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In DepthNaomi Owen February 25, 2017 September 6, 2017
Is Capitalism to Blame For Our Health Anxiety?
Health anxiety affects 20% of the general population. In our fragile capitalist climate, analysing the relationship between systematic insecurity and biological insecurity may well be overdue.
Under capitalist governance, value is only granted to those who are deemed economically productive. Following the birth of neoliberalism in Thatcherite Britain, a supposed 'meritocracy' was confidently announced by New Labour. Its individualist rhetoric promised that working hard is the direct route to success and social mobility, regardless of our economic or social backgrounds. In turn, this established the false claim that British society has successfully surpassed taxonomy, a far cry from the recent statistics proving that the gap between the rich and the poor has never been wider. Still poor? Then you simply didn't work hard enough.
But how does this have an effect on health anxiety?
When your level of worthiness in British society is dependent on the degree to which you are productive to the economic system, losing your job and thus, your self-help can have a dramatic effect on your psyche. And with so much emphasis on the individual, you are told that you have nobody to blame but yourself. Capitalism triggers mental illness of all forms, but its precise relationship to health anxiety has continuously been ignored. As a working-class person who suffers from intense hypochondria, it has not been difficult to notice the prevalent correlations between my health anxiety and my socio-economic instability.
value is only granted to those who are deemed economically productive
With constant cuts to the NHS and disability benefits, British working class people are feeling increasingly less and less stable in their socio-economic milieu. The Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine has recently announced that NHS cuts are responsible for a staggering 30,000 deaths in 2015 alone. The reality is, those who cannot afford to jump to the top of waiting lists, or pay for an urgent MRI are slipping through the cracks and aren't being caught by the safety net. For those living in poverty who cannot entertain the idea of private healthcare, increased health anxiety is to be expected.
NHS cuts are responsible for a staggering 30 000 deaths in 2015
Despite its inevitable contradictions, our current capitalist system continues to operate by maintaining a reservation of unemployment in order to keep wages low and workers enthusiastically slaving away. It comes as no surprise then, that job insecurity is high and fear of losing our jobs due to ill health is becoming an epidemic among the masses. The stress of living in poverty without stable home or work environments undoubtedly causes genuine ill-health – an injurious trigger to those suffering from health anxiety who may perceive a tension headache to be a brain tumour. Unfortunately, those who suffer from health paranoia will know that obsessively worrying about having a heart attack, brain tumour or stroke can actually cause several alarming physical symptoms to appear and replicate these deadly illnesses to great measures. What this means is that a vicious cycle is created and maintained and for those already on the breadline, time off work can be detrimental to survival.
fear of losing our jobs due to ill health is becoming an epidemic among the masses
In our profit-based economic system, we must question whether our anxieties are being purposely exploited. The Daily Mail is notorious for its clickbait articles regarding the latest food, activity or lifestyle choice that will inevitably lead to our premature death. Stories of undiagnosed tumours after 14 GP visits and most recently, the extremities of a vitamin D deficiency, are colonising our social networking feeds on a daily basis and so we must question, is it any wonder why we're predicting our own untimely mortality? Reviewing the media's political economy, scaremongering sells and it sells well. We are routinely bombarded with 'lifestyle' improvements that resemble those enjoyed by the middle and upper classes to guide us into purchasing the latest false need. We buy into this consumerist rhetoric because we are living in a system in which we are drowning in our own anxieties. So, could this be a reality that has been engineered to keep us searching for the latest health treatment that will make sure we continue to get up and go to work every morning?
we are living in a system in which we are drowning in our own anxieties
With online symptom checkers readily available and with the temptation of online diagnostic material possessing my internet searches, I find myself being thrown into meltdown when I am advised to seek urgent medical attention for my involuntary muscle twitches – a symptom, no doubt caused by my destabilising 'cyberchondria'. What's important, for those living with intense medical paranoia, is to remember that we are living in a capitalist system that preys on our anxieties because our anxieties are profitable. Just like myself, every time you find yourself panicking on WebMD, you're one extra person subscribing, reading and sharing content that is putting money in the pockets of filthy rich advertising companies who keep the clogs of the monumentally corrupt capitalist machine turning.
we are living in a capitalist system that preys on our anxieties because our anxieties are profitable
As systematic fragility increases, we must oppose its deliberate biological manifestations. Once again, the people affected the most are those who financially have the least to lose.
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In DepthTagged anxiety capitalism Mental Health neoliberal NHS thatcher
Naomi is a third year Journalism student at Cardiff University. Her thoughts and writings are heavily influenced by her experiences with poverty and social class. It was after becoming familiar with Marxist ideas that she realised her place within journalism was to educate those in the working-classes and to counteract the media's current role in reinforcing the false consciousness of those who are oppressed by the ruling class. She considers herself a communist and an intersectional feminist. In her spare time, she likes to immerse herself in French film and review Brutalist architecture.
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Bob Mcdougall says:
The irony is it is the media that preys on people's anxieties and, by and large, the media are anti capitalism despite capitalism being the only reason they are not destitute. Articles like this claiming there is a growing gap between rich and poor do nothing but foster resentment which comes out in violence or anxiety. The fact is even the poorest in a capitalist society are exceedingly wealthy by historic terms and in comparison to socialist and dictatorial countries.
Capitalism is the saviour of real health being almost solely responsible for all medical advances. I have quite severe health anxiety and agree that the media and other organisations sensationalise and overstate risks to promote themselves (anti smoking groups continually vastly overstating risks being one example, pharmaceutical companies are another) and this leads to anxiety. Also capitalism has made everyone incredibly rich and this allows time for people to wallow in their fears and anxieties and in this respect their may be some blame for all anxieties on capitalism.


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package ph.rye.deckuploader;

import java.io.File;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

import org.openqa.selenium.Alert;
import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;

import ph.rye.common.lang.ResourceUtil;
import ph.rye.logging.OneLogger;

/**
 * @author royce
 *
 */
public class Main {

    private static final OneLogger LOG1 = OneLogger.getInstance();

    private static final WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();;
    private final static String baseUrl = "https://api.ankiapp.com/";
    private final static StringBuffer verificationErrors = new StringBuffer();

    private final static String PATH =
            "/Users/royce/Desktop/Anki Generated Sources";

    public void execute() {
        driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS);

        driver.get(baseUrl + "nexus/");
        driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("input.flex-item")).clear();
        driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("input.flex-item")).sendKeys(
            ResourceUtil.getString("config", "username"));
        driver.findElement(By.xpath("//input[@type='password']")).clear();
        driver.findElement(By.xpath("//input[@type='password']")).sendKeys(
            ResourceUtil.getString("config", "password"));

        driver
            .findElement(By.cssSelector("form.auth.flex-container > div"))
            .click();

        pause(1, "Clicked logged in");

        final WebElement importElement = driver.findElement(
            By.cssSelector(
                "div.center:nth-child(1) > div:nth-child(4) > "
                        + "div:nth-child(1) > div:nth-child(2) > "
                        + "span:nth-child(1)"));

        LOG1.debug("Click " + importElement.getText());

        /* Import */
        importElement.click();
        pause(1);

        /* Import from Spreadsheet */
        driver.findElement(By.xpath("//div[3]/span")).click();
        pause(1, "Clicked Spreadsheet");

        final List<String> filenames =
                new FolderCrawler().getFiles(PATH, ".tsv");

        LOG1.debug("File count: " + filenames.size());

        for (final String filename : filenames) {
            LOG1.debug(filename);
            uploadFile(filename);
        }

        assert "".equals(verificationErrors.toString());
    }

    public void uploadFile(final String filename) {
        LOG1.info("Uploading file: " + filename);

        final WebElement fileElement = driver.findElement(By.name("deckFile"));
        fileElement.clear();
        fileElement.sendKeys(PATH + File.separator + filename);

        pause(1);

        final WebElement nameElement = driver.findElement(By.name("deckName"));
        nameElement.click();

        nameElement.clear();
        nameElement.sendKeys(
            filename.substring(
                filename.lastIndexOf(File.separator) + 1,
                filename.lastIndexOf('.')));
        driver.findElement(By.xpath("//form/div/div/div[2]/div")).click();

        pause(10);
        final Alert alert = driver.switchTo().alert();
        alert.dismiss();

    }

    public static void main(final String... args) {
        final Main main = new Main();
        main.execute();
        LOG1.info("Program End.");
    }

    public void pause(final int seconds, final String... message) {
        if (message != null && message.length > 0) {
            System.out.println(message[0]);
        }
        try {
            Thread.sleep(1000 * Math.abs(seconds));
        } catch (final InterruptedException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

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Although the development of video games has been based upon the evolution of a wide variety of modern techniques independently, there is a handful of these that also owe their growth to the show business. Without more trouble, we must bear in mind that there was a time when the line dividing consoles from desktop computers was a lot more scattered. Also, the Hardware we discover in the most recent generation consoles is very similar to that of any type of PC.
This is why we intended to examine several of the modern technologies that ended up being preferred thanks to computer games.
Although today we have a relatively specific concept of what a network is, throughout the 1970s, that idea did not also exist. For the typical individual, the very first contact with a home computer was with gaming consoles, being precisely the fundamental tool of this type to enter the residence.
It would undoubtedly be the Magnavox Odyssey, the initial house console, who would additionally possibly hold the title of a first personal computer. Its arrival on the marketplace remained in 1972, as well as although it did not have word processing software and also did not even allow to program in assembler, it was the first computer system made up by a central system where handling was executed, some peripherals, video outcome, as well as even applications that were provided by the numerous titles of its leave to the market.
On the other hand, computer games marked the action for the innovation of personal computers once they began to establish themselves thus. At the dawn of Computer technology, the first desktop computers built by followers to electronics did not have screens, yet their output device was printers that published the outcomes of their calculations theoretically. Nonetheless, it was Ralph Baer's idea to create an inexpensive console to connect to the television that allowed the use of the displays as we do currently.
Although visual processing units were not initially planned for enjoyment, as soon as designers discovered their capacity, their usage became an avalanche. It was hence that the legendary Commodore Amiga was among the first personal computers to have its GPU, and managed to be quite a success, to a considerable level thanks to the excitement that elevated all the superb video games that allowed to run.
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CD, DVD, Blu-Ray
In the very early' 90s, Sony couldn't also think of that day. He would certainly come to be the best backer of residence gaming consoles. By this time Nintendo had been working with Phillips to produce a console that used compact discs as a storage medium for the video games, as well as a lot more houses had already done the same, yet it was Sony's PlayStation that took care of to utilize this kind of storage medium significantly.
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A similar story occurs with the various other technologies that we have reviewed in this short article, and that is that while computer game has offered to thrust them all, it is thanks to these that the show business has managed to have such good health for many years.
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Suddenly, This Year Looks Like One of Wall Street's Best
Andrew Bary
Dec. 8, 1997 12:01 am ET
A fter all 1997's ups and downs, spectacular breakouts and narrow escapes, it looks as if this year will go down as one of the best in stock-market history.
Last week, the Standard & Poor's 500 Index surged 3.0% to close at 983.79, a record. That put it ahead 32.8% for the year, just shy of the impressive 34.1% gain achieved in 1995. The only better years for the S&P since World War II were 1958, when the index rose 38%, and 1954, when it jumped 45%.
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The proximate cause for Friday's record-breaking performance was the early-morning announcement of healthy employment gains in November. Payroll jobs grew by 404,000 in the month, the biggest rise in a year and a half. The unemployment rate, meanwhile, dropped 1/10th-point to 4.6%, the lowest level since 1973. The upbeat news underscored the fact that the U.S. economy isn't feeling any effects yet of Asia's much-lamented troubles.
In the past, a strong employment report might have knocked the market for a loop, but investors have grown more confident that the economy can grow moderately without generating inflation pressures. Indeed, the bond market, after a sharp early selloff Friday, ended with only mild losses.
Whether the S&P would break its old mark of 983.12, set October 7, was in doubt until the final trades were tallied at 983.79 just after 4 p.m. Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, meanwhile, rose 99 points Friday and 326 over the week, to finish at 8149, or 110 points below its August peak. Both the Dow and the Nasdaq, up 2.1% to close at 1634 Friday, have risen about 26.5% this year but are still trailing the S&P. Most money managers also are well behind the S&P, for the fourth year in a row.
The market's sterling performance wasn't anticipated at the start of 1997, when the most bullish Wall Street seer among 45 surveyed by Business Week predicted that the Dow would finish the year at 7500. Most strategists and many institutional investors thought the market would do well to gain 10% or 15% after its strong advances in 1995 and 1996. Back then, people said the market couldn't have three great years in a row, and also that years ending in seven generally had been unlucky this century. So much for that folklore.
"People weren't positioned for a good year. That explains a lot of what happened," says Laszlo Birinyi, head of Birinyi Associates in Greenwich, Connecticut. Birinyi believes in the old saw that the market climbs "a wall of worry." Lately, the worry has been about Asia and the impact of the region's economic troubles on U.S. corporate profits. When the Asian troubles hit, many investors fled multinationals and other big stocks for smaller issues. But in the past six weeks, it has been behemoths like General Electric , Coca-Cola , Microsoft and Merck that have led the rally.
Birinyi says he remains upbeat because Dow stocks continue to be accumulated on balance. And the buying of bank stocks is as strong as at any time during the year, even though the typical bank issue has risen over 40% in 1997.
T he market, however, has entered a lofty realm as far as valuations are concerned. The S&P now trades at 22 times projected profits of $45.50 this year, and at nearly 20 times the $50 in earnings projected for 1998. Many think 1998 will be difficult from a profit standpoint. The skeptics include some notable bulls, including Greg Smith, Prudential Securities' strategist, and Ed Yardeni, economist at Deutsche Morgan Grenfell. Friday, Yardeni said the combination of 4% wage growth in the U.S. and a tough pricing environment could hold down profit growth in 1998. A 5% earnings gain is "realistic" for next year, he added.
Even the Street's leading bull, Abby Joseph Cohen of Goldman Sachs, sees just 8% profit growth in 1998. If earnings do climb by just 5%-8%, 1998 could be a difficult year for stocks. It should be said, however, that most Street strategists have consistently underestimated corporate profits in recent years.
T here are some big companies whose stock prices hinge on the presence of a dominant chief executive. The two most notable examples are Microsoft and Berkshire Hathaway , which could lose 10%-25% of their market values if Bill Gates or Warren Buffett departed from the scene.
Other CEO-dependent giants include Disney , headed by Michael Eisner, and American International Group , whose low-profile leader, Maurice Greenberg, is a legend in the insurance business. The latest addition to the CEO pantheon is Sandy Weill of Travelers Group , whose shares are up 85% this year, tops in the Dow.
Travelers has been on a roll lately. Its stock surged 5 1/8 to 56 last week, and hit a record 57 3/8 . And it has risen 10 points since it surprised Wall Street by reaching a deal to purchase Salomon for $9 billion in September -- the deal closed November 28.
Gone are the initial concerns after the Salomon transaction was announced that Salomon's volatile, trading-driven profits would make Travelers' earnings less predictable and depress Travelers' P/E multiple. Also gone are the worries that Travelers would have a tough time integrating Salomon's swashbuckling traders into its more restrained corporate culture. Now the view is: "Sandy always gets the job done." As one analyst said: "Travelers is a cult stock. It's all about Sandy." Travelers' market value of $65 billion makes it the second-largest financial stock, just ahead of Citicorp, but behind AIG.
Yet the enthusiasm for Travelers may be getting out of hand. It is now being valued as if its insurance operations were the equal of AIG, and as if its brokerage arm, Salomon Smith Barney, were in the same league as Merrill Lynch or Morgan Stanley. Travelers now trades at 21 times projected 1997 profits, above the P/E multiples of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Discover at 15, and Merrill Lynch at 16. AIG commands a slight premium to Travelers, trading at 23 times expected 1997 profits.
It's ironic that an independent Salomon usually received a single-digit P/E multiple in the market because of its volatile profits, which hinge on the success of its proprietary trading in the bond market. Now that Salomon is in Sandy's fold, its profit contribution has been magically accorded a higher P/E. Call it the Sandy factor.
Salomon's contribution to Travelers isn't trivial, accounting for nearly 25% of pro-forma profits in the first nine months of 1997. Moroever, the swings in Salomon's profits were underscored by news that the firm lost $60 million in October. Total profits of the combined Salomon Smith Barney now account for half of Travelers' earnings. "You can't get away from the fact that Travelers is operating some pretty cyclical businesses," notes one analyst. "And the combination of Smith Barney and Salomon doesn't make it Merrill, Morgan Stanley or Goldman Sachs." Aside from securities, the rest of Travelers' profits largely comes from life and property/casualty insurance, two highly competitive businesses. Travelers still isn't a major play in annuities, and Salomon Smith Barney's asset-management business doesn't compare to that of Morgan Stanley or Merrill.
Yet Wall Street just loves Sandy. Eleven out of 12 analysts rate Travelers a "buy." The only neutral rating comes from Morgan Stanley's Michael Blumstein, who has a target price of 51. He has called Salomon "Sandy's toughest deal yet." The Street is forecasting that Travelers will deliver 18% profit growth in 1998, to $3.20 a share. That, however, could prove a tall order given that the securities business has been operating in the best of all possible environments. And bond pros say arbitrage opportunities -- Salomon's longtime forte -- are tough to exploit these days. But until Sandy disappoints, investors aren't going to desert him.
T he beauty of bank-stock investing in recent years, compared to buying tech issues, is that selectivity hasn't mattered much. Nearly everything has gone up. In 1997, the average bank issue has risen 43%, and the worst performer among the top 20, Wells Fargo , is up 21%.
Wells Fargo made up some lost ground relative to its peers last week, rising 22 points to 329 1/4, after its chief executive, Paul Hazen, said the bank was willing to consider a takeover offer at the right price. Some said Hazen's comments Thursday got blown out of proportion because apparently no talks are going on. Moreover, any good chief executive has to consider a reasonable takeover offer.
Wells Fargo is intriguing because it has one of only two dominant franchises in California, a market coveted by big banks in other regions. BankAmerica , the largest Golden State bank, is too big to be bought, leaving Wells Fargo, which has a hefty $28 billion market value.
Wells Fargo is vulnerable because it has had well-publicized woes integrating First Interstate, which it bought last year. Cash earnings this year are expected to be around $15 per share, rising to $21 in 1998, Wall Street hopes. Some investors think Wells Fargo is attractive now at 15 times projected 1998 cash earnings. Either Hazen straightens things out and then sells the bank, or his team doesn't get the job done, and the bank is sold. So goes the bull case. The potential price: $400 a share.
T he agony of gold-stock investors continued last week as the Philadelphia Stock Exchange's gold-stock index broke its record low set in 1992. The index fell 5% to 67.29, and now is off 42% for the year. Gold stocks fell as the metal declined $6 an ounce to $290.
Many gold issues, including Newmont Mining , are below where they stood in the mid-1980s. What makes it so tough for gold bugs is that their misfortune is occurring in the greatest bull market of all time. And to top it off, they're being held up to ridicule. Newmont fell 1 1/2 to 28 1/2, while Placer Dome declined 7/8 to 11. Many secondary gold stocks have fallen so low that they amount to call options on the metal. Echo Bay Mines stands at 2 3/16, down from a 52-week high of 8; TVX Gold is at 2 5/8, down from 9, and Royal Oak Mines can be had for a buck, below its 52-week peak of 4. It may finally be time for contrarians to wade into this mess of a market.
Hambrecht & Quist Group is struggling in a booming stock market, yet Merrill Lynch may be willing to pay four times book value for the San Francisco firm known for involvement with technology companies.
The Wall Street Journal said Friday that Merrill is in "advanced talks" to buy H&Q for over $1 billion. H&Q's stock surged five points to 43 3/8 last week amid the merger rumors, but gave up 1 3/8 Friday after the Journal article didn't indicate that Merrill was prepared to pay a sizable premium above H&Q's current price.
The Dow rose in all five trading days last week, gaining 326 points, or 4.1%. The index now stands 110 points below its all-time high of 8259, set in August.
Let's look at the numbers on H&Q. It went public just over a year ago at 16. It earned $1.64 in its fiscal year ended in September, half of what it made in the prior 12 months. Its book value is $12.50 a share. Is this company worth $50 a share, or $1.2 billion? Merrill's interest is notable because H&Q is under a cloud from its "spinning" activities. This practice, amounting to little more than bribery, involved giving allocations of hot initial public offerings to corporate executives from whom H&Q sought business. It'll be ironic if Merrill buys H&Q, because Merrill is very strict about compliance issues internally. Why not simply hire some of H&Q's top investment bankers? That would cost Merrill a lot less than $1 billion.
M ost of the top drug companies -- Merck , Pfizer and Eli Lilly -- rely on a stable of prescription drugs for their profits. But the darling of drug investors in the past year, Warner-Lambert , has soared on the prospects for just two new products: Lipitor for cholesterol and Rezulin for diabetes. That's why the market reaction was so strong Monday when Glaxo, which is marketing Rezulin in Britain, pulled the drug off the market because of rare instances of a severe liver problem in diabetics taking the drug. Warner-Lambert plunged nearly 26 points, or 18.5%, to 114 on Monday, before recovering somewhat to end the week at 117 1/2, down 22 7/8 . Warner traded as high as 152 in October, triple its level in mid-1996.
Rezulin is the big swing drug for Warner because Lipitor is already proving to be a blockbuster, with annualized sales of $1 billion in the third quarter, making it the most successful new drug ever. Lipitor is expected to be a $2 billion drug within two years.
Warner's fans are hoping that Rezulin, the most potent drug now available to the millions of "type II" diabetics, those who develop resistance to insulin as adults, could also become a $2 billion drug by the year 2000. Based on the Rezulin optimism, analysts look for a sharp rise in the company's profits to $4.50 in 1998, $5.25 in 1999 and $6.25 in 2000 from the projected $3.25 this year.
One drug investor says Rezulin is likely to survive the latest scare, but that its growth could slow. Specialists are likely to continue prescribing Rezulin, but general practitioners will be wary. Plus, there could be competition from SmithKline Beecham within 18 months.
W arner-Lambert's plunge was another example of an all-too-common phenomenon: a one-day decline of more than 10%.
After these 10%-plus drops, fans of the affected companies invariably say that market overreacted and that the stocks are a bargain. Are they right?
Birinyi Associates went back to the start of 1994 and looked at every instance that a stock in the S&P 500 fell at least 10% to see how each one performed one week, one month and three months later.
The results suggest that bargain-hunting can pay off. There were 399 instances of 10% declines among S&P stocks over the period. After one week, the average gain has been 2.1%, with the stocks rising 3.6% after one month and 5.7% after three months. However, if the large number of 10% declines on October 27 of this year, when the Dow fell 554 points, are excluded, the performance isn't so strong. The reason for eliminating the stocks that plunged October 27 is to isolate those instances when stocks dropped for company-specific reasons.
Taking out October 27, the average one-week rise is just 0.4% and the one-month advance is 2.3%, while the three-month gain remains at 5.7%. A three-month rise of 5.7% sounds impressive, but the overall market has more than doubled since the start of 1994, meaning the average stock isn't too far behind a 5.7% quarterly rise.


The Chile Relleno is an ubiquitous culinary offering in the Southwest. The true barometer for assessing the quality of a local eatery is by sampling such a regional specialty. I can just barely count on my fingers how many rellenos that I stuffed in my face during our brief stay in Santa Fe, but only one was by far the best. The organic and locally sourced food at Rellenos Cafe serves up the best Rellenos I have ever met.
It is only open for breakfast and lunch. The interior is very small and intimate, though they also have an outdoor patio. The spot totally has the vibe of a dive, which contributes to the glory of the food. We ordered a plate of rellenos and an order of tacos. Both were superfluous archetypes of New Mexican perfection, but the rellenos were muse worthy. Operas could be written about the fresh green chile sauce. Perhaps a sonnet about the texture of the baked relleno shell would have been published by Shakespeare had he bothered with a time traveling visit. The service was kind and impeccable, even going so far as planning our next excursion outside of Taos. If you find yourself in Taos for lunch, you have to eat here.
The best Chile Relleno I We have ever eaten. Gaze upon it and know the truth.


Some time ago, i building the universal pc for gaming dos and win98 era games. This machine based on P3 1100 Coppermine, Chaintech 6btm mobo, 256 Mb RAM, modded VooDoo 5 5500 128Mb, ISA SB AWE64 Gold and SC-55 + MT-32 Old for External midi. I install native DOS 6.22 and Windows 98 separately for each games type. All hardware works fine, but last time i fid that doom, doom2, heretic works with SC-55 only after i start duke3d.
presence SoftMPU in memory not influence for this.
I spotted an error with MSCDEX, I think you grabbed the MS-DOS mode files, rather than the files for the MS-DOS 6.22 starter pack? They are slightly different.
But that should be the reason for your issues.
In Doom, what happens if you run just music (SC-55), but no sound effects? And then try the reverse, just sound effects, no music.
That case is really schmick, I love it!
I had the same Doom 2 slow down problem with an AWE 64 Gold and Roland SC-55 and it was caused by a DMA/address conflict with the network card however I had issues with all games until it was resolved.
When you test sound effects in Warcraft 2 setup program does it play as it should? "Your sound card works perfectly"
My money is on your network card or usb controller, remove them and try doom2.
Phil im your fan and subscriber of your youtube chanel )) You made a great job, your video about mt-32 big tutorial is awesome ! Thank you very much !
Yes,autoexec and config is from your site, very useful. Last time when i config dos pc is 16 years ago, and i forget many thing Now i make some changes yesterday, and place actual files content in end of this message.
In DOOM if i select Sound Canvas port 300 and NO sound FX - music plays, game work great. If i had NO music and Sound FX SB 220-5-1 - i hear no music but hear all sound fx perfect, game work. If i select both, the game work slow witn broken note on SC.
I exec CTCU.exe - no one device in system use SB ports or irq. Dma window of other device is empty.
Warcraft 2 setup when i select sb 16/awe32 says 'your sound card works perfectly' , when i select general midi port 330 i hear music without problems.
And i forget say my SB awe64 gols is CT4540 model, if this need.
I had an issue with Doom 2 if I had both the Midi IN and Midi Out cables connected to my Midi Module, for whatever reason. Just unhook the PC's MIDI IN; you don't need the PC to get MIDI data from the module. See if that helps.
zerker wrote: I had an issue with Doom 2 if I had both the Midi IN and Midi Out cables connected to my Midi Module, for whatever reason. Just unhook the PC's MIDI IN; you don't need the PC to get MIDI data from the module. See if that helps.
WOW Thats work ! Thank you !!!!
Nice, I didn't know about that behaviour Learnt something.
PROTIP! A++ That fixed my issue. I was getting a wee bit frustrated with it. Pulling that one plug fixed all the retarded crap it was doing!


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Media Bias: Owen Jones Confesses
By Billy Boulton on	 October 25, 2017 Opinion Politics
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Prominent journalist and self-proclaimed democratic socialist Owen Jones recently wrote a stunning confession letter admitting crimes against journalism, published by the Guardian under the title 'We can no longer pretend the British press is impartial'.
According to Jones, the media does not act as an 'impartial disseminator of news and information', but is instead 'a highly sophisticated and aggressive form of political campaigning and lobbying'. He is presumably referring to some of his own articles, such as 'Jeremy Corbyn has caused a sensation – he would make a fine prime minister', in which Jones – despite the loss of the Labour party at the general election – described the event as 'one of the most sensational political upsets of our time', before calling the victor 'a wretched dishonest excuse of a politician'.
Jones also gives a bold toot on his whistle, revealing that 'the British commentariat is by and large a cartel: its members are mostly there because of their views, their backgrounds, and – to varying degrees – their connections.' He explains: 'our backgrounds inevitably play an important role in forming our worldviews, determining our priorities and creating our blind spots', which seems to be a reference to the fact that his parents met through their membership of the Militant Tendency – a Trotskyist group in the Labour party – which would explain his fetish for all things socialist.
Jones' genius truly shines through in this article, as his exquisite command of irony as a literary tool is revealed. Not content with merely confessing his crimes, he proceeds to exhibit his red-tinted glasses in action: he calls out the Sun, Telegraph, Times, Daily Mail and Daily Express for 'promoting the partisan interests of the Conservative party', whilst he simultaneously promotes the partisan interests of his beloved Labour party, condemning right-wing outlets for merely serving 'rich moguls' whilst remaining chillingly silent about left-wing outlets such as Daily Mirror and Guardian, which – coincidentally of course – endorsed the Labour party in the 2017 election.
Jones' partisanship can also be found in a secondary objective of his article: helping his comrade Jeremy Corbyn out with that watertight plan to dramatically move the centre of British politics to the left by merely saying it has. Jones' contribution to the cause is his authoritative assertion that 'the country is more leftwing than its press' and demanding the mainstream press to 'cater for the growing demand for dissenting views – or be challenged by new media outlets that do.'
This may be a tough task, however, for Jones and Corbyn, with the victories for the Leave campaign in 2016 and the Conservatives in the 2017 general election suggesting the centre is definitively to the right of them. But maybe, if we pray really hard, more of Jones' terrifying threats might eventually cause those right-wing rags to capitulate and we can all swim in an ocean of red forever more.
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This is a walk-through of how we track and balance a Robinson R22 using Robinson's maintenance procedures. A detailed application note is available and can be requested by emailing us at sales@rpxtech.com.
The tachometer is mounted on the rear of the mast.
The DynaTrack, optical tracker, is mounted to the windscreen with a suction mount.
The accelerometer is mounted to the left of the R22's console, cable pointed down.
Select "Robinson R22" from the DynaVibe's Rotorcraft Menu. Then aim the tracker at around 70% of the blade span. The span focal point is automatically measured and reported in the setup screen.
Measure the initial track in a hover using the DynaTrack. The DynaVibe will flash "BUTTON TO CAPTURE NEXT" when the system is ready to take a reading. Simply press the push-to-talk button to begin acquisition and hover until the acquisition cycle is complete.
The DynaVibe will report the DynaTrack out-of track reading. Adjust the track using pitch-link adjustments according to the Robinson R22 Maintenance Manual, Section 10-230 (1).
Repeat until the blades track within 0.25 inches.
The R22 setup information is built into the DynaVibe GX3's setup library which makes setup quick and easy.
Once the initial track is verified, take vibration readings in a hover for initial balance.
The DynaVibe will report the vibration magnitude in IPS, and the angle in degrees as well as clock angle.
Using the "Main Rotor Track and Balance Chart" given in the R22 maintenance manual page 10.29, adjust span and chord arm weights to balance below 0.2 IPS.
Acquire track data at 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, and 100 kts.
Press the DynaVibe's remove-mounted Push-To-Talk button for each reading. The DynaVibe will store track and balance readings for up to 8 conditions per flight.
Email us and ask for our Robinson R22 application note that details the R22 track and balance process using the DynaVibe and DynaTrack.
All information herein and in our application notes are based on the Robinson Maintenance Manual listed below. In the event of any conflicting information, the Robinson Manual always supersedes all other information.
Robinson's R22 track and balance procedures can be found in chapter 10 of the maintenance manual which can be downloaded here.
RPX technologies offers an application note that more fully describes the track and balance process using the DynaVibe GX3 and DynaTrack. It also includes procedures to balance the tail rotor and cooling fan.
The R22 application not is available for download upon request. Request your copy by emailing us at support@rpxtech.com.
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OPay, the FinTech company part of the Opera Group has launched OKash, the new stand-alone mobile app that provides users access to short-term loans at their fingertips.
Android smartphone users in Kenya now have a safe, easy and flexible way to apply and access credit loans for their everyday life expenses.
From education and health expenses to travel and purchase of goods and services, OKash lands in Kenya with the clear goal of making loan management and access easier for everyone who owns a smartphone.
OKash, together with an M-Pesa account, enables users to access small loans for an interest as low as 1 percent per day and a loan term of a maximum of 14 days. The faster a user pays off an active loan, the sooner they can request a new loan. Users with timely and consistent repayment behaviors can apply for a single loan up to 500,000 KES at a total interest of 5 percent.
Users can download OKash from Google Play and set up their account in seconds by using their M-Pesa account. By filling out a set of questions, users will get a decision on their loan application in minutes.
To repay the loan, users just need to click the repayment button and process it through the M-Pesa STK push service. This will simplify the process of repaying the loan as the amount will be debited directly from the user's M-Pesa wallet.
OKash is a unique product as it uses artificial intelligence (AI) technology. This technology has been built to analyze the purpose of the loan as well as the repayment behaviour of the user.


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So Much For Waiting!
Alexis walks in on Nik and Rebecca, Helena confronts Rebecca, Claudia manipulates Michael, Jax and Carly discuss Claudia, Robin and Patrick discuss their situation and Jason has a new female in his life.
In the stables, Nikolas and Rebecca enjoy being together after their romp and go for round two. Rebecca tears up and says she was happy she followed her instincts and came to the barn. Nikolas tells her they only please themselves from now on and Rebecca adds, "And each other."
Agent Raynor gives Alexis the FBI file on Rebecca and confirms that she was illegally adopted. Alexis says they have to find out if Rebecca was related to Emily and fills Raynor in on Em's past. Alexis was sure Rebecca wasn't related to Em, but thought she had plastic surgery. The report indicates no such operations and Alexis asks Raynor to help her find Rebecca's birth parents. Alexis recounts all the coincidences surrounding Rebecca, including Helena showing up, but Raynor tells her there is nothing to indicate Helena is involved.
Claudia walks away after seeing Sonny embrace Carly, who asks Sonny to be careful with Michael and to not give into everything that he wants. Sonny thinks they need to focus on what's best for Michael.
Jason tries to calm Michael down as he rails at Robin. After he quiets down, Michael tells Jason he hates it there and wants to leave. Robin understands how hard it is to admit to needing help and that he wants to be independent. She assures him he will be, but he's gone through a traumatic experience that he needs to heal from. Michael gets emotional as he says he doesn't want to waste any more time after being in a coma for a year. Robin is sorry to have upset him, but she does wants to help him. Robin leaves and Michael thinks if Sonny and Carly find out what happened he will never get out of the hospital. Jason tells Michael he needs to slow down if he wants to recover correctly and asks how he can help make it easier for him. Michael doesn't know; he just feels like he's suffocating and thinks Jason would feel that way too. Jason says he did suffocate and fought everyone, but it didn't work. He promises Michael as soon as it's safe he will get him out of there.
Claudia goes to see Jax and instructs him to keep his wife away from her husband!
Nikolas gets some food and wine and then invites Rebecca to spend the night. Rebecca says they don't need to make plans, they can just see what happens moment to moment. Rebecca shares an amusing story from her childhood with Nikolas then says she drank too much wine to be able to drive home. He says he had it shipped in from France and Rebecca can't imagine what it's like to be him. She asks if he's happy and he is at this moment. She notes he isn't always and wonders if he feels cut off from the rest of the world. Nik says it's by choice because he isn't always comfortable letting people in. Rebecca tells him she is good at climbing those walls and is very careful once she gets over the top. Alexis walks in and says, "So much for waiting."
Carly comes to the Metro Court and Jax presents her with healthy food for her to eat. Carly fights it, but indulges anyway. Jax tells her Claudia came to see him and calls her a name, admitting he can't stand her, much to Carly's surprise. Jax lets her know she came running to him after seeing her with Sonny. Carly is outraged, but Jax trusts his wife and knows that Claudia is a liar and manipulator. Carly thinks Claudia is trying to drive a wedge between them and says it's one more reason for her to get rid of her. Jax tells Carly she has to take of herself and leave Claudia alone. Carly worries Claudia is entrenching herself in Michael's life and wonders what her agenda is.
Claudia visits Michael who tells her about going off on Robin. Claudia sympathizes with him, but tells him to be the perfect patient so they don't have a reason to keep them there longer than need be. Claudia badmouths Carly, while building Michael up. Michael doesn't remember Carly's voice, like he remembers hers while in a coma. He recalls her crying and saying how sorry she was.
Robin and Patrick meet up at the hospital and Robin worries about Emma being in daycare with strangers. Patrick reassures her, but Robin misses her. Robin fills her husband in on Michael and thinks he's had a personality shift. She advises a psych consult and thinks he should be on medication. Patrick is happy to see her back at work and Robin asks why she was put on this case. She thinks it was a test or that he is patronizing her. Patrick admits he wanted to see if she could do it and she did. Robin smiles, wondering what other tests he has for her. Patrick says it's not the place for this conversation and gets paged and leaves.
Jason goes to Sonny and tells him about Michael's outburst. Jason assures him everyone is fine, but he doesn't think Michael will listen to anyone. Sonny thinks Michael should come live with him and asks Jason to help him convince Carly it's the right thing to do. Jason warns Sonny about dictating Michael's life and suggests he, Carly and Michael talk it out together.
Rebecca gets dressed and leaves the stables. Nikolas doesn't want to hear Alexis' opinion, but she wants to know if he and Emily had sex in the stables too. Nikolas just sighs and Alexis says, "That's what I thought." They argue about Rebecca and Alexis warns Nikolas Rebecca will hurt him or worse.
Robin gets Emma and tells Patrick he was right, Emma was having a good time in daycare. Robin wants to go home, but Patrick questions why she wants to leave. He asks if she plans to come back to work, but she doesn't know. Patrick misses her and wants to know what she wants because she isn't telling him. Robin says she wants to go home with him.
After searching Rebecca's room, Helena approaches Emily's look-a-like on the pier and tells her they have much to discuss, but Rebecca isn't interested. Helena accuses Rebecca of working a scam, just not with her.
Jason goes to do a job for Sonny and sees a young girl, with a drink, talking to some guys outside a club. He walks over and drags her away.
Sonny enters Michael's room and finds him missing. He asks Claudia where he is and she says Michael's gone.
Michael slowly walks off the elevator in the hospital, but is stopped by Toussaint who asks where he's going.
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Michael escapes from the hospital.
Kristina gives Jason a hard time.
Rebecca meets her mystery cohort.
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The construction of Turkey's first indigenously-built "multipurpose amphibious assault ship -- the TCG Anadolu", which can be configured as a light aircraft carrier, in Istanbul is gathering pace, according to the head of a Turkish business body.
Metin Kalkavan, who is the chairman of Istanbul, Marmara, Aegean, Mediterranean and Black Sea Chamber of Merchants, told Anadolu Agency: "Approximately 90 percent of the [building] blocks are at the end of production.
Kalkavan said the production of the ship, which comprises of 114 blocks, would boost the capacity of Turkish naval forces.
"We will be the 10th state to have such a ship. There are only five or six producers in the world," he said.
The highly-anticipated attack ship will increase the operational capability of the Turkish Navy, he added.
The ship, which is 68 percent indigenous, is expected to hit the seas in February 2019.
"After that, we will complete the tests and deliver it. The value of the project is over 1 billion euros," Kalkavan added.
TCG Anadolu is an amphibious assault ship of the Turkish navy that can be configured as a light aircraft carrier. The ship is 232 meters in length, 32 meters in width and 55 meters in hieght.
The construction of the ship began in 2016. The vessel is intended to meet the various needs and requirements of the Turkish Armed Forces, such as sustaining long-endurance, long-distance military combat or humanitarian relief operations; while acting as a command center and flagship for the Turkish navy.


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"I gain a great deal of satisfaction from not only achieving results for clients, but also being there in their time of need - to provide support, reassurance and a listening ear."
Rita is a personal injury lawyer at Stacks Goudkamp. She was admitted as a solicitor in July 2009, and speaks conversational Egyptian Arabic.
Rita previously worked at Stacks as a paralegal and solicitor, before moving to LexisNexis to perform roles including legal editor, practice area manager, commercial content strategist and content strategy manager. She rejoined Stacks Goudkamp in October 2017, bringing with her valuable commercial and management skills.
Rita's main focus is on motor vehicle accident claims, but she also has experience in public liability and medical negligence. In addition, she has some experience in sexual abuse cases, product liability claims and workers compensation.
Rita has excellent legal writing skills and attention to detail. She is compassionate and determined.Outside of work, Rita loves keeping fit by regularly going to the gym, running and hiking. She has completed half marathons as well as the Oxfam Trailwalker – a 100km hike for charity. She enjoys travelling and has visited many countries, with plans to visit many more.
An active participant in the community, Rita volunteers for Guide Dogs NSW/ACT by providing support at events and selling merchandise. When not participating herself in the Oxfam Trailwalker event, she volunteers to support others who are. She has also worked as a volunteer for the Australian Human Rights Commission, doing research and content development work.


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RESOLUTION NO. 92-05
A RESOLUTION OF THE WEST MIFFLIN SANITARY SEWER MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY AMENDING RESOLUTION NOS.1-96, 13-97, AND 14-97
WHEREAS, the West Mifflin Sanitary Sewer Municipal Authority (Authority) enacted Resolution No. 1-96, which authorized payment of various connection and tap-in fees; and
WHEREAS, the Authority had authorized he preparation of an Act 203 of 1990 study that formed the basis of the tap in fees enacted by the Authority in Resolution No. 13-97;
WHEREAS, the Authority added provisions regarding tap-in approval and fee payment in Resolution 14-97; and
WHEREAS, the Pennsylvania Legislature enacted and the Governor signed Act 57 of 2003 which amended Act 203 of1990. Act 57 now governs the calculation of tap-in fees; and
WHEREAS, the Authority has authorized the preparation of an Act 57 of 2003 study; and
WHEREAS, the Authority deems it necessary to amend said Resolution No. 13-97 to comply with Act 57of 2003; and
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved and it is hereby resolved as follows:
FIRST: The Authority Board hereby acknowledges receipt of the Act 57 study, which has been conducted pursuant to Act 57 of 2003.
SECOND: The Authority hereby acknowledges that the total authorized tap-in-fee is $2,868.00 per EDU consisting of $1,588.00 for the collection portion of this tap-in-fee and $1,280.00 for the capacity portion of the tap-in-fee.
THIRD: The Authority hereby amends Resolution No. 1-96 to include the tap-in-fee provided herein.
FOURTH: The Authority hereby establishes $2,868.00 as the tap-in-fee consisting of $1,588.00 per EDU for the collection portion and $1,280.00 per EDU for the capacity portion.
FIFTH: All other provisions of Resolution Nos., 1-96, 13-97, and 14-97 are hereby incorporated by reference with the same force and effect as though fully set forth herein at length.
SIXTH: This Resolution shall take effect on July 1, 2005.
RESOLVED, this 2nd day of June 2005.
ATTEST: Albert Kopay, Jr., Vice-Chairman
WEST MIFFLIN SANITARY SEWER MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY:
George Miklos, Chairman


CSIRO has announced Dr Trevor Drew as the new Director of the Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL) following a competitive international search.
Dr Drew spent more than 30 years working with various UK agricultural bodies ensuring the UK's preparedness and laboratory response to incursions of exotic disease affecting animals and humans.
His most recent role was Lead Scientist for Animal & Zoonotic Viral Diseases at the Animal and Plant Health Agency laboratories at Weybridge in the UK. In this position he led teams of scientists and veterinarians in delivering a diverse portfolio of research and surveillance for different stakeholders in the animal and human health arena.
CSIRO Executive Director for Digital, National Facilities and Collections Dr Dave Williams said Dr Drew's wealth of experience in public sector research and innovation would be a great benefit to AAHL and CSIRO.
"Dr Drew is an active advocate of international cooperation, with a strong and established network across Asia, which will be invaluable experience for creating new opportunities for collaboration and partnership for researchers and government here in Australia," Dr Williams said.
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Dr Drew will commence with CSIRO in September 2018 and will be based in Geelong, Victoria.
The Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL) helps protect Australia's multi-billion dollar livestock and aquaculture industries, and the general public, from emerging infectious disease threats.
It is a high-containment facility designed to allow scientific research into the most dangerous infectious agents in the world.
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Q: After every postback dropdownlist items repeats I have bind my dropdownlist with database. But on each PostBack the items in dropdownlist gets repeat again.
e.g.
OnPage Load I have this items in dropdownlist 1,2,3,4.. etc Now suppose page gets postBack then it looks like 1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4
Vb code
Private Sub hospitals_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
Me.PopulateAreas()
End Sub

Private Sub PopulateAreas()
        If IsPostBack Then
            Dim citySelector As DropDownList = Page.Master.FindControl("locationSelector")
            Using conn As New MySqlConnection()
                conn.ConnectionString = ConfigurationManager _
                    .ConnectionStrings("conio").ConnectionString()
                Using cmd As New MySqlCommand()
                    cmd.CommandText = "Select * from areas where areaCity Like '" + citySelector.SelectedItem.ToString + "%'"
                    cmd.Connection = conn
                    conn.Open()
                    Using sdr As MySqlDataReader = cmd.ExecuteReader()
                        While sdr.Read()
                            Dim item As New ListItem()
                            item.Text = sdr("areaName").ToString()
                            item.Value = sdr("areaID").ToString()
                            'item.Selected = Convert.ToBoolean(sdr("IsSelected"))
                            areasList.Items.Add(item)
                        End While
                    End Using
                    conn.Close()
                End Using
            End Using
        End If

UPDATE
I have master page which has dropdownlist of cities. I am using masterpage control to mycontent page like below.
Dim citySelector As DropDownList = Page.Master.FindControl("locationSelector")

Now in my PopulateArea() class there is query in which WHERE clause have cityselector. So according to city my area gets fetched.

A: Call your function inside not postback event so that the dropdown is not called on postback events(which fills it everything).
Private Sub hospitals_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
    if ispostback = false then
        Me.PopulateAreas()
    end if
End Sub

A: its pretty simple.. the page load event is triggered every time anything is post back.
use this
    Private Sub hospitals_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
      If Page.IsPostBack Then

        //do stuff when post back occurs

      Else

        Me.PopulateAreas() //put this function here so that it executes only once
      End If
    End Sub

A: If your dropdown values have to change on the postback. Say initially the values where 1,2,3,4 and on postback if the values has to be 2,3,4,5 based on some of the values you change on the form controls you will have to clear the dropdown values first and then add new values to it.
areasList.Items.Clear()

Also see that AppendDataBoundItems is not true: in your .aspx page

A: Change your code to,
Private Sub PopulateAreas()
    If IsPostBack Then
        areasList.Items.clear()
        Dim citySelector As DropDownList = Page.Master.FindControl("locationSelector")
        Using conn As New MySqlConnection()
            conn.ConnectionString = ConfigurationManager _
                .ConnectionStrings("conio").ConnectionString()
            Using cmd As New MySqlCommand()
                cmd.CommandText = "Select * from areas where areaCity Like '" + citySelector.SelectedItem.ToString + "%'"
                cmd.Connection = conn
                conn.Open()
                Using sdr As MySqlDataReader = cmd.ExecuteReader()
                    While sdr.Read()
                        Dim item As New ListItem()
                        item.Text = sdr("areaName").ToString()
                        item.Value = sdr("areaID").ToString()
                        'item.Selected = Convert.ToBoolean(sdr("IsSelected"))
                        areasList.Items.Add(item)
                    End While
                End Using
                conn.Close()
            End Using
        End Using
    End If
End Sub

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Neighbors, strangers, and helpers
Rabbi Judy Chessin
By Rabbi Judy Chessin, Temple Beth Or
At the center of the Torah, the very heart of the book of Leviticus, lies a fundamental teaching of Judaism: "Love your neighbor as yourself (19:18)."
Rabbi Akiva concluded that it is the major principle of the Torah (Palestinian Talmud Nedarim 9:4) and Christians call it the Golden Rule. As central as is this fundamental value, it is not without controversy especially in today's polarized political atmosphere.
Who exactly is our neighbor? Do our neighbors include those of other races, religions, or nationalities? Are we to love, and therefore welcome refugees from contiguous countries, or all refugees from far and wide; only our friends, or our enemies alike?
While most agree that Leviticus 19:18 is a fundamental Divine command, there is little clarity as to what it actually means with regard to our personal, political or national interactions.
The verse, in context, is understood by many Jewish commentators, Hebrew linguists and interpreters as meaning exclusively our own people.
Since all verses surrounding the words refer to fellow Israelites, including "neighbor," "people," and "kin," biblical scholar Marc Tzvi Brettler suggests "as yourself" might actually modify the word "neighbor" and not the word "love." In other words, love those who are like yourself, namely your fellow kinspersons.
Yet, other scholars, including Richard Elliot Friedman, point out that the biblical word re'a in the Torah can refer not only to kinspersons but also to outsiders. Indeed, the very word is used for the Egyptian neighbors (re'im) whom the Israelites asked for gold and silver before fleeing slavery in Egypt.
And even if Leviticus 19:18 refers only to "brotherly love," in its larger context the book continues with more lofty, inclusive ideals. Leviticus 19:34 reminds us likewise to love the ger or stranger (foreigner, alien) for we were ourselves were gerim or strangers in the land of Egypt.
How does this text inform our current political climate? On the one hand, we must show great compassion and do all we can for the oppressed of all nations.
As Rabbi Joachim Prinz stated at the March on Washington in 1963, "In the realm of the spirit, our fathers taught us thousands of years ago that, when God created man, He created him as everybody's neighbor. Neighbor is not a geographic term. It is a moral concept. It means our collective responsibility for the preservation of man's dignity and integrity."
And yet, biblically, loving the neighbor never extended to the mortal enemies of Israel. We are to blot out the name of Amalekites and defeat our foes. As Golda Meir reminded us, vigilance and self-defense are a necessary and unfortunate evil: "We owe responsibility not only to those who are in Israel but also to those generations who are no more, to those millions who have died within our lifetime, to Jews all over the world, and to generations of Jews to come. We hate war. We do not rejoice in victories. We rejoice when a new kind of cotton is grown, and when strawberries bloom in Israel."
In his brilliant essay, Yossi Klein Halevi of the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem suggests the messages of our spring holidays resound differently among Jews.
Purim reminds us of the eternal animus of Amalek (from whom the wicked Haman was descended) and his kind, those bent upon our destruction. Antisemitism is surely alive and well, and the Purim narrative speaks powerfully to us: "Don't be naïve."
Then comes Passover, reminding us that we were once strangers in the land of Egypt, requiring us to have empathy for the disenfranchised, displaced and downtrodden in our world. Or as Halevi puts it, "Don't be brutal."
Each of us may resonate more toward one remembrance over the other: "Passover Jews" are more naturally motivated by empathy for the oppressed while "Purim Jews" are motivated by alertness to threat.
To be a Jew means to find a precarious balance between the two themes: safety versus compassion, vigilance versus generosity of spirit. It is the only realistic way to honor the aspirational commandment of loving our neighbor even as we love ourselves.
Wisdom may come from, of all places, the childhood television show Mr. Roger's Neighborhood. Fred Rogers once said, "When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, 'Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.'"
This wisdom might serve us well this season. Purim's fear and outrage should not define us, even as Passover's aspirational idealism should not lead us to naiveté.
In these challenging times, let us bolster and join with the many helpers — those of different faiths, nationalities, races and backgrounds — who share the values cherished by our community.
There are those among our neighbors who are coalescing to fight antisemitic attacks, religious bigotry, racial and gender injustice and national and worldwide terror. Let us join with them hand in hand and say, "Won't you be my neighbor?"
To read the complete April 2017 Dayton Jewish Observer, click here.
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Mondraker has gone for the no-holds-barred approach with the e-Prime Carbon RR+, with a spec list that is dripping with high-end parts and a carbon frame featuring the brand's much admired Forward Geometry.
This model tops a four bike e-Prime range, with a less spendy carbon version and two alloy ones. It is, on the face of it, an odd machine. Lightweight XC parts are matched with a plus wheelset, something we're more used to seeing on trail bikes, as the heavier wheels and tires, run wider and softer, are more suited to more aggressive riding. In some ways though, has Mondraker made the obvious connection between plus and electric?
This e-Prime is based around a carbon frame, with claimed benefits of associated low weight and maxed-out stiffness being particularly welcome things on an e-bike. The rear stays are flattened to again increase compliance, but when paired with the plus tires this effect is hard to quantify, because the vast noticeable majority of the bike's comfort comes from the high-volume rubber.
Mondraker's Forward Geometry has been around for a few years now, and is popular with BikeRadar testers. In our Large frame it combines a long reach (480mm) with a short stem (30mm), reasonably steep seat angle (73.5 degrees) and a long wheelbase (1234mm). The head angle isn't overly slack at 69 degrees. See table below for a full comparison of geometry across sizes.
The result is a bike that is incredibly stable at speed, but still has slow-speed flickability. Forward Geometry bikes do take a bit of getting used to, riding style-wise, because you need to weight the front wheel more than you might usually do, but the result is an incredibly quick ride.
The RR+ version comes with a RockShox RS1 fork, SRAM Guide RSC brakes and XX1 drivetrain. The rest of the kit is decent quality stuff, including Mondraker's own carbon bar and own plus wheels. Maxxis Ikon and Rekon treads finish the package, in 2.8in width.
Ok, let's cut to the chase. This thing climbs like nothing else I've ever ridden.
Yes, the motor is without doubt a large part of that, and the 250W Bosch Performance CX unit with the 500 Wh battery is a top performer. But that's only one part of the story.
The Maxxis tires might not be the most aggressive, but set at low pressures (17psi on our test ride) there's a fair amount of grip in most conditions, and the added float over soft, choppy ground (horses hooves, anyone?) means that the bike was far more surefooted than my riding compatriot's regular tired e-bike when riding up heavily cut up, almost boggy climbs. Then there's the Forward Geometry, which sits your weight centrally for a really well balanced feel, enabling you to easily control rear wheel traction and front wheel accuracy.
So far, so good on the climbing front – but it's not infallible. The Ikon out back does lack tread, so when the mud is greasy, or over rocks and roots, grip levels are thin on the ground – and with the added power from the motor, I found myself spinning wheels or slipping out more than I'm used to.
On the descents, again the Forward Geometry comes into play, along with the plus wheels. Stability at speed is exceptional, allowing you to carry far more speed into sections, and brake later than you'd imagine – fortunately the Guide RSC brakes pack a fair punch in the stopping game.
The wheels came set up tubeless, and this is no doubt a good thing, as the Maxxis rubber wrapping them doesn't have the sturdiest of sidewalls to get the weight low. The only thing that limits the e-Prime's performance down the hill is the RS1 fork, which we've not really got on well with in the past.
The slight harshness from the damper is negated by the suppleness of the plus tires, but the fork's inherent twistiness, when matched to the relatively vagueness of a plus tire means this isn't one for high precision riding – the front end has a definite vagueness about it in high-load situations.
We need to spend more time on the e-Prime – it's a funny bike in some respects. In the UK at least, we feel that more aggressive tires would be far better suited, as save for the balmiest of sunny days, there are usually muddy trails to contend with.
Okay, on a normal plus bike, and certainly an XC orientated one, you want to minimise rolling resistance, but when you've got a motor backing you up why not go for a sturdier, heavier tire with a more aggressive tread to fully maximise its climbing potential?
The only downside would be on gently flowing trails where your natural speed is just above the assistance level, where you'd be riding a heavy, draggy bike. But for climbs, and steeper descents, we reckon a bit more bite would be a big benefit.


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