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The abominable snowman: Yetis still imaginary, probably not an undiscovered species of bear, scientists say
In 2013, a group of researchers sequenced the genomes of hair attributed to mysterious creatures, such as the yeti. Now: yeah maybe not so much
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Sorry, yeti fans: On Monday, researchers published further confirmation that yetis are not, in fact, some unknown and ancient species of bear that's running around the Himalayas.
In case you missed it, in 2013, a group of researchers sequenced the genomes of hair attributed to mysterious creatures, such as the yeti, a.k.a the abominable snowman. Hair of the "yeti" turned out to have a fairly tantalizing genome, according to their findings: Their closest genetic match was to a a paleolithic polar bear. The researchers theorized that this might mean it was a living hybrid between this ancient bear and another species, one strange enough to inspire myths in the locals who spotted it.
If that sounds a little fishy to you, pat yourself on the back: It's fishy. It's so fishy that it's now been debunked twice.
In December, another group of researchers claimed that the genetic analysis was in error. The hair samples actually matched a rare sub-group of brown bear found in the Himalayas. This bear is still probably related to the yeti myth because of its rarity and size, but it's nothing so exotic as an undiscovered relic of bears long past. When that study came out, the authors of the yeti paper admitted that their results had probably been an error. But what really mattered was that the "yeti" was some kind of bear, they said.
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"Importantly, for the thrust of the paper as a whole, the conclusion that these Himalayan 'yeti' samples were certainly not from a hitherto unknown primate is unaffected," they said in a statement. "We stressed in the original paper that the true identity of this intriguing animal needs to be refined, preferably by sequence data from fresh tissue samples derived from a living specimen where DNA degradation is no longer a concern."
Now a new paper, published Monday in the open-access journal ZooKeys, takes another step in solving this mysterious genetic flub. Just because the "yeti" isn't an unknown, mysterious primate doesn't mean we can pretend it's an unknown, mysterious bear.
Eliécer E. Gutiérrez, currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Smithsonian Institution, and Ronald H. Pine, affiliated with the Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum at the University of Kansas, found that the genetic overlap between brown bears and polar bears makes it easy to say that the sample came from either (or both) species.
"What motivated us was that the original paper basically claimed that an undiscovered bear species was lurking in the Himalayas, and when we read the paper we thought it was interesting that such a tiny piece of DNA was being used to make this claim so confidently," Gutiérrez said. It's true that new species — even large ones, such as bears — are discovered all the time. But when all you've got is a tuft of hair, the DNA evidence really has to back up your claims.
"The short answer is that there's a wide variation in that segment of DNA that they looked at," he said. "There's a large variation within brown bears that overlaps with the variation known for polar bears, so actually you can't even tell the two species apart based on that little species of DNA."
But because brown bears are common in that region, there's no reason to say it's a polar bear — and there's nothing indicating that it's some unknown species.
In other words, it's a really short fragment of DNA, and there's nothing in there that wouldn't fit right into the genome of a known species. No need to go dreaming up crazy ancient hybrids.
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2012 will be a year remembered for a lot of things----world-wide unrest, wars, famine & great uncertainty. Not least of all, it will be remembered as the year Groundation built an ark. Through their musical evolution, spanning now 7 full-length studio albums and numerous side projects, Groundation has developed an international following that has brought people together from all continents, races and creeds through a shared vibration and vision. With "Building An Ark" Groundation has created a vessel by which this community can come together and weather the rough and rising seas that are to come.
"Building An Ark," like the band's previous albums before it, sets a new benchmark in not only production value, tone and power---but also in its visionary elements of blending styles and tackling heavy subject matter. Whether the outstanding solos and interplay of the players of instruments or the uplifting and complimenting vocal harmonies, Groundation pulls off the singular feat long mastered by true Roots Reggae----rough and revolutionary messages draped in appealing and soothing music. And the results speak for themselves.
Already, the Building An Ark 2012 World Tour has seen the band play to tens of thousands of fans on four continents and over twenty countries. The US segment of that tour brings Groundation back to their stomping grounds on the West Coast, as well as some very select Eact Coast dates, plus the Caribbean and Hawaii. US audiences are finally starting to catch up to their international counterparts. With the band's ever-changing set lists and extended improvisation grooves, a core "jam-band" type following hitting multiple shows in a row has sprung up from Oregon to Florida and all points in between.
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Maybe Greenpeace Should Try Somalia?
Update: When last we checked in on the seafaring antics of Greenpeace, we found that they weren't faring so well up in Russian waters. The no-nonsense Russians said they were ready to open fire on Greenpeace ships that interfered with their Arctic energy projects.
MOSCOW—Russia has opened a piracy case against Greenpeace environmental activists who attempted to scale an OAO Gazprom oil platform in the Barents Sea last week to protest Arctic drilling.
The Investigative Committee, the federal law-enforcement body conducting the probe, vowed Tuesday to bring to justice all those involved in the Sept. 18 incident "regardless of their citizenship." The crew of 30 onboard the Greenpeace vessel Arctic Sunrise includes one American, four Russians and six Britons.
Under Russian law, piracy carries a penalty of up to 15 years in prison. The activists haven't been charged.
The announcement of the criminal case came as authorities towed the Dutch-flagged ship from the Prirazlomnaya drilling platform to the port city of Murmansk. The crew, which had been held on board by Russian officers since the confrontation, was then taken ashore late Tuesday for questioning.
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Patricia Richardson: There's Always Room for "Improvement"
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Patricia Richardson was a very important mother throughout the '90s. Not only did she help raise her three fictional sons on the sitcom "Home Improvement", but she also had three children of her own to think of! Richardson played the do-it-all mom Jill Taylor on the popular TV series for eight seasons, but despite all the parenting practice on the show, the 60-year-old still admits that she's "wired wrong for parenting". All moms make mistakes, Patricia, don't worry! ModernMom was lucky enough to grab an exclusive interview with this talented, personable, and–wait for it–HONEST mother.
Even during "Home Improvement", Richardson's life was a lot different from Jill Taylor's. She divorced her husband halfway through the show and became her children's primary parent. As a fulltime actress she often felt guilty for leaving her kids to work, so she cut back on her schedule to accommodate her motherly duties. "I loved acting, but I was content to step back and be a mom," she described that period in her life.
After life as the head of the Taylor family ended in 1999, Richardson backed off her acting career a bit. "When you're on your death bed, you're going to remember being a mom, not doing a movie," she said, proud of her decision. She admits feeling like she never saw her kids and wanting to get her life back. Making the leap to a child-oriented lifestyle, then, was not hard for this dedicated mother.
Now with three grown children, all attending prestigious schools on the East Coast, Patricia is an empty nester. When her children went off to college she decided to start looking for work again–this time in the theater. "I did sitcoms because they're like live theater," she said. "But I always wanted to go back to plays." It took her a while to get back to her first love, though. Richardson starred in a few Lifetime movies, as well as a P&G flick. She admits, however, that roles are harder to come by these days. "I'm in a weird in-between age where I don't look right." She explained that she needs to look older for some characters, but younger for others. Her search paid off though, because she'll be starring as Mrs. Robinson in "The Graduate" at the Cape Playhouse in Cape Cod this summer! (Congrats for snagging the role, Patricia!)
Because children have been such an influential part of Richardson's life between her own kiddos and those three "extras", ModernMom asked her how she managed (and continues managing!) to keep her head on straight despite the constant pressures of motherhood. "Now it all seems like such a blur," she laughed. "The best piece of advice I can offer is to stop and count to ten." Stress doesn't bring out the best in us, she went on, and sometimes your child doesn't know how bad you feel about accidentally freaking out on them. "Make sure you go back and fix it. Don't just let it go by," she advised, obviously speaking from experience.
Ever the optimist, however, Richardson admits that you've got to forgive yourself for the mistakes you commit. "I have a lot of regret about the mistakes I've made as a parent," she said, but "you're going to drop balls…you can't keep them all in the air!"
"I feel like I did everything wrong. I'm not wired for parenting. I'm hyper, nervous, too reactive. I wish I had good shock absorbers so I could be calm!" laughed the actress and mother. But she overcame this lack of self confidence somehow to become the mother she is today. The thing that helped her through the seemingly unnavigable road of working motherhood? Her unconditional love for her babies, of course.
"When your children are first born, you're never prepared for how much you love them. My husband and I were so completely in love that it terrified us. You're horrified by the prospect of losing them. You're stunned by how much you love them. You're so overwhelmed by the responsibility," Richardson shared. "You didn't even know you could have that much feeling."
Perhaps we talked about her shortcomings as a mother a bit too much–when we asked her to describe her parenting style, her reply was: "Not good enough!" "Sometimes I miss the times I didn't say I was sorry or I didn't kiss that boo-boo," she admitted. Sorry, Patricia, we weren't trying to make you feel bad! But hey–isn't this so true? No mother is perfect, no matter how much she attempts to be the this decade's Jill Taylor. It's refreshing to hear someone in the media spotlight that doesn't just blabber on about what a smooth, problem-free ride motherhood has been for her. Patricia Richards is an example to ModernMoms that being a mommy isn't just about playing role of the perfect matriarch. It's about doing the best with what you've got and opening your mind to possible home improvements.
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Contact your lender and speak with an asset manager in the loss mitigation department. Tell her you're interested in short selling your home and request a short sale package. Fill out the forms she sends completely, including a hardship letter, and submit all paperwork. Keep copies as backup.
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Poverty is a devastating reality for many families and individuals. Unless you've been a victim of poverty, it is impossible to truly understand. In order to bridge the gap of misinterpretation to awareness, the Office of Community Engagement at BVU held Poverty Simulations to ensure the next best thing to understanding realities of poverty.
"The poverty simulation is an opportunity for our students to participate in what it would be like to live a month in poverty as a family role and it's meant to really sensitize them to those experiences that people who live in poverty face every day," Tawney Schrier, AmeriCorps Community Engagement Coordinator and Event Organizer said.
Schrier coordinated a group of about 90 volunteers composed of senior Social Work majors, Student M.O.V.E. members, and EFS Scholars to prepare and carry out three simulations on Oct. 29. Senior Social Workers helped rebuild kits for the sessions, set up for the event, and write community profiles to create the most authentic experience for participants.
Each poverty simulation session lasted about one hour, designed to imitate one month of real-world poverty. Participants had the challenge of surviving on limited resources provided, emulating financial hardships victims of poverty face every single day. Each session had the goal of giving realistic, perceptible context to living a life in poverty.
For each session, twenty-six family member folders with designated certain resources were gathered and utilized throughout the four week simulation. Transportation passes, social security cards, and if they're lucky enough, household items are provided to start the participant off. Community organization folders are also provided with specific instructions on how they're to interact with family members.
Their decisions depend on the tools they find at their fingertips. Whether trying to sell something at the pawn shop for some extra cash, or paying their rent to be able to afford a home, students experience the difficulty families in poverty deal with on a day-to-day basis.
"I feel like when we talk about the subject of poverty it's this really big, broad, in depth thing, but when you put it in terms of a simulation and something they can interact with they start to grasp what that's like," Schrier added.
The original idea for the simulation came from the Missouri Community Action Agency, a non-profit specifically with the aim to alleviate and empower families in poverty and low-power situations in the United States.. Their simulation kit was purchased by the Office of Community Engagement so BVU could hold these as often as desired.
According to Schrier, the Poverty Simulation event has been well attended in its past occurrences. Education and social work majors often attend, as most are required as a part of their training. This year, it was pushed immensely through freshman seminars. This year was a bit different from past poverty simulations, where only one was held. Instead of one, there were three in one day.
According to organizers, students visibly showed anger through the course of each poverty experience. As stated by Schrier, this achieves the event's desired effect.
"A lot of students will get upset at what's happening to them during the simulation, but that's real life for a lot of people," she added.
Through required involvement of Social Work and Education majors especially, Ashley Farmer-Hanson, Director of Community Engagement, adds there have been reflections which prove the experience has much to offer. One participant from this simulation evaluated the event by saying it gave her a different perspective of what her future students and families may be going through and how she can be a useful resource in helping them.
This automatic connection to future careers and what our future social workers and educators can do to combat poverty in their own communities makes participation in this event worthwhile. Senior Social Work major Emily VanDonselaar, volunteer in the last session, reveals some additional insight.
"I think it's a really good eye opener for a lot of people who come to college to sit here and try to figure out what this kind of thing is about because they're going to meet people eventually in their life who have these exact same experiences," she said.
Keep an eye out for future events held by the Office of Community Engagement at BVU. As this simulation offers an opportunity to place social work, education, and other majors in poverty's shoes, future events will have the same type of opportunities to create the best preparation for you in your major's future career.
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Let the Star of Bethlehem Shine Through You in 2018!
Then he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, "Go and search carefully for the Child; and when you have found Him, report to me, so that I too may come and worship Him." After hearing the king, they went their way; and behold, the star, which they had seen in the east, went on before them continually leading the way until it came and stood over the place where the young Child was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy," Matthew 2:8-10 (AMP).
Point them to the King of kings!
As I drove back to town tonight, conversing with the LORD, He reminded me of this commission and said, "2018 will be a new beginning and a time that I AM calling My people to let the star of Bethlehem shine through them and draw men and women to the Christ who was born in Bethlehem so many years ago!
They must continue to lead those who are seeking THE KING.
Until they understand why their Lover differs from all of their other Lovers!
Until they point to Him and Him only!
They must let the Star of Bethlehem shine through them!
When jesus was born in that manger he brought heaven to earth!
Jesus told His disciples that if you seen Him, that you have seen the Father!
He came to be a reflection of who the Father was! Not just in Word but in deed!
He demonstrated what and who the Father and His Kingdom was all about!
He demonstrated that His Father was all about Love, all about His children being whole and well and all about the glories of His Kingdom!
In this since He was a total reflection, pointing depraved man to His glorious heavenly Father!
Jesus did not come to condemn and neither have you!
"For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved," John 3:17.
This was Jesus' commission, to save the world, not to condemn it!
He was focused of pointing people through His words and actions, to the Father!
He was going to show them the Glory that the Father had and then asked them to let this glory and word abide in them also!
He reflected the Father perfectly, and now He is asking us in this year to reflect the Son and show them, why our Lover is greater than all the other Lovers in the world that vie for their affection and adoration!
Let all you do reflect who he is this year!
I thought about this the other night as I was laying looking at a mess that I needed to take care of.
He began to show me how King Solomon's Kingdom reflected heaven so much that it took The queen of Sheba's breath away!
"And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built, And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cup bearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her," 1 Kings 10:4-5.
This year of 2018, God will be calling us up Higher, not so that "OUR MINISTRY CAN PROSPER" but so that, His Kingdom will be seen in the earth through us!
He is calling us to higher standards than He ever has before, not so that we won't go to hell, but so that He can use us as a reflection of His Kingdom, no matter what part of our life it is.
He wants us to reflect His Kingdom so much that people will be awed by the very beauty of it!
They will want the lover of your Soul, because they can no longer resist Him because of what they have seen Him do in and through you!
"Whatsoever thy hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, where you go," Ecclesiastes 9:10.
I heard the LORD say, "This is the year to clean up your messes that you have made through disobedience and negligence and begin to reflect My Kingdom in all areas of your life!
Let the Bright and Morning Star shine through you, in all that you do, both in the natural and the Spiritual!
Let Your light reflect all of the glories of My Kingdom!
Let it point to me as you go on your journey as the Wise Men went until that star rested over the Christ Child!
So let the star that is in you shine until it rests and points others to their savor and king!


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Opera + Classical Music Reviews
Semele @ Garsington Opera, Wormsley
1, 3, 9, 11, 15, 24, 30 June, 4 July 2017
published: 5 Jun 2017 in Opera + Classical Music Reviews
Christine Rice & Heidi Stober
(Photo: Johan Persson)
Semele is perhaps the perfect work for this ethereal opera house in its arcadian setting, and the intimacy of contact between stage and audience possible here is ideal for Handel's music. When first performed at Covent Garden in 1744, the work was seen in a theatre which was at the then cutting edge of staging technology, so it's always a challenge to provide effects such as a sudden change to Arcadia and terrifying thunderclaps in a simpler and more exposed theatre – these challenges are mostly met here in Annilese Miskimmon's production, as are those posed by the considerable demands made of the singers.
In terms of both staging and performance, the style inclines towards that of Robert Carsen's iconic version, seen at Aix-en-Provence in 1996 and again at ENO in 1999) although it is not quite so unified in concept, nor so original – but then, who could ever replicate Semele as Princess Diana and Juno as HM the Queen? Heidi Stober's ambitious heroine might not have the crystalline brilliance of Rosemary Joshua's tone, but she sang with clarity and confidence, remarkably so given that she had sustained a knee injury on the first night – doubtless subsequent performances will find this beautiful American soprano on even better form.
Robert Murray might not look like a Greek God, (but then nor did Anthony Rolfe Johnson) but he sang with elegance and sweetness of tone and rose above what seems some rather daft stage business with considerable grace. What a pleasure it has been to follow this very fine young tenor's career from his early days at the Royal College of Music.
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It is by no means an exceptional occurrence that the best singing on stage came from Christine Rice as Juno; she was saddled with having to sing complex music whilst acting as a mother in the throes of childbirth, yet she too rose above it to give an object lesson in Handelian singing of the very finest kind. Her lovely, burnished tone, supple phrasing and sensitive understanding certainly gave pleasure 'above measure' as the audience rightly recognized.
David Soar's fine bass was heard to great advantage as Cadmus and Somnus, he too shining beyond some silly stuff, and Christopher Ainslie, despite not being in his best voice, sang with real style as Semele's rejected earthly bridegroom. Jurgita Adamonyté and Lilo Evans are both young sopranos of great promise although the former's diction is not quite there yet in terms of this libretto, and the latter seemed somewhat under-directed. Christian Valle made a strong impression as the Priest, and Mikael Onelius managed to remind you that Apollo is the god of the sun, prophecy and music despite his costume.
Garsington's chorus, under the brilliant direction of Susannah Stranders, just gets better and better. Whether joining with Semele in lauding 'Endless pleasure, endless love' or solemnly intoning 'Bless the glad earth with heav'nly lays!' this was superb ensemble singing in every way. What a pity that the staging for the latter was not half so magical.
Jonathan Cohen and the Garsington Opera gave a sparkling, lively reading of Handel's great music, providing so much wit and delight that the production's occasional muddled concepts scarcely mattered. What is certain is that this is a show that will look marvellous on screen – it's made for it, and you'll be able to see why with the free screenings around the country, starting with Skegness and Oxford on July 1st, followed by Ramsgate, Bridgwater and Grimsby. garsingtonopera.org/news/opera-all-2017-screenings
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IPS Working Paper No. 33 – Religion in Singapore: The Private and Public Spheres
This working paper, titled 'Religion in Singapore: The Private and Public Spheres', was written by IPS Senior Research Fellow Mathew Mathews, Research Associate Leonard Lim and Research Assistant Shanthini Selvarajan. The paper analyses data derived from the Singapore component of a multi-country survey, conducted as part of the International Social Survey Program Study of Religion (2018). It examines the views of 1800 respondents on issues relating to religious beliefs and practice and the role of religion in the public sphere. The survey documents the consensus that Singaporean residents have on interreligious harmony, separation of state and religion, and the appropriate behaviour of religious leaders in the public domain.
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This paper analyses Singapore data from a multi-country survey conducted in late 2018 as part of the International Social Survey Program Study of Religion (2018) . The Singapore component of the survey, conducted face-to-face, examined the views of a random sample of 1,800 Singaporean residents on issues relating to religious beliefs, religiosity and the role of religion in the private and public sphere. The survey sample closely mirrored the general profile of the Singapore population.
In the midst of contradicting trends of both religious resurgence and a decline in religiosity in various parts of the globe, analysing the trends of religiosity in Singapore and its impact on perceptions, attitudes and beliefs is critical. Religion is an influential and powerful force that seeps into multiple domains of public and private life. Tracking the expansive reach and influence of religion is thus crucial in maintaining interreligious harmony and surveying public sentiment in public policy.
In Section 5.1, the paper captures trends relating to religious practice and beliefs in the private sphere. The study found high levels of religiosity among Singaporeans. About three in four Singaporeans said they followed a religion. Christian, Catholic and Muslim respondents were more likely to be steadfast (that is, unequivocal and clear) in their beliefs of God. The opposite was the case for younger and more educated respondents.
The majority of respondents were likely to believe in religious concepts such as heaven, hell, life after death and religious miracles. Even among those who professed no religion, there were substantial numbers who believed in some religious concepts or supernatural powers.
The level of religious practice among respondents differed by religious affiliation, though around half of the respondents in this study prayed at least every week. Hindus, Muslims and Christians were the most likely to pray at least once a day. There was increased piety (as reflected in frequency of prayer) among those who reported having a turning point in their lives where they made a commitment to religion.
There was some relationship between religious affiliation and respondents' attitudes towards some moral issues. While most respondents believed that infidelity was always wrong (82.4 per cent), comparatively fewer viewed homosexual sex (67.9 per cent) or abortion (38.3 per cent) as always wrong. Religious affiliation was an important determinant in these moral beliefs with Muslims, Hindus and Christians most likely to find homosexual sex always wrong. Younger and more educated respondents were much more likely to not find such practices always wrong.
Considering the high levels of religious belief and practice especially among some religious communities and how this may have some relationship to moral beliefs, in Section 5.2 we report respondents' beliefs about the role of religion in the public sphere. This entailed analysing perceptions of religious institutions compared to other public institutions, interreligious harmony, state-religion separation and the appropriate behaviour of religious leaders in the public domain.
The majority of respondents (52.8 per cent) expressed complete confidence or a great deal of confidence in religious organisations (similar to the proportion of respondents holding such views about Parliament). While the proportion of Muslims and Catholics who indicated a great deal of confidence in Parliament was fairly similar to that of some other religious communities, there were more among them who indicated greater confidence in religious organisations.
Most respondents (72.7 per cent) felt that people of different religious backgrounds can get along when living close together, indicating strong support for interreligious harmony. Muslims and Christians were more likely to feel this way. In the case of perceptions of people of different religious backgrounds, respondents were more likely to view Christians, Buddhists and atheists the most positively. There was a small group (15.6 per cent) of respondents who expressed that Muslims were threatening.
While there was near unanimous support (97.4 per cent) that it was unacceptable for religious leaders to incite hatred or violence against other religions, there was a sizeable number of respondents (26.8 per cent) who were open to religious extremists publishing their views on the internet or social media. Younger respondents were much more open to this, with nearly 46 per cent of those between 18 to 25 years indicating that they would allow for publication such extremist views that considered all other religions as enemies.
When it came to questions relating to state-religion separation, most respondents (76.1 per cent) agreed that a country's laws should not be based on religion. Respondents were divided when asked about the hypothetical emergence of a law that contradicts their religious principles. About 48 per cent would follow the law while 35.6 per cent of them would follow their religious principles. Christians (67.6 per cent), Catholics (61.6 per cent) and Muslims (66.3 per cent) were the most likely to follow their religious principles over the law if they were to contradict.
Finally, the majority of respondents agreed that religious leaders should not comment on politics. However, respondents were slightly more accepting of religious leaders speaking up against laws that contradict their religious teachings (24.1 per cent). Around half of Christian and Catholic respondents were accepting of religious leaders speaking up against laws that contradict their religious teachings. Less educated and younger respondents were also more likely to be accepting of religious leaders commenting on politics/policies.
In order to better control for different demographic variables, several regressions were performed as detailed in Section 6. Ordinary least squares (OLS) regressions with moral liberalism as a dependent scale variable (constructed by combining and averaging the responses to several questions including whether homosexual sex was wrong or not wrong) showed that having a religious affiliation, having higher education, being married, and having children, were all significant predictors for being morally conservative.
Another OLS regression — to determine the demographics of those who are ambivalent towards people from another religion — found that those who are more religious are less likely to be ambivalent or distant. The dependent variable was a scale variable combining responses to the questions: "What is your personal attitude towards members of the following religious groups: Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews and Atheists or non-believers?"
In Section 7 of this report we document the results from a cluster analysis which we undertook to distinguish between groups of Singaporeans based on measures such as moral liberalism/conservatism, religiosity, and warmth towards people from other religious backgrounds. We found four distinct groups which we have named Sacred Seculars, Friendly Faithfuls, Skeptic Scrappers and Tepid Traditionals.
As countries around the world, especially in Southeast Asia, grapple with increasing religious fervour on one end, and rising levels of atheism on the other, these issues will continue to dominate public discourse. On the whole the survey paints a favourable picture of religion in Singapore. Though there is a fairly large proportion of religious Singaporean residents, they appreciate the positive inter-religious relations here and recognise behaviours that are not in keeping with inter-religious peace. More research, including the use of qualitative methods, are needed to delve further into Singaporeans' thinking on religion, religiosity, and the interplay between these and their attitudes to issues in the public sphere.
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Berita Harian. 2019. Hidup beragama tidak halang rakyat S'pura hidup secara harmoni. 29 March
Berita Harian. 2019. Kumpulan agama utama di sini dipandang positif. 29 March
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Business Insider. 2019 Nearly 1 in 2 young Singaporeans are open to religious extremists posting views on social media – here's why that's 'worrying'. 29 March
Channel NewsAsia. 2019. Singapore Tonight: IPS Working Paper No. 33 – Religion in Singapore: The Private and Public Spheres. 29 March
Channel NewsAsia. 2019. Walter Theseira on secularism to protect public space in the interests of all. 1 April
Channel NewsAsia. 2019. Rahayu Mahzam on education, legislation to combat offensive and hate speech. 1 April
Channel NewsAsia. 2019. Ministerial statement: K Shanmugam on restricting hate speech in Singapore. 1 April
联合早报. 2019. 学者: 国人不应为宗教极端分子提供平台发表激进思想. 3月29日
联合早报. 2019. 本地调查报告:以年轻人居多 四分一国人认为宗教极端分子有上网发表激进言论自由. 3月29日
Mothership.sg. 2019. Nearly 70 percent of IPS survey respondents disapprove of same-sex relations. 29 March
Mothership.sg. 2019. S'poreans angry survey finds 15.6% S'poreans find Muslims threatening. 29 March
Mothership.sg. 2019. Survey shows 46.8% of S'poreans having doubts about the existence of a god. 29 March
News 5. 2019. Findings in IPS Working Paper No. 33 – Religion in Singapore: The Private and Public Spheres. 28 March
The Independent Singapore. 2019. New study shows younger Singaporeans more open to letting religious extremists air their views online. 29 March
The New Paper. 2019. Singaporeans do not want religion influencing politics: Report. 29 March
The Online Citizens. 2019. Singapore to rely on "intelligence sharing" with Australia in preparation for "expected reprisals" after Christchurch massacre: Ng Eng Hen. 29 March
The Straits Times. 2019. 15% of respondents find Muslims threatening. 29 March
The Straits Times. 2019. Eight in 10 say it's not acceptable for faith leaders to sway voters. 29 March
The Straits Times. 2019. Singaporeans frown on religion influencing politics. 29 March
The Straits Times. 2019. The four types of Singaporeans. 29 March
The Straits Times. 2019. Survey results point to success of Govt's racial integration policy. 2 April
The Straits Times. 2019. International conference on social cohesion and interfaith harmony to take place in June in Singapore. 30 March
The Straits Times. 2019. New Zealand attacks show Singapore cannot take harmony for granted: Grace Fu. 30 March
The Straits Times. 2019. No ban on things just because some find them offensive: Shanmugam. 3 April
The Straits Times. 2019. Going beyond religious tolerance. 4 May
Channel NewsAsia. 2019. Almost a quarter of Singaporeans would allow religious extremists to post views online: IPS Report. 28 March
联合早报. 2019. 调查:逾四分三国人同意法律不应建立在宗教之上. 3月28日
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The Straits Times. 2019. Most S'poreans frown on religious influence on politics, but a sizeable number open to extremists sharing their views: IPS report. 28 March
TODAY. 2019. Nearly 1 in 2 young S'poreans open to extremist views being posted
online, survey shows. 28 March
TODAY. 2019. Survey's definition of 'extremism' should be examined carefully. 3 April
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Inequality vs innovation. This epic clash will determine the world's fate
Four mega-trends will turn the 2020s into the most promising for tech ever, but at an ever greater cost
William Hague 8 February 2021 • 9:30pm
The Covid-19 pandemic increasingly presents a story of extraordinary innovation and mounting inequality. Each day, hundreds of thousands of people in Britain are being injected with vaccines that only a year ago were beyond the reach of science, yet from now on will help open the way to further priceless medical advances. Yet at the same time, each and every day the gap widens between those who are building up their savings in lockdown and those who can't, between those who can easily work from home and many who cannot, and between the children learning steadily and those who are rapidly falling behind.
Innovation and inequality are set to be the defining issues of the 2020s. How each country fosters the one and remedies the other will be the biggest factor in their prosperity, unity and the quality of life they deliver for their citizens. Those nations who manage to do both will be the places where the best and brightest want to live and work. Countries that can master one but not the other will endure deep social and political divisions. And places that can do neither will fall down every international pecking order with considerable speed, struggling not only to keep up but even to keep themselves together.
The emerging importance of these two issues is not a new development, but it is one that the pandemic has accelerated. Covid has not only forced us to change the way we communicate, run businesses and administer health care, but it has also opened our eyes to what is possible. Yet this change is happening on top of three major drivers of innovation that were already expected to make the next decade a period of transformational innovation. We might think we have lived through quite a lot of change in the last 30 years or so, but the chances are that period will soon look rather sleepy.
The first of these three drivers is a new superpower rivalry, between the US and China, that is centred not on territory but on technology. The Second World War brought many breakthrough inventions, from jet engines to nuclear science. The Cold War delivered the many spin-offs of the space race. Now a new and intense rivalry across all fields of technology will be a major spur to innovation. The power that is first to develop quantum computing will acquire a colossal advantage. And from swarm weapons, to lasers, to helmets that improve the performance of the person inside them to missiles that react faster than any human mind, the race is on.
Second comes the energy transition now gathering pace. Britain is committed to be net-zero by 2050, and most of the world's leading economies are promising something similar. Through some mixture of taxes, incentives and compulsion, governments are about to drag their populations through the fastest change in how we heat our homes, power our transport and grow our food ever seen in the whole of human history. Never before have governments required mass innovation by law, encompassing almost all of our daily activities.
And third is the imminent conjunction of many technologies that have been separately advancing in recent years. The convergence of dramatic steps forward in robotics, data analytics, virtual reality, 3D printing, biotechnology, artificial intelligence, material science and nanotechnology has taken us to the edge of countless new inventions. A recent study by the World Economic Forum of the top ten emerging technologies included microneedles for painless injections and tests, sun-powered conversion of carbon dioxide into common materials, spatial computing that brings together the virtual and physical worlds, electric aviation, green hydrogen and the ability to engineer our own genome.
In so many ways, therefore, the 2020s seem likely to be an extraordinarily exciting time to be alive, but such rapid changes will bring with them the rise and fall of nations, corporations and individuals. Those who are well-adapted for such a time will never have had it so good. But what happens to the rest? For the unfortunate truth is not only that technological advance can't address inequality. It often makes it worse.
As long ago as 2007, a study by the IMF concluded that "technological progress alone explains almost all of the increase in inequality since the early 1980s". This was because new technology creates greater demand for those with higher skills, while often automating the jobs of those with fewer skills. The appropriate response, they said, was not to suppress technological change but to "make increased access to education a priority".
Since then, this trend has become all too obvious. Many new technologies – take Uber and ride-hailing apps, for instance – benefit the economy overall but create some highly paid executive posts, a much larger number of lower paid jobs, and less need for the traditional skills of previous workers, such as taxi drivers. On top of these trends, since the global financial crisis has come the vast creation of money by central banks that has inflated the price of assets from homes to stocks, widening inequality of wealth even when incomes have kept pace.
The politics of innovation and inequality is now upon us. Each of these twin issues could easily define parties of Right and Left, with voters forced to choose between a government leading the way on innovation or one that focuses on alleviating inequality. But in any country the party that can find the right approach to both will make the political breakthroughs in this next decade. In Britain, can Conservatives find the pro-innovation answers to inequality? Can Labour leaders get their heads round the vital role of business and flexibility in innovation?
The UK has the chance to position itself to ride the coming wave of innovation, with recent achievements in life sciences blazing an inspiring trail. New initiatives, from upgrading laboratories to aiming at global leadership in genomics, are greatly to the credit of the Government. We can be a winner in some of the great challenges of the next decade. But to be successful as a nation will require more than that. To have a cohesive society, and to find a new unifying national identity as the natural home of science, ideas and new knowledge, we will have to show a way out of inequality. That has to mean a revolution in education. And that is a subject for another day.


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North Carolina pursues faster interconnection for utility-scale solar
Under Duke Energy's current review process, interconnection queues grew to 14 GW in North and South Carolina last year. A new process should speed interconnection reviews, and enable projects located near each other to share the costs of transmission upgrades.
July 6, 2020 William Driscoll
Image: Recurrent Energy
To help clear a backlogged interconnection queue, as ordered by North Carolina regulators, Duke Energy has proposed a plan for "cluster" processing of utility-scale solar interconnection applications. Under Duke Energy's current one-at-a-time process, the queue would take "decades" to process, a Duke witness estimated last year.
North Carolina's solar developers and clean energy businesses "are generally supportive" of Duke's queue reform plan, they said in comments filed with regulators, and recommended improvements aimed at ensuring fairness and limiting the burdens on interconnection customers.
Duke Energy's utilities in North and South Carolina had 14 GW of solar and wind projects in their interconnection queues last year, when a Duke witness testified that "because the interconnection queue and study complexities continue to increase, the current serial study process is not sustainable." The North Carolina Utilities Commission quoted the witness as witness Freeman, in the Commission's June 2019 order to Duke Energy to engage with stakeholders to discuss queue reform.
It would "likely require decades to serially study and potentially connect" the projects in the queue, the witness added.
"An increasing number of regional transmission organizations (RTOs) and utilities" in other areas of the country use "a cluster study process," the NCUC quoted the witness as saying; the witness added that Duke believed it needed to switch to a cluster study process.
A cluster study process—a form of batch processing—could also fix another key problem. North Carolina regulators said that witness Freeman "explained that when larger network upgrades are triggered by an interconnection request, the serial study process results in large upgrade costs being assigned to one project even though it is extremely unlikely that a single project could absorb such significant cost."
The current approach of serial processing "will result in paralysis in certain areas," the regulators wrote, "as project after project will be forced to withdraw from the queue." In cluster processing, those costs could be assigned to a set of projects that would all benefit from the upgrade.
Duke Energy Carolinas said in a 2019 stakeholder presentation that "2019 interconnections [were] lower than expected in 2018 IRP." Interconnection delays in North Carolina will slow the state's pace of solar installation, the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy has projected, as shown in the graph at right (showing utility-scale solar in blue).
Some improvements in Duke's queue reform plan recommended by solar developers were to conduct more than one cluster study process per year, reduce the time limits for various stages of each study, reduce deposit amounts, and eliminate a provision that would favor Duke-owned projects that Duke has selected in a resource plan.
Developers also recommended that Duke promptly complete interconnection reviews for third-party owned renewable generating facilities, to meet the timeframe set by state law. Given the expected step-down in the federal investment tax credit, and the state law's cap on power purchase agreement (PPA) prices at the avoided cost rate, a delay "could wholly obstruct the achievement of the renewable procurement target established in House Bill 589," they said.
The solar developers also flagged "huge bills for cost overruns relating to construction of interconnection facilities and network upgrades," which have been documented in "numerous complaints against Duke." The developers said they had provided Duke a "reasonable cost control and cost bounding proposal … that Duke is in the process of considering," and noted that Duke has "demonstrated a willingness to work constructively" with stakeholders, adding that they looked forward to further collaboration.
PJM's approach
The PJM grid region, which extends into a portion of North Carolina, last year published a planned timeline for batch processing of interconnection applications, showing construction beginning two years from the middle of each six-month queue window:
Solar developers made their comments on Duke's proposed queue reform plan in a joint filing by the North Carolina Clean Energy Business Alliance, and the 375-member North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association. The filing also details the two groups' involvement in Duke's stakeholder process.
Duke Energy operates in North Carolina through two subsidiaries: Duke Energy Carolinas and Duke Energy Progress.
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How White Nationalism Took Shape
The chilling film Oklahoma City is unfortunately more relevant than ever.
White nationalism—perhaps currently better known by the movement's chosen euphemism, the "alt-right"—got a lot of ink during our most recent election cycle. Of course, the movement didn't start with the events of 2016; white supremacy has existed in this country as long as the United States itself, though that ideology didn't really codify into the faction we know now until much later.
The birth of white nationalism, and the role it played in the nation's most infamous act of domestic terrorism, are the subject of the latest American Experience film, Oklahoma City—a chilling examination of the events that led to the titular bombing, which killed 168 people (including 19 children) in 1995. Get a glimpse of the film in the exclusive clip above, which begins to connect the dots between the 1992 standoff at Ruby Ridge with Timothy McVeigh, the eventual bomber. It's a chilling examination of not-so-distant history—and a sobering reminder that radical rhetoric can have real consequences.
Oklahoma City hits theaters in New York and Los Angeles this Friday, February 3, as well as select theaters nationally. It also airs February 7 on PBS.
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Anne Boleyn
By Howard Brenton; Directed by Colin McColl
Auckland Theatre Company
Q Theatre, Auckland | June 13-July 13
In my first year of university, I came across the published version of Anne Boleyn when I was scanning through their library of plays. I picked it up because of my fascination with the woman and fell in love with it immediately; I even copied some of the exchanges down into a document I have around somewhere. Howard Brenton uses these famous historical figures in such an intelligent and bracing way, such as to discuss religion, the nature of faith, and how people use it to justify their own desires. He also finds a way to be structurally inventive and engaging with a subject matter that could have been stale, and this excited me as a student. Even now, the script has me buzzing. So with this production Auckland Theatre Company had high expectations to meet.
And they've been met. Colin McColl's Anne Boleyn is an undeniable success: it's spectacular, it's fun, and it brings out the intelligence of Brenton's work in similarly inventive ways. The play follows James I as he discovers Anne's bible, and also follows Anne in her quest to bring Protestantism to England, a quest that conveniently lines up with her desire to marry Henry VIII. The play effortlessly switches between the two, giving us an image of both times during periods of religious difficulty, and how the people of court—people in power, more importantly—deal with them.
This craft on display is the first thing you notice about this production. The set design, courtesy of Rachel Walker, is a brilliant clash of romantic Catholicism (the Eden-esque tree at the back of the stage) and bare-bones Protestantism (the metal beams that loom over the stage and actors). Phillip Dexter's lighting is also very expressive and there are some absolutely breathtaking moments thanks to the lighting, especially the scenes in the forest and the final scene.
But for me at least, the craft MVP is Elizabeth Whiting. This woman can do no wrong when it comes to costumes, be it period or contemporary. She combines the two delightfully here, mixing Elizabethan fashions with a more contemporary rock and roll style. It pervades the entire show, from James's rockstar get-up to the women's punkier dresses. However, her key success here is with Anne's costumes. The gorgeous dress, worn by her and tossed around by James early on, is a thing of beauty; a stunning mix of red and black with lots of gorgeous, shiny fabric and sequins, and there is a jacket that she wears during the costume scenes that I absolutely covet and would wear every day. The more subtle touches are also genius, like Anne's handbag and Villers's shirt having 'James 4 King' emblazoned across the front. Whiting's designs mesh perfectly with Brenton's writing—intelligent, inventive, but with a wicked sense of humour.
Despite the impressive craft, the play really rests on the cast, namely the two leads, Anne Boleyn and James I. And it's very fortunate that the two leads, Anna Julienne and Stephen Lovatt, are flat-out amazing. Lovatt's James I is a capricious character, but an intelligent one. He plays his courtiers as they try and settle on a religion like they're instruments, which suits his rockstar costume. Lovatt's comic timing is brilliant, and his Scottish accent delightfully overplayed, but he also makes the King's obsession with Anne Boleyn genuinely felt, and it's due to his performance that the two plots are more tightly wound together. It helps that Lovatt is also a charismatic performer; you want to watch him and you want to watch more of him.
On the other side, Anna Julienne is absolutely masterful in the role of Anne Boleyn. It's a huge ask of an actor, to step into a role that has been played by so many others in so many other forms and stories, but Julienne's take on the role here is brilliant and well-considered without reinventing the wheel. Her Anne ticks all the boxes that we've come to expect from an actress performing this role; she's seductive, she can switch between girlish and womanly on a dime, but Julienne lends her Anne a fervour and drive that I've not seen in an Anne before, and not just for the king, but for her faith. It's Julienne's performance that really drives this theme home and even more crucially, complicates it for the audience: does Anne want this Reformation for her marriage or is her faith truly pure and unburdened by human wants and desires? We never settle on an answer, but from her coquettish opening monologue to her more sombre, if still charismatic finale, Julienne is utterly captivating and notches another impressive performance in a long list of them—and yet a definitive take on this much-travelled role.
The rest of the fourteen-strong cast don't have as many opportunities to shine as the two leads, but there's not a weak link among them. Clair Dougan's Lady Rochford has moments of true gravitas, especially in the second half, and Paul Minifie makes for a larger-than-life Wolsey, one who seems worthy of both his position and the hatred thrown at him. George Henare and Ken Blackburn serve some much-needed comic relief as James I's advisors, and nail their jokes very nicely. Prast's Cromwell is a definite highlight: his cruelty and menace sums up a history of politicians manipulating religion for their own ends, and his scenes with Julienne are where the play is lifted into another arena entirely.
On the whole, McColl's vision of this brilliant play works perfectly. There's only a few moments scattered throughout where it falters: the dancing seems like too much of a throwback for the visuals which are striving for modernism and some of the choices seem peculiarly dated, like Villiers's being almost distractingly foppish. On the whole, though, it's a production that is more than worthy of the great script that Brenton provides.
This play would be worth seeing for the costumes and the two leads alone. But even that aside, it's an enjoyable, intelligent production of a play that dares to use our past mistakes and follies to bring up a theme that's still relevant today: the use of religion and faith as a tool for our own wants. This, beyond anything else, is why you need to see this play. This is necessary theatre.
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text: Q: No Dupes in Array For a class, I have to create a java program that builds an array of 10 random ints (1-100) that are not the same numbers.  You need code to ensure there are no duplicates in the list. I can build the array full of randoms, I just need help with the no duplicates part.

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Q: Create a randomly ordered playlist from a table of songs and return the name of the current, next, and previous song? Consider the following table:
Song
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SongID GUID Primary Key
Name Varchar
dateAdded DateTime

I am creating a website that plays songs from the Song table.  I want to generate a randomly ordered playlist for each visitor of the site that persists across requests without using any server-side storage (no session-style or database storage.) The player has Play, Next Song, and Previous Song buttons. What is the most efficient way to persist this data across requests? What is the most efficient query for this information? I have a solution (in mySql) that works, but I am looking to see if something more efficient works. Also, I don't want to bias the answers into using my solution. Please include a query in your answer.

A: Update: Here's the requirements that I followed, spelled out:

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*No matter how many songs there are in the table or the current location in a playlist, the information the client is required to store (e.g. in a cookie) must have a constant size.

*Using 'next' 100 times followed by 'prev' 100 times should result in some sequence of 100 songs (possibly including duplicates) followed by that exact sequence reversed, regardless of any insertions that may have been made inbetween any 'next' or 'prev' action.  ("Previous song always means the previous song.")

*A song that would have been in a playlist "when it was generated/initialized" and has since been deleted will be skipped.

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*Would not be hard to change my answer below to return a not-found indicator instead.

I think you need one more piece of information: a secondary song key of an integer position, in addition to your GUID (or you could replace it with this).  Then, combined with a PRNG, you can do the most simple and quick lookup possible.  Pseudocode:
def next_song(initial_seed, current_prng_index, high_song_index):
  """Returns the next song and the parameters to be later passed
  to next/prev_song."""
  while True:
    current_prng_index += 1
    current_seed = PRNG_advance(initial_seed, current_prng_index)
    song_index = song_index_from_seed(current_seed, high_song_index)
    song_id = (SELECT SongID FROM Songs WHERE SongIndex=song_index)
    if song_id: # test, somehow, for non-deleted songs
      return song_id, (initial_seed, current_prng_index, high_song_index)
      # include values that must be passed on the next call
# prev is the same, except uses -= 1

def song_index_from_seed(seed, highest):
  return seed % (highest + 1)
  # simple, but better possibilities might exist for your data

def new_playlist():
  """Returns the parameters to be passed to next/prev_song."""
  high_song_index = (SELECT MAX(SongIndex) FROM Songs)
  return get_a_random_number(), 0, high_song_index

This will get progressively slower on each next song and doesn't allow wrapping by going backwards (without some creativity).  If you find a suitable reversible PRNG (though uncommon among good PRNGs, AFAIK):
def next_song(current_seed, high_song_index):
  while True:
    current_seed = PRNG_next(current_seed)
    song_index = song_index_from_seed(current_seed, high_song_index)
    song_id = (SELECT SongID FROM Songs WHERE SongIndex=song_index)
    if song_id: # test, somehow, for non-deleted songs
      return song_id, (current_seed, high_song_index)
      # include values that must be passed on the next call
# prev is the same, except uses PRNG_prev

This handles deletions by skipping those songs (or if you never delete that's not even an issue), but otherwise doesn't change the order no matter how many are deleted.  Insertions are handled by the song_index_from_seed function, by constraining the index so new songs are never 'seen'.  This is also an infinite loop if all the available songs have been deleted, but I think this code handles all other corner cases.
(Refactoring the next/prev versions to be simple wrappers around a common function isn't hard, but left out here to increase clarity.)
I've effectively replaced your dateAdded with my position index, but this is an improvement, since you don't need to keep deleted rows as dummies (but still cannot reuse their index) as you would if the position index was computed by ordering on dateAdded.
Using a PRNG like this seems naive, but works; and you'll have to be careful that the chosen PRNG and song_index_from_seed combination behaves as you expect: it's possible that some initial seeds appear to generate "non-random" playlists.  (Not because they're not random, but because listeners expect a mix of songs instead of just 4, 4, 9, 9, ...)

A: Here is an idea that will make a pseudo-random ordering if the SQL.  I don't have a database to test this on right now, so the actual SQL may need to be tweaked.  I am also assuming that your ID column is integer.
Choose two multi-digit primes at random, P1 and P2 where P2 is greater than P1.
Select * from song order by (mod ( (ID * P2) , P1)), ID
The idea is to multiply the ID by one prime and then do a mod operation using P1.  This should shuffle the songs fairly well and each prime pair will shuffle them differently.
To recreate the exact ordering you would only need to do is have P1 and P2 which should just be a few characters. No problem sending that back and forth during a request.  You may need to experiment with your range of primes a bit, but I would guess using all the 4,5,6 digit primes should give you a pretty good number of ranomizations.

A: You can use a Pseudo random sequence. Store a gseed and the playlist position in a cookie. The pseudo random seed will guarantee you re-create the same playlist sequence on each request, without actually storing the playlist on the server