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Saturday, November 12, 2011

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In this parable we are reminded that a religious approach to the text is not one in which we attempt to find out its definitive meaning, but rather where we wrestle with it and are transformed by it. The parable tells us not that a God’s eye view is impossible, but rather that even if it were possible it would not be wanted. Why? Because a God’s-eye view of the truth would not be the truth. We can thus say that any interpretation of a verse that is given to us by God is not a true interpretation of the verse and must be rejected as such. For the problem resides not in having an interpretation but rather in the place that we give to our interpretation. No matter how wonderful our interpretation is, if it occupies an authoritative place then it undermines its own status.
Rollins, Peter (2009-01-29). Fidelity of Betrayal (Kindle Locations 1778-1784). Paraclete Press. Kindle Edition.

Really? A parable? Maybe one Jesus told? Well, let's see...

Is this not the wisdom that is contained in the Jewish parable that speaks of a heated debate taking place in a park between two old and learned rabbis? The conversation in question revolves around a particularly complex and obscure verse in the Torah. It is not the first time that these two intellectual giants have crossed swords over this verse; in fact they have debated it for years, sometimes changing their opinions but never finding a consensus. God is, of course, known to have the patience of a saint, but even God begins to tire of the endless discussion. So finally God decides to visit the two men and tell them once and for all what the parable means. God reaches down, pulls the clouds apart, and begins to speak: “You have been debating this verse endlessly for years; I will now tell you what it means. . . . ” But before God can continue, the two rabbis look up and say, in a rare moment of unity, “Who are you to tell us what the verse means? You have given us the words, now leave us in peace to wrestle with it.”
Fidelity of Betrayal (Kindle Locations 1771-1778). Nope, not one of Jesus'. In fact, we aren't told where it comes from, just that he calls it a "Jewish parable", which raises the eyebrows, as by and large the ancient Hebrews were noted for their great respect for the Scriptures, except when they were following all the rest of humanity in worshiping idols. One could well imagine that, for example, some ancient false prophet getting honked off at Jeremiah, and making some kind of argument like that.

But, well, moving on...

In my lack of researches, because only modernists care for verifying whether a historical statement is true or not, I've discovered in my imaginative reinterpretation of a biblical account of a time Jesus told a parable and then interpreted it for his disciples the nuclear shadow of an event (or is that an Event) that happened but for whatever reason (probably the fault of those nasty Nicenes) it didn't make into the Bible. But, thanks to me and my ability to deconstruct and find messages hiding in the gaps in the wounds of the text, here is a summary of it.

In Matthew 13, we have the account of Jesus telling several different parables. Verse 36 says that he left the multitude, and went into the house, and his disciples came unto him, say, "Explain unto us the parable of the tares of the field"

Jesus is just getting ready to explain it when there was a sudden commotion, a strange throbbing noise and weird lights, and suddenly a strange, pale man appeared in their midst, wearing strange clothes, and he was speaking very loudly.

"Stop!!" The man said, and yes did so with two exclamation marks. "You can't do that!" This caused some consternation among the disciples, as he was speaking in the English language, which had not yet made it's way into the world. Jesus appeared unfazed.

"My name is Peter Rollins." Said the strange man. "And I've come from the future, because you cannot explain that parable, Jesus.

"No, you can't explain it to them, because if you do, your disciples and all the rest of us will not wrestle with it and be transformed by it. Don't you know that a God's eye view of your parable is impossible, even though you as God told the parable to the people. Even though they have asked you to explain it to them, they don't really want that, because even if it were possible, it is not really wanted. Because any explanation or interpretation you can give would not be the truth, even if you as God give them the God's eye view of the truth. Any interpretaion you as God give to your disciples is not the true interpretation, and so they would have to reject it. Because any interpretation you as God would give would be authoritative, and thus because it is authoritative it would undermine its own status as an authoritative interpretation.

"So, no, Jesus, you cannot explain your parable to them. I command you to be quiet, you traitor! Why, I know about your conspiracy, I know who the really hero of Bible is! It's Judas, I tell you, not you! Oh, no, I know about your conspiracy! You and Lilith and Pee Wee Herman and her little dog, too, and..."

Suddenly, something went "boink" in the time machine this strange man who called himself Peter Rollins was using, and he was shot back to the future very suddenly and more-or-less intact, though there are rumors that parts of his mind have been found floating around in the Mariachi Trench.

So, after a rather startled moment, the disciples looked among themselves and then finally turned to Jesus. Jesus began to speak, answering their original question, and said, "He that sows the good seed is the Son of Man, and the field is the world. The good seed are the sons of the kingdom, the weeds are the sons of the evil one, and the enemy who sowed the weeds is the devil, and the harvest is the end of the world. The reapers are the angels. As the tares are gathered and thrown into the fire, so will it be at the end of the world. The Son of Man will send forth his angels and they will gather out of his kingdom all thing that cause stumbling, and those who do iniquity, and cast them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. And the righteous will shine as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear."

So, yes, I did detect the nuclear shadow of a time-traveling Peter Rollins in that account. Hey, it's just as likely as the myths of Lilith and his conspiracy theory about Judas.

To be plain (I was serious, even in mocking), can one imagine the hubris and arrogance of Rollins' statements? Can you imagine him saying such a thing about any other person? If, let's say, he were a lawyer arguing a case in a courtroom, and he were to claim that the testimony of an expert witness should be ignored and discarded because it is the testimony of an expert? That a professor should be ignored for the simple reason that he's educated and experienced in his field? That, let's say, Gary Kasparov's analysis of a chess game should be discarded because it is given by a former world chess champion and one of the greatest players of all time?

To say that an interpretation that God would give would not be the truth is absolute nonsense, and let's be honest, it's blasphemy.

James said...

I understand why you feel as you do about Rollins work. He is intentionally prevocative, and not trying to exegete scripture. This is obvious. Ironically, the thrust of Peter RollIns work is to challenge the beliefs of those who claim to be Christian, but look strikingly similar to the culture in which they find themselves, which is what the parable you insert him into is trying to assert. Not everyone is changed by the hearing of the gospel. What Rollins is attempting to do is till the soil, so that what you claim to believe will manifest itself in how you live.

jazzact13 said...

--He is intentionally prevocative, and not trying to exegete scripture.

True, he isn't exegeting, he's eisegeting, he's reading into it what he wants. He wants ambiguity and unclearness? Well, throw it in, and call it deconstruction.

Rollins wants to challenge those who look like the culture? Yet, if anyone looks like the culture, it is Peter Rollins. It is the culture, after all, that wants a god that is green, gay-friendly, inclusive, wants to take from the rich and give to the supposed poor, isn't hung up on abortion, doesn't want to think hell is real, and the like. Tell me, please, how is Rollins really separating himself from the culture?

No, I give Rollins far more credit than that. He isn't trying to just be provocative, he's actually giving another gospel, one of works and experience divorced from any beliefs, so long as those works and experiences are such that he approves of them. He isn't worried about how much the church looks like the culture, but he's very concerned that church and culture look like himself.

jazzact13 said...

One more thing--how is Jesus' parable saying anything about believers, Christian, looking like the culture? It's about an enemy sowing weeds into a field of wheat. If anything, it's about those in the world look like the believers, but being fakes about it. Which I contend is what Rollins is, someone trying to look the part, sound the part, even claiming he's more the part than real believers, but is merely a weed.

Let Rollins actually meet some of these Christians he so easily denigrates from a distance. Frankly, he's far from alone in such attacks, it's common among the mega-church pastors, and it's sickening. Let Rollins and those others actually live as most Christians live, away from their shells that protect them from the great unwashed masses.

But I doubt that would happen. It's far more comfortable surround himself with like-minded people, and pretend everyone thinks his way.

James said...

"Rollins wants to challenge those who look like the culture? Yet, if anyone looks like the culture, it is Peter Rollins. It is the culture, after all, that wants a god that is green, gay-friendly, inclusive, wants to take from the rich and give to the supposed poor, isn't hung up on abortion, doesn't want to think hell is real, and the like. Tell me, please, how is Rollins really separating himself from the culture?"

I guess the answer is:

God is green - care for the planet is mans earliest mandate.
God is gay friendly - he even died for them
God is inclusive - God so loved the world...
God does want the rich to give to the poor.

I've never read anywhere that Pete Rollins is soft on abortion, but I'm guessing he would advocate love as a solution, not judgement. As far as hell goes, I'm not sure we would agree on that either, we ALL eisegete.

Also I made a mistake about which parable you quoted. Speed misreading. I was thinking of the other sowing parable, the one where the weeds represent the deceptiveness of weath and the cares of this world. Sorry for my lack of attention.

Good for you for reading things that you don't agree with. Your reply has made me think about what culture values. There is a sub-culture that is green, gay.. etc., but the dominant culture is driven by greed, turning a blind eye to the injustice around us. We as the church should be leading the way in trying to live counter culturally. Jesus is calling us to live in a different way, one that breaks down divisions of rich and poor, is attractive to those who are at the margins of society, and that may be scorned by the religious elite.

While I am not sure I agree with all of Pete Rollins shtick, I think we all benefit when we put what we believe to the test. The harshest test is asking ourselves if we are living authentically. I used to see things through a reformed lens, but there were too many scriptures that refused to fit that framework. Matthew 25 for example. I couldn't reconcile that discourse of the sheep and goats with my theology. Any attempts that I read to justify (pun intended) those verses with my theology, fell short, and eventually led me to a different understanding of the Gospel. One that does not diminish what Christ accomplished, but expands it.

jazzact13 said...

God is green - care for the planet is mans earliest mandate.
God is gay friendly - he even died for them
God is inclusive - God so loved the world...
God does want the rich to give to the poor.

Wow. Just. Wow.

God is green because he told us to care for the earth? In Genesis, we are told to fill the earth, subdue it, and have dominion over the other creatures on the earth. That is a far cry from the (post)modern concept of, for example, not using resources because it may (just, may) harm the environment in some microscopic way, want high gas prices because it means people can't get around, and basically keep everyone but Al Gore and other eco-nuts from using private jets.

By your logic about God being gay-friendly, He must also be murderer-friendly, adulterer-friendly, thief-friendly (even friendly to those nasty rich thieves), rapist-friendly, and even friendly to environment-polluters.

Yes, God so loved the world. Now, complete the verse, and in fact look at the entire passage. You'll find it in John 3.

So, by your reasoning, God wanting people to care for each other makes it ok for you to steal from one person and give to another? Last I checked, the Bible says a bit about justice not favoring either the rich or the poor.

The church should live counter-culturally? Where, pray tell, does the Bible say that? Where does any epistle, or any words of Jesus in the Gospels, tell the church to automatically take a counter-cultural position on anything? No half-baked answers to those questions, please, but actually look at the places you think support such a position.

What about Reformed theology is so very bad, in your mind? How does Reformed theology run contra to Matthew 25?

Your response is filled with rhetoric about the marginalized and poor, and that somehow it's a good thing to be despised by those you consider to be "religious elites", whomever those are. Jesus told people that the Scribes and Pharisees sit in the seat of Moses, and are to be respected for that. His problem was not that they were religious leaders, it was that they were misleading the people, and living hypocritically.

Rather than living counter-culturally, a rather shallow criterion to my mind, we are to respect authority, live quietly and do our work, those who use to steal are told to stop doing that and to do honest work and make honest wages so they could have something to give. The only case I can think of where any kind of disobedience to authorities was countenanced in the New Testament was when the Apostles were told to not preach and teach in Jesus' name early in Acts, and they responded by saying that they should obey God, who had explicitly told them to take to Gospel of Christ to the world, rather than men who were telling them to not do that.

Put aside the rhetoric and thought of counter-culture, which is completely foreign to the New Testament. It's not about being contrarian, it's about being saved from sin by repentence and faith in the Christ who really lived and died and rose again and is seated at the right hand of the Father until He returns to Earth.

Nick said...

When Jesus taught he often used parables. They were often unexpected. He commends a liar and a thief in one his parables, not because he if commended lying and stealing, but because he wants to challenge people to think in new ways.
When Jesus was asked questions, if often asked questions in return. He didn't always want to give the answers. He already gave us the Tanakh. In the New Testament, he came to challenge us, and force us to wrestle with the words that are written in the Tanakh and with the words that he was going to speak. Yes, he often said "I'm laying it, this is how it is," like in the sermon on the mount. But the sermon on the mount was challenging and engaging with the Torah.
Much of Jesus teaching was very open ended. He said that he taught in parables with the goal of confusing people. He didn't want people to have all the answers. He wanted those with ears to hear to listen. He wanted wrestling, he wanted engagement.

jazzact13 said...

Interesting. At this moment, I don't have time to respond as well as I would like. Perhaps in a day or two, please be patient.

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jazzact13 said...

You are correct, Nick, that Jesus often taught in parables. Now, keep in mind the purpose of the original post--to answer Rollins' absurd claim that "...any interpretation of a verse that is given to us by God is not a true interpretation of the verse and must be rejected as such." It is answered by pointing out a time that the disciples asked Jesus what a parable meant, and Jesus telling them that.

And, for humor's sake, Rollins was thrown in to show how ridiculous his statements are.

Now, I'm not sure what you mean by saying that lots of Jesus' teachings were open-ended. That sounds rather postmodern, almost like saying the the reader is the one who decides what Jesus' teachings mean. Perhaps that's not what you mean, but if so, understand that I do not buy this kind of "death of the author" stuff.

I'm also not sure where you get the idea that Jesus wanted wrestling and engagement. When I read the Gospels, I see Jesus stressing belief in Himself. We have, for example, the account in John when many people left Him because of what He was saying and how difficult it was. But not all left Him, though throughout the Gospel accounts we are told that they did not often understand Him well. But they still believed in Him, and for all their faults they stay with Him, until the Crucifixion. But Christ after the resurrection came to them and restored them, and when the Spirit came on them they were bold to do what He had told them to do.

Nick said...

What I meant by Jesus leaving things open is not that he wants the listener to make up the answer, but that he wants them to discover the answer. It's the way that when asked why he eats with sinners, he doesn't give a theological statement, but he tells stories. Of course the final story is of the "prodigal son." The real kicker at the end, is when the father leaves an open invitation to the older pious brother. He doesn't end the story, he let's them finish it. Does the brother accept the invite? Will you, religious elites, sit at the table with me and the sinners? So, no, I'm not saying, based on that, it's all up to the reader or listener to decide the answer.

I love that you pointed out that section in John. When you brought up John, I thought, "Oh no, Jesus, is a lot more explicit in John, than the Synoptics, with all the parables. He's gonna nail me." But the passage you brought up is so perfect. When a bunch of his followers leave, why do they leave? Because Jesus said, "Eat my flesh and drink my blood!" Now, did he literally mean "eat my flesh and drink my blood"? Was Jesus just laying out obvious clear doctrine for people to follow? No. He was inviting the people to wrestle. "What kind of commit do you want to make? Will you rely on me for all your sustenance?" Jesus could have said more clearly what he meant. Some people were probably very confused by his symbolic language.

If Jesus was following the same pattern he does with parables, then he wanted them to be confused. He could have given a clear truth statement, but instead he used an upsetting and confusing seemingly sinful (don't eat blood) metaphor.

One of Rollins's parables I heard once made me furious. I won't go into the whole thing for the sake of space. I was so mad at the conclusion he seemed to be coming to, and I couldn't get the parable out of my head. I talked to my wife about it, I talked to my friends about it, and then one day it clicked. In that wrestling I found this deep, and actually pretty conservative, meaning.

The fact that it was a Rollins's parable is accindental to the discussion. The point is the way that parables and language work.

It is very telling that we do have Gospels, and not another form of literature as the basis for our faith. If God wanted to give us a catechism, he would have, but he didn't. He gave us story, and story demands the participation of the reader.

This is a reflection of what the Christian is, it demands the participation of the follower of Jesus. If we had a catechism, then those truths could exist in a vacuum and we could believe them intellectually and move on and live how we want. But our God gives us the story of the work of Jesus where we see people following and engaging in the life of faith in Jesus, and as the reader we have to wrestle with the texts, and live them in our lives.

jazzact13 said...

Hello, Nick. Hope Christmas was well for you.

You make some interesting point here. I hope I can adequately respond.

I'm not sure that the purpose of the parables was to confuse. Not that they may have confused people, no doubt they did, but I can't see how the intent was to confused. For one thing, there is a place in the New Testament where we are told that "God is not the author of confusion, but of peace".

On the other hand, they may not be easy to understand, and that can lead people to being confused. As an example, I've recently started studying the game of Go, and have a few instructional books. There is a lot about the game that can be initially confusing to a beginner or one who hasn't studied it much, and it has taken effort to understand some of those things. Go is a vast game in strategy and tactics, and I still don't understand it very well, but my confusion is lessened by attempting to understand things a bit more.

I suspect that a lot of subjects are like that, and the teachings of the Bible are no different. Concerning things that can be confusing at first, it may be wisest to study on them if one can, or maybe set them aside and maybe later light will be shed on them.

In that sense, the account you mention of Jesus' teaching to the crowd following him is a good example. Very likely they were put off by Him talking about them needing to eat His flesh and drink His blood. One thing to keep in mind is that they were following Him for the purpose of freeloading off of His miracles, these were people who had been there when He had fed thousands with only a very little food. One may well think that Jesus was saying to them that He had bigger fish to fry (pun intended) than providing a divine all-you-can-eat buffet.

But in another aspect of that account, even the disciples likely didn't come to understand what he was saying until the night of what we call the Last Supper, and Jesus presents to them the bread and wine as His body and blood.

You are right that the Gospels are accounts of the life of Christ, but I think that calling them story may be a little simplistic, or maybe I'm leary of that because of how people like Rollins are do into story. At any rate, the accounts in the Gospels seem to be more than just story or stories. They are records, for example, of what Jesus taught, and in those teachings there some lines drawn. In what we call the Sermon on the Mount, for example, He shows how much even the best of us break the law. He is constantly referring back to the Old Testament as being reliable and teaching about Himself. He is uncompromising in telling the people that they need to believe in Him, and laments that it is their rejection of Him that will lead to a coming judgment on them. For all that He used parables, there were times when He was also plain-spoken, such as when He made the statement that "Before Abraham was, I am". And it was often those times when the rejection of Him was most open, too.

Nick said...

On the subject of parables Jesus said, "To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is in parables, so that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand." The parables of Jesus simultaneously serve dual functions. At once he tells them to reveal mysteries, and at the same time he tells them "so that" some won't get it. It depends upon who is listening. It depends upon the relationship between Jesus and the listener.

The important thing that I pick up on from the quote you have from Rollins is that proper interpretation is not the primary goal of a parable, but transformation is. Rollins often finishes his parables by explaining exactly what he means by them. He has not problem with giving an explanation for his parables, but he wants to make sure it is known that understanding the meaning is not the end.

There are plenty of people who can intellectually articulate exactly what Jesus is meaning (maybe not exaclty, I doubt anyone ever can), but if encountering Jesus does not materially effect your reality, then what value does it have?

Sometimes Jesus was deliberately vague, and yes sometimes he was extremely explicit, but never would he want someone to walk away saying, "I totally get it. I'll be on my way now." That is the postmodern critique of Christianity. We've set down a solid theology, treat Sunday morning like a college lecture, and make sure everyone understands exactly what they should intellectually believe.

I don't have a problem with education and understanding what you believe and why. I heavily value that, but it is worthless without the reality of Jesus transforming me and my life.

Jesus never came and said, "I am the Messiah. In fact I am God incarnate. I am a substitutionary atoning sacrifice. My death with be a payment for you sins, so that you will not burn in hell for eternity." Instead he said, "Who do say that I am?.... Okay, now don't tell anyone."

Sometimes he is vague, sometimes he is explicit, but the goal is get engage his disciples and us, so that we will follow him on the journey and have life. The fact that we do see both dynamic sides of Jesus shows that we can't pin him down, and try to imagine Jesus as some rational modernist, or a poetic postmodern. I reject the notion that Jesus doesn't want us to understand his teachings just as much as I reject that Martin Luther figured out all the theology that we'll ever need to know. But ultimately it is not about correct intellectual understanding, nor wrestling and fighting with mysteries, it's about eternal life in the kingdom under the reign of Jesus.


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NDO/VNA - The third Meeting of Speakers of Eurasian Countries’ Parliaments (MSEAP 3) in Antalya, Turkey, closed on October 9 and officially adopted the 17-point Antalya Statement, with National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan leading a Vietnamese high-ranking delegation to the event.

The statement recognised the role played by parliaments of Eurasian countries in creating a frank discussion of issues, and results achieved at conferences in Moscow of Russia and Seoul of the Republic of Korea; and exchanging views on measures to promote parliamentary diplomacy, thus contributing to peace, stability and prosperity in Eurasia.

Recognizing the importance of development in the region, the statement affirmed commitment to promoting joint efforts in legislative support, and exploring possibilities of expanding partnerships in Eurasia for a shared future, inclusive and sustainable growth, prosperity through promoting cooperation in many areas of common interest, such as logistics services, customs harmonization, multimodal connectivity, infrastructure development, business facilitation and technology transfer on the basis of respect for laws of each country.

The statement also acknowledged the aspirations of countries to encourage the use of new measures to support economic and trade activities through the form of intra-bloc cooperation.

Participants also reaffirmed their support for an open, inclusive, non-discriminatory, transparent and law-abiding multilateral trading system that was set up within the framework of the World Trade Organization (WTO).

They also reiterated their commitments to ensure the implementation and enforcement of the existing rules of the WTO and their determination to enhance cooperate to further strengthen the organization while rejecting trade practices that do not conform to WTO rules.

The statement acknowledged the importance of joint efforts made by countries, international organizations and associations of mutual interest in connecting national development strategies and multilateral integration projects.

It also highlighted the important role that parliaments play in giving priority to addressing environmental challenges such as climate change, drought, deforestation, desertification and land degradation, natural disasters, loss of biodiversity and water scarcity in national agendas in line with the Sustainable Development Goals, to promote close cooperation and co-ordination among Eurasian countries, thus improving adaptability and self-reliance against negative effects caused by these challenges.

The Statement reaffirmed the commitment to resolving conflicts by peaceful measures with no use or threatening to use force, and adhering to universally accepted principles of international law and the UN Charter.

It appreciated the Grand National Assembly of Turkey for the host of the MSEAP 3, and recognized the efforts of the RoK’s National Assembly and the State Duma of Russian for establishing the MSEAP mechanism and co-chairing the meeting; and agreed the Republic of Kazakhstan will host MSEAP 3 in 2019.


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DC Current Measurement Using Shunt Resistor

DC Current Measurement Using Shunt Resistor

The method we are going to discuss in this portion is by using “shunt resistor” but this method has limitations itself. The biggest one is we cannot measure the high currents through this method.

In this method we apply a resistor in the series of load so that whole current should flow through the resistor and the voltage drop across the resistor will be directly proportional to current.

I’ll illustrate this example with 8 watt load. The measurement will be done through the ATmega8 micro-controller which displays the results on computer through serial communication.

To study about serial communication click the link below:

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The resistors in markets are available in different wattages like ¼ watt, 2 watts, 5 watts etc which tells us the current bearing capacity of resistor. In DC voltage Measurement we can use any wattage of resistors for measurement because we apply resistor in parallel with load. But in current measurements we apply resistor in series and if apply a resistor of 2 watts and passed the 3 Amps with 12 volts, it will fry the resistor. So, you should carefully take care of wattage of the shunt resistor according to your load.

Some persons still prefer the use of shunt resistor in current measurement due to its low cost. But it is not a good choice because things get pretty messy and heat up at high currents.

DC current Measurement
Figure 1: Complete Circuit Diagram of Ammeter

The whole circuit diagram of the project is shown in the figure 1. There are two shunt resistors present in the circuit. The reason behind using two resistors is to increase the wattage and decrease the resistance of the shunt. Both resistors are of 0.1 ohm. If we apply resistor parallel formula then we will get 0.05 ohms. At a load of 1 ampere according to ohms law:-

V = I * R
 V = 1amp * 0.05 ohms
 V = 0.05 volts

0.05volts is basically the voltage drop across the shunt which can easily neglect. I used ATmega8 for the coding which I’ll explain later.  We will get 0.05 volts at 1 ampere but at milli-amperes even more less voltage drop will occur. This much less voltage is not possible to detect through the micro-controller. So I applied a difference amplifier to amplify the voltage as shown in the figure1. The variable resistor R1 is present here to set the reference voltage of the amplifier. It should be set in such a way that a reasonable voltage will generate at the output of the amplifier.

Components for DC Current Measurment
Figure 2: Components needed for the project

I used a 4Ah 12 volt battery as a voltage source and the load is two LED bulb of rating 3 watts and 5 watts. As my total load is 8 watts so I used two 5 watt shunt resistors in parallel which gave me 10 watts range for the load.

Breadboard Implementation of DC current Measurement
Figure 3: Implementation on bread board

Complete Setting for DC current Measurement
Figure 4: Whole System

Coding part:

As I told before that we will display our results on computer so I used UART registers of ATmega8.  To learn that how to communicate your micro-controller with computer study the links below:

We will not get much voltage at the output of amplifier due to small load so I used the internal reference voltage of the ADC which is 2.56 volts.

// initialize adc
void adc_init()
ADMUX = (1<<REFS0) | (1<<REFS1);  // To use the internal reference voltage 2.56volts
ADCSRA = (1<<ADEN)|(1<<ADPS2)|(1<<ADPS1)|(1<<ADPS0); //Enabling ADC and setting prescalar

The function mentioned above is to initialize the ADC of micro-controller. ADMUX register is used to set the reference voltage. We have option to set externally the reference voltage which should be maximum of 5v.

// 10 Samples per second
for (int j=0; j <= 9; j++) {
 v[i] = adc_read(0);
 volt = volt + v[i];

volt = volt /10; // to take the average of voltage
conv = (double)volt * 2.56/1024; //to convert the sample into voltage
// here 2.56 is the reference voltage

string_transmit("Current = "); // Transmitting to the computer

The above code is to get the 10 samples  of voltage at the output of the amplifier.

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SriLankan applies Samsung Galaxy Note 7 ban to Mihin

The ban on the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 has been extended to Mihin Airways, SriLankan announced today.

SriLankan Airlines has completely banned the use or charging of Samsung's latest Galaxy Note7 smartphone on board all its flights with immediate effect until further notice, following Samsung suspending its sales in the wake of several incidents of phone batteries catching fire.

The ban applies to turning on or charging any Samsung Galaxy Note7 on board,or shipping it in checked-in luggage and cargo. Passengers are also being advised of the ban through on-board announcements and notices at airport check-in counters.

Several other airlines and aviation authorities have also announced similar bans. The international Air Transport Association (IATA) of which SriLankan Airlines is a member and United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have also issued directives banning the use and charging of Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones on flights.

The FAA in a statement said: “In light of recent incidents and concerns raised by Samsung about its Galaxy Note7 devices, the Federal Aviation Administration strongly advises passengers not to turn on or charge these devices on board aircraft and not to stow them in any checked baggage.”

Samsung has postponed the launch of the Galaxy Note7 in India and a statement on its website said: “In response to recently reported cases of the new Galaxy Note7, we conducted a thorough investigation and found a battery cell issue. To date there have been 35 cases that have been reported globally and we are currently conducting a thorough inspection with our suppliers to identify possible affected batteries in the market. However, because our customers’ safety is an absolute priority at Samsung, we have delayed sales of Galaxy Note7 in India.”
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Battle between judiciary and legislature in India: Lessons for Nepal

Anjum Parvez and Jivesh Jha

When can we say that proper democracy is maintained? The simple answer is that when the smooth and independent functioning of three pillars of democracy—legislature, executive and judiciary—is ensured.

However, when the confrontation of these branches arises then the democratic credentials are bound to fall short in a country. Ask someone “Is it just for the parliament to enact a law retrospectively to nullify the judgment of the higher judicature?” A prudent person may respond, “The judiciary and legislature should perform their own separate functions within their limits, otherwise there will be chaos in the country.”

Importantly, the legislature cannot overrule the judgments of the Court by amending a law retrospectively as it would shake the foundation of the principle of separation of power among the three wings of the state which is unwarranted in a fair democracy. It will not be a healthy practice for a Republic if the legislature interferes in the arena of judiciary or vice-versa.

Also, the judicial department cannot ask the parliament to enact a law on a particular point but it can examine the same under the celebrated concept of judicial review. It means although the parliament is a supreme body, the Constitution is even higher than this constitutional institution.

However, in India—if past practices are something to stand by—the scores of enactments in a bid to nullify the judicial decisions show a horrifying picture: The judicial credibility is at stake. After all, the frequent confrontation between the legislature and judiciary will ultimately erode the judicial credibility and damage our well-established democratic system of governance.

In this context, the Narendra Modi-led government on April 2 asked the top Court to review its order made on March 20 that bans the automatic arrest and registration of criminal cases under Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. The highest Court had banned the automatic arrests and registration of criminal cases under the SC/ST Act which triggered a widespread criticism and chorus of disapproval from Dalit community.

The protests that swept north India cost the world’s largest democracy dearly as it claimed as many as 12 lives (on April 2), and huge loss of public property.

The Act bars a Court from granting anticipatory bail to a person accused of offence. This impugned law allows the police to immediately register an FIR and arrest a person who is accused of making racial discrimination against a SC/ST community member. Interestingly, the available data shows that the SC/ST community people were found misusing this law by lodging fake criminal complaints against innocent people who usually belonged to General category. A report of The Hindu reveals, “In 2016, for example, the National Crime Records Bureau recorded that the national rate of conviction for cases filed under the SC/ST Act stood at 15.4 percent.” Now, it’s understandable that this Act was massively misused by a section of society.

The apex Court was of the view that the public servants be not prosecuted without the approval of the appointing authority and private citizens too should be arrested only after an inquiry under law. It further ruled that the preliminary inquiry in a case under the Act would be conducted by the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) to make sure that the allegations are not frivolous.

The Supreme Court’s initiative of dynamic interpretation of the law was a bid to protect the honest public servants, discharging duties in good faith, from being blackmailed with false cases under this Act.

The Central government as well as Dalit people argued that the ruling of the Court has potential to dilute a law meant to protect the community. Hence, with this “rationale” the Central government asked the top Court to review its March 20 decision.

Nevertheless, history is full of examples where the legislature or government of the day was seen taking steps to nullify the decisions of the higher Court in the similar fashion.

The Supreme Court in 2012 in Vodafone case had held that the government of India had no jurisdiction to tax the share sale by the Hutchison Essar to Vodafone and quashed the demand of Rs 11,000 Cr tax.

In a fresh bid to nullify this judgment, the parliament came up with an amendment aimed at overcoming the “defects” pointed out in judgment. The government had contended that with an amendment in Income Tax Act, 1961 it could recover Rs 11,000 Cr again from Vodafone and also from others if they were found evading tax.

In yet another instance, the top Court in the case of Union of India v People’s Union for Civil Liberties (2003) held that it’s the right of a voter to know about the antecedents of his candidate as a part of fundamental rights envisaged under freedom of speech and expression clause. Democracy cannot survive without free and fairly informed voters. The Court ruled that the candidates contesting for the polls would have to disclose their antecedents, assets, and educational qualifications to help the electorates make right choice.

The Court wrote, “Votes cast by uninformed voters in favour of a candidate would be meaningless.” Unsurprisingly, the Supreme Court in 2018 as well in the case of Lok Prahari v Union of India extended the disclosure obligation to further include the source of income of candidates and their associates and government contracts where candidates or their associates have direct or indirect interest.

In the similar fashion, the top Court in the case of Lily Thomas v Union of India (2013) held that any MP, MLA or Member of Legislative Council who is convicted of a crime and awarded a minimum two years of imprisonment loses membership of House with immediate effect. This decision gave a blow to earlier position wherein the convicted politicians used to stick to the chair until they exhausted all judicial remedy in lower Court, High Court and finally Supreme Court. The Court struck down Section 8(4) of Representation of People’s Act which allowed elected representatives three months to appeal against their conviction.

In an attempt to overturn this decision, parliament introduced an amendment in the Act which provisioned that a member would not be disqualified immediately after conviction. The amendment was also held unconstitutional by the Court.

Meanwhile, the parliament gave birth to Article 15(5) through 2005 amendment to push the decision of PA Inamdar v State of Maharastra (2005) at backburner. Since fundamental rights are enforced against state, the private educational institutions cannot be made bound to ensure reservation—the apex Court ruled. To overturn this decision, Article 15(5) provisions for reservation in private institutions as well.

The ill-intent of parliament came at floor at the time when it rushed to enforce the National Judicial Appointment Commission Act (NJAC), 2014 in an endeavour to ensure a say of the government of the day in entire appointment and transfer of the judges of higher judiciary. This attempt was in contrast to longstanding Collegiums system. In India, the names of judges are recommended by Collegiums of judges and appointed by the President. This arrangement has been introduced by the Supreme Court itself and its in place since 1993. After sensing the NJAC Act as a planned ploy to politically influence the judicial system, the Supreme Court in 2015 held the entire Act unconstitutional.

In yet another political slugfest, the parliament introduced Article 21A in the Constitution to overshadow the judgement of Mohini Jain v State of Karnataka (1992) wherein it was held that the right to education flows directly from the right to life and right to education being concomitant to right to life and liberty clause envisaged under Article 21. On the contrary, Article 21A casts an obligation on the state to ensure free and compulsory education to children of age of six to 14 years. However, this amendment was in consonance with the observation of Unni Krishnan v State of Andhra Pradesh.

Violation of established principle

The parliament’s approach to bring a fresh law to nullify the decisions of the Court violates the doctrine of separation of power. This principle envisaged under the Constitution mandates that a judgment cannot be made inoperative by a legislature.

Still, the parliament can change the basis or alter the foundations on which the judgement is based. Once this change takes place, the judgement itself becomes inoperative.

Here, a pertinent question arises: Has the writ jurisdiction of the High Court or Supreme Court been watered down? Unfortunately, it appears that the writ jurisdiction is whittled down with frequent amendments made to nullify the decisions of the top Court. Dr BR Ambedkar, the chief architect of Indian Constitution, authoritatively and explicitly, said that the provision of writs is the very soul of the Constitution without which other provisions would become meaningless. However, the government and parliament are reluctant to buy the words of Ambedkar.

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Jurisprudential criticism

The theory of social contact, nearly as old as philosophy itself, obliges the “legislature” to appear as protector of the rights of the subjects. After all, the legislature is composed of elected members who had reached a contract with electorates to spearhead their rights and concerns at political spectrum.

But when the judiciary comes in motion to “guarantee” the rights of the citizens by exercising its inherent power of judicial review, the parliament, which is literally supposed to enact the laws that could best serve the interest of the people, rushes to nullify the decisions of the Court by placing a new adverse law before the people which is absolutely not understandable in a democratic set up.

Yet, why should the judicial department be answerable for all questions?

Parliament has got the mandate from the people and the elected representatives are under obligation to tailor the laws in a fashion that could fulfil people’s aspirations. The legislative body should be responsible in itself for the solution of emerging problems in the country.

Moreover, the legislative approach to overturn the judgement also hits the realist school of jurisprudence which gives emphasis to judge-made law. The theory argues that letters of law is made by parliament but spirit is filled in it by judiciary. Acknowledging this theory, almost every Constitution of the world has made provisions for judicial precedent clause in an effort to ensure the full faith and credit to judgments of the Court.

Lessons for Nepal

It’s a well-settled principle that the parliament is a supreme institution in any parliamentary democracy but the Constitution enjoys pre-eminence over it.

The federal republic of Nepal should bestow the time-honoured doctrine of judicial review in a full-fledged manner. The state, unlike India, should take the decisions of Court as binding and final.

Also, every organ of the democracy—legislature, executive and judiciary—should acknowledge the American model of democracy and hence must work in coordination with one another. Political interest under the guise of legislation should not counter the actions of judicial department.

It’s advisable for the Himalayan state to maintain Constitutionalism in the Republic. The emerging Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal should learn lessons from the bitter experiences of 70 years old federal democracy of India in maintaining the credibility of judiciary.

Mr Parvez is a faculty member at Constitutional Law in Uttaranchal University, Dehradun, India and Mr Jha is a student of LLM (Constitutional Laws) at Uttaranchal University, Dehradun, India.

Published on 5 April 2018


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Guardians of Middle-earth is a MOBA-style game developed by Monolith Productions, set in J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings universe. Players participate in online objective-based competitive multiplayer matches, with the ultimate goal being the destruction of the opposing teams base, or the highest score after time expires.

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The Season Pass is available for $15, and includes 8 Guardians and 1 game mode:

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Selecting relics & gems in the loadout.
Selecting relics & gems in the loadout.

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Potions are single use buffs that players can use at any time. Potions can grant any number of boosts, such as health, resiliency, etc. Once used they are gone for good, and new ones must be purchased in between matches...but since they are single use they typically cost less coins to purchase.

Although in-game Guardian levels reset before each match, the game does feature persistent leveling, awarding players XP and coins (and sometimes relics and gems) at the end of each match. As players level up, they unlock access to more commands, potions & loadout slots, all of which can be purchased using coins.

If a player reaches maximum rank, they are even given the option to Prestige.

There are dozens of playable Guardians to choose from, but only a handful are immediately available to new players. Additional Guardians are unlocked via either in-game currency or paid DLC.

Each Guardian has one single basic attack, and four unique "Abilities," which can range from area of effect attacks, buffs for teammates, speed boosts, or other various effects. These Abilities all have cooldown timers, but they are fairly short. As players level up their Guardian by destroying towers and killing opposing units, they put upgrade points towards increasing the power of these abilities. These in-match levels are not persistent, and reset before each match.

Each Guardian belongs to one of five classes; Warrior, Enchanter, Defender, Striker, and Tactician. These classes give the player an idea what kind of abilities & play style they have. Defenders for example have more defensive attributes, such as healing & shielding teammates, where Warriors have more offensive abilities, such as attack power and shields. Enchanters have more magic based attacks, Tacticians typically have access to traps, and Strikers use speed and stealth to surprise their enemies.

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  • Dark Assault - Teleport, Damaging and Rooting
  • Northern Bolt - Lightning attack with Ability Damage
  • Overcharge - Enhances other Abilities, increases Penetration
  • Shockwave - Area attack with Damage and Slowing

Barrow-wight Lord

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  • Barrow's Torment - Damages Enemies initially and over time
  • Chilling Touch - Reduces Enemy Guardian or Creature Attack Speed while increasing own
  • Drain the Soul - Life Steals from a single target
  • Undeath - Passive death Immunity, Teleport and Damage an Enemy while undead

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  • Narya's Power - Blinds and damages Enemies
  • Fireworks - Damages and Silences Enemies in an area
  • Flame of Anor - Creates Shield and reveals Enemies
  • Gandalf's Might - Damages and Stuns a single Enemy

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  • Ashen Wolf - Summons a wolf that Damages and Taunts
  • Fiery Grasp - Inflicts Damage and Knockup
  • Snuff Them Out - Damages Enemies while restoring Health
  • Furious Flames - Line attack with True Damage and Blind

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  • As It Is Written - Marks and Damages nearby Enemies
  • Ancient History - Creates Damage Shield
  • Last Word - Damages nearby Enemies
  • Dirge of Durin - Damages or Stuns nearby Enemies

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  • Vibrant Glade - Increased Attack Speed, Reduced Controlling Effects
  • Whispering Leaves - Deals Ability Damage, briefly Silences
  • Blackbird Song - Deals True Damage and Blinds Enemy Guardians and Creatures
  • Roots of Greenwood - Roots Enemies, slows and deals Ability Damage

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  • Focused Magic - Stuns Enemy Guardian, deals area Ability Damage
  • Spies of Saruman - Reveals, Slows and deals Ability Damage over Time
  • Burst Shield - Shield that detonates for area Ability Damage and Silence
  • Power of the White Wizard - Channeled Ability Damage over Time

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  • Shieldmaiden - Shields self and nearby Allies
  • Know My Fury - Roots nearby Enemies
  • Great Renown - Heals Allies at the cost of own Health
  • I Am No Man - Damages targets and stuns all enemies

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  • Golden Gaze - Causes Damage and Fear to nearby Enemies
  • Lothlórien Grove - Damages Enemies, Heals Allies, all Stealth
  • Power of Nenya - Pulls, Stuns, and Slows close range Enemies
  • Evening Star - Restores Ally Health at the cost of own

Great Goblin

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  • Dizzying Smash - Area attack that deals Damage and lowers Resistances
  • Ramming Oppression - Target area attack with Damage
  • Ancestral Will - Restore Health and become immune to Damage for a brief time
  • Goblin Insult - Leap attack with Knockup, Damage and Taunt

Mouth of Sauron

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  • Dark Shout - Medium range attack with Damage and Fear
  • Will of Sauron - Roots Enemy Guardian at Medium Range while draining the victim's Health
  • Deceitful Ways - Lifesteals and gains temporary Invulnerability
  • Stream of Lies - Area attack with Silence, Slow, and Ability Damage

Witch King

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  • Malice - Causes Damage in area and improves next attack
  • Despair - Slows a targeted Enemy and nearby Enemies
  • Darkness - Taunts an Enemy and Reflects Damage
  • Death - Causes Damage and reduces Enemy Healing

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  • Arcane Arts - Shields self and Allies, removes Controlling Effects
  • Wretched Vapors - Area effect that Damages and Knocks Enemies away
  • Defensive Chaos - Heals nearby Allies
  • Dark Forces - Reduce Ally Cooldowns, enhance own Abilities

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  • Attercop! Attercop! - Damages and Taunts an Enemy
  • Gaffer's Home Cider - Attack Speed and Critical Hit chance increases
  • Hobbit Sense - Enter Stealth for a brief time
  • Sting - Teleport, Damages an Enemy, Immune to Root

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  • Heavy Burden - Gains Stealth at the cost of his Health
  • Mithril Mail - Frodo briefly Shields himself and gains Resistances
  • Light of Eärendil - Blinds and Stuns nearby Enemies
  • Sting's Bite - Damages and Slows an enemy

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  • Throttle - Single target attack with Damage and Silence
  • We Are Starved - Roots an Enemy, causes Damage and Heals self
  • My Precious - Defeat an Enemy with Damage and Attack Speed
  • Coward - Removes Controlling Effects and increases Movement

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  • Forest Sprint - Movement and Attack Speed Increases
  • Sea of Arrows - Area attack that inflicts Damage and Roots Enemies
  • Tree Top Ambush - Teleports and Stuns on next attack
  • Wrath of the Elves - Ranged attack with high Damage

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  • Wound - True Damage and Arrow that Stuns Guardians and Creatures
  • Flare - Blinds, then Reveals Stealthed or hidden Enemies in a small area
  • Scout - Tumbles and clears himself of Controlling Affects, Movement increase if enemy marked
  • Make it Count - True Damage and Slows Enemy Guardians

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  • Silvan Agility - Teleport, Invisibility, increases Move Speed
  • Woodland Shot - Range attack causing Ability Damage, Slow
  • Greenwood Blades - Damages, Roots, and Slows Enemies in close range
  • Elven Onslaught - Knockback, Ability Damage, reduces Resistances

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  • A Mouthful - Deals Damage and gains Health
  • Ravenous - Stuns a marked target
  • Famished - Extra Damage and Resistances, Weakness against marked Enemy Guardian
  • Salivate - Marks enemy Guardian and gains Movement and Attack Speed

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  • Stick - Damages, Blinds, and Pulls Enemies closer
  • Hunt - Increases own Movement Speed, clears Controlling Affects, and is briefly invulnerable
  • Drain - Persistent area that Slows and Damages
  • Bite - Lifesteal, Damages and Stuns Enemy

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  • Bonfire - Fire that Damages Enemies and Towers
  • Spirits - Increase Movement Speed and Resistances
  • Mutton - Pull, Stun and Damage Enemy
  • Stumbling Rage - Area attack with Fear and Damage

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  • Call of Rivendell - Increases Movement and Attack Speeds, Damage
  • Take Refuge - Area effect increases Health and Resistances
  • Elven Grace - Damages Enemies and give Stealth to Allies
  • Honored Guard - Summons an archer to Damage and Slow Enemies

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  • Lob! - Area ranged attack with Damage and Stun
  • Burn! - Trades Damage to Enemies for loss of Health
  • Trap! - Explosive trap with Damage and Knockup
  • Ka-boom! - Sacrifice self to destroy Enemies

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  • Black Land Banner - Trap that draws Enemy fire
  • Grond's Blow - Rush attack with Knockup, Damage and Stun
  • War-machine - Trebuchet that fires at Enemies
  • Rain of Doom - Area attack that damages Enemy units and Structures

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  • Dwarven-fire Flask - Deals Damage and reduces Resistance
  • Took's Wall - Trap that Damages and Blinds
  • Brandywine Barbs - Trap that Damages and Slows Enemies
  • Halfling's Trap - Timed trap deals True Damage and Knockback

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  • Dwarven Onslaught - Increase Basic Damage of nearby Allies
  • Fortitude - Increases Allied Resistances, Slows Enemies
  • Man the Walls! - Nearby units and Structures gain Resistance
  • Swift Blow - Teleport then Damage Structures

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  • Catapult of Angmar - Catapult with increasing range, damage, Health
  • Unbending - Creates Shields for Allies and Structures
  • Forceful Call - Increases Movement Speed and Health for nearby Allies
  • March of the Northmen - Speed increases for Allies and Structures

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  • Staggering Shot - Ranged attack with Ability Damage and Stun
  • Chieftain's Focus - Damages Guardian or Creature, increases own Attack Speed
  • Dúnedain Blade - Area attack that Damages and Slows Enemies
  • Ranger's Strike - Damages and Slows Enemies, enter Stealth

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  • Guard of the Citadel - Area attack with Damage and Silence
  • Shield of Gondor - Shield that absorbs Damage and increases Movement Speed
  • Turning of the Tide - Deals Damage while removing Controlling Effects
  • Noble Sacrifice - Taunts Enemy Guardians and Creatures

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  • A Bit of Fire - Damages nearby Enemies and gives Glóin haste
  • Dwarven Stubborness - Increased Resistances and lights Enemies on fire that strike him
  • Durin's Line - Damages all Enemies in a Target Area
  • Mighty Axe - Medium range area attack with Damage and Stun

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  • Berserker Rage - Increases own Movement and Attack Speeds, Health
  • Brutal Draught - Trades Health for increased Damage
  • Vile Taunt - Taunts Enemies and reflects damage
  • Bloodied Blade - Area attack with Damage and Fear

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  • Might of Barad-dûr - Target Area attack, Ability Damage, Knockback
  • Shadow Walk - Teleport and gain Stealth
  • Dark Lord's Reach - Damages and Roots a single Enemy
  • The Lidless Eye - Reveal, Damage, then inflict Fear

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  • Wrath - Increase Movement and Attack Speeds
  • Revenge - Melee attack causing Ability and True Damage, can deal a Critical Hit
  • Oakenshield - Creates a Shield and reduces Enemy Attack Speed
  • Heart of the Mountain - Increase Critical Hit chance

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  • Hammer Throw - Damages and Slows Enemies with ranged attack
  • Lethal Blow - Causes True Damage and Roots Enemies
  • Dwarven Valor - Reduces Controlling Effects and Damage
  • Durin’s Wrath - Reduce Resistances, Knocks Enemies into air

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  • Charge of the Uruk-hai - Roots target and causes Fear on nearby Enemies
  • Orcish Medicine - Regain Health at the cost of Attack Speed
  • White Hand's Whip - Damages, Slows and Knocks Enemy into air
  • Fury of Isengard - Single target attack with Damage and Knockback

System Requirements

  • OS: 32-bit: Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8
  • Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.4 GHz | AMD Athlon X2, 2.8 GHz or better
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS | AMD Radeon 3850 or better
  • DirectX: Version 10
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Hard Drive: 8 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: Windows XP and DirectX® 9.0c and below not supported

  • OS: 64-bit: Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8
  • Processor: Intel Core i5 750, 2.67 GHz | AMD Phenom II X4 965, 3.4GHz or better
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 | AMD Radeon HD 6950 or better
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Hard Drive: 8 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: Windows XP and DirectX® 9.0c and below not supported


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RevenueThe substrate  of the start up business plan is that the nascent business will reach $50 million revenues per year after 5 years. Venture Capitalists seem to expect that every pitch will have a revenue graph with a hockey-stick shaped revenue line that shows the business at $50M in 5 years. Naturally, this means that constructing a financial model for a startup involves tweaking the spreadsheet to get $50M in 5 years. All of the other predictions of the model are secondary.

When have we asked if this is a reasonable goal? Are any Entrepreneurs bold enough to ask VC how many of their portfolio companies have actually his $50M in 5 years?

Fortunately, Christian Chalbot of IPO Dashboards has done some analysis to determine how long it takes technology startups to reach $50M. His answer is about 8 years, but that value is determined from studying the top 100 technology companies in the US, ranked by revenue. The number is certainly a gross underestimate, because it doesn’t include any of the companies that did not IPO, failed, or were not in the top 100. In short, even among the most successful US companies, it still takes and average of 8 years to reach $50M in revenue.

So, Entrepreneur, next time you are showing your hockey-stick graph, what you are really saying is: “My company will be more successful that Microsoft, Adobe or Novell. ” Really, why should anyone believe you?

Today, Techcrunch summarizes additional proof that, despite the popular image of the scrappy young entrepreneur, most entrepreneurial activity, and the most successful startups, is run by grey-hairs. This report from the Kaufmann Foundation puts Techcrunch’s hunches to numbers.

The average and median age of U.S.-born tech founders was thirty-nine when they started their  companies. Twice as many were older than fifty as were younger than twenty-five.

So, while I can be happy that for the last two companies, I was a “young entrepreneur” for the next one I will be firmly in the norm. And that path is probably also very typical, since entrepreneurs are likely to start more than one company.

Here is the distribution of startup-founder’s ages fro the Kaufmann report:

Age Graph

To be fair, Venture Capitalists don’t seems to have a consistent age prejudice, but the younger founders to seem to get more attention.

Here is one more study that presents the demographics of entrepreneurs.

It finds that most founders came from middle-class or upper-lower-class backgrounds, are well-educated and married with children. The strongest motivation for starting a company was to “build wealth”. Other popular motivators included capitalizing on a business idea; the appeal of a startup culture; a desire to own a company; and a lack of interest in working for someone else.

So, not only are entrepreneurs middle aged, they aren’t typically rich or single. So, not only do Old Guys Rule, but the old, pasty, middle-class ones start companies.

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I customize the Dashboard sitewide on all my wordpress Mu or wp3 blog network sites. There is nothing like having a new blog created and having the dashboard configured how you want without needing any tweaking or attention!

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– Most of the Plugin Solutions are on a per-blog basis, which is fine if you don’t mind customizing EACH site on your network. But if your like me, you want it to look the way you want right from blog creation.

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Why would you want this? Well, say you combined this with the  ‘New Blog Defaults’ plugin , ‘Admin Menu Editor’ plugin, &  ‘Dashboard CMS’ plugin; You’d have a completely configured backend for your clients, ON deployment!

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Going about getting cosmetic surgery done, no matter what the reason is, can be very stress. Especially, if you do not have the best information. If you have the right information, you will feel at ease about the entire process. You will have the best results, so continue reading this article to learn what you need to know.

Make sure you understand exactly what kind of recovery period you will be after your procedure. Many people believe they can jump right back into work. While this holds true for minor surgeries, it is not possible to have a large procedure without recovery time. Talk things out with your medical professional beforehand.

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After you receive Botox injections, do not feel alarmed, or upset of you do not see any noticeable changes in your face right after the procedure is done. In many cases, it can take up to an entire week, before you start to see the full effects of it.

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Last week I presented the last version of peepdf in the Black Hat Europe Arsenal. It was a really good experience that I hope I can continue doing in the future ;) Since the very first version, almost one year ago, I had not released any new version but I have been frequently updating the project SVN. Now you can download the new version with some interesting additions (and bugfixes), and take a look at the overview of the tool in the slides. I think it's important to mention that the version included in the Black Hat CD and the one in the Black Hat Arsenal webpage IS NOT the last version, this IS the last version. I've asked the Black Hat stuff to change the version on the site so I hope this can be fixed soon.

So I'm going to enumerate the new features in this version of "the Swiss army knife of PDF security apps" (I don't know who wrote that but I love it!):

  • Improved PDF filters: I've added the implementation of LZWDecode and ASCII85Decode from pdfminer by Yusuke Shinyama to avoid parsing errors because I think it's better code than the used in the last version. I have also included a better support for predictor parameters of FlateDecode and LZWDecode filters. Thanks to Brandon Dixon to report related bugs! ;)

  • New vulnerabilities: Added new monitorization of vulnerabilities related to doc.printSeps function (CVE-2010-4091), /U3D objects (CVE-2009-3953, CVE-2009-3959, CVE-2011-2462) and /PRC objects (CVE-2011-4369).

  • Updating process: The option of updating the tool from the command line has been added. When the tool is executed with the -u option the latest version of the files in the repository are checked and compared with the local files, updating as needed.

  • Javascript beautifier: Thanks to the code from a new command (js_beautify) to beautify the Javascript output has been included.

  • Hash command: Now it's possible to make a hash (MD5/SHA1/SHA256) of some elements like objects, raw objects, stream, raw streams, raw bytes, files and variables. Thanks to @bingo for the petition and code! ;)
  • Easy extraction of information: As I mentioned some weeks ago, now it's very straightforward to extract information from any command thanks to the redirection in the console (>, >>, $>, $>>).
  • New commands to perform XOR operations: Two commands (xor and xor_search) have been included to perform XOR operations to objects, raw objects, stream, raw streams, raw bytes, files and variables. The xor command performs a simple XOR with the given key or brute-forcing if it's not specified. xor_search searches the result of XOR brute-forcing for the given pattern. You can find an example of use in this article.
  • XML output: Added the -x option to obtain an XML output of the file containing the same information as the basic execution, useful for automatic analysis. The DTD file can be found here.

You can find the complete changelog here. I hope these changes can help you in your daily PDF analysis and I expect comments / bugs / new features to continue improving the tool ;) Thanks!!

Impressive Source Code

The source code looks quite good. I'm especially impressed by the lzw decoder and crypto. spidermonkey is also an interesting library to put to use. Do you feel that there should be a security concern about running this automatically on all PDF files?

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Thanks for the comments! But the LZW decoder is code from a third-party library, hehe ;) What do you mean by "security concern"? Do you mean executing peepdf automatically with any kind of PDF files? Nop, no security issues related to the PDF exploits at least...