Troubleshooting those weird noises coming from your car can help you determine needed repairs. It's important that you listen to what your car is trying to tell you.
Although many people still use the old broomstick-held-to-the-ear method of zeroing in on noises, the best method these days is a stethoscope. Indispensable in finding the source of a sound, it's also a lot easier to place it where you want it than the clunky end of a broomstick.
So, if your car has been making a putting noise or even sounding like an airplane while accelerating, this quick car noise diagnosis tool can help you find the culprit.
BANG: A sharp, startling sound, like a rifle shot, means you're dealing with the dreaded backfire. You'll probably be able to trace this to something that's causing a rich air/fuel mixture.
In the past you might have zeroed in on a heavy carb float, but today think about faulty signals from coolant temp or O2 sensors. The catalytic converter may also be damaged.
Another possibility is a clogged monolithic converter blowing through. This will only occur once and will be accompanied by an amazing increase in power. If your car has air injection, perhaps the diverter valve is no longer diverting.
BOOM: A hollow, low-frequency sound/sensation, this makes you feel as if you're riding inside a metal drum and the atmospheric pressure is rapidly changing between positive and negative.
On rear wheel-drive cars, check out the driveshaft and its u-joints because if it's spinning out-of-true, it will cause waves that push up on the floor of your car.
BUZZ: An annoying "bzzzzzzzzz" sound, like a trapped insect, can usually be traced to unfortunate positioning of interior trim parts. Have somebody else drive while you press, pry, and pound on every likely spot.
CHIRP: This sounds like birds are nesting under your hood. You can probably blame a maladjusted or misaligned belt, but don't ignore the idler pulley. Or, it could just be your tires when you hit second gear.
CLANG or CLANK: This sound couldn't possibly be emitted by any light, flimsy parts. It's coming from a heavy, essential component, such as a set of gears. A good example is the sound a bad rear axle pinion bearing makes when you drop the transmission into Drive, then Reverse.
CLICK or CLACK: This sounds like 007 working the slide of his Beretta automatic. When in an engine, it's typically repeated rhythmically.
With OHV, perhaps a stuck lifter is allowing clearance in the pushrod/rocker valve, or maybe a solid lifter is just out of adjustment. On carbureted cars, check out the fuel pump before you start opening up the motor.
When emanating from the nether regions of the front end during a turn, this sound may be traced to an outboard CV joint.
CLUNK: A heavy bumping sound, softer than a clang, usually indicates you should look at suspension bushings, including shock or strut mounts. Or how about a loose strut gland nut?
FLAPPING: If it's not due to a colony of bats under the hood, maybe a belt's coming apart. Fan interference is another possibility. Regardless, this is a visual inspection sort of thing.
GRINDING: A horrible, torturous sound, like a bad dentist would make while working with obsolete equipment, means something's going awry - and fast.
If it occurs when the brakes are applied, either the linings are gone or you've got one of those unpleasantly-aggressive friction material formulas that tend to eat rotors.
GROAN: Something's dry, probably a suspension component. If it's metal, it's going to break really soon. If it's rubber, try some silicone lube.
GRUNT: Again, a dry joint somewhere in the underpinnings is likely. If it's in the stoppers, suspect rear drum shoes contaminated with brake fluid or gear lube from a defunct axle seal.
HISS: If it's continuous and changes with rpms, it may be normal belt noise. Otherwise, a slow leak in the cooling system is likely. A black light will help you find this.
HUM: We don't mean what the radio does between stations, but the noise a differential or wheel bearing makes. If it responds to acceleration/deceleration, suspect the differential. Then look into the bearings. Unfortunately, it's often very difficult to tell which side (or even which end) the hum's coming from.
KNOCK: Like knuckles on a wooden door, this sound is deep and hollow. Often it's a warning that something important (and expensive) is about to let go. Learn how to diagnose an engine knock here.
It's unfortunate that a loose pin sounds pretty much the same as a defunct rod bearing, but with a little patience you should be able to determine what's at fault.
First, check idle oil pressure even if you have to screw in a mechanical gauge. If it's low, you can bias your decision toward bearings.
Next, listen with your stethoscope. A rod bearing makes more noise at the oil pan than elsewhere, and a wrist pin more racket up on the water jacket. Hold RPMs at 2500, jerk the throttle open and let it snap closed. This will accentuate rod knock, whereas pin noise won't change very much.
Now's the time to starting shorting out cylinders. A bad pin will quiet down, but a rod knock will double its cadence.
Finally, you can pull the pan for a visual inspection. If the bearings are good, you know you've got a pin problem.
PING: Sort of like little ball bearings being poured on a tin roof, this sound is detonation (aka spark knock) - a phenomenon in which the air/fuel charge explodes violently instead of burning smoothly.
There are many potential causes here from clogged EGR passages and overheating to excessive spark advance and, with spark knock suppression, a defunct detonation sensor. Hook up your timing light then tap on the engine near the sensor to see if the spark retards.
POP: This sounds like a shotgun being fired through a mattress. It usually means the engine's coughing back through the intake.
A sticking or leaking valve is a distinct possibility, as is jumped valve timing, particularly with a belt-driven OHC.
Then there's ignition, which may be firing way too early due to a twisted distributor, cap/rotor/wire problems, a faulty position sensor or a breakdown in the module.
Also, if your car's running quite lean, opening the throttle to lots of cold air can induce this reaction.
RATTLE: They didn't coin the term "rattle trap" for nothing, you know. People have been fighting this annoying noise since the automobile was invented.
Thanks to plastics, better rubbers, and more highly engineered fasteners, rattles are less prevalent than they once were. But you'll still get them, usually in the undercarriage somewhere. Likely culprits include exhaust system parts, calipers or loose brake pads.
ROAR: If it's not something obvious like a blown exhaust system, maybe the transmission is never shifting into high or overdrive.
With a manual transmission, the clutch might be slipping. Fan clutches usually fail by never engaging, not the opposite, but it's still a possibility.
If it's general road noise, you could switch to less aggressive tires or add undercoating to your car. If your VW Golf is making an airplane noise when accelerating, it could be a sign your wheel bearing is failing.
RUMBLE: While a pleasant enough throaty sound when it's from a free-flowing exhaust system, it can easily cross over into the unacceptable sound range. But don't choke the power down with an overly restrictive cheap muffler. For tire and road noise, see "ROAR".
SCRAPING: Something like "jeet-jeet-jeet-jeet" that speeds up as the car gathers speed probably means an object of one sort or another is contacting the driveshaft, possibly an exhaust shield or hanger or the parking brake cable. Your brake system, especially drum hardware, is also a distinct possibility.
SCREECH: "SQUEAL" taken to the max. See "SQUEAL".
SIZZLING: Like the sound of bacon frying, this is usually only audible with the engine off. Oil may be leaking onto the exhaust manifold or a minor coolant seepage may be occurring.
SQUEAL: This sound is usually related to brakes and belts. On the former, maybe you're down to the pad wear indicators. Or the discs and semi-metallic linings aren't getting along due to poor rotor finishing or washing, an assembly error, a troublesome friction formula or the like. Squealing is certainly common in disc brakes, but clunking can also occur on initial application if the shoes are loosely mounted.
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TAP: Much the same as a click, sort of like beating on the intake manifold with a screwdriver blade, this is usually valvetrain-related. Think about stuck lifters or an adjustment that provides too much lash.
WHINE: Not what an impatient 3-year old does but just as annoying. This is a hard one to pin down, but it's apt to come from worn ball or roller bearings, mismatched gears, too light a lube in a manual gearbox (ATF, maybe?) or alternator bushings getting ready to go.
WHIR: The sound made by happy mechanicals. It's one of the few noises you probably shouldn't worry about.
WHISTLE: Usually occurring at higher speeds, it's probably wind noise. But do double check if the latches and tumblehome are properly adjusted. Are the body gaskets in good shape?
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package d_concurrency;

import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;

class AtomicValues {
    static volatile int shared = 0;
    static AtomicInteger atomicShared = new AtomicInteger(0);

    public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
        Runnable adder = () -> {
            for (int i = 0; i < 10_000; i++) {
                shared++;
            }
        };
        runInTwoThreads(adder);
        // This is not 20000!
        System.out.println(shared);

        Runnable adderWithAtomic = () -> {
            for (int i = 0; i < 10_000; i++) {
                atomicShared.incrementAndGet();
            }
        };
        runInTwoThreads(adderWithAtomic);
        // This is 20000!
        System.out.println(atomicShared);

        atomicShared.set(0);
        // A more complex situation!
        Runnable notSoAtomic = () -> {
            for (int i = 0; i < 10_000; i++) {
                int oldValue = atomicShared.get();
                atomicShared.set(++oldValue);
            }
        };
        runInTwoThreads(notSoAtomic);
        // This is 20000!
        System.out.println(atomicShared);

        atomicShared.set(0);
        Runnable atomicAgain = () -> {
            for (int i = 0; i < 10_000; i++) {
                int oldValue;
                int newValue;
                do {
                    oldValue = atomicShared.get();
                    newValue = oldValue + 1;
                } while (!atomicShared.compareAndSet(oldValue, newValue));
            }
        };
        runInTwoThreads(atomicAgain);
        // This is 20000!
        System.out.println(atomicShared);

        // Two new methods help avoid the loop above
        atomicShared.set(0);
        Runnable updateAndGet = () -> {
            for (int i = 0; i < 10_000; i++) {
                atomicShared.updateAndGet(x -> x + 1);
            }
        };
        runInTwoThreads(updateAndGet);
        // This is 20000!
        System.out.println(atomicShared);

        atomicShared.set(0);
        Runnable accumulateAndGet = () -> {
            for (int i = 0; i < 10_000; i++) {
                atomicShared.accumulateAndGet(1, (prev, next) -> prev + next);
            }
        };
        runInTwoThreads(accumulateAndGet);
        // This is 20000!
        System.out.println(atomicShared);

    }

    private static void runInTwoThreads(Runnable runnable) throws InterruptedException {
        Thread t1 = new Thread(runnable);
        Thread t2 = new Thread(runnable);
        t1.start();
        t2.start();
        t1.join();
        t2.join();
    }
}

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package org.apache.activemq.artemis.tests.integration.jms.jms2client;

import javax.jms.Connection;
import javax.jms.ConnectionFactory;
import javax.jms.DeliveryMode;
import javax.jms.Destination;
import javax.jms.JMSContext;
import javax.jms.JMSException;
import javax.jms.JMSProducer;
import javax.jms.JMSRuntimeException;
import javax.jms.MessageProducer;
import javax.jms.Queue;
import javax.jms.Session;
import java.util.Random;

import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.TransportConfiguration;
import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.jms.ActiveMQJMSClient;
import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.jms.JMSFactoryType;
import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.settings.impl.AddressSettings;
import org.apache.activemq.artemis.tests.util.JMSTestBase;
import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.remoting.impl.invm.InVMConnectorFactory;
import org.junit.Assert;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;

public class NonExistentQueueTest extends JMSTestBase {

   private JMSContext context;
   private final Random random = new Random();
   private Queue queue;

   @Override
   @Before
   public void setUp() throws Exception {
      super.setUp();
      context = createContext();
      queue = createQueue(JmsContextTest.class.getSimpleName() + "Queue1");
   }

   @Test
   public void sendToNonExistentDestination() throws Exception {
      server.getAddressSettingsRepository().addMatch("#", new AddressSettings().setAutoCreateJmsTopics(false));
      Destination destination = ActiveMQJMSClient.createTopic("DoesNotExist");
      TransportConfiguration transportConfiguration = new TransportConfiguration(InVMConnectorFactory.class.getName());
      ConnectionFactory localConnectionFactory = ActiveMQJMSClient.createConnectionFactoryWithoutHA(JMSFactoryType.CF, transportConfiguration);
      // Using JMS 1 API
      Connection connection = localConnectionFactory.createConnection();
      Session session = connection.createSession();
      try {
         MessageProducer messageProducer = session.createProducer(null);
         messageProducer.send(destination, session.createMessage());
         Assert.fail("Succeeded in sending message to a non-existent destination using JMS 1 API!");
      }
      catch (JMSException e) { // Expected }

      }

      // Using JMS 2 API
      JMSContext context = localConnectionFactory.createContext();
      JMSProducer jmsProducer = context.createProducer().setDeliveryMode(DeliveryMode.PERSISTENT);

      try {
         jmsProducer.send(destination, context.createMessage());
         Assert.fail("Succeeded in sending message to a non-existent destination using JMS 2 API!");
      }
      catch (JMSRuntimeException e) { // Expected }
      }

   }
}


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HomeCommuteLakhs register in carpooling apps across Indian cities
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Pic: Orahi (www.orahi.com)
Pavithra Sudhakar, a Hyderabad resident, used to spend about an hour travelling to her office daily. A senior software engineer in Wipro, she had to travel the 12 kms to office by cab or auto. Then, a year back, she started using the carpooling app sRide.
"I tried it after getting emails from my company (sRide has a tie-up with Wipro). Since then I have been using carpooling to go to office and back, daily. My travel time is only 40 minutes now," she says.
For Pavithra, this time saving is the biggest advantage of carpooling. "The person driving the car always comes on time. In the case of a cab or an auto, there were always delays. Carpooling also benefits the environment," she says. She carpools with any employee working in her tech park, not necessarily Wipro.
Mumbaikar Mayank Dalal, Director at Capgemini India, is a 'ride giver' in carpooling. He has been offering rides to 3-4 colleagues daily using the sRide app, for the last six months. Dalal's ride starts from Vile Parle (East), about 35 kms away from his office in Navi Mumbai. The commute takes 1.15 to 1.30 hours.
"If my co-riders used public transport instead, they'd have to take two trains and then a bus or auto, and their travel time would be two and a half hours on average. So I've been able to assure them safe, friendly and on-time commute. Carpooling especially benefits expectant mothers, people with health issues, and those who are new to the company and the city," he says.
Dalal rides with the same group of people on most days. Sometimes, when a seat is vacant, he informs others living nearby either through the app or a message, and gets them on board. "People from junior to senior positions ride in my car, and we have become friends irrespective of our designations. With carpooling I can also reduce my carbon footprint and be environment-friendly," Dalal says. The app also requires ride takers to pay Rs 3 per km, which helps cover the car owner's fuel costs for the ride.
Pavithra and Dalal are among an emerging group of urban residents who use carpool for daily commute. Carpooling has existed informally for some time through websites, Facebook pages, Whatsapp groups etc. But over the past decade, several carpooling startups have been launched, many of them by former IT employees.
While many of these startups have died a quiet death, others are thriving. Currently the carpooling industry in India is largely driven by these startups. There has been some global interest too. The French carpool company BlaBlaCar had entered the Indian market a couple of years back, but did not do very well. Yet, more companies like the German company Wunder are coming to India.
Carpooling has long been popular in many western countries, but the idea is only catching up in India. If carpooling becomes successful, the benefits are manifold — those without a car can navigate the horrendous urban traffic easily and at a low cost, car owners suffer less driving stress, and the number of cars on road could reduce. Carpooling startups say that a majority of their users are the young professional crowd. Arun Bhati, COO at the carpooling app Orahi, says that the average age of their users is 28 years.
K N M Rao, Founder of the Quick Ride carpool app, claims it has completed around 14 million kms of carpooling, which translates to reducing 3400 tonnes of CO2. Their app has an 'Ecometer' which shows each user how much CO2 she has personally reduced. Nitin Chadha, COO at sRide, says the app has completed eight million kms of carpooling.
K N M Rao, Founder of Quick Ride app. Pic: Navya P K
Variants of ride sharing
In addition to carpooling, the self-drive model (also known as car sharing) – wherein a user rents a car from a company for a specific period, drives the car himself, and returns it – is also becoming popular in India. For eg., Zoomcar, one of the major self-drive companies in India, launched in 2013, has grown rapidly and is now active in 27 cities. Their customers have made over one million trips overall, covering 200 million kms.
Zoomcar's CMO Harish Rawat says, "Most of our users are young, single people who don't plan to buy a car for the next few years. "They may use Ola to go to office daily, but use Zoomcar for other purposes. Some already own a car, but don't want to buy a second one." When the company initially launched, most users rented cars for outstation travel, but now about 60% of the rentals are for travel within the city. "People rent a car when their parents visit, when they have to take colleagues out for dinner, for marriages etc," says Rawat.
In both the carpooling and sharing models, the user get the benefits of having a car without having to own one. And even though more car-less people access cars through these models, there is a reduction in the total kilometres driven as well as in pollution and traffic jams.
In many countries, car-sharing has shown to reduce cars drastically. For eg., a 2010 study in US and Canada showed that each shared vehicle displaced 9-13 private cars. Another study in Switzerland in 2006 showed that former car owners had reduced their 'vehicle-kilometres travelled' by 72% with carpooling, and were increasingly resorting to cycling and public transport.
A recent study by the global research organisation World Resources Institute (WRI) found that in India, the car sharing industry was growing rapidly and it could potentially reduce car driving in the long term. In a focus group discussion with 44 Bangaloreans during the study, about 30% responded saying they may delay buying a car if car sharing option existed. And those who already owned a car said they would resort to carsharing instead of buying a second or third car.
However, the study cautions that Indian cities may not transition as quickly as western cities, mainly because public transport – which should complement car sharing to meet people's needs – is inadequate in India.
Most carpooling apps meant for professionals
Most of the Indian carpooling apps target IT employees and companies. A major reason, these startups say, is that car traffic in cities is mainly contributed by IT sector. "Yet IT companies don't prioritise this issue. There should be a push from the outside for IT companies to take it up, which is what carpool companies are doing," says Vyjayanthi Mala, Founder of the recently launched W'heal Our World (WOW) carpool app.
Another reason that IT sector employees account for a bulk of clients is because most of them are comfortable going through the verification and security procedures, which are completed online. Many companies also have tie-ups with IT companies as they have large numbers of such professionals.
In theory, however, the popular carpooling apps are oriented towards professionals. The user could be any professional, not necessarily from the IT sector, but all users are supposed to verify their phone numbers and work email ID when they register on the app. Their profile in the app would display whether they have done these verifications, and based on this, other users can decide whether to ride with them or not.
Some apps like Orahi also further verify users by a government-issued ID like Aadhaar or driving license. Some others like WOW require users to login using their social media profile, which would also be visible to other users.
Carpooling companies say their market is quite different from that of Ola Share, Uber POOL etc. K N M Rao, Founder at Quick Ride carpooling app says, "When ridesharing in Ola and Uber, you are still adding a taxi to the road. Also, the travel time and kilometres travelled are actually higher – each person is travelling more."
Bhati of Orahi says, "The driver (in case of ridesharing on app cabs) will be concerned only about getting the maximum number of rides, and the riders lose a lot of time. Hence people share rides in Ola and Uber only 1-2 times a week, whereas carpooling is done for daily office commute."
Popular carpooling apps allow users to post their travel time and direction, and show matches for people travelling in the same time and direction. The ride taker/giver can check the profiles of those who are offering/requesting the ride, and opt for a profile they are comfortable with.
Here are some common features of popular apps:
Security: A two or three tier verification process as mentioned earlier. Users can also rate each other, for future users' benefit. sRide, for example, makes user reviews compulsory. Many apps also have other safety features like SOS button, or sending alerts to a contact when the user starts and ends the ride.
Women-only carpools: Many apps allow users to filter co-riders by gender, and have exclusive women's carpools. In the WOW app, gender is matched by default – men can travel with men only, and women with women. In general, women form a large number of carpoolers. For example, Rao says that nearly half their ride takers are women, though female ride givers are fewer. Some apps also have filters by company name, so that users can travel with colleagues.
Communication between users: Once a user accepts your request/offer, you can communicate with her by call, SMS etc for coordination. The vehicle can also be tracked real-time in most apps.
Relatively low cost: Ride takers pay much less than the auto/cab fare for the same distance – usually at around Rs 3 per km. "In comparison, while riding in Ola/Uber, an independent ride costs Rs 12-15 per km, and a share ride about Rs 8 per km. During surge pricing, it can go up to even Rs 20-25 per km," says Bhati. In carpool apps, the ride taker's contribution is often just enough to cover the fuel cost for the ride; a percentage of the contribution is taken by the carpool company too. This percentage varies – for example, Orahi takes 28% of the contribution, while sRide takes 6%. Some apps like AYA Carpool allow users to fix the price themselves.
E-wallet: To avoid uncomfortable cash transactions, most apps have an e-wallet, using which the ride taker can transfer money or points to the ride giver. In the Quick Ride app, fuel points that are redeemable at petrol pumps are transferred. WOW app gives the car owner the option to donate to NGOs.
Additional features vary across apps. AYA Carpool, for example, has a user interface similar to Whatsapp, which makes contacting matches easier. Some apps like Quick Ride and AYA allow both intercity and intracity carpooling. Bike pooling is also an option in apps like Quick Ride, but Rao says it has not picked up much.
Here are details of some carpooling/self-drive apps, based on data given by the companies:
Name Launched in Average cost per km for ride taker Total registered users Cities active in
Quick Ride 2015 Rs 3 3 lakh Five: Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Pune, Kochi
Orahi 2013 Rs 3.5 2.5 lakh NCR and Bangalore
SRide 2015 Rs 3 3 lakh Nine: Bangalore, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Pune, Chennai, Kolkata, NCR, Kochi, Coimbatore
W'heal Our World 2017 Rs 4 200+ Bangalore
AYA Carpool 2016 Users can decide 1.2 lakh, of which about 70,000 are Indian users Mumbai, and to some extent in Bangalore and Hyderabad.
Zoomcar (self-drive/carsharing) 2013 Rs 70 to Rs 265 per hour, depending on the type of car and package opted 20 lakh 27 (tier 1 and 2) cities. Most popular in Delhi, Pune, Mumbai, Bangalore.
However, not all registered users take rides; in most apps, less than half the registered users use the app actively.
In part 2 of this story, we shall explore why the uptake on carpooling is still slow, and how companies are trying to overcome this challenge.
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Navya P K is a journalist at Citizen Matters, and a freelance journalist based in Kerala.
sagar panchal says:
How are these companies using private cars for commercial purposes. I mean in India only yellow number plates vehicle can be used for commercial purposes and white number plates vehicle are private purposes then how these companies are using private vehicles for commercial purposes?? Does Indian government allow this?
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 Alistair Petrie (1970-), acteur britannique ;
 Arthur Petrie (1890-1957), un comédien canadien, humoriste et meneur de revue burlesque ;
 Carroll Petrie (1925-2015), née Carroll McDaniel, épouse de Milton Petrie, mécène et philanthrope américaine ;
 Daniel Petrie (1920-2004), un producteur, réalisateur et scénariste canadien ;
 Daniel Petrie Jr., né en 1952, un acteur, producteur, réalisateur et scénariste américain ;
 Donald Petrie, né en 1954, un réalisateur et acteur américain ;
 Donald Petrie, un botaniste américain ;
 Douglas Petrie, un producteur, réalisateur et scénariste américain ;
 Geoff Petrie, né en 1948, un ancien joueur professionnel américain de basket-ball de NBA et actuel président des opérations basket des Sacramento Kings ;
 George Petrie (1790-1866), un peintre, musicien, collecteur et archéologue irlandais ;
 George Petrie, un acteur américain ;
 Haylea Petrie, née en 1969, une joueuse de softball australienne ;
 Jon Petrie, né en 1976, un joueur de rugby à XV qui joue avec l'équipe d'Écosse ;
 Juliette Petrie (1900-1995), une artiste canadienne de burlesque, comédienne et humoriste ayant travaillé sur scène, à la télévision et au cinéma ;
 Milton Petrie (-1994), propriétaire d'une chaîne de magasins, Petrie Stores ;
 Nick Petrie, un romancier américain, auteur de roman policier ;
 William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1853-1942), un égyptologue anglais.

Toponymie
 Petrie, localité dans le Queensland (Australie)
 Circonscription de Petrie, une circonscription électorale fédérale australienne dans le Queensland

Divers
 Musée Petrie d'archéologie égyptienne, une composante de l'Institut d'archéologie de l'University College de Londres
 Polygone de Petrie, donné par la projection orthogonale d'un polyèdre (ou même d'un polytope au sens général) sur un plan, de sorte à former un polygone régulier, avec tout le reste de la projection à l'intérieur

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District 9 football realignment and the future of Cameron County High School football. The two subjects have their own set of circumstances and yet are incontrovertibly connected. Realignment has finally become as close to a done deal as possible while the football program at our high school has anything but a certain future.
First, let's tackle the subject of District 9 football and its leagues. Later in the month, District schools will vote on changing everything about the way they are grouped into leagues. Under the proposal, the Allegheny Mountain League and the Keystone Shortway Athletic Conference will cease to exist. According to a report by D9Sports.com the district schools will be divided into three conferences, the small school north, the small school south and the large school conference.


Update: hours after putting my coat up for sale, it sold! People are hot for this coat (not surprisingly, considering Chicago will be -14 on Wednesday). So I sold and shipped the Canada Goose and am now impatiently waiting for my new coat to arrive (I went with Columbia, as they were recommended and were having a sale). My guess is it will not be as warm, but perhaps it will be good enough. Fingers crossed.


Instagram will soon be a lot stricter with developers using its platform.
The company updated its developer guidelines with new rules that will limit third-party developers' access to its platform, a change that will affect apps using Instagram's feed API.
Our goal is to provide a focused set of terms and processes that give clarity to the use cases we will support going forward. While this may require changes from many of you, we believe these changes will help maintain control for the community and provide a clear roadmap for developers.
To be clear, Instagram isn't cutting off all developers. The company says it will allow certain apps to have access, including those aimed at advertisers, publishers and ones that allow users to share their content, such as printing services. Its issue, it seems, is with apps that are primarily for viewing your feed outside of the main Instagram app.
Though most iOS and Android users rely on Instagram's main app to browse their feeds, a number of developers use the feed API to create alternative experiences, including tablet apps and apps that allow you to browse your feed from your iOS keyboard or notifications center.
Retro's Instagram app for iPads.
Though some developers are unhappy with the move, it's understandable that Instagram, which now counts more than 400 million users, would want more control over how developers use its platfiorm. The move comes barely a week after a third-party Instagram app was removed from the App Store and Google Play for stealing users' passwords.
The move could have a more significant impact on Windows users, as Instagram's official Windows Phone app, still labeled as a beta, lacks many of the features of its iPhone and Android counterparts. Thus, certain third-party Instagram apps for Windows are actually better than the official version — something not unique to Instagram, as many companies don't devote the same resources to developing for Windows as they do to other platforms.
Existing developers will have until June 1, 2016 to submit their app for approval under the new guidelines. After that, apps like Retro will not be able access Instagram's API. New app submissions will also have to submit to the review process by Dec. 3, 2015.


I do have a Top MONEY BOMB 10* and a BEST BET going here on Championship Sunday. But for my FREE PLAY, I am looking to go UNDER the total here between the Patriots and Broncos.
We will and have heard all week about Brady vs Manning. Last meeting perhaps. Another trip to a Super Bowl cementing their HOF careers. But the defenses will be what rules the day this afternoon.
The Broncos won all season behind their defense. Not Manning and his 17 INTs to just 9 TDs. Or Brock Osweiler and his 10 TDs and 6INTs. The defense was ranked #1 in the NFL basically across the board. The Patriots defense wasn't too shaby either. They were ranked 9th in total yards allowed.
I can't see Manning just flipping a switch here. He does have talented receivers, but his arm and body are giving out on him. He did have some drops by his WRs last week that hurt. Brady is at the opposite end of that. He looks fine.
For me, this is going to come down to red-zone execution. This isn't vintage offenses of the past for both teams. I see more FGs than TDs.


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In what will be three years since the release of "ATTACK25", a new album called "THE DREAM QUEST" will be released on October 10th. It will have 12 tracks total, five of those tracks will be "Kyuushuu wo doko made mo", "Itoshi no Riley", "Anata no you ni", "KNOCKKNOCK!", and "Anata to Onnaji Sora no Shita".
I thought there'd be a new album to accompany a nationwide tour during a non-Wonderland year.
The cover and tracklist for the album is now out.
EDIT - I didn't realize I had misspelled "Anata to Oonaji Sora no Shita". I'm sorry..
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And "The Dream Quest" is officially a #1 album!
Is it just me or are there a LOT of throwbacks to older stuff on this album? Like, it really feels like a retrospective of DCT's entire career. Very definitive.


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CABIN REPORT September 20, 2017
An Exclusive Look Inside Qatar Airways QSuite Product
In an exclusive media event at Heathrow yesterday, Qatar Airways showed off its Quite product on the only operating aircraft with the new seats. TheDesignAir was one of the very few media outlets allowed at this exclusive show around. Currently only available on the 777 aircraft, the QSuite – Qatar Airways' latest business class product – will soon to be expanded to Paris, New York and a second London service in the coming months.
Jonathan Harding OBE, Qatar Airways Senior Vice President Europe, who led the show around, said: "We are immensely proud to introduce the QSuite on flights out of London Heathrow. This is a game-changer for Business Class travel and sets a new standard in the industry. The QSuite brings First Class excellence into the Business Class cabin. At Qatar Airways we always look to provide the best for our passengers – be bold, innovative and customer focused."
While the current roll-out of the product is running at approximately one a month, we take an exclusive peek at what will soon become commonplace in Qatar Airways' skies.
First impressions count. We are strong believers in this. The entire cabin has been refitted, it's not just a case of new seats. The galleys are adorned with a beautiful fretwork and bulkheads in the Qatar Airways burgundy.
Apart from the large seat structure walls that line the aisles, that feel more like first class suites, everything is swathed in fabric and leathers that do well to offer a quietness, absorbing sound, rather than reflecting it.
With Qatar Airways mood lighting, it felt like walking into a very trendy hotel, rather than an aircraft, although the walls to the suites do make navigating the aisle slightly more tricky than usual.
Featuring 42 seats in business class, the cabin keeps the same amount of the seats in the forward section, thanks to the forward / rear facing concept that runs throughout the cabin.
The Seats
The actual suites themselves are vast, and offer an impressive amount of personal space. The forward/rear facing seats naturally have a slightly different feel depending which way you are travelling, but both are equally impressive.
The seat itself feels oversized, almost like a throne, when sat in it, with a high back which forms the major part of the bed when reclined. Thanks to a myriad of controls, the seat is fully customisable, with forward tracking, recline, seat massage and a Do Not Disturb sign.
Each seat offers plenty of storage, both hidden and table areas for laptops etc. The seats are also well supplied with a variety of ports and power, including HDMI, USB and even a contactless payment pad.
The personal table, which folds out to a huge sturdy table perfect for eating, is perfect for the centre seats, but not so much for the aisle seats, as the table, when folded out is immovable, meaning getting in and out of the seat if right next to the suite wall is virtually impossible. But that said, naturally the cabin crew are constantly on hand to help should you need to stretch your legs during service. Those on the inner seats (situated away from the aisle) have the ability however to slip out should they want.
Privacy is the most impressive element to the suites with each seat being cocooned in high walls. (Although an issue with passengers using the emergency release handle to open the door rather than just pushing it too is causing a few passengers to accidentally quick release the whole door panel off, but this is something that can be addressed as the product continues to roll out)
The high walls and large doors offer a great sense of privacy. Should a passenger want to travel by themselves, even in the 4 joining suites that make a "Quad" it's totally possible, as the joining walls are fully adjustable. Centre dividers go down between seats, and even go fully down between the 'double beds' (which are then covered by a special insert to make the mattress seamless)
The dividers between passengers in the middle section, (forward rear facing) can also slide back, allowing for guests to communicate through the divide. Sadly, this element wasn't passed on to the window seats, as this would have offered more options for passengers travelling together.
As for entertainment, the glorious Oryx magazine is now hidden away in the seat furniture, but a giant 21.5inch TV screen dominates the space, offering a fully immersive, first class entertainment offering.
Thanks to an increased seat pitch compared to the usual forward / rear racing configurations, each seat enjoys a small side storage unit which allows for personal belongings and the ability to stretch out when the seat is positioned as a flat bed.
While the addition of the 'Quad' is an interesting gimmick, which perhaps serves its demographic of middle-eastern families very well, probably won't get as much use as the airline expects. However the advent of the concept has brought other benefits, such as flexible seating arrangements, large private suites, and storage a plenty to give passengers a real premium-business class product.
We were thrilled to see the product, and while we stand by our previous comment that it isn't exactly bringing anything the skies hasn't already seen before, they've managed to bring all the best bits together to make an impressive, unique cabin space, that is going to receive a lot of praise over the coming months.
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Well done Qatar! It is a very refined product with a fabulous color palette!! Just love it!


Born in Lebanon, Carole Samaha grew up with her parents and two brothers having only one dream, since childhood, to be on stage under the spotlights. From a very early age, she was fascinated by music and captured by theater. Her talent was very obvious and inevitable.After graduating from school, Carole decided to study drama, It was at St Joseph University of Beirut where she took her master degree in Acting & Directing and graduated in 1999.
Since her very first play at University, Carole has been chosen for the leading female role in most important musicals in Lebanon as well as T.V. series. "Chameleon" is the word most artists and directors who worked with Carole use to describe her.
On stage, she is gifted with a multi-faceted personality; exactly like a Chameleon, she swiftly and smoothly changes from one state of mind to another one.Not only Carole proved herself as an actress, her voice is individual with an ability to express character. This allowed her to perform many songs written by great composers in the Middle East such as Mansour Rahbani.
As a result, Carole succeeds in introducing herself as a promising whole artist who can sing and act with equal aptitude.


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Mike Tauchman, Giants dispute 9th-inning call in 3-2 loss to Dodgers
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June 29, 2021 Updated: June 29, 2021 12:02 p.m.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 28: Mike Tauchman #29 of the San Francisco Giants argues the call against him as he is tagged out by Chris Taylor #3 of the Los Angeles Dodgers at second base in the ninth inning at Dodger Stadium on June 28, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Meg Oliphant/Getty Images)
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Los Angeles Dodgers' Chris Taylor, left, tags out San Francisco Giants' Mike Tauchman as Tauchman tries to take second base after hitting a single during the ninth inning of a baseball game, Monday, June 28, 2021, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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San Francisco Giants' Mike Tauchman reacts after a video review confirmed that he was tagged out by Los Angeles Dodgers' Chris Taylor at second base while trying to take the base on a single during the ninth inning of a baseball game, Monday, June 28, 2021, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
While his overall numbers aren't impressive, Mike Tauchman has had a few spectacular moments during his brief time with the Giants, and he tried to create one more Monday night.
The attempt ended at second base, wiping out the Giants' final chance to come back on the Dodgers. Tauchman didn't get his way, and neither did the Giants, who fell 3-2 in the opener of a two-game series.
"Trying to be aggressive," Tauchman said. "Obviously, the scoring opportunities on a guy like Kenley Jansen are few and far between, so just trying to make a play for the boys."
With the Giants down a run, Tauchman hit a liner to left-center off Jansen to open the ninth. Cody Bellinger didn't field it cleanly, so Tauchman figured he had a chance for more than a single. He jetted for second, but Bellinger's throw beat him to the bag.
As a result, Tauchman got creative with his headfirst slide and tried to maneuver his right arm around the tag, but he was called out. He thought he was safe.
Manager Gabe Kapler immediately challenged the call, and the review team in New York took quite a while before siding with umpire Lance Barksdale.
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The official word was that it couldn't "definitively" be determined if Tauchman stayed on the bag while Taylor was tagging him.
"I felt I initially avoided the tag enough to get my hand in there," Tauchman said. "Whether or not I came off ... it's tough, it's frustrating."
The Giants were 0-for-13 with runners in scoring position but got no more chances after the Tauchman at-bat. With the bases empty, Jansen retired the next two hitters to secure the save.
"Unfortunately, Bellinger recovered really well and made a perfect throw," Tauchman said. "Sometimes that's the margin. Razor thin."
Ultimately, Kapler saw it only one way and was convinced the call should have been overturned.
"I wasn't sure when I was the in the dugout, to be honest with you, because I didn't have a chance to look at it from several different angles like I did after the game," Kapler said.
"After the game, I thought we made the correct call to challenge it, and I think he was safe."
John Shea is The San Francisco Chronicle's national baseball writer. Email: jshea@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @JohnSheaHey
John Shea is The San Francisco Chronicle's national baseball writer and columnist. He has been covering baseball for four decades, including 33 years in the Bay Area. He wrote four baseball books, including the New York Times bestseller with Willie Mays "24: Life Stories and Lessons from the Say Hey Kid" and Rickey Henderson's autobiography ("Off Base: Confessions of a Thief").


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Oysters from AIX, a new restaurant from Atlanta's Nick Leahy
For Chef Nick Leahy, cooking Provençal cuisine is all about Southern roots
By Ryan Shepard
Chef Nick Leahy has had a fairly epicurian upbringing. His grandfather was a British diplomat so his family spend a good chuck of his childhood in European and other, more exotic, countries. But it's his childhood spent in AIX-en-Provençe that has most profoundly shaped not only his palate, but also his love of cooking.
Based in Atlanta, Leahy has built a a good reputation for himself in his almost 20 years of cooking. In early December 2018, he will open a new Provençal inpsired restaurant, named AIX (pronounced "ex") for the place he spent so much time as a child. The new restaurant will be full service, offering patrons breakfast, lunch, a French-styled happy hour and, of course, dinner. Addtionally, AIX will have an adjoined but seperate robust wine bar, named Tin Tin after an electic and beloved aunt.
We recently sat down with Leahy to learn more about this project and how it fits in to the Atlanta dining scene.
Southern Kitchen: How did being exposed to so many different cuisines at such a young age shape your palate?
Nick Leahy: I think it's true of anybody, what you eat when you're young forms what you like to eat when you're older. If you are exposed to a lot of things when you're young then you can really appreciate a broader selection of cuisines and spices and flavors. I always give [my mom] a lot of credit for sort of kickstarting me as a chef because she was always a very creative cook.
SK: I know a lot of classically trained chefs kind of struggle with finding what it is they want to cook, and a lot of people go back to their roots, or what they ate growing up, but your childhood was very epicurean. How did you decide which cuisine you wanted to cook?
NL: At Saltyard, [a previous restaurant], we were playing in whatever field we want to play in because it was [serving] globally-inspired small plates. So it was, in a way, very freeing to be able to cook with whatever you wanted. But it also made me appreciate different cuisines even more. [With AIX] it's a pleasure to get to be able to cook within a scope now so that we can really focus in on the flavors and make everything very cohesive. So in a way, it's almost liberating ... to cook within the scope of a cuisine that I'm super comfortable with and super passionate about, Provençal cuisine.
[These] are my earliest food memories. I remember being in the South of France with my family and trying these things. [It's] the cuisine that I would say is most my family — that's why I'm passionate and that's why I sort of zeroed in on this.
SK: Do you think that Americans kind of have this weird fascination with French cooking and French cuisine?
NL: I think they do, but I [also] think most Americans don't understand the different subtleties in French cuisine. So I think what most people think of as French cuisine is just bistro or brasserie food. Much more of a northern French type of cuisine, typified by rich sauces and butters and creams and all those kind of things. Whereas the part of France where I spent a lot of time growing up, Provençal, is it's much more of a Mediterranean kind of cuisine.
It's a bit more of an open-minded version of French cooking. The French are very proud of all things French so, you know in the North or in brasserie or bistro food, it's like, "This is how the French do it." Whereas in the South you have so many more people that come through from different cultures that you have a lot more outside influence. It's French technique and it's a French mindset, but it's a broader palate to get to play in as far as ingredients and spices go.
SK: Besides Atlanta being your home base, why is it important for you to open up this sort of French concept in the city?
NL: I think there's a hole in the city as far as French cuisine. I think there are great French restaurants, but I think they approach French cuisine from that more bistro or brasserie angle. I think anytime you're doing a concept it's better if it's something personal. [Can] you actually relate to it and be passionate about it? When I think of Provençal French food, I'm not just thinking of a type of food, I've got all these memories that it brings up.
SK: With that being said, you've mentioned "The South" quite a bit. Do you think there are any common misconceptions about American Southern cuisine as well?
NL: If you go outside of the South in the U.S., people think it's all fried heavy butter and creamed corn. [But] we probably cook more seasonally than a lot of the rest of the country. We have, you know, a huge agriculture base here. So I think Southern food is a lot healthier and a lot more vegetable-driven and a lot more seasonally-driven than people perceive it to be. It's not just biscuits and gravy.
SK: If you had to choose one dish from your menu as it stands right now that encapsulates everything you want to communicate about where you grew up, your heritage and your food, what would that dish be?
NL: The one dish that sort of encapsulates our ethos for the restaurant is probably the bouillabaisse. Classic bouillabaisse a kind of fisherman's stew using whatever the freshest fish at that moment is. But we're going to refine the dish a little bit. Instead of having it be a big bowl of stew we're going to cook all the pieces of seafood individually and then make it with a really flavorful broth tableside. It's taking that classic dish from Provençe and just elevating it a tiny bit.
But then we're also going to be using shrimp from Georgia and probably snapper or some fish from the Gulf. We're going to be using Sapelo Island clams. We're going to be using American mussels, domestic scallops and things like that. So we're taking that dish from the south of France. Then were recreating it here in the South of the United States with ingredients that are from here.
Nick Leahy's restaurant, AIX, will open December 14, 2018 at 956 Brady Avenue NW, Suite 100 in Atlanta. Follow the restaurant on Facebook and Instagram for updates.
Ryan Shepard is the editor-in-chief at Southern Kitchen. Though originally from Los Angeles, she has lived in Atlanta since early 2017 and cannot imagine calling any other city home (except maybe New Orleans). Before joining Southern Kitchen's staff, Ryan worked on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on public policy issues. When she's not at work, she enjoys hunting down the best Mexican food in the city and drinking whiskey, obviously.
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Sport's greatest obsession: fantasy football
Ben Mullaney '19, Staff Writer|September 12, 2017|271 Views
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As the first week of the NFL comes to an end it is time to look back and reflect on it. It was a great week, unless you were a Bengals fan, to sit on the couch and watch some football. Watching football, eating food, and doing nothing on your couch but refresh your phone is a great day to almost everyone.
Yet sometimes the Sunday Scaries hit you right in the middle of an exciting game. No I am not talking about realizing that tomorrow is Monday, or that the hometown team is getting demolished. I am talking about when your fantasy football team is about to lose in a heart breaker. Fantasy football is the game that millions across America play every week.
Three prized running backs for fantasy football. (taken from NLF.com)
The Fantasy Sports Trade Association said that nearly 57 million people age 12 and above in the US and Canada played fantasy sports in 2014. Participation has grown dramatically over the past few years, according to FSTA. Granted that is all fantasy sports, but football is the most common by far. That statistic was from three years ago and numbers are growing every year. It is projected that about 60 million will be playing in 2017. Additionally a recent poll projects that 70% of Fantasy Football players will be paying to join a league.
Even with the millions who play fantasy every week some argue that is bad for the sport. These are the same people who say brackets for March madness are bad for the sport. Although I do think fantasy football is great, I do see their point in a few cases. For example, when you are watching your favorite team play against a player you have in fantasy and are at crossroads over who to root for. But overall, I think Fantasy is great and I play every year.
So why is Fantasy Football so fun and addictive? I asked several classmates to find the answer.
Elder junior Joey Singler had this to say about fantasy football. "I love fantasy football, it is one of my favorite hobbies. When asked about why he liked it so much he said, "I don't know, I love how it is exciting and allows you to compete against your friends. It also gives me something to do on Sundays."
Elder junior Jack Burgasser said he loves fantasy football because it is something to do while you're bored. He also said, "I love doing research for fantasy and seeing if I can find a sleeper pick. It also fun to be able to talk crap and beat your friends. Plus, it gives me a reason to watch pointless games that I would otherwise not pay attention to."
One thing that came across several times while interviewing people about fantasy football is that it allows for people to play with their friends and family. I believe fantasy football is great because it gives people of all ages and expertise a chance to compete and have fun with those close to them
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The Lenovo K3 Note flaunts a 5.5-inch full HD (1920×1080) IPS display and is powered by a 1.7GHz MediaTek MT6752 octa-core 64-bit processor paired with 2GB of RAM. It offers 16GB internal memory, which can be expanded up to 32GB using a microSD card. The phablet also stars a 13MP snapper at the back with a LED flash, 5MP front camera and a 3,000mAh battery, which the company claims is good enough for 36 hours of talk time on 3G, and up to 750 hours in standby mode.
Connectivity options include dual-SIM card slots, 4G support on both SIMs, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS. The phablet runs on Android Lollipop 5.0 out-of-the-box, wrapped under Lenovo Vibe 2.5 UI.
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A 24-year-old former Trump campaign worker who rose rapidly to a senior post in the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy will step down by the end of the month because of controversy surrounding his appointment, the White House said late Wednesday.
Taylor Weyeneth, who graduated from college in May 2016, was named a White House liaison to the drug office the following March and then promoted to deputy chief of staff in July, at age 23. His only professional experience after college and before becoming a political appointee was working on the Trump presidential campaign.
The office, known as ONDCP, is responsible for coordinating anti-drug initiatives at 16 federal agencies and supporting President Trump's efforts to confront the opioid epidemic.
"Mr. Weyeneth has decided to depart ONDCP at the end of the month," the White House statement said. A spokesman said Weyeneth was not available to speak.
The announcement follows Washington Post stories that detailed Weyeneth's rapid rise at ONDCP — in large part because of staff turnover and vacancies — and inconsistencies and inaccuracies on three résumés he submitted to the government.
Early last year, Weyeneth revised dates relating to certain jobs he held, including one at a New York law firm. A partner at the firm told The Post that Weyeneth was "discharged" because he stopped showing up for work.
On all three résumés, Weyeneth maintained that he had a master's degree from Fordham University, although a university spokesman said Weyeneth had not completed his coursework.
In response to inquiries from The Post, the White House on Jan. 12 said that Weyeneth would remain at ONDCP but would return to the position he initially held in the agency.
Weyeneth stayed on through the brief government shutdown that began over the weekend and was one of three ONDCP employees designated as essential, officials said. The White House's announcement Wednesday came after questions from The Post about that designation.


Honor and shame are innately social and cooperate realities. For this reason, an honor-centric morality prioritizes relational harmony and communal edification, as seen in Pauline theology. John Barclay says, "Paul's redefinition of honor thus gives prestige to such traits that promote social cohesion and mutual construction" (2014, 313). Victor Furnish explains, "For [Paul], moral action is never a matter of an isolated actor choosing from among a variety of abstract ideas on the basis of how inherently "good" or "evil" each may be. Instead, it is always a matter of choosing and doing what is good for the brother and what will upbuild the whole community of brethren" (2009, 233). First Corinthians offers an apostolic case study of an honor-centric ethic, which approaches morality different than the West's guilt-based paradigm.
The formation of God's covenant community is Paul's moral vision and ethical telos. Richard Hays notes, "The ethical norm, then, is not given in the form of a predetermined rule or set of rules for conduct; rather, the right action must be discerned on the basis of a Christological paradigm, with a view to the need of the community and the community's identity as God's covenant people" (Hays 1994, 37). So for example, when certain Corinthians approach the issue of idol-meat as an individual right, Paul reframes it as a matter of community construction (1 Cor 8).
Paul's moral instructions to the Corinthian community are not rules defined by Old Testament Torah, Roman law, or the upholding of universal moral justice. They are more akin to guardrails keeping Christians on the path towards relationships, community, and honor.
"Whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God" (1 Cor 10:31). For Paul, glorifying God meant giving no offense to others and striving to please all (1 Cor 10:32). Shaming, demoting, or offending someone for whom Christ died nullifies God's work. Relational harmony and communal unity are what glorifies God in 1 Cor 10:31–32. For Paul, the end (i.e., glorifying God) and means (i.e., pleasing others) of Christian morality are honor-shame based.
Paul's teachings on head coverings in 1 Cor 11:2-16 offers another example honor-centric ethics. Note the repeated honor-shame language: Every man who prays "with their head covered dishonors his head" (v. 4) "since he is the image and glory of God" (v. 7), and long hair "is a disgrace to him" (v. 14). The women who prays "with her head uncovered dishonors her head" (v. 5), and since a woman's long hair "is her glory" (v. 15) "it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved" (v. 6, emphasis added). What is honorable is right; what is shameful is wrong. In this complicated passage, Paul appears to be denouncing the Greco-Roman liturgical practice of male head-coverings because they reflected a cultic custom in the pagan temples and indicated hierarchical social prominence. But Paul mandates female head coverings as social symbols of distinct gender boundaries, moral propriety, and sexual modesty (Finney 2010). But regardless the cultural background, we can't miss Paul's blatant appeal to honor and shame in these instructions.
Paul does not discard honor and shame as moral rubrics, but reframes them for God's community in Corinth. His example can help Christians develop a complete and biblical social morality for the people of God.
This post is adapted from my article "They Don't Feel Guilt?!?!" in Restored to Freedom from Guilt, Shame, and Fear: Lessons from the Buddhist World (SEANET 13; William Carey Library, 2017).


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The relationship between mental health and biodiversity
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The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a devastating toll on people's mental health. In a recent study by the Office for National Statistics, the number of UK adults that reported symptoms of depression had increased from 10% just before the pandemic to 21% in March 2021, and according to a survey carried out by UK charity Young Minds, an increase in anxiety and a loss of hope reveals the psychological distress young people have endured as a result of the pandemic.
The UK is not alone here – the vast majority of countries globally have experienced a spike in mental health issues. In the US for example, mental health issues have increased at an alarming rate during the pandemic. America's leading mental health charity Mental Health America (MHA) published a report revealing that more Americans are reporting frequent thoughts of suicide and self-harm compared to previous years recorded by their screening programme which first began in 2014. The same study found that black, indigenous, and ethnic minority groups suffer disproportionately with mental health issues, mirroring the greater direct impacts of the pandemic that they are experiencing compared to their white counterparts. A recent paper published by Philanthropy Impact highlights that 81% of global mental health disorders have been recorded in low and middle income countries, where in many ways they have been hit the hardest during the pandemic, with low mental health resources and significantly differing standards of quality in mental health services owing to levels of poverty.
Biodiversity and mental health: joining the conversations together
Running parallel to the upsurge in mental health issues across the globe is the disturbing loss of biodiversity and nature caused by climate change, deforestation, pollution, and the general degradation of the ecosystem. The inclusion of biodiversity as part of what has been named the "green recovery" process has been described by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) as critical for human health and well-being as well as for economic prosperity. With this in mind, researchers are continuing to unlock and present the vast benefits that biodiversity has on mental health including reduced depression, anxiety, and stress, and an increase in happiness as well as better physical health.
The relationship between mental health and biodiversity is a symbiotic one. In our increasingly urbanised world, there is much evidence to show that biodiversity has a marked positive effect on our mental health. This has been highlighted during the pandemic, when access to nature and green spaces has provided considerable healing benefits. In fact, the theme of Mental Health Awareness Week 2021 is nature, because so many have turned to natural spaces and beauty to support themselves during the challenges of the past year. Similarly, Thrive Global points out that our mental health issues are leading us to make decisions that are destroying the planet. People who are mentally exhausted due to prolonged stress are having an adverse effect on the earth's biodiversity. Clearly, conversations around mental health and biodiversity can be brought together and tackled as a connected issue.
Interconnecting the SDGs
Mental health is included in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 3.4). It plays a significant role in reaching the 2030 targets. The SDGs are "indivisible" and interconnected. As such, it is crucial to tackle mental health together with issues such as climate change and the perseveration of biodiversity if we are to truly succeed in achieving sustainable development targets.
Investing in mental health and biodiversity
The Institute for European Environmental Policy recently published a briefing on mental health and the environment. This suggested key policy recommendations including earmarking investments for the EU4Health programme as part of a dedicated EU mental health and well-being strategy. The "strong focus" was on "environmental determinants and prevention", as well as prioritising investments that will ensure that the most marginalised and disadvantaged benefit the most with access to nature and green spaces whilst helping to reduce exposure to pollution. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) also published their World Investment Report 2020. The trends for developing countries show that whilst overall SDG investment had increased in health, ecosystem and biodiversity, and climate change mitigation; international private sector investment was either stagnant, decreasing, or there was no data available, pointing towards a significant gap in private investing and related data.
Organisations such as the OECD as well as Deloitte have highlighted how biodiversity is integral to our mental health and well-being, urging businesses to care about the linkages or suffer serious consequences. In an article published by Deloitte, they recognise the need to "think ahead, and focus on solutions", and call for collaboration with businesses in order to mitigate the risks and deliver strong social as well as financial returns. The article also cites the new initiative by the European Commission which focuses on sustainable corporate governance and pays close attention to the vital links between mental health and biodiversity.
From a philanthropic perspective, there is great benefit for funders to
a) move towards a cause-related approach that takes into consideration the interconnectedness of areas such as mental health and biodiversity, and
b) collectively align and collaborate with other funders in order to make their giving more improved and effective, and to move closer towards achieving the SDGs in a more advanced and strategic way.
The World Health Organisation has issued an urgent calling for more investment to be allocated to mental health in order to address the crisis, pointing to the severe disruption to services that have occurred in 93% of countries worldwide. Likewise, more investment also needs to go into protecting and restoring biodiversity as it underpins our well-being and our mental health, which is needed to function in a healthy global economy and a healthy planet for the future. To help address this, we must understand and approach mental health from a holistic perspective, taking into consideration the environmental aspects of people's health.
We at Maanch are actively onboarding nonprofits working in areas of mental health and biodiversity and convening philanthropists and foundations passionate about these causes. Please contact us to get involved.
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People are still hurting from the tech market bubble of the late '90s, and they have since moved on to real estate. This is a good thing – the average Joe didn't really understand what they were investing in (and I am not sure they do now either). They cannot be held solely to blame – it was the wide-open IPO market that gave them access to those tech investments in the first place. Not any more.
Venture-backed startup valuations are on the rise, due mainly to merger and acquisition activity. Few mainstream folks have access to the private equity markets, and even fewer are paying attention to the balance sheets of those companies still standing after the crash. Meanwhile, it is the survivers gobbling up the scrappy innovators. They are using piles of cash to do it, which bodes well for both the entrepreneur and the users of the services, and we don't have to deal with "irrational exuberance" that spoiled the last party. The investments are in the hands of those who understand the risks, and can live with the potential pain. Life is good.
But lets not get crazy. I don't think it is a boom, but I do think the wealth (and risk) is being distributed in the right places. Then again, I am not John Doerr (obviously).


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Technology | Atherectomy Devices | January 16, 2018
Medtronic Receives FDA Clearance for Riptide Aspiration System
New system expands neurovascular product portfolio for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke
January 16, 2018 — Medtronic plc announced the company's Neurovascular business unit received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance of the Riptide Aspiration System, adding a tool to its acute ischemic stroke (AIS) product portfolio.
The Riptide Aspiration System is designed to retrieve thrombus (blood clot) through the Arc Catheter and restore blood flow in patients experiencing blockage of an artery in the brain, known as an ischemic stroke. The procedure involves inserting a catheter through an incision in the leg and up to the blocked artery, allowing the physician to remove the blood clot.
The Riptide Aspiration System is intended for use in the revascularization of patients with acute ischemic stroke secondary to intracranial large vessel occlusive disease (within the internal carotid, middle cerebral – M1 and M2 segments, basilar and vertebral arteries) within eight hours of symptom onset. Patients who are ineligible for intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (IV t-PA) or who fail IV t-PA therapy are candidates for treatment.
"While I primarily use the Solitaire Revascularization Device to treat patients with acute ischemic stroke, I utilize a direct aspiration approach as my first-line treatment strategy in select circumstances such as basilar artery thromboembolism and in select anterior circulation cases," said Daniel Sahlein, M.D., interventional neuroradiologist, Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine, assistant professor of clinical neurology in the Department of Neurological Surgery, Indianapolis University-Purdue University Indianapolis. "The Riptide Aspiration System will provide me with another proven Medtronic product to utilize when treating stroke patients."
The Riptide Aspiration System includes the Arc Catheter, Riptide Aspiration Tubing, Riptide Aspiration Pump and Riptide Collection Canister with intermediate tubing. The Riptide Aspiration System is a foundational platform for future aspiration catheters, currently in development.
According to the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA), stroke is the fifth leading cause of death in the United States, and a leading cause of disability. In June 2015, the AHA/ASA published new stroke treatment guidelines that recommended the use of stent retriever technology – such as the Solitaire stent retriever device – in conjunction with IV rtPA/alteplase as a first-line treatment for eligible patients.
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One of the most looked forward to and greatly enjoyed evening programs at Agawak is Casino Night.
Happy camper hall is transformed into a giant casino and the campers play games to win Agawak Dollars. Agawak Dollars can be earned to go towards a cabin's end of session prize. There are all the classic games including Black Jack, Indian Poker, Colour Wheel and many more. It is great fun, but watch out for cheating! One of the biggest games of the night is to see how much money counselors can sneak to their campers!
Counselors dress in all black and act as the dealers and bankers. We walk around the "club" as servers with platters of Goldfish crackers, sausage rolls and snacks. Each cabin dresses up in their own "theme" and quite often there are some great costumes to be seen.
There is music, colourful lights and dance parties everywhere. It is a high energy, fun packed night and the kids love it!
I was lucky enough to be a Black Jack dealer and had a great time going "all in" with campers who were convinced they could beat the dealer. I have to admit that I let some questionable moves slide but the kids really loved it when the I doubled their bets or put the whole pot in.
Naturally, the night turned into a dance party, as most Agawak evening programs do, and we got to bust out our moves to the hottest tunes. It was a great night and I'm already looking forward to the next Agawak Casino night!


Dating back to the 18th century, the traditional gabled Cape Dutch buildings of Peter Falke Wines belie a contrasting modernity within. The white washed old homestead, with bougainvillea tumbling over its walls, delicate scented roses and wild lavender growing alongside carefully cultivated vineyards, has inside a boutique winery, contemporary wine tasting room and luxurious outdoor lounge with stunning views. Better get out there soon to have one of their sublime dishes on the menu to pair with the Peter Falke PF Sauvignon Blanc 2017.
Werner Schrenk, GM and Winemaker, tends the vineyards and makes the Peter Falke Wines. High standards of bunch and then berry sorting allow for only the finest grapes to go through to stainless steel tank fermentation. One of the facts about this wine is the 3 months maturation on the fine lees which brings about an interesting creaminess on the wine and adds to the mid palate.
Packed under natural cork closure in a Bordeaux shaped bottle with the elegant long PF label. In the glass, it is a gem bright pale straw colour with flashes of youthful green.
Granadilla, grapefruit skin oil, desiccated pineapple and an undertow of guava.
On entry and to the ending, it is a vibrant bright fruited wine. Full in body and abundant flavours of tropical fruits, Melissa and a long ending.
Well chilled as a class on its own, perfect as an aperitif and great with summery foods like crisp Spring salads. Here is my wife Madeleine's, built up of lettuce, asparagus, thin beans and avocado. My ideal dressing for this salad you will find here.


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