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"The Jewish Community of Ioannina – A Journey Through Time"
THE HISTORY – the romaniote jews
The Jews that have lived in Greece since Hellenistic times (3rd century B.C.), were called Romaniote Jews in Byzantine times and formed the vast majority of the Jewish population in Greece until the 15th century. They used Greek as their everyday language of communication from the moment they settled. They were inspired by the local culture and customs, and were versatile enough to blend them with their own to create the unique Greek-Jewish tradition. They retained their religious identity, as can be seen in the synagogues they built and also in the survival of Hebrew their liturgical language. All Romaniote Jews maintained a distinct form of religious observance; that is laid out in different variations in the Mahzor Romania, the common Romaniote prayer book, the Mahzor Kastoria, the Mahzor Candia and the Mahzor Corfu. Relations with local people were, on the whole, good, and there were no cases of anti-Semitism apart from a few isolated incidents of religious fervour.
With the arrival of the Sephardim in the late 15th century, things changed. Populations in most of the Romaniote Jewish communities, those of Epirus, the Peloponnese and Crete excluded, had dwindled because of migration and were therefore absorbed into the culture of the Sephardim, whose traditions held sway. The most notable differences between Romaniote and Sephardim were in the language they used, their dress, food and form of religious observance. Even so, the Romaniote Jews were persistently more numerous until World War II in towns and cities like Arta, Preveza, Patras, Trikala, Volos, Chalkis and Chania.
The city of Ioannina was definitely the centre of the Romaniote Jewish population. It is generally assumed that an inscription was extant prior to 1800, which would have alluded to the existence of a synagogue since the 9th century C.E., almost coinciding with the founding of a city of the same name on the same site as present day Ioannina. Jews are known to have lived in Nikopolis, Aktio and Arta in the surrounding coastal area since late antiquity, and there is a clear historical reference to there having been a Jewish population in Ioannina under Andronicus II Palaeologus in the 14th century. The Byzantine era was a difficult time for the Jewish population of Ioannina because of frequent attacks from abroad, but also because of domestic imperial, administrative realignment and reclassification, which frequently heralded a change in attitudes towards Jews.
Jews were treated reasonably under Ottoman rule. They were allowed freedom of religious observance, given special privileges in trade and work, and they were allowed autonomy within their own communities. The Sephardim Jews settled in Ioannina in the 16th century, were assimilated into the Romaniote Population and were soon joined by others of the same faith from Southern Italy and Sicily. The Jewish population lived in their own quarter inside the city walls / fortification. This was by no means a ghetto; it was merely the Jewish quarter of the Ottoman city where, as in all Ottoman cities, every minority religious group had its own neighbourhoods. After 1611, the Jewish quarter within in the city walls, a district known as the "Castle" (Kastro) where the Old Synagogue still stands today, grew significantly.
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The Jewish Community of Ioannina
THE HISTORY – the jews in Greece
Long before the Diaspora of 71 A.D., Greece was the gateway through which Jewish people reached the rest of Europe. Its Jewish population was...
THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF IOANNINA early 20th century to 1940
The Jewish community of Ioannina saw its heyday in the early days of the 19th century when the city was under the authority of...
THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF IOANNINA 1940-1945
When the fascist axis declared war on Greece late in October 1940, a lot of Jews, including many from Ioannina, were serving as ordinary...
THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF IOANNINA 1945 – to present day
There were 181 people in the Jewish community of Ioannina when World War II ended. Of these, 112 were Death Camp survivors and 69...
RELIGIOUS LIFE synagogual architecture
The synagogue is the centre of a Jewish community and a place of communal prayer and study. Synagogue architecture obeyed certain religious dictates, called...
RELIGIOUS LIFE synagogual liturgy
In addition to being religious leaders of the community, rabbis were also its administrative leaders. They found solutions to internal problems, represented the community...
RELIGIOUS LIFE synagogual textiles and objects
The holy book of Judaism is the Pentateuch and is called the Sefer Torah or Scroll of the Law, handwritten on parchment. It is...
RELIGIOUS LIFE jewish holidays
Shabbat Observance of the Sabbath day is one of the most fundamental requirements of Judaism. The Sabbath day is devoted to prayer, study of the...
RELIGIOUS LIFE the cycle of life – part a
The Jewish identity is kept alive through specific customs pertaining to the three most important milestones in the lives of people in the community;...
RELIGIOUS LIFE the cycle of life – part b
The purpose of marriage was always to produce children. For forty days following a birth, the new mother and her newborn child were protected...
EVERYDAY LIFE life at work
From the time they first settled in Ioannina, the Jews had all sorts of occupations, but the most common were occupations that fulfilled the...
EVERYDAY LIFE Costumes
There was no recognisably Jewish form of dress by which the people of the Diaspora could be distinguished or identified. They dressed in accordance...
EVERYDAY LIFE language and education
While Hebrew remained the language of religious observation and was also a unifying factor for the Jews of the Diaspora, local communities used the...
EVERYDAY LIFE community institutions
As in all Jewish communities, the strict internal organisation of the Romaniote Community of Ioannina guaranteed its smooth running, especially when under the Ottoman...
EVERYDAY LIFE life at home
By 1944, some Romaniote Jews of the Jewish Community of Ioannina lived inside the castle walls, while others lived outside. As a result of...
EVERYDAY LIFE arts and letters
Romaniote Jews played a significant role in every field of the arts in Ioannina and in the rest of Greece, too. The Romaniote Jews...
JOSEPH ELIGIA AND HIS TIMES life and works – part...
A Jew and a Greek in one… The first Jewish poet to write in Greek… Christos Christovasilis Joseph Elias Kapoulias, better known as Joseph Eligia, was born...
In 1922, with his intellectual development still in progress, his perception of the world widened and his interest shifted from involvement in Jewish issues...
JOSEPH ELIGIA AND HIS TIMES the local community
In the early 1920s, the Jewish Community of Ioannina numbered about 3000. The rough mannerisms that were characteristic of the highland people of Epirus...
JOSEPH ELIGIA AND HIS TIMES political and social conditions
While the Jewish Community of Ioannina was locked in a struggle to maintain its balance at a time of radical social reformation, the whole...
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The Aim of this devotional is to consider God's relationship with his creation.
2 and surrounded by light.
with the wind as its wings.
7 Then your voice thundered!
to the place you prepared.
and sing in the trees.
and grain for our health.
to tell us the seasons.
could come out at night.
for the food you provide.
until the end of day.
to splash in the sea.
with what you have done.
If you were to select one verse from this Psalm that summarizes the core message of the Psalm, which one will it be? Why do you choose that one?
Verses 6-9 refer to a specific historic event – what does it refer to? And what is the promise contained in verse 9? Expand a bit.
From this Psalm, how does God care for his creation?
The promise contained in the Psalm is that 'God cares for his creation'. How do you feel when reading v27-28?
Paul wrote 'do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.' Do this now – bring all your worries and desires to God in prayer, thanking him that he cares for you and asking him to take care of the things you worry about.
Read through the Psalm again as praise to the Creator who cares for his wonderful creation.
The Aim of today's devotional study is to reflect on the preeminence of Christ over all of creation – both in the initial creation and its redemption.
15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. 16 For in him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities–all things were created through him and for him. 17 And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
18 And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. 19 For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, 20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether in heaven or on earth, making peace by the blood of his cross.
Note: this beautiful poetic section is considered to be a well-known hymn in the early church which Paul (adapted?) and included in his letter to the Colossians.
Who is the "He" being spoken of here? (if unclear, read the verses preceding v15).
What is the most repeated phrase in this section? Why is it repeated so many times?
Read verses 15-17 and verses 18-20 in parallel and note the deliberate phrase-repetition and similarity in form. ("He is the" v15&18, "firstborn" v15&18, "For in him" v16&19, "in heaven and on earth" v16&20, and "through him" v16&20). What does the author want to say with this repetition in phrase and form?
What is the primary thought in v15-17?
What is the primary thought in v18-20?
In less than 10 words summarize this section.
Consider the deliberate parallelism between v15 and 18. If v15 points to mankind's creation "in the image of God", what does v18 imply of "the church"? (hint: what does Paul call the church in 2 Cor 5:17).
Consider yourself – your body, your gifts, your passions, your dreams and plans – when reflecting on v16 "all things were created through him and for him". How does your life and totally reflect that truth? Talk to God about your future dreams, fears and plans in the light of his intended purpose with your life.
Personally reflect on v 20 "through him to reconcile to himself all things… making peace by the blood of his cross". Close your eyes and imagine yourself standing before Almighty God on His throne. What feelings do you feel? What do you think feels when he looks at you (pleasure / displeasure / joy / agitation…)? Jesus came to remove enmity between us in God, to "make peace" and "reconcile" us to God by carrying our sin and the wrath of God for our transgression on the cross. (see 2 Cor 5:21). Spend some time in prayer to God – thanking Him for the substitutionary cross of Christ through which we can be reconciled to God (Ephesians 2:13). Now pray to God for this peace in your heart – pray until you feel at peace with him, and thank him for it. If you already know this peace, pray for someone whom you know have not been reconciled with God.
The Aim of this study is to reflect on the effect of sin on creation, God's redemption in Christ Jesus, and consider your beliefs of the creation account.
12 Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned– 13 for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law. 14 Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come.
15 But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man's trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many. 16 And the free gift is not like the result of that one man's sin. For the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brought justification.
17 For if, because of one man's trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ. 18 Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men. 19 For as by the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man's obedience the many will be made righteous.
This Scripture can be confusing to some, so let's break it up and summarize each sub-section with a short sentence: v12-14, v15-16, v17-19, v20-21.
God created everything very good. How did death enter the world?
What is the analogy between Adam and Christ in the section above?
In this section it is clear that Paul took Genesis 1-3 as literal history. What is your view of Genesis 1-3 (Creation and Fall). Write your view down.
When Christ comes to fulfill His saving work and bring his reign of eternal life when he "make(s) all things new" (Revelation 21:5) – how long will it take? What does that suggest of the first creation?
Spend some time and praise God for his creative work, including yourself, with David's Psalm 139.
1 O LORD, you have searched me and known me! 2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. 3 You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. 4 Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O LORD, you know it altogether.
10 even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me. 11 If I say, "Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night," 12 even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is bright as the day, for darkness is as light with you.
17 How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! 18 If I would count them, they are more than the sand. I awake, and I am still with you.
19 Oh that you would slay the wicked, O God! O men of blood, depart from me! 20 They speak against you with malicious intent; your enemies take your name in vain. 21 Do I not hate those who hate you, O LORD? And do I not loathe those who rise up against you? 22 I hate them with complete hatred; I count them my enemies.
The Aim of this session is to revise our understanding of the Biblical view of creation.
When you have time, look at a few of these interviews with scientists about faith and evolution https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0u3-2CGOMQ But don't waste too much of your prescious devotional time there.
The Biblical author use the words "by faith we understand" which may seem like an oxymoron. How do you make sense of that phrase?
How was creation formed according to this text? What does it refer to?
The phrase "so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible" begs for a pause to reflect. What do you think when you read that phrase?
The author assumes that one requires faith to conclude God created everything out of nothing. Why do we need faith?
Why is it reasonable to put our faith in God as the Creator of all? (Hint: what do we know about God – his attributes?) Don't rush over this one.
If God is the creator of all things, what are the logical consequences that flow from that truth? i.e. how does it impact creation, and you as part of creation?
1 To the Chief Musician. On the Instrument of Gath. A Psalm of David. O LORD, our Lord, How excellent is Your name in all the earth, Who have set Your glory above the heavens!
2 Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have ordained strength, Because of Your enemies, That You may silence the enemy and the avenger.
3 When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have ordained, 4 What is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You visit him?
5 For You have made him a little lower than the angels, and You have crowned him with glory and honor. 6 You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet, 7 All sheep and oxen– Even the beasts of the field, 8 The birds of the air, And the fish of the sea that pass through the paths of the seas.
9 O LORD, our Lord, How excellent is Your name in all the earth!
The Aim of this devotional study is to consider our moral accountability towards the Creator, and our consequent responsibility.
1 A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD's, and all its fullness, The world and those who dwell therein. 2 For He has founded it upon the seas, And established it upon the waters.
Note: Psalm 24 was written by David when he brought back the Ark of the Covenant of Israel to Jerusalem (2 Samuel 6:12-17).
The Psalm has three logical sections – Identify it and summarize each section very briefly.
Why does the Psalmist declare the LORD (Hebrew YAHWEH) is the owner of all?
After announcing the LORD's reign and creation, what does the Psalmist right about (v3-6)? What do you read into that? What does the Psalmist want to say by doing that?
What do you understand by the statement "clean hands and a pure heart"?
Why the reference to "Jacob"? What is the association?
What do you understand by the repeated phrase "lift up your heads, O you gates… and the King of glory shall come in"?
Prayerfully consider your "hands" (actions) and "heart" (thoughts and motives) before God, the Sovereign LORD. Pray with David from Psalm 139 "23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties; 24 And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting." Then pray as the Holy Spirit leads – confession / repentance / thanks.
Prayerfully consider all the areas of influence God has placed you in: home, relationships, work, neighborhood, church. Pray for the Lord's reign ("Let Your kingdom come") as the David prayed "9 Lift up your heads, O you gates! Lift up, you everlasting doors! And the King of glory shall come in. 10 Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, He is the King of glory." Let this be prayer everywhere you find yourself this week – invite the reign of God in!


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Les élections législatives saint-marinaises de 1993 se sont déroulées le .

Résultats

À l'issue du scrutin, la majorité parlementaire est formée des démocrates-chrétiens et des socialistes, forte de 40 sièges.

Notes et références

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The Pyramid and the Tree
Adam Cornford on thought and metaphors of pyramids and trees.
We think in metaphors. All abstractions (including the word "abstraction") derive from terms for concrete experiences. Thought is a vast coral, whose "worms" are living metaphors and whose reef is composed of dead ones. As different corals have different characteristic shapes, so various areas of our thinking are dominated by certain meta-metaphors or metaphoric structures. For instance, in their study More Than Cool Reason, George Lakoff and Mark Turner show how our thinking about time is structured by the metaphor of the journey. The structuring goes so deep in our consciousness that it is almost impossible to talk about time without invoking the journey metaphor in one way or another. (Try it.)
Since they are mainly concerned with language as such, Lakoff and Turner demonstrate this metaphoric structuring by recourse to the dead and dying tropes buried in everyday speech. But I contend that metaphoric structuring extends beyond the word into all our signifying activity. Some of the most basic meta-metaphors may in fact be partly "hardwired" in our brains out of our evolutionary history as primates or as mammals_since land mammals demonstrably share a language of facial and bodily expression, of which "primate" is a dialect. Nevertheless, just as we can resist our predisposition to behave like chimpanzees even though we are genetically almost identical to them, so we may shift even these hypothetical "deep structures" toward new ones that better fit our experience and understanding. Such a shift is what I now propose_or rather, as it has already begun to take place, it is what I intend to foreground and clarify.
Ever since the growth of patriarchy, caste, and class out of settled agriculture millennia ago, hierarchy has been as central to thought as it has to social organization. To begin with, all individuals in a society must be ranked. This ranking is carried out along multiple and overlapping axes: gender (and possession of certain gendered characteristics); wealth (and how long one's family has possessed it); occupation (or hereditary occupational caste); skin tone (or other racial markers); regional origin; tribal or religious affiliation; and so forth. Entire societies must be ranked as well: by size of social unit, military prowess or aggressiveness, degree of urbanization or mechanization, use of literacy or mathematics_or again by type of religious belief.
Civilized thought has typically inserted this social and intersocial hierarchy into a natural or cosmic one: the "Great Chain of Being." At one end of this chain are the gods or God. Next in rank are the spirits of the air, dragons, devas, or angels. A few links further back are human beings_or rather, Man, to whom Woman is subordinated. The next links are the mammals and birds, followed by the reptiles, the fish, the insects and other arthropods, the plants, and finally the rocks and minerals. The reasons for this projection of social hierarchy onto the cosmos are all too obvious. As Marx long ago pointed out, every dominant class inscribes its domination into the image of nature; and for this to be possible, the principle of hierarchy must itself be unquestioned natural law.
Both social and cosmic hierarchies have traditionally been figured as verticality. Since there are typically fewer individuals at each level of society as one "ascends," the Pyramid is the "natural" trope for both. (The independent occurrence of the pyramid in the sacred architecture of Egypt, India, and the Americas is suggestive.) In what must be one of the most ancient versions of this image, the Hindu, the pyramidal hierarchy is also a map for the journey of the soul, which must progress by way of successive incarnations from the "lowest" level to the "highest," up through the layers of species and caste, to be reunited with the Divine. In the scholastic cosmogony derived from Aristotle that dominated medieval European thinking, the cosmic pyramid existed as real physical space, with God at its apex (and everywhere else), and the orders of Creation ranked below in tier upon tier according to the ratio of "noble" or "base" elements that composed them. Dante, in fact, imagined Hell as the inverted mirror-image of this pyramid, an infernal counter-hierarchy beneath the lowest levels of Creation itself.
More than two centuries after the founding of American democracy, social hierarchy is still with us, and with a vengeance. Its principal and closely interlinked forms in wealthy countries are economic class (often figured as the "income pyramid"); a modified patriarchy that depends increasingly on the distribution of gendered behaviors rather than on biological sex; and institutional racism, again tending toward a continuous ranking of behaviors (and skin tone) rather than a binary division into white and nonwhite. Beyond our borders, nations and regions are stacked chiefly according to their "level of development": that is, their degree of integration into the capitalist world system as producers and consumers according to indicators like GNP and average money income. Like the soul in Hinduism, these nations are supposed to ascend the development pyramid until they achieve the blissful samadhi enjoyed by the US, Western Europe, and Japan. Unfortunately, the income-development pyramid is more like those built by the Aztecs. Many of those who climb it do so only have their hearts cut out as a sacrifice to Capital by the transnational priests at the summit. And, like the pyramids of Egypt, this pyramid is built by forced labor and sits in a conceptual desert_"nature" as resources to be exploited_which is fast becoming a literal one.
Not surprisingly, hierarchical metaphor persists in all areas of our signification. Most religions, of course, are resolutely hierarchical in their image of the world. But science too remains under the sway (see what I mean?) of these metaphors, despite recent criticism of such thinking from within the scientific community. For example, physicists still commonly talk about the scale of physical reality in terms of "levels"_the galactic level, the molecular level, the atomic level, the quantum (or "subatomic") level, and so on. And while most biologists now formally reject the notion of evolution as linear "progress" from "lower" to "higher" forms, the image of Life as an Aristotelian hierarchy of species lingers on in textbook illustrations and popular thinking: a pyramid with Homo Sapiens at the top and viruses at the bottom. Even ecologists still habitually talk of pollutants returning "up the food chain" from, say, plants to humans "at the top."In some respects, these hierarchical images have more substance than ever before. Technology has, it seems, fulfilled the Sky-Father's promise in Genesis and given Man dominion over nature. He now possesses the means to affect the cosmic pyramid at all levels from the planetary on down: he can create as well as destroy biological species, design molecules that will do almost anything, and release the energy of the atomic nucleus. But while mechanized society can wipe out or transform whole ecosystems almost instantaneously, it has little understanding of, or control over, the consequences of these actions. By virtually eliminating one species with pesticides, for instance, farmers may trigger a population surge in another. Antibiotics depress the population of a bacterium only to let it return in a new drug-resistant form. Air conditioners and refrigerators shield us and our food from the effects of warm weather; but the chemicals they use are destroying the ozone layer and exposing us to more damaging radiation. As many people now realize, civilized, mechanized Man's position at the top of the pyramid is getting shaky.
Here and there, societies still exist in which there is little or no social hierarchy. They may well contain leaders or other individuals whose experience is uniquely respected, and who are consequently deferred to in their realm of knowledge; but these individuals hold no absolute authority. Nor is there much economic stratification: no-one "employs" anyone else, and sharing is the norm. In some of these "primitive" societies, even male dominance is muted if not altogether absent. Far from being mere passive hunter-gatherers, such peoples have stewarded the ecosystems around them very effectively (by controlled burnoffs of underbrush, selective planting, and other forms of silviculture). They do not as a rule see themselves as superior to animals or plants; they regard them as fellow-beings, to be communicated with and learned from as well as made use of. Yet, as Marshall Sahlins has shown, they often live in abundance, spending far less time on material survival than civilized people do.
We cannot return to the way of life these peoples practice, if only because it will not support even a small fraction of the human beings now alive. Yet its very existence demonstrates that social hierarchy is not "natural" to human beings (any more than equality is); that a dialogic or collaborative relationship with non-human nature is possible, one that depends neither on dominative "management" nor on timorous passivity; and that abundant life is denied the vast majority in favor of an artificial scarcity meant to force them to work for money. I believe, along with many others in the worldwide ecology movement, that we must find larger-scale equivalents to the achievements of small "primitive" societies. We must create forms of social organization and technology that allow billions of people to live sustainably in reasonable comfort_and with far more free time and far greater collective control over their own lives than any but the very rich now possess. Otherwise, the pyramids will collapse on top of us as their basis, relentlessly exploited human and non-human nature, either rebels or rots.
Such massive changes will clearly not occur without an equally massive change in the outlook and priorities of many millions of people. The movement will not bring this about solely by rational argument; for such argument in and of itself treats language, in unreconstructed Enlightenment fashion, as a transparent, neutral medium of communication between monadic individuals. (Nor, at the other extreme, will the movement triumph by emotional and moral appeals that motivate people primarily through fear or guilt, since these wear out fast and are followed by numbness.) We must be effective also at the preconscious linguistic level where poets (and ad-makers, alas) work: shifting people's perceptual frames by changing symbolism, connotation, master narrative_and master trope.
I began this essay by asserting that we think in metaphors, and that deep metaphoric structures organize whole areas of experience. I see signs that these structures are changing, in ways that may prefigure social, political, and cultural transformation. I would like to intervene in the process by bringing forward what may be a new organizing metaphor for our experience of collective (social and biospheric) life, one that replaces the Pyramid image derived from thousands of years of hierarchical domination. This metaphor is the Tree. I like this metaphor first of all because of its literal, material value. As many people know by now, the reproduction of life on earth depends on trees, and especially on the tropical rain forests. If we are even to arrest the trend to global warming via the greenhouse effect, we will need not only to save what is left of the forests but to plant vast new ones. And these forests must not simply be tree farms for transnational corporations (or oxygen farms for a "Green" technocracy). They must be what all old-growth forests are: reservoirs of biodiversity, crucibles of evolution, and labyrinths of wildness and beauty. A reverence for trees_not just metaphorical trees but real, living ones that exist before any word that can name them_such reverence is now a survival requirement for our species. For this reason alone it is appropriate that we begin conceiving of our life in terms of the Tree.
Of course tree-symbolism is ancient and various, from the Trees of Life and Knowledge in Eden to the Norse World-Tree Yggdrasil. Particular tree species have been sacred, too, in many cultures. How could it be otherwise? But new tree-metaphors seem to be emerging. At the most mundane level, the new information technologies seem particularly disposed to tree-imagery: the homely phone tree for spreading information; the branching file tree of the computer operating system, whose primary directory is often called "root"; the decision tree (or decision forest) of expert systems and "intelligent" programming languages. True, in these fields, the Net (as in data communications networks, neural network computing, and so on, is a contender for the organizing metaphor. I prefer the Tree, not only for the reasons already given, but because the Tree suggests a common center, a shared support to which all the other elements contribute and by which they are nourished in turn_and also a vertical as well as horizontal aspiration. Besides, the Net seems to be an emergent ideological image for the revamping of large "progressive" corporations, which are seeking to become less rigidly top-down in their day-to-day decision making without in any way altering the ultra-hierarchical context in which they operate. This is probably appropriate, given that the most netlike organisms on earth are slime molds.Let me offer some further, more speculative examples. (To begin with, perhaps I should offer this essay itself as a tree, open-ended, growing in several directions at once. And so I ask for poetic license. The word in prose tends to be a pyramid, in which broad associative potential converges into the pointed precision of denotation; the word in poetry is more like a tree, branching connotatively from the signification the reader/hearer initially gives it into a leaf-play of suggested meaning.)
To return to our starting-point, society: Instead of the hierarchical pyramid of national-regional-local government, with the individual (read "dirt") at the bottom, imagine a tree-polity: a polycentric democracy, whose trunk is the largest scale of the demos or consciously organized people, whose interwoven and tapering branches are ever more local and specialized decision-making bodies, and whose leaves are possibilities for individual choice and self-development.
For this to be possible, the income and GNP pyramids must be replaced by a worldwide tree-economy. The trunk this time can be seen as democratic planning for the common social and ecological good_or as everything that needs to be organized, produced, and distributed in standardized form and at a global level. The branches taper to increasingly local orders of production/distribution and shared good, on the principle of maximum comfortable and sustainable self-sufficiency in each order. The roots of this tree, of course, are in the literal earth_not set down on it but growing out of it. And the leaves, fed by the tree and feeding it, are the millions of individuals who, freed from the stupid struggle for survival imposed by engineered scarcity, can contribute their imaginative energies to the common life.
The kind of political organization_or rather, organized process_that might bring this about must also be treelike. The standard form of all modern political parties is pyramidal, from the layers of careerists, technocrats, and hacks in the typical "party of government" to the Leninist revolutionary vanguard with its cell-and-committee structure. Radially (radically) rooted in diversity, our party should converge in a common program and overall strategy only to branch out again into countless local and finally individual initiatives.
Yet the individual psyche itself is, traditionally, another hierarchy_intellect at the summit ruling the ranked passions, which in turn dominate the body. More recent versions include the triadic Freudian pyramid of Superego-Ego-Id and Jung's famous "old house" from Memories, Dreams, Reflections: a temporal hierarchy with the modern bourgeois furniture of the conscious mind on the top floor, the old-fashioned decor of the personal and cultural unconscious one floor down, and the ancient stones and bones of the collective unconscious in the basement. Broadly, in the "Western" view, the monadic, unified Subject or Self is the uppermost pinnacle, both as ideal to be striven for (whether through education or psychoanalysis) and as daylit convergence of the dark forces of history and desire.
To this I would like to oppose the human tree-being we may call the "multividual"_a body of experience rooted, certainly, in biography (the topsoil of history) but through which desire travels like sap to nourish a branching plurality of personae, some of which may then drop their own roots. What is pathological in "Multiple Personality Syndrome" is not multiplicity, but the traumatic origin of the personalities, and their resultant "freezing" into quasi-autonomous, mutually unaware pseudo-selves. Each of us shows our Selves capable of this same furious creativity as we move through the various roles we must play every day. Most of these roles, in the existing society, are admittedly banal: employee, workmate, shopper, viewer, voter, taxpayer, fan. But imagine, in a communal, democratic, polycentric society_one that realizes all the desires historically signified by Carnival_all the yous you could be. In short, each of us is already a humangrove, stunted by the poor social terrain we presently occupy but capable of fabulous efflorescence.
It may be that what we call the Divine is only the psyche writ cosmically large_or perhaps, a dream-diagram of the relationship between the human and the inhuman as a particular culture experiences it. The God of Moses, a Sky-Father reconceived as an unimaginable sum of superlatives, gave us (through the Book) the fire-gift of abstraction, and allowed us to dethrone the cruel idols of Nature. But the price paid has been enormous. The Almighty has brought us endless inquisitions and jihads. Because He was composed of abstractions to begin with, the Enlightenment was able to dethrone Him partially and replace Him with Reason. But the Reason-God has brought us the disenchantment of the world, the Cartesian schism of the human being into lonely subjectivity and mechanical objectivity. In a final irony, we are now actually ruled by the materialization of this alienated Reason as transnational Capital, an uncontrollable Demiurge that moves over the face of the planet, transforming or destroying regional economies and ecosystems as it "wills." At the end of the twentieth century, no matter what our official religion, our true God is the detached, floating eye-pinnacle of the pyramid on the back side of the dollar.
The only image of the Divine I can respect is the Tree. The ecological perspective understands each life_and the very air and water_as at once dependent on and contributive to Life. The Tree, though, is not only a metonymy of the global life-process, but an image of the resolution of the old argument between monotheism and polytheism. "Aspect theologies," like those of Hinduism and some African religions, which view the Divine as One yet many-faceted, of course offer versions of this. If these religions still seem too hierarchical for my taste, they nonetheless suggest a God-tree, whose countless leaf-faces are beings and whose trunk is Being.
But perhaps the Tree is also a way of imaging the relationship between Being and Becoming. Some physicists now conceive space-time as a four-dimensional tree, its root the original cosmic explosion, branching at every instant of quantum uncertainty into new universes. Some of these may last only fractions of a second; others may become whole new timelines, not "parallel" but radiant, interwoven worlds of possibility-reality: the tree of Alternity. In this tree nest all the gods, including us.
I, all of I, believe in the Tree; I are, have, will, live (in) the Tree.
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Welcome to the last day of Stamp Highlights! Today we are looking at Paola's gorgeous written Oh Happy Day Stamp Set! It is indeed a happy day!
Love Thi's little bunny and chickie duo popping bubbly!
Such a sweet card by Vera for brighten up your day!
We love the celebratory scene Amy created with the Party Animals stamp set!
Laura created a fun shaker card including a few of the sweet images from She's So Lovely.
We love this rainbow background and the slanted sentiments stripes that Pamela created here!
Fantastic cards! So fun and creative.
Wonderful cards and fun images.
I love this large greeting and all the beautiful cards!!!


ANAHEIM — Mike Trout missed his sixth straight game Monday. Now, at least, the Angels will not postpone the suspense of his return a mere 24 hours.
Trout received a cortisone injection after reporting soreness in his right wrist. Recovering from the shot will require a couple days' rest before he can resume baseball activities. Since the Angels do not play Thursday, the likely best-case scenario would see Trout return sometime during a three-game series against the Oakland A's beginning Friday.
Manager Mike Scioscia said he did not anticipate Trout needing the 10-day disabled list.
Trout initially suffered the injury Wednesday, when he jammed his wrist bracing himself against the dirt on a feet-first slide in the first inning against the Tampa Bay Rays. He finished out that game as the Angels' designated hitter and hasn't played since.
If Trout had been placed on the 10-day DL the next day, the earliest he could have returned would be Sunday. Since DL stints can only be backdated a maximum of three days, any DL stint would now force Trout to miss a minimum of one week from the date he's deactivated.
Scioscia, however, defended the decision to keep Trout on the active roster.
"If you can get Mike Trout to play from the seventh to the 10th day (from the date of the injury), I think you'd like to, right? We're going to let it run its course and when he's 100 percent he'll play," Scioscia said.
Trout has a .309 batting average, 30 home runs and 60 RBIs in 109 games this season.
For the third time this season, the Angels brought up Jose Fernandez from Triple-A Salt Lake. Pitcher Deck McGuire was optioned to Salt Lake, one day after he was the losing pitcher in the Angels' 3-1 loss in Cleveland.
A veteran of eight seasons in Cuba's top league, Fernandez had nine hits, including two doubles, in his first 36 major league at-bats this season. The 30-year-old was batting .334 in 79 games with Salt Lake.
Rene Rivera said he will begin a rehab assignment with Class-A Inland Empire on Tuesday. The 35-year-old catcher hasn't played since undergoing knee surgery in May. Rivera anticipated needing "maybe five" rehab games to return to the major league roster. … Pitcher Matt Shoemaker threw his first bullpen since he was sidelined by a nerve issue in April. … In response to a question about reports that he will not manage the Angels beyond this season, Scioscia said "nothing's changed" since he denied the reports Sunday.


You need often to enable USB debugging option in Android device to perform several tasks like official firmware updating, custom ROM installing or rooting. Actually USB Debugging mode facilitates you to connect Android device with the computer through USB cable and transfer every type of files like images, apps, videos easily. The option for enabling or disabling USB debugging is found on all Android devices, but it is generally disabled.
Keep in mind that the process of USB Debugging mode enable is simple method. In this context, we have mentioned easy tips in this page about how to enable USB debugging on every Android OS version such as ICS, Gingerbread, and Jelly Bean?
How to Enable USB Debugging in Android 4.1.2 or 4.2.2 OS (ICS, Jelly Bean) ?
At first, explore the Settings screen by tapping Home button.
Next scroll down and tap on Developer options.
Now check the USB debugging from next screen.
If it happens as disable USB Debugging mode then you have to un-check the earlier selected box.
How to Enable USB Debugging in Android 2.3 OS ?
At first, Press on Menu key on the home screen and tap on Settings option.
Then you will get several options before you. Scroll down and tap on Applications option.
Now you will reach to Application settings screen. Then find to Development option and tap on it.
On the next screen, you will get 3 options along with USB debugging. Every option shows a check box in order to enable it. Keep in mind that while you tap on check box, it will convert into green color.
Finally tap on USB debugging check box from here.


Happy 85th birthday to you, Lucian Freud!
The ingenious painter Lucian Michael Freud was born on 8 December 1922 in Berlin, German, son of Jewish; he is the grandson of Sigmund Freud.
Freud and his family moved to the U.K. in 1933 to escape the rise of Nazism, and gained British citizenship in 1939.
Freud is one of the best known British artists working in a traditional representational style, and was shortlisted for the Turner Prize in 1989. According to the Sunday Telegraph of 1 September 2002, he is rumoured to have up to 40 illegitimate children, acknowledging them when they have become adults.
His painting After Cezanne, which is notable because of its unusual shape, was bought by the National Gallery of Australia for $7.4 million. The top left section of this painting has been 'grafted' on to the main section below, and closer inspection reveals a horizontal line where these two sections were joined.
"I paint people," Freud has said, "not because of what they are like, not exactly in spite of what they are like, but how they happen to be." Freud has painted a number of fellow artists, including Frank Auerbach and Francis Bacon.


What is the SMS Character Limit?
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What happens if I select multiple tags?
Tags allow you to filter the recipients of a message, meaning your message only goes to those recipients who have all of the selected tags.
For example, I've set up my Omnilert for a school and have three possible tags for "Students", "Faculty", and "Staff". This means I can target each of those roles within my various groups (I've set up my "groups" to represent my various campus locations).
However, if I send a message with the tags "Faculty" and "Staff" selected, my message will only go to those subscribers who have both tags.
In this case, I only reach my subscribers who have both the "Faculty" and "Staff" tags.
What's different in Omnilert 6?


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Cottage life in Finland can be totally different depending on the location. We listed some stunning cottages and villas that offer unforgettable experiences for your holiday in Finland.
Finland is often said to be the Land of a Thousand Lakes, but there are plenty of islands, too! Renting a cottage in one of the 180,000 islands gives a good chance to get away from everyday life.
We recommend: Beautiful and modern Villa Aura is located on a little island called Östra Tallholm in Parainen, Turku Archipelago. The villa was built in 2011 and has room up to 10 people. The villa has 3 bedrooms, and a small loft room with a wide bed and a smaller bed for one person. The house was designed to be environmentally friendly without sacrificing comfort.
Looking for a Great Place to See the Northern Lights?
If you want to see the northern lights during your holiday in Finland, renting a cottage in Lapland gives a good chance to admire this magnificent natural phenomenon. The northern you go, the better the probability to see the Aurora Borealis gets. If you are very lucky, you may even get a chance to admire the northern lights when lying on a sofa in your cottage!
We recommend: Stylish and spacious apartment by a lake, located in a traditional Lappish village. Due to the location and large windows facing north, this apartment is an ideal place to see the northern lights. The house, built in 2015, has a living room/kitchen, three bedrooms, sauna, bathroom, dressing room and a toilet.
-> Check out all the cottages in Lapland like in Ylläs, Saariselkä or Ruka.
This is a cabin a typical Finn would probably choose for his or her summer holiday. Situated far away from urban centers, a cabin in the woods offers a great chance to relax in beautiful natural surroundings.
We recommend: Lokkero is a traditional log cabin located on the shore of Saimaa, the largest lake in Finland. The cabin is an ideal choice for everyone who enjoys fishing and spending time in peaceful, natural surroundings. The large terraces have stunning views to the lake all year round.
-> Find a cottage in Mikkeli, like Lokkero or check all cabins in Saimaa area.
Do you want to try skiing or are you into other winter activities? Good news! On Gofinland's site you will find many great cottages, apartments and chalets for your upcoming winter holiday in Finland.
We recommend: Luxurious Levi 'n' Sky is a new, 5-star ski chalet in Levi Ski Resort in Finnish Lapland. Located on top of a 360-meter-high fell, the villa offers majestic outlook to a beautiful scenery. You can enjoy the views from the large wall-size windows or at the outdoor patio. When the weather gets too cold for your taste, warm up the premium jacuzzi, look up and see the dancing Northern Lights!
Yes, it's really possible to rent a cottage in the Helsinki metropolitan area, too. The nature surrounds the cities everywhere in Finland and Helsinki is not an exception. How would you feel to spend a holiday in a beautiful cottage close to Helsinki?
We recommend: Villa Lora, located on Magsholmen island in Helsinki archipelago, was built in 1909-1910. The island has a total of 15 villas, most of them built in the late 19th century by Swedish-speaking bourgeois families. These villas, as well as Villa Lora, were originally built for living, but nowadays most of them are used as leisure homes.
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I am finding a difficulty to access Elastic Marts Builder portlet link though the Viewpoint portal web browser. I can able to login to Viewpoint portal web browser successfully with my viewpoint account, but somehow it not showing me the Elastic Marts Builder portlet home page link. I have deployed both the war files DataUploadPortlet.war and DownloadServletManager.war as per the Elastic Marts Builder installation guide document.
I would really appreciate, if someone can help me out to fix this issue soon.
Issue resolved offline. The instructions for the Elastic Marts Builder are meant for Linux installation, not Windows.


The Argentina customer who visited our factory order our products! They said our manager Zhang is very professional and our self-adjust welding rotator is very high quality. Thus they chose us as the cooperator. Surely, it is our honor.
We will spare our efforts in the near feature and we deeply believe that the high quality welding rotator and good company planning will bring us more customers.
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Вімарсе́ () — колишній муніципалітет у Франції, у регіоні Пеї-де-ла-Луар, департамент Маєнн. Населення —  осіб (2011).

Муніципалітет розташований на відстані близько 210 км на захід від Парижа, 150 км на північний схід від Нанта, 45 км на схід від Лаваля.

Історія

1-1-2021 Вімарсе, Сен-Мартен-де-Конне i Сен-П'єрр-сюр-Орт було об'єднано в новий муніципалітет Вімартен-сюр-Орт.

Демографія

Розподіл населення за віком та статтю (2006):

Економіка

У 2010 році в муніципалітеті числилось 103 оподатковані домогосподарства, у яких проживали 227,0 особи, медіана доходів виносила  євро на одного особоспоживача

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 Вімарсе на сайті французького Національного інституту географії
 [ Розташування муніципалітету Вімарсе на мапі Франції та сусідні муніципалітети]

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 Список муніципалітетів департаменту Маєнн

Примітки

Колишні муніципалітети департаменту Маєнн


Classic Italian Meatballs – Could I Have That Recipe?
I found the basics of this recipe in an old Italian cookbook. The original recipe didn't call for pork or dropping the meatballs in breadcrumbs and used marjoram instead of nutmeg. It's a simple recipe, but the best meatball recipe I have ever tried.
Warm the milk and soak the bread in it until soggy. Mash bread/milk mixture with a fork to form a paste. Combine bread mixture and remaining ingredients except bread crumbs. Form into 2 inch balls and roll in bread crumbs to coat. Heat 2 to 3 tablespoons olive oil in a pan over medium to medium high heat and drop meatballs into pan, being careful not to crowd the meatballs. Cook until brown and cooked through. Serve with Spaghetti and sauce.
*I use the leftover crust from the Italian bread to make crackers for dipping into olive oil/herb mixture. Brush both sides with olive oil and bake at 225° until crisp.


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The George Washington memorial statue in London is built on American soil, as Washington once said that he would "never stand on English soil ever again".
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There is a city in Washington named 'George'. Every year, George, Washington celebrates the 4th of July by baking the world's largest cherry pie.
Cascade Range, Columbia River, George Washington
About George (The City, not the President) George is wonderfully well-situated in the Columbia River Basin of Eastern Washington. Found midway between the Seattle area and the Cascade mountains on the West, and Spokane on the east at exit 149 on Interstate 90, George sees a multitude of travelers every year (good thinking, Charlie). Six …
There is a city in Washington named 'George'. Every year, George, Washington celebrates the 4th of July by baking the world's largest cherry pie. Read More »
President Andrew Jackson owned a parrot named Poll. When Jackson died Poll was present at his funeral, but had to be removed due to "Swearing and yelling profanities" that he learned from Jackson himself
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Presidents & Their Pet Parrots Can you imagine a parrot perched in the White House? It's probably happened at some point during our country's history; after all, some of our past presidents had parrot companions during their presidencies. There have been no presidential parrots in recent years, but there certainly were some in our recent …
President Andrew Jackson owned a parrot named Poll. When Jackson died Poll was present at his funeral, but had to be removed due to "Swearing and yelling profanities" that he learned from Jackson himself Read More »
George Washington died when his doctors tried to cure his epiglottitis (i.e. inflamed throat) with blood letting. He lost more than half his blood before they stopped the treatment, and died just hours later.
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George Washington This article is about first president of the United States. For other uses, see George Washington (disambiguation). George Washington (February 22, 1732[b][c] – December 14, 1799) was an American political leader, military general, statesman, and Founding Father who also served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. He …
George Washington died when his doctors tried to cure his epiglottitis (i.e. inflamed throat) with blood letting. He lost more than half his blood before they stopped the treatment, and died just hours later. Read More »
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Katherine Paul was raised in north east Washington state in the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community and is now based in Portland. Catch Black Belt Eagle Scout at Tractor Tavern in Seattle on May 18th.
plays at the Tractor Tavern Saturday, May 18th.


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OECD Calls for Action on Unemployment
Paul Hannon
Updated Sept. 15, 2011 12:08 pm ET
LONDON—The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Thursday said it doesn't expect unemployment to quickly fall from its current high levels, and urged governments to introduce measures to encourage hiring, particularly for young workers.
In its annual employment outlook, the Paris-based think tank said that in July, 44.5 million workers were without jobs across its 34 developed-country members, 13.4 million more than immediately before the onset of the financial crisis.


This is the largest California gold nugget that we currently have for sale. Since the California gov't banned suction dredging in 2009, which is how most of the placer nuggets were found, it has been very difficult to find any large placer gold nuggets from California for sale, especially nuggets over an ounce in weight. I am selling this rare gold nugget for a couple who inherited several nuggets from their grandfather, who acquired them in California over 50 years ago. For such a large and rare nugget this nugget is priced very well. It is a really gorgeous natural gold nugget and it weighs in at 154.9 Grams (4.98 Troy Ounces). It measures 1.8" (4.6 cm) long x 1.5" (3.4 cm) wide x just under 1/2" (1.0 cm) thick. It is very clean and has a gorgeous color and it grades at jewelry/investment grade. It is not often that you see a California gold nugget this large for sale, as most of the placer gold nuggets found in California are smaller than an ounce in weight.


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Home » Blog » Semi-identical twins identified for only the second time
Semi-identical twins identified for only the second time
Doctors have documented what they say is only the world's second known case of semi-identical twins.
The boy and girl from Brisbane, in Australia, are now aged 4-years-old. They are identical on their mother's side, but also share a proportion of their father's DNA. This places them, genetically, somewhere between non-identical (fraternal) and identical twins.
The unusual discovery was made during a routine pregnancy scan at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital in 2014. This is the first time that semi-identical twins have been identified during pregnancy.
"The mother's ultrasound at 6 weeks showed a single placenta and positioning of amniotic sacs that indicated she was expecting identical twins", said Professor Nicholas Fisk who led the care team looking after the mother and twins. "However, an ultrasound at 14 weeks showed the twins were male and female, which is not possible for identical twins."
Identical twins occur in about one-third of multiple pregnancies and are known as monozygotic. This means that they were formed from a single fertilised egg, which went on to split into separate embryos. It also means that they will be the same sex and have exactly the same DNA. Non-identical (or dizygotic) twins occur when two separate eggs are fertilised, each by a different sperm, and develop in the womb at the same time. Because these siblings all grew from separate zygotes, the babies are no more alike than any other brothers or sisters, and may be both male, both female, or one of each. All of these non-identical siblings share DNA in common, as in the case of siblings from different births.
In this case of semi-identical, or sesquizygotic, twins, the egg is thought to have been fertilised simultaneously by two sperm before it divided. If one egg is fertilised by two sperm, it results in three sets of chromosomes, rather than the standard two: one from the mother and two from the father. This phenomenon is extremely rare and doctors say that embryos such as these often do not survive.
Professor Fisk said an analysis of worldwide twin databases highlighted just how rare sesquizygotic twins were. He and his colleagues examined genetic data from 968 fraternal twins, as well as a number of large global studies, but found no other case.
The exceptional case is being reported in The New England Journal of Medicine. Twin Zygosity testing from AlphaBiolabs can establish whether multiple children (such as twins, triplets, quadruplets, etc.) from the same birth are genetically identical or not. The test costs just $119 online with results in 3–5 days. For more information on Twin testing, please contact AlphaBiolabs via Live Chat or call now at 727-325-2902.
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Mila Jovavich is back for her fourth Resident Evil movie since the franchise began in 2002 when the evil Umbrella Corporation in its underground city, set work mutating humans who, when being exposed to the manufactured virus, join the ranks of the undead. Ali Larter (Heroes) reprises her role as Claire in a surprise return, as Jovavich's Ali sets out for Los Angeles, hoping that the undead haven't taken that over too. They have! Rated 18A.
George Clooney sleepwalks his way through this film about an unusual hitman who is spending time in small-town Italy just to get away from it all. You can see how this one came together – Clooney lives in a huge property on Lake Como, Italy. The movie was shot in his backyard. The slow, low-action plot didn't matter … he could make this movie without ever leaving home. It's a first-class yawner. Rated 14A.
If you like your British mysteries designed for the thinking person, this one will fill the bill. Elijah Wood and John Hurt star in a whodunit that focuses on a string of university killings that seem to be linked by mathematical formulae. Rated 14A.
If you like the "undead" genre (and I do) This was the first videogame to be made into a 3D movie.
Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway are superb in a classic whodunit where everyone's identity is suspect. And if you have a nose for investigation, you just might get it cut off!
Exceedingly lame third movie in this series. Enough already!


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Climate Changed? Credit Rating Agency Moody's Warns Cities of downgrade
by Muqbil Ahmar | Dec 3, 2017 | Climate Change, Home, News | 0 comments
Moody's, one of the biggest credit rating agency in the world, has issued warning to cities as well as states in the USA about the possible impact of climate change on them and how they are making preparations to mitigate such consequences or that there is a risk of them being downgraded. It seems the phrase climate changed is actually happening.
According to reports, Moody's Investor Services, explained how it makes an assessment of the credit risks that are posed to a city or a state that witnesses the impact of climate change. Its assessment takes into account both short-term impacts or 'climate shocks' such as hurricanes, wildfires, or droughts, and long-term climate impacts such as 'incremental climate trend' including rising global temperatures or rising sea levels. The credit rating agency also takes into account, '(communities) preparedness for such shock and their activities with respect to adapting to climate change.'
The report adds that "If you have a place that throws up its hands in the face of changes to climate trends then we have to evaluate it on ongoing basis to see how abdication of response translates into changes in credit profile," said Michael Wertz, Vice President, Moody's.
New York, London, Mumbai, prone to floods due to rising sea levels: NASA
Climate changed: A National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) report predicts that certain cities are facing the maximum threat due to rise in sea levels due to melting of ice caps triggered by climate change as well as global warming. The NASA study has warned that New York, London, Mumbai, and Mangalore as prone to floods as ice caps melt and lead to rise in sea levels. NASA predictions about climate change seems correct as heavy rainfall has been frequently hitting Mumbai and Mangalore, leading to floods in many pockets.
As countries and cities try to mitigate flooding, they have to think about 100 years in future, and they want to assess the risk in the same way as insurance companies do, says Erik Ivins, senior researcher at Jet Propulsion Laboratory run by NASA, says. .
Climate changed? Moody's warning about global warming is worrisome
Ratings from credit agencies like Moody's assist in determining interest rates on bonds for cities as well as states. The maths is like this: the lower the ratings, the greater is the risk of some default. This translates into the fact that cities and states with low ratings could be expected to cough up higher interest rates on the bonds.
"This puts direct economic incentive (for communities) to take protective measures against climate change," said Rachel Cleetus, lead economist and climate policy manager at the Union of Concerned Scientists.
Moody's is the first credit rating agency of the USA to go public on how the organization factors in climate change risks into the credit rating assessments. This is the latest 'market signal,' says a climate change expert, adding, 'what seemed a distant future is getting accounted for in the present. People need to start making preparations now based on the reality of several of such places and cities.'
In the report, Moody's has broken up the USA into seven 'climate regions,' based on geography, economy, and risks. In the Midwest, 'impact on agriculture is forecast to be the most significant economic effect of climate change,' the report says. The Southwest has been projected as more vulnerable to drought, extreme heat, rising sea level, and wildfire. Similarly, the report predicts rising sea level and its impact on coastal infrastructure as the biggest factor for the Northeast of the United States of America.
According to the Moody's report, analysts are asking vulnerable people as well as communities, which face a high risk of being impacted by climate change, on how they are preparing for the risks.


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Q: Is there a case where one may prefer a lower order method of numerical integration over a higher order one? Suppose you have a limit for the accuracy you need to acquire. Using, say RK4, will allow you to achive this with less time steps than, say Euler.
Is there a particular scenario where using the Euler method will be more (computationaly) efficient, given the accuracy limit?

A: Note that RK4 is convergent of order 4 provided that the right-hand side $f$
of the ODE $$\dot{y} = f(t,y)$$ is sufficiently smooth.
If $f$ is only continuously differentiable, RK4 and the explicit Euler method share the same linear convergence rate.
In this case, you might prefer the explicit Euler method.

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The UFV men's team came into the 2018-19 season with a few interesting storylines. One was that Sukhjot Bains, a former NCAA talent would be joining his brother Navjot Bains for Sukhjot's fourth and Navjot's fifth year of eligibility. Despite this, the team had a low pre-season ranking. It was evident that any number of outcomes were possible for this team that was clearly talented but had yet to incorporate an integral piece: the newest Bains.
The season began emphatically with, potentially, the most dramatic regular season game of the entire campaign. The visiting TRU Wolfpack sent the game to overtime and just barely escaped with a 69-64 win. As hard of a loss as it was, fans in attendance saw more than just a score. They saw a new beginning for the Cascades, a fast-paced team that was very talented and shot the ball exceptionally well. When UFV came back the next night to win 83-72, the ball began to roll for the Cascades as a team.
This did not mean that the Cascades were clear of danger. A pair of road losses to Saskatchewan and a destructive home loss to Alberta on Friday, Nov. 9 had the new team reeling. They were talented and playing well, but they tended to start slow and loose against faster teams who utilized a more small-ball style of play.
After these initial losses, UFV went on a 10-game win streak, smashing through teams on route to their impending playoff debut. However, some late season struggles saw the Cascades record drop to 2-3 in their last five games. At this point, fans at the Envision Financial Athletic Centre did not fret, because news quickly broke that UFV would host its first-round, one-game playoff matchup right there in Abbotsford. Now all they had to do was make good on their commitment to playing hard and focus against a UNBC squad they had swept just a few months prior.
The game was hard; UFV came out completely flat and the high IQ plays of Jovan Leamy and James Agyeman were on display for the Timberwolves. A recurring theme for the Cascades during the regular season was their inability to use their size. Oftentimes the Cascades struggled on the first night of back-to-backs, but completely dominated the second night due to their recommitment to their style of play which features size and shooting. How would this work against a team where there was no first game? The Cascades needed to make moves, fast.
They did just that, coming back from a 26-38 halftime score to win the game 67-59. The reception was nothing short of special, as the Cascades had now effectively proven that they were not a first-round exit team, but rather, a team that could make a lot of noise. Then came the news many fans were hoping not to hear: UFV would have to go on the road to play the UBC Thunderbirds, a perennial powerhouse team, in a three-game series.
The Cascades went in and shocked the crowd on Valentine's Day, when in their opening meeting they blew the T-birds out, winning 92-79. It was simply the best performance the team had given in their entire 2018-19 campaign, and it was nothing short of spectacular. UBC was far from out, however. They came back to take the Friday night game by a score of 85-58. On Saturday, Feb. 16, it all came down to UBC and UFV. UBC edged the game 85-73 and just like that, the Cascades' season was over.
What was the takeaway? Absolute pride. The UFV Cascades did not just prove that they can step their game up as a team, but that each player can grow individually, and rise to the occasion when needed. On a team full of stars, former walk-on Parm Bains made the largest improvement. One season removed from the year he walked onto the practice court looking for an opportunity, Bains led the team in scoring at 16.1 points a game. His statistical improvement was so noticeable, he was selected to be a Canada West second team all-star in only his second year with UFV and fourth year overall.
Indeed, the Cascades, if nothing else, delivered on their promise to bring fun, exciting, and winning basketball to UFV fans. Though seniors have left, and the landscape of the team will change accordingly, there is much to look forward to when the Cascades next step on the court.


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Q: Styling Actionbar Appcompat devider I am working on an app where I have to modify the app Actionbar. I am able to design it according to the requirement, but facing problem in designing the white line beneath the action bar. Well, I have got some hack where I can take the view and design it. But I want it to style it using style.xml.
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Now google has released toolbar that you can modify easily.

A: You can style your action bar like the below code -
  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
  <resources>
<!-- the theme applied to the application or activity -->
<style name="CustomActionBarTheme"
       parent="@android:style/Theme.Holo.Light.DarkActionBar">
    <item name="android:actionBarStyle">@style/MyActionBar</item>
</style>

<!-- ActionBar styles -->
<style name="MyActionBar"
       parent="@android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.ActionBar.Solid.Inverse">
    <item name="android:background">@drawable/actionbar_background</item>
</style>

and also please check the link - https://developer.android.com/training/basics/actionbar/styling.html to get more information. Hope it helped you.


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Origins of Filipino Martial Arts
Posted on January 10, 2015 by madumimike
Arnis: A Question of Origins
By Bot Jocano
Rapid Journal Vol. 2, No. 4
4th Qtr 1997
Taichi Works Publications
458 Jaboneros St. Binondo, Manila 1006
The term Arnis evokes a number of reactions from people every time it is mentioned in a conversation. Some people start fanning their hands in the air, imitating the distinctive movements of the two-stick (doble baston) training method. This image of Arnis is one of the most popular to the layman. A second reaction, and quite as common as the first, is the question: "Saan ba talaga galing ang Arnis?" (Where did Arnis really come from?) Alternatively, "Di ba, sa atin nanggaling ang Arnis?î (Isn't it that Arnis comes from us?) is a question also heard. This article is an attempt to critically examine the roots of one of the martial arts of the Philippines, Arnis. It must be noted that in no way does this article claim to be the final say on the origins of Arnis. It is actually a preliminary look, a start if you will, into re-examining carefully the origins of an art form.
Arnis, also known as Kali, Escrima, baston, etc. is a complete martial art system, encompassing weapons training and empty-hand self-defense. It includes training in single stick techniques (solo baston), double stick techniques (doble baston), stick and knife or dagger techniques (espada y daga) and knife techniques (daga). Some styles may include staff and spear (sibat) training in their curriculum. Others will include the practice of medium to long bladed weapons (bolo) in their repertoire. Many styles have some form of empty hand combat, encompassing striking, kicking, locking, throwing and even choking methods. These are usually taught when the practitioner has demonstrated a reasonable degree of proficiency with the weapons of his style of Arnis. Different Arnis styles, from different parts of the country, may emphasize different areas of the training methods noted above. The term Arnis is believed to be a Tagalog corruption of the Spanish term arnes, or harness, a reference to the decorations worn by the early Filipinos. Kali is another term used to refer to the same kind of martial arts. Different provinces may have different names for Arnis, such as baston and Kaliradman (Ilonggo, Bisaya), pagKaliKali (Ibanag) and Kalirongan (Pangasinan). These are only a few examples of the terms already recorded in different sources.
With such a comprehensive system of martial arts being taught and promoted in different areas of the country, it is inevitable that people would ask, where did such a complete martial art system come from?
One suggestion is that it originally came from another martial art system, called Tjakalele. This is actually the name of a branch of the Indonesian martial art system known as Pentjak Silat. Another suggestion is that it was brought here from the Southeast Asian mainland, particularly during the Madjapahit and Shri-Visayan empires. Yet another suggestion is that it was propagated by the so-called ten Bornean datus fleeing persecution from their homeland. We shall critically examine these assertions one at a time.
The idea that Arnis evolved or was derived from another martial art system, namely Tjakalele Silat, is due to linguistics. The alternative name for Arnis is Kali. It is widely held that this is the older term for Arnis, and that Kali itself emphasizes bladed weaponry apart from practice with the stick. It is not surprising that a connection could be seen between the term Kali and tjakalele. However, linguistic similarity alone is not enough ground to assert that Kali was indeed derived from Tjakalele. There has to be documented proof that one came from the other. What form should this proof take? Authenticated documents certainly are one of the best pieces of evidence – if such could be found, and proven to be genuine. A close and thorough comparison of both styles would help, but it must be remembered that they would have changed over time, reflecting the different changes that have happened in their cultures of origin. On the other hand, one of the local terms for a bladed weapon is Kalis. It is also believed that Kali is a derived term from Kalis. This assertion will require study before it can be validated.
Another oft-quoted idea is that Kali was brought here during the Shri-Vishayan (7th -14th centuries and Madjapahit (13th -16th centuries) empires. This reflects the notion that the Philippines then was somehow an integral part of both empires. It must be noted that the archaeological evidence for the role of the Philippines in both empires is very meager. About the best that could be said is that there was commercial contact, but whether such contact also included the spreading of martial arts is circumstantial at best.
A third idea regarding the spreading and propagation of Kali in the Philippines is that ten Bornean datus (sometimes nine) fled here and settled in various parts of the Philippines. They brought with them their fighting systems and taught these along with other arts in the academies called the Bothoan.
A key problem here is that much of what we know about the ten datus is derived from the Maragtas of Pedro Monteclaro, published in Iloilo in 1907. Doubt has been cast on its usefulness as a historical document, especially since it records folk or oral history. Scholars such as the late William Henry Scott and F. Landa Jocano, are clear on this point – the Maragtas is a document recording folk or oral history, and not an actual eyewitness account of the events stated therein. As such, its historical value diminishes rapidly with each retelling of the story .If the original story of the ten Bornean datus is folklore and not authentic history, what are we then to make of the story regarding the propagation of Kali in the Bothoan? Folkloric history is useful in enabling people to identify with the art of Kali, but it should not be taken as actual history.
If after having critically questioned the sources of the origins of Kali, or Arnis as it is known today, and through these critical analyses, have come to the positions stated above, what can we then say about the origin of Kali, or Arnis? Regardless of the name of the art or its sources, the fact that the early Filipinos practiced some form of combat was not lost on the Spaniards who first arrived here. Pigafetta's description of the death of Magellan is graphic in its description of the weapons wielded by the natives. It is interesting to note that Magellan died as he was rushed by the defenders armed with spears and bladed weapons. In more recent times, Scott's book Barangay includes a chapter on ancient Bisayan weapons and warfare. This was derived from the accounts and dictionaries of the early Spanish friars, some of whom were witnesses to the use and practice of weapons and warfare methods at the time.
To state therefore, that its origins lie outside the Philippines is misleading, for it disregards the unrecorded but no less real experiences our forefathers went in simply trying their best to survive. These experiences are recorded in the techniques of their styles of Arnis. It is also quite possible that there were blendings with different styles of combat, but if so, these are quite difficult to verify historically.
A key difficulty in researching the origins of Arnis is that most sources tend to be oral history or folkloric in nature. They are not exactly historical documents in the sense of being eyewitness accounts. Hence, their authenticity in this sense is always suspect. On the other hand, as folklore, they serve as a window, if you will, into how people think. Folklore gives us an idea of how people actually understand their world and their place in it.
Martial arts, in whatever form, and in whatever place, are the unique product of the people who developed them, as members of their culture. A case in point is Japanese fencing, Kendo in its modern format, Kenjutsu as the traditional form. Japanese fencing is a product of the technology and the values and habits of the Japanese. Similarly, it should be remembered that Kali or Arnis as it is also called today, is very much a product of the Filipino cultural experience. The relative informality of most practice sessions, for instance, is a reflection on the importance we place in building harmonious relationships with others.
In conclusion, it is not easy to actually trace the origins of the art of Kali or Arnis. Perhaps we may never actually trace it to a single key event in the lives of our forefathers. On the other hand, it is equally important to remember that the art itself is a continuing evolving product, subject to change and refinement over the years. What is also important is that we remain open-minded, willing to improve our understanding of the origins of this martial art. Such open-mindedness is useful in as much as it provides us with further insights into our identity as Filipinos.
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Inosanto, Dan; Johnson, Gilbert; and Foon, George. The Filipino Martial Arts. Los Angeles. Know How Publishing, 1980
Presas, Ernesto. Arnis. Manila. 1988
Presas, Remy. Modem Arnis. Manila. Modem Arnis Publishing Co., 1974, 1993.
Yambao, Placido. Mga Karununngan sa Larong Arnis. Quezon City: UP Press, 1957.
For references on Philippine prehistory:
Jocano, F Landa. Questions & Challenges in Philippine Prehistory. Professorial Chair lecture: UP Press, 1975.
Jocano, F Landa. Philippine Prehistory. Quezon City: PCAS, 1975
Scott, William Henry. Prehispanic Source Materials for the Study of Philippine History. Quezon City. New Day Publishers, 1974.
Scott, William Henry. Barangay. Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila Press, 1994.
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