Even with the economic slowdown that we get to experience, personal income and wages continue to offer us the financial facility for purchasing basic commodities and services. In view of the fact that the country's economy is doing poorly, it has becoming increasingly necessary to use the fundamentals of finance in handling our monetary assets. Personal financing has to do with strategically planning as well as managing income, savings, expenses, and budgeting a person or household's financial aspects, while giving particular attention to the overall expenses taken away from the earnings and the necessary savings to effectively address probably events that necessitate spending, employment, and inflation, at a time that the whole economy is yet unable, causing unpredictable price increases of basic products, household income, and available jobs.
Market fluctuations look like a situation that the global economy is experiencing these days. People cannot really have some guarantee that they money they are earning at present will still be enough to in the coming months or years. No one living in a country that is undergoing financial difficulties can be guaranteed of employment in the days or months that follow. The most terrible thing is, if an unfortunate situation arises and would need excessive spending to get through it, it can possibly use up everything that an individual or family holds.
Personal finance is essential to financial security in order to address your present monetary obligations (debts, etc.) and make plans for the future. Personal finance requires long-term planning. Aside from making sure that current bills are settled and that existing lifestyle is preserved, personal finance likewise plans ahead, for instance, when a person will be retiring from his/her job. A person's income every month will decrease upon retirement unless they have applied financial planning beforehand and ensured they have enough money to pay for the lifestyle they have chosen upon retirement. It is always a difficult task to ensure that any aggregate income that the family receives every month continues to be enough to cover the necessary expenses to lead a decent life now and later without the risk of getting deeper into debts and giving up properties because of foreclosures.
Personal finance assists people to obtain needed information, devices, and techniques that they can use and practice to make sure that his/her income stays enough to cover debt payments, bills, and other necessary expenses in accordance to one's existing financial situation in general.
Personal finance offers principles along with the tools that individuals or household can take advantage of to pay off their bills and debts, as well as guarantee their financial future through savings, for example.


Apple's iPhone X family got bigger last week with the launch of two new flagships and one modest range device. Out of all, the first new model is a straightforward upgraded version of iPhone X, the 5.8-inch sized dubbed iPhone XS whereas the one with the 6.5-inch screen size is named iPhone XS Max. We have already discussed all the new iPhone models on broad categories, let's go through the early review of each new iPhone X individually.
With a bigger display, groundbreaking camera technology, the latest operating system, dual SIM support and other advanced technologies, the new iPhone XS is all set to replace its parent model, iPhone X.
Though the new iPhone seems complete look-alike of iPhone X with the same price tag of $999, look closer and you may notice apparent differences between the two models.
The iPhone XS features all-screen OLED panels which the company describes as 'Super Retina'. It is made to deliver 60 percent better High Dynamic Range (HDR) display than the predecessor iPhone models. The new advanced display attributes remarkable color contrast ratio of 1,000,000 to 1 and wide color gamut for most precise color distinction output.
Discussing the sturdiness of iPhone XS body, it is enclosed in high-grade stainless steel and a glass back for wireless charging. Unlike OnePlus6 splash-proof specification, the Apple 2018 flagship phone with IP68 display demonstrate a great resistant to water, that is, the phone can survive under the 2m deep water for 30 minutes. Moreover, it can also bear a splash of coffee, tea, soda, and other beverages. The earlier iPhone models boasted IP67 waterproofed screen. In addition, there are few improvements made on the sound segment also.
More than the design element, the tagline of this year's Apple annual September event was 'powerful and intelligent processor'.
The iPhone XS is built on state of art architecture. As announced earlier, the new Apple phone is fitted with the all-new in-house built CPU, 7 nanometer A12 Bionic chip with multi-core Neural Engine.
The next-generation Apple processor guarantees up to 15 percent better performance and 50 percent less power usage than the A11 Bionic chip. There is another 4-core GPU configured inside iPhone XS body providing 50 percent faster graphics performance than its predecessor for the demanding applications, immersive gameplay and high-quality video editing.
And the faster processor can easily support large storage space of up to 512GB without slowing down the phone's operations. Along with all these extraordinary capabilities, the iPhone XS operates for 30 minutes more than the iPhone X on a single charge.
The A12 Bionic chip is designed in such a way that it can learn and understand the user's regular activity on the phone and then ultimately turn into an efficient digital assistant.
The most interesting technology which comes on the iPhone XS is the Neural Engine. It is an 8-core machine learning technology to compute large complex algorithms in all sub-sets starting from photography to augmented reality in the real time. To put this in numbers, it can perform five trillion operations per second.
And the innovation giant has opened up this platform to Core ML, allowing developers to design machine learning based apps.
Plus, iPhone XS runs on the most advanced mobile OS of the world, iOS 12, supporting new augmented reality experiences.
Apple made sure that with so many things happening inside the iPhone XS, the battery consumption should be limited.
The combination of Neural Engine and TrueDepth Camera enabled the new iPhone to recognize faces even if the owner is wearing a hat or sunglasses, and that too at a faster rate. The new deep-sensing technology uses capabilities far beyond two-dimensional facial detection.
Besides unlocking iPhone, the Face ID on iPhone Xs can be employed to open apps, locked notes and documents and use Apple Pay.
For the very first time, the iPhone X series setup supports dual-SIM. The owner can insert two SIM cards in the iPhone XS – one nano-SIM and the other one eSIM, that's the digital SIM which activates mobile plan without using an actual SIM card. The dual SIM feature was earlier available on Apple Watch and iPad.
At the same time, the innovation giant has installed a Gigabit-class LTE system in the 2018 flagship enabling for faster downloads.
"Shot on iPhone" is a worldwide trending hashtag on the social media. Building on the same photography prowess with Apple-designed Neural Engine and enhanced Image Signal Processor along with Smart HDR, the new iPhone XS gets 12MP wide-angle, telephoto dual-camera at the rear and 7MP true camera at the selfie side. There also lays a new sensor supporting deeper and larger pixels up to 1.4 µm from 1.22 µm in the earlier iPhone model.
Interestingly, the new iPhone camera has received a superior Bokeh effect, especially for clicking stunning pictures in Portrait mode. This features operation is not as simple as said, post clicking an image, the phone's software itself identifies the subject and blurs the remaining portion.
In fact, the photographer can edit the depth-of-field effects after the shot is taken. Though the feature was earlier introduced in HTC way back, Apple technology gives far better output.
iPhone XS users can record videos up to 60 frames per second, matching the performance of a DSLR lens.
The iPhone XS is available in storage size - 64GB, 256GB and 512GB. One can buy the device in space grey, silver or a new gold color at price starting from $999.
The pre-orders for iPhone XS started on September 14th, 2018 and the phones will hit the stores this Friday on September 21st.
Though the exterior design elements are significantly similar to the predecessor iPhone X, the 2018 flagship iPhone is a composition of all new, advanced, future-oriented and in-house built systems.
Always ahead in the technological innovations, this time Apple focused on the software side of iPhone XS while launching it last week. The iPhone XS gets the latest iOS, advanced A12 bionic processor, 12MP dual camera technology, AR support, improved face ID technology and a new gold finish; everything available for the same price at the launch price of its parent phone.
This is too early to put any substantial comment on the performance on the iPhone XS, however, we are eagerly waiting to see amazing clicks under the '#ShotOniPhoneXS' on the social media platforms.


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Cricketer Irfan Pathan to make acting debut with the director of national award winning film's next ?
The trailer of Malayalam director Anil Radhakrishnan Menon's upcoming film Diwanjimoola Grand Prix is yet to be released, but looks like the director has already started working in his next film. The hit maker, who's known for 2013 national-award winning Malayalam film North 24 Kaatham is planning to rope in a top Indian cricketer for his upcoming film.
While the exact details are yet to be revealed, however Anil Radhakrishnan Menon took to his Facebook page to share the pic of none other than Indian all-rounder Irfan Pathan on Friday. He also hinted about a strong possibility of collaborating with the cricketer as he has captioned the photo as, "More to come in this space".
Within no time the photo had gone viral across the social media. If the film happens, Irfan Pathan will be joining the bandwagon of actors who made it to the film industry before announcing retirement.
Recently, Sreesanth too made his acting debut in Malayalam and Hindi films with Team 5 and Aksar 2.


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Are Female Bodybuilders Actually Men?
Kim Buck is ALL woman.
Oh, were you expecting me to elaborate further?
Alright, I can do that. Judging from what WordPress tells me, the question "Are female bodybuilders actually men?" is a question that frequently brings people to my humble blog. That also includes questions similar to it such as "Are FBBs really men?" or "Do female bodybuilders become men?" Aren't you glad we have tools like Google at our disposal in this curious age?
This curiosity is unto itself curious. Is there a small group of people in this world who genuinely think female bodybuilders are actually male bodybuilders in disguise (or female bodybuilders who've magically transitioned to a different gender)? Or is this meant to be a joke? Or, these folks do know female bodybuilders are actually female…but they just want to make sure? Hey, the world can be a confusing place. It never hurts to ask, right?
Uh, right. It doesn't hurt to ask. I'm totally in favor of people quenching their thirst for knowledge. Human beings are curious creatures, which means we constantly need our curiosity taken to its rightful conclusion. Ignorance has never served anyone well, as far as I can tell.
So I have no beef against anyone who does an innocent Google search in regards to this question. It may seem silly, but I don't think it's spiteful. Biology can be a fascinating area of study. How can a translucent jellyfish with no discernable internal organs survive? How can some creatures like Komodo dragons and hammerhead sharks reproduce asexually? Not all of them do, but scientists have observed many of them being able to. How is that even possible?
Well, it is possible. Life is full of mysteries. This is especially true when our worldviews are perpetually being challenged, poked, and prodded. You don't need a degree in Gender Studies from Oberlin College to know that our traditional male/female dichotomy may not always accurately describe all of us. Postmodern philosophy has broken apart our black and white way of thinking about the Universe, for better or for worse. I'll let you decide which it is.
But what cannot be argued is the existence of doubt. Are we human beings truly born male or female? Are these the only two categories that can possibly exist? Could there be more? Or, is gender unto itself not a real thing, but instead an artificial social construct created for arbitrary reasons? To tell you the truth, I will not take a stand either way. How the heck am I supposed to know?
How can one actually think Ava Cowan is maybe a man?
At the heart of this discussion is the concept of doubt. There are many truths that we think are true…but in the back of our minds we know that there exists the possibility that they may not. Unless we're not terribly self-reflective, people should consistently challenge their own beliefs so that they can continue to grow and mature. It's not a sign of moral cowardice or intellectual fraud, but rather an admission of humility. We do not know all that there is to know, and what we think we know we may not actually be right about. To admit that is to convey wisdom, not foolishness.
People who are familiar with female bodybuilders but are not closely connected with them are right to be curious. Those of us who are intimately familiar with FBBs – we either have met many of them for muscle worship/wrestling sessions or we pay close attention to them from a distance – have no doubts as to the gender identities of these gorgeous ladies. They're women, simple and plain. Of course, they're women whose physical appearance is unusual. But that doesn't change who they are as people. They may not behave like "normal" women and could perhaps accomplish feats of strength that surpass that of many men, but that still doesn't make a difference whatsoever. Female bodybuilders are female, period. There's no argument there. However, one could frame this debate in terms of how we define "gender" to begin with.
Simply put, is "gender" a purely biological trait or is it an indicator of one's personal identity? Without getting too deep into the weeds, let's just say that there probably isn't a definitive answer to this question that will satisfy 100% of us 100% of the time. We don't live in that type of philosophical atmosphere anymore. We have far too many diverse ideas and viewpoints out there to establish any kind of universal understanding. I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing, but it could be when these differences are used to intentionally divide and conquer us.
A better angle to take is to analyze who female bodybuilders are and what makes them so special. In addition to reading every single one of my previous blog articles (which, um, you should), let's gain a better grasp of this topic together by establishing this concept:
Female bodybuilders challenge the way we see the world.
More than anything else, this nugget of truth cuts to the core of the matter. This is the meat and potatoes of our discussion. Female bodybuilders cannot help but turn our worlds upside down. They may not intentionally try to do so, but they do so nevertheless. It's nearly inevitable to start to rethink how we view the world when we see photos of a woman with big burly muscles. The sight of them goes against how we view femininity, masculinity, human potential, and sexuality. All our lives we've assumed that women are the "weaker sex." Is this not actually true? Are women indeed the weaker sex, or are they just at a natural disadvantage? You know, sort of like a sprinter who begins the race 20 yards behind the other competitors. The sprinter can still win, but it'll take some extra effort (and perhaps a bit of luck) to do so.
Diana Tyuleneva wearing a hot BDSM outfit.
The presence of a woman with muscles also challenges how men view themselves. If she can get that big, why can't I? If I'm struggling to bulk up at the gym, what excuse could I possibly have when I'm scrolling through Instagram and notice some Finnish chick named Minna Pajulahti deadlifting more than me? Female bodybuilders can, understandably, create feelings of inadequacy in guys who are already somewhat insecure about themselves. This is not an indictment. It's just the way things are.
Seeing a woman with big muscles also begs us to ask the question: Is there a limit to what humans can do? And to be clear, this goes for both men and women. Can human beings slowly but surely evolve to be able to swim under water for hours at a time? Or fly through the sky? Or become as strong as an ox? Or upgrade our intelligence level to unprecedented heights, where we will be able to teach advanced physics to grade school children? I cannot say yay or nay, but how one cannot stop to ponder such possibilities is beyond me. After all, seeing a female bodybuilder be able to lift heavy weights at the gym is like a smack in the face. If that doesn't wake you up to challenge your preconceived notions about the Universe, I don't know what will.
But more than anything, female bodybuilders force us to move the goal posts in terms of what is possible and what is not possible. Don't say that certain physical feats are impossible because the moment you do someone will come around and shatter that opinion into a million pieces. Don't say that a woman with muscles can't be sexy. I can provide you with a list of hundreds of names that will test that belief. Don't doubt the fact that female powerlifters can't surpass the accomplishments of male powerlifters. Just do a Google search of Becca Swanson. You'll be glad that you did.
What we thought we knew we need to reevaluate. What we were taught may be wrong; even if it was taught to us in good faith. But in addition to beliefs, female bodybuilders also change the way we view sexual attraction.
Before, we assumed that people who are attracted to women are attracted to just, well, "normal" looking women. However, the discovery of muscular women (and to be fair, other nontraditional-looking ladies) throws us for a loop. We ask ourselves how we can possibly be attracted to a woman who has bigger muscles than most men. Does that mean I'm secretly gay? Or is this perfectly normal? How can I tell either way? These questions abound, much to our consternation.
Eventually, many of us will reach the conclusion that it's perfectly fine to be attracted to muscular women because…they're still women. Obviously, they don't look like most other women you encounter in everyday life, but that's not an indicator of anything unnatural. It's unusual, but it doesn't cross any forbidden boundaries. To repeat the answer provided at the beginning, female bodybuilders are not men. Not even close. So why is there even a debate?
Well, there deserves to be a discussion about this topic because of the initial, involuntary gut feeling we received when we first encountered the world of muscular women. Due to all the reasons listed above, the presence of muscular women triggers in our minds an adverse reaction. Like side effects from taking prescription medicine (we've all wondered whether vomiting, cramps, and possibly death are acceptable trade-offs for alieving us of the sniffles), it's like our brains are fighting off a foreign agent when we look upon an image of a woman with big muscles. We feel repulsed. Or confused. Or extreme cognitive dissonance. Or maybe, unexpected and uncontrollable sexual arousal.
Denise Masino may be well-endowed, but she's not even close to being a man.
These reactions are unexplainable. They're inconceivable. They're not normal, yet we're intrigued to learn more. The sight of a muscular woman stirs up in our imaginations all sorts of thoughts and feelings. We begin to question our previously held assumptions about, well, everything in the damn world. We feel compelled, for no logical reason, to do a Google search about whether or not female bodybuilders are actually female or if they're somehow "male" by some perverse definition.
We realize it's silly. We know in the back of our minds that female bodybuilders are definitely women. But we can't help but feed our curiosity. We must know for sure. In the dark recesses of our imaginations there's a tiny part of us that thinks that maybe FBBs are not really women in the traditional sense of the word. Or maybe they're women…sort of. Kind of. Maybe they're men…sort of. Kind of. Or perhaps they've transitioned into a third option. Uh, right?
Yikes. What the hell am I thinking?
You want to slap yourself in the face, but resist the urge to do so. That's good. No need for self-flagellation. At the very least, you can smile to yourself, look into a mirror, and whisper to no one in particular: "Hey, what I Google in the privacy of my spare time is my business and no one needs to know about it!"
Which is true. Of course it is. No one will ever know what you choose to Google, unless you believe all sorts of wacky conspiracy theories. Do search engine crawlers count?
There's nothing male about female bodybuilders. There are plenty of FBBs who exhibit masculine qualities, but that's a whole other story. Masculine/feminine are behavioral and physical signifiers that have no biological connections. A man can have a "feminine-sounding" voice and still be 100% a man. A woman can have "masculine-looking" facial features but still be 100% a woman. Biology is more objective than arbitrary gendered descriptions that societies have used for centuries. Whether these identifiers are good or bad is up to you to decide. Volumes of books have been written on the harm produced by gender roles, so I don't feel too obligated to rehash these ideas at this time.
Suffice to say, it's not a bad thing to have questions. Being inquisitive is a sign of wisdom, humility, and practical intelligence. Nobody knows the answers to everything. That's simply impossible. Heck, as incredible as this sounds, despite all the breakthroughs we've made in recent generations in regards to theoretical physics, we still don't know even a fraction of a fraction of what there is to know about the Universe. Theorists like Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking are like the One Eyed Kings leading a pack of blind subjects. But in this case, they have one eye that's peering into the world through a coffee straw. They are able to speculate about the world at levels that most of us will never be able to comprehend, and even they can't manage to scratch the surface. Far out, man!
Makes you not feel so guilty about wondering if Denise Masino is secretly a dude, huh?
I can assure you that Denise Masino is not a dude. Despite the impressive amount of meat dangling between her legs, I can assure you that it's all feminine meat. Nothing masculine about it. She doesn't have a penis. Though her phallic-like clit sort of resembles a really tiny penis (especially when she uses a clit pump), there's no doubt that it's a clit, end of story. Beneath her impressive feminine endowment is her vagina, an organ I don't believe too many men can say they also have.
Maryse Manios isn't everybody's cup of tea, but there's no doubt that she's a lady. No doubt at all.
As far as I can tell, it is not possible for a woman to become a man without an intricately planned series of hormonal therapy sessions administered by trained medical professionals. I am no expert about the female-to-male or male-to-female transition processes, but lifting weights at the gym (and yes, even taking synthetic steroids to help you bulk up more) will not do the trick. Of course, I don't think too many folks actually believe this. So to reiterate, it's hard to not question your assumptions when you're faced with examples that challenge them.
Female bodybuilders are not actually men. I understand why someone would allow their minds to drift in that direction, but at the end of the day there's no evidence to suggest that such a phenomenon is even scientifically possible. But that doesn't mean we should mock people who do dare to Google such a titillating question.
There's an old saying that "it never hurts to ask." Well, that's not entirely true. It can hurt if the person(s) to whom you're asking the question retaliates in any sort of way. However, that's the beauty of the Internet. You can ask away with little risk to your reputation or ego. I may not have all the answers, but I am qualified to provide a small degree of insight onto the issue of female bodybuilders and their gender identities:
Female bodybuilders are female, not male. You can take it to the bank and bet your life's savings on it. But if even a slight hint of doubt creeps into your mind, remember this: That's perfectly okay.
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The Year That Was 2016: Muscular Women Will Bring Us Together
Debbie Leung would like to wish you a happy new year!
If you were to ask a random person on the street whether 2016 was a good year or a bad year, I'd wager a guess that the vast majority of respondents would say it was an atrocious year.
What would prompt someone to say such a thing, you might ask? Let's count the ways why 2016 could be considered a disappointing year for all of us:
Beloved celebrities passing away
Political and social unrest
Undesirable election outcomes
Mass shootings, riots, bombings, terror attacks, and random acts of violence that threaten our sense of safety and stability
International conflicts like war, famine, genocide, territorial disputes, religious conflict, etc.
Terrorism, despotism, and rising civil conflicts
Technological advancements that threaten the job prospects of working class people
Uneasiness about environmental issues
Eroding distrust in governments, media, and academic institutions
Economic insecurity
Rumors of war, belligerence, and frightening socio-political trends
Dissipating freedoms of speech, choice, religion, and association
Disintegrating sense of "national unity" and "common culture"
General feelings of anger, anxiety, and cynicism on a global scale
Yikes. You may not necessarily feel all of these things, but certainly if you've been paying attention to the news – regardless of where on planet Earth you live – you must recognize at least a few of the tribulations listed above. Some historians (and quasi-historians) compare the times we're currently living in to the 1930s when we were on the cusp of World War II, which caused devastation on a scale never before seen in human history. I tend to not buy into a lot of that hype and fearmongering, but I sympathize with people who do. That's not me being snarky or dismissive.
I'm not an expert in international relations, social psychology or foreseeing the future. However, I am someone who is keen on attempting to clarify the unexplainable. Perhaps this is why I started my blog in the first place. Yeah, I wanted an avenue for publishing my fiction writing, but as it turns out my essays are what drive traffic to my humble website. My audience spans the globe, a reality that still has not set in yet. Can you believe that? Wow!
Wow, indeed. So in a futile attempt to wrap a somewhat positive bow on the year 2016 Anno Domini, which hasn't been so positive for far too many of us, I'll try to talk about how muscular women can bring us together. Maybe not all of us, but certainly some of us.
Muscular women are, in many respects, the ultimate symbol of postmodernism. In case you need a quick refresher, "postmodernism" was essentially a social, artistic, and cultural movement in the 20th Century that rejected and challenged previously held assumptions about the world. It's unfair to think about postmodernism as being over, because it definitely is not. Even in the 21st Century, we're still questioning how we traditionally think about things like gender constructs, science, political movements, sexual identities, philosophy, religion, aesthetics, and social cooperation. So postmodernism isn't dead and buried by any stretch of the imagination.
I hope Annie Rivieccio becomes famous one day.
If you want to point to one facet of modern life that encompasses so much of the conversation surrounding postmodern thought, it would be the world of female bodybuilding. The existence of muscular women challenge so many of our previously held assumptions about gender, biology, sex roles, femininity, masculinity, identity, and lust. A woman with big muscles would have been unthinkable 200 years ago. Or 100 years ago. Even today many of us have a hard time believing a woman can get that muscular without freakish genetics or a comical amount of steroids.
Let's spin this another way: Consider the way our culture celebrates the concept of the "strong independent woman." It's a motif that we see everywhere: novels, movies, comic books, television shows, music, political campaigns, social media, and everyday casual conversations with friends. We saw Britain appoint its second ever female prime minister. The United States saw a woman run for president for the first time. Tsai Ing-wen was elected Taiwan's first female president, a country that exists in the shadows of an increasingly confrontational China.
Yet, the concept of the "strong independent woman" has more or less been watered down by pop culture to mean a woman who uses the right hashtags and properly criticizes Donald Trump. It's more of a rallying cry than an actual archetype that's justifiably acknowledged. Most of the women in the world who are creating significant social change are scientists, teachers, engineers, data analysts, and investors whom most of us have never heard of before. The visible "strong independent women" celebrated by pop culture are usually pampered celebrities who don't actually deserve such accolades.
How funny it is that real "strong independent women" like female bodybuilders are largely ignored by our society while a pop singer like Beyoncé is heralded as the lady version of Alexander the Great or William the Conqueror. I have nothing against the Queen Bey (her music is okay), but being a major celebrity isn't that much of an accomplishment considering there are countless anonymous female scientists out there who are working to find cures to cancer.
Isabelle Turell is a genuine strong independent woman.
Likewise, female bodybuilders are, for the most part, anonymous. Not to readers of this blog, of course, but to the general public. It's too bad that women like Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande will always be more famous than Shawn Tan and Annie Rivieccio, but that's the way it is. There's no use complaining about something that'll never change.
However, that's not something worth fretting over. Seriously. Muscular women may not be able to change the entire world, but they can definitely change our world. As we transition from 2016 to 2017, this is a fantastic opportunity to remind ourselves that at the end of the day, we are in control over our own destinies. It may not always seem that way, but it's true for the most part. Consider the lessons female bodybuilders can offer us:
FBBs live in a hostile world. They are women who break convention, defy our traditional definitions of femininity, and forge their own paths despite what others say. They face obstacles that are both seen and unseen, spoken and unspoken, obvious and not-so-obvious. They are at a biological disadvantage, as well as a social disadvantage. How many times have FBBs heard the pestering question "do you really want to look that way?"
Well, yes they do. They do in fact want to look that way, thank you very much. But despite the peer pressure to resist building up muscle mass, there are plenty of women in this world who ignore the noise and pursue their dreams regardless of what others say. We should applaud them, as many of us often do. Let this be a crucial lesson to all of us that you can do whatever you dream of doing – no matter how many people tell you it's unacceptable, irresponsible or improper. I completely understand that there's a fine line between doing foolishly stupid things (like dreaming of becoming a world famous stunt motorcycle driver) and things that are merely "frowned upon" in polite company. I get that. But there's nothing terribly risky about being a bodybuilder, unless you recklessly put God-knows-what kind of chemicals into your body to get "gains." That's a whole other matter.
Female bodybuilders don't aspire to attain the impossible. They strive to attain the possible, though far too many of us think it's impossible. There's the difference. It is possible for a woman to be both irresistibly sexy and ridiculously muscular concurrently. Most of us don't think it's possible, therefore we look down upon those who pursue this path. That being said, no matter how rocky the road will be and how choppy the waters will seem, FBBs prevail at the end.
Kim Perez is like she's from my dreams.
They exist. Female bodybuilders exist. And that's all they need to do to defy an unsympathetic society that treats them with unfair skepticism. In this regard, FBBs personify a thought-provoking paradigm: Muscular women aren't supposed to be real. But they are. Period.
This is the essence of the postmodern worldview. Whatever assumptions we previously held about the nature of femininity, biology, and human sexual attraction must be questioned and subsequently tossed out the window. Not only do muscular women exist, but they should exist. They need to exist. It's critical that the world be able to bear witness to a group of human beings who've chosen to ignore thousands of years of conventional wisdom and cultivate a new reality. There isn't a logical reason why a woman (or man) should choose to build superhuman-sized muscles, but there doesn't have to be. People do things because we can. We create goals and try to reach them even though it doesn't provide any apparent utility.
We climb Mount Everest because we can. We sent a rocket ship to the moon because we can. We landed a spacecraft on Mars because we can. We don't need to, but we want to. Want. That's all this is about. The desire to accomplish something awesome and the will to go for it.
I'm not naïve. Female bodybuilders won't become more popular in 2017. I don't know if they'll become less popular (as if such a standard can be adequately measured), but certainly I don't foresee muscular women popping up everywhere in the media. But that's irrelevant to this discussion. FBBs will never – although it may be imprudent to use the word "never" – achieve a high degree of popularity in our mass culture. However, they've been able to carve out a fine little niche with folks like you and I. It's better to have a thousand passionate supporters than one million casual onlookers.
This is how female bodybuilders continue to exist. The support from their tiny army of rabid fans will sustain their lifestyles more than being featured as a token extra on Game of Thrones or the next Avengers flick. This business arrangement won't be radically different in 2017 than it was in 2016 (or 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, and so on), but that's just fine. It doesn't have to be. Economic prospects for female bodybuilders could always be better, naturally. The same could be said for any industry. But until we reach a point of financial unsustainability, I wouldn't sweat it too much.
Will Jennifer Thomas be a breakout star in 2017? One could only hope…
The truth is, the changing of years don't really matter all that much. The universe won't look profoundly different on January 1 than it did on December 31. A year is just an artificial benchmark we use to signify when the Earth makes a full rotation around the Sun. So for as bad as we think 2016 was, it makes no difference whatsoever. Events (both good and bad) happen to us regardless of what day, month, or year it is. That's just the way it is. The concept of New Year's Day is just a fun excuse to party too much, drink too much, and watch a crystal ball drop in Times Square. For what it's worth, that's okay with me.
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Stigmata (1999)
R | 1h 43min | Horror | 10 September 1999 (USA)
When a young woman becomes afflicted by stigmata, a priest is sent to investigate her case, which may have severe ramifications for his faith and for the Catholic Church itself.
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A priest from the Vatican is sent to Sao Paulo, Brazil to investigate the appearance of the face of the Virgin Mary on the side of a building. While there he hears of a statue of the Virgin Mary bleeding tears in a small town outside of the city. Meanwhile, a young woman in the U.S. begins to show signs of stigmata, the wounds of Christ. The priest from the Vatican links up with her and cares for her as she is increasingly afflicted by the stigmata. Her ranting and raving finally begins to make sense to the priest who starts to question what his religion has stood for for the last 1900 years. Written by Jeff Mellinger <jmell@uclink4.berkeley.edu>
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[Frankie is possessed by Father Alameida]
Frankie: Jesus said... the Kingdom of God is inside you, and all around you, not in mansions of wood and stone. Split a piece of wood... and I am there, lift a stone... and you will find me.
Father Andrew Kiernan: Brother Alameida, I call upon you to release this woman. Give her grace and let her not come into the ways of harm. For through Jesus Christ we have all been saved and let us not fear any ill. For Jesus is with us, and the Unity of the Holy Spirit will remain forever, and ...
It is important to note that in the director's alternate ending, Frankie suffers the fifth wound of Christ (or stigmata) -- the piercing of the side. Earlier in the movie, Father Kiernan suggests that only the most pious receive the wounds of Christ and that the more wounds they receive, the more pious they are. He also says that no one has ever received all 5. See more »
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The "stigmata" is a Christian religious term that refers to the spontaneous appearance of wounds corresponding to the wounds on the Christ's body when he was crucified. This religious experience is most typically associated with deeply religious people and, I believe, is not one that is widely taken seriously. What makes this movie interesting is that it portrays the appearance of these wounds as a terrifying, extremely painful and ultimately humiliating experience. There's nothing conventionally religious in the experience portrayed here -- in fact, the victim is an athiest.
But, having bypassed the conventional, the movie is only partially successful in bringing the experience of the stigmata to the screen. The movie is a victim itself of a conventional portrayal of the evil bureaucratic Vatican desk jockeys suppressing "true" religion. And I have to admit that, as I was watching it, I found myself thinking, "Hmm, that sounds like the Gospel of Thomas," -- a famous Gnostic Gospel. Surprise.
But, overall, I'd recommend it as a decent movie and a departure from the generic, bland portrayal of Christian religious experience a la the Hallmark channel or "Touched by an Angel." It is a movie that can make you think about the nature of religious experience and its impact on an ordinary life.
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Констанс Кин (; ,  — , ) — американская пианистка и педагог.

Биография

Констанс Кин, никогда не посещая колледжа или консерватории, с 1934 года занималась под руководством пианиста и педагога . Эти занятия продолжались до 1949 года, когда Чейзинс и Кин поженились; к этому времени Кин уже успела стать в 1943 году победителем Наумбурговского конкурса молодых исполнителей.

В годы Второй мировой войны ездила с концертами по военным базам армии США; сообщается, в частности, что в одном из армейских лагерей в штате Миссисипи она за три дня дала восемь концертов, аудиторию которых составляли в общей сложности около 65000 военнослужащих. С 1945 гастролировала профессионально в США и в Европе, выступая, в частности, в ансамбле с Иегуди Менухиным и с Бенни Гудменом (исполняя «Рапсодию в голубых тонах» Гершвина).

Среди записей Кин наибольшим признанием пользовались прелюды Сергея Рахманинова, о которых превосходно отзывался Артур Рубинштейн, и все сонаты Иоганна Непомука Гуммеля.

В 1960-е гг. Кин была заместителем Ванды Горовиц, жены дружившего с её мужем Владимира Горовица, возглавлявшей Гарлемскую школу искусств. С 1969 г. до конца жизни она преподавала в Манхэттенской школе музыки, а с 1997 г. входила в состав её совета попечителей.

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RUSH: The mayor of Washington, DC, picked up on Courtland Milloy's piece in the Washington Post yesterday. The Redskins are gonna have to get rid of that nickname 'cause it's racist and it's bigoted.
Here's Vincent Gray. Vincent Gray is the mayor of Washington, DC, said this last night.
GRAY: I think it has become a lightning rod, and I would love to be able to sit down with the team — and I'm happy to do that, to sit down with the team — and others who are concerned with this and see if a change can be made. Obviously our basketball team did that, you know, with the Bullets being changed to the Wizards.
RUSH: Did you know the basketball team in Washington used to be called the Bullets? They said that was offensive, so they changed it to the Wizards. Honestly! There's the mayor saying, "Yeah, we gotta get rid of Redskins." They're on the warpath now, no pun intended. That's… Oh, gee. I don't know. It wasn't anybody was offended by the Bullets. It was that Bullets conjured up negative images that encouraged kids to like bullets. So went the thinking.
By the way, this thing about Obama and usurping the Constitution?
So they changed it to Wizards. Doesn't the Ku Klux Klan have wizards? I know they've got grand cyclopses and they have kleagles. Sheets Byrd, the late senator from West Virginia was a kleagle I think. Or maybe he was a grand cyclops. Maybe you have to be a kleagle before you were a cyclops or vice-versa, who knows? But I know that they got wizards and grand wizards at the KKK.
I wonder if they thought of that when they changed the name from the Bullets to the Wizards.


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The Central Bank of Ireland publishes submissions on the reform of Ireland's white collar crime laws
The Central Bank of Ireland publishes submissions on the reform of Ireland's white collar crime laws
The Central Bank of Ireland has published its response to a 2016 Law Reform Commission Issues Paper which had called for submissions on the reform of Ireland's laws regarding white collar crime. The Central Bank's recommendations are largely consistent with recent changes in the UK and include:
A new criminal offence for senior management of financial institutions whose reckless decisions cause the institution's failure. This mirrors an offence enacted in the UK in 2016 (section 36 of the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013), whereby senior management of UK banks face a maximum seven year jail sentence and/or substantial fines if their actions cause an institution to fail. The Central Bank's view is that the Irish legislative framework deserves to be strengthened to take account of any such " egregious recklessness in risk-taking by those who were in charge of failed financial firms".
Creating a dedicated division within an existing criminal agency to investigate white collar crime. The Central Bank has suggested the creation of a specialised prosecution unit.
Strengthening the accountability of senior personnel in financial companies by introducing reforms modelled on the UK regime. These reforms would permit the Central Bank to require every senior manager to present a statement of responsibility clearly setting out the matters for which they are responsible and accountable.
Broadening the remit of the fitness and probity regime to include investigations into individuals who performed controlled functions in the past.
Embedding certain non-sector specific core common standards within a legislative framework. For example, this might include the requirement that entities and individuals conduct themselves with honesty and integrity, and/or possess the competence and capability to conduct their business. Read the Central Bank's detailed submissions here.
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A számítástechnika világában a távoli kiértékelés egy szakkifejezés azokra a technológiákra, amelyek magukba foglalják a végrehajtható szoftver program szállítását a kliens gépről a szerver gép felé egy későbbi szerveren történő végrehajtásért. Miután a program  befejeződött, az végrehajtás eredménye visszaküldődik a klienshez.

A távoli kiértékelés a mobil kód technológiák családjába tartozik. Egy példa erre a grid számítás. Egy végrehajtható feladatot el lehet küldeni a egy meghatározott számítógépre a griden, majd a végrehajtás után az eredmény visszaküldődik a klienshez. A kliens ezután összegzi az többszörösen egyidejűleg számított részfeladatok eredményeit egy eredménnyé.

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Smartwatches wage war for your wrist
By TechRadar 19 April 2013
Every tech company seems to have an eye on the time
Most are still mere rumours, but the smartwatch mob is tugging at your sleeve
First, tech came for our desks. Then, it came for our pockets. Now, it wants our wrists. The giants of tech are at war, and they're sending their armies up your sleevies.
This week, TomTom said it wasn't entering the smartwatch war while cunningly unveiling its new smartwatches. The difference? TomTom doesn't want you to wear its watches every day: they're for sports, and could be "as indispensable as your running shoes." We've had a play with the new Multi-Sport GPS Watch, and we like what we've seen so far: it has "every chance of standing out from the crowd."
It's going to be a big crowd, led by Apple. The Apple iWatch rumour was stoked again this week when an Apple board member used the word "watches", and we're also hearing that former Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch is on the iWatch team. Insert your own "it'll run Flash!" joke here.
Where Apple goes everybody else follows, and the only person who isn't reportedly working on a smartwatch is your mum. Samsung has confirmed its smartwatch project, LG says it might make one too, Google's got one in development and now Microsoft is apparently making an Xbox watch too. There's also word that Microsoft is working on "a wrist-warmer with a 1.5-inch screen", Kate Solomon reports, although "there's no guarantee that this watch, which would work alongside its Windows Phone products and is being made in conjunction with an in-house handset prototype, will ever see the light of day."
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It's not just about Apple
As you might expect, the rumour mill has gone into Apple watch-related overdrive, with reports suggesting the iWatch will get fingerprint scanning, will be made from curved glass and might even get an Apple radio service. It's also been suggested that the iWatch will also get the NFC technology that was supposed to turn up in the last two generations of iPhone.
As Patrick Goss explains, an NFC-enabled watch might be quite handy: "Once I have an NFC chip on my wrist then all of those brilliant ideas that have been hinted at since the phone revolution first tied the landline up against the wall and sacrificed it in the name of portability become valid," he says.
"QR codes that nobody could be bothered scanning for a trailer or voucher can be replaced with a tap of my watch on a poster, the rainforest worth of vouchers that got discarded in the nearest bin after dying a slow expiration date death in a wallet or purse would be front and centre, making loyalty more satisfying. And, I could quite merrily shop without the worry about having the cash for a coffee when I get tired."
For now, almost everything you read about smartwatches is sheer speculation: as Kate Solomon points out, "Only Samsung has so far come out and said that it's thinking about releasing an intelligent watch at some point; LG, Google, Apple and now Microsoft are purely confined to the Maybe file." Nevertheless, Solomon has a plan: "To save time from now on, we'll just assume that every company in the world is working on a smart watch."
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Konexio CEO and Founder, Jean Guo, wins TIAW World of Difference Award
Konexio's executive director and co-founder, Jean Guo, was honored for her work economically empowering women through Konexio! Each year, The International Alliance for Women (TIAW) awards the World of Difference prize to recognize the power every individual has to make a change for women's empowerment in the world. TIAW chose Jean, and Konexio, for our programs' success in enabling women to earn a livelihood for themselves and develop financial security, and for Jean's resilience as a female founder.
Jean launched Konexio in 2016 to bridge the digital divide for vulnerable people, especially women and refugees. She was inspired to found Konexio by her experience as a public health researcher in migrant and refugee communities. An immigrant herself, Jean recognized there the same patterns of economic vulnerability that she and her single mother experienced after migrating to the United States from China: that lack of work precluded integration and self-reliance, and that a huge segment of workers, especially women, were systematically excluded from the job market.
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Creative Sound Blaster GC7 vs. G6 vs. X4
April 12, 2022 by Jack Brooks
From humble beginnings in 1981 in Singapore, Creative has become one of the most well-recognized names in the tech world today. In the incredibly wide range of digital products they offer, they have gotten some amount of notoriety recently for their DACs (digital to analog converters), as well as their sound cards.
To offer you better insight into which Creative product will give you the best bang for your buck, we are going to take a comprehensive look at each product and judge it on design, features, pricing, and overall improvement in sound quality. It should be noted that a DAC is not going to turn five-dollar headphones into 500 dollar Sennheisers, so make sure the accompanying equipment is also fairly good. Throwing a DAC on shoddy tech is a bit like throwing a fresh coat of paint on a recently demolished building.
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The GC7 is the only product of the three that offers universal compatibility with all of its features. For that reason, I would recommend this product to those who play exclusively on consoles or want more on-hand customization with their sound, as this device offers plenty. Just be aware that it is the biggest product on the list and will take up a bit more space than the others. It will also set you back ~$20 more than the other options, if you are buying at MSRP.
The G6 has the best audio of the three and is much smaller than either product, making it a minimalist's ideal choice. My biggest gripe with this sub-$150 product is that it doesn't offer all of its features on any platform and this feels very much like a design oversight. For those who simply want a product to amplify their audio quality and don't mind the more basic design, this is a solid product.
The X4 has a good, intelligent design that sits at the cheapest buying price, ~$20 less than the GC7. I would recommend this product to Windows users and the occasional Mac user that is okay with losing two key features. For those who find the GC7's interface overbearing, I would push them to this product that feels like a much more tame creation, overall.
It's not exactly a secret that these products are geared towards hardcore gaming enthusiasts, though an audiophile could in theory get a good amount of play out of them. Depending on which console or operating system you use in conjunction with these products, your list of features will vary wildly.
All listed specifications have been taken directly from Creative.
The GC7, unlike the other options, boasts that every feature it comes with can be used across all platforms. This means that regardless of if you are on a multi-screen computer or a Nintendo switch you can utilize Virtual 7.1, Dolby Digital, Voice Changers, Game to Voice volume adjustment, different audio modes, and more. This is nice considering several Creative DACs have received complaints about not being compatible with certain systems in the ways consumers wished they would be.
This product can output 120 dB of dynamic range and 24-bit/192 kHz of high-end audio. Additionally, it can be used with headphones that reach up to 300 ohms. While it doesn't offer as much as the G6, the universal audio features it solely can brag about are worth considering before immediately disregarding the GC7.
The G6 is going to give you the most bang for your buck when it comes down to purely audio quality. It comes with 130 decibels of dynamic range and can put out 32-bit / 384 kHz of audio which is a notable improvement from the GC7, especially when considering its ability to work with headphones up to 600 ohms (if those specifications are to be believed, some critics have expressed doubt about this).
The X4 does fall a bit behind its competition when looking purely at the technical specifications of its sound quality. Speaking on the audio quality this item possesses up to 114 decibels of dynamic range and can output 24bit/192kHz audio playback. It can work with headphones with an impedance of 32 to 600 ohms.
Verdict – The G6 for pure audio quality edges out the competition, though all three products are very close to one another in this category.
A DAC is typically going to sit somewhere on a desk or entertainment hutch and is most efficient when it doesn't further clutter a surface that is prone to having a few items on it as is. The overall design is going to be optimized to make adjusting volume settings (along with several other options) relatively painless, especially since these products are designed with competitive gaming in mind. None of these products are water-resistant and should be kept away from nearby liquids.
All three of these products are unbelievably light and even though they all are made of a plastic casing, a drop or two should do little to no damage thanks to their feathery mass.
The GC7 resembles a turntable made for a housecat more than any traditional-looking DAC, though its design is still excellent in my humble opinion. The low-light illumination of this product is not only attractive to the eye but practical. The illuminated dial on the volume and game/voice mixer allows you to see exactly where you have placed each, with each programmable button lit up as well. If an effect is on through the control panel the text on the button is illuminated, which helps those who keep the lights off at night.
My biggest gripe with the design of the GC7 is its plastic casing which somehow makes a $150+ product feel much cheaper than it is. I would have preferred something a bit more weighty in my hand as well, like the X4, though admittedly this is a very minor gripe. The GC7 weighs 9.9 ounces and sits at 6.81 x 4.49 x 1.85 inches.
The G6 is a far less complicated interface that offers an adjustable game/voice knob and little else. This isn't as bad as it sounds, as much as some might enjoy micromanaging their sound every few minutes, others might like to put it on a preset and forget about it. For those that enjoy a less convoluted experience, the G6 is an excellent alternative that weighs and takes up less space than either of its competitors.
The G6 also has its own minor amount of LED lighting in the X (you can customize the color through the app) on the top of the device as well as an illuminated volume wheel so you can adjust it regardless of how well lit your environment is. The G6 is the smallest product by far, weighing just a hair over 5 ounces and taking up 4.37 x 0.94 x 2.76 inches of space.
Lastly, the X4 feels like the healthy middle ground between the two products. It offers some amount of customization through its topside controls that include a volume knob, microphone mute, adjustable equalizer modes, and a Super X-FI "Battle" mode button. Despite being a touch shorter than the GC7, it has a weightier feel to it that I personally really enjoy. The volume knob has a LED of blue, green, and orange colors that pulses when the audio is muted, and each button has an LED perimeter as well.
This product like all the products unfortunately comes with that same cheap-feeling plastic encasing that lessens the overall quality of an otherwise well-made item. It weighs out to be 1.4 pounds and measures 5.14 x 5.14 x 1.6 inches.
Verdict – The X4 feels the best to hold onto and is very uncomplicated while still being aesthetically clean. I could see folks also really enjoying the GC7's litany of buttons and control knobs if they like more customization options at their immediate fingertips.
All three of these products are stuffed to the brim with a wide variety of features, though unfortunately for some items they do not offer universal cross-platform support for every feature. To save our comrades still fighting in the senseless and bloody console wars, I will be specifying which features are present across all consoles and operating systems and what are exclusive to (mainly) Windows, so bear with me here.
The GC7 is starting this category with an inherent advantage due to the fact that from all accounts its features are universal across all compatible platforms. How they managed this for the GC7 and not their other products I'm not entirely sure, but it certainly helps the GC7 stand out above its competitors. It also possesses optical in/out ports, headphone gain, line in/out ports, platform switch, 3.5mm ports and an LED indicator of which platform is being utilized.
Moving to the G6 we have to look at a few features that are not universal across all platforms. For Switch users, you will not be able to utilize virtual 7.1, Dolby Digital, game/voice adjustment, "direct" mode, and the Sound Blaster command software.
Playstation users (both four and five) will not be able to use direct mode or the Sound Blaster command software. Xbox will be unable to use game/voice adjustment, sidetone (allows you to hear yourself through your microphone), direct mode, and the Sound Blaster command software.
Finally, Windows users will be unable to use the game/voice adjustment along with Mac users who also can't access the Sound Blaster command software. Now that I have given everyone a collective headache, let's move on to the universal features of this product. The G6 offers Xamp discrete headphone bi-amp (can support very low impedance headphones and amplifies each individual headphone) as well as 3.5mm ports for both headphones and microphones
Lastly, the X4 also has some incompatibilities across the platforms worth considering. Switch users lack 7.1 virtual surround sound, Dolby Digital, audio balance, smart comms kit, crystal voice, scout mode, and the acoustic engine. Playstation users will lack virtual 7.1, Dolby Digital, smart comms kit, crystal voice, scout mode, and acoustic engine. Sadly, Xbox seems to be incompatible with this DAC. Mac consumers will lack a smart comms kit and Dolby Digital while Windows gets every feature of the product (if you are using Windows 10 or above)
The X4 has two 3.5mm inputs for the microphone and headset, optical in/out, line in/out, and an interesting LED feature of the volume knob. Simply speaking, the light in the middle changes from green, blue, and orange depending on which source has the highest amount of emphasis, which is very unique and thoughtfully designed.
The accompanying app that comes with these products is sufficient at what it's meant to do, offering adjustable equalizing options, further customization as well as software updates. You can get the app for both your personal computer and mobile device, though they are roughly the same product with a slight change in the user interface.
Verdict – GC7 pulls away with its universal features that span the width of all platforms.
These products are all sufficient in what they were meant to do, but unfortunately, if you are a consumer looking for a product to use with a console or Mac platform, you are limited in options. Because of this, for non-Windows users, you should absolutely go with the GC7. Otherwise, it comes down to personal taste, though it should be said the G6 does offer the best sound among the three products. The X4 is ideal for PC gamers looking for a small, innocuous piece of tech that gets results.
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Anti-U.S. protest greets G-8 leaders
By - The Washington Times - Friday, July 21, 2000
OKINAWA CITY, Japan Thousands of protesters formed a human chain around the gates of a U.S. air base Thursday as leaders of the world's seven leading industrial powers and Russia assembled on this World War II battleground island to discuss narrowing the gap between rich and poor countries.
En route to the summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin picked up North Korea and China as allies in his campaign to derail American plans to build an anti-missile nuclear shield.
President Clinton set aside stalled Mideast peace-making efforts at Camp David to take part in his farewell summit of the Group of Eight.
"The Okinawa summit will create a framework to fight infectious disease, increase access to basic education and expand opportunity through information technology," Mr. Clinton said on the way to the meeting. "Despite a stronger global economy, too many people around the world live every day without essential health care, basic literacy or the opportunity to share in the benefits of modern technology."
The president's first scheduled event was a speech to the people of Okinawa at the island's Peace Park, where the black walls of a monument bear the names of 237,318 soldiers Japanese, American and British and civilians who perished in a ferocious, 82-day battle during World War II.
So fierce was the fighting that it convinced President Harry S. Truman that he had no alternative to using the atom bomb against Japan.
While Mr. Clinton was en route to the summit, Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers and the other G-8 leaders met with the heads of four of the world's poorest nations to explore how technology can close the gap between them.
"There was an agreement on the fundamentals for development, including the overwhelming importance of education," Mr. Summers said.
He said the meeting will produce specific suggestions at the summit.
The leaders of poor nations who attended were Chuan Leekpai, prime minister of Thailand; Olusegun Obasanjo, president of Nigeria; Thabo Mbeki, president of South Africa; and Abdelaziz Bouteflika, president of Algeria.
Executives from the California-based Internet equipment provider Cisco Systems Inc. and other companies attended the discussions, along with experts on poverty from the United Nations and World Health Organization as well as World Bank President James Wolfensohn.
"It was a very productive and very interesting session that gathered a variety of perspectives that sets the stage for a G-8 that emphasizes development issues," Mr. Summers said.
On Okinawa, organizers estimated more than 25,000 protesters mobilized in a human chain stretching 11 miles around Kadena Air Base to oppose the heavy U.S. military presence on the island. About 30,000 members of the service are stationed there.
Police deployed about 22,000 officers, most flown in from other parts of Japan, but no violence was reported during one of the island's largest protests in years.
Protesters many of them accompanied by their children wore headbands with anti-base slogans. Organizers yelled into loudspeakers, "Clinton, take your troops home" and "We don't want your troops."
"As teachers, we have vowed never to send our students to war again," said Isao Kaneshiro, head of a local teachers' union. "I want President Clinton to know that we don't want his troops here."
Okinawa near the Korean Peninsula, Taiwan, China and southeast Asia is considered by U.S. officials to be of crucial strategic importance. But many Okinawans say the U.S. presence is too heavy and want it reduced or eliminated.
Military-related crime is a frequent source of tension. The recent arrest of a 19-year-old Marine accused of breaking into a home and climbing into bed with a sleeping schoolgirl reignited anger.
"Most Okinawans welcome the summit," an editorial in the Ryukyu Shimpo newspaper said. "But there are concerns as well. We are concerned that the bases, which cause such damage to us, will be praised by the summit leaders."
The G-8 the United States, Japan, Britain, Italy, Canada, Germany, France and now Russia has held summits each year for the past 25 years. This is the fourth summit Japan has hosted and the first it has held outside of Tokyo.
While Mr. Clinton flew to the island, Mr. Putin wrapped up the first visit by a Russian leader to North Korea. He was joined by the North's ruler, Kim Jong-il, in urging the United States to scrap the proposed missile shield. The two said North Korea's missile program, one reason the United States wants to build the shield, is meant for peaceful purposes and not attacks on other nations.
On Tuesday, Mr. Putin and Chinese President Jiang Zemin signed a statement denouncing the U.S. missile-shield plan. France and Germany share Russia's concerns that it could be destabilizing.
Russia said it will push at the summit for a write-off of Soviet-era debts, despite a bill passed Wednesday by the House of Representatives barring debt forgiveness until Russia shuts its intelligence listening post in Lourdes, Cuba.
The meetings are being held at a subtropical, seaside resort in the city of Nago. Officials are hoping it will put Okinawa on the international tourism map. The Foreign Ministry says the summit is expected to cost $750 million, including security, construction and road repairs.


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Q: Catch 'no results found' in Parse PFQuery When using the PFQuery, if no results are found it just outputs it to the console but does not let me handle the error in the code. I have not found this documented on their site so I hope to seek help here. I am using:
findObjectsInBackgroundWithBlock:^(NSArray *objects, NSError *error)

to try to find the objects. I have tried seeing if objects was nil, error was nil, and if objects.count was equal to zero but none of the above worked.
Does anyone know how to handle the case of the result not being in the query using a PFQuery? Thank you.
EDIT 10/10/2015: My Code:
PFQuery *query = [PFQuery queryWithClassName:@"Group"];
        [query getObjectWithId:s];
        [query findObjectsInBackgroundWithBlock:^(NSArray *objects, NSError *error) {
            if (!error && [objects count] > 0) {
                // The find succeeded.

                }
            }else if ([objects count] == 0) {
                // Should run when there is nothing found
            }

            else {
                // Log details of the failure
            }
        }];

When I run the query and get no results, nothing in the block runs.

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A guide to busking in Chester
Cheshire West and Chester Council recognises that Busking and Performing makes a valuable contribution towards the cultural life of the city, making the streets more vibrant and exciting for visitors, businesses and residents. In partnership with Chester Buskers Association, CH1 Chester BID, the Musicians Union, Equity and the Keep the Streets Live Campaign, Cheshire West and Chester Council is proud to present a new code of practice for Buskers and Street Performers working in Chester City Centre.
The new guidelines represent several months of ongoing consultation with the local community, organisations and key stakeholders. A trial period has also taken place to monitor and review how the new guidelines operate in practice.
It is important to note that the new guidelines represent a cultural change in the way street performances are managed in Chester City Centre. The guidelines recognise the rights of people to use public spaces for performance and entertainment, whilst adopting a framework that encourages users of these spaces to be considerate towards the people around them.
The guidelines encourage buskers, businesses and residents to consider the impact of performances in public spaces and to react appropriately. It is a shift towards a community response, based on positive communication and understanding, where buskers are encouraged to work with people in the local area to create a vibrant and cultural city centre, whilst trying to minimise any negative impact on surrounding businesses and/or people living nearby.
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Nukes cause untold devastation on our planet's surface but what would the effects be if the weapons were deployed in our oceans' deepest point?
The Marianas Trench, located in the western Pacific Ocean approximately 124 miles (200 kilometers) east of the Mariana Islands, is known as the deepest point in our planet's oceans. The trench is 35,814 feet below sea level (10.9 kilometers).
As a point of reference, if Mount Everest, Earth's highest mountain, were to be dropped into the Marianas Trench, its peak would still be submerged by more than a mile (1.6 kilometers) underwater. Taking into account this extreme depth, the folks at Munich-based YouTube channel Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell decided to explore the very interesting question of what would happen if a nuke was deployed at the bottom of this spot.
On Earth, nuclear weaponry has terrifying and devastating effects. Would the consequences to our planet be just as severe at this depth in our oceans?
The video begins by stating some possible outcomes. "For sure, tsunamis hundreds of meters high would destroy coastal cities, earthquakes would level countries, new volcanoes would bring us nuclear winter, maybe even Earth could be ripped apart or thrown out of orbit... Well, almost," says the narrator.
The clip goes on to explain scientifically exactly what would happen. We won't tell you the details but we promise you will be pleasantly surprised.
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell was founded by Philipp Dettmer in 2013 and today has over 6 million subscribers. The channel's clips predominantly discuss scientific subjects.
The name comes from the German kurz gesagt which means "said in short." The lively and engaging video illustrations bring viewers complex subjects in well-thought and understandable formats.
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Q: How can i write space in input and take with jquery I have made search for table and this working good but when i write space like this : ' ' it's don't working and i got this error :
Uncaught Error: Syntax error, unrecognized expression: ...
My script before my input :
var table_length=10,table_key="",page=1;

My input is :
<input onKeyUp="
    table_key=this.value;
    reload_table();" type="search" class="form-control input-sm" placeholder="" aria-controls="datatable-responsive">

My script is :
function reload_table(){
    $("#load_table").load("manage_table_engine.php?mode=tr&table=generator_tables&table_id=1&length=" + table_length + "&key=" + table_key + "&page=" + page);
}

And this information for help :
When someone writing something in input and then keyup the keyboard do change the table_key var to input value as you see in input like this : onKeyUp="table_key=this.value; reload_table();" And then load some php page to the table and it's working and fixed but when i writing space it's not working and i don't know what can i do , i do something like add quotes and double quotes but not working.
And i know one thing when i writing something and key up table_key var changed successfully with any word but load script is not working and sending error in console this error is full error :
Uncaught Error: Syntax error, unrecognized expression: &page=1
at Function.oe.error (jquery.min.js:2)
at oe.tokenize (jquery.min.js:2)
at Function.oe [as find] (jquery.min.js:2)
at w.fn.init.find (jquery.min.js:2)
at Object.<anonymous> (jquery.min.js:2)
at u (jquery.min.js:2)
at Object.fireWith [as resolveWith] (jquery.min.js:2)
at k (jquery.min.js:2)
at XMLHttpRequest.<anonymous> (jquery.min.js:2)

I hope give you good information pls help me
and it's bug same this topic : JQUERY: Uncaught Error: Syntax error, unrecognized expression
but i don't found some thing in this topic for help my self
I use this if someone think i don't use this library :<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js"></script>

A: Encode the load method input using encodeURI(uri);
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
    var table_length=10,table_key="",page=1;
    function reload_table(){
        $("#load_table").load(encodeURI("manage_table_engine.php?mode=tr&table=generator_tables&table_id=1&length=" + table_length + "&key=" + table_key + "&page=" + page));
    }
</script>
<input onKeyUp="table_key=this.value;reload_table();" type="search" class="form-control input-sm" placeholder="" aria-controls="datatable-responsive"/>

A: I change my input code from :
<input onKeyUp="
table_key=this.value;
reload_table();" type="search" class="form-control input-sm" placeholder="" aria-controls="datatable-responsive">

To :
<input onKeyUp="
table_key=this.value.replace(' ', '***space***');
reload_table();" type="search" class="form-control input-sm" placeholder="" aria-controls="datatable-responsive">

And in config page i add this code :
/*php*/ $key=str_replace("***space***"," ",$_GET['key']);

And this working if someone has better idea post answer pls


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Havilah Tower
"Wright's cello, Tower's bright vocal, Perkins' percussion carrying track to a place old and new."
Andrew Greenhalgh reviews Behind the Curtain, Havilah Tower's CD set to release in December 2013. Join "The List" on the right of the website for updates on releases.
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The band consists of their namesake, Havilah Tower, who manages vocal and acoustic
guitar duties, Steve Perkins on Djembe drum, and Chris Wright who rounds out the trio
with cello. Performing what they refer to as "ClassAcoustic" music, the group aims for
a postmodern classical feel fused together with singer-songwriter elements and a vocal
reminiscent of Natalie Merchant and Stevie Nicks.
It's with "Behind the Curtain" that Havilah Tower really shines, each and every element of the band coming together in
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The purpose, the only purpose, is to enjoy a competitive game of basketball among our brothers*. There will be food, interim activities and much more.
The regular and playoff games will be played half-court with 3v3 and 2 subs each.
The final game will be played full court with 5v5 and no subs.
Thanks to the reps of (alphabetically): Apex Mosque Youth, Cary Masjid Youth, IAR Youth, ICM Youth, Muslim Youth Community Center, RII Youth.
*Though this form is for the brothers tournament, we are encouraging our sisters to please fill this form out as well. If we have enough interest from the sisters, iA we will set one up for sisters only on August 10th iA.
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