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Singapore Lee Kuan Yew's quick fix miracle island hides serious faults
Can you imagine a country island city state where everyone publicly proclaims loyalty to a country, where it's ministers corruptly and shamelessly pay themselves each an official salary of $3.7 million a year and much more besides without complaining?
A country where the constitutional rights of free speech, expression and assembly are completely abrogated? A country where the laws deny any free press to exist? A country where it's judges are Kangaroos who openly abuse laws to destroy anyone who dissents?
And the handful who are brave enough or stupid enough, depending on your point of view are either repeatedly persecuted, either silenced and join the masses who have been subjugated or go into exile.
And can you imagine a totalitarian police state with a state controlled press which pretends in it's state controlled pages to be a free and liberal society as if it were London or Sydney?
That country is like East Germany under Communism, Singapore today.
In Singapore, in order to succeed, one has to be a card carrying Lee Kuan Yew party member. Anyone even remotely trying to make it a success in the island is bound to fail, if he does not show party loyalty. It was the same in Adolf Hitler's Germany. Without Nazi party membership, you stood no chance. It was the same in all other fascist countries of the past, Mussolini's Italy, Franco's Spain or today's North Korea.
Lee Kuan Yew did this through not only his party but also his numerous grassroots organizations, the Peoples Association, Residents Committees, Citizens Consultative Committees and the multitude of other organizations linked to his government party, now run by his son.
Although Lee's Singapore would claim it does this for stability and progress, noble reasons, the real reason for this is the same as in all Fascist countries, the dictatorship's insecurity and avarice. They fear if open debate is allowed, they would surely lose control and what is more important, they would lose the means to continue their on-going corruption in the millions.
The political leaning of the entire citizenry is monitored through the numerous intelligence organizations in the island, the principle one being the Internal Security Department, like the Staci of the former East Germany . Official and free lance agents operate throughout the island to report on their citizens, to reward those who support the regime and punish those who don't.
At any one time, one does not know who is your friend or who is your informer.
Political opponents receive no coverage in the state controlled press. The only ones given any coverage in those shameful pages are government minions who lecture to their helpless subjects on what is going to happen next.
The result is of course is disastrous to any free thinking individual. No matter how much you hate this sort of government where men are reduced to 10 year old kids waiting for their nannies to tell them what to do, if you want to continue living in the island, you are forced to conform. And conforming under these circumstances is simply unacceptable. But a large section of the population do.
Who are these people then who accept this sheepish way of life without complaint? First you have the masses who have no understanding of what freedom is, the Chinese noodle seller in the local market, who cares only for a bit of money in his pocket and be left alone as much as possible. Ideas such as freedom and the importance of living free is something he does not understand and something he does not care.
And then you have the others who are aware of their miserable lives but submit anyway since resistance is painful whilst emigration is impossible. Then you have another growing section of the public who are foreign workers who sojourn in the island and care less whether they are living in North Korea or Timbuktu. After all it is not their country.
There are many like me who simply cannot accept living under these conditions. In their case, they simply leave. Most of them do so quietly and not much is heard of them. According to the government some years ago, as many as 1000 leave the island every year, mostly highly skilled and educated professionals and academics. I expect this number to be much more now but the government does not say. 1000 may be an insignificant number for a normal sized country but it is a debilitating number for a small island with a small population.
Let me give you my own example. I was born in Singapore, an England educated lawyer and practiced law in Lee's Singapore from 1981. From 1984 when I openly joined the Workers Party under the late JB Jeyaretnam and contested elections, the government started a sustained campaign to silence me. There were numerous trumped up law related disciplinary charges to have me disbarred. I was charged for contempt of court and made to pay a hefty fine. I was suspended from law practice for 2 years for questioning the Attorney General on a politically motivated case against the late Jeyaretnam. The entire intent of these series of cases against me was to make me stop being a government critic and accept the life quietly under this totalitarian regime. In my case it did not work for them. Instead of submitting, I simply packed up and left for the Untied States from where I continue to criticize their regime.
Successfully brainwashing an entire island population has serious consequences to it's progress. If people can only think in one way, it prevents innovative thinking, it prevents people from forming new ideas, new ways of living and new ways of political thinking. This divergence of ideas is good for any country because new ideas means progress, and only one uniform island wide idea means stagnation and regression.
The moment I publicly announced my opposition to the regime, they made sure that in my law practice I lost all my cases before their Kangaroo judges. Through their 5th column and intelligence agents, they made sure that I got no more clients. Had I remained in the island and continued in opposition, I would simply be an unemployed lawyer and an unemployable pauper. This is the choice the Lee government gives you. Either conform and survive or oppose and perish.
The vast majority of Singaporeans who submit to the totalitarian regime today live their lives somewhat on these lines. They go to work making sure they never show any alternative views other than the party line. In addition to work they attend government party meetings and gatherings at the Peoples Association and the other various state organizations. On holidays, they go on outings with other Lee's political party members to the beach or frequently to trips abroad usually to China or Taiwan. They publish their happy photos with other ruling party members on these holidays on social media. The Lee government appreciates their support and they can expect secure career prospects in return. The government takes care of them and in return they happily support this totalitarian regime. They can expect to live happy uneventful lives under their caring appreciative Singapore totalitarian police state.
You can see striking similarities with a previous regime, that of Adolf Hitler. Germans happily supported the regime, attended Nazi party meetings, joined Hitler Youth, joined the numerous Nazi grassroots organizations, went on holidays with their other Nazi party members. In return Hitler took good care of them, made sure they have good jobs and made sure they succeeded in their careers. Like Singapore, in Germany there was only one idea, that of Nazism, and one leader Hitler. Oppositionists had no place in society. Like Singapore, anyone with divergent ideas were punished and brought to heel. Like Singapore, thousands of Germans who refused to conform simply left, mainly the United States.
Germany under Hitler enjoyed tremendous economic success just like Singapore today. But even without the war, that success would not have lasted. Demanding that everyone submit to one idea may have brought progress for some time, but the lack of diversity in ideas would have ultimately meant stagnation and would have destroyed Germany just as the straight jacket Singapore society's temporary success would inevitably fail for lack of free and independent thinking.
Lee's Singapore is clearly in a quandary. If they ever allowed democracy and freedom to take root, they will be overthrown. On the other hand if they continued with their totalitarian police state of today, the lack of new ideas and new thinking will slowly bring Singapore down. The way it is going in Lee's Singapore, I can see no hope in the long run.
And these pages in the Singapore Dissident would continue to write about it.
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NYC's The Strokes Have a New Album on the Calendar
Comedown Machine will be band's fifth.
By Matt Rowe, Columnist
The Strokes lit up the skyline in New York City with their favorably received RCA Records debut, Is This It, back in 2001. Then, their album sparked interest not only from the critics but also from a developing fan base that found many of the songs on Is This It exactly what they wanted to hear. Eventually, that album would go on to sell more than three million units.
The band, led by guitarist Albert Hammond, Jr and fronted by vocalist Julian Casablancas (with fellow guitarist, Nick Valensi, bassist, Nicolai Fraiture, and drummer, Fab Moretti), would be pressured by the extremely high expectations for a follow-up album to match, if not exceed, the brilliance of the first.
In 2003, the sophomore issue would please critics, but not the fans as much. The album, Room on Fire, under-performed in sales although it was built heavily on the strength of the first release. First Impressions of Earth followed in 2006, showcasing a maturing and evolving band. The fourth, Angles, arrived in 2011 with an even more evolved sound. Up 'til now, none of the band's releases have been as well received as their miraculous debut. In fact, Is This It is considered one of the opening millennial decade's finest albums, a feat that few artists have been able to top, or even match.
With as much expectation that has followed every album since their first, The Strokes will release their next album, Comedown Machine, on March 25 (UK)/March 26 (US). The 11 tracks on the new album were preceded by the free download of lead-off single "One Way Trigger" from the band's website (now only available as a paid DD). Whether the album can be considered as great as its predecessors or not, only time can tell. A listen to the provided stream of "One Way Trigger" should give you an idea of the band's direction.
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A recent poll on abortion and public opinion, conducted by ABC News and the Washington Post, has the mainstream media swooning. In their respective articles about the survey, both ABC News and the Post used the results to claim that Americans strongly support both Roe v. Wade and legal abortion. The poll also received favorable coverage from a number of other major outlets including USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, and MSNBC.
As I have written before, surveys on Roe tend to provide little insight into public attitudes toward abortion. This is for two reasons. First, most surveys, including this one, fail to mention that Roe effectively legalized abortion on demand throughout all nine months of pregnancy, a policy that few Americans support. Many Americans aren't aware that this was the effect of Roe. Second, most surveys fail to explain that a reversal of Roe would not ban abortion but would instead allow each state to decide its own abortion laws.
More important, the media coverage of the new survey has failed to report that the poll actually founds below average levels of support for Roe. The survey found that 60 percent of respondents think the Supreme Court should uphold Roe, but of the three ABC News/Washington Post polls on the subject over the past 13 months, this was the lowest level of support respondents have had for the Roe decision.
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According to most opinion surveys, public approval for Roe typically exceeds 60 percent. Sixteen surveys conducted by Quinnipiac University between 2003 and 2021, for instance, found that public support for Roe averaged about 64 percent. Five recent surveys sponsored by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that about 67 percent of Americans oppose reversing Roe.
It is also important to remember that the enforcement of the Texas heartbeat bill has significantly increased the salience of life issues. Indeed, the mainstream media has worked overtime to provide negative coverage of the Texas heartbeat bill and cast pro-life efforts in a negative light. For instance, a number of media outlets have run stories about women having to travel long distances to obtain abortions. Meanwhile, there have been few stories about the life-affirming work done by pregnancy-help organizations in the Lone Star State.
This new poll should be encouraging to pro-lifers. Despite the media's best efforts to cast pro-life efforts in a negative light, public attitudes toward abortion have remained relatively stable in recent months. With oral arguments in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization coming up on December 1, we would do well to stay the course.
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Pete is in the hospital getting ready to have eye surgery for his glaucoma. MacGyver visits him and they reminisce about past adventures while talking about Pete's stubborn refusal to ask for help. Then, some flowers are delivered from a mystery woman, and MacGyver and Pete discuss who it might be until the woman visits Pete at the end.
"Willis, he's also been blown up in a building, consumed by a fireball, he's fallen off a 2000 foot mountain, he's drowned, and they never find the body."
Murdoc doesn't appear in this episode--MacGyver is merely considering him as the source of the mysterious flowers that Pete receives. His quote is not much of a highlight, but I just like the way he says it. And there's not really much else to pick from in terms of highlights, though I do like the part at the very end where MacGyver messes with Pete by not turning in his Pete's resignation like he asked.
The nurse is as cold as it comes. "You have to leave, now," she tells MacGyver with complete disdain. Yikes.
This episode is a "flashback" episode where clips of old episodes are played while the characters reminisce. This used to be a fairly typical construct in 80's tv shows, but you would never see it today when episodes are so readily available on DVD or the internet. Back then, it was more of a treat to see an old scene that you might not have seen in a long time.
MacGyver tells Pete that he (MacGyver) wants to be there for Pete just like Pete was there for him. Which prompts Pete to lament that he was never able to help MacGyver, that MacGyver always saved himself. That prompts MacGyver to try to think of times where Pete helped, and his examples are very weak which Pete rightly notes.
"I was helpless, I would have drown if you didn't show up when you did."
"C'mon MacGyver, you didn't drown - you came up by yourself. I had nothing to do with it."
"You threw me a life preserver."
That might be the dumbest thing MacGyver has ever said. Why not mention the time where Pete convinced the rescue workers to keep looking for MacGyver when he was buried in the avalanche? That would have been a much better example.
I like how when MacGyver and Pete are running through a list of potential female villains that might want to harm Pete, the first one that comes to MacGyver's mind is Santina, the Latin American military officer from an earlier episode. Was she really the type to come up to Los Angeles and cryptically send flowers to Pete in the hospital?
Here's a link I found on youtube where Dana Elcar talks about his real-life glaucoma. I didn't realize that he was diagnosed with glaucoma 25 years before he developed symptoms.
Not much to say about this one, given that half of it is flashbacks of other episodes. Interesting that this was the finale of season 6. It's funny how much season finales have changed since then. Now, there's always a big cliffhanger and dramatic moment to keep people in suspense for months. This episode, in contrast, is as mundane as it gets.
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Acts 14:1-7 – In Iconium
After leaving Antioch, Paul and Barnabas travel 85-90 miles southeast to Iconium. Like Psidian Antioch, Iconium was a large Roman city with a Jewish population. It is possible that Iconium was a Roman colony; it was given the privilege of calling itself Claudiconium just before Paul's visit, and may have been awarded colony status at that time (Keener 2:2110 suggests the honor was not granted until the time of Hadrian). In Acts 14:1 Luke reports that among those who believed were "Hellenes," perhaps an indication that these are not Roman citizens but rather the native Greek population.
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Paul and Barnabas go "as usual" to the synagogue to preach. Luke intends this episode to be parallel to Antioch. Paul did the same sorts of things in whatever town he visits; first seeking out the synagogue he teaches from the Hebrew Bible that Jesus is the Christ. At some point he separates from the synagogue and begins to develop the converts into leaders who can take over that ministry when he leaves.
Luke reports a "great number" of Jews and Gentiles believe, but they are influenced by the Jews who "refused to believe." These Jews are described as disobedient; the Greek word ἀπειθέω is always used for disobedience toward God in the New Testament (Rom 11:30; Deut 1:26). They are not sinful or evil people, but there is more going on here than "they were unpersuaded." They have rejected Paul's message and they incite the Gentiles in Iconium against Paul. This is the same word (ἐπεγείρω) Luke used in 13:50 when the Jews in Antioch stirred up trouble for Paul.
In addition, they "poisoned the minds" of the Gentiles against Paul and his message (ἐκάκωσαν τὰς ψυχὰς τῶν ἐθνῶν). The verb κακόω has the sense of making someone angry or embittered; here it is used idiomatically to indicate that Paul's rivals are putting ideas into the heads of the Gentiles in order to make them change their positive view of Paul. It is perhaps significant that this verb is used in LXX Is 53:7 to describe the suffering of the messianic servant.
Both Jews and Gentiles plot to kill Paul because of the controversy, and he is forced to flee the city. We are not given the details, but it appears that opposition to Paul went to the authorities of Iconium. To mistreat is a fairly rare Greek word which Luke used in 18:32 to describe the treatment of Jesus. The verb ὑβρίζω has the idea of scoffing, insulting, etc., but is often associated with other words which indicate an escalation of abuse from "scoffing" to physical torment and death. In Matt 22:6 the verb describes the treatment of the king's servants, some of whom were killed. In 1 Thess 2:2 Paul used the verb to describe his own treatment in Philippi, which included flogging and imprisonment in stocks.
Paul and Barnabas find out about the plot and leave Iconium for Lystra. This is not necessarily to be understood as an act of cowardice. Paul is willing to be beaten and die for his message (as he will in Lystra in this same chapter).
In the context of Acts, this is really the first time Paul has preached his message to Gentiles in a public forum. In Antioch the reaction was anger and he was forced to leave. In Iconium Paul's message is also soundly rejected by some, but others accepted it and a church is founded in the city. What is significant is the violent response to his message. What is it about Paul's message that evokes this level of violence from the Jews in the Synagogue? While it is possible a resurrected messiah is enough to provoke committed Jews into a strong, even violent response, perhaps there is more to Paul's preaching in the region.
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20 thoughts on "Acts 14:1-7 – In Iconium"
jessicaturnbough
As we have been talking about the violent responses of the Jews at this time in Christian history the idea I keep having is the strictness of their law. Certainly the idea of a crucified Messiah seemed heretical. But beyond the unsettling feelings they must have had, as we may in our society today, the Jews defended their beliefs and "faith" violently. Laws in Leviticus command anyone, even any animal, that touched the mountain of God to be killed on site (Exodus 19:12). Adulterers and adulteresses were to be stoned to death. The Jews were in a society that was much more zealous for keeping their laws.
Natalie Parker
The violent reaction that the Jewish had to Paul's sermon is significant for I think the violence is better then no response at all; the violence shows that they were listening and that what Paul had to say affected them somehow. Silence and walking away would be ignoring and indifference, and those would not care what Paul had to say. This is not an isolated incident for Paul's teachings affected not only the people in Iconium but in other cities as well, and there are several violent responses in Acts alone (9:23-24,16:21-24, 21:27-36 to name a few). To answer your comment on if there could be more to Paul's teachings, I would argue that we have noted in class that it is highly probable that Luke summarized Paul's sermons. This, there could be more to Paul's sermons then what is stated in the Bible. There could be more to Paul's preaching in the region, but as I noted before, the violence itself in Inconium is not an isolated incident, so the possible left out information on his sermons could be said for all his sermons, not just the one in Iconium. I do think it is possible that the crowds are upset and angry because what they have been taught all their lives, and their culture, is being tested and challenged, and they consider what Paul was saying to be blasphemy. That alone could have made them violent.
I would agree with Natalie Parker, with here statement that the Jewish people were moved by what they heard from Paul. The message from Paul angered the Jews and they reacted. Their reaction might not be justifiable, but like Natalie said "Silence and walking away would be ignoring and indifference, and those would not care what Paul had to say" (Parker). In Acts 13, we read that the Jews were filled with Jealous when they saw the crowd that was gathered to hear Paul and Barnabas speak. I believe that jealousy is another reason that could explain the reason for the Jews violence toward Paul. Perhaps those Jews who were still unbelievers didn't want Paul and Barnabas to preach to others. They grew with jealousy, which could explain their action towards Paul. One thing to note when studying the life of Paul is his courage. 2 Corinthians 11:26
"I have been constantly on the move. I have been in danger from rivers, in danger from bandits, in danger from my fellow Jews, in danger from Gentiles; in danger in the city, in danger in the country, in danger at sea; and in danger from false believers". Paul knew that his life was always in danger but never feared to do the work of God. In my life I pray to have the courage that Paul had.
wlmill
The way the Jews and Gentiles came together for "a cause" in this section of scripture is interesting. Despite their differences, a portion of these two groups united in order to hate Paul and Barnabas and what they were teaching. Although we do not know exactly what the Jews were saying to instigate the Gentiles, "But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers" (Acts 14:2), it must have been something that was equally important to the Jews and Gentiles. The two groups uniting for one reason caused Paul and Barnabas much trouble. Without the assistance of the Holy Spirit, this may have been a very detrimental and discouraging experience. After just having a very positive experience with the Gentiles in Pisidian Antioch, this somewhat united backlash from the Jews as well as Gentiles may have been unexpected.
purebubba13
One of the main things to consider is that Iconium is a Roman area, as well as the others were. However, if this city was large enough, both the spread of "western thought" (Roman Empire, speaking) and Jewish thought collided on the fact that something isn't right. It's good that there was trouble afoot, because at least people were listening to the message Paul and Barnabas were speaking. Fleeing the area shouldn't even considered as cowardice, as mentioned. Maybe the Jews have seen Paul in this area before, and are wanting to kill him. Looking at a map, Tarsus (birthplace of Paul) is not relatively far from Iconium, Lystra, and Derbe. All within about 200 miles (Iconium to Tarsus).
Sydney Brown
When I read the gospels and Acts, often all I can think about is how the church today would have responded to Jesus/the apostles had they come today. What would this message of "you crucified the Messiah and here are some cool healings and signs while we're at it" have sounded like to the church? Obviously there's some big cultural and religious differences going on between these time periods, but I think it's fair to say that we would not have responded to Jesus or the apostles any differently than the Jews did.(Maybe not to the point of killing but I just don't think it would be well received. It might get pretty verbally violent.) The Jews already had their religious book, so sacred to them that the religious leaders devoted their entire lives to not only the letter of the law but also the tradition of it. They were God's chosen people, promised deliverance and hearts of flesh and a new covenant. Messianic prophecy did give them a bit of a hint, but if we're honest, it looks like God threw them a bit of a curve ball on purpose to "make a point". In the violent reactions, like in Acts 14, I think that point is made very well. We can learn a lot from New Testament Jews, like how to properly take a curve ball. (Hint: you don't crucify it).
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mirandamc3
Paul would seek out the location where he would preach the gospel and speak truth about what he has done and what was going to come. Now even though he preached truth to many individuals, some people would be disobedient. Not meaning they are evil or doing sinful actions. I believe that means they just simply do not accept Christ in there hearts. They are not individuals who are seeking evil desires and what not. But many individuals would aim to try and distort the message Paul was preaching on. They would try and persuade all the people to turn against Paul and listen to what they believe and to turn their ears to them and Paul. Because of all the debate that was going on many people did not know what to people and some people believed Paul was speaking lies, so they tried to kill him. Because of that Paul had to flee. Even though Paul says he will die speaking the gospel, he flees to another country to continue to speak the gospel.
Sarah Carlson
Hi Miranda,
That is interesting that you would say that the individuals weren't seeking evil desires, yet those same people were trying to fight again what Paul was trying to speak. Why do you think that Paul says he will die speaking but flees to other countries to continue speaking the gospel? Why not fight for Iconium and continue ministering there?
meaganpifer
I think the reason that the Jews reacted they way they did is because they grew up thinking that the Gentiles were "unworthy" of worshipping with them. So, to have Paul bring the Gospel and preach to the Gentiles made the Jews' heads pop up and take a second look. It reminds me of when Peter did not want to go to Cornelius' house because he was considered "unclean." Paul is trying to make the point that the gospel is for everyone.
aamckay
I think it is highly likely that the unbelieving Jews refused Paul's Gospel because he converted Gentiles and well as Jews. This would have definitely rubbed some of them the wrong way. But what Is also interesting is that the unbelieving Jews went to the Gentiles and stirred them up against the apostles. They are obviously okay with using the Gentiles against the apostles but did not let them be associated with anything else they do. On a different note, I agree that when they left Iconium in verse 6 it was not out of fear. While καταφεύγω means "to flee", I think a better use would be "to take refuge" like in Hebrews 6:18. Because their leaving is not one of fear resulting in the Gospel being silenced, it would make sense to say that they only left the region in hopes of reaching a safe distance in order to keep preaching the Gospel. Which is exactly what we are told happens.
alisontaylor253
My first thought is that during this particular time period, the Jews were determined, more than ever to keep the entire law especially because of all the false prophets, teachers, and horrible rulers that they had had within the recent centuries such as "Judas the Galilean and Theudas" (Polhill, 2091). So, I believe that the Jews were responding in this violent way mainly because of three different reasons: because they were zealous to keep the law, because they were jealous/felt their power was threatened as stated in Acts 13, and because many of them hardened their hearts as proved by the religious leaders during Stephens speech in Acts 7 (ESV). I think that it should also be said that when Saul was persecuting the believers of Christ that it was viewed as a righteous thing so there was already this negative view of Christians, that they were blasphemers and followers of an incorrect religion. The fact that Christianity was growing at an alarming rate must've also been a factor since it was not only Gentiles, but also Jews that were "converting". Paul was also using Scripture to prove that Jesus was the Messiah since according to Polhill, "The regular synagogue service centered around the reading of the Scriptures from the Law and the Prophets" (2110). So, they may have also viewed Paul and Barnabas as twisters of Scripture.
savanahpfaff
As it has been noted throughout much of Acts, many of the Jews were very set on following their Jewish laws, rejecting the gospel of Jesus, and rejecting the grafting in of Gentiles. The reaction from the Jewish people makes sense because based on this, Paul is doing all three of those things, which would offend the Jews. Unfortunately, these unbelieving Jews heavily influenced the Gentiles that were preached to by Paul and Barnabus. To me, the actions of these "unbelieving Jews" are strange because they did not like the Gentiles, to begin with. Acts 14:2 says, "But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers…" (2112). If the Jews did not believe what Paul was preaching, why were they so dead-set on convincing the Gentiles to reject the Gospel, and in their own twisted way, "helping" the Gentiles to turn against Paul. The only way I see the actions of the Jewish people towards the Gentiles benefitting the unbelieving Jews is that the controversy would eventually drive out Paul and Barnabus from Iconium (Polhill, p.2113). Overall, I think the goal of the unbelieving Jews was to protect their way of life, that is, following laws rather than Christ (as Paul and Barnabus were preaching) and also keeping the Gentiles away from being welcomed in as people loved by God. Again, this time in Biblical history was a huge transition within the Jewish faith, and there would be many who still would reject the idea of this new way of life that Paul was preaching.
Brett E
Why is it that so often violence seems to be the response of those who here the gospel? It shouldn't be surprising considering how people responded to Jesus. After people plotted to kill Jesus in John 11:47-53, John 18:14, and other verses as well. So, again, it shouldn't be surprising that violence is the response of people hearing the words of his followers. Jesus himself warned of this in John 15:18 when he said, "If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you (ESV)". It may be a defeatist way to think of things, but it seems that hatred is part of the natural response of those who hear the gospel and are not moved to receive it.
I think sometimes people see through different eyes based on their life experiences. People might have thought Paul was trying to act all high and mighty or they knew Paul was sent to kill these new Christians and now he has joined them and are enraged. These people might have heard rumors but also they have had pharisees tell them certain things so depending how that went as well their hearts could be hard to the good news. Lots of people thought he would over throw the Romans so since he did not Paul is speaking heresy. Therefore he must be stoned! They are following the Jewish laws.
I mentioned in a past blog post that I think major opposition and violence tend to only bring more people to the side of becoming believers. Opposition tends to increase the spread of the gospel. In a response above, someone said "violence is better than no response at all" (Natalie Parker), which I fully agree with. As bad as violence is, it draws attention. Attention to what is being argued over. In this case, attention to the gospel. Also, violence requires paying attention. You don't get violent about something you were half listening to and doesn't affect you. You get violent when you care about something and sometimes we even get angry once we learn that we were in the wrong and believing a lie. However, we are normally too selfish to admit that. So I believe that Paul's message evokes violence from the Jews because if what he is telling them is true, they've been living a life of lies and since their entire existence. Everything they know is wrong and that brings on at least some type of emotion. I'd be pretty upset if someone just told me my whole life was based on false teachings when the gospel was right in front of me. I think this truth could be the motivation for the Jews and Gentiles coming together to fight for one cause. They were united in their hatred of the gospel and especially Saul, and maybe this is because deep down they knew he may be speaking the truth.
Seth Swalwell
We see in this chapter that Paul faced a lot of opposition to his message from both Jews and Gentiles in Iconium. I understand that this could have happened since neither the Jews or the Gentiles agreed with Paul that Jesus is the Messiah. However, the thing about this particular instance that grabs my attention is that the Jews were telling the Gentiles negative things about Paul and his message in order for them to turn away from him. This is something that I did not expect to happen because many times, people who did not want to listen to Christian teaching would get mad or even try to kill the teachers, like Paul. In this case though, the Jews wanted to persuade the Gentiles to not listen to Paul which I find very interesting that they would do that. Unlike what some people may think about this situation, I do not think that it was cowardly for Paul and Barnabas to leave Iconium after this happened. Though I still believe that there were people who needed to hear the message, there were a lot of people there who did become saved and there was even a church. Paul still had a lot that he had to do in his ministry and since he risked possibly being killed in Iconium, I think that it was the right decision to leave. Some of the other believers that were there may have been able to reach out to the unbelievers in Iconium better than Paul because they did not like Paul's teaching. The believers who lived there may have had better relationships and connections with the people that would allow them to teach the people in a way that Paul did not.
When it comes to the reason behind the Jew's reaction to Paul's message a couple of things come to mind. One being that simply "It is possible a resurrected messiah is enough to provoke committed Jews into a strong, even violent response" (Long). In past blog posts and other readings, it has been made evident that the Jews were very set in their ways. They liked their rules and did accept anyone who did not follow them. One article that I read on Thessalonica explained that the people there were very devoted to their ruler(s) because of the support and benefits that they received from them. So when Paul came to Thessalonica and started to talk about another king named Jesus the Thessalonians were not very open to the idea. There had also previously been riots and disagreements within the Jewish community and as a result, the Jews were expelled from the area by the Roman emperor. When Paul went to Thessalonica his message caused a lot of disagreements between the Jews and because of what had previously happened the city leaders kicked Paul out because they did not want any trouble. Something similar to these things could have also been the reason that Paul's message provoked violence amongst the Jews.
brycehoeker
I feel as though I can relate strongly to the unpersuaded individuals who spoke out against Paul's teachings. Though I pride myself on my willingness to forsake what I believe to follow what is true, it is still incredibly hard to go against my own biases and previously-held opinions, especially if it took me a long time to reach those previously-held opinions, or if they were instilled within me long ago. For those Jews who rejected Paul's teachings, it was more than making a simple addition to their current set of beliefs. It was rejecting centuries of teachings about an earthly, warrior Messiah who would elevate Israel to its former glory… and then some. It was shifting away from the teachings of their parents, their Rabbis, their heroes. It was changing their entire view of God and His plan for humanity. Of course, it was difficult for many to accept these teachings!


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Note that #7703 is not necessary to band-aid this issue, but may be appropriate to solve to fix it more thoroughly.
The idea is that we should restrict puppet-master processes to one environment per process; it's the only deterministic way to avoid the problem as stated.
This goes along with #15733, where anything other than the supported environment (rack with some awareness of child processes and a way to dispatch requests for an environment to its own process) would toss a deprecation warning.
How would this work when you update a type or function within an environment? I've noticed that is still a problem in 3.0.1 and you have to basically restart the puppetmaster to ensure you get the new version of the function.
This might be a slightly different issue actually, so I created #17210 for it.
Are you sure about that? As the old saw goes, "any problem in computer science can be solved with enough layers of indirection." It seems to me that this issue could be addressed by interposing per-environment classes or (Ruby) modules into which native plugins are loaded, and from which they are resolved / used. Perhaps implementing such a thing would require touching a lot of code, but given the amount of metacode in Puppet, I don't think that's a given.
Even if a sophisticated anonymous class manager lived behind the type class method, all of the other anonymous :file classes would be inaccessible as soon as one of them is bound to Puppet::Type::File. We'd have to re-assign the constant over and over, which is difficult because constants are not thread safe. At this point we'd have to build and manage a fairly sophisticated lock manager and we've made the entire system inherently thread un-safe.
This leaves us with eliminating every place where a type or provider (or any extension for that matter) class is assigned to a constant. That's a pretty massive undertaking, especially considering the relative lack of Ruby refactoring tools and the heavy use of meta-programming inside the Puppet RAL.
Which leaves us with the process itself as the next level of abstraction… Or switching to another runtime environment for the master, like the JVM, but even then we'd need to have different jruby heaps so the efficiency benefit is unclear.
I've been wracking my brain for years on this one… and I'm out of fresh ideas. Do you see anything I'm overlooking with the way MRI behaves? We're moving to 1.9.3 now, so perhaps there's some new behavior I'm unaware of compared to 1.8.7 and earlier versions.


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Top Trainers:Nicky Henderson enjoys a tremendous 39% strike rate, showing £20.63 profit on his runners. Jonjo O'Neill should also be respected with a 24% strike rate a significant improvement on his 15% average elsewhere.
Top Jockeys: Barry Geraghty is an infrequent visitor but has 11 wins from his 27 rides in the last five seasons, a 41% strike rate.
Pass The Time was only beaten 6.5 lengths by Quevega at Cheltenham and although she was possibly flattered she's won twice in this lower grade.
Baltimore Rock has been backed from 5/2 into 5/4 to win the 3.45 Ludlow. He ran well on his handicap debut and has been consistent during his young career.
Benbens is having his first start in 609 days but he is expected to run well in the 12.50 Ludlow if the betting market is anything to go by.
Portway Flyer bolted up last week at Doncaster and he's been heavily backed to win the 3.10 Ludlow. Having opened at 5/4, he is no bigger than 8/13.
Zarzal is reasonably well handicapped on the pick of his hurdles form and although still a novice, he's been backed to win on his third start over fences in the 2.15 Ludlow.
Daymar Bay opened at 16/1 and has been backed into 11/2 for the 2.30 Ludlow. Having raced only once since April 2012 this has the feeling of and old fashioned plot.


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from __future__ import division
from sympy import symbols, integrate, pi, lambdify, Number
from numpy.polynomial.legendre import leggauss
import scipy.sparse.linalg as sparse_la
import lega.fourier_basis as fourier
import lega.shen_basis as shen
import lega.legendre_basis as leg
from lega.common import tensor_product, function
from lega.legendre_basis import forward_transformation_matrix as FLT
from lega.legendre_basis import backward_transformation_matrix as BLT
from itertools import product
from sympy.mpmath import quad
import numpy as np

def get_rhs(u):
    '''
    Verify that u satisfies boundary conditions and compute the right hand
    side f.
    '''
    # Verify that bcs might hold
    x, y = symbols('x, y')
    assert integrate(abs(u.subs(y, -1)), (x, -1, 1)) < 1E-15
    assert integrate(abs(u.subs(y, 1)), (x, -1, 1)) < 1E-15
    assert quad(lambdify(y, abs(u.subs(x, 0) - u.subs(x, 2*pi))), [-1, 1]) < 1E-15

    # Right hand side if u is to be the solution
    f = -u.diff(x, 2) - u.diff(y, 2)

    return f

def solve_poisson(f, n_fourier, n_shen, output):
    '''
    Solve the Poisson problem with highest frequency n_fourier and n_shen
    polynomials (that is n_shen+1 is the highest degree in that basis).
    '''
    # Preparing the right hand side
    # First points are evaluated at the grid
    x, y = symbols('x, y')
    n, m = 2*n_fourier, n_shen+2
    fourier_points = np.linspace(0, 2*np.pi, n, endpoint=False)
    legendre_points = leggauss(m)[0]
    points = np.array([list(p)
                       for p in product(fourier_points, legendre_points)])

    if isinstance(f, (int, float, Number)):
        F = float(f)*np.ones((n, m))
    else:
        f = lambdify([x, y], f, 'numpy')
        F = f(points[:, 0], points[:, 1]).reshape((n, m))

    # Now the columns which is f evaluated at Fourier points for fixed y at some
    # quadrature points is Fourier transformed
    F_hat = np.array([fourier.fft(col) for col in F.T]).T
    assert F_hat.shape == (2*n_fourier+1, n_shen+2)
    # Now Forward Legendre transform each row
    flt = FLT(m)
    F = np.array([flt.dot(row) for row in F_hat])
    assert F.shape == (2*n_fourier+1, n_shen+2)

    # The system to be solved is (k^2M + A)U = b, where k^2 comes from laplacian
    # acting on the Fourier basis
    # Get the k**2 terms
    kk = fourier.stiffness_matrix(n_fourier)

    # Get Shen matrices to setup a system to be solved for each wavenumber
    M = shen.mass_matrix(n_shen)
    A = shen.stiffness_matrix(n_shen)

    # The solutions to each linear system make up a row of the matrix of all
    # uknown coefficients
    # Fourier x Shen
    U = np.empty((2*n_fourier+1, n_shen))

    for row, (k, b) in enumerate(zip(kk, F)):
        mat = k*M + A
        vec = shen.load_vector(b)
        U[row, :] = sparse_la.spsolve(mat, vec)

    # Make a Fourier x Shen function
    if output == 'shen':
        basis = tensor_product([fourier.fourier_basis(n_fourier, 'x'),
                                shen.shen_basis(n_shen, 'y')])
        uh = function(basis, U.flatten())
        return uh
    # Make a Fourier x Legendre function
    else:
        # Transform rows of U to Legendre
        toLeg = shen.legendre_to_shen_matrix(n_shen+2).toarray()
        U = U.dot(toLeg)

        if output == 'legendre':
            basis = tensor_product([fourier.fourier_basis(n_fourier, 'x'),
                                    leg.legendre_basis(n_shen+2, 'y')])
            uh = function(basis, U.flatten())
            return uh

        else:
            # FIXME: does not work yet
            # For pointvalues of the function need to ifft the columns and
            # blt rows
            blt = BLT(m).T
            U = np.array([blt.dot(row) for row in U])
            U = np.array([fourier.ifft(col) for col in U.T]).T

            return points, U

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

if __name__ == '__main__':
    from sympy import sin, cos, Expr
    from math import log

    x, y = symbols('x, y')
    # Easy
    # u = sin(2*x)*(y**2-1)
    # Harder for Shen
    # u = sin(pi*y)*cos(3*x)
    # Harder for Fourier
    u = sin(2*pi*y)*x*(x-2*pi)*(x-pi)
    f = get_rhs(u)

    # We will compare the solution in grid points
    u_lambda = lambdify([x, y], u, 'numpy')

    n_shen = 40
    for n_fourier in [32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, 5096]:
        uh = solve_poisson(f=f, n_fourier=n_fourier, n_shen=n_shen,
                           output='numpy')

        # Sympy plotting
        if isinstance(uh, Expr):
            from sympy.plotting import plot3d

            plot3d(u, (x, 0, 2*pi), (y, -1, 1), title='$u$')
            plot3d(uh, (x, 0, 2*pi), (y, -1, 1), title='$u_h$')
            plot3d(u - uh, (x, 0, 2*pi), (y, -1, 1), title='$e$')
        # Matplotlib
        else:
            import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

            points, Uh = uh

            # Compute point values of exact solution
            n, m = 2*n_fourier, n_shen+2
            U = u_lambda(points[:, 0], points[:, 1]).reshape((n,  m))

            # Converges...
            # At a fixed rate ...
            # FIXME: make sense of that rate!
            error = np.linalg.norm(U-Uh)/n/m
            if n_fourier > 64:
                rate = log(error/error_)/log(n_/n)
                print 'n=%d, error=%.4E rate=%.2f' % (n_fourier, error, rate)

            error_ = error
            n_ = n_fourier

    # Get ready for plotting
    X = points[:, 0].reshape((n, m))
    Y = points[:, 1].reshape((n, m))

    plt.figure()
    plt.pcolor(X, Y, np.abs(U-Uh))
    plt.colorbar()
    plt.xlim((0, 2*np.pi))
    plt.ylim((-1, 1))
    plt.show()

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NYSE Being Bought For $8.2B By Atlanta-Based IntercontinentalExchange : The Two-Way The deal would end the New York Stock Exchange's independence and seems to underscore its diminishing influence. Other exchanges, such as ICE, have pioneered futures trading. Regulators are expected to OK the acquisition.
The New York Stock Exchange will be acquired by IntercontinentalExchange of Atlanta in a deal valued at about $8.2 billion, the two rivals confirmed Thursday morning.
In matching press releases, they say the sale "combines two leading exchange groups to create a premier global exchange operator diversified across markets including agricultural and energy commodities, credit derivatives, equities and equity derivatives, foreign exchange and interest rates."
The Wall Street Journal notes that the deal "would end more than two centuries of independence for the New York Stock Exchange, one of Wall Street's most enduring symbols of American capitalism."
"A combination of ICE and NYSE Euronext would likely raise fewer regulatory concerns because the two exchange groups don't have as much direct overlap in the markets they run. ICE's main business lies in energy futures trading, a sector where NYSE Euronext has made few inroads."
"Mergng NYSE Euronext, which owns the biggest exchanges by value of listings in the U.S., France and the Netherlands, with the second-largest futures market underscores both the growing importance of derivatives and the diminishing influence of the 220-year-old NYSE. The Big Board, once the benchmark for global free markets, has seen its share of trading in stocks listed on the exchange decline to 21 percent from 82 percent."
Reuters writes that "analysts said the deal will give Atlanta-based ICE a strategic boost with control of Liffe, Europe's second-largest derivatives market, helping it compete against U.S.-based CME Group Inc, owner of the Chicago Board of Trade."


Russian Strategic Aviation modernization programs involve Tu-160 and Tu-95 bombers.
According to the rumors reported by the Polish Altair media outlet, the Kazan-based KAZ (Kazanskiy Aviatsyonniy Zavod) facility would be ready to start building brand new Tu-160 Blackjacks.
15 more bombers are needed to maintain Moscow's strategic deterrence capability: out of 12-13 Tupolevs of this type in the Russian Air Force, only 5 examples are combat capable, only one of those has been modernized since it entered active service.
The news of Soviet-era production lines reopened or sold to China have emerged in the last years and denied shortly thereafter so the rumors should be taken with a grain of salt. Anyway, provided the news is well-founded, the decision to reactivate the production line of the Tu-160 would be a sign that it is probably easier and more cost-effective to build new Blackjacks and refurbish the existing ones, instead of waiting for a completely new strategic bomber R&D program, as the PAK-DA.
Indeed, many believe the Russian industry lacks technology and resources to produce the PAK-DA, the next generation strategic bomber, a subsonic flying wing-shaped aircraft with radar-evading capabilities, advanced electronic warfare systems and able to carry new nuclear-capable long-range cruise missiles, destined to replace Moscow's aging fleet of Tu-95 Bear and Tu-160 Blackjack strategic bombers.
According to some analysts the troubled development of the Sukhoi's PAK-FA, Russia's fifth generation stealth fighter jet, that still lacks a proper power-plant, is the proof that Moscow's aerospace industry is simply unable to develop futuristic combat planes.
It is estimated that reactivation of the Backfire production line would cost more than USD 2 billion, while price tag for a single Tu-160M bomber is believed to be around USD 250-350 million.
However, there are many other problems that make the re-opening quite unlikely: as Altair news outlet noted, Tupolev lacks in digital documentation (the documents are being transformed into digital form now, as A claims) and human resources. Production process also involves titanium processing which always has been painful for the Russians. It was visible e.g. back in the 1970's, when MiG-25 was designed. The airplane, instead of being made out of thermally resistant titanium, was made mainly out of steel. What is more, some components of the Tu-160 bombers came from Ukraine – acquisition of these, in the current geopolitical context, would be difficult at best.
Russia is currently in a dire situation economically, hence the news about the relaunch/modernization of the Blackjacks raises some doubts. If that is not enough, TASS agency claimed that Moscow is also going to upgrade ten examples of the Tu-95MS Bear strategic bombers. The modernization is going to focus on radio-electronic portion of the aircraft, including navigation and landing-assistance systems. All in all, Russian MoD claims that about 70% of the Russian strategic aviation inventory is to be modernized by 2020.
Dealing with strategic bombers, Russians have decided to deploy the Tu-22M3 Backfire-C (which is a smaller brother of the Blackjack) to bases in the Crimean peninsula. This was announced by the Russian Ministry of Defence back on Mar. 17; even though the U.S. is banned from introducing aircraft carriers into the Black Sea, considered the threat posed to flattops by air-launched cruise missiles, the Pentagon now has one more reason not to do it.
The whole Russian activity which additionally involves exercises which are being carried out in the Western and Central Military Districts. The drills have been ordered by Putin on Mar. 16, and are supposedly aimed at testing the quick reaction capabilities of the Russian Army. It additionally involves training in deployment of the Iskander and Iskander-M strategic missiles (which, by the way, constitute a breach of the INF treaty) in the Kaliningrad area, north of Poland. This may cause further tensions in the region.
Strategic aviation also involves strategic transport operations. Russia Today claims that not only are the Russians working on a prospective strategic bomber (the already mentioned PAK-DA, designed by Tupolev bureau), but they also started works on a strategic transport PAK-TA airplane, which is to be capable of reaching speeds of up to 2,000 km/h and transport payload of 200 tonnes at distances of 7,000 km.
RT claims that 80 new cargo aircraft are to be built by 2024. This seems to be a completely unrealistic statement, considering the status of the Russian economy, in the light of the sanctions imposed on the Russian Federation due to the Ukrainian crisis.
As our analysis shows, the Russian strategic aviation still has a deterrence potential. However, the West, throughout the last few decades, has been preparing itself for irregular conflicts, such as the Afghan war. As we can see – this can be, currently, considered to be a mistake. Thus we may expect that NATO would revise and change its military strategy, in order to tailor it to a conventional conflict – we have certainly entered a new phase of a sort-of Cold War 2.0 – since even though Russia faces financial problems (due to the Western control placed over the oil prices, and currency exchange rate between Russian Ruble and US Dollar), it is still involved in relevant arms development programs.


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ARCHEPARCHIAL CLERGY CONFERENCE HELD IN WINNIPEG
CLERGY FROM AROUND THE ARCHEPARCHY GATHERED FOR THEIR ANNUAL FALL CONFERENCE
The 2017 Fall Clergy Conference of the clergy of the Archeparchy of Winnipeg gathered on October 12 at St. Andrew's Ukrainian Catholic Parish church on Euclid Avenue in Winnipeg's Point Douglas.
Some came earlier to enjoy a coffee and fellowship, but the conference got underway at 9:30 am with Metropolitan Lawrence leading prayer from the Chasoslov – Divine Office. A few brief presentations were made of new publications.
Natalia Radawetz, curator of the Archeparchy's St. Volodymyr Museum, situated within the chancery offices building at 233 Scotia Street in Winnipeg, presented her own work – a learning guide for young students – "Our First Bishop". It is a colourful, informational and fun introduction to the life of the first Bishop to Canada - the saintly Bishop Nykyta Budka - who later returned to Ukraine only to give his life for his Faith under the Communist Soviet regime. He was declared 'Blessed' by Pope St. John Paul II in Lviv, Ukraine in 2001.
Basilian monk, Fr. Zachary Shwaluk from St. Nicholas Parish in Winnipeg, informed the clergy about some of the most recent items issued by OSBM Publications. This included a new edition of the altar service book – Sluzhebnyk – that now contains additional information helpful to the priest at the celebration of the Divine Liturgy. Also available are the new 2018 wall calendars that parishes traditionally order for their congregations prior to the new year.
After various other notices and informational presentations, Metropolitan Lawrence gave two brief presentations on his participation in the all-Church Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Catholic that was held in Brukhovychi-Lviv, Ukraine in early September and his participation in the Plenary Session of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops in Cornwall-Ottawa, Ontario.
The main theme on the agenda, however, was the whole matter of euthanasia – aka Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) – aka assisted suicide. Particularly tied to this question was the right of persons serving in the medical profession to follow their conscience – regardless of religious or political persuasion – and not participate in any way that would violate their conscience. This might seem like a "no brainer" to any person in the "free world". However, there have already been shocking presidents where there is an attempt to force persons serving in health care and health-care institutions to participate in the killing of patients via assisted suicide. Some try to propose what they see as a compromise – the doctor does not have to perform the procedure, but has to then refer the patient to someone who will. This too is obviously a violation of conscience. "I don't believe in killing patients, but I will send you to someone who will". As one individual on the panel suggested, it's like a mafia figure saying that he had nothing to do with the assassination, it was the hitman that he sent who pulled the trigger.
The discussion on the whole was very much appreciated by the clergy who did not hesitate to ask tough questions to clarify any point. The conference involved presentations, witness accounts, small group discussions and sharing and an excellent Q & A. Everyone agreed that they gained much information – especially facts and figures on what has been happening in Canada since the supreme court mandated legislation on assisted suicide about a year ago. The panel, put together by Manitoba representatives of the Coalition for HealthCare and Conscience, consisted of: Dori Friesen, Dr. Frank Ewert, Dr. Don Peter and Kathy Boschmann. The panel was able to stay for lunch, so the conversation continued later in the program.
After the second session and the Q&A was over, the clergy made their way up to the beautiful St. Andrew's Church. The traditional byzantine frescoes and iconostas make St. Andrews one of the hidden jewels of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Manitoba. The Provincial (i.e. Canada-wide) superior of the Redemptorist Fathers, Fr. Larry Kondra, C.Ss.R. led the Moleben' to the Mother of God, with Fr. John Sianchuk, C.Ss.R. leading the clergy in the responses.
A special privilege awaited the group. A tour of the relatively new Jesuit-run Gonzaga Middle School was arranged by St. Andrew's parish priest, Fr. Len Ratushniak, C.Ss.R. The clergy were met by school director and principal, Mr. Tom Lussier and a large number of students and staff. After a brief introduction, teams of three-students each, led the clergy - in groups of about five – on a tour of the school. It was truly impressive. The students were quite profession and upbeat. They gave a concise but excellent spiel at every stop along the way. They showed their classes, the truly impressive music room and library. The full-sized gym, kitchen and lunch area were immaculate and wherever the Fathers were taken, they encountered bright and confident youth. After the rather serious discussions earlier in the day, the bright and hopeful atmosphere of Gonzaga was truly inspiring.
After the tour, the clergy returned to the church auditorium where the ladies of St. Andrew's Parish had prepared a fantastic lunch of soul-warming borsch, a vast variety of sandwiches and an abundance of fruits, fresh vegetables and, alas, irresistible desserts.
It was an excellent conference. Kolpaks off to Fr. Len and the parishioners that set up and facilitated everything needed for the conference. And heartfelt thanks to the team from Canadians for Conscience that provided such insightful and helpful information.
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Coconut oil: From zero to hero in cooking, beauty and beyond
by Maria Martin · November 7, 2014
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Every now and then, a villain turns out to be a hero. And not long ago, in a land not far away at all—in fact, right here in this land—that very story unfolded.
Until recently, coconut oil was held in as much contempt as lard or margarine. It is, after all, a saturated fat, known to do all sorts of bad things to our arteries.
But though not all research is clear, it would seem that the particular blend of fatty acids in coconut oil may provide health benefits. Suddenly, coconut oil is showing up in everything from health food stores to the beauty aisles of department stores. We're so in love with the stuff, we're smoothing it on our face, shampooing our hair with it and frying our French toast in it.
And while questions may linger for some researchers, Jeanne Mackay, owner of the Tasteful Olive in Overland Park, Kan., is convinced of its health benefits.
In fact, while her store is filled with rows of infused and fresh olive oils, she added coconut oil to her shelves after reading promising studies indicating it may help in everything from heart disease to diabetes.
"It was the processing of it that was problematic," Mackay says. "You want coconut oil that has been cold pressed and cold processed. If you see a package that says ANH (absolutely no heat), that has the highest health benefits."
While she still favors olive oil, which is known more broadly for its health benefits, she notes that coconut oil stands up better to cooking over high heat.
"Below 75 degrees it will start to solidify; warmer it will liquefy," says Mackay, who spreads it on her toast in the morning.
What all researchers will point out, however, is that it's still an oil, and if you consume too much, you'll pack on pounds. A tablespoon is around 117 calories, and 14 grams of fat, after all.
The pros at Beauty Brands have a low-calorie suggestion if you want to dip into the vat of goodness that is coconut oil: Find a product containing it on their shelves.
Jamie Reed is prestige retail educator of Beauty Brands—which means she's in charge of the higher-end products in the 56 stores across the nation.
"Oils are the biggest trend in hair care right now," she says. "Coconut oil is really up there. In hair products, it hydrates your hair."
She points to the store's Sexy Hair shampoo, $15.98, as one that's rich in coconut oil.
While a serum coats the outside of your hair, it doesn't treat the problem, she says. "An oil seeps into the hair and truly moisturizes."
It will do the same for your skin, or even your nails, she says, and if you have oily hair, or an oily face, use it to treat only the ends of your hair, or keep it off your face and slather it on your arms and legs. Yes to Coconuts Head to Toe Restoring Body Balm, $7.49, and OGX Coconut Oil Weightless Hydrating Oil Body Mist, $6.99, both at Ulta, are two to try.
"If you color your hair, it will help you hold that color longer," she says. "It can really promote healthy hair growth."
There you have it. What a wonderful plot twist for a once villainous oil.
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Yoshikazu Tanaka was bornon February 18, 1977 in Tokyo, Japan, Japan. Tanaka's company Gree develops free-to-play mobile and social-network-based games. He founded the company in 2004 and took it public in 2008. Tanaka, the company's president and chairman, owns a 46% stake.
Yoshikazu Tanaka was born in Tokyo, Mitaka-City in 1977. When Tanaka was a junior high school student, Tanaka became keenly interested in changes in society by informatization and the field of information-communication by reading "Power Shift" by Alvin Toffler.
As of 2003, at the age 26, Tanaka started developing SNS GREE as a hobby. In February 2004, Tanaka opened SNS GREE to the public, as a personal website. By March 2004, over 10,000 users had joined the SNS that soon became hard for him to manage rapidly growing Service by himself. In December 2004, Tanaka established a company, GREE, Inc. in order to run the Service for the growing number of users.
In December 2008, GREE, Inc. was listed on the Market of the High-Growth and Emerging Stocks, closed at the highest market value of shares on the first day.
In February 2009, Tanaka was ranked 24th among "Japan's 40 richest Billionaires" by Forbes Asia. As of 2010, at age 33, he was ranked as "Asia's Youngest Self-Made Billionaire" under the age of 35 and was selected as the "World's Second-Youngest Self-Made Billionaire" after Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg.
In June 2010, 5 years after the foundation, GREE, Inc. was listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Tanaka was 33 years and 3 month at that time and the youngest founder whose company is listed on the TSE first section.


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Utah faces the hunger problem
Hailey Stevens
Food Pantry at Community Action Services in Provo. (Hailey Stevens)
One in six Utahns is at risk of missing a meal everyday, and one in five kids is unsure where the next meal is coming from, according to the Utah Food Bank.
The Utah Food Bank gathers food from sources such as food drives, commercial donations, government commodities and grocery stores and distributes it to partner agencies who serve clients. According to its website, only 7 percent of food items come from community food drives, which yield more than 3 million pounds of food annually.
"Holidays are our huge influx of food, which helps to stock shelves through the spring months," said Heidi Cannella, communications specialist for the Utah Food Bank.
Community Action Services and Food Bank in Provo offers programs and solutions for the hunger problem, particularly for those struggling in Utah County. At 13 percent, Utah County has a slightly higher poverty rate than the rest of the state, according to Craig Severinsen communications director for Community Action Services.
"Our goal isn't to just feed (clients) but to end poverty and to get them self-reliant," Severinsen said.
Community Action Services focuses on the solutions to the hunger problem instead of simply feeding people. Clients in need of food meet with a case worker who evaluates their needs and helps them on the path of self-reliance.
"They meet somebody that they can have accountability with and can set goals," Severinsen said.
Case management does more than just determine food needs. Clients can also receive bus tokens, gas money or motel vouchers.
"Think of poverty as a continuum instead of an event. It's a crisis, and the first step to stabilize that crisis is to stop it," Severinsen said.
One of its programs, a backpack program for kids, does not solve the problem but is much needed.
According to Severinsen, some Utah County children go home to empty cupboards. They get food from school breakfast and lunches, but often when asked by teachers on Monday when their last meal was, they answer lunch on Friday.
In an effort to help these children, Community Action Services sends bags of food that teachers put in the kids' backpacks at the end of the week. The bags contain food that is easily prepared by elementary-age children.
"It doesn't really solve the problem, but we're talking about kids that can't really help themselves," Severinsen said.
Community Action Services and Food Bank also has a food pantry. A bank is where donated food is stored. A pantry is where people can come and receive the food. Community Action Services runs mostly on volunteer work with only a few employees. As a result, any money donated pays for things like gas in the trucks that transport food or electricity to keep the frozen goods cold, Severinsen said.
"A dollar can actually provide around three meals or seven pounds of food," Severinsen said.
The food pantry section of Community Action Services is set up like a grocery store to encourage client choice. According to Severinsen, five years ago the standard food bank or pantry gave out pre-packed boxes so if a client came in they were handed a box. Three years ago, Community Action Services made the change so clients could choose their own food.
"Research shows it's empowering, because they get to choose their own food, and so it promotes self-reliance," Severinsen said. "It feels less like a handout and more like a hand up."
He also said it reduced the amount of waste by 95 percent. If people did not like what was in the box they would just leave it in the parking lot.
Community Action Services and Food Bank has also implemented what it calls the Circle Initiative, where clients struggling with poverty are paired up with people in the middle or upper class. According to Karen McCandless, community strategies director, the Circle Initiative benefits the entire community.
"It gives participants the confidence and tools needed to set goals and move out of poverty," McCandless said.
She further explained how the Circle experience teaches those in the middle and wealthy class what it is like to live in poverty.
"In order to eliminate poverty, all economic classes need to be at the table discussing solutions," she said.
Many food banks in America are part of a national organization called Feeding America. According to Brittany Banks, manager of communication, Feeding America invests in in-depth research to uncover the root causes of food insecurity in order to better understand the issue and ultimately solve hunger.
Banks also said many universities are establishing food banks on campuses to support the growing trend of students who face hunger.
Another group tackling the hunger program is Utahns Against Hunger. According to the website, UAH works to create the political and public will to end hunger. It works to educate the public and collaborates with policymakers. UAH also ensures that programs are being implemented correctly.
According to Executive Director Gina Cornia, UAH is currently working to increase participation in the school breakfast program.
"(We are) working directly with school districts to determine what, if any, barriers exist to implement alternative breakfast models, like breakfast in the classroom," Cornia said.
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The Fox News owner resorted to an anti-Semitic canard in attacking alleged media bias against Israel.
The Joseph Kennedy portrayed in The Patriarch, David Nasaw's magisterial new biography, didn't dislike Jews per se. In fact, he rather admired the way they stuck together, looked out for their corporate interests and ultimately, in his view, trapped (or brainwashed) Franklin Roosevelt into allowing the United States to become embroiled in the fight against Nazi aggression. But he blamed "a number of Jewish writers and publishers" for trying to "precipitate a war with Germany." While Jewish community leaders were desperately trying (and failing) to convince Roosevelt to intervene on behalf of the victims of Hitler's repression (soon to be genocide), and to lobby other nations to do so, Kennedy—then ambassador to the Court of St. James's—did everything in his power to frustrate these aims, believing that Nazi Germany's treatment of Jews was unworthy of American attention.
One particularly disturbing aspect of the story Nasaw tells concerns the tendency of Jewish communal leaders—particularly the Zionist leaders—to fool themselves about Kennedy. Rabbi Stephen Wise, for instance, wrote his colleagues in New York that the new ambassador was "going to be very helpful, as he is keenly understanding" of the Jewish position on immigration and could be counted on to lobby Roosevelt in its favor.
Like Joseph Kennedy, Rupert Murdoch is a man of immense wealth and political influence, much admired in the Jewish professional community. Also like Kennedy, Murdoch sees a world in which Jews use their financial power on behalf of the Jews themselves. Or, more accurately, he thinks this is what they should do, and complains when they do not.
True, the percentage of Jews working in the MSM is high, as it is in the medical, legal, financial and entertainment fields. But most of the time, when someone insists that Jews use their power in these industries on behalf of so-called Jewish interests—much less bias their actions deliberately on behalf of another country—they are correctly deemed to be anti-Semites. Would Murdoch expect a Jewish president to act explicitly on the basis of what was "good for the Jews"? If so, maybe we should scotch that idea right now, since my landsmen do not represent even one-fiftieth of the country's population.
It's worth remembering that Murdoch's employees at Fox News have been known to engage in some hateful Jewish stereotyping as well. Fox News host Bill O'Reilly once told a Jewish caller to "go to Israel" if he found himself offended by public Christmas displays. Glenn Beck, while a Fox employee, slandered George Soros as America's "puppet master," an old anti-Semitic canard, and even displayed the image of a Star of David while doing so.
Complaints about the allegedly Jewish-owned media are supposed to spur organizations like Abe Foxman's Anti-Defamation League into action. But Murdoch is not only a powerful right-wing publisher; he is also a billionaire who funds quite a few of the right-wing Jewish publications and organizations he does not own, picking up awards (and apologists) from them like lint on a cheap suit. I didn't make it to the ADL International Leadership Award dinner honoring Murdoch, or the Simon Wiesenthal Humanitarian dinner, the Museum of Jewish Heritage Award dinner, the American Jewish Committee National Human Relations Award dinner, etc., though I did once attend a United Jewish Appeal-Federation "Humanitarian of the Year" ceremony for the guy. (The award was presented, I kid you not, by Henry Kissinger.) Norman Podhoretz took the podium to thank Murdoch for helping keep Commentary afloat after the American Jewish Committee (belatedly) cut it loose.
Now that Commentary, like a family dry-cleaning business, has been passed down to the younger (and lesser) John Podhoretz, it is not so surprising to see its blogger, Jonathan Tobin, endorse Murdoch's anti-Semitic formulation. Tobin, who recently worked himself up into a froth over an allegedly anti-Semitic Maureen Dowd column about Mitt Romney's foreign policy advisers that made no mention of anyone's religion or ethnicity, insisted that "it wasn't unreasonable for the non-Jewish Murdoch to wonder why these [Jewish-owned] papers as well as much of the liberal media are often so reflexively hostile to Israel's cause." Other Jewish neocons followed suit. When Murdoch issued a narrowly worded clarification, Seth Lipsky's New York Sun (which I did not know still existed) declared that Murdoch's "apology was unnecessary." Michael Goldfarb, a former Bill Kristol protégé now at a Koch brothers–sounding outfit called the Center for American Freedom, tweeted "New York Times proves @RupertMurdoch correct," also apparently unaware that the paper is not Jewish-owned (nor, it must be said, consistently or even inconsistently critical of Israel). Foxman, too, has chimed in on Murdoch's behalf.
When FDR died in April 1945, Joe Kennedy, while admiring the Jews' "marvelous organizing capacity," nevertheless celebrated the fact that "the power of certain groups to control the future life of this country [is] finished." Rupert Murdoch is apparently betting that the old man was wrong yet again.


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The opioid crisis ravaging America has understandably become the biggest public health story of the past few years. But it isn't just pain medication that we need to be concerned about. An American Academy of Pediatrics study published Monday revealed that the rate of adolescent exposure to ADHD medication reported to U.S. poison control centers increased 71.2 percent from 2000 to 2011, with a 6.2 percent decrease from 2011 to 2014. Exposure could include children finding and ingesting the medication, accidental dosage errors or an intentional overdose for the purpose of getting high or committing suicide. The study looked at how people up to age 19 encountered the medication and was not limited to those with a prescription.
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