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Q: What would be the best approach patch-finding the pointer of a certain function on the XNU Kernel? I am currently working on an iOS Jailbreak for iOS 13.7.
As part of the jailbreak, I need to do a series of patches to the XNU Kernel live in the memory.
Of course, the kernel is protected by kASLR, KPP / KTRR, and other memory watchdogs that would trigger a Kernel Panic if something is modified.
As luck would have it, KTRR (Kernel Text Ready Only Region) can only protect, well, static data that is not supposed to change (i.e. the TEXT section and constants). The variables can still be altered.
I am building a PatchFinder which is supposed to locate a function or a variable in the XNU memory based on tell-tale symbols and I am wondering what would be the most effective approach for this.
I am currently adapting on top of the PatchFinder made publicly available back in the iOS 8 era by in7egal which looks like this:
uint32_t find_cs_enforcement_disable_amfi(uint32_t region, uint8_t* kdata, size_t ksize)
{
    // Find a function referencing cs_enforcement_disable_amfi
    const uint8_t search_function[] = {0x20, 0x68, 0x40, 0xF4, 0x40, 0x70, 0x20, 0x60, 0x00, 0x20, 0x90, 0xBD};
    uint8_t* ptr = memmem(kdata, ksize, search_function, sizeof(search_function));
    if(!ptr)
        return 0;

    // Only LDRB in there should try to dereference cs_enforcement_disable_amfi
    uint16_t* ldrb = find_last_insn_matching(region, kdata, ksize, (uint16_t*) ptr, insn_is_ldrb_imm);
    if(!ldrb)
        return 0;

    // Weird, not the right one.
    if(insn_ldrb_imm_imm(ldrb) != 0 || insn_ldrb_imm_rt(ldrb) > 12)
        return 0;

    // See what address that LDRB is dereferencing
    return find_pc_rel_value(region, kdata, ksize, ldrb, insn_ldrb_imm_rn(ldrb));
}

I wonder if there is any faster way or a more reliable way to locate the cs_enforcement_disable_amfi.
Once found by the PatchFinder in the XNU Kernel memory, it's used like this:
uint32_t cs_enforcement_disable_amfi = find_cs_enforcement_disable_amfi(kernel_base, kdata, ksize);
    printf("cs_enforcement_disable_amfi is at=0x%08x\n",cs_enforcement_disable_amfi);
    if (cs_enforcement_disable_amfi){
        char patch[] ="\x00\xbf\x00\xbf\x00\xbf\x00\xbf\x00\xbf";
        kern_return_t kernret = vm_write(proccessTask, cs_enforcement_disable_amfi+kernel_base, patch, sizeof(patch)-1);
        if (kernret == KERN_SUCCESS){
            printf("Successfully patched cs_enforcement_disable_amfi\n");
        }
    }

So the PatchFinder has to be able to reliably return the pointer to cs_enforcement_disable_amfi otherwise I am blindly writing to an invalid (or valid but different) address which almost certainly will trigger memory corruption.
The current code does return a valid pointer to cs_enforcement_disable_amfi most of the time, but randomly panics the kernel about 10-15% of the time which means the address it returns 10-15% of the time is invalid. Not sure how to make it more reliable.

A: The variable you're looking for doesn't exist anymore.
The bytes in your first snippet make up Thumb instructions, which find this function in AMFI in a 32bit kernelcache:
0x8074ad04      90b5           push {r4, r7, lr}
0x8074ad06      01af           add r7, sp, 4
0x8074ad08      0d48           ldr r0, [0x8074ad40]
0x8074ad0a      7844           add r0, pc
0x8074ad0c      0078           ldrb r0, [r0]
0x8074ad0e      0128           cmp r0, 1
0x8074ad10      03d1           bne 0x8074ad1a
0x8074ad12      0020           movs r0, 0
0x8074ad14      00f04efa       bl 0x8074b1b4
0x8074ad18      30b9           cbnz r0, 0x8074ad28
0x8074ad1a      7c69           ldr r4, [r7, 0x14]
0x8074ad1c      002c           cmp r4, 0
0x8074ad1e      05d0           beq 0x8074ad2c
0x8074ad20      2068           ldr r0, [r4]
0x8074ad22      40f44070       orr r0, r0, 0x300
0x8074ad26      2060           str r0, [r4]
0x8074ad28      0020           movs r0, 0
0x8074ad2a      90bd           pop {r4, r7, pc}

Given the magic constant 0x300 and the fact that AMFI's __TEXT_EXEC segment is quite small, we can easily find this in other kernels, including 64bit ones.
This is what it looks like on an iPhone 5s on 8.4:
0xffffff800268d2e4      f44fbea9       stp x20, x19, [sp, -0x20]!
0xffffff800268d2e8      fd7b01a9       stp x29, x30, [sp, 0x10]
0xffffff800268d2ec      fd430091       add x29, sp, 0x10
0xffffff800268d2f0      f30307aa       mov x19, x7
0xffffff800268d2f4      e8fc1110       adr x8, section.com.apple.driver.AppleMobileFileIntegrity.10.__DATA.__bss
0xffffff800268d2f8      1f2003d5       nop
0xffffff800268d2fc      08054039       ldrb w8, [x8, 1]
0xffffff800268d300      a8000037       tbnz w8, 0, 0xffffff800268d314
0xffffff800268d304      130100b4       cbz x19, 0xffffff800268d324
0xffffff800268d308      680240b9       ldr w8, [x19]
0xffffff800268d30c      08051832       orr w8, w8, 0x300
0xffffff800268d310      680200b9       str w8, [x19]
0xffffff800268d314      00008052       mov w0, 0
0xffffff800268d318      fd7b41a9       ldp x29, x30, [sp, 0x10]
0xffffff800268d31c      f44fc2a8       ldp x20, x19, [sp], 0x20
0xffffff800268d320      c0035fd6       ret

But by the time of iOS 11, the variable is gone:
0xfffffff006245d84      f44fbea9       stp x20, x19, [sp, -0x20]!
0xfffffff006245d88      fd7b01a9       stp x29, x30, [sp, 0x10]
0xfffffff006245d8c      fd430091       add x29, sp, 0x10
0xfffffff006245d90      f30307aa       mov x19, x7
0xfffffff006245d94      130100b4       cbz x19, 0xfffffff006245db4
0xfffffff006245d98      680240b9       ldr w8, [x19]
0xfffffff006245d9c      08051832       orr w8, w8, 0x300
0xfffffff006245da0      680200b9       str w8, [x19]
0xfffffff006245da4      00008052       mov w0, 0
0xfffffff006245da8      fd7b41a9       ldp x29, x30, [sp, 0x10]
0xfffffff006245dac      f44fc2a8       ldp x20, x19, [sp], 0x20
0xfffffff006245db0      c0035fd6       ret

Looking at iOS 12.0b1, we can learn the signature of that function:
_vnode_check_exec(ucred*, vnode*, vnode*, label*, label*, label*, componentname*, unsigned int*, void*, unsigned long)

So yeah, finding this function is really easy:

*

*Find AMFI's __TEXT_EXEC segment.

*Find an orr wN, wN, 0x300 in it.

But that won't help you unless you defeat kernel integrity.


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Žlebe
Place in Upper Carniola, Slovenia
Sveta Marjeta (local name)
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°7′14.13″N 14°23′41.45″E / 46.1205917°N 14.3948472°E / 46.1205917; 14.3948472Coordinates: 46°7′14.13″N 14°23′41.45″E / 46.1205917°N 14.3948472°E / 46.1205917; 14.3948472
Traditional region
Upper Carniola
Statistical region
Central Slovenia
381.2 m (1,250.7 ft)
Žlebe (pronounced [ˈʒleːbɛ] or [ʒlɛˈbeː]; locally also Sveta Marjeta,[2] German: Schlebe[3]) is a dispersed settlement in the Municipality of Medvode in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.[4]
3 Fortifications
Žlebe lies in the Polhov Gradec Hills south of Medvode. It is a sprawling settlement, encompassing several dispersed hamlets and farms: Cajnar, Gmajnar, Jakob, Kršlje, Malenšek, Petelinc, Potočnik, Pri Kajžah, Pristava, Ravniški Grič (or Hrušica), Stežica (or Stešca), and Završe. In the narrow sense (as a hamlet), Žlebe refers only to the area at the highest part of the valley. The settlement spreads across Tertiary hills and low slopes of dolomite hills separated by ravines with creeks. Zakonjščica Creek is the main watercourse, with its source below Jetrbenk Hill (774 meters or 2,539 feet), and it empties into Mavelščica Creek at Seničica. Tributaries of Zakonjščica Creek include Potočnica Creek (with its source at the Potočnik farm) and Učak Creek (with its source at the Učak farm).[2]
Zlebe was attested in written sources in 1427 as Slepach. The name is derived from the Slovene common noun žleb 'gorge, ravine', referring to the local geography.[5] In the past, the settlement was known as Schlebe in German.[3] Locally, the settlement is also known as Sveta Marjeta.[2]
Fortifications[edit]
A fortification formerly stood on Jetrbenk Hill in the southwest part of the settlement. It was owned by the Hertenberg robber knights, who were non-free nobles subservient to the Spanheims, and later to the Patriarchate of Aquileia. The fortification was probably destroyed by the 1511 Idrija earthquake and little trace of it remains today. Gradišče Hill, which stands below Jetrbenk Hill, was the site of a fortification in antiquity.[2]
Churches[edit]
Bell tower interior, Saint Margaret's Church: mechanized bell and ratchet (left) used during the Paschal Triduum
There are two churches above the settlement, one dedicated to Saint Margaret and the other to Saint James. Saint Margaret's Church dates to the early 16th century and was built on the site of an earlier church. The interior was painted with frescos in 1742.[6] It is a late Gothic structure and tradition says that it was built with material salvaged from the ruins of the nearby fortress at Jetrbenk Hill. It is a single-nave structure with a star-vaulted nave and sculpted keystones. The frescoes on the triumphal arch date from the 17th century. The main altar was consecrated in the late 17th century, and the altars dedicated to Saint Anthony, Saint James, and the Trinity date from 1666, 1657, and 1646, respectively. The crucifixion group on the arch beam was created in 1680.[2]
Saint James' Church was built at the beginning of the 16th century. It is a Baroque structure with the year 1751 on the triumphal arch. The main altar was probably created by Štefan Šubic [sl] (1820–1884), and the altar dedicated to Saints Cosmas and Damian dates from the end of the 17th century. It contains the cabinet from a late Gothic winged altar with a statue of Saint James dating from the second half of the 15th century.[2]
Notable people[edit]
Notable people that were born or lived in Žlebe include:
Franc Kristan (1873–1940), journalist[2]
^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
^ a b c d e f g Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, pp. 391–392.
^ a b Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 110.
^ Medvode municipal site
^ Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 492.
^ RC Church in Slovenia website
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Topol pri Medvodah
Valburga
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Verje
Vikrče
Zavrh pod Šmarno Goro
Zgornja Senica
Zgornje Pirniče
Preska pri Medvodah
Svetje
Goričane Manor
Smlednik Calvary
Smlednik Castle ruins
Lake Trboje
Lake Zbilje
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Populated places in the Municipality of Medvode


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My Jesus, help my unbelief. May I find courage to keep trying, even when I am tired.
What can I believe except what Jesus taught: only what is first broken, like bread, can be shared; only what is first broken is open to your entry. My Jesus, help my unbelief. May I find courage to keep trying, even when I am tired. Amen!
The readings for Lent regularly link events of the Hebrew Scriptures to the person of Jesus as Messiah. Today's readings from Genesis and John's gospel connect the promise God made to Abraham to Jesus as the living fulfillment of that promise. But notice the response of those listening to Jesus that day in the Jerusalem temple. They were so enraged at Jesus' words that they pick up rocks to throw at him.
This fifth Thursday of Lent 2014 we walk in Jesus' footsteps as each of us moves in personal ways towards Holy Week. Am I ready to walk with Jesus into the events of his passion and death? In small or even larger ways do I shrink from Jesus' invitation to stand with him…even as the rocks may come flying?
Can I open my heart as Jesus did, even to those who might want to challenge my faith in him or shrink my love for him? The way of the cross 2014 is indeed rocky, filled with potholes of all kinds. Jesus, I believe in you. Help my unbelief!
Jesus answered, "If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, he of whom you say, 'He is our God,' though you do not know him. But I know him; if I would say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know him and I keep his word. Your ancestor Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day; he saw it and was glad." Then the Jews said to him, "You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?" Jesus said to them, "Very truly, I tell you, before Abraham was, I am." So they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.


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The art of hospitality at Schloss Schauenstein: the Swiss restaurant that runs like clockwork
Laura Price - 25/05/2016
For the first time ever, The World's 50 Best Restaurants will this year honour a restaurant for its outstanding service with The Ferrari Trento Art of Hospitality Award.
In the second in our four-part series on the art of hospitality, we speak to Andreas Caminada at Schloss Schauenstein in Fürstenau, Switzerland.
Just like watchmaking and chocolate, Swiss hospitality is an art form. Great restaurants and hotels must run like clockwork, and Schloss Schauenstein, No.48 in The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2015, is no exception.
"There's precision and perfection in Swiss hospitality, as with watchmaking," says Andreas Caminada, chef-owner of the restaurant-hotel in Fürstenau. "And, like Swiss chocolate, we're also sweet and open-minded."
On the 50 Best list since 2010, Schloss Schauenstein is known not just for Caminada's stunningly presented plates and creative cooking but also for its warm atmosphere and beautiful, romantic surroundings in a fairy tale castle in the Swiss Alps.
Previously a private school, the historic castle was empty for two years before Caminada took it over in 2002 and converted it into a six-room hotel. He was 26 at the time and had grown up just a 20-minute drive away. After stints at fine dining restaurants in Zurich and Germany, he felt it was the ideal location to set up a restaurant and become his own boss.
Inside Schloss Schauenstein Restaurant Hotel
Rather than focusing solely on his cooking, the young chef put his energy into developing a whole experience, making guests feel welcome from the minute they called to make a reservation, not just the moment they walked through the door. A Swiss newspaper published a glowing review and soon the restaurant had one, then two, then three Michelin stars.
"I travel a lot and see a lot of hotels," says Caminada. "There's always beautiful scenery but in the end it's about the people and how they act and make you feel. That's the key to Swiss hospitality."
It was Jardin des Sens, the world-famous restaurant-hotel in Montpellier, France, that had the biggest impact on Caminada's approach. His first visit to a three-Michelin starred restaurant at 20 years old, the experience stayed with him, from the beautiful garden to the appetisers he ate.
"It really made me think 'wow,'" recalls Caminada. "You take those experiences with you – it's not just about great cuisine or a great chef, it's much more than that."
He developed a menu at Schloss Schauenstein that would enrich the senses, with dishes such as beef tongue featuring different ingredients on each part of the tongue to reflect sweet, sour, salty, bitter and umami sensations.
Beef tongue at Schloss Schauenstein
The meal begins with appetisers in one room, main courses in another and drinks and petit fours in a third part of the house – all part of Caminada's effort to create a complete and multi-dimensional dining experience. He trains all 35 staff to look after guests, regardless of individual roles.
"I school our employees to imagine someone is coming to their own home. It doesn't matter if you're the dishwasher – if you see somebody carrying their cases, just go over and give them a hand. Make them feel welcome," he says.
Caminada's hospitality style was easier to teach when he had just four employees. Now, he gives constant training to show staff exactly how he wants things to be done. At the same time, he is flexible, allowing staff to make mistakes, as long as their passion shines through.
Key to this approach is Schloss Schauenstein's front-of-house team, led by award-winning sommelier Oliver Friedrich. Friedrich's team has an electronic system to make note of individual diners' preferences – who drinks sparkling water and who drinks still, for example.
"If someone is left-handed then we change the knives and forks around, or if they don't like shallots, we write it down for next time," says the chef. "That's what really makes the experience for the guests who come back."
Although Caminada is most at home in the kitchen, he makes an effort to say hello to every guest at every table and to thank them for coming.
In fact, aside from the seasons when Schloss Schauenstein is closed, he only leaves the restaurant four days a year – for the annual 50 Best celebrations.
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Here's Chef Caminada talking about the art of hospitality:
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I just bought 2 splitters, one for each front port, of an unusual design.
They support one USB port purely for power and the other for full functionality. My intention is to attach a USB stick with music to one, a dashcam USB stick to the other and still have both front charging ports available.
On a quick test last night, everything was working (no dashcam test yet), but I'll need a longer drive test to determine whether too much power is being diverted from the charging port.
Says red port is for charging only, but can't charge IOS devices. Wonder whether that still applies to Wireless charging via NOMAD?
You can always add 2 or more USB charging ports with the 12V power connector. Lots of options, and many now have 2.1 amp charging for phones with fast charging. Note that fast charging is incompatible with data - so you can have one or the other, but not both.
Interesting product! My guess is that "does not charge iOS devices" means that it charges too slowly to keep up with drain while using the iPhone. If the charger is providing X units of power, and the phone is consuming Y units of power, then X - Y would be how fast your phone will charge while being used. If X is less than Y, then the phone will not charge, but the battery will drain more slowly than it would otherwise. When the phone is not turned on, Y should be small and the phone will probably charge.
Regarding the NOMAD wireless pad for Model 3 cars, my guess is that it will work okay since it has its own internal battery (the USB port charges the battery, and the battery charges the phone). If the USB port is not providing enough power, the battery will slowly drain while the phone is charging, but the battery can store 6,000 mAh (which is almost enough to charge two iPhone XS max phones from 0 to 100%).
Just what I was looking for, M3BlueGeorgia.
On my quick test, it was charging my Nexus 6P (Android) while playing music. Android didn't warn about "slow charging" as it does sometimes.
Have any of you tested whether the "data connection" side works for dashcam video? I presume as long as it can run a flash drive, it can record video, right?
I need this info too. Please share the model that is confirmed to work for iPhone charging and dashcam recording.
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ecsec are delighted to win the tender to fit-out Caravan's latest restaurant in Great Portland Street, London.
Carluccio's latest restaurant, located in the Marriott Hotel Maida Vale, opens.
The Palm Restaurant on Brighton Pier completed and handed over.
Completed the fit-out on the latest Gastrono-me site.


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Things You Will Not Like About Medicine And Things You Will
He gave no details on Zuma's illness, his parole circumstances nor whether or not his health had deteriorated since surgical procedure. Department of Education is investigating Mr. Lee's government order allowing mother and father to decide out of faculty mask mandates. "Medical parole placement for Mr Zuma implies that he will full the remainder of the sentence within the system of neighborhood corrections, whereby he should comply with a particular set of circumstances and will probably be subjected to supervision till his sentence expires," a statement from the department of correctional services said. As Dr. Emily Nichols, director of the Louisiana EMS explains it, the virus is rarely far from emergency responders' minds, but they should deal with probably the most quick disaster at hand-even when that means a heightened danger of enabling the virus to maintain spreading. Pre-match, Anvisa had released their very own statement to state the 4 Premier League gamers must isolate instantly and couldn't take part in the match.
To handle the dual problem of reduced employees and a surge in COVID-19 circumstances, New Orleans EMS put out a name in mid-August for reinforcements from the state and federal government, requesting extra EMTs, medics and ambulances, ultimately receiving surge ambulances and teams from throughout the nation. Jonathan Fourcade, a public data officer for brand new Orleans EMS, says that the countless grind of being on the road as an EMS worker-with little time for breaks, median pay of about $36,000 a 12 months, and excessive private security risks- has led to chronic understaffing at New Orleans EMS, especially among paramedics, who have the most advanced medical coaching. Mercy Health has contacted patients and staff who were thought-about to be vulnerable to publicity and who had been in the area at the time. Within the final two months, the brand new Orleans health care system has been grappling with a surge of COVID-19 circumstances pushed by the Delta variant, which, for EMS workers, has meant an limitless stream of requires assist, hospitals inundated with patients and a heightened threat of contracting the virus themselves. So, after EMS workers had been given the go-forward to hurry back into the city streets, they worked by way of the huge queue that developed, putting in 12-hour-shift after 12-hour -shift to sustain with the volume of calls. Putting a positive spin on aging, nonetheless, can reap rewards. Additional spending money can delay tapping retirement belongings, or possibly delay claiming Social Safety, permitting this cash to proceed growing until later in life. Other important elements that might affect regional differences included masking and social distancing measures, the examine famous.
"We know that social distancing helps prevent the unfold of COVID, but we all know that there are other life or loss of life matters to attend to concurrently," says Nichols. With Covid-19 nonetheless very a lot part of every day life and winter around the corner, anxieties are beginning to mount. Most bacteria are both harmless, or helpful, and even essential to life. Still others reached out searching for important health care they could no longer entry, similar to oxygen tanks, refrigerated insulin or IVs. September 2021, nonetheless, has introduced a singular problem to New Orleans' EMS: dealing with two disasters at the identical time, every of which threatens to exacerbate the opposite, and which have pushed the city's most important emergency assets to the brink. City, like numerous Premier League clubs, have processes in place to help youngsters as soon as they go away the membership. Over the previous week, residents have called in to report heat exhaustion, asking for water or a place to cool down, as well as carbon monoxide poisoning-dizziness, shortness of breath, fainting-largely resulting from electric generators, whose engines emit carbon monoxide and need to be used outdoors only, improperly positioned indoors or close to home windows.
We must have those things in place as nicely, but when we've only got those issues in isolation, it's not going to be a healthy atmosphere. Around 90% of 2,300 health facilities across the country might have to close as quickly as this week, the UN health company's regional emergency director, Rick Brennan, informed Reuters in an interview. That rate represented a pointy spike from a June low of 1.7 per 100,000 kids ages four or under; 1.9 circumstances per 100,000 youngsters ages 5 to 11; and 2.9 per 100,000 youngsters between ages 12 and 17. It was still beneath the peak incidence of circumstances amongst youngsters last January. The truth that the non-public practice of medicine as an establishment has survived for ages signifies that it has adjusted itself to changing situations so as persistently to furnish a service desired by the public.
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Kognitivní psychologie je jednou z psychologických věd, která se zabývá způsobem vytváření tzv. vnitřních obrazů (modelů) vnějšího světa, ve kterém žijeme. Jako taková občas bývá zařazována jako součást obecné psychologie. Termínem kognitivní psychologie také někdy bývá označován mezioborový psychologický přístup ke zkoumání lidského myšlení (kognitivismus).

Zmíněné kognitivní modely jsou vlastně vnitřním obrazem chování (tj. situací, událostí, psychických procesů, myšlení člověka a problémů, s nimiž se setkáváme) za účelem lepší orientace a možnosti učinit smysluplné rozhodnutí s předstihem. Takto vytvořený obraz světa je důležitým činitelem ve vnitřním řízení aktivit našeho organismu. Je nejen zodpovědný za to, jak jsme schopni reagovat, ale je také např. zdrojem naší celkové stability či nestability.

Kognitivní psychologie navazuje na gestaltismus, který obohacuje o řadu dalších podnětů. Už u E. C. Tolmana (1886–1959), představitele neobehaviorismu, se můžeme setkat s pojmem kognitivní mapy, tedy potřeba organismu za každých okolností získávat z okolí informace, které později využije k rychlejšímu zorientování se v prostředí, a to do jakési zásoby absolutně nezávisle na aktuálních potravních či sexuálních potřebách.

Představitelem je například Američan G. A. Kelly (1905–1966).

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Literatura
 Černochová, Dana; Brichcín, Petr (2003): NQ-S: Zátěžový test regulace kognitivních procesů. In: Psychologické dny 2002 – Kořeny a vykořenění. Olomouc: Psychologický ústav AV ČR ve spolupráci s Českomoravskou psychologickou společností a katedrou psychologie FF UP.

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La Société centrafricaine de développement agricole (Socada), a repris en 1979, lors de la création de l'empire de Jean-Bedel Bokassa, les activités de l'Union cotonnière centrafricaine (UCCA), créée 1966. Elle a cependant conservé à son capital la Compagnie Française pour le Développement des Textiles.

D'abord entreprise publique intégrée, regroupant toutes les activités de la filière, la Société centrafricaine de développement agricole est responsable de l'approvisionnement, l'encadrement, la collecte, l'égrenage et la commercialisation du coton, dans une logique de développement régional. La filière coton fait vivre en temps normal plus de 1 million de centrafricains sur plus de  exploitations.

Comme dans d'autres pays de la zone franc, la crise cotonnière 1985-1986, marquée par une chute des cours et une forte baisse du dollar, mettent la filière du coton centrafricain dans une situation financière catastrophique, générant d'énorme besoins en subventions gouvernementales. En 1991, la Société centrafricaine de développement agricole est divisée en trois entités : la Société Cotonnière Centrafricaine (SOCOCA), chargée des activités industrielles et commerciales, dont l'État conserve 66 %, la CFDT prenant 34 %, l'Agence de Développement Agricole (ACDA, chargée de l'encadrement, et l'Institut Centrafricain de Recherche Agronomique (ICRA).

Deuxième étape dans la privatisation, en 1996, l'État centrafricain ramène sa participation dans la SOCOCA à 40 % et autorise la création de la Compagnie pour la Culture et l'Egrenage du Coton (COCECOT), une société anonyme dont l'objet social de la COCECOT est la relance de la culture du coton dans les zones marginales abandonnées par la SOCOCA, ce qui aboutit à la création d'un duopole. Grâce à la reprise des cours mondiaux à partir de 1994, le nombre de producteurs centrafricains est passé de  en 1993/1994 à  en 1994/1995, puis à  en 1997/1998. Mais avec la suspension, en 1997, du financement extérieur du projet d'appui aux institutions agricoles, l'Acda a vu son activité perturbés, seuls les services d'animation poursuivant leur fonction.

La filière coton traverse de nouveau une crise sans précédent à partir de 1998 : en deux ans la production passe de  tonnes de coton-graine, un record historique, à  tonnes. En 2005, quand la dernière société cotonnière privée de République centrafricaine, la SOCADETEX, a déclaré la faillite, l'État de République centrafricaine a pris la décision de créer une "Cellule Coton" au sein de l'Agence de Développement Agricole.

L'agence, successeur de fait de la Société centrafricaine de développement agricole, avait un objectif de  tonnes de coton graines pour la campagne d'égrenage 2010/2011. À moyen terme, son objectif est de retrouver en trois ans, son "niveau normal de production", de  tonnes de coton graine, puis d'atteindre la barre de  tonnes de coton graine, selon son directeur  Honoré Feizour.

Références

Bibliographie
 "Les dynamiques transfrontalières en Afrique de l'Ouest: analyse des potentiels d'intégration de trois pays-frontières en Afrique de l'Ouest", par l'organisation Enza Diapol
 "Le Havre colonial de 1880 à 1960", par Claude Malon
 "Le coton dans la zone franc depuis 1950: un succès remis en cause", par Régine Levrat

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Histoire de la culture du coton
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by Theron Martin, Oct 28th 2018
As Lacia and Arato infiltrate the depths of the facility housing Higgins, Lacia explains exactly how Higgins keeps the updates for all hIE units connected to the cloud current, by trying to anticipate what humans will develop. Ryo has sent Methode to try to stop them, the Kouka clones are still wreaking havoc, and certain enterprising parties have found a use for what's left of Snowdrop. Meanwhile, Ryo tries to convince higher-ups in Memeframe that Higgins needs to be shut down in order to prove that a super-intelligent AI can be shut down when needed. Ultimately, the battle for the future of super-intelligent AIs will also determine the future of humanity.
If you skip the intermission episodes, these are the true episodes 21-24 of Beatless , though you'll find them on Amazon Prime Video as episodes 25-28. Released over the course of a week in late September, they represent the definitive finale for the series; theoretically there could still be more story to tell in this setting, and the ramifications of how things conclude are not trivial, but all of the discussions that the series has been following throughout its run and all of the major plot points are brought to conclusion by the end of episode 24. How satisfying that resolution turned out could be a matter for debate.
The final four episodes do not deviate from the structure seen in the first twenty. They may have a slightly higher action ratio, but the action scenes act more as punctuations to the story than focal points, representations of conflicting ideologies that cannot be peaceably resolved rather than violence for its own sake; even Methode, who can come across as cruel, is always acting purposefully rather than sadistically when she assaults Lacia. That doesn't mean that the action scenes will be found wanting, however. Several of the exchanges between Methode and Lacia are sharp and dramatic, especially in the way that Lacia manipulates the situation to protect Arato and offset the greater speed and physical capabilities of Methode.
Lacia's complex strategizing in general is one of the less obvious hallmarks of the series, but especially in this final act. Masterminds who manipulate a broad web of events behind the scenes are nothing new in pop culture, but this is a rare case where one of the protagonists is actually responsible for the deepest degrees of manipulation. The full extent of Lacia's plans at any given time can be both flabbergasting and a little scary; it's not hard to understand why some humans are apprehensive about super-intelligent AIs after hearing Lacia describe what she's been up to. Of course, the series also continues to make the point that she can only utilize her abilities to the maximum because Arato is making the big decisions, making them a super-intelligent force together. As much as this sounds like Lacia just trying to make Arato feel useful, it does firmly fit her insistence on acting as a tool rather than a person.
In between the action scenes, the intrigue, discussions about an AI's soul (or lack thereof), and relationship reaffirmations, the story continues to engage in exposition, including one episode that provides a detailed run-down on how Lacia came to be. Although this can bog down the pacing, it's also where the series' most interesting ideas come from. One segment reveals that that the Lacia-class hIEs are far from the only "Red Box" items out there; Higgins has routinely been creating predictions of human inventions in order to make the responsiveness of hIEs more effective by anticipating human wants and needs, which is a pretty heady concept. So are the discussions about the merits vs. risks of allowing a super-intelligent AI who's always been isolated to be networked, or a debate about what it means for AI to promote quality of life for humans. Sometimes it can take a machine's point of view to lay out the flaws in our own thinking. All of this leads to a climax built on everything that the series has been developing since the beginning, a dramatic conclusion that finds the perfect balance between machine logic and human emotion, demonstrating that the two are not mutually exclusive without being cheesy.
These final episodes also carry over the same flaws as earlier episodes. Aside from some occasional issues with storytelling flow resulting from the exposition, the technical merits still aren't great. While there are a few good action sequences, character designs always look a little on the rough side, and colors are still pretty washed-out for the most part. Depictions of Snowdrop in late scenes, though creative, also seem to deviate from the series' long-standing policy of sticking to a certain degree of scientific realism. Offsetting this is the effective use of the series' electronica-dominated musical score, which is at least as effective at promoting tension and drama as anywhere else in the series.
The one thing that I didn't like about the way the series ends is that it leaves things a little vague about what Arato and Lacia actually accomplished given all their efforts. The final episode is aptly titled "Boy Meets Girl", in a reference both to the advertising campaign early in the series that was going to promote their ideal relationship and the series' very final scene, but did they actually achieve that future? That uncertainty is why I can't rate the story quite as high as before, but it leaves plenty of room for discussion. For one of the most thoughtful anime series in recent memory, I suppose that's fitting.
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Overall (sub) : B+
Story : B+
Animation : C+
Art : C+
Music : B+
+ Lots of big ideas, suitably dramatic climax
− Exposition can bog down the story flow
Director: Seiji Mizushima
Series Composition:
Go Zappa
Sadayuki Murai
Shota Ibata
Keizou Kusakawa
Kyōsuke Maeda
Tsutomu Miyazawa
Seiji Mizushima
Shingo Tamaki
Toru Yoshida
Episode Director:
Gorō Kuji
Tenpei Mishio
Yōsuke Yamamoto
NARASAKI
Original creator: Satoshi Hase
Original Character Design: redjuice
Character Design: Hiroko Yaguchi
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Blue Shell- Tracks down 1st and hits anyone in the way.
Green Shell- Shoots of into the wild and bounces off objects until it finds a target.
Lightning - Srinks and slows down everyone on the track(except you) so you can crush and pass them.
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While more than three decades have passed since country supergroup Alabama served as The Bowery's house band, it's legacy is peppered all over the Myrtle Beach nightclub that's within a stone's throw of the Atlantic Ocean.
From the photo montage plastered on the club's entryway to the wax figure of an original Alabama crew member, the history of this honky-tonk and one of country music's most successful acts are intertwined. The country music supergroup "Alabama" was the first celebrity act to hit the Myrtle Beach music scene — as Wild Country, the house band at local hangout The Bowery. Their stay at The Bowery is immortalized in the songs "Tar Top" and "Dancin', Shaggin' On The Boulevard." "The Bowery gave us a great place, a great avenue to be a band and to be able to write and be able to create," says singer Randy Owen. "The thing with Myrtle Beach and Alabama, it's a unique thing because this is us."
It all Started in 1969, Cousins Randy Owen, Teddy Gentry, and Jeff Cook decided to start a band using equipment Jeff had been collecting; the three cousins started a band called Young Country. By 1972 the band had added friend Bennett Vartanian as the drummer. In 1973 the band relocated from Fort Payne, Alabama to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina to become the house band for a club called The Bowery. Working for tips, they played six nights a week honing the harmonies that would later become a trademark. They stayed seven summers at The Bowery, gaining a huge regional following, changing the band name to Alabama and utilizing one drummer after another before Mark Herndon came into the picture.
On April 21, 1980, Alabama signed with industry giant RCA, the label that turned the likes of Elvis Presley into a megastar and cultural icon. The label quickly pressed Alabama's autobiographical anthem "My Home's in Alabama" as a single. That May, RCA Records issued "Tennessee River" as the first No. 1 Alabama hit. Starting with "Tennessee River", they would rack up a string of 21 consecutive number-one hits. 21 more would follow, rewarding the band with 42 number one singles. Alabama became, seemingly overnight, a driving force in country music, essentially changing it forever.
November 15th, 2005 Alabama's induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame caps one of the most astounding success stories in American entertainment. With a career that to date has resulted in 21 gold, platinum and multi-platinum albums, 42 number one singles and over 73 million records sold, Alabama has received over 150 industry awards including 8 country music "Entertainer of the Year" honors, 2 Grammys, 2 People's Choice Awards and their very own star on the "Hollywood Walk of Fame." They were named the "Artist of the Decade" by the Academy of Country Music in 1989 and "Country Group of the Century" by the Recording Industry Association of America in 1999
Official Website: www.thealabamaband.com
Take a look at some of our photos from Alabama when they were just getting started here at The Bowery!


The Atlantic Bonito have made their arrival at Topsail Island for the spring migration. Anyone that enjoys fishing should plan a quick vacation to our beautiful island to take part in this amazing fishery. It is some of best fishing Topsail has to offer.
Tanner Gray joined me Monday evening for an exploratory trip out of New River inlet to fish for these tasty morsels. Just about 3 miles out of the inlet in the Diver's Rock area we found them ready to bite. The Bonito and Bluefish were biting trolled Yozuri's in the Orange/Silver flash color and the Clown Color. While jigging bait balls and good ledges we caught Bonito and Black Sea Bass on Diamond Jigs and the color didn't seem to matter. Light tackle spinning rods are all that is required.
Atlantic Bonito are part of the tuna family are great fighters with drag screaming runs. They are also excellent to eat, the white meat tuna, and can be prepared any way you would eat yellowfin tuna; blackened, as sushi or sashimi, in a ceviche, grilled, pan seared; it's all good. Must eat fresh, for some reason they don't freeze well.
Get out there and catch your own. Go Get Some. We can point you in the right direction for an Atlantic Bonito charter boat. Our YouTube video report is below.
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BLACK JACKET SYMPHONY: AN EVENING WITH QUEEN – A NIGHT AT THE OPERA
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Remember putting on an album and listening from start to finish? Relive that moment with a live concert experience unlike any other as The Black Jacket Symphony recreates Queen's "A Night At The Opera" live in its entirety—note for note, sound for sound—plus a full set of Queen's greatest hits! Led by international vocal sensation Marc Martel, whose own version of "Somebody To Love" has over 30 million cumulative YouTube and Facebook views and climbing, the Black Jacket Symphony brings hit songs like "Bohemian Rhapsody" to life in a way that will have fans on the edge of their seats—even Freddie Mercury himself did not attempt to perform the entire song live. In reference to Martel, Queen drummer Roger Taylor remarked to the Daily Record: "That voice. You listen, close your eyes and you think it's Freddie. It's really uncanny." With no sonic detail being overlooked, the Black Jacket Symphony's group of hand-picked musicians never disappoint. It's a full night of rock and roll magic—plus a visual experience unlike any other. Over the past ten years, the Black Jacket Symphony has performed over 35 classic rock albums, bringing an incredible night of entertainment to over a million music lovers across the US. Their shows sell out quickly—and once you see one, you won't want to miss another!
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The Xbox 360 is the second video game console released by Microsoft, after 2001's Xbox. It was released on November 16, 2005, 1462 days after the original Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes against the Nintendo Wii and Sony PlayStation 3. All three are called "next-generation" or "seventh generation"[source?] consoles. The Xbox 360 was officially revealed on MTV on May 12, 2005. The successor to the Xbox 360, the Xbox One, was announced on May 21, 2013. Even though the Xbox One was released on November 22, 2013, the Xbox 360 continues to be sold.
Before Microsoft revealed the console's real name, it was called the Xbox 2, Xenon, Xbox Next, NextBox and other names[source?]. During the development, Microsoft, said it would launch the "High-Definition" era for video game consoles, promising visuals (looks) that would look better and much more real. The Xbox 360 uses standard DVDs to play games and other media.
The Xbox 360 was released in the United States and Canada on November 22, 2005 in Europe on December 2, 2005, and in Japan on December 10, 2005. It was later launched in Malaysia, Mexico, Colombia, South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Chile, India, Brazil, Poland, Czech Republic, and Russia. When the console was first released in North America, demand was more than the supplies and the console sold out at many stores. Many people sold the console on eBay for higher prices, and it was not until early 2006 that the Xbox 360 became more available in stores again.
"Xbox 360 Core" – this was the first basic package of the Xbox 360, featuring only the console and a wired controller. This has been discontinued and replaced by the "Arcade" as the cheapest model.
"Xbox 360 Arcade" – this was the second basic package of the Xbox 360, featuring only the console (with HDMI output capabilities), a wireless controller, a 256 MB memory card, 5 Xbox Live Arcade games and Standard-definition video cables.
"Xbox 360" (commonly called the "Premium" or "Pro") – this package was featuring the console (with HDMI output), 60 GB hard drive, wireless controller, Ethernet cable, headset, High-definition video cables and one month Xbox Live Gold trial.
"Xbox 360 Elite" – this was the most expensive package of the Xbox 360, featuring a black-colored console (with HDMI output), HDMI cable, 120 GB hard drive, headset, wireless controller, Ethernet cable, High-definition video cables and one month Xbox Live trial.
"Xbox 360 Slim" - Piano Black (Matte Black on the 4 GB console), HDMI, 250 or 120 GB HDD and 4 GB SSD, headset (120/250 GB consoles only), wireless controller, ethernet cable, HD video cable, one month Xbox Live trial.
A number of accessories can be purchased for the Xbox 360. These include both wired and wireless controllers, custom faceplates that cover the front of the console, headsets for chatting while online,a webcam, a steering wheel for driving games and various other accessories.
Kinect is a major accessory that Microsoft is planning for the Xbox 360. It is a new way to control games without a controller. Kinect is being developed, and may be in stores in late 2010. It has already won many awards. When it was first being made, it was called Project Natal.
The Xbox 360 is a multimedia console. It can play music and videos streamed or downloaded from a computer. It can also play DVDs and HD-DVDs if a HD-DVD Drive is connected. The Xbox 360 plays games on either a disc or on its hard drive. There are many games for Xbox 360.
The NXE (New Xbox Experience) update had many new features. One new feature is an avatar system. You can make the avatar look like you. The avatar is used in games and more. The menus were changed too. The NXE shows your friends and what they are doing. Another new feature is the ability to add people to an Xbox Live Party. People can talk online in a party. It does not matter if you are on the dashboard or playing another game, up to seven of your friends or anyone else can join a party. Another option is to add friends to the party and game, which will invite them to both your game and party.
Xbox Live now has Facebook, Twitter, and Last.fm. You can use them on Xbox Live, but some features are different. 1080p High definition movies are also on Xbox Live. You can pay to download them.
The most recent update on the 360 was allowing users to input a USB memory device, allowing USB drives with memory over 1 GB to be used for storing data such as avatar items, or game saves, up to a maximum of 16 GB of data.
The white Arcade console breaks down a lot. When this happens, what is known as the "Red Ring of Death" (RRoD) appears: three of the four warning lights surrounding the power button on the console flash in red. The Red Ring of Death shows that there is a hardware problem, which usually means that the console no longer works. On later models (for example, the Xbox 360 S), these three lights show that there is an over-heating problem.
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150 years in the making: ASU looks to past, peers toward future
This year signals its 150th anniversary, a season that will be characterized by commemorations, celebrations and keynote speakers; an acknowledgment of its past and a look to its future.
150 years in the making: ASU looks to past, peers toward future This year signals its 150th anniversary, a season that will be characterized by commemorations, celebrations and keynote speakers; an acknowledgment of its past and a look to its future. Check out this story on montgomeryadvertiser.com: http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/2017/07/15/150-years-making-asu-looks-past-peers-toward-future/462346001/
Kelsey Davis, Montgomery Advertiser Published 12:18 a.m. CT July 15, 2017 | Updated 8:01 a.m. CT July 17, 2017
Classes in the Business Administration Building on the Alabama State University campus in Montgomery, Ala. on Monday July 10, 2017. (Photo: Mickey Welsh / Advertiser)Buy Photo
It has been 150 years in the making, an idea born by nine freed slaves. Nine men who pulled together $500 to create Lincoln Normal School, a small campus in rural Marion. Those men came to be revered as the Marion Nine, and that school is what we know today as Alabama State University.
The history of Alabama State University is displayed at the Levi Watkins Learning Center on the ASU campus in Montgomery, Ala. on Monday July 10, 2017. (Photo: Mickey Welsh / Advertiser)
Its past is marked eras of heroism — like the pivotal role it played during the civil rights movement and winning a landmark case brought against the state for racial discrimination.
It has also seen its fair share of self-inflicted wounds — scandals triggered by university presidents, a federal lawsuit that ultimately adjudicated ASU liable for allowing a hostile work environment — all of this leading to attendance drops and budget cuts.
But none of this necessarily encompasses what the university has meant to students and what they hope is the institution's trajectory.
A sense of identity
"We all know what it's like to be black in America, right? We don't have to go down that racial caste system. More specifically, what it means to be black in Alabama and the struggles people go through. Just think about growing up. For example, I didn't know any black lawyers or black judges. The only black people I knew were the black people that were working. I thank God for my parents, I'm proud of them, but they always told us, 'Go do better,'" said Travis Smith.
He graduated from ASU in 2012 with a Bachelor of Science in Biology, Pre-Med. He's now a second-year doctoral student at Clemson University, pursuing a Ph.D. in educational leadership with a concentration in higher education.
Smith didn't know anyone like him when he was a kid. He grew up in LaFayette, a rural town about 85 miles northeast of Montgomery, population roughly 3,000.
ASU gave him an opportunity to see what he could be, something he didn't have a concrete example of before his time there.
More: The quiet history of how ASU shaped the civil rights movement
"So when I got to Alabama State … for the first time, I was seeing black people who were teaching science and physics and chemistry. Not just the black rapper or the black athlete. It was like, wow. These people are brilliant. I'm from LaFayette. I didn't know black people who could be this or do that. We do have a black doctor, but that was kind of like one out of a million in our minds," Smith said.
He cites Carter G. Woodsen, the 19th century African-American historian and thinker who theorized that black children were miseducated, and not given a proper sense of who they are.
"I tell people, 'Think about you going through a school system for 12 years and never seeing someone who looks like you, someone who can relate to you actually teaching you. The first time you actually can see someone who looks like you and talks like you and acts like you, and they're educating you, it gives you a sense of belonging and a sense of awareness. It instills in you a pride of who you are," he said.
This is why it frustrates Smith when people suggest that Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) like ASU are irrelevant.
HBCUs were originally created to provide education for freed slaves, long before desegregation came about. Now that segregation is no longer legal, some argue that HBCUs are no longer necessary.
Others suggest that the value of an HBCU education isn't limited to a currency measured by dollars, attendees, accreditation rates or board members. It provides students with a specialized mechanism of coming into their identities, a way to make sense of a world that doesn't always lend itself to sense making. Especially not in a country that carries a weighty past of racism, with race relations still working through turmoil.
"I've become absolutely comfortable with my blackness in America. In a way, when you come from states from South Carolina, Alabama where there is a history of racism, a very strong history of oppression of the black culture, you can almost try to wipe away your black identity as who you are inside," said Lamar Butler, a senior studying Forensic Science.
"Because you can never erase it outwardly. But attending Alabama State and being able to become more in touch with who I truly am, what my people have gone through historically, what we've contributed to society … that's something I gathered being at an HBCU," Butler said.
Strife and Hope
Still, many HBCUs are at a crossroads today. At least 11 have shuttered as of 2014. Others, like Morris Brown College in Atlanta, find their attendance shrinking by double digits.
While ASU isn't facing something that drastic, it has experienced a continual decline in enrollment. Much of that started in 2011 when then-university president Joseph Silver claimed he was being pushed out because he had uncovered financial improprieties within some of the contracts at the school.
Former Gov. Robert Bentley followed this claim with the announcement that he would refer the matter for criminal investigation.
"I was told I stepped on some toes, I messed up relationships. But my thing is, if it's not in the benefit of the students, there is no relationship," Silver said to a crowd of supportive students the night he was put on leave.
No criminal charges or evidence of any wrongdoing ever came from the investigations, but nearly 500 students dropped out of ASU after that episode. Another 500 dropped out the next year, "which is not good for the institution," said interim president Leon Wilson.
More: Attorney general closes ASU investigation
Fewer students, of course, means less tuition revenue, which means budget cuts, which means a university stretched thin.
And then, there is the lack of financial support from alumni.
"To blame ourselves a little bit, we can't survive on 5 percent, 6 percent of our alumni supporting our institutions. We have not rallied to our own institutions. There are some HBCUs, Claflin for example, ... I think their alumni giving is somewhere around 51 percent. But we can't break 5 percent," Wilson said.
Contrast that with Auburn University, which drew in 11 percent alumni give back by the end of 2015, 3 percent higher than the national average.
Wilson also noted that ASU, and HBCUs in general, don't serve the same people that predominantly white institutions like Auburn do.
"You have to look at the demographics of who comes to (HBCUs)," Wilson said.
During the 2016 academic year, 72 percent of students utilized Pell grants, which were designed to serve low-income families.
"If you start withdrawing the support from HBCUs with the understanding that they ought to be self-sufficient, well self-sufficiency has to do with the ability of your clientele to carry the cost of these institutions relative to the cost of operations. The demography of HBCUs does not support that because of the clientele that we serve," Wilson said.
ASU is drawing on its 150th anniversary to increase fundraising with events like its Day of Giving on July 17.
Students like Smith are aware of all of this. They know where the university has been. They know about the rocky finances, the boardroom scandal, the attendance incline. They hold on to hope.
"I think we've seen the worst of the times that we're going to see at ASU," Smith said. "I think that we're now on the very beginnings of an incline. Mark my words, you can quote me, that we're going to see some tremendous expansion or exponential growth within the next five or 10 years."
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Domeykos is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish that lived in what is now Chile during the Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic epoch. It contains one species, Domeykos profetaensis.

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Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera
Oxfordian genera
Late Jurassic fish
Jurassic fish of South America
Jurassic Chile
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Fossil taxa described in 1985


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Career Banker, Gavin Isle, on Retirement: "How To Avoid Becoming A Pain in the Ass to Your Family"
After a 36-year career at Barclays, Gavin Isle decided to retire at 55. He went from travelling at 100 miles per hour to being completely in charge of how he filled his time in retirement. Here we chat to Gavin about the highs and lows that inevitably come when you have such a shift in pace.
Gavin Isle, 58, from the west edge of Oxford, is not just a career banker, but spent his entire 36-year working life at Barclays. At each stage when he started to get restless, the organisation gave him a new challenge. Having held a range of different roles within Barclays, for the last 25 years they have all been in leadership positions. When he finished up in 2019 at 55 years of age, he was the head of the UK corporate bank, responsible for all of the corporate banking across the UK which was close to 1,800 people and around 15,000 clients. So, suffice to say, Gavin was in a job that saw him mentally travelling at 100 miles per hour, day in day out. And as you can imagine, after all of those years on the job, retirement wasn't just a change of pace for Gavin but a big transition.
In retirement so far, Gavin has been rather busy – despite the global pandemic throwing a bit of a spanner in the works. His wife, Dawn, also stopped working by August of 2019, aged 56 and many of their travel plans were put on hold. Gavin fills his days with physical challenges – including taking on Hadrian's Wall with his dog and blogging about the experience, taking on a non-exec role where he works on average two to three days per month, some studies, lots of reading, DIY tasks, travels to his second home in Dorset, and also enjoys keeping in touch with friends and ex-colleagues, many of whom still come to him for mentoring and advice.
We sat down and talked about his retirement journey so far, what's he learnt, what's surprised him and how he's coped with the highs and lows that inevitably come when you have such a shift in pace.
What Made You Consider Retirement at the Age of 55?
"I guess there were a number of reasons. I'd seen two or three good friends – colleagues of mine – sadly get terminal illnesses and one of those friends, who was in his late 40s, is sadly no longer with us. When he was fighting cancer, I went over and saw him and his wife. Having spent two or three hours talking to him and his family about the preparations he was making, he turned to me and said, 'How about you Gav, what are you planning on doing? Do you want to do the next big job after the one you're doing?'. And I thought, no I don't. I've probably already surpassed my expectations in terms of career anyway. And he said, 'When are you going to retire?' and I replied, 'Well, I'll probably give it another couple of years.' He said, 'Well, what is it that you are going to achieve, why another two years? Why not now? What is it that's going to change or what is it you want to achieve?'.
"Having seen some close friends, younger than me, sadly pass away without having the opportunity to enjoy retirement, I really wanted to go and spend more time with family and more time doing other things."
Until then, I hadn't stopped to think about it. The stock answer of another couple of years just meant I hadn't thought about it. So, I stopped and thought about it. I was living away from home during the week in London, renting a flat. I had just finished a major structural reform programme, which was the banks' answer to ring-fencing. I was the Responsible Executive for making that happen including the split between Business Banking and Corporate Banking. We had reorganised the business and my leadership team were clear on our goals and it needed someone who was going to drive the business forward, for probably three to four years. Knowing that I didn't want to work for that long, from a business point of view, it was the right time for me to step aside and for the business to identify my successor. From a personal perspective, I was in the very fortunate position that I could afford to retire.
Having seen some close friends, younger than me, sadly pass away without having the opportunity to enjoy retirement, I really wanted to go and spend more time with family and more time doing other things."
How Did You Find the Transition to Retirement?
"When you're coming up to retirement, everybody talks about the need to stay active and keep your brain active, about finding lots of things to do. My observation would be, you want to slow down or do different things in retirement, however, what I didn't anticipate was it's a bit like stepping off the express train. Your brain is used to travelling at light speed trying to manage and resolve numerous problems simultaneously. I'd been doing 14 to 15 meetings a day, every day, answering 150-200 emails a day, was in from seven in the morning and I'd still be doing emails at nine at night and on weekends. I was literally always on and always on the go. In retirement you know that you are going to stop and that the emails stop, but what I didn't realise is that your brain does not slow down. Your brain keeps moving at that pace because that's what it's used to, and it takes some time for it to adjust to a different pace and lifestyle.
What that means for your family is that you can become a royal pain in the ass. Because your brain still has so much unused capacity, it puts all of that capacity on the only things that it has to focus on. Instead of having a hundred things to focus and make decisions on rapidly, I found myself over-analysing any and almost every situation or decision you have to make, such that you get to imagining problems where there are none. On many occasions, this led to my wife saying, 'For God's sake Gavin, just make a bloody decision and move on. This is ridiculous.'
It's interesting because I've made this observation to several people, who have retired and almost without exception, every single one recognises that they've gone through a similar kind of situation with their families. Your family is bemused and think you're losing it. So, if I have one piece of advice for people who are coming up to retirement that I do pass on, it is be mindful of this and ensure that you find plenty of ways of stretching your brain in other way because it stops you from becoming a royal pain in the ass."
What Helped Make the Transition to Retirement Manageable and Work for You?
"I've never regretted the decision that I made, but it doesn't mean that you don't have days where you think: 'Well, I'm not feeling that happy with myself today,' if you like. I found doing silly things helped if I got in a bit of doldrum.
In a work environment, I was very results-focused, in terms of what you're trying to achieve, so I found I needed to find something that would replace that. To some degree, walking Hadrian's Walk gave me a focus, it was a challenge, something to plan and do and execute. But once that's done, what's next? I've never been somebody who is particularly organised, which is probably because I have a good memory and therefore retain everything without having to make lists, but what I found myself doing in retirement, which I find hilarious, was giving myself a to-do list every day. This sense of here is today's list for you to cross off and once you've done that, you feel that you've achieved something on that day. It's really silly, but I found it helped me on days when I thought 'what I have done?'.
But then Covid struck and life for everybody changed. With restrictions it meant we couldn't do some of the things that we were planning. One of the best things that helped me through this time was talking to my youngest daughter, Emma, who works for the NHS as an assistant psychologist. She worked for Oxfordshire Mind before that. She gave me a little card, not particularly for people that are retired, but that applies to everybody. It's 5 Steps to Mental Wellbeing and it's something that I refer back to periodically to make sure I'm keeping myself honest and to test myself and ask myself am I doing these thing.
The five ways to well-being are:
1. Connect
2. Be active
3. Take Notice
4. Keep Learning
5. Give
In terms of connections, I made a point of staying in touch with colleagues and customers. I've become a non-exec director for an old customer and working with them has been good. I've stayed in touch with colleagues and also have taken time to seek out some long-lost school friends. I've quite enjoyed tracking them down.
Being active has been good, I've walked Hadrian's Wall and I've now started walking the Ridgeway and I've set myself a goal of trying to walk each of the national trails. There are 15 in the UK. I've got back playing golf. I'd been a member of a golf club for years, but never actually frequented it.
Taking notice is another. Together with a couple of friends of mine, who retired not long after me, we walked the Three Peaks in Yorkshire and have done a few trips to sporting events and various other things. Savouring time spent together and shared experiences with friends, appreciating what matters to you is great.
For learning, Oxford University do a continuous learning program. It gives you access to immeasurable resources, in terms of lecturers and experts in all sorts of fields. I've undertaken a couple of historical related courses. I have also learned new skills including a bread making and pork pie making course to improve my culinary skills.
And then giving, so I've been working at the Oxford Food Hub for a few months now. It gives me a real sense of purpose at the start of each week. The food hub is about collecting food that's approaching its use by dates from supermarkets and then distributing it to community cafes and shelters. It's something I wish I'd done sooner, to be honest. It's also great meeting people from a huge range of different backgrounds and lifestyles."
What Have You Found to Be the Most Difficult?
"I think at times you question your sense of purpose. In retirement, you're now entirely and solely responsible for setting your purpose in life. Up until this point your purpose has been work and family and all the other things that you have been busy doing. At whatever level you're at, in one form or another, someone somewhere is helping set your agenda and therefore you are following a defined path. When you retire you are responsible for determining your own path. There are multiple options. There are loads of different things you can do, bewilderingly so at times, but it's entirely your choice. I've had days, or a couple of days, where I've I questioned what it's all about. It's that loss of sense of purpose that I think you have to be quite resilient and strong around, in terms of working that out for yourself and recognising that it's up to you. It's your gift to do whatever you want to do and then get on and do it.
It took me 12 months to adjust to doing other things. There is I think a risk that people rush into trying to do too many things once they retire to fill up their time too quickly. If you start to take on the first things that come along if you're not careful you can very quickly fill up your time and end up being just as busy as you were before, and not necessarily on the things that you most wanted to do. I guess the second piece of advice is to give yourself time to think about what you really want to do in retirement, and don't just take things on because you've got the capacity to do so."
What Do You Enjoy Most About Your New Lifestyle?
"Unquestionably spending time with my wife. When the kids were growing up and with being away or working very long hours, you're always busy and then at weekends you're taking the kids here and there and everywhere. So, spending more time with my wife has been fantastic and if there's one thing that typifies that, it's that I love having breakfast with my wife every day. It may sound silly, but when I was working I would barely have time for breakfast. She wouldn't even be up by the time I left the house every day. So, sitting down and actually having breakfast together every day is a joy, a real joy. It's coming up to three years of retirement and I still love doing that every day.
We're also able to spend time helping our children with moving to a new house or whatever it is they have going on. They may be adult kids now, but it doesn't mean they're not your kids anymore. They still need help, love, and support. Kate, 27, is our eldest daughter who went from a career in marketing to teaching at secondary school. Emma is the psychologist and is 26."
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PinkUn Show host Michael Bailey dishes out his analysis following Norwich City's Carabao Cup first-round victory over Stevenage.
Norwich City correspondent Michael Bailey delivers his video verdict and analysis, as the Canaries progress into the second round of the Carabao Cup with victory over League Two Stevenage at Carrow Road.
The Canaries came away with a 3-1 victory – although that only tells some of the tale, as goals from Marco Stiepermann, Christoph Zimmermann and Teemu Pukki proved enough to render James Ball's superb free-kick a mere footnote.
And that was on a night when plenty of other Championship sides found the going particularly hard.
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I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
Malala Yousafzai, Christina Lamb
A MEMOIR by way of THE YOUNGEST RECIPIENT OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
"I come from a rustic that was once created in the dead of night. while I nearly died it was once simply after midday."
When the Taliban took keep an eye on of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one lady spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her correct to an education.
On Tuesday, October nine, 2012, whilst she was once fifteen, she virtually paid the final word rate. She used to be shot within the head at point-blank diversity whereas driving the bus domestic from institution, and few anticipated her to survive.
Instead, Malala's stunning restoration has taken her on a rare trip from a distant valley in northern Pakistan to the halls of the United countries in long island. At 16, she turned a world image of peaceable protest and the youngest nominee ever for the Nobel Peace Prize.
I AM MALALA is the extraordinary story of a kin uprooted via international terrorism, of the struggle for women' schooling, of a father who, himself a faculty proprietor, championed and inspired his daughter to write down and attend tuition, and of courageous mom and dad who've a fierce love for his or her daughter in a society that prizes sons.
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