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Q: Add Shipping Method To Opencart 2.0.2.0 I have this code that works with Opencart 1.5, it adds the Shipping Method to the order list, I have changed it to flag on Express Shipping, however I don't really know what I am missing to make it work for Opencart 2.0.
<modification>
    <id>Shipmethod</id>
    <version>1.0.</version>
    <vqmver>2.1.x</vqmver>
    <author></author>
    <file name="admin/model/sale/order.php">
        <operation>
            <search position="replace" regex="true"><![CDATA[~SELECT o.order_id,~]]></search>
            <add><![CDATA[SELECT o.order_id, o.shipping_method,]]></add>
        </operation>
    </file>
    <file name="admin/controller/sale/order.php">
        <operation>
            <search position="before"><![CDATA['action'        => $action]]></search>
            <add><![CDATA['shipping_method'  => $result['shipping_method'],]]></add>
        </operation>
    </file>
    <file name="admin/view/template/sale/order_list.tpl">
        <operation>
            <search position="before"><![CDATA[<?php if ($sort == 'o.date_added') { ?>]]></search>
            <add><![CDATA[
              Express Shipping
            ]]></add>
        </operation>
        <operation>
            <search position="before"><![CDATA[<input type="text" name="filter_date_added"]]></search>
            <add><![CDATA[	]]></add>
        </operation>

        <operation>
            <search position="before"><![CDATA[<?php echo $order['date_added']; ?>	]]></search>
            <add><![CDATA[<?php if ($order['shipping_method'] === "3. UK Express Delivery") {echo "YES";};?>
]]></add>
        </operation>
    </file>
</modification>

Any help to make it work with Opencart 2.0 would be great :)

A: FYI, Opencart v2.0.0.0 is slightly different from version 1.5.6.4 or below.
So you have to modified your vqmod xml file. You can check with following code
<modification>
<id>Shipmethod</id>
<version>1.0.</version>
<vqmver>2.1.x</vqmver>
<author></author>
<file name="admin/model/sale/order.php">
    <operation>
        <search position="replace" regex="true"><![CDATA[~SELECT o.order_id,~]]></search>
        <add><![CDATA[SELECT o.order_id, o.shipping_method,]]></add>
    </operation>
</file>
<file name="admin/controller/sale/order.php">
    <operation>
        <search position="before"><![CDATA['status'        => $result['status'],]]></search>
        <add><![CDATA['shipping_method'  => $result['shipping_method'],]]></add>
    </operation>
</file>
<file name="admin/view/template/sale/order_list.tpl">
    <operation>
        <search position="before" offset="0"><![CDATA[<?php if ($sort == 'status') { ?>]]></search>
        <add><![CDATA[
          Express Shipping
        ]]></add>
    </operation>

    <operation>
        <search position="before"><![CDATA[<?php echo $order['status']; ?>	]]></search>
        <add><![CDATA[<?php if ($order['shipping_method'] === "Flat Shipping Rate") {echo "YES";};?>
]]></add>
    </operation>
</file>


Wedding sparklers are a hot commodity for weddings and photos. Sparklers are great for guest engagement, decoration, send-offs, celebration tools and props. Wedding sparklers can also be used in photos as a tool to draw words, hearts, shapes and more. But how do you capture that moment?
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Step Three: "Adjust your settings" Make sure your camera is set to a long shutter speed, your white balance is set for shade and a low ISO. (Your f-stop should be 5.6 and ISO should be around 100) Your shutter speed (very important) should be set to 8-25 seconds. These settings will assist the capture of the sparkler in motion! It takes between 15-25 seconds to capture the sparklers trail.
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Q: eacces - permission denied filezilla window 7 I am receiving the EACCES Permission denied Could not connect to server. while in my   ubuntu system i am able to connect
Status: Connection attempt failed with "EACCES - Permission denied".
Error:  Could not connect to server
Status: Waiting to retry...

Debug Log
2015-03-14 14:42:22 3764 1 Status: Resolving address of www.weshiksha.com
2015-03-14 14:42:22 3764 1 Status: Connecting to 54.68.173.216:21...
2015-03-14 14:42:22 3764 1 Status: Connection attempt failed with "EACCES - Permission denied".
2015-03-14 14:42:22 3764 1 Trace: CRealControlSocket::OnClose(13)
2015-03-14 14:42:22 3764 1 Trace: CControlSocket::DoClose(64)
2015-03-14 14:42:22 3764 1 Trace: CFtpControlSocket::ResetOperation(66)
2015-03-14 14:42:22 3764 1 Trace: CControlSocket::ResetOperation(66)
2015-03-14 14:42:22 3764 1 Error: Could not connect to server
2015-03-14 14:42:22 3764 1 Trace: CFileZillaEnginePrivate::ResetOperation(66)

A: Connection attempt failed with "EACCES - Permission denied".
Something is blocking the ftp connection.
A normal connection would look like:
2015-03-14 14:42:22 3764 1 Status: Resolving address of www.weshiksha.com
2015-03-14 14:42:22 3764 1 Status: Connecting to 54.68.173.216:21...
2015-03-14 14:42:22 3764 1 Status: Connection established, waiting for welcome message...

Please check your firewall/router/proxy/antivirus settings to make sure nothing is blocking ftp traffic.

A: Here's a little checklist I go through to debug: More often than not its a simple thing, try temporarily disabling your firewall or security for a test. then put it back. just so you can figure out what area or narrow down the possibilities here. Internet security's probably a good first start.
Do you have access to your port configuration on your gateway or network? Depends on carrier but usually accessible from 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1 some 127.0.0.1, type that into your browser and tell me if you found your gateway.
I've had this issue, it's also been an array of different issues that have caused this for me,

*

*If connecting to host or server closely check instructions on Username/Password/Settings — Typing in incorrect credentials and settings have been my number one reason, and the format in which I do that with add-on domains in particular

*Security/firewalls

*Router or port configs

I believe last time I fixed it with allowing the FTP port specified in one case then opening an ftp port that was closed in my router configuration. It wasn't my firewall that time, but in the past I've seen that too.
Perhaps white list your IP that you are attempting to connect to --

*

*which it should say after you attempt to connect in the activity log, it should read it back as 'Connecting to... xxx.xxx.xx.xxx:21 usually for FTP' but many carriers are moving away from the standard FTP port.
it's IP address instead of domain - check the log, and make sure that
on the other side of that connection (perhaps a hosting site) that
you dont have security settings that are accidentally blocking your
client machine ip with a "block all but" or "whitelist only these
specific ips" in your configuration, if they are then add your IP to
the appropriate whitelist or change your settings to what you believe
is most suitable for your security needs.
Also, if you have a way to configure such things on your host, I would recommend whitelisting your client PC IP (if possible) depends on your host and/or what you're connecting to and if you almost always connect from that machine or vm.

*Make sure you have the correct settings for connecting, I've misconstrued my settings before and gotten this response, I wasn't appropriately connecting to my subdomain/add-on domain properly. some hosts require ftp://addondomainexample.com@mainaccountdomain.com, port number (usually 21, no always, in fact, GoDaddy I dont think even requires a port number but it'll automatically add the standard port config number so check your hosts' ftp settings, your ftp user credentials (even add or change them if needed so you KNOW you have them correct, and then check the format for add-on domains if thats what you're trying to do otherwise ftp://yourdomainname.com in Host then those Creds in Username and Password and you should be set, or with subdomain it'll often prompt for password when set to normal if you use Site Manager to add sites
I'll update shortly once I fix mine to let you know what it is that fixed mine. Do you need any special connection like SFTP or FTPS/SSH — also depending on provider you may not be able to connect to it via SSH like A2 Hosting even though it allows for Node.js and other capabilities that run together with ded. access.
If you can give me a bit more info I could probably tell you exact solutions, but for now, I know that these are something you should absolutely check first, especially the way you're trying to login, I've messed that up more thinking I'm doing it correctly then messing it up just slightly. Some hosts are more picky than others.

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Tech specs Where to buy
Wireless fire detector with temperature sensor that monitors security in the room twenty four hours a day and immediately notifies of smoke and sharp jumps in temperature.
Authentication to prevent forgery
Jamming detection and communication channels encryption
Tampering alarm
Registers smoke and sharp jumps in temperature in the room
Can operate independently from Ajax Hub, notifying of danger by means of a built-in siren
Independently tests the smoke chamber and gives prompt notification of the need to dust
The device detects smoke by means of a camera with photoelectric sensor. If no smoke is emitted, the additional detector registers temperature increase in the room.
It can operate independently from the hub, emitting a fire alarm by means of a built-in siren. Several detectors indicate an alarm simultaneously.
Installation and set up
Ready to operate straight out the box: the battery is already installed, therefore there is no need to disassemble the detector. With one click, it can be connected to the hub in the mobile application. It can be mounted on the SmartBracket in just a few minutes.
Radio channel smoke detector with temperature sensor and built-in siren
Type of detector
Operates with all Ajax hubs, range extenders, ocBridge Plus, uartBridge
Sensing element
Photoelectric and temperature sensors
Activation threshold
+59°С ±2°С
Type of notification
Sound/light
Volume of built-in siren
Alarm signal delivery time
False alarm filter
Interconnected alarms
Battery: Two CR2 batteries, 3 V
Backup battery: CR2032
Jeweller radio technology
Communication range with central unit — up to 1,300 m in an open space
Two-way communication between devices
Radio frequency bands:
866.0 – 866.5 MHz
915.85 – 926.5 MHz
(depends on the region of sale)
Self-adjusting RF output power — up to 20 mW
Block encryption based on AES algorithm
Detector polling period — 12−300 s
Learn more about Jeweller
Additional temperature sensor
From 0°С to +65°С
Permissible humidity
Anti-sabotage
Protection against fraud
Jamming detection
Remote setting and testing
Replacement and repair within 24 months of the date of sale. Batteries are not covered under warranty.
FireProtect detector
SmartBracket mounting panel
2 x CR2 batteries (pre-installed)
1 x backup battery CR2032 (pre-installed)
Installation set
Choose the most suitable Ajax set in 2 minutes
Tell us what you need to protect and we will put together a set of detectors and devices for your premises.
Wireless motion and glass break detector with pet immunity
What is a wireless fire sensor
Wireless smoke detector is an element of the fire safety system that detects the signs of a fire and sends danger signals to a burglar alarm or to other security system users. The installation of a fire alarm sensor makes it possible to prevent the spread of fire in time.
Types of fire sensors
Depending on the principle of operation and purpose, the following types of fire sensors are distinguished:
fire detectors;
thermal detectors;
smoke detectors.
For the initial stage of fire detection, there is a sensor that detects fire. The wireless fire detector responds initially until the heat level rises. Such a fire sensor can be installed in open areas and areas with high heat transfer. Fire sensors of this type detect ignition by fire or light radiation from decay.
Thermal fire sensors
Sensors that detect a fire by temperature are called thermal fire sensors — they are used in cases where there is no smoke from a fire. Types of thermal sensors of the fire alarm system:
Differential — a reaction to the rate of the temperature rise.
Thresholds — the definition of the increase in heat exceeding the previously established temperature threshold.
Fire smoke sensor
Devices that respond to smoke are called smoke detectors. With their help, you can stop the fire in the initial stages as the smoke from the beginning of the fire is immediately fixed. The smoke sensor responds to smoke even in small quantities, after which an alarm is triggered. Such a smoke sensor can also serve as protection against carbon monoxide poisoning. There are corresponding smoke sensors for smoke with different chemical compositions:
Optoelectronic reacts to smoke, which varies depending on the products of combustion, which affects the environment's optical reactions.
Ionization — high sensitivity and energy saving. The change in ion current affected by the smoke is recorded.
Ajax FireProtect wireless fire detection sensor
A wireless fire detector will provide round-the-clock fire safety monitoring in the room. The Ajax FireProtect instantly reports smoke and sudden temperature jumps.
How the Ajax FireProtect works
The Ajax FireProtect fire sensor detects fires using an infrared emitter and photodetector in a protected room. These elements are embedded in the smoke chamber. When smoke particles enter the section, the photodetector detects the distortion of the infrared beam. If the amount of smoke increases, the distortion of the beam becomes strong, and the fire sensor sends fire alarms to the smart control panel Ajax Hub, after which the siren sounds. The Ajax FireProtect wireless fire sensor can detect smoke in living spaces, shops, educational centres, offices, etc.
Features of the Ajax FireProtect wireless fire sensor
The wireless sensor detects smoke and rising temperatures in a room without the smoke. The device can work autonomously using Ajax ocBridge Plus and Ajax uartBridge receivers and a smart Hub control panel, which is maintained at a distance of up to 2000 meters, providing direct visibility. The detector consumes less energy, adapting power to the distance to the Hub smart control panel, and is also subject to remote testing of communication quality and detection area. Two pre-installed CR2 batteries power the fire sensor for up to 3 years. The operability of the fire extinguisher is checked every 5 minutes. The case of the fire alarm system sensor is protected from opening and dismantling by a tamper — the miniature button on a device board. It is squeezed when opening the case, removing the mount or trying to tear the fire sensor from the surface, after which, the hub sends all users of the security system push notification and SMS (if this type of notification is enabled) and transmits the event to the security control panel.
Installation and control of the Ajax FireProtect fire sensor
Ready to work out of the box: the battery is already installed, so the sensor does not need to be disassembled. The fire sensor is connected to the hub via a mobile application in one click. There is also a fire detector control. The wireless fire sensor mounts in no time on the SmartBracket.
The smoke detector is controlled using the Ajax mobile application.
Wireless fire detector testing
Before installing FireProtect, you need to check the smoke sensor. To do this, turn on the device and press the touch button in the centre of the logo for a few seconds — a wireless fire sensor tests the smoke chamber by electronically simulating the presence of the smoke and then turns on the siren for 6 seconds. In the application, the user will receive a notification about the test results and the status of the fire sensor.
FAQ about wireless fire sensors
How a wireless fire sensor works
The appearance of the first signs of fire can be assessed by the appearance of smoke, rapid heating of the environment or an intense flash of light. In the industrial and residential sectors, there are three types of sensors that work on different principles:
Smoke detectors — detection of the beginning of the spread of smoke.
Thermal sensors — the appearance of sudden heating indoors.
Flame sensors — emission of electromagnetic waves of the optical range of the visible, ultraviolet or infrared spectrum.
Wireless fire alarm sensors control the status of the monitored parameter or respond to its change by sending a signal to an external system.
Where to install a wireless fire sensor
The maximum distance required to install fire sensors is 9 meters from each other. About two or three sensors are usually installed in one room. The distance from the wall should be no more than 4.5 meters. If the sensor is mounted on a wall, not a ceiling, the minimum length has to be about 2 meters. Installation must be performed, taking into account the sensitivity of a particular device. Ideally, fire sensors should be installed so that the sensor can cover the entire space or only one part that is at greater risk.
Why does the fire sensor beep
There are several reasons why wireless audible warning sensors may be activated (other than a safe situation):
Voltage fluctuations in the mains or low current for a long time. In this case, the operation does not occur at the moment of temperature increase or the appearance of smoke, but constantly.
Activation may indicate a low battery if the sensor runs on stand-alone power.
Dust or remnants of building materials on the body of the device.
How to check a wireless fire alarm sensor
The most common methods of testing fire sensors are functional and quantitative tolerance control. Functional control A method of checking the operability of the detector, which is the impact of a physical factor on a sensitive sensor. For example, you need to trigger a smoke detector. The alarm can be checked on the alarm control unit and central security. This method is popular because of its simplicity. However, excessive exposure often leads to sensor failure, mainly if performed by an inexperienced user. In addition, the instrument's sensitivity cannot be determined by this method. And there is no guarantee that it will work at an early stage of fire detection. Quantitative tolerance control The main application of this method is made in the process of adjusting the sensitivity of the fire detector sensors. To test the response of the sensors, they are affected by a physical factor in two stages. Both times the magnitude of the impact must be normalized. The first action is performed with an intensity below the threshold value of the sensor. At the same time, the alarm signal should not be given.
Most detectors can adjust the sensitivity threshold, so the control value must be taken from the process map or designing an alarm system.
The second effect of the physical factor is applied with the maximum allowable intensity for this sensor. Information about this value is included in the technical operating conditions of the device. At such influence, the signal of detection of the ignition centre should appear.
How to disconnect a wireless sensor from a fire alarm
Depending on the wireless smoke detector type and manufacturer, there are several ways to disconnect the sensor from the fire alarm. For example, you can disable the Ajax FireProtect siren in 3 ways:
Holding the Ajax logo on the sensor for 3 seconds (touch button under the logo).
Through the Ajax application. When fire sensors are alarmed in Ajax applications, an alarm message pops up asking you to turn off the built-in sirens.
Using the KeyPad / KeyPad Plus keyboard (if a synchronous fire alarm is enabled in the Hub settings). To turn off the built-in sirens in the event of a fire alarm, press the "*" button on the keypad.
For the function to work, you need to select Mute synchronous fire alarm in advance in the KeyPad / KeyPad Plus settings in the Function button field. If the smoke level and/or temperature does not return to normal, FireProtect will turn the siren back in 10 minutes.

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With technology constantly evolving towards hardware that can be small, but also handle heavy tasks, the demand for ultra-books that can actually provide a productivity boost has been increasing rapidly. While most people can settle for the abundance of ultra-books out there, many gamers currently feel left behind with bulky gaming laptops that just aren't easy to move around. Razer has come out with a solution in their newest gaming laptop, the Razer Blade Stealth.
The Razer Blade Stealth has a base configuration price of $999 (at the time of this article). This might seem a bit expensive at first glance, but considering the base model specifications, it's on par with other models that have similar specs.
At 2.75lbs the Blade Stealth brings new meaning to ultra-book gaming.
One of the key components that is marketed to people that are interested in the Razer Blade Stealth is the ability to buy the Razer Core. This small, external box allows you to use a common, PCI-Express desktop graphics card and connect it to the Blade Stealth through the Thunderbolt 3 port. This increases the graphics performance of the laptop while gaming. That also helps while using applications which can take advantage of GPU acceleration features. At the time of writing this article, the Razer Core has only just been introduced. Pricing and availability on the Razer Core has yet to be finalized.
While the Razer Core hasn't been officially released, the Razer Blade Stealth is still a very capable machine for productivity applications until it does get released. The Blade Stealth is ready for all of your computing needs and for travel as well.


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The Rev. Greg Dyson began his new position as special assistant to the president for intercultural initiatives on Jan. 2. Dyson's position, among other things, will have him reporting directly to the president and creating a strategic plan for diversity and intercultural initiatives, according to a press release by Director of Media Relations Jim Garringer.
However, the first part of coming up with a strategic plan is assessing where Taylor is when it comes to engaging diversity and understanding how the university can improve. And while it's difficult for Dyson to assess where Taylor is right at the moment with just over a month on the job, he has observed that the interest level is high.
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Director of Intercultural Programs Felicia Case believes it's a good thing to have a special assistant like Dyson, but thinks Taylor has also made some steps backward as well. According to Case, the number of international students recruited has dropped recently. An example of this can be seen in an article published last semester by Abigail Roberts, citing there were no new English as a Second Language (ESL) students entering Taylor this school year, compared to the average of eight students per year.
Just starting in his new position, Dyson's priority is listening to people all across campus and hearing what they have to say about the diversity. During Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Dyson led a workshop called "Finding Your Voice," which aimed to get people who felt like they couldn't speak on issues of diversity express their thoughts through the medium of art. He believes that everyone's voice is needed in this conversation.
However, Taylor remains a predominantly white institution, so Case believes it's important to consult diverse students and students of color about how they think Taylor is doing when it comes to intercultural initiatives. Case tells the fable of the giraffe and the elephant, saying that in the end, some things may need to be changed to better accommodate for diverse students, faculty and staff here.
"The elephant began to wonder, 'is this a place I'm supposed to be?'" Case said. "That is how students, faculty and staff of color in places like this are wondering . . . you can invite us to the house, but you might have to do some redecorating and deconstructing so that everyone fits in the house, not just the giraffes."
The Editorial Board agrees that, while Taylor University occasionally lacks in engagement with diversity, the addition of such positions as Special Assistant to the President for Intercultural Initiatives shows that they desire to improve.
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ROBERT FORSTER The Ten Rules of Rock and Roll [paperback]
THE ACCLAIMED MUSIC CRITICISM OF THE ACCLAIMED MUSICIAN ROBERT FORSTER
Sometimes I play a game in my head: name the five best American rock bands of the '60s. My list goes: The Velvet Underground, The Byrds, The Beach Boys, The Doors, and then I stall on the fifth. Creedence? The Band – although they're mostly Canadian. Simon and Garfunkel? Jefferson Airplane? The Lovin' Spoonful? But I plump for The Monkees —Robert Forster
Robert Forster was a Go-Between, and now has an acclaimed solo career, but in recent times he has also established himself as one of the finest music critics in the business. In The 10 Rules of Rock and Roll, Robert Forster takes readers on a roller-coaster ride through popular music – from Bob Dylan, AC/DC and Nana Mouskouri through to Cat Power, Franz Ferdinand, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and … Delta Goodrem. Accompanying Forster's acclaimed writing for The Monthly are a short story about Normie Rowe and stunning new pieces in which he sets out the 10 Rules of Rock and Roll, ponders on 'The 10 Bands I Wish I'd Been In', reflects on the influence of The Velvet Underground, and gives a moving tribute his partner in The Go-Betweens, Grant McLennan.
Funny and illuminating, The 10 Rules of Rock and Roll shows a great critic at work.
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Warehouse Launch a Rousing Success!
On Friday, February 27th, over 700 students gathered at the new Warehouse facility for the college-high harvest meeting with over 800 more participating at the 4th Street locations via simulcast. The meeting went as smoothly as could've been hoped for, thanks to much hard work and many prayers. Every location was able to share in the celebration.
The first Central Teachings will begin (along with Leadership Training Classes) the week of March 9th. You are welcome to see the new facility March 9th - March 12th between 4 pm and 10 pm.
The gym will be open in a few weeks. God really delivered to bring this together in a short period of time!


Six years ago, on March thirty-first, my Daddy passed with aggressive prostate cancer. We caught it too late. He suffered without knowing until the last eleven months what was wrong with him. He was eighty-one.
I was born on Daddy's twenty-seventh birthday; a present like no other was I. We had a relationship affected by Mother's on again off again personality; she could coax him into joining her; he protected her point of view vehemently. Oh well, such was part of the dysfunction that was and still is our family.
Daddy and I were both children with big hearts; he and I would phone each other at the first flake of snow. When they moved back to their hometown three hours away, I wrote him and he wrote to me. I have those letters; he kept mine. He loved people, he loved telling stories of his past, he loved talking and would monopolize the conversation-in defense I might say. If he stopped for even a second Mother would take over and he'd lost his chance. He loved holidays, candy, presents, cake, ice cream, and Mother. Daddy loved all the trappings of Christmas; monitoring the radar to see if Santa was heading our way, his joyful Christmas tradition; handing out candy at Halloween gave him two-fold joy, candy and giving; playing Santa for the city found him in the back of a truck passing out hams and turkeys. Mother longed to close the door and turn out the lights on Halloween, which she convinced Daddy to join her more often than not. In later years they brought out a table-top tree already decorated; to be bagged up until the next year; the small tree was on Daddy's desk; a fact not lost on me. The last Christmas Daddy asked me to follow him upstairs to a long closet where knickknacks and such were stored. He dug into a box and brought out a pillow shaped decoration that housed a music box. He twisted it; it played, O Tannenbaum; his smile was boyish; after Mother passed last April, I took the ornament home; the music box was weak; I ordered another and carefully sewed it into place; it was out and on display in my house this Christmas; the old original music box I have in my Christmas cabinet; I can't get rid of it.
When I was small, the twins shared a bedroom; I had a room of my own; monsters inhabited my closet and took residence under my bed. Almost every night I would yell out, "Daaaaaddddyyyy!" I stretched out his name in a most irritating way I am sure! Yet, he'd come. He lay at the foot of my bed until I fell asleep-comforted by his presence and protection.
The night he passed at the Hospice House, I sobbed uncontrollably. My heart was breaking. I had to leave; I knew I couldn't let him go; but leaving us was imminent. Passport in hand, Daddy was ready to, Turn His Eyes Upon Jesus, Look Full in His Wonderful Face, by Helen H. Lemmel, 1922. My husband quietly drove me the thirty-minute drive back to Mother and Daddy's house; tucking me gently in bed, I fell asleep. In the night I was awakened; I sleep on my side; on my hip I felt a pressure; it had a throbbing like a heartbeat; Daddy had come to me one last time to say goodbye and to let me know I would be OK. Later in the early morning hours of the next morning my sister and Mother came into the room and crawled on either side of me. "He's gone," I quietly murmured. Daddy had passed on to the next chapter of his life everlasting.
He opened the jar of pickles when no one else could. He was the only one in the house who wasn't afraid to go into the basement by himself. He cut himself shaving, but no one kissed it or got excited about it. It was understood when it rained, he got the car and brought it around to the door. When anyone was sick, he went out to get the prescription filled. He took lots of pictures…but he was never in them.
This is a beautiful memory of your Dad ! Robert and I need to write one about Daddy Man ! I have always called him a poet and a scholar !
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Inching Toward Democracy: Guinea's Election Progress
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Since the December 2008 coup d'etat that ended 50 years of authoritarian rule in Guinea, the West African nation has continued its democratic evolution.
At present, the National Transition Council (NTC) serves as the nation's parliament since the former parliament was dissolved following the coup. The NTC, an assembly of over 150 representatives from the main sectors of Guinean society, was established in March 2010 as part of the Ouagadougou Accords. The accord named General Sekouba Konate, a leader of the junta, president of the transition.
In December 2010, Guineans elected long-time opponent Professor Alpha Conde as the country's first democratically-elected president.
Elizabeth Cote, who has served as IFES chief of party in Guinea for 12 years, gives us an update on the nation's democratic development.
When did the last legislative election take place?
The last parliamentary election in Guinea was in 2002. It had been boycotted at the time by the main opposition parties, including today's ruling party, Rally of the People of Guinea (RPG), which recently merged with 44 other parties to create a coalition, named RPG-Arc en Ciel.
Legislative elections were scheduled for July 8. Will they still take place at this time?
On April 27, Guinea's President Alpha Condé announced that, in his view, the legislative elections cannot take place on July 8, as planned. He wants to make sure everything is in place and there is a minimum level of political consensus amongst stakeholders before announcing a definitive date.
Meetings with key stakeholders, leaders of the two main opposition coalitions, the diplomatic corps and the national independent election commission (CENI) confirmed his view.
Guinea returned to constitutional rule in December 2010. President Conde announced that legislative elections would take place within six months. What caused the continuous delays?
The last 18 months have dwindled away in a climate of political suspicion between government and opposition, coupled with major dissention within the CENI.
The new government called for a restructure of the election commission and a new voter registry. This was rejected by opposition parties. After months of confusion and distrust, the unaltered CENI continued preparation for legislative elections. Opposition parties then asked for a series of measures, including dissolving the CENI, ousting its president, greater transparency and a more consensual approach.
A two-month dialogue between state representatives and three major political groups was initiated at the end of the year to discuss issues with the CENI, voter registration and other subjects of discord. Very little came out of it. The CENI has since been carrying on unilaterally, bending the rules to gain time, trying desperately to meet its July 8 deadline.
The president's will to ensure the process is transparent and credible is welcomed by most stakeholders and has created hope amongst observers that the process could move forward with the full participation of the political opposition. For some, however, it will be difficult to accept the process as it stands.
What is IFES doing in Guinea at the moment?
IFES' current work has provided daily in-house technical assistance to the CENI and its members throughout the country in training, communications and electoral operations. Over 80 technical assistants have been made available to help the central CENI and the 33 prefectural electoral commissions.
Preparation for two national outreach campaigns, implemented by 16 local partners, is underway. Seven regional civic and voter education centers have been officially launched and are operational. In the last two months, centers have reached over 22,000 citizens with information on issues related to the electoral process and an engaged citizenry.
How do people in Guinea feel about the upcoming elections?
Guineans, especially those living outside the capital are tired of political quarrels and wish only to improve their quality of life. This quality of life has steadily decreased during this seemingly interminable transition. Should Guineans be able to carry out this election with a minimum of integrity and dignity, and should a democratically-elected parliament allow for political debate around burning economic and developmental issues, then Guinea will have achieved a model transition.
How is civil society faring in Guinea? Has it progressed over the past three and a half years?
Civil society played a key role in the transition. Several of its leaders are engaged in the transition government, the NTC and the election commission. However, this left a social movement disembodied and disorganized.
The presidential election that took place after the transition left the country deeply divided along ethnic lines. Civil society was also deeply affected, and many organizations lost their political impartiality. It will take time before these wounds heal and the next generation of engaged citizens can take the place of their predecessors.
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Home » Events » Rail Yards: What now? City weighs future options
Rail Yards: What now? City weighs future options
by: Stephanie Chavez Posted: Jun 15, 2022
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – After more than a decade of work, and millions of dollars spent, the city is now trying to figure out what's next for the Rail Yards, after they scrapped their original master plan.
"We all know how hard this site has been to be developed," said City Councilor Isaac Benton, who also serves as the Chair of the Rail Yards Advisory Board. "I think we're finally in a position where maybe something could happen," Benton said about the decades-long project.
The redevelopment really started in 2019, after Mayor Tim Keller terminated a contract with Samitaur, a California-based developer, who wasn't making progress on the project. Since then, it's come a long way. The city installed utilities, resurfaced the parking lot, replaced the roof, and ripped out contaminated creosote blocks.
"If we're too restrictive it's going to put more pressure on getting the site developed and we could be here for another ten years," said one of the board members, during that meeting. They know one thing for sure, they want the property to remain a public place for Albuquerque residents to enjoy.
There's a requirement for at least 30 permanently affordable housing units on the property, but the board has a few questions, like if they should allow for more, and where the housing would go. It may take some time to come up with a new master plan, but for now, they're keeping an open mind.
"We each have a vision of what the site could be," said Benton. "That applies to everybody who's ever seen that site because it's an inspirational place," he said.
One of the other requirements is bringing one of the original locomotives back to the site. The board is trying to figure out if it could go by the original turntable, or if there's another place to put it on display.
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Target has announced that as many as 70 million customers may have had personal information stolen as the result of a recent data breach. Neiman Marcus has also come forward saying it has been the victim of a cyber attack.
Edward Sihler, technical director of USM's Maine Cyber Security Cluster, sat down with WGME Channel 13 to provide insight on these latest revelations.


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from __future__ import unicode_literals

from django.db import migrations, models

class Migration(migrations.Migration):

    dependencies = [
        ('schedule', '0003_auto_20160715_0028'),
    ]

    operations = [
        migrations.AlterField(
            model_name='calendarrelation',
            name='distinction',
            field=models.CharField(default='', max_length=20, verbose_name='distinction'),
            preserve_default=False,
        ),
        migrations.AlterField(
            model_name='event',
            name='color_event',
            field=models.CharField(blank=True, default='', max_length=10, verbose_name='Color event'),
            preserve_default=False,
        ),
        migrations.AlterField(
            model_name='event',
            name='description',
            field=models.TextField(blank=True, default='', verbose_name='description'),
            preserve_default=False,
        ),
        migrations.AlterField(
            model_name='eventrelation',
            name='distinction',
            field=models.CharField(default='', max_length=20, verbose_name='distinction'),
            preserve_default=False,
        ),
        migrations.AlterField(
            model_name='occurrence',
            name='description',
            field=models.TextField(blank=True, default='', verbose_name='description'),
            preserve_default=False,
        ),
        migrations.AlterField(
            model_name='occurrence',
            name='title',
            field=models.CharField(blank=True, default='', max_length=255, verbose_name='title'),
            preserve_default=False,
        ),
        migrations.AlterField(
            model_name='rule',
            name='params',
            field=models.TextField(blank=True, default='', verbose_name='params'),
            preserve_default=False,
        ),
    ]

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Below are Reiki Jin Kei Do Masters that Master Teachers Gilbert Gallego, Anne Aden and Stella Koch have instructed.
This listing of Reiki Masters is by alphabetical order by last name.
We encourage you to reach out to a Reiki Master that is in your area.
Alberto M. Carrera, MD, MPH.
tmack5@gmail.com Karla M. Moffet, M.A., CMT.


3 Fight of the Night bonuses?! The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom Finale hosted the lightweight & welterweight season finals as well as 3 tangles that were awarded FOTN bonuses including the main event - Clay Guida vs. Diego Sanchez.
Diego Sanchez vs. Clay Guida TUF Finale 9 Sat, Jun 20, 2009 (20:40) In a battle between two of most ferocious fighters on the planet, Diego 'Nightmare' Sanchez and Clay 'The Carpenter' Guida wenthead-to-head in one of the most memorable fights of 2009.
James Wilks vs. DaMarques Johnson TUF 9 Finale Sat, Jun 20, 2009 (12:13) The season 9 welterweight final saw Team US' DaMarques Johnson, a former member of the US military with a 12-6 MMA record, take on Team UK's submission ace James Wilks who won all his fights on the show and in his 5-2 pro career by finish.
Chris Lytle vs. Kevin Burns TUF 9 Finale Sat, Jun 20, 2009 (21:55) In a battle of Midwesterners, Iowa's Kevin Burns takes on Chris Lytle, the firefighter from Indianapolis. Lytle has been part of the Fight of the Night in last 2 events that he has participated in, and Burns' willingness to brawl could produce the third.
Ross Pearson vs. Andre Winner TUF 9 Finale Sat, Jun 20, 2009 (26:31) In the all England lightweight final between teammates both in & out of the show, the boxing & bullying style of Ross "The Real Deal" Pearson with his 8-3 pro record was set to collide with Andre Winner, a 10-2-1 pro with explosive & dynamic striking.
Joe Stevenson vs. Nate Diaz TUF 9 Finale Sat, Jun 20, 2009 (20:45) Joe Stevenson and Nate Diaz squared off in a fight that was critical to the lightweight standings. Would the wrestling and overwhelming top control of Joe Stevenson be able to defeat the lanky submission savant?
Melvin Guillard vs. Gleison Tibau TUF 9 Finale Sat, Jun 20, 2009 (23:59) Melvin Guillard fights for control of the bout and his career in The Ultimate Fighter Finale® against Gleison Tibau, whose strength and BJJ has him eager to maintain his 2 fight winning streak.
Brad Blackburn vs. Edgar Garcia TUF 9 Finale Sat, Jun 20, 2009 (27:32) Making his Octagon debut, Edgar Garcia was undefeated with 6 of his 7 wins by first round stoppage and was taking on against another proven finisher in "Bad" Brad Blackburn who was 2-0 in the UFC with a flying knee KO and a unanimous decision.
Tomasz Drwal vs Mike Ciesnolevicz TUF 9 Finale Sat, Jun 20, 2009 (11:59) Poland's Tomasz "Gorilla" Drwal was coming off a first round KO/TKO win, the 9th in his career, in his Octagon debut and was about to clash with former NCAA D1 wrestler Mike Ciesnolevicz, a 17-3 pro who won his UFC debut by heel hook.
Nick Osipczak vs. Frank Lester TUF 9 Finale Sat, Jun 20, 2009 (12:00) Team US' hard-charging, never quit brawler Frank "The Tank" Lester with his 3-2 pro record was set to take on Team UK's long & lean finishing machine "Slick" Nick Osipczak who outside of the house was undefeated with all wins by stoppage.
Jason Dent vs. Cameron Dollar TUF 9 Finale Sat, Jun 20, 2009 (13:11) Jason "Dynamite" Dent didn't win any popularity contests in the house, but the submission threat only needed to be concerned with winning his post-show Octagon bout against TUF teammate Cameron "The Money Man" Dollar who was a 4-1 with all wins by finish.


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package org.pinae.logmesh.message;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;

import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
import org.pinae.ndb.Ndb;

/**
 * 消息队列池
 *
 * @author Huiyugeng
 *
 */
public class MessagePool {
	private static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(MessagePool.class);

	/* 消息过滤队列 */
	public static final MessageQueue FILTER_QUEUE = buildMessageQueue("FILTER_QUEUE");

	/* 消息路由队列 */
	public static final MessageQueue ROUTE_QUEUE = buildMessageQueue("ROUTE_QUEUE");

	/* 自定义消息处理队列 */
	public static final MessageQueue PROCESSOR_QUEUE = buildMessageQueue("PROCESSOR_QUEUE");

	/* 消息输出队列 */
	public static final MessageQueue OUTPUT_QUEUE = buildMessageQueue("OUTPUT_QUEUE");

	/* 原始消息处理队列 */
	public static final MessageQueue ORIGINAL_QUEUE = buildMessageQueue("ORIGINAL_QUEUE");

	/* 计数器队列 */
	public static final MessageQueue COUNTER_QUEUE = buildMessageQueue("COUNTER_QUEUE");

	/* 自定义消息队列 <消息队列名称, 消息队列> */
	public static Map<String, MessageQueue> CUSTOM_MESSAGE_QUEUE = new ConcurrentHashMap<String, MessageQueue>();

	public static MessageQueue buildMessageQueue(String name) {
		return new MemoryMessageQueue(name);
	}

	public static MessageQueue buildMessageQueue(String name, int maxSize) {
		return new MemoryMessageQueue(name, maxSize);
	}

	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	public static void initialize(Map<String, Object> config) {

		// 初始化固定消息队列
		CUSTOM_MESSAGE_QUEUE.put("FILTER_QUEUE", FILTER_QUEUE);
		CUSTOM_MESSAGE_QUEUE.put("ROUTE_QUEUE", ROUTE_QUEUE);
		CUSTOM_MESSAGE_QUEUE.put("PROCESSOR_QUEUE", PROCESSOR_QUEUE);
		CUSTOM_MESSAGE_QUEUE.put("OUTPUT_QUEUE", OUTPUT_QUEUE);
		CUSTOM_MESSAGE_QUEUE.put("ORIGINAL_QUEUE", ORIGINAL_QUEUE);
		CUSTOM_MESSAGE_QUEUE.put("COUNTER_QUEUE", COUNTER_QUEUE);

		// 初始化自定义消息队列
		List<?> queueConfigList = (List<?>) Ndb.execute(config, "select:queue");

		for (Object queueConfigObject : queueConfigList) {

			if (queueConfigObject instanceof Map) {

				Map<String, Object> queueConfigMap = (Map<String, Object>) queueConfigObject;

				if (queueConfigMap.containsKey("name")) {
					String name = (String) queueConfigMap.get("name");
					int size = Integer.MAX_VALUE;

					MessageQueue messageQueue = null;
					if (queueConfigMap.containsKey("size")) {
						try {
							size = Integer.parseInt((String) queueConfigMap.get("size"));
						} catch (NumberFormatException e) {
							size = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
						}
						messageQueue = buildMessageQueue(name, size);
					} else {
						messageQueue = buildMessageQueue(name);
					}

					if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(name) && messageQueue != null) {
						logger.info(String.format("Add message queue: %s, size: %d", name, size));
						CUSTOM_MESSAGE_QUEUE.put(name, messageQueue);
					}
				}
			}
		}
	}

	/**
	 * 新增消息队列
	 *
	 * @param name 消息队列名称
	 * @param size 消息队列长度
	 */
	public static void addQueue(String name, int size) {
		logger.info(String.format("Add message queue: %s, size: %d", name, size));
		MessageQueue messageQueue = buildMessageQueue(name, size);
		CUSTOM_MESSAGE_QUEUE.put(name, messageQueue);
	}

	/**
	 * 删除消息队列
	 *
	 * @param name 消息队列名称
	 */
	public static void removeQueue(String name) {
		logger.info(String.format("Remove message queue: %s", name));
		MessageQueue messageQueue = CUSTOM_MESSAGE_QUEUE.get(name);
		if (messageQueue != null) {
			synchronized (messageQueue) {
				messageQueue.clear();
				CUSTOM_MESSAGE_QUEUE.remove(name);
			}
		}
	}

	/**
	 * 根据名称获取自定义消息队列
	 *
	 * @param name 消息列表名称
	 *
	 * @return 自定义消息队列
	 */
	public static MessageQueue getQueue(String name) {
		MessageQueue messageQueue = CUSTOM_MESSAGE_QUEUE.get(name);
		return messageQueue;
	}

	/**
	 * 根据名称判断是否存在对应的消息队列
	 *
	 * @param name 消息列表名称
	 *
	 * @return 是否存在消息队列
	 */
	public static boolean hasQueue(String name) {
		return CUSTOM_MESSAGE_QUEUE.containsKey(name);
	}

}


"Museum as Hub: Beirut Art Center" is a project that includes an exhibition, the presentation of Beirut Art Center's Mediatheque, and a series of events.
The exhibition, entitled "Due to unforeseen events…," examines specific cases in which the production or presentation of an artwork in Lebanon was altered from its original idea, hence raising unexpected questions and unfolding new meanings. The exhibition features descriptions of each case in addition to new commissions, in which artists respond to the alteration of their original ideas or intentions, using archival documentation as well as new texts, images, and objects. The aim is to question issues that are relevant to contemporary art practices and the recent history and politics of Lebanon, such as the relation between art and public spaces, the critical reception of works, and censorship. The exhibition features works by Ziad Abillama, Tony Chakar, Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige, Rabih Mroué, and Kirsten Scheid.
In the resource center, Beirut Art Center will also present their Mediatheque, a digital archive that offers public access to works—including video, image, sound, and text—by a growing number of artists from Arab countries, Iran, Turkey, and Armenia. The Mediatheque also includes select documentation of events that took place at Beirut Art Center since its opening.


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December 30, 2010 News
Two are dead after Christmas Day killings in Santa Margarita
By Robert A. Mcdonald
Two women were shot to death in Santa Margarita on Christmas night. San Luis Obispo County sheriff's deputies arrested Andrew Wesley Downs, a 20-year-old Atascadero man, in connection with the killings.
According to the Sheriff's Department, Downs is suspected of shooting and killing Kathy Yeager, a 61-year-old woman who was visiting relatives for Christmas. When her sister Beverly Reilly entered the house where Yeager had been shot, Downs allegedly shot and killed her. A male relative who had entered the house with Reilly fled when he saw Downs. Downs then reportedly stole a truck and pursued the relative through a field until the vehicle became stuck in mud, according to police reports. Downs then allegedly stole another vehicle and attacked another person in a house in Atascadero. He was captured by two people who were in the home, according to reports.
Downs pleaded not guilty to two charges of premeditated murder along with a single charge of attempted murder. His defense attorney, Mathew Guerrero, asked for and was granted a competency hearing for his client.
Memorial services for Yeager and Reilly will be held New Year's Day at 1 p.m. at Santa Margarita Ranch. The
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Managing for 8 years, managing well for about three years. Now age 16.
Misdiagnosed from ages 5-8. Finally diagnosed during a hockey game by an EMT and sent to asthma specialist. Recently played in my 500th ice hockey game. With proper maintenance and use of inhalers I am controlling asthma, not being controlled by it. Do what is recommended by your specialist, but especially put in the work. Work every day to be the best you can, exercise your lungs, live life to the fullest and always move forward.


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Stillanerd Reviews: Amazing Spider-Man (2015) #1.3
by Mike McNulty 6 years ago Follow @mjmstillanerd
Spider-Man gives his views on faith and religion? What could possibly go wrong? How about everything.
Over the years, Marvel has never been one to shy away from topics about religion. Comic books such as Daredevil, The Punisher, Uncanny X-Men, The Incredible Hulk and, of course, The Amazing Spider-Man have attempted to tackle such theological questions such as can a just God exist in an unjust world? are human beings inherently good or evil? and why do bad things happen to good people? Stories about the dangers of religious fundamentalism and the persecution of religious minorities have been a frequent go-to subject in their comics, as well. There was an entire crossover during the 1990s called The Infinity Crusade which was none too subtle about where it stood on the issue of faith and reason, as it's all the "religious" heroes who get brainwashed by the main antagonist. Superheroes from a variety of different faiths and religious backgrounds are depicted such as Jewish characters like Ben Grimm/The Thing and Kitty Pryde, Catholic characters like Matt Murdoch/DaredMarvel even once published a comic about the life and times of St. Pope John Paul II.
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Rare, however, is the superhero comic which looks at the question of miracles, whether there's a rational explanation behind them when none seem to exist, or whether it's better, as the Iris Dement song says, to just "let the mystery be." Clearly, Jose Molina and Simone Bianchi's "Amazing Grace," the current Amazing Spider-Man "point one" series, is ambitious in this regard. Now that it's half-way through, it also serves as an example of how real world issues about religious beliefs doesn't always translate so well into the fantastical world of superheroes.
Amazing Spider-Man (2015) #1.3 picks up with Spider-Man still in Cuba, in which during his investigation behind Jose Rodrgiuez being brought back from the dead, he encounters someone else who appears to have returned from beyond the grave, none other than Uncle Ben. Meanwhile in New York, the Santerians are doing their own investigation by questioning Mr. Rodriguez themselves and obtaining a DNA sample from his saliva. It's also the issue in which writer Jose Molina reveals outright the real reason Spider-Man is so determined to solve the mystery behind Rodriguez's resurrection: because Spider-Man doesn't believe in God, miracles or the supernatural. And already, I imagine some of you saying, "Well, of course he wouldn't! Peter Parker's a scientist, isn't he?" while others are saying this a load of bull. Then again, considering how Spider-Man is so quick to label the Santerians as a bunch of superstitious crackpots despite their showing him how their powers really do come from their faith just a mere issue ago, continuity isn't exactly this story's strongest point.
Spider-Man's skepticism is also why he doesn't believe Uncle Ben is who he says he is, even as Uncle Ben address Spider-Man as Peter and gives him sage advice worthy of Dr. Phil. It's in this scene where Uncle Ben suggests the reason Peter is unable to find peace is because not only does he refuse to forgive himself over his part in Uncle Ben's death, but that he chooses being alone to avoid getting hurt by others while also trying too hard being their "perfect hero." He also tells Peter how "God helps those who help themselves" by rewording the famous "with great power comes great responsibility" catchphrase into "with great power comes great accountability," adding Peter can only "save the world" once he stops believing he must sacrifice his own happiness in order to save and protect others. It's a valid interpretation behind Spider-Man's constant struggle to balance his own life, but it doesn't even fit within the context of this particular story. Nor does it even end up advancing the plot in any significant way. Thus what would otherwise be a noteworthy reunion between Spider-Man and Uncle Ben becomes unnecessary and pointless.
…the notion Spider-Man would reject any supernatural explanation…is outright laughable and disingenuous given the character's own history.
Molina's depiction of Spider-Man as a skeptic and atheist is even further underscored during his conversation with Dr. Hank McCoy, a.k.a. Beast, from the X-Men. Here Beast, who himself is a scientist and an agnostic, argues that religious people aren't necessarily "ignorant" simply because they believe in a higher power, pointing out how he, Spider-Man and other superheroes would themselves be considered "gods" or "demons" by other cultures and ancient civilizations. It's a take off on Issac Asimov's third law which states "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic," one in which Beast uses in challenging Spider-Man on why he's so uncomfortable and passive-aggressive about matters of faith. This is all well and good, except Spider-Man lives a universe (albeit a comic book one) where real magic, gods, ghosts and demons do exist. He's talked with Uncle Ben's ghost before, courtesy of Doctor Strange, in Amazing Spider-Man #500. He's knows people who have come back from the dead, himself included. He's teamed-up with the likes of Ghost Rider and Thor, the later whom Beast even mentions in his theological debate with Spider-Man. He even had a lengthy conversation with God Himself in Sensational Spider-Man #40. And don't even get me started again on his run-ins with Mephisto, who is the Marvel Universe's version of the devil. Spider-Man has always been a scientific rationalist and his own religious upbringing is rather generic if not ambiguous; but the notion he would reject any supernatural explanation, or that he'd be so dismissive of those who subscribe to religion, faith or mysticism, is outright laughable and disingenuous given the character's own history.
The relationship between science and religion is a worthy topic to discuss and explore in both fiction and in life. Some of the best stories ever written are those in which a person's beliefs or lack thereof are directly challenged as part of the plot. Yet it's quite another matter when such a debate is all but settled within the context of the story's own setting and cosmology. By casting Spider-Man in the role of the "doubting Thomas," Molina has turned him into a "Hollywood Atheist" trope at best and intolerant fool at worst. It's like having a character in J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings declare that elves don't exist and that people who believe in them are idiots, when there's not only loads of evidence to the contrary but said character has seen and talked with them first hand. Even when the issue's cliffhanger suggests Spider-Man was right in his suspicions, that there's something nefarious and diabolical behind Jose Rodriguez's resurrection, it's too little, too late.
Spider-Man's characterization within the context of his own fictional setting isn't the only problem this issue has. There's awkward and jarring transitions between panels, sometimes occurring within the same scene. A plot point about the people connected with Julio Rodriguez resurrection also wanting Spider-Man's powers just comes out of nowhere. Despite having a lengthy sequence showing how Spider-Man got to Cuba, there's no explanation in this issue how he was able to get back to New York. Also, if the Santerians are the other heroes in this story, it's really hard to root for them when their chosen method to talk to Julio Rodriguez is to set a fire inside his house–thus putting his entire family in danger–and then kidnap him by impersonating the police and emergency respondents, complete with a stolen cop car and ambulance.
Congratulations, Spider-Man editors…for failing to properly acknowledge [Amazing Spider-Man #1.3] having a secondary fill-in artist.
And once more, we get another issue with some inconsistent artwork. This time, however, it isn't just that the comic has two different colorists (though at least it's better having four of them like the last issue did). Nor is it how some of Simone Bianchi's panels look highly-detailed, polished and dynamic while other panels appear as if he and colorists slapped on some extra India ink to cover up how unfinished the scenes look. Nor is it how Bianchi's figures are randomly proportioned. It's not even how, during the main action sequence, sound effects of gunfire are depicted even though no one on panel is shown firing their guns. What really makes this comic inconsistent is the scenes of the Rodriguez family home are illustrated in a completely different style and appearance compared to the rest of comic. Turns out that these pages may have been illustrated by (Raymund?) Bermudez, who gets listed as a contributor on the front cover but not in the credits page. Congratulations, Spider-Man editors, for failing to notice such an obvious oversight before going to print yet again, along with failing to properly acknowledge your own comic having a secondary fill-in artist.
So if you couldn't tell, "Amazing Grace" is falling apart in terms of its story, its art, and even its central themes. The sad thing is the makings of good, thought-provoking Spider-Man story are there, but with two more issues left, it will take a miracle itself to turn this story around. Especially since it depends so much on Spider-Man being a stereotypical non-believer who learns, as one character says while paraphrasing William Shakespeare's Hamlet, that "there's more in Heaven and Earth that are dreamt of in [his] philosophy." Ironic, considering how Spider-Man in The Infinity Crusade is depicted as being one of the more "religious" superheroes.
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Okay, if the opening two-page spread depicts what Spider-Man's "learned" is "wrong," how does medicine, farming, mathematics, going to work and boating figure into this? He did think Heaven was a combination of Jesus, Krishna and Vikings? Or that Anibus, the Egyptian god of the dead? Not exactly something you'd learn in your average Sunday school.
When did the Cuban seafood restaurant Spider-Man found himself in last issue suddenly transform into an outdoor cafe in this issue? And wasn't it night just a few moments ago? And why did the mysterious man and woman who attacked Spider-Man last issue with sea life decide to leave alone in the restaurant then return with a bunch of armed goons?
Spider-Man, if Uncle Ben is really a "figment of your imagination" as you say, then he wouldn't have anything to do with what happened to Julio Rodriguez, now would he?
Did the Rodriguez family really not smell the burning stack of papers in the next room? And why do have emergency sprinklers but no smoke detector in their home?
So do Nestor Rodriguez, a.k.a Eleggua, and Julio Rodriguez know each other because they share the same last name?
"…without a penny's worth of damage to their house!" Well, except for the papers that burned up and the smoke stains caused by the fire, of course.
Okay, so we know how the mysterious bald man got away, but what about the woman Spider-Man also webbed up? Did she disappear like the bald man, too?
Wait, so Julio Rodriguez after coming back from the dead didn't regenerate his internal organs which removed during his autopsy? Um…okay, that was a crucial piece of information which got glossed over in the first issue.
"Quoting Shakespeare doesn't automatically win an argument." But only when you quote Shakespeare (in this case The Merchant of Venice to make your point, right Spider-Man?
"Hopefully something more down-to-earth than what the Harlemites think." Way to go, Web-head! You've just made an insulting, hasty generalization about entire group of residents in your own hometown. Some "friendly neighborhood" Spider-Man you are.
"[Thor's] people have been calling him a god for centuries." That's because not only do the comics flat-out declare that Thor is a god, Hank, but so are "his people." You know, the other Asgardians like Odin, Lady Sif, Heimdall, Loki, etc.?
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Q: PLAY_VIDEO menu item does not autoplay i just implemented the PLAY_VIDEO menu item linked to a youtube video and it works.
The only enhancement i want to make to the flow is to remove one tap in order to stream the video.
Now the flow is the following:
1) User taps to prompt the menu for the card. The PLAY menu item appears.
2) The user taps on PLAY, the video start to load
3) The user needs to tap again to start the video.
Is there a way to stream the video right after the tap from point 2?
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A: There is currently no way to setup a menu hierarchy, which I think is what you're getting at.
Plus, having that extra tap would be an inconsistent experience with the way playback behaves on Glass in the native app and other apps being created.
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Worker Advocates, DOL At Odds Over Wage Theft
Workers at this shuttered restaurant say their wages were stolen.
New York, NY – Despite having thousands of unresolved cases of proported wage theft on its hands, the Department of Labor [DOL] says it has kicked its investigations into high gear and doesn't need additional resources to knock out the backlog – thank you very much. But advocates for struggling workers who have waited months, and even years to recover filched money, say that the state's approach is still off-base.
"We are aware that they are making efforts to work though cases faster – and we think that's fantastic," said Hilary Klein, spokesperson for Make the Road New York [MRNY]. "Our concern is that some of the ways that they're moving though cases faster, actually also negatively impacts workers."
According to MRNY, an advocacy group working on behalf of Latino and working class communities throughout the city, there were some 14,000 open cases of wage theft pending before the DOL as of July, 2013. The state argues that the number is actually half that.
In any event, worker advocates contends that the DOL's decision to dig into wage theft claims going back three years instead of six – and restricting investigations to individual cases rather than the greater workplace, is doing claimants a disservice.
"Our feeling is that this is not the way to reduce the number of open cases," Klein said.
The National Law Employment Project has found that in New York City alone, bad bosses rob employees of almost $1 billion annually. Victimized employees work in a variety of low-wage industries ranging from car washes to restaurants.
Alphonso David, deputy secretary for Civil Rights, told LaborPress that the majority of wage theft cases are being processed in less than six months, with almost 75 percent of 2012's cases successfully investigated.
"Our objective is to get back recovery for plaintiffs as quickly as possible," David said.
Assurances like that, however, don't do much to quell the frustration that workers like Celina Alvarez feel.
In 2012, Alvarez worked at El Poblano Restaurant, located at 86-22 Whitney Avenue in Jackson Heights, Queens. Last April, the restaurant worker filed a wage theft complaint with the DOL claiming that the restaurant owes her several thousand dollars in unpaid wages. El Poblano Restaurant has since shut down – but Alvarez has yet to recover any money.
"I have now been waiting for over 11 months to recover my wages, but I have not had any luck," Alvarez said in a statement following a demonstration held outside El Poblano Restaurant on March 12. "The owners who stole my wages have closed the doors to El Poblano Restaurant where I worked, and other restaurants they owned. This jeopardizes my chances of ever collecting the money I am owed."
Both MRNY and the DOL agree that the number of reported wage theft cases has remained fairly constant over the last several years.
But so has the number of investigators.
The DOL presently employs 112 investigators to dig into the thousands of wage theft cases filed across the state.
David maintains that those levels are wholly appropriate.
"Basically, it has been that way for the last seven to 10 years," David said. "They had 111 investigators in 2007. And in 2009, they had 103. Today they have 112. So, they certainly have significant investigators to investigate their cases. In fact, they have more investigators than any other state in the country – other than California – which has twice the population. So, they have sufficient investigators to process the cases."
Not everyone in government agrees, however.
"I support increasing resources for the New York State Department of Labor," City Council Member Daniel Dromm (D-Jackson Heights, Elmhurst) said last week. "Many hard working New Yorkers like Celina Alvarez who have been victims of wage theft never get their cases resolved. It would be a huge boost to New York's work force if the DOL had a larger staff. Then it could resolve cases more quickly and reduce the chance that the owner of the offending business changes or closes the establishment making the recovery of the stolen wages increasingly difficult."
Be that as it may, worker advocates insist that bolstering the DOL's team of investigators is only one of the recommendations they have to help combat wage theft.
"Having more resources for the DOL is one of our proposals," Klein said. "But we're happy to sit down with them and brainstorm about other ways of working through the number of open cases without negatively impacting workers who have already been hurt by wage theft."
Until dishonest business owners feel the pain in their own pocketbooks, worker advocates fear that little will change.
"The heart of the problem is that it's cheaper for unscrupulous businesses willing to steal wages from their own employees," Klein said. "They know that they can basically get away with it."
The Attorney General's Office has hit back at theiving businessowners – recently leveraging a $4 million judgement against car wash kingpin John Lage and company. Worker advocates maintain that decisive action like that – along with increased fines – are precisely what's needed to get the attention of cheating business owners.
"For years, I have dealt with the abuse of wage theft," said Claudia Leon, a MRNY member and former employee at Aqui Bella Puebla Restaurant, also in Jackson Heights. "Many of us have stayed quiet for fear that we may lose our jobs or not be heard – but no employer in any industry should be allowed to get away with this."
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MIAMI (Reuters) - With one swing of his leg, Garrett Hartley rose from relative anonymity to the toast of a city known for throwing the best party in America.
"I'll be at a restaurant, and when I walk out I'll get a standing ovation," the 23-year-old told reporters as the Saints prepared to face the Indianapolis Colts in the Super Bowl on Sunday. "It takes me a while to understand what's going on.
"The other day I'm leaving a restaurant and this guy, he must have been 70 years old, busts out a harmonica and starts playing, 'When the Saints Go Marching In."
Hartley, who sports spiked hair that makes him look more like a snowboarder than an NFL player, insists he never saw the kick go through the uprights. He didn't need to.
The Superdome, the scene of such despair during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, erupted in a way not seen since the Saints played their first game in 1967.
"I saw it for a split second, it was going straight," Hartley recalled. "I turned to Mark (holder Mark Brunell) and said, 'We're going to Miami.' I remember that vividly. I'll always remember that."
Bourbon Street, just blocks from the Superdome, exploded in a spontaneous celebration that in many ways rivaled the craziness of Mardi Gras.
Despite being the city's newest celebrity, Hartley is aware that "a kicker is only as good as your last kick."
"It tickles me to death, people and how they perceive me," the Texas native said. "At the same time, how would people perceive me if things didn't work out that way? That's how I keep myself on an even playing field."
Hartley was not on any field at the beginning of the season, serving a four-game suspension for using an amphetamine he did not know was on the NFL's banned substance list.
His transgression paved the way for 45-year-old veteran John Carney to take over the Saints' kicking duties. Though he was cut two weeks after Hartley returned from his suspension, Carney continues to mentor the young kicker.
Hartley played in only five games this season and not all of them went smoothly.
He kicked the game-winner in a 33-30 overtime victory over the Washington Redskins, yet sailed a 37-yarder wide left at the end of regulation in a game New Orleans ended up losing to Tampa Bay 20-17 in overtime.
Hartley, who earned the Saints' job by connecting on all 13 of his field goal attempts a year ago, knows being a kicker can be a humbling experience.
He hit nine of 11 this season but knows he is always one bad kick away from being jeered off the field.
"This game teaches you to stay on an even keel," he said. "Throughout every kicker's career they have highs and lows. You can't ever let yourself get to low during the bad times.
"I've been there this year. It's been a roller-coaster ride. I have to come out Sunday and perform to the best of my capabilities and do whatever I can do to help my team win.
"I can't wait for Sunday. This team means so much to New Orleans. I am just so happy to be part of it."


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La Declaración Conjunta sobre la Doctrina de la Justificación es un documento creado y acordado por el Pontificio Consejo para la Promoción de la Unidad de los Cristianos de la Iglesia Católica y la Federación Luterana Mundial en 1999 como resultado de un amplio diálogo ecuménico. Afirma que las iglesias ahora comparten "un entendimiento común de nuestra justificación por la gracia de Dios mediante la fe en Cristo". Para las partes involucradas, esto esencialmente resuelve el conflicto de 500 años sobre la naturaleza de la justificación que estuvo en la raíz de la Reforma Protestante. El Consejo Metodista Mundial adoptó la Declaración el 18 de julio de 2006. La Comunión Mundial de Iglesias Reformadas (que representa a los "80 millones de miembros de iglesias Congregacionales, Presbiterianas, Reformadas, Unidas, Unidas y Valdenses"), adoptó la Declaración en 2017.

En esencia, la PCPCU y la Federación Luterana Mundial reconocen en la declaración que las excomuniones relacionadas con la doctrina de la justificación establecidas por el Concilio de Trento no se aplican a las enseñanzas de las iglesias luteranas establecidas en el texto; Asimismo, las iglesias reconocieron que las condenas establecidas en las Confesiones Luteranas no se aplican a las enseñanzas católicas sobre la justificación expuestas en el documento.

Referencias

Textos cristianos del siglo XX
Teología cristiana del siglo XX
Iglesia católica en 1999
Ecumenismo
Iglesia católica y ecumenismo

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This Other 'Underground Railroad' Ran South Through Texas
Refugees fleeing civil unrest, violence and persecution are nothing new: More than 100 years ago, it was a large portion of the American population trying to find a safe haven. They were slaves.
By Reynaldo Leanos Jr.February 17, 2017 6:53 amArts & Culture, Border & Immigration
Lupe Flores walking around the Webber Cemetery in Alamo, Texas. (Photo by Reynaldo Leanos, Jr.)
You likely know a thing or two about the underground railroad that helped hundreds escape to the north. But just 15 minutes outside of McAllen there are forgotten pieces of a lesser-known underground railroad that went in a southerly direction.
The Jackson Ranch Cemetery in San Juan, Texas is less than a mile from the US-Mexico border. Tombstones with dates as far back as the mid 1800s are scattered in the tall grass. It looks like the grass hasn't been mowed in years.
Roseann Bacha-Garza, is the program manager of the Community Historical Archeological Program with Schools at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. She's been researching this area for years — studying the historical regional and cultural heritage on the border. One way she does that is by examining the genealogy of families who originally settled here.
"This is the other Jackson Ranch cemetery and apparently Nathaniel Jackson is buried back here," Bacha-Garza says on a tour.
The Jacksons were slave and plantation owners from Alabama. Bacha-Garza says Nathaniel's journey to Texas began when he married a woman named Matilda Hicks.
"She was a slave in their plantation back in Alabama."
Nathaniel Jackson did not believe in the Confederate cause and eventually freed his slaves. In the 1850's he, Matilda, their children and five other families traveled to Texas in five covered wagons. Nathaniel and Matilda were a mixed-race couple looking for a fresh start. They wanted to live in peace. And they found that here in south Texas.
Bacha-Garza says the family was known for something else — they would protect slaves and would smuggle them across the Rio Grande into Mexico where slavery had already been abolished 20 years prior.
"During that time in the 1850s it was reported that there were approximately 3,000 black slaves that would have escaped over the river," Bacha-Garza says.
Karl Jacoby recently wrote about one of those slaves in his book The Strange Career of William Ellis: The Texas Slave Who Became a Mexican Millionaire.
"After 1850, there's a fugitive slave act that would allow you to seize slaves in the north, but there was Mexico adamantly refusing to sign any fugitive slave agreement with the US. So once a slave made it to Mexico they really were safe in a way that didn't exist in the northern US," Bacha-Garza says.
That's why the families who helped slaves on this side of the border were so important to the underground railroad to the South. Along with the Jacksons, the Webbers also helped. But Bacha-Garza says there's still a lot we don't know about these families and their histories.
"I'm constantly doing research, as are other members of this family, sometimes you can see them on blogs on the internet," Bacha-Garza says.
Lupe Flores is a descendant of both the Jacksons and the Webbers. He's 27 years-old and a graduate student at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley — where he studies Anthropology and Mexican American Studies. Flores says he grew up hearing stories about his family's past, but — at the time — he didn't think too much of them.
"I was in undergrad when I began to systematically researching my grandmother's, her family's history here in Hidalgo County. So I always had a sense of you know there was something about the ranch, or whatever, but I just never really internalized it," Flores says.
That's changed. He now reflects on his family's history pretty frequently.
One thing he thinks about, and writes about, is what he calls the "permutations of resistance" — especially on the border.
"Through different times in the history and in the present, I mean there's been people resisting policies of the state, the borders of the state," Flores says. "Back then it was helping slaves cross into Mexico. In the 1900s, you had prohibition and this area was also a place of cross border movement during prohibition and then now in the contemporary period."
Today the border is much more militarized by the state, but resistance still occurs. Usually in the form of helping undocumented people get into this country.
"Even with walls being built there's still always going to be a way to subvert the state and it's machinations to control the border," Flores says.
After learning about his family's role in this story, Flores looks at the Valley history differently. It's a story he wants to magnify. Because, up until now, the story of the underground railroad that took slaves North has been told. But the Texas story — the one where slaves found freedom by fleeing South — continues to be a local, hidden tale.
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St. Paul's High School is pleased to announce Mr. Mitch Bourbonniere '81 as the recipient of the 2016 Ignatian Challenge Award.
The Ignatian Challenge Award will be presented to Mitch at the 23rd Annual Tribute Dinner at the RBC Convention Centre Winnipeg on Tuesday, November 1st, 2016. The award recognizes individuals within our community who embrace the ideals of St. Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus, and who reflect the characteristics and qualities inherent in a Jesuit education at St. Paul's High School. Award recipients, through their leadership and commitment to service, become examples for our students of a lived faith and philosophy of becoming Men for Others.
The event is an annual fundraiser for the St. Paul's High School Bursary Program which provides need-based tuition assistance to qualified students. Bursaries are an essential aspect of a Jesuit education and provides opportunities to families who would not otherwise be able to attend St. Paul's High School because of financial constraints. Last year, St. Paul's High School awarded $392,000 in financial aid to qualified families.
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Includes the Southern Waldviertel Family History Project. Waldviertel is a wooded semi-mountainous region of Lower Austria one hour west of Vienna, Austria. Documents families from parishes in Southern Waldviertel between 1600-1900. Provides improved access to genealogical records and local history of this region. Links immigrant families with ancestral communities.
GenTeam is a collection of databases for the lands of the former Austrian-Hungarian Dual-Monarchy. Free of any costs. Also available in English. Highlights: Index of Roman Catholic marriages of Vienna 1542-1860, gazetteer of Czech, Austrian and Slovenian Republic, house owners of Lower Austria in 1817, mill-directory of Austria in 1876, civil records of Vienna 1870-1908, obituaries of Neue Freie Presse 1864-1938 and Pester Lloyd, Index of Jewish records, Index of Church records mostly from Lower and Upper Austria and Moravia and Bohemia, memorial cards, and soon much more.
Genealogical research in the lands of the former Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. Includes: Austria, Czech & Slovak Republics, Hungary, Slovenian Republic, Croatia, Galicia & Bukovina.
A one window, megasearch engine for surnames. Can simultaneously search various databases using only one input screen. Includes CGI (LDS Mormons) Austria, Ancestral File (LDS Mormons) Austria, Geneanet Austria, Google, genealogy Austria, Google News Genealogy Austria, Rootsweb message board Austria, Ancestry.com, Email Finder Austria, White Pages Austria.