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Andrew Neil's anti-woke "cancel culture" hypocrisy
The right-wing dinosaur Andrew Neil, who infamously spread deadly AIDS misinformation into the 1990s and let his mate Boris Johnson get away with absolutely trashing any pretence at BBC impartiality by dodging the partisan grilling he administered to every other party leader in the 2019 election, has completely given the game away about how the right-wing corporate media operates.
He's busy launching a new news channel called GB News, which will operate as another propaganda vehicle for hard-right billionaires; a kind of Fox News for Britain intent on pushing as many right-wing figures and propaganda talking points into the national political discourse as possible.
Neil has repeatedly described how this new channel is going to be "anti-woke", and many people have pointed out to him that since "woke" is defined as:
1. Well informed
2. Alert to injustice in society, especially racism
The logical conclusion is that his new propaganda venture on behalf of Rupert Murdoch is going to ensure that their audience are not well informed, and not alert to injustice and racism.
Neil's comeback to this argument is absolutely telling. He has openly declared on Twitter that "the original definition of woke is out of date" and that it now means a form of cancel culture that seeks to "close down ideas and people with which it disagrees".
The interesting thing about this claimed fundamental change in the fundamental meaning of "woke" comes when we think about who has orchestrated this complete redefinition of the term.
Anyone who cares about the meaning and origins of words will know that the term "woke" originates from the African-American vernacular English to "stay woke", which means staying awake to issues like injustice and systemic racism.
The mainstream media, especially in Britain, have deliberately changed this meaning to turn it into a pejorative term they use to sneer at any left-wing or socially progressive cause, not just anti-racism, feminism, but LGBT rights, environmental campaigns, and basically anything concerned with combating injustice.
So we've got black people in the United States developing a specific term to describe the important aspect of their lives that is to do with maintaining awareness of injustice, racism, and systemic persecution ... and then we've got wealthy, white, right-wing polemicists like Andrew Neil declaring that the original black meaning of the term is defunct and incorrect, and that it now refers to a form of "cancel culture" which seeks to silence and erase people and ideas with which it disagrees.
Once we consider the origins of the term, the hypocrisy of Andrew Neil cancelling the original meaning and replacing it with a pejorative redefinition becomes absolutely obvious.
By deliberately redefining the term to mean something else, and declaring the original meaning cancelled, Andrew Neil and his ilk are guilty of exactly the kind of fanatical "cancel culture" extremism they accuse others of.
They're seeking to cancel the proper meaning and silence the black voices who use the term in its original and intended way, in order to overwrite it with a new and deeply pejorative definition.
If anyone is engaging in "cancel culture" it's Andrew Neil, who is so obsessed with opposing those who seek to keep people informed about injustice and racism, that he's deliberately redefining their vocabulary to make it an insulting caricature of its proper and original meaning.
How much more "cancel culture" can you get than cancelling the meaning of words to replace them with your own insulting redefinition?
This blunder from Neil goes further than mere hypocrisy though, it gives the game away about the Orwellian language-redefining tactics that right-wing propagandists have been using for decades.
Take the way terms like "socialism" and "capitalism" are used across the corporate media.
The actual meaning of "socialism" is a specific kind of economic organisation in which public infrastructure and services are publicly owned. The more communal ownership there is in a society, the more socialist it is.
But if you read the Murdoch propaganda rags, or any of the other corporate media, "socialism" is given an absurd caricature meaning, like 'spending other people's money', or 'handouts to the idle'.
It doesn't help their cause to apply the proper meaning of socialism, because the vast majority of people tend to agree that things like health, education, emergency services, water, energy, and transport should indeed be run as not-for-profit public services, so they invent their own pejorative meaning to make it look silly and ridiculous instead.
The same happens in reverse. They know perfectly well that "capitalism" refers to a specific form of economic organisation in which private interests control the infrastructure and services in order to extract as many unearned profits for themselves as possible.
But they continually refer to "capitalism" as if it's a mere synonym for "trade", or "doing business" as if private profiteering is the only conceivable form of economic organisation.
It's conducive to their interests that people don't consider the inherently exploitative nature of capitalist profit extraction, and instead see capitalism as the only conceivable form of doing trade.
If capitalism is defined in this ridiculously broad way, it makes anyone opposing it seem like a deranged lunatic who wants humanity to descend to bartering for rabbit skins in caves, and that's exactly how the right-wing corporate media propagandists want it.
They continually and deliberately redefine words and phrases with new meanings that are more conducive to their own capitalist interests.
When there's an economic alternative to their favoured system, they redefine it to make it seem ludicrous.
When their favoured economic system comes under critique they give it such a generous new meaning that it would seem that only a maniac would oppose it.
And when black people create a new term to describe the ongoing process of staying alert to racism and injustice, they seek to erase it completely, and overwrite it with a pejorative new description.
So when Andrew Neil posts a Tweet chastising someone for using the original and intended meaning of "woke", and insists that his Orwellian caricature of the meaning is now the only accepted meaning, he's not just being an absolute hypocrite by engaging in the very "cancel culture" tactics he decries, he's completely giving the game away about the insidious right-wing corporate media tactic of continually redefining the fundamental meaning of language in order to make it more conducive to the radically right-wing capitalist agenda that they're paid to promote.
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Do you want your voice to be heard? On March 19, Rachel Jarosz, a volunteer from The Womxn Project (TWP), was at Rhode Island College encouraging students to participate in the "postcard program." This initiative is meant to engage anyone who wants to volunteer to take a bundle of 50 postcards, a list of 50 people, a sample note, stamps and anything else one may need to reach out to the public to take part in the pro-life and pro-choice debate on the Reproductive Health Care Act (RHCA).
The RHCA would protect the legal right decided in the "Roe vs. Wade" Supreme Court decision into Rhode Island statute. This law would allow a pregnant person the legal right to obtain an abortion up to fetal viability. Fetal viability is the survival rate of a fetus taken out of utero, pre-term, that will be able to sustain life. After a certain time period, abortion would be limited to only life-threatening situations. This bill would guarantee that no matter what happens at the federal level, people in Rhode Island will continue to have the legal right to an abortion.
According to an October 2018 poll by the Providence Journal, The Public's Radio, and ABC6, over 70% of voters and 61% of Catholics in Rhode Island want a bill that protects a person's ability to make their own decision when it comes to abortion. "If this bill is not passed it is like we will go back in time," said Lisa Hoopis at the Women's Center.
Rachel Jarosz will be returning this Tuesday, March 26 to ask RIC students to help support this cause between 12 p.m. and 2 p.m. For more information visit thewomanproject.org, or stop by the Unity Center and Women's Center under Donovan Dining Hall on campus.


Brothers, this little story is not strictly about Freemasonry, however it is one I think you should read.
"Aw poop" (or something like that), I mumbled as I drove into a parking space in front of the Cannon Funeral Home. It was Saturday morning April 7 and I was there for Brother David M. Rattray's memorial service. Brother Rattray was a long time member of Waller Masonic Lodge #808 AF & AM. He had been a Mason for 32 years, a 32 degree Scottish Rite, a Shriner, an ex-marine and a member of the Waller Chapter of the VFW.
After the service they lined up at attention with their flags on each side as Brother Rattray's remains were carried from the funeral home and then accompanied them to the Waller cemetery.
"The Patriot Guard Riders is a diverse amalgamation of riders from across the nation. We have one thing in common besides motorcycles. We have an unwavering respect for those who risk their very lives for America's freedom and security.
Each mission we undertake has two basic objectives.
I would advise everyone to never say anything detrimental to our troops or unpatriotic in front of them. Everyone of these fellers are some kind of serious patriots and it makes me feel good to know them better.
Excellent! I'm glad to see that there are responsible opposing viewpoints with regard to the idiots who have been traveling to other funerals.
I am glad the fallen heroes to not go to their final resting place amid catcalls and vile sentiments.
Respect is a fading concept in America. Our schools find it hard to teach it to our children. Our legislatures find it missing in its members. Our politicians claim to have it and give it, but fewer and fewer of them can define it, can recognize it, can earn it.
These folks, Knights of the Two Wheeled Iron Horses, know what it is, know who's earned it, knoow who else gives it, who else shows it, who else deserves it.
Let's all make an effort to show it TO them in return. Maybe together we can bring it back to life in America.
It was interesting to read the info from the Patriot Guard's website.
The fact that they are there is not what saddens me, its the fact that there is a need for them to be here!
I praise these men for the job they are doing. Im afraid Im still learning to subdue my passions when it comes to people that interupt funerals. ANYONE interupting a funeral, and most certainly that of a vet, needs to have a severe attitude adjustment administered!
I was one of the Patriot Guard Riders who was invited to attend the service for Mr. Rattray. Yes, it Was a very cold and rainy day, but what we went through is nothing compared to what our Soldiers both past and present go through to assure us of the Freedoms we all enjoy today and hopefully tomorrow.
I would like to thank you once again for allowing us the Honor to attend Mr. Rattray's service to show our Respect for him and his service for our Great Country.
Thank you for the kind words about the Patriot Guard Riders and No we won't bite you lol but we Do believe in showing those who have passed and those who have not, that have given us the Freedoms we all enjoy the HONOR and RESPECT each and everyone of them deserve.
Thank you also for the great meal, it kept me warm for my 80 mile ride home (yes it was still cold and raining) but no where near the warmth I get from being able to do what we do!
God Bless America, and may God Bless us one and all!


Stephen Fuzesi, Jr. most recently was a visiting fellow and lecturer in international relations and public policy at Wesleyan University/Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life (spring term 2013) and Brown University/Watson Institute for International Studies (fall term 2012). He has held leadership roles in, and been outside legal counsel and advisor to, international entities in the communications and news media, banking and finance sectors. He has diverse experience with emerging markets media (print and electronic), judicial, regulatory and business environments. Steve, who came to the U.S. in 1956 as a young refugee after the Hungarian revolution, has a deep personal commitment to the global advancement of vibrant civil societies. His expertise is at the intersection of global independent media development, international finance and institutional and corporate governance and ethics.
Fuzesi, was until September 30, 2010, vice president, chief counsel and secretary of Newsweek, Inc.–then the global publisher of Newsweek and Newsweek International (Atlantic, Pacific, Latin American editions) and newsweek.com. He was instrumental in the launch of Newsweek licensed editions through global strategic alliances in Arabic, Chinese, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Turkish and most recently in English in Pakistan. Newsweek has historically also been published weekly in Japanese and Korean. He helped structure and advised (2000-2010) one of the earliest multi-platform (print, TV, internet) strategic alliances; Newsweek, NBC, MSNBC, the Washington Post and msnbc.com.
Steve joined Newsweek in 1994 from White & Case. In 1991, he established the international law firm's Budapest office and worked in both New York and in the region on the transformation of Central Europe's economies and laws–particularly in the telecom, finance and securities sectors. He began his legal career at Davis Polk & Wardwell in London and New York focusing on international finance (Asia and Europe) and corporate law.
Fuzesi is co-vice chair and a member of the Board of Directors of Words without Borders. He is a former director (2011-2014) of the Friends of the Budapest Festival Orchestra, (2004-2010) of the Media Law Resource Center (Finance Committee /Chair), and former long term member of the Legal Affairs Committee of the Association of Magazine Media, and of the Communications and Media Law and the International Human Rights Committees of the Bar Association of the City of New York.
After graduating from college Steve worked as a reporter for the New Haven Register and as a stringer for NEWSWEEK and WOR-NYC/RKO Radio. He is an occasional past contributor to the op-ed pages of the Hartford Courant/LA Times News Service, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post. He has spoken at media and law conferences and at leading U.S. universities over the years.
Fuzesi received an A.B. from Princeton University and its Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He received his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School where he served as an editor of the Law Review.
Steve and his wife Nancy live in Greenwich, Connecticut.


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History of Astronomy: A Brief Guide into the Past
Who we are? Where have we come from? How was the universe born? These are just a couple of questions related to astronomy that have been inspiring human imagination since prehistoric times.
A scientific study of the universe, astronomy is the oldest science. People were interested in the celestial bodies and phenomena from the very beginning of humankind. The sunrises and sunsets, the phases of the Moon and the change of seasons were things that moved people to make astronomical discoveries, and this is how astronomy started to develop. Let's take a dive into the fascinating history of astronomy.
Beginning of Astronomy
We don't have much recorded information about early man's impression of the heavens, but one thing is sure: the human being was overwhelmed by the sky and its plethora of unsolved mysteries
Presumably, the first astronomers were priests, who interpreted celestial events: at that time, astronomy was closely connected to what is now called astrology. There is evidence that early humans made attempts to record their astronomical observations: a Mammoth tusk that dates back to a whopping 32,500 years ago. The ivory tablet has a drawing on it that resembles an ancient star chart. Most likely, it shows the constellation Orion.
Also, it is believed that the image found in the Lascaux caves (France), which might be from 10,000 to 33,000 years old, can be a depiction of the Pleiades, the Summer Triangle, and the Northern Crown. You must have heard about Stonehenge, and perhaps you also know that there are other alignments like it. Very probably, these structures were used for astronomical purposes.
Not to mention, early humans used calendars based on observations of the motion of the Sun and Moon. The modern calendar that we use in our daily lives has a lot to do with the Roman calendar, which in its turn was based on the prehistoric lunar calendar.
Astronomy in ancient times
The earliest sophisticated astronomy appeared in ancient Babylonia, in central Mesopotamia. Lucky we are that in Mesopotamia, there existed a reliable technology for recording information, the clay tablets. These ancient astronomical diaries keep the results of night-by-night watching by the temple astronomers. For instance, they say when a planet passed by the Pleiades, or when Jupiter went into retrograde motion, or when Venus appeared in the sky after a period of invisibility. Although these observations weren't that very accurate, they undoubtedly played an immense role in the development of science.
Over time, Babylonian astronomers learned to predict the behaviour of the Moon and the planets based on repeating patterns, and by about 300 BCE they could already foresee planetary behaviour using complex arithmetical theories.
Likewise, Indian astronomy dates back to very long ago, around the 3rd millennium BCE. It is believed that at that time, it was used to create calendars. Later on, Vedanga Jyotisha, one of earliest known Indian texts on astronomy (around 6th century BCE) described rules for monitoring the behaviour of the Sun and the Moon.
Astronomy in China has also a long history. Chinese astronomers started to keep detailed records of astronomical observations in around the 6th century BCE. What is more, they could accurately predict eclipses.
What about Europe? Guess who were the pioneers of astronomy on the continent? Greeks, right you are. We can meet names of constellations in the 12th century BCE Iliad and Odyssey by Homer. Greeks started to study the motion of the planets before about 400 BCE. In his book On Speeds, Eudoxus, an ancient Greek scholar, regarded every celestial object as carried on a set of concentric spheres, which nest one inside another.
The discovery that Earth is a sphere belongs to the Greek philosopher Aristotle, who made this conclusion based on the fact that Earth's shadow on the Moon during a lunar eclipse is circular. His fellow citizen Eratosthenes made an attempt to mathematically calculate the Earth's circumference, and received the figure that was roughly correct (45,000 km versus the actual 40,000 km).
Some other important contributions to Greek astronomy were made by Apollonius of Perga and Hipparchus, however, the culminating work of Greek astronomy is the Almagest by Ptolemy (2nd century CE). This treatise describes motions of the stars and planetary paths. Although it canonized a geocentric model of the universe (the one stating that the universe, the Sun, the Moon, and other planets orbit a stationary Earth, which is the center of the universe), which now sounds weird, Almagest was one of the most influential scientific texts of all times. In fact, it was accepted for more than 1200 years from its origin until Copernicus. Almagest contained a star catalog covering 1022 stars and identifying 48 constellations, including the 12 ones of the zodiac.
During Middle Ages, the Arabic and the Persian world became highly cultured under Islam, and a range of important works on astronomy were translated into Arabic. By developing observational astronomy, Islamic astronomers made a truly enormous contribution to this science. The first astronomical observatories appeared in the Muslim world by the early 9th century, where star catalogues were created. One of the most influential texts of that time is the Book of Fixed Stars written by Abd al-Rahman al-Suf, a Persian astronomer, in which he described stars, their positions, magnitudes, and colour, and also included drawings of the constellations.
On the contrary, Europe was experiencing lower levels of scientific learning in the Middle Ages. However, in the 12th and 13th centuries, there were two developments that contributed a lot to the development of astronomy in Europe. The first one was the translation movement that made available some key works written in Arabic. Secondly, at that time the first European universities were founded in Bologna, Paris, and Oxford, where astronomy received a place within the core curriculum.
Renaissance and the Copernican Revolution
During the renaissance period, astronomy experienced a real revolution that is now known as the Copernican Revolution, which got its name from the Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus. Copernicus' theory was quite groundbreaking for that time: he proposed a heliocentric model. According to his heliocentric system, the planets revolved around the Sun, and not the Earth. Still, this theory remained a controversial one until Galileo Galilei, Johannes Kepler and Isaac Newton improved it. Tycho Brahe, a Danish astronomer, also aided this new model although he didn't believe the overall theory.
Brahe was the author of the Tychonic system, in which the Sun, Moon and the stars orbit the Earth while the other five planets go around the Sun. It might sound insane now, however, people believed in this model as they still refused to accept the heliocentric model but didn't believe in the Ptolemaic system either. Brahe is also known for his highly precise observations of the solar system and the stars. He worked on a star map called Rudolphine Tables, and when Brahe died, his assistant Johannes Kepler went on completing his works.
Kepler was the first astronomer that tried to make mathematical predictions of celestial motions from physical causes. He's also the author of the three Kepler's laws of planetary motion.
The name of another prominent astronomer of that time will definitely ring a bell to you: Galileo Galilei. Although he didn't invent the telescope, the substantial improvements Galileo made to the instrument allowed him to make great new discoveries. With his powerful 20x refractor telescope, Galileo was the first to observe the uneven surface of the Moon. In addition, he discovered the four largest moons of Jupiter, dark spots on the surface of the Sun, and the phases of Venus. What is more, Galileo's telescope revealed that the sky was teeming with multiple celestial bodies not visible to the naked eye.
Galileo controverted the theory of an Earth-centered solar system in favor of the Copernican heliocentric model. Sadly, the Roman Inquisition made him rescind his support of heliocentrism, and Galileo was sentenced to house imprisonment. He died under arrest.
Modern Astronomy
It goes without saying that the overall technological advancement had a huge impact on the development of astronomy. Most of the astronomical knowledge humanity has now was accumulated throughout the 20th century. The invention of photography greatly helped to study fainter objects in space. Edwin Hubble, a 20th-century American astronomer, identified the Andromeda nebula as a different galaxy, and discovered that there are many other galaxies that are moving away from our galaxy
Today, astronomers can obtain extensive data on celestial objects with the help of huge and robust telescopes, both on the Earth and in space. Modern telescopes enable astronomers to capture the light of dim and distant objects. What is more, cutting-edge tools allow scientists to explore not only visible light, but also infrared light, radio waves and X-rays.
Huge, complex telescopes help astronomers to directly observe black holes, faraway planets, and explore the motion of celestial bodies even outside the Milky Way.
Without any doubt, astronomy is among the most interesting sciences. Since prehistoric times, people have wondered what is there far away, out in space, what the laws of the motions of celestial bodies are, and if there exists life outside Earth. One thing is really fascinating: although humanity started observing the sky thousands of years ago, there's still a lot to discover.
As you see, there were both rises and falls in the history of astronomy, amazing discoveries and revolutionary inventions, wrong assumptions and miscalculations. Astronomy is exciting, and who knows, maybe it will be you who'll discover another beautiful planet somewhere in a very distant galaxy?
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John II, Duke of Bavaria
Duke John II of Bavaria-Munich (1341 – 1397), (German: Johann II, Herzog von Bayern-München), since 1375 Duke of Bavaria-Munich. He was the third son of Stephen II and Elizabeth of Sicily.
Noble family
House of Wittelsbach
Catherine of Gorizia
Stephen II
Elisabeth of Sicily
His maternal grandparents were Frederick III of Sicily and Eleanor of Anjou. Her parents were Charles II of Naples and Maria Arpad of Hungary.
Maria was a daughter of Stephen V of Hungary and his wife, queen Elisabeth, who was daughter of Zayhan of Kuni, a chief of the Cuman tribe and had been a pagan before her marriage.
Stephen V was a son of Béla IV of Hungary and Maria Laskarina. Maria Laskarina was a daughter of Theodore I Lascaris and Anna Angelina. Anna was a daughter of Eastern Roman Emperor Alexius III and Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamaterina.
Duke of Bavaria
From 1375 to 1392 John ruled in Bavaria-Landshut with his brothers Stephen III and Frederick. In 1385 John II and his wife inherited a third of County of Gorizia with Lienz, but already in 1392 he sold his part to the Habsburgs. In 1392 John initiated a new partition of Bavaria since he refused to finance the Italian adventures of his brothers who were both married with daughters of Bernabò Visconti but also Stephen's expensive holding of court. The duchy of Bavaria-Landshut then was reduced since Bavaria-Ingolstadt and Bavaria-Munich were created. Frederick kept Bavaria-Landshut while Stephen received Bavaria-Ingolstadt which he soon treated as a disadvantage. Therefore, John ruled Bavaria-Munich for three years only until 1395, then he shared his power again with Stephen after an armed conflict between both brothers.
John II was succeeded by his sons Ernest and William III who finally managed to enforce their sole rule over Bavaria-Munich against Stephen III. John is buried in the Frauenkirche in Munich.
Marriage and children
He married in 1372 Catherine of Gorizia, a daughter of Count Meinhard VI of Gorizia and Catharina of Pfannberg. Their children were:
Ernest I of Bavaria-Munich (1373–2 July 1438, Munich).
William III of Bavaria-Munich (1375, Munich–1435, Munich).
Sofia of Bavaria (1376–26 September 1425, Pressburg), married in Prague 2 May 1389 King Wenceslaus.
He also had an illegitimate son, Johann Grünwalder (1393–1452), who was Cardinal and Bishop of Freising.
Ancestors of John II, Duke of Bavaria
16. Otto II, Duke of Bavaria
8. Louis II, Duke of Bavaria
17. Agnes of the Palatinate
4. Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor
18. Rudolph I of Germany
9. Matilda of Habsburg
19. Gertrude of Hohenburg
2. Stephen II, Duke of Bavaria
20. Bolesław II Rogatka
10. Bolko I the Strict
21. Hedwig of Anhalt
5. Beatrice of Silesia
22. Otto V, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel
11. Beatrice of Brandenburg
23. Judith of Henneberg
1. John II, Duke of Bavaria
24. James I of Aragon
12. Peter III of Aragon
25. Violant of Hungary
6. Frederick III of Sicily
26. Manfred of Sicily
13. Constance of Sicily
27. Beatrice of Savoy
3. Elisabeth of Sicily
28. Charles I of Naples
14. Charles II of Naples
29. Beatrice of Provence
7. Eleanor of Anjou
30. Stephen V of Hungary
15. Mary of Hungary
31. Elizabeth the Cuman
Born: 1341 Died: 1397
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Q: Can I load an image file into "GTk-glad" Tool as a GUI frame to work on it? I know that "GtK-glade" got many convinent sample GUI frame like Management UI, there are many samples using the template of Glade's inside tool, like buttons, menus, label.
But I had like to use my own frame of GUI to be costumerized for users.And I just can't find a way to load my own "image" of frame from the "Glade" tool.
By What method can I let my one "image" of frame to replace the sample frame of "Glade" tool?
Or by what kind of "GtK" glade-like tooling can do this job?
I use c souce code of Ubuntu linux. And I can't find an toolkit to update my original souce code of GUI. I only find that GTK-glade can open it .

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Sacramento County moves forward with mental health response team in lieu of police for certain 911 calls
by: Lonnie Wong
Posted: Mar 30, 2021 / 05:58 PM PDT
Updated: Mar 30, 2021 / 05:58 PM PDT
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KTXL) – The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors moved ahead with a plan to have a mental health crisis team respond to certain 911 calls instead of police or sheriff's deputies.
The proposal drew initial concerns from the county's police chiefs and on Tuesday community members told the board that the plan doesn't go far enough.
After numerous cases of people with mental health issues dying at the hands of police officers, there were calls for a different method of responding to emergency calls without involving officers.
A Sacramento County plan that would use mental health strike teams to respond to certain 911 calls, funded by a possible reduction in police budgets, initially drew concerns but law enforcement in the county is now working to implement such a plan.
That decision was made easier by the availability of state and federal mental health funds that could fund as much as 80% of the cost.
Sacramento County Board of Supervisors vote to deny Main Jail expansion project
But dozens of callers to the board Tuesday feared that police and their perceived control of the 911 system was a deal breaker.
"Get law enforcement as far away from this as possible. They only cause trauma and death," one caller said.
Many callers instead want a separate emergency call center staffed by mental health professionals, using a 988 emergency number that is being set up by federal legislation.
But county supervisors tried to reassure callers that the 911 system routinely channels calls to fire, ambulances and other services as needed and is not controlled by law enforcement.
County staff said they are looking at the end goal.
"There's no doubt that it'd be a non-law enforcement response on the street to the situation," said Deputy County Executive Bruce Wagstaff.
Setting up a whole separate call dispatch center would be costly.
"If there are efficiencies there that would save us money that we could spend it somewhere else," said Supervisor Sue Frost.
In the end, the board agreed to have mental health professionals staff 911 centers to get the program going and switch to a mental health call center when federal dollars become available.
For the time being mental health crisis calls will still go to 911 even if officers won't be responding to them.


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Plaats in Noord-Ierland
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Наумовка — деревня в Залегощенском районе Орловской области России. Входит в состав Нижнезалегощенского сельского поселения.

География
Деревня находится в центральной части Орловской области, в лесостепной зоне, в пределах центральной части Среднерусской возвышенности, на левом берегу реки Залегощи, к югу от автодороги , на расстоянии примерно 2 километров (по прямой) к юго-востоку от посёлка городского типа Залегощь, административного центра района. Абсолютная высота — 200 метров над уровнем моря.

Часовой пояс

Население

Половой состав
По данным Всероссийской переписи населения 2010 года в гендерной структуре населения мужчины составляли 66,7 %, женщины — соответственно 33,3 %.

Национальный состав
Согласно результатам переписи 2002 года, в национальной структуре населения русские составляли 100 % из 5 чел.

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Населённые пункты Залегощенского района


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You may not think so quickly, but water is an ideal drink to drink while losing weight. Water has many benefits for our body. Truth about drinking water. Lose weight with fitness puts it in a row for you.
Many people drink too little water while it offers many benefits. It is also an ideal drink to drink while losing weight. It is recommended to drink about 2 liters of water per person per day. 60% of our body consists of water. What does water do to our bodies?
All 4 are interesting when losing weight.
Having a full glass of water all the time. Many people do not meet the recommended daily amount of 2 liters of water. This is unfortunate, because the metabolism works ideally. The intake of food is optimally digested with sufficient water. The right nutrients are brought to the right place and harmful substances are removed. You can imagine that with too little water the metabolism also does not work optimally and the body will store the nutrients earlier instead of removing them.
In addition, water helps to suppress the hunger. Often a feeling of thirst is confused with a feeling of hunger. People are then more likely to start eating instead of drinking. Therefore drink a large glass of water for each meal. You will rather get a feeling of satisfaction and therefore start eating less. Ideal during weight loss.
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Cocoa Republic is a key sponsor of IAMovement's project to bring the first rooftop garden to Trinidad & Tobago! The project is ongoing and we need your support! Check out the project on Indiegogo!
"IAMovement is a non-profit organization founded in early 2014 aiming to effect positive social and environmental change in Trinidad & Tobago. We understand that when people lose connection with nature, a host of other social and health issues follow. Many such issues are now prevalent in T&T – such as over-consumerism, materialism, and violence.
Green roofs bring the deep creativity and wisdom of nature into the most desolate and underutilized urban spaces. They provide valuable inspiration and retreat from the hectic office. They assist the building's mechanical systems. They even provide a cooling effect on a hot day and critical stormwater retention, all while growing food! This particular green roof has a deeper intention though, and that is to act as a node of nature-based inspiration to the leaders of our nation's education system. Its design inspires that through the symbology in the geometric forms of the garden beds and the calming effect of natural, local vegetation.
Trinidad now imports over over 90% of its food, despite having ideal growing conditions year-round. This is largely because as a country which has thrived on the fossil fuel industry for many decades, our farming industry has suffered as the population gravitated instead to big industry and commercial enterprise. Port of Spain is now unfortunately a stressful environment for people, plants and animals to exist. Implementing green roofs can help to change that.
Furthermore, the act of growing food will be championed. Food sovereignty is a matter of great national importance, and if we can grow vegetables on the roof of a high rise building in downtown Port of Spain, we can certainly grow food on the fertile soils at our homes!


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≡ 3 Russians Sentenced to Jail for Firebombing Coast Guard General
A court in Russia's Far East on Monday sentenced three men to four years in prison each for carrying out a firebomb attack that killed a coast guard general and badly injured his wife.
The IHT reports that Major General Vitaly Gamov, who was in charge of the coast guard in the Russian Far East, died [...]
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≡ Conscript charged in hazing case in Russia's Far East
A conscript at a military unit on the island of Sakhalin has been charged with abuse of rank and violence after allegedly beating up his fellow soldier who later committed suicide, military prosecutors said Monday.
Rail Bikmukhamedov committed suicide on December 13 by hanging himself on a tree. He earlier wrote home on various occasions about [...]
≡ Russia accused of targeting foes
Russia's richest man is thrown into prison. Georgian-owned casinos in Moscow are shut down. An international oil conglomerate is accused of massive environmental violations that could lead to billions of dollars in fines.
All found themselves on the wrong side of Russia's often murky rules and laws, but to critics of Russian President Vladimir Putin's government, [...]


Observations, opinions and musings from this week in major league baseball.
Major League Baseball released its annual report on foreign-born big leaguers, and the Orioles have an above-average number born outside the U.S. on their 25-man roster and disabled list.
But don't be fooled, oh critics of the Orioles' woeful international program. Plunge into the numbers and it's evident the Orioles are among the worst in mining foreign talent.
Of the 855 major league players on Opening Day rosters and the DL, 239 are foreign born (28 percent, down from 29 percent in 2007). That means each of the 30 teams has an average of eight foreign players active or disabled.
The Orioles have 10 - including eight active. So give the club some credit there.
But the organization developed just two of those: starting pitchers Daniel Cabrera and Adam Loewen. And Loewen, who is Canadian, needs an asterisk because he was chosen in the amateur draft and not signed internationally.
The news gets more embarrassing, Orioles fans.
Of the 239 foreign-born players, only three originally came from the Orioles' system. And two - Loewen and Seattle Mariners pitcher Erik Bedard - were draft-eligible Canadians.
That means Cabrera is the only one of the 88 Dominican-born major leaguers to be signed and developed by the Orioles. None of the 52 Venezuelans was - in fact, the Orioles have never discovered a Venezuelan who has gotten above Double-A.
Some of the foreigners the Orioles have developed over the years - Ed Rogers, Armando Benitez, Sidney Ponson - did not make a 2008 Opening Day major league roster.
Is there any wonder why Orioles president Andy MacPhail has made revamping the international program a priority? It should have been done years ago, but at least it's headed in the right direction. Now, the Orioles need to open the checkbook and transition from scouting international players to actually signing and developing them.
Another observation: Perhaps the most interesting thing in MLB's report is that Japan ranks fifth in supplying players to the big leagues, behind the United States, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela and Puerto Rico.
It wasn't long ago when the Japanese were considered second-class ballplayers who couldn't succeed on the big stage. No longer. Now 16 Japanese players are in the majors, employed by 13 of the 30 teams.
The Orioles, incidentally, are one of seven American League clubs without a Japanese player.
Official salaries are also out for 2008, and the Orioles' payroll sits at $67.2 million. That figure doesn't include the $5.7 million owed to outfielder Jay Gibbons, who was cut a week ago. Nor does it include the $1 million or so being paid to former manager Sam Perlozzo and ex-pitching coach Leo Mazzone.
Still, it's the Orioles' lowest payroll since 2002 and a major drop-off from last season's $93.6 million to start the season.
They went from the top 10 in 2007 to the bottom 10 in 2008. Only the Oakland Athletics and Florida Marlins had a more significant drop-off.
The New York Mets were a chic pick to win the National League based on their bloated, $138 million payroll and the offseason acquisition of starter Johan Santana. But the Mets are counting on plenty of older players with injury histories.
The big question was how long brittle Pedro Martinez would last before going on the DL. Congratulations if you predicted 3 1/3 innings. Martinez strained a hamstring in his first start and is out for at least a month.
Add in injuries to Moises Alou (hernia) and Orlando Hernandez (foot surgery), and that's $26.5 million on the DL by the season's first week. Is that a good harbinger?
Think you were frustrated by the protracted negotiations between the Orioles and Mariners this winter that eventually resulted in the Bedard trade? Well, Seattle manager John McLaren was just as helpless. In describing the lengthy process, McLaren got political, citing the 2000 presidential election.
"We worked on his deal a long time," he said. "I thought the Florida recount was long. But the deal took longer than the Florida recount."
Johnny Cueto, the Cincinnati Reds' ballyhooed 22-year-old rookie right-hander, debuted Thursday against the Arizona Diamondbacks and did OK. He allowed one hit, a solo homer by Justin Upton, in seven innings. Cueto was perfect through the first five innings, the first time that has been done in a debut in 11 years. And he struck out 10, becoming the first Red since 1900 to accomplish that in a debut.
Yeah, the kid might have a future in this game.
The New York Yankees' estimated payroll is $209 million for 2008. Some perspective: The Yankees will spend $2 million more than the four teams with the lowest payrolls in the AL - the Tampa Bay Rays, the A's, the Minnesota Twins and the Kansas City Royals - combined.


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A group of friends from Boston who feel stuck in life experience an unexpected wake-up call after one of their friend dies unexpectedly.
Skeptical journalist Ozzie Graham investigates a support group for alien abductees to write about the members' supposed encounters. The more he digs into their oddball claims, the more he realizes…
Kid vs. Kat
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Master of Arms
Forging and building of weapons
The Bureau of Magical Things
When ordinary teenager Kyra touches a mysterious book, she is transformed into a Tri-ling-–part-human, part-fairy and part-elf. In addition to acquiring amazing magical powers, Kyra discovers a secret world of…
Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Family Liaison Officer Lisa Armstrong becomes a little too emotionally involved with a case (to the point where she might compromise it) concerning a pair of missing Morecambe twins to…
Whip-smart general practitioner Dr. Mona Harcourt lives in London with her political lobbyist husband Guy and her family. When a bomb goes off in London on the same day that…
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Four teenage friends move from Minneapolis to Los Angeles to form a potential chart-topping boy band after Kendall is inadvertently discovered by an eccentric record executive, Gustavo Rocque. As they…
Detective Inspector Richard Poole is transferred to Sainte Marie, an island in the Caribbean. Totally unsuited to the Caribbean way of life, Richard hates the sun, sea and sand and…
A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.
After a teenage girl's perplexing suicide, a classmate receives a series of tapes that unravel the mystery of her tragic choice.
Formerly filthy rich video store magnate Johnny Rose, his soap star wife Moira, and their two kids, über-hipster son David and socialite daughter Alexis, suddenly find themselves broke and forced…
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It's only just begun, but 2018 is looking brighter for the future of the planet: this year will probably be the one in which the Clean Energy Package, a series of measures outlined by the European Commission to enable the EU to deliver on its Paris Agreement commitments, will be agreed upon by the Parliament and Council, therefore finally becoming a reality for our Union. In the plenary session held at the Parliament in Strasbourg last week, the MEPs voted on three important aspects of the Clean Energy Package: the Energy Efficiency Directive, the Renewable Energy Directive and the Governance of the Energy Union. The vote established the EP position on EU energy goals; the matter is now to be discussed in the trilogue. According to all these facts, we decided to pick "clean energy" as current Term of the Week; as shown in the table, the term is covered by almost all official European languages.
In IATE the term "clean energy" is defined as "all types of non-polluting energy including, but not limited to, renewable energy". Despite the definition, we decided to focus this article on renewable energies; this is because last week the Parliament has set a new, ambitious target for cleaner and more efficient energy use. Binding targets will be negotiated with EU ministers to boost energy efficiency by 35%, and the share of renewable sources in the total energy mix by 35% by 2030; the previous goal was set to a 30% energy efficiency target to be reached by 2030.
This agreement was reached with 492 votes to 88 and 107 abstentions; the choice is due to some studies predicting that the current target, supported by the European Council and Commission, would be too low to meet the EU's commitments under the Paris climate agreement. To meet these overall targets, EU member states are asked to set their own national targets to be monitored and achieved in line with a draft law on the governance of the Energy Union.
Overall, the proposals are aimed at providing a strong market pull for new technologies, to set the right conditions for investors, to empower consumers, to make energy markets more efficient and to help us meet our climate targets.
Enjoy your terminology learning and have a nice weekend!
Written by Carolina Quaranta – Schuman Trainee at the Terminology Coordination Unit of the European Parliament. Completed a Master in Public and Political Communication in the University of Torino, Italy; communication specialist and journalist.


St. Mary's Catholic Primary School enjoys close links with St. Mary's Church in Chorley.Our school is an integral part of the life of St.Mary's parish, supporting and promoting Catholic ideals and the example of Christ to be followed in all aspects of daily life. Father Marsden is our Parish Priest and a member of the school's Governing Body. He is a frequent visitor in school.
During the school year, junior pupils (and occasionally Year 2 pupils) will attend St. Mary's Church for particular services. Parents are asked to co-operate as fully as possible with any arrangements which are made for such visits.
During the academic year, Mass is celebrated at the beginning of the school year, Harvest, Advent and for Holy Days of Obligation. First Communion and First Reconciliation pupils are regular visitors at Mass in preparation for receiving the Sacraments. During term time, Father Marsden visits school to allow the children to receive Ashes on Ash Wednesday.
Links with the wider family of the diocese are encouraged with our Good Shepherd Collection, which is presented by Year 4 at the Good Shepherd Mass. Children also collect for Derian House and CAFOD. At Harvest, our food collection and money donations are sent to elderly and infirm parishioners, the homeless and CAFOD respectively.
St. Mary's Parish Centre & Club is situated close to the Church and provides spacious and pleasant accommodation for any type of gathering where excellent facilities and a comfortable ambience are essential.
Information for children and parents who are interested in being Baptised and learning more about the Catholic Faith.
There have been several enquiries about children and adults receiving the Sacrament of Baptism and becoming a Catholic.
Also, there have been enquiries from parents who, like their children are already baptised in different Christian faiths, and now wish to be received in Full Communion in the Catholic Church.
I warmly welcome any parent/guardian who would like to make further enquiries into this. Please contact me either by phone on 01257 262537, or at St Mary's Church, Mount Pleasant, or on email via stmaryschorley@yahoo.co.uk.


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@synthesize generalPreferencesView;
@synthesize serversPreferencesView;
@synthesize licenseView;

@synthesize license;
@synthesize thirdPartyLicense;
@synthesize serversTableView;
@synthesize addServerPanel;
@synthesize serverName;
@synthesize localDirectory;
@synthesize shareFiles;
@synthesize port;
@synthesize allowRemoteControl;
@synthesize hostname;

- (void)setupToolbar {
	[self addView:generalPreferencesView label:@"General" image:[NSImage imageNamed: NSImageNamePreferencesGeneral]];
	[self addView:serversPreferencesView label:@"Servers" image:[NSImage imageNamed: NSImageNameNetwork]];
    [self addView:licenseView label:@"License" image:[NSImage imageNamed: NSImageNameInfo]];

    // Optional configuration settings.
	[self setCrossFade:YES];
	[self setShiftSlowsAnimation:YES];
}

- (void)displayViewForIdentifier:(NSString *)identifier animate:(BOOL)animate {
    [super displayViewForIdentifier:identifier animate:animate];

    if ([identifier isEqualToString:@"License"]) {
        if ([license string] == nil || [[license string] isEqualToString:@""]) {
            [license setString:[NSString stringWithContentsOfFile:[[[NSBundle mainBundle] resourcePath] stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"LICENSE.txt"] encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding error:nil]];
        }

        if ([thirdPartyLicense string] == nil || [[thirdPartyLicense string] isEqualToString:@""]) {
            [thirdPartyLicense setString:[NSString stringWithContentsOfFile:[[[NSBundle mainBundle] resourcePath] stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"THIRDPARTY-LICENSES.txt"] encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding error:nil]];
        }
    } else if ([identifier isEqualToString:@"General"]) {
        [self loadConfigIntoGeneralView];
    }
}

- (void) loadConfigIntoGeneralView {
    JukeboxConfig *config = [[JukeboxData singleton] getConfig];
    [localDirectory setStringValue:config.localLibraryDirectory];
    [port setStringValue:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d", config.port]];
    if (config.allowRemoteControl) {
        [allowRemoteControl setState:NSOnState];
    } else {
        [allowRemoteControl setState:NSOffState];
    }
    if (config.shareFiles) {
        [shareFiles setState:NSOnState];
    } else {
        [shareFiles setState:NSOffState];
    }
    [hostname setStringValue:config.hostname];
}

#pragma mark Table view methods
- (NSInteger) numberOfRowsInTableView:(NSTableView *) tableView {
	NSInteger count;

	if(tableView == serversTableView)
		count = [[JukeboxData singleton] getServerCount];

	return count;

}

- (id)tableView:(NSTableView *)tableView objectValueForTableColumn:(NSTableColumn *)tableColumn row:(NSInteger)row {

	id object;

	if(tableView == serversTableView)
		object = [[JukeboxData singleton] getServerValueForColumn:[tableColumn identifier] row:row];

	return object;
}

- (IBAction) addServer:(id)sender {
    [NSApp beginSheet:addServerPanel modalForWindow:[self window]
        modalDelegate:self didEndSelector:NULL contextInfo:nil];
}

- (IBAction) doneSaveRequest:(id)sender {
	if ([sender isKindOfClass:[NSTextField class]] || ! [[sender title] isEqualToString:@"Cancel"]) {
		[[JukeboxData singleton] addServerUrl:[serverName stringValue] withType:@"Manual"];
	}
	[addServerPanel orderOut:nil];
    [NSApp endSheet:addServerPanel];
    [serversTableView reloadData];
}

- (void) deleteServer:(id)sender {
    [[JukeboxData singleton] deleteServerForRow:[serversTableView selectedRow]];
    [serversTableView reloadData];
}

- (IBAction) selectDirectory:(id)sender {
    NSOpenPanel* openDlg = [NSOpenPanel openPanel];
    [openDlg setCanChooseFiles:NO];
    [openDlg setCanChooseDirectories:YES];
    [openDlg setAllowsMultipleSelection:NO];

    if ( [openDlg runModalForDirectory:nil file:nil] == NSOKButton ) {
        [localDirectory setStringValue:[openDlg filename]];
    }
}

- (IBAction) saveChanges:(id)sender {
    JukeboxConfig *config = [[[JukeboxConfig alloc] initWithDirectory:[localDirectory stringValue]
                                                                 port:[port intValue]
                                                   allowRemoteControl:[allowRemoteControl state]
                                                           shareFiles:[shareFiles state]
                                                             hostname:[hostname stringValue]] autorelease];
    [[JukeboxData singleton] saveConfig:config];
    [[TinyJukeboxAppDelegate singleton] reloadServer];

    // Remove all local songs, the urls could be wrong!
    [[TinyJukeboxAppDelegate singleton] rescan:nil];

    [[self window] orderOut:self];
}

- (IBAction) forgetChanges:(id)sender {
    [self loadConfigIntoGeneralView];
}

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Putting It to Work
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"After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go. He told them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field." Luke 10:1-2
One of the most exciting things concerning the Christian life is the opportunities we are given to "be Jesus" in the life of other people. As important as the church is, as important as being part of a small group of disciples is, membership in the group is not all there is to the Christian life. Once we know, we need to share. We need to exercise our spiritual gifts and thereby share the wisdom and love of God with others.
Jesus formed the disciples as a community and enjoyed a wonderful, life transforming fellowship with them. Nevertheless, for the entire time that he was with them, he was also in ministry to others: healing the sick, teaching the multitudes, confronting sin, and showing people what the kingdom of God was really like. Then, he sent the disciples (and us) out to do the same. Mark records it his way: Calling the Twelve to him, he sent them out two by two and gave them authority over evil spirits. These were his instructions: "Take nothing for the journey except a staff—no bread, no bag, no money in your belts. Wear sandals but not an extra tunic. Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you leave that town. And if any place will not welcome you or listen to you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave, as a testimony against them." They went out and preached that people should repent. They drove out many demons and anointed many sick people with oil and healed them (Mark 6:7-13). What Jesus was doing, they were now about to do. In other words, Jesus was empowering his disciples to do the very things that he was doing.
Expanding the Reign of God's Love
In the Gospel of John, Jesus says, "If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. He who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me" (John 14:23-24). Later, in Chapter 15, he gives his command: "This is my command: Love each other" (John 15:17). Finally, in John 20, after the resurrection, Jesus tells his disciples that, just as God sent him into the world to reveal the wisdom (Logos) and love (Agape) of God, so Jesus was now sending the disciples into the world to do the same: "As the Father has sent me, so I am sending you (John 20:21). Sending was always a part of Jesus' plan for his disciples. It is also his plan for us.
The heart of Christian discipleship is simply this: to spread the love of God as we have seen it in Jesus Christ. This sharing of God's unmerited forgiving and restoring grace, what Paul called the secret wisdom of God that the world calls foolishness is at the heart of what it means to be a Christian. We were not called merely to have private religious experiences of God's love. We were not called merely to enjoy the life transforming nature of a Christian community. We were called also to go into the world and to share the Good News of God's mercy, love and grace with others in word and deed.
Our Sending
This week, several times the Lord brought the importance of serving others to my attention. Robert Mulholland defined Christian spiritual formation as the process of becoming more like Christ for the sake of the world. A small group study Kathy and I attended focused on the four aspects of this: our life in Christ as
Of being formed
Into the Image of Christ
For the sake of the world. [1]
Too often we think of our salvation as something God has done for us, and we stop there. It is true that God saves us because of his great love for us. But we are saved so that we can become more like Christ. Therefore, Paul can say things like we should "work out our salvation with fear and trembling"—i.e. Our salvation in Christ is a process that is worked out in some way over time. The "working out" is the process of becoming more like Christ. Not just like Christ on the outside (that is hypocrisy!), but like Christ inside and out. Like Christ in his relationship with the Father. Like Christ is our moral and spiritual being. Like Christ in the way we react to people and situations. Every serious Christian knows that this is a process that takes a long time—our entire lives and is complete only in heaven.
This process has a purpose. John begins with "For God so loved the world that he sent his Only Begotten Son" (John 3:16). John ends his gospel with, "As the Father has sent me, so I send you" (John 20:21). Jesus was sent into the world to proclaim and live out the Good News. We are sent for the same reason. God is still in the process of loving the world and saving the lost. His Spirit is present empowering people to turn from sin and selfishness to God. For the sake of the world, God has now sent his people, the church, the ecclesia, those called out of the world into God's kingdom, into the world. He is sending you and me.
God created the human race in his image. The Bible reveals what we all know deep in our hearts—we have defaced that image in selfishness, self-centeredness, and sin. In Christ, however, God has provided way for that image of God to be restored. (II Corinthians 5:17-18) Those of us who were estranged from God have now been "reconciled" with God, brought back into a relationship with God through Christ. We in turn, in our everyday relationships with people, are called to continue our own journey into Christlikeness not just for our own sake, but for the sake of the world God loves, a world God loved enough to send his Only Begotten Son to live, minister, and die for.
[1] M. Robert Mulhollland, Jr, with Ruth Haley Barton, Invitation to a Journey: A Road Map for Spiritual Formation Expanded Version (Downer's Grove, IL: IVP Press), 1993
An Independence Day Meditation: Media, "Alt-Media" and News Media Lost in Post-Modernism
July 4, 2017 Chris Scruggs	Leave a comment
When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices; when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy. Through the blessing of the upright a city is exalted, but by the mouth of the wicked it is destroyed (Proverbs 11:10-11 [NIV]).
A wise man is full of strength, and a man of knowledge enhances his might, for by wise guidance you can wage your war, and in abundance of counselors there is victory (Proverbs 24:5-6 [ESV]).
God bless America, land that I love,
Stand beside her and guide her
Through the night with a light from above;
To the oceans white with foam,
God bless America, my home, sweet home.
God bless America, my home, sweet home (Irving Berlin, 1918, rev. 1939)
This particular meditation is born of a deep grief for our country and where were are in our political life.
The most recent American elections revealed in startling ways the culture decline of the American media and American Political life in almost all its manifestations. Whether one looks at Mainline Media, Print Media, Network Media, Television Media, Internet Media, or Alt-Media (sometimes called "Alt Right Media" by the traditional media) the failures of the media as a whole to accurately and factually report stories was plainly evident. It was as evident on Fox News as CNN, on Yahoo as in the New York Times or New York Post. For whatever reason, generally the media felt it had an open season on one particular candidate. Specially, left and right, the media and candidates demonstrated a complete disdain for a reasonable and dignified public culture. Since the election, nothing has changed. [1]
What is the Media?
The term "media" comes from a Latin word "medi," which means "middle." This word forms the root of many English words. "Mediators" stand in the middle between parties to a dispute and help them resolve their difficulties. "Intermediaries" negotiate on behalf of parties who cannot see each other personally in a dispute. The "Media" are intermediaries of a sort. Citizens cannot be everywhere. Therefore, we need the "media" to mediate news for us. Because of the volume of events that may occur on any given day or given period of time, the public relies upon the media to sort through events, prioritize their importance, summarize events in a meaningful and truthful way, and convey the meaning of events to those of us who cannot be personally present to view and participate in events. When the media fails in this task, becomes prejudiced in the task, ceases to believe in democracy and in the power of ordinary people to interpret and act upon the facts, a disaster is in the making.
It goes without saying that the media have an important role in any vital democracy. Citizens rely upon the media to provide them with information without which voters and participants in public life cannot make informed decisions. The media is the medium through which most people, in and out of government, gain the information needed to be responsible citizens and public servants. Unfortunately, the voters have not been well served by the traditional media for some time—and the recent election and the first six months of the new administration were just one more indication of a deep problem.
An Outmoded World-View
Behind the decline of American media and American political culture is a mindset, a way of looking at the world, an orientation in which words do not convey meanings. Instead words are simply bids for power. Having given up any notion that the voters and the public should be given the facts so as to judge wisely, the media and politicians are left with using their constitutionally protected position to put into office the candidate/s that support their biases, left, right, or whatever.
This way of looking at the world has two aspects: First, a strictly post-modern (really, "hyper-modern") view does not believe that there is a "public truth" out there that citizens are discovering over time as we elect candidates and evaluate their performance. There is just an ideology of the left or right that their respective proponents would like to enact into law, and whoever gets the votes can do as they please. There is no truth, no justice, just ideology and the naked search for power.
This a prejudice the practitioners of hyper-modern journalism share with politicians left and right— and increasingly with those who control and teach in our universities. This prejudice contributes to many of our greatest public failures. Just to give one current example, virtually no economist or healthcare expert thought that the Affordable Care Act would work. There were many obvious flaws in the proposal. Most members of the media largely ignored these flaws, pointed out by conservative thinkers and legislators, because of the need to achieve some kind of universal coverage. They favored a single payer solution. The proponents of the Affordable Care Act were willing to deceive and lie to the American people because of an ideological commitment divorced from reality. The coverage of the passage of the Affordable Care Act did not alert the average voter and citizen to the inherent dangers of the way the legislation was structured.
The failure by the media to fully and accurately cover this story resulted in the passage of a deeply flawed piece of legislation. The Democratic Party, which the media was trying to "help," has paid the price in every successive election. The political disaster consumed the very party the majority of the media was trying to assist. In addition, the taxpayers have spent hundreds of millions of dollars to get more expensive and no better healthcare than before. Finally, confidence in our political institutions and processes have been injured.
Today, a conservative Congress is busy following the same mistake in the opposite direction. The loud calls to "Repeal Obamacare" are resulting in pressure to repeal the Affordable Care Act, but not necessarily replace it with a piece of legislation that achieves the two basic objectives of the American people: control of costs to the average consumer together with as broad a scope of coverage as possible.
I have used legislation concerning medical care as an example, but in a variety of areas (banking legislation comes to mind) the ideological predispositions of an essentially irrational political and media elite are driving legislation that will assure that problems that have occurred in the past will repeat themselves in the future. Reporting tends to speak from the prejudice of those reporting as opposed to a desire to seek the truth. In a variety of areas this is dangerous because the problems we face require new solutions not necessarily available to those trapped in historic ideological positions.
A loss of belief in truth cannot help but be followed by another, perhaps worse, phenomena. We have seen this phenomenon during the past election and in the past few weeks: If facts are not important than sensational, overblown, and highly emotional visual and other images are. If all that counts is power, then getting power over the voters' prejudices is what matters. Unfortunately, the public interest is what is harmed if the media and politicians engage in such behavior.
The problem of loss of faith in truth is complicated by a focus on sensationalism. The politics of negative sensationalism prevents us from having a conversation about serious national problems. It is easy to win office by stating that the candidate you oppose is worse than the candidate you support. It is harder to prove that your candidate had good ideas and is capable of solving a social problem. When you combine a lack of respect for the truth with a focus on the sensational, you have a recipe for democratic disaster.
The Way of Wisdom in the Post-Modern World [2]
Wisdom literature certainly does not provide a simple road map for contemporary political activity. The culture of the Old Testament is far removed from contemporary Western democracy governing a nation made up of city-dwellers who are part of a complex industrial and post-industrial economy. Nevertheless, certain principles of wisdom are needed to provide a foundation for our contemporary government. Moral decay and injustice still erode the foundations of a society. Moral principles continue to be important for leaders. Leaders still need good character and a willingness to listen to good advice. Wise leaders are concerned about the integrity of the political system, and especially for the courts. Just as in the days of ancient Israel, it is easy for a government to pay attention to the needs of the wealthy and well-connected and hard, sometimes incredibly hard to listen to the cries of the poor.
The philosopher of science, Michael Polanyi points out a paradoxical feature of modern society: it combines a cynical disregard for truth and for justice with kind fanatical devotion to certain moral ideals of an ideology, right or left. The Russian Communists and German Nazi's were equally mad and equally inspired by an ideological moral fervor cut off from a deep moral ground in a history, religious faith, or tradition. The search for a just society, cut off from a deep transcendental notion of justice moves the practitioners of modern ideological politics into a fanaticism that permits acts of gross immorality in the search for a better or perfect society. [3]
What is needed is for Western democracies, most of which have some basic cultural history in the Judeo-Christian tradition to recover their connection with the moral tradition of the West in the conduct of its political affairs. Most importantly, the West must recover its faith in the reality of Justice and other intangible public values as real qualities which is progressively uncovered in the search for them. In his book Logic of Liberty, Polanyi puts the matter in this way:
The general foundations of coherence and freedom in society may be regarded as secure to the extent to which men uphold their belief in the reality of truth, justice, charity, and tolerance, and accept dedication to the service of these realities; while society may be expected to fall into servitude when men deny, explain away or simply disregard these realities and transcendent obligations.
We may be faced with the fact that only by resuming the great tradition which embodies faith in these realities can the continuance of the human race on earth, equipped with the powers of modern science be made both possible and desirable. [4]
If there is no such thing as truth and justice, if we are not constrained in our political behavior by a transcendent obligation to seek truth and justice in our political lives with tolerance for other views, then the state can and must dictate these matters—and society has turned onto the road that inevitably leads to tyranny. This is the road we have recently been taking. It is a road the leads to death—the death of our society, our freedoms, our culture, our way of life.
If, however, a society believes in the reality of transcendent, moral and ethical realities of truth, justice, tolerance, charity and serve them, not one or the one we find convenient, but all of them, and if we believe that our society will eventually discern these realities and be guided by them, then the foundation of a free society can be maintained, even in the fact of conflict and uncertainty. This is the road to which we must return. It is a road that leads to life.
So much of the frenetic dishonesty of contemporary politics comes from an underlying assumption of the right and left that there nothing involved but the contention of special interest groups for advantage. In the absence of faith in the reality of moral constraints on the political process and upon what special interest groups may seek as well as upon what means may be used to seek them, a free and just society cannot endure.
If, however, we come to believe in something called the "Public Interest" as an invisible reality which can and will be disclosed to us as we truly seek the invisible but progressively attainable reality of a more just order for society, then (and only then) can a free society be maintained in the face of the trials and tests of history. In such a society, the voice of religious leaders can and should be heard in the public arena, for "Where there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint, but blessed is he who keeps the law" (Proverbs 29:18 [ESV]).
Modern advocates of a purely secular state may immediately suspect that any attempt to subject government to religious opinions and moral rules involves an attempt to set up a theocracy or "moralocracy". An attempt by religious or moral leaders to acquire political power to advance a religious or moral agenda would be contrary to the vision of Polanyi and others. A society in which moral values guide leaders is a society in which leaders have been trained in wisdom and in the principles of moral leadership and instinctively bring them to bear upon the problems of the day. The role of morality and religion is to create a kind of character in leaders, not to mandate a particular moral position enforced by law.
During these past weeks, actors, journalists, politicians, and others have openly suggested the assassination of a sitting President. The facts of certain decisions have largely been overlooked in favor of sensationalist, often violent, speeches and demonstrations. Exactly what these people think they will gain is not clear, but their strategy is clear: Cause chaos and maybe we will come out on top. This strategy is as old as the Communist Revolution in Russia. The problem with the strategy is the inevitable outcome: When violent revolutions occur, a society gets a Hitler, Lenin, Pot Pol, or Stalin not a Harvard Law Professor or an environmental activist. When violence, physical or political, is the way to power, you get violent leaders. Always. Every time. No exceptions.
The American people, the press, the Congress, and the Administration need to take a pause for reflection. The current administration was elected because the voters wanted a change in what the media is calling a more populist direction—what I interpret to mean a more personal, local, and organic direction for government. These changes are now occurring. Perhaps the administration might want to think about the pace and direction of change. Mistakes will be made and they will need to be corrected. Reasoned analysis and critique might avoid unnecessary errors.
On the other hand, a President needs a Cabinet, reasonable and helpful, if sometimes critical, support from Congress for the initiatives he was elected to take, and a "loyal opposition" to hold him accountable so that another Obamacare-like fiascos do not occur. The media needs to report as accurately as they can the facts surrounding the initiatives. Everyone needs to be held accountable to the democratic process. And, in humility, we need to give a new government a chance.
For this to work, in fact for democracy to work, there must be something more important and more fundamental than victory for our side in the next election. There must be shared values and a shared belief that the democratic process works, not always immediately, but over time. There must be a shared commitment to the search beyond ideology and prejudice for the best and most reasonable solutions to our national problems. There must be a shared belief in truth, in justice, in fairness, and in the capacity of our nation to accomplish the creation of a fair and just society for all people. Without that shared commitment, the future is dark. With such a commitment, whatever darkness may periodically erupt, there is always the hope for a better future for all Americans.
[1] The following quote pretty much says it all: "The unhinged reaction of the mainstream media, which Mr. Trump correctly describes as corrupt and dishonest, only confirms their attempt to disguise rank political partisanship behind a phony First Amendment curtain. The fact that so many of the so-called journalists who were working behind the scenes for Hillary Clinton and writing false stories about Mr. Trump and the election are still on the job is inexcusable (when, for example, is CNBC going to fire John Harwood?). I certainly do not agree with everything Mr. Trump says or does (though I agree with much of it), but at least he speaks his mind and backs it up with action. Our country is now run by generals and businessmen, not by the types of academics and politicians who made a shambles of foreign and domestic policy over the last two decades. Before we judge Mr. Trump too harshly, we should give him a chance to implement the policies that he was elected to implement. The fact that a biased liberal medi a and half the country doesn't like him or his policies is irrelevant. By the time Mr. Trump's first term is over, the media is going to be a shadow of its former self if it doesn't start telling the truth and behaving like the Founders envisioned, not like a bunch of political operatives." Michael Lewitt, "Objects In Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear" (Excerpted from The Credit Strategist (February 1, 2017), reprinted in John Mauldin Economics, Outside the Box "More on Complexity Economics" (downloaded February 3, 2017). I do want to point out that the President's response to his critics in the media has sometimes been short-sighted and fed the dysfunction of our political system.
[2] This part of the essay is based upon a part of a chapter in my book, Path of Life: The Way of Wisdom for Christ Followers (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2014).
[3] See, Michael Polanyi, Science, Faith and Society (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1946). This little book should be required reading in every college in America. It is an eloquent defense of academic and religious freedom by a scientist/philosopher horrified by what the politicalization of science did to Russian science.
[4] Michael Polanyi, The Logic of Liberty: Reflections and Rejoinders (Indianapolis, IN: Liberty Fund, 1951):\, 57. I am obligated to Polanyi for the argument as well as the quotation.


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Update on Fairview Pedestrian Bridge
November 5, 2010 / Clontarf, Fairview/Marino, News, Sport & Recreation, Transport
Report to North Central Area Committee – November 2010
Fairview Park Footbridge
Further to our reports to the North Central Area Committee of July and October 2010 on the Fairview Park footbridge, the Roads and Traffic Department propose to retain the existing pedestrian over-bridge in its current form, including for the retention of the existing pedestrian access ramps, and to completely refurbish the bridge including pedestrian access ramps. It is proposed that these works be implemented in 2011, subject to funding being made available. The current estimated cost of these works is €250,000.
It is currently proposed to initiate an engineering inspection of the structure to identify in detail the exact works, and method of implementing the works, to be carried out on the structure. As a minimum, it is proposed that these refurbishment works will consist of the removal of the existing corrosion protection and paint system and to apply a new corrosion protection and paint system. It is also currently proposed to replace the existing pedestrian surfacing material to the bridge deck and access ramps. Other works on the bridge may be identified by the engineering inspection to be carried out.
The proposed works, which are subject to funding, are not planned to change the arrangement of the bridge or its access ramps from its current arrangement. The planned refurbishment works will retain the bridge structure in order to provide the current and past level of service for pedestrians.
The Roads and Traffic Department are proposing the refurbishment of the Fairview Park pedestrian over-bridge as a project to be considered for inclusion within the budget for the year 2011.
John W. Flanagan, Senior Engineer, Roads & Traffic Department.
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Adobe's new algorithm can erase tourists from your photos in real time | CBC News Loaded
Adobe's new algorithm can erase tourists from your photos in real time
Adobe has unveiled an app that takes pesky tourists out of your vacation photos within seconds, as you take them.
Tourist-deleting photo technology could make your next vacation a lot less frustrating
Lauren O'Neil · CBC News · Posted: Oct 13, 2015 10:10 PM ET | Last Updated: October 14, 2015
The ancient Acropolis hill in Athens, Greece is a popular destination for tourists — many of whom will later find this historic landmark obscured by other tourists in their vacation photos. (Milos Bicanski/Getty Images)
From the masterminds who gave us a way to fake flawless photos of ourselves — and pretty much anything else our hearts desire — comes a new technology designed to enhance the pictures we take of landmarks, by ridding them of tourists.
Introducing "Monument Mode" by Adobe, an algorithm that can purportedly let you take a clear shot of anything, even in the most crowded locations.
"I've come here from India and I really want to take a photo of L.A.'s famous Hollywood sign, but I've been finding that very difficult to do," said Adobe engineer Ashutosh Jagdish Sharma while unveiling the app prototype in California last week.
"The problem is other tourists," he continued. "Whether it's the Tahj Mahal or the Eiffel Tower, it's always difficult to get that perfect monumental landmark shot thanks to other tourists who keep moving around and blocking the view."
He then proceeded to demonstrate how the technology works in real time as comedian Nick Offerman jumped into, and was then almost-instantly erased from, a series of photos taken onstage at the company's annual MAX conference.
According to Adobe, the feature is possible thanks to a new algorithm that can distinguish moving objects (like tourists and cars) from fixed ones (like the Grand Canyon).
"One click and those obstructions are gone for good," reads the caption of a "Sneak Peek" video published by the company after Sharma's presentation.
The video bills Monument Mode as an "early technology" and clarifies that it "isn't available in the Creative Cloud yet."
Still, despite the absence of a release date or even any indication as to which products Monument Mode may be built into, many on Twitter seem stoked about the algorithm's existence.
After all, as The Verge's Rich McCormick notes, "the company has a history of swiftly incorporating technology shown off at its MAX conferences. Adobe first detailed its 'dehaze' feature during the same segment at last year's show — it now comes as standard in Lightroom."
At last, an app that'll make tourists disappear. #travelphotography http://t.co/mMrMfTNhtC pic.twitter.com/8WwNISDYDt
—@minaal
How many times have you wished you could do this??!! Can't wait for this app @Adobe #monumentmode http://t.co/2EGNOuBOOs via @Curbed
—@quintessenceblg
You know overcrowding is a problem when @Adobe creates a Tool for Removing Tourists From Your Photos – @Skift #travel http://t.co/YqjUEkJ1mJ
—@stilltraveling
Some have taken to pointing out that Adobe has already been offering the tools, namely Photoshop, needed to remove people from images for many years.
"What makes the new feature so interesting is the ability to generate the expected image in real time," explains the Daily Dot's AJ Dellinger. "It allows the photographer to take a picture of its subject as if no one else is around, making it easier to get the shot they want on the first try instead of continuously snapping and hoping one turns out."
A boon for photographers, surely — but the result is still just an illusion. Photoshop can't actually whiten your teeth, and Monument Mode can only remove the tourists from your photos.
If only you could apply this algorithm to your life #monumentmode #adobe http://t.co/rDuQCEBjiU
—@patrikjensen
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This game, in which you will need a bit of your attention. To level considered complete, you need to collect fifteen Nematomorpha each of the colors. There will be five colors. If time will be guided by color, then you'll be quite difficult to successfully pass the level. Also, you will be given a few lives.


"Yes, this is the issue and that's the reason of going down for a professional girl for their career after getting pregnant.
yes, i sayed 2 month ago.
That has got to be one of the stupidest articles about gender equality that I've ever read. The ASSUMPTION that women's careers must slow down because they bear children is antiquated.
First, women who have successful careers as single women, and then get married to successful men, and then get pregnant do NOT have to give up getting higher in their ranks or grades. They DO have to decide if THEY want to be the primary care takers of their children. And they DO have to decide if THEY want their HUSBANDS to have a larger role in raising the children.
Second, what can women do? Well, first of all, tell your husband that as a family you need to support your child in the best manner possible. Then, decide on your course of action. Daycares, nannies, and babysitters are all options.
Third, NEVER let a boss tell you as a woman that you cannot perform something that you are perfectly capable of performing, just because you are "pregnant" or have just had a child. The person that should decide the level of involvement that a mother has in her career is the mother herself.
Fourth, when discriminating practices happen in the workplace, DOCUMENT DOCUMENT DOCUMENT, and then SPEAK UP! Make a complaint! Make it continue up until you get results. And, if repercussions happen? DOCUMENT THOSE!
Now I shall write of my personal experience.
As a woman, I have a better paying job than my husband. I am higher in rank than he is, and will accellerate in rank faster than he will. I am 5 months pregnant, and I am still working as hard as before I became pregnant, with one exception: if I feel that something would jeopardise my pregnancy, I don't do it. I delegate it.
At the end of my pregnancy I have the option of taking up to 6 weeks off to care for my baby. I plan to take that time. After that, my plan is to hire a nanny who will bring my child to me at various times during the day so that I can feed him.
I will recieve a promotion just before my baby is born. I do not feel that having a child is going to hinder my progress as a successful female in the workplace.
Additionally, I plan to have more children later, as I progress in my career. I plan to make the moves that will continue to forward my career, while also making the moves that will benefit my children. I believe this is possible for me, as well as for most women.
I am a very proactive woman. I have gotten many men fired or removed from their positions for sexual harrassment and gender inequality. I have also stood up for many men and women who were facing other types of discrimination in the work place.
My personal opinion is that power is there for the taking. If you want it, you go for it. It is not something to be abused. It is not something to use to coerce people with. It is a tool that should be used to forge new horizons and implement changes.
Power is not a gender, race, religion or other specific tool. It is a function that can be used by anyone, but should only be used by those who know how to use it wisely.