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Q: Bind Bootstrap datepicker with Knockout.js viewmodel (ASP.NET Core) I'm trying without any success to bind the Bootstrap datepicker control
<input class="form-control" data-bind="datePicker : Observation.ObservationDateTime" type="date" />

to a Knockout.js viewmodel.  (This is an ASP.NET Core project.)  There are so many moving parts involved in this that I cannot isolate the problem in this specific case.  What I want to achieve is a simple two-way binding: the date from the viewmodel is populated in the datepicker control; and the date on form submission is sent back to the viewmodel/controller.
I can verify that the date is successfully passed to the Knockout viewmodel.  To keep track of its value I am currently printing it as text on the page:

Viewmodel date as text:

It renders like this:

My research indicates that the setup in the (1) domain model, (2) server side viewmodel, (3) client side (Knockout) viewmodel and the (4) view itself, all matter.  So I have pasted the relevant code from each below:
Domain model:
    [Required]
    //[Display(Name = "Date/Time")]
    //[DisplayFormat(DataFormatString = "{0:dddd, dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm}", ApplyFormatInEditMode = true)]
    [DataType(DataType.Date)]
    public DateTime ObservationDateTime { get; set; }

Server viewmodel/controller:
Observation = new Observation() { ObservationDateTime = _systemClock.Now },

Client Knockout.js viewmodel
I have tried various bindingHandlers.  Currently (see bit starting 'ko.bindingHandlers.datepicker':
CreateObservationViewModel = function (data) {
    var self = this;
    ko.mapping.fromJS(data, observedSpeciesMapping, self);

    ko.bindingHandlers.selectPicker = {
        init: function (element, valueAccessor, allBindings) {
            $(element).selectpicker('render');
        }
    };

    ko.bindingHandlers.datepicker = {
        init: function (element, valueAccessor, allBindingsAccessor) {
            //initialize datepicker with some optional options
            var options = allBindingsAccessor().datepickerOptions || {};
            $(element).datepicker(options);

            //when a user changes the date, update the view model
            ko.utils.registerEventHandler(element, "changeDate", function (event) {
                var value = valueAccessor();
                if (ko.isObservable(value)) {
                    value(event.date);
                }
            });
        },
        update: function (element, valueAccessor) {
            var widget = $(element).data("datepicker");
            //when the view model is updated, update the widget
            if (widget) {
                widget.date = ko.utils.unwrapObservable(valueAccessor());
                if (widget.date) {
                    widget.setValue();
                }
            }
        }
    };

Razor view datepicker Bootstrap control:

                    Date:
                    <input class="form-control" data-bind="datePicker : Observation.ObservationDateTime" type="date" />

Viewmodel date as text:

I think the problem is with the datepicker bindingHandler in the Knockout viewmodel.  However, despite hours of tinkering, I have not solved it.  Any ideas or pointers?
Update
Entire viewmodel
CreateObservationViewModel = function (data) {
    var self = this;
    ko.mapping.fromJS(data, observedSpeciesMapping, self);

    ko.bindingHandlers.selectPicker = {
        init: function (element, valueAccessor, allBindings) {
            $(element).selectpicker('render');
        }
    };

    ko.bindingHandlers.datepicker = {
        init: function (element, valueAccessor, allBindingsAccessor) {
            //initialize datepicker with some optional options
            var options = allBindingsAccessor().datepickerOptions || {};
            $(element).datepicker(options);

            //when a user changes the date, update the view model
            ko.utils.registerEventHandler(element, "changeDate", function (event) {
                var value = valueAccessor();
                if (ko.isObservable(value)) {
                    value(event.date);
                }
            });
        },
        update: function (element, valueAccessor) {
            //when the view model is updated, update the widget
            var value = ko.unwrap(valueAccessor());
            $(element).val(value).datepicker("update");
        }
    };

    self.addObservedSpecies = function () {
        var observedSpecies = new ObservedSpeciesViewModel({ Id: 0, BirdId: 0, Quantity: 1 });
        self.ObservedSpecies.push(observedSpecies);
    };

    self.removeObservedSpecies = function () {
        if (self.ObservedSpecies().length > 1)
            self.ObservedSpecies.pop();
    };

    self.disableSubmitButton = ko.observable(false);

    self.Total = ko.computed(function () {
        var total = 0;
        total += self.ObservedSpecies().length;
        return total;
    }),

    self.post = function () {
        self.disableSubmitButton(true);
        if (self.ObservedSpecies().length < 1) {
            // ToDo: Implement proper client-side validation of the Observed Species collection
            alert("You must choose at least one observed bird species");
            self.MessageToClient("You must choose at least one observed bird species...");
            self.disableSubmitButton(false);
            return;
        }
        $.ajax({
            url: "/Observation/Post/",
            type: "POST",
            data: ko.toJSON(self),
            headers:
            {
                "content-type": "application/json; charset=utf-8"
            },
            success: function (data) {
                var obj = JSON.parse(data);
                if (obj.IsModelStateValid === false) {
                    self.MessageToClient(obj.MessageToClient);
                }
                else {
                    window.location.replace("./Index/");
                }
            },
            error: function (XMLHttpRequest, textStatus, errorThrown) {
                self.disableSubmitButton(false);
                if (XMLHttpRequest.status === 400) {
                    $('#MessageToClient').text(XMLHttpRequest.responseText);
                }
                else {
                    $('#MessageToClient').text('The web server had an error.  The issue has been logged for investigation by the developer.');
                }
            }
        });
    };
};

var observedSpeciesMapping = {
    'ObservedSpecies': {
        key: function (obsevedSpecies) {
            return ko.utils.unwrapObservable(obsevedSpecies.Id);
        },
        create: function (options) {
            return new CreateObservationViewModel(options.data);
        }
    }
};

ObservedSpeciesViewModel = function (data) {
    var self = this;
    ko.mapping.fromJS(data, observedSpeciesMapping, self);
};

Razor view snippet
@section scripts{

}

A: I'm a little uncertain from your description which part isn't working, but there's two issues that I can see.
The first issue is pretty minor and might just be a transcription typo; you're using "datepicker" for the binding definition and "datePicker" in the markup data-bind. Binding names are case sensitive.
The second, primary, issue I think is simply that the date picker doesn't know you've updated the text in its element. Try something like this for your binding's update function:
update: function(element, valueAccessor) {
    //when the view model is updated, update the widget
    var value = ko.unwrap(valueAccessor());
    $(element).datepicker("update", new Date(value));
}

EDIT: Added snippet with working version of your binding

viewModel = function(data) {
  var self = this;
  self.Observation = {
    ObservationDateTime: ko.observable()
  };
}

ko.bindingHandlers.datepicker = {
  init: function(element, valueAccessor, allBindingsAccessor) {
    //initialize datepicker with some optional options
    var options = allBindingsAccessor().datepickerOptions || {};
    $(element).datepicker(options);

    //when a user changes the date, update the view model
    ko.utils.registerEventHandler(element, "changeDate", function(event) {
      var value = valueAccessor();
      if (ko.isObservable(value)) {
        value(event.date);
      }
    });
  },
  update: function(element, valueAccessor) {
    //when the view model is updated, update the widget
    var value = ko.unwrap(valueAccessor());
    $(element).datepicker("update", new Date(value));
  }
};

ko.applyBindings(new viewModel());
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<link href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/bootstrap-datepicker/1.7.1/css/bootstrap-datepicker.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>

<input type="text" class="form-control" data-bind="datepicker : Observation.ObservationDateTime" style="width: 120px; margin:8px;" />

Viewmodel date as text:

Manual change: <input type="text" data-bind="textInput: Observation.ObservationDateTime" />


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Jackie Liu is the part-time ISCAST Digital Communications Specialist. She is a final year Communication Design student at RMIT University, and she occasionally works as a freelance graphic designer and illustrator. At university, Jackie has been actively involved in the RMIT Christian Union, serving through social media management and graphic design. She is originally from New Zealand and moved to Melbourne in 2019. Jackie says:
With an ever-growing curiosity in science and technology, I believe there's an urgent need for public understanding of how Christianity and science can exist in harmony, as well as work together to glorify God as the ultimate designer. As a student, I've found that the misconception of science conflicting with the Christian faith is a barrier to belief for many at universities. My hope in this role is to see Christianity and science brought into a serious dialogue, to bring change in our educational environments, and to help reveal the beauty of science and faith's compatibility.
Jackie received an award with Distinction at the Australian Graphic Design Association (AGDA) Awards 2020, and was recognised as Adobe Top Talent in 2019.

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Toronto's big lead enabled Dave Stieb to make a pressure-free return to the majors, although the 40-year-old pitcher was still jittery during his first appearance in five years.
Alex Gonzalez had three hits and a homer and Stieb pitched a scoreless ninth inning Thursday night in the Blue Jays' 13-6 rout of the Baltimore Orioles.
Shannon Stewart and Shawn Green also had three hits for the Blue Jays, whose reached a season high with 18 hits and ended a three-game losing streak. Toronto got a hit in every inning but the ninth.
Stieb, who spent the past three months pitching in the minor leagues, allowed three hits but no runs. It was his first outing in the majors since May 22, 1993, with the White Sox.
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The final out came on a fly ball by Lenny Webster.
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Shipwrecking the Economy and Capsizing the Lifeboats
November 21, 2010 / Dublin, Economy, Europe, News
Editorial from the Observer today.
Ireland has been betrayed by its leaders.
The need for a bailout is the consequence of the government's incompetence. It should pay for its failure
It never seemed to matter in the boom years, but strictly speaking, there is no such thing as a Celtic Tiger. The image was coined in the mid-90s to compare Ireland with voraciously expanding economies in east Asia. Now that boom has turned to bust, and Ireland is negotiating a European bailout, the mythical nature of the beast is poignant. There were no big cats in Dublin after all.
But there were fat cats. The Irish boom saw a vast property bubble puffed up by appallingly managed banks with the complicity of idle regulators and political cronies. House prices between 1994 and 2006 rose by around 520%. The relationships between developers, their financiers and the officials who authorised the building spree were usually cosy, often corrupt. Towards the end of the growth years, the country's financial sector descended into full-blown mania. Banks doled out credit indiscriminately and borrowed on international capital markets on a scale that far exceeded the nation's economic output. When the bubble burst, the government stepped in to rescue the banks, but their debts were ultimately bigger than the state's capacity to raise revenue. Ireland started sliding towards insolvency. Hence, the bailout.
Not all of the boom was bogus. The initial expansion was driven by growth in exports. A young, well-educated, cheap labour force attracted investment. So did an aggressively competitive 12.5% corporate tax rate. Ireland positioned itself as a lean, buccaneering start-up economy, challenging Europe's unwieldy giants. Membership of the single currency gave seamless access to export and capital markets.
But there was a shift at the start of the 21st century. As success fed into higher disposable incomes and demand for houses, the returns on property investment soared. The government, in turn, became dependent on tax revenues – and in some cases bribes – from the building trade. Politicians kept consumer demand buoyant with generous public spending, while rewarding developer friends with public works contracts. Ireland's narrow elite ran the economy like a casino and awarded itself free chips. No one, save a few lonely economists, had much incentive to call time on the party.
By 2007, around one in five Irish jobs depended in some way on the property market. Much of that story is familiar from other countries caught out by the credit crunch. But Ireland's unique misfortune is to have, in Brian Cowen's Fianna Fáil government, leaders who shipwrecked the economy and then capsized the lifeboats. The initial crisis response in 2008 was designed in such a way as effectively to absorb the doomed banking sector into the state, with no safeguards for taxpayers. While fitting as a kind of poetic commentary on what had happened in the boom years, as policy it was insane. Every cent of tax revenue disappeared down a black hole of debt; a ballooning budget deficit demanded brutal austerity measures – public sector cuts, tax rises – which drained any remaining cash out of the economy and prolonged recession.
Ireland is not bankrupt yet. The Treasury is forecast to run out of cash some time next spring. Finance minister Brian Lenihan had hoped to bring the deficit under control and appease nervous investors before then. But the country's eurozone partners are not waiting to see if domestic remedies work. They are forcing Ireland to take medicine prescribed by the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund.
The exact shape of the package is not yet known, but it is likely to include tens of billions of euros in bailout money in exchange for more tax rises and spending cuts. It is a dark day for Ireland. It is also a momentous event for the rest of Europe. When Greece needed bailing out in May, the EU was unprepared. Markets were demanding action and a panicked response was cobbled together.
Dublin's case is subtly different. Creditors were certainly nervous, but the European intervention is essentially pre-emptive. Ireland has sacrificed control of its budget for the greater good of restoring investor confidence in the wider eurozone. It is easy to portray that as an act of cruel martyrdom. Eurosceptics in Britain have been quick to weave a tale of Irish sovereignty surrendered to Brussels bureaucrats. Thus is the folly of the single currency proved, they argue.
But on the question of sovereignty, the European angle is overplayed. It is debt that has deprived Dublin of budget autonomy. Countries that suffered financial crises ended up taking money and policy dictation from the IMF long before the euro was born. At least today, Ireland retains its political rights in EU institutions. Arguably, the fact that this is a pan-European rescue gives Dublin more clout than it would have in a lonely one-on-one fight with the bond market. Besides, without access to ECB emergency finance, Irish banks would have collapsed last year, possibly taking the Irish state down with them. The ensuing panic would have infected the UK, regardless of its euro-aloofness.
The threat to Ireland now does not come from visiting European officials. And the last thing the country needs is a surge of embittered introspection and "ourselves alone" nationalism. In the past, when Ireland has suffered economic malaise, younger generations have sought a better life elsewhere. One of the great achievements of the boom was to retain the services of a young, cosmopolitan, entrepreneurial class. They helped transform the country's economic prospects and its self-confidence.
Now the Tiger generation is eyeing the exit. There is a real danger of Irish society being hollowed out, with a discredited political elite holding nominal power and no legitimacy while an angry, disoriented, heavily indebted and increasingly poor population chase dwindling jobs.
Ireland needs social and political renewal as much as it needs economic recovery. That cannot happen under the current government. Fianna Fáil and Brian Cowen have no authority left. Their task now is to oversee the technical agreement of the European rescue to the satisfaction of international creditors and then, with some stability restored, call an election.
The situation is not irreparably bleak. There is much productive potential in a young, well-educated – and increasingly cheap – labour force. Private sector investment has proved surprisingly resilient in the downturn. Ireland can still be a good place to do business. But it needs to rediscover the vigour and imagination that fired the early years of the boom and jettison the lazy cronyism and corruption that marked its decadent demise.
The moral bankruptcy of Irish politics is the biggest obstacle to recovery. The EU can bail out the budget; only a public vote can clear out the government.
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evan.swager@kirkland.com
Evan Swager is an associate in the Restructuring Practice Group in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
Carlson Travel, Inc. — Representation of Carlson Travel, Inc. and 37 of its affiliates ("CWT") in the fastest cross-border prepackaged restructuring transaction to date. On November 12, 2021, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas entered an order confirming CWT's prepackaged chapter 11 plan of reorganization, just 18 hours after commencing bankruptcy proceedings. CWT is a leader in business travel management with over 12,000 employees and operations in 140 countries and territories around the world. As a result of the restructuring, CWT eliminated almost $900 million of its $1.6 billion of debt, secured access to $775 million of exit facilities and a $350 million equity investment, and preserved the entirety of its worldwide employee base.
China Fishery — Representation of an ad hoc committee of holders of the $300 million notes due 2019 issued by CFG Investment S.A.C. in connection with the resolution of their claims against the China Fishery group of companies.
PizzaExpress Financing 2 plc — Representation of PizzaExpress Financing 2 plc ("PizzaExpress") in its Chapter 15 proceeding in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas for recognition of proceedings in the United Kingdom in connection with its restructuring plan under the new Part 26A of the Companies Act 2006. PizzaExpress is the second company to use the Part 26A restructuring plan, which will provide £144 million in new financing, give holders of the existing senior secured notes new debt instruments and equity in the restructured group, and give holders of the existing senior unsecured notes equity in the restructured group. PizzaExpress is part of the PizzaExpress Group, one of the largest and leading casual dining restaurant groups in the world with over 500 restaurant locations in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and internationally.
FTS International, Inc. — Representation of FTSI and its affiliates in their prepackaged Chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. FTSI, a publicly-traded company, is one of the largest providers of hydraulic fracturing services in North America and provides customized hydraulic fracturing solutions to exploration and production companies to enhance recovery rates from oil and gas wells drilled in the most active basins in the United States. FTSI commenced its Chapter 11 cases with a restructuring support agreement with over 87% of the holders of the company's funded secured debt. If the company's prepackaged Chapter 11 plan is approved, holders of approximately $440 million of funded secured debt will exchange their debt claims for over 90% of the equity in the reorganized debtors, holders of FTSI's existing equity will receive approximately 10% of the equity in the reorganized debtors, and all ongoing business trade claims will ride through the bankruptcy unimpaired.
California Pizza Kitchen, Inc. — Representation of California Pizza Kitchen, Inc. ("CPK") and its affiliates in their prearranged Chapter 11 restructuring in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. CPK is an iconic restaurant brand that specializes in California-style pizza with locations internationally and throughout the United States. CPK's plan received near unanimous approval from all voting classes and allowed CPK to emerge from Chapter 11 in November 2020, reducing its debt obligations by over $225 million.
Jason Industries, Inc. — Representation of Jason Industries, Inc. and its subsidiaries in their Chapter 11 cases in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. Jason is a publicly-traded global industrial manufacturing company that provides mission critical components and manufacturing solutions—including brushes, polishing buffs, compounds, and seating products—to customers across a wide range of end markets, industries, and geographies. On June 24, 2020, Jason solicited and filed its prepackaged Chapter 11 cases with the support of over 87% of its first lien lenders under a restructuring support agreement. If approved, the prepackaged plan will deleverage Jason's balance sheet by approximately $250 million and leave general unsecured claims unimpaired.
Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc. — Representation of Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc. and its affiliates in their prearranged Chapter 11 restructuring in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. Extraction is one of the largest oil producers in Colorado, focusing on the acquisition, development, and production of oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids reserves in the Rocky Mountain region, and listed approximately $1.7 billion of funded debt obligations at the time of filing. Extraction's prearranged plan of reorganization carries broad stakeholder support and contemplates the equitization of approximately $1.1 billion in unsecured notes and a $125 million debtor-in-possession financing facility, which includes $50 million in new money.
Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. — Representation of Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. and its affiliates, in its Chapter 11 restructuring in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. Hornbeck provides marine transportation and subsea installation services to support the deep water drilling and production needs of their exploration and production, oilfield service, offshore construction, and U.S. military customers. The Hornbeck Chapter 11 cases were filed with a prepackaged plan of reorganization that contemplates a $75 million in debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing and a fully backstopped $100 million rights offering.
Pier 1 Imports, Inc. — Representation of Pier 1 Imports, Inc. and its subsidiaries in their Chapter 11 cases in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Pier 1 is a publicly-traded omnichannel retailer specializing in home furnishings and décor with 923 stores in the United States and Canada.
Clover Technologies Group, LLC — Representation of Clover Technologies Group, LLC, a provider of aftermarket management services for mobile device carriers and historically operated as a collector and remanufacturer of printer cartridges, in connection with its restructuring of $650 million of term loan indebtedness. As part of its comprehensive restructuring, Clover sold its printer cartridge remanufacturing business for over $200 million, acquired an additional company for synergies with the remaining mobile device business, and entered into a restructuring support agreement for the equitization of the vast majority of the term loan indebtedness.
Judicial ExternHonorable Mary K. VyskocilUnited States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York
Summer Analyst, J.P. Morgan
New York University School of LawJ.D.2019
Galgay Fellow in Bankruptcy and Reorganization Law
Staff Editor, Journal of Law and Business
Fordham UniversityB.S., Financesumma cum laude2016


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What charities shall the ATA support?
Chris Ward, ATA chair, says:
The Ashburnham Triangle Association is a thriving community of about 3,500 people who live, work and socialise in the Triangle. The ATA is dedicated to connecting and informing our community, empowering and inspiring it to reap the collective benefits of living together irrespective of our differences.
The ATA is a non-profit organisation: we raise money through social events which we put back into community initiatives and charities. In 2018/19 the ATA would like to have four selected charities to donate funds to. This is where you come in. We'd like to invite suggestions for two national charities, and two local charities (within or directly adjacent to the Triangle).
Please email any and all suggestions to Chris Ward, Chair of the ATA at ward@live.co.uk with ATA charity suggestions in the subject line.
We will take all feedback and views and announce which charities we'd like to support at our AGM. The AGM will be held at 7.30pm on 21st June at Greenwich West Community & Arts Centre, 141 Greenwich High Rd London SE10 8JA. Please do come along and have your say about what we are doing, what you'd like to change, what you'd like to support. This is your community. Please join in.
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Jack in the Green reaches Ash at 6pm on May 1st
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Why can't you bring your tours to all Australian cities?
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Bari Weiss, Bias in media, Featured, Jack Dorsey, Karl D. Stephan, Twitter, Wilfred Reilly
What? Twitter is "neutral"? A thoughtful engineer responds
Despite appearances, Twitter is not a conventional public square, but a private corporation
This column by Texas State University engineering prof Karl Stephan is republished with thanks from Engineering Ethics (January 2, 2023) Back when I started this blog in 2006, the phrase "social media" was hardly used by anybody, according to Google Trends. It began to climb above 1% of its current frequency of use around 2008, possibly in connection with the elections of that year, and has been climbing ever since. Twitter, the social-media format that has become the default medium of choice for announcements by Presidents on down, was also founded in 2006. From an obscure techie-speak term, it has turned into a routine and near-universal medium of expression that its leadership has claimed is as neutral as they can make it. But Read More ›
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Economics, Media
Bari Weiss, Holman W. Jenkins Jr., Journalism schools, Neetu Arnold, Washington Post layoffs
Layoffs at Washington Post Show Direction of Mainstream Media
As their role has changed so much, they simply no longer have a mass popular base
The Washington Post has started layoffs and it isn't pretty: The Washington Post's all-hands meeting turned chaotic Wednesday after the newspaper's publisher announced looming layoffs – and then left the room as concerned employees shouted questions. The Jeff Bezos-owned broadsheet will conduct a round of layoffs during the first quarter of 2023, publisher Fred Ryan announced during what was supposed to be an hour-long meeting. Thomas Barrabi, "Washington Post announces layoffs during tense town hall before publisher Fred Ryan storms out" at New York Post (December 14, 2022) This follows the CNN layoff of hundreds of staffers, announced at the end of November and described as a gut punch to the organization. The laid-off include such figures as Chris Cillizza, Read More ›
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Business and Finance, Censorship, Technocracy
Bari Weiss, David Sacks (on emerging social credit system), Debanking, Debuying, Depublishing, Programmable digital currency (and social control), Social credit system (United States)
PayPal Pioneer: The Ways Big Tech Is Strangling Our Freedoms
The conveniences offered come at a price: We can be much more easily surveilled and controlled. And yes, they ARE doing it
In a continuing discussion with Bari Weiss, Paypal pioneer David Sacks warns hearers: BW: You have been making the case better than anyone else that, despite the fact that we live in a liberal democracy with a Bill of Rights and a Constitution and a First Amendment, whether most Americans are aware of it or not we also are living inside a soft version of a social credit system. So for the people who hear that and think: 'That's ridiculous. This isn't China.' I want you to make the case. DS: Let's start by defining what a social credit system is. A social credit system is a system that pretends to give you civil liberties and freedom. It doesn't overtly Read More ›
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Business and Finance, Censorship
Bari Weiss, David Sacks, Debanking, Jonathan Turley, Rick Moran
The New Internet: Reclassify Political Opponents as "Hate Groups"
Maybe this is something to talk to legislators about
You don't want your tax money spent in a certain way? Maybe you are a "hater." Increasingly, bad things can happen as a result. Even from corporations you trust. A friend has pointed out that many American corporations are not nearly so interested in making money these days as they are in politically correct positioning. Consider the current trend toward depublishing books the public wants to read and "de-newsing" news stories people want to hear. But the trend is growing beyond books and news. It could affect your right to bank and use credit institutions. Successful entrepreneur David Sacks has the story at Substack about how concerns about "hate speech" can further an agenda: Just as there is no set Read More ›
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Business and Finance, Media, Medicine and Health
Ashley Rindsberg, Bari Weiss, Chinese Communist Party (CCP), COVID-19 lab leak hypothesis, Lab leak theory (COVID-19), New York Times (and CCP), New York Times (and lab leak), The Gray Lady Winked (book)
Why did the New York Times Discredit the Lab Leak Theory?
The Times led the way in zealously discrediting the quite reasonable COVID-19 lab leak theory. But what underlay its zeal?
Ashley Rindsberg, author of The Gray Lady Winked (2021), offers an eye-opening look at the close links between the New York Times and Chinese propaganda media. It may have been these relationships that caused the Times to go to considerable trouble to discredit the "lab leak" theory on the origin of COVID-19. It remains a viable theory despite powerful attempts by the Chinese Communist Party to discredit it. (For background, see "Lab leak theory vindicated: What that means for fighting COVID-19.") Sound like tinfoil to you? Then consider this: In the opening months of the pandemic, the lab leak hypothesis was actively discredited by the media and scientific establishment, with anyone associated with it smeared as "racist". The question we Read More ›
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Bari Weiss, Chris Best, Hamish McKenzie, Media (traditional media), Subscription media, Substack
Newsletter Group Creates Alarm Plus Demands for Censorship
Substack is getting a lot of ink these days — raising both hope from readers and hand wringing from old media
The traditional media our parents grew up with are slowly dying in a chronic low-ratings crises — but surprising new media are being born. Substack is getting a lot of ink these days — raising both hope and handwringing. Its very existence shows how information is rapidly changing. At Substack, an online subscription newsletter system founded in 2017, tech guys Chris Best and Hamish McKenzie point out bluntly that the "New York Times" model of information is doomed: Today, as a result of a mass shift of advertising revenue to Google and Facebook, the news business is in crisis. The great journalistic totems of the last century are dying. News organizations—and other entities that masquerade as them—are turning to increasingly Read More ›
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Abigail Shrier, Bari Weiss, Book publishers, Books, Bookselling, Bret Weinstein, Heather Heying, Roger Kimball, Ryan Anderson
Why Did the Publishing Industry Go To War Against Books?
Readers need to know how things have changed
For many reasons, traditional publishers are trying to dump controversial books. In this series we will try to unpack some of them. First, let's look at what happens when otherwise Correct people are not the favorites of the Cancel mob. Bari Weiss, formerly of the New York Times, asks us to look at a science teacher couple at a regional U.S. university: Do you remember the names Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying? I wrote one of my earliest New York Times columns about the bravery they displayed as tenured professors — words that do not typically appear in the same sentence — at Evergreen State College. It was 2017 and the professors, both evolutionary biologists, opposed the school's "Day of Read More ›


Former Indian cricketer and captain Sunil Gavaskar wants ou-of-form MS Dhoni to shift to domestic cricket in a bid to find form in limited-overs cricket.
New Delhi: Veteran Indian cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni may be an integral member of the coloured Indian team with the gloves, note-worthy pieces of advice to skipper and superb ability to judge DRS reviews, but he is yet to show his old spark when it comes to batting. It has been quite some time now that Dhoni has caused a concern for India with the bat. He did perform well in the IPL 2018 season for Chennai Super Kings, showing sparks of his ever-shining 'finisher' tag, but failed to emulate the same when India had travelled to England. And the problem has persisted even in Asia Cup 2018. Former Indian cricketer and captain Sunil Gavaskar reckons that shift to domestic cricket might help him regain his form.
It was a problem that started off during the Champions Trophy tournament in 2017 and it had reached its peak during the New Zealand home series in October. Despite all, skipper Virat Kohli and teammates backed him up. In IPL 2018 season, he played significantly well in most matches, showing maturity, calmness and composure that fans had yearned to see. He averaged an impressive 75.83 in 16 IPL matches last season. Ergo, a lot was expected from Dhoni in England series, but problems persisted once again.
In Asia Cup 2018, he scored just 41 runs in three matches which included a duck against Hong Kong. When asked about Dhoni's slump and whether he should play domestic cricket when India is playing Test matches ahead of limited-overs cricket, Gavaskar nodded his head saying, "I totally agree." He further told India Today, "Dhoni should be playing domestic cricket and should be playing the four-day games as well because he will help so many of the emerging players from Jharkhand. "I know he travels with the team (Jharkhand), he acts as their mentor but to actually have him playing with them is a great inspiration. He will be a great inspiration to the younger players in the team."
In 2018, Dhoni averages a dismal 27 from 9 ODI matches where he managed to score just 189 runs. His highest stands as 42. And IPL, he scored - 37, 42, 33, 8. "In the 50-over game you have limited opportunities but if you play a four-day game and play a long innings its great for your stamina, for your legs, for the rhythm that you want in limited-overs cricket," Gavaskar added.
Despite all, he has been instrumental as a mentor for youngsters, especially the bowlers. Earlier, during Asia Cup 2018, videos emerged showing him guiding young bowlers in the absence of coach Ravi Shastri.


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Family Building Society ups proc fees
On the society's Family Mortgage – where family members contribute to the application in the form of a savings account or by using other properties as security – the fee has been upped from 0.45% to 0.55%.
In terms of other alterations the fee paid for the Offset Mortgage has risen to 0.50% from 0.40% while Low Start Mortgage proc fees have been raised to 0.45% from 0.35%.
Cameron Amaira, head of intermediary sales at Family Building Society, said: "The increase in procuration fees reflects the significant amount of work that intermediaries need to devote to applications involving multiple family members or borrowers with changing circumstances.
"As a result our new fees are amongst the highest in the market, particularly for high LTV mortgages where the Family Mortgage also leads on value for first-time buyers.
"Family Building Society continues to support the intermediary channel, which provides 80% to 90% of all introductions."
Product fees are £545, while proc fees on all other society's mortgage products remain unchanged.
Keith Barber, director of business development at Family Building Society, said: "Feedback from both customers and brokers has remained very positive since we launched the new Society and its innovative range of mortgage products last July.
"We listen to the views of intermediaries and have increased our fees as a result. We are very pleased to be able to offer these market leading terms."


The popularity of the Harry Potter books and movies has made 'the boy who lived' into something of a British institution. And with many of the film series' scenes shot on location in London, it's no surprise that the city still hosts a number of wizarding attractions. Here's a list of our favourite muggle-friendly activities for Potter fans of all ages.
The Warner Bros. Studio Tour is often considered the ultimate Harry Potter experience. The sprawling tour is set across two huge sound stages that hold some of the film's most memorable sets, including Diagon Alley, Dumbledore's Office and the Gryffindor Common Room. Learn how the creators brought the magic of the book to life in the prop design department, which holds authentic costumes, and hang out with Dobby and Aragog in the creature effects lab. This is a must for any Harry Potter fan.
You can now visit the real Platform 9 ¾ at King's Cross Station for a quirky photo opportunity. Here, wannabe Hogwarts students can appear to push their luggage trolleys through the platform's brick wall, just like Harry in The Philosopher's Stone. Take photographs free of charge on your own camera, or you can choose to part with a few Galleons for a proper professional photo; there is also a Harry Potter-themed gift shop nearby selling licensed and exclusive merchandise.
Take a scenic stroll around London to some of the Harry Potter movies most iconic and harder-to-find locations, on this guided walking tour. The tour takes you to the entrance of The Leaky Cauldron pub, St Paul's Cathedral and Big Ben, and comes complete with a tour guide to tell you anecdotes along the way. There's even time to squeeze in a 15-minute boat ride along the Thames, following the route Harry and friends made on their broomsticks in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
Enjoy a spellbinding night of luxury in one of The Georgian House's Wizard Chambers. These Gothic-themed rooms boast large four-poster beds, cauldrons and plenty of attention to detail to recreate an authentic wizard's bedroom. The cost of the room includes a full English breakfast in the morning and the house is only a short walk to Victoria Station, where you can get the Harry Potter Tour Bus that takes you directly to the Warner Bros. Studio Tour.


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Meta gives up on building a camera-equipped smartwatch, report says
Meta's camera-equipped smartwatch is dead.
By Mashable SEA June 9, 2022
In October 2021, right around the time Facebook became Meta, a report said that the company was working on a smartwatch with built-in cameras.
Now, according to Bloomberg, that particular project is dead – though Facebook might launch a different type of wearable down the line.
The report claims that Facebook has "halted" the development of the camera-equipped watch, and is working on other wearables. Bloomberg has seen photos and videos of the prototype of the watch, and has a bunch of details on its features. Apparently, it was pretty much your regular smartwatch, with activity tracking, music playback, notifications, and messaging. But it would also have an uncommon feature for watches: two cameras, one below the display, and the other on the backside, against the wearer's wrist.
It was that oddly positioned camera that apparently caused issues in the watch's development, as it was interfering with the watch's ability to do electromyography, meaning translating nerve signals into digital commands. Something like that could be useful in a virtual world, in which you could perform various actions by moving your fingers or hand.
And if you're wondering why the camera was positioned on the bottom of the watch, the idea was for the wearer to be able to take the watch off and take photos with said camera. Yes, it still doesn't make a lot of sense.
It's worth noting that, while there's probably no immediate product on the horizon, a recently granted Apple patent describes a wristwatch equipped with a camera. The interest seems to be there, it's just that no one has figured out how to do the camera watch properly – yet.
Facebook's camera-equipped watch was supposed to launch in spring 2023 for the price of around US$349, the report claims.
As for the other wearables Meta is reportedly working on, details are scarce, but Bloomberg's sources say some of the technologies and features developed for the camera watch will be used in those other devices.
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As Hurricane Irma approaches South Florida, the U-Surge Project has launched a storm surge webpage for Miami.
This page is open to the public and provides insights on both local storm surge history and long-term coastal flood risk, pulling data from 27 hurricanes and tropical storms over the past 137 years. The website provides infographics, historic maps, information on extreme water level risk and a multimedia archive.
The Great Miami Hurricane of 1926 generated a 15-ft storm tide (storm surge + tide) in southern Miami. The U-Surge Project provides a multi-media archive of storm surge events in this area.
The picture above, taken from the multimedia archive, shows what a 15-foot storm tide looked like during the Great Miami Hurricane of 1926. This picture is one of the all-time great storm surge education and awareness photos because it shows that storm surge truly is a "dome of water" that pushes inland. Note how only the tops of the palm trees emerge from the saltwater.
The Great Miami Hurricane of 1926 produced the highest storm tide (storm surge plus tide), reaching 15 feet.
Since 1880, three hurricanes have generated storm tide levels of at least 11.5 feet. The last to do so was Hurricane Andrew in 1992.
Irma's storm tide has the potential to keep company with the three highest storm tides in recorded history for the region. If Irma's storm tide exceeds Andrew's, it would be the highest storm tide level in Miami in 91 years.
Based on a log-linear regression plot of data since 1880, the 100-year storm tide level in Miami is 14.61 feet. That makes the 15-foot storm tide in 1926 a 108-year event.
Since 1880, three hurricanes have generated storm tide levels greater than 11.5ft (3.51m) in Miami.
The U-Surge Project will regularly update our time series plots as Irma approaches Miami, enabling us to put this storm surge event in climatological context.
At this point, the potential exists for a substantial storm surge near Miami, but slight shifts in Irma's track will produce large changes in storm surge levels. The offshore bathymetry (water depth) east of Miami is relatively deep, which means that strong hurricanes tracking just offshore are not able to generate large surges. Consider Hurricane Matthew, which tracked just offshore last year but generated a storm surge of only around 1 foot near Miami.
For hurricanes to generate large storm surges near Miami, the hurricane's eyewall needs to make a close approach to the city, and generally track over Biscayne Bay. Major hurricanes (those above Category 3) have enough power to rapidly displace water in Biscayne Bay, generating localized storm surge maximums on the southern edge of metropolitan Miami. Hurricane Andrew tracked through this area as a Category 5 hurricane and pushed a 16.7-feet storm surge.
Fortunately, Andrew was a compact hurricane, enabling storm surge values to rapidly decrease away from the storm center. In the southern part of Miami (near northern Biscayne Bay), surge levels reached 11.81 feet and the surge was negligible from Fort Lauderdale northward.
The Great Miami Hurricane of 1926 made landfall as a category-4 hurricane just south of Miami, and generated a 15-ft (3.57-m) storm tide in the southern portion of the city.
At this point it appears that Irma has the potential to make landfall near or south of Miami, which would enhance storm surge levels.
U-Surge has launched this archive of graphics, maps and multimedia resources to help raise public awareness of local storm surge risk as Hurricane Irma approaches. Raw datasets and statistical analysis for professional use are available through collaboration and consulting initiatives with U-Surge.


Android O is officially Android Oreo, which is fun and all, but we really all just want to know when it's coming to our Nexus and Pixel phones, right? We've got news on that front!
According to Google, it's coming soon. I know, I know, that's not what you were looking for. With that said, Google did say that Android Oreo (Android 8.0) will hit AOSP today. For Pixel, Pixel XL, Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, Pixel C, and Nexus Player, it's coming "soon." Again, that's not specific enough, I get it!
How about this – Google says that Android Oreo builds for the Pixel, Pixel XL, Nexus 5X, and Nexus 6P are all in the carrier testing phase, so it actually shouldn't be long. That "soon" could very well turn into, "a few weeks" for all we know.
I wish we had more specific info, but Google isn't quite ready to give up that.
UPDATE: Actually, Google is already rolling out OPR6 builds to the devices listed above. You can update to Android Oreo right now. Head to this post to get started.


Here's the video of this project.
For me, camping is being outdoors, enjoying fresh air and scenery, and unplugging from our tech-focused world. I live in a big city, some days I don't even see a blade of grass, and I lose touch with the sights and sounds of nature.
There is a certain primal allure to cooking on an open fire, chatting with the background of owls and crickets, and facing the setting (or rising) sun with nothing but flashlights. But on a recent camping trip, I thought it would be fun to figure out a way to do it without sacrificing certain basic amenities. I call it Fancy Camping.
Fancy Camping is about fully enjoying the camping experience, but adding some niceties to smooth out some of the "roughing it." I've always had a particular love of breakfast, so I spent some serious time thinking about the first campsite wake-up. Visions of smoky bacon and fresh pastries filled my head. I wondered… is that possible?
Hot baked goods are absolutely possible while camping.
Use medium/large oranges. If you have a special citrus peeler, use that. (Sunkist has one that looks like a pointed stick, I used this thumb-operated model.) Remove the peel in two halves and set aside. If you don't have a special peeler, just cut the oranges in half and remove the fruit with a spoon, leaving the halved peels intact. The fruit can become part of your fruit salad.
Next, prepare the muffin batter. To make things easy for travel, mix flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder into a plastic zip bag before leaving home. When you're ready to make the batter, in a jam jar, combine vegetable oil, milk, and egg. Shake to combine.
Pour the wet ingredients into the bag that has the dry ingredients. Zip it up and knead/mix away.
Cut off the corner of the bag.
Pipe the batter into HALF of your peels until each orange is about 2/3 to 3/4 full. Add berries, if using. Place a top on each orange, and transfer to your fire.
Carefully place the batter-filled oranges on a piece of vented foil directly in your hot coals and let bake for 15 to 25 minutes (depending on the heat of your fire.) With the tops in place, the smoke is kept out of your muffins and the moisture kept in.
When they're finished baking, crack open the peels and eat with a fork. The muffins will be the moistest, most flavorful you've ever tasted -- beautifully orange-infused, sweet and crumbly and decadent. Topped with a little butter and maybe some homemade jam, they're simply delicious. If that weren't enough, there's minimal clean up, and the muffin 'wrappers'… biodegradable! How's that for some fancy camping?!
Try this with cooking eggs. Same idea, just cook your morning egg in one of these and enjoy an unforgettable flavor! Throw a few strips of bacon in a brown paper bag and cook close to the fire, not in, makes great eating. Good work!!
I've seen the bacon/paper bag thing done, but haven't done it myself. Love it! Thanks for the comment!
I am usually a lazy camp cook but this is inspiring!
Aw, thanks! So glad to help. Happy Camping!!
amazing idea! Just one question, how do you get so many views so quickly?
Amazing! I have got to try this.


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Ipovedente (cat. B3, poi T12 e infine T13), ha intrapreso la sua carriera in campo internazionale ai Giochi paralimpici di Seul nel 1988, a diciassette anni. In quella circostanza ha gareggiato, oltre che nella velocità, anche nel salto in lungo e nel salto triplo, ottenendo in entrambe le discipline risultati lusinghieri.

Ben presto però si è dedicato interamente alle gare di velocità, sia singolarmente (100, 200 e 400 metri piani), sia nelle staffette 4×100 e 4×400 metri; nel corso di cinque edizioni dei Giochi paralimpici, nonché di varie competizioni mondiali ed europee, ha conquistato medaglie in ogni specialità. Il suo curriculum comprende nove medaglie paralimpiche (3 d'oro, 2 d'argento e 4 di bronzo) ed è il primo atleta con disabilità visiva ad aver superato i 100 metri piani in meno di 11 secondi.

Aldo Manganaro ha ricevuto per i suoi meriti le massime onorificenze del CONI ed è stato nominato commendatore dal Presidente della repubblica Carlo Azeglio Ciampi nel 2000, dopo le affermazioni ai Giochi di Sydney. Si è ritirato nel 2004, dopo le Paralimpiadi di Atene.

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Medaglie CONI:
1988: Medaglia d'argento CONI: 3º classificato alle Paralimpiadi 100 m piani;
1990 Medaglia d'argento CONI: 2º classificato nel campionato mondiale staffetta 4×100, 4×400 e 100 m piani;
1991 Medaglia di bronzo CONI: 2º classificato nel campionato europeo staffetta 4×100;
1991 Medaglia d'argento CONI: campione europeo 100 m piani;
1992 Medaglia d'oro CONI: campione paralimpico 100 m piani;
1992 Medaglia d'argento CONI: 2º e 3º classificato alle Paralimpiadi 200 m piani e staffetta 4×400;
1993 Medaglia d'argento CONI: campione europeo 100 m piani;
1993 Medaglia di bronzo CONI: 2º classificato nel campionato europeo 200 m piani;
1994 Medaglia d'oro CONI: campione mondiale 100 m piani;
1995 Medaglia d'argento CONI: campione europeo 100 m, 200 m e 400 m piani;
2000 Diploma d'Onore CONI: campione paralimpico staffetta 4×100 e 100 m piani;

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Collegamenti esterni

Sportivi ciechi e ipovedenti
Velocisti italiani
Commendatori OMRI
Insigniti con il Collare d'oro al merito sportivo
Vincitori di medaglia d'oro paralimpica per l'Italia
Vincitori di medaglia d'argento paralimpica per l'Italia
Vincitori di medaglia di bronzo paralimpica per l'Italia

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Ha participado en una ocasión en los Juegos Paralímpicos de Verano, en Tokio 2020. El país no ha obtenido ninguna medalla en las ediciones de verano.

En los Juegos Paralímpicos de Invierno Maldivas no ha participado en ninguna edición.

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HomeArticlesHarmony Baptist HeraldWhat is Truth?
The question, "What is truth?" has been often asked through out history. It was asked by Pontius Pilate of the Lord Jesus during his mock trial. He did not really want nor wait for a reply. He was perhaps simply trying to excuse his injustice.
This question is one that has for centuries occupied philosophers and politicians. Many believe that truth is relative, depending upon the perspective and experience of each individual. Others say that it can not be known at all. But, upon the authority of God's Word, I say that TRUTH is absolute.
Truth affects many areas of life: mathematics and science, for example. But what about religion or morals? This is the great area of debate in our society today.
DOES 2 + 2 = 5?
Would you not be upset to learn that your child's new teacher was teaching that it did not matter if they learned 2 + 2 = 3, or 2 + 2 = 5, or 2 + 2 = 4?
How could a child go through life thinking it did not matter whether two and two equals three, four or five? He could never advance in mathematics or science. He would end up being mocked, ridiculed, and very probably cheated. WHY? Because 2 + 2 = 4. This is a fact. It is a mathematical truth, an absolute. The science of mathematics depends upon it.
There is an even more important truth, my Friend, that is loosely handled in our society. The truth about God. In our present politically correct culture it is claimed that all religions are equally true. It is claimed that truth, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder (or holder in this case).
I am not talking about freedom of religion. It was my Baptist forefathers, such as John Leland and others, who fought for the freedoms we all now so greatly enjoy. Certainly everyone in America is free to worship their god as they see fit. I will die for this great freedom and right, as Baptists have done for hundreds of years.
BUT, it is more absurd to believe that all religions and all gods are equally true, than to believe that two and two are equally 3, 4, or 5, whichever you prefer.
Let me briefly illustrate; the Watchtower Society ["Jehovah's Witnesses"] says that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, but denies that he is equal to God. The god of Islam has no son. The Mormons, Hindus, Roman Catholics and other "faiths" have equally conflicting "TRUTHS" about Jesus Christ and the way to God.
The truth of the Bible is plainly stated in the first chapter of the Gospel of John as follows.
These verses from God's Word plainly teach that "The Word" is the "Only Begotten of the Father", and that He was "with God," and that He "was God." They also teach that He is the Creator of all things, and that He became a man and "dwelt among us." This is of course Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior.
Since I accept the Bible as the Word of God and therefore true, I believe that Jesus Christ is God the Son, the Almighty Creator of all things. This TRUTH directly contradicts what other religions teach. I do not deny their right to believe as they like, but I do reject the idea that all are equally true. That is an impossibility! It cannot be. 2 + 2 = 4, not 5 or 3.
TRUTH, by it's very nature, is exclusive. Jesus said, "I am The Truth." That excludes all other gods.
everyone to believe as I do by force or threats as some denominations did in America's past. I would not, even if I could. I do, however, pray and hope that all who read these words, might know and believe the truth of God in Christ.
the Watchtower Society, or any other religion, he must then logically reject all others as not true. A choice has to be made. Two and two equals exactly four. To say that 2 + 2 = 3 or 5 is false.
Whether these gods, those gods, or the God of the Bible, my Friend, you must make a choice.
believe in the Lord Jesus Christ as revealed in God's Word, the Bible; and because He has commanded me to endeavor to make all men His disciples, I urge you also, to repent and to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ.
Jesus Christ claimed to be God in the flesh and the only Savior of men. Either we must accept Him as such or we must discard Jesus as a mad man. If He is not God in the flesh, and the only Savior, then He was a liar and/or a fool. We could then, not call Him a good man, nor a good teacher. To say; "Well I do not accept all that he said," is simply dishonest. We cannot pick and choose which parts we like or do not like. We either believe Him or we do not.
But what proof is there that Jesus Christ and the Bible are true? Jesus was asked this very question.
He predicted His own death and bodily resurrection from the dead. Buddha, Mohammed and every other religious leader is dead. My Lord Jesus is alive from the dead. In fact this is "THE ONLY PROOF" that the Lord Jesus gave when asked on two different occasions.
And He did rise from the dead after three days and three nights, "as He said." After His bodily resurrection, my Lord was seen by Mary, by the eleven apostles, and by hundreds of others. Their testimonies are recorded for us in the Bible and in history. Millions have given their lives to cruel torture and death because they believed this to be true.
And since Jesus Christ did rise from the dead after the third day, as He said, we know that He is the Son of God. We know that He is the only Savior of the world. Since He did rise from the dead, He will be the Judge of all men; and therefore, you must repent and trust upon Him as your only hope for salvation. Because He did raise from the dead, He is "the Truth," and those who reject Him must abandon all hope for eternity.
I urge you, my Friend, turn from your unbelief and sin and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. Trust solely on Him for the salvation of your soul.


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Rick Santorum on War & Peace
Republican Jr Senator (PA)
Iraq: We have a great game plan, and Rumsfeld does fine job
CASEY [to Santorum]: I've called for Donald Rumsfeld to be replaced. Where do you stand on that?
SANTORUM: I think Secretary Rumsfeld has done a fine job as the defense secretary, and the problems that we are confronting are problems of an enemy that's much more potent than I think anybody ever anticipated. You know, we have a great game plan. We need to go out there and continue to fight this war on Islamic fascism. Source: Meet the Press: PA 2006 Senate Debate, Tim Russert moderator Sep 3, 2006
War in Iraq is one front in war on Islamic fascism
We need to go out there and continue to fight this war on Islamic fascism. Not just the war in Iraq. That's a front of a multi-front war in which we're fighting against an enemy that's a very dangerous enemy. This is an enemy that uses a tactic that is a very effective tactic against us, called terror, because they don't care about life, and we do. We have an enemy that now is trying to get nuclear weapons. The real tough questions is how do you win this war? And I've laid out a very clear vision on that Source: Meet the Press: PA 2006 Senate Debate, Tim Russert moderator Sep 3, 2006
Iran is at the heart of the Iraq war
Q: Our ambassador to Iraq has said the principal problem is not foreign terrorists, it's sectarian violence, Sunni vs. Shiite. This is Shiite vs. Sunni, Iraqi vs. Iraqi. What do you do about that, stay the course?
SANTORUM: That makes it more complex. The radical Sunni terrorist groups, as well as Shia nation-states like Iran, want to defeat the United States.
Q: But stay on Iraq, Senator.
SANTORUM: I'm coming back to it. But you can't ignore the fact that Iraq is simply a front. And Iran, the principal stoker of this Shia/Sunni sectarian violence, would love nothing more to see than the Iraqi democracy fail. Iran is the one that's causing most of the problems in Iraq, and, obviously, with Israel today. Iran is the country that we need to focus on in this war against Islamic fascism.
Q: So Iran now has more influence in Iraq than they did before Saddam Hussein?
SANTORUM: I would say that they have more influence in a free country than they would within a totalitarian regime. Source: Meet the Press: PA 2006 Senate Debate, Tim Russert moderator Sep 3, 2006
Saddam had no new WMDs, but did have old WMDs
Q: In Oct. 2002, you said, "Saddam Hussein's regime is a serious and grave danger to the safety of the American people. Given the threat posed by his weapons of mass destruction." Would you now acknowledge that that was not correct?
SANTORUM: We have found weapons of mass destruction, they were older weapons, but we have found chemical weapons.
Q:The president has accepted the report of his two task forces which said, "Iraq did not have the weapons our intelligence believed were there."
SANTORUM: There were all sorts of weapons that our intelligence believed were there. So far we have not found any new weapons. But we have found over 500 old chemical weapons.
Q: Was Saddam a serious and grave danger to America?
SANTORUM: I believe that Iraq was a serious and grave danger to America.
Q: Based on what?
SANTORUM: Based on the fact that they were working with other terrorist organizations, including al-Qaeda, and that they had camps that they were training Baathists and terrorists. Source: Meet the Press: PA 2006 Senate Debate, Tim Russert moderator Sep 3, 2006
Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11, but still a necessary war
Q: President Bush said that Iraq had "nothing to do with Sept. 11th." Do you agree with that?
SANTORUM: As far as we know, that's the case. But that doesn't mean that they didn't have a working relationship with a variety of different terrorist organizations. In fact, the Saddam Hussein government was giving terrorists bounties for killing Israelis.
Q: But knowing what you know now about the weapons of mass destruction, the primary rationale for the war, would you believe that the Iraq war was a choice or a necessity?
SANTORUM: I believe that it was a war of necessity because they were a threat. It is important that we are in the Middle East right now and confronting this broad war against Islamic fascism. The bottom line is that we are now almost 5 years from Sept. 11th. We have not had any kind of terrorist attack in this country, because we've taken it to them. We've disrupted their networks, not just in Afghanistan. Iraq was a state sponsor of terror, and we went after them. Source: Meet the Press: PA 2006 Senate Debate, Tim Russert moderator Sep 3, 2006
My Iraq plan, and my opponent's plan, is same as Bush's
Q: In '04, after the war, you said, "the Bush administration deserves a lot of credit for getting it right in Iraq." Do you believe the Bush administration is still "getting it right"? In Iraq, what would you do differently?
SANTORUM: The plans that my opponent has laid out in some of his speeches and I've laid out in mine are basically the same thing the administration is trying to do. You're trying to get the Iraqis to take control of the security situation. We are trying to get international cooperation to get money in there. We're trying to improve their quality of life. We're trying to stabilize their democracy and make sure their constitution is defended.
Q: Would you put more troops in Iraq?
SANTORUM: I don't know if it's a question of more troops or less troops. I think the focus should not be Iraq, but should be Iran. Source: Meet the Press: PA 2006 Senate Debate, Tim Russert moderator Sep 3, 2006
Needed exit strategy & objective in Kosovo, but not in Iraq
Q: Have the American people have turned against the war in Iraq?
SANTORUM: Yes, they have.
Q: Why?
SANTORUM: Because the Bush administration hasn't laid out the complexity of dealing with this war and, and how it fits into a broader picture.
Q: When President Clinton took troops into Kosovo, you said, "President Clinton is once again releasing American military might on a foreign country with an ill-defined objective and no exit strategy. He is yet to tell Congress how much this operation will cost. And, he has not informed our nation's Armed Forces about how long they will be away from home." Do you believe you should have the same standard for President Bush? He should give a defined objective, he should give an exit strategy, he should give a cost, and he should give a timeline for Iraq, just as you were demanding President Clinton give for Kosovo?
SANTORUM: No. Because Kosovo and Slobodan Milosevic were never a security threat to the US. It wasn't even close. Source: Meet the Press: PA 2006 Senate Debate, Tim Russert moderator Sep 3, 2006
Sanctions against Iran, despite Administration disagreement
Q: Should we launch a military attack against Iran?
SANTORUM: No, we have an opportunity to go after them by using pro-democracy forces outside and within Iran, and to crack down with additional sanctions. That's the one-two punch [outlined in my proposed bill]. The administration so far has opposed me on that.
Q: No military option?
SANTORUM: That's part of the 2% that President Bush doesn't agree with me on.
CASEY: There's no question that the policy of our government has to be to do everything possible to make sure that Iran does not develop a nuclear weapon. And we've got to use sanctions in a very skilled way. We agree that sanctions have got to be very tough.
SANTORUM: You would have voted for my bill?
CASEY: Absolutely. I have to ask about the most prominent critic of Iran's sanctions, Dick Cheney. Are you going to denounce him for continually opposing sanctions?
SANTORUM: I disagree with him on sanctions, but I don't denounce people because I disagree with them. Source: Meet the Press: PA 2006 Senate Debate, Tim Russert moderator Sep 3, 2006
Voted NO on investigating contract awards in Iraq & Afghanistan.
Voted NO on requiring on-budget funding for Iraq, not emergency funding.
Voted YES on allowing all necessary force in Kosovo.
Majority Leader Trent Lott motioned to kill the resolution that would have authorized the president to "use all necessary forces and other means," in cooperation with U.S. allies to accomplish objectives in Yugoslavia.
Status: Motion to Table Agreed to Y)78; N)22 Reference: Motion to table S. J. Res. 20; Bill S. J. Res. 20 ; vote number 1999-98 on May 4, 1999
Voted NO on authorizing air strikes in Kosovo.
Vote to adopt a resolution to authorize the President to conduct military air operations and missile strikes in cooperation with NATO against Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro). Reference: Bill S.Con.Res 21 ; vote number 1999-57 on Mar 23, 1999
Voted YES on ending the Bosnian arms embargo.
Ending the Bosnian arms embargo.
Status: Bill Passed Y)69; N)29; NV)2 Reference: Bosnia Herzegovina Self-Defense Act of '95; Bill S. 21 ; vote number 1995-331 on Jul 26, 1995
Santorum co-sponsored the Jerusalem Embassy Act
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I heard this story on the radio and looked up the video many weeks later. NPR is a great place to find holy things happening in ordinary places. If you listen hard enough, you will hear it.
These human beings are children of God. When they sing, they are listened to. When they pray, they are heard. Their hearts are beautiful. Their souls are sacred. This choir is a great example of somebody doing something practical and artistic that has become a holy experience. She's just a choir teacher, but her work and their music? It exalts the human spirit. Those words are part of the philosophy of education that I keep pinned up behind my desk at school - "I believe that the practice of music exalts the human spirit and improves quality of life for my students."
Several years ago, when I was still new to the area, I met some women at church who had just come out of prison. They were living in a rehabilitation facility, and the program's mascot was a big picture of the tree of life.
I have covered my home with images of butterflies and the tree of life and every time I think I'm sinking, I remind myself of the tree planted by the stream - deep roots reaching into the water. That tree can't die of thirst (Psalm 1:3). That tree doesn't even know what a desert is. The water is hidden, but the water is there.
When I saw the picture of the tree of life on their information table, I knew what I wanted to do. I could feel that familiar tug way down in my heart. You can't say "no" to that.
So I found myself packing my gear, driving up over the hill from my house and back into the woods . . . checking in at the guard gate of an institution, passing the main building, and arriving at a small, old brick structure. The yard had been cleaned up and flowers planted. A guard buzzed me in at the front door and gave me instructions to bring my car to the back of the building, that some of the ladies there would help me carry equipment in through the kitchen.
That's how the most beautiful experience of my human life began.
It was the most beautiful. I spend my days in the midst of beauty - teaching children and singing with adults - people who pray with me and for me. But this was more beautiful than all of that. It only lasted a year. It was my last year before being thrown full time into teaching. I still had free time.
I would go there every Wednesday evening. Women met me at the back of the building and helped me carry my instruments in. They would pass out the song books and the drums and shakers. And then we would sing.
Sometimes the staff would come out and listen.
These women had favorite songs. They would tell me what their favorites were and I would go find them to bring the next week. We would sing and pray and read scripture for a bout an hour . . . sometimes more. And then they'd help me pack up and I would drive home.
This was our favorite song. Every week we had to do it.
We had some healing in that space.
I learned a lot about the human spirit . . . about the fact that people are so much the same. There's not some magic formula that makes a person choose the right thing every time. Everybody makes mistakes. And when we make our mistakes, we feel them. We feel them the same.
Being taken into this community, being allowed to share in discussion about insecurity and pain? It's one of the biggest privileges I've ever experienced.
It reminded me of being the fortunate student who was sent to play for the tiny, one room Methodist church near our campus in college. Being the person who got to share in the close and quiet life of such an intimate gathering. It's a privilege. It's a blessing.
I don't often write songs for church people. Sometimes I do, I guess. But not for that reason. I tend to write songs for real people. I write songs when I know folks well enough to understand what their struggles are. And then I usually write about that. It's our common ground. We are all people made of dust.
Look at this! Music and healing have found their way into the dark. And things are lighting up!
I've often been misunderstood when talking about this. So please let me explain - music is a means of communication for me. It always has been. Many other people use music to communicate. I believe that it is art, but I have mostly used it to talk with other people about life. I don't worship music. I'm not saying that music itself is somehow in control of everything. I'm saying that I think music helps us to connect on a deeper human level, and that it opens a gate for healing.
I believe that it's a gift from God. I've always believed that. And I believe that when we are working to create music together, we are speaking in a language that God meant for us to speak.
When I was a kid my parents took us up to the mountains for a picnic every summer. We always cooked out near a stream. When I was very young, we would camp there, too.
We loved to wade in the stream and turn over rocks.
We found beautiful creatures under those rocks - things that we wouldn't have seen out in the open. Sometimes we don't see what is holy unless we turn over a few rocks.
Hey - I haven't yet met a person who didn't have a spark of heaven looking out from behind their eyes. I've been so fortunate to speak the musical language because it has given me a free pass into the lives of some people I wouldn't have been allowed to meet with otherwise.
And it's so easy to let the world tell us how separated we should be. It's easy to let the world explain to us why all of our differences should keep us apart.
But God built us for community. And there is no place that community shouldn't go. No place.
I have been finding a way into the lonely places using music.
What is your key? Is it poetry? Is it art? Is it the ability to listen thoughtfully? Is it your strength of character? Is it your sense of humor? Is it your background? Your personal experiences?
Holiness is hidden in the normal. And all we have to do is look.


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Phillies sign Herrera to five-year contract
Meghan Montemurro
Odubel Herrera's signature bat flips aren't going anywhere.
Phillies general manager Matt Klentak announced Thursday the team signed Herrera to a five-year contract through the 2021 season. The deal includes club options for the 2022 and 2023 seasons. Herrera's contract is reportedly worth $30.5 million guaranteed while his option years are $11.5 million and $12.5 million, respectively.
Herrera, 24, would have been arbitration-eligible for the first time in his career after this season and was set to become a free agent after the 2020 season.
He's coming off his first All-Star season when he hit .286 with 21 doubles, six triples, 15 home runs, 87 runs scored, 25 stolen bases and a .361 on-base percentage.
A Rule 5 pick of the Phillies in 2014 from the Texas Rangers and a former second baseman, Herrera quickly developed into one of the organization's best players. Through his two seasons, Herrera leads all Phillies hitters in batting average (.291), hits (314), runs (151), doubles (51), stolen bases (41), total bases (452) and OPS (.773).
Herrera's 8.0 WAR over his first two seasons ranks 64th among all Major League Baseball position players since 1901. It marks the second-highest in Phillies history by a player through their first two years, only trailing Dick Allen (8.8 WAR from 1963-64).
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Defensively, Herrera's range in center field has made him one of the better ones in baseball. He was a finalist for the National League Gold Glove Award at his position in 2016.
The long-term contract signifies the Phillies' commitment and belief that Herrera will be an integral part of the team through the rebuild. He becomes the first player on the Phillies' roster to have a guaranteed deal beyond the 2017 season.
With Herrera locked down, it makes him a piece to build around as the Phillies try to get back to their winning ways. A guaranteed contract like Herrera's tends to raise expectations, though, which means consistency at the plate and in the outfield is vital from the Venezuelan native over the length of the deal.
Contact Meghan Montemurro at mmontemurro@delawareonline.com. Follow her on Twitter at @M_Montemurro.


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