text:
THE FOREVER PURGE -- Another Unsubtle but Action-Packed Entry in the Franchise
Dylan Tucker (Josh Lucas, right) with Purgers in The Forever Purge, directed by Everardo Valerio Gout. Photo Credit: Jake Giles Netter/Universal Pictures.
The ultimate underdog in horror franchises, the Purge movies have taken what started as a home invasion thriller with a creative premise and turned it into something much bigger. The Forever Purge, perhaps the series's most expansive entry since The Purge: Anarchy, offers more of the same thrills, albeit with nothing even resembling subtlety.
The film follows a group of people who try to survive as a movement of rebels continues on a rampage of terror after the period for the Purge ends. There's always been an element of slightly dystopian sci-fi to this franchise, but making the lawlessness into something unsanctioned brings it closer to reality than it has ever been before, especially after having seen the display of violence at the Capitol earlier this year.
In the last three movies, we have seen the subtext turn into outright text, and James DeMonaco's script for this fifth entry is the most aggressive yet. These films exist to call out the classism and racism that exists within American society, and here, DeMonaco sets his eyes on xenophobia regarding the immigration crisis as his target.
This is also the most action-packed movie in the franchise since Anarchy. Unlike Election Year and The First Purge, which set out to do something a bit more elevated (and failed, in the latter case), The Forever Purge returns to the series's popcorn entertainment roots without abandoning its message. And some of the action set pieces are absolutely great.
(from left) Dylan Tucker (Josh Lucas), Adela (Ana de la Reguera) and Juan (Tenoch Huerta) in The Forever Purge, directed by Everardo Valerio Gout. Photo Credit: Universal Pictures.
As always, the characters here are stock characters that aren't all that interesting. There's the stuck-up white guy who has to learn a bit of compassion, and the (not-so) secretly badass immigrant who proves all of the racists wrong. There isn't much substance to their arcs, but ultimately, the substance in the film lies in the very obvious dialogue.
Following in the trend of the series, we have a couple notable actors in the movie (Josh Lucas, Will Patton), and the rest of the cast is composed of up-and-comers. Between this and Army of the Dead, Ana de la Reguera seems most poised for a breakout as she shows a lot of talent in pulling off action, but Tenoch Huerta is great here too.
The visuals are absolutely chaotic, but it works given the nature of the film. One of the other things that allows this to stand out from the rest of the franchise is that there is a substantial portion of the action which takes place during the day, allowing the filmmakers to do some interesting things in a genre that is often shrouded in darkness.
The Forever Purge is by no means a great movie, but it delivers exactly what audiences have come to expect from this franchise. It's getting to a point where this franchise seems like it's running out of ideas, but for now, it's still entertaining.
The Forever Purge hits theaters on July 2.
THE BOSS BABY: FAMILY BUSINESS -- A Less Obnoxious and Surprisingly Funny Sequel
(From left) The Boss Baby/Ted Templeton (Alec Baldwin), young Tim Templeton (James Marsden) and Tina Templeton (Amy Sedaris) in The Boss Baby: Family Business, directed by Tom McGrath. Photo Credit: DreamWorks Animation LLC.
The 2017 film The Boss Baby was a hyperactive and often obnoxious animated movie that somehow negotiated its way into financial success and an Academy Award nomination despite a largely mixed reception. Its sequel, The Boss Baby: Family Business, is much more conventional, and ultimately more enjoyable, although it is still clear that this is not among DreamWorks's best properties.
Set years after the first film, this follows the Templeton brothers from the first movie as adults as another Boss Baby is welcomed into the family and they all find themselves on a mission to save childhood. It's a premise that is absolutely ridiculous, but whereas the first film left viewers wondering what hallucinogens the writers were on, this one will mostly leave people wondering if actual children wrote it.
That said, the pacing of the movie is surprisingly good. Thankfully, the jokes here aren't as repetitive or annoying as those in the first, with some genuinely witty one-liners aimed at the parents of the younger target audience. And there are some interesting action scenes, even if the film could have done much more with them.
Ultimately, the biggest issue with this movie is that it is largely a continuation of the themes from the first one. The message about brotherhood and how the love for one's family should be unconditional was already fleshed out, giving this film a somewhat worn quality. Other themes, like fatherhood, are introduced, but are largely underdeveloped.
(From left) The Boss Baby/Ted Templeton (Alec Baldwin) and Dr. Erwin Armstrong (Jeff Goldblum) in DreamWorks Animation's The Boss Baby: Family Business, directed by Tom McGrath. Photo Credit: DreamWorks Animation LLC.
Additionally, the movie seems so concerned with the dynamic between the two brothers that it ignores almost every other relationship in the film. The most heartfelt moments come not from the antics between Tim and Ted, but those portions of the movie about Tim and his elder daughter, who is the most interesting but also most underutilized character.
The thing that really allows this film to shine, though, is the addition of Jeff Goldblum to the cast as the villain. Goldblum is just as perfect as the quirky antagonist as Alec Baldwin is as the distinctive eponymous character. Amy Sedaris is also a welcome new addition to the cast. James Mardsen replaces Tobey Maguire in this movie, and it's a change that is noticeable but has no real impact.
There is still a lot of colorful animation in the film, and while it is nowhere near as exaggerated as the previous entry, there is still some inspired wacky imagery. Made for a cheaper (but still quite large) budget, the movie really falls victim to the trend of diminishing returns that plagues the visuals of animated sequels.
The Boss Baby: Family Business manages to be an improvement over the nearly insufferable first film, but that wasn't a high bar to pass. This is very average family entertainment, which has been a lot of what DreamWorks has been putting out as of late.
The Boss Baby: Family Business hits theaters and Peacock on July 2.
Rating: 3/5
FEAR STREET PART ONE: 1994 -- A Fun and Bloody Horror Movie Based On the R. L. Stine Series
R. L. Stine is one of the most prolific authors today, writing over a hundred horror books for kids and young adults, including the Fear Street books. Fear Street Part One: 1994 is a new movie based on his series, and it's the first in a trilogy of movies releasing in subsequent weeks in July. While it doesn't reinvent the horror genre, this movie embodies all of the genre's best tropes while including some shocking R-rated elements to the story.
After a brutal murder in their small town of Shadyside, a group of teenagers learn more about how this connects to the town's long history of murder. Together, they encounter this evil and search for a way to destroy it. It's a simple premise about small town murder and possession, and it's that simplicity that allows the film to breathe and be a fun teenage-driven horror film.
Taking place in the titular year of 1994, the movie does a great job of recreating that aesthetic without exploiting the nostalgia of that era. It doesn't throw the period-appropriate props or elements in your face to make you bask in its nostalgia, but it rather uses it as environmental garnishes that elevate the ambiance and create a more immersive setting.
This movie has a strong cast of young actors at its disposal. Kiana Madeira does a great job of leading this film as Deena. It isn't anything mind-blowing, but she plays into the genre and setting very well and is a compelling actress that's fun to watch. The supporting cast also features some strong performances from actors like Julia Rehwald and Olivia Scott Welch who both show a lot of promise as young actors.
Leigh Janiak directs this film with confidence, and even if it hits a few snags at times, it's clear she has a strong creative vision that is evident in the final product. This is her second feature film, and she demonstrates a mature ability to execute thrills and balance it with more character driven moments. The screenplay, written by Phil Graziadei and Janiak, is sufficient enough to provide a foundation to the movie. The dialogue isn't especially fresh or compelling, but it has its moments.
One of the best things working in this movie's favor is its R-rating. The movie doesn't hold back, and it features many bloody moments throughout. They're spaced evenly throughout, but the final half of the movie has some genuinely gruesome and shocking moments that elevate this past its contemporaries. It's dedicated to adapting this story for an older audience who's ready for more adult content.
There is also something quite refreshing in the representation in this movie. It features an LGBT lead character, and it is actually committed to telling such a unique story without exploiting it or virtue signaling. It balances these heartfelt and thoughtful moments with the blood and guts throughout to prove that this is a thematically progressive movie while still being aesthetically traditional.
Fear Street Part One: 1994 is a fun and refreshing new horror movie from Janiak, who is also directing the next two movies in the series. It doesn't say anything too revolutionary, but it's an enjoyable movie full of classic thrills and scares. It showcases some young talent while also getting you excited for the following week's installment.
Fear Street Part One: 1994 is streaming on Netflix July 2.
AMERICA: THE MOTION PICTURE -- A Riff on U.S. History That Tries Too Hard to Be Funny
America: The Motion Picture is a new adult-animated comedy from veteran television director Matt Thompson. It features a large cast of famous comedians and an absurd premise that has potential. Despite all of the resources at its disposal, this is a comedy that tries far too hard to be outrageous and satirical, but it falls flat as a dull attempt at historical comedy.
After the betrayal of Benedict Arnold (although a far different version than we were taught), George Washington assembles a team of historical figures to take down the British. Washington wields dual chainsaws, and an anachronistic Thomas Edison has gloves that can electrocute people. It combines many different eras of America to tell its riff on the revolution, and while this sounds ripe for comedy, the movie misses the mark completely and creates another bland animated comedy.
Dave Callaham, who most recently penned the scripts for Mortal Kombat and Wonder Woman 1984, creates a comedy where most of the jokes don't land. It tries to combine history with modern humor, and it all feels cheap and lazy, and it doesn't elicit any laughs. It tries to be tongue-in-cheek about later historical events, but this type of irony is inherently lazy. There are a handful of clever moments, but for the most part, the jokes are either misguided or rely on their own shock value.
The movie features a famous cast, including people like Channing Tatum, Jason Mantzoukas, Olivia Munn, and Andy Samberg, but they don't much with the material their given. Their voice performances aren't bad, but they leave a lot to be desired at times. There is also an attempt by the movie to deliver social commentary about modern-day America, and while the attempt is appreciated, it feels wholly unoriginal in what it has to say.
A violent and raunchy retelling of American history had the promise to be a great work of satire, but this film grossly mishandles all of its potential. It tries too hard to be outrageous and adult that it forgets to be compelling and tell an interesting narrative. While there needs to be more adult-animated films and shows, this movie does not make a strong case for them.
America: The Motion Picture is bland and not as funny as it seems to be. It has its moments, but this is mostly overshadowed by the laziness of its writing throughout. It may appeal to fans of this director's previous work, but most will be offput by its execution.
America: The Motion Picture is available on Netflix June 30.
ZOLA -- An Obnoxiously Energetic "Wild" True Story
(L-R) Riley Keough, Taylour Paige. Photo By: Anna Kooris, A24.
The idea of making a movie out of an absolutely wild Twitter thread sounds like a bad idea on paper, and in execution… well… it's not that good of one either. Despite an interesting visual style and some wholly committed performances, it is hard to overcome the annoying and sometimes even obnoxious nature of Zola.
The film follows a stripper who goes on a wild road trip to Florida with someone she recently met. However, unlike a lot of road movies, this isn't as much about the journey as it is about the destination and the crazy things that happen there. But ultimately, those things that happen aren't all that crazy or even all that interesting.
A majority of the movie is building to a finale that is really anticlimactic. We are waiting to see something insane happen in the last act because of the feeling of discomfort that the first hour is sowing, yet the place where the movie ends is rather unsatisfying. It ultimately shares more in common with a slice-of-life film than a road movie.
The movie absolutely captures the griminess of the underground of the Tampa area quite well, but that doesn't make it a particularly pleasant place to watch a movie. The commentary that the film has on the sex work industry is very interesting, and the comedy-tinged approach that the movie takes is unique, but it doesn't amount to a great experience.
It is definitely hard to tread the line between voyeurism and otherism, and the film fails to do so effectively. Although it falls short of objectification, it still feels as if the audience is supposed to feel distant from these characters, and that is not where this movie with these themes should be coming from.
The actors do a good job of capturing the culture which they are obviously hoping to depict, for better or worse. Taylour Paige and Riley Keough can be distractingly annoying at times, but given that this is exactly what they were aiming to do, it works. Colman Domingo and Nicholas Braun are good but underused in the supporting cast.
There is a very distinctive visual style to the film as well, although that isn't necessarily a good thing. Apparently there can be too much energy in a single product, as is perfectly demonstrated by this film. In its attempts to stand out and be stylish, the film becomes altogether overwhelming, even if it does succeed in catching the viewer's eye.
Zola is a film with a level of energy and enthusiasm that will appeal to a particular crowd but put off a majority of viewers. It's the very definition of an acquired taste of a film, and unfortunately, it can be quite hard to swallow if you don't enjoy what it's putting down.
Zola hits theaters on June 30.
BLACK WIDOW -- A Mostly Forgettable Attempt to Expand the MCU
After a delay of more than a year, audiences are finally going to get to see the newest installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Black Widow, and the question that everyone has to be asking right now is whether or not it was worth the wait. A forgettable but watchable thriller lacking in inspired action, there are some strong moments here but it isn't to the quality of the recent output of the MCU.
Set between the events of Civil War and Infinity War, the film follows superspy Natasha Romanoff as she unearths a conspiracy with ties to her mysterious past. It's a relatively bland espionage thriller storyline, and the only thing that really distinguishes it from a generic Russian spy flick is its ties to the Marvel lore.
For the most part, the movie is relatively predictable as it is building to a big reveal and final battle at the end. However, both of these things are quite anticlimactic. It's nice to see a Marvel film like this have much lower stakes in which the fate of the world doesn't lie on the hero's shoulders, but they needed to build excitement some other way.
Perhaps the most disappointing thing about the movie is that the action is horribly generic. This film takes on a new genre that is much darker and more serious than a lot of what the MCU has done to date, but in terms of fight sequences, it's relatively plain hand-to-hand combat and gunplay. And the movie's attempts to infuse humor are quite atrocious.
It's nice to see that director Cate Shortland was able to give the film a visual style that feels distinctive from the rest of the MCU, with some great use of the sterilized environments, but the script doesn't give her a whole lot of room to do her thing. For better or worse, it's a very formal and self-serious movie.
Spin-off solo films typically exist to take existing characters deeper or in new directions, but this movie does not do anything particularly interesting with the Black Widow character. It's simply an opportunity for the character to go on a solo mission, and her arc is pretty much the same as it has been in other entries. Additionally, the new characters, especially villain Taskmaster, feel entirely wasted.
The ensemble for this film is really great, although they don't do anything particularly stellar. Scarlett Johannson is doing the same thing that she has always done in the franchise. Rachel Weisz and Florence Pugh are both really talented, but their performances feel very half-baked. The only person who is firing on all cylinders here is David Harbour, who is fun to watch but seemingly out-of-place.
If it weren't a Marvel movie, Black Widow would have come and gone rather quickly. It's a competently-shot but frustratingly dull movie that could have represented a new direction for the MCU but is really just a self-contained and unimpressive one-off.
Black Widow hits theaters and Disney+ via Premier Access on July 9.
THE LEGEND OF THE UNDERGROUND -- An Important Documentary That Is Equal Parts Shocking and Poetic
Photograph Courtesy of HBO.
The new HBO documentary The Legend of the Underground is one of those movies that is enormously hard to review if only because it is so dangerous for the people involved to talk about it. However, Giselle Bailey and Nneka Onuorah have made an essential film to contribute to a necessary conversation.
The movie shines a light on the rampant discrimination in Nigeria by following a group of non-conformist men who are faced with the choice between oppression or fleeing their home country. It's heartbreaking to see that this still happens anywhere in the world, especially since these issues haven't received much in the way of public attention.
There is a significant shift around the halfway mark in which the film begins to focus less on the discrimination and Nigeria and more on how the non-conformist community has come together in an attempt to survive, both metaphorically and literally. The first half is shocking and eye-opening, and the latter half is poetically beautiful.
This is a movie about resilience in the face of adversity, and it is absolutely moving as such. The fact that these people are able to put up with so much and yet still find a way to achieve joy in their life is astounding. Bailey and Onuorah don't shy away from the horrors of the discrimination, but also beautifully depict the things that make the community so amazing.
Perhaps due to fear of their safety, the film doesn't go into much detail on the individual subjects' lives. However, it does a great job of making a compelling subject out of the movement as a whole. There are plenty of moments in the movie that give the audience enough of an emotional connection to latch onto.
It would have been nice to see the film go a bit more into detail on the way in which these non-conformist men use dance to express themselves, something which is explored in the second half of the movie, but again, the filmmakers don't want to go too deep with any one person in order to protect them. Still, this culture makes for the most fascinating part of the film.
The movie has a wonderful visual style inspired by the scene that is depicted in the back half. It's frequently gorgeous to look at, particularly during the dance sequences. But Bailey and Onuorah also integrate other footage, like recordings of violence against the non-conformists, in a way that is extremely effective.
The Legend of the Underground is a very important documentary bringing attention to an issue that needs to be discussed on a global scale. Hopefully audiences will see this and leave inspired, both to make a difference and to live life to the fullest.
The Legend of the Underground hits HBO and HBO Max on June 29.
TILL DEATH — Megan Fox? Say Less
Reviewed by Adam Donato
Director S.K. Dale debuts his first feature film known as Till Death, a story about an unfaithful wife in a failing marriage who finds herself handcuffed to her dead husband while at a reclusive lake house on their anniversary. Megan Fox herself headlines the movie as Emma, the cheating wife. She is joined by other morally questionable men played by Eoin Macken, Aml Ameen, Jack Roth, and Callan Mulvey. Does Megan Fox carry this movie as well as Emma carries her dead husband?
Did you know that Megan Fox doesn't only make movies about giant fighting robots and turtles? She's had herself a nice little acting run since 2019. Nothing worth mentioning, but she even led a movie or two. Despite the fact that Jennifer's Body came out over a decade ago, it still proves that Fox can lead a good horror movie. In this movie, she doesn't have very much to do at all. For the first twenty minutes, she's just kind of over everything and for the rest of the movie she is both literally and metaphorically being weighed down. She's definitely a notable enough movie star to interest audiences to see this movie and some people will just see this because she's a famous celebrity crush. Other than that, not much going on here.
So if your lead isn't doing much, then what else is left here? The title is clever. Weirdly enough there's another movie called Till Death coming out this year with Evangeline Lilly and Jason Sudeikis. It's just cute because the whole movie is about how she is tethered to her dead husband and the whole "till death do us part" thing is funny. They can't part because he is dead.
There is a large chunk of this movie that is just Emma dragging her dead husband around the lake house looking for clues. It is beyond slow and frustrating watching this carry out. The plan of revenge upon Emma is so convoluted anyways. The finishing act of the plot to get back at her is so over the top. Without going into spoilers, the movie delves into a very generic bad guy going after the final girl situation.
Overall, the movie was just under passable. Megan Fox is a character unto herself and even she was underwhelming. I can't wait to see this movie in the free section on VUDU. Until then, theatrically released horror movies are overachieving this summer and are much more likely to quench that horror thirst. That being said, it will be nice to see Megan Fox in more movies. It's worth a second glance just for that.
Till Death hits theaters and VOD on July 2.
LADY BOSS: THE JACKIE COLLINS STORY -- A Standard but Interesting Biography
Some of the most interesting stories are those of the storytellers themselves, and romance novelist Jackie Collins proves that trend. The new documentary Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story is fascinating thanks to how interesting its subject is, even if the execution is somewhat conventional.
The film tells the story of Jackie Collins, whose subversive writing led her to become an icon of feminism. The thing that is so crazy about Collins's story is that it is almost as interesting, if not more so, than her work which created her fame. There are a lot of unexpectedly exciting moments in her life that make for a cinematic documentary.
As a portrait of a woman making her way up the ranks in a traditionally male-dominated field, the movie does a great job. The feminist aspects of this story are definitely those which are the most powerful, and as such, director Laura Fairrie chooses to focus on these elements over anything else.
However, this does come at the expense of some of the more subtle (and perhaps more profound) themes that the film could have explored. Collins's work poses some interesting questions about sexual politics in the era in which she was most active, but that did not seem to be Fairrie's priority.
Admittedly, the movie does stick with many of the conventions of the biographical documentary, but like so many of these profiles that are set to air on CNN, much of the film's success hinges on how interested the viewer is in the subject. Thankfully, Collins's story is interesting enough to carry a ninety-six minute runtime.
One of the things that the movie does lack is a deep exploration of Collins's work. Interviewees talk about how subversive her work was, and give a phenomenal explanation of its impact, but perhaps in an attempt to keep everything in a cable-friendly TV-14 rating, there isn't a whole lot of specificity to the content itself.
Fairrie tells the story mostly through interviews and archive footage. It's a pretty straightforward way of presenting the information to the audience, putting this firmly in the biographical fluff piece portion of CNN Films's output rather than the in-depth exposés that have been their bigger breakouts.
Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story isn't an essential documentary by any means, but for what it is, it's mostly entertaining. Perhaps without the restraints of a TV-14 rating, this could have been the fascinating exploration of the relationship between society and sex that it had the potential to be.
Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story airs on CNN at 9pm ET/PT on June 27.
GOD EXISTS, HER NAME IS PETRUNYA -- A Messy but Effectively Angry Statement
Enormously angry but in the best way possible, the Macedonian film God Exists, Her Name is Petrunya is one of the most underappreciated international movies of the year so far. Teona Strugar Mitevska's film is a hard-to-watch but rewarding drama, with a not-too-subtle but captivating exploration of important issues.
The movie follows a woman who stirs up her community when she participates in the traditionally male-only ceremony of the Epiphany, causing her to find herself in social and legal trouble. The thing that makes this film so infuriatingly powerful is the fact that it is inspired by a true story, making its seemingly melodramatic leanings feel much more grounded.
For the first thirty minutes or so, we are watching as the protagonist grows increasingly frustrated with her life before she reaches that breaking point. After that, the remaining hour begins to resemble a procedural drama that takes us through the ways in which the patriarchal systems of the Macedonian government and the church oppress women.
As one would expect, the main themes of this movie are largely critical of the patriarchy and organized religion. Sometimes, it does feel as if the film is biting off a bit more than it can chew in terms of themes, but more often than not, it's an interesting and thought-provoking take on these ideas from a unique perspective.
Admittedly, the character development in the movie is somewhat shallow. The protagonist is a likable character, although her arc exists entirely in service of the themes. As for all of the supporting characters, they are near caricatures with how they pose an obstacle to the protagonist.
Lead actress Zorica Nusheva does an exceptional job in her role. She completely inhabits the role in a way that draws us into Petrunya's world. A majority of the film is carried on Nusheva's back, and she steps up in a way that is consistently impressive. The supporting cast is also really solid, although their performances are largely meant to complement Nusheva.
Stylistically, the movie is very gritty and grounded, which works very well for the end product. One of the most impressive things about Mitevska's style is how she creates a feeling of claustrophobia within the back half of the film, as the protagonist's world comes crashing down around them.
God Exists, Her Name is Petrunya is one of those movies that succeeds largely thanks to its ambition. Even though it doesn't hit all of its lofty goals, the fact that it set out to reach them in the first place is admirable in and of itself.
God Exists, Her Name is Petrunya is now in theaters and virtual cinemas.


BibleForums Christian Message Board > Christ Life > Bible Chat > Need Advice: Kingdom of Heaven/God?
View Full Version : Need Advice: Kingdom of Heaven/God?
Is there a differance between the Kindom of Heaven and the Kingdom of God?
Currently I think the Kindom of Heaven is where Jesus and God are situated, and the Kingdom of God is actually us Christians, which will come into fullfilment when the new Heaven and Earth arrives at the end of Revelations.
Do a search through the gospels and the epistles, and you'll see that the "Kingdom of God" and the "Kingdom of Heaven" are described as exactly the same.
There are differences in the two.
Do a search through the gospels and the epistles, and you'll see that the "Kingdom of God" is by faith, not seen, and spiritual/heavenly, and the "Kingdom of Heaven" is by works, seen, and of this world/earthy.
Jesus came to earth to establish his Kingdom, the Kingdom of God, the Kingdom of Heaven says Matthew (the Gospel of the Kingdom), who does not say "God" in respect to the Jews who did not mentioned the name of God, out of respect to God... but the "Kingdom of God" is the same as the "Kingdom of Heaven". Only in Matthew the Kingdom is mentioned 55 times, 35 times as the "Kingdom of Heaven"... it is the revolutionary event brought by Jesus, "repent, for the kingdom of God is at hand", announces the Baptist, and repeats Jesus (Mat.3:3, 4:17, Mr.1:15).
The phrase "Kingdom of Heaven" is a Matthewism. It occurs 31x in Matthew and in Matthew only. Matthew only uses "KoG" 5x.
In the parallel verses to "KoH" in Mark and Luke, Mark and Luke write "Kingdom of God".
[/URL]1Chron 28:5 And of all my sons (for the Lord has given me many sons) he has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.
2 Chron 13:8 "And now you think to withstand the kingdom of the Lord in the hand of the sons of David, because you are a great multitude and have with you the golden calves that Jeroboam made you for gods.
But the concept of the kingdom(s) of heaven is global.
(http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=1+Chronicles+28%3A5)Ps 103:19 The Lord has established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all.
So Kingdom of Heaven doesn't mean, Kingdom in Heaven, it means Kingdom of Heaven, kingdom established by heaven, from heaven, but on earth.
Matthew 6:10 Your kingdom go, your will be done, in heaven as it is on earth.
Niether Jesus or the apostles had any problem saying the name of God to Israel. Read the bible lately? It's simply not true. Not even that they didn't say His name.
John the baptist did not say the kG he said kh -earthly reign- as he prepared the way for Israel's Messiah. The kh was only preached to Israel (Matthew).
When John (the friend of the bridegroom -bestman -wedding) was put in prison Jesus said the time is fulfilled, the kG is at hand, repent AND believe the gospel. Believe the gospel was not said for the kh because the law and the prophets were UNTIL John, since time was fulfilled the kingdom of God was preached. Not before.
kh- In Mat 25 entrance into the kingdom is based on works to those that had no knowledge of Christ's words that if you do it to them you do it to Him. Clearly not bible believers, this is Christ setting up His earthly reign with mortals, after the elect are gathered in Mat 24. Also, the unprofitable servant was cast into outer darkness in Mat 25.
In Luke 19 the unprofitable servant is not cast into outer darkness. Why then do Christians use Mat 25 to say if you don't have works you won't be saved?
Much more but there's a few.
Posting similarities does not explain the differences.
That's an interesting comparison, and shows that Jesus gave slightly different talks the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew) and the Sermon on the Plain (Luke), perhaps for slightly different audiences. But to structure the differences between the Sermon on the Mount and the Sermon on the Plain into differences between Matthew's "Kingdom of Heaven" and Luke's "Kingdom of God" can't be done since Luke never uses the phrase KoH. If we want to detect a difference we'd have to look at the 5x Matthew does use Kingdom of God, vs 31x Kingdom of Heaven and ask why here?
12:28 But if it is by the Spirit of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
21:31 Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Truly, I say to you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes go into the kingdom of God before you.
21:43 Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruits.
the "Kingdom of Heaven" is by works, seen, and of this world/earthy.The Kingdom of Heaven is of earth?
That's an oxymoron. Why would Jesus call it the Kingdom of Heaven if it was actually of the world?
The Kingdom of Heaven is of earth?
I agree---the two are interchangeable.
Kingdom - who is the King in the land?
Who do you bow to?
Has it come yet?In relation to Daniel, I'd say no.
Weird. In relation to Daniel, I'd say yes.
That's an oxymoron. Why would Jesus call it the Kingdom of Heaven if it was actually of the world?Is their another planet and people in the universe that God has created, not in vain, but to be inhabited? Like man, were they given dominion over all the works of His hands? Did the Son become one of them, overcome, and promise to return there as well? Will the new city descend to their planet and will God also dwell with them? Earth is a part of heaven my friend, and is where God chose to do His work. Do you know of another?
You seem to want to apply (large case H) the definition of a particular place where God resides to the word 'heaven' in the phrase 'kingdom of heaven' and I have to ask why? You can say heaven is such, but we can also say heaven is spiritual and we can say it is the universe. How would you conclude -a particular place where God resides, to the word 'heaven' in the phrase 'kingdom of heaven'?
You say the terms are the same and will admit the kingdom of.....is not fully come yet, so how would a particular place where God resides partially come?
That's an interesting comparison, and shows that Jesus gave slightly different talks the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew) and the Sermon on the Plain (Luke), perhaps for slightly different audiences. But to structure the differences between the Sermon on the Mount and the Sermon on the Plain into differences between Matthew's "Kingdom of Heaven" and Luke's "Kingdom of God" can't be done since Luke never uses the phrase KoH.I didn't say 'different audiences', so I did not structure differences because of this or Luke alone. I know some do so I understand you thinking this way.
Mark only used kG also, so why can't a comparison be done with Luke? Do we not compare other books? Should they in context, not contradict?
If we want to detect a difference we'd have to look at the 5x Matthew does use Kingdom of God, vs 31x Kingdom of Heaven and ask why here?
I've yet to hear any particular reason why these 5x KoG, and 31x KoH in the rest of Matthew, but doesn't mean there isn't a reason out there :)The kingdom (kh/kG) came first to Israel, not dogs. The forerunner was put in prison and Israel rejected their king. The kh in Christ's rule would not happen yet and the kG was taken from Israel. The kh was not taken from Israel. While the stranger will receive inheritance among Israel as if they are Israel, it is divided amongst Israel first, then divided to Gentiles.
Am I not understanding the question? All of them have things the others don't have. Matthew is very Israel-centric having fulfilled prophecies (spoken by the prophet), interaction with the pharisees, and even has parables the others do not, etc.
In relation to Daniel, I'd say no.Yes, assuming you are premil, that's the thing. It's much easier for premil's to see differences than amil's.
Mark only used kG also, so why can't a comparison be done with Luke? Do we not compare other books? Should they not, in context, contradict? In other vocabulary items yes. But we can't establish the difference between "tangerine" and "mandarin" with a writer who solely uses the word "tangerine". That sends us back into Matthew looking for why Matthew has 31x uses of one phrase, 5x use of another.
Am I not understanding the question? All of them have things the others don't have. Matthew is very Israel-centric having fulfilled prophecies (spoken by the prophet), interaction with the pharisees, and even has parables the others do not, etc.Don't think anyone is denying this, and his use of KoH might well be Israel-centric.
God created heaven but heaven did not create God. Heaven can be things of the spirit from God but things of the spirit are not God, neither was He created..
Does, "we can't establish the difference between "tangerine" and "mandarin" mean that everything in heaven, of which the earth is His chosen kingdom, is God? Can we not tell the difference? Is it not obvious? The moon that is dead? Dead mass? Pluto? Are they God? Really? Hardly!
If one uses both and two others use one, why can't we compare the two to the one that uses both?
Matthew addresses Israel and leaves them where Christ did. The kh was "shut up" by the leaders of Israel and the kg was taken from them. The gospel of Matthew is a record of Christ to Israel, not what happened thereafter. The kg continued to be preached to Jew and Gentile.
All mandarins are tangerines. :idea: I have no idea, I'm not a greengrocer. The example was premised on not knowing.
God created heaven but heaven did not create God. Heaven can be things of the spirit from God but things of the spirit are not God, neither was He created.Right. But KoH and KoG can still be the same. UK and GB are still the same even the words are different.
Where might I find heaven used in place of God? If you can demonstrate heaven replacing God, I am all ears. By all means go ahead. :)Everywhere in the OT where "heaven" is used with an anthropomorphic quality - "sinned against heaven", and so on, where heaven represents God (and possibly his angels).
UK and GB are still the same even the words are different.No, they are not the same. Only in your mind are they the same :idea: Same with the kh/kG.
"What is the difference between the United Kingdom, Great Britain, and England?"
Everywhere in the OT where "heaven" is used with an anthropomorphic quality - "sinned against heaven", and so on, where heaven represents God (and possibly his angels).sinned against heaven is in the NT, and you are correct, there is an and in your sight. They are different.
We can, you're being asked to do so :)have been but you keep saying I should focus on Matthew only.
If it's already there it'll only take you a second to paste or link. :hmm:Try the section you pulled this quote from, which I also said earlier.
Posting similarities does not explain the differences. But we've already looked at that and it's just a list of differences between Matthew and Luke.
It isn't a list of differences between 31x KoH in Matthew and 5x KoG in Matthew.
Notice that He is saying the same thing in Matthew 19:23, Mark 10:23-24, and Luke 18:24 with the only difference being that Matthew recorded it as "the kingdom of heaven" and the other two recorded it as "the kingdom of God". And the reason for that is that they are one and the same kingdom.
Sirus, if you're reading this, please don't bother responding because we've already had this discussion.
Sirus, if you're reading this, please don't bother responding because we've already had this discussion.I won't to you, but I will certainly state my opinion for others.
I do have to point out this error though.
Notice that He is saying the same thing in Matthew 19:23, Mark 10:23-24, and Luke 18:24 with the only difference being that Matthew recorded it as "the kingdom of heaven" and the other two recorded it as "the kingdom of God". And the reason for that is that they are one and the same kingdom.Would be true if it were true that the only difference is that Matthew recorded heaven instead of God. Very misleading. Matthew did not just record kh and not kG he recorded both! In back to back verses! :idea: Strange indeed!
As for what I think about those verses in Matthew that use both terms (Steven3).
Why would Matthew use two distinct words, with two distinct meanings, in conjunction with two distinct words/examples for verification, in back to back verses, if they mean the same thing? Was he confused?
If we believe the word is inspired and inherent, was the Holy Ghost confused?
The word 'how!' is in Mark and Luke but not in Matthew.
Pointing out similarities in the two does not explain the differences. The two, being one torn apart by the sin of man, again to be one, most certainly will have similarities by necessity. They are the eternal kingdom from the millennium on. Throughout scripture we have earthly natural/heavenly spiritual, dead/ alive, death/life, corruptible/incorruptible, blind/see.....etc. This is not some bizarre concept. It's bible basics 101 seen from cover to cover.
Hi Sirius :)Do you mean thisYes and No.
I know 'violence' and 'presseth' are the same Greek word. That is not the debate. The debate is, is the same thing being said? What's the context? Is it a recording of the same instance? No in every case. So what did Jesus independently say in Matthew 11?
Now, I know what you are thinking, "you haven't said this in previous post," but I have. You just haven't studied this for three years and don't know it.
As I said before, I would expect there to be differences, just haven't found them myself, that's why I'm actually genuinely interested in what you think the differences are, otherwise I wouldn't be asking. So please share. :)Why should it be a list of differences between 31x KoH in Matthew and 5x KoG in Matthew? You haven't answered this question.
Why are you attempting to limit the discussion to Matthew? Why do expect differences in Matthew alone (and there are)? If you are amil it is likely you will not see them. 'Thy kingdom come' is different than kh at hand and kG at hand but both are His. While Nebuchadnezzar was called king of kings and ruled the kingdom it was God that ruled. Same with Cyrus. Same with Solomon, however there we have the kingdom of the Lord. That was the closest to the millennial reign of Christ this world has ever known :idea:.
Why should it be a list of differences between 31x KoH in Matthew and 5x KoG in Matthew? You haven't answered this question.For the same reason one can't argue that a US author using "pants" and a British author using "trousers" mean different things. But if a Canadian author says "pants" 31x and "trousers" 5x then its possible that he has a distinction in mind.
but pants and trouser ARE the same!....heaven and God are not. I asked someone, anyone, to show them used interchangeable and no one could. In the kingdoms it is assumed. It is not established by Scripture!
but pants and trouser ARE the same!....heaven and God are not. Pants and trousers are the same to whom? FYI where I come from in the UK pants mean underpants, trousers mean pants. This is why we have to compare Matthew with Matthew. Not Matthew with Luke.
You can't answer w/o putting yourself in a pickle.....that was obvious in your first post in the thread.
You focus on trousers and not the discussion "I asked someone, anyone, to show them used interchangeable and no one could. In the kingdoms it is assumed. It is not established by Scripture!"
Can you actually discuss the issue, or not?
You focus on trousers and not the discussionI was trying to help you understand how a word study would work.
Now, your turn, answer my questions.


text:
American Routes Live: Creole Songlines of Leyla McCalla and Saxophonist Donald Harrison's Jazz Journey January 13th, 2021 (Hour 1)
American Routes Live: Creole Songlines of Leyla McCalla and Saxophonist Donald Harrison's Jazz Journey
We go live in concert and conversation with two New Orleans artists each of whom bring their family heritage forward into contemporary music. Singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Leyla McCalla has called New Orleans home for many years, but her family ties are to Haiti. She draws on French Creole roots for inspiration, as well as from the poetry of Langston Hughes. Then jazz saxophonist Big Chief Donald Harrison, whose musical journey includes time in New York with drummer Art Blakey's band, talks about "Afro-New Orleans" culture and demonstrates how to bring soul, funk, and Black carnival traditions into modern jazz.
CHOOSE A YEAR / SHOWING 2018
CREOLES AND COWGIRLS: CHARLIE GABRIEL AND THE QUEBE SISTERS
We hit up Preservation Hall in the French Quarter for a potent dose of trad jazz, as bandleader and fourth-generation Creole musician Charlie Gabriel tells of his Caribbean roots, jazz funerals, and New Orleans' hybrid rhythms. Then we head to the Lonestar state to hear the reworking of jazz into Texas swing, as played by the Quebe Sisters. The fiddling siblings tell of their sheltered upbringing outside Ft. Worth and their fiery baptism into western swing. Plus, we spin other pioneering Creoles — Jelly Roll Morton, Sidney Bechet, and Fats Domino — and country & western greats from Bob Wills to Willie Nelson.
Listen to Hour One
Listen to Hour Two
View Show Playlist
MEMORIAL DAY WITH THE NEA HERITAGE FELLOWS
This Memorial Day, we celebrate the artists and artisans keeping American roots cultures alive. Every year since 1982 the National Endowment for the Arts has presented Heritage fellowships— America's highest honor in "folk & traditional arts." We hear music from past award recipients including swamp boogie chanteuse Carol Fran and bluegrass crooner Del McCoury. And we go live to the 2017 NEA Heritage concert for songs and stories from Puerto Rican percussionist Modesto Cepeda, Hawaiian slack-key guitarist Cyril Pahinui, conjunto accordionist Eva Ybarra, Appalachian buckdancer Thomas Maupin, Danish accordionist Dwight Lamb, Piedmont blues harp player Phil Wiggins, folk music teacher Ella Jenkins, Alaskan weaver Anna Brown Ehlers and Armenian metalworker Norik Astvatsaturov.
BLUES OLD & NEW: BLACK KEYS, ROBERT FINLEY & LUKE WINSLOW-KING
We trace the musical DNA and psychic aura of the blues from its Delta roots to Chicago's electric pioneers, across a patchwork of regional styles and modern day innovators. In an archival interview we talk with blues rockers the Black Keys of Akron, Ohio, about defying genre, eschewing nostalgia, and the blues progenitors who blurred labels like primitive and avant-garde. Age Don't Mean a Thing for 65-year-old Louisiana bluesman Robert Finley, who caught a big break in the last couple years and is now rocking the mic and hitting the road harder than ever. From Cadillac, Michigan to the Crescent City, Luke Winslow-King recalls the bad times and breakups that gave him a deeper understanding of the blues and inspired him to make I'm Glad Trouble Don't Last Always. Plus, we load up the jukebox with our favorites from Howlin' Wolf and Buddy Guy, Johnny Burnette and Buddy Holly, Willie Nelson and Bonnie Raitt.
FAMILY GROOVE: REMEMBERING CHARLES NEVILLE... AND HIS BROTHERS FROM NEW ORLEANS
New Orleans' Neville Brothers—Art, Aaron, Charles and Cyril—are famed for their fiery soul and funk, blues and ballads, Caribbean and Crescent City rhythms. Saxophonist Charles Neville recently passed away. He first learned to play music in the family's uptown Valence Street neighborhood, and quickly took to the stage. By 15 Charles was with the Rabbit Foot Minstrels and later Bobby Blue Bland, B.B. King and Big Maybelle, among others, touring the Jim Crow South. A drug habit landed the sax player in Louisiana's infamous Angola Penitentiary from 1963 to 1966. It was a reforming and learning experience for him, playing bebop jazz with other inmates and integrating prison bands. In the seventies, Charles and his siblings formed the Wild Tchoupitoulas and then the Neville Brothers, bands that blended the homegrown sounds of New Orleans Mardi Gras Indians and street life with modern soul, funk and jazz. We pay tribute to Charles by revisiting our interviews with him and his brothers over the years, as the Nevilles tell stories of family life and their adventures in and beyond the city where they learned their craft.
THE KILLER, THE THRILLER & THE CHILLER: JERRY LEE LEWIS WITH SISTERS LINDA GAIL AND FRANKIE JEAN
From small town Louisiana to Memphis, from hellfire to honky tonk, we trace the meteoric rise, fall and rebound of rocknroll's most wayward son—Jerry Lee Lewis. We talk to the Killer about his hits, his misses and being the last man standing of the "Million Dollar Quartet," which also included Elvis, Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins. Jerry Lee's sister Frankie Jean Lewis, a.k.a. the Chiller, gives us a tour of the family's homestead in Ferriday, LA. Natchez, MS bluesman Hezekiah Early shares memories of Haney's Big House, the Chitlin' Circuit nightclub where underage Jerry Lee sneaked in to hear boogie woogie. Drummer J.M. Van Eaton describes what it was like to record with the Killer during his early Memphis days. Sun Records publicist Barbara Sims recalls the scandal that derailed the pianoman's career. And Linda Gail Lewis, nicknamed the Thriller, tells of her brother's second act as a country star and the string of duets they recorded together, as well as her own career as a pianist and dueting with Van Morrison. Plus, we hear Jerry Lee Lewis's collaborations with Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton and Gillian Welch, among others. All killer, no filler, this week on American Routes.
THE LATEST STREAMS
LOVE IS STRANGE WITH JUDY COLLINS AND JIM LAUDERDALE
AR LIVE: LOUISIANA NEW YEAR'S PARTY WITH CAJUN & ZYDECO AND NEW ORLEANS PIANO & SONG

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Sloane Stephens sat for nine minutes, mostly staring at the court and trying to forget the curious timing of Victoria Azarenka's medical timeout. She may have been the only one trying to ignore it.
The 19-year-old American had just saved five match points and broken Azarenka. But she knew she had to hold serve to stay in her first Grand Slam semifinal whenever Azarenka - the No. 1 player and defending Australian Open champion - returned to Rod Laver Arena.
The restless murmuring in the crowd gave way to slow claps. Why had Azarenka chosen that very moment for a medical break?
Azarenka eventually hustled onto the court, and Stephens won only three more points, losing 6-1, 6-4.
The crowd that had cheered wildly for Stephens, only 25 hours after she ousted an injured Serena Williams, gave Azarenka tepid applause as she left the court. She'll face 2011 finalist Li Na in the final Saturday night. Given the support Li enjoyed in her 6-2, 6-2 win over No. 2-ranked Maria Sharapova, there's no question which player the crowd will favor in the title match.
Azarenka's immediate post-match remarks suggest she panicked after failing to convert five match points, her forehand misfiring. She had little trouble finishing the match after she came back, and the No. 29-seeded Stephens had cooled off.
The 23-year-old Belarusian said she was later compelled to explain that she misunderstood the question in the on-court interview, and she wanted to dispel the perception that her medical timeout amounted to little more than gamesmanship.
``I understand the point of people maybe not understanding what I said; me not understanding what I've been asked,'' she said during an official news conference more than two-thirds devoted to questions on her medical timeout. ``So I'm just glad that I'm here, you know, to make everything clear.
Medical staff said Azarenka had timeouts for treatment of left knee and rib injuries. The rib needed to be manipulated because it was affecting her breathing. Tournament director Craig Tiley said Azarenka hadn't broken any rules.
Azarenka hadn't helped herself in a second television interview after the match when she said she couldn't breathe.
She tried to allay any negative perception with her explanation that the choking was related to shortness of breath from the rib injury, not her faltering game.
``When you cannot breathe you start to panic,'' she said. ``I was really panicking, not because I couldn't convert my match point. That's not the case. I mean, I'm experienced enough to go over those emotions. But when you cannot breathe, when something's really blocking you, the stress - that was the stress I was talking about.
Azarenka had retired during previous Grand Slam matches, including a fourth-round match against Serena Williams at the 2009 Australian Open. But with a second major title so close, and the fact she needed to reach the final to retain the No. 1 ranking, she desperately didn't want to quit this time.
For her part, Stephens seemed sympathetic. She had to wait through a medical timeout Wednesday when Williams received treatment for a sore back - the 15-time major winner injured herself after leading by a set and a break. Another rival earlier in the tournament took a long break between sets for other reasons.
Besides, Stephens said, it didn't affect the outcome of the match.
Novak Djokovic dispensed with No. 4-seeded David Ferrer 6-2, 6-2, 6-1 in the night match, saying he ``played perfectly'' to reach his third consecutive Australian Open title match. Then he dispensed some medical advice of his own.
The Serb, who won the Australian titles in 2008, 2011 and 2012, wore a white shirt with a red cross on the back, pretending to be a doctor to treat Henri Leconte during a legends doubles match at Rod Laver Arena.
He's relaxed now that he has an extra day to prepare for Sunday's final. Djokovic will next play the winner of Friday's semifinal between No. 2 Roger Federer, a four-time Australian Open champion, and No. 3 Andy Murray, the U.S. Open champion.
Djokovic lost only seven points in 11 service games against Ferrer, and hit 30 crisp, clean winners in an almost flawless performance.
He played confidently in the first two sets, and was sublime in the third. Even Ferrer, who has now lost five Grand Slam semifinals and never reached a championship match, was surprised.
After hitting a forehand a fraction wide of the line and losing his challenge in a review, Ferrer double-faulted to give Djokovic match point. The errors were a measure of just how much pressure Djokovic was applying.
Right after his semifinal, Djokovic started playing mind games leading to the final.


Enable or disable wifi. Wi-fi is usually best for network speed and battery performance. However, if you're using Accompany on a shared wi-fi network with many other connected devices, it may be slower than 4G or LTE networks. Check both states to see which mode is fastest in your situation.
Check other apps to see if they're hogging bandwidth. Is your phone running updates from the App Store or streaming the latest episode of Silicon Valley on HBO Now? If so, close those apps and reopen Accompany to see if that helps speed things up.
Check Safari for uncached / live-updating pages. Similar to the above, if there are a ton of Safari pages open that are pulling down data, you may need to close them or Safari altogether.
Still slow? Head to Speedtest on your device and send us the results!


Whether you're watching from the couch or within the stadium, you'll be the biggest Oakland Athletics fan around when you sport this 50th Anniversary Alternate On-Field Patch Flex Base Custom Jersey! This Majestic jersey features bold Oakland Athletics graphics??as well as Flex Base technology that provides a lightweight feel??that will showcase your team pride no matter where you watch the game. No one will be able to top your game day style when you show up in this crisp top.


Deep black current in both color and flavor introduces this bright Syrah. Amazingly refined for such youth. A serious wine giving up aromas of blueberries and violets as well as hints of assorted meaty nuances, blackberry and currants. A plethora of short supple tannins soft as a baby‰۪s bottom. Blessed with a silky current of black raspberry and cassis flavors that glide along and flow to a full-bodied, seamless wine that has terrific fruit intensity and a blockbuster finish.


text:
Teen Brain Volume Changes with Small Amount of Cannabis Use
Summary: Even small amounts of cannabis use in teens can alter gray matter volume in the brain, a new study reports. Researchers report those exposed to cannabis had more gray matter volume in the amygdala and hippocampus, areas of the brain linked to emotional processes and memory development.
Source: Larner College of Medicine.
At a time when several states are moving to legalize recreational use of marijuana, new research shows that concerns about the drug's impact on teens may be warranted. The study, published in The Journal of Neuroscience, shows that even a small amount of cannabis use by teenagers is linked to differences in their brains.
Senior author and University of Vermont (UVM) Professor of Psychiatry Hugh Garavan, Ph.D., and first author and former UVM postdoctoral fellow Catherine Orr, Ph.D., say this research is the first to find evidence that an increase in gray matter volume in certain parts of the adolescent brain is a likely consequence of low-level marijuana use.
Few studies have looked at the effects of the first few uses of a drug, says Garavan. Most researchers focus on heavy marijuana users later in life and compare them against non-users. These new findings identify an important new area of focus.
"Consuming just one or two joints seems to change gray matter volumes in these young adolescents," Garavan says.
The new study, part of a long-term European project known as IMAGEN, included 46 kids who reported having used cannabis once or twice by age 14. Their brains showed more gray matter volume in areas where cannabis binds, known as cannabinoid receptors, compared to the kids who didn't use the drug. The biggest differences in gray matter were in the amygdala, which is involved in fear and other emotion-related processes, and in the hippocampus, involved in memory development and spatial abilities.
Exploiting the advantages of the study's longitudinal data, the researchers ruled out the likelihood that the cannabis-using kids had pre-existing differences in gray matter thickness or that they had specific personality traits that might correlate with the difference in brain makeup. NeuroscienceNews.com image is in the public domain.
Exploiting the advantages of the study's longitudinal data, the researchers ruled out the likelihood that the cannabis-using kids had pre-existing differences in gray matter thickness or that they had specific personality traits that might correlate with the difference in brain makeup.
"The implication is that this is potentially a consequence of cannabis use," Garavan says. "You're changing your brain with just one or two joints. Most people would likely assume that one or two joints would have no impact on the brain."
What the increased brain matter volume means is unclear.
Typically at that age, Garavan says, the adolescent brain undergoes a "pruning" process, where it gets thinner, rather than thicker as it refines its synaptic connections.
"One possibility is they've actually disrupted that pruning process," Garavan says of the marijuana-using kids.
About this neuroscience research article
Garavan spearheaded the IMAGEN project with several European colleagues in 2008 while he was at Trinity College Dublin in Ireland. IMAGEN has collected brain-imaging data from 2,000 children in Ireland, England, France and Germany, starting when they were 14 and continuing through age 23. The goal is to examine the influence of biological, psychological and environmental factors in adolescence on brain development and mental health.
Funding: The study was supported by European Union Joint Programme – Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Swedish Research Council FORMAS, Medical Research Council, National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, Maudsley National Health Service Foundation Trust.
For the Brain, Context Is Key to New Theory of Movement and Memory
Source: Jennifer Nachbur – Larner College of Medicine
Publisher: Organized by NeuroscienceNews.com.
Image Source: NeuroscienceNews.com image is in the public domain.
Original Research: Abstract for "Grey Matter Volume Differences Associated with Extremely Low Levels of Cannabis Use in Adolescence" by Catherine Orr, Philip Spechler, Zhipeng Cao, Matthew Albaugh, Bader Chaarani, Scott Mackey, Deepak D'Souza, Nicholas Allgaier, Tobias Banaschewski, Arun L.W. Bokde, Uli Bromberg, Christian Büchel, Erin Burke Quinlan, Patricia Conrod, Sylvane Desrivières, Herta Flor, Vincent Frouin, Penny Gowland, Andreas Heinz, Bernd Ittermann, Jean-Luc Martinot, Marie-Laure Paillère Martinot, Frauke Nees, Dimitri Papadopoulos Orfanos, Tomáš Paus, Luise Poustka, Sabina Millenet, Juliane H. Fröhner, Rajiv Radhakrishnan, Michael N. Smolka, Henrik Walter, Robert Whelan, Gunter Schumann, Alexandra Potter and Hugh Garavan in Journal of Neuroscience. Published January 14 2019.
doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3375-17.2018
Cite This NeuroscienceNews.com Article
[cbtabs][cbtab title="MLA"]Larner College of Medicine"Teen Brain Volume Changes with Small Amount of Cannabis Use." NeuroscienceNews. NeuroscienceNews, 14 January 2019.
<https://neurosciencenews.com/teen-brain-cannabis-10532/>.[/cbtab][cbtab title="APA"]Larner College of Medicine(2019, January 14). Teen Brain Volume Changes with Small Amount of Cannabis Use. NeuroscienceNews. Retrieved January 14, 2019 from https://neurosciencenews.com/teen-brain-cannabis-10532/[/cbtab][cbtab title="Chicago"]Larner College of Medicine"Teen Brain Volume Changes with Small Amount of Cannabis Use." https://neurosciencenews.com/teen-brain-cannabis-10532/ (accessed January 14, 2019).[/cbtab][/cbtabs]
Grey Matter Volume Differences Associated with Extremely Low Levels of Cannabis Use in Adolescence
Rates of cannabis use among adolescents are high, and are increasing concurrent with changes in the legal status of marijuana and societal attitudes regarding its use. Recreational cannabis use is understudied, especially in the adolescent period when neural maturation may make users particularly vulnerable to the effects of Δ-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) on brain structure. In the current study, we used voxel-based morphometry to compare grey matter volume (GMV) in 46 fourteen year old human adolescents (males and females) with just one or two instances of cannabis use and carefully matched THC-naïve controls. We identified extensive regions in the bilateral medial temporal lobes as well as the bilateral posterior cingulate, lingual gyri, and cerebellum that showed greater GMV in the cannabis users. Analysis of longitudinal data confirmed that GMV differences were unlikely to precede cannabis use. GMV in the temporal regions was associated with contemporaneous performance on the Perceptual Reasoning Index and with future generalized anxiety symptoms in the cannabis users. The distribution of GMV effects mapped onto biomarkers of the endogenous cannabinoid system providing insight into possible mechanisms for these effects.
Significance Statement
Almost 35% of American 10th graders have reported using cannabis and existing research suggests that initiation of cannabis use in adolescence is associated with long-term neurocognitive effects. We understand very little about the earliest effects of cannabis use, however, as most research is conducted in adults with a heavy pattern of lifetime use. This study presents evidence suggesting structural brain and cognitive effects of just one or two instances of cannabis use in adolescence. Converging evidence suggests a role for the endocannabinoid system in these effects. This research is particularly timely as the legal status of cannabis is changing in many jurisdictions and the perceived risk by youth associated with smoking cannabis has declined in recent years.
Feel free to share this Neuroscience News.
I agree to have my personal information transferred to AWeber for Neuroscience Newsletter ( more information )
Sign up to receive our recent neuroscience headlines and summaries sent to your email once a day, totally free.
We hate spam and only use your email to contact you about newsletters. You can cancel your subscription any time.
amygdalabrain developmentcannabisdevelopmental neurosciencegray mattergray matter volumeLarner College of MedicineneurobiologyneurodevelopmentNeuroscienceteensTHC
ShareTweetShareShareSubmit5Email
Neuroscience News posts science research news from labs, universities, hospitals and news departments around the world. Science articles can cover neuroscience, psychology, AI, robotics, neurology, brain cancer, mental health, machine learning, autism, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, brain research, depression and other topics related to cognitive sciences.
Radic says:
Hi James
Imho. Both is possible. Phyto cannabinoids mimic Endo cannabinoids, which activate the endo cannabinoid system. The main focus of the endo cannabinoid system is to maintain homeostasis on a cellular level. For the endo cannabinoid system to be able to maintain balance, it must be able to increase or decrease, as required to achieve homeostasis.
The endo cannabinoid system is crucial for the growing body and that includes the brain, breast milk, (which is said to be brain food) contains endo cannabinoids essential for healthy baby.
Phyto cannabinoids mimic endo cannabinoids which are neuro protective THC protects brain cells
James Tripp says:
Increase in Grey matter
https://neurosciencenews.com/teen-brain-cannabis-10532/
Decrease in Grey matter;
These results suggests that small GM volumes in the medial temporal lobe are a risk factor for heavy cannabis use or that the effect of cannabis on GM reductions is limited to adolescence with no further damage of continued use after early adulthood.
The results showed that compared with controls, marijuana users had significantly less bilateral orbitofrontal gyri volume, higher functional connectivity in the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) network, and higher structural connectivity in tracts that innervate the OFC (forceps minor) as measured by fractional anisotropy (FA).
https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2014/11/05/1415297111
So which is it? Increase or decrease?


Five days has passed and I hear Fionas claws tripping on the parquet floors, her "miffling" (don't ask me to explain that LOL) and a slight moaning and groaning when she mustered the stairs. It is very quiet over here, Arwen and Diego isn't making much noise or demand anything, probably still quite confused.
All have a lovely weekend!


text:
Q: Datatables rowreorder moves only by one line I am having a problem with jQuery Datatables, just added rowReorder option to my table, the problem is that when I drag and drop the selected row it moves only by one row. The option that I used was:
rowReorder: true,

Example:
https://jsfiddle.net/4gfh00u8/
Tried looking at the documentation or answers but didn't find a solution.

A: You need to have a column or data property with a sequence number. By default, RowReorder extension is looking for it in the first column.
In the basic initialization example, it says:

The first column in the table is a sequence number that provides the basis for the ordering.

If you don't want to display sequence number in the table, you can also specify data source for sequence number with rowReorder.dataSrc.
There are couple other issues with your code, for example, ordering should not be disabled with order: false. Also there is a typo in columnDefs option name.
See updated example for code and demonstration.

A: The solution is rowReorder.update, as the docs say:

By default RowReorder will [...] redraw the table to account for any changes in ordering.
This action is not always desirable, particularly if you are using
server-side processing or wish to have an external process update the
data

So we can disable the update and handle the reordering event (storing the new ordering to db) with a custom function (with table.on('row-reorder')):
"rowReorder": {
    dataSrc: 5, // hidden column, it contains the object id
    update: false
},

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


TutorialsPunch.com is an active platform for downloading the free and trial software. The main objective of our website is to provide high-quality virus-free downloading service with a user-friendly environment. For this purpose, we collect software from all around the online world and put them on our high-speed servers to provide excellent downloading speed along with a completely unique handwritten description.
TutorialsPunch.com is in compliance with 17 U.S.C. * 512 and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). It is our policy to respond to any infringement notices and take appropriate actions under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and other applicable intellectual property laws. In case if you find any copyrighted file or software on our server and you want to remove it, simply inform us with solid written proofs and evidence. We will take action immediately and remove your files and software within 3 business days after your submission of DMCA complaint. Please be aware that you will be liable for damages (including costs and attorneys' fees) if you misrepresent information listed on our site that is infringing on your copyrights.
A statement that the complaining party has a good faith that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
Send us your copyright infringement claim at duptup4[@]gmail.com with this info and we will come to you within 3 business days.


text:
Electricity / Power: Mains, Solar, Hydro & Wind Power
Green Living In The Philippines
Robinson's Mall, Dumaguete Poised to be Solar Powered!
By Knowdafish, April 12, 2015 in Electricity / Power: Mains, Solar, Hydro & Wind Power
Knowdafish 1,772
I'm a Guppy!
Location:Dumaguete
Philippines:Current resident
https://ph.news.yahoo.com/robinsons-malls-solar-visayas-030000274.html
In line with its renewable energy program, Gokongwei-owned Robinsons Land Corp. (RLC) is poised to install rooftop solar panels on three of its malls in Visayas -- namely, in Dumaguete, Roxas, and Iloilo.
Provided by contractor Solar Philippines, the off-grid solar photo voltaic (PV) panels will cover for roughly 20 percent of each mall's electricity consumption. This should cut back approximately P1 million in electrical expenditures, and offset as much as 1,100 tons of carbon dioxide (C02) emissions annually, according to RLC.
Robinsons Place Palawan stands as the first of the company's chain of malls to benefit from solar energy. The mall now runs its light fixtures, escalators, and elevators on 4,710 solar panels installed over 15,000 square meters. To date, it is the biggest off-grid rooftop solar power system in the Philippines.
Frederick Go, RLC President, expressed that the Palawan solar facilities "serve as the company's noble contribution to be part of the global solution to avert global warming and lessen our country's dependence on imported fossil fuel through the development of clean and green energy." Additionally, the solar facilities should "aid in addressing the looming power shortage by reducing energy consumption from the grid."
"What is good about solar power, weather permitting, is that the peak energy production coincides with the mall's peak load during the day thus further relieving the burden on the local electric cooperative during peak hours," said Go.
According to Go, the company is prioritizing its retail centers in Visayas due to the high cost of electricity in the region (Palawan is the largest island not serviced by the National Grid Corporation). RLC has further plans to expand its solar panels to five to six malls once the panels have been equipped for the current batch.
...."This should cut back approximately P1 million in electrical expenditures."
1 million per month? I would imagine that is what is being talked about in the article but that means they spend 5 million pesos a month now on electricity?
Edited April 12, 2015 by Knowdafish
A_Simple_Man 6,187
Location:Living in Dumaguete
It seems they are copying SM Malls who did this last year:
Solar power system provider Solar Philippines is "energizing" SM North Edsa with a 1.5-megawatt (MW) solar facility, making it the world's biggest solar-powered mall.
Read more: http://technology.inquirer.net/39483/worlds-biggest-solar-powered-mall-in-ph#ixzz3X6nWVJw6
It seems to be the owner's business model.
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/business/11/24/14/meet-21-year-old-yale-student-behind-solar-philippines?hc_location=ufi
Irenicus 7,808
Bill Murray 2016!
Location:Dramaguete
5,290 panels. 1.5 MW. Excess production is being passed on to NORECO as a credit or sumthinoranother.
Magnum (Default)
Copyright © 2019 Living in Cebu Forums Powered by Invision Community
Please disable AdBlock browser extension first, to be able to use our forum.
Members who donate to the forum are exempt from this requirement.
By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use, Privacy Policy and Guidelines. We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue..


Royale (Night Club) – Rock On Boston!
Spacious multilevel megaclub draws trendy crowds for DJs, dancing & live-music shows.
21 – Tennis with special guest, overcoats.
26 – Echosmith with 2 special guests: The Score and Jena Rose.


On Fox News Sunday, Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chair of the House Investigations Committee pushing for more information from the Obama administration about the $535 million loan guarantee to benefit Solyndra, was asked about a company in his district applying for a loan for which he advocated.
I write to express my support of Aptera Motors' application for a loan under the Department of Energy's 136 Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Incentive Program (ATVMIP). Funding will allow Aptera to establish U.S. manufacturing facilities for the commercial production of its plug-in and hybrid electric cars. Aptera Motors plans to purchase and equip manufacturing facilities to begin commercial scale production of its energy efficient electric vehicles. Awarding this opportunity to Aptera Motors will greatly assist a leading developer of electric vehicles in my district.
Electric vehicle initiatives like Aptera's will aid U.S long-term energy goals by shifting away from fossil fuels and using viable renewable energy sources like plug-in electric energy. Additionally, Aptera's vehicles will reduce dependence on foreign oil and enhance energy security. Aptera's project will also promote domestic job creation throughout California as well as in other states.
Unlike many other electric vehicles, Aptera's energy efficient electric vehicles have a range of over 100 miles per charge and the possibility to become one of the most energy efficient vehicles in the world. A loan to Aptera will help accelerate the move from gasoline-powered vehicles to cleaner electric vehicles.
I urge you to give Aptera Motors' Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Incentive Program funding application full consideration. If I can be of further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me or my Press Assistant, XXXXX.
WALLACE: Congressman Issa, we're going to have to leave there. We want to thank you so much for coming in today and we will stay on top of both stories, sir.
Yes, we'd like to thank you for blithely lying to the American public. Sir.
The important things is: when you want to deflect the message, attack the messenger. That's why politicians are held in such high esteem.
On the other hand, maybe we could just read the Constitution and The Federalist (41) and notice there's no authority by which government can offer loans, monies, guarantees or anything else including welfare or medical payments. Don't like that? Fine, so have the courage and get the votes to change the Constitution; make it a progressive document, which it certainly is not. Legalize progressive taxation and wealth transfer, which is theft with a happy face. Put it in writing, 'cause right now the writing ain't there.
Older Article: Sewage spill during the black-out? What sewage spill?


In a strong showing at the Capital District Science Olympiad regional competition on March 4, the Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk Middle School team placed third overall with a total of nine individual medals in the competition.
RCS students between grades 6 and 9 practiced twice a week since October in preparation for more than 20 team and individual events. Topics ranged from anatomy and ecology to optics and wind power.


You are here: Home / What's Happening / Events and Happenings / Thank you for the gold!
Thank you for the gold!
https://www.salonzinnia.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/2017-SZ-Gold-thank-you-email-01.jpg 684 541 pattycarran https://www.salonzinnia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/SZ-logo_turq-01.png pattycarran2018-01-22 20:31:082018-01-22 20:31:08Thank you for the gold!
13 Lucky Days of Xmas!


For budding costume designer Lola Nolan, the more outrageous, the outfit – more sparkly, more fun, more wild – the better. But even though Lola's style is outrageous, she's a devoted daughter and friend with some big plans for the future. And everything is pretty perfect (right down to her hot rocker boyfriend) until the dreaded Bell twins move back into the house next door.
So, this is going to sound terrible, but I wasn't necessarily super-interested in this book until a couple days ago. Don't get me wrong–I really like Stephanie Perkins as a writer, and I really enjoyed Anna and the French Kiss, but for some reason, the jacket copy of this didn't grab me.
"Exactly how tall IS Étienne?
My lips are sealed. But, yes, I assure you that he's shorter than Anna. I had a great joke that revealed his height in Lola and the Boy Next Door, but I cut it due to pacing issues. Maybe you'll see the joke in Isla and the Happily Ever After? Hmm . . .
I'm kinda kicking myself for not making the connection (via setting) earlier. Normally I'm on top of that sort of thing. But, I will say that that made me a very happy Bethie when I read it and now I am SUPER EXCITED to read Lola.
Waiting on Wednesday is weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.
This is one of the books that I HAVE to have. Love Stephanie Perkins, love ANNA, can't wait for LOLA. Or ISLA, for that matter. Great pick!
Agggh, this one can't come soon enough! I absolutely love Stephanie Perkins and ANNA is one of my alltime favourite reads! 😀Check out my WOW this week!


text:
Will and Kate Share a New Photo of Their Kids
Prince William and Kate Share a Never-Before-Seen Photo of George, Charlotte, & Louis For Father's Day
The Cambridge kids look adorable hugging their dad!
By Annie Goldsmith Published: Jun 22, 2021
This weekend, dads around the world celebrated Father's Day, enjoying special moments with their children. The British royal family was no exception, and they marked the holiday on Instagram, where Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, posted a collection of family photos. The post included a never-before-seen photo of the Cambridge kids, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis.
The photo, in the bottom left corner of the collage, appears to have been captured at Trooping the Colour in 2019. The sweet shot features Prince William and the three children, with Prince George hugging his dad's leg as William carries Prince Louis. The Duke of Cambridge is in uniform, and the royal kids sport dressy daytime attire.
"Wishing fathers everywhere a happy Father's Day," the caption reads.
Also included in the post are photos of Prince Charles with William and Harry, Kate and her father, Michael, at Cambridges' wedding, and a photo, taken by the Duchess of Cambridge, with Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip, and their great-grandchildren.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were not the only royals to post in honor of Father's Day. The more general royal family account, @theroyalfamily, used the day to remember the late Prince Philip. This is the royal family's first Father's Day without the long-serving royal consort and patriarch. The post included a photo of the Queen with her father, King George VI, Prince Philip, and a young Prince Charles taken at Balmoral in 1951.
"To all dads everywhere, we wish you a very special Father's Day," the caption reads. "To mark #FathersDay we are sharing this photograph of The Queen with her father, King George VI, and Prince Philip watching a young Prince Charles sitting on a statue at Balmoral in 1951."
From: Town & Country US
Annie Goldsmith
News Writer
Annie Goldsmith is the news writer for Town & Country, where she covers culture, politics, style, and the British royal family.
Dakota Johnson Wore a Super Low-Cut Nude Dress
'Today' Fans Are Attacking Savannah Guthrie's IG
'Yellowstone' Fans React to Kelsey Asbille's Dress
Fans Beg For Matthew Gray Gubler's Return to TV
See Joanna Gaines's "Amazing" Selfie With Daughter
J.Lo Wore a Totally Sheer Naked Dress
Nicole Kidman's Cutout Dress Left Fans in a Daze
125 Fun, Random Facts to Share
Why 'Today' Fans Are Reaching Out to Al Roker


text:
'Distant cousins and spouses, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, 1935 during the first of his four terms as President.'
Published July 1, 2012 at 500 × 410 in Distant cousins and spouses, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, 1935 during the first of his four terms as President.
Distant cousins and spouses, Franklin D. and Eleanor Roosevelt, 1935, during the first of his four terms as President


text:
What is Spin-off | Working, Types, Advantages and Disadvantages
A variety of corporate actions like acquisitions, mergers, buybacks, bonus shares and the like tend to influence the market operations by bringing in drastic changes in the market shares.
Test your knowledge about topics related to business
Productivity means how much was done compared to what it took to do it.
Which of the following countries are part of the WTO?
All of these countries are part of the WTO
What is revenue?
The difference between the debit and the credit sides of an account.
Total sales during a stated period.
The money received by a business from customers.
Which country's currency is called the Baht?
A person who risks both time and money to start and manage a business is called ___________.
How does Spin-off work?
Types of Spin-offs
Advantages of Spin-off
Disadvantages of Spin-off
Therefore, market participants and investors need to be alert and well-aware of the meaning and outcomes of these corporate actions to avoid encountering any market risks.
One of such corporate actions that tend to affect market operations significantly is a corporate spin-off.
A spin-off is a form of operational manoeuvring that entails the dissolution of an existing subsidiary of a parent company and the establishment of a new independent company.
The resultant company is termed as the Company Spun-off and is created with an eagerness for generating more value than the parent company. As such, a spin-off can also be considered a form of divestiture.
First of all, it is crucial to note that a spin-off is a form of mandatory corporate action. It follows that a decision to venture for a spin-off can be taken only by the board members. The shareholders have no right to vote in this context.
When a parent company ventures for a spin-off, it dispenses a hundred per cent of its holding interest in the company spun-off in the form of a stock dividend to the extant shareholders in proportion to their ownership in the parent company.
The parent company can also give its extant shareholders discount offers to swap their shares in the parent corporation for a holding in the spin-off. For example, the parent company can offer its shareholders to barter their $100 of the parent corporation's stock for $200 of the company spun-off stock.
Generally, it takes six months to more than two years for a spin-off to take off. Once the decision to establish a spin-off has been taken, the following significant steps are likely to follow.
Identification and selection of a team of competent leaders for the spin-off company.
Generating a suitable operating model.
Chalking out an appropriate financial plan.
Informing and explaining the terms and conditions of the spin-off to the extant shareholders.
Completing all the required legal procedures.
Taking other vital steps to enable the spin-off company to create a distinct identity of its own unless the company spun-off finally takes off.
Generally, the company spun-off assumes a new name and a separate management structure. However, it inherits its intellectual properties, assets, human and other resources from the parent company.
Besides that, in the majority of cases, the company spun-off may continue to receive technological and financial support from the parent corporation.
Based on the proportion of holdings retained by the parent company, a spin-off can be classified into two types.
No ownership: The parent company does not retain any shares in the company spun-off. All the shares are dispensed among the extant shareholders. Consequently, the company spun-off becomes autonomous on taking off.
Partial ownership: The parent company can acquire up to 20 per cent in the company spun-off, leaving the rest to be distributed among the extant shareholders. In this case, the parent company retains the power to regulate the operations of the company spun-off and have some say in the decision-making process.
A corporation may choose to go for a spin-off for a variety of reasons. Among them, the following are the most significant reasons to venture for a spin-off.
For better focus: Certain subsidiaries of a parent company may have different yet promising business goals and strategic priorities. To unravel the full potential of these divisions and streamline its management and financial operations, the parent company may choose to turn these subsidiaries into independent companies.
Lack of success in selling off a subsidiary: Spin-off is the last option chosen by a parent company to separate itself from its sick subsidiary.
To lessen the agency costs: To diversify its business interests, a company may sometimes acquire or establish divisions that are in stark contrast to its core capabilities. Consequently, the investors may either show zero interest or may oppose those new subsidiaries. To lessen the agency costs incurred from resolving these disputes, the parent company may choose to get separated from the new divisions by turning them into independent companies.
To get rid of risks and debts: A company may opt for creating a spin-off if it finds that one of its subsidiaries has a long-term potential but is currently going through losses and is turning into a burden for the parent company. The company spun off may or may not inherit its debts based on the parent company's decision.
To lessen overhead: A company can get rid of the overhead of its subsidiary by turning it into an independent company.
Although a company ventures for a spin-off in the hope of lucrative returns, the process is not without its share of disadvantages.
Volatile share price: The share price of spin-offs tends to be extremely unstable. It may dip in the short term despite having long term potential.
Dependent on market trends: The turbulent market trends tend to influence spin-offs a lot. If the market is strong, the spin-offs can outperform. Conversely, if the market is weak, the spin-offs can underperform.
Costly process: The cost of venturing into a spin-off is quite extortionate as there are too many legal and other institutional matters involved.
Shareholders' discomfort: The shareholders of the parent corporation may not want the shares of the company spun-off because of its incompatibility with their investment standards.
Employees' distress: The employees of the subsidiary may become uncomfortable with the idea of a spin-off as they may have joined that division due to its connection with the parent corporation. Besides that, they may become distressed on the face of spin-off related uncertainties.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304405X99000173
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.2307/4131471
What is VAT? | Definition, Working, Types, Advantages and Disadvantages
What is Trading? | Types, Advantages and Disadvantages
What is Accounting Concept? Definition, Types, Advantages and Disadvantages
What is Mortgage? | Definition, Types, Advantages and Disadvantages
What is Annuity? | Definition, Types, Advantages and Disadvantages


This article is part of the Cinder's remixes series, [full article here]. This video is a 360° journey through a digitally burned down forest. Warning for some reason youtube sometimes crashes while viewing the video in 360° while embedded on my website.


text:
Q: Preserve asp.net Session Data on Authorize.NET webhook response I am trying to upgrade Authorize.NET from CIM to Accept Hosted, and stuck on this problem:
Authorize.NET Accept Hosted needs 2 urls for the configuration.

*

*Return URL, which redirects the user to home page, after a successful payment.

*A webhook url, to which the Authorization.Net webhook will post transID.

On redirect, I need to access application specific payment details, which are stored in the current session. Note: These are not the authorize.net payment details, I can get them from webhook->transID->GetTransactionDetails
In CIM, the redirect url contained the Payment information from AuthorizeNET(transID, etc.), as well as the app-specific session Payment information. So I was able to process both of them in a single handler, which was called on the redirect.
However in the new api, when a webhook sends post data on my webhook URL, it does it asynchronously, using a different session than the session on which payment was made.
So when I receive transID and subsequent payment details from AuthorizeNET, it has no idea about the session dependent application specific payment details.
My question is, how can I preserve the session-specific data, after I receive the Authorize.Net's payment details?
Has anyone encountered a similar problem? What's the best approach to fix this?

A: You can't maintain a session across systems so you need an alternative way of storing that data and retrieving it once the user returns to your site. A common way to do this is to persist that data in a database and storing the identifier for that data in a cookie or in a custom field that Authorize.Net will pass through for you as part of the transaction and returning redirect. In this case the return URL you pass in hostedPaymentReturnOptions.url can containa query string with that identifier (i.e. https://www.yoursite.com/return_url?id=12345). Then once the user returns back to your site you can use that identifier to retrieve their session data from the database and add it back into their session.


text:
Home News Woman found dead with body 'partially eaten'
Woman found dead with body 'partially eaten'
Peter McLaren-Kennedy
11 January 2022 @ 14:32
A woman who was reported missing in December has been found dead with her body partially eaten according to Police in Ayshire. The officers who discovered the body say that it had been gnawed at by wildlife, possibly a fox or badger.
It is believed that the woman went missing after her car broke down near Monkton in Ayrshire. The 55 year-old is thought to have walked away from her Citroen car when it broke down a little over a week before Christmas.
A missing persons inquiry was launched after the woman's car was found on a country road.
The woman from the Airdrie is understood to have begun walking through fields near the Ayrshire village on 18 December, after phoning for a car recovery service.
Her body was found the following day about a mile from her car with help from a sniffer dog.
Police confirmed on Monday that her death is not being treated as suspicious.
Officers who discovered the body said it had been partially eaten by wildlife. It is believed that badgers or foxes may have been responsible for the mauling.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "Around 11.20pm on Saturday, December 18, police were called to a report of a possible abandoned Citroen car found on an unclassified road near to Monkton.
"Officers attended and the initial investigations failed to trace the registered keeper and officers started a missing person enquiry.
"Around 4.55pm on Sunday, December 19, officers searching for the missing 55-year-old woman found a body in a field approximately one mile from where the car was discovered.
"The death is not being treated as suspicious and a report was submitted to the procurator fiscal."
According to an unnamed source, the woman had phoned the AA to try to get them to come and help. But rather than waiting with the vehicle, she got out and walked away, cutting through the fields where she died.
Police always advise to stay with your vehicle unless there is reason not to do so, why this woman didn't is unclear but it did result in the woman being found dead with her body partially eaten by animals in the area.


text:
Valencia, Ready to Take the Podium in the LGBTQ+ Arena
By IGLTA Contributor on Mar. 28, 2022
Valencia is in the spotlight this year. If you haven't visited this beautiful city on Spain's Mediterranean coast yet, you will soon find something to tempt you. The most glamorous film stars descended here for the ceremony of the Goya Awards, Spain´s answer to the Oscars. Foodies gathered for the presentation of the new Michelin guide for Spain and Portugal. And the city has also been chosen as World Design Capital and European Capital of Smart Tourism 2022, attracting the most creative and environmentally conscious minds.
An open-minded and welcoming city, Valencia has long been a popular destination amongst the LGBTQ+ community too. This is one of the many reasons why the city has been selected to host the Gay Games 2026. The largest international sporting and cultural event to promote equality for all will take place in Valencia from 25 May to 7 June 2026, attracting around 15,000 athletes from around the world, and thousands of visitors. Put it in your diary now!
Beach volleyball, hockey, football, rugby, kayaking, sailing, tennis, cycling, golf—athletes will compete in more than 30 different types of sports. It also will include local specialties such as Valencian pilot (a fast-paced court game where players use their hands instead of rackets to hit the ball), and even the latest fads such as quidditch, the "game of wizards and witches," and e-sports. The sporting calendar will be complemented with a full program of cultural activities.
Of course, you don't need to wait until 2026 to enjoy any of these sports in Valencia, whether as a spectator or to practice them yourself. With a mild climate and excellent sports facilities, this is a great place to keep fit. Add in a delicious Mediterranean cuisine based on the abundant fresh produce from the sea and the fertile Huerta (coastal plain) that surrounds the city, and long strolls along golden beaches and green spaces like the Jardin del Turia, and you'll certainly come back home with a healthy glow.
Besides, whenever you visit Valencia, you will be able to enjoy the city's fascinating mix of tradition and innovation; a thriving cultural scene with annual events like the Mostra La Paloma, an international film festival that celebrates gender and sexual diversity; and vibrant nightlife with plenty of bars and music venues flying the rainbow flag.
2022, The Year of Valencia.
As World Design Capital 2022, the city has a full program of special exhibitions, conferences, and many other events to celebrate the very best in design and creativity throughout this year. Don't miss the World Design Street Festival, from 19 to 25 September, when art installations and open studios will fill the streets of the city. Or the World Design Experience, an international festival that will attract leading design figures for four days of talks, concerts, workshops, and masterclasses, from 13 to 18 June.
At the City of Arts and Sciences, one of the icons of Valencia and a shining example of modern design, a new hashtag sculpture reminds visitors that the city is also the European Capital of Smart Tourism 2022. Take a selfie with it and share it on social media to join in the debate about smart tourism and be part of this year's celebrations. The sculpture will move throughout the city starting in the city hall plaza and later moving to the Valencia Marina from June 20, 2022.
Many other initiatives and events are being used to promote smart tourism in Valencia this year, and you too can be a smart tourist. Download city guides and maps on your phone. And, to help reduce waste, you will find new fountains around town to refill your water bottle.
You can easily explore Valencia's old town on foot, enjoying new pedestrianized public areas. Or, if you prefer, hire a bike to move around—the city's flat topography and extensive network of cycle lanes make it easy. Also, travel further afield. The Albufera Natural Park, just half an hour south of the city, is one of Europe's most important wetlands, and a haven for wildlife. You will also find countless hectares of rice fields—this is, after all, the birthplace of paella, and the best place to try Spain's most international dish.
The time to visit Valencia is now, but with so much on offer in a city that is sustainable, innovative, and, above all, inclusive, you'll certainly want to come back again and again. Gay Games 2026 anyone?
Image credits: Visit Valencia


Families interested in Canyon ISD's Pre-K program or Region 16's Head Start program have the opportunity to qualify. The programs are offered to all Canyon ISD students, but to qualify for the programs families must meet one of the qualifiers. Click here for a list of campuses and Pre-K and Head Start qualifications.