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Ann Judson: A Missionary Life for Burma: A Biography, Including Selections from Her Memoir and Letters
Previously published as My Heart in His Hands, this book is fully revised and updated and is the best modern biography of Ann Judson available. If you only read one biography this year, read Ann Judson: a missionary life for Burma. If you're going through trials or suffering you need to read this book and find out that trials are always for a purpose rightly understood the Previously published as My Heart in His Hands, this book is fully revised and updated and is the best modern biography of Ann Judson available. If you only read one biography this year, read Ann Judson: a missionary life for Burma. If you're going through trials or suffering you need to read this book and find out that trials are always for a purpose rightly understood they glorify God and build us up in the faith. Sharon James uses the sources carefully to bring Ann (and Adoniram) Judson's piety and hard work for the Lord to our attention, not to venerate them but to challenge us to deeper commitment and service to the Lord.
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Natalie Vellacott – Jun 12, 2016
A great read but so sad..... Ann Hasseltine received a proposal from Adoniram Judson who was shortly to leave for Asia as one of America's first overseas Missionaries. He wrote to her father as follows "I have now to ask, whether you can consent to part with your daughter early next spring, to see her no more in this world; whether you can consent to her departure for a heathen land, and her subjection to the hardships and sufferings of a missionary life; whether you can consent to her exposure to A great read but so sad..... Ann Hasseltine received a proposal from Adoniram Judson who was shortly to leave for Asia as one of America's first overseas Missionaries. He wrote to her father as follows "I have now to ask, whether you can consent to part with your daughter early next spring, to see her no more in this world; whether you can consent to her departure for a heathen land, and her subjection to the hardships and sufferings of a missionary life; whether you can consent to her exposure to the dangers of the ocean; to the fatal influence of the southern climate of India; to every kind of want and distress; to degradation, insult, persecution and perhaps a violent death. Can you consent to all this, for the sake of him who left his heavenly home, and died for her and for you, for the sake of perishing, immortal souls; for the sake of Zion, and the glory of God? Can you consent to all this, in hope of soon meeting your daughter in the world of glory, with a crown of righteousness, brightened by the acclamations of praise which shall redound to her Saviour from the heathens saved, through her means, from eternal woe and despair?" Amazingly, Ann's father left the decision to her and she immediately consented, against the advice of most who felt that women should not travel to the mission field. But Ann was an unusual woman with a strong faith in God "We found it exceedingly hot the first tikme that we crossed the equator. When going round the Cape of Good Hope, we had rough, rainy weather for twenty days. I never knew till then "the dangers of the deep." I never felt before, my entire dependence on God for preservation. Some nights I never slept on account of the rocking of the vessel and the roaring of the winds. Yet God preserved us- enabled us to trust in Him and feel safe. Surely we have every reason to confide in God, and leave it with Him to dispose of us as He pleases....." Completely committed to evangelising the "heathen" they persevered through many trials and sought always to thank God in the midst of them "As it respects our temporal privations, use has made them familiar and easy to be borne; they are of short duration, and when brought in competition with the worth of immortal souls, sink into nothing......When we feel a disposition to sigh for the enjoyments of our native country , we turn our eyes on the miserable objects around.....While they vainly imagine to purchase promotion in another state of existance, by strictly worshipping their idols, and building pagodas, our hopes of future happiness are fixed on the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sin of the world.....(we have) one wish remaining- that of being instrumental of leading these Burmans to partake of the same source of happiness with ourselves." This couple faced unbelievable hardship yet continued to serve God and each other. Theirs is one of the most tragic missionary stories I have read but also one of the most inspirational as they continued their work and eventually saw souls saved in Burma. This book is clean, free of bad language and sexual content. There is limited violence in connection with an imprisonment and some of the descriptions of illnesses and disease may upset some readers. It is well worth reading especially for potential missionaries or those struggling on the field as an encouragement to continue trusting God!
Olivia – Sep 21, 2018
"He has my heart in His hands, and when I am called to face danger, to pass through scenes of terror and distress, He can inspire me with fortitude and enable me to trust in Him." -Ann Judson I have never been more inspired by anyone than Ann Judson. Her character and personality were beautiful, and it is clearly presented in this biography that her strength came ultimately from the Lord. She went through horrific events, and yet, she continued to find joy again and again. I loved that she wasn't "He has my heart in His hands, and when I am called to face danger, to pass through scenes of terror and distress, He can inspire me with fortitude and enable me to trust in Him." -Ann Judson I have never been more inspired by anyone than Ann Judson. Her character and personality were beautiful, and it is clearly presented in this biography that her strength came ultimately from the Lord. She went through horrific events, and yet, she continued to find joy again and again. I loved that she wasn't weak, and worked right alongside her husband. But neither did she belittle her husband. As Christian woman, we can be strong and do many great things, but still have a humble and submissive heart to the authority God has placed in our life. Adoniram loved his wife and respected her highly. This book is sad, but yet triumphant for a Christian reading it. Ann set aside her frivolous youthful and took up her cross and followed Christ. She had confidence in her Saviour. You must pick up this book and be encouraged in your walk with the Lord. Wherever you are, whatever the Lord has called you to do, He can enable you for the task.
Rebekah – Apr 28, 2018
This was a very inspiring and challenging book! I really enjoyed reading about the life of Anne Judson... such an excellent and godly heroine for Christian women!
Bridget Carroll – Sep 02, 2019
One of the best missionary biographies I have ever read. A lot of primary source material artfully tied together.
Molly Marie – Sep 17, 2018
I was thankful to learn about Mrs. Ann Judson and how God led her and was faithful to her both in her efforts to serve him and in her many trials. Her confidence in God gave her hope to keep obeying him even when enduring unspeakable hardships. And praise the Lord for his using her to further his kingdom in immeasurable ways!
Christina – Apr 29, 2019
This is a fantastic book about an amazing woman.
Bekah – Mar 24, 2014
AMAZING book! What a legacy Ann Judson has left! I remember reading a short biography for young kids on Ann Judson and I remember enjoying the story, but after reading this book, Mrs. Judson is now one of my favorites. I admire her gracious poise and grace and her desire to honor and respect her husband. Throughout all of her journal entries, I read of only the highest admiration and respect for her husband. But she also realized that she had her part to play as a missionary, as well. She realiz AMAZING book! What a legacy Ann Judson has left! I remember reading a short biography for young kids on Ann Judson and I remember enjoying the story, but after reading this book, Mrs. Judson is now one of my favorites. I admire her gracious poise and grace and her desire to honor and respect her husband. Throughout all of her journal entries, I read of only the highest admiration and respect for her husband. But she also realized that she had her part to play as a missionary, as well. She realized her part as her husband's help-meet and rose to the occasion wonderfully. Mrs. Judson's life of faith was so inspiring and has encouraged me in my own relationship with Jesus Christ. I highly recommend this book.
Megan – Dec 28, 2014
This is an excellent biography of Ann Judson, Adoniram Judson's wife. It was full of excerpts from letters and firsthand accounts, but it was also cohesively written. Ann's faith and endurance are truly inspiring and this is by far one of the most engaging biographies I have ever read. This is an excellent biography of Ann Judson, Adoniram Judson's wife. It was full of excerpts from letters and firsthand accounts, but it was also cohesively written. Ann's faith and endurance are truly inspiring and this is by far one of the most engaging biographies I have ever read.
Brenda Lei – Apr 08, 2019
This dramatic and often compelling retelling of Ann Judson's life and death in both the physical and spiritual realms leads to much contemplation of one's personal piety as well as an unavoidable magnitude of desirous forbearance toward the omniscient ways of our Father to be washed over one's entire self. This biographical sketch of her perils, plights, and ultimate perishing for the prize of the upward calling speaks to the ease, relative safety, and certain laziness which is procurred in much This dramatic and often compelling retelling of Ann Judson's life and death in both the physical and spiritual realms leads to much contemplation of one's personal piety as well as an unavoidable magnitude of desirous forbearance toward the omniscient ways of our Father to be washed over one's entire self. This biographical sketch of her perils, plights, and ultimate perishing for the prize of the upward calling speaks to the ease, relative safety, and certain laziness which is procurred in much of Christiandom today. What a challenge this book was! I fully recommend it.
Kaylee – May 09, 2019
A well written collection of letters and memoir from Ann Judson's life. Sharon James did an excellent job of narrating for clarity yet leaving Ann's words at the forefront. Ann Judson lived an incredibly sacrificial life and her words are touching. May her story continue to motivate a new generation to share the Gospel cross-culturally. A well written collection of letters and memoir from Ann Judson's life. Sharon James did an excellent job of narrating for clarity yet leaving Ann's words at the forefront. Ann Judson lived an incredibly sacrificial life and her words are touching. May her story continue to motivate a new generation to share the Gospel cross-culturally.
Helena – Jan 15, 2021
A must read for any Christian. It's really encouraging to see how much Ann gave up dedicated her life for the sharing of the Gospel. I found it so helpful to read during the COVID19 pandemic as it lifted by eyes from my own situation and helped me to see God's goodness and plan even in hard times. A must read for any Christian. It's really encouraging to see how much Ann gave up dedicated her life for the sharing of the Gospel. I found it so helpful to read during the COVID19 pandemic as it lifted by eyes from my own situation and helped me to see God's goodness and plan even in hard times.
Dana – Mar 24, 2020
One of the most encouraging,challenging, and inspiring books I have ever read. It's a page turner! One of the most encouraging,challenging, and inspiring books I have ever read. It's a page turner!
Anita – Apr 29, 2020
A must read for all Christians!
Nate H – Aug 02, 2018
Great accompaniment to To The Golden Shores! Has a deeper appreciation for Ann Judson's contribution to the Burma mission than that book. Thrilling! Great accompaniment to To The Golden Shores! Has a deeper appreciation for Ann Judson's contribution to the Burma mission than that book. Thrilling!
Caroline McDowell – Aug 25, 2017
One of the most impactful books I have ever read. I found a big sister in Ann Judson.
Emma Lambert – Dec 09, 2014
My Heart in His Hands is a biography on Ann Judson, wife of Adoniram Judson one of the first four missionaries sent out by America. Ann and Adoniram left America in 1812 to evangelize to the heathen in Burma, a cruel, arrogant people. The history of this amazingly faithful couple is truly an example of God's mercy and grace as He preserved Ann and Adoniram from succumbing to many a frightful trial and doubt. Ann truly was, and always will be, a faithful follower of God. As she faced many a faith My Heart in His Hands is a biography on Ann Judson, wife of Adoniram Judson one of the first four missionaries sent out by America. Ann and Adoniram left America in 1812 to evangelize to the heathen in Burma, a cruel, arrogant people. The history of this amazingly faithful couple is truly an example of God's mercy and grace as He preserved Ann and Adoniram from succumbing to many a frightful trial and doubt. Ann truly was, and always will be, a faithful follower of God. As she faced many a faith testing trial as Ann was not only attacked by sicknesses of various kinds, but also suffers the loose of loved ones and, ultimately, death for her service to God. My Heart in His Hands truly is a convicting book as it challenges the reader to look at their own life as a Christian in their service to God. The overall layout is O.K. as I do so very much appreciate the author's not jumping three years ahead or four back as she tells the history of Ann and how the author educates the reader as they go along. But I do not like how she puts some of Ann's writings, while she (Ann) was back in America, at the back of the book. I personally felt as if that was a little random, as I do strongly think that Ann's writings could have been put in the actual story without disturbing the smooth flow of the book. This is a well done book and I would not hesitate to recommend it to any person. Emma Lambert-
Jesse – Jan 21, 2013
Whenever I am tempted to feel sorry for myself, I think of Ann Judson. After reading her incredibly moving story, I began to realize just how much many women have suffered in order to help their husbands bring the gospel to distant lands. It's not only a beautiful story, but also a reality check that will hopefully spur each of it's readers on to cheerfully "take up your cross". Whenever I am tempted to feel sorry for myself, I think of Ann Judson. After reading her incredibly moving story, I began to realize just how much many women have suffered in order to help their husbands bring the gospel to distant lands. It's not only a beautiful story, but also a reality check that will hopefully spur each of it's readers on to cheerfully "take up your cross".
Adrian – Apr 24, 2018
Inspiring, convicting, and truly, entertaining. Ann Judson led a amazing, laser-focused life full of love and adventure and the gospel. It is no surprise that she was so revered in the nineteenth century American church. You should totally read this book... and then we can talk about it!
Jacalyn – Sep 09, 2009
I really enjoy reading about the Judsons. Very inspiring lives. The Judsons, George Mueller and Keith Green are my favorite biographies to read!
Angelanowak – Jan 05, 2017
A challenging read to a modern believer, to say the least. A well- researched book about the journey that God for Ann Judson, a woman of unparalleled spiritual beauty.
Joy – Jan 14, 2016
Very enlightening!
Anna Chviedaruk – Nov 08, 2016
A beautiful example of faith and commitment to God. A truly inspiring story of the inspiring people who started the church in Birma have gone through unimaginable hardships.
Keri Folmar – Jul 24, 2014
This is a powerful biography that caused me to treasure Christ in a deeper way. He is worthy of giving up all.
Linda – Jul 25, 2013
Ann Judson is an inspirational missionary from the 1800's with an incredible story of walking by FAITH. Ann Judson is an inspirational missionary from the 1800's with an incredible story of walking by FAITH.
Christy – Dec 20, 2012
excellent book on the life of Ann Judson.....this book has been such a spiritual encouragement to me....I have read it several times!!
Lindsay – Apr 03, 2015
I read this after reading To The Golden Shore (the biography of Adornirom Judson) and this biography was much easier to follow and was written in a more engaging and interesting way.
Linda – Jan 01, 2011
It is a Christian classic - - she was the first American woman to be a missionary. Job was her husband's favorite book of the Bible - - very much like their life. It is a Christian classic - - she was the first American woman to be a missionary. Job was her husband's favorite book of the Bible - - very much like their life.
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Rietzwenkgras (Festuca arundinacea, synoniem: Festuca elatior) is een vaste plant, die behoort tot de grassenfamilie (Poaceae).

Beschrijving
Rietzwenkgras lijkt veel op beemdlangbloem, maar bij beemdlangbloem zijn de oortjes aan de voet van de bladschijf kaal. Rietzwenkgras komt van nature voor in Europa, Noord-Afrika en Centraal- en Noord-Azië en is van daaruit verder over de wereld verspreid. Het aantal chromosomen is 2n = 42 (hexaploïd).

Rietzwenkgras verdraagt enige tijd onderwater staand in de winter vrij goed. Rietzwenkgras wordt wel ingezaaid en gebruikt als voedergewas. Voor de inzaai wordt 5-7 kg zaaizaad per hectare gebruikt. Er bestaan fijn- en grofbladige rassen. De fijnbladige rassen worden door het vee beter gevreten.

De plant vormt vrij dichte pollen of een vrij losse zode en stevige, gladde halmen.

Het meestal ruwe blad van vegetatieve spruiten is in het begin ingerold en wordt tot meer dan 50 cm lang en tot 12 mm breed. Onderaan de bladschede zitten 0,8 mm grote, min of meer gewimperde oortjes en een tot 2 mm lang tongetje. De oude bladscheden verweren niet tot vezels.

De plant wordt 60-150 cm hoog. Rietzwenkgras bloeit in mei met een meestal grote, uitgespreide, min of meer overhangende pluimvormige bloeiwijze. De onderste knoop van de bloeiwijze heeft twee of drie takken met vier of meer aartjes. De 11-17 mm lange aartjes hebben drie tot zeven bloempjes met ongelijke kelkkafjes. Het langste kelkkafje is ongeveer 5 mm en het kortste 3,5 mm lang. Het onderste kroonkafje (lemma) is ongeveer 6-9 mm lang en heeft geen of een tot 4 mm lange kafnaald. Het bovenste kroonkafje is ongeveer 8 mm lang. De meeldraad heeft bleekgele, 3-4 mm lange helmhokjes. De vrucht is een graanvrucht. De graanvrucht kan voor de zaadwinning rond half juli geoogst worden.

Voorkomen
Rietzwenkgras komt voor in natte weiden, bij voorkeur op zeeklei. Verder aan slootkanten, dijken en langs rivieren.

Mycotoxine
Rietzwenkgras kan besmet zijn met de schimmel Acremonium coenophalium, die in symbiose met de plant leeft. De schimmel scheidt mycotoxines uit die tot vergiftiging van het vee kan leiden. De schimmel gaat alleen over via het zaad. Als het zaad langer dan twee jaar bewaard wordt gaat de schimmel echter dood en is het zaad schimmelvrij.

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Grassenfamilie

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Prog Slog
2000 AD - issue 121
I'm reading issue 121 of 2000 AD courtesy of a bunch of scans I found at BritishComics on Wordpress. It is full of information about British comics along with the comics themselves, as scans for download. They have all been collected from various sites, internet archives, Usenet Newsgroups and torrents to be preserved and to be enjoyed. I have a 2000 AD page where I link to all the issues I have talked about on this site.
This particular comic book came out 14 July 1979, so if you want a soundtrack to listen to while reading it, then try Jean-Michel Jarre, the French pioneer of electronic, ambient and new-age music, who is also known for organizing outdoor spectacles featuring his music, vast laser displays, and fireworks. On July 14 1979 the first of these ambitious shows attracted an estimated audience of one million people. Jarre was alone on stage with his synthesizers, performing Oxygene and Equinoxe.
This issue of 2000 AD has the comic book's star Judge Dredd, the closest analogy to an American superhero the comic has, front and center, drawn by Brian Bolland, an artist who would go on to make it big in the USA drawing just such covers for the real American comic book heroes, such as The Flash.
Drawing the human form and shading and painting it to obsessive perfection is something he does well. But the worlds these people inhabit seem a little simplified, like an early Pixar rendering, where objects are all abstract shapes, beautifully shaded but lacking in detail. Here Bolland has solved his problem of too much detail throwing off his ability to shade everything to the level he likes by tilting the camera up at the sky, where we see rocket ships as smooth and lacking in features as something from a 1950s sci-fi movie. My gripes about Bolland aside, this is a great cover.
A Message from the Author
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Inside the comic, art duties are taken over by Ron Smith, but the similarity to a superhero comic book remains. Ron Smith has his faults as an artist, being fond of making his figures fleshy and frog-like, almost as fleshy as Rubens, but he sure can draw vehicles. This issue, for example, has a particularly nice one.
Disaster 1990 starts with a pretty cool scene, the hero driving through London in an amphibious vehicle. This is not a great story, but as I said last time, I do like that amphibious vehicle he is touring drowned London in.
McMahon is back doing the art on the classic ABC Warriors arc where Mongrol is added to the team roster. It's a strange story, which if filmed would have to be a co-production between Industrial Light and Magic to render believable robots and Hammer Horror for the rest of the elements in the story. The story starts with a robot that is found so badly damaged that only its head remains.
This head is then found by Lara, who resembles Hammer Horror actress, Valerie Leon. The picture of Leon I'm using here is from Blood from the Mummy's Tomb, a 1971 film that was loosely adapted from Bram Stoker's novel The Jewel of Seven Stars.
Lara builds the busted robot a Frankenstein body but she doesn't have enough power to jump start it. It is only when she and her robot are captured by the Volgans, who start torturing Mongrol on the Elektro-Rak, that Mongrol comes to life. It's a beautifully drawn scene, that captures the horror of a Frankenstein monster's first moments. Unfortunately, by this time, Lara has been fridged and will serve as Mongrol's motivation forever more. It is very simple and emotive storytelling, and it does not even come close to passing the Bechdel test or even avoiding some of the more problematic comic-book tropes out there, but it is absolutely beautifully drawn. I remember being very moved by it as a ten year old. My lip was wobbling and a tear came to my eye at Lara's demise. I guess it was my first exposure to the fridging trope, and some tropes are tropes for a reason. This one sure worked for me.
The next story is Project Overkill, which I am enjoying, especially because I had forgotten it existed, so it is still full of surprises for me, unlike some of the other strips that I know by heart because they made a bigger impression at the time and I have re-read them many times in reprints and collections. It is also drawn this week by an artist I haven't seen much of in recent issues, a guy called Redondo. He will always have a special place in my heart after the beautiful work he did in Starlord, on the Mind Wars strip. This issue turns out to be a flashback explaining how our pilot hero came to know a C.I.A. colonel who can help him. The C.I.A. Colonel has a file on project Overkill, but the forces of evil try to get to him before our pilot hero can. But our hero gets the file in the end. I'm enjoying this story, and I can't wait to find out what Project Overkill is all about. I hope there is a good reason they didn't just kill the pilot right at the start of all this, other than that then there wouldn't have been a story.
Dan Dare comes next, and the Cosmic Claw he has been given is shown to be even more powerful than we had previously guessed. There is a cool sequence where the claw flies back to Dare, and rejoins him, allowing him to use it to fire energy beams. I remember as a kid that I very much wanted my own Cosmic Claw, and this was the point where I really started to warm to this version of Dan Dare. It certainly isn't the traditional conception of Dare as a pilot of the future. But I like this superhero version even better.
This was a great issue, or prog in the comic book's own jargon, and thoroughly entertaining to read. I'm already looking forward to the next one.
To end, just a reminder that the best way to support this blog is to buy one of my books. Simply go over to Amazon, or Kobo and get one.
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Other Awards and Recognition
Regents Policy RP 11.206, Other Awards and Recognition
Effective Date: Oct. 18, 2002
To set forth policy regarding awards and recognition and president's authority.
A. Awards, recognition, and honors given in an official capacity from or on behalf of the university or its subunits must be established by the board. The president is authorized to develop guidelines on the criteria and process in granting such awards once established by the board.
The president is authorized to develop guidelines on the criteria and process in granting such awards once established by the board. See RP 11.206(A).


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Ancient restored farm surrounded by greenery at 9 Kms from Gubbio, offers accommodation in two-room apartments with kitchen-corner.
A farmhouse from the 1800s, stylishly furnished with attention to detail in Gubbio. Visits to Assisi, Perugia and the Montelovesco falls. Stables. Truffle fair.
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Wrapped up in the green of the Subasio Mountain, we discover a well-known complex that has its origins at the beginnings of 1300, and is today a refined welcoming structure.
The old farmhouse is situated on a hilltop site and it's surrounded by an impressive very old pine grove which is the landmark of the village of Ramazzano, near Perugia.
An ideal departure point for visiting the main cities of art of Umbria: Assisi, Perugia, Gubbio, a place harmoniously inserted in the surrounding country.
This farm is ideal standstill for historical-cultural and gastronomic itineraries, in the near places of tourist, artistic and religious interest of Umbria.
Between Gubbio and Assisi, in 50 hectares of land home to the remains of a XV century monastery, guest apartments, swimming pool with whirlpool, grounds and home grown vegetables.
5 km from Gubbio, on a family run farm producing and selling oil, wine and vinegar. Apartments, mountain bikes, Wi-Fi and other facilities.
A stylish, peaceful B&B just outside Gubbio, with a shaded fishing lake and swimming pool. Nature excursions, art and paragliding.
A "4 spighe" organic agriturismo on a farm making extra virgin olive oil. A 1700s hamlet between Gubbio and Assisi. Classes and workshops, including ceramics, rooms with bathrooms.
20 mins from Gubbio, offering relaxation, unspoilt nature and authentic homemade flavours, with total respect for the Umbrian culinary tradition. White truffles picking.
A 19th century stately home on the Sentiero Francescano della Pace, just 5 km from the historic centre of Gubbio. Comfortable apartments, pool, grounds and solarium.
Spending your vacation in an Agriturismo in Costacciaro means visiting an infinite landscaped, historical and artistic legacy with vast tourist resources.
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the 100 µm scale bar directly under fig. 2 applies to figs. 2-5.
Figs. la-c. Spongosphaera entodictyon. Figs. lb and 1c: details of the arachnoidal network. Note coral-like ornamentation consisting of extremely small knobs on all sides of the bars. BSS 28B(VI/516).
Fig. 2, 4. Spongosphaera leptoplegma. BSS 28B(II) and BSS 15B(F) EF B28.
Fig. 3. Spongodrymus elaphococcus. IOW 188(F). See also Pl. 28 fig. 1.
Fig. 5. Medullary shell of Rhizosphaera arcadophorum (see also plate 28) for comparison with fig. 3. Note difference in structure and in bar thickness, especially in the central part.


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CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Corbie is a small town 15 kilometres east of Amiens.
Go north from the town centre taking the D1 (Rue Gambetta) in the direction of Bray. You will arrive at a set of traffic lights with the hospital diagonally on your left. Continue, taking the second turning on your right onto the Rue des Longues Vignes (VC6). The cemetery lies about 800 metres on the left.
Longitude: 2.51941
Wheelchair access to cemetery with some difficulty.
Corbie was about 20 kilometres behind the front when Commonwealth forces took over the line from Berles-au-Bois southward to the Somme in July 1915. The town immediately became a medical centre, with Nos 5 and 21 Casualty Clearing Stations based at La Neuville (the suburb across the Ancre) until October 1916 and April 1917 respectively. In November 1916 the front moved east, but the German advance in the Spring of 1918 came within 10 kilometres of the town and brought with it field ambulances of the 47th Division and the 12th Australian Field Ambulance.
The communal cemetery was used for burials until May 1916, when the plot set aside was filled and the extension opened. The majority of the graves in the extension are of officers and men who died of wounds in the 1916 Battle of the Somme. The remainder relate to the fighting of 1918.
The communal cemetery contains 249 First World War burials.
Casualty Details: UK 246, India 4, Germany 15
The extension was designed by Charles Holden
Thomas Brimblecombe
7th Bn. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
13th August 1915, aged 44.
Plot I. A. 10.
Picture courtesy of great niece, Judith Irvine
Humphrey Porteus Cole
9th Bn. Devonshire Regiment
3rd April 1916, aged 21.
Son of Henrietta Cole, of Fairleigh, Sidmouth, Devonshire.
Samuel Dunn
4th Bn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Gerald Howard Eardley-Wilmot
Machine Gun Section, 9th Bn. Devonshire Regiment
10th March 1916, aged 25.
Son of F. Eardley Wilmot, R.N., and Mrs. L. M. Eardley Wilmot, of Lewisham, London.
13346 Corporal
William Thomas George
6th Bn. Northamptonshire Regiment
Plot I. B. 12.
Son of Henry and Annie George, of 76, Cromwell Road, Rushden, Northamptonshire.
78383 Driver
Joseph Charles Such
27th Bde. H.Q. Royal Field Artillery
Plot I. C. 19.
"Remembered with Honour"
Picture courtesy of David Such
William Fredrick Whitehead
"A" Coy. 19th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
4th February 1916, aged 20.
Plot I. D. 40.
Son of Samuel and Alice Whitehead, of 5, Alexandra Road, Waterloo, Liverpool
Corbie, France. 31 March 1918. Informal portrait of British cavalrymen cleaning up at Corbie after several days' hard fighting. Note the initials XV HRS on the door on the left.


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Inherited lipodystrophies and hypertriglyceridemia
Vinaya Simha, Abhimanyu Garg
Int Med - Nutrition & Met Dis
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Inherited lipodystrophies are rare autosomal recessive and dominant disorders characterized by selective, but variable, loss of adipose tissue. Marked hypertriglyceridemia is a common feature of these disorders and highlights the role of adipose tissue in lipid homeostasis. In the last decade, advances have been made in elucidating the molecular basis of many inherited lipodystrophies. We review the new insights in the pathophysiology and treatment of these disorders based on the current understanding of the biologic role of these lipodystrophy genes. RECENT FINDINGS: Eight different genetic loci, including 1-acylglycerol-3-phosphate-O-acyltransferase 2, Berardinelli-Seip congenital lipodystrophy 2, caveolin 1, lamin A/C, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma, v-AKT murine thymoma oncogene homolog 2, zinc metalloprotease and lipase maturation factor 1 have been described linked to different lipodystrophy syndromes. Mutations in these genes may cause fat loss and dyslipidemia through multiple mechanisms, which remain fully elucidated; however, they may involve defects in development and differentiation of adipocytes, and premature death and apoptosis of adipocytes. Hypertriglyceridemia is a consequence of increased VLDL synthesis from the liver, which is also loaded by ectopic triglyceride deposition, reduced clearance of triglyceride-rich lipoproteins or both. A recent study in mice with Agpat2 deficiency reports marked reduction in serum triglyceride upon feeding a fat-free diet, which suggests that low-fat diets are likely to be beneficial in lipodystrophic patients. Leptin replacement therapy is also a promising therapeutic option for lipodystrophic patients with hypoleptinemia. SUMMARY: Inherited lipodystrophies are an important cause for monogenic hypertriglyceridemia and serve to highlight the role of adipocytes in maintaining normolipidemia.
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A fascinating issue arose during our recent Presidential election campaign, and continues today. Many good, ordinary people fell in love with the candidate who "talked just like they do." News Hour on PBS found two Texas cafes, one in a small town, the other in Austin. The customers were all Texans, all who apparently loved their state and their country, but their answers to the reporter's questions seemed to come from two different worlds.
The customers in the small town caf? all acknowledged voting for President Trump, and as of his first three weeks, were still enthusiastic. All were hard working farmers and small town residents, all of them white, sharing a love for traditional small town culture.
One comment met with universal approval: it was "refreshing" to have their leader speak just like they do. When asked what they meant by this, they liked his "plain talk," did not mind the vulgarity
(saying that many people in their town talked like that in private), and believed that despite his privileged wealthy life, his language showed that he understood how they felt. They all hated the lawyerly-like talk of most politicians, and found this particularly egregious with Hillary Clinton, whom they "did not trust."
They trusted that their President would bring back jobs, and even those who expressed doubt about this, were happy that he even talked about it. They were happy about the immigrant ban, liked his appointment of Jeff Sessions as Attorney General (insisting that he had no background as a racial bigot), and did not mind that most of the president's appointees were billionaires. They accepted his claim that successful people (billionaires) knew how to get things done.
The customers in the Austin (a college town) caf? were a diverse group of university types: sharing leftist values of cosmopolitanism, tolerance for differences, and language reflecting college education (with the exception of a handful of hippies). They answered the same questions that the reporter had asked in the small town, but the answers were completely different. They discussed what they considered the narcissism of President Trump, how he used language to inflame his followers, his harping on the size of his electoral win, and they were very critical of his appointments of people known for their dislike of the very departments that they would be charged with directing. These two groups could not have seen the world more differently.
We are indeed a divided nation, but it is important to remember that our rural population is one third of the whole, and shrinking, while the urban population is two thirds, and growing. We are not on the verge of a civil war.
Hitler was an expert at whipping up mobs with plain talk, vulgarity, and threats of revenge and extermination of "enemies of the state." Intellectuals were, of course, such enemies, as were city dwellers.
In 1952, an Egyptian military officer, Gamal Abdel Nasser, led a revolt that ended Egypt's monarchy and established a "republic." Nasser broke with tradition that leaders in Arab countries must show their education by speaking in classical Arabic. Instead, he used Egyptian Arabic, with its own slang, own terminology, and own street talk. The crowds went crazy with delight.
Iran's Islamic Revolution leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, who spoke a type of Farsi using unfamiliar Arabic terms as a religious scholar, chose instead to address his admiring hordes in the most vulgar, coarse sort of street Farsi. He talked about "punching the US in the jaw," and wiping out enemies "corrupting the earth" (people other than pious Shiite Muslims). intellectuals fled the country.
Yes, I am an educated elitist, and I dislike political "plain talk." But just to raise another issue, I don't like the coarseness of language that assaults us in many American movies and Cable TV dramas. The small town people are right to object to the vulgarity in popular entertainment, even though they don't mind it in their leader. The cosmopolitan elites want to protect vulgar speech in the arts, while detesting it in their politicians. I am equally appalled by both!


Penny and Leonard make an important step in their relationship in Season 10, episode 22.
Season 10 of "The Big Bang Theory" was very disappointing when it comes to the relationship between Penny and Leonard. Ever since they got married, we've been waiting for the two of them to start acting like an adult married couple. Instead, all we saw was a bunch of white lies and passive-aggressive attitudes. In episode 22, their relationship was tested once again, only this time the couple threw in a surprise.
In this episode, Penny runs into her ex-boyfriend Zack at a bar.
We all know Zack looks so much better than Leonard and since their marriage got really hard, everyone assumed that having Zack back is a bad thing. However, Zack is engaged, and he's changed a lot, and he even asks Penny and Leonard to go to dinner with him. Though it is probably a bad idea, Penny agrees. The next thing we see is Penny and Leonard eating dinner with Zack.
During the dinner, Penny makes an important confession about her professional career. It seems that she is not happy working at pharmaceutical sales and this prompts Zack to offer her a job.
Yes, Penny's extremely handsome ex-boyfriend invited her to work at his restaurant menu company as head of sales.
Now, the job would be perfect since she has experience with restaurants and sales, and the salary is amazing. However, let's not forget about the fact that she is married and her husband is present at the dinner.
This offer was a great test for Penny and Leonard's relationship. One might think it is even a final exam after everything they've been through.
However, this is not the episode our favorite couple breaks up. This is the episode where they grow, both as individuals and as spouses.
After talking about their issues with their friends, Penny and Leonard realize there is only one thing they can do and that is to talk about it reasonably. Even their friends agreed. Everyone in the gang said that taking the job would be a big mistake, and they weren't even in the same room.
Eventually, Penny and Leonard decided to talk about the situation. This time they actually listened to one another, and they started thinking as a couple, not as individuals.
In the end, they agreed that Penny should accept the offer, but since Zack's fiancée doesn't agree with that, Penny will continue working in pharmaceutical sales.
Even though Penny ended up stuck at her unfulfilling job, this episode was critical for further development of their relationship.


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\subsection*{\centering{Abstract}}

Consider the following game. We are given a tree $T$ and two players
(say) Alice and Bob who alternately colour an edge of a tree (using
one of $k$ colours). If all edges of the tree get coloured, then Alice
wins else Bob wins. Game chromatic index of trees of is the smallest
index $k$ for which there is a winning strategy for Alice. If the
maximum degree of a node in tree is $\Delta$, Erdos et.al.[6], show
that the game chromatic index is at least $\Delta+1$. The bound is
known to be tight for all values of $\Delta\neq 4$.

In this paper we show that for $\Delta=4$, even if Bob is allowed to
skip a move, Alice can always choose an edge to colour and win the
game for $k=\Delta+1$.  Thus the game chromatic index of trees of
maximum degree $4$ is also $5$. Hence, game chromatic index of trees
of maximum degree $\Delta$ is $\Delta+1$ for all $\Delta\geq 2$.

Moreover,the tree can be preprocessed to allow Alice to pick the next
edge to colour in $O(1)$ time.

A result of independent interest is a linear time algorithm for
on-line edge-deletion problem on trees.

\section{Introduction}

We are given a tree or forest in which maximum degree of a node is
$\Delta$. Two players (say) Alice and Bob alternately properly colour
an edge of the forest (using $\Delta+1$ colours)-- a colouring is
proper if no two edges with same colour are incident at a node.  If
all edges get coloured, then Alice wins else Bob wins.

Bodlaender [3], introduced vertex-colouring game on graphs-- each
player in turn colours a vertex of graph $G$ from $k$ colours.  Alice
wins if the graph $G$ gets completely coloured Bob wins if there is at
least one uncoloured vertex which can not be coloured using $k$
colours. The game chromatic number $\chi_g(G)$ is the smallest number
$k$ such that Alice can always colour $G$ completely.

Cai and Zhu[4] introduced the corresponding edge-colouring game.  Game
chromatic index $\chi'(G)$ is the minimum number of colours for which
Alice has a winning strategy if the game is played on a graph $G$ [4].
From result of Cai and Zhu[4] if $\Delta=3$ then the game chromatic
index is at most $4$ if there are odd number of edges in the forest.
Erdos et.al.[6] show that at least $\Delta+1$ colours are required for
a tree of maximum degree $\Delta$, thus for any tree $T$,
$\chi'(T)\geq \Delta+1$. They also show that the bound is tight for
$\Delta\geq 6$; they observe that who moves first is irrelevant for
this game. Andres[1] shows that for $\Delta=5$, the bound of
$\Delta+1$ is also tight. Thus, game chromatic index of trees with
maximum degree $\Delta$ is $\Delta+1$ for $\Delta\neq 4$. For
$\Delta=4$ case, Chan and Nong[5] show that the bound is tight if
either the trees are caterpillar or no two vertices of degree four are
adjacent. Fong et.al.[8] show that the bound is true provided each
degree $4$ node has at most one other neighbour of degree $4$.
Andre[2], Chan and Nong[5] and Fong et.al [8] allow Bob to skip moves.
Fong and Chan [9] study the problem using colours greater than the
game chromatic index.

We show that for $\Delta=4$ and $\Delta=5$, even if Bob is allowed to
skip a move, Alice can always choose an edge to colour and win the
game. Moreover, the edge can be chosen in $O(1)$ time. Proposed
strategy for Alice is very similar to the technique used by Erdos
et.al [6] for $\Delta\geq 6$ case.

A result of independent interest is a linear time algorithm for
on-line edge-deletion problem on trees. Even and Shiloach[7] show
that on-line edge deletion problem on trees can be solved in $O(n \log
n)$ time. We show that the time can be reduced to $O(n)$.

In next section, we summarise the notation used; this is by and large
the notation used by Erdos et.al[6]. In Section 3, we
describe the proposed strategy. In Section 4, we show that the edge to
be coloured can be chosen in $O(1)$ time. We also propose a faster
solution to on-line edge deletion problem on trees in Section 4.

\section{Notation}

We by and large follow the notations of Erdos et.al.[6].

\begin{description}

\item[Leaf edge] An edge which is incident at a leaf node is called
a leaf edge.

\item[{Induced sub-tree}] The induced sub-tree of a component
has
\begin{itemize}
\item the coloured edges present in the original component and
\item path of uncoloured edges connecting them.
\end{itemize}

\item[{Base node}] A node which has degree $3$ or more in the induced
sub-tree of a component is a base node of that component.

\item[{Star-like}] A component with a unique base node in the induced
sub-tree of that component is called star-like component. If the
star-like component has $x$ coloured edges then it is called as
{\em{$x$-cl edge star}}.

\item[{Relevant $x$-cl edge star}] A $x$-cl edge star with a unique
base node is relevant if the base node of the $x$-cl edge star has
degree exactly equal to $\Delta$ (maximum degree in the forest) in the
original component. The base node of a relevant x-cl edge star is
called {\em{relevant base node}}. The relevant base node need not have
degree $\Delta$ in the induced sub-tree.

\item[{Matched edge}] In a component $T$ with a unique base node $v$
matched edges are
\begin{itemize}
\item all coloured edges incident on the base node $v$ and

\item other coloured edges whose colour is the same as colour of some edge
incident on the base node $v$
\end{itemize}

\item[{Unmatched edge}] A coloured edge which is not matched will be
called unmatched. These are the edges in $T$ which are not incident on
a base node and whose colour is different from all coloured edges
incident on base node.\\

 We also define

\item[$x$-cl edge component] If the number of coloured edges in a
component (tree) $T$ is $x$ then we call the component $T$ a $x$-cl
edge component ($x$-cl edge tree).

\end{description}

\section{Game Chromatic Index of Forest of degree $4$ or $5$}

If an edge (say) $uv$ of a tree $T$ is coloured, then as in [6], the
tree $T$ is split into two parts. One part (say) $T'$ contains the
vertex $u$ and the other part (say) $T''$ contains the vertex $v$. The
edge $uv$ is then ``added'' to both $T'$ and $T''$.  Basically we
first remove the edge $uv$ from $T$ to split $T$ into two trees $T'$
and $T''$, and then add a copy of this edge to both the trees. Thus
all coloured edges will be leaf edges in some component; internal
edges are always uncoloured.

In rest of this paper we assume that the maximum degree $\Delta$ is
either $4$ or $5$.

We show that after each move of Alice following conditions hold. We
keep the first condition $(S)$ as the same as that in Erdos et.al.[6]
but use a more strict second condition $(M)$:

\begin{description}

\item[Condition {$(S)$}] Every $x$-cl edge component with $x\geq 3$ is
star-like.

\item[Condition {$(M)$}] Every relevant $x$-cl edge star has at most
$\max(3 - \gamma, 0)$ unmatched coloured edges. Here $\gamma $ is the
number of coloured edges incident on the base node (and $x$ is the
total number of coloured edges in the $x$-cl edge star).
\end{description}

Remark 1: Even when $\max(3-\gamma,0)$ is $3$, we ensure that after
Alice's move at most two edges in any component are unmatched.

Remark 2: In each move an uncoloured edge of the original tree (or a
component of the original tree is chosen). However, the conditions are
enforced only in the induced sub-tree. All coloured edges are always
present in some induced sub-tree.

We show by induction on the number of moves that Alice can maintain
the invariants $(M)$ and $(S)$.  Let us assume that invariant $(M)$
and $(S)$ were true after Alice's previous move. We show that they are
also true after the next move of Alice, i.e. after a move of Bob and
then the move by Alice or in case Bob skips his move, then after the
previous move of Alice.

We consider different cases based on the value of $x$ in $x$-cl edge
components. First in Section 3.1, we consider the case, when there are
at most two coloured edges in each component. We will be left with the
case when some component has at least three coloured edges. In Section
3.2, we consider the case when the two conditions are true before
Alice's move. In Section 3.3 we consider the case when condition $(S)$
is violated and finally in Section 3.4 we finally consider the case
when condition $(S)$ holds but condition $(M)$ gets violated.

\subsection{$x$-cl edge components with $x \leq 2$}

We first consider the case when there are $x$-cl edge components with
uncoloured edges and $x \leq 2$. Then Alice moves as follows:
\begin{enumerate}

\item If all $x$-cl edge components have no coloured edges ($x=0$),
then Alice colours any edge $uv$. The tree containing edge $uv$
gets split and two $1$-cl edge components are formed. Conditions $(M)$
and $(S)$ remain vacuously satisfied.

\item Assume that an $x$-cl edge component contains exactly one
($x=1$) coloured edge (say) $uv$ and that component is not fully
coloured. If $v$ is a leaf, Alice colours an uncoloured edge incident
at $u$ (else she colours an edge incident at $v$). Thus degree of $u$
in the induced sub-tree becomes two.  As there is no base node
conditions $(M)$ and $(S)$ are vacuously satisfied.

\item Finally consider the case when some $x$-cl edge component
contains two coloured edges $(x=2)$. As there are $2$ coloured edges
(leaf edges), the $x$-cl edge component just contains the path (in the
induced sub-tree) between these two leaf edges; the path may contain
zero or some uncoloured edges. There are two sub-cases:

\begin{enumerate}

\item First consider the case when path has at least one uncoloured
edge. Alice colours an edge on this path which is adjacent to either
coloured edge using a colour different from the colour(s) already
present in the component.

After colouring the edge, the path gets split in two new $2$-cl edge
component (two paths with two or more edges). As each node, still has
degree two, there is no base node and hence the two conditions $(M)$
and $(S)$ are again vacuously satisfied.

\item If the path has zero edge (both the coloured edges are
adjacent), let $v$ be the node common to these coloured edges. Alice
colours an edge which is incident on the node $v$ (this edge will
always exist unless sub-tree is completely coloured). Then the node $v$
will now be of degree $3$ and will become a base node.  As all the
coloured edges are incident on node $v$, so they are matched,
hence condition $(M)$ is satisfied.  As there is only one base node
$v$ so condition $(S)$ also holds.

\end{enumerate}

\end{enumerate}

\subsection{Case $x\geq 3$}

Next we prove the following lemma which will be used later:

{\textbf{Lemma 1}}
If condition $(S)$ is satisfied in any $x$-cl edge component then
there can be at most $\Delta$ coloured edges in that component.

Proof: In a $x$-cl edge component (say) $T$ if condition $(S)$ is true
then there can be at most one base node (say $v$) in the induced
sub-tree.  Moreover each node in any path going out of $v$ has degree
at most $2$ in the induced sub-tree. As degree of $v$ is at most
$\Delta$, there can be at most $\Delta$ paths leaving $v$. Since, each
path ends at a coloured leaf edge, there can be at most $\Delta$
coloured edges in the induced sub-tree. Q.E.D.

{\textbf{Lemma 2}}
In every $x$-cl edge component which still has at least one uncoloured
edge, if condition $(S)$ and $(M)$ are both satisfied then coloured
edges can be of at most $\Delta-1$ different colours (however the
total number of coloured edges can be at most $\Delta$ in any
component).

Proof: Let us assume that $\gamma $ edges are incident at the base
node $v$. As condition $(M)$ holds, there can be at most $\max(3 -
\gamma, 0)$ unmatched edges in the component.  We show that if there
are more then $\Delta-1$ different colours present in the component
then condition $(M)$ can not be satisfied unless the component is
completely coloured.

For contradiction, assume $\Delta$ or more different colours are
present in component $T$. From Lemma 1, there can not be more than
$\Delta$ coloured edges. As all edges have different colours, so there
are no matched edges except the $\gamma $ edges incident on the base
node $v$.  Thus, the number of different colours is at most $\gamma
+\max(3-\gamma,0)=\max(3,\gamma)$.  The largest possible value for
$\gamma $ is $\Delta$.  But if $\gamma =\Delta$, the component becomes
completely coloured; so we need not consider that case. We are left
with the case when $\gamma \leq \Delta-1$. Hence we can have edges of
at most $\max(3,\gamma)\leq \max(3,\Delta-1)\leq \Delta-1$ different
colours in any component (which is not fully coloured). Q.E.D.

Remark: Last inequality follows as $\Delta\geq 4$.

In rest of this section we assume that all components containing
uncoloured edges are star-like and condition $(M)$ and $(S)$ are
satisfied.  Alice chooses a component $T$ with a base node $v$, which
still has uncoloured edges.

First consider the case when all the coloured edges are incident on
the base node $v$; as a result there is no unmatched edge in the
component. Alice colours an uncoloured edge incident on $v$ (such an
edge will necessarily exist unless entire component is a star and
completely coloured). As Alice is not creating any unmatched edge so
condition $(M)$ continues to hold and as it is still star like so
condition $(S)$ also holds.

We are left with the case when there are some coloured edge (s) not
incident on our base node $v$. Let $ab$ be such an unmatched edges; in
case all coloured edges not incident at $v$ are matched, let $ab$ be
any one of them. Let $vw$ be the edge incident at $v$ which lies on
the path from node $v$ to edge $ab$, assume $a$ is closer to $v$. Path
$wa$ may contain zero or some edges. Alice colours edge $vw$ with a
feasible colour. From Lemma 2, there can be at most $\Delta-1$
different colours in the component, as we can use $\Delta+1$ colours,
there will always be a feasible colour.

After colouring edge $vw$ the tree $T$ gets split and the edge $ab$ is
not in the sub-tree (say $T'$) with base node $v$. If all coloured
edges were matched, then in $T'$ there were no unmatched edges earlier
and as we are not creating any new unmatched edge, so $(M)$ will
continue to be satisfied.  As $T'$ is star like, $(S)$ is also
satisfied. If $ab$ was unmatched, after Alice's move $\gamma $ goes up
by one, but one unmatched edge gets removed from the component, so
$(M)$ is again satisfied. Condition $(S)$ is also satisfied as $T'$ is
star like.

Condition $(M)$ and $(S)$ also holds for the sub-tree $T''$ as it is a
path.

\subsection{Bob's move violates $(S)$}

Next we show that

{\textbf{Lemma 3}}
In every $3$-cl edge component condition $(S)$ and $(M)$ are always
satisfied.

Proof: The induced sub-tree of $3$-cl edge component is (by
definition) cycle free and contains $3$ coloured leaf edges. As $3$
leaf edges can not be in a single path, therefore in the induced
sub-tree there must be a node of degree $3$ (say $v$). Node $v$ is a
base node (definition of base node) and there are three paths going
out of the node $v$ in the induced sub-tree. Each path is ending at a
coloured leaf edge and (in each path) every internal node is of degree
exactly $2$. Thus all the nodes other than $v$ have degree at most
$2$, so it is not possible to have another node (other than $v$) with
degree $3$ in a $3$-cl edge component. As there is exactly one base
node ($v$) in the component, so condition $(S)$ is always satisfied.

Condition $(M)$ states that every relevant $x$-cl edge star has at
most $\max(3 - \gamma, 0)$ unmatched coloured edges.  Colours of (say)
$z$ unmatched edges will be different from the $\gamma $ colours
present at the base node. Therefore the number of coloured edges is at
least $\gamma+z$. As in a $3$-cl edge component there are only $3$
coloured edges, so $z+\gamma\leq3$ or $z\leq3-\gamma \leq
\max(3-\gamma,0)$, hence condition $(M)$ holds in $3$-cl edge
component. Q.E.D.

In this section, we consider the case when Bob's move violates $(S)$.
It may or may not violate $(M)$. As $(S)$ is now violated, there are
two ``base nodes'' (nodes having degree $3$ in the induced sub-tree)
say $v$ (the earlier base node) and $w$ (the newly created base node)
in (say) $x$-cl edge component $T$. Note that before Bob's move both
conditions $(S)$ and $(M)$ were true.  After Bob's move the second
base node can be created only when Bob colours an edge, which is not
incident on the base node $v$.  Alice colours the first edge (one
incident at $v$) on the path from $v$ to $w$ with a feasible colour.
We show that this is always possible. As before Bob's move conditions
$(S)$ and $(M)$ were true, from Lemma 2 there could have been at most
$\Delta-1$ different colours present in the component. As Bob can
introduce only one new coloured edge, after his move there are at most
$\Delta$ (different) colours in the component. As we can use
$\Delta+1$ colours so, one colour is still available for Alice's move
(even when the path from $v$ to $w$ just consist of a single edge and
all the coloured edges are adjacent to edge $vw$).

After her move, component $T$ gets split and the component with base
node $v$ becomes star-like, so condition $(S)$ is satisfied.

The component containing $w$ has only three coloured edges hence,
from Lemma 3, we know that the two conditions hold.

As we are only colouring an edge incident on the base node $v$, no new
un-matched edge is being created. $\gamma$, the number of edges
incident on $v$ does goes up by one, but two coloured edges which were
earlier in this component, are now in the new component (the component
with base node $w$) hence condition $(M)$ continues to be satisfied
(it was satisfied before Bob's move).

Remark: Only in the case when the path from $v$ to $w$ just consist of
a single edge and all the coloured edges of the component are adjacent
to either $v$ or $w$, Alice may be forced to use the $(\Delta+1)$th
colour.

\subsection{Bob's move violates $(M)$}

We finally consider the case, when after Bob's move condition $(M)$
gets violated in a component (say) $T$ with base node $v$, but
condition $(S)$ holds. Thus, $T$ still has exactly one base node $v$.
After Bob's move the tree $T$ gets split and only one of the two tree
(say $T'$) can contain $v$. Let $T''$ be the other tree.

Bob could have coloured either a leaf edge of $T$ or an edge on a path
incident at $v$. In the first case, $T''$ contains one and in the
second case two coloured edges thus neither $(S)$ nor $(M)$ can be
violated in $T''$.

Hence, the tree $T'$ is the sub-tree which does not satisfy $(M)$. As
condition $(M)$ is being violated, there is at least one unmatched
edge, say $ab$. Alice colours the first edge on path from $v$ to $ab$
with a feasible colour.

As conditions $(S)$ and $(M)$ were true before Bob's move, so from
Lemma 2, at most $\Delta-1$ different colours were present in $T$. As
Bob can introduce only one new colour, so now at most $\Delta$ colours
are present. As Alice has $\Delta+1$ colours for colouring, there is a
feasible colour left.

Remark: In the case when $ab$ is the only unmatched edge and the path
is null, Alice may have to use the $(\Delta+1)$th colour. In all
other cases she can colour the edge with one of the $\Delta$ colours
already present.

\section{Implementation Issues}

With out loss of generality, assume that the initial forest consists
of a single tree (else, we can run the algorithm independently on each
component).

We will keep the list of coloured leaves (and pointers to them) for
each component (after edges get split). The maximum number of coloured
leaves in a component is $\Delta$.

Given two coloured nodes there is a unique path in the original tree.
To determine the path efficiently, we root the uncoloured tree at any
vertex and preprocess the tree for lowest common ancestor (LCA)
queries. This takes $O(n)$ time, and after preprocessing, LCA queries
can be answered in $O(1)$ time [15],[13],[11]. The path between two
vertices (say) $u$ and $v$ in the tree will consist of path from $u$
to $w=$LCA$(u,v)$ (the lowest common ancestor of $u$ and $v$) and from
$w$ to $v$.

Let $u,v,w$ be three (coloured leaf) nodes in the tree. Then the
``induced'' sub-tree for these three nodes will only contain edges
between $u--v,u--w,v--w$. Let $x_{uv}=$LCA$(u,v)$,
$x_{uw}=$LCA$(u,w)$, and $x_{vw}=$LCA$(v,w)$.

Without loss of generality, assume that $x_{uv}$ is closer to $u$ than
than $x_{uw}$. As $x_{uv}$ and $x_{uw}$ are both ancestors of $u$, the
path from $u$ to $w$ will pass through $x_{uw}$. Or $x_{uv}$ will on
both $u-v$ and $u-w$ paths. Hence, it will have degree three and will
be a base node.

Thus, to determine the base node, we just need the height (or depth)
of the nodes (in the original tree).

In general, after Bob's move there can be at most $\Delta$ coloured
leaves edges in any component. In case, two or more leaf edges are
incident on any node, then that node is a base node. Else, we pick up
any leaf edge say $(\bullet,u)$ incident at $u$. And find four LCAs.
The one closest to $u$ will be a base node. Next base node, will be
the ancestor closest to this LCA.

If an edge on the induced sub-graph gets coloured, the component gets
split. The coloured edges which are no longer in the earlier component
(these can be determined by LCA queries) are deleted from the list of
coloured leaves and the new coloured edge is added. The other coloured
leaves (along with the newly coloured edge) will be added to the list
of the new component.

Thus, Alice can select the edge which she should colour in $O(1)$
time, provided she knows the component in which the edge Bob just
coloured lies. Let $ab$ be the edge last coloured. If there is another
coloured edge incident at $a$ (respectively $b$), the Alice colours
another edge incident at $a$ (resp. $b$). Else, let $v$ be the base
node in the component containing $ab$--- actually, the edge $ab$ will
lie in two components, but because of condition $(S)$, only one of
them will contain a base node. Alice selects an edge incident at $v$
on the path from $v$ to $ab$.

Remark: Other condition $(M)$ ensures that even after Bob's move there
are at most $\Delta$ different colours in a component (see Lemma 2),
thus Alice will always have a feasible colour.

We next discuss the problem of maintaining components. There are
several techniques for example, ET-Trees [14], linking and cutting
trees [16] which can be used to solve the problem in $O(\log n)$ time;
in fact any method for dynamically maintaining connected components
(actually, only decremental) can be used here.  We next describe a
simple method to solve this problem.

First the basic method of Even and Shiloach[7]. To begin with the
entire tree is in a single component. Let us store the name of the
component (say $1$) with each node in the tree. When an edge (say)
$uv$ is removed, the tree splits into two parts, one containing $u$
and the other $v$. We determine the tree containing fewer node. This
can be done as in [14],[7], by start traversing both trees, in
parallel, and stopping as soon as one tree is completely traversed.
The name of component, stored in vertices of the smaller tree (one
completely traversed) is changed (to a new name). As the size of the
tree in which labels are changed is at most half the size of the
original tree, label of any node can be changed at most $\log_2 n$
times. Thus, this method takes $O(n\log n)$ time.

We next reduce the time, by having a two level structure.  First
assume that no internal node has exactly one child. We replace
sub-trees rooted at the ``lowest'' nodes having at least $\frac12 \log
n$ descendants (i.e., each child of these nodes has fewer than
$\frac12 \log n$ descendants) by a super-node. This is done until
$O(n/\log n)$ nodes are left.

The name of component for any node inside the super-node will be the
name of the component of the super-node.

Thus, the resulting trees (with super-nodes) will have $O(n/\log n)$
nodes; if we use the basic method for this tree the time will be
$O(n)$. If an edge is deleted inside a super-node, sub-tree inside a
super-node is split. But as ``internal node'' in the sub-tree of
super-node has $O(\log n)$ nodes, the basic method will take
$O(\log\log n)$ time, per node. Thus, we are able to reduce the time
to $O(n\log\log n)$.

If we repeat the two-level method, on each sub-tree the time will
reduce to $O(n\log^{(3)}n)$. Similarly by using $k$-level structure we
get an $O(n\log^{(k)}n)$ time method.

Each two-level structure can also be preprocessed using the method of
``micro-sets'' [12] to get a linear time algorithm or we can use a
method similar to that of[10] to get a near linear time algorithm
(which may have smaller constants). Basically, instead of using
logarithms, we can use Ackermann function and get a bound of $O(n
\alpha(n))$, here $\alpha( )$ is inverse Ackermann function.

Finally, assume that there are nodes with exactly one child. We
replace this ``chain'' by a single edge to get ``compressed tree''. In
compressed tree each node has at least two children and we preprocess
it as before. Maintaining linear chain of descendants is equivalent to
the set splitting problem studied by Gabow and Tarjan[10][12] or list
splitting problem studied by Gabow[10] and can be solved in above
bounds.

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Gospel. Culture. Technology. Music.
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The Disintegration Loops – William Basinski
Category: Culture Page 1 of 20
By David Westerfield
In Culture, Theology
Thoughts from this morning's Daily Office readings:
"For your steadfast love is before my eyes, and I walk in your faithfulness." | Psalm 26:3
"For with you is the fountain of life; in your light do we see light." | Psalm 36:9
"Oh, save your people and bless your heritage! Be their shepherd and carry them forever." | Psalm 28:9
The gospel in its essence, in what it calls for, is not doing something for God like busying ourselves with religious works to add to our resume (an impossible supposition). But of first importance, the gospel, the good news of the kingdom, is first calling us simply to come with the empty hands of faith to rest in His covenantal faithfulness toward us ("I walk in your faithfulness"), not our own, because if we' re honest, we're not faithful. Thankfully He was in our place. It's not about "discovering the light within yourself" as your source of energy and life, but rather the reverse: all that is within is darkness because of our sin blinding us from the truth: "And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil." (John 3:19). Therefore only, "In your light do we see light." In the Person and work of Christ, revealing the Father to us by His perfect words and deeds, life, death and resurrection for us, He raised us from death and darkness in order to be resurrected to new life and light forever.
But it is a new life that starts now by that same internal work of God's grace that first regenerated us and is continuing to do so, to produce fruit unto eternal life. The new creation life breaking into the old.
ERLC Releases Statement on Artificial Intelligence
In Culture, Technology
https://erlc.com/resource-library/articles/why-we-need-a-statement-of-principles-for-artificial-intelligence
"For the first time in a long time, I believe that we can speak the words of truth into an issue that can have true and lasting effects on how tools like AI are developed and used in our world. The benefits of this technology are great, but the dangers are real. Just as electricity changed everything about our society, AI is due to change even more in a shorter period of time. We are entering a new age of AI where everything about your life and our communities will be different. The church has the unique opportunity and obligation to speak boldly to a watching word with a word of hope and peace that who you are is not tied to what you do, rather your dignity is tied to the One that created the entire world. No matter how advanced AI might become in the future or how dependent our society already is on the technology, nothing can change who you are as an image bearer of God. This guiding ethic drives everything we do as Christians and has life-altering applications to the issues that AI is presenting to our homes, communities, and world."
SocialMedia'ing Ourselves to Death
"The average American teenager who uses a smart phone receives her first phone at age 10 and spends over 4.5 hours a day on it (excluding texting and talking). 78% of teens check their phones at least hourly and 50% report feeling 'addicted' to their phones. It would defy common sense to argue that this level of usage, by children whose brains are still developing, is not having at least some impact, or that the maker of such a powerful product has no role to play in helping parents to ensure it is being used optimally. It is also no secret that social media sites and applications for which the iPhone and iPad are a primary gateway are usually designed to be as addictive and time-consuming as possible, as many of their original creators have publicly acknowledged."
https://thefederalist.com/2018/01/10/apple-facebook-arent-going-save-us-smartphone-addiction/
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In Culture, Theology, Video
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What the Enlightenment Hath Wrought
In Culture, Philosophy
I'd be lying if I said I haven't ever taken a selfie. Still do with the kids occasionally. However, something about this just feels wrong. So much of the endgame of what the enlightenment has wrought (though much good was brought about to be sure) can be summed up in this one picture; that we would memorialize as important something so vain and trivial. As the center-point of what defines objective reality shifted from the external to the inner-self, the subjective, how could this not be the end? A society centered on making itself great and known to a watching world. As we've soaked in celebrity culture, and now possess mediums to broadcast ourselves, how could we not become our own celebrities with our own fans? And how much, in such a short time, has social media enabled all of us to put this narcissistic tendency in full throttle? And now we memorialize such overt self-centeredness? What an age we live in.
The Dawn of Automated Living
Automation, automation, and then some more… automation:
Despair, Exhausted Consumerist-Revolution Style
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Greg Koukl: The Myth of Moral Neutrality
In Culture, worldview
http://www.str.org/articles/the-myth-of-moral-neutrality#.Vae9uYUo7bg
"One of the most entrenched assumptions of relativism is that there is such a thing as morally neutral ground, a place of complete impartiality where no judgments nor any forcing or personal views are allowed. Each takes a neutral posture towards the moral convictions of others. This is the essence of tolerance, the argument goes."
"What are values clarification exercises meant to teach? That there are difficult ethical circumstances in which the lines are not clear and the solutions are ambiguous? We already know that. No, these exercises go further. They imply that because some circumstances are ethically ambiguous, there are no ethical certainties at all.
The Protestant Deformation and American Foreign Policy – An Essay by James Kurth
In Christian Culture, Culture, History
The following is an essay from 2001 by political scientist James Kurth on the "Protestant Deformation" or what could be described as the radical secularization of Protestantism. As he notes, we're now entering the final stages of this deformation, a long and twisty road that has led us to a radical individualism that threatens a new form of totalitarianism upon the free world: the totalitarianism of the self. Enjoy.
http://web.archive.org/web/20120119184608/http://phillysoc.org/Kurth%20Speech.htm
H/T http://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/the-protestant-deformation/
Analysts of American foreign policy have debated for decades about the relative influence of different factors in the shaping of American foreign policy. National interests, domestic politics, economic interests, and liberal ideology have each been seen as the major explanation for the peculiarities of the American conduct of foreign affairs. But although numerous scholars have advocated the importance of realism, idealism, capitalism, or liberalism, almost no one has thought that Protestantism – the dominant religion in the United States – is worth consideration. Certainly for the twentieth century, it seemed abundantly clear that one could (and should) write the history of American foreign policy with no reference to Protestantism whatsoever.
Prayer for Peace – Spurgeon
And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pay unto the Lord for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace. (Jeremiah 29:7)
The principle involved in this text would suggest to all of us who are the Lord's strangers and foreigners that we should be desirous to promote the peace and prosperity of the people among whom we dwell. Specially should our nation and our city be blest by our constant intercession. An earnest prayer for your country and other countries is well becoming in the mouth of every believer. Eagerly let us pray for the great boon of peace, both at home and abroad. If strife should cause bloodshed in out streets, or if foreign battle should slay our brave soldiers, we should all bewail the calamity; let us therefore pray for peace and diligently promote those principles by which the classes at home and the races abroad may be bound together in bonds of amity.
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