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"Creationism" (Biblical Creation)
Arguments to Avoid
Getting To Be as Flat as the "Flat Earth" Argument
by Mark Looy on April 19, 2005
Dr. Wolfe declared to the TV audience, "To teach kids that creationism explains something about the world is no different than teaching them that the earth is flat."
"As old as the hills [although, not millions of years old], and twice as dusty," the saying goes (about something that has become trite after a time).
That's the sentiment this author had in watching yet another evolutionist mock a belief in a literal creation by likening it to believing in a "flat earth." Most recently, that was the comment made about AiG (and other creationist organizations) by Dr. Alan Wolfe of Boston College, as he and Answers in Genesis were featured on America's NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams last month (March 25). Dr. Wolfe declared to the TV audience: "To teach kids that creationism explains something about the world is no different than teaching them that the earth is flat."
Evolutionists have found it easier to resort to such scoffing . . . rather than to use rational, scientific arguments against those who reject evolution.
AiG has discovered that over the years, evolutionists have found it easier to resort to such scoffing (and ad hominem arguments) rather than to use rational, scientific arguments against those who reject evolution and accept a literal Genesis. Dr. Wolfe, director of the Boisi Center for Religion and American Life at Boston College in Massachusetts, USA, is just another in a long line of anti-creationists who resort to pulling out this hackneyed flat-earth analogy. Dr. Wolfe was essentially telling several million viewers that if creation is to be allowed in public schools, then the flat-earth theory should as well. (Even such a brilliant mind as the late Dr. Stephen J. Gould, used this terrible "apples and oranges" comparison.1)
This kind of bizarre analogy, occurring amidst a growing serious debate about the teaching of origins in science classes (schools in about twenty states are dealing with the issue), is unfortunate. Such a silly, cavalier attitude about the burgeoning pro-creation, anti-evolution movement may backfire in the long run, as the public tire of seeing highly credentialed evolutionists make nonsensical arguments like the hackneyed flat earth analogy to creation. If anything, it helps further reveal the bankruptcy of this worldview when they resort to such flimsy arguments. How?
You see, the theory of "molecules-to-man" evolution is outside observational science, but the shape of our earth is not. Even a layperson today can observe that the earth is not flat:
The earth's roundness can be seen as a shadow on the moon during a lunar eclipse.
We've all seen photos of a spherical earth taken by spacecraft circling the earth.
Even people in ancient times saw ships disappear over the horizon, and knew (centuries before Columbus) that the earth was round.
In addition, Isaiah 40:22 (that book was written many centuries before the time of Christ) talks about the sphericity of the earth.
Another occasional accusation made by evolutionists against creationists is that some Christians and creation groups actually teach that the earth is flat.2 That's a red herring, for we don't know of any creationist group that believes in a flat earth. At the same time, we can't resist mentioning that there would certainly be evolutionists who accept false beliefs like astrology. However, it should be obvious that the validity of creation (or evolution) isn't affected by the fact that some of the adherents of either hold erroneous views on other subjects. Furthermore, we don't know of any credentialed scientist who holds to a flat-earth view.
We can only hope that scoffers like Dr. Wolfe-with their tidy sound bites-will have the opportunity to study the Bible for themselves and see that science, properly interpreted, does not contradict God's Word in any way. (It is unfortunate, however, that one of Dr. Wolfe's recent exposures to Christianity was his January visit to the campus of Calvin College in Michigan to give a lecture; while ostensibly a Christian school, Calvin has several evolutionists on its science and Bible faculties.) Such a cavalier, mocking attitude about the authority of the Bible has eternal consequences for those who reject the Bible as God's Word and its message of salvation through the Creator and Redeemer, Jesus Christ.
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A Foundation For Lifelong Success
St. Catherine's Academy, a Catholic school with a military tradition, builds within young men a foundation for success through a formation program, which is rooted in the Dominican charism and emphasizes faith, leadership, academics, and service.
St. Catherine's Academy, a Catholic resident/day school for boys in transitional kindergarten - 8th grade, builds within young men a faith-filled foundation for success, rooted in the Dominican Pillars of prayer, study, community, and ministry. On the foundation of these pillars, we along with parents, the primary educators, strive to form well-rounded cadets who are aware of the importance of faith in all aspects of their lives.
Through opportunities for prayer, community worship, and religious instruction, students are taught that prayer is a significant part of everyday life and a means of growing in their personal relationship with God. In the belief that study helps students better understand God's truth, academics are based on curriculum standards and gospel values that will create a foundation for lifelong learning. St. Catherine's Academy works to recognize the God-given talents of each student. The academic, military, and resident programs teach cadets the importance of community and how to relate to others as leaders and team members who are responsible for the success of one another. The importance and joy of ministry to others is inspired through opportunities for service to the local and global community.
School-Wide Learning Expectations
A cadet at St. Catherine's Academy, rooted in the Dominican charism, is:
A young man who embraces prayer as he lives a life of faith
Demonstrates an appreciation for God in his life
Makes good moral choices that reflect Gospel values
Worships weekly with the school community
Has a knowledge of the Catholic faith – its teachings, history and traditions
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Is able to utilize technology and communicate effectively
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Shares his gifts, talents, and knowledge
Is active in recognizing the needs of the earth and environment
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With summer 'finally' making its way to the frozen tundra of Wisconsin, my family and I make some changes to our eating patterns.
On weekends when the weather is nice, we all like to be outdoors. Whether it's mowing the lawn, working in the garden or out on the boat, eating breakfast, lunch and dinner is not always part of the plan. I like to cook a bigger breakfast and then we usually don't eat again until we put something on the grill for dinner.
If this is an occurrence at your house (or even if it's not) here is an excellent recipe for a hearty breakfast that I'd like to share!
Bring a large pot of salted water to boiling. Add asparagus; cook 5 minutes or until bright green. Drain and place in a bowl of ice water to cool; drain.
In greased 3-quart baking dish spread half the bread cubes. Top with cheese, onion, chives and half the ham and asparagus. Top with remaining bread.
In a bowl whisk together four of the eggs and the milk. Evenly pour over layers in dish. Press down bread pieces into the egg-milk mixture with the back of spoon. Top with remaining ham and asparagus. Cover; refrigerate until ready to bake.
Bake, uncovered, in a 325 degrees oven for 30 minutes. With the back of a wooden spoon, press 6 indentations in top of strata. Pour a whole egg into each indentation. Bake 20 to 25 minutes more or until an instant read thermometer inserted in center of strata registers 170 degrees F and eggs are set. Let stand 15 minutes.
Cut into squares to serve. If desired, drizzle lightly with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and cracked black pepper. Makes 6 to 8 servings.
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So, What is the DotNetNuke Release Process?
As you all read the various project forums and look forward to new releases of your favorite modules, you have no doubt seen references to a 'release process' or 'release tracker' .. and I'm sure you've all wondered .. 'what the *&%$ is that?
Back in July of 2006, after the modules had been split into their own projects, it became evident that we needed a formal release process in order to ensure high-quality releases of official DotNetNuke Projects. There are a lot of stakeholders in a DotNetNuke Project. There's the Project Team, the Project Lead, the Project Chair ( a core team member who acts as mentor and liason between the project team and the core team ), and most importantly, the DotNetNuke Community as a whole. A documented, clearly defined release process was necessary to allow all of those stakeholders to not only understand the steps involved in releasing a Project, but be able to follow a release as it moves through the various stages of the process.
Prior to the definition of the process, the two biggest challenges facing project teams, was knowing what needed to be done, and who needed to do what in order to get a project released. Too often a module would be waiting for someone to perform some test or certification, and the person responsible for performing that task was unaware that a module was waiting for them to do something.
So, 'Process Definition' and 'Communication' were the two key objectives to making this a smooth, repeatable and efficient process. Without a defined process and good communications, releases are delayed, poor quality code is released and all of the stakeholders are left feeling frustrated.
The first step was to define the sequence of 'states' that package must pass in order to be released, and for each state a list of 'exit criteria' that the package must pass in order to advance to the next state. Then for each state, a list of the people who were going to be responsible for evaulating each of those criteria was identified. Once the states, exit criteria and resources were defined, it was decided that the best way to manage this new process was a custom DotNetNuke module to handle the tracking and communications necessary. The module, called the 'DotNetNuke Release Tracker', allows project leads to submit project 'packages'. Once submitted, the module handles the notification issue by sending an email to all resources who are authorized to pass or fail exit criteria for a package in it's current state. The module then allows those resources to pass or fail each individual criteria. Once all criteria for a particular state are passed, then the module advances the package to the next state and sends out notification emails letting everyone know that the previous state was passed and the package is in a new state. This process continues until a package passes it's final state and is then released to the community.
The Tracker module allows people to see what modules have been submitted for release, where the module is in that process, which state it's in, which exit criteria have passed and which have not, who's responsible for evaluating that criteria ( so that if we see a module becoming stagnant, we know who to contact ) and we make sure that nothing falls through the cracks in releasing a new module to the community.
Now that we have been using the Tracker module for some time and have worked out some early kinks, we are preparing to make the module public! That means that very soon, you will be able to view the tracker module on DotNetNuke.com, see which modules have been released into the process and how they're doing.
This second screen shot shows the package 'details'.There is a lot of information available, release notes for the module, test cases that will be executed, a history of the module since it's submission, and more. The tracker provides everything you'd need to know about a module as it moves through the process to a final release.
In addition, the module generates process metrics so we can track the performance of packages and see the time it takes a module to move from submission to release, as well as track package failures and the reason a package doesn't make it all the way through.
This was just an overview, and in future blogs, I'll go into more detail about the states/exit criteria that we've defined for the DotNetNuke Release Process, and I'll walk through the Tracker module itself to provide some insight into the module being used to manage this complicated process.


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I tend to get this mostly from users who need to gain admin/editor/author access to a group blog created by somebody else. New users have to create a wordpress.com account to become an author, the administrator cannot just add them as a user manually as they can on a self-hosted blog. The usernames generated by wordpress.com appear to be getting longer and more randomly generated, which is A Good Thing for security but not so good for displaying on the blog, and people appear to be unclear on how to change the name that is displayed to readers of the blog.
The Personal Settings option in the Users section allows one to remove the visual editor option (for those who prefer to write directly in HTML), to push Twitter status updates to one's blog, and more.
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Vikings wideout Chad Beebe might miss some time. Chris Tomasson of the St. Paul Pioneer Press tweets that the receiver could miss multiple games with a hamstring injury. Beebe suffered the injury during practice on Wednesday.
If the injury linger, Tomasson wonders if the Vikings would ultimately place the wideout on the injured reserve. If the team wanted some offensive reinforcement as soon as possible, the writer also suggests that the team could promote tight end Cole Hikutini from the practice squad.
Beebe, an undrafted rookie out of Northern Illinois, has already made a name for himself during his short stint with the Vikings. After going undrafted, he caught on with Minnesota, and he landed on the team's practice squad following the preseason. He was promoted to the active roster earlier this month, and he's hauled in four receptions for 39 yards. He also compiled a special teams tackle. If he misses any time, wideouts Brandon Zylstra or Aldrick Robinson could see more opportunities on offense.
Hikutini was an undrafted rookie out of Louisville in 2017. The 24-year-old appeared in four games with the 49ers last season, hauling in two receptions for 15 yards. The tight end signed with the Vikings practice squad in early September.
With Stefon Diggs ailing, the Vikings have added some reinforcement at wide receiver. ESPN's Courtney Cronin reports that Minnesota has promoted wideout Chad Beebe from the practice squad.
The undrafted rookie out of Northern Illinois joined the Vikings shortly after this past year's draft. Beebe ended up having a standout preseason for the Vikings, hauling in nine catches for 95 yards and two scores. After being cut at the end of the preseason, the wideout joined the team's practice squad, where he's spent the entire campaign.
Diggs didn't practice this week as he recovers from a rib injury. The wideout said he expects to play against the Lions tomorrow, but he was ultimately listed as questionable on the final injury report. While today's move could solely be for insurance, it may also be a sign that Diggs won't end up suiting up.
Even if Diggs does miss time, Beebe would likely slide in at the bottom of the Vikings depth chart behind Adam Thielen, Laquon Treadwell, Aldrick Robinson, and Brandon Zylstra.


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On Saturday night, I realized a dream: to be asked to share my message about Down syndrome at an event benefiting one of the leading Down syndrome charities in the nation. As I approached the podium and looked out over an elegant ballroom full of people decked out in their finest formal wear, I delivered a very dignified speech about farting, menstrual cycles, and a cooler full of booze.
We may not keep it classy, but we keep it real. Aunt Leanne makes sure of that!
Last weekend was the culmination of so many things and people I love, coming together in one place, that it makes me emotional just to reflect on it.
1. I got to see my family.
2. I got to see my sister dance.
3. I got to share my message in support of a cause I love.
Our family had the great honor of being asked to appear at the GiGi's Playhouse Gala in Moline, IL. GiGi's Playhouse is a Down syndrome achievement center with academic, therapeutic, career, and social programming customized for individuals with Down syndrome of all ages. GiGi's has locations throughout the nation and it's growing at a rightfully astronomical rate!
One of the cornerstone programs GiGi's offers is the literacy program, that's designed around research that targets the most effective way children with Down syndrome learn to read. It's at GiGi's Playhouse where Josie discovered her love of reading. Check out this old video (and read more about Down syndrome and literacy HERE).
So we packed up and headed to the land of Lincoln where we met Mama Hop and Aunt Leanne.
What a sweet reunion it was. We had not seen them since Thanksgiving! That's way too long between visits.
We got to our hotel room where I rehearsed the speech I would give at the gala that night for Mama Hop and Aunt Leanne. They listened intently and applauded when it was over. I asked Leanne if she wanted to hear it again and she replied, "No. I'm too tired. Maybe later."
The speech was good but it wasn't that good!
The girls got to indulge in a local delicacy: Whitey's ice cream. It was a hit!
Then, we were met by our former nanny, "Never Ever Megan" and her love, "Chicago Ricky," (Josie bestowed these nicknames) who were kind enough to drive from - you guessed it - Chicago, to keep the kids while us adults went to the gala. I regret not getting a picture of these two because they are an absolutely lovely couple, both of whom volunteer at GiGi's Playhouse. We love you Megan and Ricky!
...that's our cousin, Steve. When his wonderful wife, Jen, found out that we'd be in Illinois to speak at the GiGi's Playhouse gala, she got a hold of Steve, rearranged existing plans, secured childcare, and headed to the Quad Cities to support us. We feel blessed to know such kind-hearted people, let alone, call them family. They're pretty incredible dancers, too!
The auction was fun, the dinner was tasty, the speaker was decent (haha!), but the highlight of the night was definitely the DANCING!
GiGi's Playhouse program participants kicked off the evening with a terrific choreographed dance number that had everyone in the ballroom smiling from ear to ear!
Then, the rest of us flooded the dance floor. There was clapping, pointing, bootie shaking, spinning, and dipping. Lots and lots of dipping!
Leanne danced and she danced and she danced (check out a video clip, HERE) until she literally found a chair and collapsed. I've never seen anything quite like it, Folks. To be in the presence of such energy and enthusiasm is a remarkable experience. It doesn't get much better than that!
My favorite picture of the night is of the embrace I received from Travis and Leanne after I delivered my speech. Talk about capturing a sweet moment that will have permanent residence in my memory.
I'd like to extend heartfelt gratitude to Mama Hop, Aunt Leanne, Travis, our girls, Megan, Ricky, Steve, Jen, Michelle, and everyone else who came together in support of this incredible organization that does so much for individuals with Down syndrome. The world is better because you're in it.
That is so exciting! I am happy that you got a chance to share your story!
While I don't know you personally, your blog has been such a great help for me.
It started when we were found out we were expecting a little one with Down syndrome. Reading your story and see how you, so familiar with Down syndrome, and your husband, decided to adopt a little one with Down syndrome, was the ultimate comfort to a mom who felt anxious, nervous and sad upon hearing the diagnosis. It definitely helped to give me a -very much needed- perspective at the time.
Later, your blog became more of a place where I look for ideas and things I should be doing for my girl.
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Long story short: if I were to pick one blog about Down syndrome that I would recommend to a (future) parent of a child with Down syndrome, it would be yours.
I have never heard of GiGi's Playhouse. Will have to look it up. Congratulations on your being asked to speak at the event. I bet it was wonderful!! I really enjoy reading your post. My daughter is 12 now with Down Syndrome and your story gives me so much hope.. Thank You.


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The CNN team described snake spring rolls, filled with ground reptile meat are "tasty and fresh with herbs found in all Vietnamese cuisine".
A meal full of dishes from snake meat. Photo: Hanoi Biking Travel.
Le Mat, the snake village located in Hanoi's peripheral district of Long Bien, has been described as an adventurous destination for food-lovers who come to enjoy dishes made with the slithery reptiles by CNN, the US Cable News Network.
CNN cited the owner of one of the most popular restaurants in the area as saying that the history of snakes in Vietnamese cuisine began with blood. It is believed that snake blood heals headaches and is good for curing sore throats and bone problems.
Since the past 20 to 30 years, the villagers have flashed the idea of making snakes the local delicacies and Le Mat village has become well-known as a culinary destination, specializing in snake meat.
According to CNN, the menu-free experience at the restaurant means diners can get to choose which snake is going to end up on their table and witnessing the chefs preparing dishes of the snake makes the culinary trip more adventurous.
The CNN team described snake spring rolls, filled with ground reptile meat are "tasty and fresh with herbs found in all Vietnamese cuisine". Besides, the most popular sauteed snake meat also left imprints as "its texture is the closest thing to poultry or pork – though the snake can't be likened to either".
Le Mat ancient town has caught and bred snake for around 200 years. However, it is no longer appropriate and became illegal since Vietnam joined the International Convention on the Protection of Wildlife.
In 2011, the local authorities proposed a plan on developing a traditional craft village of Le Mat village aiming to revive snake breeding craft and make the slithering reptiles a tourist attraction.
Le Mat was recognized as a traditional snake breeding village by the administration of Hanoi in 2010.
Nguồn : Hanoitimes


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Does the Dad in your life need some inspo on where to take the kids? We've talked to some of the coolest Dads in Singapore to get their tips on where to go and what to do with kiddos in tow!
Andrew Tan (aka Drewscape) is the illustrator of many a bestselling children's book. When Andrew had his first child, Olivia, now three years old, he put pen to paper and wrote numerous comic diary entries about his parenthood adventures, which he then compiled into a book "The OllieComics: Diary of a first-time dad'". We caught up with Andrew and his cute daughter Olivia to hear his nuggets of dad wisdom.
What's your favorite outdoor spot to hang out with your Olivia?
Presently, it's a big open grassy field between Holland Village and Holland Drive. There are lots of touch-me-not plants there and she likes running from one cluster to the next and touching them with a twig so they close. That can keep her occupied for some time. I used to think that she needed elaborate playgrounds to have fun. But I'm noticing that she is more than satisfied with big open simple spaces like these.
What are the most Dad-friendly places for changing diapers?
When I used to drive a Peugeot van, I would open the van's back doors and change her at the back of the van. Alternatively, there are clean and pleasant parent changing rooms in malls like Raffles City, ION, Vivo City as well as Liang Court. She's mostly stopped wearing diapers now. So now we rush to the nearest men's restrooms.
I like the Children's Garden at Garden by the Bay. They have a well-designed large water play area that plays cheerful Disney soundtracks that helps put everyone in a good mood. There's also an ample shaded seating area for parents to sit and watch their kids. Because of water spaying everywhere, it's one of the few outdoor play areas where my daughter can play till noon and it still won't be too hot for her. We make sure she wears a swim cap though.
Best spot for coffee when you're on early-morning Dad duty?
After putting her at pre-school, I sometimes head to Baker & Cook at 64 Namly Place. I'd order their breakfast set that comes with a buttery croissant and a latte. It's a nice place to chill because it's in a peaceful residential neighbourhood, away from the rush of the day.
Any favorite bedtime book recommendations?
Recently at the National Library, I found Little Fox in the Forest by Stephanie Graegin. It's a wordless picture book that tells of a girl who is running after a fox who has kidnapped her stuffed toy. I think it is very well done, because my wife, mom and me all took turns to read it to Olivia in our own words and we all "read" the pictures exactly the same way. Having the freedom to narrate it in my own words allows me to make the story detailed or keep it short if I feel too tired after reading the story again for the third time in a row.
Any favorite apps/games/podcasts to play with or listen to with your kid?
We enjoy songs by A. J. Jenkins as his songs appeal to both adults and kids at the same time. We also listen to spotify in the car. Searching music by Hooplakids seems to play a string of fun kid's songs that have a nice quality to them.
What's your favorite activity to do with your kid when Mom's not around?
I like bringing Olivia out to explore the neighbourhood on foot. That can include going playground hopping, sharing a pastry with her at a bakery cafe, or just running around with her in an open field.
What are your favorite date night restaurants?
Due to our schedules, we only have date lunches instead of date nights. We like the 1 for 1 lunch deals at La Nonna, Holland Village. I'd get their crab meat pasta. And there's the $15 pizza lunch set at Dario Pizza & More, the best pizza restaurant in the west, in my opinion. I'd go for the CP if you like bacon and onions. The Zola if you like blue cheese.
Do you have a favorite shop?
Being someone who likes to draw, I love going to Straits Art Co. for art supplies. However, I've already acquired all the various art tools I really need. So it's a little sad when I visit these days because I usually leave empty handed. As for lifestyle stores, I enjoy being in Muji. Being around nice products and nice decor cheers me up. And they have nice pens for drawing too!
Where do you like to train/exercise?
I go jogging in this big open air car park along Holland Drive, where the Buona Vista Swimming Complex used to stand. If it's too hot or raining, I run around the sixth floor of my multi-storey car park because its usually empty.
What are your favorite holiday destinations with your kid?
We've only taken our daughter to Hokkaido and Tokyo in a single trip. But that didn't turn out so well because she got a high fever and acute bronchitis there, plus we ran out of Brufen for kids which isn't available there and not prescribed by Japanese doctors. So we cut short our trip and flew back a few days early. When asked what she saw in Japan, she replied "hospital." We aim to try Japan again soon and then we will know if it's a good place to bring kids or not.
You and your wife recently published a graphic novel 'The Ollie Comics: Diary of a first time dad' that chronicles the first couple of years of your parenthood journey. What gave you the idea to do this?
The first few years of a child's life are so precious and fleeting that I think all parents want to immortalise those moments the best they can. As an illustrator and comic artist, I naturally started capturing my parenthood discoveries as short one-page comic diaries. I found that the comic medium is pretty good for capturing and sharing memories because it is able to combine pictures and storytelling together, much like a short film. Whenever something interesting with the kid happened, I'd sit down with pen and paper and draw it out at the end of the day. I posted these comic diaries on social media for a time and parents would often say that they can totally relate to my experiences. So after accumulating two and a half years of these comic diaries, I put them all into a book. I think it will be a fun read for future first-time dads as well as for parents wanting to relive the memories of their kid's early years, because the experiences of raising a child is surprisingly very universal. The novel is available at Kinokuniya, Woods in the Books, Basheer Graphic Books as well as on my website drewscape.net.
What have been the stand out, most memorable or funniest moments?
A huge thanks to Andrew and Olivia, and a big shoutout to Irina Nilsson Photography for the spectacular snaps!
He had the best of experiences which he is sharing through his skills with us. Loved it!


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1.2 Doors that require higher speeds, forces, shorter time delays, and activating sensing devices shall comply with ANSI/BHMA A156.10 for Power Operated Pedestrian Doors and are not covered in A156.19.
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The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has accepted to speak at the 19th annual lecture series of the Catholic Brothers United, CBU, scheduled to take place on Sunday, August 26, 2018, at the McGovern Hall, St. Agnes Catholic Church, Maryland.
The Minister will be speaking on the theme, "Technology & Agricultural Revolution": A Tool for Economic Growth.
President of the CBU, Emmanuel Okoro, in a statement announcing the Minister's confirmation to be the guest speaker at the forum, said the choice of the theme is apt, because the federal government has given priority attention towards revamping the near moribund agriculture industry.
Okoro, noted that Technology and Mechanisation are key factors that are germane to achieving the objective of using agriculture as major plank to transforming the economy.
The topic remains one of the best options today because technology has played a big role in developing the agricultural industry in developed countries and today with the right application of technology; it is possible to grow crops in a desert by use of agricultural biotechnology. With this technology, plants have been engineered to survive in drought conditions, and through genetic engineering, scientists have managed to introduce traits into existing genes with a goal of making crops resistant to droughts and pests, a condition that abounds in Nigeria.
He also noted that with the use of mobile apps, a farmer can calculate the amount of grass available in the field, and this saves the farmer time and money, adding that Technology has turned farming into a real business, and now farmers have electrified every process. A consumer can place an order directly online, and the product will be transported from the farm to the consumer in time when it's still fresh. This saves the farmer money and cuts out mediators who tend to buy low from farmers and sell high to end consumers.
Every farmer uses this technology in their own way. Some use it to create fertilizers, some use it to market their products, and others use it in production. So as a farmer, you have to specify what you need", he said.
It is based on this transformation that the CBU, which is one of the pious societies in St. Agnes Catholic Church Maryland, Lagos, chose the Honorable Minister to discuss how government is thinking of adopting technology through research processes to advance the agricultural sector.
He said, "We are an Association formed to carry out works of Evangelism and in the course of this task, we undertake a lot of religious and community development activities aimed at adding value to the Church and the society at large. Some of these activities include charity works, retreats, seminars and annual lectures amongst others.
And one of the Cardinal programs of the association is the Annual lecture, a program carefully articulated to address major national and international issues.
Thus in choosing a topic for each year, we look at the issues and problems prevalent in the society to guide the choice of a topic that properly addresses these issues. Also in our search for an eminent personality to discuss and elucidate on the topic, we usually consider individuals with proven professional track records, as well as, the ability to proffer solutions to the issues identified, thus the choice of the agriculture minister to address the topic", he added.
Speaking further, Okoro said, "In view of the Association's concordance with the belief of the church in teaching, educating, enlightening and informing the society for effective character formation and for nation building, we use the Annual Lecture to propagate the good news not only to parishioners but also to the society at large. We have therefore always given the Annual Lecture the wide national coverage it deserves through print and electronic media".
Also, he said, that Mr. Tunji Owoeye, the managing director of the Elephant Group has accepted to be the chairman of the occasion.
Okoro, said the choice of Owoeye stems from his background as a major player in the country's agriculture sector, whose company has applied appropriate technology to advance rice production and processing in the country.
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The West Bengal Post Office of India is going to conduct Postman & Mail Guard exam 2018 for all the applicants who applied for the post. The candidates who applied for the post can download the WB Postal Circle Admit Card 2018 which is now available on the official website of the board. A large number of candidates have applied for the exam. The candidates without admit card will not be allowed to enter the exam hall.
Applicants can download the WB Postal Circle Hall Ticket 2018 which is now available on the official website of the board. A lakh number of candidates have been applied for the post in the hope of getting qualified for the exam. The authority is recruiting the eligible candidates for the vacant posts of 239 Postman & Mail Guard posts.
To get their respective WB Postal Circle Permission Letter 2018 the candidates need to log in the official website by entering the registration number and password on the site. The authority has set the exam on 10th September 2018 at many exam centers. All the applicants should carry the permission letter during the exam.


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Brazilski džiju-džicu (u medijima i u obliku brazilski jiu-jitsu) (eng. krat. BJJ) je borilačka vještina i borilački šport koji je usredotočen na grappling i osobito na borbu na tlu s ciljem dobivanja dominantne pozicije te korištenjem zglobnih koštaca (engl. joint locks) i gušenja da se prisili protivnika na predaju. Sistem se razvio iz modificirane verzije Juda prakticiran prije 2. svjetskog rata uključujući i neke tehnike iz klasičnog Jujutsua te s fokusom na ne-wazu (podne tehnike). Promovira princip da manja, slabija osoba korištenjem ravnoteže i tehnike se može uspješno obraniti protiv većeg i jačeg napadača. BJJ se može trenirati za samoobranu, športske grappling turnire (gi i ne-gi) i mješovite borilačke vještine (MBV, engl. MMA – Mixed Martial Arts). Sparing (popularno zvano «kotrljanje») s protivnikom igra važnu ulogu u treniranju.

Porijeklo
Vještina je započela s Mitsuyom Maedom zvan Conde Coma (Grof Borba), japanskim judašem i članom Kodokana. Jigoro Kano je poslao Maedu da širi Judo izvan Japana. Kasnije, Maeda je emigrirao u Brazil 1910-ih godina gdje je utjecajni poslovni čovjek Gastão Gracie pomogao da se useli. Zauzvrat za njegovu pomoć, Maeda je trenirao Gastãovog najstarijeg sina Carlosa Graciea Judo koji je sam kasnije trenirao svoju braću uključujući i Hélia Graciea.

Kada je Meada učio obitelj Gracie Judo on je to nazivao Jujutsu. Nije poznato zašto je to učinio jer je Maeda trenirao Jujutsu samo kratko vrijeme kao dijete. Jedna teorija je da zato što je Maeda sudjelovao u brutalnim borilačkim natjecanjima što je Kano smatrao da je protiv principa Juda, Maeda je promijenio ime jer je raskinuo s Kanom. Druga teorija je da je Maeda stavio mnogo prljavih tehnika u svoj silabus porijeklom iz klasičnog Jujutsua. U to vrijeme bilo je znano kao džiju-džicu – ne «Gracie džiju-džicu» ili «Brazilski džiju-džicu». Ovi nazivi su kasnije nastali kada je Gracie obitelj svoju borilačku vještinu počela širiti u SAD. «Jiu-jitsu» je isto bio originalno sricanje vještine na zapadu i zbog toga ova vještina je zadržala takav naziv iako tehnički netočan. Ostalo uobičajeno sricanje je Jujitsu, Jujutsu, Ju jitsu i Ju-jitsu. Raznolikost sricanja je zbog poteškoća transliteracije japanskih Kanji zvukova u engleski fonetski sistem.

Gracie braća trenirali su mnoge svoje sinove, koji dalje nastavljaju obiteljsku tradiciju. Kroz konstantno tehničko dotjerivanje u treningu i
pravom borbom, naglašavajući podne tehnike, Brazilski džiju-džicu kakav je danas znan je bio stvoren. Gracie obitelj je nastavila razvijati sistem kroz 20. stoljeće često boreći se u vale tudo borbama (preteča današnjih MMA natjecanja), tijekom koji je dobio fokus na borbu na tlu i rafiniranje njegovih tehnika.

Rasprostranjenost

Ostali pridonoseći faktori stilističkoj raznolikosti BJJ-a uključuju želju Gracie obitelji da stvore nacionalnu borilačku vještinu, utjecaj brazilske kulture, naglasak Gracie obitelji na full-kontaktnoj borbi i samoobrani, zatvaranje Kodokana poslije 2. svjetskog rata od strane Američkog Okupacijskog Autoriteta (koji se smio samo otvoriti pod uvjetom da se okrene športu), kao i osobno dodavanje Gracie obitelji korpusu tehnika i teorijama u pogledu samoobrane, borilačkih vještina i metoda treninga.

Brazilski Jiu-Jitsu je došao do međunarodnog priznanja u svijetu borilačkih vještina u 90-ima, kada je majstor Brazilskog džiju-džicua Royce Gracie dobio prvi, drugi i četvrti UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) koji je u to vrijeme bio eliminacijski turnir borilačkih vještina.  Borio se često protiv mnogo krupnijih oponenata koji su prakticirali druge stilove, uključujući boks, shoot-fighting, Karate, Judo, Taekwondo i hrvanje. Od tada je BJJ postao osnovna vještina za mnoge MMA borce i smatra se odgovornim za usmjeravanje velike pozornosti na aspekt borbe na tlu. Športski BJJ turniri dobivaju sve veću popularnost diljem svijeta i započeli su brojne gi i ne-gi submission grappling natjecanja kao ADCC svjetsko prvenstvo u submission grapplingu.

Hélio je sudjelovao u nekoliko judo natjecanja koji su većinom završili neriješeno, jedan gubitak došao je od Masahika Kimure čije je ime kasnije korišteno za naziv ručne poluge s kojom je službeno dobio Hélia. U mnogo kasnijem intervjuu Hélio je priznao da je ranije u borbi bio onesviješten gušenjem ali je brzo povratio svijest i izbjegao da ranije izgubi.  Postoje mnogo iskaza o tome što se dogodilo tijekom borbe, od toga da se Kimura rugao Héliovom držanju i otvoreno ga vrijeđajući do toga da je Kimura bio toliko impresioniran s Héliovom vještinom da ga je pozvao da podučava u Japanu. Danas, Hélio s vremena na vrijeme podučava u Brazilu i pridružuje se sinovima tijekom njihovih borbi. Vještina se ponekad nazive Gracie džiju-džicu (GJJ) ali taj naziv je stavljen pod vlasništvom Roriona Graciea i označava stil podučavan od njega i njegovih odabranih instruktora. Ostali članovi Gracie obitelji često zovu svoj stil prema vlastitim imenima kao npr. Charles Gracie džiju-džicu ili Renzo Gracie džiju-džicu i slično. Machado braća zovu svoje stil Machado džiju-džicu. Iako svaki stil i njegovi instruktori imaju jedinstvene značajke, smatraju se varijacijom Brazilskog džiju-džicua.

Usporedba s ostalim borilačkim vještinama izvedenim iz klasičnog Jujutsua

Najvažniji faktor koji razlikuje Brazilski džiju-džicu od Juda i nekih škola Jujutsua je da BJJ daje namjerni naglasak na borbu na tlu. Dok japanski Jujutsu i Judo uključuju trening za parter (newaza) malo japanskih škola daje naglasak na parter kao BJJ. Neke, ako ne i sve, BJJ škole zanemaruju tehnike bacanja. Takav režim treniranja je odgovoran za velike napretke u borbi na tlu uveden BJJ-om kao i velike nedostatke u stojećem grapplingu koji neki ublažavaju s usporednim treniranjem Juda ili hrvanja. Usto, kao i Judo, BJJ potiče na randori ili slobodno spariranje protiv protivnika koji se opire. Stoga studenti imaju priliku da testiraju svoje vještine i razviju ih pri realističnim uvjetima pritom smanjujući rizik od ozljede.

Ponekad se pretpostavlja da je Maeda je bio majstor Jujutsa. Ipak, dok je u kasnim 1880-ima Judo bio smatran školom Jujutsu-a mogao se koristiti taj naziv naizmjence s nazivom Jujutsu. Maeda je zapravo vrlo kratko trenirao tradicionalni Jujutsu kao dijete prije nego što je počeo trenirati Judo. I zanimljivo je napomenuti da stari Kodokan zapisi imaju Hélia Graciea registriranog kao 3. dana u Judu. Izrazita razlika između BJJ-a i japanskih stilova uključuje naglasak udaraca na podu, hvatove i zglobne koštce koji su zabranjeni u športskom džudu ali se uče u praktičnom Judu i tradicionalnom Jujutsuu. Danas, glavna razlika između Gracie/Brazilski džiju-džicua leži između Héliovog tradicionalnog GJJ-a za samoobranu i športskog BJJ-a za bodovno natjecanje. Postoji veliko ispreplitanje u tehnici između to dvoje.

Stil borbe

Brazilski džiju-džicu naglašava tehnike borbe na tlu i predajnog hvata (engl. submission hold) uključujući zglobne koštce i gušenja već prisutna u mnogim drugim borilačkim vještinama s ili bez naglaska na borbi na tlu. Premisa je da većina prednosti većeg i snažnijeg protivnika dolazi od duljeg dohvata i snažnijih udaraca mogu biti negirana ako borba bude na tlu. BJJ uključuje mnoge tehnike bacanja i rušenja protivnika na tlo koji se temelje na glavnim temeljima ljudskog tijela: bokovi i ramena. Takva rušenja je teško izbjeći bez treninga. Kada je protivnik na tlu broj napada (i protunapada) su na raspolaganju da se protivnik manipulira u pogodan položaj za primjenu predajnog hvata. Dobivanje dominantne pozicije na tlu (u smislu kada je protivnik na nekom a on je podu okrenut leđima) je znak inovacije BJJ stila i uključuje učinkovito korištenje pozicije garda za obranu sama sebe s donjeg položaja, i izvlačenje iz garda za dobivanje dominantne pozicije s gornjeg položaja s kontrolom bokova, mount i leđnom mount pozicijom. Ovaj sistem napada i manipulacija se može usporediti s oblikom kinetičkog šaha ako je rabljen od strane dva iskusna praktikanta. Predajni hvat je jednak šah-matu.

Vrste predaje

Većina predajnih hvatova se može grupirati u dvije velike kategorije: zglobni koštci i gušenja. Poluge tipično nastaju izoliranjem protivnikova uda i stvaranjem poluge s vlastitim tijelom što će prisiliti zglob da se giba izvan normalnog područja kretanja. Pritisak bi se trebao povećavati kontroliranim načinom i biti smanjen kada se protivnik ne može osloboditi iz hvata ili javlja da se predaje. Uobičajeni oblik predaje je tapkati protivnika, strunjaču ili sama sebe nekoliko puta. Verbalna predaja je isto prihvatljiva.

Alternativno, moglo bi se primijeniti gušenje, prekidajući dotok krvi do mozga, uzrokujući nesvjesticu ako protivnik ne želi tapkati. Treći, manje uobičajeni tip predajnog hvata je kompresijski koštac, gdje mišić protivnika je pritisnut o tvrdu i veliku kost (uobičajeno goljenica ili zglob šake), uzrokujući izrazitu bol protivniku. Ova vrsta koštca često produžuje zglob u suprotni smjer rastavljajući ga.

Zglobni Koštci

Dok je većina zglobnih koštaca dozvoljeno, većina natjecanja sprječava ili ograničava neke ili sve zglobne koštce koji obuhvaćaju koljena i kralježnicu. Razmišljanje iza toga je da kutovi manipulacije potrebni da se uzrokuje bol su skoro jednaki onima koji uzrokuju ozbiljnu ozljedu. Zglobni koštci koji zahtijevaju okretanje koljena (zvani okrećući koljenični koštac) su uobičajeno zabranjeni jer uspješno izvršenje poteza skoro uvijek rezultira trajnom ozljedom koja zahtijeva operaciju. Slično zglobna manipulacija kralježnicom je zabranjena zbog opasnosti drobljenja ili pomaknuća kralješka. U Brazilu, određeni koštci koji obuhvaćaju koljena i gležnjeve su dozvoljena samo u natjecanjima od smeđeg pojasa na dalje, a natjecatelji s nižim pojasevima će biti diskvalificirani ako uporabe te poteze.

Ipak, mnogi zglobni koštci koji obuhvaćaju ručne zglobove, lakat, ramena ili gležnjeve su dozvoljeni jer ti zglobovi ima veću savitljivost i sigurni su pod pravilima natjecanja. Usto, u nižim nivoima natjecanja, neki borci koriste poteze čija je jedina svrha zadati bol njihovim protivnicima, u nadi da će tapkati. U to spada guranje prstnih zglobova u određene točke u tijelu, držanje protivnikove glave da im se izmori vrat (zvano «otvarač konzervi» ili kubi-hishigi) i stavljanje tjelesne težine na prsnu kost, vanjska rebra ili slične osjetljive kosti. Ti potezi nisu pravi predajni hvatovi i izbjegavaju se ili brutalno kontriraju na srednjim ili visokim nivoima natjecanja. Generalno, služe za distrakciju.

Gušenja

Većina BJJ gušenja uključuje stezanje karotidne arterije (uzrokujući hipoksiju). Tehnički to nisu «gušenja» već «davljenja»; ali, izraz «gušenje» je često krivo uporabljen obuhvaćanjem gušenja i strangulacije. To se razlikuje od instinktivnih pokreta gušenja koji općenito uključuju stezanje dušnika (uzrokujući asfiksiju) – legitimno gušenje. Iako je ta razlika suptilna ona je zapravo važna. Zračna gušenja su manje učinkovita nego davljenja i kao posljedica može doći od ozljede dušnika, čak i do smrti. Kontrastno, krvna gušenja (davljenja) direktno prekidaju dotok krvi u protivnikov mozak izazivajući brz gubitak svijesti bez oštećenja unutarnje strukture. Biti «gušen» tako je zapravo relativno sigurnije sve dok je gušenje prekinuto odmah nakon gubitka svijesti puštajući krv (a time kisik) natrag u mozak prije nego što nastupa nedostatak kisika. Ali, ne bi se smjelo to prakticirati bez nadzora.

Metode Treninga

Usredotočenost športskog Brazilskog džiju-džicua na predaju bez dodatka udaraca tijekom treninga dopušta praktikantima trening pri punoj snazi i brzini, nalikujući na pravi napor u realnoj borbi. Metode treninga uključuju tehnički drilovi gdje se tehnika koristi na ne opirućem protivniku, izolacijski sparing gdje jedna tehnika ili određen skup tehnika se koristi protiv opirućeg protivnika i puni sparing u kojem svaki protivnik pokušava prisiliti drugoga na predaju s bilo kojom legalnom tehnikom.

Stupnjevanje

Kriteriji za ocjenjivanje i dobivanja pojaseva varira između škola, opće priznata mjerila ranga osobe u BJJ-u su:

1    Količina tehničkog znanja koje može prikazati

2.   Njegova performansa u spariranju i natjecanjima

Tehničko znanje se sudi prema broju tehnika koje osoba može izvesti i nivo vještine s kojim ih primjenjuje u sparingu i natjecanju. To omogućava slabijima i starijima da budu prepoznati za svoje znanje iako nisu najveći ni najsnažniji borci u školi. To je izrazito individualna borilačka vještina i praktikanti su ohrabrivani da prilagode tehniku da može raditi za njihov tjelesni tip, strategiju i razinu atleticizma. Najveći kriterij je sposobnost izvršiti tehniku uspješno, a ne stilistička poslušnost.

Natjecanja igraju važnu ulogu u stupnjevanju Brazilskog džiju-džicua, jer dopuštavaju instruktoru da usporedi nivo svojih učenika protiv drugih istog ranga drugih škola. Dobivanje novog pojasa može se dati nakon uspjeha na natjecanju, osobito među nižim pojasevima. Pojas se isto može dobiti kada osoba može prisiliti na predaju većinu drugih osoba istog pojasa npr. bijeli pojas koji stalno prisiljava na predaju ostale bijele pojaseve i počinje dostizati plave pojaseve.

Visoki nivo natjecanja između škola i njezina važnost u dobivanju pojaseva se isto smatra ključnim faktorom onemogućavajući instruktore da snize standarde ili da dopuste ljudima da novcem kupe pojas. Instruktori mogu isto tako uzeti u obzir karakter osobe i njeno ponašanje izvan dvorane za trening i mogu odbiti promovirati nekoga ako pokazuje antisocijalne i destruktivne tendencije. Po tim i ostalim kriterijima većina instruktora promoviraju svoje studente.

Neke škole mogu koristiti sistem pruga za svaki pojas tj. da moraju proći kroz nekoliko pruga da dođu od sljedećeg pojasa.

Neke škole koriste malo različite sisteme pojaseva, kao npr. veći broj pojaseva prije plavog, ali svi iznad pojasevi su široko prihvaćeni jer su standardi za natjecanja. Postoji minimalna dob. Plavi pojasevi se nikad ne dodaju nekome ispod 16 godina. Za dobivanje crnog pojaseva minimalna je dob 19 godina prema regulirajućem tijelu BJJ-a - Internacionalna Federacija Brazilskog džiju-džicua.

Crni pojasevi mogu dobivati stupnjeve do 9. stupnja sve dok prakticiraju i uče BJJ. Pri osmom crni pojas je zamijenjen s crveno crnim pojasom. Pri 9. i 10. stupnju nastupa crveni pojas. Samo osnivači Carlos i Hélio će jedini imati 10. pojas. Članovi Gracie obitelji koji imaju 9. stupanj su Carlson Gracie, Reylson Gracie i Rorion Gracie.

BJJ se razlikuje u nekim aspektima od drugih borilačkih vještina u kriterijima da dobivanje pojaseva, koji su skoro uvije temeljeni na praktičnoj ekspertizi u randoriju i natjecateljskim rezultatima. Očekivano je, iako nije baš svaki slučaj, da svaki crni pojas je izrazito sposoban u svakom primijenjenom aspektu BJJ-a i da dobro prolazi na natjecanjima. Manji naglasak je stavljen na teoretsko znanje. Rijetko koji formalni test se izvršava za dobivanje pojaseva. Za prikaz suprotnosti npr. u Judu praktično znanje i iskustvo u shiai-u (natjecanje) i/ili randoriju će teško nekome dati crni pojas, jer znanje imena tehnika i demonstracije kata su važne za nekoga koji ima crni pojas. Ali to nije uvijek svaki slučaj jer neke škole, osobito tradicionalne japanske, imaju uvjet da judaš pobijedi određen broj protivnika višeg stupnja prije napredovanja.

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Foreign Aid Creates You-Know-What-Hole Countries
by Jonathan Peter Wilkinson on February 1, 2018
This is how we properly melt the snowflakes. We make them live their stupid Cuck fantasy. Where was precious, little Karin McQuillan when the fit hit the shan? Working as a Peace Corps volunteer in Senegal.
Three weeks after college, I flew to Senegal, West Africa, to run a community center in a rural town. Life was placid, with no danger, except to your health. That danger was considerable, because it was, in the words of the Peace Corps doctor, "a fecalized environment." In plain English: s— is everywhere. People defecate on the open ground, and the feces is blown with the dust – onto you, your clothes, your food, the water. He warned us the first day of training: do not even touch. Human feces carries parasites that bore through your skin and cause organ failure…
So Senegal, a beacon of light compared to Zimbabwe or The Congo, is quite literaly, a Shithole Country (SC). But in interest of not making Cory Booker cry like he does when his imaginary friend T-Bone makes his mantwat hurt, we need a new term. The former SCs are now christened as the Rectal Orifice World (ROW).
In fact, Senegal is smarter, nicer, more productive and more open to the rest of the world than 99% of the rest of Africa. Why then, are they posterized by the former Peace Corpse Member as a ROW country? Because Foreign Aid, Open Borders Immigration, and Neo-Conservative policies have made Senegal an open-air toilet. If we left Senegal alone, so that its people were accountable for their own condition, Senegal would get its defecation in sequence decades before any other nation in Africa.
But foreign aid is wonderful. It is Amerika's privilege to play Santa Clause and help all those little people. Well, except for the fact that Foreign Aid isn't about helping the ROW. It is about helping members of The Peace Corpse feel special while signalling their virtue. It is about taking lots of money from average taxpayers, giving it to people in countries far away from scrutiny so they can do anything they would like with it. As President Trump said of Hillary, "it takes a village so Hillary went to Haiti and took several." Here is what Foreign Aid really accomplishes.
…foreign aid fails because the structure of its incentives resembles that of central planning. Aid is not only ineffective, it is arguably counterproductive. Contrary to business firms that are paid by those they are supposed to serve (customers), aid agencies are paid by tax payers of developed countries and not by those they serve. This inverse structure of incentives breaks the stream of pressure that exists on the commercial market. It also creates larger loopholes in the principle-agent relationship on each point along the chain of aid delivery. Both factors enhance corruption, moral hazard and negative selection. Instead of promoting development, aid extends the life of bad institutions and those in power.
This is reinforced by the open borders immigration policies favored by many powerful politicians in the West. What do you call anyone in Senegal who is athletically gifted, truly hard working or smart enough to get an advanced degree in engineering? French. There is no demand placed upon these people to fix their own. What Senegal needs to clean up its crap is what Amerika finally got a dose of in 2016. Good, honest to goodness, Blood and Soil Nationalism. Senegal first. Make Senagal great again… or at least pass out some damn Charmin. With France's supposed benevolence vulturing all of their talent, the only reason to be good at anything in Senegal is to get the hell out.
But instead, France does in Africa what the US does in the Middle East. Invade the world, invite the world, and then wonder after something like 9-11 "why do they hate us?" Let Cote d'Ivoire practice self-determination in some way that pisses in the souffles over at Versailles Palace, and Le Blindee Legere rolls. Senegal, Niger and any other place the French made the mistake of colonizing under Napoleon Bonaparte know that their "independence" is no more existent than that of Poland when German or Russian troops are marching across their prairies. Why bother being good for anything if Daddy is just going to take it away from you if he disagrees with it?
France's paternalism towards Senegal is as real as Senator Warren's Cherokee ancestry. Let labor markets get tight, let workers at corporations from Walmart to Wells Fargo get raises without government control, and the globalists monoparty in Amerika will threaten a government shutdown to get amnesty extend to "Dreamers." France's African labor pools are nothing more than sources for human cannon fodder for Karl Marx's Reserve Army of The Unemployed.
Make no mistake about it. NeoConservativism, Compassionate Conservatism, Globalism or Davos Navel-Gazing Ego Masturbation, you can call it whatever you want. It only serves one set of masters. The Cathedral dominates the world via the "benevolence" of Amerika, France, Germany, "Great" Britain and other "enlightened" nations that seek to give foreign aid to poor, backwards Haiti. Progressive Pecker-Head Woodrow Wilson, founded The League of Nations in 1921. The great powers have been "helpful" ever since. Nothing is getting fixed. If this is through incompetence, then the incompetence is cruel in the sense that it is studied.
Looking at how The Clinton Mafia behaved in Haiti, how France runs roughshod over Western Africa and how the bi-coastal "Cognitive Elite" in Amerika attempt to destroy any positive self-assertion in the American Heartland, I can better understand people who felt the US had 9-11 coming to us. Our elites and those in other "civilized" nations have it coming because they are actively engaged in making sure places like Haiti, Senegal, Moldovia, Afghanistan, The Congo and Iraq all drown in their own sh!t.
Who here really believes Barack Obama is upset over the slave trade that now takes place is Libya? Who here actually thinks George W. Bush cares whether Iraqi Kurds are still alive thirty years hence? Countries that President Trump accurately described as the ROW are that way because they have so much foreign aid in staying that way. This is why Globalists threaten to shut down the USG over Dreamers. If we are not simultaneously invading the world and inviting it then they do not believe our government is actively doing its job.
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You should be able to handle the process of reducing energy consumption by fast, reducing the amount of energy that youre using when it comes to laundry. When you talk to many people, youll realize that they do not use the laundry machines in the right way and this is what causes a lot of issues. You have to be able to hit the water in the right way because this is one of the areas where a lot of power is consumed. You do not have to do all the heating of the water using the machines because, you may end up not using all of that water. It would be good for you to take your time to determine the amount of clothing that you want to wash so that you do not have to measure the wrong way. Its also important for you to consider that you can be able to change light bulbs because this is another strategy that is going to help you. Today, there are great energy saving bulbs that you are able to use on your premises and they will help you a lot to reduce your energy bills.
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Q: Deformations of some simple quotient stacks. I am interested in stacks of vector bundles on varieties and how deformations of the variety (including non-commutative ones) reflect themselves in deformations of the stack of vector bundles.
I will denote by $X$ the space I am interested in.  Lets take it to be either $Spec(\mathbb{C}[x,y]/m^n)$ where $m$ is the ideal $(x,y)$ or the formal completion of $Spec(\mathbb{C}[x,y])$ at the origin.  Lets consider the stack of line bundles on $X$.  Up to isomorphism, all line bundles are trivial so this stack is just $[pt/G]$ where $G=R^{\times}$ and $R= \mathbb{C}[[x,y]]$ or $R= \mathbb{C}[x,y]/m^n$.
Here, we think of $R^{\times}$ as an algebraic group.  As far as I understand, the families of stacks over $Spec(\mathbb{C}[\epsilon]/\epsilon^{2})$ which restrict to this stack $[pt/G]$ on the central fiber (mod equivalence) are given by $H^{2}(G,\mathfrak{g})$, where $\mathfrak{g}$ is the Lie Algebra of $G$, and the action is adjoint which here is trivial.
The space $H^{2}(G,\mathfrak{g})$ seems to be unpleasantly large.  If I let $K$ be the kernel of the projection map of $G$ to $\mathbb{C}^{\times}$ and $\mathfrak{k}$ be the lie algebra of $K$ then I get
$H^{2}(G,\mathfrak{g}) \cong Alt_{\mathbb{C}}^{2}(\mathfrak{k}, \mathfrak{g})= \wedge^{2}\mathfrak{k}^{\vee} \otimes_{\mathbb{C}} \mathfrak{g}$
One sees this using short exact sequence of groups
$0\to \mathfrak{k} \stackrel{exp}\to G \to \mathbb{C}^{\times} \to 1.
$
The deformations of $G$ as a group seem to be badly behaved, in particular this space is way larger than the deformations of $R$ as an algebra.  So it seems like most of the deformations of the stack are not modular (do not come from deformations of $X$).  In the case that $R= \mathbb{C}[[x,y]]=\mathfrak{g}$, this space $H^{2}(G,\mathfrak{g})$ is not even a finitely generated $R$ module.
Should this be remedied in some way by changing the set up?  If instead of groupoids of vector bundles, I could keep the same objects but allow more morphisms.  In other words, I can consider stacks in abelian categories of coherent sheaves.  This would seem to improve the situation.

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If you were looking for the character with the Japanese name Randy, see Randall.
Randy is a character of the day who appeared in Training Wrecks. He was not given an official name in the Japanese version.
Randy is one of the Pokémon Trainers training under Rocky on Muscle Island. He was first seen on the island when Team Rocket arrived after their Magikarp submarine was swept away by a giant wave. Randy was doing arm exercises using a heavy-looking steel Poké Ball. When he discovered the trio lurking in the bushes, he assumed that they were on the island to join the training, and thus arranged a program for them.
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Check out this article to learn how to edit resources in EVO.
Once content has been added to your website, you may decide to re-order resources. This is useful for navigation elements (top navigation including drop-down menus or side navigation) as well as for bulleted lists created using the DocLister snippet or any other code snippet that utilizes the menu index for the sort order (see separate documentation for other snippets).
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Summer microplankton community structure across the Scotia Sea: Implications for biological carbon export
Rebecca E. Korb, Michael J. Whitehouse, M. Gordon, Peter Ward, Alex J. Poulton
During the austral summer of 2008, we carried out a high resolution survey of the microplankton communities along a south to north transect covering a range of environments across the Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean; high and low productivity, sea-ice to open water conditions, and over a number of oceanographic fronts and bathymetric features. Cluster analysis revealed five distinct communities that were geographically constrained by physical features of bathymetry and fronts. From south to north the communities were: (1) the South Orkney group, a mixed community of naked dinoflagellates and heavily silicified diatoms, (2) southern Scotia Sea, a mixed community of cyptophytes and naked dinoflagellates, (3) central Scotia Sea, dominated by naked dinoflagellates, (4) southwest of the island of South Georgia, lightly silicified diatoms and naked dinoflagellates (5) northwest of South Georgia, dominated by diatoms. Data from a previous summer cruise (2003) to the Scotia Sea followed a similar pattern of community distribution. MODIS images, Chlorophyll a and macronutrient deficits revealed dense phytoplankton blooms occurred around the island of South Georgia, were absent near the ice edge and in the central Scotia Sea and were moderate in the southern Scotia Sea. Using these environmental factors, together with community composition, we propose that south of the Southern Antarctic Circumpolar Current Front, biogenic silica is preferentially exported and north of the front, in the vicinity of South Georgia, carbon is exported to depth.
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-7-343-2010
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Korb, R. E., Whitehouse, M. J., Gordon, M., Ward, P., & Poulton, A. J. (2010). Summer microplankton community structure across the Scotia Sea: Implications for biological carbon export. Biogeosciences, 7(1), 343-356. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-7-343-2010
Korb, Rebecca E. ; Whitehouse, Michael J. ; Gordon, M. ; Ward, Peter ; Poulton, Alex J. / Summer microplankton community structure across the Scotia Sea : Implications for biological carbon export. In: Biogeosciences. 2010 ; Vol. 7, No. 1. pp. 343-356.
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One thing is for certain: Single parenting is a tough gig. Having been raised by a single parent, I know how it can be especially difficult during the holiday season. The streets are filled with holiday cheer and some single parents are struggling to just figure out how to survive physically and emotionally like the rest of the year.
1. It's really not about the gifts.
It is more beneficial to live in your means that to overspend on gifts.. The added stress that comes from overspending will only contribute to a stressful holiday season. And that is not fun for anyone. Instead, get creative on how you as a family can have a fun holiday season and still live within your means. Involve your kids in the planning and it will be enjoyable for all.
2. It's about the time spent together.
If there are differences between you and others, maybe even your kids, is it possible to set aside those differences so that you are able to enjoy the holidays? Is there a way to find the common ground and camp out there during the holiday season? Differences will always be there, but they do not need to take center stage during the holiday season.
3. Don't forget to laugh.
The holidays are an invitation to celebrate, so why not join in the party! There are endless thing to celebrate: sweet treats, old and new holiday traditions and just being able to take a break and breathe for a while. Grab some friends to hang out with if your children are not with you this holiday season. Holidays are for everyone – even Moms.
4. Give yourself a gift.
If this is your first holiday season as a single parent, consider giving yourself the best holiday gift you can: a break. Many single moms get stuck in the feelings of guilt and shame because they are now divorced. Give me and yourself a break! While divorce is not the ideal, is also does not have to be the end. While the holiday season may be more challenging, it can also be fun.
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USS Cossatot (AO-77) was a United States Navy World War II Type T2-SE-A1 tanker which served as a fleet oiler. Launched as SS Fort Necessity on 28 February 1943 by the Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Chester, Pennsylvania, under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs. W. Taylor; acquired by the Navy on 17 March 1943; and commissioned on 20 April 1943. It was named for a river in Arkansas.

World War II
Sailing from Norfolk to Baytown, Texas, to load kerosene, gasoline, and fuel oil in July 1943, Cossatot sailed from Norfolk on 6 August to fuel convoy escorts during their passage to Casablanca, returning to Norfolk on 14 September. She made seven such voyages from Norfolk to the North African ports of Casablanca, Oran, and Bizerte between 4 October 1943 and 30 November 1944.

Cossatot put to sea from Norfolk again on 28 December 1944 bound for the Pacific. She loaded diesel oil, fuel oil, and gasoline at Aruba, Netherlands West Indies, and arrived at Pearl Harbor on 30 January 1943. She operated from Saipan from 12 February fueling ships of the 6th Fleet until 3 March, when she began operations from Ulithi. Cossatot sortied as a part of TG 60.8, the logistics group for the 6th Fleet, for operations off Iwo Jima from 13 March to 12 April. On 16 April she sailed with her group to conduct fueling operations off newly assaulted Okinawa. On 28 April she downed a suicide plane as it dove toward her, and remained on this duty unscathed until 4 May when she arrived at Ulithi to reload. From 26 May until the end of the War, Cossatot operated out of Ulithi fueling various units of fast carrier TF 38, engaged in the final strikes against the Japanese homeland.

Cossatot left Ulithi on 3 September for Okinawa and Sasebo, arriving on 21 September to fuel ships of the occupation force. On 12 November she sailed from Yokosuka for San Francisco, arriving on 26 November.

Cossatot received two battle stars for World War II service.

Post-war
Cossatot was placed out of commission in reserve 7 March 1946 and transferred to the Maritime Commission on 28 October 1946. Reacquired in February 1948, she was transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service on 1 October 1949 where she has served in a noncommissioned status under the Maritime Administration.

While underway in the Pacific Ocean on 16 April 1963 Cossatot reported seeing an unidentified flying object on a straight and fast course in the skies. It was described as glowing, and star-like, and on a trajectory at about 20 degrees and an altitude around . No investigation was put forward.

On 15 June 1968 Cossatot was damaged after a collision with the merchant vessel Copper State, in fog, off the coast of Santa Cruz, California.  Cossatot was carrying  of jet fuel and lost  of her bow section in this collision. Cossatot was stricken on 18 September 1974 and sold 2 September 1975.

Beginning in September 1975, Cossatot was broken up by Luria Bros & Co Inc.

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External links
 The T2 Tanker Page
Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture entry

Suamico-class oilers
Type T2-SE-A1 tankers of the United States Navy
1943 ships
Ships built by the Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Company
World War II tankers of the United States
Maritime incidents in 1968


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Q: Exterior product of Euler Exact Sequence Consider the Euler exact sequence:
$ 0\longrightarrow \mathcal{O}_{\mathbb{P}^n} \longrightarrow \mathcal{O}_{\mathbb{P}^n}(1)^{n+1}\longrightarrow \mathcal{T}_{\mathbb{P}^n} \longrightarrow 0 $
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Lubin, David (10 June 1849–01 January 1919), merchant, agricultural reformer, and pioneer internationalist, was born in the Jewish settlement of Klodowa in Russian Poland, the son of Simon Lubin and Rachel Holtz. While David was still an infant, his father died of cholera. His mother soon married Solomon Weinstock, a peddler, who, following an anti-Jewish pogrom, fled with his new family to London, England, before eventually coming to the United States in 1855. Settled in New York City, Lubin attended public schools until the age of twelve, when he became an apprentice jeweler in North Attleboro, Massachusetts....