Can God Deliver His Servants? Two Theological Problems in the Daniel Narratives (Dan 1:9; 3:17–18)

This article addresses two cases from the narratives in Daniel in which a similar theological question arises concerning the uncertainty of God’s ability to deliver his servants: (1) The chief officer’s denial of Daniels’ request (Dan 1:10) despite the fact that God granted Daniel grace and compassion from the chief officer, and (2) the speech of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego (Dan 3:17–18), in which they entertain the possibility that God will not, or perhaps cannot, save them. Commentators and translators throughout the generations have struggled with these theological problems, and we can identify a clear trend seeking to read the relevant verses in a way that removes the uncertainty, replacing it with certain faith in God’s deliverance. In this article, we demonstrate how this interpretive trend surprisingly continues even with modern biblical scholars. Based on a literary analysis, we suggest that reading the MT version without altering it to conform with certain theological preconceptions may shed new light on the Daniel narratives, thereby exposing their deep and complex message.

Some aspects of the development of empathy capabilities in officers of the armed forces of Ukraine

The article is devoted to the problem of development of empathic abilities of officers of the Armed Forces. An officer of the modern Armed Forces must be a holistic personality, capable of constant self-development and selfimprovement, with a certain set of moral qualities; his personality should be leadership-oriented, which includes the skills to lead subordinates, take responsibility for them and have a sufficient level of empathic abilities, manifested in empathy, interest in improving the moral and psychological condition of subordinate personnel and each subordinate individually. The concepts of personality, leadership and empathy as a communicative and organizational component of leadership qualities are covered. The level of empathy ability among the officers of a unit of a separate military unit is analyzed and recommendations for its increase are given. Regarding the problem of developing empathic abilities among officers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, we can say that this topic is unfairly underestimated. This is due to the specifics of military-professional activities, which are clearly regulated by the statutory relationship. "Living by statute" implies the mandatory fulfillment of all its requirements, and does not provide any recommendations for the establishment of interpersonal relations in the military. However, as the experience of recent years has shown, the Armed Forces of Ukraine needed an immediate increase in mobilization resources, which led to conscription of Ukrainian troops, with different motivational factors, different levels of life experience, different age groups. Empathy is one of the important communicative and organizational components of leadership. The chief officer must have an average level of empathic abilities, which allows you to create the most comfortable psychological climate in the subordinate department, without violating military discipline. Analyzing the level of empathy on the example of one of the military units, we saw that not all officers have formed it enough, so it was suggested training exercises to improve it. We also stressed the importance of awareness of the participants about empathy, as well as its development in terms of its various components.

The national map of Japan compiled by the Tokugawa Shogunate

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> In early modern Japan, it was a political tradition for the central government to compile a national map. Edo Shogunate had compiled nationally the nihon-sōzu (national map of Japan) from the kuni-ezu (provincial map). The Shogunate government ordered the major Daimyōs (feudal lords) of each kuni (province) to produce personally their own kuni-ezu (provincial maps), and present it to the Shogunate. Then the government compiled nationally the map of Japan from those provincial maps, which were consists of 68 pieces of all kuni traditionally in Japan.</p><p>Each Shogunate national map of Japan was a huge chromatic hand writing map. For a considerable time, the national map created by the Shogunate government was mistakenly believed to have been produced total of four times (during the Keichō, Shōhō, Genroku, and Kyōhō eras) in all. This is because it was generally known that the Shogunate government collected provincial maps from each province in all these eras.</p><p>By the way, recently it was revealed in my study that the national maps created by the Tokugawa Shogunate during the Edo era 260 years (1608-1867) was six times in all, as shown in Table 1, except for the last Ino’s map. Ino’s map was not compiled from kuni-ezu and the making of this map had a big personal role rather than work of the government. Therefore, in this report, it has not taken up about the Ino’s map.</p><p>It was assumed that the Keichō era’s national map was based on its provincial map. However, it is now a general view that Keichō era’s provincial map not created nationwide but having been created only in western part of Japan with many lords promoted by Toyotomi Hideyosi. This raises an important question; how can a national map be correctly produced if all provincial maps in Japan are not included?</p><p>On the other hand, the third shogun Tokugawa Iemitu sent Junkenshi (Administrative inspectors) to all provinces for the first time in 10th year of Kan’ei (1633), and each inspector collected provincial maps from their respective province and then the Shogunate government compiled the national map of Japan for the first time in the Edo period. Its copy remains nowadays in four places, including the Saga prefectural Library.</p><p>The Revolt of Simabara occurred four years after the first national map of Japan was made, and Shogunate government had difficulty in dispatching armies to distant Kyūshū. Not only was strongly aware of the lack of traffic information in the previous map, but the 3-disc set map was too large for usable. From that reflection, Inoue Masashige, the chief officer of the government hurriedly thought about the revision of the national map, and collected the provincial maps again only from the Chūgoku district leading to kyūshū and quickly reproduced the map. That is the map of 15 years of Kan’ei.</p>

OPTIMALISASI PERAWATAN DEEPWELL CARGO PUMPS GUNA MEMPERLANCAR KEGIATAN BONGKAR MUAT DI ATAS KAPAL MT. CORAL RIGIDA

Pelabuhan merupakan tempat kapal berlabuh dan bersandar, naik atau turunpenumpang dan bongkar/muat barang. Sebagai bagian dari mata rantai transportasi laut,fungsi pelabuhan adalah tempat pertemuan (interface) dua moda angkutan atau lebih sertainterface berbagai kepentingan yang saling terkait. Dalam aktivitasnya pelabuhanmerupakan sarana yang penting dan strategis untuk pertumbuhan perekonomian suatunegara, itu terbukti dari banyaknya kapal yang berkunjung di Pelabuhan negara tersebut. Kegiatan bongkar muat dilaksanakan pada waktu 23.00 waktu setempat dikarenakanpihak terminal mengadakan pendinginan cargo line di darat. Dengan cargo line menanjakkeatas bukit mengakibatkan rasio cargo tiap jamnya hanya sedikit. Setelah beberapa jammengadakan kegiatan bongkar muatan, pada jam jaga Thrird Officer yang dimana cadet ikutserta dalam kegiatan jaga cargo dan Chief Officer sedang mengadakan pengecekan muatandan pada saat itu juga deepwell cargo pumps mengeluarkan asap dan suara yang keras. Faktor penyebab terlambatnya kegiatan bongkar muatan diatas kapal akibat kurangnyaatau tidak adanya pemeliharaan dan perawatan terhadap peralatan deepwell cargo pumps.Perusahaan pelayaran harus melakukan penyeleksian terhadap pelaut yang ingin bergabungatau mengadakan pelatihan kepada pelaut sebelum mereka bergabung diatas kapal, agarsesuai dengan criteria yang diinginkan. Mualim I di atas kapal hendaknya selalu memeriksa pekerjaan perwira lainnya agarsesuai dengan yang dikehendaki dan mendapatkan hasil yang memuaskan.

The Islamic Integrated Model for Drug Addict Treatment and Rehabilitation on Kratom Use Among Muslim Adolescents: A Case Study in Krabi Province, Thailand

There are several medical drug addict treatment methods used by physicians and other health professionals worldwide. The community-based treatment and care for drug use and dependence have increased in popularity. However, little is known about whether or how Islamic spirituality model could be incorporated into formal treatment in the Muslim community. This study aimed to explore the Islamic integrated model for drug addict treatment and rehabilitation on Kratom use among Muslim adolescents in Krabi Province, Thailand. The focus group discussion and in-depth interview were carried out in chief officer, the staff of treatment service volunteers, program leaders, and families and friends of addicts during October 2017-December 2018. The results revealed that the implementation of integrated Islamic religious learning in the drug therapy session to grow the spiritual religiosity and lower relapse among Muslim youth who were previous kratom addicts. The Islamic faith-based treatment model could be declared the evidence of kratom recovery in community level.

Police and Crime Commissioners

This article considers the progress of the new system of police governance in England and Wales. It assesses the responsibilities and powers of Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) and examines local initiatives undertaken by some PCCs that have proved to have national ramifications. It evaluates the accountability of PCCs between elections and highlights the limited powers of Police and Crime Panels. It considers the convention of police operational independence in light of two controversial police investigations, and the potential need for PCC oversight of future publicly high-profile investigations. It provides an initial assessment of an important and recent High Court ruling (R v Police and Crime Commissioner for South Yorkshire, 2017) which, by making the PCC responsible for all police operational activity, questions the tradition of constabulary operational independence. It is argued that enabling the PCC to bring a chief officer to account for all police operations might mean that potentially challenging and fruitless investigations can be avoided in the future.

Career Progression Expectations and Aspirations of Female Police Officers in England and Wales

The Peelian principle that ‘the police are the public, and the public are the police’ remains a central tenet of the ‘policing by consent’ model of policing. However, the police in England and Wales are currently not gender-representative, most notably at the highest ranks. Using a sample of 21,490 officers in England and Wales between the ranks of Constable and Chief Inspector we addressed two questions to help better understand female officers’ career progression: the extent to which female officers saw hierarchical rank progression, first as realistic and second as desirable. Compared with male officers, and controlling for covariates, female constables were less likely to expect or desire progression to higher ranks, in particular Superintending and Chief Officer ranks. Gender differences in both expectation and aspiration regarding hierarchical rank progression were more limited amongst supervisory ranks. The implications of these findings for achieving a gender-representative police service are discussed.