To attend a wedding in your dream, you will speedily find that there is approaching you an occasion which will cause you bitterness and delayed success. For a young woman dreaming that her wedding is a secret is decidedly unfavorable to character. It imports her probable downfall. If she contracts a worldly, or approved marriage, signifies she will rise in the estimation of those about her, and anticipated promises and joys will not be withheld. If she thinks in her dream that there are parental objections, she will find that her engagement will create dissatisfaction among her relatives. For her dreaming her lover weds another, foretells that she will be distressed with needless fears, as her lover will faithfully carry out his promises. For a person dreaming of being wedded, is a sad augury, as death will only be eluded by a miracle. If the wedding is a gay one and there are no ashen, pale-faced or black-robed ministers enjoining solemn vows, the reverses may be expected. For a young woman dreaming that she sees some one at her wedding dressed in mourning, denotes she will only have unhappiness in her married life. If at another's wedding, she will be grieved over the unfavorable fortune of some relative or friend. She may experience displeasure or illness where she expected happiness and health. The pleasure trips of others or her own, after this dream, may be greatly disturbed by unpleasant intrusions or surprises. See Marriage and Bride….
For a woman dreaming her wedding ring is bright and shining, foretells that she will be shielded from cares and infidelity. If it should be lost or broken, much sadness will come into her life through death and uncongeniality. To see a wedding ring on the hand of a friend, or some other person, denotes that you will hold your vows lightly and will court illicit pleasure….
To see wedding clothes, signifies you will participate in pleasing works and will meet new friends. To see them soiled or in disorder, foretells you will lose close relations with some much-admired person….
See to it, if you are a lover, that your sweetheart wears lace, as this dream brings fidelity in love and a rise in position. If a woman dreams of lace, she will be happy in the realization of her most ambitious desires, and lovers will bow to her edict. No questioning or imperiousness on their part. If you buy lace, you will conduct an expensive establishment, but wealth will be a solid friend. If you sell laces, your desires will outrun your resources. For a young girl dreaming of making lace, forecasts that she will win a handsome, wealthy husband. If she dreams of garnishing her wedding garments with lace, she will be favored with lovers who will bow to her charms, but the wedding will be far removed from her….
Dreaming of buckles, foretells that you will be beset with invitations to places of pleasure, and your affairs will be in danger of chaotic confusion….
Dreaming of cross-bones, foretells you will be troubled by the evil influence of others, and prosperity will assume other than promising aspects. To see cross-bones as a monogram on an invitation to a funeral, which was sent out by a secret order, denotes that unnecessary fears will be entertained for some person, and events will transpire seemingly harsh, but of good import to the dreamer….
To hear the accordion playing, symbolizes that the joy and the luck you had is becoming not so joyful and you could get depressed in your near future. If you see yourself playing the accordion in your dream, this could be the warning that you are not as healthy as you used to be. Make sure if you are rested and do not have any physical ailment. If there is someone playing accordion on the stage it could be the meaning of unexpected invitation to a party. If someone plays the accordion, this symbolizes the luck you will have without anyone helping you around. When you see that you are taking the lessons or someone is teaching you how to play accordion, this could be the sign of not trusting the man in your life, as this person could be the one, who is taking you away from succeed you were going to receive….
In a dream, rice pudding means celebrations, a reception, a wedding, a contract, knowledge, or prosperity….


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El Grianán d'Ailech (en irlandès Grianán Ailigh) és un grup d'estructures històriques per sobre de 244 m, situat en un pujol al Comtat de Donegal, Irlanda. L'estructura principal és un fort circular de pedra que es creu que el construí la dinastia Uí Neíll al s. VI o VII, tot i que hi ha proves que el lloc s'havia utilitzat abans que s'hi construïra la fortalesa. S'ha identificat com la seu del Regne d'Ailech i un dels llocs reials de la Irlanda gaèlica. La paret té uns 4,5 m d'espessor i 5 m d'alt. Té tres terrasses, unides per passos, i dos llargs passatges a dins. Al principi, no hi hauria hagut edificis dins del fort circular. Als afores es troben les restes d'un pou i un túmul.

Al s. XII, el Regne d'Aileach havia estat assetjat i perdé bona quantitat de territori contra els normands invasors. D'acord amb la literatura irlandesa, el fort fou molt danyat per Muirchertach Ua Briain, rei de Munster, l'any 1101.

El treball de restauració se'n dugué a terme el 1870. Ara el lloc és un monument nacional.

Morfologia i història

El Grianán d'Ailech és un fort circular. Més precisament, és un castre cashel (és a dir, un ringfort de pedra) multicircumval·lat.

Un ringfort generalment pot ser descrit com un espai, usualment circular, envoltat d'un banc i un fossat o simplement d'una muralla de pedra. El banc es construeix amuntegant a dins el material del fossat obtingut en excavar-ne el segon. Els ringforts varien considerablement en grandària i estil. En els exemples més elaboradamente defensats, com Ailech, les muralles ocupen una àrea més gran que el recinte.

Els llocs circulars permetien una àmplia perspectiva dels voltants i que la superfície màxima estiguera tancada en relació amb el banc construït.

Matthew Stout suggereix que una formació circular està lligada al lloc perquè els ocupants estaven en els túmuls circulars dels avantpassats. Al voltant d'un terç de tots els castres irlandesos tenen monticles o túmuls a dins; el d'Ailech no n'és una excepció. També proposa la idea que una forma circular es veié afavorida perquè les cantonades podrien actuar com un estatge dels esperits malignes: basa aquestes afirmacions en comparacions etnogràfiques.

Els ringforts allotjaven famílies amb diferents graus de riquesa, per la qual cosa alguns en són més monumentals que altres. No solen ocupar posicions dominants. L'única excepció a això són els ringforts de zones amb mal drenatge, en llocs alts, i són els únics adequats per viure-hi. Els llocs on s'assenten són àrees de defensa natural, que poden haver-se construït allí per tenir un bon drenatge. Els edificis no són militars en si mateixos. Probablement eren granges familiars. La característica definitòria dels castres és un caràcter defensiu. Per tant, els castres com una subcategoria dels ringforts es defineixen per la seua ubicació i estil. Un fort de tipus castre consisteix en «grans zones de muntanya en què el cim està envoltat per una (única circumval·lació) o múltiples muralles de terra o pedra. Un bon exemple en seria Dún Aengus. El seu caràcter defensiu és explícit a causa del sistema de lloses de pedra («chevaux de frise»), plantades al sòl fora de l'estructura.

El Grianán d'Ailech està envoltat per tres recintes. L'espai de vida real d'un ringfort sovint n'és menor del 60% de la superfície total. L'augment de les defenses d'un lloc (sense un augment corresponent de la seua àrea funcional) demostra o bé una major necessitat de defensa o exhibició d'estatus. Per tant, un ringfort amb dues muralles (bicircumval·lat) actua com un símbol d'estatus. La raresa de castres tricircumval·lats com el Grianán mostra la importància i l'estatus dels seus ocupants més que una necessitat de defensa.

En general, eren poc més que les tanques per evitar que els animals s'extraviaren i per protegir-se contra els animals salvatges. Contra els setges eren inútils.

Si bé l'estructura originària on es construïren les muralles ja no existeix, el cashel d'Aileach probablement fou dissenyat com un símbol del poder reial. Les estructures de pedra semblen eternes i inamovibles. Fou construït en aquest lloc per la vista panoràmica més que per la defensa.

Els castres són coneguts en tota Europa occidental, però els irlandesos no n'estaven tan desenvolupats. Varien en grandària, però són d'un col·lectiu en lloc de residència d'una sola família. Els cashels tendeixen a ser molt més petits que els exemples en fang. El fort circular de terra mitjana té un diàmetre interior de 22 m al sud del Comtat de Donegal, els cashels a la mateixa zona tenen un diàmetre intern mitjà de 20 m. El Grianán d'Aileach, amb un diàmetre intern mitjà de 23,4 m, és més gran que altres, i això ha de ser una indicació de la riquesa i la importància dels seus habitants i potser també és una indicació de la magnitud de la població ocupant.

Lacy suggereix que el caràcter innovador de la fortalesa de pedra d'Aileach devia ser inusual quan es va construir. Els noms «Garvan, Frigru-Rigriu» es troben en moltes autoritats irlandeses com els noms dels constructors del Grianán d'Ailech. Aquests personatges estan vinculats als Fomorians i per tant, poden ser gens més que creacions mitològiques. Lacy creu que el constructor en podria ser Áed Oirdnide, vencedor en la batalla de Cloíteach.

Descripció

El Grianán es troba a la vora occidental d'un petit grup de pujols entre els trams superiors de Lough Swilly i Lough Foyle. El cim domina els comtats veïns de Derry, Donegal i Tyrone. A la vora de la península d'Inishowen, és a 11,25 km al nord-oest del lloc eclesiàstic de Derry. Tots dos llocs tenen històries estretament vinculades. Hi ha molta llegenda i material històric relacionat amb el Grianán d'Aileach. Els annals irlandesos en registren la destrucció al 1101. El principal monument del turó és un cashel de pedra, restaurat al s. XIX, però probablement construït al s. VIII de la nostra era. Quant a l'ús del cim com una àrea d'assentament és molt més remot. Un túmul del Grianán pot remuntar-se al neolític i un pou cobert fou trobat prop del cashel a principis del s. XIX.

George Petrie fou el primer que inspeccionà el Grianán d'Ailech en la dècada de 1830. En aquest moment el cashel només era una ruïna. Dona una descripció del pujol i el monument. Un antic carrer entre dues capes de roca natural conduïa al cim. El cashel estava envoltat per tres muralles concèntriques. Petrie suggereix que, igual que altres monuments d'aquest tipus com Eamhain Mhacha, tot el turó pogué estar tancada per moltes muralles més. No n'hi ha, però, evidència física o històrica. Les muralles que en restaven eren de terra i pedra, continuant la forma natural del pujol amb un patró circular irregular. L'àpex circular del turó dins del recinte més a l'exterior inclou al voltant de 22.000 m², dins de la segona prop de 16.000 m² i dins de la tercera prop de 4.000 m². Actualment, el bancal més intern és molt baix, desgastat i es troba cobert de bruc, però és traçable quasi per tot el circuit. Els altres dos bancals estan en un estat semblant, però són impossibles de rastrejar per les llargues seccions. Entre la muralla més interior i el cashel, el carrer disminueix en amplària i es corba lleugerament cap a la dreta. Ara només les pedres fonamentals de les parets se'n mantenen. El plànol del lloc de Petrie mostra una línia de pedres que conduïen a l'entrada. Aquestes ara no hi són.

Les ruïnes del cashel es descriuen com una paret circular que tanca una superfície de 23,6 m de diàmetre. La muralla tenia una alçada de 1,8 m amb una amplària que varia de 4,6 m a 3,5 m. Tenia una inclinació cap a l'interior que indica la seua semblança amb la majoria dels forts de pedra irlandesos. Petrie suggereix que probablement originàriament era entre dues vegades i quatre vegades d'alt. Els 1,5 m al costat interior de la paret, amb una espessor de 0,76 m és a causa de la presència de terrasses. Petrie suggereix que n'hi havia originàriament tres o quatre d'aquestes terrasses ascendents a la part superior de la paret. A cada costat de la porta d'entrada, hi ha "galeries" dins la paret. El seu propòsit exacte no és clar i no connecten amb l'entrada. Aquests dos passatges de paret, un al sud i l'altre des del nord-est corren cap a la porta d'entrada, però no hi arriben. Prop de l'extrem nord del pas sud hi ha un petit recés a la paret oest. A l'extrem sud del pas nord hi ha un seient de pedra.

El castre actual, després de la restauració del 1874-1878, és substancialment diferent, però gran part de l'antiga estructura es manté intacta. Durant la restauració, comprovaren que parts de la maçoneria de pedra seca originària s'havien conservat sota el col·lapse. Els treballadors les marcaren, les parts no alterades del cashel i utilitzaren la pedra esfondrada per construir sobre aquesta base. En complementaren aquestes amb altres pedres de la zona per substituir-ne les eliminades pel rei Murdoch O'Brien el 1101. Els diàmetres interns del cashel tenen 23,6 m de nord a sud i 23,2 m d'est a oest. L'entrada enclou una llinda coberta de 4,65 m de llarg, 1,12 m d'ample i 1,86 m d'altura. Abans de la restauració, la llinda de la porta d'entrada no era al seu lloc. Els recessos lleus a banda i banda de la porta d'entrada s'han omplert. Eren probablement per permetre les fulles dobles d'una porta originària que es plegaria arran de la paret. L'interior s'eleva en tres terrasses amb accés per escales. Prop del nord del final del passadís sud hi ha un petit recés a la paret oest. A l'extrem sud del pas nord hi ha un seient de pedra. L'interior del cashel té prou de nivell, però Petrie hi registrà les restes d'una església petita oblonga que feia 5 m x 4,3 m. L'estructura se'n construí amb un tipus de morter però res en queda hui dia. Un drenatge corre per la paret del cashel a nivell del sòl al costat nord-oest. Condueix a un femer al costat occidental del recinte que tenia 1,7 m de diàmetre.

Hi ha moltes pistes que el Grianán d'Aileach és un lloc de diversos períodes. Brian Lacy suggereix que els bancals de terra que encerclen la fortalesa deuen representar les defenses d'un castre de l'edat de bronze tardana o l'edat del ferro. Entre els dos bancs exteriors al costat sud del turó, hi ha el pou de primavera abans cobert que es dedicà a sant Patrici. Petrie descriu el túmul, entre la segona i la tercera paret, com un petit monticle envoltat per un cercle de deu pedres. Aquestes pedres s'hi col·locaren horitzontalment i convergien al centre. En el temps de Petrie, el monticle havia estat excavat, però no hi havia res que n'explicara el significat quan fou descobert. Fou destruït després, però la seua antiga posició està marcada per un munt de pedres trencades.

Durant els treballs d'excavació de la dècada de 1870, Bernard documenta el descobriment de molts objectes. Darrere d'un nínxol a la porta, es trobà una gran pedra de 0,4 m. Tenia un forat redó al centre de 7,6 cm de profunditat i 3,8 cm de diàmetre. Una peça de fusta podrida se'n trobà al forat. Bernard no en pogué desxifrar l'ús: suggerí que podria haver estat un rellotge de sol.

Bernard hi trobà molts ossos d'animals, incloent ovelles, vaques, cabres i aus; i elements de pedra, com fones, i una pedra en forma de pa de sucre, amb una base ben tallada de 25 cm de llarg, 38 cm de base redona, 36 cm de centre redó i 25 cm a la part superior. Els objectes més interessants de pedra eren "una llosa de gres de quadres, de trenta-sis caselles". Lacy creia que era una espècie de tauler de joc. Entre els diversos articles trobats hi havia una clau d'arada, un anell de ferro, algunes monedes i un cordó.

Referències

Bibliografia

Història d'Irlanda
Monuments d'Europa
Jaciments arqueològics d'Europa
Comtat de Donegal

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You know what happens when a portrait that has been painted on a panel becomes obliterated through external stains. The artist does not throw away the panel, but the subject of the portrait has to come and sit for it again, and the likeness is re-drawn on the same material. Even so was it with the All-holy Son of God. He, the image of the Father, came and dwelt in our mist, in order that He might renew mankind made after Himself….
~ On the Incarnation, as quoted in Loren Wilkenson, Caring for Creation in Your Own Backyard, Servant Press, Ann Arbor, 1992, pg. 109.
Nothing in creation has erred from the path of God's purpose for it, save only man. Sun, moon, stars, water, air, none of these has swerved from their order, but, knowing the Word as their Maker and their King, remained as they were made. Men alone, having rejected what is good, have invented nothings instead of the truth, and have ascribed the honor due to God and knowledge concerning Him to demons and men in the form of stones.
~ On the Incarnation: The Treatise De Incarnatione Verbi Dei, 7.43. St. Valdimir's Seminary Press, 1998, p. 78-79.
God is self-existent, enclosing all things and enclosed by none; within all things according to His goodness and power, and yet without all [things] in His proper nature.
~ De Decretis, 3:11 In Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church, Vol. IV. Ed. Philip Schaff. Christian literature Company, 1892, p. 157.
In regard to the making of the universe and the creation of all things, there have been various opinions, and each person has propounded the theory that suited his own taste…. But the impiety of their foolish talk is plainly declared by the divine teaching of the Christian faith.
~ In On the Incarnation: The Treatise De Incarnatione Verbi Dei, I.2. St Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1998, p. 26.
As the creative will of a sculptor hovers over a piece of wood, or as the spiritual soul spreads through all the limbs of the body, thus it is with the Holy Spirit: it hovers over all things with a creative and formative power.
~De Genesi ad litteram, IV, 16, as quoted in Karl Rahner, Earth Spirit and Divine Spirit, p. 139.
There is no inconsistency between creation and salvation; for the one Father has employed the same agent for both works, effecting the salvation of the world through the same Word who made it in the beginning.
~ Incarnation of the Word I.I. In On the Incarnation: The Treatise De Incarnatione Verbi Dei. St Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1998, p. 25.
~ De Decretis, 3:11. Quoted in A Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers. Ed. Philip Schaff. University of Virginia Press, 2008 (First published Christian literature Company, 1892), p. 157.
For all created beings, and especially we who are men, find it impossible to speak adequately concerning the things that are ineffable. All the more presumptuous, then, if when we cannot speak, we devise for these difficult subjects strange forms of expression….
[Nevertheless, some individuals] presume to tell us… how the heavens were formed, and from what material, and what is their composition; and likewise of the sun and each of the stars. … [Yet] we do not understand the "how" of the trees here below, of the gathering together of the waters, and of the fashioning and forming of living creatures. For even Solomon, who had a far greater share of wisdom than any, saw that it was impossible for men to find out everything about these things….
~ Letter to Serapion on the Holy Spirit, trans by C. Shapland, the Epworth Press, London, 1951, 1:17-18.
The Spirit of the Lord fills the universe. Thus David sings, "Whither shall I go from thy Spirit?" (Psalm 139:7) Again in the Book of Wisdom it is written: "Thine incorruptible Spirit is in all things" (Wisdom 12:1). "And the angels came to stand before the face of the Lord," as it is written in Job. And Jacob the patriarch dreamed: "And behold! A ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven; and the angels of God ascended and descended upon it" (Genesis 28:12). But if the Spirit fills all things, and in the Word is present in the midst of all things; and if the angels, being his inferiors, are circumscribed, and where they are sent forth, there are they present: it is not to be doubted that the Spirit does not belong to things originated, nor is He an angel at all, as you say, but by nature is above the angels.
~ Letter to Serapion on the Holy Spirit, 1:26 trans by C. Shapland, the Epworth Press, London, 1951.
God became man in order that man might become God.
~ On the Incarnation of the Word of God, 54, P.G. 25, col. 192B.
Like a musician who has tuned his lyre, and by the artistic blending of low and high and medium tones produces a single melody, so the Wisdom of God, holding the universe like a lyre, adapting things heavenly to things earthly, and earthly things to heavenly, harmonizes them all, and leading them by His will, makes one world and one world order in beauty and harmony.
~ Contra Gentes, 41, pg. 26, in George Maloney, SJ, The Cosmic Christ, Sheed and Ward, NY, 1968, p. 261.
The Holy Word of the Father then, almighty and perfect, uniting with the universe and having everywhere unfolded His own powers, and having illumined all, both things seen and things invisible, holds them together and binds them to Himself, having left nothing void of His power, but on the contrary he quickens and sustains all things everywhere, each severally and all collectively; while He mingles in one the principles of all sensible existence, heat namely and cold, and wet and dry, and caused them not to conflict, but to make up one concordant harmony….
Obeying Him, even God the Word, things on earth have life and things in heaven have their order, for there is nothing that is and that takes place, but it has been made and stands by Him and through Him.
~ Against the Heathen, Sec. 42, pg. 26. In Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Vol IV. Ed. Philip Schaff. Republished, Cosimo, Inc., 2007.
[The Logos] produces a single melody… holding the universe like a lyre, draws together the things in the air with those on earth, and those in the heaven with those in the air, and combines the whole with the parts, linking them with his command and will, and thus producing in beauty and harmony, a single world and a single order within it…. [The Logos] extends his power everywhere, illuminating all things visible and invisible, containing and enclosing them in himself, [giving] life and everything, everywhere, to each individually and to all together, creating an exquisite single euphonious harmony.
~ Contra Gentes, 41, quoted in Andrew Linzey, Compassion for Animals: Readings and Prayers, SPCK Publ., London, 1988, pg. 8.
For seeing the circling of heaven and the course of sun and moon, the positions and revolutions of the stars which are opposed and different, but in their difference all keep a common order, who would not think that they do not order themselves but that there is another who orders and made them? And who, seeing the sun rise by day and the moon shining by night, waning and waxing unchangingly according to an exacting number of days, and some stars crossing and variously changing their paths while others keep a fixed place, who then would not consider that there must a Creator who governs them?
~ Contra Gentes, 35:95-97, in J. Schaefer, "Acting Reverently in God's Sacramental World," Ethical Dilemmas in the New Millennium, Villanova Univ. Press, 2001, p. 41.
But since man's carelessness, little by little, descends to lower things, God made provision even for this weakness of theirs, by sending a law, and prophets, men such as they knew, so that even if they were not ready to look up to heaven and know their Creator, they might have their instruction from those near at hand. For men are able to learn from men more directly about higher things. So it was open to them, by looking into the height of heaven, and perceiving the harmony of creation, to know its Ruler, the Word of the Father, who by his own providence over all things makes known the Father to all, and to this end moves all things, that through Him all may know God.
~ On the Incarnation of the Word I.12.2 From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, Vol. 4. Edited by Philip Schaff and Henry Wace. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1892.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight.
For He was not, as might be imagined, circumscribed in the body, nor, while present in the body, was he absent elsewhere; nor, while he moved the body, was the universe left void of his workings and providence; but, thing most marvelous, Word as He was, so far from being contained by anything, he rather contained all things himself; and just as while present in the whole creation, he is at once distinct in being from the universe, and present in all things by his own power — giving orders to all things, and over all and in all revealing his own providence, and giving life to each thing and all things, including the whole without being included, but being in His own Father alone wholly and in every respect, thus, even while present in a human body and himself quickening it, he was, without inconsistency, quickening the universe as well, and was in every process of nature, and was outside the whole, and while known from the body by his works, he was none the less manifest from the working of the universe as well.
~ On the Incarnation of the Word I.17.1. Trans. Archibald Robertson. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, Vol. 4. Edited by Philip Schaff and Henry Wace. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1892.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight.
The philosophers of the Greeks say that the universe is a great body; and rightly so. For we see it and its parts as objects of our senses. If then the Word of God is in the universe, which is a body, and has united Himself with the whole, and with all its parts, what is there surprising or absurd if we say that He has united himself with man also.
~ On the Incarnation of the Word I.41.5. Translated by Archibald Robertson. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, Vol. 4. Edited by Philip Schaff and Henry Wace. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1892.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight.
~ Against the Heathen 44.3 & 45:1-2. In Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church, Vol. IV. Eds. Philip Schaff and Henry Wace. Christian literature Company, 1892, p. 23.
We will begin with the creation of the world and with God its Maker. The first fact you must grasp is this: the renewal of creation has been wrought by the Self-same Word Who made it in the beginning. There is thus no inconsistency between creation and salvation; for the One Father has employed the same Agent for both works, effecting the salvation of the world through the same Word Who made it at the first.
In regard to the making of the universe and the creation of all things there have been various opinions, and each person has propounded the theory that suited his own taste…. But the impiety of their foolish talk is plainly declared by the divine teaching of the Christian faith. From it we know that, because there is Mind behind the Universe, it did not originate itself; because God is infinite, not finite, it was not made from pre-existent matter, but out of nothing and out of non-existence absolute and utter, God brought it into being through the Word. He says as much in Genesis… and again through that most helpful book, "The Shepherd" (The Shepherd of Hermas, Book II:1), "Believe thou first and foremost that there is one God Who created and arranged all things and brought them out of non-existence into being." Paul indicates the same thing… (Hebrews 11:3).
He made all things out of nothing through His own Word, our Lord Jesus Christ; and of all these His earthly creatures He reserved special mercy for the race of men. Upon them, therefore, upon men who, as animals, were essentially impermanent, He bestowed a grace which other creatures lacked, the impress of His own Image… so that, reflecting Him… they might continue forever in the blessed and only true life of the saints in paradise…. But if they went astray and became vile, throwing away their birthright of beauty, then they would come under the natural law of death and live no longer in paradise, but, dying outside of it, continue in death and in corruption….
What was God to do in the face of this dehumanizing of mankind (through the sin which emerged)? … What else could He possibly do, being God, but renew His Image in mankind, so that through it men might once more come to know Him? And how could this be done save by the coming of the very Image Himself, our Saviour Jesus Christ? … In order to effect this re-creation, He had first to do away with death and corruption. Therefore He assumed a human body, in order that in it death might once for all be destroyed, and that men might be renewed according to the Image….
Fitting indeed, then, and wholly constant was the death on the cross for us; and we can see how reasonable it was, and why it is that the salvation of the world could be accomplished in no other way.
From the scriptures you will learn also of His second manifestation to us, glorious and divine indeed, when He shall come not in lowliness, but in His proper glory, no longer in humiliation but in majesty, no longer to suffer but to bestow on us all the fruit of His cross – the Resurrection and incorruptibility.
~ On the Incarnation: The Treatise De Incarnatione Verbi Dei, Sections: 1-3,13, 26, 56. St. Valdimir's Seminary Press, 1998, p.25-28, 95.
But for the searching and right understanding of the scriptures there is need of a good life and a pure soul, and for Christian virtue to guide the mind to grasp, so far as human nature can, the truth concerning God the Word. One cannot possibly understand the teaching of the saints unless one has a pure mind and is trying to imitate their life…. Similarly anyone who wishes to understand the mind of the sacred writers must first cleanse his own life, and approach the saints by copying their deeds. Thus united with them in the fellowship of life, he will both understand the things revealed to them by God and thenceforth escaping the peril that threatens sinners in the judgement, will receive that which is laid up for the saints in the kingdom of heaven.
~ On the Incarnation: The Treatise De Incarnatione Verbi Dei, IX, S. 57. St. Valdimir's Seminary Press, 1998, p. 96.


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MSc Global Change: Ecosystem Science & Policy
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The current environmental changes affect both natural ecosystems and civil societies. Global change refers to planetary-scale changes occurring in complex socio-ecological systems, which are affected by climatic and non-climatic drivers (e.g., changes in human society). Understanding the intricate, medium- to longterm changes in our land, air and water requires advanced scientific knowledge in measurement, modelling and prediction. This joint international MSc course between the UCD School of Biology and Environmental Science and Justus Liebig University (JLU) Giessen, Germany is the response to these challenges.
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The first semester is based at UCD Ireland between September and December.
This is followed by a 6 week minimum internship in a company or institution of your choice (for example: Environmental Protection Agency, Food and Agriculture Organisation, UNFCCC and Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change offcies, Rural Investment Support for Europe foundation, ICLEI (Local Government for Sustainability), Postdam Institute for Advanced Sustainability STudies, Irish Environmental Network, European Forest Institute).
The second taught semester is based in JLU, Giessen, Germany between March and August.
The last semester is devoted entirely to an individual research project, which can be undertaken in either UCD or JLU or a host instiutions.
You will gain expertise in global change processes (soil, air, water), plant-soil-atmosphere interactions; skills to work at the science and policy interface; environmental law and international regulations as well as specific communication skills.
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Graduates may pursue roles as policy advisers, scientific analysts or researchers in government, international organisations, NGOs, research institutes or consulting companies. There are also many opportunities for further studies. The skills acquired, particularly through the completion of the minor thesis provides a strong foundation for PhD research.
Prospective employers include the Environmental Protection Agency, Governmental Departments, European Commission; European Environment Agency as well as various international organisations (e.g. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; United Nations Environment Programme; International Union for the Conservation of Nature, UN Food and Agriculture Organisation).
Full Time option suitable for:
Domestic(EEA) applicants: Yes
International (Non EEA) applicants currently residing outside of the EEA Region. Yes
The MSc in Global Change: Ecosystem Science and Policy degree is aimed at individuals who intend to pursue a career in the wide field of 'Environmental issues' with the skills to understand the science as well as communicating policy-relevant evidence to diverse audience.
Vision and Values Statement
This is an international joint degree programme between University College Dublin (UCD) and Justus-Liebig-University Giessen (JLU), which provides students with a unique working environment of learning in a cross-cultural setting. The student will experience living in a different culture, make friends with students from different countries and gain increased independence and self-confidence. A key element of the programme is a learning environment that combines academic and professional approaches in an international context. The programme suits skilled and motivated science graduates wishing to develop a scientific career in researching natural and managed ecosystems, as well as those aiming to contribute to evidence-based environmental policy.
The programme combines the well-established international profiles of JLU and UCD and draws on the research and teaching expertise in those institutions as well as on national and international collaboration. This course integrates major research groups, bringing together complementary, multi-disciplinary expertise including fully-resourced ecosystem experiments and field-scale study sites. Both institutions have facilities to allow students and staff to have access to major technology platforms essential to the conduct of world-class cutting-edge research. This is also reflected in the teaching content of this programme, which is continually adapted and drawn from the latest international research projects and policy-related developments.
Graduates will benefit from the experience of world-class educators from both UCD and JLU who will train graduates in the scientific methods required to study the effects of environmental change on ecosystems around the world and to transfer the gained knowledge into policy-relevant information. The assessments undertaken represent real world applications and are constantly developed as a tool to achieve a deeper mastery of the subjects. Of great importance to the gained learning experience is the inclusion in the core curriculum of an employment-focussed work placement (six weeks contact time). In addition to providing graduates with strong scientific training in the interpretation of ecosystem science, this programme will provide students with the skills necessary to participate in environmental policy making processes.
Ability to use and interpret a wide range of datasets
Communicate policy-relevant evidence to diverse target audiences in an unambiguous way
Develop strategies for continuous professional development and continue self-directed learning required to enhance their career ambitions.
Maturity to pursue study as well as critically appraise scientific information
Participate in ecosystem research using the latest research methods and data management tools
Perform environmental work and research in a confident manner by applying relevant tools in data collection, management, analysis and reporting
Understand and promote the development of policy in terms of adaptation and mitigations for natural and managed ecosystems, thereby supporting sustainable livelihoods
Understand the ecosystem science underpinning our knowledge of global environmental change
What modules can I take?
You can download a brochure on the structure and the taught modules (core and optional) at both UCD (winter semester) and JLU (summer semester).
UCD Core Modules
ENVB40370 Data Analyses & Interpretation (On-line)
BIOL40780 Designing Global Change Research Projects
ENVB40130 Global Change Ecology
BIOL40140 Science and Policy
ENVB40040 Environmental Impact Assessment
ENVB40370 Data Anal. & Interpretation
BIOL40120 Work Placement (Global Change)
BIOL40130 Research Project (Global Change)
Optional module (5 CP needed)
ENVB40540 Introduction to Ecological Mapping with open source software (QGIS)
ENVB40310 Peatlands and Environmental Change
MEEN40090 Energy Systems and Climate Change
ENVB40410 Management of Sustainable Fisheries (On-line)
ENVB30130 Ecology & its Appl. O/L
JLU Core Modules
BIOL40680 Global Change: Modelling and Advanced Techniques
BIOL40690 Adaptation to Global Change (JLU)
BIOL40580 Policy Consulting - Environmental Policy and Development Cooperation (JLU)
BIOL40230 Resource Economics and Environmental Management (JLU)
BIOL40160 Biodiversity Informatics (JLU)
BIOL40740 Sustainable agro-ecosystems
BIOL40600 Econ Dev & WorldAgMarkets(JLU)
BIOL40660 Methods in Global Change Research
ENVB40560 Natural Resources & Eco (JLU)
BIOL40700 Stress Ecology (JLU)
BIOL40710 Into the footsteps of a researcher (JLU)
BIOL40570 World Food Economy (JLU)
BIOL40750 Global Governance: Erosion, stagnation or transformation: liberal world order in crisis? (JLU)
ENVB40550 Humanitarian Disasters and its Impact on Transition Management (JLU)
Fees, Funding and Scholarships
MSc Global Change: Ecosystem Science & Policy (F038) Full Time
EU fee per year - € 8410
nonEU fee per year - € 25600
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The annual tuition fee is valid for the whole duration of this Master programme, that is 16 month. You will be registered at both universities for the entirity of the programme and this fee also covers for 3 semester contribution in Justus Liebig University.
Tuition fee information is available on the UCD Fees website. Please note that UCD offers a number of graduate scholarships for full-time, self-funding international students, holding an offer of a place on a UCD graduate degree programme. For further information please see International Scholarships. There is also ERASMUS mobility scholarships as well as other funding mechanisms for German students through the DAAD (please email Studienkoordination@dekanat.fb08.uni-giessen.de).
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This Masters programme is distinctive in that it offers students the opportunity to spend 6 to 8 weeks on a work placement. You will be placed in a setting that reflects your own interests. You can also ask the programme co-ordinator to review a particular internship (e.g. a company of your choice that you might be interested in working for). The work placement can be carried in any country of your choice. Placements may vary considerably but students will normally be placed in industry, government, non-government or research agencies where they will obtain a breadth of practical experience to complement their degree programme. Through this work placement, you will acquire transferable skills which will make you a sought after and effective employee.
A Programme Internship Manager is dedicated to helping the students securing a work placement and helping them with their applications, CVs, cover letters as well as giving them mock interviews and advise on work ethics.
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This unique joint international programme has been accreditated by the German agency AQAS before it commenced and has been re-accreditated after 5 years.
This programme is intended for applicants with a Bachelor degree in an appropriate life sciences discipline, such as biology, agriculture or environmental science (including zoology, ecology, biochemistry, geology and physics). A bachelor degree (NFQ Level 8) with honours 2(2) (GPA 2.48 or higher) or international equivalent is required.
Applicants whose first language is not English must also demonstrate English language proficiency of IELTS 6.5 (no band less than 6.0 in each element), or equivalent.
These are the minimum entry requirements – additional criteria may be requested for some programmes
Yana Bersunukayeva 2017/18
" Having completed my undergraduate degree in environmental science I have gained an invaluable practical approach to the subject however, I wanted to gain knowledge in the policy aspect of environment. This Masters program was an ideal solution to fill in my knowledge gap in environmental policy and law while also providing me with an opportunity to study abroad in Giessen, Germany. Additionally, as part of the Master's, I have chosen to undertake my 2-month internship as an environmental scientist with RPS, an engineering consultancy firm. The internship provided me with a working knowledge of carrying out Environmental Impact Assessment Reports (EIARs) and introduced me to an environmental consulting environment. The internship position with RPS has enabled me to secure a position with Roughan and O'Donovan consulting engineers for a position of Graduate Environmental Scientist upon completion of the Masters degree."
Sean Schmitz, 2016/17
"Since the beginning of 2018, I have been working at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies e.V. (IASS) in Potsdam, Germany as a research associate. The story of how I got here, though, is perhaps as uniquely intertwined with the Global Change program as it can get. It began with the internship portion of the program, which I completed at the IASS in the first few months of 2017. It was through another Global Change alumni, Rebecca Kutzner, that I even heard about the institute in the first place, as she had been working there for a few years by then. A polite email and a skype call later and I had myself an internship. Luckily it went well enough that I was able to come back to the IASS later that year to write my thesis within the same project, Climate Change and Air Pollution (ClimPol). By the end of the thesis, it became clear to me that what is often lacking in science is not resources to conduct the research, but rather the researchers to do it. For that exact reason, I began my current position in the project to continue what I had started with my thesis. To put it bluntly, I wouldn't be where I am without the Global Change program. It provided me with both the opportunities and the connections to allow me to succeed, for which I will always be grateful."
Claire McVeigh 2015/16
"I am currently in the second year of my PhD in the School of Natural and Built Environment at Queen's University, Belfast, where I am researching weathering of bedrock in blanket bogs and the potential influence of this on atmospheric carbon levels. The multidisciplinary nature of the MSc in Global Change: Ecosystem Science and Policy allowed me to gain an understanding of a wider range of topics than a straightforward environmental science course, including environmental law, economics, and communication of scientific information. In addition, the placement portion of the course allowed me to see what a job in research was really like, which encouraged me to undertake PhD research. The programme not only gave me a solid knowledge base in environmental and ecosystem science from which to begin my own research, but also an understanding of the political and economic factors that can influence environmental policy and the importance of effectively communicating scientific information."
Martin Sunnus, 2013/14
"I work at the "Regierungspräsidium Tübingen", which is a government authority in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. My job is to reduce air pollution. I deal mostly with emissions from road traffic in urban areas. During the MSc Global Change programme I acquired the scientific skills needed to evaluate data pertaining to air quality and develop practical solutions according to the level of pollution. Additionally, I gained a deep understanding of the political and administrative frameworks that are both the basis and the boundaries for my work."
Elena Barth 2014/15
uring my undergraduate studies in Environmental Management I learned a lot about ecosystem science and project management. However, I felt that my education lacked an important part on policy processes if I wanted to make my plans of working in international cooperation come true. This is why I chose the master´s course Global Change: Ecosystem Science and Policy. It gave me the possibility to deepen my understanding of international environmental policy and science communication. For my thesis I went to Colombia and investigated on a coral reef restoration project in the Caribbean. The knowledge I had gained during the master´s course enabled me to do research not only on the ecological dimension of coral reef loss, but to also highlight social-economic and political aspects of the issue.
Currently, I am working as an intern for Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), the German federal agency for international cooperation. I support the team of Blue Solutions, a project that is dedicated to the protection and conservation of the world´s marine and coastal biodiversity.
Rebecca Kutzner, Germany, 2013/2014.
"After graduating with a bachelor degree in Geoscience 2012, where I learned about past climates and inter-connections within the earth system, I wanted to gain more insight into current ecosystems and their regulation. In 2014 I graduated from the MSc program "Global Change: Ecosystem Science and Policy" which taught me a variety of skills regarding ecosystems and their interaction with the ground and atmosphere. I gained knowledge of political as well as economical mechanisms, dominating decision making processes, also concerning various ecosystems. That knowledge as well as those skills were and are very useful in my different work environments since then. During my time (2014-2018) at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies e. V. in Potsdam, Germany, I was able to extend the gained skills of my MSc degree, like the statistical program 'R', while working in the science-policy-interface with cities and German ministries regarding air quality issues. Continuing my research at the Université Paris-Est à Créteil in France, the learned skills of different programs during my master courses like MATLAB as well as statistical analysis are never to be underestimated."
MSc Environmental Sustainability (Negotiated Learning) JanPT
MSc Environmental Science FT
In additional to all the facilities locted in UCD, especially within the Earth Institute and UCE Rosemount Environmental Research Station, students benefit from the state-of-the-art global change research and practical training campus at JLU, Giessen Germany. There is fully equiped modern research station hosting the world-wide longest running Free Air Carbon Dioxide Enrichment (FACE) facility. Moreover methodological practical training in modern climate change research are available at the research station This includes stable isotope facilities and the methods for modern global change ecology, such as modern techniques to quantify climate relevant trace gas emission from terrestrial ecosystems.
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We honored Dr. Bill Williams, the 2014 Businessman of the Year at at banquet held on November 13, 2014.
Bill R. Williams is the son of Shelby and Louise Williams of Buhl. They farmed by Buhl and also raised cattle. He was joined by a little brother in 1951.


Independence Day is one of the best days for everyone. On this day every person of the country celebrates the day with full of energy and joy. Every Indian do search on Google about Happy Independence Day 2018, Happy Independence Day Wishes, Happy Independence Day Messages, Happy Independence Day Quotes, Happy Independence Day Speeches, And Happy Independence Day Essay on this special occasion.
Independence Day is the great day for the people of India as well because India got freedom from the British rule after many years of slavery. Every Year the people of India celebrate this day on 15th August because India came into being on 15th August 1947. It becomes a very important day in the Indian history and it was the luckiest day of the year 1947.
The Indian freedom fighters did a lot of hard struggle and also gave many sacrifices for this country. After the Independence of India, The first prime minister of India was Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru who had spread out the National flag of India in the early morning having tricolor for the first time at the Red Fort In the National Capital, New Delhi. There were Millions of the Indians who had Participated in the 1st Ceremony of the Independence Day. Many Tasks were performed during the celebration of Independence day including march past which was performed by an army of India and some students of India performed events based on culture. The prime minister of India Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru gave his annual speech after the national flag hosting and national anthem (Jana Gana Mana) recitation.
Now, The people of India recall all the great personalities who had played a vital role in the independence of India on independence day every year. National flags are also hosted in homes, streets, school, and colleges where many other activities are performed by teachers and students.
15th August has been declared as the national holiday when all the schools, offices, colleges, universities, organizations, companies and educational institutions remain closed. Students perform dances, dramas, singing and participate in cultural activities, quiz competitions etc. The millions of Indians live together no matter whether they belong to various religion, cultures or traditions. they celebrate this special day with great joy and happiness. All the Indians feel proud and take an oath to keep themselves loyal and patriotic in order to save their country from any kind of harm. Lots of love for India and the people of Indian.
Are you looking for ways to lower cholesterol? People these days are very conscious of their weight and their cholesterol level as well. It is not surprising to find people searching for tips and suggestions on how to lower their high cholesterol. Perhaps it is because of the health disadvantages that can result.
Several heart ailments have been connected to high cholesterol level in the body. Some people, for whom the risk of a stroke is high, should not take high cholesterol for granted.
Health is an essential aspect to a happy life, but it must be monitored. Generally, having good health means that a good diet and exercise regime is followed. What you eat plays a significant role in your cholesterol level. So it is essential that one should choose the proper food and nutrition in order to attain the right level of cholesterol that you need. Having cholesterol levels that are too high could result in ill health so lowering cholesterol levels is necessary.
There are two types of cholesterol, the LDL and the HDL cholesterol. Imagine the HDL as the healthy type and the LDL as the non-healthy one. In particular, HDL can eventually aid in carrying cholesterol out of the blood vessels while the LDL permits it to be deposited inside the artery walls. But it is good news that you can do something about it.
So, let us start by discussing it. Eating hot dogs, mayonnaise, bologna and salami may be very pleasing, but these foods could easily increase your cholesterol levels. You don't want that, so your food choice instead should be replaced with sandwiches made of lean turkey and a whole lot of fresh, green vegetables.
Restrict eating those highly processed foods and those that you know have high fat levels. As much as possible avoid trans fats, for these further raise the LDL cholesterol and advance the lowering of the beneficial HDL.
Moreover, it is advisable that you do not eat foods like shortening, margarine, and especially those which contain partially hydrogenated soybean oil. Furthermore, eat those foods that are rich in Omega-3. Salmon is a really good option so buy red salmon varieties, for they are fantastic sources of Omega-3. Flax seed is also rich in Omega-3. Nuts are also great alternatives to your high-fat cravings.
Try walnuts, almonds, cashews, and pecans. They are high in fat but they are not the kind that causes harm. You should also cut down on rich desserts. Why not try to eat other alternatives like angel food cakes, jelly, crackers or fat-free yogurts?
Fresh, green vegetables are rich in fiber and these will aid in lowering cholesterol. Fruits, vegetables, cereals, beans and oatmeal are nutritious and can trim down your cholesterol levels as well. Try to grill if you are going to eat steak or burgers for a treat. This would lower the intake of fatty grease and it tastes great too. In addition, olive oil is better to use and try to avoid bacon bits, egg yolks, and other like foods. And most of all avoid fast foods.
If you suffer from high cholesterol, you should consult your primary care physician for advice before making any changes to your diet.
Fairly unexplored, South Luangwa is a treasure that only needs to be discovered at its own time. The birthplace of walking safari and the haven of elusive leopards, this is the best place to seek isolation, away from the crowd that characterize other national parks.
A very highly rated safari park in all Africa, most seasoned travelers recommend a visit or two to this park to experience what truly is an African safari. Packed with dense population of wildlife, birds and plant species, this truly is a haven that is enjoyed both by the wild and the tamed. Naturalists' most enjoy it here due to the diversity of species found in single locations.
For the sheer enjoyment of seeing endless arrays of animal species, plants and birds, Kruger would be the best bet if you would like to see diversity. Since it scales more than the size of Wales, it is not unlikely that it harbors the largest concentration of species that is unequalled anywhere else. The rich tapestry of ecosystems is such that it would be hard to imagine how all things coexist in competition to live in a space so large.
This safari park was the pioneer of its kind since it has already existed since 1889, the year when the first realization of endangerment of animals is conceived. Primarily intended to protect wildlife in advance, Kruger now stands as the largest single place harboring excellent game reserves.
Being the most excellent wildlife safari park in the whole region, Masai Mara is duly recognized for supporting large herds of cat species. It is home to endless plains that are populated with grassland, thus ideal for game-viewing. See leopards, cheetahs and lions in action as they mercilessly follow after their kill during the exchange of life and death in the plains of Masai Mara.
Oh the sound of the name alone brings memories of might and migration. This is one of the most famous national safari parks in all Africa as it is the site for the annual migration of wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, and antelopes. The birth and death place of most calves, this truly is a place to behold if you want to experience authentic deal.
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Solar energy is one possible approach being tinkered with to produce Hydrogen in order to power our future power plants and it is hoped that electricity, which now helps to deplete our fossil fuels will help us to deliver the fuel needed to produce power for advanced "Fuel Cells" being developed to power the automobiles and trucks, etc. of the future.
Unfortunately, producing Hydrogen by using solar energy electricity is very inefficient. This being said, solar energy is fully renewable and therefore must be considered. Along with the Hydrogen fuel from Solar approach comes recent announcements of some breakthroughs holding great promise using Solar to economically produce the hydrogen needed for fuel cells for both the automobile and our industrial needs and not using up all of our food resources in the process.
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We renovate our course twice a year, usually the 1st week of November & February. Our regular routine includes grooming the greens twice a month and light dusting of sand. The greens are needle tined monthly with a 6mm tine to aerated the turf, followed by a roller so you won't even know that it has been done.
At Pelican Waters Golf Club we maintain a 6.5km lake system. We also have a duty of care to the native flaura and fauna on our course. For this reason all products & practices used consider the environment & we work closely with the local council in this endeavour. Some years ago we had 2 declared noxious weeds turn up in our lake system. This is an ongoing constant battle and we are working with the council to control the weeds.
Ropes & barriers are in place to redistribute the wear areas. You will find cart directional signs at the end of the fairways to guide you back to the path in the least worn area.
Maintain the condition of the greens by repairing your own and at least one other pitch mark per green. There is a right way & a wrong way to repair pitch marks.
CORRECT – Pulling the sides of the pitch mark toward the centre and then gently flattening by tapping down with your putter. This will close the hole and not cause damage to the root structure helping the pitch mark to heal quickly.
Take sand with you available at the cart service & fill all divots. Consider others & rake the bunker after your shot, raking over your tracks as you exit the bunker and replacing the rake on the edge of the bunker, tines down.
Please check for changed course conditions that are posted at cart service in the front of the proshop every day.
If you come across any with issues with wildlife or vegetation on the course, or require further information, please email or call 07 5437 5000.


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Q: Get chrome extension activeTab permission from javascript with out a real click write an extension get the mediastream from current tab by using chrome.tabCapture.capture
In content-script.js, i send a message to background.js
$("video").bind('play',function(event){
    port.postMessage("get-stream");

});

In background.js handle the message
function portOnMessageHanlder(message) {
   chrome.tabCapture.capture(config,function(stream){...});
}

but got an error
Unchecked runtime.lastError while running tabCapture.capture: Extension has not been invoked for the current page (see activeTab permission)

In manifest file grants the access permssion as follows:

"permissions": [
    "tabs",
    "activeTab",
    "tabCapture",
    ]

also  check the chrome extension document , it says need to get active tab by browserAction,so i add setIcon when handler the message from content-script.js
            function portOnMessageHanlder(message) {
                if(message != 'get-stream'){
                    if(message == "set-icon"){
                        chrome.browserAction.setIcon({
                            path: 'recordRTC-progress-1.png'
                        });
                    }
                    return;
                }

            chrome.tabCapture.capture(config,function(stream){
                        if(!stream){
                            return port.postMessage('PermissionDeniedError');
                        }
                        port.postMessage({stream:stream});
                });
                return;
            }

but still got the permission deny error.
any advice ? thanks

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How many times will you stop reading this blog post to check e-mail, text messages or social media?
The heaviest smartphone users click, tap or swipe on their phone 5,427 times a day, according to the research platform dscout. The rest of us still touch the addictive things 2,617 times a day on average. That level of connection is wreaking havoc on our ability to focus on tasks that require more concentration than it takes to post a status update.
Adam Alter, author of "Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked," warns that many of us — youngsters, teenagers, adults — are addicted to modern digital products. Not figuratively, but literally addicted.
We increasingly struggle to look away from our screens.
Is your smartphone addiction a problem?
Mine was. The frightening thing about the addiction was that I didn't realize the impact it was having on me until I went into "detox." During the first few days of my initial digital detox, I desperately wanted to check my phone. I felt low-grade anxiety and was completely out of my comfort zone. Ironically, eight days later when I got my phone back, I left it off for a few hours to fully absorb my transformation. In that moment I was much more aware of the impact technology was having on my ability to be fully present.
Yes, the internet has fundamentally transformed the way we connect and communicate. It's launched a whole new economy where anyone with an idea and an internet connection can start a company and connect with a global marketplace full of opportunity.
For that very reason, we're living in the golden age of entrepreneurship! However, letting technology intrude into nearly every waking moment isn't healthy and the time to create a little more discipline around it is now.
On a recent road trip with Seth Mattison, we discussed how to be more intentional in our relationship with technology and how we know when it's time to unplug. Case in point, notice the irony of our full immersion into tech while talking about the benefits of a digital detox in this video!
The key is to get off of autopilot and become a bit more aware and intentional in managing our technology so it isn't managing us. Give the digital detox a try this weekend and DM me on Monday to let me know how it went!


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Healthy San Francisco Access Plan: Mostly Illegal, Popularity Dwindling
January 03, 2008 John R. Graham
At the end of last year, a federal judge ruled that the San Francisco Health Access Plan's "pay or play" mandate (that employers provide health benefits or pay a tax of $1.17 to $1.76 per hour per worker) violated ERISA (the Employee Retirement Income Security Act) and tossed it out.
Undaunted, the City & County expanded the program's eligibility to residents earning up to 300% of the Federal Poverty level (FPL) on Wednesday. The program launched with great fanfare last July, but San Francisco limited eligibility to those earning up to only 100% of the FPL, hoping to expand it to everybody in the new year.
Unfortunately for the Department of Public Health, but fortunately for taxpayers, the federal court's ERISA decision means the City & County does not have enough of our money to rope everybody in, so the income-eligibility just got bumped up to 300% of FPL.
But nobody showed up.
Well, one person did, but it looks like she was below 100% of FPL: a 63-year old woman who's dependent on her 25-year old daughter and had been unaware of the program.
San Francisco figures it has 73,000 uninsured people (down from 82,000 last year, with no explanation for the reduction). The Department of Public Health's breakdown indicates about 15,000 under 100% FPL, about 30,000 between 100% to 300% FPL, and about 26,000 above 300% FPL.
At the end of 2007, 7,350 people had signed up: only about half of those eligible from the 100% FPL group. Let's face it: after half a year, they've probably reached saturation point. Obviously, people in the 100% to 300% FPL group (up to $32,000 annual wages for an individual) will be even less likely to sign up, because they have more likely made a deliberate decision to take a job with all cash remuneration instead of health benefits.
It's starting to look a lot like…… Massachusetts.
Remember, we should be thanking these people for paying extra, voluntary taxes (about $2,000 federal income taxes for someone earning $50,000), instead of taking health benefits in lieu of cash wages.
But San Francisco will not do that. Instead, expect to see "outreach": balloon-decorated tables at the Ferry Plaza Building, stunts in schools, advertising at 49ers and Giants games, and whatever it takes to cover the uninsured – whether they want it or not.


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Q: React component throws a const undefined error after refreshing I'm trying to come up with a basic dashboard that would display the results of SQL counts inside card elements using React and upon much frustration, I was able to render the component using this code.
import axios from "axios";
import React, { useEffect, useState } from "react";
import { Card, Col, Row } from 'antd';
import "../App.css";

function Dashboard() {
    const [cuentaClientes, setcuentaClientes] = useState([]);
    const [cuentaVehiculos, setcuentaVehiculos] = useState([]);

    useEffect(() => {
      axios.get("http://localhost:3002/api/clientes/contar").then((data) => {
        setcuentaClientes(data.data);
        });

      axios.get("http://localhost:3002/api/vehiculos/contar").then((data) => {
        setcuentaVehiculos(data.data);
        });
    }, []);

    const yyy = cuentaVehiculos.map((vehiculo) => {
        return {
            key: vehiculo.total,
            total: vehiculo.total,
        };
    });

    const xxx = cuentaClientes.map((cliente) => {
        return {
            key: cliente.cantidad,
            cantidad: cliente.cantidad,
        };
    });

    return (

            <Row gutter={[16, 16]}>
                <Col span={8}>
                    <Card title="Clientes" bordered={false}>

{xxx[0].cantidad}

                    </Card>
                </Col>
                <Col span={8}>
                    <Card title="Vehiculos" bordered={false}>

{yyy[0].total}

                    </Card>
                </Col>
            </Row>

    );
}

export default Dashboard;

However, whenever I refresh the page for whatever reason, the browser throws an error saying variables xxx and yyy are undefined. The error only goes away when I remove their references, like this:
from
{xxx[0].cantidad}

to

Then, in order to see the count again, I just add the references again.
How can I prevent this from happening?
Thank you all in advance.

A: return (

            <Row gutter={[16, 16]}>
                <Col span={8}>
                    <Card title="Clientes" bordered={false}>

{xxx?.[0]?.cantidad ?? ''}

                    </Card>
                </Col>
                <Col span={8}>
                    <Card title="Vehiculos" bordered={false}>

{yyy?.[0]?.total ?? ''}

                    </Card>
                </Col>
            </Row>

    );

xxx?.[0]?.cantidad ?? '' Initially it will return an empty string or you can write xxx?.[0]?.cantidad ?? 'Loading...'. Once it is loaded it will show the required data.


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America: Lost Child of the Enlightenment
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By Atul Singh
Ideas of the Enlightenment that led to the creation of America have been set aside for celebrities, cheerleaders and consumerism.
Every year, I write something for the Fourth of July, the day the United States of America celebrates its independence. Last year, my article that delved into inequality, education and liberty upset the mother of a friend because birthdays and anniversaries are not moments when you say anything critical. It seems this is the second year running when I might disappoint her.
As I was driving my car, I heard on the radio that 288,000 jobs were created in June, bringing the unemployment rate down to 6.1%. This is the lowest figure since September 2008. President Barack Obama talked about how "the economy has built momentum." This is great news for a Fourth of July weekend that marked the 200th anniversary of "The Star-Spangled Banner," the US national anthem. One could use Robert Browning's words, "God's in His Heaven — All's right with the world!" However, something does not quite feel right.
Sitting in sunny California, I cannot help but muse on the motley group of men who banded together to fight for independence from the mightiest empire in history. In 1776, the British dominated the planet. More importantly, a large number of Americans were in favor of British rule. The hotheads who decided to create a new nation had to fight not only the British, but also their fellow countrymen. In the midst of "Made in China" fireworks, most people forget that the American Revolution of the 1770s was more of a civil war than the 1861-65 conflict. The latter pitted the north against the south, while the former saw neighbors fight each other and sometimes even family members. Benjamin Franklin's illegitimate son, William Franklin, remained a loyalist till his death, and relations between father and son broke down irrevocably.
So what drove the Founding Fathers like Franklin, who risked death to strike out against the British Empire? Simply put, they were fired up by the ideas of the Enlightenment, an era when European intellectuals prized reason over tradition. Logic and evidence, science and knowledge were valued. There was a great desire to change a society dominated by old privilege. In an era of kings, the ideas that "all men are created equal," that they have "certain unalienable Rights," that governments derive "their just powers from the consent of the governed" were radical. The intellectual firepower of Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, Patrick Henry and others, along with George Washington's common sense and judgment, fueled the revolution, created the constitution and forged the DNA of a grand and glorious country.
Yes, there are warts in the story. Washington, Jefferson and many others of the South owned slaves. Washington made the British return liberated slaves when they lost at Yorktown. Native Americans were decimated and later confined to soulless reservations. Still, for all their faults, Americans of that era questioned fundamentals, shook the ground beneath their feet, and engaged in the pursuit of what they deemed to be a nobler society.
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Fox, Cheerleaders and Facebook
A few days ago, I spoke to a retired American diplomat who had a most distinguished career. He spoke about how the America of his childhood put great emphasis on education. The idea of public education that Jefferson pioneered in Virginia was implemented throughout the country. Robber barons such as Andrew Carnegie won legitimacy through investing in public libraries that one can find, even in small American towns today.
In a land of immigrants, education was the way to both self-improvement and getting ahead. Abraham Lincoln, a largely self-educated man, was a classic example of this tradition. Richard Feynman, the son of Jewish immigrants, went to a public school in New York that set him up for a glorious career in physics and a Nobel prize.
Today, America is more about status than substance. Anti-intellectualism has become rife with the likes of Fox News peddling opinion as fact. Their rivals such as CNN are not much better. They rely on the seductive good looks of Anderson Cooper to attract viewers. Each time I come back to America after time abroad I am struck by two things. First, Americans watch an awful lot of TV. Second, cheerleaders jump around a hell of a lot before big men engage in the modern equivalent of gladiatorial contests on television.
On July 1, I was invited to have dinner at Twitter. I sat with MIT graduates who were doing new things with technologies that are too complex for my limited brain. Yet they didn't know that India just had a historic election. One of them didn't know anything about ISIS, the Islamist organization that has been sweeping through Iraq. The last time I spoke at Harvard, I was shocked by the fact that none of the undergraduates had heard of the Balfour Declaration. After the lecture, half of them hit their phones to check updates on Facebook. They were carrying iPhones and wearing Brooks Brothers. Consumerism begins early in America and students seem to know more about brands than about the wider world.
Today, America is more about status than substance. Anti-intellectualism has become rife with the likes of Fox News peddling opinion as fact. Their rivals such as CNN are not much better. They rely on the seductive good looks of Anderson Cooper to attract viewers.
It wasn't always this way. People like Franklin and Jefferson were citizens of the world. Today, the best and brightest of America are notoriously insular, distracted all too easily by social media, and have skills but often lack an education.
Adam Smith, the godfather of the free market system, was of the view that public education is essential to create active and engaged citizens and a decent society. He was a product of the Enlightenment and, though Americans love paying him lip service, his ideas have been forgotten. America no longer prizes public education. In fact, it faces an educational crisis of monumental proportions. Schools focus on test scores, not learning. Universities have become watering holes on the path to well-paid jobs. A culture that lacks questioning and curiosity has developed, which is reflected in the media fixation with sports and celebrities.
Americans have checked out at a time when we are experiencing an inflection point in history. New tensions are bubbling a hundred years after the start of World War I. The global economic system is still in crisis. Income and wealth inequalities are increasing to frighteningly high levels. Even within the US, few jobs pay well. At the same time, a single visit to the emergency room at a hospital can cost over $4,000. Yet there are few conversations going on about fundamental issues such as education, economy and health care in the land of the free and the home of the brave. An era that demands critical inquiry and deep thinking is marked by superficiality and noise.
On this Fourth of July weekend, I am convinced that America needs an intellectual reawakening. This is the land of deeply thoughtful giants who crafted a great constitution. Economically, America is making a comeback of sorts. Manufacturing and exports have rebounded since the financial crisis. America is enjoying a cheap energy bonanza thanks to shale gas discoveries. Socially, a country that began as Albion's Seed has become a multiracial society with an African American president.
What America lacks, however, is civic engagement. It needs a politics that is informed by ideas and a society that engages with the great issues of our era. For America to become what it set out to be, it has to work hard on becoming smart again.
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From Days of Washington to Adam to Jefferson; from Whiskey war to the evolution of constitution to Civil War, America evolved as a place where law of land was paramount; where the land of opportunity gave equal freedom to everyone; where liberty was equated with dignity of labor; What has happened off late to this amazing country?
Why a democratically elected government of third world countries are challenged by this Great Power, if those countries don't agree to the view of this Great Nation. Can America count number of countries supporting, barring a few exception like: NATO members nations and a few Gulf authoratatian countries.
Did anyone ever think that American and its allies marched into Iraq when the oil filed of Kuwait was taken over by Saddam, then why did it paid only lip service when Russia lapped crimean peninsula?. Why double standard?
However, still I believe a few things would definitely let America to sail through any crisis: Innovation, Exploration, Education and Independence of Local government. Innovation in Pharmacology, metallurgy, chemical engineering, agriculture will make it stand unique in this world even though other countries will surely compete in the field of: Automobile, Aeronautical, Space programs, Machine and tools etc.
A wonderful article by Atul Singh is an eye opener for everyone to ponder and be given a deep thought.
Insight shared is good. American living room should have a conversation about how to build a family, community and grow kids who understand the value of hard work, and giving. Family need to engage in conversation as to how to build a political system that serves American and not just big corporations. Bigger question in my mind is that, does democracy in the current form really work? If yes, then where is it working. It certainly not working in UK, India, and other countries. Democracy in the current form has become a channel to serve big business. Money by corporation and individuals is used to control media and win the elections. As much as I like Modi, he is a representative of big business. Congress was no better, they were worse then Mafia.
Education is the best investment that Government should do? What is education and what is the purpose of education. Real education happens at home, community, at school through interactions.
Thank you for sharing your insight
Bipin
I entirely agree with the sentiment of this piece. We do need an intellectual awakening of sorts, and the type of anti-intellectual furor that is evident in some political and social settings is quite frightening.
I would just like to challenge one point: "Today, the best and brightest of America are notoriously insular, distracted all too easily by social media, and have skills but often lack an education."
While this may be true of my generation in general, I have found (and this may just speak to my own interests and therefore the type of people I have as friends) that many young, educated people are aware of the world and are questioning the current foundations of our government, and perhaps more importantly of our society, much like the founding fathers. Many of these people employ social media as education tools that create awareness and allow for the spread of information that is not in the mainstream news media, such as Fox and CNN. I have found some of the most scathing and enlightening critiques of our society through social media,which have challenged my own opinions and beliefs and have pushed me to be civically engaged, so perhaps it is not simply a distraction (although, I agree that it most definitely can be and is for most). What is perceived by some as insular can be quite the opposite; however, I believe that we have to push beyond merely creating awareness through social media and engage in human-to-human interactions, fueling social movements and honest and informed debate.
The ideas at work in America are those of neoliberalism which are opposed to a redistribution of wealth. That's why the public education and health care system are worsening and the gap between rich and poor is growing. I think the author could be more clear on that point WHICH ideas should be appreciated and contribute to a more equal society in which human live flourishes.
I think a rethinking of values would also imply a change of the whole system- how can we establish a more equal society in which everyone and not only the powerful elite (mainly existent in the political and economic sphere) have a voice? In what kind of society do we want to live?
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