaplan basically said in a July 6 report which, in a familiar pattern, quickly disappeared.
Kaplan's report disappeared because of people like Rachel Maddow. The silly multimillionaire had been summering, en vacance, when Comey delivered his thunderbolts in July. Her guest host, Steve Kornacki, seemed to be auditioning for a prime time spot at Fox as he thundered against Clinton's behavior on the evenings of July 5, 6 and 7.
Maddow returned and strapped on her orange shoes on Monday, July 11. For the rest of the summer, deep into the fall, she never so much as mentioned Comey's name. She never analyzed or critiqued his kill-shot accusations.
Fred Kaplan didn't appear on her TV show, which is entertainment- and porridge-based. His critiques of Comey's claims were never mentioned. As Candidate Clinton was pounded by Comey's claims, the orange-shoed corporate-owned millionaire ran off and hid in the woods. She'd done the same thing in 2012 when Benghazi kill shot was being invented.
In fairness, people who watch the Maddow Show face a difficult critical task. The various things she says and does are highly pleasing on a tribal basis. In part for that reason, it's hard to notice the various things she doesn't say and do.
It's hard to notice the dangerous topics this seller of cars avoids.
Let's be fair to Maddow's gullible viewers and fans. It easier to hear what has been said than to notice what has been avoided.
We'll take a guess. Very few viewers of Maddow's TV show noticed the fact that she never mentioned Comey the God or his accusations. They were too busy being distracted by her silly predictions, by her pointless but pleasing historical excursions, and by the pleasing tribal porridge which is constantly served on her show.
Maddow delivered good rating all summer and fall as she delivered this brew. This justified her bloated salary, which was reported to be $7 million per year quite a few years ago.
(We'll assume it's higher now. Megyn is said to be getting $15 million, wants a raise to twenty. When "journalists" are paid such sums, things rarely turn out well.)
All summer long, then into the fall, our own horrible corporate tool simpered and piddled and played. As the network ran ads saying she was the smartest person on TV, she completely ignored the questions which lay at the heart of Comey the God's kill shot:
She ignored Kaplan's claim that the "top secret" material to which Comey referred was a bunch of piddle and junk.
She ignored the obvious suggestion lodged in Comey's rather small numbers—the suggestion that Clinton really wasn't discussing classified material on her private server.
She ignored the basic questions which still had Drum puzzled several months later. You might call them the roads not taken:
Who said that material was "top secret?" What made their judgment better than Clinton's?
Wasn't this just another example of material being "up-classified"—classified after that fact? What the heck had Comey meant when he said, without explanation, that the material in question "was top secret at the time?"
Maddow ducked these questions, just as she'd done in 2012 when Benghazi was being invented. You see, Comey is an establishment god, and, however she may appear to us rubes, Maddow is extremely devoted to playing it corporately safe.
Maddow continues "selling the car" as she ducks such dangerous topics and questions. But as she avoided Comey the God, his kill shots—and the pre-existing Benghazi scripts—sent Donald J. Trump to the White House.
There's a bright side to this, of course. As Maddow has mugged and clowned and ducked and dodged, her fame, and her bank account, have each continued to grow.
In the early days, she sold herself through the silly claim that she didn't, indeed couldn't, own a TV set. (Not that she was smarter than us, as she constantly said!) Today, she owns this lucre-fueled bathhouse where she splashes and coos and admires herself as she watches her giant TV.
(More on that utterly silly serial con in the week of December 19.)
In 2012, Rachel Maddow ran and hid when John McCain, the morally upright Republican god, invented the Benghazi foofaw. As Maddow ran and hid in the woods, Susan Rice disappeared beneath the bus—and a kill shot was invented.
(On his weekend show, Chris Hayes affirmed the Benghazi con! He reversed himself one week later.)
Four years later, Maddow ran and hid when James B. Comey—Comey the God—assembled a second kill shot. The two kill shots from which the clown hid have now sent Trump to the White House.
We liberals continue to watch Maddow's show, generally failing to discern the way she actually rolls. Tomorrow, we'll consider some of the Comeys who came before Comey—others in the long line of upright Republican gods this corporate clown avoids.
Comey's intrusion was nothing new. You'll never hear it on Maddow's show, but this sort of thing has been routine for the past twenty-five years.
Tomorrow: Fondly remembering "Poppy" Bush; forgetting about Robert Conrad
Where in the world was Matt Lauer: Two more examples of the self-dealing and avoidance which helped send Trump to the White House:
On September 7, NBC's own Matt Lauer hosted the network's Commander in Chief Forum. At one point, Candidate Clinton said this, in a reply to her first citizen questioner:
CLINTON (9/7/16): You know and I know classified material is designated. It is marked. There is a header so that there is no dispute at all that what is being communicated to or from someone who has that access is marked classified.
And what we have here is the use of an unclassified system by hundreds of people in our government to send information that was not marked, there were no headers, there was no statement, top secret, secret, or confidential.
I communicated about classified material on a wholly separate system. I took it very seriously. When I traveled, I went into one of those little tents that I'm sure you've seen around the world because we didn't want there to be any potential for someone to have embedded a camera to try to see whatever it is that I was seeing that was designated, marked, and headed as classified.
LAUER: Let us—
CLINTON: So I did exactly what I should have done and I take it very seriously, always have, always will.
Say what? "I communicated about classified material on a wholly separate system?" "I did exactly what I should have done?"
Those statements begged for clarification, begged for an interview with Kaplan.
That interview never occurred. Maddow made no attempt to explain what Clinton said.
That was one point of avoidance in the wake of this horrible forum. At the same time, consider the way this corporate shill avoided discussion of Lauer.
At this event, the unthinkable happened. A major media figure finally went so far over the top in his pursuit of someone named Clinton or Gore that robust push-back occurred.
Amazingly, Lauer came in for considerable criticism in the next few days. Rather, Lauer came in for considerable criticism—unless you were getting your news and analysis from the Rachel Maddow program.
You see, NBC pays Maddow her swag—and Lauer is a major corporate property. Presumably for those reasons, the criticism of Lauer's performance was never mentioned or critiqued on Maddow's show. Rachel Maddow, a corporate tool, was selling the car again.
She served us tribal porridge instead. "I just want to be Comey's girl," our own liberal singing star said.
Chris Matthews is not a liberal. He makes many statements daily that are conservative, in line with conservative concerns and opinions. Yet, because of MSNBC's temporary rebranding, he is treated as if he were liberal, just as Mika is a nominal liberal. Maddow's fawning over Chris Matthews encourages listeners to believe Chris Matthews is expressing liberal opinions when he is plainly not.
Yes, people should all be independent thinkers and should be able to evaluate the content of what someone says, no matter who is talking. But in the real world it doesn't work that way. By mislabeling pundits, MSNBC contributes to a kind of false endorsement of views that are far from consensus liberal opinion. I hate this about Chris Matthews and about Rachel Maddow, separate from their styles.
Fox listeners get reliably conservative commentary. Why cannot we expect the same thing from "our" channels? It means there is no balance across stations, no balance to be found in the media. Add the NY Times to this mix and once again the supposedly liberal print media is far from liberal, especially when it routinely trashed Clinton just because of animosity toward her, not even because she was Clinton (to the left of Obama and Sanders (in everything except labeling). If we cannot do proper branding how will we compete against someone like Trump who is about nothing but branding?
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I think you make the case that there should have been more pushback by the "Liberal" media to Comey's claims - but what was the candidate's pushback to this whole issue? The quoted statement is much better than what I recall her saying in the debates, which basically amounted to "I made a mistake, I take responsibility, let's talk about something else."
She said the right stuff. Surprise, surprise, no one listened to her. Repeating herself would have sounded defensive. She cannot win. Her campaign did push back.
Typically they received questions worded in biased ways, such as "Why did you think it was a good idea to let your staff send classified emails via a private server?" Where do you start to correct that in a sound bite?
I think she should never have apologized, but then she would have been called more names. Look what happened to John Kerry when he tried to explain the circumstances around his military service and Vietnam war dissent. Complex issues cannot be explain in 10 seconds and when you try, it makes things worse.
The candidate provided plenty of info on her webpage and she equipped her surrogates with the facts. She can't do more than that.
Surely by now you should know that whatever protestations she made above and beyond her response would have been pounced on. As in Hamlet: "Methinks the lady doth protest too much."
Bartman December 8, 2016 at 4:29 PM
Please stop calling us 'Surely"
Kevin Drum is trying to talk about women's issues again. He really should either give that up or talk about things first with someone female.
Why is infant mortality up? He implies it is a statistical artifact. His commenters (so far) refer to lead in water and poverty.
More obvious causes are (1) the increase in drug abuse, especially heroin and pain killers, (2) increased diabetes and pre-diabetes. Pregnancy doesn't prevent addicted women from using drugs and drug use may increase the likelihood of unwanted pregnancy. It does interfere with prenatal care, especially if they don't want their abuse to be found out and thus avoid it.
Diabetes is a risk factor for complications during pregnancy. Pre-diabetes and undiagnosed diabetes also. With poor eating habits there is increased chances of developing diabetes during pregnancy.
Obamacare should have worked against inadequate prenatal care and improved preventive child care. If the trend is opposite to that, there is something strong going on.
Arguing statistical artifact makes Kevin Drum sound like the world's biggest idiot. It makes him sound tone-deaf totally about the things that affect women and children.
He needs to get a clue before he reels off these stupid posts off the top of his head. He could have asked any woman and gotten a better explanation than what he proposed.
Drum did not argue or imply a cause for the 1.3% increase in infant mortality in his post, much less even mention statistical artifacts.
His entire comment on this subject was shorter than your comment:
"Infant mortality in the US is already far higher than it is in the rest of the developed world. It's under 450 in France, Germany, and Britain, for example, and under 350 in Italy, Japan, and Norway. The only OECD countries with higher infant mortality rates have per-capita incomes less than half ours.
To make things worse, the rate of infant mortality among blacks is double what it is among whites and Hispanics. It's a horror story—and apparently it's getting worse. How is this possible?"
You should get into the fake news business.
And talk to a father to get a clue why the infant mortality rate is not a "women's issue."
Here is the part you left out, where he talks about life expectancy:
"I wonder how they calculate that? They're basically predicting death rates around the year 2100, and it hardly seems likely they can do this. My understanding is that it's based on age-specific death rates prevailing for the current year, but what makes anyone think those death rates will remain the same for the next 80 years?"
Then he goes on to examine death rates right now and presents a graph.
When you juxtapose "I wonder how they calculate that" with subsequent discussion of a death rate, it implies an artifact.
He offers no other explanation.
Fathers are important only after a baby is born, but the mother is the key figure up to and including birth. Most infant deaths occur at birth or as a result of complications or birth defects and disorders related to prenatal health of the mother and care of the mother during pregnancy.
Dads can certainly help by supporting and paying their share of expenses related to pregnancy and birth, but they don't have the babies. The contribution of accidents and illness following birth to the infant mortality rate is smaller.
From a Stanford report, the 5 main causes are:
birth defects, SIDS, maternal health complications, unintentional injuries, and preterm-related causes of death. Of these, only unintentional injuries are not related to maternal health, and that too can be complicated by things like drug abuse. According to the study, the biggest difference between the US and Europe is premature births. Premature babies are more susceptible to infections and illness.
Risk factors for premature birth are: smoking and drinking, infections, high blood pressure or diabetes, substance abuse, stress and environmental factors related to sociology (e.g., poverty).
Women need to be lawmakers, bloggers and participate in decision making in business because men just don't understand issues affecting them, including whoever suggested that Dads are important to infant mortality.
As a father I find the two previous commenters to be captives of gender identity politics. The commenter to whom they responded never said fathers were important to infant mortality. He said that infant mortality rate was not a women's issue.
The original comment was way off topic, in my view.
Politics is gendered. Men have most of the power and they don't care about funding WIC or Planned Parenthood. To them, infant mortality rates are not about suffering and grief, they are about statistics. Drum's tone was so disinterested that it was offensive. Women need to be heard.
" It's a horror story"
"Drum's tone was so disinterested"
Idiot @ 8:54
"Men...don't care about funding WIC"
"WIC was formally created by an amendment to section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 on September 26, 1972.[5] The legislation (P.L. 92-433, sponsored by Senator Hubert Humphrey (D) of Minnesota)"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WIC#History
Last I checked Hubert Humphrey was, while alive, a man.
Right, we should be happy it exists at all, never mind its funding level. When we must depend on men you get a high infant mortality rate.
Drum is wrong. It isn't a horror story. It is a tragedy. The emotion is sadness. What is wrong with you guys?
@11:40 - You painting all men with such a broad brush makes you ignorant. Hope you like convincing your choir, because your forcing attitudes that many of us men don't have down our throats, won't allow you to convince us of your ideas.
"...the possibility that Comey's accusations were bogus, unfounded, deceptive, wrong. But that's what Slate's Fred Kaplan basically said in a July 6 report..."
So writes Bob Somerby today, reinforcing previous posts on Comey and Kaplan's review of his statement.
That statement, to use Bob's own phrase from this post "came close to being a lie." No, wait. It actually doesn't come close. It is a lie.
What Kaplan said about Comey was this:
"Ignore his self-righteous, scolding tone. Read the facts he's uncovered, place them in context, and the conclusion is inescapable: As Gertrude Stein once said of Oakland, California, there's no there there."
Kaplan never called, suggested, or implied, nor did he remotely "basically" say anything Comey said was
"bogus, unfounded, deceptive, wrong." He said the findings were no big deal.
The bulk of his criticism was of press coverage of Comey's statement which he implied had problems for going beyond what Comey found and stated. Then he said this about Comey:
"The FBI director was certainly right in saying that Clinton and her colleagues were "extremely careless" in their handling of classified information. As rare and uninteresting as their discussions of such material were, they shouldn't have done any of it on a private email server."
Somerby begins this post with the very words Comey used with which Kaplan chose to highlight his agreement. Somerby disappearesd that fact.
Of course I could be wrong but I think you have a problem seeing the forest for the trees.
Or he (she) could be accusing Bob of calling a tree a snail.
2:44 you are only correct in that your quote from Kaplan makes little sense. Read the Kaplan article. Kaplan uses the article to demonstrate Clinton was not careless. 2:44 how do square the thrust of Kaplan's article with the contradicting quote you use? Indeed, there is no indication that Clinton handled any classified information on her private server. According to Clinton, the emails referenced by Comey were not marked as classified, and Comey himself was obtuse on this subject. 2:44 how do you square all this? Or did you in fact not read Comey's statement? Not read Kaplan's article?
mm December 9, 2016 at 7:13 AM
"......As rare and uninteresting as their discussions of such material were, they shouldn't have done any of it on a private email server."
You see, here is the point that Kaplan doesn't explain. The exact same thing could be said about it being generated from the state.gov system, which is not to be used for classified material. The state.gov system was an unsecured system and had been hacked numerous times already. Everything that was retroactively classified was generated by career State Department personnel who understood the restrictions on using state.gov to send classified information, and these persons, when interviewed by the FBI, disagreed with the other agencies conclusions that the material was classified.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton used the standard secured system (SCIF) in place when she was dealing with classified information, and everybody knew this. There was never any intent on her part to use her personal email to communicate classified information.
In addition to freeing ever more low level drug inmates, now that the election is perhaps over, he should ask for Comey's resignation.
It will be seen as a politically motivated retaliation, not as a justified firing.
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