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From Amazon HQ2 to Jewelers Row, Philly's biggest cliffhangers of 2017
As we say goodbye to 2017, these developments have left us hanging
By Melissa Romero Dec 29, 2017, 9:00am EST
From Amazon HQ2 to Jewelers Row, some developments didn't come to a close in 2017.
Courtesy of Fernando Garcia Esteban/Shutterstock.com
There was a lot to celebrate in Philly in 2017. The City of Brotherly Love had victories big and small, from the Eagles' winning season to one of the best real estate markets in recent history to the unveiling of Philly's first monument of an individual African-American.
And yet some of the year's most-talked about issues and developments are still up in the air, and are likely to continue well into 2018. Here, Curbed Philly lays out Philly's six biggest cliffhangers of the year, from Amazon HQ2 to the city's affordable housing crisis.
Will Philly land Amazon HQ2?
Philly's biggest cliffhanger is probably the same for the 237 other cities and towns that placed their bid for Amazon's second headquarters. Philly, which has been named a top contender in various analyses, went all-out with their bid, whipping together a series of hype videos touting the city's transportation, location, and talent and the three main spots where Amazon HQ2 could set up shop: Schuylkill Yards, uCity Square, and the Navy Yard.
While it didn't so far as to change its name to Amazon, the city even launched an ad campaign in Seattle, plastering pictures of Philly scenes all over the West Coast city's buses. Even Amtrak, which is redeveloping its 30th Street Station District, has postponed its search for a master developer in lieu of the Amazon hubbub.
Amazon is expected to make its decision, which is estimated to bring thousands of jobs and $5 billion in investments, in 2018. Until then, the thumb twiddling continues.
Rendering by SLCE Architects
Jewelers Row: The ultimate preservation battle
It may be hard to believe, but Toll Brothers's plans to demolish a strip of buildings on Jewelers Row for a residential tower have been underway since 2015. And yet, the highly contested project continues to remain in limbo: In January 2017, the developer finally released renderings of a 29-story tower that caused plenty of feedback from the historic preservation community and local residents alike.
Things remained relatively quiet thereafter, until finally in December the project took another step forward when it was issued a new permit from L&I to demolish the buildings and construct its residential tower. Will 2018 be the year that Philly sees Jewelers Row, the nation's first diamond district, change forever? We shall see.
The future home of the Rizzo statue
As the nation reckoned with the future of confederate monuments this year, Philly grappled with its own debate over its Rizzo statue. While Frank Rizzo was beloved among some in Philadelphia, his tenure as police commissioner and then mayor was also marked by his tough tactics, especially against African Americans and the LGBTQ community.
Over the course of weeks, the Rizzo statue at Thomas Paine Plaza was defaced, barricaded, and protested. The city then asked its residents to weigh in on the future of the Frank L. Rizzo Monument through a public comment session. Four thousand submissions later, the city announced it would remove the statue from the plaza.
But when and where remains uncertain—the city won't begin the whole process until 2018.
12 new Philly high-rises opening in 2018
Top Philly real estate trends to expect in 2018
Photo by Melissa Romero
Fixing Philly's affordable housing crisis
Councilmember Maria Quiñones-Sánchez set off a spirited debate between housing advocates and developers when she proposed Bill No. 170678, a mixed-income housing bill meant to fix Philly's affordable housing crisis early this summer. The bill calls for a mandatory law that would require developers to include a certain amount of affordable housing units in any project that includes 10 or more dwellings.
Both builders and affordable housing advocates seemed to agree that the bill was far from perfect, even after it was heavily amended. Still, after a grueling public hearing that stretched for five hours, the bill moved through the Committee on Rules and now lies in the hands of City Council, which will not vote on it until January 2018.
30 miles of bike lanes
Prior to taking office, Mayor Jim Kenney pledged to create 30 miles of protected bike lanes throughout city at a time when Philly had zero. One year later, Philly has just over two miles of protected bike lanes: A 1.1-mile lane in University City on Chestnut Street and another one in Mayfair. Compare that to New York City, which added 25 miles of protected bike lanes in 2017 alone.
The community's call for more protected bike lanes was further pushed this year after multiple cyclists and pedestrians were injured or killed throughout the city. Most recently, there were two accidents—one deadly—occurred along Spruce Street, which has a bike lane that is heavily trafficked by cyclists, but is not protected.
In response, the city announced it would install another protected bike lane on South Street in 2018, but pointed to lack of funding for further implementation of other protected paths. Yet in 2016, Pennsylvania awarded Philly $250,000 to convert more than 27 miles into protected bike lanes, using what's called flexible delineator posts.
Rebuilding Philly's parks, rec centers, and libraries
Rebuild is a cornerstone of Mayor Jim Kenney's administration. Its lofty goal is to put $500 million toward renovating and rehabbing Philly's parks, rec centers, and libraries.
Rebuild has its list of 61 sites that it wants to zero in on during the first phase. But one thing remains in limbo: The soda tax.
Philly became the first major U.S. city to pass a tax on sugary beverages in 2016. A portion of those funds would go toward Philly's universal pre-K and the Rebuild program. But it's been tied up in litigations: The soda beverage industry has been shut down in two courts, and it has finally appealed to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Until then, the soda tax remains upheld.
Rebuild says its plan is to "scale up as soon as the beverage tax challenge is upheld." The concrete changes that are in store for Philly's aging parks, rec centers, and libraries remain to be seen.


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Home Islam Education
The Rise of Islam
Arabia's religious diversity has prompted a variety of speculations. Before the rise Islam, the Arabian religion was nominal, formal, or superstitious. Arab paganism "had been losing its grip during the sixth century A.D. people found themselves frightened and conscious of their evil deeds."1
In another view, tribal religion was crucial to communal life, where god and cult were the badges of identity, and apostasy was equated with treason.
Whatever the interpretation, one thing seems clear: religion apparently played a major part in that environment.2 A related question is whether Islam simply represented the Bedouin mind projected into the realm of religion or was a religion that developed in an urban environment and took on urban characteristics.
Modern research, however, has shown what Gibb and others call the untenability of the common assumption of the Bedouin origin of Islam.3 The development of the first Islamic century, according to Gibb, "confirmed the character of Islam as a strong, self-confident, conquering faith."
From this has come its unyielding and even hostile attitude to everything that lay outside itself, but also its record of broad tolerance of diversity within its own community, refusal to persecute those of other communities and the dignity with which it endured moments of an eclipse.
But still more astonishing than the speed of conquests was their orderly character.4
It is noteworthy, and perhaps curious, that the military undertakings of the Arab Muslims accompanied the immediate release of their intellectual energies, that neither of these concomitants hindered the other, and that both were stimulated by the religious sentiment created by Islam.
As Gibb has observed, "the transformation is amazing when one looks back to the intellectual poverty of Medina a bare hundred years before, still more when it is remembered that it was in the main the work of Arabs themselves, building upon the foundations laid by Mohammad, self-evolved with none but the most meager external influences."5
During the ninth and tenth centuries, Islamic civilization reached its climax of interaction between the material and spiritual elements. Yet, as it happened, the penetration of Greek thought provoked a conflict that grew in bitterness as the years went by.6
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Nevertheless, the conflict did not result in intellectual stagnation, but in rechanneling the flow of intellectual energies. The religious culture and scholarship embraced other forms of activity and by some minor accommodations converted them into their own instruments.
It was held that the religious culture intrinsically provided sufficient opportunity and stimulus to intellectual creativity. Such creativity produced several new sciences and considerably improved the old ones. But the master science of the Muslims was law.7
Islamic law was crucial to the development of Muslim society, not only because of its intellectual pre-eminence but, first and foremost, because of its social, moral, and political role in the drama of Islamic History. Islamic law was the most far-reaching and effective agent in molding the social order and the community life of the Muslim people.
Moreover, Islamic law gave practical expression to the characteristic Muslim quest for unity. [And] however seriously the political and military strength of the vast Empire might be weakened, the moral authority of the law was but the more enhanced and held the social fabric of Islam compact and secure through all the fluctuations of political fortune.8
By the end of the tenth century, a "great" civilization had been built up, "brilliant," "wealthy" and "enterprising." The whole was a "visible embodiment" of the spiritual, intellectual, and temporal "might of Islam." From that time on, the state gradually diverged more and more from the path of earlier generations; the result was political disintegration and internal strife.
But the decline of Muslim political power did not mean a corresponding decline of the forces of Islamic society. In fact, it would almost seem that the decline of the former injected a new vitality into the latter.9
[1]. Von Grunebaum, pp. 2-3; cf. Fayzee, pp. 10-11; Watt (2 ), pp. 23-4, 152-3; Rosenthal (3), p. 4.
[2]. Lewis, p. 30; cf. p. 25; J. 'All, vol. 8, pp. 145 se q q .; Wolf, pp. 286 337 ff; al AlusI, vol. 1, 243; Burton (1), p. 333.
[3]. Wolf, p. 329; cf. Gibb (3), pp. 1, 12, 24-5; Watt (2 ), pp. 23-4, 152-3.
[4]. Gibb (3), pp. 2-4. In view of the numerous and often inconsistent accounts of the rise of Islam, our summary review will be based mainly on Gibb's succinct survey; cf. R. Levy, pp. 1 ff; Watt (2), pp. 23-4, 152-3; Wolf, pp. 344 ff.
[5]. Ib id . pp. 5-7; cf. pp. 72-3 and (2), pp. 2-10.
[6]. Ib id . pp. 7-8.
[7]. Ib id . pp. 9-10.
[8]. Ib id . Coulson (1 ), pp. 97 s e q q ., takes a different view of the role of law in the unity of Islamic society and its schools of legal thought. For a classical Muslim view, see al TusI vol. 2, pp. 251, 258, 276-81.
[9]. Ib id . pp. 11, 15-22. This survey covers the history of Islam up to the last two centuries. The reference cited here contains an annotated bibliography (pp. 192-3) of fourteen basic sources.

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The Diversity Project
Field Videos
In 2008 we broke new ground in The Diversity Project. We welcomed our largest cohort ever, consisting of 5 students. We also conducted the entire program in the Philippines.
Name: Veronica Chaidez
University: San Jose State University (B.S.)
Major: Biology/Conservation
Comments on The Diversity Project: "The Diversity Project will allow you to dive into the world of marine science. It will bring you up close and personal with some of the most diverse coral reefs in the world. It will give you a new appreciation for the beauty and importance of these hurting ecosystems. It will also take you to a different part of the world where you will grow and learn that we are all connected. The Diversity Project has helped infuse my passion for marine conservation."
Where is she now? Veronica graduated from San Jose state in 2011 after spending a year abroad at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in South Africa studying marine science and conducting research. After an internship with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in summer 2011 she went to King Abdullah University of Science and Technology to pursue her masters degree. She completed her masters and is now pursuing a PhD at KAUST.
Name: Becky Hersch
University: Colombia University (B.S.)
Major: Biology
Project Title: Genetic Diversity in Coral on Three Philippine Reefs
Where is she now? Becky graduated from Columbia University in 2009. She continued the research she started during The Diversity Project for her senior thesis. She is currently working as a genetics technician at the Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics while she plots her next move.
Name: Sonia Ibarra
University: Humbolt State University (B.S.), U. Alaska (Ph.D.)
Major: Marine Biology
Project Title: Assessing gene flow of Acanthaster planci and Linckia laevigata in the Philippines.
Where is she now? Sonia is returned to Humbolt State to finish her senior year and graduated in Dec 2008. After graduation she returned to the Philippines to continue work she started during The Diversity Project then worked Channel Islands National Park Kelp Forest Monitoring Program. In 2012 she will begin a Ph.D. program at University of Alaska studying the ecological impact that recovering sea otter populations have on the biological diversity of kelp forests. Sonia is a recipient of a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.
Name: Mara Phelan
University: Swarthmore (B.A.)
Project Title: Comparison of Genetic Connectivity Between the Philippines and Indonesia Within Two Stomatopod Species:
Haptosquilla pulchella and Gonodactylellus viridis.
Comments on The Diversity Project: "The Diversity Project was a life changing experience! It provided me with the opportunity to do both field and lab work with a diverse team of graduate students, fisheries agents, peace corps volunteers, and of course, other interns. I learned that conservation is so much more than protecting an area or preserving an ecosystem–it also involves cultural exchange."
Where is she now? Mara spent a year in Madagascar focused on Ecology and Conservation, the graduated from Swarthmore. She is planning her next moves.
Name: Eric Womack
University: Old Dominion University (B.S.)
Project Title: A Comparison of Genetic Connectivity in Two Species of Pelagic Fishes in the Philippines.
Where is he now? Eric fished his degree at Old Dominion University, continuing to work on the project he began during The Diversity Project. Following graduation he was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Hunduras before being evacuated in early 2012 due to political instability. He is applying with his wife, Emilie Stump (also a Diversity Project Alumn) to return to the Peace Corps before purshing graduate school.


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In a changing world where CSR and Environmental issues become ever increasingly prominent, we are delighted that a key objective of Aberdeen City Council when delivering the new P&J Live facility was to specify that it was built to the highest environmental standards.
P&J Live are on course to achieve BREEAM excellent which is the highest environmental standard possible and we are proud to be the most sustainable venue of its type in the UK.
As part of the design we have our own innovative energy centre which uses food and garden waste from around Aberdeen, its then digested in a Anaerobic plant and the resulting hydrogen gas is harvested and used to power the energy centre which supplies Heating, Cooling and Power not only to P&J Live but also the onsite hotels.
P&J Live Sustainable facts
A network of over 7km of new footpaths serves the site, connecting it to surrounding areas
Over 29,000 trees and shrubs have been planted on-site
P&J Live has been designed to be a living environment to attract people and wildlife to the area
P&J Live is powered by Aberdeen's food and garden waste
98.8% of all materials have been reused on-site


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Pjur Med is a range specially formulated by one of the world's leading lubricant manufacturers. The personal care products in this range cater particularly for those with highly sensitive skin, and for the hygienic cleansing of intimate areas and products.
Gently cleansing, this hygienic, anti-bacterial spray is perfect for your most intimate spots as well as all latex, rubber, and silicone toys. With it's concentrated formula, it reduces body odor and has an disinfecting anti-bacterial effect on all bacteria and fungi. Clinically proven to also show an anti-viral effect against lipophilic and enveloped viruses, Pjur Med Clean is exclusively intended for topical use only and does not replace the use of a condom.
Simply spray directly onto the part of your skin or the product that you wish to disinfect and wipe down if necessary.
Aqua, Phenoxyethanol, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Chlorhexidine Digluconate, PEG-7 Glyceral Cocoate, Dimethicone Copolyol, Neohesperidine, Sorbitol, Enthalt.
I have very sensitive skin and was a bit skeptical when I saw this product as I've had a couple of disappointments in the past but let me just say- THANK YOU DESIR! I've finally found a product that agree's with my body and keeps my toys clean. I've recommended it to one of my friends and she loves it. I live by it and make sure that I'm constantly stocked up- a must have!


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Q: Dúvida em popular combobox dando setAttribute Java Web - Servlet, jsp Por quê não está populando os dois combobox? Parece que quando eu deixo dois setAttribute, ele considera apenas um…

Esse é o combobox dos grupos preenchido…
Código da classe java no pacote Command:
package command;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;

import javax.servlet.RequestDispatcher;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpSession;

import model.AvaliacaoSemanal;
import model.Entrega;
import model.GrupoDeAlunos;
import model.Turma;
import model.Usuario;
import service.AvaliacaoSemanalService;
import service.EntregaServ;
import service.GrupoAlunosServ;
import service.TurmaService;
import service.UsuarioService;

public class PreencheComboGrupo implements Command {

    @Override
    public void executar(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
            throws ServletException, IOException {

        //EntregaServ ent = new EntregaServ();
        //Entrega entrega = new Entrega();
        GrupoAlunosServ GrupoAlunosServ = new GrupoAlunosServ();
        GrupoDeAlunos gps = new GrupoDeAlunos();
        RequestDispatcher view = null;
        HttpSession session = request.getSession();
        int usuarioid = (int) request.getSession().getAttribute("usuarioid");

        int fkusuario = 0;

        String id = request.getParameter("grupoid");
        //String ide = request.getParameter("entregaId");
        int grupoid = 0;
    //  int entregaid = 0;
        try {
            grupoid = Integer.parseInt(id);
        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {

        }
    //  try {
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    //  } catch (NumberFormatException e) {

    //  }
    //  entrega.setIdEntrega(entregaid);
        gps.setId(grupoid);
        try {
            fkusuario = usuarioid;
        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
        }

        List<GrupoDeAlunos> listo = null;
        //List<Entrega> liste = null;

        //liste = ent.consultaTodasEntregas();
        listo = GrupoAlunosServ.filtraGrupos(fkusuario);
        view = request.getRequestDispatcher("AvaliarGrupo.jsp");
        request.getSession().setAttribute("listo", listo);
        //request.getSession().setAttribute("liste", liste);

        view.forward(request, response);

    }

}

Vejam que eu comentei as partes do código que popula a combobox das entregas… AGORA, se eu tirar os comentários esperaria que populasse na JSP as duas combobox, porém é isso que acontece:

package command;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;

import javax.servlet.RequestDispatcher;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpSession;

import model.AvaliacaoSemanal;
import model.Entrega;
import model.GrupoDeAlunos;
import model.Turma;
import model.Usuario;
import service.AvaliacaoSemanalService;
import service.EntregaServ;
import service.GrupoAlunosServ;
import service.TurmaService;
import service.UsuarioService;

public class PreencheComboGrupo implements Command {

    @Override
    public void executar(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
            throws ServletException, IOException {

        EntregaServ ent = new EntregaServ();
        Entrega entrega = new Entrega();
        GrupoAlunosServ GrupoAlunosServ = new GrupoAlunosServ();
        GrupoDeAlunos gps = new GrupoDeAlunos();
        RequestDispatcher view = null;
        HttpSession session = request.getSession();
        int usuarioid = (int) request.getSession().getAttribute("usuarioid");

        int fkusuario = 0;

        String id = request.getParameter("grupoid");
        String ide = request.getParameter("entregaId");
        int grupoid = 0;
        int entregaid = 0;
        try {
            grupoid = Integer.parseInt(id);
        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {

        }
        try {
            entregaid = Integer.parseInt(ide);
        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {

        }
        entrega.setIdEntrega(entregaid);
        gps.setId(grupoid);
        try {
            fkusuario = usuarioid;
        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
        }

        List<GrupoDeAlunos> listo = null;
        List<Entrega> liste = null;

        liste = ent.consultaTodasEntregas();
        listo = GrupoAlunosServ.filtraGrupos(fkusuario);
        view = request.getRequestDispatcher("AvaliarGrupo.jsp");
        request.getSession().setAttribute("listo", listo);
        request.getSession().setAttribute("liste", liste);

        view.forward(request, response);

    }

}

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Turkey's June 2011 Elections: Perspectives from the U.S.
By Omer Ozbek
On June 12, 2011 general elections for the parliament (Turkish Grand National Assembly) were held in Turkey. The Justice and Development Party (AK Party) won the general elections with 49 percent of the votes to run the office for a third term with a few seats short of supermajority in the parliament. The elections carry historic significance as an affirmation of the Turkish political system as a consolidated democracy with political stability and strong economic growth.The elections received the highest coverage on an issue related to Turkey in the U.S. media and the think tank community. In a span of two weeks, more than 20 articles appeared in major newspapers and magazines and around 50 analyses were published by experts in think tanks in addition to commentaries at eight panel discussions held in Washington, D.C. This report provides a comparative analysis of perceptions on Turkey's June 2011 elections among U.S. opinion makers. Similar comments on these issues by the majority of the analysts are overviewed under a general perspective while the distinct perspectives are referenced to their authors. This report also examines the overlooked or misinterpreted parts of the picture and provides background information.
In general, four major issues dominated the commentaries on elections: Performance of political parties, the new constitution, the Kurdish issue and foreign policy. All commentators expected the AK Party to receive the highest vote among all parties and the discussions revolved around the distribution of votes and reconfiguration in parliament seats. Many analysts seemed uneasy about a supermajority by the AK Party in the parliament in light of discussions on drafting a new constitution. As the AK Party "failed" to get such a majority, most of these commentators seemed relieved. On the other hand, it seems that the Republican People's Party (CHP) with its new leadership captured some attention in the U.S. and was seen as a credible alternative to the AK Party by some analysts. Its performance in the elections was a disappointment for these analysts while some others –despite its anti-American rhetoric– welcomed the MHP's success in surpassing the 10 percent national threshold as it kept AK Party below a supermajority. Additionally, all of the commentators acknowledged the need for a new, civilian constitution in Turkey; however, most of the commentaries were limited to discussions on the possible establishment of presidential system in Turkey. Turkey's long-standing Kurdish issue was also mentioned in the commentaries as a major issue that awaited a comprehensive solution. Most of the analysts commenting on this issue ran into the pitfall of identifying all the Kurdish electorate with the BDP and overlooked the support for the AK Party among Kurds. Turkish foreign policy, an increasingly-discussed issue in Washington circles, was another major subject of these commentaries as the Middle East has been going through an unpredictable revolutionary process. Turkey's policies and relations with neighbors were depicted as going through a serious test as Turkey would have to come up with new policies in this dynamic process.
The rulings of Turkey's Supreme Election Board (YSK) on the candidacy of some controversial figures and detained members of the parliament, and the oath-taking crisis after the elections are both complicated issues hardly seen in other democracies. Limited comments and news articles were published on these issues in the U.S.; thus, a comprehensive analysis is provided at the end of this report to help readers grasp the background on these issues.
The New Middle East and Turkish Foreign Policy


Union Minister Nitin Gadkari urged the state governments to promote cruise tourism by developing and marketing their tourist attractions, saying it will create lakhs of jobs and boost the economy.
India has the potential to cater to 700 cruise ships per year as against 158 handled this year, said the Minister for Transport, Highways and Shipping while addressing the national workshop on Action Plan for Development of Cruise Tourism in India.
The cruise industry can generate more than 2.5 lakh jobs for ten lakh cruise passengers, giving a big boost to the country's economy, he said.
"Cruise terminals are being developed at five major ports – Mumbai, Goa, Cochin, Mangalore and Chennai. In addition, the transport potential of 111 inland waterways will also be tapped. Work will start for developing ten inland waterways by the end of this year. This includes the rivers Ganga and Brahmaputra on which work is already in progress," said Mr Gadkari.
A joint task force, headed by Secretary (Shipping) and Secretary (Tourism), was constituted for the purpose, and a global consultant was engaged for drawing up an Action Plan on cruise tourism in the country, said Mr Gadkari. Minister of State for Tourism Mahesh Sharma was also present at the occasion.


Federal Investment in Research Still Essential | Dr. Samuel L. Stanley, Jr.
Into this ominous picture has come some light. Indeed, much has been made of and reported recently about the enormous sums being invested by philanthropists into science, medical and technological research. Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has contributed $500 million to establish a brain science institute in Seattle. Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google, and his wife Wendy have allocated some $100 million of their fortune to fund the Schmidt Ocean Institute for the marine sciences. Philanthropist and entrepreneur Eli Broad donated $700 million for a joint venture between Harvard and the MIT to explore the genetic basis of disease. These and many other entrepreneurial donors are taking the risks on basic research that were the hallmark of government for decades.
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"Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another's speech."
Come, let's go down and give them different languages. Then they won't be able to understand each other."
Come, we'll go down and garble their speech so they won't understand each other."
Come, let us go down, and confuse their language there, so that they will not understand one another's speech."
1 tn The cohortatives mirror the cohortatives of the people. They build to ascend the heavens; God comes down to destroy their language. God speaks here to his angelic assembly. See the notes on the word "make" in 1:26 and "know" in 3:5, as well as Jub. 10:22-23, where an angel recounts this incident and says "And the Lord our God said to us…. And the Lord went down and we went down with him. And we saw the city and the tower which the sons of men built." On the chiastic structure of the story, see G. J. Wenham, Genesis (WBC), 1:235.


Sarah and Alex's wedding ceremony was held at Saint Albert the Great Catholic Church in Austin followed by a beautiful reception at The Grove in Round Rock. It had been sunny and warm leading up to April 7th , but in true Texas fashion, a random cold front decided to blow through on the day of Sarah and Alex's wedding and had everyone shivering! Because of the cold front, Sarah wore a blue jean jacket over her wedding dress part of the day. As you'll see below, she freakin' rocked it and they ended up being some of my favorite photos from the day!
Sarah and Alex enjoyed their wedding day to the fullest and didn't take anything too seriously. Their sense of humor was evident in the way Sarah entered the reception (see below to get a good laugh!) and in their practiced first dance (so awesome!). Their last name - Toennis - sounds like "tennis," so if you're wondering why they had tennis balls at their reception, now you know! Sarah and Alex had us laughing with their silliness and cheerful hearts all day. I loved being their wedding photographer and getting to share in their smiles and capture their love for each other. Congrats Sarah and Alex! You guys are so awesome!
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Bipolar Barack
Some time ago I wrote a post that questioned the practical feasibility of electing a U.S. president with openly diagnosed bipolar disorder. I caught some flak for that, but I have changed my point of view only today, thanks to this mind-blowing story by The Onion. This changes everything. Vice-President Biden is helpfully diagnosed as well at the end of the first clip. If President Obama starts to put on a lot of weight, we'll know why. (No, this is not a cheap shot at bipolar disorder; it's merely hilarious).
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Love your blog. But how do you respond to people diagnosed with a serious label such as bipolar who consider this sort of thing representative of the unacceptable domain crossing between illness and negative insult? Is their refusal to accept the description of hilarity to be expected as part of their symptom cluster?
Novalis said...
That's a good and complicated question, and I'm sure the Onion piece does cross over into tastelessness. But arguably anyone--even a doctor--should reserve the right to be tasteless every now and then, and perhaps there is no better place for that than an "anonymous" blog. One can't dwell in the sublime all the time.
There is certainly nothing amusing per se about the grave illness of full-fledged bipolar disorder. But I found the piece amusing for two reasons. One, Obama has come down to earth in public estimation, so this parodies the kind of "gotcha" story that Fox News, for instance, might run. Similarly, the reference to Asperger's is not funny because Asperger's itself is funny, but because it is applied to Joe Biden, whose social miscues are well known.
Also, and this may not have been the authors' intention at all, but it also lampoons the notoriously flexible and all-explaining aspects of bipolar disorder as a diagnosis, a bagginess that does a disservice of course to all those with unambigious Bipolar I Disorder.
To avoid abject burnout, it is necessary at times to laugh, not at patients, but at the sometimes absurdity of the profession and its process. Any offense is surely not intended.
I loved this clip because I thought it was laughing 'with' as opposed to 'at' Barack, our adulation of him and subsequent bringing down to earth, the ubiquity of mental illness, Bipolar (II) as a catch-all diagnosis. I agree that Bipolar I is very serious but lots of us show symptoms of highs and lows and could (on an off day) get caught up in the diagnostic net. Thanks for the laugh!
Funny. Bi-polar. I've had to develop a thick skin over the years to live with myself because of some of the stupid, embarassing, alarming things i do when i'm not quite right. But at the same time i've had to smile (perversely perhaps) at some of the very same things. it's all contextual... errr... or something. Richey
I may be old fashioned but do like
the previous name of bi-polar disease
"Manic-Depressive" as a title.
If one has ever married one with this illness (un beknowest to them at the time) ,you would know from where I talk.No comedy there.
Retriever said...
Remember the old story about how, to a policeman, the world is divided into two kinds of people: perpetrators, and those not yet caught? Well, I belong to a family like that: everyone has a diagnosis or shouold have...(in the eyes of some). I tend to joke that when our clan moves to town, some shrinks say with relief "Yes, honey, we will be able to afford to remodel the kitchen after all..."
One of our saving coping mechanisms has been humor. The more tasteless the better. I loved the Onion piece. Even tho I sometimes get fed up with the site, I go back to it.
I grew up on Monty PYthon, who are so rude and disrespectful and make so much fun of everyone that they can't be accused of prejudice. So I like some humor about mental disorders. Better sometimes to laugh than cry or despair.
Also, having grown up in ENgland, I miss political satire, and the way they mock all politicians. In this country, if we mock the pretensions and contradictions of our political leaders, we can risk severe consequences. Our political muggers do not have much of a sense of humor. Or are at least not quite as resigned to being the butt of jokes as the Brits...
BUt it's tricky. I can howl with laughter when with friends or family who are either sufferers or who care for family members who are, but I tend to react furiously when the uncaring and ignorant blessedly lucky ones (who have no ill family members) jeer or make fun. So it's okay for people in "the family" to joke about it, but not those outside.
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Spring Equinox inspires new beginnings and unleashes the huge annual surge of rapid growth.
Springtime brings a tidal wave of new energy.
Find balance in the flow, know your direction and you'll enjoy the ride to Good Fortune.
First, find your balance and then make decisions.
Wait for Inspiration and then plant the seed ideas you want to "blossom and bear fruit."
You can't harvest what you don't plant.
Your Attitude results in how you feel and where you Focus. Your ideas are the seeds that grow into your future in the same way that apples grow on an apple tree. You and your environment are one whole - inseparable.
To change your environment, change your ideas, feelings and attitude to align with Good Fortune. Let the Law of Attraction bring together similar vibrations and do the work for you. Tune into the Spring Equinox season - and make this a break-through year.
they have planned for you?
From December 21 - Winter Solstice - until March 20th, the Vernal Equinox (Spring Equinox)-- you experience a natural inner-focused time of soul-searching.
Clear out the old and make room for the new.
Fine-tune your Vision and plant the seeds of Good Fortune to harvest this Fall.
Ideas and new Inspiration take shape now.
The "new" Vision you have discovered is still below the surface like a seed sprouting within the soil.
Some of your ideas are beginning to "sprout."
You may see evidence "growing" up around you of new potential.
Major Life Cycles are times of change: Go with the Flow.
On March 20th - the Spring Equinox - Life, and the planet's movement in the natural cycles, appears to pause or "stand still" for about five days.
Springtime babies and new life sprout up everywhere.
Pause and tune in. Catch the current of Spring's surge of abundance.
Day and night are in perfect balance.
Because the sun is positioned above the equator, day and night are about equal in length all over the world during the equinoxes.
Spring starts in the Northern Hemisphere, and autumn begins in the Southern Hemisphere.
The pause - and shift towards increasing light - has long been recognized as a very potent time to Focus and set Intentions for the coming year. From this day forward, you are moving, along with everyone in the Northern hemisphere, more and more into the light.
The days become longer, the nights shorter. As the sunlight increases - so does growth. The pace of life quickens.
you are doing the impossible."
Your internal changes reflect the seasons.
In your personal life, you may notice you are less drawn to "looking within" (a time of Yin, seeking quiet and rest). Your attention will soon turn to the increasing light, and to looking out into life - and inspired action soon propels you into your future. You "grow" into your Vision in just this way.
Energy increases and everything moves faster.
Get up to speed or you'll be left behind.
You begin to spot new growth and opportunities.
-- and perhaps even act on it!
There's a special push and upsurge of energy after the Spring Equinox to "get going."
Your more "dynamic self" is waking up.
You are moving out into life - in the Yang or male cycle - and reaching for what you Desire. Getting what you want gets easier when you Focus with single minded Intention and persistence. Imagine the "hunter" going after and getting the food to feed the people. It's taking the risk - well planned and trained for - and using your talents to go after and get what you want.
Take time to reflect- find balance in your purpose.
Set your sails, Focus on your destiny-- use the power of the wind, tied and currents surging now.
Plan and design your life's direction. The current of Good Fortune and the Winds of Change are taking you to wherever you Focus.
New life is moving beneath the surface, ideas you set in motion, and now are taking shape.
You have limited time to review and decide if this is really what you want next.
Is your Vision of the future clear?
Does it fill you with passion and a desire to achieve it?
If not, redo your Vision now.
Are you reaching for the life you want - or are you simply surviving and "making do." Even if you achieve it, it won't be what you want, will it? Now is the time to give your full attention to what inspires passion - and ignore what no longer feels right to you. Spring Equinox is the time to allow the old to fade away, and the new to take form.
Look out into life with a fresh new perspective.
Plant what you love and want to harvest. Choose only what feels right to you. That plants the idea and Law of Attraction will respond instantly and soon your "attractions" will grow into your life.
You can't expect to harvest what you haven't planted, can you?
Find what you love and go after it.
Feel the eagerness of a child in Springtime to go out and play.
and you will like the results.
Fear attracts itself and limits your future.
If you feel fearful and reticent - you won't like what you find, and what is attracted to you. You are the "chooser" and now is the time to decide.
This major shift of Focus is universal.
At the time of the Spring Equinox (March 20th) the Sun rises exactly in the east and travels through the sky for 12 hours and sets exactly in the west.
Spring "blossoms" and the honey bees pollenate - assuring a harvest.
All of Nature works together producing the food you rely on for survival - keep in touch with the bounty and its source.
A window of clarity is open to you to explore your potential. The Spring Equinox, the turning of the sun (towards more and more light) has been recognized from time-out-of-mind as a potent planting cycle.
Springtime is also known as a time of love, sexuality, birth and rebirth.
of nature and its beauty."
Tune into the sun's cycles of change.
Every culture celebrates rebirth and renewal. In ancient times the flow of the seasons and the movement of the planets and stars were a part of daily life. That is no longer true -- most have lost their connection to the Earth and Earth changes. Nonetheless, you are affected by the Spring Equinox, just as the seasons, physiology and biological rhythms affect you.
universe in a glass of rain."
Awareness of your nature within Nature.
Choose to tune in. Become aware of the natural cycles and the flow of life. The rewards are feeling a connection to your Life Force and creative power. When you align with the natural cycles, life is easier and flows effortlessly to a future you want. As you feel a part of the whole, you gather strength and when you set your Intention on what you want next -- you have a sense of certainty of attaining it.
Refresh your spirt at sunrise - feel the new beginnings.
Mother Nature has the power to warm you and inspire you to clarity and reveal your life's purpose - and it's free.
Catch a sunrise or sunset when you can.
Take a walk, hike or bike.
Spend some time alone - and listen to yourself.
Are you telling yourself about the world you want to live in?
Or are you complaining and fearing your future?
Now is the time to change it. You will be getting more of whatever you speak (you are asking Law of Attraction for more of what you say and feel - so stop complaining!) Feel Good about life and you'll like the results.
Good Fortune is the natural flow of life.
The Life Force, Mother Nature, flow out a natural abundance.
Find what you love and harvest that.
Fine-tune your awareness of life's cycles. All of life flows in natural rhythms within rhythms, and streams of abundance and well-being flow around you. Slip into the flow and allow yourself to enjoy an easy ride to health and abundance.
Good Fortune cycles like the moon cycles and tide cycles -- sometimes full, sometimes void or empty. The movement is always flowing between opposite extremes. When times are good, conserve and plan for your future. Being in-tune assures your thriving in the inevitable downturn. When times are slack and resources few, planting and looking forward to the next harvest lifts you into an abundant future.
Your Attitude determines your outcome. Nothing else can interfere with what you think and tell yourself. Ever.
Live in Good Fortune NOW.
Make this true for yourself. It's all up to you. See, feel, and talk only about what you love. Train your mind to Focus on what you want. Let the old stuff and familiar habits fall away.
Sing a song you love.
Beam out loving life and life will send you more to love.
Switch from feeling fearful to feeling good about what you expect in your future.
You tend to vibrate to what you see and tell yourself.
Your Attitude is what is being answered and giving you the life you have now.
by creating or finding what feels good to you and live in it.
How do you do that when you don't have it?
Seek it and talk about it. Change. Find what you love - within your life and outside of your normal experiences.
Do you want more time for yourself. Do it now.
Do you want more vitality and health? Choose Health and Wellness.Food and exercise will make a huge difference.
Want more order out of chaos? Clean up your home and car. Make a schedule and keep it. Make notes and set priorities every day. Just do it.
Do you want a bigger home? Find it - go to a hotel or to the library - tell yourself: "...ahhh yes! Like this."
Same with music - the test is: I feel GREAT when I see/hear....? Use that.
Find something you LOVE - and play...a dog, cat, boat, camp, picnic, sand castle, with kids?
Do you want more loving relationships? Stress free relationships are a choice. Find good qualities in those around you - and appreciate the best in them and ignore the rest. Bring out the qualities you want. Nurture them into blooming into your future....you create good relations in just this way.
you to be in the flow of Good Fortune."
Changing your perspective changes everything.
Once you get in the habit of looking for what you love -- Law of Attraction will flood you with more things to love.
Allow Law of Attraction to do the work and bring you a perfect match to your Vision. Your job is to hold the Vision and love it.
Modify and select what makes your heart sing.
the more flowing into your future!
That flow of life is your own natural flow to what you love.
Get into the current and the flow will carry you - effortlessly - to your Vision.
Use the turning of the tide of Good Fortune.
Spring Equinox is a wonderful time of rapid growth, good for self-centering and for claiming the life-style you want to live. Use the natural cycles to boost yourself into your future.
Which direction will this momentum take you?
Turn off negative influences and concentrate on only what you want. As the days grow longer - more and more of what you have "planted" becomes visible. Does this seem remote to your daily life? It isn't.
Ancient cultures marked the sun's cycles in stone.
Knowledge of the special power in Spring was universal.
The Sphinx (over 10,000 years ago) was a huge undertaking. And what was the point?
No one knows: The history and meaning is lost - but their huge monument focuses on the Spring Equinox and invites your questions.
Egyptians built the Great Sphinx to directly face the rising Sun on the day of the Spring Equinox.
Mayan sacred sites mark the turning of the seasons in the placement of their temples, monuments and ritual passage-ways. Spring Equinox is marked at every site.
Stonehenge and other rock monuments throughout the world mark Spring Equinox and the other Sun cycles as well.
Your ancestors and your genetic code are in synch with the seasons - are you?
The Spring Equinox is associated with, or known as: Alban Eilir, Feast of Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Festival of Trees, Lady Day, Rites of Spring, and the Vernal Equinox.
The first day of spring (Spring Equinox) also marks the beginning of Noruz (No Ruz or NawRuz), the Persian New Year. The celebration lasts 13 days and is rooted in the 3,000-year-old Zorastrian tradition.
In early European traditions, Spring Equinox is also known as Ostara. The Goddess manifests as Ostara or Eostre in a festival of new growth. She carries a basket of eggs and is joined by a rabbit, a manifestation of the God of Fertility and abundance. Green represents the greening of the land with vegetation and is sacred to this Sabbat.
Ever wonder where "traditions" come from?
Spring Equinox is a time of growing and fertility. Both seeds and eggs represented fertility. Eggs contain the new animal life and seeds become the new plant life. Z Budapest in "Grandmother of Time" says, "The eggs were dyed red (the color of life) on the Festival of Astarte (Mid-March.)" Another tradition is the beautifully decorated eggs from the Ukraine (pysanky.) They are covered with magic words, symbols and colors for protection, fertility, good luck, and strength.
Astronomy set religious dates -- a common practice -- even today.
The Spring Equinox and the moon cycles are significant in Christianity because Easter always falls on the first Sunday (Sun's day) after the first full moon after the vernal equinox. Other seasonal holidays follow this tradition as well.
The Spring Equinox is the time of "seeding and planting" your year ahead.
Beauty lifts your spirits - right into the flow of Good Fortune.
Find the Beauty in Life and Live Your Dream in it.
Weed out what you don't want.
Nurture what you do want.
Keep your "garden" in the light of your Focus and in the natural flow of light, well-being and abundance.
Feel that you are living in Good Fortune: Now. It's easy to do. Just be happy and love your life. All of it.
Yeah! It really is that simple. Doing it takes practice though.
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