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An interview with CEO Reon Energy – All incremental power should be renewable
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Mujtaba Haider Khan is the CEO of Reon Energy Limited, the largest industrial solar solutions provider in Pakistan. Reon is a part of Dawood Hercules Group.
Mujtaba took over the company reins in October 2016 and has managed to turn around the decentralized solar market's landscape in the past 16 months.
He has served as the Head of Strategy for Dawood Hercules as well as the Head of Strategy and Transformation for BT Fleet, a wholly-owned subsidiary of British Telecom in London. He started his career as a software entrepreneur at the age of 19. His area of expertise includes growth strategy, start-up, and cost transformation.
BR Research set down with him for a chat on the need for renewable energy in Pakistan, and Reon's business activities especially in the past few years. Here are edited transcripts.
BR Research: Last year, a headline on NYT said: "Smog has become a fifth season in Lahore". This year, it is worse. The world is grappling with the consequences of climate change. Is Pakistan under threat of an environmental crisis?
Mujtaba Haider Khan: We are already there. At a recent conference on healthcare in Lahore, a cancer surgeon put up images of the lungs of two cancer patients. He asked the audience: "spot the smoker". No one could. The statistics say that 50 percent of lung patients nowadays are non-smokers. It used to be a lot lower before. The cause is poor air quality. One could argue it is the crop burning in Delhi but that has always been there. What have been added on top are the fossil fuel plants we are burning and the cars we are running. The crisis is staring us in the face.
The big problem is that we are not pricing our costs correctly. We are not incorporating the negative externalities when we set the tariffs. There is demonstrable research on the perils of fossil power to the environment. A recent study conducted by the World Bank puts the cost of environmental degradation from burning fossil fuel at 10 percent of the GDP for China, and at 7.5 percent for India. If China has on average been growing by 6-7 percent and the cost for environment pollution is 10 percent, they are witnessing negative growth. When they realized this, they kicked into action. It's not about loving the environment—there is a huge economic cost.
In terms of healthcare costs: India has put the cost of fossil fuel power plants at 4.5 cents per kWh, in China, that cost is 7.7 cents per kWh. If we add that to the tariff of the current plants, we will immediately see it become a lot more expensive. If the current tariff is around 8 cents per kWh for energy plants on coal and gas, adding the healthcare cost would bring it up to 12 cents per kWh. Compare that to the solar tariff which is under 5 cents per kWh. This is when one starts seeing the real comparison. We have to incorporate the cost of that lung on the monitor.
BRR: Tell us about Reon's background and your current business model.
MHK: Reon was set up about six years ago to work on innovative models in energy as part of Dawood Hercules group. We had a vision of moving towards more sustainable means of addressing our energy needs. We also recognized that spending millions of dollars in setting up a power plant, then laying a thousand kilometers of cable to send that power to another end of the country is very inefficient. The longer the length of the cable, the higher the losses.
Our two mandates were renewable power that was clean and sustainable, and, distributed power. We started experimenting with different technologies such as biogas, solar tube-wells, solar lanterns and we also started installing solar power for industrial customers. Naturally, as the startup evolved, we found that industrial solar showed great promise because the segment was paying very high prices, faces load-shedding, has an unstable network, and received low-quality power. The industry was feeling the pinch. This was the time when exports were declining, gas was short, and we did not have a lot of power in the system.
So today, we are the largest installer of solar and solar-hybrids (for consistent supply, solar is either balanced with the grid, with batteries, or with diesel/gas generators where a grid is not available) for commercial and industrial customers.
BRR: What is the market size of solar, the market demand and which segments are you currently targeting?
MHK: Solar sizing is limited by two things: first, demand as measured by customer size, and second is the availability of space. The only problem with solar is it takes too much space so it either needs rooftops or land to put in a solar plant. Based on both those constraints, roughly 2-2.5GW is where the industry puts the market size in Pakistan. This is only for the large commercial and industrial base where each industry should be able to absorb at least a MW of power.
The demand for electricity would be around 23 GW, and the installed base is slightly below that. We know that large portions of that are consumer demand, and around 30-40 percent is commercial and industrial. On overall demand basis, that's around 8GW of power which can be absorbed by industries. A large part of that is the long-tail which is the SMEs. That market requires a different business model. We realize that there is a big problem to solve when it comes to SMEs as they have limited access to banking and financial products to be able to afford investment into solar.
Our other focus is the customer on the distribution side so, for instance, telecom customers who have telecom base transceiver station (BTS) sites. In Pakistan, we have roughly about 35000 BTS sites and we are the largest installer of solar systems on them. On a typical site, there are multiple sources of power because for telecom companies, availability is crucial. When the tower doesn't have power, it loses revenue. We are using a combination of solar, lithium-ion batteries, grid power, and even diesel generators to assure 100 percent availability. The diesel generator is the misfit here and we are trying to eliminate that by enhancing the size of solar and batteries.
BRR: What about local manufacturing? Do you see that happening for solar, and/or for batteries? Are there any local ancillary industries involved?
MHK: We have very limited manufacturing base for solar in Pakistan. For any manufacturer to start competing with the large Chinese players, he needs demand in large volumes which is the biggest limitation here. In batteries as well, our manufacturing caters to the old lead-acid batteries which have a very short shelf life so has to be replaced every year or couple of years which is a big cost for the customer. Secondly, there is the depth of discharge—only 50-60 percent of the capacity available on the battery is used.
As for lithium-ion batteries, the manufacturing process is very expensive for which large investment is needed, and requires a supply chain. You need access to specialist material used which are only available in certain parts of the world such as lithium (Chile and Argentina) and cobalt (Congo). You may also need to acquire certain patented formulas. However, I'm sure when the volumes reach a certain level, there will be an investment.
BRR: At what volumes do you think these investments can come in?
MHK: My estimate is roughly around 200MW of guaranteed demand. That's the minimum level you need to reach to be able to put up a panel manufacturing factory. But there is no guarantee that it will produce a product cheaper than China. In China, the largest manufacturer, Jinko Solar, last year manufactured around 11GW. We are talking about minimum viability at 200 MW so there is a massive difference in scale. It will be very hard for local players without protection early on from the government to be able to scale to that level and compete with the Chinese.
BRR: Tell us about some of the projects you have undertaken in Pakistan.
MHK: Currently, we are working on 30 MW of distributed solar. Easily the largest is about 12.5MW captive project for Fauji Cement where solar is synced with grid—they will be saving a lot of money. We have a 5MW project in Thar where we will be selling power to Sindh Coal Mining Company for a 15-year period. We also have several other megawatt plus scale projects. This is an industry of exponential growth. The number of projects we are doing this year is 3 times what we did last year.
BRR: Aside from structural issues within the energy sector which are well-documented, what other challenges are you seeing?
MHK: Right now, I see repeating a huge mistake that we made in the past. In the 90s, we set up furnace oil plants on technology which was dead-end and was environmentally polluting. It was also the most expensive fuel and the consumer has been paying the cost of that lopsided decision. Now again, to the detriment of everyone, we have seen a mad rush toward fossil fuel on long term take or pay contracts. We have locked 25-30 years power purchase agreements (PPAs) where not only the capacity charge is guaranteed but the energy charge is also guaranteed. This means we have to pay for the fuels when the plants are not running.
In a world where the energy market is moving toward wholesale, which means, you sell your power to the wholesale market and you get what the market is going to pay you at a certain time, we are handing out 30-year PPAs as a nation. And that too in an environment where technology is progressing at a very fast pace.
For large scale power plants, it takes 4-5 years to get everybody to agree on the technology, the money, the debt terms, the regulatory processes, etc. By that time, the technology has moved on. Compare that to renewable distributed power. First: the project can happen within six months of agreeing all the details—from the time when the customer starts thinking about it to getting the power in the system could be less than one year. Second: we are injecting power into the grid. We know the transmission and distribution system is overloaded. NEPRA report says 80 percent of transformers are overloaded. We have all this power which cannot be evacuated because we don't have the transmission capacity. And the great thing about distributive power is that you can go to the source and get past all that distribution and transmission constraint and evacuate power at the local level.
Going forward, the government should shorten the length of the contract. There has to be some guarantee for people to make the investments but after that period has lapsed, which can be 10-15 years, the investor should have to sell it to the wholesale market. We know the government is keen on setting a wholesale power market. The Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA) has already received the first license to act as the wholesale market operator in the country. This needs to be accelerated.
BRR: Solar tariffs are significantly lower, so why aren't we going solar?
MHK: Yes, solar and wind, both at the local level and the utility level are the cheapest. The short answer is uncertainty. In an uncertain market, people will keep the cash and not invest it. Similarly, in Pakistan, over the past 6-8 months, we have gone through elections, even before that, we were in a fairly uncertain environment. Since elections, people are waiting for policies to be announced to come up with a plan.
As a nation, we have been playing safe and there is a reluctance to go to something new, even though it's not new around the world. In Germany, these plants have been running for 30 years, still operating at 80 percent capacity. It's a safe, robust technology but in Pakistan, since we are so behind the curve, the comfort level the industrial sector has in this technology is lower. It's only after players such as Fauji Cement have taken the first step to install 12.5MW of Solar Power that others are exploring it as a big move in the local industry. When they see a plant at this scale, getting integrated at a local level successfully, then you will see momentum.
BRR: Can the existing captive power plants be switched to solar?
MHK: One of the things we specialize in is integrating solar and battery with the client's legacy power access. We recently started a 2MW extension project for Kohinoor Textile Mill. Local fuel sources such as gas and furnace oil and solar fit seamlessly with them. Most of our projects have an element of integration for existing captive power plants.
BRR: Prices of solar technology have come down. Where do you see the prices of solar moving?
MHK: There are two elements of the prices coming down in the past few years. One is that panels are getting more efficient. For the same space, you can pack in more power, so they are becoming land and cost-efficient. Secondly, as they scale, production efficiencies kick in and prices come down. In terms of efficiencies, we are approaching the maximum which is around 30 percent for the current set of products. Volumes are also significantly up.
Over the short term, we see prices stabilizing at this level at least for the next 3-4 quarters. In the long term, the projection is downward but not at the same pace as we previously witnessed because of the cap on the efficiency of these panels. Unless there is new technology which can be made commercially available, the cost curve will become less steep.
But as volumes grow costs of production declines. This is called the Swanson's law which says, if solar capacity is doubled, costs of production will be down by 18-20 percent. The similar law applies for batteries. There is a big surge in demand for batteries where a lot of countries are moving toward battery-run electric cars and maybe phasing combustion engines out completely. Right now, 90 percent of all investments are going toward lithium-ion batteries (which we use in our mobiles). It's scalable and we are betting big on it.
BRR: Why hasn't off-grid electrification picked up given such a large population in the country has no access?
MHK: Nearly, 60 million people are off-grid with no access to any sort of network. There is a clear lack of policy in that area. We are talking about a population the size of Turkey which is without power at this point. If you consider, Pakistan's average consumption is 471 kWh per capita per year. If you want to bring those people up to the level on the same system, it would require at least $2 billion annually in terms of power generation cost. To extend the distribution and transmission system to those people will be disproportionately more expensive. There is a reason why the network is not there.
The only viable way to solve that problem is through renewable power. It can be solar-battery hybrid solutions and island mini-grids which are distributed grids set up for a particular village or district that is off-grid. These grids have solar power potentially combined with biomass and other renewable sources at the local level.
Second, we need to follow Bangladesh's example. The country set up a Rural Electrification Board specifically for the off-grid population. The sole purpose of that organization is to provide power to areas where it is not available. The country has reached a penetration level of 85 percent compared to Pakistan at 70 percent.
So, the government needs to clarify the policy. Secondly, the current incentives are toward IPPs who for decades have received tax holidays and special dividend rates for more investment into large scale power projects. I believe, there should be even better incentivization for the off-grid investors. It is cheaper, more effective, it gets past the transmission and distribution problem, and it's the only solution available to the off-grid population.
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BRR: Why isn't the private sector lobbying with the government to get solar going and to get these incentives for investors in this tech?
MHK: We are publishing papers and we are using platforms such as Pakistan Business Council (PBC) to get some policy papers out to the government. We have met officials individually but there is only so much a private company can do.
There is a battle on our hands. We know that these contracts on fossil fuels are not done. There is a lobby active right now to get more of these IPPs into the system. We also know there is a lot of effort to get these large scale IPPs on 20-25 years contracts.
BRR: What are two things the government needs to do immediately?
MHK: The government must make one policy with all efforts to maximizing renewable power—especially incremental as well as replacement power. Second, it must set up the industrial base and incentivize the investors and industrialists in Pakistan to cater to that future.
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import javafx.concurrent.Service;
import javafx.concurrent.Worker.State;
import javafx.event.ActionEvent;
import javafx.fxml.FXML;
import javafx.scene.control.*;
import javafx.stage.Modality;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
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 * Controller for Progress dialog.
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 * @author Jim Prantzalos
 * @version 1.0
 * @since R1.0
 */
public class ProgressDialog extends Stage {

    private Service<?> service;

    @FXML
    private Label progressMessage;

    @FXML
    private ProgressBar progressBar;

    @FXML
    private Button cancelButton;

    public ProgressDialog(final Service<?> service, final Window owner) {
        this.service = service;
        initModality(Modality.APPLICATION_MODAL);
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    protected void onCancelButtonClicked(final ActionEvent event) {
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    protected void initialize() {
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        // Hide dialog when the service stops running
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Q: IOS objective c calendar fail to compare the dates i have a set of date that has a format as 2015-11-09T01:00:30.31. I want to compare just the year month and day only. Therefore i use calendar function to compare it if current day is equal to the dates in the nsarray.
here is my codes:
   NSDateFormatter *df = [NSDateFormatter new]; // to create the dates in the for loop
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 NSDate *now = [calender dateByAddingUnit:NSCalendarUnitDay value:0 toDate:[NSDate date] options:0];

 NSDate *oneDaysAgo = [calender dateByAddingUnit:NSCalendarUnitDay value:-1 toDate:[NSDate date] options:0];

    for (NSDictionary *feed in feeds) {
        if ([feed[@"Severity"] isEqualToString:@"Warning"] )  {

            NSDate *updateTimestampGMT = [df dateFromString:feed[@"UpdateTimestampGMT"]];
            if ([calender isDate:updateTimestampGMT inSameDayAsDate:now]) {
                warningCount++;
            }

        }
        else if([feed[@"Severity"] isEqualToString:@"Informational"])  {
            NSDate *updateTimestampGMT = [df dateFromString:feed[@"UpdateTimestampGMT"]];
            if ([calender isDate:updateTimestampGMT inSameDayAsDate:now]) {
                informationCount++;
            }

        }

        else if([feed[@"Severity"] isEqualToString:@"Critical"])  {
            NSDate *updateTimestampGMT = [df dateFromString:feed[@"UpdateTimestampGMT"]];
            if ([calender isDate:updateTimestampGMT inSameDayAsDate:now]) {
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            NSDate *updateTimestampGMT = [df dateFromString:feed[@"UpdateTimestampGMT"]];
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                minusOneDaywarningCount++;
            }
        }

          else if([feed[@"Severity"] isEqualToString:@"Informational"])  {

            NSDate *updateTimestampGMT = [df dateFromString:feed[@"UpdateTimestampGMT"]];
            if ([calender isDate:updateTimestampGMT inSameDayAsDate:oneDaysAgo]) {
                minusOneDayinformationCount++;

            }

        }

        else if([feed[@"Severity"] isEqualToString:@"Critical"]) {
            NSDate *updateTimestampGMT = [df dateFromString:feed[@"UpdateTimestampGMT"]];
            if ([calender isDate:updateTimestampGMT inSameDayAsDate:oneDaysAgo]) {
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            }

        }
         else if([feed[@"Severity"] isEqualToString:@"Emergency"]){

            NSDate *updateTimestampGMT = [df dateFromString:feed[@"UpdateTimestampGMT"]];
            if ([calender isDate:updateTimestampGMT inSameDayAsDate:oneDaysAgo]) {
                minusOneDayemergencyCount++;
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        }

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when i run the codes. There is this error. please help me solve it. i really need to compare the dates only not the time.
Here is the error:
 *** -[NSCalendar isDate:inSameDayAsDate:]: date1 cannot be nil
Future exception.
A few of these errors are going to be reported with this complaint, then further violations will simply be ignored.
Here is the backtrace where this occurred this time (some frames may be missing due to compiler optimizations):
(
    0   CoreFoundation                      0x00000001830029b4 <redacted> + 100
    1   FYP_IOS_APP                         0x00000001000648bc -[IncidentFequencyViewController parserDidEndDocument:] + 12844
    2   libxml2.2.dylib                     0x0000000198b04058 xmlParseChunk + 1248
    3   Foundation                          0x0000000183f38cdc <redacted> + 44
    4   Foundation                          0x0000000183f38e40 <redacted> + 328
    5   FYP_IOS_APP                         0x0000000100060e70 -[IncidentFequencyViewController connectionDidFinishLoading:] + 376
    6   CFNetwork                           0x000000018287f6a8 <redacted> + 80
    7   CFNetwork                           0x000000018287f638 <redacted> + 200
    8   CFNetwork                           0x000000018287f7ac <redacted> + 56
    9   CFNetwork                           0x00000001826eb4fc <redacted> + 100
    10  CFNetwork                           0x00000001827d9b38 <redacted> + 108
    11  libdispatch.dylib                   0x00000001001a9c68 _dispatch_client_callout + 16
    12  libdispatch.dylib                   0x00000001001b340c _dispatch_block_invoke + 564
    13  CFNetwork                           0x00000001826d7ce4 <redacted> + 36
    14  CoreFoundation                      0x0000000182ed06cc CFArrayApplyFunction + 68
    15  CFNetwork                           0x00000001826d7bc8 <redacted> + 136
    16  CFNetwork                           0x00000001826d7a88 <redacted> + 312
    17  CFNetwork                           0x00000001826d78b4 <redacted> + 68
    18  CoreFoundation                      0x0000000182fa4544 <redacted> + 24
    19  CoreFoundation                      0x0000000182fa3fd8 <redacted> + 540
    20  CoreFoundation                      0x0000000182fa1cd8 <redacted> + 724
    21  CoreFoundation                      0x0000000182ed0ca0 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 384
    22  GraphicsServices                    0x000000018e454088 GSEventRunModal + 180
    23  UIKit                               0x00000001885e8ffc UIApplicationMain + 204
    24  FYP_IOS_APP                         0x00000001000758e4 main + 124
    25  libdyld.dylib                       0x0000000198cda8b8 <redacted> + 4
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Fundamentals of Mobile App Development
From being less irrelevant in business to one of the essential things you need to establish for someone to build their business, mobile apps have come a long way. All thanks to the progress and development of smartphones, many business owners can now create a different stream of income for their businesses. Apps can be a gold mine. However, learning how to create an app can take a lot of time.
Thankfully, android development is open source, which means that everyone who knows how to use the available platform and has an amazing idea can create an app of their own. Not to be biassed or anything, but Android is the leading platform in terms of app development because of its flexibility and ease of use.
On the other hand, iOS can be pretty hard to grasp and learn, not to mention that you need to put much time and effort into the requirements needed for you to publish your app. You might think that knowing much about creating an app can be complicated, and you will be right to think that. However, if you're way past the technicalities, all you need will be funding and a great idea, and who knows? Your app might be the next Genshin Impact or App Gallery.
Master the Languages
Of course, the first thing you need to know in mobile app development is to learn what is mobile app development and learning how to code. If you're not adept in at least one of the most popular programming languages, then you can kiss your app goodbye. To start building your app, you need to master one of the many languages needed to create an app like Java or XML.
Learning about the language means you have to code, and you need it to create your app. Java and XML have steep learning curves, for sure, but as you start to learn and master them, you'll be able to create more complicated and sophisticated apps you can ever dream of.
This is even important since learning Java or XML is one of the main staples of being an app developer, which means that you can assume that everyone in the business knows at least one in both of them. This also means that the competition is fierce, not to mention the publishing guidelines are very strict.
Familiarize Your Tools
Suppose you already know how to code using certain programming languages, as mentioned earlier. In that case, you will need to familiarize the tools needed to create the app and the integrated development environment. The Android app studio IDE or Eclipse is a beginner's best friend and is crucial as it will teach you a lot of basic things for you to improve your coding.
However, if you're ready for more complex tools, you can start studying Gradle, Apache Ant, or Apache Maven since they have more powerful tools to create more sophisticated apps.
Learn About Your App's Main 5 Components
There are five main components in an app, and every one of them serves a different purpose as a whole. They are like five different entities but are working together to make up the whole app.
You can think of it as the skeleton of the app. These five components are Activities, Services, Content Providers, Activating Components, and Broadcast Receivers.
Activities are different aspects of your app that let the user control what they want to do with your app. That means that all of your activities will be part of a user interface, and each of them signifies a specific action.
Services are pretty straight forward as they will be the main features of the app that runs in the background. Contents providers manage the data you store in the app. This component also allows the user to provide or edit the data they will share with the app.
Broadcast receivers are what you call the announcers of the app. They can be shown within the user interface, but the user can't control them. One good example of this is the signal bar on your phone. Last but not least are the activating components. It's a simple asynchronous tool that lets the user activate a certain component. They are the things you press in the user interface.
Know Your App's Goals and Objectives
Knowing your app's goals and objective is crucial in the planning phase of your app development. Establishing this first will let you know how people will react to it and how it will play out in your marketing scheme. If you don't know your app's goals and objectives, you might as well not know what you want to do with your app.
There are three things you can ask yourself before you plan out how to publish your app.
What problems will my app solve?
What is my app's core appeal?
What feature should I bring with it?
Mostly, deciding on your app's objectives and goals are directly related to your programming skills and funding. Without either of these, it'll be hard for you to determine what your app should do and how it will pan out in the long run.
Simply put, if you have the skills but you have no funding, you won't create the app that you're visualizing. Without skills and plenty of fundings, you will lose your investors' trust or a most likely waste of funding trying to make the funds worth it.
Do Research on the Android Market
The Android Market is vast, which means that every version of Android operating systems will be in there. That said, you have to maintain and test your app in every version of the Android operating system, which costs a lot of money, time, and effort. This ensures that every user who uses your app will have the best possible experience using your app. More satisfaction means more users, and more users mean more money.
Most people nowadays have smartphones, and smartphones are constantly evolving and changing. That said, mobile app developers are investing more and more time towards maintenance and testing that everyone will be able to enjoy their apps.
This also means that the market is growing, which emphasizes getting with the times in terms of technology. For a beginner, this can sound very tiresome, and it is. Learning the fundamentals first is the first step to be a more successful app developer shortly.
Whether he's researching the latest mobile hardware specifics or diving deep into the world of software development technologies, Zachary loves to stay in the know. His talent at simplifying and explaining complex technical concepts makes his blog posts easy to read but very informative. Few people are as enthusiastic about mobile technology as he is, and he's always ready to analyze a new trend.
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Thoughts on the 1st Sunday of Advent, December 2, 2018
by Rev. Jim Ryan, jimryan6885@gmail.com
Thomas Merton's final manuscript which he sent to the publisher just prior to his trip to Asia in February, 1968 was published this year with a foreward by Sarah Coakley. It has been given the title, "The Climate of Monastic Prayer," but it is not restricted to monks alone. In this work, which is pretty much an extended essay, Merton says that the prayer life of the monk – and anyone who prays in the same mode – is set within a life of expectation that is fueled by dread. This goes a long way toward understanding every monk's legacy of heading out to the desert and to out-of-the-way places that continues to pull and tug at a certain level of isolation and solitariness. This dread, Merton goes on to say, is shaped by each monk's confrontation with two questions: 1) Am I ultimately living a lie?, and 2) How is it possible to have a relation with such a hidden, inscrutable God?
I can only imagine that today's Gospel for this 1st Sunday of Advent fits into this type of expectation that locates itself in dread over the anguish, distress, and untimely death that accompanies this particular vision of the End Time. Welcome to one vision for the start of Advent.
While we have not experienced anything close to such anguish and distress here in the north country of Wisconsin, nor are we in the dreaded desert, we do have snow in our yard from the most recent storm. It is at least 4 inches deep and it's a powdery variety of the white stuff now covering the ground and all the surrounding trees. This winter wonderland makes it possible to play a new game with Connor, our 1 ½ year old Irish Setter puppy. Here's how it goes. I make a snowball out of the powdery flakes and show it to Connor. He jumps excitedly, as Irish Setters do, with the expectation that I will throw this white ball as I do the yellow tennis balls when there is no snow on the ground. I throw, he fetches and brings the ball back (well at least until he gets bored.) The hitch in this new game, though, is that a snowball made up of powdery flakes, when thrown into 4 inches of snow hits the ground and falls apart. Connor runs after the white solid ball that has fallen to the ground but then he cannot find it after the drop. That's when I get the look that says, "What did you do with my ball?"
The point? The point is that sometimes the solid things of reality and life fall apart leaving us to realize that in the end life is about the game and not the capture.
We live in a world that all too often presents life as a thing, which is OK because this material thing that's called life requires food and drink, shelter and security. But life is also spirit and that spiritual life requires love and learning how to love.
Where does one go to gain clarity that the spirit of life is so much more fundamental than the material things of life? Well, Christians go to the One whose life was all about love. Christ, whose coming to human life was clearly devoid of material realities (unless you want to quibble about his body that needed to survive materially) is the Real One – our model for real life.
Reality, like powdery snowballs that hit the ground and disappear, can easily fall apart. The Spirit of Life, like the games we play, holds together. In two weeks we will hear a familiar example that shows the value of life over things. John the Baptist will say to the crowd, "I baptize in water, but the Messiah who is coming will baptize in the Spirit." As symbolic as the material reality of water is it remains just a symbol. John recognizes that it is the Spirit who gives life.
The French philosopher, Michel Henry, points clearly to the awareness that life, in its spiritual reality of each individual, is the most real reality. All material stuff is just symbol and metaphor. That's right even Oprah's giveaway cars are only metaphors. Henry calls this view on life – each person's manifestation. He means to show that events and experiences of life's fullness enliven a person so much more than the material reality of things. And the deeper a person travels into that fullness the more real that person's life becomes
And now we come to Advent – this season of expectations. Curiously, this returns me to Merton's monk so full of dread. Remember, Merton sees the monk's life from out of the history of the original searchers who went to the desert to seek a desolate environment that could match the emptiness they so often experienced in their quest for the divine. When Merton mentions the state of dread it's then that he raised those two questions of the possibility of living a lie and searching for the hidden God.
Why would anyone want to put oneself through such dread? I believe it's because the wager is on the side of life as spiritual depth and fullness rather than on the side of material emptiness.
This Season of Promise invites each one of us to make our own wager on life – with all its connections to the Spirit that gifts us with community now and in the life to come.
At some point this winter – as certain as this is Wisconsin – we'll get a snowfall with a better grade of snowflake than this most recent storm, the kind of flake that holds together when you make snowballs. When I throw those better balls they will not break apart upon hitting the ground. I expect that will make Connor very happy. But until that happy time, I also expect that he will continue to chase after the disappearing snowballs because he loves the game too much – which is what is most important, after all.
Our God is our justice. We offer gifts of bread and wine and see in our eating and drinking your Son, the Christ, among us; the Promised One whose miraculous gift is this saving grace of community. Amen
A Litany for Wreath Lighting
Leader: Emmanuel, we hold the memory of your life. Jesus, have mercy.
All: Jesus, have mercy.
Leader: Messiah, we celebrate the ministry of your example. Christ, have mercy.
All: Christ, have mercy.
Leader: Luminous Light, we are the grace of your presence. Jesus, have mercy.
Presider: The God of Promise fulfills in us the Messiah's Way now and evermore.
All: Amen.
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Thanks, Joe, for your thoughts. I really recommend a further reading in Merton's "Climate of Monastic Prayer," in which he reminds those who will pray in a contemplative mode that the active life of common prayers, the Liturgy of the Hours and Eucharist, objects of art, and the actual lived life-styles of monasticism worldwide all are in tandem with body and spirit. No Manichean, he, and neither am I. So, let me dispel your concern. My banner still reads phenomenologically, "To the things themselves!"
I'm glad to see that Richard agrees in the coinciding of body and soul (spirit).. Take care, Jim
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The Universal Christ – meditation from Richard Rohr on the oneness of matter and spirit.
Christ Is Everywhere
Christ is the eternal amalgam of matter and spirit as one as they hold and reveal one another. Wherever the human and the divine coexist, we have the Christ. Wherever the material and the spiritual coincide, we have the Christ. That includes the material world, the natural world, the animal world (including humans), and moves all the way to the elemental world, symbolized by bread and wine. The Eucharist offers Christians the message in condensed form so we can struggle with it in a very concrete way. We cannot think about such a universal truth logically; we can only slowly digest it! "Eat it and know who you are," St. Augustine said. [1] We are what we drink and eat, as any good nutritionist will say.
Only slowly does the truth become believable. Finally, the Body of Christ is not out there or over there; it's in you—it's here and now and everywhere. The goal is then to move beyond yourself and recognize that what's true in you is true in all others too. The Universal Christ permeates all creation including us. We are all the image and likeness of God!
This recognition was supposed to be a political and social revolution. But Christians wasted centuries arguing about whether it was true at all! The orthodox insistence on the "Real Presence" in the Eucharist is merely taking the Mystery of Incarnation to its natural and full and very good conclusion. Here I am quite happy to be fully Catholic. "There is only Christ, he is everything, and he is in everything," Paul shouts (see Colossians 3:11). This is not pantheism; it is the much more subtle and subversive panentheism, or God in all things.
You and I are living here in this ever-expanding universe. You and I are a part of this Christ Mystery without any choice on our part. We just are, whether we like it or not. It's nothing we have to consciously believe. It's first of all announcing an objective truth. But if we consciously take this mystery as our worldview, it will create immense joy and peace. It gives us significance and a sense of belonging as part of God's Great Work. We are no longer alienated from God, others, or the universe. Everything belongs. And it is pure, undeserved gift from the very beginning.
Participating in Christ allows each of us to know that "I don't matter at all, and yet I matter intensely—at the same time!" That's the ultimate therapeutic healing. I'm just a little grain of sand in this giant, giant universe. I'm going to pass in a little while like everyone else will. But I'm also a child of God. I'm connected radically, inherently, intrinsically to the Center and to everything else.
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Gal 3:26-28
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'Bought to Rot' - Laura Jane Grace & The Devouring Mothers / Turned Up Louder
After being part of one of the most successful punk bands of the past two decades, Against Me! vocalist Laura Jane Grace is spreading her wings with her new project, Laura Jane Grace & the Devouring Mothers. The band is completed by Against Me! drummer Atom Willard and producer for Against Me!, Marc Jacob Hudson, and together they have produced one of the most diverse records of the year so far. The album was in part an homage to one of Grace's heroes, the legendary Tom Petty, and the influence that his passing has had on the record is unmistakable. There are moments of intense, grungy darkness as well as blinding classic rock light, and the balance between depth and simplicity can be felt across the breadth of the record.
Some of that characteristic punk grit that fuelled Against Me!'s rise to prominence can still be felt as influences on this record. Opener 'China Beach' crackles into life with a section of spoken word set to staccato guitars, dripping with an unctuous venom that spills over into barely controlled screams: setting the tone for the palpable tension that lurks beneath the surface of even the most seemingly breezy tracks on the record. The candid nature of lyricism that rides the divide between song and spoken word re-emerges on 'Amsterdam Hotel Room'- raw and unsullied, the claustrophobia that permeates the lyrics manifests itself in the bursts of rugged screams that pepper the backdrop of undulating, indie-esque guitars. That depth and darkness is also evident on 'Valeria Golina' a track that is tinged with a greater venom than much of the record- like a bead of jet amongst a cluster of amethysts, the racing, unrelenting chords blur one note into the next, binding together with Laura Jane Grace's powerful, coarse vocals into a spiderweb of a dark grungy atmosphere.
Yet despite this, the record carries a powerful dichotomy of tones, epitomised in tracks such as 'Screamy Dreamy', which does exactly what it says on the tin! Opening with a cascade of slow, melancholy notes, the soothing lullaby suddenly breaks like a wave into pulses of piercing guitars and thundering drums, overtured by a dusting of screams before descending back into a placid haze, like slowly dispersing ripples in a millpond. This balance of light and dark follows through much of the record, the lightest moments coming on songs such as first single 'Apocalypse Now (& Later)', a truly touching track whose lyrics speak of watching the end of the world with the person you love most Though it is packed with touches of the big classic rock tunes in the guitar tone, the grit in the vocals stops the track veering too far into airy country rock territory. Other tracks are breezier still: the upbeat dalliance of the guitars on 'The Airplane Song' captures the light-hearted horizon-gazing of the airplane in the title with a surprisingly jolly melody that masks the heartache of someone 'torn between two lovers', while the endearingly sweet ode to friendship that is 'The Friendship Song' carries the listener along in the infectious, bubbly happiness of the melody, you just can't help but smile and nod your head along! A slightly more muted, yet by no means less impactful moment comes in the form of 'Born In Black'. It's swaying melody blends with the soaring vocals tinged with Laura Jane Grace's characteristic grit, but with an airy, almost orchestral atmosphere, so that it conjures up images of swaying arms and waving lighters.
Perhaps the most resonant element of this brilliant record, however, comes in its powerful simplicity. Drums pulse away at the heart of the verses of 'Reality Bites', with little indie guitar noodles that characterise the pre-choruses, yet there is nothing overcomplicated about it and it is all the better for it, allowing the truth at the heart of the lyrics that 'nobody wants to be themselves, they all want to be someone else' shine through. Similarly, the powerfully deliberate simplicity of the alternating notes that provide the backdrop to 'The Hotel Song' mean that despite its sleepy melody, there is nothing sedate about the candid lyrics, as they take centre stage even as the track builds into a crashing crescendo of cymbals. This balance of lyrical candour and stunningly unsullied melodies gives us some of the album's highlights: 'I Hate Chicago' marries comically jovial guitars and an atmosphere of sarcastic merriment with fiercely unapologetic lyrics that pull no punches where Grace's adopted hometown or the people who have let her down are concerned! Perhaps the most stunning of all, however is 'Manic Depression', which begins with a hypnotic blend of grungy grinding basslines that create the sense of moving through treacle, with barely audible vocals drifting through the fog masked by a high pitched buzz. Yet all of this is cut through by the bluntly honest lyrics about the profoundly un-discriminatory nature of depression and mental illness, illustrating clearly that despite the suffocating fog of being trapped in your own head, this is one band who refuse to ever be silenced.
There is nothing overcomplicated or officious about this record- every element feels essential and deliberate. That is not to say that it lacks depth or complexity- rather, that the lack of eccentric frills in the melody allows for the brutal sincerity and passion of the vocals to shine through all the more brightly. Honesty is something that is becoming exceedingly rare in music these days, but something that with 'Bought to Rot', Laura Jane Grace & The Devouring Mothers have delivered in spades.
'Bought to Rot' is out on November 9th on Bloodshot Records. Listen to the first single, 'Apocalypse Now (& Later)' below:
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Debut album electro pop act SIN.SIN out now – listen to the complete album!
October 30, 2017 bernard
The female fronted electro pop act SIN.SIN has finally released its debut album! The release is one which many people have been looking out for after the extremely well received singless "Fairytronics" and "Black List". Especially the latter did ping a lot of interest.
The debut album is titled "Nobody's Heroine" and has been released now. You can listen to the entire album on Bandcamp or via the band's label webstore where you can order the CD version.
Included on the album are collaborations with the Belgian cult act The Breath Of Life (who made a folk remake of "Moving Sands") and a duet with Helalyn Flowers' vocalist n0emi Aurora on the siren noir song "Blacklist".
SIN.SIN is the project by Kristell L., known for her work as the lead singer of the goth rock / industrial metal band Lovelorn Dolls. The album was produced and mixed by producer Maxx of Helalyn Flowers. Highly recommended!
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Another day, another report of a Hollywood remake. And this time it's testosterone-soaked sci-fi classic Predator getting a big budget do over.
Wait. We know what you're thinking - we've already had 2010's noticeably plural and otherwise forgettable Predators, right? But this project is no spin off, rather a straight-up reboot written by Iron Man 3 director Shane Black and directed by Fred Dekker (erm, Robocop 3).
While quite what Arnold Schwarzenegger makes of it all, or who will fill his sizable jungle boots, is as yet unclear, it is worth noting that Black has history with the 1987 hit, having appeared in a small role as Hawkins - a role he was offered after turning down an offer by producers to rewrite a first draft after they were impressed by his seminal action script for Lethal Weapon.
So, if we're looking for positives, Black's had a treatment rolling around his head for the best part of a few decades now. Even so, expect mini-guns, titanic handshakes and a really keen desire to get to a chopper.


The 2014–15 federal Budget included an announcement of $95.9 million for the long-awaited full implementation of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP) by 1 July 2020.1 From that date, all Australians aged 50 to 74 years will finally be invited to screen for bowel cancer every 2 years with a faecal occult blood test (FOBT).
A final implementation plan for the NBCSP has been a long time coming. The program was introduced in August 2006 with the mail-out of FOBT kits to people turning 55 and 65 years. While sporadic funding increases in the interim have been welcomed, there have also been unacceptable delays and ongoing concerns. For example, the 2012–13 Budget provided a much-needed $50 million to expand the NBCSP; however, the final implementation date was set as 2034.4 Cancer Council Australia therefore believed it was critical to provide evidence of the enormous potential benefits of completing the program by an acceptable date of 2020.
Cenin and colleagues used the MISCAN (microsimulation screening analysis)-Colon model to examine mortality gains with full implementation of the NBCSP by 2035 compared with full implementation by 20202 — the year recommended by Cancer Council Australia in its 2013 election priorities. The model estimated that full implementation by 2020 would prevent 35 000 (100% extra) bowel cancer deaths over the following four decades.
Now that the future of the NBCSP is assured, it is essential to engage with general practitioners and other health care professionals to improve participation and facilitate continuous improvement in service delivery.
The most recent data available show that, of people invited to participate in the NBCSP between July 2012 and June 2013, only 33.5% did so.5 This is an unacceptably low rate. However, it was not unexpected, given the low awareness among Australians about bowel cancer,6 the novelty of population screening for men and the lack of targeted communication about the NBCSP. A large-scale communications campaign, during program expansion and after full implementation, will be needed to improve participation rates if the NBCSP is to fulfil its potential to reduce bowel cancer mortality.
Since the inception of the NBCSP, GPs have been identified as critical partners. The government has sought to promote GP involvement in the NBCSP through GP representation on relevant committees, and through engagement with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP). While general practice resources such as the RACGP "red book" recommend FOBT screening for 50–74-year-olds, it will become increasingly important to consult closely with the primary care sector and provide support to GPs to facilitate their role in the expanded NBCSP.
GPs are well placed to promote the use of FOBT as the recommended screening tool for average-risk people currently outside the NBCSP. This would help reduce the strain on colonoscopy services. More than 500 000 colonoscopies are conducted annually in Australia.7 While there is no national dataset on how many of these are performed on asymptomatic, average-risk patients, it is thought that a significant number are done as first-line screening.
Currently, 7.5% of FOBT tests completed through the NBCSP return a positive result.5 Of those patients, around 70% present for colonoscopy. Of these, one in 32 are diagnosed with a confirmed or suspected cancer and one in 17 are diagnosed with advanced adenoma.5 FOBT is therefore a valuable tool for prioritising the use of colonoscopy for patients who are at higher than average bowel cancer risk or are symptomatic.
The NBCSP's potential to prevent a total of 70 000 Australian bowel cancer deaths over the next four decades is compelling.
The research by Cenin et al was led by our colleagues in Western Australia and involved members of Cancer Council Australia's Cancer Screening Committee and coopted external experts. It was done for the purposes of contributing to the literature and estimating the mortality reduction benefits of an expedited NBCSP implementation plan.
1. Australian Government 2014-15 Health Portfolio Budget Statements. Budget Related Paper No. 1.10. Department outcomes. Outcome 1: Population health. May 2014. http://www.health.gov.au/internet/budget/publishing.nsf/Content/2014-2015_Health_PBS (accessed Sep 2014).
3. Australian Cancer Network Colorectal Cancer Guidelines Revision Committee. Clinical practice guidelines for the prevention, early detection and management of colorectal cancer. Sydney: Cancer Council Australia and Australian Cancer Network, 2005. https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/_files_nhmrc/publications/attachments/cp106_0.pdf (accessed Sep 2014).
4. Australian Government 2012-13 Health and Ageing Portfolio Budget Statements. Budget Related Paper No. 1.10. Department of Health and Ageing Overview and Resources. May 2012. http://www.health.gov.au/internet/budget/publishing.nsf/Content/2012-2013_Health_PBS (accessed Sep 2014).
5. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: monitoring report 2012-2013. Canberra: AIHW, 2014. (AIHW Cat. No. CAN 81; Cancer Series 84.) http://www.aihw.gov.au/publication-detail/?id=60129547721 (accessed Sep 2014).
6. Cancer Council Australia. Galaxy poll. April 2011.
7. Department of Human Services, Medicare Australia. Requested Medicare items processed from January 1994 to June 2013. Canberra: Department of Human Services, 2013.
8. Gandon Y. Screening for colorectal cancer: the role of CT colonography. Diagn Interv Imaging 2014; 95: 467-474.
9. Atkin WS, Edwards R, Kralj-Hans I, et al. Once-only flexible sigmoidoscopy screening in prevention of colorectal cancer: a multicentre randomised controlled trial. Lancet 2010; 375: 1624-1633.
10. Young GP, Pedersen SK, Dekker E, et al. Evaluation of a 2-gene (IKZF1 and BCAT1) DNA blood test for detection of colorectal cancer [abstract]. Digestive Disease Week 2014; May 3-6; Chicago, United States.
11. Imperiale TF, Ransohoff DF, Itzkowitz SH. Multitarget stool DNA testing for colorectal-cancer screening. N Engl J Med 2014; 371: 187-188.
12. Lieberman D. Screening for colorectal cancer in individuals at average risk: current methods and emerging issues. JAMA Intern Med 2014; 174: 10-11.


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The key is wholehearted desire to overcome the addiction. This begins with one�s self-honesty, admitting �I am addicted� to self, which is very difficult because the intended effect of drugs is denial that they are a problem even as the user�s life is centered around the next �fix�. If people truly understood prayer and the power of prayer, they could use this to overcome their drug dependency. No power on Earth is greater than the light, and the light energy in prayer is inestimable! Prayer is not kneeling in public humility or even in private � it is one's innate connection with God in thoughts and feelings, anywhere, anytime. In a calm, quiet way, ask for help: "Help me overcome my need for drugs" or "Give me the strength to stop drinking" or any other few words that are comfortable. The longings of the heart speak equally clearly to God.
Of course, the dark forces don't intend that anyone dependent upon drugs desire any help to forego its use. The weakened will and reasoning of the person due to decreased light within cannot permit recognition of his problem. This is an intended inherent effect of drugs! Consequently, the spiritual supportiveness of family and friends is essential, and the same from a rehabilitation clinic with proven success may be necessary. Visualizing the user in radiant health surrounded by light can be effective for both self-help and all in the supportive group. Visualizing light around and permeating oneself and others � and Earth as well! � is wondrously uplifting and healing.
Various methods of "alternative� health care can effectively reduce or eliminate dependence upon [addictive substances] and the holistic therapies that include one's approach to life offer great benefits. Changing a negative outlook to positive is especially beneficial in helping one achieve balance in mind, body and spirit � balance is optimum health!


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The Director of Residential Services will administer the day-to-day operations of a 78 bed, 24x7x365 residential facility. Responsibilities include directly managing campus operations staff during weekend and evening hours, managing all campus operations staff vacancies, and instructing employees in proper methods and procedures to use when working with clients. It is critical that this person drive compliance with local, state and federal regulations. Full-time or part-time opportunity available.
"Men's natures are alike, it is their habits that carry them far apart. "


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A SUBJECT FOR DEBATE
'Death Row: The Last 24 Hours' is the title of a Discovery Channel programme about the last 24 hours of condemned individuals in the United States – for the most part concerning theHuntsville Unit in Texas. It was harrowing to watch, and it's hard to find an appropriate adjective for the emotions it aroused; but because I cannot condone the death penalty I felt compelled to watch it and learn; and learn I did.
I firmly believe that no human being has the right to kill another human being; and that two wrongs do not make a right: end of story, I thought. But it isn't, because I think that what I know now is not just about what goes on in death row – it's about all of us.
At the start of the programme, a warden explains that the last 24 hours 'do not always go to plan, but it's routine for us'. The electric chair was invented in 1890, but not used until 1924 when 5 condemned men were electrocuted. Since a Florida chair set fire to the hair and lower legs of a man, synthetic non-flammable sponge has replaced sea sponge to pad the leather 'head-cap' and the lower legs are shaved. A 40s Delaware hanging went wrong when the rope stretched; so today all the ropes are tested for strength and stretched to their limit. One prisoner ordered four BLT sandwiches for his last meal, ate them, and then swallowed a number of pills in an attempt to commit suicide. When he was found to be comatose, he was, and again I quote…'brought back to life for the execution'.
The death row inmate who decides to appeal his case spends, on average, 15 years there. When an appeal fails, an executive order for the execution to take place is given, and within 10 days the warrant of execution will be signed by a State Governor, and then everybody concerned gets to decide in which room at Huntsville the execution will take place – the route the prisoner will take to that room – and the time of the execution. The last 24 hours is mapped almost minute by minute, beginning with a comprehensive search of the prisoner and his or her confines. For example, the phone in the execution room is checked to make sure it is working properly, in case there might be a last minute stay of execution; because even during the last day, lawyers will be working to obtain one. A 'stay' might last one hour, one day, or a month. In Texas 140 condemned individuals have been acquitted.
Each State has its own rules about the last meal. Florida sets a cost limit of $40; Oklahoma sets it at $15. The Huntsville chef was proud to have prepared 189 last meals, but made it clear that nobody gets to eat lobster. After eating, the prisoner is watched throughout the night prior to the execution, and in the morning, oddly, he is searched. It is 45 miles from the Corrections Unit to the Huntsville Unit, but, we are told, nobody has ever escaped, and 'the majority offer no resistance'.
34 states have the death penalty and of these, 14 states allow the condemned to choose how they will die. The methods are: hanging, firing squad, electrocution, gassing, and lethal injection. The last is the most popular, we are told. One man in a firing squad of 5 will have a blank round, so that nobody knows who actually did the killing. For gassing, hydrogen cyanide is used. For the injection, a needle is inserted into the arm and a barbiturate is given, to sedate the condemned prisoner, after which they can make a final statement. Individual states have varying rules about how long this final statement can be, if permitted. Then the syringe is filled with a mixture of cyanide and sulphuric acid is administered. The only person in the death chamber besides the prisoner and the executioner is a Chaplain – if requested.
The Huntsville Unit in Texas executed 89 people in the 7 years before the documentary was made. Kentucky's last execution, after 10 thousand of them, took place in 1936. Doctors are discouraged from taking part in executions. In Florida, a 'civilian' does the executing and is paid $150 for his services. Each State has its own rules pertaining to witnesses to executions.
A retired Huntsville executioner named Green, smiles into the camera, and says that he executed 102 people during his tour of duty. A Reverend in a dog collar says that he has attended 95 executions and that the emotion most common for the condemned is 'fear' – but assures us that he does 'listen to them' if they want to talk.
Since 1973, in 26 states, 140 people have been released from death row upon new evidence of their innocence. In total, 10 executions took place against strong evidence of innocence. Across the states, lawyers work pro-bono for the National Justice Project, an organisation that works to free wrongfully convicted people. A Discovery Channel programme and CNN's Anderson Cooper 360° regularly feature wrongful imprisonment and the efforts of lawyers to free people from death row who are there on the flimsiest of evidence.
On the 24th August 2012 one David Wiggins was released from death row when new DNA evidence proved that he did not rape a woman in 1989. An innocent man, he spent 24 years in jail. He had been convicted because despite the lack of very much other evidence, the victim identified him as her attacker. Now that DNA testing is available, and forensic investigation improves rapidly, we should see fewer such cases.
The lawyer and writer, John Grisham wrote The Chamber in 1996; a powerful novel about a young lawyer who risks a high-profile career to appeal the conviction of a man on death row. John Grisham is interesting insofar as he claims to be 'on the fence' where the death penalty is concerned. On his visit to a Mississippi corrections unit looking for background material for one of his books, he expressed his doubt to a prison guard. Grisham said he was a practising Southern Baptist, and he didn't think that Jesus would condone the death penalty. He was thrown when the guard asked him then, which he had faith in – Jesus or Mississippi; meaning the state's laws.
Now the warden quoted near the top of the page said that the last 24 hours 'do not always go to plan, but it's routine for us'. Consider the words 'plan' and 'routine'. Consider the many hours, days, weeks, months, and years that go towards planning how to legally kill people.
The last 24 hours is mapped out almost minute by minute. Hearing the Huntsville chef explain what might constitute a 'last meal' a picture popped into my head of a committee of 12 sitting around a board-room table with coffee and biscuits: ordinary men and women – perhaps a lawyer, a doctor and the warden, a social worker and prison chaplain, a chef and a purchasing officer – all calmly discussing what a condemned man might be permitted to request as a last meal – and how much it might reasonably cost. That is bizarre. I cannot, for the life of me, imagine myself being a part of such a conversation.
Now imagine them calmly discussing the method of death which they will condone: arguing the relative advantages and disadvantages between a lethal injection, a firing squad, gassing, electrocution, and hanging. That is macabre.
Certainly my imagination fails me when I try to conjure up the conversation that must have taken place when the prison personnel found the man who tried to kill himself, in a comatose state. The best I can come up with is Monty-Pythonesque – "Quick! Bring him back to life! He has to be killed in the morning!" Grotesque? Well, something like that has to have been said. It becomes even more grotesque when one realises that it would have been medical personnel who would have revived him.
Of course, my committee is fictional, but it is certainly representative of how normal logistics are worked out in other board-rooms around the world, so I don't think my death-dealing committee's methods would be very much different. Those people decide every event that will happen to another human being throughout that person's last 24 hours, in careful detail.
I have tried to imagine myself at that fictional committee meeting. Present would be my doctor and dentist, my lawyer, bank manager, and a number of professional friends – all highly qualified and intelligent people – sitting at a board-room table discussing those events. I cannot imagine them doing it. It fills me with horror.
Because the death penalty is controversial, there will be those reading this who will say that the condemned man was tried by judge and jury, got his just desserts, and that's the law. There is always the worn-out 'somebody has to do it' excuse, to which the obvious answer is…'who says'? Or – that it all boils down to a rotten administration. Or – you can't buck the system. Or – that's just how it is. Remind those people that human beings are fallible – that the guilty often go free and the innocent often end up on death row and the reply could well be – that's the luck of the draw.
But are those people living in countries where the death penalty is enforced really content to permit their governments to condone killings on their behalf? Isn't there enough killing in the world?
"All I can tell you is that when it came to the point whether I could take my head out of the noose and put another man's head into it, I could not do it."
George Bernard Shaw – The Devil's Disciple.


Now, now...who did you expect???????
I recently took on a second job, (part time, working from home), and couldn't be happier. While I tend to do my "main job" (blogging), from the dining room table, my second job involves a lot of speaking on the phone. Whenever I am going to be focusing on my second job, I head into my home office, which is quieter, and obviously somebody else appreciates the quiet too.
The other day while I was working, I was so engrossed, I never noticed that Cody had entered the room, (he has his own cat door). I turned, looked, and saw my adorable kitty boy staring at me.
It doesn't get any better than this!!
And it's a crown - totally befitting for Cody the King!
He is indeed an adorable kitty boy - it's amazing how they come up with the funniest behaviors at times.
Pet lovers please check out my homeless cat blog archives for some fun posts about the cat colony I manage.
Thank you! Yes he likes to be with his Mama but only when I am working in my "office" (other than watching TV)...if I work in the dining room, it's Dakota who doesn't leave my side.
I love that cat bed - and Cody certainly looks right at home there!
You sure do have a sweet romance with your Purrince Charming...aka Cody!! He sure knew how to enthrall you!!
Minko just boldly tries to squeeze between me and the confuser keyboard, MOL! Then he thinks he can make me happy with his loud purrs...which of course he is right about...I just pull him away from the confuser so I can keep on working. Pipo?? Nope, he just wants to be in the cubby hole in the desk...so I put a bed in there for him...then he sticks out his paw and goads me to play with him, MOL!
Cody looks very cute watching you from his bed.
Cats are the best coworkers!
Congrats on the second job! And I'm so glad you found an at-home one, and that you enjoy it!
I love that Cody surprised you by sneaking in to keep you company. What a precious boy!
Yes I am lucky! If he is in there now, I'm not lol. I am at the dining room table. Will be back in there tomorrow!!
It's nice to have quiet (and furry) company in the office! GOOD LUCK with the new second job Miss Caren...now that you have a "silent assistant" I bet you enjoy the job even MORE!
Way cool, Caren! Cody, what a great office helper you are!
No it doesn't get any better than this.
(((hugs))) and love right back to ya!
Thanks so much! He is!!
Oh no! You got the best of both worlds there.
Working from home with your kitty by your side. Purrfect!
Lucky you, your assistant is such a sweet guy!
Working from home is the best!
He is the purrfect companion! I love it when I'm working at home and my kitties are around. I wish I could bring them to my job.
That bed is awesome! We bet Cody will make the best office assistant/supervisor ever!
it does and thanks so much!
Well da only thing better is in your lap. Dat's what mommy says. We say in your lap with all your attention focused on us. MOL But you do have a very handsum office mate.
Sweet boy wants to be where you are.
How nice to have a job working from home and that Cody joined you in your office! I love this picture!
He wants to be your assistant!
I remember when you got that bed for Cody, after seeing the one we had for Moosey!
Thank you so much!!!! Me too! lol! Yep!!!! It was thanks to you! I should have written that again, he still LOVES that bed and I have had it for quite some time now. (((hugs))) back!
Nothing like a furry co-worker!!
When mom is home I am right by her!!! I love that bed! Perfect for King Cody. Now, how about one for King Toby???


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Ciara And Russell Wilson Are Expecting Another Baby
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By: Bridget Sharkey
Ciara and Russell Wilson are about to welcome another child into their family.
The pair already have a daughter, 2-year-old Sienna Princess, and they also raise Ciara's son from a former relationship, 5-year-old Future Zahir Wilburn. So, this new addition means baby number three for the Grammy-winning musician and her Super Bowl-winning husband.
Ciara posted a subtle hint at the exciting news two weeks ago on Instagram, where she posed in a No. 3 Seattle Seahawks jersey, which just happens to be Wilson's number. Her cryptic caption on the post was simply, "#3."
A post shared by Ciara (@ciara) on Jan 12, 2020 at 2:14pm PST
Most people assumed Ciara was just repping Wilson's jersey in that post but it has since been revealed to be a photo with deeper meaning.
On Jan. 30, Ciara officially revealed her pregnancy with a gorgeous maternity photo and the words "Number 3."
Number 3. 📸: @DangeRussWilson
A post shared by Ciara (@ciara) on Jan 30, 2020 at 5:20am PST
The powerful shot, showing Ciara in a bikini with a full baby bump, was taken by Wilson in the Turks and Caicos Islands.
The NFL star posted a similar picture from the shoot, confirming that the couple is adding a new soul to their family.
Number 3. @Ciara
A post shared by Russell Wilson (@dangerusswilson) on Jan 30, 2020 at 5:37am PST
The couple got married in 2016, opting to hold the ceremony in a castle in England. Fans got a chance to see part of the event in Ciara's recent music video for "Beauty Marks."
Ciara has also spoken about how Wilson loves her son as if he were his own.
"When you allow yourself to be vulnerable, you become your strongest," the singer said on a 2019 appearance on "The View." "When I met the love of my life it was not only loving me, it was to love my son."
"God is good."
Ciara gets a special #MothersDay message from her husband Russell Wilson and her two kids that brings her to tears. ❤ https://t.co/psYxlhK3uG pic.twitter.com/ngwIGQF7Kn
— The View (@TheView) May 12, 2019
In the past, Ciara has been candid about the lack of involvement in her son's life by her former partner, the rapper Future.
In an interview with Jada Pinkett Smith on Pinkett's Facebook Watch show, "Red Table Talk," Ciara got real about how painful her breakup from Future was.
"I'd have moments in the shower when I would be crying," she said. "I had a few moments when I'd be crying in different settings — crying in the bedroom, crying in the shower … I'd be crying because I am not in the happiest place, and it hurts, what I'm going through."
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It's good to hear that this dark time is in Ciara's past and that she continues to find such joy and love in her life. Here is wishing her a comfortable pregnancy and smooth delivery!
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Tony winner Rebecca Taichman directs Lindsey Ferrentino's play, opening April 9.
Lynda Gravátt, Lucas Papaelias, and Ella Kennedy Davis star in This Flat Earth, directed by Rebecca Taichman, at Playwrights Horizons.
The Playwrights Horizons' production of Lindsey Ferrentino's This Flat Earth has released photos ahead of opening night set for April 9. Check out photos from the world premiere, directed by Tony winner Rebecca Taichman (Indecent), in the gallery below.
Featured in the cast are Cassie Beck, Ella Kennedy Davis, Lynda Gravátt, Lucas Papaelias, and Ian Saint-Germain. The production will feature scenic design by Dane Laffrey, costume design by Paloma Young, lighting design by Christopher Akerlind, and sound design by Mikhail Fiksel.
At a middle school in a seaside town, the unthinkable has happened, placing a bewildered community in the national spotlight. Stuck at home in a state of shocked limbo, Julie (Davis) and Zander (Saint-Germain), two 13-year-olds, try to make sense of the chaos they witnessed, their awkward crushes and an infinitely more complicated future — but the grown-ups are no help at all. An urgent response to our times, This Flat Earth is a startling and deeply felt story of growing up in our confounding world.


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A very refreshing and honest reflection, and the reason I use AAISP. Cheers.
Something odd about the later 15min outage was that for a while ICMP seemed to be working (I could ping 8.8.8.8) but TCP was not (I could not ssh into a remote server --- note that this was by ip address, no dns lookup involved).
Well - all worked today - phew.
We understand route reflectors now - kings of BGP.
My daughter was using her laptop watching some kids stuff on the BBC. I fired up my PC just as she was coincidentally shutting down the laptop.
When the PC got going there was no net but I had just seen it working on the laptop (it was "The Sarah Jane Adventures") so it must be a problem with my PC or new-ish router mustn't it.
Well no - I did consider that something external to my house may have failed but I thought the chances of it happening just then must be astronomical!
Just goes to show that the heuristics one develops through decades of fault-finding can sometimes fail.
Luckily it wasn't down for long (thought I'd fixed it by rebooting my router).
I'm not really familiar with IBGP. Can you expand on the historical reasons you use it? Or is it simply a case of "we've always used it - if it ain't broke..."?
IBGP is just BGP anyway. You have to use BGP externally and we have grown from two routers. When adding a couple of LNSs the full mesh downside of BGP is not reall an issue, but doing something new like OSPF was more work. We then added code that injects BGP from a database and a few oter things. They don't talk SPF as just simple code we wrote to wot with the existing setup. And so on. So a lot of "if it ain't broke" in there.


For AW17, the classic palette of greys and blues has been offset with fabrics such as wool-alpaca-mohair and wool flannel. As well as checked patterns (reminiscent of Helsinki's city plan), the brand has played with volume and quirky hybrid shapes to invigorate its pieces. Brand favourites such as organic denim and indigo jersey put in appearance and a new merino wool knitwear line full of subtle details has also been included in the AW17 collection.


The Madness of Dr. Caligary is an anthology with tales based on "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" and will be published by Fedogan & Bremer in 2016.
THE MADNESS OF DR. CALIGARI, for general release 31 Oct 2016, is Joe Pulver's next foray into really Weirdmadness. With a cast of authors bound to make horror fans drool, he's inspired them with the 1920 film classic which arguably launched both modern Horror films, and Noir to produce stories which challenge the reader: What IS real??
LIMITED EDITION TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON.


Sugata Mitra walked away from TED2013 with an extra one million dollars in his pocket. He's not a fundraiser, a financial investor, or even a smooth criminal. He's a teacher.
It's rare to see teachers make that kind of money, but his idea and curiosity earned him every penny of it. And now, Mitra can continue his work.
The story starts one day when Mitra, a teacher at a private school in New Delhi, India, asked himself if his private school students were smarter than the "slum kids" or if they just had more access to educational tools. All it took was providing a computer to children outside of his school and letting them do whatever they wanted with it to answer his question. Students quickly taught themselves how to use the computer, learn from it, and share it with other interested children.
Mitra started to pose more difficult questions – like DNA construction – and test it around India. The results were the same. Regardless of question, language, or time, kids always wanted, and taught themselves how, to learn the topic presented. He also explored how to amplify this effect and found out the amazing value of what he calls "the method of the grandmother." Adult encouragement, via a webcam, helped support the children as they got stuck and found new discoveries. It created a person they could interact with outside of their normal circle that showed true interest without divulging any answers.
So where did all this leave Mitra? He has created a new theory on education – Self-Organized Learning Environments (SOLE). The role of the teacher is not to teach, but to pose a question, provide a computer, and encourage the students to find an answer. It seems so simple, but so genius. And now, he plans to use his winnings from the 2013 TED prize to build a "school in the cloud." We're excited to see it.
Watch the video to see his TED presentation.


There's no doubt that the business is becoming a lot more distributed. And, along with this level of distribution, it's clear to see that IT continues to play a major role in the way we support remote sites and offices. Remember, IT has always supported computing at remote sites. But business-critical digital activity at remote sites is rapidly intensifying due to multiple factors that include pervasive mobility, Internet of Things (IoT), and real-time analytics. IT must therefore proactively rethink its approach to remote infrastructure in order to enable critical digital activity and to ensure that it continues uninterrupted — while at the same time driving cost out of remote site ownership.
Today, remote computing is changing dramatically. Mobility, IoT, wireless connectivity, small-footprint software, and other technologies continue to drive digital activity everywhere. As a result, remote computing environments keep getting denser, more sophisticated, and more critical to the business.
So, no matter what business you're in, remote computing no longer serves merely as a utility that supports your geographically dispersed facilities. Those facilities are now as digital as they are physical. They have become your company's New Digital Outposts (NDO). This requires significant rethinking and reengineering by IT. In this whitepaper from Raritan, we learn how IT must respond appropriately to this remote computing inflection point. Failure to do so will undermine digital performance — and, by extension, the financial performance — of the business.


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press release: If you love trivia nights you may very well want to join us as we present our very own Working Draft Trivia Night - taking place every Wednesday and kicking off on 1/16/19!
Hosted by the world famous, Mat "The Wiz" Adams, our WDBC Trivia night will run from 7-8:30pm and offers a bounty of prizes and intellectual excitement. Teams of four are encouraged, but we can easily make anything work within trivia reason.


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Q: can BERDecoder().decode(args..) API of ASN1 Binary notes, decode more than 2 MB binary data in single instance? I am trying to decode the ASN1 BER encoded data(more than 2 MB data) in single instance using Java BERDecoder().decode(InputStream arg0, Class arg1)  API of ASN1 binary notes, But I am not able to decode the ASN1 encoded data using BERDecoder().decode(..) API.
Can any one guide me, why it is not decoding the 2MB data in single instance?
Is there any limitation of BERDecoder().decode(..) API??.
It would be very helpful if someone guide me on my problem.