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Sharon Van Etten, Fleet Foxes, Love Language, RIP Poly Styrene & Phoebe Snow
Wednesday, April 27, 2011 - 08:00 AM
POLY STYRENE, fmr frontwoman of X-Ray Spex, succumbed to cancer at 53. P-Fork has your A/V linkage, including "Oh Bondage! Up Yours!" Her latest LP, Generation Indigo, dropped yesterday and is streaming via Spinner, which also collected remembrances from musicians, while NPR has a piece from Robert Christgau.
SHARON VAN ETTEN, Live at Brighton Music Hall, April 14, 2011.
FLEET FOXES performed a session for Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show live at Maida Vale Studios.
BRIGHT EYES played a mini-set at the World Cafe.
THE LOVE LANGUAGE did the four free songs thing for Daytrotter.
PHOEBE SNOW, a bluesy singer, guitarist and songwriter who had a defining hit of the 1970s with "Poetry Man" but then largely dropped out of the spotlight to care for her disabled daughter, has died at 60. For whatever reason, I more clearly remember her singing covers with Linda Ronstadt on a Saturday Night in 1979.
JEFF TWEEDY talks to SPIN about Wilco's "obnoxious and irreverent" next album.
BRAIDS are profled at The Guardian.
THE KINKS: A "Kinks Kook" critically revisits the band's re-issued first three albums.
HIT SONG LYRICS show a statistically significant trend toward narcissism and hostility over the last 30 years.
LINDSAY LOHAN taped a surprise appearance on Leno, during which she complained about her jail sentence.
NICOLAS CAGE: A child abuse detective was called in to investigate the actor on the night of his drunken arrest.
CHARLIE SHEEN bailed out his pal, Lenny Dykstra, after the fmr baseball star was busted on federal embezzlement charges.
KRISTIN CAVALLARI & JAY CUTLER (a/k/a Jerkface) got engaged in Mexico.
ROB SCHNEIDER swapped vows with longtime girlfriend Patricia Azarcoya Arce on Saturday.
ROBERT PATTINSON & KRISTEN STEWART strip for their final Twilight scene.
KATIE COURIC announces she's leaving the CBS Evening News. Most of the press makes no mention of her bad ratings.
IRAN warned it would retaliate for Bahrain's expulsion of Iranian diplomats from Manama.
SYRIA: With reports emerging that at least one high-ranking Syrian military commander refused to participate in a bloody, predawn raid that left dozens dead in the southern border city of Daraa -- the heart of Syria's weekslong civil unrest, questions are being raised about possible cracks in President Bashar al-Assad's hold over the military.
LIBYA: Forces loyal to Gaddafi shelled the city of Misrata despite withdrawing from the center of the town just days ago. Children as young as eight are being raped in front of their families by Gaddafi's forces, according to reports made to a leading charity.
AFGHANISTAN: How many al Qaeda leaders are left in-country?
A CALICO CAT gave birth to a puppy in Yangshan, eastern China's Jiangsu Province. Reportedly. (Thx, Lance.)
MAYBE THE DINGOES ATE YOUR BABY: Two dingoes that mauled a 3-year-old girl on an Australian beach have been caught and destroyed, officials said Tuesday.
SOME DOGS aren't much of a threat.
TWIN BOY & GIRL POLAR CUBS are the first to survive in China. Aww...dorable.
New Releases, Steve Earle, Iron & Wine, Tiny Stallion
Tuesday, April 26, 2011 - 08:00 AM
FERRABY LIONHEART's latest video is for the tuneful "Pocketknife."
NEW RELEASES from They Might Be Giants, An Horse, Bootsy Collins, Cass McCombs, The Wombats and Vandaveer, plus a Roy Orbison comp and more are streaming this week via Spinner.
STEVE EARLE played a Tiny Desk Concert at the NPR offices.
IRON & WINE played a mini-set at the UBS Forum for The Current.
FLAMING LIPS produced four new songs in gummy skulls, now available via YANP.
MY MORNING JACKET dropped "Holdin On to Black Metal" in advance of Circuital, but you have to Like the band on the Facebook to hear it.
THE 10 BEST SHINS SONGS (So Far), according to Paste, with embedded audio.
THE DUKES OF STRATOSPHEARE, the psychedelic front group for XTC, play "The Mole From the Ministry" and "You're A Good Man, Albert Brown" for Twofer Tuesday.
BEASTIE BOYS get an extensive oral history from New York magazine, while the band posts an alternate stream of Hot Sauce Committee Part Two.
PJ HARVEY talked to The Observer about 20 years in music and the emotions behind her latest dark masterpiece.
PHOSPHORESCENT front man/composer Matthew Houck talks to Consequence of Sound about songwriting, moving up to big festival gigs, and more.
HALEY BONAR talks to the Mpls City Pages about recording Golder.
HAZEL DICKENS, a Bluegrass pioneer, has passed at 75.
LINDSAY LOHAN will be picking up trash, emptying trash bins, mopping floors and cleaning windows and restrooms at the L.A. County Department of Coroner's facility.
JAY-Z & BEYONCE playing the Royal Wedding reception? The rumors are so crazy right now.
TONI COLLETTE is a mom again.
KEVIN JAMES is a dad for the first time.
RYAN PHILLIPPE wants to bow out of the harsh glare of Los Angeles, but isn't quitting acting.
JOHNNY DEPP is doing an uncredited cameo in the 21 Jump Street movie.
ELLEN BARKIN gets a lengthy profile in the New York Times Magazine.
THE HOBBIT, which is being shot at 48 frames per second, loses Rob Kazinsky, who was to play Fili.
SYRIA: The Obama administration said Monday it was considering "targeted sanctions" against Syria after government forces sharply escalated their deadly campaign to crush a five-week uprising.
IRAN has been hit by a second computer virus, a senior military official said Monday, suggesting it was part of a concerted campaign to undermine the country's disputed nuclear program.
AFGHANISTAN: Hundreds of prisoners escaped from a jail in the country's south on Monday through a tunnel dug by Taliban insurgents, officials said, a "disaster" for the Afghan government and a setback for foreign forces planning to start a gradual withdrawal within months.
EINSTEIN: The world's smallest stallion has a ball.
A SIX-FOOT GATOR invites himself into a home in Palmetto, FL.
THE WORLD'S WICKEDEST BUGS are found in Japan.
A SNAKE knocked out power to thousands in Upper Marlboro , MD on Easter. A very crispy snake.
Fleet Foxes, Antlers, High Llamas, Beastie Boys, Puppy Cam
Monday, April 25, 2011 - 08:00 AM
THE STROKES played "Games" for Conan, if not with him.
FLEET FOXES are advance streaming Helplessness Blues.
THE ANTLERS are advance streaming Burst Apart.
HIGH LLAMAS are advance streaming Talahomi Way.
BEASTIE BOYS are advance streaming Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 from a boombox half-court at MSG.
ARCADE FIRE: Will Butler & Marika Shaw sang "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" during the 7th inning stretch at Wrigley Field.
VAN DYKE PARKS gives Pitchfork musical picks, along with first-hand insights on Brian Wilson, Harry Nilsson, and Eartha Kitt.
BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE: Mick Jones talks about hitting the reunion circuit -- and the unreleased cuts he and Strummer wrote that he would like them to see the light of day.
THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART are profiled at the Chicago Tribune.
THE THERMALS spoke with PopMatters about their latest release, touring with the Coathangers, smoking weed, and traveling through Europe.
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: In a bit of a surprise, Rio remained perched atop the cineplex with 26.8 million. Madea's Big Happy Family placed with 25.8 million, when tracking numbers projected a 30 million opening. Either Tyler Perry's franchise is fianlly weakening, or Easter was a curve ball. (Even so, with a reported 20 million budget, it will make tens of millions in profit.) Water For Elephants showed with 17.5 million -- a couple million more than the most optimistic estimates. Hop got an Easter bounce in the fourth slot, as its 12.5 million was 16 percent over last weekend's total. Scream 4 rounds out the Top Five with 7.2 million, tumbling 62 percent from its debut. Below the fold, African Cats opened in sixth with 6.4 million, which isn't bad for opening on just 1220 screens.The overall numbers were up a big 34 million year-over-year.
LINDSAY LOHAN had her felony theft charge downgraded to a misdemeanor... but was sentenced to 120 days in jail. Li-Lo is reportedly shocked, but will appeal, and is out on bail.
MAD MEL UPDATE: Gibson gave Deadline his first interview since portions of the taped conversations between the filmmaker and his ex-girlfriend were leaked to the Internet.
CHARLIE SHEEN was dumped by "goddess" Bree Olson, by text message.
LeANN RIMES & EDDIE CIBRIAN got hitched.
RUPERT GRINT, contrary to rumor, was not photographed with a bong.
PAUL REISER: Cancelled after two episodes. Ouch.
LUKE CAGE, Marvel Comics' Hero for Hire, may be played by Isaiah Mustafa of the popular "Old Spice" commercials.
NIGERIA: Muslim rioters have killed more than 100 Christians and burned down more than 40 churches in an attack that began in response to the election of Jonathan Goodluck, a Christian, as president, according to International Christian Concern.
YEMEN: Embattled Pres. Saleh said he accepted a proposal by Arab mediators that would shift power to his deputy 30 days from the signing of a formal agreement and grant him and his family, who occupy key positions in Yemen's security apparatus, immunity from prosecution.
SYRIA: The state-run news agency claimed security forces recovered digital equipment, bottles of fake blood used by a 'criminal group' to falsify photos and videos depicting acts of violence against protesters.
LIBYA: Pro-Gaddafi tribes are threatening to oust rebels holed up in Misrata.
IRAQ: Adm. Mullen said Iraq must decide in the next several weeks if it wants to extend the US military mission in Iraq.
SHIBA INU PUPPY CAM returns with a new litter.
NEW ZEALANDERS celebrated Eatser by shooting teh bunnies.
COMPETITIVE RABBIT JUMPING: Der Spiegel investigates.
WET, SALTY CAT: The mystery surrounds a white, orange and black feline that arrived last weekend on Governors Island in New York.
SCORPION on a plane.
Lemonheads, PJ Harvey, Decemberists, Cutout Bin, Sleepy Kitteh
...with THE LEMONHEADS! Evan Dando's songbook has always struck me as autmnal, though not all of it really is. For example, a very young Dando released his take on Suzanne Vega's hit "Luka" in May '89. He dissolved the band after releasing the Lovey LP, but returned with a new lineup on "It's A Shame About Ray" in July '92. Despite Johnny Depp's appearance in that video, the album lingered in the lower reaches of the charts, despite being filled with grunge-pop goodness like "Rockin' Stroll" and "Confetti." But that November, Atlantic released the band's take on Simon & Garfunkel's "Mrs. Robinson," which shot to No. 19 on the UK charts and landed Dando unlikely US gigs like "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee." The flip side of that single was the goofy "Being Around," which becomes a singalong live. The followup LP, C'mon, Feel the Lemonheads, hit the Top 5 in the UK, but only No. 56 in the US, with the single "Into Your Arms," which would later turn up on the soundtrack to Before Sunrise and in an FTD commercial. The other two videos from the LP, like "Ray," sport celeb cameos -- Angelina Jolie turns up in "It's About Time" and a young Chloë Sevigny can be seen in "Big Gay Heart" (which Dando makes safe-for-broadcat with a funny spoonerism). Unfortunately, Dando would soon slide into heavy drugs and the next album, Car Button Cloth was not nearly as successful -- commercially or artistically. An unremarkable solo album and sporadic gigs would follow, until Dando got his personal life together and revived The Lemonheads brand witha self-titled LP in 2005, from which "Black Gown" was the lead track. BONUS: Dando and Mudhoney's Mark Arm fromted the DKT-MC5 on a ripping version (is there any other kind) of the classic "Kick Out the Jams" of The Late Late Show.
PJ HARVEY played the Warfield last week; you can stream the whole gig on demand now.
MIDDLE BROTHER - composed of John J. McCauley III of Deertick, Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes and Matt Vasquez of Delta Spirit - stopped by the World Cafe for a chat and mini-set.
THE DECEMBERISTS: How about dozens of live covers? Not just of REM, Robyn Hitchcock, Big Star and the like, but Heart, Bad Company and Cheap trick, to name a few.
THE BEASTIE BOYS released the full 22-minute version of "Fight For Your Right Revisted."
MARIANNE FAITHFULL asks "Why Did We Have to Part?" in advance of Horse and High Heels.
ROY ORBISON, who would have turned 75 yesterday, was celebrated with a new video for his signature hit, "(Oh) Pretty Woman."
DOBIE GRAY is in with "The In Crowd."
THE WRENS: Charles Bissell spoke to Prefix about the upcoming album, the state of the blogosphere, and what would happen if they became superstars.
TIMES NEW VIKING talks to Drowned In Sound about leaving lo-fi behind.
FIVE FEMALE SINGERS every man should listen to, according to Carrie Brownstein.
50 SONGS every man should listen to, also from Esquire's music issue.
THE 10 BEST SOUTHERN ROCK ALBUMS, according to Alan Paul. (Thx, LHB.)
CUTOUT BIN: From Liz Phair to the Beatles, from Tom Jones to the Clash, from the Beach Boys to Husker Du, plus Psychedelic Furs, Them, Kenny Rogers, Red Kross, the Urban Dance Squad and more -- this Friday's fortuitous finds are now streaming from the Pate page at the ol' HM.
NOW SHOWING: This weekend's wide releases are: Water For Elephants, which is currently scoring 45 percent on the ol' Tomatometer; Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family, whcih was not screened for critics (per usual for Perry); and African Cats, which is scoring 70 percent.
LINDSAY LOHAN is back on the Gotti biopic.
CHARLIE SHEEN's exes, Brooke Mueller and Denise Richards, have struck up an unlikely friendship.
LADY GAGA & WEIRD AL YANKOVIC: Um... I'll let him explain it, but thankfully, it's about a song parody.
HALLE BERRY & GABRIEL AUBRY were back in court, but still haven't resolved their child custody dispute.
JENNIFER ANISTON & BRADLEY COOPER: Not. Happening.
ETHAN HAWKE is to be a dad for the fourth time. I'm guessing the mom-to-be will be careful about picking a nanny.
EMMA WATSON was routinely heckled by her fellow students at oh-so-tolerant Brown University.
KATE BECKINSALE has been offered the Sharon Stone role in the Total Recall remake opposite Colin Farrell. Eva Mendes and Rosario Dawson are the serious contenders for the role of Melina.
WHY IS THIS SATURDAY DIFFERENT FROM ALL OTHER DAYS? Because ABC has its annual showing of The Ten Commandments, a grand spectacle featuring acting from Edward G. Robinson and Anne Baxter that is so over-the-top that Yul Brenner starts to look good by comparison. And while Robinson's Dathan never actually spoke the line "Where's your Messiah now?" in the movie, it -- like "Play It Again, Sam" (not spoken in Casablanca) -- has become part of a part of our culture. The line actually comes from Billy Crystal (sample), originally a bit from the Oscars, iirc. It later turned up on The Simpsons, with Chief Wiggum playing Dathan to Ned Flanders' Moses. Mind you, I find it odd that this didn't air last weekend, before Passover. That's when I pulled out my DVD... and I'll get my Charlton Heston Easter fix with Ben-Hur.
INDONESIA: Police arrested 19 terror suspects involved in a plot to blow up a church over Easter weekend in Serpong; police found a massive bomb at the gas pipeline leading to the church.
IRAN: The UAE's foreign minister stated that Iran must treat its neighbors with "responsibility and respect." Kuwait's foreign minister accused an Iranian spy cell of planning attacks against US infrastructure in the country.
LIBYA: Rebels took control of a border outpost in the west after more than 200 pro-Gaddafi troops deserted to Tunisia. NATO bombers attacked Gaddafi forces in Tripoli and Gharyan.
AFGHANISTAN: Government officials in the north are building up their own ethnic-based militia groups to expand their influence and keep the Taliban at bay. But the spread of mostly Tajik and Uzbek militias is aggravating tensions with local Pashtuns.
WALDO the KITTEH, passed out on a bookshelf, silently summarizing my Friday.
GOLDFISH RACING cancelled in Tacoma.
...AND THERE WAS SHRIMP all over the highway.
A BLACK ANGUS COW gives birth to rare triplets in Manhattan. No, not that Manhattan.
SWAN and a TRACTOR: A Love Story.
The National, Morning Benders, Caribou, Dog Feeds Goats
Thursday, April 21, 2011 - 08:00 AM
FLEET FOXES played "Grown Ocean" on Later with Jools Holland.
THE NATIONAL stopped by Morning Becomes Eclectic for a session.
THE MORNING BENDERS are streaming album tracks, covers and various rarities via Soundcloud.
CARIBOU is offering the complete recordings of the live Vibration Ensemble set from All Tomorrow's Parties in 2009, also via Soundcloud.
POKEY LaFARGE plays a Tiny Desk Concert of 20s and 30s-influenced tunes at NPR.
YEASAYER dropped "Phoenix Wind" and "Swallowing the Decibels" for Record Store Day.
WHITE DENIM dropped a trippy video for "Drug."
TV ON THE RADIO's Gerard Smith has lost his battle with lung cancer.
THE OLD 97s: Rhett Miller talks to Spinner about the value of preserverance.
JULIANA BARWICK spoke to Pitchfork about favorite songs, Amy Grant, movies that are better than their books, and why it's good to have your own table.
HOME TAPING IS KILLING MUSIC (REDUX): Three case studies, including Amazon's new cloud player.
LINDSAY LOHAN can fuggedabout playing Victoria Gotti on film.
CATHERINE ZETA-JONES speaks out about her bipolar disorder.
DEMI LOVATO speaks out about her bipolar disorder.
TIM ROBBINS loses both parents within 12 days. I'm not a fan of his, but my heart goes out to him.
BRADGELINA have strict requirements for their nannies.
EMMA ROBERTS & CHORD OVERSTREET were... wait for it.... caught canoodling at Coachella, for extra alliteration.
TYLER PERRY tells Spike Lee he can go straight to Hell.
JAMES FRANCO lists his Top 10 entries in the Criterion Collection.
ELISABETH SLADEN, the British actress who played intrepid investigative journalist Sarah Jane Smith on and off throughout Doctor Who's 30-year run, passed away on Monday.
YEMEN: The UN Security Council's first talks on the crisis ended in New York without an agreed public statement, with diplomats saying Russia objected.
LIBYA: The US is planning on sending more than 25 million dollars in non-military aid to rebel forces.
EGYPT is reaching out to Iran and Syria, but a top Sunni cleric urged Iran "not to interfere" in turmoil-hit Arab countries.
PAKISTAN: Admiral Michael Mullen said Pakistan has a "relationship" with the Haqqani Network but stopped short of accusing the country of supporting the terror group.
IRAQ: Sadrists have threatened retaliation if US forces continue to stay in the country.
GLADYS the BULL TERRIER, wearing "milk pants," feeds baby goats.
AN OTTER causes chaos in County Clare (with awesome distressed otter pic).
RODENT DROPPINGS "too numerous to count" were found by US health inspectors near a Delta Air Lines jet's galley where food and drink are stored.
MILLIONAIRE DOG-NIPPING CASE rejected by judges in Taiwan.


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Wheeling to host Raceboat Regatta
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Photo Provided Chris Cox, of Wheeling, left, driving Jade Dragon, and Chris Gardill, of Wheeling, in Roman Candle, roar down the straightaway at a past Wheeling Vintage Raceboat Regatta. This year's edition of the event will be held Labor Day weekend at the Heritage Port in Wheeling.
Photo Provided Jim Gardill, of Glen Dale, skids his Roman Candle raceboat through a high speed turn at a past Wheeling Vintage Raceboat Regatta. The regatta will be held again this Labor Day weekend at the Heritage Port in Wheeling.
Photo Provided Brian Joseph, of Wheeling, driving his Something Special raceboat, roars up on another boat during a past Wheeling Vintage Raceboat Regatta. The regatta is scheduled for Labor Day weekend at the Heritage Port in Wheeling.
WHEELING — Vintage hydroplane raceboats — several capable of speeds in excess of 120 mph — will be roaring up and down the Ohio River in Wheeling again this Labor Day weekend.
Four dozen of the fast craft already have registered for the annual Wheeling Vintage Raceboat Regatta, presented by WesBanco. The event will be held Aug. 31-Sept. 2, at the Heritage Port in Wheeling. There is no admission charge.
"We are looking at our best pre-registration of boats in many years," said Debbie Joseph, regatta co-director. "We will very likely exceed 50 boats in the pits when we start on Saturday morning. The weekend will be exciting and full of action for adrenaline junkies of all ages," she said.
Proceeds from the event benefit the Easter Seal Rehabilitation Center in Wheeling, which serves a wide area of the Ohio Valley extending from Parkersburg north to Steubenville. During the regatta's 12-year history, it has donated more than $70,000 to the center.
Though the raceboats can be viewed at the port on Friday, the action begins Saturday. Exhibition runs by the hydroplanes will be held that day and Sunday. Opening ceremonies are set for 9:45 a.m., with the raceboats to run through the afternoon.
Hydroplanes in Wheeling differ from those on the American Power Boat Association racing circuit in important ways. All once were APBA-sanctioned racers, but they cannot compete today because they are not as safe as modern craft. While the APBA now mandates safety features such as driver seating in enclosed safety cells, the vintage boats are open-cockpit craft — with nothing securing the drivers inside.
The Vintage & Historic Division of the APBA is experimenting with allowing vintage boats with safety cells this year, something that has not been done in the past. One boat with a safety cell will be in Wheeling, NM-711 Fantasy, owned by Mark Cravens of Bloomington, Ind.
Engines in the old boats are high-horsepower powerplants, some pumping out 500 horsepower or more. Many will be familiar to local residents who attended APBA regattas in New Martinsville and Steubenville in the past. Some of the very hydroplanes that raced there will be seen in Wheeling.
Many of the boats registered for the Wheeling event have colorful, highly successful histories. At least eight of the hydroplanes won national championships during their racing careers. Five of the boats set world speed records, some at New Martinsville.
And hydroplane racing is a mixed-gender sport. Several of the boats in Wheeling will be driven by women. One, Lil Leprechaun, was driven in competition by Ann Fitzgerald, the most successful female racer of all time.
Several of the raceboats are owned by local residents, including Dan and Debbie Joseph of Wheeling, who founded the event and continue to manage it. The Wheeling/New Martinsville area is currently home to at least 13 vintage hydroplanes, said regatta co-director Dan Joseph.
"The Gardill, Kappel, Glasgow, Pattishall-Krupinski, Bridgeman, and Joseph families have made Northern West Virginia a hotbed of vintage activity, with the A-711 Gemini owned by David Bridgeman of New Martinsville the latest addition to the fleet. We can almost have our own regatta," he said.
While the regatta focuses on loud and fast raceboats, it will include other activities for those of all ages. Strolling through the pit area, closed while the boats are running, will be permitted during intermissions Saturday and Sunday. They are scheduled for noon through 1:30 p.m. and souvenir posters will be handed out to the first 100 fans through the pit gates each day.
A variety of children's activities are planned — but one of the most appealing to many youngsters is meeting the raceboat drivers during the lunch break, getting their autographs and often, getting the chance to sit in the hydroplane cockpits.
Many drivers encourage that.
Other children's activities will include appearances by "the balloon lady," "the bubble guy," a movie princess, face painting and games with prizes.
For those more interested in grown-up toys, the popular car show will be held on the street at the top of the Heritage Port steps on Sunday from 10 a..m.-3 p.m.
Back this year is one of the most popular events at the regatta, the basket raffle. It features gift baskets including items appealing to children, men and women. Tickets can be purchased and deposited for drawings on each basket, with winners selected on Sunday.
Another popular event is the free noontime concerts, sponsored by The Health Plan. Appearing this year will be "Mr. Fancy Pants." The regatta will be kicked off both Saturday and Sunday with special performances.
On Saturday, the United States, Canadian and Australian national anthems will be performed by David Gaudio, in recognition of the nationalities represented at the regatta. On Sunday morning, the Marshall University Fife and Drum Corps, dressed in colonial period uniforms, will perform "Amazing Grace" and the U.S. national anthem.
Major sponsors for this year's regatta include WesBanco, Savage Crane and Construction, Merco Marine, Panhandle Cleaning and Restoration, The Health Plan, Wheeling Volkswagen-Subaru, Family Medical Supply, and the Ohio County Commission. Other sponsors include the City of Wheeling, Philip High, DDS; Lamar Outdoor Advertising, McClellan Sign Co., C.A. House Productions, Super Mail Inc., The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register, the Green Tab, Wheeling Convention and Visitors Bureau and Wheeling Heritage.
More information on the regatta is available at WheelingVintageRegatta.com and on the Regatta's Facebook page.
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insurethebox Shortlisted in 2019 North East Contact Centre Awards
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insurethebox, global pioneer of telematics based car insurance, has been shortlisted in two categories in the 2019 North East Contact Centre (NECCA) Awards.
The NECCA Awards celebrate the success of the region's leading industries and recognise the achievements of employees who make North East contact centres among the best in the world. The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony at Ramside Hall Hotel on 8 February 2019.
insurethebox is a finalist in the People Development Heroes category, which showcases those who demonstrate a commitment to innovative skills development programmes, enabling their people to deliver exceptional customer service. Jonny Gordon, Customer Service Team Member, has also been shortlisted in the Advisor of the Year category, which recognises a Contact Centre or Customer Service Operator working at adviser level who has demonstrated outstanding achievement. Jonny was nominated by insurethebox for his passion, enthusiasm and relentless energy for putting the customer first.
Andy Preacher, Head of People and Culture for insurethebox, commented: "insurethebox has invested heavily in the North East and now employs over 350 colleagues in our Quorum office. We take learning and development seriously, and are proud to support employees from the beginning of their careers through a range of apprenticeships, technical qualifications and certifications, to enable them to provide the best possible customer experience. In 2018 alone we have delivered over 1400 training sessions as part of our GEAR (Grow, Engage, Accelerate, Race) career development framework for employees. These award nominations reflect our focus on people development and commitment to excellent customer service."
The North East Contact Centre Awards were established in 2004 and winners are selected based on feedback from a panel of judges.


We are going to be taking part in the "The Global Genius Hour Project".
First we watched this video clip of a 9 year old boy who reminded us not to be boring. He said to go down the road less traveled - the hard way, so we can not be the same and not boring.
Then we looked at the Genius Hour wiki to learn more about this project.
Next we brainstormed all the topics we wanted to learn more about and what we were curious about.
You have got a wide range of ideas there I am curious to see what you learn about these things now.


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Mastering Time and Space: Testing the Objective-C Runtime
by Joshua Marker
Testing in Objective-C is not as powerful or useful as it could be. The out-of-the-box tools are still a bit anemic and a lot of testing ends up being confined to unit testing because it's too much of a hassle, or too slow, to test what should be. I'd like to cover some improvements to how BDD can be done, using Cedar as an example, and several custom extensions to Objective-C's runtime (which would function in any testing environment). ('Try that in swift!' could be a subtitle for this talk. . . . ) Specifically, I'll cover how to intercede in the runtime to make time pass without waiting, to intercept & munge network communications (including with NSURLSession, which was more challenging than previous techniques), to collapse animations, and how to otherwise get Apple's systems out of the way to test what you want to. I'll also talk about what to test and what not to test, to dial in the level of coverage desired to fit the situation. The techniques covered include method swizzling and posing, so I selected 'advanced' above. But depending on the audience, I could focus on the more interesting and unusual tools or try to support a mechanism for making BDD testing drive good implementations. I'm pretty flexible. If this is the place to be less than humble, I've got a 5.0 rating on 'ratemyprofessor.com', won Berkeley's teaching award, and in general try to be entertaining.
This talk was recorded at AltConf 2015. Watch all the videos!
This content has been published here with the express permission of the author.
Joshua Marker


Your intuition is that little voice that tells you something is not right or a nagging sensation that you cannot explain. It may even be an uneasy feeling you have when you are with someone. Intuition is defined as the ability to understand something instinctively, without the need for conscious reasoning.
Our minds have conscious and subconscious parts. These parts are necessary; play very different roles and work together to help us function. Usually, your intuition will be formed by both parts of your conscious mind and the subconscious or unconscious mind. Your subconscious can be defined as the part of the mind of which one is not fully aware but which influences one's actions and feelings. Whereas you're conscious is defined as the part of your mind that is aware of and responding to your surroundings.
You can pick up on words, actions, events, phrases, and signals that your conscious mind may delegate to the subconscious because you are focusing on something else for example driving, watching a movie or writing.
Those events or moments will be grouped together and you form an option about them unconsciously and that is why you may feel at uneasy or have a nagging feeling that something is amiss. Your mind has actually gathered information, processed it and due to your back ground, beliefs, and life experiences it will reach a conclusion on a matter and try to communicate this to you.
Albert Einstein once stated that "The only real valuable thing is intuition." Therefore do not be quick to dismiss it instead evaluate why you feel that way, may be if you look closely enough you will start to notice the subtle signs or the early signs of domestic abuse. Something else that may help is keeping a journal or a private blog where you document what happens during the day and especially when you have the nagging feeling, that way you can look over it at a later date and recognize a pattern or the trigger for that sensation.


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Klaus Mäkelä
Klaus Mäkelä commences his first season as Chief Conductor and Artistic Advisor of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra in August 2020.
This season's concert programmes include masterworks by Mahler, Sibelius, Mozart, Ravel, Mendelssohn, Bruckner and Tchaikovsky. Mäkelä also conducts premieres by Sauli Zinovjev and Mette Henriette and recently written works by Anna Thorvaldsdottir and Kaija Saariaho.
In addition to his first season of concerts with the Oslo Philharmonic, the 2020/21 season sees Mäkelä make his first appearances with The Gewandhausorchester, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Concertgebouworkest, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and SWR Symphonieorchester. He returns to the Gothenburg Symphony, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Helsinki Philharmonic orchestras and Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, and conducts the Orchestre de Paris in 2 programmes as Music Director Designate. Mäkelä also continues his tenures with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Tapiola Sinfonietta, where he completes a Beethoven Cycle spanning three seasons.
Highlights from the 2019/20 season included appearances with the Cleveland, Frankfurt Radio, City of Birmingham Symphony orchestras, Hallé, Bamberger Symphoniker, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Philharmoniker, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester and Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France. Mäkelä made his operatic debut with the Finnish National Opera conducting The Magic Flute and a concertante performance of Erkki Melartin's Aino.
Mäkelä studied conducting at the Sibelius Academy with Jorma Panula and cello with Marko Ylönen, Timo Hanhinen and Hannu Kiiski. As a soloist, he has performed with several Finnish orchestras and as a chamber musician with the musicians of Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and at many Finnish festivals. He plays a Giovanni Grancino cello from 1698, kindly made available to him by the OP Art Foundation.
He assumes the role of Artistic Advisor for Orchestre de Paris from 2020/21 for two seasons, before becoming the orchestra's next Music Director from September 2022. He is also Principal Guest Conductor of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Artist in Association with Tapiola Sinfonietta, and Artistic Director of the Turku Music Festival.


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WOW: DHS Secret Terror Watchlist With Nearly 2 MILLION People On It Exposed Online With NO PASSWORD
Washington, D.C. (February 3, 2021) Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas records a video message to DHS employees.
The Department of Homeland Security under Alejandro Mayorkas earlier this year revealed plans to declare their political opposition "suspected domestic extremists" and strip them of their rights by placing them on the No Fly List.
Every indicator suggests Mayorkas has followed through on those plans and has been rapidly expanding the regime's No Fly List and terror watchlist by adding dissidents such as America First talk show host Nick Fuentes to them.
According to a newly released report from security researcher Volodymyr Diachenko, DHS last month had their highly-secretive terror/no fly watchlist with nearly 2 million so-called "suspected terrorists" on it exposed on the open internet "without a password or any other authentication required to access it."
Despite DHS being immediately alerted to the astonishing act of incompetence by Diachenko, they took three weeks to take the exposed database down. That means the entire list could potentially be in the hands of our foreign adversaries' while American dissidents are being blocked from knowing whether they are on these lists and being forced to go through legal hell to fight to get off the lists in order to get their rights back.
Apparently, this is the TSC (Terrorist Screening Centre) dataset publicly exposed (tsc_id is the only clue), with 1.9M+ records. In any case, any thoughts as of where to responsibly report? pic.twitter.com/e31pSrHnoM
— Bob Diachenko (@MayhemDayOne) July 19, 2021
From Volodymyr Diachenko, "America's secret terrorist watchlist exposed on the web without a password: report":
On July 19, 2021 I discovered a terrorist watchlist containing 1.9 million records online without a password or any other authentication required to access it.
The watchlist came from the Terrorist Screening Center, a multi-agency group administered by the FBI. The TSC maintains the country's no-fly list, which is a subset of the larger watchlist. A typical record in the list contains a full name, citizenship, gender, date of birth, passport number, no-fly indicator, and more.
I immediately reported it to Department of Homeland Security officials, who acknowledged the incident and thanked me for my work. The DHS did not provide any further official comment, though.
Timeline of the exposure
On July 19, 2021, The exposed server was indexed by search engines Censys and ZoomEye. I discovered the exposed data on the same day and reported it to the DHS.
The exposed server was taken down about three weeks later, on August 9, 2021. It's not clear why it took so long, and I don't know for sure whether any unauthorized parties accessed it.
What data was exposed?
The exposed Elasticsearch cluster contained 1.9 million records. I do not know how much of the full TSC Watchlist it stored, but it seems plausible that the entire list was exposed.
Each record in the watchlist contained some or all of the following info:
– Full name
– TSC watchlist ID
– Gender
– Date of birth
– Passport number
– Country of issuance
– No-fly indicator
The data also included a couple of categorical fields that I was unable to identify, including "tag," "nomination type," and "selectee indicator".
Notably, the database was found on a Bahrain IP address, not a US one.
Dangers of exposed data
The terrorist watchlist is made up of people who are suspected of terrorism but who have not necessarily been charged with any crime. In the wrong hands, this list could be used to oppress, harrass, or persecute people on the list and their families. It could cause any number of personal and professional problems for innocent people whose names are included in the list.
With all due respect Mr. Diachenko, DHS Secretary Mayorkas himself is already using the list to oppress, harass and persecute people.
While there may be some foreign terrorists on the list who deserve to be on there, Mayorkas has made it clear through his actions he is using the list as a tool for punishing the regime's political enemies.
There have been several reports of US authorities recruiting informants in exchange for keeping their names off of the no-fly list. Some past or present informants' identities could have been leaked.
About the TSC watchlist
The Terrorist Screening Center was set up by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 2003. It shares information on suspected terrorists with the following US federal agencies:
– Department of State
– Department of Defense
– Transportation Security Authority (TSA)
– Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
… as well as some international partners.
The TSC maintains a watchlist of suspected terrorists. The notorious no-fly list is a subset of the TSC watchlist. The watchlist is supposed to be classified, with access only granted to "agencies and officials who are authorized to conduct terrorist screening in the course of their duties…"
Americans are being put on the No Fly List and being stripped of their right to fly with no due process.
Americans are also being put on the Terror Watchlist with no due process and being subject to various expanded surveillance measures and invasive screenings at airports.
Odds are it's no coincidence this list happened to be exposed right as Mayorkas appears to be expanding it for use as a "social credit score" system to punish the regime's political opposition. Just last week, the Atlantic published an article from a former Obama DHS official calling for all unvaccinated people to be added to the No Fly List.
DHS also just issued a bulletin claiming Americans opposed to corona lockdown measures are potential terrorists.
Mayorkas has big plans for these blacklists and he's clearly working behind the scenes to implement them!


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package core

import (
	"k8s.io/autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/oci/oci-go-sdk/v43/common"
	"net/http"
)

// UpdateByoipRangeRequest wrapper for the UpdateByoipRange operation
//
// # See also
//
// Click https://docs.cloud.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/tools/go-sdk-examples/latest/core/UpdateByoipRange.go.html to see an example of how to use UpdateByoipRangeRequest.
type UpdateByoipRangeRequest struct {

	// The OCID (https://docs.cloud.oracle.com/iaas/Content/General/Concepts/identifiers.htm) of the `ByoipRange` resource containing the BYOIP CIDR block.
	ByoipRangeId *string `mandatory:"true" contributesTo:"path" name:"byoipRangeId"`

	// Byoip Range details.
	UpdateByoipRangeDetails `contributesTo:"body"`

	// Unique identifier for the request.
	// If you need to contact Oracle about a particular request, please provide the request ID.
	OpcRequestId *string `mandatory:"false" contributesTo:"header" name:"opc-request-id"`

	// For optimistic concurrency control. In the PUT or DELETE call for a resource, set the `if-match`
	// parameter to the value of the etag from a previous GET or POST response for that resource. The resource
	// will be updated or deleted only if the etag you provide matches the resource's current etag value.
	IfMatch *string `mandatory:"false" contributesTo:"header" name:"if-match"`

	// Metadata about the request. This information will not be transmitted to the service, but
	// represents information that the SDK will consume to drive retry behavior.
	RequestMetadata common.RequestMetadata
}

func (request UpdateByoipRangeRequest) String() string {
	return common.PointerString(request)
}

// HTTPRequest implements the OCIRequest interface
func (request UpdateByoipRangeRequest) HTTPRequest(method, path string, binaryRequestBody *common.OCIReadSeekCloser) (http.Request, error) {

	return common.MakeDefaultHTTPRequestWithTaggedStruct(method, path, request)
}

// BinaryRequestBody implements the OCIRequest interface
func (request UpdateByoipRangeRequest) BinaryRequestBody() (*common.OCIReadSeekCloser, bool) {

	return nil, false

}

// RetryPolicy implements the OCIRetryableRequest interface. This retrieves the specified retry policy.
func (request UpdateByoipRangeRequest) RetryPolicy() *common.RetryPolicy {
	return request.RequestMetadata.RetryPolicy
}

// UpdateByoipRangeResponse wrapper for the UpdateByoipRange operation
type UpdateByoipRangeResponse struct {

	// The underlying http response
	RawResponse *http.Response

	// The ByoipRange instance
	ByoipRange `presentIn:"body"`

	// For optimistic concurrency control. See `if-match`.
	Etag *string `presentIn:"header" name:"etag"`

	// Unique Oracle-assigned identifier for the request. If you need to contact
	// Oracle about a particular request, please provide the request ID.
	OpcRequestId *string `presentIn:"header" name:"opc-request-id"`
}

func (response UpdateByoipRangeResponse) String() string {
	return common.PointerString(response)
}

// HTTPResponse implements the OCIResponse interface
func (response UpdateByoipRangeResponse) HTTPResponse() *http.Response {
	return response.RawResponse
}

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In the style of 'ER' and 'Emergency Urban', 'Southland' offers an authentic look of the Los Angeles Police Department. The drama from executive producer of 'The Good Wife', Guira around the daily work of a group of policemen. Michael Cudlitz ( "Band of Brothers") plays John Cooper, a policeman veteran assigned to train rookie Ben Sherman (Benjamin McKenzie, 'The O.C.'). Cooper's attitude towards work will leave Sherman questioning yourself whether you have what it takes to become a true agent of Los Angeles. In their lives, work interferes more than they wanted, Lydia Adams (Regina King, '24'), should combine motherhood with work, Chickie Brown (Arija Bareikis), strives to become the first woman team SWAT and Sammy Bryant (Shawn Hatosy), has problems at home because of the long hours spent at the station. The characteristic of the series is that it stays on the facade of the work of the officers trying to be reflected realistically in an environment similar to real life situations, but delves into the lives of the officers, their experiences and the relationship among them.
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Ben Sherman was quite easy to join the team despite the fact that he had no experience, and the young man was quite shy. But now, after a few …
Ben Sherman has long been accustomed to the ranks of experienced police officers who all day pretty fearlessly fighting with representatives of the criminal world. Despite this, he understands …
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A ride suited to the more confident cyclist as it involves crossing roads as well as short sections of cycling along narrow roads (B181 – which has no pavement) and a section of toll road which is free to bicycles through The Thames Water Sewage treatment works, but is used by lorries. Unfortunately there are no alternatives routes for these sections.
This route mixes the sights and sounds of, open spaces, riverside habitats, as well as industrial and historically significant architecture.
Three manmade lakes sit in this wilder, less visited area of the park. The lakes were created as a result of the sand and gravel industry that existed in the Lee Valley. Cattle are used to environmentally graze the eastern side of Glen Faba Lake during the summer months ensuring that, together with other site management operations, it remains a haven for all kinds of wildlife.
This wetlands reserve is run by the RSPB and offers fantastic opportunities for spotting a whole host of wetland birds from any of the ten hides which are on site. Entry is free but car parking charges apply.
This Grade I listed building is all that remains of a once fantastic fortified, medieval, moated manor house which was one of the first brick built buildings in the country. A vibrant history surrounds the manor house that once stood here, from The Rye House Plot which was an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate King Charles II, through acting as a workhouse for the for poor to being the Victorians 'go to place' to take in landscaped gardens, hold banquets or just enjoy the delights of the countryside. The Gatehouse has limited opening hours, but it's well worth climbing the winding staircase to take in the view over the Lee and Stort Valleys if the building is open.
Where dinosaurs roam and engines roar. Whether you want to watch speedway racing or give go-karting a spin this is the place. You never know you could be the next Lewis Hamilton… well this was the track he started out on!
History and a great open space go in hand in hand at Dobbs Weir. The remains of the old, historically important manual gated weir can still be seen in front of the replacement 'Auto Weir'. The weir helps to control water levels in the waterways at times of heavy rain protecting locals from flooding. The open spaces adjacent to the River Lee Navigation make a scenic end to a cycle ride which has had water at its heart for the majority of the way.


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"""update db

Revision ID: 2cbf171ffb93
Revises: cb9983b1a2b6
Create Date: 2016-02-01 00:38:42.760846

"""

# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
revision = '2cbf171ffb93'
down_revision = 'cb9983b1a2b6'

from alembic import op
import sqlalchemy as sa

def upgrade():
    ### commands auto generated by Alembic - please adjust! ###
    op.add_column('users', sa.Column('email', sa.String(length=64), nullable=True))
    op.add_column('users', sa.Column('password_hash', sa.String(length=128), nullable=True))
    op.create_index(op.f('ix_users_email'), 'users', ['email'], unique=True)
    ### end Alembic commands ###

def downgrade():
    ### commands auto generated by Alembic - please adjust! ###
    op.drop_index(op.f('ix_users_email'), table_name='users')
    op.drop_column('users', 'password_hash')
    op.drop_column('users', 'email')
    ### end Alembic commands ###


One of the questions that I constantly ask myself is, "Where does the learning come from and where does it go?" What I mean by this is that learning experiences have to start from something: a piece of content, a new idea, or from some spark of curiosity within a child or an adult. The point is that it has to come from somewhere. The learning has to go somewhere too. Whether we store it in our brains or record it in a project or assessment, we have to capture that learning in a way that holds it together and allows us to see the demonstration of that learning.
I like to think about this as the input and output of learning or the Learning I/O.
Another person who has been contemplating a version of this idea within DPS is Gayla Power. She has been thinking about the inputs and outputs of learning, and has worked to create a system to allow both to happen in the same space. In creating that space, she has made it everyone's right and responsibility to take a look at the inputs: course materials, the ideas, and the structures for learning. She has equally made the outputs a focus, creating a space where our learning goes once it has been learned so that we can demonstrate that it happened.
She has been working on the SchoolNet system since its inception. When I saw it through her eyes, I knew that there was so much there. The questions started coming immediately. When a teacher wants to look for course materials, where does she go? When a student wants to find out how their single grade fits into the continuum of their learning, where do they go? These questions are not easy, but they are important. And it is only through asking them together that we will create a system that does more than just display grades and unit plans.
I love the vision of a single place: for the input and the output, for the conversation and the ideas, for the assessment and the demonstration.
We have both the power and the responsibility to make that space a reality. To make the learning space real without sacrificing the adaptive nature of the technology. We have a responsibility to teachers to give them the tools with which to make their decisions more easily and more effectively.
Where is your learning come from and where does it go? Gayla is one of the people with whom I would like to figure out this question. I hope that you join us in answering it too.


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SHANI MOOTOO is a novelist, poet, and visual artist. Her novels include Moving Forward Sideways Like a Crab, long-listed for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, and short-listed for a Lambda Literary Award; Valmiki's Daughter, long-listed for the Scotiabank Giller Prize; He Drown She in the Sea, long-listed for the Dublin Impac Award; and Cereus Blooms at Night, short-listed for several prizes including the Giller Prize, and long-listed for the Man Booker Prize. She is also a recipient of a Chalmers Arts Fellowship, and the Dr. James Duggins Outstanding Mid-Career Novelist Prize. Her latest novel is Polar Vortex.
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Long-listed for Canada's Scotiabank Giller Prize
Short-listed for the Lambda Literary Award
"Readers who enjoy rich details of place will find Mootoo's writing about her settings to be luxuriant; we are especially treated to abundant descriptions of Trinidad . . . [A] thoughtful exploration of place and identity."
"Mootoo's character-driven novel is rich in setting and slow in pace, inviting the reader to linger over its closely observed details."
"Mootoo has produced a stunning meditation on story . . . [This novel] portrays the beautiful (yet often tense) bond between a parent and child, the complexities of immigration, the fluidity of gender, and provides a juxtaposition between two extreme climates, Toronto and Trinidad. It is a gorgeously written novel."
—National Post (Canada)
"Jonathan Lewis-Adey's mother left when he was nine, but when he finds his estranged parent again, he is surprised to find that the person he knew as his mother has become a man named Sydney. Set in the Trinidad of her upbringing, Shani Mootoo's vivid writing explores the pain and confusion Jonathan experiences as a result of Sydney's choices."
—World Literature Today, included in the Nota Bene section
"A fascinating premise that gives voice to the queer-identified . . . Mootoo's brilliant evocations of [Trinidad's] paradisiacal glow . . . are a real gift to the reader."
—Globe and Mail (Canada)
"In rich and vivid descriptive prose, Mootoo portrays her characters' journeys between countries and toward greater selfhood."
—Quill & Quire, starred review
"The novel's greatest triumph is its painfully poignant characterization of a privileged son, who cannot always embrace the transition that his mother—now father—has made."
—Asian American Literature Fans
"Queer Canadian visual artist and writer Shani Mootoo's latest novel Moving Forward Sideways Like a Crab follows the journey of writer Jonathan as he searches for the mother who left when his parents divorced."
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"A powerfully moving tribute to the lasting power of storytelling and the surprising and unpredictable nature of human emotion. It's truly an excellent literary feat and a great story to get lost in!"
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Jonathan Lewis-Adey was nine when his parents separated, and his mother, Sid, vanished entirely from his life. It is not until he is a grown man that Jonathan finally reconnects with his beloved lost parent, only to find, to his shock and dismay, that the woman he knew as "Sid" in Toronto has become an elegant man named Sydney living in his native Trinidad. For nine years, Jonathan has paid regular visits to Sydney on his island retreat, trying with quiet desperation to rediscover the parent he adored inside this familiar stranger, and to overcome his lingering confusion and anger at the choices Sydney has made.
At the novel's opening, Jonathan is summoned urgently to Trinidad, where Sydney, now aged and dying, seems at last to offer him the gift he longs for: a winding story that moves forward sideways as it reveals the truths of Sydney's life. But when and where the story will end is up to Jonathan, and it is he who must decide what to do with Sydney's haunting legacy of love, loss, and acceptance.
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Senior examiner of A level English.
President of the local branch of the NUT (now NEU) for 8 years. A trained negotiator, I fought to preserve the value of teachers' pay and was instrumental in winning the right to a guaranteed 30 minutes lunch break. I remain on the committee as a trained case worker.
As an employee side member of the Jersey Employment and Discrimination Tribunal I have received training in Employment and Discrimination Law.
I am standing as a Reform Jersey candidate because I share the party's aspiration to promote a fairer and more equal society. The three existing States members have faithfully pursued their manifesto promises. Their successes have included our anti-discrimination law, the adoption of an ethical care charter and the States seeking accreditation as a living wage employer. I support our manifesto pledges.
It is time to stop cuts that leave many of our students short of textbooks. We must end workplace bullying, and end the stress caused to pupils and teachers through the over reliance on constant assessment and monitoring- the 'tick box' culture. I would like to see more reliance on the professionalism of teachers to restore an enthusiasm for learning. University Education should be free for all those that would benefit from it, and apprenticeships should be available for those that prefer to take a less academic route.
We must have enforceable legislation to guarantee fair employment practices, ending the abuse of zero hours and short term contracts. We will encourage more employers to pay the living wage. Insecure and low paid work causes severe hardship and creates a downward spiral in the economy. I want to see an end to taxpayers having to support low paying employers through income support. The wages of the 'squeezed middle', including teachers, nurses and others who work in our vital public services, need to keep pace with inflation. If tax increases are necessary, they should be borne by top earners.
I meet many people who are healthy and productive in their retirement. Inequality is stark in this age group with those who are able to afford private healthcare remaining active well into their eighties. We must engage with the professional associations of clinical staff in order to recruit and retain enough doctors and nurses to cut down on hospital waiting lists, and make sure a first rate standard of care is available for all.
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import functools
import types
import typing
from functools import reduce

from federatedml.framework.homo.blocks import has_converged, loss_scatter, model_scatter, model_broadcaster
from federatedml.framework.homo.blocks import random_padding_cipher
from federatedml.framework.homo.blocks.base import HomoTransferBase
from federatedml.framework.homo.blocks.has_converged import HasConvergedTransVar
from federatedml.framework.homo.blocks.loss_scatter import LossScatterTransVar
from federatedml.framework.homo.blocks.model_broadcaster import ModelBroadcasterTransVar
from federatedml.framework.homo.blocks.model_scatter import ModelScatterTransVar
from federatedml.framework.homo.blocks.random_padding_cipher import RandomPaddingCipherTransVar
from federatedml.framework.weights import Weights, NumericWeights, TransferableWeights
from federatedml.transfer_variable.base_transfer_variable import BaseTransferVariables
from federatedml.util import LOGGER
from federatedml.util import consts

class LegacyAggregatorTransVar(HomoTransferBase):
    def __init__(self, server=(consts.ARBITER,), clients=(consts.GUEST, consts.HOST,), prefix=None):
        super().__init__(server=server, clients=clients, prefix=prefix)
        self.loss_scatter = LossScatterTransVar(server=server, clients=clients, prefix=self.prefix)
        self.has_converged = HasConvergedTransVar(server=server, clients=clients, prefix=self.prefix)
        self.model_scatter = ModelScatterTransVar(server=server, clients=clients, prefix=self.prefix)
        self.model_broadcaster = ModelBroadcasterTransVar(server=server, clients=clients, prefix=self.prefix)
        self.random_padding_cipher = RandomPaddingCipherTransVar(server=server, clients=clients, prefix=self.prefix)

class Arbiter(object):

    def __init__(self, trans_var=None):
        if trans_var is None:
            trans_var = LegacyAggregatorTransVar()
        self._guest_parties = trans_var.get_parties(roles=[consts.GUEST])
        self._host_parties = trans_var.get_parties(roles=[consts.HOST])
        self._client_parties = trans_var.client_parties

        self._loss_sync = loss_scatter.Server(trans_var.loss_scatter)
        self._converge_sync = has_converged.Server(trans_var.has_converged)
        self._model_scatter = model_scatter.Server(trans_var.model_scatter)
        self._model_broadcaster = model_broadcaster.Server(trans_var.model_broadcaster)
        self._random_padding_cipher = random_padding_cipher.Server(trans_var.random_padding_cipher)

    # noinspection PyUnusedLocal,PyAttributeOutsideInit,PyProtectedMember
    def register_aggregator(self, transfer_variables: BaseTransferVariables, enable_secure_aggregate=True):
        if enable_secure_aggregate:
            self._random_padding_cipher.exchange_secret_keys()
        return self

    def aggregate_model(self, ciphers_dict=None, suffix=tuple()) -> Weights:
        models = self.get_models_for_aggregate(ciphers_dict, suffix=suffix)
        total_model, total_degree = reduce(lambda x, y: (x[0] + y[0], x[1] + y[1]), models)
        total_model /= total_degree
        LOGGER.debug("In aggregate model, total_model: {}, total_degree: {}".format(total_model.unboxed, total_degree))
        return total_model

    def aggregate_and_broadcast(self, ciphers_dict=None, suffix=tuple()):
        """
        aggregate models from guest and hosts, then broadcast the aggregated model.

        Args:
            ciphers_dict: a dict of host id to host cipher
            suffix: tag suffix
        """
        model = self.aggregate_model(ciphers_dict=ciphers_dict, suffix=suffix)
        self.send_aggregated_model(model, ciphers_dict=ciphers_dict, suffix=suffix)
        return model

    def get_models_for_aggregate(self, ciphers_dict=None, suffix=tuple()):
        models = self._model_scatter.get_models(suffix=suffix)
        guest_model = models[0]
        yield guest_model.weights, guest_model.get_degree() or 1.0

        # host model
        index = 0
        for model in models[1:]:
            weights = model.weights
            if ciphers_dict and ciphers_dict.get(index, None):
                weights = weights.decrypted(ciphers_dict[index])
            yield weights, model.get_degree() or 1.0
            index += 1

    def send_aggregated_model(self, model: Weights,
                              ciphers_dict: typing.Union[None, typing.Mapping[int, typing.Any]] = None,
                              suffix=tuple()):
        if ciphers_dict is None:
            ciphers_dict = {}
        party_to_cipher = {self._host_parties[idx]: cipher for idx, cipher in ciphers_dict.items()}
        for party in self._client_parties:
            cipher = party_to_cipher.get(party)
            if cipher is None:
                self._model_broadcaster.send_model(model=model.for_remote(), parties=party, suffix=suffix)
            else:
                self._model_broadcaster.send_model(model=model.encrypted(cipher, False).for_remote(), parties=party,
                                                   suffix=suffix)

    def aggregate_loss(self, idx=None, suffix=tuple()):
        if idx is None:
            parties = None
        else:
            parties = []
            parties.extend(self._guest_parties)
            parties.extend([self._host_parties[i] for i in idx])
        losses = self._loss_sync.get_losses(parties=parties, suffix=suffix)
        total_loss = 0.0
        total_degree = 0.0
        for loss in losses:
            total_loss += loss.unboxed
            total_degree += loss.get_degree(1.0)
        return total_loss / total_degree

    def send_converge_status(self, converge_func: types.FunctionType, converge_args, suffix=tuple()):
        is_converge = converge_func(*converge_args)
        return self._converge_sync.remote_converge_status(is_converge, suffix=suffix)

class Client(object):
    def __init__(self, trans_var=None):
        if trans_var is None:
            trans_var = LegacyAggregatorTransVar()
        self._enable_secure_aggregate = False

        self._loss_sync = loss_scatter.Client(trans_var.loss_scatter)
        self._converge_sync = has_converged.Client(trans_var.has_converged)
        self._model_scatter = model_scatter.Client(trans_var.model_scatter)
        self._model_broadcaster = model_broadcaster.Client(trans_var.model_broadcaster)
        self._random_padding_cipher = random_padding_cipher.Client(trans_var.random_padding_cipher)

    # noinspection PyAttributeOutsideInit,PyUnusedLocal,PyProtectedMember
    def register_aggregator(self, transfer_variables: BaseTransferVariables, enable_secure_aggregate=True):
        self._enable_secure_aggregate = enable_secure_aggregate
        if enable_secure_aggregate:
            self._cipher = self._random_padding_cipher.create_cipher()
        return self

    def secure_aggregate(self, send_func, weights: Weights, degree: float = None, enable_secure_aggregate=True):
        # w -> w * degree
        if degree:
            weights *= degree
        # w * degree -> w * degree + \sum(\delta(i, j) * r_{ij}), namely, adding random mask.
        if enable_secure_aggregate:
            weights = weights.encrypted(cipher=self._cipher, inplace=True)
        # maybe remote degree
        remote_weights = weights.for_remote().with_degree(degree) if degree else weights.for_remote()

        send_func(remote_weights)

    def send_model(self, weights: Weights, degree: float = None, suffix=tuple()):
        def _func(_weights: TransferableWeights):
            self._model_scatter.send_model(model=_weights, suffix=suffix)

        return self.secure_aggregate(send_func=_func,
                                     weights=weights,
                                     degree=degree,
                                     enable_secure_aggregate=self._enable_secure_aggregate)

    def get_aggregated_model(self, suffix=tuple()):
        return self._model_broadcaster.get_model(suffix=suffix)

    def aggregate_then_get(self, model: Weights, degree: float = None, suffix=tuple()) -> Weights:
        self.send_model(weights=model, degree=degree, suffix=suffix)
        return self.get_aggregated_model(suffix=suffix)

    def send_loss(self, loss: typing.Union[float, Weights], degree: float = None, suffix=tuple()):
        if isinstance(loss, float):
            loss = NumericWeights(loss)
        return self.secure_aggregate(send_func=functools.partial(self._loss_sync.send_loss, suffix=suffix),
                                     weights=loss, degree=degree,
                                     enable_secure_aggregate=False)

    def get_converge_status(self, suffix=tuple()):
        return self._converge_sync.get_converge_status(suffix=suffix)

Guest = Client
Host = Client

def with_role(role, transfer_variable, enable_secure_aggregate=True):
    if role == consts.GUEST:
        return Client().register_aggregator(transfer_variable, enable_secure_aggregate)
    elif role == consts.HOST:
        return Client().register_aggregator(transfer_variable, enable_secure_aggregate)
    elif role == consts.ARBITER:
        return Arbiter().register_aggregator(transfer_variable, enable_secure_aggregate)
    else:
        raise ValueError(f"role {role} not found")


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Happy Fall! October's episode features Brendan Thompson, the Knowledge Manager at Uber Technologies in San Francisco, CA. Tune in to learn about what it's like to work in the tech sector, life as a solo librarian, and knowledge management. Thank you so much for listening and your continued support of this project!
Brendan has worked as a professional librarian for the past eight years, and in libraries for close to twenty years. He started as a student worker in his undergraduate library, North Carolina State's DH Hill Library and matriculated through the university library system. He then went on to pursue his MSLS at UNC-Chapel Hill's School of Information and Library Science. As knowledge manager at Uber, Brendan focuses on capturing institutional knowledge from around the globe by using a content management tool and old-school librarian organization.
He has written on using digital tools to connect and communicate to unique user groups in chapters of 21st Century Black Librarian in America: Issues and Challenges. He has also presented at many conferences including 2012 & 2017 SLA Annual Conferences and the Joint Conference of Librarians of color.
This month's episode features Sarah Spira who is the Content Manager for the American Cheese Society and it also marks the final episode of Season 4 of Beyond the Stacks. We hope you have enjoyed listening to the interviews as much as we have enjoyed conducting them.
Sarah Spira joined the American Cheese Society (ACS) as Content Manager in July 2016. It was through her volunteer work with ACS on its Body of Knowledge project that Sarah began to think about how her background as an information professional could be merged with her cheese experience. Sarah is originally from Oak Park, Illinois and holds a BA in Sociology & Anthropology from Earlham College, and an MSLIS from Simmons College.
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Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Butter a 9-by-13-inch baking dish. Heat 2 sticks butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the onion, shallots and celery and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft, about 8 minutes.
Transfer the onion mixture to a large bowl. Add the pine nuts, raisins, pomegranate seeds, bread cubes and ras el hanout and mix with a wooden spoon. Combine the turkey broth and poultry seasoning in another bowl. In a third bowl, whisk the eggs with 1/2 teaspoon salt.
Add the turkey broth mixture and the egg mixture to the bowl with the bread cubes and toss to combine. Transfer to the prepared baking dish, cover with foil and bake until slightly set, 35 to 45 minutes. Remove the foil and continue baking until the top is browned, about 5 more minutes. Sprinkle with the chives, lemon zest and lemon juice.


Flash is fun. Flashes can turn any mundane situation to a surreal, cinematic, pop-art, or moody feeling set of images. Where it's easy to get lost in fancy gear, big budgets, and minute technicalities, using available light (which also may be simulated) has an uncanny simplicity in its rawness. Chasing light, using a single lens, model, and outfit, Kassandra & I chased some light beams around Little Italy on a (much too early) fall evening.


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UN-Backed Chocolate Bar Enables Consumers to Directly Impact Farmer Livelihoods
Tom Idle
Image: The Other Bar/Facebook
The Other Bar is an experiment in influencing consumer behaviour through quantifiable proof of impact. If it can prove that consumers will buy and be loyal to impactful products, the hope is that bigger brands will want to follow suit, turning their marketing dollars into impact.
It has been a bone of contention between corporate brand managers and sustainability professionals for years: Consumers say they prefer more responsible and ethical products; but when it comes to the crunch, they just don't put their money where their mouth is.
In the US, research suggests the "intention gap" is closing, at least for consumer packaged goods (CPG). NYU Stern's Center for Sustainable Business found that 50 percent of all growth in the sector came from products marketed as being sustainable. The data, based on actual sales being rung through the tills, shows that ethical products accounted for 16.6 percent of the market in 2018, up from 14.3 percent in 2013. This amounted to almost $114 billion in sales, up 29 percent from 2013.
Importantly, 'sustainably' marketed products grew 5.6 times faster than those that were not.
It is within this emerging consumer landscape that a new startup hopes to thrive — not only in giving customers an ethically produced product to enjoy, but in truly empowering them to make a positive difference because of their purchasing decision.
Influencing sustainable consumer behaviors ... how's that going?
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This October sees the launch of The Other Bar, a new chocolate bar that takes centre stage in a social experiment by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Designed to pioneer a new way of doing business with farmers in the developing world who "typically get a raw deal from western corporations," the snack gives consumers a simple way to make an active and direct impact on poverty and inequality.
Each bar of chocolate has a digital code, or token. Customers can use the code online to either donate money — which will go directly back to the farmers in Ecuador who produced the cocoa that went into the bar — or use it to get a discount on their next purchase. Each token is worth the equivalent of a quarter of a tree; so, four chocolate bars buys one tree for the farmers to plant, preventing deforestation and increasing the earning potential of the cocoa farmers.
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Just 20,000 bars will go on sale in Europe.
The whole idea started when Carlo Ruiz, head of UNDP's inclusive economic development unit in Ecuador, listened to a podcast about the Fairchain Foundation — an organisation established by Guido van Staveren van Dijk back in 2017 to solve inequalities in commodity production.
Take the coffee industry, for example. Less and less money has stayed in the countries of origin in the last 25 years. While multinationals celebrate profit, the farmers and producers are often reliant on development aid.
"Once I knew the reality of the situation I couldn't un-know it, and I wanted to build shared value chains, to try and fix what is broken — to undo the last 25 years," van Staveren van Dijk told Sustainable Brands in a recent interview.
The Fairchain Foundation started experimenting with coffee in Ethiopia. That led to adopting blockchain technology, which led to the podcast that Ruiz heard.
The partnership with UNDP kicked off in October 2018, not necessarily intended as a one-off activity but as part of what van Staveren van Dijk calls a "theory of change: to achieve impact and value-added income at countries of origin."
The two partners didn't waste time, and quickly agreed on an objective: to pay more to farmers and produce the chocolate in Ecuador, creating a 50:50 value chain.
As with many a successful sustainability initiative, technology is key to success. Using blockchain technology to create unique codes, The Other Bar is able to deliver income directly to the cocoa farmers in the form of tokens that consumers 'spend.' This enables UNDP to support the local farmer associations in Ecuador to buy plants, help plant them, and support with training.
"It's a performance-based model that delivers quantifiable proof that a plant has been bought, planted, grown and generated money for the farmer. Because everything is on the blockchain, consumers can see this radical transparency in action," van Staveren van Dijk says proudly.
As the consumer market for truly impactful products continues to build, The Other Bar is a useful experiment — not only in establishing whether there is interest in responsibly sourced ingredients, as marketed on the packaging, but whether it is possible to take the things we buy every day and turn them into catalysts for change.
As van Staveren van Dijk says, The Other Bar is an experiment in how you can influence and change consumer behaviour through quantifiable proof of impact. If this partnership can prove that consumers will buy and be loyal to sustainable products, the hope is that bigger brands will want to use the technology in a similar way, turning their marketing dollars into impact.
As the brains behind this idea will attest, The Other Bar's targeted group of 'happy activist' consumers will engage with the product. The challenge will be in reaching out to a broader market that could be tempted by the ability to interact with the product, and get instant gratification and feedback.
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The set gods have blessed us!
What does anyone suppose will happen to WDAF?
Sooooo there is a god!
Ok so the graphics not fit well in Denver but when is WDAF going to get rid of these horrendous graphics! They are terrible and I would welcome the tribune package HOPEFULLY sooner rather than later!!
It's rather sad how much they have taken away from FOX 16. Back in the day, I considered them to be the best in town. The news operation should've moved to FOX16's (former) space on Colonal Glenn Road. The space is still on the market. They would've had way more space and a better setup as well.
Does this mean FOX 16 gets a new set as well? Dare I say separate studios??
Just saw the Promo during olympics coverage. Looks very nice and it seems that they are going with a new slogan. Gone is "breaking news leader" and in is "clear complete coverage" or something like that. In my opinion I'm glad BNL is out it was getting old and tired. Hopefully they debut a new color scheme when their graphics return from their Olympic placeholder ones.
This makes me really uncomfortable for some reason... Also I would like to see them mix up the 3 (Mike, Rhiannon, Christa) or at least see christa on the 10pm broadcast.
This is a bit random but who designs Nexstar's sets?
Speaking of graphics FOX 4 in KC is looking like they are in the process of switching to Tribune gfx. Their Coming up tonight graphic resembels that of Tribune but no sign on their website.


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2017 MAC Basketball Recap: Western Michigan Broncos at Akron Zips
Neither team led by more than 4 till the Zips closed it out.
By James Snyder@morefball Jan 6, 2017, 8:40pm EST
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Jimond Ivey scored 23 the last time out for the Zips. He started this game equally hot, scoring 8 points by the first TV timeout at 14:01, on 4-6 shooting. Akron led 13-11.
Shortly after they got back on the floor, the Broncos Bryce Moore hit a three to give the Broncos the lead, 14-13. This exchange would foreshadow how the rest of the game would go.
At the 7:17 break, the score was tied 17-17. That was better news for the Broncos, because the trio of leaders, Thomas Wilder, Drake Lamont and Tucker Haymond combined for 3-11 from the floor.
Shortly after the break, Lamont hit a bucket to put the Broncos up, but that was short lived, as Tavin Dunn-Martin hit a pair of 3s to give Akron the lead. The Broncos battled back, and went up 32-29 on a Reggie Jones dunk. Kwan Cheatham Jr. hit a 3 as time expired, and the teams went into the half tied 32-32. After the Broncos took the lead 14-13, neither team had a lead of more than one possession the rest of the half.
After starting off on fire, Ivey didn't take another shot the till much later in the game.
The halftime stats were as close as the score. WMU shot 46.4% while Akron shot 45.2%. Both teams had 16 rebounds.
The pair of freshman that look to be the future of the Broncos had a good first half. Reggie Jones scored 9 and Brandon Johnson 4. They combined for 6-8 shooting.
Kwan Cheatham led Akron with 9. Isaiah Johnson added 4 points and 7 rebounds.
Tucker Haymond and Thomas Wilder heated up after halftime, and helped the Broncos take a 6 point lead with 14:54 to go.
Isaiah Johnson also heated up, and the Zips battled back. Ivey took his first shot since early in the first half, and dropped a three. The Zips led 53-48 with 7:44 left.
The Broncos didn't go quietly into the night. The Broncos hit a three to go up 54-51.
The Zips battled right back, and took the lead 58-54.
After taking a timeout with 2 minutes and change left, Brandon Johnson was able to get a put back to close within 2. Isaiah Johnson turned the ball over, and Wilder was able to tie it up in the low post.
Cheatham answered with a 3, Jones couldn't, and Cheatham got the rebound. He was fouled, and hit both free throws to put the Zips up 5 with less than a minute to go.
The final score was 66-59 after a couple more free throws.
The Broncos played a good game, but missed 5 free throws late, when the game was in doubt, that they will be kicking themselves about for years to come. They finished the game 5-13 from the charity stripe.
The Zips did what they do. The only knock on them this game was from beyond the arc, where they shot 24%.
The Zips out rebounded the Broncos, 28-24. The Broncos had 9 turnovers and 18 fouls. The Zips had 12 and 16, respectively.
Thomas Wilder had 17 for the Broncos, and Haymond added 13.
Isaiah Johnson scored 16 and grabbed 13 boards for the Zips. Cheatham Jr. added 13, including the three that sealed the win.
The Broncos haven't put together a complete game many times this season. The new faces carried them the first half, and the veterans the second. I keep saying this, but once this team puts it together, they will be a good team. With the way college basketball is structured, you are never out of it until tournament time, so it is good news for the Broncos.
There will be some that look at how OU beat the Broncos, and how Akron did tonight, and think that means a lot. Not this guy. Akron still gets my first place vote in our power rankings.
Akron moved to 12-3 on the season, and plays at Central Michigan on Tuesday, the 10th.
Western moved to 4-10 on the season and hosts Toledo on Tuesday.
6 former MAC football players to participate in 2022 Hula Bowl With Aloha Stadium condemned and Hawai'i under lockdown, the Hula Bowl takes on a new locale on Orlando this year— and several former MAC stars are set to take part.


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The Minor Prophets: Obadiah
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THE MINOR PROPHETS // OBADIAH
I. Historical context
A. 845 B.C. (Butler, Coffman, Hailey, Waddey); 586 B.C. (Lewis)
1. There are several instances of Edom opposing Israel that could fit the events described
2. Proponents of the late date argue: "Despite all cases made, the calamity here spoke of can hardly be other than that brought about by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 B.C. (cf. Obad. 20)." (Lewis)
3. Coffman favors the early date, "during the days of Jehoram after the Philistines and the Arabians attacked and captured the city of Jerusalem. It is true, of course, that the eventual fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonians is mentioned; but there is no reason whatever to understand this as anything else but a prophecy." (Coffman)
4. Reasons for the early date: "Edom had recently revolted (II Kings 8:20-22; II Chron. 21:820). Obadiah does not mention the wholesale deportation of the population as occurred in 586 B.C. Salves are not said to go east to Babylon, but to Phoenicia and the west (Ob. 20)." (Waddey)
B. "The enmity between these two peoples dates from the birth of Isaac's twin sons, Jacob and Esau (Gen. 25:21-26). The event that triggered the feud was Jacob's obtaining of Esau's birthright by deceit (Gen. 25:27-34; 27:1-45). God considered the Israelites and Edomites brethren. Edomites were not to be abhorred by Israel (Deut. 23:7) and Israel was forbidden to take Edom's land (Det. 2:1-8). Edomites could enter the congregation of Israel after three generations (Deut. 23:8). The Edomites, however, were not inclined to show kindness or tolerance toward Israel. Edom's anger tore 'perpetually' and he kept his wrath forever (Amos 1:11). During the long trek of the Exodus, they refused the weary Hebrews right of passage over their King's Highway (Num. 20:14-21). Economics were a major cause of strife between the two nations. The border between them, the Arabah, was a major caravan route. Copper ore was found there in abundance." (Waddey)
II. About the prophet
A. "His name means 'servant of the Lord.' He was a godly, patriotic citizen of the kingdom of Judah who recorded his righteous indignation toward the wicked Edomites." (Waddey)
B. "Despite the fact of most scholars denying that Obadiah may be positively identified with any of the others, we are inclined to give credence to the allegation by Josephus that this Obadiah and the devout steward of Ahab's household (1 Kings 18) who hid the true prophets from the wrath of Jezebel are one and the same person." (Coffman)
III. Lessons for today
A. The danger of pride (3-4)
1. "The Edomites were justifiably proud of their fortress stronghold…Their great error was that of trusting in themselves instead of trusting in God." (Coffman)
2. "Edom's pride and boasting rested on her assumption of strategic impregnability. One explorer of the territory has stated that a handful of men stationed in the Sik could easily hold off a whole army of invaders….Edom's presumptuous boasting in her defenses and her wealth reminds us of many nations, both past and present, whose proud necks have been bowed by the Omnipotent Ruler of the Universe." (Butler)
3. "Pride is deceitful and 'goes before a fall.' Pride, which leads to vanity and a sense of independence from God, must be judged and exposed." (Hailey)
4. "The pride of the 'elder brother' will condemn one. Pride promotes strife, as seen in the disciples (Mark 9:33-37). Pride keeps one from believing God (James 3:13-18). Christians cannot worship with an arrogant heart (James 2:1-6). Strife is often produced by pride, and will prevent one's worship (I Cor. 11:20). Christians should be willing to take 'second place.' No Christian will resent Christ's lesson on 'washing the saints' feet.' Pride and strife are sinful!" (Young)
5. "The destiny, doom, and deliverance of nations are in the hand of God…He alone has the power to build up or to debase and cast down." (Hailey)
6. Proverbs 16:18; 1 Timothy 6:17
B. The danger of siding with the enemy (10-14)
1. "Obadiah is a standing rebuke to the spirit who prefers not to become involved in the problems of others, but it is even more a rebuke to him who finds a sadistic joy in the misfortunes of another." (Lewis)
2. "Wrong or violence is all the more heinous when committed against a brother and the Israelites (Jacob) were brothers to the Edomites (Esau). We recall others sinning against their own; Joseph and his brethren; Ammon and Tamar; Saul and Jonathan; David and Absalom. The strong ties of blood between the Edomites and the Israelites should have impelled the Edomites to give aid to the oppressed people of Judea, but quite to the contrary, they not only gloated over the plundering of their cities and villages but joined in with the enemies of the Israelites….We should not be surprised at the judgment of shame and 'cutting-off' pronounced upon the Edomites for their actions toward their brethren." (Butler)
3. "Christians cannot compromise with sin and wrong….God's truth is not to be betrayed. God's truth is not to be sacrificed. When one stands with the enemy, he is as 'one of them.'" (Young)
4. 2 Corinthians 6:14-18
C. The knowledge that God will avenge evil (15-16)
1. "In the last analysis, the justice of God is retributive. In the final judgment, men shall be rewarded according to what they have done during the present life; and there has never been a true theology that can get rid of this basic truth." (Coffman)
2. 2 Corinthians 5:10; Galatians 6:7-8; Matthew 6:14-15
3. Remember that it is God to whom vengeance belongs, not man! (Romans 12:17-21; 2 Thessalonians 2:8-9)
Butler, Paul T. (1968). The Minor Prophets: The Prophets of the Decline. Joplin, MO: College Press. [Online at http://www.restorationlibrary.org/library/BSTSTMP/BSTSTMP_SIPDF.pdf]
Coffman, James Burton. (1981). Commentary on the Minor Prophets, Volume 2: Hosea, Obadiah and Micah. Austin, TX: The Firm Foundation Publishing House. [Textual commentary excluding introductory notes on each book available online at https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/bcc/obadiah.html]
Hailey, Homer. (1972). A Commentary on the Minor Prophets. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House.
Highers, Alan. "The Living Message of the Book of Amos." (1977). The Living Messages of the Books of the Old Testament. Garland Elkins and Thomas B. Warren, editors. Jonesboro, AR: National Christian Press, Inc.
Lewis, Jack P. (1966). Minor Prophets. Austin, TX: R.B. Sweet Co., Inc.
Waddey, John. (2011). The Testimony of the Twelve Minor Prophets. Delight, AR: Gospel Light Publishing Company. [Online at http://www.restorationlibrary.org/library/TTMP/TTMP_SIPDF.pdf]
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