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Upper Valley Land Trust Buys Easement On Claremont Farm
John Haynes walks home after feeding his herd at Haynes Dairy in Claremont, N.H. Saturday, December 17, 2016. When his father bought the farm in 1961, Haynes helped clear the pastures and hay fields that had become overgrown during its time as a poultry farm. "With farmers, there's a caring for the land," said Haynes' wife Beth Haynes. "We're not just taking from it, we're nurturing the land." The Upper Valley Land Trust has conserves about 155 acres of the farm. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com. Valley News photographs — James M. Patterson '; }
A group of Holsteins spend time at pasture at Haynes Dairy in Claremont, N.H., Saturday, December 17, 2016. The Upper Valley Land Trust has purchased the development rights to the organic dairy farm run by John and Beth Haynes, to conserve about 155 acres for agricultural use. The farm sits at the end of a residential street on the south side of Claremont and borders the city's Moody Park. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com. Valley News — James. M. Patterson '; }
John Haynes feeds his herd of Holsteins at Haynes Dairy in Claremont, N.H., Saturday, December 17, 2016. The farm became certified organic in 2007. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com. John Haynes feeds his herd of Holsteins at Haynes Dairy in Claremont, N.H., Saturday, December 17, 2016. The farm became certified organic in 2007. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com. '; }
By Matt Hongoltz-Hetling
Valley News Staff Writer
Published: 12/18/2016 12:26:00 AM
Modified: 12/21/2016 3:27:47 PM
Claremont — It's an odd place for an organic dairy farm.
Those who visit John and Beth Haynes at their farm Haynes Dairy will, less than a quarter mile away on Route 11, pass a car dealership, a couple of banks and a Dunkin' Donuts just before turning onto Tengren Avenue and traveling up an otherwise unremarkable residential street that terminates, unexpectedly and dramatically, at a striking white farmhouse and classic New England red cow barn that stand surrounded by outbuildings bursting with everything from a sugaring operation to tractors and other machinery.
But it's that proximity to the commercial strip that makes it all the more notable that the Haynes have become the latest landowners to enter the farm into a conservation easement that will ensure their 153 acres remain as agricultural land, forever.
John Haynes said that, after growing up with seven siblings in the white farmhouse, he took over the family business of milking a herd of about 110 Holsteins, from his father. But now, at 63 and without any children to step in, he and his wife reached out to Land For Good, a nonprofit dedicated to conserving farmland, as a prelude to a transition that will eventually result in the sale of the farm.
Haynes, a supplier for Organic Valley, said the ethics of conservation easements complements the ethics of organic practices.
"We think organic is a sustainable way to make a living," he said. "We as a country have gone to extensive chemical farming, but we don't want the world to miss out on small, community farms."
Haynes said the property, which includes 69 acres of forest and which abuts the city-owned Moody Park, is "very developable," and so the easement was needed to prevent a future landowner from trying to liquidate its potential by converting it into housing.
Conservation easements — legally binding contracts which are administered by nonprofit land trusts and which prevent future owners from developing a piece of land — have exploded in popularity since they first caught on about 25 years ago, according to a report on New Hampshire's Land Conservation Investment Program written late last year by the New Hampshire Office of Energy and Planning's Conservation Land Stewardship Program.
Beth Haynes said she's enjoyed watching the animals on the property, which have included moose, deer, foxes, wild turkeys and a family of hawks that have nested at the same site for 20 years.
However, many of the owners who entered into the easements willingly are now turning over control of the land to new owners, with more than 63 percent of all state-held easement properties now under new ownership, a phase that is the report warns is bringing new challenges.
"The trend in conservation easement stewardship is toward increasing numbers of questions and possible challenges," according to the report.
One possible problem with the "forever promise" of easements is that they can eventually butt up against other interests that are also in the public good.
For example, Montpelier held a "Land Conservation Summit" in October to discuss ways to manage the twin goals of land conservation and affordable housing, two needs that both rely on the same resource: land.
Andrew Winter, executive director of the Twin Pines Housing Trust, said he doesn't see any such conflict in the future of the Upper Valley, in part because conservation organizations often work hand-in-hand with affordable housing groups.
"I don't necessarily see the tension," Winter said. Because zoning laws herd development into downtown and other designated growth areas, where access to utilities is cheaper, he said affordable housing developers are rarely seeking the same plots of land that conservationists target.
In Vermont, he said, the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board supports both ambitions, and sometimes creates "dual-goal" developments that see affordable housing anchoring a small percentage of a large plot of land that can be protected from further development.
The Upper Valley Land Trust, which has conserved 50,000 acres in nearly 500 properties, purchased the Haynes' easement with $147,500 in funding from the USDA, the 1772 Foundation, and the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation.
"With nearly 75 acres of prime soil, their land is a terrific asset to agriculture in New Hampshire and we're thrilled to help them conserve it," said Peg Merrens, the trust's vice president for land conservation, in a statement announcing the acquisition.
In the same announcement, the land trust revealed that Peter Martin and Lynn Freeman, of Plainfield, have donated the "Snow Mountain Conservation Area," 400 acres of forestland in Enfield, Grantham and Plainfield.
That property, which contains a cellphone tower, snowmobile and hiking trails, and three large wetlands, lies above the Upper Valley Humane Society off Old Route 10, and will be used for educational purposes.
"We intend to manage the land long term as a natural area and place for low-impact recreation and education," Jason Berard, the trust's stewardship director, said in the announcement.
That land sits in a larger block of undeveloped forest, and, according to the trust, will enhance its other nearby holdings, which include 90 acres in the Leavitt Hill Wetland, and nearly 1,000 acres in the Smith Pond Shaker Forest.
Matt Hongoltz-Hetling can be reached at mhonghet@vnews.com or 603-727-3211.
Haynes Dairy in Claremont currently supplies Organic Valley and remains a member of Cabot Creamery. An earlier version of this story incorrectly identified the cooperative that receives the farm's milk.
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Digital Commerce 360 | Retail
Acquisitions bring Wal-Mart more educated and affluent shoppers
Don Davis | May 1, 2017
Wal-Mart's purchases of online retailers like Moosejaw, Shoebuy and ModCloth could expose the big retailer to a different audience, at least online.
Wal-Mart Stores Corp. is on a shopping spree for online retailers that could bring the world's largest retailer a more educated and affluent shopper.
A recent analysis by Bizrate Insights of consumers shopping Walmart.com and the websites of four e-retailers it's acquiring—and one it's rumored to be about to buy—shows that the acquisition targets attract a significantly different kind of shopper.
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The four companies Wal-Mart has acquired—Jet.com, Moosejaw, Shoebuy.com Inc. and ModCloth—along with rumored acquisition target Bonobos, sell to consumers who look different on certain demographic metrics than those that shop at Walmart.com.
For example more than two-thirds of the customers of those five retailers have a college degree versus less than half for Walmart.com, and more than 57% live in households with annual income in excess of $75,000 versus 41.5% for Walmart.com. That analysis is based on data from nearly 1,000 consumers who shopped online at Walmart.com and the other five companies' websites in April.
"It appears these deals will bring Wal-Mart a kind of online shopper that doesn't often shop at Walmart.com today, and that can position Wal-Mart to compete more effectively against the likes of Amazon," says Scott Macon, president of Bizrate Insights, which collects and analyzes online consumer data. Time Inc. acquired Bizrate Insights last year.
There is relatively little overlap between Walmart.com and the companies it's adding to its e-commerce portfolio. Only about one in six Jet.com shopper has shopped Walmart.com in the past six months, and the percentages are under 10% for the other four online retailers.
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Demolition starts on the Broomfield Community Center on September 16th. The Senior Center will remain open throughout the remodel, and the finished center will be completed in the fall of 2020. Photo courtesy of Boulder Daily Camera.
Many citizens in Broomfield are very familiar with the Broomfield Community Center (BCC). This public institution has been a part of the community since 1974, and many students visit the BCC for athletics such as the swim team, classes in the arts or sciences, or other special events that are hosted there. However, the Community Center has been outdated for a few years now, which a new remodel hopes to correct.
Demolition on the Rec Center began this past September 16th, but the city plans to keep the senior center open during the reconstruction to accommodate members of the community. The remodel increases the size of the building to 96,088 square feet, and adds new amenities, such as a larger pool and another party room. However, these new amenities should not be expected anytime soon. The tentative schedule for the new opening is fall of 2020.
Currently, this demolition has caused some issues with scheduling practices and classes. The Front Range Barracudas swim team has had to move all of their practices to the Veterans Memorial Aquatics Center (VMAC), which is much further away from Broomfield, and classes have been cancelled or moved to the Paul Derda Rec Center. This slight inconvenience for the next two years will hopefully be compensated by the addition of services to the new facility.
The city of Broomfield invites the community to show their thoughts on the reconstruction. Their website has a space for residents to share their fond memories of the BCC, new amenities they are excited about, and questions they have about the new Broomfield Community Center. Hopefully, this newly remodeled space will be a gathering place for residents of all ages, and add to Broomfield's focus on community.
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DJM-T1, 2-Channel Mixer from Pioneer in the DJM series.
On the heels of the release of TRAKTOR SCRATCH DUO 2, Pioneer introduces the DJM-T1 – the first TRAKTOR certified mixer designed to natively control the software's new features.
The DJM-T1 is a hybrid mixer, a controller and audio interface in one unit. Included in the box is a copy of TRAKTOR SCRATCH DUO 2 software, along with the control CD and vinyl needed for DVS scratch control.
The DJM-T1 features controller functions designed for the included TRAKTOR SCRATCH DUO 2 software, so there is no need for an external controller. DJs get access to the 2 new Sample Decks, to create their own loops from live tracks, or remix and edit on the fly. Each Sample Deck gives the option of four loops or samples.
Software functions such as browse, fast forward, play and rewind are also operated from the mixer. FX, loops, hot cues and sampling controls on the unit mirror the TRAKTOR 2 interface.
It is TRAKTOR SCRATCH certified and equipped with a USB soundcard, so DJs need to use the included CONTROL CD or vinyl to start operating the software's scratch functions through their CDJs or turntables.
6 of TRAKTOR's tempo-synched DJ effects (Reverb, Delay, Flanger, Filter, Beatmasher, Gater) and 1 filter per deck are included. Plus the LFO CONTROL signal output changes at beat-by-beat intervals for control.
The onboard USB soundcard is designed to eliminate the need for an external soundcard, so DJs can connect the mixer straight to a computer with a single USB cable.
The internal soundcard receives input from a PC as a digital signal. The 24-bit D/A converter is designed for not only the master output, but the booth output too.
The new channel faders feature 2 metal shafts supporting the fader knobs. The fader is positioned to the side, minimizing damage from liquid or dust that can get inside, according to the company. The DJM-T1 crossfader has a Pioneer magnetic construction, while Pioneer P-LOCK Fader Caps are impossible to pull off in the heat of a mix, Pioneer assures. The operational load, fader curve and cut lag can also be adjusted to your preference.
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The mixer will be showcased at Musikmesse in Frankfurt, 6th to 9th April, and will be available to buy from mid July, RRP €1,499.
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Mobile is becoming the 'most important screen' for many adults in the UK, pushing ahead of television and tablets, according to a study from Weve.
The mobile marketing platform from EE, O2 and Vodafone asked 2,000 adults aged between 18 and 55 about their media use, and 28 per cent cited their mobile as their first port of call, ahead of 27 per cent who said television. Laptops and PCs remain out in front on 39.8 per cent.
A quarter said their mobile was now the first port of call when heading online, with 10 per cent making purchases using the their device.
This preference was even more pronounced among 18-34 year olds, with 46 per cent indicating their mobile was their most important screen, ahead of laptops and PCs (30.6 per cent), television (12.4 per cent) and tablets (5.8 per cent).
Weve suggests this shows how brands should be targeting mobile users. CEO David Sear said: "We commissioned the research because we were a bit fed up of mobile being called the 'second screen', but it surprised even us that 28 per cent of people in the whole group said mobile was their first screen, which is ahead of TV."
Mr Sear also felt that mobile was a potentially productive outlet for brands to establish a relationship with consumers.
"We're delivering broadcast-scale audiences, consumers who actively want to engage with companies and brands through their devices," he said. Weve's study states that 68 per cent of mobile users feel they receive enough promotional messages, or would be willing to see more.
Sixty-two per cent agree that discovering new brands and offers is a good way to use mobile, and 58 per cent reported using their device to use coupons and discount vouchers.
However, when it comes to brands attracting buyer attention on mobile, there may still be work to do. In August, Facebook revealed that 84 per cent of UK visitors came to the site via their mobile device, but YouGov research carried out a few months prior to that showed 80 per cent of 18-24 year olds had never clicked on a Facebook advert on a mobile device.
Daniel Nolan, managing director at theEword, said: "Brands really should be aware of the importance of mobile by now, and you would expect them to adapt their approach accordingly in the months ahead to try and get more consumers engaging with their advertising."


Redington Gulf has pledged to assist resellers with structuring commercial terms for deals containing special credit needs, as the channel battles to overcome severe financing challenges.
Events in the financial sector have led to tighter controls on credit availability in the Middle East market, which is forcing channel companies to look at alternative ways to finance business.
Redington claims it has taken a more flexible approach to structuring credit terms in the past 12 months, and insists it is there to provide resellers with further support as they encounter stricter market conditions.
Writing in the company's quarterly newsletter for customers of its value added unit, Raj Shankar, CEO of Redington Gulf, said the distributor would seek to understand resellers' credit requirements.
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Aviato founder Erlich Bachman - Napster co-founder Sean Parker T.J. Miller is hilarious as this arrogant innovation incubator who made his bankroll through a successful startup called Aviato. No longer coding due to carpal tunnel syndrome, he rents out his home for aspiring developers to work on their projects, taking a cut of their companies in return. Some of his characteristics, including his penchant for partying and marijuana, mirror the story of a young Sean Parker, who founded Napster and was the first president of Facebook. Parker, now a billionaire, was known for his hard partying ways, and has invested in the legalization of pot.
Hooli founder and CEO Gavin Belson - Salesforce founder, chairman and CEO Marc Benioff Played beautifully by Matt Ross, the founder of the fictional media conglomerate Hooli (see Google) has shown parallels to many tech gurus. But most notable is Marc Benioff, founder and CEO of Salesforce.com, who, like Belson, also has a passion for philanthropy and yoga. But given that even the company name and logo seem to be a parody of the world's largest search giant, some believe that Belson is actually a mixture of Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page.
Venture capitalist Peter Gregory - Entrepreneur Peter Thiel Sadly, this brilliant character only appeared in the first season of the show because actor Christopher Evan Welch passed away. The fictional quirky founder and CEO of an investment company was reportedly modeled after Peter Thiel, who is best known as the co-founder of PayPal and the first outside investor in a little known social network called Facebook. Like Gregory, Thiel is a passionate libertarian. The best scene? When he lays out every item from the Burger King menu on his desk, much to the surprise of his desperate guests pleading for a bridge loan, then decides, after a presumed complex internal analysis of the market, to make a major investment in sesame seeds in Indonesia.
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Venture capitalist Russ Hanneman - Entrepreneur Mark Cuban Taking eccentricity to an entirely new level, this cringe-worthy VC character (played by Chris Diamantopoulos) shows many clues that he may be an exaggerated version of Mark Cuban. In a notable scene from last season, Hanneman is upset when his net worth dips to measly millionaire status from billionaire. He waxes poetic in recalling when he first joined the 10-figure club, sitting down naked, constantly refreshing the screen to see the stocks rise until he reached the milestone. Cuban, a tech entrepreneur who also owns the Dallas Mavericks, once told an eerily similar story, right down to being in the buff. What's more, Cuban achieved his billion-dollar status by selling his company Broadcast.com, while Hanneman made his money by putting "radio on the Internet." Hmm. Luckily, Cuban has a sense of humor, and told Business Insider that he "cracked up" when he saw the over-the-top portrayal.
HBO comedy Silicon Valley has been a breakout hit. Delving deep into the inner-tech world of Silicon Valley, California, the show follows a group of developers as they try to take their revolutionary software into the big leagues. Every cog in the SV tech wheel is parodied, from the over-confident incubator to the reclusive engineer, the eccentric VC to the laid-back yet money-hungry lawyer. If you've ever heard a stereotype about the California tech hub, this show has given it a good send-up.
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The next time my children are offered an invitation to a pity party, their own or to that of a friend, I pray they turn it down. Let them become so filled with gratitude for all the good in their lives and may their eyesight become so sharp that they are able to point out all the good to others whose sight has grown dim. When they are tempted to focus on the negative, may they remember Christ's sacrifice and see that the power of the negative forces in their lives can only function if they allow it to … that all sin (this includes sickness, disease, poverty and lack) was nailed to the cross and is powerless … if only they call on You to rescue them!
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Q: what are the conditions on $X$ such that $X^TAX$ is positive definite? Suppose I have a matrix $A$ which is positive definite and $X$ is a matrix with spectral radius less than $1$ (I think this information is irrelevant). under what conditions we get that  $X^TAX$ is also PD. My guess is that $X$ has to also be PD. Also, forgot to mentions that all matrices are square here.

A: $X$ only has to be invertible, no other condition necessary. Write $\langle v, X^T AX v \rangle = \langle Xv, AXv \rangle = \langle w, Aw \rangle \ge 0$ where $w = Xv$, with equality iff $w = 0$ since $A$ is PD. This condition is equivalent to $v = 0$ iff $X$ is invertible.

A: @Qiaochu Yuan provided already a complete answer. Nevertheless, I want to add some "intuition", which is too long for a comment:
Note that $A$ is p.d iff $\langle w, Aw\rangle > 0$ for all $w\in\mathbb R^n$ with $w\neq 0_n$. Let $f:\mathbb R^n\rightarrow\mathbb R^n$ be a function. If $f$ is a  surjective function $f:\mathbb R^n\rightarrow\mathbb R^n$ then for every $w\in\mathbb R^n$ there exists a $v\in\mathbb R^n$ such that $w = f(v)$. Hence we have that $\langle w, Aw\rangle = \langle f(v), Af(v)\rangle$. However, there may the problem that there exists a $v^*\in\mathbb R^n$ with $v^*\neq 0_n$ such that $f(v^*) = 0_n$. Consequently, we cannot ensure that $\langle f(v),Af(v)\rangle > 0$ for all $v\in\mathbb R^n$. To ensure that this does not happen, we have to assume, in addition, that $f$ is an injective function. Because then there exists only one $v^*\in\mathbb R^n$ such that $f(v^*) = 0_n$, namely $v^* = 0_n$. If $f$ is surjective and injective, then the inverse function $f^{-1}$ exists and is unique, and we have that $\langle w,Aw\rangle > 0$ for all $w\in\mathbb R^n$ iff $\langle f(v), Af(v)\rangle > 0$ for all $v\in\mathbb R^n$.
In the special case where $f$ is a linear function, i. e. $f(v) = Xv$ for some matrix $X$, we have that $f$ is injective iff $f$ is surjective. So it suffices to show that $f$ is either injective or surjective. In most cases it's easier to show that $f$ is injective, because $f$ is injective iff $f(v) = 0_n$ if and only if $v = 0_n$. This is what Qiaochu Yuan suggests.

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Texans beat Cards to snap six-game skid
Published: Aug 08, 2007 at 05:33 AM
HOUSTON (Dec. 18, 2005) -- The Houston Texans found a good way to quiet critics who accused them of tanking games to stay ahead in the race for the No. 1 draft pick.
After three straight heartbreaking losses, they finally held on to a lead to beat the Arizona Cardinals 30-19.
"We know we're not out there trying to throw games," Texans receiver Andre Johnson said. "If we were really trying to lose, how did we win this one?"
They won it by jumping to a 24-10 halftime lead with a combined three touchdowns from backup running backs Jonathan Wells and Vernand Morency and by taking advantage of an injury-plagued and mistake-prone Arizona team.
And by winning, the Texans may have jeopardized their chances of landing Heisman Trophy winner Reggie Bush in the draft if he leaves Southern California.
"Reggie Bush is a tremendous athlete and I don't know if it's correct for me to say this or not, but I don't want him," Texans safety Jason Simmons said. "If we get him it means we're the worst team in the league."
Some fans didn't share his feelings. Late in the fourth quarter, a sad-looking young man held up a homemade sign reading "Bye Bye Bush."
Houston (2-12) is now tied with San Francisco for the worst record in the NFL after the 49ers lost to Jacksonville 10-9. The Texans face San Francisco in the season finale New Year's Day.
The Texans managed only a pair of field goals in the second half after taking a 24-10 halftime lead. The Cardinals played with third-string quarterback John Navarre for the entire second half after Kurt Warner injured his knee in the second quarter and backup Josh McCown didn't return after halftime because flulike symptoms.
"I think they clearly outplayed us," said Cardinals coach Dennis Green.
Arizona (4-10), which entered the game with 13 players on injured reserve, struggled in the third quarter before making a late run, adding a field goal and a touchdown in the fourth quarter to cut the lead to eight.
This time Houston finished the game, recovering an Arizona fumble and tacking on a field goal with less than a minute to go to put the game out of reach.
"This just shows there's no quit in us," said Texans receiver Jabar Gaffney. "We came out and played it like we had a chance to go to the playoffs."
The Texans were without running back Domanick Davis (swollen knee), but backups Wells and Morency filled in nicely, combining for 119 yards rushing.
Houston took advantage of a fumble by Arizona on a kickoff return and an interception in the second quarter to push a 14-10 lead to a 24-10 halftime advantage.
Navarre saw his second NFL action and the first since starting one game more than a year ago. He was more than a little rusty, but came on late to go 14-of-24 for 174 yards with a touchdown and an interception.
Warner was having a good day, going 10-of-10 for 115 yards and a touchdown, before injuring his knee. Green said Warner had a medial collateral ligament injury and will likely miss the rest of the season.
McCown replaced him in the second quarter and stayed one series, but it was long enough to throw an interception that led to a field goal by Houston.
Arizona led 10-7 in the second quarter after Warner threw a 20-yard touchdown pass to Anquan Boldin. Boldin had eight receptions for 134 yards to set a franchise record for consecutive 100-yard games with five.
Houston took a 17-7 lead when Morency wriggled away from two defenders before using a nifty spin move to coast 25 yards for his first career touchdown.
Neil Rackers kicked field goals of 26- and 42-yards for the Cardinals to tie an NFL record for field goals in a season by a team with 39.
Houston's league-worst rushing defense got a break against the poor running Cardinals and allowed a season-low 39-yards rushing. The unit also finished with six sacks, including four on Navarre.
The scoreboard in the $449 million Reliant Stadium wasn't working properly for most of the second half and players and coaches agreed that the technical problem was distracting..
WR Donovan Morgan, in his first game for the Texans, grabbed his first NFL reception on a 9-yard catch in the second quarter.
Cardinals SS Adrian Wilson had five tackles to top 100 tackles for the second time in his career.
Sunday was the first time since Houston's franchise opener in 2002 that the team had won with the roof of Reliant Stadium closed.
Houston's three TDs rushing was a team record.
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The Swiss Minaret Ban: What Are Voters Really Trying to Outlaw?
The Swiss ban on minarets may seem insignificant, but it is hitched to bigger stories about mass immigration, economic depression and the rebirth of fascism in Europe.
When I was five years old, my parents enrolled me in Sainte Marguerite-Marie, a French grade school in a suburb of Rabat, in Morocco. The school was run by a group of Franciscan nuns who had arrived in the country during the colonial period but had stayed behind after independence. My favorite teacher was Soeur Laurette, who nurtured my love of books, and my regular tormentor was Soeur Isabelle, who, whenever I made a mistake, pulled my ponytail so hard my neck would hurt for hours.
My father, like his father before him, had memorized the Koran by the time he started his own grade school education; but he did not see any danger or contradiction in having his child attend a French school. My mother, who did not cover her hair, did not seem to have any anxiety about my spending half my day with women dressed in austere tunics and long black veils. I suppose that my parents' guiding principle was that they had to choose the best neighborhood school. The fact that it happened to be run by Catholics did not scare them–they understood that being in daily contact with another religion is not dangerous. It does not mean you will be converted. It does not mean that you will have to change. Religion is not passed through the air you breathe or the sidewalk you tread or the classroom you share.
Last Sunday's referendum in Switzerland, in which voters approved a ban on the construction of minarets in their country, has been greeted in Europe with pious cries of horror from mainstream politicians. The Swiss foreign minister, Micheline Calmy-Rey, says she is "very concerned," while her French counterpart, Bernard Kouchner, says he is "a bit shocked." Editorials in many European newspapers have condemned the ban, if not the irrational fear behind it. In an effort to calm things down, some have pointed out that the four existing minarets in Switzerland would not be affected and that minarets are not necessary for the construction of mosques.
But it would be a mistake to ignore this ban. It is a significant new step in a trend that has been working its way through Europe for some time. It began in France in 1989, with a controversy over the wearing of headscarves in public schools. The debate continued there over the next fifteen years and was periodically reignited by worldwide events, culminating in a ban on the wearing of headscarves and other "ostentatious" religious symbols in 2004. Belgium has started along the same route, giving school headmasters discretionary power to decide whether Muslim schoolgirls who cover their hair can attend school. Not long ago, Denmark passed a law that makes it nearly impossible for anyone under the age of 24 to bring a spouse into the country from abroad, a move that is aimed at curbing the arrival of foreign spouses of Muslim immigrants. And Switzerland is not the first to ban minarets. The Austrian state of Carinthia earned this dubious honor in 2008.
The ban on minarets is at once profoundly silly and sure to be completely ineffective. It will not stop Swiss Muslims from practicing their religion–it may, in fact, make some of them want to flaunt it. It will not make the nearly half million Muslims in Switzerland disappear into thin air–even if their compatriots seem to wish that they would. It will, however, make it harder for Muslims and non-Muslims to get along, especially now that this new law reinforces the perception that not everyone is equal under the law.
Already there are signs that the minaret vote will embolden right-wing groups in Switzerland and across Europe. Geert Wilders, the leader of the Dutch Freedom Party, has already announced that he will try to organize a similar referendum in the Netherlands. Pia Kjaersgaard, the head of the Danish People's Party, wants a ban in Denmark, even though there are no minarets in her country. As for Marine Le Pen, the vice chair of the French Front National, she thinks the Swiss ban doesn't go far enough and now wants a referendum on communautarisme in France–by which she means legal decisions on everything from the availability of halal food in school cafeterias to taking a day off for a religious holiday.
Muslim right-wing groups in Europe will also find this ban convenient, because their recruitment pitch becomes that much simpler. "They forbid you to practice your religion," they may say. In the larger Muslim world, right-wing leaders will seize this opportunity as well. Egypt's leading cleric Ali Gomaa has already whipped up the i-word: "This proposal…is not considered just an attack on freedom of beliefs, but also an attempt to insult the feelings of the Muslim community in and outside Switzerland." You don't need a crystal ball to see where this is headed.
The ban on minarets, if considered on its own, may not seem important. But it is hitched to a bigger story, one that has been unfolding over the last twenty years–one of mass immigration, economic depression and the rebirth of fascism in Europe. It would be a mistake to think that the world we live in can go back to being simpler. Most countries will no longer have the luxury (if they ever did) of including only one ethnic group, one religion or one language. Learning how to balance the rights of the individual and the rights of the community is unavoidable.


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The good folks at Cascade, one of the high-end divisions of Wipf and Stock, have launched a new commentary series, the New Covenant Commentary Series (NCCS), and the first two volumes are out. They are Colossians and Philemon by Michael Bird and Romans by Craig Keener. Mike and Craig are also the series editors, so they have set an example and standard.
Since I am just starting a course on Romans, I will offer a few thoughts on Craig's commentary after a quick skim of some parts. I will come back to Colossians and Philemon later.
Craig Keener of Palmer Seminary (formerly Eastern Baptist) in Philadelphia is a prolific scholar whose knowledge of the ancient sources is nearly unmatched. (He's also a very nice man and a very devout Christian.) In this popular to mid-range commentary (his description and the series intent), Craig of course draws on the relevant primary sources, even as he also shows his knowledge of the historical and contemporary issues in the interpretation of Romans, interacting with many of them while steering his own course.
1. His emphasis on justification/righteousness being more than a judicial pronouncement or (worse) legal fiction; it is transformative. He says that believers are "set right and made righteous as a gift" (58; see also 7-29).
3. His conviction that the letter is a pastoral letter about Jew-Gentile unity.
4. His frequent references to the history of interpretation.
One point of disagreement: Craig prefers "faith in Jesus Christ" to "the faith of Jesus Christ," but he provides good reasons and argues that the "faith of Christ" people (of whom I am one) don't have to lose what they stress if "faith in Jesus Christ" is properly interpreted.
So…for anyone looking for a good, basic, insightful, informed commentary on Romans, this should fit the bill.
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Thanks for the heads up. Also, what are Keener's thoughts on Romans 2 in regards to it be hypothetical or describing a Gentile Christian?
Michael, thanks for your great early review. Craig is indeed a great guy. Thanks for highlighting it.
You're welcome; nice to hear from you. How are things going back at Duke?
Craig labels 2:1-16 "God's Impartial Judgment" (see similar heading in my Apostle of the Crucified Lord). According to him, the audience is sort of Jewish (moreso of course in 2:17ff) but really everyone. And there is a potentially righteous person but only believers are really so—yet that is not Paul's concern here. His concern is human sin and especially divine impartiality.
When we believe in Christ Jesus, our Church says that by his stripes we are healed, that means to say that we should refrain from taking medicines, have faith in God, God is the healer, so many people are following that, our pastors died by not taking the medicines, but they stuck to the Church faith, some seeing death in front of them, started taking medicines, but we are also workers in our church and do a lot of work in the church, but not taking medicines is a bitter pill which I cannot digest, please let know, whether taking medicines and believing in the Lord is right, or abstaining from medicines and having kept the faith till the end is called faith in the Lord.
Jason, why would believing in God as our healer mean we should refrain from taking medicine? After all, doesn't Paul suggest a medicinal aid to Timothy when he says "use a little wine because of your stomach and your frequent illnesses"? He didn't say that because Timothy was lacking in faith. Paul was recognizing that God in his grace and wisdom has given us many means to cultivate a healthier way of living — think of how things such as laughter, wise counsellors, medicine, sleep, Sabbath rest, confession of sin, are commended to us in the Bible as aids to better health. None of these are opposed to faith in God. "Keeping the faith" does not mean we should go beyond what God has said in his Word, which is what your church leaders have done by saying "by his stripes we are healed" means that we should refrain from taking medicine.
I think it is damn weird that demonstrants are against the plans of the mosque, as the planned mosque isn't purely a religious building. Heck, it is open to everyone, and even a basketball court is planned to be built inside the mosque. A community center sounds better, and way less frightning.


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Al Cisneros (Sleep/OM): "When I'm stoned it's readily apparent whether a rhythm has a shelf-life or not"
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The Sleep bass man on his new signature Rickenbacker, roots and reggae
(Image credit: Tim Bugbee Tinnitus Photography)
If you were a metalhead in the 1990s but you were too fond of slow, stoner grooves to enjoy caffeinated headbangers like Metallica, you might well have been a fan of Sleep, the amazing band from California who released a clutch of all-time classic albums.
The first, Sleep's Holy Mountain (1992), featured Al Cisneros on bass guitar and vocals and was a truly immense album, loaded with planet-sized riffage and soundscapes that extended far into sub- bass territory.
The second, the monstrous Dopesmoker, appeared seven years later and was a thematic and sonic homage to the band's preferred backstage pastime. By 2005 Cisneros was also active in a duo (occasionally a trio) called OM, in which the bass supplanted the guitarist's role with massive, progressive panache.
We meet Al in London the day before an OM gig, where he shows us his fantastic new signature Rickenbacker, the 4003 AC. It's a delectable bass, tricked out in green (of course) and boasting his signature spec. We pour ourselves a cold one and run the beast through its paces...
Have you always played Rickenbackers?
"I've been playing them since 1989. The first punk band I was in, I had a bass that was put together from parts and cost about $40. I used to go into guitar stores, play a Rickenbacker and think 'Some day I might get one of these. Some day!' So I made payments once a week, with my paper route earnings, at Starving Musician in Santa Clara, on my first Rickenbacker. It was a beige 4001 with black binding and a black pickguard."
How many have you had?
"I don't know, but over the years there have been quite a few. That first 4001 is long gone. The sparkle green one that I got after Holy Mountain but before Dopesmoker was sold, and I tried to buy it back but the guy wouldn't sell it back to me. There was another one, a 4003 with a pickguard that had been modified; that one is on a lot of tracks on Holy Mountain.
"I remember a 4003 got stolen from the venue in San Jose, where we started. We were there until five in the morning, looking in every part of the venue. We put the word out, but to no avail. But hey, life's been good, and now I have a signature bass from the factory, so I guess it's all part of the journey. It helps you to be grateful."
Rolling with Rick
How did the signature model come about?
"It had been talked about for a couple of years, between Ben Hall and Richard Cannata at Rickenbacker and a friend of mine, Marc Najjar, who is a distributor in Chicago. Even when the idea was in its inception, I was like 'My God, really? Keep me updated!' Over the past year there was more and more communication from them, and about six months ago Marc sent me a text saying 'They're gonna do it'.
It's been demanding, but then all music should be demanding or it's probably bad music
"I sketched out my own schematic after looking at all the models they'd had, from the initial 4000, 4002, 4004, 4005... everything. The final 4003 AC model has all the specifications on it that I suggested, from the two High Gain pickups, the thumb rest access to the top of the neck, and the push-pull on the treble on the right pickup.
"The green inlays were their idea, and I was really happy with that. It was a salute to the first Dopesmoker bass I had custom-painted back in 1993. It's a full circle in my journey. It's very humbling - a real honour."
Will you keep the pickguard covers on, or throw them out?
"I'm leaving them on. Usually I don't take them off, because I've cut my hand on the housings so many times, and I don't play in that area of the bass very much."
Who were Sleep's early influences?
"The early influences were the first four Black Sabbath albums and lots of marijuana, which truly brings focus to the way the riff and the rhythm breathe and move. For me, when I'm stoned it's readily apparent whether a rhythm has a shelf-life or not. It cuts to the essence of it. The drums and bass are like the heart and lungs of the music, in a way."
Why do you like Rickys so much?
"My initial interest in Rick came from being a lifelong fan of Geddy Lee. His was the first bass tone I ever heard that stood out separately from the entire song. The bass tone on Rush records completely floored me. I'll never understand why he went to Steinberger and Wal in the 80s. Maybe him playing a Fender makes sense, but goddamn, you can't beat the bass tone on Hemispheres. You just can't have a better bass tone than that. You can hear the veins in the tree which supplied the wood to the bass! So beautiful."
Who else influenced you?
"Aston Barrett - his timing, phrasing, tone and overall approach to the groove. There's no bass player more stoner than Familyman. He is the oak tree. Flabba Holt, he has an anchor-like groove. Total sentry. Of course, Butler. And Entwistle as a technical study."
Describe your bass playing for us.
"My bass playing is more incorporated with rhythm these days. There has to be a rest in the measure for the reset of the energy, or the exhalation, while we're talking about breathing. The balance comes from knowing when not to play, as is the case with drumming too. The main exemplar there is again, Aston Barrett, who is the absolute master of space. When he holds, it's heavy as fuck. The space makes what he plays that much better."
The balance comes from knowing when not to play, as is the case with drumming too
How do you write your bass parts?
"There's usually two rhythms within a time signature - the bassist can define either. You can alternate between the eight versus the four, for example. The bass is like a melodic drum when it's in the pocket. If we do it right, we put the drums into keys and melodies. The phrasing of the drum styles is inspiring when it comes to creating rhythmic bass-lines. The world lies between the kick and the snare."
Do you always rest your picking-hand thumb on the neck?
"Yeah, depending on what frets are required on the song I'm playing. I also use the last four or five millimetres of pickguard too, I'm actually very used to doing that. It was so cool to have a thumb rest, finally."
Why do you prefer that picking style?
"I tried using a pick in the first year I played, and it's all right, but when the strings are hit towards the top of the neck they generate sound pressure. There's more of a push through the speaker cone. Look at Geezer Butler, how he used to play up there back in 1970, '71. It doesn't matter where you play it if it doesn't sound good, but the bass tone that speaks better to my ears is up there. There's way more rolling, curved elasticity in the sound, as opposed to a digital, square sound.
"And the other thing is that for 25, 30 years I've listened exclusively to roots-era reggae. Barrett and Robbie Shakespeare, they play fingerstyle on the top of the neck. Those guys are at the mountain top. Their sound is deeper and has more pressure than any metal band's bass sound.
"In addition to that, they're not banging away at the strings: there's a call and response in the actual physics of the bass string that they're using as an instrument. So as I experimented more and more with playing bass, it just moved in that direction. I took those examples and worked to make my style a summary of all those things."
Tubes or solid-state amps?
]"I use tube amps, because there's a midrange and a general warmth in the tone that may not be that evident live through a PA, but through studio speakers or through tape it's really obvious. I've always preferred that sound, and in OM I experiment with going through the board. In that band, some of the bass requires overdrive and some requires midrange and being more articulate, and with the Rick basses - and this was the idea behind their 4002 - you go straight, and it lets the pickup really speak. I think that's where you can tell the design, more than anywhere else.
OM was a trailblazer, considering all the guitar-less rock bands around now.
"Thanks. It's been demanding, but then all music should be demanding or it's probably bad music, ha ha! But in OM there's no wall of guitars, so I probably feel how a drummer feels in a normal band. I have two totally different setups in both bands, it drives the techs crazy."


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Q: Passing DGV Table to a Report Viewer in VB.Net I have some code for pagination DGV , It is working properly..But recently i need to pass the DGV table to a report viewer.
I found a snippet to do this job but with errors.. Like the Report viewer shows the table header only without data or the data of some columns only,This is my code to passing DGV table to Report viewer
 Form8.ReportViewer1.LocalReport.DataSources.Clear()
Form8.ReportViewer1.LocalReport.ReportPath = Path.Combine(Application.StartupPath, "Report1.rdlc")

Dim rds = New ReportDataSource("DataSet1", DataGridView1.DataSource)
Form8.ReportViewer1.LocalReport.DataSources.Add(rds)

'Form8.ReportViewer1.Refresh()
'Form8.ReportViewer1.LocalReport.Refresh()
'Form8.ReportViewer1.RefreshReport()

 If Form8.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then
 Else
 End If
 Form8.Dispose()

I enabled to fix that by filling the DGV again before going to the report viewer ,By adding these lines
Dim con As New SqlConnection(cs)
        Dim da As New SqlDataAdapter()
        Dim ds As New DataSet
        Dim cmd As New SqlCommand("select * from Emp")
        cmd.CommandType = CommandType.Text
        cmd.Connection = con
        da.SelectCommand = cmd
        da.Fill(ds, "Emp")
        DataGridView1.DataSource = ds.Tables("Emp")

It is OK for a DGV with one page but if i have more than one page the first page only pass
I tried to use My pagination code to solve the issue but i failed ..It has a Datatable "dtTemp" cloned from DataTable "dtsource" in order to divide the DGV into pages.
Here is my code to make pagination to DGV it works like a charm.
''' <summary>
''' The next lines are for making pagination to datagridview table, I will explain it briefly
'''page size TextBox,It's for determine the number of the rows that i want it to appear to the user on the page,and i make the user change this number as he want from(1 row on the page to 100 rows only) the default is 25 rows
'''TextBox to DIsplay page number, It enables the user to show the whole number of pages and what is the current page,
'''(i.e) if DGV table results 200 rows and he write in page size TextBox 25 , He wiil have 8 pages.
'''And Four pictureboxes as (first,next,previous and last Buttons) To enable user to browse between pages,
'''You will see in every PictureBox the btnFill Button to fill the DGV again before loading the page by LoadPage(),And the Sub LoadPage() To load the cloned DataTable.
'''The Function CheckFillButton() just for check if the btnFill is clicked or not in order to fill the DGV.
'''Really it is a nice code to make DGV divides into Pages.
'''Every Select Case statements are for avoiding errors ,I faced it during using this pretty snippet
''' </summary>
Public dtSource As DataTable
Public PageCount As Integer
Public maxRec As Integer
Public pageSize As Integer
Public currentPage As Integer
Public recNo As Integer

    Sub LoadPage()
        Dim i As Integer
        Dim startRec As Integer
        Dim endRec As Integer
        Dim dtTemp As DataTable

        Select Case True
            Case DataGridView1.RowCount = Nothing

                Exit Sub
        End Select

        'Duplicate or clone the source table to create the temporary table.
        dtTemp = dtSource.Clone

        If currentPage = PageCount Then
            'MsgBox("currentPage = PageCount")
            endRec = maxRec
        Else
            endRec = pageSize * currentPage
        End If

        startRec = recNo

        'Copy the rows from the source table to fill the temporary table.
        For i = startRec To endRec - 1
            dtTemp.ImportRow(dtSource.Rows(i))
            recNo = recNo + 1
        Next

        DataGridView1.DataSource = dtTemp.DefaultView

        DisplayPageInfo()

    End Sub

    Private Function CheckFillButton() As Boolean

        'Check if the user clicks the "Fill Grid" button.
        If pageSize = 0 Then
            MessageBox.Show("PLS determine the size of pages", "Hint")
            CheckFillButton = False
        Else
            CheckFillButton = True
        End If

    End Function

    Sub DisplayPageInfo()
        txtDisplayPageNo.Text = "Page " & currentPage.ToString & "/ " & PageCount.ToString
    End Sub

    Private Sub PictureBox3_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles PictureBox3.Click
        'As button first
        Label5.Text = "first"
        If Not CheckFillButton() Then Return
        Select Case True
            Case Val(txtPageSize.Text) = 0 Or txtPageSize.Text = ""
                MsgBox("items cannot be zero", MsgBoxStyle.Exclamation, "Error")

                txtPageSize.Text = "25"
                Exit Sub
        End Select

        ' Check if you are already at the first page.
        If currentPage = 1 Then
            MessageBox.Show("You are at the First Page!")
            Return
        End If

        currentPage = 1
        recNo = 0

        LoadPage()

    End Sub

    Private Sub PictureBox4_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles PictureBox4.Click
        'As button next
        Label5.Text = "next"
        'If the user did not click the "Fill Grid" button then Return
        If Not CheckFillButton() Then Return
        Select Case True
            Case Val(txtPageSize.Text) = 0 Or txtPageSize.Text = ""
                MsgBox("items cannot be zero", MsgBoxStyle.Exclamation, "Error")

                txtPageSize.Text = "25"
                Exit Sub
        End Select

        'Check if the user clicked the "Fill Grid" button.
        If pageSize = 0 Then
            MessageBox.Show("Set the Page Size, and then click the button!")
            Return
        End If

        currentPage = currentPage + 1

        If currentPage > PageCount Then
            currentPage = PageCount

            'Check if you are already at the last page.
            If recNo = maxRec Then
                MessageBox.Show("You are at the Last Page!")

                Return
            End If
        End If

        Select Case True
            Case currentPage <= 1
                MsgBox("Your are in the same page " + vbCrLf +
                       "Try to divide it into pages",
                       MsgBoxStyle.Exclamation, "Error")
                Exit Sub
        End Select

        LoadPage()

    End Sub

    Private Sub PictureBox5_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles PictureBox5.Click
        'As button previous
        Label5.Text = "previous"
        If Not CheckFillButton() Then Return
        Select Case True
            Case Val(txtPageSize.Text) = 0 Or txtPageSize.Text = ""
                MsgBox("items cannot be zero", MsgBoxStyle.Exclamation, "Error")
                'txtPageSize.Focus()
                txtPageSize.Text = "25"
                Exit Sub
        End Select

        If currentPage = PageCount Then
            recNo = pageSize * (currentPage - 2)
        End If

        currentPage = currentPage - 1

        'Check if you are already at the first page.
        If currentPage < 1 Then
            MessageBox.Show("You are at the First Page!")

            currentPage = 1
            Return
        ElseIf currentPage = 1 Then
            'MessageBox.Show("current page = 1")
            recNo = pageSize
        Else
            recNo = pageSize * (currentPage - 1)
        End If

        'this select solve a problem to fill the grid
        Select Case True
            Case currentPage <= 1
                MsgBox("Your are in the page 1 " ,
                       MsgBoxStyle.Exclamation, "Error")
                btnFill_Click(sender, e)

                Exit Sub
        End Select

        LoadPage()

    End Sub

    Private Sub PictureBox2_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles PictureBox2.Click
        'As button last

        Label5.Text = "last"
        If Not CheckFillButton() Then Return
        Select Case True
            Case Val(txtPageSize.Text) = 0 Or txtPageSize.Text = ""
                MsgBox("items cannot be zero", MsgBoxStyle.Exclamation, "Error")

                txtPageSize.Text = "25"
                Exit Sub
        End Select

        ' Check if you are already at the last page.
        If recNo = maxRec Then
            MessageBox.Show("You are at the Last Page!", "Hint")
            Return
        End If

        currentPage = PageCount

        recNo = pageSize * (currentPage - 1)

        LoadPage()
        Movements(PictureBox2, 0.05)

    End Sub

    Private Sub txtPageSize_TextChanged(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles txtPageSize.TextChanged
        If Val(txtPageSize.Text) > 100 Then
            Exit Sub
        End If
        Select Case True
            Case Val(txtPageSize.Text) = 0 Or txtPageSize.Text = ""
                MsgBox("Items cannot be Zero", MsgBoxStyle.Exclamation, "Error")
                txtPageSize.Text = "25"
                Exit Sub
        End Select
        btnFill_Click(sender, e)

    End Sub

    Private Sub btnFill_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles btnFill.Click

                Using conn As New SqlConnection(cs)
                    conn.Open()
                    Using cmd As New SqlCommand("select * from Emp")
                        'cmd.Parameters.Add("@a", SqlDbType.Int).Value = Val(TextBox5.Text)
                        cmd.CommandType = CommandType.Text
                        cmd.Connection = conn

                        'Set the DataAdapter's query.
                        Using ds As New DataSet(), da As New SqlDataAdapter(cmd)

                            ' Fill the DataSet.
                            da.Fill(ds, "Emp")
                            'DataGridView1.DataSource = ds.Tables("Emp")
                            ' Set the source table.
                            dtSource = ds.Tables("Emp")

                        End Using
                    End Using
                End Using

                'Set the start and max records.
                pageSize = CInt(Val(txtPageSize.Text))
                maxRec = dtSource.Rows.Count

                PageCount = maxRec \ pageSize

                ' Adjust the page number if the last page contains a partial page.
                If (maxRec Mod pageSize) > 0 Then
                    PageCount = PageCount + 1
                End If

                'Initial seeings
                currentPage = 1
                recNo = 0

                ' Display the content of the current page.
                LoadPage()

   End Sub

The question is how to pass every page of DGV to a Report viewer, (i.e) when i browse between DGV pages ,How can i pass only the page that i'm already on it(it's only consists of 25 rows as the page size says).The above code load the whole table again to DGV then it passes the Whole rows.
Hope i find help here


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It's that time of the year again. Although the weather might be getting colder around us, it's actually spring-time for beards. In preparation for the cold months ahead, many men are discarding scarves and opting to grow their own face-warmers.
It's official. A recent competition, known as En Karl Med Skäg, has named Sweden's most beautiful beard. And my oh my, it's glorious.
This is Memo Göcek, a beard fanatic who lives in the Täby suburb of Stockholm. He was the lucky winner of the En Karl Med Skäg competition and it's not hard to see why. Seriously - look at that beard.
Fashion or Lifestyle Choice – Are Beards Still in?
In 2014, a variety of mainstream media sources claimed that the beard trend was reaching its peak. From their opinions, you'd think that beards would have reached the height of their popularity and gradually declined.
Years on from that however, the beard trend doesn't seem to have subsided. Step out of your house, walk down the street and it won't be long before you run into a bearded man. Go to a bar downtown on a Friday night and now, if you're clean-shaven, you're probably the one who stands out. So, are beards still in? I think so. Whether they're still a fashion statement so much as a way of life now, however, is debatable. Let's take a closer look.
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International Arabic Day is on 18 December 2022. The date corresponds with when Arabic was adopted as the sixth official language by the UN's General Assembly in 1973.
The theme of the day
"The Contribution of the Arabic Language to Human Civilization and Culture." is the day's theme in 2022. The theme aims to shed light on the various offerings of the Arabic language to humankind's linguistic and cultural diversity and knowledge production. This theme aims to raise awareness of how the Arabic language contributes to cultural diversity, spreading hope.
History of the Arabic Language day
In 1973, the General Assembly of the United Nations decided to include Arabic as an official language and General Assembly and Main Committee's working language through A/RES/3190(XXVIII) on 18 December.
Activities of the day
Learn a few words in the Arabic Dialect.
On this occasion, you can learn some basic and new words in the Arabic language. For this purpose, you can use an app to learn and start with small talk phrases and simple greetings to try conversing with peers.
Visit websites for more information.
You can learn amazing facts about the Arabic dialect when you visit those websites where the material on the Arabic language is available. Share these facts on social media with your friends and family. You can take online Arabic language tests on different websites.
Meet Arabic-speaking friends.
Find friends who can speak the Arabic dialect fluently and practice with them using the basic phrases which you have learned already. You may learn more words from your friend and can practice outside with your family and friends.
Give benefit to the people.
On this day, discuss with peers in Arabic and record it in a video. Please share it on google so that people can learn and spread awareness about Arabic language day.
Spread awareness through wishes.
Find interesting wishes and saying from the internet and share them on social media. You can also make a logo for this day and label some wishes. Companies also hire a graphic designer to create a logo for world Arabic Day, so a company can pick your logo and appreciate you. Some wishes are given below.
Hoping you learn the mystic Arabic dialect soon.
May you get to know the various aspects of this beautiful dialect.
Practice Arabic poetry
Please find a few lines of Arabic poetry and practice speaking and learning them with the correct accent. It is quite a famous dialect, and sometimes renowned poets speak Arabic and write some poetry lines. Arabic is also the dialect of poetry.
Importance of day the
Increases our information
When we celebrate this day, many new things add to our information; for instance, about 7,000 English language words have Arabic origins, and nearly 500 of them are still commonly used even today. We learn many things, and it encourages our thoughts and vocabulary.
The Arabic language is the dialect of science.
There is an instrumental role of Arabic speakers in developing chemistry, medicine, and mathematics. By bringing back knowledge from North Africa and the Middle East, mediaeval Europeans contributed to the transition of Europe from the Dark Ages into the Renaissance and the Age of Enlightenment.
Arabic is one of the world's oldest languages.
This day is a source to increase the value of the Arabic dialect because Arabic has been used for more than a millennium, and new speakers are continuing to learn it. Furthermore, besides local speakers, more than a billion people learn Arabic to understand the Qur'an.
Allows learning and appreciation.
Celebration of world Arabic Day increases our knowledge and gives us much entertainment. We encourage those countries and people who speak Arabic as a first language. This activity appreciates those people and builds a flexible relationship with those countries or people.
Quotes and wishes of the day
"People were not ignorant and did not differ except because they left the tongue of the Arabs, and their inclination to the tongue of Aristotle, Thales." Karl Brockelman
"With the Qur'an, Arabic has reached an extent that you hardly know any other language in the world." Karl Brockelman
"The Arabic dialect surpasses all other languages, and the tongue cannot describe its merits." Carlo Nalini.
"The Arabic dialect is the easiest and clearest language in the world, so it is absurd to exhaust yourself in devising a new method to facilitate the easy and clarify the clear." George Sarton
"The tyranny of the eternal Arab heritage has proven that it is stronger than every attempt intended to displace classical Arabic from its dominant position." John Vick
"If you are good at Arabic, you understand the history of the Arabs." Unknown
"It is enough for the people of the Arab nation to honor and be proud that their beautiful Arabic dialect is the language of the people of paradise." Unknown
Amazing facts and figures
In 512, the oldest record of written Arabic is an inscription on a temple nearby Aleppo, Syria.
In 793, the Arab language became formalized.
In 840, a Persian scholar codified Arabic dialect rules and wrote the first dictionary of the Arabic dialect.
Arabic is the official language of 22 countries in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
There is no capital letter in the Arabic bhasha.
In Arabic, quotation marks are used to create prominence.
Arabic dialect can only be written from right to left.
The Arabic dialect has no abbreviations or contractions.
In 1960, UNESCO recognized the importance of the Arabic language, its broad ability to absorb the Organization's publications and documents, and its impact on others.
Arabic is the sixth dialect that is most spoken worldwide.
How many words are there in the Arabic language?
12.3 million words are there in the Arabic dialect.
Who is the father of the Arabic language?
Abu al-Aswad was the first to establish the Arabic dialect, lay down its methods, and set its rules.
How old is Arabic?
It has been around for more than 2,500 years.
How many speakers of the Arabic language?
Four hundred million people speak the Arabic dialect throughout the world.
What is unique about the Arabic language?
Arabic has sounds that do not exist in other dialect.
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