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The Roundtable's Favorite R&B/Soul Albums (2010-19)
Determining the "best" album of a single year is hard enough, let alone a whole decade. Though I have amassed a great collection of musical experiences over the past 10 years, it's only fair that I relegate these posts as "favorites" in lists that follow my own arbitrary rules.
" Bring wings to the weak and bring grace to the strong
May all evil stumble as it flies in the world
All the tribes come and the mighty will crumble
We must brave this night and have faith in love."
Janelle Monáe, "Cold War"
10. Usher – Looking 4 Myself
Year: 2012 (The Roundtable's No. 9 album of 2012)
Oh, how I hoped this album become would be the cornerstone for pop's future sound. Alas, tropical house nuked all hopes of that in the middle of decade and morphed into this current iteration of pop. It's not for 30-year-olds, I can tell you that much.
Nearly eight years later, I stand by Usher's sound here and it still holds up.
Defining Moment: I finish every run envisioning myself as Usher at the 3:20 in the video above. There are about four songs on this album that are pure energy, with "Euphoria" bringing about endless chills.
9. Moses Sumney – Aromanticism
This album is pure art. I have not been able to unpack this masterpiece for all it is worth, but when you know, you know.
Defining Moment: The first full track, "Don't Bother Calling," stunned me upon first listen. Those vocals hover in thin air and do not bother finding ground.
8. Jorja Smith – Lost and Found
Transport to somber realms through vintage ambiance and a voice of fierce vulnerability. Jorja is on an ascent to stardom.
Defining Moment: "The One" ambles along that sweet spot of a relationship before it becomes a relationship: "I don't want to need no one/I'm not tryna let you in/Even if I've found the one." That is savage independence.
7. Con Brio – Explorer
If you want a dead giveaway that the music industry doesn't know a lick about good music, consider that this band's most popular song has 264K streams on Spotify. Let's fix that right now. Belting songs of peace and love like Powerline from A Goofy Movie, Con Brio is an undeniably good time.
Defining Moment: "Royal Rage" rules.
6. Janelle Monáe – The ArchAndroid
There are certain artists who truly glow when you throw them into assorted playlists. When a Janelle Monae song pops on, verbs happen. Visions occur. Everything else is dull in comparison. I used to think she was weird when this album came out, but 10 years later, I see the genius.
Defining Moment: I just listened to "Cold War" again, and it's up there with any song this decade. How is there a guitar solo in there?
5. Solange – A Seat at the Table
You can see a woman evolve into a butterfly here in real time. Glossy, intricate sounds envelop the black experience as one woman comes to understand her place in world and the possibilities within.
Defining Moment: This is an unpopular opinion, but I enjoyed this album better than her sister's album from the same year.
4. SZA – Z
Discovering this after her critically acclaimed CTRL's release, I didn't realize how much SZA's sound had changed. Z boasts more of a shimmer than its successor, personified by the textured production and kaleidoscopic vocals. It's a hidden treasure by one of the great artists to emerge this decade.
Defining Moment: "Shattered Ring" elicits tears before you even know what's going on. It is a grand spectacle and vague enough to be as crushing as you can possibly imagine.
3. Khalid – Free Spirit
Year: 2019 (The Roundtable's TBD album of 2019)
Oh ho ho! You have stumbled upon a rarity – a 2019 album to make the all-decade list. You will have to stay tuned for the 2019 year-end list, my loyal birdies.
Defining Moment: Once this album hits the second half, it reaches unbelievable heights. I choked back tears twice upon first listen, which has rarely happened in all my years.
2. Daley – Days & Nights
Milky. Neo. Soul.
How I wish I could call upon this album's comforting heartache when I was in high school. Because I have been married for almost the entire time this album has been out, I have not experienced the full capabilities of Days & Nights. The nights where you come home alone and wonder how it all went wrong. The nights where you pray for another chance. The nights where love is the worst pain imaginable.
Defining Moment: I always introduce eager listeners to Daley via "Broken," a banger of a bummer. Sick beat, universal heartbreak, catchy hook – that's the recipe for a hit, baby.
1. Frank Ocean – Channel Orange
I will quote my 23-year-old self:
"But, even for great narrators, a fitting ambiance is essential. Channel Orange goes everywhere musically, from the sweet and pitch-perfect "Thinkin Bout You" to the jazzy "Sweet Life." His creation of these worlds, musically and vocally, is a true novelty."
-The Roundtable's Best Albums of 2012
I thoroughly enjoy compiling these lists because I get to revisit these albums with a broader perspective. Going back through Channel Orange on the day of this writing has been even more delightful than it was in 2012.
Defining Moment: "Pyramids" is one of the rare landmark song of our lifetime. Cherish it for all that it is and be blessed that it resides within this space and time. It is the only 10-minute song I have ever had on repeat.
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Q: Multidimensional variance matrix estimation I am doing a discriminant analysis problem, and I am running into the following subproblem. I have a sample $ (x_{1}, g_{1}), \ldots, (x_{m},g_{m})$ where $ g_{i} \in \{1,2\} $, taking the value $ 1 $ with probability $ p $, determines if the observation $ x_{i} $ comes from the group $ \mathcal{G}_{1} $ or $ \mathcal{G}_{2} $. I also know that $ x_{i} | g_{i}=g $ is distributed as a Normal $ p-$ varied with mean $ \mu_{g} $ and matrix of variances $ \Sigma $ (the same for all observations) . Here $ \mu_{g} $ is unknown for $ g = 1,2 $.
The first $ n $ observations $ x_{1}, x_{2}, \ldots, x_{n} $ have mean $ \mu_ {1} $ and the remaining ones up to the observation $ x_{m} $ have mean $ \mu_{2} $. I always have the same variance matrix $ \Sigma $. I need to estimate $ \Sigma $, in order to continue. Any help is welcome.
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Rosetta started out her life as a UIC interceptor (known only by her registry number back then, UIC-I-4554-U1D5), running patrols along the borderlands with UIC Customs and Border Control. She was overhauled and used as a scout vessel before the UIC phased out the Thunderhawk.
Rather than being scrapped, Rosetta and numerous other Thunderhawk fighters were sent to various auctions.
She was bought at auction by Christopher MacCormack, at the time a corsair working for the Olympus Corporation's security outfit. When bought, she had many of her original parts pulled out for recycling, and was barely able to fly. MacCormack registered her and named her Lady Rosetta, after the MacCormack family matriarch.
In the months following, MacCormack lovingly restored the aging fighter, eventually using her in his job with Olympus.
MacCormack used his pay from Olympus to heavily modify the fighter, to the point where no original parts remained. Eventually, MacCormack went solo, taking Rosetta with him.
Today, MacCormack flies freelance Corsair jobs with Rosetta. He has grown steadily more attached to the fighter as years have passed, coming to consider it his "baby".
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Rosetta has found herself being used in the honored line of Corsair work. Hunting down bounties, harassing pirate convoys, and so forth.
She is also taken to ship shows by MacCormack, where she is gawked at by enthusiasts from across the galaxy.


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Q: Variadic macro with zero-args for ISO C++ I wrote this variadic macro template<>-maker.
#define TNAME0()
#define TNAME1(_1)        typename _1
#define TNAME2(_1,_2)     typename _1, typename _2
#define TNAME3(_1,_2,_3)  typename _1, typename _2, typename _3
#define TYPENAMES(_0,_1,_2,_3,n,...) TNAME##n
#define T(types...)   template< TYPENAMES(,##types,3,2,1,0)(types) >

It works great with GNU C++ (e.g. T(),T(U),T(U,V),...), but fails with 0 args using ISO C++ standard (calls TYPES1 instead of TYPES0).
Is there a fix that works with both GNU and ISO c++?

A: This syntax for variadic macros isn't standard C++ at all:
#define T(types...)

Instead you can use an unnamed ..., which is referred to by __VA_ARGS__ in the expansion. Since C++20 you can also use __VA_OPT__(,) to include the initial , only if ... isn't empty:
#define T(...)   template< TYPENAMES(__VA_OPT__(,) __VA_ARGS__,3,2,1,0)(__VA_ARGS__) >


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"Because in developing the classification of occupations 2010 (KldB 2010) the goal, among others, was to design a consistent numerical classification key with a maximum of five figures, only one figure was available for the uppermost level of classification, the 'occupational areas' (1st figure of the KldB 2010). However it was ascertained during the empirical homogeneity analyses of occupations - on which the KldB 2010 is based - that ten occupational areas are not sufficient to represent the actual occupational segmentation of the labour market in Germany. Rather, the occupational areas were created so as to ensure a good thematic overview and user-friendly handling of the occupational classification. To do this, the 'main occupational groups' (2nd figure of the KldB 2010) were combined in a qualitative way according to aspects relating to content using technical occupational criteria. However - in contrast to the other levels of the classification - the occupational areas do not exhibit a uniform or comparable level of homogeneity. That is why it is not advisable to use the occupational areas for analytical analysis. In statistical reporting and also in scientific analyses, the occupational areas do not represent an adequate technical occupational classification of the German labour market.
On the other hand, the main occupational groups were determined using their technical occupational characteristics, that is, when the abilities, skills and know-how of two occupations matched. With that, they are in a position to demarcate internally homogenous, technical occupational sub-markets and are thus especially suitable as an analytical demarcation factor, for instance for analysis of vocational mobility. Having said that, the classification in 37 main occupational areas is often too fine, particularly in statistical reporting but often also in empirical analyses.
Matthes, Britta; Meinken, Holger; Neuhauser, Petra (2015): Berufssektoren und Berufssegmente auf Grundlage der KldB 2010. (Methodenbericht der Statistik der BA), Nürnberg, 19 p.


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Thisizima bubalopa är en fjärilsart som beskrevs av Edward Meyrick 1911. Thisizima bubalopa ingår i släktet Thisizima och familjen äkta malar. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Medico di corte a Giannina, fu ottimo linguista, autore de La lingua greca moderna (Η ρομεηκη γλοσα, 1814) e di varie liriche.

La proposta di riforma ortografica
Vilaras fu autore di una proposta di revisione dell'ortografia del greco demotico: la sua idea era di rinunciare alla scrittura derivata dal greco antico per adottarne una maggiormente fonetica e per evitare le moltiplicazioni di segni per indicare uno stesso suono che rendevano (e tutt'oggi rendono) ardua la scrittura della lingua greca a partire dal parlato.

La proposta di Vilaras risolveva alcuni problemi dell'ortografia greca:
Il suono /i/ era rappresentato nell'ortografia tradizionale da un gran numero segni: le lettere ι η υ e i dittonghi ει οι υι. Vilaras propose di usare la sola lettera η (ita). La ι (iota) rimaneva per segnare il fonema /j/. Così φιλία, amicizia sarebbe divenuto φηλήα, ειρήνη pace sarebbe stato reso ηρήνη, l'isola di Cipro avrebbe avuto come nome non più Κύπρος ma Κήπρος, il plurale di σκύλος (cane) non sarebbe stato σκύλοι ma σκήλη; μυαλό(ν) (mente) sarebbe stato reso μιαλό(ν).
Il suono /ε/ nella grafia tradizionale era sdoppiato nella lettera ε e nel dittongo αι, di cui Vilaras conservava solo il primo. Così ορέος avrebbe sostituito ὠραῖος (bello), πεδήα avrebbe sostituito παιδεῖα.
La vocale /ɔ/ era tradizionalmente resa da o oppure da ω; Vilaras conservava solo o (omicron). Il nome della lingua greca sarebbe perciò stato non più Ἑλληνική γλῶσσα ma Εληνηκή γλόσα, o Ρομέηκα anziché Ρωμαίικα.
La lettera υ (ypsilon), che come visto sopra aveva il suono /i/ (o /j/) se presa singolarmente, nei "dittonghi" (grafici) αυ ευ ηυ prendeva il suono /v/ se seguita da altra vocale o da consonante sonora, /f/ se seguita da consonante sorda. Vilaras proponeva di sostituirvi rispettivamente le lettere β e φ (vita e fi), che notavano normalmente quei suoni. Così ἐλευθερία, libertà, sarebbe stato scritto ελεφθερήα; αὖριο(ν), domani, sarebbe stato reso άβριο(ν); ναυάγιο(ν), naufragio, sarebbe stato scritto ναβάγιο(ν).
Per il fonema /u/, notato tradizionalmente ου, Vilaras utilizzava la legatura tradizionale per questo digramma, ȣ. Così οὐρανός, cielo, sarebbe stato reso ȣρανός.

Si deduce da questo che due lettere erano divenute inutili: ω e υ (omega e ypsilon). La scelta di Vilaras di mantenere il digramma ου oppure di utilizzarne la tradizionale legatura Ȣ, anziché dare un nuovo significato ad una delle altre due, probabilmente deriva dalla volontà di Vilaras di non dare ambiguità e di fornire una grafia che un greco avrebbe letto senza dubbi: se, per esempio, avesse assegnato alla υ il suono /u/ (che era poi, secondo le ricostruzioni, il suo suono originario della lettera nell'alfabeto greco arcaico), un greco moderno leggendola sarebbe stato tentato di leggere /i/ come era stato abituato a fare. Conservò le lettere doppie ξ e ψ (in sé non necessarie, potendo essere sciolte in πσ e κσ). Propose di eliminare dalla scrittura le geminate pronunciate scempie (così γλόσα invece che γλώσσα).

La serie alfabetica di Vilaras, così, appariva:
Α α , Β β , Γ γ , Δ δ , Ε ε , Ζ ζ , Η η , Θ θ , Ι ι , Κ κ , Λ λ , Μ μ , Ν ν , Ξ ξ , Ο ο , Π π , Ρ ρ , Σ σ (ς) , Τ τ , Φ φ , Χ χ , Ψ ψ , Ȣ ȣ

La proposta di Vilaras non ebbe seguito. A tutt'oggi il neogreco è scritto con la grafia etimologica tradizionale.

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In the first year of life a typically developing infant learns and practices a large variety of movements which help their nervous system mature and integrate the two sides of their bodies, as well as developing the capacity to lift their body up against the constant forces of gravity. They have a specific set of developmental stages that include grasping, rolling, side sitting, crawling independent sitting, pulling to stand and cruising that precede the ultimate later milestone of walking.
This building on what's come before creates a rich repertoire of movement, giving the infant more and more independence as they learn more skills. In order to foster this learning, it helps to understand the natural process that unfolds. This article will consider two very significant postures that typically occur by 3-4 months and precede co-ordinated rolling.
The newborn is immature and whether they are lying on their stomach or on their back they are unstable as they have not yet developed balance between the front and back muscles of the spine. Typically, by 3-4 months of age the infants brain has matured to have significantly more coordination between the front and back muscles of the body. They now have two stable postures to interact with the world, a supine posture (lying on their back with their legs held up and the head in the midline) and a prone posture (lying on their tummy with support on the elbows and front of the pelvis).
HOW DO BABIES ACHIEVE THIS?
When an infant under 6 weeks of age is placed on their tummy they often lie with their arms behind or underneath them, making it difficult to hold their head up in a balanced way. The well meaning carer may bring the arms forward for the baby however it is preferable to allow the baby to learn to do this by themselves. Allowing the baby to spend the precious seconds or even minutes to move their own arms develops key muscles about the shoulder and spine. As the baby does this the tummy and lower back muscle are also learning to work together making it possible to be stable and possible to support themselves on the elbows and front of the pelvis. Until this is the case the child is unstable however giving them short regular intervals (even a couple of minutes or less) of tummy time, assisted by you or your children engaging with them at eye level will make this important practice time less arduous.
Awake time spent on the back is another important stimulus for the development of muscle balance between the front and back muscles of the body. It is normal in the first 4-6 weeks of life for the child to have a preferred direction they turn their head, in fact they are still quite unstable and asymmetrical. By 8 weeks the child positions the head in the midline for longer periods. The developing abdominal muscles enable the pelvis and legs to be lifted up against gravity and by 3-4 months the legs are held up for quite long periods, and don't appear stiff or heavy, and the hands are brought to the midline.
In this early period babies don't need toys, just your presence, eye contact, and/or vocal interaction is helpful to engage them in these positions. Lying underneath suspended toys can encourage arching of the back rather than lifting of the legs. A bouncer makes it harder for the infant to left the pelvis and legs, and is therefore best avoided in the early stages of development. Lifting your baby up with both head and pelvis support is good practice as is never pulling your baby up by the hands. Waiting to use a carrier until after 3-4 months of age (longer if the infant takes more time to establish the postures described above) limits premature exposure to gravity and compressive forces whilst the head and spine is particularly vulnerable. In these young infants consider using the over the shoulder position as an alternative to sitting for burping.


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Go To Yourself
Lech Lecha, 5781
Around the year 1914, the following scene happened on Pesach night in Warsaw. It was a scene that had happened in many homes, many times before, and would repeat itself in many homes afterwards.
A little boy named Shlomo, was sitting at the Seder table when his grandmother brought out a bottle of wine and poured the wine into a cup in the middle of the table. The grandmother told Shlomo that this was the cup of wine that was meant for Elijah to drink. Shlomo's uncle assured him that Elijah would actually drink from the cup and so Shlomo watched the cup intently to see if Elijah would actually drink from it. Shlomo recalls that since he was given this sense of suggestion and expectation he thought that he saw the level of wine in the cup drop a little and thus he believed that Elijah really did drink from the cup.
This experience had a big impact on Shlomo's life. Later on in life Shlomo conducted scientific studies on the role of social pressure in conformity. He became a world class psychologist (known as Solomon Asch) and designed experiments known as Ash paradigms that demonstrated people were more likely to put forward an opinion if others around them supported that opinion and particularly, if the people who suggested that opinion were more respected.
In one experiment he showed that only a minority of people were able to withstand social conformity even when the subject matter was a simple question about the length of a straight line. In another series of experiments he demonstrated "the power of prestige suggestion. He found that people were more likely to conform and to believe in a message when the person delivering it had high prestige. This research helps to explain why propaganda can be so effective. Asch's research into conformity directly contradicts social comparison theory, which emphasizes that people turn to concrete evidence first, and when none is available, they then refer to others' opinions. In contrast, Asch's research demonstrated that people will often completely ignore concrete evidence in favor of conforming with popular opinion" (https://www.goodtherapy.org/famous-psychologists/solomon-asch.html).
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks cites Asch as a way of demonstrating the greatness of Avraham. (I am specifically referring to an insight of Rabbi Sacks about this week's portion as a way of reminding us to daven for him to have refuah sheleimah, Rav Yaakov Tzvi ben Liba.)
Rabbi Sacks tells us that when Hashem commanded Avraham, "lech lecha," he was telling him to go and be unafraid to be yourself (12:1). Hashem was telling Avraham that in order to serve Hashem properly he had to be willing to stand alone in the world and share his opinions however unpopular they may be, secure in his belief that he was serving Hashem and not worry about conforming to social opinions.
Writes Rabbi Sacks:
"To be a child of Abraham is to have the courage to be different, to challenge the idols of the age, whatever the idols and whichever the age. In an era of polytheism, it meant seeing the universe as the product of a single creative will – and therefore not meaningless but coherent and meaningful. In an era of slavery it meant refusing to accept the status quo in the name of God, but instead challenging it in the name of God. When power was worshipped, it meant constructing a society that cared for the powerless, the widow, orphan and stranger. During centuries in which the mass of mankind was sunk in ignorance, it meant honoring education as the key to human dignity and creating schools to provide universal literacy. When war was the test of manhood, it meant striving for peace. In ages of radical individualism like today, it means knowing that we are not what we own but what we share; not what we buy but what we give; that there is something higher than appetite and desire – namely the call that comes to us, as it came to Abraham, from outside ourselves, summoning us to make a contribution to the world" (https://outorah.org/p/44514).
This image of Avraham as one who is bold and not interested in comforming to accepted world opinion is the exact same image of Avraham that is painted by Maimonides.
Maimonides introduces his Laws of Idolatry with an historical introduction describing how Avraham came to his understanding of Hashem and an explanation of why Hashem chose him. In Maimonides' telling Avraham was truly a solitary figure raging against the normative opinions and behavior of his time:
As for their wise man, for example, their priests and their like, they supposed that there was no God save the stars and planets for whose sake, and in whose likeness, those images were made; but the Rock of Ages not a man was there to recognize Him or know Him, save some individuals in the whole world, for example, Enoch, Methuselah, Noah, Shem, and Eber. And, on this path the world continued its course of circuity until the birth of the firmest pillar of the world, Abraham our father. As soon as this giant was weaned he commenced to busy his mind, in his infancy he commenced to think by day and by night, and would encounter this enigma: How is it possible that this planet should continuously be in motion and have no leader—and who, indeed, causes it to revolve, it being impossible that it should revolve itself? Moreover, he neither had a teacher nor one to impart aught to him, for he was sunk in Ur of the Chaldeans among the foolish worshipers of stars, and his father, and his mother, like all the people, worshiped stars, and he, although following them in their worship, busies his heart and reflects until he attains the path of truth, and, by his correct thinking, he understood when he finally saw the line of righteousness. He knew that there is One God; He leads the planet; He created everything; and in all that is there is no god save He. He knew that the whole world was in error, and that the thing which caused them to err was, that their worshiping the stars and the images brought about the loss of the truth from their consciousness. And, when Abraham was forty years old he recognized his Creator. After he came to this comprehension and knowledge he started to confute the sons of Ur of the Chaldeans, and to organize disputations with them, cautioning them, saying: "This is not the true path that you are following", and he destroyed the images, and commenced preaching to the people warning them that it is not right to worship any save the God of the universe, and unto Him alone it is right to bow down, to offer sacrifices, and compound offerings, so that the creatures of the future shall recognize Him. Moreover, it is right to destroy and break in pieces all of the images, so that the whole population of the future be not led to an error like unto these who imagine that there is no God save these images. When he had them subdued by his well supported contentions, the king tried to put him to death, but he was saved by a miracle, and went hence to Haran. There he stood up anew and called out in a great voice to the whole world, to let them know that there is One God for the whole universe, and unto Him it is proper to render service. And thus he went onward with his proclamations from city to city, and from government to government, until he attained the land of Canaan amidst his outcry, even as it is said: "And called there on the name of the Lord, the Everlasting God" (Gen. 21.33). When the people who congregated about him asked him concerning his preachments, he replied by imparting knowledge to each and every one according to his mentality, to the end that he was able to turn him to the path of truth, until there congregated about him thousands, even tens of thousands, and they became the people of Abraham's household, in whose heart he implanted this great cause, concerning which he compiled books, and which he imparted to his son Isaac" (Avodah Zarah 1:1-2).
The Maimonidean description of Avraham is of a figure who thought about issues deeply and boldly and proudly shared his vision with the world. He knew that his opinions would be unpopular but he nevertheless shared them because he felt that they were necessary to impact the world for good. As a result of his conviction and courageous willingness to share his opinion, he himself had tens of thousands of students and ultimately transformed the world forever.
There is no single source upon which Maimonides bases his narrative of Abraham's early years. (Migdal Oz ad locum says it is a collection of scattered homilies.)
But in part this description of Avraham is based upon the words and vision of Isaiah in the passage that is chosen as the Haftorah for Lech Lecha (Isaiah 40:27- 41:16).
Isaiah describes an inspiring and brilliant figure who will "arise from the east and perform acts of righteousness at every step." This figure will carry with him a "sword." It will not be an iron sword but a sword of righteousness (41:2). Its weapon will be truth and values that will come to dominate the wayward nations of the world.
Who is this figure carrying out this vision of righteousness? The Midrash says that this figure is Avraham (Midrash Tehillim 1:4). It is Avraham who awakened the world with his powerful call to righteousness.
Isaiah says that this figure who transformed the world did it by walking down his own solitary path that had never before been trod upon, orach beraglav lo yavo (41:3).
Isaiah tells us that a Jew's responsibility is to look for truth instead of getting distracted by the popular ideas that are the flavor of the month. As Isaiah says:
"You will thresh 'mountains,' i.e. kings, crushing them, and turn 'hills,' i.e. princes, into chaff."
This image of turning a king into chaff is exactly the task of the descendant of Avraham.
The Midrash describes the imagery of chaff in the following manner: "The tall stalk boasts saying, 'The field was sown for my sake!' The long leaves boast, saying the same thing. The tiny kernel says back to them, wait until the harvest; we will then know for whom the field was sown.' At harvest time the farmer scatters all the rest of the stalk and just preserves the kernel of grain" (Breishit Rabbah, 83:5; cited in Haftarot with a commentary of the Lubaviticher Rebbe, 24).
The true descendant of Avraham does not get caught up in the hype of the world. The rest of the world is impressed by the stalk and the long leaves, but the true descendant knows those are the extraneous parts of the plant. It is the berry—the kernel- which is by far the most important.
Avraham taught us all that we must look for the kernel of truth and be unafraid to share this kernel with the world. This kernel of truth will give us all "energy" and "strength" necessary to carry a sword of righteousness in the world (Isaiah 40:30-31).
This is our responsibility.
We are the descendants of Abraham. We must carry on his mission of speaking truth to the world. We must use all our waking energy towards this goal.
Shmuel Herzfeld
We would love to study parasha with your family. Please see the stories and questions below.
The LORD said to Abram, "Go forth from your native land and from your father's house to the land that I will show you" (12:1).
One time Rabbi Yonasan Eyebeschutz (1690-1764) was walking on the street on the street and the king appraoched him and said, "Where are you going?" Rav Yonasan responded, "I don't know."
The king repeated: "Where are you going?"
Rav Yonasan said, "I don't know."
The king yelled at him, "Tell me where you are going or I will throw you in prison at once."
The King threw him in prison. He came to Rav Yonasan, "I don't know why you simply won't tell me where you are going."
Rav Yonasan said: "Because I don't know."
The king said lets try it like this: "When you left your house this morning where di you think you were going?"
Rav Yonasan said, "Why I was going to shul."
The King said: "So why didn't you just tell me that?"
Rav Yonasan said: "A Jew never knows where he is going. We go wherever Hashem tells us to go. When I left I thought I was going to shul, but now you see I have ended up in prison."
The king was so impressed with Rav Yonasan's answer that he released him at once.
"And God said to Abraham, 'As for your wife My Princess (Sarai), you shall not call her Sarai, but her name shall now be Princess (Sarah) (17:15).
The Maggid of Mezrich (d. 1772) was the student of the great Baal Shem Tov. He went on to become a great rabbi and teacher. But when he was much younger few people knew of his greatness. He and his wife, Keyla, were very poor and unknown.
One cold winter evening Kelya needed to visit the mikvah in order to immerse. Unfortunately she got caught in a huge snowstorm. As a result she got lost and went wandering in the middle of the night looking for the mikvah. Finally, a little before midnight she stumbled upon the mikvah and knocked on the door.
The mikvah attendant was not happy to be awoken so late at night and started yelling at Kelya. Kelya stood there in the freezing cold as the snow piled up around her and she refused to leave. She just stood outside the mikvah davening.
At exactly midnight a fancy carriage pulled up to the mikvah. Four distinguished women got out of the carriage and knocked on the door of the mikvah. The attendant came to the door with a lantern and saw these impressive women and immediately opened the mikvah for them.
Before they went into the mikvah they took Keyla and escorted her in first. They all immersed in the mikvah that night. After immersing the four women immediately departed in their carriage. When Keyla returned to her husband that night he saw a special spiritual appearance on her face. He said to her, "Tonight you have gone to the mikvah with the Princess Sarah, and Rebeccah, Rachel, and Leah."
Soom after they were blessed with their only child who was known as Avraham the Angel.
Question: Why is Sarah called the Princess?
Do you have any good stories for an upcoming parasha? Please email me rabbishmuel@ostns.org
The Refugee
Parashat Lech Lecha opens with God's command to Avraham to leave his home and go to the Land that God will show him. Avraham immediately obeys, but encounters a number of obstacles along the way, including the war between the 4 kings and the 5 kings in Chapter 14. During the war, Avraham's nephew Lot is captured in Sedom. Avraham learns about Lot's capture in 14:13 when a palit (refugee) arrives to tell him the news. Avraham immediately springs into action and takes a team with him to go rescue Lot, which he does successfully.
One of the questions that jumps out from this story is - who is the palit?? We don't know anything about him from the text, and so rabbis over history have offered their own theories for who he might be.
The "pshat" explanation that many commentaries offer is that the palit is just someone who was involved in the war and escaped. The midrashic explanation (Niddah 61a) is that the palit is actually Og, King of Bashan. This explanation is a bit more complicated: We are first introduced to Og in BaMidbar 21:33, when Moshe has to go to war with him on the way to Israel. God comforts Moshe and tells him not to be afraid of Og. Our rabbis ask - why should Moshe be afraid of Og?? They answer that Og was actually part human and part giant, born at the time in Breishit when giants married humans. According to midrashim, Og was the only person other than Noah and his family who survived the flood (he did so by hanging onto the ark), and he then lived for many more hundreds of years! Though that sounds pretty scary already, our rabbis say that still Moshe shouldn't have been afraid of him. To explain Moshe's fear, they teach us that Og was the palit who told Avraham that Lot had been captured. Og earned merit from having told Avraham, because he saved Lot's life. And so Moshe was afraid that God would save Og in the war because of his merit from having saved Lot.
1. What are the pros and cons of the pshat explanation?
2. What are the pros and cons of the midrashic explanation?
3. Are there any other explanations for who the palit could be?
Bonus Question!!!!! According to our sages, who was Og's brother? Email your answer to MaharatRuth@ostns.org to win ice cream!
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Since the pandemic started, we've been doing Tot Shabbat at Home. I thought some parents might find it helpful to share ideas. I'm happy to share what I'm planning for Tot Shabbat and would love to hear what others are up to as well.
Typically, I organize an activity around the Torah portion. Because Avraham is the first Jew, this week we're going to talk about the 613 Mitzvos, which consist of 365 negative commandments and 248 positive commandments. According to the gemara in Makkos, the 365 corresponds to the days of the year, and the 248 corresponds to the number of bones in a body. My kids happened to be obsessed with a certain American holiday that happens to fall out this shabbos and happens to have a skeleton theme, so to pique their interest in the activity I designed a skeleton activity. We're going to build a skeleton with bones, adding a bone for each positive commandment we discuss. To get started, I might point out that keeping shabbos is a positive commandment, as are visiting the sick and giving charity. For the bones, I'm planning to make or buy yogurt- and chocolate-covered pretzels. Here's some advice on making yogurt-covered pretzels.
Please let me know what you're doing for Tot Shabbat and if you find it helpful to share ideas!
Have a great shabbos,
Daf Yomi for Kids
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The most innovative of these films may well be A Midsummer Night's Deam, which screens on Monday (the summer equinox, or Midsummer's Eve). Taymor, famed for her groundbreaking hit The Lion King, brought her avant-garde sensibility, as well as her experience directing films such as Frida, and movie versions of Shakespeare's The Tempest and her own stagings of operas such as The Magic Flute, to bear on Dream.
She mixed live footage of her hit production of the play with Theatre For A New Audience in Brooklyn last year, with its lush design, gymnastic performances and fantasy atmosphere; then spent days filming close-ups and tracking shots in separate sessions, bringing the camera deep inside the show. Taymor also brought in award-winning cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto and film composer Elliot Goldenthal (her collaborators on Frida), and spent weeks editing together hours of footage. The result is a true hybrid of film and theater.
Dream is distributed by Fathom Events, which largely launched the performance film genre with their Live at The Met series in 2005. That series has expanded from 37 to more than 600 theaters, and drew 700,000 people in the 2013-2014 season. While Fathom, which is owned by the three major U.S. movie chains, Regal, AMC and Cinemark, also distributes populist fare such as rock concerts and sports events, the performing arts have become a core part of its business.
The company hopes to expand its Broadway offerings, and The Audience, which screens Thursday in South Florida, is part of that effort. And the success of its Bolshoi and Royal Ballet films, which run in about 400 theaters, has prompted the company to launch a series with American dance companies in the fall.
Some in the performing arts community worry that these films will cut into live shows. In his book Curtains? former Kennedy Center CEO and arts management guru Michael Kaiser argues that the cheaper prices and famous names in these movies will draw crucial audiences away from local troupes.
But those behind the new genre say these films will build audiences by introducing them to potentially intimidating (and often expensive) art forms.
As Taymor points out, none of these films would exist without the original shows.
'Julius Caesar' from Shakespeare's Globe: Noon June 28, O Cinema Miami Beach, 500 71st St., Miami Beach.
'Rise and Fall of the City of Mahogonny' (The Royal Opera): 12 p.m. July 5, O Cinema Miami Beach.
The Met Live in HD — 'La Traviata': 7 p.m. July 8 at Regal South Beach Stadium 18 and AMC Sunset Place 24 in South Miami.


The measurement of the effect of new chemical entities on human cytochrome P450 marker activities using in vitro experimentation represents an important experimental approach in drug development. In vitro drug interaction data can be used in guiding the design of clinical drug interaction studies, or, when no effect is observed in vitro, the data can be used in place of an in vivo study to claim that no interaction will occur in vivo. To make such a claim, it must be assured that the in vitro experiments are performed with absolute confidence in the methods used and data obtained. To meet this need, 12 semiautomated assays for human P450 marker substrate activities have been developed and validated using approaches described in the GLP (good laboratory practices) as per the code of U.S. Federal Regulations. The assays that were validated are: phenacetin O-deethylase (CYP1A2), coumarin 7-hydroxylase (CYP2A6), bupropion hydroxylase (CYP2B6), amodiaquine N-deethylase (CYP2C8), diclofenac 4′-hydroxylase and tolbutamide methylhydroxylase (CYP2C9), (S)-mephenytoin 4′-hydroxylase (CYP2C19), dextromethorphan O-demethylase (CYP2D6), chlorzoxazone 6-hydroxylase (CYP2E1), felodipine dehydrogenase, testosterone 6β-hydroxylase, and midazolam 1′-hydroxylase (CYP3A4 and CYP3A5). High-pressure liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry, using stable isotope-labeled internal standards, has been applied as the analytical method. This analytical approach, through its high sensitivity and selectivity, has permitted the use of very low incubation concentrations of microsomal protein (0.01-0.2 mg/ml). Analytical assay accuracy and precision values were excellent. Enzyme kinetic and inhibition parameters obtained using these methods demonstrated high precision and were within the range of values previously reported in the scientific literature. These methods should prove useful in the routine assessments of the potential for new drug candidates to elicit pharmacokinetic drug interactions via inhibition of cytochrome P450 activities.
↵1 Abbreviations used are: P450, cytochrome P450; GLP, good laboratory practices; PPP, 2-phenyl-2-(1-piperdinyl)propane; HPLC, high-pressure liquid chromatography; MS, mass spectrometry; LC-MS/MS, liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry; HLM, human liver microsomes.


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Top Songs & Albums Gerard Badini
... read moreWhile many releases on long-gone European labels are hard to track, it is possible this French reed player has appeared on something like 150 jazz recording sessions since the late '40s. Which isn't bad, or rather is Badini. Nothing establises him as the distinguished continental type more than a...
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While many releases on long-gone European labels are hard to track, it is possible this French reed player has appeared on something like 150 jazz recording sessions since the late '40s. Which isn't bad, or rather is Badini. Nothing establises him as the distinguished continental type more than a credit such as this: Gerard Badini, self-taught clarinetist and tenor saxophonist, made his professional debut at the Monte Carlo Sporting Club in 1952. He had begun his musical training as a classical singer, and picked up the clarinet in 1950. While roulette wheels spun and clicked and the elite of Europe lost fortunes, Badini honed his musical craft in various traditional jazz bands. A tour of the European continent alongside Sidney Bechet was a chance to be heard by a more expansive jazz audience at venues such as the Salle Pleyal in his native Paris and Festival Hall across the pond in London. It can be assumed that it was also an opportunity to be overshadowed.
By the end of the '50s Badini had switched to tenor saxophone, cultivating relationships with players such as pianist Claude Bolling, drummer Gerard Pochonet, and alto saxophonist Michel Attenoux. Badini 's bingo is straight-ahead swing; he is a Benny Goodman man, although he solos capably and with a consistent sense of adventure within well-tested stylistic boundaries on tenor saxophone as well as clarinet. Through the '60s and '70s he worked both as leader of his own small combos such as Swing Machine and behind visiting American stars including vocalist Helen Humes and a rotating series of ex-sidemen from Duke Ellington's band. On that subject, a side cut with trombonist Sam Woodyard is some of the baddest Badini. Badini tried living in New York for several years in the late '70s, but returned to France by 1982, obsessing about getting a decent croissant in the morning. The Super Swing Machine was his contribution to the culture of 1984. In the '90s he arrived at the slightly less arrogrant band name of Gerard Badini Big Band. This group, in co-leadership with Michel Leeb, recorded the fine 1996 tribute entitled Djangos d'Or featuring guest artists Johnny Griffin on tenor saxophone and vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater. ~ Eugene Chadbourne~ Rovi
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Grand Army of the Republic Building (Scranton, Pennsylvania)
The Grand Army of the Republic Building is a historic Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) owned building located at Scranton, PA. It was built in 1886, and is a red brick and granite building in the Romanesque Revivial-style. It consists of two sections: a three-story with full basement section measuring 40 feet by 60 feet, and a 40 feet by 34 feet section with four stories and a full basement. It features a porch with red granite columnns, a carved brick archway, an ornate carved brick cornice, cast stone arches, and corner turret with round cupola and finial rising to a height of 90 feet. It originally housed a hotel and Masonic Temple, but was purchased by the Grand Army of the Republic in 1901.
2nd Lieutenant Ezra Griffin, whom the post located in the building is named after. This photo is believed to have been taken around 1863.
The GAR building as seen shortly after it was purchased by the Grand Army of the Republic in 1901.
The GAR building as it looks today. Angle of this photo is roughly from the same angle as the early 1900 photo posted above.
A copy of the list of hotels in Scranton that provided rooms for the 1911 National Grand Army Encampment.
The GAR Lieutenant Ezra Griffin Post, No. 139 has used the building since it was purchased for meetings and other gatherings for members of the GAR and the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. In 1911, the building hosted a national Grand Army of the Republic Encampment, or conference.
NRHP registration form
Rootsweb.com: Ezra Griffith Post, William DeWitt Kennedy and the Grand Army of the Republic Building in Scranton
303 Linden St
Created by Mike Emett (Marshall University Libraries) on August 11th 2015, 6:09:38 pm.
Last updated by Mike Emett (Marshall University Libraries) on August 12th 2015, 1:07:03 pm.
History of Scranton Pennsylvania Walking Tour
This walking tour is a work in progress- more entries will be added soon


SONOMA HILLS FARM is nestled on 37 acres of naturally farmed land, co-opted by world class chefs and their restaurants. This collaboration between chef and farmer yields high quality plants, proteins and products for our Chefs' restaurants, and for our community. Our farm is designed – and is being built – to exceed expectations for treatment of the land from farming methods and land preservation, to energy and water conservation.


KFG Logistics was founded to provide trainings, program advisory services and neutral power solutions, including diesel trading to operational projects in Ghana. Presently we are one of Africa's fastest growing Projects Management Consultancy focusing on ITES and Training. Over the past decade we have been involved in numerous projects at multiple locations across Saharan Africa. Our drive is to deliver six sigma services and we humbly look forward to partnering you in pursuit of achieving your objectives.
All units serve a wide range of local, regional and multinational clients and are recognized as six sigma leaders across multiple business sectors.
Our drive is acquiring the most up-to-date knowledge in different management functions as well as an up-to-date knowledge of the latest technologies and utilizing this knowledge in providing customized training modules and maximizing the value added services we continually provide to our clients.
Persistently working toward continuous improvement, and stretching our potential, we have succeeded in developing models and tools that serve to identify our Client's specific requirements and cater to addressing them in the most effective and efficient manner. We believe this represents our main competitive edge, and thus strive to constantly upgrade and fine-tune these methodologies to remain in line with local and regional business.


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Q: Dual boot Windows and Fedora on separate drives I upgraded my laptop with SSD and installed the HDD to the optical disk drive space using an ODD caddy. I installed Fedora OS on the HDD (disk 1) and Windows on SSD (disk 0). I'm able to boot into Windows without getting an option to boot into Fedora.
I'm thinking of installing a grub menu via Windows, however I have no idea how to do that.
Windows Disk Management:

A: GRUB is a complex piece of software. I suggest that you to read the manual. Here only few suggestions.
While running in Linux, enter "lsblk --fs" and note the UUID of the partitions you want to boot from. Then try to generate a scratch GRUB config using "grub2-mkconfig -o your_scratch_file". Examine this file in order to see if it contains the entries which you need. If this seems OK, you can try to install this file to /boot/grub2/grub.cfg and you can try to boot the system. This is a simple but dangerous way. A more secure but more complex way is to use the GRUB command mode in order to test the new config. Put the generated config file to /root/tentative.cfg. Then boot the system. When the GRUB menu appears, enter "c" in order to enter the command mode. If necessary, enter "insmod part_gpt" if you have a GPT partitioning.
Then enter "search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root the-UUID-of-the-partition-of-the-fedora-where-/-is-mounted". Remember the previous output of "lsblk --fs". Then enter "configfile $(root)/root/tentative.cfg". This should start the booting using the tentative config. If this tentative config is OK, you can copy it to /boot/grub2/grub.cfg, which is its "normal" location.


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Q: 2013 workflow multiple value managed metadata I've got a 2013 workflow that looks up a value in another list based upon the value in a managed metadata column. It was based on this discussion. And it is working if the column is restricted to one value.
If the managed metadata column allows multiple values the workflow doesn't function properly. I'm able to get the value from the column into a string which looks something like this when logged to the workflow history:
term1|guid1;term2|guid2;term3|guid3;

I have an action that finds the pipe character, but it always returns -1 -- meaning that it doesn't find a match. But I can clearly see the pipe. I have also tried various letters and numbers which are also present, but no match is ever found.
Any idea how to work with multiple value managed metadata columns in 2013 workflows?
Update: Found another tutorial on how to make a custom activity for the workflows. I don't have visual studio or the knowledge to make a custom activity, but I want to put it here as another clue.


The use of focal therapy in localized prostate cancer using HIFU (High-intensity focused ultrasound) was conducted in Europe from 625 men who received treatment at different centers with a median follow-up of 56 months.
The mean are reporting a high overall survival, a high (failure-free) survival, and a high metastasis-free survival. The study's strengths are that it's multicentered, prospective, and involves reasonable follow-up. The researchers have pointed out that based on the findings, focal HIFU is effective in managing men who've localized prostate cancer.
Unique characteristics: About 28 percent of men had low risk disease while 55 percent had Gleason 3 + 4 disease, making them possible candidates of surveillance with a reduced recurrence risk. The fact that most men had those characteristics doesn't make it a good proof of how effective this approach is.
Follow-up period: The research required men to have 6 or more months of follow-up, and while the median is 56 months, it appears a greater percentage of men received treatment in under 2 years, which is a short follow-up period to warrant the effectiveness of the treatment.
Biopsy results: 25 percent of the men with biopsy had recurrent disease and qualified to be retreated. However, it's a concern that most men didn't have their cancer cured effectively. At five years, the freedom not to have a repeat HIFU treatment was 69 percent for men with high-risk disease, 79 percent for men with intermediate risk, and 78 percent for those with low risk. These findings don't give much strength for the approach's value.
A position paper in European Urology contents that focal therapy should be treated as an experimental treatment as there isn't adequate data to show its effectiveness in eradicating or controlling the disease.


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See a lunar occultation bonanza on the night of 5—6 November
2 November 2017 Ade Ashford
Many will be looking skyward to see terrestrial pyrotechnics this Bonfire Night, but if you own a small telescope and can escape the light pollution, you can see the waning gibbous Moon hide three naked-eye stars in Taurus on the night of 5—6 November, culminating in first-magnitude star Aldebaran in the small hours of Monday morning.
See the Moon invade the Hyades star cluster on 10 April
8 April 2016 Ade Ashford
If you have a clear western horizon from shortly before 9pm BST until midnight on Sunday, 10 April, don't miss an opportunity to see a young crescent Moon glide slowly through the southern edge of the Hyades star cluster in Taurus, covering (or occulting) stars as it goes. All you need is a typical binocular or a small telescope to enjoy the show!
See the Moon glide through the Hyades and occult bright star Aldebaran
17 January 2016 Ade Ashford
On the night of 19—20 January, the 10-day-old waxing gibbous Moon glides in front of the loose open star cluster known as the Hyades that represent the bull's head in the constellation of Taurus, culminating in the occultation of bright star Aldebaran an hour or so before moonset for observers in the British Isles.


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How the Mediterranean Diet Helps You Fight Depression
By Michael Locklear
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The Mediterranean diet lifestyle can help alleviate symptoms of depression. A study of almost ten-thousand healthy Spanish adults, conducted at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in Spain, found that those who most closely followed the Mediterranean diet lifestyle were 30 percent less likely to become depressed than those who did not follow the diet. The researchers found that people who benefited the most followed a lifestyle that included:
A high ratio of monounsaturated fats versus saturated fats
Moderate use of alcohol and dairy products
Low consumption of red meat
High intake of legumes, fruits, nuts, cereals, vegetables, and fish
Numerous studies have been conducted to test the impact of the Mediterranean diet on overall health, the first of which was the Seven Countries Study, conducted in the 1950s by Dr. Ancel Keys. The study revealed that men on the Isle of Crete had one of the highest comparative life expectancies and surprisingly low instances of heart disease. The Lyon Diet Heart study, a later four-year study, found that people who eat a Mediterranean-style diet experience lower instances of cardiac death as well as non-fatal heart attacks. More recently the New England Journal of Medicine reported that the Mediterranean diet is an effective method of losing weight. Depression and being overweight or obese have been found to be linked.
The standard American diet contains numerous artificial additives which are not found in the Mediterranean diet. Food colorings like Red 40 Dye have been linked to childhood disorders such as ADHD and schizophrenia, according to studies from the National Institutes of Health. MSG is a neurotoxin found in many of these processed foods, along with high fructose corn syrup, a highly controversial corn-based sweetener which is known to aggravate inflammation and is being cited by many doctors as one of the causes of the global obesity crisis. A study published in Environmental Health in January 2009 found that more than half of the commercial high fructose corn syrup samples contained mercury. Mercury toxicity can cause several negative health effects, including severe fatigue, memory loss, and depression, according to the Northland Environmental Health Clinic in New Zealand.
The primary benefits of the Mediterranean Diet lifestyle are the result of abundant complex carbohydrates, folate, vitamin B12 and omega-3 fatty acids:
Complex carbohydrates, found mainly in whole grains, vegetables, nuts and legumes, are known to improve mood, reduce appetite, balance blood sugar levels, and protect against heart disease. Foods containing complex carbs can have a positive effect on depression, cancer, diabetes, and digestive problems. Brown rice and other complex carbohydrates are mood foods, explains Dr. Richard Wurtman, a scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Wurtman has studied the role of carbohydrates for 30 years and has found that they play an important function in regulating the mood-elevating neurotransmitter, serotonin. Low serotonin levels have been linked to depression, anxiety, and several other psychological ailments.
Folate is a form of B vitamin that boosts your levels of serotonin and reduces your risk of coronary heart disease. It is found in green leafy vegetables, fruits, legumes and cereals. Folate deficiency has been observed in up to 38 percent of depressed people, and has been linked to a poor response to antidepressant medication, according to Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital.
Vitamin B12 is a water soluble vitamin which is necessary for the normal functioning of the brain and nervous system, and the formation of blood. Studies from Kuopio University Hospital in Finland and Medical Research Council (MRC) Neuropsychiatric Research Laboratory in the UK found that high levels of vitamin B12 in the bloodstream were linked to more positive outcomes for people treated for depression. The highest concentrations of B12 are found in fish and shellfish, eggs and cheese.
Omega-3 fatty acids may alleviate symptoms of depression, bipolar disorder and psychosis, according to researchers at Harvard School of Medicine and the University of Sheffield UK. Omega-3s, found mainly in fish, nuts and some fruits and vegetables, have been shown to boost brain functioning, relieve pain and inflammation, protect your heart, and prevent diseases such as cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. The use of Omega-3 supplements is most effective among patients with major depression who do not have anxiety disorders, according to a study of 432 people conducted at the Université de Montréal.
Adopting the Mediterranean diet lifestyle can have profound effects on depression and overall physical and psychological health. With just a few simple dietary changes, you can live a happier, healthier, and more satisfying life.
Michael Locklear is a researcher and consultant with 30 years experience, studying health, nutrition, and human behavior. He has been president of the Global Peace Project since 1986, and he administrates the website www.Natural-Remedies-for-Total-Health.com as part of the Global Peace Project Educational Outreach Program. You can also find him on The Total Health Blog.
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Церква Святого Апостола і Євангеліста Луки — діюча греко-католицька церква у селі Ордів на Радехівщині. Парафія належить до Радехівського деканату Сокальсько-Жовківської єпархії УГКЦ.

Історія
Церква Святого Апостола і Євангеліста Луки збудована 1845 року парафіянами с. Ордів. Матірна парафія містилася в с. Сушно. Кожної четвертої неділі приїжджав священик та відправляв богослужіння.

На парафії служили священики: о. Гарух, о. Мельник, о. Білик, о. Ярослав Ступінський, о. Пиріг, о. Василь Гнатів, о. Іван Пігура (1994—1996), о. Андрій Щепан (1996—1999), о. Іван Пігура (1999 по нині).

У 1962 році храм закрили, а вірні ходили до парафіяльної церкви в с. Сушно.

20 серпня 1989 року церкву Святого Апостола і Євангеліста Луки відкрили та почали проводи зовнішні ремонтні роботи: перекриття даху, покриття зовнішніх стін дерев'яним ґонтом.

Архітектура
За конструкцією церква двозрубна (нава і бабинець об'єднані), триверха, на бетонному фундаменті. На довжину вівтаря з півночі прибудована ризниця, накрита півкруглим дахом. Такої ж форми накриття є над великим присінком на ширину бабинця. У його стінах зробили два входи до церкви.

З півночі та півдня церква має опасання на дерев'яних стовпах — це все, що залишилося від попереднього вигляду церкви. Її стіни повністю горизонтально покрили обрізками дерева півкруглої форми, карнизи зашалювали дерев'яною вагонкою. Можна припустити, що перед ремонтом конструкція церкви була трохи іншою.

Над навою є світловий восьмерик, накритий низькою банею з ліхтарем та маківкою. Подібне завершення існує над вівтарем і бабинцем з тією різницею, що тут восьмерики менших розмірів і дуже низькі.

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Посилання
 Ордів. Церква Св. Апостола Євангелиста Луки 1845

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Kathy Young and the Innocents | Russ & Gary's "The Best Years of Music"
Before she was 16 years old, Kathy Young had what millions work their life for – she was a Star. At age 14 she had caught the eye of a producer at a Wink Martindale T.V. show and within weeks she recorded what quickly became a number one hit and a standard in rock & roll "A Thousand Stars". She was nicknamed "the Cinderella of show business".
For five years she toured the U.S., Hawaii and Canada with Roy Orbison, The Everly Brothers, The Shirrells, Bo Diddley, Connie Francis, Brenda Lee, Ray Charles and Neil Sedaka, just to name a few, and appeared on American Bandstand four times where she received her gold record for "A Thousand Stars".
She followed "A Thousand Stars" with an LP, "The Sounds of Kathy Young", and follow up singles "Happy Birthday Blues" and "Magic Is The Night". She also recorded a series of hit songs with Chris Montez as "Chris & Kathy".
In 1965 at age 19 Kathy took a major step in a new direction – she married John Maus of the Walker Brothers, who was occasionally her guitar player. They met while they were both performing at "Pandora's Box" in Hollywood. Soon after their marriage they moved to England where the Walker Brothers found success sharing the top spot on the charts with the Beatles and Rolling Stones.
In 1969 she returned to the U.S. She remarried in 1971, and for the next twenty years raised a family and helped manage their citrus ranch in Central California.
In 1994 she returned to L.A. where she now works for a major international company. She also returned to her original passion – music.
Since her return, Kathy has performed on numerous rock shows at some of the countries premier venues including the "Greek Theatre" in L.A. and the "Meadowlands" arena in New Jersey.
She looks pretty good for 70-something…..
And that's still not the same Wes Chapman.
Man, you are fast. I just posted this a few minutes ago!
Hey guys; Cathy Young looks great ! And the voice is still there. Good times. By the way, check out Eddie Holman on You Tube. It blew me away. Keep up the good notes ! And Russ, thanks for last week. You sounded phenomenal as usual. Cheers……Ron.
Thanks for letting me go back in time to a era that I enjoyed growing up in.


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Show #086: Brian Pitzer
Sunday, February 13, 2011 5:00:00 PM
As with the last episode, this week's show has been a long time in the making and completes our two-part look into the Frankfort music scene (see Show #089) as we sample the music of Brian Pitzer. Brian is another one of those multi-faceted players who easily blends and moves between several styles of music – blues, folk, rock, modern country just to name a few. Talking to Brian, you quickly understand that he is a very savvy guy with a lot going on beneath the surface than just playing a few restaurants, coffee houses, and open-air markets. Only hinted at in his lyrics is a wisdom, and often a dark one, that bears closer scrutiny than one listen, and one podcast interview can sufficiently explore.
As the interview indicates, however, this only scratches the surface of where his true loves and influences lie. During the show, he talks a lot about his marketing and business strategies through various networking and organizational memberships which channeled him into professional coaching and mentoring, and finally into working directly with the Nashville recording scene. Always evolving, he is currently working on his next album, which promises to lean more on the rock-and-roll side of the spectrum, and is in the early stages of forming a band to take his music to the next level. A sharp contrast when one considers all of the singer/songwriters in the area who have been getting away from the "band setting" and into to more intimate settings where Brian has already made his mark.
Brian Pitzer can be found here: Facebook | Reverb Nation | MySpace | Twitter
His latest album, "The Hall" is available via his Reverb Nation page. His prior album, "A Few Good Songs" can be purchased from iTunes, Napster, and Amazon .
"The Hall" was recorded at Soundlogic Studio by Scott Rotler (who also played bass)
The album also features Derek Marsh of the band Waltz for Venus.
It takes takes it's name (and chorus) from a quote by writer/journalist Hunter S. Thompson.
He is a member of Nashville Songwriters Association International, who connected him with Kim Copeland Productions were instrumental in helping him get the song American Dream produced in Nashville.
He is also working closely with Robin Taylor Drake of Trio Productions, to hone his songwriting craft.
Next month he will be hosting an on-going songwriters showcase at Chateau Thomas Winery in Fishers.
He is appearing, and contributing mu.sic to, an indiependent short film called "Insider's Perspective" for the Indiana Filmmaker's Network.
The song Dark Blue will be appearing in Inverted Staircase Productions' film Leah not Leia.
You can enter to win one of five copies of "The Hall" by logging into the site and going to the contest page.
Brian Pitzer: The Hall
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Going back to serious, it's a great honor to become an author's "official" translator (I'm using the word loosely here, as Amber still holds the translation rights for all her other books, as far as I know). I don't think I have ever been so excited before. From what I know of her, Amber is an amazing person as well as an acclaimed romance writer. I can only hope to do her work justice.
Now, if you excuse me, I'll go back to jumping around the room.


Puppy II is for recent graduates of our Puppy Kindergarten class. New signals such as wait and leave it are taught. We work toward improving stays and heel and begin working off-leash. Classes continue to incorporate puppy socialization time. This is a great class for your puppies entering "puppy adolescence!"


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Q: Generating PDF using multiple google charts and jspdf Adding to this stackoverflow question: Generating pdf using multiple graphs using html2canvas and jspdf
I have tried to use the Promise javascript api as follows:
function GeneratePDFforCharts(divNamesForPDF)
{

var arrayOfPromises = [];

//Note: Checking if the browser supports Promises
if (window.Promise) {

    for (var i = 0; i < divNamesForPDF.length; i++)
    {
        var promise = new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
            //asynchronous code goes here
            //Note: The Promise is passed a callback function. The callback takes two arguments, resolve and reject.
            //Note: If everything is successful, the promise is fullfilled by calling resolve(). In case of an error, reject() is called with an Error object.
            var element = $(divNamesForPDF[i]).get(0);
            html2canvas(element, {
                onrendered: function (canvas) {
                    resolve(canvas.toDataURL('image/png'));
                }
            });
        });
        arrayOfPromises.push(promise);
    }

    Promise.all(arrayOfPromises).then(function (canvases) {
        var count = 0;
        var pageNumber = 1;

        var doc = new jsPDF('l', 'mm', [297, 210], true); //true is set for pdf compression

        for (var i = 0; i < canvases.length; i++)
        {
            if (isOdd(count)) //2nd chart
            {
                doc.addImage(canvases[i], 'PNG', 10, 105, 270, 100, null, 'FAST'); //x, y, width, height - FAST is used for png compression
                var pageNo = pageNumber.toString();
                doc.text(140, 207, pageNo); //x, y, text
                pageNumber++;
            }
            else //1st chart
            {
                if (count != 0)
                {
                    doc.addPage();
                }
                doc.addImage(canvases[i], 'PNG', 10, 5, 270, 100, null, 'FAST');
            }
            count++;
        }

        doc.save('IEA_Global_MonthlyStocks_Analytics.pdf');
    });

}

}

What I am doing is sending 33 divnames representing google chart panels as a parameter for the jspdf to generate the pdf.
Problem: However, the Chrome browser is crashing when clicking on the generate pdf button. After debugging it seems that it is passing the for loop. However it never goes in the Promise.all function.
Also, it is good to point out the following:

*

*When I just pass 4 divs for example, the pdf is generated successfully. So it is a matter of chrome not handling that amount of base 64s being generated?

*I used the 'FAST' parameter when adding image to pdf so as to make it compressed aswell.

Any feedback on this? Am I doing something wrong please?

A: It seems that the code works but doesn't scale too well.
It's possible that by performing all operations in parallel, javascript's Garbage Collection (GC) isn't given the opportunity to clear intermediate objects, and an oversized heap causes the crash.
Performing the operations in series may have a positive effect. The code is simply derived from the code in the question.
First, an adaptor function, which promisifies html2canvas() :
function html2canvasAsync(element) {
    return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
        html2canvas(element, {
            onrendered: function (canvas) {
                resolve(canvas.toDataURL('image/png'));
            }
        });
    });
};

Now call divNamesForPDF.reduce(...) to serialize the asynchronous operations and progressively add to the jsPDF doc :
function GeneratePDFforCharts(divNamesForPDF) {
    if (window.Promise) {
        var doc = new jsPDF('l', 'mm', [297, 210], true); //true is set for pdf compression
        return divNamesForPDF.reduce(function(p, name, i) {
            return p.then(function(pageNumber) {
                return html2canvasAsync($(name).get(0)) // or `document.getElementById(name)` ?
                // return html2canvasAsync(document.getElementById(name)) // possibly?
                .then(function(canvas) {
                    if (isOdd(i)) { // odds
                        doc.addImage(canvas, 'PNG', 10, 105, 270, 100, null, 'FAST'); //x, y, width, height - FAST is used for png compression
                        doc.text(140, 207, pageNumber.toString()); //x, y, text
                        pageNumber++;
                    } else { // evens
                        if (i > 0) {
                            doc.addPage();
                        }
                        doc.addImage(canvas, 'PNG', 10, 5, 270, 100, null, 'FAST');
                    }
                    return pageNumber;
                }).catch(function(e) {
                    // Error handling is a good idea
                    console.log(e);
                    doc.text(35, 25, e.message); // possibly add the error message to doc
                });
            });
        }, Promise.resolve(1)) // starter promise resolved with page number 1
        .then(function() {
            doc.save('IEA_Global_MonthlyStocks_Analytics.pdf');
        });
    }
}

checked only for syntax
As I say, it's no better than "possible" that this will fix the issue. It won't cost anything to give it a try. The worst that might happen is another Chrome crash.


September 26, 2017 (WASHINGTON) – This statement is delivered on behalf of the Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network (MFAN) by Co-Chairs George Ingram, Tessie San Martin, and Connie Veillette.
Today we relaunch MFAN's Guiding Principles for Effective Foreign Assistance with over 170 endorsements from a wide-ranging and bipartisan group of organizations and prominent individuals. These principles, which were originally released in June, call for the ongoing State Department and USAID redesign to adhere to best practices in aid effectiveness and be conducted in close partnership with Congress and the development community.
Congress has become increasingly engaged on this important issue. Both the Senate and House Fiscal Year 2018 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations (SFOPs) bills included specific provisions requiring Congressional consultation and reporting on redesign. Several Members of Congress have also publicly called for the legislative branch to be seen as a full partner in the redesign including: House Foreign Affairs and SFOPs leadership Reps. Ed Royce (R-CA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Hal Rogers (R-KY), and Nita Lowey (D-NY); Senate Foreign Service Caucus Co-Chairs Sens. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK); and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Ben Cardin (D-MD). Additionally, in a recent op-ed in The Hill, the House Co-Chairs of the Congressional Caucus for Effective Foreign Assistance Reps. Ted Yoho (R-FL) and Adam Smith (D-WA) called for the redesign effort to "have the administrator squarely at the center, with an equal voice to his counterparts at the State Department." MFAN applauds this leadership and encourages continued engagement from Congress.
MFAN's Guiding Principles demonstrate deep support within the development community for effective reforms. We hope they will be a timely resource as OMB reviews State and USAID's redesign plans and Administrator Mark Green determines priorities for his agency's reform agenda.
MFAN urges the Trump Administration to take advantage of the opportunity to improve U.S. foreign assistance by adopting these principles as part of an overall Global Development Strategy to guide reforms and by consulting closely and regularly with Congress.
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The Wragge Report
NO to a Children's Trust in Sandwell
UNISON Will Fight any Privatisation of Sandwell's Children's Services
Discussions are underway about future proposals for Sandwell's Children's Services following recommendations made by commissioner Eleanor Brazil.
No decision has been taken at this time however proposals to either move Children's Services to a voluntary trust with the co-operation of the council or to appoint an executive commissioner to oversee Children's Services are now with the minister.
Sandwell Council is currently in the process of working with the DfE to analyse both options in detail and shortly the minister will be a position to make the best choice for children in Sandwell.
Commenting on the possibility of a Trust being set up, UNISON West Midlands Regional Secretary Ravi Subramanian said:
"UNISON totally opposes any attempt by the Government to make any politically motivated decision that privatises Sandwell's Children's Services into a so called 'Trust'.
Our members in Sandwell have given us a clear unanimous mandate. Should there be any proposed transfer out of the Sandwell Council into a private organisation our members want a ballot for industrial action to both protect their jobs and to ensure vulnerable children are used to generate profits for the private sector.
Our members in Sandwell know from experience that the private sector has already failed to improve Children's Services in Sandwell. Despite the Council giving private company iMpower £1.5million the service was still rated inadequate.
Our members desperately want to see the service improve and locally UNISON has pledged to proactively work with any management.
We urge the Minister Edward Timpson to put the political dogma of enforcing privatisation on Labour run Councils aside, and work with councillors, staff and unions to deliver the improvements that are needed."
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