Around here Autumn is kind of a big deal. As it turns out, both of the Shy Socialite sisters celebrate their wedding anniversaries in September (on the 14th and 27th), the little guys is turning 1 year-old on September first, and the NEWEST little one will be arriving some time in October.
A great way to start Autumn off with a smile is flowers! Shops seem to be blossoming with orange, yellow and copper colored beauties of all sorts. An all-time favorite is the colorful and abundant Mum!
In celebration of the Autumn Mum, we have put together this craft-printable. Included are 5 patterned pages in a pumpkin color, 2 patterned pages in green, and a patterns for the flowers and leaf.
Below are some basic instructions and ideas, but be as creative as you like with these!
a printer and ink, paper, scissors, glue-stick, and a pencil. Optional: extra pencils, thumbtacks, a single hole punch, ribbon, chenille-stems (pipe cleaners).
1.Print out the flower patterns and as many pattern pages as you would like to use. We use 2 of each flower shape (a total of 8 flower-shapes) per flower.
2. Cut out the flower patterns trace them on the patterned pages and cut those out (or alternatively, print the flower patterns directly on the the patterned page to eliminate the tracing step, and cut them out this way, remember you will need 2 pages per flower).
3. Take two flower shaped of the same size and glue them together back to back at the center of the flower. Once all 8 pieces are glued together you should have 4 pieces (flowers).
4. Curl the petals with a pencil, in any direction you like.
5, layer those 4 flower pieces together. Smallest on top, medium in the middle, with the 2 larger flower-shapes on the bottom, whichever you prefer first. Glue those layers together.
6.Glue a leaf on the bottom if desired.
Ideas for use: We tacked the mum on the eraser end of pencils for a fun bouquet. You can use a single-hole-punch to punch a hole in one petal of each flower and create a bunting/banner. You can use one or two as the "bow" on the top of a gift. You can create bendable stems with chenille-stems. Use any paper you like to create the flowers, tan craft-paper looks adorable. Glitter always makes any paper-craft exceptional.
We hope you enjoy this simple craft. Want more craft ideas and printables from the Shy Socialites? Leave a comment on this post.


We think people like moose for all of the reasons they dislike aspects of modern life. Moose are gentle creatures that can tell us a lot about what we lose from not being close to nature. If you are lucky enough to see a moose in the wild, it will usually be a tranquil scene of a bull or cow browsing on plants in a pond. If you are really lucky you will be alone with the moose—and both of you will be at peace.
Scientists and naturalists will tell you that moose have another side, that they can become quite aggressive. A bull during the rut or a cow protecting her calves might bellow at you or even charge you. But what is happening in these cases? These are perfectly natural reactions to driving a rival away or protecting an offspring from harm. This is nature.
Moose are solitary animals, which is why your encounter will probably be with a single moose. Despite their imposing stature, they are remarkably quiet, capable of gliding through forest, brush or pond with hardy a sound. They are not predators so they seek no harm. They are, when alone, content.
Our world is in many ways just the opposite. It certainly seems less gentle. Whether it's road rage or rudeness, it's increasingly difficult to find tranquil scenes. The harrowing commute to work, back-stabbing at the office, a surly clerk at the store, television and movies glorifying violence. Is this human nature? Which one of these worlds is more civilized?
The "bad things" in the wild take place for a reason. We recently made the mistake of saying to a naturalist, on learning that the moose population in Canada's Algonquin Provincial Park was down considerably one year due to an unusually heavy tick infestation, "that's too bad." Of course, the response was "but this is just nature."
What we meant was what all of us who love moose and love nature mean when we think about the animals: "That's too bad because now there will be less moose." Less gentle creatures. Somehow less gentleness. The naturalist was right; the moose that did not survive became the mechanism for survival for countless other creatures, each gentle in their own way.
What we don't see at the pond, with the solitary moose grazing on water shield, is a deliberate attempt to cause discomfort, stress or even harm. The moose happy; we are happy. To us, this is a very good reason to like moose.
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In China, the humble hedgehog has been associated with the overthrowing of an empire ever since Emperor Wu Cheng dreamt of large hedgehogs attacking his home. The next day, he ordered his men to kill every hedgehog in the city. In time, Wu Cheng lost his popularity and the people called him a hedgehog. Ever since then, in China, the poor hedgehog has been considered a predictor of destruction. However, in Japan and parts of China, the hedgehog is said to symbolize wealth. During the Middle Ages, people in Europe considered the hedgehog a symbol of Satan. To dream of a hedgehog is a sign that you need to face a difficult situation openly. You can't be defensive (prickly) or try to deny the problem exists (curling yourself up into a ball). The problem will take time to resolve, but the outcome will be positive for you.


Although there are two weeks left of the school summer holidays, I think it would be fair to say that the weather has been pretty dismal. British Farmers are worried about their grain harvest and what sort of straw they will end up with as winter cattle feed. Growing conditions have been erratic since a very dry spring then a wet and cool summer. I could do with a trip to the hairdresser as my hair even looks like straw. It has grown quite long and the colour seems to have faded but the new growth is just mousey. I thought I might dye it myself so it is the same colour all over but I could not find a single box of dye that came anywhere near the new natural straw colour of my hair. I expect I will now wait until autumn then dye it accordingly to match the foliage.
I tackled some worthwhile mid summer holiday chores, supervising major clear outs in kids' bedrooms and completed the dreaded repaint of Fergus' attic room in two days after scrubbing off ancient wax crayon scribbles. The trouble with the new paint is that it makes a scruffy carpet and tatty blind look much worse.
While waiting for the paint to dry between coats, I finished quilting all of the 13 roof sections for Yurt 2 with simple lines to look like a corrugated tin roof. These will have to be shaped into wedges then fitted to the Yurt frame with Velcro before I can declare the new roof complete. I have started piecing the FINAL panel for Yurt 2 and will take the last three unquilted panels with me to FOQ so that I can demonstrate with Lenni using a scrappy area for the Festival visitors and show off a bit of serious quilting at the other end of the frame.
Unfortunately, I had to withdraw the Smart Car cover from the Quilted Creations competition at FOQ as I was unable to borrow a car upon which to display it. I had contacted several Smart Car dealers and the head of marketing for Smart/ Mercedes Benz UK but I was informed that the 35 000 international visitors attending the show were – "unlikely to represent the demographic of a Smart Car buyer" – which is a great shame. I really will have to consider whether it is worth me keeping the cover if Smart dealers can't see the point of lending a car at quilt shows which would give them considerable free advertising. Perhaps I should try to sell it privately after all.
I had some very disappointing news this weekend from the American yurt maker who had offered to make the frame for the USA Yurt tour. He informed me that he would no longer be able to construct and lend a frame due to ill health and economics. This is a major blow to my plans and I wish I had been told FAR earlier! I have been trying to come up with alternative ideas that will enable me to display the Quilted Yurt properly in the USA at the end of September. I have many calls to make this week to see what alternative arrangements can be made. At worst I may have to get the existing frame treated and certified for timber export then shipped at a worryingly unknown cost. I will not be defeated by this huge setback as I am determined that the Yurt will be seen by the American quilters who helped to create it and those who have provided so much encouragement.
Profoundly speaking, I have been comparing the various mores and lesses of the week. The children were busy with holiday clubs and one afternoon there were 10 children here for a picnic. Although there was a lot going on, they were not bored therefore they were less difficult to manage. The whole family is making an effort to follow a healthier eating regime by eating food that is more wholesome and less processed. The children enjoyed choosing their ingredients at the supermarket, picking out local produce if possible. We have made bread, muesli bars, carrot cake, soup, salads, mayonnaise, cottage pie, marinaded chicken, yogurt, and pesto which is all very honourable but it definitely involves a lot more washing up!
I made myself several TO DO lists; somehow I will have to find a way of ploughing through each of the tasks. I find that the trouble with having limited time is that I want to fit more and more things in. It is annoying that I keep thinking of more overdue household jobs that I want to do that involve paint or major reorganising.
My Festival of Quilts entries are more and also less ready to go. So far I have not been able to borrow a Smart Car so it looks unlikely that the pink patchwork cover will make it to FOQ this year. I have been pestering the marketing team of Smart UK and even joined a Smart Car Owner's forum to appeal for a vehicle, or even a wreck. I sewed on 5 hanging sleeves by hand and have the holes in my fingers to prove it. I was a little lazy regarding the labels and simply attached them with Bondaweb. All that remains is to pack them all up and take them to the Post Office. I am sending 4 Yurt panels although there are 5 that are now "show ready" so I will reject one of them at the last minute.
Despite not looking forward to an outing to Great Yarmouth, I had a surprisingly fun day. It is a Norfolk seaside town that is a smaller, down-market version of Las Vegas. It is certainly an amusing place to do some serious people watching. It was a wet and windy day so, wearing raincoats, we braved the roller coaster, waltzers, haunted house, snails and the vintage merry-go-round horses. The children lost money on the grabbing machines and the addictive 2p pushers. They were amazed that I could throw darts and delighted when I won a goldfish in a small tank. After a cheap supper on the market of chips, mushy peas and cockles, we went to a cinema that seemed to be trapped in a time warp to watch "Transformers 3".
I am sorry to say that the little fish only survived for two days so it had to be given a funeral complete with requiem and gravestone. It is probably just as well since it would have been very sloshed around on a 500 mile trip back to Scotland. Perhaps we should have taken the moral high ground and not entered a game where the prize was alive but at the time it seemed like a traditional thing to do on a family trip to the funfair. The tub of fish food cost more than the entry fee so the children are hoping for a replacement from our local pet shop.
The weather was not that great for camping and we were glad that we had brought extra blankets. We were very lucky to have sunshine when we hired a boat for a day trip on the Norfolk Broads. Because the boat was electric, we saw plenty of wildlife including several swans that swam right up to see if we would like to share our picnic. We moored up at a remote riverside pub to sample some locally brewed ale. Fergus has decided that he would like a boat when he grows up so that he can moor up, drink some beer and go to sleep for the afternoon.
I snipped loose threads, applied hot crystals and painted some details on 3 yurt panels that I had taken with me as I was worried about finishing them in time for the FOQ deadline on my return. They still have to have their sleeves & labels done and a few more finishing touches but they are almost there. I visited a group of quilters in Chedgrave where my Mother is a member and they were very complimentary about the panels, especially the Hare which I have now officially declared finished. While they tacked their raffle quilt for hand sewing, I helped to make the tea.
We were all packed up ready for our camping trip so I went to lock up my workshop. Noticing that there was a strong smell of elderflower champagne, I found that one of the bottles had exploded and that several others were bulging ominously. I tried to move them gingerly like unexploded bombs into the large stone sink, aware that one of the plastic bottles was making a cracking sound like an iceberg. There followed an almighty deafening explosion and I was showered with sticky champagne and dared not open my eyes to survey the damage. Apart from dripping with fizz, there was also a fair amount of blood dripping from somewhere. After I had showered for the second time that morning, I discovered that I had a deep gash just above my eye. Tania and Freya stuck it all together with some steri-strips while my husband attempted to mop up the mess and disposed of the rest of my home-brew. He wrapped the remaining bottles in a towel and threw them into the field where they exploded dramatically. I was extremely lucky that I did not get a direct hit in the eye and I dread to think what could have happened with glass bottles. It has been a curious experience having a swollen black eye – people seem to stare but avoid asking what happened as if imagining all sorts of domestic horrors. I did go to the surgery the next day where the nurse complimented us on our first aid skills. Instead of being taken aback by the unusual circumstances of my injury, she mentioned that her previous patient had been the victim of burns caused by scalding hot homemade jam.
We have been spending a pleasant week with family in Norfolk where it seems warm even when raining in summer. I have to admit that I do not enjoy sleeping in a tent as much as I did when I was much younger. It is either chilly or too hot and I seem to lie in bed thinking I must go to the loo but would rather not get up and tackle all of the necessary zips on sleeping bag and tent walls. I have been trying to get into the spirit of it all but have sneaked back into my parents' house a couple of times.
We had a really enjoyable day in Norwich, visiting the castle, cathedral and wandering around the quaint streets. We had a delicious supper in the Waffle House which has not changed at all for years. After the shock of browsing in a trendy and expensive shop called "Jack Wills" with Freya I bought a simple skirt pattern and some Amy Butler fabric to have a go at dress making under my mother's supervision. It reminded me why I don't usually sew garments as I find it all so confusing. I think I could make another one if I approach it like a quilt with binding and buttons. Going to the beach and having campfires has not allowed me any time to embellish the show quilts that I brought with me, let alone work on the Yurt Book draft but it has been really great to spend time eating outside and toasting marshmallows.
I decided to concentrate on getting as much done on the quilts for FOQ as I possibly could before the school holidays. The first hurdle was remembering which panels I had earmarked since I made the entry forms so vague in case I had to make substitutions. Three Yurt panels are being entered as a "triptych" but I will work on four then decide which ones qualify at the last minute. I was pleased with the quilting on "Yellow on the Broom" but secretly prefer the reverse side. I decided to work in a slightly back to front way and bind them all first. Next I will attach hanging sleeves, tidy up the loose threads and finally will deal with embellishments such as crystals and buttons. This means that I won't have to worry so much about running out of time. I started off with good intentions of hand sewing the bindings onto the backs of the quilts but soon decided that I had sore fingers and was bored and since I am a machine quilter, I will do the whole thing by machine. I think I do it pretty neatly and the Yurt panels are not strictly show quilts; they are just getting an "outing" to FOQ to show the quilting world that I still quilt!
We had some serious downpours during the week so I did not feel guilty about spending as much time as possible in the workshop – I also had to fit in taking Freya to her grade 3 piano exam & school prize-giving, and Durris School's end of term church service. Tania and I taste tested the elderflower champagne. It is rather cloudy because I added yeast, worried that natural fermentation wasn't happening. It is extremely fizzy and tastes OK but could do with a stronger elderflower flavour, perhaps by adding some cordial. Ginger could also be an interesting addition. I will make a note of these improvements for next year's recipe.


The Power of Produce (POP) Club is a farmers market-based children program that seeks to teach children about fruits and vegetables, local food systems and healthy food preparation through fun activities.
Participants engage in the full farmers market experience, trying new foods, having conversations with farmers, and buying local produce. Fun weekly activities ranging from cooking demonstrations to farmers market scavenger hunts provide nutrition, food, agriculture, and exercise education.
POP participants will receive market currency weekly to spend on the food of their choice at the market. Club kids are encouraged to try new foods and overcome picky eating to choose healthy food options. Through the Two Bite Challenge, kids are awarded for taking two bites of the featured fruit or vegetable of the day.
POP Passport – Pop Club kids will each have their Passport to check in weekly and collect stamps for club passport attendance and progress.
POP Currency – POP kids will receive $2 market currency each week for use in shopping at the market's participating fruit and vegetable vendors. It can be spent weekly or accumulated for a larger purchase.
Two Bite Challenge – Club kids are encouraged to try two bites of the "Produce of the Week". It could be a vegetable or fruit… who is up for the challenge?
Weekly Education Activity – POP Club kids will have an opportunity to participate in weekly featured activities, which may include things like: vegetable print painting, cooking, planting, scavenger hunts, guessing mystery vegetables - the possibilities are endless!
Rewards – Daily participation rewards include: stickers, temporary tattoos, prizes, additional currency, treats or other goodies. Kids who participate in 9 of 13 weeks will receive a special treat at the end of the season!
Supporting healthy food choices, food awareness, and a healthy lifestyle through educational activities each week.
Giving children market currency to spend on fresh produce each week they attend the market.
Communities regain a figurative 'town square', experiencing the many positive outcomes of foot traffic and animated public space.
What makes POP unique is that it puts the buying power into the hands of children, giving children the opportunity to be the consumers.
Farmers benefit from the young POP consumers buying fresh produce directly from them at the farmers market. The market currency sales provide both new revenue and the potential for new, dedicated consumers. Farmers' produce is featured as children try new foods each week through Two Bite Club. Further, weekly educational activities instruct children on the important role of farmers markets, farming, and reinforcing the connection between the land and our food.
Young consumers are empowered to make healthy food choices on their own by having the direct buying power. Giving all children market currency to spend at the market gives them access to fresh produce each week. Through both the Two Bite Club and weekly activities they get to try fresh, nutritious food that they might not have otherwise, slowly liking new, healthy food options that will be foundational to maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
Communities benefit from the additional families the POP Club brings to the market both through additional local sales and energy at the market as well as benefits to surrounding local businesses. Having an energetic POP Club with dedicated families and young customers can be an important part of having a lively market that encourages other customers to return to be a part of the vibrant public space.
The POP Club is a win-win-win for the farmers at the market, the POP Club kid consumers, and the surrounding local community.


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Supreme Court Says "NO" – Devastating Ruling…
The U.S. Supreme Court just issued a devastating decision. They said "no" in response to a crucial case, and it's sending shockwaves throughout the nation.
In a shock ruling, the court decided to turn away a challenge to a federal law that restricts the purchasing and possession of firearm suppressors — which are more popularly known as silencers.
Many pro-Second Amendment states encouraged the court to take up the case rule that this particular aspect of the law is unconstitutional, but justices chose to punt back to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals.
In upholding felony charges against two men, the appeals court ruled that silencers are not a "bearable arm" and therefore are not protected by the Constitution.
A silencer is a "firearm accessory; it's not a weapon in itself," said the court, despite the two men arguing to the country that their "purchase, possession, and use of such a suppressor was entirely lawful."
The Supreme Court has had a string of conservative victories lately, but this isn't one of them. Here's hoping another similar case comes along and justices get a second chance to reverse this decision.
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"A free people [claim] their rights, as derived from the laws of nature." — Thomas Jefferson
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This document explains these phases.

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A string gets parsed from left to right and gets converted into a list of tokens.
The tokens are available in `tokens.py`.

## 2) Tokenlist get transformed to expression tree (AST)
This is the parsing of the token list. This parsing will result in an Abstract Syntax Tree (AST).
The different node types are available in `ast_nodes.py`.  The AST is a representation that has all
the information that is in the expression but its tree form allows processing it in a structured manner.

## 3) The AST gets validated (full semantic correctness)
The AST is used for validation. The paths and attributes are validated to be correct. At the end of the
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## 4) Update Expression gets executed using the validated AST
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since validation has completed. Due to this we have the update expressions behaving atomically (i.e. all the
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Queens turns out heavily for Cuomo
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By Sarina Trangle
New Yorkers returned Gov. Andrew Cuomo to Albany with 52.8 percent of the vote and sent the same all-Democratic Queens' delegation of state legislators back to the capital, according to unofficial state Board of Elections results.
Preliminary Congressional results from the BOE also included no surprises, with all six of the borough's Democratic incumbents winning Tuesday.
But borough Republicans were celebrating when results came in Wednesday, noting the GOP was poised to control the national and state Senates.
Robert Hornak, a Queens GOP spokesman, said he believed this would quell Mayor Bill de Blasio's influence in Albany and force the governor to collaborate with Republicans more frequently. The mayor campaigned vigorously for Democratic Senate hopefuls around the state.
"I don't think this is going to be tremendously different for the way business goes except that there are going to be a couple of issues the governor might have been able to get through … like the abortion rights extension, minimum wage," Hornak said. "There's going to have to be a lot more give-and-take on these issues."
Michael Reich, executive secretary of the Queens Democratic Party, could not immediately be reached for comment.
State Sen. Michael Gianaris (D-Astoria), chairman of the Democratic State Senate Campaign Committee, expressed optimism about Democratic priorities in a statement.
"Senate Democrats will continue working to make life better for all New Yorkers by enacting a real increase in the minimum wage, passing meaningful ethics and campaign finance reform, and fighting for women's equality," Gianaris said. "We hope that members of other conferences join us in supporting these measures that are overwhelmingly supported by a majority of New Yorkers."
Cuomo received 52.8 percent of the vote compared to Republican Robert Astornio's 39.2 percent, Green Howie Hawkins' 4.8 percent, Libertarian Michael McDermott's 0.4 percent, and Sapient Party candidate Steven Cohn's 0.1 percent, with 93 percent of election districts reported, unofficial BOE results show.
The Democrats also held onto the state comptroller position — with the incumbent Thomas DiNapoli securing 57.1 percent of the vote; Republican Robert Antonacci, 34.5 percent; Green Theresa Portelli, 2.5 percent; and Libertarian John Clifton, 0.7 percent — and the attorney general spot — with incumbent Eric Schneiderman winning 53 percent of the vote; Republican John Cahill, 39.1 percent; Green Ramon Jimenez, 2.1 percent; and Libertarian Carl Person, 0.6 percent, according to unofficial BOE results with 94 percent of election districts reported.
The Democrats captured a larger share of votes in Queens. Unofficial BOE results show Cuomo taking 73.5 percent of the vote in the borough, compared to Astornio's 20.8 percent; DiNapoli amassing 72 percent of the vote, compared to Antonacci's 19.9 percent; and Schneiderman securing 72.6 percent of the vote compared to Cahill's 20 percent, with roughly 99 percent of election districts reported.
Voters in Queens said they mostly came to cast ballots because they do so regularly.
"All of my friends say, 'If you don't vote, I don't want to hear you complain,'" Mee-on Allwine said while leaving a poll site at PS 144 in Forest Hills.
Those who did express interest in a particular race tended to focus on the gubernatorial election.
"I don't trust Cuomo, like he got rid of that crime investigation panel with all the assistant attorney generals on it," said William P. Frost, an attorney in Forest Hills. "And his Women's Equality line, I think it's goofy."
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Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty 1979
We do not know what tidings you are bringing with you from your visit to our neighbour, Egypt, whether the dove that emerged from the Ark carries an olive branch in her mouth to signal that the waters have subsided so that people can put their feet on the ground once more.
So spoke President Yitzhak Navon when he formally greeted Jimmy Carter on the tarmac of Ben-Gurion airport in March 1979. The US President was on a mission to Egypt and Israel to remove any final obstacles to the signing of a peace treaty between the two countries.
No one knew whether Anwar Sadat's visit to Jerusalem at the end of 1977 and the framework agreed at Camp David in September 1978 would actually produce an agreement.
It had been a tortuous process, marked by frustration and rebuke. Yet a peace treaty was finally signed in Washington on March 26 1979 — one that has held for 40 years despite a transient Muslim Brotherhood government in Cairo, Israeli invasions of Lebanon in 1982 and 2006 and repeated clashes between Israel and Hamas.
In Israel there were official displays of joy but there was also a quiet reluctance to believe that any peace would last.
Yehudi Menuhin played a Bach prelude in a thanksgiving ceremony in Jerusalem while Leonard Bernstein told army radio that he had a dream that ,"One day I shall conduct Aida near the pyramids with the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra and with the Egyptian ballet troupe."
Was all this simply wishful thinking?
18 Knesset members voted against the proposed treaty amid determined dissent. In Hebron, Palestinians had protested by closing their shops in a self-imposed curfew while their Jewish neighbours in the satellite settlement of Kiryat Arba displayed their dissatisfaction to visiting journalists.
The peace treaty united both West Bank Jewish settler and Palestinian Islamist in opposition.
In essence, the question of Palestinian self-determination had been kicked into the long grass of future autonomy talks.
Even so, the settlers feared that returning territory to Egypt would be followed by the return of the West Bank to Arab control.
Mr Carter had told the Knesset that the Camp David framework was "the proper channel" to start resolving the Palestinian problem. For Sadat, it was "the crux and core of the conflict".
Yet the mood in the nationalist camp in Israel was entirely different. Ideologically Prime Minister Menachem Begin was a believer in Judaea and Samaria, expanding Jewish settlement and defining Palestinian autonomy within restricted parameters.
Even Shimon Peres, the opposition leader, had been prevailed upon by hawkish elements to delete the phrase "the just rights of the Palestinians" from his Knesset speech.
Following the signing, Begin swiftly turned to the right to outmanoeuvre the far-right and quell disagreement within his own Herut movement. Indeed loyalists such as Moshe Arens and Yitzhak Shamir had not sided with Begin.
Demonstrators compared it to the Munich Agreement of 1938 and protested, sporting Chamberlainesque black umbrellas.
Unlike Begin, the two main architects of Camp David, Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan and Defence Minister Ezer Weizmann, viewed the retention of the West Bank in security terms rather than ideologically — and they resigned when they realised that Begin was not interested in making progress towards a resolution of the Palestinian question.
There were two frameworks for peace. The first, a bilateral one between Israel and Egypt, was trumpeted with the accompanying normalisation of relations.
The second was a broader framework for peace in the Middle East that made the Palestinian issue contingent on continuing negotiations — but it left the PLO out in the cold and allying itself with the radical Arab states.
Even King Hussein, nervously watching events from Jordan, opposed the peace treaty. Both the PLO and the Jordanians had to wait for the election of Yitzhak Rabin in 1992 before peace agreements were signed with Israel.
A by-product of the peace treaty was the freedom given to the remnant of Egyptian Jewry to express their solidarity with Israel and to visit their relatives in Tel Aviv.
Refusing to wait for permission from either the Israeli or Egyptian authorities, 70-year-old Leah Mandelbaum became the first Egyptian tourist to visit Israel. The surprised Israelis asked for her passport and she indignantly responded: "Egypt is my land and Israel is my people, so why do I need a passport?"
Sadat was assassinated in 1981 and Begin died in 1992. Only Mr Carter , 94, remains, still committed to the cause of peace.
This 40-year-old treaty, while partial and flawed, indicates what is possible if political will and moral courage are summoned and acted upon.
Jewish Chronicle 21 March 2019
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Co-Creation.
JCJ strives to create facilities that enhance the campus environment, promote academic attainment and support the advancement of pedagogy. We believe that working collaboratively with our clients and the consultant team is the key to addressing a project's unique issues, needs and consequences. Rather than bringing preconceived ideas to a project, we advocate for an exploratory and research-based design process that supports co-creation of the architectural response. We aim to listen carefully and communicate strategic ideas and conceptual alternatives while building consensus at every stage of the design process, culminating in a vision that is highly functional, expresses the art and technology of building design and creates a place that will last and be loved.
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Adanti Student Center, Southern Connecticut State University
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Fredonia, NY
The State University of New York (SUNY) Fredonia is a comprehensive public liberal arts university set...
Burton Family Football Complex & Training Center, University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT
Center for Film Studies & Cinema Archives, Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University's Center for Film Studies and Cinema Archives brings together two distinct programs into a...
Champions Center, UMASS Amherst
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Crozier Williams Campus Center, Connecticut College
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Degheri Alumni Center, University of San Diego
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Downtown Hartford Campus Concept, University of Connecticut
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Downtown Waterbury Campus, University of Connecticut
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Jeff Jacobs JAM Center, San Diego State University
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Lancer Plaza Student Center, California Baptist University
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Learning Commons & Museum, Effat University
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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Liberal Arts Action Lab, Trinity College
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Marlboro Hall, Prince George's Community College
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Riverhead, NY
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O'Connell Athletic Center, University of Saint Joseph
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School of Pharmacy, University of Saint Joseph
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In the past, big cities and modern venues were the highlights of every traveler's itinerary. The excitement of these big, busy and state-of-the-art destinations was meant to excite and fill the average tourist with a sense of largeness and grandiose. But these days, some of the biggest travel trends to surface in recent times takes this hype to a completely opposite direction.
Enter countryside travels where guests venture into the beautiful and charming calm outside of the big cityscapes. From quaint farmlands to rustic outdoor camping, you'll find the opportunity to get to know mother nature and her gifts once more. If you're worried that you might end up sleeping in a barn, don't worry about it. Countryside tours are popping up more and more these days and feature relaxing accommodations that you can retreat in after a long day of exploration and rediscovery of the simpler life.
While you may be accustomed to your usual travels and had carried out different kinds in the past, weighing out the pros and cons of countryside adventures help especially if you plan on trying one.
- The countryside is a break from the mundane of everyday life, especially if you live in the city.
- The contrast in setting gives you a better understanding of the life in the rural - culture, tradition, and lifestyle. It's like setting foot in a new world.
- There are fewer but friendlier people. If you've been with crowds or working in a big company, you'd be surprised at how less you need to interact with on a travel like this.
- Farm and wine tours, as examples, offer not only recreational but also new learning experiences.
- While they say there's nothing a beach can cure, the same goes with the countryside. There's an abundance of nature - more fresh air, good amount of warmth from the sun, and it's less populated.
- Accessibility can be a challenge. The rural, most of the time is a road-less travel, thus options of modes of transportation might require more money and longer time travel.
- When you have been living in the city or in a big town and chose to spend a few days in the rural, it is important to understand that choices aren't as varied as you've been used to.
- Since there's an abundance in nature, like farms as the best example, structures like small shops, food places, etc. are isolated and distantly located. Getting to and fro point A and B usually take long walks or quick rides.
- Electricity becomes harder to come by the farther from civilization you are. There are places that are run by generators or some even have lights out policies.
- It's not a concrete jungle out there. Bugs and other small animals are frequently encountered since the nature of your destination - vast, open outdoors, is primarily nature-centered. Don't worry, as long as you're prepared with bug spray and packed with clothes that would cover your body when exploring the outdoors, all you have to work on is having a great time!
Going on a countryside adventure is like getting back to the basics. If there's one beautiful thing that you can get out of this is the feeling of being grounded. You could say it's a reset of your mundane cycle of living. When taking on new adventures, it is important to put into consideration the benefits and drawbacks like you do with other travels. Engaging in something new can overwhelm you but remember that you also gain many wonderful things from it - physically, emotionally, and mentally.


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Another Henderson has emerged–The Apple Doesn't Fall Far from the Tree
Paul Heumiller | January 8, 2016
Elle (Jayne) Henderson, daughter of Wayne Henderson, has decided to follow in her father's footsteps, yet still make her own path. A few years back, Elle decided to take a pause from pursuing a career in environmental law, and instead learn the craft of guitar-making directly from her father.
It is clear that Elle Henderson grew up around guitars and her father Wayne's workbench. But it's easy to sense that she has her own dreams and desires for her instruments. Obviously Elle has a massive amount of respect for her father's legacy, and in some ways wants to preserve that in her own work. However, there is a new twist to Elle's work propelling her into her own standout brand.
Inlays on a 2015 EJ Henderson Slope Dreadnought
For instance her love of inlay artwork. Elle sees the guitar as a canvas for expression in a less traditional way than her father might. Her appreciation of the intricacies and detail of inlay work shines through and is clear in the end-product. As she explains on her blog on Luthier's Apprentice regarding inlay, "I also enjoy attending to the minute details of shaping a piece just right, first with the saw and then with a tiny file, and I appreciate the challenge of routing a space in which the pearl perfectly fits."
Elle is also interested in using more sustainable woods – something we are all inspired by. She is striving to use hardwoods such as local Maple and Walnut rather than the more exotic woods. She is aiming to build instruments that provide similar sound and beauty as those boasting a Brazilian Rosewood back and sides, but with fewer environmental impacts.
Elle (Jayne) Henderson
Interestingly, Elle's pursuit of learning the craft began from her drive to be closer to her father. We can all relate to this in one way or another. Wayne's demands of his career made it more difficult for the two of them to spend time together. While there is clearly a lot of love and respect between the two, life got in the way a bit for them to spend the amount of time they may have wanted in earlier years. By making the decision to pause her career in environmental law and become a luthier, she has taken a big step in getting closer to her father. Building guitars has now given them both another chance to spend time together, learn more about each other, and create an amazing legacy that spans generations.
Elle's passion for learning, her commitment to family, and her drive to create beautiful guitars propels her to protect the family tradition and build upon it. We are very excited to see what new creations will come up out of the next Henderson to join the scene.
2015 EJ Henderson Slope Dreadnought
We were also very excited to learn that Elle is setting up her shop right here in Asheville, North Carolina just a few miles from us at Dream Guitars: we look forward to a long and close relationship to create some very special instruments together.
Be sure to follow Elle on her blog on Luthier's Apprentice here
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This paper aims at some general understanding of the phenomenon of politicians using land rights as a patronage resource in attempts to mobilise electoral support. Using Zimbabwe and Côte d'Ivoire as case studies, it argues that the increasing visibility of land as a patronage resource in African multiparty elections may be at least partly explained by the convergence of three specific constraints and incentives confronting politicians. First, weak legal restraints on rulers' ability to allocate land rights create opportunities for politicians to use land as a patronage resource. Second, competitive multiparty elections mean that politicians must work to mobilise constituency support in order to win. Third, the dwindling fiscal capacity of the state can heighten the attractiveness of land as a patronage resource. Land can be offered as a patronage resource even when state coffers run low.


It's not hard to overemphasize the importance of accreditation in healthcare. There`s quite a difference between striving to impress others by saying that you`re a good doctor, and displaying to them your Board or Fellowship of the Royal College Degree.
Over the past 2 decades, the global demand for high quality in healthcare has increased due to various healthcare field forces such as growing competition, escalating health orientation, medical tourism, health insurance trend, worldwide corporate growth and last but never least, the continual rise in patients` level of expectations for service quality.
Accordingly, the world has witnessed the introduction of various national and international accreditation bodies to serve the role of quality assurance method, thus enhancing patients` access to better quality healthcare services. In essence, the standards of accreditation worldwide are based on the principles of quality assurance, evidence based practice, preclusion of errors related to medical service and medical ethics. Simply put, healthcare accreditation plays a pivotal role in filling gaps and abolishing various areas of deficiency and eventually establishing quality standards, streamlining operations, improving quality of care, boosting professional accountability as well as building quantifiable excellence. It poses as an authentic stamp of endorsement for the healthcare organization, depicting its steadfast adherence to top industry standards and best practices.
It goes without saying that any community`s level of reliance and confidence in any given healthcare organization receives a tremendous boosting through accreditation; it propagates the strongest message that the accredited organization continuously practices and delivers quality services of international-standards, and also operates in the best interests of its patients thus allowing it to be benchmarked with the best in global healthcare industry.
True to its mission, Dubai London Clinic has been keeping track with the global standards in healthcare for the past 32 years. The veteran of UAE healthcare field has established itself as a reliable healthcare provider to Dubai residents of all age groups.
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Abera and I left for Kokosa with an omelet in hand that Almus and Larry had prepared for us. We picked up Gemechu in Edo and met everyone else in Kokosa. After unpacking the supplies we went to check the cows. As I suspected and feared we only had one pregnancy from the embryos that we put in last time. This pregnancy and the one at Holeta came from embryos that I had left at Holeta in January. It appears that all of the embryos that were in our tanks in Addis between January and the end of March were killed. I suspect that somehow water got inside the tank and caused the problem. The liquid nitrogen was low in the shipper tank and almost completely gone in the other one. It just makes me sick to think of all the time and money that was wasted because of someone's thoughtless act. They probably didn't even realize they were doing something wrong.
Checking all of the cows went incredibly fast compared to when we first started the project. They had constructed a new corral and chute that made things much easier and put the workers underneath a shed. I was so happy that I had them get in front of it so that I could take a picture. I think that we processed all 115 head in less than two hours. The first time that we did 90 head it took us two days.
Beautiful but non functional water trough. Water runs down hill!
I walked around the farm to see the progress that had been made. I was very upset when I came to the new water trough that was built below the spring. In spite of my telling them that it worked by gravity and that the place that they had started building it was too high, they built a very nice looking water trough that is totally nonfunctional. The trough itself was built up on a base making it higher than the spring. Mulgeta got the brunt of my frustration but Abera got there in time to feel some heat too. He apologized and took responsibility but explained that he had told the contractor the right way to build it but the contractor had not listened. Mulgeta suggested that we dam up the spring and raise the water level so that it could flow into the trough. I said that I thought it would work. He said that they would try it. I just replaced the pipe and stated making it myself. That caught them all off guard but several others soon joined in to help. We built a two foot high dam from sod and soon had the water flowing into the trough. They will have to fine tune our work but we were able to see that it will work.
I was pleased to see that they had plowed about 2 acres. When I asked them about the tractor they told me that it had been plowed by hand. Even though the tractor had been there for a couple of weeks no one knew how to use it so they hired laborers to plow the land by hand. I took them to the tractor to teach them how to use it but the battery was dead so we will have to do the training next week.
The vegetable garden looks very good. They weren't sure what to do with the radishes so they let them grow. Some of the plants are standing over five feet tall. Carrots, beets, swiss chard, lettuce, peas, pumpkins, tomatoes, beans, onions and cilantro are all doing well. The corn was hurt by the snow that fell. I guess it does snow in Kokosa. It did not freeze but was cold enough to stunt the corn. It is incredible how well everything is growing. It would be so easy for the villagers to grow very good vegetables with very little work.
I had a good planning meeting with our management staff then did performance reviews with all of them. I am pleased with the work that they are doing but we have a long way to go.


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The Philosophical Filmmaking Process of Terrence Malick
Much has been made of the philosophical themes that run throughout the canon of Terrence Malick's films. Although I will...
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The "They" Pronoun and The Importance of Non-Binary Representation
In Showtime's "Billions", Asia Kate Dillon portrays the first non-binary lead character on television. Their well-developed character humanizes a group of individuals that struggle to find inclusion in our society. And their representation familiarizes Americans with the proper use of the "they" pronoun.
Suicide and Censorship
Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet has been blamed for many teen suicides. More recently, the Netflix show, 13 Reasons Why, has faced the same accusations. Is there a casual relationship between the depiction of teen suicides in movies and television and actual suicides in teens? And if so, would the causal connection merit censorship for utilitarian purposes?
I think that one's decision to commit suicide,taking into account the proper context, is an expression of our Free Will and it is a brave one. – AntonioFarfanFiorani 1 year ago
The way I see it, although teen suicides might be influenced by the media, that will never be the ultimate cause. A show like 13 Reasons Why, even if it may glamorize suicide to some young people, probably wouldn't have that effect if the kids watching it weren't already troubled. The answer is not more censorship but a focus on improving the mental health of young people before they become depressed or anxious. – Debs 1 year ago
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Sadly, I agree with you about The New World. I mean it didn't make me angry but I thought it was his least successful film until Song to Song. Actually, although I don't mention in the article, To the Wonder is my favorite, but I get why most people didn't like it. So crazy that a film starring Ben Affleck and Rachel McAdams and set mostly in Oklahoma is 90% in French! Not the kind of thing you generally want to spring on audiences.
Thanks, Chad. Never thought of it's similarity to The Fountain, but great call. Both feel like cosmic, poetic prayers.
Thank you so much. Your interest and encouragement means a lot.
Thank you for all the great comments. I've been traveling and haven't had a chance to respond to specific comments yet. But I've enjoyed reading and very much appreciate your feedback. More soon.
So excited for Malick's new film, 'A Hidden Life'. Trailer looks amazing! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC27zIAdPjU
His method doesn't seem to have changed much. August Diehl says: "There are no breaks for light changes or counter shots, you are always on the whole time — that makes you after a few weeks just living it," Diehl told TheWrap's Steve Pond at the Toronto International Film Festival. "You live the whole thing, you are breathing it, you are not thinking abut particular scenes — you think about the life. You think about the hay that needs to be changed or working on a farm"
"I remember one day, I was laying on a meadow sleeping because I was so exhausted and the camera was here," he said, pointing to his face, "and they are filming everything they can have." — https://www.thewrap.com/hidden-life-on-terrence-malick-film-no-breaks-video/
Thanks for the great reply. Excellent example of The Exorcist as a thoughtful, philosophical horror film.
Yah, is it just me or did Christian really get a raw deal?! Please don't get me wrong: he's deeply flawed and it was a bad relationship that needed to end but the 'toxicity' was more a product of negligence, apathy, and laziness on his part, right? I can relate to his predicament. He wants to end it. He knows that it should end, but how can he end it right now after her family tragedy? Maybe an ambivalent, half-hearted romantic commitment is a kind of abuse. I'll have to think about it.
Unrelated: has anyone seen the 2003 film, Midsommer in which a guy named Christian and his girlfriend (whose sister has just committed suicide) and two other friends go to a midsummer festival in Sweden and weird things start to happen? https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0339385/
I have not. But very interested to investigate the connection if any.
Cheers again on a great essay!
Midsommar: The Horrors of a Toxic Relationship
Thank you for this great article, Emily. There were so many unusual things that struck me about this film: it's utter beauty, the unsettling use of perpetual daylight as a horror device, Aster's use of sound (perhaps the most wild and jarring since Polanski's 'Repulsion.')
But what kept me thinking about this film and what kept me thinking about 'Hereditary' was Aster's unusual narratives. Is 'Hereditary' a supernatural thriller, a family drama? Is 'Midsommar a relationship movie, a horror film, a psychedelic trip. The stories are winding, multi-thematic, and strange. At first blush, this bothered me. But, Aster is such a sure-footed filmmaker that I am now convinced that these narrative decisions are deliberate.
Ari Aster's stories defy our conventions and he may prove to be a filmmaker as wild and maverick as David Lynch.
David Robert Mitchell has yet to make a film that really comes together narratively. Still, he is clearly a directorial force to be taken seriously. His 2018 feature, Under the Silver Lake, is even more ambient and stylish.
It Follows: Murder v.s. Martyr and the Death of Youth
I really loved the "Indians on TV" episode directed by Eric Wareheim. It prompted a great discussion in my Race, Class, and Gender seminar.
Master of None: A Television Blueprint for Modern City Life


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Q: Friend Group and Hater Group Consider a set $S$ of $n$ people such that, for all distinct $x$ and $y$ in $S$, it is the case that
either $x$ and $y$ like each other or $x$ and $y$ hate each other. Let us call $S' \subseteq S$ a friend group if, for all distinct $x$ and $y$ in $S'$, $x$ and $y$ like each other, and let us call a $S' \subseteq S$ a hater group if, for all distinct $x$ and $y$ in $S'$, $x$ and $y$ hate each other.
Let us define $R(k)$ as the smallest natural number such that in every set $S$ of $R(k)$ people, there is either a friend group or a hate group of size $k$. For example, $R(2) = 2$.
(a) Prove that $R(3) > 5$.
(b) Prove that $R(3) \leq  6$. (Together with the previous part, we have $R(3) = 6$.)
(c) Prove by induction that $R(k) \leq 2^{(k(k-1))/2}$ for all $k \geq 2$.
I'm having incredible difficulty with this question. I believe that you need to use the generalized pigeonhole principle in solving this but I really am stumped. Any ideas?

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2 And Hannah prayed and said: "My heart rejoices in the Lord; My horn is exalted in the Lord. time, having been designated "The First and Second Books of Kingdoms" (Septuagint), Footnotes: 1 Samuel 10:1 So with MT, Tg., Vg. … For I have [] provided Myself a king among his sons.". Paragraph. framework for the times of Samuel, Saul and David. 1Sa 15:1 ¶ Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the LORD. 1 Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim–zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite: 12 Then a man of Benjamin ran from the battle line the same day, and # 1 Sam. the annals of King David, 1Ch 27:24; the records of Samuel the seer; the records 13 Now when he came, there was Eli, sitting on # Josh. Explicit reference in the book itself Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. 5 Then he said to them, "The Lord is witness against you, and His anointed is witness this day, that … 12:18; 19:30; 1 Sam. Samuel called the people to repentance and renewal of their allegiance to the is commanded by the Lord to give the people a king (8:7,9,22; 9:16-17; 10:24; 12:13); on the other hand, their request for a king is considered a sinful 1 Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim Zophim, of the mountains of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite. 1 Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim Zophim, of the mountains of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite. 1 Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim Zophim, of the # 1 Chr. : 1Sa 15:2 : Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt. Eventually Saul was wounded king was to be an instrument of the Lord's rule over his people, and the people 9:1 Jesse the Bethlehemite. This summary of the book of 1 Samuel provides information about the title, author(s), date of writing, chronology, theme, 6:4; 7:7 David and his men passed in review at the rear with Achish. 18 # (Mal. Verse. Red Letter. he also gave definition to the new order of God's rule over Israel. 1 Now Samuel said to all Israel: "Indeed I have heeded your voice in all that you said to me, and have made a king over you. who was their King. NIV text notes on 1Sa 13:1) contributes to uncertainty concerning the precise So David said to Ahimelech the priest, "The king has ordered me on some business, and said to me, … or ambivalence in the attitude toward the monarchy: On the one hand, Samuel Paragraph. 2:34; Ps. 1 and 2 Samuel were originally one book. For # Ruth 4:18–22 I have provided Myself a king among his sons." 16 - 31) depicts the Lord's choice of David 2:15; Matt. The lot fell on Saul and publicly designated him as the one whom God Last Week's Top Questions . Now therefore, heed the voice of the words of the Lord. of his identity. 6:27, 33–38 an Ephraimite. 9:1; Job 2:12 a seat by the wayside watching, for his heart trembled for the ark of God. provides evidence of divine protection and blessing for God's people when they 7). 2 "No one is holy like the Lord, 2:7–9) But Samuel ministered before the Lord, even as a child, # 1 Sam. 1 Samuel relates God's establishment of a political system in Israel headed by a human king. 12:3; 1 Sam. The problem was resolved when Paragraph. It is indicated that he was well along in years when the elders of New King James Version (NKJV) Bible Book List. 1 Samuel 1 New King James Version (NKJV) The Family of Elkanah. his theocratic office led to his rejection as king (15:23). 19:5; Job 13:14 the Philistines gathered together all their armies # 1 Sam. Many questions have arisen pertaining to the literary character, authorship 1 Samuel 1. 1 Samuel 12 Now Samuel said to all Israel: "Indeed I have heeded your voice in all that you said to me, and have made a king over you. with the use of a number of originally independent sources, which the author When the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead were For # Ruth 4:18–22 I have provided Myself a king among his sons." For this reason chs. The textual problem with the chronological All rights reserved. They also display the awesome power of by lot. And the word of the Lord was rare in those days; there was no widespread revelation. 17:17, 18; 24:33 Elkanah the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, # 1 Chr. Now it came to pass when Samuel was old that he made his sons judges over Israel. 1 Samuel 1 Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim Zophim, of the mountains of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite. 14 Now it happened one day that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man who [] bore his armor, "Come, let us go over to the Philistines' garrison that is on the other side." But he did not tell his father. Listen to the Bible. 1 Samuel 7 New King James Version (NKJV) Israel Defeats the Philistines. And the word of the Lord was rare in those days; there was no widespread revelation. to chronological uncertainty is that the author has not always arranged his David Flees to … 1 Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it # Ps. 3 And Jonathan attacked the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard … From … Israelite kingship was to be compatible with the continued rule of the Lord in battle and give them a sense of national security and unity. And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in … Instead, when the elders asked Samuel 1 Samuel 2. 17 Now the Philistines gathered their armies together to battle, and were gathered at Sochoh, which belongs to Judah; they encamped between Sochoh and Azekah, in Ephes Dammim. 1 Samuel 10 New King James Version (NKJV) Samuel Anoints Saul. Ask a Question. 1 - 3 Now the donkeys of Kish, Saul's father, were lost. word and work of the prophet Samuel. the authority of Samuel as a divinely ordained leader; at the same time it 2:11) from Ebenezer to Ashdod. to that of the monarchy. KJV (Narrated) NKJV (Narrated) NKJV (Dramatized) NLT (Dramatized) NIV (Narrated) NIV (Dramatized) NASB (Narrated) RVR60 (Español) David and the Holy Bread. Sovereign (12:14-15). 1 Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim Zophim, of the mountains of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.
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One of the main arguments used to oppose women's ordination is that Jesus only called men to be his disciples and he only commissioned male apostles. Surely Jesus would have included women in their ranks if he had wanted women to become pastors in the church.
To this it must be said that the twelve disciples do not represent the clergy in embryo and hence God's design for a male clergy. They are first and foremost the new people of God, as the twelve tribes of Israel were God's people of old. The call and commission of the disciples is the call and commission of the church, not the clergy. Secondly, not one word from Jesus' lips could be read as excluding women from the public office or as a call to submit to male clergy. And thirdly, Jesus and the evangelists who record his ministry take great pains to portray an array of women disciples in a vastly more positive light than the twelve men, in what can be read only as a deliberate attempt to counteract the privileging of males at the time of Jesus. Their discipleship is practised at his direction, their exercise of apostleship at his behest, and their servanthood in imitation of their Lord.
26 Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin's name was Mary. 28 Having come in, the angel said to her, "Rejoice, you highly favored one! The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women!" 29 But when she saw him, she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered what kind of salutation this might be. 30 The angel said to her, "Don't be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. 31 Behold, you will conceive in your womb, and bring forth a son, and will call his name 'Jesus.' 32 He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father, David, 33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever. There will be no end to his Kingdom." 34 Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, seeing I am a virgin?" 35 The angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God. 36 Behold, Elizabeth, your relative, also has conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. 37 For everything spoken by God is possible." 38 Mary said, "Behold, the handmaid of the Lord; be it to me according to your word." The angel departed from her.
WP-Bible plugin). Nobody has ever been called to a more exalted office, nobody has ever borne Jesus' body and blood more intimately, nobody has named him more decisively.
55 Many women were there watching from afar, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, serving him.
61 Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the tomb.
11 But Mary was standing outside at the tomb weeping. So, as she wept, she stooped and looked into the tomb, 12 and she saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head, and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. 13 They told her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She said to them, "Because they have taken away my Lord, and I don't know where they have laid him." 14 When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing, and didn't know that it was Jesus. 15 Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?" She, supposing him to be the gardener, said to him, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away." 16 Jesus said to her, "Mary." She turned and said to him, "Rhabbouni!" which is to say, "Teacher!" 17 Jesus said to her, "Don't touch me, for I haven't yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers, and tell them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'" 18 Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had said these things to her.
7 Greet Andronicus and Junias, my relatives and my fellow prisoners, who are notable among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.
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11 These words seemed to them to be nonsense, and they didn't believe them.
Each facet of Jesus' relationship with women mentioned above provides basis for an extended demonstration that Jesus could not and would not exclude women from the public ministry as we practise it today. But here I shall look at one aspect only of one gospel only, discipleship in Mark. To be a disciple, according to Mark, is to follow in the footsteps of Jesus all the way to the cross, footsteps marked by self-denial and giving one's life (8:34-38). On the way the true follower will be made into a fisher for people (1:17). This can be done only as one fully understands Jesus' person and work: messianic king, suffering servant, giving his life as a ransom for many (1:11; 10:45). In the gospel according to Mark, only women get discipleship right.
Those called to follow are twelve men (3:13-19). They make poor followers. They constantly misunderstand his parables (4:13), and their eyes fail to see, their ears to hear, and their hearts to understand the miraculous feedings (8:14-21). Finally Peter declares Jesus to be the Messiah (8:29), but together with James and John and the others he thinks only of a victorious king who will confer on his followers positions of power and prominence (8:31-33; 9:30-32; 10:32-45).
King yes, suffering servant no. Theology of glory yes, theology of the cross no. Bartimaeus is given his sight and follows Jesus on the way (10:52), but the disciples lack what it takes to endure to the end (13:13). One betrays him (14:10,11,43-46). Another denies him (14:26-31; 14:66-72). They sleep and sleep again instead of staying awake and watching with him during his anguish in the garden of Gethsemane (14:32-42). And after Jesus' arrest the disciples with one accord desert him and flee (14:50), rather than following him to the cross during his dread night of greatest need.
One could be forgiven for thinking that Mark does not think of the twelve with pride. Who then does measure up to Jesus' high standards, if his true ambassadors are to serve in imitation of their Lord? A typical Markan device is to tell two matching stories separated by significant material, or to separate the beginning and the end of a story by means of additional narrative that helps interpret the story. A central feature of Mark's passion narrative is Jesus' eschatological discourse in chapter 13, where he describes the signs of his coming and speaks of the hardships to be endured by his followers before his return in glory. Among other things Jesus says that 'the good news must first be proclaimed to all nations' (13:10) and 'the one who endures to the end will be saved' (13:13). These are key words, key expressions. The discourse is bracketed by stories of two women, the poor widow who spends everything she has when she makes her offering at the temple (12:41-44) and the woman who anoints Jesus in Bethany (14:3-9). Numerous parallels indicate that the stories are paired, such as the references to poverty and abundance, extravagant giving, and the bewilderment and criticism of the onlookers.
More significantly, however, both stories connect intimately with Jesus' descriptions of true discipleship. The poor widow spends her whole livelihood (12:44); she gives her life, which is precisely what Jesus calls his disciples to do (8:35) in imitation of himself (10:45). Here is the self-sacrificing commitment of discipleship.
10 1 Then Samuel took the vial of oil, and poured it on his head, and kissed him, and said, Isn't it that Yahweh has anointed you to be prince over his inheritance? 13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brothers: and the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.
12 Therefore you shall speak to them this word: Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall tell you, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine? 13 Then shall you tell them, Thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings who sit on David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness. 14 I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, says Yahweh: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have compassion, that I should not destroy them.
WP-Bible plugin). Bodies were anointed for burial. And Jesus himself tells the woman's male critics that the woman 'has anointed my body beforehand for its burial' (14:8). The disciples, who were called to lose their lives in service (8:35), sharply criticise the woman for the wastage (literally: the loss) of the ointment (14:4). She has spent everything she has for Jesus. The irony is not to be overlooked. The woman has done what the disciples are called to do, and they criticise her for doing so. The woman's understanding of Jesus' person and work is perfect, embracing as it does both crown and cross; and her commitment to him is complete. Here we have discipleship that takes the disciple all the way to the foot of the cross. Under the cross stand the women who replace the men as Jesus' disciples, an inner three consisting of Mary Magdalene, another Mary, and Salome, and many other women in addition (15:40,41). Mark carefully notes that they followed him all the way from Galilee to Jerusalem, not forsaking him before the end like the men.
45 For the Son of Man also came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." 31 He came and took her by the hand, and raised her up. The fever left her, and she served them. 41 who, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and served him; and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.
4 1 So let a man think of us as Christ's servants, and stewards of God's mysteries.
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The final dimension of discipleship according to Mark is proclamation of the good news of Jesus to all the nations (13:10). Proclamation consists of clear and living evidence that Jesus' followers are willing to give themselves in total self-sacrifice; this lived proclamation results in the acclamation of Jesus as Son of God and messianic king. In the discourse about final things Jesus speaks in rapid succession of proclaiming the gospel to all the nations (13:10) and enduring to the end (13:13). Before and after the discourse the reader is shown two women who are willing to give their all, to spend their life, and to endure to the end. The manner in which discipleship is manifest is the most important ingredient in gospel proclamation, according to Mark. Good news, proclamation, and the whole wide world are then brought together delightfully in the final verse of the story of the woman at Bethany. 'Truly I tell you, wherever the good news is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told in remembrance of her' (14:9). Just as their life of costly service is the women's greatest sermon, the death of Jesus is also his greatest witness to the good news. One representative of the nations of the world, the centurion at the foot of the cross, acclaims Jesus as Son of God simply because the way that Jesus dies prompts him to do so (15:39).
Lest we think of the women exclusively as silent witnesses, however, Mark tells us that after the women have seen Jesus on the cross and have seen the tomb where his body is laid, they also see in the tomb a young man clothed in white who tells them to proclaim to the disciples the resurrection of Jesus who will be seen in Galilee (15:40,47; 16:4,5,7). They are commissioned witnesses of the resurrection. Their voice is to be heard, now as much as then.
Then again, lest we think of women too highly, at the expense of men, Mark ends his gospel with delightful irony: 'So they went out and fled from the tomb, for terror and amazement had seized them; and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid' (16:8). Balance is restored. Women are no less fallible than men, but also no less called to serve at table and to proclaim the good news by self-denying discipleship and public proclamation.


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PlayStation and its games are everything a player wants to have
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Last Thursday 11 June at 22:00 in Spain, we finally got to see what Sony's plans were for the new generation of consoles. During almost an hour and a half of the conference, one multitude of trailers went by non-stop for the enjoyment of video game lovers. The icing on the cake was put by the Japanese company showing what its new PlayStation 5 will look like, a console that combines beauty and power in equal parts.
In other words, the new generation of consoles is here and the position of best desktop product will go to PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X –Nintendo plays in another league–. There is no more. Despite all of Google's attempts, the its Stadia service has proven to be far behind its main "competitors". There is no doubt that Stadia works really well, but one player wants more. And that Sony, unlike Google, knows perfectly well.
Google Stadia has nothing to do with PlayStation 5
Sony's new console will be available in two models and will be accompanied by fantastic titles
Google Stadia came to us last November. In general terms it is a young video game platform and although it still has a long way to go and room for improvement, unfortunately the market does not have patience. During its lecture, Sony showed what everyone wanted to see. Games. Not only AAA games from big studios, but others with tighter budgets but that look great too.
Spider Man with Miles Morales, Aloy's long-awaited return with Horizon Zero Down 2, the remake of Demons Souls, Gran Turismo 7, Resident Evil VIII, Ratchet & Clank without forgetting other "minor" titles. Without a doubt, a truly incredible video game catalog that will allow the first months of the PlayStation 5 to be fantastic. Just the opposite of Google Stadia.
Google Stadia has arrived on the market taking full advantage of all its advantages. Nothing had to be installed, everything was instant. However, the first complaints soon arrived, especially those relating to his meager catalog of titles. Months later, the video games that we can find on Stadia are many more but many of these are games available on other platforms - at more expensive prices - or indie. That is, no one will buy Stadia for its games, because simply elsewhere.
Stadia has other benefits, but if you really want to enjoy the great video games of each generation, the Google platform isn't your best option. Video games are what thrills gamers, and while PlayStation 5 with just an hour and a half of conference wowed, Stadia is running out of excuses. It is no longer valid that it is a young platform, that the best is yet to come or that Stadia is the best because nothing needs to be updated. Gamers want to play video games and sadly Stadia doesn't offer us anything different from what we can find not only on PlayStation, but on Xbox, Nintendo and even computers.
With the arrival of the next generation consoles, Stadia has to prove that it can offer much more than it offers now or it will fall into oblivion much sooner than expected. A console doesn't thrive on indie games alone, no matter how good they are like Gylt or titles that have been on the market for years. A console thrives on having a large catalog of interesting video games and to this day Stadia does not have it.
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The Peruvian Desert Oasis You Didn't Know Existed
By Chisom Njoku 17 January 2019 | 7:36 pm
Huacachina is a desert oasis in southwestern Peru, surrounded by sand dunes. It is in the Ica Province, about five kilometers from the city of Ica in the Ica District. The oasis features on the back of the 50 nuevo sol note introduced in 1991. Huacachina has a permanent population of around 100 but it hosts many tens of thousands of tourists each year.
Huacachina, real oasis.
Huacachina city view
Huacachina is built around a small natural lake in the desert. Called the "oasis of America," and it is a resort for local families from the nearby city of Ica, and increasingly as an attraction for tourists drawn by the sports of sandboarding on sand dunes that stretch several hundred feet high. Circled by palm trees, the verdant Peruvian watering hole has served as a tourist attraction for over 70 years. Dotted with restaurants and hotels, the Oasis was formerly a getaway for the upper class, escaping through the desert from nearby Ica. Other popular activities include dune buggy rides on buggies known locally as areneros.
The water and mud of the area is believed to be very therapeutic. Both locals and tourists often bath in the waters or cover themselves with the mud in an attempt to cure ailments such as arthritis, rheumatism, asthma and bronchitis.
According to legend, a hunter caught a beautiful Incan princess walking in the sand dunes near present day Huacachina. As she walked and admired herself in a mirror she was carrying, her eyes caught his voyeuristic gaze. Shocked, the princess began to flee and dropped her mirror. It exploded into shards and the glass became a tiny pool in the desert, consuming the princess and turning her into a mermaid.
This lush island in a sea of sand is one of a kind and has continued to be a tourist hotspot in Peru.
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This map was prepared for the Middle East Region Air Navigation Meeting of the Provisional International Civil Aviation Organization (PICAO), which took place in Cairo, Egypt, in October 1946. It shows political borders and recommended facilities for search and rescue, including rescue-coordinating and rescue-alerting centers, bases for different types of search-and-rescue aircraft, and facilities for surface vessels. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) was established under a convention signed by 52 countries at the November 1944 International Civil Aviation Conference in Chicago. From August 1945 to August 1947, as the Chicago convention was being ratified, PICAO began work on the rules, regulations, and technical standards for the postwar civil aviation system. The work of PICAO, and later of ICAO, was organized on a regional basis. The Middle East Region, as demarcated on this map, ran from Benghazi, Libya, in the west to the western coast of India in the east, and included Sudan and the Horn of Africa, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey, and a part of Greece.