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The blessed death of the righteous not duly lamented by the Jews; who also commit idolatry, and trusted in man: they are threatened, Isaiah 57:1-12; Evangelical promises to the penitent, Isaiah 57:13-19. No peace to the wicked, Isaiah 57:20,21.
The righteous; just and holy men, who are the pillars of the place and state in which they live; yea, as the Jews call them, the pillars of the world.
No man; few or none of the people. So he showeth that the corruption was general, in the people no less than in the priests.
Layeth it to heart; is duly affected with this severe stroke and sad sign of God's displeasure.
Merciful; or, godly; the same whom he now called righteous, whose duty and practice it is to exercise both mercy or kindness, and justice.
From the evil to come; from those dreadful calamities which are coming upon the nation.
He shall enter into peace; this just and merciful man shall enter into a state of peace and rest, where he shall be out of the reach of the approaching miseries. Or, He shall go (to wit, to his fathers, as it is fully expressed, Genesis 15:15; or, he shall die; going being put for dying, as 1 Chronicles 17:11, compared with 2 Samuel 7:12 Job 10:21 14:20 Luke 22:22, and elsewhere) in peace. They; just men. Here is a sudden change of the number, which is very frequent in the prophets. In their beds; in their graves, which are not unfitly called their beds, or sleeping houses, as their death is commonly called sleep in Scripture. Walking; or, that walketh or did walk, i.e. live. In his uprightness; in a sincere and faithful discharge of his duties to God and men. Or, before him, i.e. before God, according to the usual phrase of Scripture, as Genesis 17:1 1 Kings 2:4 8:25. For God is oft understood where he is not expressed, but only designed by this or the like pronoun, as Genesis 15:13, and elsewhere.
Draw near hither, to God's tribunal, to answer for yourselves, and to hear what I have to say against you, and to receive your sentence.
Sons of the sorceress; not by propagation, but by imitation; such being frequently called a man or woman's sons that learn their art, and follow their example: you sorcerers, either properly or metaphorically so called; for the Jews were guilty of it both ways.
The seed of the adulterer and the whore; not the genuine children of Abraham, as you pretend and boast, but begotten in fornication upon a common whore; which is not to be understood properly, but figuratively, because their dispositions and carriages were far more suitable to a bastardly brood than to Abraham's seed.
Against whom do ye sport yourselves? consider whom it is that you mock and scoff when you deride God's prophets, as they did, Isaiah 28:14,22, and know that it is not so much men that you abuse as God, whose cause they plead, and in whose name they speak.
Make a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue: these are the known and common gestures of mockers, of which see Job 16:10 Psalms 22:7 35:21.
Are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood? either an adulterous brood, as was said before; or a generation of liars, whose practices grossly contradict your principles and professions, who deal deceitfully and perfidiously both with God and with men.
Inflaming yourselves with idols, Heb. Being inflamed, &c.; lusting after them, and mad upon them, as the phrase is, Jeremiah 50:38; fervent both in making and in worshipping of them, as was observed, Isaiah 44:12, &c. It is a metaphor borrowed from whoredom, to which idolatry is oft compared.
Under every green tree; wheresoever you see an idol erected, which was commonly done in groves, or under great and shady trees, which both defended the worshippers from the heat of the sun, and were supposed to strike them with a kind of sacred horror and reverence. See Poole "Deuteronomy 12:2"; See Poole "2 Kings 16:4"; See Poole "2 Kings 17:10".
Slaying the children, in way of sacrifice to their idols, after the manner of the barbarous heathens; of which see on Leviticus 18:21 Deuteronomy 12:31 2 Kings 21:6 23:10.
In the valleys; or, beside the brooks, which run in the valleys; which was most commodious for such bloody work. He seems to allude to the valley of Hinnom, in which these cruelties were practised, Jeremiah 7:31, through which also the brook Kidron is supposed to have run.
Under the clifts of the rocks; which they chose either for shade, or for those dark vaults and hollow places which were either by nature or art made in rocks, and which were convenient for and frequently appointed to idolatrous uses.
Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; thou hast chosen for thy portion those idols which were either made of those smooth stones which were cast up by rivers, or which were worshipped upon altars made of such stones, or which were worshipped by the sides of brooks or rivers, where such smooth stones commonly lie.
They are thy lot; thou hast forsaken me, and chosen idols for the great object of thy worship and trust.
To them hast thou poured a drink-offering, thou hast offered a meat-offering; for the devil is God's ape, and idolaters used the same rites and offerings in the worship of idols which God had prescribed in his own, Numbers 15:4, &c.
Should I receive comfort in these? should I be pleased with such a people and such actions? must I not needs be highly provoked, and show my displeasure by an exemplary punishment of such wicked and foolish actions? This is a usual figure, called meiosis, or litotes, when less is said, and more is understood.
Upon a lofty and high mountain, in high places, which were much used for religious worship, both by Israelites and by heathens,
hast thou set thy bed; thine altar, as appears from the sacrifice here following, in which thou didst commit spiritual whoredom with idols. Compare Ezekiel 23:17,41.
Behind the doors also and the posts; which by a figure called hendiaduo may be put for the door-posts, as it is expressed, Deuteronomy 11:20. Behind the posts of the doors of thine house; where the heathens are said to have placed their tutelar gods, to whose protection they committed themselves and their houses, that so they might have their eyes and minds upon them, whensoever they went out or came in. Here also the Israelites might put them in some close corner, that they might keep them secret, it being opprobrious, and ofttimes dangerous, for them to worship idols.
Thy remembrance; those images or monuments and tokens which thou didst make and set up there as remembrances of those idol-gods whom they represented, or to whom they belonged. He saith,
thy remembrance, in opposition to God's remembrances, or to that writing of God's law upon their door-posts, which God prescribed to keep him and his law in their remembrance, Deuteronomy 6:9 11:20.
Thou hast discovered thyself to another than me; thou hast uncovered thy nakedness, i.e. prostituted thy body, (as the phrase commonly signifies,) to others besides me, thine Husband. Heb. from with me (departing from me, or as it were rising out of my bed) thou hast uncovered or prostituted thyself to others, like an impudent and insatiable strumpet. Art gone up into the adulterous bed, as this very word is used, Genesis 49:4.
Thou hast enlarged thy bed, that it might receive many adulterers together. Thou hast multiplied thine idols and altars. Made a covenant with them; thou hast covenanted to serve them, and to expect help from them. But because the verb here used being thus put by itself never signifies to make a covenant, it seems to be better rendered in the margin of our Bible, and by others, hast hewed it (to wit, thy bed, which is expressed both in the next foregoing and in the next following words) for thyself (for thine idolatrous uses) larger than theirs; than their bed, as it follows: or thus, didst hew down (to wit, trees, which is easily understood, both from the verb, and from the nature of the thing) to or for thyself (to make images or other things relating to thy false gods) more than they; more than the heathens, of whom thou hast learned these practices, as God complains, 2 Kings 21:9 Ezekiel 16:46,47,52. Thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it; no sooner didst thou see their idols but thou wast enamoured with them, and didst fall down and worship them, like an unchaste and lewd woman, who upon all occasions, and at the very first view of any man, is inflamed with lust towards them. Heb. thou lovedst their bed (i.e. their filthy conversation) in the place (for so this Hebrew word frequently signifies, as Deuteronomy 23:12 Isaiah 22:18, and elsewhere) where thou sawest it. Or thus, thou lovedst their bed, thou didst provide (as this word signifies, Exodus 18:21, and so doth a word of the very same signification, Genesis 22:8) a place for it, to receive their bed, to set up their idols in thine own house.
Thou wentest, either by thyself, or by thy messengers, as it follows. Or, thou didst look, to wit, earnestly, with expectation and vehement affection.
To the king; either to Moloch, which was as it were the king or chief of their idols, and which signifies a king. Or to the great king of Assyria, called the king by way of eminency, to whom the Israelites in the days of Isaiah were very prone to seek, and trust, and send presents. Although the word king may be here taken collectively for the kings of Assyria or Egypt, or any other king, from whom they desired or expected help in their straits. And so the prophet passeth here from their idolatry to another sin, even to their carnal confidence in heathen princes, for which they are oft severely reproved; although these two sins were commonly joined together, and they easily received idolatry from those kings whose help they desired.
With ointment; with precious ointments, and particularly with balm, which was of great price, and was a commodity peculiar to those parts, and was sometimes sent as a present: see Genesis 43:11 Jeremiah 8:22 46:11.
Didst increase thy perfumes; didst send great quantities thereof to them to procure their aid.
Didst send thy messengers far off; into Assyria, which was far from Judea.
Didst debase thyself even unto hell; thou wast willing to submit to the basest terms to procure their aid.
Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; thou hast not eased or relieved, but only tired thyself with all thy tedious journeys and laborious endeavours.
Yet saidst thou not, There is no hope; and yet thou wast so stupid under all thy discouragements and disappointments, that thou didst not perceive that thy labour was lost, and that thy case was not mended, but made worse and desperate by these practices.
Thou hast found the life of thine hand; thou hast found (i.e. thou falsely imaginest that thou hast found, or shalt assuredly find by these courses) the life (i.e. the strength and rigour) of thine hand, that thine hand is strengthened by these practices; or, life by thine hand, i.e. by these endeavours and applications of thyself to others for help. Or, thou hast sometimes found success in these ways.
Therefore thou wast not grieved; therefore thou didst not repent of thy sin and folly herein, but didst persist and applaud thyself in such courses.
And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared? and what or who are they the fear of whom drives thee to these wicked and desperate courses? Are they not men, weak and mortal creatures, such as wholly depend upon me, and can do nothing to thee either against me or without me?
That thou hast lied; that thou hast dealt thus disloyally and perfidiously with me, and sought for such foreign assistances, contrary to my command, and thy solemn covenant,
and hast not remembered me: hast thou forgotten all those great things which I have done for thee, and all those promises which I have made to thee, and constantly performed, when thou hast not grossly violated the conditions upon which they were made?
Nor laid it to thy heart; or thus, nor set me upon thine heart, as these very words are rendered, Song of Solomon 8:6. And so this is a repetition of what is said in the foregoing clause in other words. The sense is, Thou hast not seriously and affectionately considered what I am, how all-sufficient, and faithful, and gracious, for then thou wouldst not have distrusted or disobeyed me.
Have not I held my peace even of old? have not I forborne to reprove and punish thee for this and for other sins, from time to time, ever since thou wast my people, that by this goodness I might oblige thee to love me, and to cleave unto me?
And thou fearest me not; or, therefore thou dost not fear or regard me. Thus thou abusest mine indulgence and long-suffering, taking occasion from thence to despise me.
I will declare; I will no longer be silent and patient towards thee.
Thy righteousness and thy works; which may be put for the righteousness of thy works, by that known figure, of which See Poole "Isaiah 57:8", whereby he means their wickedness, which he calleth their
righteousness, either ironically, or because it was covered with a pretence of righteousness, and they alleged that this was a just and lawful thing, when they were distressed to seek for help from their neighbours or allies. The sense is, I will discover whether thy works be righteous, as thou pretendest they are; my punishments shall manifest the wickedness of thy actions.
They shall not profit thee; these actions shall do thee no good, but much hurt.
When thou criest, to wit, unto me for deliverance,
let thy companies deliver thee; expect it not from me, whom thou hast forsaken and despised, but from those foreign troops to whom thou hast sought and trusted for succour.
But the wind shall carry them all away; but they shall be so far from saving thee, that they shall not be able to deliver themselves, but shall be carried away suddenly and violently by the blast of mine anger.
Vanity; a vapour or puff of breath which quickly vanisheth away. It is the same thing in effect with the wind. Shall take them; or, take them away, as this verb signifies, Hosea 4:11, and elsewhere.
Shall inherit my holy mountain; shall enjoy my favour and presence in my temple.
And shall say, Heb. And he shall say; or, And one shall say. God will raise up a man who shall say these words, and that with authority and efficacy, so as the thing shall be done.
Cast ye up; make causeways, where it is needful, for their safe and easy passage.
Take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people; remove all things which may hinder them in their return.
Whose name is Holy; who is omnipotent, everlasting, and unchangeable, holy in all his words and ways, and therefore both can and will deliver his people, as he hath promised to do.
With him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit; with such also whose spirits are broken and humbled by afflictions, and by a sense of their sins for which they were afflicted; which doubtless was the case of many of the Jews in the Babylonish captivity; whom therefore he here implies that God would pity and deliver out of their distresses.
I will not contend for ever; I will not constantly proceed to the utmost severity with sinful men in this life, and therefore I will put an end to the miseries of the Jews, and turn their captivity.
For the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made; for then their spirits would sink and die under my stroke, and I should do nothing else but destroy the works of mine own hands. Therefore I consider their infirmity, and spare them. Compare Psalms 78:38,39 103:13,14.
Covetousness; of which sin the Jews were eminently guilty, as is expressly affirmed, Jeremiah 6:13 8:10. But this is not mentioned exclusively as to other sins, but synecdochically, so as to comprehend all those sins for which God contended with them.
I hid me; I withdrew my favour and help from him, and left him in great calamities.
And he went on frowardly in the way of his heart; yet he was not reformed by corrections, but in his distresses trespassed more and more, as was said of Ahaz, and obstinately persisted in those sinful courses which were chosen by and were most pleasing to the lusts of his own corrupt heart.
I have seen his ways; I have taken notice of these evil ways in which he seems resolved to walk, and that he is neither bettered by mercies nor judgments.
And will heal him; or, yet I will heal him. Although I might justly destroy him, and leave him to perish in his own ways, yet of my mere mercy, and for my own name's sake, I will pity him, and turn him from his sins, and bring him out of his troubles. And, or, to wit, the copulative conjunction being put expositively, as it is frequently,
to his mourners; to those who are humbled under God's hand, that mourn in Zion, Isaiah 61:2,3, for their own and others' sins, Ezekiel 9:4, and for the calamities of God's church and people, Isaiah 66:10.
I create, I will by my almighty power and in a wonderful manner produce,
the fruit of the lips; Peace: either,
1. Praise or thanksgiving, which is called the fruit of our lips, Hosea 14:2 Hebrews 13:15, and peace: or rather,
2. That peace which is not wrought by men's hands, but only by God's lips or word; peace with God, and in a man's own conscience, which God hath promised to his people, and which he hath published and offered to all sorts of men by the preaching of the prophets, and especially of the apostles; as may be gathered both from the object of this peace in the following words, and by the exclusion of all wicked men from this peace, Isaiah 57:20 21.
Peace: the doubling of the word signifies the certainty and abundance of this peace.
To him that is far off, and to him that is near; to the Gentiles, who are far from God and from salvation, Acts 2:38,39 Eph 2:12, &c., as well as to the Jews, who are called a people near unto God, Psalms 148:14.
Their minds are restless, being perpetually hurried and tormented with their own lusts and passions, and with the horror of their guilt, and the dread of the Divine vengeance due unto them, and ready to come upon them.
Though they may have as great a share of prosperity as the best of men have, as appears from Psalms 37:35 73:3, &c.; Ecclesiastes 8:14 9:2; yet they have no share in this inward, and spiritual, and everlasting peace.
Poole, Matthew, "Commentary on Isaiah 57:4". Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible. http://odl.studylight.org/commentaries/mpc/isaiah-57.html. 1685.


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Travelling, Commuting & Safety
2,100 mile Trail - Mobile to Ontario
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By Jayne Clark, USA TODAY
In the 19th century, thousands of people who sought release from slavery followed the North Star to freedom. Now, bicyclists can follow a series of maps that approximate the historic 2,100-mile Underground Railroad from the Deep South into Canada.
The just-completed Underground Railroad bicycle route is chronicled in five maps of about 400 miles each starting in Mobile, Ala., and ending in Owen Sound, Ontario. The course meanders along back roads and through wildlife refuges and small towns. It highlights sites, from a former slave market in Mobile to Owen Sound, a town founded by freedom seekers and known as the final terminal of the figurative railroad. Also included are detailed lists of services, including lodgings and libraries, many of which will serve as "stations" on this 21st-century version of the route. Participating libraries will offer resources such as Internet access, plus displays related to the route.
The project was conceived by the Adventure Cycling Association, a non-profit group. Coming off the success of a Lewis and Clark heritage bike trail it created for the explorers' bicentennial, Adventure Cycling polled its 43,000 members for ideas on where to create a new one. The Underground Railroad route got the nod.
"You're not only getting an adventurous outdoor travel experience but the historical context as well," group spokesman Aaron Teasdale says.
That the predominantly white sport of bicycle touring is spotlighting black history isn't lost on Steven Thomas, director of the Center for Minority Health at the University of Pittsburgh. The center, which works to eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities, is using the Underground Railroad route as a vehicle to draw more black Americans to cycling. After three years in development, Thomas calls it "one of the most interesting partnerships to advance minority health and lift up black history."
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2007-03-08-underground-railroad-bicycle-route_N.htm
Adventure Cycling Association maps page:
http://www.adv-cycling.org/ugrr/index.cfm
The canada section of this ride looks like it uses some of the bruce trail that runs from niagara falls area to owen sound I have ridden on it many times with my old mountain bike and it is a beautiful, well maintained trail
just watch for low tree branches around blind corners haha I saw someone crack a helmet in two that way
locoWelder
Damn sounds like a fun run just wish it were 2008 already, wife has said no trips till baby gets here. july 14 2007 is what the doc said,
i'll ride the niagara area in ontario with ya
The Texas Pirate!
I'd love to ride that trail.
it's awesome so beautiful there are some parts you'll have to carry the bike on your back though
whelan wheels
why how bad are some of those parts that you have to carry your bike , is it just flooded out or the terrian just tha bad.
terrain is too steep to ride up

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All Star regular Aaron Reutzel claimed the Labor Day Classic at Port Royal Speedway.
Reutzel earned $4,000 with Monday afternoon's sprint triumph.
Brock Zearfoss finished second, followed by Spring Grove's Greg Hodnett.
All Star regular Aaron Reutzel claimed the $4,000 sprint triumph in Monday afternoon's Labor Day Classic at Port Royal Speedway.
The win was Reutzel's first at the Juniata County track.
T.J. Stutts took the early lead from the pole position and held it until Reutzel, who started third, slipped by on the seventh of 25 laps. A lap later, fourth-starter Brock Zearfoss grabbed the lead away from Reutzel, just before Stutts came to a halt with a flat tire. Zearfoss held the top spot until Reutzel got back by with a pass in lapped trafic on the 19th lap.
At the finish it was Reutzel over Zearfoss. Eighth-starter Greg Hodnett, of Spring Grove, was third, followed by 14th-starter Danny Dietrich and 11th-starter Freddie Rahmer.
Rounding out the top 10 were Mike Wagner, Lucas Wolfe, Logan Wagner, A.J. Flick and Justin Barger.
Tim Fedder won the 18-lap econo late model race, while Eric Boozel won the four-cylinder main event.
York's Haas victorious at Grove: York's Cory Haas raced to his second Williams Grove Speedway 410 sprint win of the season in Sunday evening's Billy Kimmel Memorial Race.
Haas' win was worth $3,800.
Haas started second and grabbed the lead at the start. Despite some pressure from second-place finisher Lucas Wolfe, Haas never relinquished the top spot.
Spring Grove's Greg Hodnett finished third, with Brian Montieth and Brandon Rahmer in the top five. Freddie Rahmer, Jim Siegel, Lewisberry's Kyle Moody, Kyle Reinhardt and T.J. Stutts completed the top 10.
In the 20-lap super sportsman feature, Lewisberry's Scott Dellinger led all the way to secure his eighth overall win of the season.
Kenny Edkin finished second, with Mike Enders, Jay Fannasy and Russ Mitten in the top five. Rounding out the top 10 were Chad Criswell, Chase Gutshall, Doug Dodson, Frankie Herr and Fawn Grove's Paul Miller.
Mark Smith wins at Selinsgrove: Mark Smith raced to the win Sunday evening in Selinsgrove Speedway's Patriot Tour 360 sprint race.
Smith's win, his 14th overall this season, came over Jason Shultz. Chad Layton finished third, with Derek Locke and Ryan Taylor completing the top five. Rounding out the top 10 were Chuck Hebing, Colby Womer, Ryan Linder, Kyle Drum and Michael Walter II.
Dover's Coleby Frye bested fellow Dover driver Gene Knaub to win the late model feature at Selinsgrove. Andy Haus, Dan Stone and Jeff Rine completed the top five. Brandon Moser was the pro stock winner and Ryan Zook topped the roadrunners.
Montieth takes seventh track title at Lincoln: Lincoln Speedway was again plagued by rain on Saturday night, but this time the Bob Leiby Memorial 410 sprint feature was far enough along to be considered complete.
Brian Montieth clinched his seventh track title in convincing fashion, scoring the $4,000 victory for his sixth Lincoln win of the season.
Montieth was ninth in the original starting line-up, but a major 10-car scuffle on the first lap caused a reshuffling of the starting order. The incident occurred as the field raced into the first turn on the opening lap. Then, as the tangled race cars were being cleared, the skies opened and rain began to fall.
After about a 30-minute delay, the race was resumed, with all cars able to restart and went 18 laps non-stop before Dillsburg's Anthony Macri brought out a caution flag with mechanical problems. While Macri's car was being removed from the track, the rains hit again and the remainder of the evening's program was postponed. With the 25-lap sprint race well past the halfway point, it was declared official.
Montieth had restarted sixth and took the lead from second-starter Tim Wagaman, of Hanover, on the seventh lap. Wagaman had led to that point. In the end, it was Montieth over Freddie Rahmer, with Wagaman, Lewisberry's Kyle Moody and Dan Shetler in the top five. Rounding out the top 10 were Fawn Grove's Matt Campbell, York's Chase Dietz, Brandon Rahmer, York's Cory Haas and Alan Krimes.
The 358 sprint feature will be made up at a later date, while the limited late models were all paid out evenly from the advertised purse.
Earlier in the evening, Bernie Beard scored his first career Lincoln limited late model win in a make-up feature held over from late June. While the win was Beard's first in the limited late models at Lincoln, it was actually his 79th career win at Lincoln. Beard is the career win leader in thundercar action with 72, and also owns six semi-late victories. Following Beard in that race were Paul Cursey, Shaun Miller, Kurt Zimmerman and Joe Westerman.
Big weekend for Flick: On Friday evening, young A.J. Flick scored his sixth win of the season at western Pennsylvania's Lernerville Speedway and wrapped up his third track title there.
Saturday, Flick raced to his first career central Pennsylvania win at Port Royal Speedway. Flick earned $3,600 for his win, which came after fending off Lance Dewease for much of the second half of the race.
Dewease finished second, with Danny Dietrich in third. Steve Buckwalter and Lucas Wolfe completed the top five. Rounding out the top 10 were Spring Grove's Greg Hodnett, Blane Heimbach, Tyler Reeser, T.J. Stutts and Jason Shultz.
Tyler Bare won the Butch Renninger Memorial Race for the late models, collecting $4,861 in the process. Bare, who is a third-generation driver from Virginia, drives the legendary Klinedinst No. 43a out of Manchester. Bare's win came over Roy Deese Jr., with Jeff Rine, Newberrytown's Jason Covert and Kyle Hardy in the top five.
Derick Garmen won the econo late model feature and Will Brunson was the Xtreme stock winner.
Mark Smith victorious at BAPS: Mark Smith won the Patriot Tour 360 sprint feature at BAPS Motor Speedway on Saturday night.
Smith's win came over Chuck Hebing, with Kyle Reinhardt in third. Davie Franek and Derek Locke completed the top five. Rounding out the top 10 were Kyle Drum, Hellam's Bryn Gohn, Ryan Linder, Jeff Halligan and Lewisberry's Brian Carber.
In the super sportsman feature, Chris Meleason led flag to flag to score his first win of the season. Meleason's win came over Steve Fannasy, with Jay Fannasy in third. Lewisberry's Scott Dellinger and Kenny Edkin completed the top five. Rounding out the top 10 were Timmie Barrick, Frankie Herr, Chase Gutshall, Fawn Grove's Paul Miller and Garrett Williamson.
John Scarbrough won the 305 sprint feature over Nick Sweigart, Kyle Smith, Billy Ney and Donnie Hendershot.
The street stock feature fell to Chad Smith over Jasen Geesaman, Brian Walls, Will Walls and Kyle Saylor.
Owings leads way at Trailway: Steve Owings won Friday's 358 sprint feature at Trailway Speedway over Cody Fletcher, with J.B. Cunningham, Hanover's Dylan Norris and David Holbrook in the top five.
Kyle Smith wins at Clinton County: Kyle Smith won the 305 sprint race at Clinton County Friday, with Kyle Ganoe, John Walp, Tyler Cochran and Fred Arnold in the top five.
Shaffer, Macedo take All Star wins: Tim Shaffer on Friday and Carson Macedo on Saturday were All Star winners at Attica, Ohio.
Haudenschild, Pittman get Outlaw victories: Sheldon Haudenschild on Friday and Daryn Pittman on Saturday were World of Outlaws winners at Chico, Washington.
Grove rained out: Williams Grove was rained out Friday evening, with the Al Hamilton Tribute added to the Sept. 14 program.


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Author Salman Rushdie on ventilator after New York stabbing
13 August 2022 by admin
The bloodied writer, 75, was flown to a hospital and underwent surgery after the attack.
Blood stains mark a screen as author Salman Rushdie, behind screen, is tended to after he was attacked during a lecture, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022, at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, N.Y., about 75 miles (120 km) south of Buffalo. (AP Photo/Joshua Goodman) The Associated Press
By JOSHUA GOODMAN, Associated Press
August 13, 2022 | 7:39 AM
CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. (AP) — Salman Rushdie, whose novel "The Satanic Verses" drew death threats from Iran's leader in the 1980s, was stabbed in the neck and abdomen Friday by a man who rushed the stage as the author was about to give a lecture in western New York.
A bloodied Rushdie, 75, was flown to a hospital and underwent surgery. His agent, Andrew Wylie, said the writer was on a ventilator Friday evening, with a damaged liver, severed nerves in his arm and an eye he was likely to lose.
Police identified the attacker as Hadi Matar, 24, of Fairview, New Jersey. He was awaiting arraignment following his arrest at the Chautauqua Institution, a nonprofit education and retreat center where Rushdie was scheduled to speak.
Matar was born in the United States to Lebanese parents who emigrated from Yaroun, a border village in southern Lebanon, Mayor Ali Tehfe told The Associated Press. His birth was a decade after "The Satanic Verses" was first published.
The motive for the attack was unclear, State Police Maj. Eugene Staniszewski said.
Rushdie's 1988 novel was viewed as blasphemous by many Muslims, who saw a character as an insult to the Prophet Muhammad, among other objections. The book was banned in Iran, where the late leader Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a 1989 fatwa, or edict, calling for Rushdie's death.
Iran's theocratic government and its state-run media assigned no rationale for Friday's assault. In Tehran, some Iranians interviewed Saturday by the AP praised the attack on an author they believe tarnished the Islamic faith, while others worried it would further isolate their country.
An AP reporter witnessed the attacker confront Rushdie on stage and stab or punch him 10 to 15 times as the author was being introduced. Dr. Martin Haskell, a physician who was among those who rushed to help, described Rushdie's wounds as "serious but recoverable."
Event moderator Henry Reese, 73, a co-founder of an organization that offers residencies to writers facing persecution, was also attacked. Reese suffered a facial injury and was treated and released from a hospital, police said. He and Rushdie had planned to discuss the United States as a refuge for writers and other artists in exile.
A state trooper and a county sheriff's deputy were assigned to Rushdie's lecture, and state police said the trooper made the arrest. But after the attack, some longtime visitors to the center questioned why there wasn't tighter security for the event, given the decades of threats against Rushdie and a bounty on his head offering more than $3 million to anyone who killed him.
Matar, like other visitors, had obtained a pass to enter the Chautauqua Institution's 750-acre grounds, Michael Hill, the institution's president, said.
The suspect's attorney, public defender Nathaniel Barone, said he was still gathering information and declined to comment. Matar's home was blocked off by authorities.
Rabbi Charles Savenor was among the roughly 2,500 people in the audience for Rushdie's appearance.
The assailant ran onto the platform "and started pounding on Mr. Rushdie. At first you're like, 'What's going on?' And then it became abundantly clear in a few seconds that he was being beaten," Savenor said. He said the attack lasted about 20 seconds.
Another spectator, Kathleen James, said the attacker was dressed in black, with a black mask.
"We thought perhaps it was part of a stunt to show that there's still a lot of controversy around this author. But it became evident in a few seconds" that it wasn't, she said.
Amid gasps, spectators were ushered out of the outdoor amphitheater.
The stabbing reverberated from the tranquil town of Chautauqua to the United Nations, which issued a statement expressing U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' horror and stressing that free expression and opinion should not be met with violence.
Iran's mission to the United Nations did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Friday's attack, which led an evening news bulletin on Iranian state television.
From the White House, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan described the attack as "reprehensible" and said the Biden administration wished Rushdie a quick recovery.
"This act of violence is appalling," Sullivan said in a statement. "We are thankful to good citizens and first responders for helping Mr. Rushdie so quickly after the attack and to law enforcement for its swift and effective work, which is ongoing."
Rushdie has been a prominent spokesman for free expression and liberal causes, and the literary world recoiled at what Ian McEwan, a novelist and Rushdie's friend, described as "an assault on freedom of thought and speech."
"Salman has been an inspirational defender of persecuted writers and journalists across the world," McEwan said in a statement. "He is a fiery and generous spirit, a man of immense talent and courage and he will not be deterred."
PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel said the organization didn't know of any comparable act of violence against a literary writer in the U.S. Rushdie was once president of the group, which advocates for writers and free expression.
After the publication of "The Satanic Verses," often-violent protests erupted across the Muslim world against Rushdie, who was born in India to a Muslim family.
At least 45 people were killed in riots over the book, including 12 people in Rushdie's hometown of Mumbai. In 1991, a Japanese translator of the book was stabbed to death and an Italian translator survived a knife attack. In 1993, the book's Norwegian publisher was shot three times and survived.
Khomeini died the same year he issued the fatwa calling for Rushdie's death. Iran's current supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, never issued a fatwa of his own withdrawing the edict, though Iran in recent years hasn't focused on the writer.
The death threats and bounty led Rushdie to go into hiding under a British government protection program, which included a round-the-clock armed guard. Rushdie emerged after nine years of seclusion and cautiously resumed more public appearances, maintaining his outspoken criticism of religious extremism overall.
In 2012, Rushdie published a memoir, "Joseph Anton," about the fatwa. The title came from the pseudonym Rushdie used while in hiding. He said during a New York talk the same year the memoir came out that terrorism was really the art of fear.
"The only way you can defeat it is by deciding not to be afraid," he said.
Anti-Rushdie sentiment has lingered long after Khomeini's decree. The Index on Censorship, an organization promoting free expression, said money was raised to boost the reward for his killing as recently as 2016.
An AP journalist who went to the Tehran office of the 15 Khordad Foundation, which put up the millions for the bounty on Rushdie, found it closed Friday night on the Iranian weekend. No one answered calls to its listed telephone number.
Rushdie rose to prominence with his Booker Prize-winning 1981 novel "Midnight's Children," but his name became known around the world after "The Satanic Verses."
Widely regarded as one of Britain's finest living writers, Rushdie was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2008 and earlier this year was made a member of the Order of the Companions of Honor, a royal accolade for people who have made a major contribution to the arts, science or public life.
Organizers of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, which opens Saturday in Scotland and is one of the world's largest literary gatherings, are encouraging guest authors to read a sentence from Rushdie's work at the start of their events.
"We are inspired by his courage and are thinking of him at this difficult time," festival director Nick Barley said. "This tragedy is a painful reminder of the fragility of things we hold dear and a call to action: We won't be intimidated by those who would use violence rather than words."
The Chautauqua Institution, about 55 miles (89 kilometers) southwest of Buffalo in a rural corner of New York, has served for more than a century as a place for reflection and spiritual guidance. Visitors don't pass through metal detectors or undergo bag checks. Most people leave the doors to their century-old cottages unlocked at night.
The center is known for its summertime lecture series, where Rushdie has spoken before.
At an evening vigil, a few hundred residents and visitors gathered for prayer, music, and a long moment of silence.
"Hate can't win," one man shouted.
Associated Press journalists John Wawrow in Chautauqua; Jennifer Peltz, Hillel Italie, and Edith Lederer in New York City; Carolyn Thompson in Buffalo, New York; Michael Hill in Albany, New York; Ted Shaffrey in Fairview, New Jersey; Nasser Karimi and Mehdi Fattahi in Tehran, Iran; Kareem Chehayeb in Beirut; and Jill Lawless in London contributed to this report.
Source : https://www.boston.com/news/crime/2022/08/13/author-salman-rushdie-on-ventilator-after-new-york-stabbing/
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CENTENE BOARD ISSUES STATEMENT ON DEPARTURE OF BOARD MEMBER
ST. LOUIS , April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Centene Corporation's (NYSE: CNC) Board of Directors issued the following statement today:
The Centene Board has accepted the resignation of Leslie V. Norwalk, Esq. as a member of the Board. The Board appreciates Leslie's contribution to the Company and her service.
The Board remains committed to the continued strengthening of the Company's corporate governance practices. Since November 2021, the company has implemented significant governance enhancements, including the appointment of five new Board members, refreshed Chairs of the Nominating and Governance, Audit, and Compensation Committees, the separation of the roles of CEO and Chairman, the appointment of a new lead independent director, and the implementation of a mandatory Board retirement age.
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Walt Disney World May Be Building Andy's Room From 'Toy Story' In Magic Kingdom
The Walt Disney Company has a lot going on right now with the recent reveal of Toy Story Land, Star Wars Land, and so much more. Well, it looks as if they aren't quite done. A recent permit filed shows a project being done at Walt Disney World that is simply titled "Andy's Room," and could end up being something from Toy Story going into Tomorrowland at Magic Kingdom.
A permit was just recently filed by the Walt Disney World Resort and it's for some work to be done in Tomorrowland. The project is titled "Andy's Room," and Disney fans know that is the child that was the focus of the Toy Story franchise.
Per the Orange County Comptroller, the documents show a very large area that is over 15,000 square feet and it appears to be where the old Tomorrowland Arcade once operated. It was in a location next to Space Mountain and was closed months ago.
As reported by the Orlando Sentinel at the beginning of the year, a new law was passed in Florida that states people can't win more than 75 cents worth of prizes for each game played. This led to Disney closing some arcades or removing a number of games including claw machines and other ticket-spewing machines.
It's also speculated that Disney could end up making an interactive queue line for the currently in place Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin attraction in Tomorrowland.
Still, the permit plans appear to show an area that is near Space Mountain and is as large as the old Tomorrowland Arcade. Until Disney officially announces anything though, plans are always subject to change.
Currently, Disney has a large number of projects going on at both parks in the United States. It's going to be a busy few years for the huge company.
Disney Springs – Completion expected in 2016
Avatar Land aka Pandora at Disney's Animal Kingdom – Completion expected in 2017
Frozen Ever After at Epcot – Completion expected in late Spring 2016
Skipper Canteen Restaurant at Magic Kingdom – Completion expected in late 2015
Star Wars Land at Disney's Hollywood Studios – Groundbreaking in 2016
Star Wars Land at Disneyland – No date yet set
Toy Story Land at Disney's Hollywood Studios – No date yet set
If Andy's Room ends up being another big project at Walt Disney World, it would just add to the long list of new things on the way. For now, it's just a filed permit for Magic Kingdom and things could change, but this could be interesting in the future.
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Q: What makes an Indian English accent hard to understand? I have experience communicating with people from different nationalities and several have noted that Indian English accent is difficult to understand.
Are there any suggestions on how a person with an Indian English Accent can improve its understandability for others?. Maybe specific suggestions on how to improve pronunciation, intonation, or aspiration.

A: Yes, learn the phonemes of English (44 sounds), not the 'letters'. Find out which ones you have difficulty with, for example many Indian people need to change the way they say r, d, t. Find out here http://accent-expert.com
Also rhythm and intonation (the tune) really make a difference to your accent and how well you communicate. Many Indian people speak with a very even rhythm, but in USA or UK they speak with stressed and unstressed syllables.
Listen, copy and good luck!

A: StoneyB's answer is really excellent and I will only add a few words to his keyword imitation.
Imitation includes mimicking. When you learn a foreign language you are playing a part. So listen and watch as much as you can when natives speak. Speaking certain sounds is a complex activity that necessitates to place your phonatory  organs in a particular way (lips, tongue, cheeks...), and it is all the more difficult when wanting to produce sounds that don't exist in your native language. And don't hesitate to exaggerate the mimicking in the first steps of the exercises. I'll take the example of my native language French ; the French often have difficulties saying dental consonants  /θ/ and /ð/, so I used to tell the kids I taught  not to hesitate to stick out their tongues at me when saying it. They loved it of course, but as they became more confident and at ease they would forget the tongue sticking bit but still keep the reflex of not sticking the tip of their tongue on the upper part of their palate, but have it slightly protrude between their upper and lower teeth.
Obviously one doesn't always have natives at hands that one can imitate. For a motivated adult I'll recommend English Pronunciation/Listening on the website of this Canadian College. It is really very good with videos in which you can see people pronouncing some of the difficult sounds specific to English, and diagrams of the phonatory organs, face and profile, as well as exercises with mp3 recorded files.
Another useful site with videos and diagrams is on the website of The University of Iowa.
The whole body is used in speaking, not only the phonatory organs. When speaking an English person, a German person or a Chinese person will not make the same body movements. Trying to imitate the hands, torso, head, shoulders, etc. movements will have you fit into the native speaker's shoes, and be more like him and come closer to your imitation of sound producing.

A: Without hearing you speak it's difficult to say what you should work on. Indian English embraces native speakers of many different languages and dialects, and each brings different problems to English pronunciation.
With respect to phonology—pronunciation of individual sounds, what you call 'alphabets'†—this Wikipedia article may help you identify your own points of difficulty.
But in general I'm going to guess that the biggest problem your hearers face is not your pronunciation of individual sounds but the tonal contour of your phrases and sentences—what linguists call 'prosody' or (as in the linked article) 'supra-segmentals'. English listeners tolerate a great deal of variety in the pronunciation of phonemes, but rely very heavily on stress patterns to identify the 'shape' of sentences; and as the article tells you, Indian languages use stress very differently.
To attack this problem I suggest simple imitation. Find recordings of fairly long passages by native speakers of the particular dialect you wish to emulate—General American or Australian or British Received Pronunciation or Estuary English, or whatever. The recordings should be fairly conversational in tone, not readings from technical or highly 'literary' works; interviews with practised public speakers will do very well, particularly if they are telling stories rather than just giving brief answers to questions. Sit down with the recordings, for twenty or thirty minutes at a time, playing stretches of two or three sentences or so, and try to reproduce exactly what you hear. It will feel very odd and artificial for quite a while, but at some point everything will 'click': your voice and the recording will have the same lilt and feel. You will then find it very natural to carry that lilt and feel over into your own speech.
That, at any rate, is how I used to learn dialects for stage use. And you should think of it that way, as a role you are playing. You are 'portraying' an English speaker: not losing an Indian accent, but acquiring a specific English accent.

† This is a problem of a different sort, a lexical one. Alphabet is a common 'Indianism' for Standard English letter. And since English spelling (as you are no doubt painfully aware!) is very far from being phonetic, letter is really not appropriate when speaking of pronunciation.

A: StoneyB already has an excellent answer, but I will just add a few points.
To improve your prosody by imitating recordings, I would add that you should record yourself saying what you are trying to copy. Then listen back (just to one sentence at a time) and think about if it sounds "right", then compare with the original recording.
When you are not actively studying/practicing your accent,  spend time watching things that are in the accent you want to copy - TV shows or Youtube clips.
For pronunciation in particular, I would recommend learning the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) (see here for an example). The sources I've found explain the sounds of the symbols with reference to "standard" English speech, so you would want to learn IPA with reference to your Indian accent first, or from a source that includes audio of each sound. When you can read IPA, you can find out how someone from London, for example, pronounces a word, compared to someone from New York, compared to your own pronunciation.

A: There are many ways to improve your accent, so I will only recommend two things based on my experience listening to people from India and Bangladesh:
-The "th" sound, as in three-thousand-three should never sound like a "S". To make a good "th" sound, put the tip of your tongue under your two front-most teeth and blow a bit.
-The Indian accent is usually too high pitched during in words such as "why", "me", and "see".
I have been able to teach some hard to pronounce English sounds to some Spanish native friends by accurately telling them how and where to put the tongue during speaking.
Ask your native English speaking friends for tips!(or post your doubts here)
Best regards.

A: I'm not a linguist so I can't give advice on the techniques used to speak proper English other than the fact that I've had to do that with my own wife and step-children who are Thai and now living in the US.  Having lived abroad for many years and meeting many native speaking people from all English speaking countries, I believe that the best thing a non-native English speaker should do is study American English.  I say this not because I'm American, but from my observation, it seems that all English speakers who are not American, can easily understand all dialects of American English, even ones of the deep-south.  Whereas, I have personally found it difficult to understand many, not all, but many people from Australia, New Zealand, and even some areas of England proper; however, the English speakers I find nearly impossible to understand are Scots and some Irish speakers.  This is why I think American English would help, not to mention the fact that there are more Americans than all of the people of the Commonwealth countries so the audience is broader.  Finally, with the dozen or so calls I get daily from India for current IT positions, it would be wonderful to actually be able to use a recruiter I can understand.

A: The two main problems in following Indian speakers of English are a) the sounds t, d, and r, and b) aspiration.
For t and d - these need to be pronounced using the tongue against the alveolar ridge, just slightly back from the teeth. It's important not to touch the teeth when pronouncing these sounds. The r is pronounced with the tongue pulled slightly back from the alveolar ridge. Never pronounce any of these sounds with the tongue against the hard palate.
The sounds p, t, k (including hard c) should be slightly aspirated - if you hold a piece of thin paper in front of your mouth it should move when you say these sounds. The aspiration is probably the biggest issue in being intelligible.

A: My advice would be try some audio-CDs from libraries for well-known novels and see whether the audio-CDs are apt for you. Some speakers speak so fast that they will be useless for you.
The best things I have are children's stories for example Pinocchio - an illustratet booklet and a wunderfull CD. The speaker - though American - is excellent. You can read the text and listen to the speaker. Listen as often as you can. In the course of time you hear the differences between the pronunciation, intonation and speed of the speaker and your way of speaking.
And you must not excuse yourself. It is natural that the mother tongue influences the foreign tongue.
And I think it is not necessary to make records and such technical things. When you have an ear and some talent for language you will ameliorate your way of speaking.

A: As a non-native speaker I can advise you to repeat what native people say. Repeat each word and try to make it sound as similar as possible. Of course you should choose between American English or British English firstly in order to keep on one track. I watched a lot of American shows and listened to audiobooks in Am.E and repeated after them. There also are people on youtube who explain the difference between accents.

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Darinka Kobal, slovenska  pisateljica, pripovedovalka, učiteljica * 4. februar  1946, Ljubljana.

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Diplomirala je leta 1965 na učiteljišču v Ljubljani. Med 1965 in 1991 je poučevala na štirih osnovnih šolah: Gabrovka, Litija, Šmartno in Ledina. Od leta 1995 je članica Društva slovenskih pisateljev. Je ena izmed prvih članic Društva staršev za boljšo šolo, ter ena izmed ustanoviteljic Odbora ljubljanskih učiteljev. Od 1996 je na seznamu Programske knjižice Bralne značke.

Leta 1996 je izšla njena prva knjižica z naslovom Piši, riši in barvaj v pravljični deželi in vsebuje 17 kratkih slikopisov. Druga knjižica Na sončni strani cest in mest je izšla leto kasneje  in ima 12 kratkih slikopisov. Za Televizijo Slovenijo je leta 1997 napisala scenarij za Radovednega Tačka. V samozaložbi je leta 1998 izšla slikanica Radovedni medvedek, ki je bila prevedena v braillovo pisavo, leta 2009 pa kratka proza  Kraljestvo miru, ki je bila 2010 prvič zaigrana na Osnovni šoli Gabrovka. Od 1998 sodeluje  z Zvezo prijateljev mladine Slovenije. Leta 2002 in 2003 je sodelovala na bralnem maratonu v Ljubljani. Svoje pravljice pripoveduje po slovenskih knjižnicah, vrtcih in šolah. Od 2001 je na lokalnem radiu Geoss v Litiji, s premori, nekaj let pisala in vodila oddajo Za mulčke in mulčice.
Sodelovala je z naslednjimi slovenskimi otroškimi in mladinskimi literarnimi revijami: Bim-bam, Bučka, Ciciban, Galeb, Mavrica, National Geographic Junior,  Planinski vestnik, Trobentica, Otroške novice, Zmajček, ter revijami za odrasle: Kalia, Mama, Moj mali svet, Moj otrok, Moja Thermana, Naša družina, Naša žena, Otrok in družina in Vzajemna.
Za Bralno značko so bile v  predlagane štiri pravljice: leta 1999 Radovedni medvedek, Mali Klinček leta 2002, Pajčica in škrat Brkec leta 2009 in Matiček-junak z žogo leta 2011.

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Pisateljica je leta 2010 za potopisno delo Radovedni vrabček Čivi v Srcu Slovenije zasedla prvo mesto med Naj 7.

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  Na sončni strani cest in mest (1997)
  Radovedni medvedek (1998)
  Mali Klinček (2001)
  Aja tutaja, Pika Poka nagaja (2001)
  Juh,kako zabavno je (2001)
  Pika Poka se igra (2001)
  Pika Poka zleti v nebo (2001)
  Pika Poka na sprehodu (2001)
  Pika poka in medo Piko Pokec (2001)
  Škrat Perkmandeljc (2005)
  Gremo v Zoo (2007)
  Škrat Perkamndeljc, Izgubljena deklica (2007)
  Pika Poka in njen prijatelj Pegi Pu (2007)
  Igrajmo se z besedami, Na cesti (2008)
  Igrajmo se z besedami, V gozdu (2008)
  Igrajmo se z besedami, Na kmetiji (2008)
  Pajčica in škrat Brkec (2008)
  Kraljestvo miru (2009)
  Pikica sreče (2009)
  Drobcena hroščica (2010)
  Matiček - junak z žogo (2010)
  Radovedni vrabček Čivi v Srcu Slovenije (2010)

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Q: Not able to view Dagger generated classes source code in IDE I'm having trouble seeing the generated dagger classes in my project. The app builds, dagger injects the classes just fine, etc. but I can't actually view the dagger classes in my IDE - they show up as red (indicating an error), and trying to step into the class while debugging and/or viewing the source code to see how they are doing things doesn't work.
Here's a sample project that doesn't work for me: https://github.com/erikcaffrey/Dagger2-MVP-Sample
All I did was pull it, run it, and then went to the CategoryApplication class and tried to see the source for the DaggerAppComponent class, but I am not able to.
For reference, here's what I see:
Some additional information: On other computers I do not have this problem (Windows 10, MacBook Pro #2) but my main development MacBook Pro if affected by this.  The dagger generated files exist in my project structure and I can view them manually - but ideally the IDE can pick these up and not show this as an error visually.  I am using Android Studio 3.1.4 but this was also occurring in older versions (not sure on the exact numbers though)
The sample project I am using has the following gradle dependencies setup:
annotationProcessor 'com.google.dagger:dagger-compiler:2.15'
implementation 'com.google.dagger:dagger:2.15'

It doe snot use the android dagger components, nor the android support components, FWIW.
Update: I noticed that my Android Studio instance on my dev MacBook Pro does not list the dagger generated files in the app/build/generated/source/apt/ directory when viewing the project files in the 'Project' setting.  The files on the hard drive do exist, but they do not show up in the IDE...  so I doubt this is a dagger issue - just something wrong with the IDE not picking up these files.

A: def daggerVer = 2.12 // or latest version

implementation "com.google.dagger:dagger:$daggerVer"
implementation "com.google.dagger:dagger-android-support:$daggerVer"
annotationProcessor "com.google.dagger:dagger-android-processor:$daggerVer"
annotationProcessor "com.google.dagger:dagger-compiler:$daggerVer"

A: In your build.gradle file, add this line:
dependencies {

    apt 'com.google.dagger:dagger-compiler:2.0'

}

which will make the generated sources visible in android studio.

A: I noticed this was not an issue on Android Studio 3.2 beta, so I figured it was a configuration issue.  I went ahead and uninstalled Android Studio and deleted all references to Android Studio from my machine and then reinstalled Android Studio 3.1.4.  The issue is no longer occurring.