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Hobby Lobby's Green family meets with Pope Francis
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey
c. 2014 Religion News Service
(RNS) Days after discussing the U.S. Catholic bishops' fight over contraception with President Obama, Pope Francis met Monday (March 31) with members of the Green family, the Oklahoma billionaires whose company, Hobby Lobby, took their challenge to Obama's contraception mandate to the Supreme Court last week.
The pope met with Obama on Thursday for the first time, touching on some hot-button disputes between the White House and U.S. Catholic bishops.
A Vatican statement after the meeting said that the two men talked about issues including "the exercise of the rights to religious freedom, life and conscientious objection," a veiled reference to Obama's disputes with the American bishops (and the Green family) over the administration's contraception mandate under Obamacare.
Obama later downplayed the contraception discussions with Francis, telling reporters that he and the pope didn't spend much time on "social schisms." He said he and the Vatican's secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, discussed "briefly the issue of making sure that conscience and religious freedom was observed in the context of applying the law."
The Greens are in Rome for the launch of one of their traveling exhibits, "Verbum Domini II" (Latin for "The Word of the Lord").
"The purpose of the meeting was to thank the pope for the loan of items to the exhibit from the Vatican museum and library," said Jennifer Sheran of DeMoss, the Atlanta public relations firm that represents the Greens. "The pope did ask how the (Hobby Lobby) case was progressing."
Eighteen members of the Green family met with the pope, Sheran said, as well as 10 members from the American Bible Society. The meeting lasted 30 minutes.
The exhibit located at the Braccio di Carlo Magno museum runs April 2 to June 22 and includes 200 ancient and rare biblical texts and artifacts. The head of the Museum of the Bible, which oversees the Green collection traveling exhibits, also joined the gathering with the pope.
This is the second time items from the Green Collection have been on display in Vatican City. Their first display appeared during Lent and Easter season in 2012, but Pope Benedict XVI was traveling during the Greens' visit.
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Q: How to find the element through Selenium I am using Selenium with PHP WebDriver. I am trying to click on a link in the navbar, which appears in the HTML as follows:

 User Cards

I am trying to select the element then click it. However, when I try using xpath as follows:
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or
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I get the following error:

no such element: Unable to locate element:
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  For documentation on this error, please visit:
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  version: '3.4.0', revision: 'unknown', time: 'unknown' System info:
  host: 'ubuntu', ip: '127.0.1.1', os.name: 'Linux', os.arch: 'amd64',
  os.version: '4.15.0-43-generic', java.version: '1.8.0_191' Driver
  info: org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver Capabilities
  [{mobileEmulationEnabled=false, hasTouchScreen=false, platform=LINUX,
  acceptSslCerts=false,
  goog:chromeOptions={debuggerAddress=localhost:43431},
  acceptInsecureCerts=false, webStorageEnabled=true, browserName=chrome,
  takesScreenshot=true, javascriptEnabled=true, setWindowRect=true,
  unexpectedAlertBehaviour=, applicationCacheEnabled=false,
  rotatable=false, networkConnectionEnabled=false,
  chrome={chromedriverVersion=2.43.600233
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  browserConnectionEnabled=false, nativeEvents=true,
  locationContextEnabled=true, cssSelectorsEnabled=true}] Session ID:
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Any help on how to use xpath or how to use any other selection method that would enable me to click on the link would be appreciated.

A: You might need to wait for element to be able to click it:
$driver->wait()->until(
  WebDriverExpectedCondition::elementToBeClickable(WebDriverBy::xpath('//a[@showpage="cards"]')))->click();

A: To invoke click() on the element with text as User Cards as the element is a JavaScript enabled element you need to induce WebDriverWait for the element to be clickable and you can use either of the following solutions:

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*Using LINK_TEXT:
User Cards

*Using CSS_SELECTOR:
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*Using XPATH:
//a[@showpage='cards' and normalize-space()='User Cards']

A: Apparently, due to differences in windows size (my machine vs. the virtual screen used by Selenium), the navbar wasn't displayed and therefore the element could not be found.
Found it out while doing a workaround - getting all elements with "a" tag, then iterating through them. Only after clicking on an extra button to make the navbar displayed, the element could be found.

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The range of timbers available in Australia is appealing, with each cut having its own appeal different from the next – you can literally find beautiful timber to compliment your kitchen colour scheme and design.
Consider timber if your going for a more rustic approach to your kitchen. Any scratches, chips or flaws in the timber will only enhance your overall design.
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Funktion
Eine Kartoffelpresse besteht aus einem Behälter, in dessen Boden eine Platte mit Löchern oder Schlitzen eingesetzt wird. Mithilfe eines Hebels wird die gekochte Kartoffel nach unten durch die Bodenplatte gedrückt, wodurch eine weiche Kartoffelmasse entsteht. Im Gegensatz zum Kartoffelstampfer ist der Kraftaufwand beim Pressen deutlich geringer.

Ein Sonderfall der Kartoffelpresse ist die Kartoffelwiege (oder Wiegepresse), bei der die gekochten Kartoffeln (auf einer harten Unterlage) durch beidhändige Wiegebewegungen und Pressen durch die Löcher in der Wiege hindurchgedrückt werden. Füllt sich der Oberteil der Wiege, wird das zerkleinerte Material abgenommen oder abgeschüttelt. Die Kartoffelwiege hat den Vorteil, dass sie zur Reinigung nicht auseinandergenommen werden muss; einfach Abwaschen ist ausreichend.

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Insertional Mutagenesis of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Chia-Hong Tsai Christoph Benning
Chia-Hong Tsai
tsaichi7@msu.edu
tsai@amyris.com
1. Department of Energy-Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA
2. Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA
Christoph Benning
2. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA
Tsai, C. and Benning, C. (2015). Insertional Mutagenesis of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Bio-protocol 5(24): e1680. DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.1680.
The unicellular microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (C. reinhardtii) has been used as a reference model for numerous fields of research. Principle research areas are eukaryotic flagellar structure and function, basal bodies (centrioles), cell-cell recognition, cell cycle control, chloroplast biogenesis, phototaxis, nonphotochemical quenching, and especially photosynthesis for C. reinhardtii can grow in the dark on an organic carbon (e.g. acetate), and thus provides advantages over land plants (Harris, 2001; Peers et al., 2009). C. reinhardtii has a short life cycle, a sequenced genome (Merchant et al., 2007), and a growing molecular toolbox for forward and reverse genetic studies, including transformation protocols, gene silencing (Kim and Cerutti, 2009; Molnar et al., 2009), and fluorescent protein-tag (Rasala et al., 2013). There are two commonly used methods for C. reinhardtii transformation – electroporation and glass bead agitation. Electroporation is normally restricted to strains with cell wall, as it kills cell-wall-deficient strains effectively if without careful handling of osmosis. Electroporation also requires special instruments such as electroporator and cuvettes. In contrast, glass bead agitation uses simple lab equipment. The mild shear created by agitation in the presence of glass bead allows cell-wall-deficient strains to take up DNA. If glass bead method is to be applied to cell-wall strains, cells need to be treated with autolysin (http://www.chlamy.org/methods/autolysin.html) to partially lyse the wall components. A pitfall of both methods is that the DNAs are often shortened by nuclease once entering the cells, making the downstream PCR-based genotyping of insertion site rather difficult. Here I describe an improved design of insertional mutagenesis used in (Tsai et al., 2014), and the transformation protocol using glass bead as previously described in (Kindle, 1990) with minor modification. The putative mutants can be selected by autotrophic or antibiotic resistance markers, and the disrupted loci can be mapped by methods such as plasmid rescue (Peers et al., 2009) and SiteFinding PCR (Tan et al., 2005).
Keywords: Chlamydomonas, Insertional mutagenesis, Transformation
15 and 50 ml conical tubes
Petri dishes (90 mm in diameter)
pHYG3 plasmid (http://chlamycollection.org/plasmid/phyg3/) or plasmid carrying other selection markers
C. reinhardtii cell wall-less strain such as dw15 (cw15, nit1, mt+; http://chlamycollection.org/strain/cc-4619-cw15-nit1-mt-dw15-1/)
Agar (Caisson Laboratories, Phytoblend)
TAP medium (Harris, 1989)
Restriction enzyme for linearizing the plasmid DNA, such as PvuII (New England Biolabs)
Hygromycin (Life Technologies) or other selection means
TAP agar plates (see Recipes)
Top agar (see Recipes)
Common bench-top vortexer
Spectrophotometer for optical density (OD) measurement, Z2 Coulter Counter (Beckman Coulter) or a hemocytometer
250 ml flask
Bench-top centrifuge capable of centrifugation at 1,500 x g and accommodating 50 ml conical tubes
Z2 Coulter Counter or hemocytometer
Glass beads 425-600 μm (Sigma-Aldrich, catalog number: G8772 )
Glass tubes or round bottom plastic tubes with or without cap (~10 mm in diameter)
DNA preparation (assumes use of pHYG3)
Digest pHYG3 plasmid (http://www.biologie.uni-regensburg.de/Genetik/Mages/pHyg3.html) DNA with PvuII. PvuII was chosen specifically for pHYG3 plasmid because it releases a DNA fragment that contains the hygromycin B resistance gene aph7 with short flanking sequences. Based on our experience and others, linear DNAs are often shortened on each end after entering the cells of C. reinhardtii-ranging from dozens to hundreds of nucleotides-due to the exonuclease activity. It makes it harder to map the disrupted loci because the precise sequence of the insertion is unpredictable and different in each clone. Hence, we recommend using a DNA fragment that is just enough to cover the selectable marker (i.e. promoter, coding sequence, and terminator), so if the transformed DNAs are shortened to an extent that compromises the integrity of the marker, the clones harboring them will not be pulled out of the screen. In other words, the clones in the mutant library have the insertion whose length lies between the PvuII-digested fragment and the combined length of promoter, coding sequence, and terminator.
Gel-excise the shorter, 2,012-bp fragments of the pHYG3 plasmid.
Growth condition
In general, cells were grown in liquid TAP medium under continuous light (70-80 μmol/m-2 s-1) at 22 °C, with shaking at 100 rpm; or ambient room temperature (~22 °C) for solid media.
Glass bead transformation
Grow cultures in TAP media (50 ml in 250 ml flask) until cell density reaches 1-2 x 106 cells/ml determined by Z2 Coulter Counter or hemocytometer, or approximately 0.2~0.3 OD550 by spectrophotometer.
While cells are growing, prepare hardware: add ~0.3 g (~300 µl) glass beads to test tubes, autoclave.
Pellet the cells by centrifugation (1,500 x g for 2 min), and resuspend in TAP to a concentration of ~2 x 107 cells/ml.
Transfer 0.3 ml of cells to the glass bead-containing test tube, add ~1 µg linearized plasmid DNA prepared earlier (see Procedure A DNA preparation), and vortex 15 sec at top speed (Note 2).
Add 6 ml TAP to the test tube, carefully transfer the cells (6 ml + 0.3 ml) to a new sterile 15 ml conical tube, and shake under growth conditions overnight (Note 3) at 100 rpm.
After overnight recovery, add 6 ml of top agar (microwave to melt the top agar, cool to ~40 °C before pouring into the overnight culture) into the overnight culture (1:1 mixture). Mix gently.
Immediately pour the 1:1 mixture onto TAP plates (6 ml for one regular Petri dish, 2 Petri dishes needed), let set (Note 4).
Wrap plates with parafilm (cut slits to allow gas exchange), and place under lights. Colonies should start appearing in 5 to 7 days on the plate surface or embedded within the top agar layer. Generally speaking, 50 ml of culture (step C1) produces approximately 500 colonies after transformation. To create a mutant library ranging the entire C. reinhardtii genome (about 18,000 genes), it would require ~100 transformations in order to get a 3 fold coverage. Use sterile toothpicks or pipet tips to pick up the colonies.
Transformation by glass beads is only applicable to cell wall-less strains (e.g. dw15, cw15) (Kindle, 1990). For the transformation of cell-wall strains, electroporation is more commonly used (https://www.thermofisher.com/order/catalog/product/A14258).
Do not vortex the cells too vigorously otherwise DNA fragments tend to break, especially for longer fragments.
If cell duplication during the overnight shaking (Procedure C, step C5) is a concern (e.g. to avoid duplicated clones for mutant screen), do 8-12 h shaking instead.
Optional: Pre-warm the agar plates at 37 °C before pouring the 1:1 mixture (Procedure C, step C7).
TAP agar plates
0.8% agar with 10 μg/ml hygromycin
Top agar
TAP medium with 0.4% agar
This work was supported by the US Air Force Office of Scientific Research [Grant FA9550-11-1-0264 (to C. B.)], by a Strategic Partnership grant from the MSU Foundation (to C. B.), and by MSU AgBioResearch (C. B.).
Harris, E. H. (2001). Chlamydomonas as a model organism. Annu Rev Plant Physiol Plant Mol Biol 52: 363-406.
Kim, E. J. and Cerutti, H. (2009). Targeted gene silencing by RNA interference in Chlamydomonas. Methods Cell Biol 93: 99-110.
Kindle, K. L. (1990). High-frequency nuclear transformation of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 87(3): 1228-1232.
Hoober, J. K. (1989). The Chlamydomonas sourcebook. A comprehensive guide to biology and laboratory use. Elizabeth H. Harris. Academic Press, San Diego, CA, 1989. xiv, 780 pp., illus. $145. Science 246(4936): 1503-1504.
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Molnar, A., Bassett, A., Thuenemann, E., Schwach, F., Karkare, S., Ossowski, S., Weigel, D. and Baulcombe, D. (2009). Highly specific gene silencing by artificial microRNAs in the unicellular alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Plant J 58(1): 165-174.
Peers, G., Truong, T. B., Ostendorf, E., Busch, A., Elrad, D., Grossman, A. R., Hippler, M. and Niyogi, K. K. (2009). An ancient light-harvesting protein is critical for the regulation of algal photosynthesis. Nature 462(7272): 518-521.
Rasala, B. A., Barrera, D. J., Ng, J., Plucinak, T. M., Rosenberg, J. N., Weeks, D. P., Oyler, G. A., Peterson, T. C., Haerizadeh, F. and Mayfield, S. P. (2013). Expanding the spectral palette of fluorescent proteins for the green microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Plant J 74(4): 545-556.
Tan, G., Gao, Y., Shi, M., Zhang, X., He, S., Chen, Z. and An, C. (2005). SiteFinding-PCR: a simple and efficient PCR method for chromosome walking. Nucleic Acids Res 33(13): e122.
Tsai, C. H., Warakanont, J., Takeuchi, T., Sears, B. B., Moellering, E. R. and Benning, C. (2014). The protein Compromised Hydrolysis of Triacylglycerols 7 (CHT7) acts as a repressor of cellular quiescence in Chlamydomonas. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 111(44): 15833-15838.
How to cite: Tsai, C. and Benning, C. (2015). Insertional Mutagenesis of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Bio-protocol 5(24): e1680. DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.1680.
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Molecular Biology > DNA > Mutagenesis
All Field Materials and Reagents Equipment Procedure Notes Recipes Acknowledgments References

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I have tried regex such ^(www[0-9]*\.)(\.*){2,} but is not working...
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Marble House Mansion on Bellevue Avenue. Newport, Rhode Island, March 18, 2004
Belcourt Castle Mansion on Bellevue Avenue. Newport, Rhode Island, March 18, 2004
A mansion on Bellevue Avenue, view from a garden of Chateau Sur Mer. Newport, Rhode Island, May 6, 2004
Mrs. Astor s Beechwood Mansion at Bellevue Avenue in Newport. Rhode Island, November 13, 2004
Maples in a yard of a mansion at Bellevue Avenue. Newport, Rhode Island, November 13, 2004
Gate of Belcourt Castle Mansion on Bellevue Avenue. Newport, Rhode Island, May 29, 2004
A mansion on Bellevue Avenue behind Marble House parking. Newport, Rhode Island, May 6, 2004
Pelican Place Mansion on Bellevue Avenue. Newport, Rhode Island, March 18, 2004
De La Salle Mansion on Bellevue Avenue, after snowfall. Newport, Rhode Island, January 29, 2005.
Quatrel Mansion at south end of Bellevue Avenue. Newport, Rhode Island, March 18, 2004
Chateau-Sur-Mer Mansion on Bellevue Avenue, after snowfall. Newport, Rhode Island, January 29, 2005.
Clarendon Court Mansion on Bellevue Avenue, after snowfall. Newport, Rhode Island, January 29, 2005.
Marble House Mansion on Bellevue Avenue, after snowfall. Newport, Rhode Island, January 29, 2005.
Belcourt Castle Mansion (zoomed) on Bellevue Avenue. Newport, Rhode Island, March 18, 2004
Beach Mound Mansion at southern end of Bellevue Avenue in Newport. Rhode Island, February 6, 2005.
A sculpture in front of Belcourt Castle Mansion on Bellevue Avenue. Newport, Rhode Island, May 6, 2004
Mrs. Astor s Beechwood Mansion on Bellevue Avenue, after snowfall. Newport, Rhode Island, January 29, 2005.
A house at 420 Bellevue Avenue in Newport. Rhode Island, March 15, 2003.
A marble decoration in a garden in front of Rosecliff Mansion on Bellevue Avenue. Newport, Rhode Island, March 18, 2004
A trunk of copper beech tree and Marble House Mansion on Bellevue Avenue. Newport, Rhode Island, May 6, 2004
Mrs. Astor s Beechwood Mansion (decorated for Christmas Victorian tours) at Bellevue Avenue in Newport. Rhode Island, December 25, 2004
First snow on ornamental cabbage in front of Belcourt Castle Mansion at Bellevue Avenue. Newport, Rhode Island, November 13, 2004
Isaac Bell House on Bellevue Avenue in Newport. Rhode Island, October 25, 2003
Isaac Bell House at Bellevue Avenue in Newport. Rhode Island, March 15, 2003.
A copper(?) beech tree east from Bellevue Avenue in Newport. Rhode Island, March 15, 2003.
Sunnylea condominium on western side of Bellevue Avenue in Newport. Rhode Island, September 18, 2003
First snow and fall leaves on ornamental cabbage in front of Belcourt Castle Mansion at Bellevue Avenue. Newport, Rhode Island, November 13, 2004
Mrs. Astor s Beechwood Mansion (decorated for Christmas Victorian tours) at Bellevue Avenue at the beginning of snowfall. Newport, Rhode Island, December 26, 2004
A copper(?) beech tree and Swanhurst Manor House at Bellevue Avenue in Newport. Rhode Island, December 13, 2003
High Tide Mansion at Atlantic Avenue from Bailey Beach in Newport. Rhode Island, December 25, 2003
Eastern part of Bailey s beach (Reject s Beach) at southern end of Bellevue Avenue in Newport. Rhode Island, May 11, 2003.
Lands End Mansion from Cliff Walk trail in Newport. Rhode Island, August 9, 2003
Plaisance(?) Mansion from Cliff Walk trail in Newport. Rhode Island, August 24, 2003
The Breakers Mansion from Cliff Walk trail in Newport. Rhode Island, August 9, 2003
The Waves Mansion from Cliff Walk trail in Newport. Rhode Island, August 24, 2003
Lands End Mansion from Cliff Walk trail in Newport. Rhode Island, August 24, 2003
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Better-than-expected earnings had investors pushing Allegheny Technologies higher today.
What: Shares of specialty materials supplier Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:ATI) popped as much as 19.9% today after reporting second-quarter earnings results. At 3:15 p.m. EDT, shares were near their daily high at a 19.5% gain.
So what: Sales fell 21% in the quarter to $810.5 million, and net loss improved from $101.2 million a year ago to $18.8 million, or $0.18 per share. Adjusted for one-time items, the loss was $0.21 per share, but that was a major improvement over the $0.39-per-share loss that analysts expected.
Management said that commercial aerospace sales increased 3% sequentially, but weak demand in energy markets kept demand for flat-rolled products low. And until that changes, it's likely the company will continue to report losses.
Now what: This is a classic case of beating expectations causing a sharp rise in shares. But keep in mind that low raw-material prices and weak demand in oil and gas will likely continue in flat-rolled products. Amid the losses that have been coming in over the past year, I would like to see some more bottom-line progress before jumping into shares. Beating expectations with another loss isn't enough to prove that the business is turning around, so I'll stay cautious on shares today.


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require 'spec_helper'

describe Babylonia::Rails::Validators::LocaleUniquenessValidator do
  let(:case_sensitive_validation_options) {
    {
      uniqueness: {
        locales: [:de, :en, :fr]
      }
    }
  }
  let(:case_insensitive_validation_options) {
    {
      uniqueness: {
        case_sensitive: false,
        locales: [:de, :en, :fr]
      }
    }
  }
  let(:scoped_validation_options) {
    {
      uniqueness: {
        scope: :some_value,
        case_sensitive: false,
        locales: [:de, :en, :fr]
      }
    }
  }

  class BabylonianUniqueField < ActiveRecord::Base
    self.table_name = 'babylonian_fields'

    build_babylonian_tower_on :marshes

    class << self
      attr_accessor :installed_validations
      def install_validations(options)
        self.installed_validations = true
        validates :marshes, locales: options
      end
    end

  end

  class BabylonianUniqueSecondField < ActiveRecord::Base
    self.table_name = 'babylonian_fields'

    build_babylonian_tower_on :marshes

    class << self
      attr_accessor :installed_validations
      def install_validations(options)
        self.installed_validations = true
        validates :marshes, locales: options
      end
    end
  end

  class BabylonianUniqueThirdField < ActiveRecord::Base
    self.table_name = 'babylonian_fields'

    build_babylonian_tower_on :marshes

    class << self
      attr_accessor :installed_validations
      def install_validations(options)
        self.installed_validations = true
        validates :marshes, allow_nil: true, locales: options
      end
    end
  end

  before(:each) do
    I18n.stub available_locales: [:de, :en, :it, :pi, :fr, :er]
    # it is not allowed to access structures created by let in before(:all), but installing the validators on each run is also not
    # the way to go.
    BabylonianUniqueField.install_validations(case_insensitive_validation_options) unless BabylonianUniqueField.installed_validations
    BabylonianUniqueSecondField.install_validations(case_sensitive_validation_options) unless BabylonianUniqueSecondField.installed_validations
    BabylonianUniqueThirdField.install_validations(scoped_validation_options) unless BabylonianUniqueThirdField.installed_validations
  end

  describe "case insensitive uniqueness validation" do
    let(:attributes) { { marshes: {en: "Hello, I'm a string!", de: "Hallo,\nIch bin ein Faden!", fr: "Bonjour: Je suis un fil" } } }
    let(:duplicate_attributes) { { marshes: {en: "hello, I'm a string!", de: "Hallo,\nich bin ein faden!", fr: "Bonjour: je suis un fil" } } }
    context "with an existing record" do
      let!(:existing) { BabylonianUniqueField.create(attributes) }
      subject { BabylonianUniqueField.new(duplicate_attributes) }
      after(:each) do
        existing.destroy
      end
      it "should validate the records uniqueness" do
        expect(subject).not_to be_valid
        expect(subject.errors.full_messages).to eq(["Marshes de has already been taken", "Marshes en has already been taken", "Marshes fr has already been taken"])
      end
    end
    context "with no existing record" do
      subject { BabylonianUniqueField.new(duplicate_attributes) }
      it "should validate the records uniqueness" do
        expect(subject).to be_valid
      end
    end
  end

  describe "case sensitive uniqueness validation" do
    let(:attributes) { { marshes: {en: "Hello, I'm a string!", de: "Hallo,\nIch bin ein Faden!", fr: "Bonjour: Je suis un fil" } } }
    let(:other_case_attributes) { { marshes: {en: "hello, I'm a string!", de: "Hallo,\nich bin ein faden!", fr: "Bonjour: je suis un fil" } } }
    context "with an existing record" do
      let!(:existing) { BabylonianUniqueSecondField.create(attributes) }
      subject { BabylonianUniqueSecondField.new(attributes) }
      after(:each) do
        existing.destroy
      end
      it "should validate the records uniqueness" do
        expect(subject).not_to be_valid
        expect(subject.errors.full_messages).to eq(["Marshes de has already been taken", "Marshes en has already been taken", "Marshes fr has already been taken"])
      end
    end
    context "with an existing record with differently cased attributes" do
      let!(:existing) { BabylonianUniqueSecondField.create(attributes) }
      subject { BabylonianUniqueSecondField.new(other_case_attributes) }
      after(:each) do
        existing.destroy
      end
      it "should validate the records uniqueness" do
        expect(subject).to be_valid
      end
    end
    context "with no existing record" do
      subject { BabylonianUniqueSecondField.new(attributes) }
      it "should validate the records uniqueness" do
        expect(subject).to be_valid
      end
    end
  end

  describe "scoped uniqueness validation" do
    let(:attributes) { { marshes: {en: "Hello, I'm a string!", de: "Hallo,\nIch bin ein Faden!", fr: "Bonjour: Je suis un fil" }, some_value: true } }
    let(:same_scope_attributes) { { marshes: {en: "hello, I'm a string!", de: "Hallo,\nich bin ein faden!", fr: "Bonjour: je suis un fil" }, some_value: true } }
    let(:other_scope_attributes) { { marshes: {en: "hello, I'm a string!", de: "Hallo,\nich bin ein faden!", fr: "Bonjour: je suis un fil" }, some_value: false } }
    context "with an existing record" do
      let!(:existing) { BabylonianUniqueThirdField.create(attributes) }
      subject { BabylonianUniqueThirdField.new(same_scope_attributes) }
      after(:each) do
        existing.destroy
      end
      it "should validate the records uniqueness" do
        expect(subject).not_to be_valid
        expect(subject.errors.full_messages).to eq(["Marshes de has already been taken", "Marshes en has already been taken", "Marshes fr has already been taken"])
      end
    end
    context "with an existing record in another scope" do
      let!(:existing) { BabylonianUniqueThirdField.create(attributes) }
      subject { BabylonianUniqueThirdField.new(other_scope_attributes) }
      after(:each) do
        existing.destroy
      end
      it "should validate the records uniqueness" do
        expect(subject).to be_valid
      end
    end
    context "with no existing record" do
      subject { BabylonianUniqueThirdField.new(attributes) }
      it "should validate the records uniqueness" do
        expect(subject).to be_valid
      end
    end
  end

end

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Q: Python Implementation of MATLAB's Canny Filter Calling the following function in MATLAB applies the Canny filter to an image:
edges = edge(image, 'Canny');

There are two Python functions I know of that implement the Canny filter:
import cv2

edges = cv2.Canny(image)

and
from skimage import feature

edges = feature.canny(image)

However, neither of these Python functions is capable of computing the filter's high and low threshold in the same manner MATLAB does.  According to this neuroimaging paper,

. . . the default MATLAB algorithm [generates] the two thresholds such that the high threshold is calculated to be the lowest value at which no more than 30% of the pixels are detected as edges, and the low threshold is defined as 40% of the high threshold.

Is there a Python implementation that can do this?

A: You should first pass the Canny parameters to canny() and then run it in your Python code
im: image name
lower threshold:
upper threshold:
import cv2
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

img = cv2.imread('lena.png')
edges = cv2.Canny(img,....,....,L2gradient=False/True)

plt.imshow(edges,cmap='gray')
plt.show()


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Mîndrești (ryska: Мындрешты) är en ort i Moldavien.   Den ligger i distriktet Taraclia rajon, i den centrala delen av landet,  km nordväst om huvudstaden Chişinău. Mîndreşti ligger  meter över havet och antalet invånare är .

Terrängen runt Mîndreşti är platt åt nordväst, men åt sydost är den kuperad. Den högsta punkten i närheten är  meter över havet,  km söder om Mîndreşti. Runt Mîndreşti är det ganska tätbefolkat, med  invånare per kvadratkilometer. Närmaste större samhälle är Sîngerei,  km nordväst om Mîndreşti. Trakten runt Mîndreşti består till största delen av jordbruksmark.

Trakten ingår i den hemiboreala klimatzonen. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är  °C. Den varmaste månaden är juli, då medeltemperaturen är  °C, och den kallaste är december, med  °C. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är  millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är maj, med i genomsnitt  mm nederbörd, och den torraste är mars, med  mm nederbörd.

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Jun 8, 2022 | Conservation, News
NPS Employees Think These 6 Sites Should Be Future National Monuments
National monument designations would give these sites protection as well as economic and recreational benefits.
By Ashley Rossi
In April, the Coalition to Protect America's National Parks—a group of more than 2,000 current, former, and retired employees and volunteers of the National Park Service (NPS)—addressed a letter to President Biden encouraging his proclamation of new national monuments through the Antiquities Act of 1906.
National monument designations would give these significant sites protection as well as economic and recreational benefits. There is also a precedent for national monuments designated under the Antiquities Act to become national parks—both Grand Canyon and Acadia received designations this way.
Related Where to RV Camp at 10 U.S. National Monuments
The NPS currently manages 85 national monument sites. Here are the coalition's recommendations for six new ones:
Area known as Castner Range in El Paso, Texas.
Castner Range National Monument, Texas
This proposed monument would protect the Castner Range in the Franklin Mountains and open up the federally-owned land for public use. Located in the El Paso, Texas, area, the designation would protect about 7,000 acres from development and preserve parts of the region's heritage, according to the El Paso Times. If designated, new trails and camping areas could be developed.
Local business owners also hope to see economic impacts, similar to the boosted spending impact that Greater Las Cruces, New Mexico, saw with the designation of the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument in 2014.
Nearby Camping
Franklin Mountains State Park
Hueco Tanks State Park & Historic Site
Spirit Mountain, a Traditional Cultural Property sacred to local tribes.
Avi Kwa Ame National Monument, Nevada
The land for this proposed national monument sits on the California-Nevada border in the Mojave Desert. Considered sacred by 12 tribes—including Yuman-speaking, Hopi, and Chemehuevi Paiute—"Avi Kwa Ame" is the Mojave name for Spirit Mountain. The establishment of this land as a national monument is critical in protecting Native American ancestral lands, according to the coalition.
Black Canyon South
Mid Hills Campground
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Range of Light National Monument, California
A grassroots campaign, Unite the Parks, is fighting for NPS control and national monument designation of the 1.3 million-acre Sierra National Forest between Yosemite and Kings Canyon national parks. According to Unite the Parks, a designation could protect the land by stopping commercial use, restoring the habitat, and also revitalizing recreation opportunities.
Lower Billy Creek Campground
Mono Creek Campground
Walking trail at Whispering Falls Campground. | Photo: Travel Small Live Big
Douglas-Fir National Monument, Oregon
This national monument proposal would transfer parts of the Willamette National Forest and adjacent Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land into a designated monument for the protection of resources and the significant old-growth forest. The proposal covers 750 square miles and includes trails, scenic drives, and camping opportunities, as outlined by Friends of the Douglas Fir National Monument.
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Riverside at Detroit Campground
NPS Director Sams and stakeholders learn about the 1908 Springfield Race Riot and the ongoing preservation of the site. | Photo: NPS/Jimenez
1908 Springfield Race Riot National Monument, Illinois
Part of the African American Civil Rights Network, the 1908 Springfield Race Riot Site is of incredible importance to the U.S., honoring those who fought against discrimination and segregation, as well as the event that led to the founding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). A national monument designation would formally honor this legacy, writes the Illinois Senate Delegation.
Illinois State Fair Campground
Sangchris Lake State Park
Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site.
Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, Illinois
The Cahokia Mounds are recognized as a National Historic Landmark, an Illinois State Historic Site, and a World Heritage Site by the United Nations (UNESCO), which currently gives some limited protections. However, Illinois senators are asking for national monument designation to further protect this archeological and culturally important site from new roads and development that are threatening some of the mounds.
Horseshoe Lake State Recreation Area
Babler Memorial State Park
If you want to support the designation of these national monuments, visit the below links.
Sign a letter of support for Castner Range National Monument.
Sign the petition for the proposed Avi Kwa Ame (Spirit Mountain) National Monument.
Donate to or volunteer with Unite the Parks to support the Range of Light National Monument.
Donate to Friends of Douglas-Fir National Monument.
Encourage your senators to support the Springfield Race Riot National Monument Act by giving feedback on the bill.
Donate to or volunteer with the Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site.
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The judgment of Mr Justice Mostyn in DL v SL, published last week, has re-ignited the long-running debate regarding the issue of publicity in private family proceedings, specifically financial remedy proceedings following divorce. For what it's worth, I thought I would add a (very) few thoughts of my own to that debate.
I have, of course, already mentioned DL v SL here, albeit in a different context. Very briefly, it was, as Mr Justice Mostyn himself said, an unremarkable financial remedies case, but the issue of the reporting of the case by the media arose, and fell to Mr Justice Mostyn for determination. He made an order prohibiting the media from publishing any report of the case that identified any person involved in the case other than the lawyers, or referring to any of the parties' financial information, whether of a personal or business nature, save to the extent that any such information was already in the public domain.
The essential question in all of this is surely: what is the publicity for? One can imagine the reasons why a representative of the media might wish to publish details of a financial remedies case. The particular circumstances that spring to mind are that the parties in the case (or one of them) are celebrities, that the case involves assets of fantastic value or that there is some particularly sordid element to the case. However, all of those things surely amount to little more than voyeurism, which is certainly not what the public reporting of financial remedies cases should be about.
In other words, publicity is to ensure fairness and to educate the public about the operation of the court in very general terms, but without intruding upon the privacy of the parties, hence the restrictions that he imposed upon the reporting of the case.
However, as Mr Justice Mostyn pointed out in the course of his judgment, there are others within the judiciary, particularly Mr Justice Holman, who do not see the need for such restrictions. Mr Justice Holman requires financial remedies cases listed before him to be conducted in open court – i.e. in public, with no reporting restrictions. Whilst this is obviously the 'ultimate' solution to the issue of transparency, it does of course give the voyeurs carte blanche to use the case for whatever headline-grabbing purpose they wish, with little or no regard for such niceties as fairness or education.
Mr Justice Holman's approach has the effect of saying to the parties: 'resolve this out of court or face having all of your dirty linen washed in public'. I have to say that I am a little uneasy with such a 'threat', even if it is somewhat an empty threat for the vast majority of divorcing couples, whose affairs will be of no interest whatsoever to the good members of the fourth estate. Like it or not, parties do have a right to have their cases adjudicated by the court, and they shouldn't be discouraged by such judicial blackmail.
On the other hand, I wonder just how useful it is to report financial remedy cases without disclosing details of the finances of the parties. How can the public judge fairness or gain any understanding without such information?
On that subject, I don't agree with parties 'buying' privacy because they consider that their financial arrangements and connections are too important to be disclosed to the general public, as occurs in those cases where parties seek reporting restrictions to protect businesses with which they are connected. How many businesses are so frail that they will suffer significantly by being mentioned in a divorce case? Very few, I suspect. Just because a lot of money may be involved, that should not buy a ticket to privacy – if there are reasons why details of a case should be published, they should be published.
In general terms, the goals of fairness and education seem good ones to me, so I find myself sort of in the Mostyn camp, albeit with reservations. Whatever your views, I suspect that the debate will continue to run and run, at least until some clear direction is received from above.
The full report in DL v SL can be read here.
Or of course we could impose the yardstick of equality in every case where the parties had not agreed a cast-iron prenup – and allow arbitration in the rare case where that did not settle the matter – with Calderbank brought back to encourage realism and common sense!


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Schaff's Popular Commentary on the New Testament
Church Pulpit Commentary
Godbey's NT Commentary
Gospels Only
Brown's Commentary
Golden Chain Commentary
Ryle's Exposiory Thougths
Fourfold Gospel
Godet on Selected Books
Luke 3:1. Luke's accuracy appears from his naming here no less than seven official person ages, from the Roman emperor to the Jewish high-priest, or high-priests.
In the fifteenth, year of the reign of Tiberius Cesar. The stepson and successor of Augustus. The usual (and incorrect) Christian era (A. D.) coincides with the year of Rome (U. C.) 754 . Augustus died Aug. 19 , U. C. 767 for A. D. 14 , counting U. C. 754 as A. D. 1 ). The fifteenth year of the sole reign of Tiberius was from August 19 , U. C. 781 , to the same day 782 . But he was associated with Augustus as ruler, from January, 765 . The expression translated: 'of the reign of' permits us to reckon from either point Reckoning from January, 765 , 'the fifteenth year' would give from January, 779 , to January, 780 , as the date of John's ministry. This date accords better with the fact that Christ was born before the death of Herod (Matthew 2:19), which occurred U. C. 75 . For Jesus 'was about thirty years of age' (Luke 3:23) at the time of His baptism, which took place some time after John began to preach. The other view would give no earlier year than 781 as the beginning of St John's ministry, and would lead to the conclusion that our Lord was thirty-two years old when He was baptized. This is possible, but not probable. We therefore hold that the year spoken of is U.C. 779 - 780 (A. D. 26 - 27 ). On the date of our Lord's birth, see Introd. § 7 , 3 ( 1 ).
Pontius Pilate. Sixth governor (procurator) of Judea. He held the office from U.C. 779 - 789 (A.D. 26 - 36 ).
Hered. Herod Antipas, the son of Herod the Great, and Malthace, the full brother of Archelaus (Matthew 2:22), and the murderer of John the Baptist. He is frequently spoken of in the Gospels. He was tetrarch of Galilee from U. C. 750 to 792 . Perea was also under his jurisdiction.
His brother Philip. Not the same as Philip, the first husband of Herodias, spoken of in Mark 6:17, and alluded to in Matthew 14:3 and Luke 3:19, who was disinherited by his father and remained a private citizen. Philip the tetrarch was the son of Herod the Great and Cleopatra, a woman of Jerusalem, the fifth and last wife of Herod. He reigned from 750 to 786 , and was the best of Herod's sons.
The region of Iturea and Trachonitis. The northeastern part of Palestine, beyond the Sea of Galilee.
Lysanias, tetrarch of Abilene, the district about the town of Abila, which was eighteen miles north of Damascus. Another person of this name ruled over a larger district in the same region about sixty years before, and was killed by Antony. All the territory ruled by that Lysanias, was assigned by Augustus to others, except Abilene, which therefore seems to have had a separate ruler. He is named by Luke alone, but a good many years afterwards the district was called 'Abila of Lysanias.'
The ministry of John is narrated by all four Evangelists. Peculiar to Luke are: the chronological notice (Luke 3:1), which points out the exact position of the main gospel facts on the wide platform of universal history; he quotes the fuller quotation from Isaiah (Luke 3:4-6), and Several particulars exemplifying John's teaching (Luke 3:10-14). Matthew and Mark pass at once to the announcement of the coming of the Messiah, but Luke prefaces it with a description of the state of expectation prevalent among the people (Luke 3:15) answering to the fuller account of John (John 1:19-25). The imprisonment of the Baptist and the cause of it are mentioned here (Luke 3:19-20) to complete the account of John's activity; the baptism of Jesus and the Divine attestation which accompanied it, coming last (Luke 3:21-22) as most important and as a resumption of the main thread of the history. On the character and mission of John the Baptist, see on Matthew 3:1-12.
Luke 3:2. In the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas. There could be properly but one high-priest, holding office for life; the verse therefore suggests some peculiar state of things. From other sources we learn: that Annas had been high-priest, but was deposed by the Romans some years before; that, after a number of changes his son-in-law Caiaphas was made high-priest, holding the office at this time. Annas, however, is called the high-priest in Acts 4:6, and still exercised some functions of the office (John 18:13). Annas was probably recognized by the Jews as the legitimate high-priest, while Caiaphas was accepted as high-priest de facto, whenever contact with Roman authority made such a recognition necessary. The name of Annas comes first on account of his age and influence. Others suppose that the two alternated yearly in the office; others, that Annas was the deputy to the high-priest (2 Kings 25:18), thus evading the Roman interference. The first view is the best, especially as it involves a protest against the unlawful meddling with an office of God's appointment. Comp. on Matthew 26:2; Matthew 26:57.
The word of God came. The Old Testament formula for prophetic inspiration.
In the wilderness. See chap. Luke 1:80. The beginning of John's ministry is referred to.
Luke 3:3. See on Matthew 3:1; Mark 1:4.
Luke 3:4. Matthew and Mark also quote Isaiah 40:3, but no more.
Luke 3:5-6. Every valley, etc. Luke adds Isaiah 40:4, and part of Luke 3:5. The removal of natural obstacles from the path of an approaching conqueror represents the removal of moral hindrances, by means of John's preaching of repentance, before the coming Messiah.
The salvation of God. The 'salvation' spoken of by Simeon (chap. Luke 2:30).
Luke 3:7-9. See on Matthew 3:7-10.
Multitudes. Matthew: 'many of the Pharisees and Sadducees.' In this case as in that of every popular preacher, many of the hearers were attracted by idle curiosity or worse motives. John knew this, and adopted this severe tone. The agreement with Matthew is close, but in Luke 3:8, we have fruits instead of 'fruit,' and begin not instead of 'think not.'
Luke 3:10-14 are peculiar to Luke.
Luke 3:10. What then shall we do? The question of those whose conscience had been aroused. Comp. similar questions, Acts 2:37; Acts 16:30; Acts 22:10. But the answers given under the gospel dispensation were different.
Luke 3:11. He that hath two coats, etc. This reply says nothing of faith and love. John belonged to the dispensation of the law, was a preacher of repentance, a forerunner of the Saviour. The answer was correct, but necessarily incomplete. The principle is that of unselfishness, which is set forth by our Lord, in the Sermon on the Mount, as self-denying love. This is the link between the two preachers, as far as moral precepts are concerned.
Luke 3:12. Publicans. Tax-gatherers. See Matthew 5:46. Their presence is a proof of the power of John's preaching.
Luke 3:13. Exact no more. Great opportunity for exaction was afforded by the system of letting out the collectorships to the highest bidder; the exactions would all be clear profit.
Luke 3:14. Soldiers. Some soldiers. The original refers to those in actual service at the time. They may have had police duty to perform. That they were foreign mercenaries employed by Herod is less likely, since the inference is that they were either Jews or men like Cornelius (Acts 10:0).
Do violence to no one. The verb first means 'to shake violently,' then to oppress, vex, lay under contribution, etc.
Neither accuse any wrongfull y. Lit., neither be sycophants, i.e., play the spy, be informers, slander, etc. For such conduct military service, in those days, afforded great opportunity.
Be content with your wages. Mutinies on account of pay were frequent, especially among the soldiers of dependent kings. John did not say: Throw away your arms and desert your colors; but: Do not abuse your power. His exhortation plainly implies the lawfulness of the military profession, and consequently the right of war under certain circumstances. John understood his audience, yet he had been a recluse. Knowledge of human nature is essential for the preacher; but a careful study of God's Word in retirement may be a better means of obtaining it than constant intercourse with the world.
Luke 3:15. Were in expectation, i.e., waiting for a declaration of John respecting himself. Comp. the demand, John 1:19-22.
All reasoned. The question was considered by all.
Whether haply he were the Christ. This shows the deep impression made by John, as well as the general expectation that the Messiah would speedily come. John's humble declaration shows moral greatness.
Luke 3:16-17. Comp, the accounts of Matthew and Mark, also John 1:26-27. The latter passage probably refers to a later interview with delegates from Jerusalem, though the language may have been used more than once.
With water, not 'in water,' as in Matthew 3:11.
In the Holy Spirit and fire. Not in fire of judgment, see on Matthew 3:11. Notice the variations of 'with' and 'in.' The striking figure is repeated: Whose fan is in his hand, etc.
Luke 3:18. With many other exhortations, etc. The form of the verse is peculiar. The exhorting was varied, different in character as well as repeated. Yet thus he preached glad tidings, i.e., of the coming Messiah. This description of his ministry is peculiarly apt, hinting at the close connection between repentance and belief in the Gospel, and at the relation between John the Baptist and Christ.
Luke 3:19. But Herod, etc. This took place afterwards. It is inserted here to complete the sketch of John's ministry, just as chap. Luke 1:80 does that of his youth.
Herodias. See Matthew 14:3.
All the evil things which Herod had done. See Mark 6:17-20, where Herod's willingness to hear him is brought out.
Luke 3:21. Luke's account of the baptism of Jesus is concise, but we have some new details.
When all the people were baptised. These baptisms preceded that of our Lord; probably few were present on the latter occasion.
Jesus also having been baptised, and praying. The baptism took place first, then the prayer. Luke alone mentions the latter.
The heaven was opened . Matthew and Mark say, to Jesus; John, to the Baptist; Luke simply states the fact. This variety and agreement show that some actual external phenomenon occurred.
Luke 3:22. In a bodily form. This must be taken literally, especially in an exact historical account like that before us. See Matthew 3:16.
Luke 3:23. And Jesus himself, when he began , i.e., is ministry. This is the only grammatical view. The last verse told of how God had solemnly declared Him to be the Messiah, and the subsequent history tells of His ministry.
Was about thirty years of age. 'About,' indefinite, but probably o ver that age. The Levites did not enter upon their public duties under that age, and it is improbable that He would deviate from the usage. The beginning of the ministry could not have been later than U. C. 782 (see Luke 3:1), and probably was two years earlier.
Being the son ( at was supposed) of Joseph. The words, 'as was supposed,' would be a curious introduction to a genealogy of Joseph. We therefore prefer to explain this, 'being the son, as was supposed, of Joseph,' but in reality through his mother, ' of Heli,' the father of Mary, and His nearest male ancestor. 'It is remarkable that, in the Talmud, Mary the mother of Jesus is called the daughter of Heli. From whence have Jewish scholars derived this information? If from the text of Luke, this proves that they understood it as we do; if they received it from tradition, it confirms the truth of the genealogical document Luke made use of.' (Godet.) Others supply 'son in law' between Joseph and Heli, but this is not in keeping with the regular succession of the passage,' and involves the groundless assumption that Mary was an heiress, whose family was now represented by Joseph. The first view is open to fewest objections. An untrustworthy Jewish tradition says that Mary's father was named Joachim. The Jews did not keep the genealogies of women, but this is the genealogy of Heli; and to call our Lord, the son of Heli (His nearest male ancestor, the names of women being passed over) accords with Jewish usage. The name of Mary would be unnecessary after Luke's account of the Nativity. Besides, our Lord was 'the son of David,' and that could be true, according to the gospel history, only through His mother. It implied everywhere in the Old Testament that the Messiah should be an actual descendant of David, and in the New it is taken for granted that Jesus fulfilled this promise. It is precisely in this Gospel, that we would look for her genealogy, since she has been the principal figure thus far. The view that this is the genealogy of Joseph is attended with insuperable difficulties. How could Joseph be the son of 'Jacob' (Matthew) and 'the son of Heli' (Luke)? A solution by the theory of a Levirate marriage, is unsatisfactory; two such must be assumed; and even then the difficulty is not met, for the offspring of a Levirate marriage must be recorded as that of the older deceased brother, and two distinct genealogies would not be given. On such a point a mistake is scarcely conceivable.
ON THE TRANSLATION OF THE GENEALOGY. The formula: 'which was,' has nothing answering to it, in the original, and ought to be omitted. The spelling of the names has been altered in many cases to accord with the correct reading, in others to conform to the Hebrew names as given in the Old Testament. The tracing back of the genealogy to Adam agrees well with the expressions of Paul about the second Adam (1 Corinthians 15:0; comp. Romans 5:0), and with the character of Luke's Gospel. Yet it would be too much to say that Luke traced the line back of Abraham out of regard for Gentile readers.
Luke 3:24. Matthat. In our view not the same as Matthan, the grandfather of Joseph (Matthew 1:15). A number of very common Hebrew names occur, as might be expected.
Luke 3:27. Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel (Gr. Salathiel) , Here the two genealogies probably, but not certainly, coincide (comp. Matthew 1:13). Salathiel is here called 'the son of Neri;' in Matthew he is represented as the son of Jeconiah. We may assume a Levirate marriage, or the marriage of Salathiel with a daughter of Neri. Just at that point of the history (the beginning of the captivity) such things would be most likely to occur.
Luke 3:31. Nathan. Comp. 2Sa 5:14 ; 1 Chronicles 3:5; Zechariah 12:12. On the genealogy from David back to Adam, comp. 1 Chronicles 1:2
Luke 3:33. The son of Arni. This is better established than: 'the son of Aram.' Still the latter agrees with Rth 4:18 ; 1 Chronicles 2:9; Matthew 1:3-4.
Luke 3:34, ff. etc. From Abraham to Adam, comp. Genesis 11:10-26. The only variation is the insertion here of Cainan (Luke 3:36), between 'Salah' (1 Chronicles 1:18: 'Shelah') and 'Arphaxad.' This agrees with the LXX. (Genesis), but with no other Old Testament record. Explanations: 1 . That the Jews corrupted the Hebrew in these chronological passages; 2 . That the LXX. is incorrect, though followed here; 3 . Less probably that the transcriber inserted it here by mistake, and from this passage it got into the LXX. Whether ( 1 .) or ( 2 .) be adopted must depend upon the view taken of the whole chronological difference between the Hebrew Bible and the Greek version. (The latter gives a period before Christ of more than five thousand years.)
Luke 3:38. The son of God. Luke does not add this, to prove that Jesus was the son of God. It implies that Adam was created directly by God, also that he stood in a closer relation to God than other creatures. This relation stands in close connection with the fact of the Nativity. The appearance of the Son of God in the highest sense, to redeem, as the second Adam, the fallen race which sprang from the first, proves the exalted position of unfallen man. 'If man were not the offspring of God, the incarnation would be impossible.' (Godet.)
Schaff, Philip. "Commentary on Luke 3". "Schaff's Popular Commentary on the New Testament". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/scn/luke-3.html. 1879-90.


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You've come a long way, Lensbaby. I've been a fan of the Lensbaby line of selective-focus lenses for digital SLR cameras since the Lensbaby 2.0. It was essentially a toy lens that let you manually select an area of sharp focus while leaving the rest of your image blurry, bringing a tilt-shift-esque effect to your SLR (minus the price and precision). In 2008, the company added its Optic Swap system that let you swap out optics to change the creative look of your images. With yesterday's announcement of the newest optic, the Lensbaby Edge 80, it looks as though the Lensbaby is all grown up.
The Edge 80 Optic brings the Lensbaby system to a whole new level, offering the closest thing to a real dSLR lens that we've seen from the company so far. The Edge 80 works with all the current dSLR-compatible Lensbaby tiltable lens bodies (i.e., the Composer, Composer Pro, Control Freak, Muse, and Scout) and offers the same 12-blade aperture design as last year's 35mm Sweet 35 Optic, but is an 80mm, f/2.8 flat field-of-focus optic. This means that rather than delivering a round "sweet spot" of focus like the Sweet 35, the Edge 80 delivers a sharp "slice" of tilt-shift focus (horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, depending on how you tilt the lens), similar to what you get from the Miniature art filters you see on many cameras these days (only better and more versatile). Because it uses significantly better optics than previous versions (with five glass elements in four groups), the Edge 80 is capable of delivering much better color and contrast. In fact, it could probably double as a straight lens, save for the fact that unless you have the fixed Scout lens (or maybe the Control Freak which offers more precision control), it will be hard to set the tilt at dead center (i.e., no tilt) to give you a real edge-to-edge sharp image.


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Federal Court Fines Florida Resident Trader $1.5 million Over Trading Software
Ghassan continued to fleece investors after being banned from the commodities industry in 2012 over similar violations.
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On Monday, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the independent agency that regulates futures and option markets, announced that it obtained a federal court order requiring Ghassan Tawachi and his company to pay nearly $1,500,000 in penalties for fraudulently marketing his trading software, according to a CFTC statement.
The CFTC says Ghassan Tawachi of Irvine, California, and his firm, Intelligent Trades, LLC, a Florida limited liability company, fraudulently solicited customers for his futures trading software, raking in a total of $479,755, by misrepresenting the software's effectiveness for several months.
In connection with the promotion of his software, Tawachi made a series of materially false claims to bolster the credibility of his system. The claim was made that the trading system could provide monthly returns of 15 to 20 percent, the CFTC said.
Lies to give credibility
More specifically, clients paid a monthly fee of 10 percent of the value of their accounts through Tawachi's firm, Intelligent Trades, but in actual trading the software failed to produce any profits for users.
Tawachi is also charged with acting as a commodity trading advisor without registering with the Trading Commission and violating a 2012 order that prohibited him from trading commodity futures on behalf of others. Mr. Tawachi has agreed previously to settle claims of defrauding buyers of his software system by paying the agency $280,800, and is barred from the commodities industry.
On July 29, 2016, Judge Andrew J. Guilford of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (Santa Ana) entered a Consent Order requiring the defendants to jointly and severally disgorge $479,755 of ill-gotten gains and pay a $1 million civil monetary penalty.
In addition to the fiscal penalties, the court order, which stems from a CFTC complaint originally filed on January 7, 2016, also imposes permanent trading, solicitation and registration bans against the defendants. Furthermore, it permanently bars them from engaging in any commodity-related activities and requires them to cease and desist from violating the provisions of the CEA, as charged.
The U.S. regulator has been actively targeting firms and individuals involved in the illegal trading and fraudulent activity. The watchdog has issued several customer protection Fraud Advisories that provide the warning signs of fraud, including the Commodity Pool Fraud Advisory, which warns customers about a type of fraud that involves individuals and firms, often unregistered, offering investments in commodity pools.
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Q: check preg_match_all for string and guid I writing preg_match_all which test for match on string. It is working for for normal string and numeric values but when I pass GUID it fail.
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*Using \w will also match _ so that can be omitted as well

*Almost all the parts (except for the beginning of the pattern) are optional which can make it very inefficient with all the optional to backtrack to looking for a match
Without the superfluous parts, the pattern will look like:
{([\w-]*\w)\(?[\w,]*\)?([+,])?([a-zA-Z]*)?\(?[\w/]*([,-])?[\w/]*\)?}

The GUID parts does not match because at the end of the pattern this part [\w/]*([,-])?[\w/]* can match only a single occurrence of - while the GUID contains multiple occurrences.

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Note that the example strings have a single ( and )) at the end
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£66m for British Army Robotics
Posted on March 5, 2019 by Liam, Editor, Warfare.Today
MOD Transformation Fund Will Deliver Mini-Drones and Autonomous Vehicles
The MOD has committed £66m of the new multi-million-pound Transformation Fund to fast-track military robotic projects, including mini-drones and autonomous vehicles, onto the battlefield this year. Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson made the announcement at the Autonomous Warrior Exploitation Conference at the Science Museum, Kensington, March 3rd.
"This announcement is a clear demonstration of how our Armed Forces are reaping the benefits from our new multi-million Transformation Fund," said Mr Williamson.
Developments that the British Army will benefit from include new mini-drones designed to provide soldiers with an eye-in-the-sky to give them greater situational awareness to out-manoeuvre enemies on the battlefield.
Systems to fit British Army fighting vehicles with remote-control capability, so they can be pushed ahead of manned vehicles and used to test the strength of enemy defences.
New autonomous logistics vehicles will deliver vital supplies to troops in war zones, helping remove soldiers from dangerous resupply tasks so they can focus on combat roles.
According to Mr Williamson, "Each of these new technologies will enhance our Army's capabilities whilst reducing the risk to our personnel and I'm delighted we will be revolutionising frontline technology by the end of the year."
The MOD has always embraced pioneering technology and this fund will ensure the UK stays at the forefront of global military capabilities and ahead of our adversaries.
The injection of funding from the new £160m Transformation Fund will see some of this equipment set to deploy to the likes of Estonia, Afghanistan and Iraq before the end of the year. The Defence Secretary will also look to make a further £340m available as part of the Spending Review.
The investment comes after the Army tested a range of projects as part of the biggest military robot exercise in British history at the end of last year, Exercise Autonomous Warrior.
The Defence Secretary earlier visited 16 Air Assault Brigade at Colchester Garrison which will be among the recipients of the new battlefield technologies. He discussed how the new equipment will benefit troops on the ground to help increase their safety and combat effectiveness.
The Brigade is specially trained and equipped to deploy by parachute, helicopter and air-landing. Its core role is to maintain the Air Assault Task Force, a battlegroup held at high readiness to deploy worldwide for a full spectrum of missions.
Chief of the General Staff Sir Mark Carleton-Smith welcomed the announcement, saying that "The fielding of the next generation of armoured fighting vehicles and ground-breaking robotic and autonomous systems will keep the British Army at the cutting edge of battlefield technology, improving our lethality, survivability and competitive advantage."
Colonel Peter Rowell, Assistant Head of Capability Strategy and Force Development, was also enthusiastic, saying "Robotic and autonomous systems make our troops more effective; seeing more, understanding more, covering a greater area and being more lethal. They unshackle them from the resupply loop. These are game-changing capabilities; and not just for combat operations. They are equally useful in humanitarian and disaster relief operations."
After securing an extra £1.8bn for defence and overseeing the Modernising Defence Programme, the Defence Secretary has dedicated millions of pounds to transforming defence, arming the British military with innovative technology through fast-tracking new projects.
The MOD is embracing transformation at an ever-faster rate and the Transformation Fund is focused on investments in truly high-tech innovation that will create the armed forces of the future.
Source: MOD
Image: A mini-UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle), used by the UK armed forces, on displayed at the Autonomous Warrior Exploitation Conference, at the Science Museum in London (05/03/2019). Photograph by Sgt Randall RLC (Crown Copyright, 2019).
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The sequel to Saltation, a new novel in the breakout Liaden Universe® space opera series with a huge and active base of fans! A young heroine and the future co-leader of her star-faring clan battle nefarious forces from within the empire that threaten her family and her man.
Aelliana Caylon has escaped her abusive family. She's found love in her starship co-pilot—a man who turns out to be the leader of Korval, the most powerful clan of the Liaden Universe®. But destiny never intended an easy life for Aelliana. Insidious forces within the empire are determined that a new line of Korval heirs be destroyed and that Clan Korval itself be blasted to interplanetary dust. The fight for the future of the Liaden Universe® is on, and one heroine is determined to protect her family and her soulmate at all costs!
Sharon Lee and Steve Miller live in the rolling hills of Central Maine with two insistent muses in the form of cats and a large cast of characters. The husband-and-wife team's collaborative work in science fiction and fantasy include twelve novels and numerous short stories in their award-winning Liaden Universe®. In addition to their collaborative work, Steve has seen short stories, nonfiction, and reviews published under his name, while Sharon has published short stories, newspaper pieces, and two mystery novels, and, most recently, Carousel Tides, from Baen.
Colour Black & White
Recommended Ages Mature Readers (ages 16+)
Genre Science Fiction
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EmbeddedHazelcastCacheManager

    This service starts and manages an embedded Hazelcast instance. The cache manager has direct accesses to the
    instance - and the data stored in it. However, the instance sill opens a port for potential clients to join and
    this cannot be prevented. Note that this might leave the instance open for rogue clients to join.

    It is possible to have multiple independent Hazelcast instances on the same host (whether via EmbeddedHazelcastCacheManager
    or externally) without any interference by setting the properties accordingly. If there are no other instances, the default
    cluster name and port number can simply be used.

    The service supports multiple ways to set up a Hazelcast cluster. This is controlled by the property, named "Hazelcast Clustering
    Strategy". The following strategies may be used:

None

    This is the default value. Used when sharing data between nodes is not required. With this value, every NiFi node
    in the cluster (if it is clustered) connects to its local Hazelcast server only. The Hazelcast servers do not form a cluster.

All Nodes

    Can be used only in clustered node. Using this strategy will result a single Hazelcast cluster consisting of the embedded instances
    of all the NiFi nodes. This strategy requires all Hazelcast servers listening on the same port. Having different port numbers
    (based on expression for example) would prevent the cluster from forming.

    The controller service automatically gathers the host list from the NiFi cluster itself when it is enabled. It is
    not required for all the nodes to have been successfully joined at this point, but the join must have been initiated. When
    the controller service is enabled at the start of the NiFi instance, the enabling of the service will be prevented until the
    node is considered clustered.

    Hazelcast can accept nodes that join at a later time. As the new node has a comprehensive list of the expected instances - including the
    already existing ones and itself - Hazelcast will be able to reach the expected state. Beware: this may take significant time.

Explicit

    Can be used only in clustered node. Explicit Clustering Strategy allows more control over the Hazelcast cluster members.
    All Nodes Clustering Strategy, this strategy works with a list of Hazelcast servers, but instance discovery is not automatic.

    This strategy uses property named "Hazelcast Instances" to determine the members of the Hazelcast clusters. This list of hosts must contain
    all the instances expected to be part of the cluster. The instance list may contain only hosts which are part of the NiFi cluster. The
    port specified in the "Hazelcast Port" will be used as Hazelcast server port.

    In case the current node is not part of the instance list, the service will start a Hazelcast client. The client then will connect
    to the Hazelcast addresses specified in the instance list. Users of the service should not perceive any difference in functionality.


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