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Anniversary celebrations for Land Rover Legends Land Rover Legends FOUR VERY SPECIAL ANNIVERSARIES TO BE CELEBRATED AT LAND ROVER LEGENDS ADVANCE DISCOUNTED TICKETS ON SALE NOW 50 years of the Pink Panther 40th anniversary of 'the best Land Rover that Land Rover never produced' The 30th anniversary of 'the vehicle that saved Land Rover' The 25th birthday of the launch of the P38a Four very special anniversaries will be celebrated at Land Rover Legends at Bicester Heritage on 25 and 26 May, each one marking a highly significant milestone in the history of the Land Rover marque. 50 years of the Pink Panther The 50th anniversary of the entry into service of the Series IIa SAS Pink Panther will be commemorated with what is expected to be the largest-ever gathering of these fascinating vehicles, supported by two surviving examples of the Series One and some of the few surviving later 110 SAS vehicles. The Pink Panther was born during the late 1960s, as a follow on from the adapted WW11 Jeep and the Series One. The MOD acquired 72 Series IIa 109 Land Rovers for special ops missions and long-distance reconnaissance. Marshalls of Cambridge converted them to SAS desert duty specification, with modifications including heavy-duty springs and chassis, additional fuel tanks to carry 100 gallons, smoke grenade launcher, rifles, machine guns, hand grenades and an anti-tank rocket launcher. The Land Rovers were delivered to the SAS in standard green livery but the SAS had many of them repainted in pink. This might seem an unlikely colour for a military vehicle - especially one in service with the SAS - but it is actually the perfect colour for camouflage in the desert, especially at dawn and dusk when the ground in their theatres of operation takes on a red or pink shade. Thus the 'Pink Panther' name was born. Often shortened to 'Pinkie' the name was even applied to the vehicles the SAS kept in their original, green colour. Pinkies would remain in service until 1984 when the coil sprung Hi–Cap was introduced as a replacement. 40th anniversary of 'the best Land Rover that Land Rover never produced' In the late-1970s, Land Rover built around 36 100-inch wheelbase prototypes for evaluation by the French, and later the Swiss, military. Based on various axles adapted for coil springs, petrol 4-cylinder and V8 engine options, with manual and automatic gearbox options and a one-off chassis, and a 24V electrical system, they were produced in a range of configurations, most with twin fuel tanks. Although these vehicles never went into production, the 100-inch wheelbase was felt by many to be the perfect dimension for a Land Rover, and enthusiasts went on to create their own 'hybrids' based on modified Range Rover chassis and Land Rover panels. The 40th anniversary of these exceptionally rare 100-inch prototypes – considered by many to be the best Land Rover that Land Rover never produced – will also be celebrated at Land Rover Legends with what is expected to be the largest-ever gathering. The 30th anniversary of 'the vehicle that saved Land Rover' In the mid-1980s sales of Land Rover's utility vehicles were in decline, and the company was also facing challenges from new 4x4 vehicles such as the Isuzu Trooper and Mitsubishi Shogun. The company's response was to develop a new vehicle that would sit between the 90 and 110, and the Range Rover. In 1989 Land Rover unveiled its new Discovery at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The 3-door vehicle, deliberately described this way as part of the programme to differentiate it from the 2-door Range Rover, although both had two doors and a tailgate, actually shared the Range Rover's chassis and drive train, body frame, and many other components, all of which were clad in a brand-new, trend-setting design that ensured the new vehicle would appeal to a new, younger and 'lifestyle-oriented' market. The Discovery was an instant sales success and was quickly followed by the 5-door version that further cemented its appeal as a family vehicle. Land Rover had a winner on its hands and had launched it with perfect timing to ride the wave of the soaring popularity of recreational and lifestyle off-roaders that followed in the early 1990s. Land Rover Legends will celebrate the 30thanniversary of this hugely successful vehicle. The 25th birthday of the launch of the P38a In September 1994 Land Rover launched the second-generation Range Rover - 24 years after the original was introduced. The new car was developed in building P38a of the Solihull factory, and so became known as the P38a. This was undeniably a luxury vehicle with leather upholstery, premium trim and burr walnut rivalling the interiors of upmarket saloon cars, putting the four-wheel drive in front of a new audience. It was a step forward from the first-generation Range Rover not just in terms of luxury, equipment and updated engine but also in its off-road versatility and abilities, with height-adjustable air suspension now standard. Exterior design changes were relatively subtle however, in order not to alienate loyal Range Rover customers, but the new vehicle was well-received by both the press and the buying public. Subsequently, the vehicle developed a reputation for poor reliability, primarily to do with its electrical systems, but over recent years enthusiasts have come to appreciate the design and the impressive capability of the P38a. And most of its electrical gremlins have by now been tamed! National Land Rover Awards The ultimate show for Land Rover connoisseurs, preservationists, restorers and enthusiasts will also see the announcement of the results of the National Land Rover Awards 2019, the winners of which will be chosen at Land Rover Legends. Nominations for the awards are open at www.landroverlegends.com. Shortlisted vehicles will be invited to be displayed as part of a dedicated indoor exhibition at the Bicester Heritage event where, on Sunday May 26th, a panel of expert judges will select the Winner and Highly Commended entry in each category. All Land Rovers welcome Land Rover Legends is an event for all Land Rovers. In addition to the main exhibits and demonstration vehicles, over a dozen major Land Rover Clubs have booked display space for the event and every Land Rover attending - whether with a club or not - will become a part of the show by being displayed in the dedicated forward-parking area that will be set aside to showcase representatives of the marque. This year, for the first time, canine companions are welcome to attend the event (regardless of whether or not they arrive in a Land Rover!). So there's no need to leave well-behaved four-legged friends at home; just pop them on a lead and bring them along. Other new features for 2019 include on-site camping and Saturday evening entertainment. Camping bookings are coming in thick and fast, and Land Rover fans are advised to book early if they want to make a weekend of it in the atmospheric, inimitable setting of Bicester Heritage. In addition to the fantastic range of very special vehicles on show, Land Rover lovers will find a host of other things to fascinate and tempt them, with top Land Rover restorers, specialists and associated suppliers, plus carefully-selected exhibitors and traders, all positioned in and around Bicester Heritage's magnificent main exhibition hangar. Advance discounted tickets for this exciting event are available now.
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Rainfall declines induced by climate change are expected to be compounded in Jordan by historically limited water resources and ballooning population growth punctuated by influxes of refugees. (Photo credit: Getty)
The effects of climate change on water shortages
In Jordan, one of the most water-poor nations, predictions of future droughts depend on the scale of climate change. Without reducing greenhouse gases the future looks dry, but researchers offer some hope.
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If global temperatures continue to rise, rainfall will increasingly become a beast of extremes: long dry spells here, dangerous floods there – and in some places, intense water shortages. As early as 2025, the World Health Organization estimates that half of the world's population will be living in water-stressed areas.
"Rainfall is somewhere between beautiful and a nuisance," said hydrologist Steven Gorelick, director of the Global Freshwater Initiative at Stanford's Woods Institute for the Environment. "It's not something you immediately drink." So when water supplies come up short, it's often a slow-moving disaster, with effects that accumulate – and linger – for years until rainfall rates seem to return to normal. As a result, Gorelick said, "There's a very short memory of the last drought."
Although a shortage of clean drinking water is the most immediate threat to human health, water scarcity can have far-reaching consequences. Diminished flows in rivers and streams can increase concentration of harmful pollutants. Researchers including Rosemary Knight and Scott Fendorf at Stanford's School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences (Stanford Earth) have shown that overtaxed aquifers in some places may become more vulnerable to contamination. When waterways run dry, animals may seek out drinking water from places where people live, increasing the likelihood of contact between humans with wildlife and any disease-carrying insects they host. Drought can also elevate risk of wildfires and dust storms that may lead to irritation of lungs and airways.
More directly, when people can't get enough water for sanitation and handwashing, respiratory and gastrointestinal illnesses tend to spread more easily. Food safety can be affected, too: When soils dry out and become compacted, it's more likely that rain will run off the surface and carry contaminants to crops instead of soaking into the ground.
As a way of exploring the future risk of water shortage in a complex environment, Gorelick and his colleagues have made a case study of Jordan, one of the most water-poor nations in the world. Rainfall declines induced by climate change are expected to be compounded by historically limited water resources and ballooning population growth punctuated by influxes of refugees. What's more, flows in one of the nation's key freshwater resources – the Yarmouk-Jordan River – have dwindled as a result of dam building and have also been affected by conflict-driven land-use changes in Syria.
The team analyzed data collected through remote sensing and government surveys and developed computer simulations of hydrological processes under different scenarios. The results showed that, barring significant reductions in global greenhouse gas emission rates, rainfall in Jordan will decline by 30 percent and the occurrence of drought will triple by 2100. The team also projected rainfall under a scenario in which emissions begin to decline in the coming decades, roughly in accordance with the goals of the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement. Even under this optimistic scenario, Jordan is likely to experience more frequent and longer droughts of moderate severity by 2100. "We don't know just how bad those impacts of climate change will be or how large the population will grow," said Gorelick, the Cyrus Fisher Tolman Professor at Stanford Earth. "But it appears to us that Jordan's freshwater future is pretty grim."
The group also accounted for conflict and policy scenarios and for factors ranging from corruption to the amount of water needed to preserve the environment. From that the group has been able to highlight the complex web of issues contributing to water scarcity in a warming world, both in Jordan and far beyond. "The basic hydrologic process models are in place," Gorelick said. "The things that are more difficult to predict are society's adaptations to freshwater stress."
An aerial view of Jordan, between the cities of Amman and Aqaba. (Photo credit: Rick Bajornas / UN)
Visualizing drought in Jordan
Jordan is among the most water-poor nations in the world. Data from remote sensing and government surveys helped to reveal a baseline for droughts experienced in the region surrounding its major river basins from 1981 – 2010. (Image credit: Yvonne Tang)
Jordan is at increased threat of drought as the climate warms. However, in a scenario in which the world reduces emissions in the coming decades, the region is projected have significantly less drought than if the world continues emitting greenhouse gasses unabated. (Image credit: Yvonne Tang)
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The effects of climate change on hunger
As more of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide enters the atmosphere, leading to climate change, crops might carry fewer nutrients, like zinc and iron. Stanford researchers explored this trend and regions most likely to be hurt by it.
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In warmer temperatures suicide rates increase, leading to concerns about an uptick in suicides as the globe continues to warm. But researchers offer some hope if greenhouse gases get under control.
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Chess Club is for 4th and 5th grade students. It begins the first Thursday in September and will be every Thursday until the last Thursday in April. It starts at 7 in the morning and will last until the first bell. It will be held in the gym. Please make sure your child eats breakfast before them come.
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The LA Marathon is March 24! This year we have 25 runners participating on behalf of YPI, helping us raise money for our Promise Scholars. Briana Erhard from our Health + Wellness Department is one of these amazing runners who is excited for the big day this coming Sunday. Here is a bit about her.
My name is Briana Erhard and I'm a Food & Nutrition Coordinator for YPI's Health + Wellness Department. This year I am running the full LA Marathon for #TeamYPI and our Promise Scholars.
I have been with YPI since March 2017 and am responsible for designing and implementing food access programs for the community, including fresh food distribution and nutrition education.
One of my most memorable experience at YPI was last spring during H+W's Family Fitness Expo that we planned for the community. It was an amazing opportunity to combine all of our programs into one fun, engaging event for our participants. I'm really looking forward to the upcoming Family Fitness Expo on May 18.
I decided to run the marathon because it will allow me to directly impact another YPI program –– the Promise Scholars. The opportunity to challenge myself and bring my community together to support future leaders encouraged me to run.
This will be my second full marathon. I ran the Milwaukee Lakefront Marathon in the fall of 2013, and since then I have done a few other runs including the Joshua Tree Half Marathon. I've been preparing for the 26.2 miles by combining several different practices to balance my training. I usually go on 3-4 runs a week and always do a long run on Sundays. I've also been very intentional about practicing yoga to build strength and flexibility. Recovery has been extremely important and helpful throughout the past months of training as well. The best support has been the encouragement from my family and friends.
If I could offer advice to our young Promise Scholars, I would encourage them to push beyond the limits of what is comfortable. This is truly when you will find the greatest opportunities for learning and growth. Believe in yourself, be gentle with yourself, and know that you can achieve your greatest dreams!


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Coca-Cola says, after Pepsi, that it will sit out the Super Bowl
Dozens killed as a powerful earthquake in Indonesia topples homes and buildings
Curiosity rover celebrates 3,000 Mars days on the red planet
Dan Campbell emerges as the Detroit Lions' favorite for the next head coach
GitLab CEO sees the public market at secondary value of $ 6 billion
Celebrities were 'really bad' after 'American Idol'
Rex Tillerson slaps Trump while Pompeo sings his praise
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The US Supreme Court has rejected several attempts to postpone the execution of Lisa Montgomery and cleared the way for the federal government to execute the woman in Kansas.
Several judges granted Montgomery a postponement of the execution; the first came late Monday, less than 24 hours before she was originally to be killed.
But on Tuesday, an appeals court dismissed one, and the Supreme Court dismissed two others. The last one, in the 8th circuit court, was rejected around noon. 23 Tuesday.
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Montgomery's execution by fatal injection is now expected to take place overnight at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana. She will be the first woman killed by the federal government in more than 60 years.
The 52-year-old was convicted of killing 23-year-old Bobbie Jo Stinnett in northwestern Missouri town of Skidmore in 2004.
She used a rope to strangle Stinnett, who was eight months pregnant, and then cut the baby from the womb with a kitchen knife. Montgomery took the child with him and tried to pass the girl on as his own. She was taken into custody the next day.
The baby that Montgomery cut from Stinnett's uterus and detectives who were rescued turned just 16. She has never spoken in public, and the family has asked for privacy.
Death Row inmate's infamous friend says she got to know the real Lisa Montgomery behind bars
Details of the crime at times left jurors in tears during her trial.
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But during the trial, prosecutors accused her of falsifying her mental illness, arguing that Stinnett's murder was premeditated and included careful planning, including online research into how to perform a C-section.
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The last woman executed by the federal government was Bonnie Brown Heady on December 18, 1953 for kidnapping and murdering a 6-year-old boy in Missouri.
The last woman executed by a state was Kelly Gissendaner, 47, on September 30, 2015 in Georgia. She was convicted of the 1997 murder of her husband after she conspired with her boyfriend who stabbed Douglas Gissendaner to death.
FOX4 continues to cover Lisa Montgomery's case online and on Tuesday night and Wednesday.
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Colourful, complex action/drama score from Conti
UNNAMED ORCHESTRA
TOMMY TEDESCO
DAN WALLIN
CLIFFORD C. KOHLWECK
VARESE SARABANDE CD CLUB
VCL 0706 1050
Album cover copyright (c) 2006 Columbia Pictures Industries; review copyright (c) 2006 James Southall
This slightly unusual crime drama, written and directed by John Cassavetes, must have seemed like a dream come true for composer Bill Conti: his interview in the liner notes reveal that when he met the director for the first time and tried to arrange the spotting session, Cassavetes said "I'm not doing that - it's why I hired you" - and Conti realised he had free reign to do anything he wanted with the score. I imagine that most film composers would be bursting at the seams for such a chance.
In the event, Conti wrote a flavourful score highlighting saxophone and guitar solos along with a slightly unusual orchestra including no fewer than sixteen clarinets! The main title piece is the score's highlight: opening with a hint of flamenco flair with a very brief passage for voices, it goes into a lovely guitar solo, an impassioned section for sax and finally an explosive fully-orchestral close. It's a blinding piece of music, arresting and colourful, vivid and memorable. Conti has written a number of impressively-portentous pieces of music for films, and in its own way this is right up there, not least because it's so original and perhaps demonstrates a more personal touch than is usual from the composer.
Inevitably, the main body of the score isn't quite up to that standard. It's interesting music, composed and performed with real flair, but for some reason far beyond anything I could comprehend, it occasionally seems to fail to sound as good as it should do on paper. That is not to say it's bad - it isn't - it's good. It remains constantly listenable, is frequently rather striking, and all very impressive - just lacking the touch of magic which seemed to infuse itself into the opening.
The score boasts some fine action music - "The Hit" in particular - which is a clear precursor to what I had previously thought of being the "Michael Kamen sound" (of course, this predated anything Kamen wrote) - the combination of swirling strings and powerful percussion hits being tremendously effective. Also impressive are the two "Chase" cues, which are dynamic and propulsive. Perhaps more notable, though, are the softer passages - the guitar solo of "Aftermath" is gorgeous - and "Gloria and the Boy" impassioned and full of emotion. "Bonding" manages to sound light and deft even though it still demonstrates orchestration as complex as elsewhere in the score (and that complex - emotionally, as well as technically - nature of the compositions is arguably the score's greatest asset). The album finishes strongly, too, with "Reunion and Finale" being a touching piece for guitar.
Needless to say, the sound of the saxophone is something of an acquired taste, but don't worry too much - this is not some lame Kenny G stuff, it's using the unique timbre of the instrument to bring extra colour to the score, not adding a touch of pop music which is no doubt what film composers of the 1980s were generally trying to do with various ill-advised trips down the saxophone path.
There's one superlative piece here - the opening title - and much music which is really very good, if not quite great. As I said above, it seems a more deeply personal score than some of Conti's others, and its release is certainly most welcome in the present reawakening of interest in the composer, one fuelled very much by Varese Sarabande's CD Club. As usual, the package is good - Julie Kirgo's insightful notes include a new interview with Conti, archive comments from Cassavetes and the usual touches of humour and wit. Sound quality is excellent. Recommended.
Main Title (4:43)
The Hit (3:58)
Aftermath (2:04)
Gloria and the Boy (3:03)
Hide and Seek (3:37)
On the Run (3:04)
Bonding (2:50)
Chase #1 (4:31)
A Dark Night (3:47)
A Boy Alone (1:27)
Reunion and Finale (5:42)


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    its(:properties) { is_expected.not_to be_nil }
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    its(:flattern_properties) { is_expected.not_to be_nil }
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    its(:preferred_label) { is_expected.to eq "#{vocab.prefix}:#{subject.name}" }
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    its(:uri) { is_expected.to eq "#{vocab.uri}#{subject.name}" }
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    it { expect(described_class.normalize_vocab_id("1")).to eq 1 }
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end

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§§ 1, 2. Of contemplation in general; what it is.
§§ 3, 4. Contemplation is twofold, viz. First philosophical, of which there are several sorts.
§§ 5, 6, 7, 8. Secondly, mystical; what it is.
§ 9. Mystic contemplation or union is: 1. Active; 2. Passive.
§§ 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15. Of active mystic union; the nature and manner of it; whether the internal senses be used in it, &c.
§ 16. A mistake of some concerning this contemplation.
§§ 17, 18. The divine excellency of it.
§§ 19, 20. Whether there be several states of it.
1. Hitherto the exercises of a devout soul have been exceedingly laborious, in which she hath been obliged to use force and constraint (more or less) upon herself to elevate the will above all created things, and to apply it unto God. She hath struggled through terrible oppositions of the devil and corrupt nature, the instability of the imagination, tumultuousness of passions, &c., all which would hinder her perseverance in her recollections; but notwithstanding all this, pursuing them still, sometimes in light and sometimes in darkness, sometimes allured by sweetness, and again sometimes afflicted (but not discouraged) with desolations, in the end God crowns her courage and patience by exalting her to a new, more perfect, and divine exercise of the prayer of union or Contemplation.
2. Contemplation (in the accepted general notion of the word) signifies a clear, ready, mental seeing and quiet regarding of an object, being the result and effect of a precedent diligent 503and laborious inquiry and search after the nature, qualities, dependencies, and other circumstantial conditions of it.
3. Now according to the nature of the object contemplated, and the disposition or end of the person contemplating, there are several sorts of contemplation (at least so called). For, in the first place, anciently there was a certain kind of false contemplation, which we may call philosophical, practised by some learned heathens of old, and imitated by some in these days, which hath for its last and best end only the perfection of knowledge, and a delightful complacency in it. Others there were (and it is to be feared are still) that contented themselves with an airy vain renown, which they hoped to gain by their knowledge; so that whatsoever was the object of their contemplation (whether things natural, moral, yea, or even divine, as far as by wit and subtilty or tradition they could be known), self-love and pride was the utmost end of all these contemplations. Yea, to this rank of philosophical contemplations may be referred those scholastic wits which spend much time in the study and subtle examination of the mysteries of faith, and have not for their end the increasing of divine love in their hearts; nay, these are indeed more imperfect and culpable (saith Albertus Magnus, Lib. de Adhær. Deo) inasmuch as they offend against a greater and supernatural light.
4. Yea, and those among them that do truly intend, as their last and principal end, the glory of God and seeking His divine love (which is the best sort of scholastic contemplatives), yet since their chief employment consists in much internal discourse and reasoning, which cannot be practised without various and distinct sensible images by which to represent God, &c., the knowledge which they attain to is not properly contemplative, and the highest degree of prayer that they arrive unto is only a perfect kind of meditation.
5. In the second place, there is a mystic contemplation which is, indeed, truly and properly such, by which a soul without discoursings and curious speculations, without any perceptible use of the internal senses or sensible images, by a pure, simple, and reposeful operation of the mind, in the obscurity of faith, 504simply regards God as infinite and incomprehensible verity, and with the whole bent of the will rests in Him as (her) infinite, universal, and incomprehensible good. This is true contemplation indeed, and as rest is the end of motion, so is this the end of all other both internal and external exercises; for therefore, by long discourse and much practise of affection, the soul inquires and tends to a worthy object that she may quietly contemplate it, and (if it deserve affection) repose with contentment in it.
6. So it is in prayer: the soul aspiring to a perfect union with God, as yet absent, begins with inquiry by meditation; for, as St. Augustine saith, Intellectus cogitabundus principium omnis boni; that is, All good proceeds from the understanding as its first principle. By meditation the soul labours to represent this divine object with all the sensible advantages and motives of admiration and love that it can invent, to the end the will by pure love may rest in Him; but this being done, the will being not yet at free liberty to dispose of itself, is forced with some violence to untwine and withdraw its adhesion from creatures, that it may elevate itself and be firmly fixed to this her only good, and at last, by long custom, the force by little and little diminishing, the object begins to appear in its own perfect light, and the affections flow freely, but yet with a wonderful stillness, to it; and then such souls are said to be arrived to perfect mystical union or contemplation.
7. This is properly the exercise of angels, for their knowledge is not by discourse; but by one simple intuition all objects are represented to their view at once, with all their natures, qualities, relations, dependencies, and effects; but man, that receives all his knowledge first from his senses, can only by effects and outward appearances with the labour of reasoning collect the nature of objects, and this but imperfectly; but his reasoning being ended, then he can at once contemplate all that is known unto him in the object.
8. Now in Holy Scripture our chiefest happiness and perfection are said to consist in this, that we shall be like unto angels both in our knowledge and love, for we shall (as they) 505have a perfect view and contemplation of God as He is, not by any created forms and representations; and so beatifical shall that contemplation be, that it will for ever ingulf all our affections. But in this life our perfection will consist in approaching as near as may be to such an angelical contemplation of God without sensible forms, and as He is indeed proposed by faith, that is, not properly represented, but obscure notions imprinted in our minds concerning Him, by which we do perceive that He is not anything that we can perceive or imagine, but an inexhaustible ocean of universal being and good, infinitely exceeding our comprehension; which being and good, whatsoever it is in itself, we love with the whole possible extension of our wills, embracing God beyond the proportion of our knowing Him; but yet even such a contemplation and love in this life, by reason of our bodily weakness and necessities, cannot be without many descents and interruptions.
9. This mystic contemplation or union is of two sorts: 1. Active and ordinary, being indeed an habitual state of perfect souls by which they are enabled, whensoever fit occasion shall be, to unite themselves actively and actually to God by efficacious, fervent, amorous, and constant, yet withal silent and quiet, elevations of the spirit. 2. Passive and extraordinary; the which is not a state but an actual grace and favour from God, by which He is pleased at certain times, according to His free good pleasure, to communicate a glimpse of His majesty to the spirits of His servants, after a secret and wonderful manner. And it is called Passive, not but that therein the soul doth actively contemplate God, but she can neither, when she pleases, dispose herself thereto, nor yet refuse it when that God thinks good to operate after such a manner in the soul, and to represent himself unto her by a divine particular image, not at all framed by the soul, but supernaturally infused into her; which grace is seldom, if ever, afforded but to souls that have attained to the former state of perfect active union. Concerning this Passive Union and the several kinds of it, we shall speak more hereafter.
10. As for the former sort, which is active contemplation, of which we have already treated in gross in this chapter, we read 506in mystic authors, Thaulerus, Harphius, &c., that he that would become spiritual ought to practise the drawing of his external senses inwardly into his internal, there losing and, as it were, annihilating them. Having done this, he must then draw his internal senses into the superior powers of the soul, and there annihilate them likewise; and those powers of the intellectual soul he must draw into that which is called their unity, which is the principle and fountain from whence those powers do flow, and in which they are united. And lastly, that unity (which alone is capable of perfect union with God) must be applied and firmly fixed on God, and herein, say they, consist the perfect divine contemplation and union of an intellectual soul with God.
11. Now whether such expressions as these will abide the strict examination of philosophy or no, I will not take on me to determine; certain it is that by a frequent and constant exercise of internal prayer of the will, joined with mortification, the soul comes to operate more and more abstracted from sense, and more elevated above the corporal organs and faculties, so drawing nearer to the resemblance of the operations of an angel or separated spirit.
12. Yet this abstraction and elevation (perhaps) are not to be understood as if the soul in these pure operations had no use at all of the internal senses or sensible images (for the schools resolve that cannot consist with the state of a soul joined to a mortal body); but surely her operations in this pure degree of prayer are so subtile and intime, and the images that she makes use of so exquisitely pure and immaterial, that she cannot perceive at all that she works by images, so that spiritual writers are not much to be condemned by persons utterly inexperienced in these mystic affairs, if delivering things as they perceived by their own experience they have expressed them otherwise than will be admitted in the schools.
13. Now to this kind of purely intellectual operations doth a soul begin to arrive after a sufficient exercise of immediate acts of the will, and having attained thereto they do grow more and more spiritual and sublime by the exercise of aspirations and blind elevations without all limit.
14. I call them pure intellectual operations, in opposition to actuations imaginative, produced by mean of gross sensible images, and not as if the said operations were in the intellect or understanding; for, on the contrary, they are exercised in a manner wholly by the will, for in proper aspirations the soul hath no other use of the understanding but only antecedently to propose an object, which is no other but only a general obscure confused notion of God, as faith darkly teaches, and this rather virtually than directly and expressly, the main business being to elevate the will and unite it to God so presented.
15. In which union (above all particular images) there is neither time nor place, but all is vacuity and emptiness, as if nothing were existent but God and the soul; yea, so far is the soul from reflecting on her own existence, that it seems to her that God and she are not distinct, but one only thing; this is called by some mystic authors the state of nothingness, by others the state of totality; because therein God is all in all, the container of all things. And the prayer proper to this state is thus described by a holy hermit in Cassian (collat. x. c. ii.): Ita ad illam orationis incorruptionem mens nostra perveniat, &c.; that is, So will the mind ascend to that pure simplicity of prayer, the which is freed from all intuition of images, undistinguished with any prosecution of words or senses, but uttered internally by an inflamed intention of the mind, by an unutterable excess of affection, and inconceivable quickness and alacrity of spirit, which prayer, the spirit being abstracted from all senses and sensible objects, doth pour forth unto God by sighs and groans that cannot be expressed.
16. It is an error, therefore, of inexperienced persons, who think and say that all the exercises and thoughts of contemplatives are actually in heaven, in interior conversation with angels and saints, tasting of the joys of paradise, or wholly employed in sublime speculations about divine mysteries of the Trinity, Incarnation, &c.; true it is, that in a Passive Union, God may, after a clear and distinct but wonderful manner, represent any or all these things by a supernatural species imprinted in the soul. But as for the proper exercise of active contemplation, 508it consists not at all in speculation, but in blind elevations of the will, and ingulfing it more and more profoundly in God, with no other sight or knowledge of Him but of an obscure faith only.
17. This happy state of active contemplation is, for substance, the most perfect that the soul is capable of in this life, being almost an entire reparation and restitution of the soul to the state of primitive innocence for as long as it lasts; because then the soul is freed from all sinfully-distracting images and affections that would separate her from God. Hereupon a holy hermit, in Cassian, says that, except in the very actual exercise of contemplation, a soul is not only in an imperfect state, but also in an immediate disposition to a sinful defect, by reason that where God doth not wholly possess the soul, the very images of creatures cannot but more or less defile her. How comfortable, therefore, and how only secure is a life of prayer!
18. Those that are inexperienced may, and often do, call this a state of idleness and unprofitable cessation, as Martha complained against her sister Mary; but those that have attained to a taste of it know it to be the business of all businesses, as St. Bernard calls it. True it is they do not, without a special and certain inspiration from God, interest themselves in external businesses, nor perhaps employ much of their time and devotions in express prayers for common necessities; yet those inexpressible devotions which they exercise, and in which they tacitly involve the needs of the whole Church, are far more prevalent with God than the busy endeavours and prayers of ten thousand others. A few such secrets and unknown servants of God are the chariots and horsemen, the strength and bulwarks of the kingdoms and churches where they live.
19. I know that some mystic authors do constitute several distinct states following active contemplation. As Barbanson makes mention of the state of the Divine Presence in the soul, and after that of the Manifestation of God to the spirit, &c., and in all these great variety of ascents and descents, &c.; likewise F. Ben. Canfield, in his last and most perfect state of the essential and supereminent will of God, makes mention of 509several distinct exercises, as denudation, an active and passive annihilation, &c. These authors, perhaps, spoke according to the experience of the divine operations in their own souls, and with regard to their particular manner of prayer. Therefore, I conceive that what they deliver needs not be esteemed a common measure for all; neither will I deny but that there may be distinct states (some of which I will mention), as the great desolation, &c.; but it will be to no purpose to search closely into then. Those happy souls whom God shall so highly favour as to bring them to the mount of vision and contemplation will have no need of light from any but God to conduct them in those hidden divine paths, and the inexperienced will reap but little profit from such curious inquiries.
20. I will therefore content myself with delivering in a general manner, 1. the nature of the prayer proper to the state of active contemplation; 2. and from thence I will proceed to treat modestly concerning Passive Union, and the several kinds of it; 3. to which I will add a brief discourse of that great desolation which usually follows the said union; 4. and then I will conclude the whole book with a very short description of the state of Perfection.


Last week I joined, at the urging of Love at First Book, the Classics Club. What this means is that I vow to read at least 50 classics in 5 years (see my list here). Because classics come with the stigma of being heavy and daunting, I started out with Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton because it's short and I've never read her. Don't get me wrong, I love some of the classics (Pride & Prejudice and Tess of the D'Urbervilles are in my top ten favorite books), but it has been a while since I have read one.
Ethan Frome is a story that pits love against duty, demonstrating that the two are not necessarily the same thing. It is, quite possibly, one of the most depressing stories I have ever read. There wasn't anything catastrophic, per se, but the quiet desperation of Ethan and Mattie was palpable and it broke my heart. Because the story was published in 1911, I imagine the outcome is very different than what it would be if it were written today. This is not a book with a predictably happy ending, and yet it will draw out your sympathetic side.
All in all, it was not a bad way to start off the Classics Club.


As the last of the migratory birds returned to the uplands at the end of April they were greeted by snow and hail which blanketed the moors in a white shroud for a couple of days. The low temperatures were short lived and the forecast for the week ahead is a good one with rising temperatures and light winds.
Overall the winter weather has been mild with very little snow and record low levels of rainfall. Last month moorland managers reported favourable grouse counts with some well up on last year. At the moment the vital signs are encouraging; the next 2 months will be crucial and lack of rain will be the next hurdle to overcome as moors are becoming tinder dry; lack of moisture will impact on insect hatch and increase the risk of moorland fires but light rain is forecast this week.
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. Opportunities for grouse days despite very buoyant letting market.
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Traveling around Berlin is pretty easy, once you know the U-Bahn and S-Bahn system. The trains will get you everywhere quite easily. They're also clean and spacious. As a result, there aren't that many buses (unlike London which has an extensive tube and bus system).
I was still tired and recovering from the weekend, so on Tuesday I stayed in most of the day. In the evening, there was a jazz night at a bar called Edelweiss in Görlitzer Park (in Kreuzberg). Stephanie and I went there, and so did a huge group of couchsurfers. It was crowded inside, and there was a €3 entrance fee. Needless to say I wasn't very impressed. The jazz was ok, but compared to what I've heard in New Orleans, it was very underwhelming and frankly overrated. There were a couple of French people there. I met a couple of Australians, but it was unfortunately their last night in Berlin, so I had little incentive to really connect with them. Steph and I skipped out of the bar pretty early.
Wednesday was another lazy day. That evening, I joined Felix after work to have a little planning session with his friends, in preparation for the Highfield Festival. I went to Charlottenburg, Kaiserdamm, and met Felix there. We went to the Apartment, which is shared by Andy, Basti, Tobi, and Daniel (Jack). There was also Mirko and Dana. We ordered pizza, and I had one to myself. The pizza was dry and in need of sauce or something. Luckily, the guys had extra dressing from their salad that they gave to me.
Finally, on Thursday, it wasn't raining! So I explored the city on foot. I walked to the Tiergarten, the big park in the middle of the city, Berlin's equivalent of Central Park or Hyde Park. In the middle of the park is the Siegesäule, a large column commemorating Prussian military victories.
I continued walking south. After passing some political offices and embassies, I ended up at Wittenbergplatz. There, I got some food at Dolores, a San Francisco-themed cafe that serves Mission District-style burritos.
When I read about it, of course I was skeptical. I mean, Mexican food in Europe. But I tried the burrito, having a seasoned chicken with their chipotle salsa, and I must say that the burrito was decent! Much better than any other Mexican food I had had in Europe.
Afterwards, I walked toward Zoologischer Garten, and I tried to check out the Gedächtniskirche, but it was undergoing renovations and is completely covered up with scaffolding.
In the evening, I decided to go to the weekly couchsurfing meetup again. This time, by myself, although I did leave Steph a message that I was going. There, I met a crazy Russian guy who lit his mouth on fire when he took a shot. There were also a few Spanish guys, and a group of Germans who were impressed with my German language skills.
The next day, I returned to Wittenbergplatz, on a quest to try some good currywurst. There's a place there that serves organic "bio" currywurst, but it was over €3,00 per wurst, which I just found egregious.
So I decided instead to check out Konnopke's Imbiß, on Schönhauser Allee, which is a famous place. It's also across the city, so it took a while (and the U2 goes pretty slowly through central Berlin). The Imbiß is located underneath the U-Bahn tracks, right in the middle of the street. And the currywurst? Meh. It was just a hot dog with some unusual ketchup for me.


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For other uses, see The Beautiful Game (disambiguation).
The Beautiful Game (Portuguese: o jogo bonito) is a nickname for association football, popular within media and advertising though rarely used by fans, which was popularised by the Brazilian professional footballer Pelé. Although the exact origin of the phrase is disputed, football commentator Stuart Hall used it in 1958. Hall admired Peter Doherty when he went to see Manchester City play at Maine Road and used the term "The Beautiful Game" to describe Doherty's style when playing.
The exact origins of the term are disputed. The origin has been attributed to Brazilian footballer Waldyr Pereira (Didi), and the presenter Stuart Hall claimed to have originated it in 1958. The English author and football fanatic H. E. Bates used the term earlier, including in a 1952 newspaper piece extolling the virtues of the game entitled "Brains in the Feet".
Earlier writers used the term in 1848 to describe the game of baaga'adowe, a forerunner of lacrosse as played by Ojibwe at Vauxhall Gardens in London, and to tennis in 1890.
Brazilian footballer Pelé is credited with making the phrase synonymous with football. In 1977, he named his autobiography My Life and the Beautiful Game. The book's dedication reads "I dedicate this book to all the people who have made this great game the Beautiful Game." The phrase has entered the language as a description for football.
It is used as a title for the 13-part 2002 series charting the history of the game: History of Football: The Beautiful Game, narrated by the actor Terence Stamp.
In January 2014, New Model Army released a song called The Beautiful Game in support of the project "Spirit of Football". A football podcast was released with the title "The Beautiful Game".
Sportswear company Nike has referenced the beautiful game in its football commercials. In 1996, a Nike commercial titled "Good vs Evil" was a gladiatorial game set in a Roman amphitheatre where ten football players from around the world, including Eric Cantona, Ronaldo, Paolo Maldini, Luís Figo, Patrick Kluivert and Jorge Campos, defend "the beautiful game" against a team of demonic warriors, which culminates in Cantona receiving the ball from Ronaldo, pulling up his shirt collar, and delivering the final line, "Au Revoir", before striking the ball and destroying evil.
Adidas Beau Jeu, French for "Beautiful Game"
Nike also uses the Portuguese phrase Joga bonito—meaning "play beautifully", and not "beautiful game", which would be Jogo bonito—as one of its slogans for football products. Nike began using the slogan Joga bonito in a campaign preceding the 2006 FIFA World Cup in an attempt to curb players' behaviours on the pitch. In collaboration with, and promoted by, former international footballer Eric Cantona (who once karate-kicked a fan), Nike released a series of adverts to promote a game that is skillful and dignified, not riddled with theatrics and poor sportsmanship.
Sportswear company Adidas named an official match ball of UEFA Euro 2016 Adidas Beau Jeu which translates to "The Beautiful Game" in English.
^ a b Moore, Brian (15 July 2010). "South Africa World Cup besmirched 'beautiful' game". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
^ Bates, H. E. (16 November 1952). "The Sunday Times". p. 4.
^ Catlin, George (1848). Notes of eight year's travels and residence in Europe... p. 119.
^ Heathcote, John Moyer; Edward Oliver Pleydell-Bouverie; Arthur Campbell Ainger (1890). Tennis. p. 10.
^ "The World Cup will show why football is still a beautiful game" (12 June 2014). The Telegraph.
^ "New Model Army's "Beautiful Game" « The Ball 2014". Theball.tv. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
^ "The Beautiful Game". The Beautiful Game. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014 – via The Internet Archive.
^ Kane, Pat (18 July 2006). "Let football eat itself". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 September 2014.


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Genes in Space announces 2016 US Winner
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DNA analysis experiment to be performed aboard International Space Station
San Diego, Calif., July 14th, 2016 – Genes in SpaceTM named Julian Rubinfien, a high school student from New York, the winner of the second annual Genes in SpaceTM competition. The innovative contest challenges students in grades seven through 12 to design an experiment to solve a real-life space exploration problem through DNA analysis. The winning experiment will be conducted aboard the International Space Station (ISS) using miniPCR™ technology.
Rubinfien (15) aims to study genetic processes that may lead to accelerated aging in space. His experiment seeks to measure the length of telomeres, the chromosome end-caps that are shortened in premature aging. Rubinfien hypothesizes that the lengths of telomeres change during spaceflight and that these changes contribute to accelerated aging experienced by astronauts. His experiment uses a PCR-based assay and human organoids, a three-dimensional organ-bud grown in-vitro that shows realistic micro-anatomy, to measure telomeres on the ISS.
Rubinfien's winning experiment was presented at the ISS Research and Development Conference in San Diego, California. He was among five finalist teams who were invited to present their proposals before a prestigious panel of scientists, educators, and technologists. Rubinfien will have his experiment performed 250 miles above the Earth aboard the ISS and will be invited to watch the launch of his experiment into orbit. The five finalists were chosen from a competitive group of over 380 applications representing more than 900 students from across the country.
The first Genes in SpaceTM experiment by 2015 winner Anna-Sophia Boguraev was performed aboard the ISS on April 19th, making it the first DNA amplification experiment ever conducted in space. This second Genes in SpaceTM competition serves to further engage a new generation of space biology explorers, building student affinity for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields. It will also continue to build genetic analysis capabilities aboard the ISS.
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By Mack Rawden
Daniel von Bargen is in serious condition in an Ohio hospital after a failed suicide attempt. The actor, best known for playing George Costanza's lazy and shameless boss Mr. Kruger on Seinfeld, was supposed to have several of his toes amputated, but rather than undergo the procedure, he decided to shoot himself in the head. The bullet connected with its target but did not end his life, forcing a 911 call in which he explained the situation to the operator.
Authorities were dispatched to the scene immediately. Upon arriving, they ordered von Bargen to put the gun down. Once the weapon was secured, paramedics rushed him to the hospital. According to TMZ, the scary situation happened Monday morning, and the actor has been receiving medical treatment ever since. As of press time, it's unclear whether or not he'll survive, but Pop Blend sends out its deepest sympathies to his family, as well as its well-wishes for his safe recovery.
von Bargen might not be a household name, but he's turned in scene stealing roles in numerous productions. Broken Lizard fans no doubt remember his work as Police Chief Grady in Super Troopers, and he also made many appearances as the head of Marlin Academy on Malcolm In The Middle. Still, it's his hysterical performances on Seinfeld that I will always cherish the most. It's not easy to stand alongside George Steinbrenner in terms of memorable bosses the show gave us, but I always liked the shiftless Kruger every bit as much.
Mack Rawden
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Q: browser shows a blank screen when an asp.net core mvc application is run I have created an asp.net core mvc web application in visual studio 2019 professional edition. After a successful build when I run the application, I am getting a blank screen in the browser. It is not showing the contents of the index page.
I checked the iis by typing inetmgr in the command window. It is opening up the iis Window. I also cross-checked in the browser window by typing http://localhost/. I am able to get the welcome page in IIS.
I don't know what's the issue here. Any valuable help is appreciated.
Please find the screenshot below.

A: When I faced a similar issue, it was due to the Web.config file, when the run httpRuntime was set to an incorrect target framework. Maybe remove the targetFramework parameter and see if the auto resolver resolves it.

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