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The metasurface, thousands of V-shaped nanoantennas formed into an ultrathin gold foil, could make possible "planar photonics" devices and optical switches small enough to be integrated into computer chips for information processing, sensing and telecommunications, said Alexander Kildishev, associate research professor of electrical and computer engineering at Purdue University.
Researchers have created tiny holograms using a "metasurface" capable of the ultra-efficient control of light, representing a potential new technology for advanced sensors, high-resolution displays and information processing. To demonstrate the technology, researchers created a hologram of the word PURDUE smaller than 100 microns wide, or roughly the width of a human hair. (Xingjie Ni, Birck Nanotechnology Center) A publication-quality image is available at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/images/2013/kildishev-hologram.jpg
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Laser light shines through the metasurface from below, creating a hologram 10 microns above the structure. (Xingjie Ni, Birck Nanotechnology Center) A publication-quality image is available at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/images/2013/kildishev-hologram2.jpg
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Laser light shines through the nanoantennas, creating the hologram 10 microns above the metasurface. To demonstrate the technology, researchers created a hologram of the word PURDUE smaller than 100 microns wide, or roughly the width of a human hair.
"If we can shape characters, we can shape different types of light beams for sensing or recording, or for example pixels for 3-D displays. Another potential application is the transmission and processing of data inside chips for information technology," Kildishev said. "The smallest features -- the strokes of the letters -- displayed in our experiment are only 1 micron wide. This is a quite remarkable spatial resolution."
Findings are detailed in a research paper appearing on Friday (Nov. 15) in the journal Nature Communications.
Metasurfaces could make it possible to use single photons -- the particles that make up light -- for switching and routing in future computers. While using photons would dramatically speed up computers and telecommunications, conventional photonic devices cannot be miniaturized because the wavelength of light is too large to fit in tiny components needed for integrated circuits. Nanostructured metamaterials, however, are making it possible to reduce the wavelength of light, allowing the creation of new types of nanophotonic devices, said Vladimir M. Shalaev, scientific director of nanophotonics at Purdue's Birck Nanotechnology Center and a distinguished professor of electrical and computer engineering.
"The most important thing is that we can do this with a very thin layer, only 30 nanometers, and this is unprecedented," Shalaev said. "This means you can start to embed it in electronics, to marry it with electronics."
The layer is about 1/23rd the width of the wavelength of light used to create the holograms.
The Nature Communications article was co-authored by former Purdue doctoral student Xingjie Ni, who is now a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Berkeley; Kildishev; and Shalaev.
Under development for about 15 years, metamaterials owe their unusual potential to precision design on the scale of nanometers. Optical nanophotonic circuits might harness clouds of electrons called "surface plasmons" to manipulate and control the routing of light in devices too tiny for conventional lasers.
The researchers have shown how to control the intensity and phase – or timing – of laser light as it passes through the nanoantennas. Each antenna has its own "phase delay" -- how much light is slowed as it passes through the structure. Controlling the intensity and phase is essential for creating working devices and can be achieved by altering the V-shaped antennas.
The work is partially supported by U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Army research Office, and the National Science Foundation. Purdue has filed a provisional patent application on the concept.Writer: Emil Venere, 765-494-4709, email@example.com
Holography, a revolutionary 3D imaging technique, has been developed for storing and recovering the amplitude and phase of light scattered by objects. Later, single-beam computer-generated phase holography was proposed for restoring the wavefront from a given incidence. However, because the phase modulation depends on the light propagation inside the material, the thickness of phase holograms usually remains comparable to the wavelength. Here we experimentally demonstrate ultra-thin metasurface holograms that operate in the visible range whose thickness is only 30 nm (approximately 1/23 of the operational wavelength). To our knowledge, this is the thinnest hologram that can provide both amplitude and phase modulation in the visible wavelength range, which generates high-resolution low-noise images. Using this technique, not only the phase, but potentially the amplitude of the incident wave can be efﬁciently controlled–expanding the route to new applications of ultra-thin and surface-conﬁned photonic devices.
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Producing electricity during flight
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Solar-to-fuel system recycles CO2 to make ethanol and ethylene
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Plants and algae use the enzyme Rubisco to fix carbon dioxide, removing it from the atmosphere and converting it into biomass. Algae have figured out a way to increase the efficiency of carbon fixation. They gather most of their Rubisco into a ball-shaped microcompartment called the pyrenoid, which they flood with a high local concentration of carbon dioxide. A team of scientists at Princeton University, the Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford University and the Max Plank Institute of Biochemistry have unravelled the mysteries of how the pyrenoid is assembled. These insights can help to engineer crops that remove more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere while producing more food.
A warming planet
Our brains house extremely complex neuronal circuits, whose detailed structures are still largely unknown. This is especially true for the so-called cerebral cortex of mammals, where among other things vision, thoughts or spatial orientation are being computed. Here the rules by which nerve cells are connected to each other are only partly understood. A team of scientists around Moritz Helmstaedter at the Frankfiurt Max Planck Institute for Brain Research and Helene Schmidt (Humboldt University in Berlin) have now discovered a surprisingly precise nerve cell connectivity pattern in the part of the cerebral cortex that is responsible for orienting the individual animal or human in space.
The researchers report online in Nature (Schmidt et al., 2017. Axonal synapse sorting in medial entorhinal cortex, DOI: 10.1038/nature24005) that synapses in...
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For the first time, physicists have successfully imaged spiral magnetic ordering in a multiferroic material. These materials are considered highly promising candidates for future data storage media. The researchers were able to prove their findings using unique quantum sensors that were developed at Basel University and that can analyze electromagnetic fields on the nanometer scale. The results – obtained by scientists from the University of Basel’s Department of Physics, the Swiss Nanoscience Institute, the University of Montpellier and several laboratories from University Paris-Saclay – were recently published in the journal Nature.
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As reported by Counterpoint, systems based on a secure element accounted for 89% of shipments, while those with a PUF represented 10% of secure smartphone sales in 2019.
Reiterating its commitment to safeguard the iPhone user's data at any cost, Apple has defended its stance on hardware encryption at the 'CES 2020' trade show here, as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) asked the Cupertino-based giant to unlock two iPhones.
As smartphone hacking via third-party bugs increases (like WhatsApp-Pegasus case), a new study in Britain has discovered that iPhone owners are a whopping 167 times more at risk of being hacked than other mobile brands.
Apple has always had strong views on privacy and this isn’t the first time Tim Cook has spoken strongly about privacy. The Apple CEO in an interview said that Apple sees privacy as a “fundamental human right,” before saying why he is worried. “From our point of view, I'm personally very worried that in a world where nothing is private, then freedom of expression just evaporates.”
CERT-In is advising citizens to update to the latest WhatsApp version immediately. Android users must upgrade to WhatsApp version 2.19.274 at least. Apple iPhone users must upgrade to version 2.19.100. To check the WhatsApp version on iPhone, go to Settings> tap on ‘Help’ and you will get to see the version number on top. For Android, go to Settings> tap on Help> go to ‘App info’.
As Indians break their heads over WhatsApp spygate where an Israeli bug infected select users smartphones to access their personal details, the mass surveillance technology has truly come of age and now the governments just need to make a missed call to install an "exploit link" into the device of a person they want to bug and listen in.
These apps were published by Gujarat-based AppAspect Technologies Pvt. Ltd and the iPhone maker has removed all 17 apps as they are no longer available for download on the App Store.
The report added that the attack was updated over time for extracting information from devices running different operating systems. This was said to be done as the tech usage of the Uighur community changed.
In a post Thursday on the blog of Google's Project Zero security taskforce, cyber experts did not name the hacked websites hosting the attacks, but estimated they received thousands of visitors a week.
Apple has finally fixed an "unpatched" bug in the latest iOS update that had left its most up-to-date iPhones vulnerable to hacking risk.
Hackers have released a jailbreak for the latest iOS 12.4. The hacker was able to do so after Apple had reintroduced a bug that was earlier there in iOS 12.3 with the latest update.
Apple is suing a cybersecurity startup Corellium, started by an iPhone ‘hacker’, for illegally replicating iOS, the iPhone’s operating system. Corellium gives consumers an opportunity to interact with a ‘software iPhone’, a virtual iOS device that runs all the iOS firmware and has the ability to pause iOs and figure out what's really happening at the code level.
Apps trailing your activity on your iPhone isn’t good at all. Here is how you can limit app tracking on your Apple device.
Google and Facebook had faced criticism from privacy experts for distributing their research apps through a programme iPhone maker Apple had created for companies to distribute apps to employees.
Apple announced the feature last summer, but then removed it from early test versions of its iOS 12 operating system. Apple released the feature to the public in late October.
APPLE-CYBER-Cyber researcher pulls public talk on hacking Apple's Face ID
The new format is similar to those for companies such as Microsoft and Google, making it easier for researchers and the public to compare.
Cybercell officials said that past data shows that cases of online fraud usually go up a week before Diwali.
Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook is expected to stress the iPhone maker's commitment to privacy and backing for strong laws on both sides of the Atlantic to protect the use of data, according to remarks prepared for delivery at a Brussels event.

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Gov.'s Rival Offers Prison Plan
State Treasurer Phil Angelides on Thursday said California’s sprawling prison system was suffering a “meltdown” and vowed to declare a state of emergency for corrections if he was elected governor in November.
Accusing Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger of standing by as overcrowding, inmate healthcare and other problems in the state’s 33 adult prisons worsened, the Democratic nominee released a plan that he said would rescue the $8.2-billion system from the brink of collapse.
Angelides also said Schwarzenegger’s recent call for a special legislative session on corrections -- and the construction of three prisons -- was an election-year stunt that would yield no lasting results.
“Our prisons are powder kegs putting our communities and the public safety at risk,” Angelides said at a news conference at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank. “It’s a crisis of competence, a crisis of safety.”
Campaign aides to Schwarzenegger defended his record and said his rival’s plan largely repeated the governor’s ideas for improving the correctional system, which houses 170,000 inmates and supervises more than 151,000 parolees.
“Phil Angelides’ reform rhetoric is yet another desperate ‘me-too-ism’ from his campaign,” spokesman Matt David said. “It seems each time Gov. Schwarzenegger works with the Legislature to move California forward, Angelides offers empty partisan echoes.”
The face-off marks a rare emergence of prisons as an issue in the governor’s race. Though crime and sentencing are perennial topics with candidates, few spend much campaign time on lawbreakers and the conditions they face behind bars.
But analysts said the crisis besetting California’s correctional system had become so severe that Angelides was viewing it as an inviting target. In recent months, a federal receiver had seized control of inmate healthcare -- a $1.2-billion operation -- and a federal court investigator had sharply rebuked the Schwarzenegger administration for allowing the guards’ union undue influence over prison policy and management.
Also this year, there has been continual turmoil in the leadership of the corrections department, with two chiefs resigning since February amid concerns that support for their reforms was waning inside the governor’s office.
“This crisis has been brewing for a long time, and not just on Schwarzenegger’s watch,” said Barbara O’Connor, director of the Institute for the Study of Politics and Media at Cal State Sacramento. “But it’s clearly something the governor is vulnerable on, and Angelides is seizing an opportunity.”
O’Connor said Angelides’ interest also was probably driven by a desire to woo the guards’ union, the California Correctional Peace Officers Assn. The union is a powerful player in state politics, spending millions each election cycle on behalf of Democrats and Republicans of their choosing.
Its leaders have yet to endorse a 2006 candidate for governor. They have supported Angelides in some races, and backed his opponents in others. They have had frosty relations with Schwarzenegger, though the governor has recently made overtures to correctional officers and other labor groups.
Angelides did not address the union’s influence within the prisons Thursday, except to say that he would reach out to all parties within the system -- from managers to officers patrolling the cellblocks -- to fix problems.
One union official, lobbyist Lance Corcoran, said it was nice to hear politicians talking about prison woes. But he questioned the usefulness of some pieces of Angelides’ plan, such as his call to create space for inmates by renovating two state lockups in Stockton. Corcoran said the two prisons have been mothballed and lack the security needed to accommodate most inmates.
He also said Angelides’ plan to quicken hiring by declaring a state of emergency would run afoul of other realities, such as a shortage of support personnel needed to do background checks, drug testing and psychological examinations.
“You could decide to be less selective in the hiring process in order to make it expeditious, but historically that has led to more scandals, more discipline and more problem employees,” Corcoran said.
In an interview, Angelides said he had focused on the prison crisis because it would be one of the most daunting challenges he would face as governor -- “equivalent to becoming CEO of a company that has been run into the ground.”
Outlining a five-point, largely general strategy, he said he would first declare a state of emergency, which he said would free him to more quickly fill vacancies and spend money to correct problems.
And he said he would select a cabinet secretary and other managers for the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and require that they produce a recovery plan within 90 days of their appointment.
The plan, he said, would include prisons to be built in three years, better mental and substance abuse treatment programs, and more education and job training for inmates.
Absent from his proposal was any mention of changes in criminal sentencing, which many scholars, legislators and others believe are necessary to reduce the prison population and cut California’s recidivism rate.
Angelides said his first priority would be to “stabilize a very explosive system.” Then, he said, he would consider the idea of sentencing reform.
Angelides would not discuss the potential cost for his prison plan, except to say that California must spend what is necessary to remedy the problems.


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Album : Power, Corruption & Lies – New Order
Review : Rolling Stone, 18 August 1983
Author : Steve Pond
Few rock bands have had as daunting a past to live up to, and overcome, as New Order. But Power Corruption & Lies is a remarkable declaration of independence; for the first time since lead singer Ian Curtis hanged himself three years ago, the survivors of Joy Division have shrugged off the legacy of that band’s grim, deathly majesty and produced an album that owes as much to the currents of 1983 as to the ghosts of 1980. This record is a quantum leap over Movement, the band’s first album, and over most of the music coming out of Britain lately.
Leap is the appropriate word, because on the surface, this is largely a stirring, jumpy dance record. Forget about New Order’s reputation as gloom mongers or avatars of postpunk iciness; forget about the artiness and mystique that envelop them. Just put this stuff on the radio, in clubs or on American Bandstand: you can dance to it, it deserves a ninety-eight, and a song like “Age of Consent” merits heavy rotation, not reverence.
That’s not to say New Order have turned into A Flock of Vultures or anything. But there’s a newfound boldness on Power that was sorely missing from Movement. On that LP, New Order were tentatively trying to break free of Joy Division’s style, if not their tone; too often, the result was turgid and solemn and sprinkled with the kind of whistles, whooshes and beeps that suggest novices halfheartedly tinkering with dance-oriented rock.
Working on subsequent singles toward a surer control of the studio and a more ambiguous emotional stance, the band hit its stride with the epiphanic “Temptation.” A tenacious, gripping, rock-hard dance tune, it was also the first New Order song to suggest that maybe love doesn’t always tear us apart – that, in fact, it just might bind us together, though at great risk. (That song and four others make up the highly recommended EP New Order: 1981-1982.)
Though not as forceful as “Temptation,” the songs on Power glow with confidence – musical confidence, mostly. While Steve Morris‘ drums weave patterns around the unrelenting kick of an electronic drum machine, the band masterfully interlaces layer after layer of sound: Bernard Albrecht‘s alternately slashing and alluring guitar lines, Peter Hook‘s melodic bass playing, broad washes of keyboard color from Gillian Gilbert and such percussive effects as chimes. It’s a bracing, exhilarating sound, equally suited to feverish dance workouts like “Age of Consent” and “586” as to such murkier, more impressionistic outings as “Your Silent Face.”
Lyrically, New Order still rely too readily on emotional vagueness and stock portentous images. Having partially abandoned the frigid, nocturnal chill that permeated Curtis’ work, the band’s current viewpoint is closer to simple pessimism than outright despair. Still, the group likes to draw the drapes and usher in a little darkness at the end of its songs. Power has some of the most foreboding lines in rock: “I’ve lost you.” “Their love died three years ago/Spoken words that cannot show.” “For these last few days/Leave me alone.” And then there’s the jarring conclusion of “Your Silent Face,” a glorious, understated reverie that rails against passivity (and, perhaps, against Curtis) with lines like, “A thought that never changes/Remains a stupid lie.” As the tune closes, Albrecht turns contemptuously dismissive: “You caught me at a bad time/So why don’t you piss off.”
With spiritual anguish and failed redemption no longer an obsessive theme, it’s now easier to focus on New Order simply as a rock band as strong as any in British pop. And as has been pointed out before, once you get past the romantically murky stance, New Order are (just as Joy Division were) a terrific singles band–not a consistent one, but one whose best singles, “Ceremony” and “Temptation,” have been transcendent.
“Blue Monday” isn’t in that class, but in its own way, it’s a breakthrough, getting the band heard on radio stations and in dance clubs. Neither New Order’s boldest song nor their most telling, it is instead their best sounding. The drum machine pounds away with an appropriately inhuman thunk, the band pumps hard to keep up, and after seven searing minutes, it soars to a close with layers of lush keyboards.
That song is included on the cassette version of Power Corruption & Lies; by itself on the twelve-inch single, though, it’s backed by “The Beach,” its dub remake and a tougher, better version of the tune. The point of “Blue Monday” is sound, after all, and the second version takes more sonic chances and shows just what sure-handed producers and assured musicians New Order have become. For the members of a band once known for one man’s sensibility, that’s the last thing many of us expected and, in a way, the best thing they could have become.
mp3 : New Order – Age of Consent
mp3 : New Order – Your Silent Face
mp3 : New Order – Leave Me Alone
JC adds : Possibly the most important record that I’ve ever purchased. It certainly contains, in the album opener, my favourite song of time. It felt like the right way to close off this series. Things return to normal from tomorrow.

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By RONNIE ELLIS / CNHI News Service
The race for the 21st state Senate District seat vacated by Republican Tom Jensen is set.
The district’s Democrats Tuesday night nominated Amie Hacker, 34, a Laurel County businesswoman to oppose Republican Albert Robinson, 73, a Laurel County realtor, who previously held the seat for 10 years before losing a 2004 primary race to Jensen.
Jensen was unopposed for re-election but withdrew to run for a vacated circuit judgeship in Laurel and Knox counties.
Hacker was the only Democrat seeking the nomination. She said she’s excited about an opportunity to represent the 21st district and work to improve their lives.
“I just hope the voters realize I’m just an average Joe who wants to make a difference in their lives,” Hacker said. “It’s a short campaign, but as many doors as I can knock on, and as many people as I can see, I’ll do it. I’m a hard worker.”
State Senate Minority Leader R.J. Palmer, D-Winchester, said Wednesday he thinks Hacker is “a credible candidate” even in a heavily Republican district. He said Hacker has a background in fundraising and she and her husband, Tracy, are related to and known by many Republicans who will support her.
“I think she can make this a competitive race,” Palmer said.
Robinson said Hacker is “a fine lady, but unless she’s a conservative, it’s going to be hard to win in this district.”
The 21st covers Laurel, Estill, Jackson, Menifee and Powell counties. Republicans outnumber registered Democrats 46,085 to 26,675 with 3,271 registered as independent or other.
Hacker acknowledges she faces “an uphill battle” as a Democrat but she said several Republicans have offered her support, including financial backing. She said she will remind voters that Robinson authored a controversial amendment while in the Senate to boost lawmaker pensions.
“Yes, I’m going to let his record and his past experience speak for itself,” she said. “I think everybody will have a clear picture of the choice voters have.”
Robinson anticipates the retirement amendment will be an issue, but he bristles when it’s always mentioned in news stories about him, claiming that the amendment “was pre-approved” by legislative leaders and lawmakers who voted for it knew what was in it.
He said if people understood “the whole package” of legislation he sponsored on state employee retirement systems, they would see the bills would have saved taxpayers “billions over 20 years.”
“One of the reasons I’m running is to set the record straight, but I’ll do that after the election,” Robinson said. Robinson declined to explain now how the legislation would have saved tax money, saying it is “nothing you can put into one section or sentence.”
He said it’s just as important for voters to remember he was also a key supporter of the marriage amendment which defines marriage in Kentucky as between one woman and one man.
Hacker said party officials have said “they’ll be available for anything I need. They think I have a really good chance of winning this thing.”
Palmer confirmed party officials are eager to help Hacker, sensing a rare opportunity to steal a senate seat in a Republican stronghold because of Robinson’s controversial record.
Robinson said he will remind Republican voters that the Republican senate majority will draw new Senate districts and the existing 21st seat could be eliminated if it is represented by a Democrat.
Hacker isn’t worried about raising money. She said she’s previously manned phone banks seeking contributions for a home manufacturing group’s annual conference and isn’t intimidated asking people for money.
“I’m really good with people and I think people know when I ask for money, it’s for a good cause,” she said. Some offers of financial support have already come in.
“We’ve had some Republicans and a few businesses offer me money already,” Hacker said. “There’s a lot of Republicans down here who don’t want to vote for (Robinson).”
RONNIE ELLIS writes for CNHI News Service and is based in Frankfort. Reach him at firstname.lastname@example.org. Follow CNHI News Service stories on Twitter at www.twitter.com/cnhifrankfort.
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Renault managing director Cyril Abiteboul claimed Esteban Ocon’s second-place finish in the Sakhir Grand Prix was “really crucial” as it showed Fernando Alonso “what he will have to deal with” next season.
Two-time world champion Alonso was in Bahrain with the team at the weekend as part of his continuing preparations ahead of his return to Formula 1 next season in place of outgoing driver Daniel Ricciardo.
Ocon, who was once a hotly-tipped Mercedes protégé and has also previously raced for Manor and Force India, has struggled to live up to his promise after joining Renault this season.
But Abiteboul was delighted to finally see a worthy performance from the French driver, who has often been out-performed by McLaren-bound Ricciardo, to give new team-mate Alonso food for thought.
“I’m really happy for Esteban,” said Abiteboul. “We’ve had good moments with Daniel, but with Daniel leaving and Esteban being part of the team for next year it was important to show something positive around Esteban.
“We could feel it was something absolutely possible, and for some reason, and for sure some reliability issues that he had no responsibility for, we let him down, but this time everything worked well.
“This moment with Esteban was really crucial because it shows to Fernando what he will have to deal with next season.”
The 18 points for second place, along with Ricciardo’s 10 for fifth, provided the team with its largest points haul since it returned to F1 in 2016 as a constructor in its own right.
While it helped Renault improve in the constructors’ championship, rivals Racing Point gained 12 points on it after finishing first and third in a chaotic race.
Renault is now fifth in the championship, 12 points behind fourth-placed McLaren and 22 points behind Racing Point, leaving all to play for in the final round in Abu Dhabi this weekend.
Abiteboul added: “It’s bittersweet because I feel we could have done slightly better with Daniel, and obviously from a championship perspective it doesn’t help our case, but its 100 per cent for Esteban and fully deserved.
“We are in a part of the field where it’s very tight but we still feel there are good points up for grabs. The swing effects are quite big, so it’s open. We are on the back foot, but we will give the maximum until the chequered flag.”
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Verse 10 The wicked will see and be vexed, they will gnash their teeth and waste away; the longings of the wicked will come to nothing.
The psalmist ends this song of praise with the response of the wicked to the righteousness of God’s people. We may not often think about the world having a response to our righteousness but they do. And it is seldom a positive response.
The differences between the righteous and the wicked seem like they would be very clear, the righteous always do good and the wicked always do evil, right? The truth of the matter is that it isn’t always so cut and dry. The righteous are still human and so still can struggle with sin, and the wicked or unsaved can be some of the kindest, most generous people we will ever meet. So what is the real difference?
The only way we can be righteous – right in God’s eyes – is through the shedding of blood, specifically Christ’s blood. We are counted as holy because Jesus lived a holy life and died in our place. We have been purchased and claimed by the God of the universe. He is the reason we are righteous and so He is the reason the wicked may despise us.
It isn’t easy knowing that we aren’t liked by some people and it is hard when we start feeling persecuted by them. That is why it is so important to remember that the reason they dislike us is because of Whose we are. They hate the holiness of God that they see represented in us. Our kindness and generosity remind them of their hate and greed and that makes them hate themselves so much that they can’t help but take out that hate on us.
The wicked desire the things of this world and all that this world heralds as success and it will lead to their lack of reward. They will gain what they have sought, the kingdom of darkness. The righteous on the other hand desire the things of God and His kingdom. We should be seeking the reward that is already ours – a loving, eternal relationship with the God of the universe. And this is the reason of our praise!
Making It Personal
Have you ever felt hated by non-believers? What were the reasons that they were acting or speaking out against you? Does knowing that God is the reason they despise you help you endure their hate?
Making It Personal Kids
Have you ever had someone treat you badly because you love Jesus? Did you know that it isn’t you they don’t like but really they just don’t like Jesus? Do you love Jesus enough to suffer for Him?
Father, thank You for being who You are. Thank You for giving us the righteousness of Jesus so that we can live with You forever. Though others may hate us because of You, we still choose You. In Jesus’ name, amen.

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Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park Description
Discover the wild side of Florida with the endangered Florida panther, red wolves, manatees and whooping cranes, plus black bears, bobcats and, of course, alligators.
When Homosassa Springs was a popular train stop in the early 1900s, passengers could picnic and take a dip in the spring while train cars were being loaded up with cedar, crabs, fish and spring water. On a 1924 visit, Bruce Hoover of Chicago called it “the most beautiful river and springs in the world.” In this regard, Homosassa Springs hasn’t changed much.
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VITALY PECHERSKIY (DEC 7, 2017)
The advertising technology industry lives in dog years. In the last seven years, automated ad buying has gone mainstream, leaving marketers wrestling with the complexities of the new and rapidly evolving programmatic advertising ecosystem. Faced with challenges like pinpointing where exactly ads are running and dodging bots, this new ecosystem remains in the early stages of exploration.
Despite this, 83% of all digital ad spending will be transacted programmatically by 2019. To address the above challenges and ensure the ecosystem’s long-term sustainability, a new species of companies has emerged hailing blockchain technology as the messiah every marketer has been waiting for. Here is why they shouldn’t get their hopes up just yet.
There is no real need for initial coin offerings (ICO).
While the now all-too-familiar ICO/bubble debate is outside the scope of this article, it is worthwhile to look at the mechanics of an ICO to gauge the possible motives of these companies.
The primary application of blockchain technology to date has been development of cryptocurrencies. A unique cryptocurrency-launching business model has emerged and spread like wildfire. A critical component of this model is the seemingly ubiquitous ICO. Despite the glaring problems with this model, ICOs continue to raise enormous sums by riding the wave of blockchain hype. Seeing this, some ad tech companies are tacking on a cryptocurrency to their proposed business model in the hopes of securing similarly large investment sums.
One of the main problems with the ICO fundraising model is the lack of regulatory oversight. Through this unregulated means of collecting cash, companies can bypass the traditional capital raising processes of public and private equity and raise a lot of money from complete strangers with no means of identity verification. This lack of regulatory oversight means that, unlike traditional capital, ICOs come with no safety net for investors. Recipients of investment dollars have absolutely no obligation to follow through with their ventures. Cryptocurrency is as good as cash and if one disappears to a remote island tomorrow, no one can freeze their assets.
Resultantly, it seems anyone with a well-formatted whitepaper can publicly ask for millions of dollars based on any half-baked idea. The hasty and at times irresponsible adoption of this approach in the advertising technology space just adds to the already tarnished reputation of the ad tech ecosystem and fuels customer distrust.
If anything should be a red flag, it’s Paris Hilton promoting an enterprise-focused blockchain application.
Inventing a new cryptocurrency for the purpose of exchanging value between advertisers and publishers is flawed because, apart from adding a sexy spin to ad tech, it does not yet bring any more real value than using dollars. The downsides of exchanging your U.S. dollars for these tokens include a high risk of default, possible inability to strike contracts due to the highly volatile nature of cryptocurrencies and a high likelihood of poor liquidity as the coin is usually tied to a single company.
If you remove your cryptocurrency, does your business fall apart? If the answer is no then there is no need for it. In ad tech, for now, the answer is a sound no.

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Three National Standards for Cotton Processing to Be Implemented on June 1
On February 26, 2018, the National Standardization Management Committee issued GB/T18353-2018 “Basic Technical Requirements for Cotton Processing Enterprises” drafted by the Zhengzhou Cotton and Mammographic Engineering Technical Design Institute of the All-China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives, Jinjin Lion Cotton Machine Co., Ltd. The national standards GB/T 22335-2018 “Cotton Processing Technical Specifications” and GB/T35834-2018 “Technical Guidelines for Processing Cotton Picking Machines” drafted by the master were proposed by the All-China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives and the national cotton processing standardization technology. The committee will take charge and will implement it on June 1, 2018.
With the further deepening of China's cotton inspection system reform, China's cotton from the cultivation technology to the processing of all aspects of the process technology has been rapid development, especially in the Xinjiang region in the cotton production, quality and related technology to improve the performance is particularly prominent. Especially in the past ten years, machine-picked cotton has passed from the experimental development to the promotion stage. At the cotton-planting farm of Xinjiang Bingtuan, the machine-picking cotton has reached more than 90%. Machine-made cotton processing technology is a conventional technology for the development of the cotton industry in developed countries in the world. However, the promotion of machine-picking cotton technology in China is a challenge and change to the traditional cotton planting, harvesting, and processing modes. Machine-picking cotton processing technology and hand-picked cotton have a greater difference, and have higher requirements for cleaning, cleaning and moisture control. Due to the concentrated picking time of machine-picking cotton, high impurity and moisture regain, it is very different from the hand picking cotton processing technology in the cleaning, drying and lint cleaning of seed cotton, plus cotton planting areas, cotton varieties, and processing The impact of scale and other aspects has caused the production layout, equipment selection, power equipment, and processing parameters of cotton processing plants to be very different.
In the course of the revision of these three standards, the current standards and the actual conditions of the processing enterprises were also combined in the formulation of the index of moisture regain and impurity rate of seed cotton, storage and drying temperature control, process flow, and performance requirements of major processing equipment.

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Ludlowe Middle School
A new 200,000 gross square foot middle school serving approximately 875 students. The school was designed to fit within the context of the surrounding suburban residential neighborhood. In 2004, the project was given First Honor Awards for Recognition of Architectural Excellence in the Institutional Category by AIA Westchester/Mid-Hudson and was featured in the Boston Society of Architects’ New England Architects Exhibition.
This project was designed by Aaron B. Schwarz and other Perkins Eastman team members during Aaron’s tenure as Principal and Executive Director of the firm.
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First, while the rest of the private rental sector has been plagued by the cuts to tax relief on buy-to-let mortgages, furnished holiday lettings are exempt and they enjoy the old perks.
However, many investors have clocked this and are moving their money over so the market is getting more competitive.
And thanks to Brexit, more Britons are holidaying at home, due to uncertainty and the low rate of sterling.
Sure, the flipside is we will see fewer Europeans, but in Cornwall they make up only 5 per cent of the holiday-maker market, says George Edward-Collins of Cornish Traditional Cottages. The other 95 per cent are British.
So, now could be prime time to start investing. Here's our guide to buying in the parts of the country with the highest holiday let yields.
Isle of Wight
On the Isle of Wight, 93 per cent of second-home owners earn yields of more than 5 per cent on their holiday lets each year, the highest proportion of region in the country, according to Hamptons International. Average annual yields are 5.6 per cent and house prices here are on average £218,630.
The key is that the holiday home market isn’t saturated: only 14 per cent of properties are purchased as second homes here, according to Hamptons, a relatively low proportion for a holiday hotspot. In Torbay, Devon, the percentage is 42 per cent.
The most popular towns with holiday home buyers on the island are Ventnor, Seaview and Bembridge, says Chris Treasure, who runs Wight Holiday Lettings. These are highly desirable places to live with good amenities.
But they’re not the most popular with holiday-makers themselves, says Treasure. For them, the most searched areas are Ryde, Sandown and Shanklin, which offer “good old-fashioned bucket and spade holidays,” says Treasure, “but are not particularly nice places to live”.
Neither is the most beautiful property the most profitable. A two-bedroom property that lets out for £800 to £900 per week will be booked up for as much as 35 weeks in a year, says Treasure (which would bring in £28,000 to £31,500).
Meanwhile, there is demand from London and South East renters for large, grand houses, “but only in the school holidays,” says Treasure.
Short-term rents are much higher: an average property on the Isle of Wight that would rent out for £700 to £800 per month as a long-term let will rent out for £1,000 per week in the summer, says Treasure. But naturally you will have void periods; rents drop by as much as 50 or 60 per cent out of season, he adds.
Treasure recommends building a portfolio in one place, rather than spreading purchases out across the Isle of Wight, in order to keep management costs down.
Visuals are key now that everyone books online, says Treasure; “people expect hotel quality furnishings”. Perks go a long way: activities for kids and welcome packs with basic groceries are “the little details that bring people back,” says Treasure. And, naturally, “everyone wants a barbeque”.
Fylde, North West
Fylde, on the west coast of Lancashire, offers the highest yields for second homes in the country, according to Hamptons. Eighty-six per cent of holiday let owners get yields of more than five per cent, and the average rate is 7.5 per cent.
It’s close to all the amenities of Blackpool and has a glorious stretch of coastline that includes the resort towns of Lytham and St Anne’s (which is home to some award-winning beach huts).
The market has changed significantly in the last five years, says Wendy Chappell of Red Rose Cottages. There has also been a rise in short breaks with lastminute bookings, she says, and people are after quality, “something that’s better than what they have got at home”.
There’s also been a “massive shift” in who is buying, says Chappell. “Five years ago, it was people buying for their pension,” she says. “Now there’s vast amounts of money coming in, people are setting up investment companies and I had one guy looking to spend £2 million.”
That kind of money can go a long way here. The average property price in Fylde is £186,410, according to Hamptons International, but flats can be picked up for £110,440.
A one-bedroom three-star property will rent out for £395 per week in peak season, says Chappell, but if it’s five-star it can fetch £785.
All of the price difference is in the finishings, she adds. Her key advice is to put money behind major refurbishments. En suite bathrooms, woodburning stoves, good TVs and saunas are all perks that will draw in holidaymakers. And, if you really want to set yourself apart, get “Alexa in every room”.
Cornwall, South West
Cornwall has the second highest holiday let yields in the country at a rate of 6.1 per cent, according to Hamptons.
It's to be expected as it is historic, holiday home heartland. But this also means things are competitive. In 2019 to date, 30 per cent of purchased properties were holiday homes.
Cornwall’s “honeypot” areas, as George Edward-Collins of Cornish Traditional Cottages, terms them, are numerous. Start with Rock, Polzeath, St Ives, Looe, Fowey, Charleston, Falmouth, Padstow (which has the added draws of the Rick Stein and Paul Ainsworth’s culinary credentials) and Port Isaac (home of Doc Marten)... and the list goes on.
But some of the headline prices will be eye-watering: houses in Rock and Padstow can easily set you back £1 million. You can halve your budget by choosing your location carefully such as heading to the peripheries of Rock, swapping St Ives for Penzance and St Mawes for Portscartho.
Three- to four-bedroom properties that can sleep four to six people are most rentable on the holiday market, says Edward-Collins, and can let for as many as 42 of 52 weeks.
Easter to October half term is prime time for bookings. In peak season, a top-notch, three-bedroom property in Rock can let for £3,500 a week, says Edward-Collins. This would drop down to £600-£800 in the winter.
Cornwall’s popularity as a holiday destination has escalated in the last decade, says Edward-Collins. Investors have been flooding in as a result, which has been compounded as landlords with long-term letting portfolios have been selling up and moving into holiday lets for the tax perks.
This means that when it comes to building a portfolio, Edward-Collins’ advice is to spread out and diversify: buy properties for couples as well as families, inland as well as coastal. Save yourself at least from competing with yourself.
Though naturally not everywhere is a winner. Avoid the inland former industrial land between Redruth, Penryn, Helston and Hayle, around Saint Dennis or the clay pit areas on the edges of Bodmin Moor, says Edward-Collins. Property might be cheaper and they’re perfectly picturesque, but homes here “just don’t let”.
Fees are high: 30 to 35 per cent of your rental income will go on a 20 per cent commission fee (plus VAT) for marketing and bookings, an extra 5 per cent for management, and utilities bills on top.
Details also matter now that didn’t 10 years ago, says Edward-Collins. Pets are fundamental; Edward-Collins estimates that 70 per cent of holiday-home renters in Cornwall are coming with animals, usually dogs.


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1) an explanation of what Nietzsche means in the passage quoted,
2) the general context in which it occurs, and
3) how that which Nietzsche intends to communicate through the quote fits into On the Advantage and Disadvantage as a whole.
“What the ‘world’ is there for, what ‘humanity’ is there for is not to concern us for the time being, unless we want to be funny: for there just isn’t anything funnier and more cheerful on the world’s stage than the presumptuousness of those little worms called man; but do ask what you, the individual, are there for, and if no one else can tell you then just try sometime to justify the meaning of your existence a posteriori, as it were, by setting yourself a purpose, a goal, a ‘for this’, a lofty and noble ‘for this’. And perish in the attempt – I know of no better life’s purpose than to perish, animae magnae prodigus, in attempting the great and impossible.” (p. 54-55)
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Chrysler 300 Repair and Maintenance
A guide to problems, costs, maintenance and repair for your Chrysler 300
- Lubricate/Replace Lower Seal on Steering Shaft if Squeak is Heard While Turning
- Cleaner/Disinfectant Issued to Address Musty Odor in AC System
- Cable Failure in Window Regulator/Motor May Cause Power Windows to Become Inoperative
- Rear Differential/Axle Seals are Prone to Leaks
- Leaks May Develop at Electrical Connector on Automatic Transmission
- what can i do to turn off the eps and bas lights ?
- I have a yellow light that's on in the carand is the ABS,ESP,and it is displayi
- replaced water pump now its making a loud clicking noise when at a certain speed
- My radio screen goes white then to black and back to normal even when its offwhy
- hello my etc light come on what can i do
Chrysler 300 Problems
A squeak may be heard from the base of the steering column while turning the steering wheel. The noise may be coming from the lower seal on the steering shaft. Lubrication of the seal will commonly correct this problem.
One or more of the power windows may become inoperative, it is commonly caused by failure of the window motor or a cable in the window regulator. The window motor & regulator may need to be replaced as assembly.
Chrysler 300 Questions
IVE UNBOLTED THE COUPLER BUT DOENT COME OFF. DO I NEED TO UNBOLT CENTER BEARING ON DRIVE SHAFT?
Chrysler 300 Recalls
Certain All Wheel Drive (AWD) vehicles equipped with a ZF 8HP45 transmission are being recalled. In the affected vehicles, the transmission output shaft can break unexpectedly. This could result in loss of power to the drive wheels, increasing the risk of a crash. The vehicle could also unexpectedly roll away with the transmission shifter in the park position. Dealers will replace the transmission in affected vehicles to correct this concern.
The supplemental restraint system, commonly called the "airbag", consists of several "bags" that are very quickly inflated to help protect the vehicle occupants in the event of a crash. An on board computer uses information from various sensors to determine if and when the airbags should deploy. The affected vehicles may have a poor electrical connection in the front seat which could affect deployment of the side airbags and/or cause the airbag warning light to illuminate. Dealers will replace the airbag withing harness in both the driver and passenger front seats to correct this concern.
These vehicles may lose anti-lock brake and electronic stability control system function due to an overheated power distribution center. This could lead to loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash. Dealers will relocate the ABE/ESC system fuse to correct this concern. The Chrysler recall number is M10.
Chrysler 300 Reviews
I have own my chrysler since 2007 and just as of late I have started to have issues: (1) cannot use trunk release from key pad or from inside car (2) while driving over this weekend all my gauges and sunroof starting shuting on and off has anyone had these issues
My adjustable seat stopped going back when the car was turned off and adjusting to the driver when started Is there a fix for this?
Brought my 300(06) used with 47K miles. I love the look, feel and interior. Thus far rotors gone bad, had to replace the shifter assembly (would not release from the park position($450.00) was told this is very common on the 300`s but not a recall item(are you kiddin?), steering squeaks when turning, now the motor is rattling at start up, humm!, my dream car doesn`t seem quite so dreamy anymore.


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This is an easy step-by-step recipe to make the Southern Classic Chicken and Pastry, also known as Southern Chicken and Dumplings.
Chicken and Pastry is one of South's most beloved classic dish. Follow these steps to make some delicious Southern Cooking.
Chicken and Pastry
When I first met my husband I could barely cook. He would get so excited when his Great Aunts would come to visit bringing amazing platters of Eleven Layered Cake, Home Made Pimento Cheese Sandwiches, Field Peas, and his favorite…. Chicken and Pastry. I knew if I wanted to win this man's heart, I better learn how to make these dishes!!!
So I asked one of his sweet Aunts to teach me how to do some of this Southern Cooking. His Aunt Molly was happy to share. I started with the Chicken and Pastry. I would cook hours and hours in the kitchen making pastry from scratch just like Aunt Molly did. I would make quite a mess…. Flour everywhere…. But my husband was so happy when I made it. That made me happy. Soon his friends began requesting me to make it…. but it was so much work, I would only make it on special occasions. Until……
Chicken and Dumplings Easy
One day a family member brought over Chicken and Pastry to a family gathering. Everyone was devouring it. Someone slipped up and told me the hidden secret. They used Anne's Old Fashioned Flat Dumplings. I honestly couldn't tell the difference between the homemade version of the pastry or Anne's!!! I was shocked. All those hours and all that mess… And there was an easy frozen version??? Honestly, you cannot tell it is not homemade… So why not? I have been using Anne's Dumplings ever since. If I wasn't an honest person, I would tell everyone I made the pastry and no one would know…. but I couldn't live with myself if I did. So I thought I would share my little secret with you!
They come in this box in the freezer section. They cook just LOVELY!
How to Make Chicken and Pastry
- I take celery, onion, and carrots and throw them in a food processor until they are finely cut. Then I sauté them until they are fully cooked.
- Next I add the cooked carrots, onions, celery, seasonings, and a whole chicken to a large stock pot filling it with water. I cook the chicken in the pot until completely done.
- I take out the chicken and save the broth. I take off all the meat and save it for the pastry. I boil 3 eggs…. This is what makes Molly's version extra special… she adds hard boiled eggs…. Umm, umm, good!
- Next, I bring the broth to a boil adding pastry one by one. I like my pastry thick, so I add the whole box… Pastry goes fast in my household… You have to make all you can make…
- Next you add in the chicken.
- Then you chop up the boiled eggs and add them in next.
Talk about some Good Ol' Southern Soul Food!!!!
Don't you want a bite?
Writing this post is making me hungry all over again!!!
Aunt Molly recently passed away. She is truly missed. Besides my grandmother, she was the foundation to my love for cooking. She cooked with love… And you felt loved when you ate her food. I try to do the same. There is something very satisfying making something with your hands, sharing it, and watching someone else delight in it. I am not half the cook she was, but maybe I will be someday.
Easy Chicken and Pastry Recipe- Southern Chicken and Dumplings
- 5 lb Whole Chicken
- 5 Quarts Water
- ¼ cup finely cut carrots
- ½ cup finely cut celery
- ½ cup finely chopped onion
- 3 boiled eggs
- 1 box Anne's Old Fashioned Dumplings- Thin Pastry Strips
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- Sauté onion, carrots, and celery until fully cooked.
- Rinse off chicken.
- Add Chicken and 5 quarts of water to large stock pan.
- Add cooked carrots, onion, celery, salt, and pepper to stock pan.
- Cook chicken in stock pan until completely done. Remove chicken.
- Remove meat from chicken throwing away bones and skin. Set aside chicken meat.
- Bring chicken broth to boil.
- Add Anne's Pastry one by one to boiling water until all pastry is in pot, stirring occasionally to make sure none stick to pan.
- Add in chicken meat and stir.
- Chop and dice boiled egg.
- Add chopped boiled egg to pastry and mix.
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Thieves nab copper wire, equipment from Verizon; reward offered
After a recent spree of thefts targeting $300,000 worth of copper wire and equipment from its facilities throughout the state, Verizon is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the thieves.
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Situated on the Strip, this guesthouse is close to Small Swiss Garden, Cingjing Farm, and Mona Rudao Monument. Local attractions also include Lu-shan Hot Spring and Lushan Bridge.
Situated in Puli, this hotel is within 1 mi (2 km) of Lungnan Natural Lacquerware Museum, Puli Brewery Factory, and Puli Paper Museum. Puli Town Night Market and Geographic Center of Taiwan are also within 2 mi (3 km).
Situated on a lake, this hotel is within a 15-minute walk of Wen Wu Chao and Shueishe Visitors Center. Mei He Garden and Shueishe Pier are also within 1 mi (2 km).
Situated in Ren-ai, this guesthouse is 0.2 mi (0.3 km) from Small Swiss Garden and 1.7 mi (2.8 km) from Cingjing Farm. Mona Rudao Monument and Lushan Bridge are also within 12 mi (20 km).
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This essay is part of a series that deals with the displacement crises in the Mediterranean and Andaman Seas. The essays examine the myths and misconceptions that have pervaded discussions about these crises, and with the constructive measures, as well as the constraints and capacity deficiencies that have hampered the responses to them. See more ...
The current global refugee crisis, marked by the displacement of almost 60 million people, is not a new phenomenon. It is merely the most recent of successive waves of refugees who are fleeing conflict, persecution, destruction of their homes and livelihoods, and death. Syria has over 4.39 million refugees (as of December 2015), with another 7.6 million internally displaced (as of July 2015). The logistics of providing Syrians protection and humanitarian assistance are growing complex and suffering from a significant shortage of funds. There is also the increasing challenge of the religious dimensions of why people are fleeing from their homes. This impacts the assistance and protection that is provided to them, as well as the policies and social attitudes that confront them in their host countries. While religious wars and persecution are not a new phenomenon, responding to them in the light of the Red Cross Code of Conduct has challenged the accepted principle in humanitarian assistance of ensuring that religious dimensions do not hinder the aid that is provided.
Humanitarian Principles and the Challenge of Religion
The aid community has not always viewed faith and religion with suspicion. In the post-World War II years—according to a 1953 study—90 percent of all post-war relief was provided by religiously affiliated agencies. However, in the decades that followed, the religious motivations for humanitarianism were replaced by a secular worldview, as religion came to be seen as a hindrance to progress. The suspicion (sometimes overtly stated) is that local religious institutions would not be able to adhere to the humanitarian principles of impartiality.
The first five principles of The Code of Conduct for The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs in Disaster Relief articulate the fundamental assumptions of humanitarian assistance being nonpolitical and impartial in terms of religion, creed, race, and nationality. The emphasis is on aid being unconditional and based only on need. The only driver for the assistance should be the humanitarian imperative. Yet, this needs to be balanced with a respect for local culture and customs, which invariably includes religion, religious values, and religious institutions in society.
Religion is an integral part of Arab society and life in the Middle East. However, most scholars between World War II and the Iranian Revolution of 1979 did not see religion as a dynamic force within Arab society. While they acknowledged its reality as part of culture, with the rise of Arab nationalism, socialism, Zionism, and liberal thinking, they reckoned it as having a diminishing influence on Arab society. Scholars presumed that the Middle East would follow the path of the European Enlightenment. However, the last few decades have seen a rise in religiosity in the Arab world. There is little separation between religious institutions—and their leaders—and the state. Religion has become deeply meshed with the politics and structure of the modern state. National identity is not only defined by religion, but often individuals have their religion stated on their identity cards. Public and private morality in a number of countries is legislated through Shariah. While it varies in scope between the various countries, the state controls religious activity. Civil society and civil activism have deep religious roots, dating back to Muslim reformers in the early centuries of Islam and Christian missions in the 1800s. Religious organizations and mission agencies (both Muslim and Christian) provide extensive social services in health, education, and other charitable and development activities as an expression of their faith.
While Lebanon is probably the most politically and socially liberal Arab country in the Middle East, religion is still a fundamental building block of society and politics. There are 18 officially recognized religious confesssions in the country, and all citizens must belon to one. Political parties are primarily aligned along religious lines. While there are still many mixed neighborhoods, one of the legacies of the civil war (1975-1990) was the mass movements of populations, resulting in the informal segregation of neighborhoods according to religion and confession. Multireligious or civil marriages are against the law and not recognized. Secularism and secular civil society have a very small foothold in the country.
Lee and Shitrit summarize how deeply embedded religion is in the national psyches and the political realities of the Arab world:
At the moment, in the second decade of the twenty-first century, religion seems central to much that is happening in the region. States rely on it for identity and legitimacy; civil organizations use it to goad members into action; radical groups engage in violence in the name of religion; and individual Middle Easterners appear more committed to religion than had previous generations.
While the Arab Spring expressed the desire for secular, nonsectarian democracy, the movements were either hijacked by radical Islamic groups or brutally suppressed by dictatorial regimes. Surprisingly, in spite of the resurgence of religion and religiosity in the Arab world, the nation-state in its various permutations—however disempowered—still exists.
While religion is deeply enmeshed in Arab society, a further complicating factor is the tribal mentality of much of society. Abu Zayd ‘Abd al-Rahman Ibn Muhammad Ibn Khaldun al-Hadhrami (known as Ibn Khaldun), the 14th Century Tunisian Arab historian and sociologist observed that, “only tribes held together by group feelings can live in the desert…” since the group ensured the survival and well-being of the individual. Yet this obligation was always limited in practice to the immediate group, family, or clan and very rarely beyond it. The reason for this is the concept of assabiyah, which Ibn Khaldun refers to as group solidarity or groups consciousness. A focus on group cohesion ensures the survival of the group but in the process excludes the outsider or other groups. The implication of this is that during times of crisis, the groups defined by tribe, clan, and religion will help their immediate members to the exclusion of those who do not belong. Every religious group has local charitable organizations that address the needs of group members primarily.
With religion so deeply embedded in society, the challenge for humanitarian agencies is to understand how to navigate the attitudes of exclusion as well as the social and institutional realities of religion, while being impartial and unconditional in the aid that is provided.
Moving Beyond the Tribal Mentality
In understanding the religious landscape of the context, the question is whether there are institutions within the community that have credibility with the local population and have the reach within the community through which humanitarian assistance could be provided. In Lebanon, where the government has not allowed for the establishment of formal refugee camps, the refugees are scattered in communities across the country. Most are living in any kind of formal or informal structure that they could access. This required institutions in the community who knew where the refugees were living, as well as knowing how to navigate the range of attitudes toward the refugees. The local municipality did not have the capacity or the resources to be actively involved. In the medium to smaller communities, there were no secular civil society organizations. The only institutions were the mosques and churches, which were focal points in the community for religious and social activities. The question was whether both types of religious institutions could reach beyond their constituency and operate with impartiality and ‘non-conditionality.’
In Lebanon, the presence of the international humanitarian community and the large NGOs mitigated against the tribal mentality mentioned earlier, in that they provided humanitarian assistance to those in need regardless of their religious or confessional affiliation. The challenge for many of these agencies was to find local partners (and staff) who could go beyond their social and religious affiliation and who knew the local community. Most of the local partners (NGOs) were limited in their capacity to address needs beyond their immediate group of existing clients and beneficiaries.
Social scientists acknowledge that religious institutions such as churches, mosques, and temples are an integral part of communities. As social institutions in the community, they have obligations to that community. They not only address matters of spirituality but also provide and build social capital, besides being venues through which social services are provided. Plamen Sivov asks whether institutions such as churches can have a role as agents of community development, when previously the welfare state provided services and managed change. While acknowledging that the local church as an institutional service provider has no distinct advantage compared to other NGOs or the government, Sivov instead describes the local church as a distinct community. He writes:
Whenever a communal spirit, high level of personal motivation or a personal approach to the sometimes dehumanized ‘target groups’ is needed, the church has a lot to offer. The church cannot compete on the grounds of quantity, but it has no match on the grounds of quality or holistic personalized approach, when it comes to provision of different kinds of care for the vulnerable groups.
Besides knowledge of the community, it is this communal spirit and holistic approach to human beings that could, if properly trained, prove vital in addressing the needs of dehumanized refugees.
Response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis
As the Syrian refugee crisis in Lebanon escalated starting in April 2011, many wondered whether the churches had a role in responding to the humanitarian needs. The largest churches (e.g., Catholic churches) responded through their institutionally affiliated aid agencies such as Caritas and Jesuit Relief Service (JRS), and the Orthodox through International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC). The smaller Protestant churches had no specific institutional relief agency assisting them. The institutional arm of the Baptist churches in the country, a small NGO called Lebanese Society for Educational and Social Development (LSESD) provided support to individual churches (not just Baptist) that were interested in responding to the needs of the Syrian refugees. This was strategic as many of these churches were in small communities or in parts of the city with which the large international NGOs were not familiar. The challenge was to get these churches to move beyond their tribal mentality of taking care of only their own.
LSESD worked with the pastors and many of the key local church leadership in training and mentoring them on how to respond to the humanitarian needs by setting up systems to identify beneficiaries and by tracking the commodities and report on them. The focus was also on being impartial and unconditional when providing assistance. Beneficiaries had to be identified solely based on need and not on the basis of religion or clan. This was not an easy process because of the deep hatred many Lebanese harbor toward the Syrians due to the atrocities committed by the Syrian army and their allies during their occupation of Lebanon during the civil war. One church lost 85 percent of its members when the pastor and the leadership decided to help Syrian refugees. There also had to be no conditionality, such as requiring the beneficiaries to attend religious activities or take any literature. This went against the grain of what many churches thought they should be doing, as evangelizing is part of their identity.
The training and mentoring of local church leaders proved invaluable as many of the churches began to understand their role in the community and the need to respond to the humanitarian imperative with impartiality. Many of these churches were also able to provide community and emotional support for refugees who had lost their extended families. The added benefit was to be able to utilize motivated volunteers from within the church community. The churches were strongly advised to build relationships with key Islamic leaders and Imams in their areas. Many did, which was a critical step in peacebuilding in a country already deeply divided along sectarian lines and now feeling the tensions of the conflict spilling over from Syria.
While the LSESD’s initiative did not address the underlying issues of the conflict, by getting churches to see beyond their sectarian community and provide assistance without conditionality, it was possible to get them to see the value of international humanitarian standards. This required considerable training and mentoring, and came at a cost to the local church community. It is acknowledged that working through local religious institutions is a significant challenge, but one that needs to be explored further in contexts such as the Middle East.
 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), “Worldwide displacement hits all-time high as war and persecution increase,” June 18, 2015, http://www.unhcr.org/558193896.html. This figure is from 2014 and would now be significantly higher as the number of Syrian refugees has grown in 2015.
 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), “Syrian Regional Refugee Response,” http://data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees/regional.php.
 Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), “Syria IDP Figures Analysis,” http://www.internal-displacement.org/middle-east-and-north-africa/syria/figures-analysis.
 Elizabeth Ferris, “Faith-Based and Secular Humanitarian Organizations,” International Review of the Red Cross, Vol. 87, No. 858 (2005): 315.
 Michael Barnett and Janice Stein, Sacred Aid: Faith and Humanitarianism (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012): 5.
 Ben Jones and Marie Juul Petersen, “Instrumental, Narrow, Normative? Reviewing Recent Work on Religion and Development”, Third World Quarterly, Vol. 32, No. 7 (2011): 1292.
 Kathryn Kraft, “Faith and Impartiality in Humanitarian Response: Lessons from Lebanese evangelical churches providing food aid,” International Review of the Red Cross, (2015): 2-3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1816383115000570.
 1) The humanitarian imperative comes first. 2) Aid is given regardless of the race, creed or nationality of the recipients and without adverse distinction of any kind. Aid priorities are calculated on the basis of need alone. 3) Aid will not be used to further a particular political or religious standpoint. 4) We shall endeavor not to act as instruments of government foreign policy. 5) We shall respect culture and custom.
 Robert Lee and Lihi Ben Shitrit, “Religion, Society and Politics in the Middle East,” The Middle East 13th Edition, ed. Ellen Lust (Washington DC: CQ Press, 2013), 209-244.
 Other than the activities of the Muslim Brotherhood and a few other smaller groups, political Islam was unknown during this period.
 Ibid, 214-221.
 Ibid, 221-223.
 In most countries, other than in Lebanon, a person’s religion on their ID card cannot be changed, implying there is no religious freedom and that religious conversions are not allowed.
 Lee and Shitrit, “Religion,” 228-231.
 Rupen Das and Julie Davidson, Profiles of Poverty: The Human Face of Poverty in Lebanon (Beirut: Dar Manhal al Hayat, 2011), 40.
 Lee and Shitrit, “Religion,” 244.
 Quoted in Ernest Gellner, Muslim Society (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981): x.
 Bruce Malina writes about collectivistic societies, “Should a group member fall ill, the goal of an individual’s healing is group well-being. Focus is on the ingroup, cooperation with ingroup members, maintenance of ascribed status, and group-centered values.” Bruce J. Malina, "Collectivism in Mediterranean Culture," Understanding the Social World Of The New Testament, eds. Richard E. DeMaris and Dietmar Neufeld (London: Routledge, 2010), 23.
 Assabiyah is what binds society, family, tribe, religion and nation. It gives people a sense of belonging and ensures stability of institutions in the community. It is the driving force behind all social change. The fear is that a loss of group cohesion as described by assabiyah will result in the destruction of the community. Fida Muhammad writes, ““Disintegration of collective consciousness creates anomie (moral deregulation) … Loss of assabiyah will also create moral and economic individualism, but will end up in the destruction of a civilization.” Fida Mohammad,"Ibn Khaldun's Theory of Social Change: A Comparison Between Hegel, Marx And Durkheim," The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 15, No. 2 (Summer 1998): 34-37.
 Sivov was writing about his experience in Bulgaria as it transitioned from a post-Soviet society.
 Plamen Sivov, “The Church as an Agent of Community Development in Bulgaria,” Studies in World Christianity, Vol. 14, No. 3 (2008): 214-215.
 This was intentionally planned as part of Track II diplomacy of non-state actors in a conflict zone maintaining contact and conducting confidence-building activities.
 For a critical assessment of the work done through LSESD see Kathryn Kraft, “Faith and Impartiality In Humanitarian Response: Lessons from Lebanese evangelical churches providing food aid,” International Review of the Red Cross, November 16, 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1816383115000570.
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On Tuesday, 9 May 2023, Dr Madhaiyaan Angamuthu IAS assumed office as the Chairperson of the Visakhapatnam Port Authority. An IAS officer of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre (2022), Angamuthu holds a doctorate in agriculture with a specialisation in horticulture from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI).
The new chairperson of the Visakhapatnam Port Authority will serve the position till 2027 under the Ministry of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways. He is a native of Dharmapuri district in Tamil Nadu and is a master’s degree holder in horticulture from the Punjab Agricultural University.
It was only in April earlier this year that TK Ramachandran IAS took charge as the VPA Chairperson, replacing K Rama Mohan Rao IAS. He has now been replaced by Angamuthu after a month’s service.
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I'm planning a trip to Long Beach from Tustin through PCH but I'm not sure how safe it is for cycling, or if its possible. I'll be going down the Santa Ana River through the bike path. From here, I'd take the PCH highway up close to the CSU Long Beach University. Has anyone biked through here before? Is it safe? Are there any steep climbs? What has been your experience?
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History and Culture
Profile of Municipality of Daanbantayan: Daanbantayan is a first-class municipality located at the northernmost part of the province of Cebu. It is bounded on the north by the Visayan Sea, on the south by the municipality of Medellin, on the east by Camotes Sea, and on the west by the Visayan Sea. The word “Daanbantayan” literally translates to “Old Guard Post”. The name is derived from Cebuano terms “daan” which means old, and “bantayan” which means guard post, as the town serves as the earliest and original guarding place against pirates and moro invaders. Daanbantayan has a total land area of 9,405.83 hectares, comprising of twenty barangays. Barangays Agujo, Logon, Maya, Poblacion and Tapilon are the urban areas, which are 20.93 percent of the total; the remaining barangays are being identified as rural barangays. According to the 2020 census, Daanbantayan has a population of 93,502 people. The latest census figures in 2020 denote a positive growth rate of 2.17%, or an increase of 9,072 people, from the previous population of 84,430 in 2015. It grew from 14,735 in 1903 to 93,502 in 2020, an increase of 78,767 people over the course of 117 years. The center of the town is about 128 kilometers from the provincial Capitol. Various bus companies transport goods and people from Daanbantayan to Cebu and vice-versa. There are three national highway routes: main line, via Barangay Bagay, and via Barangay Kawit (Medellin. Transportation within the town is achieved via jeepneys, multicabs, tricycles, and the single motorcycle locally known as habal-habal. One can move from one sitio to another in Barangay Poblacion by riding bicycles with attached “side cars”, locally known as trisikad. Motorized bancas regularly travel between the mainland portion of the town and the island barangays of Carnaza and Logon and the island of Kinatarcan. The town has three major municipal wharves, one each in Tapilon, Maya, and Poblacion. From Poblacion there are regular trips to the island of Kinatarcan; The Maya RoRo Port services seacraft going to Logon, and Calbayog, Samar. From Tapilon Wharf are daily trips to the island of Carnaza. Daanbantayan is a top tourist and diving destination, owing to its two-island paradise: the island barangays of Malapascua and Carnaza. Malapascua Island is world-renowned island known for its fine white sands, clear waters, and the perfect diving spots to see the Thresher Sharks and Japanese shipwrecks; Carnaza is a turtle-shaped island where one can experience pure rest and relaxation in the beach and with nature. When in the island, tourist can also visit Isla La Manok’s long stretch of sand bar, Dakit-Dakit islet, Skull Cove, and Carnaza EcoPark. Daanbantayan is also known for its Haladaya Festival, which is a part of the annual fiesta celebration in honor of the town’s patron saint, St. Rose of Lima. Haladaya is coined from two Cebuano words “halad” which means offering and “Daya” which is derived from the name Datu Daya, the valiant victor who protected Daanbantayan from its invaders during the Spanish era. Haladaya Festival is a street dancing competition and grand showdown where participants perform ritualistic dances clad in intricate costumes and props—and shimmering shields and colorful headdresses.