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Javier Marías (born 20 September 1951) is a Spanish novelist translator and columnist.
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F L E S H I NG O U T Y O U R FAITH A STUDY IN HEBREWS Trusting in the New Covenant 8:1-2, 6-10; 9:22-28.
2 98% of Americans believe in God. F L E S H I NG O U T Y O U R FAITH Authoritarian God31.4% Benevolent God23.0% Critical God16.0% Distant God24.4% Atheist 5.2% But they have different views of God.
4 What is a covenant? F L E S H I NG O U T Y O U R FAITH Definition –A covenant is a solemn agreement. A covenant is not a contract, contracts can be broken. The new covenant of salvation through Christ cannot be broken.
19 F L E S H I NG O U T Y O U R FAITH 10. Living in the new covenant is a walk of faith, how is your faith? Are you living for the temporary or the eternal?
20 F L E S H I NG O U T Y O U R FAITH There are only 2 things that are inevitable, death and taxes.
22 Time magazine said that more than 60% of U.S. Christians believe that God wants people to be prosperous.
Download ppt "F L E S H I NG O U T Y O U R FAITH A STUDY IN HEBREWS Trusting in the New Covenant 8:1-2, 6-10; 9:22-28."
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Journalist Peter Kenworthy argues that Helle Thorning-Schmidt was a strange choice as Save the Children, given her anti-immigration position and her party's support of a new immigration bill, that has been criticized by the organization itself.
"Children's protection, rights and development have always been close to my heart, and I look forward to doing everything I can to help us deliver on our bold but simple ambitions: that no child under five dies from preventable causes."
Those words come from former Danish PM Helle Thorning-Schmidt, commenting on her appointment as chief executive of Save the Children – a position that she will take up on April 4th.
But what are "preventable causes" and has she really done everything she could to save the children while in office?
Thorning-Schmidt, who is married to Labour MP Stephen Kinnock, certainly spent a large part of her time as PM in Denmark pursuing anti-immigration policies that have, amongst other things, barred children in war-zones such as Syria from being reunited with their families and thus put them in grave danger.
In her New Year's speech to the nation on New Year's Day 2015, she gloated that her government had made family reunification and asylum more difficult for refugees. "It is the first time in 12 years that this has happened," she told the Danish population.
And in her election campaign later in the year (which she lost to Venstre), large posters were seen all over Denmark that promised that she would continue to be tough on immigration.
Earlier this month, her party voted for a bill proposed by the Venstre government that specifies that refugees must have stayed three years in Denmark before they can apply for family reunification. The new bill builds on similar legislation put in place by Thorning-Schmidt's government in 2014 that restricted the right to family reunification. That act was heavily criticized at the time by the Danish branch of Save the Children, Red Barnet, for being "inhumane".
According to Red Barnet, the new bill is in violation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (which states that "a child shall not be separated from his or her parents against their will" and that "applications by a child or his or her parents to enter or leave a State Party for the purpose of family reunification shall be dealt with by States Parties in a positive, humane and expeditious manner") and could literally risk the lives of children.
Thorning-Schmidt's Social Democrat Party will support the bill.
But after it was announced that Thorning-Schmidt was appointed to lead Save the Children, the organization's Chairman Alan Parker said he was very pleased to have her and Red Barnet called her "the right person to create tangible improvements for vulnerable children".
The new Danish bill has been heavily criticized by many other organizations and individuals both in Denmark and internationally. The UNHCR said that the measures were "an affront" to the dignity of refugees and have urged the Danish government to scrap the bill. The Danish Institute for Human Rights called it "a violation of international law", and the Danish Refugee Council, the Danish Association of Social Workers and the Danish National Council for Children have voiced similar criticisms.
Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Nils Muižnieks, wrote to the Danish government on January 12th to say that he was "deeply concerned" by the new changes to Denmark's legislation on asylum and immigration, including the parts that will make it "more difficult for beneficiaries of international protection to request family reunification".
And one of Thorning-Schmidt's fellow Social Democracts, Mette Gjerskov, who served as a minister in her government and is presently the party's development spokesperson, criticized the bill for "refusing children the right to see their parents for over three years". Gjerskov said she would vote against the bill.
Even the Danish branch of the Hells Angels has criticised the government for its anti-immigration policies, stating in a press release on January 13th that "it is not the fault of immigrants that they look to a place where they can enjoy safety and a better life".
Thorning-Schmidt, for her part, has stated that she "is fully behind my party" of the issue of the new bill. She has not wished to comment on the discrepancies between the ideals of her new employer, an organization that was formed to help starving children during a post-WWI blockade and envisages "a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation", and that of her political standpoint on immigration as a both PM and MP backbencher.
"For the past seven months [since losing the election] I have stayed out of Danish politics. I will continue to do that", she told the Danish media.
She also had "no comment" to questions about whether her policies on immigration, when she was PM, were an issue at her job interview with Save the Children.
Peter Kenworthy is a sociologist and a freelance journalist for Africa Kontakt and other publications. You can see more from him here.


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How much does it cost to live in Argentina? The figure that is driving more and more people to invest in BTC
By RT Staff Reporters
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - As of April 2022, the minimum wage in Argentina is ARS38,940 (US$341). According to the Labor Contract Law, this figure is defined as "the lowest remuneration that the worker, without family responsibilities, must receive in cash during his legal working hours to ensure adequate food, housing, education, clothing, health care, transportation and recreation, vacation and welfare."
But is this amount really sufficient for all that? Let's look at the basic cost of living for an Argentine. The latest INDEC report states that the basic food basket costs ARS12,108 if it exceeds the . . .
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Paul urges us to pray for those in authority as a first priority. How many times have we glossed over that part?
But what should we pray? According to Psalm 110:11, "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom." That wisdom is God's wisdom, not man's wisdom. We don't possess that kind of wisdom–unless God gives it.
Since President-elect Trump is choosing his cabinet at this time, perhaps we should pray for him to pick men (and women) who possess God's wisdom, who understand the times with knowledge of what the U.S. should do, who know law and justice.


With a working caste system, it is just normal that discrimination exists. This system defined the lifestyle of many individuals in the Philippines, as well as �... A large body of anthropological literature has been devoted to the study of the caste system in India. Some of the debates within this literature are summarized in Gupta (1991) . A broader discussion of the origins of the caste system is, however, beyond the scope of this paper.
Health and the Indian caste system Inequality is increasing in many countries, including in India, a country where the Lancet Editorial (Nov 29, p 1901)1 and Arundhati Roy have pointed to a uniquely dei? ed source of health inequity. Individuals from an impoverished background who survive to young adulthood are, while still young, able to hide or cast o? the associated health drawbacks to... A large body of anthropological literature has been devoted to the study of the caste system in India. Some of the debates within this literature are summarized in Gupta (1991) . A broader discussion of the origins of the caste system is, however, beyond the scope of this paper.
The results of recent research indicate that the culture of India�s caste system combined with the religious tenants of Hinduism may discourage individual economic behavior, specifically in their decision to engage in entrepreneurial pursuits.
Today, the Hukou system is considered by various sources as the current caste system of China. There is The caste system in India and the United States has higher groups which desire to retain their position for themselves and thus perpetuate the system.
The Indian caste system The caste system is an arrangement of the Hindu population into several thousand groups called �jatis� (castes). These groups have emerged from the ancient �varna� system according to which society was divided into initially four, later five, hereditary, endogamous, mutually exclusive and occupation-specific groups.


As long as vitalism and spiritualism are open questions so long will the gateway of science be open to mysticism.
Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine (1928), 4, 994.
I confess, that very different from you, I do find sometimes scientific inspiration in mysticism … but this is counterbalanced by an immediate sense for mathematics.
Letter to Niels Bohr (1955). Quoted in Robert J. Scully, The Demon and the Quantum (2007), 7.
If physics leads us today to a world view which is essentially mystical, it returns, in a way, to its beginning, 2,500 years ago. ... This time, however, it is not only based on intuition, but also on experiments of great precision and sophistication, and on a rigorous and consistent mathematical formalism.
In The Tao of Physics (1975), 19.
Rational thinking which is free from assumptions ends therefore in mysticism.
Through the discovery of Buchner, Biology was relieved of another fragment of mysticism. The splitting up of sugar into CO2 and alcohol is no more the effect of a 'vital principle' than the splitting up of cane sugar by invertase. The history of this problem is instructive, as it warns us against considering problems as beyond our reach because they have not yet found their solution.
The Dynamics of Living Matter (1906), 22.
it is more unscientific even than mysticism.
'Self-Protection', David Herbert Lawrence, The Works of D.H. Lawrence (1994), 436.


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New York Times Columnist David Carr Dies
Updated 04.14.17 12:18PM ET / Published 02.12.15 10:25PM ET
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Veteran New York Times media columnist David Carr collapsed at his office and died after he was rushed to the hospital Thursday. He was at 58. Born in Minneapolis, Carr started his career in Minnesota and served as a contributing writer for The Atlantic Monthly as well as New York magazine before joining the Times, where he wrote the weekly Media Equation column and covered culture and media. Carr also served as a media writer for Inside.com and as editor-in-chief of the Washington City Paper. The revered journalist's 2008 memoir, The Night of the Gun, focused on his recovery from drug addiction and cancer to his rise as reporter. Carr leaves behind his wife, Jill Rooney Carr, and three daughters, Maddie, Erin, and Meaghan.
"I'm not what you would call the classic Timesman," Carr told The Daily Beast in 2011. "It's sort of a contextual thing: You have this button-down ivy growing everywhere, and this oddly shaped tumbleweed comes rolling through the middle of it. I joke about looking homeless, but my neck is bent, my voice is torn up, and there's always schmutz on my shirt."
Carr moderated a talk with journalist Glenn Greenwald, filmmaker Laura Poitras, and National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden just hours earlier at the New School in New York City. Carr appeared in good health as he spoke with Snowden via live stream from Russia.
Read it at The New York Times


India Club at Georgia Tech proudly presents Namaste GT, an entire week of fun events for a much needed break from mid-semester craziness!
Join us in spreading smiles throughout the campus with some yummy food, games, and MUCH MORE, while getting to meet and hang out with fellow Jackets and the ICGT team that helps make all of this happen!
The surprise doesn't end there: All the events, food, and games are absolutely FREE and open to everyone! Now you have no reason to miss this- come out and treat yourself!!
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Q: Angular Web call API in same IIS without using public IP I have 2 webapp on IIS 1 Fontend code with Angular 6 and 1 API with .netcore. Can i call API from Fontend without using public IP(different port)?

A: As far as I know, if you want to use angualr application to call the backend angular in clinet user's browser, it will not work.
Since the client-side angualr applciation is running on the user's browser without using public IP address, it will send the request to local's localhost application not server's application.

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Ilse Bing: A Woman of Consequence
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Ilse Bing was born in 1899 in Frankfurt, Germany. She studied art history and mathematics at the universities of Frankfurt and Vienna in the late 1920s. In order to finish her dissertation, she bought a Leica camera and taught herself photography.
By 1930 she was living in Paris and working as a freelance photographer. Along with her assignments, she was also exhibiting her work in important shows and galleries. With the threat of fascism looming, Bing fled to America where she had to start over. She found work as a photographer doing portraits, fashion studies and picture essays.
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Bing was one of the first to rely on a small format camera in the 1930s, and in 1948 she was one of the few using a Rolleiflex 2 1/4-inch negative. She was among the first to use electronic flash, solarize her negatives and photograph extensively at night.
In 1957 she stopped doing black and white photography and developed and printed her own color work. Then in 1959 she abandoned photography all together and concentrated on painting, poetry and collages.
In 1976 she published "Numbers in Images" and was rediscovered as a photographer by the Museum of Modern Art of New York. In 1982 she published "Women from Childhood to Old Age". Her work is in such collections as the San Francisco Museum of Fine Art, the Museum of Modern Art, Cornell University's Herbert F Johnson Museum of Art and the Chicago Art Institute, among others. She died in 1998.
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Is the Dismantling of Darfur's IDP Camps Beginning Under Cover of "Arms Collection"?
At the time camps for displaced persons in Darfur held more than 1 million people—leaving aside the large number of refugees (today this a population of approximately 320,000 according to the UN High Commission for Refugees). Presently, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, which has frequently been either unreliable or badly out of date with its figures for internally displaced persons (IDPs), provides data indicating that the number of IDPs in all setting is approximately 2.7 million (see | http://sudanreeves.org/2017/03/19/internally-displaced-persons-in-darfur-the-invisible-catastrophe/).
Hassabo's statement came a matter of days before Khartoum would launch the massive military offensive against the Jebel Marra massif in the center of Darfur. As many as 200,000 people were newly displaced in that campaign, perhaps more—humanitarian access even now not been sufficient in parts of Jebel Marra to allow for a full census. The claim by Hassabo that "security and stability are back in Darfur"—on the very eve of the Jebel Marra offensive, during which chemical weapons were used against civilians—is mendacity entirely in character for the regime.
"Hassabo told us to clear the area east of Jebel Marra.
He said East Jebel Marra is the kingdom of the rebels.
It is difficult to imagine much compassion will be extended by such a man to those who live such tenuous lives in the IDP camps, now threatened. And with the Khartoum regime's current arms collection effort in Darfur—soon scheduled to be conducted by force, as opposed to the "voluntary" collection now underway—Hassabo and the regime have created what they certainly regard as adequate pretext for assaults on camps where they have repeatedly claimed weapons are being harbored. This claim, however, does little to explain why those in the camps for displaced do not respond to violent assaults—of which there have been many—with the weapons they are supposedly harboring.
14,000 displaced given days to vacate South Darfur camp | February 17, 2017 | KALMA CAMP | The Commissioner of Nyala locality in South Darfur has given the 14,000 residents of Centre 4 of Otash camp near the state capital less than a week to vacate it before it is dismantled. The spokesman for the Association of Displaced Persons and Refugees, Hussein Abusharati, told Radio Dabanga that a Land Cruiser mounted with a Dushka machine gun drove into the camp on Thursday afternoon. "It moved through the camp using a loudspeaker, calling on the displaced to evacuate the camp by February 22, without specifying an alternative place for the displaced to live.
The association denounced the Commissioner's decision and held Government responsible for the implementation of the decision. It renewed its refusal to dismantle the camp, and conditioned the return of displaced persons to their home by provision of security and stability in their villages.
Abusharati was referring to an infamous incident in August 2008 when police attempted to enter Kalma campo by force, leaving 32 displaced people dead (see | "Now Sudan Is Attacking Refugee Camps," The Wall Street Journal, 6 September 2008 | http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122065894281205691.html?mod=googlenews_wsj/). There was no follow-up report from Radio Dabanga on the fate of Otash camp center 4; nor was there a response from the feckless UNAMID or, more consequentially, the Western actors of consequence so eager to accelerate the process of rapprochement with Khartoum.
But Kalma camp was attacked again in deadly fashion just a month ago, with five killed and more than twenty-five wounded (see my account, based on Radio Dabanga and Sudan Tribune accounts, at | http://sudanreeves.org/2017/09/22/yet-again-kalma-camp-south-darfur-for-displaced-persons-is-the-scene-of-deadly-violence-by-khartoums-security-forces/ ). And as if to underscore the connection between the regime's insistence that the camps be dismantled and people return "home" (even if those homes no longer exist and their lands have been violently expropriated by Arab militias and armed groups), at the same time that Kalma was being attacked, in nearby Nyala (the largest city in Darfur) President and ICC-indicted génocidaire Omar al-Bashir was speaking about people "returning to their villages of origin" ("South Darfur camp protest turns deadly, UNAMID calls for restraint" | Radio Dabanga | https://www.dabangasudan.org/en ] September 22, 2017 | NYALA).
A merely perfunctory statement from the Trump administration was particularly significant—and encouraging to Khartoum—given the terms laid down for a lifting of sanctions on Khartoum when the Obama administration perversely decided on this action in its last week in office. "Humanitarian access" was to have been one of the key terms of any assessment of Khartoum's behavior, both in the six months prior to Obama's decision and the six months following. Now that sanctions have been lifted, it is highly unlikely that serious attention will be paid to the issue of humanitarian access: we have only to look at the continuing humanitarian embargo imposed on civilians in SPLM/A-North-controlled areas of South Kordofan and Blue Nile to see how little the issue of humanitarian access has really mattered to the Trump administration—or to the Europeans so eager to enlist Khartoum as an ally in stanching the flow of African migrants to the European continent.
What is all too clear is that if the IDP camps are emptied and dismantled, "humanitarian access" in any meaningful sense will be almost entirely eroded. The concentrations of large populations in these camps are all that make the distribution of food and medicine possible, as well as the provision of clean water, shelter, and a modicum of security. If people are forced from the camps with no place to go, they will either perish or be forced to seek refuge in other camps—camps that may themselves be in the dismantling cross-hairs. Khartoum is of course aware of this, but relentlessly seeks to end the rationale for an international humanitarian presence in Darfur—and emptying the camps is the most efficient way of doing so.
Camp emptying and dismantling will also give Khartoum an argument for the further withdrawal of the impotent but (for Khartoum) noisome presence of the UN/African Union "Hybrid" Mission for Darfur (UNAMID). Khartoum pushed hard for the withdrawal of UNAMID from Darfur when the issue of the Mission was before the UN Security Council in June. The UNSC "re-authorization" of UNAMID cut 44 percent of the military personnel in the force and 30 percent of the police personnel. The force has already been cut severely from its originally mandated size, but because it has proved so ineffective while being terribly costly, there has been diminishing support for any meaningful continuation of UNAMID. Certainly there seems to be almost no enthusiasm for the kind of meaningful civilian protection argued for in compelling terms a year ago by Jonathan Loeb, primary researcher and author for the last three significant human rights reports on Darfur (see "Time to Get Serious about Civilian Protection for Darfur" | NEW YORK, December 20, 2016 (IPS)/).
If the dismantling and emptying of camps has not yet officially begun, the increasingly strident rhetoric and increasingly insistent threats of action make clear that it is only a matter of time before Khartoum does act. The attack on Kalma camp a month ago give us a preview of what will be increasingly common as a gutted UNAMID continues its deployment out of Darfur. UNAMID's withdrawal of its feeble "eyes on the ground," along with the surrender of its military posts to Khartoum, may well be the catalyst for that action, with a cascade of knock-on effects that portend disaster on an inconceivably large scale.
The moment of truth will come when in a matter of days arms collection in Darfur, carried out by an increasingly large presence of the notorious Rapid Support Forces—now Khartoum's militia force of choice and officially part of the regime—becomes compulsory. The stage will have been set for violence of unspeakable nature against displaced, overwhelmingly non-Arab/African Darfuris. The genocide continues.


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swissnex Boston helped commemorate this jubilee from across the Atlantic with a special program of events that month with Harvard University.
Every thursday in October was a CERN Thursday, and each CERN Thursday offered an array of keynote speakers and events designed to highlight the past, present and future of CERN.
See the CERN Thursday videos here!
Revisit 60 Years of CERN.


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Ratt, the 2012 lineup; Credit: Courtesy of the artist
Ratt vs. Ratt: Five Rock Band Name Disputes
Jason Roche February 5, 2014
The story is as old as time itself: (1) Band gets famous. (2) Band breaks up. (3) Two different incarnations of band start performing. (4) Everyone gets confused.
Take the recent Whisky A Go-Go performance by Jack Russell's Great White. That moniker mouthful is the result of Russell's settlement with his former bandmates, who continue to perform as Great White.
These disputes are as old as rock 'n' roll (ahem, The Drifters and The Platters). But there's been an uptick of them in recent years, and they've gotten steadily more bizarre. Here are some of our favorites.
Queensryche in 2011, before they split; Credit: Courtesy of the artist
Queensryche vs. Queensryche
Thirty years after their formation, melodic hard-rockers Queensryche split into two camps about two years ago. It happened like this: First, band members fired vocalist Geoff Tate's stepdaughter from running their fan club. Then they fired Tate's wife as their manager. Finally, at a tour stop in Sao Paolo, Brazil, Tate allegedly instigated a physical altercation with his bandmates.
Two months later the band officially fired Tate, who responded by claiming he was fired illegally, and suing the rest of the band over use of the name. The case is still pending. In the meantime, both groups released albums in 2013: Tate assembled an all-star group of hard rockers for Frequency Unknown, while his bandmates recruited ex-Crimson Glory vocalist Todd LaTorre for vocal duties on a self-titled record.
Ratt vs. Ratt
Ratt reunited in 1997, albeit without original guitarist Robbin Crosby and bassist Juan Crocier. But things soon went haywire again. According to reports, singer Stephen Pearcy walked out on the band in January 2000, six days before a scheduled tour. Trash talk ensued, with Pearcy claiming his bandmates were ruining Ratt's integrity and his bandmates accusing Pearcy of still having drug issues.
Pearcy formed his own version of Ratt while his bandnames continued touring, first with Love/Hate vocalist Jizzy Pearl and then with ex-Motley Crue singer John Corabi. Pearcy sued his former band for the rights to the name in 2001, but his lawsuit was tossed out of court, bringing an end to the two versions of Ratt. Pearcy officially rejoined the Ratt fold in 2007.
L.A. Guns, the Phil Lewis version; Credit: Courtesy of the artist
L.A. Guns vs. L.A. Guns
In 2002, guitarist Tracii Guns left L.A. Guns to concentrate on Brides of Destruction, a new project with Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx. The remaining lineup – led by vocalist Phil Lewis – continued to tour and record new albums under the name. In 2006, Tracii Guns formed the Tracii Guns Band to play his old songs, but soon changed his new band's name to L.A. Guns, since he also had claim to legal ownership of the name.
For the next six years, the two versions somehow managed to co-exist peacefully, which continued until 2012, when Tracii Guns threw in the towel on his version, claiming he just wanted to move on from L.A. Guns at this stage in his life. Last month, Guns and Lewis performed together for the first time in almost a decade at a charity gig by Las Vegas rockers Sin City Sinners.
Hawkwind, Dave Brock version; Credit: Courtesy of the artist
Hawkwind vs. Nik Turner's Hawkwind
Singer and guitarist Dave Brock is the only remaining founding member of '70s space-rock pioneers Hawkwind – also known as the band who fired Lemmy, resulting in the formation of Motorhead. In 2002, former Hawkwind saxophonist and vocalist Nik Turner took a group of other ex-Hawkwind members on tour under the name XHawkwind. Brock objected to this and filed a successful court injunction.
Fast-forward to last year, when Brock announced Hawkwind's first U.S. tour in years. Then a U.S. tour was announced by Nik Turner's Space Ritual, the name he took after the legal proceedings a decade prior.
Shortly before each tour was scheduled to begin, Turner filed for a U.S. trademark for the name 'Nik Turner's Hawkwind,' and promotion for his tour commenced. But Brock soon canceled his tour, claiming that the stress caused by Turner's filing caused him to become physically ill. The men, both now in their '70s, will likely be back in court soon.
Below: The weirdest one of them all
UFO's current lineup; Credit: Courtesy of the artist
Lights Out vs. Lights Out 2.0
This one's the best: Four years ago saw a feud between Lights Out and Lights Out 2.0, two separate UFO tribute bands performing around the Los Angeles area. Details are hard to ascertain (neither act has a working website) but this seems to be how it breaks down: Members of the original Lights Out left the group and formed their own UFO tribute band, cleverly titled Lights Out Version 2.0. The original Lights Out thus dubbed themselves "Lights Out: L.A.'s Original Tribute to UFO."
Their website at the time featured giant bold letters that read: "We ain't no Lights Out Version 2.0… 3.0… or 666.0. We're the originals!" Meanwhile, Lights Out: Chicago's UFO Tribute and Lights Out: A Tribute to Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons are just kind of going about minding their own business.
Honorable Mention: John Densmore's attempts to keep his fellow Doors bandmates from using any variation of that name have been well documented over the years, as have Black Flag founder Greg Ginn's similar efforts against his former bandmates. Can't we all just get along?
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Chrissy Teigen, John Legend Share Travel Highlights from Family Getaway to Italy
July 04, 2019 | by Aby Rivas
Chrissy Teigen and husband John Legend are enjoying their summer in Italy alongside their two beautiful children, and for their fans' delight, the power couple has been pretty active on social media, sharing pics of their luxurious trip.
As most people get ready for the 4th of July festivities in the U.S, Chrissy Teigen and John Legend decided to take the American celebration to Europe, where they're currently enjoying of everything the fishing village of Portofino, in Italy, has to offer.
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The couple jetted off with their two children, daughter Luna, 3, and son Miles, 1, who seem to be enjoying the luxurious amenities of their trip as much as their parents.
Teigen, 33, and Legend, 40, have been documenting the vacation on Instagram, sharing adorable pics of their children.
On Tuesday, Chrissy, John, and Luna hit the streets of Portofino for a bit of sightseeing, and while the toddler looked cute in a white dress and sandals, her parents opted for color-coordinated outfits, with Chrissy rocking a long yellow dress, and John a matching shirt and khaki pants.
Teigen also shared a pic of her husband and Luna; one of Luna enjoying a jacuzzi aboard a yacht, and one of Miles basking under the sun in his swimming shorts and arms in the air that she captioned:
"John posted this but I have more followers."
People agreed with Chrissy's hilarious statement, and model Tess Holiday commented:
"I mean, really it would be a disservice to Miles bc he is so cute & everyone needs to see this photo twice...so you're actually being a good mom."
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Legend, on the other hand, shared a selfie with little Luna with the ocean in the background.
"Happiness = Luna eating leftover pizza on the Mediterranean," the "All of Me" singer captioned his post.
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He also shared two pics of the Italian scenery: one of the Cinque Terre, and one of Porto Venere.
"I don't really post any things that the kids would be ashamed of or mad at me for posting."
Meanwhile, Teigen made sure to let her business partners and friends know that, as long as she's on vacation, she will not be answering emails. However, she joked that Miles would be taking over that responsibility by sharing a pic of the boy crawling over an open laptop.
"if you email me anytime in the next 7 days this is who is replying," Teigen captioned the post.
FANS' REACTIONS
"I'm sure he is making some great deals! For toys and candy," one user commented.
Another added, "I don't mind that response, I'm cool with random emojis and weird pictures."
And a third one pointed out,
"He looks like he's playing piano singing All of Me."
TALKING ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA
Although Teigen, in particular, has a massive presence on social media and never hesitates when sharing her opinion or clapping back at haters, she recently confessed to Pop Sugar that there are some limits as to what she shares on the internet when it comes to her kids.
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"I don't really post any things that the kids would be ashamed of or mad at me for posting," she revealed.
And continued:
"I see a lot of people posting their kids' tantrums and having super meltdowns. I don't post that stuff just because that, to me, is like — I wouldn't want someone to do that. You try to protect them, of course, but for the most part, aside from the kids, there is no limit."
As an example, the "Lip Sync battle" star recently received critics for sharing a pic with her legs spread in the air while her makeup artist was working on her body's makeup.
People found the pic "tasteless" and "vulgar," but Chrissy opted to ignore the haters and, until now, hasn't deleted the pic from her page.
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Teachers in the Liberties go on strike
By Aaron Doyle | December 3, 2014.
Secondary school teachers around the Liberties took part in a one day strike yesterday over proposed reforms to the Junior Certificate exams.
Teachers in St. Patricks Grammar School, Synge Street CBS and Presentation Secondary School in Warrenmount held picket lines outside the main entrances of their schools to protest against the changes.
"It's for equality and fairness in the education system" said Paul Tester of Synge Street CBS.
"Before that, it was corrected anonymously by people from different parts of the country so everybody gets a fair shot and as it is with all the cutbacks, schools like ourselves that have been designated a DEIS school for disadvantaged students, It's been further disadvantaged arguably by this" he added.
Sean Barrett of Presentation Secondary School in Warrenmount agreed:
"We feel it is very important. It is sending out a message to the public and everyone at large that we are not going to accept the unfairness of the new system. There are smaller issues but the biggest issue is definitely the marking" said Mr Barrett.
The teachers in St. Patrick's Grammar School also support the strike as they see the new reforms as unfair to the students that teachers will have to correct their own students' exams.
They are concerned that it will impact negatively on their relationships with students.
"We are not going to put our students at a total disadvantage where biased teachers and advocates for them are now being turned into their judges. I think it is totally unfair on the students," Mr Barrett commented.
"There are a lot of issues with the schools at the moment with all the cuts that we've had. There are serious issues that aren't being dealt with and to try and push this through when there are so many other problems that need to be fixed first seems crazy," he added.
Barrett said that teachers have supported a lot of the new proposals.
"We are definitely open to reforms. There are a lot of great proposals in the new junior cycle. Having more practical based subjects seems very sensible. It's just that the main issue is how we are going to do it we don't have the resources to do it and the fact that the teachers are going to have to be the judges is the big issue. We are onside on certain issues but on others no we don't agree".
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A convicted New Hampshire felon is facing weapons charges after a police raid at his home uncovered a wide assortment of weapons, including knives and an Uzi submachine gun.
Grafton resident Danny Coutermarsh, 58, was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and being a felon in possession of dangerous weapons, according to state police.
Members of the New Hampshire State Police Narcotics and Investigations Unit, the New Hampshire State Police Mobile Enforcement Team, Danbury police and Grafton police responded to Coutermarsh's home at 350 Dead Road with a search warrant following a month-long investigation Thursday.
Coutermarsh was arrested and released on $10,000 personal recognizance bail pending his arraignment on Oct, 23 at Grafton Superior Court.
It's not clear if Coutermarsh has an attorney.


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Award-winning Poet
by Cathy Sliwoski
Wed Apr 12, 2017 at 03:00 PM
Although BRCC student Mark D. Chevalier has been a writer and poet for as long as he can remember, it was "a wonderful surprise" to have his poem, "The Lie," win the Ewing Citation Award for the Phi Theta Kappa literary anthology, Nota Bene.
"I'm very thankful that my poems were chosen for publication," Mark says. "It is very validating to have other people say, 'yes, your work is very good.'" Another poem, "Who Knew" was also published.
The poem, written "about the stresses and weights of the world that press down on everyone," was judged most outstanding among all 600 entries for the 22nd edition of the journal, and garnered Mark a $1,000 scholarship.
"For me, poems are a snapshot in time," he says. "They capture an emotion or a feeling and make a statement about that. They are a burst in time." Mark has also published two novels, Azriel, The Angel Chronicles and Mausoleum, and enjoys writing short stories as well. His website is www.crypticfiction.com.
Mark is pursuing an accounting degree at BRCC, where he has taken classes since the fall of 2014. Eventually, he'd like to get master's in English to become a teacher.
Since he has worked full-time as a supply chain manager for the past 10 years at Cerro Fabricated Products in Weyers Cave, most of his courses have been in the evening or online. English classes with Dr. Tim Arnold made a big impression.
"I appreciate when we have the opportunity to really examine literature," Mark notes. "Why do we need poetry? Why do humans like stories? The classes that really made me think were the best."
Nota Bene recognizes excellence in writing among two-year college students.
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Q: C# compile-time type-conversion error I'm getting a compile-time type conversion error with this code... dunno if i'm just tired, but I can't figure out what I need to change in the class to fix this. Any pointers would be awesome, thanks

The error is: "error CS0266: Cannot implicitly convert type csharpfinal.Packaging<string>  to csharpfinal.IGetValue<object>.  An explicit conversion exists (are you missing a cast?)"

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     T IGetValue<T>.GetData()
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    class Program
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     static void Main(string[] args)
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            ISetValue<string> setStringValue = stringPackage;
            setStringValue.SetData("Sample string");
            // the line below causes a compile-time error
            IGetValue<object> getObjectValue = stringPackage;

     Console.WriteLine("{0}", getObjectValue.GetData());
     }
    }

A: Modify this code
interface ISetValue<T>
{
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}

interface IGetValue<T>
{
     T GetData();
}

to
interface ISetValue<in T>
{
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interface IGetValue<out T>
{
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}

For generic type parameters, the out keyword specifies that the type
parameter is covariant. You can use the out keyword in generic
interfaces and delegates.
Covariance enables you to use a more derived
type than that specified by the generic parameter. This allows for
implicit conversion of classes that implement variant interfaces and
implicit conversion of delegate types. Covariance and contravariance
are supported for reference types, but they are not supported for
value types.

A: interface ISetValue<in T>
    {
        void SetData(T data);
    }

    interface IGetValue<out T>
    {
        T GetData();
    }

    class Packaging<T> : ISetValue<T>, IGetValue<T>
    {
        private T storedData;
        void ISetValue<T>.SetData(T data)
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            this.storedData = data;
        }
        T IGetValue<T>.GetData()
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        }
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    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Packaging<string> stringPackage = new Packaging<string>();
            ISetValue<string> setStringValue = stringPackage;
            setStringValue.SetData("Sample string");
            // the line below causes a compile-time error
            IGetValue<object> getObjectValue = stringPackage;

            Console.WriteLine("{0}", getObjectValue.GetData());
        }
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more info  :http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd469487.aspx

A: Packaging<string> stringPackage = new Packaging<string>();

^ generic type is string
IGetValue<object> getObjectValue = stringPackage;

but you are trying to cast an object generic to a string generic, that's why you get the compile-time error.
You can change the generic type of your object initialization to object to fix it:
Packaging<object> stringPackage = new Packaging<object>();
ISetValue<object> setStringValue = stringPackage;

A: IGetValue<object>

Should this be

IGetValue<string>


ARTSwego welcomes students and the community back to the SUNY Oswego campus as it launches its 2013-2014 Performing Arts Series with The Cashore Marionettes!
Master puppeteer Joseph Cashore leads this widely-acclaimed company, enthralling audiences across the globe with his life-like creations and graceful movements. His remarkable collection of enchanting pieces demonstrates his unparalleled artistry. For more than 30 years, Cashore has designed and givenlife to these unique works of art.
The marionette first caught his eye when he was a boy on a family vacation. Upon seeing the suspended puppet, his imagination took flight. Cashore went on to earn his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the University of Notre Dame and later studied portrait and figure painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. His many accomplishments include the Henson Foundation Grant and the Pew Fellowship for Performance Art. He was also named a PennPAT Roster Artist and awarded the UNIMA Citation of Excellence, the highest honor a U.S.puppeteer can receive.
Cashore shares his craft with audiences through an extended four-day residency program which will include visits to three local communities in addition to his performances on campus.
The first "meet-and-greet" takes place on Thursday, September 5 at 7 p.m. at the H. Lee White Marine Museumin Oswego and the second is scheduled for Friday, September 6 at 7 p.m. at the CNY Arts Center in Fulton. Adults and children ages 8 and above will enjoy meeting the artist as he discusses and demonstrates his inspiration and passion for puppetry. For both of these events, admission is free for children accompanied by an adult, and adults are asked to make a $3 donation to the host organization.
Then, on Saturday, September 7, the Cashore Marionettes present two performances in Tyler Hall's Waterman Theatre on the SUNY Oswego campus.
At 2 p.m., "Simple Gifts," a short matinee for families begins. This performance entertains children through a series of acts that highlight characters and actions from everyday life. Families will delight in the theatrical illusion of Cashore's masterful puppetry, set to a backdrop of classical music. This program is best suited to children age 8 and older. Admission is $5 for both children and adults with open general seating.
At 7:30 p.m., the troupe offers older audiences their full-length feature, "Life in Motion." This show welcomes adults and young adults as the artists demonstrate the very essence of humanity, from the comedic to the tragic, through a series of short but powerfully entertaining portrayals with engaging characters and evocative music. Admission is $18 for adults and $5 for students.
Cashore wraps up his residency with a marionette master class for adults and art students who are interested in learning more about his technique. The session takes place on Sunday, September 8 at 2 p.m. at the SalmonRiver Fine Arts Center inPulaski. For admission details, call the center at (315) 298-7007.
The Cashore Marionettes' community residency program is made possible by grant funding from the Richard S. Shineman Foundation, the Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour, and the Decentralization Program of the New York State Council on the Arts, administered by CNY Arts. It is also made possible by the partnering host organizations.
Committed to artistic excellence, ARTSwego presents diverse cultural programmingto enrich and entertainstudents and the surrounding community. For more events, visit www.oswego.edu/arts.Advance tickets for SUNY Oswego performances can be purchased at any SUNY Oswego Box Office. Parking for these shows is included in the cost of the ticket and is available in lots E-6 (in front of Culkin Hall) and E-18 (behind Hart and Funnelle halls).
Join ARTSwego for this trulyone-of-a-kind experience and enjoy the show!


Late last fall an undercover investigator with the D.C.-based animal advocacy group, Compassion Over Killing (COK) took the footage below at Martin Farms, over six weeks with a hidden camera. What they saw was cows being punched, kicked, stomped on and prodded in sensitive areas.
Dairy owner Joshua Martin claimed he was unaware of the abuse (which I find nearly impossible to believe) but said he was going to look into it. The scary thing? Martin Farms has been raising dairy cows for the past 45 years. We cannot imagine the hundreds if not thousands of cows that have been needlessly and cruelly abused.
According to The Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers, there have never been any animal welfare concerns at Martin Farms and the farm had never been placed on probation. Thankfully, the four employees identified in the video were immediately fired, as was the foreman.
"We are deeply disturbed and shocked at the mistreatment of dairy cows shown in this video, and strongly condemn it. Consumers trust us to hold our suppliers to strong standards, and these actions violate that trust. As soon as we learned of this issue, we immediately stopped accepting milk from Martin Farm.
After COK obtained the video and viewed it, the organization filed an animal abuse complaint with the Pennsylvania State Police. The state police confirmed they were aware of the allegations of animal cruelty and that thus far, no charges have been filed in the ongoing investigation.
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He left this field after two years and continued his study of art in Southern California at California State University, Fullerton.
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PC and software sales boost HPs revenue, profit
Aided by Mercury Interactive acquisition
Robert Mullins (IDG News Service) 17 August, 2007 10:59
Hewlett-Packard Co.'s PC business and software sales from its Mercury Interactive acquisition helped produce net profit of US$1.8 billion (AU$2.28 billion), for a 29 percent increase, with a 16 percent boost in revenue in the fiscal third quarter, according to financial results released Thursday.
HP's (NYSE:HPQ) profit was US$0.66 per share, on revenue of US$25.4 billion in the three months that ended July 31, up from US$0.48 a share, on revenue of US$21.9 billion in the same quarter last year. Profit in that quarter was US$1.4 billion.
Revenue from its Personal Systems Group, primarily desktop and notebook computers sold to consumers, grew 29 percent to US$8.9 billion. Revenue from the HP Software group boosted revenue 74 percent to US$554 million, driven by sales from its US$4.5 billion acquisition of Mercury Interactive in 2006. Mercury was not yet part of HP in last year's third quarter.
HP is growing its software portfolio further with the acquisition, announced July 23, of Opsware for US$1.6 billion. Expected to be completed in the current quarter, the deal will be HP's third largest acquisition behind Mercury and the US$19 billion acquisition of Compaq Computer in 2002.
HP CEO, Chairman and President Mark Hurd credited cost discipline and lower component prices for some of the margin improvement, while Chief Financial Officer Kathy Lesjak said expenses grew at only one-third the rate of revenue growth.
Revenue from HP's Enterprise Server and Storage group grew 10 percent from a year earlier to US$4.5 billion, while operating profit for that group rose to 10.2 percent of revenue, from 7.2 percent a year earlier. Hurd noted an 81 percent increase in revenue from HP's x86 blade servers. Storage revenue grew 6 percent, as a 7 percent increase in disk storage technology was offset by a decline in tape storage revenue.
Lesjak said the company is raising its outlook for the current quarter, forecasting revenue between US$27 billion and US$27.2 billion. However, that revenue growth is up between 6 percent and 7 percent from the prior quarter, which is below HP's historical quarter-to-quarter growth of between 10 percent and 12 percent, Lesjak said.
The company's PC business has driven those galloping gains and may not be able to maintain the pace, she said.
"We do not believe it's prudent to set investor expectations that our PC business can continue to grow at three times the market rate," Lesjak said. Besides the 29 percent increase in personal computer revenue, HP saw notebook computer revenue rise by 54 percent and operating margins for the group reach 5.8 percent of revenue, versus 4 percent a year earlier.
Also tempering the forecast, she said HP has seen increases in component prices, particularly the cost of memory.
HP forecasts earnings of US$0.80 to US$0.81 cents per share, up 18 percent or 19 percent from the year-earlier quarter.
The third quarter results matched HP's second quarter performance of net income of US$1.8 billion, or US$0.65 a share, on revenue of US$25.5 billion. The results also matched the consensus of analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial, who forecast US$0.66 a share profit on revenue of US$24.09 billion.


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Libyan President: Nations Competing to Sell Libya Weapons
KIEV, Ukraine – Libyan leader Col. Moammar Al-Qaddafi said Thursday that Libya stands to profit from competition among Western and ex-Soviet nations for access to its lucrative arms market.
Qaddafi, who ended Libya's years of international isolation in 2003 when he renounced terrorism and gave up efforts to develop nuclear weapons, said the rivalry would allow Libya to get the most modern weapons for the best possible price.
He spoke in Kiev at the end of a weeklong tour to Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, all of which offered to supply Libya with weapons. He said Libya was also discussing possible arms deals with Britain, France and Italy.
"Everyone is trying to offer a better choice," Qaddafi said.
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Russia, which supplied billions of dollars' worth of aircraft, missiles and other weapons to Libya during Soviet times, has moved recently to rebuild ties that withered after the 1991 Soviet collapse. But it faces strong competition.
Vladimir Putin visited Libya in April when he was still Russia's president, agreeing to write off $4.5 billion in Libyan debt in exchange for lucrative deals in energy and arms. In return, state-owned Russian Railways landed a $2.8 billion contract and Russia's gas monopoly Gazprom signed a deal to develop six prospective oil and gas fields in Libya.
But Russian media have reported that has been relatively little progress in talks on business deals and weapons contracts. Ukraine and Belarus could emerge as strong competitors since their numerous Soviet-era defense plants could offer similar products.
Qaddafi said Thursday that during his visit to Moscow officials from the two nations signed a deal on cooperation in peaceful use of nuclear energy, but gave no details. He said Libya was ready to sign similar deals with the U.S., Japan and other nations.
Russian media reports had claimed before Qaddafi's visit to Moscow that Libya could offer Russian ships permission to use its port of Benghazi.
The issue wasn't publicly mentioned during Qaddafi's trip to Moscow, however, and the Libyan leader didn't comment on it. Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov denied that the matter was ever discussed.
Qaddafi, who is still viewed as an eccentric autocrat in the West, also claimed that he predicted Barack Obama's victory in the U.S. presidential election in his Green Book, which was published in the 1970s and set out his political views.
"Everything that is happening now was written in the Green Book 30 years ago already," Qaddafi said at a news conference in the Ukrainian capital. "And the Green Book says that dark-skinned people will rule the world."


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Writer's 4th Wednesday: Allegory
July 23, 2014 by scillagrace
A piece I wrote in the last century…
The King's Dream (John 4:13-14)
There once was a wise and noble king who had a magnificent kingdom. The king loved his kingdom immensely. He could name every tree and flower, river, rock and creature in it. He knew every thing about his kingdom, down to the number of the grains of sand on its shores. He would take long walks through the hills and valleys, and sometimes he would come across a traveler, and they would walk together for a while. Usually, the traveler did not recognize him immediately. This may seen odd to you or me, since we are used to seeing pictures of our leaders in the newspaper or on our money, but this king had never had his likeness made in print or statue. However, after some time in conversation, most people who encountered him could identify his authority by his regal bearing and knowledge. For some reason that the king could not entirely understand, the travelers would begin to feel uncomfortable with him and refuse to keep his company after discovering his identity. The king was puzzled and a bit hurt by this phenomenon.
In time, the people of the kingdom convened among themselves and decided to build the king a palace and a throne room where they assumed he would reside happily without the need to walk about the countryside bumping into them unexpectedly. Certain subjects vowed to devote their lives to the business of making sure the king was reasonably content to stay in the throne room. They brought lavish gifts of food and music to him and decorated his chamber with fine art and furnishings. The king was very kind and wanted to honor these subjects' devotion, for it seemed to him that they were trying their best to serve him in their own way.
It wasn't long, however, before the king began to miss his time among the rocks and trees and flowers that so delighted him. It had also come to his attention that not all of his people had visited him, or were even allowed to visit him, in his fancy estate. He wondered what the ones who hadn't met him might think of him, and he still wondered why the ones who did meet him became uneasy in his presence. Would they want to meet him here, gathered around this throne of gold, or would they stand just as uncomfortably, shifting their weight from foot to foot and shifting their eyes from floor to exit, just as they had done on the road? He wondered what kind of a throne it could be around which they might gather comfortably.
The king began to daydream about what it would be like if he could be king of the palace and king of every inch of his kingdom all at the same time. He wondered how he might set up a throne wherever people were: in their homes, on the road, where they played, worked and visited, maybe as close as under their very skin, so that wherever people were, there was a place for him right in their midst. He thought of the things that were common to every person in his kingdom, things that were linked to the richness of the land on which they all lived. He thought of them walking home for supper at the end of the day, lighting fires in their hearths, gathering their children about them, and sharing a loaf of bread and a jug of cool water. He thought of the water that flowed down from the mountain glaciers, cutting a fertile river valley in the plains and coming to rest in a large and bountiful lake.
"To be truly king of this kingdom," he thought, "I would have to be like water. Then my throne would be on the highest mountain, in the smallest dewdrop dangling from a flower, in every kiss between two people, and at the feet of the children dancing on the beach. Oh!" he thought, "to be amongst my people like water would be the best way to reign!"
Giggling softly at his own pun, he drifted off into a contented sleep. He dreamed that he was in a meadow. He felt the warmth of the sun on his face and the tickle of the grass against his skin. Suddenly, he heard laughter coming from the woods, and a host of joyful people burst onto the meadow. Children skipped among the tall wildflowers playing games. Women gathered bouquets and spread out colorful cloths on the grass. Met set out large loaves of bread and wheels of cheese, cutting slices with knives that flashed sunlight back to the heavens. In the middle of this happy scene, a young man carrying a wooden buck and and young woman with a crystal vase approached. Steadily they advanced, and the king realized they were probably going to fetch water.
"Let me help you," he tried to call out, but he found he had no voice.
Still they came nearer with clear purpose in their step. The king was puzzled as they held out their vessels in his direction. Then, with a smack! they plunged them through his heart and drew back their brimming containers dripping with the cool, clear liquid.
Breathless, the king realized that he was the source of the water they were now pouring and passing among themselves, and more than that, he could feel everything he flowed into all at the same time. He was still the meadow spring that felt the impact of the bucket, but he was also surrounding the bouquet at the bottom of the vase. He was ladled from the bucket to the lips of a child whose throat was dry and greedy and whose sleeve ran quickly over him. He was passed in a wooden bowl to a lady, old and withered. She parched in skin and bone and tongue, and he longed to fill her completely, to cool the burning heat that age had baked into her body. He was mingled with the mud and dirt on the feet of men who had walked for miles to come to this gathering. He heard them sighing in relief as he cleansed their weary soles. A woman slicing cheese had slipped and blood ran from her finger. He was pressed into her would to guard her from disease.
He found himself poured out, divided, spilled, then multiplied in a thousand new encounters with his people, while a part of him lay quietly in the meadow, ever-filled from deep below the earth. His dreamed adventure set him about the kingdom enthroned in living water, and never did a traveler turn from him uncomfortably again. He was able to be present in every corner of the land at once, and they say in that kingdom that the king has never fully awakened from his dream.
© 2014, story and photograph, Priscilla Galasso, All rights reserved
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2020 Budget : Akufo Addo Wrecked Nation's Economy – Garu MP
by Felix Nyaaba December 2, 2019 December 2, 2019 0207
Hon.Albert Akuka Alalzuuga, Member of Parliament for Garu has said, the National Democratic Congress(NDC) Presidential candidate, John Dramani Mahama would turn around the country's economy wrecked by President Akufo Addo's government through creation of qualitative employment for the youths, if elected in the 2020 elections.
Speaking to THE REPUBLIC after he had taken his turn of debate on the 2020 budget, the Garu lawmaker said the next NDC government would implement economic restructuring of our nation in a manner that would engender strong economy and upliftment in the general standard of living for all Ghanaians.
He said the Akufo Addo government has wrecked the economy and brandished unrealistic data on unemployment rate in the country.
Mr. Akuka said the government employment figures as contained in the Budget are fake and does not represent the reality on the ground.
The Garu lawmaker said the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta's assertion that government has recruited over 350,000 people into the public sector "doesn't add up".
According to him, data from the Education and employment and Construction sectors indicates there has been a negative growth in 2018 compared to figures recorded in 2016 to 2017 and that, Ken Ofori-Atta's claims are misleading and untrue.
"What that therefore means is that, there has not been enough people who have been engaged in the public sector and therefore as people retire, the government simply replaced people and turned round to claimed, there is increased in employment. That cannot be correct," he said.
Mr Akuka added that, "if ideally indeed, this government believes that they are creating jobs, they should've been able to tell us as a people the total number jobs they have created over the period but they have not been able to tell us."
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta presenting his 2020 Budget and Economy on Wednesday, November 13 told Parliament that government has transferred some GHS3.1 billion of Tier 2 pension funds into the custodial accounts of the pension schemes of the labour unions.
"With stronger finances, Government also transferred some GHS3.1 billion of Tier 2 pension funds into the custodial accounts of the pension schemes of the labour unions, funds that had been outstanding since 2013. That is real change," Ken Ofori-Atta stated.
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But again, Mr Akuka argued that you can't create jobs in a vacuum and that since the New Patriotic Party (NPP) took over power nothing has been done to add jobs opportunity, stressing that the Nation Builder Corp (NaBCo) is unsustainable.
He doubts the government commitment to create enable environment for jobs as nothing has been done to expand the infrastructure or structures put in place to create jobs.
For instance, Mr Akuka said the NDC under John Mahama rolled out infrastructure and expanded the structures for direct jobs , citing the construction of Community Day Senior High School projects, Hospitals and clinics , among other projects across the country.
The MP pointed that the current employment figures are not encouraging and feared the situation would get worse if government failed to implement policies that have direct jobs opportunity.
In his view, the Akufo Addo and his appointees are just looting the national purse, while the nation labours labor in vain.
He urged Ghanaians to vote for the NDC for competencies and result-oriented administration that woukd liberate Ghanaians from the economic shackles that President Akufo Addo"s wasteful and deceptive administration has plunged us into.
Mr Akuka said the NDC and John Mahama would once again open up our economy, attract investments, create jobs and unite the citizenry for a more productive nation.
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Radar bounces radio waves off water drops in clouds.
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A new kind of radar called Doppler radar can do a lot more. In addition to showing how far away a raindrop is, Doppler radar can also show if that raindrop is moving toward or away from the radar. Scientists know that if the rain is moving, wind must be pushing it. This is how they know where the wind is blowing in the clouds.
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Most Popular Baby Names in Ireland are
The CSO have released details of baby names registered in Ireland in 2014 and Jack and Emily remain the most popular.Jack retains the top position it has held every year since 2007 and Emily has retained the number one spot that it first claimed in 2011.
The top five boys? names (Jack, James, Daniel, Conor and Sean) have been the top five since 2007 with the order changing slightly from 2012, when Conor finished in 4th place ahead of Sean. Indeed four of the top five boys? names (Jack, Sean, Conor and James) have been in the top five since 1998. This is the fourth consecutive year that Emily has been the most popular name chosen for girls. Sophie, Emma, Grace and Ava were the next most frequently chosen names to make it to the top five most popular names for girls in 2014.
There were four first time entries to the top 100 for boys: Henry, Hugo, Ollie and Luca. The highest new entry at number 87 was Ollie, rising from 113th place in 2013. It was also the name rising most in popularity up 26 places from 2013.
There were two first time entrants to the top 100 for girls: Annie and Isla. The highest new entry at 75th place was Annie rising from 106th place in 2013. The name rising in popularity most was Evie up 43 places from 110th place in 2013.
As in previous years, the tables show that girls are given a wider variety of names than boys with 4,586 girls? names registered compared to 3,486 boys? names. Despite the greater number of male births, a smaller range of names were used for boys than for girls.
The image below shows a comparison between 2014 names and names from 50 years earlier in 1964
In most areas of the country one of the top five boys? names took the number one spot.
Only seven areas favoured names outside of the top five for boys; In Cavan, Adam was the most popular boy's name in 2014. Michael was the most popular boy's name registered in 2014 in Longford and the name also shared the top spot with Daniel in Limerick County. Patrick and Liam along with Daniel and James were the most popular in Galway city. Oisin along with James was most favoured in Donegal, while Thomas shared the top position with Jack in South Tipperary. Noah along with Sean and Jack proved to be the most popular for baby boys registered in Carlow in 2014.
For girls, there was a wider range of names outside the top five that were county and city favourites. These included Amelia, Anna, Aoife, Caoimhe, Ella, Katie, Lily, Lucy, Mia and Sophia.
Some of the less common girls' names registered in 2014 and not included in the top 100 names were Skylar, Angel, Meadow, Miley, Destiny, Raven and Halle. Some of the less popular boys' names registered in 2014 were Troy, Avery, Deacon, Braxton, Dexter, Cooper and Ariel.
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How to reduce your Carbon Footprint - Chris Goodall
From cutting down on meat to contacting your local representatives and investing in clean energy, here are 14 ways to help reduce global carbon emissions
1 Air travel is usually the largest component of the carbon footprint of frequent flyers. A single return flight from London to New York – including the complicated effects on the high atmosphere – contributes to almost a quarter of the average person's annual emissions. The easiest way to make a big difference is to go by train or not take as many flights.
2 The second most important lifestyle change is to eat less meat, with particular emphasis on meals containing beef and lamb. Cows and sheep emit large quantities of methane, a powerful global warming gas. A vegan diet might make as much as a 20% difference to your overall carbon impact but simply cutting out beef will deliver a significant benefit on its own.
4 Old gas and oil boilers can be hugely wasteful. Even if your current boiler is working well, it's worth thinking about a replacement if it is more than 15 years old. Your fuel use may fall by a third or more, repaying the cost in lower fuel bills.
5 The distance you drive matters. Reducing the mileage of the average new car from 15,000 to 10,000 miles a year will save more than a tonne of CO2, about 15% of the average person's footprint. If car travel is vital, think about leasing an electric vehicle when your existing car comes to the end of its life. A battery car will save you money on fuel, particularly if you drive tens of thousands of miles a year. Even though the electricity to charge your car will be partly generated in a gas or coal power station, electric cars are so much more efficient that total CO2 emissions will fall.
6 But bear in mind that the manufacture of an electric car may produce more emissions than the vehicle produces in its lifetime. Rather than buying a new electric vehicle, it may be better to keep your old car on the road by maintaining it properly and using it sparingly. The same is true for many other desirable items; the energy needed to make a new computer or phone is many times the amount used to power it over its lifetime. Apple says 80% of the carbon footprint of a new laptop comes from manufacturing and distribution, not use in the home.
7 Within the last couple of years, LEDs (light-emitting diodes) have become cheap and effective. If you have any energy-guzzling halogen lights in your house – many people have them in kitchens and bathrooms – it makes good financial and carbon sense to replace as many as possible with their LED equivalents. They should last at least 10 years, meaning you avoid the hassle of buying new halogen bulbs every few months. Not only will your CO2 footprint fall, but because LEDs are so efficient, you will also help reduce the need for national grids to turn on the most expensive and polluting power stations at peak demand times on winter evenings.
8 Home appliances. Frequent use of a tumble dryer will add to your energy bill to an extent that may surprise you. But when buying a new appliance, don't assume you will benefit financially from buying the one with the lowest level of energy consumption. There's often a surprising premium to really efficient fridges or washing machines.
9 Consume less. Simply buying less stuff is a good route to lower emissions. A suit made of wool may have a carbon impact equivalent to your home's electricity use for a month. A single T-shirt may have caused emissions equal to two or three days' typical power consumption. Buying fewer and better things has an important role to play.
10 The CO2 impact of goods and services is often strikingly different from what you'd expect. Mike Berners-Lee's book How Bad are Bananas takes an entertaining and well-informed look at what really matters. Bananas, for example, are fine because they are shipped by sea. But organic asparagus flown in from Peru is much more of a problem.
11 Invest in your own sources of renewable energy. Putting solar panels on the roof still usually makes financial sense, even after most countries have ceased to subsidise installation. Or buy shares in new cooperatively owned wind, solar or hydroelectric plants that are looking for finance. The financial returns won't be huge – perhaps 5% a year in the UK, for example – but the income is far better than leaving your money in a bank.
12 For a decade, investors ignored the movement that advocated the divestment of holdings in fossil fuel companies. Large fuel companies and electricity generation businesses were able to raise the many billions of new finance they needed. Now, by contrast, money managers are increasingly wary of backing the investment plans of oil companies and switching to renewable projects. And universities and activist investors around the world are selling their holdings in fossil fuels, making it more difficult for these companies to raise new money. Vocal support for those backing out of Oil, Gas and Coal helps keep up the pressure.
13 Politicians tend to do what their electorates want. The last major UK government survey showed that 82% of people supported the use of solar power, with only 4% opposed. A similar survey in the US showed an even larger percentage in favour. The levels of support for onshore wind aren't much lower, either in the US or the UK. We need to actively communicate these high levels of approval to our representatives and point out that fossil fuel use is far less politically popular.
14 Buy gas and electricity from retailers who sell renewable power. This helps grow their businesses and improves their ability to provide cost-competitive fuels to us. Renewable natural gas is just coming on to the market in reasonable quantities in many countries and fossil-free electricity is widely available. Think about switching to a supplier that is working to provide 100% clean energy.
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