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import logging; logger = logging.getLogger("morse." + __name__)

from morse.core import blenderapi
import morse.core.sensor
from import service
from morse.helpers.components import add_data, add_property

[docs]class Proximity(morse.core.sensor.Sensor): """ This sensor can be used to determine which other objects are within a certain radius of the sensor. It performs its test based only on distance. The type of tracked objects can be specified using the **Track** property. """ _name = "Proximity Sensor" _short_desc = "Distance sensor to detect nearby objects." add_data('near_objects', {}, "dict", "A list of the tracked objects located " "within the given radius. The keys of the dictionary are the object " "names, and the values are the distances (in meters) from the " "sensor.") add_data('near_robots', {}, "dict", "deprecated. Points to near_objects for compatibility reasons.") add_property('_range', 100, 'Range', "float", "The distance, in meters " "beyond which this sensor is unable to locate other robots.") add_property('_tag', "Robot_Tag", 'Track', "string", "The type of " "tracked objects. This type is looked for as game property of scene " "objects. You must then add a new game property to the objects you " "want to be detected by the proximity sensor.") def __init__(self, obj, parent=None): """ Constructor method. Receives the reference to the Blender object. The second parameter should be the name of the object's parent. """'%s initialization' % # Call the constructor of the parent class morse.core.sensor.Sensor.__init__(self, obj, parent)'Component initialized, runs at %.2f Hz', self.frequency) @service
[docs] def set_range(self, range): """ The service expects a float range (in meter), and modify the range used to detect objects around the proximity sensor. :param range: detection range, in meters """ self._range = float(range)
[docs] def set_tracked_tag(self, tag): """ The service allows to modify the kind of objects detected by the proximity sensor. :param tag: value of the *Track* property used to select detected objects. """ self._tag = tag
[docs] def default_action(self): """ Create a list of tagged objects within a certain radius of the sensor. """ self.local_data['near_objects'] = {} self.local_data['near_robots'] = self.local_data['near_objects'] parent = self.robot_parent.bge_object # Get the tracked sources for obj in blenderapi.scene().objects: try: obj[self._tag] # Skip distance to self if parent != obj: distance = self._measure_distance_to_object (parent, obj) if distance <= self._range: self.local_data['near_objects'][] = distance except KeyError: pass
def _measure_distance_to_object(self, own_robot, target_object): """ Compute the distance between two objects Parameters are two blender objects """ distance, globalVector, localVector = own_robot.getVectTo(target_object) logger.debug("Distance from robot {0} to object {1} = {2}".format(own_robot, target_object, distance)) return distance


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And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love.
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O Lord, you have made us very small, and we bring our years to an end like a tale that is told; help us to remember that beyond our brief day is the eternity of your love. Amen.
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This generation’s go-to stand-in for real-life saints is back with Conviction, a slightly less egregious piece of Oscar bait than last year’s Amelia, and a perfectly palatable acting showcase for nearly everyone involved.

Swank plays Betty Anne Waters, a single mother and high school dropout who spent the better part of two decades putting herself through law school in order to exonerate her brother (Sam Rockwell) of a murder conviction. (She’s also showing conviction through her actions! Get it?)

It’s not nearly as maudlin as it sounds. Director Tony Goldwyn (The Last Kiss), himself an actor, seems to leave everyone to their own devices, with Swank doing her doggedly determined routine and Rockwell turning on his temper with convincing ease. Some of the film’s best moments are their prison conversations, as she lays out her grand scheme to serve as his legal representation and he sits there silently, a bit defeated, a bit hopeful and less worried about getting out than letting his sister down.

Rockwell offers the lone note of ambiguity as to his innocence, and as Betty Anne’s best friend and only ally, Minnie Driver even dares to doubt it in the presence of a woman who simply can’t bear the thought. But of course Betty Anne’s right; otherwise, we wouldn’t be watching this gracefully made but ultimately safe movie. It’s like Erin Brockovich without the moxie.

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For a movie in which people are arrested in the middle of funerals, where parents forget about fishing trips with the kids and reportedly destroyed boxes of evidence are magically recovered years later, Conviction is not too Lifetime for its own good. Paul Cantelon’s score isn’t that overbearing, and the performances for the most part aren’t that overwrought – though the accents sure are. Most importantly, Goldwyn understands that life-changing rulings often take place in empty courtrooms with a quiet sense of triumph and without a cheering crowd.

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Severe allergy means man can't work

Rick Stoddard's hands are red and full of callous skin, peeling off in small pieces.

Stoddard's skin first started bubbling up more than three years ago. It only happens around his hands, where the bubbles pop, become rock-hard and peel off. The cracked skin make his hands bleed and throb with pain.

"It's like an eternal itch and you can't control it," Stoddard said.

"Sometimes you feel like you stuck your hands in a bucket of fire."

He's been off work since the last week of July because of his allergy to methylisothiazolinone, also known as MI, a preservative commonly used in personal care products.

Cleaning products, lotions, soaps and shaving creams use MI, to protects products from spoilage.

When Stoddard first developed the allergy, his family doctor couldn't figure out what was wrong. Eventually, his hands became so inflamed that he went to an emergency clinic one day; the clinic then referred him to a dermatologist.

That's when he found out he's allergic to MI.

Stoddard, who works as a mechanic at an automotive garage, said his condition has gotten to the point where pretty much everything around his work inflames his hands.

Stoddard first took time off work three years ago, almost for a month.

This year, he took six months off work including two months he took off to attend school. The last time he received a full paycheque was at the end of April.

On July 27, he finally returned to work, only to have his hands inflamed again.

For Stoddard, who bought a house not too long ago, this has caused an enormous amount of stress.

At this point, Stoddard doesn't think he can return to his work anymore; this is already his third time off due his allergy. This leaves him in a sticky situation because his health insurance won't allow him to claim disability due to the rarity of its nature, according to Stoddard.

His insurance provider, Desjardins, covers 80% of his prescription medication, including tablets used to treat severe chronic hand eczema and cream that relieves inflammatory itch.

But he's still losing a lot of money by not being able to work.

"When you look at pain, having to change your job because you can't work anymore and the stress...all that really depresses you," Stoddard said.

According to Desjardins Group spokesman Andre Chapleau, Desjardins does not deny coverage on the basis that it's a "rare case." The refusal to provide coverage for disability would likely be based on the type of contract and coverage Stoddard has, said Chapleau.

Chapleau added Stoddard's specific case cannot be disclosed due to a confidentiality agreement.

For now, Stoddard is left in the dark until he figures out his next step - he's considering changing his career altogether but it's not easy. He might look into applying for Employment Insurance if there's no way to claim disability.

One of the most frustrating things, according to Stoddard, is that there isn't much information available.

"It takes ages to get a hold of a dermatologist ... It's almost impossible."

- What is methylisothiazolinone?

Health Canada lists Methylisothiazolinone (MI) as a non-medical ingredient under "preservative antimicrobial," which means it prevents microbial growth and thus protect products from spoilage.

MI can be used alone or in combination with methylchloroisothiazolinone (MCI). When used alone, MI is permitted at concentrations equal to or less than 0.01 per cent when used as a preservative. When used in combination, the allowed concentration is lower than when used alone.

On June 26, Health Canada began a consultation on amendments to the "Hotlist,"a list of ingredients that are prohibited or restricted for use in cosmetic products. MI and MCI have been restricted on the Hotlist since 2003.

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- What happens if people develop allergies to cosmetic products?

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- Is it normal for people to develop allergies to very common products?

According to Health Canada, it is estimated that between 1.0 and 5.4 per cent of the general population is sensitized to an ingredient used in cosmetics. In comparison, approximately 8 per cent of children and 4 per cent of adults have one or more food allergies.

Sam Kacew, associate director in toxicology in University of Ottawa, said a rise in allergic reactions could be due to a variety of confounding factors related to lifestyle, environment.

Kacew said people are becoming "less adaptable," due to not being as exposed to various elements as before.

For example, children are not exposed to peanut butter due to bans on peanut products in common public places.

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Southend manager Chris Powell will be looking to get rid of two bizarre statistics when his side take on the U's this weekend.

His side have yet to net from open play in Powell’s six away games and have now not scored in the second half of an away game since September.

“I found out about the second half statistic just before the game on Saturday, it’s very bizarre and I obviously want it to end,” Powell told the Southend Echo.

“I haven’t been involved in all of them but we certainly couldn’t have come much closer than we did at Blackburn so hopefully at Oxford we can get the goals we need to win.

Blues have now gone 17 away games without scoring in the second half.

"That needs changing or our fans might start going home at half-time on an away game!" Powell joked.

The U's will need to keep an eye on midfielder Dru Yearwood who is hoping to be involved and is also shortlisted for League One Apprentice of the Year.

“It would be great to get the three points and to then win the award as well, but I also want to get a goal,” said Yearwood “I wouldn’t say it was playing on my mind but I’m overdue one and it would be great to get my first at Oxford.

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On a stormy Wednesday evening, at the Crown pub in Kingsclere Peter delivered an interesting talk on field archery.. It was fabulous to see some of the different, target faces, 3d target animals and bow types that are used in both field and 3d competitions. Peter also delighted us with some old video footage of himself and others shooting. It was really very interesting to see some of the history of the Warren, including an interesting feature by Jack Hargreaves on the BBC. It made everyone realise how incredibly lucky we are to have this established and respected resource within our club

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We offer an extensive portfolio of solutions for both primary and secondary packaging machinery for many industries manufacturing food, beverage, dairy, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, industrial applications, and other consumer goods products.

Aerosol, Beverage Multipacking, Cartoning, Chub, Cup Filling, and Pouching Equipment

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Years in business:115
Number of employees:420+
Geographic sales distribution:Global Sales & Support
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24/hour 7-day in-house, on-line parts ordering portal, remote assistance, and field technical support.

We offer comprehensive training programs tailored to your operational needs as well as to the skill level of your employees. Whether you have a well-seasoned maintenance team or looking to bring new hires up to speed, we have the right training model for you. Utilizing on-site instruction by factor certified trainers, on-line tutorials, or a combination of both, our training programs provide clear, easy to follow guidance on how to properly maintain your packaging equipment.

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Field Service: Knowledge gained from all our customers allows us to efficiently solve any challenge to keep downtime to a minimum.40+ Factory certified technicians with over 600 years of combined experienceService agreements can be customized to your packaging line and facility needs24 Hour service hotline covered 365 days a yearRemote Assistance: Get all the benefits of an on-site visit from one of our service technicians for a fraction of the cost.Maximize equipment uptime and productivity with a faster equipment diagnosisYour operator and our remote expert interfacing with your machine in real timeOptions include high quality audio with live video feed, remote PLC interfacing, augmented reality, and file sharing
Quality Parts: Parts direct from us ensures accurate trends in wear parts, consistent production capabilities, and operator piece of mind.Full-service parts support team with ability to help create an inventory stocking strategyCoesia Webshop, our on-line parts ordering portal with real-time information on availability and delivery timeOriginal OEM parts with quality, fit and functionality guaranteed
Certified Training: We help address the struggles customers face with an aging workforce and inexperienced operators.Service technician trainers that are PMMI Certified conduct trainingCustomizable in-house or on-site sessions created to customer needsOperations and maintenance best practices improves overall productivitySpecialized Audits: With the number of machines we have installed globally, we have gained a deep understanding of our machines and how to keep them running efficiently.Conducted by highly trained service technicians that have experience with your equipmentEasy to read, comprehensive reports provided upon audit completionAction items listed to keep machine in optimal operating condition

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Experience what over 100 years of engineering excellence, superior after market service and being a part of Coesia, the largest network of packaging technologies and process solutions in the world, can bring to your production line and service challenges.

We offer an extensive portfolio of solutions for both primary and secondary packaging machinery including: AEROSOL, BEVERAGE/MULTI-PACKING, CARTONING, CHUB PACKAGING, CUP FILLING/SEALING and POUCHING equipment for many industries manufacturing food, beverage, dairy, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, industrial applications, and other consumer goods products.

AEROSOL: Our KP-Aerofill series of machines includes low to high speed equipment for those needing aerosol and rotary liquid fill systems, rotary base aerosol crimpers, gasser/shakers, propellant and liquid fillers, bag-on-valve (BOV), air powered through-the-valve (TTV) technology, and more.

BEVERAGE/MULTI-PACKING: Our Wraptor, Meridian, and Maxim series of machines provide a wide range of solutions for any mid to high speed can and/or bottle (glass or plastic) production line needs. Whether single tier or double tier, 4 pack to 48 pack, our machines can handle multiple package configurations and types including E-Flute and B-Flute cartons. Ask about our Automatic Magazine Loader (AML) integration capabilities.

CARTONING: Our comprehensive portfolio of machinery includes end load and top load cartoners. These can range from hand load vertical end load cartoner to fully automated systems. Familiar branded cartoning technology includes: CMV, Legend, Legacy, and Criterion.

CHUB PACKAGING: Our KartridgPak Chub Maker series of chub packaging equipment established the chub package category decades ago. Features/benefits include: close-clip option, continuous motion, rollstock clips and film, PLC controls, simplified clipping head, stainless steel construction, heat, radio frequency and extruder sealing options, and more.

CUP FILLING/SEALING: Autoprod and Holmatic cup filling systems are the flagship series of cup fillers manufactured and services by R.A JONES. Fill, seal and overcap preformed cups, tubs and trays. Options include 3A sanitary design, film and foil sealing (knife cut sealing or pre-die cut pick and place), seal-less CIP volumetric piston filler, and much more.

POUCHING: Pouch King is our high speed pouch-filling series of horizontal form fill seal machinery with patented printed circuit heating technology for 3-sided, 4-sided, gusseted and stand-up gusseted pouch styles. R.A JONES also supplies and supports VOLPAK pouching equipment in the US, including access to the groundbreaking and patented Standcap Pouch technology.

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Kristen McCaw is a co-founder and the chief operating officer and the chief financial officer at Impact Public Schools, a charter management organization in Washington State. Previously, Kristen served as chief operating officer and chief diversity officer at Summit Public Schools. In that role, Kristen led a team that included talent; technology; operations; data; real estate; development; and diversity, equity, and inclusion. Kristen also served as chief of staff at Summit and was responsible for growth. Kristen led the organization’s winning application to the national XQ Super School Challenge.

Before joining Summit, Kristen worked at the California Charter Schools Association where she provided guidance on all aspects of the school design and development process, supporting the launch of 24 new schools. She has also managed special education and assessments, evaluated school-transformation policies, and launched college preparation programs for students living in New York City public housing. This work ignited her commitment to ensuring that children in every neighborhood can access an education that will equip them to be the authors of their own futures and leaders in their communities.

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BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) – As Pennsylvania moves forward with vaccination efforts, against Covid-19, we’re starting to return back to normal. One event expected to make a comeback, The Bloomsburg Fair.

Whether you come for the music, the wide variety of fair foods or to just have fun. The Bloomsburg Fair is a beloved tradition to many.

The fair is opening at full-capacity September 24 through October 2.

“I would feel comfortable, and I know a lot of other people around here do. I know a lot of people around here are excited for the fair around here. So it is going to be, going to be interesting to say the least,” said Derek Ziegler.

“We’re excited, we really missed it last year that, that it wasn’t here. So it was disappointing, we’re thrilled, we’re thrilled it is coming back,” stated Dana Slusser.

Bloomsburg Fair officials say they will continue to take Covid-19 precautions.

“We still will be following CDC guidelines. Let’s hope we all get our shots by the end of may and we can get this thing opened up and have some fun. If we have to wear masks, that’s the way it’s got to be,” said Brain Wawroski the grandstands Superintendent.

Waroski says these decisions come early to plan for hundreds of thousands of people to walk through their gates in under five months.

“With a fair the size we have, the planning has to start way early. So, truthfully, we’ve been planning all along like we’re going to have a fair and we just keep hope that we can,” stated Wawroski.

Keeping hope the dancing, racing and singing can come back to Bloomsburg as the nation gets a grip of the coronavirus.

The region’s largest fair was canceled last year due to the pandemic, causing a huge economic loss.

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The fair is already looking to hire seasonal employees which include security, parking attendants, and gate ticket sellers.

Fair and concert tickets are already on sale online.

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FILE – In this March 9, 2010, file photo, then-U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden walks in the cemetery on Mt. Herzel in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, Pool, File)

It’s a story Joe Biden has loved recounting over the decades: A chain-smoking Golda Meir welcoming the 30-year-old senator to Israel on his first visit in 1973 and giving him a grandmotherly hug before schooling him on the Six-Day War and the dangers still faced by Israel.

A classified Israeli government memo, though, paints a less anodyne version of Biden’s meeting with the Israeli prime minister that day, reporting that the young senator privately “displayed an enthusiasm” that “signaled his lack of diplomatic experience” as he laid out his concerns over land seized in the West Bank and Gaza Strip by Israel years earlier. The document was published last year byIsrael’s Channel 13.

For Biden it was the start of a familiar dynamic. Over his nearly 50 years in national politics, he has often reserved his toughest messages for Israeli leaders for private talks while publicly burnishing his image as an unwavering supporter of Israel.

The pattern holds true to the present, as Biden has delivered his most pointed messages for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the conflict with Hamas in Gaza during private conversations while having little to say in public.

For days, as Hamas rockets have flown toward Israel and Israeli airstrikes pounded Gaza, Biden resisted mounting calls from some Democrats and U.N. Security Council members to more forcefully pressure Israel for a cease-fire. On Wednesday, in their fourth conversation in eight days, Biden told Netanyahu that he expected a “significant de-escalation” by day’s end on the path to a cease-fire, according to a White House summary of the phone call.

But hours later, Biden didn’t make even a passing reference to the Gaza war or his diplomacy during a commencement speech at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy as he spoke of the need to face accelerating global challenges.

In 1982, Washington was the setting when Biden was among a group of U.S. lawmakers who had a tense meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin. Biden reportedly pressed Begin to halt the building of Jewish settlements in the West Bank, while some of his colleagues were critical of other aspects of Israel’s policies.

″I think it is fair to say that in my eight years in Washington I’ve never seen such an angry session with a foreign head of state,″ Sen. Paul Tsongas, a Massachusetts Democrat, told reporters after the meeting.

Overall, Biden has hewed to the U.S. establishment line of reaffirming a financial commitment to Israel regardless of its actions toward Palestinians, while frequently reminding Jewish American audiences of his personal closeness to their community. In a 1986 Senate floor speech, he offered a fulsome defense of U.S. aid to Israel — calling it “the best $3 billion investment we make” — and urged colleagues to stop apologizing for their support of the country.

Biden has spoken to Jewish audiences about building bonds with the nine Israeli prime ministers who’ve overlapped with his own time in elected office, recalled his father teaching him about the horrors of Nazi efforts to rid Europe of Jews, and noted that he took each of his children to visit the Dachau concentration camp. On the lighter side, he often jokes that his daughter gave him every Irish-Catholic father’s dream when she married a Jewish surgeon.

But there have also been moments where Biden’s frustration with Netanyahu has seeped into public view.

As vice president, he kept Netanyahu waiting for a dinner meeting after the Israeli leader embarrassed Biden and President Barack Obama by approving the construction of 1,600 new apartments in disputed east Jerusalem in the middle of Biden’s 2010 visit to Israel.

Netanyahu sought to patch up hurt feelings at the dinner. But after the meal, Biden admonished the prime minister in a statement, saying the move undermined an Obama administration effort to persuade the Palestinians to resume peace talks.

Amid ongoing tension between Obama and Netanyahu, Biden went out of his way during a 2014 speech before the Jewish Federations of North America to note that he and Netanyahu were “still buddies” — albeit with a somewhat complicated relationship.

Biden noted that he had once inscribed a photo for Netanyahu with the message “Bibi I don’t agree with a damn thing you say but I love you.’”

In late 2019, during a question-and-answer session with voters on the campaign trail, Biden called Netanyahu “counterproductive” and an “extreme right” leader, while accusing Palestinian leaders of “fomenting” the conflict and “baiting everyone who is Jewish.” He also suggested that some on the U.S. political left give the Palestinian Authority “a pass” when criticizing Israeli leadership.

As the Biden White House negotiated the current crisis, the president and his advisers made the calculation that the Israelis are unlikely to respond to international resolutions or public demands by the U.S. and that their best leverage would happen behind the scenes, officials said.

At the same time, the White House is mindful that the longer the conflict goes, the greater chance of a very high-casualty event or other provocative action by either side that could make reaching a cease-fire more difficult.

Aaron David Miller, a former Mideast adviser to Democratic and Republican administrations, said Biden had demonstrated patience with Netanyahu’s campaign to degrade Hamas’ military capability in part because Biden has bigger priorities, including shepherding the U.S. recovery from the global pandemic and focusing on an emerging economic and strategic competition from China.

“This is not Joe Biden approaching the crisis as a young senator or as the head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee,” said Miller, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. “This is not even Joe Biden as vice president. This is Joe Biden as a president that faces immediate crises and an agenda that would make your head spin. The last thing he wants to do is find himself bogged down on this issue.”

Biden validated that notion this week during a visit to Michigan as he sat in the cab of an electric-powered Ford truck he was taking for a test drive.

A reporter asked Biden if he would take a question about the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict.

“Not unless you get in front of the car as I step on it,” Biden shot back. He added that he was teasing, but then hit the gas and sped away.

Associated Press writers Darlene Superville in Washington and Bill Barrow in Atlanta contributed to this report.

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Schwarzenegger in Hong Kong for new sports festival

HONG KONG, (Pakistan Point News - APP - 19th Augst,2016) - Hollywood action hero Arnold Schwarzenegger launched a new sports festival in Hong Kong Friday, telling the stressed-out city to remember to balance mind and body. The Arnold Classic Asia Multi-Sport Festival this weekend includes demonstrations and competitions including arm wrestling, bodybuilding and skateboarding -- but also features more cerebral pastimes such as chess and Rubik's Cube.

Hong Kong is the first city in Asia to host the event, which is already held in other continents. Asked how parents in the hothouse city should encourage their children to do sports as well as study, Schwarzenegger said: "Until you're six feet under, you have to work on your body. But you also have to work on your mind. "If you look in the mirror at night you should be able to say 'Today I learned a whole bunch of new things'." The former bodybuilding champion and governor of California told reporters he still gets up at 5:00 am every day to go to the gym and work out. "You have a choice to live or to just exist," he said. Schwarzenegger, 69, will take over from presidential candidate Donald Trump as host of the new US "Celebrity Apprentice" television series, set to be broadcast early next year.


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Violence against women is a problem in many countries around the world, and statistics indicate the situation isn’t improving. The American Psychology Association estimates that at least three women are murdered by boyfriends, husbands or exes every day in United States. One in four women have experienced violence at the hands of a current or former boyfriend or husband at some point in their lives.

Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women between the ages of 15 and 44 in the United States. World-wide, it is estimated that half of all female victims of homicide were killed by a family member of intimate partner.

Tony Porter believes that the ways men are socialized is the foundation of the culture of violence against women. Porter is an activist, teacher, and co-founder of A Call to Men: The National Association of Men and Women Committed to Ending Violence Against Women.

In a recent TED talk, Porter uses the concept of the “Man Box” to describe a group of masculine stereotypes that hold men and boys to a certain set of standards. Men and boys, Porter says, are expected to be aggressive, domineering and athletic and to never show emotion, except for anger. Women are weak, inferior and less valuable.

This type of thinking, Porter says, “Paralyzes us and holds us hostage.” Porter has worked with groups of men, including the NFL (National Football League), NBA (National Basketball Association), the U.S. Naval Academy and numerous universities and colleges around the world. He encourages men to redefine what it means to be a man, to challenge current thinking and begin to think differently, and to explore the connection between male socialization and violence against women.

His hope is that men will discover the good things about being a man. While it’s okay to experience and display feelings and emotions, it’s not okay to dominate women. He notes that fathers have a tremendous impact on the way their sons view women. If men can serve as better role models for boys by supporting equality for men and women, life will be better for future generations.

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Male socialization plays a role in substance abuse and addiction, as a person’s decision to use drugs and alcohol is largely influenced by the culture in which they live. Studies indicate that at least 60 percent of batterers use or abuse drugs and alcohol, and often blame being under the influence as reason for violence towards a girlfriend or spouse.

Women who have been abused are more likely to abuse drugs and alcohol. Women with a substance abuse problem are less likely to leave a violent relationship.

Drug treatment and rehab is often needed to help both men and women work through anger, depression, anxiety or other problems underlying substance abuse and addiction. Counseling can help men examine their attitudes towards women, while learning better coping techniques and ways of dealing with anger and stress.

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Even if you’re a tournament natural, getting through to the prize stage can be harder than you think. In this section, we’re going to help make sure you don’t go home empty-handed, with handy topics including:

What is the bubble in poker?

Every tournament has a bubble – the spot just before the prizes come in. If the top 10 players win prizes and you finish 11th, you’re the bubble, making you the highest-finishing player who ends up with nothing. Clearly this is not what you want, but the bubble can be tricky and you’ll need to use your head if you’re going to beat it.

Basic bubble strategy

Most bubble strategy is common sense: hold on and wait for other players to go bust before you. How long you can keep this up, and how much fun you can have while doing it, depends on how stacked you are (compared to other players – and the size of the blinds, which are going up all the time).

If your stack is 10 big blinds or less, you’re in ‘all-in-or-fold’ territory. In other words, if the hand or position’s right, commit and make the most of it – or fold and stay out of trouble. Your aim is to pick up blinds and snaffle chips when you can, without getting into risky confrontations.

Top, middle or bottom?

In the bubble, it’s more important than ever to see how your stack size compares to everyone else’s round the table, and adapt your play to match.

If you’re at the bottom…

As a short stack , you’ve only got a certain number of hands left before the blinds take you out. So if you’re in a good position, or have reasonable cards, you need to go ahead and grab the opportunity. Try to target the next shortest player if you can. They won't want to take you on and risk ending up in the bubble themselves, which gives you the upper hand.

If you’re in the middle…

Here you need to mix it up between picking off shorter-stacked players and avoiding the largest stack, who’ll be trying to do the same to you.

If you have the biggest stack…

Big stack is where you can have some fun. If you have a lot more chips than the other players – and their stacks are less than 10 big blinds – you can start moving in with all kinds of hands, as they’re not going to want to call you.

And if you’re really far ahead…

You can more or less start moving all-in whenever players fold to you. Even if you lose, you’ll still be the chip leader (which means people will be waiting for one of the short stacks to crumble rather than take you on). Then you just need to keep building until the bubble bursts, at which point you’re in a great position to go on and win.

How chip values change

An interesting fact that’s relevant to the bubble is that all chip values are not the same. In fact, their value can go back and forth as the game goes on.

Let’s say 10 players enter a $10 buy-in tournament where the winner gets 50% of the prize pool. If you win, you’ll have gathered all the chips (worth $100 at the start of the game), but you’ll go home with $50. Third place might get $20, even though he or she only has half the chips they started with (not bad).

Think about it. If each chip is worth less the more you have, it isn't a disaster if you lose a chunk for the chance to knock someone out.

What would you do?

Now you know a bit about the bubble, let’s test your knowledge with a few basic scenarios.

Q. You're down to just four players on the bubble and everyone has more or less the same amount of chips (about five times the big blind). The action is folded to you with 2-7 offsuit on the small blind. The big blind, as far as you can tell, is a pretty solid player. Do you fold or go all-in?

A. All-in, of course. This is a bit of a trick question, as the hand doesn’t matter. The main point is that big blind is someone who understands bubble play. When the blinds are this high and the chances of being called so low, you need to go for it. Especially as the resulting chip lead would put you in prime position for more wins.

Q. Another game, another four players on the bubble. You’re on the button with chips worth 10 times the big blind. Two opponents in the blinds have half that. The chip leader under the gun has three times your stack. He’s been moving all-in a lot and does it again. You have A-K. Do you fold or call?

A. Fold. In fact, in this situation, you should fold everything except A-A, K-K or Q-Q. Statistically, A-K has only a 30-40% chance of coming good, which might be fine in other situations, but when one of the short stacks is about to go to the wall any minute, that’s a silly gamble to take. Lots of players make this kind of mistake. Remember, in the bubble, different rules apply.

Q. You’re on the button against three other players, with a short stack (about four times the big blind) and a hand of Q-6 suited. The chip leader (with over twice as many chips as you) folds, leaving you up against the small and big blinds, who are ahead of you, but not by much. Do you fold or go all-in?

A. All-in. Q-6 suited might not be the best hand, but it's above average, so you’ve got to take it. If you fold, you’ll probably be up against the top stack next time (you really don’t want to do that). And you can’t afford to go through the blinds again. Here, your rivals aren’t going to call unless they’ve got something spectacular. Time to cross your fingers and hope you come out on top.


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Is self-esteem wrecking church attendance?

Is self-esteem wrecking church attendance? February 24, 2015

Self Esteem ManThe modern self-esteem movement is celebrating its 50th birthday. In 1965, sociologist Morris Rosenberg invented “The Self-Esteem Scale” — the first academic tool that assessed a person’s view of himself. In 1969 Psychologist Nathaniel Branden took that data and released “The Psychology of Self-Esteem,” which became the bible of the modern self-esteem movement.

Over the next two decades higher self-esteem came to be seen as the antidote to crime, drug abuse, teen pregnancy and student underachievement. Parents were taught to lavish praise on their children. Schools eliminated failing grades. Sports leagues gave everyone a trophy.

The results are in – and all this self-esteem boosting has done little to stanch crime, drug abuse, etc. In fact, many critics believe the movement has actually harmed young adults, by causing them to shy away from any experience that makes them anxious or uncomfortable. Some Millennials, unaccustomed to even mild feelings of rejection or social alienation, are walking away from institutions and relationships at the first sign of difficulty.

Where does this leave the church? A generation bathed in self-esteem is having a hard time integrating into institutional Christianity for a number of reasons:

  1. Our message starts with sin. Yes, the Gospel is Good News, but it begins with bad news: all have sinned. Young adults may have a hard time believing they are sinners because they’ve never been told they’re guilty of anything worse than “poor decision making.”
  2. Churches are led by flawed people. Thanks to the self-esteem movement, many young people are blissfully unaware of their own shortcomings – but can easily identify fault in others. As a result, they may have a hard time extending grace to imperfect spiritual leaders.
  3. To get the most from church you must participate beyond worship services – which means dealing with difficult people. Self-esteemers may feel tempted to cut and run the moment they have an unpleasant interaction with a fellow churchgoer.
  4. The Gospel itself is harsh. Jesus specialized in making people feel uncomfortable. Millennials may misinterpret spiritual conviction as a sign that something is wrong.
  5. There is no perfect church. Young adults may quickly reject a church the moment they see or hear something they perceive as improper – and view themselves as noble for doing so.

Now, I’m not saying all young adults are this touchy. But increasing numbers are approaching institutions with a growing wariness and cynicism.

Our grandparents weren’t schooled with self-esteem. In fact, they were institutionally shamed (dunce caps), whipped with razor straps and ranked by ability (go to the head of the class). These methods would be considered abusive today, but made sense in a time when life was much tougher. Our grandparents developed a thick skin that enabled them to keep calm and carry on through less than ideal circumstances. The “greatest generation” stuck with sour marriages, less-than-fulfilling jobs and irritating churches because they were trained to persevere through pain.

Then came my generation – the Baby Boomers. We grow up in relative wealth, peace and abundance. We had choices our grandparents never dreamed of – and we learned to shop around for experiences. We were the first generation of “church hoppers” – moving from congregation to congregation to meet our needs. We re-created the church in our own image, throwing centuries of tradition overboard and turning worship into a rock concert.

Our children watched us shopping for spiritual fulfillment and took our consumerism to the next level – rejecting institutional church altogether and cobbling together a spiritual life apart from any ecclesiastical standard. Instead of joining with established churches, many young adults choose to captain their own religious ships. They’ve taken Cafeteria Christianity to its logical end – choosing only the most palatable morsels of faith, leaving everything else behind.

Erin Lane is a millennial Christian who has forgotten how to belong to the church:

Sometimes, to borrow a phrase, we long to be in the church but not of it. We love Christ, but the church is full of people—and problems—we’d rather avoid.

Church has always been a messy, multi-generational institution where you are absolutely guaranteed to be rejected or uncomfortable at some point. You’re going to hear a sermon you disagree with – or a song that drives you nuts. You’ll get crossways with another believer. You’ll sit next to a tone-deaf person who sings at the top of her lungs. You’ll have a great idea – and the church leadership will bury it.

Any time people come together in community there’s the possibility of comfort and joy – alongside frustration and betrayal. I fear the upcoming generation of adults does not understand this dual reality.

At Church for Men, we fight this battle every day. Our goal is to help churches be more welcoming to men and boys – but we’re seeing a real reluctance among young Christian men to commit to anything – a woman, a career, or a church.

In the meantime, I pray the influence of the self-esteem movement will continue to wane. Life is tough – a lesson kids need to learn early. We are not all little vessels of light.

What can churches do? Reform starts with the new members’ class. We tend to tell newbies how wonderful life will be as a Christian. We focus on all the great programs and opportunities the church has to offer. Rarely do we mention how difficult it is to be a churchgoer – and how normal it is to feel betrayed. We don’t need to make people paranoid – but they do need to be prepared.

David MurrowDavid Murrow is the author of the bestselling book, Why Men Hate Going to Church. David’s books have sold more than 175,000 copies in 12 languages. He speaks to groups around the world about Christianity’s persistent gender gap. He lives in Alaska with his wife of more than 30 years, professional silk artist Gina Murrow. Learn more about David at his Web site,, or join the conversation on his Facebook page, Don’t forget to share this page by clicking on the links below, or scroll down and leave a comment (right below those annoying ads that pay for this blog).

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Avis Residents Can Get Dire Financial Help With Short-Term Payday Loans

Most people have experienced an emergency where they needed immediate access to cash. Even people who have a job and regular paychecks can find themselves in the unfortunate situation of needing money for an unexpected expense. Thankfully, the payday loan industry exists to help individuals out when they need it most with payday loans.

Are you an Avis resident who is in need of quick cash to tide you over until payday? If so, then you need to consider payday loans to help you through the rough times.

As an Avis resident, you have many choices in payday loan lenders you can choose from. You just need to fill out an application – either online or in person – to start the Avis payday loans process. In most cases, once you’re approved, you can have the money in as little as 24 hours (or one business day).

Should Avis Residents Get A Payday Loan?

The biggest reason – the number one reason – payday loans are so popular is that they fill the gap for immediate funds. For example, your car breaks down, and you’re told it’ll be $1,000 to repair it, so it works again. Payday isn’t until two more weeks. What do you do then? This is why Avis payday loans became so popular. They addressed the unexpected issues that arise in your life.

Although the payday loans industry has received more negative backlash than positive, the stance still stands that they are an ideal solution to a financial burden. Of course, if you’re constantly faced with financial problems, you don’t want to get a loan in the hopes to fix it. Instead, you need to work on your overall budget and see what needs trimming. Avis Payday loans are for people who absolutely have no other means to address a financial crisis.

What Does A Payday Loan in Avis Mean?

Avis Payday loans are a short-term fix to address an immediate negative situation, helping you to overcome the problem and get back on your feet.

How To Attain An Avis Loan?

Avis residents who decide to ask for a payday loan from a lender are protected thanks to the laws of the state. Before you send off applications to a lender, make sure you read and understand the laws to ensure you know what rules and regulations you must follow and the lending industry must abide to. Avis residents who seek these loans should never be caught unawares, as it could lead to a continual cycle of debt that you may feel you’ll never get out from under of.

There is an old saying – knowledge is power. Protect yourself with knowledge, and you give yourself the power to protect your wallet and way of life.

5 Terms Avis Residents Should Know Before Filling Out A Payday Loan Application

There are five key terms Avis residents need to know when reading the conditions of the Avis payday loan contract. These terms include:

  • Finance Charges – This is the amount you are charged for every so many dollars you borrow. Avis residents who get a $30 loan cannot be charged in excess of $1 for every $5. For a $30 loan, this translates to $6.
  • Acquisition Charges – Avis residents who borrow between $30 and $100 have a one-tenth of the loan acquisition charge. A maximum acquisition charge of $10 is applied to any Avis loan over $100.
  • Maximum APR – The annual percentage rate for an Avis resident’s 14-day, $100 loan is 309 percent.
  • Maximum Amount – There is no maximum payday loan amount specified for Avis residents.
  • Maximum Term – Residents who get payday loan in Avis may have a repayment term of one week up to 31 days.

What Are The Avis Payday Loans Requirements For Eligibility?

There are five eligibility requirements to attain payday loans:

  • 18 years of age or older.
  • A legal Avis resident. You must provide documentation that proves you live in the area.
  • Minimum $1,000 income with steady income source (job). This is to be sure you can repay the loan.
  • Valid email address and phone number.
  • No pending bankruptcy litigation.

You must also provide your name, address and social security number. You must let the Avis payday loans lender know how much you want to borrow. If approved, the lender will reach out to let you know that the loan’s terms and conditions are.

Avis residents who need immediate cash can use this short-term loan option to help them through the tough times. While it’s not going to fix all your financial problems, it will address the immediate need you have.

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Mehmed II (r. 1444-46 and 1451-81) was one of the most illustrious of the long line of Ottoman sultans. His name is the Turkish form of Muhammad, but he is often known by his epithet "the Conqueror" because of his capture of Constantinople from the Byzantines in 1453. Not content with their victory alone, Mehmed wanted to complete his mission by establishing the rule of Islam over all the lands once held by the Roman Empire, especially Italy. To this end he conducted an incessant series of campaigns against Venice and Hungary, and in this way, he extended the Ottoman Empire from the Euphrates to the Danube. He also established the ideological basis of the Ottoman state in the concept of an absolute sovereign whose wishes were executed by an extensive bureaucracy. His two law codes, which remained the basis of subsequent Ottoman law for two centuries, dealt with state organization, penal law, and the relations between the state and the military class on the one hand and its taxpaying subjects on the other.

Mehmed took a personal interest in the arts and learning of Europe, Byzantium, and the Latin West, as well as the traditional arts and literature of Islam. He mastered the principles of Christianity, European history, and geography and supported the works of eminent scholars. For example, he commissioned Kritovulos of Imbros to write his biography in Greek, and hired epic poets to extol his accomplishments in Italian.


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The Internet was never supposed to be as big or successful as is it today. This has been hammered home by two recent events that show the Net is creaking at the seams. Such weaknesses mean the Net as we know it is open to attack from all sides.

The first issue is that we've run out of Internet addresses. They've all gone--all four billion of them.

At a jolly ceremony last week at the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) headquarters in Miami, the last remaining Internet Protocol v4 (IPv4) addresses were handed out to the Regional Internet Registries. The registries will now pass them onto organizations worldwide.

This isn't as desperate as it might sound. The situation is similar to one of manufacturers, wholesalers, and stores. Manufacturing of IPv4 addresses has now ended. Wholesalers hold enough stock to supply stores for around a year. So out on the streets there's no need to panic--yet.

Right now we should all be switching to Internet Protocol v6, where addresses are more than plentiful. Created way back in 1996, IPv6 allows for such a huge number of addresses that it's difficult to write them down. In total there are 340,282,366,920,938,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (or 340 undecillion).

However, IPv6 just hasn't gotten its act together. Despite so many addresses, only the tiniest fraction is in use right now. Why? Because switching from IPv4 to IPv6 is far from seamless. It's a little like having to swap out the engine in your car to use a different gas station.

Businesses and homes will have to upgrade the firmware in their routers, at the very least, and might need new hardware. It's the same elsewhere on the Internet; all the interconnecting yet invisible devices will need to be upgraded or replaced.

How much do you think has been done so far? If you cynically answered "almost none," you'd be right. To be fair, upgrading crucial Internet hardware presents significant challenges, and that's perhaps the biggest issue. To continue the metaphor, techies have to swap out the engine in the car when it's driving along the highway at 70 miles per hour. We can't simply turn off the Internet for a few hours to make the change.

Operating systems such as Windows and Mac OS X have been IPv6-ready for years but because nobody's actually using it, it's not clear how well they'll work. Put simply, nobody knows how well IPv6 will work when scaled up to planetary level, as it's hoped will happen within just a year or two.

However, there's another solution to the shortage of addresses that Comcast is currently trialing. Other Internet service providers (ISPs) might follow, and it's something we should watch closely because our very Internet freedom is threatened by it.

Carrier Grade Network Address Translation (NAT) allows an ISPs to share one Internet address among many users. An entire neighborhood could share a single address, for example.

Low-level Internet users who do little more than browse the Web or check e-mail won't know any difference after being switched to Carrier Grade NAT. However, anybody who uses virtual private networking (VPN), who videoconferences site-to-site, or who uses file-sharing software will hit a brick wall. Such technologies simply can't operate if Carrier Grade NAT is in use, because they rely on users having full IP addresses.

None of the ISPs want Carrier Grade NAT, or so they say, but the last entry in the above list might give them pause for thought: File sharing. Carrier Grade NAT lets ISPs switch off file sharing under the banner of making a necessary technological fix.

Suddenly, ISPs would no longer be a part of the controversial file sharing debate. They wouldn't have to waste money and time responding to requests from copyright holders to identify file sharers. There'd be no more government pressure.

Sure, business users who want to videoconference or VPN into their workplace will complain at not having "proper" Internet connections, but they can always upgrade to a more expensive "business" package, whereby they get their own IP address. And we know how much ISPs love arbitrary price tiers.

Alongside IP address exhaustion, another warning sign of the times is the proposed expansion of general top-level domains (gTLDs). Top level domains are the endings of Web addresses, such as .com and .org, as well as country-level domains, such as .uk for the United Kingdom, and .de for Germany.

At the moment everybody in the world either has (or wants) a .com address, even though this rarely makes much sense.

I've registered my name as a .com (, for example, even though I'm a human being and not a commercial entity. It'd be much better if there were a .author or .journalist domain for people like me. In fact, there should be top level domains (TLDs) for every profession, type of business, product, and so on.

The whole world relying on grabbing .com addresses is insane, and an anachronism from when the number of Internet-connected computers didn't reach triple digits. There are other TLDs, of course, such as .net, but .com has a stranglehold over the public's imagination.

However, this is set to change. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has finally finished debating a massive expansion of the TLD space, begin in 2008, and will soon be inviting applications for new TLDs. Within a few years we could soon see .music domains, for example. Just about anything is possible.

However, the government isn't entirely happy about this. Actually, it's concerned about offending other governments, as a leaked memo from the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) has revealed. It wants governments to be able to veto new TLDs on grounds of taste or decency or, in fact, whatever reasons they dream up at the time.

The problem is this: What one person in one country finds offensive, somebody in another country might consider healthy. Possibly the most controversial new TLD proposal is .gay, for example, which would represent the interests of the homosexual community. Broadly speaking .gay would be acceptable in the United States and Europe, but could go down badly in countries where homosexuality is outlawed, such as Iran or Saudi Arabia.

On the other hand, if TLDs like .gay came into force, there's a strong chance countries that take offense would simply ban them, and thereby break the Internet's democratic approach. The Internet could become fragmented, with access to domains governed entirely by the sensibilities of the party in power in a country at any given particular time.

It's at times of change that organizations and systems are at their weakest, and it certainly feels as if the Internet is both weakened and under attack at the moment. The Internet we use in just a few years' time might look and operate radically differently compared to what we use today.

Keir Thomas has been writing about computing since the last century, and more recently has written several best-selling books. You can learn more about him at and his Twitter feed is @keirthomas.

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