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The Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicitas – the Promised Crown of Life
The day of their victory dawned, and they marched from the prison to the amphitheatre joyfully as though they were going to heaven, with calm faces, trembling, if at all, with joy rather than fear. Perpetua went along with shining countenance and calm step, as the beloved of God, as a wife of Christ, putting down everyone's stare by her own intense gaze. With them also was Felicitas, glad that she had safely given birth so that now she could fight the beasts, going from one blood bath to another, from the midwife to the gladiator, ready to wash after childbirth in a second baptism.
The first major persecution of Christians conducted by Rome took place under the emperor Nero in 64 CE after the Great Fire of Rome.
"A generation after the death of Christ, Christianity had reached Rome in the form of an obscure offshoot of Judaism popular among the city's poor and destitute. Members of this religious sect spoke of the coming of a new kingdom and a new king. These views provoked suspicion among the Jewish authorities who rejected the group and fear among the Roman authorities who perceived these sentiments as a threat to the Empire.
In the summer of 64, Rome suffered a terrible fire that burned for six days and seven nights consuming almost three quarters of the city. The people accused the Emperor Nero for the devastation claiming he set the fire for his own amusement. In order to deflect these accusations and placate the people, Nero laid blame for the fire on the Christians. The emperor ordered the arrest of a few members of the sect who, under torture, accused others until the entire Christian populace was implicated and became fair game for retribution. As many of the religious sect that could be found were rounded up and put to death in the most horrific manner for the amusement of the citizens of Rome. The ghastly way in which the victims were put to death aroused sympathy among many Romans, although most felt their execution justified."[1]
Nero's persecution was horrid but generally was limited to Rome and not to the Empire as a whole. Christian persecution in the first few centuries was, like in Nero's Rome, generally a local affair. The Roman persecutions were sporadic, localized, and dependent on the political climate and disposition of each emperor or the local governor. Throughout the second century, and well into the third, there was no systematic persecution of Christians. It was illegal to be a Christian, but those who followed the new faith were not sought out by the authorities.
The Roman Empire was quite tolerant in its treatment of other religions and felt that religion could be used to bind the Empire together. Rome would incorporate local gods and goddesses into their Roman pantheon of gods, and as such they were tolerant of the practices of local religions and local gods. The local gods of a newly conquered area were simply added to the Roman pantheon and often given Roman names.
In order to understand the Roman distrust of Judaism and Christianity, one must understand the Roman view of religion. For the Romans, religion was first and foremost a means to bind the state together. The tolerance of permitting the worship of many gods, however, did not extend to those that would not bow down to the supreme god of the pantheon – the Roman Emperor. This is where the monotheistic faiths of Jews and Christians were brought into conflict with Rome.
Both Jews and Christians were by the tenets of their faith unable to acknowledge the Emperor as a god. They were unwilling to sign loyalty oaths that acknowledge his deity. Jews, after some initial persecution, got exemption from Emperor Claudius. Christianity, however, was expanding rapidly within the empire and Christians were increasingly viewed as disloyal or hostile to the state because of their refusal to bow before the emperor and sign loyalty oaths.
This is where we pick up in recounting the Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicitas along with their companions Revocatus, Saturninus and Secundulus. During the early years of the reign of Septimius Severus (Roman emperor from 193 to 211) Christians enjoyed comparative peace, and Severus himself showed them considerable favor. Early in the third century a change set in, and in 202 the emperor issued an edict forbidding conversions to Christianity and to Judaism. The rapidity with which Christianity was spreading caused him to fear the spread of those that refused to acknowledge his deity. Christians were disloyal and therefore a threat to the empire. Severus' edict was aimed, not against those already Christians, but only against new converts, the idea being to prevent the further spread of Christianity. The edict only provoked and intensified the already prevalent anti-Christian feelings of many Roman citizens. The end result was that severe persecutions broke out, which were confined, however, almost wholly to Egypt and North Africa. These persecutions are covered historically in Eusebius' Historia Ecclesiastica, and a number of Tertullian's works.
All over the Roman Empire, Severus' edict was stirring up chaos against the Church. Christians were being martyred throughout the empire, but with greater frequency in Northern Africa. Perpetua was a young Christian in the African city of Carthage. She and several other new believers – Saturninus, Secundulus, Revocatus, and Felicitas were nearing the end their time of being catechized into the faith that every new believer received before being baptized. This little group of disciples typified the diversity found within the growing body of Christ. Perpetua was twenty-two, born to a wealthy family, and the mother of an infant son. Revocatus and Felicitas, who was pregnant, were both slaves.
The group's catechism into the Christian faith was cut short when the Roman authorities of the province arrested them for refusing to worship the empire's deities. The new converts to Christianity were obvious targets of Severus' ban on those new to the faith. Vibia Perpetua and her new friends were imprisoned to await trial. She kept her baby with her. In solidarity, Saturus, Perpetua's brother, who had not been arrested with the others, turned himself in.
Despite the exhortations of her father, who persistently appealed to her maternal feelings, Perpetua refused to offer sacrifice to the pagan gods. In her diary she recounts that as she professed her allegiance to Christ: "my father was so angered by the word 'Christian' that he moved towards me as though he would pluck my eyes out. But he left it at that and departed, vanquished along with his diabolical arguments."
Before their execution she writes that she and Saturus had visions from God, which strengthened their souls. In the days leading up to their execution, Secundulus died in prison. The others thanked God that he was spared a violent death. Felicitas was also expected to avoid the ordeal with the wild beasts, for she was now eight months pregnant and it was illegal to execute a pregnant woman. Yet far from being relieved, she was grieved that her pregnancy might prevent her from joining her companions in martyrdom.
Three days before the date of execution, Felicitas and the other prisoners joined in prayer. They begged God to grant her the privilege of facing the beasts with her fellow Christians, so that she would not have to face this trial alone later. She went into labor immediately. The early delivery was extremely painful. One of the servants attending the birth said, "You're suffering now – and what will you do when you're thrown to the beasts?"
Felicitas answered, "I suffer what I'm suffering now, but then there will be another in me, who will suffer for me, because I am about to suffer for Him." She gave birth to a girl. The baby was given to a Christian woman to be raised.
On the day of their executions the martyrs were led from the prison into the amphitheater. A bear, a leopard, and a wild boar were selected to face the men. Saturninus and Revocatus had to face a leopard and a bear. Saturus was taken out alone and tied to the ground near the bear, but the bear would not emerge from its den, instead, the leopard inflicted the fatal wound to him with a single bite. The two young mothers were stripped naked and given nets to wear. Then they were thrown into the arena with a wild bull. After being tossed to the ground by the bull, the two women were led out of the arena. After they had been brutalized by the animals, the survivors were gathered together. They gave each other the kiss of peace one last time. Then each of them was stabbed with a sword. Perpetua, however, was stabbed between the ribs by a novice gladiator whose hand was shaking, and she did not die. She cried out loudly, grabbed the gladiator's sword hand, and brought the blade to her own throat. In this way she embraced her death.
Each, in their own way, stayed faithful to their Lord to death. Each received the Promised Crown of Life. The Promised Crown of Life – (Revelation 2:10) "Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life." This crown is for all believers, but is especially dear to those who endure sufferings, who bravely confront persecution for Jesus, even to the point of death.
[1] "Nero Persecutes The Christians, 64 A.D.," EyeWitness to History, www.eyewitnesstohistory.com (2000).
The Martyrdom of Saints Perpetua and Felicitas – Their Prison Diary
This is the prison diary of a young woman martyered in Carthage in 202 or 203 CE. The beginning and ending are related by an editor/narrator; the central text contains the words of Perpetua herself.
A number of young catechumens were arrested, Revocatus and his fellow slave Felicitas, Saturninus and Secundulus, and with them Vibia Perpetua, a newly married woman of good family and upbringing. Her mother and father were still alive and one of her two brothers was a catechumen like herself. She was about twenty-two years old and had an infant son at the breast. (Now from this point on the entire account of her ordeal is her own, according to her own ideas and in the way that she herself wrote it down.)
While we were still under arrest (she said) my father out of love for me was trying to persuade me and shake my resolution. 'Father,' said I, 'do you see this vase here, for example, or waterpot or whatever?'
'Yes, I do', said he.
And I told him: 'Could it be called by any other name than what it is?'
And he said: 'No.'
'Well, so too I cannot be called anything other than what I am, a Christian.'
At this my father was so angered by the word 'Christian' that he moved towards me as though he would pluck my eyes out. But he left it at that and departed, vanquished along with his diabolical arguments.
For a few days afterwards I gave thanks to the Lord that I was separated from my father, and I was comforted by his absence. During these few days I was baptized, and I was inspired by the Spirit not to ask for any other favour after the water but simply the perseverance of the flesh. A few days later we were lodged in the prison; and I was terrified, as I had never before been in such a dark hole. What a difficult time it was! With the crowd the heat was stifling; then there was the extortion of the soldiers; and to crown all, I was tortured with worry for my baby there.
Then Tertius and Pomponius, those blessed deacons who tried to take care of us, bribed the soldiers to allow us to go to a better part of the prison to refresh ourselves for a few hours. Everyone then left that dungeon and shifted for himself. I nursed my baby, who was faint from hunger. In my anxiety I spoke to my mother about the child, I tried to comfort my brother, and I gave the child in their charge. I was in pain because I saw them suffering out of pity for me. These were the trials I had to endure for many days. Then I got permission for my baby to stay with me in prison. At once I recovered my health, relieved as I was of my worry and anxiety over the child. My prison had suddenly become a palace, so that I wanted to be there rather than anywhere else.
Then my brother said to me: 'Dear sister, you are greatly privileged; surely you might ask for a vision to discover whether you are to be condemned or freed.'
Faithfully I promised that I would, for I knew that I could speak with the Lord, whose great blessings I had come to experience. And so I said: 'I shall tell you tomorrow.' Then I made my request and this was the vision I had.
I saw a ladder of tremendous height made of bronze, reaching all the way to the heavens, but it was so narrow that only one person could climb up at a time. To the sides of the ladder were attached all sorts of metal weapons: there were swords, spears, hooks, daggers, and spikes; so that if anyone tried to climb up carelessly or without paying attention, he would be mangled and his flesh would adhere to the weapons.
At the foot of the ladder lay a dragon of enormous size, and it would attack those who tried to climb up and try to terrify them from doing so. And Saturus was the first to go up, he who was later to give himself up of his own accord. He had been the builder of our strength, although he was not present when we were arrested. And he arrived at the top of the staircase and he looked back and said to me: 'Perpetua, I am waiting for you. But take care; do not let the dragon bite you.'
'He will not harm me,' I said, 'in the name of Christ Jesus.'
Slowly, as though he were afraid of me, the dragon stuck his head out from underneath the ladder. Then, using it as my first step, I trod on his head and went up.
Then I saw an immense garden, and in it a gray-haired man sat in shepherd's garb; tall he was, and milking sheep. And standing around him were many thousands of people clad in white garments. He raised his head, looked at me, and said: 'I am glad you have come, my child.'
He called me over to him and gave me, as it were, a mouthful Of the milk he was drawing; and I took it into my cupped hands and consumed it. And all those who stood around said: 'Amen!' At the sound of this word I came to, with the taste of something sweet still in my mouth. I at once told this to my brother, and we realized that we would have to suffer, and that from now on we would no longer have any hope in this life.
A few days later there was a rumour that we were going to be given a hearing. My father also arrived from the city, worn with worry, and he came to see me with the idea of persuading me.
'Daughter,' he said, 'have pity on my grey head–have pity on me your father, if I deserve to be called your father, if I have favoured you above all your brothers, if I have raised you to reach this prime of your life. Do not abandon me to be the reproach of men. Think of your brothers, think of your mother and your aunt, think of your child, who will not be able to live once you are gone. Give up your pride! You will destroy all of us! None of us will ever be able to speak freely again if anything happens to you.'
This was the way my father spoke out of love for me, kissing my hands and throwing himself down before me. With tears in his eyes he no longer addressed me as his daughter but as a woman. I was sorry for my father's sake, because he alone of all my kin would be unhappy to see me suffer.
I tried to comfort him saying: 'It will all happen in the prisoner's dock as God wills; for you may be sure that we are not left to ourselves but are all in his power.'
And he left me in great sorrow.
One day while we were eating breakfast we were suddenly hurried off for a hearing. We arrived at the forum, and straight away the story went about the neighbourhood near the forum and a huge crowd gathered. We walked up to the prisoner's dock. All the others when questioned admitted their guilt. Then, when it came my turn, my father appeared with my son, dragged me from the step, and said: 'Perform the sacrifice–have pity on your baby!'
Hilarianus the governor, who had received his judicial powers as the successor of the late proconsul Minucius Timinianus, said to me: 'Have pity on your father's grey head; have pity on your infant son. Offer the sacrifice for the welfare of the emperors.'
'I will not', I retorted.
'Are you a Christian?' said Hilarianus.
And I said: 'Yes, I am.'
When my father persisted in trying to dissuade me, Hilarianus ordered him to be thrown to the ground and beaten with a rod. I felt sorry for father, just as if I myself had been beaten. I felt sorry for his pathetic old age.
Then Hilarianus passed sentence on all of us: we were condemned to the beasts, and we returned to prison in high spirits. But my baby had got used to being nursed at the breast and to staying with me in prison. So I sent the deacon Pomponius straight away to my father to ask for the baby. But father refused to give him over. But as God willed, the baby had no further desire for the breast, nor did I suffer any inflammation; and so I was relieved of any anxiety for my child and of any discomfort in my breasts….
Some days later, an adjutant named Pudens, who was in charge of the prison, began to show us great honour, realizing that we possessed some great power within us. And he began to allow many visitors to see us for our mutual comfort.
Now the day of the contest was approaching, and my father came to see me overwhelmed with sorrow. He started tearing the hairs from his beard and threw them on the ground; he then threw himself on the ground and began to curse his old age and to say such words as would move all creation. I felt sorry for his unhappy old age.
The day before we were to fight with the beasts I saw the following vision. Pomponius the deacon came to the prison gates and began to knock violently. I went out and opened the gate for him. He was dressed in an unbelted white tunic, wearing elaborate sandals. And he said to me: 'Perpetua, come; we are waiting for you.'
Then he took my hand and we began to walk through rough and broken country. At last we came to the amphitheatre out of breath, and he led me into the centre of the arena.
Then he told me: 'Do not be afraid. I am here, struggling with you.' Then he left.
I looked at the enormous crowd who watched in astonishment. I was surprised that no beasts were let loose on me; for I knew that I was condemned to die by the beasts. Then out came an Egyptian against me, of vicious appearance, together with his seconds, to fight with me. There also came up to me some handsome young men to be my seconds and assistants.
My clothes were stripped off, and suddenly I was a man. My seconds began to rub me down with oil (as they are wont to do before a contest). Then I saw the Egyptian on the other side rolling in the dust. Next there came forth a man of marvelous stature, such that he rose above the top of the amphitheatre. He was clad in a beltless purple tunic with two stripes (one on either side) running down the middle of his chest. He wore sandals that were wondrously made of gold and silver, and he carried a wand like an athletic trainer and a green branch on which there were golden apples.
And he asked for silence and said: 'If this Egyptian defeats her he will slay her with the sword. But if she defeats him, she will receive this branch.' Then he withdrew.
We drew close to one another and began to let our fists fly. My opponent tried to get hold of my feet, but I kept striking him in the face with the heels of my feet. Then I was raised up into the air and I began to pummel him without as it were touching the ground. Then when I noticed there was a lull, I put my two hands together linking the fingers of one hand with those of the other and thus I got hold of his head. He fell flat on his face and I stepped on his head.
The crowd began to shout and my assistants started to sing psalms. Then I walked up to the trainer and took the branch. He kissed me and said to me: 'Peace be with you, my daughter!' I began to walk in triumph towards the Gate of Life. Then I awoke. I realized that it was not with wild animals that I would fight but with the Devil, but I knew that I would win the victory. So much for what I did up until the eve of the contest. About what happened at the contest itself, let him write of it who will.
[Here Saturus tells the story of a vision he had of Perpetua and himself, after they were killed, being carried by four angels into heaven where they were reunited with other martyrs killed in the same persecution.]
[Here the editor/narrator begins to relate the story]:
Such were the remarkable visions of these martyrs, Saturus and Perpetua, written by themselves. As for Secundulus, God called him from this world earlier than the others while he was still in prison, by a special grace that he might not have to face the animals. Yet his flesh, if not his spirit, knew the sword.
As for Felicitas, she too enjoyed the Lord's favour in this wise. She had been pregnant when she was arrested, and was now in her eighth month. As the day of the spectacle drew near she was very distressed that her martyrdom would be postponed because of her pregnancy; for it is against the law for women with child to be executed. Thus she might have to shed her holy, innocent blood afterwards along with others who were common criminals. Her comrades in martyrdom were also saddened; for they were afraid that they would have to leave behind so fine a companion to travel alone on the same road to hope. And so, two days before the contest, they poured forth a prayer to the Lord in one torrent of common grief. And immediately after their prayer the birth pains came upon her. She suffered a good deal in her labour because of the natural difficulty of an eight months' delivery.
Hence one of the assistants of the prison guards said to her: 'You suffer so much now–what will you do when you are tossed to the beasts? Little did you think of them when you refused to sacrifice.'
'What I am suffering now', she replied, 'I suffer by myself. But then another will be inside me who will suffer for me, just as I shall be suffering for him.'
And she gave birth to a girl; and one of the sisters brought her up as her own daughter.
Therefore, since the Holy Spirit has permitted the story of this contest to be written down and by so permitting has willed it, we shall carry out the command or, indeed, the commission of the most saintly Perpetua, however unworthy I might be to add anything to this glorious story. At the same time I shall add one example of her perseverance and nobility of soul.
The military tribune had treated them with extraordinary severity because on the information of certain very foolish people he became afraid that they would be spirited out of the prison by magical spells.
Perpetua spoke to him directly. 'Why can you not even allow us to refresh ourselves properly? For we are the most distinguished of the condemned prisoners, seeing that we belong to the emperor; we are to fight on his very birthday. Would it not be to your credit if we were brought forth on the day in a healthier condition?'
The officer became disturbed and grew red. So it was that he gave the order that they were to be more humanely treated; and he allowed her brothers and other persons to visit, so that the prisoners could dine in their company. By this time the adjutant who was head of the gaol was himself a Christian.
On the day before, when they had their last meal, which is called the free banquet, they celebrated not a banquet but rather a love feast. They spoke to the mob with the same steadfastness, warned them of God's judgment, stressing the joy they would have in their suffering, and ridiculing the curiosity of those that came to see them. Saturus said: 'Will not tomorrow be enough for you? Why are you so eager to see something that you dislike? Our friends today will be our enemies on the morrow. But take careful note of what we look like so that you will recognize us on the day.' Thus everyone would depart from the prison in amazement, and many of them began to believe.
The day of their victory dawned, and they marched from the prison to the amphitheatre joyfully as though they were going to heaven, with calm faces, trembling, if at all, with joy rather than fear. Perpetua went along with shining countenance and calm step, as the beloved of God, as a wife of Christ, putting down everyone's stare by her own intense gaze. With them also was Felicitas, glad that she had safely given birth so that now she could fight the beasts, going from one blood bath to another, from the midwife to the gladiator, ready to wash after childbirth in a second baptism.
They were then led up to the gates and the men were forced to put on the robes of priests of Saturn, the women the dress of the priestesses of Ceres. But the noble Perpetua strenuously resisted this to the end.
'We came to this of our own free will, that our freedom should not be violated. We agreed to pledge our lives provided that we would do no such thing. You agreed with us to do this.'
Even injustice recognized justice. The military tribune agreed. They were to be brought into the arena just as they were. Perpetua then began to sing a psalm: she was already treading on the head of the Egyptian. Revocatus, Saturninus, and Saturus began to warn the on looking mob. Then when they came within sight of Hilarianus, they suggested by their motions and gestures: 'You have condemned us, but God will condemn you' was what they were saying.
At this the crowds became enraged and demanded that they be scourged before a line of gladiators. And they rejoiced at this that they had obtained a share in the Lord's sufferings.
But he who said, Ask and you shall receive, answered their prayer by giving each one the death he had asked for. For whenever they would discuss among themselves their desire for martyrdom, Saturninus indeed insisted that he wanted to be exposed to all the different beasts, that his crown might be all the more glorious. And so at the outset of the contest he and Revocatus were matched with a leopard, and then while in the stocks they were attacked by a bear. As for Saturus, he dreaded nothing more than a bear, and he counted on being killed by one bite of a leopard. Then he was matched with a wild boar; but the gladiator who had tied him to the animal was gored by the boar and died a few days after the contest, whereas Saturus was only dragged along. Then when he was bound in the stocks awaiting the bear, the animal refused to come out of the cages, so that Saturus was called back once more unhurt.
For the young women, however, the Devil had prepared a mad heifer. This was an unusual animal, but it was chosen that their sex might be matched with that of the beast. So they were stripped naked, placed in nets and thus brought out into the arena. Even the crowd was horrified when they saw that one was a delicate young girl and the other was a woman fresh from childbirth with the milk still dripping from her breasts. And so they were brought back again and dressed in unbelted tunics.
First the heifer tossed Perpetua and she fell on her back. Then sitting up she pulled down the tunic that was ripped along the side so that it covered her thighs, thinking more of her modesty than of her pain. Next she asked for a pin to fasten her untidy hair: for it was not right that a martyr should die with her hair in disorder, lest she might seem to be mourning in her hour of triumph.
Then she got up. And seeing that Felicitas had been crushed to the ground, she went over to her, gave her hand, and lifted her up. Then the two stood side by side. But the cruelty of the mob was by now appeased, and so they were called back through the Gate of Life.
There Perpetua was held up by a man named Rusticus who was at the time a catechumen and kept close to her. She awoke from a kind of sleep (so absorbed had she been in ecstasy in the Spirit) and she began to look about her. Then to the amazement of all she said: 'When are we going to be thrown to that heifer or whatever it is?'
When told that this had already happened, she refused to believe it until she noticed the marks of her rough experience on her person and her dress. Then she called for her brother and spoke to him together with the catechumens and said: 'You must all stand fast in the faith and love one another, and do not be weakened by what we have gone through.'
At another gate Saturus was earnestly addressing the soldier Pudens. 'It is exactly', he said, 'as I foretold and predicted. So far not one animal has touched me. So now you may believe me with all your heart: I am going in there and I shall be finished off with one bite of the leopard.' And immediately as the contest was coming to a close a leopard was let loose, and after one bite Saturus was so drenched with blood that as he came away the mob roared in witness to his second baptism: 'Well washed! Well washed!' For well washed indeed was one who had been bathed in this manner.
Then he said to the soldier Pudens: 'Good-bye. Remember me, and remember the faith. These things should not disturb you but rather strengthen you.'
And with this he asked Pudens for a ring from his finger, and dipping it into his wound he gave it back to him again as a pledge and as a record of his bloodshed.
Shortly after he was thrown unconscious with the rest in the usual spot to have his throat cut. But the mob asked that their bodies be brought out into the open that their eyes might be the guilty witnesses of the sword that pierced their flesh. And so the martyrs got up and went to the spot of their own accord as the people wanted them to, and kissing one another they sealed their martyrdom with the ritual kiss of peace. The others took the sword in silence and without moving, especially Saturus, who being the first to climb the stairway was the first to die. For once again he was waiting for Perpetual Perpetua, however, had yet to taste more pain. She screamed as she was struck on the bone; then she took the trembling hand of the young gladiator and guided it to her throat. It was as though so great a woman, feared as she was by the unclean spirit, could not be dispatched unless she herself were willing.
Ah, most valiant and blessed martyrs! Truly are you called and chosen for the glory of Christ Jesus our Lord! And any man who exalts, honours, and worships his glory should read for the consolation of the Church these new deeds of heroism which are no less significant than the tales of old. For these new manifestations of virtue will bear witness to one and the same Spirit who still operates, and to God the Father almighty, to his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom is splendour and immeasurable power for all the ages. Amen.
From The Acts of the Christian Marytrs, texts and translation by Herbert Musurillo (c) Oxford University Press, 1972
David Shaw
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Panthers attack our Achilles heel: Cleary
Matt Encarnacion
Published: 04/08/2019 Updated: 7 October 2020 11:06 PM
Ivan Cleary's Panthers again failed to capitalize on good field position in the loss to Canterbury. Credit: AAP
Penrith coach Ivan Cleary admits his misfiring attack has been the Achilles heel of a body of work that has left their NRL finals aspirations in grave doubt.
The Panthers dropped out of the top eight for the first time in a month on Saturday after a frustrating 16-8 upset loss to lowly Canterbury.
Cleary's men were only able to muster the one try at Bankwest Stadium despite enjoying a lopsided 47-16 advantage in plays inside the opposition 20-metre line.
"Yeah I think we lacked a bit of polish," Cleary said post-game.
"First half we invited them into a scrap and they were good enough to win the scrap. We ended up getting frustrated I thought.
"I think a lot of those opportunities in the second half we didn't capitalise on because we lost a bit of connection."
It continued a horror trend with the ball for the Panthers this year.
Penrith entered the match averaging 16.3 tackles per try inside the opposition 20-metre zone, which ranks second last in the competition.
And it's not as though they are short of chances, averaging a league-high 34.4 looks at the opposition tryline per game.
This is despite boasting two NSW State of Origin halves in James Maloney and Nathan Cleary, who again lacked cohesion against the Bulldogs.
Canterbury (244) and Gold Coast (296 with a game in hand), are the only teams who have scored less total points than the Panthers' 305 so far this season.
"It's been our Achilles heel all year. That'd certainly be fair to say," Cleary said.
"And under pressure (Saturday night), we weren't able to execute well enough. Lots of near-misses, but that's been the tale of the season as well.
"Often you get some confidence when you can execute under pressure like that. We haven't done it often enough this year."
Penrith remain equal with seventh-placed Cronulla, and eighth-placed Wests Tigers, on 20 points with five games remaining.
And they'll get a boost ahead of a possibly season-defining match-up at home with the Sharks next week when Viliame Kikau returns from suspension.
However Cleary is well aware that time is nigh for them to kick into gear.
"We've been like that for a long time. We understand the nature of how important every week is. We certainly didn't come here with any other ideas," he said.
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The ASSERT was added in http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/66841 with the rationale "It is better to ensure it is only called while parsing." There doesn't seem to be any explanation of what guarantees this invariant -- just an aspiration toward a world where this invariant was true.
We'll need to look a why the ASSERT is firing to determine whether the ASSERT is incorrect or whether the caller is incorrect.
I'm pretty sure we don't want to remove the ASSERT. If it hits, we'd go through http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#the-end twice.
The page is doing some tricky combinations of writing into an iframe then calling document.close() which is incorrectly leading to the second prepareToStopParsing() call for the document. It's turning out to be hard to reduce.
One potential fix is to change the "if (isStopped())" in prepareToStopParsing() to "if (!isParsing())", but until I get a proper reduction, I'm not sure I understand the issue fully. I'll keep working on it, but just wanted to give a quick update.
The code for stopping/canceling/ending parsing really needs to be beaten with a stick.
> The code for stopping/canceling/ending parsing really needs to be beaten with a stick.
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PM Modi returned home after ending Bangladesh tour, open path to strengthen economic-cultural relations
PM Modi tweeted, "I had a meaningful meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. We reviewed the entire scope of India-Bangladesh relations and discussed ways to strengthen economic and cultural relations in the coming time. "
This was PM Modi's first foreign visit since the Corona virus epidemic. (Photo-ANI)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's two-day visit to Bangladesh ended on Saturday and he returned home. PM Modi said that he had a "meaningful meeting" with his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina. The two leaders reviewed bilateral relations and discussed ways to strengthen economic and cultural ties in the coming years. This is PM Modi's first foreign visit since the Corona virus epidemic. He had a one-on-one conversation with Hasina first followed by delegation-level talks that lasted for about an hour. Modi tweeted, "I had a meaningful meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. We reviewed the entire scope of India-Bangladesh relations and discussed ways to strengthen economic and cultural relations in the coming time. "
The two sides signed five MoUs in areas such as liaison, commerce, information technology and sports. Prime Minister Modi said, "India and Bangladesh signed a memorandum of understanding in disaster management, sports, youth, business, technology and other important areas. These will strengthen our development partnership and benefit the people of our countries, especially the youth. "Foreign Ministry spokesman Arindam Bagchi said that the two leaders discussed the progress made in health, business, connectivity, energy, development cooperation and other areas. That "It was accepted that terrorism is a threat to global peace and security, both sides reiterated their determination to eradicate all forms of terrorism," said a joint statement issued after the talks between the two leaders.
PM Narendra Modi arrives at Delhi Airport after concluding his two-day Bangladesh visit pic.twitter.com/8wRv5UOAOy
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Talk about sharing of the water of rivers
PM Modi expressed India's appreciation for Bangladesh's cooperation on security related issues. Modi reiterated India's sincere and sustained efforts to complete the Teesta water sharing agreement through consultation with the stakeholders concerned. The joint statement said, "The two leaders directed their water resources ministries to complete the draft interim agreement on water sharing of six common rivers – Manu, Muhuri, Khowai, Gumti, Dharla and Dudhkumar at an early date." Foreign Secretary Harshvardhan Shringla said that India has also requested to finalize a draft for water sharing of Feni river soon, which is pending from Bangladesh. According to the joint statement, the two leaders emphasized the importance of effective border management for a calm, stable and crime-free border. As a human aspect, Prime Minister Modi also handed over the symbolic key of 109 abulances to his counterpart Hasina. He also presented a symbolic box to Hasina, which symbolizes 1.2 million doses of the anti-COVID-19 vaccine handed over to Bangladesh by India.
Hasina presented a coin of gold and silver issued to Modi on the occasion of the birth centenary of her father and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. He also presented a silver coin issued to Modi on the occasion of the 50th birth anniversary of Bangladesh. The two leaders also inaugurated some projects digitally, including the inauguration of the three new border haats, the new passenger train Mithali Express along the Indo-Bangladesh border. It is the third passenger train between the two neighboring countries after the Maitree Express (Dhaka-Kolkata) and Bandhan Express (Khulna-Kolkata). The signed MoUs are related to disaster management, resilience and mitigation, cooperation between Bangladesh National Cadet Corps and National Cadet Corps, cooperation in the field of trade remediation measures etc. The two Prime Ministers also issued the India Bangladesh Friendship Ticket on the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations.
PM Modi participated in the birth centenary celebrations of 'Bangabandhu'
Modi's visit coincides with the birth anniversary of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the completion of fifty years of establishing diplomatic relations between India and Bangladesh, and the completion of fifty years of the Bangladesh Liberation War. Modi, who arrived here on a two-day visit on Friday, took part in the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Bangladesh Liberation War in Dhaka and the birth centenary celebrations of 'Bangabandhu'. In the morning, Modi went to the centuries-old Jeshoreswari Kali temple in Ishwaripur village in southwest Bangladesh and prayed there. He announced that the Community Hall cum Cyclone Shelter affiliated to the Bharat Mandir would be built. This temple is one of the 51 Shaktipeeths.
After offering prayers at a temple in Orakandi, the birthplace of Harichand Thakur, the spiritual guru of the Matua community, the Prime Minister interacted with the community members. He said during this time that 'Both India and Bangladesh want to see the progress of the whole world with their development, their progress. Both countries want stability, love and peace in place of instability, terror and unrest in the world. Modi invited Hasina to visit India in 2022.
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British builders' merchant, Travis Perkins, has put plans to sell their plumbing and heating business on hold, citing the uncertainty of Brexit as a deciding factor.
The move comes amid a strategic run of cost-cutting by the firm and a conscious move simplify their overall portfolio.
However, the impending precariousness of the economic climate in the UK has evidently caused the FTSE 250 company to alter their game plan in favour of a more prudent approach.
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Travis Perkins had originally announced the sale plans in December 2018 with a likely deal announced by their board in July. However, it appears those plans have since fallen through and the plumbing and heating business appears set to remain under the Travis Perkins umbrella indefinitely.
The division includes the likes of FPC wholesale, PTS Plumbing Trade Supplies and plumbing merchant City Plumbing Supplies, the latter of which was awarded the title of "Heating & Plumbing Merchant of the Year" at the Builders' Merchants Awards for Excellence 2018.
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I found myself revisiting the Parent Child dimension quite unexpectedly.
I'm working on a project which involves the division of the city to different statistical areas. The division of the city into these different statistical areas happens once every 10 years or so, according to the changes in population tracked by the municipality itself and the government in the Census of Population and Housing.
While looking at the above, we have to remember that a new member can be created at each level of the Parent Child Dimension. I no longer have a balanced hierarchy, as each Census may lead to a new member created based on, or stemming from, one of the existing children. This is due to the fact that each area may become a parent to two or more areas (the lower branch of the tree) and a new area may become the parent of two or more merged areas (the upper branch of the tree).
Before, my Parent Child Dimension came from the fact I needed to connect to data at non – leaf levels, but I knew I had 4 levels in my organizational hierarchy, now I'm not sure how many levels I have in my Parent Child Dimension. This may mean that I may not be able to manipulate my Dimension to show in Report Builder.
We are having an issue with what we think is an unbalanced hiearchy. We have segmentation levels 1 2 and 3. 1 has say A and B, 2 has A and B and 3 does not have B. In RB as soon as we add level 3 to the report we drop B out of the report. This does not happen when building in the cube. The cube maintains B.
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The American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA) Review Team announces updates to the Terrain and Supervision Guidelines.
The Review Team, comprised of 11 voting AMGA members, met outside of Jackson Hole, Wyo., earlier this month in a landmark meeting to review and update the AMGA's Terrain and Supervision Guidelines.
Assigned to cover the full range of geography, terrain and operational scope that makes up American mountain guiding, the Review Team worked to accomplish the goal of developing a framework that supported the goal of assuring that guides work in terrain for which they are trained.
A parallel goal for the Review Team was to establish a product that works for all AMGA members and guide services.
"The guiding community has grown increasingly more divided, especially in the last year. We desperately needed to come together to develop a plan to foster an approach to our organization to bring all the entities involved with the AMGA together as one unified front, said Rob Hess, Board President and owner of Jackson Hole Mountain Guides.
"In order to allow the mountain guiding industry in the U.S. to realize its full potential and gain the access we need to operate, we must all work together. This meeting represented a strong step in this direction and I am very hopeful for the future of guiding in the United States."
The outcome of the early May AMGA Terrain and Supervision Guidelines Review Team meeting will be the basis of a preliminary report to the AMGA board at its next meeting June 6th in Boulder, Colo.
Assuming the full board supports the recommendations the next step will be to work with a recreational use legal specialist to draft language that is legally sound and avoids potential liability pitfalls. Once this is complete it is anticipated the final language will be voted on by the board at its Annual meeting in October.
Among the highlights of the agreed upon updates are:
- The Terrain and Supervision Guidelines have been streamlined and simplified, including eliminating documentation requirements, and the title changed to Scope of Practice to better capture their intent.
- Agreed to create interim training certifications that would support guides focused on moderate glacier travel or ice cragging terrain.
- Agreed to hold accredited companies and individuals to the scope of practice standards as a condition of membership.
- Agreed to stay on track for 2017 implementation of Scope of Practice requirements but with a scaled phasing to give companies the opportunity to work with their employees to move forward in their training as needed.
A number of the Review Team participants followed up with these comments as the session was completed:
Geoff Unger: "The implementation of scope of practice for the AMGA community will be the most important milestone for our organization since I have been a member. I was impressed with the ability of the team to reach consensus on all the key topics up for review. We still have work to do, but the initial discussion is moving in the right direction and I have confidence we will meet our goals by the annual meeting in October."
Elaina Arenz: A diverse group of representatives from across the guiding industry sat down together to share our varying points of view. Together we collaborated and proposed solutions that we feel address the needs of American guides across all disciplines.
Paul Maier: "I was pleased by the frank and articulate manner in which everyone advocated for their positions during the meeting. Issues of fairness, regional needs, big guides services vs. independent guides, and the practical realities of U.S. guiding were all debated. In the end I believe we arrived at a Scope of Practice document that serves both the public and AMGA membership well. "
Mark Allen: "This was desperately needed full spectrum collaborative reprogramming that targeted inclusion for the future. We are offering real solutions to answer the feedback from operators, certified guides, and guides outside the organization. The success of these groups was carefully factored when constructing new options for current and potential AMGA members while protecting the standard. I'm more than stoked to execute and we will need everyone's support."
Marty Molitoris: "It was great to see independent guides and guide service owners gather together the last two days to listen to each others needs and work together to reach a solution to the Scope of Practice that best suits everyone in the AMGA. The outcome of all their hard work will surely become another memorable moment for the organization under the shadow of the Grand Teton."
Bill Allen: "I really appreciated the opportunity to sit down with guides from different backgrounds, from different regions, and representing different parts of the mountain guiding industry in the US and find common ground on some challenging issues. The meeting has laid the groundwork for moving forward in a way that can be inclusive and continue to raise the standards of training and professionalism for US guides. There will be more work to do, but it can be done and we can come out of this with a stronger AMGA. Thanks to the AMGA staff and board for putting this meeting together, and to everyone who made the time and put the energy into attending and making this happen".
Nat Patridge: "I feel very good about the two days and think our recommendations have the potential to have a very positive and long lasting effect on American guiding. I was very impressed with all the participants' capacity for inclusion and forward thinking openness and I believe that will have many unforeseen positive benefits.
Silas Rossi: The AMGA is making huge efforts to better represent all those working as mountain guides and instructors in the U.S. It is, of course, critical that we not compromise the core values and high level of professionalism that is the foundation of the AMGA and its guide training curriculum in doing so. This meeting was a crucial step to that end and I look forward to the resulting ideas becoming reality.


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The Sword Announce Two Career Spanning Compliations; 'Conquest Of Kingdoms' and 'Chronology 2006 – 2018'
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It's been two years since the Austin, TX heavy rockers decided to take a break, but The Sword are unsheathed once more: Two career-spanning collections will be released simultaneously, both showcasing the technically dazzling, riff-heavy and far-reaching metal that the band has been known for since forming 15 years ago.
Conquest of Kingdoms, an explosive three-disc vinyl collection of rarities and oddities, offers 30 tracks (16 previously unreleased) and is housed in a triple-gatefold package, including B-sides, oddities and live recordings of fan favorites like "Freya," "Iron Swan" and "Fire Lances of the Ancient Hyperzephyrians," as well as cover versions of "Immigrant Song" (Led Zeppelin), "Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings" (ZZ Top), "She" (KISS), "Forever My Queen" (Pentagram) and more. A truncated digital version will also be available. In addition to the standard vinyl release, a limited-edition color variant (1,000 pressings worldwide) will also be available exclusively via TheSwordOfficial.com, CraftRecordings.com, as well as independent retailers.
Chronology 2006–2018 is a three-disc CD compendium, which — in addition to the aforementioned rarities — also includes The Sword's greatest hits and fan favorites. Distilling the band's complete discography, this collection comprises 52 tracks (12 previously unreleased), including the studio recordings of "Freya," "Iron Swan," "Cloak of Feathers" and "Deadly Nightshade." The set also features expansive new liner notes with contributions from the band, plus Lars Ulrich (Metallica), Mark Morton (Lamb of God) and Neil Fallon (Clutch).
Both titles will be released on June 5th and are available for pre-order today. Accompanying the pre-order is an advance single of a previously unreleased version of "Freya," recorded live at Stubbs in Austin, TX in 2011. Listen to the track and pre-save/pre-order Conquest of Kingdoms here.
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School of Education and Counseling Director, Dr. Anne Gregory earned her Ph.D. from Purdue University in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Early Literacy. Her B.A., also from Purdue, is in Elementary Education. Additionally, she holds a M.A. in Education from the University of Texas at San Antonio, with emphasis in Adult and Higher Education. Dr. Gregory comes to us after having served as professor and chair of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Northern Illinois University.


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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - A world-renowned expert on reducing human error in aircraft operations will be a keynote speaker at a major aviation safety conference in Vancouver. Organizers of the 2011 CHC Safety & Quality Summit organizers are pleased to announce that Dr. Tony Kern, CEO of Convergent Performance, will be a keynote speaker at this year's event, March 28 – 30, 2011. Kern, a former pilot and internationally recognized expert in the field of…
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CANADIAN HELICOPTERS ANNOUNCES COMPLETION OF CONVERSION TO CORPORATE STRUCTURE
MONTREAL – Canadian Helicopters Income Fund (CHL.UN) (the "Fund") announced today the closing of the conversion of the Fund from an income trust to a dividend paying corporation by way of plan of arrangement (the "Arrangement") as further described in the Fund's management information circular dated May 13, 2010. The completion of the Arrangement resulted in the reorganization of the Fund's income trust structure into a new public corporation named Canadian Helicopters Group Inc. ("New…
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CANADIAN HELICOPTERS INCOME FUND DECLARES MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION
MONTREAL- Canadian Helicopters Income Fund (the "Fund") (TSX: CHL.UN) announced today its monthly distribution of $0.091875 per unit covering the period of October 1 to October 31, 2010, will be paid on November 15, 2010 to unitholders of record at the close of business October 29, 2010.
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Proponents of a homeless shelter in Red Bluff attended the city's Planning Commission meeting Oct. 29, saying they wanted the issue addressed in the upcoming Housing Element Update.
The meeting included one of the first steps for the 5-year Update, a public workshop seeking input on the 2013 Housing Conditions Survey.
California mandates cities to update their Housing Element every five years, a necessity for receiving Community Development Block Grant funding in the future.
The Housing Conditions Survey is one element of that update, it determines the number of residential units in the city and categorizes them based upon rehabilitation need.
Poor and the Homeless Board President Alene Deering attended the meeting along with Jennifer Haffner an attorney from Legal Services of Northern California.
Haffner said her organization, which provides legal services to the poor, and PATH wanted to be a part of the process of creating the Housing Element Update moving forward.
Red Bluff's current Housing Element includes a section on homeless shelters.
It references PATH surveys and statistics that put the homeless population at around 100 people, with 153 people utilizing temporary homeless shelters.
The Element maintains that the city would allow a permanent shelter to be built in medium industrial land.
Deering told the Planning Commission that there wasn't enough of that type of land available to find a suitable location.
She asked whether the Planning Commission would reconsider the available zoning areas for a shelter.
Timboe and commissioners responded that the Planning Commission and city staff had recommended a 2011 plan to build a shelter be approved.
They told Deering she would have to take her concerns to the City Council.
Commissioner Doug Dale said what Deering was trying to ask was whether the political climate in Red Bluff had changed enough to see the shelter vote pass this time around.
As for the Housing Conditions Survey, it included a survey of 6,168 residential housing units within the city.
Of the single family dwellings surveyed, 95 percent were found to be in sound condition.
That was a significant increase from prior surveys, which Timboe attributed to city efforts at code enforcement in 2003-04 in the areas of Aloha, Musick and James.
Timboe said during that 18- month period more than 200 vehicles were taken from yards.
That was followed by the financing boom, which led many residents to begin taking out loans and putting the money back into their homes.
While it was better for the city's appearance it was something, Timboe noted later, they probably shouldn't have been doing.


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Why Global Supply Chains Need Global Shared Security Standards
Peter Kant
KEYWORDS international security / international supply chain / security standards / shipping container screening / supply chain security
A screening of a shipping container reveals its cargo, but not all countries require standardized screening on shipments, leaving gaps in international security. Photo courtesy of Rapiscan
The attempted bombing of two cargo aircraft in October 2010 via hidden explosives inside printer cartridges illuminated one thing to the air cargo industry – it is not immune to terrorism. Even though the ultimate target of these bombs were locations in the United States, the dispersed nature of this specific threat, with the initial bombs originating in Yemen and the compromised packages discovered in Saudi Arabia and England, it hammered home the point that terrorism is a global security challenge and one that every country must be prepared to combat.
The sheer amount of regulatory activity since 2010 is evidence as this, with various laws and initiatives launched to keep cargo, passenger planes and supply chains secure. In addition to the U.S. Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) requirement that 100 percent of cargo packages loaded onto passenger aircraft be screened, the agency has also rolled out the Air Cargo Advance Screening (ACAS) pilot program in conjunction with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
Intended to enhance air cargo supply chain security, ACAS targets air cargo shipments bound for the U.S. from foreign locations. Through cutting-edge technology, ACAS allows the TSA and CBP to gather advance security data on inbound cargo shipments, identifying high-risk shipments and tagging them for additional screening well before they reach U.S. soil.
The United States, however, is not the only nation seeking to keep its populace and infrastructure secure; across the globe, every country is after the same goal. Nor is the United States unique in developing stringent security standards for inbound goods and cargo. Similar regulations exist from the EU to Russia to China to the Middle East, but the key word is "similar."
While the U.S. and EU have gone so far as to recognize each other's cargo security programs – which will reduce redundancies, allocate screening resources more effectively and allow cargo screening operations to run more efficiently – lacking still is synchronized global security regulation. ACAS is a step in the right direction but without a deeper harmonization of international security screening standards, airlines, freight forwarders and express carriers need to have a different security plan for each country they fly out of – which for some could mean hundreds of different security plans.
Further complicating the issue is the fact that several of the fastest growing countries in the world are the furthest back in aviation and cargo security standards. While some of these countries may adopt screening regulations provided by the World Customs Organization (WCO) or the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), there is no integration between ACAS and what the WCO and ICAO require of shippers.
The lack of harmonized standards has the potential to compromise even the most stringent security plans and could end up being very costly to international airlines and cargo carriers. While many governments and industry experts support the obvious benefits of harmonized standards, it is perhaps the lesser known benefits that make the most ardent case for the need to adopt shared regulations.
More standardization makes it easier for security officials, airlines and freight forwarders to take advantage of emerging security technologies. ACAS is a great example of one such approach, but in order to be truly effective, the program, or a similar plan, must be adopted on a global scale. Synchronizing the data that counterterrorist and homeland security agencies around the world need to detect and neutralize cargo-borne threats greatly improves their ability to fight the global war against terrorism.
Harmonized standards also expand the global market for manufacturers of security scanning systems, but this doesn't just mean more profits for vendors. The more certainty that software and security companies have about scanning requirements on a global level, the bigger the market becomes and increases technological competition and innovation. As they no longer need to design systems for each and every country, security equipment manufacturers can boost research and develop, doing more than just keeping pace with cargo-borne threats but staying one-to-several steps ahead.
While there is movement towards harmonized security screening standards, and much of the groundwork has been laid, there is still much to be done to see this to fruition. At a global level, governments must understand that when it comes to security, uniting behind a common goal is always better than standing separate behind a single banner.
Peter Kant, Executive Vice President, Rapiscan Systems
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Tech Firm's Massive Dayton-Area Expansion Larger than Expected
Mar 26, 2019 | News, Newsletter
By John Bush – Staff Reporter, Dayton Business Journal
A software development company that is expanding its Dayton-area facility and creating hundreds of new jobs has confirmed its plans and offered new details on the project.
Plano, Texas-based Tyler Technologies Inc. is adding 45,000 square feet to its Moraine office, bringing the building's total square footage to 85,000 SF. This is 5,000 square feet more than the company initially reported when it filed for a Montgomery County Economic Development/Government Equity grant in November. The total cost of the project was listed at $8 million in the funding application.
The additional space will accommodate future growth expected within Tyler's Appraisal and Tax Division, which is headquartered in Moraine. The division's expanded space also will allow for more than 200 new hires. These positions will have an average salary of $70,000, generating $15.6 million in new annual payroll.
In addition, 160 employees who make an average of $72,500 per year would be retained. Between new and existing jobs, total annual payroll will exceed $27 million.
"We're pleased to begin this expansion project for our appraisal and tax operations, solidifying Tyler's reputation as an employer of choice in the greater Dayton area and helping us to continue to attract top talent," said Mark Hawkins, president of Tyler's Appraisal & Tax Division. "Tyler has always been a fiscally responsible company that makes sound investment choices, and we believe it is the right time to expand our Moraine office to accommodate planned future growth."
Tyler's Appraisal and Tax Division serves hundreds of taxing authorities throughout the U.S., Canada and The Commonwealth of the Bahamas with computer-assisted mass appraisal solutions, tax billing and collections software, and turnkey mass appraisal services. Nationwide, Tyler serves local government offices and school districts by providing software and services in all areas of local government, including public administration, courts and public safety, data and insights, and K-12 education.
The company's expansion is supported by state and local incentives. On Monday, the Ohio Tax Credit Authority announced it had approved a six-year, 2.035 percent Job Creation Tax Credit for the project.
The state incentive adds to funding Tyler received from Montgomery County late last year. The county's Economic Development/Government Equity Advisory Committee approved a $250,000 grant for the project in December. This represented the second-highest funding amount the committee recommended for a project in the fall 2018 round of ED/GE.
The city of Moraine also has helped encourage the expansion project with $350,000 in incentives for the company. It is also pursuing an abatement through the Community Reinvestment Act, which would be provided for 10 or more years.
Other supporters of the project include JobsOhio and Kettering City Schools.
"Tyler remains committed to the local Dayton/Moraine area, and the support of these entities allow the company to continue investing locally," the company stated in a release.
Tyler has been booming since opening its Moraine facility several years ago. In that time, the company has doubled its employment and payroll while investing millions of dollars in renovations.
Over the past few years, Tyler has modernized its entire office space to create a "positive work environment" for employees and to attract leading talent in the greater Dayton area, including software development, support and implementation positions, according to the company.
Tyler also has a relationship with the Dayton community, participating in the annual toy drive benefiting the Christmas for Kids program by For Love of Children; coat and glove drive for Target Dayton Ministries; the Making Strides of Dayton walk to raise awareness for breast cancer; and other causes.
Tyler is a provider of integrated software and technology services focused on the public sector. The company has more than 21,000 successful installations across 10,000 sites, with clients in all 50 states, Canada, the Caribbean, Australia, and other international locations. It employs 4,600 people across the U.S.
The company has achieved double-digit revenue growth each quarter since 2012. Its 2017 revenue was $840.7 million, and net income was $163.9 million. Tyler also made Forbes' "Best Midsize Employers" list in 2018 and was recognized twice on its "Most Innovative Growth Companies" ranking.
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Reconstructing the ideologies of past societies is the goal of much archaeological research. The inherent difficultly of this task, as in all areas of archaeology, is ever-present with the reliance upon fragmentary evidence. In the case of southeastern Mesoamerica, archaeology has been blessed by the continued decipherment of glyphic inscriptions. This area of study has grealty benefited our understanding of notions pertaining to Mesoamerican myth and cosmology, there are several aspects of this world-view, however, which remain in obscurity. The aim of this study is to look into one such 'obscured' area of Maya religion/archaeology, the expression of Maya world-view as seen in building construction and sector planning. The initial field research, composing the excavational data employed inthis stidy, was conducted during the 1995 field season of teh Naco Valley Archaeological Project. It is the intention of this study attempts to bring the ritual avtivity pyrsued by the elity rling clss of teh La Sierra polity out of misunderstood obscurity, and demonstrate, through the analysis of spatial elements used in construction and sector planning, that eh elity of La Sietta had a sharpened understanding of Maya mythological and cosmological systems.
Silliman, Garrett W., "Space Matters: The Maya Articulation of Myth and Cosmology as Represented in the Spatial Elements of Building Construction and City Planning: The Example of the Ball Court Sector of Late Classic La Sierra" (1996). Senior Independent Study Theses Archive. Paper 270.


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Dimitrios Pliagas (; born 26 March 1985) is a Greek wing midfielder who plays for AEL 1964 in Gamma Ethniki.

Career
Pliagas started his professional career from Panathinaikos FC, but was given on loan and played in several Greek teams mostly in the Second Division, such as Thrasivoulos, Levadiakos, OFI Crete, and Olympiakos Volou.

He made his European Competitions debut playing for OFI Crete against FC Tobol from Kazakhstan during 2007–2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup qualifiers.

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1985 births
Living people
Greek footballers
Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C. players
Kavala F.C. players
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Association football midfielders
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Gabon captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has criticised the country's football federation (Fegafoot) decision to appoint his father as national team coach and said Pierre Aubame did not want the job.
"You were wondering why I have problems with you, why I don't want to come and play for the national team," Aubameyang wrote on Instagram referring to the Gabon federation.
"You have told the whole world about my father, the so-called coach of the national team, when you did not even get his agreement!
"The president of the federation called my dad but did not even care to ask about his state of health. He's sick at the moment," wrote the 29-year-old Aubameyang, who has often skipped Gabon matches without reason.
"To rush out and hold a press conference [on Wednesday] when my father said he would give his answer only the next day is another demonstration of why.
"Aubame, who was in London for health reasons, had indeed expressed the wish to give his final response on Thursday afternoon to the president of Fegafoot.
"But the minister of youth and sports [Alain Claude Bilie-By-Nze] instructed Fegafoot to make the composition of the technical staff public on Wednesday evening," said a statement from the federation on Saturday.
"Having no desire to counter him, Fegafoot did make the announcement without calling Aubame back for confirmation.
"This was guided by good faith after assurances received from Daniel Cousin and considering the frequent expressions of goodwill by Pierre Aubame to always help the national team.


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Q: How to add border to UICollectionViewCell on didSelect and remove that border on select another UICollectionViewCell? I UICollectionView with 10 cells, for example. I want to add border to the selected cell, later, on select another cell, want to remove previous border and add a border to the new selected cell.
How can I achieve this?
I've tried this:
var selected = [NSIndexPath]()
func collectionView(collectionView: UICollectionView, didSelectItemAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) {
    self.imageView.image = applyFilter(self.colorCubeFilterFromLUT("\(self.LUTs[indexPath.row])")!, image: self.image!)

    self.selected.append(indexPath)
}

func collectionView(collectionView: UICollectionView, didHighlightItemAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) {
    let cell = self.filtersCollectionView.cellForItemAtIndexPath(indexPath) as! FiltersCollectionViewCell
    cell.imageView.layer.borderWidth = 3.0
    cell.imageView.layer.borderColor = UIColor.brownColor().CGColor
}

func collectionView(collectionView: UICollectionView, didUnhighlightItemAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) {

    if self.selected.count > 1 && indexPath == self.selected[self.selected.count - 1] {
        let cell = self.filtersCollectionView.cellForItemAtIndexPath(indexPath) as! FiltersCollectionViewCell
        cell.imageView.layer.borderWidth = 0.0
        cell.imageView.layer.borderColor = UIColor.clearColor().CGColor
    }
}

but it does not work. What I do wrong?

A: There is a more simple solution, you can already use the functionality that the UICollectionView provides itself. In addition, it is better in performance as you don't have to reload the collectionView every time a single cell is selected. Apple suggest that you must only use reloadData() when your model actually changes.
You can override the property isSelected of UICollectionViewCell, then you only have to customize its appearance with a property observer:
override var isSelected: Bool {
    didSet {
        if isSelected {
            layer.borderWidth = 2
        } else {
            layer.borderWidth = 0
        }
    }
}

Just remind that you have to set layer.borderColor either within the cell initializer or where you consider convenient
PS: If later you want to do multiple selection, you will just have to enable the property allowsMultipleSelection in the collectionView

A: You could save the selected indexPath into a variable and within cellForItemAtIndexPath check if the current indexPath is equal to the selected index path (You would need to reload your collectionView each time its selected)
var selectedIndexPath: NSIndexPath{
    didSet{
        collectionView.reloadData()
    }
}

func collectionView(collectionView: UICollectionView, didSelectItemAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) {
selectedIndexPath = indexPath
}

func collectionView(collectionView: UICollectionView, cellForItemAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UICollectionViewCell {

    var borderColor: CGColor! = UIColor.clearColor().CGColor
    var borderWidth: CGFloat = 0

    if indexPath == selectedIndexPath{
        borderColor = UIColor.brownColor().CGColor
        borderWidth = 1 //or whatever you please
    }else{
       borderColor = UIColor.clearColor().CGColor
        borderWidth = 0
    }

    cell.imageView.layer.borderWidth = borderWidth
    cell.imageView.layer.borderColor = borderColor
}

A: Swift 3 version :
 func collectionView(_ collectionView: UICollectionView,
                    cellForItemAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UICollectionViewCell {

        var borderColor: CGColor! = UIColor.clear.cgColor
        var borderWidth: CGFloat = 0

        if indexPath == selectedIndexPath{
            borderColor = UIColor.brown.cgColor
            borderWidth = 1 //or whatever you please
        }else{
            borderColor = UIColor.clear.cgColor
            borderWidth = 0
        }

        cell.imageView.layer.borderWidth = borderWidth
        cell.imageView.layer.borderColor = borderColor

   }

A: SWIFT 5
   func collectionView(_ collectionView: UICollectionView, didSelectItemAt indexPath: IndexPath) {

         cell.imageView.layer.borderWidth = 2
         cell.imageView.layer.borderColor = UIColor.blue.cgColor

    }

    func collectionView(_ collectionView: UICollectionView, didDeselectItemAt indexPath: IndexPath) {

         cell.imageView.layer.borderWidth = 2
         cell.imageView.layer.borderColor = UIColor.clear.cgColor
    }

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