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Putting You On A Vibe
Posted bymichaeloka March 31, 2020 January 4, 2021 Posted inMusicTags:A vibe, listening, Music, nowplaying
There is nothing like finding a new song, vibing with it and adding it to your library.
Hearing a new track can have you feeling a type of way or even fill you with a nostalgic sentiment that many enjoy. I believe everyone deserves to experience this, at least once. I feel some albums are being overlooked which deserved to be listened to. For me, the criteria for a wavy album looks at consumer appeal, consistency, reality comparison and replay value. This criterion shows what I feel are important characteristics to a respectable album. The following pieces of music inspired me and I hope that it can achieve the same effect for you. Let us commence.
A must-listen for any rap/soul/hip hop lover. Changed my life.
Cilvia Demo by Isaiah Rashad
This album changed my life. Isaiah Rashad is an artist that may not be familiar with you. He is signed to TDE, who also has artists such as Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, Jay Rock, and SZA. On the first listen through of the album, you will automatically just vibe with it, through the instrumentation and cadences of Rashad's flow. But once you dive deeper into the lyrics and passion, you start to appreciate what Isaiah Rashad is trying to do.
From the opening track, Hereditary, where Rashad makes a connection to his father, telling the audience how his father taught him how to drink his pain away and how to leave someone. To the middle of the album, with the song, Tranquility, where he combines God, alcohol, and females to tell a deeply compelling story. And the last track, Shot You Down, appreciates the genres of soul, rap and hip hop all in one.
As far as my criteria, it ticks off everything effortlessly. The consistency is there with the tone and tempo of the album, the consumer appeal applies to anyone who has struggled with depression, alcohol, religion or just people who appreciate lyrical rap with a brilliant selection of beats. Replay value is important to me because if I can come back and listen to an album multiple times and it gives me something different every time, it is doing something right. No song sounds the same but every single song fits in intuitively. From top to bottom, this album gives a refreshing take on rap while combining genres to deliver a classic masterpiece. Rashad is wavy. (Favorites include Heavenly Father, Webbie Flow, and Banana).
A visionary, smooth, soul- enthusiast.
Lady Lady by Masego
You might have heard his song, Tadow, which went viral on YouTube, accumulating 163 million views in 2 years. If not, go check it out immediately. Masego is for the Soul/R&B listeners. He's a different type of mood.
His album Lady Lady illustrates his admiration for women and the effect women have had on his life. With the song Queen Tings, he sings over a Caribbean style beat to give his admiration of many women such as Lupita Nyong'o, Solange Knowles and Regina hall. His song Old Age represents a relationship he experienced with an older woman with a graceful SiR feature to complete the song. The song Black Love, details Masego speaking about his wedding day in the future, channeling deeper emotions to express his love and creativity.
Masego has been slept on in the music industry for too long. People need to know who this guy is. Multi-instrumentalist, producer, singer. The TraphouseJazz enthusiast is here to stay. The album is flawless, a hidden gem in the R&B/Soul genre that has been overlooked. Add this to your discography. You need it. Trust me. (Favorites include Prone, Queen tings, and Black Love).
You lot need to know about my guy Saba. Be ready.
Bucket List Project by Saba
An album with a theme and concept that is well executed. It is not as easy as you think. Saba delivers a conscious hip hop/ rap album mixing in genres such as Neo-soul, Jazz and R&B. If you know about Saba, you know about his capabilities and flair. If you do not know, allow me to put you on.
Talking about his upbringing in Chicago, Saba also calls on multiple people to share what they want on their bucket lists, such as Lupe Fiasco and Chance the Rapper. The song GPS, details how rappers can lose their roots once they find success and Saba compares this to the life he lives now. Church/Liquor Store featuring Noname, Saba raps about religion, the dangers a neighborhood can entail, and his rarity. A special rap performance over a chill laid back hip hop beat that keeps you engaged throughout the whole song. His storytelling capabilities is highlighted in the song California, detailing his journey from Chicago to LA, fulfilling his dreams and finally not being scared of the moment. An underground rapper who is on the come up. A special talent that followed up this project with greater rap performances and storytelling with the album, CARE FOR ME. Check him out now and thank me later. (Favourites include Photosynthesis, Church/Liquor, and MOST).
These three albums did something special for me. I hope, in one way or another, it can do something for you. Thanks for reading, let me know if the music did anything for you. I would love to hear it. Answer the question below also.
"If you had to listen to one artist for the rest of your life who would it be and why?"
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Egypt court sentences 55 to 15 years, acquits 31 in August 2013 storming of police station
Ahram Online, , Monday 3 Jul 2017
A Giza criminal court sentenced on Monday 55 individuals to 15 years in prison and acquitted 31 others in the storming of Atfeeh police station in August 2013 following the dispersal of two major sit-ins supporting ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi.
The court also sentenced 31 people to five years in prison in the case.
The defendants were found guilty of using violence, rioting, possessing weapons and attacking public and private property.
The sentences can be appealed.
Following the dispersal of the sit-ins by police, rioters stormed police stations and burned a number of churches.
Hundreds of people have been convicted in similar cases since 2013.


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Spider-Man Movie News
Drew Goddard To Write & Direct Sinister Six Spin Off!
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Drew Goddard, who directed Cabin in the Woods (written by Joss Whedon), has been confirmed as both the writer and director of the long rumored Sinister Six movie, according to reports from THR. No details such as a release date, cast, crew and/or storyline details have been announced as of yet.
It is even unsureas to whether Goddard will feature the original Sinister Six line up of villains - Doctor Octopus, Sandman, Kraven the Hunter, Vulture, Mysterio and Electro - or whether he will use another version of the villainous group.
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Finding alternating sequence in a list of numbers
Please be brutal and treat this as me coding this up for an interview.
A sequence of numbers is called a zig-zag sequence if the differences between successive numbers strictly alternate between positive and negative. The first difference (if one exists) may be either positive or negative. A sequence with fewer than two elements is trivially a zig-zag sequence.
For example, 1,7,4,9,2,5 is a zig-zag sequence because the differences (6,-3,5,-7,3) are alternately positive and negative. In contrast, 1,4,7,2,5 and 1,7,4,5,5 are not zig-zag sequences, the first because its first two differences are positive and the second because its last difference is zero.
Given a sequence of integers, sequence, return the length of the longest subsequence of sequence that is a zig-zag sequence. A subsequence is obtained by deleting some number of elements (possibly zero) from the original sequence, leaving the remaining elements in their original order.
More examples:
{ 1, 7, 4, 9, 2, 5 }
Returns: 6
The entire sequence is a zig-zag sequence.
{ 1, 17, 5, 10, 13, 15, 10, 5, 16, 8 }
There are several subsequences that achieve this length. One is 1,17,10,13,10,16,8.
{ 44 }
{ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 }
{ 70, 55, 13, 2, 99, 2, 80, 80, 80, 80, 100, 19, 7, 5, 5, 5, 1000, 32, 32 }
{ 374, 40, 854, 203, 203, 156, 362, 279, 812, 955, 600, 947, 978, 46, 100, 953, 670, 862, 568, 188, 67, 669, 810, 704, 52, 861, 49, 640, 370, 908, 477, 245, 413, 109, 659, 401, 483, 308, 609, 120, 249, 22, 176, 279, 23, 22, 617, 462, 459, 244 }
Returns: 36
Worst case: \$O(n^2)\$
Space Complexity: \$O(n)\$
private static int longestAlternatingSequence(int[] values){
if(values.length == 1){
int[] difference = new int[values.length-1];
for(int i = 1; i < values.length; i++){
difference[i-1] = values[i] - values[i-1];
int[] calculationsCache = new int[difference.length];
calculationsCache[0] = 1;
int max = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
for(int i = 1; i < difference.length; i++){
if(difference[i] > 0){
for(int j = 0; j < i; j++){
if(difference[j] < 0){
max = Math.max(max, calculationsCache[j]);
}else if(difference[i] < 0){
if(difference[j] > 0){
max = 0;
calculationsCache[i] = max + 1;
max = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
for(int value : calculationsCache){
max = Math.max(max, value);
return max + 1;
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\$\begingroup\$ I don't really understand what does deleting means (mentioned in the last sentence). A few more examples and (with the expected output) would help. \$\endgroup\$ – palacsint Apr 21 '14 at 0:10
\$\begingroup\$ @palacsint because I like you, I added more examples. \$\endgroup\$ – bazang Apr 21 '14 at 1:01
\$\begingroup\$ Links on questions are for supporting documentation only. The actual code, and in all but the simplest cases, the description of what the code should do, should be a direct part of the question. Otherwise link-rot will make your question lose value over time. Please edit your question and include the relevant parts of the description. The wall-of-example-input/output is just data, and does not help to describe the problem. \$\endgroup\$ – rolfl Apr 21 '14 at 2:18
\$\begingroup\$ @bazang When other programmers have difficulty understanding your question, consider restating it with mathematical rigour, like this. The challenge is the same, except that that question asks for the sequence itself, while you just want the maximum length. \$\endgroup\$ – 200_success Apr 21 '14 at 9:30
Basically, you approach solves the problem adequately, and I have nothing to say about the existing code in terms of style.
However, I think the general approach might be too costly, in terms of time and space requirements (even though I admit that there is no spec). But since we should treat it as an interview question, then a potential interviewer could ask you how to approach the problem more efficiently: for example, how could you process the array in one pass only?
So here is a possible answer.
Algorithm's complexity
As you said, your current implementation requires:
linear storage requirement
quadratic execution time
I have an alternative approach, using constant memory and linear time, which is based on an incremental algorithm: for each element of the array, you can determine the longuest zig-zag subsequence that can be built so-far.
I prototyped the solution using Common Lisp, so here is my version (this could be translated easily as a simple for loop in Java, but this is left as an exercise ;-))
(defun max-zig-zag (sequence)
(loop
for last = nil then current
for current in sequence
for sign   = 0 then (signum (- current last))
for match  = t then (or (eql await 0) (eql await sign))
for await  = 0 then (if match (- sign) await)
count match))
This approach makes all your test examples pass:
(loop for (expected sequence) in
'((6 (1 7 4 9 2 5))
(7 (1 17 5 10 13 15 10 5 16 8))
(1 (44))
(2 (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9))
(8 (70 55 13 2 99 2 80 80 80 80 100 19 7 5 5 5 1000 32 32))
(36 (374 40 854 203 203 156 362 279 812 955 600 947 978 46 100 953 670 862 568 188 67 669 810 704 52 861 49 640 370 908 477 245 413 109 659 401 483 308 609 120 249 22 176 279 23 22 617 462 459 244)))
always (eql expected (max-zig-zag sequence)))
=> T
I acknowledge that this might not be easy to follow through, so I'll try to write a step-by-step explanation.
The difficulty in your question is that you allow some elements to be deleted (or, ignored). We are looking for sequences with maximum length, however. The elements that can be ignored are those that do not alternate from previous ones: when you encounter a 2, and then the number 4, you can discard all the following elements that are greater than, or equal to, 4, without reducing the potential length of the subsequence: all numbers above 3 are just intermediate values.
The suggested approach is a greedy count of all the alternations of slopes in the array (*). It is built around a fixed number of variables that are updated at each element, during a unique iteration of the array; in fact, the input array could be an infinite stream of inputs, whereas the count value could be an infinite stream of integers that is updated for each input (and growing when needed).
So, the main idea is to look at the shape, or the derivative of your numbers: you take the current value, and the last value, when iterating over the array, and you compute the difference: that gives you the slope.
However, what is interesting is only the sign of this slope: the sign variable always contains the sign of the difference between current and last element, so that a 1 means that current value is higher, and -1 mean that is is lower than the last one.
Matching zig-zags
Initially, you await for any of those sign, either -1 or 1 (which is encoded by zero in the await variable). This first time that sign differs from zero you have a match: you encountered a positive or negative variation of value; so, the new value of await is now the opposite of the current sign: if we saw a positive slope, like 1, we must read until there is a negative one.
The match variable is initially true, and is otherwise true only when the sign variable equals the await variable (or, if await is zero, during the initialization phase).
When match is false, we skip entries and let await keep its previous value.
When true, await takes the opposite of current sign, which means that we await for a change in the slope.
Then, match is true whenever we go up after having gone down, and respectively down after having gone up, discarding all continuous sequences of decreasing (or increasing) elements.
Finally, we count the number of matches to have the longuest subsequence.
(*) It is based on a data-flow approach (see Lustre, Signal, ...). In fact, the Common Lisp code above could probably easily be rewritten using the SERIES package.
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Calling the method with an empty array throws a java.lang.NegativeArraySizeException. You should check that and throw an exception with a helpful error message.
You could extract out a createDifferenceArray method for better readability:
private static int[] createDifferenceArray(int[] values) {
int[] difference = new int[values.length - 1];
for (int i = 1; i < values.length; i++) {
difference[i - 1] = values[i] - values[i - 1];
return difference;
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Parks & Recreation Receives Re-Accreditation
The National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) announced that the Erie Parks & Recreation Department has received re-accreditation from the Commission for Accreditation of Park and Recreation Agencies (CAPRA). This distinguished accomplishment was awarded during the NRPA's 2022 Best of the Best Ceremony on Wednesday, September 21.
National accreditation through CAPRA is an extensive multi-year process, which includes the completion of an application and detailed self-assessment report, a site visit by a committee of leaders in the park and recreation profession, and a final assessment completed by the agency and CAPRA. Accreditation is valid for a period of five years.
CAPRA accreditation is the only national accreditation for park and recreation agencies and is a measure of an agency's overall quality of operation, management, and service to the community. This mark of distinction indicates that an agency has met 154 rigorous standards related to all areas of our operations: Administration, Planning, Organization, Human Resources, Finance, Programming, Facility and Land Use Management, Risk Management, Public Safety, and Evaluation. As a Department, we successfully demonstrated compliance with 100% of the fundamental standards and 97% of the non-fundamental standards.
There are over 10,000 agencies in the United States who are eligible to apply for CAPRA accreditation. As of now, there are only 199 agencies who are accredited, resulting in less than 2% of all agencies with accreditation. Only ten park and recreation agencies in the State of Colorado, including Erie, are accredited.
For more information about CAPRA accreditation, visit www.nrpa.org/CAPRA.
Community Benefit of CAPRA Accreditation
The Erie Parks & Recreation Department strives to be the best and bring our best to the community each day. Accreditation enables us to take an in-depth look at the functional capabilities within our organization while solidifying our strengths, challenges, and, most importantly, the opportunities that exist to provide the services that support our community. Accreditation is another way we can demonstrate our commitment to the community while continuing to hold ourselves to a high standard and doing our part to make Erie, Colorado the best place.
About the National Recreation and Park Association
The National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) is the leading not-for-profit organization dedicated to building strong, vibrant and resilient communities through the power of parks and recreation. With more than 60,000 members, NRPA advances this mission by investing in and championing the work of park and recreation professionals and advocates — the catalysts for positive change in service of equity, climate-readiness, and overall health and well-being. For more information, visit www.nrpa.org. For digital access to NRPA's flagship publication, Parks & Recreation, visit www.parksandrecreation.org.
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When and where can I get the Festival accreditation?
How much does the accreditation cost?
Can I get to the screening venue even if it is fully booked?
Is there a mobile app showing the Festival programme?
Is there Wi-Fi on the Festival premises?
Is AFO on social networks?
How to get to AFO and where to park?
Where can I get accommodation in Olomouc?
What can I take home from the Festival besides the experience?
Where should I go if I lose something at the Festival?
The Festival accreditation does not cost anything – it's for free – however, you can purchase the reservation option to book seats for individual screenings or lectures. For a one-time fee of CZK 450, you may reserve up to 4 events a day and be sure that you will get into the screening you really want to see. Reminder! Your booking for a particular programme event will expire 10 minutes before the screening begins.
If the given item in the programme says Fully Booked, it does not mean that you can't get in anymore. The reservations always take up only approx. half of the screening hall, the rest is free for you to take. However, it's always better to arrive in advance and avoid long lines.
Yes, there is. You can be in direct contact with the Festival goings-on and arrange your own daily programme. You can download our "AFO" app for free from App Store or Google Play.
Yes, you can find the current Wi-Fi password at the individual screening venues.
AFO has its own Facebook and Instagram profiles which will inform you about the most interesting issues, the goings-on, what awaits you in the programme, where to find AFO spots as well as photos and videos from the Festival. Be sure to follow the Festival hashtags #afo54 and #watchandknow and tag your AFO experiences with them.
Olomouc is accessible via train and bus (almost every hour, there are trains and buses coming to Olomouc from Prague, Ostrava, Břeclav, Brno etc.). In Olomouc, you may use public transport, or, if you are coming with a car, you may browse our overview of the parking lots near the Festival venues. You may find information on each of the Festival venues here.
Olomouc offers plenty of accommodation. You can choose from hostels, hotels and other places located near our screening venues. You may find an overview of our screening venues right here.
The following is a list of wheelchair accessible venues: Atrium / Courtyard / Auditorium Maximum / Film Hall / Guest Service + Press Centre / Fort Science / Metropol Cinema.
And if you have an assistant with you, you should know that a paid reservation is necessary only for one person – your assistant's reservation is for free.
A place which will make this year's AFO an unforgettable event. You will find the oasis of our cosmic merchandise at the main entrance to the centre of the festival, the Arts Centre of Palacký University (Konvikt, Univerzitní 3). It will await your visit always from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on 23 to 28 April and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday 29 April. You may get yourself limited edition t-shirts, bags, badges, books and other Festival jewels. Things which would not be left behind by the proper AFO geek even if he/she was left on a deserted island. Or planet.
The AFO organisational team strives to reduce the Festival's ecological footprint with each new year and it offers its visitors the opportunity to participate as well. On all Festival venues, you can find waste bins with which you can separate your trash, you may munch on vegan treats in the Atrium bar and you can get your drink into a washable cup (the required deposit is CZK 50).
Smoking is banned at all Festival venues and premises. After all, the Festival takes place on University premises which could catch fire.
In the centre of the Festival, i.e. in the bar and our shop, we accept cash only payments. However, the ATMs are all over Olomouc, just look around and you will find one.
If you lose something (phone, wallet or even yourself), head towards the Konvikt's reception. It's located right at the entrance, open your mind and eyes to the universe and you can't miss it.


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Film Review: Hack Job (2011)
Adrian Halen 04/28/2012	Film Reviews
James and Mike are tired of art films taking away the credit that horror films deserve. So, they get a script from the devil to make the best horror film ever. The script has three stories in it. The first is about Nazis that awaken a mummy's curse. The second tale is about an alien that crashes a battle of the bands and then starts eating the contestants, and the last story is about a man who gets possessed to kill televangelists.
From the look of the cover and the description on the back, it sounds like a pretty wacky time. The film is called "Hack Job", and as it states, James and Mike have grown tired of art films and want to give credit back to the horror markets. The intention is surely good, as that seems to be at the heart of many horror fans.
Hack Job, is intended as a form of anthology that breaks into smaller shorts adding visual narrative along the way. The 2 filmmakers are directly given a script from the devil in which the shorts play out in various segments of the movie. Now as it stands, it's got a pretty good collection of cameos, and is intended to be of the camp-cheesy-horror comedy bunch.
The comedy is sort of limited to that which is "actually" funny and that which is just silly to watch. The first short has to do with a curse, an expedition and a few poorly wrapped mummies. I didn't really get the point of this one besides trying to live up to extreme camp. Though there seemed to be a technical issue which I'm not sure was an effect or just an issue. In any case, some serous interlacing issues going on through this entire pieces ruined my focus. The effects were handled as cheaply and as low budget as possible making it am extremely poor piece to start out with. In short, its better to fast forward past than trying to fugue out where your time went. Maybe it was intended top be poor but you have to assume that not every one always gets the joke.
There are plenty of topless shots in this films which are thrown in…well in that Troma kind of way. You know….. the shots that really didn't "have" to be in the film, but are thrown in to raise a few eye brows. The movie has got a nice helping of hottie shots which makes up for the bad short pieces.
In another short, an alien starts to take over the locals leading up to a local battle of the bands competition. There is this cheesy tentacle thing going on that is kind of funny, but it's the appearance of Gwar's Oderus Urungas, that highlights this piece. He arrives to slay this weird looking alien thing that……well, is just pretty darn crappy looking but done so to pay tribute to the "also "crappy looking monsters from the 80's Sid and Marty Krofft creations. Or something…… I did appreciate the old school practical effects route in which Oderus is a perfect match for.
Cult filmstress Lynn Lowry makes an appearance, but overacts an assumed agent script piece that is really weird to listen to. Debbie Rochon, does a stand alone piece, thought its pretty much kept to a 1 minute cameo.
The film continues in this vein with intercut segments joining 1 silly piece to the next. A few slasher style scenes are thrown in to inject the horror element, which comes across over pretty weak.
As a whole "Hack Job" has a bit of that "Amazon women from Mars" vibe, but would benefit from some tightening up on the stories, the script and the intentions. I do love horror comedies when done right. I'm actually not too sure of what the magic formula is, but i just didn't find it much here.
Hack Job, essentially is a film, if someone asked me about, I'd have to say…hey you want to watch something stupid?…Here ya go. Maybe at the end of the day, that's all Hack Job really aspired to be.
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A contract with your music producer is an important part of the recording process. Music production contracts protect everyone involved in the recording by explicitly detailing duties, rights, and compensation.
However, many times up-and-coming artists are tempted to sign the first production contract that they see, just to get a producer on board with their music. Bad move! Production contracts are notorious for being one of those little things that sneak up and bite you once your career takes off.
Therefore, before you sign a contract with a producer, make sure you understand its terms and conditions. This guide will help both musicians AND producers figure out a fair deal.
Before you jump into the world of record producer contracts, there's some vocabulary you'll need to know. Know the difference between an agent, a producer, and a manager. Know what kind of label you're working with and what to include in your press releases. Understand the meaning of a demo or promo package. In other words, learn the lingo.
Some producers are very hands-on, while others, well, are not. What kind of producer do you want on the job? The production contract should specify exactly what is expected of the producer. Will they be arranging songs? Creating beats? Or, do you want a producer to basically make sure the songs are being properly recorded and stay out of the creative stuff? The nature of your relationship with the producer should be decided up front, and it should be spelled out in the contract.
Points are a producer's bread and butter. Each point represents a percentage of income from record sales that a producer will receive. The number of points a producer gets is commensurate with their experience and track record. Some big name producers get five or more points on an album while a producer trying to get started in the biz may work for no points at all.
When it comes to points, not only do you have to decide how many the producer will get, but you need to decide if these will record one royalty and if the points will increase if the album passes pre-established sales goals.
When you settle in on the points to be awarded to a producer, you also need to figure out if the points will be payable on retail price or dealer price and if the producer will be subject to the same manufacturing "charge" by the label that you as the artist pays.
Your contract should state whether or not the producer will be paid an advance for their work. A producer advance is common, but if you are working with an up and coming producer rather than an established one, you may be able to work out a deal that does not include an advance.
Some production contracts include a clause that gives a producer first refusal on remixes of a project. If this clause is in place, it means that if you are unhappy with the final product and want to take it to someone else to mix it, you may have to allow this producer to try and make some changes first. This clause is not ideal for you as a musician, so try to negotiate it away.
Your contract needs to state who is responsible for paying the producer. Is it you, or do you have a record label footing the bill? If a third party is paying the bill, a producer will want some kind of written clarification of who will be responsible for settling up if the project goes over budget. If you have an all in deal, that could be you, the musician. The ideal setup is for you to take the hit for budget overages that you cause and the producer to take on the overages that they cause.
A few misplaced words could give your producer a piece of the ownership of the finished product. Avoid this conflict by stating clearly that any finished recordings and masters are owned exclusively by you.


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This Top Esports Stock Could Pop 100% on the 2021 Video Game Boom
Video games are quietly winning the entertainment war. And these aren't just fun ways to kill time anymore. The reality is it's a booming industry, and a top esports stock could make a 100% return for those who buy soon.
You see, since the first commercially successful video game came out in 1972, people were hooked.
Pong was just a simple tennis-like game where players use paddles to hit a ball back and forth. But it was more than that – it was a huge technological step and an escape for kids and adults across the world.
Then in 1978 Atari released Space Invaders, an arcade game where a pilot would shoot descending aliens, preventing them from reaching the bottom of the screen. That year, Atari would lay what would be the cornerstone in one of the hottest sectors of gaming: esports. In 1980, 10,000 gamers would compete against each other in the "Space Invaders Championship."
And the industry changed forever.
As the video game industry grew, so did esports. In 2000, South Korea held the first World Cyber Games, and games like StarCraft allowed people to compete against each other across the globe online.
Today, video games have clearly won the screen-time war and have been growing their share of consumers' attention and income for years. In fact, in 2019, video games brought in $120 billion. That's more than 10 times all box office movies in the United States combined. That includes blockbuster hits like Avengers, Star Wars, and Frozen.
Just to give you an idea of how big the industry is, just look at these numbers:
350 million – The number of registered accounts with Fortnite.
164 million – The peak number of monthly players for Roblox.
200 million – The number of hours streamed on Twitch in a single quarter.
500+ million – Sony PlayStation devices sold.
With this rise of live-streaming, multi-player games like Fortnite, and a growing prize pool for tournaments, esports and competitive gaming have gone mainstream.
The gaming audience on YouTube and Twitch is over 400 million, an audience larger than Netflix and larger than the viewership of the NHL and MLB.
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God was gracious in allowing us to buy the land here in Zagtouli. We have also been able to build a straw hangar, where we have been having services the last few months. We have been working extremely hard since the beginning of the new church plant in Zagtouli. God has saved many souls. We have started a youth meeting on Saturday nights. Bro. Jason Rishel and his wife Charity started a Wednesday kids club.
We started Sunday School a few weeks ago. We have been teaching a Baptism course for our Sunday school lessons. We just finished the course week before last, and we had our first Baptism this past Sunday morning. We will be teaching a new membership class for the next 5 – 6 months for our next Sunday school lessons. We want people to know why we are a Baptist church and also know what a great honor it is to belong to a church. Too many come to a church seeking what the church has to offer them instead of asking themselves how they can serve in the church.
It has been interesting starting back over after 10 years. After working with mature believers, I forgot about some of the situations we faced in the beginning stages. There are a lot of blessings and there are a lot of challenges. Through it all God is faithful and good. Thanks so much for your prayers, love and support.
Praise God for a good/make that a GREAT summer for the Lord.


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Melania praises LeBron James after Trump insults NBA star
WASHINGTON, Aug 5: Melania Trump has praised LeBron James for his charity work, saying she is open to visiting his new public school, hours after her husband Donald Trump questioned the NBA superstar's intelligence.
Trump posted a scathing tweet questioning James' intelligence after the three-time champion said in an interview that the President was "using sports to kinda divide people" and he would "never sit across from him".
In a volley of late-night tweets, Trump publicly lashed out at James, questioning his intelligence and terming his interviewer from CNN Don Lemon as the "dumbest man" on television.
"Lebron James was just interviewed by the dumbest man on television, Don Lemon. He made Lebron look smart, which isn't easy to do. I like Mike!" Trump tweeted.
"It looks like LeBron James is working to do good things on behalf of our next generation and just as she always has, the First Lady encourages everyone to have an open dialogue about issues facing children today," Melania's spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham said.
"As you know, Mrs Trump has travelled the country and world talking to children about their well-being, healthy living, and the importance of responsible online behaviour with her Be Best initiative. Her platform centers around visiting organisations, hospitals and schools, and she would be open to visiting the I Promise School in Akron," she said in a statement to CNN.
James recently opened the school for underprivileged children in his home town of Akron, Ohio. He said the school prioritized a holistic experience for students that include sports, which he described as critical for healthy communities.
Many professional athletes, including basketball legend Michael Jordan, have been critical of Trump's statements.
"I support LJ. He's doing an amazing job for his community," Jordan said in a statement.
James, one of the most prominent athletes in the US, has been critical of Trump for years.
Last year, he called Trump a "bum" for rescinding his invitation to the Golden State Warriors to celebrate their basketball championship with a visit to the White House.
"Going to the White House was a great honour until you showed up!" James had tweeted. (PTI)
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from auto_scan_test import PassAutoScanTest
from program_config import TensorConfig, ProgramConfig, OpConfig
import numpy as np
from functools import partial
import unittest

import hypothesis.strategies as st

class TestRepeatedFcReluFusePass(PassAutoScanTest):
    def is_program_valid(self, program_config: ProgramConfig) -> bool:
        return True

    def sample_program_config(self, draw):
        x_col = draw(st.sampled_from([1]))
        y_col = draw(st.sampled_from([1]))
        axis = draw(st.sampled_from([-1, 1]))
        batch_size = draw(st.integers(min_value=1, max_value=4))
        dim = draw(st.sampled_from([32, 64, 128]))

        def generate_input():
            return np.random.random([batch_size, dim]).astype(np.float32)

        def generate_weight(shape):
            return np.random.random(shape).astype(np.float32)

        attrs = [
            {"x_col": x_col, "y_col": y_col},
            {"axis": axis},
            {'batch_size': batch_size, 'dim': dim},
        ]

        mul_op1 = OpConfig(
            type="mul",
            inputs={"X": ["input_data"], "Y": ["mul1_weight"]},
            outputs={"Out": ["mul1_output"]},
            attrs={"x_num_col_dims": x_col, "y_num_col_dims": y_col},
        )

        elt_op1 = OpConfig(
            type="elementwise_add",
            inputs={"X": ["mul1_output"], "Y": ["elementwise1_weight"]},
            outputs={"Out": ["elementwise1_output"]},
            attrs={"axis": axis},
        )

        relu_op1 = OpConfig(
            type="relu",
            inputs={"X": ["elementwise1_output"]},
            outputs={"Out": ["relu1_output"]},
            attrs={},
        )

        mul_op2 = OpConfig(
            type="mul",
            inputs={"X": ["relu1_output"], "Y": ["mul2_weight"]},
            outputs={"Out": ["mul2_output"]},
            attrs={"x_num_col_dims": x_col, "y_num_col_dims": y_col},
        )

        elt_op2 = OpConfig(
            type="elementwise_add",
            inputs={"X": ["mul2_output"], "Y": ["elementwise2_weight"]},
            outputs={"Out": ["elementwise2_output"]},
            attrs={"axis": axis},
        )

        relu_op2 = OpConfig(
            type="relu",
            inputs={"X": ["elementwise2_output"]},
            outputs={"Out": ["relu2_output"]},
            attrs={},
        )

        model_net = [mul_op1, elt_op1, relu_op1, mul_op2, elt_op2, relu_op2]

        program_config = ProgramConfig(
            ops=model_net,
            weights={
                "mul1_weight": TensorConfig(
                    data_gen=partial(generate_weight, [dim, 32])
                ),
                "mul2_weight": TensorConfig(
                    data_gen=partial(generate_weight, [32, 128])
                ),
                "elementwise1_weight": TensorConfig(
                    data_gen=partial(generate_weight, [32])
                ),
                "elementwise2_weight": TensorConfig(
                    data_gen=partial(generate_weight, [128])
                ),
            },
            inputs={
                "input_data": TensorConfig(data_gen=partial(generate_input)),
            },
            outputs=["relu2_output"],
        )

        return program_config

    def sample_predictor_configs(self, program_config):
        config = self.create_inference_config()
        yield config, ["fusion_repeated_fc_relu"], (1e-5, 1e-5)

    def test(self):
        self.run_and_statis(passes=["repeated_fc_relu_fuse_pass"])

if __name__ == "__main__":
    unittest.main()

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Thomas Kohut
d. February 3, 2013
Thomas G. Kohut, 71, of Simpson, died Sunday, February 3, 2012 at home. He was the husband of the late Kathryn J. Zavislak, who died Feb. 15, 1989. The couple had been married more than 21 years.
Born May 18, 1941, in Simpson he was the son of the late Metro and Mary Gombita Kohut. He moved to Simpson in 2011 after living with his son in Exeter and residing in Dalton. He was educated in Simpson schools and was a was a 1959 graduate of Fell High School. He honorably served in the Air Force during the Vietnam War and was awarded the Air Medal for combat support missions under extremely hazardous conditions. Tom retired from Procter & Gamble, Washington Twp., where he was employed as a supervisor, and later he worked as a security guard.
He was a member of St. Rose of Lima Parish, St. Michael's Church and Throop VFW Post 7251 and was a past quartermaster.
Surviving are two sons, Thomas J. and wife, Regina, Exeter; and Ronald K. and wife, Sara, Olyphant; two sisters, Rose Kohut, Simpson; and Dolores Puchalski, with whom he resided; a granddaughter, Jade Kohut, and a grandson, Gage Kohut, both of Exeter; nieces and nephews.
He was also preceded in death by a brother, Metro Kohut Jr.
The funeral will be Saturday with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m. at St. Michael's Church, 46 Midland St., Simpson, with military honors. Those planning to attend the funeral are asked to go directly to the church. Interment will be at the convenience of the family in Abington Hills Cemetery, S. Abington Twp.
The family will receive relatives and friends Friday from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Jennings-Calvey Funeral and Cremation Service Inc., 111 Colburn Ave., Clarks Summit.
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These are solutions prepared by Jacob Bourjaily for coursework done at Princeton University during the fall of 2006. They are intended for academic use only. They are to be used as reference only. Please, do not copy solutions and submit them as your own. I make no guarantee as to their correctness, but if errors are found, I would appreciate notice by email. These are sanctioned neither by the author(s) of the relevant text books, nor by the professors who assigned them to me.
These solutions reflect assignments made by Professor Igor Klebanov at Princeton University during his semester course on General Relativity during the fall of 2006. The course began relatively slowly, and picked up pace toward the end. The homeworks reflect this. The main course textbook was Bernard Schutz' A First Course in General Relativity and a few of the homework problems came from the text.


Liverpool continued their fine display this term under manager Jurgen Klopp.
They defeated Tottenham 2-1 in the EFL Cup to advance to the last eight. Daniel Sturridge grabbed a brace during the keenly contested game at Anfield. Vincent Janssen scored Spurs' only goal but they could not get the equalizer to extend the game beyond regular time.
Both coaches, Klopp and Mauricio Pochettino played young players during the clash. Georges-Kevin N'Koudou was decent until he slipped and allowed Sturridge get the opening goal. Josh Onomah got a chance to play but he struggled against the Reds. Harry Winks showed better quality in central midfield, winning the praise of his coach. Pochettino said the 20-year old player was a "very important player for the future," and that he played well. Liverpool's midfield was quite physical but Winks managed it well. Winks' passing accuracy was 91.2 percent – the highest of all players that started the duel.
Tottenham's Janssen worked tirelessly but he could not get more goals. Kieran Trippier sent in a cross that he headed wide. In the first half, he sent a shot that tested Liverpool shot stopper Simon Mignolet. Lucas Leiva fouled Erik Lamela, and he converted the resulting penalty kick but could not score another.


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Boycott Facebook, Twitter, and Google. Here's Why
by Eric Zuesse October 19, 2018 2.2k Views 3 Votes 7 Comments
Originally posted at strategic-culture.org:
NATO — the neoconservatives, the marketeers for firms such as Lockheed Martin and BAE — has taken over the social-media giants and much of online international 'news'-reporting, including that of virtually all independent news-sites and blogs.
Facebook, Twitter, and Google, in recent days, delivered what might be the death-blows.
NATO's main PR agency, think-tank, and lobbying organization, is 'non-profit' — a legal tax-dodge that's financed by donations from those weapons-making firms and their supporting firms and their 'non-profits', so that the taxes that it doesn't pay will need to be paid instead by the general public. Billionaires know how to avoid taxes, and they hire politicians who write the laws with all the 'right' loopholes for them — and only for the very richest — to use. This PR agency is called "The Atlantic Council," and it was set up in 1961, the exact same year that U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower left office warning that "the military-industrial complex" might take control of the U.S. Well, it did so, with The Atlantic Council's help; and, now, it is finally lowering the boom against democracy itself — at least among the U.S. and its allied nations (the governments whose weapons-manufacturing firms are in, and sell to, NATO governments). The aim is to drive up the percentage of government-expenditures there that go to pay those firms, and so to reduce the percentages that go to pay everything else. The aim, in short, is the permanent-warfare-economy. After all, firms such as Lockheed Martin and BAE sell only to allied governments. They have virtually no consumers except those governments. So: their (and their 'charities') basic message is 'austerity' — except on 'defense' or realistically called "aggression." This is national 'defense' such as against Iraq in 2003, and against Libya in 2011 — it is instead sheer aggression. George Orwell predicted "Newspeak" — well, here it is. It's today's norm, so normal that the public think it's just natural, and conservatives and even many liberals think it's the way that 'a free market' ought to be.
Here was Facebook's announcement, on October 11th:
newsroom.fb.com
Removing Additional Inauthentic Activity from Facebook
Today, we're removing 559 Pages and 251 accounts that have consistently broken our rules against spam and coordinated inauthentic behavior. Given the activity we've seen — and its timing ahead of the US midterm elections — we wanted to give some details about the types of behavior that led to this action. Many were using fake accounts or multiple accounts with the same names and posted massive amounts of content across a network of Groups and Pages to drive traffic to their websites. Many used the same techniques to make their content appear more popular on Facebook than it really was. Others were ad farms using Facebook to mislead people into thinking that they were forums for legitimate political debate.
Those 559 and 251 weren't identified; none of them were. Facebook wants them to need to scream in order for them to be able to be noticed at all by the public. The announcement didn't even say by what criteria they were measuring 'Inauthentic Activity' versus 'legitimate political debate'. Their announcement did say "we look at these actors' behavior – such as whether they're using fake accounts or repeatedly posting spam – rather than their content when deciding which of these accounts, Pages or Groups to remove," but unless they make public what the actual algorithms are by means of which they remove sites, no one should trust them, at all, because they can remove whatever NATO or The Atlantic Council (neither of which their announcement even mentioned) want them to remove.
The background for this act by the war-economy's billionaires had already been reported at Mint Press on May 18th, "Facebook Partners With Hawkish Atlantic Council, a NATO Lobby Group, to 'Protect Democracy'", where Elliott Gabriel opened:
Facebook is hoping that a new alliance with the Atlantic Council — a leading geopolitical strategy think-tank seen as a de facto PR agency for the U.S. government and NATO military alliance – will not only solve its "fake news" and "disinformation" controversy, but will also help the social media monolith play "a positive role" in ensuring democracy on a global level.
The new partnership will effectively ensure that Atlantic Council will serve as Facebook's "eyes and ears," according to a company press statement. With its leadership comprised of retired military officers, former policymakers, and top figures from the U.S. National Security State and Western business elites, the Atlantic Council's role policing the social network should be viewed as a virtual takeover of Facebook by the imperialist state and the council's extensive list of ultra-wealthy and corporate donors.
Then, on October 12th, Mint Press's Whitney Webb bannered "Facebook Purges US-Based Independent Media For Political Disinformation", and reported that,
Notably, Facebook's statement on the mass purge of pages was co-authored by Facebook Head of Cybersecurity Nathaniel Gleicher, who is a former White House National Security Council director of cybersecurity policy.
Twitter also banned many of the pages targeted for deletion by Facebook on Thursday, suggesting a coordinated censorship effort between the two most popular social media platforms.
Many of the pages banned had millions of likes, such as the Free Thought Project (3.1 million likes), Antimedia (2.1 million), Cop Block (1.7 million), and Police the Police (1.9 million). Several of the pages that were deleted on Thursday had been targeted by Facebook in recent months, both through new censorship algorithms and Facebook's controversial team of "fact checkers."
For instance, the Free Thought Project had been flagged earlier this year as "fake news" by Facebook "fact checking" partner organizations, including the Associated Press (AP) and Snopes. In one case, a story published by the Free Thought Project was flagged as "false" by the AP. That story, which detailed the documented case of Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) being forcibly removed from a DHS migrant detention center that had once been a Walmart, was marked false because the AP asserted that the article made the claim that Walmart was housing immigrants for DHS. However, the article does not make the claim, instead accurately noting that the facility used to be a Walmart.
Censorship algorithms had also greatly affected traffic to the recently deleted pages for much of the past year. In the case of Antimedia, its traffic dropped from around 150,000 page views per day in early June to around 12,000 by the end of that month. As a reference, in June of last year, Antimedia's traffic stood at nearly 300,000 views per day.
Also on October 12th, heavy dot com bannered "'Facebook Purge': List of Some Deleted Accounts on Left & Right" and listed a few dozen sites that the article's writer had seen online screaming about having been removed.
Meanwhile, in UK's very mainstream Daily Mail (the second-largest-circulation of all UK's newspapers), columnist Michael Burleigh headlined on October 13th "Putin's taking over Libya by stealth in order to point a new weapon at the West — millions of desperate migrants" and he opened:
So bloody and extensive is President Putin's record of aggression, not least in Syria and Ukraine, that an incursion into the empty deserts of North Africa might hardly seem worth noting.
Yet the discovery that Russia is moving troops and missiles into war-torn Libya has rightly caused alarms to sound throughout the capitals of Europe.
It is a step of huge significance, and one with potentially disastrous results for Western nations.
The discovery that Vladimir Putin, above, and his government is moving troops and missiles into war-torn Libya has rightly caused alarm. Russia – this time in the form of Rosneft, the huge oil company controlled by Putin's sinister crony Igor Sechin – is interested in a slice of Libya's vast oil reserves, the largest in Africa
Libya has both oil and Mediterranean ports, and Russia is hungry for both.
But was it Russia that in 2011 had invaded and destroyed Libya, or was it U.S., UK, and France, who invaded and destroyed Libya — a country that like Iraq, Syria, Yemen and others which The West has destroyed, had never threatened nor invaded any of them?
Burleigh continued:
– cause enough for concern, perhaps. Yet the real fear for European governments is this: Libya, with its porous southern borders, has become the main jumping-off point for the hundreds of thousands of African migrants now seeking to cross the Mediterranean to the shores of the EU and, in particular, Italy.
So, his own country, UK, had helped with the bombing of Libya that had caused all those 'migrants' (actually refugees) into Europe, but now he's trying to blame Putin for it, as if Russia and not UK, U.S., and France were the cause of it. Doesn't that "mislead people"?
But is the Daily Mail being strangled by Facebook, Twitter, and Google; or is it instead being done to the small-fry political sites, which aren't owned and controlled by the aristocracies of the U.S., UK, France, and their allied aristocracies — all the aristocracies that are in NATO and promoted by The Atlantic Council?
Here is yet more from Elliott Gabriel's excellent news-report at Mint Press on May 18th, providing background to the present purges and censorships:
The announcement, made last Thursday in a Facebook Newsroom post, explained that the social network's security, policy and product teams will coordinate their work with the Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) to analyze "real-time insights and updates on emerging threats and disinformation campaigns from around the world."
DFRLab employees include pro-war media activist Eliot Higgins (of Bellingcat fame) and Ben Nimmo — a senior fellow for information defense at the Atlantic Council, who earned infamy for his groundless accusations that actual Twitter users are Russian trolls.
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Continuing, Facebook global politics and government outreach director Katie Harbath explained:
"This will help increase the number of 'eyes and ears' we have working to spot potential abuse on our service — enabling us to more effectively identify gaps in our systems, preempt obstacles, and ensure that Facebook plays a positive role during elections all around the world."
"We know that tackling these problems effectively also requires the right policies and regulatory structures, so that governments and companies can help prevent abuse while also ensuring that people have a voice during elections. The Atlantic Council's network of leaders is uniquely situated to help all of us think through the challenges we will face in the near- and long-term."
"The think-tank's Digital Research Unit Monitoring Missions will also be tapped by the social network during elections and "other highly sensitive moments" to allow Facebook the ability to zero in on key locales and monitor alleged misinformation and foreign interference."
Who is the Atlantic Council?
Hillary Clinton at the 2013 Atlantic Council Distinguished Leadership Awards (Photo: Atlantic Council)
The Atlantic Council was recently in the news for receiving a donation of $900,000 from the U.S. State Department for a "Peace Process Support Network" program to "promote non-violent conflict resolution" in support of Venezuela's scattered opposition, with which the council enjoys very close ties. The council also advocates the arming of extremist militants in Syria (a "National Stabilization Force") and a hard-line policy toward Russia.
Established in 1961 by former U.S. Secretaries of State Dean Acheson and Christian Herter, the Atlantic Council of the United States was originally conceived as a means to drum up support for the Cold War-era NATO alliance, which had formed in 1949 as the basis of the Euro-Atlantic security architecture during the post-WWII competition with the Soviet Union. Dozens of similar Atlantic Councils were eventually established throughout the NATO and Partnership for Peace states.
The council is a part of the Atlantic Treaty Association, a NATO offshoot that claims to unite "political leaders, academics, military officials, journalists and diplomats in an effort to further the values set forth in the North Atlantic Treaty, namely: democracy, freedom, liberty, peace, security, and the rule of law."
In general, groups such as the Atlantic Council are meant to secure the legitimacy of U.S. policies and neoliberal economics in the eyes of world audiences and academia, whether they live in the "advanced democracies" (the imperialist center) or "developing democracies" (the post-colonial and economically exploited nations).
Mint Press — a real news-operation, instead of the fake-news operations that are being boosted by Facebook, Twitter, and Google — apparently hasn't yet been removed by Facebook, but the permanent-war-economy is only just starting to lower the boom. And, who knows what's next, in American 'democracy', now?
The way to boycott Facebook, Twitter, and Google, is to NOT respond to their ads, but instead to blacklist their advertisers and all media that rely upon those giant social-media sites. There are competitors, and those need to be aggressively favored by anyone who doesn't want to be mentally strangulated by these three giant corporations.
These media-giants want to strangle the public; so, the public needs to strangle them first.
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Vera Gottlieb
From the very beginning, I've staid away from these spy rings. The mass hysteria has made them what they are today.
Bob Valdez
HAs a farce-book account, deleted it after a month. NEVER used twatter, etc, EVER! Don't use boogle either. You couldn't PAY ME to use them.
Reply to Bob Valdez
Should read "Had".
Bonnie Johnson
Have never signed on to be a 'twit' nor have I ever given my face willingly to fake-book. Ninety-eight percent of the time I do not use Ogle. I use Ogle only for maps/directions because, unfortunately, they've always had the best maps, etc. (Of course they only had the best search engine from the beginning because they had black ops money from the beginning which was obvious if one was paying attention.)
john vieira
They have not put me in facebook gaol yet…I call it as I see it…and refrain from obscenity…lol
voza0db
YOU say "boycott" but you still offer readers the chance to share via those platforms!
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Best Extraordinary X-Men Gifts
Geek & Nerd Gifts / By Josh Ferrell
Extraordinary X-Men Gifts
One of the oldest and popular series in the Marvel Universe is still going strong over 30 years since its initial release! Obviously, with such an iconic franchise, there is bound to be a multitude of fans and with fans comes merchandise! With millions of different things to choose from when it comes to X-Men related gifts, it's a veritable retail minefield out there!
Marvel At These Amazing Gifts!
So what are you to do when it comes to snagging that perfect gift for the X-Men lover in your life when you have an infinite amount of options? Well, you can either search forever and deal with the frustration that comes with not being able to choose or you can let us do the work for you! While we aren't mutants, you'll swear that we have the ultimate in retail superpowers so rest assured that we have you covered with the perfect presents with these extraordinary X-Men gifts!
Xavier's School Hoodie
Anyone that is a fan of the X-Men has dreamed of having mutant powers themselves and while we can't offer that gift, unfortunately, we can offer something similar! This hoodie proudly announces that the wearer is a member of Xavier's School For Gifted Youngsters!
Cyclops Costume
Cyclops is the unofficial leader of the team and definitely one of the most popular X-Men in existence. With so many fans, we have no doubt that there is more than a handful out there that would love being able to run in this handmade spandex suit, imitating the eye-blasting mutant!
X-Men Desk Mat
Any fan that spends extended periods at their desk are sure to enjoy a little style at their workspace! Whether it's on the job or at home, this X-Men desk mat is sure to scratch that geeky decor itch!
Gambit Playing Card
X-Men lovers everywhere know that cool cajun that's famous for slinging kinetic playing cards! This custom made, neon playing card gives off the appearance that it's glowing with energy and ready to explode into the nearest wall. Very cool!
Zombie Wolverine Bust
Wolverine and zombies? Yes, please! This is one righteous collector's piece! Handmade with high quality resin and painted by hand with acrylic paints, it's sure to be the cornerstone of any fan's X-Men treasure trove!
Gambit And Rogue Coffee Cup
Most X-Men fans are also fans of these two southern sweeties! This coffee cup features some cool watercolor style art of the popular X-Men and would be perfect when bought in a set for that geeky couple in your life!
X-Men Patch
Got a friend that would love to be part of the X-Men team? Give them the gift of being an honorary member with this cool gift! These patches come in assorted colors so they'll be sure to keep things stylish with whatever they decide to stick it on!
X-Men License Plate
Got someone that enjoys showing off their adoration for the comic series even when they're driving around town? You've got them covered with this nifty license plate! Dropping the blue and yellow color scheme for a more low-key and subdued black and white, this license plate is definitely a stylish addition to their vehicle.
X-Men Cookie Cutter
Got a friend that has a superpower when it comes to baking? This one is for them! Choose between four different cutters or combine them all so they'll have a full arsenal for delicious mutant cookies.
X-Men Pendant
This stylish yet subtle pendant is bound to be the staple of any comic geek's jewelry collection! Available as a pendant or a keychain version, this handmade X-Men symbol is sure to excite!
Deadpool And Beast T-Shirt
So, we're not exactly prepared to call Deadpool a "beauty" but this shirt is guaranteed to crack up anyone who knows the two figures. Locked in an embrace imitating the dance from the film "Beauty And The Beast", this shirt is perfect for any X-Men fan with a sense of humor!
Logan Movie Print
Logan was one of the most wildly successful and critically acclaimed movies that the Marvel Universe has spawned outside of The Avengers and what better way to commemorate such an amazing movie than with this Japanese-style movie poster?
X-Men Charm
These charms are as cool as they are cute! With eight choices ranging from Wolverine to Colossus, these charms can be used to decorate things like a backpack or even just used as a keychain!
Wolverine Funko Pop X-Men Figurine
Add this adorable collectible figurine to an X-Men fan's collection for a delightful surprise! Wolverine is easily one of the most widely loved members of the team, and this vinyl bobble-head commemorates his original costume.
X-Men: Days Of Future Past – Rogue Cut (Blu-Ray)
If you've got a lover of the film series (and, honestly, who doesn't love the rebooted versions?) and they haven't seen this yet, you really need to take care of that for them! Adding 17 minutes to the original film, it fleshes the storyline out and adds Rogue into the plot!
Professor X Statue
What better way to end this list than commemorating the man who made it all happen? Professor Charles Xavier! This statue is a sculpture created in the likeness of Professor X from the animated series that we mentioned earlier. Done in a more comic rather than realistic style, this is sure to be beloved in any fan's collection!
X-Men: The Art and Making of The Animated Series
This two-in-one collectible and thoughtful gift is a great way for your favorite X-Men fan to celebrate their love for the superhero cadre. It takes an insider look at the art and production process behind the well loved animated series.
Marvel Wolverine Neon Retro T-Shirt
This sensational retro-style tee is exactly the kind of superhero apparel your favorite superfan is looking for! Suit them up with this undeniably cool neon Wolverine shirt.
After braving evil mutants and sentinels, we've brought you back these awesome gifts that are sure to please any X-Men fan and we can't help but think that you're likely to agree at this point. Find anything that you couldn't live without? Think that we nailed it with this list? Go ahead and let us know on Twitter (@ugifter) or Instagram (@uniquegifter) and thanks for checking out 20 Extraordinary X-Men Gifts!
Josh Ferrell
Josh is a dispatcher by night, cat dad and part-time writer by day. A slayer of productivity and master of procrastination, he has an immense interest in almost all things nerdy and has been a video game addict since the age of three.


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The use of early and intense treatment is actually a paradigm change in HIV/AIDS treatment in kids in the developing globe, where mothers are typically treated during pregnancy to lower the risk of moving the virus to the child. In those circumstances you do not aggressively treat the baby. You wait around about six weeks [after birth] until you can definitively demonstrate that the infant is infected and then you treat them. Sadly, if the baby is infected, after that that may have given the virus a period of time to establish itself. Fauci described that the Mississippi case may lead to a change treatment plans and added that, we will have to start looking at the relative risk versus the advantage of doing it in this manner.Damaging the immune responseAn earlier study, conducted by researchers from Marine Biological Dartmouth and Laboratory Medical School and released in Environmental Health Perspectives in 2009 2009, found that mice subjected to 100 ppb of arsenic for five weeks later had an extremely weak initial response to infections with the H1N1 flu strain. When a regular person or mouse can be infected with the flu, they immediately develop an immune response in which immune cells rush to the lungs and produce chemicals that help battle the illness, researcher Joshua Hamilton said. Notably, the exposed animals did experience a strong response several days afterwards disproportionately, when it had been too late to accomplish any good.


I am an internist in private practice in Austin, TX. I am also fellowship-trained/board certified in palliative care and work from time to time at an inpatient hospice facility. My goals for this blog are to inform people (including myself) about health science, ponder philosophical, political, theological issues associated with medicine, and make sense of my experience as a physician. I am married with 5 and 3 year old sons.
Thanks for your kind words, Joanna. I'd enjoy taking part in that conversation. Would you like me to write something for your site on a particular topic?
I enjoy reading your blog; thanks for writing. I'm starting medical school this fall and am interested in internal medicine. Would you consider writing (or emailing me) about how you chose your specialty and what you've found to be the pros and cons of a career as an internist?
Thanks for replying! I'll be attending the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. My email is michaelbdeboer@gmail.com.
I have been reviewing with much interest your blog, experience and training. I particularly noted your training and experience in palliative medicine. I am in need of a new primary care physician, as my prior internist recently retired from that practice. I called your office today and was informed that you are not accepting new patients. Is that limitation absolute? if you would be open to considering me as a new patient, please let me know. I am 64 years old and would be happy to describe my general medical history if that would be relevant to your consideration. Thanks for your consideration.
Thanks for your kind words, Steve. I'm afraid I let my practice grow to such a size that it's a challenge to get my current patients appointments as quickly as they deserve. So at this time, to be fair to the people to whom I've made a commitment, I'm not accepting new patients.


Ziwani Lodge offers sophisticated accommodation with just 7 cottages (including 1 family cottage) on the shores of Lake Eyasi, an excellent location with sweeping views toward the Rift, boasting a beautiful swimming pool for cooling off on hot afternoons.
Ziwani fits perfectly in a northern Tanzania safari in style & elegance, combining the breathtaking landscapes and games of our marvellous country with the possibility of enjoying authentic, off the beaten track, cultural tourism, real encounter with ancient Tanzanian tribes.
Our outstanding restaurant and bar await to tempt our guests with international culinary delights. Sumptuous meals are available in the Restaurant which promises fine dining with our chefs creating demanding gourmet dishes in an open kitchen environment, whilst the roof terrace is a perfect place to finish the day whilst having a romantic meal with breathtaking views across the Rift Valley as the sun goes down.
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Ziwani Lodge is located on the edge of the Rift Valley on the North West corner of Lake Eyasi and about 15 kilometres away from the Ngorongoro Crater. This location makes it ideal for cultural excursions as well as a perfect stop between Safari drive as it is so close to many of the large safari parks.