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Golden Text"As ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand."Matt. 10:7.
In this lesson we have an account of the method which the Lord pursued in the harvest work of the Jewish age. This is a topic which should be of very special interest to those who recognize the present as the harvest time of the Gospel age, and who believe that the same Lord of the harvest is now present directing and superintending the work of this harvest as he did that (See Rev. 14:14; Matt. 13:30; Mark 4:26-29); and who see further, that the two ages correspond to each other as type and antitype.*
*MILLENNIAL DAWN, VOL. II., Chap. vii.
In the two harvests we see a remarkable correspondence, not only in the exactly equal time allotted to each40 yearsbut also in the character of the work to be done and the methods of doing it. The present harvest work has now been in successful operation for twenty years (1874-1894), and the methods which the Lord's providence has indicated and blessed have been very similar to those of the Jewish harvest. Though the Lord is not visibly present here, as he was there, we have the assurance of his Word, as above cited, that the work is hisunder his direction, supervision and full control; and he who does not believe this has no authority for engaging in it; he is not sent. But he who is sent, and who goes under the Lord's direction, is appointed to one of the grandest privileges that was ever offered to any man, although now, as in the Jewish harvest, the present reward is nothing that the world would envy.Matt. 10:16-28,34-36.
While the methods in this harvest and the Jewish have been similar, there is no reason to believe that they ought to be exactly alike; for the Lord of the harvest is surely at liberty to adopt in either case the methods that please him best: and in each case he has evidently taken cognizance of the conditions and circumstances of the times, and adapted his methods accordingly. The following points of similarity and dissimilarity in the methods of the two harvests are worthy of comparison as indicating first, the similarity of the work, and, secondly, the freedom of the Lord in adapting his methods to the circumstances of the times.
In the Jewish harvest the Lord sent out first the twelve, and then the seventy, and was ready to send as many more as might become ready; for, said he, "The harvest is great, and the laborers are few." (Luke 10:1-12.) He sent them out two and two under his direction and supervision. He also gave them a message to declare and instructions how and to whom to declare it, and required that those going forth should be fully consecrated to the work, being filled with his spirit. Indeed, such were his forewarnings of the present wages they should receive, that none would undertake it except such as had learned to walk by faith, who were willing to "endure hardness as good soldiers," and whose "treasure" was "laid up in heaven."
In the present harvest the same course is manifest. Since its beginning in 1874, the Lord has been instructing his consecrated disciples in the truths of another new dispensation, revealing the glorious harmony and beauty of his plan in outline and detail, and also its orderly times and seasons; and as they have become prepared he has been sending them outgenerally two and two, where they have been able to give their [R1742 : page 382] whole time to the workto declare, "The Kingdom of heaven is at hand!" (in its glory and completeness now, as, at the time of the Jewish harvest, it was at hand in its embryo condition) and to explain and prove the truth of the message.
As in the Jewish harvest the Lord's instructions confined the special work of those messengers to the lost sheep of the house of Israel, so his instructions here confine the special work of his messengers to the household of faithspiritual Israel.Gal. 6:10; Isa. 52:7.
Here, too, as there, they have been forewarned of that which their experience bears out; viz., that there is no earthly gain in it, no ease or worldly honor, no present reward except the blessed consciousness of being a co-worker with God and of knowing the fellowship of the sufferings of Christ, the joys of heart-communion with him now, and the hope of future glory in his presence. Only those who accept of these conditions, and who are willing to endure hardness as good soldiers, being impelled thereto by the spirit of the Lord abiding in them, have any desire or incentive to this service; and if any such grow weary in well doing and look longingly back to the things left behind, it is not long before they drop out by the way.
In the respects just mentioned the methods in the two harvests are very similar; but there are also points of dissimilarity which we should not fail to note. For instance:
(1) Those sent out in that harvest preached the truth orally, and attention was drawn to them and their message by reason of the miracles which they were empowered to perform; while in this harvest the preaching is done largely by the printed page, disseminated through the agency of traveling colporteurs sent out generally two and two to bear the message.
The propriety of this feature of the change is very manifest, since now education has become general and the printing press has largely multiplied the influence of every one of the harvesters. By taking advantage of this modern invention they magnify the influence of the truth a thousand fold. And in consequence of these improved facilities of printing and of general education, and the still greater advantage of nineteen centuries of gospel privilege and blessing, the truth now needs no such endorsement as the miracle-working power given at first, and so necessary then to the awakening of attention and the confirmation of the truth. In fact such methods now would be out of harmony with the thief-like presence and mission of the Lord here. (Rev. 16:15; Matt. 24:43,44; 1 Thess. 5:2.) If he comes as a thief, it is not to sound a trumpet before him, calling the world's attention to his work. Those gifts gradually disappeared from the Church as the necessity for them decreased. When faith gained a sure and substantial footing, such helps were taken away, and believers were expected to walk by faith, and not any longer by sight.
(2) Those sent out in that harvest were instructed to depend upon the people to whom they went for support in temporal things, while the reapers of this harvest are independent of such means, greatly to the advantage of the work. The reason for this variation is also manifest. In the Jewish harvest the reapers were sent exclusively to a consecrated people. The entire nation had bound itself by a solemn covenant to the Lord (Exod. 19:8), and in consequence had been specially favored in many ways, but chiefly in that to them were committed the oracles (the law and the testimonies) of God. (Rom. 3:1,2.) According to their covenant, therefore, it was the duty, and it should have been esteemed by them a privilege, to receive and entertain any messenger of the Lord whose credentials warranted such a claim and thus protected them from impostorsas theirs did, their personal character and demeanor and the divine testimony of miracles thus endorsing them. It was because of this preparation of Israel as a people for the reception of the [R1743 : page 382] gospel (whether they had profited by it or not), that they were expected to recognize both the harvest message and the appointed and attested messengers; and their opportunity for either receiving or rejecting them was the first applied test of their worthiness of the special favors then about to be offered to them. It was on this account that the harvesters were instructed to go to that people in a manner to impress them with a sense of their obligations as a covenant people to receive and gladly to entertain the messengers of the Lord to them. Throughout the whole nation the fame of the Messiah and the divine attestations of his power and authority had spread (Matt. 4:23-25; Mark 1:28,32-34,45; 6:31-34; 8:26,27; Luke 4:14,15,36,37; Matt. 9:26,31; 14:1,2), [R1743 : page 383] and these now sent forth in his name represented him, so that in receiving them they were receiving him, and in rejecting them they were rejecting him. Hence the blessing promised on their reception, and denunciations that followed their rejection. (Verses 11-15.) When they departed out of the city or house that rejected them, they were to shake off the very dust of their feet for a testimony against them, because that, in so doing, they were violating their most solemn covenant with God and bringing upon themselves the just condemnation of such a course. That condemnation, however, was not to eternal death, but to deprivation of the privileges and blessings of the new dispensation then about to be offered to them, but of which they proved themselves unworthy. Nor was the condemnation, either then or at the full end of their age, an individual one; for although the nation as a whole was cast off from divine favor and blinded, and destined to remain so until the gospel favor had passed over to the Gentiles, yet, during this time, if any individual of the nation repented and severed his ties with the nation and family (which the persecuting spirit of the nation has always compelled), he might, through such tribulation, enter into the embryo kingdomthe Gospel Church.
In this harvest the circumstances attending the work are in many respects quite different. Though here also the Lord has a consecrated peoplenominal spiritual Israelthey are not a local nation within a circumscribed boundary, but they are scattered here and there as wheat in the midst of tares. The reapers here must therefore search them out singly, while there they were grouped in cities and families and as an entire nation.
Again, the circumstances here are the reverse of those there in that the testimony to the truth is given in the midst of a very babel of voices, all claiming to teach the truth; and so great is the confusion that only the consecrated and faithful souls, whose practised ears know the Master's voice from all others, are able to discern it. They have an affinity for the truth: the holy spirit within them recognizes the same spirit in the message, as well as in the messengers, and it satisfies their longings as nothing else can do.
Thus the harvest message becomes a test of faithfulness to God's covenant people here, and as a sickle it accomplishes the reaping. These different circumstances and conditions of this harvest make necessary the very reverse of the former method of the dependence of the messengers upon the hospitality of the people. Now, in order to make manifest that no mercenary motives, or motives of indolence, or love of ease, or popularity, or of desire to impose on others prompt the reapers of this harvest, the Lord in his providence has so arranged the work here that all such motives are manifestly eliminated from the harvest work; and it is seen to be a self-sacrificing labor of love, prompted by that devotion and zeal which the truth alone inspires. And this of itself commends the truth to the attention of the Lord's people where the messenger comes in contact with them, though often it reaches them through the printed page alone, where the luster of the truth is its own commendation.
This difference in the two harvests was aptly illustrated by the Lord when he likened the Jewish nation to wheat and chaff, and his work there to a fan for blowing the chaff awaythus indicating the compactness of that people; while here his professed people are likened to wheat and tares, thus indicating their scattered and confused condition and the necessity of careful searching and gathering out.
It would therefore be entirely out of order for the reapers in this harvest to denounce or shake off the dust of their feet for a testimony against any city now, for no city or community as such is now in covenant relations with God as was Israel; and so different are the customs and circumstances of this time that a man might brush the dust and denounce the people for a week and not be noticed, or, if noticed, merely considered as of unsound mind, so intent are the masses of the people on pursuing their own course and grasping after gain.
The consequence now to those who recognize and yet reject the truth will be very similar to those which followed Israel's rejection (their complete overthrow in the midst of great tribulation), excepting that the increased light and privilege of this time will merit and receive the greater punishment"a time of trouble such as never was since there was a nation." (Dan. 12:1.) Surely, then, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah (Matt. 10:15) in the day of judgment (the Millennial age) than for the condemned house of Israel, either [R1743 : page 384] fleshly or spiritual, which are judged unworthy of the grace of God, because they cast it from them. The judgment upon condemned fleshly Israel was a terrible overthrow in the midst of harrowing scenes of war and desolation and famine, leaving them utterly desolate and scattering them as fugitives among all nations; while that which is shortly to come upon nominal spiritual Israel is described as a time of unparalleled trouble, such as never has been and never again shall be.
Another point of contrast which this lesson suggests is that between the Lord's methods for the harvest work of the Jewish age and the subsequent methods of the inspired Apostles, equally under the Lord's direction and supervision, which not only winnowed the grain of that harvest, but also sought to systematically store it. The wheat of that dispensation was to form the nucleus of the Christian Churchthe embryo kingdom of heavenwhich as a compact and sympathetic body subject to Christ, imbued with his spirit, and representing his truth, was to stand before the world as a living testimony to his truth and to the power of his grace for nearly two thousand years. It was necessary, therefore, as believers multiplied in the days of the apostles, to adopt some simple method of recognition which would serve to unify them and to make them helpful one to another as members of one body.
But as that work of organizing the Church of the new Gospel dispensation was no part of the harvest work of the old Jewish dispensation, so the present harvest work or reaping of the Gospel dispensation is also separate and distinct from the work of the new Millennial dispensation now drawing on. But there is this difference between our days and those of the apostles: the wheat of the Gospel age is not to form the nucleus of another Church for the Millennial age; and those gathered out from among the tares are not beginning, but are finishing their course on earth, and the time of their sojourn in the flesh is very short and cannot go beyond the twenty years of harvest yet remaining. Their organization for the work of the new dispensation will be beyond the vail, when they are changed to the glorious likeness of the Lord.
In view of these facts and also of the nature of the harvest work, and the additional fact that each one so gathered is expected to enter into the harvest work as a reaper, and will do so to the extent of his ability and opportunity, it is plain that the forming of a visible organization of such gathered out ones would be out of harmony with the spirit of the divine plan; and, if done, would seem to indicate on the part of the Church a desire to conform to the now popular idea of organization or confederacy. (See Isa. 8:12.) The work now is not organization, but division, just as it was in the Jewish harvest proper (Matt. 10:34-36.) And this harvest, as illustrated by the natural, is the busiest time of all the age, because the time is short and the "winter" is fast approaching. What is to be done must be done quickly, and there is abundant room in the great field for every member of the body of Christ to reap.
While, therefore, we do not esteem a visible organization of the gathered ones to be a part of the Lord's plan in the harvest work, as though we expected as an organization to abide here for another age, we do esteem it to be his will that those that love the Lord should speak often one to another of their common hopes and joys, or trials and perplexities, communing together concerning the precious things of his Word, and so help one another, and not forget the assembling of themselves together as the manner of some is; and so much the more as they see the day approaching.Mal. 3:16; Heb. 10:25.
Let us, then, give ourselves diligently to the great harvest work, observing and carefully following the providential lines for the guidance of the work as indicated by the Lord of the harvestthe same Lord, and just as truly present and active in this harvest as in the Jewish harvest, though invisible to mortal sight. What dignity and grandeur and blessed inspiration does the realization of this truth give our humble services! Truly it is not a glory which the world can discern, but faithfulness to the end of our course will bring an exceeding and eternal weight of glory which will appear to all God's intelligent creatures of every name and order; for in the ages to come he will show forth the exceeding riches of his grace in his loving kindness toward us who are in Christ Jesus (Eph. 2:7); and, praise the Lord! our exaltation and glory will be for a grand and benevolent serviceeven the privilege of scattering universal blessings.


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How I Met Your Mother tells a story of a architecture professor, Ted Mosby, living in New York dates several wrong girls and finally meets the One or the Mother–Tracy McConnell, later known as Tracy Mosby. In the course of this story, even Ted loves Robin but fails to end up with her.
On the contrary, Friends shows us a completely different story–Ross breaks up with Rachel and get back together and all over again. In ther last episode they go on their life together as we want.
The most distinguishable difference is the philosophies of two stories. Two men both meet a girl they love in the first place, HIMYM tells us one can find a new the One, while Friends shows us people in love with each other can always be together.
Despite that I'm a believer of the second philosophy, I am still aware of the odds of the first is much higher than the second. One grows as one experiences the wonder of the world, which certainly does not kill him or her making him or her a stronger or better person.
I remember there is a line said by Lily in HIMYM: "It was a long, difficult road. Thank God we finally got here". Yeah, of course, without the context of that story, everyone heads to the very same ultimate destination, no exception. But sometimes the lucky part is that we are not alone.
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You're done with work for the week, and you finally have time to relax. But those free Saturdays can also cause a lot of damage to your marriage. Here are seven ways Saturdays are actually ruining your relationship:
1. Tasks become the focus
You work during the week, so Saturdays become your time to get all those miscellaneous things done — fixing the sink and changing the car oil and all the other little things that you haven't had time for all week. But if you're too focused on getting things done, you forget that your Saturday is also a day to spend time with your spouse. And yes, all those little things need to get done; but not at the expense of your relationship.
2. Laziness creeps in
On the flip side, being lazy is just as harmful as working too hard. If Saturdays are solely for lounging around, then your marriage will slowly erode. You're telling your spouse that your marriage isn't worth dressing up for, planning a date for or even getting out of bed in the morning for.
3. That extra shift was calling your name
If possible, find a job where you both only work during the week. Working on the weekends takes time and energy away from spending time with your family. It can also cause your spouse to feel like you're putting work first.
4. Overspending becomes an issue
Spending too much money on your weekend recreational activities can put a big strain on your marriage. Money problems are the leading cause of divorce. Be careful to not make overspending on weekends a habit.
5. Friends become a priority
Saturday is the day that you and all your friends are finally free. If you haven't seen your bestie all week, it's natural for you to want to spend time together. But be sure that spending time with your friends doesn't take away from spending time with the most important person in your life.
6. Media takes over
Saturdays are the perfect time for technology to pull you in and suck away your time. If you don't have a date night planned, you'll probably resort to watching TV. If you can't think of anything to talk about, then you'll probably start going through your Instagram. Media is a distraction that can cause you to compare your life to other people's in unhealthy ways; and it can be a major strain on your relationship.
7. Routines happen
It is important to try new things together every so often to keep things fresh. Routines can get boring, and boredom corrodes your marriage. To keep your marriage spark alive, find new ways to have adventures together.


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Mark Zuckerberg wants to make clear that he's personally leading Facebook's charge against misinformation and election meddling.
The billionaire founder wrote a 3,260-word post on Wednesday detailing all the security measures the social network has introduced since it was exploited by Russian operatives to spread misinformation in the run-up to the 2016 U.S. presidential election, and by an overzealous political firm to harvest data from more than 87 million unsuspecting Facebook users. Zuckerberg wrote that his post will be the first in a series outlining his views on the major issues the company faces.
With the U.S. midterm elections less than two months away, here is how Facebook says it is preparing to fight any interference.
1. Identifying and removing fake accounts
Facebook removed more than 1 billion fake accounts in the six months between October 2017 and March 2018, Zuckerberg wrote, "the vast majority within minutes of being created and before they could do any harm."
2. Investing in security
Facebook has hired more than 20,000 people to work on the site's safety and security, up from 10,000 last year, Zuckerberg wrote, adding that Facebook will continue to invest in people and artificial intelligence to improve its systems.
3. Showing you who paid for that political ad
"We now also require anyone running political or issue ads in the U.S. to verify their identity and location," Zuckerberg wrote, reasoning that the move will prevent bad actors in other countries from buying ads in the U.S. Facebook will also keep an archive of all the political ads that run in its platform. Anyone can access it and see who ran a particular ad, how much they spent on it, and how many people it reached, he said.
4. Demoting viral posts
"In places where viral misinformation may contribute to violence, we now take it down," Zuckerberg wrote. "In other cases, we focus on reducing the distribution of viral misinformation rather than removing it outright."
Why are some posts removed and others demoted? Zuckerberg explained that not all of those posts are part of a coordinated misinformation campaign. When a potentially fake or viral post is flagged, Facebook sends it to a group of independent fact-checkers to review it. "Posts that are rated as false are demoted and lose on average 80 percent of their future views," he said.
5. Making it harder to make money off Facebook ads
"We block anyone who has repeatedly spread misinformation from using our ads to make money," Zuckerberg wrote, adding Facebook will also curb the distribution of any page that has been found to routinely spread misinformation and spam. "These measures make it harder for them to stay profitable spamming our community."
6. Increasing coordination and cooperation with governments and companies
"Preventing election interference is bigger than any single organization," Zuckerberg wrote. "Bad actors don't restrict themselves to one service, so we can't approach the problem in silos either."
Facebook's founder said the company now has "significantly stronger" coordination with governments and other tech businesses than in 2016, and that everyone now has "an incentive to work together." For example, Facebook can identify a bad actor on its platform, remove the account, and whatever other profiles that may be linked to it on Instagram and WhatsApp. If Facebook has information about other social platforms associated with those accounts, it can alert those companies (say, Twitter) so they can remove the fake accounts too.
What you can do
The intense scrutiny over Facebook's role during the 2016 election seems to have had a significant impact on Zuckerberg, who comes off as more cognizant of the impact his company has on the world. "When you build services that connect billions of people across countries and cultures, you're going to see all of the good humanity is capable of," Zuckerberg wrote in his manifesto. "And you're also going to see people try to abuse those services in every way possible."
While Zuckerberg's post focuses mainly on how Facebook is battling misinformation and misuse of its platform, there are several ways you can fight too. For instance, you can limit the number of apps that have access to your information by updating the privacy settings on your Facebook account. You can also request all the data Facebook has on you, so at least you're aware of what information you've already shared. If you come across a viral post, use services like PolitiFact, Snopes, or FactCheck.org to assess its credibility. If the information in the post is false, you can report and flag it so the Facebook team can review.


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I should say "Hi" to my LayMAN friends.
The LayMAN posted a letter this morning referencing me.
Here is a portion of it:
For me, the literal, physical Resurrection of Jesus Christ is the bottom line. If you believe that it is true, you may be a Christian; if you don't, you're not. Belief in a "spiritual" resurrection won't do. "Resurrection" by definition is physical, and a "spiritual" resurrection falls short of the apostolic kerygma.
To say, "Anyhow, even though we can't take the Resurrection story as literal truth, Jesus lives in my heart," is equally inadequate. You may as well say the Easter Bunny lives in your heart. Without the power of the Resurrection, the church lies helpless before a resurgent Islam. Without Resurrection power, secularism tightens its grip on culture.
I've been reading blogs by Presbyterian Church (USA) pastors. On one end, there's "Classical Presbyterian" by Toby Brown; on the other, there's "Shuck and Jive" by John Shuck. What this shows is the incredible vastness of the theological range within the PCUSA. Diversity can be a source of strength, but the diversity within this denomination is of such enormous proportions that it loses cohesion, meaning and purpose. It is unable to answer the question, "Who are we?" If it cannot answer that question, then logically the next one is, "Why continue as a denomination?" Inability to answer the all-important "Who-are-we" question, or to ignore it, must surely be a leading cause of the PCUSA's 40-year decline.
Ho hum.
Hey LayMANites, here is my Easter sermon. See if you can sniff out any heresies.
Long live the Easter Bunny! He is risen indeed!


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Where can I spend the night in my campervan? Are there free public parking spaces for campers (also called recreational vehicle park or caravan park) in Blankenberge where overnight stays are allowed?
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Spending the night in a campervan is only permitted at one of the campsites.
During the winter months, you can park your campervan for the night at the De Wielen campsite.


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The last time I had heard anything about Judge Joe Brown, he was busy being a character witness for Wesley Snipes back in 2010. Since then, he's had some heated contract negotiations with CBS, wound up getting his show cancelled and has now found himself behind bars for trying to "start a riot" in a Tennessee courtroom. From The AP:
Shelby County Juvenile Court officials said the 66-year-old Brown was sentenced to five days in jail after causing an outburst Monday in a child support hearing. Brown is running in the Democratic primary for Shelby County district attorney general.
Magistrate Judge Harold "Hal" Horne charged the former TV judge with contempt of court, said Dan Michael, chief magistrate judge of the Shelby County Juvenile Court.
"He darn near caused a riot in the courtroom, he had people so inflamed," Michael said of the former TV judge.
Brown was always a favorite in the family hovel, bringing a more laid back, smooth attitude to the syndicated courtroom landscape. Must've been an act though considering he's losing his mind in real court and lost his show because $20 million wasn't enough.
Ending up in jail can't be good for a campaign though. But throwing a TV judge in jail? That's gotta work wonders for a lowly magistrate judge from Tennessee. Give Hal Horn a call, Hollywood!


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What is great with classic cocktails is that they have such a strong structure, even with a twist they still make fabulous drinks. That explains why great cocktails are an endless source of inspiration. You can riff on them to death and still come up with something decent.
Mai Tai variations are generally built on a template of base spirit | citrus | orgeat | orange liqueur. In its classic iteration, the Mai Tai is a sour where aged rum is the base spirit, lime is the citrus, and orgeat (almond syrup) + orange curaçao serve a dual purpose as the sweeteners and modifiers. The orgeat adds a nutty, floral and slightly creamy flavor to the drink, while the curaçao contributes a foundation of bitter orange peel. Here is the original Trader Vic recipe for reference.
Mai Tai (Trader Vic, 1944)
1 oz dark Jamaican rum
1 oz aged Martinique rum
1 oz lime juice
1/2 oz orgeat
1/2 oz orange curaçao
1/4 oz sugar syrup
Shake with ice, strain into a double old fashioned glass filled with crushed ice
Garnish with a spent lime shell and a bouquet of mint
After a visit to the Bling Pig in London, I was inspired to create a walnut Mai Tai by making a walnut orgeat and infusing the walnuts in the rum (Smith & Cross which is an especially flavorful type of pot still Jamaican rum). I also replaced the Martinique rum with batavia arrack, a super funky spirit distilled from sugar cane like rum and fermented red rice.
Walnut Mai Tai | 3/4 oz batavia arrack | 3/4 oz walnut-infused smith & cross rum | 3/4 oz lime juice | 3/4 oz walnut orgeat | 1/2 oz clement creole shrubb | shake with ice | strain into a double old fashioned glass filled with crushed ice | spent lime and mint garnish | drizzle with whiskey barrel aged and pecan bitters
What happens when you start using spirits that are not cane spirits in a Mai Tai? Ivy Mix came up with a creative mezcal variation on the Mai Tai. Structure-wise, she didn't venture too much from the original. What she did was replace the aged Martinique rum with mezcal (she uses Vida mezcal which has a healthy dose of smoke and pepper in addition to its agave notes).
Tia Mia (Ivy Mix) | 1 oz mezcal | 1 oz Jamaican rum | 3/4 oz lime juice [up this to 1 oz in keeping with the classic Mai Tai, or reduce the amount of simple syrup to 1 tsp] | 1/2 oz orgeat | 1/2 oz orange curacao | 1/4 oz simple syrup | shake with ice | strain into a double old fashioned glass filled with crushed ice | garnish with mint sprig, spent lime wheel and orchid blossom
When I tried this drink, I used Appleton 12, Vida mezcal, Pierre Ferrand dry curaçao per the original recipe, and homemade orgeat. I went with the ratios from the original recipe and 1 tsp of simple syrup. I figured that I could always add more, and it was fine as is.
The mezcal is great is this drink. I did not find it overpowering but you can definitely taste it. It's complex, smoky and funky.
Even with cane spirits, there is enough room for creativity with Mai Tai variations. Cachaça, the Brazilian cousin of rhum agricole, is used as the base in Dave Shenaut's Leaning to Tie (I used Leblon which is very grassy). He swaps the lime juice for orange juice, and uses a touch of Campari to replace the orange liqueur. He also adds a good dose of pastis (I used St. George absinthe).
Without lime juice, the drink is less acidic and sweeter than a regular Mai Tai. The flavor is hard to describe, but there is something really intriguing in the way it all meshes together, herbal and nutty flavors.
Learning to Tie (Dave Shenaut) | 1 1/4 oz cachaça | 1 oz orange juice | 1 oz orgeat | 1/2 tsp Campari | 1/2 oz absinthe verte | stir with ice | strained into a stemmed glass [I went the Mai Tai route and strained into a double OF glass filled with crushed ice] | garnish with an orange twist tied into a knot
Continuing to run with this idea of white rhum agricole with absinthe in a Mai Tai twist, I found a recipe by Brian Miller that I really loved. This one goes back to basics with only rums as the base, and the classic combination of orgeat with orange liqueur, which is augmented by absinthe.
Everything was harmonious and well integrated, including the absinthe. There were some crazy coconut notes that kept coming. It reminded me of my first Mai Tai efforts many years ago when I used to spike them with a bit of coconut rum, but infinitely better.
My Oh My Ty (Brian Miller) | 1 oz white rhum agricole (La Favorite) | 1 oz Plantation Barbados 5 (Flor de Cana 7 was specified) | 1 oz lime juice | 1/2 oz orgeat (homemade) | 1/2 oz Clement creole shrubb | 1/4 oz absinthe | simple syrup [skipped] | shake with ice | strain into a double old fashioned glass filled with crushed ice | mint sprig garnish
Here is another rendition of the My Oh My Ty, this time with Kō Hana Kea (white) Lahi for the rhum agricole. This rum is made from freshly pressed cane juice from a single varietal (Lahi) grown in Hawaii. The glasses by Michael Uhlenkott.
With mezcal we introduced smoke into the Mai Tai. Why not go further and use another smoky spirit in the Mai Tai with a blended scotch, skipping the rum altogether. Mood-wise, it is a wintery take on the Mai Tai.
I had a coconut orgeat that I used in the drink because of the know affinity between Scotch & coconut (yes, there is such a thing… it's Caribbean!). My coconut orgeat is lighter than an almond orgeat, so I skipped the simple syrup and went all orgeat.
Winter Mai Tai (original) | 2 oz Highland Park 12 | 1 oz lime juice | 3/4 oz homemade coconut orgeat | 1/2 oz Pierre Ferrand Dry curacao | shake with ice | strain into a double old fashioned glass filled with crushed ice | garnish with the spent lime shell and a mint bouquet
Last but not least, beer in a Mai Tai! This seems wild and seems very out-of-the-box, but it makes sense if you think of it as a sparkling Mai Tai. Most cocktails can be turned into sparkling cocktails by the addition of sparkling water or champagne and careful adjustments to the recipe. Beer is a genius way to add both bubbles and flavor. Of course it's a tricky thing to do, especially here because a super bold IPA is used! But something more tame might just blend into the background.
I tried it with Flor de Cana for the white rum, Plantation Barbados for the aged rum, and homemade orgeat. For the beer I went a little overboard and used Stone RuinTen IPA ("A Stage Dive into a Mosh Pit of Hops", IBU 110). It was surprisingly delicious and refreshing. The IPA added a bitter element and grapefruit notes, with the hops contributing some crazy herbal/floral flavors.
Mai-TaIPA (Jacob Grier) | 1 oz white rum [Flor de Cana 4 year] | 1 oz aged rum [Plantation 5 Barbados] | 1 oz lime juice | 3/4 oz orgeat | 1/2 oz orange liqueur [Cointreau] | shake with ice | strain into a Collins glass over ice | add 1.5 oz IPA | garnish with a cherry
The Mai Tai is truly a versatile cocktail that can inspire many interesting variations. Let me know if you have come across any other interesting ones that I should try!


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Commands and events
What is an event?
An event represents something that took place in the domain. They are always
named with a past-participle verb, such as
OrderConfirmed. It's not unusual,
but not required, for an event to name an aggregate or entity that it relates
to; let the domain language be your guide.
Since an event represents something in the past, it can be considered a statement of fact and used to take decisions in other parts of the system.
What is a command?
People request changes to the domain by sending commands. They are named with
a verb in the imperative mood plus and may include the aggregate type, for example
ConfirmOrder. Unlike an event, a command is not a statement of fact; it's only
a request, and thus may be refused. (A typical way to convey refusal is to throw
an exception).
What does a command or an event look like?
Commands and events are simply data structures that contain data for reading, and no behavior. We call such structures "Data Transfer Objects" (DTOs). The name indicates the purpose. In many languages they are represented as classes, but they are not true classes in the real OO sense. Here's an example of a command:
public class ConfirmOrder {
public Guid OrderId;
And here's an example of an event:
public class OrderConfirmed {
public Guid OrderId;
public DateTime ConfirmationDate;
What is the difference between a command and an event?
Their intent.
What is immutability? Why are commands and events immutable?
For the purpose of this question, immutability is not having any setters, or other methods which change internal state. The string type in Java and C# is a familiar example; you never actually change an existing string value, you just create new string values based on old ones.
Commands are immutable because their expected usage is to be sent directly to the domain model side for processing. They do not need to change during their projected lifetime in traveling from client to server.
Events are immutable because they represent domain actions that took place in the past. Unless you're Marty McFly, you can't change the past, and sometimes not even then.
What is command upgrading?
Upgrading commands becomes necessary when new requirements cause existing commands not to be sufficient. Maybe a new field needs to be added, for example, or maybe an existing field should really have been split into several different ones.
How do I upgrade my commands?
How you do the upgrade depends how much control you have over your clients. If you can deploy your client updates and server updates together, just change things in both and deploy the updates. Job done. If not, it's usually best to have the updated command be a new type and have the command handler accept both for a while.
Could you give an example of names of some versioned commands?
It's just a convention, but a sane one.


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"Strikeforce: Heavyweight Grand Prix Final" takes place Saturday inside HP Pavilion in San Jose, California. The first preliminary bout is scheduled to start at approximately 8PM ET/5PM PT. Make sure to stay with 5thRound.com all night for our live coverage.
Showtime Extreme will kick off the festivities by airing four prelims at 8PM ET/PT.
Showtime will then broadcast the main card beginning at 10PM ET/PT.
Saturday's show will feature the finals of Strikeforce's Heavyweight Grand Prix between Josh Barnett (Pictured) and Daniel Cormier.
A lightweight title tilt with champion Gilbert Melendez and Josh Thomson serves as the night's co-featured attraction.
Here is the roster for tonight's extravaganza:
Preliminary Card:
Bobby Green vs. James Terry
(Showtime Extreme 8PM ET/PT)
Quinn Mulhern vs. Yuri Villefort
Gian Villante vs. Derrick Mehmen
Virgil Zwicker vs. Guto Inocente
Isaac Vallie-Flagg vs. JZ Cavalcante
Main Card:
(Showtime 10PM ET/PT)
Chris Spang vs. Nah-Shon Burrell
Rafael "Feijao" Cavalcante vs. Mike Kyle
Josh Thomson vs. Gilbert Melendez (Strikeforce Lightweight Champion)
Heavyweight Grand Prix Finals:
Josh Barnett vs. Daniel Cormier


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I am very pleased to announce a new working draft of the SVG specification [1]. The list of changes from previous versions is at [2]. This working draft attempts to address most of the review comments that were received during the second Last Call period, which started 3 March 2000, and also incorporates other modifications resulting from continuing collaboration with other working groups and continuing work within the SVG working group. Among the areas of the specification that are known to require further work are the text, font, animation chapters and any sections relating to events. Most of the further work is expected to be primarily editorial in nature with few further changes to the language itself. Depending on feedback to this draft, the goal is to publish a Candidate Recommendation soon once outstanding issues are addressed. [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG [2] http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/changes.html -- ChrisReceived on Thursday, 6 July 2000 21:38:12 UTC
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A relative path describes the location of a file in relation to the recent directory. It is different from the absolute path, which gives an exact location in the original directly rather than the currently used one. Unlike absolute path, relative path doesn't include the domain of the site as it only points to a specific file.
While linking pages within your website, one can use the relative links. By clicking on the relative link, one can view where the linked page is located on the current site.
Some alternative names of it are non-absolute path or partial path. It only has a portion of the full path URL which is also based upon the directory it is linking to.
How to determine the relative URL path:
- First, consider the URL of the page, for instance, it would be https://www.rectontechwiz.com/web-typography-110-6743003
- Now, see the directory of the page, and here that is /web-typography-110-6743003
The (/) present in the starting of the path commands the browser to go to the root of the directory and from there you can pick whatever document you would like to be linked.
So, we can say that to be able to link off-site, we require absolute path and to link any page or folder within the same site, we can use the relative path.


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This is Edin, taking the group photo. Edin is a great photographer with a professional portfolio. He helped us "focus" on the tasks at hand and took us to his favorite spots in the Everglades.
An Anhinga, doing what anhingas do. They are beautiful birds and seen regularly on the walking trails at the numerous board walks at visitor centers and other sites in the park.


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Pearl Energy Ltd., bagian dari Aabar Petroleum Investments Co. PJSC Abu Dhabi, memulai produksi 1,450 b/d minyak dari salah satu development well di Jasmine C platform di Teluk Thailand.
The platform is connected via a 3.8-km pipeline to the Jasmine venture MV7 floating production, storage, and offloading vessel. Its 1,150-tonne processing topsides were installed Mar. 21, and drilling of the first group of development wells started Apr. 25. Two additional development wells, C2 and C3, will be completed and brought on production in the next few days of the initial phase of this drilling program, which will comprise a total of 12 development wells and 3 water disposal wells.
In addition, engineering design is under way on two additional platforms, which are to be installed in and around the Jasmine production area following a successful exploration program conducted in first half 2006.
At the end of this year's first quarter, two existing platforms, Jasmine A and B, were producing at a gross average rate of 24,000 b/d of oil. Production started at the Jasmine A platform June 7, 2005, and at Jasmine B on Jan. 22 of this year (OGJ Online, Jan. 26, 2007).


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What to Know About the Flu Season So Far
Get vaccinated now for maximum protection
This year's flu season has been mild so far, according to a new report from the CDC, but that's no reason to skip your flu shot — especially in light of news that low vaccination rates may have contributed to the severity of the 2017-2018 flu season.
According to the report, flu activity in the United States remains low across the board, which is typical for this time of year. Flu season tends to ramp up in the fall before peaking between December and February, meaning now is the ideal time to get a flu shot if you haven't already. The CDC recommends that those who aren't yet vaccinated do so by the end of October. (And remember: It takes about two weeks for antibodies to develop after receiving the vaccine.)
A second report, also released by the agency Thursday, reveals that less than 4 in 10 American adults received a flu vaccine during the 2017-2018 season, which was particularly severe and ultimately resulted in approximately 960,000 hospitalizations and 79,000 deaths — the highest number in decades. Low vaccination rates, along with the predominance of a particularly harsh strain that the flu vaccine is known to be less effective against, were likely contributing factors.
Overall, 37.1 percent of adults were vaccinated last season, compared to 43.3 percent in 2016–2017. Still, older adults — the ones most likely to suffer severe complications from the flu — were the group most likely to be vaccinated. Among adults 65 and up, 59.6 percent were vaccinated, compared to 39.7 percent of adults age 50 to 64 and 26.9 percent of those age 18 to 49.
There's no word on this year's vaccination rates, but one way to get a sense of how this year's flu will behave is to look to the Southern Hemisphere, where the flu season runs from April to September. The CDC says this season's flu activity in the Southern Hemisphere has been "relatively low and fairly mild" overall — promising, but hardly a guarantee.
On Wednesday, the FDA announced its approval of the fast-acting antiviral Xofluza, the first new flu drug to be approved in nearly two decades. Xofluza will become available in the coming weeks, and is most effective when taken within 48 hours of getting ill. In the meantime, getting vaccinated is still the best way to avoid getting sick in the first place.
Adults ages 65 and up should opt for the high-dose flu vaccine and ask their provider about receiving the pneumococcal vaccine, which can help prevent against serious complications, like pneumonia. (The pneumococcal vaccine is also recommended for those younger than 65 who smoke or have chronic conditions, such as diabetes or heart disease).


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Young Adult Fiction Crosses Gender and Generations
The borders of young adult fiction have become increasingly blurry. Mothers and daughters debate the merits of Edward versus Jacob, and adult readers have unabashedly embraced Harry Potter and The Hunger Games. At the same time, authors like Jodi Picoult and James Patterson, who are known for their best-selling adult fiction, are producing YA novels in increasing numbers.
Before Lee Child turns up with Jack Reacher: The Teen Years, it's worth considering the merits of young adult fiction that speaks to its audience directly and captures the elusive "reluctant reader." These five novels feature action and adventure, deal with topics that kids will connect with, and encourage further literary exploration. If adults like them—and they will—it's merely a fortunate side effect. These stories are for young readers of both genders, and they speak to them on their terms.
Cal Armistead's Being Henry David (Albert Whitman & Company, 978-0-8075-0615-8) opens with a bang. "The last thing I remember is now," says our hero, who has just awoken in Penn Station with only ten dollars and a copy of Walden to his name, but no idea who he is. Taking Henry David or "Hank" as a handle and the book as inspiration, he finds his way to Concord, Massachusetts, and slowly begins to piece together his identity and what he's running from. He makes friends, meets a girl, and begins to build a new life, but the past dies hard, and Hank has several layers of reckoning to pass through before finally coming home to his true self. Walden and Henry David Thoreau are peripheral to the main story here, but solitude, contemplation, and simplicity may hold a degree of rebellious potential for readers who were raised to be plugged in 24-7. Let's hope so, anyway.
From relative realism we move to a dystopian tale. With The Crossing (Pyr, 978-1-61614-698-6), Mandy Hager introduces a trilogy that refreshes the genre while still playing by its rules. When Maryam reaches puberty she leaves her island home to join the chosen on board the shipwrecked Star of the Sea. The ship is the Holy City overseen by the Apostles of the Lamb, and it is one of the last safe places on earth after the Tribulations (a combination of disease and weather events) wiped out most of the population. The white Apostles keep the islanders in line with some pretty twisted theology, but what exactly are they doing to the people who cross over to the ship, "the Lord's most beautiful and sacred place"? When Maryam finds out, she's faced with a thankless choice: Follow protocol, which will most likely kill her, or leave the ship … an even more dangerous prospect. Hager creates a believable world and moves the story along at a brisk clip. Upon reflection, what at first reads as breakneck action raises tough questions about religion, racial disparity, medical ethics, and the appropriate uses of power.
The Crossing is set in the future, but the primitive island culture and destroyed cruise ship give the novel a sense of looking backward in time. The Adventures of Radisson: Hell Never Burns (Baraka Books, 978-1-926824-54-3) begins in 1651, when instant messaging was achieved with smoke signals. Martin Fournier recounts the exploits of Pierre-Esprit Radisson, who moved from France to New France (in Canada) as a teenager in search of adventure in the fur trade. One day his impulsive nature leads him far afield while hunting. Before he knows it, his two friends have been brutally murdered and he's kidnapped by the Iroquois, who are fighting the French for control of trade routes. Fournier explains, "Radisson's face was painted half red and half black, meaning that his fate remained in the balance: black for death, red for life." He lives among the tribe and is ultimately adopted into a family that he loves and fights with as a son and brother. The action here comes fast and hard, and the violence is sometimes shocking; torture was common, and when taking a village by storm no allowances were made for women and children. Hunting scenes are also thick with gore. Radisson has a lengthy journey among the Iroquois but is never completely safe among them. When he makes a bid to return to his birth family, his conscience awakens, and he begins to confront his violent acts. Readers will wonder what happens next; thankfully, this is the first volume in a series, so we can see how Radisson matures.
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass (Candlewick Press, 978-0-7636-6354-4) is of the present moment, but rivals Radisson's exploits in terms of violence. Piddy Sanchez hasn't even settled in at her new school when she's called out by a total stranger. Missing her best friend and the neighborhood her nervous single mother moved them away from, Piddy ends up pushing the boundaries of identity to find her place while trying to avoid a bully with a chip on her shoulder. She dreams of living among elephants as a scientist; her mother wants her to learn just enough French, cross-stitching, and cooking to prepare "for the future," which is clearly free of women with careers. Author Meg Medina depicts a violent and humiliating assault on Piddy that is filmed and posted online. Piddy's desire to hide her wounds and her fear of being labeled a snitch are compounded when her beat-down is publicized. She edges toward creating a take-no-prisoners persona similar to that of her attacker before finding middle ground that feels more like home. The school finds an imperfect but workable solution for Piddy that students and teachers should discuss. What's fair punishment for a bully, and what does the victim deserve as compensation? Yaqui doesn't have all the answers, but it raises questions every school should be prepared to act on and introduces a character who learns to face her demons with integrity.
Historical fantasy makes learning a treat in P.T. McHugh's Keeper of the Black Stones (Glass House Press, 978-0-9816768-0-7). Science geek Jason learns that his grandfather discovered a set of stones that enable time travel. Wouldn't you know, gramps's colleague's son jumped back in time and decided to alter the course of history, potentially bringing on the end of the world. Jason and his best friend need to travel back to the Middle Ages, refight the War of the Roses, save his grandfather and, oh yeah, all of humanity. After that, finals should be a breeze. The action here is charged, and Jason is a likable, funny hero. "Last week I was worried about my Physics midterm. Now I've got a body guard," he muses. The book has a wicked twist at the end that you'll wish you saw coming; it turns out to be a teaser for the second volume in this planned series of seven. Literature, history, and science are whipped into the mix here and can inspire a lot of outside reading. A historical note at the end of the book helps readers make sense of which parts of the story are based in fact. It's clear that McHugh researched the history well; the battle scenes and villages feel real, despite looking like a misplaced Renaissance Fair to Jason and his friends. Like Radisson, Keeper is a bright beginning to what looks like a promising series.
Heather Seggel is a freelance writer and the author of the ebook, 7 Gateways to Self-Published Success. She lives and works in Ukiah, California.
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What is a blockchain?
A blockchain is a public database that is updated and shared across many computers in a network.
"Block" refers to data and state being stored in consecutive groups known as "blocks". If you send ETH to someone else, the transaction data needs to be added to a block to be successful.
See more: In ethereum
"Chain" refers to the fact that each block cryptographically references its parent. In other words, blocks get chained together. The data in a block cannot change without changing all subsequent blocks, which would require the consensus of the entire network.
Every computer in the network must agree upon each new block and the chain as a whole. These computers are known as "nodes". Nodes ensure everyone interacting with the blockchain has the same data. To accomplish this distributed agreement, blockchains need a consensus mechanism.
Ethereum currently uses a proof-of-work consensus mechanism. This means that anyone who wants to add new blocks to the chain must solve a difficult puzzle that requires a lot of computing power. Solving the puzzle "proves" that you have done the "work" by using computational resources. Doing this is known as mining. Mining is typically brute force trial and error, but successfully adding a block is rewarded in ETH.
New blocks are broadcast to the nodes in the network, checked and verified, thus updating the state of the blockchain for everyone.
So to summarize, when you send ETH to someone, the transaction must be mined and included in a new block. The updated state is then shared with the entire network.
Watch Austin walk you through blockchains:
If you want to see how blockchain hashes data and then the previous block references all the past blocks, be sure to check out this demo by Anders Brownworth and watch the accompanying video below.
Watch Anders explain hashes in blockchains:
What is Ethereum?
In the Ethereum universe, there is a single, canonical computer (called the Ethereum Virtual Machine, or EVM) whose state everyone on the Ethereum network agrees on. Everyone who participates in the Ethereum network (every Ethereum node) keeps a copy of the state of this computer. Additionally, any participant can broadcast a request for this computer to perform arbitrary computation. Whenever such a request is broadcast, other participants on the network verify, validate, and carry out ("execute") the computation. This execution causes a state change in the EVM, which is committed and propagated throughout the entire network.
Requests for computation are called transaction requests; the record of all transactions and the EVM's present state gets stored on the blockchain, which in turn is stored and agreed upon by all nodes.
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Cryptographic mechanisms ensure that once transactions are verified as valid and added to the blockchain, they can't be tampered with later. The same mechanisms also ensure that all transactions are signed and executed with appropriate "permissions" (no one should be able to send digital assets from Alice's account, except for Alice herself).
What is ether?
Ether (ETH) is the native cryptocurrency of Ethereum. The purpose of ether is to allow for a market for computation. Such a market provides an economic incentive for participants to verify and execute transaction requests and provide computational resources to the network.
Any participant who broadcasts a transaction request must also offer some amount of ether to the network as a bounty. This bounty will be awarded to whoever eventually does the work of verifying the transaction, executing it, committing it to the blockchain, and broadcasting it to the network.
The amount of ether paid corresponds to the time required to do the computation. These bounties also prevent malicious participants from intentionally clogging the network by requesting the execution of infinite computation or other resource-intensive scripts, as these participants must pay for computation time.
What are smart contracts?
In practice, participants don't write new code every time they want to request a computation on the EVM. Rather, application developers upload programs (reusable snippets of code) into EVM storage, and users make requests to execute these code snippets with varying parameters. We call the programs uploaded to and executed by the network smart contracts.
At a very basic level, you can think of a smart contract like a sort of vending machine: a script that, when called with certain parameters, performs some actions or computation if certain conditions are satisfied. For example, a simple vendor smart contract could create and assign ownership of a digital asset if the caller sends ether to a specific recipient.
Any developer can create a smart contract and make it public to the network, using the blockchain as its data layer, for a fee paid to the network. Any user can then call the smart contract to execute its code, again for a fee paid to the network.
Thus, with smart contracts, developers can build and deploy arbitrarily complex user-facing apps and services such as: marketplaces, financial instruments, games, etc.
The sequence of all blocks that have been committed to the Ethereum network in the history of the network. So-named because each block contains a reference to the previous block, which helps us maintain an ordering over all blocks (and thus over the precise history).
The native cryptocurrency of Ethereum. Users pay ether to other users to have their code execution requests fulfilled.
More on ETH
The Ethereum Virtual Machine is the global virtual computer whose state every participant on the Ethereum network stores and agrees on. Any participant can request the execution of arbitrary code on the EVM; code execution changes the state of the EVM.
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More on the EVM
The real-life machines which are storing the EVM state. Nodes communicate with each other to propagate information about the EVM state and new state changes. Any user can also request the execution of code by broadcasting a code execution request from a node. The Ethereum network itself is the aggregate of all Ethereum nodes and their communications.
More on nodes
Where ether is stored. Users can initialize accounts, deposit ether into the accounts, and transfer ether from their accounts to other users. Accounts and account balances are stored in a big table in the EVM; they are a part of the overall EVM state.
More on accounts
A "transaction request" is the formal term for a request for code execution on the EVM, and a "transaction" is a fulfilled transaction request and the associated change in the EVM state. Any user can broadcast a transaction request to the network from a node. For the transaction request to affect the agreed-upon EVM state, it must be validated, executed, and "committed to the network" by another node. Execution of any code causes a state change in the EVM; upon commitment, this state change is broadcast to all nodes in the network. Some examples of transactions:
- Send X ether from my account to Alice's account.
- Publish some smart contract code into EVM memory.
- Execute the code of the smart contract at address X in the EVM, with arguments Y.
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The volume of transactions is very high, so transactions are "committed" in batches, or blocks. Blocks generally contain dozens to hundreds of transactions.
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Smart contracts
A reusable snippet of code (a program) which a developer publishes into EVM memory. Anyone can request that the smart contract code be executed by making a transaction request. Because developers can write arbitrary executable applications into the EVM (games, marketplaces, financial instruments, etc.) by publishing smart contracts, these are often also called dapps, or Decentralized Apps.
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- Ethereum Whitepaper
- How does Ethereum work, anyway? – Preethi Kasireddy
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Samsung have recently announced their new budget line of sub-£50 handsets, the latest addition comes the Samsung E2121 that is rather unspectacular, but actually revels in being spectacularly unspectacular.
By this, I don't mean it is a bad handset at all, and while it won't challenge the iPhone or Samsung Galaxy S, the E2121 is actually rather commendable for the amount of features you get, especially as it is priced at just £25 on pay-as-you-go. A sim-free version is also available for around £50.
Coming along to the phone's aesthetics, it is not exactly the most beautiful phone in the market, but there is something about it that makes it appealing. The central music button sits nicely just under the screen that politely invites you to play some music but we all know that it is not going to sound all that great.
Still, for those of you who want to start small and want music functionality, the E2121 gives you the very basics for this, but does it very well. You can get MicroSD card support up to 2GB, but the only rather disappointing thing about this whole charade is that it lacks a 3.5mm headphone jack.
In conclusion, other than the music feature that is somewhat blunted by the lack of a headphone jack you still get bang for your buck with a VGA camera, online support (via GPRS), and Bluetooth support. It is a long shot from any typical mobile phone you can get these days but if you are shopping on budget this could be right up your street.
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Here's an update to a site I've mentioned before: AirBed&Breakfast. Joe sent me a note saying that they now officially launched. Hooray! I just had a look and am impressed with what I saw! Obviously their community is growing fast, with places to stay in over 350 cities in 56 countries all around the world! The new site allows secure online payments via PayPal or credit card, user profiles, the ability to book a room in 3 clicks. They were recently picked up by CNN, NY Times, WSJ, and PSFK. The first peer-to-peer travel site is doing well even in my own neighborhood – they are about to surpass 100 listings in NYC/Brooklyn. What a fabulous resource! Save money when traveling to NYC or make money as a host when you're home… Check it out!
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It's great! But it's not the first peer-to-peer travel site… Couchsurfing and hospitality club are active since years now, and they are free…
good to know it actually exists!
cool concept. i just went through the sign up process and don't think this site is like couchsurfing. i'm a cs member and this seems geared more toward the hotel crowd than the hospitality club user. i may be wrong, but that's the tone the site puts across (tag line). kudos to them for a well designed UI.
JUST in time for my cross country road trip!!! Thanks so much fo this post ;)
I actually used http://airbnb.com recently and it was a pretty good experience…didn't get robbed or anything.


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Etihad Airways made an announcement that it will add its 5th gateway city Dallas/Forth Worth in the United States to its route portfolio from December 3, 2014. The airline also flies to Toronto in Canada.
Etihad starts flights to Los Angeles on June 1, 2014. Qatar Airways, American Airlines (whose hub is DFW) Oneworld alliance partner , will start flying to DFW from its hub in Doha from July 1, 2014.
The flight between Abu Dhabi and Dallas/Forth Worth is thrice weekly.
The number of flights operated by Emirates, Qatar Airways and Etihad to North America from their Gulf hubs is ever increasing.
This is a good news for American Airlines AAdvantage members that can redeem for flights on both Qatar Airways and Etihad, as long as Etihad and American Airlines continue their partnership.


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For those seeking quality feedback from customers, a black floor standing lead box is a sturdier and more dynamic option than your standard countertop contest bin. At more than four feet tall, this sign display draws the attention of a passerby in even the most congested areas. Each acrylic ballot lead box features a locking lid to easily and safely secure its contents. Its sleek and clean design gives you the freedom to use this display for a variety of functions, including at fundraisers for a donation collection or at a restaurant for a contest. Add dimension to your lead box by putting eye-catching graphics in this double sided sign holder. Place suggestion forms in the acrylic ballot bin's front pocket for added convenience.On What Surfaces can Adhesive Floor Decals be Used?
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A newly commissioned study by Boys & Girls Clubs of America found these clubs are a sound investment, providing nearly $10 in benefits to the community for every $1 invested.
The study, conducted by the Institute for Social Research and the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan, found that every dollar invested in Boys & Girls Clubs returns $9.60 in current and future earnings, as well as cost savings, to American communities .
The biggest benefits are from club members' improved grades and reduced alcohol use, and their parents' earnings. Collectively on a national level, clubs spend $1.4 billion annually on operating costs, resulting in $13.8 billion in lifetime benefits to youth, families and society. According to the Boys & Girls Club of Alachua County, they spend nearly $1 million dollars annually which results in roughly $10 million in lifetime benefits to our community.
"We were thrilled, but not surprised, to receive the results of this study," said Scott Monnett, Chief Professional Officer of the Boys & Girls Club of Alachua County. "We have long known how valuable the club is to our community, but it's great to have independent confirmation of the benefits clubs provide, not only to young people, but to their parents and the community as well."
The study is the first national return on investment estimate for Boys & Girls Clubs. Researchers made use of newly available youth outcomes data, collected through surveys of club members across the country, to examine how the costs required to provide club programming compare to the long term benefits for youth and families in economic terms .
The study indicates that Boys & Girls Club services and programs produce tremendous value for youths, families and their communities. Clubs help increase the earning power of parents, as well as of youth when they become adults. They also contribute to major savings for society by helping to prevent costly expenditures for health care, public assistance programs, and criminal justice system involvement and incarceration.
"Boys & Girls Clubs fill the gap between school and home, providing safe environments where kids have fun, participate in life-changing programs, and form supportive relationships with peers and caring adults," Monnett said.
In support the Boys & Girls Club have a couple of events and campaign launches taking place in the next few weeks. First on April 16th they are hosting the 1st Classic Car Show and 50's Sock Hop at the Northwest Unit from 4:00 pm to 10:00 pm. This is a family fundraising event with a kid's fun area, classic car show and unique sock hop event. Secondly, the Club will be launching the Success Past 3 Campaign and initiative focused on raising funds to support Club youth by providing resources for programs in the areas of academic success, good character and citizenship and healthy lifestyles. Information on both can be found at www .myboysandgirlsclub.com


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New Organization Aims to be the SCA of Tea
A new upstart in the UK, the European Tea Society, is inspired by the SCA.
A new upstart in the UK, the European Tea Society, is inspired by the SCA.
The multi-roaster café nestled along the Spree Canal in Berlin's Mitte district.
The Old Truman Brewery, Hanbury Street, London E1
The vote for the proposed merger begins July 5.
Paris was a city of cafés but not of coffee. That's changed, and it's changed fast.
Icelanders have become fanatics for specialty coffee.
Matts Johansson helped establish Sweden as a coffee country, then he established the rules for coffee competition.
A new website offers a guide to the cafés and coffee pros of Central Europe.
A new generation of Istanbulites are taking the global craft coffee movement and infusing it with their own coffee tradition.


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When the new sandwich joint Sloco opened in Nashville, I was dying to go, but I had to go with just the right person, so it took me a few months to try it out. I went with one of my best friends who studied at Slow Food International, which means her values and those of Sloco align well.
The chef-owner of Tayst, Jeremy Barlow, is the brainchild behind Sloco Nashville. Tayst is the only green certified restaurant in Nashville and it focuses on local, seasonal ingredients, and serves the more high-end crowd. Sloco keeps the same principal of local food, but everything on the menu is less than $10.
I love that Jeremy is working to integrate his ideals into every sector of the Nashville population. Most people are accustomed to eating fast food sandwiches with the cheapest possible ingredients, and Sloco gives an entirely new edge to sandwiches.
Sloco uses only seasonal vegetables that are grown nearby, so the ingredients change with the seasons. You are not going to see a thick slice of tomato on a sandwich in the winter or root vegetables in the summer. Their veggie options will constantly change, even from week to week, based on what's available.
So, what did we eat?
I had the Shaved Seitan sandwich and thought it was delicious. Their seitan was peppery and perfectly cooked (at home I end up with a lot of rubbery, chewy seitan), and then sliced thinly.
They covered it with some microgreens and shaved squash pieces. They use a sesame seed dressing that brought the whole sandwich together perfectly. It is a very nice vegan sandwich, and so pretty!
One of Sloco's mission statements is to serve responsible portion sizes. I fully believe in that concept, as most people eat more than double the amount of food they are supposed to eat. The only thing I had to say that was slightly negative about Sloco was the fact that their Slow Roasted Veggie sandwich was on the small side. It had no more than a few tablespoons of grilled vegetables total, and even paired with good homemade bread still makes for a pretty small lunch. Don't get me wrong- the vegetables (August vegetables were onions, zucchini, and summer squash) were flavored perfectly; it's just that the sandwich could have used quite a few more to qualify as a satisfying lunch.
While their meat sandwiches may only have a few ounces of protein to be a proper portion, you have to add more veggies to get the same fullness level as the rest of the sandwiches. This is a common problem for vegans-- the size that might work for a piece of meat is going to make a very small portion of veggies, even if you are comparing calories alone. Vegans like to eat and be full too!
The other vegan sandwich that we didn't try was the Vegan Meatball Sub. They make their "meat"balls out of quinoa and beans, and cover it with homemade tomato sauce. It's layered on a sub roll and everything is capped off with a bit of Daiya cheese, known to all vegans as the best melting cheese available right now.
The bottom of the menu says that all sandwiches can be made vegetarian. I would imagine they either leave the meat off the other sandwiches or sub in some seitan in place of it (ask to verify this), which could be quite good, although of course you'd have to negotiate the cheese to be switched and any suspect dressings like aioli or slaw to be removed. With three great vegan choices with ingredients that are constantly shifting with the seasons, I doubt I'd opt to go to the trouble of substituting any sandwiches in the future.
They had some really nice, cute touches to the building. Their sprouted micro-veggies were on full display right on the bar, which is a fun way to introduce new food to people. We enjoyed that they used recycled glass Mason jars to serve vegetable-infused water. I also always love restaurants that are willing to show you almost all of the action right behind the counter. They display their ingredients on open shelves, and you can see everything is top of the line. And, they have a few nice side options like avocado oil potato chips, pickles, and pure cane sugar sodas.
Sloco Nashville also maintains their mission to change the world with food, as Jeremy discusses in his book, Chefs Can Save the World. I totally agree that if enough chefs introduce enough amazing fresh, local food to enough customers, more people will start expecting that level of food all the time. Perhaps more will buy from farmers markets and build their own vegetable gardens. Food like this does make a difference, and it tastes really good too.
If you're visiting from out of town, you should definitely visit the 12th South area of Nashville. Over the past few years, restaurants and bars have been sneaking their way in to the Belmont scene and adding a ton of energy to the area. After lunch at Sloco, stop at one of the iconic Nashville establishments, Las Paletas, and have a homemade, fruit-based popsicle. Most of the fruit flavors are vegan.
I'll definitely be back to Sloco Nashville, and you should try it too!


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The EEOC updated its guidance regarding how criminal records can be used by employers in hiring decisions. The EEOC reaffirmed that – in some instances – an employer's use of an individual's criminal records when making employment decisions will violate Title VII's ban on employment discrimination.
A company's policy of excluding job applicants from employment based on certain felonies or misdemeanors may disproportionately impact certain individuals protected under Title VII by unfairly affecting particular races or national origins. Such a policy would be illegal if unless the employer can show that it is both: 1) job related; and 2) consistent with business necessity.
The EEOC made clear that employers would be well served to consider: a) the nature of the crime; b) the time elapsed; and c) the nature of the job. By doing so, employers can make an individualized assessment to make sure that their policy is job related and necessary for their business as applied to particular job applicants.


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With all of the hoopla and controversy surrounding Elon Musk and his ill-fated tweets about taking Tesla private, it's easy to forget that Tesla over the past few months has slowly but surely introduced new Autopilot updates which, taken together, have improved overall performance and reliability. While it remains to be seen if we'll ever see a Tesla drive itself from New York City to Los Angeles — something Musk promised would happen in 2016 — there's no denying that the company's Autopilot feature has improved drastically in recent months.
To this point, a Model 3 owner recently took Tesla's latest software update (2018.32.2) for a spin and found a lot to like with respect to the car handling somewhat challenging roads. Further, other Tesla owners have added that the latest software update seems to have fixed a few of the wonky bugs that were introduced by the previous software update.
In the video below, a Model 3 owner takes his Tesla out for an Autopilot spin on a curvy road that he says previously presented some difficulties for the software.
Going at a speed of about 25 MPH, the car doesn't perform perfectly throughout but the overall performance, according to the driver, is much smoother than in previous iterations of Autopilot. In one particularly challenging section of the road, the owner notes that the Model 3 would tend to veer off the road with older versions of Autopilot. The latest update, though, keeps the car on track.
"I've noticed Autopilot has gotten 100 times better than it used to be," the driver noted. "It's more confident. It stays in the lanes better. It doesn't go off the road. You get less and less times where it gets confused."
The full video can be seen below.