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June 10, 2009 Events
Prayer Wheel Project
The Cause – According to the National Transportation Safety Board's 2002 Report
About 3:28 p.m., Pacific daylight time, on June 10, 1999, a 16-inch-diameter steel pipeline owned by Olympic Pipe Line Company ruptured and released about 237,000 gallons of gasoline into a creek that flowed through Whatcom Falls Park in Bellingham, Washington. About 1 1/2 hours after the rupture, the gasoline ignited and burned approximately 1 1/2 miles along the creek. Two 10-year-old boys and an 18-year-old young man died as a result of the accident. Eight additional injuries were documented. A single-family residence and the city of Bellingham's water treatment plant were severely damaged. As of January 2002, Olympic estimated that total property damages were at least $45 million.
The Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the June 10, 1999, rupture of the Olympic pipeline in Bellingham, Washington, was
damage done to the pipe by IMCO General Construction, Inc., during the 1994 Dakin-Yew water treatment plant modification project and Olympic Pipe Line Company's inadequate inspection of IMCO's work during the project;
Olympic Pipe Line Company's inaccurate evaluation of in-line pipeline inspection results, which led to the company's decision not to excavate and examine the damaged section of pipe;
Olympic Pipe Line Company's failure to test, under approximate operating conditions, all safety devices associated with the Bayview products facility before activating the facility;
Olympic Pipe Line Company's failure to investigate and correct the conditions leading to the repeated unintended closing of the Bayview inlet block valve; and
Olympic Pipe Line Company's practice of performing database development work on the supervisory control and data acquisition system while the system was being used to operate the pipeline, which led to the system's becoming non-responsive at a critical time during pipeline operations.
The major safety issues identified during this investigation are as follows:
Excavations performed by IMCO General Construction, Inc., in the vicinity of Olympic's pipeline during a major construction project and the adequacy of Olympic Pipe Line Company's inspections thereof;
The adequacy of Olympic Pipe Line Company's interpretation of the results of in-line inspections of its pipeline and its evaluation of all pipeline data available to it to effectively manage system integrity;
The adequacy of Olympic Pipe Line Company's management of the construction and commissioning of the Bayview products terminal;
The performance and security of Olympic Pipe Line Company's supervisory control and data acquisition system; and
The adequacy of Federal regulations regarding the testing of relief valves used in the protection of pipeline systems.
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Three Great Ways Small Businesses Can Benefit from Covid's New Relief Bill
Covid's aid package has been approved by Congress earlier this week, it allocates an additional $ 284.45 billion in loans to eligible companies.
The bill, which President Trump has yet to sanction, now allows an entrepreneur to obtain a second forgivable PPP loan and imposes less restrictions on how the loan can be used. It also decreases the requirements for small loan forgiveness. And it allows companies to deduct expenses paid for their PPP loans.
In addition, this time around, there are special provisions designed specifically to help minority-owned restaurants and businesses.
"Christmas came early for small businesses," said Chris Hurn, founder of Fountainhead, a non-bank financial institution that makes loans secured by the Small Business Administration.
Here are some of the keys changes to the PPP loan program:
Companies can now take out a second PPP loan
Companies that obtained a PPP loan when the program came into effect can now apply for a "second draw", as long as they are not a public company, do not employ more than 300 people, have used or will fully use their first PPP loan and may present a drop of at least 25% in gross revenue in the first, second or third quarters of this year compared to the same quarter of 2019.
Specific amounts are reserved for community development financial institutions – which typically lend to minority-owned companies in underserved communities – and also for companies with less than 10 employees, as well as those in low-income areas.
Most qualified companies can obtain a loan equal to 2.5 times the average monthly payroll expenses, just as before. But restaurants and lodging companies can now apply for loans equal to 3.5 times.
No loan can exceed $ 2 million, down from $ 10 million originally.
Simplified forgiveness process for loans below $ 150,000
For a PPP loan to be forgiven, companies that have borrowed $ 150,000 or less will simply need to submit a one-page certification that includes the number of employees the company has hired as a result of the loan, an estimate of how much of the loan has been spent on the loan. payroll and the total loan amount. Borrowers must also certify that the information is accurate and that they fulfilled the loan requirements.
For any PPP loan to be fully forgiven, at least 60% of the money must be used for payroll expenses. And the remaining 40% or less can be used to cover an even broader range of business expenses than was the case during the initial rounds of PPP loans.
In addition to mortgage interest, rent payments and utilities, loans, for example, can now be used to cover the costs of personal protective equipment and other expenses incurred to meet Covid's restrictions, as well as certain operations, property damage and costs of Providers.
Great reduction of taxes on commercial expenses
Companies typically deduct payroll and operating expenses from their gross revenue.
But for companies that obtain PPP loans, these expenses are largely paid for by the loan.
Covid's latest benefit package clarifies that if the loan is forgiven, it will be treated as tax-free for the company.
He further clarifies that, although the tax-free loan may have paid many operating and payroll expenses, a company can still deduct those expenses from its tax return.
Tax policy experts disapprove of the decision of lawmakers here because it is considered a "classic double dip" in the taxpayer 's pocket.
"The companies that received PPP grants want to deduct these costs as normal business expenses. But taxpayers have already paid for these expenses once through the PPP program. Why should they pay for them again? Well, because corporate lobbyists are very good at what they do, Howard Gleckman, a senior researcher at the Tax Policy Center, wrote on the TaxVox blog.
But for small businesses that have only tried to stay alive during the pandemic, it is a great source of relief because their revenue has been hit hard and any real recovery for them can take a long time to arrive. while Covid restrictions and consumer fear persist.
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5 Investigates Exclusive: Terrorism suspect's mother speaks about son, investigation
Usaamah Rahim accused of planning attack on police
Updated: 1:47 PM EDT Jun 12, 2015
5 Investigates Reporter
The mother of a terrorism suspect who was shot and killed by the FBI and police talked only to 5 Investigates about her son and the investigation.Watch the reportInvestigators had Usaamah Rahim under 24-hour surveillance for several weeks and said he was planning an attack on law enforcement."Usaamah is not that -- that is not Usaamah," said his mother, Rahimah Rahim. "That is why I wanted to come out and I wanted to talk, because that is not Usaamah," she told reporter Karen Anderson.She said that, at one point, her son wanted to join the Marines, but she encouraged him not to because she was concerned about how Muslims were treated in the military.She said her son had just gotten married, that he liked his job and that she had no knowledge of him being radicalized in any way."He never talked about liking ISIS. I know we had discussed before about people that do activities -- criminal activities -- and I had said and he had said that is un-Islamic," Rahimah Rahim said. "I don't think that there was another side (to him)."In a court complaint, the FBI said Usaamah Rahim wanted to "go after" the "boys in blue."Investigators said they gathered evidence that he was about to act out a plan of violence, so they decided to approach him for questioning in a parking lot in Roslindale.During the confrontation, which was recorded by a distant surveillance camera, police said he came at them with a military knife, refusing to put it down. Officers fired, striking Usaamah Rahim three times."I don't know if he had a knife," said Usaamah Rahim's mother. "They said he had a knife, the cameras didn't show anything, I hadn't seen that he had a knife, I didn't know."Rahimah Rahim said that she now has trouble trusting the police.Rahimah Rahim's grandson, David Wright, of Everett, who is Usaaham Rahim's nephew, was arrested as part of the investigation.Rahimah Rahim called Wright "a gentle giant" and said she didn't want to comment about him or interfere with his case.Imam Ibrahim Rahim, Usaamah Rahim's brother, joined their mother during the interview.He said he is asking for patience on the part of the public while authorities complete their investigation.
The mother of a terrorism suspect who was shot and killed by the FBI and police talked only to 5 Investigates about her son and the investigation.
Investigators had Usaamah Rahim under 24-hour surveillance for several weeks and said he was planning an attack on law enforcement.
"Usaamah is not that -- that is not Usaamah," said his mother, Rahimah Rahim. "That is why I wanted to come out and I wanted to talk, because that is not Usaamah," she told reporter Karen Anderson.
She said that, at one point, her son wanted to join the Marines, but she encouraged him not to because she was concerned about how Muslims were treated in the military.
She said her son had just gotten married, that he liked his job and that she had no knowledge of him being radicalized in any way.
"He never talked about liking ISIS. I know we had discussed before about people that do activities -- criminal activities -- and I had said and he had said that is un-Islamic," Rahimah Rahim said. "I don't think that there was another side (to him)."
In a court complaint, the FBI said Usaamah Rahim wanted to "go after" the "boys in blue."
Investigators said they gathered evidence that he was about to act out a plan of violence, so they decided to approach him for questioning in a parking lot in Roslindale.
During the confrontation, which was recorded by a distant surveillance camera, police said he came at them with a military knife, refusing to put it down. Officers fired, striking Usaamah Rahim three times.
"I don't know if he had a knife," said Usaamah Rahim's mother. "They said he had a knife, the cameras didn't show anything, I hadn't seen that he had a knife, I didn't know."
Rahimah Rahim said that she now has trouble trusting the police.
Rahimah Rahim's grandson, David Wright, of Everett, who is Usaaham Rahim's nephew, was arrested as part of the investigation.
Rahimah Rahim called Wright "a gentle giant" and said she didn't want to comment about him or interfere with his case.
Imam Ibrahim Rahim, Usaamah Rahim's brother, joined their mother during the interview.
He said he is asking for patience on the part of the public while authorities complete their investigation.


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Contents Side A. Devotion -- I'm His He's mine -- Take your burdens to the Lord -- Redeemed -- Remember me, Oh Lord -- Side B. How great Thou art -- Hold on -- I'm saved -- He's all right with me.


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But one of the things that becomes clear upon watching the five-day marathon is that Walt did not go from criminal rube to high-level iceman overnight. Rather, it was a series of fateful decisions that led him to a place of perdition in the south valley of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Every time Walter makes a decision based on pride, performs another cook, every time he lies to his loved ones, and every time he offs an annoying competitor, he inches closer to what looks to be a very ignoble end.
And the frightening thing is that you, player, are really not so different from Walter White in this respect. I don't mean to insinuate you are a murderous thug. But I'm suggesting your future in this business is not determined by just one decision, one role, or one break. Rather, it is the decisions you make on a daily basis over the long run that will land you in the seat of the successful or at the davenport of the disenfranchised. What choices are you making that will ensure your success and nurture your spirit? Are you staying in class? Are you staying in shape? Do you update your profile regularly? Are you working consistently to have the necessary credits to update your profile? Are you scouring Public Submissions to audition for anything and everything you might be right for? Think of how mild-mannered Walter White went from a schlubo in tighty whities to straight gangsta Mac in tighty whities! He made a succession of decisions that kept him going in the wrong direction. All you need to do is flip the script.
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Ghost of Sierra de Cobre, The (1964)
Author: Brett Gallman
Submitted by: Brett Gallman Date : 2020-10-26 01:44
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The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre (1964)
Studio: Kino Lorber
Release date: October 30th 2018
Reviewed by: Brett Gallman (@brettgallman)
The movie:
�I thought fear was better than death. It isn�t. It�s only slower.�
When Rod Serling launched The Twilight Zone in 1959, he couldn�t have anticipated the long shadow it would cast over American airwaves for decades. It wasn�t just immediately influential, spawning the likes of One Step Beyond, The Outer Limits, Thriller, and Way Out, but it also instilled a recurring fascination for the format, one that even Serling himself returned to with Night Gallery a decade later. One of these spawns would have been The Haunted, a supernatural anthology series Joseph Stefano pitched to CBS following his success on The Outer Limits. However, a regime change at the studio scuttled the project, leaving Stefano with an unaired pilot. Outgoing CBS head honcho Hunt Stromberg reportedly championed the project anyway, though, leading to Stefano filming additional footage to transform the pilot into The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre for overseas exhibition before the film all but vanished for decades.
Appropriately enough, a film about an investigation into long-suppressed legends became the stuff of myth as tales began to emerge around The Haunted. Supposedly, the show was pulled and never aired because it was too scary for audiences to endure; some insisted the The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre didn�t exist at all, a notion that was only dashed when 8mm copies began to screen at repertory houses. A couple of years ago, however, Kino Lorber left no doubt by giving the film an official release for the first time ever in America, giving audiences a glimpse of an oddity that likely would have been short-lived if it did somehow make it onto the air.
Which is not at all an indictment of its poor quality. Quite the opposite, in fact: The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre is a fascinating, weird, and altogether artful take on ghost stories, so much so that it just doesn�t feel like it would have ever thrived or been done justice on the small screen. From its opening credits, which see the city of Los Angeles dissolve beneath a wave rolling onto the shore, it�s obvious Stefano is establishing a moody, atmospheric tenor instead of delivering a parade of overt shocks. It�s on the shore where we find Nelson Orion (Martin Landau), an architect who moonlights as a paranormal investigator, overlooking the shore from the perch of his chic home. His latest case brings him to the Mandore house, which looms as the exact opposite: an spooky old dark house that rests as the centerpiece of a sprawling, generations-old estate. Henry Mandore (Tom Simcox) is the latest lord of the manor, having inherited the estate from his recently-deceased mother. However, she may not actually be dead: long paranoid about being buried alive, the old woman insisted on having a phone put within arm�s reach of her coffin, and someone�s been making mysterious phone calls. At the behest of Nelson�s wife, Vivian (Diane Baker), Nelson investigates and begins to untangle a labyrinthine thread leading back to an earlier case involving a murder in a Mexican village years before.
Despite its studio polish, The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre feels like it hails from the fringes. There�s something perpetually elusive about it, almost as if it�s constantly slithering away to keep its audience at arm�s length. Its launching point is a familiar, lucid one: phone lines reaching from beyond the grave provided the plot for two Twilight Zone episodes in �Night Call� and �Long Distance Call,� while the gothic aesthetic recalls the likes of The Haunting, The Innocents, and Rebecca (with the latter especially resounding when Judith Anderson enters the picture as Pauilna, the new maid of the Mandore estate). But for all these familiar touchstones, the film is adamant about striking out on its own, weird path, darting through various subplots and fakeouts before arriving at strikingly resonant climax that forces Nelson to reckon with a past failure. The ghosts and demons here also ultimately lurk in the mind, urging on a misguided quest for revenge that puts the film on an eerie, downbeat path that anticipates the looming gloominess of the late-60s.
One has to imagine the eventual television series would have been a bit jauniter and more in lock-step with a premise that sees the suave, beachcombing Landau solving the mystery of the week (and entangling with women on the shore if one odd scene that doesn�t figure into the plot here is any indication). But for the feature version, Stefano and DP Conrad Hall fashion the material into a brooding, abstruse mood piece marked by bravura camerawork that slinks and roves as freely as the meandering script. Hall�s camera often luxuriates on the surroundings, allowing viewers to prowl through the Mandore estate before descending into its dank, shadowy crypt, tracking the path of the supposedly haunted phone line. Clever match cuts foreshadow Paulina�s increasing presence in the picture; for much of the early-going, she feels like the ghost haunting the place, flitting in and out of the frame, lurking like a inky specter. A shot of her looming in all-black, standing in stark contrast to the bright, blown-out, sunlit beach captures the surreality guiding The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre, putting it in the company of 60s nightmarish daydreams like Carnival of Souls and Night Tide.
Like those films, its patient with its overt shocks and scares, unleashing them with an almost surgical precision. The hauntings often swell to a jarring crescendo. So much of the film is pitched at a moody hush, that the appearance of ghosts and demons feel like intrusions. They�re realized with the same kind of superimposed opticals of William Castle�s spook-a-blasts, but what reads as playful in those films feels much more sinister here. The unquiet spirits of the Mandore estate (and beyond) screech and howl to unnerving effect; however, these frenzied bursts are only accents for the lingering, suffocating horror that slowly grips the estate as Nelson digs deeper into the conspiracy that emerges during his investigation.
But it�s really the quieter, more subtle hauntings that ultimately linger here. The lore that inspires the film�s title refuses to stay in the past and resurfaces here, guiding the vengeful actions of two souls who feel they�ve been wronged. What�s striking about it is the film refuses to outright vilify the duo, nor is it eager to vindicate Nelson�s suave skepticism. Instead, the climax here is a fatalistic collision of intertwined souls that ends on a tragic, somber note. If there�s anything sinister about it, it rests in the implication that the past sometimes refuses to relent: once it captures us in its grips, there�s no escape until its ghosts are satiated. This nuanced approach to such material is striking, and hints that Stefano wouldn�t have been content for The Haunted to be a conventional ghost-of-the-week anthology. Who knows if this would have been the case, but, at the very least, Landau�s Nelson Orion would have made for a captivating character for a potential series. Unfortunately--but quite appropriately--we only have this looming specter, a phantom limb of what could have been.
The disc:
Kino Lorber�s discovery and subsequent restoration of The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre is nothing short of miraculous. Again, this is a film that was believed to be all but lost until a print surfaced earlier in the past decade, putting enthusiasts on the path to this home video release. The long wait was worthwhile: not only did KL restore the virtually unseen theatrical cut, but they�ve also included the original pilot version of �The Haunted.� Each features its own commentary as well: film historian and Outer Limits guru David Schow takes the feature version, while Eric Grayson provides the track for the pilot. Considering the highly obscure nature of the film itself, this is a case where Kino has truly gone above and beyond. Indeed, this is one of those cases where it would have been sufficient just to simply have the film. Quite frankly, this release feels like it should have been a bigger deal back in 2018: The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre is one of my favorite discoveries in recent years, and I only hope to see its reputation grow in time. In an era where it feels like everything has been uncovered, it�s nice to have a reminder that there are still gems like this lurking, just waiting to shine when the light finally hits them.
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Because Friday: Katajun Amirpur Teaches You How to Lie
ZEIT seems to become religiously missionary. This could become a weekly series. Katajun Amirpur's article is called "Koran – Reading Is Not Understanding."
The teaser claims that "Since time immemorial the Koran was interpreted: mystically, philosophically, rationalist [translation note: not rational, see rationalism]. This variety brings life into it. Only a literal interpretation has no value."
I joked last week that the left has found a new wanna-have religion: the postmodern Islam. And this is exactly the attitude. Instead of saying that there are good and bad parts, the mission is to claim that everything is good and then to lie about it when a questioner becomes uncomfortable. A text is a piece of communication and its interpretation has its limits in figuring out what the producer actually meant. Words and phrases can be ambiguous, but this is not what postmodernists mean when they say "interpretation." They mean that you should feel free to lie about what somebody else tried to say.
Taking out of context isolated verses from the Qur'an to support one's own preconceived theses, as Islam critics and fundamentalists nowadays do in equal measure and thus coming together in an unintentional collusion [German: Schulterschluss], is grotesque from an Islamic theological point of view; more so: It is a sign of complete ignorance.
Backing up an argument with an insult (ignorance) speaks for itself. She makes an allegation, critics and fundamentalists were taking phrases out of a context. She does not provide any evidence for that allegation. Fair enough, that would also be too difficult if we were talking about a widespread phenomenon. I also write "the left thinks" and "the left does" because I know that people who read this blog are basically aware of the characteristics of the left and are capable of matching the claims with their own observations. But if I wrote to people who have little to no contact with people from the political left, I would give examples. She does not provide one example of a quote from an Islam critic or from a fundamentalist that has a different meaning in a context hidden from the audience.
Then there is this collusion allegation. Give me a dime for every moron who claims conservatives would "help ISIS." The idea here is that because you do something that they do, namely be honest about the text, makes you as evil as them. Conservatives are not driven by hatred. I don't mind doing the same things like my opponents. I would cook the very same couscous. What is even the argument?
Then she claims that one must not interpret a verse before taking into account the entire Koran and ALL Überlieferungen [the word includes traditions and all evidence, written and others, from history]. Since it is completely impossible to know ALL Überlieferungen, the demand not to interpret a verse would mean a complete Koran reading prohibition. But thankfully Germans and Muslims are not used to ask questions.
She quotes "Islam scientist" (yes, that is a thing in Germanistan) Thomas Bauer on his "study" titled "Culture of Ambiguity" as saying that the Muslim culture historically stood out as being particularly capable of having different truths side by side.
You might have guessed already: "Islam science" is probably [legal note: guess, just opinion] the taxpayer-funded wing of the Muslim Brotherhood terror organization on German universities. Katajun Amirpur is a professor of "Islam science" at the University of Cologne.
Then she claims that this phrase (sura 22:39) were constantly used by Islam critics to highlight the violence of Islam:
Permission [to fight] has been given to those who are being fought, because they were wronged. And indeed, Allah is competent to give them victory.
I have not heard anybody ever quoting this to me. It seems less ubiquitous than she claims. I bet that she knows this and lies to us. She also cannot see this as an example of a quote taken out of context. Nobody [but some loony hardcore pacifists] would ever object to this verse as it is!
It's even worse. She goes on and gives a context showing that the verse which sounds harmless was actually malicious. The translation with "being fought" is apparently wrong, not to say, a lie. She says it was revealed in 630 when Mohammed invaded Mekka, breaking a peace treaty. He was not attacked. He was the aggressor. The original meant "permission to fight has been given to those who have been fought" some time ago.
She ends her column with an example of a "modernistic" author, an engineer (it is beyond me why she emphasizes this). Muhammad Shahrur is not just modern, he follows(?) or embodies(?) something called "modernistism" (not even "modernism", German adjective used: "modernistisch"). Shashrur argues that the commands come with a spectrum of valid interpretations. The example in the ZEIT article is sura 5:38:
[As for] the thief, the male and the female, amputate their hands in recompense for what they committed as a deterrent [punishment] from Allah
Neither the preceding nor the following lines provide any context. Yet, Shahrur claims that amputation was the upper limit, the worst potential punishment, and that the line could also mean "order them to do community service." What special knowledge does he have to make that claim? Was Mohammed asking his followers to feed the camels if they stole something? Are we now so into lying that we don't even bother to offer a foundation for our deception?
Author Benjamin GoldsteinPosted on 14. September 2018 13. October 2018 Categories TheologyTags Because Friday, CartoonLeave a comment on Because Friday: Katajun Amirpur Teaches You How to Lie
Rosh Hashana ✡ Shana Tovah
Author Benjamin GoldsteinPosted on 9. September 2018 9. September 2018 Categories International, Theology1 Comment on Rosh Hashana ✡ Shana Tovah
Because Friday: Postmodern Koran
ZEIT published a theological article speaking for and about the left's wanna-have religion: postmodern Islam.
The author Mansur Seddiqzai is a school teacher and teaches Islam. In Germany church and state are not separated. Religious instructions are commanded by the constitution although students can opt out for philosophy classes on ethics.
Seddiqzai starts with an altered version of a story that he often reads to his pupils.
Heinz takes his son Fritz to the forest because he heard voices that told him to sacrifice him. The police intervenes.
After telling this story he usually asks the class how they would deal with Heinz. The usual condemnation follows. The pupils are supposed to learn that today's morals are different from historical morals. And while he emphasizes again and again that all his students prefer modern morals to tribal ones, he does not give one argument why the modern ones are better.
He also alters the story in a significant way. The voice from G-d is turned into some voice in Abraham's/Heinz' head. This is another common element of many religious readings these days. Legends are not seen as legends first and, before digging into what they still tell us about those who taught them and the historical facts they reveal, we just assume that Abraham was a real man and the voice from an invisible being is just a loon's invisible friend. This is how atheists mock the religious!
There is a difference if in a hypothetical scenario G-d himself talks (and questioning it is not part of the moral of the given story) or you just hear a voice in your head. I don't know any Muslim, Jew or Christian who thinks that the Lord still talks to people. Usually the revelation is considered to be revealed.
Seddiqzai says that his students admire Abraham and his son "who is called Isaac in Judaism and Ishmael in Islam" for their submissiveness. Isaac and Ishmael are two different sons! Jews/Christians and Muslims disagree on who is supposed to be sacrificed! What is more important is that Isaac must be fooled to follow his father. He is not submissive at all! Even if stories tell us little, they never fail to tell us something about the people who told them.
The author tells his students that submissiveness is not modern. Back in the day, this were the moral, but now we are supposedly over it. Indeed the Koran story has submissiveness as its moral, complete submissiveness of both Abraham and Ishmael. Judaism does not even preach submission under G-d. Given that the Festival of the Sacrifice عيد الأضحى is the most important annual event in Islam, the idea that modernity has changed something has little substance.
And we are hitting the basic problem of postmodernism. The claim that all cultures and morals were equal (present and past), everything were interpretation and nothing were binding, is immediately brushed away when the postmodernists demand that progress is infallibly for the better and the current authority is always right.
I personally believe that postmodernism is a sly trick to make people gullible. Endless lessons in schools are spent on interpreting things (arts, literature, religious texts, culture). Everything is freed up, no limits, it seems. Yet, the student who hits the opinion of the teacher best will be rewarded for it. Postmodernism does not question authority. It just questions the authority of the truth, the intention of words, and gives way to the political authority of the day. And the left's willingness to misrepresent and strawman their opponents is the result of their postmodern interpretation circus in school.
Seddiqzai blows it with a "psychological interpretation." In this version, Abraham dreams to sacrifice his son and only wished that his son was devout enough to let it happen." Remember that the article does not make it clear that the story is completely different in Christianity and Judaism. The title is even "Religious class – When Heinz becomes Abraham." So the reader is tricked into believing that what he says is equally valid for all Abrahamic religions.
Postmodernism comes with a big deal of dishonesty. It does not say, I disagree with the text. But this would be essential. People feel the dishonesty. Seddiqzai even admits that his pupils are not very happy with his "psychological interpretation." If I were a Muslim and some ISIS recruiter walked up to me and asked, "Do you follow Allah or your dream-voice-in-the-head teacher?", I would join up!
Seddiqzai answers the question about what is the right interpretation with "There is no right interpretation." And because postmodernism is essentially authoritarian, he adds that "we" must not cease the interpretation to "esoterics" and "radicals." Consequently "truth" is what the authority says and that is better the majority of "you."
He goes on to say that the fight for "women equality" is about reinterpreting the holy texts. Doubtful students, who read the story correctly, are told that they would "give up their self-determination to a higher instance." Yes, but this instance is G-d and when push comes to shove he might become more important than feminism.
No, Muslims must question, disagree and challenge old texts, fickle majorities and worldly authorities alike, and not interpret everything for their or anybody else's pleasure.
Author Benjamin GoldsteinPosted on 7. September 2018 18. November 2020 Categories Media, TheologyTags Because Friday1 Comment on Because Friday: Postmodern Koran
Setting Straight Sodom
One of the most unsettling aspects of the Torah is its condemnation of homosexuality. Radio talker Dennis Prager who writes a lot about religion, obsesses about this problem and it has caused a lot of pain throughout history.
The story of Sodom is often quoted to emphasize that the Lord hates homosexuality. Gay activists and like-minded fellows argue against it. They say the story was about guest rights. Both sides are wrong.
When Abram's (later called Abraham) brother Lot moves to Sodom, the city was at war with the cities of Shinar, Ellasar, and Elam as well as with King Tidal who ruled over multiple peoples. On the side of Sodom fought Gomorra, Adma, Zebojim and Bela. In this war voices reached the Lord that complained, Sodom and Gomorra committed grave sins. He already decided to eradicate the cities on the basis of these claims – which most certainly had nothing to do with "guest rights." The Lord sent two angels to the city to check out how bad the situation was (I might add a general truism – almighty or all-seeing in the biblical context just means more than everybody else and not all all). Abram knew that his brother had moved there, assumed that he had made friends and asked the Lord to spare the city if he found only ten or more righteous people. The Lord agreed.
The men who knocked on Lot's door demanded to "see" the two angels (angels look like men throughout the Torah). They must have assumed that the strangers were spies. So "see" could very much mean "see" and not "bang." The Hebrew original (וְנֵדְעָ֖ה = see/know/have sex with) makes it hard to tell the difference, but the situation is obvious. Lot even offered to bribe the crowd with his two virgin daughters. The men were NOT interested in sex. They wanted to "see" the strangers.
The Bible knows another version of the story (Judges 19), which I believe is older. This time Lot is an elderly man who works in the field when an unknown man approaches him with his second wife and a donkey. The old man invites the group to stay with him over night. The men of the city Gibea ask to "see" the strangers. The old man offers his young daughter plus the second wife of his guest if they just left the stranger alone. Again, this is most likely to spare a visitor from interrogation and a potentially false conviction for spying activity. This time, however, the guest grabs his second wife and throws her to the crowd. They immediately rape her to death. In the morning the stranger finds his wife dead, brings her corpse home, cuts her into twelve pieces and sends them to all corners of Israel. Then the Jews unite to burn Gibea to the ground. I believe this less mythical version is the original because the Lord usually punishes with military losses throughout the Bible. The Sodom story with angels and firestorm looks embellished and probably became the more popular version because of its mysterious, magical nature and the connection to more widely known characters.
Author Benjamin GoldsteinPosted on 1. September 2018 23. November 2018 Categories Theology2 Comments on Setting Straight Sodom
Because Friday: Freedom Toons on Islam
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Moses Actually Existed
The Torah is first and foremost a recollection of the Jewish historical memory. It is the laws we lived, the legends we shared and names we understood and understand. It is often said that all legends have a true core. I do not know all legends, but let me try to get to the core of Moses (Mosheh מֹשֶׁה in Hebrew, Musa in Arabic).
As I have pointed out last week, the ten commandments are a reformation. The thicket of the laws as they developed by judging disputes between members of the tribe became dense. The Torah mentions (in Exodus 18) how this came to be.
Jitros came from the land of Midian to visit his son-in-law Moses. He sees how the prophet spends his entire day judging conflicts between his people and asks him to stop it. He suggests that every ten should have a judge to rule between them, every fifty should have a judge to deal with the cases between them, and every hundred and every thousand should also have a leading judge.
Instead of judging every case, the leader appoints representatives who he trusts will rule according to standards that he would agree with. As smart as it sounds, this creates a lot of standards and a sense of unfairness. Why is this neighbourhood asked to live by this rule and the other by another one when the only thing that divides them is the appointed judge? What happened was that the rule by which a case was judged got written down and other judges only deviated from the precedents when a case demanded a new rule.
Naturally, the rule book grew and grew and there was no institution like a parliament that could override the mess. There are laws mentioned in the Bible that make no sense, never made sense, remind us of nothing and were most likely produced by vicious conflicts, weaponized courts and corrupt judges. Eventually the laws of old were seen as sanctimonious and G-d-given.
Because of the tight mix between civil law and ritual practices, it needed an authority to clear the books. No leader could have overturned the age-old ways and delegitimize his predecessors. Moses was certainly not the man who both set up the judicial system which produced all the tight regulations and the one who lifted up the ten commandments like the Torah says. His name is, however, most strongly associated with the ten commandments (and the exodus – more to that later).
Interestingly, one of the major rules is not to use G-d's name in vain. Moses felt that he had a strong reason to speak in his name to legitimate the new order. But how did he do it? In antiquity one would claim to represent a god's will by saying that he spoke to you in person when nobody else could have heard it. Torah sets the story on the Mount Sinai. The location, however, is not relevant. Moses runs into a fire and asks nobody to follow him. He carries two slates with him with the new law engraved – probably hidden under his clothes, tight to the upper body. According to the Torah he disappears for quite some time and his people had doubts about his return.
The Bible fiddles in the story of the golden calf. Because they thought, leader and law were dead, they cast a god, whored, and celebrated. It most certainly did not happen, but you must admit that it is funny as hell!
Moses returns with the slates. And why slates? They were public displays. Rome and multiple Greek cities also had such public stones with laws. Torah adds a number of lesser laws right after the ten commandments and claims that they were also spoken to Moses. This shows how intense the conflict was. If G-d had considered all laws that important, Moses would have carried scrolls. I simplified the matter so far. The ten commandments did not have the power to clear the books, but you will notice that a significant number of them no longer bore actual penalties. That looks a lot like a compromise to me.
At some point the slates broke. According to the Bible, Moses smashed them when he saw the golden calf. As I mentioned before, the whoring and celebrating thing makes no sense, but there is another interesting aspect of this story that I just want to wedge in: There are two golden calf stories. In the first version (Exodus 32:7) G-d wants to destroy the partying Israelites and Moses calms him down. In the second one (Exodus 32:15) Moses gets surprised, boils with anger, asks who was still with the Lord and lets them kill their "brothers, friends and neighbours." This is most likely a philosophical episode about absolute devotion. The Bible is full of stories with competing versions and much of the fun reading the Holy Book is to figure out what belongs to what.
Anyway, the slates did break. To prevent this from happening again, a copy of them were placed into the ark of the covenant. People were told that whoever even touches the arc would die. By this time the laws were common knowledge and their display was unnecessary. Whether or not Moses still lived is impossible to tell.
And the exodus? Archeologist are pretty sure that the entirety of the Jewish people had never lived in Egypt. It is also impossible for the biblical events that let to freeing the slaves to have happened without Egyptians writing about them. However, I believe that there was an exodus from the hillside of the Sinai peninsula. Abraham's original name Abram רום אב actually means "father of the high" (Abraham means "father of the many"). Torah returns again and again to the Mount Sinai or Mount Horeb. There is no reason to refer to your once holiest place of worship when it is outside your current habitat unless you grudgingly admit that it was somewhere else. The above mentioned land of Midian, the land where Moses lived and married, is believed to be in modern day Saudi Arabia! There are many reasons to believe that the homeland of the Jews was this southern tip of the peninsula between Egypt and Midian. And it is from this hillside that the law is taken, symbolically placed into a chest (ark of the covenant) and taken to a new Temple on a new hill. Before the chest became physical, the law was the law and the people were the people because of their customs and rules which they took with them. Was it Moses, the guy who introduced the ten commandments, also the man who asked his people to leave Sinai?
I don't know that. I do assume that trade between Egypt and the Hebrews, interaction and population exchange was common because of the location. A Jewish king could have bought a substantial number of Egyptian slaves and freed them. If the man who freed the slaves and the man who simplified the law was the same person is impossible to say, but they were both libertarian spirits.
Author Benjamin GoldsteinPosted on 25. August 2018 4. March 2020 Categories Theology1 Comment on Moses Actually Existed
Because Friday: Bob Ross Paints the Prophet
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Because Friday: Mohammad was Extremely White for an Arab
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שחיטה Shechita – Kosher Slaughter – #mähtoo/#mootoo
Following the #metoo debate, there was a ridiculous #metwo hashtag about people moaning about fake "everyday racism." As a reaction, #mootoo (actually #mähtoo) about halal slaughter was launched. And this is where it gets really childish and stupid.
For one, many Germans are brainwashed by the Greens and think that humans and animals are equally worth of protection. Atheism plays a big role in this. So they think that the suffering of animals is more important than religious practices. They fail to see that shechita is not more cruel than other forms of slaughter.
In Germany about 800 pigs are accidentally boiled to death with waning anathesia in mass slaughter houses every day because the cuts on the necks were not set accurately. All pigs in these places are suffocated with CO2, panicking about 20 seconds until they become unconscious. I smell a little hypocracy.
I reserve the Saturdays to write about religion and I don't want to go into the details here. Shechita is not the most interesting theological topic. I don't denounce a debate about it as antisemitic because I believe that all religious matters are always up for debate. However, this is a bit annoying because it seems to target Muslims on purpose and the motive is Islamophobia. I maintain that most claims of Islamophobia are fake, but some are real and to be credible we must call out BS where we see it.
The other thing is that I see the comments and it is not just Islamophobia that comes to light, but antisemitism, even much more. I don't cry wolf.
And this is how animals die in the wild, how long they struggle in panic and pain.
The problem with anathesia is that it reduces blood pressure. An animal might even suffer longer and feel something when the blood flows out of the brain more slowly. During the French Revolution people noticed that the heads remained conscious quite some time after a beheading.
It is impossible to tell how much the brain still understands while an animal looks unconscious from outside, but it is clear that a slowed down blood circulation prolongs the process of dying. But this is only a factor with pigs.
Lambs and sheep are anathesized with electroshocks to the head. It paralizes, but does it make unconscious? See all the twitching and judge for yourself. Also, is a religious slaughter that spends time to ensure that an animal is dead in no time really more cruel than that?
Cows have for an anathesia a shot into their brain. No joke. Because the brain is so small, the cow is still often found conscious dangling from the ceiling while their necks are cut open. Here you see footage that shows slaughterers removing the legs while the animal is clearly conscious.
Author Benjamin GoldsteinPosted on 19. August 2018 29. November 2018 Categories Germany, TheologyLeave a comment on שחיטה Shechita – Kosher Slaughter – #mähtoo/#mootoo
The Lord revealed the laws of the covenant to his chosen people. You shall not have gay sex with another man! You shall not paint Mohammed! …Hm, maybe I should have a second look at what Torah says.
But why? Why are the rules to live by revealed? And what if the ten commandments don't include the taboos of our time? Is it okay to call somebody the n-word? If it's not included in the Torah there is something seriously wrong with this old swagger. In my righteousness I'm prepared to call the thing a racist, Nazi book if it does not condemn Holocaust denial.
So maybe we step back a little. The ten commandments address a similar situation to our own. A set of morals predated them. But where did those come from? The discussion that the ten commandments open is the discussion on ethics.
I borrow this terminology from the field of philosophy. From an etymological point of view the words "morals" and "ethics" have roots that mean the very same thing, namely habits. In the philosophical discourse, however, the word "ethics" has come to mean asking WHY we believe that this or that principle or rule is good, i.e. conducive to the public as a whole. Morals are the set of rules by which we judge whether somebody or some action is good. People look at their peer group, think they know what's right and wrong and hate those who disagree. Morals are enforced with whip and sugar and most people are happy to engage in the enforcement process. In times of moral decline when good morals are replaced with bad habits and questionable criteria, majorities form roaming mobs. Sociologists call this a "moral panic." It is colloquially referred to as witch hunts and manifests itself at the moment as "political correctness."
Obviously some of the morals that are right today (e.g. taking issue with Holocaust denial) could not be addressed before. Other morals have lost their purpose. Some morals never had a point.
Where do pointless morals come from? Outrage culture produces them. They are made and upheld because people are shamed publicly. This can be the result of a power play. A person gets in the crosshairs of the power elites and is harmed by them. A cheap excuse follows and the power players nod to a random behavior of the person. Unsuspicious people just notice the seriousness of the overall mood and accept that the called out behavior is indeed bad although they wouldn't have recognized it as bad before the outrage. This is a very common behavior and protects people from getting ostracised themselves. They will then enforce a punishment for the same behavior in future. (More in my article on Moses)
The Ten Commandments were an early attempt to cut through the wilderness of sound morals, obsolete morals and faux morals. This is not the standard Jewish reading. The Ten Commandments were revealed to the chosen people. This introduction was necessary because you need authority to present guidelines if you don't rely on outrage mobs. Many people cannot reason morals and only take on a rulebook because of one (or both) of the two mentioned forces. This is why we must also refer to human rights or to the US constitution in public debates because they are accepted as an authority. Why the texts are right is a discussion too difficult for a wider audience. Still, I believe an explanation must come with rules in a second step and there are many Americans (and it pains me to say that I rarely see non-Americans do it) who explain why core values are conducive to the public good.
Now, the Ten Commandments, shortened – to add some commentary.
You shall have no other gods!
One thing that makes Judaism stand out is that worship of him is special. There are other monotheist religions (e.g. Zoroastrism), but the exclusivity is unique (I leave the offshot Islam aside). Judaism is based on a covenant, on practical rules, on a very specific deal. Unlike faith-based religions like Islam or Christianity, Judaism does not judge people on what they think. You can believe that other gods exist, but you are asked to only worship the Lord.
You shall not make an image of G-d!
If you don't want that people constantly try to disprove what is a hard to grasp spiritual being, a priest working on that cow-chicken-lion-hybrid statue does not help. It will not represent anything in the local woods and might burn down with the next fire. Still, I'm a bit lax on this one. Catholic theologian Uta Ranke-Heinemann once said, "A man sees G-d as a man and a donkey sees G-d as a donkey." I think both are right. We are made in his image and some sort of mental representation helps to identify with him. We just should recognize that our image of his is subjective and does not represent the Lord in an objective way. Nonetheless, I might add my argument for G-d having a schlong: I believe in forgiveness.
You shall not use his name in vain!
This "in vain" bit deserves way more credit. The original idea was to avert a theocracy. If you speak in the name of G-d, you better be sure that you represent his will. It was about curtailing abuse. Torah does use the name of the Lord. There are even two: El/Elohim אלאֱלֹהִים/ (like "god" with a small g) and YHWH יהוה. Because the idea not to use his name in vain has been overstretched and become an obsession, the pronunciation of YHWH has gone lost. It is possible that the two names were the reason why people started to avoid using any name, making it a sanctuary. When reading Torah we replace the names with Adonai אֲדֹנָי (Lord) or stricter Hashem השם (the one who must not be named – like Voldemort). I would suggest also to remember not to speak in representation of the Lord with ill intentions no matter in what terms (See also: You shall not lie!).
Keep the Sabbath!
I think this started as a working rights issue. Torah emphasizes that slaves, animals and strangers shall also lay down their work for one day a week. Today, it gives us rhythm, traditions and time for spiritual reflections.
Honor father and mother!
And by extension also honor the elderly and ancestry! Successful cultures have always known this. The wisdom preceding you is always more and better tested than what you can accrue in the time frame of your existence. The entire idea of culture is based on this. I could get political again. What culture does is to remember mistakes. This is why evolution is so much slower than culture. In nature a mistake is culled out, but the other members of a species would not remember why one failed and died. So love your parents…and listen to them! They made all the mistakes so that you don't have to.
You shall not murder!
Very often falsely translated with "You shall not kill!" Check out my article on pacifism.
Do not commit adultery!
As free love and sexual revolution ravaged Western nations we saw morals and families break apart with enormous speed. Children don't see their fathers. Over-challenged single mothers become dependent on welfare programs. This can be averted. Commit to one partner, be faithful to him and get your act together!
You shall not steal!
Of course, this commandment comes with a subclause to ensure that the capitalist class and South African farmers can be expropriated to advance the communist revolution. Ooops. Sorry, I had a second look. It just says "not steal" and goes on with the next commandment.
You shall not give false testimony against thy neighbour!
If you don't want people to get riled up for a bloody conflict, you better stay honest. Important decisions, particularly those that decide life and death, rely on clean information. We let our media and politicians get away with far too much dishonesty. I'm partisan about what political side does it more often, but I will give a brief example of two lies in American politics, one from each major party. 1) Madonna did not advocate to burn down the White House. There was an important "but" that was habitually edited out. 2) It is not an abuse to grab groupies by their pussies. "They let you do it." (D. Trump on infamous tape).
You shall not desire what is your neighbours'!
I think this is about focussing on your own lot and to incrementally improve your situation. Your neighbour's house does not matter unless you can learn from him how you get one.
The reading that the ten commandments were lifted out of a large set of rules is not always accepted. Many argue that the Lord did not only hand the commandments but the entire Torah to Moses. Today the most formal understanding is that not only the written Torah was revealed to Moses, but also all the habits. In the third century CE the details of the rites and habits, the oral Torah, were compiled in the Mishnah מִשְׁנָה. The discussion about both written and oral Torah is the Talmud תַּלְמוּד. The centrality of the ten commandments reflects that the struggle between traditionalism and liberation is almost as old as mankind itself.
Author Benjamin GoldsteinPosted on 18. August 2018 14. July 2019 Categories Theology2 Comments on The Ten Commandments


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we have three clients with different account:s1,s3 and errorClient; they all can upload and download files now and then.
FTP server 's connection time out is 3 minutes.
And now sometimes the errorClient could not upload the file completely (the file is about 880kb).
(207314) 2018-10-19 12:30:51 - errorClient (208.87.44.36)> 250 CWD successful. "/WMS/HAS/From-HAS" is current directory.
(207315) 2018-10-19 12:30:56 - s1 (203.156.211.75)> 150 Opening data channel for directory listing of "/wms/CL/FS"
(207315) 2018-10-19 12:30:56 - s1 (203.156.211.75)> 226 Successfully transferred "/wms/CL/FS"
(207315) 2018-10-19 12:30:56 - s1 (203.156.211.75)> disconnected.
(207316) 2018-10-19 12:30:57 - s1 (203.156.211.75)> 150 Opening data channel for directory listing of "/wms/CL/FS"
(207316) 2018-10-19 12:30:57 - s1 (203.156.211.75)> 226 Successfully transferred "/wms/CL/FS"
(207316) 2018-10-19 12:30:57 - s1 (203.156.211.75)> disconnected.
(207317) 2018-10-19 12:30:57 - s1 (203.156.211.75)> 150 Opening data channel for directory listing of "/wms/CL/FS"
(207317) 2018-10-19 12:30:57 - s1 (203.156.211.75)> 226 Successfully transferred "/wms/CL/FS"
(207317) 2018-10-19 12:30:57 - s1 (203.156.211.75)> disconnected.
(207314) 2018-10-19 12:30:58 - errorClient (208.87.44.36)> 250 CWD successful. "/WMS/HAS/From-HAS/Customers" is current directory.
(207318) 2018-10-19 12:30:58 - s3 (222.68.188.27)> 257 "/" is current directory.
(207318) 2018-10-19 12:30:58 - s3 (222.68.188.27)> 250 CWD successful. "/wms/CL/IR" is current directory.
(207318) 2018-10-19 12:30:58 - s3 (222.68.188.27)> 257 "/wms/CL/IR" is current directory.
(207318) 2018-10-19 12:30:58 - s3 (222.68.188.27)> 150 Opening data channel for directory list.
(207318) 2018-10-19 12:30:58 - s3 (222.68.188.27)> 226 Successfully transferred ""
(207318) 2018-10-19 12:30:59 - s3 (222.68.188.27)> disconnected.
(207318) 2018-10-19 12:30:59 - s3 (222.68.188.27)> could not send reply, disconnected.
(207319) 2018-10-19 12:30:59 - s3 (222.68.188.27)> 257 "/" is current directory.
(207319) 2018-10-19 12:30:59 - s3 (222.68.188.27)> 250 CWD successful. "/wms/CL/DL" is current directory.
(207319) 2018-10-19 12:30:59 - s3 (222.68.188.27)> 257 "/wms/CL/DL" is current directory.
(207319) 2018-10-19 12:30:59 - s3 (222.68.188.27)> 150 Opening data channel for directory list.
(207319) 2018-10-19 12:30:59 - s3 (222.68.188.27)> 226 Successfully transferred ""
(207319) 2018-10-19 12:30:59 - s3 (222.68.188.27)> disconnected.
(207320) 2018-10-19 12:30:59 - s3 (222.68.188.27)> 257 "/" is current directory.
(207320) 2018-10-19 12:30:59 - s3 (222.68.188.27)> 250 CWD successful. "/wms/CL/TW" is current directory.
(207320) 2018-10-19 12:30:59 - s3 (222.68.188.27)> 257 "/wms/CL/TW" is current directory.
(207320) 2018-10-19 12:30:59 - s3 (222.68.188.27)> 150 Opening data channel for directory list.
(207320) 2018-10-19 12:30:59 - s3 (222.68.188.27)> 226 Successfully transferred ""
(207320) 2018-10-19 12:30:59 - s3 (222.68.188.27)> disconnected.
(207314) 2018-10-19 12:31:04 - errorClient (208.87.44.36)> 150 Opening data channel for file upload to server of "/WMS/HAS/From-HAS/Customers/uploadfile.txt"
(207321) 2018-10-19 12:32:04 - s1 (203.156.211.75)> 150 Opening data channel for directory listing of "/wms/CL/FS/test"
(207321) 2018-10-19 12:32:04 - s1 (203.156.211.75)> 226 Successfully transferred "/wms/CL/FS/test"
(207321) 2018-10-19 12:32:05 - s1 (203.156.211.75)> disconnected.
(207322) 2018-10-19 12:32:05 - s1 (203.156.211.75)> 150 Opening data channel for directory listing of "/wms/CL/FS/test"
(207322) 2018-10-19 12:32:05 - s1 (203.156.211.75)> 226 Successfully transferred "/wms/CL/FS/test"
(207322) 2018-10-19 12:32:05 - s1 (203.156.211.75)> disconnected.
(207323) 2018-10-19 12:32:05 - s1 (203.156.211.75)> 150 Opening data channel for directory listing of "/wms/CL/FS/test"
(207323) 2018-10-19 12:32:05 - s1 (203.156.211.75)> 226 Successfully transferred "/wms/CL/FS/test"
(207323) 2018-10-19 12:32:05 - s1 (203.156.211.75)> disconnected.
(207324) 2018-10-19 12:32:59 - s1 (203.156.211.75)> 150 Opening data channel for directory listing of "/wms/CL/FS"
(207324) 2018-10-19 12:32:59 - s1 (203.156.211.75)> 226 Successfully transferred "/wms/CL/FS"
(207324) 2018-10-19 12:32:59 - s1 (203.156.211.75)> disconnected.
(207326) 2018-10-19 12:33:00 - s1 (203.156.211.75)> 150 Opening data channel for directory listing of "/wms/CL/FS"
(207326) 2018-10-19 12:33:00 - s1 (203.156.211.75)> 226 Successfully transferred "/wms/CL/FS"
(207326) 2018-10-19 12:33:00 - s1 (203.156.211.75)> disconnected.
(207325) 2018-10-19 12:33:01 - s1 (203.156.211.75)> 150 Opening data channel for directory listing of "/wms/CL/FS"
(207325) 2018-10-19 12:33:01 - s1 (203.156.211.75)> 226 Successfully transferred "/wms/CL/FS"
(207325) 2018-10-19 12:33:01 - s1 (203.156.211.75)> disconnected.
(207327) 2018-10-19 12:33:25 - s3 (222.68.188.27)> 257 "/" is current directory.
(207327) 2018-10-19 12:33:25 - s3 (222.68.188.27)> 250 CWD successful. "/wms/has/from-has/product-master" is current directory.
(207327) 2018-10-19 12:33:25 - s3 (222.68.188.27)> 257 "/wms/has/from-has/product-master" is current directory.
(207327) 2018-10-19 12:33:25 - s3 (222.68.188.27)> 226 Successfully transferred ""
(207327) 2018-10-19 12:33:26 - s3 (222.68.188.27)> disconnected.
(207327) 2018-10-19 12:33:26 - s3 (222.68.188.27)> could not send reply, disconnected.
(207328) 2018-10-19 12:33:26 - s3 (222.68.188.27)> 257 "/" is current directory.
(207328) 2018-10-19 12:33:26 - s3 (222.68.188.27)> 250 CWD successful. "/wms/has/from-has/customers" is current directory.
(207328) 2018-10-19 12:33:26 - s3 (222.68.188.27)> 257 "/wms/has/from-has/customers" is current directory.
(207328) 2018-10-19 12:33:26 - s3 (222.68.188.27)> 226 Successfully transferred ""
(207328) 2018-10-19 12:33:26 - s3 (222.68.188.27)> 150 Opening data channel for file download from server of "/wms/has/from-has/customers/uploadfile.txt"
(207328) 2018-10-19 12:33:26 - s3 (222.68.188.27)> 550 can't access file.
(207328) 2018-10-19 12:33:26 - s3 (222.68.188.27)> disconnected.
(207329) 2018-10-19 12:34:04 - s1 (203.156.211.75)> 150 Opening data channel for directory listing of "/wms/CL/FS/test"
(207329) 2018-10-19 12:34:04 - s1 (203.156.211.75)> 226 Successfully transferred "/wms/CL/FS/test"
(207329) 2018-10-19 12:34:04 - s1 (203.156.211.75)> disconnected.
(207330) 2018-10-19 12:34:04 - s1 (203.156.211.75)> 150 Opening data channel for directory listing of "/wms/CL/FS/test"
(207330) 2018-10-19 12:34:04 - s1 (203.156.211.75)> 226 Successfully transferred "/wms/CL/FS/test"
(207331) 2018-10-19 12:34:04 - s1 (203.156.211.75)> 150 Opening data channel for directory listing of "/wms/CL/FS/test"
(207331) 2018-10-19 12:34:04 - s1 (203.156.211.75)> 226 Successfully transferred "/wms/CL/FS/test"
(207331) 2018-10-19 12:34:04 - s1 (203.156.211.75)> disconnected.
(207330) 2018-10-19 12:34:05 - s1 (203.156.211.75)> disconnected.
(207314) 2018-10-19 12:34:49 - errorClient (208.87.44.36)> 426 Connection timed out, aborting transfer of "/WMS/HAS/From-HAS/Customers/uploadfile.txt"
(207314) 2018-10-19 12:34:49 - errorClient (208.87.44.36)> 421 Connection timed out.
(207314) 2018-10-19 12:34:49 - errorClient (208.87.44.36)> disconnected.
now still can't fight out the reason why it happened, would someone know, please advise and thank you for your kindness.
Could be any number of reasons. Usually it's a firewall interfering with the connection in some way.
If there are no firewalls running on the server machine and the problem persists, look at what is actually being transmitted over the network using a network sniffer such as Wireshark. In particular, does the client send a TCP packet with the FIN flag set?


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Q: Read multiple xlsx files with multiple sheets into one R data frame - set_names function issue I would like to read in multiple xlsx files into R that have multiple sheets, I have a header (colnames) for the first sheet of each file but I don't have any for the rest of the sheets, however, it's the exact same columns.
I found that solution in a post:

dir_path <- "~/test_dir/"         # target directory path where the xlsx files are located.
re_file <- "^test[0-9]\\.xlsx"    # regex pattern to match the file name format, in this case 'test1.xlsx', 'test2.xlsx' etc, but could simply be 'xlsx'.

read_sheets <- function(dir_path, file){
  xlsx_file <- paste0(dir_path, file)
  xlsx_file %>%
    excel_sheets() %>%
    set_names() %>%
    map_df(read_excel, path = xlsx_file, .id = 'sheet_name') %>%
    mutate(file_name = file) %>%
    select(file_name, sheet_name, everything())
}

df <- list.files(dir_path, re_file) %>%
  map_df(~ read_sheets(dir_path, .))

but I can't figure out why it won't work, I get this error.

Error in set_names(.) : 1 argument passed to 'names<-' which requires 2

A: I've created this readxl solution with 2 excel workbooks, each having 2 sheets with the same columns. In your problem the 2nd sheet (and further) doesn't have the colnames, so they needed to be set with an additional if statement. It's probably not the fastest solution, but it works:
library(readxl)

#Set path
inputFolder <- "test/"

#Get list of files
fileList <- list.files(path = inputFolder, recursive=T, pattern='*.xlsx')

#Read in each sheet from each excel
for (f in 1:length(fileList)){
  #Find the number of sheets in this workbook
  sheetList <- excel_sheets(paste(inputFolder, fileList[f], sep = ""))
  #Get the sheets of this workbook
  for (s in 1:length(sheetList)) {
    tempSheet <- read_excel(paste(inputFolder, fileList[f], sep = ""), sheet = sheetList[s])
    if (f == 1 & s == 1) {
      df <- tempSheet
    }
    else {
      if(s != 1) {
        names(tempSheet) <- names(df)
      }
      df <- rbind(df,tempSheet)
    }
  }
}

A: That seems to work.  Here is a different means to the same end.
library(XLConnect)

testDir <- "C:\\your_path_here\\"

re_file <- ".+\\.xls.?"
testFiles <- list.files(testDir, re_file, full.names = TRUE)

# This function rbinds in a single dataframe
# the content of multiple sheets in the same workbook
# (assuming that all the sheets have the same column types)
rbindAllSheets <- function(file) {
  wb <- loadWorkbook(file)
  sheets <- getSheets(wb)
  do.call(rbind,
          lapply(sheets, function(sheet) {
            readWorksheet(wb, sheet)
          })
  )
}

# Getting a single dataframe for all the Excel files
result <- do.call(rbind, lapply(testFiles, rbindAllSheets))

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Mystery arthritis-linked knee bone three times more common than 100 years ago
by Caroline Brogan, Imperial College London
Credit: Michael Berthaume/Imperial College London
The fabella, a small bone in the knee once lost to human evolution, has made a surprising resurgence over the last century.
The new findings could help clinicians treating patients with knee issues and provide insight into human evolution over the past 100 years.
The bone, linked to knee problems and pain, is buried in a tendon behind the knee, and was once rare in humans.
Now, a new study by Imperial College London researchers has found that fabellae are becoming more common in humans.
The results, which spanned over 21,000 knee studies over 150 years, showed that between 1918 and 2018, the rate of fabellae occurrence in humans increased more than threefold.
Through the analysis, published today in the Journal of Anatomy, they reviewed 21,676 individual knees over 27 countries.
The earliest records they looked at, which were from 1875, showed that fabellae were found in 17.9 per cent of the population. From this, the researchers created a statistical model which predicted prevalence rate while controlling for country of study and method of data collection – such as X-rays, anatomical dissection, and MRI scanning.
Their analysis showed that in 1918, fabellae were present in 11.2 per cent of the world population, and by 2018, they were present in 39 per cent – a 3.5-fold increase.
The tiny fabella bone is found in a knee joint tendon. Credit: Michael Berthaume/Imperial College London
Lead author Dr Michael Berthaume, from Imperial's Department of Bioengineering, said: "We don't know what the fabella's function is – nobody has ever looked into it!"
The fabella is a sesamoid bone, meaning it grows in the tendon of a muscle: the kneecap, for instance, is the largest sesamoid bone in the human body.
Dr Berthaume added: "The fabella may behave like other sesamoid bones to help reduce friction within tendons, redirecting muscle forces, or, as in the case of the kneecap, increasing the mechanical force of that muscle. Or it could be doing nothing at all."
Having a fabella has its drawbacks. People with osteoarthritis of the knee are twice as likely to have a fabella than people without osteoarthritis - however, it is unknown if the fabella causes osteoarthritis in the knee, and if so, how. It can also cause pain and discomfort on its own, and can get in the way of knee replacement surgery.
The study authors say their findings could have implications for how we treat patients with knee pain, or those who need knee replacements or treatment for osteoarthritis.
The appendix of the skeleton?
Dr Berthaume said: "We are taught the human skeleton contains 206 bones, but our study challenges this. The fabella is a bone that has no apparent function and causes pain and discomfort to some and might require removal if it causes problems.
"Perhaps the fabella will soon be known as the appendix of the skeleton."
In old world monkeys, the fabella can act as a kneecap, increasing the mechanical advantage of the muscle. But when the ancestors of great apes and humans evolved, it seemed to disappear.
Dr Berthaume said: "As we evolved into great apes and humans, we appear to have lost the need for the fabella. Now, it just causes us problems – but the interesting question is why it's making such a comeback."
The answer, says Dr Berthaume, could lie in nutrition. "We found evidence of fabella resurgence across the world, and one of the few environmental changes that have affected most countries in the world is better nutrition."
Researchers found the fabella seems to be the only sesamoid bone in the human body to be increasing in prevalence. Sesamoid bones are known to grow in response to mechanical forces.
Dr Berthaume added: "The average human, today, is better nourished, meaning we are taller and heavier. This came with longer shinbones and larger calf muscles – changes which both put the knee under increasing pressure. This could explain why fabellae are more common now than they once were."
Not all people have fabellae, however, and there is likely a genetic component controlling the ability to form one – but for those who can form a fabella, this increased mechanical forces might drive their formation.
The researchers say they are now looking at how prevalence differs across genders, ages, and regions and the proportion of people who have fabella in one or both knees. They also hope to delve into the genetics of the bone and how its inclusion in the human skeleton has changed over time.
This work was funded by the National Institute for Health Research.
"Fabella prevalence rate increases over 150 years, and rates of other sesamoid bones remain constant: a systematic review" by Michael A. Berthaume, Erica Di Federico and Anthony M. J. Bull, published 17 April 2019 in Journal of Anatomy.
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More information: Michael A. Berthaume et al. Fabella prevalence rate increases over 150 years, and rates of other sesamoid bones remain constant: a systematic review, Journal of Anatomy (2019). DOI: 10.1111/joa.12994
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Notts County were beaten 2-1 at Blundell Park as Grimsby Town secured League Two safety.
Dan Jones' late equaliser looked to have given the Magpies a point but Jamille Matt won the game for the hosts in stoppage time.
Wycombe's victory at Chesterfield secured them automatic promotion, consigning Notts to the play-offs.
Kevin Nolan named an unchanged starting 11 following last weekend's 4-1 victory over Yeovil Town, with the only alteration to his squad seeing Jorge Grant replace Terry Hawkridge on the bench.
The hosts started the match the stronger side and came close to the opening goal in odd circumstances on five minutes when one of their players appeared to turn the ball over the bar from point-blank range. The officials instead awarded a corner.
Town kept up their pressure and were unfortunate not to take the lead when Harry Clifton curled the ball on to the post from range.
Notts' had to wait until the 19th minute for their first glimpse of goal, Jonathan Forte landing a header wide of the post after meeting Dan Jones' cross.
But the Magpies were on the back foot and, shortly after Matty Virtue had gone into the book for a strong challenge, the hosts had the lead.
Mariners skipper Nathan Clarke grabbed the goal, stroking the ball home in composed fashion following a brief scramble in the area.
Nolan's men almost conjured up an immediate response. Virtue was appealing for a penalty when he appeared to have been tripped in the area but play continued, presenting Alessandra with a shooting chance. He could only blaze the ball over.
Adam Collin got down low to save from Cardwell moments before Virtue had another appeal waved away when he looked to have been impeded when trying to turn home Forte's scuffed effort. The referee awarded a goal kick.
Despite Notts' efforts the half could easily have finished 2-0 to the hosts but for the heroic work of Collin, who produced an excellent close-range save before somehow managing to smother the ball on the line.
The Magpies emerged unchanged for the second half and had a tricky situation to defend shortly after the restart when JJ Hooper embarked on a barnstorming run towards their goal. The forward found his way into the area and it looked ominous for Notts, who were relieved to see his shot roll across the face of goal and wide.
Jon Stead replaced Shola Ameobi and Grant came on for Virtue as Nolan looked to change the course of the game.
And the substitutions certainly seemed to give Notts a lift, who came agonisingly close to an equaliser on 64 minutes when the ball ricocheted goalwards. James McKeown made an incredible save, clawing the ball off the line.
Grant sent a volley over and Michael O'Connor replaced Nicky Hunt in Nolan's final change.
And there was still time for Notts to turn the match around - they were unfortunate not to get a goal back when Richard Duffy's glancing header from Grant's corner somehow stayed out.
It was nearly curtains three minutes later when Mitch Rose latched on to a pinpoint cross but he could only sidefoot the ball over from eight yards.
And Notts nearly made their hosts pay when Grant rounded McKeown only for a defender to slide in and clear his shot off the line.
Nolan's men were refusing to give up but, when Jones blazed over with nine minutes to go, it was beginning to look like it wouldn't be the Magpies' day.
Indeed, it could have been 2-0 late on when Collin was forced to make a strong save from Hooper.
But, in the dying moments of normal time, Notts gave their automatic promotion hopes a lifeline. With a number of bodies forward, O'Connor crashed a header off the crossbar from the edge of the area and Jones was first on the scene to turn the rebound home in front of 1,566 jubilant away fans.
But it was to be the supporters in the home end who would leave Blundell Park the happier as, in the third of five added minutes, Matt headed home the winner to ensure his side will be playing in the EFL next season.
For Notts, the play-offs await.


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Some people when they start training set themselves unrealistic / unachievable goals and when they're not progressing as fast as they would like to they give up and go back to doing what they were doing before.
It's better to set yourself short term achievable goals which give you a goal to tick off before progressing onto the next goal.
The short term goals will come around a lot quicker than long term goals and will help you to stay motivated and follow your programme.
Some people aspire to run a full marathon (26.2 miles) which for most people takes at least 6 months of discipline and hard work to train for properly to run the whole distance.
Whilst the marathon is a great event to complete it might be too far for some people who haven't got the time to put the training in.
A shorter and more achievable distance is a 10k run (6.2 miles) which some people find more enjoyable as they complete it a lot quicker and there are more 10k runs throughout the year then marathons which are good if people are trying to beat their previous times.
You can use a Google search to find all swimming, cycling, running, rowing, triathlon events etc in your local area and you can choose the ones that interest you the most and you think you can work towards to complete.
There are lots of 5km runs too around if you google Surrey 5km or West Sussex 5km etc it should come up with a whole list of them and dates for you to work towards. 5km is the shortest race distance so just completing it would be a great reward for you and if you enter more in the future then you can aim to shave some time of your previous best.
Sunday 6th September Newlands Corner, Guildford I'm running my popular and sociable all ages and abilities cross country WALK and run which comes with a medal, 3 x protein bars and free HD photos and you can walk / jog or run 1-5 laps (3km, 6km, 9km, 12km or 15km) strict limit of just 60 runners so it really is a nice little event for you to work towards!