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A solid combination of a street-tough attitude and a keen grasp of social and political hot-button issues.
I WANT YOU TO SHUT THE F#CK UP
HOW THE AUDACITY OF DOPES IS RUINING AMERICA
by D.L. Hughley ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 7, 2012
Comedian and TV veteran Hughley drops an in-your-face mega-rant on the downward spiral of American culture.
The author's debut is both serious and funny, without being seriously funny. But while the book may be short on belly laughs, Hughley has a strikingly original take on just about everything. Whether discussing fatherhood, the Democrats in Congress and their kid-gloved relationship with Obama, black stereotypes, growing up in South-Central Los Angeles or the negative influence of the NAACP, the author's views are rarely predictable. Hughley's own Horatio Alger success story is compelling enough: rising from the violent streets of LA to successful sales rep at the Los Angeles Times, all while holding together a family and making a name for himself as a standup comedian. Unlike many contemporary entertainers, Hughley prides himself on being unafraid of controversy. He recounts how his championing of free speech over political correctness led him to support Don Imus' racial slur toward the Rutgers women's basketball team—or at least his right to make those slurs. The author looks at the undeniable truths in racial stereotyping and the importance of acknowledging these truths. In fact, he uses this topic as a jumping-off point to lambast the NAACP for helping ruin mainstream black TV. Although he almost always finds a nuanced angle in presenting his outspoken opinions, it's sometimes difficult to know where comedic provocation ends and deadly earnestness begins. Yet his views on marriage, women and kids seem strangely unhinged and harsh compared to the cool approach that makes the book so appealing throughout—e.g., "If they [women] want to make a man like them, then they should try shutting the fuck up once in a while." But to his credit, Hughley's a hard-line pragmatist whose brash opinions almost always transcend polarized black/white and liberal/conservative comfort zones.
Pub Date: Aug. 7, 2012
Publisher: Crown Archetype
Review Posted Online: July 1, 2012
Categories: GENERAL NONFICTION
More by D.L. Hughley
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BLACK MAN, WHITE HOUSE
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by E.T.A. Hoffmann ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 28, 1996
This is not the Nutcracker sweet, as passed on by Tchaikovsky and Marius Petipa. No, this is the original Hoffmann tale of 1816, in which the froth of Christmas revelry occasionally parts to let the dark underside of childhood fantasies and fears peek through. The boundaries between dream and reality fade, just as Godfather Drosselmeier, the Nutcracker's creator, is seen as alternately sinister and jolly. And Italian artist Roberto Innocenti gives an errily realistic air to Marie's dreams, in richly detailed illustrations touched by a mysterious light. A beautiful version of this classic tale, which will captivate adults and children alike. (Nutcracker; $35.00; Oct. 28, 1996; 136 pp.; 0-15-100227-4)
Pub Date: Oct. 28, 1996
Publisher: Harcourt
Review Posted Online: May 20, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 1996
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IN MY PLACE
by Charlayne Hunter-Gault ‧ RELEASE DATE: Nov. 1, 1992
From the national correspondent for PBS's MacNeil-Lehrer Newshour: a moving memoir of her youth in the Deep South and her role in desegregating the Univ. of Georgia. The eldest daughter of an army chaplain, Hunter-Gault was born in what she calls the ``first of many places that I would call `my place' ''—the small village of Due West, tucked away in a remote little corner of South Carolina. While her father served in Korea, Hunter-Gault and her mother moved first to Covington, Georgia, and then to Atlanta. In ``L.A.'' (lovely Atlanta), surrounded by her loving family and a close-knit black community, the author enjoyed a happy childhood participating in activities at church and at school, where her intellectual and leadership abilities soon were noticed by both faculty and peers. In high school, Hunter-Gault found herself studying the ``comic-strip character Brenda Starr as I might have studied a journalism textbook, had there been one.'' Determined to be a journalist, she applied to several colleges—all outside of Georgia, for ``to discourage the possibility that a black student would even think of applying to one of those white schools, the state provided money for black students'' to study out of state. Accepted at Michigan's Wayne State, the author was encouraged by local civil-rights leaders to apply, along with another classmate, to the Univ. of Georgia as well. Her application became a test of changing racial attitudes, as well as of the growing strength of the civil-rights movement in the South, and Gault became a national figure as she braved an onslaught of hostilities and harassment to become the first black woman to attend the university. A remarkably generous, fair-minded account of overcoming some of the biggest, and most intractable, obstacles ever deployed by southern racists. (Photographs—not seen.)
Pub Date: Nov. 1, 1992
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Sept. 1, 1992
Categories: GENERAL NONFICTION | BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR
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Whitechapel was a local government district within the metropolitan area of London, England from 1855 to 1900.

History
The district was formed by the Metropolis Management Act 1855 and was governed by the Whitechapel District Board of Works, which consisted of 58 elected vestrymen. The district contained a number of small parishes in the East End of London that were considered too small to be self governing.

Until 1889 the district was in the county of Middlesex, but included in the area of the Metropolitan Board of Works. In 1889 the area of the MBW was constituted the County of London, and the district board became a local authority under the London County Council.

Governance
The district comprised the following civil parishes. The main function of the parish vestries within the district was to elect the 58 members of the Whitechapel District Board of Works.

The parishes (and number of district board members elected) were:

Mile End New Town (6)
Minories Holy Trinity (1)
Norton Folgate (3)
Old Artillery Ground (1)
Precinct of St Katherine (1)
St Botolph without Aldgate (section in Middlesex) (6)
Spitalfields Christchurch (12)
District of Tower (1)
Whitechapel St Mary (27)

The 1855 legislation included the "District of Tower" as part of the Whitechapel District. The Great Tower Hill Act 1869 interpretation of this was Old Tower Without, including within it Great Tower Hill.

Under the Metropolis Management Act 1855 any parish that exceeded 2,000 ratepayers was to be divided into wards; as such the parish of St Mary Whitechapel within the Whitechapel District Boards of Works was divided into three wards (electing vestrymen): No. 1 or East (15), No. 2 or Middle (9) and No. 3 or South (12).

The district board elected one member of the Metropolitan Board of Works.

Abolition
The district was abolished in 1900 and became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney.

References

History of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Districts (Metropolis)

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Gov. Ricketts Highlights Efforts to Improve Health Outcomes for Underserved Communities in Nebraska
Alex Reuss, 402-471-1970
Media Release:
From left to right: Mike Hornacek, Dr. Maureen Tierney, Gov. Ricketts,
Ashley Aubry, Jeff Stafford, and Kevin Bagley.
LINCOLN – Today, Governor Pete Ricketts held a press conference to highlight initiatives and organizations working to improve health outcomes for underserved communities in Nebraska.
The Governor was joined by Kevin Bagley, Director of the Division of Medicaid and Long-Term Care at the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), as well as Jeff Stafford, Chief Executive Officer of UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Nebraska. Additional participants included Dr. Maureen Tierney, Associate Dean and Chair of Clinical Research & Public Health for Creighton University; Mike Hornacek, Chief Executive Officer of Together; and Ashley Aubry, Public Health Hygienist for Creighton University School of Dentistry Healthy Smiles Program.
During the press conference, Governor Ricketts discussed the importance of targeting Medicaid dollars to effectively address the health needs of underserved communities.
"We know there are many factors that can impact an individual's health," said Governor Ricketts. "At the State, we are working with our Medicaid health plans to address the conditions that contribute to health outcomes. This includes supporting work like the pediatric dentistry done by Healthy Smiles and nutrition programs provided by Together. Thank you to our community partners, including UnitedHealthcare, for collaborating with us in this endeavor."
During the event, UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Nebraska announced a $5.4 million multi-year investment in the Creighton University Community Collaborative Program. The investment, approved in collaboration with the Division of Medicaid and Long-Term Care, will provide funding to community-based organizations in North and South Omaha to address the social determinants of health that have the biggest impact in these communities.
"We want to help strengthen the infrastructure of key community-based organizations," said Jeff Stafford, CEO of the UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Nebraska. "Our mission is to serve the needs of Nebraskans through innovative programs and community investments that reduce disparities and increase access to high-quality care."
A variety of factors can affect an individual's health, including the conditions in which people live and work. By identifying and addressing the underlying health needs in underserved communities, Nebraska Medicaid is able to contribute to better health outcomes.
"The Medicaid program has an opportunity to add tremendous value for our communities," said Director Bagley. "These and similar investments by our health plans help us identify and address the needs of Nebraskans in innovative ways. We're grateful for partners committed to our mission of helping people live better lives."
During the press conference, Governor Ricketts also provided an overview of his trade mission to Japan. More information on the trade mission can be found here.
Video from today's press conference is available by clicking here.
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Q: Remainder Theorem Problem
When the polynomial $p(x)$ is divided by $(x^2+3x+2)$ the remainder is $5x+1$.  Find the remainder when $p(x)$ is divided by $(x+2)$.

I get that $(x+2)$ is a factor of $(x^2+3x+2)$ but I'm not sure how to use that fact to get the question's answer.

A: There is polynomial $q$, for which:
$$p(x)=q(x)(x+1)(x+2)+5x+1=q(x)(x+1)(x+2)+5x+10-9,$$
which gives the answer: $$-9$$

A: Write $$p(x)= q(x)(x+1)(x+2)+5x+1$$ Put $x=-2$ and you get $p(-2) = -9$. So remainder when $p(x)$ is divided by $x+2$ is $-9$.

A: Think of it this way:
$p(x)$ divided $x^2 + 3x + 2$ has remainder $5x+1$ means:
$$p(x) = q(x)(x^2 + 3x + 2) + 5x+1$$ where $q(x)$ is a polynomial.
But we have $x^2 + 3x + 2$ so
$$p(x) = q(x)(x+1)(x+2) + 5x + 1$$
$$= s(x)(x+2) + 5x+1$$
Where $s(x) = q(x)(x+1)$
So we just need the divide $5x + 1$ by $x+2$ to get $5x + 1 = t(x)(x+2) + r(x)$.
As $5x + 1 = 5(x+2) - 9$ we have
$$p(x) = q(x)(x+1)(x+2) + 5(x+2) - 9$$
$$= [q(x)(x+1) + 5](x+2) - 9$$.
And the remainder is $9$.
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This is actually the exact same logic as it would be with numbers.
If $M$ divided by $36$ has remainder $17$, then what is the remainder of $M$ divided by $12$.
As $12$ divides $36$ we know that $12$ will divide "just as evenly" as $36$ and the remainder will be the same $17$ but further divided by $12$ to have remainder: $5$.
Formally:  $$M = k*36 + 17$$
$$= (3k)*12 + (12 + 5)$$
$$= (3k+1)*12 + 5$$.
The remainder is $5$ because the remainder of $17$ is $5$.
It's no different with polynomials.
There remainder is $-9$ because the remainder of $5x + 1$ is $-9$.

A: $$\ \ \begin{align}p\ &\equiv\,\ 5\,\ x\,\  +\  1\!\!\pmod{\!(x + 2)f}\quad\ \ [\,f = x + 1\rm \ \ in\ OP\,]\\
\Rightarrow\ \ p\ &\equiv\,\ 5\ \,\color{#c00}x\,\ +\ 1\!\!\pmod{\color{#0a0}{x+2}}\\
&\equiv\, 5(\color{#C00}{-2})\!+ 1\quad  {\rm by}\quad\, \ \color{#0a0}{x + 2}\equiv 0\,\Rightarrow\, \color{#c00}{x\equiv -2}
\end{align}$$
Remark $ $ Sometimes authors write such congruences as  $\!\!\pmod{\color{#c00}{x\equiv -2}}\, $ to make such evaluations clearer.  The 2nd line uses the fact that congruences always persist mod factors of the modulus by $$\,p\equiv q\!\!\pmod{\!mn}\,\Rightarrow\, \underbrace{m\mid mn\mid p-q\,\Rightarrow\, m\mid p-q}_{\large\text{$\it{transitivity}$ of divisibility}}\,\Rightarrow\,p\equiv q\!\!\pmod{\!m}$$

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Who all should be screened for Celiac Disease ?
Dr.Daniel Karb, MD, and associates in a Large Population-Based Study described the epidemiology of celiac disease and identified the potential target population and along with evaluated diseases associated with Celiac disease and eneumerated them.
The researchers queried a commercial database (Explorys Inc, Cleveland, OH, USA), an aggregate of electronic health record data from 26 major integrated US healthcare systems. We identified a cohort of patients with celiac disease between April 2012 and April 2017, based on Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine—Clinical Terms (SNOMED-CT). From this cohort, we calculated the prevalence of celiac disease among different patient groups.
They found that of the 35,854,260 individuals in the database, there were 83,090 cases of celiac disease, with an overall age-adjusted prevalence of 221.4/100,000 persons (0.22%). Celiac disease prevalence was higher in females than males [odds ratio (OR) 2.40; 95% CI 2.36-2.43, p < 0.0001], whites versus non-whites (OR 2.25; 95% CI 2.20-2.30, p < 0.0001), and adults (≥18 years) versus children (< 18) (OR) 2.60; 95% CI 2.53-2.67, p < 0.0001). Celiac disease was also found to be strongly associated with other medical conditions, including: dermatitis herpetiformis (OR 4563.46; 95% CI 4422.50-4708.92, p < 0.0001), iron deficiency anemia (IDA) (OR 6.01; 95% CI 5.88-6.14, p < 0.0001), osteoporosis (OR 6.38; 95% CI 6.26-6.50, p < 0.0001), Type 1 diabetes (OR 15.95; 95% CI 15.63-16.27, p < 0.0001), eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) (OR 8.79; 95% CI 8.01-9.64, p < 0.0001), Down syndrome (OR 8.07, 95% CI 7.35-8.85, p < 0.0001), liver disease (OR 7.14; 95% CI 7.02-7.25, p < 0.0001), pancreatitis (OR 24.97; 95% CI 24.50-25.45, p < 0.0001), and inflammatory bowel disease (OR 13.32; 95% CI 13.03-13.61).
Based on this large population-based study to evaluate the prevalence and high-risk groups for celiac disease, the authors found that the estimated prevalence of celiac disease in the USA is 221.4/100,000 persons, which is lower than prior estimates. We were also able to identify strong associations between celiac disease and many other medical conditions, which could be targeted indications for celiac disease screening.
Program No. P2447. World Congress of Gastroenterology at ACG2017 Meeting Abstracts. Orlando, FL: American College of Gastroenterology.


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The NFL Scouting Combine is all wrapped up, and many eyes were on the top quarterback talent in the upcoming 2018 NFL draft – notably former Wyoming quarterback Josh Allen.
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Q: how to overcome CLOB run out of space - ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error I have a scenario where I am appending string to a clob. The issue I have is that once the CLOB reaches a certain size if I try to append more to the clob I get a ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error. I assume that it is running out of size but I do not know how to overcome the problem (i.e. specify how to make the clob bigger).
Could someone please help me.
This is how i declare my CLOB...
LP_xml_result CLOB;

DBMS_LOB.CREATETEMPORARY(
      lob_loc => LP_xml_result
    , cache   => true
    , dur     => dbms_lob.call
);

DBMS_LOB.OPEN(
      lob_loc    => LP_xml_result
    , open_mode  => DBMS_LOB.LOB_READWRITE
);

And then I insert into it like so....
PROCEDURE lob_append(i_string IN VARCHAR2)
IS
BEGIN

    dbms_lob.append(LP_xml_result,LP_LineFeed || i_string);
END lob_append;

thanks

A: When you do LP_LineFeed || i_string it makes an implicit cast to VARCHAR2, there you have the limit of 32K.
Do it like this:
PROCEDURE lob_append(i_string IN VARCHAR2)
IS
BEGIN

    dbms_lob.append(LP_xml_result,LP_LineFeed);
    dbms_lob.append(LP_xml_result,i_string);
END lob_append;

Regarding your problem with printing to HTP, some time ago I hat the same issue, here is my solution:
chunkSize   CONSTANT INTEGER := 5000;
pos NUMBER;

BEGIN
IF LENGTH(CLOB_VAL) > chunkSize THEN
    LOOP
        Htp.prn(SUBSTR(CLOB_VAL, pos, chunkSize));
        pos := pos + chunkSize;
        EXIT WHEN pos > LENGTH(CLOB_VAL);
    END LOOP;
ELSE
    Htp.prn(CLOB_VAL);
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Drums and Drones is a project dedicated to exploring the harmonic resonance of acoustic drums and percussion.
The Drums and Drones project initially came about from inspiration by La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's Dream House installation in TriBeCa, NYC. I had spent a good amount of time, almost a year and a half maybe, volunteering there as a "monitor," someone who minded the installation and greeted visitors during its open hours. The duration of my shift, about 4-5 hours, was mostly spent sitting outside of the gallery space, with the immense sound pulsing through the door and walls, while reading up on the principles of Just Intonation and the historical background of La Monte, Marian, and their cohorts of the NYC experimental art scene. I accumulated many hours, too, sitting in the space itself, embracing the impact of the finely tuned sound and light vibrations. One can hear the installation, which is set three flights up from the entrance, as soon as the door is opened to the building. The sound grows in intensity as the stairs are climbed, leading to the climactic moment when one reaches the landing on the third floor, opens the door there, and takes the first step to enter into the space.
I was exposed to this 'tone sculpture' for hours on end. After a while, I would finally get it, only to have new doors opened in the pathway of experience. Prolonged exposure only deepened its impact, and revealed it as the unending infinity it was designed to be with the only limit being myself. The tones would dance in my head, hypnotic and entrancing, and I would hear tones that previously seemed veiled which were now resonating loudly and clearly somewhere between the air, my ear, and my brain. I was mesmerized by the power of this emphasis on the physiological experience, and its psychoacoustic impact had me hooked.
Ultimately, this psychoacoustic impact is the result of the careful physics of the installations's design, which is based on the Just Intonation tuning system. All tuning systems are structured on relationships – tones are relative, some are higher and some are lower. These tones are vibrations (as it is important to remember that sound is physical), sound waves that reach our body; the body/brain receives the impulse of these sound waves and absorbs them in its physiological process. It is important to consider the vibrational relationship between sound waves and their connection to the quality of being 'in tune' or 'out of tune.' Some vibrations exist in a harmonious way and others exist in a more dissonant way. In the tuning system of Just Intonation, the relationship between pitches is set in a such a way that each sound wave is an extension of a single fundamental reference tone, in that each sound wave is derived from it and also refers back to it. Whether seemingly consonant or dissonant, each tone configured in this way is related to one another in that it is a physical extension of this original root pitch. (For more on Just Intonation see the essay discussing the topic on this site).
Drums and percussion have seen some but not much exploration of JI, yet they are designed to represent it as such. Think about it: a drum head is tuned to a single pitch, one frequency. It has strong vibrations and is rich with harmonic material. How do we go about isolating and controlling these frequencies, as overtones, in accordance with the principles of JI? Well, that became the task at hand of the Drums and Drones project. It is inspired by the experience of the beauty of the vibrations of sustained tones organized according to the overtone series, a naturally occurring system which implies that from a single source an endless infinity presents itself, simultaneously simple and complex…
Drums and Drones made it's debut at the Stone, John Zorn's club in NYC, on February 1st of 2007. Mary Halvorson, a Brooklyn-based guitarist and leading figure of the NYC avant-garde community, was curating the month there and asked me if I'd be up for playing. I took this as an opportunity to present new work, and I did.
With the pieces that were developed for this concert, a starting point was formed for what was to grow into a recording project. I had the idea of approaching this project as being a series of etudes, each one a study in the different ways of the application of the Just Intonation tuning theory to drums and percussion. As I experimented with various methods, I began developing more pieces with each one showcasing a specific playing technique and focusing on a complimentary set of overtones.
In this initial stage, which lasted from 2007 through 2008, I developed a basic method which laid the groundwork for a how-to of Drums & Drones electroaoustic pieces: 1) tune the drum head to a specific fundamental frequency 2) mic the drum and run the sound into a computer 3) with recording software, use very precise equalization to isolate and boost the frequencies of the drum's overtones. (The fundamental I would use was most typically 60Hz, like La Monte, because it is the frequency at which Con Edison generates its electricity. In theory, the pieces on this album should be in tune with the hum of electricity in North America.) From the resonance of a drum expansive sound scapes now emerged.
La Monte Young Marian Zazeela, Dream House: Sound and Light Environment, 1993-present; MELA Foundations 275 Church Street, 3rd Floor, NYC. Photo © Marian Zazeela 1993
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    public function testEncodeEmptyArray() {
        $bytes = Bytes::createFromByteArray(array());
        $out   = $bytes->encode();
        $this->assertEquals("Bytes", $out["__type"]);
        $this->assertEquals("", $out["base64"]);
    }

    public function testEncodeArray() {
        $bytes = Bytes::createFromByteArray(array(72, 101, 108, 108, 111));
        $out   = $bytes->encode();
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        $this->assertEquals(base64_encode("Hello"), $out["base64"]);
    }

    public function testCreateFromEmptyString() {
        $bytes = Bytes::createFromBase64Data(base64_encode(""));
        $this->assertEmpty($bytes->getByteArray());
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        $this->assertEquals("Hello", $bytes->asString());
        $this->assertEquals("Hello", $bytes1->asString());
    }

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        $bytes = Bytes::createFromBase64Data(base64_encode("Hello"));
        $out   = $bytes->encode();
        $this->assertEquals(base64_encode("Hello"), $out["base64"]);
    }
}

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It will bring greater clarity by helping us avoid some of the more "slippery" definitions used by religious believers.
It will help us separate faith from morality.
It will help us more clearly distinguish between faith and hope.
All three of these benefits strike me as worthwhile. I have encountered many religious believers, mostly Christians, who seem to change their definition of faith (and many other words) on the fly as it suits their purposes. This complicates any sort of meaningful discussion. And Dr. Boghossian is absolutely correct to suggest that the popular association of faith with morality is one of the most significant obstacles we face in promoting reason and working to overcome bigotry toward secular persons. Lastly, the distinction between faith and hope should be obvious in the sense that one is a knowledge claim and the other is not. This rarely seems to be the case, however, and Dr. Boghossian's proposed definition of faith might help make this a bit more clear.
While I like the definition Dr. Boghossian suggests, I do see one potential problem. This came up in the brief Q&A that followed the presentation, and it concerns the inclusion of the word "pretending" and how it implies that an intentional process is taking place. While there are certainly people who pretend to know things they don't know, I suspect that a significant number of persons who accept claims on the basis of faith are not doing so deliberately. Instead of "pretending" to know things, they are engaging in self-deception (i.e., they are not intentionally pretending to know something; they are truly convinced that they do know it).
Every one of us has known someone who was guilty at one time or another of pretending to be something that he or she was not. Think about the sort of positive self impression that takes place on job interviews. When we exaggerate our positive attributes and minimize our faults to gain a desired outcome, it could safely be said that we are pretending. We know what we are doing, and we are doing it deliberately. On the other hand, I suspect that we have all known someone who truly believed that he or she was more talented or had fewer weaknesses than was really the case. It would be a stretch to say that such a person is pretending when he or she is actually convinced of the truth of the presentation. This is self-deception.
If one were to carry this sort of self-deception and lack of insight to the extreme, one would end up with the sort of delusion involved in some serious mental disorders. In such cases, we would not usually say that someone is "pretending" to know what they claim to know. Psychotic delusions generally involve the deluded person not realizing that he or she is delusional. "Pretending" is a word that would typically be reserved for the person who was thought to be faking symptoms. If a person was really delusional, we might suspect that there was something happening in his or her brain producing these symptoms. We'd likely use psychiatric medication to correct this and work to help the person develop more effective reality testing. We wouldn't assume that such a person was pretending.
Thus, the intentionality implied by "pretending" strikes me as an important potential limitation of this particular perspective on faith. At the same time, I am not sure how much this limitation detracts from the points made by Dr. Boghossian. It may be that his revised definition can be practically useful without being completely accurate.
I realize that this video was of a presentation that happened in 2012. I also realize that Dr. Boghossian appears to have used at least two definitions of faith in his writing and his talks. Regardless of whether this video reflects his current thinking on the subject, I found it informative and thought-provoking, which is why I am sharing it here.


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My Pretentious Balloon
Some hopefully-not-too-self-indulgent observations about stuff at home and stuff in other places.
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'Responds to son'
The last in my 'Mom and me' series, which ran in The Coastal Star in 2011. This is slightly tweaked from the original. Reading the first will orient you if you haven't seen it….
The call came at 2:20 a.m. My mom was about to die.
I'd been preparing for this for the last two years. But I still felt as though I were falling through a trapdoor.
I remember, when I was young, becoming aware that people die, and that parents die. I was younger than 10, I think, and I remember being relieved that such terror still lay so far ahead that it seemed almost impossible that it could ever arrive.
Back then, this eventuality was like standing on a beach and seeing an oceanliner way out on the horizon on a sunny day — just a speck shrouded in a haze, a near-mirage that's hard to see because of the sparkles of sun flashing on the water and the dancing of the waves. Now, that oceanliner had come ashore, and I felt dwarfed by it.
My wedding, 2009
Her wedding, 1966
Fifteen hours earlier, my mother, Susan Clara Nivens, who had severe dementia, had been assigned a nurse from Hospice of Palm Beach County to sit at her bedside around the clock at the nursing home. Her swallowing mechanism had totally broken down, probably leading to a lung infection. Plus, her gastrointestinal system was shutting down. These were all telltale signs of coming death.
I'd had the option of bringing her home or admitting her to a hospice center. But a move would have been stressful for her, and the medical staff had convinced me that it was not worth the risk.
That evening, the nurse said my mother was comfortable. She was on morphine. In her notes, she'd said she was unresponsive. As I sat by her side and told her, 'I love you,' she managed to make sounds, low but audible, back to me. The nurse added, 'Responds to son.'
Her vital signs were still pretty good and the nurse said she didn't think anything would happen overnight, although she couldn't guarantee it. I left at 6:15 p.m. to have dinner at home, expecting that in a day or two I'd start a 24-hour death vigil.
Then the call came in the wee hours. My wife and I bolted out into the night.
When we arrived, my mother's breathing was much louder and more irregular than when I had last seen her. Her eyes were now wide open. The hand I was holding was limp. Her fingertips were cool and pale blue under the nails.
'I'd be nothing without you,' I told her, staring into her eyes. I said this kind of thing over and over. I called her two sisters and they talked to her on speakerphone. I believe she heard everything.
Then, suddenly, her breaths grew quiet and shallow, with long pauses between them. I kissed her cheeks and forehead. The hair on the crown of her head was sticking up and I tried to comb it flat with my fingers, but I couldn't.
At the nurse's request, I left the room so she could give my mom a Tylenol suppository for her fever. I hadn't wanted to leave, but figured this was something she would not want me there for, no matter the circumstances.
Three minutes later, the nurse came out to tell me she'd died.
I gently closed my mother's eyes. I removed the oxygen tube from her nose. I caressed her hair. I touched her cool hands, then found warmer skin farther up her arm. She did not seem dead yet to me, but half-dead and half-alive. But I instantly knew a phase of grief had begun that would continue, to a degree, throughout my lifetime. The crying started.
I had taken refuge in my mom even through the end stages of her dementia.
In the few weeks before my son Quinn was born in March, my wife and I, like children, exchanged some harsh words one night after I got her dinner takeout order wrong. This was our first birth and I had become jittery, and had gotten maddeningly forgetful as a result. I've always been scatter-brained, but this was worse.
After the argument, I drove to my mom's nursing home. I arrived at a quiet time, when almost all the residents were in their small, quiet, dark rooms.
As I stood over her bed, she awoke and gave me a flicker of pleased recognition. I told her I was worried I wouldn't be a good father to the baby. I shed a few tears.
I hadn't needed her at full capacity for comfort. Just her presence.
The funeral in Baltimore brought together family and friends, many of whom had not seen each other in years.
Since then, I've been mostly poised, but sometimes weep uncontrollably when alone.
Most often, I am numb and disoriented, feeling that part of me has been marooned, like an astronaut left adrift in space.
In addition to all the work she did for me and the love she gave me, I like to think she has given me one more gift, bestowed right at the very end.
I have always been afraid of dying. But now, I've seen death literally occur. The known is always less frightening than the unknown. I'm still afraid of dying, but certainly less so.
Who else could have prepared me? Who else will I likely see die, close-up, in my lifetime? Maybe no one.
My mother, by letting me see her die, has helped ease that fear.
As only she could.
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Do dads do enough?
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Emily Chismar says:
Your Sunday Me and My Sister was most meaningful. It isn't a sibling, it's some of my dearest friends and close cousins. How could we think so differently? It's heartbreaking. But love remains.
mypretentiousballoon says:
Thanks for the feedback, Emily. I'm a little embarrassed at how much of a stumbling block the politics were. We're making our way through, but it's been a challenge. Happy to hear you could relate.
No one is ready for a that kind of lost. My father passed way 15 years ago. I was not ready for that. You never can be ready for that pain. But the positive thing about that process, is that i became much more close to my mother. While i was reading your text i was crying, just because i, like you, know that i am nothing with out my dear mother. I hope you find all the light, energy and love you need to move on with your life.
Thanks for writing, Bruno. This was first written five years ago, but I still feel the loss. Mothers are usually such a huge part of our lives and who we become that I don't think we ever really get over that they're gone.
theturtle says:
A beautiful story of love between a son and his mother .
And what drove me here was another love story , the one between you and your sister , which I had the privilege of reading in one of our major newspapers , the Portuguese Diário de Notícias this last Sunday (on a cooperation with The New York Times) .
Just to let you know that you are being read in Portuguese 😉
So glad you enjoyed both pieces. And that I'm being read in Portuguese! I'd like to be read in as many languages as possible!
–Balloon Hugs…?
A blog — why?
What's with the title?


Hello, my name is Natalja, I am from sunny Krasnodar. Have you ever heard of this city? Exactly 😉 Sochi, which became famous for the Olympic Games in 2014, is located in Krasnodar Krai. I came to Germany to get my Master's Degree in Linguistics at Humboldt University of Berlin. If you ask me why Germany? The answer is quite simple: in 2008 I worked as Au Pair in Potsdam (not so far from Berlin) and I already knew how things work and what I needed to be accepted at a German University. Besides, my German was good enough to study here.
After the Au-Pair I came back to Krasnodar and got married. My husband and I were very happy together, but at the same time I could not get rid of the idea to apply to HU and to try to study here. One day my husband said to me: "Do it, go to Berlin and get your Master's Degree". So here I am! I am very thankful to him for saying that and for supporting my ambitions. It is very hard to live so far away from each other, it is a challenge for us. Of course, he visits me often and I go to Russia from time to time, but we still miss each other badly. Hopefully, it will be over soon.
What is it that you/dislike here?
In Berlin, and Germany in general, I cannot understand, for example, people's ignorance to somebody's bad behaviour in public places. Once I witnessed how two drunk men were smoking in the subway and nobody tried to say anything. Everybody was staring without taking any actions. Once on a bus, in which 3 teenagers were eating sunflower seeds throwing peel on the floor. One of my friends tried to talk to them (nobody in the bus, except her, tried to do the same). And then the bus driver just said: "If something does not suit you, call the police." …almost everywhere you have this attitude, if something is not right – police immediately!!!
I've experienced discrimination a couple of times, it was really unpleasant. But I suppose those people suffer from inferiority complex and are not satisfied with their own lives. I would add that, unfortunately, discrimination was, is and will be present in our modern society. In Russia, you can also be discriminated by Russians, and Germans can also discriminate by Germans.
What I also dislike in Germany is this strange and unexplained affection to stereotypes. If you mention something about Russia or Russians, they cannot stop thinking about anything but matrjoshkas, vodka and cold winter. One remark here about cold winter – I am from Krasnodar, apricots grow there and it is much warmer and sunnier than in Berlin!
Now let me tell about what I like in Germany. I am happy that I was accepted to HU and now I can say that I really enjoy my studies. It is a great honour for me to be taught by linguists, whose works are well-known all over the world. In Russia, it is so difficult to get a place in a well-known University. Here… it is rather easy, you just have to be good at school (and not if your father is VIP). The professors are stricter here, and if you fail an exam, you fail it because you had not prepared enough. Perhaps, the only disadvantages are taxes; I cannot still comprehend what I should pay for…. In Krasnodar I studied completely free of charge and even got a good scholarship!
One more thing… Have you ever heard of the American dream concept? So I would call it the German Dream! It is a country, where some of my dreams came true. In my childhood I went to a ballet school but had to interrupt it later… Since that time I have been dreaming about trying it again. And lucky me… here in Germany I have worked at a ballet school for a while, I even had to teach children! I even had a chance to work at a really famous Berlin theatre (not as a waitress like many foreigners do), I helped in producing German-Slovak plays.


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A woman came to the retreat in Kansas City in October. With her doctor's permission, she had driven three hours from Iowa to be there. She was 34 weeks pregnant and, as you might expect, radiant. But in her case there was a little more to it: after nine years of infertility, miscarriages and stillbirth, here she was. The chance had been so slim, the journey so grim, she never believed she could get this far.
The truth is always like that: unbelievable.
She smiled all weekend. Fear and doubt had fled her face. She was beginning to let herself feel blessed. After we parted, I kept an eye on her as the remaining weeks passed. The baby was late. In the final days she went to and from the hospital over and over in false labor. Her burden was heavy. Nothing seemed to happen. The good news never came. I was worried.
Up close, possibilities seem to disappear.
Two days ago she sent me the first pictures of her newborn son swaddled in her arms. One look and I recalled that wide-open sense of wonder. Love surpassing all pain, resting in the infinite circle of light. The night has passed! The baby has come! Suddenly, everything is perfect, everything is possible. Not one thought creased either brow. Together they have attained grace.
Mother and child are doing beautifully.
The promise of a spiritual path is like this: to return to the natural state of fulfillment and ease. The old masters call it "the circle of wonder." In it are the boundless love of a mother and the eternal innocence of a child. To be sure, the journey is difficult. Obstacles mount. Expectations fail, hope sinks, fear overwhelms, and you have to do it alone. Alone! Not even the helpers can help.
Who among us is willing? Who indeed.
Last weekend I sat a retreat with many newcomers. Newcomers uplift me, and yet, I worry. Silent retreats are always powerful, but this one struck like thunder. Not everyone could ride the storm. Alas, in Zen as in life, there's no shelter at the side of the road. No avoiding, no denying, no way out. Fear must be overcome. Peace must prevail. Near the end of the retreat, the newest newcomers came by ones to see me alone. How is your retreat? I asked, although the awed stillness on their faces told it in full. Wonderful, came the quietest replies. Amazing. Lovely. Indescribable. Life-altering.
Doubt fled my heart, and I let myself feel blessed. The night has passed; the prophecy has been fulfilled. Now peace is at hand and the possibilities are endless.
Merry Christmas Everyone. Peace on Earth. Goodwill to Men.
I started at 8 a.m. this morning and finished the last load at 5 p.m. Today was laundry day; everyday could be laundry day. And at this dark hour, on this late day of this long year, some things are done but other things are not.
The holiday greetings did not get out. This will have to do.
In a few days we leave for a foggy stay at a nearby beach before coming home for Christmas and a breakfast of – naturally – banana pancakes. With that in mind, with you in mind, with everything done and undone still on my mind, I offer you this taste of my latest confection, the first audio excerpt of my new book, Hand Wash Cold: Care Instructions for an Ordinary Life. It may be something you've read before or heard me say before. Either way, I know in my bones on this chilly, silent night, in my holey socks and nubby sweater, with the dog asleep and the room aglow, just me telling you my homemade story amid the sounds of my house, that you will love it. My hope is that you will stir that love into your own holiday brunch, dinner, and every meal after. I'll try to do the same.
The most we can do for one another is listen. You've already done everything for me, and more.
Happy holidays, friends, brothers and sisters, all. I love you.


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De paleogenetica is een wetenschappelijke tak van de genetica, waarin men genetische monsters van fossiele brandstoffen en prehistorische fossiele resten van organismen analyseert. Van de monsters wordt genetische informatie (DNA of DNA-fragmenten) geëxtraheerd door middel van DNA-polymerase. Dit kan worden gekloond en gesequenteerd voor paleogenetisch onderzoek.

Paleogenetica is een relatief nieuwe tak van wetenschap. Hoewel al in 1984 een Amerikaans onderzoeksteam onder leiding van Allan Wilson van de Universiteit van Californië mtDNA materiaal uit overblijfselen van een quagga, een steppenzebra, die in de 19de eeuw uitstierf, geëxtraheerd heeft, wordt de Zweedse bioloog Svante Pääbo beschouwd als de grondlegger van dit wetenschapsgebied. Als eerste heeft hij in 1985 genetisch materiaal van een mummie gekloond.
Het concept van paleogenetica hebben twee Amerikanen Emile Zuckerkandl en Linus Pauling in 1963 voorgesteld. Toen wezen zij al naar de toekomstige mogelijkheid om historische eiwitten en DNA-sequenties te reconstrueren.

DNA-onderzoek van archaïsch DNA heeft nieuwe deuren geopend voor het begrip van onder andere de menselijke evolutie, de verspreiding van de landbouw, de genetische fylogenie van de wolharige mammoet. Deze wetenschap kende bij zijn ontwikkeling tegenvallers en rampen. De onderzoekers ontdekten hoe gemakkelijk het fossiele DNA aangetast kan worden of verontreinigd raken met modern DNA-materiaal, wat aanleiding kan geven tot verkeerde conclusies.

Zie ook
 Archeogenetica
 Svante Pääbo

Genetica
Paleontologie


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Ordförandeskapet i Europeiska unionens råd, även känt som EU-ordförandeskapet, ansvarar för att leda och sammankalla Europeiska unionens råd, en av Europeiska unionens institutioner bestående av en företrädare på ministernivå för varje medlemsstat. Ordförandeskapet roterar var sjätte månad mellan medlemsstaterna på lika villkor, så att alla medlemsstater innehar ordförandeskapet lika ofta. Rådet leds av den rådsmedlem som företräder den medlemsstat som utövar ordförandeskapet, utom i rådet för utrikes frågor, där istället den höga representanten för utrikes frågor och säkerhetspolitik är ordförande.

Europeiska rådet fastställer med kvalificerad majoritet turordningen mellan medlemsstaterna och närmare bestämmelser om hur ordförandeskapet i rådet ska organiseras. Sedan den 1 januari 2007 innehas ordförandeskapet av tre medlemsstater i taget för en period av 18 månader. Inom varje grupp roterar ordförandeskapet, så att varje medlemsstat får inneha det under sex månader. Under denna tid ska de andra två medlemsstaterna i samma grupp bistå ordförandeskapet i dess arbete.

Historia

Belgien var den första medlemsstaten att inneha ordförandeskapet i det som numera är Europeiska unionens råd. Ordförandeskapet inrättades den 1 januari 1958 i samband med upprättandet av Europeiska ekonomiska gemenskapen. Under de första åren roterade ordförandeskapet mellan de sex ursprungliga medlemsstaterna i alfabetisk ordning efter deras namn på respektive originalspråk. 1973 ägde den första utvidgningen rum då Danmark, Irland och Storbritannien anslöt sig till samarbetet. Under 1980-talet tillkom även Grekland, Portugal och Spanien. 1993 övergick rotationen från att basera sig på alfabetisk ordning till en osystematisk ordning. 2007 infördes ett nytt system för att öka kontinuiteten i ordförandeskapet. Det nya systemet innebar att medlemsstaterna tre och tre skulle inneha ordförandeskapet för en period av 18 månader.

Fram till 2009 hade ordförandeskapet det politiska ansvaret för alla politikområden på europeisk nivå och spelade en central roll i antagandet av beslut på högsta politiska nivå inom unionen. Genom Lissabonfördraget, som trädde i kraft den 1 december 2009, minskade betydelsen av ordförandeskapet genom inrättandet av en egen ordförande för Europeiska rådet. Samtidigt fick även rådet för utrikes frågor en egen ordförande, höga representanten för utrikes frågor och säkerhetspolitik, medan övriga rådskonstellationer behöll det tidigare systemet med roterande ordförandeskap. Eftersom det nya fördraget trädde i kraft mitt i Sveriges ordförandeskap fasades de nya bestämmelserna in gradvis fram till den 1 januari 2010.

Sammansättning och funktionssätt

I alla konstellationer utom rådet för utrikes frågor leds rådet av den rådsmedlem som företräder den medlemsstat som utövar det halvårsvisa roterande ordförandeskapet. Rådet för utrikes frågor leds istället av den höga representanten för utrikes frågor och säkerhetspolitik. Enligt fördraget om Europeiska unionen ska ordförandeskapet för andra konstellationer än utrikes frågor rotera mellan rådsmedlemmarna på lika villkor, så att alla medlemsstater innehar ordförandeskapet lika ofta. De exakta bestämmelserna antas av Europeiska rådet med kvalificerad majoritet. Sedan den 1 januari 2007 innehas ordförandeskapet av tre medlemsstater i taget för en period av 18 månader. Medlemsstaterna ska sättas samman av rådet i sådana grupper med hänsyn till deras "olikartade karaktär" och geografiska spridning. Inom varje grupp roterar ordförandeskapet, så att varje medlemsstat får inneha det under sex månader. Under denna tid ska de andra två medlemsstaterna i samma grupp bistå ordförandeskapet i dess arbete. Turordningen mellan medlemsstaterna fram till och med den 31 december 2030 är fastställd av rådet. Senast den 31 december 2029 måste rådet fastställa turordningen från och med den 1 januari 2031.

Varje ordförandeskap brukar synliggöra och marknadsföra sig genom en särskild webbplats, en logotyp samt genom att arrangera en konstnärlig utsmyckning i foajén i Justus Lipsius-byggnaden, där rådet håller till, i Bryssel.

Ordförandeskapet i rådet för utrikes frågor

Sedan Lissabonfördraget trädde i kraft den 1 december 2009 leds rådet för utrikes frågor inte av den rådsmedlem som företräder den medlemsstat som utövar ordförandeskapet, utan istället innehas ordförandeskapet av den höga representanten för utrikes frågor och säkerhetspolitik. Den höga representanten leder förhandlingarna i rådet och förväntas driva arbetet framåt. Han eller hon är även första vice ordförande i Europeiska kommissionen och spelar därför en central politisk roll inom unionen, i synnerhet i utformningen av den gemensamma utrikes- och säkerhetspolitiken.

Den höga representanten utses av Europeiska rådet med kvalificerad majoritet efter godkännande av Europeiska kommissionens ordförande. I egenskap av ledamot av kommissionen utfrågas och väljs den höga representanten av Europaparlamentet i samband med varje utnämning av en ny kommission.

Ordförandeskapet i kommittéer och arbetsgrupper
Ordförandeskapet i rådets kommittéer och andra förberedande organ innehas normalt av en företrädare för ordförandeskapet i den konstellation som det förberedande organet tillhör. Det finns dock några förberedande organ med ständiga ordförande. För följande förberedande organ väljs ordföranden av rådet: ekonomiska och finansiella kommittén, sysselsättningskommittén, kommittén för socialt skydd, militära kommittén, militära kommitténs arbetsgrupp, arbetsgruppen för kapacitetsmålet, kommittén för ekonomisk politik, kommittén för finansiella tjänster, kommittén för det europeiska forskningsområdet och innovation och uppförandekodsgruppen (företagsbeskattning). För följande förberedande organ innehas ordförandeskapet av rådets generalsekretariat: säkerhetskommittén, arbetsgruppen för information, samordningskommittén för kommunikations- och informationssystem, arbetsgruppen för kodifiering av lagstiftningen och juristlingvistgruppen.

Funktioner och befogenheter
Ordförandeskapets främsta uppgift är att leda och driva arbetet framåt i Europeiska unionens råd, inklusive dess kommittéer och arbetsgrupper. Detta innefattar bland annat att sammankalla till sammanträden, upprätta föredragningslistor samt att utarbeta beslutsunderlag. Ordförandeskapet spelar, tillsammans med Europeiska kommissionen och den höga representanten, en central roll i internationella förhandlingar. Ordförandeskapet har också till uppgift att medla i förhandlingarna inom rådet och att företräda rådet i förhandlingarna med till exempel Europaparlamentet och kommissionen. Det finns därför sällan utrymme för ordförandeskapet att driva en egen linje i de politiska frågorna; dess uppgift är istället att försöka nå enighet inom rådet.

Vid varje halvårsskifte presenterar stats- eller regeringschefen från den medlemsstat som utövar det halvårsvisa roterande ordförandeskapet sitt politiska program för Europaparlamentet, Europeiska ekonomiska och sociala kommittén samt Europeiska regionkommittén. I slutet av denna period sammanfattar stats- eller regeringschefen ordförandeskapets arbete. Rådets ordförande har även möjlighet att närvara vid andra sammanträden. Europaparlamentet har också en kontinuerlig dialog med den höga representanten för utrikes frågor och säkerhetspolitik.

I praktiken består ordförandeskapets uppgifter av att fortsätta förhandlingarna om de frågor som övertagits från det föregående ordförandeskapet. Uppskattningsvis 80 procent av alla ärenden inom rådet är relaterade till tidigare beslut, förslag från kommissionen eller redan fastslagna prioriteringar. Ordförandeskapet har dock en möjlighet att lyfta upp frågor som det vill belysa och ge mer utrymme för. På så sätt kan ordförandeskapet i viss mån påverka den politiska agendan.

Lista över ordförandeskapet

Se även
 Europeiska unionens höga representant för utrikes frågor och säkerhetspolitik
 Europeiska unionens råd
 Ordförande och ordförandeskap inom Europeiska unionen

Referenser

Externa länkar
 Svenska ordförandeskapets officiella webbplats

Europeiska unionens råd
Ordförande och ordförandeskap inom Europeiska unionen


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