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Q: display percentile in reactive table (shiny) I am looking to display tables with low -hight percentile to identify extreme datas.
My final aim is to display in my DB (shiny) each tab in different tabPanel ( (tab1 with percentile <20 ;tab2 with percentile>80) .
I tried a lot of thing but not working or bad.
To explain, I give a minimal code to get :

*

*a boxplot to display data by filter and period

*a main tab that display all data that appears in the box plot

*a tab that display 20 percentile (not work)

Do you have any suggestions to fix the problem and possibly simplify the programming?
Thanks a lot for your contribution
#data
data<- data.frame(stringsAsFactors=FALSE,
                 id=c("1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7","8","9"),
                  um = c("A1234","A1234","C1345","C1345","Z4453","C1345","C1345","Z4453","A1234"),
                  time= c(1, 12 , 11, 34, 47, 3, 5, 8, 12),
                  week =c("2020-002","2020-011","2020-011","2020-005","2020-004","2020-005","2020-011","2020-005","2020-006"),
                  month =c("2020-01","2020-03","2020-03","2020-02","2020-01","2020-02","2020-03","2020-02","2020-02"),
                  year1 = c("2020","2020","2020","2020","2020","2020","2020","2020","2020"))

library(shiny)
library(dplyr)
library(ggplot2)
library(plotly)
library(DT)

ui<- shinyUI(  fluidRow(
  column(2,
         selectInput(inputId = "dur_um",
                     label = "UM",
                     choices = as.character(unique(data$um)),
                     multiple=TRUE,
                     width = validateCssUnit(200))),

  column(2,  selectInput("period",
                         label="Display by:",
                         choices = c("Week_"= "week",
                                     "Month_"   = "month",
                                     "Year_"  = "year1"),
                         selected   = "month",
                         width = validateCssUnit(100))),

  plotOutput("graph1", width = "400px", height = "200px"), br(),
  DT::dataTableOutput("tab"),  br(),
  DT::dataTableOutput("tab_h")) )

server <- function(input, session, output) {

  periode<- reactive({
    if (input$period == "week") { "week"
    }   else if (input$period == "month") { "month"
    }   else { "year1" }
  })
  datatime <- reactive({
    dur_um   <- if (is.null(input$dur_um)) unique(data$um) else input$dur_um

    data %>%
      filter( um %in% dur_um) %>%
      group_by_(periode())
  })

  # global graph
  output$graph1 <- renderPlot({
    ggplot(datatime(), aes(.data[[periode()]], y =time  )) +
      geom_boxplot(aes(fill = stage(.data[[periode()]], after_scale = alpha(fill, 0.4))))
  })

  # Global tab (without filter on percentile)
  output$tab <- DT::renderDataTable({
    datatable(datatime(),
              options = list(
                pageLength = 50,
                filter = 'top',
                class = "hover"))
  })

  #data to filt on 20 percentile
  data_h <- reactive({
    dur_um  <- if (is.null(input$dur_um)) unique(data$um) else input$dur_um
    data %>%
      filter( um %in% dur_um) %>%
      group_by_(periode()) %>%
      summarise(p20 = quantile(time, probs = c(0.20), na.rm = FALSE, type=2),
                .groups = "drop") })

  #tab with filt on perc
  output$tab_h <- DT::renderDataTable({
    datatable(data_h(),
              options = list(
                pageLength = 50,
                filter = 'top',
                class = "hover")) })
}

shinyApp(ui,server)

A: Looks to me that you had a typo in your code. You had unique(data.duree$um).
Here is the chunk:
#data to filt on 20 percentile
data_h <- reactive({
    dur_um  <- if (is.null(input$dur_um)) unique(data$um) else input$dur_um
    data %>%
        filter( um %in% dur_um) %>%
        group_by_(periode()) %>%
        summarise(p20 = quantile(time, probs = c(0.20), na.rm = FALSE, type=2),
                  .groups = "drop") })

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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Trump administration has completed a review of plans to ease protections for a struggling bird species in seven states in the U.S. West, but there's little time to put the relaxed rules for industry into action before President-elect Joe Biden takes office.
The ground-dwelling, chicken-sized greater sage grouse has been at the center of a long-running dispute over how much of the American West's expansive public lands should be developed.
A federal judge blocked the Trump administration in 2019 from its plans to relax rules on mining, drilling and grazing across millions of acres of land because of potential harm to the sage grouse.
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Sage grouse once numbered in the millions but have seen their range that stretches across portions of 11 states diminished by oil and gas drilling, wildfires, grazing and other pressures.
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LAST week I touched on how some politicians only show up when its election season, promising all sorts of goodies and even bringing a taste of these goodies, only to disappear once they are elected.
The disappearing representative is a common phenomenon the world over, but some clued-in voters have managed to tackle this by punishing perennial offenders through voting them out of office.
There is a story that often makes the rounds when election season is upon Zimbabwe.
According to one version of the story: In 2000 the late Vice-President Simon Muzenda's fallout with Dr Eddison Zvobgo became a matter of public record.
Addressing a rally in Chivi, rural Masvingo, at a time when ZANU PF was struggling with defections and apathy, VP Muzenda blasted Dr Zvobgo whom he labelled as a nonentity in ZANU PF when he said: "Chinohi Zvobgo chii panyama yehuku?
This was then beamed on the ZBC-TV 8pm main news.
The rhetoric that ZANU PF supporters vote for the Party and not an individual candidate is debatable.
This current crop of ZANU PF Parliamentarians is a mixed bag; we had some self-confessed Grade Two dropouts, war veterans, academics, farmers, retired civil servants, business persons and some career politicians.
In the aftermath of the 2013 harmonised elections, discourse from political analysts queried the wisdom of ZANU PF in allowing what it termed the less-educated of the citizenry to represent it in Parliament, with some asking whether the likes of Hounourable Joseph Chinotimba would be able to debate on issues to do with nuclear proliferation treaties and other advanced technological and intricate matters.
Well, Honourable Chinotimba, though comical, manages to stir debate in the House time and again concerning bread and butter issues affecting his constituency despite his perceived education 'deficiencies'.
The opposition is also not left out on this issue, as one of its legislators, Honourable Lwazi Sibanda (Tsholotsho proportional representation) went for 18 months without saying a word in Parliament.
When asked over her failure to utter a single word in the House, she said she was still learning the ropes.
The continued accusations that most of them have been evading Parliament business not only makes sad reading, but is an indictment on the ruling Party.
Under the new Constitution, for one to be a Minister or a Deputy, he/she has to be an elected official, and Parliament is the gateway to Cabinet.
The chief reason proffered as to why most of these officials are absconding Parliament has to do with them being afraid of answering tough questions from the House.
The Parliamentarians themselves have also been up to no good, at times showing up late for work, absconding and behaving in a conduct unbefitting their station.
However, I hear when issues to do with their welfare are up for discussion, they pitch up on time and debate passionately.
The aforementioned issues are intended to tie up with Dr Muzenda's baboon utterances.
While many might have taken this statement to mean that ZANU PF supporters would vote for the Party and not interrogate whether a specific candidate had the qualities to represent them either in Council, in Parliament or even the highest office in the land, this is not what Dr Muzenda meant.
When one puts his/her name forward as a possible candidate to represent a political party during elections, he/she is expected to meet a certain criterion.
l Does this person understand and embody that party's ideology?
l Is he/she able to articulate the party's position coherently?
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So as the 2018 elections draw near, political parties have a duty to ensure they offer the electorate the cream of the crop among them.
Zimbabweans should not be hoodwinked by false promises, by fools' gold and other goodies, which would see them electing disappearing legislators.
Political parties must be on the lookout for opportunists who seek to use their financial muscle to gain political office. Political parties should furnish the electorate with candidates who are accountable, transparent and have a track record in their organisations.
There is need for frank debate on the issue of the zebra system which was recently debated in Parliament.
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While the zebra system is noble, some have tried to tally it with the quota system.
My problem with the quota system is that it again furthers the notion that women have to be given everything on a silver platter.
However, taking into cognisance the socio-economic differences between men and women in Zimbabwe, it goes without saying that an empowerment programme of some sort should be adopted in order to encourage women to take up political space.
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I'm always coming up with random new posts series. Today I present to you Wish List Wednesdays where I will feature some items that I would like to add to my wardrobe. I will try to keep the items focused on a specific theme like to day is "For the Office." I will be going back to work soon and this year I have a new direction for my fall fashion wardrobe. Take a look at the items that made my wish list…oh and everything is under $50. I have to stay within my budget!
I love tortoise shell glasses. The are so chic! I think this pair would frame my face nicely. You guys already know how I feel about large handbags and this chocolate brown number from Zara is on point. I love the blue Worthington dress from jc penney because of the bow detail. It is super feminine and with a change of shoes would be perfect for a dinner date. You all know I'm a sucker for leopard print so the Gap flats shouldn't be a surprise. I'm going for a more functional look this year so I need more cute flats. bareMinerals has some great products and this champagne colored lip gloss will compliment just about anyone who wears it.
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I can't believe that it is almost time for fall. I mean this summer has been really crazy! We had a crazy heat wave and now we are in the 70s. So I guess to ease my way in to the fall I will start with handbags.
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by Isiaka Wakili
President Goodluck Jonathan said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had in the last 15 years created many millionaires and billionaires in the country.
He made the remark at the PDP Fund Raising Dinner for his re-election at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa on Saturday night. About N21.27 billion was realized at the dinner.
The president said: "This party, as you all know, is a business-friendly party. The government of PDP encourages policies and will come up with programmes and policies that will promote enterprise and industry. We believe we must encourage commercial activities. And within this period that the PDP has been ruling, we've actually created a number of millionaires and billionaires."
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Jonathan used the occasion to appeal to all aspirants of the party aggrieved by the conduct of its primaries nationwide not to dump the party.
Many of the party's aspirants have defected to other parties and others threatened to either do same or work against the PDP during the 2015 general elections. They are all alleging irregularities and imposition of candidates at the primaries.
Some of the aggrieved aspirants included former PDP National Chairman Barnabas Gemade and ex-Minister of State for Trade and Investment, Sam Ortom who have joined the All Progressives Congress (APC) for failing to get the PDP's senatorial and gubernatorial tickets respectively in Benue State. Also, former Oyo State Governor Alao Akala had left the PDP for Labour Party, for failing to clinch the party's gubernatorial ticket for the 2015 poll.
But President Jonathan urged all aggrieved aspirants to remain in the PDP, saying the leadership of the party was striving hard to resolve the grievances.
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He said the PDP would continue to keep Nigeria one and his administration would formulate policies that promote enterprises and industries.
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ONE OF the area's best-known businessmen was among six people from Comet country to be named in the Queen's 80th birthday honours list.
William Armitage, co-owner of David's Bookshop, David's Music and David's Gifts in Letchworth GC was awarded an MBE.
Mr Armitage, 62, who has lived in Letchworth GC and Weston for most of his life, was given the award for services to business and the community in Letchworth GC.
He said he was "surprised, pleased and slightly embarrassed" by the award.
But he added: "I thought what was nice about it was recognition that you can run a successful business and serve the community at the same time, you don't have to divorce the two when you run a shop."
Another Comet country resident to be named in the honours list is Kathy Cook, from Tristram Road in Hitchin.
Mrs Cook, 67, was a teaching assistant at Highover JMI School for 32 years until she retired last December.
She has been awarded an MBE for services to education.
Mrs Cook said after she found out in May her husband had to convince her that she deserved the award.
"Really and truly I loved my job so much that I didn't think I deserved an award for it. I just loved being with the children," she said.
Fellow Hitchin resident Liz Nicholl has been given an OBE for services to sport.
Mrs Nicholl, who is director of performance for UK Sport, was previously awarded an MBE in 2000.
She said: "I am delighted to accept the honour. This reflects everything the organisation has achieved over the last year or so and the commitment we have shown in facing up to the new challenge of transforming the performance landscape, aiming for success in 2012 and beyond."
Elsewhere in the area, Alistair Gammell from Sandy was awarded an OBE for services to conservation.
Mr Gammell is director of international conservation at the RSPB in Sandy and is also a member of Mid Beds District Council.
The council is also celebrating the announcement that its contract services manager, Steve Whittaker, is to receive an MBE for services to local government.
Mr Whittaker, who has worked in local government for over 30 years, said: "I was absolutely shocked and humbled to receive an MBE, when I received the letter informing me of my award.
"Working in local government has its own specific challenges that are not always understood by others.
"The award is a great honour which I share with colleagues and in particular the contract services team."
Another organisation which had an employee on the honours list was Hertfordshire Police.
The force's chief constable Frank Whiteley has been awarded the Queen's Police Medal (QPM).
He was appointed chief constable in October 2004.
Mr Whiteley said: "I feel very honoured to be awarded the QPM. However, policing is all about team work and partnership and I would see this award more appropriately as recognition of the work of the many colleagues who have assisted me.


Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state in India, is blessed with the most beautiful geographical landscapes that make up for some of the most awesome romantic places in Tamil Nadu. It is the land of culture, beauty and art. Honeymooners can enjoy the peace amidst the lively and magnificent temples, green landscapes, wildlife sanctuaries, a rich culture, colourful customs and traditions.
If you're searching for the best place for honeymoon in Tamil Nadu, here are the top 5 honeymoon places in Tamil Nadu for romantic vacations ever.
Kodaikanal is one of the best destinations for honeymoon in Tamilnadu. This is the dream location in the company of nature. Visit the beautiful Bryant Park, row a boat in the star shaped Kodai Lake, trek to the Pillar Rocks, and take an intimate dip in the secluded Silver Cascade Falls. The top honeymoon activities in Kodaikanal are boating in lake, trekking, and picnic and visiting Bear Shola Falls. There are a lot of serene places to enjoy strolling with your life-partner. Away from the crowd and pollution, this wonderful place gives you complete privacy and wonderful memories.
It is a romantic getaway for those who want to roam around the amazing natural beauty with their special one. It is known for its charming attractions, including the Dolphin's Nose, Catherine Falls, Law's Falls, the Hidden Valley, and the sprawling tea gardens. Peaceful atmosphere, scenic beauty and cool pleasant climate attract many honeymoon couples as well as nature lovers to Coonoor every year. So if you are looking for a short yet sweet honeymoon in India, consider Coonoor as a dream destination.
Nestled in lush green grass plots, luxuriant hills and breathtaking scenic beauty, Yercaud is one of the best honeymoon spots in Tamil Nadu that must be visited. You will enjoy your stay here as you will witness mesmerizing lakes, clean waterfalls, green beautiful parks and many colonial buildings. Some of the best places to visit in Yercaud are filled with natural beauty and abundance of flora and fauna, making this sleepy hill station a mesmerizing and enthralling honeymoon destination.
Meghamalai, also called High Wavy Mountains, is a dazzling spot will undoubtedly catch your imagination. It is a totally non commercialized nature reserve that is best visited between the months of October and March when the climate is the most pleasant and one can experience the cloudy mountains. Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary is one of the many famous tourist attractions in the city. Also known as Clouds Land Falls,Meghamalai Falls is very popular for its gushing waters cascading from a height of 190 ft.
Renowned for its picturesque beaches and pilgrimage spots, Cuddalore literally means Sea Town in Tamil. It is a large industrial city and headquarters of the Cuddalore district in Tamil Nadu. The city is famous for its beautiful and eye-catching beaches. The sun-kissed, sandy Silver Beach, the second largest beach in Asia, offers tourists a chance to bask in the scenic and tranquil beauty of the Bay of Bengal.
If you are planning to choose a honeymoon spot in Tamilnadu, there are a lot of options here. It is better to visit these places in late monsoon or winter season to avoid tropical summer and humid condition.


Lazy sunday. My favorite day at Melt. Everybody is a bit hungover and fluffy. Movements are slower, in a common pace, people got used to each other, made friends and are a bit emotional because a great time is going to end. I got to see many, many concerts that day and in the very end had the lovely surprise to see my unexpected highlight. Here we go.
Saturday is the most crowded day at Melt and the line-up is packed. I tried to see a lot and in the end felt a bit dissatisfied. I should have concentrated a bit more, I guess. Plus, I got to play in the VIP tent from 5am to 6am which drew too much of my attention. It was surely a cool thing to do, but I wasn't good at all and there was hardly anybody there. Instead of copying mp3s to USB sticks and plan the set I should have enjoyed the shows.
Melt started yesterday with a soft preparty in the Intro tent. Considering the rainy weather, the tent will probably be the most popular venue this year. Toy were one of the openers and did a good job with impressive trumpets and trombones. Mike Skinner as a DJ was quite disappointing again, he has a selection but doesn't mix and has no strategy whatsoever. People liked it anyhow.
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Well, tonight we return to the first chapter of the book of Revelation. Let me read you the text to which we will look tonight, Revelation chapter 1, verses 17 to 19.
Anyone who is observant at all knows that it is obsessed with the metaphysical, obsessed with the paranormal. Our culture is obsessed with fantasy, science fiction, other worldly interests, bizarre kinds of dreams and visions. And all of this leads to a very great preoccupation with imagining and guessing what the future would be like. Books, motion pictures, television programs focus on the future, trying to imagine how it will be.
And I suppose it's no different than it's been in any age or in any culture in the history of the world. Men have always been preoccupied with wanting to know the future. But there is only one book that tells us the future accurately, and that is the Bible. And in the Bible, there is one particular book which devotes greatest detail and attention to the future, and that is the book of Revelation.
And so, in our hands, as we open to this book, is the future. Here we have the chronicle, written by God, through the pen of John to tell us how the world will come to its end. Here is the last great chapter in human history written before it ever happened.
The focal point of this future look is none other than the Lord Jesus Christ. That's why is called the Revelation of Jesus Christ. That's why John begins that way, "The Revelation of Jesus Christ." The main character in this book of 22 chapters is the Lord Jesus Christ.
We have already seen Him in the Old Testament as He was prophesied. We saw Him in the gospels as He came into the world and lived His life in humility, died, and rose again, and ascended. We've heard the apostles write about the meaning of His humiliation, the meaning of His death, and the meaning of His resurrection. All of that is past and present. This book takes us to the future.
And so, we don't see Christ in humiliation here. We see Him in full glory. This book gives us the unveiling, the apokalupsis, the revealing of the full glory of Jesus Christ in the future. It is not a fantasy; it is fact. It is, if you will, cold, hard, historical data. For in the mind of the eternal God, there is no past, there is no present, there is no future. Everything is one vast, eternal now. He, then, can tell us the history of what hasn't happened, as well as he can tell us the history of what has happened and what is happening. And so, you have here a history, the history of the glorification of Jesus Christ and His return in every detail.
Now, this monumental book was written originally by the apostle John with the intent that it would be sent to seven churches which were in Asia Minor. And from these seven churches would be disseminated to the whole of the Christian world and eventually put together with the rest of the New Testament books to make up what we now have as the New Testament.
These churches, for the most part, were experiencing difficulty. They were experiencing persecution. By the time John wrote, it's 96 A.D., 60 years after the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, Christianity has become an intolerable sect. John himself is in exile on the island of Patmos for preaching Christ. Believers are losing their lives. The reign of terror under Domitian, which began maybe about 81, was the very reign of terror which resulted in John being exiled and taking the life of numerous Christians.
There was much suffering in the Church. There was death in the Church. And it was very necessary, at this time, for the church to be encouraged because it looked, on the surface, as if Jesus had come and gone, ascended into heaven, and everything got progressively worse. And the Church could have been well on the brink of losing all hope.
And so comes this last New Testament book many, many years after its predecessor, and it is to assure the Christians that all their troubles under persecution are only temporary. That in fact Jesus is coming in full glory. In fact, He already exists in the full glory in which He will come. And it gives the detail of His coming. Its intent, then, is pastoral. In other words, it is to come as an encouragement.
It would have been easy for Christians, in that day, to be weary of the way the world was. It has been easy for Christians throughout the history of the Church to be weary with the way the world was, and, frankly, it is not difficult for Christians today to be weary with the way the world is.
I don't like the world in which I live. I don't like a world that mocks God. I don't like a world that mocks and scoffs at Jesus Christ. I don't like a world that belittles the Holy Spirit. I don't like a world that ignores the Word of God. I don't like a world that exalts sin and perversion. I don't like a world that perverts justice and equity. And I would hope that this is not the way it's going to always be. I don't like a world that kills Christians, persecutes those who take a stand for Christ. I don't like it now any more than Christians have ever liked it.
This book comes, then, to us as much as to that early group of churches, as a comfort. It's not always going to be like this. Jesus is coming, and He's coming not in humiliation, to be scoffed at and mocked and killed again; He's coming in full glory. And when He comes, He will deliver the world - He will deliver the universe from the wicked, from sin, from demons, from Satan, and from death. This is the promise of this book.
Before the future unfolds, however, the Holy Spirit wanted to reveal to John some other things. And so, before the first vision of the future is given, there is a vision given in chapter 1. It is a vision of the glorified Christ in the present tense. Because the natural question would be we - know what Christ was doing when He was on earth; we have the record in the Gospels. We know what's going to happen in the future, because that starts to unfold in chapter 4 all the way through the rest of the book of Revelation, but the one remaining question is what is He doing now? If He is exalted and glorified in heaven, what is He doing now? And the vision in chapter 1 answers that question.
Starting in verse 9 and running all the way through verse 19, the first vision is given and is the vision of the glorified Lord of the Church. It shows Christ in vivid, majestic form, ministering to His Church.
You will remember, verses 9 through 11, John introduced himself as the writer. He introduced his circumstances as being on the Lord's Day, on a Sunday, in the Spirit – that is transcending temporal senses. And he heard a voice and was commissioned to write what he saw.
Then in verses 12 to 16, the specific vision was given. And we saw the Lord of the Church in blazing glory, moving through His Church which is symbolized by golden lampstands. And we said that He is doing many things in His Church. He is there, moving to empower, to intercede, to purify, to speak, to control, to protect, and to reflect and radiate His glory. That is His present ministry. That is what He is currently doing for us – empowering us, interceding for us, purifying us, speaking to us, controlling us, protecting us, and radiating through us the reflection of His glory.
So, John sees, in verses 12 to 16, the glorified Jesus Christ. He sees Him robed in holiness, majesty, dignity, and glory that shines like the blazing brightness of the noonday sun in a regal, heavenly splendor, bearing sovereignty, authority, and power. And we saw that vision - that absolutely incredible vision - last time.
Now tonight, as we come to verse 17, and wrap up this vision, we come to the effects of the vision. The effects of it. How did it affect him? How should it affect us? There are three effects: fear, assurance, and duty. Fear, assurance, and duty.
He was devastated. The blood rushed out of his face, and he turned as white as a corpse, and he fell on his face in the dirt, shocked by the vision that he had seen. And he, like John, fell over like a dead man. Such prostration, such fear, such shock was the experience of a number of people who had visions.
In fact, if you go back to the book of Ezekiel, you will find repeatedly that Ezekiel was literally knocked over by the power of the visions that he had. Chapter 1, verse 28, "As the appearance of the rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the surrounding radiance. Such was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. And when I saw it, I fell on my face" – the same reaction. Just fell over on his face.
Chapter 3, verse 23, He says, "I got up and went out to the plain; and behold, the glory of the Lord was standing there, like the glory which I saw by the river Chebar, and I fell on my face." Prostrating himself in fear, in awe of the holiness of God.
You can go all the way to chapter 43, verse 3, see a similar response. Chapter 44, verse 4, see a similar response. And if you push the point, you might even consider Ezekiel the dirty-faced prophet. It was not uncommon for people to be so jolted and so shocked by visions of the glory of God that they fell on their face. You will remember the apostle Paul giving his testimony, Acts 26, to Agrippa, "At midday, O King, I saw on the way a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining all around me and those who were journeying with me. And when we had all fallen to the ground" – there it is again. There is a fear that is inherent in a vision of the glory of God.
When Jesus walked the earth, generally people didn't fall to the ground. Generally, in seeing the incarnate Christ, they didn't fall over on their face. Why? Because His glory was veiled by human flesh. But to see unveiled glory is so devastating and so shocking that it causes one to fall over lifeless.
And you might think this is a strange response for John, because John knows Jesus so well. John happily and joyfully, comfortably walked and talked with the Lord Jesus Christ day after day after day in His earthly ministry. John leaned on Him at the last supper. John was part of the inner circle. Why, then would John be so incredibly shocked? Why is John lying face down in the dirt as if dead?
W. A. Criswell, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Dallas, has unequaled insights into John's reaction. I could not do as well to share with you as his words and give you the feeling of what was going on. He writes, "That response of John is most strange. It would seem that he would have looked upon the face of his Master with ecstatic bliss and joy beyond words to describe. I would suppose that John, this beloved disciple, knew the Lord all of his life. Their mothers were sisters, which would mean, according to the flesh, that John and Jesus were first cousins. He was a beloved disciple in that inner circle who lived next to the very heart and ministry of our Savior. He laid his head on Jesus' bosom at the Last Supper. He stood at the cross. He saw the blood and the water flow out like a fountain from His heart.
Then he suggests there were two reasons for the fear. The first is this, "The beloved disciple is looking upon unveiled deity. In the days of His flesh, in the days of the Lord's ministry in the earth, His Godhead was covered over; it was shrouded; it was curtained in the flesh. His flesh, His body was a veil that covered the glory of His godhead.
Just once in a while did the glory of the deity of Jesus shine through, such as on the Mount of Transfiguration when His face shone like the sun, and His garments were white as no fuller could make them. But for the most part, the Godhead of our Lord shined through the veil of His face with only an occasional and softened light. But here, John is looking upon the unveiled glory and deity of our Lord Christ.
There's a second reason why John fell over as a dead man in the presence of the great God and Savior Jesus Christ, and it's this, "He immediately was conscious of the burden of his own nothingness, the burden of his own folly, the burden of his own insignificance, his own shortcoming, his own humanity, his own sin and iniquity.
And frankly, this is the proper response. I have to say that. It is the right response. Turn over to chapter 6 for a moment, verse 12. John tells us, looking into the future here, that there is coming a day, at the breaking of the sixth seal, that'll have a great earthquake; the sun will become black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon will become like blood. The stars of the sky will fall to the earth like shaking a fig tree. The sky will split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up, like a venetian blind, if you will. Every mountain and every island will be moved out of their places. The whole universe goes pitch black.
"The kings of the earth, the great men, the commanders, the rich, the strong, every salve, every free man hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains; they said to the mountains and to the rocks, 'Fall on us and hide us from the presence of Him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.'" Fear. When they see the blazing coming of Jesus Christ, they will be in fear.
So, there you have unbelievers who fear the presence. Here is even a believer who falls over in a dead faint, afraid, terrified by what he has seen. John's reaction actually is not unlike the reaction of Isaiah. One of my favorite passages is Isaiah chapter 6. Turn to it for a moment. Isaiah went into the temple upon the death of King Uzziah because he wanted to see God. He was concerned about his people. Uzziah had been king for 52 years, and as long as Uzziah was king, everything seemed to be okay. It was like God's blessing was on them because Uzziah had brought about prosperity and peace, a strong position in the cold war. The people of Israel were still, on the surface, religious, and having the same king 52 years, who was basically a good man, appeared to be the blessing of God.
And then Uzziah did a foolish thing. He tried to move from being a king to being a priest. He invaded the sanctity of the priestly office. And God gave him leprosy and killed him. And it was obviously the judgment of God. And so, Isaiah wants to find out what's happening, because he wants to bring a message to the people, so he goes to the temple. And it says in verse 1 that when he went to the temple, he said, "I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, lofty and exalted, with the train of His robe filling the temple." He sees God is still sovereign, even though Uzziah is dead, even though they have begun to feel the judgment of God. God is still on the throne; He is still sovereign; He is still ruling; He is still lofty; He is still exalted. And he sees the blazing Shekinah glory in this vision filling the temple where He is. It's as if God's throne appears in the temple and then fills it with blazing glory.
Then he sees, in this vision, seraphim, angels whose unique task it is to guard the holiness of God. And they're standing above the throne of God, having six wings: with two cover their faces, with two cover their feet, and with two they hovered or flew. They had to cover their faces because they couldn't look at the full glory of God or they would be consumed, for they're also created beings. They covered their feet for the place whereon they stood was holy ground. And their wings were in motion because they were ready to do service at a moment's notice.
And then the angels, you remember, called back and forth, "'Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Hosts, the whole earth is full of His glory.' And the foundations of the thresholds trembled at the voice of him who called out, while the temple was filled with smoke." This is a vision of God. He sees God as sovereign. He's on the throne, lofty, exalted. He sees Him as all glorious as the emanating Shekinah glory fills the temple. He sees Him as absolutely and perfectly holy. "Holy, holy, holy." He sees Him as a God of judgment, as fire and smoke fill the temple. This is an overpowering vision.
And what was Isaiah's response? Verse 5, "Woe is me, for I am destroyed!" That's his response. Some versions say, "I am ruined!" Some say, "I am disintegrating!" The verb means I am going to pieces; I am shattered; I am devastated; I am destroyed. What does "woe" mean? Curse, damn, sentenced to judgment. I'm damned; I'm doomed; I'm cursed; I'm destroyed.
Now, Isaiah was the best man in the country. He was the man of God, the prophet of God, the holy man. But when he saw himself compared to God, all he could see about himself was his sin. Do you see that? Any true vision of God is devastating. It is devastating.
Job said, chapter 42, "I had heard of You with the hearing of mine ear; but now my eye sees You" – and do you know what his reaction is? – "I repent; I repent." Why is he saying that? It's another way to say, "God, don't" – what? – "kill me. I repent in dust and ashes." Seeing God is a frightening thing. It fills the heart with fear to see the glory of God.
Go to the New Testament, Matthew 17. I alluded a few moments ago to the appearance of Jesus Christ on the Mount of Transfiguration when He revealed His glory. They went up to the Mount of Transfiguration, Matthew 17, verse 2, "He was transfigured before them; and" – here it is – "His face shone like the sun, and His garments became as white as light." That's almost a reduplication, isn't it, of the appearance of Christ in Revelation chapter 1. Blazing light, brilliant as the noonday sun. They saw His glory; the veil was removed. They saw the glorious Christ. What was their response?
Verse 6, following what they saw, "A voice out of heaven, 'This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to Him!' And when the disciples heard it" – what did they do? They did the same thing everybody else does – "fell on their faces and were terrified." Terrified.
If it weren't so sad and pathetic, it would amusing to hear the silly, frivolous testimonies of the people who run around claiming they saw God. If you saw God, you'd be terrified. If you saw the glorified Christ, you'd be terrified. John had the normal reaction of someone who has really seen the resurrected, ascended, glorified Christ: awesome fear, holy fright. And so should we. So should we.
I don't think that we will be able to say honestly that we have understood this vision until it inspires a healthy fear in our hearts. When you see the blazing, holy glory of Christ, you have reason to be afraid because of your sin.
I've said, through the years, and I say it again just as a reminder, the Church will never be holy until preachers begin to preach the glory of God. Because until people see God for who He is, they'll never understand their own sinfulness and be driven to holiness.
There was a second effect of this vision, back to Revelation chapter 1. Let's call it assurance. Assurance. The Lord was not satisfied to leave John lying in the dirt like a dead man. This is wonderful. Verse 17, "And He" - being the very Christ of the vision – "He laid His right hand upon me" – now some commentators think they have to write a whole paragraph on here. How could the Lord put His right hand on John if He had in His right hand seven stars? I read a whole paragraph about where He put the stars when He touched John. Now, let's not get too far gone here.
"He laid His right hand on me, saying, 'Do not be afraid'" – well, that's good news, isn't it? That's assurance. No, this wasn't the Jesus John had walked with in Galilee. This wasn't the Jesus that John had watched hanging on the cross. This wasn't the Jesus he had eaten with after the resurrection by the sea when they had breakfast in Galilee. This was the unveiled, glorified, exalted Lord of the Church. Yes, he had seen some glimpses of that glory, a few post-resurrection appearances, but this is devastating. And John is undone, just like Isaiah. But also like Isaiah, who in the depths of fear and self-condemnation was touched and cleansed, so John is touched.
And if you go back to Matthew 17, you will find that Jesus reached over and touched the terrified disciples. And so, it says, "He laid His right hand on me." A touch of reassurance, a touch of comfort.
Well, those people who saw the glory of God and fell on their face may have felt they were about to get a sword through their chest. They may have felt that they were about to get an ax into their neck, but instead they received a touch. For John, a familiar touch, a touch from the one he had walked with 65 years before, and now a comforting touch for this troubled apostle. This is wonderful comfort, beloved, to all Christians who feel overwhelmed by the glory of Christ. For all Christians who feel overwhelmed by the holiness of God.
Listen; frankly, to be exposed to the absolute, unveiled, blazing, holy glory of Jesus Christ is a frightening thing, and comfort is needed. John was so afraid; he thought he was going to be killed. He almost died of a heart attack. That's not good when you're 90. He almost died of fear, frightened to death because he knew his sinfulness. The reassurance is absolutely thrilling.
The reassurance is all bound up in who Jesus Christ is. Notice the titles here, "I am the first and the last, the living One; I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades." All of those are terms to identify Jesus Christ. And they identify Him to John in a way that brings comfort.
He begins by identifying Himself, in verse 17, as, "I am" – and let me just stop there to mention to you that John must have remembered those two familiar words - egō eimi in the Greek – because they were the very words Jesus used when He calmed the troubled sea. Do you remember that in Matthew 14:27, Mark 6:50, John 6:20? He said, "Behold, I Am, stop being afraid." It's like saying, "Don't be afraid; I Am is here." And who is I Am? God. That's the person name for God. That's Yahweh. That's His name that He took in Exodus 3:14. That's not only His name that speaks of His eternality, but that's His redemptive name.
And so, He is saying to Him, "Don't be afraid; I Am is here." The Redeemer God is here, the God who, back in verse 5, loves us and released us from our sins. And then He adds, "I am the first and the last." Now, this is one of the great, great texts to affirm the deity of Christ. First, the living Lord; the glorified, exalted Christ says, "I am" – and takes upon Himself the covenant name, the redemptive name of God. Then He says, "I am the first and the last" – and I want you to note, please, this also is the name God took for Himself throughout the book of Isaiah. Isaiah 41:4, Isaiah 44:6, Isaiah 48:12 - in all of those places God says, "I am the first and the last." Here Jesus Christ is saying, "I am the first and the last," and therefore claiming to be whom? God.
This same title is applied to Jesus Christ at the end of the book of Revelation, chapter 22, verse 13, "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last." Chapter 2, verse 8 of Revelation, writing to the church in Smyrna, "The first and the last, who was dead, and has come to life, says this..." Here, beloved, is Jesus Christ taking the very Old Testament name of God and applying it to Himself. John doesn't need to fear, because the one who tenderly touched him to reassure and comfort him was no other than the glorified God-man. The very one who struck fear in his heart is the one who touches him and tells him not to be afraid.
And when the holy, glorified Lord Himself touches a sinner with tender assurance, that is encouraging, because as Paul said in Romans 8:31, "If God is for us, who can be against us?" The ultimate comfort.
So, the glorified Lord of the Church is the great King and High Priest without equal. When all false God's have come and gone, He remains. He was before them, the first; and He will be after them, the last. Idols will come and go. He was before them; He'll remain after them.
Then further He says, verse 18, not only, "I am the first and the last," but, "and the living One." Here is the third indication of His deity that again identifies Jesus as the God of all comfort, who is comforting John. He says, "I am the living One." That's a tremendous statement. Jesus made it before. He said in John 14:6, "I am the way, the truth, and the life." John made it on behalf of Jesus in John 1:4, when He said, "In Him was life." But I just want you to know this, the living One is a title for God in the Bible. I mean it's a title for God all over the Bible.
In Joshua 3:10, God is called the living One. In Psalm 42:2, Psalm 84:2, God is called the living One. In Hosea 1:10, God is called the living One. You come into the New Testament, listen to Matthew's Gospel, chapter 16 and verse 16, "And Simon Peter answered and said, 'You art the Christ, the Son of the living, the Son of the living God.'" Later on in Matthew's Gospel, chapter 26, verse 63, "The high priest said to Him, 'I adjure You by the living God.'" You find the same kinds of references in Acts 14:15; Romans 9:26; 2 Corinthians 3:3, 6:16; 1 Thessalonians 1:9; 1 Timothy 3:15 and 4:10. You find it in Hebrews 3:12, 9:14, 10:31. God over and over and over is called the living One. And Jesus here says, "I'm the living One." This is a claim to deity. There is no other explanation for this. He is saying, "I am God, the living One." What does it mean? He's not a dead idol. He's not made out of stone or wood or metal. The glorified Lord of the Church is the eternally living God who was before all gods and will remain after all God's. He is the I Am.
And listen; is it not thrilling that that very God is the one who touches the sinner and comforts the sinner. Is that not assurance? John doesn't need to fear because the living God, the first and the last, the I Am says, "Stop being afraid of Me." Then He adds this in verse 18, "And I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore." Literally, the Greek says, and it's really well to say it this way, "I became dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore." The living God, who could never die, became Man and became dead. God did not cease to live, but the Man Jesus Christ died.
Hebrews 7:16 says, "He burst the chains of death by the power of an endless life." That's a great statement – by the power of an endless life. He couldn't die; He's God. He lives again in glorified humanity and deity that will never die. "There's nothing to fear, for I will always be alive. I have conquered death for you, and I will always live to secure you." "He ever lives to make intercession for us," says the writer of Hebrews.
Then there's a final effect: duty. One who has such an experience of the vision of the glory of Christ, one who has received such assurance is bound to have a duty. For John, verse 19, "Write, therefore" – in other words, based upon what you've just experienced, get up and do your task. He already told him what He wanted him to do in verse 11, "Write in a book what you see." Now instead of writing it, he's laying there on the ground like a dead man.
"I commend your fear; I give you assurance. Now get up, dust yourself off, and go to work." This vision should inspire the healthy tension between fear and assurance, but it also should lead to duty. Get a grip on yourself, John; get your pen moving. "Write, therefore, the things." It's a call to duty. And it's more specific than the call in verse 11. There he was told to write what he saw, and now that's expanded here.
Secondly He says, "And the things which are" – that's the present. The first one is the past, "Write what has just passed, what you just saw." And then He says, "Write the things which are." That's the present.
The message that's coming immediately in verse 20 and runs through chapters 2 and 3, the letters to the seven churches. That's the present tense.
So, John was commissioned to write a three-part book: the vision just seen, chapter 1; the letters to the churches, chapters 2 and 3; the revelation of future history, chapters 4 through 22. And all I want to do is draw out of that the simple principle for you, beloved, that anyone who has the opportunity to experience God, to see God, to fear God, and to be assured by God has the duty to pass it on.
Our duty, back in verse 3: read, hear, and heed. And here, if we can piggyback on John, spread it around, pass it on. The visions that you're going to see in this book are going to shock you. They may put fear in your heart. And the Holy Spirit may have to come and touch you to give you assurance. But their intention is to bring practical bearing on your life and make you responsible to spread this message to others. You have a duty. You have a duty to read it, to listen to what it says, t heed it, and then to testify to it when given the opportunity.
One final verse in closing, turn to 2 Corinthians 3:18. As we go through this book, you're going to be changed, no question about it. Because nothing that I know of could fulfill 2 Corinthians 3:18 as much as a study of Revelation, "But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord" – stop right there. If you look in the Word of God, which is a mirror, and it reflects to you the glory of God - the glory of God is reflected through the Word - the veil has been taken off our face - in Christ we can see clearly - and as we look at the glory of the Lord coming through the Scripture, the rest of the verse says we are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, from one level of glory to the next level of glory, to the next level of glory, to the next level of glory, from the Lord, the Spirit" – by the Holy Spirit he means.
In other words, if you study the book of Revelation, you are going to see the glory of Christ, because this is the revelation of His glory. As you look in the mirror of the book of Revelation, it will reflect to you the shining glory of the Lord, the brightness of His glory, and that reflection will transform you into His very image from one level of glory to the next as the Spirit of God applies it to your life. So, you are and I am in for a life-changing experience.
And so, Father, put into our lives that balance of fear and assurance and duty that we might be, as we gaze at Your glory, transformed into Your image, in the name of Christ, amen.


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Website crashes as sale launches
National Stories May 19, 2020
Frustrated shoppers say they won't waste their time with Click Frenzy after the website crashed before sales had even started.
Hundreds of people took to social media to complain they could not even login before 7pm when the sale kicked off.
Click Frenzy's massive 99 per cent off sale is back, selling new phones and Apple Macbook's for next to nothing.
The sale launched in November 2012 and has become internationally recognised as Australia's iconic online shopping event, with its main event occurring in November each year as well as May.
But so far this evening, plenty of people haven't been able to grab themselves a bargain.
"Well done, crashed again, same thing every year. Won't waste my time," wrote one woman on Facebook.
Another woman wrote, "I know … let's have a huge online sale…. but use a server that can't cope with the traffic, so it crashes two minutes in."
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People are saying they are getting told their password is incorrect or they can't verify their accounts.
"How many Click Frenzy sales is it going to take before Click Frenzy et al up their bandwidth?," wrote one man.
Another said the site was "very useless".
"This is pathetic," said another.
However, a couple of people who managed to login said they had won a iPhone 11.
A woman on Twitter said she managed to get a Dyson vacuum.
The company posted a response on Facebook saying they are working to fix the issue.
"We are currently experiencing extremely high demand for the log in functionality and understand some people are unable to log in at this time," they wrote.
"Rest assured we are working to fix this issue and you will be able to log in before the first 'Go Nuts' deal goes live. You can still shop all the other great Click Frenzy deals without being logged in right now."
The site has crashed in previous years.
When it held its very first sales event back in 2012, visitors were unable to access any of the deals because of website crashes.
In 2017, the website's hosting provider again struggled under the pressure and users received errors for much of the night.
In 2018, organisers issued an apology after online shoppers seeking bargains were faced with error messages after the sale's site crashed yet again.
Last year things seem to be running more smoothly – although many social media users vented about issues such as crashes and missing clues for the sale's trademark 99-per-cent-off deals.
More than 2000 items from some of the world's leading brands will be featured in the campaign that will go live for 53 hours, closing at midnight on Thursday.
The Click Frenzy Mayhem, which includes the sale of some items slashed by 99 per cent, was promoted as offering rare relief for many households struggling with the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
As part of its Go Nuts deals, an iPhone 11 will be sold for just $12 and a Macbook Air at $17. These deals will pop-up randomly throughout the 53 hours in a notification for shoppers on the website but are only available for Click Frenzy members.
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It's a question which has everyone guessing: how much gold is there in the world physically?
Bitcoin: real money, or a con of global proportions?
The Bitcoin is currently the world's most well-known cryptocurrency, although very few people know that today more than 1000 types of cryptocurreny are recorded on the net, with a total value estimated at some 145 billion dollars. The bitcoin exchange rate is soaring, though the main driving force behind this rise is much more likely to be the belief bolstered by investors rather than the realistic purchasing power.
Which are the world's most sought after foreign currencies?
Since 1986, the Bank for International Settlements, headquartered in Basel, and often referred to as the central bank for central banks, has been publishing the results of a survey into the world's most sought after foreign currencies every three years. The 2016 survey didn't produce too many surprises.
One of the lowest tax rates in the EU and a popular jurisdiction for company formation.
What are co-working offices good for?
The co-working office, as a genre, is a relatively new phenomenon in the business world. Although it is true that such offices have been operating in western Europe and North America for decades, they are still not particularly well known.
Hungary – a tax haven for the west?
The ideal jurisdiction for company formation and resettlement to the United Arab Emirates.
Dominica, or more precisely the Commonwealth of Dominica, is often confused with the Dominican Republic. While the latter is primarily a Spanish-speaking country, also very popular as a tourist destination, the Commonwealth of Dominica is an English-speaking island nation, also located in the Caribbean.
The signing of tax information exchange agreements has started internationally.
Anyone who has visited Istanbul recently will undoubtedly have been amazed at the dynamic development of this huge city. Construction is happening everywhere, the whole city is buzzing, it never seems to sleep and is constantly on the go. Beyoğlu, located in the European area, right next to the sea, is one of the city's smallest, but by no means least significant, districts. The Golden Horn separates Beyoğlu from the old part of the city, which can be reached by crossing the Galata Bridge.


The numerous challenges faced by the wood processing industry and forestry in Serbia imply the need to find good and acceptable solutions in order to overcome them. With this goal we organize the Third Conference "Wood Industry and Forestry of Serbia". On the basis of numerous demands for greater, direct participation of business people, this year the work of the conference will be mainly predominantly themed in roundtables with only a few plenary topics.
Roundtables will cover a large number of different sectors of the wood industry and forestry of Serbia. This will allow each participant to have room for active participation and contributing to a panel discussion with a particular topic. Roundtables will have one moderator – the Faculty representative and one moderator – a representative of a company.
At the end of the conference, the moderators of the roundtables will present the ideas and conclusions of all panel discussions.


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by: Joe WardPosted on: June 1, 2021
Kiron Interactive relocates into Turkey with Sisal Şans present
Dapatkan promo member baru Pengeluaran SDY 2020 – 2021.
Analysis Time: 3 mins If I inform you that you can
play all the esports video games on one solitary platform, will you think that? Well, you'll need to due to the fact that Ultimate Battle has all kinds of esports titles to play under one roofing system. Ultimate Fight is India's first-ever one-stop online esports platform; gamers attach, interact as well as compete with each various other in their preferred esports ready enjoyment as well as rewards on this platform. Ultimate Fight's goal is to bring esports right into the mainstream and also engage millions of gamers as well as fans together. Presently, the system has actually amassed a player base of 3,00,000 which is expanding daily. With over 39000 monthly energetic customers, players obtain an energetic area to engage with and also complete against each various other. The system is currently available on Google PlayStore for Android individuals and also till currently has seen over 38,000 downloads already. The newly released app of the platform will facilitate much easier connectivity and also ease of access for users as well as utilize the power of the mobile-first ecological community of the nation. Below is a listing of several of the preferred video game titles like Valorant, DOTA 2, Fortnite, Call of Duty: Mobile,
Garena Free Fire, FIFA 20, Chess, etc. that the platform hosts. Gameplay, Ultimate Battle enables gamers to network along with Pc gaming News and Shopping portal to develop a full 360 experience.Let's take an appearance at the leading five esports titles according to gamer's interaction on the Ultimate Fight platform from January to April 2021: 1
. Garena Free Fire Garena Free Fire is presently one of the most played esports game on the platform. It's an action-adventure battle royale video game played in
a third-person point of view. The game consists of up to 48 gamers falling from a parachute on an island looking for tools and tools to kill the various other gamers. Players are complimentary to select their beginning position, take tools and also supplies to expand their fight life. 2. Call of Obligation: Mobile Telephone call of Task: Mobile stands runner-up on this list. It is a free-to-play shooter computer game. It has two modes mainly, Multiplayer and also Battle Royale. The multiplayer setting is the standard first-person shooter,
comparable to the previous Call of Obligation video games on various other systems in addition to old maps. Fight royale mode features as much as 100 gamers. A player can choose to play alone, on a two-man team, or in a four-man squad. 3. Chess Interestingly Chess stands 3rd on the checklist. It's an odd reality in a great way that even after having the options of playing many action-packed video games with high-end
on the platform , our analytics inform a different story. Chess is a competitive parlor game played between 2 gamers. The video game is used a square board of eight rows as well as eight columns. Chess items are split into white and black collections. Each collection consists of 16 items: one king, one queen, 2 rooks, 2 bishops, two knights, and eight pawns. The goal of the video game is to checkmate the challenger; this takes place when the challenger's king remains in check, as well as there is no lawful method to eliminate it from the attack. 4. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Counter-Strike has been controling the PC gaming scene for a decade. Expanding from CS: Zero to the all-new CS: GO by Valve, this first-person shooter group strategy game has actually turned into one of
the leading esports title video games worldwide.
Two groups(Terrorists and Counter-Terrorists), with 5-players on each side, face off versus each other on a defined map to complete their goals to win the round. CS: GO is just one of the games with a well-structured professional scene with lots of esports teams competing every year for countless bucks in cash prize. 5. Valorant is the brand new character-based FPS PC video game. The new in-game characteristics and auto mechanics with modern guns and skill-weapons in Valorant have come to be hype among players. In this 5v5 team fight gameplay, each gamer regulates a different in-game character.
The personalities are
called Agents which have their one-of-a-kind skills and also weapons providing every player their special capacities. Valorant has actually also started marking its footprint in the esports market with different organizations and events for professional gamers. In addition to on the internet events on Ultimate Battle, gamers can additionally take on each various other using 1v1 difficulty mode as well as monthly leaderboard occasions to contribute to the general exhilaration. 1v1 Obstacles is one of the most secondhand functions of the system as it offers instantaneous gameplay. Gamers can directly challenge one more
energetic gamer or their buddies on the system and compete. While the leaderboards occasions are a feature of the efficiency of the gamer on the system. Related
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DXN Aquazeon™ Energy Water System is a 5-stage filtration water system made of the best selected quality materials to solve most water quality problems. It is a perfect water system to purify, energize, anti-oxidize and magnetize water. It effectively removes 99.99% of water-borne disease causing bacteria and viruses in drinking water. With DXN Aquazeon™ Energy Water System, the taste, odour and clarity of water are significantly improved. It ensures the fulfillment of a water filtration system for your maximum satisfaction.


As we seem to be on memory lane, talking about Carlton and senators, Vauxhall has revived the GSi badge on the new insignia and I've already seen my first and like the Carlton they look really smart in grey !
As we seem to be on memory lane, talking about Carlton and senators, Peugeot has revived the GSi badge on the new insignia and I've already seen my first and like the Carlton they look really smart in grey !
To be hoped that it doesn't turn out like the SRi badge where just about every Vauxhall you saw was wearing one.
I see Vauxhall tv adds are promoting the "British company since" 1903 ?
That's because it sounds better than "A British company between 1903 and 1925 when it was sold to General Motors, an American company"
The family Corsa wears an SXI badge.
They can paint it gunmetal grey and stick a GSi badge on it, but it doesn't have rwd, 6 cylinders or 24 valves so it aint a real GSi.
Didn't really matter, as in the targeted market, the badge meant more than the performance/handling.
Hence, it stood for State Registered idiot.
I never had a problem with rebadged Opels. Rebranded French Pugeots though !! ............NEVER.
My astra wears an 'elite' badge, but it hasn't even got Bluetooth, or sat nav. Badges mean eff all. Used to, though.
The mighty Signum is badged 'Elite' and comes with Satnav.
Mind you, it's far more of a luxury product that an Astra derv.


NEA - Letter to the House Education and the Workforce on "Education Reforms: Promoting Flexibility and Innovation"
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Letter to the House Education and the Workforce on "Education Reforms: Promoting Flexibility and Innovation"
As the Education & the Workforce Committee prepares to hear testimony on providing flexibility and encouraging innovation in public education, on behalf of the 3.2 million members of the National Education Association we urge to analyze thoroughly the potential impact of any proposed adjustments in training or support programs for educators. Researchers concur that teacher quality is the single most important school-related factor in student achievement.
As reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) proceeds, we look forward to finding ways to enhance the dividends from the federal investment in these vital programs. We urge you to afford teachers the opportunity to speak for themselves—to testify, based on their own firsthand experience, what does and does work, what is and is not needed. We look forward to working with the Education & the Workforce Committee to determine how best to ensure that all federal education programs are based on sound research and data, thereby furthering our shared goal: equipping all students in America to succeed in school and in life.


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Living - Interiors
Spectacular penthouse in Manhattan
When the architect Richard Meier built his third residential skyscraper in New York overlooking the Hudson River, he had thrilled everyone...
His first two buildings with fifteen floors were completed in 2002, with plenty of praise. However, when we talk about the residential complex nearby Charles Street, Meyer designed the building and the interior of its 33 apartments. Among the details that we have seen, majority of them have the most elegant white kitchen, quality wooden floors and views of Manhattan, about which we can dream.
Penthouse at this address then has cost 20.6 million dollars and was often published in magazines that deal with interior design and aesthetics, and the publisher Louise T. Blouin MacBain, who was then looking for an elegant space that would be a nice fit with her art collection, bought this apartment. In 2005, after buying an apartment, she said that for her this was a magical space, close to the stars, the sun and clouds.
Now, MacBain again aims for the stars, because she wants to buy herself a new apartment. New York penthouse, which was to her something like a magical realm, was put on sale at a price of $ 40 million. This penthouse measured about 500 m2 area, it has an open living room / dining room, offering a dramatic views through floor-to-ceiling windows with double height.
The penthouse opens to a huge terrace, which embraces all the edges of the flat. If you set off up the glass staircase, on the second level you will come across a corner master suite and bath, which offer an even better view of the city. On the lower level there are three bedrooms with private bathrooms.
Among the numerous benefits that this building offers, apartment owners will be able to enjoy the large swimming pool, fitness center and a private wine cellar that comes with each residential unit. Now it becomes clear what kind of magic MacBain saw in this area.
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DIGESTION MANAGEMENT
Herbs for Digestion
In ayurveda, digestion is one of the foundations of health. In Maharishi Ayurveda, diet and food are usually the very first prescription from a Vaidya (ayurvedic physician), herbs being considered a supplement to the diet — a special food. This is because these two things — diet and food — play key roles in restoring and maintaining a high level of health.
In Maharishi Ayurveda, food provides not only basic nutrition, but the fine micronutrients and moreover, the healing intelligence needed to both restore health and support it long term, as well as support a higher condition of personal experience — the joy of living. Maharishi Ayurveda also supplements foods with seasonal modifications to your routine, adding or avoiding certain flavors, emphasizing particular methods of preparation and consumption and many other factors, including eating special whole foods in the form of plants and fruit compounds. These supplements are the herbal products of MAPI. Each has a story and a purpose. This article looks at two important herbal preparations for digestion.
Herbal compounds for digestive balance
Toxins in the body can leave you feeling sluggish, dull or occasionally constipated. Maharishi Ayurveda recognizes that toxins from a variety of sources can accumulate in your body. This buildup can occur when your digestion — and your elimination — are out of balance, leading to skin breakouts, menstrual cramps, fatigue, emotional lows and other health issues.
Balancing your digestion and elimination is a specialty of Maharishi Ayurveda. Many of the Maharishi Ayurveda herbal formulas are designed to do just that. Of these, one of the most effective is one that contains Triphala. The product is called Organic Digest Tone (Triphala Plus).
Organic Digest Tone contains three renowned Ayurvedic fruits — Amla berry, Haritaki (Chebulic Myrobalan) and Bibhitaki (Belleric Myrobalan). Each possesses the superior healing and anti-aging qualities known as Rasayana. Because Organic Digest Tone contains three elixirs in one compound, it is considered one of the most valuable herbal preparations in the world.
This mixture of herbs works as a mild laxative, but it purifies gently, so that over a long period of time, it allows even the deepest tissues and organs of the body to release toxins. But along with its cleansing quality, it enhances food absorption instead of depleting the body of nutrients. Organic Digest Tone also promotes ojas, the finest product of digestion. Ojas is the body's master coordinator and chief indicator of immunity, helping to prevent disease, creating luster in the skin, and rejuvenating vital energy.
This particular herbal blend stands out for another reason. Maharishi Ayurveda Products uses only the most rare, highest grade of fruits, as described in the traditional texts. And to ensure that only the purest ingredients reach your cells, the fruits used are grown without pesticides, chemical fertilizers or exposure to environmental pollutants. And of equal importance, the fruits are harvested to Maharishi Ayurveda standards — only when they are ripe on the tree. This is an ayurvedic agricultural rule, which ensures that the full nutritional and balancing intelligence of the plant is available in this amazing Rasayana.
There is another Maharishi Ayurveda herbal blend that supports digestion. It's called Herbal Di-Gest and it contains a blend of Sugarcane, Caraway, Pomegranate, Cumin, Long Pepper, Ginger, Pepper, Cardamom, Black Salt, Cinnamon, Rock Salt, Hing Asafetida, and Lime. These herbs and spices, in their proper proportions, support digestion at each of its important steps by:
Balancing the five key aspects of digestion
Reducing digestive impurities
Promoting a regular appetite and naturally balancing cravings
Making you feel more light and comfortable
Making food more satisfying and nutritious
Creating Herbal Masterpieces
The herbs in Herbal Di-Gest are combined in precise proportions and prepared in the traditional ayurvedic way. This improves the bioavailability of vital nutrients. It also creates synergy — the collective benefit is much greater than that of isolated, individual herbs.
Pomegranate Seeds help balance and stimulate both the appetite and the process of digestion. The seeds are processed in the unique and specific way described in traditional texts. This maximizes the potency.
The ingredients in Herbal Di-Gest also include the six ayurvedic tastes: sweet, sour, salty, pungent, bitter and astringent. These tastes are important because each taste stimulates a different aspect of digestion and metabolism, supporting more complete assimilation of food.
Maharishi Ayurveda Tips for Improving Digestion and Elimination
These are simple but powerful lifestyle adjustments that help improve digestion and energy, and produce a more rewarding quality of life.
Avoid eating leftovers and foods that contain preservatives. Your body has to work harder to eliminate these impurities from the liver and cells.
Avoid cold drinks, as these reduce digestive power.
Drink plenty of warm water to help flush toxins from the body.
Avoid cigarettes, cigarette smoke, alcohol, drugs, chemicals, pollution and exposure to other toxins as much as possible, including toxins in fabrics and household materials.
Go to bed by 10 p.m. That's the time period — in concert with Nature's cycle — when the body can both rest and purify, during its natural purification cycle from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Eat your main meal at noon, when your digestive fire (agni) is high.
Don't watch TV, read or work while you're eating. Allow your body to be focused on the process of the moment, digestion.
Engage in light, pleasant conversation while you're eating — it supports good digestion.
Eat plenty of green, leafy vegetables and stick to a high-fiber diet of fresh fruits, vegetables and grains.
© 1999, 2021 Maharishi AyurVeda Products International, Inc. (MAPI). All Rights Reserved. MAPI does not provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. See additional information.
Written by Maharishi AyurVeda Staff
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Whitewashing Matsuoka
On May 29, 2007 By Tobias S. HarrisIn Observing Japan Blog
Others bloggers have provided thorough reviews of the press response to Matsuoka Toshikatsu's suicide — see Adamu's post at Mutantfrog and Matt Dioguardi's at Liberal Japan — so I will not do so here.
Instead, I want to take issue with the Yomiuri Shimbun's editorial on Matsuoka's death (and by extension Abe's high praise for Matsuoka's skills as an agriculture policy specialist), specifically what it says about Matsuoka's role in agriculture policy.
Yomiuri comments:
High priority has been given to the promotion of the WTO and free trade agreements, and agriculture policies to reform domestic agriculture.
Prime Minister Abe appointed Mr. Matsuoka, a former MAFF bureaucrat, as minister of agriculture because of his command of the details of agricultural issues. He judged that if Matsuoka was the minister, he could stifle domestic opposition so to maintain progress on liberalization.
Moreover, in the agreement to commence negotiations on economic partnership agreement (EPA) with Australia, he valued the agriculture minister's abilities.
In the age of globalization, what should Japanese agriculture do? His death comes at a critical moment.
The implication in this passage is that Matsuoka's presence at the head of MAFF made a critical difference for the adaptation of Japanese agriculture to globalization, that he was a great free trader struggling against the forces of protection in Japanese agriculture.
Anyone with a passing familiarity with Matsuoka's activities as a norin zoku member would know that he has, if anything, been the leader of the forces arrayed against liberalization of agriculture. Aurelia George Mulgan describes incident after incident of Matsuoka — prior to his service as minister of agriculture — traveling abroad to harry WTO officials and trade representatives from other WTO members, trying to impress upon them the uniqueness of Japanese agriculture as grounds for protecting it. Defenders of Matsuoka might point to his efforts to promote Japanese agricultural exports, efforts that drew the support of former Prime Minister Koizumi — but promoting exports did not make Matsuoka a free trader, they made him a mercantilist of the basest sort, because he was hardly enthusiastic about the prospect of more liberal food imports. If he supported trade agreements, it was because they presented an opportunity for the government to redistribute funds to farmers — his supporters — who would purportedly be harmed by trade agreements. It is telling that one of Matsuoka's major activities during the 1990s was participation in the LDP's committee concerned with Uruguay Round countermeasures.
Matsuoka was similarly opportunistic as an environmentalist, which he came to realize was another way to direct funds to rural Japan; he could argue that support for farmers was critical to keeping Japan "green."
If Matsuoka was an expert on the details of agriculture policy, it was because he spent so much time trying to figure out ways to direct more money to rural constituencies, resulting in more money for his campaign chest.
None of this is secret. It was all laid bare in Aurelia George Mulgan's Power and Pork, which in some way reads like a record of the charges against Matsuoka from the span of his career.
Grief over a tragic death is no excuse for whitewashing Matsuoka's past as protectionist Japanese agriculture's best friend in Nagatacho.
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It's a heart-breaking situation that only the under prepared retiree will understand!
OK you've had the leaving party, backs have been slapped, gold watches handed over if you're lucky and champagne drunk – It's a celebration after all, isn't it? You've left the workplace as a 'worker' for the last time and likely at this point you feel great – FREEDOM!
However this is only just the beginning of the 'honeymoon'!
It's a bit more complicated than the dream of sailing off into the sunset! There's a transition to be dealt with first and how long and how difficult will depend on preparation and forward planning.
…and the first thing to deal with after the honeymoon is the real world. No longer TOIL and not yet TOYL (The Time Of Your Life) the tricky bit in between needs navigating first and you may be surprised to hear it can be full of sadness and not the expected (by you that is) joy of lazy days and freedom to do as you please. Who are you now you are not who you defined yourself as in the workplace? This transition is like losing a dear friend, albeit one with foibles and with whom you sometimes had a tricky relationship. However unlike most deaths there is more often than not a happy ending to this story!
Bereavement is that feeling of loss when someone close to you has died. The death of someone you love is one of the greatest sorrows that can occur. However feelings of bereavement can also accompany other losses, such as the loss of health or the end of an important relationship, including loss of work and the identity etc. that went along with it.
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (Psychiatrist ) Defined five stages of grief in 1969 based on studies with the terminally ill. Later we have become to realise that this is just as pertinent to many forms of loss.
Denial – The first reaction is denial. In this stage, individuals believe the diagnosis is somehow mistaken and cling to a false, preferable reality.
Anger – When the individual recognises that denial cannot continue, they become frustrated, especially at proximate individuals. Certain psychological responses of a person undergoing this phase would be: "Why me? It's not fair!"; "How can this happen to me?"; "Who is to blame?"; "Why would this happen?".
Bargaining – The third stage involves the hope that the individual can avoid a cause of grief. Usually, the negotiation for an extended life is made in exchange for a reformed lifestyle. People facing less serious trauma can bargain or seek compromise.
Depression During the fourth stage, the individual despairs at the recognition of their mortality. In this state, the individual may become silent, refuse visitors and spend much of the time mournful and sullen.
Acceptance In this last stage, individuals embrace mortality or inevitable future, or that of a loved one, or other tragic event. People dying may precede the survivors in this state, which typically comes with a calm, retrospective view for the individual, and a stable condition of emotions.
These typical reactions to the loss of a loved one can also be similar with the loss of a job or career and its accompanying loss of status, identity and sense of purpose. Missing out on the camaraderie, mental stimulus, physical activity and salary can also result in bereavement type reaction.
Knowledge is power and planning whether it be death and dying or retirement will ease the progression through these phases. Bereavement or at least the depression part can have major physical and emotional consequences, shock or disbelief, fear, anxiety, or apprehension, anger, irritability, or sadness; guilt, numbness, emptiness, depression, confusion, impaired memory, lack of concentration, wandering thoughts, nightmares, fatigue, nausea, insomnia, weight loss or gain, stomach and/or intestinal problems to name a few, that's a lot to deal with so give yourself a break – feeling bad is NORMAL! It's what you have done to prepare and what you do next that counts.
Retirees often feel disenfranchised with their work, professional identity and purpose excised from their life leaving an unfilled void. 'Who am I?' and 'What do I do now?' are likely more difficult questions to answer. Retirement is often considered by those we leave behind to have only positive attributes especially if it's a choice, the negatives are not considered in the same way as losing a person is, with little or no discussion around fears etc. being entered into in the way that mourning a death is.
…but if really struggling despite all the help from friends and family please see your doctor there is a lot of help out there and it's not all medication based!
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