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3 Arcade Games to Master Before Star Wars Battle Pod
The marriage of Star Wars and video games goes back as nearly far as the films and has been a much more constant companion. Like the films, the games have had their share of ups and downs, but at least there was volume. If the one you were looking forward to playing bombed, you didn't have to wait a decade or two for the next one to come out.
The best of these games almost always looked at Star Wars in a vacuum, focusing in on specific moments from the films like piloting an X-wing in the battle of Endor, podracing on Tattoine, being a Jedi or fighting as a clone trooper. Other times, they have little do with the films, exploring characters never seen on the silver screen or perhaps taking place a thousand years or so before anyone knew the name Skywalker.
That's what makes video games such an intriguing medium for Star Wars: the possibilities are endless. Devoted fans aren't just going to talk about the movies when it comes to their favorite Star Wars moments, gadgetry, planets or even characters. And why would they with the wealth of games out there and the countless hours spent playing them? Personally, I don't know what Star Wars would mean to me with out KOTOR, Battle Front, Shadows of the Empire or Rogue Sqaudron.
But with all the originality that developers showcased since the first Star Wars game in 1982, the past few years have been a disappointment. Ideas are being recycled, the best projects canned and the titles that are seeing the light of day are merely cash grabs on the Star Wars brand in the form of uninspired mobile games.
In the wake of all of this, there is still hope for the long-time, dedicated Star Wars gamer. Back in October, it was revealed a new Star Wars game was being developed by Bandai Namco. This was great news for me after having to deal with the deflating realization that Star Wars 1313, the mature, dark, Boba Fett RPG game every fan was asking for would never ever come to consoles. So what kind of game would this third party make? Would it take advantage of new gen consoles to do something no one has done before?
Nope. It was going to be an arcade game.
An arcade game called Star Wars Battle Pod (Panoramic Optical Display) based on the Gundam Battle Pod game made exclusively for Japan. In terms of gameplay, it's a rail shooter that lets you pilot at least three different ships including the X-wing, the Millennium Falcon and Darth Vader's TIE Advance. You get to replay all the classic Death Star scenes from Yavin and Endor and Hoth, in addition to a Vader's Revenge mode, which is definitely a cool twist.
It seems crazy that the next big Star Wars game would be an arcade game, considering the growing fervor of fans for The Force Awakens and the lack of games in a not-so-crowded console marketplace. But I am excited to be able to blow up the Death Star again, like myself and so many others have done before.
The release of Battle Pod, where you can find at your local Dave & Busters, calls to mind the long history of Star Wars arcade games, including a few of my favorites that you should play if you have a chance. They'll help you see just how far technology has come and may even increase your appreciation for Battle Pod.
Star Wars: The Arcade Game (1983) Atari, Incorporated
A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away, you played Atari's Star Wars: The Arcade Game. It blew your mind, completely and utterly. It had state of the art 3-D vector graphics, digitized samples of voices from the movies and it let you blow up the Death Star for the first time in Red-5's X-Wing.
The game is played in three phases: in the first phase, you engage in a dogfight with enemy TIEs. Your job is shoot as many of them as you can. To make it more challenging, the TIEs shoot fireballs at you instead of the typical lasers you see in the films, which could be shot at to prevent from dealing damage to your X-wing. You also encounter Darth Vader's TIE Advance, which can't be shot down. Shooting up the TIEs must have felt fantastic, the way they fall apart into multiple sprawling pieces before they fade away.
In the second phase, you make your attack run on the Death Star trenches where turrets alongside the walls fire more fireballs at you, which you can, again, either dodge or shoot at. Shooting down the fireballs and turrets will increase your score, but isn't necessary to continue on. When you finally make your way to the end of the trench, you have one shot to send proton torpedoes into the exhaust shaft. Hold up, that's not quite accurate – you really are just shooting your lasers at the shaft and as long as you don't miss, you'll get to blow up the Death Star. If successful, you get to see the Death Star blow up in a spectacular array of colors.
For its time, Star Wars was a remarkable feat in arcade gaming: It looked good, with the vector graphics (a technology still used today) that were difficult to pull off in any of its home console ports. It sounded great, with the original soundtrack and Obi-Wan's voice digitized adding authenticity to the game. And most importantly, it was fun, recreating the feel and the excitement of the films.
In terms of its reception, critics raved about it – "Playing the game is almost as good as watching the movie!", one Computer and Video Games review claimed, and it seems people were pretty excited about the console version as well.
It's still fun to play today too. Check it out in Chicago at Logan Arcade in Logan Square or Galloping Ghost Arcade in Brookfield.
Star Wars Trilogy Arcade (1998) Sega, Lucas Arts
If you haven't played this one, and you're in your 20s, then I'm sorry for you. I know that sounds sort of douchey, but it's my favorite arcade game of all time (though that could change soon). There was nothing cooler to me than Star Wars when I was a kid. I used to have this friend in my neighborhood who I actually wasn't the biggest fan of, but he had the original trilogy remastered on VHS (this was before the prequels), so if he ever asked me to hang out, I'd say yes. When I'd get to his house he'd ask me what I wanted to do and I always said we should watch Star Wars.
Every. Single. Time.
Sorry Jason, the truth hurts sometimes. I guess I didn't have much reason to go over there anymore after I finally got the trilogy for myself for Christmas. Since Star Wars action figures, books, Legos and the movies weren't satisfaction enough, I had to add video games to the list when I first experienced my favorite arcade game of all time. When I was in 2nd grade my parents took me to Chuck E Cheese's, so that I could learn the basic principles of capitalism at a young age. However, unlike all the other ticket-greedy kids, I was concerned with one game, and one game alone: Star Wars Trilogy Arcade. Yes, they had the game at the Batavia location and it ate my coins like a Sarlacc pitt (sorry couldn't help myself).
The on-rails shooter has three main levels – Endor, Hoth and Death Star I, and a fourth you could unlock, Death Star II if you played well enough. On Endor you drive a speeder bike in pursuit of enemy troopers on bikes of their own. You move pretty fast and have to avoid trees and AT-STs while also gunning down those troopers. You then go on foot until you reach the shield generator where you have a showdown with an AT-ST.
On the Yavin level, it's a classic revisiting of the Rebel attack on Death Star I. You make your approach with the X-wing, shooting down TIEs and Star Destroyer guns, then on down to the Death Star surface to shoot at more TIEs and gun towers until you eventually make the trench run to blow up the thing, something video games have never really gotten tired of doing.
Action sequences like getting bailed out by Solo during the trench run, or being called in to help fend off a TIE in pursuit of a squad-mate are nice touches.
I can't shake him!
Two bonus levels let you play as Luke Skywalker. In the first, you get to wield Luke's bright green lightsaber in a battle against Boba Fett on a turbo lift on Tattoine. The fight gives the galaxy's greatest bounty hunter a battle with Skywalker the films never gave you. The Mandalorian lays several barrages of lasers down on the Jedi while the player receives split second warnings of each blast to come which you can block, and at times, even deflect back at Fett. In the second bonus level you face Vader himself in a duel. The same rules apply where arrows point the direction of Vader's next swing of his lightsaber. After making consecutive blocks, you can strike back by bringing the joystick from one end to the other.
At its core, Trilogy Arcade is all about piloting ships and shooting at other ships, but an unexpected result of this game is possibly the best realization of lightsaber-play ever. So many other games have tried, but never has swinging an elegant weapon for a more civilized age felt so good, and so real.
You can still play this one at Galloping Ghost.
Star Wars Racer Arcade (2000) Sega
Between the ages of nine and ten, I had a major growth spurt which helped me learn the literal definition of growing pains. My doctor told me I grew a whole foot in a year. And because of that fact, whatever muscle I had in my body at that time wasn't exactly filling out this freakishly skinny, cartoonish preteen's body. This, of course, wouldn't stop me from doing normal kid things at all, like challenging my older brother in a bike race around the nearby cul-de-sac. Pedaling as fast as I could around the curve, I took too sharp a turn which flung me from my bike onto the unforgiving concrete with a loud crack, quickly followed by unimaginable pain. That 'crack' being my femur bone breaking for the second time in my life. Bummer.
After a three week luxury stay at Delnor Hospital, and another extremely fashionable six weeks in a waist-high cast, I distinctly remember one of the first things I did: play Star Wars Racer Arcade.
A girl from grade school thought it would be nice to treat me to a fun day at Oddysey Fun World after all that I'd been through. And hey, I wasn't about to turn down a pity play-date to Oddysey Fun World of all places! Even if she did have cooties (she definitely did).
The cabinet was hard to miss as this particular one seated you in a replica of Annikan's pod racer from The Phantom Menace. As a 10 year old, I didn't really comprehend a lot of the movie's unnecessarily complex plot, but one thing I did understand – pod racing was really, really cool.
Besides the fact that you're sitting in a miniature pod racer, Racer Arcade separated itself from other racing games for two main reasons: first, the control scheme. Instead of a traditional steering wheel, Racer Arcade features tw o separate handle bars to mimic how Anakin's pod was propelled by its two turbines. You need to push the right handle forward and pull the left handle back to left and vice-versa. The second reason: the near blinding speed of yours and all the other competitor's pods. A lot games like to tell you how fast you're going, over 600 MPH in this case, but rarely does it feel like you're actually going as fast as it does in Racer Arcade. This was evidenced in the ferocity at which I collided with way too many walls and other obstacles. And it also proved that Anakin was indeed the only human to have ever finished a pod race, at least that's the story I'm running with.
Key Differences from N64 Version:
Besides Anakin, there are three other playable characters: Sebulba, who's also playable from the onset, Gasgano, who could be unlocked after 700 races, and Ben Quadinators, who was unlocked after completing 50 expert courses.
You could race on only four different courses, a major difference from the N64 version which had over 25
There was no in-race repair feature
I've been lucky enough to have played the former games listed on several occasions, but this one I've only ever experienced once. 14 years ago. Unfortunately, I haven't seen it since. And according to the International Arcade Museum, it's one of the harder arcade machines out there to find, rating it 3 on a scale of 1 to 100 (1 being most rare), so if you're trying to play this one, you may have your work cut out for you.
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If you don't have a solid budget in place, it's easy to let your finances get away from you a little bit when the holidays roll around. But money takes time to earn and save – so what can you do now if you are facing a cash emergency in Kentucky this Christmas?
Between gift shopping and preparing the Christmas dinner, the holidays can be as stressful as they are merry. When your next payday is still a ways off and your expenses are in the here and now, a Kentucky payday loan could give gives you the ability to access the money from your next paycheck today. If the holidays and all the expenses that come with them have you stretched thin, a payday loan could help you bridge the gap.
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Cormann and the Coalition play hide and seek with the truth
By John Passant | 20 February 2019, 7:00am | comments |
Mathias Cormann told Senate Estimates he had no idea HelloWorld had given him a free trip
From travel rorts to Paladin, to union raids and the Banking RC, hiding is what the Morrison Government is about, writes Canberra correspondent John Passant.
Need a holiday? Contact Matty Cormann Travel. Book your adventure, give us your credit card details and we'll forget to charge you.
Terms and conditions apply. First, you have to be a senior government minister. Second, you have to know the CEO of a multimillion-dollar travel agency through your shared political organisation, which happens to be in government. It helps if that person is the honorary treasurer of the party in government. Then you have to phone him and ask him to arrange the travel for you. Finally, that travel agency or related parties have to be involved in contracts with the federal government.
Minister Mathias Cormann's unbilled holiday has seen the Prime Minister defend him — he just forgot to check his credit card bill. The man in charge of Australia's finances can't manage his own. Seriously? As the Prime Minister also helpfully pointed out, Senator Cormann has now paid for his $2,780.82 holiday. Yes, Prime Minister, after the media revealed his "mistake". Maybe the dog ate his credit card bill?
I'm booking travel with Helloworld from now on because apparently they sometimes forget to charge you. https://t.co/w4So71dXi5
— Barrie Cassidy (@barriecassidy) February 18, 2019
The surrounding circumstances – a Liberal Party crony, direct phone calls to the CEO of this multimillion dollar company and the government contract matter – mean there is a rotten smell about this holiday. We should know all the details. We won't.
The story is not yet dead and buried. Labor's Jim Chalmers in Question Time asked the Prime Minister if the PM was certain of the propriety of other ministers' travel arrangements organised by Andrew Burnes. Burnes is the head of HelloWorld, Honorary Treasurer of the Liberal Party and the man who organised Senator Cormann's travel. He responded that there was nothing within his knowledge to suggest impropriety. Given Jim Chalmers question, we may wonder who else has booked their (possibly unpaid) holidays through Burnes?
Hiding the truth from the public is what this Coalition Government is about. We will never know the full story about the Cormann family holiday. We probably will never know the full story about the farce that is the Paladin Manus Island security contract.
During Question Time, the Government tried to play to its perceived strength — border protection. They have become more confident since an IPSOS poll conducted for Nine Media (formerly Fairfax) on Monday (18 February) showed a tightening of the race between the two parties. It indicated the Government on 49% two-party preferred and so, apparently back in the race.
The Government seems to think this improvement in its fortunes of 3-4% is due to Labor's support for evacuating sick refugees to Australia, indicating weakness on border protection. It believes that this enough to bring the doubters back to the Coalition fold.
The question is, would 4% of voters abandon Labor based on a few days of xenophobic politicking on this issue? Labor and Labor supporters can relax. It is possible this was an outlier. The 3% swing against Labor and to the Government compared to the last poll in December could be just a margin of error result. Ipsos is not always reliable.
As Adrian Beaumont says in The Conversation:
'Ipsos has a reputation for being volatile and it always has the Greens too high. Both the volatility and the high Greens vote may be explained by Ipsos being the only live phone pollster in Australia — Newspoll, Essential and ReachTEL use either robopolling, online methods or a combination.'
The Queensland Galaxy poll of 52% to Labor and 48% to the LNP suggests this IPSOS is an outlier, but we will know more when the next polls are released. First cab off the rank will be Newspoll in The Australian on Monday. It is likely to show Labor still comfortably in front.
The mantra of border protection itself hides the truth. The Medivac Bill reveals the reality that five or six years of locking up people who have committed no crime can make people extremely sick. Nauru is hiding the truth, presumably at the Australian Government's urging, by passing legislation to ban sick people being medically evacuated from Nauru. And the Government has finally admitted it is re-opening Christmas Island to further brutalise these sick people.
This is a disgraceful move by a desperate Govt. First thing to scuttle the #medevac bill now trying to thwart its implementation. Adequate facilities do not exist on Xmas Is - Sick refugees on Manus and Nauru to be sent to Christmas Island not mainland https://t.co/VH867TqFqB
— Jana Favero (@janafavero) February 19, 2019
The Government has also been hiding the truth about the AWU raids and the leaks to the media. This is likely to have been politically motivated because the person who stood to lose most from these raids if anything untoward came up, which it has not, is the current leader of the Opposition, Bill Shorten.
Not only that, but the Government can play the guilt by association card: raids; police; AWU; Shorten. Senator Michaelia Cash denied in Court that the raids were politically motivated. Ben Davies, her former head of staff, disagreed. He said that having TV cameras there at the time of the raid was 'to the political detriment of Mr Shorten'. One of them has to be wrong.
Minister Cash, despite the Prime Minister's assertions, did not cooperate with Australian Federal Police, twice refusing to give a statement. Not only that but according to the AFP, some evidence relevant to their enquiry into the leaking of the raids may have been destroyed.
When a unionist refuses to answer questions from the Australian Building and Construction Commission they can be gaoled for six months. Any union official under suspicion of destroying documents to derail a police investigation would likely be prosecuted.
Labor's focus in Question Time was on asking the Government to extend Parliamentary sitting days to deal with the 76 Banking Royal Commission recommendations. When Parliament rises this week, it is likely there will be at maximum three consecutive sitting days in total from 2 April (and taken up with the budget), before Parliament is prorogued for the 2019 Election due in May.
There could easily be eight sitting days set aside in March to debate and pass key banking legislation.
Again, in its answers, the Government hid. It takes a long time to get these things right, they muttered. We shouldn't rush into it. Just like they did not rush into and, indeed, voted against a banking royal commission 26 times.
The Government are dragging their feet on implementing the recommendations of the Hayne Royal Commission into banking. The last thing they want is their pro-bank responses to the fairly soft recommendations of the Hayne Royal Commission made public and debated before the election and shown up for what they will be — a slap on the wrist with a wet lettuce for the banks.
Stop hiding.
You can follow Canberra correspondent John Passant on Twitter @JohnPassant. Signed copies of John's first book of poetry, Songs for the Band Unformed, are available for purchase from the IA store HERE.
A building worker faces six months jail for refusing to give a statement to the ABCC regarding what happened at a union meeting, yet Ministers can refuse to give statements to the AFP regarding criminal matters with no consequences. It's one rule for us and another for them.
— Sally McManus (@sallymcmanus) February 18, 2019
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Upon arriving at CCA, we were directed to the shoot of Sun Cellular Taste Buddies episode. We watched Solenn Heussaff cook with one of the CCA Chefs.
Here's a short video of the Taste Buddies shoot.
After the shooting of Taste Buddies, an officer of CCA gave us a tour around the culinary school. We were able to see their lecture room, facilities, kitchens, and events room. I learned that studying at CCA means spending 90% of your whole time in the kitchen and just 10% on classroom. Of course, this is a cooking school, what else should I expect.
CCA Pastry Kitchen: This is where students learn how to bake.
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Here's a short video while we are cooking.
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Here's a photo while I was explaining to the Chef how we prepared the food. I started from the ingredients and the methods we used in cooking.
And the winner is "Team Solenn".
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In the past several months, the popularity of blockchain technology has soared to unprecedented levels and is beginning to garner attention from more than just tech enthusiasts, with some of the most influential members of society discussing the technology for a range of industries.
That said, we've now reached the stage where politicians are expressing their interest in blockchain.
The trend began in 2014, when Republican Andrew Hemingway, the youngest gubernatorial candidate in the history of New Hampshire, announced he would accept Bitcoin campaign contributions. Now, over four years later, officials are becoming increasingly eager to jump on the bandwagon.
South Korea has already established itself as a key destination for the tech industry and is now cementing itself as a leader in blockchain technology.
So far, the country is off to a flying start; two of its exchanges, Bithumb and Upbit, are among the top 25 crypto exchanges in the world, and together they maintain a daily trading volume of over $200 million.
To support the growth of the industry in South Korea, several former U.S. government officials will be attending the Block Seoul conference in order to deliver speeches.
General Michael Hayden, former director of the CIA and NSA.
David Paterson, the first African American governor of New York.
Other speakers who will be attending the event include Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia; Bobby Lee, CEO and co-founder of BTCC; and Cristina Dolan, co-founder and COO of iXLedger.
The Block Seoul summit will be held Sept. 16-19.
You may have heard about General Hayden in the news recently, particularly while speaking against Trump's presidency.
Most recently, President Trump threatened to revoke Hayden's security clearance and other former intelligence officials who have been critical of his role as the president.
One of the major selling points of blockchain is to remove power from centralized institutions–in this case, President Trump–and distribute it among the people. However, it remains to be seen whether this is one of the reasons for Hayden's interest in the technology.
How Can Government Organizations Leverage Blockchain Technology?
At a time when citizens' trust in their governments is at an all-time low, a system that doesn't rely on trust has huge potential.
Little is talked about regarding the applications of blockchain technology in the public sector. However, due to the transparency of the blockchain, governments are increasingly looking to the technology as a means for establishing trust.
For instance, using blockchain technology for record keeping would make the entire process more accessible, and most importantly, more secure–making voting processes less open to fraud, speeding up bureaucratic processes that can often be drawn out needlessly and keeping accurate records that can be made easily accessible by a concerned public.
In addition, one of blockchain technology's main features is its ability to cut out middlemen and intermediates, thus drastically reducing costs. At a time when many government budgets are subject to continuous cutbacks, this is more important than ever.
Many government organizations are already beginning to realize the potential of blockchain technology. The U.S., for example, has already witnessed multiple federal agencies–ranging from the General Services Administration and the Department of Homeland Security to the Health and Human Services Department–announcing new blockchain programs.
Regardless of the type of transaction or assets involved, blockchain technology has the potential to provide value.
The aforementioned events just go to show that cryptocurrencies are no longer limited to computer programmers and tech geeks. More importantly, they prove that crypto has a far bigger potential than simply making quick cash from trading Bitcoins.
Because most of blockchain's applications happen behind the scenes, and well away from the public eye, it's vastly unlikely that blockchain technology will be "the next internet." That said, as the technology continues to develop, there is little doubt that we will be in for some pretty major changes over the next couple of years.
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What is it about Islam that hates the West so much?
In March 19, 2012, in Toulouse, France, a 23 year old French Algerian by the name of Mohammed Merah pulled up in his motor scooter at the Jewish Ozar Hatorah Junior/Senior High School. He dismounted and then immediately began to open fire into the school yard. His barrage fell a 30 year old rabbi and teacher just outside the school gates as he tried to shield his two young sons, ages six and three, from the gunman. Merah shot one of the boys as he crawled away from his father and brother who were lying dying on the pavement.
Merah next walked into the school yard, chasing people into the building. Once inside, he shot at staff, he shot at parents, and he shot at students.
The killer then chased a little eight year old blond girl into the courtyard. He grabbed her by her hair. He put a gun to her head and he pulled the trigger. It jammed. Nothing happened. So, he threw the gun down, pulled out one of the many guns he was carrying, and he finished the job. Merah then hopped on his moped and drove off.
Four people died in that shooting. It became the worse school-related attack in French history, and it became the biggest manhunt in French history. Merah, while he was doing all of this killing, filmed it with a camera he had strapped to his body. When he got home, he made a video of the killings, set it to music and verses in the Koran, and he uploaded it to Al Jazeera.
Later that day, there was a long standoff with the police. Merah had a huge private arsenal and he wanted to go out as a martyr. He finally jumped out of his window yelling "Allah Akbar" and shooting at the police. The French authorities had to shoot him down.
When the police researched Merah's background, they found that he had traveled to Afghanistan and Pakistan where he had been trained by Al-Qaida. In the video message that he left behind he justified his murders by saying, "These acts are not only necessary, but they were to uphold the honor of Islam."
On November 5, 2009, US Army Major and psychiatrist Nidal Malik Hasan entered his base in Fort Hood, Texas. He took a seat at an empty table. He bowed his head for several seconds in prayer, then he stood up and shouted "Allah Akbar" meaning "Allah is great." Hasan fired into the unarmed crowed of his own fellow soldiers. Within 10 minutes he had killed 13 people and wounded 29 others. A total of 214 rounds had been fired, and he was still carrying another 177 rounds when a civilian police officer shot him and paralyzed him.
Hasan was a Palestinian Muslim. He had attended the Falls Church Virginia mosque where two of the 911 hijackers had attended. He had ties to Yemen-based cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who after the shooting posted on the internet that Hasan was a hero "for fighting against the US Army is an Islamic duty."
Major Hasan has since been in the news and in 2012 was convicted on all accounts.
On September 11, 2001, 19 Al-Qaida hijacked four passenger jets, slamming two into the World Trade Tower, one into the Pentagon, and one crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. Nearly 3,000 people died in the attack, including 227 civilians and all 19 hijackers who had committed suicide on those four planes.
The mastermind behind 9/11 was Osama Bin Laden who said this about his extraordinary attack, "To kill American and their allies, civilians and military, is an individual duty for every Muslim who can do it in any country in which it is possible."
What is it about Islam that hates us so much? Why are they trying to kill us? What turns normal people into raving murderers who say it's their duty to kill?
Those questions are what will be covered in this series on Islam. To achieve this we need to get into the head of the Muslim. They are not just crazy people as many Westerners think. There's a reason behind their thinking. And, therefore there is a reason behind these killings and all these deaths.
In the second segment of this study on the fall of Islam, we'll continue to seek an answer to this question by delving into the mind of the Muslim by getting to know some of Islam's background.
First I would offer a pair of requisite definitions.
Islam is an Arabic word which means the complete and total submission of an individual to the will of the Islamic "god" called "allah."
A Muslim is the person who so adheres to this dictate.
Muslims are born into the religion of Islam, or has been common throughout the past nearly 1,400 years, non-Muslims were forcibly converted to accept Islam. Refusals to convert have always meant death for that individual.
Muslims have never been "normal people" by any non-Islamic standard.
Muslims must adhere to the dictates of Islam as defined by the Qur'an and/or the Ahadith (plural for the many sayings or teachings of or attributed to Muhammed by his talib or students).
In this, a Muslim is a true adherent of the dictates of Islam; otherwise he/she is an apostate from Islam and is subject to death.
Movin' on to the next installment!
I got to this page from a "Discuss Article" link on your email "How Do You Share Jesus With A Muslim?"
"Koran, Sura 5:50 and 68 says that Mohammad gave an okay thumbs up for the Muslim to read the Bible."
Wow, how powerful can that be! An open door to read the gospel of Jesus Christ!
Unfortunately, when I looked up these two verses, 50 seemed to have no bearing, but 68 did indeed mention the gospel (depending on source) and seemed to fairly clearly uphold your claim. I expect you are not a scholar of the Koran, but quoting the source and offering some explanation would be helpful in a case like this. I expect 99%+ of your readers are ignorant of the Koran and wish to remain so other than tidbits like this that can help lead a Muslim to Christ.
Agreed recommending Muslins read the Bible, especially New Testament, is great suggestion and this is recommended by other Gospel sharing ministries. I was disappointed by the statement, "she gave her life" because the gospel is salvation by grace through faith and not by works. God does the giving.The gospel should be presented clearly and accurately!
Jim, thanks for having me double-check those suras concerning the Koran saying it's okay for a Muslim to read the Bible. 5:50 should be Sura 5:46-47, and one could add Sura 3:3. Sorry for the typo.


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Q: PostgreSQL approach to producing nested JSON from a flat set of records Got an intentionally un-normalized table of data:
SELECT location, day, title, teacher, "startTime", "endTime", canceled from "Schedules" ORDER by location, day, "startTime";

Data...
"First", 1, "Knitting 101", "Doe, John", "2019-02-19T09:00Z", "2019-02-19T11:00Z"
"First", 2, "Model Building 201", "Doe, Jane", "2019-02-20T09:00Z", "2019-02-20T11:00Z"
"Second", 1, "Rocks for Jocks 101", "Smith, Terry", "2019-02-19T09:00Z", "2019-02-19T11:00Z"
"Second", 2, "Speed Reading 101", "Case, Justin", "2019-02-20T09:00Z", "2019-02-20T11:00Z"

and want to produce this JSON:
[
  {
    "location": "First",
    "days": [
      {
        "day": 1,
        "classes": [
          {
            "title": "Knitting 101",
            "teacher": "Doe, John",
            "starts": "2019-02-19T09:00Z"
            "ends": "2019-02-19T11:00Z",
            "canceled": false
          }
          ... other classes
        ]
      }
      ... other days
    ]
  }
  ... other locations
]

Currently taking results of the query and nesting it using a JavaScript function. Trying to use JSON functions unsuccessfully with this approach:

*

*(SELECT DISTINCT location FROM "Schedules" locations ORDER BY location) l

*(SELECT location, day FROM "Schedules" GROUP BY location ORDER BY location, day) d

*(SELECT * FROM "Schedules" ORDER BY location, day, "startTime") c

*array_to_json(array_agg(row_to_json(l)))

*array_to_json(array_agg(row_to_json(d))) sub-query where d.location = l.location

*array_to_json(array_agg(row_to_json(c))) sub-query where c.location = l.location and c.day = d.day

Is this the right way to approach it or am I missing a more elegant solution?
UPDATE: Solution provided by @FXD was to start with the most detailed organization level and work backwards. Here is the working query (small adjustments for quoting mixed case objects:
SELECT array_to_json(array_agg("LocationClasses" ORDER BY Location)) AS "FullSchedule"
FROM (
    SELECT location, json_build_object('location', location, 'days', array_to_json(array_agg("LocationDayClasses" ORDER BY day))) AS "LocationClasses"
    FROM (
        SELECT location, day, json_build_object('day', day, 'classes', array_to_json(array_agg(json_build_object('title', title, 'teacher', teacher,'starts', "startTime", 'ends', "endTime", 'cancelled', canceled) ORDER BY "startTime"))) as "LocationDayClasses"
        FROM "Schedules"
        GROUP BY location, day
    ) T1
    GROUP BY location
) T2

A: You got the steps right but IMO in reversed order.
It is possible to do everything in 1 query if you build the classes, group them per location/day, then group all days per location and finally group the entire thing together to have 1 record.
From the query below, I advise you try to see what the T1 subquery does, then do the same for T2 subquery. You'll see it wasn't so complicated.
SELECT array_to_json(array_agg(LocationClasses ORDER BY Location)) AS FullSchedule
FROM (
    SELECT Location, json_build_object('location',Location, 'days', array_to_json(array_agg(LocationDayClasses ORDER BY day))) AS LocationClasses
    FROM (
        SELECT Location, day, json_build_object('day', Day, 'classes', array_to_json(array_agg(json_build_object('title',Title,'teacher',Teacher,'starts',Starts,'ends',Ends,'cancelled',false) ORDER BY starts))) as LocationDayClasses
        FROM Schedules
        GROUP BY Location, Day
    ) T1
    GROUP BY Location
) T2

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Plants, Magic & Medicine in the Indian Ocean and the Work of Garcia de Orta
Luís de Camões – a debaucher, Indian Ocean rover, and Renaissance poet - was among Orta's close friends in Goa, India. In fact, his first published poem is a eulogy of Orta appearing in the latter's Colloquies, where, significantly, he compares Orta to the centaur Chiron, a sage, healer, and prophet. Doing a 'heretical' reading (following Jeffrey Kripal's injunction) of Orta's text, i.e., an intuitive reading against the grain of orthodoxy of his time and later (Orta was posthumously accused of 'judaizing practices' by the Inquisition and his remains were burned in an auto-da-fé in Goa) involves navigating around the edges of the inquisitorial framework known to have constrained Orta's life and work. Three lines of inquiry propose themselves here: 1) mapping out both land-based and oceanic networks of mystico-religious and philosophical exchange, profiting from indications in Orta's own text (for instance, his constant mentions of Avicenna); 2) inquiring into the role of plants and drugs in European, Indic & Islamicate magic, medicine, and religion; 3) and last but not least, looking into the actual, variegated use of some plants in various Indian Ocean & Middle Eurasian locations over time, for instance, in cults and cuisine, as well as various forms of consciousness change and traditions of healing. Betel & areca nut, the baobab, coconut, datura, tamarind, and turmeric (açafram da terra in Orta's book) are among the promising candidates here. This research also includes an investigation into the links between Indic plant lore and current uses of plants in varieties of traditional & modern preventive medicine and (ethno) psychiatry, including tantric practices. Orta's Coloquios dos simples contains incidentally the first known description of Ayurveda by a European.
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Minister charges Peseiro to build a strong, formidable Super Eagles Team
Minister for Youth and Sports Development, Hon. Sunday Dare has charged newly appointed coach of the Super Eagles, Jose Peseiro to lead the rebuilding of a new, strong and formidable senior National Team for Nigeria, as he gets his reign underway.
The Portuguese gaffer was officially received at the Minister's Conference Room by Sunday Dare today, and assured the coach that the new crew will enjoy the support of the Ministry through the NFF, to ensure the team succeeds during his time in charge of the Super Eagles.
Dare said "for us as a Ministry and the NFF, the message we want to pass emphatically to the new coach, is that this is the start of the rebuilding process. Nigeria is a football-loving nation, they love the Super Eagles and they love to win every game, even though it's impossible. Whether it is friendly or a competitive game. Let there be consistency and discipline in our team, on and off the pitch, because it's a critical criteria for success"
"Nigerians would want to see the hunger, aggressiveness, and the commitment in the team that you lead. If you lose, it should be done gallantly with a spirited fight. You must restore the confidence of Nigerians in the Super Eagles", Dare added.
The Minister went on to task the team to win their first game against Sierra Leone and follow it up with another result against Sao Tome and Principe, as the Eagles kick-start their journey to Cote D'Ivoire for AFCON 2023.
Nigeria will take on the Leone Stars of Sierra Leone at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja on Thursday, 9th June, before travelling to Marrakech to face Sao Tome and Principe on Tuesday, 13th June, 2022.
Meanwhile, the new Technical Adviser of the Nigeria's Super Eagles, Jose Peseiro has stated that his mission is to help Nigeria win the next African Cup of Nations in Cote D'Ivoire, next year.
The Portuguese coach made the remarks during a reception by the Minister of Youth and Sports Development today, as he was officially received at the Minister's Conference Room.
Peseiro said "I came here for one goal; I want to win the next AFCON for my fantastic players and for Nigerians. I am confident because I believe in this team, I believe in the quality and the number of good players. I have followed Nigeria's history in football from the 1994 and other successful teams and I want to bring back that joy again"
The 62-year-old thanked the Ministry and the NFF for giving him the opportunity to work with Nigeria, reiterating Nigeria's stance as a top footballing nation in Africa.
"Nigeria is top 5 when it comes to football in Africa. I want to appreciate the Minister and the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for this opportunity to lead the national team. I will work round the clock to ensure that we achieve as much success as possible and the journey starts now".
Peseiro has previously worked with top clubs such as Real Madrid, FC Porto, Braga etc. With the Super Eagles done with the tour of U.S for preparatory games, the team will switch attentions to the AFCON 2023 qualifiers.
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This edition, from 1843, has 650 pages and a wealth of information. Like many other directories The Post Office Directory has listings of all the military, religious, educational, medical, legal and police establishments both in the city and county. There is a also a listing of the gentry and peerage of Ireland.
The majority of the directory is taken up with lists of the nobility, gentry, merchants and traders of the city and surrounding vicinity. This is followed by listings for many of the professions, such as the legal and medical professions as well as listings of the senior staff at Trinity and the College of Maynooth. There is also an alphabetical list of the streets and lanes of the city itself.
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Q: $\int_0^{2 \pi} \frac{1}{|e^{i \theta}-a|^2} d \theta $ Can the following integral be computed using residue theory?
$$\int_0^{2 \pi} \frac{1}{|e^{i \theta}-a|^2} d \theta, \ \ |a|<1. $$
I rewrote the integral in terms of $z=e^{i \theta}$, but I end up with a non-analytic function for which I can not apply the residue theorem.

A: Your integral becomes $\oint_{|z|=1}\frac{dz}{iz(z-a)(z^\ast-a^\ast)}$, which we can render analytic using $|z|=1\implies z^\ast=1/z$, so the integral is $-i\oint_{|z|=1}\frac{dz}{(z-a)(1-a^\ast z)}$. As the integration contour encloses only one pole, namely $a$ rather than $1/a^\ast$, the residue theorem now says the integral is $2\pi\lim_{z\to a}\frac{1}{1-a^\ast z}=\frac{2\pi}{1-|a|^2}$. The case $a=0$ provides a sanity check, as does the $|a|=1$ divergence.


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    respond_to do |format|
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        format.html { redirect_to @voucher, notice: 'Voucher was successfully created.' }
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Hornpipe
This article is about the types of dance. For the musical instrument, see Hornpipe (instrument).
British naval cadets dancing the hornpipe in 1928
The hornpipe is any of several dance forms played and danced in Britain and Ireland and elsewhere from the 16th century until the present day. The earliest references to hornpipes are from England with Hugh Aston's Hornepype of 1522 and the others refer to Lancashire hornpipes in 1609 and 1613.[1]
It is suggested that hornpipe as a dance began around the 16th century on English sailing vessels.[2] However, this is urban myth, as the dance does not seem to have become associated with sailors until after 1740 when the dancer Yates performed 'a hornpipe in the character of a Jack Tar' at Drury Lane Theatre, after which, in 1741 at Covent Garden we hear of 'a hornpipe by a gentleman in the character of a sailor.'.[3] Movements were those familiar to sailors of that time: "looking out to sea" with the right hand to the forehead, then the left, lurching as in heavy weather, and giving the occasional rhythmic tug to their breeches both fore and aft.
Folk hornpipes
The hornpipe is an Irish, Scottish and English dance. It is done in hard shoes, which are used to help keep track of how the dancer keeps in time. There are two variations of the hornpipe dance: fast and slow. Usually, more experienced dancers will do the slow hornpipe but younger dancers will start out with the fast hornpipe and then switch in later years. There is a change of tempo in the music but not the dancing between these two speeds. The only difference in the dancing between the fast and slow steps are the dances that the competitor does and the rhythm/sound of how they move their legs. The rhythm for both fast and slow hornpipes is very even and should be executed that way by the dancer.
The most common use of the term nowadays refers to a class of tunes in 4
4 time. The dance is done in hard shoes. Perhaps the best known example is the "Sailors' Hornpipe". There are two basic types of common-time hornpipe, ones like the "Sailors' Hornpipe", moving in even notes, sometimes notated in 2
2, moving a little slower than a reel, and ones like "The Harvest Home", moving in dotted notes. Some 19th-century examples mix the dotted and even styles. These led the form to being called the 'Newcastle Style' [4] The form dates back to the mid-18th century or earlier but became much more popular in the early 19th century. Many fine hornpipes were written in this period, often with well-known composers. In Ireland, examples include "The Groves Hornpipe" and "The Boys of Bluehill". In England, a noted composer of hornpipes on Tyneside was the influential fiddler-publican James Hill (c.1811-1853). The form also became very popular in the United States – "President Garfield's Hornpipe" being a fine example.
A lively 3
2 time dance rhythm, which remained popular in northern English and lowland Scottish instrumental music until the 19th century.[5] Many examples are still well known and widely played in Northumberland, such as the song "Dance ti thy Daddy", and the variation set "Lads of Alnwick". Often these tunes have off-beat accents, usually in even-numbered bars, presumably corresponding to the (lost) dance steps. The form, having short strains, with a simple fixed harmonic scheme, and recognisable tags at the ends, is very suitable for the playing of variations. This has probably accounted for its survival among players of the Northumbrian smallpipes. "Lads of Alnwick", in particular, has survived in the oral and manuscript tradition without major change from its earliest known appearance in the 1730s in William Dixon's MS, until the modern era, when an almost identical 5-strain version was written down by Tom Clough.
The term was also used formerly to refer to tunes in 9
8 time. These may have been thought of as differing only inessentially from the 3
2 hornpipes. Some early examples of these are also syncopated. The form survives in Northumberland and Ireland. One example, "Mad Moll", or "The Peacock Follows the Hen", has remained current since at least 1698 when it appeared in The Dancing Master. Such tunes are usually referred to nowadays by the Irish name slip jig.
Examples, current in Northumberland, of all these kinds of hornpipe may be found, either recorded or notated, on the FARNE archive website . The earliest musician's manuscript to contain hornpipes is the Henry Atkinson MS (Facsimile of which may be found at FARNE). John Offord's John of the Green – The Cheshire Way (ISBN 978-0-9556324-0-2), is an extensive study of published and manuscript dance music in these forms from before 1750. This draws heavily on Thomas Marsden's Original Lancashire Hornpipes, Old and New, published by Henry Playford in 1705, as well as other sources.
In 1798 the Reverend Warner Warner journeyed through Wales. In describing a Welsh ball, he wrote, "The ball was concluded by a contest of agility between two brothers, who danced two distinct hornpipes with so much power and muscle, variety of step and inflexible perseverance, as exceeded everything we had seen.[6]
Baroque hornpipe
The triple-time hornpipe dance rhythm was often used by composers in England in the Baroque period. It is probably artificial to draw too rigid a distinction between the popular and art-music examples. Many country dance examples are found in The Dancing Master, such as "The Hole in the Wall" (Hornpipe No.8 from the incidental music to Abdelazer by Henry Purcell), and there are also extant theatrical choreographies that use steps from French court ballet, but which characteristically have step-units going across the measure. Henry Purcell and George Frideric Handel composed hornpipes, and Handel occasionally gave "alla hornpipe" as a tempo indication (see Handel's Water Music). Today, the most well-known baroque hornpipe tune is probably the 'Alla Hornpipe' movement from the D major of Handel's Water Music suites. Hornpipes are occasionally found in German music of this period.
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↑ http://chrisbrady.itgo.com/dance/stepdance/hornpipe_conference.htm
↑ Tolman, Beth & Page, Ralph (1937) The Country Dance Book. Countryman Press; page 119
↑ http://www.fiddlingaround.co.uk/english/index.html
↑ http://lbps.net/lbps/repertoire/154-the-triple-time-hornpipe.html
↑ Jaffé, Nigel Allenby (1990) Folk Dance of Europe. Folk Dance Enterprises. page 295. ISBN 0-946247-14-5
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Country Dance Hornpipe (a modern rendition of Purcell's Hornpipe "Hole in the Wall" (1698) in Playford's Dancing Master) (accessed 14 May 2009)
Barockmusik: "Alla Hornpipe" (excerpt from Handel's Water Music) (accessed 14 May 2009)
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Lancashire Clog Dance (accessed 11 March 2011)
Irish Step Dance: Hornpipe (accessed 11 March 2011)
Highland Dancing: Sailor's Hornpipe (accessed 11 March 2011)
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State Department adds Nigeria to list of most serious religious freedom violators
The State Department redesignated nine other nations as 'countries of particular concern': Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers closing remarks with Ambassador Sam Brownback at the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom on July 26, 2018, at the U.S. Department of State, in Washington. Photo by State Department/Creative Commons
(RNS) — The U.S. State Department has added Nigeria to its list of countries deemed to have the most egregious violations of religious freedom.
Sam Brownback, the department's ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom, told reporters in a Tuesday (Dec. 8) telephone briefing that the African country was designated as a "country of particular concern" because of an increasing number of organized terrorist groups and "a lot of religious-tinged violence."
"You've got expanded terrorist activities, you've got a lot of it associated around religious affiliations, and the government's response has been minimal to not happening at all," Brownback said of Nigeria, according to a State Department transcript. "The terrorism continues to happen and grow, in some places unabated."
He spoke on the day after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the latest designations of countries cited for violating religious liberties, including the addition of nine other nations now designated as CPCs: Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan.
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The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom hailed the State Department's decisions.
Nigeria, red, located in Africa. Image courtesy of Creative Commons
"We particularly welcome Nigeria's designation for the first time as a CPC for tolerating egregious violations of religious freedom, which USCIRF had been recommending since 2009," said commission Chair Gayle Manchin in a statement. "Nigeria is the first secular democracy that has been named a CPC, which demonstrates that we must be vigilant that all forms of governments respect religious freedom."
USCIRF had also suggested the State Department give India, Russia, Syria and Vietnam the CPC designation but it did not. The commission had said in its April report that India should be added because of its passage a year ago of the Citizenship Amendment Act, a law that gives Hindus and religious minorities from neighboring countries a fast track to citizenship but excludes Muslims.
Asked why India did not get named to that list, Brownback said "we watch the situation in India very closely" and Pompeo has visited there a number of times. "These issues have been raised in private discussions at the government — high government level, and they will continue to get raised."
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The State Department listed again Comoros, Cuba, Nicaragua and Russia on its second-tier "special watch list."
It removed Sudan and Uzbekistan from that watch list. In July, Sudan repealed its apostasy law that previously called for the death penalty for persons convicted of renouncing Islam.
"Their courageous reforms of their laws and practices stand as models for other nations to follow," Pompeo said in his announcement.
USCIRF had urged that those two nations stay on the list earlier this year. But Tony Perkins, vice chair of the watchdog, stated "it is undeniable the historic progress that has been made in these two countries. We hope that their progress encourages positive change in other places around the world."
The State Department also listed numerous militant groups as "entities of particular concern": al-Shabab; al-Qaida; Boko Haram; Hayat Tahrir al-Sham; the Houthis; the Islamic State Group, or ISIS; ISIS-Greater Sahara; ISIS-West Africa; Jamaat Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin; and the Taliban.
But it removed that designation from al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula and ISIS-Khorasan, due to loss of territory those terrorist organizations had controlled.
Brownback reiterated on the call the work of the Trump administration to encourage peaceful cooperation among leaders of the Abrahamic faiths, an effort that he said continued with an online peace summit he attended with prominent Christian, Muslim and Jewish theologians the previous day, which emphasized opposing religious violence.
"I still want to get the picture of top theologians of Judaism, Islam, and Christianity standing in front of Abraham's tomb, pointing to — this is the starting point of our faith, this person," he said. "I think the world needs to see that, because we're seeing so much division in the world, particularly between Christians and Muslims, but also Jews as well."
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