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Bugs, Honey, and Prophecy (Matthew 3:3)
April 20, 2022•21 Minutes
Drippings from the Honeycomb - Episode 3
How does the life of a wild man who ate bugs and wild honey, fulfill prophecy?
A Polarizing Figure
One of the most polarizing figures across the Gospels is John the Baptist. In comparison to Jesus and his disciples, not a whole lot is said throughout the Gospels about John the Baptist. His birth is foretold by an angel, but much of the record of his life is missing. We're just simply not told about who he was or what he did during the first part of his life. That's because what is important about John the Baptist is that he points to the Messiah, and that's what brings us to our verse today. In Matthew 3:3, it says, "This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah, 'A voice of one calling in the wilderness, Prepare the way for the Lord make straight paths for him.'"
John, himself, was not really an important figure in terms of the life he lived or his childhood years. What was important was that he came to do one specific thing. He was, in essence, born for a mission, and that is why when the Scriptures talk about John the Baptist, they talk about him in the context of relating to Jesus's ministry. John never really stands alone. In fact, John's message points forwards toward the Messiah, because he talks about the one who will come after him.
John was not the Main Event
You see, John understood that he was not the main event. He knew there was someone coming after him. He might not have known exactly who, he might not have known exactly when, but he knew that someone was coming after him and that his task was to prepare the way and then fade into obscurity, since the Messiah would be coming after him, and would now take the central role in outlining the kingdom of God for the nation of Israel.
To really grasp the story of John the Baptist, it's important to look back at his life so that you can gain a better understanding of who he was. First of all, you have to remember that his father was a priest, and he was a priest who served regularly in the temple. This is the main temple, the one that was in Jerusalem, and he was on a rotation of priests that would go in and would serve there before the Lord from time to time. It is during one of these rotations that an angel appears to Zachariah, the father of John the Baptist, while he is burning incense before God in the temple, and tells him that he is going to have a son. Now seeing an angel in the temple would be something that would be stunning enough to create pause in any person, especially a person who loved God, whose entire life was committed to serving God, the way Zacharia's life was committed to serving God.
Broken Silence
However, in the context of this day and age that Zachariah was living in, it was even more incredible because the nation of Israel had not heard anything from the Lord in a long time. For more than 400 years, there had been no angelic appearances, there had been no prophets, there had been no miraculous word from God. And so when Zachariah is in the temple, and this angel appears to him, this is a more than stunning event.
In chapter one of Luke's gospel, we get a more detailed look at what the angel actually foretold about this baby that was going to be born to Zachariah and his wife, Elizabeth. Now, this was kind of astonishing because Zachariah and Elizabeth were old, and Elizabeth was barren, they could not have children. So, the birth while it is still a human birth, unlike Jesus were Mary who conceived while she was still a virgin, the birth of John the Baptist is no less miraculous in terms of Zachariah and Elizabeth ability to have a child then was the birth of Isaac to Abraham and Sarah when both of them were well past childbearing years. So, we can immediately see that the birth of John the Baptist is miraculous. It's not a birth that could have happened unless God was involved with this.
A Coming Hope
In Luke 1, the angel talks about this child, and he instructs Zachariah to call his name John, and he tells him that he will be a delight to his parents, that He will be great in the sight of the Lord and that the Holy Spirit will fill him. This is really pointing toward the fact that John the Baptist is going to have a prophetic ministry. He's going to be a prophet and this is big news; 400 plus years since the last prophet, and Israel has been waiting for their Messiah. They are hoping that he will come soon because they are in bondage.
Now the angel says two very important things to Zachariah. The first is that he says he will bring back many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God. Several of the prophets of Israel prophesied that at the end days, when the Messiah would come, he would bring back his people to himself, and he would set up the nation of Israel. This idea of bringing back the lost the dispersed people of Israel to Israel, and turning their hearts back to God, for the Israelites at this time, had no time implications. This language specifically addressed what the prophets had said God would do when He would send his Messiah to bring the nation of Israel back to the place where it should have been.
The Spirit and Power of Elijah
In addition, then the angel says something else that's really important. In Luke 117, he says that John will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah. This is huge as far as the nation of Israel is concerned, because the priests and the Pharisees had been looking at the Scriptures and studying it for a long time, and they had determined that before the Messiah was to come, Elijah would reappear! The idea was that there would be a second Elijah, that Elijah would come again as the great prophet of Israel and would turn the people back to God before the Messiah would come so that when the Messiah showed up, the people of Israel would be ready to receive him. This language points at the Messiah, and Zachariah as a priest would definitely have understood that and he would have known that, but just like we are, Zachariah was human, and in his humanity, he did not believe what the angel has told him, he had trouble believing it like so many of us do when we're confronted with truths from the Scripture while we're suffering or going through hard times, or we have something in our life that is particularly important to us that has not been answered by God.
In this case, that would be having children having children was very important in this time in history, and in the nation of Israel, having children was extremely important. It would have been a great sorrow to Zachariah and Elizabeth that they could not have children, and so Zachariah's doubt here is very understandable. However, as a result of his doubting, the angel commands that Zachariah will not be able to speak until the child is born, and the Scriptures go on to tell us that he was not able to speak. In fact, when he came out of the temple, everybody realized he had seen a vision, and he couldn't talk about it, so he had to write down whatever he could to explain what had happened.
This lack of being able to communicate really reaches a fever pitch when John is born. He was not yet named, and they want to name him Zachariah, everybody who's there, his family, but Zachariah adamantly refuses to name John after himself. He insists that they name the baby, John, and he actually asks for a writing tablet, and he writes on it, "You should call his name John." As soon as he does that, his mouth is open, and he's able to speak, and he is filled with the Holy Spirit. He then gives this amazingly beautiful prophecy about the life of his son. Then the biblical narrative cuts off, and we don't see anything more about John the Baptist until he appears on the scene about 30 some odd years later, preaching and teaching a message of repentance.
A Wild Man
Now, John was an interesting character as an adult. He lived out in the wilderness, he wore this rough clothing made out of camel hair, and he had a big leather belt tied around his waist. This language is very specific and important because it is the exact physical description of Elijah. In other words, in almost every way, John the Baptist looks, acts, and talks like Elijah. He even eats locusts and wild honey, a very simple diet, something that most of us would probably not find very appetizing but would have sustained him well in the harsh wilderness climate where he lived. In addition, he's preaching to the people! He's preaching a message of repentance to them, and he's baptizing them, and he's getting a fair share of persecution from the religious leaders as well. They're questioning his ministry, but people are coming from all around the countryside. And of course, why wouldn't they? This is the first prophet that Israel has seen in 400 years. There's some excitement brewing about his ministry. People are excited to hear what he has to say, and of course, he's going to be referred to in the Scriptures later by Jesus as a prophet.
It's interesting that Jesus refers to him as a prophet because John does prophesy. In the beginning of Matthew 3, a little bit of his speech is recorded for us, and we know that one of the things that he says is that the one who comes after him will baptize with fire! He will be different than John. John baptized with water, but the one who follows after him that is greater than Him is going to baptize with fire, and that fits very well with the account of the disciples on Pentecost when they are waiting in the upper room and tongues of fire descend on them, and they're filled with the Holy Spirit. And so right away, we can see that John the Baptist is a prophet because he does prophesy, and he's a true prophet because his prophecies come true.
The verse that we're looking at in this passage really captures the whole heart of the matter. Matthew understood that John the Baptist, was the fulfillment of the Elijah that was to come, and since the leaders knew and were looking for this second coming of Elijah, this became a huge piece of evidence in pointing to the fact that Jesus was Messiah. After all, that was the entire point of John's ministry, the entire point of John's life was to be a marker that indicated that the Messiah had come.
Signs are Important
In life, we are faced with all kinds of markers. When we go into a construction zone, there are orange signs and traffic codes, sometimes a flagger, telling us to stop or to go. When we get a new job, and we're not quite sure how to do what we're supposed to do, that could be a sign that we need more training. When we're investing in a company or a business or an opportunity, there could be warning signs that something is not right, or there could be encouraging signs that show us that this investment or this opportunity is worth taking some risk for.
Signs are tremendously important in human culture. And God knew that and that's why He sent a herald for the Messiah. He sent John the Baptist to be an indication that Jesus was coming shortly after him, and it's not like the religious leaders weren't looking for the right sign. They were actually looking for the right sign, but when they were confronted with it, they chose to reject it rather than to acknowledge that it existed.
The ultimate proof that exists that John the Baptist was actually the forerunner for the Messiah, and that his ministry actually pointed to Jesus took place during the baptism of Jesus. John was waiting for this Messiah, and we know from the Gospel of John that John the Baptist acknowledged that he did not know that Jesus was the Messiah until after he baptized Him. You see, John knew who Jesus was, John and Jesus were related because Mary and Elizabeth were cousins. It is extremely possible that they knew one another before this baptism scene that we find in all four Gospels.
A Ministry of Repentance Led to a Ministry of Salvation
John is doing his ministry, he is preaching his message of repentance, and people are coming from all over Israel to be baptized by him. He is having a very successful ministry. And at some point, Jesus comes down to be baptized by him and John, whether he was prompted with the Holy Spirit, or whether John knew that Jesus's life was exemplary, he tries to stop Jesus from getting baptized. He tries to say, "You don't need to be baptized," and that's important to look at because the whole point of John's baptism was repentance.
John was baptizing people as a sign of repentance before God, a sign of making their hearts ready to receive the Messiah that God was going to send, aand so his recognition that Jesus doesn't need to be baptized, really indicates how righteous of a life Jesus lived, and that that was known to those around Him. That was known to those in his circle to his family, because John indicates that it should be the other way around. John says to Jesus, "You should baptize me! I have more to repent for," in other words, but Jesus is seeking to be obedient to God the Father. So, he petitions John to baptize him and John finally does, and after John baptizes, Jesus and he comes up out of the water, the heavens open, and the Holy Spirit comes down from heaven on Jesus in the form of a dove, and God says from heaven, "This is My beloved Son in whom I am well pleased."
John would account for this later on by saying, "I didn't know that Jesus was the Messiah until the voice came from heaven." John really was pointing towards the Messiah, even though he didn't quite know yet who the Messiah was, he was preparing this path for the Messiah, and he was going to stay faithful to His ministry until the Messiah appeared and when the Messiah did appear, even he was caught by surprise.
John's whole life, the whole existence of who John was, points to the Messiah, and when the Messiah was revealed, John's ministry is immediately cut short. Shortly after this whole interaction of baptizing Jesus, John is arrested, and not too long after that he is executed. Why? Because John wasn't the main event. He was a marker, an indication,
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Which creditor should be paid the extra amount? All else being equal, this would obviously be the one that is charging the highest interest rate. However, many financial planners recommend making the additional payment towards the loan with the lowest balance. The reason for this is that you will see results sooner as the small balance goes down to zero. By seeing results faster, you will be more likely to stick to the debt repayment plan, which is better than starting with the higher rate/higher balance loan but ultimately abandoning the plan.
Perhaps a good compromise would be to sort all of your debts from highest interest rate to lowest, then move the loan with the lowest outstanding balance to the top of the list and pay off your debts in that order. The order of debts in the example above under this method would be the Visa Credit Card, Discover Card, Student Loan, and Car Loan.
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package de.ugoe.cs.cpdp.loader;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

import de.ugoe.cs.cpdp.util.WekaUtils;
import weka.core.Instances;
import weka.filters.Filter;
import weka.filters.unsupervised.attribute.Add;
import weka.filters.unsupervised.attribute.Reorder;

/**
 * Loads the instances for a software version from an ARFF file of the NASA/SOFTLAB/MDP data.
 *
 * @author Steffen Herbold
 */
public class NasaARFFLoader implements SingleVersionLoader {

    /**
     * used to map attributes the same attribute with different names to each other
     */
    Map<String, String> attributeNameMap;

    /**
     * used to ensure that the attribute order is the same after loading
     */
    List<String> attributeOrder;

    /**
     * Constructor. Creates a new NasaARFFLoader.
     */
    public NasaARFFLoader() {
        this.attributeNameMap = new HashMap<>();

        // Map entries for ar project
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        this.attributeNameMap.put("comment_loc", "LOC_COMMENTS");
        this.attributeNameMap.put("code_and_comment_loc", "LOC_CODE_AND_COMMENT");
        this.attributeNameMap.put("executable_loc", "LOC_EXECUTABLE");
        this.attributeNameMap.put("unique_operands", "NUM_UNIQUE_OPERANDS");
        this.attributeNameMap.put("unique_operators", "NUM_UNIQUE_OPERATORS");
        this.attributeNameMap.put("total_operands", "NUM_OPERANDS");
        this.attributeNameMap.put("total_operators", "NUM_OPERATORS");
        this.attributeNameMap.put("halstead_length", "HALSTEAD_LENGTH");
        this.attributeNameMap.put("halstead_volume", "HALSTEAD_VOLUME");
        this.attributeNameMap.put("halstead_difficulty", "HALSTEAD_DIFFICULTY");
        this.attributeNameMap.put("halstead_effort", "HALSTEAD_EFFORT");
        this.attributeNameMap.put("halstead_error", "HALSTEAD_ERROR_EST");
        this.attributeNameMap.put("halstead_time", "HALSTEAD_PROG_TIME");
        this.attributeNameMap.put("branch_count", "BRANCH_COUNT");
        this.attributeNameMap.put("cyclomatic_complexity", "CYCLOMATIC_COMPLEXITY");
        this.attributeNameMap.put("design_complexity", "DESIGN_COMPLEXITY");

        // Map entries for KC2
        this.attributeNameMap.put("loc", "LOC_TOTAL");
        this.attributeNameMap.put("lOCode", "LOC_EXECUTABLE");
        this.attributeNameMap.put("lOComment", "LOC_COMMENTS");
        this.attributeNameMap.put("lOCodeAndComment", "LOC_CODE_AND_COMMENT");
        this.attributeNameMap.put("uniq_Op", "NUM_UNIQUE_OPERATORS");
        this.attributeNameMap.put("uniq_Opnd", "NUM_UNIQUE_OPERANDS");
        this.attributeNameMap.put("total_Op", "NUM_OPERATORS");
        this.attributeNameMap.put("total_Opnd", "NUM_OPERANDS");
        this.attributeNameMap.put("v", "HALSTEAD_VOLUME");
        this.attributeNameMap.put("l", "HALSTEAD_LENGTH");
        this.attributeNameMap.put("d", "HALSTEAD_DIFFICULTY");
        this.attributeNameMap.put("e", "HALSTEAD_EFFORT");
        this.attributeNameMap.put("b", "HALSTEAD_ERROR_EST");
        this.attributeNameMap.put("t", "HALSTEAD_PROG_TIME");
        this.attributeNameMap.put("branchCount", "BRANCH_COUNT");
        this.attributeNameMap.put("v(g)", "CYCLOMATIC_COMPLEXITY");
        this.attributeNameMap.put("iv(g)", "DESIGN_COMPLEXITY");

        this.attributeNameMap.put("defects", "bug");
        this.attributeNameMap.put("Defective", "bug");
        this.attributeNameMap.put("problems", "bug");
        this.attributeNameMap.put("label", "bug");

        // build list with normalized attribute order
        this.attributeOrder = new LinkedList<>();

        this.attributeOrder.add("LOC_TOTAL");
        this.attributeOrder.add("LOC_EXECUTABLE");
        this.attributeOrder.add("LOC_COMMENTS");
        this.attributeOrder.add("LOC_CODE_AND_COMMENT");
        this.attributeOrder.add("NUM_UNIQUE_OPERATORS");
        this.attributeOrder.add("NUM_UNIQUE_OPERANDS");
        this.attributeOrder.add("NUM_OPERATORS");
        this.attributeOrder.add("NUM_OPERANDS");
        this.attributeOrder.add("HALSTEAD_VOLUME");
        this.attributeOrder.add("HALSTEAD_LENGTH");
        this.attributeOrder.add("HALSTEAD_DIFFICULTY");
        this.attributeOrder.add("HALSTEAD_EFFORT");
        this.attributeOrder.add("HALSTEAD_ERROR_EST");
        this.attributeOrder.add("HALSTEAD_PROG_TIME");
        this.attributeOrder.add("BRANCH_COUNT");
        this.attributeOrder.add("CYCLOMATIC_COMPLEXITY");
        this.attributeOrder.add("DESIGN_COMPLEXITY");
        this.attributeOrder.add("bug");
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see de.ugoe.cs.cpdp.loader.SingleVersionLoader#load(java.io.File)
     */
    @Override
    public Instances load(File file, boolean binaryClass) {
        Instances data;
        try(BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file));) {
            data = new Instances(reader);
        }
        catch (IOException e) {
            throw new RuntimeException("Error reading data", e);
        }

        // setting class attribute
        data.setClassIndex(data.numAttributes() - 1);

        // normalize attribute names
        for (int i = 0; i < data.numAttributes(); i++) {
            String mapValue = this.attributeNameMap.get(data.attribute(i).name());
            if (mapValue != null) {
                data.renameAttribute(i, mapValue);
            }
        }

        // determine new attribute order (unwanted attributes are implicitly
        // removed
        String orderString = "";
        for (String attName : this.attributeOrder) {
            for (int i = 0; i < data.numAttributes(); i++) {
                if (attName.equals(data.attribute(i).name())) {
                    orderString += (i + 1) + ",";
                }
            }
        }
        orderString = orderString.substring(0, orderString.length() - 1);

        String relationName = data.relationName();
        String[] options = new String[2];
        options[0] = "-R";
        options[1] = orderString;
        Reorder reorder = new Reorder();
        try {
            reorder.setOptions(options);
            reorder.setInputFormat(data);
            data = Filter.useFilter(data, reorder);
        }
        catch (Exception e) {
            throw new RuntimeException("Error while reordering the data", e);
        }
        if (data.numAttributes() != this.attributeOrder.size()) {
            throw new RuntimeException("Invalid number of attributes; filename: " + file.getName());
        }

        // normalize bug nominal values
        Add add = new Add();
        add.setAttributeIndex("last");
        add.setNominalLabels("0,1");
        add.setAttributeName("bug-new");
        try {
            add.setInputFormat(data);
            data = Filter.useFilter(data, add);
        }
        catch (Exception e) {
            throw new RuntimeException("Error while normalizing the bug nonminal values", e);
        }
        data.setRelationName(relationName);

        double classValue;

        String firstValue = data.classAttribute().enumerateValues().nextElement().toString();
        if (firstValue.equals("Y") || firstValue.equals("yes") || firstValue.equals("true")) {
            classValue = 0.0;
        }
        else {
            classValue = 1.0;
        }

        for (int i = 0; i < data.numInstances(); i++) {
            if (data.instance(i).classValue() == classValue) {
                data.instance(i).setValue(data.classIndex() + 1, 1.0);
            }
            else {
                data.instance(i).setValue(data.classIndex() + 1, 0.0);
            }
        }

        int oldClassIndex = data.classIndex();
        data.setClassIndex(oldClassIndex + 1);
        data.deleteAttributeAt(oldClassIndex);

        if(!binaryClass) {
            WekaUtils.makeClassNumeric(data);
        }

        return data;
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see de.ugoe.cs.cpdp.loader.AbstractFolderLoader.SingleVersionLoader#
     * filenameFilter(java.lang.String)
     */
    @Override
    public boolean filenameFilter(String filename) {
        return filename.endsWith(".arff");
    }

}

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It may be merciless and ruthless- so much so that people dont like to talk about it. But alas, it needs to be spoken. The silent depressed is inevitably on a path to destruction and cannot be intervened. The insidious pain that the family feels from this awareness is a small payment for intervention.
Thank you Carla for speaking out! That was pithy. Sounds like u have history there. Pain in intervention – true that. Insightful. Keep on!
"Yup" is eloquent. Less can be more. Keep on.


Ok, this is the last peach recipe. It will be worth suppressing your pumpkin-spice cravings, I promise. And if you're in a part of the country where peaches are no longer available just simply swap them out for apples here – so good! I make these little pastries at least a few times a year. It's fun to fill them with whatever you have on hand, apricot jam with dark chocolate and ginger, just plain cinnamon and sugar, but my favorite remains this combination with a made-from-scratch almond paste and oh yes… peaches! Don't let the almond paste intimidate you, it's so easy to make! Blanching them and removing the skins in the only time-consuming part but I find a moment of zen in this activity. I had these little rugelach all prepped and waiting in the fridge overnight then baked them first thing in the morning. I should probably take advantage of this pretty morning light more often! Mark and I got tickets to a mid-century modern home tour, we'll be spending the day checking out other people's houses, I'm excited! It's probably one of the few times where it's totally acceptable to be the secret snoop that I am. Hope you all have a good weekend!
Combine butter and cream cheese until light and fluffy. Add flour, salt and sugar and mix until there are no more patches of flour. Take dough out of mixing bowl and push into a disk. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least two hours, or up to three days.
Sprinkle a dry surface with flour to roll dough. Roll dough into a big circle, trying to keep the entire thing the same thickness. Spread on the almond paste as shown. Cut into even triangles, like you're cutting a pizza. Place a peach slice at the end of each triangle and starting from the peach side roll up the dough around the peach. Brush with an egg wash for a shiny look and sprinkle on some sliced almonds and a little pinch of sugar if you like. If you have room in your fridge or freezer it's best to refrigerate them for a bit before placing into a 350F oven for 25 minutes.
Blanch the almonds: Place almonds in a bowl, pour boiling water over them. As soon as the almonds are cool enough to touch you can pop their skins right off simply by pinching them! Add all the ingredients for the almond paste into your food processor and blend.
This is so impressive!! Love the boozy almond paste!


Reminiscent of a quiet, rainy mist, white crystals flow down below a sea of grey.
I have been working a lot lately on trying to push my glazes into different directions. My hope is that this round of experimentation will help me to develop a more personal style, something that a lot of effective artists will continually strive to achieve. Instead of choosing more and more glazes and testing them each to the nth degree I have chosen a small select few and pushed them. How they are applied and how they are fired makes a huge difference.
Toasty hues break over a cream exterior. Perfect for Maples!
Some of the most effectively balanced bonsai compositions are represented in pots with a quiet subtle glaze. Perhaps a buttery matt glaze...nothing too flashy. It should have a muted tone with more than one hue (color) in its overall visual makeup. In other words it should have a main color with other ones breaking through. I have been developing a group of glazes that do just that.
The best way to go about developing glazes to fit your needs as a ceramicist is to find qualities that appeal to you and push their boundaries. How else will you learn it's limits? Try changing their application and method of firing. I have found that it can lead to new horizons of discovery and direction!


Awesome, have you discovered it? All the negative thoughts, anxiety, fear and other negative emotions come to you during a void in your mind, when your mind is not involved into a creative process. Let´s have a closer look at it. So you are working on your projects, do your activities, hobbies and meet friends, just follow you life plan. So why then you get negativity when you could be always happy and positive?
From the beginning we all have inborn positive and negative facets. The thing is which of the traits wins, which of them you choose. You are always free to choose between the positive and the negative. So you want to be a good person and then choose the good. But why do you too suddenly recognize some negative emotions? Why do you feel anger and rage, pain and fear?
Here is the secret beyond it. In the moments when you aren´t creative, when you have a void, an empty space, negativity takes over. One of my great Kabbalah teaches said that "the negativity begins with an empty space".
How can you avoid an empty space? First of all you should control those moments and keep self centered, keep conscious of your actions, of your words, of your goals and your inner self. But here take care, because many of us are very busy and still give way to negativity.
What can you do in this case? Be busy connected to the light, when you are busy doing something that you love, negativity will have no chance.
What is the consciousness trigger?
The trigger is an expression of our spiritual world as a reaction of something external. Let´s see an example. You are walking alone to the party along the street in your city. It´s late in the evening and some of your friends told you that this district is dangerous. So as you are walking along the street your conscious trigger is awaken. All of a sudden you hear some noise, perhaps from somebody´s flat or from around the corner, that has nothing to do with you, but you don´t know it. So you get afraid.
If you analyze it, the fear comes exactly at the moment when you start creating things in your head and switch on a trigger. You begin to think "What if…" "What will happen when…" and so on. According to the Kabbalah you can build chains of triggers, sequences of triggers in your head, creating situations with different outcomes. So you mind begins to tell you that it´s dark and you get more and more afraid or even panic.
Two Positive outcomes for you: The first one: You run away to the train station and go home and will never come along this street alone. The second: you continue walking and nothing happens to you come trembling inside you to the party and never go along that street alone again.
So you have to be conscious that you can invent things in your head and build movies of something that doesn´t exist. We will see this point more in detail in this article.
To explain it better I would like to start with an example. The first situation. It´s a beautiful sunny day, the weather is wonderful. You take the train to your company or a co-working space. Everything is great. All of a sudden, somebody begins to shout, and you see that a drunken person entered the train, he begins to shout at everybody. The old couple across you begins to complain angrily that one shouldn´t let such people enter the public transport. So you get a headache and a bad mood. When you come to the office, you see one chair is out of place, you kick it with your leg, walk further and move another chair to the side.
The second situation. So it is an amazing day. You take a train to the office or a co-working space, it´s quite or there is a pleasant music in the train. The you arrive and see one chair out of place, so you push it to the table, so that all the chairs are in a perfect order.
What can you conclude out of these two situations? In the first story, everything seems perfect, but then because of an external disorder, you react externally. In the second situation the day is wonderful and this external harmony reflects on your actions. So if you feel harmony and no external trigger disturbs you, you try to transmit this harmony in your actions and words.
Now is it possible to take control over this trigger and maintain harmony? Yes it is. First of all, as already mentioned above, you have to keep a very strong inner center, inner self. Then you have to be connected to the light and avoid an empty space, maintain your inner harmony and inner serenity. In some cases there is also an important factor that also can produce a great impact upon you. Let´s speak about it.
You may wonder this fact, but movies make a significant part of your life. How is that? By that I don´t mean TV, computer or cinema movies, not at all. Movie is a creative process of creating situation when you feel a certain gap, lack of information as a reaction to external factors.
A good example of a movie. You go out with your friends, you go to the party and on the way your best friend whispers something to another friend and they begin to laugh. Your trigger is on at once and you begin to think that they are laughing at you. But the thing is that this friend has told some secret about him/her that you don´t know to your best friend. But as you don´t know it, you begin to create a movie, that the both friends are laughing at you.
Another example. Do you remember above we spoke about walking alone along the street to the party in a district that one of your friends described as dangerous. So at the moment when you hear the noise, you start to create a movie in your head. So when you come to the party with your head full of movies and nothing happens to you, you begin to ask your friends about this district, so you begin to collect others´ movies. Robert tells you that in the newspaper they wrote about an accident last week. Jenny´s bag was stolen once on her way as she put it on a seat for a moment. And so on. So you are now impressed by all those movies and will never want to go this way alone. At the same time other friends go to the party every month and nothing happens to them.
This is just an example, but each day in our lives there are situations when we don´t know something and react turning on the trigger and creating a movie, or looking for others´ movies. So that means that your actions, your inner state mind and emotions, your words and behavior get impacted by the consciousness movies.
How can you prevent that? You can´t let you live an imagined life caused by negativity. Let´s analyze that. The movie starts when there is missing information. But you want to know it and emotionally you already switch on a trigger. It is a usual reaction of a human psychology. We are used to fill the gaps with the movies, creating new realities. So we have to be very careful as we can begin to believe in this reality and it can influence our behavior and our mind. Then you get movies from other people and their movies interact, intertwine with yours. We want others´ movies as we are looking for validation of our movies or just to fill the missing knowledge.
Sometimes you can be so filled with movies, that the movies, the new reality that you create through these movies get such a great impact over you, that they change you and your perception of yourself or even your self-esteem or self-evaluation and your opinion about the world and other people.
That is why we should be very careful, because you can start acting according to your movies. So what is the solution? You have to connect to your mind, to its essence, keep mindful to avoid negativity. Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag said, that if your mind is sleeping, you lose control over yourself and automatically give up to the movies and negativity.
You have to tell yourself that the fear you feel, or negative emotion is your "tikun". In Kabbalah "tikun" means correction. All of us come to this world with a tikun, certain things that we have to correct and work upon. I´ll write about it soon in more details.
So if you feel afraid, control yourself, say to yourself that it is a psychological process, it´s a movie. Don´t build a movie if you get relative information that can´t be approved by your mind. You have to understand that all of us ourselves create realities, emotions and movies that don´t exist and have nothing to do with reality. So you have to keep to spirituality, to your mind and your inner self and remember that you have to work on your tikun to achieve harmony, happiness and get control over your life.
Karen Berg, a great Kabbalah teacher and author wrote that "We have the capacity within ourselves to take control and change the reality of the world." And it´s absolutely true, if you control yourself and everybody controls herself/himself, we can make the world better.


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TRIPLEPOINT VENTURE GROWTH BDC CORP (NYSE: TPVG)
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14:41:02 +0000 TriplePoint (TPVG) Announces Special Dividend: Worth a Look?
TriplePoint (TPVG) announces a special distribution of 10 cents per share, which reflects the significant capital gains earned from its warrant and equity portfolio.
22:06:00 +0000 TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corp. Announces Special Distribution of $0.10 per Share
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corp. (NYSE: TPVG) (the "Company," "TPVG," "we," "us," or "our"), the leading financing provider to venture growth stage companies backed by a select group of venture capital firms in the technology and other high growth industries, today announced that its Board of Directors declared a special distribution of $0.10 per share, payable on January 13, 2021, to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 31, 2020. Shareholders have the option to receive the distribution payment in cash or receive shares of common stock pursuant to the Company's dividend reinvestment plan.
22:27:00 +0000 TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corp. Announces Extension and Expansion of Its Revolving Credit Facility
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corp. (NYSE: TPVG) (the "Company," "TPVG," "we," "us," or "our"), the leading financing provider to venture growth stage companies backed by a select group of venture capital firms in the technology and other high growth industries, today announced it has extended and expanded its revolving credit facility ("Credit Facility"). Deutsche Bank AG serves as administrative agent and as a lender, together with existing lenders KeyBank National Association, TIAA, FSB, MUFG Union Bank, N.A., Hitachi Capital America Corporation and NBH Bank, and along with new lender, Customers Bank, under the Credit Facility.
15:20:16 +0000 Ex-Dividend Date Insight: TriplePoint Venture Gwth
On October 29, 2020, TriplePoint Venture Gwth (NYSE: TPVG) declared a dividend payable on December 14, 2020 to its shareholders. TriplePoint Venture Gwth also announced that shareholders on the company's books on or before November 27, 2020 are entitled to the dividend. The stock will then go ex-dividend 2 business day(s) before the record date. TriplePoint Venture Gwth, which has a current dividend per share of $0.36, has an ex-dividend date scheduled for November 25, 2020. That equates to a dividend yield of 13.73% at current price levels.Understanding Ex-Dividend Dates'Ex-dividend dates are when company shares stop trading with their current dividend payouts in preparation for those companies to announce new ones. Usually, a company's ex-dividend date falls one business day before its record date. Investors should keep this in mind when purchasing stocks because buying them on or after ex-dividend dates does not qualify them to receive the declared payment. Newly declared dividends go to shareholders who have owned that stock before the ex-dividend date. Most ex-dividend dates operate on a quarterly basis.TriplePoint Venture Gwth's Dividend Payouts And Yields Over the past year, TriplePoint Venture Gwth has seen its dividend payouts remain the same and its yields climb upward overall. Last year on November 27, 2019 the company's payout sat at $0.36, which has returned to its value today. TriplePoint Venture Gwth's dividend yield last year was 8.53%, which has since grown by 5.2%. Companies use dividend yields in different strategic ways. Some companies may opt to not give yields altogether to reinvest in themselves. Other companies may opt to increase or decrease their yield amounts to control how their shares circulate throughout the stock market.To read more news on TriplePoint Venture Gwth click here.See more from Benzinga * Click here for options trades from Benzinga * Understanding Tekla Life Sciences's Ex-Dividend Date * Understanding Tekla Healthcare's Ex-Dividend Date(C) 2020 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.
13:14:01 +0000 TriplePoint Venture (TPVG) Q3 Earnings Beat, Expenses Up
Higher total investment income, and solid liquidity and balance sheet position support TriplePoint Venture's (TPVG) Q3 earnings.
06:31:07 +0000 TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corp (TPVG) Q3 2020 Earnings Call Transcript
At this time, [Operator Instructions] After the speakers' prepared remarks, there will be an opportunity to ask questions and instructions will follow at that time. Today, representing the company is Jim Labe, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board; Sajal Srivastava, President and Chief Investment Officer; and Chris Mathieu, Chief Financial Officer.
02:10:02 +0000 TriplePoint Venture Growth (TPVG) Q3 Earnings and Revenues Top Estimates
TriplePoint Venture Growth (TPVG) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of 11.11% and 2.01%, respectively, for the quarter ended September 2020. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?
21:15:00 +0000 TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corp. Announces Third Quarter 2020 Financial Results
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corp. (NYSE: TPVG) (the "Company," "TPVG," "we," "us," or "our"), the leading financing provider to venture growth stage companies backed by a select group of venture capital firms in technology and other high growth industries, today announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2020 and the declaration by its Board of Directors of its fourth quarter 2020 distribution of $0.36 per share.
13:01:01 +0000 What's in Store for TriplePoint Venture (TPVG) Q3 Earnings?
Rise in prepayment activities is expected to have supported TriplePoint Venture's (TPVG) Q3 earnings.
16:34:04 +0000 TriplePoint Venture Growth (TPVG) Earnings Expected to Grow: What to Know Ahead of Next Week's Release
TriplePoint Venture Growth (TPVG) doesn't possess the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.
20:15:00 +0000 TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corp. to Announce 2020 Third Quarter Financial Results on Thursday, November 5, 2020
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corp. (NYSE: TPVG) (the "Company"), the leading financing provider to venture growth stage companies backed by a select group of venture capital firms in the technology, life sciences and other high growth industries, today announced it will release its financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2020 after market-close on Thursday, November 5, 2020. James P. Labe, chief executive officer and chairman of the board, Sajal K. Srivastava, president and chief investment officer, and Christopher M. Mathieu, chief financial officer, will host a conference call that same day at 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time to discuss the Company's financial results.
18:03:20 +0000 3 'Strong Buy' Stocks With Dividend Yields of 8% or Better
What to make of the markets lately? Early September showed a sharp drop from peak values, but since the eighth of the month – for the past three weeks – volatility has ruled the day. All the major indexes have bouncing up and down without showing a clear trend. While increased volatility is almost certainly going to stay with us for a while, it's time to consider defensive stocks. And that will bring us to dividends. By providing a steady income stream, no matter what the market conditions, a reliable dividend stock provides a pad for your investment portfolio when the share stop appreciating.With this in mind, we've used the TipRanks database to pull up three dividend stocks yielding 8% or more. That's not all they offer, however. Each of these stocks has a Strong Buy rating, and considerable upside potential.Solar Senior Capital (SUNS)The first stock is Solar Senior Capital, an investment management company focused on an externally managed non-diversified portfolio. SUNS invests in mid-market companies, taking positions in unitranche instruments, secured loans, and first and second lien debt. The company's investment targets are mid-market firms with below-investment grade credit ratings, and its portfolio is valued at $532.4 million.Solar's earnings, up to 1Q20, had held steady at 35 cents per share – but that took a sudden dive in the second quarter this year, coming in at 32 cents. That drop came even as the company also reported a solid financial base, with net assets of $249 million and available capital exceeding $210 million.Despite the lower earnings, the quarterly results were sufficient to maintain the dividend. This is paid monthly, at a rate of 10 cents per common share, making the quarterly distribution 30 cents. This leads to a high payout ratio, but at current earning levels the dividend is sustainable. The annualized payment, of $1.20, gives a yield of 9.4%, which is more than 4.5x higher than the average dividend yield found among S&P index members. The company has paid out the dividend reliably, no matter the market conditions, since 2011.Covering this stock for Ladenburg, analyst Mickey Schleien rates SUNS a Buy, along with a $15 price target. This target implies an 18% upside for the coming year. (To watch Schleien's track record, click here)Supporting his stance, Schleien writes, "…the company's pipeline is increasing with more compelling opportunities at higher yields. SUNS is operating within the incentive management fee catch-up band, and the external manager continues to waive fees to the extent necessary for NII to cover the dividend through 2020.� The Strong Buy analyst consensus rating on SUNS is unanimous, based on 3 Buy reviews. The stock's $12.68 trading price and $15.67 average price target give a one-year upside potential of 24%. (See SUNS stock analysis on TipRanks)Barings BDC, Inc. (BBDC)Barings, the next stock on our list, is a busines development corporation. The company provides capital access and asset management for its customers, middle-market companies seeking financing solutions. Barings invests in debt, equity, and fixed income assets, and boasts over $346 billion in total assets under management.While Barings took a hard hit to revenue in the first quarter, as the corona crisis took hold, the company has seen the top line return to positive numbers in the second quarter. At $56 million, the Q2 revenue was also more than 4x higher than results in the second half of 2019. Earnings have been stable, with EPS reported between 14 and 16 cents for the past 7 quarters.In another sign of strength, Barings in August completed an agreement to acquire MVC Capital. The deal, which totals $177.5 million in cash and stock, is expected to close in 4Q20 and will create a combined company with an investment portfolio worth more than $1.2 billion.While that move is going forward, BBDC continues to reward shareholders. The company has been gradually growing its quarterly dividend payment for the past two years. The current payout is 16 cents per common share, giving an annualized payment of 64 cents and a robust yield of 8%.Raymond James analyst Robert Dodd notes the importance of the MVC transaction for BBDC: "…we expect that BBDC will recognize a top-line income contributor 'accretion of purchase discount' over the life of the MVC portfolio.� Dodd goes on to note that this will have a positive impact on the dividend, writing, "We are projecting a dividend increase following the close of the MVC acquisition. We believe the dividend could be increased from the current $0.16/share per quarter to $0.17/share in 1Q21. While we believe earnings power will exceed that level, over-coverage is a good thing in our view — and we believe projecting a 90% payout ratio is prudent.�Dodd's comments back up his Buy rating on the stock. He gives Barings a $9.50 price target, which indicates room for 19% growth over the next 12 months. (To watch Dodd's track record, click here)Overall, Barings' Strong Buy consensus rating is held up by 3 recent Buys against a single Hold. The company has an average price target of $9, suggesting a 12.5% upside from the $8.01 trading price. (See BBDC stock analysis on TipRanks)TriplePoint Venture Growth (TPVG)The last stock on our list is another management investment company. TriplePoint Venture is a venture capital investment firm with a portfolio focused on the tech and life sciences. These are high-growth industries that gobble up cash – but also offer the promise of high returns.TriplePoint's earnings have been falling off this year from their peak, at 45 cents per share in Q4 of last year, even as revenue as recovered from corona-induced losses in the first quarter. For the second quarter, the top line came in at $23 million, while EPS slipped 7% to 38 cents. Even though earnings are down, they still beat the forecast by 5.5%.However, the company's dividend payment has been remarkably stable for the past few years. Except for one downward blip in December 2018, the dividend has been consistently paid out at 36 cents per common share per quarter. This gives an annualized payment of $1.44, and a powerful yield of 12.8%. The high yield, combined with the reliable payment history, make this dividend valuable, especially in a time of near-zero interest rate policy.Christopher York, 4-star analyst with JMP Securities, believes that the recent second quarter results justify an Outperform (i.e. Buy) rating on TPVG, and his $13 price target implies an upside of 16%. (To watch York's track record, click here)Backing his outlook, York writes, "TPVG remains our favorite BDC idea for those that trade below $500mln in market cap; we find the stock especially attractive for both yield-seeking and value investors [...] We continue to believe TriplePoint's core dividend run-rate of $0.36 is sustainable throughout 2021 and note that the total return requirement in the incentive fee should provide additional support to dividend coverage from any future credit losses.�Overall, Wall Street's analysts have been nothing but bullish on TPVG over the past three months. Out of 5 analysts who cover the stock, all 5 are bullish. Meanwhile, their average price target of $13.30 suggests a 19% upside from current levels. (See TriplePoint's stock analysis at TipRanks)To find good ideas for dividend stocks trading at attractive valuations, visit TipRanks' Best Stocks to Buy, a newly launched tool that unites all of TipRanks' equity insights.Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the featured analysts. The content is intended to be used for informational purposes only. It is very important to do your own analysis before making any investment.
20:17:00 +0000 TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corp. Announces Second Quarter 2020 Financial Results
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corp. (NYSE: TPVG) (the "Company," "TPVG," "we," "us," or "our"), the leading financing provider to venture growth stage companies backed by a select group of venture capital firms in technology and other high growth industries, today announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2020 and the declaration by its Board of Directors of its third quarter 2020 distribution of $0.36 per share.
20:20:00 +0000 TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corp. to Announce 2020 Second Quarter Financial Results on Wednesday, August 5, 2020
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corp. (NYSE: TPVG) (the "Company"), the leading financing provider to venture growth stage companies backed by a select group of venture capital firms in the technology, life sciences and other high growth industries, today announced it will release its financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2020 after market-close on Wednesday, August 5, 2020. James P. Labe, chief executive officer and chairman of the board, Sajal K. Srivastava, president and chief investment officer, and Christopher M. Mathieu, chief financial officer, will host a conference call that same day at 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time to discuss the Company's financial results.
22:41:57 +0000 Edited Transcript of TPVG earnings conference call or presentation 6-May-20 10:00pm GMT
Q1 2020 Triplepoint Venture Growth BDC Corp Earnings Call
TPVG earnings call for the period ending March 31, 2020.
21:55:09 +0000 TriplePoint Venture Growth (TPVG) Beats Q1 Earnings Estimates
TriplePoint Venture Growth (TPVG) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of 2.50% and -7.19%, respectively, for the quarter ended March 2020. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?
20:40:00 +0000 TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corp. Announces First Quarter 2020 Financial Results
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corp. (NYSE: TPVG) (the "Company," "TPVG," "we," "us," or "our"), the leading financing provider to venture growth stage companies backed by a select group of venture capital firms in technology and other high growth industries, today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2020 and the declaration by its Board of Directors of its second quarter 2020 distribution of $0.36 per share.
20:00:00 +0000 TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corp. to Host Earnings Call
NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / May 6, 2020 / TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corp. (NYSE:TPVG) will be discussing their earnings results in their 2020 First Quarter Earnings call to be held on May 6, 2020 ...
21:29:00 +0000 TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corp. Announces Adjournment of 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corp. (NYSE: TPVG) (the "Company") held its 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting") on May 1, 2020. As a result of mailing difficulties faced by the Company's proxy solicitation firm relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, no quorum was present for the conduct of business at the Annual Meeting. To solicit additional votes to establish a quorum for the Annual Meeting, the meeting was adjourned until Friday, May 29, 2020 at 10:30 a.m., Pacific Time, and will reconvene at that time as a live webcast at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/TPVG2020.
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To get more info, I can use usbconfig.
The product code noted in by usbconfig, is 0x7811, which matches with the Edimax 7811.
So, my device "ugen0.5" is the Edimax EW-7811Un. It uses a Realtek RTL8188CUS chipset. Some Edimax devices are supported by the rum driver, but that driver appears to support the Ralink chipset, rather than Realtek. If FreeBSD did support this chipset, it might be more likely to be supported by the urtw driver. The man page doesn't mention the 8188CUS Realtek chipset, however.
In fact, you can look at the source for the WLAN USB drivers in FreeBSD here and you will find the source for the urtw driver here. It supports the RTL 8187B.
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Black Activists Challenge Bias Against White Firemen in Court
"Racially Motivated" Hiring Hurting White Firemen Challenged by Black Activists in Court
Project 21 Black Leadership Network Joins Pacific Legal Foundation, Others in Charging the City of Buffalo, New York "Allowed the Fire Department's Promotional Lists to Expire, Because the Next Applicants in Line for Promotion Were all Caucasian"
Washington, DC – Black activists and legal experts with the Project 21 leadership network are supporting white firefighters in court against a city's "racially motivated" decision that deprived the white firefighters of promotions they earned.
"It is axiomatic that city government can't cancel promotions because they don't like the race of the applicants – black or white. In 2014, one would think people wouldn't have to go to court over such a decision," said Project 21 Co-Chairman Horace Cooper, a legal commentator who taught constitutional law at George Mason University and a former leadership staff member for the U.S. House of Representatives.
In the case of Margerum v. City of Buffalo, argued earlier this week before the Court of Appeals for the State of New York, Project 21 joined an amicus curiae ("friend of the court") legal brief filed with the court that was written by the Pacific Legal Foundation and also joined by the Center for Equal Opportunity, Individual Rights Foundation, Reason Foundation and Cato Institute. The brief charged city officials in Buffalo, New York "allowed the fire department's promotional lists to expire, because the next applicants in line for promotion were all Caucasian and the City sought to avoid disparate impact litigation."
"Every applicant in Buffalo – and everywhere else, for that matter – should expect hiring or promotion decisions will be made on the merits and not be offered or withheld based on their skin color," added Project 21's Cooper. "Moreover, it should be plainly known that we don't solve the problem of racial discrimination by discriminating on the basis of race."
Project 21's legal brief "examines the conflict between disparate impact theory and the Equal Protection Clause [of the U.S. Constitution] in cases such as this one, where government discriminates against people of one race, in order to avoid an adverse impact on people of another race." In this case, in which white firefighters were deprived of career advancement, it is noted that "the City decided to allow the Fire Department's promotional eligibility lists to expire. The City's decision was racially motivated: the next applicants in line for promotions were Caucasians, and the City feared a disparate impact challenge from the black firefighters had the Caucasian firefighters been promoted."
In 2002, action on civil service exam results was suspended because the 13 Buffalo firefighters listed as eligible for promotion were all white. After several years of intentional delay, the list was allowed to expire in 2005 and the promotions were not awarded because the city's commissioner of human resources deemed the test results were "suspect." A lawsuit was filed by the firefighters in 2007 against the city, the fire department and the commissioner.
The firefighters have won their case in the lower courts, but the city has repeatedly appealed the case. The Court of Appeals is New York's highest court.
A similar case involving white and Hispanic firefighters in New Haven, Connecticut, Ricci v. DeStefano, was decided in favor of the plaintiffs in 2009. The Project 21 legal brief draws upon the lessons of that case, noting that it "demonstrates how the specter of disparate impact litigation leads government employers to engage in unconstitutional race-conscious decision making in an attempt to avoid liability for such claims." The brief added:
The City would not have let the list expire had the next eligible candidates on the list been African-American firefighters. Thus, the City made the decision to treat candidates differently because of race and fear of disparate impact litigation. Neither reason justifies the resulting intentional discrimination against those firefighters who excelled on the promotional examination.
"In the Ricci case, the U.S. Supreme Court showed how when government tries to remedy a perceived racial disparity that it can actually violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution," said Project 21 Co-Chairman Cherylyn Harley LeBon , a former senior counsel to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. "Two wrongs don't make things right, and the Buffalo firemen in the Margerum case now have consistently proven in the lower courts that city officials denied them the promotions they deserved because they were all white. A merit-based promotion must not be sidelined because it is not a diverse promotion list, especially when it involves deserving first-responders like it does in this situation. These men put their lives on the line for us, and they should not find their careers or earning potential compromised by a bean-counting politician."
A copy of the Pacific Legal Foundation-filed brief in the case of Margerum v. City of Buffalo on which Project 21 is a co-amici can be downloaded at http://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/margerum-ny-ct-app.pdf
Project 21 involves itself in significant legal cases at the federal and state levels. It participated, for instance, in the cases of Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin and Shelby County v. Holder in particular over the past two terms of the U.S. Supreme Court as well as Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama and Alabama Democratic Conference v. Alabama and Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, et al. v. The Inclusive Communities Project, Inc. during the Court's current term. Over the years, Project 21 has been involved in over a dozen legal briefs. Project 21 legal experts and other members have discussed these cases in hundreds of media interviews and citations.
In 2014, Project 21 members were interviewed or cited by the media over 2,000 times, including on TVOne, the Philadelphia Inquirer, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, the Orlando Sentinel, Westwood One, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, SiriusXM satellite radio and 50,000-watt talk radio stations such as WHO-Des Moines, KOA-Denver, WGN-Chicago, WBZ-Boston and KDKA-Pittsburgh, on topics including civil rights, entitlement programs, the economy, voter ID, race preferences, education, illegal immigration and corporate social responsibility. Project 21 members also provided substantial commentary regarding the Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown and Eric Garner judicial proceedings. Project 21 has also defended voter ID laws at the United Nations. Its volunteer members come from all walks of life and are not salaried political professionals.
Project 21, a leading voice of black conservatives for over two decades, is sponsored by the National Center for Public Policy Research (http://www.nationalcenter.org).
Contributions to the National Center are tax-deductible and greatly appreciated.
Project 21 Co-Chairman Horace Cooper Calls Out Washington Post Columnist for Attacks on St. Louis County Grand Jury
Project 21 Members Call Rumored Federal Lawsuit Against Ferguson Police Department a Misguided Attempt for "Pound of Flesh"
Eric Garner's Death Is Mourned, Big Government Is Blamed for Tragedy
Statement by Project 21's Archbishop Council Nedd II on Jesse Jackson's Attempt to Inject Race Into Ebola Discussion
Legal Scholar Slams Missouri Governor's Rush to Justice
Filed Under: Politics in General Tagged With: buffalo, discrimination, national center for public policy research, new york, politics, project 21, racism


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Q: AppleScript-sent messages pop up as unsent drafts when trying to quit Mail I have a spam processing script that I use to forward spam messages as attachments to my spam filter using the 'send' command in AppleScript. Everything processes and delivers fine, but later when I go to quit Mail, I'll have a new message window pop up with one of the messages that was sent in its own window as if it were a draft I was working on.
If I manually send it again, it will do the same with the next message that I had sent with the script, over and over until all of the ones since last open have reappeared. After the last one is re-sent or closed, Mail quits fine. They aren't being stored in my Drafts folder up to this point.
Here's the relevant part of the script:
        tell application "Mail"
            set theNewMsg to make new outgoing message with properties {subject:theReportSubject, visible:true}
            tell theNewMsg
                make new to recipient at end of to recipients with properties {address:theAddress}
                make new attachment at after the last paragraph with properties {file name:theTempFileName}
                send
            end tell
        end tell

I've tried visible:true and visible:false and don't see the message appear either way, I assume because it's processed so fast. Is there something I should be doing after 'send'?
Thanks!

A: D'oh! Finally figured it out, and it's all my fault. Setting visible:true is the key. The problem was that I was always editing the original scripts in my ~/Library/Scripts/ folder, but testing them by using the hot key I set up to trigger...duh...the Automated workflow files in ~/Library/Services, which I had not updated.
Posting an answer in case someone else does something as dumb as I was doing. /headdesk

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MOAA Tampa's Transition Event Thriving After Military Service
By Paul McAneny, COL, USAF, RET
On Tuesday, August 23rd, the MOAA-Tampa Chapter hosted it's fifth ever quarterly event for transitioning military members and their families. The popular event is titled "Thriving After Military Service" and, rather that the typical transition events focused on, job skills, resume writing, networking, etc., the MOAA event addressed leading fulfilling lives following your military service.
Why are we doing this? Simple…because nobody else is.
Thetheme of the morning portion of this unique seminarwas "a focus on the family" with speakers from TRICARE and the Veterans Administration as well as local Financial Advisors and Attorneys.
The afternoon was dedicated to "a focus on the community" with representatives and volunteers from organizations such as MOAA's own Tampa Chapter, Association of the US Army-SunCoast Chapter,the Hillsborough County Veterans Treatment Court Mentors Group, 1st US Volunteer Cavalry Regiment – Rough Riders, Tampa Sports Authority, EoS Fitness, and charity organizations addressing both veteran homelessness and mental health.
All that plus free drinks and snacks all day including lunch and a chance to meet other great transitioning military families.
THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL EVENT…you must be in Tampa to attend.
Attendees included a variety of ranks (officer and enlisted) from all military services.One enthusiastic attendee stated, "Extremely valuable! I'm in the middle of my transition now and this was the only venue I've seen that covered these topics."
We are continuing to work with our full time partners, Tampa's own FIVE Labs/USbioskills Lab and Conference Center. The FIVE Labs CEO comes from a military family and also a member of our local South Tampa Chamber of Commerce; he wanted to participate in an event supporting our local military and veteran community.
The MOAA-Tampa Transition Seminar is held every quarter with the next event scheduled for Tuesday, 15 Nov 2022. Sign-ups are now open at this link: https://MOAA_Tampa_Thriving_Transition_Seminar.eventbrite.com
Final Nov TAMS Transition Veteran Event
2023 Annual Winter Gala Updates
–By Tom Kuhar, CDR USCG RET and Winter Gala Chair
The days to the Winter Gala continue to count down. The registration link is: https://www.moaatampa.org/winter-gala. The deadline for purchasing tickets is February 9, 2023, so secure your spot for this terrific event (or when seats run out).
For your $140 event price you will receive:
Entry to the beautiful venue we enjoyed last year
2 beverages of your choice from the bar during the cocktail hours featuring passed hors d'oeuvres
An art show
The opportunity to participate in a silent auction and raffle of fantastic items to help raise money for our Chapter's outreach efforts
Live music throughout the evening
A glass of wine for the evening's ceremonial toasts • Your choice of one of the following meal options:
Grilled Petite Filet Mignon
Chicken Picatta
Fresh Grouper topped with crab meat – Vegetarian entreìe (Chef's choice)
Dessert trio dessert platter consisting of three individual dessert servings (Chef's choice)
So pull out your fancy clothes, make sure they fit and mark your calendars for February 17, 2023 at 6:00 PM for a terrific evening supporting Tampa Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America.
Freedom High School NJROTC at the MOAA Tampa Winter Gala 2021
By LCDR Pettis Sims, USN (Ret)
Senior Naval Science Instructor, Freedom High School
How do the youth of today learn about those who paved the road before them? How often do they truly get the chance to sit down and listen to their stories and learn from their advice? These opportunities are, too often, few and far between. A handful of cadets from the Freedom High School NJROTC program were given this opportunity during the MOAA Christmas Gala on December 10th.
During the event cadets were responsible for the Color Guard as well as the POW/MIA table ceremony. Cadet Paola Ortiz-Ortiz mentioned "It was an honor to be there that night and be part of such an important ceremony for us the Cadets and everyone who attended." This exposure to events honoring our vets, those who are still with us and those who aren't, is a wonderful learning opportunity for these young adults. The chance to sit down with veterans who served this nation is not lost on these young men and women. When asked to share something about her experience at the gala, Cadet Carlaen Ross shared the following, "I really enjoyed talking to the veterans that were at my table and listening to some unique and interesting stories. They passed on a lot of life advice that I am going to consider following."
For some of these cadets this was the first time attending a formal event such as this. For other cadets, it was one of many they have attended. They all felt honored to be part of it and welcomed by all the members of MOAA. Cadet Ana Rico, a 12th grader, said she enjoyed meeting new people and "A lot of people that served in the military and had years of experience and stories to share with us. I kept thinking how amazing it was what these people did and how they're willing to help students. I loved doing the POW/MIA table and love what it represents and means for everyone." The food received rave reviews as well, although the cadets seemed to be far more impressed by the people they met and the event they were a part of.
In the NJROTC program there is of course a concentration on patriotism and honoring our servicemembers and veterans. However, sitting down and having the opportunity to speak to members of the MOAA organization and listen to their life experiences is something many of these cadets have never had a chance to do. It was indeed an honor for them. Some of these students come from military families, while others do not. Sitting down and experiencing a gala like this gave ALL of them a new perspective and respect for our military and our veterans, for the camaraderie amongst them, and for the sense of purpose that people in the military feel. When asked about her overall thoughts on the evening Cadet Stephanie Burgos Vazquez remarked, "I felt comfortable, I felt welcomed and that made the night beautiful. I am glad the MOAA program exists and that it is there to give a voice to the people, to our veterans, and the ones we should never forget."
The students and staff of Freedom High School NJROTC appreciate our relationship with the Tampa Chapter of MOAA and are honored to provide the color guard and other ceremonial personnel for events such as the gala. For our cadets it is a chance to learn from those who have gone before them, those who have blazed trails, and those who have life advice to give. This kind of opportunity is priceless for them and appreciated beyond measure. Thank you to each and every member of MOAA that made this night possible. Thank you to those veterans who took the time out of their night to speak to the cadets and offer life advice. Thank you to Colonel Dalcourt for the opportunity to be a participant in the program honoring our country and our veterans. Many might assume that average teenagers couldn't possibly find a night like this more enjoyable than whatever it is they normally do on a Friday night, but this was not a group of average teenagers…it was teenagers that think things like this:
"It definitely wasn't the typical Friday night you'd think a high school senior would be doing but I wouldn't change it. That was one of the best experiences I've had in my life and I'm forever grateful for it."
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The MOAA Junior ROTC (JROTC)/ROTC Awards Program 2022
The MOAA Junior ROTC (JROTC)/ROTC awards program recognizes an outstanding cadet or midshipman who has demonstrated exceptional potential for military leadership (exceptional academic achievement in the case of the Marine Corps JROTC [MCJROTC] program.) All military services officially have approved the medal for presentation.
The presentation of an MOAA ROTC/JROTC medal and certificate is an excellent way for chapters to gain exposure in their community and, at the same time, foster a positive military recognition among the youth of the community. Accordingly, it has always been the desire of national MOAA that the medals are awarded by a local chapter and not the national organization.
The typical award consists of a red, white, and blue ribbon 13/8 inches wide with a bronze disc pendant 15/8 inches in diameter and a matching service ribbon and a certificate of presentation.
Our chapter sponsors and presents the MOAA JROTC medal and certificate to the following local high schools: Alonso, Armwood, Blake, Chamberlin, Freedom, Gaither, H.B. Plant, Hillsborough, Jefferson, King, Leto, Middleton, Plant City, Robinson, Sickles, Strawberry Crest, Tampa Bay Technical, and Wharton.
Our chapter sponsors and presents the MOAA ROTC medal and certificate to the following college ROTC programs: University
of Tampa Army ROTC, University of South Florida Army ROTC, University of South Florida Naval ROTC, and University of South Florida Air Force ROTC.
A chapter member usually volunteers and presents the award at the school's award ceremony. Our chapter also sponsors the high school award winners at our April luncheon.
In 2022 the MOAA Tampa Chapter recognized JROTC Students at the April luncheon and MOAA Tampa Chapter members assisted in helping to present awards to our future leaders at Gaither High School, Robinson High School, Jefferson High School in Tampa and Strawberry Crest High School in Dover, Florida. It's inspiring and an honor to meet all of these young men and women and their families. We would love to have someone from our chapter at every JROTC Leadership Award presentation next year. COME NEXT YEAR AND GET INVOLVED!!! It's an experience you'll NEVER forget!
—submitted by Ken Martin, LTC USMC (Ret) and edited by: Sara Marks, CAPT NC USN (Ret)


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