Maybe you should have been an astronaut.
Through whole genome sequencing, you'll discover if you have "space genes" and all kinds of other amazing details about your genetics you can use to live a long, healthy life, whether you dream of going into orbit, or not.
It's true. Leading geneticists and engineers, including experts from NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab1, and the Center for Space Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine2, are studying human physiology in extreme environments like space to identify genetic variants that could be beneficial in those extreme environments.
Which genes, specifically? Glad you asked.
We don't know all the genes and variations that will be important for life in space, but here are some that affect traits of relevance. The really important take-home message is that genes do not rigidly dictate traits, but are responsive to environmental input and variation. These "Space Genes" are a beginning for understanding how genes interact with the especially extreme environment of space.
Scientists are only beginning to understand the impact of travel and life in space on the human body. Studying how our genes respond to these extreme environments, will accelerate scientific breakthroughs and could play a key role in helping determine how we can live healthier lives here on earth. In fact, research into the health issues experienced by spacemen and women and their genetic relevance, could hold the answers to sustaining human life beyond our planet; even colonizing Mars. Getting your whole genome sequenced is an easy way to start knowing how you might withstand such challenges. Here's some of what's being looked at so far.
Discovering you have genes that would be helpful when living in space could change the way you see the world. And the way you dress for work.
Thanks to Veritas Genetics, for the first time in medical history, you can now get access to all of the 6 billion letters that make up your DNA and that make you, you. It's a personal, complete set of instructions to help you live a long and healthy life. In addition to telling you how your genes could help you live on other planets, it can tell you even more about how to live better on this one. For example, Veritas Genetics' whole genome sequencing could help you understand food allergies, drug sensitivities, potential predispositions to health risk, even point you to the best exercise routines for your particular body. And, because your genome doesn't change, your whole genome sequence is a lifetime of knowledge to help you benefit from scientific breakthroughs as they happen, or for when you decide to travel through space.
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Patras Science Park (PSP) is one of the six Science and Technology Parks (STPs) established in Greece back in the early 90s under the auspices of the General Secretariat for Research and Technology (GSRT). An initiative of the Foundation for Research and Technology and the Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences (FORTH/ICE-HT), became in 2001 an independent Public Limited Company (Sociètè Anonyme) owned by the Greek Ministry of Finance.
For over 15 years, PSP supports the growth of innovative, technology based companies across several sectors such as ICT, biotechnology, clean energy and other industrial technologies, contributing to the City Region's knowledge economy.
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CBL operates out of four laboratory and manufacturing buildings, spanning over 10,000 square meters. Development of highly automated, efficient facilities enables CBL to operate from the gram to ton scale, both for solid and solution phase syntheses. CBL's state-of-the-art equipment and facilities have been designed from the ground up for peptide synthesis, setting new standards for GMP synthesis at both the small and large scale.
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I would have given this book 5 shiny stars. Seriously, I would have done it.
But somewhere in the process of reading I just got tired of the constant struggling of the main characters.
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These fields of green have peace again.
The forgotten, the lost and the suffering pain.
Dances lightly over the morning dew.
Wondering what these hours will bring.
Frighten, cold and wet to see this day's end.
For I am In this trench awaiting my fate.
just a desolate field of death and destruction.
while we wait to live or die.
Will I not see this field become green again?
as l go over the top again.
in the year our Lord of 1918.
this field to green again.


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Jane Austen (/ˈdʒeɪn ˈɒstɪn/; 16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels which interpret, critique and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage in the pursuit of favorable social standing and economic security. Austen's works critique the novels of sensibility of the second half of the 18th century and are part of the transition to 19th-century literary realism. She worked with a variety of literary forms, extensively revising three major novels, and began a fourth. From 1811 until 1816, with the publication of Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1815), she achieved success as a published writer. She wrote two additional novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, both published posthumously in 1818, and began a third, eventually titled Sanditon, but died before its completion. Her novels have been rarely out of print, although they were published anonymously and brought her little fame during her lifetime. A significant transition in her posthumous reputation occurred in 1869, fifty-two years after her death, when her nephew's publication of A Memoir of Jane Austen introduced her to a wider audience. Austen has inspired a large number of critical essays and literary anthologies. Her novels have inspired many films, from 1940's Pride and Prejudice to more recent productions: Sense and Sensibility (1995) and Love & Friendship (2016).
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Jane Austen 1775-1817 noted novelist. Jane Austin stayed at the former inn on this site, The Bull and George, when travelling to visit her brother in Canterbury
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Pyne House. This is the most likely lodging of Jane Austen, whose visits to Lyme in 1803 and 1804 gave birth to her novel "Persuasion".
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The Jane Austen Garden. Opened by Sir Hugh Smiley Bt in 1975 Chairman of the Jane Austen Society. Restored by Lyme Regis Town, District and County Council with help from this Society. Jane Austen lodged in Lyme for some months in 1803/04. She used the Cobb, town and surrounding countryside for the setting for part of Persuasion written in 1815/16
Jane Austin Garden, Marine Parade, Lyme Regis, United Kingdom where they visited (1803-1804)
Jane Austen lived here from 1809 - 1817 and hence all her works were sent into the world. Her admirers in this country and in America have united to erect this tablet. Such art as hers can never grow old
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Behind here stood the Assembly Rooms where the novelist, Jane Austen, attended dances when living in Steventon 1775-1801
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Jane Austen 1775 - 1817 Novelist stayed here at Stanford Cottage from 18th September 1805 to the year end.
Warwick Street, Worthing, United Kingdom where they stayed (1805)
Jane Austen's Home given by Thomas Edward Carpenter, J.P., of Mill Hill in memory of his son Lieut. Philip John Carpenter. East Surrey Regt. killed in action, Lake Trasimene, 1944. Opened 1949 by The Duke of Wellington, K.G. president of The Jane Austen Society, founded 1940 by Dorothy Darnell, of Alton
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Knightscope to beta test suite of developing technologies at Clovis Unified School District
Evolution of security robots responds to market needs
Robot guards provide security intelligence in Silicon Valley
Knightscope to unveil K5 fully autonomous security robot and 6th generation KSOC user interface at GSX 2018
Knightscope, Inc., a developer of advanced physical security technologies focussed on enhancing U.S. security operations, announced that it is has taken a major step in its commitment to help better secure schools across the country by selecting Clovis Unified School District in California as its beta testing location for a suite of new technologies under development.
The Company had prior announced this effort earlier this year when it solicited students to get involved and submit essays on how Knightscope's fully autonomous security robots could help in a school setting.
Security robots to monitor school safety
"With over 100,000 schools in the country, we need to develop a new set of tools and technologies as a critical part of our long-term mission to better secure the United States of America," said William Santana Li, chairman and chief executive officer, Knightscope, Inc.
Knightscope's robots will provide the authoritative presence needed on a school campus and provide actual intelligence by filling in the blind spots""Being able to utilise a real-world environment to test, sample, and iterate on new capabilities while inspiring students to pursue STEM careers is certainly a winning combination," continued Li.
"As a teacher of thirty years, my philosophy has always been to be proactive instead of reactive, and the idea of security robots monitoring a school is definitely a proactive approach to school safety. Knightscope's robots will provide the authoritative presence needed on a school campus and provide actual intelligence by filling in the blind spots with their 'eyes and ears,'" said Clifford A. Nitschke, Jr., AP United States Government and Politics Instructor, Clovis North High School.
Trialling a new technology in school safety
Mr. Nitschke's class submitted the winning proposal to Knightscope. "We are honoured to be chosen by Knightscope and to be given the opportunity to pilot a new and exciting technology in the field of school safety."
The Clovis United Unified School District Governing Board is scheduled to meet on January 16, 2019 to formally accept the beta testing program by Knightscope. The meeting is planned to occur at 6:30pm at the Clovis Unified Professional Development Building, 1680 David E Cook Way, Clovis, CA 93611. Assuming an approval by the Board, the parties will determine implementation timing thereafter.
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The Big Issue Changemakers of 2023: Environment
Keeping our planet healthy is becoming the most crucial issue we face. We celebrate those taking the initiative – our environment changemakers of 2023
by: The Big Issue
Fifty goats currently roam the cliffs at Bournemouth, and a breeding project hopes to expand their number to 100. Photo: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images
These are The Big Issue's Changemakers working to protect our environment, fight for climate justice and push for a more sustainable world in 2023.
Find the rest of the series on the links below and pick up the magazine from your local Big Issue vendor.
Introducing the Big Issue Changemakers of 2023
The Big Issue Changemakers of 2023: Cost of living crisis
The Big Issue Changemakers of 2023: Culture
The Big Issue Changemakers of 2023: Education
The Big Issue Changemakers of 2023: Employment
The Big Issue Changemakers of 2023: Equality
The Big Issue Changemakers of 2023: Housing and homelessness
The Big Issue Changemakers of 2023: Health and wellbeing
The Big Issue Changemakers of 2023: Refugees and asylum
Anna Hughes, Flight Free UK
If we're going to reduce flying it needs a combination of government action and personal responsibility. And when it comes to travel, that's where the team at Flight Free UK aim to help. By showing people how to travel without resorting to flying, it not only reduces individuals' carbon footprint, but puts pressure on government and business to find viable alternatives. Director Anna Hughes tells us more.
Anna Hughes of Flight Free UK. Photo: LarryJ (www.larryj.photography)
What was 2022 like for Flight Free UK?
It was a good year for Flight Free UK. We inspired many thousands of people to reduce the amount they fly, with over 5,000 people signing our pledge to take a year off flying. We received some lovely comments from people who have taken our pledge, including: "I've never liked the pollution of planes, but they were always so quick and convenient", and "It felt good to take action and it sparked a lot of conversations with friends/family about the climate crisis which I don't think would have happened otherwise."
It was the first year in a while when travel returned to something resembling normal, which meant that we could share travel stories from people who have had amazing adventures without flying, including inter-railing around Europe, cycling across the Alps and going by van to Scotland. We are proud to be part of the narrative that is prompting a resurgence in low-carbon transport across Europe, including an expanded network of night trains and more ferry routes between the UK and mainland Europe. We registered as a charity last year, which is a great achievement for us, as it's lovely to be recognised for all the work we're doing.
Why is your work needed?
It's so vital to reduce emissions at this time of climate emergency, but people are often not sure where to start. Reducing flying is one of the most impactful actions we can take for the climate, but lots of people are not aware of the true impact of aviation on the environment, or don't know that alternative travel modes exist. Our work is to inform people of the climate impact of aviation and inspire them to travel by other means, in a positive and empowering way.
Our new pledge launches in 2023: people can sign up to take a flight-free year or can choose a pledge to suit their own personal circumstances. Not everyone can abstain from all flights, for example those who have work or family commitments abroad. The fundamental aim is to normalise the concept of not flying, and every year we get closer to our goal, as more and more people choose to stay grounded. We hope that many thousands more people will be inspired to join the pledge this year.
Just Stop Oil
No environmental campaign group got more people talking last year than Just Stop Oil. Their approach – closing roads, attacking art, scaling buildings – created conflicted reactions, but it brought focus to the crisis we're in. To avert planetary catastrophe the group is calling for a government commitment to end all new licences for the exploration, development and production of fossil fuels in the UK.
"Another year has gone by and the stakes continue to rise," Just Stop Oil spokesperson Sean Irish told
The Big Issue. "We have seen this government's failings with the cost of living, energy, and climate crises; 2023 needs to be the year of civil resistance. If this government will not grant us a liveable future then, like movements of the past, we will remove our consent to be governed and act in non-violent civil resistance until our rights are respected and protected.
"In 2023 we can have NO NEW OIL, and we can have NO MORE DELAY. See you on the streets." Like them or feel unsure of their methods, they will continue to agitate for the greater good.
The grazing goats of Bournemouth beach
We like simple solutions to environmental issues. In 2020, a council introduced cashmere goats to the cliffs behind Bournemouth beach to control damaging, invasive species of shrub. And it worked – undesirable species such as holm oak, Japanese knotweed and bamboo no longer dominate in the area. Now the size of the herd will double as it's been found that their grazing has increased the number of butterflies and native plants, as well as encouraging rare species such as Dartford warblers and sand lizards. Other councils take note.
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Claire Moodie. Image: Plastic Free North Devon
As an avid surfer and representative of Surfers Against Sewage, Claire Moodie (pictured above) has seen first-hand the impact of plastic pollution on the marine environment of North Devon. Moodie is the CEO of Plastic Free North Devon, an organisation set up by volunteers in April 2018 to combat the global problem of plastic pollution through local action. Plastic Free North Devon looks to educate, support, campaign and encourage more conscious consumption and increase awareness of environmental issues. The organisation has put much-needed pressure on local councils, organisations and communities to directly reduce plastic pollution and taken local school children on trips to explore their local environment.
This is how you can fight plastic pollution in the UK's biggest beach clean
Here's why sewage is being dumped into seas and rivers – and what you can do about it
Has Extinction Rebellion really quit? Here's what the climate activists have in store for 2023
Pierre-Yves Paslier and Rodrigo Garcia González
The founders of Notpla – short for "not plastic" – have developed an alternative which they hope will prevent one billion plastic bottles reaching the ocean each year. The pair met studying Innovation Design Engineering in London, and were inspired by Paslier's previous job working as a packaging engineer for L'Oréal. Paslier was disillusioned by the amount of plastic used in packaging and the pollution caused by it. Their alternative was made from seaweed extract, also called Notpla, which is natural, biodegradable and is already used for a wide range of products, such as the Ooho, a bubble to hold liquids and takeaway boxes.
Feargal Sharkey. Photo: Mirrorpix
He first came to prominence as a musician in the late '70s as singer with The Undertones and the hit song Teenage Kicks, before a solo reinvention as a power-ballad singing hitmaker. Now Feargal Sharkey is best known for his environmental activism thanks to his work campaigning against pollution of British rivers. It started a decade ago, when he retired and became chairman of England's oldest fishing club, The Amwell Magna Fishery, on the River Lea in Hertfordshire. The extent of the problems caused by pollution soon became apparent. Sharkey began campaigning, eventually taking the Environment Agency to court. Since then, he's been an outspoken critic of the government's failure to regulate the water industry.
Angus Rose
Angus Rose's hunger strike saw his health rapidly deteriorate before a compromise was reached. Photo: Vuk Valcic/ZUMA Press Wire
If you walked past the UK Parliament last March, you might have seen Angus Rose and his sign outside. He went on a hunger strike that lasted over five weeks. His demand? He said he refused to relent until then-energy minister Greg Hands would arrange for chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance to publicly recount the climate change briefing to MPs that he gave to then-PM Boris Johnson prior to the COP26 climate summit. His demands were eventually partially met after 37 days. Caroline Lucas MP arranged for a non-televised briefing for MPs, which was recorded and made public.
Eve Wood and Jacqui Bellamy
The Felling documents the ultimately successful fight by Sheffield residents to save their trees. Photo: Jacqui Bellamy
The Felling, a documentary by Eve Wood and Jacqui Bellamy, documents the David and Goliath fight of Sheffield residents to save their trees, which were being chopped down as part of a £2.2 billion PFI deal. In the end, the people win. Activist groups are using 2023 to take stock: Extinction Rebellion has decided to "temporarily shift away from public disruption"; Just Stop Oil is doubling down on its disruption. Whichever path is taken, The Felling demonstrates victories can be had.
Daniel Edelstyn and Hilary Powell
These two artists are so fed up with political inaction on the energy crisis and climate change that they're taking matters into their own hands – by turning their road into a renewable power station. Power aims to install solar panels on 150 Victorian terraced houses on an East London street. It's a way to reduce each household's carbon footprint, as well as their eye-watering energy bills, and provide a blueprint for the rest of the UK. To promote the plan they spent a few nights sleeping on their roof. In December. If that's not commitment to change, then what is?
Fossil Free London
Fossil Free London is taking the oil and gas industry to task. The London-based climate activist group organises creative actions, spectacles and protests to tarnish the reputation of those involved in or linked with polluting fossil fuels. One viral stunt in 2022 — which the group shared widely but publicly denied responsibility for — saw spoof adverts appear on the London Underground taking aim at Barclays Bank, which was found to be Europe's biggest spender on fossil fuels. The group also fights against the development of new oil and gas fields in the North Sea, and organises a variety of climate-focused talks and events to increase awareness and inspire action.
Inside the trial of the 'Barclays Seven' Extinction Rebellion activists
Women stage Suffragettes march to support Extinction Rebellion protesters ahead of sentencing
The UK has 2,500 museums, but not one dedicated to Black British history. That could soon change
Cost of living update: Pensioners protest freezing homes and record energy bills


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Have you ever asked yourselve where or what to play on EOS? Does BetDice has Black Jack? Was there a Lucky Draw at FunCity? Where can I play slots? Who has some new games coming up soon … and which ones?
If you have some questions like these, here are your answers! I created a spreadsheet and took notes on all games offered on the – to me so far known – EOS gambling DApp scene. Take into account that is a momentum snapshot. That's what these listed DApps have to offer right now at the start of 2019. We will see what kind of changes to the current competitors will be happening. Maybe we can even see some new successful challengers entering this market who may come up with some completely new games.
From just watching it I think FarmEOS might be a very interesting choice for the future which I didn't look much into so far (because you needed a lot of FOS to be included for the dividends payouts). But the games are looking pretty good so far!
From now seeing this, all in all, I think DEOS GAMES gets even more interesting with the amount of games they will offer in the future. Including the most simple games, which probably attract a lot of users more than any "new" special games (like I described in my last article).
Also, Royal Online Vegas will have a decent amount of games when their Multiplayer Baccarat will be ready.
For BetDice I'm sure we can expect even more interesting in the future!
From their announcements things are looking good for EOSMax for the future. YumYum also has a lot of games announced to be developed. We will see from them and others how, if at all or when they will deliver their new implementations in the future.
Hope you'll find this useful when planning to gamble a little bit! If you're serious about mining some tokens you might want to check the Mining Price column or the current price at cryptodividend.io. A low mining price will give you many tokens, so in theory playing at the ones with lower mining prices might be better.
These are all my observations and are only my opinion. These are by no means any investment advices! Do your own research before investing into crypto currencies or any investment and especially EOS gambling tokens.
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Great write up. Waiting for your next update..
Thanks for another quality update – like that table @infosion.
Thx, glad u like it!
Thank you very much, your welcome!
Great post bud, will be back to rate.
Back to rate bud – thanks again for sharing.
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Another great update as always @infosion, I expect to see the video poker column start to fill up over 2019.


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Amatul Rahman Omar - Sura: 36. Ya Sin
Yâ Sîn - O perfect man (Muhammad)!
I call to witness the perfect Qur´ân full of (convincing proofs and) wisdom.
(That) you are indeed one of the Messengers,
(Standing) on the right and straight path.
(This Qur´ân is) a great revelation sent by the All-Mighty (and) the Ever Merciful (God),
So that you may warn the people who are ignorant because their forefathers have not been warned (for a long time).
Surely, most of them merit the sentence of Our punishment for they would not believe.
Surely, We have put shackles (of customs and prejudices) round their necks and they are (reaching right) up to their chins, so that they have become stiff-necked (due to their pride and false notions of superiority).
And We have placed barriers (of their stubbornness rendering them unable to look forward to the bright future of Islam and rise to eminence by accepting it) in front of them, and barriers (of their prejudices) behind them (thus rendering them unable to look back at the doom of those who rejected the truth in the past). Thus We have kept them behind the veil so that they cannot see (so have become totally devoid of spiritual light).
And it is all the same to them whether you warn them or do not warn them, they will not believe (for they have deliberately shut their eyes and ears to the truth).
You can warn only those who would follow the Reminder (- the Qur´ân) and are full of reverential awe of the Most Gracious (God) in the heart of their hearts. Therefore proclaim to them the glad tidings of protection (from the evil consequences of sins) and an honorable provision (from Us).
Surely, it is We alone Who raise the dead to life. And We shall preserve (their noble deeds) which they send forward and their prints (of virtue and knowledge which they leave behind for others to emulate). Every thing We have comprehensively preserved in a clear record.
And set forth to them for their good a parable of a people of the town when the Messengers (of God) came to them.
(At first) We sent to them two (Messengers, Moses and Jesus) but they cried lies to them. Then We strengthened (Our Apostles) with a third (- the Prophet Muhammad by fulfilling in his person their prophecies about his advent). So they said, (as a general Message to the people), `We have been sent to you (as Messengers by God).´
They (- the contemporaries of the Messengers) gave (a general) reply, `You are only human beings like ourselves. The Most Gracious (God) has revealed nothing (to you). You are simply telling lies.´
They said, `Our Lord knows that we have been, of course, sent to you,
`And our duty is only to convey (the Message) in clear terms.´
They (- the people of the town) said, `We augur ill from you (for we are always seize with one calamity or the other after your advent). If you do not give it (- your preaching) over we will certainly excommunicate you and a painful punishment shall befall you at our hands.´
They said, `Your ills are of your own making. (Do you say all this) because you have been admonished? Nay, but the real thing is you are a pack of transgressors.´
Now, there came a man running from the farthest end of the town. He said, `O my people! follow the Messengers.
`Follow those who ask no reward from you and who are following the right path.
`What reason have I not to worship Him Who has created me, and to Whom you all shall be brought back?
`Shall I take apart from Him others as gods whose intercession, if the Most Gracious (God) should decide to do me some harm, will be of no avail to me, nor will they be able (even) to rescue me (from that harm)?
`Surely, in case (I do anything of the kind) I should be (falling) in (to) a clear error.
`I have believed in your (true) Lord, therefore listen to me.´
It was said (to him by God), `Enter Paradise (while you are still living).´ He said, `O, would that my people knew,
`For what reason has my Lord granted me protection (from pitfalls in this life) and included me among the honoured (servants of His)!´
We sent no contingent (of force) from heaven, against his people (to destroy them), after that (he has believed) nor do We ever command (any of such things).
It was just a single blast and behold! they were all (extinct) like a (spark of) fire extinguished.
Alas for (My) servants! not a single Messenger comes to (reform) them but they treat him lightly.
Have they not seen how many generations We have ruined before them, and that those (generations) never come back to them (after their ruination)?
Indeed, they, one and all, shall most certainly, be brought before Us.
The dead earth which We bring to life and from which We bring forth (a large variety of) grains, of which they eat, is an important sign for them.
And We have made to grow there on (the earth) gardens of date-palms and vine, and We have caused springs to gush forth from it;
So that they may enjoy its fruit and (enjoy) that which their hands have worked for. Will they then render (Us) no thanks (and follow Our guidance)?
Glory be to Him Who has created pairs of all type of the thing that the earth grows and of their own species and of the things yet unknown to them.
The night from which We strip off (the last vestige) of the day, so that (afterwards) they are left in pitch darkness, is a (great) sign for them.
And the sun is moving (on its ordained course) towards the goal determined for it. That is the determining of the All-Mighty, the Possessor of perfect knowledge.
And (think over the phase of) the moon, We have determined its various mansions, so that (after traversing these mansions) it returns (to the stage when it appears) like an old dry twig of a palm-tree.
It is not given to the sun to attain to (the purpose ordained for) the moon, nor is it given to the night to outstrip the day. All of these (luminaries) go on floating smoothly in an orbit (of their own).
And it is a sign for these people that We carry their children in the fully laden ships.
And We will make for them other (means of transport) such things as they will board.
If We (so) willed, We would drown them, then they would have no (one to) succour (them), nor would they be rescued.
It is only through mercy from Us (that We save them) and (let them have) an enjoyment of worldly gains for a while.
And when it is said to them, `Guard yourself against that (punishment) which is (impending) before you and that which is behind you (and may befall you as a consequence of your evil past) so that you may be shown mercy (they turn away).´
There never comes to them a Message from the Messages of their Lord but they always turn away from it.
And when it is said to them, `Spend out of that which Allâh has provided for you,´ those who disbelieve say to those who believe, `Shall we feed those whom, if Allâh so will, He could feed? You are only steeped in obvious error.´
They (also) say, `(Tell us) if indeed you are truthful when this warning (about punishment) shall come to pass.´
They are (thus) only waiting for one sudden onslaught of calamity which will overtake them while they are yet disputing (about it) among themselves.
And so (sudden will be their end) that they will not be able to leave instructions about their affairs nor to their own people will they return.
And the trumpet shall be blown, and behold! (rising) from their graves they will hasten on to their Lord.
They will say (to one an other), `O woe be on us! Who has aroused us from our sleeping place?´ `This is the same thing as the Most Gracious (God) had promised and the Messengers (of God) did indeed speak the truth´ (will be the reply they receive).
It will only be a single blast, and behold! they shall all be brought before Us.
So on this Day no injustice whatsoever shall be done to any soul. You shall reap the fruit of your deeds.
On this Day, the owners of Paradise will be occupied (in their pursuits), rejoicing.
They and their companions will be in (pleasant) shades, reclining on raised couches.
Therein they shall have fruits, and they will have all that they ask for.
`Peace (be upon you)´ (shall be) the word (of greeting to them) from the Ever Merciful Lord.
And (it will be said to the sinners), `O guilty ones! remain apart (as distinguished from the righteous) this day.
`O Children of Adam! did I not enjoin on you never to worship satan, for he is to you an enemy severing (your) ties (with Me).
`And (did I not charge you) to worship Me, (for) this is the straight and right path?
`Yet he (- satan) has certainly led astray a number of people from among you. Why do you not even then make use of your understanding (so as to rectify your error)?
`This is the Gehenna you were warned against.
`Enter it this day, because of your disbelief.´
On that day We shall seal the mouths of these (disbelievers). Their hands will speak to Us (about the actions they wrought), and their feet shall bear witness to all their (sinful) doings.
If We had (so) willed, We could certainly have deprived these (disbelievers) of their eyesight so that they would have gone ahead on their path (unseeing). But, how should they find (the path) now (in this state of their blindness).
If We had (so) willed, We could have surely destroyed them where they were, so that they would not be able to move forward nor turn back.
We reverse the mechanism of the person to whom We grant (extraordinary) long life by making the state of his constitution weak. Do they not (even then) make use of their understanding?
We have not taught him (- the Prophet Muhammad the art of composing) verses, nor does it become him (to be a poet). This (Qur´ân) is but a means to attain to eminence; a (Book) that is widely read, and tells the right from the wrong.
(It has been revealed) so that he (- the Prophet) may warn those who are still (somewhat spiritually) alive (and so capable of receiving and responding to the call of truth), and (that) the verdict (of condemnation) be justified against the disbelievers.
Do they not see that among the things that We have made with Our power are the cattle which We have created for them, and of which they are masters (now).
And We have subdued these (cattle) for their use and benefit. So that some of them serve as their riding (beasts) and through others they obtain their food.
They have many other uses in them. They provide them with drinks (of various kinds). Will they still give (Us) no thanks?
(Inspite of all this) they worship other gods apart from Allâh (falsely) that they may find some help through them.
These (false gods) are not capable of helping them. On the contrary these (gods) will (turn out for them to) be a host (of rebels) brought (before the Almighty to receive their due punishment).
And do not let their words cause you grief. Verily, We know what they conceal and what they profess (and they will be paid back in their own coins).
Has not a human being seen how We have created him out of a (very insignificant) sperm drop? Yet behold! he is an open adversary (to Us).
And he coins strange things about Us and forgets his own creation. He says, `Who will quicken the dead bones to life when they are decayed?´
Say, `He Who evolved them the first time will again raise them to life. He is fully conversant with all (types and methods of) creation.
`It is He Who produces fire for you out of the green tree, that you kindle (another fire) from it (even so new faith is kindled when the spiritually weak come in contact with the Divine Reformer).´
Has He, Who has created the heavens and the earth, not the power of creating (other people) like them? Why not! He is the Supreme Creator (and) Possessor of all knowledge.
Verily, His command, when He intends (to evolve) a thing, is (only) that He says to it, `Be´ and it comes into being (at proper time).
Therefore, glory be to Him in Whose hand lies the perfect control of every thing, and towards Whom you shall all be made to return.


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Actor Andrew Garfield Reportedly Dating Jessica Jones Star Susie Abromeit
By Emily Surpless/Sept. 12, 2018 12:01 pm EST
Has The Amazing Spider-Man star Andrew Garfield found love with actress Susie Abromeit?
Us Weekly reports that Garfield and Abromeit are definitely dating. Makes sense consider that the two celebs were previously seen kissing and getting awfully handsy while on the beach in Malibu, Calif. in early September (via the Daily Mail). A source told the magazine that Garfield and Abromeit had also had a romantic dinner date days after their beach outing on Sept. 7, eating at the Inn of the Seventh Ray in Malibu.
"She had a certain level of glamour," the insider told Us Weekly of Abromeit, who starred as Pam in Jessica Jones. However, the source "didn't see too much" of Garfield and Abromeit's interaction at dinner.
The celebrities were later spotted near the Thunder Mountain ride at Disneyland, where they reportedly had "a fun day" with two friends. An eyewitness noted to Us Weekly that Garfield and Abromeit "were laughing about something."
At the time of this writing, neither Garfield nor Abromeit have publicly commented on their reported romance.
Abromeit was previously a professional tennis player from Boston, Mass., who'd once been ranked number six in the world when she was 16 years old, as reported by The Sun. She later attempted a singing career, releasing the song "Slow Your Roll" with Fat Joe, before ultimately getting into the world of acting. Besides her role as Pam in Jessica Jones, Abromeit has also appeared as Laura in the Tyler Perry soap opera The Haves and the Have Nots, Dahlia Nova in the Lifetime drama Devious Maids, and Zoe Roth in NBC's Chicago Med.
Prior to his apparent relationship with Abromeit, Andrew Garfield dated La La Land star Emma Stone from 2012 to 2015. Though neither he nor Stone released a statement following their breakup, Garfield shared that the two have nothing but love for one another despite their separation. "We care about each other so much, and that's a given, that's kind of this unconditional thing," he said on Vanity Fair's Little Gold Men podcast in January 2017. "There's so much love between us and so much respect."
Man, why can't all celeb relationships end so amicably?


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Elderly Victorian man bashed during walk on Father's Day
By 9NEWS
6:58pm Sep 8, 2015
A Victorian grandfather has made a tearful appeal for help finding three teenagers who bashed and abused him on Father's Day.
Carlos Bastos choked back tears today as he tearfully recounted to 9NEWS about being set upon by teenagers on bikes, who robbed him of his independence.
"What happened to me could happen to somebody else tomorrow," he said.
The 77-year-old was on his daily walk from his home in Whittington, south-east of Geelong, down the Bellarine Rail Trail at about 5.30pm on Saturday when three teenagers approached from behind.
He said he was near Wilsons Road when two girls and a boy started calling him names and asking what he was doing there.
Mr Bastos was stalked past the Boundary Road intersection, and tried to lose them in Carr Street, with the abuse continuing before it escalated to violence near St Albans Road.
"Came from the right side, attack me in the face, one of the girls attacked me in the back, at the same time, so I fell," he said.
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The impact of the fall was brutal, with cuts, bruising and swelling to his face. His hand and shoulder was also injured.
The teenagers left Mr Bastos bleeding, but moments later passers-by noticed the grandfather and ran to his aid.
"Those women came and helped me, tried to stop the blood," he said.
"I really appreciate your kindness, I never forget."
Sergeant Leanne Rayner slammed the teenagers' treatment of the elderly Victorian man.
"For an elderly person to be just walking down the street just minding his own business, to be set upon by three teenagers is appalling," she said.
Mr Bastos' main attacker is aged between 15 and 17, 150cm tall, with short, dark hair. He was wearing a white hooded jumper at the time of the attack.
Anyone with information about the attack is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
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Testing Resistance & Reform News: November 11 - 17, 2015
Submitted by fairtest on November 17, 2015 - 1:26pm
It may be hard to believe but the already fast pace of assessment reform news continues to accelerate, reflecting the rapidly growing strength of the grassroots movement against standardized testing misuse and overuse. Activists will pay particular attention to Washington DC in the coming weeks as Congress finally appears ready to take up a bill to replace "No Child Left Behind," which shifts considerable power over testing and accountability to state government policymakers.
National NCLB Overhaul May Soon Begin Moving on Capitol Hill
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2015/11/lawmakers_announce_...
National Will President Obama's Education "Reformers" Acknowledge Their Own Failures
http://www.livingindialogue.com/will-president-obamas-education-reformer...
National Concrete Victories Won By the Testing Reform Movement (So Far)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2015/11/17/concrete-...
Alaska State Lawmakers Mount Criticism to Standardized Tests
http://www.newsminer.com/news/education/state-superintendents-mount-crit...
Alaska Test Score Fixation Overlooks Individualism
http://www.thebristolbaytimes.com/article/1546test_scores_overlook_indiv...
California Impacts of Retroactive Exit Exam Repeal
http://thedinubasentinel.com/articles/2015/11/11/news/doc5643cc2fb28bf97...
Colorado Data Shows Tens of Thousands of Colorado Students Opted Out Last Spring
http://co.chalkbeat.org/2015/11/12/tens-of-thousands-of-colorado-student...
Connecticut The Testing Gap
http://yaleherald.com/news-and-features/features/the-testing-gap/
Florida Time to Focus on Teaching, Not Testing
http://www.news-press.com/story/opinion/contributors/2015/11/13/time-foc...
Florida Schools Say Computerized Testing Takes Time Away From Learning
http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/9-investigates-schools-say-computeri...
Florida School Board Chair Blasts State's Testing Model
http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/gradebook/pasco-school-board-chairman-blas...
Indiana Former State Board Member: It's Time to Scrap Current Test
http://www.jconline.com/story/opinion/2015/11/13/neal-trouble-istep/7570...
Indiana State Testing Practices Misguided and Irresponsible
http://kokomoperspective.com/kp/state-s-testing-practices-misguided-and-...
Kansas Test Scores Drop With Funding Cuts
http://cjonline.com/news/2015-11-10/report-student-test-scores-rise-and-...
Maryland Many Blame Pearson for School Exam Problems
http://marylandreporter.com/2015/11/16/many-blame-big-corporation-pearso...
Maryland Pearson's Track-Record of Test Administration and Scoring Errors
http://www.fairtest.org/pearsons-history-testing-problems
Massachusetts Future of State Testing Is Unclear
http://www.salemnews.com/news/local_news/future-uncertain-in-standardize...
Massachusetts No Need For Proposed New State History Exam
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/article/20151110/OPINION/151119022
Massachusetts No Excuses, Deceptive Metrics and School Success
http://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2015/11/guest-post-no-excuse.html
Michigan If You Want to Improve School Achievement, Tackle the Effects of Poverty
http://www.mlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2015/11/if_you_want_to_boost_scho...
Michigan Educators Evaluate New Teacher Rating Rules
http://www.record-eagle.com/news/local_news/educators-evaluate-teacher-r...
New Mexico More Problems With PARCC Exams
http://www.taosnews.com/opinion/article_086d88d8-8954-11e5-bd5a-6f4d4a12...
New York Costly Experiment in Test-Based Teacher Evaluation is Crashing
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2015/11/17/new-yorks...
New York Testing Time Cap Does Not Address Real Problems
http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/albany/2015/11/8582629/testing-cap...
North Carolina Is Constant Stream of Testing Improving Education?
http://www.journalnow.com/news/local/is-constant-stream-of-tests-helping...
Oregon Parents Furious About Text of New State Opt-Out Notice
http://www.oregonlive.com/education/index.ssf/2015/11/testing_opponents_...
Oregon Teachers Say New Exam is Neither "Smarter" Nor "Balanced"
http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2015-11-17/education/oregon-educators-w...
Pennsylvania Testing Stutter Steps
http://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2015/11/pa-testing-stutter-steps.html
Pennsylvania New Task Force Will Look At How to Roll Back Testing Overkill
http://thenotebook.org/blog/159160/district-form-testing-task-force
Tennessee Teachers Speak Out Against Increased Testing
http://www.wsmv.com/story/30486569/teachers-speak-out-against-increased-...
Tennessee Local School Board Seeks Exemptions From State Testing Mandates
Texas Houston Sets Opt-Out Policy
http://www.chron.com/news/education/article/HISD-sets-process-for-opting...
West Virginia State School Board Seeks Public Comment on Proposal to Reduce Required Testing
http://www.theet.com/news/local/state-school-board-seeks-public-comment-...
ACT/SAT Standardized Test Scores Do Not Predict College Success
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/op_education/2015/11/standardized_test_sc...
FairTest List of More than 850 Schools Than De-emphasize Admissions Exams
http://www.fairtest.org/university/optional
Top Education Researchers Caution Against Using Student Test Scores to Evaluate Teachers
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/education-researchers-cau...
American Educational Research Association Statement
http://www.aera.net/Newsroom/NewsReleasesandStatements/AERAIssuesStateme...
Are Standardized Tests Making Our Students and Teachers Sick?
http://health.usnews.com/health-news/patient-advice/articles/2015/11/16/...
Former Employee Sues Testing Company for Racial Bias
http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2015/11/former_employee_sues_national...
Infographic: 15 Years of Bill Gates Experimentation on U.S. Public School Childrent
http://www.networkforpubliceducation.org/2015/11/infographic-bill-gatess...


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Little 'transformational' about Government so far
Jacinda Ardern promoted her Government as being transformational, but apart from transforming Winston Peters and Shane Jones into well funded promoters of their own interests these is not much transforming going on.
Ardern opened her year claiming that this would be her Government's year of delivery, but what they have delivered so far has been underwhelming.
The just announced welfare 'reforms' have been paltry – see Welfare advisory group – 42 recommendations, 3 to be implemented.
Tim Watkin: Government is running out of chances to be 'transformational'
Strike one: Capital Gains Tax. Strike two: Welfare reform. The Labour-led government is running out of chances to be the "transformational" administration Jacinda Ardern promised in the 2017 election campaign.
Today the Welfare Expert Advisory Group handed the government a radical blueprint to not just tinker with welfare, but – in their words – to make "urgent and fundamental change".
It was scathing about sanctions against beneficiaries, saying evidence shows they do little but create more harm to those already at the bottom of society. And it recommended a massive 47 percent increase in current benefit levels.
Those would be hugely controversial reforms… or, you could say, transformational. And they are not of the cuff ideas.
The current and previous Children's Commissioners have urged such substantial benefit increases as the most effective way to tackle child poverty.
What people seldom consider though is that since then wages and salaries have continued to grow. Super, linked to wages, has grown to. But other benefits – with any increases linked to inflation, not wage growth – have not been increased nearly as much. Until, that is, Sir John Key and Bill English famously raised them in 2015. So the gap between work and welfare has grown since the 1990s.
That's why the report today says, "The level of financial support is now so low that too many New Zealanders are living in desperate situations".
In sum, the argument in support of this radical prescription is that you can raise abatements here and offer support there, but the best and least bureaucratic way to tackle poverty is to – wait for it – give the poor more money.
So as part of their coalition deal, Labour and the Greens commission this report. They get the transformational advice most of them would have wanted. How do they respond?
Welfare Minister Carmel Sepuloni agrees the welfare system is not working.
Marama Davidson agrees the welfare system is not working.
And then they commit to ignore the report's big recommendations.
They say no to up to 47 percent benefit increases, preferring "a staged implementation". The call for "urgent change" is rejected. Remarkably, Ms Davidson has put her quotes into the same press release, tying the Greens to this approach, when they could have been dissenting from the rafters.
The political and institutional reality is that no government can make these changes overnight. But the cold water thrown on this report underlines what we've learnt about this government in its handling of tax, its debt level, labour reform and more.
It is not just incremental, it looks timid.
If the Ardern administration wants to be the transformational government she and her allies think they are in their hearts, they are running out of issues.
A lot of transformation has been limited by NZ First, who seem to have got most of what they want while limiting Labour initiatives (like the CGT) and hobbling the Greens.
Much may depend on what the Government come sup with on climate change, the issue Ardern describe as the nuclear free issue of the present time. Announcements on climate change have been delayed months already. There have been further delays, but promises for next week.
RNZ: NZ First voters will be happy with Zero Carbon Bill deal – Peters
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says his party's voters will be happy with the deal he's struck with the Green Party over the Zero Carbon Bill.
Climate Change Minister and Green Party co-leader James Shaw this week delayed the release of two reports from the Interim Climate Change Committee until the government makes a decision on how to respond, which will contribute to the final climate change legislation.
Mr Peters wouldn't be drawn on what the specifics of the bill are but did give an inch when RNZ asked whether his voters would be happy with the legislation, replying, "yes".
That won't be encouraging for those wanting transformative action on climate change.
Mr Peters said he couldn't comment on when the bill would go to Cabinet because that was a matter for the Prime Minister but he understood it would be "sooner rather than later".
Asked if it would be on the agenda at Cabinet on Monday, Mr Peters said he couldn't answer that question.
Ardern and Shaw will have a lot of questions to answer if they fail to measure up on climate change. Their reputations are depending on actual transformation.
The future of the Greens in parliament may well depend on this one.
by Pete George on 4th May 2019 • Permalink
Posted in Climate Change, government
Tagged CGT, climate change, government, Jacinda Ardern, James Shaw, transformative, welfare reform, Winston Peters
Posted by Pete George on 4th May 2019
https://yournz.org/2019/05/04/little-transformational-about-government-so-far/
Welfare overhaul announcement 'imminent'
Jacinda Ardern has said that an announcement on aims to overhaul welfare delivery is 'imminent', but it will rely on yet another working group so any decisions are likely to be quite a way down the track.
Some (Greens especially) have proposed a much more generous 'no questions asked' welfare payment system.
The Labour-Green confidence and supply agreement stated:
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10. Overhaul the welfare system, ensure access to entitlements, remove excessive sanctions and review Working For Families so that everyone has a standard of living and income that enables them to live in dignity and participate in their communities, and lifts children and their families out of poverty.
That is toned down from what Metiria Turei promoted before crashing during last year's election campaign, in a policy labelled 'Mending the Safety Net':
Increase all core benefits by 20 percent
Increase the amount people can earn before their benefit is cut
Increase the value of Working For Families for all families
Create a Working For Families Children's Credit of $72 a week
Remove financial penalties and excessive sanctions for people receiving benefits
Reduce the bottom tax rate from 10.5 percent to 9 percent on income under $14,000
Introduce a new top tax rate of 40 percent on income over $150,000 per year.
Raise the minimum wage to $17.75 in the first year and keep raising it until it's 66 percent of the average wage.
Our welfare system should provide effective support for people who need it, while they need it. The social safety net should stop families from falling into poverty and guarantee a basic, liveable income. That's what it means to live in a decent, compassionate society.
Punishing people through benefit sanctions, cuts, and investigations has not worked. Rather than giving people 'incentives', it traps them in a cycle of poverty and puts children's wellbeing at risk. Children suffer when the welfare system punishes their parents, and in the long term, so does society. It is never ok for the government to use poverty or the threat of poverty as a weapon.
The Green Party's plan will ensure the people on the highest incomes pay their fair share and those that need help are treated with respect and dignity.
That last paragraph looks like code for a major redistribution – one could wonder if it aims at 'fair share' being equal share, no matter what work one does or doesn't do.
Stuff: Welfare overhaul working group details leak out online
Details of the "imminent" Government overhaul of the welfare system have emerged in online job listings.
The job listings show the Government is setting up a welfare overhaul "expert advisory group" supported by a secretariat of officials from different departments.
The listings for a project manager and strategic communications advisor were posted in March of this year on the Ministry of Social Development's (MSD) website.
In the job description MSD write "the Government has committed, through the Labour/Greens Confidence and Supply Agreement, to overhaul the Welfare System. This work will be led by an independent group of Experts, supported by a Secretariat of officials from MSD, the Treasury and Inland Revenue."
The listings have emerged as Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said an announcement on the welfare overhaul is "imminent".
Ardern has made clear that some sanctions would remain after the overhaul.
She said a culture change was needed at Work and Income, but acknowledged that "by and large" case managers did a good job.
"Culture change is difficult. We are coming in after nine years of there being an expectation that there be a singular focus on reducing benefit numbers and of course we want people in work, we want people who are seeking work to be able to find work, but I think it has tipped over into a space where it actually denying people who need help the help they need," Ardern said.
This reform could be a real test of Labour versus Green aims.
Greens want a radical change to generous state assistance as a right and a choice. This may meet some resistance from people who pay tax, but is likely to be supported by those who can't work, and also by those who don't want to work.
If I was offered the option of a comfortable income from the Government I would be very tempted to retire early.
We already have sustained high immigration because we don't have enough New Zealand workers for a number of industries. If we have more of a choice to not work would higher immigration to compensate be acceptable?
Welfare reform is a big and contentious issue.
There is no doubt that the current system has serious flaws and is punitive, but it will be difficult – and potentially very expensive – to make major changes.
For the Greens to get what they want it will involve much more than welfare reform – their wish list would require…
tax and revenue reform
employment reform
serious reconsideration of immigration
…and probably more
If it ended up how some indicate they want it too it would involve a radical shift towards virtual socialism.
by Pete George on 26th April 2018 • Permalink
Tagged employment, Greens, immigration, Labour, welfare reform, working group
Posted by Pete George on 26th April 2018
https://yournz.org/2018/04/26/welfare-overhaul-announcement-imminent/
Targeting policies
One law for all?
One benefit for all?
One job for all?
Or are we moving into a new era? The comfort blanket policies of giving a lot of people benefits and tax credits are very costly and very easy to abuse. Is targeting the biggest problems a better approach?
Obviously some policies should be universal, like most laws, National Super, maternity and infant health benefits. others will get better results – and benefit those that need and deserve the most benefits.
National are drip feeding policies leading in to the election. Two have targeting written all over them.
The Green Paper on Children is suggesting ways of prioritising money and efforts on the most vulnerable children in New Zealand. And now National have announced another target:
Welfare reforms to start with young people
Social Development Minister Paula Bennett today said the National-led Government's welfare reforms begin with a fresh approach to working with vulnerable and disengaged young people.
Will we see more targeted policies released prior to the election? And, as a National likely, will the targets be dealt with in their next term?
by Pete George on 16th August 2011 • Permalink
Tagged Green Paper on Children, Paula Bennett, welfare reform
Posted by Pete George on 16th August 2011
https://yournz.org/2011/08/16/targetting-policies/
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End of Life Choice Bill passes second reading 70-50
Some history of 'White Supremacy' in New Zealand
Survey: 'moderate to high' support for legal abortion
Oranga Tamariki a scapegoat for serious societal problems – our problems
Alternative blog with free speech principles
Announcement – a major change
Poll – political affiliation and trust
Poll – trust in institutions, politicians, media and bloggers
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Trump preparing for re-election campaign launch
Open Forum – Friday
First vote on UK Conservative Party leadership
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"The Miracle in Syria"
In December 2004 a Saudi Arabian man, a Moslem, appeared before several new agencies to relate the following incredible event he experienced and which changed his life (this story appeared on TV, the Internet, radio, and was circulated in newspapers, magazines, and pamphlets throughout Saudi Arbia, Syria, Palestine, and evidently in all neighboring countries.
Some years ago, this man married a very rich Moslem woman but sterile. As the years passed, and despite all their efforts and significant medical expenses with many doctors, they remained childless. The man's parents suggested to him that he marry a second woman, while upholding his initial marriage (as the local laws permits up to four concurrent marriages).
Being exhausted, worried, and downhearted, he did not accept his parents' advice but rather chose to vacation with his wife in Syria. There, they hired a limousine with a driver who would serve as tour guide fro all their site-seeing excursions throughout Syria. As the vacation progressed, the driver noticed that the Saudi Arabian couple was experiencing bitterness, pain, and grief. Having gained familiarity with the couple, the driver cautiously asked them whey they appeared to be so unhappy-was it perhaps because he was not conducting the tour to their satisfaction?
The couple confided to the driver that the source of their unhappiness was their inability to have children. The driver who was also a Moslem, then told them that in Syria the Christians, specifically the Orthodox Christians, have a monastery named Panagia Saidraya (Arabic word meaning Our Lady) and that many people who can't have children take refuge to Her miracle-producing icon. They go to the monastery and there they are given to eat, the wick form the lamp which burns before the miraculous icon. And then the "Mary" of the Christians gives them according to their faith, what they wish for.
Becoming excited, the Saudi Arabian and his wife asked the driver to take them to the monastery "Saidnaya" of "The Lady of the Christians" and said that if we have a child, then I will come back and I will give you $20,000.00 US and, I will give the monastery $80,000 US. So they went to the monastery and did as they were instructed. Later they returned to their homeland and after some time the wife was found pregnant. In a few months she gave birth to a charming baby boy. It was truly a miracle of Our Lady Theotokos.
Now, as soon as his wife gave birth the Saudi Arabian man wanted to return to Syria to uphold the promises he had made. Upon his return he called the same driver and asked to be picked up at the Damascus airport. But the driver was cunning and wicked and he persuaded two of his friends to go to the airport with him to pick up the rich Saudi Arabian man and to take his money and kill him. So they picked up the rich man at the airport and he, as they drove, without realizing that they had planned to kill him, told the friends of the driver that he would give them also $10,000 US each.
These men still not satisfied, deviated from the route to the monastery and went to a deserted place and proceeded to slay the Saudi Arabian man and to cut off his head and other parts (hands and legs) of his body into pieces. Blinded by passion and overcome by the horrific act that they just committed, they put the man's remains in the trunk of the car rather than just leaving him there. After taking his money, watch, and all that he had, they proceeded to find another deserted place to discard the remains.
Then on the National highway, their car broke down and stopped in the middle of that road. The three men got out to determine why the engine had stalled. Then a passerby stopped to help them but they, afraid that their terrible act would be discovered, pretended that they did not need any help. But as the passerby motorist was leaving, he noticed blood dripping from the rear of the vehicle and he called the police to investigate because the scene and the three men looked suspicious. The police came and they saw the blood under the car and on the pavement so they ordered that the trunk be opened.
Well, when the opened the trunk, lo and behold, the Saudi Arabian man lifted himself out, obviously and amazingly alive and in good health, saying to them "Just now this PANAGIA finished stitching my neck, right here (showing them the area of his Adam's Apple), after first stitching up the rest of my entire body". Seeing this, the three criminals immediately lost their minds-becoming like mad. The police handcuffed them and as they were being taken away to an asylum for the insane, the criminals started raving that it could not be possible that the Saudi Arabian man whom they killed, beheaded, and dissected could yet be alive.
The Saudi Arabian went to a medical facility to undergo examination by doctors and medical examiners who confirmed and attested that the stitching was done very recently, thereby validating the miraculous event. The stitches were, and still are, obvious. When the Saudi Arabian came out of the car's trunk, he had the appearance, literally, of just having been refabricated (put back together) to which he continuously confessed that they PANAGIA had rejoined his body and resurrected him with the help of her Son.
Immediately after this, the Saudi Arabian called his relatives to come to Syria and they all went together to the monastery of Panagia Saidnaya and offered up prayers, praises, and glorification, and instead of the initial gift of $80,000 US (which was promised), he gave $800,000 US to the Theotokos.
Today, as this man relates the details of that overwhelming miracle, he starts his narration with "When I was a Moslem this happened to me" this indicating he is not longer a Moslem, as neither is his family.
This miracle stunned with awesome surprise the entire Arabic/Moslem nation and all of the Middle East.
"LIVES LORD OUR GOD, THE LORD OF HOSTS"
(Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulcher, Patriarchate of Jerusalem)
By Father Ignatios, Abbot
Holy Monastery of The Shepherds
Bt Ahur-Bethlehem
GREAT LENT, MARCH 2005
Submitted and compiled by Very Rev. Archimandrite Nektarios Serfes
Eve of the Ascension of Lord, 8 June 2005
Glory to God for all things!
Most holy Mother of God, save us!


Below is a list of past honorees of the Leaders in the Law awards program. The program recognizes attorneys and professionals in law-related fields who have a significant accomplishment or achievement. These include outstanding contributions to the practice of law in Michigan, significant achievements through the practice of law, leadership in improving the justice system and important contributions to Michigan's legal community and/or the community at large.
Hon. Milton L. Mack Jr.


How Did We Get Into This Mess?: Peter Singer's Tells - He thinks his radical opinions on disability are just old news.
Peter Singer's Tells - He thinks his radical opinions on disability are just old news.
Peter Singer came to town to talk about altruism for a humanities festival. Local disability activists (sadly not including me), picketed the event, and the Daily Northwestern covered it. In their interview with Singer, he revealed something new to me.
The correct ethical choice is to terminate pregnancies following a diagnosis of disability, because that maximizes "happiness."
This has led him to claims about denying healthcare for disabled infants, to maximize resources for society.
And related claims about euthanasia for disabled adults, especially the elderly, being the correct ethical position.
I lost a friend recently over Singer. I criticized him too broadly, she charged into my mentions to slice and dice my critique, I asked her to stop politely, and it went south. I'd rather not lose any more friends. So let me say ahead of time that I know that both Singer and his defenders would say they aren't actively advocating a Nazi-like murder of the disabled, but just thinking through the problem in a philosophical fashion and that philosophy and ethics should have no conceptual limits.
On the other hand, were he endorsing the elimination of other marginalized segments of the population based on his thought experiments, I am fairly sure he would not be lauded and celebrated around the world as the "most influential" philosopher alive.
One of the criticisms of Singer is that he doesn't know anything about what life with disability is like. He makes assumptions about happiness that don't track with reality, and when confronted with the reality of individuals with disabilities who are happy, he makes them exceptions that prove his theories correct, rather than reconsidering his theories.
Singer later told The Daily that though protesters don't confront him often, it has happened before.
"Parents ought to have choices if they give birth to a child with a very severe disability about whether that child lives or not," he said to Hamilton.
The exchange was similar to one he had in 2001 with former disability rights activist Harriet McBryde Johnson at the College of Charleston, chronicled in a 2003 article in The New York Times magazine. When asked about Johnson, Singer said she helped expand his horizons.
Singer, who said he stands by his former work, is ready to move on.
If you're interested in Singer, do go read that New York Times piece. It's amazing.
This little quote reveals a few things. First, that he's actually shifted his thoughts on disability a little. That's news to me.
Second, though, he thinks his ideas from the 80s were so long ago that really people should just leave him alone and let him do his new stuff, and that the disabled are such a small segment of the population that it's really not a big deal he suggested the correct ethical position is termination.
But just last year, on the radio (as detailed by Lawrence Carter-Long at the National Council on Disability), he once again suggested that healthcare laws would be best (because of utilitarianism) if we admitted the "necessity of 'intentionally ending the lives of severely disabled infants.'"
So he has he moved on? I don't think so. He just doesn't think it's a big deal and would like protestors to leave him alone.
I, on the other hand, would like academics to treat him as if ableism were as serious as racism, sexism, or homophobia, and stop inviting him to swanky lectures.


Questions and support for the commercial Extra, SimpleCart.
Questions and support for the commercial Extra, MiniShop2.
Questions and support for the commercial Extra, BLUcart.
What is the best way to do Ecommerce on Modx Revo?
Question? Re: How can I create a page with "Read more"
Selling tickets with MODX: which plugins?
Shipping cleverness with minishop2 anyone?
So who's the farest of them all???


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LED Filament Heliax Dimmable
Road & Street
Decorative & Pedestrian
Canopy & Area
Advanced Materials & Services
Aviation - Engine Parts Repair
Tungsram Innovation in the Model House Park
From 13 July to the end of September one can visit the innovative, environment-conscious model house-park named "Solar village" set up on the area of ÉMI industrial park. The coordination of the guests is facilitated by the indoor-outdoor navigation mobile app developed by the Smart Solutions branch of Tungsram launched in last September
This year the international Solar Decathlon Europe which is an academic innovational house-building competition is organized in Szentendre. First among the neighboring countries, Hungary-more specifically the ÉMI Non-Profit Limited Liability Company for Quality Control and Innovation in Building (a background institution of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology)-won the right to organize the competition back in 2017.
Model houses competing in a decathlon
The competition was launched in 2002 by the Department of Energy of the US and it aims to promote architectural solutions in the field of solar energy, renewable energy and innovative applications while also improving the social- and market support of green technologies.
On the Solar Decathlon Europe competition 10 university teams of 8 countries compete with their own model houses that each present unique, innovative and cost-efficient solutions by using existing renewable technologies and systems. The houses are compared in ten events- hence the name "decathlon"-for instance in the field of engineering execution, energy-efficiency, integration into the urban fabric or sustainability.
Intelligent facility-operating
On the ceremonial opening of the competition that was held on 12 July the leaders of Tungsram Group and ÉMI signed a strategic agreement on the cooperation in the field of research and development. The goal of the first project was to develop an intelligent facility-operating system; as a first step, the Smart Solutions branch of Tungsram that was launched in last September and develops smart solutions supporting the effective operation of cities and buildings, created an indoor navigation system.
President and CEO of Tungsram Group Jörg Bauer said that those who come to see the competition can also try the prototype of the navigation system. With the help of the two apps downloadable to mobile phones (the first one completed with an outdoor navigation system as well), the visitors can find not only the innovative, energy-efficient solutions introduced in the ÉMI headquarter but can also get navigational support finding the model houses interesting for them in the industrial park that gives place to the competition. Both apps provide short descriptions of the visited locations; the innovative solutions introduced and the model houses.
Hospitals, airports, malls: indoor navigation can be helpful
The application options of the indoor navigation system can be quite wide; they can be useful in hospitals, airports or train stations but also in malls so that a certain customer can easily find the sought shop as well as his car in the parking lot.
(adapted from an article in Hungarian at haszon.hu, written by Gábor Tar) photos: Zoltán Hercegfalvi, Tamás Mehlhoffer
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Orthocentrus deletus är en stekelart som beskrevs av Morley 1912. Orthocentrus deletus ingår i släktet Orthocentrus och familjen brokparasitsteklar. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Q: how to delete carriage returns in html using php? I'm using a javascript function that receives some html code that was included using php.
It is not html in a php string but an html file with .php extension.
As the html code is sent as a parameter to the js function it can't contain carriage returns. The problem is that writing big blocks of html in a single line is terrible, I would like to have a function only to erase the carriage returns before sending the content.
Is there a source for such a function?
Thanks!

A: simple
echo str_replace(array("\r\n", "\r", "\n"), null, $htmlCode);

A: by "building it in PHP" I assume you mean that you're building a string which contains the relevant HTML.
If that's the case, then it's a simple matter of not having the carriage returns as a part of your string.
i.e., don't do this:
foo =  "  this is my string
         and I have it on two lines";

but rather do this
foo = "" .
      " this is my string" .
      " and it's on one line ";

Sure, you could use a string.replace function, but building via concats means that you get to skip that step.

A: When you say "in a PHP file", I assume you mean you're include()ing a file that looks something like this:
<html>
  <head><title>Foo</title></head>
  <body>
    <?php do_stuff(); ?>
  </body>
</html>

If that's the case, what you're looking for is called Output Control, which allows you to either prevent data from being sent until you're ready or capture it to a string for additional processing.  To strip carriage returns from an included file, you can do this:
<?php

ob_start();                       // start buffering output
include("foo.php");               // include your file
$foo = ob_get_contents();         // get a copy of the buffer's contents
ob_clean_end();                   // discard the buffer and turn off buffering
echo str_replace("\r", "", $foo); // print output w/o carriage returns

If you want to remove newlines as well, change that last line to:
echo str_replace(array("\n", "\r"), "", $foo);

A: It's a simple string substitution.

A: Consider using a XML writer for this, if that's what your javascript parses. That way the result will always be valid, and the code should get cleaner.

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Las Olas River House Fort Lauderdale is currently the tallest building in the city and that means more than you might initially think. The views of the riverfront and the seas of the Atlantic Ocean are truly the most jaw dropping thanks to the building's incredible height. It's clearly evident that tons of creativity and unique touches have gone into ensuring that Las Olas River House stands out.
The only way to get a true taste of Las Olas River House's grandeur is by stepping into its majestic lobby, at the very least anyway. Also worth noting is the cutting edge fitness facility encircled by large glass windows. On the rooftop is a spectacular 60,000 square foot deck complemented by heated pools and even a putting green. There is also a library, spa and salon, and a piano lounge. Las Olas River House condo residences have up to three bedrooms and feature floor to ceiling glass windows, marble floors and up to four expansive terraces. The fashionable epicurean kitchens have granite countertops, lacquered wood cabinetry, and high end appliances. Bathrooms come with rainwater showers and designer fixtures.
Las Olas River House Fort Lauderdale is aggressively dynamic. As a Las Olas River House condo resident, the best of Fort Lauderdale is available to you at a moment's notice thanks to the area Las Olas River House calls home. From Las Olas River House you can explore the sun-kissed sands of Fort Lauderdale, walk to the many hotspots in Las Olas near Las Olas River House or simply enjoy the modern ambiance that makes Las Olas River House even more appealing. For more excitement, visit the downtown Hollywood area not far from Las Olas River House.


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Is Church For Christians, Or For Seekers?
Most churches that try to be seeker-sensitive end up being seeker-centered. The church becomes for the seeker rather than Christians. That's what Gregory Koukl says, in his article entitled: What's Wrong with Being Seeker-Centered?
But how does the bible define the church's role, and how should The Great Commission impact the way we do church?
Ferrari-Pulpit Preacher Says "It's All About YOU"
We've been through this before with another best-seller that wasnt supposed to be about you. But the YOU-centeredness of this new Christian self-help book should be unmistakable.
Why? Well, for starters - the book is called "YOU"!
Martin Luther said it was key to understanding God's grace. Charles Spurgeon spoke of a prominent writer who testified that he never knew anyone who held a great theological error, who did not also hold a diminished belief in this one specific doctrine. AW Pink had this to say about it: "It is therefore a TESTING doctrine, especially of a preacher's soundness in the faith. A man's orthodoxy on this subject determines his viewpoint of many other doctrines of great importance".


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The Cascade Blanche (or Cascade de Ravine Blanche) is a waterfall on the island of Réunion, overseas department French in the southwest Indian Ocean.

Description
Formed by the Ravine Blanche, a tributary of the Rivière du Mât, the waterfall is located on the territory of the commune of Bras-Panon but is nevertheless often associated with Salazie, being especially visible from the Route de Salazie. It is also located in the Parc national de La Réunion.

Cascade Blanche has a height of , making it one of the tallest waterfalls in the world and the third highest in France and the French territories. The waterfall is divided into three sections, the largest measuring . It is possible to practice canyonism in the waterfall.

See also
List of waterfalls by height

References

Canyons and gorges of France
Landforms of Réunion
Waterfalls of Réunion
Réunion National Park


On Thursday, December 13th, the Community Health Information (CHI) Center at St. John's Medical Center will host the Lunchtime Learning presentation "Holiday Eating the Healthy Way" with Bonnie Maddex, RD, LD.
Come learn and share practical ideas with Bonnie on eating out, parties, baking, holiday shopping, and how to survive at work when sweets fill the break room.
Bonnie is a registered dietitian with over 25 years of experience. She has been working with inpatients at St. John's Medical Center for 14 years and is also a certified Lifesteps Weight Management program instructor.