So let's start here. What are two important things you have to do this week? What are two unimportant things you have to this week?
Now that we have that done, let me ask you to think through this one. Why are the things you said were important, important? Why were the things you said we're important not important…. (Pause). What made things important? Relationships? Power? Fear? Family?
So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, of all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
So here's Paul and he's just made an assumption about that is important. Paul assumes it is an important thing, a good thing, even a necessary thing for us to be in Christ, to be children of God, to be baptized and clothed with Christ. Why would that be a thing, why might it be important to be children of God, adopted by God through faith?
I desire to know God and the soul. Nothing more? No: nothing at all.
Q. What is the chief end of human life?
That human beings may know the God by whom they were created.
Why do Augustine and Calvin believe knowing God is such a big deal? Because says Calvin God is the highest good in the universe. For those longing for good, the good of truth, the good of love, the good of kindness, the good power used rightly, the good of beauty, the good of justice, the good of…well for those who are longing for good, there is only one in whom you find the highest of all good, it is in God. Our highest good or if you will, our best life comes in being united to God the father, being united to him as his adopted children. Our highest good is living in his house where we learn to mimic the life of our good father—where we aim to do every kind of good that this world needs.
So Paul is arguing that this is important because its about the very core of our lives, the very core of living well. But he also tells us something about this very important reality, that it doesn't just happen, to be in Christ, to be adopted and live in the Father's house we have to have faith.
Something to reflect on for a moment: what ultimately should we have faith in? When you think about where ultimately your faith lies, where do you put your faith, in whom do you put your faith? So think about it like this. I have this towel with me today. For our second piece of imagining for us today, think about this towel as representing faith. So I hold this towel on one side and I have …. hold it on the other. Now I say to her, I'm going to lean back, you hold the towel so that I don't fall over and crack open my head. So in this where is my ultimate trust? It's not in the towel, that's connecting me to what I ultimately trust in, where my ultimate faith lies if you will. I am trusting that she won't let go of the towel. I'm trusting that she has enough strength to hold the towel and my weight. I'm trusting that she isn't going to be distracted or think that it's funny to watch someone go crashing down on the floor. While the towel connects me to her, it's not about the towel, the towel just connects me to the one in whom I ultimately trust.
Here's the thing about faith. Ultimately faith is about trusting that God is the good father who has a heart that loves us, wants what is best for us, wants us to live in his house. Jesus brings this message home one day when he is teaching about prayer.
And Aslan spoke He no longer looked to them like a lion; but the things that began to happen after that were so great and beautiful that I cannot write them. And for us this is the end of all the stories, and we can most truly say that they all lived happily ever after. But for them it was only the beginning of the real story. All their life in this world and all their adventures in Narnia had only been the cover and the title page: now at last they were beginning Chapter One of the Great Story which no one on earth has read: which goes on forever: in which every chapter is better than the one before.
Lucy saw that a great series of many-colored cliffs led up in front of them like a giant's staircase. And then she forgot everything else, because Aslan himself was coming, leaping down from cliff to cliff like a living cataract of power and beauty.
When Lucy sees Aslan all else fades, for while there is so much wonder there is no greater wonder than Aslan. While there is so much love, there is greater love than Aslan. While there are so many amazing relationships, there is no greater relationship than the one with Aslan.
Faith is believing that God's heart toward us is good. When we are assured of his good will toward us we find ourselves allured to God. We are powerfully and mysteriously attracted to him. We are powerfully and mysteriously attracted to living his ways—after all if he is good and he takes a deep interest in our welfare then certainly when he gives us a guide for the way of life, that must be a guide that is for our welfare, for our good and for the good of others whose welfare he has at heart as well.
But here's the question. How do we know that God's heart toward us is good?
Most of us have figured out that life is not just one great time where everything is going our way, where there is no struggle, no pain. Indeed, the older you get the more you find that life is filled with pain, struggle, and wondering about whether God has gone off on vacation and left you there twisting in the wind.
How do we know that God is good? How do we know that he's not a tyrant? Again, if we take time not only to look at our lives but to look at the world it is not any unfair assessment to think that God may in fact be a tyrant, perhaps that's how you see him today, not as a loving father who is concerned for your welfare, but as a tyrant. You see it is in your own struggles, you see it in weather that destroys communities, earthquakes that rob people of life and hope, you see it in unjust rulers, in widows and orphans who cry for justice and get none, you all of these things and it can feel like God is a tyrant.
We know God as good because he sends Jesus into the world so that we can be united to him. Remember what Galatians said, "In Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith." It is in Christ Jesus, the son who God sends into the world that we find the way to be united to God, the source of all good. Indeed, this is part of how we know that God is good, not only that Christ dies for us, but that God sends Christ so we can be united to him.
God sends his son—it is something he must do if we are going to be united to him. Listen to what it says in 1 Timothy 6.
God, the Father, lives in unapproachable light, no one has ever seen him or can see him. In other words, we can't know God. He is too great, too high, too removed from us. The longing of Augustine and Calvin that we heard a bit ago can't be met. They can't be united to our highest good. they can't have their best life which comes in being united to God the father, being united to him as his adopted children which is our highest good. For the truth is God is too big for us. We are 3 day old infants who can't even imagine what nuclear medicine is, much less try to comprehend it. We are toddlers who have no clue how to take in a view of the Grand Canyon. We are small in mind, in life, in understanding. He is big in mind, in understanding, in glory, in majesty. He is too big for us.
In Christ, God so to speak makes himself little in order to lower himself to our capacity; and Christ alone calms our consciences that they may dare intimately approach God.
God makes himself little. Parents and Grandparents know what that's all about. When a child is born you make yourself little. You don't demand that the baby understand your speech, or that she understands the great philosophers or even Sesame Street. Instead, you become little. You make sounds, you talk in ways that get the baby's attention, you touch the child so she knows she is not alone and that she is loved. You become little so that you can have a relationship with that newborn babe. You become little because you want a relationship, because you want that newborn to know that you love and treasure her.
In Christ, God so to speak makes himself little so that we who are babes can know the God who loves us, who wants to give us eternal life, who wants us as his adopted children. Who wants us to know him as Father, not as tyrant.
In Christ alone we are to embrace God's benevolence and fatherly love, and when we want reassurance that God is favorably disposed to us, we must fix our eyes and minds on Christ.
A couple of weeks ago I was at the IJM global prayer summit where we spent two day praying for justice in all different parts of the world. It is an amazing place to go and be. Both to hear the stories of answered prayer and to hear the ongoing pain and struggle in the world. On Friday evening we gathered with all 1700 people at the summit to pray for an end to slavery in India, a nation that has 12 million people enslaved. One of the powerful truths a we listened to how people enslaved workers in brick kilns, how they enslaved girls in brothels was the willingness of people to crush other people, to use others for whatever they could get out of them as basically human tools used for profit and gain.
Why would be treat others like this? Because they have a totally different understanding of life and what's important. What's important is getting whatever they can. What's important is profit and gain. What's important is not people but things. That's what's important. This picture is powerfully at odds with a life whose sum is this: Living as adopted children in God's house enjoying his goodness and favor.
When this is what's important in our lives then we are suddenly set free—for God's favor is secured for us by Jesus Christ. We are set free from using others as human tools to get what we want, because we have what we want and what we need—the goodness and favor of God. We are set free to live in God's house where we are generous and even outrageously generous because we have what we need—the favor of God. We are set free to live in God's house and to live in the ways of that house where we love other deeply, risk for them greatly, pursue justice for them passionately, because we have what we need—the favor of God. We are set free to live in God's house as his children who do our work, live in our neighborhoods, care for our families in ways that bring rejoicing, in ways the bring transformation even at a cost to ourselves—because we have what we need—the favor of God. We are set free to live God's house where we worship him and carry out the day to day call to love our neighbor—putting aside so many of the calculations we used to make about what we will get out of this loving God and loving neighbor for we already have what we need—God's favor, God's goodness toward us.
So what's important this week? As you live your life in God's house as his adopted child what's important this week? Important as you go to work, as you study, as you take a test, as you live in your neighborhood, as you practice generosity with the resources god has given you, as you… What's important this week?
How might you do those two things differently as an adopted child of God who lives in his house who enjoys his goodness and favor? Or as we make our way toward our last Sunday of celebration, this celebration of being wanted.loved.adopted by God, this celebration of how God is using us as his people who bring his love into the world—how will your generosity be impacted, your commitment to God's mission through EverGreen be impacted because you are a child in God house who has what you need: the goodness and favor of God?


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Las cintas de la Casa Blanca de Nixon son grabaciones de audio de conversaciones entre el presidente estadounidense Richard Nixon y funcionarios de su administración Nixon, miembros de la familia Nixon y personal de la Casa Blanca, producidas entre 1971 y 1973.

En febrero de 1971, se instaló un sistema de grabación activado por sonido en el Despacho Oval, incluido el escritorio de Nixon, utilizando grabadoras de carrete abierto Sony TC-800B para capturar el audio transmitido por las escuchas telefónicas y los micrófonos ocultos. El sistema se amplió para incluir otras habitaciones dentro de la Casa Blanca y Camp David. El sistema se apagó el 18 de julio de 1973, dos días después de que se hiciera público como resultado de las audiencias del Comité del Senado sobre el escándalo Watergate. Nixon no fue el primer presidente que grabó sus conversaciones en la Casa Blanca; el presidente Franklin D. Roosevelt grabó las conferencias de prensa del Despacho Oval durante un breve periodo en 1940.

La existencia de las cintas salió a la luz durante el escándalo Watergate de 1973 y 1974, cuando el sistema se mencionó durante el testimonio televisado del asesor de la Casa Blanca Alexander Butterfield ante el Comité Watergate del Senado. La negativa de Nixon a una citación del Congreso para hacer públicas las cintas constituyó un artículo de impugnación contra Nixon, y llevó a su posterior dimisión el 9 de agosto de 1974.

El 19 de agosto de 2013, la Biblioteca Nixon y la Administración Nacional de Archivos y Registros publicaron las últimas 340 horas de las cintas que cubrían el período del 9 de abril al 12 de julio de 1973.

Historia del sistema de grabación de la Casa Blanca de Nixon

Justo antes de asumir el cargo en enero de 1969, el presidente Nixon se enteró de que su predecesor, Lyndon B. Johnson, había instalado un sistema para grabar sus reuniones y llamadas telefónicas. Según su jefe de Gabinete, H. R. Haldeman, Nixon ordenó que se retirara el sistema, pero durante los dos primeros años de su presidencia llegó a la conclusión (tras probar otros medios) de que las grabaciones de audio eran la única forma de garantizar un relato completo y fiel de las conversaciones y decisiones tomadas y escuchadas. A petición de Nixon, Haldeman y su personal -incluido el ayudante adjunto Alexander Butterfield- trabajaron con el Servicio Secreto de los Estados Unidos para instalar un sistema de grabación.

El 16 de febrero de 1971, se instaló un sistema de grabación en dos habitaciones de la Casa Blanca, a saber, el Despacho Oval y la Sala del Gabinete. Tres meses más tarde, se añadieron micrófonos al despacho privado del presidente Nixon en el Antiguo Edificio de Oficinas Ejecutivas y, al año siguiente, se instalaron micrófonos en el alojamiento presidencial de Camp David. El sistema fue instalado y supervisado por el Servicio Secreto, y las cintas se almacenaron en una sala del sótano de la Casa Blanca. También se intervinieron importantes líneas telefónicas, incluidas las del Despacho Oval, el Antiguo Edificio de Oficinas Ejecutivas y la Sala Lincoln, que era la habitación favorita de Nixon en la Casa Blanca. Las conversaciones telefónicas se grabaron interviniendo las líneas telefónicas de la centralita de la Casa Blanca y retransmitiendo las conversaciones a las grabadoras situadas en un armario en el sótano de la residencia. Todo el equipo de audio estaba activado por sonido, excepto en la Sala del Gabinete. Todas las ubicaciones de la Casa Blanca se activaban mediante el sistema "First Family Locator" del Servicio de Protección Ejecutiva: cuando un oficial notificaba al sistema que el presidente estaba en el Despacho Oval, la maquinaria de grabación se encendía, lista para grabar cuando se activaba por sonido.

Por su diseño, sólo muy pocas personas (aparte de Nixon y Haldeman) conocían la existencia del sistema de grabación: Butterfield, el ayudante de Haldeman, Lawrence Higby, y los técnicos del Servicio Secreto que lo habían instalado. Las grabaciones se produjeron en hasta nueve máquinas Sony TC-800B, utilizando una cinta muy fina de 0,5 mil (12,7 µm) a una velocidad lenta de 15/16 pulgadas (23 mm) por segundo.

Las cintas contienen más de 3 000 horas de conversación. Cientos de horas son de discusiones sobre política exterior, incluyendo la planificación de la visita de Nixon a China en 1972 y la posterior visita a la Unión Soviética. Sólo 200 de las 3 500 horas contienen referencias al Watergate y menos del 5% del material grabado ha sido transcrito o publicado.

Revelación del sistema de grabaciones
La existencia del sistema de grabaciones de la Casa Blanca fue confirmada por primera vez por el miembro del Comité del Senado Donald Sanders, el 13 de julio de 1973, en una entrevista con el asesor de la Casa Blanca Alexander Butterfield. Tres días más tarde, se hizo público durante el testimonio televisado de Butterfield, cuando el consejero del Senado Fred Thompson le preguntó sobre la posibilidad de un sistema de grabaciones en la Casa Blanca.

El 16 de julio de 1973, Butterfield dijo al comité en una audiencia televisada que Nixon había ordenado la instalación de un sistema de grabación en la Casa Blanca para registrar automáticamente todas las conversaciones. El abogado especial Archibald Cox, ex procurador general de los Estados Unidos bajo el mandato del presidente John F. Kennedy, pidió al juez de distrito John Sirica que citara nueve cintas relevantes para confirmar el testimonio del consejero de la Casa Blanca John Dean.

Masacre del sábado por la noche

El presidente Nixon se negó inicialmente a entregar las cintas, aduciendo dos razones: en primer lugar, que el principio constitucional del privilegio ejecutivo se extiende a las cintas y citando la separación de poderes y los controles y equilibrios dentro de la Constitución; y en segundo lugar, alegando que eran vitales para la seguridad nacional. El 19 de octubre de 1973, ofreció un compromiso; Nixon propuso que el senador demócrata estadounidense John C. Stennis revisara y resumiera las cintas para verificar su precisión e informara sus hallazgos a la oficina del fiscal especial. Este, Archibald Cox, se negó a tal compromiso. En base a esto, el sábado 20 de octubre de 1973, Nixon ordenó al fiscal general Elliot Richardson que despidiera a Cox. Richardson se negó y dimitió, y se pidió al fiscal general adjunto William Ruckelshaus que despidiera a Cox. Este, a su vez, se negó, siendo despedido. El procurador general y jefe interino del Departamento de Justicia, Robert Bork, fue finalmente quien despidió a Cox. Nixon nombró a Leon Jaworski como abogado especial el 1 de noviembre de 1973.

La brecha de 18½ minutos
Según la secretaria del presidente Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, el 29 de septiembre de 1973, estaba revisando una cinta de las grabaciones del 20 de junio de 1972 cuando cometió "un terrible error" durante la transcripción. Mientras reproducía la cinta en un Uher 5000, respondió a una llamada telefónica. Alcanzando el botón de parada del Uher 5000, dijo que había pulsado por error el botón que estaba al lado, el de grabación. Durante la llamada telefónica, unos 5 minutos, mantuvo el pie en el pedal del aparato, lo que hizo que se volviera a grabar una parte de la cinta de cinco minutos. Cuando escuchó la cinta, la diferencia había aumentado a 18+1⁄2 minutos.

Los contenidos que faltan en la grabación siguen siendo desconocidos, aunque el hueco se produce durante una conversación entre Nixon y H. R. Haldeman, tres días después de la irrupción en el Watergate. Nixon afirmó desconocer el tema o los temas tratados durante ese hueco. Las notas de Haldeman de la reunión muestran que entre los temas de discusión estaban las detenciones en el hotel Watergate. Los abogados de la Casa Blanca se enteraron por primera vez de la brecha en la noche del 14 de noviembre de 1973, y el juez Sirica, que había emitido las citaciones para las cintas, no fue informado hasta una semana más tarde, el 21 de noviembre, después de que los abogados del presidente hubieran decidido que no había "ninguna explicación inocente" que pudieran ofrecer.

Se pidió a Woods que reprodujera la posición que adoptó para provocar el accidente. Sentada en un escritorio, extendió la mano hacia atrás por encima del hombro izquierdo para coger un teléfono mientras su pie aplicaba presión al pedal que controlaba la máquina de transcripción. Su postura durante la demostración, apodada el "estiramiento de Rose Mary", hizo que muchos comentaristas políticos cuestionaran la validez de la explicación.

En una entrevista con el gran jurado en 1975, Nixon dijo que inicialmente creía que sólo faltaban cuatro minutos de la cinta. Dijo que cuando más tarde se enteró de que faltaban 18 minutos, "prácticamente se me fue la olla".

El abogado de Nixon, John Dean, en su libro de 2014 The Nixon Defense, sugiere que la colección completa de grabaciones ahora disponibles "responde en gran medida a las preguntas sobre lo que sabía la Casa Blanca acerca de las razones del allanamiento y las escuchas en la sede del Comité Nacional Demócrata, así como lo que se borró durante la infame brecha de 18 minutos y 30 segundos durante la conversación del 20 de junio de 1972 y por qué".

Se han hecho diversas sugerencias sobre quién pudo haber borrado la cinta. Años más tarde, el ex jefe de gabinete de la Casa Blanca, Alexander Haig, especuló con la posibilidad de que los borrados fueran causados por el propio Nixon. Según Haig, el presidente era "espectacularmente inepto" para entender y manejar dispositivos mecánicos, y en el transcurso de la revisión de la cinta en cuestión, pudo haber causado los borrados al tantear los controles de la grabadora; si fue de forma inadvertida o intencionada, Haig no podía decirlo. En 1973, Haig había especulado en voz alta que el borrado había sido causado por una "fuerza siniestra" no identificada. Otros han sugerido que Haig estuvo involucrado en el borrado deliberado de las cintas con la participación de Nixon, o que el borrado fue realizado por un abogado de la Casa Blanca.

Investigaciones
El propio Nixon inició la primera investigación sobre cómo se borraron las cintas. Afirmó que se trataba de una investigación intensiva, pero que no dio resultados.

El 21 de noviembre de 1973, Sirica nombró un panel de personas nombradas conjuntamente por la Casa Blanca y la Fuerza Fiscal Especial. El panel recibió la cinta de pruebas, las siete grabadoras del Despacho Oval y del Edificio de la Oficina Ejecutiva, y las dos grabadoras Uher 5000. Una de estas estaba marcado como "Servicio Secreto". El otro iba acompañado de un pedal, etiquetado respectivamente como Prueba Gubernamental 60 y 60B. El panel determinó que el zumbido no tenía importancia, y que la brecha se debía al borrado realizado en el Uher de la prueba 60. El panel también determinó que el borrado/grabación del zumbido consistía en al menos cinco segmentos separados, posiblemente hasta nueve, y que al menos cinco segmentos requerían una operación manual; es decir, no podían haber sido realizados utilizando el pedal. El panel fue posteriormente solicitado por el tribunal para considerar explicaciones alternativas que habían surgido durante las audiencias. El informe final, fechado el 31 de mayo de 1974, consideró que estas otras explicaciones no contradecían las conclusiones originales.

Los Archivos Nacionales son ahora propietarios de la cinta, y han intentado en varias ocasiones recuperar los minutos perdidos -la última vez en 2003-, pero sin éxito. Las cintas se conservan ahora en una cámara acorazada con control climático por si un futuro desarrollo tecnológico permite restaurar el audio perdido. El experto en seguridad corporativa Phil Mellinger emprendió un proyecto para restaurar las notas manuscritas de Haldeman que describían los 18+1⁄2 minutos perdidos, aunque ese esfuerzo tampoco produjo ninguna información nueva.

La cinta de la "pistola humeante"

El 11 de abril de 1974, el Comité de la Cámara de Representantes de los Estados Unidos sobre el poder judicial citó las cintas de 42 conversaciones de la Casa Blanca. Ese mismo mes, Nixon publicó más de 1 200 páginas de transcripciones editadas de las cintas citadas, pero se negó a entregar las cintas reales, alegando una vez más el privilegio ejecutivo. El Comité Judicial, sin embargo, rechazó las transcripciones editadas de Nixon, diciendo que no cumplían con la citación.

Sirica, a petición de Jaworski, emitió una citación para las cintas de 64 conversaciones presidenciales para utilizarlas como prueba en los casos penales contra los ex funcionarios de la administración Nixon acusados. Nixon se negó, y Jaworski recurrió al Tribunal Supremo de los Estados Unidos para obligar a Nixon a entregar las cintas. El 24 de julio de 1974, el Tribunal Supremo ordenó a Nixon que entregara las cintas. El fallo de 8-0 (el juez William Rehnquist se recusó por haber trabajado para el fiscal general John Mitchell) en el caso Estados Unidos contra Nixon determinó que el presidente Nixon se equivocaba al argumentar que los tribunales están obligados a respetar, sin discusión, cualquier reclamación presidencial de privilegio ejecutivo.

La Casa Blanca hizo públicas las cintas citadas el 5 de agosto. Una de las cintas, más tarde conocida como la cinta de la "pistola humeante", documentaba las etapas iniciales del encubrimiento del Watergate. En ella, se escucha a Nixon y a H. R. Haldeman formular un plan para bloquear las investigaciones haciendo que la CIA declare falsamente al FBI que la seguridad nacional estaba implicada. Esto demostró tanto que Nixon había sido informado de la conexión de la Casa Blanca con los robos del Watergate poco después de que se produjeran, como que había aprobado los planes para frustrar la investigación. En una declaración que acompañó a la publicación de la cinta, Nixon aceptó la culpa por haber engañado al país sobre cuándo se le había informado de la implicación de la Casa Blanca, afirmando que había tenido un lapsus de memoria.

Una vez que la transcripción de la "pistola humeante" se hizo pública, el apoyo político de Nixon prácticamente desapareció. Los diez republicanos del Comité Judicial de la Cámara de Representantes que habían votado en contra de la destitución en el comité anunciaron que ahora votarían a favor de la destitución una vez que el asunto llegara al pleno de la Cámara. También carecía de un apoyo sustancial en el Senado; Barry Goldwater y Hugh Scott estimaron que no más de 15 senadores estaban dispuestos a considerar siquiera la absolución. Ante la certeza del juicio político en la Cámara de Representantes y la certeza de la condena en el Senado, Nixon anunció su dimisión en la noche del jueves 8 de agosto de 1974, con efecto al mediodía del día siguiente.

Después de la presidencia
Tras la dimisión de Nixon, el gobierno federal se hizo con el control de todos sus archivos presidenciales, incluidas las cintas, mediante la Ley de Conservación de Grabaciones y Materiales Presidenciales de 1974. Desde el momento en que el gobierno federal se incautó de sus archivos hasta su muerte, Nixon se vio envuelto en frecuentes batallas legales por el control de las cintas; Nixon argumentó que la ley era inconstitucional, ya que violaba los principios constitucionales de separación de poderes y el privilegio ejecutivo, e infringía sus derechos personales de privacidad y el derecho de asociación de la Primera Enmienda.

Las disputas legales continuarían durante 25 años, más allá de la muerte de Nixon en 1994. Inicialmente perdió varios casos, pero los tribunales dictaminaron en 1998 que unas 820 horas y 42 millones de páginas de documentos eran de su propiedad privada personal y debían ser devueltos a su patrimonio. Sin embargo, Nixon había fallecido hacía cuatro años en el momento de este último fallo judicial.

El 11 de julio de 2007, los Archivos Nacionales obtuvieron el control oficial de la Biblioteca y Casa Natal de Richard Nixon en Yorba Linda (California), que hasta entonces había sido gestionada de forma privada. El nuevo nombre de las instalaciones, Biblioteca y Museo Presidencial de Richard Nixon alberga ahora las cintas y pone periódicamente a disposición del público otras cintas, que están disponibles en Internet y son de dominio público.

Referencias

Casa Blanca
Estados Unidos en 1971
Estados Unidos en 1972
Estados Unidos en 1973
Grabación de sonido
Richard Nixon
Watergate

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Who knows what the weather will be like this winter but what we do know is that some of our rain events will come with a vengeance. It's not that unusual for our area to get 8 inches of rainfall during a storm and that can create havoc on an unprotected hillside. Fortunately, October is a good time to do something about it.
Fall is the perfect time to plant in our area. The soil is still warm encouraging root growth and the weather is mild. Using the right plants on hillsides can help slow and spread runoff and prevent soil erosion. Mulch also protects soil from direct rain impact and slows runoff across bare soils. Covering the steepest slopes with jute netting through which plants may be installed is an added precaution.
There are many attractive plants that work well for erosion control. Often they need to adapt to shallow, poor soil and cope with less than ideal conditions all while putting down dense, strong roots. California natives are well suited to this job.
types. Calycanthus or Spicebush has fragrant flowers in late spring blooming well into summer with a spicy fragrance. The foliage is aromatic when crushed and changes from a spring green color to pale golden in autumn. Decorative woody fruits last into winter making this shrub attractive year round. It thrives with infrequent to moderate watering. Combine with coffeeberry and deer grass in sunnier spots or with Douglas iris and giant chain fern in shaded spots below trees. All these plants have deep roots and control erosion.
Ribes sanguinem or Flowering Currant is another show stopper capable of controlling erosion. In the spring the long, flower clusters of this deciduous shrub will dominate your garden. Choose from white flowering 'White Icicle' or "Barrie Coate" and 'King Edward VII' with spectacular deep red flower clusters. 'Spring Showers' has 8 inch long pink clusters. Grow in full sun to partial shade. This California native requires little water once established and is a valuable nectar source for hummingbirds.
Some other good California native shrubs for erosion control are western redbud, mountain mahogany, western mock orange, lemonade berry, toyon, matilija poppy and western elderberry. ribes viburnifolium, creeping mahonia and baccharis. Ceanothus maritimus, 'Heart's Desire' and 'Anchor Bay' are all good groundcover selections and are not attractive to deer.
Symphoricarpos – Common Snowberry or Creeping Snowberry – can hold the soil on steep banks. This native tolerates poor soil, lower light and general neglect.
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Fashion | By Jam Nitura - Apr 29, 2019
This Pinay Waved the Philippine Flag in a Terno at the Everest Base Camp
She took Filipino pride to a whole new level!
IMAGE Courtesy of Bianca Lawas
It's a common practice for most hikers to wave their national flag when climbing foreign summits, but you won't believe how this Filipina took the tradition to a whole new level. Last April 22, Bianca Lawas bravely spent an impressive 10 days hiking towards the Everest Base Camp with one goal: to wave the Philippine flag wearing a red Filipiniana gown. "Representing the Philippines [at the] Everest Base Camp," her post read.
Yup, this Pinay changed clothes amid the biting snow at a freezing temperature of -15 degrees Celsius, while situated 5364 meters above sea level, with only the help of a malong and a few friends. "I was a little self-conscious at first because a lot of hikers from other countries were looking at me, but they were entertained and happy. In general, I felt proud and happy," Bianca tells Preview. Talk about Filipino patriotism at its finest!
PHOTO BY Courtesy of Bianca Lawas
Below, we talk more to Bianca about her incredible journey and how exactly she managed to pack her Filipiniana gown for her intense hiking trip.
What inspired you to wear the national costume on the Mt. Everest Base Camp? Were there people from other countries who did the same?
"I sometimes really like to dress up in places that I find inspiring and amazing. Since reaching the Mt. Everest Base Camp was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, I decided to dress up for the occasion. In mountains outside the country, hikers usually wave the Philippine flag when they reach the summit/destination, so I decided it is better to pair the waving of the Philippine flag with wearing the Filipiniana gown.
"Nope, no one from other countries wore national costume or any other attire aside from their hiking attire in Everest Base Camp during that time. It was only my idea."
Could you tell us about the hike?
"It was [supposed to be an] 11-day hike with two acclimatization days but it turned into a 10-day hike with one acclimatization day because we were late by a day due to a plane accident, which happened just a few days before our trip. Each day [is comprised] of a six- to eight-hour hike except for the acclimatization day, which is only a four-hour hike. During the acclimatization day, we hiked to a higher altitude and slept in a lower altitude for us to better adapt with the environment. For the first five days, it was manageable for me though every night we'd get a headache due to the altitude and the very cold temperature, and sometimes it was quite hard to breathe even when lying down.
"It was also a challenge that all the rooms in the accommodations didn't have a heater and the dining room heater was only open for two hours every day, usually during dinner time. The food was also a challenge since it was almost always the same and there was no meat or chicken for the most part of the hike. We also couldn't sleep continuously and would wake up in the middle of the night.
Bianca at the Everest Base Camp.
"When we reached around 4600 MASL during our sixth day, it was really when things became hard, especially for me. Even if we were walking on a flat surface, we were still very slow. I felt fine but I still couldn't push myself to be faster since I might have exhausted myself, which actually happened on the sixth day. Good thing I was able to rest well on my sixth night and continued the next day. As the altitude increased, the hike became harder especially for people who are not used to walking at higher altitudes.
"I hiked to a place called Kala Patthar (5550 MASL) on the eighth day from a place called Gorak Shep (5140 MASL) during the wee hours of the morning. It was only 1.2 km hike but a steep 410 altitude gain. It was the longest 1.2 kilometers of my life since I was able to arrive at Kala Patthar after 2.5 to three hours of hiking."
How did you manage to bring your Filipiniana with you?
"Most climbers to Everest Base Camp are provided with porters. Each porter carries 30 kgs. of baggage good for 2 people, so 15 kgs. per hiker. I made it a point to have my Filipiniana made with the lightest materials. Good thing [that] my whole baggage was just around 12 kgs. or less including my Filipiniana gown so I was able to have it carried by the porter since it was way less than the maximum weight."
Tell us about your experience wearing a Filipiniana atop the Everest Base Camp. How did you change first of all?
"I brought a malong with me. It was challenging to change into my Filipiniana gown because it was so cold (around -15 degreee Celsius) and it was snowing. My friends also helped me and zipped my dress."
Bianca changing to her terno with a malong.
How did representing the Philippines make you feel?
"It's not like may contest or whatever conference sa taas. It was just my idea to dress up for the occasion. I was a little self-conscious at first because a lot of hikers from other countries were looking at me, but they were entertained and happy. In general, I felt proud and happy."
"If given a chance, why not? If that happens, I hope next time [the weather is better] with no snow."
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Q: Unconstrained nonlinear optimization function I want to optimize an unconstrained multivariable problem using fminunc function in MATLAB. Here is an example:
Minimize the function f(w)=x'Ax
Create a file myfun.m:
function f = myfun(x)

f = x'*A*x + b'x

Then call fminunc to find a minimum of myfun near x0:
[x,fval] = fminunc(@myfun,x0).

My problem is that in my algorithm, the matrix A and vector b in myfun.m are not fixed, but can be changed over loops, so I cannot type them by hand. How can I pass values to A and b?

A: There are a few options for passing additional arguments to an objective function.  For a simple one like yours, you could just make an anonymous function, which will save the values of A and b when it was created:
A = myMatA();
b = myVecb();
myfun = @(x) x.'*A*x + b.'*x;

[x,fval] = fminunc(myfun,x0);  % use no @ with an  anonymous function

The other two options are global variables (yuck!) and nested functions. A nested function version looks like this:
function [x,fval] =  myopt(A,B,x0)
[x,fval] = fminunc(@myfunnested,x0);

    function y = myfunnested(x)
        y = x.'*A*x + b.'*x;
    end
end

But I think you would not use fminunc to solve minimization of x'Ax + b'x...

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Eric Clapton, 'The Lady in the Balcony: Lockdown Sessions': Album Review
Gary Graff Published: November 11, 2021
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Even if you absolutely loathe the stance he's taken on vaccines and other COVID-19 protocols, who among us would turn down the opportunity to sit in a small room in a large English manor listening to Eric Clapton play? If we're telling the truth, nobody's raising their hands.
That sublime experience is exactly what's delivered with The Lady in the Balcony: Lockdown Sessions, a film and album release that ranks as a silver-lining counter to the past year and a half and gives proof to the adage that you can still enjoy the art even if the artist ruffles your feathers.
As its subtitle indicates, The Lady in the Balcony was born from the pandemic and concerts Clapton was forced to cancel at London's Royal Albert Hall. So he brought three of his key band members - bassist Nathan East, drummer Steve Gadd and keyboardist Chris Stainton - to Cowdray House to run through a set of 17 songs. The result is a sequel of sorts to Clapton's diamond-certified 1992 Unplugged session, albeit with him playing electric guitar on three of the tunes here.
And it's even better. While Unplugged was revelatory, it was still mannered as a broadcast show. This session has the easy feel of four friends sitting around playing music together, aware of but able to ignore the cameras and recording gear. The broad smiles and satisfied nods are genuine as they impress each other with instrumental nuances and subtleties, and "Tears in Heaven" is so lovingly rendered that Clapton is moved to put his right hand to his heart. And a buoyant "Believe in Life," the love song from 2001's Reptile, gives the album its title as Clapton dedicates it to his wife, Melia, who peeks in from an upstairs window.
Also among the abundance of highlights: a one-two tribute to the late Peter Green with "Black Magic Woman" and a beautiful "Man of the World"; a vibey new arrangement of J.J. Cale's "After Midnight"; a waltz through "River of Tears" that offers Clapton's best vocal of the performance; and a "Layla" that stakes a tempo middle ground between the original and the Unplugged version as Clapton references the signature riff during his solo. It's also nice to hear him reach back for "Bad Boy" from his 1970 solo debut album, and by the time the quartet hits "Got My Mojo Working," Clapton's three mates are all shouting the title refrain during the choruses. Being in such close quarters to Clapton might lead to an argument for some these days. But as long as the music is playing, and playing this well, much is right with the world again, and The Lady in the Balcony may just loosen those gritted teeth into a smile at some point.
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Q: Where to initialise database connection for Jersey based application I'm new to Java web programming and I'm trying to setup Jersey based application.
I need to setup database connection pool and I'm struggling with finding a good example of how to do it (in the best possible way). From my understanding it should happen in Servlet's init() method. I read something about ServletContextListener which can be setup in web.xml but I don't think that my container (Glassfish) supports web.xml.
One more question is what will happen if a database disconnects? If I establish connection on init() which is run only once how should I reconnect?
//edit: I think that the big part of my problem was being convinced that Grizzly is my container (instead of Glassfish, as pointed out below)

A: You don't set up the connection pool in code. You will use the administration console provided by Glassfish to set this up:
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E18930_01/html/821-2416/ggndx.html#gharo
In terms of getting a connection, you simply inject a DataSource into your code using CDI:
@Resource(name="jdbc/mydatabase")
private DataSource dataSource;

where name is the JNDI name for the datasource.

Java EE 7:
http://docs.oracle.com/javaee/7/api/javax/annotation/Resource.html
Java EE 6:
http://docs.oracle.com/javaee/6/api/javax/annotation/Resource.html

In terms of connection pool management, you don't need to worry about it in code. The container will handle all that for you. Obviously, via the admin console, you can configure its properties.
You will find a good answer from Pascal Thivent here in terms of looking up resources and the history of it (prior to Java EE 6):
Proper usage of JDBC Connection Pool (Glassfish)

A: Define it as a datasource in the application server (i.e. Glassfish) and look it up using JNDI.


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Q: Solana web3.js parse onProgramAccountChange notifications to JSON How can I parse the connection.onProgramAccountChange notifications data to JSON?
https://solana-labs.github.io/solana-web3.js/modules.html#AccountInfo
The docs specify the data as type T, which for me has usually been a Buffer.
Example code:
let progKey = new PublicKey("<program key here>");
conn.onProgramAccountChange(progKey, programCallback);
function programCallback(keyedAccountInfo: KeyedAccountInfo, context: Context) {
  let data = keyedAccountInfo.accountInfo.data.toString("hex");
  let ownerId = keyedAccountInfo.accountInfo.owner.toBase58();
  let accId = keyedAccountInfo.accountId.toBase58();
  console.log(`======
  owner: ${ownerId}
  accId: ${accId}
  data: ${data}`);
}

Is the data type literally just a buffer in this specific instance, or is there something extra that I need to do to decode it? Decoding it to hex, utf8, base64, and base58 don't work.

A: Even though this is programSubscribe, the notification format is the same as getProgramAccounts. Hence, the answer can be found in my other answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/71028298/7841421


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Gentofte Gymnasium (tidligere Gentofte Studenterkursus) er en uddannelsesinstitution i Hellerup.

Gymnasiet er en selvejende institution, der tilbyder studentereksamen på 2 år (studenterkursus), en hf-eksamen som enkeltfagspakke over 2 eller 3 år, samt 2-årig STX strakt ud over 3 år for elever med autismespektrumsforstyrrelse.

Gymnasiet blev oprettet i 1964 under navnet Gentrofte Studenterkursus, og skiftede i 2021 navn til det nuværende.

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Home Run Apple
When Is A Loss Not A Loss? / The Doctor Is In
Game 2: Florida 5, NY Mets 2 AP Recap
Game 3: NY Mets 6, Florida 3 AP Recap
To echo the resounding sentiment throughout the Metsblogosphere, as expounded by such luminaries as Metstradamus and Toasty Joe, if there is such a thing as a good loss, game 2 was certainly that. Sure, we lost the game and the series. But, despite the loss there was an overwhelming amount of positive aspects to that game.
First and foremost, you have to be encouraged by Pelfrey's outing. After a rocky 3-run 1st inning, Pelfrey settled in and pitched his best game of the season. He looked like the dominating ground ball pitcher he is supposed to be. He threw hard, he threw strikes, he went right after guys. The late movement on his fastball was back. He did not surrender another run, although Joe Smith (BTW, I heart Joe Smith) bailed him out with 2 clutch outs in the 7th. But, for Pelfrey even to pitch into the 7th is an accomplishment worth noting. Great outing. Now let's see if he can build on that. His next start will be on regular rest against Met-killer Livian Hernandez in Arizona, and my regular readers already know why I'm concerned.
Willie appears to be one of my regular readers, seeing as he juggled the lineup as I requested (though I was not the only blogger asking for the shakeup). Wright got moved up into the 2-hole, presumably to get a few more slump busting fastball thrown his way behind J-Rey (who was the NL Player of the Month for April, John Maine got the NL Pitcher of the Month honors. J-Rey and J-Ma became the 1st Mets duo to win both honors in the same month since Doc and Kid in September 1985). Despite Jose having a relatively poor night at the plate David responded with a 3 for 4 night, including his 1st long ball of the season and missing his 2nd by a matter of feet. He scored both of the Mets runs. It is sure nice to see the kid smiling again. Lo Duca, whose slump is actually quite a bit worse than DWs, was dropped into the 7-spot, where he had 2 hits. Paulie's average has dropped to .250, and his OBP is .081 lower than Wright's. Even Delgado, who stayed put in cleanup, had 2 hits. How'd we lose this game? We did have 2 runners thrown out at home, drew 0 walks, and had a hard time stringing things together. We had runners on base almost every single inning, we just couldn't get them home. With 11 hits, we ought to be scoring more than 2 runs. And Josh Willingham had a field day for the Fish (who lead the league in runs scored now) with all 5 RBIs on a based-loaded triple and a 2-run jack off Heilman. He could have gone deep 2 more times if he was pulling the ball, he flew out to Beltran on the warning track twice. C'est la vie. To quote the narrator from The Big Lewbowski, "Sometimes you eat the bar, sometimes the bar eats you." On Tuesday, there was a little of both.
Game 3 featured an outstanding performance from the good Dr. Ollie, his 3rd consecutive solid outing. The evil Mr. Perez has now not been sighted since April 11. Ollie went 5.2 innings allowing 1 ER on 3 hits, and 3 walks, while striking out a season high 10 batters. His 3 walks were his first since his meltdown against the Phillies. In between his last walk against the Phils and his first against the Fish, Ollie racked up 23 Ks, the longest streak of his career. He also had 2 rally sparking hits and 2 runs scored.
Endy, Castro, and Gotay all got the start due to the day game after a night game, Gotay getting his first start as a Met, and picking up his first hit and RBI of the season. The offense was semi-clicking all day, every Met had reached base by the end of the 4th inning, and everybody had at least a hit in the game except Delgado. Delgado did draw 3 walks and 0 Ks, so I think he's starting to see the ball better. DW seemed to continue his batting rehabilitation picking up 2 more hits (despite having just as many errors), and going deep into counts when not hitting. I say semi-clicking because the Mets left an absurd number of runners on base. At least 2 men (a total of 12) were stranded in each of the first 5 innings. With 11 hits and 7 walks, we ought to be pushing across more than 6 runs. This, unfortunately, is a rather dispiriting theme of the series. Generally, the Mets are hacking at far too many first pitches leading to easy outs for the opposition, an especially egregious offense against the Marlins who have the highest scoring team in the NL and the worst bullpen, it's likely to come into play in this upcoming series against the D'Backs. Also of concern is our suddenly soft defense. There was a ball hit into shallow center that Gotay wound up catching, but it gave me a fright, and was eerily reminiscent of the crap-storm that sunk Chan Ho in game 1 of this series. That's Beltran's ball, granted Gotay caught it, but it would have been a much easier play for Beltran. Not to mention he's a gold glover with fantastic speed, he just looks lackadaisical in the field at times. Is he afraid due to that horrific collision with Mike Cameron at Petco Park 2 seasons ago? Call that ball and go get it.
Joe Smith had his longest outing of the season going 1.2 innings over a span of 3 innings. He was awesome, as per usual (have I mentioned my man crush on Joe Smith?), but seemed to tire and lose his control a little by the time he came out. I have no idea why he was in the game so long, he had pitched the night before. Willie must be testing his endurance, although why he chose to do so in a relatively close game mystifies me. And where's Feliciano? He hasn't seen any action since that 12 inning affair at RFK on April 28th. A win is a win, and boy did we ever need that one going into this west coast road trip. We narrowly evaded getting swept at home, something which didn't happen at all last season.
The stars seemed aligned for a mega-jinx tonight. Wright and Delgado seem to be coming around and we certainly have our most favorable pitching matchup of the series tonight. Tom Glavine takes the hill for our heroes. Glavine loves the environ at the BOB (I know it's Chase Field now, but it will always be the BOB to me), he is 8-1 with a 1.37 ERA in nine starts. In 14 career starts against the Diamondbacks, he is 10-3 with a 2.27 ERA, his best ERA against any NL team. Tommy's won his last 3 starts against the D'Backs allowing only 2 runs in 21.2 IP. The Mets have won 10 in a row at the BOB, 5 straight and 12 of 13 against the D'Backs. We face 3 all-stars in the other 3 games of this series in the Big Unit, last year's Cy Young winner Brandon Webb, and Met-killer Livian Hernandez. Tonight, however, we get another kid coming off the DL in Micah Owings to pitch the series opener, just like this past series against the Fish. We're 9-3 on the road so far this season, and our 1st west coast swing last year was when we pulled away from the pack going 9-1. Now would be a perfect time to start playing our best ball and get a little momentum behind the juggernaut that we truly can be.
Let's Go Mets!!!
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Mike Gelin, candidate for city commission, will be holding a campaign kickoff event in Tamarac on June 15.
Each year, people around the nation celebrate Mother's Day on the second Sunday of May by buying cards and showering mom with extra love and attention.
Making a real difference in their community is not just talk to the coordinators of local pop-up kids consignment event Just Between Friends….
Eating vegan food has scientifically proven health benefits plus, it is compassionate to animals and protects the environment.
In celebration of its diverse community, the City of Tamarac has created an event called One Tamarac which will reflect the many faces and voices within the city.
March is Florida Bicycle Month and to celebrate, the City of Tamarac Parks and Recreation Department is holding their Annual Bike Rodeo where children can learn about safety and the rules of the road.


The Facing Project was founded by Kelsey Timmerman and J.R. Jamison as an organization that connects people through stories to strengthen communities. A platform, tools and inspiration are provided by The Facing Project so that communities can share their stories. The goal of sharing these stories is to increase community conversation about key issues.
"The Facing Project brings leadership theory to life through service-learning in a way that students can interact and learn in a real community setting," Kniffin says.
The Manhattan community, area and Kansas State University have teamed up with The Facing Project to tackle the issue of hunger in the area. This spring the students in the Leadership in Practice course — taught by instructors Lori Kniffin and Marcia Hornung — will lead the initiative "Facing Hunger" by incorporating it into their course work.
Students in the Leadership in Practice class will be pairing with Harvesters, the Flint Hills Breadbasket and the Manhattan and area school districts to connect local citizens to the issue of hunger.
"Everybody Counts" was a local event coordinated by First United Methodist Church of Manhattan on Poyntz Avenue that Leadership in Practice students participated in this year. Together with HandsOn Kansas State and Harvesters, the students were able to be part of an event to provide food to individuals in the community in need and understand local demographics related to food security and homelessness among other key topics.
Autumn Snesrud, junior in secondary education, says, "I believe the most important lesson I have learned is that there are good and hardworking people in our community who still struggle to feed themselves and their families. I now realize how important it is that the whole community is able to read the stories about these people, so they also can have a better understanding of what hunger looks like in our community."
By practicing adaptive leadership skills learned in the classroom throughout the semester, students will reflect on these connections and the issue of hunger by writing about community members. At the end of the semester the students will publish a book of all of the stories. Information about the book and the public event for dialogue is forthcoming. For more questions about the Facing Project: Facing Hunger in Manhattan, please contact Lori Kniffin.


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Getting to Tanegashima
Getting around the island
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Updates from Tanegashima
There was a cat on the stairs leading to the cemetery.
As I glanced at it, the cat held my gaze.
It walked in front of me as if to say, "This way, please."
The cat bounded along with ease as I strained to keep up.
It would have been hard to spot the tombstone I was looking for in such a large cemetery, but by following the cat, I managed to reach it without getting lost.
This slightly peculiar bit of serendipity brought me to Wasaka-hime's grave.
Stories describe her as "Japan's first international bride."
Her father was Yaita Kinbei, who was the first to successfully manufacture matchlocks in Japan.
At the time, Yaita was working day and night trying to build matchlocks, but was unable to figure out how to make the "screw" for the bisen bolt in the barrel of the firearm.
Seeing her father struggling, Yaita's daughter made a bold decision.
To help her father, she would marry a Portuguese man and leave for a far-off country.
There, she would learn how the screw was made and bring the knowledge back to Japan.
If it were not for her marriage, work on completing the matchlocks would have stalled and the history of Japan's Warring States Period may have turned out very differently.
Tanegashima was home to a woman who greatly influenced the course of history.
She took on a mission to go alone to a foreign country in a foreign land and research technology.
I wondered, "What if that were me..." and realized that I could not do what she had done.
She was a wonderful and strong woman who lived not for herself, but for her father.
Perhaps the cat had wanted me to know this about Wakasa-hime and that is why it led me to her.
Encounters come hand in hand with travel, but some of those encounters are with people from long ago.
Wakasa-hime Cemetery
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Tim Ward of York finished reading the poem he'd composed for Michael Wilson. Then, in front of about 50 people in York's Albemarle Park, he went to the space in the park's walkway where he placed a memorial brick for Wilson -- his good friend and one-time romantic partner who died of AIDS a little less than two years ago.
Ward, who was one of the speakers at the annual Remembering With Red Ribbon Program on Sunday afternoon, said he wanted to do his part to make others aware of the HIV virus. Because it took a lot away from Wilson and from Ward.
It proved too resilient for the drugs that kept Wilson alive from the time he contracted the virus decades ago.
It proved too overwhelming for their relationship, which ended after a year because it couldn't withstand the strain of constant illness.
And ultimately it proved too much for Wilson's lungs after it developed into AIDS and left him gasping through his last days with a devastating case of pneumonia.
But for all that, the virus never defeated Wilson's spirit, Ward said.
"He used to always say, 'You could be living with it or dying with it,'" Ward said. "And he was always living with it."
About 150 people attended the event, according to Leddy Jackson, administrative assistant for OPEN. Her organization is an HIV/AIDS ministry under the umbrella of the York County Council of Churches, which co-sponsored the event with Planned Parenthood.
The early part of the event was more about recreation and games, with sack races, basketball, volleyball and refreshments.
. Jackson said it's important to get families out, so there are fun activities to go along with the educational material.
Then the proceedings closed on a more somber note, with a ceremony recognizing those whose lives have been affected by HIV and AIDS. Speakers discussed the continuing public health threat the virus represents and urged those present to do what they can about it, whether that action takes the form of campaigning for more treatment options, or simply helping educate others in the community.
"Even though we've come so far, we still have a long, long way to go," said guest speaker Patricia Fonzi, director of development for the Family Health Council of Central Pa.
Ward said that Wilson's death inspired him to become an activist. He wants to get out the message that the virus affects more than just the person who has it.
"It's a killer," he said. "It destroys lives. It destroys relationships."
The cumulative estimated number of diagnoses of AIDS through 2007 in the United States and dependent areas was more than 1 million.


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Glamour girl Tanusri Datta did not show any inhibition in shedding clothes and exposing her glamour in films like Chocolate and Ashiq Banaya Apne.
She made her debut in Telugu with Veerabhadra and shed her inhibitiions; she failed to get more chances in Telugu for unknown reasons.
But the Bollywood gave her the maximum number of opportunities. However, she is now planning to come out of this glam image and has decided to reveal her talents as a good actor.
The artist in her could be seen in the promos of Bhagam Bhag and Risk.
Let us wait and see whether she earns a good reputation as an artist in Risk, just like Bipasha Basu did in Corporate.


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Scripps Networks to Celebrate U.S. Military in First-Ever Hero's Welcome
By: Maria Russo
Photo by: Jeremiah Alley ©2014, Television Food Network, G.P. All Rights Reserved.
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This Veterans Day will be a celebration like none other as all-stars from Food Network and HGTV, plus humanitarian Gary Sinise, together with the rest of the Scripps Networks Interactive family, honor Staff Sergeant Tony Woods in a brand-new upcoming special, Hero's Welcome, premiering Tuesday, Nov. 11.
A 25-year service member who suffered life-threatening injuries in Iraq, Tony is preparing to retire from the military, but for this dedicated hero, a simple congratulatory party isn't enough — especially if Robert Irvine and Genevieve Gorder have anything to say about it. On Hero's Welcome, Robert and Genevieve will work with the Woods' neighborhood to overhaul Tony and his wife Joedi's Oahu, Hawaii, home so that's it's worthy of not just the couple but also the foster children they welcome into their family. Emotions will be high as Tony and Joedi experience the surprise of their lives when they arrive to find their home transformed and their community at the ready to thank Tony for his selfless service.
Hero's Welcome will air across all six Scripps Networks on Tuesday, Nov. 11. For details on when you can catch it on your favorite channel, check out the list below.
Tuesday, Nov. 11 at 9|8c on Food Network
Tuesday, Nov. 11 at 10|9c on Cooking Channel and Great American Country
Tuesday, Nov. 11 at 11|10c on HGTV, DIY Network and Travel Channel
No Kid Hungry Celebrates Its First Anniversary With Food Network
Budding Young Chefs Compete in First-Ever Chopped Teen Tournament
Find out all about the new Chopped Teen Tournament, premiering on Tuesday, July 15 at 10|9c on Food Network.
Jesse Palmer Previews the First-Ever Food Truck Face Off
Hear from Food Network's Jesse Palmer in an exclusive interview to learn about the upcoming premiere season of Food Truck Face Off.
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Exclusive: Alton Previews the First-Ever Cutthroat Kitchen Judges' Battle
Hear from Food Network's Alton Brown in an exclusive interview about the upcoming judges' round of Cutthroat Kitchen.
Returning Chopped Champions Compete in First-Ever Ultimate Champions Tournament
Find out all the details about the upcoming Ultimate Chopped Champions tournament, premiering on Tuesday, August 26 at 10|9c.
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Get the latest details on the brand-new show Food Network Star Kids, premiering Monday, August 22 at 9|8c.
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There's much to celebrate today: FoodNetwork.com, among others, is being recognized by The Webby Awards.
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{
    using System;
    using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
    using System.Windows.Media;

    using ICSharpCode.AvalonEdit;
    using ICSharpCode.AvalonEdit.Document;
    using ICSharpCode.AvalonEdit.Rendering;

    public class ParticipantsColorizer : DocumentColorizingTransformer
    {
        private readonly TextEditor textEditor;

        public ParticipantsColorizer(TextEditor textEditor)
        {
            this.textEditor = textEditor;
        }

        protected override void ColorizeLine(DocumentLine line)
        {
            if (line.IsDeleted || (0 == line.Length))
            {
                return;
            }

            var text = this.textEditor.Text.Substring(line.Offset, line.Length);

            var colon = text.IndexOf(':');
            if (colon <= 0)
            {
                var dummy = FindParticipant(line) || FindActivate(line);
                return;
            }

            if (FindNote(line, "note left of ", colon) || FindNote(line, "note right of ", colon) || FindNote(line, "note over ", colon))
            {
                return;
            }

            text = text.Substring(0, colon);

            var match = Regex.Match(text, "(<?<?--?>>?)");
            if (match.Groups.Count != 2)
            {
                return;
            }

            var i = text.IndexOf(match.Groups[1].Value);

            ChangeLinePart(line.Offset, line.Offset + i, HighlightParticipant);
            ChangeLinePart(line.Offset + i + match.Groups[1].Value.Length, line.Offset + colon, HighlightParticipant);
        }

        private void HighlightParticipant(VisualLineElement visualLineElement)
        {
            visualLineElement.TextRunProperties.SetForegroundBrush(Brushes.Green);
        }

        // participant Client
        // participant Server as SRV
        private Boolean FindParticipant(DocumentLine line)
        {
            var text = this.textEditor.Text.Substring(line.Offset, line.Length);

            const String participant = "participant ";
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            if (!text.Trim().StartsWith(participant, StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase))
            {
                return false;
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            var i1 = text.IndexOf(participant) + participant.Length;
            var i2 = text.IndexOf(@as, i1);

            if (i2 < 0)
            {
                ChangeLinePart(line.Offset + i1, line.EndOffset, HighlightParticipant);
            }
            else
            {
                ChangeLinePart(line.Offset + i1, line.Offset + i2, HighlightParticipant);
                ChangeLinePart(line.Offset + i2 + @as.Length, line.EndOffset, HighlightParticipant);
            }

            return true;
        }

        // note right of Client: This is displayed right of Client.
        // note left of Server: This is displayed left of Client.
        // note over Client, Server: This is displayed over Client and Server.
        private Boolean FindNote(DocumentLine line, String keyword, Int32 colon)
        {
            var text = this.textEditor.Text.Substring(line.Offset, line.Length);

            if (!text.Trim().StartsWith(keyword, StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase))
            {
                return false;
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            var pos = text.IndexOf(keyword) + keyword.Length;

            while (true)
            {
                var comma = text.IndexOf(',', pos);
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                {
                    break;
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                ChangeLinePart(line.Offset + pos, line.Offset + comma, HighlightParticipant);
                pos = comma + 1;
            }

            ChangeLinePart(line.Offset + pos, line.Offset + colon, HighlightParticipant);

            return true;
        }

        // activate Client
        // deactivate Server
        private Boolean FindActivate(DocumentLine line)
        {
            var colon = line.EndOffset - line.Offset;
            return FindNote(line, "activate ", colon) || FindNote(line, "deactivate ", colon);
        }
    }

}

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ShapeButton::ShapeButton (const String& t, Colour n, Colour o, Colour d)
  : Button (t),
    normalColour (n), overColour (o), downColour (d),
    maintainShapeProportions (false),
    outlineWidth (0.0f)
{
}

ShapeButton::~ShapeButton() {}

void ShapeButton::setColours (Colour newNormalColour, Colour newOverColour, Colour newDownColour)
{
    normalColour = newNormalColour;
    overColour = newOverColour;
    downColour = newDownColour;
}

void ShapeButton::setOutline (Colour newOutlineColour, const float newOutlineWidth)
{
    outlineColour = newOutlineColour;
    outlineWidth = newOutlineWidth;
}

void ShapeButton::setBorderSize (BorderSize<int> newBorder)
{
    border = newBorder;
}

void ShapeButton::setShape (const Path& newShape,
                            const bool resizeNowToFitThisShape,
                            const bool maintainShapeProportions_,
                            const bool hasShadow)
{
    shape = newShape;
    maintainShapeProportions = maintainShapeProportions_;

    shadow.setShadowProperties (DropShadow (Colours::black.withAlpha (0.5f), 3, Point<int>()));
    setComponentEffect (hasShadow ? &shadow : nullptr);

    if (resizeNowToFitThisShape)
    {
        Rectangle<float> newBounds (shape.getBounds());

        if (hasShadow)
            newBounds = newBounds.expanded (4.0f);

        shape.applyTransform (AffineTransform::translation (-newBounds.getX(),
                                                            -newBounds.getY()));

        setSize (1 + (int) (newBounds.getWidth()  + outlineWidth) + border.getLeftAndRight(),
                 1 + (int) (newBounds.getHeight() + outlineWidth) + border.getTopAndBottom());
    }

    repaint();
}

void ShapeButton::paintButton (Graphics& g, bool isMouseOverButton, bool isButtonDown)
{
    if (! isEnabled())
    {
        isMouseOverButton = false;
        isButtonDown = false;
    }

    Rectangle<float> r (border.subtractedFrom (getLocalBounds()).toFloat().reduced (outlineWidth * 0.5f));

    if (getComponentEffect() != nullptr)
        r = r.reduced (2.0f);

    if (isButtonDown)
    {
        const float sizeReductionWhenPressed = 0.04f;

        r = r.reduced (sizeReductionWhenPressed * r.getWidth(),
                       sizeReductionWhenPressed * r.getHeight());
    }

    const AffineTransform trans (shape.getTransformToScaleToFit (r, maintainShapeProportions));

    g.setColour (isButtonDown ? downColour
                              : isMouseOverButton ? overColour
                                                  : normalColour);
    g.fillPath (shape, trans);

    if (outlineWidth > 0.0f)
    {
        g.setColour (outlineColour);
        g.strokePath (shape, PathStrokeType (outlineWidth), trans);
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}


Robert Lundblad, PsyD received his doctorate from George Fox University in 2002. His doctoral research topic included various factors influencing heterosexual bias. Licensed as a Psychologist in Oregon, his clinical work has included university outpatient, psychiatric inpatient, and independent practice settings. His primary professional interest has been in diagnostic assessments. Since retiring from his private practice, he has assisted Bolante.net in various disaster behavioral health efforts. This work has included instructing Psychological First Aid, conference and program planning, and working on research and grant initiatives.


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The 2017 IAAF World U18 Championships was the tenth and last edition of the biennial international athletics competition for youth (under-18) athletes. The five-day competition took place between 12 and 16 July at the Moi International Sports Centre in Nairobi, Kenya. Eligible athletes were aged 16 or 17 on 31 December 2017 (born in 2000 or 2001).

South Africa topped the medals table with 11 medals, five of them gold, while host nation Kenya finished fourth with four gold and 15 medals in total.

Boycott
The United States, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Japan, South Korea and Italy decided not to take part in the championships for organizational, logistical, and health and safety reasons (concerning athletes still underage).

Medal summary

Boys

Girls

Mixed

* Medalists who participated in heats only.

Medal table

Notes
 Independent Athletes were not included in the official medal table.

See also
2017 Asian Youth Championships in Athletics
2017 African Youth Championships in Athletics

References

External links
Official 2017 World U18 Championships website at IAAF
Official website

IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics
World Youth Championships in Athletics
Athletics in Kenya
World Youth Championships in Athletics
International athletics competitions hosted by Kenya
Sport in Nairobi
Athletics