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Bournemouth FC Fight to Maintain Better Days
Created: Wednesday, 29 January 2020 21:53
Written by Christopher Morley
After another Premier League defeat for Bournemouth in the latest round of fixtures, by fellow strugglers Norwich, concern grows that their stay in the top flight could rapidly be over. But to have got to that giddy height at all in the first place is quite the achievement in itself to those of us with longer memories...
Coincidentally, given that the calendar is soon to turn over to the second month of a new year, we can revisit February of 2008 & the hand of doom hovering over the Cherries as administration took hold, debts of £4 million putting the knife in. A ten point deduction ultimately contributed to relegation to League Two, the Football League itself kicking them while they were down by threatening to withdraw their place as so recently happened to Bury. One of many visiting teams I saw run out at Dean Court alongside my dad in our last sustained spell of going to games together, as first sparked by a chance look at the sports pages resolving the question of how to spend a free Saturday afternoon, Oldham at home looking a safe bet, reasonably priced & relatively local.
And so we joined the ranks of the second-teamers, my brother & I having been raised Liverpool supporters, as by Dad's admission he'd been a bit of a glory hunter! Perhaps as a means of self-flagellation for this we then spent a good few years seeing precisely nothing of the sort on our jaunts to the King's Park area. But it mattered not, for Dad & I had something to bond over. The whole routine of setting off in the early afternoon on matchday, more often than not accompanied by scratchy radio signal as we took in the build-up, before ( as I grew older) a swift pint in the Inn Off The Post at the ground so we could let the exit traffic die down.
Glamorous it often wasn't in the pre-Premier League years. But still I lived for it- and a pang of the old days resurfaced when it was announced that Blackpool fans finally had their club back after years of mismanagement by those in the boardroom. Having once witnessed a Seasiders visit watched from the away end by a few hundred diehards & a giant flag, I couldn't help but share in the delight from afar that the Oystons were finally out of Bloomfield Road- remembering as I do the optimism when the home side that day finally exited the lottery of administration a few years earlier.
Taking Bournemouth off the rollercoaster was a consortium including a previously failed bidder in local businessman Adam Murry, alongside Jeff Mostyn & Eddie Mitchell. The latter of which who'd previously served as chairman at Dorchester, filling a similar role before selling up, having proved himself not hugely popular to Maxim Demin, the co-owner in October 2011. Before that, though, there was the matter of a winding up petition from HMRC to resolve, a scenario familiar to many similarly afflicted clubs...
In charge of matters on the field was young caretaker gaffer Eddie Howe- whose future seems today to be under ever increasing scrutiny the further from the summit of survival he & his charges fall. Even in those days there was a consensus in the stands that promotion might kill the club, who barely had the finances to achieve it in the wake of his elevation to the top job having originally stepped in when another former player, Jimmy Quinn, departed.
Howe's own first full season ended in promotion back to League One before he departed for the bright lights of Burnley, taking several players with him including the potential England international Danny Ings. Arriving as a schoolboy having been released by Southampton, who would later realise their mistake & snap him up following a struggle to get anywhere near the first team at Liverpool, he would sign a youth contract to swap red & white for red & black in May of 2008.
A first professional goal arrived three years later in a February 2011 home win over Swindon, having initially struggled to get anywhere near the first team, & the upturn in his form was rewarded with five contract extensions in a year before following his manager to Turf Moor for a fee of around £1 million & outlasting him in Lancashire, staying for around five years where Howe could only manage the one season, & finishing up with 38 goals from 122 games.
Tail between his legs amidst reports he & his family simply failed to settle up North, Eddie would return to the south coast & lead the men in red & black to the promised land of the Championship. Several in the stands (where I longed to be, though the rise in the cost of tickets & indeed their rapid unavailability in the wake of success had increased Dad's reluctance to go) no doubt pinching themselves.
Running out of bodily spots to do so we would have cause to switch to rubbing our eyes in disbelief as the 2014-15 Championship title was clinched & a pipe dream became reality after a final day win over Charlton. August 8, 2015 brought with it the first Premier League game at Dean Court as Aston Villa visited & took three points- injuries to then- captain Tommy Elphick & Callum Wilson not exactly helping matters as the dreaming of pre- season gave way to a harsh reality check at the hands of the big boys.
The so-called difficult second season then failed to materialise, a ninth place finish secured during the debut campaigns of the likes of Nathan Ake, initially on loan before a move from Chelsea was made permanent, & Josh King, both of whom have gone on to play pivotal roles since. A similar permanent return for Jermain Defoe promised much, especially for those who had seen him during a previous loan from West Ham relatively early in his since- nomadic career, Harry Redknapp proving himself quite the friend in high places for the Cherries!
His own time in charge was of course notable for several reasons, not least as Bournemouth gave him his first crack at management following 102 appearances as a Cherries player across two spells. Their faith rewarded as he led them away from relegation to the Fourth Division & an FA Cup scalping of the previous year's winners Manchester United.
Arriving first time round in the year 2000, Jermain went on to score in his first ten games, bagging himself 18 goals in 29 before heading back to Upton Park. There's been 4 from 28 in his second spell, after exiting stage left at Sunderland following their relegation, including a strike in the derby against Brighton on September 16, 2017.
Since agreeing an eighteen month loan move to Rangers, he has been a sensation in the Scottish Premiership, with a goal on his debut against Kilmarnock meaning he had scored at the first time of asking for five out of his seven clubs! A few days ago he signed a pre-contract with Rangers, meaning he's almost guaranteed to leave Bournemouth permanently, for a 2nd time, in the summer transfer window.
By that time we'll know if Bournemouth have prolonged their Premier League stay to a remarkable 6th consecutive season, or if they will be rebuilding back in the Championship. Whatever happens, Eddie Howe has done a superb job and his future will surely be entwined with the Premier League.
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On the beach under the starlight, Alati Prive is waiting to transform your evenings to a private dinning unique event. As the sun sets, the candles light up the beach and a single table for two is set on the seashore. Dinner is served as the moon rises from the sea. Delicate flavours caress the palate and precious moments linger with the stars above. Oh and most importantly no matter what date it is we GUARRANTEE you that you will dine under a Full Moon .... Can't tell you how though. Intrigued?


Babaji's basic teachings are: Truth, Simplicity, Love and Service.
He recommended the mantra "Om Namah Shivaya" as a means of connection to the Divine, by repeating it constantly. The words are translated as "I surrender to the Divine" or "Lord, Thy Will Be Done." This mantra holds the qualities of purification and protection.
Babaji also taught that all religions are based on the same teachings and to follow the religion that is in your heart.
Millions of mini-ashrams can be created all over the world to serve the local people of each area. There are guidelines on how to make your home an Ashram (Email us for more information). There are only a few who can live in a large ashram. The many will need to stay close to family and work. This will eliminate the need to spend resources on travel or lose time from work. By de-centralizing the Ashram and making each HOME into an Ashram, the light is spread much more efficiently. We come together in Shri Babaji's name to practice the teachings and support each other on the higher path during this time of the Great Revolution.


Since its original publication, the CARS has become one of the most widely used and empirically validated autism assessments for discriminating between children with autism and those with severe cognitive deficits, and in distinguishing mild-to-moderate autism from severe autism. With a new form for higher-functioning individuals, a structured way to gather caregiver information, and guidelines linking scores to intervention, the CARS2 surpasses its predecessor as one of the best autism assessments available.
While the CARS2 retains the simplicity, brevity, and clarity of the original CARS, it adds new forms and features that help you integrate diagnostic information, determine functional capabilities, provide feedback to parents, and design targeted intervention. It assesses virtually all ages and functional levels, and it provides concise, objective, and quantifiable ratings based on direct behavioural observation. Ratings are reliable across time, settings, sources of information, and raters.


Was awaiting an older master coming on a DAT for lacquer cut. Today arrives an 8mm tape (2.5 gig) that I have only seen used for backups.
What are my options here? Finding a 8mm playback machine with spdf outs?
That sounds like it could be an Exabyte with a DDP master on it - any clues on the label?
If so, you'll need someone with an Exabyte drive on a workstation that can read DDPs, perhaps an older SADiE setup. I used to turn Exabyte DDPs out regularly from the mid-90s, but stopped about five years ago when DDPi on DVD became more widely accepted by the plants.
FWIW, my older SADiE 5 with Exabyte is now in the possession of a London-based mastering facility: if all else fails I could put you in touch with them, but I realise that geography is likely to rule this out!
I don't remember DTRS cartridges for TASCAM-style machines like the DA88, DA78 etc. being described in terms of data carried as you describe, Dietrich, but more usually by run time (30, 60 and so on). Exabyte cartridges and other backup media were, IIRC, usually identified by data capacity, but I'm afraid it's a while since I had contact with either.
- the Amazon description only says 'for helical scan drives' but I suspect they're just being coy, perhaps because Exabyte is a trademark.
It was probably output from the Sonic System we had or the Sadie.
Ask them if they have a CD. It's the same thing.
Yes, a pressed CD of the project will do just as well - a couple of copies still in the shrinkwrap would be nice!
If you draw a blank with that then I would guess Glenn Meadows, now at Mayfield Mastering, could probably transfer an Exabyte DDP if required.
we have everything to read Exabytes.


FROM 5 UP TO ALL AGE.
Bankstown Music School & Shop, one of the largest music schools in Sydney's west. Our friendly and professional staff pride themselves on their ability to meet the needs of any and all students, to provide world class music tuition as well as advice on everything required to start your musical studies.
From all walks of life, young and old, our friendly and welcoming teachers have helped countless students achieve great results.
Learn songs and styles that interest you. Our school lives up to our motto – We Make Music Fun!
Our teachers are highly experienced with preparing students for examinations and setting them up to receive great marks. From preliminary and first grade all the way up to 8th grade and beyond!
Since a large portion of our student body are children, we take child safety very seriously. Our teachers must pass working with children checks, and our shop front is always attended.
You're welcome to contact our school head office by phone or email and our staff will happily direct you with all the necessary information needed for enrolment.
There are absolutely no requirements for students to enrol with our Academy. All our teachers are accredited and are highly trained to deal with all the vast types of personalities and large array of styles of learning. Working and teaching the best way for each individual student is our priority. We teach the best way that works for each student.
We recommend from experience that our one-on-one lessons are best suited to children from 5 years old and up – however we assess each childs ability individually, and depending on the maturity level and drive of the student, we can accept younger students.
Our lessons are conducted in half an hour session, which are $33 per half hour. Half hour per week is adequate enough for a beginner at any ages.
We recommend students begin basic levels with a half an hour lesson. In more advanced levels it may be more appropriate to consider longer lessons, from 45 minutes to an hour. Lessons must be taken weekly for the best results in improving technique and knowledge.


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Sliced french bread brushed with garlic olive oil, sprinkled with our special seasoning and baked to perfection. Served with joey's red sauce and ranch dressing. Top with cheese (1), pepperoni (2), or bacon (2).
Delicious dip baked in our oven and served with joey's golden breadsticks.
Soft and delicious, joey's breadsticks are baked to perfection and topped with our special seasoning.Top with cheese (1), pepperoni (2), or smoked bacon (2). Served with joey's red sauce.
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Fresh chopped baby spinach and creamy alfredo sauce topped with mozzarella cheese.
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Marinated chicken with red and green peppers, red onions, green chilies and mozzarella cheese.
Choose any of our specialty pizzas or create your own with up to 5 toppings.
Red onions, fresh mushrooms, green peppers, black olives, fresh tomatoes, carrots, broccoli and mozzarella.
Marinated chicken or sautéed shrimp, green peppers, red onions sprinkled with joey's special cajun seasoning and topped with smoked bacon.
Beef or marinated chicken, refried beans, lettuce, fresh tomato, red onion and cheddar cheese. Served with salsa.
Create your own with up to 5 toppings.


My game continues to get stuck on the initial loading screen.; It stops loading when the screen reads loading...system files; 6/6 and won\'t load past that.; I have only been able to actually play the game on a few occasions because it keeps freezing on the loading screen.; What is going on?
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Weekend Box Office: The Most-Watched Movies At Home Over The Weekend
Dustin RowlesTwitterEntertainment Features
During the current worldwide pandemic, movie studios are no longer providing box-office figures because theaters have been shut down around the nation and the world. Because we are less interested in the actual figures themselves and more interested in what people are watching over the weekends, each week we will dive into Most Streamed and Bestseller Lists on Fandango, iTunes, Netflix, and Hulu to pinpoint the weekend's most watched films.
On Memorial Day weekend last year, Aladdin opened with more than $110 million, John Wick: Chapter 3 earned $31 million in its second weekend, and Avengers: Endgame crossed the $800 million mark after five weeks. Brightburn also opened that weekend. Remember James Gunn's Brightburn? No one else does, either. It opened last year with $9.5 million and faded from there.
The box office would kill right now for a $9.5 million flop, especially when a horror movie called The Wretched has been at the top of the box office in May, earning around $300,000 in drive-in theaters. Even "successes," like the release of last weekend's Tom Hardy movie Capone, feel underwhelming, as it earned about $2.5 million in revenue on a $20 million budget. It may earn a profit, but it'll be a long haul, and it's already fallen from second to 11th on the iTunes rental charts, while it's now 7th on Fandango's VOD charts.
The top five on the VOD charts look a lot like they did a month ago, with the exception of Scoob!, which remains the top film on all the digital charts (iTunes, Fandango, Amazon). Given its placement the last two weeks, it's curious as to why Warner Brothers hasn't released any figures, since Universal was so eager to brag about the $100 million success of Trolls World Tour.
Otherwise, the VOD charts include familiar titles: Bad Boys for Life, Sonic the Hedgehog, and The Invisible Man. It is worth noting, however, that while it hasn't been in the top five since the outset of the pandemic, Rian Johnson's Knives Out has been hovering in the top tier of releases for a couple of months, so cumulatively it's doing very well, as are a few other titles that cling to the upper rungs like The Way Back, Bloodshot, and Emma.
There's not much shaking on the Hulu movie charts this weekend, although it is worth noting that a movie called Military Wives starring Kristen Scott Johnson and Sharon Horgan, which is getting fairly good reviews, is available now on Hulu. It's also doing OK on the iTunes rental charts for those who do not have Hulu. The Painter and the Thief is also on Hulu, and it is getting phenomenal reviews.
Elsewhere, over on Netflix, the highly anticipated Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani romcom Lovebirds, has debuted in the top spot this Memorial Day weekend. The film was supposed to be released in theaters last month, but when that fell through, it became the first movie of the pandemic to move from theaters to Netflix. Reviews suggest that it probably was best suited to Netflix from the beginning. It's not that it's getting unfavorable reviews (66 percent), it's just that most of the reviews note the low-stakes. It feels like a Netflix and chill kind of movie, although I'm sure many of us would kill to see it — or anything else — in a movie theater this weekend.
In at number two is Happy Madison's The Wrong Missy, last weekend's top Netflix film. The reviews may be terrible, but it's clear that the money Netflix is spending for these Adam Sandler produced films is worth it for the streaming service. In fact, another Adam Sandler film, Just Go with It (with Jennifer Aniston), jumped to number three this weekend. Meanwhile at number four and five are Soul Surfer and Public Enemies, two more films that have weirdly resurfaced on Netflix during the pandemic.
For new movies, next weekend will be a slow one, with no major VOD or Netflix releases. However, Sandler's Uncut Gems arrives on Netflix tomorrow, and I suspect everyone is clearing the way for Greg Daniels' and Steve Carell's Space Force series next weekend.
Source: iTunes, Fandango, Netflix, Hulu
Topics: #Weekend Box OfficeTags: WEEKEND BOX OFFICE

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Hello! I'm just popping in to say I have listed some new mini wall stickers to my Etsy shop. I now have packs of coloured raindrops and also packs of black mini clouds. There will be lots of cushions and other bits coming soon too - I just need to try and get some decent photos of them first!
yay! love the raindrops. they'd look great with a raindrop print i made a while ago!


How does one assess the quality and impact of a journal? Standard indicators of quality include peer review and index coverage; citation analysis has been the standard technique for measuring the impact of a journal. These criteria, along with personal assessments of the impact of Judaica Librarianship, are the subject of this editorial.
Memories linger on of the 28th annual convention of the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL), hosted by the New York Metropolitan Area chapter, June 20–23, 1993. In this introduction to the published proceedings, we share some of those memories, note the special features of the convention, and make recommendations for future AJL conventions.
Spanish and Portuguese Jewry: A Classified Bibliography, compiled by Robert Singerman (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1993). xvi, 720 p. Index. (Bibliographies and Indexes in World History, no. 30.) ISBN 0-313-25752-3.
Can a single set of centrally supplied descriptive access points, subject headings, and classification numbers meet the needs of all types of library users? Cataloging Heresy, the expanded proceedings of the 1991 Congress for Librarians held at St. John's University, addresses the issue of shared, homogeneous cataloging from the viewpoints of professionals in various library and information technology settings. This review discusses the papers presented from the perspective of their implications for access to and description of Judaica materials.
While the RUN bibliographic utility fully supports display and search capabilities of Hebrew script in bibliographic records, its card program is not able to produce cards that include Hebrew script. Hebrew Union College Library commissioned the writing of software to utilize existing RLIN functions to download Hebrew script records for local card production. However, modifications of the records are required to accommodate the idiosyncrasies of both RLIN and the local software.
Hebraica records on the Research Libraries Information Network feature many inconsistencies in romanization, descriptive cataloging, and form of heading. The categories of inconsistency are outlined, and examples of the variations found on RLIN are provided and discussed from the perspective of a novice cataloger. Classic Hebrew grammar and Biblical sources are often cited as authorities for the correct forms, which may not be found in Library of Congress records. Local policies of the Jewish Theological Seminary regarding name and subject headings for Judaica are included.
The standardization of Hebrew names in cataloging and bibliography has its roots in the Anglo-American tradition of Romanized author main entry. Cross-references from Hebrew names to their Roman equivalents are found in some British Hebraica catalogs published in the 19th century. In the Hebrew bibliographic tradition, in contrast, title main entry predominated and, given the nondistinctiveness of Jewish names, author access was rarely provided. Israeli librarians adopted the Western tradition of author main entry while retaining their commitment to original-alphabet cataloging; their Hebraic authority work consisted primarily of standardization of Hebrew orthography.
Brandeis University Libraries has maintained separate authority files for all names written on title pages in Hebraic script-for personal, corporate, place, and conference headings. The files enable the cataloger to search in roman or Hebraic script. This paper reviews the history of the Hebraica authority files, their organization, changes in usage, adaptation to AACR2, and their reactivation when Hebrew script became available on RLIN. Current usage is examined in light of RLIN and the accommodation of nonroman scripts in the USMARC authorities format.
The following subject headings of interest to Judaica and Hebraica librarians were culled from Library of Congress Weekly Lists nos. 21–51 (1992) (May 20, 1992–December 16, 1992), 1–51 (1993) (December 30, 1992–December 15, 1993), and 1–5 (1994) (January 5, 1994–February 2, 1994).
This list continues my earlier one, published in Judaica Librarianship, vol. 7, no. 1–2 (Spring 1992–Winter 1993), pp. 72–78. This list is also an update of my 4th edition of Library of Congress Subject Headings in Jewish Studies (New York: Association of Jewish Libraries, 1993).
Current concerns with equality and equity focus the spotlight on gender, especially in a patriarchal religion and its observances, customs, and literature. When boys and girls read Jewish books they receive an image through word and picture of Jewish girls and women. This image can vary if the subject of the story is religious or cultural, if the time frame is past or present, if the locale is familiar or foreign, or if the plot conflict involves a male or another female. Gender can shift the fulcrum when the world seesaws between unfair and un equal.
Until recent times, Jewish children's legends did not exist as a separate literature. Children learned stories either from classical Jewish sources, family members, or traveling story tellers.
Recent interest in and publication of Jewish children's stories represent both a boon and a danger. Contemporary versions of traditional tales blur the distinctions between fiction and folklore, challenging the inherent conservatism of the folk process.
Books with Jewish content are of universal interest and are important to individuals and to society. Through humor and personal experiences in writing and speaking about my Ike and Mama series, my middlegrade young-adult books, as well as my picture book, God Must Like Cookies, Too, I communicate to publishers, authors, and librarians the ways that my books have crossed over to the general marketplace. Why and how this came to be, and the newfound inclusion and interest of Jewish writers in the "multicultural" designation are also examined.


Describe the type of student who should attend Pace University-New York. Why?
I believe that the type of person who should attend pace university is a motivated person. I think the student should be a hard working, self-succeeding person who wants to strive in a city environment. The person must believe in themselves and be able to recognize the creativity and the drive for school in a city. They should want to learn more about people, while learning to open their minds to more creativity. The type of person does not let failure define them and will work hard each and every day. The type of person you become is a successful, well rounded person who wants to change the world for the better and chase your dreams.
A person who not only changed my whole perspective on life but also shaped the person I am today would have to be my aunt, Sharon Flores. With a few words she turned my world around. The year was 2013 and I was two weeks from graduating high school, but I was terrified of what was to come. My lack of focus during my freshman and sophomore years had caught up with me. No university was willing to accept me. I had applied to over forty colleges and each week I received a denial letter in the mail. After the twenty-second letter of refusal, I was ready to give up completely. Even though I had the will to go to college, I felt that my spirit was damaged and had received too much punishment to move forward. The Saturday before graduation I visited my aunt Sharon. Although she did not know me well, she could tell something was wrong. She wanted to know what was bothering me, so I told her my issues regarding college. After my long negative spiel, my aunt dropped the almighty gem on me. She looked me in my eyes and said, " When there's a will, there's a way." At that very moment I knew someway, somehow, I was going to become a college student.
A student who isn't afraid to get lost on the subway. A student who ins't afraid to take New York by the hands and dance. A fun loving student. A person who appreciates all things life have. A student who is who they say they are.
A student that should attend Pace University in New York City should be a student with ambition, determination and dreams and is ready to make them happen. Pace University is a place where dreams come true and is full of opportunities. A person who would like to come to Pace should definitely be ready to start their dream career because Pace is one of the best places to do that.
Pace University-New York: Describe the type of student who should not attend Pace University-New York and explain why.
Pace University-New York: What is a typical Pace University-New York student like? Describe the type of person that should attend Pace University-New York.
Pace University-New York: What are the top 3 reasons someone should attend Pace University-New York?
Pace University-New York: What was a typical Pace University-New York student like in high school? Describe the type of person that should attend Pace University-New York.
Pace University-New York: What are the top 3 things that students do for fun at Pace University-New York?
Pace University-New York: Do you offer online education?
Pace University-New York: Do you issue life experience degrees?


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Can genetically modified crops end hunger in Africa?
The UN estimates that 223 million people in sub-Saharan Africa suffer from malnutrition. Long periods of drought have resulted in poor corn and millet harvests. For years, African politicians have called for the introduction of genetically modified (GM) plants as a means to halt the decline in yields. At an African Agriculture Conference in 2012, 24 African countries agreed to allow the use of genetically modified crops.
But so far, commercial use of genetically engineered seeds is permitted only in South Africa, Egypt, Sudan and Burkina Faso.
Calestous Juma can't understand the other nations' reluctance. Governments should be more open to GM crops, the professor of the Practice of International Development at Harvard University said.
"There may be some areas where you need GM seeds and there may be areas where GM seeds are not necessary," Juma said. "That choice should be left to the farmer."
A chance for arid regions
Arid regions above all would profit from genetically modified seeds, Juma said. US agriculture giant Monsanto has in fact developed drought-tolerant seeds, named Water Efficient Maize for Africa (WEMA). On its website, Monsanto advertises that WEMA could feed an additional 21 million people. The corn was grown conventionally, but field tests for the genetically modified version are underway in Mozambique, Tanzania and Uganda.
GM plants are not the solution, Million Belay says
"What all farmers want is to produce more with less," said Brandon Mitchener, Monsanto public affairs head in Europe, the Mideast and Africa. "They have a finite amount of land, they have a finite amount of resources, and they want to get the maximum yield from their land with the seed and the water and the manpower they have to farm that land."
"Feed the mother"
Monsanto already grows trial crops of genetically modified cotton, sugar cane, tomatoes and bananas in eight African countries, including Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and Uganda. South African farmers can buy Monsanto's GM corn and cotton seeds, and sow them on their fields. More than half of the corn planted there is the GM variety.
Genetically modified plants are no solution in the fight against hunger, argued Million Belay, coordinator of the pan-African platform Alliance for Food Sovereignty (AFSA). "They never were," he added.
Monsanto commercialized GM corn
AFSA promotes biodiversity and ecological land management in Africa and fights against the use of GM seeds. "Every time a crisis comes, the international community thinks that's the solution," Belay said. But the problem is not the seeds, it's the soil, he said, adding that if you enrich the soil in a natural way then productivity will follow.
"It's like focusing on the mother, not only on the child: If you feed the mother, the child will be healthy," he said.
Dependence on big companies
The Council of Ministers of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) in September 2013 approved controversial new seed trade regulations. According to the rules, only standardized, certified seeds may be sold among the 19 member states. The seeds are patented and must guarantee consistent results over a long period of time – ruling out further use of traditional seeds. Small farmers could no longer jointly collect seeds and sell the unpatented variety. The agreement would also pave the way for major agricultural companies that have GM seeds on offer. The COMESA members are free to decide, however, whether they want to introduce GM seeds.
Many African farmers prefer to grow conventional crops
The ruling hasn't yet gone into force, but when it does, many small farmers are bound to be affected.
"Ownership would be transferred to companies, and that would actually mean the life of the people would be controlled by few interest groups and big companies – like Monsanto," Belay warned.
Worldwide, three companies are responsible for more than 50 percent of the sale of seeds: Monsanto, Syngenta from Switzerland and DuPont, another US giant. Monsanto is one of the most influential enterprises on the African agricultural market.
At the AU summit last year, citizens groups demanded banning genetically modified seeds throughout the bloc. This year – the Year of Food Security- Agriculture and Food Security are the focus at the African Union summit in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. It remains to be seen what role GM plants will play in the AU goal to conquer hunger in Africa by 2025.
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Ramona water district staff to give status reports on activities and accomplishments
The Ramona Municipal Water District board is asking departments such as operations, water and sewer, administration and finance to provide updates on their activities each month.
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By Julie Gallant
The Ramona Municipal Water District is taking another step to improve its transparency by starting to share monthly status reports and goals from its various departments, officials said.
Water district directors voted unanimously Jan. 11 to approve several new ways to keep the board and public updated about operations.
In the first phase, which begins immediately, water district departments such as operations, water and sewer, administration and finance will give updates on their activities each month. The summaries will be included in the board's meeting packets and posted on the water district's website, rmwd.org.
Director Jeff Lawler, who initiated the transparency measures with President Jim Hickle, said the monthly reports can include key accomplishments in each department. For example, Lawler said the Water Department could provide updates on pipe replacements in accordance with the district's facilities plan.
"Information would be documented so that when constituents have questions we can let them know what happened," Lawler said. "The district would have transparency and be an open book for the community so they know where fees are being spent."
In the second phase beginning in June, water district staff will also report key measures of success in each department. This would make clear to staff, the board and community that the department and district goals are on target with their plans, according to a staff report.
"The metrics would be published on the website and available for everyone to review," Hickle said. "It's not just for the board, but to put it in the public eye."
Acting General Manager Craig Schmollinger said many of the information items requested by the board are already reported to the California Department of Public Health and the state Water Resources Control Board. Staff has held several meetings to discuss what can be presented, he said.
"At the staff level we're more than willing to present information through this mechanism," Schmollinger said. "We feel confident we can do that and we're excited about it."
Water district directors launched their efforts to become more transparent in February 2021, a few months after two new directors, Jim PIva and Gary Hurst, were elected to the board.
At the time, Hickle said water district constituents often had questions about the district's activities but that information wasn't being well publicized. Plus there were delays in sharing information because the former general manager filtered requests for information and it was difficult to contact the board members directly, he said.
Among the changes were posting directors' email addresses on the water district website — something that hadn't been done before; improving access to board meetings by rescheduling them from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. the second Tuesday of the month; and providing timely information regarding the district's operations.
Also at the meeting, directors voted unanimously to keep the same slate of officers for calendar year 2022: President Jim Hickle, Vice President Jeff Lawler, Secretary Jim Robinson, Treasurer Gary Hurst and Director-at-Large Jim Piva.
Officers, elected at the first regular board meeting of the calendar year, serve a one-year term or until the end of their elected term, whichever comes first.
Hickle said he's proud of the accomplishments the board has made in his first year as president. He said he's received positive feedback on the directions and decisions of the board.
"We still have a lot of irons halfway done that we as a board have to address," he said.
Lawler praised Hickle for his work as president.
"We accomplished a lot under your leadership and I'm looking forward to another good year," he said.
In another item, Schmollinger announced the water district is preparing for redistricting to meet an April 17 deadline to submit a new district map to the San Diego Registrar of Voters. Every 10 years special districts go through the redistricting process to adjust their boundaries as necessary for changing population sizes and demographics, he said.
The district has retained Redistricting Partners LLC to complete the redistricting project.
During the February board meeting, staff and the consultant demographer will provide information about the redistricting process. They will explain what needs to be done to meet government code standards, give descriptions of the data and mapping tools, review the most recent redistricting history of the municipal water district, and present draft maps and solicit input from the public, Schmollinger said.
Maps will be presented at the March board meeting based on feedback from the February meeting, he said.
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Q: AttributeError : type object '_io.StringIO' has no attribute 'StringIO' In my model I want to format the imagefield by overridding the save method
I have done this in my model
from PIL import Image as Img
from io import StringIO
from django.core.files.uploadedfile import InMemoryUploadedFile

class Blog(models.Model):
    Blog_image= models.ImageField(upload_to="...", blank=True)

    def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
    if self.Blog_image:
        image = Img.open(StringIO.StringIO(self.Blog_image.read()))
        image.thumbnail((900,300), Img.ANTIALIAS)
        output = StringIO.StringIO()
        image.save(output, format='JPEG', quality=150)
        output.seek(0)
        self.Blog_image = InMemoryUploadedFile(output,'ImageField', "%s.jpg" %self.Blog_image.name, 'image/jpeg', output.len, None)
    super(Blog, self).save(*args, **kwargs)

But getting this Attribute error
AttributeError : type object '_io.StringIO' has no attribute 'StringIO'

Can anyone explain me why I am getting this error???
My python version is 3.6.4
My Django version is 2.0.7

A: Got the solution
This works on Python 3.6.2 but I don't know where it was saved and from what folder it calls:
from PIL import Image
from io import BytesIO
from django.core.files.uploadedfile import InMemoryUploadedFile
import sys

    def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
    imageTemproary = Image.open(self.Blog_image)
    outputIoStream = BytesIO()
    imageTemproaryResized = imageTemproary.resize( (900,300) )
    imageTemproaryResized.save(outputIoStream , format='JPEG', quality=150)
    outputIoStream.seek(0)
    self.Blog_image = InMemoryUploadedFile(outputIoStream,'ImageField', "%s.jpg" %self.Blog_image.name.split('.')[0], 'image/jpeg', sys.getsizeof(outputIoStream), None)
    super(Blog, self).save(*args, **kwargs)

Done it using BytesIO and it worked fine

A: output = StringIO.StringIO()
change it to:
output = StringIO()
you have already imported io.StringIO().

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Q: Skip columns pandas/multiple empty lists separated by comma I'm trying to write some dataframe to a csv file. However, the columns F to N should me empty. This is the dataframe I'm using:
data = [['car'], ['bus'], ['laptop'], ['tv', 'chair'], ['music', 'pop'], ['shoe']]
dataFrame = pandas.DataFrame(data).transpose()

The first five lists are going in the columns A to E, respectively . For example, 'laptop' is going under column C. However, with the current code 'shoe' goes under column F. Is there a way to tell this dataFrame that it should skip columns F to N and write 'shoe' under column O? In other words, there should be empty columns between the columns E and O.
If this isn't possible. I assumed that it's at least possible to write [], [], [] many times. Is there a way to make these empty lists separated by commas with a for loop or something?
Thanks for reading.

A: I think you should work with a dictionary instead of a list, that way you can explicitly state which columns each list should be part of. Then reindex so they appear in the proper position.
import pandas as pd
import string

data = {'A': ['car'], 'B': ['bus'], 'C': ['laptop'],
        'D': ['tv', 'chair'], 'E': ['music', 'pop'], 'O':['shoe']}
df = (pd.DataFrame.from_dict(data, orient='index')
        .reindex(list(string.ascii_uppercase))
        .truncate(after='O', axis=0).T)

Output:
      A     B       C      D      E    F    G    H    I    J    K    L    M    N     O
0   car   bus  laptop     tv  music  NaN  NaN  NaN  NaN  NaN  NaN  NaN  NaN  NaN  shoe
1  None  None    None  chair    pop  NaN  NaN  NaN  NaN  NaN  NaN  NaN  NaN  NaN  None

Now if you do df.to_csv('file_name.csv', index=False, header=False) the columns will be as you want in your .csv.
CSV Output:
car,bus,laptop,tv,music,,,,,,,,,,shoe
,,,chair,pop,,,,,,,,,,

If you ever need even more columns, then the first 702 excel columns are:
from itertools import product
l = list(string.ascii_uppercase)+[x+y for x,y in product(string.ascii_uppercase, string.ascii_uppercase)]

A: This inserts 9 empty lists before shoe, putting shoe in the O column
for i in range(9):
    data.insert(-1, [])
dataFrame = pandas.DataFrame(data).transpose()

A: Use list comprehension:
In [1]: ll = [[] for x in range(5)]

In [2]: ll
Out[2]: [[], [], [], [], []]

A: You can use Pandas insert() over a range of values:
import string
alphabet = string.ascii_uppercase

[dataFrame.insert(i, f"{alphabet[i]}", '') for i in range(5,14)]

dataFrame
      0     1       2      3      4 F G H I J K L M N     5
0   car   bus  laptop     tv  music                    shoe
1  None  None    None  chair    pop                    None


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Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Posted on February 5, 2013 by carlosdev
An aging cameraman can still appreciate the timeless beauty of a young Audrey Hepburn.
(2010) Documentary (Strand) Jack Cardiff, Martin Scorsese, Kirk Douglas, Charlton Heston, Lauren Bacall, Kim Hunter, John Mills, Alan Parker, Thelma Schoonmaker, Freddie Francis, Rafaella de Laurentiis, Richard Fleischer, Peter Yates, Kathleen Byron, Orson Welles. Directed by Craig McCall
The golden age of Hollywood was marked by larger than life stars and beautifully photographed films in gorgeous black and white or later, in epic Technicolor. Part of the reason those movies looked so good were men like Jack Cardiff – not that there were many like him.
Cardiff has worked with some of the greatest names in Hollywood – from the stars (Marlene Dietrich, John Wayne, Sophia Loren, Audrey Hepburn) to the directors (Alfred Hitchcock, King Vidor, Michael Powell). He came out of the British cinema working with the director-writer team of Powell and Emeric Pressburger which was better known as "The Archers" and with them was responsible for such classics as The Red Shoes, Black Narcissus (for which he won the Oscar) and A Matter of Life and Death.
He would go on to work on other movies including The African Queen, The Vikings, The Barefoot Contessa, War and Peace, The Prince and the Showgirl (the Laurence Olivier/Marilyn Monroe film chronicled in My Week With Marilyn), Death on the Nile, Ghost Story and Rambo: First Blood Part II. He was active until 2007 but would pass away in 2009 while this film was in post-production.
Cardiff was known for his expertise with the then-nascent Technicolor process. Many cinematographers, used to black and white, had trouble when it came to color. You would think not since we all see in color but the fact is that the use of color can be a tricky thing when it comes to art and cinema. Cardiff always knew how to use color both subtly and epically.
McCall utilizes both archival footage and recent interviews with Cardiff and some of the people he's worked with over the years. The segments featuring Cardiff are the most fascinating; he's got a lot of interesting stories and his home movies on the set feature the stars letting down their hair somewhat are fascinating.
We don't get a lot of background about Cardiff's personal life. In fact, none at all that I can remember. I would have appreciated a bit of insight into who he was personally but that's not really what this film is about – it's about his professional life. That's why his profession is the title of the movie and comes before his name although it might have been more accurately subtitled The Work and Not So Much the Life of Jack Cardiff.
There are a few too many talking heads mostly all saying essentially the same things. I thought the movie could have done with more examples of Cardiff's work and more of Cardiff himself and less of people saying what a legend he is. But the movie serves to remind us of how glorious that age was and how much modern cinema owes to Cardiff. It makes you want to run right out and rent a copy of Black Narcissus and that can't be a bad thing.
WHY RENT THIS: A look back at one of the greatest and most influential cinematographers ever. A reminder of Hollywood's glamour.
WHY RENT SOMETHING ELSE: Too many talking heads. Tells us next to nothing about the man himself.
FAMILY VALUES: A few mildly bad words here and there.
TRIVIAL PURSUIT: Cardiff is to date the only cinematographer to be honored with a special Oscar (in 2001).
NOTABLE HOME VIDEO EXTRAS: There are some additional home movies Cardiff shot on the sets of his classic films as well as an examination of the three-strip Technicolor process that was one of his trademarks.
BOX OFFICE PERFORMANCE: $20,840 on an unreported production budget; I'm thinking this probably lost a few bucks.
COMPARISON SHOPPING: The Kid Stays in the Picture
NEXT: Black Death
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The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Anyone who says there are no stars in Voyage of the Dawn Treader is crazy!
(2010) Fantasy (Fox Walden) Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, Ben Barnes, Will Poulter, Liam Neeson (voice), Simon Pegg (voice), Gary Sweet, Laura Brent, Bille Brown, Bruce Spence, Terry Norris, Colin Moody, Tilda Swinton, Anna Popplewell, William Moseley, Shane Rangi, Arthur Angel, Arabella Morton, Rachel Blakely. Directed by Michael Apted
When we sail for unknown waters, it takes a certain amount of fortitude. Not only do you never know quite what to expect, but it's also likely that you won't return the same way you left.
Lucy (Henley) and Edmund (Keynes) Pevensie remain in England during the Blitz while brother Peter (Moseley) and sister Susan (Popplewell) go off to America – apparently because they're older, they deserve greater safety. Lucy and Edmund are packed off to Cambridge where they are rooming with their despicable cousin Eustace Scrubb (Poulter) who is an insufferable know-it-all and quite the twit. Edmund would like nothing better than to punch him in the face, but prefers to try and join up for the British Army, although he is too young by a couple of years.
He is frustrated because as a King in Narnia, he has fought wars against superior forces and led armies into battle but here on Earth he is just a silly boy. Lucy is the embodiment of the Stiff Upper Lip but she is deeply insecure about her looks; while Susan is already a bit of a stunner, Lucy feels invisible and ignored by comparison.
When the nautical painting in the bedroom Edmund shares with Eustace begins to change and a Narnian-looking ship appears on the horizon, Lucy realizes magical forces are work and a call back to the magical land is just around the corner. Eustace has always pooh-poohed their talk of Narnia and thinks them barking mad. He's about to find out how wrong he is.
The sea floods out of the painting and into the bedroom; rather than opening the door or window and escaping the children essentially wait for the room to fill up before swimming to the surface and being greeted by the flagship of Narnia's fleet, the Dawn Treader. On board is good Prince Caspian..err, King Caspian (Barnes) who is searching for seven lord of Telmar that supported his father but then had to flee for their lives. They carried with them seven magic swords that Aslan (Neeson) had given the Narnians for protection. They don't know it but they are about to need them.
The two Pevensies are overjoyed to be back in Narnia; Eustace not so much. He thinks that everyone and everything not named Eustace are complete idiots and utterly lacking in…well, anything useful. He is basically the ultimate spoiled brat, a precursor to Dudley Dursley from the Harry Potter series, only far more venal and wretched.
Also aboard is the swashbuckling Reepicheep (Pegg), the mouse with the gentlemanly mien and the bold attitude. He becomes something of a mentor to Eustace, although of course Eustace detests him at first. There's more involving a malevolent green mist, an island that is the embodiment of evil and a blue star that is in fact not a star but you get my drift. Eustace also turns into a dragon, a Lord turns into gold and the Dawn Treader will battle a vicious sea serpent before the final credits.
This is based on the third in the six-book series by C.S. Lewis which was meant to be Christian allegories as well as morality lessons for children. Amazingly, both of those aspects of the books were left intact in all three of the movies (much more overtly here).
However, there's a new director in town; Apted, who has previously directed Coal Miner's Daughter and The World Is Not Enough. This is kind of a new genre for him and he does a great job, never allowing the special effects to overwhelm the movie but using them when he needs to. While the effects aren't particularly groundbreaking, they are serviceable – the sea serpent particularly at the end is hideous and scary.
Part of the problem with the first two movies is that the acting wasn't up to the level of the Harry Potter movies. The child stars were all a bit on the wooden side; thankfully, Keynes has gotten much better and Henley as well, although she still can be annoying in places. Poulter, who was in the indie film Son of Rambow was actually really good, bringing out both the awful and redeemed sides of Eustace nicely.
Barnes also gets to shed the ill-advised Spanish accent of Prince Caspian and comes off much more mature and far more likable here. While the character tends to be much more of a second banana to the Pevensies than perhaps he should be, nonetheless Barnes makes the most of what he has to work with. My only wish is that Apted had let Caspian's feelings for his father get a little more attention; that was an interesting subplot that seemed to go nowhere really.
I actually liked this film better than the first two and even better than TRON: Legacy to be honest. The books were a big part of my childhood, being a lover of fantasy and science fiction from an early age as I was. Seeing these films is a bit like going home, Dawn Treader a bit more than even the first two (and I thought The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was a good solid movie). While the box office numbers have been underwhelming for a movie with this kind of budget, I'm hoping that it makes enough to warrant the making of The Silver Chair. This might well be the most entertaining movie of the holiday season, far more so than the overly grim and overwhelming Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 and a little bit more than the uneven TRON: Legacy. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear like the audiences are giving it the chance it deserves.
REASONS TO GO: The best of the series so far. Poulter brings the horrible Eustace Scrubb to life. Barnes has improved 100% as Caspian.
REASONS TO STAY: Not really groundbreaking effects work and Henley remains a work in progress.
FAMILY VALUES: There are some scenes that are probably too scary for younger, more impressionable children (particularly during the sea serpent battle) but by and large, perfect movie material for most kids.
TRIVIAL PURSUIT: Simon Pegg as Reepicheep replaces Eddie Izzard who voiced the cavalier mouse in The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.
HOME OR THEATER: This may sound a bit strange but as big a movie as this is, I don't know that the epic scope is diminished on the smaller screen. I usually recommend the multiplex for movies like this but it might be just as well for you to see it at home.
TOMORROW: The Holly and The Quill begins!
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Q: Writing variable-length sequence to a compound array I am using compound datatypes with h5py, with some elements being variable-length arrays. I can't find a way to set the item. The following MWE shows 6 various ways to do that (sequential indexing — which would not work in h5py anyway, fused indexing, read-modify-commit for columns/rows), neither of which works.
What is the correct way? Why is h5py saying Cannot change data-type for object array when writing integer list to int32 list?
with h5py.File('/tmp/test-vla.h5','w') as h5:
    dt=np.dtype([('a',h5py.vlen_dtype(np.dtype('int32')))])
    dset=h5.create_dataset('test',(5,),dtype=dt)
    dset['a'][2]=[1,2,3] # does not write the value back
    dset[2]['a']=[1,2,3] # does not write the value back
    dset['a',2]=[1,2,3]  # Cannot change data-type for object array
    dset[2,'a']=[1,2,3]  # Cannot change data-type for object array
    tmp=dset['a']; tmp[2]=[1,2,3]; dset['a']=tmp # Cannot change data-type for object array
    tmp=dset[2]; tmp['a']=[1,2,3]; dset[2]=tmp # 'list' object has no attribute 'dtype'

A: When working with compound datasets, I've discovered it's best to add all row data in a single statement. I tweaked your code and to show how add 3 rows of data (each of different length). Note how I: 1)  define the row of data with a tuple; 2) define the list of integers with np.array(); and 3) don't reference the field name ['a'].
with h5py.File('test-vla.h5','w') as h5:
    dt=np.dtype([('a',h5py.vlen_dtype(np.dtype('int32')))])
    dset=h5.create_dataset('test',(5,),dtype=dt)
    print (dset.dtype, dset.shape)
    dset[0] = ( np.array([0,1,2]), )
    dset[1] = ( np.array([1,2,3,4]), )
    dset[2] = ( np.array([0,1,2,3,4]), )

For more info, take a look at this post on the HDF Group Forum under HDF5 Ancillary Tools / h5py:
Compound datatype with int, float and array of floats


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A Review of William Lane Craig's Book:
The Historical Argument for the Resurrection of Jesus During the Deist Controversy
Gary Habermas, "A Review of William Lane Craig's Book: The Historical Argument for the Resurrection of Jesus During the Deist Controversy." Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 31:2 (1988): 240-242.
Also Available At: http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/lts_fac_pubs/29/
Review of: The Historical Argument for the Resurrection of Jesus During the Deist Controversy. By William Lane Craig. Lewiston: Edwin Mellen, 1985, 677 pages.
The first couple of decades of this century witnessed the demise of nineteenth-century liberalism, with its mistrust of supernatural events as well as of most revealed theology. The middle decades proved to be the heyday of existential theologies of various types, manifested primarily in the dialectical thought of Barth and in the more radical tendencies of Bultmann. But while taking distinctly different views on the issue of Jesus' resurrection, both of these scholars exhibited little toleration for attempts to apply the findings of historical studies to the life of Jesus. In contrast, scholarship in the last twenty years has produced a distinct upsurge of interest in historical aspects of Jesus' resurrection.
This massive volume begins with the assertion that few scholars are aware of the dialogue concerning Jesus' resurrection that has occurred over the centuries prior to the present. Craig believes that the period of the Deist controversy, in particular, provides some especially insightful historical precedent for portions of the twentieth-century discussion. Accordingly Craig explains that his chief purpose in this work is not only to discuss various aspects of the Deist controversy over the resurrection as an historical phenomenon in itself but also to assess the arguments that were utilized at that time in order to ascertain what may be relevant for today's studies (p. XV).
The book is divided into three sections, the first consisting of what the author terms "Pre-Modern Anticipations" of what will later become the multifaceted historical case for Jesus' resurrection. It concentrates on the various forms of argumentation found in the NT itself, in the writings of the early-Church theologians through Eusebius, and in the middle ages through Thomas.
The portion on the NT, though brief, uncovers a number of worthwhile points. The endnotes in particular provide many insightful comments for the serious student. One of the few disappointments in the entire volume, perhaps, is that this section is presented too briefly and is even somewhat sketchy. The material on all four gospels plus Acts, for instance, occupies only about 16 pages (pp. 3-19), necessitating some picking and choosing of topics. Yet a developed NT apologetic is not the purpose of this volume, and several pithy points seldom found in the relevant literature are still made. The treatment of Paul's major text in 1 Cor 15:3-8, though it also is short (pp. 19-26), is exceptionally helpful, especially because evangelicals so seldom treat this passage in terms of recent critical discussions. And here the endnotes are perhaps the strongest element in this section.
The second portion of section 1 is concerned with several authors of the second and third centuries who treat the resurrection in their writings, both defending it and utilizing it as part of an apologetic for Christianity. Defenses of the resurrection of the body and Origen's debate with Celsus formulate the key portions of this topic, which is an historical period so frequently ignored by Protestants.
Lastly, in section 1, Craig discusses the time period that he laments as the downfall of historical reasoning. Few scholars of the middle ages pursued this methodology very rigorously, and only two are discussed in much detail: Augustine and Thomas.
Section 2, "The Modern Period," formulates by far the bulk of the volume. It is subdivided into two parts: the upturn in the historical argument for the resurrection that occurred in the eighteenth century, and the decline of similar argumentation later that century and afterwards due to trends in higher criticism and to the philosophical subjectivism then emerging in Europe. The former part contains much of the deist-orthodox debate, including discussions of the nature of Deism, its variety of attacks on the resurrection, and orthodox defenses of the integrity of Scripture and the historical nature of Jesus' bodily resurrection. Here the reader is confronted by some of the major scholars of this period, such as Locke, Blount, Tindal, Toland, Woolston, Sherlock, Voltaire and Rousseau. Claim is set forth and confronted by counterclaim with the principal participants sometimes being placed head-to-head.
In part 2 the decline of historical argumentation for the Christian faith is traced to such causes as Lessing's radical attack on reasons of any evidential sort (especially historical ones) serving as the basis for faith, the continuing surge of naturalistic explanations being proposed to account for belief in the resurrection, and the popularity of an inward, sentimental romanticism. Even conservative theology experienced a shift to such subjective interests (p. 476).
Section 3 provides an assessment of the eighteenth-century debate surrounding the resurrection of Jesus. Subjects discussed include the philosophical issue of the possibility of miracles and the higher-critical methods of Biblical studies. Craig's chief purpose is to ascertain those facets of the past discussion that are relevant to a contemporary study of the resurrection. And here modern critical scholarship has witnessed that the Deists were right on some issues while the orthodox scholars were correct on others.
Craig asserts that the orthodox apologists presented a better overall case in favor of the resurrection, however, than the Deists did against it (p. 542), partially because some of the deistic victories are on what many scholars today would consider important but nearly moot points in terms of the issue of Jesus' resurrection (pp. 540-541), while contemporary defenses of this event frequently utilize some arguments that are very similar to those of the orthodox scholars (esp. pp. 528-535). Craig concludes by making a brief case for the resurrection as understood in a contemporary context.
Yet this last apologetic section (pp. 528-546) is basically only an outline. It certainly needs to be expanded further if it is to stand on its own as 'a developed case for the resurrection of Jesus. In fact Craig recently has completed a companion volume so that a detailed apologetic can be given for this event.
I recommend this book for those careful students of apologetics who are interested in the subject of Jesus' resurrection and who wish to pursue some of the history of argumentation surrounding it. Such a study would help us not only to understand our past but also to see where our current apologetic approaches are similar to those utilized by others throughout history. Further, such comparisons can assist us in avoiding approaches that are likely to fail even today. Finally, the more than 1300 endnotes provide both additional commentary and sufficient sources (especially original ones) for those who would be interested in a further study of any of a number of important related topics.
Gary R. Habermas
Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA
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