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Suffrage Science Awards- Maths and Computing
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The Suffrage Science scheme was founded seven years ago by the Medical Research Council's London Institute of Medical Sciences (then Clinical Sciences Centre). It celebrates and inspires women in science, creating a self-perpetuating cohort of talent that will encourage others to enter science and reach senior leadership roles. The awards themselves are heirloom items of jewellery commissioned from students of the art and design college, Central St Martins-UAL, who worked with scientists to create pieces inspired by research. The pieces also draw inspiration from the jewellery of the Suffragette movement from which the award scheme takes its name.
The scheme has three strands:
Life Sciences (est. 2011)
Engineering and Physical Sciences (est. 2013)
Maths and Computing (est. 2016)
Each awardee holds the award for 2 years before they pass on their heirloom to their chosen recipient.
On the 8th October our Maths and Computing award holders will pass on their Suffrage Science award to their nominated recipient.
Alongside the awards there will be a reception and panel discussion hosted by former BBC journalist Susan Watts.
Places are limited but if you're interested in attending please email: geco@lms.mrc.ac.uk
This event is run in partnership with the British Library and the Turing Institute.
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When trucks are being washed, the first thing that would be done is to presoak them to loosen any dirt and debris that has stuck to the surface. After the presoak, the surface will be hand brushed. They also have a roller brush system to make sure every part will be brushed. After brushing, the vehicle will be rinsed and polished.
Aside from washing the trucks, there are some companies that provide other types of services. Customers can contact such companies when they need their trucks to be repaired or maintained. These services are crucial in making sure that the vehicle will always be safe to use so no accidents will happen.
For the price, this would vary depending on the kind of vehicle and its size. The bigger the vehicle the higher the price. There are also services that would be considered as additional charges such as steam cleaning and polishing. Customers can request for a quote from the company before they would get their services.
How many days it will take for trucks to be washed is also going to vary. This is also dependent on how big the vehicle is. Since trucks are very big, the owner needs to understand that washing them might take a while. Requesting for additional services will also make the entire process longer.
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One should also make inquiries about the services offered and their corresponding rate. If you are in a hurry, find out first how soon the procedure can be done. Another thing to check would be the products used for washing. If you are a very particular person, it is better to ask them about the washing methods they use.
Truck wash Portland keeps trucks clean and very presentable. Vehicles should be kept clean at all times so they will not deteriorate right away. Proper maintenance is also going to prevent accidents from happening while you are on the road.


The boy plays with ND lens filter and puts it to the camera. Exposure adjust demonstration for camera lens. Showing a neutral density or ND filter in front of the camera lens.
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This is a George V basket hilt sword. The proof mark on the sword is a "P" which is a Harnoan & Company of Calcutta. The grip is of ray skin and dyed black. The scabbard that accompanies this sword is a service scabbard with a metal drag.
The blade is 34 inches long, the engraving on the blade is good and clear. There is some pitting near the point. The basket is good with a few dark spots. The liner shows wear with a few month holes. The service scabbard has some wear. The ray skin grip is in good condition.


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The Last of Sheila
As namechecked by Rian Johnson while out on the promotion trail, The Last of Sheila looks like a good chunk of the inspiration for his Glass Onion: a Knives Out Mystery. Adding to its attraction are the names of the bizarre writing team behind this whodunit from 1973: Anthony Perkins and Stephen Sondheim. It was the only screenplay either of them would ever write and sprang from the murder-mystery evenings they used to put on for a bit of fun in New York. The director Herbert Ross, then probably most famous for directing Woody Allen in Play It Again, Sam, was at one of them and suggested Hopkins and Sondheim work one of … Read more
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The Money Pit
Barely ever really funny, The Money Pit is something of a slapstick classic all the same, a triumph of a kind of Hollywood film-making and playing that's so precise that you have to admire it… even though you'll probably not laugh. The scenario is lifted wholesale from the 1948 comedy Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House, which starred Cary Grant and Myrna Loy as the couple who buy a doer-upper and realise there's more to do up than they can possibly manage. Here it's Tom Hanks and Shelley Long as the pair who leapt before they looked. Hanks, two years after his breakthrough in Splash, is in his high comedy phase. Two years later … Read more
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MedDay – December 2, 2020
by: Nancy Chen
NEW YORK (CBS News) – In today's medical headlines, the latest word on how CBD affects driving. Also, how to treat lingering pain after COVID and the rise in cancer among young Americans. Nancy Chen has some of the day's top health stories.
Cancer cases in teenagers and young adults have increased by 30% in the last four decades. Researchers at Penn State tracked nearly half a million patients between 15 and 39-years-old. They found kidney cancer rising at the greatest rate.
Survivors of COVID-19 are sometimes left with nerve damage, causing chronic pain or weakness in their arms and legs. A study at Northwestern Medicine says ultrasound or MRI's should be used to pinpoint which nerves are damaged and determine the best treatment.
And researchers say the CBD part of cannabis does not affect driving ability. But the study in the journal of the American Medical Association finds the intoxicating ingredient THC does cause mild impairment and that the effects last up to four hours.
Those are some of the day's top medical stories. Nancy Chen, CBS News, New York.
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NIXA, Mo. --According to a press release from the City of Nixa, on Jan 11, 2021, City Council voted on an ordinance allowing residents to own miniature pet pigs. The ordinance took effect immediately.
The release states the swine must weigh less than 120 pounds to qualify as a "miniature pig."


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IBM Watson, COTA Team Up for Pilot Program at Hackensack Meridian Health
The medical database COTA and the IBM Watson computer will provide an unprecedented level of data to doctors and nurse as part of a first-of-its-kind program at Hackensack Meridian Health. Get all of the innovation news in this week's Innovation NJ update.
Report: New Jersey Independent Higher Education Contributes $3.5 Billion to State's Economy
New Jersey's nonprofit independent colleges and universities on May 9 released a report that details the $3.5 billion impact the sector makes on the state's economy. Prepared by Appleseed, the report demonstrates that New Jersey's non-profit independent colleges and universities are awarding degrees in the state's most sought-after fields, including STEM, education and nursing.
Event: Jersey Technology: See It, Live It, Accelerate It at NJ Tech Council Jersey Innovation Week May 15-20 NJ Tech Council President and CEO James Barrood writes in NJBIZ on Jersey Innovation Week, May 15-20: New Jersey is one of the world's leading global centers of transformative technology and innovation. But even within our high-tech industries, many don't realize the breadth and vigor of New Jersey's technology communities. And outside our industries, many stakeholders and citizens have only the vaguest sense of New Jersey's many deep wellsprings of innovation.
Stevens Institute of Technology's 2017 Innovation Showcases Innovation and Entrepreneurship
The ingenuity and inventiveness of Stevens Institute of Technology students and faculty were on full display May 3 at the university's Annual Innovation Expo, a showcase of innovation and entrepreneurship featuring an array of senior design projects, research presentations by faculty and invited industry leaders, a keynote speaker and the crowd-pleasing elevator pitch competition. Scores of visitors, including members of the Stevens community, local and national entrepreneurs, distinguished guests and media gathered to learn more about the scientific discoveries and inventions taking place at Stevens, and to ask questions from the individuals behind those innovations.
U.S. Senate Confirms Dr. Scott Gottlieb to Head FDA with 57-42 Vote
The U.S. Senate voted 57 to 42 on May 9 to confirm Dr. Scott Gottlieb as commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration . Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) voted against Dr. Gottlieb's nomination. Dr. Gottlieb, 44, has promised to divest himself from several healthcare companies and recuse himself for one year from decisions involving those businesses. Dr. Gottlieb was seen as a moderate choice of President Donald Trump's, compared with other candidates whom he was reportedly considering.
Rowan/Rutgers Board Teams Up with Otsuka America Pharmaceuticals to Improve Alzheimer's Care Model Anjalee Khemlani reports in NJBIZ that a new public-private partnership between the Rowan University/Rutgers-Camden Board of Governors and Otsuka America Pharmaceuticals Inc. in Princeton aims to create a better care model for patients with Alzheimer's a disease that adversely affects a significant portion of Camden's residents. Being touted as the first of the kind in the nation, the new program is based off a model Otsuka used for oncology with the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Medical Innovation: COTA, IBM Watson Teaming Up for Pilot Program at Hackensack Meridian Anjalee Khemlani reports on NJBIZ: The doctor walks in and says, "Well, I just consulted with everyone on the planet Earth over the last 30 years to see how they took care of people like you, and then I looked at a database that precisely looked at people who have exactly what you have, and are exactly like you, and this is what I have learned in the past five minutes, and this is why I am going to recommend this treatment." That, said Dr. Andrew Pecora, is what the new pilot program between COTA and IBM Watson is all about.
Liberty Science Center Honors "Hidden Figures" Trailblazer Katherine Goble Johnson as "Genius" Amy Kuperinsky reports in The Star-Ledger/NJ.com that, in 2015, Katherine Goble Johnson received the National Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama. In 2016, the work of Johnson and her NASA colleagues was chronicled in the book "Hidden Figures: The Story of the African-American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race," by Margot Lee Shetterly. The book told the story of how as a research mathematician and "human computer," Johnson became one of the first African-American women to work at NASA, calculating crucial trajectories for space missions at a time when segregation dictated separate bathrooms.
AAAS Applauds Congress for Protecting Fiscal 2017 R&D Spending
Anne Q. Hoy reports that the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) applauded congressional leaders for their bipartisan support in backing fiscal 2017 funding for research and development programs, according to a letter AAAS sent to House and Senate leaders on May 9. "We commend Congress and the White House for working together to prevent a government shutdown and finalizing appropriations for fiscal year 2017," said Rush Holt, AAAS CEO and executive publisher of the Science family of journals, in the letter sent to House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.).
Jersey Innovation Week
When: May 15 – 20, 2017
Where: Various Venues
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When: Thursday, May 18, 2017
Where: Hoboken
BioNJ's 2017 BioPartnering Conference — In partnership with J.P. Morgan
When: Tuesday, May 23, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Where: Busch Campus Center, Rutgers University, Piscataway
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When: Thursday, June 8, 7:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
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King Hearings on Domestic Terrorism: Muslim Peril?
On March 10, the House Committee on Homeland Security, chaired by Rep. Peter King (R-NY), held the first in a series of hearings on "The Extent of Radicalization in the American Muslim Community and that Community's Response." Its purpose was to investigate whether American Muslims, including around one million Asian Americans, were at fault for not doing enough to foil domestic terrorist attacks.
There were protests before the hearings began. Some groups wondered why, instead of investigating terrorist organizations, King was investigating five to seven million Americans on the basis of their religious affiliation.
"The Department of Homeland Security and this committee were formed in response to the al-Qaeda attacks of 9/11," King said in his opening statements. "There is no equivalency of threat between al-Qaeda and neo-Nazis, environmental extremists, or other isolated madmen."
But why view all Muslims as a pool of potential al-Qaeda sympathizers, and why dismiss documented non-Muslim extremist groups as being unworthy of investigation? Even if King discounts the findings of the Southern Poverty Law Center's Intelligence Project, there are still the findings of the Department of Homeland Security, which released a report in 2009 titled "Right-Wing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment".
Before the House Committee hearings began, The American Civil Liberties Union was among the groups which argued that American Muslims should not be assigned guilt by association. King, the ACLU said, was "wrongly conflating First Amendment-protected religious beliefs and practices with involvement in terrorism".
This statement, however, doesn't address the actual criticism. Why is it a logical response to hold all Muslim Americans to account, for repeated and urgent warnings made against Muslim extremist groups? Is it the logic by which left-handed people should be scrutinized for potentially aiding and abetting the left-handed Boston Strangler? Is it the logic by which a teen dragged to Sunday mass should be suspected of harboring a secret desire to burn crosses?
Or is it the logic that so many Americans seem to subscribe to, that there is something inherent in Islam that makes Muslims more likely to be violent extremists?
In 2004, King said, in an interview with Sean Hannity, that "80% to 85% of mosques in this country are controlled by Islamic fundamentalists. I'll stand by that number of 85%." In 2007, he repeated the same sentiments, claiming that there were too many mosques in this country, and that they were threats which must be infiltrated.
In the press conference after the hearings, King said, "those who are most victimized, by the radicalization of the Muslim American community, by al-Qaeda, are the Muslim Americans themselves. Especially in view of the lack of support they receive from the people in their community, who should be the leaders."
There are Muslim American leaders, such Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, who work with American law enforcement. Imam Rauf has repeatedly stated that "Islamic extremism for the majority of Muslims is an oxymoron. It is a fundamental contradiction in terms." His words echo those of other Muslim Americans who have denounced terrorists. How can such Muslim leaders be held responsible for the radicalization of the Muslim American community? And what new breed of suspected religious radicals are Muslim Americans, with their documented hostility to jihadist ideology, cooperation with law enforcement, and insistence that terrorism is a distortion of Islam?
During the hearings, and in press conferences afterwards, King repeatedly brushed off the ACLU and most other critics as spreading "mindless hysteria".  One can safely assume that the irony of the situation was lost on him.
And why, considering the perpetual foreigner syndrome that also faces Muslim Americans, is no one positing that they might be a Muslim peril?
It is tempting to laugh at the absurdity of this. But 9/11 caused an unprecedented increase of discrimination and hate crimes, especially in Arab American and South Asian American communities. Since then, discrimination against Muslim Americans has become increasingly institutionalized. Local governments prevent Muslim Americans from building mosques and community centers, and the FBI and other law enforcement profile and target their communities, allegedly manufacturing a "Muslim menace". And perhaps most troubling, the US government stands accused of committing human rights violations, by the UN as well as American civil rights groups.
And yet King still believes that it is American Muslims who have difficulties reconciling the different parts of their identity. He said, in a press conference after the hearings, "I think we broke down a wall of political correctness, on an issue which has to be addressed."
And the Americans who would beg to differ are mostly radicals or politically correct hysterics.
 Though it must be stated: King never claimed that all mosques were radical. There were 15% of mosques, and therefore mosque-going Muslims, that he allowed the possibility of not being radical.
 In 2004, King told Sean Hannity that "no American Muslim leaders are cooperating in the war on terror".
 King in his opening statement: "Some of this opposition -- such as from my colleague and friend Mr. Ellison has been measured and thoughtful. Other opposition -- both from special interest groups and the media has ranged from disbelief to paroxysms of rage and hysteria."
Kirti Kamboj was born in Mumbai, and while growing up also lived in New Orleans, Atlanta, and Chicago. She worked as a researcher and a futures trader, before deciding to see what life would be like without staring at computer screens most of the day. That's also why she started blogging.
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Pittsburgh Public Schools Board of Directors meets monthly and typically holds several monthly Committee meetings. Those Committee meetings include: Education, Business and Finance, and Personnel. All Board and Committee meetings, except Executive Sessions and Personnel meetings, are open to the public.
Education and Committee items proposed for consideration by the Board are developed by the Superintendent's Cabinet.
In addition to the three Committees, Ad Hoc Subcommittees include three Board Members and meet as needed. All members of the Board are permitted to attend any Ad Hoc Subcommittee meeting.
Additional Ad Hoc Subcommittees include: Negotiations, Policy and Monitoring, Agenda Process, Student Performance, Charter Schools, School Safety & Security, Information & Technology, and Board Effectiveness.


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Today in Gosport's past: as of 1 May 1930, trains between Fort Brockhurst and Lee-on-the-Solent no longer stopped at the intermediate halts at Gomer, Browndown, and Elmore. The last passenger train ran on 31 December 1930. In happier times, some army bigwig is seen arriving at Browndown Halt. Credits to original photographer.


Get away from the city bustle and relax at Geumneung Eutteumwon Beach, gently sloping into emerald waters. Soft white sand provides plenty of opportunities for sunbathing and a leisurely stroll. Stand up paddleboarding and kitesurfing make popular sports here, but the shallow waters ensure the spot remains safe for families with young kids. A popular amusement park with a zoo is just behind the beach. Plan your visit to Geumneung Eutteumwon Beach and a wealth of other attractions, well-known and undiscovered, using our Jeju road trip planning website .
The Jeju Sea in April was a furor. The white sand and the blue sea are far from the non-transferable views. We had a great stay in this family.


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Q: Verifying source of message across a unsafe transport boundary I am building a system comprising of 3 parts.
System A, system B, system C.
System A cannot directly talk to system C and needs to go through system B.
System B may contain many System Cs.
One more concern here is that it's possible for system B to create a copy/clone of itself and have it be included under itself (as a system C).
I would like to broadcast messages to all system Cs from system A. System B contains a list of all system Cs that it encapsulates.
I would like to add logic in System C wherein only messages originating from system A are considered as valid (and hence marked as safe for further processing).
As a first cut I was thinking of having a private key negotiated via the diffie-hellman algorithm. But realized that system B can create a copy of itself, have it be included as an instance of system C and obtain the private key.
Is there a better/standard way to do this such that the veracity of the source can be verified on the system C's side?

A: Sounds to me like a simple private/public key for every system A is all you need.
DH is not involved in this at all.
System A creates the keypair. System A uses its secret key to sign the hash of the message and sends it out through as many system Bs as needed.
System B cannot change the message nor derive the private key, so all they could do is not pass on the message or replay them (you'll need precautions for those if that's a problem).
System C needs to verify the signature of A on the message it either knows the public key of system A somehow, and verifies the signature.
To have more than one system A, it quickly becomes impractical to have (all) system Cs know all System A public keys, to solve that you create trust in a certificate authority (CA) that signs certificates for system As, and system C then trusts signed certificates by that CA. (it doesn't need to be online nor need to be able to talk to the CA to do that, the trust can easily be offline).
If you do go for an offline thing, take care that the keys (and/or certificates) might need to get updated, so foresee a mechanism for that.
As you see B is merely a transport in it all.

A: If there is nothing shared ahead of time, there is no way for a C to distinguish between messages that come from A and ones that come from a B who wants to impersonate an A.  In your case, a shared secret key won't work, since that would allow B to forge messages.  So you'll need something like a public key for A that B and C can use to verify messages, but which only A can use to create/sign messages.

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This man mug design contains the words Man Member appreciation society on the front and back of the mug with a small man mug logo located centrally at the base.


The latest rewrite of the Web's mother tongue won't recommend the use of specific audio and video encoding formats that could make it cheaper and easier for people to distribute multimedia content.
The major browser makers have been unable to agree on an encoding format they will support in their products, wrote Ian Hickson, editor of the HTML 5 specification for the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
-- into HTML 5, the next specification under development. The original HTML specification never included those tags.
Because of that, people have to download plugins from various vendors to play audio and video content. If browsers support the audio and video tags, however, as well as a common encoding format, Web users wouldn't have to use third-party applications for that content.
The browser would play the content natively, which makes Web development somewhat simpler and would not require users to download a raft of plugins.
But the issue of what codec to use has been a hot potato. The codecs likely to have been recommended would have been Ogg Vorbis for audio and Ogg Theora for video, both of which can be implemented without paying royalties unlike with other formats.
Supporters for the use of those formats argue that no one company should profit or hold the power over a particular codec, which could influence its development and use depending on a company's business plans.
If browsers supported those codecs, Web developers could use open-source tools and encoders for those formats to put multimedia on their site for free, potentially striking a blow against vendors such as Adobe, Microsoft, RealNetworks and others that sell multimedia software tools.
Apple won't support Ogg Theora in QuickTime, the company's multimedia player, Hickson wrote. Apple has also expressed concern over patents associated with Ogg Theora. Even though the codec can be used royalty-free, Apple has been concerned that some party could make a claim if it ends up implemented in its products.
Opera and Mozilla oppose using the H.264 video compression standard for various reasons, including the cost of licensing the relevant patents as well distribution issues, Hickson wrote.
Google uses H.264 and Ogg Theora in Chrome, but also has a problem in how it can distribute the browser through third parties due to licensing issues with H.264, he wrote. Microsoft hasn't made a commitment to support the video tag, he wrote.
and in HTML 5, I have reluctantly come to the conclusion that there is no suitable codec that all vendors are willing to implement and ship," Hickson wrote.
"I have therefore removed the two subsections in the HTML 5 spec in which codecs would have been required, and have instead left the matter undefined, as has in the past been done with other features," Hickson concluded.
Browser makers, however, can always make their own decision on what they want to support in their products. Mozilla's latest browser, Firefox 3.5 which was released this week, supports the audio and video tags as well as the Ogg Theora and Ogg Vorbis codecs.


An Ethiopian police officer has been arrested, sacked and forced to relocate after talking about his faith with colleagues.
The 25-year-old man (given the protective alias Adane) was reported to the human rights office in the overwhelmingly Muslim-majority eastern region of Somali.
He was encouraged to return to Islam but was arrested when he refused, despite citing his constitutional right to freedom of religion.
Intervention by the chairman of the human rights office led to his release.
On his release, Adane, who became a Christian two years ago, discovered he had been dismissed from paramilitary Liyou police force.
According to a local source who spoke with World Watch Monitor, he was then urged by the chairman to relocate because he had upset too many people.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's capital city.
The case is only the latest drawing attention to religious liberties in Ethiopia, a country included in Open Doors' World Watch List of countries where persecution against believers is worst.
World Watch Monitor, which highlights incidences of persecution, said: "Christians in the Muslim-majority eastern Somali region can experience hostility from family and community because of their faith, and also can be vulnerable when ethno-political tension erupts."


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Rear Adm. Brendan McLane graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1990 with a Bachelor's Degree in history. He earned a Master's Degree in public administration from Troy University and graduated with highest distinction from the Naval War College with a Master's in national security affairs. He completed MIT's Seminar XXI and the Naval Operational Planning Course (now Maritime Advanced Warfighting School).
At sea, he served aboard USS Lewis B. Puller (FFG 23), USS Vicksburg (CG 69), USS Moosbrugger (DD 980), COMDESRON 14, and USS Simpson (FFG 56). While in command of USS Carney (DDG 64), his ship won the Battle E & Battenberg Cup and deployed with the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group to Fifth Fleet. In major command, he served as deputy and then commodore of Destroyer Squadron 50 and commanded Task Force 55 and Coalition Task Force 152 in Fifth Fleet.
Ashore, he served on the staff of the U.S. Naval Academy and on the OPNAV N3N5 Staff. Overseas, he deployed to Iraq with the U.S. Army's 354th Civil Affairs Brigade, ran the Israel Desk in the J5-Europe Division of the U.S. European Command, and directed the Sixth Fleet Maritime Operations Center and served as the NAVEUR/NAVAF/Sixth Fleet Deputy N3. He most recently served as the chief of staff, Surface Forces Pacific.
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Opinions of Saturday, 2 September 2017
Columnist: Nana Yaw Osei
The story of Jesus is real: Avraham Ben Moshe
I was astounded by Avraham Ben Moshe's claim that the New Testament (NT) Bible was deliberately created to hoodwink Africans and that the birth and stories surrounding Jesus, the Christ were a historical or not real. Nudged and obsessed with sycophancy of his own creation, Moshe was fittingly piqued to pinpoint the contradictions in the NT, while claiming arrogantly that the Torah (The Five Books of Moses) were without contradictions.
He is entreating his followers to apply common sense and reject the story of Jesus so as to accept Judaism. The purpose of this write up is to respond to Mr. Moshe and his common sense movement that Jesus is real and that no ancient manuscript including the Pentateuch (The Torah) is without contradictions.
The death of Prophet Moses is recorded in Deuteronomy 34: 5. Mr. Moshe the authorship of the Torah is credited to Moses. Verse 9 of Deuteronomy 34 recorded that Joshua succeeded Moses and did what the lord had commanded his predecessor. Is it not quixotic for the Torah to tell us that Moses recorded incidents after his own death? So you see, my good friend Moshe, the Torah itself is not devoid of contradictions!
The answer is simple, the Deuteronomistic historians just attributed the Torah to Moses while Moses was not the real author. This definitely did not twist the content of the scripture. More than one individual probably authored the Torah. Different authors used different names such as Elohim, Yahweh, Jehovah, El-Shaddai to refer to God of Israel. Moses was used to uphold the sacredness and inviolability of the message of God almighty.
Similarly the book of Daniel was not written by Him (Daniel). The author probably existed during the Maccabean revolt. Jewish culture and religion became adulterated with Hellenistic values after the conquest of the Macedonian king, Alexander the Great (356-323 BC). Judaism became inundated with the worshiping of Zeus, the Greek supreme deity. So the Jewish Priest Mattathias started the revolt against the Greek influence around 165 BC.
His son Judah Maccabee successfully denounced the worship of Zeus rather than Yahweh by organizing the Jewish dissidents to defeat the aforesaid influence in 166 BC. For the purpose of demonstrating the power of God during Maccabean era, and to save Jews from further apostasy, the author came out with a story of Daniel in the Lion's den (Daniel Chapter 6). This was preceded by the story of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in a blazing furnace (Daniel Chapter 3). The aim of the author was to project God of Israel above any other god. Some historians believe that nobody probably existed known as Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego because no ancient manuscript supports the existence of the three individuals.
For this reason, the book of Daniel is not part of Old Testament (OT) prophets. Needless to say the interpretation of historical hermeneutics is subjective. The most significant thing is for believers to build their faith around the central theme of the book of Daniel but not to prove Daniel's existence. Mr. Moshe uses the OT to negate the NT. My point is NT has less contradictions than OT. Both are works of human beings and cannot be free from discrepancies. Just allow the faith of believers of Christ like me to speak for itself rather than speaking for it. Mr. Moshe just believe in the central theme of the NT in John 3:16.
Mr. Moshe equally claimed that the story of Jesus was copied from the myth surrounding Egyptian god of the sky and controller of the sun and the moon, Horus. I do agree with him that there was a pervasive awareness of ancient Egyptian civilization in the early period. The Senegalese Historian, Cheikh Anta Diop concluded that "Egyptologists were excessively dumbfounded with admiration for the past grandeur and perfection of Egypt."
Civilization was started by black men in Egypt. A prime citadel of ancient Egyptians past is the pyramid of Giza opposite Cairo.Nevertheless, Jesus' story being similar to that of Horus could not negate the existence of Jesus as a historical figure. Moshe you believe in Torah and kindly permit me to reveal to you a story in the Torah similar to a myth from Ancient Near East.
Genesis Chapter 39 has the unfolded story of Joseph's encounter with Potiphar's wife. Mr. Moshe this Chapter is part of your unadulterated Torah, as an ambassador of puritanical Judaism (Just to remind discerning readers that I humbly believe in both OT and NT). The above story is equally similar to an Egyptian mythology that existed before it.
We are told Joseph escaped the sexual advances of his master, Potiphar's wife with a calamitous consequences. In the Egyptian myth, Anubis and Bata were two brothers. Anubis wife attempted to seduce Bata when her husband was away. Bata ignored the promiscuous woman. The said woman falsely accused Bata of rape and her husband sought to assassinate his own brother. After hearing his wife's false report, Anubis went after Bata to kill him.
Egyptians believed in polytheism and their gods included, Amon re, Isis and Horus. Thus, the gods then created a river between the two brothers (Similar to the Red Sea crossing) protecting Bata. The myth ends that Bata later became a great man similar to that of Joseph. Bata suffered a lot but became Pharaoh at the end. My point is that you cannot believe the Torah and reject the NT on the grounds of resembling a mythology of Ancient Near East.
A historical fact refers to any event that irreversibly changes the mindsets of a group of people. For example, assuming J. B Danquahand his United Gold Cost Convention (UGCC) had won independence for Ghana, the history of Ghana and the perceptions of Danquahists regarding the founder of Ghana could have been different.
In the same way, lack of knowledge about Horus' mythology could have changed your perception about Jesus. NT was compiled more years after the ascension of Jesus. Paul's letters were the first to be compiled before the Gospels. Like any handi-work of man, it cannot be devoid of distortions. Mr. Moshe, the error of Jesus misquoting from the OT could be due to interpretational disagreements by the biblical translators but not from Christ himself.
Jesus really existed because Saul who converted in Acts Chapter 9, was an eye-witness to the ministry of Jesus. Paul (Saul) was a scribe (A teacher of the law). All religious groups like the Pharisees, Sadducees, have historical significance and that they actually existed. Apostle Paul was killed around 64AD in Rome during the reign of Roman Emperor Nero. If Paul existed then Jesus existed. Historical facts supports the existence of Paul.
Please kindly stop the miseducation about Jesus Avram Ben Moshe! Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever (Hebrews 13:8). Human honorable errors in the Bible cannot change the subject matter of God's words.


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Future Hub, the early stage investor & accelerator backed by the Chinese phone manufacturer Transsion Holdings, is joining forces with Pariti, the digital platform for venture building in emerging markets, to source, review and diligence incoming deal flow.
"We are thrilled to be working together with Future Hub as our partners as we launch the private alpha version of our platform," says Pariti co-founder and CEO, Yacob Berhane. "Future Hub is one of our most valued partners in the ecosystem and we are looking forward to powering their investment activities as they continue to expand."
Pariti is building the operating system for venture building and venture investing in underserved markets. "Platform investing is the future. It's no secret that capital is increasingly just a commodity," says Pariti co-founder and COO, Wossen Ayele. "The best investors provide more than just capital. They provide their portfolio companies with insight, talent and access to resources. It's how they create value in their portfolio and also gives them access to the best pipeline of companies."
Moving forward, Pariti will manage all of Future Hub's incoming deal flow, with Pariti's remote experts reviewing each company, tracking deal information and curating deals to Future Hub's investment team - all through the platform. Pariti will also provide support to Future Hub's portfolio company through its remote functional experts across finance, product, design, market research and tech / data science.
Pariti's platform is designed to make platform investing more accessible to investors in emerging markets. While platform investing has received considerable attention in Silicon Valley with high-profile successes like Andreesen Horowitz which has a 150 person staff of functional experts to assist their portfolio companies, the approach is much rarer in emerging markets, though that is changing. "We are seeing an increasing appetite for Pariti's solution from venture funds that are looking to provide deeper support to their portfolio, but cannot afford to hire a full-time staff of functional experts. That's happening against a backdrop of LPs increasingly seeking differentiation from fund managers," says Ayele. "We built our platform in response to this, and with the understanding that unless you are managing a large fund with tens or hundreds of millions of assets under management, it's virtually impossible to build your own platform from scratch under the traditional fund economics."
Future Hub is no stranger to being on the cutting edge, as the first Chinese accelerator in Africa, they have been early investors in a number of prominent African startups, including Carry1st, Healthlane and Termii. "After spinning off from our parent company in 2019, we fund great African founders with both tech-enabled mindset and extensive industrial knowledge. As a strategic investor on early stage ventures, we provide not only capital but also know-how based on tech development in Chinese market, a broad network of Chinese business partners and investors, and access to Transsion's wide mobile user base." says Li.
Future Hub's parent organization and now strategic investor & partner, the Shenzen-based Transsion Holdings, is the parent of Infinix, Itel, and Tecno mobile phone brands which have led Transsion to be best selling phone manufacturer on the continent. According to research firm IDC, Transsion phone sales represent over 40% of smartphone sales in Africa in the last quarter of 2019 which have helped boost the company's market capitalization to just north of 10bn USD as of September 2020.
"It has been great working with Pariti. The team has been very supportive in the processes of sourcing, researching and reference-checking and leveraging their broad network. They helped us successfully invest in some top-level startups that we probably wouldn't have found without Pariti's assistance," says Vincent Li, co-founder and CEO of Future Hub.
Future Hub's launch in Africa signals a growing appetite of Chinese companies to move beyond hardware, where they have had great success, to also becoming the premier foreign funding partner of the African tech ecosystem. With the support of Transsion, Future Hub sees itself as a platform-enabled approach as a key differentiating factor as they premier Chinese partner of the African tech ecosystem. "It is our firm conviction that entrepreneurship with tech innovation is one of the keys to Africa's development," says Li. "Future Hub is committed to supporting founders to build the future for Africa."
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Cyberpunk 2077 VR mod will probably be out before the game's current-gen update
Love it or hate it, Cyberpunk 2077's Night City can be a very compelling, immersive open world to explore. So much so that we'd really love to see it through the lenses of some of the best VR headsets. Thankfully, famed modder Luke Ross is working on the Cyberpunk 2077 VR mod right now, and the best part is it's launching soon.
As reported by PC Gamer, Ross told the outlet: "If nothing goes wrong, I'd say it should come out in January." It's surprisingly early for a mod of this kind of realm, and it's a bit strange to wrap one's head around the idea that Ross's Cyberpunk 2077 VR mod will likely be a replacement for CD Projekt Red's games in its current-gen. There will be a release long before the upgrade which was pushed back to 2022.
Luke Ross is also known for creating stellar VR mods for both GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2, so this certainly isn't the modder's first rodeo. Plus, Cyberpunk 2077 bears some unique pros and cons worth thinking about in its VR compatibility, as Ross points out.
Cyberpunk 2077 moves to next year all updates and DLC
"A major bonus about the CP2077 is that it's already played in first person, which is great for VR immersiveness, unlike for example Mafia Trilogy where I had to apply my 'fake-first-person' camera. Had to do.
"Now that my modding framework is reaching some level of maturity, I can probably release one game per month (on average)," Ross continues. "Of course this depends on the specific challenges that each game presents, and there is always a possibility that a certain game may not be modified at all due to some unforeseen issues."
And in fairness, it's called the 'unforeseen issues' that defined Cyberpunk 2077 in the public space. The game's notoriously rapid development cycle led to a boatload of game-breaking bugs, graphical glitches, half-baked gameplay systems, and simply undelivered promises.
Cyberpunk 2077 in VR Is Fascinating, But Will It Actually Work?
The stability and quality of life in Cyberpunk 2077 has improved over the past year due to patches, but it doesn't talk about its compatibility with VR at all. And despite potentially lending itself well to a VR adaptation, thanks to its first-person approach, Cyberpunk 2077 wasn't entirely designed with virtual reality in mind.
This can lead to all kinds of unforeseen issues, as Ross acknowledged. And while Modder's VR work, in general, has been mighty impressive, it seems like there's only so much that can be done in the face of a game like Cyberpunk 2077 that already suffers from a number of issues, VR compatibility notwithstanding.
That doesn't mean we hate the idea. In fact, we've been working hard to find a better fit for VR than the vibrancy of Night City and the surrounding Badlands. The noisy, cramped markets of zig-zig streets in patrolling areas like Watson's neon-drenched streets seem like an unprecedented immersive experience, until cyberpunk's myriad problems threaten to ruin it.
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The Patriots are probably the most dynamite team in the 21st-century. This team has a scroll-sized list of great moments, so this piece wasn't particularly easy. I scoured the research and figured this is a pretty solid list. However, if you feel like I've missed something, or want to contest one of these moments, or just want to argue my list for the sake of argument, leave a comment down below.
I considered this game almost like a tie with the game I've ranked at 9th, and basically for the same reason. These games against the Colts marked one of the greatest rivalries ever, and by ever, I mean any professional sport, Peyton Manning versus Tom Brady. Two of the best quarterbacks to ever play the game competing against one another time after time throughout the primes of their careers. But this game wasn't about Brady, it was about Ty Law. Manning was coming into his own this season, proving to the league he had an arm to be reckoned with. However, after Law's amazing one-handed interception, Manning appeared rattled. Three picks later (2 more going to Law), and a final score of 24 – 14 Patriots, proved Manning wasn't ready for the big stage yet.
Another classic Manning versus Brady battle! Although truthfully, the game was underwhelming come the final score, it did speak volumes for the respective quarterbacks' careers. By which I mean, Manning had phenomenal regular season stats and went on to win the MVP that year. Unfortunately, in another playoff battle with his rival Brady, he fell short. The difference in the two quarterbacks became a matter of poise. Brady methodically ran the offense on numerous possessions, ate up large chunks of the clock, and didn't cause any turnovers. Inversely, Manning was unable to get any rhythm going and threw off target passes throughout the game. One could argue the Patriots' defense played a major role in Manning's performance, and certainly, it did, but this game was greater than that. This game represented a career trajectory of success for Brady over Manning.
Recently, Madden Football released a "G.O.A.T" edition of their storied video game franchise. On the cover is none other than Tom Brady. His performance against the Titans in 2009 exemplifies this title. Brady was simply unstoppable in this game. In the second quarter, Brady threw a barrage of perfect passes to set the record for most TD passes in a quarter. His first was a 41-yard bomb to Randy Moss, which then became the recipient for Brady's second TD on a 28-yard pass. After his third score, Brady managed to sneak in his final two touchdowns to Wes Welker in the final 2 minutes of the game, the fifth score came with only 16 seconds left on the clock! This was an incredible game, even if you hate Brady, no fan of football can deny his incredible passing prowess, one that has dubbed him as the greatest of all time!
In 1994 the fate of the Patriots was changed forever. Robert Kraft, a lifelong Patriots fan, purchased the team for $172 million. Since Kraft has taken over the franchise, the Patriots have been on an upward trajectory towards perfection. The Patriots are globally renowned for being a successful, consistently winning team. Kraft has made excellent decisions as the owner, like giving the reins of player personnel to Belichick, or keeping their star Tom Brady happy. His moves and investment in the team has led to 16 playoffs appearances in 21 years, 7 Super Bowl, and 5 championship victories, which are tied for second-most in the NFL. The Patriots are the benchmark of success in modern sports.
Belichick is one of the greatest coaches in the history of the NFL. His achievements are extensive and his ability to consistently put together a contending team in unparalleled. He's won New England five Super Bowl Championships and has been awarded the coach of the year title 3 times. Belichick has created a culture of winning in New England, one that demands perfection from every member of the team. He's established the Patriots as a true dynasty and placed them near the top of best franchises in the NFL. In many ways, Belichick should be the model for coaching methodologies for any coach of any sport.
This game is infamous in its broader implications. On the final drive of regulation, Charles Woodson strip sacks Tom Brady, which ultimately led to a Raiders recovery. However, the call was overturned under the notorious tuck rule. But, tuck rule aside, this was a great game of football. Adam Vinatieri hit two clutch field goals in the snow! The first one, which occurred shortly after the tuck rule, was from 45 yards out! A kick from that distance isn't even easy to hit in clear weather conditions, but to do it in the pouring snow, that's something. Vinatieri's second kick came in OT and sealed the Patriots victory, a victory that went on to become a Super Bowl Championship. These kicks cemented Vinatieri as a top placekicker, with ice in his veins (that must explain why he kicks so well in the snow).
This past season, NFL aficionados had the pleasure of watching the Falcons outstanding offense, an offense that was consistently compared to one specific former squad, the 2007 Patriots. They simply dominated their opponents, so much so, they finished with a perfect regular season record, becoming only the second team in NFL history to accomplish that feat. In addition to that record, Tom Brady finished with the most TDs in a regular season (50). Randy Moss had the great fortune to be on the receiving end of 23 of those scores, which gave him the honor of most touchdowns in a regular season by a wide receiver. Despite their eventual loss against the Giants in the Super Bowl, this Patriots' offense was outstanding!
The Seahawks and Patriots are no strangers to big games. Both teams have been contenders for the past few years, and know what it takes to win. Naturally, when they met in Super Bowl XLIX, fans expected a gridiron battle. And boy, the Patriots and Seahawks did not disappoint! In the final seconds of the game, trailing 28 – 24, Russell Wilson attempted to throw the game winning TD, only to be intercepted on the goal line by Malcolm Butler. Regardless of the controversy surrounding the play call, Butler made an outstanding read and willed his way to yet another Patriots Super Bowl victory.
Although I was tempted to place the Malcolm Butler pick in this spot, I decided that this game had a greater overall impact on the Patriots as a franchise. For starters, this game marked the start of a Tom Brady we're all accustomed to watching. The Rams had just tied the game at 17 – 17 with a little over a minute left in the fourth quarter. Despite being young and out of timeouts, Brady methodically drove his team down to set up the game-winning field goal. More importantly, this victory marked the beginning of the Patriots dynasty. They transformed from simply a good team, to the team to beat, a role that they've now held for basically an entire decade.
This one should've been expected. Although Falcon supporters and Patriot haters would disagree, Super Bowl LI is arguably the best of the century. The initial shock, the denial of the impossible, and the comeback to top all comebacks; what more could a football fan ask for? The first half left viewers across the nation stunned. The disciplined and dynamic Patriots were falling woefully short of stopping MVP Matt Ryan's offense. And early into the third, with a 28 – 3 lead, it was all but official that the Falcons would earn their first title win. However, Tom Brady and the Patriots' defense were not ready to quietly walk off the field without another Lombardi trophy. With an utter shutout and a record breaking performance (416 passing yards, most in a championship game), the Patriots forced the first ever overtime, and subsequently capped off their victory surge in the opening drive. It was truly an incredible game.


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Over the past few weeks, we have had the fortunate opportunity to share Lakeland's story with a number of local newspapers, television and radio stations.
The Washington Post shared an announcement when our book went on sale and Prince George's Community Television sat down for an interview with Lakeland resident Karen Campbell.
I think it's going to be excellent for the simple reason that it goes back to the old Lakeland… The older people love it because it brings back memories and the younger people will love it because they didn't know the history.
If a picture is worth a thousand words, than the newly released book detailing the Lakeland area's history through old photographs tells the story better than words ever could.
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The Jackson County Port Authority Board of Commissioners is a nine-member board comprised of appointees by the Jackson County Board of Supervisors and the Governor of the State of Mississippi. Each of the county's five supervisors assigns a representative to serve on the Jackson County Port Authority Board of Commissioners for a four- year term. The Governor also appoints four members to the board.
CHARLES M. PERSONS
A graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi, Mr. Persons is Vice President of Stewart Sneed Hewes. He is president of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Foreign Trade Zone; a member of the Jackson County Economic Development Foundation; and past president of Pas-Point Life Underwriters Association. Mr. Persons is serving his seventh term on the Board.
He was appointed by Jackson County Supervisor District 1, Barry Cumbest.
BENNY LASSITTER
A graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi, Mr. Lassitter retired from Ingalls Shipbuilding as Vice-President of Operations. He is past president of Moss Point Rotary and was selected "Builder of the Year for 2011" by the Southeast Mississippi Homebuilders Association. Mr. Lassitter is a licensed real estate broker in Alabama and Mississippi. He was elected to the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Hall of Fame and selected as 2004 Alumnus of the Year. He also serves on the Board of Directors for Home of Grace. Mr. Lassitter is serving his fourth term on the Board.
He was appointed by Governor Phil Bryant.
PAMELA LINDSEY
A graduate of the College of Financial Planning in Colorado, the University Of Mississippi School Of Banking, and Cannon Financial Institute's Wealth Management for Private Bankers and Personal Trust, Mrs. Lindsey is the Area President for Charter Bank. She also holds FINRA securities licenses, diplomas from the American Institute of Banking, as well as a Mississippi Insurance license. Mrs. Lindsey, a Jackson County native, serves on the Executive Board for United Way of Jackson and George Counties and is very active in the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce.
Mrs. Lindsey was appointed by Governor Phil Bryant.
DREW ALLEN
A graduate of MS State University, Mr. Allen is President/CEO of Allen Beverages, Inc. He is a member of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Business Council and serves on numerous Boards including the Peoples Bank, Mississippi Soft Drink Association, the Nourishing Place, and The Word at Work. He is Past President/Executive Committee of the Pine Burr Council of Boy Scouts of America, Board President of the Montessori Elementary School of Ocean Springs and currently serves as Area Command Board Member of the Salvation Army. Mr. Allen is an Elder at the First Presbyterian Church of Ocean Springs.
He was appointed by Supervisor J. Troy Ross, District 4.
SCOTT CORLEW
Scott is a native of Pascagoula, Mississippi, and a graduate of the University of Mississippi and received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Mississippi School of Law. He is licensed to practice law in all State and Federal courts in Mississippi. He serves on the Fee Dispute Resolution Committee for the Mississippi Bar Association and is a past board member of the Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. Scott is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates and is a past president of the Jackson County Bar Association. He is also active in many civic and church organizations.
WALLACE EASLEY
Mr. Easley is a self-employed businessman. He serves on Governor Bryant's Transition Policy Summit – Jobs Committee and is chairman of the Budget and Finance Committee of Emmanuel Baptist Church. He is also development director for the Community Care Network and is a former board member of the Home of Grace. Mr. Easley is serving his fifth term on the Board.
MARISA J. JACKSON
A graduate of Mississippi Valley State University and the University of Southern Mississippi, Ms. Jackson has worked in Finance and Accounting at Chevron Pascagoula Refinery for 38 years. She is a Bronze Member of United Way for Jackson and George Counties, a Certified Volunteer Income Tax Assistant/Preparer (IRS VITA Program), and serves as a volunteer for the annual Deborah Washington Memorial Soap Box Derby. Ms. Jackson is also Finance Chairperson for St. Paul United Methodist Church in Moss Point.
She was appointed by Supervisor Melton Harris, District 2.
Mr. Smith is a graduate of Mississippi State University. He is president of Gulf Sales & Supply, Inc., which he opened in 1978. He has served as president, vice president and director of the Pascagoula Rotary Club and is currently Assistant District Governor for the East Coast Territory. He is the chairman of the board of the Bacot-McCarty Foundation and is a member of the advisory board of The First, A National Banking Association. Mr. Smith is serving his second term on the Board.
He was appointed by Jackson County Supervisor District 3, Ken Taylor.
A graduate of the University of Mississippi, Mr. Williams is a real estate broker with many years in property management. He is active in the national, state and local associations of Realtors, as well as the Mississippi Rural Water Association and the board of directors of the Mary C. O'Keefe Cultural Center. Mr. Williams is serving his second term on the Board.
He was appointed by Jackson County Supervisor District 5, Randy Bosarge.
JESSICA BANAHAN MCNEEL
ATTORNEY FOR THE BOARD
Jessica is a native of Pascagoula and a Partner with the law firm Bryan, Nelson, Schroeder, Castigliola, & Banahan, PLLC. She received her Bachelor of Arts and Juris Doctor from the University of Mississippi. Jessica concentrates on civil litigation, professional liability, and insurance defense. She also has extensive experience in contract negotiations. Jessica is a member of the Mississippi Bar Association, Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association, and the American Board of Trial Advocates. She is active in the Rotary Club of Pascagoula, United Way of Jackson and George counties and is a Supervisor Appointee to the Jackson County Civic Action Committee.
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> addition, less crap is added to sync database (no ugly provisions).
I think there is a clear difference and that both have their own uses.
"java-environment" as it is something standardized.
using and adapt to it.
they are not identical and cannot replace each other in all contexts.
They also have different names.
which would indeed give the packager more freedom.
> "satisfier"-package randomly, select the first one, ask user etc.?
I thought the plan was to open a dialogue to select "provides" in the future.
This could be used with alternative dependencies too.


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Intended for nine-to-twelve ton heavyweight helicopters, the Makila engine spans a power range of between 1,800 and 2,100 shp. To date, over 2,200 Makila engines are in service worldwide, 500 of which are the Makila 2 variant. This fleet has logged in excess of 10 million operating hours. In 1973, Safran Helicopter Engines launched the first 1,800-shp Makila 1A. It was first used to power the AS332 Super Puma, an enlarged version of the military Puma. In 1977, a prototype underwent its first bench testing before the engine was certified in 1980. Production of a more powerful 1,820 shp version, christened the Makila 1A1, began in 1984.
Intended for the Super Puma Mk-2, the Makila 1A2 went into production in 1991. The Makila 1A2 was the first turboshaft engine in the world to be certified with single-crystal vanes, and to feature an emergency 30 second power rating. A derivative of this engine, Makila 1K2, was selected to power South Africa's Denel Aviation Rooivalk attack helicopter.
At the end of the 90s, Safran Helicopter Engines launched the 2,000-shp Makila 2. This variant incorporates a new axial/centrifugal compressor and a two-stage power turbine with reinforced blades. A specific feature of the power turbine is its "blade shedding" capability which, in case of internal failure, confines any damage to within the engine's shroud. These revisions make the Makila 2 one of the highest-performing and most reliable engines in its category. It is particularly effective for transport missions to offshore oil and gas production areas. Certified in 2004, the Makila 2A powers the EC225 and H225M helicopters manufactured by Airbus Helicopters.
The Makila family has a modular architecture: an air intake, a compressor with three axial stages, a gas generator (including a centrifugal compressor stage, an annular combustion chamber and a two-stage turbine) and a two-stage power turbine. Latest versions incorporate Full Authority Digital Engine Control (FADEC) to lighten pilot workload and improve mission safety.
The Makila has earned a reputation as a safe and reliable partner for operators flying in difficult conditions, such as over the North Sea or in extreme military environments.
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I love accents! I could listen to someone from Boston say "Harvard" all day. I could hear someone from England say "Cheers" and never cease to be intrigued. Accents are interesting to people who speak the same language because they highlight real difference (someone sounds truly different, or I sound truly different to them) but there is also a meaningful sameness, because I can (for the most part) easily communicate with the person. English speaking people from the United States and Ireland speak the same language, but they do so with clear difference.
Accents are also a helpful image for thinking about the differences between Christian denominations or theological traditions. This image provides a helpful reminder that there are real differences between theological traditions, but that these differences should not become so pronounced that people are proclaiming the founder of their particular tradition, rather than proclaiming Jesus Christ.
This passage provides a helpful reminder today that the first goal of any Christian tradition is to call people to follow Jesus, not someone else. Wesleyan Christians, then, should not proclaim a different faith than their Catholic, Calvinist, or Lutheran brothers and sisters in Christ. Rather, they should proclaim Christ in a way that is in the same language, but sounds a bit different to other parts of the body of Christ. Wesleyans speak the language of historic Christian orthodoxy with a Wesleyan accent.
Wesley was arguing (perhaps it could even be seen as a prophesy) that the Wesleyan movement would be a movement of the Spirit of God only as long as it held fast to its basic doctrine, spirit, and discipline. (This is the first of a four part series on Christianity in a Wesleyan accent. The next three posts will flesh out what Wesley meant by each of these.) It would be a misunderstanding to view this passage as a call to be different from other Christians for its own sake. In fact, Wesley proactively addresses this potential misunderstanding towards the end of this brief essay. He wrote: "From this short sketch of Methodism (so called) any man of understanding may easily discern that it is only plain scriptural religion, guarded by a few prudential regulations" ("Thoughts upon Methodism," 9:529).
Wesleyans, at our best, refuse to be distinguished from others by anything but basic Christianity. But within that "basic Christianity" there is an accent. When Wesleyans read the Bible (which for us is the main place where "basic Christianity" is found), we hear a call to be deeply renewed by the grace of God. We see that because of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, sin no longer reigns and is no longer necessary for those who are in Christ. Wesleyans, then, are most passionate about telling people about Jesus and helping them to live the kind of life that Jesus has made it possible for them to live.
In short, our Wesleyan accent can be seen and heard in the belief that God wants to make us holy, now, in this life. This conviction is at the heart of Wesleyan doctrine, it infused the spirit of early Methodism, and a practical approach to becoming holy was traced out in early Methodist discipline. We do not have a monopoly on holiness within Christianity. But Wesleyans are sometimes so passionate about it that we sound almost as different to outsiders as an Irishman does in Oklahoma.
The next post will discuss the way that Wesleyans preach, teach, and proclaim Christian doctrine with a particular accent.


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COVID-19: A research team at CHU Sainte-Justine is on the front lines in the hunt for variants
MONTREAL, December 7, 2021 – A new study led by Professor Martin A. Smith of CHU Sainte-Justine and the Université de Montréal was published in PLOS One. The study used state-of-the-art genomics, bioinformatics and artificial intelligence tools to catalogue the diversity of SARS-CoV-2 variants; it also showed that certain symptoms of COVID-19 are associated with different patient outcomes.
The arrival of the new Omicron variant is of concern to the scientific community, underscoring the urgent need to develop more rapid and less expensive screening techniques. In their study, the team used a combination of real-time sequencing and bioinformatics analyses. These approaches are much more effective than methods currently in place in Quebec to identify SARS-CoV-2 variants that might demonstrate specific biological or pathogenic properties.
In March 2020, Quebec experienced one of its first outbreaks of COVID-19 at the Verdun Hospital in Montreal.
"We sequenced more than 250 positive samples from patients and staff infected in this outbreak to identify the diversity of SARS-CoV-2 variants (unknown at the time in Quebec) and their potential association with clinical presentations of the disease," explains Martin A. Smith, researcher at CHU Sainte-Justine and assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine at the Université de Montréal. By combining state-of-the-art genomics and artificial intelligence tools, namely nanopore DNA sequencing and unsupervised learning algorithms, we identified several types of variants present during the outbreak and determined that there was no significant correlation between these variants and clinical features."
"Nanopore sequencing is an ultra-portable technology that is less expensive and faster than conventional DNA sequencing. This technology can identify all the mutations in a virus in less than two days at a cost similar to PCR screening, the strategy commonly used in Quebec," says Marieke Rozendaal, co-first author of the study.
Bastien Paré, also co-first author of the study and a post-doctoral fellow in biochemistry and molecular medicine at the Université de Montréal, adds: "Subsequently, we corroborated the well-known association between co-morbidities and a higher mortality rate in people infected with SARS-CoV-2. However, we detected an association between certain symptoms, such as headaches, sore throat, or myalgia, and a favourable prognosis. This may suggest that these symptoms are indicative of an effective immune response against the virus, although there may be exceptions."
The rise of SARS-CoV-2 variants worldwide remains a concern. This is compounded by a gradual relaxation of health restrictions and mass vaccination programs.
COVID-19 affects individuals with a range of symptoms of varying clinical severity. Most infected people develop a mild to moderate form of the disease and recover without hospitalization; however, some will become severely ill and require medical attention
According to Martin A. Smith, "It is critical to implement rapid, minimally invasive genomic surveillance protocols to potentially provide variant-specific recommendations for the clinical management of infected patients, thus improving patient outcomes."
The article "Patient health records and whole viral genomes from an early SARSCoV-2 outbreak in a Quebec hospital reveal features associated with favorable outcomes," written by Bastien Paré and Marieke Rozendaal, was published in December 2021 in PLOS One. The study was funded by the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé.
About the CHU Sainte-Justine Research Centre
The CHU Sainte-Justine Research Centre is a leading mother-child research institution affiliated with the Université de Montréal. It brings together more than 210 research investigators, including over 110 clinician-scientists, as well as 450 graduate and postgraduate students focused on finding innovative prevention means, faster and less invasive treatments, as well as personalized approaches to medicine. The centre is part of CHU Sainte-Justine, which is the largest mother-child centre in Canada.
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Whenever anyone asks what i do for work, it always ends up being an interesting conversation.
I have always had an interest in the human brain, but it wasn't until my Honours year that I was finally able to study the human brain directly. As part of my Honours project, I studied little pieces of cortex from the brains of individuals who had schizophrenia. This interest was only further ignited when my lab partners and I visited our local Brain Bank where we got to learn about how the brains were processed, dissected, anatomically and histologically verified and stored.
Postmortem human brain studies allow us to look at molecules like DNA, RNA and proteins directly in the brain – this can't be done in living patients, which is one of the reasons we are still performing these types of studies instead of implementing one of the imaging approaches that can be done on living humans (e.g. fMRI and PET). Also, because neuropsychiatric disorders are complex conditions with multiple causes, they are extremely challenging to exactly model in vitro or in vivo for molecular studies – this is where postmortem human brain studies come in, as they allow us to identify molecular alterations that can then be followed up in vitro and in vivo, rather than attempting to identify 'supposed' alterations in other types of models first.
Studying the molecules in the postmortem brain isn't about getting a whole brain and dissecting it and studying it anatomically like you might see Gunther von Hagens do on the tv show "Anatomy for Beginners". Its also nothing like performing neurosurgery. Of course these tissues still need to be prepared for research, but this is done by pathologists and specialised scientists at the brain banks before it reaches researchers like me.
The types of samples that I look at are tiny: only a few milligrams-grams of tissue (no bigger than the size of a pea or the slices below which are about 2cm wide). They usually are mushed up into a liquid in tiny test tubes or are in super thin slices like below, about the size of the tip of my thumb.
Human brain microscope slides. Microscope slides of stained sections of human brain. These slides are from the Harvard Brain and Tissue Resource Centre, USA. This is the largest brain bank in the world. It stores over 3,000 brains, which are available to researchers studying disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and schizophrenia.
The idea of using the postmortem human brain appeals to me because I find it intriguing that we can examine the makeup of molecules inside the brains of people, and get a pretty good idea of what molecular processes were contributing to their illness. We can also investigate how the changes in a person's DNA or their life experiences influence the molecules that make up their brain. By doing this type of research, we can find better ways to prevent and treat these illnesses in the future. Until it becomes possible to do this in living human beings, postmortem human brain studies remain unique, intriguing, extremely informative.
Postmortem human brain tissues are treated with upmost respect and care, but due to their precious nature, they are a scarce source. If you think you might like to donate your brain to scientific research, you can Google "brain bank donor program" to search for your closest bank (they exist all around the world). If you need help finding the place to inquire about brain donation near you, feel free to contact me. Thank you to all the patients and families who are already part of these programs.


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One of my earliest memories as a young football fan in the 1980's was of staring up at the iconic "Refreshments" sign that used to hang above the middle pen of the old Trent End terrace at Nottingham Forest's City Ground.
Sadly long gone, I have recreated it in this original digital art print, to be fondly remembered by all those who stood and swayed below it on the Trent End steps over the years, myself included.
Indeed, I took the picture above myself, at the old Trent End's last ever game against Sunderland in 1994.
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(04-08-2019 04:42 PM)pug-thug Wrote: ben has a super irritating voice but I have to admit his verbal IQ is pretty high, if not insanely high.
I respect Yang too, seems like he has big balls, but I am not gonna promote him, unless I get those pre-emptive Yang bucks!
every vote would be matched to a social security number.
IMO, also before you vote you should also take a basic citizenship test as well.
Has he committed to equity-financed UBI yet, or he still wants to do it with a regressive national sales tax?
(04-11-2019 02:30 AM)Chaos Reigns Wrote: Has he committed to equity-financed UBI yet, or he still wants to do it with a regressive national sales tax?
I would nationalize the oil industry. In the short term you could finance UBI with the net sales of crude oil. Why should the people allow private companies to drill on public land or in the gulf, anyway?
When government runs an industry it always fails, so in the long term a state run oil company would be the easiest way to switch over to renewable energy.
he is an excellent speaker. Expertly disavowed support of WN without actually alienating people who care about "white rights"


Lincoln United v. Sheffield Fc ... Vill Powell (right) celebrates Sheffield's fourth goal with Ash Worsfold.
Vill Powell, a former strike partner of Jamie Vardy at Stocksbridge Steels, is the new manager of Brighouse Town.
He takes over from Paul Quinn, who stepped down at the end of the Hove Edge club's latest Evo-Stik NPL Division One North campaign after almost six years in charge.
Powell was born in Sheffield in 1979 and lives in the north of the city. He met Brighouse chairman Charlie Tolley and club secretary Dave Parker last Thursday.
His appointment has since been confirmed and he is expected to meet the players on Tuesday evening.
Powell is a licensed UEFA coach and was with Rotherham United's Academy before joining Harrogate Town 18 months ago as assistant to Simon Weaver.
With Harrogate Town going full time, he put himself forward for management at Brighouse. He works for Sheffield Council.
Powell played for numerous clubs, starting his professional career at Sheffield Wednesday before spells with HJK Helsinki in Finland and Derry City in Northern Ireland.
He returned to England to join Retford, where he scored 73 goals in one season, and the highlights of his career include winning the Conference South and FA Trophy double with Grays Athletic.
He was also promoted to the Evo-Stik Premier League with Stocksbridge, where he formed a lethal partnership with ex-Halifax Town and current England player Vardy.


For those of you who are unaware that this is a rock opera, let me fill you in.
American Idiot: An introduction to the setting and mood of the story; describes the current way of life in America and the issues some have with it.
I. Jesus of Suburbia: We are introduced to the main character, "Jesus of Suburbia," so named because he's a typical suburban kid (there's nothing wrong with me, this is how i'm supposed to be): his parents are divorced, he sits around watching TV, and experiments with drugs. He feels an emptiness in his life.
II. City of the Damned: Jesus' discontentment grows as he realizes the apathy of those surrounding him.
III. I Don't Care: Jesus sees how widespread people's indifference is.
IV. Dearly Beloved: Jesus notes the effect of this indifference on his own personal relationships.
V. Tales of Another Broken Home: Fed up to the point of breaking, Jesus leaves home in search of meaning and a purpose in his life.
Holiday: Jesus meditates on the problems with modern American government and society as he wanders the streets of the city to which he has run away.
Boulevard of Broken Dreams: Jesus laments his lonliness in this new place. This song hints at the upcoming emergence of St. Jimmy (I'm walking down the line that divides me somewhere in my mind).
St. Jimmy: The introduction of "St. Jimmy," the punk street kid personality that Jesus invents to go along with his new life. This persona rejects the cushy suburban life led by Jesus; Jimmy is a violent, drug dealing, melevolant criminal. As Jimmy, he falls in with a crowd of like-minded youth in the city.
Give Me Novocaine: In accordance with his new personality, Jesus/Jimmy becomes increasingly reliant on drugs.
She's a Rebel: The introduction of "Whatsername," an anarchist/punk girl that Jimmy meets and falls in love with. Her nonconformist ideals appeal greatly to Jimmy.
Extraordinary Girl: Deals with Jimmy's frustration with his inability to express his true feelings for Whatsername, as well as the sadness and lonliness hidden underneath Whatsername's outwardly tough persona (she sees the mirror of herself, an image she wants to sell to anyone willing to buy ... she's all alone again, wiping the tears from her eyes).
Letterbomb: Perhaps the most complex and important song on the album, as far as the story is concerned. Jimmy's new life and the lives of his new friends settle down into a kind of boring monotony, much like Jimmy's old life as Jesus of Suburbia. Whatsername, however, still longs for the unbridled anarchy (Where have all the b******* gone? ... Where have all the riots gone?). She's become as disillusioned with her current life as Jesus was with his at the beginning of the story. She harshly criticizes Jimmy, telling him--possibly via writing a letter, which would explain the song's title--that his new personality is just as empty as his old one, and neither is his true self (You're not the Jesus of Suburbia, the St. Jimmy is a figment of your father's rage and your mother's love). Fed up, much like Jesus was at the beginning of the story, Whatsername leaves town, leaving Jesus/Jimmy behind.
Wake Me Up When September Ends: Jesus/Jimmy is alone again and depressed about Whatsername's decision to leave.
I. The Death of St. Jimmy: A conflict between the character's two personalities in his own mind. It ends with the destruction of the "Jimmy" personality (Jimmy died today, he blew his brains out into the bay. In this state of mind is my own private suicide).
II. East 12th St.: The Jesus persona is back, and leading the same kind of empty existence he fled from previously. He holds a boring job (Jesus filling out paperwork now at the facility on East 12th Street). He once again longs to escape, but remains stuck where he is.
III. Nobody Likes You: Overcome once more with loneliness, Jesus sits alone and feels sorry for himself.
IV. Rock and Roll Girlfriend: Once more longing to break free, Jesus has a midlife crisis and goes through a wild, "rock and roll" binge phase.
V. We're Coming Home Again: Unable to find meaning in anything, Jesus returns to his boring, middle class suburban life (their time has come and it's gone nowhere, nobody ever said that life was fair). Basically, Jesus ends up right back where he started, older but not much wiser, unable to find the fulfillment and meaning in his life that he went searching for so long ago. However, even though the character basically ends up as the kind of "loser" he always wanted to avoid becoming, he does find some kind of comfort in returning to his original empty existence.
Whatsername: After all is said and done, Jesus looks back at his life and wonders if Whatsername ever found the fulfillment he was never able to. Although he laments the fact that they did not end up together, and will likely always see her as "the one that got away" (there are strong indications that he misses her more for what she represented than for who she was, but it seems obvious that he does miss her: the regrets are useless, in my mind, she's in my head, i must confess), he takes comfort in remembering the times they shared.
Well, that's just my interpretation of the story. It's probably not entirely right, and perhaps it's completely wrong, but it's what I got out of the lyrics. For what it's worth, I found it to be a compelling and satisfying story.


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Q: Displaying ampersand in as literal value I have a field where some values contain an ampersand.  When viewing the data in the table it displays properly.  When I run a query that selects this field it displays incorrectly.  Ex.  36 & 38 returns as 36 & 38
How can I format this value to return the ampersand as a literal value?

A: @JeroenMostert and @Larnu were correct about the XML.  Looking back at the data I was pulling from a view that converted the value to XML.  After changing the select to
REPLACE(COLUMNNAME,'&','&)

I got the output I was looking for.  Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.