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Liberals have come to really, really, really, hate David Broder, and so they're all upset that he spent today's column saying that Sarah Palin should be taken seriously as a future presidential candidate. Palin, Broder thinks, does "outsider populist" well, and in Broder's view that's one of the potentially successful messages presidential candidates have used.
Against that, Matt Yglesias cites Palin's terrible poll numbers, and Steve Benen responds to Broder's claim that "the lady is good" by asking: "good at what?" Greg Sargent gets his shots in too.
I think the fuss here is about Broder, not Palin. Yes, her polling numbers stink, and that's worth noting when considering her chances for 2012. On the other hand, it's very early. We don't know who the candidates will be by fall of 2011, or the issues, or even what Palin's issues will be by then. There's more than enough time for her to "write" a book full of wonkish policy stuff on any issue she wants, or for her to give a series of serious substantive speeches on any subject or subjects (for those who don't think she could do such things, I'll remind you that such things can be purchased by anyone with the cash to do so). Republicans now disposed to like her but to believe she lacks the substance to be president could be convinced by such maneuvers.
I can answer Steve Benen's question, however. What's Palin good at? One thing: resentment. And if there's one thing we know about Republican presidential nominations, it's that resentment sells...the only real exception that I can think of would be George H.W. Bush's defeat of Bob Dole in 1988 (and perhaps Reagan's defeat of Dole in 1980, but Reagan was better at resentment than Howard Baker, Bush, Anderson, or Connolly). Sarah Palin appears, to my eyes at least, to be the best at translating personal pique into national political resentment since Richard Nixon, the all-time master of it. I have no idea whether she will wind up even running. I agree with those who can't quite see her trudging around Iowa and New Hampshire for months, and it's hard to see how she can run for president without at some point becoming a lot more competent at some of the basics of talking about public policy issues than she's bothered to do to this point. The polling, as I said, is also relevant and not a positive. But resentment is an asset. I think those who think she has no chance are kidding themselves; of course she has a chance to win the Republican nomination. David Broder is only stating the obvious when he says she has has a real chance, and she's good at what she's good at.
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David Brooks' comments do not really conflict with Andrew Sullivan's take on Palin, which is that she is dangerous. She is only dangerous if she is good at something, and she can indeed emotionally connect with an audience, and that is a rare and vital skill for a politician.
Bernstein isolates the strength of this connection to resentment. Resentment may be the single biggest word, but she seems to not only get an audience resentful and angry, but she also seems capable to inspire a crowd to action.
Liberals who mock her as a hick really miss the point, because dismissive mockery strengthens her appeal.
The best approach is to attack her as a liar, criticize her policy depth, and talk about how the presidency requires great analytic powers and wide knowledge she just does not have. These are not cultural attacks, and they will not inflame resentments outside of the Republican base. They instead create doubt in her abilities among people who emotionally find her quite likable.
Perhaps the best line of attack is the enormous self-inflicted wound of her resignation. Calling her a quitter who lacks the grit to stay in a grinding tough job is not a cultural attack, and her spin on that issue will only be bought by her base.
Matt Jarvis February 11, 2010 at 4:02 PM
I'd like to run with anonymous' comments in those last couple paragraphs.
Running through a lot of populist conservativism is anti-intellectualism. You see it in the attacks on "liberal elites." If dismissive mockery strengthens her appeal, then don't these attacks do the same thing? It's not just that attacking hicks gets people's dander up; attacking people for NOT being smart also might hurt.
Honestly, I think the anti-intellectual AND hick attacks don't need to get "made" because they're already part of her media image. Journalists are already going to be building these themes into their narratives, so I'm not sure any attacks need to get made on them. However, the "quitter" attack might need to get made. The politics journalist is more focused on running for the next election than on the policy, so that attack might need to get hammered home more.
Richard Skinner February 11, 2010 at 7:08 PM
I'm something of a Palin skeptic. She's already disliked by a majority of the American public, and almost 3/4 don't see her as qualified to be president. This comes after a year and a half of *very* heavy media exposure. I don't think she has much room to change her image, nor does she seem the sort to try.
She could make a credible race for the Republican presidential nomination; it's hard to see her as the nominee (primary voters do seem to care about electability) and even harder to see winning the presidency.
She reminds me less of Richard Nixon than of Spiro Agnew; the pre-Watergate Nixon was disliked but respected, while Palin is closer to the opposite. Like Agnew, she enjoys great popularity with the GOP base, mostly because liberals don't like her. Like Agnew, Republican insiders don't trust or respect her. Like Agnew, relatively few voters see her as a potential president even when they cheer on a speech. (Even if Agnew had remained VP (and Nixon remained president -- I won't cover a President Agnew counterfactual), he probably would have been beated for the '76 nomination by Reagan, Rockefeller or John Connally).
"the pre-Watergate Nixon was disliked but respected, while Palin is closer to the opposite"
Nice writing there. Liked but disrespected.
Jarvis' point that attacks on her lack of policy and intellectual bona fides are unneeded because those weaknesses are embedded in her media image persuades me (I am anonymous above), and of course I am gratified he likes the idea of hammering in that she is a quitter.
Jonathan Bernstein February 11, 2010 at 8:40 PM
You're thinking 1968. In the 1950s, Nixon was similar to Palin -- loved by the GOP base, respected by no one.
As you say, though, Palin so far hasn't shown any inclination to be the "sort to try," as you say. To me, that's really the key to the whole thing...she's reasonably positioned to be a serious candidate for the nomination, except that everything we know about her suggests she's unlikely to do the sort of things that it takes to capitalize on it. If that turns out to be wrong, then she has a good shot.
Point taken. In '56, the Democrats actually ran ads against Nixon as the VP nominee. But Nixon used his time as vice president well, in a way that it's hard to see Palin doing.
Plus Nixon won the loyalty of Republican officeholders by campaigning for them everywhere, under every condition. Palin seems to go only where she gets paid.
And, in 1960, Nixon had the advantage of being the most obvious successor to one of the most popular presidents in history. I can't think of a comparable advantage for Palin.
Plus did anyone ever think Nixon was *stupid*? People thought he was loathsome, transparent, phony, cynical, opportunistic, petty, demagogic, etc. But I don't think many people thought he lacked for brains.
Jonathan Bernstein February 11, 2010 at 10:23 PM
Oh, certainly, Nixon in the 1950s and Palin now aren't identical. I do think that he was thought to be a lightweight...not stupid, the way people think Palin is stupid, but not brainy, either. I think that comes later. By the way, when you're listing his supposed assets in 1960, don't forget "good on TV." He had that reputation, up until the debates.
And yes, it was far easier for him to win as the sitting Veep in '60 than it would be for her as the recent Veep candidate in '12. It's still a pretty good head start, however.
"she's reasonably positioned to be a serious candidate for the nomination"
Sort of. Weakly positioned would also be a good phrase.
Uncompromising base pleasers (Goldwater, McGovern) do get nominated, so Palin is positioned, but it is not the best place to run from even for the nomination, and it is worse for the general.
It is best to be trusted by the base (Reagan, GWB), but to telegraph geniality, moderation, and tolerance to the electorate at large. That sort of position gets you the nomination and the Presidency. It lets you get the nomination without pandering to the base and then tack to the center without losing them.
Tacking to the center is completely not in Palin's repertoire, and since she appeals to resentment and anti-intellectualism it is hard to see how she could moderate without losing her following.
Speaking as someone who thinks she would be a catastrophe as President my main fear is that the country does truly poorly (>15% unemployment plus Edwardsian scandal for example) opening the middle to a demogogue who offers ready scapegoats.


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2022 THE PLAYERS Championship Predictions
Posted byWalker Polivka March 9, 2022 March 10, 2022 Posted inGolf Predictions
The PGA Tour hosts its flagship tournament this week as it visits TPC Sawgrass for the 2022 THE PLAYERS Championship. Read on below to see my predictions for who will win the tournament, as well as my predictions for who will finish in the top 10, my dark horse, and my player to fade.
Winner: Collin Morikawa- The #2 ranked player in the Official World Golf Rankings, Morikawa has played as well as you can without a win this season, with a pair of runner-up finishes and 4 top 10's in 4 starts. Morikawa finished T-41 in his debut in this tournament last season, but don't let his lack of past success fool you. Morikawa's stats speak for themselves this year, as he is ranked 8th in Strokes Gained: Off-The-Tee, 6th in Strokes Gained: Tee-To-Green, 4th in both Strokes Gained: Approach The Green and Putting, and 1st in Strokes Gained Total. A two-time major winner already in his young career, I predict that Morikawa will be adding another career-defining win to his resumé on Sunday with a win at THE PLAYERS Championship!
Top 10: Justin Thomas- The defending winner of THE PLAYERS Championship, Thomas has gotten off to a hot start this season, with 4 top 10's and 6 top 20's in 6 starts. Thomas won this event last year and has 3 top 15's and no missed cuts in 6 career starts at TPC Sawgrass. Thomas comes into the week ranked 18th in Strokes Gained: Off-The-Tee and 10th in Strokes Gained: Approach The Green. With a lot of rain expected in the forecast at TPC Sawgrass this week, the course will be playing long and gnarly and being able to keep the ball in play is vital. No one has ever won The Players Championship in 2 consecutive years and I don't see that trend changing this year. Thomas will be in the mix all week though and will bring home another top 10 finish.
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Dark Horse: Dylan Frittelli- The working man's version of Brooks Koepka, Frittelli only had 3 top 10's last season on tour and each of them came in a premier event: T-5 at The Masters (2020), T-9 at the World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play, and 5th at The Open Championship. Frittelli also played well at The Players Championship, finishing T-22 in his debut here last year. Frittelli has also finished in the top 25 in 3 of his last 5 PGA Tour starts and has quietly put together a solid stretch of play. A win would be improbable, but another top 25 is definitely in the cards for Frittelli this week.
Player to Fade: Cameron Champ- Champ has been in a bit of a slump this year, with 3 missed cuts and a best finish of T-46 in 6 starts so far. He's made each of his last two cuts on tour, but doesn't have much good mojo at TPC Sawgrass, as he withdrew after an opening round 78 in 2019 and missed the cut here in 2021. In a field where the studs will be out in full force, expect Champ to struggle as he misses the cut.
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British schools planning to take groups to France between now and Sunday have been advised not to do so.
The Foreign Office issued the advice in line with guidance from the French Ministry of Education.
It said: "As part of the national state of emergency, the French Ministry of Education has cancelled all school trips within France by French schools until Sunday.
"This includes excursions to cultural sites (theatres, museums, etc) and travel by school groups on public transport. These cancellations don't specifically include foreign school parties, but the French Ministry of Education has advised foreign school groups to avoid travelling to France until after 22 November.
"The Foreign and Commonwealth Office recommends that British schools planning to take groups to France between now and 22 November follow the French Ministry of Education's advice not to travel. The French Ministry of Education has advised that school trips already under way in France may continue as originally planned."
The headteacher of a school in Grimsby said he was cancelling two trips to France, even though doing so felt like "giving in to terrorism".
Some 96 pupils aged 12 and 13 from Tollbar Academy were due to leave for St Omer in two groups on a French and history trip, one on Thursday and the other a week later.
David Hampson, chief executive of Tollbar Multi Academy Trust, which runs the school, told BBC Radio 5 live: "It was a decision we made with great regret, but it was necessary and we felt in the interests of the safety of the pupils.
"It's giving in to terrorism, but in this case I'm in a position of loco parentis for children that are 12 and 13 years old.
"The parents are in an absolutely hideous position. The children want to go, [but] the parents have obviously got concerns about their safety, as I have."
Mr Hampson said the school was hopeful of receiving full reimbursement from its insurance company, but will ensure that, either way, all parents involved are repaid the £285 cost of the trip.


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The Home That Was Our Country
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Alia Malek weaves a lyrical narrative around the history of her family's apartment building in the heart of Damascus, the many lives that crossed in the stairwell, and how the fates of her neighbors reflect the fate of her country. At the Arab Spring's hopeful start, Alia Malek returned to Damascus to reclaim her grandmother's apartment, which had been lost to her family since Hafez al-Assad came to power in 1970. Its loss was central to her parent's decision to make their lives in America. In chronicling the people who lived in the Tahaan building, past and present, Alia portrays the Syrians-the Muslims, Christians, Jews, Armenians, and Kurds-who worked, loved, and suffered in close quarters, mirroring the political shifts in their country. Restoring her family's home as the country comes apart, she learns how to speak the coded language of oppression that exists in a dictatorship, while privately confronting her own fears about Syria's future. The Home That Was Our Country is a deeply researched, personal journey that shines a delicate but piercing light on Syrian history, society, and politics. Teeming with insights, the narrative weaves acute political analysis with a century of intimate family history, delivering an unforgettable portrait of the Syria that is being erased.
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Comic-Con is coming to San Diego later this week, and with that, AT&T is bringing in help that sounds more like it belongs on the farm than relieving mobile data needs.
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March is National Nutrition Month and what a great month it is. Spring arrives. Days are finally getting longer, the temperatures are beginning to warm up, and many of us start organizing and cleaning our homes. But spring cleaning is not just for your home anymore! It's just as important for us to clean and brighten up other parts of our lives. Even if that New Year's resolution did not work out.
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You may find that you slipped into some not so great habits over the winter, so now's the time to break them and start fresh. Go through your pantry and throw away any items that you feel are holding you down, whether it's sugar, caffeine, or wheat, and replace them with healthy staples like herbs, spices, whole grains, oils, and teas.
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While adding a full load of courses to that may seem unimaginable to some, Bowman carries 16 units this semester. She majors in journalism with an emphasis in public relations and a double-minor in marketing and communications.
A typical day for the busy-body includes skipping breakfast, working at KBeach in between classes, closing and opening the Body Shop store and taking lots of naps. Bowman said she's gotten four to five hours of sleep per night her whole college career, but she couldn't imagine her life without the chaos.
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Beyond Hope and Fear:
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I identify as a Green Warrior, since you're reading this perhaps you do too. Since the early 1990s, I have been involved in three initiatives with a common thread of sustainability: New Urbanism, electric vehicles, and green building. During this time I became aware of the need for radical change in our entire infrastructure, and also of many deep and pervasive interconnections between all global initiatives that may fit under the "sustainability" banner- initiatives around water, energy, agriculture, women's rights, social and environmental justice, evolving political systems…and a lot more.
Green Warriors work in many fields and types of organizations - green building, communications, fair trade, environmental disciplines, non-profits, government agencies, even the financial sector. When I worked in a green mechanical engineering firm, I used to scoff at what I called the Bamboo Floor People, the "greenwashers." We Green Warriors know we need significant advances, not tiny incremental ones, and it's much easier to put recycled bamboo flooring in a building and call it green than it is to push hard to install a highly energy efficient HVAC system that is ultimately much greener. But lately I've realized that since all our efforts are so interconnected, and that we're all becoming more aware of it, some of the greenest initiatives are about not recycling or rooftop gardens or great building systems but about equalizing the distribution of power, wealth, and health. Green building and energy efficiency promote social justice and vice versa. So for my own purposes I've redefined green and sustainable to be widely inclusive. All over the planet now, people are coming to the same conclusions by very different paths.
As Green Warriors, every day we fight the inertia, risk aversion and resistance to change that threaten to imperil our planet and our species. We find ways to present ROI on green projects that are almost irresistible but are dismayed when they're rejected for reasons we or our clients barely understand. We're acutely conscious of the scale effects of the smallest decisions: a specification of a system component; a new hire; pursuing or accepting a new project or client; separating our trash; driving or walking; turning off the water or the lights.
But most of us believe on some deep level that we're on a short fuse to total ecological meltdown and widespread economic and social failure, and that in view of global warming, in order to survive as a species we must effect widespread, fundamental, systemic change within a time frame that we know is impossible. Nevertheless, we who choose to fight rather than flee soldier on, by turns warmly optimistic and bitterly fatalistic. The more I learned about the rampant waste and inefficiency in our entire culture, the worse I felt about the current state of the built environment. It's now almost impossible for me to enter a building, a neighborhood, or a city without noticing wasted energy and inefficient design. I feel this most when I'm deep in the Heart of Sprawl – trying desperately to exit some generic big box parking lot, cursing traffic engineers, zoning codes, big box retailers and the desperate, failing, pliant communities that they prey upon.
Not to trivialize what our military personnel go through in our recent wars (necessitated largely by energy security concerns), but we Green Warriors suffer from a kind of shell shock or battle fatigue: a sense of utter futility when we finally face the sheer size and scale of the imbedded inefficiencies and wasteful and destructive technological underpinnings of our built environment, our transportation systems, and our manufacturing and agricultural infrastructures.
We Green Warriors typically focus most of our energy on setting examples, on telling positive stories, on selling win-win-win and "triple bottom line" solutions and projects to clients, with varying degrees of success. But I suspect that there may be a widespread morale problem that we don't talk about too often because a lot of our behavior is at root somewhat both altruistic and idealistic – in our zeal we are afraid to counter any doubt or admit defeat. We also take an adversarial approach to the "other side" and feel that if we don't keep the pressure on, all will be lost. These reactions are entirely understandable, but we're still often operating largely on either hope or fear. We need to address our own hidden morale problem, and take a closer look at reality.
The first remedy for Green Battle Fatigue is assessing what Tony Robbins calls our "evidence procedures." Both hope and fear usually involve making decisions based on very little evidence. For instance, today the Republicans are stoking fear of change by claiming that increased environmental regulations will damage the economic recovery, but there is little evidence for this, in fact the opposite is true: recent history shows that increased regulations (such as tighter energy efficiency standards) usually have a positive effect on the economy. We forget that we have ample evidence that green and sustainable initiatives are pervasive, successful, and happening at scale all over the planet: we tend to ignore success stories in favor of apocalyptic scenarios. The behavioral aspects of the hope-fear dichotomy that makes apocalyptic thinking so easy are complex and fascinating, and understanding them and learning to manipulate them is crucial to effecting widespread change. But let's continue to collect the data and use it to our advantage.
Next, we need to envision the future in a more positive and realistic way. There's no question that in the general media today, apocalyptic scenarios prevail. But we have on hand several visionaries like Jeremy Rifkin and Amory Lovins who provide detailed, evidence-based descriptions of a future with energy security, balanced budgets, fewer wars, equalized distribution of wealth, clean air and water, ample food, and a balance between humans and the environment. We need to be creating broad, shared, compelling narratives, mythologies, theories, and models for the future, based on examples of success in history or in the present, on a wide scale, beyond single projects. These must be shared by everyone - the general public, who must vote at the ballot box, the store, and at work; technologists who deploy large resource intensive systems; thought leaders who inspire action; politicians who must find a way out of economic and political problems; and designers, engineers and architects who must develop and execute projects on many scales that are at the heart of the necessary transformations. Our visualizations of future cities have to progress beyond glass box high-rises sprayed with plants (the Organic Jetsons aesthetic). Designing better, more sustainable cities is particularly crucial given the global trend toward urbanization and increasing density.
Connected to envisioning the future differently is dreaming big, very big, perhaps bigger than you may be comfortable with. It's counterintuitive to step out of our comfort zone in a recession, but in many cases we may have no other choice. For instance, all over the country municipalities and state governments are being forced to try new things, including previously dismissed green initiatives, because they're out of money. Green initiatives generally create jobs, improve living conditions, and increase tax revenue while saving energy and reducing environmental impact: dire times my provide fertile grounds for implementation on a number of fronts. More importantly, as Daniel Goldstein points out in his book "Invisible Energy," when you adopt an evidence procedure and do the math, there is really no downside to thinking really big in terms of future energy reduction targets- contrary to the claims made by most Republicans today, energy reduction efforts will not result in lost jobs or a slowed economy- the opposite has been shown to be the case historically. From a careful risk-reward analysis, it turns out that the real risk is in business as usual, in fighting to maintain wasteful inefficient, financially ruinous practices and systems in the face of strong evidence against them.
Another step in overcoming Green Battle Fatigue is to get some perspective about time scales and global warming. This is particularly difficult to do, as we're told constantly by scientists that it's too late, we've already passed the carbon tipping point. While we don't have consensus on the true extent of our ability to impact the future, we do have enough solid evidence that we must reduce carbon output. But the best way to deal with the global warming issue as Green Warriors is to realize that all of the things we must do (and are doing) to combat it – tighter emissions regulations; higher energy and water efficiency standards for buildings, cars and industrial plants; halting global deforestation; reinventing agriculture (to mention a few) – we should be doing anyway, for many other economic, political, ecological, and social reasons. We're already seeing the effects of climate change in increased natural disasters and shifting weather patterns- adaptive green design will make buildings more resilient to natural disasters as well as more energy efficient. Climate change means that many parts of the world will get more rain, while others will be dryer- this will drive adaptations in agriculture, and provide opportunities to replace systems based on synthetic petrochemically intensive fertilizers with more robust systems. Decentralized power grids will prove more resilient and provide cheaper, more reliable energy. Gradually, the realization that solutions with multiple positive outcomes are preferable will become a greater part of the decision making process for political and economic systems all over the planet.
Finally, we need to be engaged closely with our audiences and our clients by apprehending and communicating interconnectedness. This is challenging and difficult given the nature of media and the way the brain works. We want simple stories, and interconnectedness is complex and hard to process. But we can be creative in how we do this: just to grab a random example from the movies, in Avatar, the planetary organism that the Na'vi plug into is a great metaphor for interconnectedness: it's a blend of real things like neural networks and hyphae or mycelium networks that are the largest living organisms on earth. On a practical level, apprehending interconnectedness means facilitating the natural evolution of "multiple win" initiatives, and being able to find and communicate a real, credible "win" for every stakeholder in any new proposal.
Connecting with our clients, our communities, and our colleagues is crucial to our personal sense of having an impact, and this more than anything allows us to overcome Green Battle Fatigue syndrome. When we're dreaming and planning big, it really doesn't matter if we're wrong about the details - we won't know unless we try, and the things we should be doing are necessary on many levels at once. But it does matter that we're planning, and it matters even more that we maintain a real, vivid, evidence-based vision of the future and our ability to impact it positively on a personal level. This will give us the inspiration we need to stay in the game and win.
Posted by Clifton Lemon at 5:51 PM
Nicely written-that helps. The need to feel optimistic and energized in face of doom and doomsayers is real for many of us who've been trying to do the right thing( in our work and personally). It is easy to feel, as a builder, that the scale of our projects is so small as to be irrelevant. It is hard to tell one's self that "each weatherstripped door is a step in the right direction". But it does keep you sane to say that.
Clifton Lemon November 10, 2011 at 8:25 AM
Right- it's like voting- you feel like only one drop in the ocean, but you still exercise your choice and feel the power of doing that. So knowing the downstream impact of all kinds of decisions, not just "paper or plastic" ones, can be overwhelming if you give in to that feeling (as we all must at some point) but also energizing. One weatherstripped door can have an impact on the next door neighbors, the family, etc, and can help raise awareness.
I struggle with optimism and pessimism: we seem to want things to fall into black or white all the time. We're kind of hardwired to be optimistic and gravitate toward it naturally, but what I'm talking about is a feeling of power based on knowledge that you can have (and are having) an impact- we have the data that backs it up. So it's a bit more powerful than being optimistic...it becomes more deliberate and expansive and action becomes easy and almost inevitable. Does that make sense?
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Thoughts on equality
Why Don't We Have Political Equality when Equality is better for everyone
When you vote what issues will influence you – Brexit, war with North Korea, terrorism, immigration – or austerity, child care, education, the NHS, social care and the basic unfairness of our society. Will politicians be campaigning on 'women's issues', recognising that the economy does not work for the majority of people and that the weakest – including women and children have been ignored by our political system?
We have a women prime minister, but do we really have equality? For decades female MPs have made up less than 5% of the total seats and today we have only 191 women MPs out
We have a women prime minister, but do we really have equality? For decades female MPs have made up less than 5% of the total seats and today we have only 191 women MPs out of 650.
Over the course of this decade more than 66 billion pounds will be taken from women's pockets in tax rises and cuts in social security. Austerity has hit women hit twice as hard as men. Women pensioners will be 20% worse off as their rights are specifically targeted and women will retire on an average income of £14,300 a year compared with £19,100 for men.
Women's contribution to the economy as carers has never been recognised and as the health and social care systems are consistently underfunded it is women who are bearing the burden. Women – an unacknowledged army of grandmothers – provide the majority of childcare to support working parents.
Women also provide the backbone of the voluntary sector filling many of the roles which have been the victims of austerity. They staff the food banks and work for underfunded charities.
'Women's jobs' have been consistently underpaid and women are further penalised for taking time out of full-time unemployment. It is time to recognise the economic contribution of women both paid and unpaid, visible or invisible. Men's jobs are too often seen as a profitable investment whilst women's jobs are an expense to be cut.
Brexit too further disadvantages women by removing employment rights and cutting funding for vital social projects.
Politicians talk about GDP, trade deals, government expenditure and tax regimes – not about the impact of these decisions on households – on cuts to Women's Aid leaving victims of domestic abuse with nowhere to turn, to Sure Start which ends help to families and to pubic sector employment which impacts women disproportionately. Millions of pounds are spent on building new roads, whilst public transport becomes increasingly expensive.
The Women's Equality Party asked women what they wanted and we listened, it is time that the political system met our needs – young and old, rich and poor, disabled or able-bodied, regardless of our race or sexuality. We can only achieve a better society by working together.
We believe in a fairer society for everyone – equality for women, not at the expense of men, but to build a better country for us all – where women and girls can live in safety, where social media is no longer a dangerous place, where caring is valued, a truly equal society.
The Women's Equality Party is an important new voice in fighting for equality – for a better society not just for women but for everyone. Our leader Sophie Walker is standing against Philip Davies in Shipley and if you live in one of the constituencies where WEP has a candidate we would ask you to support us.
The statue of Emmeline Pankhurst in St Peter's Square recognises the achievement of women in gaining votes, but our history has shown that gaining the vote was only the beginning of the struggle for an equal society for all. Ask your candidates what they are doing to achieve equality, campaign, vote and join us in the Women's Equality Party in building a better, fairer society.
My thoughts in the Big Issue of 15 May 2017 in light of the General Election.


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Q: How do I make a select list from a Viewbag item list? I have a list created from a controller which is passed to a viewbag item:
        List<SelectListItem> PTL = new List<SelectListItem>();

        List<PT> PTL2 = db.PT.ToList();

        foreach (var item in PTL2)
        {
            PTL.Add(new SelectListItem { Value = item.ID.ToString(), Text = item.Name });
        }

        ViewBag.PTL2 = PTL2;

Then, in the view, I tried the following from another question here:
               @Html.DropDownList("test", new SelectListItem[]{
            new SelectListItem() {Text = "Exemplo1", Value="Exemplo1"},
            new SelectListItem() {Text = "Exemplo2", Value="Exemplo2"},
            new SelectListItem() {Text = "Exemplo3", Value="Exemplo3"}}
            , htmlAttributes: new { @class = "form-control" })

which worked fine, but, if I try to edit it to the following:
               @Html.DropDownList("test", ViewBag.PTL2, htmlAttributes: new { @class = "form-control" })

I get various errors.
I have spent hours on this trying different combinations, different castings and more, but, I just don't seem to be making progress.
I have seen so many different errors - the most common one being '

There is no ViewData item of type IEnumerable<SelectListItem> that
  has the key "test"'

However, I tried casting and changing the name as per different questions here, but, I just can't seem to get past this.
At this point, I am thinking of just making a manual HTML Drop Down list and a foreach loop for the content, but, this seems a waste.
Does anyone know what I have done wrong?

A: The second parameter must be a collection of System.Web.Mvc.SelectListItem objects that are used to populate the drop-down list. But, you are using ViewBag property in this case and the type of this is dynamic. So, you must cast it to the collection of the SelectListItem. Otherwise, you will get this error in MVC 4+:

Extension methods cannot be dynamically dispatched

So. as a result just change
ViewBag.PTL2
to
ViewBag.PTL2 as IEnumerable<SelectListItem>.

A: i hope it is not too late ,this is how i do it with .net core
in your controller ,use below code
 public ActionResult ShowCalendar()
        {
            var programs = new Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Rendering.SelectList((new Programs().GetAll().ToList(), "ID", "Name")

            ViewBag.AllItems = programs;

            return View();
        }

and in your cshtml file use the below
            <select id="ItemID" class="form-control"
                    asp-items="ViewBag.AllItems">
                <option disabled selected>--- @Localizer["PleaseSelect"] ---</option>
            </select>

will do the job for you

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Home Lexus NX News
2022 Lexus NX leaked in official video, see it inside and out
Someone is getting fired.
By: Adrian Padeanu
Published by: Adrian Padeanu
[UPDATE] The video has been taken down. - It was only about a month ago when the new Lexus NX was caught testing for the first time, and to our surprise, the camouflage is all gone now. Someone accidentally (or not) published what looks like an official video of the luxury crossover on YouTube, revealing the revamped NX in full.
The clip is no longer available on the video hosting platform, but a Redditor acted quickly and uploaded it on Streamable where it's still available at the moment of writing.
Judging by the German number plate, the leak might originate from Europe, and it shows the NX 200, presumably the entry-level variant. Oddly enough, the end of the video says "NX 350h" before referring to an upcoming 450h+ variant with a plug-in hybrid powertrain. All that really matters is the styling has now leaked in full.
Gallery: 2022 Lexus NX screenshots from official video
The exterior appearance is not a great departure from the current model, but there are some changes worth mentioning. The LED daytime running lights are now integrated into the main headlights to enable a cleaner look of the front end. The spindle grille is still very much on the large side and boasts a new pattern with vertical ornaments.
The telltale sign we're looking at the second generation is at the back where the NX is the latest model to get an LED light bar. It also appears to have a pair of faux exhaust tips and there's a good chance those vertical air vents are also just for show. Overall, Lexus has sharpened up the design here and there without straying too far from the familiar formula.
It's a different story on the inside where the 2022 NX has a significantly revamped appearance. For starters, it ditches the much-criticised touchpad and comes with a large touchscreen. There are separate conventional controls for the dual-zone climate settings, along with a rotary knob for the driving modes. We're also noticing a generously sized wireless charging pad, a fully digital driver's display, a more compact gear lever, a head-up display, new switchgear, and no more analogue clock.
Curiously, even though the exterior badge clearly says NX 200, we can't help but notice there's an EV mode button between the seats, so maybe this is the NX 350h after all as mentioned at the end of the video. As for the PHEV variant, it is believed it will adopt the powertrain from the Toyota RAV4 Hybrid, but nothing is official yet.
With the new NX expected for the 2022 model year, the world premiere could take place in the coming months. Perhaps Lexus will move the premiere forward since the cat is pretty much out of the bag now.
The current model is still going strong:
2021 Lexus NX gets 'intelligent' parking sensors as standard
New £36k front-wheel-drive model is latest base-spec Lexus NX
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Profits up at South African restaurants group Famous Brands
SA's biggest fast-food restaurant chain reported a 16% rise in profits its 15th consecutive year of growth.
FILE: Famous Brands bought a 70% stake in the Wakaberry self-service chain of frozen yoghurt bars. Picture: Facebook.
Restaurant chain
Famous Brands expands
JOHANNESBURG - Famous Brands, South Africa's biggest fast-food restaurant chain, reported a 16 percent rise in profits on Monday, its fifteenth consecutive year of growth.
The company, which owns chains such as Debonairs Pizza and Mugg & Bean, said headline earnings per share totalled 541 cents for the year ended 29 February, up from 467 cents last year, on revenue up 31 percent at R4.3 billion.
The company said group revenue growth was "attributable to organic and acquisitive growth, including healthy system-wide sales in the franchise Brand portfolio and integration of new business in the logistics and manufacturing operations".
A total of 184 new restaurants were opened across the brand portfolio, bringing the total restaurant network to 2,614, the company said.
The Group's target is to open a total of 48 new restaurants in the rest of Africa region in the year ahead.
Famous Brands declared a final dividend of 215 cents, raising the total dividend by 14 percent to 405 cents from 355 cents the previous year.


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Posterstein es un municipio situado en el distrito de Altenburger Land, en el estado federado de Turingia (Alemania), a una altitud de . Su población a finales de 2016 era de unos  y su densidad poblacional, .

Dentro del distrito, el municipio está asociado a la mancomunidad (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft) de Oberes Sprottental, que tiene su sede en la vecina ciudad de Schmölln. En su territorio se incluye la pedanía de Stolzenberg, localidad de unos cincuenta habitantes que fue municipio hasta su incorporación a Posterstein en 1950.

Se conoce la existencia de la localidad desde 1191. El topónimo deriva de la familia noble local Puster y de su castillo medieval, conocido como Stein ("piedra"). Hasta la unificación de Turingia en 1920, la localidad perteneció al ducado de Sajonia-Altemburgo.

Referencias

Enlaces externos
Página web del distrito de Altenburger Land

Municipios del distrito de Altenburger Land
Localidades del distrito de Altenburger Land

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Il Corriere d'Informazione è stato un giornale quotidiano del pomeriggio pubblicato a Milano dal 1945 al 1981.

Storia

Fondazione
All'indomani della Liberazione, tutte le testate del Nord Italia compromesse con la Repubblica Sociale furono chiuse. Il 26 aprile 1945 fu chiuso anche il Corriere della Sera. Il governo militare alleato, che deteneva il controllo dei mezzi di comunicazione italiani, approvò un piano per la riorganizzazione della stampa. Il piano prevedeva che in ogni città del settentrione avrebbe ripreso immediatamente le pubblicazioni il maggiore quotidiano locale, "con carattere di indipendenza e di obbiettività dell'informazione". Il Comando militare alleato affidò l'incarico di riportare il Corriere in edicola al maggiore scozzese Michael Noble, già capo dell'ufficio stampa del XV Gruppo di Armate.

A fine aprile 1945 Noble arrivò a Milano, con la carica di presidente della Commissione alleata per le pubblicazioni nel Nord Italia. Nonostante la giovane età (aveva solo 25 anni) in meno di un mese riorganizzò la redazione del Corriere (alla maggior parte dei giornalisti fu permesso di restare) e ne dispose il ritorno in edicola.

Il PSI e il PCI, intanto, avevano occupato la tipografia. Le rotative del Corriere stampavano l'Avanti! e l'Unità. I due partiti erano contrari ad un immediato rientro del quotidiano nelle edicole. Noble superò la loro resistenza suggerendo un cambio di denominazione. La testata «Corriere della Sera» fu sostituita da «Corriere d'Informazione».

Per quanto riguarda la direzione, i colleghi britannici consigliarono a Noble di nominare Mario Borsa, giornalista conosciuto e stimato dalla stampa inglese in quanto corrispondente da Londra per Il Secolo (1898-1910) e corrispondente dall'Italia per The Times (1919-1939).
Borsa, giornalista dal passato senza macchie, incontrò il gradimento di tutti i partiti del Comitato di Liberazione Nazionale.

Il Corriere d'Informazione apparve nelle edicole il 22 maggio 1945. Noble ottenne anche che il quotidiano si stampasse in via Solferino, insieme ai due quotidiani di partito. A partire dal 23 luglio il Corriere uscì anche in edizione pomeridiana.

Appassionato giornalista, il militare scozzese fondò un nuovo quotidiano, il Giornale Lombardo, portando con sé dal Corriere d'Informazione il caporedattore Benso Fini, Bruno Fallaci (già redattore capo dell'edizione pomeridiana) e Gaetano Afeltra. Un anno dopo Afeltra fu richiamato in via Solferino da Guglielmo Emanuel, che lo nominò caporedattore del Corriere d'Informazione (agosto 1946).

Gli anni di Gaetano Afeltra
Nel 1946 i proprietari del Corriere della Sera rientrarono in possesso della testata. Il 7 maggio riapparve il Corriere della Sera nell'edizione mattutina; il Corriere d'Informazione continuò ad uscire come quotidiano del pomeriggio. Dal successivo mese di giugno le uscite dell'Informazione divennero tre giornaliere: "pomeriggio" (alle 17), "notte" (verso le 20) e "ultima della notte" (verso le 24).
Nel 1954 (direttore Mario Missiroli), Gaetano Afeltra rilanciò il quotidiano arricchendolo di fotoservizi di cronaca, per rispondere al successo del quotidiano concorrente La Notte, apparso nelle edicole milanesi due anni prima, che aveva conosciuto un rapido successo grazie anche allo spazio dato alle notizie di spettacolo.

Nel 1961 le due redazioni furono riunificate. Il direttore di fatto dellInformazione, Gaetano Afeltra, fu nominato vicedirettore del Corriere della Sera con direttore Alfio Russo.

Dopo Afeltra
Nel 1972 Piero Ottone scorporò la direzione del Corriere della Sera da quella del Corriere d'Informazione. Primo direttore del quotidiano del pomeriggio fu Antonio Alberti (15 marzo 1972). Nel 1979 stampava 100.000 copie per due edizioni quotidiane.
Il Corriere d'Informazione fu chiuso dall'editore, Rizzoli-Corriere della Sera il 15 dicembre 1981, in seguito al dissesto finanziario provocato dal crac del Banco Ambrosiano di Roberto Calvi.

Direttori
Essendo l'edizione pomeridiana del Corriere della Sera, formalmente il direttore fu lo stesso del Corriere. Perciò l'elenco comprende:
 Mario Borsa, 22 maggio 1945-6 agosto 1946
 Guglielmo Emanuel, 7 agosto 1946-14 settembre 1952
 Mario Missiroli, 15 settembre 1952-14 ottobre 1961
 Alfio Russo, 15 ottobre 1961-10 febbraio 1968
 Giovanni Spadolini, 11 febbraio 1968-13 marzo 1972
Con la conclusione della direzione Spadolini le due direzioni furono separate. Dopo il 13 marzo 1972 i direttori del Corriere d'Informazione furono:
 Antonio Alberti, 15 marzo-4 dicembre 1972
 Gino Palumbo, 5 dicembre 1972-30 gennaio 1975
 Cesare Lanza, 31 gennaio 1975-18 ottobre 1976
 Benedetto Mosca, 19 ottobre 1976-23 ottobre 1978
 Gino Fantin, 24 ottobre 1978-15 maggio 1979
 Pier Augusto Macchi, 16 maggio 1979-25 marzo 1981
 Lorenzo Pilogallo, 26 marzo-15 dicembre 1981

Nel 1978 fu affidata al caporedattore Carlo Palumbo la realizzazione della versione televisiva del Corriere d'Informazione, un telegiornale trasmesso in diretta da Tele Alto Milanese.

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Collegamenti esterni

La Domenica degli Italiani, raccolta digitalizzata presso la Biblioteca di Storia Moderna e Contemporanea (annate 1945 e 1946)

Quotidiani della Lombardia del passato
Periodici fondati nel 1945
Pubblicazioni scomparse nel 1981
Corriere della Sera
Periodici in lingua italiana


Necedah, WI - Wisconsin River Power Company (WRPCO) urges recreational and fishing enthusiasts to BE SAFE when near a dam structure or hydroelectric facility. This message is part of Dam Safety Awareness Week ‐April 5‐11, 2015, as declared statewide by Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR).
The week's purpose is to emphasize the importance of safety near dams and on waterways to help prevent accidents. Many accidents and fatalities that occur near dams could be prevented by using common sense, practicing safety, staying clear, adhering to warning signs and barriers, and understand the dangers to be found near them.
Wisconsin River Power Company operates two hydroelectric plants, Petenwell and Castle Rock, on the Wisconsin River.
WRPCO is a member of the Midwest Hydro Users Group, an association of dam owners who promote safe, efficient, economical and environmentally‐friendly use of hydroelectric power. The group urges outdoor enthusiasts to enjoy the many recreational opportunities that can be found on rivers and lakes in Wisconsin but reminds everyone to stay clear of all hydro facilities.
Obey all signs and barriers. They are for the public's protection.
Any sirens and flashing lights can indicate an imminent change in water level or flow is about to occur or is occurring.
Especially in spring, falling into cold water can cause hypothermia that could result in death from drowning.


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A cat can go into shock following an injury, prolonged illness, poisoning, blood loss, or other traumatic event.
If you think your pet is in shock, seek veterinary help immediately!
Poor circulation - if you are comfortable with it, press your finger firmly against your cat's gums, then release. If it takes longer than two seconds for the white area to "refill", your cat has poor circulation.
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Students worldwide demand climate action
Students play with an inflatable globe as they march to demand action on climate change, in Rome, Friday, March 15, 2019. Students worldwide are skipping class Friday to take to the streets to protest their governments' failure to take sufficient action against global warming. (Alessandro Di Meo/ANSA via AP)
FRANK JORDANS | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BERLIN — From the South Pacific to the edge of the Arctic Circle, students mobilized by word of mouth and social media are skipping class to protest what they see as the failures by their governments to take tough action against global warming.
Friday's rallies were one of the biggest international climate change actions yet, involving hundreds of thousands of students in more than 100 countries around the globe.
The coordinated "school strikes" were inspired by 16-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, who began holding solitary demonstrations outside the Swedish parliament last year.
Since then, the weekly protests have snowballed from a handful of cities to hundreds, fueled by dramatic headlines about the impact of climate change during the students' lifetime. Scientists have backed the protests, with thousands in Britain, Finland, Germany and the United States signing petitions in support of the students.
Thunberg, who has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, said at a rally in Stockholm that the world faces an "existential crisis, the biggest crisis humanity ever has faced and still it has been ignored for decades."
"And you know who you are, you that have ignored this," she said.
Across the globe, protests big and small urged politicians to act against climate change while also highlighting local environmental problems:
>> In India's capital of New Delhi, schoolchildren protested inaction on climate change and demanded that authorities tackle rising air pollution levels in the country, which often far exceed World Health Organization limits.
>> In Paris, teenagers thronged the cobblestoned streets around the domed Pantheon building. Some criticized French President Emmanuel Macron, who sees himself as the guarantor of the landmark 2015 Paris climate accord but is criticized by activists for being too business-friendly and not ambitious enough in efforts to reduce emissions.
Raphael Devautour, high school student said it was his first protest. "We can feel that something is happening," he said. "When the youths start acting, it get things moving. We saw it in 1968."
>> In South Africa's capital, Pretoria, one protester held a sign reading "You'll Miss The Rains Down in Africa." Experts say Africa, with its population of more than 1 billion people, is expected to be hardest hit by global warming even though it contributes least to the greenhouse gas emissions that cause it.
>> Thousands marched in rainy Warsaw and other Polish cities to demand a ban on burning coal, a major source of carbon dioxide. Some wore face masks as they carried banners that read "Make Love, Not CO2."
>> Speakers at the U.S. Capitol in Washington stood behind a banner that said "We don't want to die."
>> Protests in Madrid and more than 50 other Spanish cities drew thousands. The country is vulnerable to rising sea levels and rapid desertification.
>> In Berlin, police said as many as 20,000 protesters gathered in a downtown square, waving signs such as "March now or swim later" before marching through the German capital to Chancellor Angela Merkel's office.
Carla Reemtsma, a 20-year-old student who helped organize the protest in Berlin, said she's part of about 50 WhatsApp groups devoted to discussing climate change.
"A lot happens on social media because you can reach a lot of young people very quickly," she told The Associated Press.
Azalea Danes, a student at the Bronx High School of Science, wasn't a climate activist until two weeks ago when she read about Thunberg's efforts. Now she is one of the top organizers of the youth climate strike in New York City, where she hopes thousands will rally in three places later Friday.
That shows how these protests are organized from the bottom up, she said.
Volker Quaschning, a professor of engineering at Berlin's University of Applied Sciences, said it was easy for politicians to belittle students.
"That's why they need our support," he said. "If we do nothing, then parts of this planet could become uninhabitable by the end of the century."
But some politicians praised the students. Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen showed up at a protest in Copenhagen and tweeted Friday "we must listen to the youth. Especially when they're right: the climate must be one of our top priorities."
Scientists have warned for decades that current levels of greenhouse gas emissions are unsustainable, so far with little effect.
In 2015, world leaders agreed in Paris to a goal of keeping the Earth's global temperature rise by the end of the century well below 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) compared with pre-industrial times.
Yet the world has already warmed by 1 degree C since then and is on track for an increase of 4 degrees Celsius, which experts say would have far-reaching consequences for life on the planet
In Germany, environmental groups and experts have criticized government plans to continue using coal and natural gas for decades to come.
Quaschning, one of more than 23,000 German-speaking scientists to sign a letter of support this week, said Germany should stop using all fossil fuels by 2040. This would give less-advanced nations a bit more time to wean themselves off coal, gas and oil while still meeting the Paris goal globally.
"This is going to require radical measures and there isn't the slightest sign of that happening yet," said Quaschning.
In Stockholm, Thunberg predicted that students won't let up their climate protests.
"There are a crisis in front of us that we have to live with, that we will have to live with for all our lives, our children, our grandchildren and all future generations," she said. "We are on strike because we do want a future."
Seth Borenstein in Washington; Rishahb R. Jain in New Delhi; Monika Scislowska in Warsaw, Poland; Nqobile Ntshangase in Pretoria, South Africa; Angela Charlton in Paris; Jari Tanner in Helsinki, Finland; Jan M. Olsen in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Bernat Armangue in Madrid contributed to this report.


2 of 5 In a bowl, combine pie crust mix, the 3 tablespoons brown sugar and 1/3 cup pecans. Stir in amount of water recommended on the crust box for making a double crust pie; continue stirring until dough forms.
4 of 5 Halve and pit plums; cut each half into 4 slices. Toss slices in bowl with remaining 1/3 cup brown sugar, remaining 1/3 cup pecans and the flour. Mound in center of pastry circle, topping with any sugar mixture left in bowl. Fold border up over filling, working around circle.
5 of 5 Bake in 375 degree F oven for 35 to 40 minutes or until the filling is hot and the crust is golden. Cool galette on baking sheet on wire rack. Serve slightly warm. Makes 12 servings.
Per Serving: 3 g pro., 243 kcal cal., 200 mg sodium, 2 g fiber, 0 mg chol., 3 g sat. fat, 13 g Fat, total, 31 g carb.


Posted on March 4, 2019 · Episode: 1645 Figuring out the value of Pi. Today, let's talk about pi — and not the kind you eat.
Posted on October 3, 2017 · Episode: 2657 Pierre de Montmort, derangements, and the number e. Today, derangements.


Due to the second birth, every born again believer truly is a "new creature in Christ", sealed with the Holy Spirit, possessing a "divine nature" ("new man") "Christ in you, the hope of glory" (Col. 1:27).
However, our old fleshly nature, which is contrary to God, is not eradicated upon salvation…unfortunately, he remains alive and active.
The nature of the "new man" is animated by the inworking power of the Holy Spirit, therefore He desires to love, obey and please God.
The flesh, at every level, exerts tremendous force on the will; continuously drawing us to disobedience by counteracting the pull of the Holy Spirit. The flesh not only employs temptation through the carnal appetites and fleshly lusts but also supplies an endless list of excuses, constantly seeking to override or neutralize the Holy Spirits influence. When moved by the Spirit to read the scriptures, pray, or worship, the flesh instantly distracts, deflects…reminding us of other things which must be done or better things…more pressing or pleasurable things inclined toward self-satisfaction.
In essence, the battle for control of the being is a tug-of-war between an inborn, well-established nature and an emerging new nature…intense as hand to hand combat, although in this case, the battle is not physical; the mind is the arena of conflict. This is where the battles are won or lost.
The following verses provide the Apostle Paul's personal account of the inner conflict between his old nature (sin-prone flesh) and new nature (indwelling Holy Spirit). This key portion of scripture explains the inner workings of an intense battle between two co-existing, diametrically opposed forces; the inevitable outcome of the second birth.
15 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. 16 If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good. 17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. 19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. 20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. 21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. 22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: 23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. 24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? 25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin. (Rom. 7:15-25).
In the above verses, the Apostle Paul expresses his frustration with his inability to totally abstain from sin. He has a sincere desire to please God yet he finds it impossible to do so in the power of his flesh. No matter how hard he tries he inevitably fails: his self-will and determination are wholly insufficient. "For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: 23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
The realization that "Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing…" is a wonderful liberating truth. Humbly acknowledging our inability is the key to subduing the old nature; ironically the battle is won by surrender. Jesus said "the flesh profiteth nothing…" (John 6:63).
Walking in the flesh is to be controlled by our carnal appetites, ruled by our circumstances. It is to be motivated by "old man" ceding to the old nature, reacting to our emotions, relying on our abilities and intellect rather than the indwelling Holy Spirit. "For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh." (Phip. 3:3).
As was previously discussed every true "born-again believer has two wells to draw from. Two contrary reservoirs of influence which shape and determine thought life; one inherited from Adam the other implanted by God upon salvation; two hearts, two minds resulting in two opposing wills.
The necessity of comprehending both the source and nature of the two diametrically opposed forces responsible for the incessant inner struggle is of paramount importance. The spiritual condition of our hearts is in direct proportion to our resistance to the flesh (through God's power in us), it is, therefore, crucial that we fully understand the nature of the enemy within. Learning to feed the "new man" while starving the "old man", although essential, is only half the battle. Putting on the whole armour of God also involves understanding the mechanics (energy and forces) behind the warfare "Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices." (2 Cor.2:11).
The way we live is closely related to our inner state. "Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life." (Prov. 4:23). It is important on many levels to understand how the inner man shapes the outer man. The following illustration depicts the heart of the problem; the two fountains responsible for our thought life.
18 And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him; 19 Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats? 20 And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. 21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: 23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
"And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts." (Luke 24:38).
"Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold all things are become new." (2 Cor. 5:17) "…Christ in you, the hope of glory…" (Col. 1:27b) "And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father." (Gal.4:6) Obviously, it is impossible for the "new man" and the "old man" to peacefully coexist; hence the incessant mental tug-of-war.
"Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind…" (1 Peter 1:13) the analogy put forth in this verse provides valuable insight regarding the essential defense of the mind. The key word is "loins" which means the vital parts of the body, major organs which were protected in battle. A wound in this critical region was almost always fatal.
" For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations and every high thing that exhalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ…" (2 Cor. 10:3-5). Notice the warlike terminology used by the Holy Spirit in these highly instructive verses; war, weapons, warfare, casting down, and captivity.
Strongholds: Prior to salvation we lived, "according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience…" (Eph.2:2). During that time the insidious influence of an ungodly society had thoroughly indoctrinated our way of thinking…conforming us to "this present evil world." Over time, through repeated exposure, thought patterns were formed and a worldview established. The Bible refers to these carry over captive areas of the mind, held by the devil and strongly defended, as "strongholds." These well-founded worldly attitudes are contrary to the teachings of the word of God and unless "pulled down" will add much resistance to spiritual growth. As new creatures in Christ, we are clearly warned by the word of God, not to be, "conformed to this world" (Rom.12:2).
Imaginations: The LORD hates "An heart that devises wicked imaginations… "(Prov.6:18). The word "imaginations" is mentioned 6 times in the scriptures and always carries a negative connotation. Consider (1 Chron.28:9, Prov. 6:18, Lam. 3:60-61, Rom.1:21, 2 Cor.10:5). Imaginations: The ability to form a mental image of something not actually present to the physical senses…mind pictures. Imaginations can be defined as spontaneous thoughts and mental images projected from the sub-conscious; stored thoughts and images which primarily arise from the sinful heart of the "old man." Fantasize… the sensuous free play of man's sin nature.
The first mention of "imagination" "And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually." (Gen.6:5). Fallen man is "a transgressor from the womb…" (Isa.48:8), "…for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth…" (Gen.8:21). It is vital to the Christian's spiritual welfare (and usefulness to the Lord) that he or she learns to discern "…refuse the evil and choose the good…" (Isa.7:15).
There are two types of wisdom in the world. One is born of Light the other of darkness; one is from above the other from below. The new man is animated by the wisdom from above; the old man by the wisdom from that is from below. Spiritual growth depends on discernment and choice. The first challenge is to discern between the two types of wisdom. The second challenge is to choose between the two.
"That ye put off concerning the former conversation [manner of living] the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness." (Eph.4:22-24).
This putting off or yielding, initiates an essential lifelong process whereby changed people learn to live changed lives; a gradual transformation which causes that which happened on the inside to become evident on the outside "Christ be formed in you…" (Gal.4:19).
No matter hard you try you cannot serve God in the flesh "the flesh profiteth nothing…" (John 6:63). Inconsistency is the enemy of spirituality; in order to consistently guard our hearts and overcome our enemies, we must beseech the Lord to supply the spiritual wisdom and necessary grace to live a life pleasing to Him. "Ask and it shall be given you…" (Matt.7:1).
In order to guard our hearts, we must control our eyes. The eye gate is the primary entrance to the mind. Eighty-nine percent of what we learn comes through visual stimulation, ten percent through audible stimulation, and one percent through the other three senses. Therefore the eye gate is of foremost concern and must be strictly guarded.
Must guard your heart by learning to recognize and "abstain from all appearance of evil." Avoid that which provokes negative stimulation…identify and shun your susceptibilities' (areas of weakness); those things to which you have little resistance. "But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof." (Rom. 13:14). Acknowledging and shunning our vulnerabilities goes a long way to guard our hearts.
" For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations and every high thing that exhalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ…" (2 Cor. 10:3-5).


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Callum Lloyd (born 1 January 1986, in Nottingham) is an English footballer.

Lloyd went to Kimberley School, Nottingham and played for the school team. Lloyd came through the ranks at Mansfield Town, and signed a professional contract at the end of the 2004–05 season, having made his league debut a few months earlier.

Lloyd is a versatile midfielder who has played in every midfield position for the club. However, his best position is arguably in "the hole" just behind the strikers. Lloyd made his full debut for Mansfield in March 2005 against Bristol Rovers, and scored on his debut. He added three more goals before the end of the season.

The 2005–06 season was something of a disappointment for Lloyd, who spent more time on the bench than the pitch and also spent a month on loan at Alfreton Town. Despite this, he was offered a contract extension in 2006, but was released from his contract in May 2007.

On 1 June 2007, Lloyd was announced as Mark Cooper's second signing at Kettering Town.

In October 2007, Lloyd spent the month with fellow Conference North side Hinckley United in a short-term deal, returning to his parent club in November 2007; he later joined Hinckley on a permanent deal in December 2007.

Lloyd left Hinckley United at the end of the 2008–09 season after 75 appearances, during which time he was a popular team member.
While at Hinckley he effectively scored the goal at the end of the 2007–08 season which kept Hinckley in the Conference North by beating Vauxhall Motors 1–0. He also scored two superb goals in the 2008–09 season against Stafford Rangers, which were both long-range strikes.

Lloyd joined King's Lynn for the 2009–10 season. He made 19 appearances (one goal) in the defensive midfield position but the season ended in September 2009 with a bad injury to his left foot which kept him out of football until September 2010. King's Lynn however went into administration in Autumn 2009.

Lloyd was offered rehabilitation at Ilkeston Town (BSN) under Kevin Wilson but did not regain fitness before Ilkeston went into administration in September 2010.

Lloyd joined Hucknall Town along with another couple of his former Ilkeston colleagues and was available for first team action again in October 2010, however the 2011/2012 season was a successful period with 46 appearances (6 goals) 1 sending off and 10 bookings playing in a defensive midfield role he has excelled this season, and promoted to Club captain.
2011/2012 – Awarded by Manager Des Lyttle his Player of the season and Supporters Player of the Season

2012–2014 Callum Lloyd Played for Rainworth Miners Welfare for two seasons who held their own in the Evostick Northern League South Division and helped the club establish themselves at this level as an inspirational captain until being signed by the ambitious Mickleover Sports for the 2014 / 15 season.

2014–2015 Mickleover Sports FC became runaway champions in the Evostick South Division amassing just short of 100 points, and Callum was named player of the season by both players and management duo (Kirkwood and Hopkinson).
However prior to the start of the new season he suffered a bad cruciate (ACL0 injury which was to keep him out of football for 18 months.
Kirkwood and Hopkinson subsequently moved to Matlock Town and took Callum Lloyd with them.

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