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Sita Ram wrote the manuscript at the bidding of his commanding officer Lieutenant-Colonel Norgate in 1861, his son passed it on to the Englishman; the manuscript is supposed to have been written in Awadhi, Norgate translated it into English. An Urdu translation is also heard to have surfaced the same year. Few copies are known to have been sold, until 1911 that is, when a Colonel Phillott created a new syllabus for Hindustani exams, taken by colonial officers to test their knowledge of the language. Phillott himself translated the book into Urdu, and from then onwards, the autobiography of Sita Ram, who worked in the Bengal Native Army of the East India Company for forty-eight years (1812 to 1860)—became a 'key text' for British officers. The book was still part of the curriculum in the 1940s, it was translated into Devanagari in the same decade; a new and illustrated edition of the book (Norgate's English translation), was brought out by James Lunt, as late as 1970.
Serious doubts have recently been cast on its authenticity. Was it really written by Sita Ram, or was it authored by Lieutenant-Colonel Norgate himself? Was there ever a Sita Ram, a real-life, flesh-and-blood person? Or, was 'Sita Ram' manufactured by Norgate to make the text look, feel, sound authentic?
Some scholars view propaganda as a modern phenomenon, a perception which cannot be brushed aside easily since the study of propaganda gained prominence in the twentieth century. Rumors had proliferated on both sides about the horrors inflicted by the other during the First World War, and the 'widespread employment of methods to alter public opinion' aroused both interest and fear in the power of propaganda to manipulate the public (David R. Willcox).
But historians remind us that propaganda is not 'new and modern,' that the 'battle for men's minds is as old as human history' (Ralph D. Casey). For instance, in ancient Greece, both propaganda and counter-propaganda were part of Athenian life—attempts to mould and shape attitudes and opinions were conducted through the games, the theater, the assembly, the law courts, religious festivals, handwritten books, inscriptions, architecture, and art.
Do only regimes, governments, the politically powerful produce, and utilise, propaganda? Is propaganda deliberate, intentional? Are the consumers of propaganda, i.e., the common people, passive? Scholars are divided over these issues, some insist that the 'propagandist' need not be a regime, it could be one person, or groups of persons, or organised groups (such as business corporations). Some maintain that propaganda need not necessarily be aimed at 'maintaining the status quo,' in other words, marginalised groups too, may resort to propaganda to counter a state of affairs, or to grab power. Some academics agree that propaganda need not necessarily be premeditated or intentional or systematic, circumstances may compel persons/groups to utilise propaganda. Some are quick to point out that not all propagandists, always, want the active support of those for whom it is intended; propagandist actors/forces may well be satisfied with passive participation. In other words, those in power might well be happy if the majority quietly (passively) acquiesce to the status quo.
Lunt's editorial note emphasises Sita Ram's hard work and unswerving loyalty to his masters. His opening line says: 'Sita Ram Pande, the author of these memoirs, was one of the many Indian soldiers who helped the British to conquer India, and thereafter to hold it…' And a closing line, '[the general reader] may learn…something of the Indian sepoys who served the British so faithfully in good times and in bad…' (emphases added, in both).
And of course, the significance of the text cannot be understated: an Indian soldier (son of a 'Zamindar') who is loyal to the British during the 'Mutiny,' who is (most conveniently) silent about the 'Mutiny,' silent about British reprisals as well, which were horrifyingly brutal to say the least—thousands of Indians were flogged, forced to clean bloodied paving stones only with their tongues, summarily hanged or tied to canons and blown.
In the 1970s-80s, propaganda was dismissed as an outmoded concept by some, largely for two reasons: the first was connected to the western assumption (or propaganda?) that propaganda was a localised phenomenon, that it belonged to totalitarian orders, that the dismantling of the Soviet Union, and socialism in Eastern Europe, and the global expansion of free market society meant that propaganda was now a thing of the past. Second, theoretical innovations—the 'new academic lexicon of persuasion, communication theory' etc.—had led to the notion that propaganda (as an area of study) had fallen out of fashion.
Before the spring of 2003, writes Nicholas Jackson O'Shaughnessy, propaganda as a concept had been 'relegated beyond the marginal to the irrelevant.' But 9/11, embedded journalism, fabricated intelligence, the mainstream media's role in passing it off as the truth, and the invasion of Iraq—brought propaganda, back to centre stage.
The role of the media in securing (manufacturing) consent is crucial, for, as Harold Lasswell writes, 'So great are the psychological resistances to war in modern nations that every war must appear to be a war of defense against a menacing, murderous aggressor. There must be no ambiguity about who the public is to hate.' The success of the American mainstream media in demonising president Saddam Hussain of Iraq is demonstrated by the results of a Washington Post poll in September 2003: almost 70 percent of Americans believed that Saddam Hussein was behind the Twin Tower attacks of September 11, 2001. Ten years later US secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld claimed that the Bush administration had never suggested that Iraq was implicated in the terror attacks.
The American propaganda system—as opposed to that of totalitarian states, where the workings of the propaganda system are obvious: the state bureaucracy exercises monopolistic control over the media, official censorship prevails—is far more discreet. It permits dissent and therein lies its 'beauty,' write Herman and Chomsky.
Herman and Chomsky write, facts which undermine the government's position never make it to the front pages of newspapers. There are no exceptions to the rule. For instance, the volume of inconvenient facts had expanded during the Vietnam War but despite this, news and commentary which did not conform to the 'official dogma' simply did not find its way into the mainstream media. The high level of media conformism is reflected in the words of Leonard Sussman of the Freedom House, 'U.S. intervention in 1965 enjoyed near total…editorial support.' And, 'near-total editorial support' meant endorsement for the deployment of US combat forces in Vietnam, the regular bombing of North Vietnam, and the bombing of South Vietnam on an unprecedented scale ('unlimited aerial warfare inside the country at the price of literally pounding the place to bits'). It also meant that no questions were raised about the 'righteousness of the American cause' nor was any unease expressed about whether 'full-scale intervention' was at all necessary.
Things began to change 1965 onwards, dissent and domestic controversy began to be reported in the mainstream media but the actual views of dissidents and protestors were absent; their tactics were discussed but they were largely presented as being a 'threat to order.' Those belonging to the antiwar movement were not considered to be 'legitimate political actors,' write Herman and Chomsky, their access to television coverage and the print media was limited. Gradually, elite opinion shifted from wholesale support for US intervention to dubbing it 'too costly' (in terms of dollars spent, not Vietnamese lives), and being a 'tragic mistake.' Apologists for state policy increasingly pointed to the coverage of inconvenient facts, 'pessimism' of the media pundits, and the debates conducted over tactics—as proof that the media was hostile, that the US had 'lost' the war because the media was 'adversarial'!
While the culture of dissent has largely been identified with the left and left-leaning circles in the United States, some, like the legendary graphic artist Milton Glaser (co-curated the first Design of Dissent exhibition, 2005), believe that dissent is not a matter of who is left or right, radical or conservative, anti-Soviet or anti-fascistic, or an Israeli on 'the side of Palestinians.' Dissent, insists Glaser, is basically 'a response to power.' Whether rightwing or leftwing or religious, power 'always attempts to suppress, to subvert, to marginalize opposition' (PBS radio interview).
In propaganda, you have no such obligation. You don't have to tell the truth. You certainly are rarely complaining about power. You're simply expressing ideas that you want to enter into the system in order to persuade people to do something. …you wouldn't talk about a government dissenting from anything fundamentally, because they are the power.
What Glaser terms 'complaining about power'—taking on the president, vigorously and aggressively questioning those who are in the government, expressing ideas, which the powerful do not wish, be raised—is another name for speaking truth to power.
We are unwilling to think 'boldly about the often maladaptive, all-too-frequently unproductive and occasionally catastrophic practices' of people who, 'by one means or another' become encharged with being our leaders, writes Stephen P. Banks (editor of the collection, Dissent and the Failure of Leadership, 2008), with a sense of urgency.
Is part of the problem rooted in semantics, for after all, what do we mean by the word leader, led, leadership? It means many things to many people (this includes scholars of leadership studies who have been unable to arrive at a consensus), says Banks: the top positions, people in top positions; to take initiative and responsibility; a status as controlling faction; to head toward a destination; to represent, speak for, personify; to conduct and guide; to be in the forefront, to stand ahead of everyone else, to control, direct and reorient others toward correct action etc. It is this ambiguity, this absence of 'refined distinctions of meaning,' similar to the ambiguity enjoyed by words such as terrorism, freedom, that makes it 'strategically ambiguous' i.e., a word which sounds appealing but resists interrogation by academics and scholars. (Somewhat akin to the CIA's deceptive expression 'plausible deniability'—the denial of culpability due to the lack of evidence. Or, as researcher and author Douglas Valentine quipped, 'The CIA doesn't do anything it can't deny').
Americans have been processed through the intersection of television and advertising, he says. Advertising creates a climate of dissatisfaction—about clothes, style, car, everything, 'if you buy this car, your neighbors will envy you and your social condition will be enhanced,' 'if you buy this breakfast food, you'll have twice the vitality and you'll lose weight.' The dissatisfaction can only be resolved through acquisition and owning; for Americans, happiness is linked to acquiring and owning things.
Lying in public, therefore, no longer has any consequences; the word 'spin' is a euphemism for lie, everything is spun. A public that has grown up thus, conditioned by advertising, 'perfectly accepts political misrepresentation.' He is convinced, says Glaser, that in the 2004 election President Bush was elected instead of John Kerry because the former was more entertaining, 'You would be more likely to…vote for somebody that you would also go out [for] a beer with…' Kerry's lack of ability to entertain, 'Ah, I don't wanna sit still for this guy for four years' lost him the election. These emotions/choices (or conditioned responses?) are a direct consequence of a population that has been 'brought up and trained through the media of advertising and television.' Scepticism is generally beneficial, it works as a kind of protection against accepting 'things at face value' but in America, the public's desire to be entertained overrides scepticism.
One would have thought that the Awami League government would not need to fund TV commercials in support of its power plant project at Rampal given that the state machinery is at the government's disposal; an army of sycophants is at its beck and call; a print and electronic media, largely corporate-owned, affably share common business interests with the government, and additionally, given that news reporting, opinion, analysis, FB posts, and other social media, are all kept in line with the infamous Section 57 of the ICT Act.
At least 21 journalists were sued from March-July this year, mostly for news reporting, under section 57. Civil rights activists call the law 'draconian,' 'uncivilised' and 'a tool to silence journalists.' The Awami League's chief slogan during the 2008 election campaign was 'Digital Bangladesh' (the party's vocabulary for 'information society'); the electoral promise was that computer-based technology would be instituted to help ensure education, health, reduction of poverty, jobs etc., that the widespread application of digital technology—billed as the party's 2021 vision —would help build a society which ensures 'people's democracy and rights. But as thoughtful members of the public point out, 'Digital Bangladesh' is often a cover for digital repression rather than digital enablement.
The ICT Act was legislated during the BNP-Jamaat regime; the Awami League-led government amended it in 2013, and made it far more repressive by doing away with the provisions which require the police to obtain permission from the appropriate authority in order to file a case or to make arrests. While it is an open secret that the law is selectively applied—to silence criticism of the government, top officials, and ruling party leaders under the ruse of 'defamation' and 'tarnishing the image'—the Information minister Hasanul Huq Inu insists that the government is 'media-friendly' and dedicated to ensuring the freedom of the press, and freedom of expression and speech, as enshrined in the constitution.
Maha Mirza, doctoral candidate and Save Sundarbans activist says, the Rampal project indicates the Awami League government's 'one track obsession over high GDP growth as the standard of progress.' The government's idea of development is superficial, being 'merely growth based, consumption driven, and energy obsessed.' Maha accuses the government of viewing poor people and nature as 'collateral damage'—damage caused because you happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time for which no one can be held responsible (another failure of leadership).
Actions taken by the government to suppress the nationwide Save Sundarbans movement include brutal police attacks, lathi charge, firing water cannon and tear gas, all on peaceful demonstrations; arrests, harassment, threats, intimidation, slandering, name-calling, and demonisation.
To return to what I wrote earlier, one wouldn't have thought that the Awami League-led 14-party alliance government would need to fund TV commercials (to 'alter public opinion' about Rampal's impact on the Sundarbans), but as the state minister for power and energy Nasrul Hamid Bipu put it, the National Committee, and the Sundarban Rakkha Committee, have 'seriously damag[ed] the government's reputation,' the ministry can no longer 'sit idle.' The government will soon initiate a massive campaign (a 'publicity blitzkrieg') to inform the people about the 'importance of the mega project' (Independent, September 26, 2016). The news report adds, two leading ad firms, Grey Advertising, and Dhansiri Communication, have been hired to counter the claims of the dissenters, a five crore taka fund has been created for the purpose. It cites Shomi Kaiser, celebrated actress and model, owner of Dhansiri, who said, her ad firm had already made two documentaries.
Sundarban will be safe, power project is beneficial, govt loves Bangladesh —dad advises college-going son, opposed to Rampal. (Screen grab from Shundorbon shundor thak, Bangladesh egiye jak).
support for Rampal on Facebook, was jailed for 6 months under Section 57.
If convicted, he could be imprisoned for 7-14 years.
I look up Grey's website, it brands itself as 'Famously effective since 1917.' It claims, 'whip-smart [and] highly motivated individuals' work for the ad firm.
Advertising, Glaser says, is based on a 'distortion of reality' and distort this commercial does, for, in real life, a dissenter like Dilip Ray is not reasoned with, or shown graphs and charts and maps, but sued and tossed into jail.
In propaganda, Glaser had said, 'You don't have to tell the truth. You certainly are rarely complaining about power. You're simply expressing ideas that you want to enter into the system in order to persuade people…' Of what? To be grateful? To be silent? Servile?
but the aging coterie that rules the country, and its army of professional sycophants (including the whip-smart and highly motivated), fail to.


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Q: Mount Google Cloud Storage Bucket to Instance How can I mount a Google Cloud Storage bucket as a disk or folder with a standard path such as ~/myBucket on a Google Compute instance?
Everything is in the same project with full access.

A: With the new beta gcsfuse this is now possible.
gcsfuse myBucket ~/path/to/mount

https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/gcs-fuse

A: install  gcsfuse on your virtual instance.
then
$ gcsfuse {{bucket name}} ~{{mounting path}}

https://medium.com/google-cloud/scheduled-mirror-sync-sftp-to-gcs-b167d0eb487a

A: If you want to mount gcs on instance permanently then refer to this doc which says
https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/gcsfuse/blob/master/docs/mounting.md
If you would prefer to mount the file system automatically,
you may need to pass the x-systemd.requires=network-online.target or _netdev option to ensure that gcsfuse waits for the network system to be ready prior to mounting
my-bucket /mount/point gcsfuse rw,x-systemd.requires=network-online.target,user
You can also mount the file system automatically as a non-root user by specifying the options uid and/or gid:
my-bucket /mount/point gcsfuse rw,_netdev,allow_other,uid=1001,gid=1001

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Personalized detection of fresh content and temporal annotation for improved page revisiting (0)
by A Jatowt, Y Kawai, K Tanaka
Venue: Proceedings of the 17th Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications
What can history tell us? Towards different models of interaction with document histories
by Adam Jatowt, Yukiko Kawai, Hiroaki Ohshima, Katsumi Tanaka - Proceedings of ACM HT 2008, ACM , 2008
"... The current Web is a dynamic collection where little effort is made to version pages or to enable users to access historical data. As a consequence, they generally do not have sufficient temporal support when browsing the Web. However, we think that there are many benefits to be obtained from integr ..."
The current Web is a dynamic collection where little effort is made to version pages or to enable users to access historical data. As a consequence, they generally do not have sufficient temporal support when browsing the Web. However, we think that there are many benefits to be obtained from integrating documents with their histories. For example, a document's history can enable us to travel back through time to establish its trustworthiness. This paper discusses the possible types of interactions that users could have with document histories and it presents several examples of systems that we have implemented for utilizing this historical data. To support our view, we present the results of an online survey conducted with the objective of investigating user needs for temporal support on the Web. Although the results indicated quite low use of Web archives by users, they simultaneously emphasized their considerable interest in page histories.
...indness, people often do not notice what was changed in documents they visited. A simple way of facilitating awareness of change in re-visited pages is to detect and mark changed content on documents =-=[12]-=-. This is done by utilizing the user's browsing history. In addition, changes in the neighborhood of a document are visualized in a way that is seamlessly incorporated into browsing. That is, all the ...
Adaptive Ranking of Search Results by Considering User's Comprehension
by Makoto Nakatani, Adam Jatowt, Katsumi Tanaka - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Management and Communication (ICUIMC 2010), ACM
"... Given a search query, conventional Web search engines provide users with the same ranking although users ' comprehension levels can be different. It is often difficult especially for non-expert users to find comprehensible Web pages from the list of search results. In this paper, we propose the meth ..."
Given a search query, conventional Web search engines provide users with the same ranking although users ' comprehension levels can be different. It is often difficult especially for non-expert users to find comprehensible Web pages from the list of search results. In this paper, we propose the method of adaptively ranking search results by considering user's comprehension level. The main issues are (a) estimating the comprehensibility of Web pages and (b) estimating the user's comprehension level. In our method, the comprehensibility of each search result is computed by using the readability index and technical terms extracted from Wikipedia. User's comprehension level is estimated by the users ' feedback about the difficulty of search results that they have viewed. We implement a prototype system and evaluate the usefulness of our approach by user experiments.
...rowsing. Similar-style interaction mechanisms, although not concerned with the issue of comprehensibility, were proposed earlier for query-focused [26] as well as freshnessfocused navigation supports =-=[11]-=-. 7. RELATED WORK 7.1 Web Search and Web Page Quality The quality of Web pages has been evaluated so far from various viewpoints. Some theoretical studies regard comprehensiveness of Web pages as a ke...
Special Section on Data Engineering Page History Explorer: Visualizing and Comparing Page Histories
by Adam Jatowt, Yukiko Kawai
"... SUMMARY Due to the increased preservation efforts, large amounts of past Web data have been stored in Web archives and other archival repositories. Utilizing this data can offer certain benefits to users, for example, it can facilitate page understanding. In this paper, we propose a system for inter ..."
SUMMARY Due to the increased preservation efforts, large amounts of past Web data have been stored in Web archives and other archival repositories. Utilizing this data can offer certain benefits to users, for example, it can facilitate page understanding. In this paper, we propose a system for interactive exploration of page histories. We demonstrate an application called Page History Explorer (PHE) for summarizing and visualizing histories of Web pages. PHE portrays the overview of page evolution, characterizes its typical content over time and lets users observe page histories from different viewpoints. In addition, it enables flexible comparison of histories of different pages. key words: page history visualization, web archives, page evolution, change degree, comparative histories 1.
...emented DiffIE, a browser plug-in that indicates content changes on revisited pages. To support effective user revisiting, annotation of revisited links with their change degree have been proposed in =-=[11]-=-. Differently to the above works, PHE visualizes the macro-history of an entire page and computes several kinds of content summaries. In our previous work we demonstrated Past Web Browser [8] - a brow...

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A day past the 40th anniversary we played the last round in my current game. The good doctor Boris is doing a larger loop around the Trojan Reach before returning (possibly) to Glisten, and our young Scout, accompanied by Li as his engineer, is returning to Cyan to get his ship fixed as well as report on what happened.
I pretty much soft pedaled the adventure - originally I was thinking the Katydid would not be able to even launch, thus fixing the issue with 2 players and having 2 ships. However, as things worked out with real life, the plan changed a bit.
The Katydid was downed by an EMP, creating an impact crater on Selshor. The planet having a very thin atmosphere meant that the ship was almost safe from the local TL 6 governments. Between the high altitude requiring extensive equipment to live, and an almost impervious crystaliron hull, the ship, while scuffed and marked with repeated attempts to enter, was still safe and sound.
The first trip was a scouting trip to see how bad things were. Using a probe to create ECM, the ship's pinnace landed nearby and Travis, Francine and Ferdinando got into the ship. They had a few minutes before the local government forces arrived from their base camp a couple of kilometers away. They managed to get the ships logs and do a quick engineering survey and found that the ship was damaged but that they could probably repair it.
Another day in orbit, and Travis, Ferdinando and Boris return to the ship. They get enough fuel to get the Katydid to orbit, and start on the repairs. The local goons show up, waving submachine guns, but they are unable to get in or do any damage to the ship. Additionally, the local forces only have a couple of hours of air before having to return to the base camp.
It takes another full day to repair the Katydid enough to get her into orbit, along with the daily display of impotent machismo from the local government. Finally everything is as ready as they can make it. Travis starts up the engines, and they sputter. Assuming a fusion plant can sputter....In the meantime, Le Suroit mentions that another crawler has just reached the plateau, hauling what appears to be a howitzer of some sort. As the terrain is unforgiving, and the crawlers are slow, they do have some time. Which they needed - it was the third attempt that finally got the Katydid launched, and moments later they matched high orbits with Le Suroit.
A few days of additional repairs, and the two ships parted ways, and we pretty much finished the mini campaign.


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package avantssar.aslanpp.library;

import org.avantssar.aslan.AttackState;
import org.avantssar.aslan.Constant;
import org.avantssar.aslan.Function;
import org.avantssar.aslan.IASLanSpec;
import org.avantssar.aslan.InitialState;
import org.avantssar.aslan.RewriteRule;
import org.avantssar.aslan.Variable;
import org.avantssar.aslanpp.model.ASLanPPSpecification;
import org.avantssar.aslanpp.model.BlockStatement;
import org.avantssar.aslanpp.model.ConstantSymbol;
import org.avantssar.aslanpp.model.Entity;
import org.avantssar.aslanpp.model.FunctionSymbol;
import org.avantssar.aslanpp.model.Goal;
import org.avantssar.aslanpp.model.IExpression;
import org.avantssar.aslanpp.model.VariableSymbol;
import org.avantssar.commons.TranslatorOptions;
import avantssar.aslanpp.testing.Specification;

@Specification
public class DescendantUnsafe extends AbstractSpecProvider {

	ConstantSymbol cGFpp;
	ConstantSymbol cFpp;
	ConstantSymbol cCpp;
	FunctionSymbol fTaggedPP;
	FunctionSymbol fOwnerPP;
	BlockStatement envBody;
	Entity grandfather;

	Function fOwner;
	Function fTagged;
	Constant cGF;
	Constant cF;
	Constant cC;

	@Override
	public ASLanPPSpecification getASLanPPSpecification() {
		ASLanPPSpecification spec = startASLanPPSpec();

		cGFpp = env.constants(tppAgent, "gf");
		cGFpp.setNonPublic(true);
		cFpp = env.constants(tppAgent, "f");
		cFpp.setNonPublic(true);
		cCpp = env.constants(tppAgent, "c");
		cCpp.setNonPublic(true);
		fTaggedPP = env.addFunction("tagged", tppFact, tppText, tppText);
		fTaggedPP.setNonPublic(true);
		fTaggedPP.setNonInvertible(true);
		fOwnerPP = env.addFunction("owner", tppFact, tppAgent, tppText);
		fOwnerPP.setNonPublic(true);
		fOwnerPP.setNonInvertible(true);

		grandfather = env.entity("Grandfather");
		grandfather.addParameter(Entity.ACTOR_PREFIX, tppAgent);
		VariableSymbol vGfFather = grandfather.addParameter("Father", tppAgent);
		VariableSymbol vGfChild = grandfather.addParameter("Child", tppAgent);
		VariableSymbol vGfM = grandfather.addStateVariable("GF_M", tppText);

		Entity father = grandfather.entity("Father");
		father.addParameter(Entity.ACTOR_PREFIX, tppAgent);
		VariableSymbol vFChild = father.addParameter("Child", tppAgent);
		VariableSymbol vFM = father.addStateVariable("F_M", tppText);

		Entity child = father.entity("Child");
		child.addParameter(Entity.ACTOR_PREFIX, tppAgent);
		VariableSymbol vCM = child.addStateVariable("C_M", tppText);

		BlockStatement cBody = child.body(child.block());
		cBody.add(child.fresh(vCM.term()));
		cBody.add(child.introduce(fOwnerPP.term(child.getActorSymbol().term(), vCM.term())));
		cBody.add(child.introduce(fTaggedPP.term(vGfM.term(), vCM.term())));
		cBody.add(child.introduce(fTaggedPP.term(vFM.term(), vCM.term())));

		BlockStatement fBody = father.body(father.block());
		fBody.add(father.fresh(vFM.term()));
		fBody.add(father.introduce(fOwnerPP.term(father.getActorSymbol().term(), vFM.term())));
		fBody.add(father.newInstance(child, vFChild.term()));

		BlockStatement gfBody = grandfather.body(grandfather.block());
		gfBody.add(grandfather.fresh(vGfM.term()));
		gfBody.add(grandfather.introduce(fOwnerPP.term(grandfather.getActorSymbol().term(), vGfM.term())));
		gfBody.add(grandfather.newInstance(father, vGfFather.term(), vGfChild.term()));

		envBody = env.body(env.block());
		envBody.add(env.newInstance(grandfather, cGFpp.term(), cFpp.term(), cCpp.term()));
		extendIfNeeded();

		addGoal();

		return spec;
	}

	protected void extendIfNeeded() {}

	protected void addGoal() {
		Goal g = env.goal("no_hierarchy");
		VariableSymbol vM1 = g.addUntypedVariable("M1");
		VariableSymbol vM2 = g.addUntypedVariable("M2");
		VariableSymbol vM3 = g.addUntypedVariable("M3");
		IExpression f = fOwnerPP.term(cGFpp.term(), vM1.term()).expression();
		f = f.and(fOwnerPP.term(cFpp.term(), vM2.term()).expression());
		f = f.and(fOwnerPP.term(cCpp.term(), vM3.term()).expression());
		f = f.and(fTaggedPP.term(vM1.term(), vM3.term()).expression());
		f = f.and(fTaggedPP.term(vM2.term(), vM3.term()).expression());
		g.setFormula(f.exists(vM1, vM2, vM3).not());
	}

	@Override
	public IASLanSpec getExpectedASLanTranslation(TranslatorOptions options) {
		IASLanSpec spec = startASLanSpec();

		Constant cDummyText1 = spec.constant("dummy_text_1", IASLanSpec.TEXT);
		Constant cDummyText2 = spec.constant("dummy_text_2", IASLanSpec.TEXT);
		Constant cDummyText3 = spec.constant("dummy_text_3", IASLanSpec.TEXT);

		Function fsEnv = spec.function(getStateFunctionName("Environment"), IASLanSpec.FACT, IASLanSpec.AGENT, IASLanSpec.NAT, IASLanSpec.NAT);
		Function fsGrandfather = spec.function(getStateFunctionName("Grandfather"), IASLanSpec.FACT, IASLanSpec.AGENT, IASLanSpec.NAT, IASLanSpec.NAT, IASLanSpec.AGENT, IASLanSpec.AGENT,
				IASLanSpec.TEXT);
		Function fsFather = spec.function(getStateFunctionName("Father"), IASLanSpec.FACT, IASLanSpec.AGENT, IASLanSpec.NAT, IASLanSpec.NAT, IASLanSpec.AGENT, IASLanSpec.TEXT);
		Function fsChild = spec.function(getStateFunctionName("Child"), IASLanSpec.FACT, IASLanSpec.AGENT, IASLanSpec.NAT, IASLanSpec.NAT, IASLanSpec.TEXT);

		fOwner = spec.function("owner", IASLanSpec.FACT, IASLanSpec.AGENT, IASLanSpec.TEXT);
		fTagged = spec.function("tagged", IASLanSpec.FACT, IASLanSpec.TEXT, IASLanSpec.TEXT);

		cGF = spec.constant("gf", IASLanSpec.AGENT);
		cF = spec.constant("f", IASLanSpec.AGENT);
		cC = spec.constant("c", IASLanSpec.AGENT);

		Variable vEnvActor = spec.variable("Actor", IASLanSpec.AGENT);
		Variable vEnvIID = spec.variable("IID", IASLanSpec.NAT);
		Variable vEnvSL = spec.variable("SL", IASLanSpec.NAT);
		Variable vGfActor = spec.variable("E_G_Actor", IASLanSpec.AGENT);
		Variable vGfIID = spec.variable("E_G_IID", IASLanSpec.NAT);
		Variable vGfSL = spec.variable("E_G_SL", IASLanSpec.NAT);
		Variable vGfFather = spec.variable("Father", IASLanSpec.AGENT);
		Variable vGfChild = spec.variable("Child", IASLanSpec.AGENT);
		Variable vGfM = spec.variable("GF_M", IASLanSpec.TEXT);
		Variable vGfMfresh = spec.variable("GF_M_1", IASLanSpec.TEXT);
		Variable vFActor = spec.variable("E_G_F_Actor", IASLanSpec.AGENT);
		Variable vFIID = spec.variable("E_G_F_IID", IASLanSpec.NAT);
		Variable vFSL = spec.variable("E_G_F_SL", IASLanSpec.NAT);
		Variable vFChild = spec.variable("E_G_F_Child", IASLanSpec.AGENT);
		Variable vFM = spec.variable("F_M", IASLanSpec.TEXT);
		Variable vFMfresh = spec.variable("F_M_1", IASLanSpec.TEXT);
		Variable vCActor = spec.variable("E_G_F_C_Actor", IASLanSpec.AGENT);
		Variable vCIID = spec.variable("E_G_F_C_IID", IASLanSpec.NAT);
	//  Variable vCSL = spec.variable("E_G_F_C_SL", IASLanSpec.NAT);
		Variable vCM = spec.variable("C_M", IASLanSpec.TEXT);
		Variable vCMfresh = spec.variable("C_M_1", IASLanSpec.TEXT);
		Variable vIID_1 = spec.variable("IID_1", IASLanSpec.NAT);
		Variable vIID_2 = spec.variable("IID_2", IASLanSpec.NAT);
		Variable vIID_3 = spec.variable("IID_3", IASLanSpec.NAT);

		InitialState init = spec.initialState("init");
		prefillInitialState(spec, init);
		// init.addFact(fIsAgent.term(cGF.term()));
		// init.addFact(fIsAgent.term(cF.term()));
		// init.addFact(fIsAgent.term(cC.term()));
		init.addFact(fsEnv.term(cRoot.term(), spec.numericTerm(0), spec.numericTerm(1)));
		// init.addFact(IASLanSpec.IKNOWS.term(cDummyText1.term()));
		// init.addFact(IASLanSpec.IKNOWS.term(cDummyText2.term()));
		// init.addFact(IASLanSpec.IKNOWS.term(cDummyText3.term()));

		RewriteRule step1 = spec.rule(getNextStepName("Environment"));
		step1.addLHS(fsEnv.term(vEnvActor.term(), vEnvIID.term(), spec.numericTerm(1)));
		step1.addRHS(fsEnv.term(vEnvActor.term(), vEnvIID.term(), spec.numericTerm(2)));
		step1.addRHS(fChild.term(vEnvIID.term(), vIID_1.term()));
		step1.addRHS(fsGrandfather.term(cGF.term(), vIID_1.term(), spec.numericTerm(1), cF.term(), cC.term(), cDummyText1.term()));
		step1.addExists(vIID_1);

		RewriteRule step2 = spec.rule(getNextStepName("Grandfather"));
		step2.addLHS(fsGrandfather.term(vGfActor.term(), vGfIID.term(), spec.numericTerm(1), vGfFather.term(), vGfChild.term(), vGfM.term()));
		step2.addRHS(fsGrandfather.term(vGfActor.term(), vGfIID.term(), spec.numericTerm(4), vGfFather.term(), vGfChild.term(), vGfMfresh.term()));
		step2.addRHS(fChild.term(vGfIID.term(), vIID_2.term()));
		step2.addRHS(fsFather.term(vGfFather.term(), vIID_2.term(), spec.numericTerm(1), vGfChild.term(), cDummyText2.term()));
		step2.addRHS(fOwner.term(vGfActor.term(), vGfMfresh.term()));
		step2.addExists(vIID_2);
		step2.addExists(vGfMfresh);
		step2.addLHS(fDishonest.term(vGfActor.term()).negate());

		RewriteRule step3 = spec.rule(getNextStepName("Father"));
		step3.addLHS(fsFather.term(vFActor.term(), vFIID.term(), spec.numericTerm(1), vFChild.term(), vFM.term()));
		step3.addRHS(fsFather.term(vFActor.term(), vFIID.term(), spec.numericTerm(4), vFChild.term(), vFMfresh.term()));
		step3.addRHS(fChild.term(vFIID.term(), vIID_3.term()));
		step3.addRHS(fsChild.term(vFChild.term(), vIID_3.term(), spec.numericTerm(1), cDummyText3.term()));
		step3.addRHS(fOwner.term(vFActor.term(), vFMfresh.term()));
		step3.addExists(vIID_3);
		step3.addExists(vFMfresh);
		step3.addLHS(fDishonest.term(vFActor.term()).negate());

		RewriteRule step4 = spec.rule(getNextStepName("Child"));
		step4.addLHS(fsChild.term(vCActor.term(), vCIID.term(), spec.numericTerm(1), vCM.term()));
		step4.addLHS(fsGrandfather.term(vGfActor.term(), vGfIID.term(), vGfSL.term(), vGfFather.term(), vGfChild.term(), vGfM.term()));
		step4.addLHS(fChild.term(vGfIID.term(), vFIID.term()));
		step4.addRHS(fChild.term(vGfIID.term(), vFIID.term()));
		step4.addLHS(fsFather.term(vFActor.term(), vFIID.term(), vFSL.term(), vFChild.term(), vFM.term()));
		step4.addLHS(fChild.term(vFIID.term(), vCIID.term()));
		step4.addRHS(fChild.term(vFIID.term(), vCIID.term()));
		step4.addRHS(fsChild.term(vCActor.term(), vCIID.term(), spec.numericTerm(5), vCMfresh.term()));
		step4.addRHS(fOwner.term(vCActor.term(), vCMfresh.term()));
		step4.addRHS(fTagged.term(vGfM.term(), vCMfresh.term()));
		step4.addRHS(fsGrandfather.term(vGfActor.term(), vGfIID.term(), vGfSL.term(), vGfFather.term(), vGfChild.term(), vGfM.term()));
		step4.addRHS(fTagged.term(vFM.term(), vCMfresh.term()));
		step4.addRHS(fsFather.term(vFActor.term(), vFIID.term(), vFSL.term(), vFChild.term(), vFM.term()));
		step4.addExists(vCMfresh);
		step4.addLHS(fDishonest.term(vCActor.term()).negate());

		Variable gM1 = spec.variable("M1", IASLanSpec.TEXT);
		Variable gM2 = spec.variable("M2", IASLanSpec.TEXT);
		Variable gM3 = spec.variable("M3", IASLanSpec.TEXT);

		AttackState as = spec.attackState("no_hierarchy");
		as.addTerm(fOwner.term(cGF.term(), gM1.term()));
		as.addTerm(fOwner.term(cF.term(), gM2.term()));
		as.addTerm(fOwner.term(cC.term(), gM3.term()));
		as.addTerm(fTagged.term(gM1.term(), gM3.term()));
		as.addTerm(fTagged.term(gM2.term(), gM3.term()));
        as.addTerm(fsEnv.term(vEnvActor.term(), vEnvIID.term(), vEnvSL.term()));

		return spec;
	}
}

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Mutt and Jeff visit the Swap Shop with Princess Angelina
It was a very foggy morning in South Florida on this not too cold morning, as Mutt drove the eight miles north to the Swap Shop at 7: AM. As he pulled in to the usual parking spaces at S5, Jeff pulled right along side. Both right on time. Angelina was with Mutt this time, the visiting Hawaiian Princess.
As they walked toward the few dealers scattered about, Angelina found the first numismatic item, a shinny penny on the tarmac. Moving off to the east, of this big multi-screen drive-in, the last one left in the area, the three; Mutt & Jeff with Angelina, continued to look for treasurers.
It was poor pickings until Angelina spotted a large pile of costume jewelry, as usual all tangled up. As she pawed through it, she told Jeff, "look here is a foreign coin". Then another came to light and before they were done over twenty from all over the world.
Jeff retrieved the following items at the swap shop from the dealer. Two (2) two dollar Canada coins (Polar bears), two (2) one dollar Canada coins (Loons), 1 Five (5) franc Swiss coin, two (2) five dollar Hong Kong coins, three (3) 1 dollar Singapore coins, two (2) 50 cent Singapore coins, one (1) 20 cent Singapore coin, one (1) 10 cent Singapore coin, one (1) 5 cent Singapore coin, one (1) 50 cent Australia coin, one (1) 100 pesetas of Spain, one (1) 100 won of South Korea, one (1) 500 won of South Korea and two (2) Ontario Place tokens. Cost was $ 3.50 for the lot.
Princess Angelina with her sharp eye was actually responsible for retrieving the coins as they were buried in this pile of costume jewelry. Jeff merely haggled with the dealer and purchased the lot.
But as Mutt & Angelina looked for the junk coins (the no value ones are given by the coin club to the Boy Scouts as part of their educational out-reach), Mutt spotted a shinny gold coin.
An Australian 100 Dollar, with Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse and 2000 with a Chinese Dragon, 1 oz. 9999 Gold marked on the reverse, edge reeded, 32 mm. As Mutt paid one US Dollar for the item, the dealer said it's not real, The Chinese know how to make real good knock-off's these days. Mutt remarked it will make for an interesting 'Show & Tell' at the next meeting.
That was the end of the numismatic treasures, but Mutt, always on the look out for strange items, did make two more $2 purchases. First a Japanese bronze small souvenir spoon, which he noted, "it is not marked, therefore it could not be Old China and had to be Japanese because of the dragon design".
Second a rather modern and hand made large framed Arabic inscription, hung over a door.
All and all, the group had an interesting morning, with exercise in the slightly overcast, yet now warmed up daylight and soon, adjourned for coffee and numismatic talk at the usual haunt.
www.goldcoastcoinclub.com
www.ftlauderdalecoinclub.com
All three are members of the two local coin clubs.


ITALY is one of the countries in the Mediterranean most at risk of being hit by "dangerous" tsunamis with waves "higher than one metre", a new study has revealed. Experts working at the TSUMAPS-NEAM project found which areas movements of the underneath plates can generate the strongest earthquakes – triggering as a consequence devastating tsunamis.
In the so-called NEAM, the Mediterranean and North-East Atlantic area, there are three areas prone to tsunamis. These areas are the Greek Arc, from Kefalonia to Rhodes, Cyprus, which reaches up to Lebanon, and the Calabrian Arc. In Italy the greatest danger is in eastern Sicily and Messina, Salento, Calabria and Basilicata… However, the rest of Italy has not been deemed safe either by experts.
On the western side of the Mediterranean are located other areas considered at risk, despite the chances of a tsunami taking place there are much lower. These areas include southern Sardinia, Sicily and the Ligurian Sea, because they are sitting on active faults on the North African coast.
The eastern part of Italy sits on the Adriatic Plate, a small tectonic plate that broke away from the African plate millions of years ago, ion the Cretaceous period.
Its movements have triggered some of the worst earthquakes to ever hit the country, including the 6.3-magnitude earthquake of L'Aquila on April 6 2009.
Despite tsunamis in the Mediterranean area are less common than in Asia, Mr Basili warned they are not to be overlooked.


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Texas Hill Country Monarch Migration
By Texas Hill Country | October 26, 2015
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Arguably the most beautiful and majestic of butterflies, the monarch, has the longest migration of any of its kind. Twice annually, varying generations of this king of butterflies makes a 3 thousand-mile journey, leaving its roosts in Mexico in the spring to head north, and again returning from Canada in the fall, flying south for the winter. It is the latter journey that we're in the midst of this week and into next, as reported by Journey North, a program and website funded by a division of the Annenburg Foundation. According to Journey North's daily tracking of the monarch's patterns, Hill Country, which is directly within its path, is poised to see the height of this migration through central and south Texas (a.k.a. the 'Texas funnel') throughout the month of October, 2015.
Photo: dallastrinitytrails.blogspot.ca
No one knows exactly how these butterflies follow their particular path along this bi-annual journey other than to hypothesize that through instinct alone they've come to successfully complete it year after year. Scientists have learned that through smell and vision, like all that possess these senses, the monarch can use these abilities to assess its environment. Its sense of sight has a broad spectrum in perception of colors and it has the capacity to perceive UV light; something which humans cannot. It has also been determined that its process of communication draws on colors and scents. Similar to birds, migrating monarchs make use of prevailing winds and warm updrafts of air called "thermals" to glide in an effort to preserve their energy – energy that's needed to flap their wings (300-720 times per minute) throughout the long journey from the Great Lakes region in Canada to roosting sites in warm Michoacán, Mexico. Each winter, scientists measure the number of hectares (approx. 2.5 acres each) that the monarch butterflies occupy at these sites, and for each hectare occupied, it is estimated that there are 50 million monarchs.
Photo: photography.nationalgeographic.com
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The Italian Supreme Court (the Court), in its decision n. 32255 of 13 December 2018, denied the Italian withholding tax exemption under the European Union (EU) Parent Subsidiary Directive1 (the EU Directive) by claiming that no double taxation existed given the fact that the Luxembourg parent benefitted from a local dividend exemption regime.
The reasoning followed by the judges does not appear to be in line with a correct interpretation of the EU Directive nor in line with previous decisions by the same Supreme Court.
This Alert examines the Court's reasoning in the instant case as well as its recent (and contrasting) position on the same principles stated in the decision.
Thus, although the Luxembourg company demonstrated that it had been subject to the local income tax (the Impot sur le revenue des collectivites) as required by the EU Directive, the judges disallowed its application.
The company appealed to the Supreme Court which confirmed the second degree tax court's decision by stating that the refund of the Italian withholding tax would have entailed a double tax exemption since the dividend would have not been subject to tax in Italy (in the case of a withholding tax refund) nor in Luxembourg (due to the local dividend exemption regime).
The Supreme Court stated that the dividend exemption regime provided for by the Luxembourg legislation was per se able to avoid any double taxation, without making any reference to the difference between "juridical double taxation" (avoided via the dividend exemption regime) and "economic double taxation" which in the instant case would clearly not be avoided since the profits generated by the Italian company would remain subject both to Italian corporate income tax and, upon distribution, to the Italian dividend withholding tax.
The 2016 case originated from a refund request filed by a German company of the underlying foreign tax credit (FTC) associated with an Italian source dividend benefitting from the withholding tax exemption under the EU Directive.
In that occasion, after an accurate and detailed description of the mechanism set forth by the EU Directive, the Court denied the FTC by stating that the withholding tax exemption already avoided any sort of double taxation, so that the granting of a FTC would have simply added an (undue) benefit, by triggering a de facto double tax exemption.
Therefore, it appears that the purported risk of double-exemption in the 3225/2018 case is based on facts and circumstances that differ from those in the 27111/2016 case.
While the facts concerning this decision do not relate to the application of the EU Directive,6 the judges clearly explained that it is not correct to subordinate the reimbursement of the withholding tax to the fact that the foreign company has actually "disbursed" the tax on the Italian dividend in the EU country of residence; on the contrary, it is (necessary and) sufficient that this dividend is included in the total income even though there is no effective tax levy. This conclusion holds true also in the light of the economic double taxation principle; (…) the same income would be taxed both at the level of the subsidiary that generated the profits and at the level of the recipient of the dividend.
In another recent case,7 the Supreme Court affirmed principles which again seem inconsistent with the conclusions achieved by the judges in the instant case, decision n. 3255/2018.
This case related to the taxation of the capital gain arising from the sale of an Italian participation held by a German company. As known, based on Article 13 of the DTT between Italy and Germany, such income shall be taxable only in the seller's Country of residence (i.e., Germany).
According to the Italian tax office, since Germany had not taxed the gain, the gain should have been subject to Italian corporate income tax to avoid a case of double exemption. The Supreme Court did not uphold the tax office's position by ruling that: (i) the DTT may not be overridden by domestic provisions; and (ii) the lack of an actual taxation in Germany does not allow the disapplication of the DTT.
In addition to the above considerations, Supreme Court case 32255/2018 seems to be in contrast with the rationale and language of the EU Directive. Article 4(1)(a) allows the EU Member State of the parent company to refrain from taxing the dividends (alternatively to providing a credit under Article 4(1)(b)) while Article 5 mandates that, at the same time, profits which a qualifying EU subsidiary distributes to its EU parent shall be exempt from any withholding tax.
1. Directive 90/435/EC transposed in the Italian legislation by Article 27-bis of Presidential Decree n. 600 of 29 September 1973.
2. A similar decision was issued in case 25264 of 25 October 2017 where a Dutch shareholder was denied a dividend withholding tax refund. However, from the reported facts, it is not clear whether the denial was based on the lack of formal filing requirements or on the existence of a dividend exemption regime in the Netherlands.
3. Case n. 27111 of 28 December 2016.
4. While the Italy-Germany DTT did not provide for any FTC, the attorney claimed the application of the DTT between Italy and France (Article 10.4.b) on the basis the EU freedom of establishment and the EU principle of free movement of capital by stating that a German company could not be treated less favorably than another EU (French) company.
5. Case n. 26377 of 19 October 2018.
6. The case concerned a United Kingdom (UK) company claiming the refund of the Italian FTC (under Article 10(4) of the Italy-UK DTT) on the dividends paid by its Italian subsidiary. The Court confirmed the right to the refund stating that the fact that the dividend benefitted from an exemption regime in the UK was not sufficient by itself to avoid the economic double taxation. While concluding as such, the judges made a parallel by saying that, as a principle, economic double taxation could (alternatively) be avoided by recognizing a withholding tax exemption.
7. Case n. 25219 of 11 October 2018.


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A few years ago I was at a local park with some friends. It is a wonderful park, full of swings, sandboxes, slides, and monkey bars. One of my favorite features is a fence that surrounds the playground and keeps young children safely inside. However, on this day the older children came to us, requesting to play outside the fence in an open field just beside a road. The mothers decided as a group that it would be best for everyone if all the children stayed inside the fence. The older children went away with faces of dismay.
When I looked up a few minutes later, each child was standing at the fence, staring with longing into the open field. Rather than enjoy the playground that was specifically designed for their enjoyment, they chose to focus on what was denied. As they focused on what they desired rather than what was available to them, they found themselves increasingly miserable. I realized at that moment how often I, like them, miss all that has been granted in my own life by spending my time craving and longing after what is denied. The question of how each of us deals with our desires is one of primary importance as we consider our contentment and joy in the Lord.
Since the beginning of time, man has struggled with his desires. At times we desire the wrong things (a culpable desire), and at other times we desire the right things in a wrong way (an inordinate desire). In the Bible, we refer to these culpable or inordinate desires as covetousness. While coveting may seem to be the least offensive of the Ten Commandments, in truth it is often the sin struggle that gives birth to all the others and robs us of the contentment and joy we long for in life. James warns, "But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death (James 1:14-15).
As we examine coveting, it is helpful to consider some general truths about our covetous tendencies. Often we believe that coveting is rooted in our circumstances, but in reality coveting is a sin pattern that works in our hearts. Coveting is never solved by attainment. We may experience temporary satisfaction by gaining an object of our desire, but eventually the covetous pattern will begin anew. Coveting is a heart problem, not a circumstantial problem. Our inordinate desires are not limited to money or possessions. We covet relationships, giftedness, stages of life, accolades, respect, beauty, family, authority, comfort—in truth, we can covet anything we long for in life.
The goal of this article is to consider the hidden danger of coveting and awaken our hearts to the destructive nature of this sin pattern in our inner life. To do so, we will consider how to distinguish between a covetous desire and a right longing, the pattern coveting usually takes, and how to battle our covetous desires by putting on a new pattern of belief. Our hope is to experience greater joy and contentment by looking more to Christ and the riches found in Him and turning our eyes from temporal longings that ultimately fail to satisfy. Desiring God as our ultimate joy leads to abundant life.
As we sort through desires, it is important to note that desiring deeply is not necessarily wrong, nor is it in opposition to contentment. Jesus Himself earnestly desired to share the Last Supper with His disciples (Luke 22:15). In a similar way, some days we may long appropriately, entrusting our hopes to the Lord. Other days, our longings are characterized more by impatience, bitterness, despair, and distrust of God's goodness to us. It is beneficial to consider four heart checks to help us determine when our desires have soured from right longings to covetous desires.
First of all, we can know we are coveting when the object of our desire is wrong. If we desire something clearly contrary to God's Word, then our desire is covetous. In the garden, Eve's longing for the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was a covetous desire because God prohibited her to eat from it. If we are setting our affections on an object or a person clearly outside of God's will, then we need to repent of that desire, even if we have not acted to obtain the object of it.
Secondly, if we are willing to use incorrect means to gain what we want, then our desire has become inordinate. While we may desire a good end, our willingness to use any means necessary to obtain it exposes the covetous nature of the desire. In Genesis, Sarah knew that God promised a child to Abraham. She had a correct longing for a child. However, her willingness to use Hagar to produce a child exposed that her desire had become inordinate. Her longing had grown impatient and full of unbelief in God's ability to give Abraham a son through her womb. If we are willing to use our energies, resources, and talents incorrectly, it is a sign that our desires have grown covetous.
Thirdly, if our longings are sparked by comparison with other people, it is often evidence of covetousness. If we find that desires begin when we walk through a friend's new home, hear of a wonderful vacation, or witness a kindness shown by a spouse or friend, then we need to reflect upon what is truly at the heart of our desires. Truthfully, when we compare our lives with someone else's, we usually begin to believe that the Lord has failed to be good to us. The Israelites' response to Samuel at the end of his life illustrates this principle. They wanted a king to rule them, not because it was God's will or His timing, but because all the other nations had a king (1 Samuel 8:5).
The final heart check on our longings examines the attitude we have as we wait for God to bring about what we desire. If we wait with an attitude of grumbling, complaining, bitterness, anger, or ingratitude, then coveting is often at the heart of our struggle. Paul exhorts the Thessalonians, "Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you" (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18). Our covetous desires choke out our heartfelt joy and thanksgiving in the Lord. The Israelites demonstrated this attitude just two months after a miraculous exodus from slavery. They complained bitterly to Moses and could remember only the pots of meat they ate in Egypt. Their forgetfulness of their redemption overflowed in their attitude. Coveting blinds us to the riches that accompany salvation and belittles what Christ accomplished for us on the cross.
Time and again a particular pattern presents itself as biblical characters succumb to their covetous tendencies. Eve, Achan, Korah, David, and Judas all followed the same pattern of unbelief that led to disastrous consequences in their own lives, their families, their communities, and most importantly for God's glory. For simplicity's sake, we will return to Eden and observe the pattern set by our first mother, Eve.
When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves. Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LORD God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the LORD God among the trees of the garden (Genesis 3:6-8, emphasis added).
Achan replied, "It is true! I have sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel. This is what I have done: When I saw in the plunder a beautiful robe from Babylonia, two hundred shekels of silver and a wedge of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath" (Joshua 7: 20-21, emphasis added) .
From these two accounts, we can observe a similar pattern: See, covet, take, and hide. It is this covetous pattern that blooms in our own hearts and leads us on a path of increasing discontentment.
Our coveting usually begins with our eyes. We see an object that we desire and begin to falsely believe that in some way God is failing to be fully good to us. Our seeing mixed with unbelief in God's goodness and sovereignty leads us to covet in our inner thought life. We grow increasingly discontent, wondering why God has failed to be good to us. As coveting becomes our habit, our discontentment leads us to take from those around us. We may not actually steal from another person, but we take in a variety of ways. When we covet social standing, we may take from another's reputation by sharing idle gossip to increase our own position. If we covet money and possessions, we may take from the Lord's work by failing to faithfully tithe. Lust conceived in the heart gives birth to the sin of adultery and takes from a marriage. We take joy from another by failing to rejoice with them because we are embittered by our own circumstances. We fail to rightly mourn with others because our covetous tendencies have stripped away our ability to sympathize with anyone in a situation different from our own.
The reality of our inner desires is that they overflow into our outward actions. What we desire matters. When we covet, we believe that whatever we are longing for will bring us life. However, the deep irony is that what we hope will bring satisfaction actually brings great loss. Eve found herself embarrassed before her husband and attempted to cover herself with fig leaves. Rather than walk in communion with God, she hid from Him. Her actions led Adam into sin, and rather than be a helper in cultivation, she became a helper in devastation. Adam's fall led to the fall of his posterity, and each of us suffers the brokenness that began with a covetous desire.
Likewise, Achan never enjoyed the silver, gold, and robe he stole from Jericho. He hid them under his tent. Instead, he and his entire family faced death and the loss of future blessing. In every other town, the Lord allowed the Israelites to enjoy the fruits of their conquests. Achan missed the blessing by attempting to secure it in his own strength. God wants to bless His people. However, He knows that the greatest blessings are not earthly goods or relationships, but that true riches flow from an ever-increasing love and affection for Himself. He loves us too much to allow us to spend our lives on what is not life and our labors on what will not satisfy.
• Is the object of desire contrary to God's Word?
• Are we willing to use incorrect means to gain what we want?
• Is the longing sparked by comparison with other people?
• Do we wait with an attitude of grumbling, complaining, bitterness, or ingratitude?
How then do we change from our pattern of seeing, coveting, taking, and hiding? By faith and Christ's power at work in our hearts, we take off the old pattern and put on a new pattern of belief. Our goal is not to stop desiring; we just want to learn to crave a much better feast.
Instead of seeing, we seek the Lord. We turn our eyes from the world and ourselves and look at Christ. As we daily seek Him in His word and in prayer, we are renewed. We remember the cross and realize that if God was willing to sacrifice His only Son, then surely He will give us all things. How can any earthly desire compare to eternal life? He has given us the greater, and by daily seeking Him, we learn to trust Him with the lesser. Contentment grows not through gaining more possessions, but through abiding more in Jesus.
Instead of coveting, we learn to desire rightly. As we abide in Christ, His power within our hearts will bring new desires. We begin to desire to know the Lord in a deeper way. We desire to be a part of His community in the church. We desire to serve those around us. We desire to love as we have been loved. In contrast to coveting, these desires are life giving.
Instead of taking, we give generously. Rather than look over the fence and consider how we are coming up short, we look over the fence and consider how we can give to those around us. Giving generously with our time, relationships, financial resources, and abilities frees us from trusting in them as our security. Instead, we learn to trust in the Lord who generously gave all these blessings to us. In giving this way, we experience Him as our true security.
Lastly, instead of hiding, we confess. As we struggle with the effects of our world's brokenness, we long for things to be different. However, when these longings become covetous, we need to confess. James exhorts us to "confess your sins to one another and pray for one another. The prayer of a righteous person has great power … ." (James 5:16). Rather than simply pray for circumstances to change, we need to ask the Lord to bring heart change. When our feeble jars of clay shine forth joy, hope, and contentment in the midst of the difficulties we face, it is clear that these are the fruit of His all-surpassing power at work in our hearts.


Winning Strategies DO YOU NEED TO ADJUST YOUR STRATEGIES?
Getting the results you want depends largely on the strategies you have in place and how well you implement them. Consistency is equally important. Is your strategic approach sporadic or systematic? If you're sporadically implementing your strategies, you probably won't get great results. Conversely, you're sure to get great results if you can identify the right strategies and implement them systematically. That's a big "if," because many agencies will implement the wrong strategies.
Please don't forget the definition of insanity: doing the same things repeatedly, looking for a different result! Your current strategies are either working or not working. What isn't working today won't magically start working for you tomorrow. That's because it's not working for a reason! Either you have the wrong strategy or you have the right strategy, but your team members aren't buying into it.
Therefore, if you want something you've never had before or are not currently achieving, it's probably time for a strategic adjustment.
You assume your agency's sales approach differentiates you from the crowded marketplace, yet your producers keep hearing, "You insurance people are all the same." Obviously your message isn't as clear as you think.
Your goal is to consistently raise your revenue per client, but you're actually seeing a decline in revenue per client. That's certainly the case for many independent agencies today, because of a reduction in personal lines commission rates.
You're aiming for organic net new operating revenue growth of 15%, but you're barely matching the current average growth rate of 4%.
walk-away power, yet your producers are averaging fewer than three new business appointments per month with quality prospects.
You envision a totally paperless agency, when in reality there are tons of papers and files on staff members' desks.
I could offer many additional indicators, but I'm hoping these will spur some thoughts in your mind. The bottom line is that if you're not growing, not achieving great results, not having fun, and not growing agency value, something has to change and change quickly!
What's on your strategic wish list?
Whether it's good or bad, sales management has a significant impact on overall strategic implementation. Left to their own devices, salespeople typically make the wrong choices and decisions. They're much more likely to get great results under the direction of a true Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) who implements a culture of accountability.
Even among Best Practice Agencies, only about 15% report having effective full-time sales management. No wonder so many agencies have such low growth rates! Without a CRO, how can you expect to grow significant revenue?
At agencies that have a CRO, you're much less apt to find profitable producers subsidizing unprofitable producers (something that happens at about 99% of agencies today). What you're much more likely to find is an abundance of skill-building and practice sessions. Remember, pros in any sport practice for a reason. Furthermore, every producer would achieve net new sales of at least $100,000 per year.
Maximizing an agency's investment in technology has a ripple effect on the entire operation. For example, maximizing the productivity of the service staff dramatically boosts the revenue per service person. It also helps to greatly improve the client experience. For it to work, however, it's imperative that everyone maximize the system as it relates to their job responsibilities.
Unfortunately, only about 50% of the system is used at an average agency. To make matters worse, insurance carriers have continued to push an increasing amount of work to agencies, while reducing the rate of compensation. Combined, these factors may explain why most average agencies have seen modest, if any, gains in overall productivity and revenue per employee. The ones that are getting superior results are typically those that are fully using technology.
To do so requires an investment of time and money that exceeds the minimum continuing education seminars and recertification classes. A true learning organization embraces the idea that one must out-learn the competition to out-earn the competition. This means investing at least 2% of agency revenue in training and education (which would be non-optional). If you're not continually improving and learning new things, you and your revenue will stagnate.
Annual Review (or at least an opportunity for one).
"Wow" Experiences. These are the special touches and moments you create that make clients say "Wow!" What are you doing to personally engage your clients? Every client should have such a great experience with your agency that they will be eager to offer a referral, even though you never ask for it. Think what would happen if they asked! Here's a litmus test for you: What percentage of your clients gave you a referral last year?
Personal Letters and Notes. Being high tech doesn't mean you can't be high touch, too. If you're going to pivot from a transaction-based to a relationship-based agency, it's just as important to connect personally with clients as it is to maximize technology. Do you formally thank your clients for continuing their relationship with you? If not, your clients may feel taken for granted. After all, they're spending money with you. Shouldn't you acknowledge your appreciation for their business? The same is true of "welcome aboard" letters to new accounts from the agency president or CEO.
Claims Follow-ups. After a major claim, it's imperative to follow up with the client (via a survey and/or phone call), asking for feedback about your service and their experience. This is an excellent opportunity to let selected clients know how important they are to you and how much you value the relationship. Also, assuming you get positive feedback about the client's experience, a claims follow-up is one of the best times to ask for a referral.
Director of First Impressions. Have you ever called your own agency and been horrified by how the phone was answered? What are you doing about it? Have you ever told your people exactly how you want them to answer the phone? Having a friendly, professional voice to greet callers is a great way to ensure a positive first impression. Otherwise, you're facilitating a random, sporadic customer experience up front.
I've talked about this frequently, yet fewer than 1% of agents schedule annual meetings with their own key advisors. This group should include the agency principal(s), and their CPA, attorney, wealth manager, and banker, as well as the agency consultant or coach (if they have one). Together, they discuss how the agency is doing and where it's going.
Beyond providing valuable planning and perpetuation tools for the agency, these annual meetings can help owners identify personal goals and timelines, while offering insights on how to meet these objectives.
In addition, I strongly suggest that you facilitate this kind of meeting for your top clients, whether over lunch or some other private gathering. Clients will appreciate your efforts, which in turn will strengthen your relationship and encourage referrals.
If you're not achieving the results you really want, it's time to adjust your strategies—or possibly your team. There is a Better Way to do business!
Trust, but Verify—Don't Let This Happen to You!


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Q: How do I prevent MaxLength beeping or prevent application beeping altogether? My problem:
When my text box's MaxLength is reached, a beep sound is produced. I want to prevent this beeping and would even go so far as preventing all instances of beeping for my application if achievable.
I'm already familiar with how to mimic MaxLength using Substring and resetting the caret but in this particular instance, substituting MaxLength is not an option.
To reproduce:

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*In Visual Studio, in design mode, drag a text box onto a fresh form.

*Use the following as is:

Code:
Public Class Form1
    Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        TextBox1.MaxLength = 5
    End Sub
    Private Sub TextBox1_keypress(keyascii As Integer)
        If len(TextBox1.text) = 5 Then
            keyascii = 0
        End If
    End Sub
End Class

The above is an adaptation of examples I've come across online but has no effect.

A: Test this:
Private Sub TextBox1_KeyPress(sender As Object, e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyPressEventArgs) Handles TextBox1.KeyPress
    If Not e.KeyChar.Equals(ControlChars.Back) Then
        If Me.TextBox1.TextLength = Me.TextBox1.MaxLength Then
            e.Handled = True
        End If
    End If
End Sub


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Partnership to empower women in cocoa growing communities
DOVE Chocolate and CARE have announced the next phase of their partnership to empower women in the cocoa growing communities of Cote d'Ivoire.
Last week, just days before International Women's Day, the first stone was laid on a new marketplace for women-led businesses in the village of Gueyo, a centrally-located commerce area nestled among the cocoa fields of Cote d'Ivoire in West Africa. The official ceremony was attended by 1,000 women and entrepreneurs, some of whom will have a new space within the market. Also in attendance were local dignitaries.
"It is a monumental day for all of us at DOVE Chocolate as we break ground on a new marketplace in Gueyo," said Leslie Philipsen, Brand Director, DOVE Chocolate. "This effort is a natural evolution of our partnership with CARE, and another step towards realising our vision of financially independent and empowered women, which in turn benefits cocoa communities like Gueyo."
The new marketplace will open in July and provide space for women to sell their goods daily. The reinforced structure will provide protection from the elements, a major improvement from the outdoor stalls used before. Connected to the electricity grid, the marketplace will offer lighting for safety and added longevity should women choose to extend their work day. New meeting space will allow women to organise training, run operational meetings and be available for rent as another form of income. The marketplace infrastructure will also include new latrines and handwashing stations.
"There is a palpable excitement within the Gueyo community as we embark on this market build and opening," said Guillaume Aguettant, Country Director for CARE in Cote d'Ivoire. "As in the United States, International Women's Day is widely celebrated by both the women and men in Cote d'Ivoire. Today is all about the national pride we have for these women and the commitment they've made to themselves to gain financial independence."
The DOVE Chocolate partnership with CARE, a leading humanitarian organisation fighting global poverty, has operated since 2015. The continued partnership between DOVE Chocolate and CARE is part of the commitment by Mars, Incorporated, to improve the lives of cocoa farmers and to achieve its Sustainable in a Generation Plan ambitions.
The first stone was laid on a new marketplace for women-led businesses in the village of Gueyo in Cote d'Ivoire