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Durant Out – Romo a Question Mark for Sunday in Dallas
The Dallas Cowboys will for sure be missing linebacker Justin Durant this weekend as he has been designated to be placed on the injured reserve list ending his season. The team is sure to miss Durant who has been the leading tackler on defense.
More questions face the Dallas offense with quarterback Tony Romo being listed as questionable to play in the game. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has stated that Romo's status will mainly depend on the veteran signal callers ability to play with pain. Romo was injured on Monday night against the Washington Redskins and has yet to practice this week. If Tony Romo is not active for the game the starting job will fall to backup Brandon Weeden, who does have starting experience with Cleveland.
Even with Durant out and Tony Romo still an uncertain play Vegas is still predicting Dallas to be a favorite over the Arizona Cardinals this week. According to odds, Dallas is a current four point favorite, so things are looking good for you this week Mann.
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Aqib Talib Looking Forward to Patriots-Broncos, Praises Gronk
When the Patriots passed no Aqib Talib in the off season, many pundits viewed it as a mistake. A few days later, the veteran defensive player was swooped up by the Denver Broncos. The Patriots were looking very silly at that point. However, they had an ace up their sleeve in the shape of Darrelle Revis. The Pats got Revis in a trade with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The Pats also signed Brandon Browner in the off season, which means they are well stocked at corner back. Even though his former team are in good hands with those two players, Aqib Talib will want to remind Bill Belichick about how good he is on Sunday.
The Patriots host the high flying Denver Broncos in the most eagerly anticipated regular season clash in the AFC.
When Talib was asked about how he was preparing for this game, he responded with these comments: "I approach this game like every other. I don't really judge how amped up I am for a game. But you could say I am very excited. I am definitely juiced for this one.". Eh, seems to me, and fellow fantasy football armchair quarterback Sam Tabar, you might want to give this some more thought.
Talib also reserved special praise for Rob Gronkowski. Talib refers to his former teammate as a "wild dog" because of how big, strong and quick he can be. Gronkowski will be a key weapon for the Pats as they look to upset the Broncos.
RGIII Back to Practice for Washington
Often injured and often maligned quarterback Robert Griffin III has returned to full time practice for the Washington Redskins. With a full practice under his belt the athletic former Heisman winner has a chance to suit up and play this Sunday in Minnesota against the Vikings. The Baylor alum has been sidelined from play since suffering an ankle injury on September, 14th. If you watch the video, then you will see that it is pretty remarkable that Griffin is even able to take the field this season, the injury looked pretty awful but it does help that the Baylor alum is in incredible physical condition.
Kirk Cousins started out hot as Griffin's replacement but was quickly brought back down to earth after being prone to turnovers.
Washington still sits with an unremarkable record of 3-5 but they are far from being considered out of playoff contention. Keep your head up Brian Torchin, at least y'all beat the Cowboys. Many Redskin fans would prefer to keep the hot hand McCoy under center but in the big picture RGIII has more talent, more starting experience, and gives the team the best chance to win.
Patriots Among Four Teams Chasing WR Vincent Jackson
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers just spent a lot of money locking down a left tackle to a six year contract. However, they seem reluctant to commit to wide receiver Vincent Jackson. Despite his skill set, the Bucs want to get rid of his huge contract. They are trying to rebuild the team, and Jackson does not fit into their long term picture.
The Patriots, Eagles, Seahawks and an unnamed team are interested in acquiring Jackson in a trade as soon as possible. It is easy to understand why these teams want Jackson. At six feet five inches, he is a beast of a wide receiver. He weighs 230 pounds, has great acceleration, and causes havoc in opposition secondaries. Despite his team being 1-5 for the season, Jackson has 25 catches and two TDs to his name already. He has caught for over 300 yards this season.
Most of these teams have decent offensive weapons. The Eagles have a lot of receivers, the Seahawks have quality weapons for Russell Wilson, and the Patriots have retooled their offense to great effect in recent weeks. The Pats have found success with the two or three tight end formations, with Rob Gronkowski, Brandon LeFell and Tim Wright emerging as key weapons for Tom Brady.
Despite all these teams being well stocked, they could do with improving. For the Patriots, a deep threat in the wide receiver position would offer a different dimension to their offense. The Seahawks always want to improve, especially after being beaten by the Dallas Cowboys.
RG3 Taking His Time To Recover From Injury
Most NFL fans want to know when Robert Griffin III will return to the field for the Washington Redskins. The young quarterback, who made a name for himself in his rookie season, has been struggling with injury over the past 12-15 months. Griffin was expected to be back within the next game or two, but his recent comments indicate the wait could be longer.
RG3 has always wanted to come back from injury as soon as possible. Sometimes he has rushed back when it was medically advised that he stay off the field. That lead to bad performances and more injuries. Now he is heeding the advice of his coaches and medical team. He is taking his time to recover from the latest injury.
Along with rehabilitation for his body, RG3 has been using this period to learn more about the quarterback position. He is attempting to find a balance in his game that would allow him to enjoy a long career in the NFL.
Like Russell Wilson and Michael Vick, RG3 is one of those unique quarterbacks that can run and pass with equal ability. However, fantasy guru Sultan Alhokair believes his career trajectory is closer to Vick's than Wilson's. While Russell Wilson can run with the ball, he is also great at sliding to the ground before he is tackled.
Most NFL players can take the hits, but the last thing you want is a banged up quarterback after two or three years in the NFL. If RG3 is to become a MVP level player and last in this league, he needs to continue developing his game during this forced absence.
The Broncos Are Now America's Team
According to a recent poll, the Broncos have dethroned the Cowboys as the most popular team in America. The Harris Poll, which showed that the last 6 seasons, the Cowboys were no. 1 in the nation with overwhelming support, have actually dropped to fourth place.
The Broncos took the number one spot pretty overwhelmingly, which is no surprise considering the massive overhaul the team has seen to their play style over the last few years. Peyton Manning at the helm tends to do that though.
A quarterback that can really lead, isn't afraid to make some tough throws, and that genuinely wants to win every game is important to a franchise.
But the Broncos still have a long way to go. There have been 14 Harris polls since 1998, and the Cowboys have topped nine of them. So you'd have to say that Dallas is still the most consistent of the NFL teams. My friend and superfan Brad Reifler will take some solace in that.
Calvin Johnson Dealing with High Ankle Sprain
Detroit Lions star wide receiver, Calvin Johnson, has been battling a high ankle sprain. Johnson hurt his ankle against the Green Bay Packers last month, and then aggravated it in Sunday's loss to the Buffalo Bills. No surgery or additional medical treatment is required, but Johnson did say he needs to rest to let the sprained ankle heal. Coach Jim Caldwell will consider sitting Johnson this week, as the Lions play Minnesota Vikings. I'm up against Brian Torchin with Matt Asiata at RB and hoping he has a quiet game.
As a wide receiver, Johnson needs his ankles to cut, plant, and run. Without being able to do those things to the best of his ability, Johnson is a liability out on the football field until his injury heals up. The Lions will be looking to use Ryan Broyles, Golden Tate, Eric Ebron, and Reggie Bush more if Johnson cannot go this weekend.
Dallas Cowboys Beat The Superbowl Champs At Home
In a performance that shocked everybody, Seahawks included, the Dallas Cowboys managed to beat Seattle, in Seattle. Something that hasn't been done for some time now. The Seahawks have been totally impenetrable at home, but the fortress has been completely broken down today.
Talking with Marnie Bennett about Tony Romo, and his ability to become that on the field leader really showed. Especially in the fourth quarter, when he pulled off a typical Romo play, in which he dodged several tackles, and still managed to hurl the ball up field for a 23 yard gain. The move was polished off by DeMarco Murray running 15 yards for a touchdown, giving the Cowboys a lead they would never lose.
The game shocked pretty much everybody. Especially considering the Cowboys awful start to the season, in which Romo looked his worst.
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Democracy on the line: Senate Democrats can't let Trump's Big Lie become a zombie lie
Do either Democratic Sens. Kyrsten Sinema or Joe Manchin want to be remembered as the Strom Thurmond of their time?
By Heather Digby Parton
Published March 5, 2021 9:00AM (EST)
Chuck Schumer, Mitch McConnell, Krysten Sinema and Joe Manchin.	(Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)
One of the more revealing political moments of recent times was when the Republican Party decided they weren't going to bother writing a platform for the national convention in 2020. They simply announced that they supported President Trump and pretty much left it at that. It's not that platforms necessarily guide the party's agenda, but they are an indicator of its priorities, philosophy, ideology, etc. Yet the erstwhile "party of ideas" didn't think it was important enough to even make a half-baked stab at writing them down ahead of the last election. That's because they don't have ideas anymore, at least any that could possibly be translated into a legislative program.
Maybe it's the influence of Donald Trump or the fact that the right-wing media's culture war machine is permanently turned up to 11, 24 hours a day, but the right has clearly decided that turning politics into a non-stop circus is all they need to do. That's why we have Republicans in Congress refusing to negotiate in good faith on the COVID relief bill and pulling stunts like forcing the clerk of the Senate to read the bill aloud for no good reason other than to delay the process.
And that's just Congress.
Out in the states, Republicans are a beehive of activity, putting all of their energy wherever they have any power to roll back voting rights. This isn't new, of course. Conservatives have been trying to suppress the vote of their political opponents and racial minorities literally for centuries. But we had made some progress in the latter half of the 20th century with the enactment of the Voting Rights Act, which the Supreme Court recently ruled meant that we no longer needed the federal government to protect the right of those who've traditionally been disenfranchised.
Democrats knew that would unleash a wave of voter suppression and in the last Congress, the House passed H.R.1, the For The People Act, which would expand voting rights, change campaign finance laws to reduce the influence of money in politics, limit partisan gerrymandering, and create new ethics rules for federal officeholders. Needless to say, the Senate under the leadership of Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., never took it up because they weren't in the business of doing anything but confirming judges, appearing on Fox News and golfing with the president if they were lucky.
Trump's Big Lie that the election was stolen has now allowed Republicans across the board to go into overdrive, fatuously insisting that they must pass hundreds of laws all over the country making voting as difficult as possible for poor and working people, students, racial and ethnic minorities and people who live in dense population areas, in order to "restore faith" in our elections. Lie blatantly about a stolen election and then use that as an excuse to steal future elections. You have to admire the chutzpah.
H.R.1 once again passed the House this week on a party-line vote and the Senate will take it up once the Republicans get tired of putting on a sideshow and the COVID relief package is finally finished. This bill cannot be dealt with through the reconciliation process that allows for only a simple majority to pass so it is subject to the filibuster and the Democrats are going to have to do a very serious gut check. This is an existential battle for the party and for American democracy. The Atlantic's Ron Brownstein puts it this way.
If Democrats lose their slim majority in either congressional chamber next year, they will lose their ability to pass voting-rights reform. After that, the party could face a debilitating dynamic: Republicans could use their state-level power to continue limiting ballot access, which would make regaining control of the House or the Senate more difficult for Democrats—and thus prevent them from passing future national voting rules that override the exclusionary state laws.
Perhaps that's why former Vice President Mike Pence popped his head up for the first time since he was evacuated from the U.S. Capitol on January 6th to argue against this bill, accusing Democrats of trying to "give leftists a permanent, unfair, and unconstitutional advantage in our political system," which is laughable considering the state of our tattered democracy.
The Democrats currently hold 50 Senate seats but represent 41,549,808 more people than the 50 Senate Republicans. GOP presidents appointed six of the nine Justices of the Supreme Court while winning the popular vote only once in the past seven elections. Of course, the anachronistic Electoral College can grant a Republican president the White House even though he or she might actually lose by millions of votes, and partisan gerrymandering in red states consistently benefits Republicans.
Unless Democrats can persuade centrist Sens. Joe Manchin, D-WV, Kyrsten Sinema, D-Az, and institutionalists like Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., that U.S. democracy is in dire straits and the filibuster has to either be eliminated or "reformed" in some way, H.R.1 and the upcoming John Lewis Voting Rights Act will not pass and this barrage of voting restrictions and gerrymandering may very well cement GOP minoritarian rule permanently. Not passing these bills really isn't optional.
The U.S.-funded NGO Freedom House, which has been around since 1941, recently released its annual report on democracy around the world. The outlook is not good.
Democratic governments have been on the decline for 15 years and it's not getting any better. But the most startling finding is that the U.S., once the exemplar of modern democracy, has declined by 11 points on Freedom House's aggregate Freedom In The World score, placing it among the 25 countries that have suffered the steepest declines over the past 10 years.
The report discusses the long term degradation of America's democratic norms but focuses on the accelerating decline in U.S. freedom scores during the Trump years, "driven in part by corruption and conflicts of interest in the administration, resistance to transparency efforts, and harsh and haphazard policies on immigration and asylum that made the country an outlier among its Group of Seven peers." But it reserves its harshest criticism for Trump's attempt to overturn the election which it rightly characterizes as his most destructive act. And even more concerning was the fact that "nationally elected officials from his party backed these claims, striking at the foundations of democracy and threatening the orderly transfer of power." That is not something any of us would have expected to read in a Freedom House report.
The Democrats have a small window of opportunity to prevent this undemocratic movement from gaining steam and securing minority rule for the foreseeable future. Trump himself is not out of the picture and his party is single-mindedly focused on attaining power by any means necessary. Democrats must act decisively now and make sure that all 50 Senators understand the stakes and do what is necessary to pass H.R.1.
I would hope that neither Kyrsten Sinema or Joe Manchin want to be remembered as the Strom Thurmond of their time, but that's exactly who they will be if they allow the filibuster to once more stand in the way of ensuring voting rights for all Americans.
Heather Digby Parton
Heather Digby Parton, also known as "Digby," is a contributing writer to Salon. She was the winner of the 2014 Hillman Prize for Opinion and Analysis Journalism.
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Clooney recently wrapped shooting "Catch 22" in Italy with his Smokehouse Pictures partner Grant Heslov.
Other Smokehouse films include Warner Bros' Academy Award winning drama "Argo", "Good Night, and Good Luck" and "The Ides of March". "Ides", which Clooney starred in, co-wrote and directed, received Golden Globe nominations for Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Motion Picture Drama. In addition, the film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay.
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Funeral to be held for former statesman Vebhi Serter
A state ceremony for former Turkish Cypriot statesman Vebhi Zeki Serter who died on Thursday, was held this morning at the TRNC Assembly, after which Serter will be buried at Lefkosa Cemetery, BRTK reported.
President Eroglu and Speaker of the House Sibel Siber gave messages of condolences yesterday.
"It is with great sadness that I learn of the news of our former parliamentary speaker Mr Vebhi Zeki Serter. I was fortunate to have worked with him under the same roof within the party and in parliament. He gave important services to the Turkish Cypriot people as an educator, an historian, freedom fighter, politician and parliamentary speaker. May he rest in peace. I would like to express my deepest condolences to his family and to the Turkish Cypriot people", Eroglu's message read.
Parliamentary Speaker Sibel Siber's message said that Vehbi Zeki Serter was a respectable and well-known figure in society.
"It is with great sorrow I learn of the passing away of Mr Serter. I would like to express my deepest condolences to his family and the Turkish Cypriot people. May he rest in peace", her message read.
Serter aged 77, suffered a heart attack at his home and was rushed to the State Hospital in Lefkosa where he passed away.
The former statesman was born in 1938 in Lefkosa. He served as a Parliamentary Speaker, Deputy Speaker and as a deputy in the TRNC Assembly.
He had also written a number of history books entitled "History of the Cyprus Turkish Struggle", "History of Revolution in the Turkish Republic" and "Atatürk and the Cyprus Problem".
Serter leaves behind a wife and two children.


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The Poison Spider Dinosaur Tracks are located along Highway 279, 6 miles west of its junction with Highway 191, near Moab, Utah. Highway 279 is also known as the Potash Road. Besides the dinosaur tracks, that are on several different rock slabs, there are also numerous petroglyphs all along the base of the cliff. The Long Bow Arch trail also begins from the Poison Spider trailhead.
Highway 279 is a paved road so getting to the trailhead and back with ample time to explore the tracks and petroglyphs only adds about 60-90 minutes to a trip to Moab. If you have a couple more hours you might also like trying the short 2.4 mile hike to Long Bow Arch.
The best tracks are visible from the trailhead on a rock slab about halfway up the hill. There are a few tracks on some of the other rocks but they are a little harder to get to.
As you follow the trail from the parking area it will lead to a fork where the Long Bow Arch trail branches off on the left.
Some minor scrambling is required in places on this primitive trail.
So, a few million years ago a few Therapod dinosaurs were walking along the beach leaving tracks in the damp sand and more drier sand blew in and covered up the tracks and preserved them while sand continued to pile up causing the layers beneath to solidify into stone.
The route from the dinosaur tracks to the petroglyphs wasn't marked very well on the trip where we took the photos for this post. If you climb a little higher up the hill above the tracks you should be able to find an obvious trail on up to the base of the cliff.
Once you get up to the base of the cliff there will be petroglyphs right in front of you. You can work your way heading west along the cliff going from panel to panel. This picture was taken looking east down the cliff toward Moab. There are only a few petroglyphs going this way but the shelf is kinda fun hiking along if you want to stretch your legs a bit more.
Heading west the whole base of the cliff is pretty much covered with various petroglyphs. These images seem to relate to a dance or festival.
There is another large slab of rock with more tracks on it toward the west end of the cliff. A trail marker with some interesting information on it makes them easy to find.
If you really enjoy petroglyphs and such there are several other sites close by. One of the easiest to get to was right next to the road as you were driving in. There are others across the Colorado River from here. Some of the best ones are along the high wall on the east side of Kane Creek. If you park at the Amasa Back trailhead you can hike up to the Moab Maiden where you can find not only petroglyphs but the remains of several pithouses and a granary.
The petroglyphs along the cliff come to an end as the trail reconnects to the trail that leads to Long Bow Arch. Here you have the choice whether to hike an additional mile to see the arch or head back down the hill to the trailhead. We'll have to warn you though, if you like exploring then you will love the fun to hike trail to Long Bow.
It's not too bad when you can see some dinosaur tracks and nice petroglyphs with a minimal amount of effort. Throw in a few arches and scenic canyons with the mix and it gets pretty easy to see what draws people to the area. When we first posted this site in 2015 there weren't any trail markers or kiosks other than right at the trailhead. It was all pretty much guess work trying to find the tracks and the petroglyphs. The extra work that the BLM put in has made it a lot nicer to visit so we decided to take more pictures and repost it with some additional information. If you would like to see it for yourself then all you have to do is 'Take a hike'.


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Biden's Imperial Power at the Expense of Personal Liberty
By Johnny Davis / Thursday, October 29, 2020
Then-candidate Obama denounced the various "imperial powers" claims of the Bush administration. However, President Obama quickly embraced and even expanded upon the imperial presidential power claims of the Bush administration. But the greatest advocate of imperial presidential power in the Obama Administration was Vice President Joe Biden.
The most dangerous claims were those ratified by Congress in Sections 1021 and 1022 of the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Sections 1021 and 1022 of the 2012 NDAA authorize the President to determine a national emergency/hostilities and to establish military tribunals, even within the United States, and subject American citizens to military tribunals which do not guarantee basic constitutional protections.
Section 1021 condones the use of military tribunals on presidential authority alone in violation of the constitutional requirement of congressional approval for military tribunals. Military tribunals, just like military courts established under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, are Article 1 courts established by congressional authority only. Thus, Sections 1021 and 1022 of the 2012 NDAA represent an unlawful delegation of legislative and judicial power to the executive branch in violation of the separation of powers and the constitutional limits on presidential authority.
Section 1021 has no time or geographic limitations. The provision allows presidents to detain persons of any nationality no matter how far they are captured from any conflict or battlefield. The basic laws of war codified by the Geneva Conventions only allow indefinite detention to prisoners of war. A person captured far from a conflict who is not taking part in hostilities does not qualify as a prisoner of war under international law. Any person detained due to criminal behavior must be afforded due process protections and prosecuted in the criminal justice system.
The provisions of sections 1021 and 1022 also violate the due process rights of American citizens and the 4th, 5th, and 6th Amendments. Basic rights to habeas corpus, trial by jury, and the right to defense counsel are denied. Further, Section 1021 permits the detention to last until the end of the national emergency/hostilities. Such a limitation is meaningless as a president simply can declare a continued state of hostilities to continue the detention.
Article 1 Section 9 Clause 2 of the Constitution mandates "the Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it." The writ of habeas corpus ensures that American citizens have the right to challenge the authority to detain. The Supreme Court ruled in Ex parte Milligan (1866), habeas corpus can only be suspended in a time of war by Congress and military tribunals cannot have jurisdiction over citizens in states where civilian courts are still operating. The lack of habeas corpus strips a citizen of the ability to invoke their basic constitutional rights.
Section 1021 states the persons are held "pending disposition under the law of war." The law of war recognizes that prisoners of war and only prisoners can be detained until the end of a conflict. Otherwise, those who commit crimes, including prisoners of war, must receive proper due process under prosecution for those crimes. The structure of section 1021 does not comply with the requirements of the law of war. Therefore, section 1021 violates international law as embodied in the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols 1 and II in addition to the Constitution.
Protocol I of the Geneva Conventions states
"The signing Nations agreed to further restrictions on the treatment of "protected persons" according to the original Conventions, and clarification of the terms used in the Conventions was introduced. Finally, new rules regarding the treatment of the deceased, cultural artifacts, and dangerous targets (such as dams and nuclear installations) were produced.
Protocol II of the Geneva Conventions states:
In this Protocol, the fundamentals of "humane treatment" were further clarified. Additionally, the rights of interned persons were specifically enumerated, providing protections for those charged with crimes during wartime. It also identified new protections and rights of civilian populations.
Section 1021 authorizes the disposition to include detention "without trial until the end of hostilities." Section 1021 is facially unconstitutional as it denies the right to trial and habeas corpus for persons who are not prisoners of war. The military tribunal would be created by and its members appointed by the President. Therefore, the potential for abuse would be extremely high and far-reaching.
Section 1021 does not grant the authority but rather recognizes the imperial presidential claims of the Bush and Obama administrations. Thus, the section is embracing the idea that the President can create military tribunals on presidential authority alone. Constitutional limits of Presidential power are entirely ignored. Congress abdicated its duty to defend its authority and the Constitution.
Section 1021 uses what is called "report language" and is not commonly rendered into the statutory language of the United States Federal Code. Section 1021 uses the word "affirms." This language, versus words like "will" or "shall," is advisory and serves as Congress stating its views on the current state of the law. Therefore, Congress embraced the claims of the Obama administration.
Section 1022 requires that all persons detained under 1021 are to be held by the United States military. American citizens only are excluded from this "requirement." This does not nullify section 1021's language that an American citizen can be detained without trial. It also does not exclude non-military agencies such as the Central Intelligence Agency from detaining American citizens.
The prospect of non-military agencies detaining American citizens only increases the danger to the Republic. The United States military has a long history of respecting the rule of law and has well-developed due process protections for those held subject to the UCMJ. The FBI and CIA have long histories marked by abuses of power and violating the constitutional rights of American citizens.
Defenders of section 1021 claim that it does not truly permit indefinite detention since detention would terminate at the end of the armed conflict. However, the President would get to decide when the armed conflict ends since the conflicts are fought without the constitutionally mandated Declaration of War. Therefore, the real answer is that there is no legal limit on the time of detention. Such indefinite detention violates due process requirements.
Indefinite detention likely violates the Eighth Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Indefinite detention is a real punishment and to do so without limit and due process protections is a cruel and unusual punishment. Those detained could be abused without public knowledge and with those abused unable to assert their legal rights. Therefore, any mistreatment while confined could not be addressed through legal challenges.
Sections 1021 and 1022 are dangerous and unconstitutional. They are potential tools for doing great harm to the Republic. However, they do not operate in isolation. They represent part of a larger trend of Presidents seeking and getting power in violation of the Constitution and the failure of Congress to uphold the Constitution. The nation needs to return to truly upholding the Constitution.
The foreign and national security policies of the United States are long overdue for a strategic reevaluation to ensure the policies are truly serving the national interest and are operating lawfully. Such a reevaluation could take under a second Trump term. No such reevaluation would be possible under a Biden administration. President Trump has never used the unlawful provisions of Section 1021 of the NDAA of 2012. Biden strongly supported Section 1021 and the other abuses of the Obama administration.
A President Biden would likely use Section 1021 along with many other abuses of Presidential authority.
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Phil Hurley takes over as Heat Pump Association Chairman
6th January 2021 /in News, Uncategorised /by Martyn Cooper
Phil Hurley is the new Chairman of the Heat Pump Association (HPA), replacing Graham Wright who has finished his two-year term and now steps down from the role. Replacing Phil Hurley as Vice-Chairman is Max Halliwell of Mitsubishi Electric.
During his tenure Graham Wright oversaw some major breakthroughs for the heat pump industry and has steered the HPA into a strong position in helping to push the UK towards a carbon neutral future.
Graham said: "It has been a real honour and a privilege to Chair such a forward thinking and hard working group. I am proud to see heat pumps at the forefront of Government strategy in the decarbonisation of heat."
Phil Hurley has been HPA Vice-Chairman since April 2019 and is Managing Director of NIBE Energy Systems. He said: "With the Government's announcement of its Green Industrial Revolution the heat pump industry now finds itself on the crest of a wave. I would like to thank Graham for his tireless work and leadership which has brought significant results. I look forward to building on Graham's achievements and ensuring the heat pump industry is ready to step up and deliver on its promises."
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gem "minitest"
require "minitest/autorun"
require "../../bundler/bundlets/alfred.bundler.rb"

class CocoaDialogTest < MiniTest::Unit::TestCase

    def setup
        @_bundler = Alfred::Bundler.new
        @wrapper_name = "cocoadialog"
    end

    def test_wrapper_function
        _wrapper_load = @_bundler.wrapper(@wrapper_name)
        assert _wrapper_load.is_a?(Alfred::Cocoadialog)
    end

    def test_msgbox
        _wrapper_load = @_bundler.wrapper(@wrapper_name, debug=true)
        _test_msgbox = _wrapper_load.msgbox(
            title:"Bundler::#{__method__}",
            text:"Please click the indicated button...",
            button1:"Click Me"
        )
        assert _test_msgbox.is_a?(Array)
        assert _test_msgbox.length > 0
        assert _test_msgbox[0].eql? "1"
        _test_msgbox = _wrapper_load.msgbox(
            title:"Bundler::#{__method__}",
            text:"Please click the indicated button...",
            button1:"Click Me",
            string_output:true
        )
        assert _test_msgbox.is_a?(Array)
        assert _test_msgbox.length > 0
        assert _test_msgbox[0].eql? "Click Me"
    end

    def test_notify
        _wrapper_load = @_bundler.wrapper(@wrapper_name, debug=true)
        _test_notify = _wrapper_load.notify(
            title:"Bundler::#{__method__}",
            description:"This is just a test notification..."
        )
        assert _test_notify.nil?
    end

    def test_progressbar
        _wrapper_load = @_bundler.wrapper(@wrapper_name, debug=true)
        _test_progressbar = Alfred::ProgressBar.new(
            _wrapper_load,
            title:"Alfred::#{__method__}",
            text:"Testing progress bar...",
            percent:0
        )
        assert _test_progressbar.is_a?(Alfred::ProgressBar)
        (0..100).step(1) do |i|
            _test_progressbar.update(percent=i)
            sleep(0.01)
        end
        _test_progressbar.finish()
    end

    def test_stoppable_progressbar
        _wrapper_load = @_bundler.wrapper(@wrapper_name, debug=true)
        _test_progressbar = Alfred::ProgressBar.new(
            _wrapper_load,
            title:"Alfred::#{__method__}",
            text:"Please press the stoppable button...",
            percent:0,
            stoppable:true
        )
        assert _test_progressbar.is_a?(Alfred::ProgressBar)
        (0..100).step(1) do |i|
            _running_progress = _test_progressbar.update(percent=i)
            if _running_progress.eql? 0
                break
            else
                assert _running_progress.eql? 1
            end
            sleep(1)
        end

        # NOTE:
        # It is common for an error to occur on this assertion

        _killed_progress = _test_progressbar.update(percent=0)
        assert _killed_progress.eql? 0
    end
end

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Home Evolving Motherhood	What is Craftsy? And How Can it Give Me a Little Me Time?
There are so many things I want to learn how to do. How to make a soufflé, sew more than a plain curtain panel, knit, speak another language, parallel park. You know all sorts of special things. I love taking classes and learning new things. Unfortunately, I don't usually have a lot of time to take classes. Well, more specifically I don't have time to take classes when they are offered.
People with kids like to take cooking and crafting classes too. Please stop scheduling everything in the middle of the day- I am not a senior citizen with copious amounts of kid-free daytime hours. Or right at dinner/bath/book/bedtime – I have children and a husband who likes it when I'm around to tag-team our rascally duo and their nighttime routine.
So what's a mom like me to do? Well, up until a couple of weeks ago I was pretty sure I was going to miss out on picking up new skills unless I could trick an unsuspecting grandma, craft store clerk or chef to coming to my house during the day while Delaney naps to teach me all the thing I so want to know. Then I learned that Craftsy isn't just a forum for already crafty people to show off all their already awesome crafts. It is that, but much more too. There are marketplaces for patterns and supplies, areas to share your latest and greatest projects with other crafty people, and classes. Classes of all kinds! Classes to learn cooking techniques or recipes, knitting, sewing, photography, cake decorating and more. Each class is filmed in Denver and taught by an instructor who really knows their stuff. Classes are generally a few hours long and since they are online and on-demand that means even busy moms can take classes too! Hooray!
I wish I would have known about this sooner. I've developed quite the list of Craftsy classes I would like to take. Everything from basic sewing and knitting to Artisan Cheese Making and French Home Cooking. There are even some free classes to try out. Look out world I am going to learn so much! With the exception of parallel parking, there doesn't seem to be a Craftsy class for that.
I know I sound pretty excited because I am. As a busy mom it's hard to find time for myself. Time to focus on my needs and take a little breather from the normal demands of my day. I run when I can for a mental break, I write here on Evolving Motherhood, but honestly sometimes I want something a little different. I've learned that I need time away from motherhood now and then. Me time, even if it's just me in my kitchen by myself learning a new cooking technique- is one of the most exciting things I can get.
Has anyone taken a class through Craftsy before? What did you think?


To illustrate this Christmas period, I searched among my photos to find something seasonal: a combination of green and red, for example, to remind us of the holly branches with their red berries.
I show you green throughout the year, with all those fields of tea, but red is much harder to come by.
Take a good look at this little winding path near Teesta Bazar (India) and you will spot three tea pluckers beneath their red parasol. They are like you, they have just done their shopping and are returning home, having a good chat on the way.


Kidsnapper runs in the system tray and sends screenshots to web browsers running on remote computers. it can be run in two different modes. In auto mode every time a request is received a new snapshot will be taken and sent out. In manual mode the last snapshot taken will be sent instead.
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch kidsnapper.exe.
fixed a rights issue with a temp file. Used to cause failed snapshots when affected.


Last spring, there was a suicide in this pasture. Rodney Patrick*, a native to this area of Virginia, took a pistol to his temple right there – just beneath the twisted white oak.
"You'd thought that he could've saved himself some trouble, hung himself instead, those branches so low," Bill says in his unhurried, North Carolina drawl. Bill's my neighbor. He's 93 years old, but we walk two miles North on the Blue Ridge Parkway together every morning except Sundays just the same.
It was a strange decision, if you ask me.
If there's something after all this living comes to an end, I hope it's a lot like this pasture. The tall, soft grass parts like creek-water as I wade through it. The occasional bull, massive yet gentle, steadily munches dandelions and daisies next to my ankles. Concealed by a fortress of forested foothills, this field stows us away from what lies beyond. It is an oasis, a harbor, a Shangri-La, an Elysian fields in southwest Virginia.
It's what we're all looking for, isn't it? Isn't this it?
Maybe it was all too much for Rodney Patrick, I think. To know this was here – this downy sky, these muted grass-blades, this unencumbered space. To know it was once his home and now it was not, and that with the responsibilities of a modern Ohio-man, the only way he could stay here, was to die here.
Of course, there could have been no reason at all.
Bill and I sit in the pasture a while staring at the twisted old oak. We're silent, but that's nothing extraordinary. There's never very much to say. A sudden breeze relieves the sweat on our temples. It's been an unusually sultry July.
*names in this essay have been changed for the privacy of the involved parties.
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The Seychelles takes you to a tropical paradise of pristine white sand beaches, turquoise waters, lush rainforest and colourful coral reefs. Enjoy picture postcard scenery perfect for families, couples and adventurers. Families will enjoy discovering the stunning wildlife in this exotic archipelago of islands, in particular the Aldabra giant tortoises, dolphins and sunbirds. For adventurers, escapades trekking through the verdant rainforest await, in addition to diving in an impressive underwater world adorned with rainbow reefs. Choose from soaking up the sunshine or visiting some of the 115 islands showcasing a stunning array of flora and fauna.
Mahe is the largest island, home to the capital Victoria, which effortlessly captures the history and culture of the Seychelles. Visit the 18th Century Sir Selwyn Selwyn-Clarke Market featuring fresh coconut and pineapple, and be sure not to miss the tropical greenhouses of the Seychelles National Botanical Gardens. Mahe is also a superb base for exploring the rest of the beautiful and unique islands.
Luxury holidays in the Seychelles offer a wealth of upmarket amenities within the authentic and protected national parks of these beautiful islands. Neighbouring Praslin is home to a jungle national park surrounded by ribbons of golden beaches and rustic villages, while the petite Felicite Island is famous for its granite formations and dramatic coastline. And Silhouette Island is a must see for headland viewpoints, wildlife friendly rainforests and designer hotels.
Wherever you choose to stay, Sovereign have hand picked an excellent collection of accommodation in the Seychelles. The iconic Banyan Tree Seychelles in Mahe is an excellent choice, offering a deluxe sanctuary perched on a hilltop above one of the finest beaches in the world. If you are staying on the island of Praslin, the Coco de Mer offers intimate, modern boutique accommodation overlooking the glistening waters of the Indian Ocean. The Six Senses Zil Pasyon is a must for those staying on the private island of Felicite, where guests stay in luxury villas and residences with a private pool and butler service in a secluded paradise.
Félicité Island might feel far-flung, but it's only just east of Mahé. It's a newcomer on the Seychelles tourist map, thanks to an up-and-coming luxury beach hotel with eco-friendly credentials.
Mahé might be tucked away from the world geographically – it's over 1,500 kilometres from the east coast of Africa – but this little island's arts, culture and activities scene is alive and well.
Most holidaymakers bound for the Seychelles head straight to Praslin – a north-easterly island with a dot-and-dash coastline of sandy beaches and first-growth rainforest.
Silhouette Island is one of the closest islands to Mahé. It lives up to its name, ducking off the radar with just one hotel, a mountain and a halo of bright white beaches.
There's a reason the Seychelles is nicknamed the Galapagos of the Indian Ocean – some of its islands have got more species per square metre than anywhere else in the world. Sainte Anne Marine National Park is just a 20-minute boat trip from the main island, Mahé. The swaying carpet of seagrass is a feast for sea turtles. And there are six islands to choose from, including the giant tortoise sanctuary of Moyenne.
Head north-east towards Praslin, and you'll come across Cousin Island – a protected nesting spot for hawksbill turtles. Nearby Aride Island is home to five species of birds only found in the Seychelles, plus 13 native species, including roseate terns and the Seychelles sunbird.
Make sure your childhood vaccines are up to date. The NHS also recommends getting immunisations for hepatitis A, tetanus and typhoid. You could also consider hepatitis B. Speak to your GP for more information.
The official currency of the Seychelles is the Seychelles rupee (SCR). Occasionally, hotels might accept US dollars.
Like many Indian Ocean island nations, cuisine here is influenced by a whole flotilla of other continents, including Africa, Europe and Asia. Best of all, the Seychelles is so remote that many of the ingredients are sourced in the local forests, gardens and, of course, the ocean. It's no surprise, then, that seafood is a running theme – fish curries crown restaurant menus, chefs barbecue lobster by the beach, and spicy squid is paired with papaya salad.


MANILA, Philippines — The Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) is looking into the release of detained political consultants of the National Democratic Front (NDF) through the legal process, according to OPAPP spokesperson Polly Michelle Cunanan.
Cunanan made the statement after Karapatan, Bayan Muna, Gabriela, Bayan, Selda, Hustisya, Kilusang Mayo Uno, Kabataan and Desaparecidos held a protest rally outside the OPAPP headquarters in Pasig City on Wednesday.
Cunanan said OPAPP representatives took note of their grievances, got their contact numbers and assured them that their requests will be processed.
"On the matter of the release of political prisoners, OPAPP is conducting an internal review process in accordance with our laws and court processes as this remains a priority," Cunanan said amid calls of some groups to free detained NDF consultants.
"OPAPP is pursuing different paths to a durable peace, including the peace negotiations and everything that it entails. Besides the informal talks which are happening outside the public view, OPAPP is pursuing socio-economic and development programs in the grassroots, and leading the discussion and actions in government on the release of political detainees," she said.
The NDF, which is the political arm of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and the New People's Army (NPA), has been pushing the government to free its detained consultants allegedly covered by the Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees (JASIG) as a precondition to resume formal talks that have been stalled since February 2011.
JASIG is among the agreements signed by both parties to allow those involved in peace negotiations to freely discuss and move without any threat of being arrested. The NDF insisted that consultants arrested by the government are protected by this agreement, and should be released.
In July 2011, panels of both sides flew to The Netherlands to verify if the NDF's detained consultants were indeed JASIG-covered. They agreed to open a sealed envelope stored in a safety deposit box kept by the parties eight years ago in a bank. The envelope was supposed to hold the photos and aliases of the NDF's consultants.
"But when they opened the envelope, it did not contain actual photos of alleged NDF consultants using their aliases, but only diskettes allegedly containing photos, and these could not be decrypted," Cunanan said.
"As a logical consequence of the NDF's failure to comply with the terms of the verification mechanism, JASIG has been rendered inoperative," she said.
Last December 2012, Special Representatives of both parties met in The Netherlands and agreed to observe a 27-day ceasefire and resume talks in early 2013 to continue discussions under the Special Track.
They also agreed to discuss the forging of a Common Declaration of National Unity and Just Peace which will prompt the immediate implementation of a truce.


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New Law to Help Sufferers of Gluten Allergy
This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Renee Montagne.
Now our consumer health segment. Life without beer and pizza. These are just a few of the favorites that people with a wheat sensitivity do without. In some cases, the grain causes an allergic reaction. For others, a component of wheat called gluten triggers the onset of a genetic disease. An increase in the diagnosis rate of the disorder has led to new government food labeling requirements. NPR's Allison Aubrey reports.
ALLISON AUBREY reporting:
People have been eating wheat for 6,000 years. It's so common in the American diet that avoiding it often means not eating out, especially at a bagel shop.
Ms. ALLISON HERWITT: Well, luckily I brought my own breakfast because I know that there's probably nothing that I could eat here.
AUBREY: That's Allison Herwitt. She always brings her own food to business luncheons, dinner parties. This way she's certain she won't ingest a crumb of wheat gluten. The substance works like a poison in her body, a fact it took her years to figure out.
Ms. HERWITT: For 11 years off and on, I was suffering from constant diarrhea to constipation to constantly being fatigued, and I would just go from one doctor to another and I was just misdiagnosed.
AUBREY: Finally a specialist screened her for celiac disease, an immune system disorder. It's similar to a wheat allergy, but instead of leading to an immediate allergic reaction, the gluten found in wheat, rye and barley leads to chronic inflammation of the intestines. Painful symptoms come and go.
Ms. HERWITT: The way that I always understood food allergies is if you eat something, immediately, you know, you can't breathe or something, and so I never thought what my symptoms were could be related to the food that I ate. Eliminating gluten from diet made me a perfectly healthy person.
AUBREY: Herwitt's story sounds familiar to Dr. Peter Green. He's a gastroenterologist at Columbia University. He says five years ago, celiac disease was considered very rare--fewer than 20,000 Americans had been diagnosed--but this is changing.
Dr. PETER GREEN (Columbia University): The rate of diagnosis is doubling about every two years in this country.
AUBREY: It's not that the condition is becoming more prevalent. It's just that doctors are screening for it more often. Recent studies suggest that about one in a hundred people carry the genes that put them at risk for celiac disease.
Dr. GREEN: Even though it's still perceived as being fairly rare, the condition is being diagnosed, and I think that leads to a demand for improved quality and quantity of gluten-free foods.
AUBREY: Eating a gluten-free diet is a lot more complicated than just avoiding wheat. Food manufacturers use gluten as a sort of glue to bind together various ingredients of processed foods. This means it turns up in everything from tomato sauce to ice cream to salad dressing. Allison Herwitt says it's a sort of hidden ingredient often labeled as just `natural flavoring.'
Ms. HERWITT: Unless I have extra time to find out, you know, what is in that natural, artificial flavor, then I just err on the side of being safe and I don't eat it.
AUBREY: But life is about to get a little easier for people who can't eat wheat and gluten. A new federal law that takes effect in January requires manufacturers to list wheat and seven other common allergens on food labels. Allison Herwitt is working with a celiac advocacy group to push for more. The latest effort is to have the federal government establish an acceptable level for traces of gluten in food.
Ms. HERWITT: It's the first step to getting a standard in the United States for what would be gluten free.
AUBREY: Last Friday, advisers to the Food and Drug Administration met and came one step closer to establishing that standard. Once it's finalized, people with celiac disease will be able to trust a label that claims a product is gluten free. Allison Aubrey, NPR News, Washington. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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Houston Texans at Green Bay Packers 8/8/2019
Browns trade RB Duke Johnson to Texans for 2020 draft pick
By Tom Withers Aug. 08, 2019 10:51 AM EDT
Steelers' T.J. Watt seeks to build on breakout season
By Dan Scifo Aug. 07, 2019 07:15 PM EDT
Kyler Murray's first game action tops 1st preseason weekend
Foreman hoping to take advantage of making Indy new home
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Colts claim Foreman off waivers as Sheard misses more time
WESTFIELD, Ind. (AP) — The Indianapolis Colts have claimed running back D'Onta Foreman off waivers from Houston. He was cut by the Texans on Sunday...
Texans' J.J. Watt fulfills dream in Green Bay _ sort of
By Keith Jenkins Aug. 05, 2019 06:31 PM EDT
RB Foreman released by Houston Texans
HOUSTON (AP) — Running back D'Onta Foreman has been released by the Houston Texans. Foreman, who was a third-round pick in 2017, appeared in just one...
The Latest: Tony Gonzalez enters Hall of Fame
Law, Reed, Mawae, Bowlen, Brandt, Robinson, Bailey in hall
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Jets' Ryan Kalil needed to scratch 'the itch' to play again
By Dennis Waszak Jr. Aug. 03, 2019 05:13 PM EDT
Ryan Leaf uses his story to help other former NFL players
By Rob Maaddi Aug. 01, 2019 02:13 AM EDT
HOF Preview: Dirty? Mawae worked angles to Hall of Fame
By Teresa M. Walker Jul. 29, 2019 04:29 PM EDT
Jaguars' Ramsey says some took arrival stunt too seriously
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Pats exec Caserio addresses Texans' overtures for first time
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Nick Caserio, the New England Patriots' director of player personnel, took the high road Saturday, saying he is happy to be with the team...
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Hopkins taken off physically unable to perform list
HOUSTON (AP) — Houston Texans receiver DeAndre Hopkins has been taken off the physically unable to perform list and practiced after missing just one day of training...
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Overall Record: 4-13
Conference Record: 4-8
AP Poll Ranking: 28


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Jonathan eats honey in unwitting violation of Saul's orders.
David and Jonathan were heroic figures of the Kingdom of Israel, whose relationship was recorded the Old Testament books of Samuel. Jonathan, the eldest son of King Saul, was a military commander in his own right who won important battles against the Philistines. After David emerged on the scene as a mere boy who slew the Philistine champion Goliath, Jonathan befriended David. Jonathan later protected David against Saul's fits of murderous jealousy, saving his life on several occasions.
David composed a psalm in honor of Saul and Jonathan after their deaths, in which he praised Jonathan's love as "surpassing that of women." There is, thus, debate among religious scholars as to whether this relationship was platonic or sexual. Some also suggest that the supposed accord between David and Jonathan was a literary device created by the biblical writers to strengthen the fragile unity between the northern tribes who had followed Saul and the tribe of Judah, which followed David and his lineage.
Although David fought a civil war against Saul's son Ish-bosheth, he spared Jonathan's son Mephi-bosheth, keeping him under house arrest in Jerusalem.
1 Jonathan, son of Saul
2 Story of David and Jonathan
3 Interpretation of their relationship
3.1 Platonic
3.2 Romantic and erotic
4 Critical view
Jonathan, son of Saul
Jonathan was already a seasoned military leader when David was still a boy. During Saul's campaign to consolidate his kingdom, he placed Jonathan in charge of 2,000 men at Gibeah while Saul led another 3,000 around Bethel. Jonathan's group led in attacking a Philistine encampment. Saul then mustered the Israelite tribesmen nationwide at Gilgal to deal with the expected Philistine counterstrike. With superior forces, including some 3,000 chariots against the still relatively primitive Israelite army, the Philistines forced the Hebrews on the defensive, and many troops began to desert.
It was here, at Gilgal, that Saul made the fatal mistake of offering sacrifice to God before the arrival of the prophet Samuel, prompting Samuel to declare that God had withdrawn his support of Saul as king. Only 600 men remained with Saul at the time. Saul and Jonathan, meanwhile prepared to meet the Philistines at Micmash. (1 Sam 3)
Through a daring tactic, Jonathan and his armor-bearer alone then killed 20 Philistines, throwing the enemy army into disarray. Moreover, Jonathan's victory caused Hebrew mercenaries who had earlier joined the Philistines to change sides and fight for their fellow Israelites. In addition, the Hebrew soldiers who had deserted at Gilgal now rallied to Saul's and Jonathan's cause. The Philistines were consequently driven back past Beth Aven (1 Sam. 4).
However, during this time, Jonathan was out of communication with his father. He was thus unaware when Saul commanded a sacred fast for the army, with a penalty of death for any who did not observe it. When Jonathan inadvertently violated the fast by eating some wild honey, only the threat of mutiny by troops loyal to him prevented Saul from carrying out the death sentence on his son.
Although Saul left off from pursuing the Philistines after this, he—and presumably Jonathan with him—fought ceaselessly against the Israelites' enemies on all sides, including the nations of Moab, Ammon, Edom, the Amalekites, and later battles against the Philistines.
Story of David and Jonathan
Jonathan (right) and David
It was at one of these battles against the Philistines that David first appeared on the scene. A handsome, ruddy-cheeked youth and the youngest son of Jesse, David was brought before Saul after having slain the giant Philistine champion Goliath with only a stone and sling (1 Sam. 17:57).
Jonathan was immediately struck with David on their first meeting: "When David had finished speaking to Saul, Jonathan became one in spirit with David, and he loved him as himself" (1 Sam. 18:1). That same day, Jonathan made an unspecified "covenant" with David, removing the rich garments he wore and offering them to his new young friend, including even his sword and his bow (1 Sam. 18:4). David returned from this battle to songs of praise that gave him more credit than Saul for the victory. "Saul has killed his thousands," from the popular song, "and David his tens of thousands." This drew the violent jealousy of Saul, prompted by an "evil spirit from the Lord." On two occasions while Saul prophesied to the music of David's harp, Saul hurled his spear at David, but David eluded the attacks (1 Sam. 18:5-11).
As David grew into manhood, his reputation as a military commander grew even stronger. Saul now saw David as a serious threat and attempted several more times to do away with him. Promising David the hand of his royal daughter Michal in marriage, Saul required 100 enemy foreskins in lieu of a dowry, hoping David would be killed trying to obtain them (1 Sam. 18:24-25). David, however, returned with a trophy of double the number, and Saul had to fulfill his end of the bargain.
Later, Saul ordered Jonathan to assassinate David, but Jonathan instead warned David to be on his guard. Jonathan then succeeded in dissuading the king from his plans, saying:
Let not the king do wrong to his servant David; he has not wronged you, and what he has done has benefited you greatly. He took his life in his hands when he killed the Philistine. The Lord won a great victory for all Israel, and you saw it and were glad. Why then would you do wrong to an innocent man like David by killing him for no reason (1 Sam 9:4-6).
Brought to his senses by Jonathan's words, Saul swore an oath not to do further harm to David: "As surely as the Lord lives," he said, "David will not be put to death." The biblical writers, however, portray Saul as doomed to carry out his tragic fate, and the "evil spirit from the Lord" continued to harass him.
Saul thus continued to devise a way to do away with David, but this time it would be Michal who foiled her father's plans by warning David to escape through their bedroom window. After fleeing to Ramah, David consulted with Jonathan, who assured him that Saul had no further plans to kill him. David insisted, however, declaring that Saul was now keeping his plans secret because of Jonathan's closeness to David. The two men reaffirmed their covenant of love for each other, and Jonathan pledged to discover Saul's true plans with regard to David (1 Sam. 20:16-17).
Jonathan approached his father at a ceremonial dinner to plead David's cause. However Saul flared up in anger at Jonathan saying: "You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Don't I know that you have sided with the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of the mother who bore you? As long as the son of Jesse lives on this earth, neither you nor your kingdom will be established. Now send and bring him to me, for he must die!" This time, when Jonathan attempted to dissuade Saul from his rash course, the king hurled his spear at his son. Jonathan was so grieved that he did not eat for days (1 Sam. 20:30-34).
He then went to David at his hiding place to tell him that he must leave. "David rose from beside the stone heap and prostrated himself with his face to the ground. He bowed three times, and they kissed each other, and wept with each other; David wept the more. Then Jonathan said to David, 'Go in peace, since both of us have sworn in the name of the LORD, saying, "The LORD shall be between me and you, and between my descendants and your descendants, forever'" (1Sam. 20:41-42).
David then became an outlaw and a fugitive, gathering a band of several hundred men loyal to him. Saul, still seeing him as a threat to the throne, continued to pursue David. Jonathan, however, again reiterated his covenant with David and even pledged to honor David as king, saying: "My father Saul will not lay a hand on you. You will be king over Israel, and I will be second to you. Even my father Saul knows this" (1 Sam. 23:15-18).
With no safe haven in Israelite territory, David eventually ended up working as a mercenary captain for the Philistine king Achish. Later, when Jonathan and Saul were slain on Mount Gilboa by the Philistines, however, David was not involved (1 Sam. 31:2). Hearing of their deaths, David composed a psalm of lamentation commemorating both of the fallen leaders:
Saul and Jonathan—in life they were loved and gracious, and in death they were not parted.
They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
O daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and finery,
who adorned your garments with ornaments of gold...
I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan;
greatly beloved were you to me;
your love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women" (2 Sam. 1:23-26).
With Jonathan dead, Saul's younger son Ish-bosheth succeeded him as king of Israel, while David reigned over the tribe of Judah at Hebron. A civil war of several years followed, which ended after Saul's military commander Abner went over to David's side and Ish-bosheth was soon assassinated, leaving David the unchallenged ruler of both Israel and Judah until the rebellion of his son Absalom.
Interpretation of their relationship
The traditional view is that Jonathan and David loved one another as brothers. Jonathan's "loving him as himself" refers simply to unselfish love, a commandment found in both the Old and the New Testaments: "Love your neighbor as yourself." The Book of Samuel indeed documents real affection and physical intimacy (hugging and kissing) between Jonathan and David, but this does not indicate a sexual component to their love. Even in modern times, kissing is a common social custom between men in the Middle East for greetings or farewells.
In rabbinical tradition, Jonathan's love for David is considered the archetype of disinterestedness (Ab. v. 17). Jonathan is ranked by Rabbi Judah the Saint among the great self-denying characters of Jewish history. However, an alternative rabbinical opinion held that his love for David was a result of his conviction that David's great popularity was certain to place David on the throne in the end (B. M. 85a). One tradition holds that Jonathan actually did not go far enough to support David, arguing that Jonathan shared in Saul's guilt for the slaughter of the priests of Nob (I Sam. 22: 18-19), which he could have prevented by providing David two loaves of bread (Sanh. 104a).
Jonathan's giving his royal clothes and arms to David at their first meeting is simply a recognition that David deserved them, since Jonathan himself had not dared to face the Philistine champion Goliath, as David did. Moreover, by agreeing that David would be king and Jonathan his second-in-command, Jonathan can be seen to be insuring his own survival after Saul's death. In fact, their covenant stipulated that David should not exterminate Jonathan's posterity: "The Lord is witness between you and me, and between your descendants and my descendants forever" (1 Sam. 20:42).
Literary critic Harold Bloom has argued that the biblical writers consciously created a pattern in which the elder "brother" of heir came to serve the younger, as part of a historiography justifying the kingship of Solomon over his elder brother Adonijah.[1] David and Jonathan may thus be seen as an example of this pattern, in which the potential antagonists—unlike Cain and Abel or Esau and Jacob—never came to experience animosity.
Romantic and erotic
David and Jonathan: "La Somme le Roy," 1290 C.E.; French illuminated manuscript (detail); British Museum.
Some modern scholars, however, interpret the love between David and Jonathan as more intimate than mere friendship. This interpretation views the bonds the men shared as romantic love, regardless of whether it was physically consummated.[2] Each time they reaffirm their covenant, love is the only justification provided. Although both Jonathan and David were married to their own wives and Jonathan had sired at least one son, David explicitly stated, on hearing of Jonathan's death, that for him, Jonathan's love exceeded "that of women."
Some commentators go further than to suggest a merely romantic relationship between Jonathan and David, arguing that it was a full fledged homosexual affair. For example, the anonymous Life of Edward II, c. 1326 C.E., has: "Indeed I do remember to have heard that one man so loved another. Jonathan cherished David, Achilles loved Patroclus." In Renaissance art, the figure of David is thought by some to have taken on a particular homo-erotic charge, as some see in the colossal statue of David by Michelangelo and in Donatello's David.
Oscar Wilde, at his 1895 sodomy trial, used the example of David and Jonathan as "the love that dare not speak its name." More recently, the Anglican bishop of Liverpool, James Jones, drew attention to the relationship between David and Jonathan by describing their friendship as: "Emotional, spiritual and even physical." He concluded by affirming: "(Here) is the Bible bearing witness to love between two people of the same gender."[3]
Critical view
Biblical scholarship has long recognized a concern in the narrative of the Books of Samuel to present David as the sole legitimate claimant to the throne of Israel. The story of Jonathan's unity with David—including his willingness to accept David rather than himself as king—is thus seen as a literary device showing that Saul's heir-apparent recognized God's supposed plan to place David's line on the throne instead of Saul's. The story evolved in the context of the need to strengthen the fragile unity of the northern and southern tribes, which fractured several times during David's reign and was destroyed permanently in the time of his grandson Rehoboam. A similar motive is seen in what critics see as the "fiction" of David sparing Saul's life several times and his supposed outrage that anyone would dare to harm the "Lord's anointed."
The story of Jonathan ceding his kingship to David, of course, could not be challenged, since Jonathan was killed at Gilboa, by the very Philistine enemy with whom David was then allied. In fact, the house of David continued to war against the house of Saul for several years, and several northern rebellions followed, even after the death of Jonathan's brother Ish-bosheth.
While this does not rule out the possibility of romantic or homosexual love between the David and Jonathan, this scenario—like the story of their supposed political union—is better seen as a product of contemporary ideological agendas than historical reality.
↑ Bloom, 1990.
↑ David M. Halperin, 1990, p. 83.
↑ liverpool.anglican.org, Lambeth essay. Retrieved June 10, 2008.
Ackerman, Susan. When Heroes Love: The Ambiguity of Eros in the Stories of Gilgamesh and David. New York: Columbia University Press, 2005. ISBN 978-0231132619
Bloom, Harold, and David Rosenberg. The Book of J. New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1990. ISBN 978-0802110503
Gordon, Andrew. Politics and Love: Reading and Re-Reading the Jonathan and David Story. Thesis (Rab.)—Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Brookdale Center, 2008.
Halperin, David M. One Hundred Years of Homosexuality. New York: Routledge, 1990.
Hubble, Christopher Amos. Lord Given Lovers: The Holy Union of David & Jonathan. New York: iUniverse, 2003. ISBN 0595298699
Schecter, Stephen. David and Jonathan: An Epic Poem of Love and Power in Ancient Israel. Robert Davies Multimedia Publishing, 1997. ISBN 1895854660
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by Sam Mendes
Two young British privates during the First World War are given an impossible mission: deliver a message deep in enemy territory that will stop 1,600 men, and one of the soldier's brothers, from walking straight into a deadly trap.
international title: 1917
original title: 1917
country: United Kingdom, United States
sales agent: Universal Pictures International
directed by: Sam Mendes
release date: DK 2/01/2020, BE 8/01/2019, NL 9/01/2020, LT 9/01/2020, HR 9/01/2019, LV 10/01/2020, IS 10/01/2020, UK 10/01/2020, EE 10/01/2020, IS 10/01/2020, ES 10/01/2020, FR 15/01/2020, DE 16/01/2020, AT 16/01/2020, SK 23/01/2020, IT 23/01/2020, PT 23/01/2020, HU 23/01/2020, PL 24/01/2020, BG 24/01/2020, NO 24/01/2020, FI 24/01/2020, RO 24/01/2020, SE 31/01/2020
screenplay: Sam Mendes, Krysty Wilson-Cairns
cast: Andrew Scott, Teresa Mahoney, Richard Madden, Benedict Cumberbatch, Mark Strong, George MacKay, Colin Firth, Dean-Charles Chapman, Daniel Mays, Adrian Scarborough
cinematography by: Roger Deakins
film editing: Lee Smith
art director: Dennis Gassner
costumes designer: Jacqueline Durran
music: Thomas Newman
producer: Pippa Harris, Callum McDougall, Sam Mendes, Brian Oliver, Ignacio Salazar-Simpson, Jayne-Ann Tenggren
co-producer: Michael Lerman, Julie Pastor
executive producer: Ricardo Marco Budé, Irene Ramos Ballesteros
production: Neal Street Productions, Amblin Partners (US), DreamWorks (US), New Republic Pictures (US)
distributor: Nordisk Film Distribution, WW Entertainment, eOne entertainmentOne, Entertainment One - eOne Films Spain, Universal Pictures Universal Pictures International France, Forum Film Slovakia, 01 Distribution, NOS Audiovisuais, Pro Video Film & Distribution Kft., Monolith Films, Nordisk Film Distribusjon AS, Nordisk Film Oy, Vertical Entertainment, Nordisk Film Distribution AB
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A funny thing happened to AAPL's inexorable trajectory to zero dollars a share.
If you play the ponies (otherwise known as investing in individual securities) and follow Apple, you probably heard that the failure that is the iPhone X (spoiler: not a failure) was driving Apple's stock ever downward. Let's review.
Oh, come on. It'll be fun.
Apple's stock has dropped about 8 percent over the past two months. It closed Monday at $165.26 and was ticking upward slightly in premarket trading Tuesday.
As the Macalope noted at the time, he's not sure why two months was supposed to be a meaningful amount of time other than picking a point when Apple's stock was very high so you could maximize the "Oh, how the mighty have fallen" factor. If it was worth noting then, however, it's probably also worth noting that as of close on Thursday, AAPL's now up 6.5 percent from that February position CNet thought was so important. But, frankly, The Macalope thinks these short-term "gotcha" games are about as fun as playing Secret Hitler with actual Nazis.
Apple shares are down nearly 3 percent on Tuesday, following a report that the company is planning to slash forecasts for iPhone X sales in the first quarter of 2018.
It's hard to imagine that the iPhone X was a failure even before Christmas. But, if your stock doesn't have excellent one-day performance every day, well, then, how could it possibly be a good investment? Since AAPL's position on December 22nd is an important point of comparison, however, let's note that the stock is now up 8.6 percent from where it was then.
That's what The Macalope's been saying!
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By definition, regret is "a feeling of sadness, repentance, or disappointment over something that has happened or been done".
I hear a lot of people asked about what their biggest regret is and the most common answer is that they don't have any regrets because every decision they have made has brought them to where they are. This canned answer has always come off as superficial to me.
Either the responder is not thinking because everyone has done things in their life that they wish they didn't do or wish they had done slightly different OR the responder is choosing to not be transparent.
It's important to acknowledge the negative so that we can turn it into a positive and grow.
I don't sit around dwelling on the mistakes of my past but believe me there are things in my life that I wish I would not have done at all. Period. Yes, I can say that some mistakes have made me stronger but mostly stronger in the sense that I know I will never be making that same mistake again. If I hadn't made those mistakes, yes, I wouldn't be where I am right now but maybe I'd be in a better place or even just a different place. The thing is we wouldn't hate where we were if we were in a different place - that would be all we know so there wouldn't be this feeling of 'oh, if only I would have made a different decision then my life would look like such and such'.
Regret shows that we are human. That we have a conscience and are aware of being social beings. Regret shows that we can recognize poor decision making and make a change.


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Continued Efforts Between the GSC and the CAG
December 14, 2011 /0 Comments/in Features, Geography Education, News and Announcements /by The Geographic Society of Chicago
The GSC is assisting the Waukegan Harbor Citizens' Advisory Group (CAG) in an effort to restore natural areas in Waukegan, IL as part of US EPA's Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. One of the areas under restoration is Bowen Park, formerly a boys and girls summer camp donated to Jane Addams' Hull House Settlement by her friend and benefactor, Louise Bowen.
The park is mostly uplands on the eastern edge of the Highland Park moraine overlooking the Chicago Lake Plain. Post-glacial drainage erosion of these uplands has created steep-walled Glen Flora ravine through the park. CAG had already started restoration work at the site when the severe storms of the summer of 2011 struck. That's when they called in the GSC for help.
Runoff from the uplands overran the man-made and natural drainage systems to threaten park facilities with severe erosion. High winds had downed many trees, blocking trails and impacting restoration efforts. CAG initially asked the GSC to map the tree damage. Steve Jansen, a GSC director, used the GSC's handheld GPS units to locate, tag, and measure nearly 100 instances of downed or severely damaged trees as part of a CAG team which also included a botanist and land restoration managers. The field data was incorporated into a GIS system created by Drew Bieber, also a GSC director. The GSC team produced numerous maps (see below) to help CAG recover from the damage.
GSC's continuing work at Bowen Park includes a floristic and geomorphic inventory of plants of interest, invasive species, and current and potential erosion and deposition areas. We also are working with CAG on their restoration efforts on a 2.3 mile stretch of beaches, dunes, and swales along the Lake Michigan shoreline south of Illinois Beach State Park. We are now mapping baseline conditions for areas degraded by invasive species and current and potential habitats for endangered and threatened species. We will track progress on restoration work as it begins in 2012.
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Tags: CAG, conservation, maps, restoration, severe weather, tree damage
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The findings of a survey designed to improve the quality of education in Samoa and two other Pacific countries will be used by the Ministry of Education, Sports and Culture for that very purpose.
That was the message at the T.A.T.T.E. Building yesterday where the findings of the Pacific Benchmarking for Education Results (P.a.B.E.R) Survey were discussed.
Samoa, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands were used to pilot the project, which aimed to improve the quality of education and student performance, in particular to respond to low levels of Literacy and Numeracy.
Speaking yesterday, the C.E.O. of Education, Dr. Karoline Afamasaga-Fuata'i said the findings could only improve the education sector if they are used appropriately.
"The focus of the project is really looking at the practises in the classrooms and also our policies at the Ministry level as to how all of that contributes to achievement and non achievement of literacy and numeracy outcomes of the students," she said.
According to Dr. Fuata'i, one of the needs clearly identified by the survey is that teachers need all the support they can get.
"It's not going to be easy but we know from the evidence that the Ministry and the team cannot do it alone. We call upon the community much broader than the school committees, parents and teachers association.
"We need to have the support of everyone in the villages to not only monitor what happens at the school, to query what is going on as to whether their children are getting the benefits of their teaching and whether they are learning anything.
Australian High Commissioner, Sue Langford, pointed to a more serious problem in education, and that is children in primary schools are struggling to read, write and count in accordance with standards they are supposed to meet.
"The Samoan Government has responded quickly and I am pleased the government is already using the evidence in this report to draft and adjust policies in the areas of teacher quality, curriculum and assessment," said Ms. Langford.
"Much work remains to be done by Policy Makers, School Directors, Principals, Teachers, Parents and Communities to ensure that all children are learning and achieving their potential.
The Australian High Commissioner also had some words of encouragement for the stakeholders of the education sector.
"First, to think about policies that will lead to positive learning outcomes for students and how they can be implemented," she said.
Lastly, Ms. Langford reaffirmed Australia's commitment to support the developments in education in Samoa.
"Over the next four years, Australia and New Zealand have jointly committed approximately $9-10million tala each year to support Samoa's education priorities," she said.
"Additionally, Australia will provide $6 million tala in technical assistance to support Teacher Quality, Inclusive Education, Literacy and Numeracy, Post-Secondary Education and Training, Education Management Information and ICT.
"Australia's support to Samoa's education sector includes support to early childhood, primary, secondary, tertiary and vocational education and training.