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Q: How to use LLVMBuildStore API long i=3;
long *j;
j=&i;

I want to use LLVM C API to transform above code especially last line into llvm code .Now I search correct function in the LLVM C API ,I think should use "LLVMBuildStore",but there is "&" operator,How can I translate it? LLVMBuildStore' second parameter is LLVMValueRef type value which refer to "i" in this case,how to get the address from this value?

A: Given that you have provided the address assignment expression to j, I suppose that the variables are not globals, but rather allocated inside a function.
So, to translate this C snippet into LLVM IR, you first need to allocate space in the stack for variable i and pointer j, and then store constant 3 to the address of i and the address of i to the address of pointer j.
In LLVM IR:
%i = alloca i64, align 8  ;allocation for i. %i is a pointer i64* to variable i
%j = alloca i64*, align 8  ;respectively, the type of %j is i64** (pointer to i64*)
store i64 3, i64* %i, align 8  ; i=3
store i64* %i, i64** %j, align 8  ; store %i (the address of var i) to the address of pointer j

I do not know how to generate these instructions using the LLVM C API, because I have never used it. However, hopefully there might be a relevance between the C and C++ API and maybe providing the code that I would write using the C++ API might help you get an idea of the type of arguments you need to use. I hope it helps.
AllocaInst *alloc_i = new AllocaInst(Type::getInt64Ty(M.getContext()), //Type i64
                                          0,        //AddressSpace
                                          nullptr,  //Arraysize
                                          8,        //Alignment
                                          "i",      //name of result in IR. Leave "" for default
                                          I);       //Add alloca instruction before Instruction I

AllocaInst *alloc_j = new AllocaInst(Type::getInt64PtrTy(M.getContext()), //Type i64*
                                          0,        //AddressSpace
                                          nullptr,  //Arraysize
                                          8,        //Alignment
                                          "i",      //name of result in IR. Leave "" for default
                                          I);       //Add alloca instruction before Instruction I

StoreInst *store_i = new StoreInst(ConstantInt::get(Type::getInt64Ty(M.getContext()), 3), //get constant 3 of type i64
                                          alloc_i,   //store to the result Value* of alloc_i
                                          false,
                                          8,         //Alignment
                                          I);        //Insert before instr I

StoreInst *store_j = new StoreInst(alloc_i,   //i64* pointer to i
                                          alloc_j,   //store to the address of pointer j
                                          false,
                                          8,         //Alignment
                                          I);        //Insert before instr I

Finally, consider using the C++ API instead.

A: Considering the following C function
int main() {
      long i=3;
      long *j;
      j=&i;
      return 0;
}

Clang 3.8 will generate:
define i32 @main() {
  %1 = alloca i32, align 4
  %2 = alloca i64, align 8
  %3 = alloca i64*, align 8
  store i32 0, i32* %1, align 4
  store i64 3, i64* %2, align 8
  store i64* %2, i64** %3, align 8
  ret i32 0
}

What we can see from the generated code is that clang generates a single basic block.
In this basic block we generate three alloca instructions and three store instructions and one ret instruction which terminates the basic block.
For store instructions, you can use LLVMBuildStore().
LLVMBuildStore takes three arguments, the first being your builder. The second parameter is what you would like to store the third is where to store it.
For the first two store instructions, you can use just use the LLVM value that represents your integers.
For the third parameter use the LLVMBuildStore instruction directly without loading the variable. Where the second parameter is the LLVMValueRef you received from your previous LLVMBuildAlloca() which you got when creating :
%2 = alloca i64*, align 8

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Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel J. Kritenbrink will travel to Manila, the Philippines, on January 18-21. During his travel, Assistant Secretary Kritenbrink will participate in the tenth U.S.-Philippines Bilateral Strategic Dialogue, accompanied by delegation co-chair Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Lindsey Ford, to meet Philippine diplomatic and defense counterparts. This dialogue underscores the strength of the U.S.-Philippines alliance, focusing on areas of mutual interest including maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific, addressing global challenges, enhancing bilateral and regional economic cooperation, and strengthening our people-to-people ties. While in Manila, the Assistant Secretary will also meet with local civil society leaders, speak with students about U.S. foreign policy in the Indo-Pacific region, and take part in further efforts that demonstrate the United States' commitment to developing quality digital infrastructure in the Philippines.
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Winchester Mystery House, San Jose, California
When Sarah Winchester's husband died in 1881, she got a case of the spooks. The gun maker's widow became convinced that she needed protection from the evil spirits of all the people killed by Winchester rifles. (Winchester Model 1873 was affectionately known as "the gun that won the West.") Her spiritual counselor advised her to find a house that would attract good spirits, but confuse evil ones.
Instead of moving, however, the widow hired a team of carpenters and craftsmen to add rooms to the Victorian mansion indefinitely. The expansion continued for 31 years until her death in 1922. After Sarah's death, the workers began hearing their names being whispered from the deserted hallways, as well as footsteps; one of them claimed to see the widow's ghost. They all decided to look for new work shortly thereafter.
Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland
This magnificent castle is typically medieval, perched atop a rocky crag, giving it an amazing vista of Scottish hills. But inside the empty halls and narrow streets of Edinburgh, there are the echoes of the dead. At least, that's what has been reported. Hot spots for specters include the castle's prison cells, the South Bridge vaults and Mary's King Close, a disused street used to quarantine and eventually entomb victims of the plague.
There are also reports of ghost dogs, a headless drummer, and the bodies of prisoners taken during the French seven-year war and the American War of Independence. In fact, there was such a glut of reports that in 2001, a scientific research team headed by Dr. Richard Wiseman, a psychologist from the University of Hertfordshire, set out to find quantitative proof.
Alcatraz, San Francisco, California
Lionized in the recent action film The Rock and the classic, Escape from Alcatraz , America's most infamous prison has a concrete reputation. It stems from the likes of gunners like Al Capone and Clyde Hicks, and the fact that no one has ever escaped successfully in the 29 years that it held prisoners.
Officially opening its doors in Civil War times, the Rock was transformed into a brutal prison in 1933. Its warden, James A. Johnson told each new prisoner: "Take each day of your sentence one day at a time. Don't think how far you have to go, but how far you've come." A firm believer in tough love, several prisoners died in the Hole — cellblock D — often from self-inflicted wounds. And that's the source of most of the reports of inexplicable crashing sounds, cell doors mysteriously closing, unearthly screams, and intense feelings of being watched.
Bran Castle, Transylvania, Romania
In a remote corner of Carpathian Mountains in Romania, the tale of Count Dracula played out. The legend of the count dates back to the 15th century, and is based on Prince Vlad Tepes (Vlad, the Impaler) or Vlad Dracula (Vlad, son of the Dragon), a ruthless defender of Christianity.
The Count is best known for routing an army of 20,000 attacking Ottomans, and impaling them, rectum to sternum, in surrounding forests. In this bastion of gothic architecture it is possible to retrace the journey of Bram Stoker's vampire hunter, Jonathan Harker, along the Bargau Pass and up to Dracula's infamous Bran Castle.
These are but a few of the world's spiritually active locations. Of course, if you can't make it out to Transylvania but are interested in interacting with the dead, you can always organize a séance for all your believer friends. Or if you prefer, you can just declare your skepticism and avoid the whole thing altogether. As the Marquise du Deffand once said: "Do I believe in ghosts? No, but I'm afraid of them."
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Tron CEO Justin Sun took to Twitter to garner name suggestions for an up and coming TRX-based privacy coin. No further details have been forthcoming and many in the crypto community remain wary of his latest announcement.
Privacy coins on #TRON is on the way. What's the best name for it? $TRX #TRX @Poloniex
— Justin Sun (@justinsuntron) January 6, 2020
Tron Developers Have Been Working
Justin Sun, and his style of self-promotion, have often drawn criticism. Most notably, regarding the Warren Buffett charity lunch that never was. And also, the Liverpool FC-Tron partnership that didn't exist.
All the same, while some accuse him of excessive hype, others say his marketing ability is second to none. Either way, there's no denying that Sun is still an influential figure in the world of cryptocurrency.
And just before Christmas, Sun was active on Twitter, updating the community on a raft of privacy features in development on the Tron network.
These include the use of zk-SNARKS and shielded transactions to hide transaction data. As well as multi-party computation (MPC) to secure the system. All of which were pioneered by ZCash developers.
(2/5) The shielded transaction uses zk-SNARK (Zero-Knowledge Succinct Non-Interactive Argument of Knowledge) to implement a completely shielded transaction. Zero-knowledge proofs rely on a set of public parameters
— Justin Sun (@justinsuntron) December 17, 2019
The Tron CEO later went on to say that these features will not integrate with existing tokens. Meaning, only new tokens launched on the Tron network will be able to make use of these features.
"Existing tokens such as $TRX, $BTT and $WIN will not be able to incorporate this feature, and their transaction ledgers will continue to be public."
At present, it's unclear how these privacy features would work in practice. But the backlash from authorities, regarding privacy coins, means Sun and his team would need to tread carefully.
Trend Towards Privacy
Last year, authorities enforced a crackdown on privacy coins, which resulted in some exchanges delisting privacy tokens. Despite that, the trend towards existing projects adding privacy features goes on unabated.
For example, Tezos incorporated zk-SNARKS late last year, not forgetting Ethereum and Litecoin, both of which are keen to get in on the privacy side of things.
In the case of Litecoin, Charlie Lee has mentioned that MimbleWimble features will be opt-in. So senders can choose to enable it, or not.
While nothing is set in stone, preliminary talks with regulators, show they are seemingly okay with this. But given that there are no details on how Sun proposes to integrate privacy features on the Tron network, it may well be the case that regulators say no.
A potential thumbs down from regulators would be a massive blow for the Tron brand.
In addition, some parts of the crypto community are not sold on zk-SNARKS as a robust protocol.
"zk-SNARK is a zero-knowledge proof system that generates succinct non-interactive arguments of knowledge. With a prover having to convince a verifier of valid proof."
Under this system, Reuben Yap, COO at ZCoin believes that unproven cryptographic assumptions, in conjunction with bugs, may mean that hackers could exploit this flaw to double-spend tokens.
Although Yap does admit that no-one has yet managed to break the verifying element within the zk-SNARKS protocol, that doesn't mean the system is invulnerable. But it's still a known entry point for hackers.
As such, this may well leave the Tron network open to potential malicious attacks. And when coupled with a lack of information on how regulators view Tron's latest endeavors, this is a case of wait and see. The post appeared first on NewsBTC.
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Michael Jordan Pledges $100 Million Towards Racial Equality Organizations
The Jordan Brand revealed a 10-year plan to help improve that Black community.
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Michael Jordan and the Jordan Brand are committed to "improving the lives of Black people." The basketball legend and his company pledged to donate $100 million to organizations working to end racial injustice.
Jordan Brand announced a 10-year plan on social media on Friday (June 5). "Black lives matter. This isn't a controversial statement. Until the ingrained racism that allows our country institutions to fail is completely eradicated, we will remain committed to protecting and improving the lives of Black people," the statement reads in part.
"Today, we are announcing the Michael Jordan and Jordan Brand will be donating $100 million over the next 10 years to organizations dedicated to ensuring racial equality, social justice, and greater access to education."
Jordan has become more vocal about social issues as of late. In 2016, he donated $1 million to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and the International Association of Chiefs of Police's Institute for Community-Police Relations and called for "solutions that ensure people of color receive fair and equal treatment AND that police officers — who put their lives on the line every day to protect us all — are respected and supported."
Read's the Jordan Brands' full statement on the $100 million initiative below.
Black lives matter. This isn't a controversial statement. We are you. We are a family. We are a community. pic.twitter.com/cGH8bJl1GQ
— Jordan (@Jumpman23) June 5, 2020
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In Mall, Fan Warned Shilpa To Stay Away From Aakash. Video Is Going Viral On The Internet.
Inorbit mall in Vashi drew a huge crowd on Thursday, way to Bigg Boss contestants. Hina Khan, Shilpa Shinde, Vikas Gupta and Luv Tyagi got here to the mall for the method of living voting.
well, lovers had got berserk; they demanded autographs and also showered their favorite contestants with gifts. Not only that, they even gave them some valuable recommendation so that they win the sport. Vikas Gupta was visible telling how a woman gave him advice about not crying and being robust in the game.
Even Shilpa Shinde got a piece of advice. We realize how Aakash Dadlani has been using Shilpa over and over; nicely, a fan is telling Shilpa to not accept as true with Aakash in any respect given that he's gambling a sport along with her and using her.
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The following is the personal testimony of Kym Duarte. It details her time at Passion City Church in Atlanta. Kim currently attends a Calvary Chapel in the Atlanta area.
I used to go to Louie Giglio's church, Passion City (PCC). I went there for about ten months. One Sunday, I decided not to go back.
On this particular Sunday, Louie's message was about the state of the world and how it was up to us to make it better. I cannot recall exactly what led up to the following statement, but he said, "…and I know, (as he did his characteristic Louie chuckle) there are some who cannot wait for the rapture but there is a lot more to do before that happens…" – Me and one other lady exclaimed "Woo hoo!" We were excited at thought of our Lord's return. At that moment, a moment I will never forget, Louie, with a sinister, demonic look, looked directly at me and said something to the tune of, "Yeah, I am sure that will happen." What I remember most was his snide, devilish look after we shouted for joy. Clearly, Louie and I were not on the same page. Before he even finished his message, I got up from my seat and left. I knew then and there PCC could never be my home church. The cold, high apostate doors of that church and the iconic red lettering of the numbers of the "515" were forever behind me.
My journey is lot like that of other believers. I grew up in church, "got saved" as a very young child, and lived a prodigal life until well into adulthood. During those wayward years, I had some quick "let me get right with God" moments but they were only undertaken for my own perceived, selfish advantage; they were never really heartfelt. I would consistently regress into this pattern. I found myself living in a small, outdated room. Because of my poor life choices (perhaps I say because of circumstances God used to finally get my attention), this was the best shelter I could afford. Late one night, God used a movie (despite its source) to draw me to Himself. Restless, I woke from sleep around 2 a.m. and "The Passion of the Christ" was on TV. As I saw the crucifixion of Jesus portrayed, I wept bitterly. Then and there I repented and made Jesus the Lord of my life. Here I am, almost six and one half years later, and have never turned back to that prodigal lifestyle.
Due to this drastic life change, I knew church was vital to my process of growth, not only for encouragement but also for exhortation. I was raised in a non-denominational church where I knew what the gospel was and what it should sound like from a pulpit. So, that's what I sought. I moved to Orlando shortly after my life change and got involved at a satellite campus of a mega church called Real Life. After a short time, God opened a door for me to move to the Atlanta area and the church-seeking began all over again. I was new to the city and had not one friend. This makes it easier to blend in at larger churches. At such churches you don't stand out. At the same time, they are big enough to socialize and meet new people in; for a single girl like myself, there can also be a "find my mate" factor.
The first church I regularly attended after I moved to Georgia was New Season, in the town of Hiram. I was very involved in the church, from singles to Celebrate Recovery, as a volunteer. After a while, things began to get weird at New Season. Steve Flockhart, the pastor, I came to find out, had a sordid past. Still, I gave him a chance as I had only heard about his past and not experienced anything concerning myself. That quickly changed. He began to allow secular music to be played in the church during worship services. I was alarmed. The church actually played Imagine Dragons and Katy Perry. Steve was also unchecked by deacons or elders. He answered to no one. Nothing about New Season church seemed close to the Book of Acts. With the uprising of secular music, Steve and I discussed the situation. He stated that he would not stop playing secular music and that if it bothered me I should not go anywhere because all the earth is holy ground. Basically, his message was "secular music is fine so deal with it." Unfortunately, Steve appealed to the flesh in more ways than; he had an MMA fighting thing for the men. That caught a lot of backlash for sure. Violence should never be part of a church.
Because Steve would not change his outlook on the music, I left. The associate pastor at the time, Bill Sizemore, contacted me and encouraged me to come back. I asked him if secular music would still be played and he failed to answer me directly. I went the following Sunday and they played "Don't Stop Believing" by Journey. I am not sure what a smoke-filled room, wine, and cheap perfume have to do with Jesus. As the song was playing, I got up and told everyone that if they encourage this they are part of the problem. This is not what church is about. That was my looking-Louie-in-the-eyes moment at New Season. I never returned.
Eventually, I moved to the downtown area of Atlanta since that where my job is and the daily commute from the Hiram area to downtown was taxing on me. Due to the move and the situation at New Season, I needed a new church home. PCC was it. The allure of PCC was its size and all the famous names associated with it. For instance, Chris Tomlin, who also leads worship along with Kristian Stanfill and Christy Nockels was a big draw for me. I had also heard of PCC due to the Passion Conferences Giglio holds each year. Many of my friends would Facebook about their experiences there. It seemed legitimate to me as these friends were the sort that I thought "knew God" and the conferences seemed to encourage them in their walk.
So, one Sunday I visited PCC. The first Sunday, I did not quite make it because the parking was full and being new to the area I did not know where to go. They have a parking garage they use every Sunday and have shuttles that take you to and from the church. The following Sunday, I figured things out a little better and got there 45 minutes early. I had a great parking spot and was able to sit in the third row from the front. I was excited. The church welcomed me with its bright, modern appearance. Its red circular couches with big white tables behind them, which encouraged me to hang out and socialize, were inviting. The greeters at the door seemed excited, so very excited, to see me. Everywhere I went there were smiles and great big hellos. It felt warm. It did not feel like a church.
As I made my way to my seat, I was taken back by the size of the sanctuary and how dimly lit it was. Its black walls, dark carpet, and blue iridescent lighting seemed something from a night club. I felt lost in a sea of Louis Vuitton and Michael Kors. (PCC is on the cusp of Midtown and Buckhead and if anyone who knows Atlanta will understand why I made that statement; those places are where the swells live). I was dressed in jeans and a nice shirt but didn't seem to fit in to the veritable fashion show around me. When the service began, PCC felt even less like a church. The atmosphere was nothing like the church in which I grew up. It was euphoric, almost like a rock concert. The lights, the band, the singers, and the church goers seemed so holy. But something was off. The reason I say that is that the moment the song would start, hands would raise. Revilers raised one hand in praise while the other held a latte. That confused me. How can a person be reverent while doing that? No one had bibles and no one took notes. There was, of course, at least one Bible in the room, Louie's NIV.
Louie got up to preacher and, wow, was he dynamic! I really do not recall Louie, in my time there, ever preaching the gospel of repentance, sin, or just really the gospel in general. He generally cherry picked the scripture; he could go on for an hour on one verse. As I began my journey to serve Christ, studying the Word was a vital part of my life. I did not rely solely on my pastor to give me my weekly dose of God's word. I searched the scriptures. I really searched going to PCC because Louie's messages always seemed odd. The first 20 or so minutes would be Louie telling some grand story – either about the Grammys or stars or other non-gospel things. Now, please do not misconstrue, stories are good but they should not be the focus of the message. Louie would also use secular verbiage that was lost on me. For instance, one Sunday, he said "turn down for what" and the place erupted as if Matt Ryan had just hit Julio Jones for a long touchdown. I looked up the phrase and realized it was from a secular party song. Till this day, I still don't understand how that played a role in a message. It didn't seem to matter to PCC. They went wild over it. They did not go so wild the time John Piper came to guest preach. He mentioned that homosexuality was sinful. Judging by the crowd's reaction to his statement one might have thought that he had just condemned lattes and skinny jeans. I seemed to be one of the few in agreement with what Piper had said.
As weeks went by, Louie's preaching just got worse. The only reason I stayed was community. I had friends! I was able to go to church and socialize. I had made friends and, as a single lady far away from home, that was so important to me. What better place to have friends then church, right? If I can even call it "church". One thing that stood out to me about PCC is how Louie would say they do not use terms as typical churches do. Case in point, the church is not called a church but "a house." The service is not called a service but a "gathering". The volunteers are not called volunteers but "door holders", no matter what their function is. Louie has stated and probably still does, that he is not in the business of doing the same as the Church always has.
One big draw for me at PCC was the community groups. It was community that kept me coming. In group, people would tell these "Jesus Stories" but never once did I ever hear anyone say how they actually "shared" the gospel with anyone. One time, truly I say to you, a young adult was like, "yeah while we were at a game, having some beers, I witnessed to someone." I just sat there confused. They would also have these round table prayer times…like everyone would go around, not even knowing the person and start to pray over her. I found that odd…not that we are not to pray over people but the whole structure of community was off to me. No one really shared Jesus and who He is.
Things only got worse, as the red flags were being signaled by God. Another area of involvement at PCC I had was The Grove. The Grove is a women's' gathering. They "gather", I believe every spring and fall. It was a crazy time and a time where these women would show who they really were. I would have to stand in line one hour before the thing started and when the doors would open, these women would knock down their own grandmother to get a good seat. It was like Black Friday at Wal-Mart. One time they pushed me out of my seat and moved my stuff. I was not very nice and said some things that probably annoyed them. I think it was to the extent of how they would be hypocrites five minutes from now, while they kick people out of their seats yet "praise the Lord" the next. I spoke with Shelley, (Louie's wife) after I was shoved. Between the knocking people over to how they idolized some of the featured speakers (for instance, Christine Caine came there. I had no idea who she was but by the sound of the cheers, she seemed important. Christine was very dynamic but never really changed my life when I left), I concluded that everything about the Grove was godless and for show. Fancy little coffee machines, donuts, cookies and other finger foods were spread all over the foyer. It was a put on.
PCC never really impacted my life on a godly level. I never left there convicted or in a state of repentance. My friends from PCC still drank and cursed. When I brought it up, they told me I was "judgy" and it was fine. We don't have to be perfect. When I left PCC, those friends left me as well. They blocked me on Facebook and I never heard from them again. This was after I cautioned them to reconsider PCC and find a new church home. PCC was and is very seeker friendly with a new-age feel. Louie is great at giving just enough "cross of Jesus" but he is way off the mark on a lot of things. He talks about creation as though creation itself is God. God is not the sun, moon and stars; He created them! We are not to love creation more than Him. Romans 1 burns in my mind as I think of PCC. The grace card is overused and misused there. It gives a sense to Louie's followers (and they are Louie's followers) that it is okay to not really change but just "love' Jesus.
Louie clearly thinks the world is going to get better; 2 Timothy 3:13 seems to evade him. Louie has allowed folks like Christine Caine, Ann Voskamp, members of Hillsong to lead praise and worship. He has let Carl Lentz and so many other poor preachers to teach in his "house" – Louie may not believe in the rapture but when he gazed at me with a demonic glare, it was then and there I knew I was not in the house of the Lord but in a house of demons. Clearly if Jesus walked in there, He would overturn all their merchandise and give a stern rebuke to what they believe.
Our hope is to be winsome, and to befriend and serve all people. Our worship is loud because His grace is beyond anything we could dream or imagine. Our rhythm is to gather together to worship and scatter to serve. And in a world where the weight is often heavy, we want to lift people, speak life, stand for justice, add value and celebrate the goodness of our God in the best of times and when the road is steep. We are not perfect. But Jesus is. Come as you are.
Where in that statement is the gospel? Louie believes the world will get better and it's up to us to fix it. It is not up to us to fix it. Isaiah 51:6 tells us "Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be forever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished." This earth will vanish. Our role as children of God is to share the gospel, the real gospel. Yes, this will make the Earth a better place but we can't make the Earth a better place without sharing it accurately. Take away the lights and rock star atmosphere from PCC and all you have is a hollow shell of a white building with the numbers 515 plastered on the front. There is nothing godly about that place. Louie and Shelley have both blocked me on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. They do not want anyone to tell them truth, or rather, tell the truth about them. Louie has a strange mindset, one that believes we should understand and relate to an atheist and not judge him. We should engage understanding how and why he thinks that way. It is not our place to witness to him.
I am not a perfect person but do understand sanctification. PCC is not a church house but a godless house. I learned more secular things from going there and never once came face to face with things I needed to change. Louie has come close to using the word sin but he has never brought truth and that should scare anyone who goes there. I encourage anyone who reads this to search the scriptures as we read in Acts 17:11 when Louie talks. I literally listened to a whole message on his Who is Jesus series and wrote down word for word what he said. Here is a link to the message. Dissect it and you tell me how biblical it is. Take time and see if you can find all of this in the Bible when Louie preaches. His ego takes over at the 20 minute or so marker. https://passioncitychurch.com/gathering/friend-or-foe/ do you hear anything about repentance? If so, please let me know….Louie also has a lot of new age nonsense in this message. https://passioncitychurch.com/gathering/whats-next/ I took some serious notes on this message and I hope you can see how weak his "teaching" really is….I was shocked.
Thanks for reading. If you come from a biblical background and currently attend PCC, chances are this is resonating with you. Don't be afraid to speak your mind, you are not alone. If you belong to God, he is always with you and is more than able to provide for your needs according to His riches and glory by Christ Jesus.
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Bring children into the the celebration of Thanksgiving with one of their favorite activities, coloring. If you have a printer these simple pictures can provide a quiet time in the midst of meal preparations.
How did Thanksgiving become a National Holiday?
Sara Hale tirelessly advocated for a National Thanksgiving holiday.
A woman named Sarah Hale, editor of the famous Godey's Lady's Book magazine, spearheaded a move to enshrine observation of thankfulness in the nation. She wrote to five presidents and numerous governors in her campaign for a Thanksgiving Day.
Hale is largely responsible for the idealistic, somewhat fictional view that Americans today hold in regards to interactions of these first New England colonists and the native peoples. Her picture of this feast with tables laden with turkey, stuffing, many dishes and gravies caught on with Victorian readers.
Godey's Lady's Book menu suggestions outlined what we consider a traditional holiday menu, today. How-to and recipes were provided to complete the celebration.
In keeping with her vision of this holiday, pictures here include those that represent parts of the meal, the idea of what the meal was like, how the English and Indian guests were believed to have dressed, and of course, the fat turkey.
Many of this things are now known to have little historical basis, but they are icons of the American Thanksgiving Holiday. I hope you will have fun coloring the ones you download and print.
Centering around food, family, and gratefulness, Thanksgiving has ready-made themes. American Indians, native foods of pumpkin and corn, turkey and trimmings, pie…. it is a cornucopia of fun coloring with a bit of history.
Pie is the American idea of a dessert dish served at holidays. This is a cherry pie, but pumpkin is the most popular choice.
Corn, a native food staple helped the new Colonists to survive.
The story changes depending on who tells it and when, but certain facts are undeniable. One is that without the help and instruction of the Natives of the land, the Pilgrims were likely to fail. They greatly suffered from lack of food, and the Indians corn was a Godsend.
Pumpkins, maize, and wild turkeys were some of the bounties of this land where the Pilgrims landed.
The sharing of a feast is a symbol of the peaceful meeting of diverse people and cultures.
In their native England they were dissenters against the prevailing religious establishment. Braving a journey to an unknown land was worth it to be able to practice their beliefs freely.
When traveling to the new world they came in the company of those wishing to settle for different reasons. The fellow travelers were called "strangers" by their more religious comrades.
This was the Indian tribe which interacted with the Pilgrims in the original feast. Also called the Massasoit, they had a tradition that all the male leaders should be invited to village feasts. Thus 98 surprise guests turned up at this all-male meal. No worries, though… they came with plenty of meat to supply the tables.
The original celebration lasted three days.
The name means "People of the First Light" since they were situated at the eastern coastal region of the continent. This was a large confederation of tribal villages.
As first conceived, this was a religious holiday, observed with piety and solemnity. Modern times sees it as a family time with parades, watching football games, and overeating as all part of the day.
What remains is the idea that we should take time to be thankful for our many blessings. Remembrance of the bounty of the nation we live in, gratitude for freedoms and for friendship and family. For religious and secular alike, it is time to recall the good things we enjoy the rest of the year.


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Pink Lemonade : Happy (black) Friday!!
Happy Friday mes amies! I hope you had a fantastic week!
Mine was great and a bit more relaxing. I caught up on administrative matters and even managed to do a bit of shopping. My Black Friday Week finds include a cozy pair of faux fur mittens with adorable pom poms at H&M and this enchanting book by Camilla Morton about the life of Manolo Blahnik!
So Morton set about crafting fashion fairy tales, blending the lives of fashion icons with classic fairy tales. The icons supply the illustrations, of course (see illustrations by Manolo Blahnik, below.)It's lovely and would make a wonderful gift.You can read an interview with the author here.
Wishing you a great day and a wonderful weekend!
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Are sports on TV becoming more like a TV reality show? That's what at least one coach is suggesting.
TV critics complain that massive editing help give reality TV the "drama" it needs to draw in viewers. But business gets in the way as well. Cast members may need to talk up a makeup brand on "America's Next Top Model" or a new Burger King meal needing marketing help on "The Apprentice."
"Cast members" on sporting events might have to do their part as well when not enough of those 20 some-odd commercial breaks get into a telecast. Could ESPN have been asking the coaches during the Tennessee Titans 23-3 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars on "Monday Night Football" to slow things up, call some late-game time-outs so the network could work in more commercials?
Titans coach Jeff Fisher seemed to suggest this was going on. He said in a TV interview that "it's the first time" he'd heard of coaches being asked to call timeouts.
ESPN and Disney executives said that was not the case. Fisher clarified in a radio interview, "What happens at [the] two-minute warning, the NFL gives you the status of TV, and with commercials they said 'we're two behind.'" He added: "ESPN never came to me and said to call a timeout." Okay, we get that. But why is ESPN even telling Fisher that "we're two behind"? What does that have to do with Fisher's running of his football game? Further explanation is needed.
Television is all about managing content, and sports leagues want to put on the most dramatic stuff available. Big rivalries, major media markets going head to head, and Brett Favre returning to play his old teams, Green Bay Packers, or the New York Jets, for example -- make for good stories.
But the league also needs to conduct advertising business. Do coaches need to be cognizant of his? If anything, the alleged ESPN action seems to breach those communications lines between business and content, in this case unscripted sports content.
A fumble, for sure, in the eyes of football fans. The league says it's looking into it.
3 comments about "When 'Two Behind' In TV Sports Means 'Behind On Commercials' ".
Aaron B. from AnimationInsider.net, October 22, 2010 at 12:15 p.m.
"Looking into it," I'm sure.
Unfortunate, but not surprising. Ever go to a televised football game for a mid-major? It's right in-between can't-miss and I'll-read-about-it-later sports entertainment... and is usually stocked with the most remarkably hidden TV timeouts available.
Paula Lynn from Who Else Unlimited, October 22, 2010 at 2:34 p.m.
George McLam, October 22, 2010 at 6:03 p.m.
TV has become so powerful, the medium has gone to the heads of those controlling it. Rather than having two teams play a game, and TV coming to "cover" it, TV producers/etc try to "control" the game to fit into their broadcast template.
I've been at plenty of live sports events which were broadcast live on TV and watched as TV controls the game. I don't like it as a spectator or as a viewer. TV needs to let the event take place as if they weren't there, and just broadcast what happens. Shame on advertisers that support (or make happen) TV getting involved.


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A Houma man was arrested Wednesday after being accused of child sex crimes, authorities said.
John Tullis Hellier, 73, is charged with two counts of indecent behavior with a juvenile, the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office said.
Deputies received a complaint Jan. 24 that Hellier had inappropriately touched a child relative under 12, authorities said. The case was then referred to the Special Victims Unit and an investigation unfolded.
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David Suter is a Professor of Computer Science in the School of Science (Computing and Security). He leads a team carrying out leading research in computer vision and big-data analysis. His special expertise includes robust statistical fitting, computational geometry and machine learning.
(Research) Professor of Computer Science, Edith Cowan University, Jan 2018-
(Adjunct) Professor of Computer Science, The University of Adelaide, Dec 2017-
Professor of Computer Science, The University of Adelaide, 2008-2017
Professor of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering, Monash University, 2006-2008
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering, Monash University, 2002-2006
Senior Lecturer (Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering), Monash University, 1992-2002
Lecturer (Computer Science and Computer Engineering), La Trobe University, 1988-1992
National and International Research Positions
Member Australian Research Council College of Experts (2008-2011)
Editorial Board of "International Journal of Computer Vision" (2004-2013) (currently on the Honorary Editorial Board)
Editorial Board "Pattern Recognition" (Aug 2017 – present)
Editorial Board of "IPSJ Transactions on Computer Vision and Applications" (2008- 2013)
Editorial Board of "Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision" (2007-2010)
Editorial Board of "Machine Vision and Applications" (2006- 2008)
Research Areas and Interests
Computer Vision (Robot Vision)
Big-Data Analysis
Robust Statistics
Doctor of Philosophy, La Trobe University, 1991.
Automated methods for evaluating structural vascular disease, National Health and Medical Research Council, Ideas grants, 2020 - 2024, $652,128.
Processing textual input at a system-wide level to elicit insights into individual user characteristics, CingleVue Pty Ltd, Scholarships to Support Industry Engagement PhD Project, 2019 - 2024, $64,740.
Predicting falls in the elderly: A novel machine learning approach. , Edith Cowan University, Australia-Germany JRC Scheme (UA-DAAD), 2021 - 2023, $24,250.
Tensor and Hypergraph Methods in Fitting Visual Data, Australian Research Council, Grant - Discovery Projects, 2020 - 2022, $639,326.
Investigating the opportunities and challenges posed by disruptive and converging technologies in Cyber, IoT, AI/ autonomous technologies to the mission, design, structure, operations and future roles and planning of Defence and the Australian Defence Force, Department of Defence, Strategic Policy Grants Program, 2020 - 2021, $179,502.
Developing a novel deep learning architecture for automatic cardiac arrhythmia detection and classification, Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation, WA Science Industry PhD Fellowship Program, 2019 - 2021, $30,000.
ECU-Institute Technico Lisboa Collaboration in Artificial Intelligence, Edith Cowan University, ECU Collaboration Enhancement Scheme - 2018 Round 1, 2018 - 2019, $7,672.
Recent Publications (within the last five years)
Chin, T., Suter, D., (2017), The Maximum Consensus Problem: Recent Algorithmic Advances. Synthesis Lectures on Computer Vision., San Rafael, Morgan & Claypool Publishers, DOI: 10.2200/S00757ED1V01Y201702COV011.
Muthu, S., Tennakoon, R., Rathnayake, T., Hoseinnezhad, R., Suter, D., Bab-Hadiashar, A., (2020), Motion segmentation of RGB-D sequences: Combining semantic and motion information using statistical inference. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 29(2020), 5557-5570, DOI: 10.1109/TIP.2020.2984893.
Tan, DW., Maybery, MT., Gilani, Z., Alvares, G., Mian, A., Suter, D., Whitehouse, AJ., (2020), A broad autism phenotype expressed in facial morphology. Translational Psychiatry, 10(1), article number 7, DOI: 10.1038/s41398-020-0695-z.
Wang, H., Xiao, G., Yan, Y., Suter, D., (2019), Searching for Representative Modes on Hypergraphs for Robust Geometric Model Fitting. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 41(3), 697-711, IEEE, DOI: 10.1109/TPAMI.2018.2803173.
Le, H., Chin, T., Eriksson, A., Do, T., Suter, D., (2019), Deterministic Approximate Methods for Maximum Consensus Robust Fitting. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 2019(Article in press), 1-14, DOI: 10.1109/TPAMI.2019.2939307.
Xiao, G., Wang, H., Yan, Y., Suter, D., (2019), Superpixel-Guided Two-View Deterministic Geometric Model Fitting. International Journal of Computer Vision, 127(4), 323–339, Kluwer, DOI: 10.1007/s11263-018-1100-8.
Purkait, P., Chin, T., Sadri, A., Suter, D., (2017), Clustering with Hypergraphs: The Case for Large Hyperedges. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 39(9), 1697-1711, DOI: 10.1109/TPAMI.2016.2614980.
Lai , T., Wang, H., Yan, Y., Xiao, G., Suter, D., (2017), Efficient guided hypothesis generation for multi-structure epipolar geometry estimation. Computer Vision and Image Understanding, 154(Jan), 152-165, DOI: 10.1016/j.cviu.2016.10.003.
Chin, T., Purkait, P., Eriksson, A., Suter, D., (2017), Efficient Globally Optimal Consensus Maximisation with Tree Search. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 39(4), 758-772, DOI: 10.1109/TPAMI.2016.2631531.
Bustos, P., Chin, T., Eriksson, A., Li, H., Suter, D., (2016), Fast Rotation Search with Stereographic Projections for 3D Registration. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 38(11), 2227-2240, DOI: 10.1109/TPAMI.2016.2517636.
Tennakoon, R., Bab-Hadiashar, A., Cao, Z., Hoseinnezhad, R., Suter, D., (2016), Robust Model Fitting Using Higher Than Minimal Subset Sampling. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 38(2), 350-362, DOI: 10.1109/TPAMI.2015.2448103.
Xiao, G., Wang, H., Lai, T., Suter, D., (2016), Hypergraph modelling for geometric model fitting. Pattern Recognition, 60(2016), 748-760, DOI: 10.1016/j.patcog.2016.06.026.
Truong, G., Gilani, Z., Islam, S., Suter, D., (2019), Fast Point Cloud Registration using Semantic Segmentation. Proceedings of 2019 Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications (DICTA), Article number 8945870, Online, IEEE, DOI: 10.1109/DICTA47822.2019.8945870.
Lin, S., Xiao, G., Yan, Y., Suter, D., Wang, H., (2019), Hypergraph Optimization for Multi-structural Geometric Model Fitting. Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 33(January 27 – February 1, 2019), 8730-8737, Palo Alto, United States of America, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v33i01.33018730.
Cai, Z., Chin, T., Le, H., Suter, D., (2018), Deterministic Consensus Maximization with Biconvex Programming. Proceedings European Conference on Computer Vision, 11216(08/09/2018-14/09/2018), 699-714, Cham, Switzerland, Springer, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-01258-8_42.
Le, H., Eriksson, A., Milford, M., Do, T., Chin, T., Suter, D., (2018), Non-smooth M-estimator for Maximum Consensus Estimation. 29th British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC), 1-12, online, British Machine Vision Conference.
Le, H., Chin, T., Suter, D., (2017), An Exact Penalty Method for Locally Convergent Maximum Consensus. Proceedings 30th IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 378-387, New York, United States of America, IEEE, DOI: 10.1109/CVPR.2017.48.
Zhang, Q., Chin, T., Suter, D., (2017), Quasiconvex Plane Sweep for Triangulation with Outliers. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision, 920-928, IEEE, DOI: 10.1109/ICCV.2017.105.
Le, H., Chin, T., Suter, D., (2016), Conformal Surface Alignment with Optimal Mobius Search. Proceedings of the IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 2507-2516, online, IEEE, DOI: 10.1109/CVPR.2016.275.
Xiao, G., Wang, H., Yan, Y., Suter, D., (2016), Superpixel-based two-view deterministic fitting for multiple-structure data. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 517-533, online, European Conference on Computer Vision, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-46466-4_31.
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La batalla del Puerto de Baños fou una batalla de la guerra del Francès

Antecedents

Després de la desastrosa Convenció de Sintra, en la qual es va permetre la repatriació de les tropes franceses derrotades en la batalla de Vimeiro, les tropes expedicionàries britàniques a Espanya i Portugal van ser deixades al comandament de John Moore. Amb l'arribada de Napoleó amb un exèrcit a Espanya, els francesos van entrar a Madrid el 4 de desembre i Soult rep ordres de l'emperador de perseguir i derrotar l'exèrcit anglès del general Moore, que ha de reembarcar durant la batalla de La Corunya

El rearmament austríac que acabaria amb la guerra de la Cinquena Coalició provocà que Napoleó marxés de Valladolid el 17 de gener, arribant a París el 23 de gener i va ordenar al mariscal Soult que envaís Portugal des del nord, i com a resposta Arthur Wellesley fou enviat a Lisboa el 22 d'abril, i reforçat, es va dedicar a l'ofensiva, obligant, després de la segona batalla de Porto, a la retirada de Soult de Portugal fins Ourense i posteriorment a abandonar Galícia per Valdeorras en direcció a Zamora després de la seva derrota a la batalla de Ponte Sampaio.

Les tropes britàniques de Wellesley van avançar cap a Espanya per unir-se a 33.000 tropes espanyoles sota el general Cuesta, que havia aconseguit refer lexèrcit d'Extremadura després de la derrota a la batalla de Medellín, marxant per la vall del Tajo fins a Talavera de la Reina, on es van trobar amb 46.000 francesos que anaven al seu encontre sota el mariscal Claude Victor Perrin i el major general Horace Sébastiani, amb el rei Josep, al comandament nominal.

El 12 de juny de 1809, l'emperador va ordenar al mariscal Soult que prengués el comandament del II, V i VI cos i es mogués contra l'exèrcit britànic. A finals de juliol de 1809, l'exèrcit britànic d'Arthur Wellesley i l'exèrcit espanyol de Gregorio García de la Cuesta, duc d'Alburquerque, van derrotar l'exèrcit francès del rei Josep Bonaparte a la batalla de Talavera. Soult va trigar un temps a reunir les tropes però el 27 de juliol, el cos de V de Mariscal Mortier, 16.916 infants i 1.853 dragons, va sortir de Salamanca cap al sud. Soult va rebre el 29 un comboi d'artilleria per substituir els canons perduts en la Invasió de Portugal de 1809 i els 18.740 homes van marxar cap al sud el 30. El mariscal Michel Ney amb 12.500 homes partir el 31 de juliol després de deixar una brigada de 3.200 homes. Napoleó va insistir que Soult es mantingués a prop per evitar ser atacat per separat, i 10.000 francesos de François Étienne de Kellermann es van quedar defensant León. Soult era conscient que els espanyols i portuguesos podrien enviar 20.000 homes contra Kellermann, però va acceptar el risc perquè va entendre que l'exèrcit britànic de Wellesley era l'objectiu principal.

Wellesley no va poder explotar el triomf a causa del fracàs dels seus arranjaments logístics i al cap de pocs dies va descobrir que l'exèrcit de Soult intentava tallar el camí de Portugal. En conseqüència, els exèrcits britànics i espanyols es van retirar a l'oest, evitant ser interceptats per les forces de Soult. Francisco Javier Venegas i l'exèrcit de la Manxa van impedir que Sébastiani reforcés l'exèrcit del rei Josep a Talavera i amb Sébastiani lluny del front, el camí cap a Madrid era gairebé indefens. Wellesley esperava que la pressió de l'ofensiva de Venegas obligaria els francesos a retirar-se i l'exèrcit de la Manxa va pressionar cap a Toledo i Aranjuez el 29 de juliol es va aturar fins al 5 d'agost. Josep va deixar el cos de Claude Perrin Victor per vigilar Wellesley i Cuesta, i va tornar a Illescas, on es podia moure per bloquejar Venegas o Wellesley si fos necessari, i Ney va tornar a Madrid. Cuesta fou derrotat per Soult a la batalla del Puente del Arzobispo on van recuperar 14 de les 17 peces d'artilleria francesa perdudes a Talavera i no perseguir els seus enemics a les muntanyes. Josep Bonaparte va ordenar a Michel Ney que tornés al nord per ajudar a François Étienne de Kellermann i va col·locar els dos cossos restants de Soult a la defensiva a Plasencia i Talavera. Aquest desplegament va alliberar el I Cos de Claude Victor Perrin per marxar a l'est contra Venegas

Per protegir seva la retirada a Portugal, Wellesley va disposar que duc del Parque disposés tropes al port de Baños i al marques del Valle de la Reina al de Perales, i cap al 2 d'agost, quan els francesos de Soult havien entrat a Plasencia, el marques de la Reina s'havia retirat a Almaraz per defensar el pont. Després d'avançar cap a Escalona, Robert Thomas Wilson va rebre l'ordre de dirigir-se al port, esquivant amb èxit algunes columnes interceptores franceses travessant les muntanyes. A Puerto de Baños, Wilson va trobar el cos de Ney marxant cap al nord per creuar la passada i va decidir lluitar. El 4 d'agost, Venegas va saber que Wellington i Cuesta estaven en retirada i que els francesos anaven al seu encontre, i malgrat això, va decidir quedar-se al Tajo i arriscar-se a una batalla amb els francesos. L'endemà es concentrava a la riba sud del riu, a Aranjuez, derrotant-los a la batalla d'Aranjuez. Quan el rei Josep va arribar a Aranjuez, va decidir no creuar allà i creuar el pont de Toledo, sent seguit per Venegas en una marxa paral·lela. Els francesos van arribar abans a Toledo el 8 d'agost i l'endemà al matí, Sebastiani va travessar el riu, allunyant el destacament espanyol que vigilava la ciutat i a les tropes de Tomás de Zeraín, que es van retirar a Almonacid, on es va reunir amb la resta de l'exèrcit espanyol el 10 d'agost, la resta de l'exèrcit espanyol havia pujat a Almonacid.

Batalla
Després d'una hàbil defensa, les tropes de Robert Thomas Wilson, que comptava amb 4 homes però no disposava d'artilleria, van ser derrotades pel cos de Michel Ney en la seva marxa de retorn però després de nou hores de combat els espanyols es van refugiar a les muntanyes i els britànics van escapar cap a Portugal sense més incidents, i Ney va procedir a Salamanca.

Conseqüències
Després de derrotar a Cuesta a la batalla del Puente del Arzobispo, Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult va aturar la seva ofensiva per no perseguir els seus enemics a les muntanyes i va esperar reagrupar el seu exèrcit per a una invasió de Portugal que no es va produir i Josep Bonaparte va ordenar al VI Cos de Michel Ney que tornés al nord per ajudar a François Étienne de Kellermann i va col·locar els dos cossos restants de Soult a la defensiva a Plasencia i Talavera. Aquest desplegament va alliberar el I Cos de Claude Victor Perrin per marxar a l'est contra Francisco Javier Venegas derrotant-lo a la batalla d'Almonacid.

Amb les seves tropes morts de fam, Arthur Wellesley va retirar el seu exèrcit a primer a Oropesa i després a Badajoz on va poder assegurar subministraments suficients, i desconcertat pel comportament erràtic de Cuesta i per la ineptitud de l'exèrcit espanyol, Wellington va prometre no cooperar amb els exèrcits espanyols fins que els seus generals i les seves tropes fossin més fiables. Al govern britànic va argumentar que podia mantenir Portugal contra un exèrcit francès de 70.000 a 80.000 homes. Amb aquesta finalitat, Wellington va dictar les ordres de construir les línies de Torres Vedras per protegir Lisboa.

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Batalles de la Guerra del Francès
Batalles del 1809

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Keywords: Thyroid dysfunction, HIV infection, T3 and FT3, CD4 cell counts, highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART).


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Date: Apr 16, 2014 10:07 AM
Subject: 4 Fascinating Facts about Bicycling and Walking
How does your state stack up on bicycling and walking?
Today, we are releasing Bicycling and Walking in the United States: 2014 Benchmarking Report, a massive compendium of data on bicycling and walking in all 50 states, the 52 largest U.S. cities, and a select number of midsized cities.
The Alliance produces the Benchmarking Report every two years in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Healthy Community Design Initiative. The report comprehensively examines bicycling and walking transportation across the U.S. and how these trends relate to public health, safety, and social and economic well being.
There's a TON of really fascinating data in this year's Alliance Benchmarking Report. See for yourself: download the 2014 Benchmarking Report.
For a sneak peek, check out four of the most fascinating facts from the report below.
1. We're seeing small but steady increases in the number of people biking and walking to work.
The average large American city experienced a 5.9% increase in population from 2000 to 2010 without comparable increases in land mass, and budgets are tight across the board. Both of these factors point to a need to find cost-effective modes of transportation that move people without taking up more space.
2. There are lower bicyclist and pedestrian fatalities where there are more people are biking and walking.
There is safety in numbers.
In the graph below, orange dots represent pedestrian fatality rates -- i.e., the number of people who have died while walking as a portion of the number of people who walk to work. The grey line indicates the percentage of the population who bikes to work, and the green line shows correlation between the two.
3. More people tend to bike or walk to work when a city has strong biking and walking advocacy.
In 1996, there were just a handful of state and local biking and walking advocacy organizations and only 10 full time staff working on these issues. Now, there are over 230 state and local biking and walking advocacy groups and over 500 full time staff.
A growing number of concerned citizens are organizing for safer, more accessible streets for walking and bicycling.
And there is a positive correlation between the number of people who bike and walk to work in a city and the incomes and staff sizes of those cities' biking & walking advocacy organizations:
4. A large percentage of commuters bike and walk to work in Alaska, Oregon, Montana, New York, and Vermont.
Not so much in South Carolina, Atlanta, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Texas.
Here's a map of bicycling and walking levels by state across the country:
Think this is interesting? Download your copy of the 2014 Benchmarking Report here.
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Streetside E-News: April 2014
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The latest news in state and local biking and walking across North America
2014 Benchmarking Report Drops April 16;
Get a Sneak Peek
The United States' biggest bundle of data and stats on biking and walking is about to debut - and you can have a front row seat.
Every two years, the Alliance releases Bicycling and Walking in the United States: Benchmarking Report in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control. This report is a comprehensive resource on all things active transportation in the U.S.
The 2014 Benchmarking Report will be officially released on Wednesday, April 16 - but you can get a sneak peek on our First Look webinar on Wednesday, April 9.
From ranking all of the states and major cities on bicycle and walking friendliness to showing connections between public health and transportation, this report answers nearly every question you could have about bicycling and walking in the United States.
Sign up to get a sneak peek at the Benchmarking Report »
Inaugural Southern States Caucus Regional Retreat a Success
This past weekend, Executive Directors from statewide organizations in the South met at the end of the Texas Trails and Active Transportation Conference in Fort Worth.
This gathering of paid staff launches the Southern State Regional Caucus, and participants look forward to following up with colleagues in the South to strategize political strategy and build organizational capacity at the Alliance Leadership Retreat and beyond.
Read Brent Buice's big takeaways on the Georgia Bikes blog »
Advocacy Advance Brings Navigating MAP-21 Workshops to Orlando, FL and Concord, NH
The Advocacy Advance team - our partnership with the League of American Bicyclists - just visited two communities on the eastern seaboard to deliver Navigating MAP-21 workshops. These workshops bring advocates and public officials together to set their communities up to maximize public funding for biking and walking under the current federal transportation bill.
The Orlando session brought together planners, engineers, elected officials, advocates, and business leaders. In Concord, Governor Margaret Hassan, Senator Jeanne Shaheen, and Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter made appearances to emphasize the need for safe and accessible infrastructure for people who bike and walk.
So far, Advocacy Advance has facilitated 21 funding workshops in 19 states, directly resulting in over $27.7 million in public funding won for biking and walking infrastructure and programs.
Read more about the Orlando and Concord workshops »
Winning Bicycling & Walking Projects in TIGER 6
The U.S. Department of Transportation recently announced its call for applications for the TIGER Discretionary Grant program. Applications for $600 million total in funding are due April 28th.
To prepare advocates and agency staff for the application process, Advocacy Advance - the Alliance's partnership with the League of American Bicyclists - held a webinar with news about the sixth round of grants and helpful tips from successful past applicants.
Watch the video recording and see the slides »
Collaborating with Health Stakeholders
There's no doubt that bicycling, walking, and public health all go together. But how can biking and walking advocates better engage with the health community to bring robust biking and walking networks to our communities?
On a recent Mutual Aid Call, stakeholders from the public health community shared how advocates and agency staff can communicate, collaborate, and partner with health stakeholders to increase physical activity and wellness.
Missed the call? We've got you covered.
Check out notes from the call »
Oakland Advocates Plan Winning Campaigns
Over a picturesque sunny weekend, nearly 50 advocates gathered together for the Alliance's Winning Campaigns Training in Oakland, California hosted by Bike East Bay.
Throughout the weekend, participants learned key campaign elements - everything from campaign issue definition to power mapping to how to build relationships with elected officials to fundraising. By the end of the weekend, participants had put together 24 impressive campaign plans to get started on.
Learn more about the training »
The Biking & Walking Boom, in Two Maps
It's hard to shake the feeling that North America is going through a walking and bicycling revival -- in large part because advocates are working hard to make it happen.
But has active transportation advocacy really grown that significantly in recent history? We pulled together a couple of maps to find out.
See what we found when we compared advocacy organizations in 1998 and 2014 »
Webinar Recap: Twitter for Media Relations
Twitter is useful for fueling engagement with your supporters and getting the word out about your issues. But it can also be a helpful tool in another communications arena: media relations.
On a recent webinar with the League of American Bicyclists, we shared tips on how biking and walking advocates can use Twitter to connect with reporters and get active transportation issue in the news.
See notes from the call and watch the video recording »
In Citi Bike's Success, Advocates Played Important Role
Less than a year since Citi Bike launched, the system has seen over 6.7 million trips. During the summer and fall, New York saw an average of 31,000 trips every day on the big blue bikes.
No one single factor guaranteed this bike share program's successful freshman year. But having a strong local non-profit organization that is invested in making the system a success was a crucial piece.
Learn how advocacy organizations made a big difference for Citi Bike »
Campaign Spotlight: The Little Trail that Could
For a small, all-volunteer organization, TRED Rome/Floyd County has big dreams. Julie Smith and her team wanted to build a network of trails around her Georgia county, but the advocates weren't sure how to start.
Thanks to a scholarship from Georgia Bikes, Julie attended an Alliance Winning Campaign Training and learned how to plot out and complete a successful advocacy effort. Now, her trail system has funding.
Learn how Julie and the TRED team won their campaign »
Upcoming Webinars and Mutual Aid Calls
Our Mutual Aid webinars and conference calls are great forums to gain insight from peers and colleagues on the most important issues in biking and walking advocacy today.
April 2, 2:00 - 3:00 PM eastern: Beyond the Bike Rodeo: Youth Engagement and Family Biking
When it comes to teaching kids how to ride bikes, nearly every advocacy organization offers programming like bike rodeos, skills classes or helmet fittings. But what are some innovative other ways to engage children-and their parents-in cycling safely and confidently even before children reach school age? We'll hear about options for engaging the whole family in cycling from organizations that are committed to supporting cyclists of all ages.
April 8, 1:00 - 2:00 PM eastern: Federal Policy Update
Tune in to hear from League of American Bicyclists staff about the latest news from Capitol Hill. Presented by the League of American Bicyclists, Alliance for Biking & Walking and Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals.
April 9, 2:00 - 3:00 PM eastern: First Look at the 2014 Alliance Benchmarking Report
Every other year, the Alliance releases Biking & Walking in the United States: Benchmarking Report. This compendium of active transportation data and research combines many disparate sources into one, making it an essential source for advocates, decision makers, and reporters. The 2014 Benchmarking Report will be released on April 16, but participants in this webinar will have the opportunity to get a sneak peek.
April 15, 3:00 - 4:00 PM eastern: Going Multimodal at the Ballot Box
Advocacy Advance is partnering with the Center for Transportation Excellence and the National Alliance of Public Transportation Advocates on this webinar designed to provide advocates with the necessary tools to take a transportation ballot measure from an idea to a winning measure.
April 23, 2:00 - 3:00 PM eastern: Integrating Access: Walking and Rolling in Bike Advocacy
Building a better world for active transportation doesn't just mean making bicycling safe and comfortable - it also means making our neighborhoods better for walking and for getting around with mobility assistance devices. Join this call to learn how bike advocates can use their platforms and organizational strengths to incorporate walking and accessibility advocacy into their work.
What would you like to discuss on a Mutual Aid Call or Webinar? Does your organization have expertise to share? Email Megan with your ideas!
April 2: Youth Engagement and Family Biking
April 8: Federal Policy Update
April 9: First Look at the 2014 Benchmarking Report
April 11 - 13: Winning Campaigns Training in Baltimore, MD
April 15: Going Multimodal at the Ballot Box
April 23: Integrating Access: Walking and Rolling in Bike Advocacy
April 23: Navigating MAP-21 Workshop: Harrisburg, PA
Complete Streets Coalition Forms in Milwaukee
Wisconsin Bike Fed is forming a coalition of neighborhood groups, healthcare providers, businesses and political entities to create a formal Complete Streets Policy for Milwaukee. Read more »
Bike Pittsburgh Crowdfunding Drive with Care Campaign
The massively popular (and somewhat viral) advertising campaign featuring photos of everyday people riding bikes is up for funding in Indiegogo. Check it out »
New Economic Impact Study from Victoria, BC
The new study from shows that about half of people shopping downtown arrived on foot or by bike. People who biked or walked to shops spent about as much as people who drove or took transit - findings that are consistent with similar past studies. More »
Virginia Passes Three Foot Passing Bill
The new legislation marks the state's first pro-bike legislation in recent history. More »
Delaware to Fund "Bicycle Highway"
The Wilmington Area Planning Council approved a transportation plan that included funding for a 7 mile, ten foot wide bike path between downtown Wilmington and downtown New Castle. Learn more »
Bike Easy Announces New Executive Director
Following the departure of Jamie Wine, the New Orleans organization has named Naomi Doerner as their new leader. Naomi comes from Tulane University's KidsWalk Coalition, a Tulane University program supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Read more »
League of American Bicyclists Launches National Bike Challenge
The new National Bike Challenge platform includes new features for users and local organizers. New this year: a webinar for local advocacy groups interested in hosting a local challenge. Read more »
Technical Assistance Offered for Rural Design
The Citizens' Institute on Rural Design has issued a request for proposals to rural communities facing design challenges, such as Main Street revitalization and designing community-supportive transportation systems. Learn more »
Grants Available Through Voices for Healthy Kids
The American Heart Association and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation have joined forces to launch Voices for Healthy Kids. Grant opportunities within this initiative aim to make effective investments in ongoing state, local and tribal public policy issue campaigns in order to increase public policy impact on healthy weight and living among children. Learn more »
CDC Health Impact Assessment Grants Due April 28
Nonprofit organizations are eligible for these grants to support HIA studies for improved community design. Learn more »
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Turkish economy in dire straits
By George Koumoullis November 8, 2020 02426
File photo: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan At Yildiz Palace In Istanbul
By George Koumoullis
The biggest problem plaguing the Turkish economy today is the downward spiral of its currency. During this year, the Turkish lira (TL) has lost about 33 per cent of its value against the euro. At the start of 2020, the TL was trading for 15 cents whereas today it is 10 cents. The continuous devaluation of the TL is not the cause but a symptom of the sickness of the Turkish economy.
What must first be understood is that in the currency market, under a regime of fluctuating exchange rates, the value of a currency against others is determined by supply and demand. In the case of the TL not only is supply rising, but demand is falling. The Turkish economy is trapped in the vicious circle of "inflation-deficit in the balance of payments-devaluation-inflation…"
In short, inflation makes imports cheaper in comparison to local products and exports more expensive, causing a deficit in the balance of payments, which in turn causes a devaluation of the TL because its supply increases (because of the increase in imports) whereas demand for the currency falls because the value of exports is lower. Devaluation again boosts inflation: not only are the finished products imported more expensive but also the goods produced in Turkey are more expensive because of the higher prices of imported raw materials.
In these cases, government could put an end to the vicious circle, by raising interest rates to a level that is higher than the rate of inflation. Such a move would lead to an increase in demand for the currency, cheaper imports, stability in the exchange rate of the currency and a stop to the increase of retail prices.
Unfortunately for Turkey, President Erdogan is under the illusion that he is an economics expert and is influencing the government's monetary policy. He refuses to increase the official interest rate, arguing that the lower interest rates control inflation. This unorthodox theory by Erdogan explains the negative real interest rates, close to 4 per cent that is, the rate of inflation is 4 per cent higher than the official interest rate. It seems that Erdogan's refusal to increase interest rates could be related to the teachings of Islam, which is dogmatically against interest. (See 'Why is interest prohibited in Islam?' by Mohammad Hossain).
The destabilisation of the TL is not only down to the vicious circle I described. Apart from the coronavirus pandemic which almost eliminated the country's tourism revenue, the armed conflicts in which Turkey has been involved has caused foreign investors to abandon their investments in Turkish shares and bonds.
The Turkish Cypriot economy is dependent to a large degree on the Turkish economy, but the huge blow it has suffered this year, which is much more serious than ever before, is directly linked to Covid-19. It is worth noting that tourism and higher education which attracts foreign students (in 2019 there were more than 100,000 at the 26 universities) accounted for 69 per cent of the GDP of the 'TRNC' in 2019. This year, however, the revenue from tourism was negligible, while foreign students, according to the DPO ('State Planning Organisation') decreased by 70 per cent. As a result of these adverse developments, the economy in the north is expected to contract by 11.04 per cent in real terms in 2020.
The standard of living of the Turkish Cypriots is also negatively affected by the imported inflation from Turkey and the devaluation of the TL, because the rate of increase of prices far exceeds the rise in wages, which means real income decreases. Thankfully, the Turkish Cypriots can have their savings in hard currency and thus they are in a position to protect their value. On the other hand though, the purchases of property and other expensive goods on credit are done in hard currency and this poses major risks to the buyer, whose income is based on the TL, because its devaluation could cause the debt to soar. The buyer would not be able to make his debt repayments and lose the property.
Erdogan's aggressive foreign policy could rationally be attributed to the dire economic situation prevailing in the country. For as long as Turkey enjoyed impressive economic growth, especially between 2003 and 2017, Erdogan's popularity rose spectacularly. Now the opposite is happening and a win in the 2023 presidential elections can in no way be taken for granted. The reduction in the national income has shattered the image and identity of the invulnerable Erdogan, who has reacted by playing up nationalist and Islamist sentiment, with the aim of shifting the attention of voters elsewhere.
He transformed the Hagia Sophia into a mosque. He has become involved in armed conflicts in Syria, Libya and Iraq, and he is backing the country-supplier of natural gas and oil, Azerbaijan in its conflict with Armenia. He has decided to open up parts of Varosha, violates the Cypriot EEZ and insists that the Greek islands have no continental shelf. This aggressive diplomacy, which does not follow the alliances being formed against Turkey could prove very dangerous for the Mediterranean region.
George Koumoullis is an economist and social scientist
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