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Released From The Law (Romans 7:1-6)
If you're a will please remain standing and let's hear God's word. Now from Romans Chapter Seven. Romans seven, the for just the first few verses, verses one through six. Roman seven one through six. Or do you not know, brothers, for I am speaking to those who know the law, that the law is binding on a person only as long as he lives. For a married woman is bound by law to her husband while she lives, but if her husband dies, she's released from the law of marriage. Accordingly, she will be called an adultress if she lives with another man while her husband is alive, but if her husband dies, she's free from that law, and if she marries another man, she is not an adultress. Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God, for while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death. But now we are released from the law, having died to that which held US captive, so that we may serve in the new way of the spirit and not in the old way of the written code. My God bless his word to us. Please be seated. When Paul begins this section of his letter, he brings up a concept that you may or may not have given much thought to, and that's ignorance. It's something that came up in First Peter. To First Peter as well. Ignorance. Remember what we just read there in First Peter, Verse Fourteen, one hundred and fourteen. He says, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance. Do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance. He says, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile, knowing that you are ransomed from the feudal ways you inherited from your Fath forefathers. And he goes on to describe other things that we are to know. Now some things, whether you know them are not, don't really matter a lot. It's okay to be ignorant about some things. We can't know everything. It's impossible. There may be a small way in which certain things matter for a certain period of time or do a certain group of people, but not everything is always in the equally important to everyone. It's okay to let some things go, but there are other things in life that are very dangerous to let go, very dangerous to not know. We live here in the desert, if we let our little children sort of run free and don't warn them about the dangers of snakes and thorns and these kinds of things, it's a bad thing not to know that, and if you don't know it, you'll find it out quickly. You might think of other kinds of things, similar things, maybe weather related things. This is why early warning detection systems are so needed and so helpful for tsunamis and earthquakes, tornadoes. When you don't know that a tornado is about to hit your house, it's a dangerous thing. If you know it, however, it's a really great thing. You can prepare for it, you can get ready, or you could think of positive examples where ignorance could...
...be a good bad thing. I rather I'm imagine quitting your job moments before your boss is about to give you the promotion that you've been waiting for. If only I'd known. Or imagine receiving a gift card from a from a friend for Christmas or something, and you think it's just five bucks or something like that, it doesn't really matter, not knowing that there's five hundred dollars there for you to spend. Ignorance can be costly, it can hurt or you can miss out on important things. Well, if that's true of these earthly things of weather and money and landscape, how much more true of eternal things, of knowing God? Listen, for example, to Paul's words and second Thessalonians, Chapter One, verses seven through eight. He speaks and he says and to grant relief, yes, I'm right here, and to grant relief to those of you who are afflicted as well as to us. And then he talks about some ignorance. He says, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from Heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. These people, Paul says, who do not know God, when the Lord Jesus comes again, they will suffer punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and the glory of his M Paul says, an effesions for a team that the gentiles are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance, the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart. So, to make the point again or to summarize, there are some things that it's okay to be ignorant about. So Ky to look up how much air pressure goes in your tires every time you need to fill them up. But it's not that big of a deal. But when it comes to knowing God, when it comes to knowing the things of the Lord Jesus Christ, if we do not know them, if you remain ignorant about them, if you don't know them and walk in them, then when the Lord Jesus comes, eternal destruction is promised, flaming fire and as mighty angels. These are things you must know. So when Paul says, going back to Roman seven, when he begins this passage and says, or do you not know, brothers, that the law is binding on a person only as long as he lives, and then reminds them of who they are as people who are not under the law but under a state of grace, there is something very very important for you to know, for you to not be ignorant about. In this passage, God announces that our salvation, or a salvation that is possible for you and Jesus Christ, is something that we can't be ignorant of. But the good news is that he teaches it to us here, so that if you are ignorant of these things, if you don't know what it means to be freed from the law and under grace, to no longer be bound to the law but to belong to Jesus Christ, then be glad you're here. Be Glad that the spirit speaks here. Be Glad because here he teaches us that we might learn. He shines a light into the darkness so that we may know. So let's consider what he has to say. Paul here talks about a state...
...of being that everyone belongs to that does not know Jesus Christ as their savior, everyone who's not been regenerated or reborn by the spirit through faith, everyone who is still in a state of sin and misery. This is who Paul talks about. Any describes a being under the law. If you are not a Christian, this describes you. If you are a Christian, this describes your former state. He talks about it throughout here, but especially in verses four through six. He describes this state of sin, state of being under the law. You notice it particularly in verse five. He says, while we were living in the flesh, are sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our members to bear fruit for death. So let's take that apart. The first thing he says is that we were those who let it. We're living in the flesh. What does this mean, to live in the flesh? The Bible uses the word flesh in both positive and negative ways, or maybe even neutral ways. For example, Jesus was born and took on flesh. There's nothing negative about that. It means that he became incarnate, he took on the form of a man, as Paul says in Philippians. There's nothing evil about that, nothing nothing sinful about that. But here Paul doesn't use it in that sense. He's not talking about flesh as in physical bodies, but he uses flesh and in a moral sense, and will in many ways throughout the rest of this letter. This is the first instance of it here, I believe. So he talks about it in terms of living in a way that in you are completely given over to evil. He gives his own definition here. He says someone who is ruled by their sinful passions, passions inside, lusts and desires, not just any lusts and desires, but evil ones, sinful ones, bad ones. This is what describes a person who's in a state of sin and misery. This describes a person who isn't a Christian. They live in the flesh, they are given over to sin and to evil. They're ruled by their passions. This happens, he says, because their sinful passions are aroused by the law. Now, the law is a good thing, he says. The Laws of course given to God or given by God to us for obedience. The law is a good thing, and he's going to talk about this more in the next passage. But he says, but sin, because of sinfulness, is aroused by the law. He gives us his own example in the next passages, in the next passage. So take a look at verse seven. He says, for I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had said you shall not cove it. But sin seizing an opportunity through the commandment produced in me all kinds of covetousness. Again, going back to the parents and children example. I'm sorry if I use these too often. There's just so familiar to me, but it was parents. Sometimes you worry about telling your kids not to do something, lest you suggest this thing that you know they're about to do. Now, I don't want you to take these cookies that are right here on this shelf. Okay, don't pay attention to them.
And we what we worry about saying those kinds of things, because immediately, kids, what do you do? you think cookies. Ah, I wasn't thinking about cookies before I had it, I didn't have it in my mind. But now, all of a sudden, even though mom said, even though Dad said, I don't want cookies, I find myself wanting cookies and maybe I could. And we start thinking about those things. And that's exactly what Paul says, the Apostle Paul, this great holy man whom the spirit has been poured out on. What does he say? He says the law says, do not cove it, and immediately I starts coveting all kinds of covetousness. He says, not just one little kind but if this and it's not because of the law, as though the law were bad, he says, but this happens because the law relates to my sinfulness. When I come up against the law, I don't say what a great law I think. I'll do it because of the sinfulness inside of us, because of our perversion, because of our bentness towards sin, we start going the wrong way. Sinfulness is awakened, aroused by the law in our sinful passions start working. So God giving his laws a good thing. And again, will consider this more in depth next time. But the fact that we're bound to the law in combination that we have a sinful nature means that we are in a bad, bad situation. He says. We're bound to the law, not just in the sense of being obedient and requiring obedience, but he means we're under this particular covenant in which God promises good things for our obedience and promises curse for our disobedience. And as people who are naturally disobedient because of the fall and atom, we are servants of death. That's what he says. He says again, going back to verse five, for while we were living in the flesh, are sinful passions aroused by the law, we're at work in our members to bear fruit for death. Death he personifies here is kind of this master which we are now serving. We do things in our sinful nature, aroused by the law, that are fitting for death, in service to death. And perhaps you've read a story about this. This sometimes these characters appear, these kind of arch villains, totally evil, totally corrupt, terrible things, but then right next to them, their right hand man or woman, whatever the case is, is this sort of equally evil servant who does everything they can to serve that master. The Servant is bound to give them everything they can do and they're planning and plotting and helping in all kinds of ways. But the personification of death here, it's this kind of thing. We are servants of death. We're bringing fort fruit in service of this kind of thing, fruit that leads to death, fruit that makes sense in death. And all this is explained because of our Um station, our status of being under the law, as long as we're under this covenant in which God Demands Obedience, and we have already fallen in it in Adam. And yet and we continue to produce evil and Sin Death is the result, and...
...it is fittingly described as being in slavery and in Bondage. And so this is the state that Paul describes when he starts Chapter Seven and says, do you not know, brothers, for I'm speaking to those who know the law, that the law is binding on a person, but he says, only as long as he lives. So he gives this example. Now and he says there is this way out of this situation, this being under the law that every person is born into. There's a way out of it death, and he gives an example. Let's look at it in verse versus two and three. He gives this example of marriage. He says, for a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies, she was released from the law of marriage. He gives sort of the perhaps somewhat obvious explanation of this in verse three. Accordingly, she'll be called an adulterss if she lives with another man while her husband is alive, but if her husband dies, she set free from the law, and if she marries another man she is not an adultress. So uses this example of marriage to describe our relationship with the law as a whole. He says that a person who's married, if their spouse dies, they're no longer obligated to that spouse. They're free to marry another and they won't be uncalled an adulteress. They're free to to marry and that and that is a fine thing. So what could possibly free us from this bondage? Well, there's only one possibility. Death has to happen. But that creates something of a problem. How are we going to die and yet be free? In other words, in order for us to be out from under the law, the penalty for disobedience to the law needs to be paid. The wrath of God, the curse of God, needs to come against the disobedience. In addition to that, the righteous requirements of the law must be filled. So again, in order to come out from under the law, the penalty for disobedience must be paid and the requirement for obedience must be fulfilled. This, and only that were this releases us from the debt of which we owe. But how is this possible? Because if we die the death that we deserve, well, then we're dead. If you are in hell and suffering eternal destruction, well, I suppose you are released from the law, but all your feeling now is the consequences of it. There's no getting out from that, there's no paying it off. The Bible does not speak of a kind of purgatory, an invented doctrine by men, only eternal destruction. As First Peter says, our death is the eternal end of us. And of course, if that's true, it leaves us no hope of giving exactly what's required. Not only can we not, not only will the penalty be always on us, not freeing US but eternally holding us in that, but we have no hope of actually paying the debt or fulfilling fulfilling the law. So how can we be set free from under the law? Well, the answer Paul gives, the answer which you must not be ignorant of, is that God does it...
...for us. God saves us by His grace. He does this without us deserving it, he does it without US paying the debt off, he does it without US fulfilling the law. By His grace he pays the debts that DIS old, he pays the penalty for disobedience and he fulfills the righteous requirement of the law. You see it in verse four, he says, my brothers, you also have died to the law. What you have died to the law? You are no longer under the law because you have died. How? He says, through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another. That goes he picks up on his marriage analogy. There he says, you have died to the law so that you may belong to Christ. And we died to the law through Christ. My brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit, not for death but for God. God has saved us. God does this by sending his son. The father sends his son into the world. The son promises, and indeed offers obedience to the father as our mediator. He promises to fulfill that law on our behalf, and he does that perfectly. And he goes to the Cross and promises to pay the penalty for our death, and he does that perfectly. And not only does the father send the son, and not only does the son fulfill the obedience that require is required and pay the penalty that is owed, but he defeats death and then the spirit of God unites us to the son in this victorious death, so that he did, when he dies, we die. That's how he can say. It is because the spirit of God, through faith, has united us with Christ, so that when Jesus died on the cross, you died on the cross in him. The curse that was owed was paid. Now, you and I could never pay for this on our own, but Jesus, as the divine son of God, could good and did proof question Mark The resurrection. He rose from the dead, he says, Paul says here through we died to the law, through the body of Christ, so that we may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead. And this thing that God did in the world on the cross was not a simply a one time a kind of event. He is the eternal God who continues this Trinitarian Work of salvation even to today. This work continues in the life of the sun, as he continues to mediate on our behalf and serve the father. It continues as the spirit is united to us and brings forth this fruit. Notice what he says in for six now that we have been released from the law, having died to that which held US captive. We serve in the new way of the...
...spirit. You see, it wasn't just a one time event two thousand plus years ago. It's now, it's today. The spirit working in US, living in US, dwelling in us, to bring forth something new, resurrection, New the world to come, a kind of new so we take all this together, and what do we have? We have the apostle paub by, the spirit of God, telling us something which we do not need to be ignorant of any longer, because I've just told it to you, that before we were saved, we were bound in darkness, bound under the law, incapable of fulfilling it and owing eternal owing to God, eternal, I'm deaf, God, owing to us our eternal destruction. But through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, you have been set free. You no longer are under that covenant, you are no longer under that law, but you belong to Jesus Christ, so that you are no longer bearing fruit for death. But when you hear the law now you serve in the new way of the spirit. We must not be ignorant of these things. Christians, you have been released from the law. We are required to understand what this all means, to be in the spirit, to be united to Christ and under grace. If you deny these things, in other words, you deny the work of God, you deny the promise of God, the Word of God, the hope of salvation. Being ignorant of these things is to not know what he has done. It's to not believe his promise, and it leaves you stranded and bound and in danger. It's like being on a desert island and watching that ship just or not watching the ship float by. There it goes, but here God brings the ship and he docks it on the island and he says, come aboard, this salvation is for you. Believe and you will be saved. And as Christians, by definition, these things are things that you do know, you do understand and you do believe. When Paul speaks to these brothers, these Christian brothers and sisters, he speaks to them as people who know these things, and he's reminding of, reminding them of these things, even as I do. I'm to you this morning. And so let us remember and believe and serve accordingly. Let us pray and ask that God would help us in these things,.
God's Conquering King (1 Chronicles 18)
The Holy Spirit-ual Life (Romans 8:12-17)
The Spirit of Life (Romans 8:1-11)
Responding to the Promise of God (1 Chronicles 17:16-27)


This article describes the steps for moving MicroCourier to a hard disk for use with Catalyst and Apple III.
These instructions assume you are moving MicroCourier to a ProFile (with driver name .PROFILE). Substitute the name of your hard disk driver for .PROFILE if you  wish to install MicroCourier on a different hard disk.
1. From the Catalyst main menu, select the System Utilities Program.
2. Enter "F" for FILE HANDLING COMMANDS.
3. Enter "M" for MAKE A NEW SUBDIRECTORY.
4. Enter "CATALYST/COURIER" with a default size of 25 files.
6. Enter "C" for COPY FILES.
7. Copy all files from the PROGRAM disk to the subdirectory "CATALYST/COURIER/="
To do this, type ".D1/" and press the up arrow key. A list of files are displayed in a box. The up and down arrow keys allow you to move an inverse bar over the name of your choice. Pressing the right arrow key marks the file so as to include it in the copy process. Mark all files to be copied in this way. When all files are marked, press RETURN.
8. When all files have been copied, press ESCAPE.
1. Return to the Catalyst main menu.
2. Select the Catalyst Editor.
3. Enter "E" to edit the menu.
4. Use the up and down arrow keys to position the inverse bar over the entry you want the program to precede. Press "A" to ADD a program entry.
5. You will be asked for the display name of this program, enter "MICROCOURIER"
6. Enter "CATALYST/PASCAL" as the interpreter path name.
7. You will be asked if you want "EXTRA DRIVERS". Enter ".RS232".
8. Press RETURN for standard character set.
9. Press RETURN for the normal screen.
10. Press RETURN for the default keyboard.
11. Press RETURN for initial prefix.
12. Press RETURN for the "Max Files Allowed open ..." question.  This will allow the program to be exited only by the QUIT option in Microcourier. This procedure is suggested due to the fact that files and /or data may be lost if the double Apple escape option is used.
13. Enter "CATALYST/COURIER/SYSTEM.STARTUP" for the program path.
14. You will be asked if this entry is correct. If it is, enter "Y" then press ESCAPE to exit to the main edit menu. If you made any mistakes during entry, enter "N". You may then enter the number of the item you wish to correct. When all items are correct, press ESCAPE. Press ESCAPE again to exit to the main edit menu.
15. Enter "5" to update the INTERPS file. When you are asked if you want to recalculate the load address, enter "N".
16. Exit to the Catalyst main menu by entering "Q".
This article provides information about a non-Apple product. Apple Computer, Inc. is not responsible for its content. Please contact the vendor for additional information.


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May 3, 2016 / 2:56 PM / 3 years ago
Turkish Nobel laureate says Erdogan's insult charges aimed at silencing dissent
Melih Aslan
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey is using the charge of insulting President Tayyip Erdogan to intimidate his opponents and silence dissent and European leaders must take a tougher line with Ankara on free speech, Nobel prize-winning author Orhan Pamuk said on Tuesday.
Turkish writer, columnist and academic Murat Belge (R) and Turkish author Orhan Pamuk leave Kartal Justice Palace after Belge appeared in court on charges of insulting Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul, Turkey May 3, 2016. REUTERS/Osman Orsal
Prosecutors have opened more than 1,800 cases against people for insulting Erdogan since he became president in 2014, including journalists, cartoonists and teenagers. A German satirist is facing prosecution after mocking him on German TV.
Speaking after a court hearing against Murat Belge, a fellow writer and academic who was charged with insulting Erdogan in a newspaper column, Pamuk said Europe needed to pay more attention to Turkey's record on freedom of expression as it strikes deals on visa liberalisation and migration.
"This has nothing to do with insulting the president. This is only about silencing political opposition. This is about intimidating people and scaring the country so nobody would criticise the government," he told Reuters.
Turkey has a long history of using the courts to fight political battles. Pamuk, 64, was himself tried 10 years ago on charges of 'insulting Turkishness' for comments about the mass killings of Armenians and Kurds. The charges were later dropped.
Erdogan has repeatedly said he is open to criticism and dissent but draws the line at insults, and that his lawyers will continue to bring cases against those who insult him. His aides deny suggestions the legal actions aim to silence opponents.
"Erdogan is quite determined to create a new society where there is no principle of the separation of powers," said Belge, 73, outside the Istanbul courthouse. He denies the charges against him and his case was adjourned to Sept. 20.
European Council President Donald Tusk, a former Polish prime minister, and jailed in the 1980s for opposing Poland's communist government, said last month Erdogan needed a thicker skin against criticism.
But Erdogan's opponents in Turkey, as well as rights groups, have criticised Europe for striking a deal with Ankara promising accelerated EU accession negotiations and visa-free travel to Europe in return for help curbing a migrant crisis, while doing too little to challenge its deteriorating rights record.
"I hope the leaders of the EU when they are shaking hands with Turkish leaders ... would also occasionally talk about free speech," said Pamuk, who won the literature Nobel Prize in 2006.
Pamuk, whose work has been translated into about 60 languages and who remains among Turkey's top-selling writers, has long championed free speech and freedom of the press.
Editing by Nick Tattersall and Janet Lawrence

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Y2Y finished its second summer season thanks to the commitment of 10 student staff members who worked hard to serve 79 unique guests. With this eight-week summer season we can officially say we are open 238 days a year!
This summer was particularly exciting as guests and student staff kayaked on the Charles, spent a memorable night out at the Taylor Swift concert (thanks to partner Bridge Over Troubled Waters sharing free tickets), learned to cook with local chefs, and piloted a summer job program.
A Y2Y guest recently shared this opinion with a student staff member and we wanted to share it with you! Thanks to your support Y2Y's youth-to-youth model has fostered a safe and affirming space at Y2Y Harvard Square where young adults are mutually supportive and work together to ensure that the options available to guests are really the options they'd like.
Ben, pictured left second from the left, has been with Y2Y since the very beginning. This summer, Ben served as the Staff Director. While his primary responsibility was to support the professional needs of his fellow Directors, he says that the most rewarding part of his role was realizing that the whole team had developed personal ties too.
This summer Y2Y launched a pilot summer job program with the help of our partner the Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA). Every summer PBHA coordinates the Summer Urban Program (SUP), a vibrant network of 11 summer day camps and an evening ESL program that engages over 1,000 of Greater Boston's youth and teens.
This summer, through a project funded by The Boston Foundation, two guests from the Y2Y community were able to contribute their talents to SUP as members of the Summer Science team. Through Summer Science they delivered weekly activity based experimental science lessons on everything from chemical reactions to making ice cream!
Both of the young adults received a stipend and professional development opportunities as part of the program. Based on the feedback, we are happy to say it was a successful pilot! We look forward to continuing to develop unique employment partnerships like this in the future.
From August 31 through September 13, $1 from every Hash Quiche and Doughnut Stop Believing, will be donated to Y2Y.
We are so excited to partner with The Friendly Toast for a delicious fundraiser.
Head to the 1 Kendall Square location today, order one of these items, and enjoy the satisfaction that comes from eating good, and doing good, all at once!
Y2Y staff were thrilled to pick up another generous donation of more than 880 pounds of new and stylish shirts, shoes, jackets, skirts and more from Converse. A big thank you to the team there, including Liza Lanphier and Maddie Cook, for making this possible!
Y2Y is growing and looking for someone to fill the role of Impact Coordinator! If you know someone with skills in data collection, salesforce, and experience with program and data evaluation, please feel free to share this exciting opportunity.
"Y2Y has so far gotten this reputation of one heck of a safe haven. I feel so safe. We love it here as youth. We feel safe, we feel provided for, and here there are obviously options".
Y2Y would not be able to operate so seamlessly without the help of our entire community. We are extremely grateful for your continued financial support, in-kind donations, hours spent volunteering at the shelter, and invaluable mentorship. Thank you for being part of this community, and for making our work possible!


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Friedrich Kuhlmann is Chief Specialist in landscape architecture from Berlin based at the Estonian University of Life Sciences.
He has worked in several different design offices in Germany, taught and researched at several academic institutions and also founded freelance businesses for planning and consulting. His research interests encircle contemporary landscape theory, urban space design and social sustainability.
Friedrich is a principal researcher on BlueHealth and is primarily involved in the Planning and design area of research. He is contributing to several projects where planning and design for BlueHealth will be tested in an experimental setting.
Friedrich joined the Estonian University of Life Sciences in 2005 and teaches courses about urban planning and design, contemporary landscape theory as well as supervising bachelors and masters students.


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188 F. 2d 452 - Adkins v. Smyth
188 F2d 452 Adkins v. Smyth
ADKINS,
SMYTH.
of Appeals Fourth Circuit.
Argued April 9, 1951.
Decided April 10, 1951.
W. A. Hall, Jr., Richmond, Va., for appellant.
Frederick T. Gray, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Virginia (J. Lindsay Almond, Jr., Atty., Gen. of Virginia, on brief), for appellee.
Before PARKER, Chief Judge and SOPER and DOBIE, Circuit Judges.
This is an appeal from an order denying a writ of habeas corpus. Appellant pleaded guilty to a charge of rape in a Virginia state court and was sentenced to 30 years in the penitentiary. He subsequently applied to the Supreme Court of Appeals of the state to be released on habeas corpus on the ground that the bill of indictment was fatally defective. This was denied and the Supreme Court of the United States denied certiorari. 340 U.S. 838, 71 S.Ct. 24. He then applied to the court below for a writ of habeas corpus, asking release on the same ground that had been urged upon the Supreme Court of Appeals, and from the refusal of the court below to grant the writ he brings this appeal.
The petition is entirely without merit. While the bill of indictment does not evidence good draftsmanship, we think it sufficiently charges the crime of rape to sustain the judgment and sentence against collateral attack. Aaron v. United States, 4 Cir., 188 F.2d 446; Dickerson v. United States, 4 Cir., 175 F.2d 440; Pifer v. United States, 4 Cir., 158 F.2d 867; Lucas v. United States, 4 Cir., 158 F.2d 865. Furthermore, it is for the states courts, not the courts of the United States, to say what is a sufficient charge of crime under state law and what judgment may properly be imposed therefor if the requirements of due process are observed; and there is nothing here to indicate a denial of due process. In view of the action of the Supreme Court of Appeals of the state upon the very question presented to the court below and the denial of certiorari by the Supreme Court of the United States, the case falls squarely within the rule that 'a federal (district) court will not ordinarily reexamine upon writ of habeas corpus the questions thus adjudicated'. Ex Parte Hawk, 321 U.S. 114, 64 S.Ct. 448, 450, 88 L.Ed. 572; Darr v. Burford, 339 U.S. 200, 70 S.Ct. 587, 94 L.Ed. 761; Goodwin v. Smyth, 4 Cir., 181 F.2d 498; Stonebreaker v. Smyth, 4 Cir., 163 F.2d 498, 499. As said by this court in the case last cited:
'We are confronted at the outset with the fact that the case presented by petitioner is precisely the same as that in which relief was denied by the Virginia courts and in which certiorari was denied by the Supreme Court of the United States. The rights of petitioner were fully presented in that case and the Virginia courts had full power to grant the relief asked, had they thought petitioner entitled to it. The facts were fully before the Supreme Court of the United States on certiorari; and proper respect for that court compels the conclusion that if it had thought that the record showed a denial of petitioner's constitutional rights, certiorari would have been granted and petitioner would have been afforded relief. While action of the Virginia courts and the denial of certiorari by the Supreme Court were not binding on the principle of res judicata, they were matters entitled to respectful consideration by the court below; and in the absence of some most unusual situation, they were sufficient reason for that court to deny a further writ of habeas corpus. It would be intolerable that a federal district court should release a prisoner on habeas corpus after the state courts have refused him relief in precisely the same case on a similar writ and the United States Supreme Court has refused to review their action on certiorari. This would be, in effect, to permit a federal district court to review the Supreme Court of the United States as well as the highest court of the state. The rule in such cases was stated in the case of White v. Ragen, 324 U.S. 760, 764, 765, 65 S.Ct. 978, 981, 89 L.Ed. 1348, relied on by the court below, as follows:
"If this Court denies certiorari after a state court decision on the merits, or if it reviews the case on the merits, a federal District Court will not usually re-examine on habeas corpus the questions thus adjudicated. Ex parte Hawk, supra, 321 U.S. (114) 118, (64 S.Ct. 448, 88 L.Ed. 572):'
'The citation of Ex parte Hawk shows what the court had in mind in the use of the words 'will not usually re-examine' in the statement just quoted; for the court had pointed out in that case the sort of cases in which the district court would be justified in granting habeas corpus notwithstanding the denial of certiorari in cases where the state court had refused to grant relief. These were the cases where resort to state court remedies had failed to afford a full and fair adjudication of the federal contentions raised either because the state afforded no remedy or because the remedy afforded proved in practice unavailable or seriously inadequate.'


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Newsmakers: Two Pitt Programs Receive Awards
Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg bestowed his 2014 Affirmative Action Award to two University programs: The Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the Career Education and Enhancement for Health Care Research Diversity Program (CEED). The chancellor commended the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation for its efforts to improve the lives of patients with mobility issues and for its commitment to inclusiveness in its faculty and staff. Above, Amy Houtrow and Michael Boninger accepted for the department. The chancellor cited CEED's efforts in encouraging members of under-represented groups to pursue careers in academia and research by providing fellows, post-doctoral associates, junior faculty, and medical students with mentoring, networking, and other skills. Quinten Brown, left, and Kaleab Abebe accepted for CEED. The chancellor also presented the $2,500 award to both programs during the June 11 University Senate Council meeting. The annual award is normally presented to one University program or individual who has made a significant contribution to the University's affirmative action efforts. But Nordenberg said two programs were chosen this year because he "wholeheartedly agreed" with the selection committee's assessment that both programs were deserving.


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Will Czechia have a coal commission like Germany's?
The Czech government has recently started discussing the establishment of a coal commission similar to Germany's. While the thought is new and details are still unknown, green NGOs cautiously welcome the idea and at the same time warn that the commission must be set up in the right way if it is to have the expected effects.
In March 2019, the Czech Minister for Environment, Richard Brabec, announced that he was aiming to establish a Czech coal commission, after the model of the German one, by the end of October 2019. Although this announcement came in the context of the school climate strikes, it does seem that the minister is taking this idea seriously and even considers it one of his political priorities.
According to Brabec, the main goal of the commission is to conduct a national debate on the transition from fossil fuels towards renewables and nuclear. The minister also said that the commission, as an advisory board, should include experts appointed by relevant stakeholders including industry, labour unions, NGOs and local communities. The role of the experts would be to assess the needs for coal for the next 20-30 years and propose ways to phase out the coal industry.
Some unwanted pressure may come from the newly appointed Minister for Trade and Industry, Karel Havlíček, who is, along with many other important Czech politicians, known to the public as a nuclear supporter. A too strong pro-nuclear stance might harm the future expansion of renewable resources.
According to the latest information, Havlíček does support the idea of the coal commission and he and Brabec have recently met to discuss the structure and work of the commission, though no conclusions have been publicly announced yet.
The scope of the commission is likely to be coal and its phaseout – and not so much planning how to increase the use of other energy sources.
While events are developing very fast around the creation of the new coal commission, Czech NGOs have put forward a set of proposals to ensure the new commission really does have a constructive role to play in Czech society.
Czech green NGOs think setting up the commission and enhancing the debate about the fair phaseout of coal is a step in the right direction.
The NGOs, however, stress that:
1. The commission must have clear and properly defined objectives:
-Coal phase-out: the main goal should be to come up with a concrete course of action and a timeline for coal consumption decrease leading to the phaseout
-Real solutions: the assignment and objectives of the commission should not pre-determine any solutions in advance (for example, to favour the nuclear sector from the start, as there seems to be the risk)
-The existence of the commission can't shield political inaction: politicians can take plenty of steps in the direction of a coal phaseout already now – some of those steps can be taken in parallel to the commission's action, so that the commission is not used as an excuse for inaction.
2. The commission must have balanced membership both in terms of the target groups represented and of the expertise contributed.
3. The commission must be transparent and inform the public of its progress, by publishing materials and updating on the outcomes of negotiations.
4. The commission must have a realistic schedule and work intensively – the commission should be able to meet its obligations in a meaningful period of maximum one year and it should be answerable to the government.


To Increase Your Business With Gen Yers…Be Cool!
Gen Y-ers are everywhere. These not-quite-yet-30-year-old children of Baby Boomers (or, depending on how narrowly you define the segment, of Generation Xers), are recognized as having a "speak your mind" philosophy. And one of the things they are making no bones about expressing is that they want to do business with entities that are cool.
And that, my dear barristers, includes law firms.
But just how cool do you have to be? And isn't being cool a tad too unprofessional for pragmatic lawyers?
Not necessarily. Let's analyze the definition of cool, as seen by this financially savvy group of consumers.
So it means being bigger than yourself. Hanging out a shingle that announces to the world that you care, and that you put your money where your mouth is…that your actions show that you are socially conscious and that you do something about it.
Here are three of Blaskie's recommendations for positioning your firm in a position that's head and shoulders above the rest in the cool factor.
1. You've got to give back. You need to get involved in good causes. With all the thousands of non-profits that are out there, you won't have any trouble picking one that you can donate your time and money to.
Make their cause your cause. Caution: make it a genuine passion. Gen Y-ers have a "realization that life is short," notes a USA today piece on Money and Generation Yers. Thus, they value it more…and expect their business associates to do so, as well.
2. Definitely go social. You must, must, must be "LinkedIn". Getting your firm to develop an online presence that's engaging and active will do wonders for your cool. Not only is it where a huge customer base exists—including Gen Y-ers—but you will be going where this particular demographic hangs out.
Blaskie met her lawyer on Twitter, she tells us. She asked her followers for a referral. Interestingly, the author relies on social media for 100% of her business referrals.
3. Strive to be a horse of a different color. Do something your target audience will remember. One of the suggestions Blaskie makes is to set up an Open House at your firm, where you can invite potential clients and answer any and all questions to win over a new clientele. "Think of how you will be changing your potential client's experience," she notes.
Are you ready to connect with those discerning Gen Yers? If so, you just might end up with their dollars and, more important, with their vote for coolest firm.
Graphics courtesy of the Lawyerist.com.
Is Facebook an open window on your computer screen while you're reading this blog post?
Studies show that among business professionals, 58.5 percent check Facebook regularly, nearly 50 percent check LinkedIn regularly, 23 percent check Twitter, and 22 percent consult blogs (hint: that's you) while at work.
Although younger generations spend almost double the number of hours on social media sites per day than older generations (1.8 hours for Generation Y versus 1 hour for Baby Boomers), social media use among all professionals in general is on the rise.
Administrators seem to think this is point of concern. About 54 percent of companies have blocked social networking websites at the office, reports digital consultant Arik Hanson. And, according to a study by Steve Matthews and Doug Cornelius, 45 percent of law firms have done the same.
More of your lawyers are relying on social networks to do their jobs. How often do you turn to friends and colleagues online for advice? How often do you read blogs to keep up with industry trends? Data suggests 25 percent of employees rely heavily on social networks in the workplace. It's probably higher for your star lawyers and other professionals.
You're going to lose lawyers and other professionals to competitors. Per a study by American Express, 39 percent of younger workers won't even consider working for a company that blocks Facebook. Facebook has become the communication tool of choice for many young professionals. Why would they work for a law that's going to block its use?
Smartphones and tablets. By the end of this year 50 percent of all Americans will own a smartphone. The fastest growing use of mobile? Social networking. Everywhere I travel I see lawyers with two mobile phones, a blackberry and an iPhone or Android. Your lawyers and other professionals are already using social media.
Breaks equal more-productive employees. Recent research suggests employees who are given short breaks to surf the Web or connect with friends on Facebook are more productive than those who don't. No one stopped lawyers from stopping to have a cup of coffee with others, why block social media?
Lawyers receive work because of their relationships and word of mouth reputation. Social media and the Internet doesn't change that. Social media is just an accelerator of relationships and the spread of your word of mouth reputation.
Consensus among the blogosphere is that blocking associates' access to social media sites sends the signal that administrators and firm partners don't trust associates to manage their own workload.
More importantly, managing partners should pay attention to the performance of their attorneys in the form of personal interaction instead of relying on spyware or internet censorship software.
One-on-one training and mentorship is more important a concern than worrying about your associates' facebook friendships. So stop blocking social media websites, and start focusing on the delivery of high-quality products to your client—even if the multitasking methods your young associates use are less than traditional.
Social Media Recruitment On The Rise, But Should Your Firm Follow Suit?
In May, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) closed its investigation into whether or not an "Internet and social media background screening service used by employers in pre-employment background screening" complied with the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).
Taken out of legalese, this statement confirms that employers intent on issuing social media checks on employment candidates must comply with FCRA rules.
Review the notice and authorization currently provided to applicants to ensure that these documents cover social media searches.
If an applicant is selected for elimination from consideration based on the results of such a social media check—in whole or in part—be sure to receive a pre-adverse action notice that will supply the applicant with the same report received by the employer, or the FTC's "A Summary Of Your Rights Under the FCRA." Candidates have the right to dispute any alleged adverse information with the service provider that conducted the social check.
Finally, after rejecting said applicant, release a final adverse action notice to the applicant, which should be written according to the language required by the FCRA.
However, the subtext of this news for employers is equally important as the rule-following.
According to a recent 2011 study conducted by the Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM), as reported by the Workplace Privacy Counsel, 56 percent of employers rely on social media for recruitment purposes. The number of employers relying on social media checks to hire new associates has increased by 22 percent since 2008.
According to the same study, an additional 20 percent of employers who do not currently use social media for recruiting intend to do so at some point in the future.
The sites most used by employers for recruitment purposes are LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter (certainly makes you rethink that last tweet).
In any case, the SHRM survey doesn't cover employers who conduct social media searches exclusively in-house, which are not subject to FCRA rules. The market for social media recruitment (and not simply the professional services who conduct them) is on the rise.
But how valuable is this information, really, for vetting possible candidates?
Philip Gordon, of Workplace Privacy Counsel, explains that the two major issues with social media recruitment are compliance and reliability. With compliance issues already briefly outlined, it's time to question information objectivity and usefulness.
"Court systems, educational institutions, and employers, for example, have an inherent interest in maintaining accurate records for their own legitimate business purposes. By contrast, social media are replete with false, doctored, and biased information about others," writes Gordon.
So what's left to believe these days?
If your firm decides it still wants to use social media for a recruitment tool, ask yourself what answers you're hoping to unearth via the Internet. If they're of a truly personal nature, is this information legal to obtain or consider during an application?
If your goal is professional, are there other, traditional ways to procure more reliable credentials—references, letters of referral, university transcripts, for example—that are less invasive?
Technology is a vital asset to a law firm. But, if the information you seek about potential candidates is more tangential in nature—simply a way of finding a few candidates to that stand out—one-on-one interactions and interviews are often underestimated tools in today's world of digital profiles.
Just something to consider in between updating your blog.
There are a lot of benefits to online recruitment. Attend C4CM's course, "Facebook Recruiting Made Easy: How to Find Talent Today with Social Media" to learn more.
Can Blogs And Social Media Alone Teach New Grads To Be Good Lawyers?
"It's 10:00 p.m. … Do you know where your children are?" was a popular public service announcement in throughout the 1960s and 1970s. In 2011, the same question can be asked of young associates. It's 10:00 p.m. … Do you know what your lawyers are up to?
Well, they're blogging… and on facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter. In today's new online world, the same predator targeting your children is now after your impressionable first-years. But when it comes to recent law school grads looking for guidance and mentorship, how harmful or beneficial is social media?
In a troubled economy, young lawyers are forced to resort to predominantly digital methods to find jobs, to obtain post-bar card training, and, in the total absence of employment, to market their services as an independent professional. Websites boasting legal advice, information databases, or other legal training are booming. Blogs posting various legal news and developments (like this one) are also popular. Access to information, however, also means access to misinformation. Social media connects people—and attorneys are no exception.
"I'm not sure we should blame a recent grad who cannot get a job in a law firm from reaching out to connect with more senior lawyers." Instead of directing this public service announcement toward inattentive parents, the message is for distracted managing partners, reminding them that mentoring the younger generation means more than a few in-house CLE sessions or a tour of the law library.
Good firms implement training and mentorship programs so that first-year associates don't have to resort to Google for answers.
Good associates seek out advice from their peers and respect the experience of more senior attorneys. When no formal mentorship program is in place, young lawyers should not hesitate to visit the courthouse or ask questions of court clerks, call the lead counsel on the case or even the representatives at LexisNexis and Thomson-West.
At the same time, the study of law and the structure of law firms are two constantly evolving cogs in this venerable industry. Social media should not be seen as a negative addition to the more traditional aspects of law. Instead, social media can encourage young associates to connect with more experienced ones.
Blogs also keep attorneys apprised to important news and developments, which, thanks to instantaneous Internet communication, stay transparent. LinkedIn is still a premier networking tool for professionals. It provides an affordable means to market firm services, advertise job vacancies, and skim through the resumes of potential employees.
In addition, allowing associates to spend a few minutes a day browsing facebook feeds has been shown to alleviate stress and promote productivity (not to mention, giving you ample "likes" on your firm's page). Finally, myriad court cases today involve e-discovery and investigation into social media. Having lawyers who are familiar with such sites is to your firm (and client's) advantage.
Free-access information and information broadcasting over the Internet is a permanent addition to the practice of law. Rather than eschew social media, try embracing it with an official firm blog or twitter, state-of-the-art technology and computers, as well as an internal online chat forum. Whether digital or at a desk, mentorship and associate training, in any form, is key to law firm success.
Read other reactions to O'Keefe's post at The Lawyerist.
Not Hiring Lawyers – But Social Media Expert Sought!
A successful law firm ignores LinkedIn at its own peril. Similarly, sticking to a "cookie cutter" approach in the practice of law stymies its effectiveness. Legal Blogwatch and Law Department Management recently touched on both these signs of changing times in what was referred to in LDM as the "Decade of Data". As law firms open up their options and seek to stay current in the age of far-reaching information, they seek avenues never before utilized. For instance, LB tells us that BigLaw powerhouse Latham & Watkins (founded in 1934, and now with 2,000 attorneys in its 13 different countries around the globe) has put out feelers for a "Social Media Specialist" to, in addition to its promotional endeavors, lead internal training on the finer points of interfacing on social media. The new Social Media expert would also integrate with the firm's public relations and marketing efforts.
And cookie cutter solutions to legal problems are also passé, says LDM's veteran management consultant Reese Morrison. Thinking a little outside the box will help the practice of law arrive at a more efficient standard. Right now, there are many different software systems being used. Morrison urges that opportunities be taken to "process map", so that one widely-used system may come out of all this variance.
Morrison goes on to state that change is needed so that law firms concentrate less on "the process" and more on process improvement. Most important, standardization in a multiple system approach to law management will put everyone on the same page.
He welcomes the fact that so many different systems are being used and urges variance while everyone seeks the best way to do things. "Non-lawyers may envisage a cookie factory where business terms go in and, by some recipe and cutter, contracts come out." In reality, "the more we standardize…the more efficient we will be." For more information, go to http://lawdepartmentmanagement.typepad.com/.


IUF Berlin, who also organized two previous rallies in Germany (rally 2; rally 1 pictures, rally 1 video), assisted us once again with an "undercover" campaign for Kareem.
A grand ball was held at the Interconti Berlin, under the patronage of the Egyptian Ambassador to Germany, Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy. Members of the IUF managed to get into the lobby of the event location and handed out several hundred buttons to the ball guests who entered the hotel. The buttons were pinned to dresses and jackets and read in Arabic: "We are all with Kareem Amer". In the ballroom, the Egyptian Ambassador along with embassy staff and Egyptian businessmen were able to read this friendly reminder that Kareem is not forgotten by his friends and supporters.
A petition was handed to a guest who entered the ballroom, which could only be accessed by invited guests, with the request to deliver the petition to the Ambassador.
Here are the pictures, a video will also be added later.
A video will be available later!
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I am overwhelmed with joy, even though this announcement has been much anticipated.
I read and re-read the text on the red letterhead of the Central Government office, pinching myself, trying to believe this is really happening.
Images of elephants, hundreds of them gunned down by poachers just to supply the ivory market, flashed in front of my eyes.
Hong Kong SAR of China Customs seized two large ivory shipments of similar weight (3.9 and 3.8 tons) in 2006 and 2012 respectively. But the second seizure contained twice as many elephant tusks than the first one. I cried when the harsh realization dawned on me that poachers are killing baby elephants for their tiny tusks!
I unfortunately had a front row seat to witness the entire disaster unveiling after CITES approved the second ivory "one-off" ivory sale to Japan and China which made the trickle of demand become a flood.
The legal ivory market provides cover for criminals to launder illegal ivory from poached elephants. Illegal ivory can be easily whitewashed in the legal market creating enforcement difficulties. The legal ivory market also sends a confusing message to consumers that it is ok to buy ivory. In China I witnessed as the appreciation of the ivory carving craftsmanship shifted to ivory as a material.
To stop the slaughter of elephants, we have to break every link on the trade chain—from poaching to trafficking to demand.
In China, our public outreach campaign "Mom, I have teeth" touched hundreds of millions of people in four years and reduced the propensity of the group most likely to purchase ivory from 54% to 26%. But while outreach campaigns can change consumer behavior they cannot stop criminals from making a profit from illegal smuggling and trade of ivory.
We realized early on that having a clear policy making ivory trade illegal in all circumstances is as important as changing consumer behavior to reject ivory.
In addition to reducing consumer demand, we also have to reduce market supply.
IFAW working with e-commerce giants like Alibaba and Taobao to put a series of wildlife parts and products including ivory and rhino horn into "prohibited from trade" list.
Acting on IFAW's tipoff, the government shut down the auction market for tiger bone, rhino horn and elephant ivory in 2012, resulting in a 90% reduction of ivory sales in mainland China's auction market.
Key Opinion Leaders from all sectors of the Chinese society joining IFAW's campaign "Give peace to elephants, say no to ivory", speaking with one voice to urge consumers to reject ivory, carvers to stop using ivory and the government to ban ivory trade.
Two months after the US government destroyed 6 tons of ivory in Denver, Chinese government destroying 6.1 tons of ivory in Guangdong.
Stopping ivory trade to save elephants became a topic for the first time in the Sino US Strategic Dialogue, resulting in the joint pledge by President Obama and President Xi to close domestic ivory markets in both countries.
Today's announcement demonstrates the Chinese government's determination to save elephants. As I mentioned in my blog witnessing the US destruction of ivory in Denver November 2013, the survival of elephants depends on our collective stand against ALL IVORY TRADE.
I feel incredibly proud for the country of my birth, China, for taking the global leadership role in saving elephants.


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Poll shift won't save Jubril, Buhari's Impostor from defeat
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Jubril, Buhari's Impostor
A member of People's Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Council (PDPPCO) Prince Tim Ogwuru has declared the postponement of the presidential and National Assembly polls would not save Jubril Al-Sudani being paraded as President Muhammadu Buhari from defeat.
He explained that majority of Nigerians have rejected Jubril, Buhari's Impostor and his party and would be ready to vote them out on February 23 and March 9.
The Nation reports:
He urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure credible elections.
In an interview with our correspondent, Ogwuru stated the Buhari administration has nothing more to offer Nigerians after it has brought Nigeria to ground zero in four years.
He said it will be suicidal for Nigerians to reelect Buhari.
The PDP chieftain stated: "Buhari's days in office are numbered and if I am to advise him, he should quietly do the decent thing and not continue with the process of him getting a second term.
"In any case, if he ready to be humiliated out of office through the ballot box, the choice remains his and his alone.
"The postponement of the election won't save him and his party, APC, from electoral demise. Nigerians are yearning for genuine and credible Barton change.
"Buhari has brought pains, frustration and suffering of a monumental proportion Nigerians.
"The avalanche of electoral rejection from Nigerians electorate is now unstoppable. Buhari has nothing to show for the period he has been in power."
He added: "Nothing to show for the period he has been in power except selective anti-graft war and appointments to from one section of the country.
"I speak for most and majority of Nigerians when I say he has nothing more to offer and, in any case he cannot offer what he doesn't have."
He insisted presidential candidate of the PDP Atiku Abubakar has the capacity to turn Nigeria around through purposeful leadership that would place the country on the fast lane of development.
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CONLANG August 2015, Week 2
Re: Simpler than Hodor
Logan Kearsley <[log in to unmask]>
Tue, 11 Aug 2015 23:13:51 -0600
On 8 August 2015 at 02:18, Patrik Austin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Now, that gets everything onto one line, at least, which you might
> count as one rule. Many other people, however, would still count it as
> 3, which have just been condensed into one line for convenience by a
> notational shorthand. (This harks back to prior discussions on how you
> count the number of rules in a language.)
> Oh… you mean *clouds* ;) I'm fine with three rules although I agree one command line could actually mean it's simpler than three rules that have to be divided between two or three command lines.
> By the way that old discussion was hilarious… When I learned my languages aren't good enough to be Engelangs, I thought: hey, let's call them CloudDuckLangs!
>> Even in prose, you can write those down in a bunch of different ways,
> and combine sentences to make them look like one two rules, or even
> one, but no matter how you slice it, all three possibilities have to
> be in there.
> So clouds can be counted after all! Now I just need to tell my languages to stop quacking, or at least to do it more quietly ;) Or just accept my inevitable failure - in which case there are some nice logos available: http://tinyurl.com/pbmcu85
So far we've only established that *production rules* can be counted.
But that's not all there is to grammar! And the minimal possible set
of production rules may not be the *best* set of production rules to
describe how the language actually works.
To produce a useable language, you need to know not only what order
words can be allowed to appear in, and what parse trees those
correspond to, but what *meaning* is associated with the syntactic
structures produced by each production rule. That's part of what
Daniel Demski has been exploring, and you'll note that he tried out
several different possible formulations of the production rules for
FL2 in order to try out different formulations of the semantic
interpretation rules that need to be associated with them.
Theoretically, we could count those rules as well, but, just as we
have to agree on a common method of notating and counting production
rules, we'd first have to agree on a common formal method of notating
and counting interpretation rules, as well.
If I've been following correctly, the syntax of FL1 is supposed to be
given by S -> aS | <empty>; in other words "sentences are strings of
words, one after another". Surprisingly, that actually does tell you
More Than Nothing- it means that words can't occur interdigitated with
each other (which is *not* the case in, e.g., iljena!)
But if that's the best we can do for a minimal universal grammar, it's
not very interesting. It's quite in line with what somebody else
recently said in another of these threads on language universals- true
mathematical universals are likely to be trivial and uninteresting.
If it turns out both that FL1 really is usable, and that the syntax
really is that free, and it possible to give a sensible interpretation
to every possible string of linearly ordered words in FL1, then I
suspect we will find a great deal more complexity in the
interpretation rules.
One possible interpretation rule is provided by David Gil's IMA
(Isolating-Monocategorial-Associational) framework- the association
operator, which just says "the meaning some phrase followed by another
word 'a' is something that is associated with both the meaning of the
previous phrase and the meaning of the word 'a'." It is proposed that
that is the ultimate basic semantic rule of all human languages-
sticking words together makes new meanings that have "something" to do
with the meanings of the parts- and everything else is just ways of
narrowing down exactly what the "something" is. But all by itself,
it's not really enough for a useful human language. The IMA model
comes from an analysis of Riau Indonesian, but even Riau Indonesian
isn't actually quite that simple- it does have extra bits of grammar,
in the form of a closed class of function words, to narrow down the
ambiguity.
-l.


Be on the lookout tonight for a Blue Moon.
Traditionally a Blue Moon is when four full moons occur in a season, or so says The Farmer's Almanac. The term Blue Moon is also used to define two full moons occurring in one month, as we have tonight.
My son picks up his room once in a blue moon.
My husband uses the vacuum once in a blue moon.
... Elenka irons my clothes once in a blue moon. In reality though... NEVER!
I get to sit down once in a blue moon. Off to the store to get the final items to stock the concession stand for the Varsity game. Maybe I can sit down tomorrow.
The rain comes to Missouri (once in a Blue Moon). Lucky for us, Hurricane Isaac is sending us some of that rare rain today! I LOVE your posts!
Wow. Never too late to learn something new! I saw the moon last night but never knew it was the Blue Moon! I know I didn't need my security lights on outside!
I say that a lot actually. Will it really be blue? I have never seen a blue moon I will be outside gaping at the sky for sure!
Samson says he went out to look for it when he heard about it on TV earlier in the month and found the moon looking like it always does and then he had a scary experience on top of it. I should show him this picture, which is just beautiful. And the moon is blue.
Until last year did not know anything about it. Overcast skies over here. Please have you all a good new month.
Once in a blue moon I can lounge, read cooking magazines and play all by myself in the kitchen.
You learn something new everyday. Love your shot and the new banner.
Vaccum? What's that... does John Deere make one?
So does this mean all those things I do "once in a blue moon" have to now be done THIS WEEKEND?? Ughhh.
very cool shot...i like that!! the age-ing wood roof and the crescent daytime moon!! wow!!
Several years ago, Dan and I went to dinner and a movie and then stopped at the lake to see the gorgeous moon over the water. He introduced me to the blue moon and commented that on those days people do those things they only do once in a blue moon.
Then he asked me to marry him.


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Touch screens have forever changed the way we interact with devices. Our next generation of youth already expects many screens (TV screens included) to have touch screen interfaces.
I've watched my children walk through the electronics section with both awe and surprise. My youngest would walk up to a TV, and – to my shock – press on the screen almost knocking it over (not to mention the nasty finger print he left behind as evidence). In his mind, the TV is an oversized touch screen monitor. Whereas my oldest (who is hinting that she needs a "portable" computing device) would intently stare at the tablets and notebook computers and tell me which ones she did not like because the reflections are distracting. I thought to myself, "The reflections are "the" distractions? Really???
From an early age, we can see that the consumer experience is already being shaped by the products we introduce to our youth (tablets, laptops, kiosks, appliances, etc).
As you work with your touch screen display manufacturer to design your touch-enabled product, a couple of acronyms might have crossed your desk: AR, AG, and AF/AS. What do these acronyms mean and how will they work into your designs and the consumer experience? Let's explore the differences.
This type of treatment involves applying a film or coating of a specific thickness to the surface of a cover lens. The film reduces the reflections on the surface by cancelling out a specific wavelength of light as it is reflected back to the consumer. When a specific wavelength of light passes through the AR material, some of it is reflected back to the consumer at the surface of the AR film (R1) and some of it is reflected at the surface of the cover lens (R2). The thickness of the AR film causes the reflected wavelengths (R1, R2) to be reflected exactly out of phase with each other (see diagram 1.1) so that they cancel each other out. Thus the consumer will not see their own reflection, instead they will see a brighter and more vivid display.
This type of treatment involves creating a rough surface on the cover lens via an etching process. As light reflects off of the rough surface, it is scattered at different angles (see diagram 1.2) which reduces the clarity of the reflected image. Thus, the consumer will not see the bright glare of any reflected light source.
This type of treatment reduces the ability of the cover lens retaining oils from your finger. AF/AS treatment is typically applied by vacuum deposition or by a liquid chemistry process, which creates an oleophobic top coating. Since this layer is a chemical modification of the glass surface, it is very durable compared to aftermarket AF/AS spray-on films and it is very thin with little or no impact on the optical quality of the display.
It has to be noted that AF/AS treatments do not perfectly prevent fingerprints. They only cause finger oils to bead on the surface, which makes them less noticeable and also much easier to clean off the screen.
Another benefit of the AF/AS coating is the "feel" or user perception of the treated surface. Because the surface is smooth, the finger will glide more easily compared to a non-treated surface. A non-treated cover lens surface can cause the user's finger to stick, skip, feel like it's being dragged, or even make drawing a singular line on the screen difficult so that it becomes a dotted line.
Not all treatments can be combined, so it is highly recommended you contact your touch screen display supplier's local sales representative to discuss your needs. They can help you determine which treatment is best for your application.


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It's always a thrill when the first copy of your new book arrives. This is the fourth time I've had this experience and it never gets old. I found a package from Random House waiting for me at home last night and had an idea of what might be inside. I ripped it open and held the first copy of No Relation in my hands. It felt nice. Then, of course, I whipped out my iPhone and took a photo. Then I inscribed it to my wife, Nancy, a tradition I've maintained with each of my novels.
No Relation hits bookstores on May 20th, and the buzz seems to be building. I had a look at BookManager last night, a site that ranks current and anticipated books in Canada. I was heartened to see that No Relation is actually ranked number two among future Canadian fiction releases. How wonderful to be in the company of these other fine Canadian writers.
Here's Chapter 7 of No Relation, my new novel to be published by McClelland & Stewart on May 20, 2014. In this episode, Hem meets again with his therapist, and then gives Mario Andretti a rain-soaked driving lesson. Finally, as his writer's block seems to worsen, he's touched when his friends in the NameFame support group propose a rather intriguing solution.
Here's Chapter 6 of No Relation, my new novel to be published by McClelland & Stewart on May 20, 2014. In this episode, Hem pays another visit to his therapist before convening the second meeting of the NameFame support group at the Y. Finally, he leads his merry band of famous-named friends onto the softball field in Central Park for their first game.


A gateway to the vast Glacier National Park and home to numerous exciting recreational and urban activities, Kalispell is a city in northwest Montana situated among breathtaking natural wonders such as the Flathead National Forest, the Kootenai National Forest, and Kaniksu National Forest among others.
Estimated to be 22,052 inhabitants strong, Kalispell dates its roots back to the late 19th century, when it was incorporated as a city in 1892 in the state of Montana. Today, the city is a true safe haven for travelers looking to escape the hectic nature of modern-day life as well as those looking to spend quality time in a vibrant city with plenty of cultural experiences to offer.
Owing to its lush natural surroundings, the city attracts thousands of tourists on an annual basis and serves as a great place to stay for those exploring the neighboring forests and national parks, with the gorgeous Flathead Lake and its Wild Horse Island just a short car ride away. What's best, Transfercar's free rental cars and R.V.s are available to help you experience all the top things to do and see in Kalispell.
The city has grown a lot from its humble roots and now covers a surface area more than 11.73 sq. miles (30.38 km2) in the Kalispell Micropolitan Statistical Area and the Flathead County in Montana. The city has a particular and dynamic climate, ranging from long, cold, and moderately snowy winters to hot and dry summers, and short springs and autumns in between, the city is a perfect place to visit any time of the year.
The city is easy to navigate on foot, by car or public transportation due to its grid layout entailing parallel streets that head north-south and west-east.
Kalispell is a diverse, multicultural environment, a home to many entertainment centers, bars and hotels, art institutions, parks and sightseeing opportunities.
The Magic Diamond casino is a true delight for all those looking to try out their luck with the role of the dice, with shopping, dining, and other entertainment opportunities waiting at the casino's complex. After a bit of fun and games, you can head out to the museums and landmarks, such as the Conrad Mansion Museum, the Hockaday Museum of Art, and the Museum at Central School.
However, urban entertainment is but a single piece of the Kalispell puzzle, as numerous wonderful parks and picnic areas await you around the city. First, head out to the Parks and Recreation Department for some family day fun, after which you can go to the Woodland Park where the Woodland Ice Center and Water Park eagerly await.
Otherwise, there are plenty of bars and dining experiences for you to choose from. From craft beer pubs imbued with 19th century décor to various restaurants for family and leisure, all the way to night clubs for those looking to re-immerse themselves in the modern lifestyle after a long day of trekking, climbing, cycling and trotting.
Kalispell is not a city to be taken lightly, it is large, it has plenty to offer, and the surrounding natural wonders require the use of a free transfer car in order to navigate the vast area in and around Kalispell with ease.


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Q: CSS creating nested div box for parent div causes overlapping I want to create a bar to go along the top of a box on a website that I am working on.
This is the desired outcome

Here's my code, I keep getting this overlap

.page {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  position: relative;
}

.section {
  border: 2px solid #FBA7FF;
  width: 85%;
  height: 30%;
  margin: 1vw;
  padding: 1vw;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
}

.section h1 {
  position: relative;
}

.section_header {
  border: 4px solid #FBA7FF;
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  width: 100%;
  bottom: 95%;
}

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So far I've got the parent div with position: relative and the child element with position: absolute then setting top and left to 0 width to 100% and bottom to 95% to attempt the desired effect yet it creates an overlap.
I can see that 0 is within the div and doesn't take into account the border which is perhaps why this is happening.

A:

 * {
    box-sizing: border-box;
    margin: 0;
}
        .page {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  position: relative;
}
.section {
    width: 100%;
    display: inline-block;
    text-align: center;
}
.section_header {
    width: 100%;
    background: #FBA7FF;
    display: block;
    height: 70px;
    margin-bottom: 20px;
}

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A: Remove the position:absolute and use flex-direction:column;

* {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}

.page {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  flex-direction: column;
  min-height: 100vh;
  background: lightgrey;
  position: relative;
}

.section {
  border: 2px solid #FBA7FF;
  width: 85%;
  margin: 1vh auto;
  height: 30%;
  background: lightgreen;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  flex: 1;
  align-items: center;
}

.section_header {
  height: 50px;
  width: 100%;
  background: orange;
}

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Protesters in Hong Kong bash government building on anniversary of return to China
ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP/Getty Images(HONG KONG) -- A demonstration in Hong Kong turned combative on Monday when a group of pro-autonomy protesters, surrounded by thousands of others, began ramming and bashing the Legislative Council building, marring an otherwise peaceful pro-democracy march. The incident coincided with the 22nd anniversary of Hong Kong's return to China from the British. The protesters who attacked the building and the remaining thousands who kept marching both oppose an atte..
Prince Harry and Meghan's baby to be christened in private ceremony
Dominic Lipinski - WPA Pool/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan's newborn baby, Archie, is getting christened at St. George's Chapel in Windsor, England, next Saturday. The christening will be a private ceremony for 2-month-old Archie, who was born on May 6. The chapel is the same place where Harry and Meghan were wed in May 2018, and the same place where Harry was christened as an infant. "It's a much smaller venue, so we're expecting a more intimate gat..
President Trump becomes 1st president to step inside North Korea ahead of brief meeting with Kim Jong Un
Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images(SEOUL, South Korea) -- Donald Trump became the first U.S. president to step into North Korea Sunday, reaching across the demarcation line to shake hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and then, at Kim's invitation, stepping across the border and into North Korea -- in a historic moment Trump called "a great honor." Kim, through a translator, called Trump's decision to meet with him a "courageous and determined act." "I just want to thank you, it was v..
Trump wraps G-20 summit, says he may cross into North Korean territory
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Plan by Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez to declare climate emergency
by: ELANA SCHOR, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are teaming up on a measure that would designate climate change as an emergency, and they have won early support from one of Sanders' fellow Democratic presidential candidates.
The legislation introduced Tuesday night in the House is designed to highlight Democrats' focus on global warming and push back on President Donald Trump, who has declared a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who is competing with Sanders for the support of liberal voters in the presidential primary, plans to sign onto the resolution when it's introduced in the Senate, according to a spokeswoman.
Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal, a framework for a "10-year national mobilization" to dramatically slash U.S. carbon emissions, already has earned the backing of most leading Democratic presidential candidates. Her partnership with Sanders on the climate emergency declaration offers a new rallying cry for White House hopefuls trying to mobilize voters on the party's left flank who want a stronger focus on global warming from the Democratic nominee.
The 29-year-old congresswoman, a rising star within the party, has partnered with Warren and Sanders on several efforts this year.
Sanders said he "absolutely" expects to release a full-scale plan for how he would tackle climate change if elected president.
"No plan will be implemented unless we have the courage to take on the greed and dishonesty of the fossil fuel industry," Sanders told reporters, describing that aspect of the fight against climate change as "a question of political will."
Ocasio-Cortez is joined as a chief sponsor of the House resolution by Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore.
The Democrats' climate emergency resolution comes after legislators in the United Kingdom and Canada, as well as multiple cities around the world, advanced similar proposals intended to focus public attention on rising global temperatures.
by MEG KINNARD, Associated Press / Jul 16, 2019
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Mark Sanford, the former South Carolina governor and congressman, floated the possibility on Tuesday that he would mount an uphill challenge to President Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination.
His motivations were immediately greeted with skepticism from some political observers in South Carolina, who have watched Sanford plot a political comeback before and questioned whether he was merely seeking publicity.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is hitting four top Myanmar generals, including the country's commander in chief and his deputy, with sanctions over the mass killings of Rohingya Muslims.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement Tuesday that the four are responsible for "gross human rights violations" involving extrajudicial killings in an ethnic cleansing campaign against the Rohingya in Myanmar's northern Rakhine state.
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MANNING, Iowa (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Tuesday sought to build on his appeal to rural voters with the release of a broad plan to revitalize rural America through investments in agriculture, rural economies and infrastructure.
"We have to ensure we bring along everyone," the former vice president said in Manning, an Iowa town of about 1,500 residents. "Doesn't matter if you live in skyscraper in Manhattan or here in Manning, your child is entitled" to every benefit America has to offer.