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The African XI cricket team is a representative team of the continent of Africa and represents it during the Afro-Asia Cup.

History
The African cricket team originated when Jagmohan Dalmiya thought up the Afro-Asian Cup, which was to raise money for both the African Cricket Association and the Asian Cricket Council.
 The first tournament was held in 2005. The African XI team beat Asia XI by 2 runs, but lost the next match with the last match rained out. Their winless streak continues as they lost to Asia XI 3-0 along with a Twenty20 which did not have Twenty20 International or Twenty20 status in the 2007 tournament.

List of players

A One Day International, or an ODI, is an international cricket match between two representative teams, each having ODI status, as determined by the International Cricket Council. An ODI differs from Test matches in that the number of overs per team is limited, and that each team has only one innings.

Designed as a fund-raiser for the African Cricket Association and the Asian Cricket Council, the Afro-Asia Cup debuted in 2005 and the second tournament is being played in 2007. The list is arranged in the order in which each player won his first ODI cap for the African XI. Where more than one player won his first ODI cap in the same match, those players are listed alphabetically by surname. All the players have represented their respective member teams of the ICC at either Test or ODI level, but only the records of their games for the ACA African XI are listed.

The rules of ODIs have changed since the first Afro-Asia Cup. During the tournament, the ICC experimented with a rule called supersub – where the twelfth man would be allowed to take to the field in the place of one of the players and would be allowed to bat and/or bowl in his place, gaining a full cap in the process. As a result, this meant there were generally 12 capped players per match instead of the regular 11 – even though a player may have not participated in either batting or bowling in a match. For example, Monde Zondeki bowled for Africa XI during the second match, but was substituted for Steve Tikolo during the innings break and Tikolo went on to bat in his place instead; both players are listed as receiving a cap for this match. These rules were not in place for the 2007 Afro-Asia Cup.

Of the six matches to have been played to date, the ACA African XI has only won one match: the inaugural match at Centurion. However, they went on to lose the next ODI, and the final match of the 2005 competition was called off due to rain, leading to the trophy was shared.

In the 2007 competition, the African XI suffered a 3–0 whitewash, losing the first two matches by 34 and 31 runs respectively. Despite half-centuries from AB de Villiers, Justin Kemp and Shaun Pollock in the final ODI they went on to lose by 13 runs.

Shaun Pollock was the first player to score a century in the competition, during the first ODI of the 2007 competition, which led to him being named Man of the Match. He also has the most runs to his name between both African XI and Asian XI players.

Morné Morkel has the highest number of wickets for the African XI with 8, all captured during the 2007 series, and the second most wickets in the Afro-Asia Cup's history.

Statistics are correct as of June 10, following the conclusion of the 2007 series.

References

Cricket in Africa
2005 establishments in Africa
Cricket clubs established in 2005


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Testament Records was een onafhankelijk Amerikaans platenlabel, dat zich specialiseerde in roots-muziek. Het werd in 1963 opgericht door Down Beat-journalist Pete Welding en was gevestigd in Philadelphia. Later had het kantoor in achtereenvolgens Chicago en Pasadena. Tot 1977 bracht het vooral blues-platen uit, maar het kwam ook met jazz, gospel en country. In 1994 werd de catalogus gekocht door Hightone Records, die inmiddels vrijwel alle Testament-platen opnieuw op cd heeft heruitgebracht.

Artiesten die op het label uitkwamen, waren onder meer Bill Jackson, Peg Leg Howell, Big Joe Williams, Muddy Waters, Otis Spann, Johnny Shines, Blind Connie Williams en Phil Woods.

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 Discografie met afbeeldingen Testament Records
 Pete Welding over Testament Records

Amerikaans platenlabel
Blues-platenlabel

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El área nuclear olmeca es el término arqueológico que designa a la zona donde se originó la cultura olmeca, esta cultura precolombina tuvo una difusión que alcanzó la mayor parte de Mesoamérica (excepto en la región de occidente). Una de las regiones donde se han encontrado las evidencias más claras de la presencia de esta cultura es la parte sur de la llanura costera del Golfo de México, comprendida entre los ríos Papaloapan y Grijalva, que corresponde a la mitad norte del istmo de Tehuantepec.

Actualmente, esta zona corresponde al sureste del estado de Veracruz y el poniente del estado de Tabasco, ambos de México. Se trata de una zona de clima cálido y muy húmedo, condiciones que seguramente poseyó también en la época precolombina de la ocupación por los olmecas.

Cultura y estilo
La palabra "olmeca" significa "habitantes de la región del hule" y fue utilizada por los mexicas para nombrar a varios pueblos, étnica y lingüísticamente diversos, que ocuparon la región de Veracruz y Tabasco a través de los siglos. El nombre que se daban a sí mismos a quienes llamamos olmecas se desconoce. Esta cultura duró siete siglos y medio y pertenece al horizonte preclásico (500 a. C. al 200 ) del pasado mesoamericano.

Bajo el término "olmeca" han sido agrupadas dos realidades: un pueblo de la región del Golfo y un estilo artístico. El estilo olmeca puede verse plasmado en peñas, cuevas, esculturas grandes y chicas y objetos de barro que se encuentran diseminados por toda Mesoamérica. Desde Jalisco hasta Costa Rica, pasando por Guerrero, Chiapas, Oaxaca, el Altiplano Central y la costa del Golfo, se han encontrado imágenes de niños-jaguares y otros rasgos propios del arte olmeca. Se cree que la dispersión de este estilo artístico se debe a que los pueblos del Golfo crearon una amplia red de intercambios con otras poblaciones lejanas. De este modo, los símbolos y formas olmecas se integraron a las expresiones artísticas de otras zonas mesoamericanas.

Asimismo, se le llama olmeca a la "cultura madre" de Mesoamérica porque en estas primeras sociedades se dio inicio a algunas prácticas culturales que se integraron plenamente a la cultura mesoamericana, como el uso de un patrón urbano de asentamiento, el establecimiento de una sociedad teocrática, entre otras.

Características del área
El área nuclear olmeca es irrigada por caudalosos ríos que bajan de las estribaciones de la Sierra Madre de Oaxaca y la Sierra Madre Oriental, como el Coatzacoalcos, el San Juan y el Tonalá. Debido a la humedad de la zona y de las fuentes de estos ríos, en temporada de lluvias los desbordamientos de las corrientes son una constante.

Flora y fauna
Aunque en la vegetación de esta región de la República Mexicana ha sido ampliamente modificada por la acción del hombre, antiguamente estuvo recubierta por una espesa selva tropical, que era el hábitat de numerosas especies que en el siglo XXI se encuentran a punto de desaparecer en el territorio mexicano, entre ellas: el jaguar; las aves de plumajes vistosos como guacamayas y quetzales; reptiles de diversas especies; y otros mamíferos como el jabalí y el tapir.

Minerales y suelos
La región posee suelos ricos en humus y de espesores considerables. El petróleo crudo brota a flor de suelo entre la vegetación. Sin embargo, carece de muchos de los materiales que son característicos de los objetos de estilo olmeca encontrados en esta zona y en otras partes de Mesoamérica. Entre ellos se incluye la obsidiana, el jade, la serpentina y el cinabrio. Para obtener piedra sólida como material, los habitantes de esta región recurrieron a las canteras de la Sierra de los Tuxtlas, conocida también como sierra de Santa Martha o de San Andrés, que les proveyeron de basalto y otras rocas volcánicas que emplearon en la construcción y en la escultura. Sin embargo, estas fuentes de materiales pétreos se encuentran a más de cien kilómetros de distancia respecto a sitios como San Lorenzo y La Venta, lo que puede dar una idea del nivel de organización que se requirió para trasladar, sin animales de carga y sobre un suelo cenagoso, esos monolitos que pesan decenas de toneladas hasta los centros políticos de la cultura olmeca.

Principales yacimientos
 La Venta;
 San Lorenzo;
 Laguna de los Cerros;
 Tres Zapotes;
 Chalcatzingo.

Véase también
 Olmecas
 Cabeza olmeca de La Cobata

Referencias

Yacimientos arqueológicos del estado de Tabasco
Yacimientos arqueológicos del estado de Veracruz


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My father was an English and music teacher who considered television to be a disastrous curse on humanity. We were the last family in the community to have one in the 1950's. I had to sneak out to my friend John's home to watch Sagebrush Trail. Father finally acquiesced but insisted that we only watch the Hallmark specials and Toronto Maple Leaf hockey games.
In the early 1960's John F. Kennedy was the first president to regularly use television for communication with our fellow citizens. Yet he also spoke out about the potential misuse of this new medium. My father felt vindicated.
A recent 60 minutes segment entitled "Brain Hacking" explored the subliminal and psychological efforts by companies like Goggle to persuade users to constantly check their phones where sales pitches for many products are imbedded. Tristan Harris, a former search engine product manager had this to say, "Inadvertently, whether they (software and search engine companies) want to or not, they are shaping the thoughts and feelings and actions of people. They are programming people. There's always this narrative that technology's neutral. And it's up to us to choose how we use it. This is just not true." These companies are stimulating dopamine (risk/reward) and cortisol (fight/flight) mechanisms in our brains.
As Bob Dylan once wrote, "the times they are a changin," in the 1920s with the widespread advent of the telephone and radio, in the 1950's and 60's with the advent of television, in the 1970's and 80's with the widespread advent of personal computers and now in the 2010's with the usage of the internet and related social media. Now, we are overloaded with instantaneous and ubiquitous communications from all sides in business, politics, sports, etc.
Tristan Harris summed it up, "the constant distractions of apps and emails are 'weakening our relationships to each other,' and 'destroying our kids ability to focus'.
So why does an historical fiction author concern himself with the state of communications in our country and the world? Firstly because I was part of the teams of aerospace contractors that built the satellite infrastructure that is the conduit of our present communications systems. And the aerospace business developed the first microchips that have evolved to make our smart phones and tablets possible.
More importantly, I see the abuse of these systems which leads to moral and ethical decay of our civilization, being broadcast to billions of people worldwide. That is one reason why I am writing about the Irish revolution, a time of high ideals and motives to re-establish a free and just society.
We would be wise to learn from history before it is too late.


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Q: Do a sum() with group by thing like mysql query do but with multiple array in php here is the thing what I'm doing now, I got an array from database like this :
array (size=2)
  0 =>
    array (size=13)
      'wop_product_owner_id' => string '100007' (length=6)
      'wop_product_id' => string '100002' (length=6)
      'wop_product_price' => string '18.80' (length=5)
      'wop_product_count' => string '2.00' (length=4)
      'wop_product_unit' => string 'kg' (length=6)
  1 =>
    array (size=13)
      'wop_product_owner_id' => string '100007' (length=6)
      'wop_product_id' => string '100001' (length=6)
      'wop_product_price' => string '35.00' (length=5)
      'wop_product_count' => string '4.00' (length=4)
      'wop_product_unit' => string 'kg' (length=6)

All I need to do is merge each item with total 'wop_product_price*wop_product_count' as a new array in this array which it has the same 'wop_product_owner_id', The new array should be like this:
array (size=1)
    0 =>
        array (size=5)
            'woner_id' => string '100007' (length=6)
            'woner_name' => string 'Jack' (length=6)
            'woner_photo' => string '' (length=5)
            'woner_total' => float '177.6.00'
            'woner_paid' => boolean 'false'

Basically, just like you do a query with sum() and group by in Mysql.
And, I already got a way to do this, here is the code:
$tmps = array();
    foreach ($products as $p) {
        $owner_id = $p['wop_product_owner_id'];

        if (empty($tmps)) {
            $tmps[] = array(
                'woner_id' => $p['wop_product_owner_id'],
                'woner_name' => $p['wop_product_owner_name'],
                'woner_photo' => $p['wop_product_owner_photo'],
                'woner_total' => (float) $p['wop_product_price'] * (float) $p['wop_product_count'],
                'woner_paid' => (int) $p['wop_product_payment_id'] > 0
            );
        } else {
            foreach ($tmps as $key => $value) {
                if (array_search($owner_id, $value) === FALSE) {
                    $tmps[] = array(
                        'woner_id' => $p['wop_product_owner_id'],
                        'woner_name' => $p['wop_product_owner_name'],
                        'woner_photo' => $p['wop_product_owner_photo'],
                        'woner_total' => (float) $p['wop_product_price'] * (float) $p['wop_product_count'],
                        'woner_paid' => (int) $p['wop_product_payment_id'] > 0
                    );
                } else {
                    $tmps[$key]['woner_total'] = (float) $tmps[$key]['woner_total'] + (float) $p['wop_product_price'] * (float) $p['wop_product_count'];
                }
            }
        }
    }

    return $tmps;

But, I don't like it actually, I thought there must be have some way more graceful than this! What you think? Any ideas?

A: You can use this
foreach ($products as $p) {
    $owner_id = $p['wop_product_owner_id'];

    if (empty($tmps[$owner_id])) {
        $tmps[$owner_id] = array(
            'woner_id' => $p['wop_product_owner_id'],
            'woner_name' => $p['wop_product_owner_name'],
            'woner_photo' => $p['wop_product_owner_photo'],
            'woner_total' => (float) $p['wop_product_price'] * (float) $p['wop_product_count'],
            'woner_paid' => (int) $p['wop_product_payment_id'] > 0
        );
    } else {

                $tmps[$owner_id]['woner_total'] = (float) $tmps[$key]['woner_total'] + (float) $p['wop_product_price'] * (float) $p['wop_product_count'];

    }
}

return $tmps;

A: Here is the new way came from @budirec:
    $tmps = array();
    foreach ($products as $p) {
        $owner_id = 'owner_' . $p['wop_product_owner_id'];
        if (!isset($tmps[$owner_id])) {
            $tmps[$owner_id] = array(
                'woner_id' => $p['wop_product_owner_id'],
                'woner_name' => $p['wop_product_owner_name'],
                'woner_photo' => $p['wop_product_owner_photo'],
                'woner_total' => (float) $p['wop_product_price'] * (float) $p['wop_product_count'],
                'woner_paid' => (int) $p['wop_product_payment_id'] > 0
            );
        } else {
            $tmps[$owner_id]['woner_total'] = (float) $tmps[$owner_id]['woner_total'] + (float) $p['wop_product_price'] * (float) $p['wop_product_count'];
        }
    }

    return $tmps;

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Q: android how to close browser after url scheme In App1, I clicked on a url which will redirects to myapp://
This caused the browser to open before myapp activity will start. The problem is that myapp activity shows a chathead kind of display, hence the background should be App1. But the backgound has become the browser.
How can I close the browser so the background is App1?

A: You shouldn't close any third party app.
Your problem seems to be that a web browser is opening first instead of your app.
This may be due to the scheme you're using.
In order to be launched without opening a web browser, your app should register a custom scheme such as: yoursheme://someValue instead of a url scheme http://someValue.


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Q: O que é "zero positivo" e "zero negativo" em tipos float e double? Na resposta deste link é explicado o funcionamento do método atan2(), e na sua tradução da documentação feita pelo Victor Stafusa, há alguns trechos que destaco abaixo:

(...)

*

*Se o primeiro argumento é zero positivo e o segundo argumento é positivo, ou o primeiro argumento é positivo e finito e o segundo argumento é infinito positivo, então o resultado é zero positivo.

*Se o primeiro argumento é zero negativo e o segundo argumento é positivo, ou o primeiro argumento é negativo e finito e o segundo argumento é infinito positivo, então o resultado é zero negativo.
(...)

Essa explicação de zero positivo e zero negativo se refere aos parâmetros recebidos pelo método citado, que são do tipo double.
Sempre entendi que "zero" representa um ponto neutro no sistema numérico, então não entendo como algo neutro pode possuir sinal.
O que significa "zero positivo" e "zero negativo" e por quê usam sinais para tipos com ponto flutuante em Java?

A: Onde float e double são especificados
O float e o double são implementados de acordo com o padrão IEEE 754, usado por praticamente todas as linguagens de programação modernas que trabalham com números de ponto flutuante de 32 ou 64 bits.
A representação interna do float
O float é representado com 32 bits dessa forma (imagem da wikipedia):

Observe o primeiro bit, ele é o bit de sinal. Se for 0 é um número positivo, se for 1 é negativo. De forma que o valor do float é o seguinte:

(a) , se o expoent for diferente de 0 e de 255.
(b) , se o expoent for igual a 0.
(c) , se o expoent for igual a 255 e o fraction for igual a 0.
(d) NaN, se o expoent for igual a 255 e o fraction diferente de 0.

Os valores da equação (a) são aqueles que são denominados de números de ponto flutuante normais, enquanto que os da equação (b) são denominados de números de ponto flutuante subnormais ou denormais. Já os valores do (c) são os de infinidade e (d) é NaN (not-a-number).
Vemos ver o que a fórmula (a) está multiplicando. São três diferentes termos:

*

*A parte do  será 1 ou −1.

*A parte do  será sempre uma potência de 2.

*Na parte do , uma vez que fraction tem 23 bits, então ele está entre 0 e . Dessa forma esse termo terá um valor  tal que .
No caso (a), vê-se que não é possível que nenhum dos termos multiplicados resulte em zero, logo, não é possível haver um valor zero aqui.
A equação do (b) é semelhante a do (a). A diferença está que o expoente mantido é o mesmo do menor valor possível do caso (a), sendo usado −126 ao invés de −127. Mas os valores são diferentes porque aquele 1 não é mais somado ao segundo termo. O segundo termo no caso (b), é diferente, será sempre um valor  tal que .
Assim sendo, quando o expoent é zero e o fraction também é zero, a equação (b) vai resultar em zero. Mas o bit do sinal ainda está lá, dando duas representações possíveis ao valor zero. Também temos diversos valores que resultam em NaN ( desses valores para ser exato).
Eis aqui um teste para mostrar os dois zeros:
class Teste {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        float a = Float.intBitsToFloat(0);
        float b = Float.intBitsToFloat(0b1000_0000__0000_0000__0000_0000__0000_0000);
        System.out.println(a);
        System.out.println(b);
    }
}

Eis a saída:
0.0
-0.0

Veja aqui funcionando no ideone.
A representação interna do double
Ainda temos o double que usa um conceito semelhante, mas com mais bits e valores diferentes:

As equações do double são essas:

(a) , se o expoent for diferente de 0 e de 2047.
(b) , se o expoent for igual a 0.
(c) , se o expoent for igual a 2047 e o fraction for igual a 0.
(d) NaN, se o expoent for igual a 2047 e o fraction diferente de 0.

Por que existe o +0.0 e o −0.0?
Você ainda pergunta o porquê de terem feito tal coisa. A resposta é que é para que o sinal fosse preservado quando um cálculo com números de ponto flutuante chegasse em um valor tão pequeno que perdesse todos os bits de significância, mesmo assim o sinal fosse preservado, diferenciando então um valor negativo que foi arredondado para zero de um valor positivo que foi arredondado para zero.
Por exemplo:
class Teste2 {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        float a = Float.intBitsToFloat(5);
        float pinf = Float.intBitsToFloat(0b0111_1111__0000_0000__0000_0000__0000_0000);
        float ninf = Float.intBitsToFloat(0b1111_1111__0000_0000__0000_0000__0000_0000);
        float b = a / pinf;
        float c = a / ninf;
        System.out.println(b);
        System.out.println(c);
    }
}

Eis a saída:
0.0
-0.0

Veja aqui funcionando no ideone.
Como os valores +0.0, −0.0 e NaN são comparados?
E para finalizar, temos que +0.0 e −0.0 são valores iguais, ao passo que um valor NaN nunca é igual a nada (nem a ele mesmo):
class Teste3 {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        float zeroPositivo = Float.intBitsToFloat(0);
        float zeroNegativo = Float.intBitsToFloat(0b1000_0000__0000_0000__0000_0000__0000_0000);
        System.out.println(zeroPositivo == zeroNegativo);
        System.out.println(zeroPositivo != zeroNegativo);
        float nan1 = Float.intBitsToFloat(0b1111_1111__1000_0000__0000_0000__0000_0001);
        float nan2 = Float.intBitsToFloat(0b1111_1111__1000_0000__0000_0000__0000_0010);
        System.out.println(nan1 == nan2);
        System.out.println(nan1 == nan1);
        System.out.println(nan1 != nan2);
        System.out.println(nan1 != nan1);
    }
}

Eis a saída:
true
false
false
false
true
true

Veja aqui funcionando no ideone.
Essa saída significa que o == considera que o +0.0 e o −0.0 têm o mesmo valor, não importando o fato de os valores dos bits diferirem.
Por outro lado, quando um dos valores comparados com == for algum tipo de NaN, então o resultado sempre é falso, mesmo se um valor NaN estiver sendo comparado com ele mesmo.
O operador == sempre retorna o oposto do que o != retorna. Isso significa que um valor NaN é sempre diferente dele mesmo e de todos os outros NaNs.
Fontes

*

*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-precision_floating-point_format

*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-precision_floating-point_format

*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denormal_number

*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_754

*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NaN

A: A linguagem de programação Java usa o padrão IEEE 754 para aritmética de ponto flutuante que define -0.0 e quando deve ser usado.

O número mais pequeno representável não tem 1 bit no significado
  subnormal e é chamado de zero positivo ou negativo conforme
  determinado pelo sinal. Realmente representa um arredondamento para
  zero de números no intervalo entre zero e o menor número não-zero
  representável do mesmo sinal, razão pela qual ele tem um sinal e por
  que o recíproco + Infinito ou -Infinito também possui um sinal.

Você pode contornar problemas específicos adicionando 0.0
por exemplo:
Double.toString(value + 0.0);

Veja mais sobre complexidade de números flutuantes
Resumidamente

"-0.0" é produzido quando uma operação de ponto flutuante resulta em
  um número de ponto flutuante negativo tão próximo de 0 que não pode
  ser representado normalmente. E "+0.0" também é produzido quando uma
  operação de ponto flutuante resulta em um número de ponto flutuante
  positivo tão próximo de 0 que também não pode ser representado normalmente

A respeito de operações, em aplicações pode ser uma fonte de erros, se o desenvolvedor não levar em conta que enquanto as duas representações de zero se comportam como iguais sob comparações numéricas, pode produzir resultados diferentes em algumas operações.


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Cette espèce se rencontre dans le Nord du Pakistan, au Jammu-et-Cachemire en Inde et dans l'ouest de la Chine.

Étymologie
Cette espèce est nommée en l'honneur de Ferdinand Stoliczka.

Publication originale
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Jack The Ripper is one of the most famous serial killers of all time, and his short-lived reign of terror in London's East End is one of the most theorized and talked about in history. However, when compared to the horrifying deeds of other brutal killers throughout history, those of Jack The Ripper can't even hold a candle to the black magic practicing, mass-murdering, dark and sadistic serial killers of antiquity.
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The most prolific serial in history is arguably Thug Behram, the leader of an Indian bandit cult who accumulated more than 900 victims under his belt. His followers, "Thuggees," were famous for defeating British forces, worshipping the Hindu goddess Kali, and garroting their victims. Over a 600-year period, it is said that the Thuggees killed over 2 million people. Mass graves of Thuggee victims have been found containing more than 500,000 corpses.
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Photo: Petr Kratochvil / Public Domain Pictures / Public Domain
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Photo: Luc Viatour / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0
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Catherine Monvoisin, known as "La Voisin," was a fortune teller, black magic practitioner, and serial killer who helped the French aristocracy partake in dark rituals in the mid 1600s. After her fortune-telling work taught her that most of her clients wanted the same things (such as love, money, and the death and misfortune of others), she began guiding them in increasingly twisted and expensive magical rituals to procure their desires.
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In Kentucky, Judge Jim Adams of the state's 3rd Judicial District has seen enough.
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Working with a local legislator, he helped pass a law that — so far at least — has completely banned synthetic marijuana in Kentucky and making possession of it a Class B misdemeanor.
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Finding legal synthetic marijuana in other states isn't hard, however. One store, located in suburban Atlanta, is similar to many others that sell synthetic pot. It is covered floor-to-ceiling with porn, sex toys and glass pipes. There is no escaping the sight of it. Shoppers browse under the watchful eye of a burly, bearded man with hair to his shoulders who glares from behind the raised display counter that occupies the center of the store. There, tucked away on a rack behind the counter, are a handful of varieties of synthetic marijuana products.
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Online, websites such as legalhighs.net, legalbuds.com and herbalhighs.com all sell "herbal smoking mixtures." The sites include reviews of the many different varieties and how similar their high feels to real marijuana.
The easy availability of synthetic marijuana products may be the catalyst for the dramatic increase in Spice-related calls to poison control centers in the last year. According to the American Association of Poison Control Centers, there were 2,874 calls about synthetic marijuana in 2010. As of April 2011, poison control centers have already reported 1,639 calls.
So what warning signs should parents be on the lookout for? Dr. Anthony Scalzo, Medical Director of the Missouri Poison Center says parents should keep an eye out for substances that look like incense in their kids' rooms. They should also watch to see if their children seem more anxious than usual.
Dr. Clarke says the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment is working to promote prevention.
"You don't want to wait until someone turns their car over or gets hurt," he said. "The red flag to parents is, why are you smoking herbs?"
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Finding fake dope for sale in stores these days is easy. My advice to anyone who is considering smoking fake dope is #1) read the warning label and #2) do keep in mind that doctors and researchers know very little about the long term effects of this stuff. Fake dope may very well turn out to be more dangerous than real dope.
Good point, Matt. Even reading the label may not be informative enough since most of us aren't familiar with chemicals or many additives. Better to just say no and not risk your mental or physical health.


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He is preceded in death by his parents; mother, Elizabeth Greene, father, Gilbert M. Anderson; brother, Charlie Anderson; sisters, Elizabeth "Elsie" Anderson, Cecilia "Cena" Dean and his first wife, Elaine Herringer.
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Special Thanks to the staff at Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd, Evans Funeral Home and First Congregational Church.
Visitation: will be Wednesday, March 20, 2019 from noon – 7:00PM with a Prayer Service at 7:00PM, all in Evans Funeral Home, New Rockford, ND.
Funeral Service: will be held Thursday, March 21, 2019, at 2:00PM in First Congregational Church, New Rockford, ND.
Burial will be held at the Barlow Cemetery, Barlow, ND, in the spring.
Carol Coenen Pewe	on March 18, 2019 at 5:44 pm
Always proud to call Gilbert my big brother, RIP dear one
Jerry and Maxine Seibold	on March 19, 2019 at 2:30 pm
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Our sincere sympathy to your family We always enjoyed Gilbert as a neighbor….we remember the many games of dominoes we played.
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Sorry we can't make it to the funeral. We are just on the way home from Florida. Our thoughts are with you Doris and your family.
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Ken, Jr and Charlotte Lewis	on March 20, 2019 at 8:17 pm
With deepest sympathy to Aunt Doris and family. May God's love comfort you and His presence surround you as you grieve the loss of Gilbert. Hugs to you!!


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typedef struct Comparison {
    char *projection;
    double unit_factor;
    double delta;
} Comparison;

typedef struct ComparisonList {
    Comparison **comparisons;
    size_t size;
    size_t maxSize;
} ComparisonList;

void createNewComparison(Comparison ** comparison);

void createNewComparisonWithVals(Comparison ** comparison,
        double unit_factor, double delta, char* projection);

void destroyComparison(Comparison ** comparison);

void createNewComparisonList(ComparisonList ** list, int size);

void destroyComparisonList(ComparisonList ** list);

void addComparisonToList(ComparisonList ** list, Comparison * comparison);

Comparison *getComparisonByIndex(ComparisonList ** list, int index);

#endif

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GUNS OF THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (Theatrical Releease USA 1969)
Ben Meyers' rating: 3.3|5.0 Starsììì
Guns of the Magnificent Seven teams with George Kennedy to play the part of this story's main character, Chris. George Kennedy lends a rougher interpretation for the leading character which is welcomed as it adds more realism to this film, but the film seems more run-of-the-mill than its predecessor even though the action scenes show improvement. This movie serves the western fan and will be enjoyed within its genre.
A Mexican revolutionary travels to hire an American gunslinger to help the revolutionary cause.
Thank you to Director Paul Wendkos for directing effort. Thank you to Producer Vincent M. Fennelly for making the film possible. Additional characters/cast include: Chris (George Kennedy), Levi (James Whitmore), Keno (Monte Markham), Max (Reni Santoni), Cassie (Bernie Casey), P.J. (Scott Thomas), Slater (Joe Don Baker), Emil (Tony Davis), Colonel Diego (Michael Ansara), and Lobero (Frank Silvera).
Maybe. A bona fide western fan will want to watch the film as it is part of the series, but the first film, The Magnificent Seven tops all the sequels to date.


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Q: How to access all the PDF metadata using pdfbox I have a simple JAVA code that uses TIKA library to get the metadata of a PDF file and it lists the below metadata.
Tika code:
Metadata metadata = new Metadata();
tika.parse(file, metadata);
String[] metadataNames = metadata.names();
for (String name : metadataNames) {
    System.out.println(name + " : " + metadata.get(name));
}

Output:
date : 1996-11-19T09:00:46Z
pdf:PDFVersion : 1.1
access_permission:modify_annotations : true
access_permission:can_print_degraded : true
dcterms:created : 1996-10-22T07:44:27Z
Last-Modified : 1996-11-19T09:00:46Z
dcterms:modified : 1996-11-19T09:00:46Z
dc:format : application/pdf; version=1.1
title : Test
Last-Save-Date : 1996-11-19T09:00:46Z
access_permission:fill_in_form : true
meta:save-date : 1996-11-19T09:00:46Z
pdf:encrypted : false
dc:title : Test
modified : 1996-11-19T09:00:46Z
Content-Type : application/pdf
meta:creation-date : 1996-10-22T07:44:27Z
created : Tue Oct 22 00:44:27 PDT 1996
access_permission:extract_for_accessibility : true
access_permission:assemble_document : true
xmpTPg:NPages : 64
Creation-Date : 1996-10-22T07:44:27Z
access_permission:extract_content : true
access_permission:can_print : true
producer : Acrobat Distiller 2.1 for Power Macintosh
access_permission:can_modify : true

I am using the below code that uses PDF box to get the metadata but I don't want to specify the metadata key rather I would like to get all the available metadata keys and iterate over them.
What is the best way to generically access all the metadata key/value pair when using PDF box library?
public static void main(String args[]) {
        PDFTextStripper pdfStripper = null;
        PDDocument pdDoc = null;
        COSDocument cosDoc = null;
        File file = new File("test/test.pdf");
        try {

            PDFParser parser = new PDFParser(new FileInputStream(file));
            parser.parse();
            cosDoc = parser.getDocument();
            pdfStripper = new PDFTextStripper();
            pdDoc = new PDDocument(cosDoc);
            pdfStripper.setStartPage(1);
            pdfStripper.setEndPage(5);
            String parsedText = pdfStripper.getText(pdDoc);
            // System.out.println(parsedText);

            PDDocumentCatalog cat = pdDoc.getDocumentCatalog();
            PDMetadata metadata = cat.getMetadata();

            if (metadata != null) {
                System.out.println(metadata.getInputStreamAsString());
            }

            printMetadata(pdDoc);

    } catch (IOException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

public static void printMetadata(PDDocument document) throws IOException {
        PDDocumentInformation info = document.getDocumentInformation();
        PDDocumentCatalog cat = document.getDocumentCatalog();
        PDMetadata metadata = cat.getMetadata();

        System.out.println("Page Count=" + document.getNumberOfPages());
        System.out.println("Title=" + info.getTitle());
        System.out.println("Author=" + info.getAuthor());
        System.out.println("Subject=" + info.getSubject());
        System.out.println("Keywords=" + info.getKeywords());
        System.out.println("Creator=" + info.getCreator());
        System.out.println("Producer=" + info.getProducer());
        System.out.println("Creation Date=" + formatDate(info.getCreationDate()));
        System.out.println("Modification Date=" + formatDate(info.getModificationDate()));
        System.out.println("Trapped=" + info.getTrapped());
        if (metadata != null) {
            System.out.println("Metadata=" + metadata.getStream());
        }
    }

Output:
 Page Count=64
    Title=test
    Author=null
    Subject=null
    Keywords=null
    Creator=null
    Producer=Acrobat Distiller 2.1 for Power Macintosh
    Creation Date=10/22/96 12:44 AM
    Modification Date=11/19/96 1:00 AM
Trapped=null

A: Sorry, there is no easy way to iterate through all metadata values.  You could go meta (sorry) and use reflection on the PDDocumentInformation object and iterate through the getters, but then you'd also have to handle the different return types.  At that point, you may as well just hardcode what you've done above.
And, that's just for the PDDocumentInformation object.
Navigating through the XMP, where the really fun metadata can live, is even more interesting because it can contain different schemas (DublinCore, XMPMM and many more, see e.g. Jempbox), and even custom metadata.
Over on Tika, we're trying to make more and more of the XMP metadata available (just added XMPMM, and will soon add Photoshop)...if you have any requests, please let us know.
Finally, if you do start working with XMP and PDFBox, I'd recommend sticking with Jempbox for a while (see this).


Marley Kamp attended Allegany College of Maryland and earned an associate degree in medical assisting. She had a great experience on campus and enjoyed the staff. As she was getting ready to graduate, she decided to further her education and pursue a nursing career. She had been a feeding assistant then a certified nursing assistant since the age of 17, and always knew she wanted to become a nurse.
Up and to the time of graduation, she researched schools to attend in both Maryland and Pennsylvania. She came across PIHT online and was drawn to all the positive reviews from students, the pass rate for the nursing program, and the small class sizes PIHT offers.
For Marley the best part of PIHT is the small class sizes that are available. She doesn't feel lost in the crowd at PIHT. The family-oriented environment with classmates and instructors provides a positive learning experience. She also loves the hands-on opportunities she receives on her clinical rotations by performing procedures, administering medications, and assessing patients. Marley describes her favorite class to be her medical/surgical lab. She explains that the transition of learning in the lab to applying them at the clinical site is seamless. She further explained that med/surg lab is very hands on which provides a solid foundation at the clinical site. Marley described her lab instructors, Amy and Courtney, as always there and available to help and answer questions without any discouragement. She says the learning environment is patient, positive, and supportive. Her favorite instructor is Amanda. She describes Amanda as very approachable and willing to help above and beyond. Marley loves her teaching style and how she breaks the material down, ensuring her students understand.
Marley's ideal job is in the fast-paced and split-second decision-making world of trauma nursing. Her five-year goal is to further her education to become an RN, own her own home, and to have an established career in trauma.
Marley would recommend PIHT to friends and family. PIHT stands to a very high standard in not only lecture, lab, and clinical, but also, encouragement, support, and real-life preparation for a career in nursing.
Kristen Grimplin attended Penn State-Fayette Campus after graduating high school. She was an active student for a year and a half, had a wonderful experience on campus, and loved the staff. Although she did not complete her education, she will be forever grateful for the opportunity and education obtained. Without that experience, she would not be the person she is today.
After leaving Penn State, Kristen took several months to gather her thoughts. She took a step back and decided to restart at step one. She did not know where to go, or what she wanted to do, she slowly became more active in researching schools and potential career paths. That's when she looked into PIHT and scheduled an appointment. As soon as she walked into the office and spoke to Kathy Coddington, Kristen knew PIHT was the right path. She liked the overall structure of the school and the student/teacher ratio. She loved that PIHT was family oriented and participated in holidays and special events.
Kristen has always been interested in the anatomy and physiology of the human body. Ever since she was a little girl, she always loved helping and taking care of people. Kristen knew that she wanted to be in the medical field, but since this field is so broad, she did not know what direction to go. She job shadowed in several areas, from ultrasound to dental hygiene, but nothing captivated her attention until she learned about medical assisting. Kristen loves how versatile medical assistants are. They are trained in taking vitals, conducting visual acuity tests, phlebotomy, immunizations and vaccinations, electrocardiograms (ECG's), and attaining and maintaining surgical asepsis. These examples are just the beginning of what a medical assistant can accomplish in the medical field.
Kristen loves all of the social and holiday events that are held at PIHT. Kristen loves seeing everyone dress up and participate in the annual Halloween costume party. She is very thankful that the staff took time and supplied the students with amazing food on Thanksgiving. She loves the spirit week events during Christmas, especially the door decorating contest.
Kristen does not have a favorite instructor. She believes all of the staff are amazing and intelligent. Her favorite class is her clinical. She loves learning about the human body, and how it functions. She loves being hands-on and performing and learning new tasks. Kristen does not really have an ideal job in mind yet. She is split between a hospital and a physician's office.
In five years, Kristen would like to have an apartment or house and a stable job that she loves. Kristen wants to enjoy life, be happy, and smile every day.
Kristen would definitely refer PIHT to a family member or friend. Everyone at PIHT treats you like family. As soon as you walk into these doors, you feel welcomed and loved. "You grow through what you go through," and with the help and support from the PIHT staff, Kristen has found what she loves. Kristen found her career!


James D. Watson, the 90-year-old Nobel laureate co-discoverer of DNA's structure, is recovering from a car accident and, at least in person, currently out of the public eye.
But he is very much in the media eye, due to the recent release of a documentary film about him. The scientist, interviewed last year, before the accident, told the documentarian that he has not renounced his controversial decades-old position that different racial populations possess, on average, different degrees of intelligence.
There has always been something indecorous in the harsh reactions to Dr. Watson's opinion, as so many of the objections seem to be about its simple unacceptability. His conclusion, though, is based on I.Q. – or "Intelligence Quotient" – testings of different populations, and, although some white supremacists have used his words for their own nefarious purposes, there is no evidence that the scientist harbors any animus for any group.
That said, though, his conclusion about race and intelligence is unwarranted.
Firstly, I.Q. tests measure only a specific type of abstract reasoning ability. And such aptitude is only part of what make up what most of us call intelligence. Creativity and industriousness, moreover, are not reflected at all in I.Q. scores.
And even if we could fine-tune a holistic definition of intelligence, its possible genetic underpinnings would provide only a partial portrait. Among other relevant variables would be things like family and communal environment, nutrition, stress and societal expectations.
And finally, of course – and Dr. Watson has never claimed otherwise – averages are only averages. They predict nothing at all about individuals. And so, a random member of a group scoring marginally lower on a test might easily be more capable – even in what the test measures – than a random person from a higher-scoring population.
Most important of all, though, intelligence, however defined, is not in the end what determines the true value, or true success, of a human being.
Some studies have shown that Eastern European-rooted Jews have higher I.Q.s than any other ethnic group. And we Jews certainly value intelligence. Those of us who remain faithful to the Jewish mesorah are mispallel daily for dei'ah, binah v'haskel, and consider the intellectually demanding study of Torah a high and holy calling. And even Jews who turn to other disciplines, more often than not, seek to exercise their gray matter rather than their biceps.
But neither logical reasoning nor creativity is what ultimately matters from a true Torah perspective.
Modern society's world-view leaves little room for the idea of service to the Creator as the true measure of man. Goods – whether of the materialistic or cerebral sort – are what the larger world chooses to value and celebrate.
Shouldn't we, though, who know better what life is really about, take pains to avoid, chas v'shalom, inadvertently adopting society's illusion?
Let us teach our children, whether they are grappling with educational issues, with shidduchim or with children of their own, that it isn't the natural iluy who is most worthy of praise, but the masmid; not the one who shows the sharpest wit, but the one who shows the greatest concern for others. Let us guide them to not let Intelligence Quotients go to their heads, when A.Q.s and M.Q.s, Avodas Hashem and Menschlichkeit Quotients, are so very much more important.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on January 10, 2019 by Rabbi Avi Shafran.
The weathered ex-soldier's face on the screen was accompanied by the message: "At least 50,000 homeless veterans are starving, dying in the streets, but liberals want to invite 620,000 refugees and settle them among us." The numbers were fabrications.
The Facebook page, titled "Being Patriotic," garnered 6.3 million "likes" from trusting citizens who didn't bother to research the claim. And who had no idea that the posting was the work of a Russian entity specializing in misleading credulous Americans.
The Russian firm, the "Internet Research Agency," is owned by businessman Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir V. Putin. Mr. Prigozhin and some his employees were indicted by special counsel Robert S. Mueller last February as part of his investigation of Russian interference in American affairs.
"Being Patriotic", and other Facebook pages of a similar nature, were cited by one or both of two recent reports about the extent of Russian misuse of the internet to influence Americans' attitudes. The reports – one from the Computational Propaganda Project at Oxford University; the other, from New Knowledge, a firm specializing in disinformation protection – were commissioned by the Senate Intelligence Committee, to which they were delivered last week. They were eye-opening, and deeply disturbing.
Facebook ads targeted users who had shown interest in black history, and after cultivating and gaining the trust of its catch, the Russian-engineered pages eventually "informed" all the visitors who were enticed to visit the page that Mrs. Clinton was hostile to African-American interests, and that blacks would be best off by boycotting the then-upcoming election.
But just as the Russian effort took advantage of the Black Lives Matter movement at the height of its prominence, when a pro-police "Blue Lives Matter" backlash emerged, it, too, became fodder for the agitprop plotters, who then targeted law-and-order proponents.
There is no way to either support or refute the notion that the results of the 2016 presidential election would have been different had the Russian firm not misled untold numbers of impressionable Americans. What the reports do clearly confirm, though, is that the Russian campaign aimed not only to manipulate voters but to exacerbate divisions in American society – to plant weeds of discord and antagonism across the fruited plain. And in that, at least judging from the tenor of American political discourse over the past two years, it achieved resounding success.
Susceptibility to being manipulated by disinformation isn't limited to any particular racial, ethnic or religious group. When it comes to politics and social issues these days, critical thinking and research are indispensable. Without them, even otherwise thoughtful people can become prey for distortions, propaganda and deceptions perpetrated by unscrupulous actors with their own agendas.
Unfastened purses in public places invite pickpockets. Unguarded minds, we need to realize, can be infiltrated too.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on December 27, 2018 by Rabbi Avi Shafran.
Even before the Pittsburgh Massacre, Damon Joseph, 21, who lives in a suburb of Toledo, Ohio, hoped to go on a "virtual jihad." The murders of 11 Jews at the end of October in Pennsylvania, however, helped energize him, motivating him to make some real-world, concrete plans.
Although the Pittsburgh shooter attributed his anger to what he considered an overrunning of the U.S. by immigrants, and Mr. Joseph, a convert to Islam, posted photos of himself wearing a ring inscribed with an Islamic State screed in Arabic, the would-be jihadist was inspired to try to kill Jews by the right-wing nativist. Go figure.
The progressive environmentalist/animal rights radical looked up to the neo-Nazi. Go figure some more.
What a strange snapshot of murderous hatred the revelations of the Toledoan terrorists' plans present: An Islamist inspired by a right-wing bigot, and a leftist radical enamored of neo-Nazis? What gives?
The answer, if you haven't already guessed, is that evil harbors no static political allegiances. It just festers in underdeveloped or warped minds and gloms onto whatever convenient causes or role models happen to be available. Often there is some consistency to the hater's convictions. But, as in the cases of the Ohio terrorists (both of whom are under arrest), sometimes there is none at all.
Our community, understandably, was particularly outraged and has been focused on recent attacks on Orthodox Jews in Brooklyn, including the beating of a 9-year-old boy.
But much other hatred was unleashed last week across the country too, and not just in Toledo. Pittsburgh officials reported, for instance, that anti-Semitic pamphlets were being spread throughout the city, including in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood, the site of the October mass shooting. The next day, as it happened, Nazi-themed posters were placed in various locations around the State University of New York's Purchase College.
And in Lynnwood, Washington, seven men and one woman beat and stomped on a black man working in a dining establishment for no apparent reason, shouting racial slurs all the while. The assailants also injured an Asian man who came to the victim's defense.
Condor, it was reported, was photographed at the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia last year. He was not, apparently, one of the very fine people there.
And speaking of Charlottesville, where "Jews will not replace us" was a chant of choice, last week also saw a jury recommend that James Fields Jr., who was found guilty of first degree murder for driving into a crowd of protesters at the right-wing rally in Virginia and killing a woman, spend the rest of his life in prison. (A second trial on federal hate crime charges could result in the death penalty.
This litany of lowlife activity of late is presented just as a reminder that murderous ill will remains a tragic fact of contemporary life. And that hatred, rat-like, can come crawling out of all sorts of cracks in the edifice of contemporary society. And that, like those creatures, it carries germs.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on December 20, 2018 by Rabbi Avi Shafran.
A new piece in Tablet about Yiddish words can be read here.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized, yiddish on March 25, 2018 by Rabbi Avi Shafran.
Mr. Erdoğan's further assertion that "Jerusalem is the worshipping center for mainly Muslims, Christians, and partially Jews" betrays not only further deep ignorance but even deeper prejudice.
Such baseless and incendiary rhetoric has become commonplace among barbaric enemies of peace who in fact murderously target innocents as a matter of policy. That such language now emerges from the mouth of a head of state is utterly contemptible.
Turkey for many years represented a voice of sanity and responsibility in a region cursed with delusion and violence. It is unfortunate, indeed tragic, that recent years have seen it influenced by the worst elements around it.
This entry was posted in Anti-Semitism, Israel, News, Politics, Uncategorized on December 12, 2017 by Rabbi Avi Shafran.
The note below is from a dear friend of mine who lives in Milwaukee and shares my first name.
I have been diagnosed with end-stage kidney disease, which is as serious as it sounds. This means that I will need a kidney transplant. The attached poster was produced by Renewal, a wonderful organization which seeks to match donors to recipients. Please feel free to distribute this through social media, or to print it out and hang it in appropriate places, such as shul bulletin boards.
Any and all enquiries from anyone interested in donating a kidney and thus performing the tremendous chesed and mitzva of pikkuach nefesh, should be directed to Renewal at 718 431-9831 or [email protected] .
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on May 14, 2017 by Rabbi Avi Shafran.
In 1990, attorney Mike Godwin introduced what became known as "Godwin's Law," the contention that if an electronic discussion (regardless of topic or scope) goes on for long enough, sooner or later someone will compare someone to Hitler, ym"s.
Over recent weeks some critics of the U.S. administration have characterized its approach to curbing Iran's nuclear weapons as dangerous appeasement, and President Obama as a reincarnation of British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, who famously crowed that the 1938 Munich Agreement with Germany heralded "peace for our time." Less than a year later, of course, Germany would invade Poland and Europe would be plunged into World War II.
Needless to say, even for those among us who consider the Iran deal ill-advised, there is a considerable gulf between proudly waving a piece of paper as proof of an evil man's good will and an arduously crafted and enforceable agreement requiring an evil regime's submission to intrusive inspections and monitoring.
But, inflated though it was, the Obama-Chamberlain comparison was one thing.
Another thing entirely was Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee's contention last week that President Obama was marching Israelis "to the door of the oven." The candidate – no other way to read it – was calling the president a Nazi.
But his Iran deal comment was grotesque.
To be sure, the designs of Iran's leaders today can certainly be compared to those of Germany's 77 years ago. That doesn't, however, make anyone who wants to thwart Iran's nuclear weapon dreams without declaring war a Hitler.
To those of us familiar with the phrase kochi v'otzem yadi, such braggadocio is saddening. In this case, though, it's also entirely beside the point. What was offensive about Mr. Huckabee's words wasn't their insinuation that Israel is helpless; it was the vulgarity of the comment itself.
To wax meta, the comment is itself a comment – on the state of political discourse in the United States today. Yes, there has always been a measure of rudeness in political partisanship, a small serving of snark in the way politicians and their fans refer to other politicians and theirs.
But there once was some degree of dignity that reined in excess when it came to political speech. No more, though. Decorum has left the building.
And so, politicians eager for attention vie to outdo each other (and in Mr. Trump's case, to outdo himself) in outrageousness, hoping to seize the news cycle for a day, or even a few hours. That all the shameful showboating seems to garner increased support says something about at least part of the contemporary electorate, and it's not pretty.
What's even more disturbing, though, is that even Jews are drawn into the jeering crowd around the boxing ring.
"The response from Jewish people," Mr. Huckabee said as the criticism of his "oven" remark swirled around him, "has been overwhelming positive." How overwhelmingly sad.
If he continues on that more thoughtful track, he may yet win back his dignity. And who knows? Maybe it will even prove contagious.
This entry was posted in Israel, News, Personalities, Politics, Uncategorized on August 7, 2015 by Rabbi Avi Shafran.
An article I wrote in 2011 about the time I snitched on fellow Orthodox Jews to a government agency can be read here.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on April 20, 2015 by Rabbi Avi Shafran.
Is Metzitza Bipeh In Fact Dangerous?
A tentative agreement was reached yesterday between NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and an association of mohelim and Orthodox representatives with regard to the practice of metzitza bipeh.
An article of mine that appeared in Haaretz yesterday on the ostensible tie between the rite and the cold sore virus (which can be dangerous to babies) can be read here.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on February 25, 2015 by Rabbi Avi Shafran.
"John Doe New Yorker"'s diatribe against Mayor de Blasio is an unfortunate example of how some "commentary" these days in Orthodox media mirrors the worst of the angry rhetoric and illogic that passes for political commentary outside our community.
Emboldened by anonymity, the writer mimics the overheated labor union leader who blamed the mayor for indirectly causing the recent murders of two police officers.
He then interprets the mayor's efforts to keep the recent New York protests of grand jury decisions peaceful (which they overwhelmingly were) as a "failure to stand up for" police, as if police are always in the right – and as if declaring that falsehood would have discouraged, rather than encouraged, violent reaction. What nonsense.
We visibly Jewish Jews are fortunate to live in a place and time when we do not feel threatened by the police. If, chalilah, there were some rash of suspicious police actions against young members of our community, would Jewish mothers and fathers not be concerned, and not advise their children to act with caution in the presence of police? If we wouldn't, we would be criminally negligent parents.
One can feel, and express, support for police officers (who deserve it), be critical of those who refuse to accept a grand jury's decision, and even point to excesses on the part of some minority activists, all without unfairly smearing innocent people. We don't have to buy into the crass "us versus them" narrative of partisan hacks.
Guilt for the murder of the officers rests only on the murderer and on those few miscreants who called for such violence. That doesn't make for compelling, righteously indignant op-eds. But it serves truth, which is what we as a community and Hamodia as its organ should be fostering.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on January 2, 2015 by Rabbi Avi Shafran.


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text:
#include <aws/codecommit/model/PullRequestStatusChangedEventMetadata.h>
#include <aws/core/utils/json/JsonSerializer.h>

#include <utility>

using namespace Aws::Utils::Json;
using namespace Aws::Utils;

namespace Aws
{
namespace CodeCommit
{
namespace Model
{

PullRequestStatusChangedEventMetadata::PullRequestStatusChangedEventMetadata() :
    m_pullRequestStatus(PullRequestStatusEnum::NOT_SET),
    m_pullRequestStatusHasBeenSet(false)
{
}

PullRequestStatusChangedEventMetadata::PullRequestStatusChangedEventMetadata(JsonView jsonValue) :
    m_pullRequestStatus(PullRequestStatusEnum::NOT_SET),
    m_pullRequestStatusHasBeenSet(false)
{
  *this = jsonValue;
}

PullRequestStatusChangedEventMetadata& PullRequestStatusChangedEventMetadata::operator =(JsonView jsonValue)
{
  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("pullRequestStatus"))
  {
    m_pullRequestStatus = PullRequestStatusEnumMapper::GetPullRequestStatusEnumForName(jsonValue.GetString("pullRequestStatus"));

    m_pullRequestStatusHasBeenSet = true;
  }

  return *this;
}

JsonValue PullRequestStatusChangedEventMetadata::Jsonize() const
{
  JsonValue payload;

  if(m_pullRequestStatusHasBeenSet)
  {
   payload.WithString("pullRequestStatus", PullRequestStatusEnumMapper::GetNameForPullRequestStatusEnum(m_pullRequestStatus));
  }

  return payload;
}

} // namespace Model
} // namespace CodeCommit
} // namespace Aws