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The 10 biggest takeaways from NFL week 13: Ravens edge potential Super Bowl preview and Texans give Patriots cause for concern
Kenny Stills catches a touchdown pass in the Houston Texans' win over the New England Patriots Credit: AP
Alex Finnis
2 December 2019 • 11:30am
One game topped the bill heading into week 13 and it did not disappoint. The Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers faced off for what many see as a Super Bowl preview, and treated us to one of the games of the year despite horrible conditions.
Elsewhere in the league the New England Patriots hit a sizeable stumbling block on Sunday Night Football and three of the worst teams in football all picked up surprise victories.
Here are the 10 biggest takeaways from Sunday's games…
1. Justin Tucker makes the difference for Baltimore
The Baltimore Ravens are now proud owners of the No 1 seed in the AFC thanks to the boot of Justin Tucker. Tucker nailed a 49-yard field goal in soaking conditions as time expired to give the Ravens a 20-17 win over the San Francisco 49ers in a game plenty expect to be repeated in February. It would be a deserving Super Bowl, with these two teams showing why they are probably the two strongest in the NFL right now.
Justin Tucker's the GOAT, and the game lived up to the hype!! #RavensFlock pic.twitter.com/d1ZpMGGR8p
— Emmanuel Acho (@thEMANacho) December 1, 2019
The weather meant both offenses did the bulk of their damage on the ground. Lamar Jackson refused to look deep (Marquise Brown had a single catch for one yard) but had 103 rushing yards and a score at an average of 6.3 per carry and also threw a touchdown pass to Mark Andrews, his favourite target on the day. In fact, passes to tight ends made up half of Jackson's 14 competitions.
For the Niners it was a career day for Raheem Mostert that carries them. Mostert has been more of an impact player to this point, but carried the load on Sunday and looked great doing it. He rushed 19 times for 146 yards and a touchdown, as Jimmy Garoppolo mostly kept the offense tight. Conservative play-calling at the end of the first half and a blocked Robbie Gould field goal attempt may have cost San Francisco this win - but those are the kind of fine margins you expect when two great teams go head to head.
2. The Patriots' offense may kill their hopes
Yes, they have the greatest quarterback of all time, but the New England Patriots' offense isn't working, despite what the box score might say in their 28-22 defeat to the Houston Texans on Sunday Night Football. The Pats managed just three points in the first half and were 21-9 down heading into the fourth quarter. Tom Brady failed on drive after drive, and had little to work with outside of Julian Edelman (six catches, 106 yards, TD) and James White (177 scrimmage yards, two TDs). Again, those numbers look healthy, but New England were poor, and did all their damage when the game was already lost.
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The Texans, meanwhile, badly needed this win to fully reassert themselves in the AFC, and Deshaun Watson made light work of a supposedly stingy defense. He threw three touchdown passes, to DeAndre Hopkins, Kenny Stills and Darren Fells, but the icing on the cake was a trick play which saw Hopkins toss a six-yarder to Watson in the end zone. Houston have given themselves a bit of breathing room in the AFC South while also leaving the Patriots' playoff bye up for doubt. New England rarely have to fight their way through the Wildcard round, and this current unit may not be up to that task. Bill Belichick has four weeks to fix his offense.
3. Chiefs take control of the AFC West
LeSean McCoy runs in a touchdown for the Chiefs Credit: USA Today
The Kansas City Chiefs were outgained by the Oakland Raiders on Sunday, and yet came away with a commanding 40-9 win in the battle for first place in the AFC West. How? They did not turn the ball over and had zero penalties, meanwhile Oakland turned it over three times and gave up 99 penalty yards. This was a win built on discipline - the type that can win you important games in January, even when your team has other issues.
Patrick Mahomes had just 175 passing yards in this one - his lowest mark of the season outside of the week seven win over Denver in which he came off injured. His one touchdown pass was a three-yarder to Darrel Williams, but he also ran one in with his legs - as did both rookie Darwin Thompson and grizzled vet LeSean McCoy. It was the Chiefs' defense, really, which took the spotlight. They smothered Derek Carr in the secondary, intercepting him twice and stymying the Raiders' passing attack, which had little to offer outside of Darren Waller.
This isn't quite the firecracker Chiefs team of 2018, but they may just be better built to go all the way this year, particularly if they put together a strong run down the stretch.
4. When Derrick Henry rolls, so do the Titans
Derrick Henry had his third straight big game Credit: USA Today
A couple of big plays in the fourth quarter sealed an important 31-17 win for the Tennessee Titans over the Indianapolis Colts - one that moves them to 7-5 and into sole possession of second place in a tight AFC South. The first was a blocked field goal (the Titans' second of the day) which Tye Smith returned 63 yards for a touchdown, and the second was a beautiful 40-yard touchdown strike from Ryan Tannehill to Kalif Raymond. Tannehill is playing really well since being named starter in Tennessee, and deserves a crack at retaining the starting job next season. He was 17 on 22 in Indianapolis, with 182 yards and two touchdowns.
The real star of this offense, though, is Derrick Henry, who always comes alive at the business end of the season. He rushed 26 times for 149 yards and a touchdown - his third straight game with at least 140 yards on the ground. Tennessee have won all three.
The Colts, meanwhile, have mistakes including their kicking woes to blame for falling to 6-6. Jacoby Brissett also threw two interceptions and had very little to help him on offense, with Zach Pascal and Jack Doyle his only reliable targets thanks to an injury-plagued receiver corps.
5. The NFC East doesn't deserve a playoff team
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— Miami Dolphins (@MiamiDolphins) December 1, 2019
After the Dallas Cowboys fell to the Buffalo Bills on Thanksgiving, the Philadelphia Eagles gave us a case for scrapping the NFC East altogether by giving up nearly 40 points to the Miami Dolphins in a humiliating 37-31 defeat. The Eagles offense showed more fight and ability than it has in weeks, but this time Philly were let down by a teflon defense which allowed Ryan Fitazpatrick (27 of 39, 365 yards, three TDs, one interception) and DeVante Parker (seven catches, 159 yards, two TDs) to rip them apart all afternoon. The highlight, though? A fake field goal which turned into a punter to kicker touchdown pass, sending the internet wild.
Because of the weakness of their division the Eagles aren't out of it at 5-7, but are definitely in trouble. Carson threw for more than 300 yards for just the third time this season in Miami, and was helped by Alshon Jeffery (nine receptions, 137 yards, TD) looking like his old self, but Philadelphia have shown time and again this season that they struggle to move the ball like this against better teams, and are constantly hampered by stupid mistakes. This loss deserves to be the one that ends their season, but Dallas may just give them a reprieve.
6. Browns' season tumbles into a ditch
Baker Mayfield is sacked by Bud Dupree Credit: USA Today
The Cleveland Browns' season is done. Not officially, but it is done. A 20-13 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, just 17 days after their last tumultuous meeting, showed why. Cleveland had a 10-0 lead early in the first half but then took their foot off the gas, and ended up falling to a hugely depleted Steelers team - one that started its fourth-string quarterback from training camp and was without both James Conner and JuJu Smith-Schuster.
Devlin Hodges will never be a star, but did enough for Pittsburgh to win off the back of their excellent defense, which sacked Baker Mayfield five times and intercepted him once. Hodges completed 14 of 21 for 212 yards, a touchdown pass to James Washington and a pick. The Steelers deserve a huge amount of credit for fighting their way back to 7-5 despite the many knockbacks they've taken this season, while Freddie Kitchens must be fearing for his job after definitely failing to get even close to the best out of this hugely talented Browns roster.
7. Packers bounce back in style
Aaron Rodgers threw four touchdown passes against the Giants Credit: Getty Images
Well that was exactly what the Green Bay Packers needed. After being battered by the 49ers last week, Aaron Rodgers and company got back on track with a convincing 31-13 victory over the New York Giants. Rodgers threw four touchdown passes in the New Jersey snow, two to Devante Adams, who had just one for the season to this point, and a 43-yard dime to Allen Lazard. Rodgers' passing game dominated the New York secondary on a day where Aaron Jones (18 yards from 11 carries) was near silent.
The Green Bay defense also deserves some credit for picking Daniel Jones off three times. Darnell Savage, Tramon Williams and Kevin King all came away with interceptions as the Giants offense struggled without key figures, and with Saquon Barkley (19 carries, 83 yards) still not completely right after his ankle sprain.
At 9-3, and with games against the Redskins, Bears, Vikings and Lions to come, the Packers should be hopeful of sealing a bye in the NFC.
8. Rams turn back the clock to last season
Robert Woods enjoyed a big day for the Rams Credit: AP
The Los Angeles Rams have been one of this season's biggest disappointments. Sean McVay's innovative, high-soaring offense of 2018 had been all but absent and the defense inconsistent. On Sunday, in a 34-7 thrashing of the Arizona Cardinals, they finally looked like their old selves.
Jared Goff had perhaps his best day of the year, completing 32 of 43 for 424 yards and two touchdowns, helping LA jump out to a 20-0 half-time lead from which they never looked back. Robert Woods was the main recipient, going for a whopping 132 yards from seven catches, but tight end Tyler Higbee also had a big day with Gerald Everett out injured, going over 100 and hauling in a touchdown. Todd Gurley contributed too, with 115 total yards and a score.
On defense the Rams totally swarmed Kyler Murray, who never really managed to get the passing game going. Murray also threw a pick six to Taylor Rapp, and had two further interceptions wiped out by penalties. The Rams are still in the WIldcard hunt in the NFC at 7-5, but can probably only afford to lose one more game - max. McVay will hope this is a turning point, with a visit from Seattle next up.
9. Panthers fail at the last again
Derrius Guice ran all over the Panthers Credit: USA Today
Once again the Panthers found themselves inside the five-yard line with the chance to save the game late on. Once again they failed. That's the third time this season, and this one will hurt the most - an embarrassing 29-21 loss to the Washington Redskins after they had recovered an onside kick to give them hope. At 5-7 that's their season done in a crowded NFC, and they can't say it's not deserved.
Carolina had jumped out to a 14-0 lead and had looked to be strolling to a big get-right victory, but Washington fought back by gashing them on the ground - something the Panthers have struggled with all season. Derrius Guice broke out with 129 yards and two touchdowns from just 10 carries, while Adrian Peterson added 99 and another score. Guice's young NFL career has been hamstrung by injuries, but this was exactly the type of performance Washington had expected from him when they drafted him last spring.
10. Bengals embarrass hopeless Jets
Sam Darnold is sacked by two Bengals players Credit: AP
The New York Jets had scored 34 points in each of their last three games and were on their hottest streak in years, but on Sunday they ended that streak in the most Jetsy way possible - with a 22-6 defeat to the previously winless Cincinnati Bengals.
Sam Darnold failed to move the ball as Adam Gase's painfully boring offense of the early season returned with a vengeance, and the Jets were unable to run the ball against a horrible run defense either. They mustered just two first-half field goals while on the opposing side, Andy Dalton returned to the Bengals line-up with a touchdown pass that gave him the all-time lead for passing TDs in franchise history. Yes, Cincy really benched him when he was tied for the lead.
Dalton (22 of 37, 243 yards, TD) looked good against a Jets secondary which failed to show up. He may not be in Cincinnati next year, but will find a job somewhere.
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Control Ultimate Edition Review – Second Opinion
Improved performance, ray tracing, and all DLCs brings Control to life!
by Andrew Murray
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For sure, many of you will already know Control. This is the latest title developed by Remedy Entertainment and published by 505 Games. When it was first released in 2019, the game enjoyed great acclaim from both critics and gamers. The game even earned a nomination for a Game of the Year award in 2019's The Game Awards. Now, almost a year and a half later, Remedy's masterpiece is back with a great re-edition dedicated to the new next-gen consoles. I will tell you in detail about the additions and technical improvements made to the game. Here is my Control Ultimate Edition review on PlayStation 5.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF CONTROL
The game's story begins with Jesse Faden. She is a seemingly normal girl who enters a regular government building. In the world of Control, however, appearances very often deceive. In fact, what looked like an ordinary girl turns out to be actually one of the only survivors following a catastrophic supernatural event. While what looked like a New York building like many others turns out to be the Oldest House. This is a mysterious extra-dimensional structure home to the Federal Bureau of Control.
The FBC is a government organization in Remedy Entertainment's title, dedicated to the investigation of various supernatural phenomena. Jesse entered this building to search for her brother Dylan. He disappeared following the aforementioned incident, but unfortunately, the timing was not the best. In fact, upon entering, Jesse will find the entire structure in quarantine because of the invasion of the Hiss. This is a supernatural entity that is trying to take control of all the members of the Bureau.
With the building in chaos and most of the FBC members turned into hostile creatures, it will force Jesse against her will to become the new director of the FBC. This new position of power will allow her to investigate the organization's many secrets and her brother's fate. She must also look for a way to stop the advance of the Hiss.
As she progresses in her missions, Jesse can shed light on the events that have marked her past and which have led to the current situation of the FBC. The constant sense of mystery that surrounds the structure and its inhabitants will play a crucial role in the Control experience. This prompts players to want to investigate more and more!
OBJECT OF POWER
Shortly after her entry into the Oldest House, Jesse will receive the title of director and along with it will also get a particular gun. This weapon is actually an object of power. Its primary purpose is to support you in the fight against the Hiss. Although it may seem like a common gun, this tool can change shape according to the will of its owner. Jesse can therefore transform it into many weapons suitable for different situations.
For example, among the forms available there is a sort of shotgun, a precision laser, and even an adhesive grenade launcher. Another peculiarity of the weapon is you not having to reload it. In fact, the ammunition will regenerate automatically after a short time without firing. This function is partly helpful since you never risk running out of bullets. However, it could leave you uncovered in case of mismanagement of shots.
But the director's gun won't be the only thing that can help Jesse in her fight against the Hiss. In fact, during the adventure, your protagonist can absorb the power of some altered objects to gain powerful supernatural abilities. The telekinesis and levitation are just some powers that Jesse can exploit during clashes with the Hiss. When you use the gun with Jesse's powers wisely, it will give you an upper hand during the most heated battles.
Take note that Remedy Entertainment's Control offers very difficult and frenetic clashes. To stay alive in this game, you need to constantly move around while trying to never run out of resources. Basically, all of this makes fighting a lot of fun, but over time it will end up getting monotonous. This happens mainly because of the lack of a variety of situations and, above all, of enemies and bosses. You will notice that this repeats cyclically throughout the game.
THE OLDEST HOUSE
I have already told you about the many mysteries present in Control, but one of the largest and most fascinating is certainly the Oldest House. From the outside, this structure appears to be an ordinary New York brutalist skyscraper. However, its interiors are bizarre, to say the least. In the Oldest House, you can find government offices, open-pit mines, huge research labs, caves full of mold, and many other mysterious places.
Take note that the entire structure is extremely changeable. Because of the influence of the Hiss, many areas have become hostile and distorted. Exploring such a strange and convoluted environment isn't easy at all. Luckily there are several tools that can help Jesse. First of all, the map. This is essential to give a minimum of meaning to the crazy plan of the structure. Another very important element, however, is the control points.
These checkpoints in Remedy Entertainment's title will serve to direct the protagonist in the right direction while offering several useful functions throughout the adventure. For example, through these places, it is possible to teleport to locations already visited. Many areas of the Oldest House are not immediately reachable, and to access them Jesse must first get the right key or power.
Having to return to places already visited within such an intricate structure can be frustrating. However, in reality, I strongly encourage you to explore thanks to the abundant presence of secrets, secondary missions, and fascinating places. Any street in the Oldest House could hide fascinating altered items, interesting NPCs, or very useful rare mods. In addition, thanks to the abundance of control points, moving from one part of the structure to another will always be quick.
Let's now move on to the most important point, especially related to the improvements for PlayStation 5: Control Ultimate Edition. This version of the game has several additions on various platforms. Take note that you will find all the DLCs released so far. However, on PlayStation 5 it really offers many advantages. Like so many next-gen titles, Control has two modes to choose from: performance and graphics.
The first allows the game to reach 60 fps, while the second instead maintains 30 fps while offering the addition of Ray Tracing. On the one hand, the performance mode allows you to have more fluid and pleasant fights, on the other the real-time reflections can really embellish every area of the game. Fortunately, through the options, it is possible to switch from one to the other at any time without having to go back to the main menu.
Besides offering improved performance, Control Ultimate Edition is also one of the few third-party titles that can take advantage of the features of DualSense really well. The adaptive triggers offer sensations and resistance very different depending on the configuration of your gun. This definitely makes the shootings even more fun. In addition, the title also implements haptic feedback really pleasantly, thus allowing you to feel the sensation of Jesse's footsteps without being too distracted.
Something I noticed is that Remedy Entertainment did not exploit the SSD to its fullest. In general, the game loads are not slow, but their duration is quite inconsistent. In case of teleportation between nearby places, the waiting time will be almost nil, while to reach large distant areas the loading times can reach 30 seconds.
Do you want to try Remedy Entertainment's Control Ultimate Edition? What do you think of my Control Ultimate Edition review on PlayStation 5? Please leave your thoughts in the comments below. Are you interested in more games? Check out our reviews for Little Nightmares 2, Sword of the Necromancer, Luciform, Project Starship X, The Pedestrian, and Hitman 3.
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The value of Remedy Entertainment's title has increased thanks to this reissue. Being able to relive the typical experience of Control on consoles but with the pleasure of 60 fps or the beauty of Ray Tracing is priceless. You will feel even more immersed in the role of Jesse during her mysterious adventures!
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INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 20
Jehoshaphat having notice of a numerous army coming against him, 2 Chronicles 20:1, betakes himself to fasting and prayer with his people, 2 Chronicles 20:3, when they were immediately assured of victory by a prophet, which filled them with joy and thankfulness, 2 Chronicles 20:14, and accordingly their enemies destroyed one another, and Jehoshaphat and his people returned to Jerusalem rejoicing and praising God, 2 Chronicles 20:22, and the chapter is closed with an account of the latter part of Jehoshaphat's reign, 2 Chronicles 20:31.
It came to pass after this also,.... After Jehoshaphat's return from Ramothgilead, and putting the civil and religious affairs of his people on a better footing, when he might have expected much peace and prosperity:
that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon; both the descendants of Lot, see Psalms 83:8,
and with them other besides the Ammonites; a great company of Arabians, according to Josephus r; or "with the Meamonites", which the Targum understands of the Idumaeans or Edomites; and so do other interpreters, and which they conclude from 2 Chronicles 20:10. Jarchi thinks the Amalekites are meant, who were of the race of Edom; but the notion of Kimchi seems best, that these are the people that are so called from the name of a place, Meon, and, by an inversion of letters, the same with the Meunim or Maonites, mentioned along with the Zidonians and Amalekites, Judges 10:12 and whom the Septuagint version here calls Minaeans; some s take them to be such who counterfeited the Ammonites in their apparel and gestures:
these came against Jehoshaphat in battle; being instigated perhaps by the Syrians, who owed him ill will for assisting Ahab against them at Ramothgilead; for from that quarter they came, as the following verse shows.
r Antiqu. l. 9. c. 1. sect. 2. s Weemse of the Moral Law, l. 2. c. 6. p. 161.
Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat,.... Deserters or spies, or some of the inhabitants of those parts where they had entered, who rode post haste to acquaint him with it:
saying, there cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; that is, beyond the Dead or Salt sea, the sea of Sodom; the Targum is,
"beyond the west of Syria,''
that sea being the western boundary of it:
and, behold, they be in Hazazontamar, which is Engedi;
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And Jehoshaphat feared,.... Exceedingly, as the Targum adds, not merely because of the number of his enemies, for he had forces enough to go forth against them, see 2 Chronicles 17:14, but chiefly because the Lord had told him that wrath was upon him from him, 2 Chronicles 19:2 and he might fear that this was the time for the execution of it:
and set himself to seek the Lord; by prayer and supplication, with all seriousness, fervour, and constancy:
and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah; a day of humiliation and mourning for sin before the Lord; when they were ordered to abstain from bodily food and labour, that they might be fit and more at leisure for spiritual exercises.
And Judah gathered themselves together to ask help of the Lord,.... To implore his assistance against their enemies, and his protection of them; and they met not in their several cities, but at Jerusalem, as appears by what follows:
even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord; at the temple, where was the ark, the symbol of his presence.
And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord,.... In the temple, in the court of the people, where the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem were assembled, in the midst of which he stood very probably on the brasen scaffold erected by Solomon, 2 Chronicles 6:13,
before the new court: which must be the court of the priests, for he stood in the great court, or court of the people, and before this, which might be so called, because renewed or repaired when the altar was by Asa, 2 Chronicles 15:8. Dr. Lightfoot t thinks it was the court of the women; but it is a question whether there was any such court in the first temple; or that the great court was then divided into two, one for the men, the other for the women.
t Prospect of the Temple, ch 18. p. 1090.
And said, O Lord God of our fathers,.... Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, whose covenant God he was:
art not thou God in heaven? that dwellest and rulest there, and dost whatever thou pleasest in the armies of it:
and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the Heathens? being King of kings, and Lord of lords, all the world over:
and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee? his power being infinite, unlimited, and uncontrollable, and so not resistible by finite creatures, at least not so as to be stopped and overcome.
Art not thou our God,.... In a peculiar sense, not merely as the Creator and Governor of men, but in a covenant relation their covenant God and Father:
who didst drive out the inhabitants of the land before thy people Israel; the seven nations of Canaan, to make way and room for Israel:
and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever? made a deed of gift of it to them, and settled it on them till the coming of the Messiah, and that as an instance of love and friendship to Abraham; and wilt thou therefore suffer it to be taken from his seed?
And they dwelt therein,.... From ages past, hitherto, since it was first given them, and they were put into the possession of it:
and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name; a temple for his worship, honour, and glory, and for him to dwell in; and is a reason why it might be hoped he would protect them, especially when they prayed to him:
saying; and he promised to hear and help them, as follows.
If when evil cometh upon us,.... Any calamity,
as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, God's four sore judgments, if by "judgment" is meant wild beasts:
we stand before this house; in the court before the holy place, and holy of holies:
and in thy presence, for thy name is in this house; called upon in it, and it was called by his name, and in which he dwelt:
and cry unto thee in our affliction; as Solomon prayed at the dedication of it:
then thou wilt hear and help; as the Lord promised, see 1 Kings 8:33.
And now, behold, the children of Ammon, and Moab, and Mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt,.... Charging them not to meddle with them, nor take any of their lands from them, Deuteronomy 2:5,
but they turned from them, and destroyed them not; in obedience to the divine command, when it was in their power to have done it.
Behold, I say, how they reward us,.... Evil for good:
to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit; the land of Canaan was their inheritance, an inheritance given them by God, their covenant God and Father, who had a right to dispose of it; and yet so given, that it was still his possession, he was the Lord and Proprietor, they but tenants under him; all which, as they were so many aggravations of the guilt of their enemies, so they were so many arguments with the Lord to protect them.
O our God wilt thou not judge them?.... Bring them to thy bar, examine these facts alleged against them, convict them of injustice, and condemn and punish them for it:
for we have no might against the great company that cometh against us; for though the militia of the kingdom of Judah was very numerous, as described 2 Chronicles 17:14 yet on a sudden it might not be easy to gather it together; besides, it was nothing to put trust and confidence in; and if the Lord was not with them, their strength would be weakness, and they not able to withstand this numerous army:
neither know we what to do; whether to attempt to muster the militia, and go out to meet them, or to shut up themselves in Jerusalem, and make the best defence they could:
but our eyes are upon thee; for advice and direction, for help and protection; the eyes of their bodies were lifted up in prayer to him, and the eyes of their souls, of faith, hope, expectation, and desire, were fastened on him.
And all Judah stood before the Lord,.... Looking towards the most holy place, where the ark of his presence was, in an humble and submissive posture; waiting what would be the issue of things, what answer they should have from the Lord:
with their little ones, their wives, and their children: they and their wives, with their children, both small and grown up, which they brought with them, that as the sight of them, now in the utmost danger, might affect them, and make them the more fervent in their supplications to God, so they might hope the Lord would have pity and compassion on them, and save them.
Then upon Jahaziel, the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah,
the son of Jehiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite, of the sons of Asaph,.... Being a man of some note, though a Levite, his genealogy is given:
came the Spirit of the Lord in the midst of the congregation; the spirit of prophecy from the Lord, as the Targum, as it was; for he foretold the victory that should be obtained over the enemy, and that without fighting, yea, the particular place where they should meet them; and this came upon him suddenly, while he was in the midst of the congregation, while he and they were waiting upon the Lord, and perhaps had never prophesied before; or if he had, prophecy did not come according to the will of man, but by the will of God; the Spirit of God in that, as in other instances, is like the wind that blows when and where it listeth.
And he said, hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou King Jehoshaphat,.... There is a climax or gradation in these words rising from the lowest to the highest; from the people of the cities in the country, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem the metropolis, and from thence to the king the supreme governor:
thus saith the Lord unto you, be not afraid, nor dismayed, by reason of this great multitude; whose numbers were discouraging to the king, and he had taken notice of them, which this respects:
for the battle is not your's, but God's: the cause was his, and he would espouse and maintain it; not they, but he, would fight the battle, and therefore they had nothing to fear.
Tomorrow go ye down against them,.... This was the fast day, and so not proper to march out in, but on the morrow they might go out with great confidence and intrepidity; and as Jerusalem was situated on an eminence, they are directed to go down:
behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; a steep hill, so called from the flowers upon it:
and ye shall find them at the end of the brook; on the bank of Kidron, according to Beckius, which seems not likely to be meant, since they went as far as the wilderness of Tekoa, 2 Chronicles 20:20,
before the wilderness of Jeruel; the same with that of Tekoa, or near it.
Ye shall not need to fight in this battle,.... Since the Lord would fight for them:
set yourselves, stand ye still; present themselves they might, as if ready to engage; and keep their ground, not giving way in the least, but would have no need to strike a stroke:
and see the salvation of the Lord with you; which he would work for them, see Exodus 14:13,
and Judah, and Jerusalem, fear not, nor be dismayed; which is repeated for the confirmation of them:
tomorrow go out against them, for the Lord will be with you; to protect them, fight for them, and give them victory; the Targum is,
"the Word of the Lord shall be your help.''
And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground,.... Not only in reverence of God, and his prophet, but as a token of his belief of what was said, and his thankfulness for it:
and all Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, fell before the Lord, worshipping him; adoring his goodness to them, in imitation of their king.
And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites,.... Who were of the posterity of Kohath, in the line of Korah:
stood up to praise the Lord God of Israel with a loud voice on high; in high notes; they being the course in turn at this time for this service.
And they rose early in the morning,.... Being confident of success, animated by what the prophet said to them:
and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa; which, according to Jerom u, was six miles from Bethlehem, and nine from Jerusalem, some say twelve, beyond which was nothing but a desert; it was part of the wilderness of Judah:
and as they went forth; out of Jerusalem, through one of the gates of it:
Jehoshaphat stood and said, believe in the Lord your God; in the promises he had made, particularly with respect to the victory over their present enemies; the Targum is,
"in the Word of the Lord your God:''
so shall you be established; have courage and firmness of mind, as well as be safe and secure:
believe his prophets; sent by him, and that speak in his name, particularly Jahaziel, who had predicted victory to them:
so shall ye prosper; things will succeed to your wishes, and beyond your expectations.
u Prooem. in Amos, and Comment. in ch. i. 1.
And when he had consulted with the people,.... His principal officers, in what order they should march, and in what manner they should form themselves, when they met the enemy, and how they should conduct as if they were to engage:
he appointed singers unto the Lord; to sing his praise, and give him glory, as if the victory was already completed, it being so sure:
and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army; that is, praise God, who is glorious in holiness, whose beauty lies in his holiness, and who is holy in all his ways and works:
and to say, praise the Lord, for his mercy endureth for ever; with which they were to conclude their songs of praise, as David did, and whose songs they might sing; see Psalms 136:1.
And when they began to sing and to praise,.... They sung more or less all the way they went, from the time they set out, but when they came nearer the enemy, they sung louder and louder:
the Lord set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, which came against Judah; some take them to be their own ambushments, which they set for the destruction of Judah; but the Lord turned them against their own confederates, mistaking them for Jews; so the Vulgate Latin version,
"the Lord turned their ambushments against themselves;''
or rather these were angels, who appeared in the form of the Edomites, and so fell upon the Ammonites and Moabites:
and they were smitten; by them, many of them were destroyed; hence it follows,
For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir,.... Supposing that they had acted a treacherous part by them, and took on the side of their enemies:
utterly to slay and destroy them; as they did:
and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir; so that there were none left of them:
everyone helped to destroy one another; in their confusion mistook one another, either for Edomites or Jews, like the Midianites in the times of Gideon.
When Judah came towards the watch tower in the wilderness,.... Which might stand upon the hill or cliff of Ziz, for the sake of the direction of travellers, and the preservation of them from thieves and robbers:
they looked unto the multitude; which they could take a view of from the top of the hill:
and behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped; all to a man slain, there was not one to be seen standing on his feet.
And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take the spoil of them,.... Which was all they had to do; they had no need to fight, as they were told, the Lord had fought for them:
they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies; rich garments on them, and gold and silver on them:
and precious jewels, which they stripped of for themselves; with which their clothes, or some part of their bodies, were ornamented:
more than they could carry away; they were so many, that they made too great a burden for them:
and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much; it took up so much time to strip the bodies, to search for their money and jewels, rings, chains, and such like things of value, worn by them.
And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah,.... As it was afterwards called from what they did there, as follows, which was the reason of its name:
for there they blessed the Lord; returned thanks to him for this wonderful appearance on their behalf, and gave him the glory of it; no doubt but they had given him praise before in some sort and manner, but now in a set, solemn, and public manner, with one heart and voice they united in ascribing honour, blessing, and glory to him:
therefore the name of the same place was called the valley of Berachah unto this day; the valley of Blessing; this name it bore in the times of Ezra, the writer of this book, even after the Jews returned from the Babylonish captivity; it is thought to be the same that is called by Jerom w Cepharbarucha, which he speaks of as not far from Engedi, see 2 Chronicles 20:2, others will have it to be the same with the valley of Jehoshaphat, but not so likely, that seems to be nearer Jerusalem.
w Epitaph. Paulae.
Then they returned, every man of Judah and of Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat at the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy,.... There to praise the Lord in the temple, as they had done in the valley:
for the Lord had made them to rejoice over their enemies; by giving them a complete victory, and making them masters of so much wealth and riches.
And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries, and harps, and trumpets,.... The three principal instruments of music used in singing the praises of God; these they played upon as they came to the city, and entered it, and passed through it:
unto the house of the Lord; the temple, there to offer praise and thanksgiving again.
And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of these countries,.... Whose armies were slain, and all other neighbouring ones; for the word these is supplied:
when they had heard that the Lord fought against the enemies of Israel; and they were afraid to invade their land, or make war with them; nor did the Edomites dare to revolt in the times of Jehoshaphat.
So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet,.... Both within and without; they were at peace among themselves, and none from abroad dared to molest them:
for his God gave him rest round about; from all his enemies; the Targum has it, the Word of his God; and so, in the preceding verse, the Word of the Lord fought; and in 2 Chronicles 20:28 the Word of the Lord made them rejoice.
Ver. 31,32. And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah,.... Of these two verses, :-.
Howbeit, the high places were not taken away,.... The high places, where idols were worshipped, were taken away, 2 Chronicles 17:6, but not those where sacrifices were offered to the true God:
for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers; to seek and serve him wholly, according to his will, to offer sacrifices to him only at Jerusalem, as the law required, Deuteronomy 12:5, they could not as yet be prevailed upon to relinquish the high places, built and made use of before the temple was; partly because they were nearer to some of them than that, and partly out of veneration for them, as being of a long time used.
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last,.... Those that were done at the beginning, and those that were done at the latter end of his reign:
behold, they are written in the book of Jehu, the son of Hanani, who is mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel; see 1 Kings 16:1, the same that reproved Jehoshaphat, 2 Chronicles 19:2. He wrote a book of his own times, and which was so much esteemed, according to Kimchi, that it was written with, or put along with, the book of the kings of Israel, for so he interprets the phrase; but the Targum understands it of Jehu being the king's historiographer, who had the care and oversight of the diary, journal, or annals of the kings of Israel.
And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel,.... Meaning, not after the invasion of the Moabites, c. and the slaughter of them, but after Jehoshaphat returned from Ramothgilead, when he was reproved by a prophet for helping the ungodly, 2 Chronicles 19:1 so that it was a great aggravation of his folly and weakness, that after that, and quickly after that, he should join himself to a wicked prince, though not in war, but in trade for so it must be, since Ahaziah reigned but two years, and those not complete, see 1 Kings 22:51, but is here related, that Jehoshaphat's weaknesses and blemishes might be laid together:
who did very wickedly; that is, Ahaziah, who walked in the ways of Ahab his father, and of Jezebel his mother, and of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, 1 Kings 22:52.
And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish,.... Of which, :-, and though it is there said, 1 Kings 22:49, that Jehoshaphat refused letting the servants of Ahaziah go with his, that was after he had been reproved for joining with him, and after the ships were broken:
and they made the ships in Eziongeber; of which
1 Kings 22:49- :.
Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah,.... A city in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:44
prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah; an idolatrous prince, with whom he ought to have had no fellowship, even in civil things, it being both a countenancing him, and exposing himself and people to danger:
the Lord hath broken thy works; the ships built at the joint expense of the two kings, that is, the Lord had determined to break them, and now foretold that he would; the Targum is,
"the Word of the Lord hath destroyed thy works:''
and the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish;
Joshua 15:44- :.
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Doha Film Institute Celebrates Cherien Dabis's 'May in the Summer' Sundance Selection
The movie was co-financed by the Gulf state's cultural body and will open the U.S. dramatic competition strand in 2013.
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LONDON – The selection of Arab-American filmmaker Cherien Dabis's May in the Summer as the opening film for the U.S. dramatic competition strand at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival is being touted as a signal of success for the Doha Film Institute's funding ambitions.
The Middle Eastern state's cultural organization, whose annual Doha Tribeca Film Festival wrapped in late November, co-financed Dabis's Jordanian-set drama which stars Palestinian actress and director Hiam Abbas (The Visitor) and American comedienne Alia Shawkat (Arrested Development) along with Dabis.
Having won international recognition for her first feature Amreeka, Cherien's follow-up film details the story of a bride-to-be who is forced to re-evaluate her life when she reunites with her family, only to be confronted with the aftermath of her parents' divorce.
The project, exec produced by Whitewater Films and Durga Entertainment, also secured development support from the Time Warner Storytelling Grant, part of the Sundance Grants and Fellowship program and a production grant from the Jordan Film Fund and the Royal Film Commission of Jordan.
Doha Film Institute head of film financing Paul Miller said: "Co-financing is an important component of our film financing initiatives, which also includes the MENA Grants and the Gulf Development Unit. May in the Summer is a powerful addition to our portfolio of co-financed projects, which demonstrates our long-term commitment to building the Arab film industry by supporting talented filmmakers both regionally and from the Arab diaspora."
DFI CEO Abdulaziz Al-Khater said: "One of the key objectives of DFI is to foster and facilitate the evolution of a pan Arab film industry, whereby talented filmmakers have the opportunity to tell their stories to the world. Cherien's May in the Summer presents a compelling portrait of Arab society, and we are honored that our latest Middle Eastern project is opening the prestigious Sundance Film Festival, reiterating the strong global inroads made by Arab films and filmmakers."
May in the Summer follows another DFI bankrolled project onto the international festival stage after Mira Nair's The Reluctant Fundamentalist opened this year's Venice Film Festival.
Doha Film Institute Provides 27 New Film Grants to Regional Filmmakers
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CSUN Prof Named President of Broadcast Education Assn.
Mary C. Schaffer, professor of cinema and television arts at California State University, Northridge, has been elected president of the Broadcast Education Association, an international organization representing educators and industry professionals in telecommunications and electronic media.
Schaffer, who oversees the university's multimedia option, will be officially sworn in at the organization's meeting next month.
Schaffer, who joined CSUN's faculty in 2000, teaches courses that cover all aspects of multimedia production and design. Her research includes new media, digital literacy and the uses of technology by active retired adults.
The Broadcast Education Association was established in 1955, originally as the Association of Professional Broadcast Education. Its more than 1,600 members share a diversity of interests involving all aspects of telecommunications and electronic media.
Cal State Northridge's Department of Cinema and Television Arts has an international reputation for producing dedicated and talented entertainment industry professionals who recognize the value of hard work as they learn and continue to perfect their crafts. The department's alumni work in all aspects of entertainment media, from writing, producing and directing to manning cameras and having the final say in what project is made.


If your children have come home ready to make vacation plans, it may be because we are in a North American Geography block! I have hoped to cultivate in them a reverence for the incredible beauty and variation in our North American landscape. They have met this curriculum so far with curiosity and excitement.
This week, the 5th grade class explored more of North American Geography by learning about various other National Parks, such as Yellowstone and Olympic National Parks. They were fascinated to learn about geysers at Yellowstone such as Old Faithful, as well as the existence of a temperate rainforest in Olympic National Park, where epiphytes (ask them what it means!) like moss hang from tree limbs (Aaden was fond of saying "They're just hanging out!") and where lush ferns abound.
They read and took notes about their parks this week, and next week will design a page for their Morning Lesson Books, as well as present information about their parks in the form of an advertisement.
This week the children did research into their National Parks for their projects. They read informational texts about their parks in small groups, reading to learn such details as where their park is located, important natural features, animals and plants that live there, and climate. They are eager to learn more! I will be bringing in some library books for their research next week, but please feel free to take your child to the library over the weekend or do some (supervised) internet research to learn more about their parks.
This week we helped out in the permaculture garden in front of the school. We prepared the soil for planting of native perennials by removing a thin layer of sod from the soil. It was hard work, but the children pressed on and some even made a game of it! It was good to get outside and get our hands dirty.
The children painted a flower with roots, stem, leaves, and blossom today. They first mixed colors to create their own background to the painting, working in silence to "let the colors speak" to them, as a therapeutic and meditative experience. If you are interested in learning more about their painting, please come to Experience UP, where I'll be leading a painting class! Parent sign-up for the event is here.
As your children may have mentioned, I was out last Friday at a training. From Thursday evening through Saturday, I attended the 2.5-day training "Understanding and Analyzing Systemic Racism" put on by the group Chicago Regional Organizing for Antiracism, or CROAR. It was impactful for me to take this step in educating myself about the power arrangements in institutions throughout this country that benefit some, while harming others. I hope to bring this awareness into my teaching. I'd be happy to talk more about this to anyone who is interested.
Halloween: Your 5th grader may dress up on Oct. 31 to celebrate Halloween at school. Our rule is that the costume relate in some way to the 5th grade or 4th grade curriculum. I have discussed this at length with the children, so your child should be able to tell you what options they have. Please email me if you have any questions or concerns.
Also, when considering costumes, please consider avoiding cultural appropriation. This video can be a resource for you to talk to your kids about appropriation in an age-appropriate way.
El Dia de los Muertos will be celebrated next week. Read on for answers to frequently asked questions about the day.
El Dia de los Muertos is a special time celebrated in Mexico, the festival coincides with All Souls Day giving this time significance in many parts of the world. On this day loved ones who have passed away are invited to return for one night to be celebrated by their friends and family.
It is a joyful and reverent time to feel close to our departed loved ones and acknowledge the cycle of life and death we all exist in. This will be brought to your children in an age-appropriate way.
We will create an Ofrenda at school. Ofrenda means "offering" in Spanish, it is a place where we invite the spirits of the dead to join us with photos of them, beautiful decorations, and sweet smelling marigolds.
How should photos be sent?
Children may choose to bring in a photo of a loved one (no pets please) for the Ofrenda. Photos should be clearly labelled on the back so they can be returned after the festival. Photos may either be framed or in a format that can be put up on a cork board with push pins (essentially a photocopy).
When can we send photos to school?
Any day between Thursday 10/24 and Thursday 11/1.
How can parents and guardians participate?
There will be no assembly for this festival. If parents and guardians would like to experience the Ofrenda between 10/25 and 10/31 (please no visitors on 11/1) they may do so after drop-off, during lunch time (12:10 – 1:40 pm), or before pick-up. Parents and guardians are welcome to bring a photo. All visitors must sign in and out at the front desk and wear a visitor badge while in the building.
Contact Sophie Huckabay (sophie.huckabay@urbanprairie.org) if you have any questions.
Experience UP: Experience UP offers you the chance to be a student again for a day! You can sign up here for a range of classes taught by subject and grades teachers. As I mentioned before, I will teach painting.


This time last year we entered the spring with a level of positive optimism, crops looked well, fertiliser was cheaper than last year, grain prices where strong and potential output looked good. This gave us confidence to provide the crop with a robust disease control strategy. Once all the major decisions had been made, in terms of level of expenditure, the markets started to collapse.
This year is very different, crops look well, especially the latter drilled 2nd wheats, disease pressure is higher due to the milder winter, rusts, septoria and mildew are present on a lot of the varieties.
The opportunity of marketing grain at a price which is accessible is gone, but fertiliser is cheaper, as long as it was bought at the right time.
Improve attention to detail, you cannot afford a poor crop or poor field.
Use a disease resistant variety, tailor fungicide programs to reduce costs.
Re-look at rotation to improve labour/machinery profits to enable cost reduction.
Re-look at varieties, consider better disease resistant ones to reduce reliance on fungicides.
Re-look at varieties, consider higher yielding group 1 and 2, grown as feed, with potential small price at the end.
Know your costs of production, so you can react to potential market opportunities with confidence.
Tailor your field and crop selection to reduce costs, (don't grow a crop of early wheat on a bad blackgrass field)!
Improve the use of cultural methods for controlling blackgrass.
Pray for a crop disaster in the world!


6th Grade Camp: The 6th grade students enjoy a week at Lake Ann Camp. Time is spent fostering positive relationships, experiences team building activities, exploring God's world through outdoor education, and having time together for spiritual growth.
Chicago Trip: The 7th grade students enjoy a day in Chicago. Students visit many different parts of Chicago including the Shedd Aquarium, The Museum of Science and Industry, and Navy Pier.
Washington, D.C. Trip: The 8th grade students enjoy a week in Washington D.C. exploring historical landmarks, museums, and battlefields. Students have the opportunity to see firsthand places studied in History class. Another valuable part of this trip is the positive peer relationships that are enhanced.
J-term: This is a special week in January designed for students to learn in unconventional ways. Time is spent learning and exploring topics that often aren't covered during a regular school day. Each year the J-term week is organized around a theme such as Careers, Living an On-Target Life Spiritually, Academically, Physically, Socially, Emotionally, etc. This week includes many field trips and special speakers.
COOL Class: This class is developed to meet the MS students where they are at as they deal with environmental, emotional, social, physical and contextual changes in their lives. Students are divided into groups of 15-20 students and meet with a teacher each Friday morning for the first 30 minutes of the school day. COOL CLASS includes team building activities and organizational skills.
S.W.A.P. : Students With A Purpose is a program for encouraging positive behavior. These behaviors include actions noticed by teachers when students are helping, supporting and encouraging another student or teacher. Teachers recognize students by awarding "SWAP" slips which are put into weekly drawings for prizes.


Trying to figure out which of these bikes or scooters to buy? Compare the Honda CB Shine SP Vs Aprilia SR 150 on CarAndBike to make an informed buying decision as to which bike to buy in 2019. This comparison has been carried out on the basis of prices, engine specifications, mileage, and features of these two-wheelers.
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The Highland Springs Resort is located in Cherry Valley, California, in Riverside County just west of Palm Springs. Modern amenities have retained the historical flavor of what was once a stage coach stop. Its 2400 organically-maintained acres include hiking trails and large lavender beds that provide an ideal home for bees.
Other speakers include Mark Brandenburg, an agronomist speaking on forage planting. The group will taste honey in a new way and learn what an inexpensive hive scale can reveal.
Two nights, Friday and Saturday, meals and conference fees range from $249-$412 per person, depending on choice of room. Meals include Saturday breakfast through Sunday lunch. Off-site conference fee is $100. For more information, see www.hsresort.com, go to Bee Conference.


Hathaldir fought in the Dagor Bragollach under the command Barahir. He was part of a small group of men loyal to their lord that survived. The survivors formed a small band and lived as outlaws in Dorthonion, near Tarn Aeluin.
They lived in hiding for some time, until Morgoth's agents captured his outlaw-member Gorlim and coerced him into giving the location of their hideaway. Orcs were sent to raid it, and succeeded. Hathaldir and the other outlaws were killed. Only Beren survived, as he had been away on an errand.
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Q: How do I upgrade an RHEL machine to a newer, but not the newest, point release? Let's say I've got an RHEL machine that is running RHEL5.4.  I'd like to upgrade it to 5.7 (latest), but the vendor that makes the software sitting on the machine only certifies it to 5.6.  How can I upgrade to 5.6 but make sure I don't end up in 5.7 land?  I'm sure I'm missing something basic here, but I can't find it.
Same question applies to CentOS, I suppose, so if someone has an answer there I'd try it.

A: You can do this in centos.. In Redhat I'm sure you can get one from a disc or online somewhere..
You can install the correct release rpm and set yum to ignore installing updates
rpm -q centos-release

So if that is the current version you want to keep.. Then you can add
exclude=centos-release*

to your /etc/yum.conf file and it will never go to the next higher version of centos. The process would be similar in redhat land but the package is called
redhat-release-5Server

Like i found it here
http://mirror.corbina.net/pub/Linux/redhat/rpms/x64/
Install at your own risk since it isn't an official repository. That repo is for 5.6. It has the same version for the release rpm as my redhat 5.6 servers.

A: There is no forced upgrade in RHEL/Centos land (unlike say Ubuntu where it will prompt you constantly) you can just use the 5.6 media / repos to upgrade and then it won't magically upgrade to 5.7 unless you repeat the same procedure for 5.7

A: It turns out that in the RedHat online control panel you can lock a machine to a given version.  How did I miss that?

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Thanks to Climate Change, The World's Storms Are Getting more Dangerouse
February 2, 2017 World | Climate Change
Removing the climate change page from the White House site won't do anything to slow the damage to our planet, just as refusing to "believe" in science won't help your home stay standing when dangerous, violent storms tear it from the Earth. And those storms are getting a lot worse, says new research from the University of Houston.
Efficiency is usually a good thing, but not when we're talking about the energy running around in the world's weather systems. Energy in the Earth's atmosphere is described by a formula called the Lorenz energy cycle. The new study takes a long-term look at data from this cycle—35 years' worth—to see how the energy has been affected by climate change. And the results aren't good.
The efficiency of Earth's "heat engine" is increasing, which means that previously stored energy is now running loose in the form of kinetic energy, which results in more atmospheric movement. In practical terms, this means that storms will be stormier, and much more destructive. And because the cycle usually has "positive trends,"—i.e., it's hard to put that energy back in the bottle once its loose—it's only going to get worse.
But these changes won't be evenly distributed. The Southern Hemisphere will get the worst of the effects of these energy increases, which the researchers call "eddy energies." Don't think that folks in the top half of the world are going to get away with it, though. The climate is a complex system, but with more energy running loose, the effects will be simple to see: More dangerous storms, and more extreme weather in general. And it'll happen whether or not you have your head buried in the sand.
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Content marketing comes in many guises. This month, paint manufacturer Dulux makes a very clever move and simply takes over a consumer publication. By Robyn Daly.
An astronomical event has just occurred in the universe called Publishing. The hallowed (slightly oxygen-starved) planet Consumer Publishing has just collided with the blue planet called Content Marketing. The result is a nugget of content that is unique and very special. I'm talking about a stand-alone edition of Tuis/Home magazine called Paint It, or the Afrikaans version Verf Dit, which hit the shelves this month.
Consumer publishers have often produced special editions, not least Media24, which is an ace at creating extensions to its Weg/Go brand, such as Weg Platteland. But this paint magazine is something quite different. The entire magazine is sponsored by Dulux. So, effectively, a brand has taken ownership of a consumer publication.
This is a clever strategy on Dulux's part. The paint manufacturer dominates throughout the magazine, from its payoff line "Colour your world" on the cover in a coy little purple bubble, to the outside back cover, which is a Dulux advert.
And the content is all about paint, so it's a no-brainer for a paint manufacturer to own it. Dulux has its products in every feature in the magazine – from the colour palettes used in each interior to the more technical paint required to prime and coat different surfaces. However, the brand sponsorship hasn't completely run riot on editorial integrity: where a paint project calls for a product that Dulux doesn't make, such as chalk paint, metallics or granular paint, those manufacturers (namely Annie Sloan and Fired Earth) have been given a (brief) moment in the sun. The brand ownership goes further: the magazine is peppered with Dulux adverts and advertorials, which offer interesting, relevant information on colour, décor and technical advice.
So, why do I think this is so clever?
Dulux enters the realm of content marketing – engaging customers and potential customers through relevant, informative and inspiring content.
The one element that's missing in the true sense of content marketing is consistency. This is a one-off campaign using content. Research has shown that frequency and consistency are among the biggest determiners of success. For that Dulux would need its own publication and a hard-nosed integrated content strategy to back it up.
Twenty years ago a brand takeover of a magazine would have been seen as cataclysmic. But the publishing world has moved on. Now smart marketers and business-savvy editors can breathe the same atmosphere.
Robyn Daly is the Content Director of digital content marketing agency Narrative, a division of the Publicis Machine group based in South Africa. Narrative's clients include blue-chip brands such as Sanlam, Massbuild, FirstRand, adidas and Jeep.
Contact Robyn at robyn.daly@narrativemedia.co.za or visit www.narrativemedia.co.za. Connect on LinkedIn at za.linkedin.com/in/robyndaly or follow her on Twitter @robyndaly.


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In 1915, African American newspaper editor and activist William M. Trotter waged a battle against D.W. Griffith's notoriously Ku Klux Klan-friendly blockbuster The Birth of a Nation, which unleashed a fight still raging today about race relations and representation, and the power and influence of Hollywood. The Birth of a Movement features Spike Lee, Reginald Hudlin, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and DJ Spooky (who created a new score and remix of the Griffith film), as well as numerous clips from the technically groundbreaking but racially astounding epic. Cinephiles, history buffs, and anyone interested in America's tumultuous racial evolution will want to check this one out. Nominated for an Outstanding Documentary Emmy and the NAACP Image Award.
This story is as relevant today as ever. While there's more awareness of the blatant bigotry in "Birth of a Nation" these days, I hope Birth of a Movement gets out into the mainstream and that there's much more attention paid—not only to Trotter himself—but also certainly to those times and to the role of film.
— Barbara Lewis, Director of the William Trotter Institute, UMass Boston


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COVID-19: Information for F&B Franchisors in the UK
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How Franchisors Should Deal with the Impact of COVID-19
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Popular Nigerian OAP Toke Makinwa has been accused by numerous twitter users of flirting with Ebuka.
Toke Makinwa, on her Twitter, wrote that she's been mishearing Chinko Ekun's "Able God," as "Ebuka" and wanted to know if other people have been hearing same.
And some twitter users wrote that she was only flirting with Ebuka as Able God in the song does not in any way sound as the name Ebuka.
Some even mentioned that she probably always has Ebuka in mind anytime she listens to the song.


London is the most visited city in the United Kingdom, where a diverse set of people, culture, and religion all blend harmoniously in order to make up a great city. Rich in history, London is considered as one of the most popular tourist destinations in world.
Known as the largest city and capital of the United Kingdom and England, London is positioned at the River Thames where its population, at current, is more than 14 million! One of the busiest cities in the world, this great city is full of history and culture, satisfying anyone's craving for knowledge. In fact, just the thought of a country having an existing royal family is enough to pique a person's curiosity, thus, the need to explore such a place arises.
Other than the Royal Family, London can be associated with the names of Sherlock Holmes, Charles Dickens, Daniel Defoe, and the Beatles. Plus, let us not forget, the great William Shakespeare! This city is home to many fine artists and it is even considered as world's capital of classical and popular music. A number of Orchestras and concert halls are found in London such as the Royal Albert Hall, Barbican Arts Centre, and the Royal Festival Hall.
Shopping is always one of the things you can do when you travel, unfortunately London is not a place you can do bargain shopping in. This is primarily because of high prices and the high exchange rate. You can go to Harrods at Knightsbridge in West London, Covent Garden and Bond Street for their well known designer stores such as Louis Vuitton, Jimmy Choo, Cartier, and Fred Perry.
Although London is not particularly a cheap place to go to since tourists usually fall as victim of price inflation near the major tourist attractions, especially when it comes to food, it is still one of the highly visited locations in the world. It's an advantage to know and learn more about the place you will go to so that you'll see all the attractions they can offer and you can enjoy your stay rather than concentrating on how much your wallet is losing.
Here is a list of affordable hotels to stay in while enjoying your stay in this magnificent city.
This is a three star hotel located in Central London, near the beautiful Kensington Gardens and serene Hyde Park. It is accessible to the quiet Bayswater residential area, Heathrow and Gatwick airports. Aside from this, it is also easy to get around the city of London through the Bayswater and Queensway Stations.
Fashinable shops, botiques, the famous Whiteley's shopping center, and sophisticated restaurants are just near the hotel. Moreover, the hotel consists of 262 rooms and has a wonderful venue for special occasions such as wedding receptions and banquets. Accommodations for business conferences and meetings can also be provided at this hotel's 2 conference rooms. Thus, the Palace Suite can hold a small business meeting of 6 up to 12 guests and the Park Suite can hold up to 120 delegates.
The rooms are charming and relaxing in the eye. In fact, it has its own spacious bathrooms. Styled with light maple furniture, along with complimenting decorations, the rooms radiate tranquility and peace. It is also furnished with a phone, television, wireless internet priced for only GBP 5.00 per hour and continental breakfast. Room service is available from 11:00 AM up to 9:00 PM. The rate in this hotel is GBP 58.00 a night.
•	Wireless internet available in the rooms – costs GBP 5.00 per hour.
The location of the Blakemore hotel is one of its main attractions as well. Just a few miles away from several tourists' spots such as Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, Kensington Palace and the Buckingham Palace, the hotel adds to the enthusiasm of being one of the premier establishments in the city. The convenience of finding a cab, taking a bus, or riding the train in order to explore the city is just marvelous and effortless in this location. Aside from providing a hassle free place to stay in, the reasonable rate it offers is definitely tempting.
Moreover, the hotel offers conference suites that can accommodate meetings from small to medium sized ones, even up to a maximum of 80 persons. Each suite is peaceful, bright and air-conditioned, equipped with telephone and internet connections and is spacious enough to give the occupants a relaxing set up. Plus, proficient and qualified staffs are at your service 24/7. They can cater to any needs of the group so as to make your stay a memorable one.
With a total of 164 rooms, and several choices to choose from, each room package includes a continental breakfast. This is only with the exception of the Executive single room. Equipped with a telephone, television, and a private bathroom, each hotel room can access the internet wirelessly for only GBP 10.00 for 24 hours.
Room Rates can range from £ 64 to £ 110 a night. Vat and service charges are included also.
The Shaftesbury is suitably located near major transport links which would include the Paddington Tube, Heathrow Express, Lancaster Gate Tube station, and Bayswater Road. Recently renovated, the now fully air-conditioned hotel will undeniably provide you with a first class stay without hurting your budget.
A wide range of rooms are available in this hotel. This is from spacious executive rooms to single standard rooms. Stylishly designed with comfort in mind, each room will be able to provide the air of tranquility and ease. Since the rooms are provided with free 24 hour broadband access to the internet, interactive television, telephone, and a coffee maker, this will surely make your stay in this hotel, pleasurable. Thus, the room rates would range from £ 75 to £179 a night.
This hotel is situated in classy Bayswater, just a few minutes walk from the Victoria and Albert museum. Hence, this hotel is perfectly located for tourists who want to see the sights and sounds of London. Keen on offering the guests with a superb, relaxing, and memorable stay, guests can enjoy the indoor pool and sauna for free as well.
Furthermore, the hotel is along the vicinity of the Underground train stations of Bayswater, Queensway, and Lancaster Gate Tube. This is convenient for guests who would like to tour any key areas in London such as Hyde Park, Oxford Street, and Theatre Land.
This is a newly renovated, with 106 bedrooms and a welcome tray to greet you. Plus, your stay in Henry VIII will definitely as splendid and as calming as you presume it to be, especially after a full day of sightseeing around London. The rooms are even equipped with a telephone, television, and wireless internet that cost only an additional GBP 5.00.
This beautiful hotel's room rates would range from £ 79 for their single room and £ 89 for a twin room. Thus, breakfast buffet, VAT, and service charges are already included.
6. Tower Bridge Located by the Tower of London.
Irresistibly Cheap Hotel Rooms In London ... , their staffs are more than willing to point you in the right direction.
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London Hotel Breaks – The Halkin 5* (Belgravia) ... of the new development at the celebrated Canary Wharf; its supreme position allows convenient access to museums and leading London attractions.


Teaching someone else a concept that you have learned is one of the best ways to remember and understand any new topics that you learn in your classes. I am sure you have had times in your life that you needed to explain something to someone else, and first, you needed to think about how you would start explaining it. It is the thinking about how you will explain it that starts this wonderful process of synthesizing the information in your own mind. How could you possibly explain anything to anyone unless you have a mental "roadmap"? Developing this teaching roadmap is even easier if you spend a little time thinking about how to best explain it specifically to that person. How do they best learn and understand? What is the best approach for them? Drawing a picture, explaining it as a story or getting them to try it out?
Think about it. When you were little, if you were anything like me, you learned to ask your parents, or significant people in your life, in different ways depending on what answer you wanted. You knew how to approach people to increase the chances of hearing "yes"!! Don't lie, I know you know what I am talking about! Use those same "reading people" skills to teach others, and in the process, you learn the information yourself. Pretty good deal!
Today… The ripple in your act of kindness is enhancement of your own learning! Start teaching others and the benefits are endless.
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Mount Wutai Buddhist Nuns Gather on Tiananmen Square
By Zhao Zifa and Ji Jian, Epoch Times Seattle Staff, Jan 5, 2006
Beijing, China -- On December 18, 2005, more than twenty Buddhist nuns and their abbot from Mount Wutai, one of the four holy lands for Chinese Buddhism, appeared on the Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Their short-lived gathering there almost triggered an arrest action by the police.
<< Buddhist nuns from Mount Wutai taking group photos around the monument on the Tiananmen Square. They chanted the name of Buddha Amitaba in chorus. With their hands closed palm-to-palm in a gesture of reverence, many tourists were drawn to the nuns, trying to make karmic relationships. (The Epoch Times)
Led by an abbot wearing a golden robe, a group of Buddhist nuns in grey robes and light blue pants entered the Tiananmen Square at 10:17 a.m. They carried paper bags with a golden Buddha printed on the surface. On the rear of their blue vests were the Chinese characters for "Mount Wutai."
They gathered in front of the monument on Tiananmen Square, took group photos, and started to chant the name of Buddha Amitaba [1]. A lot of tourists were attracted by the Buddhist nuns. With their hands closed palm-to-palm as a gesture of reverence, the tourists moved towards the nuns, trying to establish karmic relationships.
Eight or nine minutes later, two police vehicles rushed to the scene. In front of the public, the police reprimanded the nuns loudly, "This is not the right place for your gathering. You ought to leave immediately."
The nuns lingered around the Tiananmen Tower and Mao's Memorial Hall for awhile longer. The police threatened that if the nuns refused to leave, they would be arrested and detained.
At 11:17a.m, the group of nuns walked peacefully out of the Tiananmen Square from the southeastern corner. They were closely "escorted" by a police car.


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public class Task1_PeoplePresentation {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
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                break;
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            String firstName = input[0];
            String lastName = input[1];
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                case 4:
                    double weekSalary = Double.parseDouble(input[2]);
                    double workHoursPerDay = Double.parseDouble(input[3]);
                    Worker worker = new Worker(firstName, lastName, weekSalary, workHoursPerDay);
                    worker.printInfo();
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                    String facultyNumber = input[2];
                    int lectureCount = Integer.parseInt(input[3]);
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admin. Bathroom design. April 27th , 2018.
It goes without saying that the plumbing bathroom fixtures are the main event in the room: Toilet, shower, tub, and sink. When you are shopping, you can either splurge for high end bathroom fixtures or opt for discount bathroom fixtures if you are on a budget. A bathroom showroom is always a recommended place to visit so you can see and try when shopping for bath fixtures. You can also ask questions there.
During your bathroom remodel process, your designer will always guide you through the process in selecting bathroom fixtures, as well as making recommendations. In a bathroom or plumbing showroom you visit, a professional can also do the same job for you, especially with him or her updated with the latest technologies. Even so, there is one thing you need to remember: Stick to your priority list and consider the practical.
When it comes to faucets, water efficiency now becomes the main concern. Today's faucets now are even more functional with features such as integrated ceramic disks to help grinding away buildup that always causes leaks. With less leaky sink repair, the bathroom fixtures get even more durable too. In fact, your choice of faucet can also improve the space aesthetically.
Last but not least is toilet. One of bathroom fixtures is 14 to 15" height standard and suitable for family bath where children also use the room. The options, just like other fixtures, are abundant. You can spend only a couple hundred of dollars to several thousands. The lineup is offered in a full range of designs and colors, such as the one-piece toilets with sleek appearance, but requires more labor on the manufacturing process which surely boosts the price.


This clock comes in a modern and slim design. Its stylish look is a real eye-catcher.
It is available in different colors, with or without second hand, in diameters 30 and 40 cm, single- or double-sided.
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The killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi was planned days in advance, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has told MPs from his ruling party, reports BBC.
The Saudi kingdom has provided conflicting accounts of what happened to the Washington Post contributor. After weeks of maintaining he was still alive, the authorities now say the 59-year-old was killed in a rogue operation.
Tuesday's address by President Erdogan coincided with the start of an investment conference in Saudi Arabia that has been overshadowed by the Khashoggi case, with dozens of government and business leaders pulling out.
Many world leaders have condemned the murder of the prominent Saudi critic and demanded a full investigation.
US President Donald Trump says he is not satisfied with the Saudi explanation but he has also highlighted the kingdom's importance as a US ally.
What did the Turkish president say happened?
He also described how the team had removed the hard drives from the consulate's surveillance camera system prior to Khashoggi's arrival - who was visiting to obtain documents for his forthcoming marriage.
A man who looked like Khashoggi, wearing his outfit, glasses and beard, was among the group who left the consulate the same day as the killing, the president added.
On Monday, CNN broadcast images appearing to show a Saudi operative leaving the consulate in Khashoggi's clothes, wearing a fake beard and glasses.
President Erdogan confirmed that 18 people had been arrested in Saudi Arabia over the case. However, he has not released any details of the evidence gathered.
He made no mention of any audio or video recordings reported by Turkish media in the days following the journalist's disappearance.
He said the suspects included the 15 Saudi officials identified flying to Istanbul ahead of the killing, as well as three consular officials.
What did he say about the Saudis?
Mr Erdogan called for an independent commission to be set up to look into the case, but said he was confident of King Salman's full co-operation.
He did not mention the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, widely seen as the most powerful figure in the kingdom and who many believe ordered the killing.
For a president not shy of confrontation, this could be another attempt to preserve the diplomatic relationship with Saudi Arabia or a result of pressure from Riyadh or Washington to hold back, says the BBC's Mark Lowen in Istanbul.
The Turkish president had promised to reveal the "naked truth" about the killing, but his speech gave barely more detail than we knew, our correspondent added.
Where do the Saudis stand?
Saudi Arabia has given conflicting accounts, initially saying Khashoggi left the building alive, then later saying that he had been killed in a "fist-fight" inside the consulate.
On Sunday, Saudi Arabia's foreign minister acknowledged Khashoggi had been murdered, but said the Saudi leadership had not been aware of the "rogue operation".
"The individuals who did this did this outside the scope of their authority," Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir told Fox News. "There obviously was a tremendous mistake made, and what compounded the mistake was the attempt to try to cover up."
An unnamed Saudi official told Reuters on Sunday that Khashoggi had died in a chokehold after resisting attempts to return him to Saudi Arabia. His body was then rolled in a rug and given to a local "co-operator" to dispose of.
President Erdogan demanded in his speech on Tuesday for this individual's identity to be revealed.
In addition to the arrests, the Saudis say they have sacked two of the crown prince's aides and set up a body, under his leadership, to reform the intelligence agency over the killing.
According to Reuters news agency, quoting Turkish and Arabic intelligence sources, one of the sacked aides appeared via Skype during Khashoggi's questioning. Saud al-Qahtani was quoted giving the instructions "bring me the head of the dog", after the two men traded insults.
The sources say President Erdogan has a copy of the Skype audio, but is refusing to hand it over to the US.
At least 40 attendees have withdrawn from the Future Investment Initiative, a conference dubbed "Davos in the Desert" that began in Riyadh on Tuesday.
The big names may have pulled out but hundreds are still attending - in some cases representing the very companies whose bosses decided it was no longer expedient for them to attend, the BBC's Arab affairs editor Sebastian Usher reports from Riyadh.
The talk among delegates is of pragmatism, that there is a big future at stake in Saudi Arabia and this obstacle - however shocking and overwhelming - will eventually be overcome, he adds.
Saudi Arabia has come under increased pressure from its Western allies over the Khashoggi murder, with Germany halting arms exports and Canada threatening to cancel a multi-billion-dollar defence contract.


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