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Priests 'pitied, patronised, reviled, ignored'
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Fr Brendan Hoban was speaking at a meeting of the Association of Catholic Priests in Athlone
A leading member of the Association of Catholic Priests has said it would be dangerous for diocesan clergy in Ireland to ignore the depth of depression and despair in their ranks.
Fr Brendan Hoban also criticised a small number of bishops for bullying priests and warned of an increasing number of suicides among the clergy.
Speaking at the ACP's annual general meeting in Athlone, he further criticised the apparently official policy of bishops of automatically reporting anonymous accusations of clerical abuse to An Garda Síochána.
He said this practice would be unconscionable and much resisted if applied to teachers, lawyers, gardaí or any other professional group.
Aged 68 and based in Ballina, Co Mayo, Fr Hoban has reached what he says is approximately the average age of diocesan priests in Ireland.
In the past four decades very many parish priests have lost the assistance of curates who have become an endangered species, he said. He said no parish priests in his own diocese employ live-in housekeepers.
Statistics indicate that most diocesan priests may well die on their own, he continued.
In contrast to 50 years ago "there are no vocations to dioceses, congregations (are) melting away …, collections (are) declining … and morale (is) at an all-time low."
He said they are often pitied, patronised, reviled, insulted, disrespected, ignored and resented.
He said that in some dioceses, the level of distrust between priests and bishops has generated an increasingly obvious build-up of resentment and anger.
He added that some - but not many - bishops are bullying priests who do not have the confidence to face them down because of the level of control bishops exercise over their priests' lives.
In his address, Fr Hoban said that recently a priest who was retiring was asked to vacate his house with no prospect of alternative accommodation being provided.
He described this as "an appalling attitude" which "should be named and shamed as scandalous if a bishop, taking advantage of a vulnerable priest, can dictate terms and conditions that infringe the individual rights of priests to equity and justice".
He added that it is unacceptable that some priests are given preference because of their perceived loyalty to a bishop.
Diocesan priests' distrust in the Church leadership is exacerbated by the policies being pursued by the Papal Nuncio Archbishop Charles Brown in ignoring the traditions of dioceses, the preferences of priests and the rights of people to what Fr Hoban described as the present mock consultation about the appointment of bishops.
He added that frustration at the unhappy and sometimes bizarre choice of bishops is adding unnecessarily to the burden of priests.
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He said some bishops were doing the same by unjustly manipulating the commitment to priesthood of elderly priests in an effort to persuade them to postpone their retirement beyond 75.
He said diocesan clergy often have few close friends and the circle is diminishing with age and that a growing fearfulness and anxiety, born out of isolation, can mark their later years, creating a new vulnerability and nervousness in their lives.
He added that there is "a growing disillusionment among priests in their 50s and 60s and a consequent drift out of priesthood, not because of celibacy but in search of companionship and what might be more generally called 'normality'".
He said he does not doubt that the Catholic Church will survive in Ireland and adapt to changed circumstances.
But he asked how the last priests in this country can survive the final years of their lives with comfort, esteem and affection.
He warned that their ever-increasing workload morphs them into "sacrament-dispensing machines" and that they "find pastoral work less and less satisfying with progressively little or no engagement with their parishioners".
He said they are also struggling with issues beyond their training and probably their competence, citing the example of the quandary of how to minister to parents of same-sex couples who may be upset or worried or confused.
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What are the political party's positions on the new social organisations law?
Detik News – July 14, 2017
Security chief retired General Wiranto - July 12, 2017 (Detik)
Andhika Prasetia, Jakarta – The government has issued Government Regulation in Lieu of Law (Perppu) Number 2/2017 on Social Organisations. It has already been received by the House of Representatives (DPR) and will be deliberated at the next sitting of the House.
Although it has yet to be officially discussed, all of the political party factions in the DPR have expressed their views on the Perppu. There are some that reject it and some that accept it -- for various different reasons. What are the positions of the different factions on Perppu Number 2/2017? The following is a summary of their positions compiled by Detik.com:
1. PDI-P
The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has confirmed its support for that government in issuing Perppu 2/2017 on social organisations. The Perppu will be a legal instrument for the government to combat and act against social organisations that oppose the state ideology of Pancasila.
"The PDI-P along with other political parties backing the government support the government's decision to issue this Perppu", said PDI-P Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto at the PDI-P headquarters on Jl. Diponegoro in Menteng, Central Jakarta, on Thursday July 13.
The PDI-P, said Hasto, hopes that other factions in the DPR will agree with the Perppu that was signed into law by President Joko Widodo on Monday July 10.
2. Golkar
With the issuance of Perppu 2/2017, the government can dissolve anti-Pancasila social organisations without going through the courts. The Golkar Party faction is of the view that this does not violate human rights.
"No, it doesn't (violate human rights). People in different countries have their own regulations. There are also many advanced democratic countries where if there is a potential threat to the unity of the state and the nation they often take preventative action. Don't let the values of the nation be destroyed", said Golkar faction member Ace Hasan at the DPR building in Senayan, Central Jakarta, on Wednesday July 12.
3. PKB
The National Awakening Party (PKB) accepts the Perppu 2/2017 and will invite other factions in the DPR to support the dissolution of radical social organisations though the Perppu.
"The PKB will accept this Perppu and will invite the [other] parties to accept it because it is necessary in the name of and for the national interest", said PKB Deputy Secretary General Abdul Malik Haramain when contacted by Detik.com on Wednesday.
Under the Perppu 2/2017 it stipulates that the legal status of an anti-Pancasila social organisation can be revoked simply through two administrative sanctions without going through the courts. The initial sanctions are two written warnings over a period of seven days and then the freezing of the organisation's activities.
4. PPP
United Development Party (PPP) Secretary General Arsul Sani says that the political parties that make up the government coalition support the Perppu 2/2017 because social organisations that are against the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI) must be dissolved.
"When there is any kind of movement, whether it be based on colour, race, or whatever, if then it can rationally be concluded that it represents a threat to the four [pillars of] our national consensus (Pancasila, the 1945 Constitution, NKRI and Unity in Diversity) then they can indeed be eliminated", said Arsul at the DPR building on Wednesday.
5. Hanura
The People's Conscience Party (Hanura) faction in the DPR supports the government's issuance of the Perppu saying that the state cannot be half-hearted about action against radical social organisations.
"Hanura does of course agree with the government. [The old] Law Number 17/2013 [on Social Organisations] makes the freezing or dissolution of radical social organisations difficult to carry out because the process is long and depends on a court ruling, yet a permit for the establishment of a social organisation lies with the government through the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights", Hanura faction secretary Dadang Rusdiana told journalists on Thursday.
6. NasDem
The National Democrats Party (NasDem) agrees with the Perppu giving the example of the social organisation Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) that it believes should be dissolved.
"Any organisation like that (anti-Pancasila) that does not heed the state ideology and does not agree with the Indonesian state must be dissolved. Not just by means of this Perppu, but by other means we would also agree", said NasDem politician at the DPR building on Wednesday.
7. PAN
Although it is part of the government coalition the National Mandate Party (PAN) does not support the Perppu. The PAN, which is one of the parties that supports the government, believes the issuance of the Perppu is not a solution to dealing with social organisations that are deemed to be anti-Pancasila.
"The Perppu is not a solution to confront social organisations that are deemed problematic by the government", said PAN central leadership board chairperson Yandri at the parliamentary complex in Senayan on Thursday.
8. PKS
The Justice and Prosperity Party (PKS) believe that there are a number of catch-all articles that are extremely subjective in the Perppu. The PKS will support any parties that decide to submit a request for a judicial review of the law.
"I will be very supportive if anyone submits a judicial review with the Constitutional Court because potentially this Perppu is not in accordance with the Constitution. At the very least Article 1 Paragraph 3, Article 28d Paragraph 1 and Article 28e Paragraph 3", said PKS advisory board deputy chairperson Hidayat Nur Wahid at the parliamentary complex on Thursday.
9. Gerindra
The Greater Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) faction at the DPR opposes President Widodo's issuance of the Perppu saying there was no pressing need for the government to issue it.
"This Perppu, the President, it was too simple. This is about the social organisation law. The social organisation law, before, I still remember, in the previous period was enacted through a vote at the DPR's plenary committee", said Gerindra faction chairperson Ahmad Muzani at the DPR building on Thursday.
10. Democrats
The Democrat Party in the DPR says it has yet to decide whether it will accept or reject the Perppu and will study the matter first.
"In relation to the Perppu Ormas, we are in the process of carrying out a study and in depth analysis by considering all the different aspects and interests and the life of the nation and state", Democrat faction secretary Didik Mukrianto told journalists on Thursday. (dkp/elz)
[Translated by James Balowski for the Indoleft News Service. The original title of the article was Peta 10 Fraksi di DPR soal Perppu Ormas.]
Source: https://news.detik.com/berita/d-3559861/peta-10-fraksi-di-dpr-soal-perppu-ormas
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Church Of Misery – Master Of Brutality [2001]
Posted in Review with tags BlackSabbath, Church of Misery, Edmund Kemper, Master of Brutality, Rock & Roll, Stoner rock on 17th January 2012 by vmteam
Band: Church of Misery
Album: Master of Brutality
Genre: Stoner/Doom Metal
Firstly, for those unfamiliar with this band (I counted myself in that category prior to this review), Church of Misery are a 4-piece Stoner Metal band from Tokyo who have been serving up serial killer inspired riffy goodness since 1995. Their debut album "Master of Brutality" features 6 tracks, of which 5 are based on and titled after infamous serial killers and the other is a particularly pleasing cover of Blue Oyster Cult's "Cities on Flame with Rock And Roll".
First track "Killfornia" is written about Edmund Kemper whose voice also provides the disturbing spoken word intro. It's a good minute and a half before any actual music is heard and it's the bass that kicks off proceedings with a distortion/wah pedal combo and choice of riff that brings to mind early Black Sabbath song "N.I.B". From here on in low-tuned fuzz-saturated guitar is the order of the day, and another slab of riffs heavier than a bag of Bieber's hate mail is served up for your aural pleasure. Vocalist Yoshiaki Negishi remains on full throttle throughout, sounding like the chain-smoking bastard child of Lemmy and Matt Pike whilst drummer Junji Narita keeps everything tied down solidly and refrains from any ambitious overplaying.
Further on "Ripping Into Pieces", "Megalomania" and album closer "Master of Brutality" offer more of the same ; bass-heavy sound, plethora of Iommi-inspired riffs and Negishi's razor-blade gargling vocals. This isn't necessarily a bad thing but at times it can seem quite drawn out and possibly formulaic. The instrumental track however "Green River" does offer a glimpse of a slightly different side of the Church of Misery coin.It's an altogether more spacey affair and serves as a temporary respite from the sledgehammer approach taken everywhere else.
The other song featured on this disc is the previously mentioned cover of "Cities on Flame with Rock And Roll",and I have to say it's possibly my favourite track of the 6. The original song is a time tested rock staple and at the fingertips of countless would-be guitar heroes the riff has assaulted every guitar shop that hasn't banned it. What Church of Misery have done is taken an already great track and turned it up to 10, bringing out the heaviness and improving ( in my opinion ) on the feel of the track.
Both structurally and lyrically however, I feel the album fails to broaden the heights of creativity,but then that is not what this genre of music is about. It's about hard-hitting, in your face metal and there is no arguing that these 4 guys from Japan have achieved that. "Master of Brutality" is quite an obvious play on "Master of Reality" (3rd studio album by Black Sabbath and blueprint for all things doom related!) and their influence is worn firmly on their sleeves throughout the whole album. If you're looking for something new and ground breaking then perhaps give this a miss, but if you're a fan of early Black Sabbath and crave a bit more of the same with a slightly modern edge then you could do much worse than check out this album!
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PALS PAPER ARTS announces this week's challenge: Fashion Inspiration "Dress for Success." Use ONE Designer Series Paper, ONE punch and ONE sentiment! Isn't this kitty a cutie all decked out in his tie?
I did NOT know what I would do with the above "restrictions" but here is a clean and simple card to get your ideas flowing. Check out the rest of our Design Team's offerings and then come up with your very own interpretation in this week's challenge.
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TIP: I chose to paper-piece the balloon, which I don't believe I have ever done before! All you do is stamp your image onto designer series paper, then cut out a part of it outside the stamped line--in this case the balloon. Then stamp the image again onto card stock and adhere just the cut-out over the second stamping. Voila! Your balloon now has the pattern from the paper on it! Try it, you'll like it!
Thanks for visiting today, my friends, and please do leave your comments below. I love reading them and I thank you for letting me know how you like my cards.
Patti great CAS card. I like how you did the piercing above the curve and the paper pieced balloon is a perfect match of DSP. Hugs.
Patti...this is a wonderful clean and simple card that you stepped up perfectly! The paper piecing and the paper piercing add so much! Great job!
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Oh my gosh the picture with the cat and the tie is way to funny. Love the stamp set.


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Designs not only have to look great and meet all functional requirements, but the manufacturing process used to build them must be fast, repeatable and defect free. From early in the design and development process, Product Transition defines the manufacturing procedures, suppliers and subcontractors used for all new products. This creates a manufacturing environment where ramp-up times are low and the build process is fixed, repeatable and scrap-free from the outset. Once Product Transition fixes a build process, production of a new product is handed off to BriarTek's Production division.
After manufacturing transfers to the Production division, Product Transition periodically evaluates the finished product, solicits user feedback and works with Production to develop a preplanned product improvement program to ensure design upgrades and changes fit into a carefully thought and planned framework.


Whether it's your first project or your just looking for an easy knit hat, then this is the one. It is great practice for the beginner or even for the experienced knitter its easy to whip up for a gift or to knit for charity..( Homeless shelters are great place to donate these warm hats).
Its easy to knit, thick and warm, keeping the head as well as the ears nice and warm, although it looks small it is stretches nicely, I have found it to fit even the biggest head.
I would suggest you use a machine washable worsted weight yarn... Like a super wash wool..You will want something, that can be thrown in the washer and will not felt....Some people that do not knit or crochet will forget and just throw it in the washer and dryer...OH HORROR! for the owner as well as the creator of such beautiful handy work.
USEFUL TIP: When giving away any item that I have knit or crocheted, I always write down the washing instructions or include the label from the ball of yarn.
THE BASICS: If you are a beginner and this is a first project for you, then it will be helpful to know that one of knitting's greatest assets is its straightforward simplicity. Two stitches (knit and purl) plus casting on, increasing and decreasing, are all the basic techniques needed to complete most elementary projects. Once you've mastered these techniques, you are on you're way to knitting expertise.
When knitting or crocheting, the pattern is broken up into abbreviations , although this pattern has very few, if you are just learning to knit, you may find this table helpful.
Gauge: 24 or 28 stitches = 4 inches in K2, P2 rib stitch.
For circulars, use a small circumference, 12" to 16".
I Knitted first on a Circular Needle, and then switched over to Double pointed needles when I started the crown.
If you prefer you can do the entire hat on Double Pointed Needles.
Loosely cast on 96 stitches. Join work, being careful that the stitches are not twisted. Place a marker, and work in K2 P2 ribbing until work measures 9.5 inches .
To the shape the crown we will begin to decrease as follows: When you find the hat getting too small to work on the circular needle, switch to double pointed needles.
Round 1: K2, P2tog to end of round. 72 stitches remain.
Round 3: K2tog, P1 to end of round. 48 stitches remain.
Round 5: K2tog to end of round. 24 stitches remain.
Round 7: K2tog to end of round. 12 stitches remain.
Round 9: K2tog to end of round. 6 stitches remain.
through the remaining 6 stitches and pull tight. Weave in the ends.
How To Knit a skullcap,Basic instructions on knitting the skull cap.
How Do I Block My Knit Mittens ?
Knitted Hats Galore Free Patterns.
Whether it's your first project or your just looking for an easy knit hat, then this is the one. It is great practice for the beginner or even for the experienced knitter its easy to whip up for a gift or to knit for charity.
Knit Socks Toe Up, Two at a Time and Never Experience Second Sock Syndrome Again!
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Three Words To Memorize
Once in a while, every leader will need to look inward in the face of a challenging situation.
"You Were Right."
Years ago I made what turned out to be a terrible recommendation on a key company project. I made the recommendation despite receiving sound and objective advice from one of my employees to take an alternative path. As circumstances revealed the cost of my poor judgment, I saw a bigger-picture opportunity. Obviously, I needed to own up to my mistake. However, the more important step was to ensure that this employee knew that his advice would be heeded in the future and that we would learn and move forward as a team.
Saying "you were right" can be a tough pill to swallow for many of us, in personal and in professional situations. But it is often (if not always) a necessary step in rebuilding and maintaining confidence in each other.
While very few decisions are met with complete team agreement, it's important to revisit what worked well and what didn't on key decisions you supported (regardless of whether your support let to a positive or negative outcome). Being strong enough to say "You were right" can be a key step in ensuring you make the most of a challenging situation.
Here are a few reasons why:
1. Great teams have freedom to fail intelligently. Seeing a leader own up to a mistake and acknowledge the better judgment of an employee can send a powerful message. It says "I am not competing with you. We are on the same team. You were right on this one and we will learn together." It also lets the team member know that you will expect the same self-reflection when they make an honest mistake.
2. Building safety is key to success in leadership. Team members need to feel safe to bring brutal facts to your attention as their leader. Publicly admitting a failure builds trust and makes it more likely they will be willing to share uncomfortable information with you when necessary. You may be willing to confront brutal facts as a leader, but doing so will be impossible if your employees withhold information from you.
3. You can turn the situation into an opportunity to diffuse tension and build confidence. If an employee gave advice that was not taken (and should have been heeded in retrospect) just have a frank conversation about it. Without being defensive, explain the rationale for your original decision and share what you've learned since. Thank them for their advice and encourage them to keep speaking up. You will need them to remain engaged.
Once in a while, every leader will need to swallow their pride and look inward in the face of a challenging situation of their own making. The strong leaders will be able to look their colleagues in the eye and, where appropriate, say three key words...
You. Were. Right.


maple and shade: Summer. It's here.
Summer's certainly set-in here in Charleston. And you know what? This year I think I'll embrace it. Shocking...I know...but no more wishing away that sweltering sun in high hopes for boots, scarves, and steamy cups of coffee. Maybe the fact that we now have central air has helped my outlook a bit, but, I've also come to the realization that in order to be a devout Charlestonian you pretty much have to worship summer's weather. Maple and I have made a pretty good start by conquering house-projects galore (ohh...home-ownership) and making batch after batch of summery strawberry muffins (duh).
Anyway, it's so fun settling into our new house. We've been homeowners for nearly three months now, and although progress has been a bit slow...it's also been steady. It's good to remind myself where we started, and how much more I'll appreciate the home we make for ourselves if it takes time, sweat, and maybe a few tears.
Can you pretty please post your strawberry muffin recipe? I would LOVE it!


When the widow of Sam Houston died of yellow fever during the epidemic of 1867, the danger of contagion made it impossible to carry her to Huntsville for burial beside her husband. She lies here, with her mother, Mrs. Nancy Lea, near the sites of their last homes and the old church they both loved.
This marker can also be identified by its HM code. You can use the hashtag #HM28ID in tweets, and any other place where you might refer to this marker, including when searching on this site.


Contino is working with a large retail banking institution in the US. Embedded in the bank are legacy operating models, technologies and practices. After years of data center expansion, vendor driven software development and various data incidents, the client decided to adopt more automated practices and tooling to allow for secure software deployment to the AWS cloud. The intent is to allow for various development teams to operate independent of the enterprise pipeline backbone, and integrate/onboard applications into the pipeline when ready for a rigorous testing and inspection process while deploying to the AWS cloud.
Through the Contino dual-delivery model, the teams validated and improved the AWS pipeline strategy. The validation and elaboration allowed for the dual-delivery team to scope tightly on assuring security by employing a security concept referred to as the "clean room". The clean room, as well as the larger pipeline, treats the individual tooling options as commodities and contributors towards the ultimate goal of creating a seamless enterprise pipeline that is simple for contributing teams to leverage. Adding and removing tools to the clean room and pipeline now becomes a matter of minutes, rather than weeks. Essentially the clean room is the enterprise means to create DevOps for DevOps. In short, we created CI/CD as a Service, using Serverless AWS technology such that using the pipeline is based on a subscription / broker model for both service consumption and activity rendering.
With the impact of lifting the enterprise capabilities and technology shifting from private to AWS, there was mindful intent paid towards the holistic enterprise architecture to support such an uplift. Contino worked with the client to model and review all areas of impact, including the business, application and technology tiers using an industry standard Architecture Modeling Language (The Open Group). This view uniquely provides a measured and progressive view of how security, AWS, DevOps and business operations are all integrated to drive for sustainable digital transformation in a highly regulated bank. This view allowed for legacy concerns to be remediated in a modern context and brokered meaningful conversations to handle typical objections that prevent many teams from more simply migrating and consuming AWS public cloud services at scale.
Infrastructure and services that historically took days or weeks to provision can now be tested and deployed ephemerally and in minutes, allowing for more rapid testing and much tighter feedback loops to the product delivery teams.
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Contino partners with AWS, HashiCorp and Kubernetes. And they hold AWS Financial Services and DevOps competencies; are approved to perform AWS Well-Architected Reviews; and hold over 50 AWS certifications.
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SNEAK PEEK #7: The 1970s
"Texas Goes Technicolor" from Chapter 7, "100 Years in the Life of an American Girl: True Stories 1910 – 2010"
(publishing summer 2013)
Texas Goes Technicolor
Kim — Dallas, Texas
Kim was born in 1963 into a family she describes as "arch conservatives and budding hippies." Her parents were older than most: when she was born, her father, a WWII veteran, was in his late 40s and her mother, a British war bride, was 43 years old. Her older sister moved out and her brother went away to college when Kim was small. In ways, it was the life of an only child.
TV was a big part of life at home. My parents were devoted to the NBC nightly news, with David Brinkley. Story has it that one night after the blessing of the meal, from my high chair I said, "And good night from NBC news!"
Some early mornings I lay on the living room floor in front of the TV waiting for morning cartoons to start. When I was a bit older I watched reruns of "Father Knows Best, "My Three Sons, "The Munsters, and "The Andy Griffith Show, and shows like "The Adams Family, ""Bewitched," "I Dream of Jeannie," "Gilligan's Island" and "Flipper." Every day they would announce how many of our troops had died in Vietnam that day. I didn't understand death yet because it hadn't touched me personally, but I knew people were upset because I heard about protestors. During the afternoons my mom would say, "Turn off the TV and go out and play!" At night, with my parents I watched Masterpiece Theater and the Smothers Brothers, the Sonny and Cher Show, Carol Burnett, Laugh-In and Glen Campbell specials.
Hippies were a part of life at home because my sister was one. Sometimes she'd call from somewhere and ask for money for some harebrained thing like buying into a commune in Nova Scotia or wanting money to travel with some friends to learn weaving from the Indians in the mountains of Guatemala. She would visit now and then with a long-haired boyfriend and refuse to eat Mom's food because she was vegetarian, which disturbed Mom no end. My sister would cook weird seaweed things on the stove, which also upset our mother because it was smelly. One Christmas my mother gave her a very hippie-looking suede and knit jumper. "I can't wear that!" my sister cried, when she saw it in the box. "It's made of animal flesh!" My parents threw up their hands. I got the jumper.
I thought hippies were great. They were colorful and kind and one of my sister's boyfriends played guitar for me. No one had ever done anything like that for me before.
Women's Lib was around me, on the news all the time. I thought it was bad because there were violent reactions and people carrying posters reading "Bra Burners" and "Men Haters." My parents weren't for or against women's lib, they just thought the women were going about it the wrong way. Too radical, I guess.
But none of it was really my concern. I had my own problems: playground politics. I didn't realize how related it all was in a certain way. Since pre-school, I had preferred playing with boys and didn't hang around with girls playing house and playing with dolls. I liked climbing trees and wearing pants and shorts. I felt in limbo because the boys never really accepted me and the girlie girls were a bit afraid and disdainful. They didn't trust me because I didn't want to play with them. My brother came home from college the summer I was 7. It was hot, and he ran around shirtless. I was hot, too, and I went running around shirtless until my mom took me aside and said it wasn't okay. I was getting older, she explained, and girls don't do that. I was mad. Why could my brother go without a shirt and not me? That's when it hit me there were different rules for boys and girls. It wasn't fair!
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By Suzanne Sherman on March 25, 2013 / My Book
Tags: 1970s, hippies, Memoir, seventies, Storytelling, Texas


The Fabio Lepore Italian Jazz Quintet revisit songs by some of the composers who enriched the Italian music scene, this project and the album cover 80 years of Italian jazz.
Accompanied by the excellence of guitarist Dino Plasmati, Pasquale Votino on double bass and Eddie Jones-West on drums. With special guest Carlo Fraccalvieri on alto saxophone.


This dessert is versatile. With sweet potato ice cream, it takes on a Thanksgiving personality. With dark chocolate, coconut, banana, or lemon ice cream, it feels like dessert à la Route 66: chocolate silk, coconut cream, banana cream, or lemon meringue pies. With Roasted Strawberry & Buttermilk Ice Cream, made with the addition of a teaspoon of rose water or a drop of essential oil, if you like, it becomes an elegant spring offering.
Excerpted from Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams at Home by Jeni Britton Bauer. (Artisan Books). Copyright © 2011.
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Prick the bottom of the dough all over with a fork. Line with a square of parchment paper and fill with pie weights or dried beans. Bake for 12 minutes.
Lift out the liner and weights and bake for another 12 to 15 minutes, or until the shell is lightly browned and cooked through on the bottom. Let cool, then wrap well in plastic wrap and freeze. Fill the shell with the ice cream, cover with plastic wrap, and freeze for at least 4 hours.
For the Meringue: Put the egg whites in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment. Combine the sugar, water, corn syrup, and salt in a heavy-bottomed saucepan and bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring once or twice to dissolve the sugar; once the sugar is dissolved, do not stir the syrup again. Insert a candy thermometer in the pan. When the syrup reaches 215°F, turn the mixer on to medium speed and start whipping the egg whites. (You want to time the whipping of the egg whites so that they reach soft peaks by the time the syrup is ready.) When the egg whites begin to foam, add the cream of tartar.
When the syrup reaches 238°F, remove it from the heat. With the mixer on medium speed, carefully pour the syrup out in a slow, steady stream down the side of the mixer bowl—be careful not to let the stream of syrup come into contact with the whisk. Once all of the syrup has been added, add the vanilla seeds, if using, turn the speed upto high, and whip until the meringue forms billowy peaks and is cool.
Preheat the oven to 475°F. Remove the pie from the freezer and bake for about 5 minutes, just enough to brown the meringue on top and slightly melt the edges of the ice cream. Slice and serve.


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Q: Не срабатывает событие keydown при повторном нажатии ALT Событие нажатия клавиши альт срабатывает только один раз, но при клике правой кнопкой мыши в рабочей области снова срабатывает один раз...

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A: Думаю проблема тут не в самом Javascript, а в самом нажатии на Alt. Потому что когда человек в браузере (как и в большинстве программ) нажимает просто Alt, то он попадает на меню браузера (и если нажать например стрелку ↓, то оно появится):

То есть, в итоге, все работает, но в сочетании с Alt, скорее всего, лучше работать одновременно с другими клавишами.

P.S. служебные клавиши можно проверять не по номеру keyCode, а вот так:
event.ctrlKey, event.altKey, event.shiftKey, event.metaKey


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A boost for the economy
The government's reformist measures are positive. Keep at it
Business, investor and consumer sentiment in India is largely driven by taxes. The first two should ideally be driven by macroeconomic factors and company fundamentals, but this is rarely the case — and even for businesspeople and investors for whom these two factors matter, they do not matter as much as taxes.
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman's decision to cut the corporate tax rate to a flat 22% (25.17% with cess and surcharge) for companies willing to give up all exemptions should be seen in this context. In one move, the finance minister has made corporate tax rates in India among the lowest in South East Asia. She has, for companies that want it, made tax compliance easier, thereby making it easier to do business in the country. The move will cost the government Rs 1.45 lakh crore (roughly $20 billion). It could, as some experts have pointed out, help attract more investment to India and create jobs in the long-term. But its more significant impact is in the short-term, as indicated by the 1,921 points (5.32%) rise in the benchmark BSE Sensex on Friday.
All other things being equal, the tax cut will see the fiscal deficit rising to almost 4% from the budgeted 3.3%. But India was never going to make that target anyway, not with the economy slowing. And it was, in any case, surprising to see the finance minister focus strongly on managing the fisc in the July Union Budget, when the need of the hour was clearly a stimulus to boost the economy. The finance minister has thus far announced five sets of measures to boost the economy, including some sharply focused on small and medium enterprises that have been the worst affected by the slowdown. More may be needed — a substantial rate cut by the Reserve Bank and the equivalent of the corporate tax cut for individuals, which makes them feel good — and the indications are that they may follow.They may have been some time coming, but, together, they send out a clear signal that the government recognises there is a slowdown and that it will do whatever it can to address it. They also send out a signal that even while doing so, its focus will remain on small businesses and investors, local and foreign.
A column in Hindustan Times recommended last Sunday that one way to address the slowdown would be to throw the kitchen sink at it. We're getting there.
Source – Hindustan Times
खाड़ी के तनाव की नई आंच
People will adapt to climate change. That is no reason to give up on stopping it.


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-PHYSICIAN AND MINISTER-
Dr. Tom Renfro, MD
ABOUT TOM RENFRO
Dr. Thomas Renfro was diagnosed with Mantle Cell Lymphoma in November of 1997. Having been trained at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, Dr. Renfro understood the gravity of the diagnosis. Mantle Cell Lymphoma is considered to be incurable and untreatable. Of the many types of lymphoma, it is one of the worst.
At the time of his diagnosis, Dr. Renfro was an active member of The Freedom of Worship Church in Norton, VA. His church family would prove to be critical to him during the worst days of his battle. In fact, every time Dr. Renfro would find himself being overwhelmed by his experience he would turn to them for strength.
Thomas E. Renfro, MD was born February 7, 1955 in Norton, VA to Ed and Mildred Renfro. Growing up his parents were (and still are) active members of The United Methodist Church in Norton, VA. He graduated from J.I. Burton High School in Norton in 1973 and then he attended Clinch Valley College in Wise, VA (now known as UVA's College at Wise). He graduated from The University of Virginia in 1977 with a B.A. in Biology. He then attended The University of Chicago to become a Respiratory Therapist. After working a few years as a therapist, he decided to go to medical school. At that time he was already married and had one son, Jason.
Dr. Renfro entered The University of Virginia's School of Medicine and graduated in 1985 as a Doctor of Medicine. From 1985-1988 he completed his intern and residency programs in Salem, VA and was honored as Best Intern in 1986 and as Best Resident in 1988. After becoming board cerified in 1988 he returned to Norton to start his own practice. Eight years later, at the time of the diagnosis, the growth of the practice had allowed him to recruit three other partners (MDs), one nurse practioner, and a host of nurses and office personnel.
In June of 1997, the disease had taken its toll on Dr. Renfro's body to the point he could no longer continue his practice. Reluctantly, he allowed himself to be placed on leave from the practice he had founded. After his healing on December 3, 1997, he spent most of his time and energy seeking physical restoration and spiritual growth. Finally, in November 1999, Dr. Renfro was released to go back to practicing medicine. Those things that he thought he had lost forever were restored by a God of loving grace and mercy.
Dr. Renfro began preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ in March of 1998. Since that time he has been able to preach in over 100 churches, pray for thousands of people, and he has seen the story of his miraculous healing touch an unnumbered host of concerned people. In 1999 he recorded a television series called "Avenues of Healing." He has been on several regional television stations declaring the love of God. Dr. Renfro wants people to know that when 'all hope is gone' there is still Hope!
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Lemon Tree Premier; The Atrium, Ahmedabad is located on the bank of Sabarmati, overlooking the riverfront. This plush and stylish hotel, enhanced by landscaped greens and a serene of water body take the zing up a notch. The plush and spacious interiors at the new Lemon Tree Premier; The Atrium, Ahmedabad take the zing up a notch. This chain of upscale business and leisure hotels elevates the Lemon Tree experience while retaining the same freshness, quirkiness and energy that Lemon Tree is well known for. Lemon Tree Premier pampers the style conscious and upbeat traveler with its personalized services, premium in-room amenities, award winning restaurants and fun experiences. The hotel, with its 63 spacious and well appointed rooms and suites, offers you a wide array of accommodation options. Room categories include Deluxe Room, Premier Room, Executive Room and Executive Suite. The centrally air conditioned hotel offers a multi-cuisine coffee shop - Citrus Cafe - with an interactive kitchen that extends into Citrus Grill, its picturesque al fresco grill area overlooking the river; indoor swimming pool and a life Fitness equipped gym to keep you feeling fresh-as-a-lemon. To kindle travelers' business ideas on the go, the hotel also offers fully equipped large conference rooms, an exquisite board room, and a business desk along with a rooftop terrace to add that extra zing, to your special events. Together with its personalized services, modern facilities and impeccable service standards, this hotel is a perfect place for the upbeat business and leisure traveler to interact and unwind.
Dear Guest Thank you for the feedback regarding your visit to Lemon Tree Premier; The Atrium, Ahmedabad.I am delighted to hear that you had a memorable stay with us. We look forward to welcoming you soon with our friendly smiles and signature lemon fragrance. When you decide to visit us next, please mail me at gm.pah1@lemontreehotels.com. I will be happy to handle the arrangements personally. Best Regards, Ajit Singh Hotel General Manager Lemon Tree Premier; The Atrium, Ahmedabad 32 cities. 54 hotels. Over 5400 rooms. Refreshing India.
What time does the breakfast start in the morning?
Wanted to check in early at around 8am..Is it possible?
Hi, Thank you for your interest in Lemon Tree Hotels. The check out time for the hotel is 12 pm. When you check out late, we hold the room and do not give it out to another guest. Therefore, for late checkout and early checkin, we charge a nominal rate in line with our philosophy of affordable prices. Hope you see it in this light. We look forward to your visit at any of our 43 Hotels across 27 cities of India. Have a refreshing day.
Ahmedabad is a alcohol free city, just wanna know if this hotel has a bar (liquor) ?
No it doesn't. But there is a Hotel just 3 mins walk called Cama Hotel. If you are on time you can take a permit and buy your liquor there and enjoy it in your Hotel.
Does the Lemon Tree Atrium have a guest Laundry room where guests can do their own laundry?
"Stay for atleast 2 days and eat all the meals in the hotel."
"Select top floor river facing room"
"Look for rooms facing river front and corner rooms."


Interview with Nikolay Zhukov, M.D., D.Sci., Professor, Head of Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, D. Rogachev National Medical Research Center of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Immunology (Moscow, Russia), Assistant Professor, Department of Oncology, Hematology and Radiotherapy, N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University (Moscow, Russia), Board member of the Russian Society of Clinical Oncology (RUSSCO), Member of RakFond's Scientific Advisory Board.
Learn how to define the boundary between an effective and an ineffective treatment methods, what the system of clinical trials was developed for, and why it is exciting to solve complex tasks.


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IAS Publications
The Institute Letter
The Institute Letter Fall 2017
Includes a variety of articles by Faculty and Members exploring human rights issues in China, the black hole firewall paradox, Syriac literature, the carceral condition, monotheism, Christianity and Islam in early modern Spain, genetics and identity, mirror symmetry, liquid crystals, and American foreign policy.
Promoting Human Rights and Democracy in China
By Biao Teng
From the Chinese Revolution of 1911 to the May 19 Movement of 1957, from the Xidan Democracy Wall of 1978 to the Democracy Movement in 1989, Chinese people have never ceased in their struggle for democracy. When the Tiananmen Massacre shocked the...
Ahmed Almheiri: From the UAE to Firewalls
By Kelly Devine Thomas
In 2012, Ahmed Almheiri, current Member in the School of Natural Sciences, coauthored a paper that confounded theoretical physicists, sparked attention from the New York Times to Scientific American, and prompted the organization of workshops and...
A World of Prisons: An Ethnography of the Carceral Condition
By Didier Fassin
Presented by its promoters two and a half centuries ago as a moral progress in the administration of punishment, prison has become over the past decades one of the most vexing and unsettling issues in Western societies for both the spectacular...
For a Different History of the Seventh Century C.E.
By Muriel Debie
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Genetics and Identity
By Patrick J. Geary
We are probably all familiar with the AncestryDNA advertisement for its genetic testing service in which a man states that he and his family had always thought that they were German. He goes on to explain that he danced in a German dance group and...
The People of Monotheism and Justice
By Sabine Schmidtke
Monotheism constitutes one of the central doctrines of Islam. The notion is again and again voiced in the Qurʾān, thus for example in sūra 112 (entitled "Sincere Religion") which, in the translation of Arthur Arberry, reads "Say: 'He is God, One (ah...
Charting One's Course Through Mirror Symmetry
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Liquid Crystals and the Heilmann-Lieb Conjecture
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Peace and Quiet in Castile
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Foreign Policy and Historical Analogy
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NCAD Annual Conferring
The National College of Art and Design, a Recognised College of the National University of Ireland, held its annual conferring ceremony on 1 November in O'Reilly Hall, UCD.
In addition to conferring two hundred and sixty students who were conferred with Bachelor, Masters and Doctoral degrees and Postgraduate Diplomas of the National University of Ireland, the NUI Chancellor, Dr Maurice Manning also conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Fine Arts on Ms Barbara Dawson, Director of the Dublin City Gallery/The Hugh Lane.
Introducing Ms. Dawson, Professor Declan McGonagle, NCAD Director, gave a detailed account of her directorship of the Dublin City Gallery/The Hugh Lane stating that 'over two decades [she] has made a significant contribution not just to the development of Dublin City Gallery/The Hugh Lane, but to the sense of Dublin as a centre for the visual as well as the better known literary arts, and – in so doing - she had made an exceptional contribution to the development of the cultural field in Ireland.' Some of Ms. Dawson's recent achievements have included securing for the centenary of the Hugh Lane in 2008 'the return of all 39 of Hugh Lane's paintings, which are shared with the National Gallery in London. This was the first time these works had been exhibited together in Dublin since 1913. Under Ms. Dawson's directorship, 'the Dublin City Gallery/The Hugh Lane has broken new ground in the conservation and evaluation of the archive material of Francis Bacon and the result is that the Gallery […] is now understood to be the world centre for studies on one of the most significant painters of the second half of the 20th century.


One of the features of Tableau v9 is it's new Hexbin functions – hexbinX() and hexbinY() – in this post we explore how to use them.
Hexbins are, in short, a simple way of grouping two sets of numeric values into groups of similar values for purposes of visualisation. Why Hexagons? Well they tessellate nicely and don't suffer from the same problems as grid squares which have corner points a long way from the grid center.
This will return the X and Y values of the Hexagons, and I then used Hexagon Shapes (downloaded from Kristopher Erikson's excellent post on the same subject – see bottom of his post here) dropped into my Tableau Shapes Repository (instructions here).
Here the aim of [ScaleX] and [ScaleY] are simply to move the X and Y values to an axis with units of 1 (by multiplying each value by the Scale factor), then moving the corresponding point back to the original axis by dividing by the Scale factor.
e.g. if you have values ranging from 1,000 to 10,000 and want 10 hexagons across the range, you would use use a Scale of 1/1000, this would first change the 1,000 and 10,000 to values to 1 to 10 for use in the functions – as Tableau requires – then back again to the original axis for display.
The Good: Hexbins can make a great mapping visualisation tool if used correctly and sparingly and locally as they allow data to be shown not in arbitary polygons, e.g. State, County. etc but in areas of known size.
THE BAD: Firstly Tableau's Hexbin functions do not account for the curvature of the earth, so longitudes in more Northern latitudes (where the distance of 1 degree of longitude is much smaller than at the equator) will suffer from inaccurancies using these functions.
THE UGLY: Secondly since Tableau uses the Mercator projection the values from more northerly latitudes will stretch compared to these in the south to give an uneven tessellation.
In the UK a Ratio of 1.61 appears to give a pleasant grid of hexagons – NB here I am sacrificing some data accuracy for looks, note that the length of the hexagons vertically and horizontally may not be the same, thought they look it due to the projection. As with all thing mapping related this is due to trying to display a curved earth on a flat screen.
NB the Hexbin functions will not work with generated Latitude / Longitude values from Tableau Geocoding, the values need to be present in the data.
Finally below I present a use case for these functions. I have take two open data sources, one for Crime data from Police.uk (5.6 million points) the other from the ONS using their Codepoint dataset of postcodes (2.5 million points).
I used the latitude and longitudes in each set to bin the data into Hexagons as above – I used a Zoom parameter of 10 to create a dense set of hexagon grids.
I then blended the data on the Hexagon centroids (X / Y) to join the two populations together and visualise crime per 1k of Population per grid. Feel free to deconstruct the workbook to find the details, I'm pleased with the performance given the size of the data.
Issues: One issue is that the bins near the coast may contain crimes but due to the locations of postcodes and the way hexagons fall there may be crimes without population, these skew the results and so I have removed populations under a certain threshold.
1. Anti-social behavior is a crime? I'd be in trouble!
2. Tessellate – word learned!
3. What accounts for the white space on the post code map?
Hi James – thanks for the comment, glad you learned something 🙂 The white is where there are no people I believe, or at least the census data doesn't have results!
You mentioned "squished" hexbins if the axes aren't appropriate – how can we adjust for that?
Hi Robert – applying the formula I apply in the post and ensuring the weightings translate the X / Y into values that are scaled appropriately will fix this.


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Q: How does `Array#<<` work? Suppose I declare arrays as follows:
array1 = [1,2,3,4,5]
array2 = array1

The object ID of both arrays are the same:
array1.object_id = 118945940
array2.object_id = 118945940

When I insert an element in an array as follows,
array1 << 10

the result is
array1 = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10]
array2 = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10]

But when I add new array into array array1,
array1 = array1 + [11,12]

array1 = [1,2,3,4,5,10,11,12]
array2 = [1,2,3,4,5,10]

the object ID of both arrays have changed.
How does << work?

A: I believe that the confusion here is due to the fact that concatenating two arrays actually creates a new array (ie: a new object).
array1 + array2

This will create a new array with the contents of both arrays inside. So the object id will change because it is a different object.
When you use the << operator it just adds an element to the array - ruby doesn't create a new object and hence both arrays (which share an object id) get the new element.

A: array is a variable containing a reference (pointer, handle, ID - whatever you want to call it) to the actual array (the instance of class Array).
array (variable)   -------------------> object (instance of class Array)

What does your code do? Let's see:
array << value

This is exactly the same as calling a method: array.append(value). No new instance of Array is created. You are not assigning a new value to the variable array. The actual array object is of course changing, but not its reference.
array1 = array1 + array2

The right side of the assignment, array1 + array2, must necessarily create a new Array instance. This is easy to see - the code intuitively should not modify array1 or array2. The reference to this new array is then stored in the variable array1.


Last week the cards predicted a price-death, and price dropped ten percent! This week Cosmic Conroy reads the cards and finds that last week was a walk in the park compared to the doom of next week.
Synopsis: Next week will make last week look like a walk in the park.