Over the last twenty five years the most common questioned asked me by frustrated exercisers, has been what exercise routine will get me the body I desire? My answer is always the same. They need to start exercising better judgement and learn that exercise alone will not solve their body composition problem. I believe the number one reason for starting an exercise program is weight reduction, even before fitness and health concerns. Exercise by itself is a poor weight manager and it increases the need for better nutritional requirements. I believe I would receive very little disagreement that a combination of nutrition and exercise is the answer to improvement in weight loss ( fat loss ), fitness and health risk concerns. With obesity reaching epidemic rates and the drop out rate of most health clubs remaining high this article intent is to lay the foundation why exercise and low carbohydrate diets are poor partners.
Understanding how our muscles use the calories we eat as fuel for muscle contraction is the first step in knowing what to do and not to do. A basic nutritional knowledge tells us that proteins repair and rebuild cells, carbohydrates energize cells and fats provide hormonal foundation for cells.
When we lack balance in protein, carbohydrates and fats are bodies adjust and can use all three as a source of fuel for muscle contraction and cellular energy. Though energy is needed for all cellular function, the focus of this article is muscle contraction and body composition. All muscle contraction derives energy from adenosine triphosphate or ATP. The primary source of ATP comes from glucose, which is stored in the muscles and liver as glycogen ( glucose and water ). Muscle contraction during anaerobic activity ( resistance training ) can use glycogen directly to form ATP. The process is anaerobic glycolysis, meaning it can use the glucose as energy with very little oxygen ( 90% glucose, 5% oxygen and 5% fatty acid ).
Our muscles only store enough ATP for short periods of muscle contraction, when depleted leads to muscle failure. The rest period between weight training sets allows additional ATP to be produced. During early stages of aerobic exercise, ATP is again created primarily from glucose until the heart and lungs provide enough oxygen to the muscles to allow fatty acids to be used to create ATP. So there you have it during resistance training and the beginning stages aerobic training the primary source of fuel is glucose.
This supports my claim that low carb diets and exercise make poor partners. To uncover why, we need to quickly look at the concept behind low carb diets and how they work. Any diet that provides 100 grams or less of carbohydrate daily. This article classifies as low carb diets. This will quickly deplete the glycogen stores in the muscle and liver. This by itself is testimony that our muscles primary source of fuel is glucose. Fatty acids stored in the adipose tissue ( fat cells ) are now released into the blood and processed by the liver and some are turned into glucose ( gluconegenesis ) and some remain fatty acids and both provide ATP for muscle contraction. One of the by products of this process is ketone bodies which can provide energy to brain and nervous system. The problem gluconegenesis ( non glucose turned into glucose ) provides fuel to the muscle less efficiently than glycogenesis ( glucose ). The end result is increased muscle fatigue, decreased muscle power, which leads to poor athletic performance.
A recent study performed at the University of Connecticut showed that exercisers who switched from a balanced diet ( proteins, carbohydrates and fats ) to a low carb diet experience the following drops in athletic performance. There was a 7 - 9 percent drop in muscle power and 6 percent drop in VO2 max of cardiovascular performance. Another factor to consider is the recuperation of muscle between workouts is decreased on low carb diets. So why would someone go on a low carb diet, especially when exercising? Because the initial weight loss that comes from the glycogen depletion is believed to be fat loss. We have become so focused on weight loss, that any weight loss is seen as good. As identified earlier in this article glycogen is a mixture of glucose and water and the majority are stored where? You guessed it, the muscle. A large percentage of the initial weight loss is coming from muscle loss.
I dont think any exercisers desire is to have smaller muscles as a result of their exercising. The goal of exercise should be to improve body composition, the percentage or ratio of muscle to body fat. This can only be accomplished by losing fat without the loss of muscle tissue. Maintaining muscle mass is vital to sustainable weight control. The following steps will protect your muscles as your losing fat, while reaching your ideal weight and ideal body composition.
The secret to losing fat without losing muscle starts with not being too aggressive or extreme with your reduction of carbohydrates. You need carbohydrate management, not carbohydrate elimination. Over the last 12 years, with more than 10,000 clients Ive found by reducing carbohydrates by 20% of daily needs and within 48 hours replenishing the glycogen in the muscle by eating 100% of daily carbohydrate requirements, allows for fat loss, without muscle loss. In essence you have two fat burning days, then a recovery day. By doing this youll have the best of both worlds. You will experience fat loss that averages between 1-2 pounds weekly, while muscles are being well fed. You never drastically deplete the glycogen stores in the muscle so athletic performance is not affected like on a low carb diet.
Long term success managing weight starts with the right approach. If you are overweight, the real problem is that you have too much body fat for how much muscle you possess. A body composition solution is needed, not just a weight loss diet. Your goal should be to lose fat without losing muscle or sacrificing your health in the process. To maintain your results your eating habits must develop life long character. Low carbohydrate diets provide initial weight loss, but at the high cost of losingmuscle and reducing metabolism. They are inadequate sources of fuel to support exercise activity, which is vital in maintaining good health. The risks to your health long term makes low carbohydrate diet's poor solutions for life long weight management.


Your favorite weightlifting podcast – The Two Doctors – had Kevin Simons as a guest on the show.
Kevin is Harrison Maurus' coach, a former gymnast, gymnastics coach and crossfit games athlete.
Harrison squatted 100kg at 11, 150kg 12, 200kg at age 13 at 66kg!
Harrison's training, he usually squats 3 sessions a week. 2 back squat and 1 front squat session.
Subscribe to the 2 Doctors on iTunes.
i love weightlifting, i love watching great techniques and great performances, and i do want to see this young man perform….
but are we -weightlifting fans- ok with a 13 yo kid squatting 200kg ?
what are your take on the issue gregor ? and you all ATG community ?
is this subject taboo here ?
You must be new here, welcome to the site.
I am perfectly ok with that.


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Q: ¿Por qué la data en base64 es distinto al enviar partes de un archivo existente con respecto a uno que no existe? Node js. Estoy trabajando con socket-cluster generando pdf dinámicamente en el servidor con pdf-maker. Al crear el contenido del pdf ".createPdfKitDocument(docDefinition)" me devuelve un stream.
Actualmente estoy usando ese stream para crear un archivo, guardarlo, enviarlo y al terminar, eliminarlo. Sin embargo, quiero evitar crear el archivo enviando sólo la data del pdf y construyéndolo en el cliente.
Como los archivos son grandes lo que hago es construir un array y enviarlo por partes al cliente. El cliente conforme va recibiendo cada parte y evaluando que todavía no es la última parte va pidiendo la siguiente.
El problema sale cuando quiero convertir la data que me llega en base64 en un blob. Con la versión actual sí funciona, pero con la versión en desarrollo no.
He guardado en un archivo las respectivas datas en base64 y he notado que son iguales sino fuera por una diferencia que aparece periódicamente.
En la data que sí puede transformar a blob contiene esto: o=ZW5kb2JqCg==
En la data que no puede transformar a blob contiene esto: plbmRvYmoK
Como repito, en lo demás es lo mismo.
No entiendo el porqué está generando datos distintos.
El código en el lado del cliente es el mismo para ambas versiones:
var dataChunk = ''
socket.emit('DownloadPdf',data) // cualquier data para generar el pdf
socket.on('sendPdf', ({chunk,step,finish})=>{
    dataChunk += chunk
    if(step+1 < finish){
        socket.emit('ReceivedPdf', step+1)
    }else{
    var blob = b64toBlob(dataChunk,'application/pdf')
    embed.setAttribute('src', URL.createObjectURL(blob) )
    //  Se renderiza exitosamente el pdf
    }
})

En la versión de desarrollo no logra convertir a blob con la función b64toBlob, específicamente porque salta el error de "Uncaught DOMException: Failed to execute 'atob' on 'Window': The string to be decoded is not correctly encoded.". En la siguiente línea:
const byteCharacters = atob(b64Data);

Sin embargo, en la versión actual no bota ningún error y ejecuta hasta el final y renderiza exitósamente el pdf en el embed.
La versión del servidor actual es la que funciona guardando el archivo pdf en el sistema y luego enviándolo. Esta versión renderiza perfectamente el pdf en el cliente.
Versión del servidor actual:
socket.on('DownloadPdf', async (data,res) => {
    const dataChunk = []
    const sendPdf = step => {
        const chunk = dataChunk[step].toString('base64')
        socket.emit('sendPdf', { chunk, step, finish: dataChunk.length} )
    }
    const path = '/some/path'
    const pdfStream = await getPdfStream(data)  // genera pdf basado en
    pdfmake.createPdfKitDocument(docdef)

    pdfStream.pipe(fs.createWriteStream(path))
    pdfStream.end()
    const pathStream = fs.createReadStream(path, 'base64')

    pathStream.on('data', dataChunk.push )
    pathStream.on('end' , () => sendPdf(0) )

    socket.on('ReceivedPdf', sendPdf)
})

Versión del servidor en desarrollo:
socket.on('DownloadPdf', async (data,res) => {
    const dataChunk = []
    const sendPdf = step => {
        const chunk = dataChunk[step].toString('base64')
        socket.emit('sendPdf', { chunk, step, finish: dataChunk.length} )
    }
    const pdfStream = await getPdfStream(data)  // genera el pdf

    pdfStream.on('data', dataChunk.push )
    pdfStream.on('end', () => sendPdf(0) )
    pdfStream.end() //  Sin esto no ejecuta el evento 'end'
    socket.on('ReceivedPdf', sendPdf)
})

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Last week, like drinking mulled wine on a chilly November evening, I found great comfort in a Steam top ten that seemed to reflect the wide, weird and wonderful nature of modern PC gaming. After months of recurrent names, it was a bright new dawn of variety. Anything is possible.
Continues its dominance at the top, which might seem unusual to those of us who frantically burned through a couple of campaigns immediately after release, but Civ's always been a long-tail sort of game. It's a bloody big achievement to be ruling the roost in Call of Duty week, however.
As per the last month and man I am sick of saying it, this is almost certainly the Deluxe Edition. Which means four chunks of post-release DLC (contents unknown as yet), bundled for a bit cheaper than they would be individually.
I can semi-exclusively reveal that Team RPS will shortly be embarking on a pass-the-savegame FM17 campaign in which we progressively wreck poor Adam's premiership dreams. IAN FOOTBALL WILL RETURN, sorta.
It's not a huge placement for the latest annual face-murder iteration, is it? In fairness, the game didn't launch until Friday so most of these sales will be pre-orders, not the large swathe of people who needed it there and then and/or wanted to wait for reviews, but you'd expect this to clean-up on presales too. Choked out by Battlefield and Skyrim, bloom coming off rose thanks to lukewarm reviews, or simply going to go nuts next week?
On the one hand, one might argue that this should have been higher. Google Analytics certainly tell me that a near-absurd number of folk are still super-interested in Skyrim. On the other hand, a huge mass of Skyrim fans got this as a free upgrade to their Ye Olde Editione, so it's not particularly surprising that actual sales on PC weren't scraping the rim of the sky. Be interesting to see what happens next week, when the free upgrade offer has expired – has everyone who wants it got it, or will there be a mass of Lydia-come-latelys grudingly stumping up for the special edition?
Well! One of these is sales from Friday to Sunday, one of these is pre-orders from Monday to Thursday. I give you leave to guess which is which. It is, after all, the most important choice facing the world today.
I know I said that thing about CODIW not charting as high as might have been suspected, but it's still nabbed three seperate placements, so clearly doing pretty well. Yon deluxe edition includes the base game, COD 4 remastered and the IW season pass for future DLC, plus bonus maps including "Zombines In Spaceland", because we're all still stuck in 2009. Oh: also, it's worth keeping in mind that Battlefield One is only sold on PC via Origin, so we have no useful metric for seeing who's winning the ancient war at the moment.
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The Bible, in it's entirety, is the inspired Word of God, the product of holy men of old who spoke and wrote as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. The New Covenant, as recorded in the New Testament, is what we accept as our infallible guide in matters pertaining to conduct, faith, and doctrine (I Thessalonians 2:13, II Timothy 3:16, II Peter 1:21).
Our God is one but is manifested in three persons – the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit being co-equal (I John 5:7). God the Father is greater than all, the Source of the Word (Logos) and the Begetter (John 1:14; 14:28; 16:28). The Holy Spirit proceeds forth from both the Father and the Son and is eternal (John 15:26). We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the first begotten Son of God, was conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, was crucified, died, buried, resurrected, ascended into heaven, and is now seated at the right hand of God the Father and is true God and true man.
Man is a created being, made in the likeness and the image of God, but through Adam's transgression and fall, sin came into the world. "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23). "As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one" (Romans 3:10). Jesus Christ, the Son of God, was manifested to undo the work of the devil and to give His life and shed His blood to redeem and restore man back to God (I John 3:8). Salvation is the gift of God to man, separate from works and the Law, which is made operative by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, producing works acceptable to God (Ephesians 2:8).
Man's first step toward salvation is godly sorrow that worketh repentance. The new birth is necessary to all men, and when fulfilled, it produces eternal life (John 3:3-5, II Corinthians 7:10, I John 5:12).
Tithing was instituted before the Law was given as Abraham paid tithes to Melchizedek. The Bible calls Melchizedek "The King of Righteousness" in the original Hebrew. The Bible also says, "There is none righteous, no not one." We believe that Abraham was paying tithe directly to Christ. (Genesis 14:18-20) God promises His People that if they will return the tithe unto Him and give offerings He will open the windows of Heaven and pour out a blessing that there is not room enough to contain. (Malachi 3:8-12) In the New Testament, Jesus reiterates the fact that believers should be tithing (Matthew 23:23).
The Baptism in the Holy Ghost and fire is a gift from God as promised by the Lord Jesus Christ to all believers in this dispensation and is received subsequent to the new birth. This experience is accompanied by the evidence of speaking in other tongues as the Holy Spirit Himself gives utterance (Matthew 3:11, John 14:16-17, Acts 1:8; 2:4; 2:38-39; 19:1-7). We believe in the gifts of the Spirit, and the evidence of the fruit of the Spirit, and believe that all of these are available to believers.
The Bible teaches that without holiness no man can see the Lord. We believe in the doctrine of sanctification as a definite yet progressive work of grace, commencing at the time of regeneration and continuing until the consummation of salvation (Hebrews 12:14, I Thessalonians 5:23, II Peter 3:18, I Corin-thians 1:30, II Corinthians 3:18, Philippians 3:12-14). We believe that sanctification comes through the Word of God and by the Holy Spirit, and we believe in personal holiness, purity of heart and life.
Healing is for the physical ills of the human body. It is wrought by the power of God through the prayer of faith in the Name of Jesus and by the laying on of hands. It is provided for in the atonement of Christ (His Redemption) and is the privilege of every member of the Church today (Isaiah 53:4-5, Matthew 8:17, Mark 16:18, James 5:14-16, I Peter 2:24).
The angels said, "This same Jesus…shall so come in like manner…" (Acts 1:11). His coming is imminent. When He comes, "… the dead in Christ shall rise first: then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air…" (I Thessalonians 4:16-17). Following the tribulation, He shall return to earth as King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Then, together with His saints, who shall be kings and priests, He shall reign for a thousand years (Revelation 20:6).
The one who physically dies in his sins without Christ is hopelessly and eternally lost in the Lake of Fire, and therefore, has no further opportunity of hearing the Gospel or repenting. The Lake of Fire is literal. The terms "eternal" and "everlasting" used in describing the duration of the punishment of the damned in the Lake of Fire carry the same thought and meaning of endless existence as used in denoting the duration of joy and ecstasy of saints in the presence of God (Hebrews 9:27, Revelation 19:20).


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Assistant/Associate Professor, School of Special Education & Literacy (Special Education), Fall
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Special Education/Research - position is primarily for the Graduate Special Education Programs: teaching, thesis advising and research in the field of special education.
Qualifications: Doctorate degree in Special Education or a related field is required. ABD candidates will be considered with degree completion by September 1, 2023. Teaching experience is preferred.
Positions are ten-month, full-time, tenure-track assignments at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor effective for the Fall 2023 semester, unless otherwise indicated. Teaching assignments and related responsibilities may include day, evening, weekend and online courses. Evening hours are required for teaching graduate course assignments. Courses may be taught at the Union campus, Kean Ocean, Kean Skylands or other locations.
All tenure-track faculty are expected to demonstrate a commitment to teaching excellence and an on-going program of research and publication or creative and performance activity. Participation in curriculum development, student advisement and service at the departmental/school, college, university and community level is also required. Interest or experience in using advanced instructional technologies to improve the teaching/learning process is highly desirable. Proficiency in a Learning Management System is required, consistent with University guidelines.
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Christopher Pesigan didn't initially consider himself a "creative," but as the Chief Operating Officer of Player's Health, a sports risk management platform, he has learned that creative ideas need accounting and operations as much as they need art. He and Anthony explore the paradigm shift that changed Chris's life — and the friend-turned-CEO who continues to challenge Chris in faith and career. They also discuss trusting God in daily decisions and leading with purpose rather than profit.
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SHANGHAI—When top executives from the world's major auto makers descend on Detroit for the U.S.'s largest auto show next week, Chinese auto executive Wang Shunsheng will be attending a table-tennis tournament in Dubai sponsored by his company.
"We're not going to Detroit this year," said Mr. Wang, head of international business at Guangzhou Automobile Group Motor Co., China's sixth largest auto maker. Entering the U.S. market "requires a lot of study and investigation and we're still in the process."
GAC Motor isn't the only Chinese auto company shunning this year's U.S. show. For the first time since Chinese auto maker Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd. debuted at the show in 2006, no Chinese car company will hold an exhibit this year.
Stephen Dyer, partner at management consulting firm A.T. Kearney's Shanghai office, said North American and European auto markets still represent the "Holy Grail of validation" for Chinese auto makers.
"After initial strides into mature markets several auto makers learned firsthand how difficult it is to penetrate from a regulatory standpoint, let alone having a competitive product," he said.
One company that may next tackle the U.S. market is Chinese car maker BYD Co., in which billionaire Warren Buffett is a minority investor. Earlier this month, it outlined plans to bring around four models to the U.S. by the end of next year.
BYD has made similar claims before. In 2010, the company said it would bring a pure electric model to America but later abandoned the idea due to the lack of a viable business case, Stella Li, senior vice president of BYD, said in an interview on Thursday.
China's Qoros Automotive Co., a joint venture between China's Chery Automobile Co. and investment group Israel Corp., last year received a five-star score from Euro NCAP, a prominent European crash test, for its Qoros Sedan 3. It also won't attend the show. A spokesman said Qoros has no immediate plans to launch in the U.S.
Cracking the U.S. market requires robust dealership networks as well as products and brands that entice American consumers to buy. Generating volume sales typically demands having a strong local production base in North America nurtured by a mature supplier base.
Bill Russo, president of auto consulting firm Synergistics Ltd., said establishing a U.S. market presence requires considerably deep pockets—something few privately owned Chinese companies have.
Until the number of "subscale" Chinese auto companies is narrowed down it will be difficult for the Chinese to go truly international, he said. And while China's state-owned automotive companies have capital and tend to be profitable due to their lucrative joint ventures with global auto makers, they lack the drive of privately owned companies, he said.
"I know no case of a company coming from a highly fragmented home market such as China succeeding at going global," he said.
Great Wall Motor Co., one of China's most successful car companies, said it won't display at the show due to its company strategy. And Geely said the company is focusing on existing markets, but said it might someday consider the U.S. market again.
State-owned car makers also are staying away. A spokeswoman for General Motors Co 's Chinese partner SAIC Motor Corp. said the company won't exhibit at the show because its marketing plan doesn't include North America.
SAIC Motor is among Chinese car companies sending executives to visit the Detroit show for benchmarking or to attend events on the sidelines. One such gathering is organized by the automotive division of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade.
Paul Haelterman, vice president at IHS Automotive, said the Chinese had other near-term opportunities that were more attractive than the highly competitive U.S. market. They will place more priority on Latin America, Southeast Asia, Russia and even Africa before giving serious consideration to North America, he said.
For GAC that means focusing on markets in the Middle East and South America. It sold only 550 cars overseas last year, its first year in the export arena. In 2014, it aims to grow that almost tenfold to 5,000 cars.
In addition to being title sponsor of the International Table Tennis Federation World Tour, the company is also hoping to get an export lift from the on-screen debut of its Trumpchi model in this year's "Transformers 4" movie.
Mr. Russo, the auto industry analyst, said eventually leading Chinese car makers will make it in America. "The best Chinese car companies are probably five years away, the others a decade," he said.
BEIJING – Bill Russo, former president and CEO of Synergistics Ltd. in Hong Kong and vice president of Chrysler Northeast Asia, joined Harman International Industries, the premium global audio and infotainment group, as the company's vice president of corporate development for Harman's North East Asia & China operations, responsible for new business development, regional growth initiatives, strategy deployment and related communications, according to a company news release.
Russo reports to David Jin, chairman and president of Harman North East Asia & China. He also reports to Sandra Rowland, vice president of corporate development and investor relations for Harman International. Russo will be based at Harman's North East Asia headquarters in Shanghai, China.
Russo had served as president and CEO of Synergistics Ltd., an Asia-based business development advisory firm, since March 2009. He served as vice president of Chrysler Group's North East Asia business, where he directed operations for the regional markets from July 2004 to September 2008. He was director of product & business strategy at DaimlerChrysler from January 2000 to July 2004, senior manager of post-merger integration of DaimlerChrysler from May 1998 to December 1999, and senior manager of process management & continuous improvement at Chrysler Corp. from July 1993 to May 1998. Earlier in his career, he worked in the global services and technology divisions for IBM Corp. from July 1982 to June 1993.


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Researchers grow a lateral-junction VCSEL
KYOTO-Vertical p-n junction laser diodes have electrons and holes injected in the active layer through higher bandgap layers that are used to create optical and carrier confinement. The carriers thus have unnecessary excess energy that must be dissipated before carriers become available for radiative recombination. The time required to do this, called the relaxation time, can limit the modulation bandwidth of conventional quantum-well semiconductor lasers.
Researchers at the Adaptive Communications Research Laboratories of the Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute (ATR) think they have a unique solution to this problem-forming a lateral p-n junction via epitaxial growth of silicon-doped gallium-arsenide layers on a patterned gallium-arsenide (n11) A substrate.1
Pablo Vaccaro and colleagues Hajime Ohnishi and Kazuhisa Fujita used molecular-beam epitaxy to grow a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL). Vaccaro reports that the lateral p-n junction allows direct injection of electrons and holes into the indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) active layer of the VCSEL, without first flowing them through the higher-bandgap material of the distributed Bragg reflectors. The resulting carriers have little excess energy, thus a shorter relaxation time (see figure).
In the VCSEL structure, the active layer is a double quantum well of InGaAs. The structure requires distributed Bragg reflectors with just a few periods to obtain the required high reflectance because there is a large refractive-index difference between the oxidized aluminum arsenide layers and unoxidized aluminum gallium arsenide layers.
The p-n junction of the lateral-junction VCSEL structure is at the intersection between the mesa sidewall and the flat region. Side view (top) illustrates how the etched mesa exposes the edge of the silicon-doped GaAs layers inside the optical cavity where the electrical contacts are attached.Click here to enlarge image
Another reported benefit of lateral p-n junctions is the capability to reduce the applied bias required to inject a given current, which can improve power efficiency of the device. Lateral junctions also can be orders of magnitude smaller in size than vertical junctions, reducing capacitance of the device.
When testing the device, the researchers measured a threshold current for laser emission at approximately 2.3 mA. The laser emits only in pulsed mode at room temperature because a high series resistance of 1400 W prevents continuous-wave operation. This resistance originates mostly in the p-type silicon-doped GaAs layer. (According to Vaccaro, enhancing device performance will require both a higher doping level and thicker silicon-doped GaAs layers.)
Above threshold, the light-emission spectrum has a single peak at 942 nm with FWHM of 0.15 nm. This linewidth is reportedly quite narrow for a VCSEL with an optical-cavity length of only one wavelength.
In essence, the ATR researchers have proposed a new way to solve the relaxation time problem without further complicating the growth process. Vaccaro notes that the device can be grown on a semi-insulating substrate that facilitates the fabrication of arrays and integrated circuits with coplanar contacts. In addition, the 2.62-µm total thickness of the structure is much smaller than that of conventional designs, which means reduced epitaxial growth time and simplified device processing. The lateral-junction concept also works for fabricating edge-emitting laser diodes and light-emitting diodes.2
Paula M. Noaker
P. Vaccaro et al., Appl. Phys. Lett. 74, 3854 (June 21, 1999).
P. Vaccaro et al., Appl. Phys. Lett. 72, 818 (Feb. 16, 1998).
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Stereoscopic vision generates 3D nanostructure images using X-rays
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The move will likely take place next week "unless something dramatic happens", the report said.
Saudi King Salman plans to step down and name his son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, as his successor, according to a report.
After the move, King Salman will continue only as a ceremonial figurehead, the Daily Mail reported citing a source close to the Saudi royal family.
The move will likely take place next week "unless something dramatic happens", the source claimed.
The source said that once the transfer of power is complete, the new king will ramp up hostilities against Saudi Arabia's bitter rival Iran, with fears of a possible military clash. Mohammed will also target Hezbollah, the Shia militia in Lebanon that is backed by Iran, the source said.
"MBS's plan is to start the fire in Lebanon, but he's hoping to count on Israeli military backing. He has already promised Israel billions of dollars in direct financial aid if they agree," the source was quoted as saying, referring to the crown prince by his initials.
If what the report claims is accurate, then the transfer of power will be the final step in Mohammed's power grab. It would also come close on the heels of the arrest of more than 40 Saudi princes and officials in a corruption probe, which is being seen by many quarters as Mohammed ridding himself of rivals.


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Olga Kurylenko must face a demonic presence in MARA on DVD & Blu-ray Nov. 6
William D. Lee / October 10, 2018
Prepare to lose a whole lot of sleep when Mara arrives on Blu-ray (plus Digital), DVD and Digital November 6 from Lionsgate. This film is currently available On Demand. Based on famous folklore, the film's expertly crafted story line tells the tale of criminal psychologist Kate Fuller, who starts to experience the same terrifying symptoms as the victims of an ancient demon who kills people in their sleep. The absolutely chilling Mara will be available on Blu-ray (plus Digital) and DVD for the suggested retail price of $21.99 and $19.98, respectively.
From a producer of Paranormal Activity and Insidious comes this shock-filled descent into fear. After a man is seemingly strangled in his bed, criminal psychologist Kate Fuller (Olga Kurylenko) interviews the sole witness, the victim's eight-year-old daughter, Sophie. When asked to identify the killer, Sophie says, "Mara." As Kate digs into the case, she unearths a community of people who claim to be tormented by a shadowy menace — a centuries-old demon who kills her victims as they sleep.
BLU-RAY/DVD/DIGITAL SPECIAL FEATURES
–"Mara: A Legacy of Evil" Featurette
October 10, 2018 in Movies, News. Tags: Clive Tonge, Craig Conway, Horror, Javier Botet, Lionsgate, Mara, Olga Kurylenko, Rosie Fellner
It's Olga Kurylenko versus Gary Oldman in THE COURIER coming to DVD & Blu-ray Jan. 21
Lionsgate will release the Sterling K. Brown family drama WAVES on DVD & Blu-ray Feb. 4
Snoochie boochies. Kevin Smith presents the star-studded comedy JAY AND SILENT BOB REBOOT on DVD & Blu-ray Jan. 21
← This release will not self-destruct in 5 seconds. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – FALLOUT arrives on DVD, Blu-ray & 4K Ultra HD Dec. 4
Every relationship has a soundtrack in the romantic comedy JULIET, NAKED on DVD & Blu-ray Nov. 13 →


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The case involved Susanville Dr. Paul Davainis, who the family's lawyer, Dr. Bruce Fagel, said waited too long to call for a Caesarian section for the mother, Micaela Palacio.
Dr. Davainis, who was called to Banner-Lassen Hopsital, was employed at the time by the Northeastern Rural Health Clinic in Susanville, which was a federally funded clinic, making the United States liable for his negligence.
The trial lasted eight days. In Judge John A. Mendez's ruling, filed Oct. 29, he agreed that Davainis waited too long to deliver the child.


Contract for the reconstruction of Berth 1 was awarded to McLaughlin & Harvey to increase Teesport capacity for larger vessels.
The project involved the design and construction of over 300m of suspended deck quay, the demolition of the existing 50 year old post-tensioned concrete structure, and dredging.
Banagher worked closely with McLaughlin and Harvey and their designers RPS to deliver over 750 precast elements with the heaviest unit weighing 50 tonnes.
The project had many innovative design features which maximized the use of offsite construction while allowing the units to be placed rapidly on site to meet and exceed ambitious installation rates.
Based in Middleborough, Teesport is a major deepwater complex and one of the largest container ports in the North of England.


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Disc cams: tribological analysis using computer program A0015.
ESDU 00015 provides details of a computer program (ESDUpac A0015) for analysing a disc cam/follower system. The following tribological aspects of the contact between the cam and follower can be examined.
The surface and sub-surface stresses.
The lubricant film thickness.
The transient temperature rise ("flash" temperature).
The driving torque and power loss of the cam can also be determined as well as the life of a rolling element bearing follower.
The program determines the contact loads, with or without friction, in the operating cam/follower system and then determines the instantaneous contact dimensions, gross deflection (normal closure) and contact stresses. Critical stress points are located with respect to three criteria which consider yield failure, brittle failure and fatigue failure.
Where a Newtonian lubricant is present, the program can be used to predict the film thickness of the lubricant entrained into the contact. Computation of this lubricant film thickness includes an allowance for squeeze film effects at the points in the cycle where the entrainment velocity reverses.
Six types of cam follower are considered: both translating and swinging versions of flat-faced, domed, and roller followers. Also, follower motions involving any number of blended cam law portions can be analysed. The cam law of each portion can be selected from a supplied database of cam law expressions or can be specified by the user. Alternatively, a motion file from some other source may be imported. The follower load, arising from a spring closure or a process load, can similarly be selected from a database or be specified by the user.
Computed parameters of interest can be logged over a full, or partial, cycle of cam rotation and the values recorded in a file suitable for plotting. Alternatively, a single instantaneous point in the cycle can be examined in more detail and stress distribution contours, for example, examined.
ESDU 00015 documents the specification of input data for the program and describes the various output data that can be obtained. Guidance on interpretation of the output data is given in further documents in the Series devoted to specific tribological aspects.
Fatigue Loading
Flash Temperature Rise
Amendment (A), 01 May 2010
Title Disc cams: tribological analysis


The item A little folly, Jude Morgan represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Princeton Public Library.
When their strait-laced, domineering father, Sir Clement Carnell, dies, Valentine throws open their Devonshire estate of Pennacombe to their fashionable cousins from London and Louisa feels free at last to reject the man Sir Clement wanted her to marry. Soon, the temptations of Regency London beckon, including the beautiful, scandalous, and very married Lady Harriet Eversholt, with whom Valentine becomes dangerously involved. Meanwhile, Louisa finds that freedom of choice is as daunting as it is exciting. Will the opportunity to indulge in a little folly lead to fulfillment--or disaster?


> It is simply not the case that *all* arithmetic on NSDates is incorrect unless it involves NSCalendar and NSDateComponents.
But then the same logic would follow that String must have all sorts of convenient but incorrect API on it, because it is simply not the case that all character transformations are incorrect unless they involve Unicode translation. The standard libraries should not go out of their way to make flawed code look easy.


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Gartner Critical Capabilities for CSP 2019 sheds light on collaboration and team workspaces
Alexandra Sieron
With the (business) world upside-down and many people working from home, companies are now seeing just how well their businesses are set up to handle the impact of the current challenges. Last fall, Gartner analyzed the products of 19 content services platforms and scored them in 15 functional capabilities and how well they support five different use cases of the Gartner Critical Capabilities for Content Services Platforms 2019* report. Given the current situation, "team workspace" with its defining capabilities of collaboration and productivity may be the most interesting use case for businesses to look into right now.
Team workspace: collaboration capabilities
According to Gartner, team workspaces are:
"Supporting individuals and knowledge workers who need access to relevant content in the context of their project or work tasks in a consolidated workspace.
Content can be the outcome of collaborative processes and tasks, and is often the evidence or substance of decision making. Content can be the product itself, and is often generated by high-value workers working in teams. Although work within teams can often be ad hoc, and is often unrelated to more structured business processes, it is usually targeted at a specific business theme or outcome. Content therefore needs to be quickly and intuitively gathered within team-based workspaces that can be readily shared and collaborated on by users both inside and outside the organization.
The content itself is created, vetted, marked up or delivered through a social process or channel. It can be personal or team-oriented and may include the use of social content scenarios (such as blogs, wikis or other modern content constructs). The characteristics of these constructs are usually online, editable in real time by many users, and with built-in functions for task-based collaboration."
Doxis iRoom in practice
Eissmann Group Automotive uses Doxis iRoom to collaborate with its more than 2,000 suppliers around the world. Watch the video to see how the tool helps Eissmann Group to manage processes and quality management safely both within the company and beyond.
SER's Doxis scored "excellent" in the use case "team workspace" with 4.28 out of 5, positioning us in the highest scoring. With our collaboration platform Doxis iRoom, we believe that SER offers a fully integrated, secure and compliant platform for internal and external collaboration. With rights management in place, external participants like partners, customers and suppliers are allowed to participate in workflows and access documents and content according to their needs. From our perspective, the Doxis iRoom eliminates the hurdle of long email threads where users lose the overview of what the latest version is and who is in charge of the next steps. Our customer Eissmann Group Automotive even created an award-winning, comprehensive supplier portal for all supplier collaboration, based on the Doxis iRoom.
Collaboration and productivity – more important than ever
Forming the basis for multiple collaboration and team workspace use cases, the underlying criteria productivity and collaboration should be native components of a CSP collaboration solution. Today's situation further emphasizes their urgency and need. Here, business continuity plays an important role. We feel that our content services platform not only enables us, the SER Group, to work flexibly from home, but also empowers our customers to provide the service and continuity they need internally and with their customers, suppliers and partners.
Overall, we think that the 2019 Gartner Critical Capabilities report has a lot more to discover than collaboration and productivity tools. Find out how Doxis performs in the other use cases relevant to Gartner: Content Application Composition, Document Management, Integrated Business Applications and Records Management. Doxis scores at least 3.8 or higher out of 5 in all of these use cases.
*Gartner Critical Capabilities for Content Services Platforms, Michael Woodbridge | Marko Sillanpaa | Lane Severson, 30 October 2019.
Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
GARTNER is a registered trademark and service mark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and internationally, and is used herein with permission. All rights reserved.
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Hey there, in my role as an International Communications Manager, I juggle analyst relations along with several international teams, PR and marketing projects for the SER Group. I am excited to share all our activities across the globe with you. Prior to joining SER, I held several marketing and communications positions at an international affiliate marketing network, where I worked 9 years. My other passion, good food!, started with a college job at a popular Berlin restaurant and hasn't stopped yet. I try to explore the culinary highlights of Berlin and any other place I visit whenever I can.
"A new era has begun!" – The SER Summit 2022 in review
When academia & industry collaborate to advance AI research
From a system of record – to a system of understanding


On 19 December 1990, following a meeting in Brussels between the Ministers of the Twelve, led by Gianni de Michelis, Italian Foreign Minister and President-in-Office of the Council, and the Ministers of the countries of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and Liechtenstein, led by Jean-Pascal Delamuraz, Member of the Swiss Federal Council and President of the EFTA Council, in the presence of Jacques Delors and Frans Andriessen, President and Vice-President of the European Commission, and Georg Reisch, Secretary-General of EFTA, the participants adopt a joint declaration on the establishment of the European Economic Area (EEA).
Source: EFTA Bulletin. January-March 1991, No 1; vol. XXXII. Geneva.


The difference between "keys" and "vals" arises from the fact that clojure sets use maps under the covers.
Adding a contains check to ATransientSet.conj makes the behavior consistent and passes the attached test, but I imagine this could cause a performance hit. Thoughts?
Michael Blume added a comment - 12/Dec/14 5:40 PM More investigation: The difference between "keys" and "vals" arises from the fact that clojure sets use maps under the covers. The difference between persistent and transient seems to be because PersistentHashSet.cons short-circuits on contains (https://github.com/clojure/clojure/blob/clojure-1.6.0/src/jvm/clojure/lang/PersistentHashSet.java#L97) and ATransientSet.conj does not (https://github.com/clojure/clojure/blob/clojure-1.6.0/src/jvm/clojure/lang/ATransientSet.java#L27) Adding a contains check to ATransientSet.conj makes the behavior consistent and passes the attached test, but I imagine this could cause a performance hit. Thoughts?
Attached proposed fix – note that this may cause a performance hit for transient sets.
Michael Blume added a comment - 12/Dec/14 5:43 PM Attached proposed fix – note that this may cause a performance hit for transient sets.
Attaching an alternative fix – instead of doing a contains check on every transient conj, back set.get with entryAt. More invasive but possibly faster.
Michael Blume added a comment - 13/Dec/14 2:40 PM Attaching an alternative fix – instead of doing a contains check on every transient conj, back set.get with entryAt. More invasive but possibly faster.


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Posted by: Devki Yadav January 5, 2023 in Media OutReach
SINGAPORE –
Media OutReach – 5 January 2023 – Microsoft is using its holographic technology to support Singapore Polytechnic (SP)'s School of Chemical & Life Sciences (CLS) in hybrid learning and empowering students of selected diplomas and its new Common Science Programme. The adoption of the HoloLens 2 is part of SP's focus to create a more dynamic and interactive learning environment where students can develop critical skills to thrive in the real world.
The mixed reality technology will benefit over 500 CLS learners annually including Pre-Employment Training (PET) and Continuing Education & Training (CET), which focuses on mid-career professionals and jobseekers.
Fostering a culture of continuous learning and future-readiness
The HoloLens 2 technology allows students to interact with virtual representations of physical lab instruments, science concepts, and learning scenarios. These interactive simulations are critical in helping them acquire industry-relevant knowledge and build confidence in using the instruments and applying the lab processes before competency assessments.
Mixed reality technology also helps to improve knowledge retention and encourages engagement for students with different learning styles. The sensory, auditory and visual input from the VR simulations provides students with experiences that closely resemble interactions in the real world. For kinesthetic learners who rely on physical interaction for better learning, the HoloLens 2 allows them to
familiarise with the instruments before they enter into a quality assurance / quality control laboratory. This also enables SP students to take greater ownership in their learning without needing to be in physical contact with the equipment in the real world.
"Holographic technology tools are very useful in building the confidence of users who are new to analytical instruments. The majority of the users are graduates from secondary school, and have never had to perform laboratory works with such complexity. To date, SP has developed a suite of digital solutions for the training of analytical instrumentation. As part of our continual efforts to enhance the learning experience of our students, we have transited from the use of simple e-learning packages to the holographic 3D teaching tool today," said Dr Charmaine Tan Yen Ling, Course Chair, Common Science Programme, School of Chemical & Life Sciences.
Transforming learning environments with trusted technology
In a hybrid-learning environment, technology plays a critical role in enabling remote learning and assessment. With the HoloLens 2, educators can bring textbook science to life effortlessly and enrich learning curricula with immersive content. Beyond the classroom, this technology allows lecturers to demonstrate extreme parameters and show how it will affect the results and data accuracy.
The HoloLens packages enable SP to expand their lab facilities beyond physical laboratories to the virtual mixed-reality realm, enabling training that was previously limited by the availability of instruments.
"Equipping the next generation with relevant skills and knowledge is key to ensuring the readiness of our workforce as we focus on closing the gap between skilling and employability. Through partnerships with institutes of higher learning like Singapore Polytechnic, we can help to relentlessly drive innovation and steer Singapore toward broad, inclusive economic growth," said Lum Seow Khun, Director, Public Sector Group, Microsoft Singapore.
Shaping the future of hybrid education
Apart from the Common Science Programme, HoloLens 2 will be used in other academic courses including Applied Chemistry, Biomedical Science, Food Science & Technology and Perfumery & Cosmetic Science. The introduction of this technology to its curriculum is part of SP's ongoing efforts to help its educators do more with less and empower students to learn actively across a hybrid environment.
To go a step further, SP plans to create more learning opportunities in the virtual space such as 'over-the-shoulder coaching' and 'e-assessment tool'. SP aspires to have technological solutions that cater to a wide spectrum of students with different learning needs, as well as to explore the possibilities in how we can conduct hands-on assessment remotely and fairly.
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Indiana's Haunted Hotels
Haunted Indianapolis, IN
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The Ghosts of Old Whitley Jail
Located in Columbia City, Indiana is the Columbia City Jail. People come to see the jail for a number of reasons. One of the biggest reasons is that it is home to the Columbia City Jail ghosts and an array of paranormal activity. The jail is also an incredible piece of architecture which has been around since 1875.
The original name of this building is the Old Whitley Jail. A local businessman turns the jail into an old haunted house every Halloween, which proves to be one of the main reason people come to see the jail that is in less than stellar condition.
History of Old Whitley Jail (Columbia City Haunted Jail)
The Columbia City Jail dates back to 1875. The designer of this incredible brick building was J.C. Johnson. The building originally named the Whitley Jail for the county in which it resides, is three stories tall and ornately decorated. Johnson included carved sandstone details, dormers, and a mansard roof.
Upon completion of the building, it served as both the area's local jail and the sheriff's residence. With the sheriff in the same building as his prisoners, it was easier for him to watch over his prisoners. Having them watched around the clock helped prevent additional illegal activity or trouble while they were in custody.
The Old Whitley Jail remained in use for nearly two centuries. In addition to serving as the jail and sheriff's home, there are stories that the building was also used as a courthouse. At the time, having both buildings connected helped expedite the handling of criminals and their court cases, as there was no need to travel far for jurisprudence. Once a new courthouse was built roughly a block away, there was no longer a need to use the Whitley Jail in that capacity.
What becomes of an old jail when there is no longer any reason for its original construction? The jail was used for many years as a home for county offices following the retiring of the jail. The county offices remained in the beautiful brick building until wear and tear, along with old age, left the heating system completely useless. With the building empty in 1985 eventually, someone saw the investment opportunity in gaining ownership of the old Whitley Jail and snatched the property up. This took place in 1991. Instead of returning the beautiful building to its former glory, the new owner, a car dealer in close proximity to the jail, decided to use the building as a haunted house once a year.
The Columbia City Jail acquired a new name and a new purpose; it has served as a haunted house scaring people for over twenty years. In addition to the Halloween haunted house, the old Columbia City Jail is also the sight of other spooky events at other times throughout the year. As entertaining as the place might be for scaring kids and adults during Halloween, there are many citizens in the area hoping to have the ownership changed. People who think the Columbia City Jail should be returned to the impressive brick jail it once was have taken to pursuing avenues to have it removed from the current owner.
The concerned citizens believe that the jail should be purchased by the city and restored to what it once was when the doors opened in 1875. They want it to be turned into a historical museum that will be able to be used for multiple purposes throughout the year. Without time, effort, and care restoring this old jail, there is a very good possibility it will continue to deteriorate. Locals are hoping the current owner will decide to take better care of the Columbia City Jail or hand it over to someone else who will care for it properly.
Hauntings of the Columbia City Jail
The Columbia City Jail is more than just an old jail that now serves as a haunted house every Halloween. It is one of the most haunted places in Indiana. There have been many sightings over the years of different ghosts as well as people experiencing a variety of ghostly activity.
In the history of the jail, there is one man who is said to haunt the jail to this day. The man was Charles Butler. Charles Butler was a man who could have had it all in his life, and in many respects, he did have it all. He was married to his wife Abbie and they had a son together. Charles Butler was a man who loved to get drunk and bully anyone he could. He also had a horrible temper and anyone in his way would suffer his wrath. Sadly, the main targets for his abuse were his wife and child. He eventually killed his wife in 1883 when she was shot in the back protecting her son from his crazy father.
Charles Butler was arrested and landed in the old Whitley County Jail. The man in charge of the jail at the time was Sheriff Frank Allwein. He had been out of jail at the time and a total of five inmates escaped. Charles Butler was one of those inmates. Butler was free for a time but eventually, he was found and captured. After being found guilty of murder he was sentenced to death. It is this execution that is the cause of many of the hauntings in the jail.
Charles Butler was sentenced to death by hanging. He was attached to the gallows and when the trap door fell, Butler did not instantly fall and break his neck. It is said he hung and was strangled to death for 10 minutes. The authorities cut him down and roughly three minutes later he died inside the jail.
People who have come to the Columbia City Jail have said that they can feel the presence of a number of entities inside the old jailhouse. There are many that believe the prisoners that died via the gallows are still suffering and refuse to leave the area. Of all the ghosts at the jailhouse, Charles Butler remains a permanent resident. There are those that say you can feel an intense electrical presence simply entering the building. Many people have said that their cameras malfunction and batteries that had a full charge end up completely drained in a short period of time. Some people have also made the incredible claim that Charles Butler's ghost has been seen standing outside the jail on a number of occasions. Perhaps he cannot leave the place where he perished so violently.
Along with Charles Butler, there are those that believe Sheriff Allwein remains at the jail. Paranormal investigators who have spent time at the old jailhouse say that a ghostly figure moves from the jail section to the sheriff's quarters. There were also reports of being watched when actually sitting in the old jail cell. The sound of footsteps approaching and then passing down the hall were heard. To further support the belief Sheriff Allwein is still around there is a door that opens without any assistance from anyone living.
During that same investigation, while sitting in one of the cells and investigator got the distinct impression that grabbed her leg and moved up to her knee. When someone shined a lot of the paranormal investigator there was no one else in the cell. The sounds of a man laughing, knocking, and someone running was experienced by the entire investigating team when they were in one of the front rooms of the old jail. They also had the sensation of someone brushing against or passed them and watched the curtains move without any assistance from wind or a living person.
The paranormal team is not the only one who has experienced paranormal activity when at the Columbia City Jail. Other visitors have also made claims of feeling as if they are being watched and seeing curtains move without any form of assistance. Another story claims there is a ghostly figure that is relatively blurry that likes to touch people on either their shoulders or their hands. People who have gone to work in the building have said they have heard what amounts to scraping in the walls as well as footsteps in the interior of the building.
Other people who have visited or worked in the old jailhouse have had other odd occurrences. There are reports that there is a very unsettling feeling that takes people over when they are in the cellar. Some people have said it is extremely cold down there, even for a cellar. One of the oddest reports from the cellar is that claims have been made that they can smell what they assumed was blood in the area. A worker who was in the attic of the jail stated while his co-workers were out of the building he thought he heard someone talking, but he was the only one there. He also said when he went to leave the attic he saw someone making their way to the basement but the figure did not look completely human.


I was the proverbial popular guy in high school during my time. Not because of my looks, but because of what I used to do. I had 2 military designations in our school's Cadette Advanced Training as: Chief Training and Operations Officer and 1st Battalion Executive Officer. I was also in the Gymnastics team, which was of high esteem in this school. I also happened to be the class vice-president. Everyone knew me; I felt like a celebrity during those days.
I was always in a fight, abusing my authority to the point of bullying and harassing those who were under me. The playground near our school became the hang out place for male students who wanted to witness a real street fight. I was a superstar, getting into fights even when I was sick. Little did my opponents know that fighting while burning with fever is like fighting with steroids injected in your veins. Pain was irrelevant.
Because people looked up to me, making women swoon and fall in love with me was quite easy. My position gave me a head start over other guys. I basked in the attention that women gave me and dated a lot. I even dated sisters at one time and they didn't mind. I was having fun and didn't take anyone seriously, moving from one woman to another, leaving a long trail of broken hearts. Guys thought my life was perfect; I thought my life was perfect.
In the summer of 2009, I graduated from High School and met the woman who became my first serious girlfriend. At first, I didn't value her or the relationship but after leaving her for another woman, I realized that I was in love with her. So I courted her all over again, spent time with her and met the family—doing everything I could to prove that I was serious. We started making plans for the future until something happened.
A group of friends who were part of a fraternity invited me to a have a few drinks. Among them was a woman who wanted to join the brotherhood. I knew right away that it was a disaster and indeed, it was. She was raped while I was on the other side of the door. I was able to hear what was happening and found myself helpless in my seat—in my mind flashed the face of every woman I ever knew. I was traumatized by the experience that I began to withdraw from my friends. It broke my heart to know that this woman lost her virginity just to be accepted by a group of people who didn't really care about her. And my girlfriend? I couldn't continue our intimacy so she ended the relationship and found solace in the arms of another woman—that was the punch that knocked me down.
Problems soon came: the fame I enjoyed for a time had disappeared; I finally moved on to College where I became the school's cartoonist but the publication was discontinued. This got me into drinking heavily and also got me addicted to computer games—resulting in poor grades. My once-perfect life was falling apart.
One morning, during math class, I started crying. A friend approached me and asked what was wrong and I opened up to him. He comforted me and prayed for me, and that led me to start hanging out with him and his friends who called themselves Christians. The acceptance and comfort they provided allowed me to attend church services and bible studies. I learned about Jesus, who He is and what He did, and I asked Him to be Savior and Lord of my life.
Just like the Apostle Paul's story, life got even more difficult. The day after I repented and turned to Jesus, I went to school and started telling people that I know who God is. Expectedly, they were in shock, saying things like, "He's not the old Patrick who would pick fights. He's changed." I lost my so-called friends and the popularity. Not only that, even my family started persecuting me. I was not discouraged though—I cried out to God, asking Him for help.
Jesus is truly faithful. Paul's encouragement in Romans 12:12 says, "Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer." And truly, He will see us through anything He brings us to.
With God always there with me, I was able to stand strong. Still a growing Christian, God provided the grace for me to endure the persecution. My first encouragement came when I overheard my mom talking to a friend about how much I've changed since I started going to church and even encouraged her friend's children to come to church with me. I cried tears of joy! Although my parents haven't been saved—they who at one time persecuted me for my faith—had all of the sudden started supporting me. I continue to lift them up to the Lord in prayer.
I became committed to my local church and started pursuing the passion that God gave me in music and started using my skills for His glory. But like any activity, I got so involved in several ministries in church that it occupied me to the point of neglecting God, Himself, who should be the Object of my attention and worship. It came to the point that I was more concerned about the work than the King.
I had to step back and ask God what He really wanted me to do. That's when He awakened my passion in purity: to use my past life and what I had experienced to bring people to Him.
That's when I started writing. I write to bring people an awareness that pursuing the desires of the flesh will eventually destroy their lives. I am still in the process of equipping myself, filling myself with God's Word, and constantly communing with Him who provides me with everything I need to carry out His work.
To continue my passion for music, God blessed me with a ministry to teach non-Christians in playing the piano. Through this, I get to share the gospel to my students and eventually lead them to serve God.
I now know where God was leading me all those years through all these life experiences. Through all the failures, I see His grace. Through all the pain, I see His mercies. I now dedicate my life in reaching out to the lost through music, studying His Word, and writing because I know that this is what He called me to do.
— J.P. Patricks is a pseudonym upon request of the author.


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W3C navigation timings
Note that this feature is related to a renewal of the Full Page Check monitor. See the knowledge base article Full Page Check - What's new for more information on the new features of this monitor type.
The World Wide Web Consortium (or W3C for short) is an international organization, involved in developing standards for the world wide web. As such, it has defined a standard for browsers and web applications to generate and display timing information regarding the loading of webpages. The complete specification of the standard can be found on the W3C website (Copyright © 2012, World Wide Web Consortium).
Uptrends' Full Page Check (FPC) monitor type comes with the option to display a subset of W3C navigation timing metrics (plus some additional information such as Core web vitals). This article will provide you with an overview of the metrics shown and what they mean exactly.
For illustration, the following image shows all navigation timing events as defined by the W3C, on a timeline.
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This is an overview of the W3C navigation timing metrics you can find in Uptrends' Full Page Checks.
Request start: Equal to the requestStart as defined by the W3C. It is a timestamp indicating when the browser starts requesting the resource from the webserver after the DNS lookup and TCP connection.
Time to first byte: Equal to the difference between navigationStart and responseStart as defined by the W3C. In short, it's the time between when the first request was sent from browser to server, and when the first byte of the following response was received by the browser (this includes any redirects, and SSL/TCP connections).
DOM interactive: Equal to domInteractive as defined by W3c. It is a timestamp, indicating the document readiness is set to "interactive", to indicate that the browser has stopped parsing the page and the user can start interacting with it. Resources such as scripts, images, stylesheets, or frames may still be loading.
DOM completed: Equal to the domComplete as defined by W3C. It is a timestamp, indicating when the main document has been parsed, the DOM has been fully loaded, and the page readiness is set to "complete".
Load event: Equal to loadEventEnd as defined by W3C. It is a timestamp, indicating when the load event of the current document has completed, including all dependent resources such as stylesheets and images.


Madrid is celebrating again the new edition for The Theater Night. The capital will be the perfect scenario for theater, dancings and poems, all over the region.
This Saturday, the best theater companies will open its door to the viewers with a several representations for free. This year, the main character will be the woman, playing a tribute of the most important women in the theater sphere.
Tomorrow, 25th March, in Puerta del Sol.


You want to buy your first home, but you're not sure what to do. I'll introduce the seven most common fears home buyers have, and give you information you need to base your decision on facts and not fears.
1 – I can't afford to buy a home.
If you are paying rent, you probably can afford to buy. In my previous article, I mentioned that one of the benefits of homeownership was tax savings on mortgage interest. This alone usually makes up the difference between rent and a mortgage payment. The way to find out is to contact a lender and see what you can afford.
If you can't afford the exact home you have dreamed of, you may want to start with a smaller version of that dream and build equity. Equity is like money in the bank. Every time you make a house payment instead of paying rent, you are building equity. When you are ready to move up, you'll be ready.
If you don't believe there's a home out there that you can afford, you may not be serious about looking. Keep searching yourself, or enlist the services of a professional Realtor®. You want an agent that cares and is willing to work with you until the time is right. Look at it this way, you can't afford not to buy a home.
2 – Should I wait till the real estate market is better?
This might work if you can find a reputable fortune teller with a crystal ball. But, historically, trying to outsmart the real estate market has seldom worked in anyone's favor. Real estate has proven to be a solid investment, a smart financial decision with long-term benefits. Ask most real estate investors (or stock market investors) who tried to make a quick buck. Quick buck investors rarely last.
If you purchase with the idea that your purchase is going to build equity, most likely appreciate in value, and you'll have great tax benefits in the meantime, you are on the right track. And, you have a great place to live while that is happening. There's really never a wrong time to buy the right home.
3 – I don't have money for the down payment.
Years ago, individuals and families put down ten to twenty percent or more when buying, but that has changed dramatically. In past days interest rates of over 15 percent were the norm. They topped out at 18.5 percent and 17 percent was the average in 1981. Putting large amounts down reduced the amount paid for the property and therefore reduced the total amount paid for interest.
For the last few years interest rates have been in the 3-4 percent range and there are a number of new financing choices available with down payments from 3.5 to 5 percent, and sometimes nothing down. Investigate your options and see what is best for you. And, remember, the longer that you delay, you are delaying the financial benefits of owning, which is probably costing you money.
4 – My credit scores aren't good enough.
Buyers face two challenges: either poor credit scores or no credit scores. Don't make assumptions that your credit is so bad that you can't buy a home. Check with a lender and get the facts. You may be right and if so, your lender can steer you to the resources that can help.
The second challenge may be not having credit or having the wrong kind of credit. This can be the case for first-time homebuyers or prospective buyers who have experienced a short sale, foreclosure, or bankruptcy in the past and have not had good advice on how to build or rebuild credit that will meet a mortgage lender's criteria.
Whether you decide to buy right away or wait, having good credit is in your favor. Today, many different organizations check credit and it may affect how much you pay for certain items or services, or even keep you from renting a car an apartment or getting hired for a job.
5 – I can't afford to buy my dream home.
We are constantly being told today to Dream Big. Dreaming helps us change our frame of reference and believe something can be accomplished. So, we dream and conjure this amazing image of our someday dream home. Don't get discouraged if you don't have the money for that dream today. The easiest way to make someday a reality is to take action today. How do you get started?
Well, you can start putting a lot more money in a savings account, but with interest rates where they are today, there are much better solutions. Real estate is a solid investment, a smart financial decision with long-term benefits. Find the home that you can afford today and start building equity. If you find a great buy, you may already have equity on day one, but it is the sweat-equity that can really pay off. Make sure you keep your home well maintained and upgrade as you can. Look at ways that you can improve your property without spending a fortune so that it will increase in value faster than the norm. You don't have to upgrade the whole bathroom or kitchen at one time. Buy new fixtures or appliances when you find them on sale and have them installed or read the latest Do It Yourself (DIY) book and save. Projects can be very satisfying, especially when you know they are part of your big-future-someday-dream-home plan. This approach will take you further and faster than if you just put money in the bank.
6 – Should I wait until I get married to buy a home?
I bought my first home when I was twenty-five years old and single. At the time it was pretty unusual, but certainly not any more. Married couples, unmarried couples, blended families, singles that have never been married, people who are rebounding from a divorce or other situation, and even very close friends all buy homes. There's a trend in college areas for parents to buy a home for their son or daughter and several of their friends. They've discovered the cost is much less than expensive on-campus housing, and they can keep renting to college students after theirs have graduated or sell it to the next parent. Basically, anyone who wants a good, smart investment is buying today.
7 – I'm afraid I'll make a bad decision.
This is a valid fear. You may know a little about the process or have extensive knowledge in a specific area, but it's rare for anyone to be an expert in all aspects of home buying. After twenty-six years as a Realtor®, I know I don't know it all, but my expertise has taught me to know what I don't know. Home buyers trying to navigate the market by themselves or buyers taking advice from inexperienced or part-time agents that aren't familiar with market trends or neglect staying current with local rules and laws may not even know the questions they should be asking.
Hire professionals to guide you through the maze and make sure the ball isn't dropped somewhere along the way wasting your time or causing financial loss or heartbreak when a deal falls through. You certainly don't want to make a bad decision on one of the biggest purchases you will make in your life.
The opinions expressed in these articles are not necessarily those of Executive Life Magazine or the ACA Business Club. Answers are general in nature and do not apply to actual transactions.


The agricultural sector is vital to many livelihoods and it is a source of employment in rural communities with a significant contribution to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Statistics SA notes that the sector contracted 17% quarter on quarter largely due to the 2015 drought conditions.
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries was meant to present an assessment of the impact of the current drought on agricultural productivity, sector employment and food costs, as well as give an update on the assistance given to farmers in drought-stricken areas on 24 November 2015. Protesting staff members disrupted the meeting shortly after it began, but the presentation gives an outline on the impact of the drought as well as on the interventions the department has planned and had already implemented.
The grain industry contributes about 25% of agricultural GDP and South Africa is the largest maize producer in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region with about 8 million tons of maize consumed in SA. The current drought decreased the country's arable land and stock levels of both white and yellow maize are projected to decrease by 36% at end of April 2016. For white maize, South Africa has sufficient stock until end of April 2016, however the stock levels for yellow maize will be tight. At the same time the market-to-market price for white and yellow maize in October 2015 was up by 79% and 65% respectively compared to the same time in 2014.
Livestock farmers similarly are experiencing high economic losses especially on game and high value livestock stud breeds. There is a need to manage epidemiological effects of the drought to curb/prevent the outbreak of diseases due to pollution of streams. The Minister recently called on farmers to 'unite against the drought crisis' and he conceded that the "the almost inevitable need to import next year is likely to drive food prices up". He addressed farmers in the Free State where certain areas had already been declared 'drought stricken' and assured farmers that the government was already re-prioritising funding and getting feed to where it is needed most.
To see details of the interventions to mitigate the effects of the drought see DAFF presentation here, as well as a previous infographic on drought management here.


We are delighted to announce Roadburn Records will release Futurians: Live At Roadburn on vinyl and digital this October.
The Holly Hunt / Slomatics 7" is out now.
Available from your bandcamp in digital and physical form.