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Trump's offer: Dreamers protection 'compromise' to end 4-week shutdown
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President Donald Trump delivers remarks on the border and the partial government shutdown in the Diplomatic Room of the White House on Saturday. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI | License Photo
President Donald Trump speaks about the border and the partial government shutdown in the Diplomatic Room of the White House on Saturday. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI | License Photo
President Donald Trump Trump offers a three-year extension of protection for Dreamers in exchange for $5.7 billion for a wall at the Mexican border. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI | License Photo
President Donald Trump hosts a naturalization ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House on Saturday. Watching is Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen and Vice President Mike Pence. Photo by Ron Sachs/UPI | License Photo
Five people take the oath of citizenship from Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen during a ceremony hosted by President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House. Vice President Mike Pence watches. Photo by Ron Sachs/UPI | License Photo
Jan. 19 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump on Saturday said he would offer extended protections from deportation to some illegal immigrants in exchange for $5.7 billion for a barrier along Mexico in what he billed as a "major announcement" on border security and the shutdown.
But his "common-sense compromise" drew opposition from political extremes. Democrats are adamant they won't approve any funding for a barrier and some conservative Republicans believe the proposal amounts to amnesty for some immigrants.
In an effort to "break the logjam and provide a path to end the government shutdown and solve the crisis along the southern border," Trump said during a nationally televised address from the White House that he is backing three years of relief for 700,000 recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, known as Dreamers. This would allow these men and women who were brought into the country illegally as children continued access to work permits, Social Security numbers and protection from deportation.
However, a U.S. appeals court has imposed an injunction against deporting Dreamers, and it looks like the government will keep the program going for at least 10 more months because the Supreme Court won't likely take up the issue during its current term.
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Another Trump proposal announced Saturday, extending the legal status of 310,000 Temporary Protected Status holders, also must remain in place temporarily because of another federal judge's order. In the humanitarian program, people are legally living and working in the United States as their countries recover from natural disasters and armed conflicts.
Trump, who called his proposal "a compassionate response to our tragedy" of unsecured borders, repeated a request for $800 million for urgent humanitarian assistance, $805 million for drug detection technology, 2,750 new border agents and 75 new immigration judges.
And Central American minors can apply for asylum from their borders. His administration terminated this program shortly after becoming president.
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In exchange, he wants barrier funding along 215 miles of the 1,954-mile border. Originally, he wanted a tall concrete wall but now is in favor of steel with see-through slats. He also says a barrier is not needed along natural borders, including waterways. The total cost of a barrier could be upwards of $25 billion.
"It's a common-sense compromise both parties should embrace," he said from the Diplomatic Reception Room. "The radical left will never control our borders."
He noted Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., would introduce the legislation in the Senate in an effort to end the four-week partial government shutdown, including Homeland Security and the Justice Department.
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"I've met with Democrats," Trump said during the 13-minute speech. "I hope they will offer their enthusiastic support. I think many will."
However, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said the proposal was a "non-starter" in statement before the president's speech.
"His proposal is a compilation of several previously rejected initiatives, each of which is unacceptable and in total, do not represent a good faith effort to restore certainty to people's lives," Pelosi said in a statement. "It is unlikely that any one of these provisions alone would pass the House, and taken together, they are a non-starter. For one thing, this proposal does not include the permanent solution for the Dreamers and TPS recipients that our country needs and supports."
The Democrats regained control of the House in January after major gains in the mid-terms.
Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, who co-sponsored the BRIDGE Act to help Dreamers, said in a statement Saturday that he would not support the proposal to reopen the government and he doesn't believe there are enough votes in the Senate, which requires 60 for passage. The GOP has a 53-47 edge in the chamber. "Our immigration system is broken but your shutdown has broken our government," Durbin wrote on Twitter.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., tweeted: "A fantastic proposal Mr. President! Let's get it done."
But Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, who was stripped by the GOP of his committee positions for racist comments about white supremacy, tweeted: "NO AMNESTY 4 a wall!"
Trump said he is fulfilling a campaign pledge to stop the illegal traffic of migrants, and his proposal is based on ideas from border agents and other professionals.
"They know what they are doing," Trump said.
The president repeated claims of dangers without the barrier, including illegal immigrants killing U.S. citizens.
He spoke after swearing in five new U.S. citizens. The president described it as "a beautiful ceremony -- a moving reminder of our proud history welcoming legal immigrants to our national family."
He said Americans believe in "a safe and lawful process of immigration that protects our laws. Unfortunately our immigration system has been badly broken for a long time.
"We are now living with this consequence and it is tragic," Trump said.
During a televised national address on Jan. 8, Trump discussed national security from the Oval Office, then traveled to the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas two days later. He described it as a "humanitarian and national security crisis on our Southern Border." At the time he called on Democrats to support th wall and end the shutdown.
Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., appeared after that address and urged an end to the "Trump shutdown."
On Saturday, Pelosi didn't appear on camera but said next week Democrats will pass a package of six bills agreed to by House and Senate negotiators and other legislation to re-open government "so that we can fully negotiate on border security proposals."
The federal government has been partially shut down since Dec. 22, largely due to a disagreement between Trump and Congress over the roughly $5.7 billion the president wants to construct the barrier.
Congressional Democrats don't want any funding for the barrier and are refusing to negotiate while the government is shut down. Around 800,000 federal workers have been furloughed or working without pay since the shutdown began.
Trump has considered declaring a national emergency, which would enable him to transfer funds to build the wall without congressional approval. Democrats plan to go to court if he bypasses Congress.
The Senate unanimously passed a new stopgap funding bill without the wall money before the shutdown deadline, but the president later changed his mind and said he won't sign the legislation. The Democratic-controlled House later also approved the legislation without border funding.
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Correction: A previous version of this story misstated the date the government first shut down in December.
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Q: How to create a language model with 2 different heads in huggingface? I know I can create a language model with 1 head:
from transformers import AutoModelForMultipleChoice
model = AutoModelForMultipleChoice.from_pretrained("distilbert-base-cased").to(device)

But how can I create the same base model structure (e.g., distilbert-base-cased) with 2 heads? Say, one is AutoModelForMultipleChoice and the second is AutoModelForSequenceClassification. I need the only difference between the 2 models (1 head vs 2 heads) to be the additional head (from parameters perspective).
So now my input for the 2 heads model is something like [sequence_label, multiple_choice_labels]

A: In general case you will need to create a custom class derived from the DistilBertPreTrainedModel. Inside __init__() you will need to define your desired heads architectures.  Then you will need to create your own forward() function and define inside it a custom loss involving both heads, and return result.
But if you are talking specifically about DistilBertForMultipleChoice and DistilBertForSequenceClassification, there is a shortcut, as the heads architecture happen to be identical (see source) and the difference is only in loss function. So you can try to train your model as multi label sequence classification problem, where the label per sequence will be [sequence_label, multiple_choice_label_0, multiple_choice_label_1, ...] . For example, in case you have an entry like {sequence, choice0, choice1, seq_label:True, correct_choice:0}
your dataset will be
[ {'text':(sequence, choice0), 'label':(1 1 0)},
  {'text':(sequence, choice1), 'label':(1 0 0)} ]

This way the result of the sequence classification will be in the first position and to get the correct choice probability you will need to apply softmax function on the rest of the logits.

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Rudolf Huygelen (Duffel, 29 december 1961) is een Belgisch diplomaat.

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Rudolf Huygelen studeerde moraalwetenschappen en rechten. In 1989 ging hij aan de slag bij het ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken. Van 1991 tot 1994 was hij attaché in Bonn, van 1997 tot 2002 eerste secretaris in Washington en van 2002 tot 2003 ambassaderaad en zaakgelastigde in Pretoria. In 2003 werd hij woordvoerder en hoofd van de persdienst van Buitenlandse Zaken. Huygelen was ambassadeur in Lissabon van 2007 tot 2010 en permanent vertegenwoordiger bij de Noord-Atlantische Verdragsorganisatie van 2010 tot 2014. In 2014 werd hij protocolchef van Buitenlandse Zaken en in 2016 directeur bij de beleidscel van minister van Buitenlandse Zaken Didier Reynders (MR) Van 2017 tot 2019 was hij ambassadeur in Londen en sinds 2019 is hij adjunct-secretaris-generaal van de Benelux Unie.

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Kansas City, Mo. ? Brought together again by their uncommon wartime bond, seven retired U.S. Navy sailors and Marines, all in their 80s, were in a hotel outside Kansas City, Mo.
They spent World War II, from start to finish, 1941 to 1945, in Japanese prisoner of war camps.
They were captured when the Japanese invaded Guam on Dec. 8, 1941, the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor. After three and a half years of beatings, starvation and otherwise gruesome conditions, they were liberated and sent back to the United States on Sept. 10, 1945.
Don Binns, 86, a former Lawrence mayor, city commissioner and Lawrence High School American government teacher, organized the annual reunion of the POWs. They've met at a hotel near Kansas City International Airport for the past 15 or 16 years. Nobody remembers exactly how long it's been.
"Old minds," somebody said.
A sword story
On a recent rainy Friday afternoon, Binns and some of his comrades were sitting in a tiny hotel room at the Lexington Suites Hotel.
They were telling stories that the intervening decades have made only slightly less painful or frightening.
"I was stripped of all my clothing, taken into a large room and put on my knees with my head down," Binns said softly. "A Japanese captain pushed the edge of his sword down, against the back of my neck. He told me, in perfect English, that he would behead me if I didn't tell where we'd hidden our weapons."
Binns lied, saying there were no weapons.
He figured the UCLA graduate with the sword knew he was lying.
These U.S. military veterans met last week for a reunion in Kansas City, Mo. Now in their 80s, they were captured on Dec. 8, 1941, on Guam and spent the duration of World War II in Japanese prisons. All began their incarcerations at the Zentsuji Prison Camp. From left: Howard Ross, 86, Melbourne, Fla.; Harris Chuck, 86, Vista, Calif.; Donald Binns, 86, Lawrence; Richard Salsbury, 82, National City, Calif., and Robert Epperson, 84, Cottonwood, Calif.
There were no more questions, only silence and the weight of a sword at the base of his skull.
In the quiet room, Binns heard the sword slice through the air as it left his neck and heard it "swoosh" on its way down.
"For a minute I thought he'd actually cut my head off, " Binns recalled, laughing loudly. "Hell, my life even flashed in front of me."
The small room filled with laughter.
'One ironclad rule'
That reminded former Marine Howard Ross, Melbourne, Fla., of his sword story.
"A Japanese general on a white horse threatened to cut my head off because I splashed some water … he even drew his sword," Ross said frowning, waving his arms over his head.
Retired Marine Harris Chuck, Vista, Calif., interrupted.
Photo gallery Prisoners of warE-books, more information World War II MemoriesVideo clips River City Weekly video: POW memories, Part 1 River City Weekly video: POW memories, Part 2 River City Weekly video: POW memories, Part 3 Howard Ross on assisting a Japanese man Howard Ross on the current war in Iraq Don Binns on his experiences with Lawrence high schools Don Binns on why he organizes the reunion Don Binns on disagreements with other U.S. sailors Harris Chuck on conditions at prisoner camps Harris Chuck on helping a Japanese man fight a fire Robert Epperson on his experience with a sinking ship Richard Salsbury on work camp conditions and stealing food
"I don't think they could find a blade sharp enough to cut through that thick skull," he said, landing a soft right hand to Ross' shoulder.
At 86, Chuck, an ex-drill instructor and retired sergeant major with 30 years in the corps, looked like he still could be a handful.
While the stories continued at one end of the room, Binns talked about the group.
"We were never this close in camp," he said. "Life there was tense, tempers flared, and we fought a hell of a lot." He smiled and waved his finger in the air. "But, we had one ironclad rule: You had to go outside to fight. You start swinging your arms in a small room with 28 people in it, and you'd soon have 28 pairs of arms going at each other."
Slave labor
The camp Binns was describing was the Zentsuji Prison Camp on the southern tip of Japan. It was the first stop for all of the prisoners from Guam. Some, like Binns and Ross, stayed in Zentsuji for the war's duration. Others were sent elsewhere.
Each of prisoner was used for slave labor. The harshest camps used prisoners to mine coal, haul iron ore and move steel. Americans in Zentsuji were used to load and unload rail cars using only their backs and arms to move bags of rice, salt and ores. The bags usually weighed in the 100- to 200-pound range.
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The prisoners were routinely tortured and beaten, usually at the whim of the guards. The captives' daily rations consisted of two small bowls of watery soup and a portion of rice or barley, when it was made available. Their diets were supplemented by food they would steal at any opportunity. The penalty for stealing was a severe beating and a week in a tiny, dark cell with no water.
Many in the camps died or were killed.
The camp mortality rate at Zentsuji was 24 percent, lower than the average because prisoners had opportunities to steal food. More than 50 percent of the prisoners died in the coal-mining camp at Kyushu. By comparison, the mortality rate in German POW camps averaged about 2 percent.
"Having a loving wife or family to come home to increased chances of survival," Binns said. "Many who lost hope did not survive … Others in worse physical shape fought with every ounce of strength and survived.
"Many a night," he said, "I was awakened by the sickroom attendant to help carry a body to the ovens before reveille so morale wouldn't sink any lower."
'Facing a firing squad'
Binns grew up tough on the outskirts of Kansas City. If he and his brothers and sisters couldn't find someone to fight, they fought one another. He was 12 when he dropped out of school and hustled odd jobs to help sustain the family. In 1936, at age 17, he joined the Navy, furthering his education in the ports of Saigon, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Manila Bay.
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His enlistment was up in 1940, and civilian jobs were hard to come by.
He re-enlisted and married his Kansas City sweetheart, Eunice Schmidt. Two weeks later Binns shipped out to Guam, and Eunice moved in with her parents. Fifteen months later Binns was captured by the Japanese.
After his encounter with the sword-wielding UCLA graduate, Binns joined 300 captives being held in a 16th-century Catholic church where they were kept for 30 days. Starvation rations made them weak. Tensions were high, and morale was low.
"Every time we heard the changing of the guard, we thought we'd be facing a firing squad."
Physical scars
After a rough 1,500-mile ride crammed in the airless hold of a Japanese freighter and living on short rations of weevil-infested rice, the weakened captives arrived at the Zentsuji Prison Camp. It was a converted horse stable whose first occupants were captured New Zealand coast watchers.
Binns said the American officers in camp were given the option of working or staying in camp, living on half-rations.
"I was surprised how many chose to stay in their living quarters," Binns said. "My opinion of most officers was never high afterwards."
Shortly after daybreak, prisoners would be taken by truck to train stations within a 20-mile radius where they would spend the day loading and unloading cargo. Howard Ross pulled up his shirt to show brown scars running up the middle of his back.
"I don't know if that's from wearing a dead man's shirt they gave me with a bullet hole in the back or if it was caused from chemicals leaking out of the bags we carried on our backs," he said. "Anyway, I'm stuck with it."
Smuggling food
At sundown the prisoners were searched before returning to camp. They soon discovered the only place that wasn't searched was their crotch. They fashioned jock strap-like bags to wear around their waists where they would hide cans of fish or handfuls of beans, rice or sugar. The grains and sugar were extracted by poking a hollow piece of bamboo through the bag.
"When you're starving you don't care where your food has been," Binns said, laughing.
There was no heat in the barracks. Rats and bedbugs were near epidemic. Prisoners got one hot bath every two weeks. All of the prisoners shared the same vat of water. Many opted for a cold sponge bath.
Card games and chess were taken seriously.
Sex ceased to be important, and most conversations involved food.
Medical students from the University of Tokyo visited the camp to conduct experiments.
Salsbury
"A group of prisoners were marched into a small room and guards with fixed bayonets formed a circle around us," Binns recalled. "We were forced to let them insert a hypodermic needle into the center of our nipple, down through the nipple stem."
They were told it was for dysentery.
When a student was injecting Ross, the needle broke into four sections in his breast.
Ross remembers the students laughing as he screamed in pain. Years later, doctors removed his breast.
April 18, 1942, Zentsuji prisoners watched and waved when Col. James Doolittle's bombers flew overhead, heading for Tokyo.
But after a few days, hope for liberation faded, and it was two years later before they saw another American plane.
When Binns was captured, his wife received a telegram saying he was missing in action.
In 1943, a ham radio operator picked up a message listing American captives in Zentsuji. He sent a telegram to Eunice Binns in Kansas City saying her husband was alive. Two years after arriving in Japan, Binns got his first letter along with a picture from his wife.
"That letter did more for my morale than anything that I might have imagined," he said.
As the war dragged on, religion joined food as a hot camp topic.
"Bibles, about six of them, were the hottest property in the camp," Binns said.
July 4, 1945, American incendiary bombs destroyed 90 percent of Takamatsu, located just outside Zentsuji.
Months later Binns and surviving friends were back in the United States.
Lawrence teacher, mayor
Binns, like all the others meeting outside Kansas City, re-enlisted, and each spent at least 20 years in the military.
Binns and his family were in San Diego when he was released from the Navy.
"The old sailors say, 'just throw the anchor over your shoulder and head inland as far as you can go and drop anchor,'" Binns said.
He dropped his in Lawrence and at age 39 enrolled at Kansas University. He graduated in three years and taught American government at Lawrence High School for 15 years.
His last eight years in the Lawrence school system were spent running the alternative high school.
He served two terms on the City Commission from 1975 to 1983 and spent time as the city's mayor.
"There are three things I'm most proud of," Binns said. "Starting the alternative high school, working hard as a commissioner to give the old police station at Eighth and Vermont to the senior citizens and pushing hard to get the Clinton Parkway approved."
Will this group of Zentsuji survivors meet again next year?
"Hard to say. We used to have nearly 20 show up for these, and this year I think we'll have seven," Binns said. "We're dying off real fast."
Don Binns, with help from his daughter, JoAnn Eunice Binns Sherar, wrote an ebook, "A Survivor's Story," detailing his life before and during the 3 1/2 years he spent in a Japanese prisoner of war camp. The former Lawrence mayor's book sells for $9.95 and is available only online at www.ww2-stories.com.World War II veterans and their family members are encouraged to visit the site to share stories about war experiences, visit the photo gallery and visit the chat room.
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I've always been captivated by hands. They tell so much of a person's story. When I was a little girl, I would sit in my grandmother's lap and study her beautiful hands. I've always wanted to have those hands—dainty, feminine hands with long, perfect fingernails—a lady's hands. But last night when I looked down at my hands I felt a prick of shame.
About two and a half years ago I was driving home from church when I noticed that the tip of my right thumb had split. When I got home, I put a little Neosporin and a Band-Aid on it thinking that in a couple of days, it would be healed. But it wasn't.
A week passed. Two weeks. A month. Six months. A year. It didn't heal. Soon, other fingers were splitting. I would have as many as seven fingers bandaged at a time. The people that make the CVS-brand latex-free bandages were making a mint off of me. I tried every lotion, ointment, and salve that other people recommended—vitamins A and E, bag balm, udder cream, badger cream, and even Preparation H. But nothing gave me any relief. Every time I washed dishes, folded laundry, petted my dog, or worked in the yard, I could expect to bleed for it.
After over a year of suffering, I finally went to the dermatologist who confirmed what I already knew—the psoriasis that I'd had since I was a child had spread. When I was 11, I was diagnosed with psoriasis, but it wasn't on my hands at all. It was on my elbows, my ankles, and my knees—all places that could be easily hidden most of the time. Throughout my life, I have medicated it, dressed to cover it, and mostly ignored it. But this time, it was somewhere I absolutely couldn't hide it.
I joke about my hands. Yeah, I got in a fist fight with a blender and lost. Nah, really, it's just leprosy. But as much as I joke with others, it's really not a joke to me. My soft, pink hands with my carefully tended fingernails became inflamed, then turned scaly, then peeled and cracked. One of my few delicate, feminine features is gone, replaced with hideous, reptilian hands. And worst of all, after hundreds of dollars spent on doctors and medicines with very little relief, I've found that I can't do a single thing to fix it.
Isn't that just like what sin does to our hearts? Before we sin, our hearts are soft and pink and carefully tended. As we sin, our hearts become inflamed and infected. They peel and crack and hurt and bleed. Soon, our most prized feature is gone and replaced with something ugly and shameful. We are ashamed and try to hide, but no matter what ointment or Band-Aids or medicines we use, we really can't do anything about it.
I can't do anything to fix myself, but Jesus can. When Jesus appeared to His disciples after the resurrection in the Upper Room, He showed them His hands—His hands that bore the scars that set us free and healed us. Because of the scars on His hands, my sins are forgiven and my heart is healed. I don't know what's going to happen to my hands, but thank God I don't have to wonder how to heal my heart.
You make such a good analogy here, between a sinless heart and healthy hands. The worst part is that once the heart is infected and inflamed, we are too ashamed to ask for help in tending it again. We just continue on in the pain and darkness until that "bootstrap" moment where all we have is to look up.
Oh, I am praying right now for your hands to be touched by the Healing Hand!
WOW Sarah. That is such an awesome post 'Hands and Hearts'! I loved the whole thing. It's just great! The analogy of your once pink hands now tearing and in pain and using this to bring light to what also happens to our hearts when we sin…you worded that all so well!
"I don't know what's going to happen to my hands, but thank God I don't have to wonder how to heal my heart." Love it!
At the same time I'm so sorry to hear about your psoriasis and it spreading to an area you are finding hard to keep under control from spreading. My husband has a form of this as well, on his back and shoulders; it itches him constantly and though he's tried different cremes and various medications prescribed by his doctor he still continues to have the same area of scally (sp) skin on his upper back/shoulders. It's itchy and rough and bothers him often. I too have something similar but not psoriasis. I have an allergic reaction to fine jewelry. I can't wear my wedding band continuously because the gold begins to irritate my finger and the surrounding fingers that touch my wedding band become inflamed, red, itchy and burn….so we then exchanged it for 'white gold' hoping this would help but it only helps some because eventually the 'white gold' color fades to reveal the real karat gold, so I have to get it re-dipped often. I always take my ring off once I leave the house but then put it back on anytime I go out. So I can slightly relate to the inflamation and pain but not nearly to the level you can, which I'm sorry to hear about. I'll definately be praying for you chica!
I love what Kimae shares with her insight to this as well. Very good point!
Woo Hoo…..love your new blog button Sarah! I preferred that one too!
That was great, Sarah. And no need to worry, that doesn't make you any less than you are. Take it from this old ballplayer who has managed to break every finger on both hands at some point. As long as you can reach out and touch someone, you're good to go.
Another beautifully written analogy. I too have always found myself drawn to people's hands. I remember as a child in church with my head laying in my mother's lap (often sleeping through my dad's sermons! lol). She would stroke my hair with one hand and the other I could see lying there on her lap. I remember tracing every vein in her hand and thinking how pretty her hands were…still are. Sweet memories.
Sarah, you're so right about sin. My mom has beautiful hands and I can totally relate. In thinking about your wonderful analogy, it's amazing how different things in our lives can soil our hearts before Jesus. I've noticed that more and more I can't watch certain movies or TV programs because my spirit is so disturbed and I feel yucky watching them. I'm much more careful about keeping my spirit clean so that I can hear Him and enjoy a relationship with Him.
God can and will heal those hands.. You can count on it.. And we know your heart is fixed.. So… there you go..


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St. Luke's Health System has been able to grow significantly, adding several new facilities, thanks to simplifying its IT infrastructure and enabling a mobile environment for its clinicians.
St. Luke's Health System, which serves Idaho and eastern Oregon with more than 250 clinics and seven hospitals, has experienced significant growth in the last decade thanks to mergers and acquisitions. A few years ago, the health system, which now has 15,000 employees – including 1,500 physicians – acquired 32 clinics and a hospital.
The IT team was tasked with getting the facilities integrated within three months. With two new electronic medical record (EMR) systems and 150 applications, the level of complexity made the IT team focus on simplification, starting with the infrastructure, according to Brett Taylor, director IT infrastructure and operations.
After observing the physicians and clinicians on the floor and witnessing the myriad IT workarounds, Taylor and his team looked at how the right technology –including mobile solutions – could improve their workflow.
The health system chose a Citrix XenDesktop and a Nutanix hyperconverged infrastructure to create a mobile environment that would help clinicians be more productive on a mobile platform that already delivered a reliable and consistent user experience. "Hyperconvergence helped simplify the platform," Taylor said. The solution, which employs a "pay as you grow" model, simplifies the enterprise data center infrastructure by integrating server and storage resources into a turnkey platform.
With the combined solution in place, physicians and clinicians can access VDI desktops from anywhere using low cost devices, while tap-badge access and single sign-on create a more efficient workflow. Taylor noted that if his department had to refresh all of its devices for this year, it would cost $3.8 million. The use of thin clients will reduce that cost to $1.9 million.
There were also other areas in which technology could make a significant difference. One example is that Taylor had to address an issue escalated by the vice president of revenue cycle. Coders sometimes could not work because the technology was "down." Because of this, St. Luke's was losing coders and revenue. By putting hundreds of coders on its persistent desktop, the health system saved money and maintained productivity. With data securely housed in the data center rather than on the desktop, Taylor didn't need to worry that a third of the coders were based overseas.
At St. Luke's request, Nutanix's Client Strategy team performed an ROI analysis to determine the potential cost savings of virtualizing all of its employees' desktops over the next five years – in conjunction with the organization's five-year refresh rate. With the annual budget for new PCs being shifted to virtual desktops, St. Luke's projected a five-year savings of $15.7 million and a solution that would pay for itself within six months.
The myriad benefits St Luke's has realized with virtualization have led it to accelerate the migration of its 15,000 users to virtual desktops. Thus far, almost half of the users have been migrated, among them employees who initially were resistant to adoption and then reversed their positions after reporting that enabling technology from IT changed their lives for the better.
Demand has risen from other areas wanting productivity gains such as the healthcare information management team, which is remote and global. "Solutions like XenDesktop on Nutanix have helped St. Luke's IT become a great partner across the entire organization," Taylor concluded.


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The 55 most voted players for the 2020 FIFA FIFPRO Women's World 11
World 11 News
Reigning European Champions Olympique Lyonnais have 10 current players on the List of 55 Players who received most votes for the 2020 FIFA FIFPRO Women's World 11.
Among the ten players from Lyon are six former award winners: Kadeisha Buchanan, Ada Hegerberg, Amandine Henry, Eugenie Le Sommer, Dzsennifer Marozsan and Wendie Renard. The last one is the only player who has been voted onto all four previous World 11s.
Renard's teammates Ellie Carpenter and Delphine Cascarino make their first appearance on the List of 55.
There are 15 new names on the List of 55 including five Chelsea players (Ann-Katrin Berger, Erin Cuthbert, Magdalena Eriksson, Bethany England and So-Yun Ji), USA's Christen Press and Tabitha Chawinga from Malawi, who is the first African player in the history of the List of 55.
Press is one of twelve US players on the List of 55, which also includes former award winners such as Julie Ertz, Ali Krieger, Rose Lavelle, Carli Lloyd, Kelley O'Hara and Megan Rapinoe.
Next Thursday 17 December, FIFA and FIFPRO will announce the World 11 of the 2019/2020 season.
FIFPRO and FIFA invited all professional footballers worldwide to vote for the World 11. We asked them to pick the most outstanding players in the following lines: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders and forwards.
The goalkeeper, as well as the three defenders, three midfielders and three forwards who received the most votes will be selected for the World 11. The remaining spot in the World 11 will be assigned to the outfield player with the next highest number of votes.
The List of 55 are:
Friederike Abt (VfL Wolfsburg, Germany)
Nicole Barnhart (Utah Royals, USA)
Laura Benkarth (FC Bayern Munich, Germany)
Ann-Katrin Berger (Chelsea, Germany)
Sarah Bouhaddi (Olympique Lyonnais, France)
Christiane Endler (Paris Saint-Germain, Chile)
Hedvig Lindahl (Atletico Madrid, Sweden)
Alyssa Naeher (Chicago Red Stars, USA)
Sandra Panos (FC Barcelona, Spain)
Sari van Veenendaal (PSV, The Netherlands)
Millie Bright (Chelsea, England)
Lucy Bronze (Manchester City, England)
Kadeisha Buchanan (Olympique Lyonnais, Canada)
Ellie Carpenter (Olympique Lyonnais, Australia)
Abby Dahlkemper (North Carolina Courage, USA)
Paulina Dudek (Paris Saint-Germain, Poland)
Crystal Dunn (Portland Thorns, USA)
Magdalena Eriksson (Chelsea, Sweden)
Nilla Fischer (Linkoping, Sweden)
Sara Gama (Juventus, Italy)
Stefanie van der Gragt (Ajax, The Netherlands)
Ali Krieger (Orlando Pride, USA)
Saki Kumagai (Olympique Lyonnais, Japan)
Irene Paredes (Paris Saint-Germain, Spain)
Wendie Renard (Olympique Lyonnais, France)
Barbara Bonansea (Juventus, Italy)
Veronica Boquete (AC Milan, Spain)
Delphine Cascarino (Olympique Lyonnais, France)
Shirley Cruz (OL Reign, Costa Rica)
Erin Cuthbert (Chelsea, Scotland)
Danielle van de Donk (Arsenal, The Netherlands)
Julie Ertz (Chicago Red Stars, USA)
Formiga (Paris Saint-Germain, Brazil)
Caroline Graham-Hansen (FC Barcelona, Norway)
Amandine Henry (Olympique Lyonnais, France)
So-Yun Ji (Chelsea, South-Korea)
Rose Lavelle (Manchester City, USA)
Carli Lloyd (Sky Blue, USA)
Dzsenifer Marozsan (Olympique Lyonnais, Germany)
Kelley O'Hara (Utah Royals, USA)
Kosovare Asllani (Real Madrid, Sweden)
Stina Blackstenius (Goteborg, Sweden)
Tabitha Chawinga (Jiangsu Suning, Malawi)
Cristiane (Santos, Brazil)
Bethany England (Chelsea, England)
Pernille Harder (Chelsea, Denmark)
Tobin Heath (Manchester United, USA)
Ada Hegerberg (Olympique Lyonnais, Norway)
Jennifer Hermoso (FC Barcelona, Spain)
Samantha Kerr (Chelsea, Australia)
Eugenie Le Sommer (Olympique Lyonnais, France)
Lieke Martens (FC Barcelona, The Netherlands)
Vivianne Miedema (Arsenal, The Netherlands)
Christen Press (Manchester United, USA)
Megan Rapinoe (OL Reign, USA)
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We received votes from female footballers in 33 countries.
This is the fifth edition of the World 11, the second jointly organised by FIFPRO and FIFA
FIFA and FIFPRO changed the structure of the List of 55, which now includes 10 goalkeepers, 15 defenders, 15 midfielders and 15 forwards. Previously, there were 5 goalkeepers and 20 defenders.
It is the fourth time FIFPRO created a List of 55 most voted players. 15 players have appeared on all four lists.
Three of those players have never received a World 11 award: Jenni Hermoso, Saki Kumagai and Vivianne Miedema.
The List of 55 includes 15 new names. Cristiane is the oldest debutant. The Brazilian striker of Santos is 35 years old.
The oldest player on the shortlist is Formiga. The Brazilian midfielder of PSG is 42 years old.
Last year's FIFA FIFPRO Women's World 11 consisted of Sari van Veenendaal, Lucy Bronze, Nilla Fischer, Kelley O'Hara, Wendie Renard, Julie Ertz, Amandine Henry, Rose Lavelle, Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe, Marta Vieira.
Alex Morgan and Marta are the only two World 11 players who are not on this year's List of 55. Morgan gave birth to her daughter in May and only returned to the pitch in November.
The 2020 FIFA FIFPRO World 11: the vote has begun
History - The FIFA FIFPRO Women's World 11 Of 2019
World 11 Explainer
Voting Procedures: how players are selected for the World 11


A few years ago I read the book Affluenza, which is based on a PBS documentary of the same name. Affluenza is critique of our consumption based society. It uses a the model of disease to describe the symptoms and effects of consumerism on Western culture, particularly the United States. At one point in the book it talks about huge malls that are built beside beautiful mountains, with thousands of people inside the mall shopping while the beauty of nature remains unexplored around them. Of course, this completely caught my attention. After reading the book, however, something that has consistently caught my attention is the connection between affluenza and food.
Our grocery stores are full of affluenza. Aisles full of specialty products. The food corporations trying to make a profit on everything from food addictions to diet trends. 10 million types of cereal. A whole aisle of cookies and candy. Another aisle of chips and soda. Of course, we don't really need any of this. I often wonder what would my great, great, great grandmother think if she walked into one of our grocery stores today. How would her body respond if she ate the food that is sold in stores today?
Now, don't get me wrong. I love having options as much as the next person. I love my Ezekiel bread and give me pink lady apples over red delicious any day. But, I truly do think that aisle after aisle of processed food is excess. And, this complete excess of processed and packaged foods affects more than just our physical health. It clutters our mind, our pantries, and our landfills.
Our brains can only handle a limited amount of incoming information before it starts to become less and less efficient, and this overload affects our ability to make good decisions. The brightly colored packages of food at the grocery store seem to steal our attention and overload our minds.
With all this information, it's easy to veer from your intended agenda when grocery shopping, even with your list in hand. We all know the drill. You head into the store to pick up a few things for dinner, and before you know it your basket's full of all sorts of things you didn't intend to buy and you've spent an hour when you could've been in and out in 5 minutes.
However, it doesn't have to be this way. Becoming more aware of the affluenza in our food and grocery stores will help you avoid unintentional purchases.
The overabundance of food spills over from the grocery store into our pantries. (Note: check out my post on cleaning out your pantry for a visual of how decluttering even a small space can put you at ease mentally.) Casey and I periodically purge our kitchen of all the unnecessary food that gets bought and stored away, only to be forgotten or get lost in a cabinet behind other food. This exercise often reminds me that despite being a dietitian, I too am human and do not always make the best and most rational food choices. Even more than that it reminds me how much food I buy that I don't really need.
After we eat or let expire our exorbitant supply of processed boxed goods, the next stop for what is leftover is either the landfill or the recycling center. The connection between affluenza and food is even evident in it's contribution to our waste. Consuming more boxed and canned food inevitably means more boxes and cans that must be made and disposed of. We all know the reduce, reuse, recycle mantra. Reducing our consumption is the preferred option both in regards to material goods and processed food.
Affluenza and food do not have to go hand in hand. There are ways we can eat that are simple and sustainable. It's how we did it for thousands of years, and it's still possible today. And you don't have to go to the farmer's market or start a co-op garden (though these are great ideas). All it takes is for you to simplify your diet. Stick to as many whole foods as you can and leave the extra packaged treats for special occasions. Make a grocery list using your meal plan for the week and stick to it. It will not only benefit your health, but your wallet, and the environment!
By the way, I definitely recommend reading the book Affluenza if you haven't already. It's really thought provoking and has helped me look at numerous things in a different light.


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Q: "two year's " or "two years' " or "two-year"
In _____ time, criteria for enrolling into university are going to be
  quite different.

a) two year's
b) two-year
c) two years'
When it comes to me I'd pick b) or c), but the source of mine tells that a) is correct.
I want to know who is wrong and who is right here!

A:
In two years, criteria for enrolling into university are going to be quite different.

This is still idiomatic without "time".
"Rule": To add "time", place [apostrophe "s"] after the noun phrase. If the noun phrase is plural and already ends in "s", only place [apostrophe] after it. (Rules for singular words ending in "s" are too complicated to go into here.)

two years > two years' time
In two years' time, criteria for enrolling into university are going to be quite different.

The linked question asks how to insert "day or two" into the following sentence:

I'll be there in a _____ time.

Again, we can start without "time":

I'll be there in a day or two.

Following the above "rule" we get:

I'll be there in a day or two's time.

A: Only (c) is correct. In possessive expressions of time, an apostrophe goes before the s for one unit of time: one day's pay, one year's time, one month's work. If more than one measure of time is expressed, it goes after the s: two days' pay, two years' time. two months' work.
Using Apostrophes in Time Expressions


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Turkey Key to Handling Energy Supply Crisis in Hungary & Europe, Says FM
Diplomaticó Rum Night @ Mystery Hotel Budapest, 17 February
Love is in the Air at Mystery Hotel Budapest, 14 February
BISB Graded as 'Excellent' in Recent ISI Inspection
Matthew Kirlew, First Secretary, British Embassy Budapest
Valentine's Day @ Matild Café & Cabaret in Budapest
Valentine's Day Above Budapest @ The Duchess Roof-Top Bar
'An Englishwoman's Life in Communist Hungary': Chapter 3, Part 9.
Open House @ Real School Budapest, 4 February
Alina Pash Concert, Akvárium Club Budapest, 9 April
Valentine's Day Dinner, Spago Budapest
Opinion: Weeklies on Hungary as an Outlier in the EU
Protest Held Against New Chinese Battery Factory in Hungary
Holocaust Remembrance Day Report: "Hungary Has Learnt From the Past"
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Balaton Sound Starts Today
8 Jul 2010 3:00 AM
"It is now the fourth year that the Heineken Balaton Sound Festival will welcome tens of thousands of festival-goers in Zamárdi, a town lying beside Lake Balaton – to which the locals fondly refer as "the Hungarian sea." This year the popular festival will be presenting THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS, JAMIROQUAI, DAVID GUETTA and the PET SHOP BOYS, and many more.
Heineken Balaton Sound: lakeside holiday by day, awesome parties by night in the most popular holiday region in Hungary, Lake Balaton. Many refer to the event as a "top festival", going in a completely new and unusual direction from all other festivals in Hungary. As Károly Gerendai, CEO of Sziget Productions said: The reason for this is that beside the market over-saturated by traditional festivals, there is a growing demand for festivals of a higher standard, a "higher level of comfort."
The new BALATON SOUND got off to a good start by a choosing picturesque location, boasting a beautiful beach and panoramic views of Tihany. The programme also differs from other festivals in as much as most of the line-up, more than two thirds of the acts are international performers, including many stars in a variety of genres. Heineken BALATON SOUND puts great emphasis on hospitality and services as well.
The festival grounds host several cocktail bars and chic restaurants, and instead of beer benches, the festival-goers can enjoy the festival atmosphere while lounging in comfortable sofas and deck chairs. For those bringing their own tents the festival provides an allocated camping ground, but organisers have thought of those staying in nearby hotels as well; they can reserve accommodation directly through the festival's website.
A taste of the musical delights that are to come: Chemical Brothers, David Guetta, Jamiroquai, Pet Shop Boys, 2MANY DJ'S, PAUL OAKENFOLD, JOHN DIGWEED, HERNAN CATTANEO, KLAXONS, PAUL VAN DYK, TRIKY, PENDULUM, MICHAEL MAYER, CARL CRAIG, PAUL KALKBRENNER, JOHN DIGWEED, DIE ANDWOORD, LOCO DICE, SVEN VÄTH, YUKSEK, DAMIEN LAZARUS, DENNIS FERRER will all play on the coast of lake Balaton from 8-11 July."
For more details visit www.heinekenbalatonsound.hu.
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I calibrate my monitors to 83db with an SPL meter and pink noise. This is way loud in my little room, so I've been dragging the master fader in the DSP down 12-14db to get a comfortable listening level for mixing. Being a relative digital noob, I did not know that lowering the volume digitally reduces the amount of bits I hear.
After researching volume controls, attenuators, and such, I've decided all I really need is a 12-14db pad between my interface and monitors. The math for such a thing is simple except I don't know the output impedance of the Echo A4 (not in the specs) or the input impedance of the Yamaha HS50Ms.
It can't be rocket surgery because there are several units you can just plug and play like a Nano Patch or Atty.
Or there some "safe" values for the input and output resistors, or a relatively simple way to measure them?
If the monitors have unbalanced inputs, the second pad values in the chart at the bottom of the web page will work. If the circuit is balanced, use a "U" pad with 5.1K resistors for the two series legs, and 3.6K for the shunt (R2 in Rick's "U" pad schematic). For best results (minimizing any effects of cable/wire capacitance), install the pad at the monitor end of the cable.
Also, you can "diddle" the value of R2 to "tune" the amount of attenuation. Lower value of R2 provides MORE attenuation.
A few years ago I had the same problem for my 5.1 monitoring system and my cheap solution was to create a box that uses that U attenuator circuit. The commercial versions were just too expensive for my budget. However all my lines are balanced and don't exceed 6 meters so it works quite transparently. The version I used was this basic circuit because it pretty much matched my impedance in and out (the link doesn't bring you to the page anymore, scroll down to the bottom of the index on that page and click on "Pass Attenuator", or search for it on that page).
I replaced the resistor across the balanced lines with a cermet trimmers so I could calibrate the levels. The advantage of this too is that you only have to worry about matching the 2 input resistors (I matched them to at least .1%). I also included 4 different groups: 3 calibrated levels for different program materials (I used Bob Katz's recommended levels for cinema, music and broadcast); for the fourth I used a 6 channel audio pot I found on eBay for when I'm composing; I wouldn't mix with that pot because I don't trust the channel-to-channel accuracy.
While I was at it I also put relay mutes that short the balanced lines for F/C/LFE/Rears and a master mute that kills all channels in case of emergency. All that switching is just mickey-mouse logic with diodes and switches.
It was a hell of a lot of point-to-point wiring, but it's been working reliably for several years. But if you're only doing stereo, it would be pretty quick to put together.
A good point re. left/right attenuation matching. Rick's examples use standard 5% tolerance resistors, but L-R level matching accuracy will be improved by using the "closest" values with 1% tolerance resistors if the powered speakers don''t have input level adjustment/tweaker pots.
Adding a trimmer pot in the R2 position ( a 10 or 20-turn pot) will allow ultimate "fine tuning", but you will need an accurate AC Volt meter and an input test signal in order to "tune" the levels of the tweaker pots in the pads.
The "U" and "L" example attenuators at Rick's page should work with just about any system, since they are "bridging" with over 10K input impedance, and a relatively low output impedance.....suitable for this application.
Brian, How close is close? My cables are only 8' max from the patchbay to the monitors.
I totally agree that the level is too high for comfort, I use a stepped attenuator and only check my work at that level.
If you are building your own pads, I got the high quality components for my attenuator at Michael Percy Audio.
But I don't understand the approach or what you will gain by it. Can't you control the output levels from your Echo audio applet?
The ATTY probably doesn't have the precision for this work, though I would check with Pete about that. I have the single channel ATTY in my toolbox, handy device. The Suzy from RME was touted as having better pots, I don't know.
Besides Ricks handy page, Fred Forssell offers schematics that will use his op amps which can be adapted for this purpose; there are also kits/pieces/parts for passive attenuators from DACT and Goldpoint which are affordable but limited in resolution.
It's my understanding that reducing volume in the DSP works by discarding information--cutting the number of bits used. Analogue attenuation is supposed to be more accurate.
With only 8' of cable, a typical pad can be installed anywhere it is convenient.
That's what I needed. Thank you, sir!


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namespace Omitsis\HomeBundle\Model;

use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert;

/* todo: Validar que dentro del rango escogido no exista ninguna reserva.
 * @Assert\Callback(methods={"rangoReservaDisponible"})
 */
class BookingDTO {

	function __construct () {}

	/**
	 * @Assert\NotBlank()
	 */
	protected $hotel;

	/**
	 * @Assert\NotBlank()
	 */
	protected $customer;

	/**
	 * @Assert\NotBlank()
	 */
	protected $room;

	/**
	 * @Assert\NotBlank()
	 * @Assert\Date
	 */
	protected $checkIn;

	/**
	 * @Assert\NotBlank()
	 * @Assert\Date
	 */
	protected $checkOut;

	public function setCheckIn ( $checkIn ) {
		$this->checkIn = $checkIn;
	}

	public function getCheckIn () {
		return $this->checkIn;
	}

	public function setCheckOut ( $checkOut ) {
		$this->checkOut = $checkOut;
	}

	public function getCheckOut () {
		return $this->checkOut;
	}

	public function setHotel ( $hotel ) {
		$this->hotel = $hotel;
	}

	public function getHotel () {
		return $this->hotel;
	}

	public function setRoom ( $room ) {
		$this->room = $room;
	}

	public function getRoom () {
		return $this->room;
	}

	public function setCustomer ( $customer ) {
		$this->customer = $customer;
	}

	public function getCustomer () {
		return $this->customer;
	}
}

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6. Prepare the business case to get approval to produce the statistics.
In these sub-processes the user needs are put in a broader scope of existing statistics and common methodologies and available data sources. These are generally six sequential sub-processes, but in a less formal context they can also occur in parallel, and can be iterative if prior assumptions have to be adapted taking into account additional information collected from users or stakeholders. So in the GSBPM before the actual design of a production process starts, the user needs are compared to the possibilities to produce them and common practice in related statistics. In this module we will follow the GSBPM approach that immediately turns the user needs into a business case, with optionally an iteration to the user needs, taking into consideration their costs for actual production.


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HomeMan UnitedManchester United Set to Return to Action
Manchester United Set to Return to Action
June 18, 2020 Stretford-end Man United, Man United News, Premier League 0
The 2019-20 Premier League season restarted after a three-month disruption on Wednesday evening with an underwhelming but controversial 0-0 draw between Aston Villa and Sheffield United.
Chris Wilder's side missed out on the opportunity to overtake us with their game in hand, leaving us in fifth heading into Friday night's trip to Tottenham Hotspur.
Victory for Manchester United in North London would see us move into the Champions League places ahead of Chelsea's trip to Aston Villa on Sunday. For those confident in an away win, our odds are currently 7/5 which can be backed for free if you get the Paddy Power betting promo code from this website.
There are three points between the two of us with nine games remaining. We're both in the FA Cup quarter-finals too and most of our remaining Premier League fixtures are against bottom half sides.
If there had been no disruption back in March then we may have finished the season in the top four given our form and Chelsea's dip. We had won three of our last four in the Premier League whilst Frank Lampard's side had won just two of their last seven, including our2-0 win at Stamford Bridge in mid-February.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has a fully fit squad to work with heading into our first match back, with notable recoveries from injuries for Marcus Rashford and Paul Pogba. The former is our top scorer so far this season and scored both goals in our 2-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford to begin December.
Spurs will be without Dele Alli through suspension tomorrow. The midfielder scored their only goal in the aforementioned previous meeting between the two of us.
Jose Mourinho could also be without Son Heung-min and Giovani Lo Celso as both are currently listed as doubtful due to fitness issues.
Spurs made a poor to start to the season under Mauricio Pochettino which saw the manager, who took them to a shock appearance in the Champions League final last season, dismissed. His replacement had initially made a good start before things dropped off. They head into the final nine games four points behind us and seven points outside of the top four.
Victory for Manchester United to restart the domestic action would be huge and give us great confidence of finishing in the top four. After this game, we host Sheffield United in our first game at Old Trafford since 8 March when we beat Manchester City 2-0 in the derby. The Blades will have already played two games by this point, and whilst we will have five days' break since our first game back, the Blades will have had only three days since facing Newcastle United. This could and should play in our favour.
After that our fixture list gets a bit hectic. Three days after hosting Sheffield United we are away to Norwich City in the FA Cup quarter-finals. Daniel Farke's side will be bottom of the Premier League when it restarts but host both Southampton and Everton. There's no reason why they can't pick up points from both of those games, and what's more, they will have no problems travelling and be used to their empty stadium setting.
Our third Premier League game back will be away to struggling Brighton & Hove Albion. This comes just three days after our FA Cup tie, whilst the Seagulls will have had a full week off having already been eliminated from the domestic cup. Although they have two tough games before us – Arsenal and Leicester City, they are scrapping for their lives at the bottom and the additional rest should give them a big advantage.
Because of our involvement in the FA Cup there will be little respite between games for us, but fortunately, we do have a lot of depth, which should favour us against the lesser sides. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has rotated his side well all season so this shouldn't be a problem for him to navigate.
I am confident that going into July we will still be challenging for the top four, if not in the driver's seat, and in the FA Cup semi-finals…


Who doesn't love a wedding? A good party? Jesus' first sign was to change the water into wine at the wedding of Cana. That right there tells us something about who Jesus is and what He came to do. From the water to the wine at Cana we see all the way to the water and blood of the cross. There, Jesus takes a Bride, His holy, Christian church, to be His own. And that means salvation is a celebration. We'll have a foretaste of this wedding feast this weekend as we celebrate the Second Sunday after the Epiphany.
If you haven't heard yet, our Administrative Assistant Brandy Curtis' sister Nicole passed away this past week from brain cancer. She had become a member of Zion under my pastoral care. Her service will be tomorrow at Zion (details below). Also, long time and former Zion member Jack Anderson passed away last week as well. His arrangements are also listed below. We pray the weather won't hinder folks from paying their respects and celebrating the resurrection to everlasting life.
"Zion Family Giving" is what we're calling all our efforts to help meet immediate needs for our brothers and sisters who need help in any way. Look for the little church "bank" in the narthex and find a tag of something that is needed and see whether you are able to help contribute to help one of our own of the household of faith.
In conjunction with that, ZAP's Annual Roast Beef dinner is NEXT SUNDAY. Get your tickets from a ZAP member, the Church Office, or at the door. Money raised helps our Zion Assistance Program (ZAP) as it helps those in need. Zion Family Giving is handled through ZAP so it's a great opportunity to care for one another!
Wine at a wedding ran out but Jesus' gifts never run out! Receive them again soon.


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Work-free Sundays for EU citizens - Press Release on EU Sunday Law Aspirations
Brussels, Belgium [Press Release – CD EUDNews]. On January 21, 2014, the Second Conference emphasizing the importance of Work-Free Sundays was hosted by the European Parliament (EP) in Brussels for members of the European Parliament, and the "European Sun
February 09, 2014 | Liviu Olteanu; CD EUDNews;
Brussels, Belgium [Press Release – CD EUDNews]. On January 21, 2014, the Second Conference emphasizing the importance of Work-Free Sundays was hosted by the European Parliament (EP) in Brussels for members of the European Parliament, and the "European Sunday Alliance". Almost all of the 120 participants (from diverse EU countries) were in favour of implementing a work-free Sunday throughout the entire EU.
With the official motto: " decent working hours and work-free Sundays in the EU. (and how European Parliament Members can promote it) " the conference focused on certain aspects of social cohesion and work/recreation balance "to have a synchronized legal time off". All these campaigns are based on the participants' interventions on "protection of EU citizens' health", "decent working hours", "respect for family and private life" and "let us live together".
The European Sunday Alliance (ESA) is a network of: a) National Sunday Alliances of European Countries (Austria and Germany are the main initiators of ESA; recently other organizations and churches became involved from: Slovakia, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Poland, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Netherland, Romania, Estonia, France, Greece, Hungary, United Kingdom, etc.); b) Religious Communities (Roman Catholic Churches, different Protestant and Orthodox churches and others); c) Trade Unions; d) Civil Society organizations; e) Some European Members of Parliament who are very committed to this objective.
Liviu Olteanu, Inter European Division Public Affairs and Religious Liberty director (EUD PARL), who attended the Conference of the European Sunday Alliance in the European Parliament in Brussels, noted that the initiative raises concern. It is a highly sensitive issue and it could affect certain religious minorities including the Seventh-Day Adventist Church.
Liviu Olteanu stated that before the "work-free Sunday" Conference ended, many members of the European Parliament publicly and officially signed their personal commitment prepared and proposed by European Sunday Alliance, called: "Pledge for a work-free Sunday and decent working hours before the European 2014 elections".
The document begins with these words:" A work-free Sunday and decent working hours are of paramount importance to citizens and workers throughout Europe and are not necessarily in conflict with economic competitiveness. Especially in our present social/economic crisis, the adoption of legislation extending working hours to late evenings, nights, bank holidays and Sundays has direct consequences on small and medium sized enterprises and employee working conditions. Competitiveness needs innovation, innovation needs creativity and creativity needs recreation!".
The European Sunday Alliance Pledge points out: "As a current or future Member of the European Parliament I pledge:
1. To ensure that all relevant EU-legislation both respect and promote the protection of a common weekly day of rest for all EU citizens, which shall be in principle on a Sunday, in order to protect workers' health and promote a better balance between family and private life and work;
2. To promote EU-legislation guaranteeing sustainable operating schedule based on the principle of decent working hours benefiting society as well as the economy as a whole. Signed____________".
In addition, March 3, 2014 was fixed to be the International day of the "work-free Sunday".
Liviu Olteanu views the EU Sunday law aspirations as problematic, inappropriate and with possible avenues of discrimination which can affect directly, indirectly and in combined forms, some European religious minorities such as: Muslims, Jews, Seventh Day Baptists and Seventh-day Adventists. Seventh-day Adventist Church believers keep Saturday as Sabbath, their day of rest. This standard of Saturday being a day of rest is very different from that held by the majority. Millions of European citizens belonging to religious minority groups could be affected by the EU Sunday Law aspirations that consequently could become a European Sunday Law.
At the Forum on Religious Minorities hosted at the UN in Geneva on November 2013, the United Nations' report was presented by professor Heiner Bielefeldt, Special Rapporteur of the United Nations on Freedom of Religion and Belief, and by Ms. Rita Izsak, Independent Expert of United Nations for Minority Issues. This report stresses that the rights of religious minorities have to be respected and protected all over the world (the EU territory included).
The Seventh-day Adventist church in continental Europe, represented by the Inter-European Division, also supports the position of one of the members of the European Parliament, MEP Takkula, who recently expressed his perspectives on the Sunday Law through a press release.
In according to Mr. Takkula, a Finnish member of the European Parliament and member of the EP Working Group on Freedom of Religious or Belief, "support the principle of safeguarding the opportunity for a weekly day of rest" and continues, "everyone needs a proper break in the working week.(…). Sunday-keepers also have every right to rest and worship on the day they feel is right. Legislation must never discriminate against people on religious grounds. A law setting up Sunday as the universal work-free day would do just that," said Mr. Takkula. He emphasized that "freedom of religion and belief is a core European value. This principle must be upheld and taken seriously in all discussions deliberating the role of a weekly day of rest. The European Union must guarantee everyone equal rights of freedom to celebrate the rest day of their conviction".
Liviu Olteanu asks all European Union organizations and Member States to always protect and respect Article 18 the 'Universal Declaration of Human Rights', Articles 18 and 27 the 'International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)' adopted by the United Nations at the General Assembly on December 19, 1966, the 'United Nations Declaration on the rights of people belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities' dating 1992, and the 'United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief' dating November 25, 1981. The Article 6 of UN 1981 Declaration states: the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief shall include, inter alia: "to observe days of rest and to celebrate holidays and ceremonies in accordance with the precepts of one's religion or belief" (Article 6 h).
The Seventh-day Adventist Church asks the European Parliament and European Commission not to threaten freedom of conscience or religious liberty by legislative initiatives through the proposal and acceptance of laws that threaten religious liberty and religious minorities.
According to the US Ambassador Robert Seiple: "The Government that ignores religious liberty or discriminates against minorities, cannot expect to obtain the majority of votes".
Liviu Olteanu invites Seventh-day Adventist Church members in the Inter European Division to pray, act with wisdom and lobby at all levels for the rights, freedom and the Sabbath, our day of rest. Adventist Church believers are asked to pray for their international, regional and national representatives, as well as the European legislators and Member States.
We should commit ourselves with wisdom, balance and optimism, to be the Ambassadors of liberty, hope and peace, loving others and always defending the conscience and religious liberty of all. We should not fear, but believe in God's power and intervention!
liviu.olteanu(at)aidlr(dot)org
To learn more about the European Sunday Alliance, please visit the following web site:
http://www.europeansundayalliance.eu/site/home
pictures: 1. The Logo of the European Sunday Alliance; 2 & 3. The meeting; 4. Liviu Olteanu, Inter European Division Public Affairs and Religious Liberty director (EUD PARL);


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Letter from Harry S. Truman to Bess Wallace, April 28, 1918. Family, Business, and Personal Affairs Papers - Family Correspondence File.
The fourth Sunday after Easter and I am just now ready to go to a real artillery school. Have had a splendid tour of the Atlantic Ocean and France. Have seen France as no civilian tour could possibly see it and now have a room with four of the most congenial first lieutenants in the regiment at an old chateau with a beautiful garden, a moat, a fine park, and a church with a chime clock and the most beautifully toned bell I ever heard. The hardships of this war are sure easy to bear so far.
Major G. and I took a walk yesterday afternoon and turned off on a road that said "Chemin Particulier." Neither of us knew what that was. Evidently it means private road, for we ran into another chateau. There was a man at the gate who invited us in and showed us a park with a pretty little stream running through it. There was a swan on it and some green and white ducks. The gardens were things of beauty. There was an old mill in the park where they made flour (before the war), their own ice plant, electric dynamo, and every other convenience. There were six kinds of horse vehicles (no horses, gone to war), three autos in a garage that looked like pictures of Swiss homes you've seen. The whole thing was surrounded by a six-foot wall. Take it all together, the major and I had a very pleasant walk. It belongs to a French colonel .
Have not gotten any letters yet although I'm hoping to get some in the next thirty days or so. Gee what I would give for one teeney weeny letter from you. I've read and reread those I got at the port of embarkation until they are nearly worn out. The rest of the gang are in the same fix. Everyone of 'em is writing his sister or his cousin or his aunt right now. I think we'd give all our next month's pay and a lien on the next for a letter from home.
We couldn't be more comfortably situated anywhere in the world. If we don't learn our lessons it won't be because our surroundings aren't right. If I could only tell you all the things we've seen and done since arriving. We've got a hard boiled Col in charge here but he's a fine man and I think will put the fear of God into some of us. Some of these birds seem to think they are on a grand picnic and it seems like we are but we've got to work like thunder from this out.
We got here Saturday night and I couldn't go to sleep right away because the church clock would strike eleven and then the clock on the Hotel de Ville would strike eleven five minutes later and then five minutes (It takes longer to address than to write) later some clock that I haven't been able to locate yet would strike eleven. By that time the church clock had started on eleven fifteen and it was one continual round of pleasure all night long. They've gotten them all together today but I don't know how long they'll stay that way.
Went to church this morning. Catholic in French. Couldn't understand a word but I reckon it was all right because they took up a collection and Major G told me that the drift of the Priest's little French talk was that the ration should be adhered to and that the girls shouldn't flirt with the gay Americans. Like to froze in the church but it is nice and warm outside.
Be sure and write real often. I hope to get them some day. Will write as often as I can.


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The proposed dwellings sit within 9 acres of private land which is approached via an attractive winding driveway through grassland and pastures on both sides.
Kingscrown Developments Ltd acquired the 9 acre site in the popular village of Lepton, West Yorkshire in 2020.
A planning application (Ref. 2021/62/91757/E) was approved in March 2022 by Kirklees Council for the demolition of the existing buildings and erection of 2 detached dwellings (circa 3,000 sq.ft.) on the site of the former cattery, the Old Pump House, Wakefield Road, Lepton, Huddersfield, HD8 0LY.
The 2 x three storey executive homes will be built in stone with six bedrooms and five bathrooms, integral garages and landscaped rear gardens. The two dwellings benefit from their own adjoining 2 acre paddock and will be finished with modern high-end fixtures and fittings. The homes will contain views over the landscape and countryside setting.
Both plots are available for sale and reservation now.
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Plot 1 is approx. 3,500 sq. ft
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Q: xclip Outputs "Error: Can't open display: (null)" I recently installed xclip on my CentOS 7 server. Since my machine does not have an X server, I'd have to configure my machine to forward X11 to my client.
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Standard Specification for High Load Rotational Spherical Bearings for Bridges and Structures
Active Standard ASTM D5977 | Developed by Subcommittee: D04.32
This specification covers bridge bearings that consist of a spherical rotational element, where a stainless steel convex surface slides against a concave carbon steel plate covered with woven or sheet polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). The function of the bearing is to transfer loads and to accommodate any relative movement, including rotation between a bridge superstructure and its supporting structure, or both. The requirements of spherical bearings with a standard horizontal load (a maximum of 10 % of vertical) are discussed. The bearings are furnished in three types: fixed spherical bearing which is for rotation only, unidirectional sliding spherical bearing which is for rotation plus movement in one direction, and multi-directional sliding spherical bearing which is for rotation plus movement in all directions. The materials to be used in producing the bearings include: steel, stainless steel (flat sliding surface and convex surface), woven fabric polytetrafluoroethylene, and sheet polytetrafluoroethylene. The following different test methods shall be performed: proof load and rotation tests for fixed and expansion bearings, coefficient of friction test for expansion bearings only, PTFE (woven or sheet) bond test for expansion bearings only, and physical property test of both PTFEs for fixed and expansion bearings.
1.1 This specification covers bridge bearings that consist of a spherical rotational element, where a stainless steel convex surface slides against a concave carbon steel plate covered with woven or sheet polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). The function of the bearing is to transfer loads and to accommodate any relative movement, including rotation between a bridge superstructure and its supporting structure, or both.
1.2 This specification covers the requirements of spherical bearings with a standard horizontal load (a maximum of 10 % of vertical).
1.3 The requirements stated in this specification are the minima necessary for the manufacture of quality bearing devices. It may be necessary to increase these minimum values due to other design conditions.
1.4 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as the standard. The values given in parentheses are for information only.
1.5 The following safety hazards caveat pertains only to the test method portion, Section 7, of this specification: This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
A36/A36M Specification for Carbon Structural Steel
A167 Specification for Stainless and Heat-Resisting Chromium-Nickel Steel Plate, Sheet, and Strip
A240/A240M Specification for Chromium and Chromium-Nickel Stainless Steel Plate, Sheet, and Strip for Pressure Vessels and for General Applications
A572/A572M Specification for High-Strength Low-Alloy Columbium-Vanadium Structural Steel
A588/A588M Specification for High-Strength Low-Alloy Structural Steel, up to 50 ksi [345 MPa] Minimum Yield Point, with Atmospheric Corrosion Resistance
A709/A709M Specification for Structural Steel for Bridges
D638 Test Method for Tensile Properties of Plastics
D792 Test Methods for Density and Specific Gravity (Relative Density) of Plastics by Displacement
D1457 Specification for Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) Molding and Extrusion Materials
D1777 Test Method for Thickness of Textile Materials
D2256 Test Method for Tensile Properties of Yarns by the Single-Strand Method
AASHTO Standard
AASHTO Standard Specifications for Highway Bridges
AWS Standards
C.2.2-67 Metalizing with Aluminum and Zinc for Protection of Iron and Steel
D.1.5 ANSI/AASHTO/AWS Bridge Welding Code
ICS Number Code 93.040 (Bridge construction)
UNSPSC Code 31171510(Spherical bearings)
ASTM D5977-15, Standard Specification for High Load Rotational Spherical Bearings for Bridges and Structures, ASTM International, West Conshohocken, PA, 2015, www.astm.org


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"El Cazador" licensed by FUNimation?
Subject: El Cazador
ANN reports:
"Last week, Funimation exercised a power-of-attorney agreement to remove online fansubbed videos of Monochrome Factor, Nabari no Ou, and Katekyo Hitman Reborn! (pictured at right) on behalf of d-rights, the Japanese production company of these anime titles. Funimation and d-rights' agreement also covers Bamboo Blade and El Cazador de la Bruja."
...but:
"The power-of-attorney agreement does not necessarily mean that these titles have a North American video distributor, but the agreement does enforce d-rights' existing worldwide copyrights for these series."
So it doesn't quite mean it's licensed, just that the Japanese license owner is looking to reassert control.
But the likelyhood is a lot higher. FUNi, though?
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