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Mozilla Junior iPad browser breaks cover
By Joe Svetlik 2012-06-18T07:45:00.169Z Apple
Full screen, no tabs
The fox comes to iPad
Mozilla's Firefox is the browser of choice for many, but it's been conspicuous by its absence from iOS.
Well Mozilla is looking to rectify that with its new Junior browser.
It's still a prototype at the moment, but has been in development for some months now. "We wanted to make something entirely new," said Mozilla's Alex Limi in a presentation. "We wanted to look into how we could reinvent the browser for a new form factor."
According to Limi, Safari on the iPad is "a miserable experience" (though he would say that), though he does admit it's the best option for browsing on iOS. Until now.
Optimised for iPad
Junior is a full-screen experience, with no tabs or address bar. Instead, you get two buttons about a third of the way up the screen - a back arrow to take you back, and on the right a plus symbol. Tap the latter and you'll be able to open a new page, browse recent pages, and bookmarks.
It's a bold move ditching tabs, but makes sense making use of the iPad's screen real estate.
You can also make separate user accounts for your friends and family. Swipe to the left on the main navigation page and you'll see a user login menu where you'll find options like private browsing. Passwords will mean no one can see what you've been looking at.
Junior isn't expected for a while yet, but it certainly looks like it'll stand out from the many clones doing the rounds. What's most interesting is how the team are working to the iPad's strengths - like the big screen - rather than just slapping a desktop version onto it. We'll bring you more as we get it.
Via: The Verge
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Why do we all gain weight on vacation?
We try so hard to lose weight to go on vacation, and then we gain it all back while on vacation!
I have discovered eight ways to help me not gain extra pounds on vacation.
When we travel, we often do not have access to fresh, healthy food. Or worse, we skip meals so we can indulge in unhealthy foods later. But that big piece of chocolate cake is not the strain on your body. The problem is, your body responds as if it's facing a food shortage. Therefore, your metabolism slows down to prevent you from starving.
To keep your mind and body functioning, pack healthy snacks in your car or backpack. Examples include almonds, raw vegetables, hummus, berries, fresh and dried fruit.
You already know what junk food is: it is the food you sometimes crave, but you feel sluggish and sick once eaten. For this reason, when you're on the road, avoid foods that drain your energy and deflate your mood.
2. Anything deep-fried like french fries or potato chips; desserts and sweeteners are loaded with chemicals that your body can't easily metabolize; Anything partially hydrogenated, this includes nondairy creamer, Jiffy-style peanut butter, margarine, and most packaged baked goods; and alcohol.
Our bodies need water for virtually all of our functions. Additionally, drinking plenty of water will flush your body of toxins, keep your skin fresh, and help you eat less. Also, it will help you avoid travel lag! Water will hydrate you if you have had symptoms of overexposure to the sun's heat.
When you stop at a fast food joint, your menu options are extremely limited. All of which are processed and loaded with salts and fats. If you stop at a grocery store you have access to whole, healthy food. You can easily pick up fruits, bagged carrots, nuts or hummus. You might even be lucky enough to stop at a grocery store that offers a salad bar.
Pack smart. Packing smart means stocking up on travel-friendly grub that is nutrient-dense, non-perishable, and has sustaining calories. This is essential when traveling with children. So, fill your bags with snacks like nuts, individual peanut butter packets and bars that are made of mainly wholesome ingredients like nuts, seeds, and dried fruit.
There are apps available to help guide you to healthy food joints while you're on your way to your destination. HappyCow is my favorite vegan/ vegetarian food tracker. It will let you locate healthier restaurant chains and grocery stores in your area.
We are all allowed to cheat on your diets while on vacation, but breakfast, lunch, and dinner don't all have to be gut-busting affairs. Pick one high-calorie item a day. Eat it, enjoy it, and then move on.
Let's all face it, you're probably more focused on hitting that famous BBQ joint than getting your quota of seven servings of fruits and vegetables a day. If that's the case, I suggest you bring powdered greens along for the ride. You can also buy the freeze-dried fruits and vegetables in small packets to mix them with smoothies or into oatmeal for breakfast.
My family and I are third generation VEGANS!
Well, fasten your seat belts because I am going to tell you!
A page in my, up and coming cookbook is designated to explaining the different types of vegetarians/vegans. I can't wait for my cookbook to become available to the public so you can enjoy all of the amazing dishes we have created for you!
In today's world, Veganism is becoming more and more mainstream. But, let me tell you, 30 years ago when my mom turned vegan and decided to raise my sister and me as vegans, people thought she was from a distant planet. She breast fed us till after two years of age and she fed us a vegan diet. Man oh man, am I thankful for her dedication to our health today!
That is why I am following in her footsteps. I want my kids to be healthy and happy! Happiness is largely impacted on the way we feel. If our bodies and brain are toxic, how are we supposed to enjoy life? If a person is always sick, how are they going to thrive?
I truly believe following a plant-based vegan diet can largely impact your health and happiness for the better!
Vegan: Vegans do not consume any animal products or by-products. So vegans, of course, do not consume red or white meat, fish or fowl. They also do not consume eggs or dairy. Vegans do not use honey or beeswax, gelatin or any other animal by-product ingredients or products.
Lacto-Vegetarian: Lacto-vegetarians do not eat red or white meat, fish, fowl or eggs. However, lacto-vegetarians do consume dairy products such as cheese, milk and yogurt.
Ovo-Vegetarian: Ovo-vegetarians do not eat red or white meat, fish, fowl or dairy products. However, ovo-vegetarians do consume egg products.
Lacto-ovo vegetarian: Lacto-ovo vegetarians do not consume red meat, white meat, fish or fowl. However, lacto-ovo vegetarians do consume dairy products and egg products. This is the most common type of vegetarian.
Pollotarian: Much like the pescatarian, this "semi-vegetarian" diet restricts meat consumption to poultry and fowl only. Pollotarians do not consume red meat or fish and seafood.
Pescatarian: While technically not a type of vegetarian, these individuals do restrict their meat consumption to fish and seafood only. Pescatarians do not consume red meat, white meat or fowl. This is considered a "semi-vegetarian" or "flexitarian" diet.
Flexitarian: A plant-based diet with the occasional meat item on the menu. These folks do their best to limit meat intake as much as possible and they have an almost entirely plant-based diet. This is not technically considered a "vegetarian" diet, but we commend the effort!
If you want your family to be happy and healthy start incorporating more fruit and veggies into your diet!!! Start Today! You deserve to be happy!
Here is an easy recipe to try to start incorporating more fruits into your children's diet.
Once the oatmeal cools it solidifies, making the balls stick together. I only cook my oatmeal with water. I do not add any milk or sugar. It's just plain old oats and water! This is a great way for your kids to eat their fruit. My daughter loves to eat these with her hands. It makes her independent!
For more fun recipes like this go checkout my "Don't Have A Cow" video cooking series.
My mom Valerie (the Val in ValMar Health) is famous for her green salad!
Who doesn't love a fantastic green salad?
We are sharing this recipe, because we love you!
I always make a very large recipe of my mom's salad. I place it in a bowl that fits well in my refrigerator for easy storage. I make this salad twice a week during the warm months to ensure we have fast and easy salad daily.
Make sure you store this salad without the dressing on it. When I am ready to eat, I place the amount of salad needed for my meal in a separate mixing bowl. Then I pour the dressing on, toss and serve. I store remaining salad for the next meal.
Valerie's famous salad dressing is going to be featured in another blog, so stay tune!
This is a gluten free recipe!
I was just recently on a live internet TV show with over 30,000 viewers!
Guess what we talked about?
We discussed sugar and the effects it has on our bodies. I wanted to recap the show here so I can help you get through the flu season. Yes, sugar is connected to the flu!
Have you ever wondered why the flu is at an all-time high during the winter months? There are four, very logical reasons why we are all getting sick at the same time.
Awww the holidays… you either love them or you hate them. Either way they are stressful. The hustle and bustle of the holidays can put a strain on your immune system. Some ways to reduce your stress levels are remembering what the holidays are truly about and being thankful (showing gratitude) for what we have! Solution: we are all blessed by God and finding the joy He give us will allow you to be grateful and less stressed!
Your body needs water! Drinking water helps your blood carry oxygen to its cells. Having oxygenated cells will help eliminate toxins. This is great, because toxins lower your immune system. During the winter months we all tend to become less thirsty because a nice cold glass of water is just not appealing to most of us. We start to consume hot beverages, like coffees and teas, which can be secretly loaded with sugar. Solution: drink more water!
We absorb Vitamin D through sun exposure. Vitamin D helps our bodies decrease anxiety, regulate our moods, and helps our immune system. If our immune system is functioning at full capacity it will have a greater impact on fighting everything from the common cold to cancer. Due to the cloudy weather in the winter we are not getting enough exposure to the sun allowing our bodies to produce enough Vitamin D. Solution: go stand outside or in front of a window to increase the amount of sun exposure you are receiving.
The average person's sugar consumption starts increasing around Halloween with all the trick or treat candy and goodies and stays elevated through the rest of the holidays and into the New Year. Sugar will not only expand your waistline but it will also weaken your immune system. Some research shows consuming sugar can weaken your immune system up to 75% for several hours!!! Solution: try and stay away from sugar!
Here is an easy fun sugar free recipe to help you eliminate unnecessary sugars but still allowing you to enjoy sweets!
1. Place dates, 1 Tbsp. coconut oil, vanilla and pinch of salt in a food processor and pulse until blended and just some small pieces remain. With machine running, drizzle in 1 Tbsp. hot water. Continue to mix, adding more hot water if needed, until a smooth paste forms. Be careful not to add too much water; you want the caramel to be soft and supple but not too runny.
2. In a double boiler over simmering water, melt chocolate with remaining 1 Tbsp. coconut oil until smooth.
3. Fill 14 cups of a mini muffin tin with paper or foil liners. Spoon 1 tsp. melted chocolate into a muffin cup, spread with a small brush or the back of a spoon so chocolate covers bottom and most of the sides. Repeat with remaining muffin liners. Refrigerate or freeze until chocolate is firm. Spoon 1 to 2 tsp. almond butter into each cup, followed by 1 tsp. date caramel. Use moistened finger to press caramel down to a flat layer. Freeze for 10 minutes.
4. Top cups with remaining chocolate (start with 1 heaping tsp. per cup). Sprinkle each with a little bit of coarse sea salt flakes, if desired. Refrigerate or freeze until firm. Store in the refrigerator in an airtight container until ready to serve.
NOTE: These are homemade treats, so they tend not to behave like the store-bought kind. When you bite down on these cups, they smoosh a bit. If anyone complains, no more candy for them!
Have you ever heard of the show Green Acres?
Well, we are living it!
My husband and I made a list of the things that were imperative to raising our family. Upon conclusion, we discovered our life was not conducive to what was really important to us. So we packed up and left most of our old life behind and now we are starting over!
We moved from the bustling city to a quiet country house. We are now trying to create a wholesome environment to raise our children in. Within a matter of a few months, we are now living a completely new and definitely different life! We are learning about this farm life as we go. I am planning on documenting and sharing this journey with all of you through my business ValMar Health (www.valmarhealth.com)! So far it has been a little crazy, sometimes difficult but mostly rewarding!
DT and I came to the realization that our old life was not going to make our children outstanding individuals. Having a nice house was not going to make our kids successful. What lessons were my children going to learn by having no chores!
So, we decided to move to the country! We uprooted our family of four, Adoniah (3) and Kosta (5 months) and we moved to the country. We now have 16 cows, 5 dogs, 5 chickens, 2 cats and 1 bunny (named Bunny Honey.) Cue the music from the old show Green Acres now. We are city peeps trying to make it in the country!
I have learned a lot so far like; cows know the difference between hay and straw even if I didn't. Bunny Honey won't eat chicken food, and I now can recognize bear poop and coyote tracks!
We are trying rid our lives of all negative distractions. We do not have a TV, yeah you read that right, no TV. We do not allow our children to use any type of smart technology. We live off of fresh air and activities!!! This is how life should be!
Now, don't get me wrong, I still love my shoes and purses. I absolutely love to travel! So, we have kept a small portion of our old life to still enjoy to the fullest! DT and I try to live the luxurious life every now and then.
My family and I are second generation vegans. My children have been vegans from the womb. We are all foodies! We love food! Food is life! We are planting a garden; we will see how well that goes. But, we love and live off of a plant-based diet. This lifestyle has inspired my mom and me to start a business, ValMar Health (link). I'm in the process of writing my first cookbook to share with you, all of the wonderful things we eat. We produced a 9 disc DVD cooking show featuring over 60 incredibly awesome vegan recipes (link).
By following me you will be able to watch our journey of eating, traveling and living the country life. I'm going from heels to boots and I want you to be a part of my journey!
Now I know, not everyone wants to, needs to or can move to the country and set up your flat screen TV 250 yards away from your house for target practice (that happened.) However, we all know how important it is to live a fuller life. You all deserve to live a healthy life, to be happy, to breathe fresh air, to be at peace and to enjoy life. My family and I hope we can inspire you to make small changes day by day to make your life everything YOU want it to be.


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Norsk Hydro writedowns to impact Q4 results
Published 1st February, 2012 by Nadine Bloxsome
It blamed the impairments on weakness in the Southern European market as well as plant problems in Australia.
"The impairments are a result of a weakening in certain markets and low prices, in combination with raw material and currency pressures," Norsk Hydro said.
It said its extrusion business was exposed to the Southern European market, while the global primary industry was facing strong headwinds from the combination of low metal prices and high cost of raw materials, reflecting imbalances in the markets.
Last month the company said it was to idle one of its three potlines at the Kurri Kurri plant in Australia. It blamed the strong Australian dollar and high raw material costs for the decision and said uncertainty regarding power supply and cost threatened the long-term viability of the plant.
Hydro said the NOK1bn impairment at Kurri Kurri, accounting for most of the writedown, "confirms a challenging financial situation at Kurri Kurri, and the situation is continuously being monitored."
In addition, the firm said it would write down assets within its Building Systems division in Spain, Portugal and Italy by some NOK230M, about half of the carrying value.
The Building Systems initiatives aim to save some 300 million crowns by the end of 2012. About NOK80M of restructuring charges would be realised in Q4 2011, it said.
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1977 Porsche 911 S Targa - K Series
One of only 2,747 Porsche 911S Targa's produced from August 1976 to July 1977. Production date was December 1976. Very original example with books, took kit, jack and records. Originally finished in Silver Metallic with Black Leatherette. Exceptionally straight body with beautiful paint. Excellent mechanical condition, very powerful and fun to drive! 2.7-liter (175 horse power) with Bosch K-Jetronic CIS (Continuous Fuel Injection) four wheel disc brakes and 5-speed manual 915 transmission. Solid original floor pans and front suspension.
Very desirable 911S that is a time warp to drive with low miles!
History 911 and 911S 2.7 (1973–1977)
Model year 1974 (G Series. Aug. 1973 to July 1974 production)
Model year 1975 (H Series. Aug. 1974 to July 1975 production)
Model year 1976 (J Series. Aug. 1975 to July 1976 production)
Model year 1977 (K Series. Aug. 1976 to July 1977 production)
There were three significant changes. First, the engine size was increased to 2687 cc (2.7-liter) achieving higher torque. Second, new impact bumpers conformed with low-speed protection requirements of US regulations. Thirdly, the use of K-Jetronic CIS Bosch fuel injection in two of the three models in the line up - the 911 and 911S models, retaining the narrow rear arches of the old 2.4, now had a 2.7-litre engine producing 150 PS (110 kW; 150 hp) and 175 PS (129 kW; 173 hp), respectively.
In 1976 the hand throttle was eliminated after the equipment of the vacuum-controlled warm-up regulator on the K-injection fuel injection. The folding Targa top again became standard equipment. The 911S was the only U.S. model besides the Turbo. For the first time, Porsche offered a six-year warranty against rust because the bodies were built of galvanized steel.
In the engine bay a 5-blade engine-cooling fan was replaced with 11-blade unit on all cars except for the Turbos.
Outside mirrors were painted the same as the body color and were electronically controlled. All cars were fitted with electric speedometers. The 911S was fitted with it A-type cast-iron front brake calipers that had the same pad size as the alloy S calipers.
Turbo cost $25,850 in the United States. A 911S was priced at $13,845 in the Targa version was priced at $14,795


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Matthew Dolly, research director, Transwestern, is firmly in the middle of Generation X.
This story was originally reported for, and published by, GlobeSt.com, our content partner.
PARSIPPANY, NJ—(SBN)—Members of Generation X, those born from 1965 to 1980, "the neglected middle child" in offices that also contain Baby Boomers and Millennials, are more like their Boomer predecessors than the younger Millennials, a recent Transwestern report discovered.
The development, real estate investment management and research firm explored the generational preferences of office employees in a recent survey of its own workers organized by New Jersey research director Matthew Dolly.
"I came up with the idea last summer," Dolly tells GlobeSt.com exclusively. "You're always reading about Millennials, you have the Baby Boomers, who for the most part built up the office market. But you never read about Gen X, because they were a smaller generation and they were only the largest part of the workforce for a few years."
Gen Xers are between 35 and 50, and in the next 20 years will be 55-70, Dolly says.
"We're going to be the executives, we're going to make the decisions, so right now we have to work with the Baby Boomers and with the Millennials, their children behind them," he says, noting that he falls squarely in the middle of the Gen X demographic.
The research and commentary, titled "The Gen X Factor: Stuck in the Middle or Best of Both Worlds?" compares the responses of 273 Transwestern team members classified as Baby Boomers (born 1946 – 1964), Gen Xers (born 1965 – 1980) and Millennials (born 1980 – 1998).
Many developers have skipped from what Baby Boomers wanted and expected in office arrangements directly to what Millennials want, such as urban live-work-play locations, Dolly says. But Gen Xers enjoy a mix of office designs and locations, his research shows.
"They did like the option of a private workspace and abundant light, not as many used mass transit as the millennials, but Gen Xers and Baby Boomers prefer the suburbs," he says. Gen Xers like flexible work hours with some structure, he adds.
In nearly all cases, the responses of Gen Xers fall somewhere between Baby Boomers and Millennials, highlighting the unique blend of views this generation possesses – a mix of seasoned experience and savvy thinking that was the fortuitous byproduct of being sandwiched between two large generations.
"Although Millennials are now the largest segment of the US labor force, companies that value workforce diversity benefit from a broader range of ideas and experiences," says Dolly. "At the same time, while it is easy to create divisions between age groups, we found that there are just as many commonalities as differences between these three influential generations."
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Some of the survey's findings include the following:
Flexibility is highly valued by all generations, with only 11 percent of total respondents favoring mandatory "9 to 5" hours in the workplace. Across all groups, flex hours – characterized by an alternative, yet defined schedule – is preferred over no set hours, with Generation X voicing the strongest preference for this type of flexibility.
All generations agree that there is a high correlation between work environment and productivity. When it comes to the amenities that contribute to a comfortable environment, privacy and abundant light ranked No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, for every group of respondents.
Open offices, or "hoteling," was viewed most favorably by Millennials, while private offices received the most votes from Baby Boomers. However, in total and by generation, respondents overwhelmingly prefer a mix of private and open office space.
The preference for downtown living more than tripled between Baby Boomers and Millennials, at 19 percent and 64 percent, respectively.
The importance of social media to professional life is inversely related to age: only 4 percent of Baby Boomers feel that social media is very important, compared to 7 percent of Gen Xers and 20 percent of Millennials.
Of the Generation X respondents, 56 percent reported that they identify more strongly with Baby Boomers, and 44 percent reported that they identify more strongly with Millennials. This gives Gen Xers, as a whole, a broad perspective of the wants and needs of today's workforce.
"Because of their age and experience, Gen Xers are often a natural fit for leadership positions," Dolly said. "This group is equipped to bring proven skills and thoughtful creativity that enables all generations to make valuable contributions and positions the organization to excel."
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[TIFF Review] 'SOUND OF METAL' – Riz Ahmed strokes out excellence in immersive drama about loss
James Clay // Film Critic
Rated R, 130 minutes.
Director: Darius Marder
Cast: Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke and Paul Raci
TORONTO – Psychodramas, if done right, are intense experiences. To be put into the mind of somebody we don't know for two hours and get a peek inside their world can leave quite the impression.
Darius Marder's film, SOUND OF METAL, takes the immersive approach. It closely follows heavy metal drummer Ruben (another knock-out performance from Riz Ahmed), who suddenly loses his hearing.
Marder, who is a frequent collaborator with Derek Cianfrance (PLACE BEYOND THE PINES) adopts his same raw approach. There's an undeniably authentic quality to his debut feature that's anything but simple. He adds layers to Ruben's story, on top of trying to rediscover who he is in the wake of a life-altering disability.
Ruben's been drumming on tour with his girlfriend of four years, Lou (Olivia Cooke), as a heavy metal duo caravanning across the country in their shared RV. Their life is one of routine: Ruben makes the smoothies and does his pushups before Lou wakes up every morning. As an addict in recovery, he thrives on keeping his relationship and band in order. The control Ruben has on stage and being entirely in sync with his partner in life on a stage is what's keeping him sober. And then it all comes crashing down when he suddenly loses 80% of his hearing.
Ahmed is an actor with riling intensity. His take on Ruben is to speak only as much as needed. He's an actor that can play the dishy brooding card to great effect.
Lou and Ruben are on the verge of spiraling when their manager puts them in contact with Joe (Paul Raci), who runs a small community for the deaf. This society of seemingly collected individuals will allow Ruben to thrive and sponge up his new way of life. The only condition is no contact with the outside world, and that means no Lou.
The most intriguing parts of SOUND OF METAL happen when observing Ruben's progress on a day to day basis without Lou by his side. There's a path forward for Ruben who seems to adjust even though he's anxiously awaiting to amass funds for a hearing implant. All his hopes are focused on regaining his hearing and restarting his career, but with what little we know about his past, there's some much-needed recovery. It's a wonder Marder doesn't lean heavily on Ruben's history with heroin. He's far more focused on bringing us into a realm of psychological engagement.
Marder's film about loss and codependency is the most distinctive debut by a filmmaker this year. We're thrust into Ruben's world and learn the landscape of American Sign Language. With incredible use of sound design by Nicolas Becker, we hear the constant static of white noise that's stuck inside Ruben's head. This may be the closest a film has gotten to actualizing the day to day life of a newly deaf individual.
By pushing the boundaries of Ruben's story, creatively, there's a new level of filmmaking he has discovered. SOUND OF METAL ends at an overall pointed conclusion that while we may have plans, sometimes those plans change. It's all about adapting, and it's a great film.
SOUND OF METAL screened at the Toronto International Film Festival. An encore screening will be held on September 14. Visit tiff.net for more information. The film is currently seeking distribution.
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Jewish Group's Post-1945 Plan to Murder Six Million Germans
Chris Rossetti (Editor) · 4 December, 2016
Joseph Harmatz
ISRAEL'S FIRST PRESIDENT supported a Jewish group's plans to murder Germans immediately after World War II, according to the man who led the avengers.
Details of the plan, which included poisoning bread at a bakery, were unveiled by Lithuanian-born Joseph Harmatz, 73, in an interview published in 1998 in the British newspaper the Observer.
Harmatz, who lost two brothers in the Holocaust, led an organization — Din, or Judgment — made up of survivors of the Vilna Ghetto. Their objective: the deaths of 6 million Germans as vengeance for the Jews who died in the Holocaust.
The idea for the organization apparently came from the poet Abba Kovner — a leader of the Lithuanian partisans who is credited with describing Jews as "being led like lambs to the slaughter" — and Vitka, his partisan girlfriend and later his wife.
As a first step, Kovner was sent to Tel Aviv to win the support of the Jewish leaders in pre-state Israel for a plan to poison Germans.
Abba Kovner
David Ben-Gurion, then head of the Jewish Agency and later Israel's first prime minister, was appalled by the idea and was worried that it would prejudice the chance of establishing a state.
Zalman Shazar, who later became Israel's third president, was also hostile to the plan.
Harmatz, who from 1960 to 1994 headed the World ORT network of Jewish-sponsored vocational institutions, said, "His idea of revenge was the reparations that Israel would later exact" from Germany.
But Israeli President Chaim Weizmann was more receptive.
"He approved of our plans," Harmatz said, "and recommended a scientist who would make a poison for us." The scientist worked at the Sieff Institute in Rehovot — later renamed the Weizmann Institute.
In fact, Weizmann was not explicitly identified by Harmatz in his book From the Wings, which was given the honor of being published by the Book Guild in England in England. In his book, Harmatz refers to Weizmann simply as "an elder."
But Harmatz agreed with the Observer interviewer that the "elder" was actually Weizmann and that the Zionist leader was integral to Din's operation.
Kovner told Weizmann the group was planning to poison a few thousand loaves of bread intended for former SS guards who were being held at the jails and concentration camps where they had served during the war.
The story was only partly true — that was a backup plan. Din also wanted to poison the water supply of the German city of Nuremberg. But Harmatz said he did not tell Weizmann about this plan because "we did not want to frighten" him.
Eventually, the Rehovot professor recommended by Weizmann produced an odorless, colorless substance that he said was enough to poison one night's production of bread at the bakery that supplied four prisons and concentration camps, including Dachau.
But Kovner did not make it back to Europe with his lethal cargo. Returning to Europe on a British ship, Kovner was arrested by British police, who apparently knew of the plot. The poison, concealed in condensed milk cans in Kovner's cabin, was thrown overboard by other members of the group, but Kovner was arrested and sent to an Egyptian jail.
Harmatz took over the Din leadership. To this day, he is uncertain who betrayed the plan, but suspects that it was members of the Zionist leadership who he believes feared that Din's success would jeopardize their hopes for statehood.
With their stocks of Rehovot poison lying at the bottom of the Mediterranean, Harmatz abandoned the idea of poisoning Nuremberg's water supply. The group acquired a small quantity of arsenic and reverted to the more modest bread-poisoning plan.
One Saturday night in April 1945, members of Din broke into the Stalag 13 camp at Nuremberg and, with an artist's brush, Harmatz painted 3,000 loaves of black bread with poison.
At the time, he estimated that 12,000 people would be killed. For Harmatz, the following day would be wonderful: "That morning, I thought of my family," he said. "I felt very good that a job was going to be accomplished."
The plan called for them to move to Czechoslovakia. But it was only partially successful: They made it into the country, but the poison was not as strong as expected.
Only about 300 to 400 former guards at National Socialist jails and concentration camps were killed, according to Harmatz.
Soon thereafter, the organization called off its plans.
The head of the research institute at the Yad Vashem museum in Jerusalem cast doubts on Harmatz's recollection of events.
Yehuda Bauer, a retired professor of Holocaust history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, said, "It did happen and it is likely that many people got sick. But I believe the number of people who were killed has been exaggerated."
After the state was established, Harmatz decided the burden of retribution had passed to Israel's new leaders, and he declined Kovner's appeals to launch a fresh revenge attempt. Kovner followed his lead and gave up dreams of vengeance, becoming one of the great poets of the new state. He died some 10 years ago.
Harmatz eventually settled in Israel. He studied law and then ran the Israeli end of a French shipping line.
Harmatz lived out the remainder of his long life, respected and honored by his fellow Jews, in a suburb of Tel Aviv. His only regret is that he didn't kill enough Germans.
"It didn't work out," he says. "The 300 or 400 we poisoned was nothing compared with what we really wanted to do."
When Harmatz died in Israel at the age of 91 last September, the Washington Post gave him a long, respectful, almost exculpatory obituary.
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Another unprosecuted jewish war crime and an act of genocide and an act of planning genocide against the people of Nuremberg, planned after the war concluded. The Germans never planned or committed any such activity. Genocide is a jewish tradition, not a German tradition.
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Question: How much and when do we pay for the PCORI fee for our self-funded health plan?
Answer: The Affordable Care Act imposes the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Fee (PCORI) on issuers of certain health insurance policies and plan sponsors of applicable self-insured health plans to help fund the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. The fee is based on the average number of lives covered under the policy or plan and is due July 31following the calendar year in which the plan year ends. Plan sponsors report the PCORI fee once a year on the second quarter IRS Form 720, "Quarterly Federal Excise Tax Return".
For plan years ending between 10/1/2014 and 9/30/2019, the amount will be adjusted for inflation.
Insurers are responsible for calculating and paying the fee for insured health plans. Employers sponsoring self-funded health plans are responsible for calculating and paying the fee with respect to those plans.
Actual Count Method: Determined by adding the totals of lives covered for each day of the play year and dividing that total by the total number of days in the plan year.
Snapshot Method: Determined by selecting one date (or more dates if an equal number of dates is used in each quarter) during the first, second or third month of each quarter, and dividing that total by the number of dates on which a count was made.
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All professionals enjoy a privileged position in society. For example, licensing laws prohibit entry into professions such as medicine, law, or professional engineering. As a consequence, the people who DO have a license to practice can charge higher rates. Additionally, professionals often enjoy public subsidies — either reducing the cost of education or underwriting institutions that enable the practice (such as public hospitals, courts, research grants, or public works).
In return for this privileged standing, society places expectations on professionals. Most notably, professionals are expected to hold the social good above their own.
Individually, all professionals have an incentive to cheat society by cutting corners to reduce their own costs, abuse the power that expertise offers, or otherwise unfairly place their own interest ahead of others. For example, some doctors that own stock in pharmaceutical companies have been charged with preferentially (or unnecessarily) prescribing drugs produced by the companies they own, thereby increasing their own profits at the expense of patients and insurance companies.
However, in these cases it is clear that the abuses perpetrated by the individual will tarnish the reputation of the entire profession, placing the privilege enjoyed by the profession at risk. Thus, all profession have internal regulatory bodies that sanction those deviants that fail to ascribe to a code of conduct that protects both the public and the profession (as a whole).
The interaction between the individual professional and the group can be modeled as a problem in non-cooperative game theory. In this class of problems, individuals can unilaterally (i.e., without making agreements with others) advance their own position, but only at the expense of other individuals in the group. Alternatively, if all people in the group agree to cooperate, the entire group can be better off.
Without some sort of individual restraint of ambition or avarice, a group confronted with a non-cooperative game theoretic problem will either degenerate into a tragic catastrophe, or result in the savvy players making suckers out of the naive. The first six minutes of the Dark Knight movie (starring Heath Ledger as the Joker) illustrates this point. Notice how the Joker uses greed to turn the individual members of his gang against one another.
In fact, the entire plot of the Dark Knight movie revolves around the Joker setting up one non-cooperative game theoretic problem after another, just to see what might be revealed about the character of his victims.
The classic example of a non-cooperative game theoretic problem is The Prisoner's Dilemma. In this video clip, Salman Khan explains the problem that two prisoners face when they are being interrogated separately by the police, and why the police are likely to get confessions.
A special type of game-theoretic problem involves managing common pool resources. In this case, every individual has an incentive to take more from the common resource, but if all individuals take too much, the resource will be ruined and everyone will suffer. This special case is called The Tragedy of the Commons.
Khan explains the problem in terms of public fisheries, but in Khan's explanation, the individuals also have private ponds in which they can keep their own fish. In this case, private ownership changes the incentive structure such that owners will more carefully manage the resources and maintain the longevity of the fishery — which is also in the public interest.
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Because some common pool resources (such as the atmosphere) are not amenable to privatization, Ostrom's discovery of alternative mechanisms may be especially important to sustainability. However, recognition of game-theoretic problems significantly complicates moral analysis. Because the outcomes of an interesting game-theoretic problem depend on interaction between two or more players, where should the moral culpability for the tragedy reside?
In fact, doing the "right thing" in a non-cooperative game theoretic problem might actually encourage other players to do the wrong thing, by improving their payoffs. The converse is also true. Doing the wrong thing (that is, defecting or failing to cooperate), or at least the credible threat of the wrong thing, might actually turn out to be the only way to ensure that other players do the right thing, as this video from a popular British game show illustrates.


Police have arrested a Melbourne youth on charges of armed robbery and attempted murder after a 69-year-old man was hit over the head with a metal bar and robbed of $50.
Melbourne police would not reveal the identity of the 15-year-old boy arrested Thursday because he is a juvenile. The youth is in the county juvenile detention facility in Titusville.
Police say the youth robbed Horace Shave, 69, of 3780 Oak Lane, Melbourne, of $50 at the intersection of Avocado Avenue and Madison Street in Melbourne on Sunday.
Shave had stopped his bicycle at the intersection to put on a raincoat when he was approached by the youth and asked for money. When he refused, the youth began striking him across the face and head with a two-foot metal bar, police said.
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Ok. So there´s some truth in this. Positive psychology indeed tries to understand the role of positive emotions in the good life. But they are only one of the five key elements in Martin Seligman´s PERMA concept. I guess most positive psychologists would agree that – at the end of the day – concepts like meaning in life and positive relationships are more important for a life well-lived. Additionally, it is important to acknowledge that positivity is not (only) and end in itself. It may be a powerful way to attain other important things in life (e.g., success at work).
While there´s nothing wrong with kitchen sink psychology per se, it has to be noted that laypersons get things wrong a lot of times. Even though we should be all experts at living (because that´s what we do all day long…), many people bear serious misconceptions on what makes for a good and happy life. This is where positive psychology as a data-driven science steps in – and often comes up with counterintuitive findings. For instance, if you´re into social media, you´ll know all this TGIF (Thank God it´s Friday) stuff people put on Facebook and Twitter on Friday afternoon. But scientific inquiry time and again is able to show that most people are happier while at work compared to their leisure time.
Positive Psychology is not Positive Thinking!
For sure, there are similarities in the subject matters of positive psychology and positive thinking. By way of example, both are concerned with cultivating optimism in individuals, since being optimistic (most of the time) is associated with an array of beneficial outcome variables. The difference is: positive psychology is a science. It´s grounded in thorough academic research. Of course it´s possible to arrive at correct conclusions without conducting large-scale studies – but personally, I feel a lot better when what I recommend to my clients is based on coherent theories and scientific evidence.
This point is closely connected to the aforementioned one. Positive psychology is spear-headed by some of the most widely acclaimed psychologists of our time. Among them are Martin Seligman, former president of the American Psychological Association, Mihaly Csíkszentmihályi, and Barbara Fredrickson. And: Daniel Kahneman, Nobel Laureate of 2002, also is among the major contributors to the literature on psychological well-being. Among other things, he´s a co-editor of the seminal book Well-Being: The Foundations of Hedonic Psychology. Yet, the crucial difference between these people and the common self-help guru is not the length of their Wikipedia articles – it´s something else that can be found in this post.
Once again: positive psychology is not about being happy-smiley all day long. It is not trying to eradicate "the Negative". It´s just that psychology as an academic discipline has very much focused on negative phenomena (such as fear and depression) for the first hundred years. Positive psychology wants to point the spotlight to the positive side of our emotional and behavioral continuum in order to create a more balanced view of human functioning. Actually, negative events and emotions play a crucial role in studying so-called post-traumatic growth which basically is concerned with the question: How can we profit in the long run from going through really hard times in our lives?
This concern was issued in a recent article by James (Jim) Coyne, Ph.D., a Clinical Psychologist and Professor at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania – the same university that Martin Seligman is teaching at. Again, there´s a grain of truth here. Positive psychology was coined at several high-end private universities in the U.S. As with virtually all psychological theories, they are first tested empirically using samples of undergraduate students at those universities the researchers teach at. And since these tend to be predominantly affluent white people, there´s is some truth to that criticism. But once again: that´s true for almost any piece of research in any branch of psychology out there. Positive psychologists do acknowledge this caveat and continually try to broaden their (research) perspective, reaching out to international samples and other diverse target groups.
Positive psychologists readily do acknowledge the theories and findings that came out of Humanistic Psychology, thereby standing (partly) on the shoulder of giants like Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers. Additionally, positive psychology draws heavily on the ancient wisdom of some of the great philosophers. A lot of positive psychologists seem to be very fond of William James, and especially Aristotle and his conception of Eudaimonia. The crucial difference once again is positive psychology´s strong foundation in (experimental) research.


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Adam Sharp, interim president and CEO at the NATAS, said emerging technologies are opening new doors to how journalists can deliver news and information across a myriad of platforms. "Today we honor the talented professionals who through their work and creativity defend the highest standards of broadcast journalism and documentary television, proudly providing the clarity and insight each of us needs to be an informed world citizen."
Paula S. Apsell to Receive Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award
"Paula Apsell's leadership has driven NOVA to the heights of excellence, using cutting edge visuals and masterful storytelling to produce the most watched and respected science documentary series on television," said Adam Sharp, Interim President and CEO of NATAS. "Like many fellow science 'geeks,' I eagerly await each new NOVA episode with anticipation for the program's unique and acclaimed ability to inform, inspire, and entertain. I can't think of a more deserving honoree, and look forward to shining a light on her many achievements at this year's News & Documentary Emmy Awards ceremony on October 1st in New York City."
Unblocked: Politicians on notice after Trump Twitter ruling
"This would send the same signal to a member of Congress or a governor as it would the president."
A judge has ruled that it's unconstitutional for the president to block people on Twitter, but that doesn't immediately bar other politicians from doing the same, experts said. Adam Sharp, who was the head of news, government and elections at Twitter from 2010 through 2016, said that while the case applies to the president, under the ruling "this would send the same signal to a member of Congress or a governor as it would the president."
Trump's itchy Twitter thumbs have redefined politics
In the year since his election, Donald Trump has used Twitter as an official White House channel for everything from policies and praise to bullying and brinksmanship.
"Regardless of whether you support or oppose Trump, he is a dramatic demonstration of the platform's impact in that space," said Adam Sharp, Twitter's former head of news, government and elections. "While I do wish he would use it as a force for good, I think he's motivated very much by the mainstream media attention he gets. On the other hand, I'm not so sure the media would cover him as intensely if he was much more tame."
Trump Account Deactivation Exposes Tensions Within Twitter
Disconnect between Twitter's employees and its highest-profile user is exposed after account deactivation
Former Twitter executive Adam Sharp said Silicon Valley tech companies haven't done a good job recruiting conservatives. "The underrepresentation there is as least as pronounced as the more talked about gender and race spheres," said Mr. Sharp, now a technology consultant.
Trump's Twitter Takedown Reveals Another Tech Blind Spot
"If you want the companies to be able to have people who look at accounts and content and take action on them accordingly, that means the companies need a whole lot of people, who have the power to click a button and delete accounts," says Adam Sharp, Twitter's former head of government, news, and elections. "Just like policing in the real world, where you have to have people who have the authority to slap handcuffs on you, you also have people who abuse that power. That tradeoff was illustrated better by this than anything that was said in the hearings."
Why it should worry you that Trump's Twitter feed went down
"If you want the companies to have people to moderate these platforms, it inherently means empowering people to take action against content and users," said Adam Sharp, who served as head of news, government and elections for Twitter until late 2016. "Similar to the 'real world,' if you employ officers to police the community, and empower them with weapons and handcuffs, there is also the potential of bad apples abusing that power."
Twitter's former elections head: Political ads need transparency
The congressional hearings about social media and the 2016 election start this week with a public that's deeply divided on the issue of Russian interference, according to an Axios/SurveyMonkey poll. The companies say they're open to required disclosures for paid political advertising — but Adam Sharp argues even that may not be enough.
According to University of Utah study, the Trump campaign viewed Facebook and Twitter teams as quasi-advisers in 2016
"I believe that anything that brings candidates and elected officials closer to their constituents, making them more available for direct interaction and direct questioning by the voters is a good thing," Sharp said. "And I think all the companies in creating these teams to reach out to candidates and bring them into the conversation, to bring them out of the comfort of the TV studios into a space where they can have this direct interaction with users is potentially a positive thing for the democratic process."
Twitter Bars Ads From Russian Outlets Ahead Of Congressional Hearings
Twitter said it would donate its estimated $1.9 million in advertising revenue since 2011 from RT to fund external research on how Twitter is used in elections, including abuse of the platform as a tool to automatically disseminate misinformation. The planned donation marks a shift in the company's willingness to investigate Russia's influence. "Like most companies, these platforms have little reason to support or encourage research that paints them in a negative light," says Adam Sharp, Twitter's former head of government, news and elections.
Twitter bans ads from two Russian media outlets, cites election meddling
"Twitter is wisely positioning itself to be able to tell the committees that the company has taken steps to address the issues raised," Adam Sharp, a former Twitter executive, told Reuters on Thursday.
How Facebook, Google and Twitter 'embeds' helped Trump in 2016
A study reveals employees the companies placed in the Trump campaign played a surprisingly active role in shaping its message and targeting voters.
"It can be confusing from the outside looking in when it appears one campaign or another is getting more support," Adam Sharp, a former Twitter executive who led the company's elections team from 2010 to 2016, said in an interview. But while the companies strive to be balanced, they cannot inform voters "when a candidate doesn't heed the help," he said.
Twitter promises greater transparency for political ads, but questions remain
Adam Sharp, Twitter's former head of news, government, and elections, who's now doing consulting work and speaking, told CNN that the initiative "harkens back to Twitter's original approach to political ads." "When they launched in 2011, they had a special purple indicator and when you moused over them, you got the full FEC disclaimer," Sharp said. "Twitter was the only platform to set that standard, but with no action from the FEC, the company succumbed to the industry direction -- and buyers' demands -- for less transparency."
Facing Prospect Of Regulation, Twitter Plans New Ad Disclosures
Adam Sharp, the company's former head of government, news and elections, says Twitter introduced similar badges on all political ads in 2011. But that same year, the Federal Election Commission deadlocked on a request from Facebook for an exemption to rules that would require such disclaimers. Facebook continued to publish political ads without the disclosures, and eventually Twitter and others followed suit. "That lack of resolution made lack of transparency the industry standard," Sharp says.
Congress's New Bill Can't Eliminate Russian Influence Online
"It's a good piece of legislation to address the modern realities of campaign financing and the need for disclosure," says Adam Sharp, former head of news, government, and elections at Twitter. "But I'm skeptical of how it will tamp down on behavior by bad actors like we saw in the 2016 election." Warner himself described the bill as "common sense light-touch regulation."
U.S. Congress tangles with Facebook, other social media firms over Russia probe
"Twitter has likely not released all potentially relevant data to congressional investigators in part because of their policy requiring a court order and their track record of defending user privacy by fighting such requests," Adam Sharp, former head of news and government at Twitter, said in an interview.
Facebook still doesn't know the extent of Russian ad buys in election
How extensive was Russia's use of Facebook to meddle with the presidential election? Even Facebook doesn't know.
"If the interaction was limited to the walled garden of self-serve, Facebook can make the case that it was just the machine talking to the Russians," Adam Sharp, Twitter's former director of media partnerships, who's now doing consulting work and speaking, told CNNMoney. "However, there are still questions," he added.
There's Actual War, and Then There's @Ukraine vs. @Russia
Moscow dominates the countries' real conflict, but the underdog takes jabs at Russia on Twitter with snarky put downs and Simpsons GIFs
Many governments are ditching the stodgy politesse of public diplomacy in favor of juvenile tweets. U.S. President Donald Trump's regular insults of other world leaders have inspired some to fire back. Mexico's former president Vicente Fox often responds in profanity-packed English. "He has found a way to make Twitter and Facebook an as effective if not more effective bully pulpit than the actual Mexican presidency," said Adam Sharp, Twitter's former head of governments.
Former Twitter exec: People skipping their 'vegetables' with social media news
Discussions about "fake news" have dominated headlines and led companies such as Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc. and Alphabet Inc. to unveil a variety of approaches to moderating content on their platforms. S&P Global Market Intelligence talked with Adam Sharp — who served as Twitter's head of news, government and elections until December 2016 and is currently a consultant and speaker — about how news is distributed on social media.
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17 – A Questionable Confession
'How many of my father's hired hands have bread enough and to spare,
but here I am dying of hunger!
I will get up and go to my father, and I will say to him,
"Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you;
I am no longer worthy to be called your son;
treat me like one of your hired hands."
The young man is awakened by the pain of his life. He has finally come to his senses, his bodily senses at least. He has lost everything, and so he cannot buy food. He feels that keenly. The pigs gobbling down their food while he has none, only increases the pain. The almost indigestible pods begin to look appetizing and only increases his longing for food. In a word he is famished.
As his belly aches from the lack of food, he thinks of the meals he had eaten day after day in his father's house. He sees images of his father's hired hands munching on their lunches during the noon hour breaks, and he is moved with longing for such a meal. He is currently a hired hand to this pig farmer. Well his father hires such day-workers to work on his farm. As his mind wanders, he comes up with a plan. He will get up and go home. He will apologize to his dad and offer to serve as a hired hand.
There have been all sorts of variations in how the thoughts in his mind should be read. Some have said that he came to penitence in that pigpen. There he repented of his folly. He has seen the sad consequences of his choices, and is truly sorry and has confessed his sin before God, and now resolves to go home and apologize to his father. He is seen to be a humbled young man, willing to be a servant, instead of a renegade against the will of his father. As in all good plans of salvation, he repents in his heart and confesses with his mouth, and so is saved. (Romans 10:9)
But there is another view taken that may be closer to the truth. His motives may not be that pure. He is more aware of his hunger than his sin. It is the promise of food, not the missing of his father's fellowship, that brings him home. It is his empty stomach, not his empty soul that provides prime motivation. His returning home is one more act of selfishness and self-survival. He is not returning because he has had enough of the old life. He is returning because it offered him too little. He was not disgusted by his former way of life; he will simply die of hunger unless he can get some good meals under his belt.
The text does not say, "He said to himself, 'I have sinned against heaven and against my father. I am no longer worthy to be called his son; I only deserve to be treated like one of his hired hands.'" It reads, "I will say to my father…." This is a speech that he crafts ahead of time to say to his father upon their meeting. He plans to say the very things his father would love to hear: he is sorry for deserting his father and his home responsibilities, and he is willing to serve the father in subjection to his will. He has fabricated a prayer that says all the right things.
It has been noted that his prayer repeats the words of Pharaoh to Moses, "I have sinned against the Lord your God, and against you." (Exodus 9:27, 10:16) But Pharaoh was hardly repentant, simple mouthing the right words without the right intent. And the hungry son may well be preparing a speech to impress his father. He is out to earn his father's favor.
But when the encounter took place, it did not quite go as he intended. The story reads, "But while he was still far off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion; he ran and put his arms around him and kissed him." I am sure that the words "while he was still far off" indicate geographic distance, but this young man may still be a long way from that transformation which will be needed to bring him near. But the story is not ended.
The father is all over him with hugs and kisses. Finally the son catches his breath and begins his speech, "Father I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son." He is word perfect, but the father is not listening. He interrupts the confession. He doesn't need for him to say the words. All he wants is his son home where the relationship that has been broken can be rebuilt.
Some commentators have sensed that the son intended to make the well-prepared and well-rehearsed speech, but in the barrage of hugs, he knew that the offer of servanthood was not an option that such a father would ever consider. He knew in those initial hugs that he was being received as a son.
God has no confessional booth, with a waiting note pad and poised pen, listening for the litany of wrongs done, and if we keep it up long enough, we will finally convince him that we are really, really sorry. That is not the Father 's way. He does not demand that memory recount the wrongs. The Father forgave us long before we began our confession. That is why he came bounding down the road towards us. As soon as we begin, he wants to hear no more of it. He shuts our mouth with his kisses to silence our sad confession.
His kiss upon our lips offers us amnesia about such details. He wants us to know that our homecoming is not in any way dependent upon the volume of words, or the clarity of our memory. He reads the shame in our initial words. And the very act of starting a confession is enough for the Father to draw us into his embrace and back into the family.
Theological Reflection
We may want to be very critical of the son with his base motivations in returning to his father. But there is hardly any one of us who ever came to God who did not come for motivations just as sordid.
We did not come to God out of love for Him. We came usually when we were in desperate circumstances. We may have become addicted to things over which we had lost power, and so we cried out for help and for rescue, our motives being absolutely selfish. Our marriages or our families may have come to such serious straights, that after putting God off as long as we could, we finally came, as C. S. Lewis says about himself, "the most reluctant convert in all Britain."[i] Some of us sensed our own doom to such a degree that God was seen as a better alternative to hell, but only just. Some of us came because we wanted to go to heaven when we died, and accepting God was seen as the necessary prerequisite.
Many of us were just like Francis Thompson, who writes his own "coming to God" story in his poem, The Hound of Heaven, [ii]
I fled him down the nights and down the days,
I fled him down the arches of the years,
I fled him down the labyrinthine ways of my own mind;
And in the midst of tears, I hid from him,
And under running laughter, up vistaed hopes I sped;
And shot, precipitated
Adown Titanic glooms of chasmed fears,
From those strong feet that followed, followed after.
But with unhurrying chase,
And unperturbed pace,
Deliberate speed, majestic instancy,
They beat – and a voice beat
More instant than the feet –
"All things betray thee, who betrayest me."
I pleaded, outlaw wise
By many a hearted casement, curtained red,
Trellised with intertwining charities;
(For, though I knew his love who followed,
Yet, was I sore adread,
Lest having him
I must have nought beside.)
Most of us, (all of us?) came reluctantly to God. We came sometimes with our prepared speeches to try persuade Him to accept us. Then he surprised the life into us. Coming coweringly and in shame, we found ourselves being surprised by joy, and then becoming gladly grateful for grace, and then finally finding ourselves loving him because he first loved us.
[i] David C. Downing, The Most Reluctant Convert: C. S. Lewis's Journey to Faith. (Downers Grove: IVP, 2004).
[ii] Francis Thompson, "The Hound of Heaven", Francis Thompson, the Preston-Born Poet, with Notes on Some of His Works, ed, John Thomson (London: Simkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co, 1912).


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