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From Israel: "A Cry from the Heart!!"
Arlene Kushner 13/10/2020	Leave a comment 512 Views
I am eager to return to a focus on Israel. In fact, I keep telling myself that that is what I'm going to do. I know there are readers waiting for this. But…while I will do it very soon, I find I cannot do it yet: What is happening in the US haunts me. And so I circle back to this with a sense of urgency.
Election day is just three weeks away (although some have already voted by mail or will do so before November 3).
The outcome of this election is more critical for the future of America than any election in US history.
Voters need to make informed decisions, and it is not clear at all that this is happening.
The key to those informed decisions is determining what sort of policies would likely be advanced by each candidate.
Unfortunately, where Donald Trump is concerned, there are people who are turned off by his personality – his incessant tweeting, his braggadocio style, his "shoot-from-the-hip" comments. (I have never claimed that he is without faults.)
But it is a huge mistake to turn away from him for these reasons!!
What matters is where he would lead the country.
And where Trump is concerned there is a track record, so that it's not difficult to determine what sort of policies he would likely advance going forward.
He has a reputation for keeping his word when he makes a commitment.
Most notably was this true with the relocation of the US Embassy to Jerusalem. One presidential candidate after another had promised this while campaigning and then reneged.
He also kept his word regarding a wall at the border with Mexico: a barrier has been constructed that covers almost 2,000 miles of the US-Mexican border; it has significantly reduced illegal immigration.
Additionally he increased services to veterans, who had been neglected under Obama. He kept his promise to increase veteran health care services and last year secured record funding for mental health services with the goal of addressing the tragic problem of veteran suicides.
Among other achievements:
He has been tough on Iran – breaking from the nuclear agreement and reinstituting sanctions.
He is also tough on Communist China, which is shaping up as a major threat to the Western world.
Before the advent of Covid–19, he had brought the country to a solid place economically. Unemployment was down; this was particularly true within the black community, which had all-time record low unemployment. Now, with Covid–19, economic recovery is taking place faster than had been expected.
He has an excellent relationship with Israel; he has recognized Israeli sovereignty in the Golan, and the US State Department in his administration declared that it had determined settlements in Judaea and Samaria were not inconsistent with international law. This was a very significant turn-around.
He has achieved unexpected successes in mediating peace treaties between Israel and Arab Gulf states, without the prerequisite of a "two-state solution."
He is unabashedly a "law and order" president who supports the police and believes there is no room for violence in the streets. He is prepared to send in the National Guard to protect federal installations and took a strong stand on the destruction of statues that were federal property.
He strengthened the military, which had been seriously weakened under Obama.
He has made Historically Black Colleges and Universities a priority, appropriating more money to HBCUs in one year than any other president ever had. He also signed into law the FUTURE Act, which sustains federal funding for minority-serving institutions.
The situation regarding Biden is considerably more complex.
No one who has been following Biden's statements and presentations can have failed to notice his gaffes:
He mixes up facts, saying, for example, that 200 million Americans have died from Covid when it is 200,000:
On one occasion, he explained to an audience he was about to address them because he was running for the United States Senate:
That comment about running for the Senate represented confusion about what era he was in (he was flashing backwards, as years ago he did run for the Senate) and he did something similar when he advised parents, "Play the radio, make sure the television — excuse me, make sure you have the record player on at night."
He sometimes leaves out key parts of what he wants to say, on other occasions he mumbles or acts confused.
https://nypost.com/2020/03/23/joe-biden-stumbles-over-words-during-coronavirus-speech/
One of the most painful examples of his confusion involves his attempt to quote from the Declaration of Independence:
All of these incidents taken together indicate a problem of serious dimensions. Joe Biden has a cognitive problem, quite possibly early stage dementia. This fact is at one and the same time broadly acknowledged and yet ignored. No one within the Democratic ranks is standing up and saying, Wait a second, Biden is not equipped to be president.
This surreal situation leaves me aghast.
What it suggests is that those supporting him and promoting him see him as a place holder, a figurehead, in the White House. Quite simply, he would not be calling the shots.
Who, then, would be calling the shots? A major player here is former president Barack Obama, who has been very visible of late. There is little doubt that he would be "advising" Biden in an effort to undo the Trump years and return to his earlier policies.
credit: AFP/Brendan Smialowski
But there are others, as well. The far left progressives of Congress – including the "Squad," (pictured) consisting of Representatives Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), and Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) – now call themselves the Working Families Party and have unveiled a new plan they refer to as "The People's Charter." It includes free health care for all, reallocation of funding for police to educational programs, and the Green New Deal.
Those supporting this program indicate that if Biden wins he will be pressured to accept its platform.
"We've always said that electing Joe Biden was a doorway, not a destination," Working Families Party national director Maurice Mitchell said.
"The People's Charter is that destination."
https://nypost.com/2020/10/09/progressives-unveil-new-agenda-to-pressure-biden-to-the-left/
Would they be calling the shots in a Biden administration?
credit: Nancy Lane/Boston Herald
But wait! We must not forget Kamala Harris, Biden's running mate. In one roundtable discussion, Harris referred to: "A Harris administration, together with Joe Biden as the president of the United States."
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/kamala-harris-accidentally-touts-plans-in-a-harris-administration-during-virtual-roundtable
She quickly corrected herself, but I would say this was a Freudian slip if ever there was one. Her vision, it would seem, is Biden as figurehead with herself as primary decision-maker.
But then there is another scenario that is floating in the political atmosphere: Biden being elected and then retired from the scene because of mental incompetency.
Just days ago, Speaker Nancy Pelosi introduced legislation that would operate under the 25th amendment of the Constitution, which addresses procedures for removing a president from office when he is unfit to govern. The proposed legislation would apparently create a commission to assist in making this decision.
She was introducing it, she said, in light of concerns about Trump's competency to hold office because of the medication he had been given when he contracted Corona:
"Clearly he is under medication. Any of us who is under medication of that seriousness is in an altered state. He has bragged about the medication he has taken and, again, there are articles by medical professionals saying this could … have an impact on judgment."
https://www.voanews.com/usa/us-politics/pelosi-introduces-25th-amendment-measure-after-questioning-trumps-fitness-serve
But this was nonsense, because the president was already off of the medication and doctors were saying it was no longer in his system. And so, even if Pelosi was correct that medication had affected Trump's judgement for a brief interval, this legislation would no longer be relevant to Trump's situation.
Notice, then, how Pelosi shifts her argument:
She maintains that the measure was not directed at Trump but was, rather, an effort to codify procedures to help protect the security of the country in the future.
"This is not about President Trump…but he shows the need for us to create a process for future presidents."
When a president is deemed incompetent, the vice president becomes acting president.
Trump swiftly tweeted that: "Crazy Nancy Pelosi is looking at the 25th Amendment in order to replace Joe Biden with Kamala Harris. The Dems want that to happen fast because Sleepy Joe is out of it!!!"
And you know what? Trump is not totally off the mark to speculate on this. It remains a real possibility.
And so, whether the administration would become a Harris-Biden administration, or Harris would move up to become acting president, the possibility that she would end up running the show if Biden is elected is very real.
Thus do I suggest that those planning to vote for Biden give very careful consideration to what Harris stands for and make some hard decisions regarding the acceptability of her positions for the nation.
Keep in mind that as she campaigns she is representing herself as more mainstream moderate than she really is. In point of fact, she has one of the most radical voting records in the Senate.
Analyst Wayne Allyn Root says that "Harris has the most liberal voting record in the U.S. Senate, to the left of Bernie Sanders":
She supports free health care for illegal immigrants, open borders, and free college.
https://townhall.com/columnists/wayneallynroot/2020/08/16/kamala-harris-is-the-perfect-choice-for-vp-n2574416?utm_campaign=inarticle
She also supports revoking all limitations on abortions and severe limitations on the right to bear arms.
With regard to the right to bear arms, which is enshrined in the Second Amendment of the Constitution, when she was campaigning to be the Democratic presidential candidate, she indicated a readiness to circumvent the Constitution. If gun control legislation was not passed within 100 days, she declared, she would "take executive action."
When Biden, debating her, chastised her, reminding here that there is a Constitution, she laughed, and replied, "Hey, Joe. Instead of saying, 'No, we can't,' let's say, 'Yes, we can.'"
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/elliebufkin/2020/08/11/in-bid-for-white-house-harris-promised-to-usurp-constitution-in-quest-for-gun-control-n2574165
Harris may have laughed – she laughs a lot, I have noticed, which suggests a failure to take issues seriously – but there is nothing funny about her cavalier attitude towards the Constitution. She is dangerous.
Harris is pushing socialist left positions. She supports the Green New Deal (with a price tag of $94 trillion) and ending private insurance, with Medicare for all. Accompanying this would be greatly increased taxes to cover costs. Even so, ultimately, the socialist vision would collapse.
"If you buy what she's selling, you'll be crying all the way to the government-owned bank," says Laura Ingraham, talk show host on "The Angle":
As to the "protesters" of Antifa and Black Lives Matter, Harris says, "Everyone beware! They are not going to stop before election day…this is a movement, and they are not going to stop after election day…They are not going to let up and they should not!"
See 18 seconds into the video below for her statement:
This is an inciteful statement and marks her disinclination to criticize the radicals on the street, or to call for a full cessation of all violence.
And so here you have it.
Political analyst Ben Shapiro has written about the refusal of the Democrats (it's not just Harris) to condemn violence:
"…In truth, the category of 'mostly peaceful' [which is how the protests are often described] is a brand-new invention meant to obscure the simple fact that many of our cultural elites are fine with violence so long as those who engage in such violence have the proper goals."
https://townhall.com/columnists/benshapiro/2020/07/29/the-lefts-willingness-to-tolerate-violence-should-frighten-all-americans-n2573331
Think very, very hard about how you cast your vote. Think about what you want for your country.
And share this with everyone you can. So many facts are not broadly known.
Time is running out, but it is not too late to save America.
This material is produced by independent journalist Arlene Kushner. . Permission is granted for it to be reproduced only with proper attribution. arlene@arlenefromisrael.info
Arlene from Israel website. https://www.arlenefromisrael.info/
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Fachada (Facade) es un tipo de patrón de diseño estructural. Viene motivado por la necesidad de estructurar un entorno de programación y reducir su complejidad con la división en subsistemas, minimizando las comunicaciones y dependencias entre estos.

Consideraciones para su aplicación
Se aplicará el patrón fachada cuando se necesite proporcionar una interfaz simple para un subsistema complejo, o cuando se quiera estructurar varios subsistemas en capas, ya que las fachadas serían el punto de entrada a cada nivel.
Otro escenario proclive para su aplicación surge de la necesidad de desacoplar un sistema de sus clientes y de otros subsistemas, haciéndolo más independiente, portable y reutilizable (esto es, reduciendo dependencias entre los subsistemas y los clientes).

Estructura
Se puede ver en la siguiente figura:

A continuación, se muestra un ejemplo:

Participantes
Fachada (Facade): conoce qué clases del subsistema son responsables de una determinada petición, y delega esas peticiones de los clientes a los objetos apropiados del subsistema.

Subclases (ModuleA, ModuleB, ModuleC...): implementan la funcionalidad del subsistema. Realizan el trabajo solicitado por la fachada. No conocen la existencia de la fachada.

Colaboraciones

Los clientes que se comunican con el subsistema enviando peticiones al objeto Fachada, el cual las reenvía a los objetos apropiados del subsistema.

Los objetos del subsistema realizan el trabajo final, y la fachada hace algo de trabajo para pasar de su interfaz a las del subsistema.

Los clientes que usan la fachada no tienen que acceder directamente a los objetos del subsistema.

Ventajas e inconvenientes
La principal ventaja del patrón fachada consiste en que para modificar las clases de los subsistemas, sólo hay que realizar cambios en la interfaz/fachada, y los clientes pueden permanecer ajenos a ello. Además, y como se mencionó anteriormente, los clientes no necesitan conocer las clases que hay tras dicha interfaz.

Como inconveniente, si se considera el caso de que varios clientes necesiten acceder a subconjuntos diferentes de la funcionalidad que provee el sistema, podrían acabar usando sólo una pequeña parte de la fachada, por lo que sería conveniente utilizar varias fachadas más específicas en lugar de una única global.

Patrones relacionados
Uno de los patrones relacionados más directamente es el singleton, dado que en determinadas ocasiones las fachadas pueden ser instancias únicas.

Otros patrones que guardan una cierta relación con el patrón fachada son los GRASP (General Responsibility Assignment Software Patterns), los cuales no son patrones de diseño, sino buenas prácticas que guían al desarrollador para encontrar los patrones de diseño, que son más concretos. Uno de los patrones GRASP es un controlador que actúa como punto de entrada en la capa lógica, lo que se puede comparar perfectamente con el uso del patrón fachada.

Usos conocidos (Problemas/Soluciones)
Problema: Un cliente necesita acceder a parte de la funcionalidad de un sistema más complejo.
 Definir una interfaz que permita acceder solamente a esa funcionalidad.

Problema: Existen grupos de tareas muy frecuentes para las que se puede crear código más sencillo y legible.
 Definir funcionalidad que agrupe estas tareas en funciones o métodos sencillos y claros.

Problema: Una biblioteca es difícilmente legible.
 Crear un intermediario más legible.

Problema: Dependencia entre el código del cliente y la parte interna de una biblioteca.
 Crear un intermediario y realizar llamadas a la biblioteca sólo o, sobre todo, a través de él.

Problema: Necesidad de acceder a un conjunto de APIs que pueden además tener un diseño no muy bueno.
 Crear una API intermedia, bien diseñada, que permita acceder a la funcionalidad de las demás.

Problema: Muchas clases cliente quieren usar varias clases servidoras, y deben saber cuál es exactamente la que le proporciona cada servicio. El sistema se volvería muy complejo, porque habría que relacionar todas las clases cliente con todas y cada una de las clases servidoras.
 Crear una o varias clases Facade, que implementen todos los servicios, de modo que o todos los clientes utilicen esa única clase, o que cada grupo de clientes use la fachada que mejor se ajuste a sus necesidades.

Ejemplos de utilización

En Java las clases java.awt.Graphics y java.awt.Font.

En el siguiente ejemplo implementado en java, se puede visualizar como se resuelve el problema de hacer más legible y no repetir código para las tareas más frecuentes.

Implementación (Java)
 package com.genbetadev;

 public class Impresora {

 		private String tipoDocumento;

 		private String hoja;

 		private boolean color;

 		private String texto;

 		public String getTipoDocumento() {

 		 		return tipoDocumento;

 		 }

 		 public void setTipoDocumento(String tipoDocumento) {

 		 		this.tipoDocumento = tipoDocumento;

 		}

 		public void setHoja(String hoja) {
 		 		this.hoja = hoja;
 		}

 		public String getHoja() {

 		 		return hoja;

 		}

 		public void setColor(boolean color) {
 		 		this.color = color;
 		}

 		public boolean getColor() {

 		 		return color;

 		}

 		public void setTexto(String texto) {
 		 		this.texto = texto;
 		}

 		public String getTexto() {

 		 		return texto;

 		}

 		public void imprimir() {

 		 		impresora.imprimirDocumento();

 		}
 }

Se trata de una clase sencilla que imprime documentos en uno u otro formato. El código de la clase cliente nos ayudará a entender mejor su funcionamiento.

 package com.genbetadev;

 public class PrincipalCliente {

 		public static void main(String[] args) {

 		 		Impresora i = new Impresora();

 		 		i.setHoja("a4");

 		 		i.setColor(true);

 		 		i.setTipoDocumento("pdf");

 		 		i.setTexto("texto 1");

 		 		i.imprimirDocumento();

 		 		Impresora i2 = new Impresora();

 		 		i2.setHoja("a4");

 		 		i2.setColor(true);

 		 		i2.setTipoDocumento("pdf");

 		 		i2.setTexto("texto 2");

 		 		i2.imprimirDocumento();

 		 		Impresora i3 = new Impresora();

 		 		i3.setHoja("a3");

 		 		i3.setColor(false);

 		 		i3.setTipoDocumento("excel");

 		 		i3.setTexto("texto 3");

 		 		i3.imprimirDocumento();

 		}

 }

Como podemos ver la clase cliente se encarga de invocar a la impresora, y configurarla para después imprimir varios documentos .Ahora bien prácticamente todos los documentos que escribimos tienen la misma estructura (formato A4, Color , PDF). Estamos continuamente repitiendo código. Vamos a construir una nueva clase FachadaImpresoraNormal que simplifique la impresión de documentos que sean los más habituales.

 package com.genbetadev;

 public class FachadaImpresoraNormal {

 		Impresora impresora;

 		public FachadaImpresoraNormal(String texto) {

 		 		super();

 		 		impresora= new Impresora();

 		 		impresora.setColor(true);

 		 		impresora.setHoja("A4");

 		 		impresora.setTipoDocumento("PDF");

 		 		impresora.setTexto(texto);

 		 }

 		public void imprimir() {

 		 		impresora.imprimirDocumento();

 		 }

 }

De esta forma el cliente quedará mucho más sencillo :

 package com.genbetadev;

 public class PrincipalCliente2 {

 		public static void main(String[] args) {

 		 		FachadaImpresoraNormal fachada1= new FachadaImpresoraNormal("texto1");

 		 		fachada1.imprimir();

 		 		FachadaImpresoraNormal fachada2= new FachadaImpresoraNormal("texto2");

 		 		fachada2.imprimir();

 		 		Impresora i3 = new Impresora();

 		 		i3.setHoja("a4");

 		 		i3.setColor(true);

 		 		i3.setTipoDocumento("excel");

 		 		i3.setTexto("texto 3");

 		 		i3.imprimirDocumento();

 		}

 }

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Facade Patterns: explicación y modelo UML
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Write the current M3QL interfaces to conform to the common DAG structure.
Provide advanced query tracking to figure out bottlenecks.
Dedicated query engine service, M3 Query.
Support authentication and rate limiting.
Cost accounting per query and memory management to prevent M3 Query and M3 Coordinator from going OOM.
Push computation to storage nodes whenever possible.
Execution state manager to keep track of running queries.
Port the distributed computation to M3 Query service.
Support cross datacenter calls with remote aggregations.
Benchmark the performance of the coordinator and M3DB using popular datasets.
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Handlers for Prometheus remote read/write endpoints.
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But it now claims that, after years of careful and secretive research, it can offer US shoppers something they do not already have: "Whole Foods quality at Wal-Mart prices", via local convenience stores.
Tesco is not trying to compete directly with the so-called "big box retailers", such as Safeway, Wal-Mart, Costco and Target, which operate huge, largely out-of-town supermarkets. Instead, it aims to supply a growing number of shoppers who are eschewing the traditional American weekly drive to a hypermarket in favour of more frequent trips to a local store.


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Noisiel station
Noisiel is a railway station on RER train network in Noisiel, Seine-et-Marne.
Noisiel station opened on 19 December 1980, when RER line A was extended to Torcy, as well as Noisy–Champs and Lognes stations.
The average waiting time for trains to Paris and to Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy is 10 minutes. But during peak hours most trains bound to Chessy do not stop at Noisiel, and passengers may take the trains that are bound to Torcy.
Bus connections
The station is served by several buses:
RATP Bus network lines: 211 (to Vaires-sur-Marne and to Torcy), 213 (to Chelles via Noisy–Champs and to Lognes) and 220 (to Bry–sur-Marne and to Torcy) ;
Arlequin Bus network line: 10 (to Brie-Comte-Robert);
Sit'bus Bus network line: C (to Pontault-Combault) ;
Noctilien network night bus line: N130 (between Paris (Gare de Lyon) and Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy - Disneyland).
Canton of Noisiel
Canton of Champs-sur-Marne
Lognes station
Château de Champs-sur-Marne
Noisiel
École des ponts ParisTech
University of Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée
Institut Gaspard Monge
Communauté d'agglomération Paris - Vallée de la Marne
Arrondissement of Torcy
Torcy, Seine-et-Marne
Noisy–Champs station
Torcy station
Les Yvris–Noisy-le-Grand station

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'Embers Continue to Smolder'
An Exchange on Catholic-Jewish Dialogue
By John Connelly
Jewish-Christian Relations
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Getting Past Supersessionism
Steven Englund reminds us that no single event signals the end of a story. The Vatican II document Nostra Aetate seemed to conclude decades of struggle over a new Catholic position on non-Christian religions and on Jews in particular. Yet the story is far from over, Englund warns; indeed, as he demonstrates, anti-Judaism continues a robust life. It was one thing for the church to condemn anti-Semitism in 1965; but it is a very different thing for it to step back and rethink all the writings, prayers, and hymns from many centuries that portrayed Judaism as a dead religion and Jews as a cursed people.
The issue may seem esoteric to Catholics who listen to Scripture readings Sunday after Sunday and may hardly notice any anti-Judaism. To get an inkling of the power of this anti-Judaic legacy, I recommend reading a gospel in one sitting. Or better yet, watch the 2003 film The Gospel of John with a Jewish friend. At times, you will both cringe as Jesus denigrates Jewish authorities and outdoes—indeed, seems to supersede—their teaching.
[See all the essays included in "Getting Past Supersessionism: An Exchange on Catholic-Jewish Dialogue."]
For my part, I sensed the depth of the problem only after chancing to read John P. Meier's 1978 gospel commentary The Vision of Matthew. Meier is a Catholic priest and highly regarded New Testament scholar; his book comes "warmly recommended" by Raymond Brown, perhaps our time's most respected Catholic Scripture scholar, and bears an imprimatur and nihil obstat. So what is its message concerning the Jews? Where Nostra Aetate describes the Jews as "most dear to God," in Meier's Matthew, "the Kingdom of God is taken from this people and given to another people, the church, which will bear its fruits (21:43)." "A fundamental choice," Meier writes, "involving the confession or the denial of Jesus as Messiah, leads to a fundamental change in the identity of the people of God. The fatal decision is made by the whole Jewish people in 27:25." Meier describes a second coming of Jesus in which "Jerusalem and the Jews will be forced to acknowledge and hail the coming one. But on that day he will come as judge.... On that day it will be too late." According to Meier's Matthew, the Jewish people therefore live without hope.
Meier would surely argue that he was producing theological scholarship and bound to represent what the author of Matthew meant. But this is a book for a general audience. Shouldn't there at least be a caveat? Did he not see the poison emanating from these lines? If he did, why then did he reprint the 1978 edition without changes in 1991?
It may be unfair to single out Meier, since one can find similar interpretations of Matthew 21:43 (the story of the evil vintners) in postconciliar works of such renowned Catholic theologians as Joachim Gnilka or Wolfgang Trilling. Indeed, as far as I can tell, prior to 1965 no Christian scholar held these passages from Matthew to mean anything other than that the church had superseded the Jewish people. Yet in recent years many theologians have come to regard this and other anti-Judaic texts as interpretations dependent on context. For centuries, that context was hostile to Jews. Today, however, scholars such as Daniel Harrington of Boston College hold that Christ's words in Matthew 21:43—"the kingdom of God will be taken from you"—address not the people of Israel, but its leaders.
And yet I look at my copy of Meier's The Vision of Matthew and find on the back cover an endorsement by none other than...Daniel Harrington. So what is the average Catholic to make of all this? The church's teaching authority on this topic is all but inaudible. In 1974 a Commission on Religious Relations with Jews was set up in the Roman Curia to promote "effective and just realization of the orientations given by the Second Vatican Council"—yet in four decades it has issued just three statements, one of which devotes but three pages to "Jews in the New Testament." This is not much to weigh against the mountain of anti-Judaism in church tradition. (There are also statements of national bishops conferences, helpfully collected at Boston College's website on Christian-Jewish Relations.) If the Holy See cares about this tragic legacy, it should issue a guide for Catholics hoping to read the New Testament in the spirit of Nostra Aetate.
YET PERHAPS EVEN today's church leadership is unaware of the depth of the problem. Last October Fordham Scripture scholar Michael Peppard wrote enthusiastically (on dotCommonweal) about the new pope's "total commitment to the Jews." Just the previous day, however, Boston College's Robert Imbelli posted a statement by Francis on the Communion of Saints. This Communion, the pope wrote, goes "beyond earthly life, beyond death and endures forever.... It is a spiritual communion born in baptism and not broken by death…" What about the non-baptized? According to Cardinal Walter Kasper (president emeritus of the Commission on Religious Relations with Jews), Judaism is "salvific" for Jews, because—quoting Nostra Aetate—"God is faithful to his promises." Why then does Francis exclude Jews from the Communion of Saints?
These matters will doubtless strike most Catholics as esoteric. Why care whether leaders of the church have absorbed the teaching of Nostra Aetate? Most of us, after all, have learned about religious tolerance from other sources—films on the Holocaust, for example, or history lessons in school. We don't need the church to tell us about the costs of religious hatred; for that we have the liberal principles of our secular order, a marketplace of ideas (and religions) where everyone may speak and no one imposes his or her views upon anyone else. Who needs Nostra Aetate?
While this liberal consensus has undoubted virtues, it may serve to reinforce Catholics' insensitivity to anti-Judaism, whose embers continue to smolder—and occasionally blaze up. Last year a book appeared in Poland by a prominent Catholic [*] claiming the Jews were collectively responsible for killing Christ. No one in the Polish episcopate rose to warn Catholics that this book, with abundant citations from works of Catholic theology, contradicts church teaching. Presumably, they had not taken the time to work out the implications of Nostra Aetate for themselves.
Perhaps even Steven Englund does not fully appreciate the revolution unleashed by Nostra Aetate. Its section on the Jews is not about "parity" and not even about tolerance; to tolerate, after all, means to endure, to "put up with." Far more than putting up with Judaism, Nostra Aetate celebrates the church's origins in Judaism, and asserts that God holds the Jews "most dear." The church says such a thing about no other religion or people. Nostra Aetate does not preach supersessionism. Yes, it does say the exodus of the Jewish people "foreshadows" the salvation of the church. But keep in mind that where a "shadow" falls depends upon who is viewing it. Americans might say that the Magna Carta foreshadows the Constitution, yet we would not expect the British to share this perspective. Pluralism means understanding and respecting the other's viewpoint, not sharing it.
More important, Nostra Aetate recognizes Jewish holiness as existing in its own right, not merely as part of a Christian script. It speaks of the church as the "new people of God," but also says that God does "not repent of the gifts he makes or of the calls he issues." These lines are taken to mean (in several statements of John Paul II) that God's covenant with the Jews remains in full force. Mysteriously, the old and the new people of God coexist.
And finally, what about the Jewish "no" to Jesus? No one anguished over this more than St. Paul; but he also knew that without it, the Good News would not have spread beyond Israel to the world. And so he concluded these reflections with an apt and humbling question: "Who has known the mind of the Lord?"
[* An earlier version of this piece incorrectly referred to the author of the book that appeared in Poland as a Catholic priest; it has since been revised to reflect the correction.]
Published in the February 21, 2014 issue:
John Connelly teaches the history of East Central Europe at the University of California, Berkeley, and is the author of From Peoples into Nations: A History of Eastern Europe (Princeton, 2020).
Reformer & Racialist
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Not Conversion, but Communion
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A Voice Cries Out
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By Massimo Faggioli


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 Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya, partido político español, de ámbito catalán, fundado en 1931.
 Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya-Sobiranistes, coalición electoral catalana formada por Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya y Sobiranistes.
 Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya-Catalunya Sí, coalición electoral catalana formada por Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya, Catalunya Sí y Reagrupament Independentista.
 European Rugby Cup, organismo rector del rugby europeo.
 Consejo Europeo de Investigación.
 Enfermedad renal crónica, nuevo término por el que se clasifica la insuficiencia renal crónica.
 European Rally Championship, Campeonato de Europa de Rally.

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UBC Theses and Dissertations /
Issue indivisibility as an explanatory model for the...
UBC Theses and Dissertations
Issue indivisibility as an explanatory model for the Arab Spring Halderman, Frank Douglas
This thesis examines the Arab Awakening in four countries—Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Syria—and argues that Ron Hassner's model of issue indivisibility (2009) rather than James Fearon's model of the commitment problem (2004) provides the best explanation for these uprisings. In each case, the presidency and control of the nation is best described as a super-valuable good, which was considered to be essentially indivisible by state and non-state actors. The presidential incumbents rejected the public's demands for their resignation and democratic transition and sanctioned military violence to maintain the status quo. The public, maintaining their resolve to oust their president from office, rejected power sharing, fearing the deposed leaders would renege on any negotiated agreement in the future (Fearon, 2004). The second contribution of this thesis, albeit not a new discovery, is that the survival of these dictators was critically dependent on military support. In Tunisia and Egypt, the military's shift of support to the protestors resulted in the sudden fall of Ben Ali and Mubarak from power. In Libya, sanctioned intervention by a UN military coalition resulted in Gaddafi's elimination, whereas the Syrian military's support of the regime ensures the continuation of Assad's presidency. The third contribution of this thesis is that the Assad regime's use of recombinant authoritarianism—the adaption of its policies following events in its neighbouring Arab countries—has strengthened its prospects for survival.
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Auto Review: McLaren 650S Spider
The supercar has gotten a facelift.
By Glenn Hunter | March 2, 2015|12:00 am
From D CEO March 2015
In the world of supercars, McLaren is up there with Ferrari and Lamborghini. The roots of the company that builds it can be traced to the 1960s and New Zealander Bruce McLaren, the late Formula 1 hotshot. The Surrey, England-based automaker's first "pure" road car, the 12C, came out in 2011. This new McLaren 650S Spider, whose price starts at $280,225, is based on the 12C. But it has gotten a facelift, with 25 percent new parts. You slide down into the snug cockpit, enveloped by soft leather, and take off like you're piloting a jet. Choose Normal, Sport, or Track settings for the type of ride you like best—then hang on for dear life. Top speed is 207 mph!
1. Inspired by the McLaren P1 model—a limited production, plug-in hybrid supercar—the 650S headlights are all-LED, meaning their functions are all illuminated by LED technology. They're just as bright as Xenon lights, but are said to last longer and use less current, saving on fuel.
2. The 650S features a unique, carbon-fiber "bathtub," or composite chassis, that's said to be seven times stronger than steel. But it's also lightweight, making the McLaren much lighter—and thus faster and more responsive—than some.
3. The "gull wing" (or "bat wing") dihedral doors open up and away, also saving on weight. One reason: They're designed to be raised or closed without any assistance from an electric motor, as required with conventional doors. They also just look cool.
4. Putting the engine in the rear gives the car excellent balance. Fifty-seven percent of the weight's in the rear, 43 percent's in the front. Paired with a 7-speed dual-clutch gearbox, the 3.8-liter, twin-turbo V-8 generates a whopping 641 horsepower. That means the 650S roars from zero to 62 mph in three seconds. Luckily, you can stop on a dime with the help of its, huge carbon-ceramic brakes.
Auto Review: Jaguar XJR
It's a car crying out to be appreciated.
By Bradford Pearson
Auto Review: BMW 428i Coupe
You can have it both ways with this car.
Auto Review: Lexus LS 460
If comfort is as important to you as performance, this may be the car for you.
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Harrison Pensa LLP has issued a Statement of Claim on behalf of all Canadians, other than residents of British Columbia, who purchased linear resistors ("Resistors") or products which contained Resistors between January 1, 2005 and the present (the "Class Period").
Resistors are one of the fundamental components found in electrical circuits and all electronic devices that are used today. Resistors are used in an electrical circuit to regulate the voltage transmitted within any given circuit, allowing it to function properly. Resistors are incorporated into almost every electronic device, including computers, cellular telephones, disc drives, monitors, television sets and stereo amplifiers.
The proposed class action alleges that the Defendants and their senior executives participated in illegal and secretive meetings and conspired and/ or agreed with each other to fix, maintain, increase and control the price for supply of Resistors and/ or enhance unreasonably the prices of Resistors and to lessen unduly competition in the sale of Resistors in Canada.
The action seeks to recover the anticompetitive pricing overcharge that class members paid for Resistors during the Class Period.
Harrison Pensa is working in concert with Camp Fiorante Matthews Mogerman in British Columbia and Belleau Lapointe in Quebec on a national basis in the prosecution of this matter.


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Zeph Howell Haynes (M)
b. 5 June 1871, d. 26 March 1886
Zeph was born on 5 June 1871. He was the son of Thomas W. Haynes and Agnes Isabella Fee. Zeph died on 26 March 1886 at age 14. He was New Tag Obituary from the March 30, 1886 Arkansas Gazette:
"Monticello, Mar. 27 - This has been quite an eventful day for Monticello. One death and three fights. Little Zeph Haynes, the son of Mrs. Belle Haynes, widow of Tom Haynes, formerly sheriff of this county, accidentally shot and killed himself today. The circumstances, as brought out in the evidence before the coroners jury of inquest were about as follows: He went hunting with two boys, 15 or 16 years old, who live near this place. When they had been for some time rambling through the woods in quest of game, one of the older boys and Zeph were endeavoring to swap guns. Zeph, not being exactly satisfied with the other's gun, proposed to test it by shooting at a bird sitting on the limb of a tree before them. In order to do this, he started to lean his own, a single barrel shotgun, against a tree. The gun being cocked and the muzzle pointing toward him, the hammer struck the tree and it went off, firing a whole load directly through his heart, killing him instantly! The charge entered his left breast, going through his heart and came out just under his shoulder blade near his backbone. The tragedy occurred about two miles from this place. The poor little fellow, whom the writer knew well, was a bright, affectionate, promising and obedient child of 12 or 13 years old. Being a favorite and loved by all who knew him, his loss is regretted with the deepest sorrow by the good people of our town. But, oh, for the bitter pangs and aching heart of that sadly bereaved, loving and gentle mother. Permit the writer to express his heartfelt sympathy and profound sorrow. May God comfort her bleeding heart, soften the intense anguish of her troubled sould and help her to bear the awful grief of a true and devoted mother."
On 30 March 1886 at Monticello, Drew Co., Arkansas.
(?) Hays (M)
d. 27 June 1872
(?) Hays was born. He was the son of David Jackson Hays and Nancy Elizabeth Jackson. (?) Hays died on 27 June 1872.
(?) Hays (F)
b. 23 February 1885
(?) Hays was born on 23 February 1885. She was the daughter of David Jackson Hays and Nancy Elizabeth Jackson.
Abram Packer Hays (M)
b. 16 September 1887, d. 17 September 1947
Abram was born on 16 September 1887. Abram died on 17 September 1947 at age 60.
Albert J. Hays (M)
Albert was born at Indiana circa 1853. He was the son of Samuel R. Hays and Mary Clark. He married Anna J. Hight at Monroe Co., Indiana, on 10 June 1874.
Children of Albert J. Hays and Anna J. Hight
Martha Hays
Mary Emily Hays b. Mar 1877
Alexander Hays1 (M)
He married Malinda Hoover at Wayne Co., Indiana, on 26 March 1846.
[S47] Peter & Elizabeth Hoover, Ruth Hoover Bowers.
Belle McKinney Hays (F)
b. 12 October 1867
Belle was born on 12 October 1867. She married Gilbert E. Swope Dr. on 24 September 1890.
Carrah Hays (F)
b. 13 February 1878, d. 21 October 1903
BURIED: Prosperity Cemetery. Her body was interred at Lincoln Co., Tennessee. Carrah was born on 13 February 1878. She was the daughter of John B. Hays and Minerva Ann Hayes. She married Robert N. Bradford at Lincoln Co., Tennessee, on 21 October 1896. Carrah died on 21 October 1903 at age 25.
David Jackson Hays (M)
b. 22 December 1835, d. 7 April 1898
David Jackson Hays was born on 22 December 1835 at Virginia. He was the son of John Henderson Hays and Mary Jones Jackson. David Jackson Hays married Nancy Elizabeth Jackson, daughter of James Madison Jackson and Emma Eleanor Law, in 1870. David Jackson Hays died on 7 April 1898 at West Virginia at age 62.
Children of David Jackson Hays and Nancy Elizabeth Jackson
(?) Hays d. 27 Jun 1872
Margaret Ruth Hays b. 2 Nov 1873
Lovent Return Hays b. 11 Jan 1876, d. 27 Mar 1919
Perry Minor Hays b. 3 Dec 1878
Stokley David Hays b. 9 May 1880
Juliet Phebe Hays b. 23 Feb 1885
(?) Hays b. 23 Feb 1885
Elizabeth Hays (F)
She married Edward Humphreys.
Children of Elizabeth Hays and Edward Humphreys
John H. Humphreys
Susan E. Humphreys
Mary K. Humphreys
Charles H. Humphreys
Jane Humphreys


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Great improvement. I can now retract filament at 50mm/s, improving prints quite a lot in terms of ooze prevention.
Of course, a nice new extruder needs to be celebrated… with the obligatory Spool holder – mounted right below the extruder.
The obligatory spool-holder, just below the extruder on the left side support pipe.
Hah! Eckertech! My home built RepRap is a Ecksbot built from scratch (sourced parts from various vendors). Sadly I wasn't very pleased with the outcome (X and Y carriages were poorly designed in my opinion). So I'm tearing it down and rebuilding as a MendelMax.
The springs I had already (bed leveling springs), and since the extruder is stationary, the extra long tensioner works surprisingly well. You can take out the idler without taking any other parts off – just loosen the thumb screw, pull and slide.
The Ecks I was using up until now is a bit of a frankenstein monster already, held together with cable ties and clamps, but for all its faults, the eckstruder itself is very well designed, reliable and easy to print. The prusa version of it works very well on the platform, and this will also allow you as builder to choose a different extruder for your build.
Unfortunately, sourcing parts from lots of different vendors and using inferior products can result in problems when building different types of RepRap 3D printers. You should ask cassetti how many types of electronics he has gone through while building his printer.
@ cassetti: If you had an issue you could have easily asked us how to fix the problem. Given that you were printing the parts yourself maybe there was an issue with the prints. You never expressed any problems when we were chatting several months ago.
PS: consider using the herringbone gears that I put together. I might merge the two in order to get your large gear, with the herringbone gearfaces. Works a treat, and quiets down the extruder a lot.
Jip, its a J-head mount. The current Eckstruders are all for j-head… I guess they learnt their lesson?
Actually, our hot end is one of the best on the market today. The eckstruder was built so that any reprapper could use it with most any hot end design. We felt that it wasn't fair to only make it work with our specific hot end, especially since it is based on Wade's original design.
We have been using this hot end for 4 years and have never had an issue with constant jams or the inability to extrude. The problems that cassetti is having is probably improper temperature, the nozzle needs to be cleaned properly or he isn't actively cooling the the hot end with the provided fan.
Given that he hasn't asked for help in solving this problem I can only assume it's one of these problems.
If I could change wades, or gregs for that matter, it would probably turn out to be Ecks… And that is why I chose it as my extruder for Morgan. Thanks for sharing your design, and I will certainly link to your sources when the BOM for Morgan comes out.
As for the hot-end, J-head is what is available here, and it has proven to be quite reliable. Any plans to have an ecks hot-end available in South-Africa?
You will also be pleased to know that the Reprap mother of the first Morgan was an Ecksbot.
Thanks for the support, Quentin.
We don't have a distributor in South Africa. However, the hot end is actually available to ship worldwide on our stores website.
I'm always happy to see when someone is using ecksbot parts for their own designs. I just felt the need to defend our hot end.


AstraZeneca and its global biologics research and development arm, MedImmune, will provide an update on their extensive investigational oncology pipeline at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Chicago, June 3-7, 2016.
Highlights will include new data demonstrating the strength and versatility of AstraZeneca's industry-leading line of DNA damage response (DDR) medicines in multiple types of cancer. New data will highlight the continued momentum behind AstraZeneca's numerous immuno-oncology (IO) programs, and showcase small-molecule developments including osimertinib in leptomeningeal (brain) disease and the highly-selective Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor, acalabrutinib, in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).
DDR is a term describing the network of cellular pathways that minimize the daily impact of DNA damage. Currently, many cancers are known to have defects in DDR pathways, which makes them dependent on and therefore, highly sensitive to inhibition of the remaining DDR pathways. Targeting DDR deficiencies to preferentially help kill cancer cells, while theoretically minimizing the impact on normal cells, has potential for selective, reasonably tolerated therapies to hopefully improve survival in multiple cancers.
AstraZeneca is developing a comprehensive pipeline of compounds that target molecular pathways across the DDR system. These include the PARP inhibitor olaparib; WEE1 inhibitor AZD1775; ATM inhibitor AZD0156; ATR inhibitor AZD6738; and Aurora B Kinase inhibitor AZD2811. These compounds act on different cell-cycle points to help prevent tumor cells from replicating.
AstraZeneca is leading in a number of first-line studies with its IO strategy, where combined PD-L1 and CTLA-4 blockade - through the combination of durvalumab and tremelimumab - may address a significant unmet medical need for cancer patients who may not benefit from PD-1 pathway drugs in monotherapy.
At ASCO, new data will highlight the importance of osimertinib activity in leptomeningeal disease through its ability to penetrate the blood-brain barrier. Further presentations will show the growing role of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) testing for diagnosis and treatment monitoring.
An Investor Science Event on Monday, June 6, 2016, 7:00-8:30 PM CDT, will highlight the continuing momentum behind new developments in AstraZeneca's Oncology therapy area.
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By harnessing the power of four scientific platforms — immuno-oncology, the genetic drivers of cancer and resistance, DNA damage response and antibody drug conjugates — and by championing the development of personalized combinations, AstraZeneca has the vision to redefine cancer treatment and one day eliminate cancer as a cause of death.
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Levi Holliday won first place at the regional power lifting meet in Hartshorne Saturday. Rowdy Votaw was second. Gatlin Looney finished tied for fifth. These three have now qualified for the state meet next Friday in McLoud.


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Rest of the Best: Houston's Top 8 Latin Nights
Houston Press May 16, 2012 12:30PM
Note: This article was written by Rolando Rodriguez and Marco Torres.
In March of this year, Houston beat the likes of Los Angeles and New York as the most ethnically diverse metropolitan area in the country and that landmark development was mainly due to the growth of Latinos. Back in 1990, Latinos in Houston comprised of one-fifth of the population. As of 2010, they're one-third of the population.
So it's no surprise that the city's Latin-night scene is as plentiful as it is thriving and full of variety. Club Tropicana currently reigns king, hanging its hat on the rich musical cultures of bachata, merengue and salsa, and it draws a diverse crowd of amateur and expert salseros giving their best twirls and shoulder and hip action before authentic live bands.
But the city's Latin-night scene is fast becoming increasingly more diverse than it once was. Places like Tropicana, Elvia's Cantina and Havana Latin Grill & Bar aren't the only games in town anymore. Latin-night mainstays and new kids on the block from Rice Village to the Galleria to downtown make up the best of the rest.
Let's get to it. R.I.P. SkyBar.
8. Paparruchos: Paparruchos is like your alcoholic uncle: They could fuck up Christmas every year, but you still love them. This is the bar where the stamp "Hecho en Mexico" is tattooed on shoulder blades.
Parking is a bitch. It's crowded. It's hot. They serve piss-warm chango for beer. Service is bad, but dammit if it ain't a good time. The crowds keep coming and have been for several years. One of the best places to see a Mexico-versus-anybody soccer game. Fridays you'll find DJ Juanito hosting "Noche Internacional," and Saturdays are "Noche de Salsa." Remember, uncle is bipolar.
3055 Sage Rd., 713-212-3177, Web site
7. Mi Luna: Mi Luna is a Rice Village favorite. This tapas restaurant has a dance floor no larger than a B-boy's makeshift cardboard dance floor but the lighting, ambience and family-restaurant setting lend themselves to a lovely, intimate and romantic feel.
Get a spot at the bar or grab a table near the live band for a spot-on pre-game experience, or get stuck standing in everyone's way dodging waiters and fielding dirty looks from people who feel like you're crowding their personal space. If you're looking for an all-out club experience, this isn't it. It's your launch pad to get you into the groove and mood for a serious night of spreading your salsa wings at places like Club Tropicana.
Thursdays, Fridays or Saturdays. Pick your poison. By the way, this place was recognized for having the Best Calamari in 2007, Best tapas in 2005 and being the Best Place for a First Date in 2000. Lots to offer.
2442 University, Blvd., 713-520-5025, Web site
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Covid-19 was the leading cause of death in England in November
Covid was November's biggest killer: Official figures reveal coronavirus was to blame for 18% of all fatalities in England last month – as interactive map reveals the pandemic death toll in YOUR area
Office for National Statistics report reveals coronavirus deaths last month hit 8,686 in England
This was the third highest monthly total so far, following 28,000 in April and 11,000 in May
Almost twice as many people killed as second highest cause of death, dementia and Alzheimer's
In Wales the 726 deaths were the second highest, after 1,400 in April – making November worse than May
People in the most deprived areas of England are three times more likely to die of coronavirus
By Sam Blanchard Senior Health Reporter For Mailonline
Published: 11:31 GMT, 17 December 2020 | Updated: 12:12 GMT, 17 December 2020
Covid-19 was the number one cause of death in England and Wales last month, with one in every six deaths caused by the coronavirus, and it has been the second biggest killer in 2020 so far.
An Office for National Statistics report today revealed that 18 per cent of people who died in November had Covid-19, which was higher than for any other single illness for only the second time since the pandemic began.
May was the last time Covid killed more people than anything else.
Dementia and Alzheimer's disease, categorised together, are the only illness to have caused more death than Covid-19 this year. They remain the top cause of death and have been since 2015.
A total of 8,686 people died of Covid-19 in November in England, the ONS said, while the total number who died with it – some had their main cause of death listed as something else – was 9,867.
Although this total is the highest since the spring, it is less than a third of the 28,013 people who died of Covid-19 in April at the peak of the second wave. Second worst was May, when 11,406 were killed by the virus, with November third.
For Wales, November was worse than May and had 726 deaths compared to 599 – though it remained lower than April's 1,368. Cases are still rocketing in Wales, with the per-person rate doubling in the past month, suggesting the country could be heading for a second wave comparable to its first if infections aren't brought under control.
The data show that people living in low income areas are three times more likely to die of Covid-19 than those in the wealthiest parts of the country.
Coronavirus was the leading cause of death in England by a significant margin, accounting for more deaths than it has in any month since May, Office for National Statistics figures show
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Hopsmith Chicago is a high energy restaurant & bar in the heart of Chicago's Gold Coast neighborhood. Open for lunch and dinner 7 days a week and brunch every Saturday & Sunday, the full-service kitchen will satisfy the pickiest of palates. With dishes to share such as the Double Layered Nachos or warm Bavarian pretzels to the Foot Long Grilled Cheese or the Truffle Shuffle Burger, Hopsmith has got your cravings covered.


Burhan Abe's Blog: Plan Your Summer Escape in Dubai!
Plan Your Summer Escape in Dubai!
Three glorious days to explore Dubai's unparalleled attractions for a perfect mid-year holiday with family!
Make the most of each day of your holiday by following the suggested itinerary for Indonesian to experience the best part of the city.
Along this buzzing boulevard, there's plenty of opportunity to satisfy your retail cravings with an array of fashion, home and handicraft shops and boutiques. Boutique 1 is a multi-brand designer paradise that boasts both international and homegrown talent. A highlight is the small outdoor Covent Garden Market, where you can check out stalls offering jewellery, food treats and homewares, as well as take in performances by street entertainers. After an afternoon of shopping, you can grab an iced latte at a café, such as Paul, or sit down for a fine meal at one of Dubai's best restaurants. Or just watch the world go by—Thursday and Friday nights are popular for strolling couples and families.
When it comes to settings, it's hard to beat Beachcombers – a restaurant right on the beach with perfect views of the Burj Al Arab. Beachcombers is popular throughout the week, serving up a series of theme nights and a vast Pan-Asian buffet on weekend brunches. Kids are treated to their own mini buffet and dedicated ice-cream machine, plus a play area and TV room. They can also play play on the beach while the adults are entertained by a live band.
There may be no better way to discover Dubai than with a Desert Safari experience. The tour company does all the work while you sit back and enjoy the view. The tours encompass everything from the sands to the skyline. The Desert Safari experience takes you on a wild ride through the dunes with an authentic Arabic dinner to indulge in afterwards. With their Dubai City Tour, you can travel through time as you explore the Gold and Spice Souk and Dubai Creek. They can arrange for you to tour the Jumeirah Mosque and soak in the views from the top of Burj Khalifa. And you can even sail along the coast with their Dhow Cruise excursion.
Take a visit to the stunning Jumeirah Mosque, the only mosque in Dubai that welcomes non-Muslim guests six days a week. One of the most beautiful landmarks in Dubai, the Jumeirah Mosque was built entirely from white stone in the medieval Fatimid tradition, with towering twin minarets framing a large central dome. Make the most of your visit by joining a tour hosted by the Sheikh Mohammed Centre for Cultural Understanding and learn about the Emirati culture and religion in a relaxed, casual and open atmosphere.
For a modern take on a traditional souk, this popular Arabic market is sure to deliver. Part of the breathtaking Madinat Jumeirah resort, the souk offers endless alleys to stroll through. Take in the perfumed scents, the glowing lanterns, the fragrant spices and the artisanal souvenirs - you're sure to find the perfect items to take home with you! To visit the Souk, there is even a waterway that will transport you by abra to any one of the neighbouring hotels. It's all about the sights, sounds, and scents.
While Dubai has (more than) its fair share of high-end restaurants, those wanting to spend less are also spoilt for choice. Bu Qtair is a fish restaurant just metres from the sea – always a good sign – and while it has moved from its previous spot on the sand to a 'proper' restaurant, it's still pretty basic; have faith though, as they serve up fresh seafood, paratha bread, rice and curry sauce, and it's delicious. Even better, you can feed a family of four for less than IDR 300,000.
Located at Sunset Mall on Jumeirah Beach Road, Challenge Chambers is an innovative Real Life Escape Game, where players are locked in a small room under mysterious circumstances. The objective is to solve the mystery by finding hidden objects, answering riddles and solving puzzles by connecting the missing links. Players will have to use their intellect, intuition and their sixth sense to make a successful escape all with the clock ticking against you.
Situated in Dubai's amazing new shopping district, City Walk, The Green Planet simulates a tropical rainforest in the heart of Dubai. This live museum features 3,000 species of exotic plants, birds, reptiles and aquatic animals in a 45-metre cubic bio- dome. The structure has been designed around the world's tallest man-made and self- sustainable tree, which umbrellas the live ecosystem.


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Acier (französisch für "Stahl") steht für:
 Michel Victor Acier (1736–1799), französischer Bildhauer und Porzellanmodelleur in Sachsen
 Acier (Schriftart), Akzidenzschrift von A. M. Cassandre


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CARRIE: THE MUSICAL captivates and compels attention at Beck
February 8, 2014 by Roy Berko
(Member, American Theatre Critics Association, Cleveland Critics Circle)
From the heavy beating musical sound at the start, through the exciting powerful opening dance, to the exposition presented in the song, "In," through the compelling story filled with well designed twists and turns, to the startling conclusion, "CARRIE: THE MUSICAL," now on stage at Beck Center, captivates the imagination and compels attention.
The musical is based on Steven King's novel, "CARRIE." It centers on Carrie White, a shy, misfit teenager who attends Chamberlain High School in a small town in Western Maine. Her mother, a religious fanatic, dominates her life with Bible rules and fear tactics, setting the girl up to be a social misfit.
Bullied and teased by the "in" crowd for her traditional clothing and hairstyle, her lack of knowledge of the ways of sex, and her inability to break through her awkwardness, makes life hell for Carrie. When she discovers she has telekinetic powers, things change.
These powers result in her taking revenge when she is asked to the prom by Tommy Ross, the school's most popular boy, as a result of a plan concocted by his girl friend Sue, to help Carrie to emerge from her shell. What appears to be a great idea turns bad when Carrie is humiliated at the high school dance and wreaks havoc on everyone. The conclusion is a stunner, which leaves the audience limp.
CARRIE: THE MUSICAL has had a blundering path to the stage. The show opened on Broadway on May 12, 1988 to a mix of cheers and boos during the opening night curtain call, scathing reviews, and, in spite of sold out houses, the investors pulling their money from the show. It closed after only 5 performances, making it one of the most expensive disasters in American theatre history. It earned the "honor" of inspiring the title of Ken Mandelbaum's book, "NOT SINCE CARRIE: FORTY YEARS OF BROADWAY FLOPS."
So, why the production at Beck? In 2012 a limited run revival was mounted in the Big Apple. The script and score had been reworked and re-imagined. The purpose was to "rescue CARRIE from oblivion and to give her new life." As evidence by the Beck production, the rewriting worked.
"CARRIE: THE MUSICAL," is the type of show that Vickie Bussert, resident director for Great Lakes Theatre and Director of Music Theatre at Baldwin Wallace, does best. It is a script that is edgy, avails itself to her using her very talented and well trained students, and demands creative and inventive staging. It's the likes of "SPRING AWAKENING,' for which Bussert won the Cleveland Critics Circles' Best Director of a Musical in 2012, and such other non-traditional shows as "LIZZY BORDEN: THE ROCK MUSICAL," "BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL," "GREY GARDENS," "THE BREAK UP NOTEBOOK: THE LESBIAN MUSICAL and 'BROOKLYN, THE MUSICAL," which are on her vast resume.
The BW alumni and student cast is outstanding. Petite Caitlin Houlahan is so convincing as the conflicted Carrie, that knowing of the character's powers, I'd hate to cross her. Houlahan doesn't portray Carrie, she is Carrie! This is a standing "o" performance.
Sara Masterson is totally convincing as Sue Snell, the haunted witness and tour guide of the story. As she struggles to recount the incidents leading up to the tragic prom night, the audience is compelled to listen attentively to her tale.
Colton Ryan has both the looks and "aw shucks" good boy personality that makes Tommy Ross, Sue's boyfriend and Carrie's prom date, believable. He has a nice singing voice. Masterson and Ryan have a real connection which makes their "a couple" performance so acceptable.
Genna-Paige Kanago doesn't portray nasty girl Chris, she embodies the snarky character. Sam Wolf flexes his muscles, smiles his sly smile and is properly obnoxious as the teenage-male with hopping hormones and no conscience.
Katherine DeBoer is truly scary as Carrie's religiously obsessed, psychologically scared mother. She makes Bible pounding and fanaticism into an art form.
Musical director Nancy Maier does a great job of having her orchestra support rather than drown out the performers. The ensemble got their own, well-deserved curtain call for their fine in-tune performance.
The dancing was outstanding. Gregory Daniels used gymnastic, modern and contemporary movements to create a whirling dervish of compelling sights.
Russ Borski's lighting, especially during Carrie's telekinetic channeling, created the perfect moods. Jordan Janota's set design used Beck's limited stage and off-stage space to provide clear locations. The only things missing were the much discussed prom decorations.
Aimee Kluiber's costume designs were era and attitude correct except for the prom scene. After all the build up about prom dresses and tuxedos, the dance clothing was both disappointing and a disconnect.
CAPSULE JUDGEMENT: "CARRIE: THE MUSICAL" sizzles with fine performances, great dancing, well tuned singing, compelling illusions, and an emotionally encompassing attitude which is so relevant in this era of school bullying. This must-see production deserves to result in sold-out houses.
CARRIE: THE MUSICAL is scheduled to run through March 9, 2014 at Beck Center for the Arts. For tickets and information call 216-521-2540 or go online to http://www.beckcenter.org


Portland Business Journal staff reporter recently took a moment get an update with Zapproved CEO, Monica Enand. Legal industry software maker Zapproved started 2015 with a foot on the gas with a significant capital investment and an acquisition. More than halfway through the year, things are full steam ahead. Since the beginning of the year, momentum is going strong. Zapproved has moved into new offices in the Pearl, grown to 64 employees (it had 39 at the end of last year) and landed in the No. 15 spot on the Portland Business Journals' list of the 100 fastest-growing private companies.
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