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224 N Dibble Ave
Lansing, MI 48917 Sold

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Welcome home to 224 N Dibble Blvd in Lansing! This well maintained 4 bedroom, 2 bath ranch style home is move in ready and is situated on a large near half acre lot. Upon entering, take notice of the updated laminate floors throughout the hallway, living room, dining room, and kitchen! The kitchen features updated counter tops and a brand-new microwave and dishwasher. The main floor consists of 4 bedrooms and a full bath. Downstairs features a full basement consisting of an additional bedroom, 2nd full bath, finished family room, and walkout to the back patio! Additional features include: new water heater, new furnace, and re-roof work completed in 2018!

Key Features of 224 N Dibble Ave, Lansing, MI 48917

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Single Family Residence

Year Built

Air Conditioning
Central Air

Forced Air - Gas

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Price Per Sq Ft

Sold Date

Patio, Porch

Central Air, Range - Gas, Washer, Refrigerator, Oven - Gas, Microwave, Dryer, Disposal, Dishwasher

Basement: Daylight Windows, Walkout, Egress Windows, Full, Finished
Bathrooms: 2 Full
Counters: Laminate
Exterior: Vinyl Siding
Extras: 1st Floor Master, Smoke Alarm, High Speed Internet Avlbl: Cable, Burglar Alarm/Security, Ceiling Fan(s), Cable Installed
Garage: 2 Car, Door Opener, Concrete Floor, Attached
Roof: Shingle

Driveway: Concrete
Sewer: Public Sewer
Water: Public
Lot Size: 0.42 acres
Lot Dimensions: 66x275
Parcel #: 040-069-000-310-00
Zoning: Residential
Yearly Association Fee: 0.0
Tax Authority: Delta Charter Twp
Taxes: $3,106
State Equalized Value: $74,100
Street Type: Paved, Public
Subdivision: Parkview Acres
County: Eaton

Date List Price Status
11/27/19 $175,000 Pending
11/07/19 $175,000 For Sale
10/02/19 $175,000

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Risk Ranch

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Risk Ranch

Risk Ranch is the first and most exciting agriculture-based learning application for children of all ages. Fun and fast-paced, this single-player game engages kids with real-life content, challenging players to take on the role of a modern day farmer and bring a steer to market. The app is based on an interactive board game developed by CME Group and National 4-H to teach youth
the importance of agricultural economics and risk management.

On a plinko style board, players must avoid “risks” by physically tilting their mobile devices – navigating around red pegs that
represent real risks relevant to a farmer: food prices, harsh weather or increasing gas prices. As players progress through the game, they’ll have a chance to experience all four seasons while learning about risks that affect the overall profit of the steer. Children must make strategic decisions in order to win the blue ribbon at the end!

Risk Ranch is designed to help children look at agriculture as a business, whether they aspire to be a farmer in the future or just have an interest in where their food comes from. They may be surprised just how fun the economics of agriculture can be.

Risk Ranch features:

  • Entertainment from the get-go as players name and accessorize their steer with sunglasses, hats or different body colors
  • Experience all four seasons of raising an animal
  • Understand the real-life risks that a farmer faces daily
  • Earn a red or blue ribbon and view ‘your herd’ so see how your game stacked up against others
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Customer service: giving up is not an option

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Unblock Sky Go in Croatia

Are you are looking for a way to unblock Sky Go in Croatia? Great, you have landed in the right place. In this article, we are highlighting three best ways how to watch Sky Go in Croatia. Moreover, you will find out what is Sky TV and why it is not working in Croatia. Also, you will learn how to connect to the UK proxy server for Sky Go and get British IP, so you can access Sky TV outside the UK.

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What is British Sky Go?

Sky TV is one of the most popular mobile video service in the UK. It is offering some of the best live sports, news, box sets, catch up movies, shows and entertainment not only in the UK but also around the world. Therefore, many Croatian people are looking for a way to watch Sky Go in Croatia.

Why Sky Go is not working in Croatia?

Unblock Sky Go in Croatia

Sky Go just like many other British online streaming and TV broadcasting services is restricting its access in Croatia and across the globe due to copyright licensing issues. Programs that Sky Go is offering is not licensed outside of the UK. Therefore, British tourists and residents in Croatia can’t open Sky TV in Croatia.

Sky TV checks your IP address and sees that you aren’t in the UK therefore it blocks your access to Sky Go. However, if you are using either VPN, Smart DNS or Browser Extension, you can hide your Croatian IP by connecting to Croatia proxy server. It provides you with a new British IP and therefore gives an impression to Sky TV that you are in the UK. Thus, you can unblock Sky Go in Croatia and any other location.

How to get Sky Go in Croatia?

As previously mentioned, there are a few methods how you can unblock Sky TV outside the UK. Here are the best three options how you can stream Sky Go in Croatia:

  1. Smart DNS
  2. Virtual Private Network
  3. Browser Extension

All three tools allow you to hide your Croatia IP address and make it look like you are physically in the UK. We have tested many tools, but not all are working with Sky TV. Therefore continue reading to learn more about each of the tools that still allow you to watch Sky Go in Croatia.

Option 1: Smart DNS – Fast Sky Go content streaming

Smart DNS is our top recommendation for opening Sky TV in Croatia. It provides excellent speeds. Therefore smartdns allows you to stream Sky Go content with no problems anywhere in the world. If you are looking to unblock Sky Go and other streaming services from other countries, then smart DNS for Croatia is the right tool to have. However, it doesn’t encrypt your traffic therefore if you prefer that Croatian ISP and government don’t get hold of your online activities then we recommend finding out more about Option 2.

Option 2: Virtual Private Network – Provides online privacy

The most common method of hiding Croatian IP address. By connecting to British VPN proxy server, it changes your IP to Croatia and hides your actual location. Furthermore, using VPN in Croatia provides extra privacy when surfing the web. It sends your web browsing activity through a secure tunnel, encrypting your private data. Therefore, you can access Sky Go unblocked in Croatia entirely securely and anonymously.

Option 3: Browser Extension – Often blocked by Sky TV

If using smart DNS or VPN service for easy access to Sky Go outside the UK sounds like a hassle then you can try out various browser extensions. There are some free and a few subscription-based extensions for Sky TV. However, Sky Go is aware of many Croatian using it to route their traffic through British proxy server for Sky Go, so often these browser extensions are cracked down.

One of the best proxy browser extensions for watching Sky TV outside the UK is Proxymate. Proxymate service works with Chrome, Android, iOS and other operating systems to let you bypass Sky Go blocks in Croatia.

If you wish to try out some other web browser extension for Sky Go, then make sure to do your research since some of them can be malicious. Furthermore, they do not guarantee Sky TV access in Croatia.

Why don’t some tools work with Sky TV?

Sky Go knows that there are many tools available to unblock it in Croatia and other locations around the world. Therefore, Sky TV uses some special technology to detect fake British IP addresses and block it. Thus, many browser extensions, smart DNS, and even VPNs are blocked by Sky Go.

Fortunately, the most reliable and trusted service providers have found a way to keep their operations stable and allow Sky Go access from Croatia. The best tools for opening Sky Go works also in Costa Rica, Cuba and other places across the globe.

Is it safe to unblock Sky Go in Croatia?

The answer to the question whether it is safe to your access Sky TV unblocked outside the UK is yes and no. It is entirely safe if you use a VPN for Sky Go. However, if you choose to use SmartDNS or a browser extension, then you may need to attend to Croatian ISP or government in case they find your online activities suspicious.

There are many ways how you can bypass Sky TV geographic blocks. Yet, most of them aren’t that safe if you wish to watch Sky Go in Croatia. Therefore, we recommend either going with the option 1: Smart DNS for Sky Go or trying out to unblock Sky Go in Croatia with the option 2: VPN for safe and anonymous access of Sky TV outside the UK.

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Weapon Sheathing

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Category: Weapons
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OpenMW Compatibility: Fully Working

Makes unreadied weapons appear on the character's hip or back.

Extra Configs:

As of right now, a nightly build of OpenMW is required for this to work (Windows, macOS, Linux, Ubuntu Daily PPA). MWSE is not needed. Additionally, the following needs to be added to your [Game] section in the settings.cfg file:

shield sheathing = true
weapon sheathing = true
use additional anim sources = true
Requires BSA: No
Has Plugin: No
Active: Yes

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Linux: /home/username/games/OpenMWMods/Weapons/WeaponSheathing
macOS: /Users/username/games/OpenMWMods/Weapons/WeaponSheathing
Windows: C:\games\OpenMWMods\Weapons\WeaponSheathing
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Flight Plans is a new product from Cirrus Insight. It is an additional feature to your existing Cirrus Insight e-mail integration for Gmail.

Flight Plans allows you to formalize and automate portions of your business processes. It’s a fit for processes in Sales, delivery, customer service, and nearly any of your business processes involving customer contact where consistency is important for success.

It allows you to prompt your employees to perform certain actions. Flight Plans consist of three actions:

  • To-Dos
  • Phone Calls – Complete with a call script
  • Emails, which can be sent automatically

People can be added to an active Flight by using a List View or Report from Salesforce. Each person in the Flight will be assigned an outcome, either positive or negative.

Better Partners was provided access to a Beta version of Flight Plans. Our VP of Delivery & Operations, Brian Kwong, created a first-hand look video of how Flight Plans work. Our first video shows how easy it is to create a simple Flight Plan. We’ll be releasing additional videos showing how Flight Plans work once people are added to a Flight and how analytics work.

Watch the video below to see how easy it is to formalize a process with Flight Plans from Cirrus Insight:

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Just Keep Right on Going…

I came across this quote recently, and it keeps rambling around in my mind.  “Satan will tell us what’s true, but he never tells us the truth.”*  Lies, cloaked in truth…Satan’s calling card.

Recently I read a verse I’m sure I’ve seen hundreds of times, tucked inside a very familiar portion of Scripture, Hebrews 11, that famous chapter on faith.  But this time God took out His big yellow highlighter and drew my eyes to verse 27.

“It was by faith that Moses left the land of Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger.  He kept right on going because he kept his eyes on the one who is invisible.” (NLT)

That’s the kind of endurance, perseverance, and faith I want!  I want to keep right on going even in the midst of battles and burdens.

God longs for us to keep our eyes on Him, the invisible One, instead of focusing on the obvious, as Satan would have us do.  What’s the “obvious” in your life?  You know, those noisy things that yell out for attention, grabbing at you, pulling you down.  Those trials and situations that beg to consume you.  Those pesky distractions that buzz around you, jumbling your thoughts?  Satan would have us believe that this is as good as it gets, and it’s all downhill from here.  But he never, ever wants us to know “the rest of the story.”

God is above and beyond the obvious.  The invisible One operates in ways we often don’t see, working things out for His glory and our good.  When we’re bogged down and focused on the obvious, we only hear the “truth” that Satan spews at us, and we miss the Truth that Jesus is whispering to us.

One obvious in my life is that my husband, Steve, doesn’t have a job.  This is not something we ever expected, and Satan wants me to believe this is just awful!  After all, my meager income from my part-time job can’t begin to sustain us :).  But Abba, my Father, cups my chin in His hand and gently tilts it up.  Bev, look at Me.  Don’t let Satan confuse you with his version of the truth.  I AM Jehovah Jireh, your provider.  Don’t look around at the obvious, but keep your eyes on Me, the invisible One.  Just take one day at a time, one step at a time. Just keep on going.  I provided for Moses and I’ll provide for you.

There are a lot of obvious situations in my life that cause stress, angst, confusion, and frustration.  I don’t always handle them so well and far too often I react in ways that are, shall we say, less than godly?  Satan gleefully points out what’s true — I blew it, but he neglects to tell me the truth.  God tells me that I’m His child.  And when I confess my sins, He joyfully forgives me and cleanses my heart.  Then he promises to never hold that sin against me.  He does not keep a record of sins, but faithfully forgives me (see Ps. 130:3,4).

What’s your obvious? Satan will try to hammer you over the head with what is true, but he’ll never tell you the truth. The truth is that we can trust God completely.  The truth is that God loves us more than we can even imagine.  The truth is that what Satan means for harm and destruction, God intends for good…always, every time.

“Let us run with endurance the race God has set before us.  We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith.”  Heb.12:1b,2 (NLT)

That’s what faith is all about.
*This quote is by Michael Wells, Abiding Life Ministries. Quoted by Kelly Minter in her Bible study, “No Other Gods”, p. 62.

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This fountain, originally from England, is decorated in true 19th Century style.

The base of its main bowl is supported by four scrolls which are decorated with garlands of roses. The central column features lions’ heads and small sea creatures. A variety of figures can be chosen to stand atop the fountain.

From – 4320 mm

Bowl Diameter
Small – 600 mm
Intermediate – 1360mm (4 clam shells are featured)
Main – 2450 mm
Depth – 370 mm (8 florets sit upon the rim of the bowl)

1750kg approx.

Serpent by variation

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The SAC blockade

Blockading Berns in Stockholm

I admit it: I don’t spend much time on the picket line. I’m mostly one of those “rooting for 100% unemployment” types, politically. But I recognize that while I may be looking for the abolition of alienated labor, there are people who got families to feed. And they shouldn’t be treated like crap. And what’s more, we should help them represent themselves as a unified work force. Syndicalists do this fairly well.

The SAC is a syndicalist union in Sweden that’s been around for 100 years, which is awesome. And they’re remarkable in a lot of ways that really deserve more words than I’m going to give them now (but they represent a lot of immigrants, fight for precarious labor, and aren’t just a bunch of bureaucrats. And they call their pickets blockades, cause they blockade!).

I was in town for part of their 100th anniversary get-together and it really, really warmed my heart. I got to meet syndicalists from Spain, Siberia, Italy, and the UK (and Sweden). And I went out to the picket line one night to photograph and participate. The picketers were made up of the SAC and then a student group that was some sort of… i dunno, liberals or marxists or something, but they were cool too. Everyone wore almost the same reflective jackets as the police.

The place they were blockading, Berns, is a super-fancy hotel and club that treats their workers like absolute dirt, makes them work ungodly long shifts, fires them for organizing, etc. etc.

The police were trying to claim that the picketers are mafia, in essence. It’s disgusting.

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Why do anti Semites hate Jews

One nettlesome question we’ve all asked ourselves, at one point or another, is “why does anti-Semitism exist?” Why do so many people — more than 1.5 billion, if statistics are to be believed — abhor Jews to the point of obsessive, murderous bloodlust? And why us, anyway? All we are is an indigenous Middle Eastern minority, numbering no greater than 15 million, whose contributions to humanity have been overwhelmingly positive. What could we have possibly done to incur such an inexplicable, cosmopolitan wrath?

To answer these questions, one must analyze anti-Semitism at its root and follow its development throughout history. That alone requires a considerable amount of energy and time. This will be a long one, so you might want to sit down.

Like most racial/ethnic prejudices, antisemitism is colonial in origin. However, this strand of colonialism is far older than others, dating at least as far back as the Hellenic-Greek occupation of Israel. Although the (indigenous, pre-Arab) Egyptians, Babylonians, and Assyrians all came before them, none of these groups have any cultural currency anymore. They all either went extinct millennia ago, or have been reduced to minorities themselves.

We are an ancient Levantine people, and one of the oldest ethnic groups in the world. But despite a long exile and persecution on an unfathomable scale, we’ve survived into the present.

The Greeks demarcated everything to the East of them as “Asia” and everything to the West of them as “Europe”. Asia was associated, in the Greek mind, with Persia — whom the Greeks had been at war with and whom they considered “barbarians”.

Not only is Israel a part of Asia, it was (at the time of Alexander’s conquests) a loyal province of the Persian Empire. The Greeks quickly formed an image of the Jews as an insular, “backward” desert people who worshiped animals, “mutilated” children (this was anathema to the Greeks and Romans, both of whom saw the human form as divine), and were aligned with the Persian “barbarians”.

As Alexander continued his push into Asia, he conquered the Persian province of Yehud Medinata (Kingdom of Judah). The Greeks quickly enacted a policy of “Hellenization” in all of their newly conquered territories, including ours. Unlike the Persians (who generally did not care what we did, so long as we paid tribute), the Greeks ruthlessly suppressed our culture.

Some of us assimilated, but others – most notably the Maccabees (or Maqabim) – ferociously and successfully resisted the Greeks. The story of the Maccabees is celebrated every year on Hanukkah, and has become one of our most important holidays. Although the Greek tyrants had been expunged from Israel, the xenophobia and supremacism that drove them never subsided. If anything, the humiliation they felt – being rejected and defeated by a bunch of “savages” – only caused it to boil and deepen further.

The menorah is most widely associated with the Maqabi (Maccabee) revolt, and with the holiday of Hanukkah – one of the oldest indigenous resistance holidays in the world.

These events occurred more than 2,000 years ago, but the underlying perception of Jews as a “backward” people in need of a “firm guiding hand” has endured to this day. That is because prejudices, even older ones, do not simply “disappear”. They are woven into the culture itself and transmitted via jokes, literature, folklore, music, art, entertainment, etc. And when a particular culture is influential or wide-reaching (and Greek culture is certainly influential, given that it is the bedrock of Western civilization), the prejudices inherent in these cultures spread – catching on in far flung places that may or may not even HAVE a Jewish population or know what a Jew is. That is why antisemitism is so rife in countries like Malaysia, even though their Jewish population is close to non-existent and their interactions with Jews throughout history were minimal at best.

The Romans, who were themselves profoundly influenced by Greek culture, conquered Israel several centuries after the Greeks had left. Their anti-Jewish views were inherited directly from the Greeks, and their policies toward us were no different – in many ways, they were even worse. This led to a number of rebellions, but all of them were quashed by the Romans. To make matters worse, the Romans retaliated by A ) destroying the Second Temple (and building a shrine to Jupiter directly on top of it), B ) carrying off loads of Jews to Europe as slaves and banning us from Jerusalem and C ) renaming Judah/Judea to “Syria-Palaestina” (“Syria-Palestine”). C was intended both as a humiliation – since the Assyrians and Philistines were both enemies of our people – and as a means of erasing our history in the land altogether.

Fresco of the Arch of Titus, a commemoration of Rome’s victory over the Jewish rebels. It depicts Roman soldiers carrying Jewish Temple artifacts, and Jewish slaves, off with them to Europe.

Centuries later, Roman emperor Constantine converted to Christianity and made it the official religion of the Roman Empire. Christianity is itself an offshoot of Judaism, and its founding fathers – including Jesus himself – were all Judeans (read: Jews). Although Christianity was envisioned as the “successor” to Judaism, all of its founding fathers were – in the strictest sense – Zionists (as they were fervent opponents of the Roman occupation), and none of them wished to see their fellow Jews degraded and destroyed. This all changed when the Romans – who DID wish to see the Jews degraded and destroyed – got their hands on it. Christian theology was then reshaped and merged with traditional Greek-Roman antisemitism: the end result was Roman Catholicism.

From this point forward, the traditional Greco-Roman desire to assimilate the “savage” Jews into their “superior” way of life became a fervent religious zeal to… assimilate the “savage” Jews into their “superior” way of life. In other words, absolutely nothing had changed. Roman Catholicism was little more than traditional Greek-Roman imperialism dressed up as “theology”. The words may have changed somewhat, but the melody remained the same.

In keeping with their original desire to assimilate us and eradicate our “barbaric” culture, the Romans took Christian supersessionism (i.e. the Christian view that Judaism is to be “replaced” by Christianity) and made it their own. They quickly appointed themselves the “new” Israel, who had “rightfully” replaced the “old” Israel (i.e. the Jews). In their view, the “new” Israel are God’s chosen people, and the “old” Israel are nothing more than degraded, despised, obsolete relics who had “fallen out of God’s favor” and were to be either forcibly converted or eradicated altogether.

Roman Emperor Constantine

As the Romans spread this new form of Christianity, the seeds of Jew-hatred were planted all throughout Europe, as well as large portions of the Middle East.

But how were they to deal with the Jews who didn’t convert? After all, if Roman Christianity is so perfect, why couldn’t the Jews see that? Because, as they surmised, the Jews are really the “devil’s children” put on Earth by Satan himself to lead good Christians astray. Why else would they be so obstinate in the face of “the true, perfect word of Jesus”?

And speaking of Jesus, isn’t he a “savage” Jew himself? How could the Romans reconcile their belief in Jesus – the alleged “son of God” himself – with the fact that he was a Jew and that it was Pontius Pilate, a Roman prefect, who crucified him in the first place, and on sedition charges no less? “These pagans will never convert to Christianity if I tell them we’re the ones who killed Jesus”, says Emperor Constantine. “And if they ever do convert, they’ll have my head!”

The solution was an easy one – deny his Jewish heritage and blame his death on the Jews. Problem solved!

And from that point forward, we were no longer just “barbarians” and “degraded, obsolete relics”. We were now also guilty of deicide! Although the Pope eliminated this teaching in 1965, it is still commonly believed throughout the Christian world – albeit paradoxically so, since antisemites now deny that today’s Jews and the ancient Judeans are the same people at all, or that we were ever in Israel to begin with.

At any rate, imagine you are a medieval European Christian. You had been taught that these “strange” dark-skinned* foreigners had not only rejected the word of God (who is, conveniently, now portrayed as white European), they also KILLED his messenger – his son! This is something you had been taught your entire life, and you couldn’t have possibly known any better (since most Dark Age Europeans were illiterate and could not read Hebrew). How would you feel about the Jews? Most likely, you would hate them, distrust them, and consider them “evil”.

* One must also remember that Christian Europe had a Manichean outlook, with “light” representing “holiness” and “dark” representing “evil”. Now, given the fact that Jews are typically darker than native Europeans, it’s not a far leap from “Jews are dark-skinned” to “Jews are dark-skinned because they are evil”.

Europeans and Westerners in general portrayed Jesus as a Nordic-looking man in order to distance him from his Jewish roots

A modern day Ashkenazi Hasidic Jew. This is probably a lot closer to what Jesus actually looked like.

Now let’s turn our attention to the Arab/Islamic world. How did the Jews fare in those lands?

Muhammad was greatly inspired by Judaism. He wanted to be a prophet. He enjoyed positive relations with the Jewish community, and he learned a lot from them. Sounds like he has good intentions, right?

Yes, but not exactly. There was just one tiny stipulation: the Jews all had to abandon Judaism and convert to Islam, as Muhammad believed that HIS new religion was “the rightful successor” to Judaism (does this remind you of anything?). The Jews, although flattered, opted to stick with Judaism. Muhammad was outraged, and his angry reaction was recorded in the Quran. He annihilated the Jewish community of Khaybar and, much like Christianity, Islam took on a decidedly antisemitic slant.

The Arab/Islamic conquests began not long after that, eventually reaching Israel itself (which was then under Roman-Byzantine occupation). They successfully pushed the Romans out – and we sure as hell weren’t sad to see them go – but followed that act of “charity” up by expelling Jews from Jerusalem (again), building a giant mosque over the ruins of our Temple, and imposing a set of apartheid-like laws called “dhimmitude”. The deal was that they would let us live and practice our religion (how “noble” of them), but only insofar as we obeyed the rules, knew our place, and acknowledged our second-class status. This status quo would continue for centuries to come, at least until “the Zionists” returned and “mucked everything up”.

Fast forward to the Enlightenment. Most Jews are still exiled from Israel, stranded in European and Arab lands. However, Christianity is rapidly falling out of favor in Europe. What’s more, a new set of ideals have begun to emerge: liberty, equality, brotherhood, reason, and progress. Sounds good, right?

Yes. But that made very little difference for Jews. Antisemitism was already baked into European culture by that point, and most pioneers of Enlightenment thought were themselves antisemites (and raised/educated by Christians, no less). Ergo, their vision for a unified, enlightened world typically did not include Jews and, if anything, adapted pre-existing anti-Jewish prejudices and gave them yet another fresh coat of paint – casting us as the backward, unenlightened (read: “barbaric”), static, greedy, capitalistic (we were associated with banking because we were forced into money-lending occupations) Asiatics impeding human progress. Abandoning Christianity and all of its trappings did not cure Europe of Jew-hatred. Ironically, they even blamed us for imposing religion on Europe in the first place (since Christianity is Jewish in origin).

A visible thread of Jewish “obsolescence”, “inferiority”, “backwardness”, “chicanery”, “malice”, and “evil”, inherited from their Christian and pagan forebears, could be seen very clearly in these founding principles of left-wing ideology – and they continue to shape both left-wing and right-wing politics to this day.

Antisemitism had become such a powerful cultural force that even Karl Marx, who was Jewish himself, was not immune to it.

Karl Marx, a pioneer of modern left-wing antisemitism. Although he was of Jewish origin himself, he had no particular love for Jews or Jewish culture, and denounced both in his writings.

As Jews in Europe were gradually emancipated from the ghettos, and because of their strong cultural emphasis on learning, they were able to rise to high positions in banking, law, science, and a litany of other fields. So prominent they became, disproportionate to their pitifully small numbers and against the backdrop of a pervasive Orientalist belief in the intellectual “inferiority” of Asiatics (like the Jews), that many Europeans started to wonder “how on Earth is this possible?”. If nothing else, our success exposed some very deep flaws in their assumption of innate European “superiority” to the East, and this naturally came to be seen as humiliating.

And how do racists typically react when their “bete noire” starts to outpace them? “It’s all a big conspiracy, I tell you! They must be cheating! They must be! Those Jews are not to be trusted!”. This explanation was a relatively easy sell to Europeans, most of whom already distrusted Jews and saw them as “evil”. From there, a rich literature of anti-Jewish conspiracy theories was born and allowed to flourish. The Czarist Russian forgery “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion” – penned in a failed bid to derail the Russian revolution – remains a top seller to this day.

Nationalism and race science emerged in this same period, if not shortly thereafter. This development, like most everything else that preceded it, fell harder on the Jews than almost anyone else (save perhaps for Romani). Both Jews and Romani were visibly different from the local populations. They were darker, more “exotic”, and quite obviously of non-European origin (not that this was news to anybody).

I can see many readers reacting negatively to what I just said, but let’s be real here. Do you honestly think a European racist, especially in the late 19th century, is going to look at someone like Josef Gerstmann, Fritz Perls, or Maurycy Gottlieb and say “yup, that’s my fellow white Aryan brother, right there”? Of course not. And to argue otherwise is, frankly, delusional. Whether we like it or not, we are a Middle Eastern people – a fact that was starkly written in the blood of 6 million dead Jewish souls less than a century ago.

Josef Gerstmann, an Ashkenazi Jewish neurologist.

Because even those who clearly didn’t like it and tried their damnedest to suppress it (e.g. assimilationists, early Reform Jews) were either barred by anti-Asian discrimination laws abroad – particularly in the United States – or murdered in the gas chambers, if not both. Nearly 1/3 of our entire population perished because of our non-white, Middle Eastern ethnic background. And that alone makes the next development in antisemitic thought especially revolting.

Nazi race propaganda from Der Sturmer, depicting an “ugly Jewish spider” preying on a “pure” white German maiden. This type of propaganda was very common back then.

More Nazi propaganda juxtaposing a German boy (on the left) with a Jewish one (on the right), disparaging the latter as “inferior”.

Beginning in the latter half of the 20th century and continuing today, Jews (especially those whose ancestors wound up in Central/Eastern Europe, i.e. Ashkenazim) came to be reviled as privileged “white people”, “Europeans”, and “colonizers”/”foreign settlers” in the Middle East (i.e. the land of our origin) by the global left and the Islamic/Arab nationalist right alike. But why?

The main reason can be found in the Israel/Palestine conflict. For those who may not be aware, the Israel/Palestine conflict is an ongoing land dispute between Israel – finally liberated (albeit only partially) after more than 2 millennia of colonial rule – and the Arab world, who had occupied the land since their conquest of it in the 7th century and, as a result of that, their relationship with the Jews was very similar, if not parallel, to that of the Greeks/Romans before them. Ergo, the Arabs were unable to accept Jewish sovereignty over any portion of historic Israel, no matter how small.

But despite their violent opposition to Zionism (even going as far as to assist Hitler in rounding up Jews), the Jews had not only managed to liberate a large chunk of their homeland from the Arabs, but *single-handedly defeated them on the battlefield* in the process. The profound sense of humiliation and shock this created deepened their already intense hatred for Jews and, to this day, most of the Arab and Islamic world (save for Egypt, Jordan, and Turkey) refuses to recognize Israel as a state.

Although they would try several more times to invade and crush the Jewish state, each attempt ended in failure. This led to the bitter realization that, for all of the Arab world’s numerical might, they could not defeat tiny Israel. Not by military force, at least. So from that point forward, they would opt for a strategy of global delegitimization in tandem with the world’s burgeoning “human rights” consciousness.

But at the same time, they knew that an appeal to “human rights” would only take them so far. The facts couldn’t have been more clear: the Land of Israel is Jewish (and Samaritan too), the Arabs arrived through colonial conquest, and the Jews had won their lands back legally, fair and square.

Enter the “Jews are white Europeans” argument. The logic of this claim should be pretty obvious: if modern Jews (especially Ashkenazim, who were the majority of modern Israel’s “founders”) are “racially European” and have no genuine roots in Israel, then it follows that they have no moral or historical claim to it. And from there, it is hoped, that the world will deem Israel’s re-establishment a “colonial injustice” and boycott the Jewish state until Palestinian Arabs (who are presented as the land’s “true natives”) are given every square inch of it back, thereby restoring through stealth the pre-Zionist status quo of Arab/Islamic hegemony and “superiority” over the Jews.

This myth would shape the development of antisemitism for the next 50 years or so, leading to an antisemitic Renaissance that is still going strong. Once more, a rich antisemitic literature developed, and antisemitism has – as of 2019 – hit its highest global saturation point since the end of WWII.

This new narrative provided a cornucopia of mouth-watering benefits for antisemites. For instance…

* If Jews are “white”, then anti-racists don’t have to listen to or care about us at all. This leaves us wide open for attack and with no recourse to the progressive solidarity we would otherwise enjoy.

* If Jews are NOT “white”, then the idea that we are controlling the US government, media, Hollywood, etc or have any real power at all becomes a self-evident absurdity. Labeling us “white” is the only way to keep these myths alive in the 21st century.

* If Jews are “white” and thus “European” and “alien” to Israel, then Jesus was not a Jew after all. And if Palestinians are the “real” descendants of Jesus, and Israel (i.e. the Jews) is “persecuting” Palestinians, then the Jews are persecuting Jesus’ kin. The fact that this means we couldn’t have possibly killed Jesus (since if today’s Jews were never in Israel, how could they have possibly killed him?) is never acknowledged, though.

* Robbing us of our national claims would, eventually, rob us of our land (again) and, more importantly, our nation-state. And if we are robbed of our nation-state and sent into exile again, gentiles will be free to murder and torment us once more. “And all lived happily ever after….except the Jews, because no one likes them anyway”.

* Robbing us of both our nation-state AND our distinct ethnic identity would rob Jewish culture of its raison d’etre, thereby making it impossible for us to sustain ourselves for more than a few generations. “And once all of the Jews have been forcibly assimilated out of their ethnic identity….POOF! No more Jews! At last, we’re finally rid of them!”

After many centuries of being told we are an “inferior” Asiatic people – foreign to Europe – and slaughtered/denaturalized (the latter happened even in the otherwise “tolerant” Americas) for this very reason, “left-wing” antisemites of today insist we are “Europeans” alien to Israel, the cradle of our entire ethnic group and civilization! If this fact doesn’t convince you that antisemitism is completely insane, nothing will.

Oppressed Palestinian ‘woman of color’ Linda “I was a white girl before I put on the hijab” Sarsour

“White” Ashkenazi Jewish actor Oded Fehr. According to anti-Israel activists like the above-mentioned Linda Sarsour, the latter (i.e. Sarsour) is a Middle Eastern “woman of color” and the former is a “white German/Dutchman of the Jewish faith” who obviously – OBVIOUSLY – has no legitimate roots in the Middle East. He’s a “white European” “settler”.

To wit, there is a direct line from ancient Greece to medieval Christendom and colonial/Enlightenment Europe, all the way up to today’s white nationalism and “social justice” anti-Zionism. The European strand of antisemitism was not diluted or made irrelevant over time (as it was in the Assyrian culture), but instead snowballed and gained in intensity with each failure to bring the Jews “into line” and “teach them proper respect” for their “betters”. Additionally, the parallel Islamic strand of antisemitism has long-since merged with the European one, culminating in an antisemitic culture that is twice as potent and deadly as anything that came before. This is why Hitler was able to rally half of the known world to his side against the Jews, and why Jews will likely never entrust their safety to the non-Jewish world ever again.

Antisemitism has snowballed over time from a relatively simple colonial prejudice to a colossal, wide-reaching colonial prejudice with a rich literature of theological, demonological, pseudo-scientific, and (now) even “progressive”/”human rights”-oriented fruit. Antisemitism cut a bloody swath through large portions of the world over a span of at least 2000+ years, and it can appear inexplicable at times. But there is a (relatively) simple explanation…

Our continued survival, especially in the face of their proclamations that they have replaced us and that “God” is on their side, completely shatters their own view of themselves. They start to think “maybe we’re not so great after all, maybe our opinion of ourselves is way too high, maybe we’re not special”. It is, of course, human nature to reject this kind of introspection. We are a boastful, arrogant, ambitious species – we dream of ascending to the top of the pack. We *yearn* to think we are better than everybody else.

So what do you make of a people who, despite everything that has been done to them, have still persisted and – ultimately – succeeded? Some might react with amazement. Others would react with “WHY ARE YOU STILL HERE?! YOU SHOULD BE DEAD! WE’VE CLEARLY DEMONSTRATED OUR SUPERIORITY AND STILL YOU REJECT US! YOU DESERVE NO HONOR, NO DIGNITY, NO HAPPINESS – ONLY DEATH!”

Most wouldn’t put it in those precise terms, but that is the underlying sentiment.

Our species is tribalistic by nature, owing in large part to our primate DNA. As a general rule, human instinct is to hate and fear what is too different from ourselves. This behavioral pattern is hard-coded into our biology because, at one point, it was necessary for our survival. Moving in bands and identifying who is and is not “one of the tribe” helped protect us from all manner of predators. And Jews, for better or worse, have always been seen as “different”.

Half-Irish/half-Jewish American activist, musician, and writer.


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TIFF 2017: Smashing BORG/MCENROE Delivers

A perfectly cast match ups the tennis film game.

Tennis is a game that’s defined by sending a ball to the opposite side. Back-and-forth is its stock in trade, with move/countermove providing the kinetic excitement of the game. Even spectators look disapproving as they nod from one player to the next, following the action as it’s served in continuing flourishes of return after return.

This two sides of the same court duality played out in more talismanic fashion with the rivalry between two of its most accomplished players. Back in the late 1970s and early '80, Björn Borg was a young phenom, a player seemingly robotic in his comportment who let it all out in his matches. With flowing hair and a fine Scandanavian look he was already legendary in his early twenties, fighting for an unheard of fifth consecutive title at the famed Wimbledon club.

John McEnroe was a brash, up and coming American who generated far more buzz for his outbursts than for his tennis. His was the new generation of player, bringing an anger and passion that was celebrated and derided in equal measure.

Thus the dynamic was set – the cool European, the obnoxious upstart American, in what was to prove to be an immensely memorable championship tournament. And if Borg/McEnroe followed this simple narrative, that’s all we’d get, a kind of Rocky story with rackets instead of boxing gloves.

Instead, we are treated to a film that does more to undermine our expectations about these famous athletes than it does to promote our prejudices. McEnroe is shown to be a misunderstood loner, his outbursts masking general insecurities. He’s also portrayed with a bristling intelligence, something that his more boorish actions seemed to belie.

Borg, meanwhile, is shown to himself have a chip on his shoulder, a young player who also would explode on the court but had been coached to take all the rage and insecurity and put it into his powerful swings. For a film that sets out to pit opposites, its greatest achievement is to show how these two competitors are related not only in sharing the center court, but sharing many of the same characteristics that were often masked by their public personas.

While both players are given equal rank in the title, really this is more Borg’s film than McEnroe’s, and thankfully the casting of Sverrir Gudnason is up to the task of presenting the isolated, somewhat cold character in a compelling light. Flashbacks to young Borg are played by Björn’s son Leo, and this provides a bit of a coup, adding even more verisimilitude to the flashbacks where the explosive player is brought under control by an understanding coach (Stellan Skarsgård).

Yet the real trump card is given Shia Labeouf a chance at this role. As a misunderstood talent often celebrated more for his outbursts than his on court play, there’s much to draw from Shia’s own relationship with fame. Yet it's undeniable that he has tremendous screen presence, and his role here is easily one of his best, convincingly providing the right physical presence and emotional volatility called for in this film.

While much of Janus Metz’s work was done with the impeccable casting, there’s still plenty of room for cinematic showmanship. The matches themselves play out in grand fashion, with overlayed graphics and helpful commentary assisting the uninitiated. Explosive sound design makes the tournament even more epic, and with deft editing from Per K. Kirkegaard and Per Sandholt, as well as sympathetic photography by Niels Thastum, we’re treated to an intimate look at the sport rarely seen on screen.

Metz’s film makes the matches as exhilarating as any car chase and as impactful as a prize fight, owing more to Raging Bull than the traditional, staid ways that tennis is captured on television. With unique camera positions and well-paced execution the film brings the viewer into not only the excitement of the match but the psychological state of its players.

For some the outcome will be well known, for others a surprise, but regardless the magic of the work lies in sustaining suspense even when the outcome is known. This is thanks to these fully committed performances that draw one into their worlds, each pitting their prowess and personalities against one another and leaving it all out on the court.

Borg/McEnroe is more than just a terrific tennis film, it’s a rich and detailed examination of elite competition itself. A wonderful mix between spectacle and Scandanavian drama, this film is as rich, complex and rewarding as the remarkable subjects that give the work its name.


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Bunnings finally takes a stand

I wrote back in May about Bunnings, their fantastic timber policies, and how it was time for Bunnings to live up to those policies when it comes to their support for public native forestry in Australia:

Well it seems the time has come:

Federal and State Governments refuse to resolve the disaster that is public native forestry in Australia so its time (finally) for the market to take responsibility.

Hooray for that!!

Hardware chain Bunnings has put VicForests on notice that it must reduce its impact on Victoria’s native forests or risk losing its custom, after the state-owned forestry company failed in its [third] bid to achieve green [FSC] certification.

Bunnings needs to also issue this warning to Tasmania’s State-owned forest agency Sustainable Timbers Tasmania.

Bunnings is Australia’s largest hardware chain with annual turnover of $11 billion and over 31,000 employees. It is Australia’s largest timber retailer.

Bunnings could be about to change the face of the forest industry in Australia and bring the industry into the 21st century.

So what else could Bunnings do to support a real forest industry in Australia?

The future of the forest industry in Australia is with profitable private tree growers.

Bunnings needs to start talking with farmer groups. There is a long road ahead and many years of neglect to make up, but forestry is about the long term.

Since Bunnings is also in New Zealand they should form a partnership with the New Zealand Farm Forestry Association (NZFFA), and support Kiwi tree growers.

Hooray for Bunnings!!!

Upon further reflection one has to wonder exactly what is Bunnings hoping to achieve from its warning to Vicforests?

Vicforests has now failed to achieve FSC Certification three times!!

What possible assurances or changes in behaviour can Vicforests provide that will satisfy Bunnings but failed the Forest Stewardship Council test?

Surely a “three strikes” result from the FSC should be enough for Bunnings to stop supporting Vicforests.

Public native forestry in Australia is fundamentally compromised. It cannot achieve suitable environmental, community, political and commercial outcomes all at the same time. That is mission impossible!!

Bunnings and the rest of the timber market need to wake up to this fact.

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Monday, October 1, 2012

Debugging Firefox

Last week we had a Firefox Developer Tools team get-together at the Mozilla London office. These meetups are an extremely valuable tool for the project to tackle hard problems, because when you put all of the experts on a particular hard problem in the same room, hard problems tend to run away screaming.

We managed to attack a lot of hard problems this week: a profiler, source maps, the developer toolbox, web console remoting and chrome debugging, were just a few of them. And not only that, but we also landed a few exciting new features as well, with fullscreen scratchpad and markup panel preview being my personal favorites. I'm sure others will cover the rest in appropriate detail, but I'd like to say a few things about chrome debugging.

Last March, during the previous team meetup we had managed to get a chrome debugging proof-of-concept working. We were thrilled by it, even though it was a big hack, because the implications were enormous. Something that not many people know is that the Firefox frontend is built in JavaScript, CSS and XUL, which is an HTML derivative with additional capabilities. That is, we use the exact same technologies that power your favorite web applications, to build the browser that displays said web apps to the user. This similarity has always been front and center to our thinking when considering tools for web developers: how can we use these tools to make hacking on Firefox easier?

Without easy to use tools, fixing bugs is time-consuming and adding features demands a very disciplined approach to programming. It hampers our ability to move the project faster and innovate rapidly. Furthermore, having a non-profit foundation to back the development of an open-source browser means that you don't have the option to simply throw more money at the problem, hiring more engineers than everybody else to increase the pace of innovation in the product. This is a browser created by thousands of contributors to take care of their own interests. We have to make their work easier, by giving them the tools they need to work faster.

When we did the chrome debugging prototype last March, the Firefox Debugger had been in trunk for a short while, disabled by default. No visual styling had been done on it and only the most basic of functionality was there. Six months later we have shipped the first version and we keep iterating on it.

The proof-of-concept couldn't debug chrome window globals, only modules, and was hijacking the remote debugging protocol in a hackish way that was guaranteed never to make it into a Firefox release. This time we have both kinds of globals supported and a sound protocol design that was agreed upon a few months ago.

This new tool, which we dubbed "Browser Debugger", will be useful to add-on developers, too. In my demo last week I used it to debug Firebug. We have patches under review or close enough that implement a first draft of the experience we aim to present users with. I want to land that as soon as we can, enable the feature by default (but conditioned on the pref like other tools) and keep iterating.

It was without a doubt a very rewarding week. Some might expect us to also treat these rare events as opportunities to hang out, get drunk and take embarrassing pictures of each other. I am not going to either confirm or deny such allegations. At least not until I'm presented with hard, photographic evidence. Preferably on Flickr.

javapapo said...

IMHO this JScript, CSS Firefox front-end is one of the weakest points of firefox - it should get back to native widget implementation.(IMHO again)

past said...

Firefox has always used native widgets, but was never written solely in C++ or Objective-C. What is it about web technologies that you don't like? Is it that you find C++/Objective-C a more familiar development environment?

Anonymous said...

Interesting post.

I still remember the times when you could use Chromebug for debugging and inspecting - and it was great...

How is this debugger linked to the Content JS debugger? do they share the same code?

What about other tools, like the inspector? I would actually love to see all these tools in a separate window (well, just like Chromebug) - like a full-featured developer box.

Is this Firefox only? Or is it possible for all XULRunner based products? (which in my opinion should be the goal)

What is the problem with debugging chrome window globals? after all a chrome window is just a content window with more privileges - at least so it seems from the outside.

Thanks for the answers and I am truly looking forward to the results. It will make developing FF much easier!!

past said...

Chrome debugger and content debugger are basically the same thing, just different code paths depending on what the user is trying to accomplish. The debugger server can be reused in all mozilla projects and I've heard of a few people looking into getting it to work for Thunderbird.

Long-term (or possibly mid-term) we will provide the ability to move all of the tools in a separate window or a separate tab. Watch out for blog posts from others in the team about our progress in that front.

There is no problem with debugging chrome window globals, it's just that we didn't have enough time in our hackathon last March to get it working. This is now fixed in our current set of patches.

Anonymous said...

I don't have much knowledge of the internals, so here are some (hopefully not too annoying) questions for you:

How many components does the debugger consist of, beside the debugger server?

Ideally all code (including GUI) should be shared between FF, Thunderbird and possibly any other XULRunner application. Which part of the debugger is currently FF-only code, which parts are in "toolkit"?

How is the debugger loaded into Firefox? Are its elements in browser.xul or are the DOM elements dynamically created via a js-module? In the latter case the whole process could be stream-lined so that the debugger could be easily attached to any xul-window (even outside of FF).

Sorry for all the questions, but it is a really interesting topic, especially to me as a XULRunner user :)

past said...

If you want to learn more about the debugger, I suggest you start here and follow the links:

The frontend, which resides in browser/devtools/debugger/, has some Firefox-specific bits, but nothing that couldn't be adapted to a different embedding, if one was determined to do so. In general though, unless you are in the developer tools market, I think that using Firefox to debug any other gecko-based application would make the most sense.

Anonymous said...

Thanks a lot, that is really valuable information. I will look into it.

Another question, that is somehow related. Are there plans to support chrome window inspecting from the inspector?

past said...

We are certainly planning to make all of our tools work against browser chrome. As a matter of fact, the page inspector can already inspect XUL files in chrome: URLs and display their style properties.

Unknown said...

If I understand correctly it uses remote debugging protocol to connect to Firefox. What if I wanted to debug an extension on mobile? How do I change the host? It does not honor remote debugger settings.

past said...

Debugging mobile add-ons is not currently supported. You may want to CC yourself in this bug to monitor the progress on that front:

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Coffee is Nirvana… and well they both have Seattle to claim since it is a world center for coffee roasting and grunge music.

Kurt Cobain enjoying a cappucino

While living in Seattle in the 90’s I acquired an affinity for both and mostly enjoyed them at surface value.  It hasn’t been until recently that I have slowed down to enjoy the finer points of both which has also lead me to become a coffee pedaller.

On the song In Bloom, Kurt Cobain wrote a very sing-a-long chorus so that people would find themselves singing about not understanding the song: “He’s the one who likes all the pretty songs, and he likes to sing along, but he knows not what it means.”  Our goal is for you to like our pretty coffee and also know the how and why to proper brewing.

Like Nirvana’s music, there was a lot I thought I knew about coffee but really had no idea how little I really knew before launching Bell Lap Coffee.  I follow a lot of other blogs and recently a popular one published “8 words every coffee lover should know”  and they left out one of the most important words as it relates to specialty coffee; BLOOM.  A coffee bloom is the fast release of gas that occurs when hot water hits the grounds.

So why does the coffee bloom matter? The bloom matters because a majority of the coffee bean’s flavor compounds are trapped in CO2 gasses.  When coffee beans are roasted, CO2 gas gets trapped inside and since Bell Lap Coffee roasts to order our beans will have more CO2 than beans that have been sitting around a while. Keep in mind that the type of roast is a key factor, as well as freshness.  Our Flamme Rouge French Roast will have bigger blooms than The Rivet Light Roast.

We recommend using a 2:1 coffee to water ratio (ex: 30g coffee = 60g water) and about 30-60 seconds of letting it rest to get a good bloom.  During the 30-60 second pause, the  CO2 gas escapes and you might see the grounds rise and expand. That’s the bloom.

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Diwali For Your Home

6 Best ways to clean the diya

Find out how you can keep your them shiny with minimum effort.

With all the hullaballoo going on for the festive season, you are left with little time or no time at all to prepare the house and clean the knick knacks. Plan ahead; prepare a list and try to create a schedule for all the cleaning, dusting, mopping and shopping. Pay attention to details, like are your diyas or dipaks clean for the puja? Cleaning the diya can be quite tedious, especially, if you perform your pujas regularly. Let’s find out how you can keep your them shiny with minimum effort.

Clean your brass diya naturally

After years of use, the brass diyas normally retain a black stain which refuses to go with plain water. You need something extra for it. Prepare a natural concoction with one tablespoon of salt and two to three tablespoons of vinegar. Rub the concoction over the diya, and remove all the stains; rinse it with running water and wipe it with a soft cloth and it will soon shine like new. You can also remove the grime with lemon as well. Both vinegar and lemon have acidic properties which remove the black stains.

Protecting the painted diyas

As compared to brass diyas, the painted clay diyas need to be handled more delicately. Although buying new ones is always an option, often the old diyas have sentimental values which make them precious and close to our heart. Cleaning painted diyas can be tricky, because the abrasive chemicals can strip of the paint and damage the diya. You can use the soft brush attachment from your vacuum cleaner to remove the dust from the surface. It is best to avoid water, because water can damage the paint and wipe it off. Use a soft cloth to get the nooks and crevices and remove the dust. With an oil-based paint, you can use a cloth soaked in lukewarm water and make it shiny again.

Provide a fresh coat of paint

This year, you can opt for a green eco-friendly Diwali and bring out the old diyas from last year. Wipe them carefully with a soft cloth soaked in lukewarm water and let them dry. Give them a new lease of life by providing a fresh coat of paint on the diyas. You can use simple water colour or better oil paint to make them sustainable. Recycle the old diyas and make them as good as new with least effort and minimum expenses.

Store your diyas properly

Diya Stand

Always remember that the durability of the diyas depend a lot on the way you store them. If the diya or dipak is made of copper, brass or bronze you can wrap it in muslin and store it in a cardboard box. The muslin cloth will protect the diya from damage and help to keep away moisture away from it. The clay diyas should be individually wrapped in bubble wraps or newspapers and stacked properly in a box. It is best to take a case with in-built compartments to store the clay diyas so that they do not rub against each other and get damaged. Put the box somewhere, preferably in a loft where there are fewer chances of jostles, nudge and breakage.

Removing oil stains from diyas

The diyas used for the puja usually burn for a long time and because oil is used, we often notice that the stain becomes sticky and stubborn. One of the ways to clean the diya is to immerse it in warm water for at least an hour to make the stains less stubborn. You can wipe the stain with a tissue paper or newspaper and then apply a mixture of tamarind with liquid dishwasher soap on the body. If you cannot reach the corners, you can always use a toothbrush for better cleaning.

Shine your silver diyas

If silver diyas are kept confined for long, they tend to get tarnished and oxidized. With all the preparations going on, you just need a quick fix for your silverware. Mix boiling water with baking soda in a large pan and immerse your silver diya inside it after covering the pan tightly with a large aluminium foil. After immersing the silver diya for about five minutes, bring them out and clean it with a neat cloth or wipe. You may have to repeat the method several times before the stains come out.

These tips are not at all time-consuming and it will take only minutes to clean your precious diyas. This festive season, bring in wealth and prosperity inside your home by lighting the beautiful diyas. Opt for any of these ways to clean the diya. And once you see the shine in them, it will definitely bring a smile to your face!

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BitMEX Altcoin / Bitcoin Indices Update, May 2019

Effective 22 May 2019 at 04:00 UTC, Kraken will be reintroduced into several of BitMEX’s Altcoin and Bitcoin Indices.

This update is a reflection of a change in our Kraken market data feed handler from using Kraken’s REST API to their new Websocket API.

For the affected indices and contracts, please see the following blog post.


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You’re settled in your new job and you’re not looking for a change. All’s going good, till a colleague asks you, “Hey, why haven’t you added me on LinkedIn, yet?” Now, you’ve forgotten everything about your LinkedIn profile and really don’t think about it much since you already got a stable job in hand.  But that’s where your plan is going kaput. Why be on LinkedIn when I have a job? -- this question might be plaguing you. Let’s help you with 5 things you should be doing on LinkedIn, even otherwise.

Build connections

Make yourself available on LinkedIn. It’s a great chance to build on connections and create a huge network of people. People who you might have known in your previous office, or coworkers from your current organisation, friends from your summer internship, all of them can be gotten in touch with. You can have a look at what everyone is up to in their professional lives and even help out somebody who’s in search of a new job opportunity. Always create a good professional bond with everyone, which will surely be of use later. Don’t wait to build connections only when you’re looking for jobs. Lay the foundation before itself.

Stay up-to-date

LinkedIn actually has the news feed, in the true sense. It will always give you the latest updates on companies and industries you follow. It’s customised based on the algorithm of your actions. Whatever articles you like and share, plus whoever is there as a part of your connection network, plus the industries and influencers you follow, determines your daily news feed. You can catch up on all the trending activities taking place and you can even see what’s trending among your connections. Anything that adds value to your current career should be of huge worth to you, and the feed is just that. Check it at least once a day and make a habit of doing so.

Post updates

Staying active on a network like LinkedIn may seem like a daunting task, but it’s worth it. Being noticed by your connections for your valuable thoughts and opinions can truly create a positive impression and build your brand image. Yes, you may be really busy with your office duties but make it a point to at least share articles from the industry you follow. Whenever time permits, do post original content as well. The more and more you do this, the more in-sight will you be. As and when more connections like and share your post, it helps build on your credibility.

Join groups

LinkedIn helps you with engaging group discussions, relevant topics being discussed, people openly discussing opinions, all of this if you become a part of various groups. If you take some time out and do research, and join the groups which are relevant to your industry and field, you may gain a lot of leverage. Not only will you know about the latest happenings, but you’ll also get a chance to showcase your expertise on the topics being discussed. You can make friends who think, feel the same way and have similar ideas and thus grow your network massively. You will meet like-minded folks, receive/give professional advice whenever needed and it will also help you when you’re job hunting.

Gather recommendations

This is like gathering valid and sound references who can testify your skills and achievements. They could be professors from your college, or superiors/peers from previous workplaces. You can slowly and steadily start accumulating recommendations from connections you’ve gathered. Recommendations work really well when you’re job hunting or recruiters scan through your profile for a potential position. One way to do it is, to directly ask your connections to give you specific recommendations. The other way is, however, to barter wherein you write for someone and he/she writes one for you in return. A well-written recommendation speaks a lot about you and is gold to collect and keep.

Doesn’t maintaining a LinkedIn profile, help a lot? Go ahead and get working on yours!


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Generators and Iterator objects

In the last session we had an introduction about generators, today we will see difference between generators and the iterator object in this Generators and iterator objects tutorial.

  • An iterator is an object which is used to traverse a container like lists.
  • Iterators are often provided by the containers interface.
  • An iterator traverses throughout the container and also gives access to the data in it.
  • But implementing iterator is very complex and time consuming.
  • Whereas generators with its generator function and yield keyword has made this task very simple and economic in time.
  • Generators are forward only but iterators can traverse through both the sides.
  • The code written for generators is basically very less as compared to iterators.
  • Come on let us see an example code to compare both iterators and generators.
  • For this, create a new folder named generator_iterator in the htdocs folder in xampp folder. Open a new notepad++ document and save it as index.php in this newly created generator_iterator folder.
  • First we will write code for iterator in index.php file:
  • Now the code for same task using generators is as follows:
  • Here you can see that a lot of code is needed to implement an iterator with a lot of complexity.
  • We know that some built-in classes have provided iterators; but if we are designing our own class to deal with a large data and it doesn’t matter if the data is not stored, we can use generators.
  • Because iterators need a lot of memory and take a long time to work.
  • Generators provide the desired value immediately and works faster.
  • But generators are forward only; they cannot be rewound to again repeat the values. To allow it to do this, it need to be called again or it can be cloned using clone keyword.

Thus we see that as the generator object maintains its state and generate a new value on each iteration with less use of memory, it is very economic to use in the suitable conditions although not useful in day to day tasks.

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The housing market is constantly changing, leading current homeowners to wonder whether a new mortgage could save them money.

What is refinancing?

Mortgage refinancing is a process that pays your initial loan in full and creates a separate new loan with different terms — and it’s growing in popularity across the country.

Are you one of the thousands of homeowners considering a switch? We have the assistance you need to get started. In this guide, we’ll discuss reasons to refinance your loan, outline the transfer process, and answer some general questions.

Reasons to Refinance Your Loan

Not every homeowner interested in refinancing has the same motive. There are several good reasons to reconsider the terms of your loan, including the need to consolidate debt or obtain a better interest rate.

Here are four of the most common reasons homeowners contemplate refinancing:

1. To Consolidate Debt

For many homeowners, the choice to refinance is more about consolidating debt than changing monthly payments or interest rates. For example, you might roll the expenses associated with home remodeling or college tuition in with your mortgage.

This decision can be risky in terms of fiscal responsibility. While replacing high-interest debt with a low-interest mortgage might seem ideal, it doesn’t automatically guarantee a solid outcome. Once refinancing lowers your total monthly debt payment, you might be tempted to spend outside your means. Then, you’ll end up with high-interest credit card debt.

If you intend to save, invest, or put your additional money toward your mortgage, however, you might benefit from debt consolidation in the form of mortgage refinancing.

2. To Lower Your Monthly Payment

Are you having trouble making your monthly mortgage payment? Whether you have other sizable payments, unexpected expenses, or another reason for seeking relief, a new mortgage with a lower bottom line can make it easier to pay the bills.

It’s important to remember that freeing up hundreds of dollars per month, while helpful, will likely mean an increased loan term with a higher interest rate. Before making this decision, it’s important to examine the pros and cons.

Are the benefits worth the extension?

If you aren’t sure whether refinancing your loan to lower your monthly payment is wise for your household, contact an expert for assistance. There’s nothing wrong with getting a professional opinion.

3. To Shorten Your Loan Term

On the other hand, many homeowners experiencing financial windfalls are interested in raising their monthly payments and shortening their loan term. This is especially common when interest rates fall, giving certain payers an opportunity to significantly shorten their term without paying hundreds of dollars more each month.

4. To Switch Between Adjustable and Fixed Rates

While most adjustable-rate mortgages start out with lower interest rates than fixed-rate mortgages, they often result in periodic increases that result in far higher rates. If you have concerns about your interest rate, refinancing to a fixed-rate mortgage can be a financially sound decision — particularly in a falling-interest-rate market.

The ideal time to switch is usually when your adjustable interest rate is equal-to or above your fixed-rate offer. But you don’t want to take chances in a changing market, either.

A professional can help you determine the right time to refinance.

How Does Refinancing Work?

If you’re still interested in obtaining a new mortgage, you might be interested in how refinancing works. Here, we’ve included a step-by-step guide that outlines the process:

Step 1: Make an Informed Decision

Before meeting with a loan provider, speak to a professional about your options. Make a list of the pros and cons of refinancing.

Are you sure you’re making the right decision?

Do the benefits clearly outweigh the risks and expenses?

Step 2: Gather Information

Potential borrowers, even those who are current homeowners, can face some obstacles when applying for a mortgage. You’ll need bank statements and pay stubs showing exactly how much money you earn, in addition to recent tax returns.

You should also know your credit score before you arrive. The better your score, the better your offer. If you check your score early enough, you’ll have an opportunity to correct any mistakes before facing an inquiry.

Step 3: Shop Around

Don’t agree to sign the first mortgage you’re offered. Take some time to meet with several lenders, choosing the one that best meets your needs and expectations. Remember — you already have your initial mortgage. You don’t need to rush the process.

Keep in mind that your current mortgage lender might not be interested in losing you, particularly if you’ve made regular payments for the duration of your loan. Your lender may be willing to renegotiate the terms of your loan to keep you on-board, streamlining the process and eliminating the need for extensive documentation.

Step 4: Ask Questions

Did you know that, even when you refinance an existing mortgage, you have to pay closing fees?

Ask your lender how much these fees will cost, and make sure you have the money set aside.

Closing fees may include an application fee, a credit check fee, an appraisal fee, an origination fee, a document processing fee, and an underwriting fee.

Step 5: Sign, Sealed, Delivered

You’ve signed a new, refinanced mortgage.

Schedule your payments, make any necessary arrangements, and enjoy your new-and-improved loan.

Contact Embrace Home Loans For Assistance

In this article, we’ve answered the following questions:

● What is refinancing?
● How does refinancing work?
● What does refinancing a loan mean?

If you have additional questions, we’d be happy to answer them for you. Contact the experienced team today at Embrace Home Loans to learn more. We can be reached at (844)-724-9361.


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After 29 years as the CEO of what has become a nationally-recognized architectural and engineering firm, Harrison French is stepping away from his long-held title.  During a ceremony on April 17th, he announced to his staff of 230+ that he is handing over the reins of HFA to Principal and Vice President of Architecture, Dave Wilgus, AIA, effective May 1st, 2019.  Harrison will hold the title of Chairman of the Board and will keep his office in the heart of HFA’s Bentonville firm.  Harrison, who is known for bringing a deep sense of humility and wisdom to any table he sits at, holds no worries for the continued success of his company and its vast clientele.

“I never could have imagined that HFA would have matured into the firm it is today.  I have had a rewarding experience as CEO, but we are looking to the future.  We recognize that a change in leadership will make us even more effective with our Strategic Growth Plan that we are in the process of launching for 2020 and the future.” – Harrison French

Dave Wilgus, who also spoke at Wednesday’s anniversary celebration, remains adamant that while he cannot imagine filling Harrison’s shoes – he is honored to have been selected to continue his legacy.

“It has been a privilege to work under Harrison’s leadership.  He has set great examples for us to follow into the future.  Harrison is deeply committed to caring for our people’s livelihood and providing them opportunities.  Harrison’s formula for success is simple:  Provide quality drawings and service to our clients.” – Dave Wilgus

Dave aims to continue the culture of collaboration, integrity, and long-term client relationships HFA is known for with a fresh perspective.  He will carry out his new duties with fellow Principal and Vice President of Engineering, Ryan Ray, as the new Chief Operations Officer (COO), also beginning on May 1st.

“The opportunity to continue to build upon the legacy set by Harrison and Larry alongside Dave and his vision for the future of HFA is very exciting.” – Ryan Ray

Principal and President, Larry Lott, AIA, will also step into the role of Chief Innovations Officer (CIO). Larry will lead the future opportunities developed by the firm’s investments in applied technologies for the design industry.

“It’s really amazing to see how Harrison has led us into the legacy company of today.  Our future looks very bright with Dave and Ryan leading us into our next era.  I can’t wait to see what we achieve next.” - Larry Lott.

Chris Horton, P.E., Vice President and Lou Allevato, AIA, Vice President will continue to serve on the HFA board of directors. The firm expects to have further announcements as the year progresses and positions the firm for long-term growth.


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Posts Tagged ‘Fareed Zakaria’

Fareed Zakaria GPS bashes China with The New Yorker’s Evan Osnos using Gangnam Style

October 25th, 2012 37 comments

With Gangnam Style gone completely viral and having taken the U.S. by storm, I thought it interesting The New Yorker’s Evan Osnos would use it as an example of something China unable to produce, caused by supposed state censorship stifling Chinese culture. Few weeks ago he got some ‘expert’ to offer this view:

“In China, culture and the arts develop under the watchful eye of the government, and anything too hip or interesting gets either shut down or bought up. In Korea, by contrast, artists and entertainers thrive in a space that is highly commercialized but also pretty much free of the heavy hand of the state,” Delury told me, adding, “I kid government officials that the moment they understand why K-pop is so successful and try to replicate it, they will destroy it.”

Culture and arts flourish when society can afford them. One should ask: How are the 700 million or so Chinese farmers busy tilling their land suppose to be working on something like Gangnam Style? The last few decades of hundreds of million of Chinese being pulled out of poverty have allowed many to pursue their dreams. Look at the international art market. Chinese painters are currently the most sought after by collectors around the world. Read more…

Lacking insight in James Fallows’ piece, “What Is the Chinese Dream?”

May 14th, 2012 46 comments

James Fallows is one of the most accomplished journalists in the West. His talents were demonstrated very early on in his career, being former U.S. President Jimmy Carter’s chief speechwriter; the youngest person to ever hold such a job. Personally, I admire his understanding of the Western media. For example, his take on the “new media” is totally excellent. However, Fallows doesn’t ‘get’ China. As humans, our imagination is often limited by our biases, and in his latest article, “What Is the Chinese Dream?” he dared implying a nation of 1.3 billion without dreams. It’s preposterous. While the article is certainly helping to frame the ongoing debate about China’s rise, the article is also an indication of what’s wrong with the prevailing Western narratives about China. Read more…

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao interview by CNN’s Fareed Zakaria ignored by English ‘China’ blogs

October 5th, 2010 14 comments

Fareed Zakaria of CNN’s GPS recently interviewed Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. It’s a great interview, and I am glad to learn that CNN agreed to not make commentary on what Premier Wen said. In exchange, CNN was given permission to ask whatever they wanted. Zakaria acknowledged “it was one of the most open and frank discussion he has ever seen with a Chinese leader.”

Here is the interview from
(Looks like I linked mistakenly to the 2008 interview on in my original post. Tudou still has the 2010 interview in fragments. Here is the correct interview video from in its entirety.)

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Government Unions Keep Costs High for Taxpayers

Government employee unions are nothing more than a ruling-class special interest.

SCOTUS Ruling in Janus Gives Power to the Workers

On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in favor of Mark Janus.

Public Employee Union Boycott Threat Backfires

It’s not often we get a real market test of the popularity of public employee unions, so this recent experience from Wisconsin provides an interesting peek at the real public’s perception. If a harbinger of broader public opinion, members of public employee unions may want to rethink their tactics. Owners of businesses from large...
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Fat Cats, Big Dogs, and Campaign Finance Reform

From the front page of today’s New York Times, headlined “Strained States Turning to Laws to Curb Labor Unions:” Faced with growing budget deficits and restive taxpayers, elected officials from Maine to Alabama, Ohio to Arizona, are pushing new legislation to limit the power of labor unions, particularly those representing government workers, in collective...
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Latest Insights in the Evolving Digital World

Savant Automation Offering a Full Line of Automatic Guided Vehicles and Carts

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Located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Savant Automation sells engineers, installs, and services a full line of Automatic Guide Vehicle Systems and Automatic Guided Carts. We are a full service AGV/AGC with 24 hour customer support for all of our customers. Our staff has over a combined 20 years of AGV experience and we continue to supply hundreds of companies in all sorts of industries. We offer some of the most innovative and dynamic AGV and AGC systems available today, providing new technologies and solutions for companies across the nation. Read more…


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Monthly Archives: March 2009

Better Performance

We are improving WeBuzz.IM client’s performance these days. And we just have released our 20090313 version.

IE 6.0 users may benefit from this update mostly. In IE 6.0, the client’s UI may not be responsible on mouse dragging and dropping or other operations. And the most annoying thing is that WeBuzz.IM client becomes un-operatable after logging in for about an hour. Really bad performance! Now we are very pleased to tell you that these scenarios get improved for all browsers, especially for IE 6.0.

WeBuzz.IM’s client is a little heavy on loading as it uses lots of JavaScript. The performance of JavaScript will never be good enough for us. Thanks for all those innovations on browsers, we get JavaScript performance improved a lot. The JavaScript engine inside Firefox, Safari, Google Chrome or Opera runs very fast, enough for WeBuzz.IM client to run smoothly.

But lots of our users still use IE 6.0 (about 25% of WeBuzz.IM’s daily visitors). IE 6.0 is really old ( 8+ years old), and its performance is really frustrating. Here again, seriously, we recommend our IE 6.0 users upgrading to IE 7.0, or switching to Firefox, Safari, Google Chrome or Opera, which are a lot faster.

No matter what browsers you are using, we are always making improvements for better web IM experience. You may notice these performance improvement, or you may find other bad things which annoy you, please leave us comments or file bugs. We are listening.

Quicker loading, smaller memory usage, faster UI, … , better web IM user experience are all our concerns.

– We buzz together @ WeBuzz.IM

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