A new version of the Exposure Time Calculator, ETC 24.1, is available at this page. Scan modes are being introduced for UVIS spatial scan imaging, IR spatial scan imaging, and IR spatial scan spectroscopy; see sections 6.12.3, 7.10.4, and 8.6 in the WFC3 Instrument Handbook. They are intended to help observers plan exposure times and scan rates, and avoid saturation in the peak pixels. The target is assumed to be a point source. The user specifies a scan length and either a scan rate or an exposure time. For purposes of computation, it is assumed that the scan proceeds along a column. The user can choose an extraction height of 1 pixel or the entire scan length. For the imaging modes, there is a choice of extraction width of 1, 3, 5, 7, or 9 pixels. The IR spectroscopic scan mode uses the same convention as the IR spectroscopic stare mode, reporting count rates for a width of 1 pixel and counts for a width of 1 resolution element (2 pixels).
The Cycle 23 calibration plan for the UVIS and IR channels of WFC3 has been defined, and a summary of the calibration programs can be found here. This is largely a continuation of the routine calibration and monitoring programs from Cycle 22 and earlier cycles (see WFC3 ISR 2015-07). There are two main new initiatives for Cycle 23: (1) Completion of the astrometric calibration for all UVIS filters, including all narrow band and quad filters (Program 14393) and (2) Programs to fully characterize the spatial behavior of IR persistence across the detector (Programs 14380 and 14381). Results from these programs will be advertised in future STANs and presented in ISRs from the WFC3 team.
The forthcoming release of the CALWF3 version 3.3 software will feature several improvements to the WFC3/UVIS dark calibration. These changes are modifications to the previous algorithm, which is described in WFC3 ISR 2014-04. As a result of these improvements, new dark calibration reference files (i.e. superdarks) have been generated for all on-orbit data for use in the CALWF3 pipeline. Users can obtain the improved science data products by re-retrieving from the MAST archive or by manually reprocessing with the new dark reference files provided in the HST Calibration Reference Data System (CRDS).
1. CTE-corrected reference files. CTE-corrected superdarks (i.e. *_dkc.fits files) will be delivered to CRDS and used in the CALWF3 pipeline for generation of CTE-corrected data products (i.e. *_flc.fits, *_drc.fits files). The CTE-corrected superdarks help mitigate background signal introduced by CTE losses from the cosmic rays and hot pixels that are commonly found in WFC3/UVIS observations. Non-CTE-corrected superdarks (i.e. *_drk.fits) will continue to be provided for use in generating non-CTE corrected calibrated data (i.e. *_flt.fits, *_drz.fits).
2. Improved temporal accuracy of hot pixel populations. In the previous algorithm, hot pixels were flagged based upon an average-combined set of dark frames taken from non-overlapping 4-day windows, resulting in a new reference file roughly every four days. In the new algorithm, reference files are generated using a 'sliding' 4-day window instead, resulting in a new reference file each day. This yields a more accurate measure of the hot pixels affecting a given observation.
3. Improved accuracy of dark current measurement. The previous algorithm set non-hot pixels (i.e. those with dark current < 54 e-/hr) in the reference file to the frame's median value. However, in the new algorithm, each non-hot pixel is set to the pixel's 'masterdark' value, which is computed from an anneal-cycle average (i.e. all dark observations occurring between two UVIS anneal procedures, ~100 dark frames). This results in a more accurate measurement of the true dark current across the detector.
Further details on these improvements will be presented in forthcoming WFC3 Instrument Science Reports.
The recently developed sample sequence SPARS5, which went operational on WFC3 on Sep 8, 2015, now has superdark reference files for all aperture sizes available for use in the calibration pipeline.
The superdarks for each array size were generated from a set of on-orbit dark frames taken during September 2015; the new reference files will replace the placeholder dummy superdark files previously in the pipeline.
Any SPARS5 science data taken after Nov 03, 2015 will automatically have these new superdarks applied by the pipeline. Observers with data taken before that date can re-retrieve their files from the MAST archive to have the calibration performed or download the appropriate superdark reference file, listed and retrievable below, and reprocess their data manually with CALWF3.
For more detail on the SPARS5 mode, see the article by McCullough in the WFC3 STAN Issue 20.
A recent update to the WFC3 data processing pipeline and calibration software includes two improvements for WFC3 scan data, where the target position in the detector field of view is continuously changing during the multi-accum exposure.
(2) In IR scan data, the default for the cosmic-ray correction calibration step (keyword CRCORR) is now OMIT, disabling the up-the-ramp fitting in CALWF3. The result is that the calibrated science data (*flt.fits) will consist of the first-minus-last read of the the multiaccum readout, a more reasonable representation of the image than the up-the-ramp fit. Observers with pre-existing scan data may re-retrieve their files from the MAST archive to obtain the improved products.
The new release of the WFC3 calibration pipeline, version 3.3, comprises two fundamental changes to the processing of raw WFC3/UVIS data by CALWF3. First, photometric calibrations are determined independently for each CCD. Second, the processing pipeline, CALWF3, applies pixel-based CTE (Charge Transfer Efficiency) corrections.
The two UVIS CCDs were manufactured on different wafers and foundry production runs. Consequently, their physical properties, e.g. quantum efficiency and thickness, are different, and they may age differently. For example, UVIS2 is ~30% more sensitive in the UV than UVIS1; between 3500 and 7000 �, the two CCDs have similar sensitivity; and at wavelengths longer than 7000 �, UVIS1 is slightly more sensitive; see Figure 5.2 in the WFC3 Instrument Handbook. Thus motivated, photometric calibrations are now determined independently for each CCD in the UVIS channel.
Long Pass and Extremely Wide: F200LP, F300X, F350LP, F475X, F600LP, F850LP.
Wide: F218W, F225W, F275W, F336W, F390W, F438W, F475W, F555W, F606W, F625W, F775W, F814W.
Medium: F390M, F410M, F467M, F547M, F621M, F689M, F763M, F845M.
Narrow: F280N, F343N, F373N, F395N, F469N, F487N, F502N, F631N, F645N, F656N, F657N, F658N, F665N, F673N, F680N, F953N.
None of the quad filters are affected by this change.
New flat fields for each filter+CCD combination have been recomputed and normalized to the median value for each detector. Thus for each filter there are now two flat fields. That is, the flat field for chip 1 has been normalized to chip1 and the flat field for chip 2 normalized to chip 2. In the previous implementation of CALWF3, one flat field per filter was generated, with each chip normalized to the same selected region on chip 1, preserving the sensitivity offset between chips. In version 3.3, the chip-dependent sensitivity correction is instead applied as part of the photometry calibration step in CALWF3.
Furthermore, the UV flats, which were obtained under ambient conditions during ground testing, have now been corrected for sensitivity variations in a cross-hatch pattern on spatial scales of 50-100 pixels. White dwarf standards stepped across the two UVIS chips with the old flats showed photometric variations of +/-3% peak-to-peak (1.5% rms). With the new chip dependent flat fields, these are now corrected to +/-1.6% peak-to-peak (0.7% rms) with the new solutions.
The inverse sensitivity is calculated for each filter/CCD combination using all observations of the white dwarf standard stars G191B2B, GD153, and GD71 obtained between 2009 and 2015 for an aperture of radius r = 0.4 arcsec. The resulting photometry has been improved compared to prior photometric calibrations. These new values agree with ACS photometry in the ST magnitude system. Users may notice that the version 3.3 inverse sensitivity values are systematically ~3% different, with some filters up to 6% higher (F200LP, F953N) compared to the published 2012 zeropoints. This effect is due to how AstroDrizzle handles cosmic-ray rejection for exposure-weighted images when exposure times are very different. Noting this, special care was taken in flagging cosmic rays for the 2016 PSFs, resulting in more accurate zeropoints. Users may wish to reprocess their data, particularly those who are interested in multi-epoch comparisons.
One new calibration switch has been added: FLUXCORR; when this keyword and PHOTCORR are set to PERFORM, CALWF3 will compute the chip-independent sensitivities and scale chip 2 to chip 1. To support the new photometric approach, three new keywords are now added to the image headers: PHTFLAM1 = inverse sensitivity for UVIS1, PHTFLAM2 = inverse sensitivity for UVIS2 and PHTRATIO = PHTFLAM2/PHTFLAM1. The original inverse sensitivity keyword, PHOTFLAM is retained and has the same value as PHTFLAM1.
In addition to new flat fields applied to each CCD, there is a change in the structure of the photometry table (IMPHTTAB). The new IMPHTTAB has two new extensions, for a total of five. Extensions 1, 2, and 3 are the same as before, i.e. they contain the sensitivity values, pivot wavelengths, and bandwidths (PHOTFLAM, PHOTPLAM, PHOTBW), respectively, for all the configurations of the detector. Extensions 4 and 5 contain the observing mode and values for the independent inverse sensitivities: PHTFLAM1 for chip 1 (UVIS1) and PHTFLAM2 for chip 2 (UVIS2). Note that with UVIS2.0, PHOTFLAM is the same as PHOTFLAM1.
The application of the new zeropoints (PHOTFLAM, PHTFLAM1, PHTFLAM2) by CALWF3 will be transparent to the user. Most users will be able to use the *_flt.fits and *_drz.fits data products as before. Photometry in drizzled data products should now be vastly improved for UV filters, with source photometry of blue objects now continuous across the two CCD chips. For visible/red filters, the drizzled data products will be nearly identical for broadband filters but improved for narrow, medium, and long-pass filters where inflight flat-field corrections were based on interpolated solutions.
The pixel-based CTE correction, previously available as a stand-alone FORTRAN program (see this page) has now been incorporated into the CALWF3 pipeline for all UVIS full-frame images. Controlled via a new calibration switch (PCTECORR = PERFORM) and associated calibration table (PCTETAB), CALWF3 will produce two sets of products: the standard non-CTE-corrected (e.g. *_raw.fits, *_flt.fits, *_drz.fits) files as well as the new CTE-corrected results (*_flc.fits, *_drc.fits). Users will be able to use the *_flc.fits and *_drc.fits data products in the same way as *_flt.fits and *_drz.fits files.
The UVIS CTE model algorithm is different from that operating in the ACS pipeline. Whereas the ACS model allowed traps to affect fractional pixel levels and worked on real-number pixel arrays, the WFC3 model explicitly deals only with integer numbers of electrons and specifies the cumulative number of traps as a function of packet size in electrons. The WFC3 model includes an improved readnoise-mitigation algorithm to identify the smoothest possible image that is consistent with being the observed image plus readnoise. The reconstruction algorithm operates on this smooth image to make a conservative estimate of how charge may have been transferred from one pixel to another in the real image during readout. This transfer is then subtracted from the original image.
One new type of reference file has been added to CALWF3: a sink-pixel file, which allows for the flagging of sink pixels in the science data quality (DQ) extension; no change is made to science data pixels. A type of bad pixel, sink pixels register systematically low, presumably due to a large number of traps within the pixel and can generate trails very similar to CTE trails (see WFC3 ISRs 2014-19 and 2014-22). The sinks and their trails are now flagged as part of the DQICORR correction step with DQ bit values of 1024 in both the CTE- and non-CTE-corrected data products.
Zeropoint accuracy is improved by ~3%.
CTE correction will improve photometry of faint sources.
MAST will archive CTE corrected data products, *_flc.fits and *_drc.fits, in addition to the standard *_flt.fits and *_drz.fits files.
The new CALWF3 version 3.3 was ingested into the MAST archive on Feb 23, 2016. The new software is described in detail in the CALWF3 version 3.3 Reference Guide, and 2-chip photometry is described at this webpage. Currently, users who wish to process their own data with version 3.3 will need to download the development version of UREKA (SSBX) and the new reference files from MAST. More details on reprocessing may be found in the CALWF3 version 3.3 Cookbook. The new CALWF3 software will move to the official UREKA (SSB) release in 1-2 months.
1. Direct image inputs. The primary inputs to LINEAR are a direct image and segmentation map of the field, so there is no need to specify any input catalog. These data products can be constructed from the pre-imaging usually obtained as part of the grism observations; however, existing data beyond the field limits are highly desirable. These direct image products can be at any orientation or position, such as using archival mosaics as the direct imaging (e.g. CANDELS or Frontier Fields).
2. Contamination. Since LINEAR uses all the data simultaneously, there is no notion of contamination.
3. Full dataset reconstruction. LINEAR attempts to solve for the optimal non-parametric spectrum that can reproduce the entire canon of dispersed imaging (regardless of the orientation or position of the frames). The extraction modules are still in the testing phase, but we expect to release these tools very soon.
For more information, see the User's Manual for LINEAR from the WFC3 grism webpage and forth-coming reports and publications by R. Ryan and S. Casertano.
ISR 2016-01: The Updated Calibration Pipeline for WFC3/UVIS: A Reference Guide to Calwf3 (version 3.3) – R. E. Ryan, S. Deustua, J. Anderson, et al.
Version 4 of the Data Handbook is now available from the WFC3 webpage.
The complete WFC3 ISR archive is here.


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Tajikistan: 13 dead in a vast police operation
Thirteen members of armed groups who had Friday launched attacks against police in Tajikistan were killed Saturday during a major police operation that also allowed to make several arrests, announced the Ministry of Interior of Tajikistan. Friday, eight policemen and nine attackers were killed in two attacks, one against the Defense Ministry in Dushanbe, the […]
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Thirteen members of armed groups who had Friday launched attacks against police in Tajikistan were killed Saturday during a major police operation that also allowed to make several arrests, announced the Ministry of Interior of Tajikistan.
Friday, eight policemen and nine attackers were killed in two attacks, one against the Defense Ministry in Dushanbe, the capital, the other against a suburban police station.
The authorities immediately blamed the deputy defense minister Abdoukhalim Nazarzoda – who was immediately sacked – and moderate Islamic opposition to which it belongs have them organized.
"At present, we have arrested 32 members of the criminal group Nazarzoda, of which 13 have been eliminated," the ministry said in a statement.
According to authorities, the perpetrators of Friday's attacks were successful during the operation to "take a large amount of weapons and ammunition", before fleeing especially towards the mountains north-east of the capital.
A large-scale operation was still underway Saturday with the participation of military and helicopters, to find them, while more than 500 weapons and ammunition boxes were recovered by police, according to same source.
The authorities "have proposed to the rebels to surrender, but they refused. The operation is continuing," the ministry said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday denounced an "attempt to destabilize the situation" in Tajikistan during a telephone conversation with his Tajik counterpart Emomali Rakhmon and expressed his support, according to the Kremlin spokesman, Dmitri Peskov, quoted by the public channel Pervy Kanal.
During the bloody civil war between pro-communist power and Islamist rebels who made 150,000 dead between 1992 and 1997, Mr. Nazarzoda fighting within the united opposition which united democrats and Islamists, according to the Ministry of Interior.
He then obtained a high official position in favor of an amnesty under the peace agreements signed in 1997 and that marked the end of fighting.
The department says that Mr. Nazarzoda then joined the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT), only legal Islamic party in the former Soviet republic.
This party was banned last week by authorities who accuse him of having links with the organization Islamic state. After that decision, analysts had expressed concern radicalization of the opposition.
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MY learned and eminently pious predecessor, Dr. Gill, is of opinion that the different Churches spoken of in the Book of Revelation are types of different states through which the Church of God shall pass until it comes into the Philadelphian state, the state of love, in which Jesus Christ shall reign in its midst. And afterwards, as he thinks, the Church shall pass into the state of Laodicea, in which condition it shall be when suddenly the Son of Man shall come to judge the world in righteousness and the people in equity. I do not go along with him in all his suppositions with regard to these seven Churches as following each other in seven periods of time.
But I do think he was correct when he declared that the Church in Sardis was a most fitting emblem of the Church in his days, as also in these. The good old doctor says, "When shall we find any period in which the Church was more like the state of Sardis as described here, than it is now?" And he points out the different particulars in which the Church of his day (and I am sure it is yet more true of the Church at the present day) was exactly like the Church in Sardis. I shall use the Church in Sardis as a figure of what I conceive to be the sad condition of Christendom at the present moment.
The first charge of general defilement He brings against the Church in Sardis was that they had a vast deal of open profession but little of sincere religion. "I know your works, that you have a name that you live and are dead." That is the crying sin of the present age. I am not inclined to be morbid in my temperament, or to take a melancholy view of the Church of God. I would wish at all times to exhibit a liberality of spirit and to speak as well as I can of the Church at large. But God forbid that any minister should shrink from declaring what he believes to be the truth.
In going up and down this land, I am obliged to come to this conclusion–that throughout the Churches there are multitudes who have "a name to live and are dead." Religion has become fashionable. The shopkeeper could scarcely succeed in a respectable business if he were not united with a Church. It is reckoned to be reputable and honorable to attend a place of worship and hence men are made religious in shoals. And especially now that Parliament itself does in some measure sanction religion, we may expect that hypocrisy will abound yet more and more and formality everywhere take the place of true religion.
You can scarcely meet with a man who does not call himself a Christian and yet it is equally hard to meet with one who is in the very marrow of his bones thoroughly sanctified to the good work of the kingdom of Heaven. We meet with professors by hundreds. But we must expect still to meet with possessors by units. The whole nation appears to have been Christianized in an hour. But is this real? Is this sincere? Ah, we fear not. How is it that professors can live like other men? How is it that there is so little distinction between the Church and the world? Or, that if there is any difference, you are frequently safer in dealing with an ungodly man than with one who is professedly righteous?
How is it that men who make high professions can live in worldly conformity, indulge in the same pleasures, live in the same style, act from the same motives, deal in the same manner as other people do? Are not these days when the sons of God have made affinity with the sons of men? And may we not fear that something terrible may yet occur unless God shall send a voice which shall say, "Come out of them, My people, lest you be partakers of their plagues"? Take our Churches at large–there is no lack of names, but there is a lack of life. Else, how is it that our Prayer Meetings are so badly attended? Where is the zeal or the energy shown by the Apostles?
Where is the Spirit of the living God? Is He not departed? Might not "Ichabod" be written on the walls of many a sanctuary? They have a name to live, but are dead. They have their societies, their organisms but where is the life of godliness? Where is inward piety? Where is sincere religion? Where is practical godliness? Where is firm, decisive, Puritanical piety? Thank God there are a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments, but charity itself will not allow us to say that the Church generally possesses the Spirit of God.
Then the next charge was that there was a want of zeal throughout the Church of Sardis. He says, "Be watchful." He looked on the Church and saw the bishops slumbering, the elders slumbering and the people slumbering. They were not, as once they were, watchful for the faith, striving together and earnestly contending for it, not wrestling against the enemy of souls, not laboring to spread their Master's kingdom. The Apostle saw sleepiness, coldness, lethargy–therefore he said, "Be watchful." Oh, John, if from your grave you could start up and see the Church as you did at Sardis, having your eye anointed by the Spirit, you would say it is even so now. Ah, we have abundance of cold, calculating Christians, multitudes of professors but where are the zealous ones?
Where are the leaders of the children of God? Where are your heroes who stand in the day of battle? Where are your men who "count not their lives dear unto them," that they might win Christ and be found in Him? Where are those who have an impassioned love for souls? How many of our pulpits are filled by earnest, enthusiastic preachers? Alas, look, at the Church. She has built herself fine palaces, imitating popery. She has girded herself with vestments. She has gone astray from her simplicity. She has lost the fire and the life which she once had. We go into our chapels now and we see everything in good taste–we hear the organ play.
The psalmody is in keeping with the most correct ear, the gown and the noble vestments are there and everything is grand and goodly and we think that God is honored. Oh for the days when Whitfields would preach on tubs once more, when their pulpits should be on Kennington Common and their roofs the ceiling of God's sky. Oh for the time when we might preach in barns again, or in catacombs even, if we might but have the life of God that once they had in such places. What is the use of garnishing the shell when you have lost the kernel? Go and whitewash the outside of your father's tomb but know it is a tomb of whitewash, for the life is gone.
Garnish the outside of your cups and platters. But you have lost the pure Word of God. You have it not now preached to you in simple, earnest, pleading tones. But men enter the ministry for a piece of bread. They flinch to speak the whole Truth, or if they seem to speak it, it is with cold meaningless passionless words, as if it were nothing whether souls were damned or saved, whether Heaven were filled or Heaven depopulated, or whether Christ should see of the travail of His soul and be satisfied. Do I speak fierce things? I can say as Irving once did, I might deserve to be broken on the wheel if I did not believe what I say to be the truth.
For the utterance of such things I might deserve the stake. But God is my witness, I have endeavored to judge and to speak impartially. With all that universal cant of charity now so prevalent I am at arm's length, I care not for it. Let us speak of things as we find them. We do believe that the Church has lost her zeal and her energy. But what do men say of us? "Oh, you are too excited." Good God! Excited? When men are being damned? Excited? When we have the mission of Heaven to preach to dying souls? Excited? Preaching too much when souls are lost? Why should it come to pass that one man should be perpetually laboring all the week, while others are lolling upon their couches and preach only upon the Sabbath-Day?
Can I bear to see the laziness, the slothfulness, the indifference of ministers and of Churches without speaking? No! There must be a protest entered and we enter it now. Oh, Church of God, you have a name to live and are dead! You are not watchful. Awake! Awake! Arise from the dead and Christ shall give you light.
The third charge which John brought against Sardis was that they did not "look to things that remained and were ready to die." I take it that this may relate to the poor feeble saints, the true children of God, who were sorrowing, mourning and groaning in their midst. They were so oppressed with sorrow on account of the state of Sardis that they were "ready to die." And what does the Church do now? Do the shepherds go after those that are wounded and sick and those that are weary? Do they carry the lambs in their bosom and gently lead those that are with young? Do they see to poor distressed consciences and speak to those who feel their deadness in trespasses and sins?
Yes, but how do they speak? They tell them to do things they cannot do–to perform impossible duties–instead of "strengthening the things that remain and are ready to die." In how much contempt are the truly newborn children of God held in these times! They are called peculiar men, taunted as Antinomians, hissed at as being oddities, high doctrine men who have departed from the usual mode of pulling down God's Word to men's fancies. They are called bigots, narrow-minded souls and their creed is set down as dry, hard, rough, severe Calvinism.
God's Gospel called hard, rough and severe? The things for which our fathers died are now called infamous things! Mark whether, if you stand out prominently in the Truth, you will not be abhorred and taunted. If you go into a village and hear of poor people who are said to be doing a deal of mischief, are they not the people who understand most of the Gospel? Go and ask the minister who are the persons that he most dislikes and he will say, "We have a nasty lot of Antinomians here." What does he mean by that? Men who love the Truth, the whole Truth and nothing but the Truth–and will have it–and are therefore called a nasty set of Antinomians.
Another charge which God has brought against the Church is that they were careless about the things that they heard. He says, "Remember, therefore, how you have received and heard and hold fast. And repent." If I am wrong upon other points, I am positive that the sin of this age is impurity of doctrine and laxity of faith. Now you know you are told every Sunday that it does not matter what you believe–that all sects and denominations will be saved–that doctrines are unimportant things. You are told that as to the doctrines of God's grace, they are rather dangerous than otherwise and the less you inquire about them the better. They are very good things for the priests but you common people cannot understand them.
Thus they keep back a portion of the Gospel with cautious reserve. But having studied in the devil's new Jesuitical college they understand how to call themselves Particular Baptists and then preach general doctrines, to call themselves Calvinists. And they preach Arminianism telling the people that it does not matter whether they preach damnable heresies of the Truth of God. And what do the congregations say? "Well, he is a wise man and ought to know." So you are going back into as bad a priestcraft as ever. Presbyter has become PRIEST written large and minister has become PRIEST in many a place because persons do not search for themselves and endeavor to get hold of the Truth of God.
It is everywhere proclaimed that we are all right. That though one says God loved His people from before the foundation of the world and the other that He did not–though one says that God is changeable and turns away from His people and the other that He will hold them fast to the end–though the one says that the blood of Christ avails for all for whom it was shed and the other that it is inefficacious for a large number of those for whom He died. Though one says that the works of the Law are in some measure necessary, or at any rate that we must endeavor to improve what we have and then we shall get more–and the other says, that "by grace we are saved through faith and that not of ourselves, it is the gift of God"–yet both are right.
A new age this, when falsehood and truth can kiss each other! New times these when fire and water can become friendly! Glorious times these when there is an alliance between Hell and Heaven! Falsehood and error are linked hand in hand–"we are all Brethren," is the cry now, though God knows, we are of vastly different families. Ah, now who cares for truth except a few narrow-minded bigots as they are called. Election–horrible! Predestination–awful! Final perseverance–desperate! Yet, turn to the pages of the Puritans and you will see that these truths were preached every day. Turn to the Fathers. Read Augustine and you will see that these were the Truths for which he would have bled and died.
Read the Scriptures and if every page is not full of them I have not read them aright, or any child of God either. Yes, laxity of doctrine is the great fault now. We solemnly protest against it. You may fancy that I am raising an outcry about nothing at all. Ah, no! My anxious spirit sees the next generation–what will that be? This generation–Arminianism. What next? Palagianism? And what next? Popery? And what next? I leave you to guess. The path of error is always downward. We have taken one step in the wrong direction. Only God knows where we shall stop. If there had not been sturdy men in ages gone by, the Lord would not have left to us a remnant even now. All grace would have died and we had become like unto Gomorrah and unto Sodom.
Oh, Church of the living God, awake! Awake! Once more write Truth upon your Banner. Stamp Truth upon your sword. And for God and for His Word, charge home. You knights of Truth, charge home! Spare not, but slay. Let error die before you, until Truth and Truth alone shall sit king over the whole world!
But now I have lifted up the whip, I must have another lash. Look on any section of the Church you like to mention, not excepting that to which I belong. And let me ask you whether they have not defiled their garments. Look at the Church of England. Her articles are pure and right in most respects. Yet see how her garments are defiled. She has made the Queen her Head instead of God. She bows before the State and worships the golden calf that is set up before her. Look at her abominations, her pluralities, her easy-living bishops doing nothing. Look at her ungodly clergymen in the country, living in sin. The Churchman who does not know that his Church has defiled her garments is partial to his mother, as indeed he ought to be, but he is too partial to speak the Truth.
But good Churchmen themselves weep because what I say is true. Then look at John Wesley's body. Have not they defiled their garments? See how they have lately been contending with a despotism as accursed as any that ever brooded over the slaves in America. See how they have been rent in sunder and how imperfect in doctrine they are, too, after all, professedly at least, not holding the Truth of God. Look into what denomination you please, Independent, or Baptist, or any other–have they not all defiled their garments in some way or other?
"Remember how you have received and heard and hold fast and repent." If you do not watch, your Master will come upon you as a thief and you shall not know in what hour He will come unto you.
Here we have SPECIAL PRESERVATION. Mark–"You have a few names." Only a few. Not so few as some think, but not as many as others imagine! A few compared with the mass of professors. A few compared even with the true children of God, for many of them have defiled their garments. They were but a few and those few were even in Sardis. There is not a Church on earth that is so corrupt but has "a few." You who are always fighting so much for your denomination, you think other denominations are Sardis–but there are a few even in Sardis.
Even if the denomination is the worst of all Protestant sections, there are a few in Sardis. And perhaps that is as much as we can say of our denomination–so we will treat them all alike. There are a few in Sardis–mark that. Not in what you conceive to be Philadelphia, your own blessed Church, but in Sardis–there are a few there. Where there is heresy and false doctrine, where there are many mistakes about rites and ceremonies, there are a few there. And even where they cringe before the State, there are a few there–yes and a goodly few too, a few whom we love, with whom we can hold communion.
But God whispers, "I have yet reserved unto Myself seventy thousand that have not bowed the knee to Baal." Take heart, Christian, there are a few in Sardis–do not forget that–who have not defiled their garments. Take heart. It is not all rotten yet. There is soundness in the eye after all. There is "a remnant according to the election of grace." There is "a salt" and for the sake of that salt, many who have defiled their garments in a measure will be saved. They will enter into Heaven even as these few will. And unto the few there will be special honor and special blessing. Take heart, then.
And whenever you go to your chamber and mourn over the sad condition of the Church, think of those good old women in their closets groaning and crying! Think of those ministers faithfully dispensing the Word! Think of those valiant deacons standing up for God's Truth! Think of those young men and women strong in the midst of temptation! Think of these few in Sardis and they will cheer you. Do not be quite downcast. Some heroes have not turned their backs in the day of battle. Some mighty men still fight for the Truth. Be encouraged. There are a few in Sardis.
But be careful, for perhaps you are not one of the few. Since there are but a few, there ought to be great searching of heart. Let us look to our garments and see whether they are defiled. If they are not, we shall walk in white, for we are worthy through Jesus. Be active. Be prayerful. The fewer the workmen to do the work the greater reason is there that you should be active. Be instant in season and out of season because there are so few. Oh, if we had hundreds behind us, we might say, "Let them do the work." But if we stand with only a few how should each of those few rush here and there!
A city is besieged–it is full of inhabitants–half of them are asleep. The others watch the walls and thus they relieve each other. Another city has but a few defenders–see how that champion rushes first to that breach and routs the enemy. Now he brings his might to another place. A bastion is assaulted and he is there. Now a rear gate is attacked–there he is with all his force behind him. He is here, he is there, he is everywhere because he feels there is but a handful of men who can gather round him. Take courage, take heart. Stir yourselves up to the sternest activity for verily there are but a few in Sardis who have not defiled their garments.
Above all, be prayerful. Put up your earnest cries to God that He would multiply the faithful, that He would increase the number of chosen ones who stand fast. That He would purify the Church with fire in a furnace seven times heated, so that He might bring out her third part through the fire. Cry unto God that the day may come when the much fine gold shall be no longer dim, when the glory shall again return unto Zion. Beg of God to remove the cloud, to take away "the darkness that may be felt." Be doubly prayerful, for there are but a few in Sardis who have not defiled their garments.
III. This brings us to the third point, which is a PECULIAR REWARD. "They shall walk in white, for they are worthy." The attentive reader will observe that in quoting the passage just now, I left out two of the sweetest words in the passage. It reads–"They shall walk with Me in white, for they are worthy." That is the very pith of the honor. If the rest of it is gold this is the jewel. "They shall walk with Me in white." That is to say communion with Christ on earth shall be the special reward of those who have not defiled their garments.
Your love, my ravished heart overflows.
Of glory that no period knows"?
Ask them that and they will say, "We don't comprehend you." Now the reason of it is in the first part of my sermon–they have defiled their garments and therefore Christ will not walk with them. He says, "Those that have not defiled their garments shall walk with Me." Those who hold fast the Truth, who take care to be free from the prevailing sins I am bone of their bone and flesh of their flesh–I will bring them into the banqueting house. My banner over them shall be love. They shall drink wine on the lees well refined. They shall have the secrets of the Lord revealed unto them, because they are the people who truly fear Me–"they shall walk with Me in white." Oh, Christian, if you would have communion with Christ, the special way to win it is by not defiling your garments, as the Church has done.
But we must dwell on the rest of the passage. "They shall walk with Me in white, for they are worthy." A good old author says there is a reference here to that fact that the rabbis allowed persons to walk in white who could trace their pedigree without a flaw. But if they found any blot on their escutcheon and could not trace their birth up to Abraham they were not allowed to walk in white on certain days. Well, he says he thinks the passage means that those who have not defiled their garments will be able to prove their adoption and will walk in white garments as being sure that they are the sons of God.
If we would be certain that we are the people of God, we must take care that we have no blots on our garments, for each one of those spatterings of the mire of this earth will cry out and say, "Perhaps you are not a child of God." Nothing is such a father of doubts as sin. Sin is the very mother of our distress. He who is covered with sin must not expect to enjoy full assurance, but he who lives close to his God and keeps his garments unspotted from the world–he shall walk in white, knowing that his adoption is sure.
that they have been washed and made whiter than snow and purified and made more clean than wool.
Again–it refers to joy and gladness–for white robes were holiday dresses among the Jews. They that have not defiled their garments shall have their faces always bright. They shall understand what Solomon meant when he said, "Go your way, eat your bread with joy and drink your wine with a merry heart. Let your garments be always white, for God has accepted your works." He who is accepted of God shall wear white garments, being received by the Father–garments of joy and gladness. Why so many doubts, so much distress and misery and mourning? It is because the Church has defiled her garments. They do not here below walk in white, because they are not worthy.
And lastly it refers to walking in white before the Throne of God. Those who have not defiled their garments here shall most certainly walk in white up yonder, where the white-robed hosts sing perpetual hallelujahs to the Most High. If you have not defiled your garments, you may say, "I know whom I have believed," and you may cry, "when this earthly house of my tabernacle is dissolved, I know I have a mansion of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens." Not for my works, not by way of merit but as the reward of grace.
They shall walk in black–the blackness of God's destruction. They shall walk in black–the blackness of hopeless despair. They shall walk in black–the blackness of incomparable anguish. They shall walk in black–the blackness of damnation. They shall walk in black forever, because they were found unworthy. O professors, search yourselves! O ministers, search yourselves! O you who make a profession of religion now, put your hands within your hearts and search your souls! You live in the sight of a rein-trying God. Oh, try your own reins and search your own hearts. It is not a matter of half-importance for which I plead, but a matter of double importance.
I beseech you examine and cross-examine your own souls and see whether you are in the path, for it will go ill with you if you shall find at last that you were in the Church but not of it–that you made a profession of religion but it was only a cloak for your hypocrisy–if you should have entered into His courts below and be shut out of the courts above. Remember, the higher the pinnacle of profession the direr your fall of destruction. Beggared kings, exile princes, crownless emperors, are always subjects of pity. Professor, what will you think of yourself when your robes are taken from you, when your crown of profession is taken from your head and you stand the hiss of even vile men, the scoff of blasphemers, the jeer of those who whatever they were, were not hypocrites, as you are?
Oh, I think I hear them saying in Hell, "Here's a parson, come here! Here's a deacon! Here's a Church member–here's a man who has had the sacramental wine within his lips! Here's a man that has had the baptismal water on his garments." Ah, take care. There are but a few names in Sardis who shall walk in white. Be you of that few. May God give you grace that you be not reprobates but may be accepted of the Lord in that day! May He give you mercy that when He severs the chaff from the wheat, you may abide as the good corn and may not be swept away into unquenchable fire!
The Lord in mercy bless His warning and hear our supplication, for Christ's sake. Amen.


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Jacqueline Bediako of the Million Hoodies NYC chapter speaks at a rally before the Brooklyn March against gentrification and police violence in October 2017. (Photo courtesy of Million Hoodies for Justice)
Via BillMoyers.Com | By Dante Barry
With the election of Donald Trump as president, there has been an alarming increase in the rate of targeted attacks on the country's most vulnerable communities including immigrants, Muslims, LGBTQ, black people, women and the poor. Around the country, states are consolidating power, increasing police budgets and ICE enforcement. Meanwhile, the federal government is working on repealing policies that have historically provided mobility and protection for communities of color — the most basic, undermining public education.
Million Hoodies Movement for Justice, a human rights membership, chapter-based organization made up of eight local groups — from Bard College to Sarasota, Florida and Riverside, California — was formed in response to the murder of Trayvon Martin on March 19, 2012. While activists rallied in Union Square and others united to demanded justice for Trayvon Martin across the country, we asked one of the most fundamental questions: Who has the right to be safe and to feel safe in this country?
What happened in September at Cornell University shows how precarious the situation can be. A black student was assaulted by fellow student, 19-year-old John Greenwood, and called the n-word while punched in the face repeatedly.
Following the incident, Black Students United's co-chair & Million Hoodies Cornell University chapter leader Delmar Fears led hundreds of black students into Willard Straight Hall and occupied the building for several hours after delivering a list of demands to the university's president.
The student was arrested and the fraternity on campus is now shut down. On Monday, Greenwood was charged with a hate crime relating to the incident. According to court records Greenwood selected his victim "in whole or substantial part because of a belief or perception regarding the race, color, national origin, ancestry … of a person, regardless of whether the belief or perception is correct."
We founded Million Hoodies in the weeks following Martin's death, with the goal of ending anti-black racism and systematic violence. Our organization creates space for young black and brown people to discover their agency. We enable them to envision and rethink a world in which they are not inherently criminalized. We develop their leadership skills and prepare them to organize for the dignity and safety of our communities.
As the Trump administration targets Muslim and black dissidents and undocumented immigrants are being threatened with mass deportations, we believe that community members must be empowered to become human-rights responders. To this end, Million Hoodies kicked off a national conversation to reimagine safety with the "We Keep Us Safe" Week of Action. Million Hoodies chapters organized local forums that engaged community members to talk about the political intervention needed to shift our reliance from institutions that are harming us to communities that are working to empower democracy.
We need these programs because the response to rampant police violence has been insufficient. Body cameras are not the perfect solution. Black people already know this is not enough to keep our communities safe from discrimination and violence. We are reminded regularly in the media about the violence black and brown people face. Yet we find ourselves still asking why we aren't safe.
Fighting the War on Drugs
Thanks to the war on drugs and the war on crime, we've witnessed the militarization of our police forces around the country. Since 1998, under the Department of Defense Excess Property 1033 grant program, more than $4 billion in military grade equipment has been issued to local police departments, colleges and universities across the country. Such militarization has often been the state's tactic to clamp down on dissent and directly target communities of color.
To worsen matters, Jeff Sessions' Department of Justice recently lifted the Obama-era ban on the transfer of some surplus military hardware, including grenade launchers, bayonets and large-caliber weapons, to police departments. President Obama placed restrictions on the transfer of military equipment to local police in 2015. That decision was in response to the use of such equipment by police officers on protesters in Ferguson, Missouri after the death of Michael Brown. The heartbreaking story of Aiyana Mo'nay Stanley-Jones, a 7-year-old who was asleep when members of Detroit's Special Response Team threw a flash-bang grenade near her before shooting her in the head, sums up the severe problems with these types of armaments and the associated war-like mentality.
Freedom Cities
Million Hoodies for Justice is committed to the Freedom Cities movement, which makes the case for communities to be centers of innovation. The idea is to make entire campuses, cities and towns safe by demanding investments in humanity and our planet. We are seeking safety beyond policing, real community control, workers rights, community defense and divestment from militarization and other programs that oppress our people.
Freedom Cities is a framework to ensure that sanctuary is reflective of the needs of all of our communities, including immigrants, women and the LGBTQ community. At the grass roots, communities are engaging in prison divestment campaigns and local budgetary fights as they demand healthy and thriving neighborhoods.
Nationally, the Night Out for Safety and Liberation is a model that provides an alternative to policing and punishment-centric conversations to reimagine public safety as about having a living wage job, healthy food, housing, health care and education.
If we envision what actually makes us feel safe, we can do away with the SWAT teams and excessive police presence in our schools and our streets. We need organized and empowered communities with a supportive social safety net. We need stronger, healthier communities — not more prisons and detention centers. In a moment where many communities are experiencing despair, isolation and fear, it is incumbent upon us to build transformative models for the safety of all people. It is incumbent on us to shift power from institutions to communities. We will make the necessary radical interventions that we deserve. It is time to go back to our roots — to build outside the system.
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Building with Integrity: How Armenia Fund Gets the Job Done
Seeing the work that Armenia Fund has done in the past twenty-two years – building important infrastructure like highways, hospitals, schools, and waterways – one might think there are hundreds of people working for the pan-Armenian organization headquartered in Yerevan, Armenia, that has 25 affiliates in 22 countries throughout the world.
It's true that thousands of people have been employed by the indispensable construction projects, but the crew of people managing the process is surprisingly small.
Although Armenia Fund provides assistance in myriad ways, including scholarships to exceptional students and aid to veterans of the Artsakh War, the bulk of its work focuses on construction projects with an eye to the future.
Like most things associated with Tony Soprano, the construction business doesn't have a good reputation. But there is good among the bad – you just have to find it – and Armenia Fund has been refining its process over the past two decades to do precisely that.
Considering the millions of dollars that is donated by Armenians throughout the world for humanitarian projects in Armenia, including Artsakh, the office with the most important job is probably the one that awards construction contracts.
A complex process, the lengthy and demanding steps required of all bidders is not for the faint of heart. Financial records, including a company's outstanding loans and tax payment history; disclosure of legal issues; work experience in similar construction; and, as would be expected, a realistic bid, must be submitted by any company interested in working on an Armenia Fund project.
There are no exceptions to the standards of excellence demanded by Armenia Fund.
Because almost all construction projects – schools, hospitals, roads – impact the daily lives of people, Armenia Fund takes no shortcuts, prioritizing quality over the bottom line.
Awarding the project is only one part; making sure the work is done according to Armenia Fund's standards is another.
Several quality control mechanisms are in place to check the construction. Armenia Fund's construction department is composed of experienced professionals whose expertise in their field allows them to verify if standards are being met and, if they're not, to halt construction and withhold payment.
An independent firm to check construction quality is also hired, this in addition to the government agencies that conduct their own checks.
To round out the extensive measures taken by Armenia Fund, international tax, consulting, and auditing firm Grant Thornton brings in its own construction auditor, the results of which are made available in regular audit reports.
Payment to the construction companies is done monthly – not in a lump sum – and they are approved only after monthly construction update reports are sent to the Armenia Fund headquarters from the field. And because construction must be guaranteed for a certain period, Armenia Fund keeps a portion of the final payment until that period has elapsed and no construction flaws have been detected.
Armenia Fund's long bidding, awarding, and auditing processes might seem excessive. In fact, they are the product of twenty-two years of cumulative experience, trial and error, and fine tuning that have made Armenia Fund the most efficient, streamlined, and transparent construction management organization in Armenia. It's a system Tony Soprano would hate – and it's continuously getting better.
If you're wondering how Armenia Fund arrived at such a complicated process, the simple answer is integrity.
It would be much easier to announce a project, award it to the lowest bidder – despite any other criteria, – and not bother with the tedium of constant monitoring and post-construction auditing.
But who would ensure there weren't back-door deals among the bidders or substandard firms placing bids they could never fulfill? Who would monitor every step of the process at an extra cost to guarantee that the schools being built for children, the roads being driven on by farmers, and the hospitals being used by veterans were built with the care and attention they deserved? Armenia Fund does.
It is with the knowledge that they have been tasked with building a nation, by a nation, that the people in Armenia Fund come to work every day.
Ara Vardanyan, the executive director of the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund, sums it up: "Armenia Fund is an investment by Armenians all over the world in the future of their country, their homeland. The responsibility we feel to these benefactors as well as to our past, to our present, and to our future, is what guides our work and our insistence on the standards of excellence we promote."
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — In a court deposition, Tom Benson said he ousted his daughter and grandchildren from executive positions in the Saints and Pelicans after a confrontation turned physical between his daughter, Renee, and his wife, Gayle.
The deposition, filed in federal court in New Orleans this week, was taken in late March at Benson's offices in suburban New Orleans. It's part of a federal lawsuit over Benson's decision to remove his family members' shares in his NBA and NFL franchises from a trust and substitute other assets.
Benson said in the deposition that his daughter and two grandchildren "tried to kill me" by picking on his wife and behaving in a hostile manner.
Randy Smith, an attorney for Renee and her children, Ryan and Rita LeBlanc, strongly denied that the alleged confrontation occurred.
"It's sad that he would think that, that somehow that would be in his memory because it didn't happen, just like his family did not try to kill him," Smith said. "All they're trying to do is protect him, make sure he gets the medical care, love and support that he needs."
Benson said the hostility included a 2014 confrontation in his Superdome suite when Renee allegedly shook Gayle.
Smith said Renee was not at the game Benson referenced. "Everyone knows that except apparently Mr. Benson," Smith said.
In January 2015, Benson fired Renee and her children from executive positions with the teams. He announced a decision to make Gayle Benson the sole heir to the NFL and NBA clubs.
According to the deposition transcript, lawyers asked Benson, 88, why he wanted to do so. His answer: "Well, they tried to kill me for one thing."
Answer: "Well you know, by picking on my wife and when I wasn't feel (sic) very good, they were very hostile."
Answer: "As a matter of fact, I cut them off from everything. I don't have them to Saints games or Pelicans or nothing."
Later, Benson was asked what made him decide that he didn't want them to attend Saints or Pelicans games anymore.
"Well, first thing they came into my suite and starting fighting with us," he said. "Saying ugly things and everything."
He said he recalled his daughter, granddaughter and possibly his grandson came into the suite as he was trying to watch a Saints game.
"And they started picking on Gayle. And it got so bad, Renee shook her, and I said, 'That's enough. Let's go.' Gayle and I left the game."
Benson later said about 30 people were in the suite at the time the alleged shaking occurred but he couldn't name anyone specifically.
He was asked whether it was fair to say that Gayle Benson doesn't like his daughter.
"No, I don't know that," he answered. "She never told me. Certainly after that incident she didn't like her. I didn't either."
The federal judge in the trust case recently ruled that Benson has authority to substitute assets in trusts established for the estranged relatives. That means he can substitute stock in the teams with promissory notes and other assets.
The multifaceted legal battle is still playing out in courts in Louisiana and Texas. Aside from likely appeals, the actual value of the assets being substituted will have to be determined. A trial in the case is set for June 20.
Associated Press writer Kevin McGill in New Orleans contributed to this story.


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    <shortName>PPBN</shortName>
    <description>Probability of Precipitation being below normal</description>
    <units>%</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="156">
    <shortName>PMTC</shortName>
    <description>Particulate matter (coarse)</description>
    <units>g/m3</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="157">
    <shortName>PMTF</shortName>
    <description>Particulate matter (fine)</description>
    <units>g/m3</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="158">
    <shortName>AETMP</shortName>
    <description>Analysis error of temperature</description>
    <units>K</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="159">
    <shortName>AEDPT</shortName>
    <description>Analysis error of dew point</description>
    <units>%</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="160">
    <shortName>AESPH</shortName>
    <description>Analysis error of specific humidity</description>
    <units>kg/kg</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="161">
    <shortName>AEUWD</shortName>
    <description>Analysis error of u-wind</description>
    <units>m/s</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="162">
    <shortName>AEVWD</shortName>
    <description>Analysis error of v-wind</description>
    <units>m/s</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="163">
    <shortName>LPMTF</shortName>
    <description>Particulate matter (fine)</description>
    <units>log10(g/m3)</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="164">
    <shortName>LIPMF</shortName>
    <description>Integrated column particulate matter (fine)</description>
    <units>log10(g/m3)</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="165">
    <shortName>REFZR</shortName>
    <description>Derived radar reflectivity backscatter from rain</description>
    <units>mm6/m3</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="166">
    <shortName>REFZI</shortName>
    <description>Derived radar reflectivity backscatter from ice</description>
    <units>mm6/m3</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="167">
    <shortName>REFZC</shortName>
    <description>Derived radar reflectivity backscatter from parameterized convection</description>
    <units>mm6/m3</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="168">
    <shortName>TCLSW</shortName>
    <description>Total column-integrated supercooled liquid water</description>
    <units>kg/m2</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="169">
    <shortName>TCOLM</shortName>
    <description>Total column-integrated melting ice</description>
    <units>kg/m2</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="170">
    <shortName>ELRDI</shortName>
    <description>Ellrod Index</description>
    <units>non-dim</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="171">
    <shortName>TSEC</shortName>
    <description>Seconds prior to initial reference time (defined in octects 18-20)</description>
    <units>sec</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="172">
    <shortName>TSECA</shortName>
    <description>Seconds after initial reference time (defined in octets 18-20)</description>
    <units>sec</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="173">
    <shortName>NUM</shortName>
    <description>Number of samples/observations</description>
    <units>non-dim</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="174">
    <shortName>AEPRS</shortName>
    <description>Analysis error of pressure</description>
    <units>Pa</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="175">
    <shortName>ICSEV</shortName>
    <description>Icing severity</description>
    <units>non-dim</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="176">
    <shortName>ICPRB</shortName>
    <description>Icing probability</description>
    <units>non-dim</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="177">
    <shortName>LAVNI</shortName>
    <description>Low-level aviation interest</description>
    <units>non-dim</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="178">
    <shortName>HAVNI</shortName>
    <description>High-level aviation interest</description>
    <units>non-dim</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="179">
    <shortName>FLGHT</shortName>
    <description>Flight Category (See note 7 below)</description>
    <units>non-dim</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="180">
    <shortName>OZCON</shortName>
    <description>Ozone concentration</description>
    <units>PPB</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="181">
    <shortName>OZCAT</shortName>
    <description>Categorical ozone concentration</description>
    <units>non-dim</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="182">
    <shortName>VEDH</shortName>
    <description>Vertical eddy diffusivity heat exchange (Kh)</description>
    <units>m2/s</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="183">
    <shortName>SIGV</shortName>
    <description>Sigma level value</description>
    <units>non-dim</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="184">
    <shortName>EWGT</shortName>
    <description>Ensemble Weight</description>
    <units>non-dim</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="185">
    <shortName>CICEL</shortName>
    <description>Confidence indicator - Ceiling (See note 8 below)</description>
    <units>non-dim</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="186">
    <shortName>CIVIS</shortName>
    <description>Confidence indicator - Visibility (See note 8 below)</description>
    <units>non-dim</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="187">
    <shortName>CIFLT</shortName>
    <description>Confidence indicator - Flight Category (See note 8 below)</description>
    <units>non-dim</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="188">
    <shortName>LAVV</shortName>
    <description>Latitude of V wind component of velocity</description>
    <units>deg</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="189">
    <shortName>LOVV</shortName>
    <description>Longitude of V wind component of velocity</description>
    <units>deg</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="190">
    <shortName>USCT</shortName>
    <description>Scatterometer estimated U wind component</description>
    <units>m/s</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="191">
    <shortName>VSCT</shortName>
    <description>Scatterometer estimated V wind component</description>
    <units>m/s</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="192">
    <shortName>LAUV</shortName>
    <description>Latitude of U wind component of velocity</description>
    <units>deg</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="193">
    <shortName>LOUV</shortName>
    <description>Longitude of U wind component of velocity</description>
    <units>deg</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="194">
    <shortName>TCHP</shortName>
    <description>Tropical Cyclone Heat Potential</description>
    <units>J/m2K</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="195">
    <shortName>DBSS</shortName>
    <description>Geometric Depth Below Sea Surface</description>
    <units>m</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="196">
    <shortName>ODHA</shortName>
    <description>Ocean Dynamic Height Anomaly</description>
    <units>dynamic m</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="197">
    <shortName>OHC</shortName>
    <description>Ocean Heat Content</description>
    <units>J/m2</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="198">
    <shortName>SSHG</shortName>
    <description>Sea Surface Height Relative to Geoid</description>
    <units>m</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="199">
    <shortName>SLTFL</shortName>
    <description>Salt Flux</description>
    <units>kg/m2s</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="200">
    <shortName>DUVB</shortName>
    <description>UV-B downward solar flux</description>
    <units>W/m2</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="201">
    <shortName>CDUVB</shortName>
    <description>Clear sky UV-B downward solar flux</description>
    <units>W/m2</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="202">
    <shortName>THFLX</shortName>
    <description>Total downward heat flux at surface (downward is positive)</description>
    <units>W/m2</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="203">
    <shortName>UVAR</shortName>
    <description>U velocity variance</description>
    <units>m2/s2</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="204">
    <shortName>VVAR</shortName>
    <description>V velocity variance</description>
    <units>m2/s2</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="205">
    <shortName>UVVCC</shortName>
    <description>UV Velocity Cross Correlation</description>
    <units>m2/s2</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="206">
    <shortName>MCLS</shortName>
    <description>Meteorological Correlation Length Scale</description>
    <units>m</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="207">
    <shortName>LAPP</shortName>
    <description>Latitude of pressure point</description>
    <units>deg</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="208">
    <shortName>LOPP</shortName>
    <description>Longitude of pressure point</description>
    <units>deg</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="210">
    <shortName>REFO</shortName>
    <description>Observed radar reflectivity</description>
    <units>dbZ</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="211">
    <shortName>REFD</shortName>
    <description>Derived radar reflectivity</description>
    <units>dbZ</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="212">
    <shortName>REFC</shortName>
    <description>Maximum/Composite radar reflectivity</description>
    <units>dbZ</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="213">
    <shortName>SBT122</shortName>
    <description>Simulated Brightness Temperature for GOES12, Channel 2</description>
    <units>K</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="214">
    <shortName>SBT123</shortName>
    <description>Simulated Brightness Temperature for GOES12, Channel 3</description>
    <units>K</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="215">
    <shortName>SBT124</shortName>
    <description>Simulated Brightness Temperature for GOES12, Channel 4</description>
    <units>K</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="216">
    <shortName>SBT126</shortName>
    <description>Simulated Brightness Temperature for GOES12, Channel 6</description>
    <units>K</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="217">
    <shortName>MINRH</shortName>
    <description>Minimum Relative Humidity</description>
    <units>%</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="218">
    <shortName>MAXRH</shortName>
    <description>Maximum Relative Humidity</description>
    <units>%</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="219">
    <shortName>CEIL</shortName>
    <description>Ceiling</description>
    <units>m</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="220">
    <shortName>PBLREG</shortName>
    <description>Planetary boundary layer Regime</description>
    <units />
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="221">
    <shortName>SBC123</shortName>
    <description>Simulated Brightness Counts for GOES12, Channel 3</description>
    <units>Byte</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="222">
    <shortName>SBC124</shortName>
    <description>Simulated Brightness Counts for GOES12, Channel 4</description>
    <units>Byte</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="223">
    <shortName>RPRATE</shortName>
    <description>Rain Precipitation Rate</description>
    <units>kg/m2/s</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="224">
    <shortName>SPRATE</shortName>
    <description>Snow Precipitation Rate</description>
    <units>kg/m2/s</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="225">
    <shortName>FPRATE</shortName>
    <description>Freezing Rain Precipitation Rate</description>
    <units>kg/m2/s</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="226">
    <shortName>IPRATE</shortName>
    <description>Ice Pellets Precipitation Rate</description>
    <units>kg/m2/s</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="227">
    <shortName>UPHL</shortName>
    <description>Updraft Helicity</description>
    <units>m2/s2</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="228">
    <shortName>SURGE</shortName>
    <description>Storm Surge</description>
    <units>m</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="229">
    <shortName>ETSRG</shortName>
    <description>Extra Tropical Storm Surge</description>
    <units>m</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="230">
    <shortName>RHPW</shortName>
    <description>Relative Humidity with Respect to Precipitable Water</description>
    <units>%</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="231">
    <shortName>OZMAX1</shortName>
    <description>Ozone Daily Max from 1-hour Average</description>
    <units>ppbV</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="232">
    <shortName>OZMAX8</shortName>
    <description>Ozone Daily Max from 8-hour Average</description>
    <units>ppbV</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="233">
    <shortName>PDMAX1</shortName>
    <description>PM 2.5 Daily Max from 1-hour Average</description>
    <units>g/m3</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="234">
    <shortName>PDMX24</shortName>
    <description>PM 2.5 Daily Max from 24-hour Average</description>
    <units>g/m3</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="235">
    <shortName>MAXREF</shortName>
    <description>Hourly Maximum of Simulated Reflectivity at 1 km AGL</description>
    <units>dbZ</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="236">
    <shortName>MXUPHL</shortName>
    <description>Hourly Maximum of Updraft Helicity over layer 2km to 5 km AGL</description>
    <units>m2/s2</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="237">
    <shortName>MAXUVV</shortName>
    <description>Hourly Maximum of Upward Vertical Velocity in the lowest 400hPa</description>
    <units>m/s</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="238">
    <shortName>MAXDVV</shortName>
    <description>Hourly Maximum of Downward Vertical Velocity in the lowest 400hPa</description>
    <units>m/s</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="239">
    <shortName>MAXVIG</shortName>
    <description>Hourly Maximum of Column Vertical Integrated Graupel</description>
    <units>kg/m2</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="240">
    <shortName>RETOP</shortName>
    <description>Radar Echo Top (18.3 DBZ)</description>
    <units>m</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="241">
    <shortName>VRATE</shortName>
    <description>Ventilation Rate</description>
    <units>m2/s</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="242">
    <shortName>TCSRG20</shortName>
    <description>20% Tropical Cyclone Storm Surge Exceedance</description>
    <units>m</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="243">
    <shortName>TCSRG30</shortName>
    <description>30% Tropical Cyclone Storm Surge Exceedance</description>
    <units>m</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="244">
    <shortName>TCSRG40</shortName>
    <description>40% Tropical Cyclone Storm Surge Exceedance</description>
    <units>m</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="245">
    <shortName>TCSRG50</shortName>
    <description>50% Tropical Cyclone Storm Surge Exceedance</description>
    <units>m</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="246">
    <shortName>TCSRG60</shortName>
    <description>60% Tropical Cyclone Storm Surge Exceedance</description>
    <units>m</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="247">
    <shortName>TCSRG70</shortName>
    <description>70% Tropical Cyclone Storm Surge Exceedance</description>
    <units>m</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="248">
    <shortName>TCSRG80</shortName>
    <description>80% Tropical Cyclone Storm Surge Exceedance</description>
    <units>m</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="249">
    <shortName>TCSRG90</shortName>
    <description>90% Tropical Cyclone Storm Surge Exceedance</description>
    <units>m</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="250">
    <shortName>HINDEX</shortName>
    <description>Haines Index</description>
    <units />
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="251">
    <shortName>DIFTEN</shortName>
    <description>Difference Between 2 States In Total Energy Norm</description>
    <units>J/kg</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="252">
    <shortName>PSPCP</shortName>
    <description>Pseudo-Precipitation</description>
    <units>kg/m2</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="253">
    <shortName>MAXUW</shortName>
    <description>U Component of Hourly Maximum 10m Wind Speed</description>
    <units>m/s</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="254">
    <shortName>MAXVW</shortName>
    <description>V Component of Hourly Maximum 10m Wind Speed</description>
    <units>m/s</units>
  </parameter>
  <parameter code="255">
    <shortName />
    <description>Missing</description>
    <units />
  </parameter>
</parameterMap>


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Ex-Wesleyan University student pleads guilty in overdoses
University studying way to improve drug education
Anna Bisaro abisaro@nhregister.com @annabisaro on Twitter
Nov. 12, 2015 Updated: July 24, 2017 7:23 p.m.
1of2Zachary Kramer, 21, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to distribute a controlled substance Thursday. Kramer was charged with selling synthetic drugs on the Wesleyan campus in May.Anna Bisaro — New Haven Register Show MoreShow Less
2of2In this Feb. 25 photo, former Wesleyan University sophomore Zachary Kramer leaves Superior Court in Middletown with his parents after his arraignment for possession of controlled substances and other charges.ASSOCIATED PRESS — The Hartford Courant Show MoreShow Less
NEW HAVEN >> A former Wesleyan student waived his right to a trial and pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiring to distribute a controlled substance on campus.
Zachary Kramer, 21, of Maryland, is scheduled to be sentenced Feb. 10 in Hartford. The crime carries the potential for a 20-year maximum sentence, but the government is recommending between 12 and 18 months in prison.
As part of the plea deal, Kramer has waived his right to appeal any sentence less than 12 months and 1 day.
Kramer and co-defendant Eric Lonergan, of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, were charged on a five-count indictment in May for their reported involvement in distributing synthetic drugs on campus, mainly MDMA and AB Fabinaca, causing several overdoses at parties in both September 2014 and February 2015.
Lonergan is scheduled for a change of plea hearing in New Haven District Court Nov. 23.
Kramer and Lonergan both were expelled from Wesleyan after the charges were filed, said Lauren Rubenstein, associate manager of media and public relations at Wesleyan.
"Since the drug poisonings last winter, Wesleyan has been working diligently to improve student safety with regard to illegal drugs. We have recalibrated training at orientation and throughout the year to better inform students of the risks involved and how best to help others in case of an emergency," Rubenstein said. "Throughout this semester a task force of students, faculty, staff, alumni and parent experts has been studying how our practices can be improved in terms of drug education, outreach, prevention, policy and enforcement. The task force will make recommendations in December."
As part of the plea agreement, Kramer pleaded guilty to the first count of the indictment and the other counts were dropped.
William Dow III, Kramer's attorney, said he was looking forward to the sentencing by U.S. District Court Judge Vanessa Bryant early next year, adding that Kramer had an opportunity to show the judge how much he has matured since May.
"He's a fine young man," Dow said of Kramer after proceedings Thursday. "He has a bright future and he's learned from this experience."
Kramer and Lonergan were charged with distributing the synthetic drugs MDMA, also known as "Molly," and AB Fubinaca on campus between fall 2013 and early 2015. The National Institute on Drug Abuse states that Molly can cause increased heart rate and body temperature and is unsafe, especially when mixed with other substances.
Lonergan allegedly first began selling Molly for about $200 per gram at Wesleyan in November 2013, according to the indictment. He would regularly sell from his dorm room between 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. He also distributed pamphlets instructing students how to use the drug.
In September 2014, Lonergan provided drugs to students at a party, several who were hospitalized due to overdoses, according to the indictment.
By December, Kramer had replaced Lonergan as the primary supplier of Molly on campus, Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Spector said Thursday. Kramer continued to purchase from Lonergan and resell what he believed was Molly to other students on campus, Spector said.
In February, 10 students and one other individual reportedly overdosed on a drug that had been provided by Kramer. The drug was believed by Kramer to be Molly, Spector said, but analysis later proved it was AB Fabinaca.
Spector said Kramer revived one of the students who had overdosed. That student later provided to law enforcement a sample of what Kramer had sold to the individual.
Also present in court Thursday were Kramer's parents and several Wesleyan students, some who, Dow said, had been affected by Kramer's actions. Dow added that the students' presence showed how supported Kramer is by his peers.


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Assessing the cost of transfer inconvenience in public transport systems: A case study of the London Underground
All authors:
Guo, Z., Wilson, N.
Host organisation: CoE Santiago, Chile
Country: India, United Kingdom
Transportation Research 45A, 91 ‐ 104.
Research theme: Management and Control, Policy and Planning, Public Transport
Few studies have adequately assessed the cost of transfers in public transport systems, or provided useful guidance on transfer improvements, such as where to invest (which facility), how to invest (which aspect), and how much to invest (quantitative justification of the investment). This paper proposes a new method based on path choice, 3 taking into account both the operator's service supply and the customers' subjective perceptions to assess transfer cost and to identify ways to reduce it. This method evaluates different transfer components (e.g., transfer walking, waiting, and penalty) with distinct policy solutions and differentiates between transfer stations and movements. The method is applied to one of the largest and most complex public transport systems in the world, the London Underground (LUL), with a focus on 17 major transfer stations and 303 transfer movements. This study confirms that transfers pose a significant cost to LUL, and that cost is distributed unevenly across stations and across platforms at a station. Transfer stations are perceived very differently by passengers in terms of their overall cost and composition. The case study suggests that a better understanding of transfer behavior and improvements to the transfer experience could significantly benefit public transport systems.


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Adithya Varma Teaser Crosses 6 Million Hits
VideoTrailers
After Arjun Reddy, the audience is relishing Kabir Singh in theatres, and now the Tamil remake of the same, Adithya Varma teaser has hit a massive 6 Million hits and counting.
The makers of Adithya Varma dropped the teaser a little while ago and now it has a whopping 6 Million plus hits on video-sharing site. This marks the first of its kind, as one remake is running successfully in theatres and the second one is climbing the social media charts.
Watch The Teaser
Adithya Varma is a Tamil drama film directed by Gireesaaya (in his directorial debut) and produced by Mukesh Mehta under E4 Entertainment. The film stars newcomer Dhruv Vikram and Banita Sandhu in the lead roles while Priya Anand appears in a supporting role. It is a remake of the Telugu film Arjun Reddy (2017).
The film was originally directed by Bala under the title Varma (later amended to Varmaa) and shot last year; however, in 2019, due to creative differences with Bala, E4 Entertainment decided to re-launch it with a new cast and crew; only Dhruv and music director Radhan were retained.
The new version titled Adithya Varma, and it is scheduled to be released in June 2019.
Adithya VarmaArjun ReddyKabir Singhofficial teaser
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That savings allowed the county to eliminate the tax on boats — a decision Chriscoe said he looks at as "an investment in economic development."
The tax was reduced from $1.00 per $100 of assessed value to $0.0001 – for tracking purposes.
The Board of Supervisors said they hope the elimination of the boat tax would result in boat owners keeping their boats in the county and spending money on food and fuel, giving a boost to marinas and other businesses.
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Lizzo takes break from performing in Australia to help those affected by bushfire crisis
Posted 12:29 PM, January 8, 2020, by CNN Wire, Updated at 12:32PM, January 8, 2020
Lizzo took a break from performing in Australia to help those affected by deadly wildfires there.
Foodbank Victoria shared the news Wednesday on their Facebook page.
"We had the one and only Lizzo helping us sort and pack hampers in the warehouse today!," the Facebook posting read.
"If you'd like to join Lizzo in supporting the bushfire crisis, you can click the link below to donate."
The singer also used her Instagram stories to talk about what she said is a "global crisis."
"I don't want to politicize anything," she said. "This isn't a political issue at this point, this is a human issue. The CO2 emissions that are being created by this fire are staggering and it affects the world."
Stars have rallied around Australia in the midst of the bushfires.
Several celebs mentioned the crisis during Sunday's Golden Globes and singer Elton John announced that he is donating $1 million to a relief fund.
Volunteers sew pouches for Australia's injured kangaroos, koalas and bats
Chris Hemsworth pledges $1M to fight the bushfires devastating Australia
Smoke in Australia's capital is so bad that the agency responsible for emergency management has shut down
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Jillian Michaels slammed for comments about Lizzo's weight
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Greta Thunberg is Time's 2019 Person of the Year
Australian Navy delivers 800 gallons of beer to thirsty town after supply lines cut by fires
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But I'm really perplexed why it's not making bigger waves in media circles: the Ugandan Constitutional Court ruled their Anti-Homosexuality Act "null and void" last week. This law — which was once dubbed the "Kill the Gays" bill before becoming the "Just Put Gay People in Jail for Life" bill — has been a nightmare for LGBT people in Uganda since it passed at the end of December last year.
In a victory activists were unsure they'd get, Uganda's Constitutional Court overturned the country's draconian Anti-Homosexuality Act today, declaring the anti-LGBT law "null and void" because of a parliamentary technicality in how it was passed.
The court determined that when members of Parliament passed the law in December 2013, Speaker Rebecca Kadaga had not established quorum — a required minimum number of members present to vote — effectively invalidating the law.
LGBT activists, attorneys, and allies cheered inside the packed courtroom in Uganda's capital city, Kampala, when the verdict was announced, waving rainbow flags and raising their fists in victory.
Bishop Emmanuel Obbo, the Archbishop of Tororo Archdiocese, urged every citizen who supported the anti-homosexuality law to lay down greed, corruption and "put them to death and let generosity rise up within us and flow out in abundance".
This issue was the main reason for my decision to leave the Anglican church community I'd found refuge in after leaving Sovereign Grace Ministries and pushed me to attend a mainstream Episcopal church. The Anglican church groups in American split from the Episcopal church over LGBTQ-related differences in theology, and some churches realigned themselves into partnerships and put themselves under the authority of African bishops because they were ideologically aligned over LGBTQ issues. This includes Ugandan bishops. Horrified at this implicit endorsement of the Anti-Homosexuality Act in Uganda, I was happy to place myself in an Episcopal church instead.
And now the Act has been struck down, but only on a technicality. I just hope the religious leaders in Uganda will use their influence to offer protection and support of LGBTQ individuals instead of continuing to terrorize them with abusive theology and threats. And then maybe there can be hope that this kind of legal bullying will be a thing of the past for Uganda.
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Ananteris camacan est une espèce de scorpions de la famille des Buthidae.

Distribution
Cette espèce est endémique de Bahia au Brésil. Elle se rencontre vers Camacan dans la Serra Bonita.

Description
Le mâle holotype mesure  et la femelle paratype .

Étymologie
Son nom d'espèce lui a été donné en référence au lieu de sa découverte, Camacan.

Publication originale
 Lourenço, Giupponi & Leguin, 2013 : « Description of three more new species of the genus Ananteris Thorell, 1891 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from Brazil. » Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, , ,  (texte intégral).

Liens externes
 The Scorpion Files : Jan Ove Rein, Trondheim, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Notes et références

Buthidae
Espèce de scorpions (nom scientifique)
Faune endémique de Bahia

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