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When the immensely popular Pope John Paul II passed away in 2005, many believed that the Catholic Church was close to appointing their very first non-European pope. In fact, many believed that the cardinals would, in fact, choose an African cardinal to head the Holy See. After extended speculation, the cardinals emerged from conclave and chose Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, who would become Pope Benedict XVI.
Instantaneously, the choice was identified as the Catholic Church wishing to move in a more conservative direction. However, it was fairly obvious that this was not a long-term decision — Ratzinger was 78 when he began his papacy. Even still, Pope Benedict XVI shocked the world on Feb. 11 when he announced that he would be resigning due to his deteriorating health.
The resignation will certainly be Benedict's most notable factoid during his ignominious eight-year reign marked by largely conservative rhetoric and accusations acquiescing to child abuse cover-ups. In 2010, Ratzinger himself was personally implicated in a cover-up in Munich — where he was then archbishop — when a known child abuser was allowed to be reassigned and continue pastoral duties, which included contact with young people. However, it would be unfair to place the blame of child abuse in the Catholic Church solely at the feet of Benedict. Even Pope John Paul II on his deathbed admitted — rather cryptically — that "Filth there is in the Church." Benedict's reign was also marred by a number of public embarrassments, including pleading for Jews to be "Delivered from their darkness" during a mass on Good Friday in 2007. During his work as a cardinal in the 1980s, Benedict oversaw the Catholic doctrine watchdog, known colloquially as "The Inquisition" and stalled the progress of "Liberation Theology" in Latin America which places theological emphasis on social justice and economic equality.
It has been nearly 600 years since a pope resigned for any reason. Gregory XII resigned in 1415 in order to resolve the Papal Schism that divided the church. Ratzinger's reasoning is strange to say the least as many popes have continued their papal duties even at the brink of death; peak physical condition is hardly a prerequisite for a seat in the pope-mobile.
In the wake of the news of Benedict's resignation, many quickly rushed to identify the most logical replacements for the pontiff, including two cardinals from Africa: 64-year-old Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana and 80-year-old Cardinal Francis Arinze of Nigeria. Another one of the front-runners is Cardinal Marc Ouellet, the Canadian prefect of the Congregation for Bishops. An African pope would make a lot of sense for the Catholic Church as there are approximately 158 million Catholics in Africa as of 2009 and it is thought that in 2025 one-sixth of the world's Catholics will be from Africa.
In the coming weeks, speculation will run wild over who the next pope will be. Perhaps it is time for the Catholic Church to recognize its strength in Africa. Or is it time to reward a North American cardinal?
The question that remains is: who the hell cares about who or what the next pope is? The obsession with the election of the pope has reached an almost celebrity-apprentice level of drama while becoming more and more difficult to discern what possible connection this has to the real world in any way. Whether one is a buffet-style, once-a-year type Catholic or a regular at the lectern on Sunday mornings, the pope's influence over the lives of Catholics — or anyone else for that matter — is infinitesimally small. Those that respect the institution will remain respectful no matter which geriatric, scarlet-clad fossil is chosen for the white robes. Those that resent the institution will remain critical, even if the Church decides to join the mid-20th century and recognize the emergence of Catholicism in Africa.
The Catholic Church has had innumerable opportunities to cast off the shrouds of antiquarianism and address globally changing demographics and ideas. However, if one is waiting for the Roman Catholic Church to suddenly update its image and change its position on homosexuality, contraception, women in the priesthood or, well, anything for that matter, it wouldn't be prudent to hold one's breath. There is a better chance of the entire conclave posting a "Harlem Shake" video.
Simply put, the Catholic Church's bread and butter are tradition. No matter what one believes the intentions of Jesus or the apostles were, the Catholic Church has their own set of practices and ideals that have demanded respect from members of the Catholic community. People are drawn to the traditions and practices of Roman Catholicism and a part of that is the hierarchical nature of the pope and the cardinals.
With a new pope on the horizon, it would be wise for a hope-and-change style leader to emerge to fundamentally alter the perception of Catholicism in the 21st century. Change from the Catholic Church is like the continental drift, so gradual it is impossible to notice.


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[FM12] Taking Liechtenstein to the Top
Scarman replied to Scarman's topic in FM Career Updates
FC Ruggell October - December Review October 2030 October was a pretty bad month really. We began with consecutive losses to really put a strain on us in the Europa League, but we did regain something when we thrashed Thun 5-1. HSV were too strong for us in October, and Xamax held us to a draw, but we did end the month by knocking fellow Super League side Sion out of the cup! November 2030 Sion got there revenge on us in the league though, but our next two games were absolute class. We trashed HSV 6-0 (thanks to 3 penalties), and defeated Grasshoppers 3-1. I decided to rest Zimmermann in the next game, and promptly lost 1-0 to Grasshoppers. After the internaitonal break, Young Boys again defeated us 3-1, before we finished the month in style, picking up two 6-1 wins. December 2030 December began with a loss to St Gallen, which ended our hope for qualifying for the knockouts of the Europa League. We did well the rest of the month though, beating Basel 4-3, before resting Zimmermann for the final Europa League match and still winning 3-0. League Standings 3rd place is just fantastic! Young Boys are miles in front of the competition, qualifying from their Champions League group again (This time featuring FC Bayern, Juventus and Galatasaray). Zimmermann has 32 goals in 23 appearances, and also has exactly 100 league goals now as well! We won't be able to catch Zurich or Young Boys this season, but I'm really hoping for top 3. Europa League Group Final Didn't qualify this year, but played pretty well considering the group. I wish I didn't stuff up against Austria Wien the first time, but I guess that's football. Sometimes you can have an off day (unless your name is Sebastian Zimmermann or Iker Sola)
[FM11]Deltablue Rising II: Delta's Darlings.
Scarman replied to deltablue's topic in FM Career Updates
Much better than last season!
Same, I'm really enjoying it again Thanks! I would like to think that our team is more than a one man team, but yes, I think so. Still it wasn't too bad, besides the loss to Young Boys. To be honest though, Zimmermann isn't a defender, so we probably would have lost anyway. Cheers mate! Yeah, that month got me thinking about how losing Zimmermann would effect us. We've got about another 3 years before he's definitely will go because we can't afford to resign him. Guess it's time to make the most of him. Cheers! The Europa League has been a bit weird this season actually. We went to Germany, and rightfully lost 4-1. We were outclassed, outplayed, whatever. The return game a couple of weeks later, I was hoping to maybe sntach a draw. Instead, the ref gives us 3 penalties, and we win 6-0! I mean, how does that happen? That is just ridiculous. To make matters even more hilarious, we are still last on the table, because we lost to Austria Wien.
FC Ruggell Pre-Season/July - September Review Pre-Season 2030 Friendlies Only a few friendlies this season. The most exciting (disappointing) thing to come out of this transfer window was the sale of Karl-Heinz Heinrichs to West Ham for 1.4mil. Tottenham bid a few times for Zimmermann, but it was never at a good enough price. July 2030 We drew Trans from Estonia in the 2nd Round of Qualification for the Europa League, and thrashed them 6-0 at home in the first game, with Zimmermann scoring 5. He continued his free scoring form against St Gallen, where he scored twice in a 4-2 thrashing, before landing another 2 in the 4-1 win over Trans away (making it a 10-1 win on aggregate), before scoring his final for the month agianst Zurich, where we were lucky enough to win 4-2. Great opening to the season, Zimmermann was on absolute fire. August 2030 We continued where we left off in August, picking up a 3-1 win over Austrian side LASK Linz, before being held to a 0-0 draw against Thun. We completed the tie over Linz with a 2-1 win to set up a 4th round game with Linfield from N. Ireland. However, we then slumped to our first loss of the season, to Xamax who beat us 1-0. We turned that around for the rest of the month, however, winning 1-0 over Sion, before taking apart Linfield 6-1 over two legs. Our other game was a 3-2 win over 5th tier side Puidoux in the cup. September 2030 I was hoping to continue gaining ground on top place in September, however Young Boys sent us crashing back the other way by thrashing us 4-1. Not quite ready to contend with the big boys it would seem. We took our revenge over Champvent in the cup, winning 3-, before Basel and St Gallen held us to consecutive 1-1 draws. We returned to our winning ways by defeating Aarau 3-0, and Wohlen 2-0, before St. Gallen held us to another draw, this time 0-0 at home. League Standings So, a great start to the season. We are really looking like a mid table side this year, with maybe even a slight chance of coming top 3, depending on form. Really happy with some of our wins, especially the 4-2 win over Zurich. Europa League Standings We opened our group with a 1-1 home draw to St Gallen. We should pick up the points over Austria Wien, and we have beaten St Gallen away from home already this season, so I'm confident of progressing from this group.
Glad to be back with this save, really enjoying it again. For the sake of consistency, I'll keep with the update every 3 month system. Bit of early news, both good and bad. The good is that I have an extremely easy run to the Europa League group stage, playing Trans from Estonia, LASK Linz from Austria and now Linfield from N. Ireland, so that should definitely be another group stage appearance for us. Bad news is that Zimmermann is injured for 2 months, he won't be back until mid October. So that means he'll miss Liechtenstein's first 2 Euro 2032 Qualifiers against Malta and Slovenia. Edit - Had no troubles with Linfield, beating them 6-1 on aggregate. Here's my Europa League Group - Gotta be one of the closest groups in terms of geographical location. Should be able to beat Austria Wien and St Gallen to get out of the group. HSV will probably smash us though.
So, I've started playing this save again I felt like, at the very least, I needed to finish Schneider's career off (currently 29), because he's been one of my favourite ever regens on FM. It's an obligation, really Just as a sort of warm up to the Return of Ruggell, here's how all my different youth players, plus a couple extra who I haven't put as youth players for some reason, have developed over their career's. Horst Kind YP1 - 2012/2019 Patrick Riedel YP2 - 2012/2019 Lennart Jokubowski YP3 - 2013/2025 Thomas Nowakowski YP4 - 2014/2020 Luc Zech YP5 - 2015/2019 Arvid Keller YP6 - 2016/2030 Sebastian Schneider YP7 - 2017/2030 Florian Fehr YP8 - 2018/2030 Jochen Lang YP9 - 2019/2030 Kai Arndt YP10 - 2020/2030 Ernst Jung YP11 - 2021/2030 Dennis Hofmann YP16 - 2021/2030 Maximilian Reichel YP12 - 2022/2030 Karl-Heinz Heinrichs YP15 - 2022/2030 Fritz Breu - 2023/2030 Stefan Ziereis YP13 - 2024/2030 Christoph Frick - 2025/2030 Phillip Bender YP17 - 2025/2030 Sebastian Zimmermann YP14 - 2026/2030 Oliver Hopp YP18 - 2027/2030 Alfons Wolff YP19 - 2027/2030 Wolfgang Herzog YP20 - 2028/2030 Bernd Bender YP21 - 2028/2030 Improvements are really noticeable from Schneider onwards. Some pretty insane jumps in there, especially from Ernst Jung, Karl-Heinz Heinrichs, and considering it's only been 3 seasons, Oliver Hopp.
The Welsh Barcelona: Carmarthen Town
Scarman replied to JackJCFC's topic in FM Career Updates
Congrats on another Champions League win!
One Day We'll Basque In Glory!
Scarman replied to B.W.G's topic in FM Career Updates
Of all the teams to stop you, it had to be Celta At least Vitoria fired up after that, the next two games were pretty convincing
A Story of a Thousand Miles Must Begin With a Single Step
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Great work at Ipswich, the Premier League title should only be a season or two away!
SRL88's FM12 Journeyman Career
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Looking very good at the moment with both Boca and Brazil
PH71's Journey - featuring The Alphabet Challenge
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Relegation shouldn't be a problem
[FM12] The complete world encyclopedia of insults shouted at virtual football players
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Great stuff, looks like you're creating a new giant
Dela-Where?: Attempting to Bring a Small State to the Top Tier
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Great win over Chivas! 10th is definitely achievable, good luck!
The Rise of the Cerud
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Still going strongly. Once you win a title and get some Champions League action, the finances should hopefully sort themselves out
Nice work against Sporting, hopefully you can get a run to the final again
One Big Holiday - A Scarman Journeyman Career
In the end, I just couldn't accept it. If it was Brisbane, I would have gone, but at the moment I think leaving UAE would be pretty dumb. Yeah, but I don't think we'll be a part of it. We dropped form pretty badly in January. Cheers mate!
Mikal's Moving On - A New Vision
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Well, at least you won't be getting relegated any time soon
Good luck in Italy, let's hope those signings can pay off on the pitch!
Great Gold Cup with Costa Rica, shame about the loss in the final. Maybe you should have used some of Anji's millions to persuade the ref Nice start to life in Russia, I wouldn't be thinking about leaving at this stage. Maybe in a few years when you've won a couple of titles though.
Cheers fellas, we're definitely doing better than last season! Al-Urooba December 2013 Monthly Results League Standings Emirates Cup Lost two games by 1-0 this month, but both were in the Emirates Cup. We're still in that comp, but only just. The one that matters is that we're only 1 point off top in the league. Looking much, much better than last season Player of the Month - Rahim Majidi Two goals, and generally played well. Looking Ahead Two games against Al-Ain, as well as Al-Jazira to cap a tough month. Going to be an interesting month.
First club to offer me a job. Pity it wasn't the Roar, don't think I'll accept this one. Would be interesting to go to the A-League, but I don't think I could manage any team other than Brisbane (and maybe Wellington) out of loyalty :lol Regardless, I've only delayed it. I would love to build a team of Aussie talent, but at the same time... I'm not sure... Ended up rejecting, Sydney isn't the club for me
Al-Urooba November 2013 Monthly Results League Standings We were outclassed in the first two games of the month, before regaining form against Baniyas and in the cup. The Al-Jazira game was pretty disappointing, we took the lead early but couldn't hold on. We play Al-Ain in the next round of the President's Cup. If we win that game, we have a great chance of winning the cup, as the rest of the teams left are teams we've already beaten, or are in a lower league. Player of the Month - Emmanuel Mathias Very solid month, capped with a goal. Looking Ahead We start off with Baniyas again, before facing another tough team in Al-Shabab. Hopefully we can beat Al-Wasl this time, before we play Al-Ahli twice. We've already beaten them once this season, so hopefully we can continue that this month. Overall, it's been a tough month due to injuries to 6 key players.
No tactical changes. Last season it wasn't doing too badly, we just didn't have the personal to finish out games. I think most games last season we had about 60% of possession and generally more shots, so the tactic was working in some aspects, it just the players that weren't up to standard.
Al-Urooba October 2013 Monthly Results League Standings Emirates Cup Standings Another great month, I finish it tied top to both the league and the my cup group. I've officially won as many league games as last season! The win over Al-Jazira was great, and we should have gotten something from the Al-Wasl game, but just coulnd't. Player of the Month - Salah Abdul-Hameed Fantastic month, his rating was never below 7.0, even scored a goal and won a man of the match. Looking Ahead Next month is many league games, with a Emirates Cup and a President's Cup game thrown in. We should beat the non-league Al-Taawun in the cup, and I'm hoping for 2 wins all up in other games, with a couple of draws to go with it.
The Reinvention of Dustin Powers, International Manager of Mystery
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Pretty good group for the World Cup, I don't see much difficulty there Doesn't really look like the strongest World Cup either, a lot of smaller nations. The toughest group there would probably be Group E, and even then I'd be surprised if France and Holland didn't get through.
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imd mba employment report
formed in 1990 through the mergers of two prominent management education centers, namely imi and imede, the international institute for management and development (imd) is an independent business school – not affiliated to any university – with an industrial heritage that is atypical for most business schools. the imd mba is an intense one year mba program that immerses its participants in business fundamentals and leadership development, flawlessly transitioning from theory to experiential learning. imd also boasts of the most diverse class among the top mba programs, with 99% of its participants being international citizens and representing 43 countries.
a detailed breakdown of the composition is shown below: imd follows an unconventional admissions schedule to go with its unconventional program schedule. a typical imd mba term starts in january and continues through december. most imd graduates pursued functional (marketing/sales/operations/product development) or corporate (business development) management opportunities in industrial and service companies – usually not part of the talent pipeline for an mba program. a breakdown of employment by industry is shown below: imd's stellar reputation and inroads in the eu job market means most graduates find employment opportunities in and around switzerland.
those stats are scrutinized by thousands of applicants, students, and alumni as a way to see how a school is faring in the marketplace. the change occurred with the class of 2013 stats after a year in which median salaries for the class plummeted 15.4% to $119,049 in 2012 from $140,648, a drop in u.s. dollars of a whopping $21,599. in dollar terms, the average salary decline was less severe: a 7.6% drop to $131,566 from $142,412. in euros, the average salary remained essentially flat, a tiny 1.2% fall to €102,104 from €103,355. there also was the less-than-positive news that the number of recruiting companies at imd made fewer offers to graduates, falling to 78 in 2012 from 93 in 2011. among major mba recruiters not making offers that year were adidas, deloitte, kpmg, pricewaterhousecoopers, and procter & gamble. so this past year, hoping to avoid an over-interpretation of such annual results, imd decided to report three-year averages instead.
"the reason for the changes has a lot to do with our size, international focus (45 nationalities) and the fluctuations in the financial markets," explains matthew mortellaro, a spokesperson for the school which is ranked the third best non-u.s. business school in the world by poets&quants. "the 3-year average provides a better overview for what candidates might expect if they would join imd, especially considering that they may range in the time they apply from immediately to 2-3 years out." the result: imd says that its mba graduates landed average salaries of $131,800 in the past three years, just a tad better than the $131,566 a year earlier. the average sign-on bonus for imd grads, received by six out of ten mbas, was $25,600. imd says the average salary in euros over three years was €99,400—down from last year's reported €102,104 or the previous year's $103,355. the three-year median was even less: €94,500, a reflection no doubt of europe's more uncertain economy. add in the estimated housing and living costs suggested by imd and the total cost for the program runs to $130,000, not including the opportunity cost of leaving your job for a year. three out of every four graduates of the mba program go into industry.
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package com.happydroids.server;

import com.badlogic.gdx.Gdx;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
import com.happydroids.HappyDroidConsts;
import com.happydroids.jackson.HappyDroidObjectMapper;
import org.apach3.http.HttpEntity;
import org.apach3.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apach3.http.NameValuePair;
import org.apach3.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apach3.http.client.cache.CacheResponseStatus;
import org.apach3.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
import org.apach3.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
import org.apach3.http.client.methods.HttpPut;
import org.apach3.http.client.methods.HttpRequestBase;
import org.apach3.http.client.utils.URLEncodedUtils;
import org.apach3.http.conn.HttpHostConnectException;
import org.apach3.http.entity.BufferedHttpEntity;
import org.apach3.http.entity.StringEntity;
import org.apach3.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
import org.apach3.http.impl.client.cache.CacheConfig;
import org.apach3.http.impl.client.cache.CachingHttpClient;
import org.apach3.http.message.BasicNameValuePair;
import org.apach3.http.protocol.BasicHttpContext;
import org.apach3.http.util.EntityUtils;

import java.net.URI;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;

import static org.apach3.http.client.cache.CacheResponseStatus.CACHE_HIT;
import static org.apach3.http.impl.client.cache.CachingHttpClient.CACHE_RESPONSE_STATUS;

public class HappyDroidService {
  private static final String TAG = HappyDroidService.class.getSimpleName();
  protected static HappyDroidService _instance;
  private static String deviceType;
  private static String deviceOSVersion;
  private static String deviceOSMarketName = "none";

  private final Set<Runnable> withNetworkConnectionRunnables = Sets.newHashSet();
  protected HappyDroidObjectMapper objectMapper;

  public static HappyDroidService instance() {
    if (_instance == null) {
      _instance = new HappyDroidService();
    }

    return _instance;
  }

  public static void setInstance(HappyDroidService instance) {
    HappyDroidService._instance = instance;
  }

  protected HappyDroidService() {
  }

  protected HappyDroidService(int fuckYouJava) {
    // leave this for tests.
  }

  public static void setDeviceType(String deviceType) {
    HappyDroidService.deviceType = deviceType;
  }

  public static void setDeviceOSMarketName(String deviceOSMarketName) {
    HappyDroidService.deviceOSMarketName = deviceOSMarketName;
  }

  public static void setDeviceOSVersion(String deviceOSVersion) {
    HappyDroidService.deviceOSVersion = deviceOSVersion;
  }

  public static String getDeviceOSVersion() {
    return deviceOSVersion;
  }

  public static String getDeviceOSMarketName() {
    return deviceOSMarketName;
  }

  public static String getDeviceType() {
    return deviceType;
  }

  public HappyDroidObjectMapper getObjectMapper() {
    if (objectMapper == null) {
      objectMapper = new HappyDroidObjectMapper();
    }

    return objectMapper;
  }

  public static <T> T materializeObject(HttpResponse response, Class<T> aClazz) {
    ObjectMapper mapper = instance().getObjectMapper();
    if (response != null) {
      try {
        BufferedHttpEntity entity = new BufferedHttpEntity(response.getEntity());
        if (entity != null && entity.getContentLength() > 0) {
          String content = EntityUtils.toString(entity);
          if (HappyDroidConsts.DEBUG) {
            System.out.println("\tResponse: " + content);
          }
          return mapper.readValue(content, aClazz);
        }
      } catch (Exception e) {
        throw new RuntimeException(e);
      }
    }

    return null;
  }

  public HttpResponse makePutRequest(String uri, Object objectForServer) {
    HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
    try {
      if (HappyDroidConsts.DEBUG) {
        System.out.println("PUT " + uri);
      }
      HttpPut request = new HttpPut(uri);
      addDefaultHeaders(request);

      if (objectForServer != null) {
        ObjectMapper mapper = getObjectMapper();
        String apiObjectAsString = mapper.writeValueAsString(objectForServer);
        StringEntity entity = new StringEntity(apiObjectAsString, "UTF-8");
        if (HappyDroidConsts.DEBUG) {
          System.out.println("HTTP ENTITY: " + apiObjectAsString);
        }
        entity.setContentType("application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
        request.setEntity(entity);
      }

      HttpResponse response = client.execute(request);
      Gdx.app.debug(TAG, "\t" + response.getStatusLine());
      int statusCode = response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode();
      if (statusCode != 201 && statusCode != 200) {
        HttpEntity responseEntity = response.getEntity();
        if (responseEntity != null) {
          String content = EntityUtils.toString(responseEntity);
          Gdx.app.debug(TAG, "\tResponse: " + content);
        } else {
          Gdx.app.debug(TAG, "\tResponse: NULL");
        }
      }
      return response;
    } catch (HttpHostConnectException ignored) {
      if (HappyDroidConsts.DEBUG) {
        System.out.println("Connection failed for: " + uri);
      }
    } catch (Exception e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }

    return null;
  }

  public HttpResponse makePostRequest(String uri, Object objectForServer) {
    HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
    try {
      Gdx.app.debug(TAG, "POST " + uri);
      HttpPost request = new HttpPost(uri);
      addDefaultHeaders(request);

      if (objectForServer != null) {
        ObjectMapper mapper = getObjectMapper();
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George Henry Walder was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at his alma mater, Cornell University, in 1909. Walder was a standout player at Cornell, playing as a halfback, fullback.

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#### Published in
Grevillea 19(no. 90): 49 (1890)

#### Original name
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Tag: Empire
Rahm: Obama Insists On Two State Solution in First Term
By TomP in Barack Obama
If correct, this is important and good.
MJ Rosenberg, Director of Policy Analysis, Israel Policy Forum, is reporting that the Obama adminsitration will take a tough line on peace in the mideast.
Yedioth Achronoth, the largest circulation daily in Israel, reports today that President Obama intends to see the two-state solution signed, sealed and delivered during his first term.
Rahm Emanuel told an (unnamed) Jewish leader; "In the next four years there is going to be a permanent status arrangement between Israel and the Palestinians on the basis of two states for two peoples, and it doesn't matter to us at all who is prime minister."
He also said that the United States will exert pressure to see that deal is put into place. "Any treatment of the Iranian nuclear problem will be contingent upon progress in the negotiations and an Israeli withdrawal from West Bank territory," the paper reports Emanuel as saying. In other words, US sympathy for Israel's position vis a vis Iran depends on Israel's willingness to live up to its commitment to get out of the West Bank and permit the establishment of a Palestinian state there, in Gaza, and East Jerusalem.
http://israelpolicyforum.ngpho…
I have criticized the Obama adminstration on a few things, but this is a big, big change and is essential for pulling back Ameircan Empire.
We need a secure and peaceful Israel and Palestine. I expect a lot of Democratic Party blowback on this, as AIPAC and others start atacking.
On this one, President Obama is right.
Empire, Iran, Israel, Palestine, Peace, Rahm Emmanuel
Dystopia 5: Lost
By TP_Alexander in Fiction
"And hundreds of thousands of simple, kindly folk torn from their wives, mothers, and children, and with murderous weapons in their hands will trudge where ever they may be driven, stifling the despair in their soles by songs, debauchery, and vodka. They will march, freeze, suffer from hunger and fall ill. Some will die of disease, and some will at last come to the place where men will kill them by the thousands. And they too, without themselves knowing why, will murder thousands of others, whom they have never yet before seen and whom have neither done nor could do them any wrong." From Christianity and Patriotism By Leo Tolstoy Author of War and Peace
911 Truth; World Trade Center, Empire, Guarani Aquifer, imperialism, oil, Paraguay, Peak Oil, Water Crisis
End of Empire: Beginning of Wisdom
By gottlieb
Empire is in the last throes. Dick Cheney taught us just because something is in the 'last throes' doesn't mean something dies right away. Empire won't morph into Democritown anytime soon. But there is no doubt the future is arriving quickly and the hoped-for happy-ever-after of humanity has nothing to do with trade, commerce, business, markets or money. It all comes down to you.
eden, Empire
US told to increase nuclear arsenal as China threat looms
By rjones2818
The US must increase its nuclear arsenal in response to China's growing military might, according to a State Department report.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new…
capitalism, Empire, failure, financial collapse, Militarists
Antiwar.com's fundraiser starts Monday!
That's right, the net's leading antiwar site is starting their quarterly fundraiser on Monday!
antiwar.com, Empire, military adventurism, South Ossetia
Coming Together: A Mini Manifesto
By Ed Encho in Media
Now that even the corporatist beltway elite lackey media has slowly come to recognize the inevitability of the political version of the unbeatable New England Patriots losing the big one it's time to put the intramural pissing matches aside and to start reorganizing for a shot at the true target. The Hillary Rodham-Clinton campaign now faces fourth and thirty-two, has the ball at it's own twenty yard line, is down by eight and there are sixteen seconds left in the Super Bowl. It's not exactly officially in the books yet but the fat lady is humming and the opposing team has just administered the traditional Gatorade baptism to their head coach on the sidelines.
2008 elections, class war, Democrats, Empire, history, Republicans, revolution, Right Wing
God Damn Media Owes Reverend Wright an Apology
By Ed Encho in Barack Obama, Media
After his Friday interview with PBS journalist Bill Moyers and after the specially edited for the dual purposes of fearmongering and race baiting for political gain sound bytes were heard in their proper context the fake devil that is the Reverend Jeremiah Wright not only right but he is deserving of an apology by every lazy corporate media hack who have once again chosen that a regular paycheck earned by picking the low hanging fruit and not upsetting the plantation masters is far more desirable than such quaint antiquities as journalistic integrity. When looking at the 'questionable' sermons in their true context I must agree and also must say that I have heard similar sentiments espoused by some of those on the right although in slightly less bombastic terms (they dearly cling to their blood soaked rag and whimper stars and stripes forever), it's called BLOWBACK (see Chalmers Johnson's book of same title) and this country has a closet full of murderous skeletons when it comes to those of darker colored skins.
2008 elections, Democrats, Empire, hypocrisy, Jeremiah Wright, racism
Howard Zinn: Empire or Humanity – A History of the American People
By Tigana
Read a transcript and a lot more – including much uncensored news – here
http://www.informationclearing…
Empire, howard zinn, usa, viggo mortensen
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Last night at the Festival of Homiletics in Nashville Barb sara Brown Taylor spoke on Learning to Walk in the Dark. She was amazing as she had us all laughing while she explored the difficult idea of following God's dark side. She used John 3 and the conversation Jesus had with Nicodemus at night. It is a rather confusing dialogue and maybe that is the very point of Jesus: to show Nicodemus and us what we don't know first. To admit that we are walking in the dark and that is okay.
My 1.5 mile walk back to my dorm room in the dark had plenty of thoughts to chew on. God is in the struggle and God is good. Without the darkness you cannot have the dawn.
Lord Jesus, I walk with you in the darkest valley or on the brightest hilltop.


:: And So It Is :: - Dreams are what you wake up from.
but there isn't anymore sun at my side!
Only this song. The rest ... takes some getting used to. This one resonates in me, for some strange melancholic reason.
That was a day later. And how did you know?
wow.. pretty good photo taking skills. used d samsung phone?


The Philips OneBlade Pro with Adjustable Comb Trimmer offers a durable, dual-sided blade, cordless convenience, and an ergonomic design, making it a great tool for your various grooming needs. Water-resistant, it can be easily maintained and used for both wet and dry applications.
Philips OneBlade Pro Shaver is rated 4.7 out of 5 by 10.
Rated 5 out of 5 by NaoDan92 from Close shave with no skin irritation Bought this for my husband. Every other razor has given him greif. Wether he used them wet or dry with shaving cream, foam, gels it didn't matter he was always left with a nasty irritation that was red and painful. So I researched the oneblade after seeing it in a cateloge and thinking it looked funny. My husband has thanked me 50 times or more. His shave is very close and he gets absolutely NO rashes or irritations. Love this product. It's light and compact too. Only drama I bought the Pro because it came with a little docking stand and I never received it but the cord charges it just fine.
Rated 4 out of 5 by GB79 from Works well I bought this product and also replacement blades a month ago and am happy with it. However, I am disappointed that I did not receive the bonus Remington Grooming Kit with my purchase.
Rated 4 out of 5 by Paul401 from Simple and easy to use shaver Works well and very easy to keep clean after use. Interested to see how well the battery lasts and long term longevity of the shaver.
Rated 5 out of 5 by WOrhit from Best shave I've ever had I shave my head and face with a standard trimmer (0.4-0.5mm) but I wanted to get closer without having to deal with cream and razors. This thing is perfect. It gives a very close shave which feel like 2-6 hours after a razor shave with cream.


One complaint I hear A LOT about eating healthy is that it's too darn expensive and that it's impossible to eat healthy on a budget.
BUT there's way more to healthy eating on a budget than those ingredients (which you can totes buy in bulk for much cheaper, by the way). I wanna show you how you can totally eat on a budget and still be full, satisfied, and healthy.
So, I decided to put my money where my mouth is, peeps. I went to Whole Foods and bought as many fresh and nutritious foods as possible, all the while staying under a $75 budget.
With just $75 to spend, my goal was to get enough healthy groceries to prep 5 meals for 5 days.
For protein, I bought chicken thighs, chicken breast, plain greek yogurt, peanut butter, walnuts, and lean ground beef. For produce, I got bananas, apples, a yellow onion, garlic, bell peppers, sweet potatoes, green onions, spinach, a lemon, and a bag of carrots. For my starches, I purchased rolled oats, brown rice (which bought in the bulk section so I could get just the amount I needed and at a cheaper price). I also purchased honey, raisins, diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, and dijon mustard.
The ONLY things I didn't purchase for this meal prep was olive oil and basic spices and dried herbs, like salt, pepper, and dried thyme.
Okay so now that we've gone over the groceries, it was time to prep all the food. Check out the video (below) to see every step for how to prep all the meals you would need for a healthy diet for an entire week (including snacks!), all assembled and prepped in about 3 hours. Thats right – we're gonna prep enough food for 3 large meals and two snacks for an entire week! Meal prep is amazeballs.
What did I make? SO glad you asked!
Breakfast: Cinnamon and Honey Oatmeal with Walnuts and Sliced Banana.
Dinner: Dijon-Roasted Chicken & Carrots.
To get the full PDF of all these recipes, click here and make this entire meal plan for yourself.
See? Healthiness, deliciousness, and cheapness. My kinda stuff right here!
If you enjoyed this 5 day meal plan video on a budget, check out the Take Back Your Health Academy, where I provide a new meal plan video just like this every month to our members.
This is so wonderful. I am trying to get myself back on track and was looking for a guide. I plan on going out today and purchasing all of these items to prep for myself and my husband. My only question is can you tell me the approximate calorie range for this entire day's meals?
Thank you so very much for this help, I need it!!
This made me laugh. The goals of meal prep are, in order of importance, eat healthy, save money, more convenience and time.
If you are spending more than $35 (maximum) a week to feed one person for 5 days, you might as well just not prep at all. Go to trop smoothie or Publix deli and enjoy two meals a day at $7.50 each. 3 hours a week meal prepping is also absurd. If it takes longer than an hour, you can probably just go pick up lunch everyday and have more time to do what you like.
Lastly, everything on your list could easily be made with one or two less ingredients or sourced from somewhere that you're paying less than half the price. I can't imagine a person who wants to lose weight and save money taking this article seriously. The Whole Paychecks is probably a sponsor of this post. Most people who stick to a diet and exercise plan do so because it's affordable and easy.
Sparknotes: i meal prep 10-12 meals a week for an average of $32 a week at lucky's, thrifty, Aldi, or Walmart, in an hour's time. Look for bodybuilding.com posts from community or elsewhere for easier and healthier alternatives. No matter what your income is, think of what you would do with an additional $4,000 a year in terms of investments or travel. Don't let the internet tell you there is anything wrong with baked chicken and rice, Greek yogurt, protein shakes, variety salads, and fresh fruits.


We all cringe a little when the idea of testing comes up. In short, it's no one's favorite activity. From pop quizzes to curriculum exams to state testing, tests will always factor into education. It's one of the ways educators can gauge what students are learning, students and parents can assess growth, and districts can see how their students are performing.
As we head into the spring, we are rapidly approaching an important testing cycle: state standardized testing.
This year the State of California Department of Education launched a new accountability system called the California Dashboard. For families, students, and educators, this is an exciting time. The new dashboard increases transparency around how schools are measuring up. The California Dashboard replaces the outdated Academic Performance Index with a more comprehensive analysis across multiple subjects. In short, the view of school performance got more accurate.
At CUSD, we are excited to use the California Dashboard to continue to provide the best education possible. First, we want to share it with parents and the community to continue our efforts at creating transparency in the district. Second, we use the data locally to assess instruction, evaluate areas of strength, and identify areas needing support. Lastly, we use some of the information to assess the best placement for students.
We want parents to know that this information is very important for us to assess where our students are and how to better reach their needs. While important, it's nothing to worry about. We don't, for example, decide which grade students will be in based on the results.
As part of the State of California Department of Education initiative to create more accurate results, they rolled out a new test called the Smarter Balanced Assessment. This system tests in English / Language Arts and Mathematics.
This year they are piloting a new California Science test, based on the new standards for science. By participating in the pilot, educators can evaluate the new test and see where students are currently. Additionally, this preview gives teachers the ability to see how the state is assessing the new standard.
Students in grades 3-8 and 11th will take the English / Language Arts and Mathematics. Grades 3-8 and 12th will take the new California Science pilot test. Testing will take place between mid-April through May.
If we've heard it once, we've heard it a thousand times; a good night sleep and breakfast help create a productive day. While we all strive for eight hours of sleep and enjoy a healthy breakfast, we all know that some days are better than others.
As a district, we would like to encourage students and their families to focus on wellness during the testing season. We want students to do their best, showcasing how hard they've worked during the year. That way the test results give our educators have the best information to help improve education across the district.


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He's a Super Bowl winning coach. A beloved television football analyst and one of the most recognizable faces in the sports world. All eyes will be on Jon Gruden as he retakes his spot on an NFL sideline this fall. Famous for his quarterback camps and exuberant descriptions of players and football x's and o's, Gruden hasn't coached in a while and it'll be interesting to see what he does in Oakland.
The former Raiders coach is back with the team that couldn't wait to get rid of him many years ago. He takes over a team that disappointed in 2018, following a small taste of success under Jack Del Rio. With the team's defense suspect, oddsmakers have not given the Raiders a strong NFL betting chance of making the postseason, pegging it at -190 that they won't qualify for the postseason. In fact, it's -130 that Gruden's troops will finish with under 9 wins on the season.
In speaking with a former player of his recently, it was brought to my attention that Gruden's style can really wear thin on the players. He exhibits and demands an incredible amount of intensity, which isn't always warranted or wanted over a grueling 17-week season plus playoffs.
At 28-1 Super Bowl odds, Oakland is not expected to contend this year. Gruden's only hope? That he's the perfect quarterback whisperer for Derek Carr, able to resurrect his career and help the QB live up to his potential. If the Raiders can outscore opponents by putting up multiple 30-point games in 2018, then Jon's boys have a shot at the playoffs. After all, it's not like the Chiefs or Broncos or Chargers are favored to win the Super Bowl either.
Matthew Ross is a sports commentator and a radio host on TSN 690 Radio in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He's also a contributor to ESPN 101.3 Plattsburgh/Burlington. Follow him @MatthewWords.
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For directionally challenged diners, the hardest thing about visiting Central for the first time might be deciding where the center of Central actually is. Long thought of as a loosely populated suburb of Baton Rouge, Central has grown dramatically since the community voted to incorporate as a city in 2005—a move driven by residents' desire to create a school system independent from the capital city's. Since then Central has become home to a lot of people—so many that the floodplain between the Amite and Comite rivers to the east and west, and Denham Springs and Zachary to the north and south, is now cross-hatched with new roads, along which have sprouted enough residential developments, strip malls, chain restaurants, and fitness places to make Central stretch the definition of "small town" based on population alone. But as anyone who grew up here will tell you, Central still feels like a small town—a place that retains a strong identity and a lot of civic pride, where folks support one another and their institutions. Indeed, the town's motto is "A community that cares." And if the success that Chef Kyle Gautreaux has found here is any indication, Central certainly cares about its food.
Along one of those new thoroughfares, at the restaurant Stab's Steak and Seafood, Gautreaux has been doing his hometown proud since starting here as a line cook five years ago. Stab's, opened in 2013, is the brainchild of Baton Rouge restaurateur Wayne Stabiler. Anchoring a shopping center upscale enough for wrought iron and a backlit fountain with fire spouting from its center, the restaurant welcomes diners into an inviting, high-ceilinged space with dining areas upstairs and down, a well-appointed bar, handsome wine room, and a curving staircase tying it all together. From the exposed brick and large, framed photos of Louisiana landmarks, to the leather placemats and chunky silverware, the restaurant exudes a confident, masculine aesthetic that is simultaneously contemporary and comfortable. The service is skillful and well-paced; the cocktail and wine lists are ambitious; the sound level is sensible. There are no TVs, which is a nice touch; Stab's is a place you should come to come to talk to one another.
There are no TVs, which is a nice touch; Stab's is a place you should come to come to talk to one another.
From his post in the kitchen, Gautreaux provides the diners of Central a chance to be both entertained and pleasantly surprised, offering a menu familiar enough to qualify as luxury comfort food, with enough adventurous touches to keep the curious coming back. Yes, there's a towering burger and a richly marbled prime ribeye steak that arrives sizzling hot. But take his Savory Creole Bread Pudding: a richly satisfying appetizer Gautreaux makes by channeling the concept of French onion soup, but with fresh popovers in place of the cheesy toast and étouffée instead of soup. His Jumbo Lump Crab Cake appetizer—an expertly wrought version of the Creole classic balanced by spicy remoulade and beurre blanc—stands right alongside Cajun Boudin Spring Rolls—a Louisiana chef's reimagining of the Asian mainstay, the earthiness of the pork boudin balanced by the bright, citrusy Japanese condiment known as Ponzu sauce. "Out here, it took us a while to learn what our customers liked," admitted Gautreaux. "Sometimes you try something and it just doesn't go anywhere. Other times it ends up on the menu." Gautreaux's testing ground is Tuesday's "Tapas Night"—a Stab's tradition, when he serves three experimental dishes small-plate-style and invites adventurous customers to road-test them. He'll throw out things like carpaccio, homemade meat pies, or chicken livers fried homestyle and served with chili garlic buttermilk. "I use [the Tuesday night tasting menu] to float new ideas," he said. "At first people weren't sure. They'd look at a dish and say, 'That doesn't sound right.' But I like to broaden the beat. It helps me kind of keep a clean head. If you don't have a way to work out the creative stuff in your head, it causes a backlog. There's not a whole lot of different varieties of food in Central. Introducing folks to different types of cuisines and approaches is a pleasure."
Although he grew up in Central, Gautreaux gives much of the credit for his culinary approach to his grandmother, who lived in Iberville Parish. "My grandmother, my great-grandmother—they were always baking something, or kneading dough, or caramelizing a roux: that's what my grandmother's house smelled like." And it's what he grew up doing. He started getting paid to be in kitchens while still in his teens, beginning as a dishwasher and working his way progressively closer to the front of the line from there. After graduating from the Louisiana Culinary Institute in 2011, he did stints at Galvez Seafood in Prairieville and Galatoire's Baton Rouge before coming home to Central and Stabiler's new venture there. Stab's opened with Justin McVey—a veteran of Stabiler's other restaurants—as executive chef, and Gautreaux credits him for helping him build a solid foundation as a chef. When Stabiler opened a second Stab's in Baton Rouge, McVey moved to the new location. Gautreaux took his place at the helm, and slowly but surely, the steak-and-seafood menu he inherited began to evolve.
Savory Creole Bread Pudding, a richly satisfying appetizer Gautreaux makes by channeling the concept of French onion soup, but with fresh popovers in place of the cheesy toast and étouffée instead of soup.
Asked to name his favorite thing to work with, Gautreaux goes for pork, "… because I like breaking down whole things. It's fun to see how far you can make the whole animal go, and how many things you can do with it." Give Gautreaux a whole pig and he'll go the whole hog, smoking it whole then turning out dishes ranging from a smoked pork entrée sauced with bacon jam and served on a jalapeño grit cake; all the way to boudin, hogshead cheese, and cured meats for a Thursday night charcuterie board. He does fun things with smoke, curing his own meats and fish, and incorporating house-pickled cucumbers, asparagus, and jalapeños to add sharp notes to smoked fare. He even smokes his own salt, noting that the idea of taking a natural resource and using it to direct a flavor "just feels right." Beyond Louisiana's culinary traditions, Gautreaux takes cues from Spanish and Cuban cuisines: the cumin, chili and cocoa powders that give Caribbean cuisine its signature jerk flavors. Eat your vegetables; at Stab's they're a force unto themselves. Gautreaux adores shallots, smokes tomatoes, creams potatoes with leeks, and serves a wild mushroom ravioli that wants for nothing in the flavor department. His vegetable philosophy: make 'em good enough, people will come back for them just as much as for what they are served alongside. Asked to feed a visiting writer, Gautreaux sent out a blackened filet of redfish topped with lump crabmeat and served over a golden corn macque choux that made the dish as handsome as it was delicious. The creamy sweetness of the corn balanced the heat of the spices, satisfying without overwhelming.
Give Gautreaux a whole pig and he'll go the whole hog.
So far his recipe seems to be working. At lunchtime on a recent Wednesday the tables at Stab's were filled with folks having everything from business lunches to graduation celebrations, with more than a few couples lingering over lunches for two. If it's the latter you're after, Stab's offers an extensive wine list and cocktails that range from classic (Rye Manhattan), to contemporary (Rosemary Pear with pear vodka, rosemary-infused simple syrup, lemon and lime juice, and served with a rosemary sprig). Whatever you order, it will be delivered balanced, well-executed, and beautiful to look at. Gautreaux is proud of that. "What we do here might not always be the most innovative, creative thing," he noted, "but it's good food done perfect. It's been fun to see the transformation from what we were doing back then to what we're doing now. But whatever we're doing, I always preach consistency. People come back for the thing they like."
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Q: Tensorflow causes logging messages to double So I was playing around with Google's Tensorflow library they published yesterday and encountered an annoying bug that keeps biting me.
What I did was setup the python logging functions as I usually do, and the result was that, if I import the tensorflow library, all messages in the console started doubling. Interestingly, this does not happen if you just use the logging.warn/info/..() function.
An example of a code that does not double the messages:
import tensorflow as tf
import logging

logging.warn('test')

An example of a code that does double all messages:
import tensorflow as tf
import logging

logger = logging.getLogger('TEST')
ch = logging.StreamHandler()
logger.addHandler(ch)

logger.warn('test')

Now, I'm a simple man. I like the functionality of logging, so I use it. The setup with the logger object and the adding of a StreamHandler is something I picked up looking at how other people did this, but it looks like it fits with how the thing was meant to be used. However, I do not have in-depth knowledge of the logging library, as it always just kind of worked.
So, any help explaining why the doubling of the messages occurs will be most helpful.
I am using Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS with Python 2.7.6, but the error happens in all Python 2.7 versions I tried.

A: I get this output:
test
WARNING:TEST:test

Tensorflow is also using the logging framework and has set up its own handlers, so when you log, by default, it propagates up to the parent logging handlers inside tensorflow.  You can change this behavior by setting:
logger.propagate = False

See also duplicate output in simple python logging configuration
Followup: This was an unintended side-effect of the way tensorflow was using the logging package. I've changed it at HEAD to scope its internal loggers under the name "tensorflow" to avoid this pollution. Should be in the github head within a day or so. In the meantime, the logger.propagate solution will work and won't break once that fix is in, so you should be safe to go. Thanks again for spotting this!
Followup-Followup:
Starting with TensorFlow 1.14 exposes the logger directly:
import tensorflow as tf

logger = tf.get_logger()

A: logger.propagate = False solved my problem. I think this is a bug of tensorflow

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A dental crown is effectively a kind of cap or helmet that gets placed over a damaged tooth. It restores the shape and look of the tooth, while preventing existing damage from worsening.
Dental crowns are typically either made of porcelain or a composite material. Metal alloys are used are sometimes employed for added strength. Gold is a popular choice, not just for appearance, but because it's a tough and durable metal that will last many decades.
Dental crowns are also used to restore a tooth as part of a dental implant. The crown sits on top of the implant as the final stage of the process.
What's The Process For Dental Crowns?
The first step will generally be to shave down some of the enamel from the tooth. This allows the crown to sit on top without hitting the teeth on either side.
Next, an impression is made of your teeth. This can be done with manual mould-making materials, or can be performed with laser scanners and 3D printers. These impressions are then used to design the crown. A proper fit is important for a dental crown; an improperly fitted crown can actually break the tooth it's designed to protect.
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The process for inlays and onlays is the same as for a full crown. Benefits include less time to make the restoration and generally lower cost.


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Opinion: Don't overreact or misinterpret U.S. strikes on Syria
By Dan Nelson
| 04/18/2018 | 8:13pm
In his recent column on the U.S. airstrikes in Syria, Joseph Will suggested that the best course of action would be to limit involvement to avoid another Iraq. While his sentiment is understandable – Iraq was, after all, a quagmire – it simplifies a situation far more complex than we were faced with in 2003, assumes that the U.S. strategic goal for Syria, at this point, is regime change and incorrectly assesses the likelihood that airstrikes will spiral into a ground war. Finally, his argument also ignores the well-established but underutilized responsibility of the international community to combat atrocities and human rights violations whenever possible.
The current situation in Syria is far removed from that of Iraq in 2003. For one, Syria is currently divided between a plethora of different state and non-state actors. In the west, particularly along the coast, the Assad regime holds steady, slowly whittling away pockets of rebel resistance. In the north, along the border with Turkey, a combination of Kurdish, rebel and Turkish forces hold positions, denying them to the regime. In the relatively uninhabited but oil-rich interior of the country, Kurdish, regime and the IS fighters duke it out.
Iraq, on the other hand, was, at the time of the U.S. invasion, a relatively cohesive country. The uprisings that followed Saddam Hussein's defeat in the First Gulf War had been put down and his regime held a monopoly on violence throughout the entire nation. In other words, the situation was far less complex as there was one primary actor to deal with — Saddam and his Baathist party.
This alone invalidates many of the similarities that have been drawn between the two situations. Quite possibly the biggest takeaway, however, is that attacking a unified nation fielding conventional forces is far less complex than dealing with a gutted regime and its supporting militia members that have been engaged in nearly seven years of guerrilla-style warfare. This last point is of particular importance, as guerrilla warfare, despite its unorganized and low-intensity nature, can tie down and bloody even the most powerful conventional forces. In Iraq, its army collapsed in less than a month, and it was only when the combat turned to guerrilla warfare that the U.S. faced any serious issues.
This complexity is not lost on the Department of Defense. While many often criticize the military for its tendency to "fight the last war," the public statements of U.S military planners, including Secretary of Defense James Mattis, seem to reflect the opposite. Mattis and others have consistently warned of the risks that greater involvement in Syria would entail and frequently drew parallels to our failure in Iraq as justification for their caution. It should be noted that this caution stems not from superficial similarities in the lead up to the invasion of Iraq but, rather, in the occupation of the country. In fact, military goals have shifted since the beginning of the Syrian civil war. No more are we seeking regime change, but as Mattis says, "we're going to make sure we set the conditions for a diplomatic solution." Even beyond statements and strategic goals, the very limited nature of the airstrikes on Syria further reinforces the idea that the military is well aware of the risks of increased involvement.
This brings us to another problem with Will's assessment, the airstrikes themselves. As noted, these airstrikes were highly limited, specifically targeting the chemical weapons capabilities of the Assad regime. In fact, much like the airstrikes in 2017, efforts were made to avoid accidentally engaging Russian personnel on the ground in Syria and sparking a wider conflict. These facts make it difficult to argue the point that these airstrikes "[have] the potential to develop into a full-blown international military crisis." Particularly as there far more likely reasons for this to occur, namely Russian and Iranian meddling.
The total number of Russian and Iranian troops on the ground is unknown, but many of the reckless and provocative actions they've taken are not. For example, in February, Russian mercenaries working for a Kremlin-linked private military company attacked U.S. backed groups in Syria. Their attack was unsuccessful, however, and "a couple hundred" of them were killed by a combination of U.S. airpower and artillery. This escalation was bad enough on its own, but U.S. intelligence reports that the Russian oligarch who owns the company "was in close touch with Kremlin and Syrian officials in the days and weeks before and after the assault." This senseless and direct aggression towards U.S. backed forces does far more to inflame tensions than limited U.S. airstrikes.
The Iranians haven't stayed out of the melee either. For their part, they've been arming groups hostile to Israel and have been building up their own military capabilities along the contentious Syrian-Israeli border, a move certain to be viewed as aggression towards Israel. Iran is, much like Russia, an ally of the Assad regime; however, they've used this opportunity to help an ally to further a belligerent agenda that could put them into direct conflict with Israel. Israel, for its part, have been engaging Iranian convoys attempting to bring munitions to Hezbollah and an Iranian drone base in central Syria. The tit-for-tat escalation against one another in Syria risks coming to a head in a war that could drag in Israel's ally, the U.S.
Aside from overexaggerated fears of an escalation stemming from the U.S. airstrikes in Syria, Will's article echoes the rhetoric of many in the U.S. and overseas that simultaneously condemns war crimes – like gassing civilians – and any action taken to prevent them – like airstrikes. While proponents of this line of logic believe that these two perspectives are morally in line with one another, they do not take into account the responsibility of the international community to prevent such action from occurring or, failing that, to bring about justice for such heinous crimes.
This responsibility is not a new idea or one without precedent. Following the failure of the international community — the U.N. in particular — to stop the genocide of Bosnian Muslims by Serbs in 1995, NATO took decisive action to combat Serbian aggression. It did so again in 1999 when the Serbs committed further aggressive action and war crimes in Kosovo. In both situations, NATO forces did what the U.N. and its needless moralizing and deadlock could not, it brought an end to the atrocities.
If anything, this type of "holier than thou" thinking does more harm than good, condemning and limiting legitimate uses of force that seek to stop atrocities. Frankly, it brings to mind the concept of the "limousine liberal," forever speaking out against injustices, but never willing to do what it takes to stop them. Force can sometimes be used for good and painting Assad as just someone we "deem … sufficiently evil" does Will's argument no favors.
At the end of the day, it would be difficult for anyone to deny the seriousness of the crimes committed by the Assad regime and the explicit need for an end to this devastating war. I disagree with the argument, however, that this war and the atrocities in it can be brought to an end by staying out of it. Of course, expanded airstrikes or ground involvement could further escalate the conflict, but targeted airstrikes against prohibited and illegal weapons, in and of themselves, are not going to do that and, in many ways, are necessary in limiting Assad's ability to further decimate his own people. We are not the world's police, but we should not stand idly by while petty tyrants massacre their own people for the sake of order and stability.
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When a text document is in ANSI (WIN1250) format, the "Sel" information in the status panel shows a different value than the number of characters selected.
For example, selecting 9 characters "ąćęłńóśźż" causes "Sel" to show "4".
Of course, this creates problems when analyzing the text and the length of its pieces, if the file encoded in eg WIN1250 is opened in ANSI (because it does not have to be open in UTF-8).
which npp version (? menu->debug-info ) do you use and can you share an example file which shows this results?


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Home : Law : Legal Commentary : USA : GENERAL : Coakley wrong on conscience rights of pro-lifers
Coakley wrong on conscience rights of pro-lifers
Alliance Defense Fund
Reproduced with permission
Matt Bowman, Esq.*
Yesterday, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, who is running for U.S. Senate,was asked about doctors who object to drugs that contracept or kill embryos. She said, "You can have religious freedom but you probably shouldn't work in the emergency room."
In fact, Coakley went so far as to say she would oppose a health care bill that allowed health care workers to object to providing not only abortifacients but any abortion:
Q: "Would you pass a health care bill that had conscientious objector towards certain prodecures incluiding abortion?"
Coakley: ". . . I would not pass a bill . . . to say that if people believe that they don't want to provide services that are required under the law and under Roe v Wade that they could individually decide to not follow the law. The answer to that question is no."
[Attorney] General Coakley's view is legally problematic in several ways. As Attorney General, she has sworn an oath to uphold the laws of the state of Massachusetts. Those laws unequivocally protect the right of Christian doctors to work in emergency rooms and every medical field according to their pro-life beliefs: "A physician or any . . . employee of a . . . health facility . . . shall not be required to participate in the medical procedures which result in such abortion or sterilization . . . . The refusal of any person who has made application to a medical, premedical, nursing, social work, or psychology program in the commonwealth . . . shall not form the basis for any discriminatory action against such person. Conscientious objection to abortion shall not be . . . used in any way to the detriment of the individual in any hospital, clinic, medical, premedical, nursing, social work, or psychology school or state aided program or institution which is supported in whole or in part by the commonwealth."Mass. General Laws 112 § 12I.
In addition, multiple federal laws specify that entities receiving federal health funding are prohibited from discriminating against a health care worker because he or she has a religious belief against assisting abortion or other procedures, and medical schools may not deny degrees to pro-life students in "emergency room" medicine or any other specialization. See42 U.S.C. § 300a-7;42 U.S.C. § 238n;Section 508 of the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010.
[Attorney] General Coakley's opposition to conscience rights is especially ironic in light of 42 U.S.C. 300a-7, which prohibits any government or hospital receiving federal health funds from discriminating against a health provider for objecting to abortion. When that amendment passed 92-1 in the Senate in 1973, one of its enthusiastic bipartisan supporters was Senator Edward Kennedy (D-Mass). On the Senate floor, Senator Kennedy declared that the amendment's protection of health care workers from being forced to violate their religious beliefs advanced the core value of religious freedom in America: "Congress has the authority under the Constitution to exempt individuals from any requirement that they perform medical procedures that are objectionable to their religious convictions. Indeed, in many cases, the Constitution itself is sufficient to grant an exemption to protect persons from official acts that infringe on their free exercise of religion." Senator Kennedy expressed his support for the amendment "in order to give full protection to the religious freedom of physicians and others." 119 Congr. Record 9602 (March 27, 1973).
So Attorney General Coakley opposes what the law says in 42 USC 300a-7 because of the constitutional "right" to abortion, whereas Sen. Kennedy enthusiastically voted for that law two months after Roe because of the constitutional right to religious freedom. Sen. Kennedy acted on his belief that religious freedom certainly requires absolute conscience protection against threats to require people to do abortions legalized in Roe. Attorney General Coakley instead believes that Roe's abortion mandate requires people to do abortions in violation of religious freedom or those people shouldn't be allowed to practice medicine.
According to [Attorney] General Coakley's attitude, religious freedom means the "freedom" for Christians to be driven from the caring professions altogether. Yet despite being opposed to the law, [Attorney] General Coakley's view is consistent with the anti-conscience attitude of elite members of medical academia. In April 2009, the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine featured the comments of Dr. Julie Cantor who summed up their beliefs about "religious freedom": "Qualms about abortion, sterilization, and birth control? Do not practice women's health." New England Journal of Medicine, Vol 360, Pg 1484.
What anti-conscience advocates ignore is that their views will deny reproductive health care to the millions of Americans who want pro-life doctors. Women will have no right to have their babies delivered by doctors who don't do abortions, or to have their fertility cured by doctors who use only natural fertility methods, because those doctors won't exist. And aging patients will have no right to a doctor who promises never to assist suicides. All such doctors won't be able to get or keep their medical degrees or licenses because policy makers and elites will decide that they "probably shouldn't work in" medicine.
Conscience attackers claim to support an absolute right of patients to receive any legal care. But these advocates and politicians don't even believe their own rhetoric. They propose to deny the right of Americans to access medical care provided by committed pro-life doctors-care which is legal-because advocates would exclude all such doctors from medicine. Anti-conscience advocates believe in the right of patients to access death, but not anything else. In their view, the only procedures Americans have a "right" to demand are the death-dealing procedures that anti-life advocates are themselves selling, or procedures being sold by their large campaign donors.
ADF is litigating several cases where, for example, a nurse was threatened with her job and license unless she assisted a late-term abortion, pharmacists may lose their licenses if they don't dispense drugs that can kill embryos, a social work graduate student was expelled for refusing to approve homosexual behavior, and a counselor was fired for politely referring a homosexual client to another competent counselor.
The conscience battle is raging. Its advocates are unapologetically trying to strip away the laws that still exist to protect conscience rights, even laws which they themselves are supposed to be enforcing.
Objectors shouldn't work in emergency rooms


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Realtime Cooler Temperature & Location Monitoring in the Field
I am trying to solve the following problem...
We have small medical teams that travel to remote locations, to deliver vaccines to patients.
Many of the routes are through jungle, mountains, dessert, etc and take several hours or longer to reach to destination.
The teams use motorbikes, and walking through rough terrain to get to the destination.
During the traveling, there is no way to tell what's going on in the cooler until the team reaches the destination.
We've been asked to:
Track cooler location in real time
Track cooler temperature in real time
This looks like a solvable IoT problem.
Look forward to getting experiences and insights on this.
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Gavi's INFUSE Call for Applications 2018
WHO is looking for a surveillance consultant
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Muhammad Imran Qureshi
Put tracker in vaccine carrier and track their geolocation. Cold chain monitoring devices like data loggers with alarms can be used. Data can be recorded once health worker reaches health facility where he can connect and recods temperature from data loggers or centrally can be connected to get live alarms for lower or higher temperatures out of the given range.
The workers have phones but old, non-smart phones from around 2003 and all different makes and models. UNICEF currently has an SMS-based system for recording data but I am interested in realtime temperature monitoring and collection of that data in AWS, as an example. I am excited about creating an IoT solution with a microcontroller with builtin SIM card but wanted to make sure nothing like this already exists. I have not seen anything yet but that doesn't mean it's not our there.
Beyond Wireless
Beyond Wireless Technology has a monitoring device that does just this. It is called a BeyondCom Ice3. This datalogger is battery operated, and has a built in SIM card. The unit is setup for the desired alarm thresholds on a web portal (ColdCloud). As soon as the temperature goes out of range e.g. 8 deg C for a designated time, the unit will immediately connect and send SMS's to designated recipients.
The unit has built in GPS as well.
If you want more information, you are welcome to contact me.
Dion Rachelson
http://www.beyondwireless.co.za
Munjal Kothari [email protected]
There is a French Company OCEASOFT.
They have a small Bluetooth Device that can be put in the Vaccines Carrier Cold Boxes. If you have a Bluetooth Phone (most of the phones do), data can be checked whenever you need and uploaded by GSM to the server.
Worth having a look at.
Munjal Kothari
OCEASOFT
Please send me an email to [email protected] with your contact detail, I would like to discuss opportunities we could offer for your project.
With thanks and regards
Laurent ROUSSEAU
www.oceasoft.com
Larry Schlussler
It is my understanding that one of the things you are trying to accomplish is to see what effect temperature excursions during a delivery have on the life of a vaccine. We have been promoting a device which would accomplish this; it is based on MKT temperature. However, the user would need no knowledge of this concept. For a VVM2 vaccine, for example, the device would display the life of a new VVM2 vaccine when stored at 8 deg C and also the life of a new vaccine when stored at the temperature experienced during the delivery of the vaccines. If for example, during a two day journey the temperature of the vaccines gradually went from 4 deg C to 20 deg C. The display would show that a new VVM2 vaccine would have a life 105 days and a life of 25 days when stored at the conditions encountered during the 2 day journey. If the vaccine was to be used on the second day the efficacy of the vaccine would not be affected even if the vaccine had initially lost most of its life. These results indicate that the trip may safely be extended to a third day. If at the end of the third day the vaccine temperature climbed to 25 deg C. The display will show under the temperature excursion encountered for 3 days the life of a new vaccine will be 20 days. This result shows that with vaccines that had more than 20 percent of their life initially, the trip could be extended to 3 days. The efficacy of the vaccine could be confirmed by the dot on the VVM. Using the typical alarm setting the trip would have been terminated in less than 2 days. This device would be small, light and easy to interpret. The results could further show that unused vaccines may be able to be safely transported back to the clinics. Incorporation of this monitoring could save time and money.
Sun Frost
Dear Dion Rachelson
This sounds interesting.Would you please email me so that we can discuss further?
Green Energy Limited
Would a portable refridgerated pack that is operated on continuous 24/7 off grid electricity be useful. The refridgerated area is 1.5 litre or 180mm x 100mm x 80mm, would this be big enough for daily vaccination projects. Having wifi and 4G connectitiy that allows remote temperture checking and remote temperature control be a benefit? Would it be a requirement for this portable system to be IP65 water and dust proof and have antishock protection? Would returning with blood samples under the same temperature control be a benefit to your program?
Please let me know your requirements, I maybe be able to assist.
Hi Kiwanis,
With proper monitoring you would probably find that the vaccines are being kept cold enough for a one-day vaccination program. This could be verified by looking at the VVM's on the transported vaccines. I would be interested to know what the VVM's are indicating.
The life of the cooler could be further extended by wrapping the carrier in a wet towel. Evaporative cooling will than slow the melting of the ice packs.
Our previous entry suggested a digital monitoring device which would use the same algorithm as the VVM to determine loss of life of the vaccine. Its use would eliminate the need for transmitting temperature data since the impact of temperature excursions would be clearly indicated on its display.


ESPN has recently published an article explaining their reasoning behind canceling women's vert from X-Games. Read it here.
Although their reasoning has truth behind it, there are many loopholes in ESPN's analysis.
lack of rising young talent? really? What about 14 year old Allysha Bergado?
A. I do admit that there are not enough vert ramps outside of San Diego. However, women have just as much access to vert ramps as men do. Any yet, the insufficient number of vert ramps has not affected the men's contest.
B. There is a slow, but existing growth in the number of vert ramps outside of SD. However, elimination of vert events will only impede further progress.
C. If this is part of their reasoning, then why take out women's park as well? Parks/bowls/pools are significantly more accessible than vert ramps. Last year they allowed the women to at least skate a demo in the park course- with the intent of turning it into an event in upcoming X-Games. And yet they have backtracked to exclude women's transition skating completely.
A. See Hawk's previous statement.
B. There has been a definite surge in the amount of young girls who skate street, vert, park and all of the above. For example: there were about 40 women competing in the Girls Combi Classic- which is more than double that of the preceding year's Protec Pool Party- (once again, why exclude women's park?).
A. True, there are very few, if any technical "barriers" or structures through which women and girls can work their way into professional women's vert skating- this is fed predominantly by reasons 2 & 5.
A. Completely true. But rather than stand by us as we hope and wait for the one competition we do have, they have eliminated the last remaining women's vert event.
B. Once again- what about park? There's a year-round World Cup series for bowl riding, so why not AT LEAST let us skate the giant, fun bowl you build for park?
Time to start our own series of vert and bowl events that will force ESPN to re-evaluate our inclusion in next year's X-Games.
estamos en pie de lucha queremos a las mujeres en Vert!!
Solid argument…USC is paying off. I don't need to ask "where have you been" since I see you have a double major, but I do miss the skate sessions.


Not a cocktail bar, sports bar, karaoke bar, dive bar or granola bar. Just a bar. Dimly and lusciously lit, humbly and pleasingly designed and serving a tasty $5 cup of homemade gumbo (plus other Cajun-style dishes). They play in-house vinyl over a vintage sound system, but not in a precious way.
LPs and tasty cocktails together in one place? Sounds dreamy to me. And it's just what new Capitol Hill bar Revolver is all about. Opened (just last week) by Gary Reynolds, owner of the Electrokitty Recording Studio in Wallingford, the bar currently boasts 2,500 records (from classics like Jimi Hendrix to newer artists such as Head Like A Kite and Dream Salon) and customers can request specific records. The bar also has Cajun-influenced food and a pretty intriguing cocktail list including sippers like The Rogue Orb with tequila, pineapple, cayenne and smoked salt.
Revolver Bar, the new Capitol Hill watering hole from Electrokitty Recording Studio owner Gary Reynolds, officially opens in the former Dinette space at 4 p.m. today. From Jimi Hendrix to Head Like A Kite, more than 2,500 albums sit on shelves inside the unabashedly retro space on Olive Way, and drinkers are encouraged to choose the soundtrack.
If he had his way, Gary Reynolds would force everyone to throw away their cell phones before entering his new bar, Revolver. He wants to use the space at 1514 East Olive Way to transport people back in time to the 1960s or 1970s, where friends spend an evening listening to full records together instead of texting.