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The problem with obtaining data is often not excessive bureaucracy but issues of ownership and privacy, or commercial sensitivity.
Ratings from the UK were among the lowest, and senior civil servants were particularly pessimistic around bureaucracy, budgets, technology, human resources and collaboration.
Only 12% of the leadership group agreed that there is very little unnecessary bureaucracy in their organisation, with 85% disagreeing.
However, the UK cohort recorded the strongest agreement among Five Eyes nations that adapting to change has helped to develop significant capabilities that were not present three years before the Covid pandemic, with 83% of the core group and 96% of leaders agreeing.
James Brereton, a deputy director at the Department for Transport (DfT), says crisis management is well developed in some departments. These functions had been strengthened by Operation Yellowhammer, an initiative to prepare for disruption after the UK left the EU.
Brereton adds that some departments, such as the Ministry of Justice and HM Revenue & Customs, rarely have to deal with emergencies so are less well prepared and had a tougher time during the pandemic, although they have "caught up".
In the survey, fewer than one in three (31%) UK leaders strongly agreed that we have, or can quickly source, the required data, information and intelligence for our decision-making – with the same proportion strongly disagreeing.
But Brereton says one result of the pandemic has been better data sourcing for decision-making. Ministers demanded real-time data and a lot of work was done across the government to speed up access to information.
In Brereton's experience, the problem with obtaining data is often not excessive bureaucracy but issues of ownership, privacy or commercial sensitivity.
He led the government's response to the collapse of airline and travel company Thomas Cook in 2019, and recalls how his team could not access passenger data to help plan repatriations until the Official Receiver had been sent into the company. For months, they relied on predictions, some of which were wide of the mark.
The DfT has since established a crisis data unit with analysts whose remit is to "think about those complicated data pieces before they happen", says Brereton. "As we do scenario planning for the big risks, they are doing the thinking about what kind of questions ministers might ask, where we can get that data from, what's available and what's not, and what we can invest in."
Regarding ability to hire new talent to support change, 46% of UK civil servants agreed they can do this as and when required but, in the leadership groups, only 19% agreed compared with 62% who disagreed.
These results reflect UK leaders' glum views on budgetary capabilities: just 23% agreed that they had sufficient dedicated budget for pursuing change against 58% who disagreed.
Philip Oliver, public sector strategy expert, PA Consulting, attributes these low levels to a combination of factors, including long-term austerity and underinvestment in IT and data, inflexible pay structures that deter talent, and a perception that the service has become more politicised.
"The separation between the executive and the civil service, which has been held strongly in the UK for many years, has become more blurred recently," says Oliver.
"The civil service is there to provide balanced, impartial advice to ministers. It's also there to land what are ostensibly very difficult messages that sometimes prevent a government from fully implementing what they want to implement. And, while I'm not saying that work isn't still being done to build out the propositions and proposals fully, there is a much greater emphasis now by civil servants on the political implications of decisions and advice."
Neil Amos, policing and justice lead for PA Consulting, highlights the proliferation of special advisers and non-executive members from the private sector on departmental boards: "There's this sense that the government feels that, if they want to get anything done, they'll bring people in to shake things up. I think the impact of that may be to undermine confidence and optimism among civil servants about the job."
But Amos is not surprised that UK respondents were positive about their Covid response and suggests the pandemic has been "galvanizing" for the civil service.
"In a way, people have been liberated from their bureaucratic shackles, because things had to get done – the vaccination programme, ventilators, the furlough scheme. On a psychological level, there is something about the fact that it is only government that can do these things.
"After they had been beaten over the head for so many years and told 'public sector bad, private sector good', the pandemic re-established to civil servants that it's the public sector who has to respond to this – in partnership with industry, sure, but it's got to be led by government."
He notes that reacting to a crisis can be relatively easy: "In a crisis, people can get a real sense of pride and urgency because the problem is obvious and staring them in the face, and they have to solve it so they all come together and do something about it.
"The bit that's hard – and where government struggles – is the really important but non-urgent work. It's building that data capability. It's changing IT systems. It's creating a new set of behaviours and culture within the organisation. These things are much harder because there isn't that sense of urgency."
Stranded: responding to the collapse of an airline
When travel company Thomas Cook looked like it would collapse in 2019, one might have thought the Department for Transport would have a plan ready. After all, Monarch Airlines had gone bust only 18 months earlier.
But James Brereton, a deputy director at the department, says that nobody wrote anything down after Monarch, so much of the institutional memory was lost.
Brereton says such a commercially sensitive case is complex: officials must be careful not to inadvertently create a collapse by scaring off investors. But maintaining high levels of secrecy makes it difficult to obtain the data needed to plan the response, and means information cannot be shared between agencies until very late on.
From spring 2019, at least nine departments were working on their own plans for the possible insolvency, but many staff had signed non-disclosure agreements. The first cross-government ministerial meeting was not called until 17 September. At this meeting, the prime minister approved the repatriation of passengers and months of preparation were turned into action.
Between 23 September and 7 October, more than 154,000 customers were repatriated from 54 airports in 18 countries – 94% on their original scheduled date.
As well as leasing a commercial travel company to manage flight booking, the DfT bid for the assistance of 150 civil servants from the Surge and Rapid Response Team, a 700-strong section based in HM Revenue & Customs.
"We had them deployed around the world within a few days, trained, kitted out with iPads, and sent overseas to help passengers. It was a monumental effort," recalls Brereton.
"A lot of the customers were of a demographic that isn't very IT literate – they still go into a high-street store to book their package holiday. So, even though we had set up a microsite and a call centre, a lot of people were just turning up at airports, not even knowing what had happened.
"So we sent all these civil servants around the world who stood at airports and took the brunt of angry package holidaymakers who were not very happy that their company had gone bust."
Brereton's team is now writing a playbook to record and share lessons. The operation was, he says, a success: "We brought everyone back and a lot of passengers didn't even notice any difference."
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Hi guys, I really wanted to set up a corner bowfront for my next octo, but it appears finances won't let me do this any way soon, so I've traded in some fish, moved some others and now have a 40g breeder tank (18x18x36) empty to house a new pet. Problem is this tank is infested with some type of pesty anemone. They're not your regular, run of the mill aptasia. Actually they are quite attractive if not for the fact they spread like wildfire. I bought a Raccoon Butterfly fish a few weeks ago and he's been hard at work in another tank munching on those anemones. I've been moving infested rocks into his tank and in only a couple days he anihilates all anemones. But the 40g has way to many pests to move all the rocks to him, So I'm gonna move him to the 40. I also noticed him nipping at some of my mushrooms so he's gonna have to leave the tank he's in. My question is this: Can I leave the raccoon in the 40 with a baby octo? If not I'll have to trade him in.
I think you'd better trade him in. We don't recommend any fish in the octo tank.
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The constitution specifies the state is secular and protects the rights of all citizens to exercise their religious beliefs, consistent with the nation's laws. Religious groups other than Roman Catholics, Protestants, and Muslims must register with the government. The procedure includes providing the religious credentials of the leadership, financial information, plans for religious facilities, and satisfying the government's ethical criteria. The Ministry of Territorial Administration (MTA) stated it did not approve pending applications nor accept new applications for registration from religious groups because the draft legislation regarding religious freedom had not passed.
Occasional disputes among religious groups were frequently related to noise caused by religious celebrations, or competition for parishioners among churches. Members of different religious groups frequently attended each other's ceremonies, and interfaith marriage remained common.
U.S. embassy officials met with the MTA and religious leaders to discuss religious freedom. Embassy officials provided literacy training to 300 imams in Muslim communities in the Central Region, which highlighted messages of peace and tolerance among all religions.
The U.S. government estimates the total population at 7.8 million (July 2016 estimate). According to a 2004 estimate by the University of Lome, the most recent data available, the population is 48 percent Christian, 33 percent traditional animist, 14 percent Sunni Muslim, and 5 percent followers of other religions. Roman Catholics are the largest Christian group at 28 percent, followed by Protestants at 10 percent, and other Christian denominations totaling 10 percent. Protestant groups include Methodists, Lutherans, Assembly of God, and Seventh-day Adventists. The 5 percent representing "other religions" includes Nichiren Buddhists, followers of the International Society of Krishna Consciousness, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons), Bahais, Hindus, and persons not affiliated with any religious group. Many Christians and Muslims also engage in indigenous religious practices. Reliable figures are difficult to obtain due to migration.
Christians live mainly in the southern part of the country while Muslim populations are predominately in the central and northern regions.
The constitution states the nation is a secular state and ensures equality before the law of all citizens, regardless of religion, respects all religious beliefs, and prohibits religious discrimination. It provides for freedom of conscience, religion, and worship, the free exercise of religious belief, and the right of religious groups to organize themselves and carry out their activities consistent with the law, the rights of others, and public order.
The law does not recognize specific religions, but the government in practice recognizes Catholicism, Protestantism, and Islam with their religious holidays observed as national holidays and religious leaders of these groups invited to government events. The law requires all other religious groups, including indigenous groups, to register as religious associations. Official recognition as a religious association affords these groups the same rights as those afforded to the three recognized religions, including import duty exemptions for humanitarian and development projects. Registering is not obligatory, but unregistered groups do not receive import duty exemptions or additional government benefits such as government-provided teachers for private schools.
Organizations apply for registration with the Directorate of Religious Affairs in the MTA. A religious group must submit its statutes, statement of doctrine, bylaws, names and addresses of executive board members, its leaders' religious credentials, a site use agreement and map for religious facilities, and description of its finances. It must also pay a registration fee of 150,000 CFA francs ($240). Criteria for recognition include the authenticity of the religious leader's diploma and the government's assessment of the ethical behavior of the group, which must not cause a breach of public order. The Directorate of Religious Affairs issues a receipt that serves as temporary recognition for religious groups applying for registration. The investigation and issuance of formal written authorization usually takes several years.
By law religious groups must request permission to conduct large nighttime celebrations, particularly those likely to block city streets or involve loud ceremonies in residential areas.
The public school curriculum does not include religion classes. There are many Catholic, Protestant, and Islamic schools, to which the government assigns its own paid employees as additional teachers and staff. Other registered religious groups have the right to establish schools as long as they meet accreditation standards.
The constitution prohibits the establishment of political parties based on religion. Private religious radio stations are forbidden from airing political broadcasts.
The MTA stated it did not approve pending applications nor accept new applications for registration from religious groups because draft legislation regarding religious freedom had not passed. The MTA presented the new regulation on worship practices to the Council of Ministers in September 2015. The government said it was drafted with a view to guaranteeing freedom of worship while respecting the communities in which religious groups were based. The council did not act on the proposal by the end of the year.
Unregistered religious groups were able to continue their religious activities while awaiting registration. The MTA continued to report religious groups faced obstacles such as obtaining building permits for places of worship. The ministry stated, however, this was not because they were religious groups but because applying for a building permit required at least a six-month waiting period for any applicant. Observers reported that officials routinely granted religious groups' requests for permission to conduct nighttime celebrations.
The government generally recognized Catholic, Protestant, and Islamic religious holidays as official national holidays. Only religious leaders from those three groups were invited to government events. For example, during the opening ceremony for the October African Union Maritime Summit, the government invited leaders from these three groups to give opening prayers.
According to the Directorate for Religious Affairs, disputes continued to erupt when new churches established themselves in neighborhoods, particularly those led by religious leaders from Nigeria. Local residents continued to state these congregations worshiped too loudly, and often late at night, using drums. The MTA continued to receive regular complaints about noise during the year, but was not able to provide specifics on any of the disputes or whether or how they were resolved. These complaints reportedly often focused on evangelical Protestant parishes, led by charismatic leaders who presided over services employing musical instruments and loud praying.
Members of different religious groups continued to invite one another to their respective ceremonies. Marriage between persons of different religious groups remained common.
U.S. embassy officials met with the MTA during the year to discuss religious freedom. The Ambassador and other embassy officials raised issues of religious freedom and tolerance with Protestant leaders, Catholic bishops, Muslim leaders, traditional chiefs, and civil society organizations. Embassy officials provided literacy training to 300 imams in the Central Region to strengthen their ability to become credible voices in their Muslim communities and to combat hardline messages from foreign clerics. The training highlighted messages of peace and tolerance among all religions.


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93. If I find favor in the Lord's eyes, he will bring me back (2 Samuel 15:25).
David assigns Zadok the task of moving the ark. He has lost confidence that God is with him, likely mired in depression over recent events. Every leader faces times of uncertainty. And part of that uncertainty involves the blessing of God. We simply aren't sure that He is with us because we've made decisions that seem to show we aren't truly with him. David has known failure and subsequent punishment (Bathsheba and the child's death). But here, he feels loss and may be uncertain as to why. That uncertainty drives him to a place where he is reluctant to encounter the ark, hoping someone else can help him discern where he truly stands with God.


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While a large home can be a luxury, when the space is unused, it can feel like unnecessary work.
Joanne and Dion Duggan, who lived in 2,600 square feet, know what it's like to spend weekends on household chores and yard maintenance, when they'd rather be doing something more enjoyable —particularly, outdoors.
"Over the past couple of years, we've just been thinking, 'why in the world do we live in this house?" says Joanne, of the home in an established end of Cranston that they've had for 16 years.
While downsizing may be more common among an older demographic, this active couple in their early 40s wasn't about to wait.
"We'd rather live our life, instead of having to choose between doing chores or going out and having fun," Joanne says, singling out hiking and kayaking and some of the couple's go-to activities.
She works in accounting in the oil and gas industry and Dion is a plant operator for a concrete company in Calgary.
"I feel like we've been missing out on things," she adds. "We've been tied down to this big house and big mortgage and all of the duties and responsibilities that come with it. But we want to travel more, we want to leave our house and not think about it, we want to save our money for a trip instead of (for example), a new roof."
This motivated them to turn to a townhome at Retreat at Cranston's Riverstone by Brookfield Residential. Here, they bought the Crimson model, which at 1,203 square feet, is a more appropriate fit for their needs. This floor plan has two master bedrooms and a two-car attached garage.
"Our mortgage is going to drop down by a couple hundred thousand dollars and that's a huge bonus for us," says Joanne, adding they'd like to be finished paying their mortgage before they get into their 50s.
"Whether people think about it or not, the bigger the house, the more things people tend to accumulate after a while," Dion says, with Joanne adding, transitioning from their previous home, "the amount of stuff we were getting rid of was ridiculous."
The floor plan, itself, won their hearts, as well.
"You enter the home (on the living room level), and there are a few steps up to this huge kitchen," Joanne says. "I am a kitchen person because I love baking and cooking and love entertaining, so that model matches our lifestyle very much."
As a condo development, the couple will not need to concern themselves with the upkeep of the exterior of their home or the land it sits on, freeing them up for other things.
"Instead of us having to come home and do the lawn maintenance and housework, it enables us to go hiking and snow-shoeing and other stuff like that," says Dion.
"We have a couple of kayaks," he adds, "And even on a weekday, we can just kayak down the Bow River if we wanted to."
Riverstone is near both the Bow River and Fish Creek Provincial Park, making those outings even easier.
"Down in Riverstone, in the winter, I feel like when we're walking down that hill, it feels like we're entering this Christmas village," Joanne says. "There's no commercial area. It's just all these little houses that have lots of Christmas lights lighting it up and it's just gorgeous.
"You're surrounded by the river on one side, trees on the other side, and then you have the big escarpment … so you're completely surrounded by nature," she adds.
Brookfield's marketing manager Justin Castelino says, "Right-sizing is all about finding the home that fits your lifestyle, and works for how you want to live."
"We are seeing buyers of all ages choose townhomes because of the convenience they offer," he adds. "They are looking beyond square footage to find a home that works with them and offers flexibility."
While younger homeowners looking to move from larger square footages to smaller, lower-maintenance options may not be as common as other demographics who buy at multi-family developments, Chelsey Marshall, director of sales, marketing and leasing at Bucci Developments, says she has started to see this trend rise at Bucci's most recent development, Radius in Bridgeland.
"This buyer may have purchased a larger detached home because it seemed like the right decision at the time; get the most possible square footage for what you can afford," says Marshall. "And at first glance, and for some people, this makes sense — but for a growing group of homebuyers, the holistic lifestyle their home and community will offer is where true value is realized.
"The benefits of amenity-rich, low-maintenance living in a central location, that results in shorter commutes to work and play, seem to offset any loss in square footage — which makes sense, because when you can walk to parks, restaurants and cultural events, you spend more time in the community and less in your home," he adds. "Amenities like gyms, resident lounges and rooftop terraces mean you do not need as much square footage for workout equipment, or for hosting large events, for example."
The downtick in space commonly results in cost savings, as well, says Caroline Pang, sales representative at Bucci Developments.
"We have a lot of homeowners coming to us who are currently paying exorbitant monthly bills for a big house, but only use a small portion of the space," says Pang. "By living in an appropriate amount of square footage for your needs, you are decreasing your costs and only paying for that which you use."
With thoughtful design, the amount of square footage one actually needs, can surprise.
"Initially, a lot of downsizers believe they need a lot more square footage than they actually do," Pang says. "The most common question is 'where are we going to put all of our stuff?'"
"However, spaces are designed much more efficiently today than ever before," she adds. "Houses have staircases and hallways, which eat into the square footage of the floor plan. Once you add in overhead storage and built in wall-beds, spaces become much more effective and functional."
Younger demographics choosing home styles more typically purchased by downsizers is something Homes by Avi Group of Companies CEO Charron Ungar calls a definite trend. The company builds apartment-style condos and townhomes in communities such as University District, Livingston and Walden through its multi-family arm dubbed Avi Urban.
"Changing family structures is what I believe is one of the driving factors for this market trend," says Ungar. "The benefit of maintenance-free living is appealing to buyers who don't necessarily require private back yards associated with traditional family life.
"They also appreciate the benefits of communal amenities," he adds. "Buyers with one child or no children are most attracted to this product."
Lotus blossoms with bedroom spaces Truman's luxury brownstone a grand prize in the Cash & Cars...


Musk Mallow looks too pretty to be a wild flower! The first time we saw it (photo 1, above) we thought it was a garden escape.
Like all mallows, it is edible and the young leaves make a fine addition to a salad - except the plant really is too pretty top pick.
Once you have identified this, you may notice its splendid pink flowers in August on various roadside verges: it is not exactly profuse anywhere I have seen, but it is widespread and will grow in wetter areas such as the Forest of Dean or dry chalklands such as Devil's Dyke in East Anglia.
Flower colour varies from off-white through to pink. The plant can be quite straggly (photo 2) - up to 60cn tall. Photo 1 is a particularly prostrate one growing in exposed grassland.


24 PSUS – PROPHET OF GOD (Muhammad ZafruEah Khan) Jesus was the last prophet in Israel. He was called the son of God, an expression that was in common use in scripture but was always employed metaphorically and in no single instance did it connote God, Nowhere in the Gospels or the Epistles is it said that Jesus referred to himself as God or implied that he was God. The expression, Lord, was applied to him but there is no evidence that those who made use of this expression with reference to him believed, or meant to convey, that he was God. It was used as a synonym for master. It was long after his time that the expression son of God was transmuted into God, the Son, meaning thereby that Jesus was the second person in the Trinity. The entire concept of the Trinity was foreign to the thinking of Jesus. JESUS A PROPHET Jesus always referred to himself as having been sent by God, meaning that he was a Divine messenger. For instance: This is life eternal, that they might know Thee, the only true God and Jesus Christ whom thou has sent (John 17:3) I can of my own self do nothing, as I hear Ijudge and my judgement is just; because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me • (John 5:30) And the Father Himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. (John 5:37) It is clear, therefore, that Jesus consistently put himself forward as one who had been sent by God, that is to say, as a messenger of God.-In fact, his function as a messenger of God was defined even before his birth by Divine direction as set out both in the Gospel and in the Holy Quran. The angel that appeared to Mary and told her that she would bear a son whom she should name Jesus also informed her that God will give him the throne of his father David, and he shall reign over the house of Jacob (Luke 1:32-33). The Quran affirms that Mary was told that God would teach Jesus the book and the wisdom and the Torah and the Gospel and would make him -a messenger to the children of Israel (3:49-50). REVIEW OF RELIGIONS 25 SON OJF GOD – TRUE MEANING It is true that in Luke 1:32, he is called the son of the Highest and in 1:35, the son of God; but these expressions in Biblical idiom do not at all connote Divinity or partnership in Divinity. We read: I have said, ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High, (Psalms 82:6) In numerous instances the expression son of God is applied to prophets, to the righteous and to believers. The following are only some examples out of many: Israel is My son, even My first born. (Exodus 4:2) Also I will make him (David) My first born, higher than the kings of the earth. (Psalms 89:27) He (Solomon) shall be My son, and I will be his Father. (1. Chron 22:10) Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be caUed the children of God. (Matt 5:93) Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God. (John 3:1) More significant than all this is the explanation furnished by Jesus himself, which is as follows: Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him. Jesus answered them, Many good works have I showed you from my Father; for which of those works do you stone me? The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; because that thou, being man, makest thyself God. (John 10:31-33) Now here the crucial question was directly posed to Jesus. Did he claim to be God, the second person in the Trinity, as he subsequently came to be represented? His answer must be accepted by all those who profess to believe in him and follow him. Jesus answered them, is it not written in your law, I said, ye are gods? If he called them gods unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken; say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, thou blasphemeth; because Isaid, 1 am the son of God (John 10:34-35) 2 6 REVIEW OF RELIGIONS This makes it quite clear that the expression, son of God, when applied to Jesus, by himself or by others, meant no more in his case than it means in its application to others in scripture, of which we have set out several instances above. He was son of God in that sense, but in no wise at all God, the son, the second person in the Trinity as is now claimed. THE FATHER OF ALL It is contended, however, that in the same context Jesus had also said: I and my Father are one (John 10:30) and The Father is in me, and I in him (John 10:39); and that these affirmations lend support to the claim made on his behalf that he was not merely the son of God in the Biblical idiom, but had a relationship with God which elevated him to the Godhead and made him a partner and an.associate of God on an equal footing. We shall now proceed to show that in the idiom of the Bible the expression relied upon does not carry the matter any farther and does not furnish the least evidence of the divinity of Jesus. For instance: At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. (John 14:20) That they all may be one; as Thou, Father, art in me, and I in Thee, that they also may be one in us: That the world may believe that Thou hast sent me. And the glory which Thou gavest me 1 have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one. I in them, and Thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one: and that the world may know that Thou hast sent me and hast loved them as Thou hast loved me. (John 17:21-23) One God and Father of all, who is above all and through all, and in you all. (Ephesians 4:6-) JESUS DISTINCT FROM GOD The distinction between Jesus and God was well understood among the disciples and the early Christians, as would be appreciated from the following: For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ, Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh. (Philippians 3:3) But to us there is but one God, the Father of whom are all things, and we in Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ by whom are all things, and we by him. (1 Cor. 8:6) Jesus himself brought out the distinction clearly in attributing divinity REVIEW OF RELIGIONS 27 to God alone, who was also his God, as for instance: Go to my brethren, andsay unto them, lascendunto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God. (John 20:17) GOD IS ONE Jesus had not the slightest hesitation in affirming the Unity of God. For instance: One of the scribes came and asked him, which is the first commandment of all? And Jesus answered him, The first of aR the commandments is, Hear 0 Israel, the Lord, our God, is One Lord: and thou shall love the Lord, thy God, with aU thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: This is the first commandment. And the scribe saidunto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth; for there is One God; and there is none other but He. (Mark 12:29-30 & 32) God alone is immortal: the blessed and only potentate, King of Kings, and Lord of Lords; who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach, whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. (1 Tim. 6:15-16) JESUS NOT EQUAL TO GOD The doctrine of Trinity necessarily imports the complete equality in all respects of the three persons of the Trinity, for if there were inequality in any respect between them that would mean the superiority of one over the other two in which case the one, or the two, that lacked equality could not be God; the one who has superiority over the other two would be God of the universe, including the other two. Even a cursory study of the Gospels and the Epistles reveals that in respect of the attributes of which there is a record the Father is supreme and there is a disclaimer by Jesus of those attributes. For instance, God alone is the true source of honour, as is said: How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not honour that cometh from God only? (John 5:44) This finds support in the Quran: Whoso seeks honour should realise that all honour belongs to God. (35:11) And, behold one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good things shall I do, that I may have eternal life? And he said unto him, 28 REVIEW OF RELIGIONS Why caHest thou me good? There is none good but one, that is, God: But thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments (Matt. 19:16-17) Jesus disclaimed absolute power. When Zebedee asked him to grant that her two sons may sit, the one on the right hand, and the other on his left hand in his kingdom, the reply given by him was: To sit on my right hand, and on my left is not mine to give but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father. (Matt. 20:23) His knowledge was not co-extensive with knowledge of God concerning the day and hour of his second coming, after setting out certain signs, he said: But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the son, but the Father. (Mark 13:32) Apparently, not only Jesus lacked equality with God he also lacked equality with the third person in the Trinity, the Holy Ghost, as he said: Wherefore Isay unto you, all manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men; but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come. (Matt 12:31-32) JESUS PRAYS TO GOD Jesus had the habit of prayer. As for instance: He withdrew himself into the wilderness and prayed. (Luke 5:16) He took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray. (Luke 9:28) It came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray as John also taught his.disciples, and he said unto them, when ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven. Hallowed by Thy name (Luke 11:1-2) REVIEW OF RELIGIONS 29 Thus quite rightly all his supplications and those of his disciples were addressed to God. Obviously, therefore, there was not equality between the supplicant and Him to whom supplication was addressed. God had the power to respond to supplication and to grant it Quite clearly Jesus lacked such power, for indeed if he had possessed that power his supplicating God would have been meaningless. Had he been the second person in the Trinity, he would have been in no need of supplication, as he would have had the power to do all that he wished. This is well illustrated in his repeated supplications in the garden of Gethsemane, when he fell on his face, and prayed, saying: 0 my Father if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt. (Matt 26:39) The relationship between Jesus and God was that between a righteous servant and his gracious master. Nevertheless not as I will, but as Thou wilt; is a clear affirmation of the supremacy of Divine will over the will of Jesus which was subordinate to the will of God. As he himself affirmed, he had been sent not to do his own will but to do God's will (John 6:38); which is an exact description of the relationship between God and a Prophet. As a contrast, there is no mention of the Father ever supplicating the Son, which is clear proof that the Father is supreme and the son is subordinate to Him. as a servant is subordinate to his master. EQUALITY IN TRINITY? Assuming that there had been complete equality between the three persons of the Trinity in every respect, status, knowledge, power and all the other attributes of the Divine, this would only have led to confusion and conflict of the type of which we read in the mythologies of certain creeds, for the situation would present an insoluble dilemma. If one of them had authority to control others, that would mean the subordination of the others to him, and thus equality would be negated. If there were no control there would be conflict. If there were complete identity of wills between all three and of everything else, there would be redundance. As the Quran has said: If there had been in the heavens and the earth other gods beside God then surely both would have gone to ruin. Then glorified be God, the Lord of the Throne, above that which they ascribe to Him. He cannot be questioned concerning what He does, but they will be questioned. (21:23-24) 30 REVIEW OF RELIGIONS PROPHECIES Jesus called the attention of his opponents to the fact that Moses had prophesied about his coming. He said: For had ye believed Moses ye would have beh'eved me; for he wrote of me. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words? (John 5:46-47) It is claimed that there are several prophecies in the Torah and other books of the Bible concerning the advent of Jesus, and that the Jews were awaiting the advent of the Messiah when Jesus began his ministry. It is those prophecies to which Jesus was seeking to draw their attention when he referred to the writings of Moses. What is significant for our present purpose is that all those prophecies had reference to the advent of a prophet and not to the advent of God in the capacity of the second person of Trinity. The truth of the matter is that Jesus was the last prophet in Israel, a believer in Moses and all the prophets of Israel who followed after Moses. He was bound by the Mosiac law and adhered to it. It is true that he often set forth its true import in contrast with its letter, but that was the exercise of his prophetic function. He did not mean, and had no authority, to abrogate the Mosiac law or any part of it. This he made quite clear in his emphatic declaration: Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: lam not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, tiU heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till aR be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shaE break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shaE be called the least in the Kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. (Matt. 5:17-19) That is why he told the one who asked what good thing he should do that he may have eternal life, to keep the commandment; by which he clearly meant the commandments of the Mosiac law. PROPHET TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL His ministry as a prophet was confined to the children of Israel. He was the heir to the throne of David and was to reign over the house of Jacob. (Luke 1:32-33). His own conception of the character of his ministry was manifested clearly in the following incident: REVIEW OF RELIGIONS 31 Behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts and cried unto him, Have mercy on me, 0 Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. But he answered her not a word, and his disciples came and besought him, saying, send her away; for she crieth after us. But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. But he answered and said, it is not meet to take the children's bread and cast it to dogs. And she said, Truth, Lord: Yet the dogs eat out of the crumbs which fall from their master's table. Then Jesus answered and said unto her, 0 woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt And her daughter was made whole from that very hour. (Matt. 15:22-28) This account sets forth clearly and positively that Jesus was a messenger of God sent unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel and that the scope of his ministry did not extend beyond the children of Israel. The woman of Canaan is said to have worshipped him at one stage, but her worship amounted to no more than an entreaty for help, so that the expression 'worshipped' has been used instead of beseeched. The verse could well have run: Then came she and prayed him to help her. Be that as it may, the manifestation on her part of extreme reverence for Jesus did not invest Jesus with divinity, and his response to her entreaty was even more emphatic than his first response exhibiting an extreme degree of contempt for Gentiles. He did not consider it fitting to take the children's bread, and cast it to dogs. The contempt apart, it leaves no room for speculating that his mission as a messenger could have included within its scope anyone outside the house of Israel. His yielding to her entreaties in the end was no indication that he had misconceived the scope of his mission and that now he had a better understanding of its extent. It meant only that he had been moved to compassion by the depth and sincerity of her faith in him. His mission was a beneficent one and even if a non-Israelite believed in him sincerely it would do him no harm, and nothing but good could proceed from it. It is said that on another occasion he had exhorted his disciples to carry his message into all the towns and villages and to all the people, but there is nothing to indicate that by all the towns and villages and all the people he meant anything more than all the towns and villages of Israel and the whole of the Jewish people. He clearly directed his disciples to that effect, as would appear from: 32 REVIEW OF RELIGIONS These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not: but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel (Matt. 10:5-6) TRINITY A MYTH Thus, the concept of Trinity finds no support from anything that Jesus is reported to have said. It is a concept which bewilders reason, offends conscience, and affronts Divine Majesty. It is utterly Inconsistent with the concept of Godhead. A body of distinguished Anglican theologians have described it as a myth: A story which is told but which is not h'teraUy true or an idea or an image which is applied to someone or something but which does not literally apply, but which invites a particular attribute in its hearer that Jesus was God, the Son Incarnate, is not literally true, since it has no literal meaning, but it is an application to Jesus of a mystical concept whose function is analogous to that of the notion of divine sonship ascribed in the ancient world to a long. (The Myth of God Incarnate, Preface, p. ix) The writers of this book are convinced that another major theological development is called for in this last part of the twentieth century. The need arises from growing knowledge of Christian origins, and involves a recognition that Jesus was (as he is presented in Acts 2:22). 'A man approved by God' for a special role within the divine purpose, and that the later conception of him as God Incarnate, the second person of the Trinity, living in human life, is a mythological or poetic way of expressing his significance for us. This recognition is called for in the interest of truth; but it also has increasingly important practical implication for our relationship to the people of the other great world religions. (Ibid, p. 178) THE HOLY QURAN God is not subject to contingencies of birth and death. He is Ever-living and neither begets, nor is begotten. The Quran sets forth a true concept of Him which does not in any way diminish, confine, or limit Him. The Quran utterly and emphatically rejects the concept of Trinity. For instance: He is God, the Single; God the Self-Existing and Besought ofaE. He begets not, nor is He -begotten; and there is none Tike unto Him. (112:2-5) REVIEW OF RELIGIONS 33 Put thy trust in the One Who is Ever-living and is the source of life, Who dies not, and glorify Him with His praise. (25:59) They aEege: The Gracious One has taken unto Himself a son. Assuredly, you have uttered a monstrous thing! The heavens might well nigh burst thereat, and the earth cleave asunder, and the mountains fall down in pieces, because they ascribe a son to the Gracious One; whereas it becomes not the Gracious One to take unto Himself a son. There is no one in the heaven and earth but he shaE come to the Gracious One as a bondman. (19:89-94) All praise belongs to God, Who has sent down the Book to His servant, free from aU distortion, futt of truth and guidance, that it may give warning of a greivous chastisement proceeding from Him, and that it may give the believers who work righteousness the glad tidings that they shall have a good reward which they shall enjoy forever. And that it may warn those who say: God has taken unto Himself a son. They have no knowledge whatever concerning it, nor had their fathers. Grievous is the assertion that they make. They only utter a falsehood. (18:2-6) We sent no Messenger before thee but We directed him: There is no God but I; so worship Me alone. But they say: The Gracious One has taken to Himself a son. Holy is He. Those whom they so designate are only His honoured servants. They utter not a word more than he directs, and they only carry out His commands. He knows what lies ahead of them and what is left behind them, and they intercede not except only he whose intercession He permits, and they tremble with fear of Him. Whosoever of them should say: I am a god beside Him; We shall requite him with hell. Thus do We requite the wrongdoers. (21:26-30) Keep in mind, When God will ask Jesus, son of Mary: Didst thou say to the people: Take me and my mother for two Gods besides Allah? And he will answer: Holy art Thou. It behoves me not to have said that to which I have no right. Had I said it, Thou wouldst surely have known it. Thou knowest what is in my mind and I know not what is in Thy mind. It is only Thou who possessestfull knowledge of all that is hidden. I said naught to them except that which Thou didst command me, that is: Worship God, my Lord and your Lord. I watched over them as long as I was present among them, but since Thou caused me to die, Thou hast been the One to watch over them. Indeed Thou dost watch over aE things, if Thou decide to punish them 34 REVIEW OF RELIGIONS they are Thy servants; and If Thou forgive them, then surely Thou art the Mghty, Wise. (5:117-119) People of the Book! exceed not the bounds in the matter of your religion, and say not of God anything but the truth. Indeed, the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, was but a Messenger of God and the fulfilment of glad tidings which he conveyed to Mary and a mercy for Him. So believe in God and His Messengers and say not There are three gods. Desist, it wiE be the better for you. Indeed, God is only One God. His Holiness brooks not that He should have a son. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth. Sufficient is God as a Guardian. Surely, the Messiah would never disdain to be accounted a servant of God, nor would the angels who are close to God. Those who disdain to worship Him and consider themselves above it will He gather all together before Himself. (4:172-173) Those certainly are disbelievers who say: God is none but the Messiah, son of Mary: whereas the Messiah himself taught: Children of Israel, worship God Who is my Lord and your Lord. Surely God has forbidden heaven to him who associates partners with God, and the fire will be his resort. The wrongdoers shall have no helpers. Those certainly are disbelievers who say: God is the third of the three. There is no one worthy of worship but the One God. If they desist not from that which they say, a grievous chastisement shall surely afflict those of them that disbelieve. Will they not then turn to God and beg His forgiveness, seeing that God is Most Forgiving. Ever Merciful. (5:73-75) The Messiah, son of Mary, was only a Messenger; many Messengers have passed away before him. His mother was aparagon of truth and they both were in need of and ate food. Observe how We explain the signs for their benefit, then observe how they are led away. Ask them: Do you worship beside God that which has no power to do you harm or good? It is God Who is All-Hearing, All-Knowing. Admonish them: People of the Book, exceed not the bounds in the matter of your religion unjustly, nor follow the vain desires of a people who themselves went astray before and caused many others to go astray, and who strayed away from the right path. (5:76-78) The subject of God and His attributes, through which alone a true concept of Him may be formed, is vast and limitless. The Quran sets forth a wealth of instruction concerning divine attributes and their operation. It REVIEW OF RELIGIONS . 35 is not necessary for our present purpose to embark upon a detailed discussion of the subject. By way of illustration, however, attention might be drawn to the following passage which should be studied and pondered with great care: God is He besides Whom there is no god, the Sovereign, the Most Holy, the Source of Peace, the Bestower of Security, the Protector, the Mighty, the Subduer, the Exalted, Holy is God far above that which they associate with Him. He is God, the Creator, the Maker, the Fashioner: His are the most beautiful names. AH that is in the heavens and the earth glorifies Him. He is Mighty, the Wise. (59:23-25) CONCLUSION Man is desirous of righteous progeny to help him in his old age, to carry on his name and the family after his death, and to bring him posthumous honour. God is Ever-living, Self-subsisting and Self-sustaining. All that is in heavens and earth belongs to Him, obeys Him and glorifies Him. What need has He of a son? What can a son do for Him that He cannot do Himself? To attribute a son to Him, as a partner in the Godhead, would be to offer the gravest affront to Him. (This Paper was read out at the International Conference on Deliverance of Jesus from the Cross, held at Commonwealth Institute, London, on 2nd, 3rd and 4th June, 1978.) HAVEN OF BLISS Creator of light and life – God supreme! O teach me what is good; teach me Thyself! Save me from folly, vanity and vice, From every low pursuit; and fill my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure; Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss.


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Los Alamos Residents Bryan Fearey And Maureen Connolly Endow Chemistry Scholarship For Students Passionate About Arts
Maureen Connolly and Bryan Fearey have created the Fearey/Connolly Endowed Scholarship for Science and the Arts. Courtesy/LANLF
LANL FOUNDATION News:
Los Alamos residents Bryan Fearey and Maureen Connolly met during their graduate work at Iowa State University, where they both earned PhDs in physical chemistry.
Fearey spent 32 years at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) while Connolly taught science to students ranging from college level to preschool.
Their relationship has been deepened by a mutual passion for the arts. Fearey's skill as a clarinetist and saxophonist led him to seriously consider becoming a professional musician before choosing college and a career in chemistry. Connolly spent two years as a visual arts major in college. Chemistry entered her life when her interests turned toward art restoration. Those early artistic pursuits became avocations for both as they pursued their scientific careers.
The couple created the Fearey/Connolly Endowed Scholarship for Science and the Arts to honor their enduring commitment to science serving the nation's national security needs and to provide financial support to students with a similar interest with chemistry at its core and a passion for performance music and/or visual arts. The initial endowment will provide a $10,000 four-year scholarship ($2,500 a year for up to four years) to one recipient annually.
Fearey and Connolly have been contributing to the Los Alamos Employees' Scholarship Fund (LAESF) since its inception. Several years of service on the LAESF Advisory Committee, which oversees the scholarship funds and selects recipients, provided further inspiration for creating an endowed scholarship.
"I became very familiar with the process and the selection criteria; how we work through the selection criteria and the agonizing efforts to do that. We look at the student, we look at their finances, we look at the academics – at the student writ large. It's a very thorough process, and being a part of that gave me confidence," Fearey said.
That confidence was further boosted by his awareness that an estimated 80 to 90 percent of LAESF scholarship recipients complete their college degree.
"The process gets students who really care," Fearey said. "They want to do well, and the funds that we provide often affords them the ability to succeed."
Those dedicated students are exactly who Connolly has in mind for this scholarship.
"For me, ideally, it's somebody who's enthusiastic and determined and is not going to let the inevitable pitfalls of life stop them from reaching their goal," Connolly said. "Hopefully this will give them that little extra incentive and opportunity to go on. Maybe they won't have to work as many hours at an outside job, as many students have to do. It's not a huge amount, but if it gives them a start and helps them to continue on to reach their goals then it's well worth it."
The ideal applicant will have strong leadership skills and an interest in national or international security policy. Fearey's many roles at LANL included serving as director of the National Security Office, Senior National Security Science Advisor and as the Department of Defense's Official U.S. Science Advisor for Treaty negotiations in Geneva. He recently served at the Pentagon as the Senior Science & Policy Advisor in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense Policy (OUSD(P)) for the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Policy for Nuclear and Missile Defense (DASD(NMD))—focused on nuclear and extended deterrence, strategic stability, and arms control issues. He retired from LANL in 2018.
"Helping to ensure future world-class science is essential for our national security," Fearey said. "My career has shown the role that science has in ensuring our national security, with chemistry as my foundation. I would argue, as a chemist, that having the flexibility of chemistry gave me more adaptability to whatever the issue was at any point in time."
Although they came to chemistry through different pathways and diverged on their career tracks, Fearey and Connolly share a fundamental belief in the power of science and chemistry, in other words "chemists can do anything."
Connolly's career choices centered on education: three years teaching chemistry and advanced placement chemistry at Los Alamos High School, devoting several years to raising their daughters, Brenna and Colleen, followed by both teaching and administrative roles at Little Forest Playschool, where she founded Quirkles Fridays, a day devoted to science using the Quirkles book series. She still has fond memories of wearing her chemistry lab coat and leading the kids through experiments on Quirkles Fridays.
"In terms of science, I've always been more interested in the teaching end of things. It's really exciting when you see that lightbulb go on for the kids and it's like, 'Oh! I get it!'" Connolly said. "With the young kids it was so much fun because they don't know enough to be afraid. They don't know that it's 'supposed' to be hard. They just enjoy it. My hope is that they would continue on that path and take that type of enthusiasm forward."
The couple hopes to find that same enthusiasm in their scholarship recipients. Fearey's vision is to find recipients who carry on a long tradition of music and science going hand-in-hand, something that has been prevalent in Los Alamos since the days of the Manhattan Project, just as chemistry and the arts have interwoven throughout the couple's own lives. Fearey currently performs with several Los Alamos ensembles, while Connolly's most recent artistic pursuit is painting Byzantine-style icons, applying her chemistry skills to mixing her own paints from natural pigments.
"We are thrilled to sponsor this art and science scholarship," they said. "Playing music and visual arts have always been part of us, one way or another. And science, whether pursuing basic science or teaching science to preschoolers, has also been part of us."
Laboratory employees may contribute to scholarships through the Lab's online Giving Tool. LANL Foundation accepts donations through its website at www.lanlfoundation.org/give. To endow a scholarship supporting an area of student higher learning or to honor a loved one, contact Tony Fox, LANL Foundation Vice President of Institutional Advancement and Scholarship at tony@lanlfoundation.org or 505.753.8890. For more information about student eligibility, scholarship application criteria, and deadlines, visit www.lanlfoundation.org/scholarships.
About the LANL Foundation (www.lanlfoundation.org)
Since 1997, the Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, has worked to inspire excellence in education and learning in Northern New Mexico through innovative programming, collaboration and advocacy. By investing in human potential, the Foundation's vision is that all New Mexicans have the skills and confidence they need to be self-sufficient, lifelong learners who are engaged in their communities. Programs in early childhood, K-12 teacher and student programs, inquiry STEM education, scholarships and small grants serve Northern New Mexico communities primarily in Los Alamos, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Sandoval, Santa Fe and Taos counties.


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DOWNLOADURL="https://api.redports.org/downloads"
DOWNLOADDIR="downloads/"

all:	build

clean:
	rm -f redports-node-*.phar* manifest.json

box.phar:
	fetch -q -o - http://box-project.github.io/box2/installer.php | php

private.key: box.phar
	php box.phar key:create

public.key: private.key
	php box.phar key:extract private.key

build:	box.phar public.key
	php -d phar.readonly=0 box.phar build

release: build
	@printf '   {\n' > manifest.json
	@printf '      "name": "%s",\n' redports-node-$(VERSION).phar >> manifest.json
	@printf '      "sha1": "%s",\n' `sha1 -q redports-node-$(VERSION).phar` >> manifest.json
	@printf '      "url": "%s/redports-node-%s.phar",\n' $(DOWNLOADURL) $(VERSION) >> manifest.json
	@printf '      "publicKey": "%s/redports-node-%s.phar.pubkey",\n' $(DOWNLOADURL) $(VERSION) >> manifest.json
	@printf '      "version": "%s"\n' $(VERSION) >> manifest.json
	@printf '   }\n' >> manifest.json

	mv redports-node-$(VERSION).phar $(DOWNLOADDIR)
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Trilha Santa Branca Guararema (via transpetro) 28 10 2012
MTB TraIl nearby Santa Branca population.
The largest locality in the area is São José dos Campos, with a population of 613,764 persons, at a distance of 26.515 kilometers	from the center of the map.
The nearest is Santa Branca (8,659 persons), at a distance of 0.095 kilometers.
Mathematical difficulty index: 33.500.
Avenida Nove de Julho, Santa Branca, Microrregião de São José dos Campos, RMVale, Mesorregião Vale do Paraíba Paulista, São Paulo, Southeast Region, Brazil
Santa Branca	( Population: 8,659 persons, At a distance of 0.095 kilometers from the center of the map)
Jacareí	( Population: 213,110 persons, At a distance of 14.437 kilometers from the center of the map)
Guararema	( Population: 23,572 persons, At a distance of 16.963 kilometers from the center of the map)
São José dos Campos	( Population: 613,764 persons, At a distance of 26.515 kilometers from the center of the map)
Biritiba Mirim	( Population: 26,459 persons, At a distance of 27.397 kilometers from the center of the map)
Mogi das Cruzes	( Population: 325,746 persons, At a distance of 37.206 kilometers from the center of the map)
Santa Isabel	( Population: 33,709 persons, At a distance of 38.945 kilometers from the center of the map)
Caçapava	( Population: 72,340 persons, At a distance of 41.167 kilometers from the center of the map)
Santa Branca (at a distance of 0.003 kilometers)
Trilha Santa Branca Guararema (via transpetro) 28 10 2012 (at a distance of 0.004 kilometers)
CIRCUITO - Guararema / Santa Branca (com visita à represa) (at a distance of 0.005 kilometers)
DIRETO - Guararema - Santa Branca (at a distance of 0.006 kilometers)
São José dos Campos a Biritiba Mirim (at a distance of 0.007 kilometers)
Santa Branca Paraibuna 01 04 2012 (at a distance of 0.007 kilometers)
Varadouro - Ceramica (at a distance of 0.008 kilometers)
Jacareí (at a distance of 0.008 kilometers)
SJC - Guararema (at a distance of 0.011 kilometers)
Santa Branca - Paraibuna (at a distance of 0.013 kilometers)


Politeness is a trait which is highly recommended in Islam. There are many traditions on politeness in Islamic texts. There are also many figures who are considered as examples of politeness. But Hazrat Abbas is a unique figure in this regard. He is role-model for the youth. He was raised by his father the Commander of the Faithtul, Imam Ali (AS).
Hazrat Abbas was martyred when he was only 34. During the 34 years of his life, Hazrat Abulfazl Al-Abbas (AS) never called Imam Hussein (AS) as brother. He always called him by words such as Seyyedi (my master), Ya Ibn Rasulullah (grandson of the Prophet), except in the last hour of his life, on the threshold of martyrdom when he called Imam Hussein as brother (he said: "O brother! Pay attention to your brother!).
This kind of addressing his brother was also interpreted as a form of politeness because in this way he was showing the fact that "your brother has fulfilled his fraternal duty in the best possible way; now, you, my brother, treat me with your brotherhood kindness!". In Mostatref Al-Ahadith, it is also narrated: "one day, Imam Hussein (AS) asked for water. Hazrat Abulfazl Al-Abbas (AS), who was only a child at that time, quickly went out of the mosque without saying anything. After a few minutes, he respectfully gave a bowl full of water to his brother Imam Hussein (AS). The other day, he was given a bunch of grapes. Although he was only a child, he quickly went out of the house. He was asked: 'where are you going?' he replied: 'I'd like to offer this bunch of grapes to my master, Imam Hussein (AS)'".


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South Africa Department of Home Affairs To Employ 10 000 unemployed Young People
February 15, 2022 February 15, 2022 - by Israel Wellington Jeremiah
The State Of the Nation Address highlighted a few challenges that South Africa has and how the government plans to tackle them. Currently, the percentage of unemployed South African youth sits at 60%. However, the Presidential Youth Employment stimulus programme has supported over 850 000 opportunities in its first two phases.
Recently, President Cyril Ramaphosa, in the State Of the Nation Address (Sona) speech, announced that beneficiaries of the Presidential Employment Stimulus will rise to more than one million South Africans.
A total of 10 000 unemployed young people will be recruited by the Department of Home Affairs for the digitisation of paper records.
Home Affairs minister, Aaron Motsoaledi said that his department has been planning this drive for the past 18 months.
In an ENCA live interview, Motsoaledi added:
I can assure you, come May this year, the first group of young people will be on the job and within a very short place of time, we'll be having all the ten thousand of them for the next three years doing this type of job.
The department is looking to employ people who have qualifications in IT.
The aim for the department is to finish this project within 3 years or less, depending on how much money Nation Treasury will give Home Affairs.
It has been reported that these records are more than 300 million and that they stretch from 1895.
These are records of death certificates, marriage certificates, ID documents, and passports.
The digitisation of the Home Affairs records was the responsibility of SARS in the past, but the Department of Home Affairs has opted for unemployed youths this time around.
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CANCELED: Transition Mar Vista/Venice supports the Urban Permaculture House for an inspired evening of stories around the fire with local permaculture leaders. Food, fun, connection!
COST: $10 donation or bring a potluck dish to share.
VENUE: UP House, 3983 East Blvd., Los Angeles 90066.


My previous post showcased some men's adventure magazine covers in the survival at sea subcategory – manly men and womanly women in lifeboats and rafts.
A related subgenre involves shipwreck survivors who make it to land. Typically, they are stranded on exotic tropical shores. And, as usual in men's pulp mags, the stories and covers almost always include hunky he-men and scantily clad you-know-whats.
The cover at left is a top notch example. It's from the January 1961 issue of Man's Life. It has a great but uncredited cover painting, showing two shipwrecked men being chased by gorgeous but unwelcoming Amazon-like women.
You can see the grounded ship under the magazine's title, in the background behind the man who's being arm-twisted and headlocked by two of the, er, natives.
I don't know about you, but I'd never heard the phrase "women-ridden" before. I guess it might almost sound like a good thing – until you see the cover painting and read the story it goes with.
The women are Javanese killer babes who want the heads of the "white devils" who landed on their isle. I mean the big heads, in this case – which the gals want to make small, as in shrunken.
Another wild shipwreck tale is in the July 1960 issue of Action for Men (one of the covers featured in my previous survival at sea post). In this story, a group of three men and two women (yep, gorgeous ones) wash up on a deserted tropical island in the Indian ocean.
I love the lush 2-page duotone illustration artist Vic Prezio created for the story (shown below).
Mort Kunstler – plus Survival at Sea: Part Deux.
Man the lifeboats! Woman them, too!
The war you couldn't give away.


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Is the Internet economy consolidating? What does this mean for society? Read our 2019 Global Internet Report for a glimpse of the positive and negative impacts for the future.
Fact or Fiction? With IoT It's Not Always Clear
From smart shoes to an intelligent toilet, IoT devices sound like science fiction! But, these are real devices, that can have real vulnerabilities. Find out how to stay one step ahead and secure yourself against threats.
Did you know that the open standards that power the Internet are created by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)?
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"Nobody Internets alone," said Andrew Sullivan at APRICOT 2019 in South Korea. "You can only build the Internet with all the other networks: together."
How can the Internet change lives in rural and remote regions? Read the stories about community networks in Zimbabwe, the Republic of Georgia, and South Africa.
Building Trust 16 April 2019
OTA's Online Trust Audit Scores Consumer-facing U.S. Government Websites Highest in Security and Privacy; Healthcare Comes in Last
"From the global economy to daily individual interactions, more and more of our lives are conducted online. Yet every day brings headlines showing a lack of attention to consumer data and privacy protection," said Jeff Wilbur, Technical Director of the Internet Society's Online Trust Alliance. "The OTA Trust Audit & Honor Roll identifies organizations that place a premium on security and privacy, while shining a light on the sectors that have to work harder to earn society's trust."
The Audit found that 70 percent of analyzed websites qualified for the Honor Roll, the highest proportion ever, and up from 52 percent in 2017, driven primarily by improvements in email authentication and session encryption. The Federal government category surged to the front with 91 percent of sites placing on the honor roll, a dramatic turnaround from 2017 when government sites had bottomed out at 39 percent recognition. The Federal category supplanted last year's winner, consumer services, which finished second this year at 85 percent (OTA considers consumer services any website that requires consumers to create an online account such as social media, payment services, video streaming, file sharing, or dating).
Healthcare, a new sector this year that includes pharmacies, testing labs, insurance companies, and hospital chains, had the lowest overall honor roll placement at 57 percent. Followed by ISPs, carriers, hosters and email providers at 63 percent.
Overall, the audit found a strong move toward encryption, with 93 percent of sites encrypting all web sessions (compared to 52 percent in 2017). Email authentication is also at record highs; 76 percent of sites use both SPF and DKIM (versus 48 percent in 2017) and 50 percent have a DMARC record (versus 34 percent previously). One growth opportunity is use of mechanisms for vulnerability reporting, which rose sharply in online retail, news and hosting companies, but were used by only 11 percent of organizations overall.
"The Online Trust Alliance has made great progress in advocating for a higher standard for internet security," said Neil Daswani, senior vice president, consumer chief information security officer, Norton LifeLock. "We are honored to be recognized for our strength in cyber safety and are proud to be a part of the very critical work the OTA is doing to help make the internet a safer place for all."
"To put the audit findings in context, almost every sector improved its security and privacy practices, and the record scores reflect that," said Wilbur. "The U.S. Government in particular made stunning improvements, from near last in 2017 to top of the class in 2018. Unfortunately, some sectors still have a long way to go to demonstrate acceptable security and privacy practices."
Industry Highlights – From best to worst performing industries:
1. Government: (2017: 5th) 91 percent of audited U.S. federal government sites made the Honor Roll. Government sites scored highest in site security (94 percent), DMARC adoption (93 percent) and policy enforcement (83 percent), and IPv6 adoption (46 percent).
2. Consumer Services: (2017: 1st) 85 percent of audited consumer services sites made the Honor Roll. These sites led in adoption of email authentication (96 percent) and scoring for overall privacy practices (76), and had the highest use of vulnerability reporting (43 percent). Unfortunately, they also had the highest breach rate (34 percent).
3. News & Media: (2017: 3rd) This category was expanded to include sports sites. Significant improvement to an 78 percent score (vs 48 percent in 2017), thanks largely to nearly quadrupling use of always-encrypted sessions.
4. FDIC 100 Banks: (2017: last) Banks made significant improvement to 73 percent, nearly triple 2017's dismal 27 percent ranking, showing significant improvement in email authentication, the highest use of extended validation certificates (more than double the next closest sector) and lowest instance of cross-site scripting.
5. Internet Retailers: (2017: 2nd) While 65 percent of internet retailers made the honor roll, better than last year's 51 percent, this sector was outpaced by improvements in most other sectors. Email authentication improved, but privacy failures rose nearly 50 percent due to third party data sharing.
6. ISPs, Carriers, Hosters & Email Providers: (2017: 4th) 63 percent of companies in this category made the Honor Roll, a solid improvement over 2017's 46 percent, thanks largely to significant improvement in email authentication.
7. Healthcare: (2017: unranked) This new sector showed the lowest overall placement on the Honor Roll at 57 percent, largely due to sparse adoption of email authentication and always-encrypted sessions. The industry did show the second highest scores for privacy.
As the only comprehensive, independent online trust benchmark study, the OTA Online Trust Audit evaluates sites in three categories: consumer protection, site security, and responsible privacy practices. Based on a composite weighted analysis, sites that score 80 percent or better overall, without failing in any one category, are recognized in the Honor Roll. 2018 criteria were updated to include GDPR compliance, and the full 2018 audit methodology is available at https://otalliance.org/2018Methodology.
OTA and its data partners collected and analyzed website data between December 10, 2018 and January 31, 2019. It estimates that it analyzed more than 500 million email headers and approximately 100,000 web pages. Data providers included Agari, Disconnect, Dmarcian, High-Tech Bridge, Google, Infoblox, Internet.nl, Mozilla, Sucuri, Qualys SSL Labs, Symantec, Twitter, ValiMail and Verisign. Symantec helped sponsor the audit.
OTA will host a webinar to discuss the Audit results on 24 April, from 1PM-2PM ET (17:00 UTC) for the ISOC community webinar. See https://otalliance.org/2018HonorRoll for more information.
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More states have reported an outbreak of cyclosporiasis illnesses that have likely come from salads at McDonald's.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are working with state and local officials to investigate the outbreak.
According to the CDC, 163 people in 10 states have gotten ill. No deaths have been reported, but there have been three hospitalizations.
On July 13, McDonald's decided to voluntarily stop selling salads at affected restaurants in Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota, Montana, North Dakota, Kentucky, Virginia and Missouri until it can switch to another salad supplier. More than 3,000 locations are affected.
Symptoms of Cyclospora infection include loss of weight and appetite, frequent watery diarrhea, cramping, bloating and increased gas, a low-grade fever, fatigue and nausea. Vomiting, body aches, headache, fever, and other flu-like symptoms may also occur, according to the CDC. Some infected with don't have symptoms.


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Use Ettore Sidekick Holster to keep all your tools at your side. A dripless holster that puts squeegee, washer and mini-bucket conveniently on your hip. Separate compartments for Squeegee and Scrubber. Designed for right or left handed use. Detachable nylon belt clip. For use with squeegees and washer up to 18".
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Below is a list of food trucks, trailers, carts, and stands that call Medford, Oregon their home city.
Selling Arepas, South American grilled corn Masa sandwiches. Pork, or vegetarian lentils and sweet potatoes. Fresh made pepper sauces and a side of sweet and sour jicima salad.
Ooblies Waffle Food Truck ( Pronounced oo-blee ) is the perfect combination of waffle meets sandwich.
SnoBall is here to serve the Rogue Valley with delicious & authentic mini donuts and Hawaiian shaved ice!
We serve chicken or beef teriyaki bowls, Philly Steak sandwiches and French dip sandwiches. We also have pepperoni and cheese pizzas for the kiddos. Looking for Breakfast?
Home of the Grilled Bacon Dog! Specializing in meat on top of meat on top of meat hotdogs, including the Pastrami Hotdog.


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Vossevangen (nor. nynorsk: Vossavangen) – miasto w Norwegii, w okręgu Vestland, siedziba gminy Voss, nad wschodnim brzegiem jeziora Vangsvatnet.

Religia
W Vossevangen znajduje się luterański kościół Voss, znany również jako Vangskyrkja, wzniesiony w latach 70. XIII wieku.

Transport
W mieście znajduje się stacja kolejowa Voss, obsługująca zarówno ruch lokalny na linii Bergen – Myrdal, jak i pojazdy linii Bergensbanen, łączącej Oslo z Bergen. Jest węzłem komunikacyjnym wielu linii autobusowych.

Oświata
W Vossevangen działa m.in. szkoła podstawowa "Vangen skule", pięć szkół średnich oraz uniwersytet Voss Folkehøgskule.

Przypisy

Miasta w regionie Vestfold

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