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History Happened Here
Singing City
Nashville's rewards go beyond music
By Carla Davidson
The Hermitage Hotel has been restored to Gilded Age glory.
(THE HERMITAGE HOTEL)
These days airports try to evoke some of the flavor of the communities they serve, and in Nashville the airport corridor leading from the arrival and departure gates is enlivened by walls full of linear posters, at once stark and vigorous, of country music stars. They bear the unmistakable stamp of Hatch Show Prints, one of the oldest working letterpress printshops in the country, still flourishing in the city's downtown. Then, just before the stairs leading down to baggage claim, come the familiar strains of "Ring of Fire," Johnny Cash's imprint still strong on this rendition. The live performer this day is a young man named Jason Parcheel; during two sets a day he captivates travelers, allowing them to forget for a few minutes the anxieties of flying, its delays, and the specter of lost luggage.
This is a good introduction to Nashville, Tennessee's capital, aka Music City USA, but does it mean that country music is all the place has to offer? You can, of course, spend virtually 24 hours a day in and around Nashville soaking up the music scene, but then you'll miss out on an awful lot. Downtown itself, home to the Country Music Hall of Fame as well as countless clubs, barbecue joints, and honky-tonks, also has the world-class Hermitage Hotel, the new Frist Center for the Visual Arts, housed in a carefully restored Deco post office (where you can still mail letters), and a gorgeous Romanesque Revival railroad station, now home to a hotel and top-notch restaurant. There is a clear sense here of a city enjoying a rebirth.
For a layered look at Nashville's history, head down to Fort Nashborough by the Cumberland River. It's a one-quarter-scale re-creation of the fort that sheltered the settlers of 1779, built in 1930 by a local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. From behind the fort's log walls you can look up to Second Avenue North, where live music is made day and night. The brick buildings that served the prosperous commercial city of the late nineteenth century still stand, forming a fairly complete and attractive streetscape. Beyond their facades rises a modern skyline made distinctive by a signature skyscraper, the BellSouth Building, nicknamed almost as soon as it opened in 1994 the Bat Building for its double-peaked top that seems to resemble Batman's silhouette.
Over the years Nashville has been designated the Athens of the South because of its many colleges, and the Wall Street of the South, reflecting an early boom in insurance and other financial institutions, but it is country music with which it is most closely associated. It started in 1925 with WSM Barn Dance, the world's longestrunning radio program, sponsored by the National Life and Accident Insurance Company. The station's call letters stand for the sponsor's boast: "We Shield Millions." By the 1950s Nashville was a center of all aspects of the recording industry, and today, says the mayor, Bill Purcell, it holds its own with Los Angeles, New York, and London.
You can spend 24 hours a day soaking up Nashville's music scene, but then you'll miss out on an awful lot.
At the Country Music Hall of Fame, a 130,000-square-foot space opened three years ago and designed with as much built-in symbolism as a cathedral, which in a sense it is, the point is made over and over that Nashville thrives not just on country but on pop, jazz, big band, gospel, bluegrass, and rhythm and blues. City fathers also point proudly to the soon-to-open multimillion-dollar symphony hall, rising cater-corner to the Hall of Fame.
As for the Hall of Fame's iconography, I learn from an excellent museum publication that the structure forms a massive bass clef when viewed from the air. Furthermore, the entrance forms an arc suggesting the tailfin of a 1959 Cadillac, "the front windows resemble piano keys," and the building is topped by a tower that "stretches skyward like a church steeple, recalling the role of religious culture in country music's history." None of this would I have figured out on my own, but the exhibits within certainly speak for themselves, from Elvis's 1960 gold-plated Cadillac Fleetwood to grainy television footage of Hank Williams and Tennessee Ernie Ford, to rhinestone-studded costumes and gold-plated records. In short, everything you would ever want to know about country music and its cousins is here.
Outside hums the city that draws more than 10 million visitors a year, each surrounding block expressing its own character. Stretching between Fourth and Fifth Avenues, the Arcade, an iron and glass-roofed marvel built in 1903 and inspired by structures common in nineteenthcentury Italy, could use some sprucing up. It still has its charms—pigeons fly through and people grab sandwiches from a few lunch spots and then sit at tables in the main corridor—but with a little attention this wonderful relic from the era when everyone came downtown to shop could really shine again.
I was swept by the same nostalgia when I spotted an empty Kress Building across Fifth from the Arcade, its 1930s terra cotta facade intact. Then I noticed a sign, kress lofts for sale, the first tip-off that these commercial streets that today more or less close down after office workers go home at five might have a future. Other condominiums and rentals, some new, some renovated, are starting to rise on the Nashville skyline.
The Kress Building was an anchor on the street in the 1940s and 1950s, which is why, in February 1960, it became one of the staging areas for the sit-in movement that soon led to widespread desegregation of the city's public facilities. The story of how Jim Crow lunch counters fell to a massive nonviolent campaign started by Nashville's large population of black college students is magnificently told in the Civil Rights Room of Nashville's newly opened library on Church Street.
A round table in the center of the room symbolizes the embattled lunch counters. Engraved on its surface are 10 rules of conduct, powerful enough to fuel a revolution, set out by two of the leaders, Bernard Lafayette and John Lewis, now a Georgia congressman. "do not: Strike back nor curse if abused; laugh out; hold conversations with floor walker; leave your seat until your leader has given you permission; block entrances to stores outside nor the aisles inside. do: Show yourself friendly and courteous at all times; sit straight, always face the counter; report all serious incidents to your leader; refer information seekers to your leader in a polite manner; remember the teachings of Jesus Christ, Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King."
When King came to Nashville two months later, he said it was "not to bring inspiration, but to gain inspiration from the great movement that has taken place in this community."
The nationally known Fisk University provided many of the students who fueled this great movement. One of the highlights of my time in Nashville was a visit to Fisk's art galleries. The modest brick structure, built as a church in 1888 and then used as a gym, gives little hint of the treasures within. The Carl Van Vechten Gallery is named for the great photographer of the Harlem Renaissance who, as a friend of Dr. Charles Sturgeon Johnson, Fisk's president, steered the collection there. It includes works by Picasso, Cézanne, and Renoir as well as many important American painters, and it belonged to the famous photographer and gallery owner Alfred Stieglitz, whose wife, Georgia O'Keeffe, deeded the works to Fisk.
South of the city, in a very elegant neighborhood called Belle Mead (and home to Tipper and Al Gore), is the 55-acre Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art. I was there in November, and the trees and plantings were showing their last flare. The varied gardens and plantings wove color and texture together like an ancient tapestry. The 1930s Georgian mansion had been built with Maxwell House coffee riches, and most of the furnishings, art glass, china, and a good range of American paintings had come together after the Cheek family departed, having first donated the property to the city. Roaming through the house and its gardens, then stopping at the Pineapple Room Restaurant, could pleasantly consume the better part of a day.
An agreeable anomaly among Cheekwood's carefully groomed attractions is a group of powerful stone figures by the self-taught African-American sculptor William Edmondson. He was taken up by some of Nashville's creative folk in the 1930s, given a show at New York's Museum of Modern Art, and through it all maintained an endearing simplicity, in both chisel and speech. "I am just doing the Lord's work," Edmondson said. "I ain't got much style; God don't want much style, but he gives wisdom and speeds you along."
A 15-minute drive east of Nashville brings you to another great estate, the Hermitage, home of President Andrew Jackson. He bought the land in 1804, at first living with his wife, Rachel, in a log cabin and eventually building a house that grew grander as his fortune did, and most of the furnishings we see today actually belonged to him. This man of the people—the only President who has an era named for him—lived very well indeed. The handsomely proportioned large rooms and hand-painted wallpaper imported from France speak to that.
When I visited, the house was decorated for Christmas, but sparingly, because, we're told, the President-elect was always reminded at that season of his wife's death in 1828, just before the holiday. After that, Jackson needed more than ever to be surrounded by people, especially his friend the great portrait painter Ralph Earl. While Jackson lived there, Earl performed various homely tasks, like opening Jackson's mail. He also painted Jackson, his family, and associates through the years in many fine works that hang at the Hermitage and in abundance at the Tennessee State Museum downtown.
The subject of Presidents as slave owners is being scrutinized these days as never before, and the Hermitage is no exception. In fact, visitors' most frequently asked question is one with a built-in contradiction: Was he a good slave owner? As at every historic property with a slave history, the present-day keepers want to answer yes. Here at the Hermitage we learn that Jackson "was not especially harsh" and that when selling slaves, he never broke up a family. Recent studies and restoration of the few remaining slave buildings on the property should shed more light on this, as will the more than a half-million artifacts relating to the slave population that have been dug up so far.
One of the docents at the house mentioned that a restaurant in Printer's Alley, named, he thought, the Brass Rail, retained a brick wall from the stables where the young lawyer Jackson had kept his horses. Just before leaving town, I decided to check it out. The picturesque Printer's Alley is a block-long cut between two streets that house many of the city's liveliest clubs. I peered down it early on a Sunday morning when it was deserted except for an amiable fellow continuing last night's drunk. Everything was closed, including the Brass Stables, as it was called, but I probably wouldn't have ventured in anyway. I picked up a leaflet at the front door to discover that it's an "Exotic Showbar," billing itself as Nashville's "Best Kept Secret for Adult Entertainment." So is the old brick wall still propping it up? For me at least, that will be another Nashville secret.
Back at the airport, with a two-hour delay ahead, I wandered the corridors. No live music this time, but still a reminder of Music City. I passed a defibrillator prudently mounted on a wall and idly stopped to read an inscription near it. "For Your Achy Breaky Heart," it said.
To Plan a Trip
Contact the Nashville Convention and Visitors Bureau at 800-657-6910 or visit www.nashvillecvb.com for information about the city's historic sites as well as present-day activities and places to stay, eat, and enjoy music of every kind. I was delighted to check in at the top-rated Hermitage Hotel built in 1910 and recently brought back to the elegance, typified by the stained-glass ceiling in the lobby, that had made it the center of Nashville life for decades. In fact this was the headquarters for both sides of the women's suffrage movement, until Tennessee cast the definitive vote in favor. The hotel has a superb restaurant, and in its vicinity is a men's room of such Art Deco perfection that a sign outside invites women to have a peek, when possible.
A truly inspired project, the Bicentennial Capitol Mall, went up in 1996 near the Capitol to celebrate 200 years of Tennessee's statehood. It features a walkway stretching 1,440 feet and bordered by a low granite wall on which are inscribed high points of the state's history. Here and there are quotes from people who made that history: writers, politicians, and ordinary citizens. A parallel path is devoted to Tennessee's natural history: rivers represented by fountains, mountains made of piles of rocks and softened by native plantings common to various sections of the state. The mall was almost empty the morning I was there; granted it was a cloudy late-November day, but I'd like to think this wonderful place is often thronged.
We mustn't forget the Grand Ole Opry. Having departed the Ryman Auditorium in 1974, it is now the central focus of Opryland, a mall and hotel sprawl of surpassing glitz. But the theater itself is lit by the devotion of its audience in the way of any great church.
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Doxxing is the collection and publishing of someone's private information online, usually done with the intent of inciting harassment in real life. While not technically illegal, it's considered harassment by most people, and there have been bills proposed to make it a crime.
Probably not. Doxxing is generally a targeted abuse, similar to harassment in real life, and unless you've got a target on your back, you're probably safe. It normally affects famous people—particularly Internet famous people, such as live streamers, YouTubers, and social media celebrities. Since many of them go by an online alias, revealing their real name is a major violation of privacy. Having your name, phone number, and address posted online leaves you vulnerable to real crimes, like swatting, physical harassment, and stalking.
While you might not have to worry as much if you have a small Internet presence, these days you can very quickly go viral for all the wrong reasons. Political debates, in particular, are a hot topic on sites like Twitter and Facebook (where your personal information likely already resides), and one wrong word can trigger a wave of hate from whoever disagrees with you.
Occasionally, people dox for other reasons, like in 2013 when Reddit accidentally accused the wrong person of being the Boston Bomber. He wasn't the bomber; he was a victim who had died in the incident, but his family had to deal with droves of angry people until the real suspect was found. This form of Internet vigilantism seems justifiable to the people doing it, which makes it spread much quicker and arguably makes it more dangerous.
The large majority of doxxing incidents are just people collecting your personal information from social media sites, not any actual computer hacking. It's hard to stop it from happening because people generally share way too much info freely online, and even relatively private people could fall victim to it.
For example, even if you've got your birthday hidden on your Facebook profile, people can find it out just by scrolling down your timeline and looking for "Happy birthday! Finally able to hit the bars!" posts. Once they know exactly when you were born, they can more easily access data on other sites. But, while hiding your birthday publicly won't stop Internet Sherlock Holmes from finding your info, it will stop lots of nosy people, so it's best to keep it private.
Realistically though, hiding all of your personal information and becoming anonymous goes against the point of social media. Sure, it makes sense never to post your address, phone number, or birthday online, but people can infer a lot about you based on seemingly innocuous posts—even little details like where you work.
Deleting old posts and making sure to be careful in the future is an option, or you could go nuclear and delete your social media accounts altogether, but most people won't be bothered to do so. And remember, most people don't have to worry much about this in the first place. Just please don't post your debit card online.


How Is "Fournir" (to Furnish) Conjugated in French?
"To furnish" or "to provide" in French requires the verb fournir. This is a regular verb, so French students will be happy to know that conjugating it to mean "furnished" or "providing" is pretty straightforward.
In English, we use -ed and -ing endings to conjugate verbs. Things are more complicated in French because there's a new ending for each subject pronoun within each tense. This leaves you with more words to remember, but luckily fournir is a regular -IR verb and follows a relatively common conjugation pattern.
As with any conjugation, we need to recognize that the verb stem is fourn-. It is only then that we can apply the various endings to form the present, future, or imperfect past tense. For example, "I am furnishing" is "je fournis" and "we will provide" is "nous fournirons."
Adding -ant to the verb stem of fournir gives us the present participle fournissant. It's quite useful because it can be an adjective, gerund, or noun as well as a verb.
To form the common past tense of the passé composé, we use the past participle fourni. This is preceded by a conjugate of avoir (an auxiliary, or "helping" verb) as well as the subject pronoun. As an example, "I furnished" is "j'ai fourni" and "we provided" is "nous avons fourni."
Those forms of fournir should be a priority for memorization. There will also be times when you will need or encounter other simple conjugations. The subjunctive verb mood, for instance, implies a degree of uncertainty to the verb. Likewise, the conditional verb mood says that the "providing" is dependent on something.
In literature, you will likely find the passé simple. While you may not use it or the imperfect subjunctive yourself, it's a good idea to know that these are forms of fournir when reading French.
In short, assertive requests and demands, the imperative verb form is used. For this, it's perfectly acceptable to drop the subject pronoun: use "fournis" rather than "tu fournis."
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Grady Excavating, Inc. filed an appeal challenging the Washington State Office of Minority and Women's Business Enterprises (OMWBE) Certification Committee's (Committee) decision to decertify the firm based on an allegation that the owner was no longer economically disadvantaged. The rationale for this determination focused on the company's success. Essentially, the agency argued that because the business had been so successful in such a short a period of time, the owner could not be economically disadvantaged because "doors open easily for her".
On appeal, the DOT reversed the Committee's decision but remanded the case back on other grounds. On the issue of economic disadvantage, the DOT made clear that agency erred when it considered the success of the business when examining the owner's claim of economic disadvantage. "Imputing the value of the applicant firm to an owner's personal net worth is not consistent with the intent of our rule".
This case is important because it shows it makes clear that the new regulation creating the accumulation of wealth standard doesn't give agencies the ability to discard other provisions of the regulations such as the exclusion of the owner's interest in the business in calculating net worth. Although not discussed in this case, it could also be argued that an agency shouldn't consider a spouses income, joint assets or the value of the primary residence since those too are specifically excluded from the calculation of personal net worth.


If yes, then The Asian Tuk Tuk is the ideal place to be at.
You could start your evening with Tom Yum Clear Soup – a delightful Thai soup with distinct hot and sour flavours, fragrant spices and herbs.
This soup is sure to tantalise your taste buds and would make you crave for more.If you have a penchant for dim sums, then gorge on their Naked Cactus dim sum.
This one was a clear winner with shredded chicken tossed with chilli sauce, wrapped in corn tortilla, served with pickled vegetables.
However, the dish was a bit too sweet on the palate.
The crisp and long vegetable rolls were made with Thai curry-flavoured noodles.
We also tried Tuk Tuk Chilli Chicken, which is also fondly called Green Chilli Chicken.
The stir-fried chicken tossed in Kung Pao sauce, bullet chilli and cashew nuts had a pleasant aftertaste with just the right spice quotient.


We have been inundated with books of the "evidential" variety, beginning with McDowell's Evidence that Demands a Verdict, and most recently continuing with Lee Strobel and his very popular The Case for … series of books. I'll not go so far as to say that these books have no value. No doubt, there are those who have come to faith in Christ after having taken a candid look at the evidence. Nor would I argue that there is not a veritable universe filled with evidence of our Creator. The whole earth is full of his glory.
But I have a problem with this method of evangelism. I believe that it elevates human intellect and invites men to come to Christ on their own terms. The Bible characterizes the world as having an autonomous self-sufficiency, and the evidential approach to apologetics appeals to this autonomous self-sufficiency. For, when an autonomous man is persuaded by human wisdom and evidence that he "just can't answer," that man has come to Christ on his own terms, rather than coming on Christ's terms.
Christ's call to salvation requires mankind to repent. But the evidential approach requires no repentance. It merely requires a progression in one's understanding. The worldly mind promotes human reasoning above all else, and the evidential approach appeals to human reasoning. Paul often spoke of the worldly mind. In Colossians 2:8, he described it as philosophy that is vain deceit, and characterized it as "after the tradition of men… and not after Christ." In I Corinthians 1:12, Paul tells us that "the world by wisdom knew not God." And in Ephesians 4:17ff, Paul demands that we "henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind…" He says that their understanding is darkened, that they are alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart. We have not received the spirit of the world (I Corinthians 2:12), but the spirit of Christ. Nor will the spirit of the world ever bring a man to Christ, for "the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spririt of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned" (I Corinthians 2:14).
Brethren, I would remind you that it is the natural man who demands evidence (I Corinthians 1:22). But we refrain from speach that utilizes the words which man's wisdom teaches (I Corinthians 1:23-24; 2:13). The worldly mind refuses to believe anything that does not meet its criterion for evidence. This is why men who lived during the time of Christ, who saw His miracles and heard His preaching and even made up lies to deny His resurrection did not become believers or disciples of Christ. It certainly wasn't for a lack of evidence. They had more evidence than any man can possibly want in our day.
The world's problem is and always has been its presuppositions. The world sets its presuppositions against the presuppositions that the Bible demands. And the world by wisdom does not know God. God requires a man to repent of these worldly presuppositions, or he will perish. And this, as I see it, is exactly the problem with the evidentialist approach to apologetics. Evidentialism appeals to a man to keep those worldly assumptions and come to Christ that way. So that when a man converts, he does not convert because he has submitted himself to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. He converts because he has persuaded himself that Christianity is the truth. He comes to Christ, not on Christ's authority, but on the authority of his own autonomous mind.
As an aside, I believe that this kind of "converting" explains why so many of these converts continue to lead such a worldly and sensual lifestyle. They walk in Christ the way they received Him.
We receive Christ on His terms. He is God. He does not appeal to evidence when He calls men to salvation. He appeals to His own authority. He demands that we lay aside our own assumptions and take up the Christian presuppositions of Scripture. Sight does not make a man a Christian. And yet, many Christians in their desire to persuade men, appeal to their own self-sufficient sight by appealing on the basis of evidence. The just shall live by faith. We walk by faith, not by sight. But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
The way that we received Christ is the way that we are to walk in Him. That includes, most obviously, our manner of living. But it also includes our thinking, our scholarly endeavors, and our witnessing. When we witness for the Lord, we are to witness in submission to His Lordship. No doubt, we are the people, and we think that we have found a better way. After all, these evidentialists, they are bringing many people to make a profession of faith. We can't really see evidence of conversion, but at least people are giving lip-service to it, right? I mean, that's probably better than nothing. Which reminds me, why am I wasting my time writing this when I could be out soul winning.
But Paul commands us to be rooted and built up in Christ. That is how we are to walk in Him. Stablished in the faith, as we have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. And as we do, Paul warns us, that is, those of us who are walking in Christ the way we received him, to "Beware lest any man spoil (take captive, carry off as booty) you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men (worldly presuppositions that demand evidence and refuse to acknowledge the authority of Christ in the realm of knowledge), after the rudiments of the world (autonomous self-sufficiency), and not after Christ.
In this, then, we should take note of yet another evidence of true conversion — that the former man of the world has repented of his former basic assumptions, and now has a new basic assumption. He now assumes that whatever God says in His Word is true, and he approaches Scripture that way. As Ephesians 4:20-24 teaches, that man has new committments, new assumptions, new presuppositions, a new love, a new direction, new evidence, a new life – behold, all things have become new!
Good fleshing out with application to apologetics. And a nice shelling of evangelistic methods. A question comes: what inclines a soul to a new basic assumption?
I can attest that from a child up until I got saved I was firmly and utterly convinced of the truth of the Bible and the existence of God in the way Dave writes about here. I had read several books of apologetics, all the Creation Science magazines, and my parents have carefully instructed me on the many infallible proofs of Scripture. But it didn't regenerate me, and my sins were a testimony of it. Thanks for this Dave. I'm curious to hear your thoughts on Kent's question.
I am thankful for the good material in this post. I have one question. Where does Colossians 2:6-8 state that "The way that we received Christ is the way that we are to walk in Him"? Or is this established in other passages? I believe (unless my article on "As ye have received Christ . . . so walk ye in Him" at my website is incorrect) that every time the Greek construction that is found in the "as" of this verse appears in Scripture and in relevent Koine, it does not mean "in the same way as you have, so," etc. but simply "since," so that the verse is "Since ye have received Christ [in an unstated way], walk in Him [in the way specified by the following verses]." Of course, I could very easily be missing something. Thanks again for the good content.
BTW, just in case readers don't know what article I'm talking about and want to read it, the article on "As Ye Have Received Christ . . . So Walk Ye In Him" is at http://thross7.googlepages.com.
Faith is the new basic assumption. Although I might not have been very clear in the post on this, I believe that this is what Paul is referring to in verse 6. We receive Christ by faith, and we walk by faith, not by sight. So, to answer Kent's question (and Joshua's), faith inclines a soul to a new basic assumption. Before faith comes, men walk by sight. Faith is God's gift, so we could say that God produces faith in the heart, and this faith inclines a soul to believe. Joshua, I think I can say the same thing in one sense — I believed what my parents said about God, about Creation, about sin, really about everything. Their teaching inclined me to believe. But there was still the necessity of the new birth, which, as we know, is not the result of knowledge, but the result of God's work (John 1:12).
Thomas, I'm not sure that I am competent enough with Greek to discuss your question intelligently. I am in my second year of studying first year Greek, so I'm a novice in this, and must rely on what other men have said. Wuest says, ""As" is hōs (ὡς), "In the same manner as, like as."" A.T. Robertson concurs, saying, "As therefore ye received (ὡς οὐν παρελαβετε [hōs oun parelabete]). Second aorist active indicative of παραλαμβανω [paralambanō] in same sense as in I Thess. 4:1; Phil. 4:9." So, I admit that I am relying on them in part. However, since we believe that the English is derivatively inspired, we can also say that the English reading would naturally be understood to be saying that "like/similarly/in the same way/as" ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him…" Also, verse 7 seems to add specifics to the general principle of verse 6, that when we received Christ, we were rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, and that we are to walk in him as those who are rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith.
I was not aware that you wrote an article on this verse. As I have time, I will try to see where you came up with "since" as a meaning for "as." Again, my ability in this is limited, but none of the dictionaries or helps that I have available to me give "since" as a possible meaning of "as," nor does our English language give that as a possibility. Could you point me to some commentaries and/or lexicons that give "since" as a meaning for "as"?
Your argument is plausible in the sense that the Colossian believers had received Christ Jesus the Lord, and so Paul is urging them to walk in them as they received Him. In an earlier discussion, you argued that there can only be one meaning, so I am assuming that you believe that the word "as" can only possibly mean "since" in this verse. If that is your view, then that seems to go beyond the plain meaning of the word "as" here.
I'll look forward to hearing what you have to say.
Sometimes I feel like I'm constantly quoting this to the church here, but this is the verse that came to mind as I read your article: Lu 16:31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
evidntialism or all evidence in apologetics?
The question is not the Greek word hos on its own, but hos oun. That construction never means "in the same way as." I won't repeat the entire article on my website here; anyone who wishes can go there and read it. The question of the English translation is also answered there.
Also, while certainly faith is a gift from God, since in Scripture we see that evidences were used to get people to believe (500 witnesses, etc. of the resurrection, and many other examples in Acts), we have a Biblical warrant for using evidences to prepare people to receive the gospel. I don't think you would disagree with this.
Have a great day presupposing the truth of the Bible.
Even though I believe that presenting evidence is acceptable, it is not a basis for faith. No one will be saved because he was persuaded by evidence. That is a little longer conversation and perhaps we should do a month on it at Jackhammer. I don't think that Thomas is disagreeing with that, since he said "prepare people to receive the gospel." People who think someone will be converted because of evidence are headed the wrong way in evangelism.
I agree with you about the "as therefore." In context, Paul is speaking in the previous verses about their full assurance of understanding to the acknowledgement of the mystery… of Christ. He is joying and beholding their order, and the steadfastness of their faith in Christ. And then he says "as ye have therefore received Christ." As I was re-reading that this morning, it came to me that this obviously means "since you have received Christ." So, I understood what you were saying as of this morning. I didn't get that yesterday or before that, so thank you for pointing it out.
That being said, I also think that this is yet another example of the way that Scripture often speaks, with several layers of meaning. On the one hand, Paul is saying "since you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him." But he does not simply mean "since." For one thing, it would have been easy enough for the KJV translators to say "since." But they didn't. And I believe their translation reflects the depth of meaning. Certainly the phrase means "since." You have received Christ (that is Paul's subject), and Paul wants them to walk in Christ that same way. This is a frequent theme with the Apostle Paul (Galatians comes to mind), and it certainly fits with the wording of this passage. For this reason, the KJV inserts the word "so." Paul is saying that you have received Christ by faith — I joy and behold that — and since you have received Him this way, walk in Him the same way.
I'll not go so far as to say that these books have no value. No doubt, there are those who have come to faith in Christ after having taken a candid look at the evidence. Nor would I argue that there is not a veritable universe filled with evidence of our Creator. The whole earth is full of his glory.
But I have a problem with this method of evangelism. I believe that it elevates human intellect and invites men to come to Christ on their own terms.
I did not comment on the proper use or place of evidence in evangelism. I think it can be used. But I also believe that we must be careful. When we invite men to come to Christ on the basis of evidence, we tempt them to come on their own terms rather than on God's terms. That is not to say that we should reject evidences altogether. That is to say that we must use them lawfully, and as we use them, we must understand that they will still need to presuppose the truth of God's Word before they will believe.
To answer your question, I believe that we can and should use evidence, especially in refuting the assumptions of unregenerate men. But we must not stake our case on evidence, nor should we make a habit of incorporating external evidences (classical arguments, archeological findings, Josephus, etc) as a basis for believing. Of course, the first proof for the truth of Scripture is the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead (Romans 1:4). And that must be the kind of proof (the internal proofs from Scripture) that we must rely on.
How I see it as fundamentalism was started as a faith movement where the moidern man could not concieve what he sees as irrational or as we term it infinite thought-thought beyond our comprehension.
When this happens, this is where faith comes in-believing something to be true we cannot prove0where the modern man comes in and disbelieves a 7 day creation.
When Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameron-literally I thought this was a debate in my bible college with two freshmen debating. A Watch/coke can shows a creator? Though this might be true-this ends up being a very poor example of a modernist philosophy called Evidentialism. On some of these other resorces, they are good when accused of false beliefs such as the bible was changed but 15,000 manuscripts in the NT does not share this view and as evidance of God preserving his word.
Dave, good points made about certain types of apologetics – and the assumptions some have that if they do not accept the Bible, they will somehow be intellectually convinced of the truth.
People like Stroebel, Lewis, McDowell, Colson, etc. that are ecumenical to the hilt and water down the truth are not really helping the cause of Christ. They are reducing Biblical truths to the lowest common denominator, and basically (through their associations) teaching that it does not matter whether you are a Catholic or a Protestant, Evangelical or Fundamentalist, etc. just as long as you believe in a Jesus and have some token faith in commonly accepted theology in Christendom.
Axiopisticism is what apologetics is about. Axiopisticism provides rational and/or scientific proofs intended to result in faith or belief in God.
Autopisticism is the faith assumption. Autopisticism begins by ACCEPTING the Word of God as true by faith and building faith from every Word of inspired Scripture. Autopisticism is an appeal to simply believe.
Which of these two axioms does the Word of God prescribe?


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Post by ScottyMcGee » Fri Apr 21, 2017 11:43 am
On November 22, 1963 at 10 A.M., a switchboard operator in Oxnard, California received a call from a woman. The woman said that the president would die in 10 minutes.
The operator who answered the call was Mrs. Bliss. At first, the unidentified woman spoke to herself in a whisper and in rapid succession. Mrs. Bliss described it to the FBI as if the woman were reciting something that was written. When Mrs. Bliss asked if she needed assistance, the the woman replied, "No, thank you," in a clear and normal voice before returning to her "recital" in what was now described as a "definite, rhythmic fast tempo".
Mrs. Shores later joined in on hearing the conversation after Mrs. Bliss wasn't sure what to do or say.
The caller dialed a few numbers and then said faintly, "The President is going to die at 10:10". At hearing this, both operators looked up at the clock. The time was between 10:07 and 10:08 AM. The caller, continuing in the same rapid whisper, next said, "the Justice, the Supreme Court, there's going to be fire in all the windows, the Government is going up in flames."
Meanwhile, as this unfolded, JFK was making his infamous ride through Dallas, Texas. After 10:10 passed without incident, the two operators thought that the woman then placed the receiver on a table and there was no background noise as she proceeded to dial between 12 and 15 digits. It was at this point that Mrs Bliss interrupted again asking if she needed help. The woman, again in a clear and calm voice, said, "No. I'm using the phone." The woman then named at least 12 courts in order of importance from the Supreme Court on down before stating that "The President is going to die at 10:30." But that was not yet the end of it. She followed those statements up with yet another recital of the courts and the words, "The Government takes over everything lock, stock and barrel." That was the last thing Mrs. Shores could make out. However Mrs. Bliss caught the words "thermostat", "rheostat" and "heostat" before the whispers became inaudible to her as well, and she released the line. The call had lasted an estimated 15 minutes.
JFK got shot at precisely 12:30 PM in Dallas Plaza - which was exactly 10:30 AM back in California's time zone.
The weirder thing? JFK was expected to reach Dallas Plaza at 10:10 AM, but he was delayed by the crowds wanting to greet him.
There was a rumor that the unidentified caller was the late actress Karyn Kupcinet - who mysteriously died 6 days after the assassination. Kupcinet's death was first mentioned in connection with JFK's assassination in 1967 by researched Penn Jones Jr. in his book Forgive My Grief II. Jones claimed that the Associated Press's wire service story about an unidentified woman who placed a phone call on November 22, 1963, from Oxnard, California was Kupcinet.
He claims this because supposedly her father, Irv Kupcinet, had met Jack Ruby in Chicago in the 1940's. The theory goes that Irv had heard of the assassination and told Karyn, who in turn wanted to warn people. Karyn then was killed in a mob hit after word got out about the mysterious caller. The murder was meant to silence Irv about the assassination. Irv fiercely denied ever knowing Jack Ruby and wanted the conspiracy nonsense regarding him and his daughter to stop.
Karyn's friends said she showed as much shock as anyone else when JFK died and was with them in Palm Springs when it happened, not Oxnard.
On the day of her death, Karyn had been acting erratic and emotional. A while ago, she had an illegal abortion. She also claimed to have found an orphaned baby, but that story was later discovered to be untrue. Around this time, she abused diet pills and other prescription medication. She hung out with friends at her apartment and passed out, tired. Her friends left her alone and locked the door. They were the last to see her alive. She was supposed to meet up with actor Mark Goddard and his wife Marcia two days later, the 30th, at their house. When she didn't arrive or call, the Goddards went to her apartment and found her dead and naked, along with bottles of prescription medicine and a note describing all her worries. However, her death was officially ruled a homicide since her hyoid bone, located in the neck, was broken.
In 2013, the Ventura County Star commemorated the 50th anniversary of the JFK assassination with a long article about the unknown woman who had used a phone in the vicinity of Oxnard, 50 miles away from Karyn Kupcinet's home, immediately before the shooting of JFK. Citing FBI documents that were declassified decades after the events of November 1963, the Ventura County Star article claims that two telephone operators worked at General Telephone Company. Around 11:35 AM when the manager found out about the call, he called the FBI. The operators described the caller's voice to the FBI. FBI agents questioned the two operators for a very short time after JFK's death. Their description did not match Kupcinet's voice in the slightest, especially regarding her age bracket. Karyn was 22 at the time of her death but the unidentified woman sounded middle-aged.
To this day, the caller remains unknown.
Sources and reading material:
Part of the Warren Commission describing the phone call
Archive of every official JFK investigation document
Kooky forum where I first learned more details about this (I knew about it before just not to the extent of what I know now)
Karyn Kupcinet wiki
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Post by I am nobody » Fri Apr 21, 2017 3:08 pm
Your snippet at the end is an almost exact match of the discussion of the call on Kupcinet's Wikipedia page, save for the final sentence:
The 2013 Ventura County Star article adds that the two operators believed the woman on the phone was "mentally disturbed."
And I don't see any reason to disagree with that. People make ridiculous claims about the deaths of those in power all the time - one of them was bound to be right eventually. The fact that everything else she said in the call was just nonsense rambling doesn't lend confidence to her being an exception.
Everything about Kupcinet is just desperate reaching on the part of conspiracy nuts. She wasn't the right age, she didn't live in the right area, and the idea that she knew about the assassination because her father supposedly met Jack Ruby when JFK was still irrelevant is absurd.
Post by ScottyMcGee » Fri Apr 21, 2017 3:15 pm
Oops. I thought I did. I wanted to put it in a separate paragraph because I like keeping each paragraph on one topic. I put the mentally disturbed comment aside until I finished reading everything else, because I wasn't entirely sure what to make of it. I was confused by it because the more detailed story said she was calm and collective - she just spoke quickly saying weird things. But the wiki mentions that the operators labeled her as "mentally disturbed." The more sensational media like Cracked.com and YouTube videos label her as "hysterical", and that's always the common notion when you run into the story - but that appeared to be a misrepresentation. What exactly is the tone of someone "mentally disturbed"? I'm not sure.
I believe Karyn's death clearly had something to do with her illegal abortion. Her faked orphaned baby story indicates delusion and guilt.
Many JFK conspiracy theorists cite this as "definitive proof" that there was some wider conspiracy. Although it's certainly eerie and questionable, my question is why did she call a random operator? Why not straight to 911 or directly to the FBI? Then again, idk how easy it would be back then to look up the FBI's phone number. It's not like they had Google in the early '60's.
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Post by CaptHayfever » Sat Apr 22, 2017 4:55 pm
^^They had phone books.
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Post by ScottyMcGee » Mon Apr 24, 2017 6:27 am
For some reason the idea of finding the FBI phone number in a phone book makes me laugh.
I imagine it next to some ad for some seedy lawyer.
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"""Tests for gps_building_blocks.ml.diagnostics.binary_classification."""

from absl.testing import absltest
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
import sklearn.metrics
from absl.testing import parameterized
from gps_building_blocks.ml.diagnostics import binary_classification

_TEST_DATA = pd.DataFrame({
    'label': [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
    'prediction': [
        0.7, 0.63, 0.4, 0.77, 0.45, 0.8, 0.41, 0.82, 0.7, 0.6, 0.5, 0.45, 0.74,
        0.11, 0.21, 0.05, 0.67, 0.79, 0.60, 0.10
    ],
    'num_feature_1': [
        20, 30, 22.5, 19, 30, 32, 15.6, 17.87, 25.45, 17.3, 30.2, 33, 27.5,
        25.1, 35.6, 33.26, 38.5, 31.23, 28.44, 30.32
    ],
    'cat_feature_1': [
        'M', 'M', 'F', 'M', 'M', 'F', 'M', 'M', 'F', 'F', 'F', 'F', 'M', 'M',
        'F', 'M', 'F', 'M', 'M', 'F'
    ]
})

class BinaryClassificationDiagnosticsTest(parameterized.TestCase,
                                          absltest.TestCase):

  def test_calc_performance_metrics_returns_correct_values(self):
    expected_results = {
        'prop_positives': 0.5000,
        'auc_roc': 0.7100,
        'auc_pr': 0.7278,
        'binarize_threshold': 0.5000,
        'accuracy': 0.6500,
        'true_positive_rate': 0.7000,
        'true_negative_rate': 0.6000,
        'precision': 0.6364,
        'f1_score': 0.6667
    }

    rerults = (
        binary_classification.calc_performance_metrics(
            labels=_TEST_DATA['label'].values,
            probability_predictions=_TEST_DATA['prediction'].values))

    self.assertDictEqual(expected_results, rerults)

  def test_resulted_bin_metrics_does_not_contain_nas(self):
    results = (
        binary_classification.calc_bin_metrics(
            labels=_TEST_DATA['label'].values,
            probability_predictions=_TEST_DATA['prediction'].values,
            number_bins=3))

    self.assertFalse(results.isna().values.any())

  def test_calc_bin_metrics_returns_correct_values(self):
    bin_number = [1, 2, 3]
    bin_size = [7, 6, 7]
    positive_instances = [5, 2, 3]
    precision = [0.7143, 0.3333, 0.4286]
    prop_positives = [0.5000, 0.5000, 0.5000]
    precision_uplift = [1.4286, 0.6666, 0.8572]
    coverage = [0.5000, 0.2000, 0.3000]

    results = (
        binary_classification.calc_bin_metrics(
            labels=_TEST_DATA['label'].values,
            probability_predictions=_TEST_DATA['prediction'].values,
            number_bins=3))

    self.assertListEqual(results['bin_number'].tolist(), bin_number)
    self.assertListEqual(results['bin_size'].tolist(), bin_size)
    self.assertListEqual(results['positive_instances'].tolist(),
                         positive_instances)
    self.assertListEqual(results['precision'].tolist(), precision)
    self.assertListEqual(results['prop_positives'].tolist(), prop_positives)
    self.assertListEqual(results['precision_uplift'].tolist(), precision_uplift)
    self.assertListEqual(results['coverage'].tolist(), coverage)

  def test_plot_bin_metrics_returns_bar_plots_with_correct_elements(self):
    bin_metrics = (
        binary_classification.calc_bin_metrics(
            labels=_TEST_DATA['label'].values,
            probability_predictions=_TEST_DATA['prediction'].values,
            number_bins=3))
    x_data = list(bin_metrics['bin_number'])
    y_data_precision = list(bin_metrics['precision'])
    y_data_precision_uplift = list(bin_metrics['precision_uplift'])
    y_data_coverage = list(bin_metrics['coverage'])

    plots = binary_classification.plot_bin_metrics(bin_metrics)
    plot_1 = plots[0]
    plot_2 = plots[1]
    plot_3 = plots[2]

    with self.subTest(name='test the elements of precision bar plot'):
      self.assertListEqual(
          x_data, [int(tick.get_text()) for tick in plot_1.get_xticklabels()])
      self.assertListEqual(y_data_precision,
                           [h.get_height() for h in plot_1.patches])
    with self.subTest(name='test the elements of precision uplift bar plot'):
      self.assertListEqual(
          x_data, [int(tick.get_text()) for tick in plot_2.get_xticklabels()])
      self.assertListEqual(y_data_precision_uplift,
                           [h.get_height() for h in plot_2.patches])
    with self.subTest(name='test the elements of coverage bar plot'):
      self.assertListEqual(
          x_data, [int(tick.get_text()) for tick in plot_3.get_xticklabels()])
      self.assertListEqual(y_data_coverage,
                           [h.get_height() for h in plot_3.patches])

  def test_calc_cumulative_bin_metrics_returns_correct_values(self):
    cumulative_bin_number = [1, 2, 3]
    bin_size = [7, 13, 20]
    bin_size_proportion = [0.3500, 0.6500, 1.0000]
    positive_instances = [5, 7, 10]
    precision = [0.7143, 0.5385, 0.5000]
    coverage = [0.5000, 0.7000, 1.0000]
    prop_label_positives = [0.5000, 0.5000, 0.5000]
    precision_uplift = [1.4286, 1.0770, 1.0000]

    results = (
        binary_classification.calc_cumulative_bin_metrics(
            labels=_TEST_DATA['label'].values,
            probability_predictions=_TEST_DATA['prediction'].values,
            number_bins=3))

    self.assertListEqual(results['cumulative_bin_number'].tolist(),
                         cumulative_bin_number)
    self.assertListEqual(results['bin_size'].tolist(), bin_size)
    self.assertListEqual(results['bin_size_proportion'].tolist(),
                         bin_size_proportion)
    self.assertListEqual(results['positive_instances'].tolist(),
                         positive_instances)
    self.assertListEqual(results['precision'].tolist(), precision)
    self.assertListEqual(results['coverage (recall)'].tolist(), coverage)
    self.assertListEqual(results['prop_label_positives'].tolist(),
                         prop_label_positives)
    self.assertListEqual(results['precision_uplift'].tolist(), precision_uplift)

  def test_plot_cumulative_bin_metrics_returns_correct_plots(self):
    cumulative_bin_metrics = (
        binary_classification.calc_cumulative_bin_metrics(
            labels=np.array(_TEST_DATA['label']),
            probability_predictions=np.array(_TEST_DATA['prediction']),
            number_bins=3))
    x_data = list(cumulative_bin_metrics['cumulative_bin_number'])
    y_data_precision = list(cumulative_bin_metrics['precision'])
    y_data_precision_uplift = list(cumulative_bin_metrics['precision_uplift'])
    y_data_coverage = list(cumulative_bin_metrics['coverage (recall)'])

    plots = (
        binary_classification.plot_cumulative_bin_metrics(
            cumulative_bin_metrics))
    plot_1 = plots[0]
    plot_2 = plots[1]
    plot_3 = plots[2]

    with self.subTest(name='test the elements of precision bar plot'):
      self.assertListEqual(
          x_data, [int(tick.get_text()) for tick in plot_1.get_xticklabels()])
      self.assertListEqual(y_data_precision,
                           [h.get_height() for h in plot_1.patches])
    with self.subTest(name='test the elements of precision uplift bar plot'):
      self.assertListEqual(
          x_data, [int(tick.get_text()) for tick in plot_2.get_xticklabels()])
      self.assertListEqual(y_data_precision_uplift,
                           [h.get_height() for h in plot_2.patches])
    with self.subTest(name='test the elements of coverage bar plot'):
      self.assertListEqual(
          x_data, [int(tick.get_text()) for tick in plot_3.get_xticklabels()])
      self.assertListEqual(y_data_coverage,
                           [h.get_height() for h in plot_3.patches])

  def test_plot_binned_features_return_plots_with_correct_elements(self):
    number_bins = 3
    prediction_column_name = 'prediction'

    # prepare results
    test_data = _TEST_DATA.sort_values(
        by=prediction_column_name, ascending=False)
    test_data['bin_number'] = (
        number_bins -
        pd.qcut(test_data[prediction_column_name], q=number_bins, labels=False))
    # stats for the numerical feature
    num_binned_test_data = test_data[['bin_number', 'num_feature_1']]
    num_binned_test_data = num_binned_test_data.rename(
        columns={'num_feature_1': 'v'})
    num_bin_stats = (
        num_binned_test_data[['bin_number',
                              'v']].groupby('bin_number',
                                            as_index=False).agg('mean'))
    num_bin_stats.columns = ['bin_number', 'var_mean']

    # stats for the categorical feature
    cat_binned_test_data = test_data[['bin_number', 'cat_feature_1']]
    cat_binned_test_data = cat_binned_test_data.rename(
        columns={'cat_feature_1': 'categories'})
    bin_counts = (
        cat_binned_test_data.groupby('bin_number', as_index=False).count())
    bin_counts.columns = ['bin_number', 'total_count']
    cat_binned_test_data['temp_column'] = 1
    bin_category_counts = (
        cat_binned_test_data.groupby(['bin_number', 'categories'],
                                     as_index=False).count())
    bin_category_counts.columns = ['bin_number', 'categories', 'count']
    cat_bin_stats = pd.merge(bin_category_counts, bin_counts, on='bin_number')
    cat_bin_stats['proportion'] = (
        round((cat_bin_stats['count'] / cat_bin_stats['total_count']) * 100, 5))
    cat_bin_stats = cat_bin_stats.sort_values('categories')

    num_plot, cat_plot = (
        binary_classification.plot_binned_features(
            data=_TEST_DATA,
            number_bins=number_bins,
            prediction_column_name=prediction_column_name,
            feature_names=('num_feature_1', 'cat_feature_1'),
            feature_types=('numerical', 'categorical')))

    with self.subTest(name='test the elements of numerical feature plot'):
      self.assertEqual('num_feature_1', num_plot.get_title())
      self.assertListEqual(
          list(num_bin_stats['bin_number']),
          [int(tick.get_text()) for tick in num_plot.get_xticklabels()])
      self.assertListEqual(
          list(num_bin_stats['var_mean']),
          [h.get_height() for h in num_plot.patches])
    with self.subTest(name='test the elements of categorical feature plot'):
      self.assertEqual('cat_feature_1', cat_plot.get_title())
      self.assertListEqual(
          list(set(cat_bin_stats['bin_number'])),
          [int(tick.get_text()) for tick in cat_plot.get_xticklabels()])
      self.assertListEqual(
          list(cat_bin_stats['proportion']),
          [round(h.get_height(), 5) for h in cat_plot.patches])

  def test_plot_predicted_probabilities(self):
    plot = binary_classification.plot_predicted_probabilities(
        labels=_TEST_DATA['label'].values,
        probability_predictions=_TEST_DATA['prediction'].values,
        colors=('b', 'g'),
        print_stats=True,
        fig_width=20,
        fig_height=15)

    with self.subTest(name='test the title of plot'):
      self.assertEqual('Distribution of predicted probabilities',
                       plot.get_title())
    with self.subTest(name='test the label of the plot'):
      preds_plot0 = _TEST_DATA[_TEST_DATA['label'] == 0]['prediction']
      preds_plot1 = _TEST_DATA[_TEST_DATA['label'] == 1]['prediction']
      expect_legends = [
          'class[%s]' % (str(0)) + ': mean=%.4f, std=%.4f, median=%.4f' %
          (np.mean(preds_plot0), np.std(preds_plot0), np.median(preds_plot0)),
          'class[%s]' % (str(1)) + ': mean=%.4f, std=%.4f, median=%.4f' %
          (np.mean(preds_plot1), np.std(preds_plot1), np.median(preds_plot1))
      ]
      actual_legends = [l.get_text() for l in plot.get_legend().get_texts()]
      self.assertListEqual(expect_legends, actual_legends)

  @parameterized.named_parameters(
      dict(
          testcase_name='test_plot_roc_curve',
          plot_name='roc',
          print_stats=True,
          fig_width=10,
          fig_height=10,
          curve_color='b'),
      dict(
          testcase_name='test_plot_pr_curve',
          plot_name='precision-recall',
          print_stats=True,
          fig_width=10,
          fig_height=10,
          curve_color='b'))
  def test_plots(self, plot_name, print_stats, fig_width, fig_height,
                 curve_color):
    if plot_name == 'roc':
      plot = binary_classification.plot_roc_curve(
          labels=_TEST_DATA['label'].values,
          probability_predictions=_TEST_DATA['prediction'].values,
          print_stats=print_stats,
          fig_width=fig_width,
          fig_height=fig_height,
          curve_color=curve_color)
      expected_title = 'AUC=0.7100'
    elif plot_name == 'precision-recall':
      plot = binary_classification.plot_precision_recall_curve(
          labels=_TEST_DATA['label'].values,
          probability_predictions=_TEST_DATA['prediction'].values,
          print_stats=print_stats,
          fig_width=fig_width,
          fig_height=fig_height,
          curve_color=curve_color)
      expected_title = 'Average Precision=%.4f' % sklearn.metrics.average_precision_score(
          np.array(_TEST_DATA['label']), np.array(_TEST_DATA['prediction']))
    else:
      raise NotImplementedError('plot name %s is not included in the tests.')

    with self.subTest(name='test the title of plot'):
      self.assertEqual(expected_title, plot.get_title())

    with self.subTest(name='test the lines of the plot'):
      lines = plot.get_lines()
      self.assertLen(lines, 1)
      self.assertEqual('b', lines[0].get_color())

if __name__ == '__main__':
  absltest.main()

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Artistry Cards ~ Can't Get Enough of this Cartridge!!
Okay I really love this New Cricut Collection by Close to My Heart ~ ARTISTRY!! This cartridge includes shapes spanning a wide variety of themes, holidays, and seasons to add some visual spice to any project you create. Get back to basics with the unique font, banners, layered shapes, borders, backgrounds, and other fun icons you'll find on this cartridge. All of the designs are a must for any crafter! There are two versions available the traditional cartridge and if you own a Explore or Explore Air you can purchase the digital version. Check it out on my website HERE.
For me it includes dogs and cats!!! So as a veterinarian and a crafter this really struck a cord with me. Because prior to 2011 I scrapbooked my life with my husband and my four-legged kids. So I gravitate to animals and this cartridge delivers for me. I know there is an unfortunate need for pet sympathy cards as I have been on the receiving end too many times this year and in the past 4 years. So I wanted to design a few cards that may help others when that time comes to say good bye to their family members.
For these card I used the puppies found on page 9 of the new Artistry card. the heart is found on page 10 and I just hid the contour lines of the paw print. the banner is from page 21 but I stretched the image increasing the height and leaving the length the same. I used the Sincere Expressions A1146 for the sentiment.
Welcome to the Stampers with an Attitude Blog Hop!! The Stampers with an Attitude is the team lead by Kimberly Moss. This month the Stampers with an Attitude are going to be showcasing art work with the newly released paper pack Zoe. If you have not seen this paper pack you will love it as it is extremity versatile.
If you are just hopping here from AGGIE PETERS' Blog then you are in the right spot. The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way around. If you get lost along the way, you can find the complete list of participating consultant at the end of my blog.
Isn't this a fun layout? The colors in this paper pack are so bright and cheerful. I paired it with the Sweet Leaf fundamental paper. I also used my new Artistry cartridge to cut most of the shapes.
The title Adventure can be found on page 29 of the Artistry cartridge and was cut at 3.57″ high. The photo frame was also cut using Artistry the image is on page 26 and it was cut at 4″high. The bicycle is from Artfully Sent it is a pocket card which I hid the contour lines so it was just the bicycle.
Welcome to the new Artistry Blog Hop!
Today you will be hopping with the same talented consultants who bring you the Stamp of the Month blog hop. We are featuring artwork which showcases the brand NEW Close to My Heart Cricut Cartridge ~ ARTISTRY!!!! You will just love this new addition to the CTMH collection. This new collection three exclusive D-sized stamp sets and an Enchantment cardstock combo pack for only $99. The Artistry cartridge is an artist's gold mine, replete with a glittering medley of banners, layered shapes, borders, backgrounds, and icons. Each key features its own unique theme, so you'll find a wide variety of choices within this extensive 700-image package, from maritime adventures and camping trips to newborn celebrations and holiday parties—and then some! In addition, the cartridge's unique font will add visual spice to any project you create.
For those of you who own a Cricut Explore or Cricut Explore Air you can purchase the digital version for $79. Instead of a physical cartridge, this version of the Artistry collection includes a card with a digital activation code for using the cartridge's images with Cricut® Explore™ and Cricut® Explore Air™. The collection includes the same stamp sets and cardstock as the collection featuring the cartridge.
If you are just arriving her from MICHELLE BATTITORI'S Blog, or just starting at my blog then you are on the right track ~ Welcome! The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way around. If you get lost along the way, you can find the complete list of participating consultants on Melinda's blog HERE. For this hop we have 30 consultants participating so you are going to see some fabulous artwork. So lets get to the artwork….
I love foxes and was so excited to see this cartridge had a cute on on page 14, I cut him at 2.4″ high. The trees I cut at 3.33″ high; are also on page 14. I cut the trees twice once in Saddle and once in Topiary. The hugs & kisses and banner are on page 23 and were cut at .72″ high. The background was created using my All Purpose mat, ink pads, spray pens and CTMH Stamp cleaner. I used New England Ivy, Topiary and Sweet Leaf for the greens; Saddle for the brown and Glacier for the sky. You can check out a great how to for type of background on Close to My Heart's blog ~ Make it from Your Heart.
Your next stop on the hop is BRENDA LAPP'S Blog, so hop on over and see what wonderful creation she has for you today.


Singer songwriter Ed Sheeran has become a property magnate, having spent £42m on property in seven years according to a newspaper report.
The Sun says that as well as four houses in Suffolk worth £2.8m Sheeran owns a house and a restaurant in Notting Hill worth £21.3m, two flats in Shoreditch worth £1.45m, six flats in Hammersmith worth £5.6m, three homes in Holland Park worth £7.7m and two houses in Chiswick worth £3.7m.
Companies House records shown that Sheeran has significant control (defined as owning more than 75% of the shares) in a property letting and management company called Maverick Properties Limited. Sheeran's manager Stuart Camp is also a director.
The Sun has somewhat sensationalised this story in its usual style. However, many investors would probably agree that, looked at objectively, Sheeran's portfolio is not that big, not that exciting and given that it seems focussed on the most expensive London locations probably not that high yielding either.


Norman Stiff studied illustration at The Ontario College of Art in Toronto.
Originally specialising in traditional airbrush, he now works mainly in the digital medium.
He has freelanced as an illustrator for over 25 years and still loves making his clients look good.
Based in the beautiful village of Elora, Norm can be reached at the email or phone number below.


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Marcus experiences some strange behavior from NY citizens.
Marcus experiences some strange behavior from a fellow cop.
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Detective Reed fins some criminal evidence in the trunk of a car.
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As Markus does some investigating, he comes across some resistance.
Detective Reed does what it takes in order to stay inside a museum.
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Detective Marcus Reed takes care of a drug dealer to prove to Rita how he's not like the other cops she has spoken to.
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Angela is a familiar face in the Upstate. Her television background helps her give sellers the exposure they need and buyers the advocacy they deserve. The real estate market in Greenville is booming, and Angela uses her skills as an investigator to find out about properties before they hit the market. She prides herself on always being accessible to clients. In fact, she was putting houses under contract on the way to the hospital to give birth to her son, and she negotiated other deals while hospitalized. If you want an agent who will work tirelessly on your behalf, call Angela. She will be there for you long after the deal is done.


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GN38900 Grafik zeigt die Vorfälle im Three Mile Island Kernkraftwerk am 28. März 1979.
Erinnerung an den Three Mile Island Atomunfall
March 28, 2019 -- Am 28. März 1979 ereignete sich eine partielle Kernschmelze im Atomreaktor von Pennsylvania, es kam zum Austritt von Radioaktivität.
Der Atomvorfall war der bisher kritischste in den Vereinigten Staaten.
The Three Mile Island accident was the partial meltdown of reactor number 2 of Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania and subsequent radiation leak that occurred on March 28, 1979. It was the most significant accident in U.S. nuclear power plant history and rates a five on the seven-point International Nuclear Event Scale: Accident with wider consequences.
It began with failures in the non-nuclear secondary system, followed by a stuck-open pilot-operated relief valve in the primary system, which allowed large amounts of nuclear reactor coolant to escape. The mechanical failures were compounded by the failure of plant operators to recognise the situation as a loss-of-coolant accident due to inadequate training and human factors, such as ambiguous control room indicators in the power plant's user interface.
The accident crystallised anti-nuclear safety concerns among activists and the general public, and resulted in new regulations for the nuclear industry.
People expressed worries about regional health effects from the accident, but studies of the rate of cancer in and around the area since the accident determined there was a statistically non-significant increase in the rate and thus no causal connection linking the accident with these cancers has been substantiated.
The bill for making the site safe was $1 billion, and took from 1979 to 1993.
The plant is due to close in September 2019, but cannot be decommissioned until 2040, when radiation levels have fallen sufficiently.
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Mumbai, September 29, 2009: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), (BSE: TCS.BO, NSE: TCS.NI), a leading IT services, business solutions and outsourcing organization, today said that it has been chosen by Carnation Auto, a Jagdish Khattar initiative, to provide end-to-end system integration services. The multi-year agreement envisages TCS as the full service provider responsible for enterprise IT solution implementation and includes business consulting, technology implementation and support.
Carnation Auto is promoted by Jagdish Khattar, the former Managing Director and CEO of Maruti Suzuki, India's largest passenger car company selling one in two cars in the domestic market. Carnation Auto is setting up a chain of multi brand auto solutions and sales "hubs" with services like maintenance, insurance, CNG/LPG retrofitment, body and paint, accessories, DC Design and so on, under one roof for various auto brands. Carnation will also retail new and certified pre-owned vehicles. It plans to set up approximately 100 multi-brand auto solution hubs in the next four years.
Carnation would be heavily banking on technology to retain its key differentiation and reduce time-to-market. The IT infrastructure that TCS is setting up would be scalable and integrated to include all aspects of auto retail and repair business like forecasting, inventory management, sales, HR, CRM, payroll, and so on.
About Carnation Auto: Carnation Auto is an initiative by Jagdish Khattar, with a vision of developing India's largest independent multi-brand automobile sales and service network. Carnation is in the process of setting up a state-of-the-art network of integrated multi-brand auto sales, services and related solutions across the country to enhance the overall experience of owning a car and to optimize the cost of ownership. Carnation provides complete solutions for almost all brands of cars, starting from quick servicing, mechanical repairs, body repairs, accessories, insurance, pre-owned cars, car customization solutions with DC Design and even doorstep service through a chain of workshop on wheels. Carnation has eleven Hub's already operational with over 650 employees, and another eight in the pipeline.
About Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS): Tata Consultancy Services is an IT services, business solutions and outsourcing organization that delivers real results to global businesses, ensuring a level of certainty no other firm can match. TCS offers a consulting-led, integrated portfolio of IT and IT-enabled services delivered through its unique Global Network Delivery Model, recognized as the benchmark of excellence in software development. A part of the Tata Group, India's largest industrial conglomerate, TCS has over 140,000 world's best trained IT consultants in 42 countries. The company generated consolidated revenues of US $6 billion for fiscal year ended 31 March 2009 and is listed on the National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange in India. For more information, visit us at www.tcs.com.


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Separately, pranksters Miles and Niles were pretty devious. But now that they've teamed up together to form a pranking duo, they are truly Terrible! It's a good thing they have come into their own as friends and pranking partners as their powers will be tested when their favourite goat and nemesis, Principal Barkin, is replaced by his stern, no-nonsense father, Former Principal Barkin, who turns the school into boot camp. Now Miles and and Niles will do just about anything to get their nemesis back, including pranking for Barkin.


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Winning makes the difference
Enke: Make your Mark, a youth entrepreneurship organisation that aims to build a network of young South Africans to take action on urgent local issues, was the winner of the 2012 Investing in the Future & Drivers of Change: Civil Society Award.
Named after the Setswana word for ink, enke aims to empower young people to make their mark on their peers, their community and the world.
Vimbai Gwata, communications manager at enke, says: "We went into the awards ceremony in 2012 happy to have been nominated. Just the credibility of being nominated was great and we honestly did not expect to win.
"However, winning the award was gratifying as it showed that our commitment to youth development has been recognised externally. The award was affirmation of all the hard work we had done leading up to that point."
Since 2009 the organisation has worked with more than 600 youths through the enke: Youth Award, a nine-month programme that addresses inequality by bringing together youth from all social groups for a common purpose.
It focuses on grade 11 learners and helps them develop personal leadership skills.
In the past few years, students have started projects that address education, the environment, health and other social issues that are relevant to them and their communities.
Real-world benefits
Often, there is a divide between the awards and drawing benefits from them. This was certainly not the case for enke.
"The award has made a big difference for the organisation. Not only is our name more recognisable with funders and prospective funders, but also with the youth we are trying to help. This award made us realise that we are doing something of great significance," Gwata says.
This significance can be translated into real-world benefits, she says.
"We have been able to enter into more partnerships and collaborations with organisations doing similar work to us. Importantly, it has also seen us get more funding, so from a promotional perspective it has made a marked difference to the organisation."
Long-term vision
Gwata says awards such as Drivers of Change and Investing in the Future are important, but people do not really understand what winning something means until it happens.
"Initially we were elated with the recognition for the work we have been doing in the youth space. But it is so much more than that. It adds credibility to our work and provides gratification for ourselves as well as those who have been supporting us. It shows them that they are involved in a respected organisation that has the recognition of its peers," she says.
Since winning the award, participation in the organisation has doubled.
"We are looking at expanding our services not only in South Africa but also into the rest of sub-Saharan Africa. There is definitely a more long-term vision to the organisation than before the award," she says.
Tomorrow's leaders
"The message we would like to reiterate is that young people are not the leaders of tomorrow, but the leaders of today. They need to grab opportunities and go forward and conquer. For us it is all about young people making their mark. The ripple effect created when this happens is amazing."
She advises similar organisations focused on youth development and entrepreneurship to have patience and tenacity.
"We only won the award three or four years after we started. So organisations expecting immediate rewards will be disappointed. Ultimately, the success and accolades are secondary to the passion of working with the youth."
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using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using verklegt.Models;
using System.Data.Entity;
using System.Data.Entity.ModelConfiguration.Conventions;

namespace verklegt.DAL
{
	public class AppContext : DbContext
	{
		// Látum default constructorinn vera tengingu við NewsContext reference-ið í web.config
		public AppContext()
			: base("AppContext")
		{

		}

		// Búum News töfluna fyrir gagnagrunninn sem á að mappa við NewsItem klasann.
		public DbSet<Category> Categories { get; set; }
		public DbSet<Comment> Comments { get; set; }
		public DbSet<Language> Languages { get; set; }
		public DbSet<Point> Points { get; set; }
		public DbSet<SubPart> SubParts { get; set; }
		public DbSet<SubPartText> SubPartTexts { get; set; }
		public DbSet<Subtitle> Subtitles { get; set; }
		public DbSet<Title> Titles { get; set; }

		// Kemur í veg fyrir að EntityFramework-ið breyti nafni töflunnar í fleirtölu þegar hún býr hana til.
		protected override void OnModelCreating(DbModelBuilder modelBuilder)
		{
			modelBuilder.Conventions.Remove<PluralizingTableNameConvention>();
		}
	}
}


Originally recorded on May 19, 1965 at the Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
Liner Photographs From The Actual Session © Mosaic Images.
Originally issued as BST 84205 in 1965.
BLUE NOTE® is a registered trademark of Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ © 2005 Blue Note Records.


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'Draft of rare diseases 2020 policy is diluted version of older one'
Organisation for Rare Diseases India plans to file objections
The long-awaited draft of the National Policy for Rare Diseases 2020, which was made public this week, is nothing but a watered down version of the earlier policy that was kept in abeyance, said patients and caregivers in Karnataka.
The draft of the new policy has announced financial support of up to ₹15 lakh under the Rashtriya Arogaya Nidhi by the Central government for treatment of those rare diseases that require a 'one-time treatment'.
"Beneficiaries for such financial assistance would not be limited to BPL families, but extended to 40% of the population who are eligible as per norms of Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana for their treatment in government tertiary hospitals only," the policy states.
In addition, it has said State governments can consider supporting patients of rare diseases that can be managed with special diets or hormonal supplements or other relatively low-cost interventions, and mentions an endeavour to "create alternate funding mechanism" through setting up a "digital platform for voluntary individual and corporate donors to contribute to the treatment cost of patients of rare diseases."
All of this is a diluted version of the older policy draft, said Prasanna Kumar B. Shirol, co-founder of the Organisation for Rare Diseases India (ORDI), an umbrella organisation that represents the collective voice of all patients with rare diseases in India.
Mr. Shirol said the new draft had left out the proposal to create a national and State level corpus with an initial amount of ₹100 crore towards funding treatment of rare genetic diseases. The earlier policy had further stated that States will have a similar corpus at the State level, and the Centre will contribute funds towards the State corpus in the ratio of 60:40.
"It does not even have what the earlier policy offered. How can you talk about crowdfunding in a government policy? We will definitely file objections to this. But all this is a delaying tactic to ensure that no help reaches our children," he said.
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Maryland education leaders and their partners are heading to Ocean City this week for the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE), Division of Special Education/Early Intervention Services 2014 Professional Learning Institute (PLI).
This year's PLI theme is "The Power of What's Working: Spotlight on Results." The 2014 PLI spotlights the efforts and work of State and local special education and early intervention programs to produce results for children and students and their families.
The PLI's content applies data to informed decision-making to support the implementation of evidence-based and promising practices, as part of the DSE/EIS Strategic Plan to narrow success gaps for all students including students with disabilities. More than 300 local, State, and national leaders and families will participate during the three day Institute.


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systematically Deploy approaches, ensuring their implementation.
measure and improve the approaches and deployment by monitoring and analyzing the results achieved and ongoing activities on the study.
The results should be comprehensive, current, reliable, exact, properly segmented and consistent with the strategy and the needs and expectations of stakeholders. It should be understood the relationship of individual results and their impact on each other. They should be identified and ranked according to the priorities of Key Results.
QUALITY RESULTS: In an excellent organization results demonstrate a positive trend and / or stable high level. Key results for the set reasonable targets, reached or exceeded. Keyword results are external comparisons, they are favorable for the organization, especially, and a comparison with the best competitors in the sector and a world-class companies. Understanding of the relationship between the key opportunities and outcomes creates confidence, that sustained success will be achieved in the future.
AN APPROACH – It `s that, that the organization plans to make, and the reasons for this. Based approach is based on the current and future needs of the organization; it is carried out within clearly defined processes and clearly focused on the needs of all participants in these processes. Besides, approaches must be integrated, ie. approach should be driven strategy and is connected with other relevant approaches. The approach should be to make timely improvements.
DEPLOYMENT – It `s that, as an organization implementing the approach. In an excellent organization the approach is applied systematically in all the required fields. Systematic requires precise planning and the use of appropriate methods of work. It should be possible timely change management approach.
EVALUATION AND IMPROVEMENT – It `s that, what is being done to improve the organization of both the approach, and its deployment. In an excellent organization the approach, and deployment are regularly monitored in terms of effectiveness and efficiency, carried out for the study activities, the practice realization of new ideas to improve the approaches. The measurement results, learning and creative searches are used for identification, identifying priorities, planning and implementation of improvements and innovations.
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