Nigeria has been rated the 110th best country for business in the world in 2019, out of 161 graded countries.
Top on the list are United Kingdom (1), Sweden (2), Hong Kong (3), Netherlands (4), New Zealand (5) and Canada (6).
The United States of America is rated 17th, below Ireland and Finland. South Africa, according to the list released by Forbes, came first in Africa.
With a population of 203 million people, a Gross Domestic Product growth of 0.8 per cent and GDP per capita of $2,000, Nigeria is rated 14th in Africa.
The rating puts Nigeria behind South Africa (59), Morocco (62), Seychelles (66), Tunisia (82), Botswana (83), Rwanda (90), Kenya (93), Ghana (94), Egypt (95), Namibia (96), Senegal (100), Zambia (103) and Cape Verde (104).
Giving the criteria for the rating, Forbes said, "We gauged the best countries for business by rating nations on 15 different factors, including property rights, innovation, taxes, technology, corruption, freedom (personal, trade and monetary), red tape and investor protection. Other metrics included were workforce, infrastructure, market size, quality of life and risk. Each category was equally weighted.
Nigeria rated 115 out of 153 assessed countries in the previous year with a GDP growth of -1.6 per cent and GDP per capita given as $2,200.


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Metlink advises commuters to look at alternatives
Wednesday, 29 November 2017, 7:24 pm
Press Release: Metlink
Metlink advises commuters to look at alternative arrangements due to rail strike on Friday
Wellington rail commuters are being advised to make other travel arrangements on Friday 1 December due to a strike by members of the Rail and Maritime Transport Union.
The union informed their employer Transdev on Wednesday afternoon that its members will strike between 2am and 11.59pm Friday 1 December. No Metlink trains will run in the Wellington region during this time. Rail services will resume from 5am Saturday.
Cr Barbara Donaldson, Chair of Greater Wellington's Sustainable Transport Committee says: "Greater Wellington has been working on behalf of our customers and ratepayers to bring the parties together to encourage them to keep talking. It's disappointing that Transdev and the union have been unable to agree a way forward at this stage, meaning Metlink customers will be inconvenienced.
"We are sorry for the disruption this will cause to Metlink customers' travel plans. Bus services will operate as usual but there may be increased demand for seats and roads could be busier than usual. It is not possible to have buses replace the 30,000 daily journeys usually made on Metlink trains.
"Our advice is the same as for the action two weeks ago – avoid travel where you can. But if you usually go by train and have to travel on Friday, plan your journey, make alternative arrangements and allow extra time to get where you want to go.
"We also advise travellers to keep an eye on the www.metlink.org.nz website for the latest updates on public transport services. Road information is available from the NZTA website."
Full services will resume from 5am on Saturday 2 December.
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Week 3 a challenge for area teams
Chris. Zadorozny @hollandsentinel.com, (616) 546-4290 @SentinelZads
Through two weeks, six of the eight are teams are 2-0 while two others are 1-1 (Zeeland West and Hamilton).
Week 3 has games that might be considered some of the best this season. Let's take a look at the matchups.
West Ottawa at Rockford
Kickoff >> 7 p.m. at Rockford HS
Matchup >> It's been a long time since West Ottawa won at Rockford. En route to the best season in school history last year, the Panthers beat the Rams at home, twice, to advance to the Division 1 regional final. Outside of those two wins, Rockford owns the rivalry, 39-11-1 over West Ottawa. West Ottawa is coming off a 42-41 double overtime win over Forest Hills Central on the road while Rockford is 1-1, beating Lowell last week 36-0.
"Rockford is led by coach Ralph Munger and his 30-plus years of expertise. He brings with him a wealth of knowledge of defending any offense imaginable, and attacking any defense one could throw at him," West Ottawa coach Ryan Oshnock said. "In order to keep the game close, it is critical that we win the turnover, be productive on third down and slow down their high-powered offense."
Holland at Zeeland West
Kickoff >> 7 p.m. at Zeeland Stadium
Matchup >> Holland is 2-0 and Zeeland West is 1-1 through the first two weeks. Holland is coming off a big win over Kalamazoo Loy Norrix, 43-8 last week on the road in dominant fashion. Meanwhile, the Dux had a tough road loss to Grand Rapids Christian, 41-26 in which third down conversions and some mistakes cost Zeeland West a win. The Dutch started 3-0 last year and played the Dux in Week 6, falling 42-14 at home. Holland has never beaten Zeeland West in seven meetings against the Dux.
Holland Christian at Unity Christian
Kickoff >> 7 p.m. at Hudsonville Baldwin Complex
Matchup >> Even without top receiver Will VanWieren last week, Holland Christian took control and beat Forest Hills Eastern 40-16 to start 2-0. The Maroons haven't started 2-0 since 2009, the same year they made it to the Division 4 regional final. Unity Christian is also 2-0, coming off a convincing win over Godwin Heights, 38-18. It was a two-point loss that cost Holland Christian a 4-5 record last year, in a 44-42 loss. The last time the Maroons beat the Crusaders was 2012, 34-27. In 15 games in the matchup, Holland Christian is 8-7.
Zeeland East at Grand Rapids Catholic Central
Kickoff >> 7 p.m. at Catholic Central Athletic Complex
Matchup >> This game might be one of the best all season long in the state. The defending Division 4 state champion two-times over is hosting Zeeland East, a team that went 9-1 last season, the only loss coming in pre-district play. Zeeland East had a fourth-quarter comeback win over East Grand Rapids in Week 1 and then pounded Detroit Douglass in Week 2 with four defensive touchdowns. The Cougars are 1-1 with a win over Muskegon Heights, 42-14 and then a 17-7 loss to Saline last week. This will be the first matchup between the two teams.
"They are 21-1 in their last 22 games and two-time Division 4 state champions. They are a great program with tremendous resources," Zeeland East coach Derek Pennington said. "This week will be another huge challenge for us. Our kids will need to have a great week of practice to give ourselves a chance to win."
Byron Center at Hamilton
Kickoff >> 7 p.m. at Hamilton
Matchup >> If not for a couple of turnovers, Hamilton might be 2-0 going into Week 3. But that's not the case and instead are 1-1 going into a crucial Week 3 matchup against Byron Center. Through two games, the Hawkeyes have scored 49 points but allowed 55, after a 35-27 loss to Coopersville. Byron Center meanwhile is 0-2, coming off losses against Forest Hills Northern 22-21 and Middleville, 28-14. Last year, Hamilton lost to the Bulldogs 49-9 and will surely want to redeem themselves this year. A win could put Hamilton at 2-1 to start OK Green play going into a tough two weeks after against Zeeland East and Holland. In 46 games against the Bulldogs, the Hawkeyes are 20-26, looking for the 21st win this week.
Fennville at Delton-Kellogg
Kickoff >> 7 p.m. at Delton-Kellogg HS
Matchup >> The Blackhawks are riding a two-game win streak to start this season and a seven-game win streak stretching back to last season. Fennville found a way to beat Buchanan 22-19 on the road last week after being down early and making a comeback. The Blackhawks also won big in Week 1 over South County and now face a Delton-Kellogg team that has won twice as well, both in blowouts. Delton-Kellogg leads the series, 7-2-1.
"Delton-Kellogg is a big, physical team who can put points on the board in a hurry," Fennville coach Trevor Lucas said. "We got off to a solid start this year and look to keep our momentum moving forward and we need to be well disciplined and focused to be successful this week."
Niles Brandywine at Saugatuck
Kickoff >> 7 p.m. at Saugatuck HS
Matchup >> Brad Dunn scored five touchdowns in a 49-42 win over Watervliet last week and Saugtatuck is 2-0. The Indians faced a tough test in Week 2 and head into Week 3 with a bit of an easier team. Niles Brandywine is 1-1 with a loss to Coloma (64-40) and a win over Comstock 52-36. The Bobcats have scored 92 points but they've allowed 100 points in two games. Surprisingly, this is the first matchup between the two schools.
"Brandywine has an excellent running game that has speed on the edge. They have size up front and prefer to run the football and their running backs can make big plays," Saugatuck coach Bill Dunn said. "We have to contain the run and limit the big play on defense. They are aggressive on defense. They will put eight in the box to stop our run and we need to keep them honest with some timely passing."
— Follow Assistant Sports Editor Chris Zadorozny on Twitter @SentinelZads and Facebook at Holland Sentinel Sports.


St Patrick's Day plans are afoot in New York – the parade is shutting down half the city, green beer is promised in the bar on the corner, Kim is hosting a brunch with actual Irish Bacon, and a dancing leprechaun has been sighted in Times Square.
Whenever I see a human Hot Dog or a Dora The Explorer I am overwhelmed with pathos.
I imagine these luckless actors moving to New York, probably following an expensive and hard earned degree in Musical Theatre, hearts filled with hope that in just a few auditions, just a few call backs' time they will be Hamlet, or Jesus Christ Superstar, or defying gravity in Wicked.
The hope still burns within. They've not quit yet. No waiting tables or thankless temp receptionist work for them. They're in character, playing a role, close to the dream if not exactly living the dream, acting on 42nd street, dressed as an Elmo or a Kofte Pita Sandwich.
Back in New York, the leprechaun approached Sara and I, wishing us "the luck of the Irish and top of the morning to you" in a passable accent. Next he danced a little gig. Given his oversized foam clogs, I was impressed. Sara was not.
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I don't think I've seen so much venom in all my time on this site.
Suggesting that people are mentally ill and revelling in the prospect of their death simply because they are attending a history event that dares to offer a slightly different perspective on Irish history is really unsavoury, to say the least. That a moderator and the administrator are among those posting the hate is particularly disturbing and reflects very poorly on the site, which is generally above this kind of abuse.
And seeing as Phoenix magazine has effectively turned into a glossy version of An Phoblacht, you will forgive me for not taking the article above remotely seriously.
Yeah I hate Irish Unionists. They're *******.
Don't worry too much, they'll be dead soon.
Your points have been considered Ceannaire and on the question of the word beginning of r, action taken. However, the expressed opinion that a particular grouping are dinosaurs, and will all soon be dead is mere political opinion, which is what we are here to discuss.
If a case can be made that they have something new or progressive to say, that can of course be made by way of reply on the thread.
Look, all of these people from the Southern Unionist crew to the current extremist DUP leadership and the fleggers make Ian Paisley Junior look reasonable and really like the man we want to do business with.
Think about that. The son of the most extreme Unionist in history is now a moderate compared to these 'dinosaurs' spread around the Dublin elite in great number as well as the more extreme faction who have taken over the DUP since Robinson's demise.
Agreed, apologies, though the sentiment still very much stands of course.
Someone needs to go there, ask them the questions, challenge 'em, record it and put it on Youtube.
Ask them why they never have a word to say about British state forces collusion with Loyalist terrorist atrocities.
and indeed earlier on, in the 1970s, the psychopathic mass murdering terrorists known as the Shankill Butchers.
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Kevin Myers, one of the speakers at the Festival, is trending on Twitter today, for a particularly venomous attack on women and Jews.
Charming indeed. Many years ago he likened me in An Irishman's Diary in the Irish Times to an Israeli paratrooper, neatly bringing two of his obsessions together - feminism and Jews.
My crime was to present research on gender in education to a Joint Oireachtas Committee.
That's because his career is based on trolling, the more outrageously offensive he gets the more people read his columns.
An Alf Garnett in cerebral clothing.
Harris on the other hand is a more driven type, a cynical propagandist. He's got a job to do and a lot of old scores to settle and will use any trick in the book to attack his targets.
A historian would need to have some kind of respect for the factual truth.
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He is getting savaged by the Brits over this and his previous comments on the holocaust.
It'll be hilarious to see how many people who jumped on the "je suis Charlie" bandwagon will now end up demonising Myers.
Just the New Journalism of the 1960s in the US being passed off as an original idea by a grottly little man who wants to be thought of as an intellectual.
"The Sunday Times press office has confirmed that columnist Kevin Myers will not write again for the Sunday Times Ireland following an article he wrote that has been criticised as anti-Semitic.
The Sunday Times apologised and said it abhors anti-Semitism after Mr Myers provoked controversy with comments on high-profile women working at the BBC."
How was I not aware of this? How was he ever taken on by the ST in the first place?


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It started out as a small oil leak, but I recently noticed the leak has expanded significantly. It's difficult to pinpoint the leak, but an oil pan under the car shows significant puddling of oil. A sealer/conditioner doesn't appear to have been affected. While online, I noted that the 3800cc 3.8L engine seems notorious for this problem, and other models of GM cars appear to be subject to a recall. Not so the Buick, which to me, has the same engine. Given that is is known now, I'm concerned that this low production vehicle was left out of the recall and should be included. Puddle of oil photo enclosed. This condition is most noticeable while the vehicle is stationary.
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O Condado de Monroe é um dos 82 condados do estado norte-americano do Mississippi. A sua sede de condado é Aberdeen, e a sua maior cidade é Amory.

O condado tem uma área de 1999 km² (dos quais 21 km² estão cobertos por água), uma população de  habitantes, e uma densidade populacional de 18,7 hab/km² (segundo o censo nacional de 2010). O condado foi fundado em 1821 e o seu nome é uma homenagem a James Monroe (1758–1831), presidente dos Estados Unidos entre 1817 e 1825.

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A Letter to Senator Liz Warren
Although even the crews wave at her, Senator Elizabeth Warren says she is not running for the 2016 presidential election, and she could be telling the truth. That's not normal among politicians, who are used to lying as actors do about the pettiness of their life, though for once, this could be true. At the very least people wave at her because she looks like the kind of politician everybody —even conservatives— wish for: a true and honest representative of the people, able and willing to fight for the people they represent.
Warren has many reasons not to run. First, the embarrassment for a party already set to nominate and support Hillary Clinton, after the negotiations for Obama. This is serious, no matter how much people love Miss Warren. A politician cannot survive without the support of the party to which he/she belongs and this is the first rule a politician knows [and respects] like a convention, no matter either how honest and true he/she may be [Period]. That means that overstepping, ignoring or challenging the accepted beliefs can be interpreted being a traitor to the party, and a smart politician will not go against the political machinery he/she has agreed to represent. At this point we could be a little cynical, and see that it is not about ideological, but about political interests made easy by that ideological [moral] part.
But that's Warren's motives for not running now, and everybody know that if it does not happen now it will happen later; four years or eight —after Hillary, it is understood—? Maybe, but then will people still be waving at Warren or will they be sick by then of this other politician who could again betray then? That means that today Miss Warren is lead to the classic question: to be or not to be… a real politician, but what is a real politician? A representative of the people —as she is now— or a crony with a fabulous way of life… within the party? For sure, if Warren does not run this time this will be a statement louder than her curses over Wall Street. Voters will know they were cheated once again, and disappointed, they could turn to a renewed Republican Party. Yes, the Republican Party exists and it is illogical that it will continue forever ruining its prestige and relevance over the American tradition. Let us be clear more than emotional, the extreme right has arisen over the Republicans because they felt cheated and deceived, not because they are morons. In addition, Democrats are ruining their party's prestige and relevance, in a mirror situation that reflects the situation in the United States.
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However, just as Warren could be setting her race for four or eight years into the future, so could Republicans be planning a strong candidate during this time. This would mean that it could be too late for Warren. Miss Warren should remember her own words, and know that her duty as a politician is not about what she or the party wants but about what the needs are of the people who pay her great salary and benefits in these hard times. That is why Miss Warren maybe not be ready for Warren, but she'd better be.
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El amor de las estatuas!
Rafael Rojas, next in line!


Between June and November 2013 well 3 cyclones have hit on dell'Andra Pradesh coast leaving homeless thousands of families and killing 65 people . The Association helped, by Father Maria, 2,000 families (about 10,000 people) donating 5 KG. rice, 1 KG. of legumes and 1 LT. of oil that the family had to be enough for at least 20 giorni.Pensare that a family consists of at least 4/5 people must survive for 20 days with these few foods, we may seem a nonsense, but these things have served to help these people who he had lost everything to recover at that very dramatic moment.


The wrapper used is a very special proprietary crop of Ecuadorian Habano leaf that Pepin & Pete [you know who they are] personally chose for the project. The binder and filler is Nicaraguan, and blended to perfection.
Want a little more info? Watch this video with a post-apocalyptic feel to it from Pete Johnson.
Spooky, I could almost sense the marauding band of disheveled twenty-somethings throwing shopping carts through the windows of Pete's house during that video.
Alright, enough with the sideshow, let's talk about this cigar.
It truly is an interesting cigar to look at. The foot tapers off a little and the bulge, which at its thickest is a 52 ring gauge, is not that far off from the narrowest part of the cigar, which is a 48 ring gauge.
What is really unique, for me at least, is the cap. It looks like a miniature cinnamon roll without the frosting. Basically, I think the way that they did it was that "miniature cinnamon roll" was constructed out of a pigtail and then they twirled it on the foot.
Beyond all of that stuff the wrapper looks awesome. Dark brown in complexion and without a lot of veins to get in the way. The cigar is, however, a little hard to the touch. I have smoked one of these so far and I can tell you that the draw required a small amount of effort but, other than that, it didn't affect the flavors.
It starts out like the good kind of rugged. You know the kind. John Wayne walks in from the desert to save a town that doesn't really want his help kind of rugged. A parchingly dry spice is the first thing I noticed followed by a wisp of sweetness and a strong background of leather.
Copious amounts of cigar smoke are dancing around my head right now and I am liking this cigar even more than the first time I tried one. With the burn line a half an inch from the foot I cannot honestly say that this is a smooth cigar. Like I said, it's rugged but it's rugged in a way that augments the flavors. Spice and leather need a bit of wildness to them, I think. Obviously, as all good things, spice and leather can get a little too out of control. Fortunately with this cigar there is that sweetness that is lingering in the background and it does provide something of a restraint for that wildness.
After an inch I knock off the ash and the sweetness seems to be developing some. There is a hint of caramel there but it is way in the background. One interesting development is that the spice has moderated some and there is a definite smoky flavor that is coming through. This smokiness continues from the midway point to the end of the cigar.
With about three inches left on the cigar there is a nutty flavor that comes through a little bit and the main flavor present has become more earthy than anything else. Both are a nice addition to the overall flavor profile of this cigar and adds to the complexity as well.
There is a great review of this cigar on the Stogie Guys' website and in this review they noted a somewhat ragged burn line. The first one I smoked, shortly after receiving it, also had that problem. But with the extra couple of weeks in the humidor the burn line is just fine. The draw is good as well and it is a full bodied cigar.
All in all it is a great cigar. The flavors never disappoint. Get some while you still can.
Everybody is loving this stick. Gotta get my hands on it.


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Talmidi Library
Articles on Talmidaism
Articles on Talmidaism Theology
Festivals, Prayers & Services
The Bible, Commentaries & Sermons
Talmidi Religious Writings
The origin, purpose & use of the Talmidi Writings
The Talmidi Writings
The Book of Yochanan the Immerser
The Book of the Preaching
The Book of the Prophet Yeshua`
The Book of the Two Trials ofYeshua` of Nazareth
The Teaching of the Emissaries
The Letter of Ya`aqov
The Book of Ya`aqov the Pious
The Book of the Visions of Shim`on
The Laments over Jerusalem
The Days of Shimon of Jerusalem
The Hymns of the Pious Poor
Selections from the Wisdom of ben Sirach
The Testament of Yudah Nasi
The Sayings of the Elders
ha-seifer ha-y'mey shim`on lirushalayim
The complete collection of the 14 books of The Exhortations has now been published in one volume. It is available from Amazon-UK at £18.50, and from Amazon-US at $23.19
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1 1After the death of Ya`aqov ha-Tsaddiq, his brother Shim`on was chosen by common assent to lead the congregation, as he was the last, close relative of Yeshua` who had heard the words of the prophet, and was still living.
2After the martyrdom of Ya`aqov the Pious, and before the Roman destruction of Jerusalem, it is told that those of the emissaries and followers of Yeshua` of Nazareth who were still living, came together from all over the known world, to join with those who were related to the prophet (for the majority of them were also still alive at that time). 3They did so in order to take counsel together as to who was worthy to succeed the Pious One.
4They all with one accord pronounced Shim`on, the son of Qlofas and brother of the Pious One, to be worthy of the seat of 'Nasi of the Congregation of the Way'. He was a cousin, as they say, of the prophet Yeshua`. 5For it is recorded that Qlofas was a brother of Yosef, the father of Yeshua`.
6However, there was one who opposed the election, a man called Thebutis. He attempted to cause discontent among the congregation, unhappy that he was not chosen to lead. 7He taught full allegiance to the Oral Law, and thereby set himself at variance with the teaching of Yeshua` and Ya`aqov; he was of a sect that only accepted Yeshua` as a great teacher, not as a prophet.
2. 1Just before the short-lived freedom of Jerusalem from the Romans, Shim`on received warnings from God by means of visions, that Jerusalem was soon to fall.
2The members of the community in Jerusalem were thereby warned by means of an oracle given to Shim`on. 3For fear of the Romans, the oracle was delivered to the community in riddles and cryptic symbols, so that only those versed in the words of the Hebrew prophets would be able to discern its true meaning.
4On the strength of this oracle, Shim`on urged all Followers in Jerusalem and the surrounding villages to leave the city before the war began. 5Being guided by God's Message, the greater part of the community headed for Perea, and settled in a town called Pella.
6Thebutis however, who had stood against Shim`on's election, remained behind with those who chose to stay in Jerusalem; for he believed the Oral law when it taught that there are no more prophets, and that God no longer speaks through human beings. 7They remained in that fated city and ministered to the assembly of Israel. 8When the prophesied day came and the city fell, they suffered alongside the stubborn and the stiff-necked, and died beside them.
9Blessed be the memory of the holy ones who remained in the Holy City to minister to the lost sheep of Israel; may they be remembered for good, into all eternity.
10When Jerusalem was destroyed, it also destroyed the last vestiges of authority that Jerusalem may have had with regard to Paul's Believers among the Gentiles. 11Thus when Jerusalem was destroyed, Paul's Gentile churches were free to follow their own course.
12After the destruction of Jerusalem, the various communities of the Way came together in Pella, and across all the Trans-Jordan, Nabatea and Coele-Syria. 13A significant number of them came to call themselves 'the Poor Ones', that is, Ebionites. 14The Ebionites were desperate to have the message of the prophet Yeshua` heard and taken to heart, and so in time, many of them came to teach – fatefully so, like the Hellenist Followers before them – that he had been the messiah. 15However, they were also fully aware that he was not born of Davidic descent, having known his immediate family. 16So they resolved this conundrum by teaching that he had become the messiah by spiritual adoption.
17Meanwhile, among the Judean refugees who fled to the Galilee, there were to be found followers who had gone across to the teachings of Peter and Paul. 18These called themselves 'Nazarenes', and were a sad annoyance to the exiled Jewish communities of the Galilee.
19Nazarenes were distinguished from Ebionites, in that they held to Paul's beliefs and teachings. 20Nazarenes held Ebionites in suspicion and contempt, and considered them to dwell in poverty of faith, as well as in poverty of possessions.
21It was a common practice among the Nazarenes to intercept Ebionite documents, letters and books, and interpolate what was written therein with their own words and ideas. 22There arose therefore two main Hebrew camps with regard to Yeshua`; the camp of the Ebionites, who, like other Followers of the Way, gave their faithful loyalty to Shim`on in Pella, 23and the camp of the Nazarenes, whose allegiance was to the inheritors of Peter and Paul's teaching in Rome – to Linus, Anacletus and Clement.
3. 1When Shim`on led the community to Pella, he sent out the Emissaries to the four corners of the earth, so that the Way would not be lost. 2Andreas bar Yonah and Yo`anan bar Zavdi were sent to Greece, Ya`qov bar `Alfai to Egypt, Matthiyah bar `Alfai and Filip to Phrygia, 3and Netane'el bar Tolmai and Yudah named Toma departed for the lands of the distant east.
4Now Yudah named Thaddai and Shim`on named the Qanayyan had already gone to their rest; for both had left for Phoenicia before the war broke out, 5but their souls were sent to God in the city of Berytus, three years after the death of Ya`aqov our Nasi.
4. 1Twenty years after the fall of Jerusalem, the rabbis of Yavneh formulated a benediction to be said by the precentor during the services in the synagogue. 2It came to be known in Hebrew as 'ha-birkat ha-minim', that is in Aramaic, 'the benediction of the heretics'. The content of its wording was self-evidence that it was not a blessing but a curse.
3It was directed against anyone who was not a Pharisee. The intent was that anyone who was not a Pharisee would not be able to pronounce a curse against themselves, 4and thereby non-Pharisees in the congregation would be rooted out.
5The rabbis of Yavneh also decreed that Pharisees should not marry non-Pharisees; if they did, it was considered an illegitimate marriage, and their children would be considered mamzerim (that is in Aramaic, 'offspring of forbidden unions'). 6Even lawful marriages between Followers of the Way were declared to be illicit unions. 7Furthermore, Pharisees were not to derive any benefit from non-Pharisees – neither in terms of trade, common assistance or healing.
8A certain Follower, in Greek named Sason (that is in Aramaic, 'Joy'), said to a rabbi named Abahu, "You will draw water with me in the world to come, for it is written, 'With joy you shall draw water from the well of salvation'." 9At these words – which had been spoken with friendly intent, from one Jew to his brother – Abahu answered him, "If it were written, 'for joy', then it would be as you say; but it is written 'with joy'; we shall therefore make a water-skin of your hide, and draw water with that!"
10The party of the Pharisees thereby cut themselves off from the rest of the House of Israel, and sent all non-Pharisees into a double exile – a second exile, one of faith, in addition to the one imposed by Rome. 11Forgotten was the affection they once had for our Ya`aqov, whom they defended before the corrupt High Priest Hananiah. 12They cast their brothers and sisters into the wilderness, for the birkat ha-mimin was what broke the stick of Judah asunder – a stick which was formerly one in God's hand. 13They sent the Congregation of the Way into the wilderness of history, while they themselves remained to form the majority.
14Our response, however, to cursing is blessing – to bless those who curse us. May all our fellow-Jews be blessed, and may their names be enrolled in the Book of Life; may they prosper, and may their names and the names of their descendants not be blotted out; 15may their wise men and women be found a place among the righteous, and may their holy ones be uplifted over the wicked, and be saved by the Glory and power of YHVH. 16May they find peace, may they be protected from our common enemies, and may they not become lost or extinguished.
5. 1Scorned by their Jewish brothers and sisters, Followers of the Way also faced vilification from Paul's Gentile Believers for refusing to abandon the sacred Message of the Way, taught by the Prophet Yeshua`, and by Ya`aqov the Pious One. 2For the few Ebionites who dwelt there, the gospels scorned Capernaum and the refuge of the Galilee for having refused to accept the words of Paul before the war.
3The living relatives of Yeshua`, of Ya`aqov and of Shim`on, came under particular persecution, for they were the living witnesses of Yeshua`'s words and Ya`aqov's teaching. 4While they still lived, the living relatives of Yeshua` and Shim`on remained obstinate witnesses against them. It galled them that they could refute anything they claimed.
5So during the time of the persecutions of Vespasian, Domitian and Traian, Believers in Paul's teaching would regularly accuse Yeshua`'s surviving relatives of being Christians, simply so that they would be arrested, tortured and put to death – and thereby be silenced, in the same way as the Zealots had persistently accused Yeshua` of being the messiah, so that the Romans would put him to death. 6But in Rome, Jewish Followers of the Way were taken to die as martyrs alongside Gentile Christians; the Roman State made no distinction between the Followers of Yeshua` the man, and Believers in the god Christ.
7In exile from the Holy Land, the relatives of Yeshua`, Ya`aqov and Shim`on faced false accusations from Gentile Believers that they were descendants of David, in order that they would be arrested for being rivals against Rome, and thereby crucified, and the light of their message extinguished.
8The heirs of Yeshua`, Ya`aqov and Shim`on continued, however diminished in numbers and close to extinction, and refused to convert in the face of onslaughts against them.
9In exile, the congregation of the Way continued as a pure and uncorrupt virgin; 10while if there were any at all who attempted to pervert the sound teachings of the prophet Yeshua` and of the Pious One, they were unable to stand before the light of the Message of the Holy One of Israel.
6. 1During the reign of the Roman Emperor Domitian, there were two grandsons of Judah bar Qlofas (the youngest brother of Shim`on and Ya`aqov ha-Tsaddiq). 2These grandsons were Ya`qov bar Yudah and Zoker bar Yudah, who were betrayed to the Romans by certain Gnostic Christians. 3They were accused of being Christians, and of having messianic aspirations against Rome. They were put in shackles and taken before the Emperor of Rome to be questioned.
4Domitian put the question to them, and said, "Are you of David's race?"
5They replied, "If you ask if we are of the same Hebrew race as David, our answer is yes."
6Then the Emperor asked them, "What properties do you own? And what wealth do you possess?"
7To which they both replied, "We have neither silver nor gold, but of land we have thirty-nine acres, from which we raise our taxes and support ourselves and our families by our own labour."
8At these words, the Emperor's brow furrowed, not believing that supposed descendants of royal blood would lower themselves to work the land and plough the soil. So he came forward and commanded them to put out their palms. 9When he saw the callouses formed by incessant labour on their hands, as well as the hardness of their bodies, he was inclined to believe them.
10So the Emperor further asked them, "What is this kingdom of which your elders speak? When is it to appear? When will it come?"
11At this the men replied, "God's Kingdom is not an earthly or temporal one. It is heavenly, and will appear at the end of the world, when our God will come in glory and majesty, as Judge of all the earth. 12God will then give judgment according to each one their works."
13Upon hearing these words, the Emperor made no reply, but despised the men for the simplicity of their answer. He turned his back on them, and commanded them to be dismissed from his presence. 14Understanding accusations of messianic pretensions to have been a mere deception, by decree he ordered the persecution of the congregation of the Way to be brought to an end.
7. 1The persecution of the congregation of the Way resumed again under the Roman Emperor Traian. 2When Shim`on bar Qlofas was past his hundredth year, he was accused of being a Christian by some Gnostic Christians, and was arrested by the Romans to be tortured.
3In the twelfth year of the reign of the Emperor Traian, Shim`on was questioned under orders from the proconsul Herodes Atticus. Time and again he was ordered to admit being a Christian, and a descendant of David. 4Since he was neither a Christian nor of the line of David, he could not admit to what was a lie; he could not confess to things about himself that were not true.
5After being tortured for many days he suffered martyrdom, and all, including even the proconsul, marvelled that at such an advanced stage of years, he could endure so much. And orders were given that he should be taken out and crucified.
8. 1A prayer in memory of Shim`on bar Qlofas; let it stand for him as his memorial:
2"Whoever dwells in the shelter of YHVH –
whoever abides in the shade of
the Almighty,
Can say to Him, 'You are my Defender –
my Protector, my God in whom
I trust!'
3It is He who will keep you from all hidden snares –
from those who seek to destroy
He will cover you with His wings –
you will be safe in His care.
4You will not fear the terror of the night,
nor the arrow that flies by day.
Nor the plagues that strike in the darkness,
nor the evils that slay at noon.
5YHVH has given,
YHVH has taken away;
Blessed be the Name of YHVH!"
6May the name of Shim`on bar Qlofas be remembered for good.
7After Shim`on bar Qlofas died, there were no longer any left alive who had personally heard the words taught by the prophet Yeshua`; and within a few more generations, the relatives of Yeshua`, Ya`aqov and Shim`on would be no more. 8Therefore in Shim`on's stead, a man named Yustus, a Hellenist Jewish Follower of the Way, was elected to serve as head of the exiled congregation in Pella. He was a just, prayerful and humble man – a man of peace.
9Thereafter, the appointment as Nasi of the congregation became an annual one. 10After Yustus came Zakkai, then Toviyah, Binyamin, Yo`anan, Matthiyah, Filip, Seneca, Yustus the Second, Levi, Efrayim, Yosef and finally, Yudah.
9. 1In the sixteenth year of the reign of the Roman Emperor Hadrian, another great war engulfed the Holy Land, now renamed Palestine after the Philistine enemies of Israel, as an affront against the name of Judea.
2Hadrian promulgated so many intolerable edicts against the Jewish religion, that the land rose up against them. 3There arose at that time yet another messianic claimant, a man called Simon, who called himself bar Kokhba ['son of the star'].
4Unprepared, the Emperor sent for one of his generals, one called Julius Severus, from the Roman province of Britannia. 5Although they suffered just as much as their Jewish brothers and sisters who did not follow the Way, Followers did not give their backing to Simon bar Kokhba, who was a tyrant of a man.
6Our elders reminded us of the teachings which Yeshua` gave against the Zealots of his day – how they are dead to the Law of God, and seek only to bring about the Kingdom with violence. 7So they refused to support Simon. In defiance of bar Kokhba, they nicknamed him 'bar Koziba' ['the son of falsehood'].
8Koziba gave orders that if we refused to turn from the Way and support him, Followers of the Way were to be tortured. However, because of their refusal, many Followers were tortured to death. 9As leader of the congregation of the Way, Yudah was likewise taken by Simon bar Kokhba's men and executed, supposedly for treason.
10With Yudah's death, the line of princes of the congregation came to an end. Faced with hatred from all sides – from their fellow Jews, from Romans, and from Gentile Christians, 11Followers of the Way dispersed from Pella, and went out across all the lands of the East, across Syria and Mesopotamia.
12May their memory be recalled across the generations and held blessed. May their devotion to the saving Message of YHVH be held up in honourable memory of their name. 13May it be remembered that they did not take up arms against those who persecuted them, nor did they return the cruel hatred and persecution they faced with like hatred, 14but rather kept faith with the Holy One of Israel, and with the teachings that were entrusted to them for safekeeping.
10. 1Now it so happened that during the reign of Flavius Phocas Augustus, a certain man came to Reqem, the City of Weeping, that great home of tombs and temples in the province of Palaestina Salutaris. 2He traded there with the Reqemites, among them certain descendants of the Jewish Followers of Yeshua`, who bought various goods from him, and sent his wares on to Gaza and Aila.
3They would give him gracious hospitality in their homes, and taught him the teachings of Yeshua` and the principles of the God of Abraham; from them he learned that God is One, and that Yeshua` was a prophet, and but a man like us. 4Thereafter he turned from his ancestral gods and the idols of his tribe, and gained followers of his own.
5But then, when these Jewish Followers – and others – would not accept him as a prophet or messenger of YHVH, he ordered his Believers to turn their prayer away from YHVH's holy city of Jerusalem, 6and to pray instead towards the Sanctuary of the Black Stone, within the Sacred Compound in Reqem – the place his tribe had always turned to in reverence to the Black Stone for generations, and around which devotees of the Nabatean gods would circle during their devotions. 7Then he declared war on the Jewish people, and put many of the Jewish citizens of Arabia to death for rejecting him; those he did not kill he expelled.
8After his death, his Believers went to war against each other. During the siege of Reqem, the black stone was seized by the governor of Reqem. 9He had rebelled against Damascus; so he destroyed the Sanctuary of the Black Stone in Reqem, and took the black stone with him to a new place in the south.
10When Reqem was finally destroyed in an earthquake, the pieces of the black stone were housed in the newly-built settlement of Maqqa in the Hijaz – a site where no one had ever lived before. 11There it was set into the wall of a new sanctuary built especially for it, similar to the one in which it had been originally housed in Reqem. 12At this time, adherents again changed the direction of their prayer, this time to face Maqqa.
13Let us, as Followers of the Way of YHVH, seek peace and not war; let us seek neighbourly dialogue, and not belligerent argument; let us not return oppression for oppression, or answer enslavement with enslavement. 14Let us not simply give only rebuke to the wicked, but also encouragement to the good people among other nations, so that the good Name of YHVH may be glorified throughout the earth.
11. 1May one day the faith of Yeshua`, Ya`aqov and Shim`on return – to restore the ancient faith of Israel, the Way of YHVH, and to teach peace and justice to the nations. 2Blessed be YHVH forever, in every generation! Amein!
Passage 1 – Eusebius, Historia Ecclesiae, Bk 3, ch 11:1-2
Passage 2 –
About oracles received: Eusebius, Historia Ecclesiae, Bk 3, ch 5:4.
About Thebutis: from Hegesippus, quoted in Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History, Book IV, Chapter XXII
Passage 3 – the fate of the various apostles; taken from the various historical traditions of their deaths
Passage 4 – Benediction of the Heretics:
story of Rabbi Abahu: Succot 48b
Passage 6 – the 2 grandson of Judah bar Qlofas before Domitian
Passage 7 – persecution under Traian;
torture and death of Shimon: Eusebius, Historia Ecclesiae, Bk 3, ch 32:6 (quoting Hegesippus)
verse 7:6 from Ps 31.5, a traditional 'last-breath' prayer of ancient times
Passage 8 – Ps 91:1-6 prayer for the memory of Shimon
Passage 9 – the Hadrian persecutions; the rise of bar Kochba, the death of Yudah Nasi
Passage 10 – about Mohammed; there is a tradition mentioned in 'A History of Jewish Christianity', by HJ Schonfield, that the 'Jewish-Christians' of that time gave Mohammed hospitality – this is why I included it in the story; I wanted to show to Muslims that we are not their enemies.
Further notes for reading:
Original direction of prayer for Mosques was Petra, not Mecca: Various Orientalists (Western Scholars of Islamic history, such as Dan Gibson) have concluded that, based on the GPS direction of ancient mosques, and the direction they faced, the original direction of prayer in 610, was Jerusalem. Sura 2:143-150 of the Quran says the direction of the Qibla was changed (in 624CE), but doesn't say where to. Dan Gibson maintains, on the archaeological evidence, that it was changed to Petra (Reqem). The qibla (niche in a wall indicating the direction of prayer) of mosques from 610CE was Jerusalem; in 624CE, the qibla was Petra; in 706, it was between Petra and Mecca (between the Umayyad spiritual centre and the Zubayr centre); by 772, it was mostly Mecca, and after 876, it was only Mecca. According to Jacob of Edesssa, writing in 705CE, the direction of the Kaaba to which the 'Mahgraye' (Arabs) prayed was not to the south (Crone-Cook 1977:24) – i.e. not towards Mecca.
Mosques that point to Petra: (see Dan Gibson's 'Early Islamic Qiblas' (2017): the following 20 Mosques point to Petra (within 2.9 degrees of accuracy): Mosque of the Qiblatayin, Medina (626CE), Great Mosque of Guangzhou China (627CE), Cherman Juma Masjid, India (629CE), Jami Hama al'Kabir, Syria (637CE), Fustat Mosque in Cairo (642CE), Kufa Mosque in Iraq (670CE), Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem (691CE), Humeina Mosque, Jordan (699CE), Amman Umayyad Mosque, Jordan (701CE), Grand Mosque, Sa'na, Yemen (705CE), Khirbet Al Minya Mosque, Israel (706CE), Masjid I Tariq Khana Damghan, Iran (708CE), Al Aqsa, Jerusalem (709CE), Khirbet al Mafjar, Jericho, Israel (714CE), Anjar Palace Mosque, Lebanon (714CE), Mushatta Mosque, Amman, Jordan (743CE), Sahi Ramdhah Bowhar, Oman (771CE), Suma'il Omani Mosque, Oman (771CE), Bibi Samarkan, Uzbekistan (773CE). The earliest Mosques directly facing Mecca (within 4.78 degrees of accuracy): Banbhore Mosque, Pakistan (727CE), Amman Citadel Mosque, Jordan (730CE), Qasr Ukhaydir, Iraq (764CE)
Evidence for the City of Petra as the city that is being described: Petra has all the geographical features mentioned in the Hadiths that Mecca lacks; Petra has 2 parallel valleys [Ibn Ishaq Al Bukhari 2:645, 2:685, 3:891, 2:815, 2:820, 4:227], it has a stream [Al Bukhari 2:685], it is nearer to Lot's pillar of salt; it has fields [Al Bukhari 9:337]; it has trees, grass, fruit, loam [Sahih Al Tirmidhi 1535, Al Bukhari 4:281, 9:337, al Tabari VI 1079 p.6]; it has olive trees, and mountains. Also, the people of Ad, Thamud and Midian mentioned in the Quran, are all much nearer to Petra than they are to Mecca.
No archaeological evidence in Mecca: There is no archaeological evidence of habitation in Mecca before the early 8th century CE (no buildings, not even artefacts); the earliest written reference to Mecca is in 741CE ('Apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius Continuatio Byzantia Arabia'; Crone 1987, pp 134-136, Hoyland 1997, p.426); Mecca does not appear on any map until 900CE.
History of the period:
Siege of 'Mecca' (Petra) 683CE, when Abdullah ibn Zubayr, the governor of Petra, rebelled against Abd al Malik the caliph of the Umayyads in Damascus;
Zubayr destroyed the Kaaba (Al Tabari 20:537), the black rock was taken to Hijaz, he allied himself with the Abbasids of Baghdad.
Zubayr died in 691CE, (Dan Gibson says that the Kaaba was destroyed and the stone moved in the Islamic year 70 (689 CE), because in Al Tabari's accounts of each Islamic year {A History of Islam, Vol 20}, the account for year 70 is only a few lines long (the account could have been deleted, because it contained an account of the move, and the fact of the move had to be expunged from history);
the Abbasids handed the stone back in c.706CE, and took it to Mecca, when it was set in a new Kaaba there.
In the Islamic year 89 HE (708 CE), the direction of prayer officially changed (a sign was hung in mosques to indicate the new direction of prayer).
Petra was destroyed by an earthquake in 713CE, so they needed a new religious centre.
There is also a very good YouTube video on the subject:
Dan Gibson's 'The Sacred City'


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Q: A table with a foreign-key, referencing the tables own primary key I was looking at the database sample that is provided by the DB2 server installaion. This database is the one created when running db2samle.exe from the "bin" folder. I noticed that the table "ACT" contains a primary key with a references to it self, see sql below, and was wondering if there are any logic reason for this? or is it just a glitzh in the design?
CREATE TABLE "DB2ADMIN"."ACT" (
        "ACTNO" SMALLINT NOT NULL,
        "ACTKWD" CHAR(6) NOT NULL,
        "ACTDESC" VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL
    )

ALTER TABLE "DB2ADMIN"."ACT" ADD CONSTRAINT "PK_ACT" PRIMARY KEY
    ("ACTNO");

ALTER TABLE "DB2ADMIN"."ACT" ADD CONSTRAINT "RPAA" FOREIGN KEY
    ("ACTNO")
    REFERENCES "DB2ADMIN"."ACT"
    ("ACTNO")
    ON DELETE RESTRICT;

A: DELETE RESTRICT in DB2 deals with when you wish to delete records from a parent table.
As noted from the DB2 Information Center:

The delete rule of a referential constraint applies only when a row of
  the parent table is deleted. More precisely, the rule applies only
  when a row of the parent table is the object of a delete or propagated
  delete operation (defined below), and that row has dependents in the
  dependent table of the referential constraint. Consider an example
  where P is the parent table, D is the dependent table, and p is a
  parent row that is the object of a delete or propagated delete
  operation. The delete rule works as follows:
With RESTRICT or NO ACTION, an error occurs and no rows are deleted.
With CASCADE, the delete operation is propagated to the dependents of p in table D.
With SET NULL, each nullable column of the foreign key of each dependent of p in table D is set to null.
Any table that can be involved in a delete operation on P is said to
  be delete-connected to P. Thus, a table is delete-connected to table P
  if it is a dependent of P, or a dependent of a table to which delete
  operations from P cascade.

So, while it appears like this may prevent records from being deleted from the table, it doesn't. It just prevents records from being deleted from the table if there are records in the child table. Since there is no child table, that clause is essentially worthless and really only adds cost to determining INSERT/UPDATES/DELETES. It is fanciness that serves absolutely no purpose.
You can test this yourself by issuing the following commands:
db2 "insert into <schema>.act values (1, 'blah', 'another blah')";
db2 "select * from <schema>.act";
db2 "delete from <schema>.act where actno = 1";
db2 "select * from <schema>.act";

I tested that myself against the sample database and it ran fine. You will find that it does in fact delete the record just added.
Personally I think it is just fanciness that somebody threw in there that doesn't really belong.

A: I don't know how db2 works, but I think this is making it so rows can never be deleted once added.
from Wikipeda

RESTRICT
A value cannot be updated or deleted when a row exists in a foreign
  key table that references the value in the referenced table.
Similarly, a row cannot be deleted as long as there is a reference to
  it from a foreign key table.

So restrict says the row can only be deleted if the destination key does not exist, and since it is pointing at itself it will always exist, therefor it makes it so you can add and edit a row, but you can't delete it.

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In the years following World War I, a group of disillusioned expatriates travel from Paris to Spain to watch bullfighting and participate in the festivities.
Below are some reading passages that we have hand picked to supplement this book. Be sure to read the passage summaries and our suggestions for instructional use.
12th Grade Informational Text 1420L
Mike Kubic 2016
Passage Summary: "The Lost Generation" describes the political and social climate of a period of American history in which numerous highly celebrated authors and artists from the United States grew disillusioned with and disavowed their home country.
When and How to Pair: Have students read this text before beginning the novel, in order to provide them with background on the author and the period he was writing in. Ask students to discuss how an author's personal experiences can shape their work. Considering the era in which Hemingway wrote the novel, in what ways might global events have shaped his attitudes? What sort of themes do students expect to find in a post-World War I work?
10th Grade Poem
Siegfried Sassoon 1918
Passage Summary: Siegfried Loraine Sassoon (1886-1967) was an English writer, poet, and soldier. "Dreamers," a poem about the dark side of war and its impact on soldiers, was likely inspired by Sassoon's own experiences in World War I.
When and How to Pair: Introduce this text after Chapter IV, in order to have students discuss the mental and emotional toll that soldiers experienced during World War I. Ask students to compare the experiences of the soldiers in the poem to those of Jake. What do the soldiers in Sassoon's poem dream of? What does Jake long for, now that the war is over?
Passage Summary: Mike Kubic's article "The Roaring Twenties" explores the ups and downs of this exciting era and the events that led to the Great Depression.
When and How to Pair: Have students read this text after finishing Book I, in order to compare and contrast character and setting. In chapter VII, Jake, Brett, and their fellow expatriates go out drinking and dancing. Ask students to compare Hemingway's vision of Paris to Kubic's description of America in the 1920s. How do the characters in the novel share the attitudes of their counterparts in the U.S.? Why might Jake and Robert Cohn have decided to move to Europe during this time?
Scientists Reveal Three Keys to Happiness
ABC News October 2, 2003
Passage Summary: The informational text "Scientists Reveal Three Keys to Happiness" discusses Stephen and Rachel Kaplan's findings on how to achieve happiness.
When and How to Pair: Introduce this text after Chapter XII, in order for students to apply scientific theory to their character analysis. In this chapter, Jake and Bill have spent a blissful five days fishing, but are about to return to the city. Ask students to evaluate the ways in which the characters seek happiness. How does their behavior compare with the advice in the informational text? How does being in nature affect them emotionally? Are they participating in life, or being ignored? Do they see themselves as having an impact on the world around them?
9th Grade Psychology 1030L
Why Do People Follow The Crowd?
ABC News January 12, 2006
Passage Summary: Dr. Gregory Burns, a professor of behavioral science, conducted several experiments to study why humans readily conform. ABC's Primetime recreated these experiments using several unsuspecting people.
When and How to Pair: Have students read this text after they have completed Chapter XIV, and ask them to discuss how Robert Cohn might be an example of "following the crowd." How does Cohn feel about the chaotic festivities, especially the bullfight? How does social pressure, as detailed in "Why Do People Follow the Crowd?", cause Cohn to alter his views? Cohn is the outsider of the group, being both Jewish and of a lower social class than the others. Given how often he is harassed about this, why does he continue to stay with the group?
9th Grade Interview 860L
For Many Returning Vets, 'Moral Injury' Just As Difficult
Rachel Martin (Host) 2013
Passage Summary: For a veteran returning home from Afghanistan or Iraq, the mental trauma of having killed someone can be just as devastating as physical injury. The Department of Veteran Affairs has called this problem "moral injury," but some veterans think this phrase minimizes the horror of killing. In 2013, Timothy Kudo, a former Marine captain, wrote an opinion piece for The Washington Post about grappling with moral injury. In this text, he shares his experience with NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday host Rachel Martin
When and How to Pair: Introduce this text after students have read Chapter XVII. In this section, Mike briefly describes how abusive Lord Ashley became towards Brett after returning from the war. Ask students to use Captain Kudo's experiences in order to analyze Ashley's transformation. How might 'moral injury' have affected Ashley? How might Jake and Brett be also carrying the war with them? Why do they rarely discuss their memories of the war?
CommonLit Staff 2016
Passage Summary: In "Coping Mechanisms," the author explains the difference between adaptive and maladaptive coping mechanisms.
When and How to Pair: Have students read this text after finishing Book II, in order for them to apply psychological theory to their character analysis. World War I has a strong impact on the characters, but they rarely discuss it and spend most of their time partying. Ask students to use the theories in "Coping Mechanisms" to discuss which coping mechanisms the believe Jake, Brett, Mike, Bill, and others might be using to deal with their pasts. With what attitude do they talk about the war? How might they be trying to forget their traumatic memories? What indications do they give that they may be in denial, or dissociating from their lives?
What Past Generations Can Teach Us About Our Future
Passage Summary: This text outlines the Strauss & Howe theory that each generation is shaped and defined by the notable historical events and social trends of their time.
When and How to Pair: Introduce this text to students after they have finished the novel and ask them to discuss how the characters in the novel might function within Strauss and Howes' generational theory. How well do the characters represent the Lost Generation, as described in the text? In addition to World War I, what other events might have shaped this generation? How do other generations share similarities to the Lost Generation? What can we learn from past generations by reading key works like "The Sun Also Rises"?


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Anzaldo is een gemeente (municipio) in de Boliviaanse provincie Esteban Arce in het departement Cochabamba. De gemeente telt naar schatting 7.423 inwoners (2018). De hoofdplaats is Anzaldo.

Gemeente in Bolivia


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Q: How to import Tesseract into Angular2 (TypeScript) I'm trying to import Tesseract into Angular2 (TypeScript). I can see it saved into the node_modules folder but when using
import { Tesseract } from '@types/tesseract.js';
it says:

[ts] Module '"c:/Users/black/Projects/projectCLI/tess/node_modules/@types/tesseract.js/index"' has no exported member 'Tesseract'.

In the index.d.ts file there is a namespace called Tesseract.
Is there some other way to import this or are we looking at this the wrong way?
I used npm install --save-dev @types/tesseract.js to install typescript Tesseract.
If there are any demo tutorials using tesseract can you please link them here?
thanks, in advance, for your help.

A: You need to install the actual javascript module:
npm install tesseract.js --save
Also install @types declarations:
npm install @types/tesseract.js --save-dev
Finally do the folowing to import:
import * as Tesseract from 'tesseract.js'
To use the library check here
The @types command saves this type declaration file.
This is a namespace and all the contents of the actual module are declared within.When you do import * as aliasname from tessreact.js, you can use all the functions within the namespace as aliasname.functionname. Example is the test file for the same type declaration file.


Several species of plants with an atlantic distribution are growing in the "mountain-forests" in Mid-Jutland. It is species that demands high precipitation throughout the year and prefer not too cold a winter. One of these is Luzula silvatica in the picture below. It is frequent in woods in the Mid-Jutland highland and can totally dominate the forest floor. It is very rare on the danish isles.
Other atlantic forest plants which are frequent in the humid areas in Jutland are Ilex aquifolium, Chrysoplenium oppositifolium, Veronica montana, Cardamine flexuosa and Phyteuma spicatum.
A number of rare plants are special for the Mid-Jutland forests. Polygonatum verticillatum in the right picture is growing occasionally in Mid- and Eastern Jutland and is rare elsewhere.
Back to The Mid-Jutland humid "mountais-forests".


Oh, I do love the iPhone. Not because I want to be associated with the crowds of Apple people, or the anti-Blackberry people, or with any other group--doesn't enter the thinking for me. Or maybe it does a little; sometimes I'm embarrassed to own the darn thing because I don't want to be associated with iPhone people. I just think the darn thing works so freakin' well.
You forgot to mention Don Miller uses Apple products.
I didn't want to out him as a fat loser . . .
I confess that when I got my Mac Book it was only partly out of necessity for something reliable and light weight. The other part was because everyone around me had a Mac of some sort and I wanted one too.
So believe it or not, I think the Lord taught me a lesson about giving in to peer pressure and my new Mac laid "broken" for SEVEN months... it broke less than a month after I got it when I dropped it off the side of my bed.
The rest of the story: We didn't have the $$ to fix it right away. I had to work and save to be able to pay cash to get it fixed which was supposed to be about $750. I learned a bit about humility and thankfulness and not being pressured by "the trend" during those seven months. Then when I went in to pay for the fix the clerk said I didn't owe anything for it. - I had nearly $900 cash in my hand and I didn't HAVE to spend it on my computer. I spent some of that on a few bells and whistles but I have learned and still appreciate the lesson.
I'm not a fat loser because I have a Mac. I'm efficient and well equipped because I one, but I also don't make others feel on-the-outside if they don't have a Mac. I WAS a fat loser for giving in to the pressure of the trend. But I'm done with that.


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Adjustable tabs at back waist.
Relaxed legs taper to ankles.
For in-store inquiries, use sku #2489575.
Ambrosi Napoli flat-front dress pants. Side slash pockets; back button-welt pockets. Flat-front. Straight legs. Hook-and-bar closure/zip fly; belt loops. Unfinished hem to be tailored to desired length. Cotton. Made in Italy.
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Incotex chino pants in washed stretch-twill. Five-pocket style. Standard fit features normal rise, flat front, and straight leg. Flattering, comfortable shape. Extended button-tab waist, belt prong keeper loop, belt loops. Linen/cotton/spandex. Imported.


Moto Deluxe Bearings are built to the highest specifications and constructed from the finest quality parts available. Moto Deluxe Bearings are 'skate rated', which ensures durability under the heavy loads of roller skating. Moto Deluxe Bearings are factory 'pre-spun' and are made with high precision races, hardened steel balls, delrin retainers, and a light lubrication for a smooth and fast roll. Contains one set of 16 bearings.


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Hellickson throws 4-hitter in Rays' win
ST. PETERSBURG - Jeremy Hellickson needed just 97 pitches to finish off his latest strong outing.
Hellickson threw a four-hitter, Reid Brignac had three RBIs and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Baltimore Orioles 8-1 on Sunday.
"He had a sneaky fastball that set everything else up," Rays manager Joe Maddon said. "When he wanted to throw the ball somewhere, it was going there."
Hellickson (12-10) has two complete games this season, both against the Orioles. The rookie right-hander also tossed a four-hitter in a 3-0 win against Baltimore on May 13.
"I felt good in command of all my pitches," Hellickson said. "Even the curveball felt good. I was throwing that for a strike once in a while, and I was keeping the ball down."
Tampa Bay scored four times with two out in the third to take a 6-0 lead. Evan Longoria came home when third baseman Mark Reynolds misplayed Brandon Guyer's grounder, and Brignac followed with a three-run double.
"I haven't had too many opportunities of late to drive in some runs," Brignac said. "The way Jeremy was throwing, all we needed was a few runs to get through the game."
Brignac had driven in two runs in previous 41 home games this year.
Adam Jones homered for the Orioles. Jeremy Guthrie gave up seven runs - three earned - and seven hits over five innings en route to his major league-leading 17th loss.
Guthrie (6-17) walked three batters to help set up the Rays' big third. After the inning ended, he appeared ready to throw a Gatorade bucket all around the dugout.
"Just a lot of frustration," he said. "I grabbed it and wanted to do a lot more things with it, but kind of dragged it and set it down. I figured I didn't deserve a drink of Gatorade that inning."
Guthrie is the first pitcher since Kip Wells (2005 and 2007) to lose at least 17 games twice during his career. The right-hander went 10-17 in 2009.
Hellickson improved to 4-1 in five starts - six appearances overall - against Baltimore, including wins in all three outings at home where he has surrendered two earned runs in 25 combined innings.
"It's kind of frustrating ... You know exactly what he's going to do and try to do," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. "He's got a great presentation on the changeup and breaking ball. Throws everything out of the same slot. He's grasped pitching instead of throwing at a young age."
Sean Rodriguez hit a two-run homer in the second for Tampa Bay. Rodriguez's two-out drive to left on a 1-2 pitch was his seventh homer of the season.
The Rays scored all of their runs in Saturday's 6-3 win over Baltimore in two-out situations.
Matt Joyce drove in two runs for Tampa Bay, including a two-out solo homer in the sixth.
Jones led off the fifth with his 23rd homer. He had just three hits in his previous 37 at-bats.
Jones also doubled in the seventh, and Robert Andino and J.J. Hardy had the other hits for Baltimore. Andino's third-inning infield hit was originally ruled an error on shortstop Brignac.
Tampa Bay designated hitter Johnny Damon tied Doc Cramer for 62nd place on the career hits list at 2,705 with a fourth-inning single.
NOTES: Tampa Bay CF B.J. Upton rested one day after getting five RBIs. "That was planned before (Saturday's game)," Maddon said. ... Orioles RF Nick Markakis made his second career start at first base and had a couple nice fielding plays. ... Rays INF Ben Zobrist (neck stiffness) could return to the starting lineup Monday. ... Baltimore RHP Jason Berken (strained right forearm) may pitch in a simulated game Thursday. ... Rays RHP James Shields (13-10), who tops the majors with 10 complete games this season, will pitch against Texas RHP Scott Feldman (1-0) on Monday. ... Baltimore LHP Brian Matusz (1-7) and New York RHP Freddy Garcia (11-7) are Monday's scheduled starters at Yankee Stadium.


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Q: Bitmap's bounds in Android Studio My question is: a bitmap had to be square or is possible delete the invisible parts around the colored image? I have a bitmap in a SurfaceView with an hand in the center and i want calculate the bounds of this hand deleting the invisible around it, cause i have problems with the onClick Method. Without calculate every X and Y, is possible know the bounds of the hand with a Method or other things? Thanks in advance.

A: The best thing you could do would be to take the picture of the hand and crop it down to the size of the hand.
This way, you'll have a smaller file and won't have to implement some kind of code work around.

A: The idea is to use a png file with the right transparency in place, which means the part around the hand should have the transparency .
Now for retaining the transparency of the image when using the BitmapFactory,make sure that your image is pulled in as ARGB_8888

A: About your first question: any bitmap that retains some level of transparency has to have an alpha channel so in your case a hand has an alpha channel thus you cannot just delete those alpha pixels, because if you do the transparent part will remain black. You will have to use either ARGB_4444 format or ARGB_8888 format to retain this alpha channel. As far as getting the bitmaps bounds, use a Rect or some bounding shape maybe an oval, to accurately know if your finger is touching it, you can't just know exactly if your touch is within the bounds of this hand because this hand image, at certain portions contain different widths, and heights, however you can test if your touch is touching your hand exactly by using pixel perfect collision. Here is how it works:
class drawingView extends View {
    Rect rect = new Rect();
    Bitmap bitmap = yourHand;

    @Override
    public void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
        canvas.drawBitmap(bitmap, x, y, null);
        rect.set(x, y, bitmap.getWidth(), bitmap.getHeight());
        invalidate();
    }

    public void onClick() {
        if(rect.contains(event.getX(), event.getY(), && bitmap.getPixel(event.getX() - rect.left, event.getY() - rect.top) != Color.TRANSPARENT) {
          // you know you exactly touched the hand even out of the transparent region
    }
}

I started you off I'm sure you will understand what's going on here.
Hope this helps :)


A Flexible Brick? You won't believe it!
Technologies are constantly advancing, offering more and more new developments and materials for cladding buildings.
How did stone become Flexible?
It sounds crazy for a stone to be flexible. But Delap has actually set up the production and supply of the Flexible Stone in the USA. The Stone consists of marble chips and acryl. It is a mere 4 mm in width and is available in three structures: Flexible Tile, Flexible Brick, and Flexible Stone.
Flexible tile — a modern high-tech material, which opens in the implementation of the most unusual design ideas opportunities in the interiors and facades of buildings.
Delap company offers its customers to buy a new and unique material for facades and interiors — a flexible brick.
How to make your house is not just beautiful, original, but functional? How to choose a stone veneer, so that it meets all the requirements and combined with design and style decisions of your home?
There is nothing more beautiful than that created by nature. Natural stone that offers to buy the company Delap, created in nature and is ideal for use in the construction of its technical and design features.
The use of natural stone exterior design or styling for them - a fashion trend remain valid for several years.
Have you ever could imagine that the stone can be flexible? It sounds absurd, but in the world, there are more and more technologies to make new unique products.


Clean carpets, upholstery, hard surfaces, and more with the help of the trained professional and powerful truck-mounted equipment.
Reach out to the locally owned and operated company that specializes in cleaning! You'll see why Steam Brite has been trusted since 1980.


Flame haired Northern Irish singer-songwriter Janet Devlin introduces herself to North America with her debut album 'Running With Scissors,' released on February 10th, 2015 via OK!Good Records. The 10-track album is full of folk-driven pop songs and heart touching ballads, showcasing Janet's unique and enchanting vocals, which first caught the public's attention on Series 8 of The UK X Factor in 2011.
'Running With Scissors,' which has already hit Number 1 on the Official UK Independent Album Charts, is mainly self-penned by Janet. It was recorded in a mere 6-weeks, and features co-writes with Newton Faulkner ("Creatures of The Night" and "Hide And Seek") and Jack Savoretti ("Delicate"), alongside a surprising cover of The Cure's "Friday I'm In Love". Janet's debut is an album about growing up, becoming independent and dealing with a whole range of new emotions.
Dear love, how've you been?
Do you still play our records On your record machine?
To the box beneath your bed where we hid everything.
Funny how, don't need it now.
This polaroid is fading out.
But this is still a love song all the same.
Hey you, how's this end?
Hey boy, where'd you go?
Now I know, you're alone.
Our favourite song is fading out.
But this is still a love song, this is still a love song.
Cause I think I'm going blind.
now the pages been turned.
Or do, cause I'm not over you.
Ohhhhh, I remember how it felt to call you mine.
Ohh, I remember how it felt to call you mine.
Of you and tell me what to do.
And I'm a little lost inside.
Stay connected with Janet on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.
All of Janet's songs on RWS are great , I've fallen in love with her music . I have more than one favorite song on RWS , they are as follows . "When You Were Mine" , "House of Cards" , " Hide and Seek " , and " Creatures of the Night " . Janet Devlin is a very perfect , and precious artist , she stole my heart , and I'm so glad she did . If you give her songs a listen , I promise she will steal your heart too .
I can't think of anything that Janet has ever recorded or performed online or live that I didn't love. Running With Scissors is an exceptional collection of insightful, clever and musically varied songs worthy of a permanent place on my iPod. This album is beautifully written, arranged, performed, recorded and mastered. It feels fresh and makes me happy every time I listen to it. Janet is a rare gem who obviously has a love of art, integrity as an artist, a lovely demeanor, and has taken care to build and nurture her loyal fan base. Nice work.
Running With Scissors is an exceptional collection of insightful, clever and musically varied songs. This album is beautifully written, arranged, performed, recorded and mastered. It feels fresh and makes me happy every time I listen to it.


Sofia Wiedenroth is a strong addition to the German manufacturer's international enduro team. A familiar face on the mountain bike circuit, Sofia already has several years of racing under her belt for the German cross-country squad. A string of successes to her name include silver at the under-19 worlds. Her first foray into the up-and-coming enduro discipline at the German Enduro Championships landed her straight on the second step of the podium. Sofia now joins the CUBE Enduro World Series squad starting from 2019 and plans to make her mark on the women's elite category.
In order to experience the limits, you must be able to cross them.
What I particularly like about the Enduro are the dangerous tracks in the mountains and the fact that everything is demanded of you: Strength, endurance, technique and overcoming.
At home in the Allgäu/Lake Constance and Northern Italy.
Sometimes I tend to overshoot the mark.
In fact, I don't listen to any music during training.


Just to let u know i've visited your site and seen the pictures!
I am glad you have eventually managed to visit by blog. I wish you will give me some comments so that I can make improvement.
Have I told you that I have passed the assessment and I am now an accredited mediator? I also wish to share the joy I had with you that I had helped a young girl from going to prison by doing mitigation for her in court yesterday.
I was very happy that not only I could apply what I had learnt, I could also help my client from getting a community service order instead of going to jail. That was the biggest Christmas present for the girl, her family, friends and me.
How are you doing? It is always nice to see young men like you showing your interest in politics and devoting your time in promoting democracy. Hong Kong needs people like you.
As I always say, Hong Kong is a place good at grooming "smart guys" but what Hong Kong really needs are a bunch of fools like you and me who are intersted in doing things not for ourselves but for the good of the society at large.
By the way, when are you going back to Australia to continue with your studies? You should study hard and learn as much as you can so that you will be able to contribute yourself better to Hong Kong.