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History of Truth, The Truth about God and Religions
Source: History of Truth
4.3 Polytheism
Babylonian Mythology
Hindu Mythology
Polytheism is defined as a multiplicity of individualistic divinities having human and/or animal forms and feelings. According to Islamic traditions, the first idols on Earth were during the time of Noah (Pbuh i.e. Peace be upon him). Noah was the tenth grandson of Adam (Pbuh). The names of these idols were Wadd, Sawaa, Yaguth, Yauq, and Nasr. They were righteous people, and everyone used to love and listen to them. When Wadd died, his followers missed him, and became very sad. Satan encouraged the people to make a picture of Wadd so they can keep it in their places, and remember this spiritual leader. They accepted Satan's offer and became heavily involved in the pictures. When Satan saw what they did, he extended his offer to give them a statue of Wadd. Once again, they accepted Satan's offer. Their following generation saw how their parents glorified those statues. Eventually, those statues were treated as gods, and during Noah's time there were five idols.
This story explains how Satan takes the human being step by step towards every sin, even when the intention, of the people that accepted the pictures, might have been sincere. That is why the Islamic laws prohibit all actions that may lead to major sins.
Moreover, this story indicates that Man did not invent polytheism out of nothing. Adam believed in One God. His children followed satanic steps, and converted monotheism to polytheism. As time passes, religious beliefs and traditions were adulterated and contaminated from one generation to another. That is why most polytheistic beliefs or philosophical notions still have some elements of the monotheistic religion.
Many gods as well as the embodiment of Gods in human form (incarnation) characterize polytheism. Because of their human forms and the multitude of gods, they usually fight with each other, and they marry and get children who are also gods. Since the beginning of time, knowledge and wisdom were always transmitted from parents to children. Thus, the ancient relationships of gods to humans were as close as fathers and sons.
Babylon, one of the most important cities of the ancient world, whose location today is marked by a broad area of ruins just east of the Euphrates River, 90 km (56 mi.) south of Baghdad, Iraq. Babylon was the capital of Babylonia in the second and first millennia BC. This dynasty reached its high point under the powerful king Hammurabi in 1730 BC. In 1595 BC Hittites captured the city, and shortly thereafter it came under the control of the Kassite dynasty (1590-1155 BC). The Kassites transformed Babylon the city-state into the country of Babylonia by bringing all of southern Mesopotamia into permanent subjection and making Babylon its capital. The city thus became the administrative center of a large kingdom. Later, probably in the 12th century BC, it became the religious center as well. During their peak days, the priests filled the temples to recite Enuma Elish, the most famous of the ancient Near East poem. The purpose of the epic poem was to praise Marduk, the main god of Babylon and to celebrate the victory of Gods over chaos. The story begins with the creation of the gods, and three gods emerged: Apsu (the ocean), his wife Tiamat (the salty sea), and Mummu (the womb of chaos). These gods begot the successive generations of the gods, and then tried to destroy them. The plan failed, and the wise Ea (the Earth god) slew Apsu and locked Mummu away. Ea with his goddess wife Damkina produced their perfect son Marduk (the sun god). According to Enuma Elish, Tiamat created monsters and married their chief Kingu. Marduk conquered Tiamat and Kingu, the dragons of chaos, and thereby gained supreme power. Marduk fashioned the first man from the blood of the slain Kingu, and then, established Babylon as his dwelling place. Acknowledged as the creator of the universe and humanity, the god of light and life, and the ruler of destinies, he rose to such eminence that he claimed 50 titles. Eventually, he was called simply Bel, meaning "Lord."
The people of Canaan (near the Mediterranean Sea) were influenced by the myth of Ea (the god) and Marduk (the son of god). Later, Christianity adopted this concept of god and son of god into its doctrine.
The religious beliefs of the ancient Egyptians had a major influence in the development of their culture. However, a true religion, in the sense of a unified theological system, was never recorded. The Egyptian faith was based on an unorganized compilation of ancient myths, nature worship, and innumerable deities. In the most significant and famous of these myths, a divine hierarchy was developed and the creation of the Earth was explained. The supreme deity of ancient Egypt was Ra, (the sun god), which was represented by a man with the head of a hawk, crowned with a solar disk.
According to the Egyptian account of creation, only the ocean existed at first. Then Ra came out of an egg (a flower, in some versions) that appeared on the surface of the water. Ra brought forth four children, the gods Shu and Geb and the goddesses Tefnut and Nut. Shu and Tefnut became the atmosphere. They stood on Geb, who became the Earth, and raised up Nut, who became the sky. Ra ruled over the entire universe and humans. Geb and Nut later had two sons, Set and Osiris, and two daughters, Isis and Nephthys. Osiris succeeded Ra as king of the Earth, helped by Isis, his sister and wife. Set, however, hated his brother Osiris and killed him. The powerful charms of Isis resurrected Osiris, who became king of the underworld, the land of the dead. Horus was believed to be the son of god Osiris and goddess Isis. Horus later defeated Set in a great battle and became king of the Earth.
In the fourth dynasty, the Egyptian king Snefru declared himself as the incarnation of the living sun god Ra. Cheops, his son and successor and the builder of the great pyramid of Giza, followed his father's royal footsteps, and took the title son of the god Ra. Later, all Egyptian Pharaohs assumed the title god as well as the son of god Ra.
Ancient Egyptians believed in many articles of monotheistic faith such as: the hereafter, Day of Judgment, hell and paradise. Pyramids were their resurrection machines, with The Book of Dead, written on the walls of the deceased's chamber, described the safe passage to paradise. It has been suggested that their original monotheistic belief came from Osiris, who was actually Enoch of the Old Testament, and Prophet Idris in Islam. Notice the similarity of the names Osiris and Idris.
The legends of ancient Greece are more familiar because they have become so permanently embedded in literary traditions of Western civilization. Herodotus believed that the ancient Greek religion had been derived from the Egyptians. However, there was no worship of animals or of gods in animal form, as there was in Egypt. Greek gods and goddesses were pictured as being much like men and women. The term for this is anthropomorphism, meaning "in the form of a human." Greek conceived the gods to be more heroic in stature, more outstanding in beauty and proportion, and more powerful and enduring than humans. They were nevertheless endowed with many human weaknesses. They could be jealous, envious, hateful, and trivial.
During the Hellenistic period (about 323-146 BC), ancient Greeks became exposed to the Egyptian and Asian myths. A great poet called Homer brought many of the ancient stories together in a long poem of heroic adventure, called Iliad and Odyssey. These epics revealed much about the religion of the Greeks of that time. They believed in gods and goddesses who had many human traits and often took part in the lives of the people. These gods and goddesses, who often laughed, ate, drank, loved and hated, were said to live above the clouds of Mount Olympus in northern Greece. Each god or Goddess had some power over the forces of nature and the humans. For example, Aphrodite was the goddess of love, Athena was the virgin goddess of wisdom and war, Sofia goddess of wisdom, and Apollo was the god of the sun, poetry, and music. At the head of the divine hierarchy was Zeus, the spiritual father of gods and men. His wife was Hera, queen of heaven and guardian of the sanctity of marriage.
Hinduism is a collection of religions, which has evolved over 4000 years on the Indian subcontinent. Hinduism is a major world religion, not only by virtue of its many followers (estimated at more than 900 million) but also because of its deep influence on other religions during its long history. The word Hindu is derived from the Sanskrit word sindhu, "river." The Persians in the fifth century BC called the Hindus by that name, identifying them as the people of the land of the Indus. Hindu beliefs are so diverse; it has been suggested that "Hindu religion" does not exist. There are, however, some basic beliefs that are shared among the Hindus:
♦ Belief in the unity of all things in the world. The Hindus believe that there is one spirit that runs through all humans, animals, and plants. The Hindus call this unifying spirit Brahman.
♦ Belief in reincarnation of souls. They believe that when a person dies, he or she will be reborn in another life form. For example, the soul of dead animal might move to a newborn child.
♦ Belief in the Karma, which is the spiritual law of the universe that has great power, even though we cannot see it or touch it. It records the good and the bad deeds that a person does while alive and determines where the person should go in the next life. Being reborn as a Hindu of the high caste might be the reward a good person. An evil person may be reborn as an animal.
♦ Belief in the non-injury of any living creature. Since the Hindus believe that the same spirit unites all humans, animals, and plants, many of them do not kill animals or eat meat.
♦ Belief in many gods and goddesses who are different forms of Brahman. The trinity in Hinduism involves Brahma the creator, Vishnu the preserver, and Shiva the destroyer. Vishnu is also worshipped in the form of a number of "Avatars" - avatar is the descent of a god to Earth in human form, more generally used of a person who is believed to embody or incarnate the divine. Shiva is said to have appeared on Earth in various human, animal, and vegetable forms. The great river goddess Ganga (the Ganges) is said to be a wife of Shiva. The goddess of music and literature, Saraswati, associated with the Saraswati River, is the wife of Brahma. Some scholars suggested that this Hindu form of trinity was the model adopted later as a Christian doctrine.
♦ Belief in working without worrying about results.
Many minor gods are associated with the great gods or with their children and friends. Hanuman, the monkey god, appears in the Ramayana as the cunning assistant of Rama in the siege of Lanka. Skanda, the General of the Army of the gods, is the son of Shiva and Parvati. Ganesha is the elephant-headed god of scribes and merchants, the remover of obstacles, and the object of worship at the beginning of any important enterprise.
It is interesting to note the close resemblance between the names Brahman, the Hindu unifying spirit, and Rahman, one of the Names of God in Islam. This may suggest that Hinduism had monotheistic origin.
Buddhism is closer to philosophy than religion. It was founded in northeastern India by Siddhartha Gautama (560 - 480 BC), who is known as the Buddha, or Enlightened One. He was born near the present Indian-Nepal border. He was the son of the ruler of a small kingdom. He had everything that he wanted, but was disturbed by the sorrow and suffering of some of the people in the kingdom. Therefore, at the age of twenty-nine, he left the palace, his wife and his son, to search for the cause and the solution of suffering. He meditated underneath a bodhi tree, near what is now Nepal, until he attained the enlightenment for which he had been searching. Once having known this ultimate truth, the Buddha underwent a period of intense inner struggles. He began to preach, wandering from place to place, gathering a body of disciples, and organizing them into a monastic community known as the sangha. In this way he spent the rest of his life.
Buddha means the enlightened one. This title applies to any person who has attained the ultimate realty "nirvana." but it is often used for the founder of Buddhism. The original teachings had little ritual and downplayed the importance of deities. Legends surrounded the Buddha's life quickly turned into miracle stories, and after the Buddha died (from eating a poisoned meal) his bones and teeth were spread far and wide as holy relics. The Buddha was an oral teacher; he left no written body of thought. Later followers arranged his beliefs. The original Buddhism seems to present a moral and philosophical way of life rather than a religion.
Although never actually denying the existence of the gods, Buddhism denies them any special role. Their lives in heaven are long and pleasurable, but they are in the same condition as other creatures, being subject eventually to death and further rebirth in lower states of existence. They are not creators of the universe or in control of human destiny, and Buddhism denies the value of prayer and sacrifice to them. The deities are so preoccupied by their own pleasures that they lose sight of the need for salvation. Enlightenment is possible only for humans, and not for gods.
The Four Noble Truths: At the core of the Buddha's enlightenment was the realization of the Four Noble Truths:
1. Everything in life is suffering. It is a statement that, in its very nature, human existence is essentially painful from the moment of birth to the moment of death. Even death brings no relief, for the Buddha accepted the Hindu idea of life as cyclical, with death leading to further rebirth.
2. All suffering is caused by ignorance of the nature of reality and the craving, attachment, and grasping that result from such ignorance.
3. Overcoming ignorance and attachment can end suffering.
The means to achieve nirvana lies in the Noble Eightfold Path of right views, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindedness, and right contemplation. These eight are usually divided into three categories that form the cornerstone of Buddhist faith: morality, wisdom, and concentration.
Nirvana: is the ultimate goal of the Buddhist path in life. To achieve this goal is to reach nirvana, an enlightened state in which the fires of greed, hatred, and ignorance have been extinguished. Not to be confused with total annihilation, nirvana is a state of consciousness beyond definition. After achieving nirvana, the enlightened individual may continue to live, burning off any remaining karma until a state of final nirvana is attained at the moment of death.
The ethic that leads to nirvana involves cultivating virtuous attitudes, known as the Palaces of Brahma: loving, kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and patience. The ethic that leads to better rebirth, however, is centered on fulfilling one's duties to society. It involves acts of charity, as well as observance of the five ethics that constitute the basic moral code of Buddhism. The ethics prohibit killing, stealing, harmful language, sexual misbehavior, and the use of intoxicants. By observing these ethics, the three roots of evil—lust, hatred, and delusion—may be overcome
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Dicebreaker article: classic board games White Bear & Red Moon and Nomad Gods are getting their first new editions in decades
February 10, 2021 in Glorantha
"Two board games created by late RuneQuest designer Greg Stafford and set in the fantasy world of Glorantha are returning to print for the first time in several decades, with the potential for an unreleased third game in the trilogy to finally see the light of day." — Dicebreaker talks to Chaosium board games line editor Susan O'Brien.
https://www.dicebreaker.com/companies/chaosium/news/white-bear-red-moon-nomad-gods-new-editions
Dicebreaker's recent interview with our board games editor Susan about the forthcoming new versions of Dragon Pass and Nomad Gods notes that Mark Smylie of Artesia fame is on board to do the cover art. We're really excited about that! Dicebreaker used this piece of Mark's to illustrate the post.
The artwork depicts Lunar heroine Jar-eel marching forth from Mirin's Cross with her Lunar Army legions. It is cover art for Martin Helsdon's acclaimed Jonstown Compendium release 'The Armies and Enemies of Dragon Pass'.
"The Lunar heroine Jar-eel leads an army out of the great southern gate of Mirin's Cross upon the wide lower tier of the Daughter's Road. She rests her arm on her famed harp, and stares resolutely ahead, prepared for the trials of a campaign against the rebels of the south..."
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Looking forward to them!
Our board games editor Susan got a surprise in the mail today: a near-mint copy of Dragon Pass (Avalon Hill version) that had sat in someone local's collection undisturbed for nearly 30 years. This will be a handy reference as playtesting for the new edition continues.
And although it came unpunched it won't stay that way for long, because Susan and her playtesting comrade @Andrew Bean believe that games are meant to be played...
Edited February 23, 2021 by MOB

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Audio Fading and Crossfading with Positional Emitters & lerp()
lerp()-based Fade & Crossfade
GQAudio
published on 14 Jul, 2017 at 22:12
Audio Fading and Crossfading with Positional Emitters & lerp() lerp()-based Fade & Crossfade
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The audible results of this approach are similar to what can be achieved with positional audio, but lerp()-based fades are more easily tied to a trigger in your game: Your player is spotted in a stealth game and you need to do a crossfade that fades out the "sneaking" ambience and replaces it with a "chase" music track. Along those lines, if you wanted to design an audio system that could play Adaptive Music (What's Adaptive music? see this article), this lerp() technique would work well to get you started in that direction.
Please download the example file lerp-fade-xfade.capx from the left sidebar. Open the file in Construct, set your audio levels, and preview the project.
1. When the project loads you will hear a repeating musical phrase. Click the button labeled "Fade Out C" and you will hear the audio drop as well as see a text update that reflects the status of volume levels and some other elements that help to make this work (more on these later…)
2. Click "Fade In C" to bring the same phrase back to the original volume level.
3. Now that the original phrase is playing audibly again you can try the crossfade. Click "X-Fade C-Eb" and you will hear two simultaneous changes: the phrase in C fades out as a similar phrase in the key of Eb (E-flat) fades in. Once the crossfade is complete the Eb phrase will play in a loop.
4. Lastly, click "X-Fade Eb-C" to reverse the crossfade which brings Eb down to -60 dB and C back up to full volume at 0 dB.
Cool! But that's all this can do. There are no other options in the current version of the file to do more like fade out the Eb loop while it's playing. This (and others) could certainly be added, but it is not part of the current Construct project.
How does it work? Most can be explained by looking at the role of the Global variables in the Event sheet:
There are two Global string variables: TagOut and TagIn. Tags allow specific sounds to be referenced by name (more to come in a later step).
Factor (like the remaining variables) is a Global number. It stores a very small floating point number that will be used in the lerp() function. Again: as a variable this number can be changed once here and it will be used in every individual lerp() call elsewhere in the project.
VolMin and VolMax are set at -60 and 0 respectively to give the audio an upper level at full volume and lower level that is inaudible.
FadingIn and FadingOut are variables that will be used in the lerp() function. FadingIn is set at -60 because it is the "silent" audio file that will be in the process of fading in during a lerp() operation and its volume is initially at -60 dB. FadingOut has the opposite role for sounds that will reduce in volume during a lerp() fade.
Finally, FadeState is an integer set to be 0 when there is no fade in progress, 1 while crossfading, 2 while fading out, and 3 while fading in. As you will see later, it's helpful to set a state while any one of these operations is in progress.
The first System Event is On start of layout. There are three Actions here, but I will omit the third and all other Text-related matters for the sake of simplicity in this tutorial. In short, the text keeps track of what's happening behind the scenes and displays numbers on the screen as they change. The first two Audio actions are vital: One plays CM-seamless at VolMax and gives it a tag "C". The other plays Eb-seamless at VolMin with the tag "Eb". When this project launches, you hear the CM audio at 0 dB (value stored in VolMax) and though Eb-seamless is also playing, it's inaudible at -60 dB (value stored in VolMin).
The various fade operations are organized into groups. Let's start with the crossfade (in the X-Fade group). Clicking a button triggers the crossfade (in either direction) and changes the FadeState = 1 to declare "OK, now we're doing a crossfade." At the same time both TagIn and TagOut are defined according to which sound should fade in and which should fade out.
The next set of Events and Actions looks like this:
When a button click sets FadeState=1, we can use System event 5 to call a lerp() function and update the volume levels. This project uses the form:
FadingOut = lerp(FadingOut, VolMin, 1-(1-Factor)^2)
FadingIn = lerp(FadingIn, VolMax, 1-(1-Factor)^2)
The volume levels stored in FadingOut and FadingIn are updated while the function runs. Again, lerp is short for "linear interpolation," and it will smoothly transition these values from our given starting point (FadingIn or FadingOut) to a destination (VolMin or VolMax).
Much has been written on lerp() here, and here, and demonstrated here, so I won't rehash those details. If you aren't familiar with what lerp() is or how it works, it's worth the time to do some research and understand the math behind the technique.
For this specific application the best-sounding results come from a very small value for Factor (such as 0.005). Even with this tiny value, lerp() still leaves a brief gap of near-silence in the crossfade. It's fleeting, but it is there. Ultimately I'd like to improve the continuity of the crossfade but haven't discovered a way to do it. If you find a solution, please add it to the comments!
FadingOut and FadingIn are updated continually until the value of FadingIn is above -1. At that point the System events in Event 6 force volume levels to their final destination (TagIn and TagOut are set to VolMax and VolMin), FadeState is reset to 0 (idle; no fades in progress), and the ResetLevels function restores the text display and initial global variable values. I know this seems a bit brutal, but without it, lerp() seems to stall out as it grinds towards a final destination value. Your sounds can't wait forever to arrive at their final destination, so this reset operation accelerates the process.
That series of Events and Actions is the core of this technique. And these are all used in a slightly different way to execute an isolated fade-in or fade-out effect.
A button click initiates the fade (Events 8 and 11) by updating FadeState and defining TagIn or TagOut.
A System event kicks in when FadeState is either 2 or 3 to run the lerp() function and update FadingOut or FadingIn accordingly.
When a fade nears its conclusion (greater than -1; less than -59) the relevant parameters are "snapped" to their destination value and all numbers are reset.
It works! It's not perfect, and even though I'm writing this several months after developing this little system in Construct, that little gap of quiet in the middle of a crossfade really bothers me. But after doing some fairly exhaustive research, this is the best-sounding crossfade I've heard in Construct. I suspect there are developers out there that can prove me wrong and I look forward to seeing/hearing their solutions.
One final note that applies to all of the examples discussed here: Be sure that all of your looped audio files are in Construct's Sounds folder. Files in the Music folder are streamed, and the buffering process causes a disruption in the loop on every new cycle or iteration. If you need help creating seamless audio loops, please see this lesson.
Thank you Nathaniel Ferguson for serving as tech editor on this tutorial.
Thank you for this!
While this doesn't answer my immediate goals of researching sound and music options in a game, it definitely gives me a lot to be mindful of. I'll be referring to this later on during my project.


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Vic-Maui Welcomes Beyond The Blue
by Event Committee , April 6th, 2021
In June of 2019, skipper David Zaharik and his wife Scarlet, departed Tréguier sailed into the English Channel to visit Jersey and Guernsey for an initial shakedown and then rounded the west coast of France sailing south across the Bay of Biscay to Spain, down the west coast of Portugal, around southern Spain to Gibraltar. From Gibraltar, in November 2019, they sailed to Lanzarote Canary Islands from where they departed to cross the Atlantic. 18.5 days later they cruised into Jolly Harbour, Antigua. In January 2020 they began island hopping; Barbuda, St Barts, Sint Maarten, Saint Martin, St Thomas, Fajardo Puerto Rico for Mathew Town, Bahamas. While cruising north through the Bahamas news of a pandemic had David and Scarlet make haste to mainland USA before the boarders closed. They made it by three days and arranged to have Beyond the Blue complete her voyage to Vancouver on the top of a freighter arriving in May 2020. Immediately suggestions and hints were dropped that perhaps Beyond the Blue could continue her adventures by entering the Vic-Maui 2022.
A handpicked crew of dedicated experienced sailors, all with racing experience, including the Vic -Maui in previous years, should provide Beyond the Blue with an opportunity to strut her stuff and really see what she is capable of. Current plans are to enter the Cascadian Convoy this fall followed by the Pacific Northwest Offshore in the spring of 2022.
The Beyond the Blue team is looking forward to a safe, fast, fun and comfortable crossing to Maui!
Red Sheilla
Type: Beneteau 49
Skipper: Jim Innes
Red Sheilla is the first boat to enter the 2022 Vic-Maui!
Red Sheilla previously competed in the 2010, 2012 and 2016 Vic-Maui races. In July 2022, Red Sheilla skipper Jim Innes will sail in his fifth Vic-Maui, following the pioneering course sailed by his father JG (Jim) Innes in 1965.
The first Vic-Maui was sailed in 1965. The race was a dream of Royal Vancouver Yacht Club member JG (Jim) Innes who, at that time, was a Captain for Canadian Pacific Airlines. Jim convinced three other skippers to start with him off Brotchie Ledge in 1965. With Jim in his Lapworth 36' "Long gone", there was Lol Killam of the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club with the 45' sloop "Velaris", Ron Ramsay of the Royal Victoria Yacht Club with the 45' ketch "Norena of Wight" and Boo Paskel from Seattle Yacht Club with his 73' ketch "Tatoosh". The 1965 race and weather were typical; Westerlies in the Juan de Fuca Strait, a left turn down the coast to about the latitude of San Francisco, followed by a right turn under the North Pacific High and a gybe with the Northeast trade winds filling spinnakers for the sunny run to Maui. "Long Gone" won the first Vic-Maui with a time of 15 days, 6 hours and 55 minutes. Records have been broken many times since 1965.
The current record holder is "Valkyrie", skippered by Gavin Brackett of the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club, who completed the race in 8 days, 9 hours and 17 minutes in 2016.
Follow Red Sheilla on Facebook (including her blog posts) at: http://www.facebook.com/redsheillasailing.
This fall, Red Sheilla will be entered in Cascadian Convoy, Round The County followed by 2022 Southern Straits, PNW Offshore and Swiftsure.
In 2022 Vic-Maui will be marking the next 50 years of Vic-Maui. We invite you to join us!


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The brains consist of two substances called the cortical substance and the medullary substance, with the cortical substance consisting of countless little glandlike things and medullary substance of countless fiberlike things.
There are three components of everything that has been created, no matter how large or how small it is: a purpose, a means, and a result.
On this matter of correspondences, I have also been told that not only the palaces and the homes but all the little things within and outside them correspond to the deeper qualities that they receive from the Lord. In general terms, their houses correspond to the good that occupies them and the items within their houses to the various things that constitute that good. The items that are outside the homes refer to true things that derive from the good, and also to experiences of perception and recognition. Since these correspond to the good and true things they receive from the Lord, they correspond to their love and therefore to their wisdom and intelligence, because love is a matter of what is good, wisdom of what is both good and true, and intelligence of truth that stems from the good. This, they tell me, is the sort of thing angels perceive when they look at their houses; and this is why these sights delight and move their minds more than their eyes.
So I could see why the Lord calls himself the temple that is in Jerusalem (John 2:19, 21). I could also see why the New Jerusalem appeared as a city of pure gold, with gates of pearl and foundations of precious gems (Revelation 21): it is because a temple offers an image of the Lord's divine human; the New Jerusalem refers to the church that was going to be founded; and the twelve gates are the truths that lead to what is good, and the foundations are the truths on which it is based.
The angels who constitute the Lord's heavenly kingdom live for the most part in loftier places that look like mountains above the ground. The angels who constitute the Lord's spiritual kingdom live in less lofty places that look like hills, while the angels who live in the lowest regions of heaven live in places that look like rocky cliffs. These things also stem from correspondences, since the deeper things correspond to higher ones and the more outward to lower ones. This is why mountains in the Word mean heavenly love, hills mean spiritual love, and rocks mean faith.
There are angels who do not live in communities but apart, home by home. They live in the center of heaven because they are the best angels.
The houses angels live in are not constructed as houses in our world are, but are given them by the Lord gratis, to each individual according to his or her acceptance of what is good and true. They also change slightly in response to the changes of state of their deeper natures (see above, Sections 154–160). Whatever angels possess, they attribute to the Lord, and anything they need is given to them.
But it would be better to present some experiential evidence at this point. Whenever I have talked with angels face to face, I have been with them in their houses. Their houses were just like the houses on earth that we call homes, but more beautiful. They have chambers, suites, and bedrooms in abundance, and courtyards with gardens, flower beds, and lawns around them. Where there is some concentration of people, the houses are adjoining, one near another, arranged in the form of a city with streets and lanes and public squares, just like the ones we see in cities on our earth. I have been allowed to stroll along them and look around wherever I wished, at times entering people's homes. This has happened when I was fully awake, with my inner sight opened.
I have seen palaces in heaven that were so splendid as to be beyond description. Their upper stories shone as though they were made of pure gold, and their lower ones as though they were made of precious gems. Each palace seemed more splendid than the last. It was the same inside. The rooms were graced with such lovely adornments that neither words nor the arts and sciences are adequate to describe them. On the side that faced south there were parklands where everything sparkled in the same way, here and there the leaves like silver and the fruits like gold, with the flowers in their beds making virtual rainbows with their colors. On the horizon of sight there were other palaces that framed the scene. The architecture of heaven is like this, so that you might call it the very essence of the art—and small wonder, since the art itself does come to us from heaven.
Angels tell me that things like this and countless others even more perfect are presented to their view by the Lord; but that such sights actually delight their minds more than their eyes because they see correspondences in the details, and through their correspondences they see things divine.
SINCE there are communities in heaven, with people living there the way we do, they too have homes; and these vary depending on the state of the life of each individual. They are splendid for people who are especially deserving and less splendid for people who are of lower rank.
At times, I have talked with angels about homes in heaven, telling them that nowadays hardly anyone would believe that they have homes and houses—some because they do not see them, some because they do not realize that angels are people, some because they believe that the angelic heaven is the sky they see about them with their eyes. Since this appears to be empty and they think that angels are ethereal forms, they come to the conclusion that angels live in the ether. Further, they do not grasp the fact that the same kinds of thing exist in the spiritual world as in the natural, because they know nothing about the spiritual.
Angels have told me that they were aware that this kind of ignorance was prevalent in the world nowadays and, remarkably enough, mainly within the church, and more among the intellectuals there than among the ones labeled simple. They have also said that people could know from the Word that angels are people because the ones that have been seen have been seen as people. So too was the Lord, who took on his full humanity. People could then realize that since angels are people, they have houses and homes and do not fly around in the air, that even though they are called "spirits" they are not breezes, as the ignorance (which angels call insanity) of some would have it.
They could also grasp this if when they thought about angels and spirits they would step outside their preconceptions, which happens when they are not constantly questioning and consciously pondering whether this is so. Everyone actually has a general notion that angels are in human form and that they have homes that are called heavenly dwellings, which are more splendid than earthly houses. But this general notion (which comes from an inflow from heaven), the angels said, promptly collapses into nothing when it becomes the center of conscious attention and is faced with the question whether it is so. This happens particularly among scholars who have used their self-generated intelligence to shut off from themselves both heaven and the passage of light from it.
Much the same happens in regard to faith in our life after death. People who talk about it without thinking at the same time from scholarly concepts of the soul or the doctrine of reunion with our physical bodies believe that after death we will live as people—among angels if we have lived well—and that then we will see magnificent sights and experience raptures. But the moment they focus on the doctrine of reunion with our bodies or some hypothesis about "the soul," and therefore begin to wonder whether the soul is really like this, whether it is all true, their former notion vanishes.
The everyday concept of love and wisdom is that they are something floating around in, or breathed out by, thin air or ether. Hardly anyone considers that in reality and in function they are substance and form.
Even people who do see that love and wisdom are substance and form sense them as something outside their subject, flowing from it; and they refer to what in their perceptions is outside the subject and flowing from it as substance and form even though they sense it as floating around. They do not realize that love and wisdom are the actual subject, and that what they sense as floating out from the subject is only the appearance of the inherent state of the subject.
There are many reasons why this has not come to light before. One of them is that appearances are the first things the human mind draws on in forming its understanding, and the only way to dispel these appearances is through careful probing into cause. If a cause is deeply hidden, we cannot probe into it unless we keep our discernment in spiritual light for a protracted period of time; and we cannot hold it there for a long time because of the earthly light that keeps pulling us back.
Still, the truth is that love and wisdom are the real and functional substance and form that make up the very subject.
In the Word, "justice" and "judgment" mean divine love and divine wisdom, "justice" meaning divine love and "judgment" meaning divine wisdom; so in the Word justice and judgment are ascribed to God. For example, we read in David, "Justice and judgment are the foundation of your throne" (Psalms 79:15 [89:14]); and again, "Jehovah will bring out his justice like light and his judgment like noonday" (Psalms 37:6); in Hosea, "I will betroth myself to you forever in justice and judgment" (Hosea 2:19); in Jeremiah, "I will raise up a just branch for David who will rule as king and make judgment and justice in the land" (Jeremiah 23:5); in Isaiah, "He will sit on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to make it secure in judgment and in justice" (Isaiah 9:6 [9:7]); and again, "Let Jehovah be extolled, because he has filled the earth with judgment and justice" (Isaiah 33:5); in David, "When I shall have learned the judgments of your justice . . . seven times a day I will praise you over the judgments of your justice" (Psalms 119:7, 164). "Life" and "light" in John mean the same: "In him was life, and the life was the light of humanity" (John 1:4). "Life" here means the Lord's divine love, and "light" his divine wisdom. "Life" and "spirit" mean the same in John as well: "Jesus said, 'The words that I speak to you are spirit and life'" (John 6:63).
Even though love and wisdom seem to be two separate things in us, essentially they are distinguishably one. This is because the quality of our love determines the quality of our wisdom and the quality of our wisdom the quality of our love. Any wisdom that is not united to our love seems like wisdom, but it is not; and any love that is not united to our wisdom seems like wisdom's love even though it is not. Each gets its essence and its life from the other in mutual fashion.
The reason the wisdom and love within us seem to be two separate things is that our ability to understand can be raised into heaven's light, while our ability to love cannot, except to the extent that we act according to our understanding. So any trace of apparent wisdom that is not united to our love for wisdom relapses into the love with which it is united. This may not be a love for wisdom, and may even be a love for insanity. We are perfectly capable of knowing, from our wisdom, that we ought to do one thing or another, and then of not doing it because we have no love for it. However, to the extent that we do the bidding of our wisdom, from love, we are images of God.
It is because the divine essence itself is love and wisdom that everything in the universe involves what is good and what is true. Everything that flows from love is called good, and everything that flows from wisdom is called true. But more on this later [Sections 83–102].
It is because the divine essence itself is love and wisdom that the universe and everything in it, whether living or not, depends on warmth and light for its survival. Warmth in fact corresponds to love and light corresponds to wisdom, which also means that spiritual warmth is love and spiritual light is wisdom. But more on this as well later [Sections 83–84, 89–92].
All human feelings and thoughts arise from the divine love and wisdom that constitute the very essence that is God. The feelings arise from divine love and the thoughts from divine wisdom. Further, every single bit of our being is nothing but feeling and thought. These two are like the springs of everything that is alive in us. They are the source of all our life experiences of delight and enchantment, the delight from the prompting of our love and the enchantment from our consequent thought.
Since we have been created to be recipients, then, and since we are recipients to the extent that we love God and are wise because of our love for God (that is, the extent to which we are moved by what comes from God and think as a result of that feeling), it therefore follows that the divine essence, the Creatress, is divine love and wisdom.


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package com.graphhopper.matching;

import com.graphhopper.routing.Path;
import com.graphhopper.util.GPXEntry;
import com.graphhopper.util.Helper;
import com.graphhopper.util.PointList;
import com.graphhopper.util.Translation;
import java.io.*;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

/**
 * A simple utility method to import from and export to GPX files.
 * <p>
 * @author Peter Karich
 */
public class GPXFile {

    static final String DATE_FORMAT = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ";
    static final String DATE_FORMAT_Z = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'";
    static final String DATE_FORMAT_Z_MS = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'";
    private final List<GPXEntry> entries;
    private final boolean includeElevation = false;

    public GPXFile() {
        entries = new ArrayList<GPXEntry>();
    }

    public GPXFile(List<GPXEntry> entries) {
        this.entries = entries;
    }

    public GPXFile(MatchResult mr) {
        entries = new ArrayList<GPXEntry>(mr.getEdgeMatches().size());
        // TODO fetch time from GPX or from calculated route?
        long time = 0;
        for (int emIndex = 0; emIndex < mr.getEdgeMatches().size(); emIndex++) {
            EdgeMatch em = mr.getEdgeMatches().get(emIndex);
            PointList pl = em.getEdgeState().fetchWayGeometry(emIndex == 0 ? 3 : 2);
            for (int i = 0; i < pl.size(); i++) {
                if (pl.is3D()) {
                    entries.add(new GPXEntry(pl.getLatitude(i), pl.getLongitude(i), pl.getElevation(i), time));
                } else {
                    entries.add(new GPXEntry(pl.getLatitude(i), pl.getLongitude(i), time));
                }
            }
        }
    }

    public List<GPXEntry> getEntries() {
        return entries;
    }

    public GPXFile doImport(String fileStr) {
        try {
            return doImport(new FileInputStream(fileStr));
        } catch (FileNotFoundException ex) {
            throw new RuntimeException(ex);
        }
    }

    public GPXFile doImport(InputStream is) {
        SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_FORMAT);
        SimpleDateFormat formatterZ = new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_FORMAT_Z);
        SimpleDateFormat formatterZMS = new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_FORMAT_Z_MS);
        DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
        factory.setValidating(false);
        factory.setIgnoringElementContentWhitespace(true);
        try {
            DocumentBuilder builder = factory.newDocumentBuilder();
            Document doc = builder.parse(is);
            NodeList nl = doc.getElementsByTagName("trkpt");
            for (int index = 0; index < nl.getLength(); index++) {
                Node n = nl.item(index);
                if (!(n instanceof Element)) {
                    continue;
                }

                Element e = (Element) n;
                double lat = Double.parseDouble(e.getAttribute("lat"));
                double lon = Double.parseDouble(e.getAttribute("lon"));
                NodeList timeNodes = e.getElementsByTagName("time");
                if (timeNodes.getLength() == 0) {
                    throw new IllegalStateException("GPX without time is illegal");
                }

                String text = timeNodes.item(0).getTextContent();
                long millis;
                if (text.contains("Z")) {
                    try {
                        // Try whole second matching
                        millis = formatterZ.parse(text).getTime();
                    } catch (ParseException ex) {
                        // Error: try looking at milliseconds
                        millis = formatterZMS.parse(text).getTime();
                    }
                } else {
                    millis = formatter.parse(revertTZHack(text)).getTime();
                }

                NodeList eleNodes = e.getElementsByTagName("ele");
                if (eleNodes.getLength() == 0) {
                    entries.add(new GPXEntry(lat, lon, millis));
                } else {
                    double ele = Double.parseDouble(eleNodes.item(0).getTextContent());
                    entries.add(new GPXEntry(lat, lon, ele, millis));
                }
            }
            return this;
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw new RuntimeException(e);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Hack to parse time in Java and convert +0100 into +01:00
     */
    private static String revertTZHack(String str) {
        return str.substring(0, str.length() - 3) + str.substring(str.length() - 2);
    }

    // TODO DUPLICATE CODE from GraphHopper InstructionList!
    /**
     * Hack to form valid timezone ala +01:00 instead +0100
     */
    private static String tzHack(String str) {
        return str.substring(0, str.length() - 2) + ":" + str.substring(str.length() - 2);
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return "entries " + entries.size() + ", " + entries;
    }

    public String createString() {
        long startTimeMillis = 0;
        SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_FORMAT);
        String header = "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' standalone='no' ?>"
                + "<gpx xmlns='http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1' xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance'"
                + " creator='Graphhopper' version='1.1'"
                // This xmlns:gh acts only as ID, no valid URL necessary.
                // Use a separate namespace for custom extensions to make basecamp happy.
                + " xmlns:gh='https://graphhopper.com/public/schema/gpx/1.1'>"
                + "\n<metadata>"
                + "<copyright author=\"OpenStreetMap contributors\"/>"
                + "<link href='http://graphhopper.com'>"
                + "<text>GraphHopper GPX</text>"
                + "</link>"
                + "<time>" + tzHack(formatter.format(startTimeMillis)) + "</time>"
                + "</metadata>";
        StringBuilder track = new StringBuilder(header);
        track.append("\n<trk><name>").append("GraphHopper MapMatching").append("</name>");

        track.append("<trkseg>");
        for (GPXEntry entry : entries) {
            track.append("\n<trkpt lat='").append(Helper.round6(entry.getLat()));
            track.append("' lon='").append(Helper.round6(entry.getLon())).append("'>");
            if (includeElevation) {
                track.append("<ele>").append(Helper.round2(entry.getEle())).append("</ele>");
            }
            track.append("<time>").append(tzHack(formatter.format(startTimeMillis + entry.getMillis()))).append("</time>");
            track.append("</trkpt>");
        }
        track.append("</trkseg>");
        track.append("</trk>");

        // we could now use 'wpt' for via points
        track.append("</gpx>");
        return track.toString().replaceAll("\\'", "\"");
    }

    public GPXFile doExport(String gpxFile) {
        BufferedWriter writer = null;
        try {
            writer = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(gpxFile));
            writer.append(createString());
            return this;
        } catch (IOException ex) {
            throw new IllegalStateException(ex);
        } finally {
            Helper.close(writer);
        }
    }

    public static void write(Path path, String gpxFile, Translation translation) {
        BufferedWriter writer = null;
        try {
            writer = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(gpxFile));
            writer.append(path.calcInstructions(translation).createGPX());
        } catch (IOException ex) {
            throw new IllegalStateException(ex);
        } finally {
            Helper.close(writer);
        }
    }
}

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Extending from the North Slope of Alaska to central Mexico, For 20 million years (~90-70 million years ago), the landmass of Laramidia hosted rich alluvial/coastal plains at the intersection between rising mountains in the west and fluctuating seas to the east. These lush plains were home to some of the best know, and most diverse dinosaur ecosystems known today. Northern localities in Montana and Alberta have received considerable attention while central and southern localities are only just becoming the target of new research. The Denver Paleontology team is conducting intensive fieldwork in several central/southern localities indicated in red on the above map.


Honda is renowned for its reputation of engineering excellence, technology and reliability. But it's the brand's other side, born from a racing heritage and thirst for innovation, that this interactive film heroes.
Showcasing both the Civic and new Civic Type R, the wild child alter-ego of the Civic hatchback, the film unfolds an adrenaline-fuelled dual narrative. One set during the day, the other at night. The daytime story sees a father in his white Civic pick his daughter up from school to drive her to a surprise party. The after dark narrative shows the father's other side – an undercover cop getaway driving a crew of art thieves to a police sting, in a head-turning red Type R. Whilst they contrast in tone, the two stories mirror each other perfectly in their composition.
The viewer can switch seamlessly between each film by pressing 'R', triggering Honda's 'Race Mode' and throws the viewer into their very own director's cut to see how each storyline unfolds.


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Great Saxham Hall is a two-storey Palladian house situated at Great Saxham, just outside Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, England. It is a Grade II* listed building. (Buildings and monuments can be listed as Grade I, Grade II, or Grade II*. Grade II* buildings are particularly important buildings of more than special interest; only 5.5% of listed buildings are Grade II*.)

The hall was designed by Joseph Patience and dates from 1798.  Its most striking feature is the large, generous portico, which has a pediment with arms and large columns.  Inside, fine painted ceilings are of note, along with a room 'reputedly' (this has not been officially confirmed by experts) decorated by the 18th-century artist Angelica Kauffman R.A.

The house is owned by Colonel and Mrs David Gordon Lennox and is occasionally opened to the public. In most cases, a condition of accepting an English Heritage grant is that the owner provides access to the general public so that they can see any completed work, paid for by that grant. As of 2014, the property is rumoured to have been purchased by a property developer, so its future as a whole architectural example is in doubt.

The gardens are reputedly by Capability Brown and feature a polygonal lodge house, a Moorish temple (The Umbrello), and The Tea House.

The early 19th-century Moorish temple – 'The Umbrello' – stands within the grounds of the estate, and is Grade II* listed, but The Umbrello has been on the English Heritage 'HERITAGE AT RISK' register, list entry number:1031410, for a number of years. This important architectural structure is one of only a few remaining garden buildings constructed of Coade Stone. The Umbrello has been in a serious state of decline for many years, and is in very poor condition: the roof is missing, and ingress of water is rusting the structure's iron core. In 1998, the owner submitted a Listed Building Application to dismantle the Umbrello and resurrect it in a new location but the application was withdrawn and the work was not carried out.

The Tea House structure is a late C18, possibly by Capability Brown as part of his possible landscaping work at Great Saxham Hall. The structure is Grade II listed; it is octagonal, has stuccoed brick walls, and fish scale slated pyramid roof. There are gabled porticoes on four sides with Tuscan columns supporting a pediment with slated roof. Above each is a circular window with moulded architrave and arched head. Within each portico a niche with semi-circular head; one contains instead, a pair of three-panelled doors. The Tea House is in poor condition.

References

Houses completed in 1798
Country houses in Suffolk

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


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Swiss universities are very popular with foreign students, who make up 17% of the student body, almost three times the OECD average. As a result, international students are well catered for on Swiss campuses and all the relevant information is available in English.
See here for a list external linkof Swiss universities and other higher education institutions.
One route to studying in Switzerland is to enrol as an international student for a degree on a regular course of study. Alternatively, you can apply for one or two semesters as an exchange student or a visiting student, and complete most of your degree at your home university.
Exchange students pay their usual fee to their home university while visiting students pay the fees of the host university. The starting point is to find out whether your own university participates in any international exchange programmes or has bilateral agreements with Swiss universities. Only then will you be eligible to apply as an exchange student.
Following a 2014 Swiss vote which targeted European Union immigration, Swiss participation in the Erasmus+ university exchange scheme was suspended. An interim arrangement supported by Swiss funding is now in place under the name Swiss-European Mobility Programmeexternal link (SEMP).
Under this temporary solution, Switzerland is a partner country of the scheme, which offers students more limited opportunities than full membership would. The workaround is expected to remain in place until 2021.
University exchange programmes Feb 19, 2019 - 14:15 Swiss universities are very popular with foreign students, who make up 17% of the student body, almost three times the OECD average. As a result, international students are well catered for on Swiss campuses and all the relevant information is available in English. See here for a list of Swiss universities and other higher education institutions. One route to studying in Switzerland is to enrol as an international student for a degree on a regular course of study. Alternatively, you can apply for one or two semesters as an exchange student or a visiting student, and complete most of your degree at your home university. Exchange students pay their usual fee to their home university while visiting students pay the fees of the host university. The starting point is to find out whether your own university participates in any international exchange programmes or has bilateral agreements with Swiss universities. Only then will you be eligible to apply as an exchange student. Following a 2014 Swiss vote which targeted European Union immigration, Swiss participation in the Erasmus+ university exchange scheme was suspended. An interim arrangement supported by Swiss funding is now in place under the name Swiss-European Mobility Programme (SEMP). Under this temporary solution, Switzerland is a partner country of the scheme, which offers students more limited opportunities than full membership would. The workaround is expected to remain in place until 2021.
Being admitted as a foreigner into a Swiss university requires excellent marks, language skills and, in some cases, work experience.
The Swiss parliament has renewed funding for the temporary solution allowing students to participate in the Europe-wide Erasmus+ exchange programme.
Campaigners have handed in a petition calling for Switzerland's full reintegration into Erasmus+, the European Union's student exchange scheme.


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PROTECTING YOURSELF FROM HACKERS ON FACEBOOK
Author Topic: PROTECTING YOURSELF FROM HACKERS ON FACEBOOK (Read 530 times)
Noor E Alam
Facebook, as much as we would like it to be, is not a foolproof website. Accounts get hacked and tampered with frequently and unless it happens to us, we never take adequate measures towards implementing more secure safety measures. We leave our accounts and most importantly our senses unconcerned with the consequences of being hacked ourselves.
People generally fall for traps like, phishing emails, auto-like generator websites and quiz apps which leave their Facebook accounts vulnerable. This and the added negligence towards proper safety measures are why hacking is rampant and there's a widespread fear of hackers. Setting up a tight seal can be ensured through a number of ways however.
Filtering App Permissions
Every time you grant an application the permission to view your information on Facebook, you are letting it gain access to a plethora of your personal details. We do it unknowingly for utility apps but in the case of other more suspicious apps, it is best to keep your guards up regarding what information you are giving it access to. Thankfully, there is a way to filter out app permissions directly from Facebook.
ON PC
1.Go to the top right corner of your page and click on the downward facing arrow beside the question mark.
2.Click on Settings.
3.From there find the bar on the left and click on Apps and Websites.
This is where you'll find a list of Active Apps which currently have access to your Facebook. Make sure to remove any app or website from that list that looks fishy to you. The process is still simple on mobile devices but has a few extra steps.
ON MOBILE
1.On the Facebook App, press the icon with three lines below your messenger icon.
2.Go all the way down to Settings and Privacy, click on it, and then click on the first submenu which says Settings.
3.From there, click on the Apps and Websites page under the Security submenu.
4.Click on the Logged in with Facebook and you will find a list of apps logged into your account. From there remove the ones you do not trust with your information.
Enabling Two-Factor Authentication
Two-Factor Authentication is an extra security measure on top of your pre-existing password. There are a couple of steps towards enabling this feature but it's simple and elementary to do so.
1.Click on the downward facing arrow in the top-right corner and then go to Settings where you will find Security and Login.
2.Scroll down to use two-factor authentication and then click on Edit.
3.Choose the authentication method you want to add and follow the on-screen instructions. There are a couple of methods to choose from such as text messages sent to your mobile phone or login codes via third-party apps like Google Authenticator or LastPass.
It is important to have two-factor authentication set up because whenever you are logging in from an unknown location, you would have to complete the second phase in order for Facebook in order to verify whether it is actually you. This can save you from most garden-variety hackers who are looking to get past your password.
Some other security measures include:
1.Strong Password.
2.Not using your Facebook password on any other site.
3.Enable Login Notification. Go to Home -> Account Settings -> Security -> Login Notification
4.Making sure that the email account associated with your Facebook account is secure.
5.Updating your phone number.
6.Running an Anti-virus on your devices.
7.Most importantly, being careful about liking pages, downloading content from the website and while talking to unknown people.
PREPARING FOR THE STORM
Ensuring better security is one thing but being prepared for an attack and damage control is another. This is why knowing whether or not you've been hacked and the ways of getting your account back under your control are imperative to ensuring your safety on the website.
Finding Out Whether Your Account's Been Hacked
If you have the slightest hint of anyone trespassing on your account, go to the Settings option on your profile, click on Security and go to Where You're Logged In. You'll reach a page with a list of devices from where your account had been logged into. If you find any device or location that's unrecognizable, you can easily remove it and change your password to make sure that the suspect is unable to login from that location again.
Facebook can also notify you when your account has been logged into from a new device. To set this up, go to Settings -> Security & Login -> Setting up Extra Security -> Get Alerts about Unrecognized Logins. You then click on Edit to see your options. Here you can choose to be notified via your e-mail ID or your phone number.
Retrieving Your Hacked Account
Once you are certain that your account has been hacked, it's the time to take the necessary measures to retrieve your account. If someone only logged into your account but did not change the existing password, it means it's not too late. You can easily change your password and set up the above security measures.
But if your password has been changed without your knowledge, you'll be unable to login into your account. For this, you have to go to https://www.facebook.com/hacked and click on "My Account Has Been Compromised". From there, Facebook will redirect you to a search option where you put in your email address, phone number or any other unique information tied to the account. Eventually, Facebook will find your account.
This is where you have to play things smart. Enter the last password you used and a new page will come up where you click on Reset My Password. Facebook will ask you for your recovery email ID but hackers have surely changed that as well by now in which case, click on the "No longer have access to these?" link. Write down your new email address where Facebook will send the password change link to and then set that as your new email ID. Follow all these steps and you will have your account back in less than 24 hours.
Bottom line is that Facebook contains all our personal messages, pictures, and valuable information and despite all this, it's usually most people's least protected asset. But just by following the steps stated above, we can set up our accounts more securely against traps and hackers.
Source:- https://www.thedailystar.net/bytes/news/protecting-yourself-hackers-facebook-1637839
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import paramiko
import os

hostname = '192.168.1.15'
port = 22
username = 'jmjones'
dir_path = '/home/jmjones/logs'
pkey_file = '/home/jmjones/.ssh/id_rsa'

if __name__ == "__main__":
    key = paramiko.RSAKey.from_private_key_file(pkey_file)
    t = paramiko.Transport((hostname, port))
    t.connect(username=username, pkey=key)
    sftp = paramiko.SFTPClient.from_transport(t)
    files = sftp.listdir(dir_path)
    for f in files:
        print ('Retrieving', f)
        sftp.get(os.path.join(dir_path, f), f)
    t.close()


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typedef struct {
    BOOL readonly;
    BOOL nonatomic;
    BOOL weak;
    BOOL canBeCollected;
    BOOL dynamic;
    jfl_propertyMemoryManagementPolicy memoryManagementPolicy;
    SEL getter;
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Following an event such as this, prescribers and patients could understandably harbor misgivings about all compounding pharmacies. Assuaging those concerns requires pharmacists, student pharmacists, and pharmacy technicians to hold themselves to the highest standards for compounding. An excellent way to show the world you and your colleagues are doing so is to earn drug compounding accreditation.
Pharmacy Compounding Accreditation Board (PCAB) accreditation indicates that staff involved in compounding have proper and ongoing training in preparing customized dosages; that the pharmacy uses high-quality APIs and inactive materials; and that all compounding procedures are fully documented and carried out in conformance with established formulas. PCAB accredits sterile and nonsterile drug compounding practices but does not vouch for nuclear pharmacy practices or pharmacies outside the United States.
Significantly, Veterans Affairs medical centers can contract only with PCAB-accredited pharmacies.
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Pharmacy personnel need to document compliance with USP 795 nonsterile compounding and USP 797 sterile compounding standards. This means recording standard operating procedures on paper or in computers and keeping records that permit matching dosages with individual patients. The pharmacy must also have logs of how and when the stock is rotated, equipment is cleaned and calibrated, and materials are tested for quality and purity. Pharmacies seeking PCAB accreditation also need to prove they only compound with active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and other materials that meet USP and National Formulary standards, list all APIs on product labels and maintain certificates of analysis and materials safety data sheets for each substance they use.
A significant requirement for full USP 797 compliance and PCAB accreditation is that pharmacies compounding drugs that pose high risks to patients' health if they become contaminated must have cleanrooms that meet ISO-8 standards. PCAB emphasizes that using more-typical equipment like compounding aseptic isolators is not always sufficient to ensure sterility.
PCAB accreditation depends primarily on the results of on-site inspections during which reviewers confirm personnel qualifications, check equipment and facilities, and ensure the accuracy of records and documents. Pharmacies applying for initial accreditation or reaccreditation pay the full cost of each inspection.
Pharmacies also pay a one-time application fee and annual fees based on compounding volume.
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The fortlet is marked out by original stone kerbing of its ramparts and part of the rampart of the Antonine Wall, which served as the north wall of the fortlet. Stone paving fills out the areas where original stonework has not survived. Timber posts mark out the location of Roman period post-holes, which give an indication of the gateways to the fortlet and its internal buildings.
The Antonine Wall ditch can be partially traced in the fields between Kinneil House and the fortlet. The walk from Kinneil House to the site of the fortlet takes visitors over the site of a medieval village that was removed in the late 17th century. Several times a year Kinneil House itself is open for public viewing, and this is highly recommended for the extensive 16th-century mural paintings within the house's Palace Wing. Exhibits, including a Roman harness loop found at the fortlet, are located in the nearby Kinneil Museum.
The site can be accessed from the car park off Provost Road, Bo'ness. Then follow the signposted path to the west of (behind) the house and past the ruins of Kinneil Church and a small pond.


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Q: Trying to compare array but getting "ValueError: The truth value of an array with more than one element is ambiguous. Use a.any() or a.all()" Can someone help me understand and correct my short code for the error in the title?
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np

x = np.linspace(0, 1, 100)
a = 2

def f(x):
    if x<0.5:
        return a*x
    elif x>=0.5:
        return a*(1-x)

plt.plot(x, f(x))
plt.show()

      6
      7 def f(x):
----> 8     if x<0.5:
      9         return a*x
     10     elif x>=0.5:

Edit:
The plot should look like an upside-down V.
Trying np.piecewise():
x = np.linspace(0, 1, 100)
a = 2

y = np.piecewise(x, [x < 0.5, x >= 0.5], [a*x, a*(1-x)])

plt.plot(x, y)
plt.show()

I get the error: NumPy boolean array indexing assignment cannot assign 100 input values to the 50 output values where the mask is true.

A: The x and the 2 derived arrays:
In [249]: x = np.linspace(0,1,11)
In [250]: x
Out[250]: array([0. , 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9, 1. ])
In [251]: 2*x
Out[251]: array([0. , 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1. , 1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.8, 2. ])
In [252]: 2*(1-x)
Out[252]: array([2. , 1.8, 1.6, 1.4, 1.2, 1. , 0.8, 0.6, 0.4, 0.2, 0. ])

One way to make a composite from the two, is to start with one array, and replace a subset of the values with other:
In [253]: res = 2*(1-x)
In [254]: res[x<.5] = 2*x[x<.5]
In [255]: res
Out[255]: array([0. , 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1. , 0.8, 0.6, 0.4, 0.2, 0. ])

np.where can be used to do the same:
In [256]: np.where(x<.5, 2*x, 2*(1-x))
Out[256]: array([0. , 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1. , 0.8, 0.6, 0.4, 0.2, 0. ])

We can use your f, but with scalar arguments:
In [261]: np.array([f(i) for i in x])
Out[261]: array([0. , 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1. , 0.8, 0.6, 0.4, 0.2, 0. ])

To use piecewise we have to provide functions, not whole arrays:
In [266]: np.piecewise(x, [x < 0.5, x >= 0.5], [lambda i:a*i, lambda i:a*(1-i)])
Out[266]: array([0. , 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1. , 0.8, 0.6, 0.4, 0.2, 0. ])

As for your original error:
In [267]: x<.5
Out[267]:
array([ True,  True,  True,  True,  True, False, False, False, False,
       False, False])
In [268]: if (x<.5): print(1)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<ipython-input-268-f1475f5112fc>", line 1, in <module>
    if (x<.5): print(1)
ValueError: The truth value of an array with more than one element is ambiguous. Use a.any() or a.all()

if is a plain python expression.  There's no implied iteration of the elements of x.  if (x<.5).all():... runs, but only tests if all the elements of x satisfy the condition.  That's not what you want.  Similarly for any.  The kind of x<.5 masking that I did at the start is, perhaps a more common solution to this ambiguity.
A more direct translation of the f(x) switch, would be to calculate the mask, and apply it, and its complement to create the two parts of the result:
In [269]: mask = x<.5
In [270]: res = np.zeros_like(x)
In [271]: res
Out[271]: array([0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0.])
In [272]: res[mask] = 2*x[mask]
In [273]: res[~mask] = 2*(1-x[~mask])
In [274]: res
Out[274]: array([0. , 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1. , 0.8, 0.6, 0.4, 0.2, 0. ])

or
In [275]: np.hstack((2*x[mask], 2*(1-x[~mask])))
Out[275]: array([0. , 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1. , 0.8, 0.6, 0.4, 0.2, 0. ])

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Small changes in daily routines, activities and developing Healthy Habits are an important part of a healthy life.
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A combination of healthy eating and a Fitness Routine equals a healthier body.
If you are trying to lose weight, maintain weight or simply find healthier eating plans there are many resources for healthy Weight Management.
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Samsung Galaxy A70 with Snapdragon 675, triple rear camera, Android 9 Pie OS launched in India
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The Galaxy A70 is powered by the 2GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 675 Mobile Platform with Adreno 612 GPU. It has 6GB of RAM with 128GB internal Storage, you can expand storage up to 512GB via microSD card. It runs on Android 9.0 (Pie) with Samsung One UI. Additionally, the Galaxy A70 includes Samsung Health, Samsung Pay, Bixby, and more.
The Galaxy A70 comes with triple rear cameras, it has a 32MP primary rear camera with with f/1.7 aperture, a 5MP depth sensor with f/2.2 aperture, and a 8MP 123° ultra-wide angle camera with f/2.2 aperture and LED flash. The rear camera does support 4K video recording at 30fps. It has a 32MP front camera with f/2.0 aperture. The front-facing camera can record upto 1080p@30fps videos. It supports face unlock.
The Galaxy A70 features a In-Display fingerprint sensor. It has Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz + 5GHz), Bluetooth 5, GPS + GLONASS connectivity. It has a USB Type-C port. It packs a 4500mAh battery with 25W super fast charging.
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The staff of each building sponsors a variety of community development, cultural, educational, recreational, and community service initiatives. Many times the (Resident Advisors) RAs will host events. RAs should solicit ideas from residents but residents should feel free to share their ideas for events/programs openly as well. Students are encouraged to become involved in the many activities that occur in your building. Not only will students learn some new and valuable information, students will also meet many interesting people who may become their closest friends.
When a student is admitted to the University, he/she does not receive a room automatically. Rooms may be reserved only by filling out the housing application with the Office of Housing and Residence Life. Moreover, those who elect to live in residence halls are required to participate in a meal plan. Charges for living expenses can be found in the Tuition and Expenses section of this Bulletin.
The Office of Housing and Residence Life is overseen by the Director who has several support staff in place to assist with the daily operations. Staff includes one Assistant Director, three Residence Hall Directors, administrative assistant, two counselors, and numerous student staff.
The Assistant Director of Housing and Residence Life oversees the daily housing operation. The Residence Hall Directors work with the Assistant Director in the management of each residence hall and its student staff. Student staff is comprised of Resident Advisors (RAs). Resident Advisors are assigned to various areas where they live on the floors with the residents of that area and serve as peer educators/peer counselors in helping residents connect to the campus.
There are two areas on campus-North Campus which includes Callaway, Grossnickle, Hastings-Simmons and Columbus Halls. Kincannon Hall and Jones Hall make up South campus. Each residence hall has a desk operation that runs from 1:00pm-1:00am (Sunday through Saturday) that serves as the main point of contact for housing questions after normal university business hours.
North Campus is overseen by a professional Residence Hall Director housed in Columbus Hall. Callaway is home to social clubs and upperclass female students; Hastings-Simmons is home to upper-class female students; Grossnickle is home to freshmen and sophomores in the Residential Honors Program; and Columbus is home to upper-class male students.
Jones and Kincannon are both overseen by professional Residence Hall Directors. Jones is home to upper-class female students while Kincannon is home to the freshman students.
To apply for campus housing, students must complete the housing application online. Signed applications indicate the student's acceptance of the terms and conditions outlined on the application. There is a $50 non-refundable processing fee that will be directly applied to the student's Banner Web account once the semester begins. If a student chooses to cancel their housing application, there will not be a penalty prior to June 1st. Cancellation after June 1st and prior to the official opening of residence halls in August will result in a $150 cancellation fee. Failure to cancel the Housing Contract prior to the official opening day of residence halls in August will result in full room charges and meal plan charges being assessed to the student's account. Please be aware that the agreement is for the full academic year, including both fall and spring semesters.
Residents who depart mid-semester or mid-year due to exclusion, transferring, or withdrawal must submit a cancellation form to the Department of Housing and Residence Life to be considered for a pro-rated refund of. All refunds are contingent upon the following: all provisions of the Housing Contract, prior settlement for all assessments of damage charges and fines, and proper and timely written notice of reservation or assignment cancellation to the Department of Housing and Residence Life. Any student found to be enrolled at the University during an academic term after having withdrawn or canceling their Housing Contract, will be charged the full room charges (and meal plan charges) of that Housing Contract term.
Ambulatory care and health education are goals of the Campus Health Center. All students are eligible to use the Health Center. No fee is charged for routine visits though there is a nominal charge for medications, supplies and complete physical exams. The Health Center is administered by the Dean of the College of Nursing and Speech Language Pathology, and it is staffed by nurse practitioners, registered nurses with Master's degrees, who, in their expanded role, are licensed to diagnose and treat many common conditions. The protocols for treatment are developed in conjunction with the Mississippi Board of Nursing and a collaborating physician, who is available at all times for consultation and/or referral.
The Health Center is open from 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday - Friday during the academic year. The Center is closed on Saturday and Sunday and during regularly scheduled student holidays. The Health Center is located in Eckford Hall. For questions, call (662) 329-7289.
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The services and facilities provided by Campus Recreation are free for registered MUW students. Supplementary membership opportunities are available for an additional fee.
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Information and literature on various mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, grief, stress/time management, test anxiety, relationship concerns, sexual assault, adult survivors of abuse, and other personal concerns.
Referrals to outside professional agencies, if necessary. MUW students are welcome to call or stop in to schedule an appointment at the Counseling Center or Office of Housing and Residence Life.
Counseling Services can be contacted by visiting 324 11th Street South, Columbus, MS 39701 or by calling (662) 329-7748.
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The Office of Student Life aspires to engage students in diverse learning opportunities that will be influential in their personal and professional development. The Office of Student Life implements programs and services that meet the involvement needs of the student body and offers a variety of programs and services that enhance the education of students. Student Life involvement opportunities include community service, leadership development, diversity education and programs, student government, student activities, campus traditions, and social clubs and Greek Life. Student Life also coordinates transitional programing such as orientations and fall welcome week.


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In the latest episode in our series of Urban Resilience Project (URP) podcasts in partnership with Infinite Earth Radio, host Mike Hancox speaks with consulting transit planner Jarrett Walker about how transit can be simple, if we focus first on the underlying geometry that all transit technologies share.