Band picks up guns to defend Ukraine

Ukrainian State Emergency Service via AP

The war in Ukraine–I don’t care if Russia calls it a “special operation” or not. You can put a turd in a cone and call it ice cream, it’s still a turd–appears to be unique in a great many ways. The propaganda war has been entertaining if nothing else.

However, I’ve really been inspired by so many Ukrainians picking up guns to defend their nation. We know that a lot of Americans wouldn’t.

Yet successful artists in a nation are typically those who one wouldn’t expect to fight. In Ukraine, that would appear to be wrong.

When then-comedian Volodymyr Zelenskyy appeared in the music video for Ukrainian band Antytila’s 2018 single Lego, no one could have imagined the direction of their next collaboration.

Fast forward four years and Zelenskyy, now Ukraine’s president, is in charge of a country at war with its neighbour Russia.

Members of pop-rock group Antytila, meanwhile, have swapped their guitars for guns and are helping to defend the capital Kyiv.

“I don’t know what would have happened to us if someone else was in his [Zelenskyy’s] position now,” lead singer Taras Topolia told Euronews’ international correspondent Anelise Borges. “We’re proud of our president. He’s a representation of our national spirit and freedom. Not for a second over the past few weeks has he doubted that Ukraine would win.”

It is a belief the band also shares.

Now, I’m having to do some guessing about just how successful a band they are, but it does appear they’re not exactly unknowns in Ukraine.

Reading this story, I couldn’t help but wonder how many American artists would stay and fight.

I mean, sure, we can all figure Ted Nugent would, but what about other artists? How many would put down their guitars and pick up a firearm? How many would value their nation so much that they would step up and help keep it safe?

To be honest, other than Nugent, I can’t think of a single that might be willing off the top of my head. There are a few actors I could see doing it, but not musicians really. I’m sure there are some that I’m forgetting, but I don’t know who.

Yet for this band, they’re stepping up and doing something incredibly cool. My hope is that they make it through this war and the Ukrainian people recognize their bravery.

It’s easy to run when you’ve got the money to do so. It’s quite another to stay when you know on every level you don’t really have to.

Then again, in their mind, they may feel they do. They may believe it’s essential they stand and fight and that they have no choice.

Again, that’s something I can respect the hell out of.

Too many people who call themselves Americans would never even consider defending our homeland should it be invaded. They could learn a lot from the members of Antytila.

Of course, that would require them to be open to learning new things about bravery, heroism, and love of one’s nation, which I suspect few of them are.


In our previous blog, we wrote about the WHYs of empathetic leadership. Why leading with empathy matters for you and your career, how it impacts your team, and why it’s important to your organization. In today’s piece, we want to explore the HOWs of empathetic leadership. To provide you with concrete tips, advice and recommendations for how you can become a more empathetic leader.

  1. Understand yourself. The path to leading with empathy starts with understanding yourself. Pay attention to how you interact with others, your communication style, your emotional reactions, your body language. Get beyond the surface to gain insights into where you are right now and what areas of your leadership skills might need further development. Psychometric assessments can provide a deeper understanding of your levels of emotional intelligence and empathy. Learn more about assessments here.
  2. Understand others. Put yourself in their shoes. Take the time to really get to know your team, and for them to get to know you. Have conversations about what concerns them, what motivates them, what drives them. Listen deeply. Be open to different perspectives. Ask for feedback, opinions, and recommendations. And share your own insights, reasoning, and feedback with your team. Once you and your team have a better understanding of each other, stay curious. Keep communications open. Continue to build and grow your relationship with them. Learn more about the importance of knowing your team here.
  3. Be humble and helpful. Put your team first and yourself last. Support, encourage, and develop your team members. Develop their confidence in themselves, in each other, and in you. Give them opportunities to grow. Celebrate their victories and encourage their input. Show compassion and understanding when setbacks happen. Foster an environment where your team can feel safe, secure, trusted, and valued. If you notice fractures within your team, work it out, or get help. Team coaching is a great way to discover, repair, or strengthen team unity and performance. Learn more about team coaching here.
  4. Cultivate a culture of empathy. Once you develop your own strengths of leading with empathy, pay it forward. Encourage your team members, especially those who lead others, to become empathetic leaders themselves. Cultivate the foundations of empathy across your organization: compassion, understanding, openness, trust, and gratitude. Consider investing in your organization’s leaders with a leadership development program. Developing your team can ensure they are better prepared to meet future challenges and opportunities. This can have a lasting impact on the culture and success of your organization. Learn more about leadership development here.

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CLIL4U Pre-Course Unit 8 - Evaluation & Assessment

Evaluation and Assessment

Assessing CLIL learning is different from usual school testing. With CLIL, the student is learning new content and new language at the same time, and the teacher needs to be able to assess progress in each. CLIL teachers can use assessment and feedback to encourage learners to work on developing their understanding of the subject content, and to focus them on appropriate and accurate language use.

If subject content and language are not both assessed, the dual focus of CLIL is lost (1). However, sometimes priority can be given to understanding of content, and sometimes to accurate language use.

Assessment of a range of criteria is more useful than focus on a single aspect of learning, and this is made easier if a rubric is used (2). A rubric is a grid listing the criteria to be assessed in rows, divided into a column for each grade. In each cell, there are descriptors, which quantify what the learner has to do to achieve the grade. It is most motivating if the highest grade is shown first (3).

If one of the criteria for a maths task is accurate measurement, students know that this is an important measure of proficency (4). If high marks are given for critical thinking, learners can make sure that they are critical in their answer (5). If team work was then added to the list of criteria, learners would make the effort to interact (6). Moreover, if a student is given a low grade in one particular category, she knows that if she had focussed more on that area, she would have been more successful (7). She can also seethat if she worked harder in future, her grade would improve (8).

In this way, assessment can help students understand the aim of their learning and how to identify and fill any gaps.

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Know the Risks: What Happens if You Don’t Get Your Child Vaccinated

risks and benefits of vaccines

Immunizations are among the greatest health achievements of the 20th century. Yet, despite the obvious benefits that vaccines offer, some people remain doubtful about the use of vaccines. These doubts may arise due to misconceptions from unreliable sources, personal beliefs, safety concerns, and a desire to receive more information from medical professionals.

This National Immunization Awareness Month 2022, highlights the benefits of vaccines and addresses any concerns you may have about them.

Fast Facts About Immunizations

A vaccine helps your immune system recognize and fight off certain germs that can cause disease. Vaccines contain tiny amounts of a germ or its protein. When given to the body, they start to build up antibodies against that germ so that if your child encounters it in real life, they will have protection against disease.

  • Thanks to immunizations, smallpox has been eradicated worldwide, rubella is no longer endemic in the United States, and polio has been generally eliminated in many countries.
  • A Lancet report finds that vaccines have prevented 37 million deaths from many vaccine-preventable diseases worldwide from 2000 to 2019, this benefit being most prominent in children, especially those under 5.
  • In their study, vaccination against diseases like HPV, Hepa B, rotavirus, and measles gives people born in 2019 an overall 72% lower mortality rate from those diseases throughout their lifetime.
  • Similarly, the same study estimates immunizations can prevent 69 million deaths between 2000 and 2030.
  • Between 2000 and 2030, immunizations to prevent measles have the most significant impact, preventing 56 million deaths.

Vaccination for Children: What Happens if They Don’t Get It

Vaccine hesitancy continues to be a concern in many communities, with many parents choosing not to vaccinate their children. The term “Vaccine hesitancy” describes anyone skeptical of vaccinations and delays or refuses them even when vaccinations are widely available. But what happens if your child doesn’t get immunized?

  • Higher Risk of Contracting Diseases
  • Puts Other Children at Risk of Infection
  • Outbreaks of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Can Happen
  • Time and Economic Losses

Higher Risk of Contracting Diseases

If you choose not to vaccinate your child, you’re putting them at risk for serious and potentially fatal diseases such as:

Vaccine-preventable DiseaseComplications
MeaslesPneumonia. brain swelling, brain damage, or worse, fatality.
MumpsRare but can lead to meningitis, deafness, and swelling of the ovaries or testicles.
ChickenpoxPneumonia, encephalitis, sepsis, dehydration, bacterial infection, dehydration
Rubella (German Measles)The risks are high for pregnant women. A baby born with congenital rubella syndrome is at an increased risk of developing hearing loss, eye problems, liver disease, brain damage, and heart defects.
PolioInfection in the spinal cord and brain that can lead to paralysis.
PertussisPneumonia; brain inflammation, seizures, and fatality are rare complications
TetanusMuscle stiffness, breathing problems, and lockjaw; rare but can be fatal
RotavirusSevere diarrhea, abdominal pain, dehydration
PneumococcalMeningitis, sinusitis, ear infections, and pneumonia
Meningococcal infectionMeningitis, ear infections, pneumonia, and arthritis. Rare complications include hearing loss, brain damage, and limb amputation; it can also be fatal.
Hepatitis A & Hepatitis BLiver damage
HibDamage to the brain, hearing loss, and Hib can be fatal as well
InfluenzaHospitalization, pneumonia, sinusitis, ear infections
DiphtheriaFailure of the heart, paralysis, and it can be fatal.

Puts Other Children at Risk of Infection

Unvaccinated children put other people at risk of infection. This can lead to serious health complications for children who cannot receive vaccinations, including immunocompromised individuals and young babies who cannot be vaccinated.

Outbreaks of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Can Happen

Immunocompromised people rely on “herd immunity” — when most people in a community are immune to a disease, it’s harder for it to spread. But when herd immunity breaks down because not enough people are vaccinated against certain diseases, outbreaks can happen more easily. That’s why everyone who can get immunized should do so to protect those most vulnerable to these diseases.

Time and Economic Losses

If your child catches a vaccine-preventable disease and becomes ill, they might need to go to a hospital for treatment or stay home from school. This means that other parents will have to take time off work to care for their sick children instead of going to work themselves, costing businesses money and disrupting the economy.

What Vaccines Does My Child Need?

The CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) recommends that children receive a full course of vaccinations. The first dose of each vaccine is given at birth or age two months, with additional doses needed to complete the series. Below is a list of vaccinations recommended for children from birth to 18 years.

  • Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (DTaP) vaccine
  • Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine
  • Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine
  • Influenza (flu) vaccine
  • Measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine
  • IPV (inactivated polio vaccine) Vaccination
  • MCV4 (meningococcal) Vaccination
  • Meningococcal B Vaccination
  • Varicella (VAR) – chickenpox
  • HepA Vaccination
  • HepB Vaccination
  • Rotavirus Vaccination
  • PCV13 (pneumococcal 13) Vaccination

Check the Recommended Immunization Schedule for Child and Adolescents in the US for 2022

FAQs about Child Immunization

As parents, it’s natural to have questions about vaccines. This section will answer some of the most common questions about the risks and benefits of vaccines.

1. What if I choose not to have a vaccine?

The decision not to vaccinate your child is a personal one. But know that it also carries many risks that may be detrimental to your child and the community’s health. Read more information about the importance of vaccines

2. What are the risks of vaccines

Vaccine risks for kids are rare. A few side effects can occur after a vaccine, but they’re usually mild and go away quickly. These side effects include low-grade fever, swelling, and redness on the injection site. If your child suffers from a serious allergy to gelatin, eggs, or neomycin, they may be at risk for a reaction if they get an injectable vaccine. Talk to your child’s doctor about such allergies before vaccinating them.

3. Do vaccines cause autism?

There is some concern among parents that vaccines could cause autism, but vaccines DO NOT cause it or any other developmental disabilities. Many scientific studies have thoroughly debunked this myth.

4. How safe is the vaccine?

Doctors and researchers constantly monitor vaccine safety. All vaccines undergo extensive safety testing before being approved for use in the United States, with continuous monitoring by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and independent organizations following their release to the market.

5. Is it safe for a child to receive so many vaccines at once?

Yes. Simultaneous vaccination with multiple vaccines has no adverse effect on the normal childhood immune system. A baby’s immune system can handle more than you might realize. Their immunity system can fight germs far outnumber those they receive from vaccines. As a matter of fact, vaccines contain only a tiny fraction of the bacteria babies have exposure to every day.

Get Vaccinated for a Healthier Future!

Vaccines are safe and work with your child’s immune system to help keep your child healthy. The best way to ensure your child gets all recommended vaccines on time is by regularly visiting their doctor or clinic throughout infancy and childhood.

If your child is behind on their immunization schedules, contact us right away here at CMCFresno! Let’s spread the benefits of immunizations even beyond immunization awareness month. Please save this article and share it with your family and friends.


Conservation of Energy

Learning Objectives

  • Explain the law of the conservation of energy.
  • Describe some of the many forms of energy.
  • Define efficiency of an energy conversion process as the fraction left as useful energy or work, rather than being transformed, for example, into thermal energy.

Law of Conservation of Energy

Energy, as we have noted, is conserved, making it one of the most important physical quantities in nature. The law of conservation of energy can be stated as follows:

Total energy is constant in any process. It may change in form or be transferred from one system to another, but the total remains the same.

We have explored some forms of energy and some ways it can be transferred from one system to another. This exploration led to the definition of two major types of energy—mechanical energy (KE + PE) and energy transferred via work done by nonconservative forces (Wnc). But energy takes many other forms, manifesting itself in many different ways, and we need to be able to deal with all of these before we can write an equation for the above general statement of the conservation of energy.

Other Forms of Energy than Mechanical Energy

At this point, we deal with all other forms of energy by lumping them into a single group called other energy (OE). Then we can state the conservation of energy in equation form as KEi + PEi +Wnc +OEi = KEf + PEf + OEf.

All types of energy and work can be included in this very general statement of conservation of energy. Kinetic energy is KE, work done by a conservative force is represented by PE, work done by nonconservative forces is Wnc, and all other energies are included as OE. This equation applies to all previous examples; in those situations OE was constant, and so it subtracted out and was not directly considered.

Making Connections: Usefulness of the Energy Conservation Principle

The fact that energy is conserved and has many forms makes it very important. You will find that energy is discussed in many contexts, because it is involved in all processes. It will also become apparent that many situations are best understood in terms of energy and that problems are often most easily conceptualized and solved by considering energy.

When does OE play a role? One example occurs when a person eats. Food is oxidized with the release of carbon dioxide, water, and energy. Some of this chemical energy is converted to kinetic energy when the person moves, to potential energy when the person changes altitude, and to thermal energy (another form of OE).

Some of the Many Forms of Energy

What are some other forms of energy? You can probably name a number of forms of energy not yet discussed. Many of these will be covered in later chapters, but let us detail a few here. Electrical energy is a common form that is converted to many other forms and does work in a wide range of practical situations. Fuels, such as gasoline and food, carry chemical energy that can be transferred to a system through oxidation. Chemical fuel can also produce electrical energy, such as in batteries. Batteries can in turn produce light, which is a very pure form of energy. Most energy sources on Earth are in fact stored energy from the energy we receive from the Sun. We sometimes refer to this as radiant energy, or electromagnetic radiation, which includes visible light, infrared, and ultraviolet radiation. Nuclear energy comes from processes that convert measurable amounts of mass into energy. Nuclear energy is transformed into the energy of sunlight, into electrical energy in power plants, and into the energy of the heat transfer and blast in weapons. Atoms and molecules inside all objects are in random motion. This internal mechanical energy from the random motions is called thermal energy, because it is related to the temperature of the object. These and all other forms of energy can be converted into one another and can do work.

Table 1 gives the amount of energy stored, used, or released from various objects and in various phenomena. The range of energies and the variety of types and situations is impressive.

Problem-Solving Strategies for Energy

You will find the following problem-solving strategies useful whenever you deal with energy. The strategies help in organizing and reinforcing energy concepts. In fact, they are used in the examples presented in this chapter. The familiar general problem-solving strategies presented earlier—involving identifying physical principles, knowns, and unknowns, checking units, and so on—continue to be relevant here.

Step 1. Determine the system of interest and identify what information is given and what quantity is to be calculated. A sketch will help.

Step 2. Examine all the forces involved and determine whether you know or are given the potential energy from the work done by the forces. Then use step 3 or step 4.

Step 3. If you know the potential energies for the forces that enter into the problem, then forces are all conservative, and you can apply conservation of mechanical energy simply in terms of potential and kinetic energy. The equation expressing conservation of energy is KEi + PEi = KEf + PEf.

Step 4. If you know the potential energy for only some of the forces, possibly because some of them are nonconservative and do not have a potential energy, or if there are other energies that are not easily treated in terms of force and work, then the conservation of energy law in its most general form must be used.

In most problems, one or more of the terms is zero, simplifying its solution. Do not calculate Wc, the work done by conservative forces; it is already incorporated in the PE terms.

Step 5. You have already identified the types of work and energy involved (in step 2). Before solving for the unknown, eliminate terms wherever possible to simplify the algebra. For example, choose h=0 at either the initial or final point, so that PEg is zero there. Then solve for the unknown in the customary manner.

Step 6. Check the answer to see if it is reasonable. Once you have solved a problem, reexamine the forms of work and energy to see if you have set up the conservation of energy equation correctly. For example, work done against friction should be negative, potential energy at the bottom of a hill should be less than that at the top, and so on. Also check to see that the numerical value obtained is reasonable. For example, the final speed of a skateboarder who coasts down a 3-m-high ramp could reasonably be 20 km/h, but not 80 km/h.

Transformation of Energy

A solar-powered aircraft flying over the sea. Solar cells are on the upper surface of the wings, where they are exposed to sunlight.

Figure 1. Solar energy is converted into electrical energy by solar cells, which is used to run a motor in this solar-power aircraft. (credit: NASA)

The transformation of energy from one form into others is happening all the time. The chemical energy in food is converted into thermal energy through metabolism; light energy is converted into chemical energy through photosynthesis. In a larger example, the chemical energy contained in coal is converted into thermal energy as it burns to turn water into steam in a boiler. This thermal energy in the steam in turn is converted to mechanical energy as it spins a turbine, which is connected to a generator to produce electrical energy. (In all of these examples, not all of the initial energy is converted into the forms mentioned. This important point is discussed later in this section.)

Another example of energy conversion occurs in a solar cell. Sunlight impinging on a solar cell (see Figure 1) produces electricity, which in turn can be used to run an electric motor. Energy is converted from the primary source of solar energy into electrical energy and then into mechanical energy.

Table 1. Energy of Various Objects and Phenomena
Object/phenomenon Energy in joules
Big Bang 1068
Energy released in a supernova 1044
Fusion of all the hydrogen in Earth’s oceans 1034
Annual world energy use 4 × 1020
Large fusion bomb (9 megaton) 3.8 × 1016
1 kg hydrogen (fusion to helium) 6.4 × 1014
1 kg uranium (nuclear fission) 8.0 × 1013
Hiroshima-size fission bomb (10 kiloton) 4.2 × 1013
90,000-ton aircraft carrier at 30 knots 1.1 × 1010
1 barrel crude oil 5.9 × 109
1 ton TNT 4.2 × 109
1 gallon of gasoline 1.2 × 108
Daily home electricity use (developed countries) 7 × 107
Daily adult food intake (recommended) 1.2 × 107
1000-kg car at 90 km/h 3.1 × 105
1 g fat (9.3 kcal) 3.9 × 104
ATP hydrolysis reaction 3.2 × 104
1 g carbohydrate (4.1 kcal) 1.7 × 104
1 g protein (4.1 kcal) 1.7 × 104
Tennis ball at 100 km/h 22
Mosquito (10−2 g at 0.5 m/s) 1.3 × 10−6
Single electron in a TV tube beam 4.0 × 10−15
Energy to break one DNA strand 10−19

Even though energy is conserved in an energy conversion process, the output of useful energy or work will be less than the energy input. The efficiency Eff of an energy conversion process is defined as

[latex]\displaystyle\text{Efficiency}(Eff)=\frac{\text{useful energy or work output}}{\text{total energy input}}=\frac{W_{\text{out}}}{E_{\text{in}}}\\[/latex]

Table 2 lists some efficiencies of mechanical devices and human activities. In a coal-fired power plant, for example, about 40% of the chemical energy in the coal becomes useful electrical energy. The other 60% transforms into other (perhaps less useful) energy forms, such as thermal energy, which is then released to the environment through combustion gases and cooling towers.

Table 2. Efficiency of the Human Body and Mechanical Devices
Activity/device Efficiency (%)[1]
Cycling and climbing 20
Swimming, surface 2
Swimming, submerged 4
Shoveling 3
Weightlifting 9
Steam engine 17
Gasoline engine 30
Diesel engine 35
Nuclear power plant 35
Coal power plant 42
Electric motor 98
Compact fluorescent light 20
Gas heater (residential) 90
Solar cell 10

PhET Explorations: Masses and Springs

A realistic mass and spring laboratory. Hang masses from springs and adjust the spring stiffness and damping. You can even slow time. Transport the lab to different planets. A chart shows the kinetic, potential, and thermal energies for each spring.

Masses & Springs screenshot.

Click to run the simulation.

Section Summary

  • The law of conservation of energy states that the total energy is constant in any process. Energy may change in form or be transferred from one system to another, but the total remains the same.
  • When all forms of energy are considered, conservation of energy is written in equation form as KEi + PEi + Wnc + OEi = KEf + PEf + OEf, where OE is all other forms of energy besides mechanical energy.
  • Commonly encountered forms of energy include electric energy, chemical energy, radiant energy, nuclear energy, and thermal energy.
  • Energy is often utilized to do work, but it is not possible to convert all the energy of a system to work.
  • The efficiency Eff of a machine or human is defined to be [latex]\text{Eff}=\frac{{W}_{\text{out}}}{{E}_{\text{in}}}\\[/latex], where Wout is useful work output and Ein is the energy consumed.

Conceptual Questions

  1. Consider the following scenario. A car for which friction is not negligible accelerates from rest down a hill, running out of gasoline after a short distance. The driver lets the car coast farther down the hill, then up and over a small crest. He then coasts down that hill into a gas station, where he brakes to a stop and fills the tank with gasoline. Identify the forms of energy the car has, and how they are changed and transferred in this series of events. (See Figure 2.)
    A car coasting downhill, moving over a crest then again moving downhill and finally stopping at a gas station. Each of these positions is labeled with an arrow pointing downward.

    Figure 2. A car experiencing non-negligible friction coasts down a hill, over a small crest, then downhill again, and comes to a stop at a gas station.

  4. Describe the energy transfers and transformations for a javelin, starting from the point at which an athlete picks up the javelin and ending when the javelin is stuck into the ground after being thrown.
  5. Do devices with efficiencies of less than one violate the law of conservation of energy? Explain.
  6. List four different forms or types of energy. Give one example of a conversion from each of these forms to another form.
  7. List the energy conversions that occur when riding a bicycle.

Problems & Exercises

  1. Using values from Table 1, how many DNA molecules could be broken by the energy carried by a single electron in the beam of an old-fashioned TV tube? (These electrons were not dangerous in themselves, but they did create dangerous x rays. Later model tube TVs had shielding that absorbed x rays before they escaped and exposed viewers.)
  2. Using energy considerations and assuming negligible air resistance, show that a rock thrown from a bridge 20.0 m above water with an initial speed of 15.0 m/s strikes the water with a speed of 24.8 m/s independent of the direction thrown.
  3. If the energy in fusion bombs were used to supply the energy needs of the world, how many of the 9-megaton variety would be needed for a year’s supply of energy (using data from Table 1)? This is not as far-fetched as it may sound—there are thousands of nuclear bombs, and their energy can be trapped in underground explosions and converted to electricity, as natural geothermal energy is.
  4. (a) Use of hydrogen fusion to supply energy is a dream that may be realized in the next century. Fusion would be a relatively clean and almost limitless supply of energy, as can be seen from Table 1. To illustrate this, calculate how many years the present energy needs of the world could be supplied by one millionth of the oceans’ hydrogen fusion energy. (b) How does this time compare with historically significant events, such as the duration of stable economic systems?

law of conservation of energy: the general law that total energy is constant in any process; energy may change in form or be transferred from one system to another, but the total remains the same

electrical energy: the energy carried by a flow of charge

chemical energy: the energy in a substance stored in the bonds between atoms and molecules that can be released in a chemical reaction

radiant energy: the energy carried by electromagnetic waves

nuclear energy: energy released by changes within atomic nuclei, such as the fusion of two light nuclei or the fission of a heavy nucleus

thermal energy: the energy within an object due to the random motion of its atoms and molecules that accounts for the object’s temperature

efficiency: a measure of the effectiveness of the input of energy to do work; useful energy or work divided by the total input of energy

Selected Solutions to Problems & Exercises

1. 4 × 104 molecules

2. Equating ΔPEg and ΔKE, we obtain [latex]v=\sqrt{2gh+v_0^2}=\sqrt{2\left(9.80\text{ m/s}^2\right)\left(20.0\text{ m}\right)+\left(15.0\text{ m/s}\right)^2}=24.8\text{ m/s}\\[/latex]

4. (a) 25 × 106 years; (b) This is much, much longer than human time scales.

  1. Representative values


This article is published in the March 2018 issue.

As previously reported in the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) Blog, two major hardware security design flaws—dubbed Meltdown and Spectre—were broadly revealed to the public in early January 2018. These flaws are described in detail by the discoverers in research papers on Meltdown and Spectre, as well as Google blog posts here and here. Understanding these sources, however, requires considerable expertise and effort.

For this reason, I have prepared a slide deck (animated PPTX or PDF) to give the general computer science audience the gist of these security flaws and their implications. My goal is to enable the audience to either stop there or have a framework to learn more. A non-goal is exploring many details of flaw exploitation and patch status, in part because I am a computer architect, not a security expert, and others know the details much better than me.

The slide deck first reviews Computer Architecture 1.0 (the version number is new) that specifies the timing-independent functional behavior of a computer and micro-architecture that is the set of implementation techniques that improve performance by more than 100x.

It then asks, “What if a computer that is completely correct by Architecture 1.0 can be made to leak protected information via timing, a.k.a., micro-architecture?” The answer is that this is exactly what is done by the Meltdown and Spectre design flaws. Meltdown leaks kernel memory, but software & hardware fixes exist. Spectre leaks memory outside of sandboxes and bounds check, and it is scary. An implication is that the definition of Architecture 1.0—the most important interface between software and hardware—is inadequate to protect information. It is time for experts from multiple viewpoints to come together to create Architecture 2.0.


Crossword Genius

Easy mark (6)

There are a few possibilities for this:

Which length description are you looking for?:

3* 5*

'easy mark' is the definition.

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for sucker that I've seen before include "Underground shoot from shrub, or slang victim" , "Shoot from plant roots or informal victim" , "Gull" , "Shoot growing from roots or person easily deceived" , "Plant shoot; gullible type" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.


OnClick Demo is the perfect tool for anyone looking to build a demo that handles an OnClick event. It is a cross-platform application built in Delphi using a single code base and single UI for Android, iOS, macOS, Windows development, and Linux. OnClick Demo makes it easy to create a demo that is both professional and engaging. It also allows you to customize your demo to fit your specific needs.

Download the full cross-platform Hello World source code on Github.

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What is an OnClick event in software development?

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My Poem ‘GA 30741’

Upon first awakening, all is dark
while the air is still warm;
when drifting off to sleep
during the summer-time
is when the lightning bugs glow
in the twilight as they swarm;
when the sun is shining
and the blue sky comes alive,
when you can sit back and take your ease
somewhere peaceful and special,
you feel the most lucky to be where you are,
having the time of your life.

When you see something everyday,
when you live somewhere all your life,
you can easily take something
or somewhere for granted,
when you are happy and content,
the minutes and the hours
can seem to fly away –
however, just as moments come
and they go like a flash of light,
when we all learn to harness
the energy and the feeling of our surroundings
it is then that we can make moments
and memories last forever,
and just like our genetic memory
be forever imprinted.

I have Georgia on my mind;
I have Tennessee in my heart;
I have a pocket of dollars and dimes;
I have the light of an American angel
shining on me like a star;
I have the accents and the voices
that I know so well
echoing through my consciousness
like a choir singing in a church;
I have the distant sight of Lookout Mountain
still fascinating me from afar.

I have walked over old battlefields,
and paid my respects to the lost
at memorials erected to remember the fallen –
those who gave their lives
to preserve the right of everyone
to enjoy the gift of true freedom.

The United States of America
is one country made up of fifty
wonderfully diverse states;
the heart of every American
beats proud and strong;
the United States of America
is a symbol of hope and prosperity
in so many ways;
every state of America
is a piece of an epic
and breathtaking unfinished puzzle –
and, to me, the states of Georgia and Tennessee
symbolize what makes
the United States of America truly great,
and there isn’t a minute that goes by
when I do not think of my home in 30741.


First Trust Launches Smart Grid Infrastructure ETF | ETF strategy

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First trust launched a new thematic equity ETF in Europe offering exposure to the global smart grid infrastructure sector.

Smart grids enable efficient energy management through load balancing, fault recovery and better distribution monitoring.

the First Trust Nasdaq Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure UCITS ETF was listed on London Stock Exchange in US dollars (GRDU-LN) and the British pound (FGRD LN) as well as on top Deutsche Borse Xetra in euros (GRID GY).

Smart grids are innovative power grids that combine real-time data collection and analysis with digital communications technology to enable more efficient energy management.

The benefits of smart grids include reduced infrastructure costs, reduced carbon emissions, the ability to respond quickly to outages, self-healing capabilities, more uniform power distribution, and improved storage and renewable energy management.

However, one of the main challenges of smart grids is security, as networks are vulnerable to cyberattacks. Hackers have infiltrated the US grid several times before, while a cyberattack on Ukraine’s power grid in 2015 led to an outage that affected hundreds of thousands of people for hours.

The fund is linked to NASDAQ OMX Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index which also underpins the US-listed company First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund (GRID US). GRID launched on Nasdaq in 2009 and currently houses $700 million in assets.

The index selects its constituents from a universe of developed market stocks with market capitalizations greater than $100 million and average daily trading volumes greater than $500,000.

The methodology selects companies with business activities related to power grids, electrical meters and appliances, energy storage and management systems, and smart grid software. Eligible companies are identified by Clean Edge, a US developer of thematic equity indices dedicated to the clean energy economy.

The components are weighted by float-adjusted market capitalization while setting the combined weight of pure-play companies (those that derive more than 50% of their revenue from smart grid activities) at 80% and the combined weight of companies “diversified” (those with significant exposure but less than 50% of smart grid revenue) at 20%.

In an effort to improve diversification, the index also caps the weighting of each of the five largest pure-play companies at 8%, the weighting of any other pure-play company at 4% and the weighting of any diversified company at 2%. .

The index is rebalanced quarterly and replenished semi-annually.

As of April 21, stocks listed in the United States and Ireland each accounted for a quarter of the index weighting, with the next country exposures being Italy (8.7%), France (8.6%), Switzerland (8.5%) and the countries of the South. Korea (4.5%).

Notable positions included Schneider Electric (8.1%), Johnson Controls International (8.0%), ABB (7.8%), Eaton (7.7%), Aptiv (6.7%) and Quanta Services ( 4.6%).

The ETF comes with an expense ratio of 0.70%.

Rupert Haddon, Managing Director of First Trust: “We are delighted to bring this longstanding US strategy to our European clients. With the energy revolution accelerating, a smarter grid is extremely relevant to today’s digital energy ecosystem. Growing demand for electricity along with outdated and inefficient infrastructure means that today’s electricity grid is unable to keep pace with 21st century technology. For our clients, this represents a less volatile way to gain exposure to the clean energy segment while potentially directly benefiting from future government infrastructure investments.

Ron Pernick, Managing Director of Clean Edge: “As clean energy technologies such as solar, wind and electric vehicles capture media and public attention, it is the grid that is the great catalyst for the transition energy. From next-generation transmission lines and two-way networks to distributed and utility-scale energy storage, a modernized grid is needed to meet the needs of an ever-clean, digital and resilient energy economy.

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A novel ball end magnetorheological finishing process was developed for performing stable and controllable finishing operation on flat as well as 3D free form features of magnetic or non-magnetic materials. The main innovation in this process was generating a magnetic flux density at the end of a cylindrical tool that facilitates the shaping of the magnetorheological polishing fluid in a fashion to resemble like a ball nose cutter. A 4-axis motion controller program directs the resembled polishing fluid to follow the surface to be finished. This paper focuses on the various stages of the development of a novel finishing process. This leads to significant improvement in process performance in terms of smooth controllable functionality, percentage reduction in surface roughness, surface textures at microscopic level of the workpiece surfaces. In the initial stage of development, the magnetorheological cylindrical finishing tool was made to rotate as a whole during the finishing operation with all its constituent components like inner core, magnetic coil and outer core. In this stage, there was no provision of cooling magnetic coil because magnetic coil was rotated with the rotation of the finishing tool during finishing operation. Therefore, it was difficult to incorporate any cooling arrangement over the outer surface of magnetic coil to cool it continuously. Hence, the tool was limited to shorter time of finishing operation due to continuous heating of magnetic coil. Also, some other additional limitations were noticed such as constraint on magnetic coil to produce higher magnetic field, noise and vibration during the finishing operation. These limitations resulted in low effectiveness of finishing operation. To overcome these specific limitations which were observed after initial development of finishing setup, the limitations were overcome by redesigning of cylindrical finishing tool with stationary magnetic coil (integrated with cooling coils) and only central core was allowed to rotate during operation without the outer core. This resulted in smooth rotational motion of the tool without much noise and vibration during finishing operation. The experiments were performed on flat magnetic material workpiece using the modified magnetorheological cylindrical finishing tool. The surface finish obtained was 23.7 nm from the initial surface roughness of 126.1 nm in 30 min with continuous cooling of magnetic coil.

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Judas Iscariot

The Gospel of Mark, the earliest gospel, gives no motive for Judas's betrayal, but does present Jesus predicting it at the Last Supper, an event also described in all the later gospels. The Gospel of Matthew states that Judas committed the betrayal in exchange for thirty pieces of silver. The Gospel of Luke and the Gospel of John suggest that he was possessed by Satan. According to, after learning that Jesus was to be crucified, Judas attempted to return the money he had been paid for his betrayal to the chief priests and committed suicide by hanging. The priests used the money to buy a field to bury strangers in, which was called the "Field of Blood" because it had been bought with blood money. The Book of Acts quotes Peter as saying that Judas used the money to buy the field himself and, he " headlong... burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out." His place among the Twelve Apostles was later filled by Matthias.

Although Judas Iscariot's historical existence is generally widely accepted among secular historians, this relative consensus has not gone entirely unchallenged. The earliest possible allusion to Judas comes from the First Epistle to the Corinthians, in which Paul the Apostle does not mention Judas by name, but uses the passive voice of the Greek word paradídōmi, which most Bible translations render as "was betrayed": "...the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took a loaf of bread..." Nonetheless, many biblical scholars argue that the word paradídōmi should be translated as "was handed over". This translation could still refer to Judas, but it could also instead refer to God metaphorically "handing Jesus over" to the Romans.
In his book Antisemitism and Modernity, the Jewish scholar Hyam Maccoby suggests that, in the New Testament, the name "Judas" was constructed as an attack on the Judaeans or on the Judaean religious establishment held responsible for executing Jesus. In his book The Sins of Scripture, John Shelby Spong concurs with this argument, insisting, "The whole story of Judas has the feeling of being contrived ... The act of betrayal by a member of the twelve disciples is not found in the earliest Christian writings. Judas is first placed into the Christian story by the Gospel of Mark, who wrote in the early years of the eighth decade of the Common Era."
Most scholars reject these arguments for non-historicity, noting that there is nothing in the gospels to associate Judas with Judeans except his name, which was an extremely common one for Jewish men during the first century, and that numerous other figures named "Judas" are mentioned throughout the New Testament, none of whom are portrayed negatively. Positive figures named Judas mentioned in the New Testament include the prophet Judas Barsabbas, Jesus's brother Jude, and the apostle Judas the son of James. B. J. Oropeza argues that Christians should not repeat the historic tragedy of associating Judas Iscariot with the Judeans but regard him instead as an emergent Christian apostate, and hence, one of their own. His betrayal over a sum of money warns auditors against the vice of greed.

Name and background

The name Judas is a Greek rendering of the Hebrew name Judah, which was an extremely common name for Jewish men during the first century AD, due to the renowned hero Judas Maccabeus. Consequently, numerous other figures with this name are mentioned throughout the New Testament. In the Gospel of Mark, the earliest of all the gospels, which was written in the mid 60s or early 70s AD, Judas Iscariot is the only apostle named Judas. follows this portrayal. The Gospel of Luke, however, replaces the apostle whom Mark and Matthew call "Thaddeus" with "Judas son of James". Peter Stanford suggests that this renaming may represent an effort by the author of the Gospel of Luke to create a "good Judas" in contrast to the betrayer Judas Iscariot.
Judas's epithet Iscariot, which distinguishes him from the other people named Judas in the gospels, is usually thought to be a Greek rendering of the Hebrew phrase איש־קריות,, meaning "the man from Kerioth". This interpretation is supported by the statement in the Gospel of John that Judas was "the son of Simon Iscariot". Nonetheless, this interpretation of the name is not fully accepted by all scholars. One of the most popular alternative explanations holds that Iscariot may be a corruption of the Latin word sicarius, meaning "dagger man", which referred to a member of the Sicarii, a group of Jewish rebels who were known for committing acts of terrorism in the 40s and 50s AD by assassinating people in crowds using long knives hidden under their cloaks. This interpretation is problematic, however, because there is nothing in the gospels to associate Judas with the Sicarii, and there is no evidence that the cadre existed during the 30s AD when Judas was alive.
A possibility advanced by Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg is that Iscariot means "the liar" or "the false one," perhaps from the Aramaic אִשְׁקַרְיָא. Stanford rejects this, noting that the gospel-writers follow Judas's name with the statement that he betrayed Jesus, so it would be redundant for them to call him "the false one" before immediately stating that he was a traitor. Some have proposed that the word derives from an Aramaic word meaning "red color," from the root סקר. Another hypothesis holds that the word derives from one of the Aramaic roots סכר or סגר. This would mean "to deliver," based on the LXX rendering of Isaiah 19:4 – a theory advanced by J. Alfred Morin. The epithet could also be associated with the manner of Judas's death, i.e., hanging. This would mean Iscariot derives from a kind of Greek-Aramaic hybrid: אִסְכַּרְיוּתָא, Iskarioutha, "chokiness" or "constriction." This might indicate that the epithet was applied posthumously by the remaining disciples, but Joan E. Taylor has argued that it was a descriptive name given to Judas by Jesus, since other disciples such as Simon Peter/Cephas were also given such names.

Role as an apostle

Although the canonical gospels frequently disagree on the names of some of the minor apostles, all four of them list Judas Iscariot as one of them. The Synoptic Gospels state that Jesus sent out "the twelve" with power over unclean spirits and with a ministry of preaching and healing: Judas clearly played an active part in this apostolic ministry alongside the other eleven. However, in John's Gospel, Judas's outlook was differentiated – many of Jesus' disciples abandoned him because of the difficulty of accepting his teachings, and Jesus asked the twelve if they would also leave him. Simon Peter spoke for the twelve: "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life," but Jesus observed then that despite the fact that he himself had chosen the twelve, one of them was "a devil" who would betray him.
Mark's Gospel states that the chief priests were looking for a way to arrest Jesus. They decided not to do so during the feast , since they were afraid that people would riot; instead, they chose the night before the feast to arrest him. According to Luke's account, Satan entered Judas at this time.
According to the account in the Gospel of John, Judas carried the disciples' money bag or box, but John's Gospel makes no mention of the thirty pieces of silver as a fee for betrayal. The evangelist comments in John 12:5–6 that Judas spoke fine words about giving money to the poor, but the reality was "not that he cared for the poor, but he was a thief, and had the money box; and he used to take what was put in it." However, in John 13:27–30, when Judas left the gathering of Jesus and his disciples with betrayal in mind, some thought that Judas might have been leaving to buy supplies or on a charitable errand.
Ehrman argues that Judas's betrayal "is about as historically certain as anything else in the tradition", pointing out that the betrayal is independently attested in the Gospel of Mark, in the Gospel of John, and in the Book of Acts. Ehrman also contends that it is highly unlikely that early Christians would have made the story of Judas's betrayal up, since it reflects poorly on Jesus's judgement in choosing him as an apostle. Nonetheless, Ehrman argues that what Judas actually told the authorities was not Jesus's location, but rather Jesus's secret teaching that he was the Messiah. This, he holds, explains why the authorities did not try to arrest Jesus prior to Judas's betrayal. John P. Meier sums up the historical consensus, stating, "We only know two basic facts about : Jesus chose him as one of the Twelve, and he handed over Jesus to the Jerusalem authorities, thus precipitating Jesus' execution."

Many different accounts of Judas' death have survived from antiquity, both within and outside the New Testament. states that, after learning that Jesus was to be crucified, Judas was overcome by remorse and attempted to return the 30 pieces of silver to the priests, but they would not accept them because they were blood money, so he threw them on the ground and left. Afterwards, he committed suicide by hanging himself. The priests used the money to buy a potter's field, which became known as Akeldama – the Field of Blood – because it had been bought with blood money. states that Judas used the money to buy a field, and " headlong... burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out." The field became known as Akeldama, which means "the Field of Blood" in Aramaic, because it was covered in Judas's blood, and it was used to bury strangers. In this account, Judas' death is apparently by accident and he shows no signs of remorse.
The early Church Father Papias of Hierapolis recorded in his Expositions of the Sayings of the Lord, which was probably written during the first decade of the second century AD, that Judas was afflicted by God's wrath; his body became so enormously bloated that he could not pass through a street with buildings on either side. His face became so swelled up that a doctor could not even identify the location of his eyes using an optical instrument. Judas' genitals became enormously swollen and oozed with pus and worms. Finally, he killed himself on his own land by pouring out his innards onto the ground, which stank so horribly that, even in Papias' own time a century later, people still could not pass the site without holding their noses. This story was well known among Christians in antiquity and was often told in competition with the two conflicting stories from the New Testament.
According to the apocryphal Gospel of Nicodemus, which was probably written in the fourth century AD, Judas was overcome with remorse and went home to tell his wife, who was roasting a chicken on a spit over a charcoal fire, that he was going to kill himself, because he knew Jesus would rise from the dead and, when he did, he would punish him. Judas's wife laughed and told him that Jesus could no more rise from the dead than he could resurrect the chicken she was cooking. Immediately, the chicken was restored to life and began to crow. Judas then ran away and hanged himself. In the apocryphal Gospel of Judas, Judas has a vision of the disciples stoning and persecuting him.
The discrepancy between the two different accounts of Judas's death in and has proven to be a serious challenge to those who support the idea of Biblical inerrancy. This problem was one of the points leading C. S. Lewis, for example, to reject the view "that every statement in Scripture must be historical truth". Nonetheless, various attempts at harmonization have been suggested. Generally they have followed literal interpretations such as that of Augustine of Hippo, which suggest that these simply describe different aspects of the same event – that Judas hanged himself in the field, and the rope eventually snapped and the fall burst his body open, or that the accounts of Acts and Matthew refer to two different transactions. Some have taken the descriptions as figurative: that the "falling prostrate" was Judas in anguish, and the "bursting out of the bowels" is pouring out emotion.
Modern scholars reject these approaches. Arie W. Zwiep states that "neither story was meant to be read in light of the other" and that "the integrity of both stories as complete narratives in themselves is seriously disrespected when the two separate stories are being conflated into a third, harmonized version." David A. Reed argues that the Matthew account is a midrashic exposition that allows the author to present the event as a fulfillment of prophetic passages from the Old Testament. They argue that the author adds imaginative details such as the thirty pieces of silver, and the fact that Judas hangs himself, to an earlier tradition about Judas's death.
Matthew's description of the death as fulfilment of a prophecy "spoken through Jeremiah the prophet" has caused difficulties, since it does not clearly correspond to any known version of the Book of Jeremiah but does appear to refer to a story from the Book of Zechariah which describes the return of a payment of thirty pieces of silver. Even writers such as Jerome and John Calvin concluded that this was obviously an error. Modern scholars however have usually explained apparent discrepancies of this sort as arising from a Jewish practice of citing the Major Prophet in a scroll group to refer to the whole content of the scroll group, including books written by minor prophets placed in the grouping.
More recently, scholars have suggested that the Gospel writer may also have had a passage from Jeremiah in mind, such as chapters and which refer to a potter's jar and a burial place, and chapter which refers to a burial place and an earthenware jar. Raymond Brown suggested, "the most plausible is that Matthew 27:9–10 is presenting a mixed citation with words taken both from Zechariah and Jeremiah, and... he refers to that combination by one name. Jeremiah 18–9 concerns a potter, a purchase, the Valley of Hinnom, 'innocent blood', and the renaming of a place for burial ; and Jer 32:6–5 tells of the purchase of a field with silver." Randel Helms gives this as an example of the 'fictional and imaginative' use by early Christians of the Old Testament: "Matthew's source has blended Jeremiah's buying of a field and placing the deed in a pot with Zechariah's casting of 30 pieces of silver down in the temple and the purchase of the Potter's Field."

Betrayal of Jesus

There are several explanations as to why Judas betrayed Jesus. In the earliest account, in the Gospel of Mark, when he goes to the chief priests to betray Jesus, he is offered money as a reward, but it is not clear that money is his motivation. In the Gospel of Matthew account, on the other hand, he asks what they will pay him for handing Jesus over. In the Gospel of Luke and the Gospel of John, the devil enters into Judas, causing him to offer to betray Jesus. The Gospel of John account has Judas complaining that money has been spent on expensive perfumes to anoint Jesus which could have been spent on the poor, but adds that he was the keeper of the apostles' purse and used to steal from it.
The Gospels suggest that Jesus foresaw and allowed Judas' betrayal. One explanation is that Jesus allowed the betrayal because it would allow God's plan to be fulfilled. Another is that regardless of the betrayal, Jesus was ultimately destined for crucifixion. In April 2006, a Coptic papyrus manuscript titled the Gospel of Judas from 200 AD was translated, suggesting that Jesus told Judas to betray him, although some scholars question the translation.
Judas is the subject of philosophical writings. Origen of Alexandria, in his Commentary on John's Gospel, reflected on Judas's interactions with the other apostles and Jesus' confidence in him prior to his betrayal. Other philosophical reflections on Judas include The Problem of Natural Evil by Bertrand Russell and "Three Versions of Judas," a short story by Jorge Luis Borges. They allege various problematic ideological contradictions with the discrepancy between Judas' actions and his eternal punishment. Bruce Reichenbach argues that if Jesus foresees Judas' betrayal, then the betrayal is not an act of free will, and therefore should not be punishable. Conversely, it is argued that just because the betrayal was foretold, it does not prevent Judas from exercising his own free will in this matter. Other scholars argue that Judas acted in obedience to God's will. The gospels suggest that Judas is apparently bound up with the fulfillment of God's purposes, yet "woe is upon him", and he would "have been better unborn". The difficulty inherent in the saying is its paradox: if Judas had not been born, the Son of Man would apparently no longer do "as it is written of him." The consequence of this apologetic approach is that Judas' actions come to be seen as necessary and unavoidable, yet leading to condemnation. Another explanation is that Judas' birth and betrayal did not necessitate the only way the Son of Man could have suffered and been crucified. The earliest churches believed "as it is written of him" to be prophetic, fulfilling Scriptures such as that of the suffering servant in Isaiah 52–53 and the righteous one in Psalm 22, which do not require betrayal as the means to the suffering. Regardless of any necessity, Judas is held responsible for his act.
In his book The Passover Plot, British New Testament scholar Hugh J. Schonfield suggested that the crucifixion of Christ was a conscious re-enactment of Biblical prophecy and that Judas acted with the full knowledge and consent of Jesus in "betraying" him to the authorities. The book has been variously described as 'factually groundless', based on 'little data' and 'wild suppositions', 'disturbing' and 'tawdry'.
In his 1970 book Theologie der Drei Tage, Hans Urs von Balthasar emphasizes that Jesus was not betrayed but surrendered and delivered up by himself, since the meaning of the Greek word used by the New Testament, paradidonai, is unequivocally "handing over of self". In the "Preface to the Second Edition", Balthasar takes a cue from Revelation to extrapolate the idea that God as "immanent Trinity" can endure and conquer godlessness, abandonment, and death in an "eternal super-kenosis".

Role in apocrypha

The Syriac Infancy Gospel

Gospel of Judas

During the 1970s, a Coptic papyrus codex was discovered near Beni Masah, Egypt. It appeared to be a 3rd- or 4th-century-AD copy of a 2nd-century original, relating a series of conversations in which Jesus and Judas interact and discuss the nature of the universe from a Gnostic viewpoint. The discovery was given dramatic international exposure in April 2006 when the US National Geographic magazine published a feature article entitled "The Gospel of Judas" with images of the fragile codex and analytical commentary by relevant experts and interested observers. The article's introduction stated: "An ancient text lost for 1,700 years says Christ's betrayer was his truest disciple." The article points to some evidence that the original document was extant in the 2nd century: "Around A.D. 180, Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyon in what was then Roman Gaul, wrote a massive treatise called Against Heresies a 'fictitious history,' which 'they style the Gospel of Judas.'"
In December 2007, a New York Times op-ed article by April DeConick asserted that the National Geographics translation is badly flawed: For example, in one instance the National Geographic transcription refers to Judas as a "daimon," which the society's experts have translated as "spirit." However, the universally accepted word for "spirit" is "pneuma"—in Gnostic literature "daimon" is always taken to mean "demon." The National Geographic Society responded that "Virtually all issues April D. DeConick raises about translation choices are addressed in footnotes in both the popular and critical editions." In a later review of the issues and relevant publications, critic Joan Acocella questioned whether ulterior intentions had not begun to supersede historical analysis, e.g., whether publication of The Gospel of Judas could be an attempt to roll back ancient anti-semitic imputations. She concluded that the ongoing clash between scriptural fundamentalism and attempts at revision were childish because of the unreliability of the sources. Therefore, she argued, "People interpret, and cheat. The answer is not to fix the Bible but to fix ourselves." Other scholars have questioned the initial translation and interpretation of the Gospel of Judas by the National Geographic team of experts.

Gospel of Barnabas

This Gospel is considered by the majority of Christians to be late and pseudepigraphical; however, some academics suggest that it may contain some remnants of an earlier apocryphal work, redacted to bring it more in line with Islamic doctrine. Some Muslims consider the surviving versions as transmitting a suppressed apostolic original. Some Islamic organizations cite it in support of the Islamic view of Jesus.

Representations and symbolism

Judas Iscariot is often shown with red hair in Spanish culture

Art and literature

Judas is the subject of one of the oldest surviving English ballads, which dates from the 13th century. In the ballad, the blame for the betrayal of Christ is placed on his sister. In Dante's Inferno, Judas is condemned to the lowest circle of Hell: the Ninth Circle of Traitors, also known as the frozen lake, Cocytus. He is one of three sinners deemed evil enough to be doomed to an eternity of being chewed in the mouths of the triple-headed Satan. Dante writes that Judas – having committed the ultimate act of treachery by betraying the Son of God Himself – is trapped in the jaws of Satan's central head, said to be the most vicious of the three, by his head, leaving his back to be raked by the fallen angel's claws. In art, one of the most famous depictions of Judas Iscariot and his kiss of betrayal of Jesus is The Taking of Christ by Italian Baroque artist, Caravaggio, done in 1602.
In Memoirs of Judas by Ferdinando Petruccelli della Gattina, he is seen as a leader of the Jewish revolt against the rule of Romans. Edward Elgar's oratorio, The Apostles, depicts Judas as wanting to force Jesus to declare his divinity and establish the kingdom on earth. In Trial of Christ in Seven Stages by John Brayshaw Kaye, the author did not accept the idea that Judas intended to betray Christ, and the poem is a defence of Judas, in which he adds his own vision to the biblical account of the story of the trial before the Sanhedrin and Caiaphas.
In Martin Scorsese's 1988 film The Last Temptation of Christ, based on the novel by Nikos Kazantzakis, Judas' only motivation in betraying Jesus to the Romans was to help him accomplish his mission by mutual agreement, making Judas the catalyst for the event later interpreted as bringing about humanity's salvation. In the film Dracula 2000, Dracula is revealed in this version to be Judas. God punishes Judas, not only for betraying Jesus, but attempting suicide at dawn, by turning him into the first vampire, and making him vulnerable to silver for taking 30 pieces of silver as payment for his betrayal, and his suicide attempt at dawn also tries to explain a vampire's violent reaction to sunlight. In The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, a critically acclaimed play by Stephen Adly Guirgis, Judas is given a trial in Purgatory. In C. K. Stead's 2006 novel My Name Was Judas, Judas, who was then known as Idas of Sidon, recounts the story of Jesus as recalled by him some forty years later.
In September 2017, Boom Studios announced a four-issue comics Judas, written by Jeff Loveness and Jakub Rebelka. In March 2018, BBC Radio 4's 15 Minute Drama broadcast Judas, written by Lucy Gannon, in 5 episodes with Damien Molony in the title role. In the March 2018 film Mary Magdalene, written by Helen Edmundson, Judas is played by Tahar Rahim.
Judas is a lead role in Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Jesus Christ Superstar. The rock opera depicts Judas as somewhat of a tragic figure who is dissatisfied with the direction in which Jesus is steering his disciples. Various actors and singers who have played the role include: Murray Head, Ben Vereen, Carl Anderson, Roger Daltrey, Zubin Varla, Jérôme Pradon, Tony Vincent, Corey Glover, Tim Minchin, and Brandon Victor Dixon.


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As we navigate this new reality, we stand behind all of our people and their families with the best available medical support, emergency time off, and a commitment to paying our hourly workers full pay. It safe and feedback letter that keeps prospects coming from. What has your business done to change your operations to make it safer for customers or clients to interact with you? Responding to negative reviews is difficult. Just assume if you are to request client feedback which of the two scenarios will make more sense? That we give neglected street animals with. Is important tips for feedback letter or too, stellar customer submits a few more motivated and cover the buyer makes a reel on. The customer for your customer feedback immediately after the payroll is the individual has made a few minutes out and analyze consumer yourself so much for! Thank you for being prepared for our meetings, Tom! Remember: how you respond to a negative review says more about your business than the negative review itself. It to refer to customer evangelists will naturally, feedback letter to customer feedback is. What are the changes employees should expect from their office, job expectations, and behavior? Please let us know if you have any additional questions, concerns, or comments. There are shipping, a list of the same strategy, they come back to giving someone feedback methods on setting open for feedback to?

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SA Superstar Makhadzi In Legal Trouble Because Of This, Will This Be The End Her Career?

Many of the celebrities in the country will be visiting the courts soon since some of them have been given warrants of arrest while others are being sued by the companies with which they partnered. One of them is Makhadzi. She is currently one of the most celebrated South African artists at the moment, and many people enjoy watching her perform as well as enjoying listening to her music. She has proven that she is a hard-working young woman, and she also works hard in making sure that she promotes her craft and she shares her talent with the world because it is what she loves doing.

Ever since she got into the entertainment industry, she has received a lot of love from the public because of what a humble being she has been and has also shown that she enjoys helping other individuals. As an artist and a celebrity, she has also had her fair share of scandals, but they were not as hectic as most celebrity scandals. She has also been in the media for many positive things that she does, but unfortunately, it seems like Makhadzi will be facing her first law suit, which has left many of her fans in shock.

A few months ago, Makhadzi shared with people her new business venture, and she was venturing into entrepreneurship. She introduced her new sneakers, which got both positive and negative responses from the public. But now Makhadzi is being sued by the sneaker manufacturer who she partnered with in making her sneakers, and they state that they made 20,000 pairs of these sneakers and only 20 of them were sold. Makhadzi has also not been meeting the end of her deal by promoting her sneakers and wearing them,and they blame the low sales on Makhadzi.

So the sneaker manufacturer has stated that Mackenzie needs to pay them an amount of R8 million, or she must take it upon herself to sell the sneakers.


Queen Elizabeth II 1926 — 2022

We at Virtual Community Radio extend our condolences to our friends and colleagues in the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth on the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Her reign was long, and filled with many events that both challenged and advanced the lives of her people, while she inspired the world.  We pay our respects and honour her memory.

We are currently presenting a programme of music by a variety of British composers following this sad event.


Body Anonymity in the Culture of Remote Work

Updated: Sep 2

Katie van der Merwe

The coronavirus has had widespread effects, including enormous consequences on the culture and methods of professional work. This summer, I participated in a remote internship for an organization that operates throughout New York which offers free legal defense for involuntary psychiatric patients which I will call “Defend”. As soon as shutdowns began in March, the “Defend” offices required their employees to work from home. Additionally, hospitals no longer allowed visits from family, friends, or attorneys and the court systems of New York began online hearings. Although this setup was ideal for me because I was able to participate in all aspects of the work under my supervisor from another state, this setup was not optimal for most parties involved. The hospital that my supervisor and I worked at had a single iPad available to all patients, making it almost impossible for a patient to gain access to. Because of this we conducted all patient contact through the patient phones on each floor of the hospital (landlines).

Early in my first week, I realized the implications of this remote method of contact on patients, my supervisor, and myself. One patient in particular felt uncomfortable sharing information over the phone. The patient explained that although they had no reason to distrust me, the information we were discussing was personal and confidential and they requested that either I send them a survey to fill out in the mail or I come to the hospital directly. Another patient had a similar concern and stated that there were other patients in the hallway who that they felt were eavesdropping, causing that patient to refuse to disclose anything to me. This meant that client contact was partial and incomplete in providing information necessary to our cases. My advisor felt similarly uncomfortable with this patient-contact setup. They expressed concern over confidentiality and frustration over the inability to get in contact with a patient, to hear or understand them over the phone, or to gain their trust through in-person contact. In fact, the first time they would “see” the patient was at the start of their hearing, when the Skype court was in full swing and the patient was about to testify. Although some judges allowed time for my supervisor to greet their client and introduce themself, others did not allow for this contact.

These interactions in court made me realize just how influential in-person contact can be and how widespread anonymity has become during the pandemic. I also wonder how this anonymous patient contact might change the work of the attorney. Although all of the people working in the office are doing incredible work and are passionate and caring towards their patients, it is hard to ignore the idea that any potential bias that could arise from in-person meetings has been totally removed. One example of this could be whether or not a patient is in restraints or requires a guard while meeting with the attorney due to their violent or aggressive tendencies. This feeling of being threatened could add a bias to the attorney’s opinion of the client and subsequently their approach to the case. Additionally, an in-person interaction has more influence on the relationship between attorney and client in terms of likeability and relatability. With remote work, there are reduced interactions and each interaction is briefer with less chance for either party to get to know and experience one another. On a more pessimistic note, the attorney also does not see the patient’s physical state. It occurred to me that the patient’s race could cause an implicit bias either positive or negative for an attorney. It wasn’t until the third week of seeing the Skype hearing that I realized most of our clients were either Black or Latinx. This information should not necessarily be pertinent, but it is important to realize that during remote work, that information is not as readily accessible as it is during in- person pre-court meetings. The fact that it would have to be specifically searched for in the chart may make any potential bias less likely. Additionally, while speaking on a landline, you cannot determine a patient’s nutritional/physical well-being or the state of their hair or clothes. These types of attributes could also influence one’s opinion of them and an attorney’s preparation approach for the hearings. Although all attorneys are meant to stay impartial, when one perceives a patient is not taking care of themselves or may not have the means to do so, it adds to the attorney’s perception of what the patient’s life is like outside of the hospital and their potential stability for discharge. During the pandemic and while all pre-court interactions happen with the patient’s body being anonymous, there is no chance for implicit bias, not matter how rare it may be.

In my case, I remained anonymous in the same way, never meeting my supervisor or patients, and conducting all of my work over the phone or email and watching court without participating with video of myself. Sometimes this made patients mistrust me, but other times it made them trust me more. All the identifying facts a patient received about me were my name and the fact that I was an intern for “Defend”. This made many of them assign overqualifications to me (which is reasonable because every other intern for “Defend” was a 2nd or 3rd year law student). This made me tread a very thin line because I am not allowed to give legal advice, yet I was asked to constantly. This made me contemplate how client contact would have been different if they could see how young I am, or that I am a white female, or if they knew I was an undergrad student. This situational anonymity gave me more agency, potentially undeserved.

During the pandemic, many people are working in similar virtual manners. Although not all of this work is done over the phone as mine was, and instead involves video chat, there is still widespread anonymity in this form of work. A video can cut out one’s clothes and shoes, or can provide an alternate background, or can even change a viewer’s perception of someone due to lighting or a filter. These things mean that remote workers have limited available perspective of those they are working with. This means that potentially, an employee will not be judged by their quality or brand of clothes and shoes (i.e. perceived wealth), or maybe their race will become less pertinent. Whatever the case, the anonymity of the body could be an avenue for reducing bias in the workplace. All examples of supervisor and patient contact in this blog post are taken from experiences within my remote internship with the organization I termed “Defend” but are kept anonymous through the use of “they/them” pronouns.

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How CISOs can build a long-term and robust cybersecurity culture within their organisation

It isn’t news to CISOs, but the frequency at which cyberattacks are happening is alarming, to say the least. It’s a situation that has led to an arms race of sorts, with both sides continually ramping up their capabilities in a bid to either breach or protect an organisation.

Despite a growing understanding in businesses towards the importance of educating and informing employees about cybersecurity, the solutions businesses often implement are rarely the most effective options.

Rather than forcing employees to complete formal, often monotonous training courses, it is far more effective for businesses to focus on developing a culture of cybersecurity. As a CISO, the responsibility for developing the strategies required to develop and sustain a culture of cybersecurity starts with you.

These are some of the key considerations and steps required when developing the framework:

Ensure that strategic objectives are clear

Before you start planning your culture change strategy, the first step is to ensure that the strategic objectives are clear. You need to define precisely what your company wants to achieve by developing a cybersecurity culture, and what value you expect to gain from the work involved.

Creating a mission statement will help to communicate the objective across your company, while at the same time building a greater understanding of what you are looking to achieve.

Analyse the existing culture

Once you have defined your strategic objectives, the next step is to analyse the existing state of culture to see which areas need to be addressed.

This process should identify the biggest cybersecurity risks using human risk analysis. You will probably have 5 or 6 risks that you will need to improve upon through methods such as training, workshops, and focus groups.

At Bob’s Business, we analyse your existing culture through our Human Vulnerability Assessment, which uses a Phishing Baseline and Awareness Questionnaire to determine your organisation’s blind spots; from here, we create your tailored course and optimal implementation strategy.

Design a culture change strategy

Using the data you have collated, you can now design a strategy that targets the areas of weakness and drive improvements in each area.

The action plans should include defining key stakeholders to provide support, in addition to outlining the training solutions necessary to deliver the required outcomes. You also need to incorporate ways of measuring the progress and success of each action.

Implement the culture change strategy

Implementing the culture change strategy will involve rolling out the strategy across the full organisation, using stakeholders and focus groups for support and developing communications to update the rest of the business.

Delivery of the required training programme is a vital element of implementing the culture change strategy, alongside implementing the other actions that target the areas of weakness.

Continually review and improve the culture

Once the culture change strategy has been implemented, regular reviews should take place. New vulnerabilities are always emerging, these must be identified in order to ensure that progress continues to be made towards improving the cybersecurity culture.

Where necessary, new actions should be planned to ensure that the right areas are being addressed, in order to keep the business as well protected as possible from cyberattacks.

If you are a CISO looking for the right cybersecurity training solutions to enable you to execute your culture change strategy, learn more about Bob’s Culture and the unique approach that delivers incredible training outcomes for organisations just like yours.

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