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Laws and Legislation
Maryland lawmakers approve expansion of medical marijuana laws
By By ALEX JACKSON ajackson@capgaznews.com
The Maryland General Assembly has moved to expand medical marijuana laws in the state, passing a measure that will allow patients to access marijuana if it is recommended by a specialized physician.
The House voted 125-11 and the Senate voted 44-2 to pass a compromise bill late Monday. A conference committee had been appointed to work out differences between House and Senate bills.
Under the bill, patients or caregivers could acquire ID cards from certified physicians in order to purchase marijuana for medicinal purposes.
Under conferees' amendments, up to 15 growers would be allowed to grow medical marijuana, under the bill.
The Senate had proposed allowing an unlimited amount of growers. The House proposed capping the number at 10. Conferees decided to cap the number and allow the state's medical marijuana commission to review the number every two years.
Growers would distribute the drug through dispensaries, which could be run directly by growers or by other licensed businesses.
The bill will take effect June 1 and regulations must be adopted by Sept. 15. That was something Del. Dan Morhaim, D-Baltimore County, who worked on the compromise, called critical.
"We didn't want this in regulatory limbo for months and months," said Morhaim. "We're trying to get product to patients."
Maryland passed legislation in 2013 to create its medical marijuana program, but that bill required academic medical centers to participate. No Maryland schools jumped at the opportunity.
The bill agreed on by conferees would limit growers' licenses to two years, rather than a five-year term under the original proposal in the House.
Dispensaries would be limited geographically, so one city or county did not have an abnormal amount of dispensaries.
The legislation also adds three members to the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Marijuana Commission.
One member would be a horticultural expert appointed by the state Secretary of Agriculture, and another would be someone from the University of Maryland College of Agriculture and Natural Resource's extension. A third would be the Comptroller, Morhaim said.
Among Anne Arundel lawmakers, only Sen. Bryan Simonaire, R-Pasadena and Del. Steve Schuh, R-Gibson Island, opposed the bill in votes in the Senate and House.
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Alone In The Dark by Allerton Mead
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Nazi Mike stood at the curb looking like a total fag. He wore his low-cut Chucks instead of his Docs, and his 501's were rolled up high enough to go digging for clams. His black t-shirt was a size too small at least, and with his stringy biceps and cheap tattoos he looked as much rough trade as he did Skin. The real kicker though was the red bandana hanging out of his back pocket, a faded old thing that wiggled around gayly as he minced up and down the darkened sidewalk. He would stop with the mincing now and then to stare longingly into the headlamps of a slowly passing car, inviting the driver to stop for a night of who knows what. Yup, a real flaming fag-a-roo. Then again, that was just the point.
I watched Mike fag it up out there from behind a row of tall shrubs. I dug a little deeper into a 12 pack of warm Buckhorn. It was near midnight, and we had been on the Hill for over an hour, a block off from 14th and Downing, which was where the young hustlers lurked and the rich queers went to cruise. In that hour, a handful of cars had slowed down for a closer look at Mike, but not a one had stopped. I thought on that as I popped the top on about my eighth beer, wondered if maybe the bandana had been a little bit too much, a little bit too obvious, and that instead of acting as some concrete declaration of faggottry, had actually pinged like a red flag of warning on the gaydar of the savvy cruisers.
Well. Too bad for us. It was getting late enough that the cars had pretty much stopped passing altogether, and as I drained my Buckhorn and unzipped for a long horse-piss in an open window well, I figured it was well past time to chalk the whole night up to experience and get over to the liquor store before they closed. We could get a cold case or so and head back to the Big House on Washington, see what was happening there. It was me and Mike's first time at this after all. I didn't think we would get too much shit from the other skins.
I had just zipped up with one hand and drained my beer with the other, when Mike gave a quick whistle and I crouched down fast. I looked out from behind the shrubs to see a late model BMW with out of state plates put it in reverse and back up to the curb. The passenger window went down and Nazi Mike poked his head inside and muffled words were exchanged. It was strange, but for a second there he looked for all the world like less of a dress-up queer than an actual girl, some narrow-hipped sock hop chick from a fifties movie. Luckily the window went back up and Mike pulled his head out and the image fell apart. Then, the headlights went out and the driver cut the engine.
From behind the wheel stepped the queer, a tall, gawky fucker in OP short shorts and a village people mustache. The guy was all elbows and Adam's apple, and was so completely goofy-looking that I nearly laughed my ass off at the sight of him. But it was the strangest thing. Hiding there behind the bushes, standing all alone in the dark, it just didn't seem so funny anymore.
Mike took the queer's hand and walked him toward the alley. He even started a conversation.
"Where you from?" asked Mike in an exaggerated lisp.
"California," said the queer.
"Oh, how nice," said Mike, and they went past the shrubs where I was waiting and into the alley. I counted five and moved to jump out of the bushes but something was wrong. My legs were like rubber and my gut was in a cold, wet knot. When my legs finally did move Mike and the queer were well past me, and I kicked about half the empty beer cans I'd been drinking across the cement on top of it.
The queer of course heard it, and he spun around and stepped in front of Nazi Mike like he was going to try and protect him. We all stood there frozen for maybe five full seconds until Mike punched the fucker in the back of the head and pushed him against the alley wall.
"Wait a minute," he said, the whole thing dawning on him now. "What are you guys doing?" Then he said "Help! Help!"
I crushed a Buckhorn under my size 12 boot and moved my rubbery legs with the desperation of a man whose cock is going limp against the belly of a willing young girl. The dumb bastard panicked and pulled away from Mike and ran down the alley, and he was fast enough that he might just have made it, except the alley was a dead end.
He reached the wall in the darkness and he turned to face me, looking less like a man than a frightened child in a fake mustache. I caught him with an overhand right square in the nose, 230 pounds at a full sprint behind it, and I felt the soft nose bone push back into his face and watched the blood spurt out like a sponge soaked in it. I hit him a couple more times as he fell, and when he curled up into a fetal position I started to kick him in the spine and the back of the skull. In a second Mike was on top of him, shoving his hands in the guy's OP's and tearing out his wallet along with the pocket of his shorts.
Mike said "I got it man, lets go, lets go!" as he turned back up the alley.
The man said "please, please…" as he gurgled and his arms went limp.
And I thought I'm killing him I'm killing him as I brought my boot down on his head over and over and over again.
Allerton Mead lives in Virginia, where he makes his living as a PR hack in the military industrial complex. He is currently at work on his first novel, an account of the American punk scene in the early 1980's. This is his first work of short fiction.
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Unemployed and undermined at every step. Who let the world get so cold?
They're dialing in your destruction, one conference call at a time. Heed this warning, mid-size business boys and girls.
Diary of a temporary jack-of-all-trades searching the web for signs of life.
Time out of mind: A week in the life of an artist for hire.
Cultural assessment surveys and mandatory screen savers? Is this a workplace or a cult?
Oh, the horror: The best and brightest take to the dance floor.
Ten lessons learned during my year in Newcastle.
A trip to the dentist yields personal insight: It's time to yank me out of here.
I'D AGONIZED OVER IT for months, chickening out on every attempt to break it off. For too long I had fooled myself into believing that everything would eventually get better…but today I could finally accept that it was over. As I lay in bed and cried, I recalled how giddy I had been in the beginning and wondered for the millionth time how it had all gone so wrong. What had I done to deserve such heartache? But even in my misery and frustration, I was proud of myself for making the decision at last. I had been a doormat for way too long. Tomorrow was the day.
My strategy was to end it with just a few well-chosen words. I'd let my quiet, burning indignance speak volumes, the pain and hurt of the past year smoldering just below the surface. I would listen to the inevitable groveling in scornful silence and then stalk out, leaving my boss desperately scrambling in my wake.
It didn't go quite as planned. I started out strong, but my voice soon began wavering dangerously. My hands shook, my voice seemed to be coming from somewhere over my head and I barely heard myself say it. I had to clear my parched throat and try again — "I'm leaving." The anguish I had imagined on my boss' face was merely a mildly confused stare. Then, "OK, I guess that's it," followed by a terse handshake, and I stumbled out of the office, barely making it out onto the sidewalk before I burst into shaky sobs.
It had started out so perfectly. A friend called one day with an intriguing proposition, an interview at the hip Internet music startup where she worked. I almost didn't take her up on it. Although I was mired in the Most Boring Dead-End Job in the World at a book publisher, I was only starting to think about playing the field again. While my friend was a little vague in her descriptions, she swore it was a perfect match, so I took her word for it. I put on a nice-but-not-too-dressy shirt and casual-but-not-too casual pants and headed over to a grungy-but-not-too-grungy East Village loft. I paused in front of the door, heart pounding, palms sweating. I brushed my hair one last time, checked my breath and examined my makeup in the filthy, cracked window next door.
We hit it off right away, chatting easily in the tiny conference room/kitchen, which was furnished with mismatched office chairs and a dorm-room mini refrigerator covered in jam-band stickers. I couldn't really understand what the company did — something about selling banner ads — but it was the summer of 1999 and I sure as hell understood "stock options" and "IPO." The job description was a bit foggy, but the two guys interviewing me were so gung-ho about everything that I didn't bother asking questions. Their offhand mention of "light accounting" gave me a little stab of fear, but I was assured that a content-writing position would soon be mine. "You're getting in early; you'll be able to do whatever you want in a few months," they sweet-talked, and I was putty in their hands. I walked out of the office slightly confused, but already starting to envision our future together.
I met my friend for drinks later on and she told me excitedly that she had heard that the interview had gone well. I was apparently "really cool" and she just knew it was going to work out. Sure enough, I had a voice mail the very next day — no games, no waiting three days before you call. I was flattered, but suddenly hesitant. Such an abrupt change from an established publishing corporation to an unproven outfit run by a ponytailed 30-year-old seemed pretty irresponsible. What would my parents think? What if I got dumped? I frantically consulted all of my friends that day, and they all told me to take the plunge. Why not, they all said, you have nothing to lose. So I picked up the phone and called back.
Thus began the yearlong saga of my relationship with Everyonelovesmusic.com. I was so blissfully infatuated for the first couple of months that I could hardly wait for Mondays. Everybody was so warped and weird and funny, and we all worked in one big room, blasting Howard Stern all morning and eating takeout lunch together around the battered conference table. It hardly seemed like work at all. We even had an office dog who'd leap oh-so-charmingly into the laps of the chuckling venture capitalists who waited for meetings on the ratty couches near my desk. Answering the phone consisted of putting the caller on hold and yelling ("John, your mom's on line one! Alex, Britney Spears' manager on two!"). I felt at home and appreciated; like I could finally be myself. Miles away from my old cubicled, soul-sucking job, I pitied the poor corporate chumps who hadn't figured out the wave of the future. The crazy dotcom parties, the rampant, all-day Napster downloading, the free beer in the fridge…it was enough to make me forget that I was crunching numbers all day. This was forever, I thought. I was in loooove. If someone had told me I would be nursing a broken heart only a year later, I would have laughed in their face.
Six months later, we moved to a swanky new office and suddenly became a Real Business. Within days, I was working with Ted, a no-nonsense, briefcase-toting, pleated-slacks-wearing Real Accountant with a razor-sharp part straight down the middle of his head. Ted was baffled by my primitive accounting system, the main component of which was a pile of Post-It notes, but seemed impressed that I had kept things running for so long. After a few stabs at asking me about receivables, fiscal years and gross revenue — which were met by my slack-jawed stares in response — he learned to just point and say, "That number there," if he wanted any kind of coherent answer. But while Ted was adapting to his new situation, I was sliding into the downward spiral of despair. I churned out reports for Ted all day and had horrible dreams about Excel spreadsheets at night. Day after day I gazed longingly at my co-workers frolicking around the new office with the dog, looked back at Ted hunched over his laptop and wanted to cry. This was not the same place I'd fallen in love with. This was not how it was supposed to turn out.
I spent the next few months trying to move into a new position — politely at first, then with increasing desperation. I slowly came to the uncomfortable realization that it wasn't going to happen, although I was doing a "great job" and being a "good sport." You have to get the hell out of there, my friends urged. You're totally being taken advantage of — they don't appreciate you at all. But I still couldn't admit that it was over. They really care about me, I would plead. No way are they going to let me just walk away. I couldn't bring myself to send my résumé out. Somehow, it felt like cheating, and I didn't want to sneak around. The thought of working somewhere else filled me with dread. My sanity was withering away, however, and I finally broke, setting off a succession of frantic ultimatums that culminated in the humiliating quitting scene.
After a few days of inhaling the requisite pints of Ben & Jerry's and watching soap operas in my pajamas, I forced myself off of the couch and back into the world. It didn't take me too long to remember the drill; I shoved my work outfits of jeans and sneakers to the back of the closet, put on some makeup and turned on the charm. Don't just settle for something on the rebound, I reminded myself. There has to be long-term potential. But interviewing turned into an ever-worsening progression of awkward pauses, weak laughs, nervous coughs and dead-fish handshakes. With every "describe yourself in three words," I wanted to run screaming and sobbing for the nearest exit. But I pasted on my most detail-oriented, hard-working, team-playing smile and went home to wait by the phone, saying a silent prayer every time it rang.
Then the interviews stopped entirely. "Don't worry, things will pick up after the election," my legions of evil headhunters smoothly assured me. "October is always slow." I soon learned that every season is mysteriously sluggish in job-hunting land. Thanksgiving, pre-Christmas, post-Christmas, President's Day, my mom's birthday…. I drifted into a series of tawdry temp jobs, each more menial than the last. Often, while trudging to a Xerox machine or trying to transfer calls on dauntingly elaborate phones, I'd find myself ambushed by fleeting pangs of nostalgia. How is everyone doing? Do they miss me? Is the dog still peeing on the floor? I secretly gloated when ex-co-workers relayed tales of my replacement's blunders. They couldn't find anyone who could compare to me, I would chuckle to myself. I bet they wish they had me back. But I would leave my temp jobs every night feeling vaguely cheap and used, sometimes not sure if I'd be there the next day, or if they even knew my name. As the months wore on, I avoided my old office buddies more and more, dreading the inevitable moment when I would have to admit that I had no earthly idea what I was doing with myself. I was no longer the "take this job and shove it" rebel; I was just another unemployed loser.
Nine months later, confidence and self-esteem worn down to a bitter nub, on the verge of executing my plan for the untimely demise of all human resources professionals in Manhattan, I finally got a job. And it's a perfectly good job — stable, dependable company, dental plan, 401k, free soda in the fridge, no number-crunching, pleasant people to chat with around the water cooler. I can sleep at night and don't wake up with a knot in my stomach anymore. But, although I swore up and down that I would never again fall for a grungy loft and a dog, as I sit here in my new cubicle, eyes woozy from dull fluorescent lights, I can't help longing for the days of Howard Stern and Chinese takeout.
alison evans would like to stop temping. send her any and all job leads. be there when she refreshes her hotmail. please.


Good quality, lasts and durable.
Seems good but we haven't used it for wet things yet so that will be the real test. The only thing is that the material is quite stiff, understandable given the protective coating on the material, so the proof will come later when we start using it for multiple purposes. All in all though, nothing to complain about and we are very happy with our purchase.
Love the fact that it's waterproof so is perfect to take to the pool. Wluld be even better if there was a lottlr internal zip pocket.


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Ep. 24 From Fitness Trainer to International Speaker and Author with Jean-Pierre de Villiers
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In this episode of the Dent Podcast I talk with Jean-Pierre de Villiers. Jean-Pierre is an absolute force of nature. He's built his peak performance coaching business from the ground up to the point where it's now a thriving six-figure company that deals with top celebrities and CEOs from all around the world. He's also a wildly successful international speaker, is about to publish another book and has been voted one of the 50 most inspiring people in London.
Jean-Pierre's business philosophy is about far more than fitness. By focusing on the physical, emotional and psychological needs of his clients, his model is extremely effective at bringing people up so that they can consistently perform at their best.
This conversation is vital for anyone looking for new, innovative ways of challenging themselves both in business and in their personal lives. Jean-Pierre shares some top advice on how to transform yourself into a high-performing, enriched individual on all fronts.
Here are some areas we really get into:
Jean-Pierre's journey from time-for-money coaching to only focusing on high-end training
How he became inspired by Anthony Robbins
Health, attitude and getting yourself into the right mindset
The dark days – dealing with suicidal tendencies
Jean-Pierre's awareness that he needed to shift his paradigm
The moment he realised he wanted to start making a difference in the world
The three pieces of advice that got Jean-Pierre started on his journey
The power of modelling what you want
How he learned to pitch and differentiate himself from others in business
The importance of the question, "Who's my ideal client?"
How Jean-Pierre began tripling his income by selling packages instead of time
Jean-Pierre's journey as an author – how his first book changed everything
Top tips for transformation into high-performance
Building an audience with the five Ps
The problem of comparison
The hundreds of thousands Jean-Pierre has raised for charity
77 Ways to Reshape Your Life Book
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Small World Underground
"The world is getting smaller" is a quote that gets thrown around a lot these days. The people saying it must have missed the implications of being in a really small world. As in: a really Small World. It's not a very peaceful place.And even escaping underground for lack of space, does not bring you peace, because Small World Underground is just as ruthless as the original.
A black-and-white scene. A gloomy office, a frosted glass door. Dusk is falling onto the metropolis outside the windows, police sirens and unidentifiable scents wavering through the reddening light of night falling. Behind the desk sits a man in shirts and trench coat, his hat on the wardrobe next to the door. A private eye by trade and complexion. Suddenly, a knock on the door, it opens and a stunning woman with a red dress and an air of titillation enters… that's a typical day in the life of a classic film noir detective, and one that you can participate in when playing Martin Wallace's P.I.
The date is December 8 2127, and for exactly a year and a day, Earth has been at war. They came from deep space, no one is sure what their plans with Earth are. But we know one thing: those plans don't involve us.
Keyflower
In 1620, a ship full of brave meeples set sail to cross the ocean and build a new life in the new world. These meeples who crossed the ocean on the Keyflower built a number of settlements competing for everything, including the buildings their settlements may have. In their first year, these meeples created their new lives.
Space Alert
Space is big. Big and empty. That's what our science teachers told us. It's also dead – and deadly – wrong. Wherever our exploration vessel shows up, nasty things are just waiting to blow us up. To get back in one piece, all players have to cooperate and deal with a tight time limit while the computer is yelling at them about everything going wrong.
Cargotrain
Trains, pick-up-and-deliver mechanic, set collection. All that doesn't sound new, the mechanics have been used and even combined before, and there are more than a few train games out there. But Cargotrain takes those simple ingredients and mixes them up into something tasty and fun.
i9n
i9n, or "Information" is a deduction game that uses punch cards to give new, hidden information during the game. It also adds some strategy and a bit of luck to the mix, making it a very fun game that certainly won't be the last one to employ this new mechanic.
In Roboburg, the robotic inhabitants work every day of the year, without vacations, without weekends. Except for six days every year when the robo fair comes to town. Then all the robots go and have fun on the fair rides. There's a lot of money to be made for you as a fair owner, that's for sure. If you can just attract the right crowd.


As frontman Ruban Nielson plays a groovy intro for "Like Acid Rain" on his electric sitar, everyone gets a little more relaxed in the packed space. His soft, smooth voice sings and scats. The music stops, lights go out and crowd cheers hysterically.
Unknown Mortal Orchestra brought it all Wednesday night. Their new album, Multi-Love, is in itself enough to blow minds with rhythmic tunes and catchy, high-pitched vocal tracks. But the live show was a spectacle jazz gods and psychedelic rock jammers both would be in awe of.
While the night was still young, Jana Hunter and Nate Nelson of Lower Dens gave an echoing performance with electro-ballads, trance-inducing drum and beat bits and whimpering guitar solos. Dynamic tracks left the attentive crowd both speechless and motionless besides a slight nodding of the head. Nelson left the stage as Hunter ended on the a cappella "All the Best," exposing her talent without the microphone effects and instrumentation to hide behind. The crowd was silently still, until the end of the spine-chilling song, cheering loudly and calling out at the end of the set.
Unknown Mortal Orchestra came out and it was suddenly impossible for the audience to remain frozen. The intense guitar progressions and solos and funky nature of the entire instrumental display kept everyone bopping, captivated. In "How Can U Luv Me," just the third song of the set, drummer Riley Geare broke into a full-out solo, each rapid beat of the kit building like fireworks. The other band members just sat on stage in reverence.
The drums fed into a newer track, "Ur Life One Night," with dystopian tones and a strobe light show courtesy of the band's own sound and light guys. The show just kept getting more and more astonishing. Neilson's R&B and psychedelic vocals were accompanied by heavy piano from Quincy Mcrary on the keyboard and Jake Portrait's rhythmic backing on bass.
"So Good at Being in Trouble" was a little more toned down with a sugar jam groove with mystical piano tones. Neilson played another intricate guitar solo, sitting cross-legged on the ground. For "Stage or Screen," he got a little restless and ditched his guitars for a carried microphone, dancing while hanging off pipes on the ceiling and holding the audience's hands while standing on the railing and singing.
Mcrary started "Ffunny Ffrends" with an ever so jazzy intro, the other members again sitting and listening with wonder. The band can improvise and talent was abundant.
The synth opening for "Multi-Love" began and the audience commenced their screamed rendition of every lyric with Neilson's electric sitar chords. They called for an encore and the band delivered one of the funkiest tunes of the night, "Can't Keep Checking My Phone." The wood block was going and the crowd was dancing into the end of a remarkable concert.


Should we go to Kauai, Buenos Aires, or St. Martin?
Emily received a targeted offer to get 25% of her US Airways miles back if she redeems them for award flights.
Did You Get an Offer for 25% of Your US Air Miles Back?
But we're finding it hard to decide.
So we're wondering if you (the best blog readers!) could help out in the comments about what you liked or did NOT like about any of these destinations!
US Airways doesn't fly to Buenos Aires, but we can use a partner airline such as United to fly to Buenos Aires in Argentina.
I've read lots of great things about Buenos Aires and I'm looking forward to eating great steak while Emily would love the Tango dancing.
I'm also looking forward to checking-out the Palacio Duhau – Park Hyatt Buenos Aires which costs ~$540 a night or 18,000 Hyatt points a night. Of course, we'll use points!
Because we had such a great time in Maui last year, Emily and I want to go to Kauai (for the greenery and outdoors-y activities) and stay at the Grand Hyatt Kauai.
The Grand Hyatt is a Category 6 Hyatt hotel and costs 22,000 Hyatt points a night.
Emily had fun celebrating her birthday in the Dominican Republic, and I've never been to the Caribbean, so I was thinking of St. Martin. I've always wanted to watch the planes at Maho beach!
We could stay at the Raddisson Blu in St. Martin.
We're running out of time since we have to use our US Air miles by November 30, 2013 to get 25% of our miles back.
And we can't decide between Buenos Aires, Kauai, or St. Martin.
So, where do you think we should go or NOT go?
Buenos Aires. End of discussion.
St martin. It's my fav Caribbean Island. It's remote if you want and urban if you want. It's large enough to offer both. Fabulous!


Water is an essential component in many of the processes used for oil and gas production. For example, the hydraulic fracturing used to extract natural gas on a commercial level employs slick-water equipment that consumes massive amounts of water. Extraction from horizontal shale walls may require more than a million litres of water per stage of the process. This has created challenges in the supply and treatment of adequate water for not only municipal but also industrial purposes.
Areas that have limited surface water or groundwater, or even no available fresh water may choose to acquire water from marine sources. Innovative industrial filtration, purification and desalination systems have been developed that are suitable for even the most challenging situations. For example, workers living on off-shore oil-rigs need a fresh supply of water from commercial water filters, as do those dwelling in coastal desert community who live under constant drought conditions.
Reverse osmosis (RO) is an increasingly common method for the desalination of seawater. RO plants consume relatively low amounts of energy and in recent years have become even more efficient, with the standard energy consumption dropping to approximately 3 kWh per m3. This is largely a result of improvements that allow the recovery of energy during the process. The IDA (International Desalination Association) has estimated that RO plants make up 66% of the total installed desalination capacity, which equates to 44.5 of 67.4 Mm3 per day. Almost all new desalination plants fit this category.
When it comes to reverse osmosis systems for the purification of seawater, the aim is to remove various types of molecules and ions from solutions, including bacteria and organic matter. Spiral wound membranes are often the preferred membrane geometry for these purposes due to their high success and efficiency rate. RO systems may be used in conjunction with ultra and nanofiltration, where the highest grade of polyamide thin-film composite materials are used to construct the RO membrane. This ensures high performance and retained integrity during the process.
Desalination is often the only option for seagoing vessels and offshore communities. Although the current figure is only 1% of the world's population which is dependent on desalinated water for daily needs. However, this figure is expected to have risen to 14% by 2025 as more and more of the world's population encounter water scarcity.


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Film Review – NO TIME TO DIE (2021)
NO TIME TO DIE (2021, UK/USA) ***½
dist. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (USA), Universal Pictures International (UPI) (UK); pr co. Eon Productions / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) / Universal Pictures / Danjaq / B25 / Cinesite; d. Cary Joji Fukunaga; w. Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Phoebe Waller-Bridge (based on a story by Neal Purvis & Robert Wade and Cary Joji Fukunaga and characters created by Ian Fleming); pr. Barbara Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson; ph. Linus Sandgren (Colour. D-Cinema. Arri 765 (source format) (some shots), Digital Intermediate (4K) (master format), Dolby Vision, IMAX (source format) (some scenes), Panavision (anamorphic) (source format), Panavision Super 70 (source format) (some shots). 2.39:1); m. Hans Zimmer; ed. Tom Cross, Elliot Graham; pd. Mark Tildesley; ad. Mark Harris; rel. 28 September 2021 (UK), 8 October 2021 (USA); BBFC cert: 12; r/t. 163m.
cast: Daniel Craig (James Bond), Léa Seydoux (Madeleine), Rami Malek (Lyutsifer Safin), Lashana Lynch (Nomi), Ralph Fiennes (M), Ben Whishaw (Q), Naomie Harris (Moneypenny), Rory Kinnear (Tanner), Jeffrey Wright (Felix Leiter), Billy Magnussen (Logan Ash), Christoph Waltz (Blofeld), David Dencik (Valdo Obruchev), Ana de Armas (Paloma), Dali Benssalah (Primo (Cyclops)), Lisa-Dorah Sonnet (Mathilde), Coline Defaud (Young Madeleine), Mathilde Bourbin (Madeleine's Mother), Hugh Dennis (Dr. Hardy), Priyanga Burford (Dr. Symes), Joe Grossi (Hotel Porter), Nicola Olivieri (Cemetery Caretaker), Pio Amato (Cemetery Attendant), Javone Prince (MI6 Security Guard), Davina Moon (Madeleine's Receptionist), Mattia Lacovone (Young Shepherd), Giansalvatore Duca (Young Shepherd), Amy Morgan (Alison Smith), Lizzie Winkler (Sarah Jones), Andrei Nova (Bunker Guard), Ernest Gromov (Bunker Guard), Gediminas Adomaitis (Blofeld's Right Hand Man), Andy Cheung (Chinese Businessman), Brigitte Millar (Vogel), Hayden Phillips (Sir Sebastian D'ath), Winston Ellis (Spectre Agent), Adnan Rashed (Spectre Agent), Rae Lim (Spectre Agent), Chi Chan (Spectre Agent), Denis Khoroshko (Spectre Agent), Lourdes Faberes (Spectre Agent), Philip Philmar (Spectre Agent), Raymond Waring (Spectre Agent), Eliot Sumner (Spectre Guard), Rod Hunt (Spectre Guard), Michael Mercer (El Nido Bartender), Gemmar Mcfarlane (Passersby), Leighton Laing (Passersby), Kimo Armstrong (Passersby).
Craig makes his fifth and final appearance as James Bond and completes several story arcs that have spread through his tenure. Here, Bond has left active service, but his peace is short-lived when Felix Leiter, an old friend from the CIA, turns up asking for help, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology. The story has personal impacts for Bond and more than once nods back at 1969's George Lazenby starring ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE. The pre-credit opening sets up the story by re-introducing us to Bond and his relationship with Madeleine (Seydoux). The set-up creates conflict between the characters and introduces us to the main villain of the piece, portrayed by Malek. There are also links to SPECTRE and Blofeld (Waltz), which are resolved in a surprising fashion. It is not possible to explore the plot further without revealing key plot points. Needless to say, the plot is more complex than the usual villain who wants to take over the world – it is in fact that and much more. How successful the film is at dealing with these complexities is debatable. There are clever twists, but also an increased level of incredulity which requires the audience to suspend their disbelief and accept that whenever the villains shoot at Bond with their spraying machine guns, they never hit the mark, yet Bond dispatches them with such ease that the action feels overly choreographed on the level of a computer game rather than a real-life threat. This makes Bond feel like a comic book or gaming superhero and contrasts less favourably with the grittiness of the action sequences in Craig's CASINO ROYALE debut. There are many positives, however. The cast is strong and the performances good, despite some occasionally clunky dialogue. The greater focus on character and inter-character relationships gives us something to care about. The locations and photography are excellent – as are all the technical attributes. The film's excessive running time is not as cumbersome as it would seem, as the footage all feels relevant to advancing the story. I did feel, however, that I was being overly manipulated by the filmmakers and what I was watching sometimes felt superficial – particularly during the finale in Malek's poisoned garden lair – a nice nod to Fleming's novel You Only Live Twice. Overall, this is probably middle-ground Bond, both in Craig's tenure and the series as a whole. It will be interesting to see where the producers take the series next.
Film Review – THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING (1975)
THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING (1975, UK/USA) ****
dist. Allied Artists Pictures; pr co. Columbia Pictures Corporation / Devon / Persky-Bright; d. John Huston; w. John Huston, Gladys Hill (based on the story by Rudyard Kipling); pr. John Foreman; ph. Oswald Morris (Technicolor. 35mm. Panavision (anamorphic). 2.39:1); m. Maurice Jarre; ed. Russell Lloyd; pd. Alexandre Trauner; ad. Tony Inglis; rel. 27 November 1975 (Iran), 16 December 1975 (USA), 18 December 1975 (UK); BBFC cert: PG; r/t. 129m.
cast: Sean Connery (Daniel Dravot), Michael Caine (Peachy Carnehan), Christopher Plummer (Rudyard Kipling), Saeed Jaffrey (Billy Fish), Larbi Doghmi (Ootah), Jack May (District Commissioner), Karroom Ben Bouih (Kafu Selim), Mohammad Shamsi (Babu), Albert Moses (Ghulam), Paul Antrim (Mulvaney), Graham Acres (Officer), The Blue Dancers of Goulamine (Dancers), Shakira Caine (Roxanne).
Two British soldiers in India decide to resign from the Army and set themselves up as deities in Kafiristan–a land where no white man has set foot since Alexander. This critically acclaimed morality piece was a commercial failure at the box office despite the star power and strong chemistry between Connery and Caine. It is only in the passing years that its stature has grown. The two leads are excellent, as is Plummer as the author, then a journalist, Rudyard Kipling. The film's technical attributes are top-notch from production and costume design to its photography and location. The moral tale is laced with humour and adventure before its downbeat finale issues its warning message. The tone may shift jarringly from time to time, but this remains an impressive production expertly directed by a past master.
AAN: Best Writing, Screenplay Adapted from Other Material (John Huston, Gladys Hill); Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Alexandre Trauner, Tony Inglis, Peter James); Best Costume Design (Edith Head); Best Film Editing (Russell Lloyd).
Book Review – 'TIL DEATH (1959) by Ed McBain
'TIL DEATH (1959) ***
by Ed McBain
This paperback edition published by Penguin, 1986, 160pp (157pp)
First published in 1959 (USA)
© Ed McBain, 1959
Blurb: The wedding day of Detective Steve Carella's sister Angela should be the most romantic, special day of her life. But it might turn out to be the worst if her brother can't figure out which man on the guest list has come to murder the groom. Carella and the men from the 87th Precinct find themselves on the clock as they desperately hunt amongst the name cards and catered dinners for the would-be assailant. Trouble is, the crowd has numerous people with viable motives: the best man who stands to inherit everything the groom owns, the ex-boyfriend with a homicidal crush, and even an ex-GI with a score to settle. But time is ticking, and if they don't act fast, Angela will become a bride—and a widow—on the same day.
Comment: The ninth in the 87th Precinct series written by Ed McBain is this offbeat story set at the wedding of Carella's sister. As such the story acts as a diversion from the grittier storylines that precede and follow it. The result is a minor entry in the series that coasts on McBain's command of his characters and dialogue. The plot itself often lacks plausibility and as such fails to engage in the way his earlier titles did. Even at a brief page count of just under 160 pages, there are elements of padding where the author and his characters philosophise. That said McBain's skill as a writer gets him through to a tense, if somewhat familiar, finale. Not top-draw McBain, but an often fun and diverting and easy read despite this.
Book Review – LADY KILLER (1958) by Ed McBain
LADY KILLER (1958) ***
Blurb: "I will kill the Lady tonight at 8. What can you do about it?" The boys of the 87th have just twelve hours to find out who the crank letter writer is–and who he means by "the Lady "–for whom there will be no second chance.
Comment: This is often listed as the eighth of Ed McBain's 87th Precinct novels, but as I read through it I realised it was written and set before Killer's Wedge, so is the seventh. Having read the whole series before, this can now be seen as a warm-up for some of the Deaf Man cases that infrequently occupied the squad's time. Here a would-be killer taunts the squad that he will kill "The Lady" at 8 pm and it is up to the detectives to track down who wrote the note and who the intended target is. The investigation leads the squad down some blind alleys before they close in on their target. The book is one of the lesser of the early entries which, whilst endowed with McBain's usual excellent prose and dialogue, feels a little bit manufactured and the conclusion leaves the reader questioning the motives of the detectives' quarry. It is still a quick and entertaining read and a formula that McBain would develop better in the Deaf Man books.


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What is a stock split?
Stock splits are a way a company's board of directors can increase the number of shares outstanding while lowering the share price. It's a tactic for making a stock more attainable to smaller investors, particularly when its price has ratcheted sky-high over time.
Two recent examples: In the first quarter of 2022, both Amazon and Google parent company Alphabet announced 20-for-1 stock splits, meaning current investors receive 20 shares of the stock for every one share they own.
While neither the company's value nor that of your investment changes in a split, it's important to understand how stock splits can impact your portfolio. Here's what you need to know.
Stock splits are accompanied by somewhat confusing arithmetic, such as "2-for-1" or "3-for-2." As with many things in life, pizza can help.
Imagine a company's value represented by an entire pizza. When its stock began trading, that pizza was sliced into a finite number of pieces, or shares, that were offered to investors. For simplicity's sake, let's say the pizza was divided into eight slices and you owned one share.
If a company announces a 2-for-1 split, the number of shares doubles, so the original pie will be divvied up into 16 slices. Whereas you owned one-eighth of the company before, as a result of the split you'll now own two-sixteenths. Same amount of pizza, just a different number of slices.
That same principle is applied no matter what the split ratio is. (Have an appetite to learn more? Check out some other stock market basics.)
There is also such a thing as a "reverse" stock split — as the name suggests, this kind of split goes the opposite way: The number of shares is reduced, but the price per share increases. This is often done to meet the minimum stock price required for a company to be listed on an exchange.
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If a stock traded at $100 previously, it will trade at $50 after a 2-for-1 split. Yes, you own more shares, but they're each worth less. It's basically a draw, and the value of your investment won't change.
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We have previously posted not one, not two but three separate blogs about the misadventures of bungling burglars. However, it seems there is a never-ending supply of them so, yet again, we bring you a series of calamitous incidents of break ins that didn't go to plan.
This burglar dressed as a woman and drew an imitation gun from his handbag to rob a jeweller's shop in Surrey. Unfortunately, he suffered an embarrassing wardrobe malfunction when tackled by staff; his wig falling off and his skirt falling down, exposing his bottom. All this was caught on CCTV. He did escape the shop but was later arrested after his partner informed the police. See the story here.
You know how it is when you get a load of new clothes; you just can't wait to wear them. Well it's just the same when you're stealing them. This dedicated follower of fashion was so keen to deck himself out in the clothes he was stealing from a home in Cambridge, he left behind his old shorts and trainers – complete with his DNA that led the police straight to him. This led to him getting another brand new set of clothes shortly afterwards – from Her Majesty's exclusive prison collection! See the story here.
It's not every day you hear of a burglary involving bananas, and we have two for you!
One thief attempted to rob a fish and chip shop in Manchester by brandishing a banana. Disguising the fruit with a bag to make it look like a gun, he pointed it at staff and demanded they open the till. Whether he was just in it for the money or making a statement on healthy eating, he left empty handed and empty stomached as his banana looked a bit fishy and they refused to hand over the cash. See the story here.
Most burglars are after cash, jewellery or tech that they can sell but not this health-conscious thief. After breaking into a restaurant in New York, he made sure he got his 5 a day (and more!) by scoffing almost a dozen bananas, weeing in a bin and then falling asleep on the floor – all caught on CCTV. Amazingly, this wasn't how he was caught as he had left by the time staff came to open up the following morning. Clearly a bit dozy from his fruit-induced nap, he managed to leave his driver's licence and watch behind. Not the cleverest burglar in the bunch! See the story here.
These burglars in Brighton thought they'd found a great hiding place when the police turned up at the restaurant they were robbing. The experience soon left them cold though when they realised they had locked themselves in to the walk-in freezer. Had the police not persisted with their search, they would have almost certainly frozen to death. See the story here.
How much is that burglar in the window?
This burglar spotted a bathroom window open at a property in Bury and saw his opportunity. Unfortunately, the smallest room in the house also appears to have the smallest window in the house and he soon became well and truly wedged, where he stayed until the homeowner returned and found him dangling from the upstairs window. The police had to come and rescue him, but not before they took a snap of the embarrassing incident. See the story here.
Of course, we know that burglary isn't funny and that the experience of being burgled can be traumatic. As amusing as these are, it's still vitally important to remember that many burglars are cleverer and/or luckier than these so take suitable precautions to protect your home or business.
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This painting by Norman Rockwell, Willie Gillis Hometown News, appeared on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post published April 11, 1942. This is yet another timeless favorite of Rockwell collectors, a classic for the ages.
Another title for this painting is Willie Gillis on KP.
This painting was Rockwell's third cover for The Post in 1942. In 1942, there were eight Norman Rockwell Saturday Evening Post covers published.
This painting was also Rockwell's 207th overall of 322 total pictures featured on the cover of The Post. Rockwell's career with the Post spanned 47 years, from his first cover illustration, Boy With Baby Carriage in 1916 to his last, Portrait of John F. Kennedy, in 1963.
This is also the fourth in the Norman Rockwell Willie Gillis series of covers for The Saturday Evening Post. Rockwell painted eleven images that appeared on the Post cover and one illustration that was featured inside the Post.
I have seen pristine original copies of this magazine cover sell for over one hundred dollars on eBay. And to think it only cost ten cents originally! And it was mint condition at that time, too.
The original oil on canvas painting, 38 x 30 inches or 96.5 x 76 cm, is currently part of a private collection.
on page 149 of Norman Rockwell, A Definitive Catalogue by Laurie Norton Moffatt.
This classic Norman Rockwell painting shows Willie Gillis, America's boy next door, reading his hometown newspaper while serving on Kitchen Patrol.
This is the painting in Norman Rockwell's Willie Gillis series that cemented Willie's image as the all-American GI.
After this painting was published, Gillis became perceived as the boy next door serving in the war.
We can see from the envelope lying on top on the bundle of newspapers that Willie has not yet left for the field of battle. The envelope is addressed to Private Willie Gillis, Fort Dix, New Jersey.
The package is sent by his mother, Mrs.W.Gillis, Arlington, Vermont.
Willie is taking a break from peeling potatoes It doesn't look tome like he has made a lot of headway in that potato bin. I only count three potatoes peeled,but he had started on a fourth one.
Apparently, the call of his hometown newspaper was too great to resist. He probably greatly misses his hometown and this package from his mother probably re-enforces those feelings.
Willie Gillis Hometown News was only one of 322 Norman Rockwell Saturday Evening Post covers; Here is the list of Norman Rockwell Saturday Evening Post cover illustrations.
Still, he looks pretty perky and deeply engrossed in reading the newspaper.
The newspaper is probably not his first break. A half smoked cigarette is perched behind his ear, ready for the next break. It could very well be that this is not his first container of potatoes for this stint of KP.
I did a quick check to see if Arlington,Vermont had a newspaper called The Hometown News. There are currently no newspapers published by that name in the Arlington area.
Does anyone know if there was an actual newspaper by that name during the 1940's?


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Great Lakes Cruising Club 2016 Wilderness Rally
Daniel August 7, 2016	 December 19, 2018 Ramblings
The Great Lakes Cruising Club (GLCC) holds several summer events for its members on the Great Lakes every year. The events include picnic gatherings, rallies and one annual Rendezvous—generally in order of ascending size. It should also be convenient—if not necessary—to reach by boat.
Dinghy convention at the GLCC Wilderness Rally
Our first summer GLCC event was a rally at Barker's Island Marina in Superior, WI, in 2014. We motored Gaviidae over from Harbor Cove Marina in Duluth, had a great time and learned a lot about sailing cutter rigged sailboats from experienced hands. The event sealed the deal about joining and membership has yielded treasure troves of sailing knowledge, Great Lakes harbor and anchorage information and, perhaps most importantly, new friends.
Last summer we hit the Rendezvous at Rogers City, MI and came away with memories we will savor and cherish for years to come. This summer we timed our passage from Lake Superior to Lake Huron to allow us to attend the GLCC Wilderness Rally at the west end of Lake Huron in Harbor Cove, which can be a dinghy ride from Drummond Island in calm seas.
As Julie recounts in her blog about connecting with our friends from Minneapolis, we arrived in the area a few days ahead of time and spent a couple nights anchored in Harbor Cove before returning for the rally. Harbor Island itself is a horseshoe-shaped 750-acre wildlife preserve in Potagannissing Bay in the southwest corner of Lake Huron. (That's pronounced "pah-tah-guh-NEES-ing.") We arrived Tuesday, August 2, one day ahead of the official start of the 4-day event. We found a dozen or more GLCC boats already anchored in the 150-acre inner cove. Most of the rest of the boats arrived the next day. The harbor contained about upwards of 35 motor cruisers, tugboats and sailboats of all sizes, with room to spare.
The Founders Award
To kick things off, a "boat rules" happy hour was scheduled for Wednesday evening under the GLCC tent fly ashore. Boat rules require that each boat party bring their own refreshments and an appetizer to share. During his welcome to this meet-and-greet, GLCC Commodore Chuck Mead beckoned Julie and me to the center of the gathering under the tent. We were at a loss as to why we were summoned. The commodore related that he sailed to the Rendezvous in Superior, WI a few weeks before. He expected to find us there based on the roster of attendees. However, it was a different Gaviidae's crew in attendance. At the time, Julie and I were at the opposite end of Lake Superior. Mead said he was relieved to finally track us down at Harbor Island. He then announced that we were the winners of the 2016 Founders Award for our 2015 blog, GaviidaeSails.com, and presented us with the formal letter announcing our win!
Julie and I were stunned and thrilled by the news. GaviidaeSails is the first-ever blog either of us have worked on. Despite my nearly 40-year career as a magazine writer and editor, blogging was an alien and not-altogether-welcome form of communication. I made my bones as a long form writer and have chafed at the restrictions imposed on social media writing. I have avoided social media as a platform for my writing because of its history of uneven quality, little or no accountability and a lack of fealty to accuracy, reliability or truth. In addition, social media is notorious for not paying for work done. As I have written before, Julie dragged me to Facebook last year then pushed me into blogging a few months later on the site she created in a WordPress class.
Now we've won an award for the blog!
There's still no money involved. I think we get a plaque—which we hope is small enough to display below decks on Gaviidae. Otherwise we might have to use it as a wind vane. Just kidding, it is an honor to receive the award.
The first full day of the Wilderness Rally started with a pancake breakfast ashore followed by an informative and entertaining presentation about the Potagannissing Bay area by local resident Dave Bardsley. That afternoon, Julie and I entered the Blind Man's Bluff Dinghy Challenge. This was a roughly 50-yard dinghy rowing race between and around boats. The challenge was that the rower in each dinghy was blindfolded, so he or she could not see where they were going—or even how fast! A couple years ago Julie and I worked out a touch system for rowing our dinghy. Our dinghy is set up for rowing as in a rowboat, the rower necessarily has to face backwards. Turning to see where the dinghy is heading invariably slowed the process and frequently caused the craft to veer off course. Verbal commands didn't always work because Julie's right—as she faced forward on the seat amidships—was my left. Even starboard and port directions get confused because while starboard and port are relative to the bow of the boat, the rower is facing the wrong way.
To overcome these communication breakdowns, we developed a system where she would touch my shoulder on the side I should steer to. She would often leave her hand on that side until the correct direction was accomplished and would augment the signal with a "straight ahead" command. Speed was also dictated vocally.
This system proved invaluable in the dinghy race. While the other seven dinghies were floundering at the start line, we surged out and developed a commanding lead. Or so I was told. The finale proved to be the trickiest part. Rules require the blindfolded rower to grab a flag hanging from the dinghy davits at the finish line, which happened to be the commodore's boat. The flag was high enough that I had to flail in the air overhead and the momentum of our arrival at the finish line propelled us beyond the stern of the boat—and beyond the flag. We had to do a 180 and charge back to the end of the boat.
Chaos at the finish line! Photo by Joann Mead
As we arrived, other dinghies were just arriving and beginning to flail for the flag. I powered into the melee, pushing aside three dinghies then managed to grab the flag this time around. We won!
Now if we had been thinking, we should have fired up the dinghy motor and done a victory lap around the bay with that flag flapping. As it was, we did a tour of the shoreline, but Julie didn't come up with the idea of the victory lap until several minutes into the tour. Maybe next time.
The Hot Dog Tradition
That evening before the Coney Dog Dinner ashore, we were presented with a small cutting board for winning the dinghy race. The jig-sawed board is shaped like a pine tree—the symbol for the Wilderness Rally. The Coney Dog Dinner is an annual event at the Wilderness Rally held to commemorate Bud and Shirley Zalon, longtime GLCC members who helped launch the rally. Bud was an aficionado of Coney Dogs and started the custom. Bud and Shirley are no longer able to sail and sold their Gozzard 36 a couple years ago. Julie and I were fortunate enough to meet them at the Rogers City Rendezvous last year and had them aboard Gaviidae for a brief visit. It was an emotional and nostalgic moment for them to come aboard and go below decks. Julie and I were touched by their joy at being aboard a Gozzard again.
Among the remaining events and activities at the Wilderness Rally was a poll to determine the aggregate years of boating among all the attendees. Rally participants' boating experience totaled nearly 3,000 years! Other activities included an ice cream social sponsored by Drummond Island Yacht Haven at their marina. The original plan was for rallyers (yes, I just coined a new word) to dinghy to Drummond Island. High winds made that impractical, so the marina shuttled boaters to and from Drummond Island.
Final Night and Farewell
Mexican Cornbread Casserole
The rally wrapped up with a potluck dinner Saturday night. We brought a Tex-Mex chicken and cornbread casserole I prepared in a cast iron pan. Our dish was a hit and disappeared in short order. Click here for the recipe.
All in all the Wilderness Rally was a great time and we met some wonderful people. Other than some wind on Friday, we had great weather. In addition, the cool water in the bay was a welcome contrast to the cold water found in most of Lake Superior.
Like other GLCC events, the Wilderness Rally is organized by members who work as a committee to plan, prepare and execute the event. This year's Wilderness Committee was co-chaired by Bill and Sandi Matley. The committee included Mel and Sue Durchslag, Jim and Linda Williams, Melissa Spillenkothen and Lou and Laurel Bruska. Organizing and staging one of these rallies takes a lot of time and effort. Kudos to the crew that pulled off the 2016 Wilderness Rally.
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Who were the Arians and what did they believe?
Condemned by orthodox Christianity as an arch heretic but lauded by non-Trinitarians as a brave and enlightened challenger to the theological status quo and its political agendas… Will the real Arius of Alexandria please stand up?
The major problem we have in determining what Arius himself believed is that virtually nothing of Arius' original writings survive; they were destroyed, and virtually everything we know about him was written by his opponents. "History favours the winners" and the eventual winners of this debate were the orthodox Trinitarian Christians. By the time of the Arian controversy, Christians had been transformed from a despised and often persecuted religio illicita to the most influential religious body in the Roman Empire. The Church was becoming entwined with the State. Two important consequences of this were the Emperor Constantine's desire for unity of Christian theology in order to underpin political and social unity, and the new power and influence of the church hierachy.
Trying to work out what Arius himself thought and taught is a bit like reading mainstream Christian commentaries on "sects" and "cults" to find out about the beliefs of groups like Christadelphians and Jehovah's Witnesses. Trinitarian Christians might assume they know what these groups believe, but without access to original writings of these groups they may be grossly misrepresented. Likewise, I respectfully submit, most Christadelphians do not really understand the Trinitarian doctrines with which they vehemently disagree. So the problem of objectively assessing a belief system through the eyes of its opponents persists. Within those limitations, and acknowledging that what we understand of ancient "Arianism" may or may not exactly match the teachings of the man Arius (c256–356), I'd like to explore the potential connection between Arians, Christadelphians and Jehovah's Witnesses today. Arius' teachings were alleged to stem from the ideas of Lucian of Antioch and to have been in turn influenced by monarchianist tendencies. But the Arians themselves claimed to be continuing the Alexandrian tradition and had some affinity with Origen's subordinationist tendencies. However it can be demonstrated that Arianism has at least as many differences as similarities with respect to other schools of thought. Despite Arius' claim of a Biblical starting point and rejection of Greek philosophical influences on Christian doctrine, he held a number of Platonist preconceptions.
Arius' starting point was the absolute uniqueness and transcendence of God, the unbegotten beginning (agennetos arche) of all reality. Writing to bishop Alexander, whom he accused of a form of Modalism, Arius allegedly stated, "We acknowledge one God, who alone is ingenerate, alone eternal, alone without beginning, alone true, alone possessing immortality…" The being or essence (ousia) of this Godhead, whom Arius regarded as the Father, is unique, transcendent and indivisible and thus cannot be shared or communicated and cannot be changed. Therefore, anything else in existence must have been created by God out of nothing.
Another point of difference with Arius' orthodox contemporaries was his conclusion that the Son could have no communion with and no direct knowledge of the Father. Not being part of God's Word and Wisdom in the sense of being part of God's essence, he was himself "alien from and utterly dissimilar to the Father's essence and individual being." Being finite, the Son cannot comprehend the infinite God.
Finally, Arius taught that as a creature, the Son must be able to change and even to sin. Although the Son was intrinsically able to sin, God in his providence foreknew that he would remain sinless by his own resolution and bestowed his grace on him in advance. Could the Son then be called "God," as he evidently is in scripture? Arius wrote that, "Even if he is called God, he is not God truly, but by participation in grace… he too is called God in name only." In fact, it is by grace that he is designated as Son. This is not quite Christadelphianism either, although it has some affinity with their belief that Christ was only exalted to a form of divinity after his resurrection, nevertheless Christadelphians assert his Sonship from conception.
To support his case, Arius drew on passages that suggested the Son was a creature (Prov 8:22; Acts 2:36; Rom 8:29; Col 1:15; Heb 3:2) passages representing the Father as sole God (John 17:3) and passages supporting inferiority and subordination of the Son to the Father (e.g., John 14:28). All these passages will be familiar to the anti-trinitarian arguments of groups such as Christadelphians and Jehovah's Witnesses. But each of these passages and concepts also support the complete Trinitarian understanding, as has been demonstrated elsewhere. Arius supported the participation of the Son in creation, as do the Jehovah's Witnesses, although this is rejected by Christadelphians. Christadelphians do not view the Son as a creature, but as the product of a special conception in Mary's womb by an act of the Holy Spirit, resulting in a true "begettal." God is the Father of Jesus Christ, and Mary is his mother. Thus Christ was fully human, and did not exist in any way before his conception, except in the mind and purpose of God.
The dispute between Arians and orthodox came to a head in the Council of Nicea in June 325 AD, under the sponsorship of Constantine. The outcome of the Council was a condemnation of Arius and Arianism and the formulation of the Nicene Creed. They key term in this creed was homoousios, "same essence," underlining that the Son is of the same divine substance of the Father, intrinsically divine and therefore not a creature.
It would be over a century before the church fully and clearly expressed what was understood regarding the union of the divine and human in Christ, and the divinity and personality of the Holy Spirit, which has been discussed elsewhere. Suffice it to say that the Arian controversy did not disappear post-Nicea but resurged periodically, especially in the Western empire after the invasion of barbarians who had been converted to an Arian form of Christianity. The champion of homoousian theology, Athanasius, was even banished for his anti-Arian teachings. Various individuals and groups were accused of Arianism in subsequent centuries and the label tended to be applied to anyone with an anti-trinitarian stance, such as the Polish Brethren, whether their beliefs were truly "Arian" or not.
These beliefs are at odds with a number of aspects of ancient Arianism, and with beliefs of Trinitarian, Jehovah's Witnesses and Christadelphians. Arian Catholics do not accept the virgin birth, bodily resurrection of Jesus, any divinity or worship of Jesus, or biblical infallibility, unlike Arius himself, who accepted all of these.
However, the Witnesses acknowledge the close bond of unity between Father and Son, whereas Arius denied that the Son could fully know the Father. Arius regarded the Holy Spirit as personal, akin to an archangel, whereas both Witnesses and Christadelphians deny the personality of the Spirit, regarding him as an impersonal energy or force.
The thesis of this series of historical discussions of various non-trinitarian views is that the Christadelphian position is genuinely unique and cannot rightly claim a bread crumb trail of similar beliefs back to Apostolic times. Whilst there are some commonalities between their view of the Godhead and the nature of Christ both in the past and in the present, there appears to be no direct correspondence. This has some important implications.
Firstly, Christadelphians need to be cautious when appealing to a non-trinitarian legacy, and in selectively citing other groups as predecessors or fellow believers merely because they are or were anti-trinitarian. Just as any Christian should carefully examine and understand the beliefs of non-trinitarian groups before engaging with them or criticising them, so too Christadelphians should feel obligated to fully understand the genuine doctrine of the Trinity as well as the actual doctrines of those with whom they claim some affiliation or some disagreement. This entails using primary sources wherever possible, not merely the representations of those who oppose that position.
Secondly, the practice of selectively drawing on some aspects of other groups' doctrines whilst disregarding differences should become much more transparent. For example, Christadelphians have traditionally drawn on the Witness's New World Translation of John 1:1–2 (against all other translations) to provide support for their assertion that the Word is not God. Yet they vehemently oppose most fundamental Witness doctrines, such as Christ's pre-existence, a personal devil and their eschatology. It is true that Arians drew on the same passages as Christadelphians to promote a subordinationist view of Christ, but Arians also believed in Christ's pre-existence as Creator, drawing on verses which Christadelphians must pronounce "metaphorical," but which Witnesses accept as literal. Although few if any Christadelphians would overtly claim Arius as a predecessor to the extent they might view Socinius or some of the Anabaptists, it is fair to say that Arians are sometimes enlisted to bolster the number of historical anti-trinitarian votes. Engagement with the Arian position, as with other non-mainstream historical views, usually presents the non-trinitarian as the underdog, misrepresented and persecuted. Although that was usually the case, and the fourth century Arian controversies were certainly tainted by political power-play and examples of un-Christlike polemic, all that baggage is no determinant of truth. Truth must be founded in Scripture, and if historical theology is appealed to, it must involve as comprehensive and accurate an engagement with others' beliefs as we would wish those groups to render to our own.
A discussion of Arianism from a Christadelphian perspective may be found in Dave Burke, "The Trinity in the Fourth Century," in Thomas E Gaston, ed. One God the Father (East Boldon UK: Willow, 2013) 137—149.
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Bama gunning for greatest season ever; #NeverDabo trends again; Malzahn within reach of a milestone, maybe
Nick Saban's absence from the sidelines of the Iron Bowl may only add to the legend of what is unfolding as the best season ever played by a college football team.
Similar banter occurred last year in the midst of LSU's run to the national title. It seemed legitimate to at least consider it given the production on the offensive side of the ball. Yet, one cannot help but think much of the LSU discussion happened because the bar was set so low going into the 2019 season. The shock and surprise that Ed Orgeron and a previously average transfer quarterback could put it all together made the feat seem that much bigger.
There has been no element of surprise in Tuscaloosa, which makes for a more solid case.
Saban, through various coordinators, has recently installed some of the most explosive offenses in the country year after year. And the old defensive wizard has fielded in 2020 a unit with elite athleticism and speed.
After six games last year, LSU's offense was averaging 536 total yards per game. In the same amount of games this season, Alabama's offense is racking up 555 yards per game.
Through six games, Mac Jones has a passing efficiency rating of 210.3. Joe Burrow's rating was 204.5 at the same point last season. Burrow was leading the nation in completion percentage after six games, in what would end up being a Heisman Trophy-winning season, at 78.8%. Jones is completing 78.5% of his passes.
With an offense churning out those kind of historic numbers, not much is required of the other side of the ball.
Excluding its performance against Ole Miss, which has proven to be an aberration, the Tide is a top 25 defense with a ton of disruptive potential on the back end. This is a nearly identical spot at which LSU sat last year.
Alabama is 7-0 with everything, including history, out in front.
#NeverDabo
For a minute this week, all fanbases united against Dabo Swinney.
Dabo had the audacity to stand up for his team and his program after his Clemson Tigers hauled all the way to Tallahassee only to have their game against the hometown Seminoles canceled.
Florida State did not feel comfortable with Clemson's health protocols. Dabo, in turn, expressed his disappointment with the entire situation.
No doubt Dabo has some problems on the field that would seem to be more pressing, including a secondary devoid of athleticism and an offensive line which is downright bad. Clemson's roster pales in comparison to Alabama's.
Still, Dabo committed a notable criminal act this week which brought him the flack.
His crime was that he spoke like a football coach.
Dabo did not get the memo that you may only speak about college football in 2020 if your remarks include an irrational fear of the virus.
He did what football coaches have done for as long as the ball has been snapped, he spoke to his team through the media.
After taking a tough loss against Notre Dame and spending two weeks preparing to get back on its feet, Dabo's Tigers got the rug pulled out from under them less than two hours before kickoff. In seeking to get his players' minds right and motivated for another week of practice, Dabo teed off on FSU's decision to cancel the game and vigorously defended his program's commitment to safety. Not to mention that in the days leading up to the initial college football rankings, he used the opportunity to create a diversion of focus.
Tide fans jumped in quickly to sit in reserved #NeverDabo seats.
Just a reminder I've been #NeverDabo for years. #rolltide https://t.co/hVFBKreJAJ
— eRb (@EBRich1) November 23, 2020
Reminded of the fact that they have never liked Dabo, Auburn fans saw this week's events as a way to kill two birds with one stone.
#NeverDabo because he's taking the timeline's focus off Bruce Pearl right now.
— Ascot Friday (@Ascot_Friday) November 22, 2020
Then there was the national media who has never liked Dabo and still thinks the entire season should have been canceled.
Why is a two-time national title winning coach who will likely make the playoff again no matter whether they play FSU acting like this? I really don't get it.
— Dan Wolken (@DanWolken) November 24, 2020
Here is an idea, maybe it is possible to coach hard, motivate your players, stand up for your team and be diligent in how you operate your program.
None of those things are mutually exclusive.
Let's get to a special Iron Bowl edition of all underdog picks.
UCF (-25) at South Florida: Someone famous once said, "There's an old saying…fool me once, shame on you. Fool me, can't get fooled again." Well, he would not like what is about to happen here. We have taken South Florida as a big underdog at home once before, and it did not end well for us or the Bulls. UCF is coming off an emotional fourth quarter loss to No. 7 Cincinnati. First-year head coach Jeff Scott is building a foundation in Tampa. It continues today. Can't get fooled again.
The pick: UCF 40, South Florida 20
No. 2 Notre Dame (-5.5) at No. 19 North Carolina: Believe it or not, North Carolina has been a bit of a disappointment this season. It will be interesting to see just how many more years Mack Brown is willing to commit to his second trip through Chapel Hill. If the over/under is 2 more seasons, we will take the under. Going back even further than his brother's time at UAB, Brown has always been a big game coach. Bryan Kelly and the Irish will be happy to get out alive.
The pick: Notre Dame 43, North Carolina 40
No. 13 Iowa State at No. 17 Texas (-1): Every once in a while college football fans are forced to stop and think about the fact that Tom Herman coaches at Texas and Matt Campbell is the head man at Iowa State. It should be the other way around. While Iowa State is incredibly well-coached, Texas probably has the superior 1-22. Probably.
The pick: Iowa State 27, Texas 23
No. 15. Oregon (-14) at Oregon State: Do enough people in the state of Oregon really care about college football to warrant calling this rivalry "The Civil War"? Doubtful. One of the more predictable aspects of this season is that Oregon misses Justin Herbert.
The pick: Oregon 26, Oregon State 24
Pittsburgh at No. 3 Clemson (-25): Even Dabo cannot think Clemson is the third-best team in the country. Instead of complaining about Dabo's FSU rant, maybe the warriors in the national sports media should be asking for a playoff committee competency hearing. The Panthers have oddly been a tough out for Clemson in Death Valley.
The pick: Clemson 30, Pittsburgh 20
No. 20 Coastal Carolina (-17) at Texas State: We have had our eye on this game for more than a few minutes. Coastal Carolina comes off of a big win against rival Appalachian State and now must make the cross country trek to San Marcos, which is not the easiest outpost to reach. Former Texas A&M offensive coordinator, and current Texas State head coach, Jake Spivatal is seeing his Bobcats struggle through a tragic week, though. Defensive back Khambrail Winters was fatally shot on Tuesday during a drug deal gone bad. Not an easy situation for Spivatal.
The pick: Coastal Carolina 33, Texas State 29
THE IRON BOWL
No. 22 Auburn at No. 1 Alabama (-24.5): An Auburn win would mean that head coach Gus Malzahn takes sole possession of the winningest record against Nick Saban during his time at Alabama. Or would he? Malzahn's overall record lends to the belief that he is the best coach to ever walk the turf at Jordan-Hare. The air would get a lot thinner if Malzahn were to pick up his fourth victory over Saban. No one else has accomplished that. But does a win Saturday count against Saban? The Tide head coach's COVID-induced absence on the sideline could call that into question. Malzahn and his teams have never been intimidated by Alabama. There is no reason to think any different this weekend.
The pick: Alabama 44, Auburn 32
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Alabama Power hydro generation benefits from 2020 rainfall
Lots of rain in 2020 meant lots of clean, renewable, low-cost hydropower for Alabama Power customers.
Preliminary figures show the company produced significantly more hydropower in 2020 than projected, placing 2020 as the eighth-best year on record for hydroelectric energy production.
"Hydropower is one of the most cost-effective sources of energy," said Herbie Johnson, Hydro general manager for Alabama Power. "The more hydropower produced, the better for our customers."
With hydropower, there's no need to purchase fuel, since the source of the energy is a renewable resource: rain. Hydropower also creates no emissions, helping protect air quality.
Of course, hydropower is subject to the whims of Mother Nature, since it depends on ample rains to keep hydro reservoirs filled.
That wasn't a problem in 2020, with record spring rains, adequate summer showers and two major hurricanes in the fall. Indeed, those record spring rains resulted in the best January through April in the company's history for hydropower production.
Those spring rains broke records across the state, leading to higher-than-average rainfall totals for the year in multiple locations. At Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport, for example, rainfall for all of 2020 was the fifth-highest on record. Rainfall data for Birmingham dates back to 1896. Anniston, Birmingham, Huntsville, Muscle Shoals and Tuscaloosa all recorded their soggiest first quarters ever in 2020, according to the National Weather Service.
The substantial spring rainfall, combined with wise management of water resources throughout the year, helped make 2020 a strong year for hydropower generation in Alabama.
Turbine upgrades at several Alabama Power dams in recent years have helped the company produce more renewable energy with less water. Alabama Power has 14 hydroelectric facilities on 11 lakes across the state. The company's lakes also provide sources of drinking water, recreational opportunities and help fuel local economies.
Typically, Alabama Power gets between 4% and 8% of its electricity annually from hydro. The company's diverse generating mix includes power produced from nuclear, natural gas and coal-fired power plants, and from renewable resources such as solar and wind.
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Vasse Felix
Vasse Felix's vineyard was planted in 1967 in Margaret River, making it the first winery established in the region. Dr Thomas Cullity, who had been doing trial plantings of vines in the area since 1965, had recently read a report by Dr John Gladstones, an expert in soil management and crop production, that the Margaret River region would be ideal for growing grapes, given its climatic similarities to Bordeaux in France. Dr Cullity thereafter spent a year searching for 'red gravel in redgum country, with clay about 18 inches below the surface', finally locating a site, which he planted Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz, Malbec and Riesling, thereby establishing Vasse Felix. The first vintage occurred in 1971, yet was a disaster, due to disease and birds. Dr Cullity stated 'I will not forget the exhaustion and disappointment.' The subsequent vintage fared much better, with the Riesling receiving a gold medal at the 'Perth Show', which caused many people to notice Margaret River's potential for wines. In 1984, the winery was sold to the Gregg family, who then sold it to the Holmes à Court family in 1987, who have remained as its owners to the present day. Fruit is sourced from four vineyards located throughout the Margaret River region planted in 1967, 1995, 1997 and 1998, with almost 160ha under vine.
Vasse Felix offers over a dozen wines, from budget to super-premium. The 'Filius Cabernet Sauvignon' is a regional blend of fruit from all the Vasse Felix vineyards, displaying redcurrant, plum, liquorice and mocha on the nose, and a core of blackberry fruit on the palate, with a light and bright palate thanks to the Malbec and Merlot. The 'Cabernet Sauvignon' is the "father" of the 'Filius', with a complex nose of fruits and herbs and cranberry, blackcurrant and mushroom on the palate and a long finish. The 'Tom Cullity' is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec and petit Verdot and is a glorious wine, bursting with red fruits and herbs on the nose and plum, teak, clove and black tea on the palate, and a superb finish. Not surprisingly, it will cellar for over 20 years.
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Q: BufferedReader.readline() hangs I'm trying to run /usr/bin/perl -e 'for(my $i=0;$i<1000;$i++){print 1x1000;print STDERR 2x1000;}' (which works in terminal) with my program.
ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder(go); //go is the command
process = pb.start();
BufferedReader incommandbuf = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(process.getInputStream()),1024*1000);
BufferedReader errcommandbuf = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(process.getErrorStream()),1024*1000);
stdString = "";

while ((line = incommandbuf.readLine()) != null)
{
    stdString += line + "\n";
}
String errorstrtemp = "";
while ((line = errcommandbuf.readLine()) != null)
{
    errorstrtemp += line + "\n";
}

If I try to run this it hangs on while ((line = incommandbuf.readLine()) != null). The program runs if I change the command to /usr/bin/perl -e 'for(my $i=0;$i<64;$i++){print 1x1000;print STDERR 2x1000;}'. If it goes up to 65 and higher it doesn't work. At first I thought I just have to change the size of the my BufferedReaders but it didn't help. Any clue on what is causing this? I will provide any additional info if needed.
Thanks.

A: You are reading one stream at a time. When the other stream fills up the buffer, your Process will stop waiting for you to read it.  The solution is to either read the streams in different threads or use ProcessBuilder.redirectErrorStream

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