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Kreisfreie Stadt Ingolstadt
Walking route in Ingolstadt
Visit Ingolstadt's top attractions in this 2.0 hours itinerary. Schutterhof, Kavalier Dallwigk, Herzogskasten and all other sights were never that easy to visit in this well planned 2.0 hours Ingolstadt itinerary.
Route distance
Walking 8.1 km 2.0 hours
Key attractions
Schutterhof
Kavalier Dallwigk
Herzogskasten
Route itinerary
Abteilung Medizintechnik Museum
Walk 50 m / less than minute
Arzneipflanzengarten Museum
Deutsches Medizinhistorisches Museum Museum
Walk 310 m / 4 minutes
Hohe Schule Building
Pfeifturm Viewpoint
Walk 90 m / 1 minute
Marieluise Fleißer Memorial
Herzogskasten Castle
Museum für konkrete Kunst Museum
Münzbergtor Castle
Reduit Tilly Castle
Heinrich-Stiefel-Schulmuseum Museum
Armeemuseum Museum
Bayerisches Polizeimuseum Museum
Neues Feldkirchner Tor Castle
Walk 110 m / 1 minute
Ludwigsbrunnen Fountain
Neues Schloss Castle
The New Castle in Ingolstadt is one of the most important Gothic secular buildings of the 15th Century in Bavaria. The builders were Louis VII, Duke of Bavaria-Ingolstadt and Duke George the Rich of Bavaria-Landshut, both of the Wittelsbach dynasty. The neighboring Old Castle, a medieval fortress from the 13th Century, is today called Herzogkasten. == History == As a brother of the French queen Isabeau, Ludwig spent more than ten years in France. After returning to his home city of Ingolstadt, he could draw on abundant finances and in 1418 gave the order to build the new castle following French models.
Bayerisches Armeemuseum Museum
Walk 720 m / 10 minutes
Kavalier Dallwigk Ruins
Tor Heydeck Castle
Lechner-Museum Museum
Liebfrauenmünster Church
Kreuztor Castle
The Kreuztor, built in 1385, is the western gateway to the medieval city center of Ingolstadt. The tower's name is derived from the leper house belonging to the Church of the Holy Cross (Kirche zum heiligen Kreuz), which stood to the west of the city walls until its destruction in the Schmalkaldic War in 1546. This seven-turreted guard tower was part of Ingolstadt's second city wall. Of the city's four principal gates (the Feldkirchnertor, Hardertor, Kreuztor and Donautor), only this and the Feldkirchnertor survive today, the latter as part of the castle complex.
Schutterhof Monument
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In many scheduling and resource assignment problems, it is necessary to find a solution which is as similar as possible to a given, initial assignment. We propose a new algorithm for this minimal perturbation problem which searches a space of variable commitments and uses a lower bound function based on the minimal vertex covering of a constraint violation graph. An empirical evaluation on random CSPs show that our algorithm significantly outperforms previous algorithms, including the recent two-phased, hybrid algorithm proposed by Zivan, Grubshtein, and Meisels.


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15.12.2005 Regional News
Paramount of Ada against unlawful exploitation of Songhor lagoon
Accra, Dec. 15, GNA- Nene Abram Kabu Akuaku III, Paramount Chief of Ada Traditional Area, said on Thursday that it was wrong for any person or group of persons to exploit any natural resource in the traditional area without consent. He was reacting to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which he said was signed between Private Enterprise Foundation (PEF) and four of the Okor clans of Ada, namely: Tekperbiawe, Lomobiawe, Adibiawe and Dangmebiawe.
A press release issued by Mr Jonathan Dokutso, Secretary for Nana Akuaku in Accra said the MOU authorised PEF to promote joint venture development of Songhor Lagoon and adjoin lands of nearly 30,000 acres, without prior attention to the Paramount Chief who is also the President of the Ada Traditional Council. It said Nene Akuaku had traditional oversight and authority over the lagoon and other natural resources in the area.
The statement said: " It is trite knowledge that the Songhor lagoon is not owned by any single clan. It is owned by the Ada State. This community ownership is graded. In practice, Terkperbiawe and the Paramountcy own much more than the rest." It said the paramount chief was the administrator while Terperbiawe clan is the guardian, adding, " One of the practical manifestations of this situation is in the sharing of the salt tribute.
The statement cited an agreement over the exploitation of the Songhor lagoon with the vacuum Salt Industries Limited in 1971, which was endorsed by the then Paramount Chief, Nene Dakeh II. It said although the lagoon is situated within the traditional area, it is available for the benefit of the country. "Nene is by this release not putting any spokes on the exploitation of the songhor lagoon resource, but that he wishes that harmony, direction and legality are exhibited in the exploitation of the natural resources in the Ada Traditional Area.

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Q: SQL update table when condition from another row how to add together this schema?
update ps_product_shop set price.2=price.1/25.5 where id_product = *the_same*
price.1 -> id_shop=1
price.2 -> id_shop=2
id_product -> the same for both shops

It is in prestashop, table with prices. In table ps_product_shop, I have on row1 id_shop = 1 and ond row2 id_shop=2
I need to update my prices for two different currency shops.
Take "price" from id_shop=1, divide it 25.5 (CZK / EUR) and set it to price for id_shop=2
I was several years before Oracle db administrator, but I am out of ths bussiness now... :)
Thank you. Komanche
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it is mysql, I tagged it MySQL in the thread start...
in the table,
row....id_product....id_shop....price
row1...12............1..........500
row2...12............2..........8
I need to update row 2 with price/25.5

A: You can use a join.  If I understand correctly:
update ps_product_shop ps2 join
       ps_product_shop ps1
       on ps1.id_product = ps2.id_product and
          ps1.id_shop = 1 and ps2.id_shop = 2
    set ps2.price = ps1.price / 25.5;

This assumes that there is one row per shop/product combination.

A: You can use this below query in MySql. As the id_product will be same for both shops, join query needs to be used inside update query.
update ps_product_shop pps1 join ps_product_shop pps2
on pps1.id_product = pps2.id_product
set pps2.price = pps1.price/25.5 where pps2.id_shop='2';

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We believe giving back is one of the most valuable things anyone can do. Although our focus remains providing you with exceptional real estate services, we are also committed to making any effort we can to give back to our community and make a positive impact.
As part of this commitment, we are proud donate $100 for every property sold to a wonderful charity called Wounded Warriors Canada.
What is Wounded Warriors Canada?
Wounded Warriors Canada's mission is to honour and support Canada's ill and injured Canadian Armed Forces members, Veterans, First Responders and their families.


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HERE AND NOW: Hospice July calendar; patriotic dance; free showing of 'Goonies'
Will MacDonald
Here's list of July events and programs presented by Gaston Hospice. To get more information or to register, call 704-861-8405.
You can also register online at www.gastonhospice.org/grief-services-events.
* After Suicide — for Survivors of a Loved One's Suicide: July 13. Call Terri for more information be-fore attending.
* Understanding Grief after Loss Class: 2-4 p.m. July 8.
* Perinatal Loss for Infant Death: 6:30-8 p.m. July 9. Call Heather.
* Alzheimer's Support Group: 7 p.m. July 28
* Widowed Person's Lunch Bunch: 11:30 a.m. July 22, Captain's Cap. 670 Park St., Belmont. Call to be added to the group's mailing list.
Hospice is taking registrations for the following support groups and events.
* Death of a Spouse Support Group
* Death of a Loved One
Events take place at Gaston Hospice, 258 E. Garrison Blvd., Gastonia, unless otherwise noted.
RED, WHITE AND DANCE ON FRIDAY NIGHT
The Highlighters Dance Club goes patriotic with its Independence Day Dance on Friday, July 3, at the Belmont Moose Lodge.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and a free line dance lesson kicks things off at 7 p.m., followed by food at 7:30 p.m. and the dance from 8 to 11 p.m. DJ Ron Ramsey will play a variety of dance music. Half of the pro-ceeds from the club's 50/50 raffle will be donated to the Wounded Warriors organization.
Admission, which includes the price of food and soft drinks, is $10 for members and $12 for guests. The Moose Lodge will have a cash bar.
For details, call 704-825-9216.
REMEMBER THESE UPCOMING MEETINGS
* Sons of Confederate Veterans Gaston Guards Camp 1822 holds its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 2, at the 40 & 8 Club, 101 Legion Drive, Stanley. Call Jim Love, 704-869-4760.
* Marine Corps League holds its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 2, at Salem Baptist Church, 1534 Rolling Meadow Lane, Gastonia. The group meets the first Thursday of the month. Call Frank C. Gettys, 704-867-0654.
* Gaston County Honor Guard holds its monthly meeting at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 5, Memorial Hall, 109 W. Second Ave., Gastonia. Call Joe Harris, 704-678-2584.
GASTONIA CHURCH OUT FOR BLOOD
When it comes to helping the community, New Hope Presbyterian faithfully answers the call. The church holds a blood drive from 2:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 7, 4357 S. New Hope Road, Gastonia. The blood will go to the American Red Cross. To schedule an appointment to donate, call 704-864-7329.
COUNTY TO SHOW 'GOONIES' FOR FREE.
Get free ready for a showing of "The Goonies" on the big screen at the Gaston County Park in Dallas on July 25.
The movie, presented by Gaston County Parks and Recreation, will be shown at 8:30 p.m. but you'll want to get there at 6:30 p.m. for games, music played by a DJ and food.
The film will be shown in the park's amphitheater, 1303 Dallas-Cherryville Highway.
For more information, call 704-922-2160 or visit www.gastongov.com.


In his first summers, forsaking all his toys, my son would stand rapt for near an hour in his sandbox in the orchard, as doves and redwings came and went on the warm wind, the leaves dancing, the clouds flying, birdsong and sweet smell of privet and rose. The child was not observing; he was at rest in the very center of the universe, a part of things, unaware of endings and beginnings, still in unison with the primordial nature of creation, letting all light and phenomena pour through.
Joy is a sudden and miraculous grace beyond the walls of the world, poignant as grief.


Through its US subsidiary General Shale, the Wienerberger Group acquires Watsontown Brick, based in Pennsylvania.
With this move, Wienerberger broadens its market footprint in the Northeastern US regions of New York, New Jersey, Maryland and Pennsylvania and in Canada.
Watsontown Brick operates a modern and highly efficient production site with four manufacturing lines and a production capacity of 92 million standard brick units. The company has about 50 employees and looks back on a history of 110 years, which makes it one of the oldest and most traditional US producers of bricks for residential and commercial applications.
It has been agreed not to disclose the purchase price.
Wienerberger acquires Daas Baksteen B.V.


Newick Bonfire Society improved on last years finish by coming a very respectable 3rd place on Sunday 17th August in this years Lewes to Newhaven Raft Race on their homebuilt raft "The Plotter". Due to a brisk headwind the team completed the race in a slower time of 2 hours 34 mins battling against the severe elements (mostly eggs, flour, mud and porridge) sent from above, however the raft (and team) recieved a good wash down by the crew of a dredger moored in Newhaven Harbour just prior to the finish line.
The team have raised �780 for the RNLI.
Special thank you to the main raft sponsors Gus Ross & Family and M J Benson General Contractor, also a big thanks to the support team Martin Benson and Julian Avis, Lewes Round Table for organising the event and to everybody who sponsored and supported us on the day.


The South African National Road Agency (SANRAL) will be implementing the 2019 national roads Toll Tariff Adjustments in line with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) as determined by the Ministry of Transport.
The toll tariff adjustment will take effect from 1 March 2019 and will henceforth apply to the next 12 months in the 2019/20 tax year. The increase is calculated at nearly 4.6% in accordance with the CPI, which measures monthly changes in the prices for consumer products and records the rate of inflation. The toll road tariff adjustments are made annually in alignment with inflation rates.
Most notably, the tariff increase will apply to the N3 toll road between Johannesburg and Durban, on the N4 between the borders of Mozambique and Botswana, as well as toll sections of the N1, N2, N17, N12, R30, and R21.
The toll increases will also apply to the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP), which seeks to expand and upgrade the freeway network in a sustainable and intelligently integrative way.
Monthly toll users who drive light motor vehicles (Class A2) will see the rate increase from R273 to R276. Discounts for frequent and qualifying local toll road users are still applicable, and drivers should apply for these at the participating toll plaza offices.
Toll roads make up 13% of the 22,214 kilometres for which SANRAL is responsible.


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Seattle's Presidential Visits of the Past
-posted by Jade D.
In honor of Presidents' Day, we took a look through our digital collections to find mentions of some of Seattle's earliest presidential visits. We've highlighted the first five below – take a look!
October 11, 1880 marked the date of the first president to visit Seattle with the arrival of Rutherford B. Hayes. Hayes was not only the first president to visit Seattle but also the first to make it to the western territories during his tenure. He arrived at Yesler wharf on the George E. Starr steamer and made brief trips via train to Newcastle and Renton before returning to Seattle for an evening of celebrations.
Decorations at 1st and Yesler for President Harrison's parade, 1891
On May 7, 1891, President Benjamin Harrison came to Seattle. The city was still rebuilding from the fire of 1889 but was decorated extensively for his arrival (as you can see in this shot of 1st Avenue and Yesler Way.) The celebratory crowds were so great that the Post-Intelligencer reported that "partly from the density of humanity and partly through the thrilling intensity of excitement, ladies occasionally screamed and several appeared to be in fainting condition."
The Washington Hotel, site of President Roosevelt's Seattle stay
The third president to visit Seattle, Theodore Roosevelt, arrived on May 23, 1903. During his visit, he stayed at the grand Washington Hotel. Although the hotel had been completed in 1889, it had never officially opened for business due to squabbles among the developers and financial troubles. Roosevelt served as the hotel's first guest. Although the hotel enjoyed a brief period of prosperity afterwards, it was torn down soon after to make way for the Denny Regrade. (Take a look at our digital collections to see additional photos of the hotel's interior at the time of Roosevelt's visit.)
Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition "Taft Day" program, 1909
On September 29, 1909, President Taft rolled into town to attend the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, a celebration of the Northwest's prosperity and resources held at the University of Washington campus. September 30 was officially declared "Taft Day" and proved to be one of the fair's most popular days with over 60,000 people in attendance. Taft himself became quite caught up in the activities, spending more time than previously allotted in the schedule so that he could take in all the fair offered, including panning for gold (a nod to the 1897 Klondike Gold Rush).
President Wilson on parade along 2nd Avenue, 1919
Almost 10 years later, on September 13, 1919, President Woodrow Wilson visited Seattle. Coming off the end of World War I in 1918, Wilson was on a national speaking tour to garner support for the League of Nations. His stay in Seattle involved a packed parade down 2nd Avenue and a review of the Pacific Fleet. Wilson stood in his automobile for the length of the parade, waving his top hat to the spectators. One Seattle Times newspaper account reported that Wilson was very pleased with his reception and thought Seattle to be the most gracious of all the cities he had visited.
Want to see more? Check out Special Collections Online for additional historical items like maps, photos and postcards.
Author rablogsplPosted on February 15, 2016 February 16, 2016 Categories local history, LOCAL INTERESTTags Jade D, local history, presidents
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From North: 101 Freeway to Carmen Drive exit. From exit turn left back over freeway onto Carmen Dr. At Ponderosa, turn right. Proceed through many lights and stop signs to Appian Way. Turn right on Appian Way, school is on left. For convenient parking, continue past school to Jose Ave. Turn left. Go to first left turn, which dumps into a parking lot just behind the soccer field. From South: 101 Freeway to Lewis Rd. Exit. At bottom of ramp turn right. Go to stop light at Lewis Rd and turn left. Proceed along Lewis to light at Adolfo. Turn left. Go to Ponderosa and turn right. Next stop sign is Appian Way. Turn right on Appian Way, school is on left. For convenient parking, continue past school to Jose Ave. Turn left. Go to first left turn, which dumps into a parking lot just behind the soccer field.


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Edward R. Murrow Apologizes for Censorship
HomeOWIEdward R. Murrow Apologizes for Censorship
USIA Director Edward R. Murrow responds in this 1961 audio recording to a question from a Voice of America reporter about Murrow's unsuccessful attempt to censor his own documentary "Harvest of Shame." The documentary about migrant agricultural workers did not present the United States in the best light and, in one of his first official acts as USIA Director, Murrow secretly tried to get the BBC not to run it. The BBC refused his request and the media found out about it. In his response to a VOA Pakistani Service reporter, he called his actions "foolish," admitting that he had made a mistake. Contrary to some claims, Edward R. Murrow did not "help to create VOA." He had nothing to do with VOA in the early years of VOA's existence. During World War II, he broadcast truthful news from London for CBS while Voice of America's pro-Soviet broadcasters repeated Soviet propaganda lies following in the footsteps of New York Times correspondent Walter Duranty. Duranty's misleading reporting was designed to protect the Soviet Union and Stalin from criticism as did VOA during the war. VOA's pro-Soviet propagandists repeated the Kremlin's lie about the murder of thousands of Polish military officers in Katyn while Murrow reported truthfully that the Soviets were responsible for the mass murder. There could not have been greater difference between Edward R. Murrow and Left-leaning, pro-Soviet VOA propaganda officials and many of VOA's early broadcasters who were hired by John Houseman, later called the first VOA director. He was forced to resign in 1943. FDR's friend and foreign policy advisor, Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles, informed the White House that Houseman was hiring Communists. U.S. Army Intelligence recommended that he not be allowed to travel abroad for the duration of the war. The State Department refused to issue him a U.S. passport. Despite Houseman's departure, VOA's pro-Kremlin broadcasts continued until the end of the war and possibly for a few more years. VOA's early broadcasts would have met with strong disapproval from Edward R. Murrow. There was a striking difference between Houseman and Murrow who had nothing to do with the creation of VOA and had only limited impact, some of it somewhat negative, while he served as USIA director. He was, however, a strong believer in truthful journalism and had an extraordinary talent as a reporter.


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Virage Volante
One of just 233 cars ever built and 120 LHD versions
One of 85 produced in 1993
Factory Left Hand Drive
The Virage was the last Aston Martin to be fully hand-built at Newport Pagnell
It drips class and elegance and is a real joy to drive
This model is typified by its luxurious trimmings and the immense sensation of speed experienced in the open air
With an extensive history folder including bills from Aston Martin Workshop
'The Volante is the new soft-top version of the Virage incorporating the latest changes made to the full Aston range. Beautiful hand-built craftsmanship abounds in this most aristocratic of convertibles.' – Fast Lane.
The production Virage Volante debuted at the Geneva Motor Show in March 1991, a prototype having been displayed at Birmingham's NEC the previous October.
This V8-powered car was intended as the company's top model with the 6-cylinder 1994 DB7 slotted below it but this V8 model (by then in Vantage form) remained the exclusive, expensive and hand-built king of Astons.
The Virage was an appositely named and important car since it was the model with which Aston Martin turned a corner. There is just a handful of Astons that can be described as seminal models – the Ulster, DB2, DB4, and Vanquish, for example – and the Virage is emphatically one of them. It helped the marque to survive and showed that Aston Martin was capable of remarkable engineering with limited resources.
This beautiful Virage Volante was newly delivered 26 years ago.
It was acquired by its former owner from Belgium the 31st of March 2015, a big classic car collector and enthusiast whose enthusiasm is reflected not only on the detailed care that has been lavished on this Aston Martin but also on the cars that shared garage space with the Aston.
The former owner is a huge fan of Virages. He had a serious collection but is now willing to have less cars and therefore we have been able to buy some of his Virages.
The owner is a very serious gentlemen who keeps his car in a very healthy condition. Therefore the car is complete with a huge file including many invoices from Aston Martin dealers for carrying out the deserved services.
Before the Belgium owner, the Aston Martin stayed in the South of France, near Toulouse, where the Virage Volante was owned from 2003 to 2015.
The Virage Volante is in a very nice condition, outside the paintwork still carries a mirror finish, the panel fit is skin tight and the overall road presence is very nice.
This Virage Volante is driving well with no known mechanical faults and records indicating that the car has covered 109.000 Kms from new.
The Virage Volante has been maintained with a mind to the future and the condition and service records in the extensive history folder is a testament to that.
The interior of the Aston is very nice. Off-course the interior shows a patina but the leather does not show any damages, scratches or broken parts which is off-course very unique after all those years.
Being of a certain generation of Grand Tourers, there is a wonderful airy and relaxed feel to the cabin.
The window pillars are delicate and visibility is amazing, is struggling to think of another car that's as nice to sit in.
The Virage Volante is an extremely impressive car, which no one can deny, the Virage had a hand built body that oozed exclusivity.
To drive, it feels more like a DB4 built in the 1990s than its immediate predecessor, yet the body control is vastly superior and the four-valve V8 is a delight.
Significantly more refined and assuring than the earlier V8's, the controls are all light and it's a very easy car to handle.
The Virage does not feel its age, it drips class and elegance and is a real joy to drive thanks to it being so easy and light to drive.


Many of our readers who are in academic studies may be interested in submitting a paper to this.
It's a cultural conference on 'Dispersions'….This may be a good fit for some of you.
The Canadian Association of Cultural Studies invites proposals on all topics of relevance to cultural studies from both current and future members for its upcoming conference.
The conference theme Dispersions encourages submissions devoted to exploring all forms of distributed culture. This may include papers that investigate dispersions of people, social groups and communities; flows of cultural objects and materialities; or the dispersion of cultural studies scholars (so often now housed in vulnerable departments) across disciplines. We are curious about the implications of these dispersions. Do they result in fugitives? Or new forms of belonging? Do they constitute new forms of culture? Hybridities? Transgressions? Alienations? Transformations? Sedimentations? What does it mean to scavenge cultural belonging in the context of cultural dispersion? Is culture atavised? Or preserved? We hope to open up discussion and critical reflection about culture in the context of fragmentation, convergence, and accumulation.
This conference is hosted by Wilfrid Laurier University, located in Waterloo, Ontario (Canada). Waterloo is located in southwestern Ontario, approximately 110km from Toronto. The city is easily accessed from Toronto Pearson Airport. There are also direct flights into the Waterloo International Airport from Chicago, Ottawa, and Calgary (with connections to Vancouver, Edmonton, and other major western cities). VIA Rail service runs to the city from Montreal,Toronto and points west (Windsor, London, etc.). GO train and bus service also connects Waterloo to Toronto. WLU is one of Canada?s fastest growing universities and is home to a vibrant Faculty of Arts, which houses one of only a handful of dedicated Cultural Studies programs in the country. It is also home to several research groups and centres including the International Migration Research Centre, and is partnered with the think tank Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) and the Balsillie School of International Affairs, where the conference will be located. As a city located in the heart of Canada?s ?Technology Triangle,? home to institutions ranging from the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics to notable arts institutions including CAFKA (Contemporary Art Forum, Kitchener and Area) and The Museum, it is a place that often sees cultural production at the intersection of science, technology and the arts. Further information about Wilfrid Laurier University, and the Waterloo Region (including transportation and accommodation) will be available on our website; http://www.cacs-acec.ca/. Check back for updates.


Western Grit is a hand drawn typeface. It's distressed, messed up, and has oodles of character. Like an old wanted poster or western sign. 100% handmade.
I didn't want a clean looking design, fonts don't have to be all clean lines.
I wanted something messed up, distressed and with bags of character. Like an old scrunched up piece of paper. There is a natural beauty with old printed fonts that I love.
In total, it contains 323 glyphs.


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Design for UK pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai revealed
An ever-changing poem, created by the millions of visitors to Expo 2020 Dubai, will beam out from the UK pavilion, transcending boundaries and inviting people of all walks of life to take part.
Each illuminated word, that can be entered by a visitor, will sheath the timber-lined exterior of an impressive pavilion that will take the shape of a conch shell.
Created by UK designer Es Devlin, the pavilion fuses poetry, geometry, visual effects with small LED screens and solar panels that will shade a labyrinth within. Its design was revealed on Thursday.
The 20-metre high facade will stretch across 52m and will fan out over an exhibition area beneath the splintered cone.
Ms Devlin, who designed the closing ceremony of the London Olympics in 2012 and the opening celebrations of the Rio Games, is known for creating stunning large-scale public sculptures including an interactive fluorescent red Fifth Lion sculpture installed in Trafalgar Square last week during the London Design Festival.
She was invited to participate in the UK competition to find a winning expo pavilion design.
"To me, the design feels a bit like a musical instrument, Ms Devlin told The National. "It will contain the voices of we hope 25 million visitors to the expo. The idea behind it is that every visitor to the expo can donate one word and by the end we hope to have a message that is collective and has been sourced from every single visitor. Hopefully, it will transcend national identities and using artificial intelligence generate a collective poem."
The UK designer is no stranger to the big stage and also conceptualises touring stage sculptures for performers and artists such as U2, Pet Shop Boys, Beyonce, Kanye West, Adele, The Royal Opera House and The National Theatre.
"The circular facade will be covered in glimmering text made up of small pieces of video screen. If you were to turn up, you would type your word in and it would be contributed in text to the video screen," she said.
Ms Devlin created the design for the pavilion, along with 12 colleagues, over the course of five months.
"Once I got wind of what it [the contest] was about I became completely hooked and my studio got hooked as well," she said, after a visit to the expo site in Dubai South.
"I have made various sculptural touring pieces of architecture but never one that sits in one place for so long and will be inhabited by such a diverse number of people," she said.
Her creations use technology and algorithms along with music and video projections.
The interactive pavilion allows expo visitors to submit words that will be illuminated from the sculpture in English, Arabic and Chinese with a plan to add more languages.
Describing the concept as the merging of the ancient and futuristic, Ms Devlin said the structure resembled a conch shell to call people to action.
"We will use a sustainable material called cross laminated timber that has properties that are warm and will juxtapose this with solar panels to shade the walkways," she said.
The message she aims to send out is about reaching beyond boundaries and rising past confines.
"I want people to transcend national identities and work together as a community in the expo as 25 million gather around this in 2020," Ms Devlin said.


Biostar has released a new motherboard that has been created specifically for cryptocurrency mining. As you probably know that this is one of the latest trends in the computer world but hardware designed for this task can hardly be found.
The new motherboard that's aimed at a rather exclusive market segment. The BIOSTAR TB85 is designed especially for the currency miners, the people who use their PCs to solve hashing problems and earn digital currency such as Bitcoin. Miners just need speed to mine currency and security to protect their earnings. They do not need some items that other users might find essential, such as the support for massive amounts of DDR4 memory. The features of the TB85 are designed for miners.
The new BIOSTAR TB85 motherboard features multiple expansion slots to allow usage of multiple cards simultaneous for max efficiency for cryptocurrency mining.The board supports Intel 1150 processors and features the B85 chipset.
The BIOSTAR TB85 supports 4th-gen Intel 1150 processors and allows home users, businesses and gamers to take advantage of its wide feature set for play or work. With up to 6 PCI-e slots, user can maximize their motherboard for the cryptocurrency mining and earn back your investment quickly.
The new BIOSTAR TB85 is made to last featuring X.D.C. solid capacitors along with a VRM heatsink installed for more efficient cooling of the motherboard components. The board also features Intel Small Business Advantage enabling users to monitor the status of their motherboard as well as other security features to protect their mining investment.
The MSRP for the new BIOSTAR TB85 motherboard is at $69.99.


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    /**
     * @covers Flower\Domain\Service::createCurrentDomain
     */
    public function testCreateCurrentDomain()
    {
        $res = $this->object->createCurrentDomain();
        $this->assertInstanceOf('Flower\Domain\CurrentDomain', $res);
    }

    public function testCreateCurrentDomainWithParams()
    {
        $domainId = 123;
        $domainName = 'example.com';
        $this->object->setCurrentDomainId($domainId);
        $this->object->setCurrentDomainName($domainName);
        $res = $this->object->createCurrentDomain();
        $this->assertEquals($domainId, $res->getDomainId());
        $this->assertEquals($domainName, $res->getDomainName());
    }

    /**
     * @covers Flower\Domain\Service::createDomain
     */
    public function testCreateDomain()
    {
        $domainId = 123;
        $domainName = 'example.com';
        $res = $this->object->createDomain($domainId, $domainName);
        $this->assertInstanceOf('Flower\Domain\Domain', $res);
        $this->assertEquals($domainId, $res->getDomainId());
        $this->assertEquals($domainName, $res->getDomainName());
    }

    /**
     * @covers Flower\Domain\Service::getCurrentDomain
     */
    public function testGetCurrentDomain()
    {
        $this->assertNull(TestTool::getPropertyValue($this->object, 'currentDomain'));
        $res = $this->object->getCurrentDomain();
        $this->assertInstanceOf('Flower\Domain\CurrentDomain', $res);
    }

    /**
     * @covers Flower\Domain\Service::setCurrentDomainName
     */
    public function testSetCurrentDomainName()
    {
        $domainName = 'example.com';
        $this->object->setCurrentDomainName($domainName);
        $this->assertEquals($domainName, TestTool::getPropertyValue($this->object, 'currentDomainName'));
    }

    public function testSetCurrentDomainNameAfterGetCurrentDomain()
    {
        $domainName = 'example.com';
        $domain = $this->object->getCurrentDomain();
        $this->object->setCurrentDomainName($domainName);
        $this->assertEquals($domainName, $domain->getDomainName());
    }

    /**
     * @covers Flower\Domain\Service::setCurrentDomainId
     */
    public function testSetCurrentDomainId()
    {
        $domainId = 123;
        $this->object->setCurrentDomainId($domainId);
        $this->assertEquals($domainId, TestTool::getPropertyValue($this->object, 'currentDomainId'));
    }

    public function testSetCurrentDomainIdAfterGetCurrentDomain()
    {
        $domainId = 123;
        $domain = $this->object->getCurrentDomain();
        $this->object->setCurrentDomainId($domainId);
        $this->assertEquals($domainId, $domain->getDomainId());
    }

    /**
     * @covers Flower\Domain\Service::onBootstrap
     */
    public function testOnBootstrap()
    {
        $di = new Di;
        $serviceLocator = new ServiceManager;
        $serviceLocator->setService('Di', $di);
        $serviceLocator->setService('EventManager', $this->getMock('Zend\EventManager\EventManager'));
        $serviceLocator->setService('Request', $this->getMock('Zend\Http\Request'));
        $serviceLocator->setService('Response', $this->getMock('Zend\Stdlib\Response'));
        $application = new Application(array(), $serviceLocator);
        $mvcEvent = new MvcEvent;
        $mvcEvent->setApplication($application);
        $this->object->onBootstrap($mvcEvent);
        $instanceManager = $di->instanceManager();
        $this->assertTrue($instanceManager->hasSharedInstance('Flower\Domain\CurrentDomain'));
        $this->assertTrue($instanceManager->hasTypePreferences('Flower\Domain\DomainInterface'));
        $res = $di->get('Flower\Domain\CurrentDomain');
        $this->assertInstanceOf('Flower\Domain\CurrentDomain', $res);
    }

    /**
     * @covers Flower\Domain\Service::onRoute
     */
    public function testOnRoute()
    {
        $domainId = 123;
        $domainName = 'example.com';
        $routeMatch = new RouteMatch(array('domain_id' => $domainId, 'domain_name' => $domainName));
        $mvcEvent = new MvcEvent;
        $mvcEvent->setRouteMatch($routeMatch);
        $this->object->onRoute($mvcEvent);
        $this->assertEquals($domainId, TestTool::getPropertyValue($this->object, 'currentDomainId'));
        $this->assertEquals($domainName, TestTool::getPropertyValue($this->object, 'currentDomainName'));
        $currentDomain = $this->object->getCurrentDomain();
        $this->assertEquals($domainId, $currentDomain->getDomainId());
        $this->assertEquals($domainName, $currentDomain->getDomainName());
    }

    /**
     * @covers Flower\Domain\Service::attach
     */
    public function testAttach()
    {
        $eventManager = new EventManager;
        $eventManager->attachAggregate($this->object);

        $onBootstrapListners = $eventManager->getListeners(MvcEvent::EVENT_BOOTSTRAP);
        $this->assertCount(1, $onBootstrapListners);
        $listener1 = $onBootstrapListners->getIterator()->current();
        $this->assertInstanceOf('Zend\Stdlib\CallbackHandler', $listener1);
        $this->assertSame($this->object, $listener1->getCallback()[0]);
        $this->assertEquals('onBootstrap', $listener1->getCallback()[1]);

        $onRouteListners = $eventManager->getListeners(MvcEvent::EVENT_ROUTE);
        $this->assertCount(1, $onRouteListners);
        $listener2 = $onRouteListners->getIterator()->current();
        $this->assertInstanceOf('Zend\Stdlib\CallbackHandler', $listener2);
        $this->assertSame($this->object, $listener2->getCallback()[0]);
        $this->assertEquals('onRoute', $listener2->getCallback()[1]);
    }

    public function testAttachTwice()
    {
        $eventManager = new EventManager;
        $eventManager->attachAggregate($this->object);
        $eventManager->attachAggregate($this->object);
        $onBootstrapListners = $eventManager->getListeners(MvcEvent::EVENT_BOOTSTRAP);
        $this->assertCount(1, $onBootstrapListners);
        $onRouteListners = $eventManager->getListeners(MvcEvent::EVENT_ROUTE);
        $this->assertCount(1, $onRouteListners);
    }

    /**
     * @covers Flower\Domain\Service::detach
     */
    public function testDetach()
    {
        $eventManager = new EventManager;
        $eventManager->attachAggregate($this->object);
        $listeners = array();
        $listeners[] = $eventManager->getListeners(MvcEvent::EVENT_BOOTSTRAP)->getIterator()->current();
        $listeners[] = $eventManager->getListeners(MvcEvent::EVENT_ROUTE)->getIterator()->current();
        $this->assertEquals($listeners, array_values(TestTool::getPropertyValue($this->object, 'listeners')));
        $this->object->detach($eventManager);
        $this->assertEmpty(TestTool::getPropertyValue($this->object, 'listeners'));
        $this->assertTrue($eventManager->getListeners(MvcEvent::EVENT_BOOTSTRAP)->isEmpty());
        $this->assertTrue($eventManager->getListeners(MvcEvent::EVENT_ROUTE)->isEmpty());
    }
}

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Don't you just love this story of Naaman in the Old Testament? Here he is, the commander of the army of the Arameans, who have defeated Israel in battle, a powerful man who has the ear of the king of Aram. Just one small glitch, he is suffering from leprosy.
Through a servant of his wife's, he hears of a prophet of Israel who lives in Samaria, who, she claims, can cure him. What I love is the scene when he arrives at the home of Elisha. There is Naaman, accompanied by many horses, men, and chariots, literally sitting on his high horse. And what does Elisha do? He sends a messenger out, who tells Naaman to go wash 7 times in the Jordan to be cured.
We all know arrogance and can see it in all too many people, but do we know humility when we see it? I'm not talking about what I call fake humility, which looks a lot like fake piety. "Oh me, I'm not worthy. Take pity on this lowly sinner," etc. True humility is much more than this.
This authentic surrender to God is real humility. This is the essence of the AA program, surrendering your life to your higher power, and those who cannot do this, usually cannot stay sober. Humility seems to be the starting point of faith.
The Greek word translated as "well" also carries the implication of "whole" and also "saved." Your faith has made you whole/has saved you. Yet we haven't heard anything here about this man's faith, in the way we usually understand that word.
Do you remember just recently when the disciples asked Jesus to increase their faith? I believe these two stories go a long way towards cluing us in on how to do that. I think that practicing humility and practicing gratitude in conscious ways will in fact increase our faith.
How do we practice humility? Well, we do it when we say the Lord's prayer, right? "Thy will be done – on earth as in heaven." Think about it. Mean it when you say it. When you pray for your needs or those of others, tack on, "but thy will, not mine, be done.
How do we practice gratitude? Here's your assignment for this week: Pay attention to what goes on around you. Once a day, morning or evening, ask yourself what did you see, hear, taste,feel or experience during the day for which you are grateful? Where did you see, sense or encounter the Holy Spirit in the world? Then give thanks to God for it. At the end of the 7 days, assess how you feel. Has this practice changed anything? It's a simple thing and would be easy to continue. . .
There's another aspect to these two stories. Both are stories about physical cure, but they also point to something more, real healing. To heal is to bring to wholeness. Naaman was cured of leprosy, but he was also healed of his arrogance. The ten lepers where cured of their leprosy, but only one, the one who expressed his gratitude was healed, made well.
"Here's one description of the church that's stuck with me for nearly two decades: the church is the place where we perform weekly cataract surgery.
For this reason I think one of the primary functions of Sunday worship is to clarify our vision. To remind us that this is God's beloved world. To point us to God's ongoing activity in the world. To announce to us that God loves us and that God loves our neighbor just as much. . .
And that's where the cataract surgery comes in. Anyone actively engaged in this world can't help but have his or her vision made a little foggy. There is so much pain, and doubt, and hardship that it can be difficult to sustain faith in a loving God. Further, the challenges that confront us in loving our neighbor and striving for a more just and peaceful world are daunting. . .
The readings and sermon, the prayers and songs, that constitute our weekly worship serve to remove the film that clouds our ability to see God at work in the world. . .So week in and week out we come to church to have our vision clarified, our eyesight restored, so that we might return to the world looking for God out ahead of us, knowing that by the end of the week our vision will once again be cloudy and that cataract surgery awaits us again on Sunday.


The other Jonathan, being raised not so far away, in a house just like his, visited by his father. Daddy's little angel.
He strolled along the bridge to the old part of the city, where there were electric bulbs masquerading as gas lanterns, more toys for tourists. He was headed toward the hotel where Sebastian Verlac had been staying; he had scoped it out before coming to the bar, and knew he could scramble up through the window and retrieve the other boy's belongings. And after that, a bottle of cheap hair dye and . . .
"Comment tu t'appelles, beau gosse?" another girl asked him, her voice lightly slurred. What's your name, pretty boy?


In setting out to write an open letter calling for a strategic partnership between American Jews and evangelicals in support of Israel, I was aware that I was venturing into troubled waters. Though many Jews and Christians recognize the link that binds them, many more, and for many reasons, remain hostile to any prospect of cooperation. I braced myself for an inbox of emails decrying my naiveté or blasting my motives.
What I received instead was a cornucopia of letters from Jews and Christians who welcomed my message, posted thoughtful comments about it on Mosaic and elsewhere, and disseminated the essay widely in social media. I'm enormously grateful to every reader who took the time to participate in this discussion. Indeed, what I've seen makes me hopeful that Jewish-Christian relations in the U.S. may be turning a corner.
Most welcome of all were the responses from Elliott Abrams, Wilfred M. McClay, Gertrude Himmelfarb, and James Nuechterlein: four thinkers whom I deeply respect and who endorsed the main substance of my argument while simultaneously highlighting aspects that I either minimized or left out. Elliott Abrams calls for full-scale Jewish-Christian collaboration. Wilfred McClay, riffing on Irving Kristol, stresses our disparate loyalties to "what we were born with" while simultaneously calling on Jews and Christians to contemplate the possibility of a partnership beyond mere pragmatism. Gertrude Himmelfarb uses the fascinating story of the indefatigable 19th-century British Zionist Lord Shaftesbury to underscore the historical roots of American evangelical Zionism but also to raise the concern that maybe, just maybe, inflamed Gentile zeal for Zion is not always good for the Jews. James Nuechterlein points out that Bible-based support for Israel, however admirable, isn't the only kind of support there is.
Though each response contains enough fodder to justify a longer discussion, here I'll focus on what I see as the three most important questions raised by my respondents.
First: was I right to contend that the support of the pro-Israel evangelical community is not to be taken for granted and is in fact facing erosion from within?
"I would urge caution," writes Wilfred McClay, "lest one exaggerate the extent or durability of anti-Israel evangelicalism—or, for that matter, the size and influence of the American evangelical Left altogether." Sharing these doubts, James Nuechterlein sees the threat of evangelical anti-Zionism as "marginal," and is "guardedly optimistic" that evangelicals will never abandon their biblically orthodox worldview.
In some sense, I agree: evangelical support for Israel is not on the brink of collapse. But I must respectfully, and regretfully, insist that something fundamental is changing inside the evangelical movement, and in a way that bodes ill for its pro-Israel bent.
The changes in American evangelicalism are traceable to a fundamental crisis within the movement. Finding themselves on the losing side of the culture wars, hemorrhaging their young people at an alarming rate, forced to adjust to an ever more relativistic society, evangelicals are desperate to define their place in 21st-century America. No one has been more affected than those members of the millennial generation who seek to retain their faith while escaping the charge of backwardness and intolerance hurled at them by their peers and by the American cultural establishment. Many respond by reinventing their Christianity to incorporate the trends and motifs of mass culture and embrace the socially approved ideals of pacifism, inclusiveness, non-judgmentalism, and individual autonomy.
Like their non-religious peers, progressive young evangelicals pride themselves on being iconoclastic, opinionated, and skeptical of authority. Raised in the shadow of Afghanistan and Iraq, they are suspicious of power, wealth, and anything connected to "the establishment." They break from their parents' sexual traditionalism—a 2013 PRRI/Brookings survey finds young evangelicals more than twice as likely as older Christians to support gay marriage—and announce their dissatisfaction with organized religion. Many are leaving their churches to start new "organic" spiritual communities. They consume an endless stream of modish books by authors like David Platt and Shane Claiborne, hip Christian leaders who preach the abandonment of classical Christianity in favor of radical "missional" lifestyles.
Polling data are less helpful here than simple observation of evangelical churches around the country. But the bottom line is clear: the millennial generation—together with the pastors and youth leaders who will do anything to keep their restless congregants in the pews—is dragging evangelicalism farther and farther to the liberal Left.
Since its defeat of mortal enemies in 1967 and 1973, Israel has gradually been transformed in the perception of many from David into Goliath. Liberals, even many pro-Israel liberals, can afford the luxury of indulging anti-Zionist tropes of racism and imperialism because they (quite shortsightedly) do not regard Israel as under existential threat.
Bear in mind that evangelical Christianity is uncomfortable with power to begin with. Jesus preached a message that favored the poor over the powerful, the meek over the mighty. Many young evangelicals have taken this inherent aversion to power and amalgamated it to their own anti-establishment worldview, making the very idea of supporting a strong state like Israel anathema to their conscience. Such a state can't possibly be in the right—especially when it's aligned with an imperialistic power like the U.S.
The problem is compounded by faulty assumptions and blatant misinformation. Young Christians simply don't understand the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and don't know the history. Israel, in their mind, is an open-air prison where the Palestinians are forced to eat only so many calories a day and where nonviolent activists are regularly crushed under tank treads while Israeli soldiers stand by and shrug. In the reasoning of progressive evangelicals, all the world's problems are caused by unrest in the Middle East—which is caused by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict—which is caused by Israeli oppression—which is caused by American foreign policy—which is driven (and here is the key contribution of the progressive evangelical worldview to the standard Left worldview) by the fanatical lobbying of conservative American Christians who support Israel based on a belief in God's covenant with the Jewish people.
Do all young evangelicals see the world this way? Of course not. But many do, and they are making converts. Will they call for an imminent destruction of Israel? No—but they may, and already do, call for a one-state solution, for cramming "peace" down Israel's throat, and for weakening the historic tie that binds America and the Jewish state.
In brief: while I agree with McClay and Nuechterlein that the majority of evangelicals still support Israel, I contend that the future is not so certain. Until young (and old) evangelicals learn the reality of Israel's situation and their leaders bring them back to the fundamental doctrines of their faith, the course of Christian Zionism is far from settled.
Second: is Christian Zionism a potential threat to the well-being of Jews in this country?
Clearly, many Jews think so. Are they right, and do I have it all backward? Has the rise of a more biblically-minded evangelical church in America spelled not good for the Jews but evil? Who's to say that philo-Semitic evangelicals won't eventually turn their Bibles on the Jews who live with them in non-Jewish America? This is the important concern raised, albeit indirectly, by Gertrude Himmelfarb's recounting of the story of Lord Ashley, Earl of Shaftesbury.
Himmelfarb tells about Ashley's tireless work on behalf of the world Jewish community and his seemingly impossible dream of creating a new Jewish homeland in the land of Israel. But she also cites an episode at home in which this committed philo-Semite opposed a bill that would have given English Jews the right to sit in Parliament—one of the most basic rights that any citizen in a modern state should enjoy. Himmelfarb makes her point discreetly but effectively: when does the holy zeal that fuels Christian Zionism turn ugly?
The Ashley episode should give every American evangelical pause. Many are so fervent in their faith, and in their desire to live in a moral society, that they forget their spiritual heritage is not the only one here. They forget that evangelicalism forbids imposing religious obligations or rituals on those outside the faith; that it was built on church-state separation; and that the intermingling of religion and politics is abhorrent to historic evangelical sensibilities. In doing so, they scare Jews half to death and give evangelical Christianity a bad name.
Having said that, I should add that I don't know a single person in my community who would want America to become a theocracy. "In terms of politics," James Nuechterlein writes, "the great majority of evangelicals ask only for a seat at the table, not for a Christian takeover of the social order." And yet, having said that, I should add that it is incumbent on today's evangelical Christians to articulate clearly what they mean, and especially what they don't mean, when they say they want American laws to reflect traditional views of life, family, and marriage.
Which raises a deeper point. In my essay I stressed the fact that so many Jews are ignorant of evangelicals and evangelical culture. I also touched—but insufficiently—on the degree to which just as many evangelicals are at least as ignorant of Jews and Jewish culture. True, Jews constitute a mere 2 percent of the population and are concentrated in certain regions of the country; but this ignorance is a stark blemish on the evangelical cause. Claiming to be pro-Israel abroad without showing ourselves to be pro-Jewish at home is more than just unfeeling; it's downright contradictory.
Third: would it be better for evangelicals to downplay the biblical element in their support of Israel and focus instead on the more widely accepted criteria of American geopolitical interests and liberal democratic values?
[O]ne need not depend on biblical prophecy or covenantal theology to find reasons to support the state of Israel. Israel has the only truly democratic political culture in the Middle East. It is a friend of the West in politics and political economy, and, more important, a consistent and unswerving ally of the United States. It is a regional bulwark against the radical Islamists who are its and America's sworn enemies. . . . I support Israel not because I am a Christian—though nothing in my Christian beliefs would preclude that support—but because that support coincides with the requirements of justice and the defense of the American national interest.
It's a suggestion that should be taken seriously. Rather than scaring Jews, alienating non-believers, and encouraging all kinds of theological strife, should American evangelicals consider abandoning or at least toning down their religious rhetoric and shift their support for Israel to a more pragmatic basis?
Of course, Nuechterlein is right: one doesn't need biblical prophecy in order to support the state of Israel. There are abundant political and cultural reasons for doing so, and many non-religious Americans support Israel for these very reasons. However, I would argue that these reasons are both less compelling and more mutable, and ultimately even reversible.
Pragmatic considerations are in the end about utility. They require constant proof that Israel really is good for America's interests by marshaling a host of facts—all of which can be contested by those on the other side—and demonstrating objectively that such support will benefit America in the long run. It doesn't take much imagination to conceive of a day when the American people—or, more pertinently, an American administration—will decide that the evidence is no longer convincing or that other, more pressing interests take precedence.
Pragmatic support is good and necessary, especially if it's all you have. But is it sufficient? Like it or hate it, the strongest support for Israel will always come from those who take their position based on deep feelings of consanguinity. For a variety of reasons, the vast majority of Americans share these feelings. In the case of evangelicals, they are reinforced a thousandfold by belief in a transcendent God who preserves His covenanted people and works out a cosmic plan to reconcile them, and all the world, to His divine purpose. Evangelical Christians who support the Jewish state because they believe God has a divine plan for the Jewish people not only make their support a top priority but will be the last to give it up.
In many ways, it's the ultimate irony. Some of the Jewish people's most fervent friends in the world are those most committed to their Christian faith. At the same time, some of the Jewish people's most fickle friends, not to put it more strongly, are those hostile to that faith or (as in the case of many young evangelicals) in the process of shedding or rewriting its core beliefs. Meanwhile, large numbers of Jews themselves remain loath to surrender their aversion to evangelicalism and evangelicals.
And yet, thanks to what I have discovered since writing my essay, I feel more sanguine than ever that many Jews—perhaps many more than I ever thought—are ready to reach across the aisle and join hands in the common cause of supporting and defending the world's only Jewish state. In his own response, Elliott Abrams, while admittedly less sanguine than I on this point, nevertheless very constructively outlines a number of initiatives by means of which the Jewish community as a whole or particular Jewish organizations could "help reinforce and sustain the still powerful pro-Israel activism of millions of evangelical Christians." As my Jewish friends like to say, from his mouth to God's ear.
Robert W. Nicholson, a researcher in the areas of law, religion, and Jewish-Christian relations, holds degrees in Hebrew studies and history as well as a JD from Syracuse University. A former U.S. Marine and a 2012-2013 Tikvah Fellow, he has published in, among other places, Jewish Ideas Daily, the Jerusalem Post, and the Times of Israel.


Regular registration ended on Feb. 28, 2017. Only "on-site" registration is possible (450€ in cash).
The final program is available now.
The EMO conference takes place at the University of Münster and thus there is no dedicated conference hotel. Each hotel in the city center is well-suited for reaching the conference location in the castle by feet, bus or (rented) bicycle.
Please also have a look at the accommodation service provided by the city of Muenster.
Submission of papers in Springer LNCS format. Papers should not exceed the page limit of 15 pages. Submission is done via EasyChair.
Each poster will be displayed on its own poster board. The boards have an approximate size of 1 x 2m (portrait style). Thus, posters printed in common formats such as DIN A0 (84.1cm x 118.9cm) will fit on the boards! Note that the surface of the poster boards is covered by tissue. Therefore, the posters can only be attached with velcro (= hook-and-loop) strips. But don't worry, we have two-sided tape (regular tape on one side and hook-and-loop tape on the other side) for you at the registration desk.
The conference will take place in the beautiful city of Münster (Germany) considered to be the cultural center of the Westphalia region as well as the bicycle capital of Germany.
Marie-Eleonore Kessaci-Marmion, Clarisse Dhaenens and Jérémie Humeau. Neutral Neighbors in Bi-objective Optimization: Where are located the most promising ones?
Yves De Smet, Jean-Philippe Hubinont and Jean Rosenfeld. A note on the detection of outliers in a binary outranking relation.
Fritz Bökler. The Multiobjective Shortest Path Problem is NP-hard, or is it?
The EMO'2017 track is finally ready! It consists of 10 challenging real-world bi-objective problems from various domains. Find more information on the official BBComp website.
The second game-related EMO'2017 track is now ready.
Moreover, information on the associated GameJam is available now.
Abstract: In 2004, about 12 years ago, term "Indicator-based Multiobjective Optimization" was coined by Eckart Zitzler and Simon Künzli. Already then the road to this new paradigm was paved by pioneering work on performance indicators and using them in bounded size archivers for non-dominated point sets. The basic idea is to use performance indicators for Pareto front approximation directly, in order to guide a population of points towards a well-distributed set on the Pareto front. The research on this type of algorithm was particularly active for the hypervolume indicator, but also other indicators such as the averaged Hausdorff distance, R2 indicator, Sharpe ratio, and epsilon indicators received and are still receiving considerable attention. In this talk some major empirical and theoretical results will be reviewed and a perspective of this field in the light of new developments, such as decomposition-based evolutionary multi-objective optimization algorithms and set-oriented numerical optimization methods will be provided.
Short CV: Dr. Michael Emmerich is Associate Professor at LIACS, Leiden University, and leader of the Multicriteria Optimization and Decision Analysis research group. He was born in 1973 in Coesfeld (near Münster) and received his doctorate in 2005 from Dortmund University (H.-P. Schwefel promoter). He carried out projects as a researcher at ICD e.V. (Germany), IST Lisbon, University of the Algarve (Portugal), ACCESS Material Science e.V. (Germany), and the FOM/AMOLF institute on Fundamental Science of Matter (Netherlands). He is known for pioneering work on model-assisted and indicator-based multiobjective optimization, and has edited 4 book, and co-authored more than 100 papers in multicriteria optimization algorithms and their application in computational chemistry and engineering.
Short CV: Dr. Stützle is a senior research associate of the Belgian F.R.S.-FNRS working at the IRIDIA laboratory of Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Belgium. He received his PhD and habilitation in computer science both from the Computer Science Department of Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany in 1998 and 2004, respectively. He is the co-author of two books about "Stochastic Local Search: Foundations and Applications'' and "Ant Colony Optimization'' and he has extensively published in the wider area of metaheuristics including 21 edited proceedings or books, 9 journal special issues, and more than 200 journal, conference articles and book chapters, many of which are highly cited. His main research interests are in metaheuristics, swarm intelligence, methodologies for engineering stochastic local search algorithms, multi-objective optimization, and automatic algorithm configuration.
Short CV: Julian Togelius is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, New York University, USA. He works on all aspects of computational intelligence and games and on selected topics in evolutionary computation and evolutionary reinforcement learning. His current main research directions involve search-based procedural content generation in games, general video game playing, player modeling, and fair and relevant benchmarking of game AI through competitions. He is a past chair of the IEEE CIS Technical Committee on Games, and an associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Computational Intelligence and Games. Togelius holds a BA from Lund University, an MSc from the University of Sussex, and a PhD from the University of Essex. He has previously worked at IDSIA in Lugano and at the IT University of Copenhagen.
We want to welcome you to EMO 2017 in the Schlossgarten restaurant, which is located right next to Münster's castle, i.e. the venue, where all the presentations will take place.
The castle itself was finished in 1787 as a palace of the Prince-Bishop Maximilian Friedrich and is nowadays home to the university administration - and our conference. This historical site with its facade in a characteristic combination of sandstone and red brick is surrounded by the beautiful botanical garden, along with its greenhouses and the lovely Schlossgarten restaurant, giving you the perfect venue for a nice welcome drink to the conference. If you want to spend more time in the garden or the greenhouses, you can visit them on your own as well. They are open to the public and can be visited daily (admission free, opening hours open areas: 8 am - 7 pm, open hours greenhouses: 8 am - 4.45 pm).
Where: Restaurant "A2" next to the lake "Aasee"
Our conference dinner will take place at the A2, a charming restaurant next to the lake Aasee. Given this setting, you should have the perfect atmosphere for long and intensive discussions.
Prior to the conference dinner, we intend to make a guided city tour through our beautiful city. The details for that tour will follow.
The pictures below should give you some impressions of the A2 restaurant.
The map below shows you the location of the two venues of our social events, i.e. the Schlossgarten and the A2.
The EMO 2017 conference takes place in Münster (Germany). Münster is an independent city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also capital of the local government region Münsterland. Münster was the location of the Anabaptist rebellion during the Protestant Reformation and the site of the signing of the Treaty of Westphalia ending the Thirty Years' War in 1648. Today it is known as the bicycle capital of Germany.
The conference will take place in the castle of Münster.
A limited number of free parking spaces is available close to the venue. A reservation is necessary in advance no later than one week before the start of the conference!
Passengers arriving at Terminal 2, please proceed to Terminal 1, Hall B via SkyLine train (free of charge). From Terminal 1, please proceed to the long-distance train station "Frankfurt Fernbahnhof". Tickets are available from the machines in the long-distance train station in the AIRail Terminal. They can be purchased using an EC debit card or a credit card. The desired destination is Münster (Westf) Hbf.
Take the SkyTrain from the Arrival area to Düsseldorf Airport (train station). Train tickets are available from the machines in the long-distance train station "Düsseldorf Flughafen" and the SkyTrain station at the airport. The desired destination is Münster (Westf) Hbf.
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Trump weighs executive orders on China, manufacturing, immigration, aide says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is considering several executive orders targeting China, manufacturing and immigration, his chief of staff Mark Meadows told reporters at the White House on Monday, though he offered few details.
"It's dealing with a number of executive orders that may go all the way from dealing with some of the immigration issues that we have before us, to some of the manufacturing and jobs issues that are before us, and ultimately dealing with China, in what we need to do there in terms of resetting that balance," Meadows said.
Since taking office in 2017, Trump has tried to rescind a program that shields from deportation hundreds of thousands of immigrants living in the United States illegally after entering as children - a group often called "Dreamers."
The U.S. Supreme Court last month blocked Trump's effort to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy put in place by former President Barack Obama, which protects roughly 649,000 immigrants from deportation.
Earlier on Fox News, Meadows said, "We're going to look at a number of issues as it relates to prescription drug prices, and we're going to get them done when Congress couldn't get them done."
It was not clear what any executive order on China or manufacturing would entail.
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How Do You Treat Children Fairly When It Comes to Estate Planning? - Lewis Kannegieter Law, Ltd.
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How Do You Treat Children Fairly When It Comes to Estate Planning?
Central Minnesota wills and trusts lawyers see just about every circumstance which results from a parent's death. Some siblings handle the wills and trusts administration gracefully and with dignity, while others turn to squabbling and pettiness. When we work with our clients, they are often very concerned about how to treat their children equally when it comes to setting up their wills and trusts.
In determining what should be left to whom, parents often have a hard time deciding what is appropriate. For example, should you leave each child exactly the same amount of money in order to be fair? What if you leave a house to one and cash to the other, but the house goes up or down in value?
So How Do You Split Your Estate Fairly?
When determining how to split your assets in your will or trust here in central Minnesota, it's a good idea to think back on your parenting experience. Since they were small children, you have probably explained to your kids how you love them all equally but in different ways. As they've grown, each has demonstrated a different personality, with varying strengths and weaknesses. As a parent, it may be more important for you to pay attention to these things than to worrying about making sure everything is exactly equal.
For example, one of your children may show exceptional responsibility when it comes to money. He or she lives debt-free and has a strong work ethic. In some cases, a parent may feel this child doesn't "need" the money or property left behind as much as a sibling who is struggling. In other cases, the parent may feel this child "deserves" to receive more than the one who has racked up debt or has a spouse who will mismanage the funds.
In addition to choosing "how much," the method of distribution may also be a way which you can create a more equitable situation. Wills and trusts can allow you the ability to set up different distribution methods based on what makes the most sense for each of your heirs. One child may benefit from a single lump sum which he or she can invest or use in some other manner. Another sibling, however, might be likely to squander a sum due to irresponsibility, addictions, etc., so the parent might prefer to have trusts set up to pay out a monthly stipend instead.
Another area where things might differ is in naming the Personal Representative of your estate. It's very common for a parent to name a child in this role, but some thought must go into which child to choose. Again, each child's strengths and weaknesses need to be taken into consideration. Who is most likely to act in everyone's best interest? Who has the ability to stand up to the others to make sure your wishes are carried out? Who has shown himself or herself to have good financial sense and follow-through?
Your central Minnesota estate planning attorney will work with you to create a plan which meets your unique family situation. If you're ready to get started, give our firm a call at 763-244-2949 and ask to schedule a Personal Strategy Session with Jennifer Lewis Kannegieter.
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Dodgers' Asking Price on Ethier, Crawford Gets Surprising Bump
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by JD Miller 01/19/2016, 10:10 AM
As we prepare for Spring Training to begin, I sat in my office analyzing the recent contracts given to the last remaining superstars in the free agent pool and pondered how these deals could impact the Dodgers.
With the next offseason free agent market set to be a pretty meager one, a lot of teams could look to improve by way of trading rather than bidding. The pickings have been slimmed even more with the multi-year deals awarded to superstars Chris Davis (signed with Baltimore, $161M/7 yrs) and Justin Upton. (Detroit, $133/6 yrs) The last big piece to be signed is the cuban phenom Yoenis Cespedes, who is also looking to land a long-term deal with the highest bidder.
ICYMI: These Dodgers Just Might Overachieve
The dollar's value rapidly inflating every year in the MLB combined with the sparse talent in next year's FA market, the contracts of Andre Ethier and Carl Crawford will soon seem less cumbersome to possible suitors who are willing to explore trade possibilities with the Dodgers.
Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports
To bring you all up to speed, Ethier is set to make $18 million in 2016, $17.5M in '17 and has a $17.5M vesting option in '18.Crawford is set to make over $21M in both 2016 and '17. Both players are considered to be past their primes as they are both 34 years old, but have still shown that they can be productive throughout the season when put in the right situations. When Crawford is healthy, he still shows great efficiency running the bases. Ethier also played very well in his limited role last year, batting a skosh under .300 with 14 homers.
The one issue with moving Ethier remains the 10 and five clause, which states that if he starts the season on the Dodgers' roster he'd have a full no-trade clause having spent a decade in the major leagues with at least five such years coming on the same team. Yes, the clause can always be waived, but leverage is always markably lower in a situation featuring a no-trade clause.
Even with their most productive years behind them, the desire in the league for veteran, battle-tested players is prominent during the trade deadline in every year. Ethier is likely to be the more coveted player as he is owed less money and has been a reliable player his entire career.
Crawford is the tougher sell. He is still owed much more money and hasn't played more than 116 games in any of his last four seasons due to injury. In any deal including Crawford, the Dodgers would likely have to sweeten the pot by adding a prospect and/or paying much of his remaining salary.
In conclusion, the fans who have been asking for Dodgers management to move the inefficient contracts of Ethier and Crawford may get their wish this season. Said deal is still a little too far in the future to accurately predict a possible suitor, but the Dodgers are still slowly becoming the youthful team of the future that will become the perennial postseason contenders writers and analysts expect them to be.
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Stelle filanti è un singolo del cantautore italiano Gazzelle, pubblicato il 7 luglio 2017 e successivamente inserito nella versione deluxe Megasuperbattito.

Descrizione
Il brano è stato prodotto e missato da Federico Nardelli, e successivamente masterizzato da Riccardo Parenti.

Formati
Il brano, oltre che in formato digitale, è stato distribuito in vinile nell'EP Plastica, in cui è contenuto anche il brano Sayonara.

Video musicale
Il videoclip, diretto da Daniel Bedusa e Danilo Bubani, è stato girato a Roma e ha per protagonisti lo stesso Gazzelle, che si aggira per le strade a bordo di un monopattino, e un ragazzo di colore che canta il brano, interpretato da Jean-Baptiste Shamuana.

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Q: What is the difference between a macro and a const in C++? I was asked this question in a technical interview:

What is the difference between a const and a macro in C++?

My answer was that a macro is a preprocessor directive and it could be difficult to debug the application if you use a macro since it is replaced with the constant expression before compilation, whereas a const can have a type identifier and is easy to debug.
Could anyone point out any other difference and which should be preferred?
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From the IBM documentation for C++:

The following are some differences between #define and the const type qualifier:

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*The #define directive can be used to create a name for a numerical, character, or  string constant, whereas a const object of any type can be declared.

*A const object is subject to the scoping rules for variables, whereas a constant created using #define is not. Unlike a const object, the value of a macro does not appear in the intermediate source code used by the compiler because they are expanded inline. The inline expansion makes the macro value unavailable to the debugger.

*A macro can be used in a constant expression, such as an array bound, whereas a const object cannot.  (I think we surely need to use macro to define array_size.

*The compiler does not type-check a macro, including macro arguments.

A: ( Originally posted for static const vs #define - reproducing here as this question seems to have more "momentum"... let me know if that's inappropriate... )
Pros and cons to everything, depending on usage:

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*consts

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*properly scoped / identifier clash issues handled nicely

*strong, single, user-specified type

*

*you might try to "type" a #define ala #define S std::string("abc"), but the constant avoids repeated construction of distinct temporaries at each point of use

*One Definition Rule complications

*can take address, create const references to them etc.

*defines

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*"global" scope / more prone to conflicting usages, which can produce hard-to-resolve compilation issues and unexpected run-time results rather than sane error messages; mitigating this requires:

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*long, obscure and/or centrally coordinated identifiers, and access to them can't benefit from implicitly matching used/current/Koenig-looked-up namespace, namespace aliases etc.

*use of all uppercase characters is generally required and reserved for preprocessor defines (an important guideline for enterprise scale preprocessor usage to remain manageable, and which 3rd party libraries can be expected to follow), observation of which implies migration of existing consts or enums to defines involves a change in capitalisation (and hence affects client code).  (Personally, I capitalise the first letter of enums but not consts, so I'd be hit here anyway - maybe time to rethink that.)

*more compile-time operations possible: string literal concatenation, stringification (taking size thereof)

*

*downside is that given #define X "x" and some client usage ala "pre" X "post", you're in trouble if you want or need to make X a runtime-changeable variable rather than a constant, whereas that transition is easier from a const char* or const std::string given they already force the user to incorporate concatenation operations.

*can't use sizeof directly on a defined numeric constant

*untyped (GCC doesn't warn if compared to unsigned)

*some compiler/linker/debugger chains may not present the identifier, so you'll be reduced to looking at "magic numbers" (strings, whatever...)

*can't take the address

*the substituted value need not be legal (or discrete) in the context where the #define is created, as it's evaluated at each point of use, so you can reference not-yet-declared objects, depend on "implementation" that needn't be pre-included, create "constants" such as { 1, 2 } that can be used to initialise arrays, or #define MICROSECONDS *1E-6 etc. (definitely not recommending this!)

*some special things like __FILE__ and __LINE__ can be incorporated into the macro substitution

*enums

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*only possible for integer values

*properly scoped / identifier clash issues handled nicely

*strongly typed, but to a big-enough signed-or-unsigned int size over which you have no control (in C++03)

*can't take the address

*stronger usage restraints (e.g. incrementing - template <typename T> void f(T t) { cout << ++t; } won't compile)

*each constant's type taken from the enclosing enum, so template <typename T> void f(T) get a distinct instantiation when passed the same numeric value from different enums, all of which are distinct from any actual f(int) instantiation.

*even with typeof, can't expect numeric_limits to provide useful insight

*the enum's typename may appear in various places in RTTI, compiler messages etc. - possibly useful, possibly obfuscation

As a general rule, I use consts and consider them the most professional option for general usage (though the others have a simplicity appealing to this old lazy programmer).

A: Macros and constants are not remotely the same thing, each is sometimes appropriate for the circumstances, and your answer only scratches at the surface of the difference.  Also, C++ has two different kinds of constants.
A constant defined with the const qualifier is best thought of as an unmodifiable variable.  It has all the properties of a variable: it has a type, it has a size, it has linkage, you can take its address.  (The compiler might optimize away some of these properties if it can get away with it: for instance, constants whose address is never used may not get emitted into the executable image.  But this is only by the grace of the as-if rule.) The only thing you can't do to a const datum is change its value. A constant defined with enum is a little different.  It has a type and a size, but it doesn't have linkage, you can't take its address, and its type is unique.  Both of these are processed during translation phase 7, so they can't be anything but an lvalue or rvalue.  (I'm sorry about the jargon in the preceding sentence, but I would have to write several paragraphs otherwise.)
A macro has far fewer constraints: it can expand to any sequence of tokens, as long as the overall program remains a well-formed program.  It doesn't have any of the properties of a variable.  Applying sizeof or & to a macro may or may not do something useful, depending on what the macro expands to.  Macros are sometimes defined to expand to numeric literals, and such macros are sometimes thought of as constants, but they're not: "the compiler proper" (that is, translation phase 7) sees them as numeric literals.
It is generally considered good practice, nowadays, not to use a macro when a constant will do.  Macros don't obey the same scoping rules as all other identifiers, which can be confusing, and if you use a constant you give more information to translation phase 7 and thus also to the debugger. However, macros permit you to do things that cannot be done any other way, and if you need to do one of those things, you should not hesitate to use them.  (Macros that are pulling their weight, in this sense, generally do not just expand to numeric literals, though I am not going to say never.)
EDIT: Here's an example of a macro doing something interesting.  It is in no way, shape or form a constant.  There may well be a way to get the same effect without a macro (if you know one that doesn't involve stringstreams, I'd be curious to hear about it!) but I think it makes a good illustration of both the power and the danger of macros (for the latter, consider what it would do if it was used outside of one very specific context...)
static double elapsed()
{ ... }
#define ELAPSED '[' << std::fixed << std::setprecision(2) << elapsed() << "] "

// usage:
for (vector<string>::iterator f = files.begin(); f != files.end(); f++) {
    cout << ELAPSED << "reading file: " << *f << '\n';
    process_file(*f);
}

A: Another difference is that a const variable has a memory and can be referenced by a pointer. Macro is just the autocomplete that will happen before compilation, hence the name is lost during compiling.
Also macro can be just more than a constant. It can be am expression or anything that is syntactically correct, even a whole definition of a function.
Macros are used to depict programming choices e.g. stack size; while cosnt is used to depict the real world constants like value of Pi or e.

A: One should prefer const int sum = 1; over #define sum 1 for a number of reasons:
Scope Based Mechanism:
#defines don't respect scopes so there is no way to create a class scoped namespace. While const variables can be scoped in classes.
Avoiding Weird magical numbers during compilation errors:
If you are using #define those are replaced by the pre-processor at time of precompilation So if you receive an error during compilation, it will be confusing because the error message wont refer the macro name but the value and it will appear a sudden  value, and one would waste lot of time tracking it down in code.
Ease of Debugging:
Also for same reasons, while debugging #define would provide no help really.
To avoid both above situations const will be a better choice.

A: define can be redefine , but const will be cause compiler error:
sample:
source : main.cpp
#define int_constance 4
#define int_constance 8 // ok, compiler will warning ( redefine macro)

const int a = 2;
const int a = 4; // redefine -> error

int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
   std::cout << int_constance ; // if remove second #define line, output will be 8

   return 0;
}

A: Macros don't respect scope, and a macro's name may not be available to a symbolic debugger. Dan Saks has a fairly complete article on the relative merits of macros (none), constant objects, and enumeration constants. Like Stephen Dewhurst, Saks prefers enumeration constants for integer values since they take up no storage (more precisely, enumeration constants have neither storage duration nor linkage).

A: A macro always have a type, for instance, #define FIVE 5 is of type int.
An advantage for the const variable over the macro could be the memory usage : With a macro the value may have to be duplicated everywhere it is used will a const variable will not be duplicated in memory. (but I am not sure of this difference)


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Our Heavenly Father, we have heard Thee say, "I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect." But unless Thou dost enable us by the exceeding greatness of Thy power how can we who are by nature weak and sinful walk in a perfect way?
Grant that we may learn to lay hold on the working of the mighty power which wrought in Christ when Thou didst raise Him from the dead and set Him at Thine own right hand in the heavenly places. Amen.
In the time of his vision John the Revelator heard as it were the voice of a great multitude and as the voice of many waters and as the voice of mighty thunderings sounding throughout the universe, and what the voice proclaimed was the sovereignty and omnipotence of God: "Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
Sovereignty and omnipotence must go together. One cannot exist without the other. To reign, God must have power, and to reign sovereignly, He must have all power. And that is what omnipotent means, having all power. The word derives from the Latin and is identical in meaning with the more familiar almighty which we have from the Anglo-Saxon. This latter word occurs fifty-six times in our English Bible and is never used of anyone but God. He alone is almighty.
"Power belongeth unto God," says the psalmist, and Paul the apostle declares that nature itself gives evidence of the eternal power of the Godhead (Rom 1:20). From this knowledge we reason to the omnipotence of God this way: God has power. Since God is also infinite, whatever He has must be without limit; therefore God has limitless power, He is omnipotent. We see further that God the self-existent Creator is the source of all the power there is, and since a source must be at least equal to anything that emanates from it, God is of necessity equal to all the power there is, and this is to say again that He is omnipotent.
Science observes how the power of God operates, discovers a regular pattern somewhere and fixes it as a "law." The uniformity of God's activities in His creation enables the scientist to predict the course of natural phenomena. The trustworthiness of God's behavior in His world is the foundation of all scientific truth. Upon it the scientist rests his faith and from there he goes on to achieve great and useful things in such fields as those of navigation, chemistry, agriculture, and the medical arts.
Religion on the other hand, goes back of the nature of God. It is concerned not with the footprints of God along the paths of creation, but with the One who treads those paths. Religion is interested primarily in the One who is the source of all things, the master of every phenomenon. For this One philosophy has various names, the most horrendous that I have seen being that supplied by Rudolph Otto: "The absolute, the gigantic, never-resting active world stress." The Christian delights to remember that this "world stress" once said "I AM" and the greatest teacher of them all directed His disciples to address Him as a person: "When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name." The men of the Bible everywhere communed with this "gigantic absolute" in language as personal as speech affords, and with Him prophet and saint walked in a rapture of devotion, warm intimate and deeply satisfying.
Its message sped like an arrow to his heart, carrying faith and hope and life for body and soul. He sought a place of retirement and after a season alone with God arose to his feet completely cured, and went forth in fullness of joy to found what has since become one of the largest foreign missionary societies in the world. For thirty-five years after this encounter with God, he labored prodigiously in the service of Christ. His faith in God of limitless power gave him all the strength he needed to carry on.


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Global 12 Throwback: Introducing Shakka
March 15 2021|
Shakka, headliner of Global 12 Festival 2019 just reached 2x platinum-selling with over 70 million streams for the hit single "Man Down" just recently.
The British-born singer, who does not shy away from his Dominican roots in his music, previously said: 'People always tell me that my live shows are something people look forward to every year. It's like carnival you can't miss it and it's humbling to hear people say stuff like that'
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