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Today Cloudy. Highs in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph.
Tonight Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast winds around 10 mph shifting to the east in the late evening and early morning becoming light.
Brownsville, TX temperatures for today from 1:00 AM to 7:00 AM Tue, Jan 19th 2021.
The following chart reports hourly Brownsville, TX temperature today (Tue, Jan 19th 2021). The lowest temperature reading has been 68 degrees fahrenheit at 3:05 AM, while the highest temperature is 69.98 degrees fahrenheit at 5:53 AM.
Brownsville, TX humidity today from 1:00 AM on Tue, Jan 19th 2021 until 7:00 AM.
The following chart shows hourly Brownsville, TX humidity today (Tue, Jan 19th 2021). The lowest humidity reading has been 77.94 percent at 5:45 AM, while the highest recorded humidity is 83.95 percent at 1:53 AM.
Brownsville, TX barometric pressure today from 1:00 AM on Tue, Jan 19th 2021 until 7:00 AM.
The following chart outlines hourly Brownsville, TX barometric pressure today (Tue, Jan 19th 2021). The lowest barometric pressure reading has been 29.95 inHg at 2:53 AM, while the highest recorded barometric pressure is 30 inHg at 6:50 AM.
Brownsville, TX wind speeds today from 1:00 AM on Tue, Jan 19th 2021 until 7:00 AM.
The following chart displays hourly Brownsville, TX wind speed today (Tue, Jan 19th 2021). The lowest wind speed reading has been 10mph at 4:55 AM, while the highest observed wind speed is 16mph at 7:00 AM.
Brownsville, TX wind gusts today from 1:00 AM on Tue, Jan 19th 2021 until 7:00 AM.
The following chart provides hourly Brownsville, TX wind gusts today (Tue, Jan 19th 2021). The lowest wind gust reading has been 18mph at 6:10 AM, while the highest observed wind gust is 19mph at 6:45 AM.
Brownsville, TX rain amount today from 1:00 AM on Tue, Jan 19th 2021 until 7:00 AM.
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Brownsville, TX dew points today from 1:00 AM on Tue, Jan 19th 2021 until 7:00 AM.
The following chart displays hourly Brownsville, TX dew points today (Tue, Jan 19th 2021). The lowest dew point reading has been 62.06 degrees fahrenheit at 4:53 AM, while the highest dew point is 62.96 degrees fahrenheit at 6:53 AM.
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Код INSEE коммуны — 23036.

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Население коммуны на 2010 год составляло 1073 человека.

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How Cuddling Affects Your Sleep
To cuddle or not to cuddle — that is the question facing the majority (1) of adults who share their bed with a partner. While not everyone enjoys cuddling, those who do may see an impact on their sleep and well-being. Falling asleep while cuddling can be romantic and may even help you sleep better.
Research shows that massage techniques similar to cuddling, like stroking and squeezing, can immediately lower anxiety, improve your mood, and soothe anger (2).
This form of physical touch has longer-term effects, too, including increased dopamine and serotonin. These two hormones help regulate your mood, so regular cuddling may lift feelings of depression and hostility. Serotonin (3) also plays a role in regulating your sleep-wake cycle, and maintaining healthy serotonin levels may improve sleep.
Light cuddling can resemble therapeutic touch (4), an alternative medicine practice that involves lightly touching and passing one's hands over a patient's body. Studies of therapeutic touch in patients with fibromyalgia have found that it can significantly decrease pain levels (5). Over time, cuddling can increase dopamine levels, which may further aid in pain relief (6).
Cuddling facilitates the release of oxytocin, a hormone that suppresses your cortisol levels (7). Cortisol is a stress hormone that triggers your fight-or-flight response. People with a healthy sleep-wake cycle have lower cortisol levels (8) in the evening, allowing them to enjoy a more restful sleep.
People with chronic insomnia, on the other hand, tend to have elevated cortisol levels (9) that disrupt their sleep. Cuddling before bed may help some couples lower their stress and get into a more relaxed state of mind.
Lower Blood Pressure
Even short periods of cuddling can be beneficial. One study of couples found that holding hands for 10 minutes, followed by a second hug, lead to lower systolic and diastolic blood pressure (10). More frequent hugging (11) between partners can also lower blood pressure and increase oxytocin.
Small increases in blood pressure, especially at night, can increase your risk (12) of cardiovascular disease. Several sleep disorders, including obstructive sleep apnea and insomnia, are also associated with increased blood pressure. By keeping your blood pressure low (13), you can facilitate more restful sleep.
According to one study, cuddling in bed may even protect you against the common cold (14). Researchers monitored the interpersonal relationships and hugging frequency among more than adults. They then exposed them to a cold virus. Those who hugged more often were less likely to become ill, and if they did end up catching a cold, they tended to have less severe symptoms.
Happier Relationships
Cuddling raises oxytocin levels. This so-called "cuddle hormone" (15) helps facilitate bonding between love partners, parents and newborns, and even dog owners and their pups (16). This information suggests that cuddling during sleep may improve your relationship and strengthen your bond, whoever your cuddling partner may be.
When couples increase their cuddling, they report higher levels of satisfaction with their relationship (17). Partners who are more affectionate (18) are also less likely to experience sleep disturbances.
Even if you can't cuddle, merely sharing a bed can improve some couples' sleep quality — especially for women (19). Some studies show that women who spend more time in bed with their partners enjoy better sleep quality.
For all its benefits, however, cuddling isn't an option for some couples. Nearly 40% of couples (20) don't share their bed due to sleep disturbances. One partner may snore loudly or move a lot in their sleep. Couples may enter the relationship with different sleep routines or disagree on an ideal bedroom temperature.
When a couple's sleep habits conflict (21), investing in a larger bed or a new mattress may improve things. For others, sleeping alone is the better option. Cuddling is not a prerequisite for a happy relationship. What's important is that you talk with each other about your sleep needs and figure out a solution that works for you both.
What Are the Best Cuddling Positions for Sleeping?
Couples can get creative with their cuddling. Sleeping cuddling positions can include the traditional spoon, a half spoon where one person lies on their back and the other person hugs them, a face-to-face cuddle with your arms and legs entwined, or even back-to-back with your backsides touching. Ultimately, however, the best cuddling position is whichever one helps you sleep — even if that means no cuddling at all.
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"Nothing has shown us how much we need touch more than social distancing," says Maisha Aza, MSW, CMT, a sex and intimacy expert at Black Girl Tantra. "Humans need touch and crave it when we haven't had enough of it."
For such a primal need—even newborn kittens and puppies do it—cuddling isn't just reaching for your partner and hanging on (though it also can be). Arms go numb, sweatiness happens and people have different tolerances for closeness (see also: reasons your cuddling expectations will never match reality). And some among us just don't like cuddling (behold problems only women who hate cuddling will understand, including #3: TV blocking).
You can work with this and still get some oxytocin on. ""If you are touch averse, try getting as close as you can to the other person without touching or with as little touch as you want. Or shorten the amount of time you cuddle," says Aza. "If it's too much stimulation, let your partner know."
And if your partner goes to another school and lives in Canada, make sure you get some kind of touch, even if it's just hugging your knees to your chest and giving yourself a squeeze. "Give yourself permission to cuddle up with a loving pet or a consenting human. We mammals need touch for the love, for the compassionate care, for beneficial release of hormones, regulation of our moods, and as a reminder that we're all connected," says Aza.
Sours: https://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/advice/g/cuddling-positions/
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It's often an afterthought while you're falling asleep next to (or while holding hands with) your partner, but if you aren't already taking cuddling seriously, it's about darn time.
Whether you snuggle on the couch, in bed, or on a blanket in the park, it's an important part of a relationship. Not only can your preferred position—for cuddling, of course—reveal how you feel about each other, but there are also many health benefits that come from a good spooning sesh.
Turns out, getting touchy-feely is something humans are hardwired to crave. So, if you're the one who's always looking for an excuse for an extra hug or insisting that a good Netflix binge is made better by being close to each other, you can blame biology.
"Physical touch is a basic human need that promotes bonding, attachment, and connection," says Dr. Sarah Hunter Murray, PhD, RMFT, a sex researcher and relationship therapist. "It starts from the moment we are born with skin-to-skin contact between infant and caregiver. And while physical touch may look different as we get older, the need for touch continues all throughout our lives."
Of course, for some people, being a human pillow for their S.O. isn't always worth waking up soaked in sweat, so cuddling might be a no-go. And hey, if you tend to prioritize solo comfort, that doesn't mean you won't still dream of your partner in a romantic slow-motion montage.
But for those who sleep better with their bae's arms wrapped around them, here's what that might say about you and the benefits of cuddling up.
What does your cuddling position say about you?
Yep, your body language says way more than you think—even when you're sleeping. The way couples position themselves in bed can "speak to how they look to one another for support, how they lean on each other—literally and emotionally—and how comfortable they are with closeness and intimacy," says relationship expert, Jane Greer, PhD, and author of What About Me?
1. Spooning
If you and your partner sleep in this cuddling position it means you see eye-to-eye. Greer says couples who spoon are "merging their bodies together as one, so you may see them dressing alike or enjoying the same things." There's even "a certain similarity" to these pairs, she adds.
2. Head On Chest
This protective sleeping arrangement "can speak to one person feeling very safe and secure in their partner's arms," Greer explains. "They feel their partner can help support them both physically and emotionally." When it comes to personal issues and difficulties, this person can lean on their S.O.
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3. Back-To-Back
This position is reflective of a mutual respect for each other. Each of you is comfortable apart and cognizant of the other's space, but you're still there for one another. "You want to touch, but not to the point where you feel too enveloped," or like you're sacrificing your own comfort for theirs.
4. Leg Entwined
Though you and your partner have your own spaces, you still crave a connection, Greer says.
5. Face-to-Face Embrace
While this cuddling position might seem reserved for the honeymoon stage, Greer says hugging while you sleep means you're "really into each other," and that doesn't necessarily have to fade away. Couples who do this "don't want to miss anything." They might share their food, personal business, and intimate details about themselves with each other.
6. Arm Draped Across The Other's Back
This position says "'I've got your back,'" Greer says. The person who's doing the cradling is communicating an understanding that their partner might feel neglected or needs support.
7. Opposite Sides
If you realize your partner has suddenly taken to the other side of the bed, that might mean they are "much less comfortable with physical affection and touching" at the moment and could signal a problem.
But if this is a usual occurrence, it just means that you're confident in the relationship and don't require "shared space," says Greer.
8. Holding Hands
Sleeping this way says you and your partner want to stay connected, according to Greer. It's about "feeling secure that you're holding on to one another."
9. Different Distances From Headboard
Do you sleep with your head near the headboard, while your partner sleeps curled up halfway down the bed? "This is a reflection of their individual preferences," Greer says. And the fact that these preferences aren't aligned shouldn't necessarily communicate to you that your partner doesn't want to be close. However, if you've been feeling like you and your partner are in different places, this might be a clue that it's not just in your head.
What are the benefits of cuddling?
But no matter how you do it, you can rest assured—no pun intended—that you'll be getting access to those extra perks of a good snuggle.
1. It produces the "love hormone," oxytocin.
This little hormone basically goes into hyperdrive when you make physical contact with someone, which means cuddling has the potential to release a lot of it. Oxytocin can also create feelings of sexual arousal and trust, earning it the nickname the "love hormone."
It's the influence of this hormone that makes cuddling just feel good, says Murray, and its presence accounts for many of the other positive effects of getting close to someone. (Fun fact: This little hormone is also responsible for signaling contractions during childbirth and milk production postpartum.)
2. It reduces stress and anxiety.
Feeling anxious about a big presentation coming up or stressed about a big problem at work? Make time for some spooning. "Oxytocin also makes us feel more settled and safe in our bodies," says Murray. "Cuddling, as a result, can play a role in reducing stress and anxiety and increase our feeling of calm."
3. It can strengthen your immune system.
Forget amping up your vitamin C intake to fight the common cold, and incorporate cuddling as part of your wellness regime instead. Research from Carnegie Mellon in found that hugs—as an example of social support, in general—can protect you from weaknesses in your immune system that are often brought on by stress, especially if that stress is caused by fighting with someone. It ends up that the more social support you feel like you have, the more support your body has to fight off illness.
4. It lowers your blood pressure.
To put the theory of stress reduction to the test, researchers at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill devised a study to see the direct effect physical contact with someone you love can have. In the exercise, individuals who were married or in long-term relationships were asked to recall a recent event that was particularly stressful. Half of them were told to give their partner a second hug before telling the story while the other half just sat with their partners. The results? The blood pressure and heart rates of those who did not get a good cuddle were significantly higher than those who did. Oxytocin really is the hormone gift that keeps on giving.
5. It gives you greater sexual satisfaction.
It makes sense that when you feel closer to your partner emotionally, it's easier to feel closer to them in other circumstances as well. Researchers have found that couples who cuddle after sex report increased sexual satisfaction, not to mention that physical intimacy can often lead to getting intimate, notes Murray.
But that being said, Murray cautions against only seeing cuddling as a means to initiate sex. If it always leads to getting down to business, she explains, someone might turn down a snuggle sesh if they aren't interested in going any further in the moment. "The unfortunate part of this is that we may actually want to cuddle with our partner for a number of other reasons," she says, "but we may miss out on these nice feelings because we don't want to give the impression we're in the mood for sex."
6. It helps you sleep better.
No, it's not just because you're already feeling more sexually satisfied that catching those Zzz's suddenly seems easier post-cuddle. Research in the journal Regulatory Peptides has shown that oxytocin also promotes sleep in the brains of mice. There's no official word on whether that benefit carries over to humans, but why not use it as an excuse to embrace your inner cuddle monster anyway?
Aryelle SiclaitAssociate EditorAryelle Siclait is the associate editor at Women's Health where she writes and edits articles about relationships, sexual health, pop culture, and fashion for verticals across WomensHealthMag.com and the print magazine.
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TOPSHAM — A new principal for Mt. Ararat High School could be chosen by the School Administrative District 75 Board of Directors in April.
The deadline for applications is Friday, Feb. 28.
Craig King, the school's principal for nine years, stepped down last year to become superintendent of Regional School Unit 10.
A search committee last year identified three finalists for the full-time job, who were interviewed by administrators. While all candidates had significant experiences and strengths, they lacked the qualities and characteristics sought by the SAD, Superintendent Brad Smith said at the time.
Donna Brunette, who was assistant principal, was named interim principal for the current school year.
Smith said the district has had three applications and expected more to arrive this week.
The search committee's first meeting is planned for Feb. 28, and candidates should be selected for interviews by mid-March. Interviews could take place March 19, with a nomination ready for the School Board April 10, Smith said.
The committee is composed of teachers Mike Cooney, Meredith Cass and Julie Williams; secretary Kristen McLaughlin; administrators Bill Zima, Randa Rineer and Alison Pols; parent representative Lynn Sirois; students Kristyn Doughty and Charlie Gill, and board members Holly Kopp, Scott McKernan and Joanne Rogers.
Representatives from Topsham's police and fire departments are also invited into the process, and SAD 75 Human Resources Director Debbie Anderson, Region 10 Assistant Director Cindy Hutchins, Assistant Superintendent Dan Chuhta and Smith round out the group.


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Great pairing of acts for this show. Florida's JJ Grey delivers horn-laden soul and rock with grittiness, as displayed on last year's "Ol' Glory." Greenville, S.C.'s Marcus King will open the show. The young singer-guitarist plays blistering blues rock with raspy, soulful vocals. His debut album, "Soul Insight," was released on Warren Hayne's Evil Teen Records. Details: 5 p.m. gates, 6 p.m. show, Thursday, 1941 Amphitheater Drive, Wilmington. $30-$35.
This five-member band is part of the new wave of country music. The Nashville group has written songs for Kenny Chesney and The Band Perry, and populated its full length debut with hits like "Break Up with Him." Details: 6 p.m. gates, 7 p.m. show, Friday, 1941 Amphitheater Drive, Wilmington. $24-$28.
This is the last show for a while for the Wilmington hip-hop and jazz band, which is saying goodbye at a venue it frequented over the years. They have a new EP coming soon. With Zoocru. Details: 10 p.m. Saturday, 107 S. Front St., Wilmington.
The singer, surfer and family man returns for a summer show playing his laid back music. Frankenreiter recorded "The Heart" last year, with songs that were heavier and more sentimental. Details: 6 p.m. gates, 7 p.m. show, Saturday, 1941 Amphitheater Drive, Wilmington, $22-$25.
Georgia singer-songwriter plays haunting music with a raspy, youthful storyteller's voice. His "Stubborn Nail" album title seems apropos, with songs about troubled living, addiction, heartbreak and finding happiness in between. Details: 10 p.m. Sunday, 1612 Castle St., Wilmington.
Soulful rock band from Queens, N.Y., that combines roots rock with urban details and tender, bracing vocals. The Village Voice newspaper called the band one of New York's more promising young acts. They're touring behind new album "Cluster of Pearls" following the acclaimed and raw "3 Shots" album. Details: 9 p.m. Sunday, 1415 S. 42nd St., Wilmington.


Every day, 360 cars roll off the American Motors Corporation assembly line in this small town. Spot welders and painters work along with others who attach tires, drop in engines, and add the chrome molding. This process has gone on for decades in this town, which has produced such cars as the Nash and the Gremlin. There is a very noticeable difference with today's cars. Instead of affixing the AMC logo and its product names on these cars, the vehicles bear the names of Fifth Avenue and Dodge Diplomat - all Chrysler Corporation automobiles.
Under a program started late last year, the mostly idle AMC plant in Kenosha was contracted to crank out Chrysler products that were in high demand. Chrysler liked the arrangement so much that in May it formally offered to buy out the United States' fourth-largest, and oftentimes floundering, automaker, a proposal that was approved by American Motors shareholders Aug. 5.
That vote is expected to have a direct and long-lasting impact on Kenosha. This town of about 100,000 people, situated on Lake Michigan between Milwaukee and Chicago, has been known as a ``motor'' town for decades. AMC's old, sprawling plants in downtown Kenosha are not the only places to work, but they have been the foundation of this community.
They have also been the source of the town's troubles. The nation's automotive distress of the 1970s and '80s put the brakes on Kenosha's advancement. The oil crunch and then the flood of foreign car imports were added blows.
While other carmakers managed to turn their misfortunes around, attempts to help AMC did not seem entirely successful. A deal in April 1979 for Renault to buy part of the company was a morale boost for Kenosha - the 1984 Alliance was named ``Car of the Year'' by Motor Trend magazine - but provided little more than that.
``AMC was struggling, and many people didn't think it would make it through this year,'' says Arvid Jouppi, a Detroit-based analyst with Keane Securities Inc.
Chrysler's production arrangement has been a definite boost to Kenosha. The assembly plant, for example, will need $500 million for modernization, for everything from new machinery to a redesign of the production lines, Mr. Jouppi says. ``AMC and Renault would have had trouble raising [the cash because they are] already $1 billion in debt,'' he says.
Many of the Kenosha plant's laid-off employees are already returning to work. In May 1986, only 3,600 people were reporting to the plant. A year later, that increased to 5,200 to meet demand for Chrysler's M-body cars, which include the Dodge Diplomat and Fifth Avenue.
In a matter of months, Kenosha's unemployment rate has been sliced in half, dropping to 7 percent. ``They're happy to have a job,'' says Ed Steagall, president of United Automobile Workers Local 72. ``Many have lost their homes and their savings'' since being laid off.
Another 1,100 UAW members are still idled, but they are expected to be called back this fall when Kenosha starts production of Chrysler's L-body cars, including the Dodge Omni and the Plymouth Horizon. Whether or not the buyout plan goes through, production of these cars is still expected to proceed.
Although pleased that its members are back at work, the union local is cautious on the Chrysler plan. It is concerned how the $64 million Employee Investment Plan, which was created to help AMC finance new product lines, will be dealt with. Chrysler's proxy statement makes no mention of this, Mr. Steagall says.
Contractually, union members will continue with their current agreement, he says. The contract expires next year, and it will be one of the first key tests of the new relationship.
Discussions with workers show good feelings toward the current production agreement and the purchase plan - with most eager to return to the assembly lines. Yet there is some hesitation.


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CAPTION: The director and creator of "The Chosen" series Dallas Jenkins said he wanted to create an authentic and intimate depiction of the life of Jesus Christ. Photo credits: The Chosen press kit / Angel Studios
By Yvette Walker
GRAPEVINE, Texas – Fans of "The Chosen" are used to seeing creator and director Dallas Jenkins. He introduces every episode's livestream premiere, and spends a few moments talking about the upcoming show. He has a friendly face and an unassuming demeanor for someone who leads an army of fans more than a million strong.
But unassuming makes sense for someone telling the story of the life of Jesus Christ.
Jenkins sat down to talk about the groundbreaking project and his life at the National Religious Broadcasters convention last week. He and his wife, Amanda, and their team have created a different kind of show about Jesus. And, Jenkins said, he's "obsessed" with making the experience authentic and intimate for viewers.
However, it's NOT the Bible.
"I don't want people to glorify the show to the point where they think this is a replacement for the Bible," Jenkins said. "I'm saying from the beginning, that the show is not God's word. Jonathan (Roumie), who plays Jesus is not Jesus. I'm not the creator of the universe. I'm a broken, flawed man … who's trying to do my best to capture the character and intentions of Jesus in the Gospels."
LISTEN TO THE DALLAS JENKINS INTERVIEW
"The Chosen," now in its second season, is the first-ever multi-season show on the life of Christ. It is successfully crowd-funded, and is translated into 50 languages. Fans have watched the series more than 200 million times on its own app, and its YouTube page has topped one million subscribers.
The season finale is next week, and season 3 is more than halfway funded by fans who "pay it forward" in contributions that help future viewers watch for free.
Jenkins said the reason the show resonates with so many people is because this representation is not a "formal, distant, stiff" Jesus. He believes this is the Jesus who connects with and makes sense to people both in the first century and today.
"If you can see Jesus through the eyes of those who actually met him, you can be changed and impacted in the same way they were."
Relationships are important in the show, Jenkins says, and helps fans identify with the struggles and questions of faith. "(Jesus) didn't just get up on stage and do a bunch of magic tricks. He was personal, he was intimate, he was purposeful, which I think is important. He did miracles to reach a person's heart," he said.
Jesus' female followers
Part of Jenkins search for authenticity is using a multiethnic and multicultural cast. Not to "would be inaccurate and dishonest and not representative of the Gospel," Jenkins said. Episode 6 of the first season is especially inclusive, where Jenkins tells the Bible story about the friends of a paralyzed man who tear open a roof to get the man to Jesus. The episode features an Ethiopian woman as the leader of the friends' quest for a miracle.
Jenkins described his casting this way: "The Jewish followers of Christ are going to look Israeli but there were people from Ethiopia, there were people from Egypt, there were people from all over who represented all the different colors of the rainbow. And that was extraordinarily important to me not only to be historically accurate but because I wanted the viewers to say, 'I'm part of this story, too.' "
Women play a large role in "The Chosen" and Jenkins says he did this for a reason. "Women often get overlooked in the story because they were overlooked for centuries. If you read the Gospels, Jesus clearly thought very highly of women in a way that wasn't typical," he said, describing Mary Magdalen, the Samaritan woman at the well and the women who first discovered the empty tomb. "There are key moments in Scripture in which a woman plays a very important central part."
At the convention, Jenkins was a kind of faith-filled Pied Piper, drawing people who clamored to take selfies with him. He graciously stopped for fans, who marveled at how tall he is.
The humility extends to interviews, where he's revealing about his background: he discloses the "failure" (a word he uses) about the 2017 movie "The Resurrection of Gavin Stone," his inability to get a job in the film industry for nearly 2 years, and his past addiction to pornography.
He said he carries this honesty on to "The Chosen," adding that he takes the words of a Facebook friend to heart, who told him that his job was not to feed the 5,000 but rather to provide the loaves and fishes.
This reference to the miracle of Jesus feeding a crowd of 5,000 with a boy's humble offering of a few loaves and fishes is reflected in his connection with viewers.
"We're gonna be real about the struggles, we're gonna be real about the joys, we're gonna be real about our vices – my own and my wife's sin struggles that we have. We want people who watch the show and who get to know me to be able to trust that this show is in the hands of someone who acknowledges my own brokenness and my own sin."
Jenkins is currently writing season three and expects to film in the fall or winter of 2021. The season finale of The Chosen will livestream on YouTube in early July.
Yvette Walker is the host of the award-winning podcast Positively Joy and provides daily inspiration at positivelyjoy.com.
"The Chosen" series uses a multiethnic and women-inclusive cast to portray the life of Jesus Christ. Bible characters: Mary Magdalen (far left), Ethiopian woman (center) Mary, the mother of Jesus (right) and Jesus Christ (far right).
Dallas Jenkins of 'The Chosen' understands failure, doubt and what joy really is
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Hikvision to showcase advanced AIoT solutions and 3D digital display technology at Intersec 2023 in Dubai
DUBAI, UAE, Jan. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Hikvision will be presenting its innovative technology solutions at Intersec 2023. The event is the largest security exhibition in the Middle East region, and will take place at the World Trade Center in Dubai, from January 17-19, 2023.
With the theme of "Connect, Converge & Collaborate for a Brighter Future", Hikvision will demonstrate how organizations in the region can accelerate their digital transformation journeys and achieve their business goals with advanced AIoT technologies.
For the first time at Intersec, Hikvision will also be featuring its Naked Eye 3D LED display with 'multi-view' technology. This means attendees can view 3D video images, regardless of where they are standing. Hikvision will also be presenting several other advanced 2D LED display models that offer an industry leading viewing experience.
Showcasing Hikvision's vertical solutions
The Hikvision team will be demonstrating innovative smart education solutions at the show, which provide interactive classroom and remote learning experiences, along with solutions for digitalized building management.
Aside from this, the team will display a wide range of other Hikvision vertical solutions to customers and prospects, including home and small business solutions that use AI-powered video technologies to protect people and assets; and retail, logistics, and manufacturing solutions that enhance process efficiency and site security. Other Hikvision solutions on display will include municipal governance, traffic, building, and energy management.
Unveiling Hikvision's open, collaborative approach to AIoT innovation
At Intersec 2023, Hikvision will also showcase its open, collaborative approach to delivering AI innovation. Central to this strategy is Hikvision's Embedded Open Platform (HEOP) 2.0, which gives Hikvision partners a unified, open environment for application operation and management. Using HEOP 2.0, Hikvision partners can deploy and run their apps and algorithms on Hikvision's AIoT hardware products, helping customers in numerous vertical industries better meet their security, efficiency, and performance goals.
Binson Xu, Regional President of Hikvision MENA, says, "We look forward to meeting our clients and partners at Intersec 2023. The latest AIoT solutions from Hikvision are helping organizations across the region to improve employee and customer safety, increase operating efficiency, and achieve business goals. We are also glad to see how we can support our customers to save energy and reduce their carbon emissions."
To discover more about Hikvision solutions and product, please visit the team at booth SA-C11 at the World Trade Center in Dubai.
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Q: Is an Interface considered a parent of a class that implements it? I've got a framework here that uses an object to maintain state between other objects as they interact with it. I was hoping that the objects that interact with the state ("Actions") could generically accept a type of interface, which the State object would implement, but I'm having trouble making this work.
I want to define the framework object itself in terms of a specific state implementation (or interface), and be able to add Actions to it, as long as they accept the defined state, either directly or through an interface that the state implements.
As I understand it, the <? super S> definition means "some type that is a parent of S", but I am not sure that an Interface that is implemented by S fits this description, as it's not exactly a parent class.
Here's an example (not exactly compiling code):
Class Framework<State> {
    addAction(Action<? super State> a) {} // adds to a list of actions to be run

    run(State s) {
        for(Action<? super State> a : actions) {
            a.perform(s);
        }
    }
}

Interface IState1 {}

Interface IState2 {}

Interface Action<State> {
    public void perform(State s);
}

Class Action1 implements Action<IState1> {}

Class Action2 implements Action<IState2> {}

Class CombinedState implements IState1, IState2 {}

public static void run() {
    Framework<CombinedState> f = new Framework<CombinedState>();

    // add is expecting Action<? super CombinedState> but getting Action<IState1>
    f.add(new Action1()); // This doesn't seem to work
    f.add(new Action2());

    f.run(new CombinedState());
}

For the purposes of generics, do Interfaces count as parent classes?  Is there any way to implement this that doesn't require reflection?

A: import java.util.ArrayList;

class State{}

class Framework<State>
{
    public ArrayList< Action< ? super State > >actions = new ArrayList< Action< ?super State > >();

    void add(Action<? super State> a) {

        actions.add(a);

    }

    void doRun(State s) {
        for(Action<? super State> a : actions) {
            a.perform(s);
        }
    }
}

interface IState1 {}

interface IState2 {}

interface Action<State> {
    public void perform(State s);
}

class Action1 implements Action<IState1> {
    public void perform( IState1 s )
    {
        System.out.println("Do something 1");
    }
}

class Action2 implements Action<IState2> {

    public void perform( IState2 s )
    {
        System.out.println("Do something 2");
    }
}

class CombinedState implements IState1, IState2 {}

class Untitled {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
         Framework<CombinedState> f = new Framework<CombinedState>();

            // add is expecting Action<? super CombinedState> but getting Action<IState1>
            f.add(new Action1()); // This doesn't seem to work
            f.add(new Action2());

            f.doRun(new CombinedState());
    }
}

This runs in CodeRunner on OSX.

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Here is an excert from Russ Ebbets' insiders book about the Villanova track program in the early-to-mid 1970s. Ebbets joined the track program during the halcyon days of Coghlan, Schappert and Hartnett, and his short book, Supernova (Off The Road Press, 1995) relates many interesting stories (some true, some merely legendary). This one about Liquori has been validated externally.
Belmont Plateau's exact distance was never known. It was dismissed as five miles but privately everyone felt that it was closer to 5.2. The course was generally a minute slower than Van Cortlandt. Marty Liquori and Donal Walsh ran 25:12 the same year they were running low 24s at Van Cortlandt. Therein lies the story that Jay Brown swore to me was true.
Fairmont Park is a long nine-mile drive down Montgomery Avenue from campus. There was a red light every block and it could easily take 30 minutes or more if your timing was off.
Villanova's fall cross country schedule began with several easy dual meets, the Big Five meet, the IC's and the NCAA's. The dual meets were against St. Joe's or Temple. We never lost. There never was much emphasis placed on these meets. They always seemed to be little more than a team time trial. The opponent usually had one good runner that cracked the top seven. The outcome was never in doubt.
Marty Liquori, by his senior year, was firmly established as one of the top distance runners in America, if not America's premier miler. His credentials were impressive. He was the last of three high school milers to break four minutes and made the Olympic team by beating Villanova great Dave Patrick. Liquori was an Olympic finalist at age 19 and the conqueror of Jim Ryun in two highly publicized duels.
Now imagine you are from St. Joe's or Temple or Penn and you are a good college distance runner. But this Saturday you are racing one of the best guys in the world. What do you tell your girl friend? What do you tell your friends? How do you feel going to the line?
This was not lost on Liquori. He figured that if his opponent was expecting a superhuman performance, the worst thing he could do was let him down. So he decided to play a joke.
The day Liquori ran 25:12 at Belmont he almost missed the race. He got one of his buddies to drive down Montgomery Avenue and drop him off about three miles from the park. The friend was then to drive to Belmont and tell a few people that Marty was jogging in from campus, a nine-mile warm up.
It got to be race time -- no Liquori. Both teams had their sweats off and were getting final race directions -- no Liquori. The Villanova guys are not so concerned; we had a cast of thousands. The St. Joe's guys seemed disappointed. Jumbo is about ready to lose his mind and coach Frier his job over -- no Liquori.
And then, with a flair for the dramatic, from over the first hill jogs Liquori, blue sweats, gold letters, racing shoes in hand, gliding down the hill with long graceful strides. All the while he had been jogging back and forth just out of view, waiting, waiting for the correct time to make his entrance.
They held the race up for several minutes. Jumbo delivered some stern looks. Frier said some prayers. And not being in on the joke, the team could not believe Liquori was going to run Belmont, the hardest cross country course there was, with a nine-mile warm up. But he did.
And he won and the time stands as one of the fastest times ever run on the course. His story done, Jay Brown would lean back his chair on two legs and state with great satisfaction, "It's the stuff of which legends are made."


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Parution : Michel Boivin, The Sufi Paradigm and the Makings of a Vernacular Knowledge in Colonial India, Palgrave Macmillan , 2020
The Sufi Paradigm and the Makings of a Vernacular Knowledge in Colonial India
The Case of Sindh (1851–1929)
This book demonstrates how a local elite built upon colonial knowledge to produce a vernacular knowledge that maintained the older legacy of a pluralistic Sufism. As the British reprinted a Sufi work, Shah Abd al-Latif Bhittai's Shah jo risalo, in an effort to teach British officers Sindhi, the local intelligentsia, particularly driven by a Hindu caste of professional scribes (the Amils), seized on the moment to promote a transformation from traditional and popular Sufism (the tasawuf) to a Sufi culture (Sufiyani saqafat). Using modern tools, such as the printing press, and borrowing European vocabulary and ideology, such as Theosophical Society, the intelligentsia used Sufism as an idiomatic matrix that functioned to incorporate difference and a multitude of devotional traditions—Sufi, non-Sufi, and non-Muslim—into a complex, metaphysical spirituality that transcended the nation-state and filled the intellectual, spiritual, and emotional voids of postmodernity.
Michel Boivin is the Director of the Centre for South Asian Studies (CEIAS), affiliated with The French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and The School for Advanced Studies in Social Sciences (EHESS), France. He holds a PHD in Oriental Languages, Civilisations and Societies from Sorbonne University. He was trained in contemporary history and anthropology, with specializations in Islamic and South Asian Studies. He has authored or edited fourteen books, the most recent of which are The Hindu Sufis of South Asia, Discovering Sindh's Past (with Matthew A. Cook and Julien Levesque, 2019), Devotional Islam in Contemporary South Asia (with Remy Delage, 2015), and the Historical Dictionary of the Sufi Culture of Sindh in Pakistan and in India (2015).
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Parution : Necati Alkan, Non-Sunni Muslims in the Late Ottoman Empire.State and Missionary Perceptions of the Alawis, Bloomsbury, 2022
Aman, Mohammed M. & Aman Mary Jo (dir.), Middle East Conflicts & Reforms Paperback, Washington, Westphalia Press, 2014, 386p.
Parution : Benjamin Bruce, Governing Islam Abroad. Turkish and Moroccan Muslims in Western Europe, Palgrave Macmillan, The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy, 2018
Article suivant Parution : Véronique Bontemps, Nicolas Dot-Pouillard, Jalal Husseini & Abaher El Sakka (dir.), Penser la Palestine en réseaux, Diacritiques Éditions/Les Presses de l'Ifpo, Collec. Sciences humaines et sociales, novembre 2020
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Hríw Lindë: Another Story from the Maya
They stood in the valley of Imladris in the blue of night, on an open cliff in the foothills of the Misty Mountains.
"The last homely house east of the sea," Puke muttered, a shit-eating fanboy grin on his face.
Not only could he see and hear Imladris, but he could smell it — leaves and undergrowth and wet soil and cocoa and cedar and a faint hint of woodsmoke — and he could feel it — a cool, gentle touch from a breeze, like a sheet of silk drawn across your face.
The trees rustled, and he could hear music coming from across the valley from where Rivendell lay in the moonlight.
It was smaller than Puke was expecting — not the golden terraced, shining mountain estate that Peter Jackson had imagined. This was a rather basic- looking cottage nestled in between fur trees on the banks of a rushing river. A bridge arced over the river not far from the front walk to the house, and a waterfall splashed not far from the bridge.
"It's just all so beautiful, isn't it?" Heather December said, sounding equally moved by the sight.
"Yeah," Padd concurred. "Yeah… you know, it really fucking is. Have you ever been here before?"
"No," said Heather. "Not here."
Her voice sounded hoarse. Puke looked and saw she was crying.
"Why is life so beautiful?" Heather asked, her lip trembling.
She looked at him, tears streaming down her face. Puke was shocked. She'd been fine mere seconds ago.
"Even if it's not on Earth? Why does life…."
She trailed off, staring at the beautiful valley spread out in front of them before dissolving into sobs.
Puke stared, too, waiting for her to finish her thought, unsure if he should provide comfort. The tears had come on so suddenly.
"Why does life…?" Puke repeated. "Why does life what?"
Heather glanced at him again, her eyes wet jewels. Confusion crossed her face.
"Okay, wait," she said. "What is this emotion?"
"I don't know," said Puke, growing more irritated by the second. "I'm not you. If I had to guess, I'd say you're feeling a deep and profound sense of connection. I don't know how much of a Lord of the Rings fan you are, but you seem to be having a significant emotional reaction to being here. I'm having it too, but I'm not crying."
"I just don't understand life," Heather said, tearfully. She put her face in her hands.
Puke decided he should comfort her.
"Oh, honey," he said, moving to take her into a consoling embrace.
Then, just as fast as she'd broken down, she switched again, her sorrow turning to aggression. More dime-turn mood swings. Puke remembered his ex-wife Dasha having these the last few years of their marriage. Vulnerable and mushy at one moment, then spiny and cold the next.
"Honey?" Heather snapped, pulling her hands from her face and staring daggers at him. "I am not your honey."
Taken aback, Puke put his hands in his pockets, tried to play off his advance. He shouldn't have made a move to touch her without explicit permission.
"I'm sorry," he said. "I was only trying — "
"I don't like that," said Heather. "Don't presume to call me that. I'm not your honey."
"I'm sorry, my princess."
Heather reached out, grabbed Puke's shoulder and forced him down to his knees. Puke looked at the ground, submitting. He often forgot how strong Anodynes were. His shoulder hurt.
"I'm in charge here," Heather said sternly. "Not you. Me."
"Yes, my princess."
"Do you understand?"
"I understand, my princess. You are in charge."
"Then let's be going," Heather said cheerfully. She wiped her wet cheeks with her palms and sauntered away, glancing back over her shoulder flirtatiously.
"Don't you just love people's mysteries?" she intoned in a sexy little voice.
This girl is crackers, thought Puke.
If he hadn't already invested most of his day in her, he might've moved on.
He looked at the dirt under his knees. He bent and dug out a handful of the valley of Imladris and fisted it into his safe deposit box. What an incredible souvenir to have.
Puke and Heather walked down the valley path, no doubt the same one that Frodo and his companions had taken, not to mention Thorin Oakenshield and his company.
Puke began to wonder if Heather had always been like this, if she had some sort of developmental disability or emotional disability that immersion had either neglected to cure or somehow exacerbated. At first her daffiness had been tolerable, but with every passing moment it was getting more and more trying.
Up ahead, the path widened to form a road.
Heather stopped him.
"I'm sorry if I hurt your shoulder," she said.
"I'm fine," said Puke.
"That was just one my little rants that I go on," said Heather.
"I just had a thought — we should be clothed when we're meeting the elves," Heather said, holding a finger to her throat. Her corset appeared.
Puke held his own finger to his throat, and his white suit appeared.
They walked in silence for a bit, listening to the sounds of the night and their feet on the dirt.
Up ahead, around a bend in the road, they heard a voice singing. A gruff, old voice.
The Road goes ever on and on
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can
"It's Gandalf!" said Heather, running ahead.
"What? Gandalf?"
Puke's heart kicked into a gallop.
He followed Heather toward the singing. His throat was frozen. He'd been so excited to just see Imladris that he hadn't even considered running into anyone from the actual stories, let alone Gandalf.
And yet, here was the old wizard himself just up ahead — grey-haired and grey-clad, leaning on his gnarled old staff.
"Oh," exclaimed Gandalf as Heather came upon him, nearly running right into his back. "Do be careful!"
"Gandalf," Heather said. "It's me!"
Gandalf's eyes narrowed and then widened with recognition. Heather stood in front of him with a huge smile on her face, arms open for a hug.
Puke stayed back, staring, seized with awe and admiration. Gandalf bent down to hug Heather with one arm, the other never leaving his staff.
"Heather December, my darling!" Gandalf exclaimed. "I haven't seen you in ages!"
Puke swallowed, looking at him. He knew the Maya created fictional characters by combining every known manifestation from pop culture into one. Gandalf resembled Ian McKellan, but not exactly. He was shorter than Padd had imagined, more stooped over. Older, wiser eyes, his jaw less square, his nose longer and skinnier, his face softer. He wasn't handsome, but there was an unmistakable majesty to his presence and posture. If there was one person the old wizard resembled the most, it was JRR Tolkien himself.
An Ainur, Puke thought. Basically an angel, trapped on earth.
"This is my friend Penguin Puke," said Heather, gesturing to Puke. Gandalf raised his head and looked at him.
Puke couldn't move. He stood there with his mouth open, hands at his sides, starstruck.
"Penguin Puke," said Gandalf, giving Padd that same look, his eyes crinkling like paper. "How does a man come to be known by that name?"
"I, uh, I-I-I…" Puke couldn't get out what he wanted to say. He didn't know what he wanted to say. "It, it's uh, I-, uh, I-I-I-I…"
"He's shy," Heather said to Gandalf, as if Puke was a dog she was introducing to a stranger.
"You needn't be afraid, young Suitor," said Gandalf, approaching Puke.
Puke could smell him, a mix of ashes and dead leaves and a musk that reminded him of his grandparent's basement.
His voice clicked in his throat like a car with a dead battery.
"Come now and introduce yourself," said Gandalf. He extended a hand.
Puke slowly reached out and took it, feeling like a child. It was rough, strong, calloused, as if made of tree bark. He clumsily shook Gandalf's hand.
Gandalf stood in front of him, smiling warmly.
"The Anodynes of the Auburn Palace are well known in this land," said Gandalf. "I've met many of their Suitors of late. I must say, though, you're one of the first with skin like that of a Westerling man."
"He's a Repentant," said Heather, sidling up next to Gandalf. "They weren't allowed to be Suitors until recently."
"Why would that be?"
"Because in our world they caused thousands of years of misery, and the Commons thought they should be punished for it. Or at least have their privileges taken away."
"Thousands of years of suffering," said Gandalf, still looking at Padd with his ancient eyes. "Like the forces of Melkor…"
"Yeah, pretty much," said Heather before Puke could counter. "But don't worry, they're harmless now. They've learned their place."
"Perhaps if they learned to speak they would be able to explain themselves."
Puke finally found his voicebox again.
"I'm sorry," he blurted. "I'm sorry, I'm just — it's such — it's such an honor, a complete honor, to meet you, sir, I — I wasn't — I didn't think that — "
Gandalf reached out and took Puke's hand again and smiled at him.
"Well met, young Suitor," said Gandalf. "I assume you and the Anodyne are on your way to Rivendell. What brings you to Imladris?"
"He wanted to see Middle Earth," said Heather. "He's never been here before. What are you doing here? It's been forever since I saw you… does Elrond know you're coming?"
"I'm paying a visit to Elrond," said Gandalf. "It's been nearly as long since I last saw him. You never want to go too long without seeing old friends."
He turned to Heather.
"Well, I suppose we might as well travel the last mile together, then," he said, and without another word began walking in the direction of Rivendell.
Puke stood there, still barely able to process what was going on.
Heather took Puke's hand and smiled at him.
"I just made a complete ass of myself," said Puke.
"Don't worry," Heather said quietly as they watched Gandalf walk away and resume his traveling song. "He's kind to the young and simple."
The moon gushed through the trees.
"Mithrandir," said Elrond.
They stood at the front door of Rivendell.
Elrond spoke something in elvish, and Gandalf replied with a bow.
"Lord Elrond," said Gandalf, rising. "I met two weary travelers on the road."
Elrond looked at Heather and smiled. He had Hugo Weaving's fierce eyes but he looked older and his face was thinner, and he had a chin strap beard. His hair was long and straight and brown. He wore robes of brown and gray.
There was also a strange alien vibe about him and the other elves. You could tell this guy and his people were not human. Their eyes were too bright and too sharp at the corners, their skin too tight and their posture too light.
"Hríw lindë," he said to Heather.
Heather replied in Elvish and did her own bow.
"Who is your Suitor?" Elrond said in English, gesturing at Puke.
"This is Penguin Puke," said Heather.
"Penguin Puke," said Elrond, nodding curtly. "Welcome to Rivendell."
"Thank you," said Puke. "I've, uh, I've always wanted to come here."
"He has skin and eyes like a Westerling," said Elrond to Heather. "Unlike all your other Suitors."
"He's a Repentant," said Heather. "A heterosexual white male. In the Maya they're considered the lowest race and gender and sexual orientation, because they caused everyone so much pain for — "
Puke cut her off.
"I have admitted my ancestors sins and am working in my own existence to be as decent a person as I can," he said.
"Well, that's all well and good," said Elrond. "I myself have no reason to judge you, having never met you before."
"It's very refreshing to hear that," said Puke.
Elrond showed Heather and Padd all of Rivendell. He showed them the broken blade of Isildur, explicitly forbidding them to touch it. He showed them the library, the Spire of Meeting, the stables, the Hall of Fire.
Puke kept quiet the whole time, unsure if Elrond wanted to be doing this or if he was just being polite.
After the tour, they all gathered on an outdoor terrace under the moonlight. There were numerous other elves there, and a group of them gathered in a corner with stringed and percussion instruments.
"We are about to have a moonlight meal, and play some music," said Elrond, taking a seat at the head of the table. "Perhaps the Winter Anodyne would like to sing for us?"
"Oh, sure!" said Heather. "I love singing for the elves. There's one condition, though."
"I want my Suitor to harmonize with me."
"You do?" said Puke.
"Yes," said Heather.
"Is this Trial by Song?"
"I guess it could be," said Heather.
"Ok…" said Puke.
One of the elves handed him a guitar-like instrument, and Puke took it and strummed. Its neck was skinnier than a guitar's, its body was fatter and seemed to be made of some kind of hollowed-out gourd, but it still had six strings. It was also incredibly light.
"What are we singing?"
"I want to do, 'If You Could Only See' by the artist Tonic, may their voice live on."
"Lemme download that one," said Puke, getting out his Tag.
"I do not believe I've heard that one yet," said Elrond.
"It's a beautiful song," said Heather. "It's from the 1990's, a great time period for music in our world."
She leaped up onto the table and started singing before Puke could get ready.
If you could only see the way she loves me
then maybe you would understand
"Harmonize with me, dammit," Heather snapped at Puke.
He obeyed, stepping up onto the tabletop after her and strumming the elf guitar.
Why I feel this way about our love
and what I must do
The elves watched them, perfectly still in their seats. Gandalf and Elrond sat at the table's head.
If you could only see how blue her eyes can be when she says
Puke dropped off his harmonies and let Heather finish the chorus.
When she says she loves me…
After the song, Puke dined on some Elven salad that consisted of various garden plants — giant leaves, small, tart radish-like orbs and small cherry tomato-like fruits. The whole thing was peppered with a lemony spice and dressing. He ate only one bowl, because he finally got to talk with Gandalf.
"That song has a wonderful chorus," said Gandalf. "If you could only see the way she loves me, then maybe you would understand… Never underestimate the power of a great love."
Down the table, Heather chatted up the elves, all of whom treated her as though she was one of them.
"Yeah," said Puke, still nervous around the wizard but finally able to talk normally. "It's… it's got great, you know, energy."
"I've always wondered," said Gandalf. "What gods do you worship in your heavyspace?"
"There used to be all these different religions," said Puke. "The three main ones worshiped a monotheistic God. But they died off in The Passing of the Veil, this huge war that devastated our original reality. Basically our Dagor Dagorath."
"What do you worship now?"
"Just the sacred bond of consciousness," said Puke. He toyed with the stray leaves left in his wooden bowl, poking them with his silver fork. "That and song and and sex. It's like, the new universal religion."
"Music is sacred," said Gandalf, toking on his pipe. "Even the lowliest of spaces can be made sacred by a musical performance. I participated in the Music of the Ainur at the creation of the world. Music is existence, and existence is music."
Puke watched Heather get up and dance while the elves began playing a version of White Wedding by Billy Idol, may his voice live on.
Elrond sat at the head of the table, not speaking, majestic as fuck.
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Q: Do multiple shell scripts sourcing a common other script interfere with each other when they modify a "sourced" variable? If I source the same shell script from multiple other scripts, which I run in parallel, and modify a shell variable defined in the sourced script, will the sourcing scripts mess up each other's value of that variable?
Example :

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*source.sh
#!/bin/bash

some_value=$1+10

*file-1.sh
#!/bin/bash

source ./source.sh 5
./some-script $some_value

*file-2.sh
#!/bin/bash

source ./source.sh 10
./some-script.sh $some_value

A: You have as many environment or shell variables $some_value as you have processes which define them.
Then if you launch at the same time file-1.sh and file-2.sh you will have different values since you have different processes. Note that source doesn't create process, the sourced script works with the file-1.sh and with the file-2.sh process environments.

A: When you source a shell-script, that means the current shell instance is reading the script line-by-line and executing the commands on the spot, as if you had entered them on the command-line (if you are executing the source call from the prompt) or as if you had copy-and-pasted them into the script (if you are sourcing from a script).
Therefore, the different shell scripts file-1.sh and file-2.sh both behave as having a locally defined shell variable that only coincidentally has the same name some_value in both cases. Even if you ran the two scripts in parallel, they would not know anything about each other, and so there are no cross-interactions between them - the sub-shell in which file-1.sh is running does not know that the sub-shell in which file-2.sh is running also happens to have a variable some_value defined.

As a side note, your attempt at creating an arithmetic expression as
some_value=$1+10

will not have the effect you may imagine. For file-1.sh it will yield 5+10 literally, and for  file-2.sh it will yield 10+10 literally. In order to perform arithmetic evaluation, you have to place it in an arithmetic expansion, as in
some_value=$(($1+10))

I would recommend checking shell-scripts with shellcheck, also available as standalone tool on many Linux distributions, to catch syntax (and some logical) errors.


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Go north on Dallas North Tollway into Frisco. Exit at Main Street/Cotton Gin Road. Turn right on Main Street; the Hall of Fame and Toyota Stadium will be on your left.
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Go northeast on Sam Rayburn Tollway (SH 121) and exit at Dallas North Tollway, going north. Exit at Main Street/Cotton Gin Road. Turn right on Main Street; the Hall of Fame and Toyota Stadium will be on your left.
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