BCAAs – Are You Getting What You Pay For?
Or Are You Being Fed False Hope?
Most of you reading this have probably got supplements, or have bought them in the past.
Most of you will also have bought them because you were told, most likely by the company selling the product, that it is going to do something specific for you, or that a specific ingredient is included in the supplement. But sometimes what you see and what you get are two very different things. Make sure you check the back of the label to confirm you're paying for what you want!
Let's look at BCAA's as an example. Check the 'per serving' ingredient label on the back. What ingredients are listed? There should be leucine, isoleucine and valine. But in what dosage? If you have a 10g scoop and only 4g or 5g makes up that blend, what else is in it?
You'll probably have sodium in there for electrolytes, and Vitamin D helps with absorption into the muscle. So don't be put off by these ingredients as they are going to help the product be more effective.
If your supplement has a proprietary blend, look for which products are listed first for the amount. In the picture below, you can see leucine is first. Leucine is the most expensive of the BCAA's to buy, due to its anabolic properties. This is why a lot of products have a 4:1:1 ratio, and some even now have an 8:1:1 ratio of Leucine: isoleucine: valine.
If your blend doesn't start with those three amino acids, I would consider using a different supplement with higher quality ingredients. If your product lists the exact amount of each amino acid, that's brilliant, as you know the exact amount of each of the three you're getting. As I stated earlier, the higher the ratio of leucine to the others, the more effective the product will be.
What Kind Of BCAA Supplements Should I Avoid?
Cheaper supplements tend to have less of the BCAAs, and more ingredients such as taurine and glutamine. Taurine is going to help with sustained energy during your workout, and glutamine is going to draw water into the muscle cells, so both are helpful. I'm not saying that your supplement shouldn't have these ingredients, but you need to make a choice.
Do you want an all-round product, or would you rather additional supplementation for glutamine and taurine. This means you would know exactly what dosage you're getting. That really comes down to personal preference.
My advice to you is to do some research, or ask someone for advice in order to find out which product is best for you.
NOTE: At the moment I'm using BSN's Amino X Blue Raspberry Flavour, and it's delicious! My recipe for Branch Chain Amino Acid Jello is coming soon.
Benefits of Glutamine: Do You REALLY Need It?
Thanks for the share @gmdgeek!


If you have always dreamed of making a change in your community and enjoy working with other young people in Manurewa, now is the time to take action.
The Manurewa Youth Council is calling for applications for vibrant, enthusiastic and passionate people aged between 12 and 24 years with a "can do" attitude to be on the Youth Council Committee for the year of 2013.
The Manurewa Youth Council was set up by the Manurewa Local Board in 2011 with the vision of creating stronger Manurewa communities by connecting, supporting and empowering young people to become actively engaged in the community.
Current Manurewa Youth Council chairperson Simeon Brown believes that being a part of the youth council offers real experiences at a grassroots level where there is an opportunity to gain skills and have fun at the same time.
"Successful applicants will be a part of an exciting team who make submissions to the Auckland Council, engage directly with the Manurewa Local Board and make real decisions involving young people in the community," adds Mr Brown.
If you are interested in youth issues in Manurewa and enjoy working together with other young people in your area, there are 18 roles available which include Chairperson, Deputy Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, Communication/Marketing Lead, Relationship Lead, Events/Activities organiser, Forum Lead, Cultural Lead, and general committee members.
To apply, email rewayouthcouncil@gmail.com or call 021 02724242 to request for an application form. Applications must be submitted by 21 September 2012.
From the submissions, a selection panel will shortlist suitable candidates. Those shortlisted will be contacted for an interview. Announcement of the new Youth Council Committee for 2013 will be announced in early October 2012.


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Ниже представлен список городов Бенина в алфавитном порядке:

Десять крупнейших городов Бенина

Ссылки
 Benin: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population World Gazetteer

Списки:Бенин
Бенин

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Q: Customize Alternate Control Methods(Face recognition) to control mouseclick in macOS?
In macOS Accessibility , there is a section called Pointer Control, and in 'Alternate Control Methods', I can use Raise Eyebrows to perform a left click, So I wanna ask,  Is there any way to customize this behaviour, e.g Rase Eyebrows to open specific App, or Is there any alternative app can achieve this in macOS?

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The job requires a Class 1 License. Does the candidate have the appropriate license?
Is the candidate able to do long haul trips, often up to 3 weeks?
Offer 10 years of experience transporting consumer products and hazardous materials for various industries.
Experienced driving a broad range of commercial trucks that include 24″ stake, flatbed, and box trucks, 5 speed, 18-wheeler and vehicles with air brakes and repetitive dual hand controls.
Challenge – The text in the resume is limited and/or highly technical making it difficult to determine the level of English. The candidate did not indicate their language proficiency; however they are working in a role that requires interactions with customers and suppliers. Should I assume they are proficient?
Solution – It is important to assess candidates against the level of language proficiency determined for the role. The candidate's current role as a delivery driver in Canada indicates a certain level of conversational English. To operate and maintain heavy trucks a certain command of the technical language is also necessary. If a candidate does not indicate an objective measure of his/her language proficiency, you can request one. For suggestions on how to make a request go to: A language score is not provided on the new Canadian's resume, what do I do?
• Managed a sales route with 80 regular stops that included convenience stores and petrol stations and independent supermarkets, spanning urban and rural communities.
Challenge – I am unfamiliar with these academic institutions. Most Canadian drivers also possess some post-secondary education. How can I assess the credibility of the education?
Challenge – Truck drivers need a Class 1 driving license and there is no indication that the candidate is licensed. Otherwise, the candidates seems like they may be qualified for the position. How do I proceed?


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use std::collections;
use std::collections::hash_map::Entry;
use std;
use std::cmp;

use alphabets::{Alphabet, RankTransform};
use utils;

/// A classical, flexible, q-gram index implementation.
#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
pub struct QGramIndex {
    q: u32,
    address: Vec<usize>,
    pos: Vec<usize>,
    ranks: RankTransform,
}

impl QGramIndex {
    /// Create a new q-gram index.
    /// The q has to be smaller than b / log2(|A|) with |A| being the alphabet size and b the number
    /// bits with the `usize` data type.
    pub fn new(q: u32, text: &[u8], alphabet: &Alphabet) -> Self {
        QGramIndex::with_max_count(q, text, alphabet, std::usize::MAX)
    }

    /// Create a new q-gram index, only considering q-grams that occur at most `max_count` times.
    /// The q has to be smaller than b / log2(|A|) with |A| being the alphabet size and b the number
    /// bits with the `usize` data type.
    pub fn with_max_count(q: u32, text: &[u8], alphabet: &Alphabet, max_count: usize) -> Self {
        let ranks = RankTransform::new(alphabet);

        let qgram_count = alphabet.len().pow(q as u32);
        let mut address = vec![0; qgram_count + 1];
        let mut pos = vec![0; text.len()];

        for qgram in ranks.qgrams(q, text) {
            address[qgram] += 1;
        }

        for mut a in address.iter_mut().skip(1) {
            if *a > max_count {
                // mask qgram
                *a = 0;
            }
        }

        utils::prescan(&mut address, 0, |a, b| a + b);

        {
            let mut offset = vec![0; qgram_count];
            for (i, qgram) in ranks.qgrams(q, text).enumerate() {
                let a = address[qgram as usize];
                if address[qgram as usize + 1] - a != 0 {
                    // if not masked, insert positions
                    pos[a + offset[qgram as usize]] = i;
                    offset[qgram as usize] += 1;
                }
            }
        }

        QGramIndex {
            q: q,
            address: address,
            pos: pos,
            ranks: ranks,
        }
    }

    /// The used q.
    pub fn q(&self) -> u32 {
        self.q
    }

    /// Return text positions with matching q-gram. Complexity O(1).
    pub fn qgram_matches(&self, qgram: usize) -> &[usize] {
        &self.pos[self.address[qgram]..self.address[qgram + 1]]
    }

    /// Return matches of the given pattern.
    /// Complexity O(m + k) for pattern of length m and k being the number of matching q-grams.
    pub fn matches(&self, pattern: &[u8], min_count: usize) -> Vec<Match> {
        let q = self.q as usize;
        let mut diagonals = collections::HashMap::new();
        for (i, qgram) in self.ranks.qgrams(self.q, pattern).enumerate() {
            for &p in self.qgram_matches(qgram) {
                let diagonal = p - i;
                match diagonals.entry(diagonal) {
                    Entry::Vacant(v) => {
                        v.insert(Match {
                                     pattern: Interval {
                                         start: i,
                                         stop: i + q,
                                     },
                                     text: Interval {
                                         start: p,
                                         stop: p + q,
                                     },
                                     count: 1,
                                 });
                    }
                    Entry::Occupied(mut o) => {
                        let m = o.get_mut();
                        m.pattern.stop = i + q;
                        m.text.stop = p + q;
                        m.count += 1;
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        diagonals
            .into_iter()
            .filter_map(|(_, m)| if m.count >= min_count { Some(m) } else { None })
            .collect()
    }

    /// Return exact matches (substrings) of the given pattern.
    /// Complexity O(m + k) for pattern of length m and k being the number of matching q-grams.
    pub fn exact_matches(&self, pattern: &[u8]) -> Vec<ExactMatch> {
        let q = self.q as usize;
        let mut diagonals = collections::HashMap::new();
        let mut matches = Vec::new();

        for (i, qgram) in self.ranks.qgrams(self.q, pattern).enumerate() {
            for &p in self.qgram_matches(qgram) {
                let diagonal = p - i;
                match diagonals.entry(diagonal) {
                    Entry::Vacant(v) => {
                        v.insert(ExactMatch {
                                     pattern: Interval {
                                         start: i,
                                         stop: i + q,
                                     },
                                     text: Interval {
                                         start: p,
                                         stop: p + q,
                                     },
                                 });
                    }
                    Entry::Occupied(mut o) => {
                        let m = o.get_mut();
                        if m.pattern.stop - q + 1 == i {
                            m.pattern.stop = i + q;
                            m.text.stop = p + q;
                        } else {
                            // discontinue match
                            matches.push(*m);
                            // start new match
                            m.pattern.start = i;
                            m.pattern.stop = i + q;
                            m.text.start = p;
                            m.text.stop = p + q;
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        for (_, m) in diagonals {
            matches.push(m);
        }

        matches
    }
}

/// An interval, consisting of start and stop position (the latter exclusive).
#[derive(PartialEq, Eq, Debug, Copy, Clone)]
pub struct Interval {
    pub start: usize,
    pub stop: usize,
}

impl Interval {
    /// Get the text within the given interval.
    pub fn get<'a>(&self, text: &'a [u8]) -> &'a [u8] {
        &text[self.start..self.stop]
    }
}

/// A match between the pattern and the text.
#[derive(PartialEq, Eq, Debug, Copy, Clone)]
pub struct Match {
    pub pattern: Interval,
    pub text: Interval,
    pub count: usize,
}

impl cmp::Ord for Match {
    fn cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> cmp::Ordering {
        self.count.cmp(&other.count)
    }
}

impl cmp::PartialOrd for Match {
    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Option<cmp::Ordering> {
        Some(self.cmp(other))
    }
}

/// An exact match between the pattern and the text.
#[derive(PartialEq, Debug, Copy, Clone)]
pub struct ExactMatch {
    pub pattern: Interval,
    pub text: Interval,
}

#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
    use super::*;
    use alphabets;

    fn setup() -> (&'static [u8], alphabets::Alphabet) {
        let text = b"ACGGCTGAGATGAT";
        let alphabet = alphabets::dna::alphabet();

        (text, alphabet)
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_qgram_matches() {
        let (text, alphabet) = setup();
        let q = 3;
        let qgram_index = QGramIndex::new(q, text, &alphabet);

        let ranks = alphabets::RankTransform::new(&alphabet);

        let qgram = ranks.qgrams(q, b"TGA").next().unwrap();

        let matches = qgram_index.qgram_matches(qgram);
        assert_eq!(matches, [5, 10]);
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_matches() {
        let (text, alphabet) = setup();
        let q = 3;
        let qgram_index = QGramIndex::new(q, text, &alphabet);

        let pattern = b"GCTG";
        let matches = qgram_index.matches(pattern, 1);
        assert_eq!(matches,
                   [Match {
                        pattern: Interval { start: 0, stop: 4 },
                        text: Interval { start: 3, stop: 7 },
                        count: 2,
                    }]);
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_exact_matches() {
        let (text, alphabet) = setup();
        let q = 3;
        let qgram_index = QGramIndex::new(q, text, &alphabet);

        let pattern = b"GCTGA";
        let exact_matches = qgram_index.exact_matches(pattern);
        assert!(exact_matches.len() == 2);
        for m in exact_matches {
            assert_eq!(m.pattern.get(pattern), m.text.get(text));
        }
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_serde() {
        use serde::{Serialize, Deserialize};
        fn impls_serde_traits<S: Serialize + Deserialize>() {}

        impls_serde_traits::<QGramIndex>();
    }
}

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Joe Flaherty is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Longford–Westmeath constituency since the 2020 general election. Flaherty was the only Longford-based TD to be returned at that election.

Flaherty was co-opted onto Longford County Council in 2018, and was re-elected in 2019.

In 2020, Flaherty was criticised for writing a letter to court on behalf of three men convicted of assault, with former justice minister Charles Flanagan stating it was "dangerous" for TDs to try to "influence judicial decisions". Flaherty said he regretted writing the letter.

Flaherty is the managing director of a newspaper company. He is married and has three children.

References

External links
Joe Flaherty's page on the Fianna Fáil website

Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Members of the 33rd Dáil
Fianna Fáil TDs
Local councillors in County Longford
People from Mullingar


The easiest way to crash your site.
Dependency on 3rd party vendors stability.
If your website is your sales channel or even your only product you must have the ambition to keep it running and fully functional 24/7 and with 99,99% uptime per year.
Everything below that is a significant loss of revenues. My employers shop (www.otto.de) has 2 orders per second on average. If it had 99,9% (instead of 99,99%) uptime per year, well, calculate yourself. A year has 31.536.000 seconds. Talking about 0,09% downtime a year thus means 7,8hrs or 28.382,4 seconds of unavailability. Sounds fair. But 28.382,4 seconds of downtime compared to to 2 orders per second, this would mean a loss of 56.764 orders !
Now we get closer to the point I want to make.
Just 0,09% of our website being "not fully available" can mean a loss of thousands of orders and thus a lots of revenues. And that is the only loss you are aware of !
Because there are red-lights bumping up in your data centre and your ops are running around like mad chicken trying to get stuff back online again.
What about "downtimes" or "times of being unavailable" you dont notice ?!
That is the real interesting part.
Downtimes based on your own infrastructure are easy to spot and to measure. Your VP SiteOps may already generate a precise report for the C-Level guys saying that "we were up an running this month like 99.97%".
So lets do our homework and understand what will fail !!
– every <script src=""> tag is loaded *synchronously* by the browser. Always. Per definition. That means, the browser does not (!!) continue evaluating the website unless it has downloaded the src file and has evaluated it.
now as mentioned above, lets imagine thirdparty.com or any of the magic between the client and the server of thirdparty.com is broken and the HTTP request there does not succeed. This leads to the first script-block loading for like 30-60seconds (default browser timeout).
Until the browser aborts the pageload, the user gets to see a blank page with a loading indicator.
Usually users wait for an average of 10seconds until they leave.
– and even worse, you dont know it, because your tracking did not fire 🙂 . Consider: the user aborted the pageload before the tracking fired.
The situation is not so much different when including third party CSS.
In the common browsers, loading these from an unavailable server, the browser wont even start rendering the page at all (see e.g. http://www.phpied.com/rendering-styles/) until some browser timeout triggers (commonly 30 seconds). This gives the user the bad experience of a white screen. Again, you wont event notice as your tracking relies on dom:ready and thus wont fire.
And interesting question would be: What happens if a third party webfont is being referenced from your own stylesheet ? But that would be too much here.
Here is a tiny video I made from the very popular website www.smashingmagazine.com. This will give you a good visualization about the effect of a broken third party server.
Please find on the left handside the page with everything working(your website and the third party webservers) and the right handside the situation were two third party servers (Affiliate partner and twitter) are down and don't respond.
Not so nice, right ?!
So how can be safe with regards to SPOF (Single Point of Failures) & Third Party fails ?
#2 Think about embedding such code to your platform. Do you really need that ? Can you provide the feature yourself ? Could you at least host stuff in your own infrastructure ?
#3 Install a browser plugin such as "SPOF-O-MATIC" (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/spof-o-matic/plikhggfbplemddobondkeogomgoodeg) You can easily see if your page has the potential to fail. And it is fun to browse around the web and see how blind website owners are. Even companies, where the website is the only revenue channel.
#4 browse your websites code (locally in your dev environment) for external references such as the above. Replace any occurence of a third party reference with http://blackhole.webpagetest.org. This site generates a 30s lasting request that magicly simulates a third party downtime.
My personal favs are #1 and #5.
#1 I want to work with awesome people. And if someone gives me code that could crash my site, he is not trustworhty.
#5 It is ever so great to see the impact of a well sorted SPOF and if you browse your product/website frequently over the day, you will immediately see SPOFs before they take down your site.


BookIT can be installed on a 3 gang switch box (example: Garvin Industries® MGSB-3) using the BTX-BOOKITWM (sold separately).
Loosen the two bottom mounting screws but do not remove them completely.
Remove the included mounting bracket and discard or save for future use.
Place the BTX-BOOKITWM against the pre-installed 3 gang switch box so that the mounting holes align.
Install six 6-32 screws included with the BTX-BOOKITWM and tighten until the bracket is secure.
Plug the network cable into the BookIT display, if not using WiFi. Also plug in the power adapter if PoE is not available.
Hang unit on the mounted bracket.
Secure the bottom mounting screws.


text:
import { $assign as $, $dispatch } from 'esri-global-shared';

/* Search
/* ========================================================================== */

export default (data) => {
	/* Elements
	/* ====================================================================== */

	const $label = $('label', {
		class: `${data.prefix}-label`,
		for: `${data.prefix}-query-control`
	}, data.queryLabel);

	const $control = $('input', {
		class: `${data.prefix}-control`, id: `${data.prefix}-control`,
		type: 'search', name: 'q',
		autocapitalize: 'off', autocomplete: 'off', autocorrect: 'off', spellcheck: 'false'
	});

	const $measureTextNode = document.createTextNode('');

	const $measureText = $('div', {
		class: `${data.prefix}-measure-text`,
		aria: { hidden: true }
	}, $measureTextNode);

	const $measure = $('div', { class: `${data.prefix}-measure` }, $measureText);

	const $submit = $('button', {
		class: `${data.prefix}-submit`, type: 'submit',
		aria: { label: data.submitLabel }
	});

	const $search = $('form', {
		class: `${data.prefix}-form`, action: data.action,
		role: 'search', aria: { label: data.label }
	}, $label, $control, $measure, $submit);

	/* Focus Event
	/* ====================================================================== */

	$search.addEventListener(`${data.prefix}:focus`, () => {
		$control.focus();
	});

	/* On Input
	/* ====================================================================== */

	let controlIsFilled = false;
	let controlValue = '';

	function oninput(event) {
		/* Conditionally Reset Control Value
		/* ================================================================== */

		if (event && 'reset' === event.type) {
			$control.value = '';
		}

		/* Update New Control Value
		/* ================================================================== */

		const newControlValue = $control.value;

		if (newControlValue !== controlValue) {
			controlValue = newControlValue;

			$dispatch($search, `${data.prefix}:input`, {
				value: controlValue,
				event
			});
		}

		/* Update Label and Submit UI
		/* ================================================================== */

		if (controlIsFilled && !newControlValue) {
			controlIsFilled = false;

			$label.removeAttribute('data-filled');
			$submit.removeAttribute('data-filled');
		} else if (!controlIsFilled && newControlValue) {
			controlIsFilled = true;

			$($label, { data: { filled: '' } });
			$($submit, { data: { filled: '' } });
		}

		/* Update Measure UI
		/* ================================================================== */

		$measureTextNode.nodeValue = newControlValue;

		const currentWidth = `${$measureText.scrollWidth}px`;

		$measure.style.width = currentWidth;
	}

	/* On Submit
	/* ====================================================================== */

	function onsubmit(event) {
		$dispatch($search, `${data.prefix}:submit`, {
			value: $control.value,
			event
		});
	}

	/* On DOMNodeInserted
	/* ====================================================================== */

	$search.addEventListener('DOMNodeInserted', function onDOMNodeInserted() {
		// If Search now has a parent node
		if ($search.parentNode) {
			// Unbind the DOMNodeInserted method
			$search.removeEventListener('DOMNodeInserted', onDOMNodeInserted);

			// Update Search
			$dispatch($search, `${data.prefix}:update`, data);
		}
	});

	/* On Update
	/* ====================================================================== */

	$search.addEventListener(`${data.prefix}:update`, () => {
		/* Bind Media Event
		/* ====================================================================== */

		const media = $search.ownerDocument.defaultView.matchMedia(data.matchMedia || '(max-width: 720px)');

		media.addListener(oninput);

		/* Bind Other Events
		/* ================================================================== */

		$control.addEventListener('input', oninput);

		$search.addEventListener('reset', oninput);
		$search.addEventListener('submit', onsubmit);
		$search.addEventListener(`${data.prefix}:unload`, onunload);
	});

	return $search;
};


Recently published by our friends at Brighton's Brand Positive, this book sets out how businesses can address the brand credibility gap in a post-truth world. In the video below Sean give a brief introduction.
Shortlisted for the Business Book of the Year, it is available to buy here.
If you'd like to know a bit more, or have a potential project you'd like to discuss, then do get in touch.


The man famous for his "boudoir" designs being worn outside of the boudoir (including Madonna's iconic 1990's cone bra look), has now designed a line that is truly meant for the boudoir (and perhaps the rest of your home as well).
Jean-Paul Gaultier has designed a home decor line for Roche Bobois. You will notice that some pieces, like the blush bedding and corset-inspired pillows, take on a more feminine look, while other pieces like the tattoo-esque armoire and luggage-inspired chests take on a more edgier street vibe. The combination of these two looks reflect Gaultier's signature aesthetic.
For more information about this line and store locations, please visit Roche-Bobois.com.


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Sergei Gennadjewitsch Gukow (, englische Transkription Sergei Gennodievich Gukov; * 17. April 1977 in Moskau) ist ein russischer theoretischer Physiker und Mathematiker, der sich mit Stringtheorie und verwandten Gebieten befasst.

Gukow erhielt 1992 den ersten Preis der Physik-Olympiade in Russland und den ersten Preis der Moskauer Mathematikolympiade. Er studierte Mathematik und Physik am Moskauer Institut für Physik und Technologie mit dem Vordiplom-Abschluss 1997 und an der Princeton University mit dem Master-Abschluss in Physik 1999 und der Promotion bei Edward Witten 2001. Danach war er an der Harvard University. Seit 2004 ist er Professor am Caltech und ab 2006 war er zeitweise außerdem Professor an der University of California, Santa Barbara.

In Russland war er auch am Landau-Institut für Theoretische Physik und am ITEP.

Neben Stringtheorie, Quantengravitation, M-Theorie und ähnlichen Gebieten befasst er sich auch mit verwandten mathematischen Fragen, zum Beispiel in der Knotentheorie. Mit Albert Schwarz und Cumrun Vafa gab er 2004 eine physikalische Interpretation der Khovanov-Homologie, aufbauend auf Arbeiten von Vafa und Hirosi Ooguri.

Er war 1994 bis 1995 Stipendiat der Soros Stiftung in Physik, 1995 bis 1996 Stipendiat des Präsidenten der Russischen Föderation und 1996/97 der russischen Regierung und 2001 bis 2006 Fellow des Clay Mathematics Institute und 2007 Sloan Fellow. 2000 erhielt er den Pomerantschuk-Preis für Nachwuchswissenschaftler des ITEP.

Er ist auswärtiges Mitglied des Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik. 2007 war er am Institute for Advanced Study.

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Larpindor is home to live action roleplayers and cosplayers alike. They're notable for their bravery in the face of embarrassment. While others wouldn't dare be seen in public wearing mis-matched socks, students of Larpindor are perfectly comfortable wearing cat ears and ill-fitting leotards as they shamelessly swing foam weapons at their friends. Their heroism in pretend battle knows no bounds, some facing off in numerous pretend duels every time they attend a con. Their house ghost is a 400 pound girl dressed as Ramona Flowers.
Ragenclaw is host to comic book nerds and angry forum commenters. Armed with an encyclopedic knowledge of all things nerdy, students of Ragenclaw use their useless wisdom to condescend to their nerdy brethren. They are incapable of losing an argument, pulling from countless years of reading books and manga based on their favorite franchises. They value accuracy above all else and would rather you be entirely true to the source material than create anything remotely enjoyable. Their remedial house is Derpinclaw, for outspoken nerds who are entirely clueless but nitpick for the sake of being condescending asses.


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Connect smartphone
Connect Smart TV
Connect tablet
Connect other gadgets
Work laptops
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Best High End Gaming Laptops – full guide
Updated January 17, 2019 By Emi
Online gaming has become very popular, not just with the youth, but with people of all ages. To have the best experience in gaming, there are a lot of the best high end gaming laptops that are very beneficial, especially to those who are very dedicated to this kind of entertainment.
If you are into gaming, using a typical laptop may not give you the best gaming experience. Instead, there are high end gaming systems, which obviously have higher-end components. For the more experienced gamers, they are very meticulous about the specifications of the laptop that they are going to buy in order to ensure that there will be no system lagging or any problem.
Specifications for a Best High End Gaming Laptop
CybertronPC Matrix 15 SK-X2
Lenovo Z51
Acer Aspire V Nitro VN7
Most of the cost of a high end gaming laptop goes to its graphics card, which makes the game look so real. You can either have an NVIDIA or AMD as your graphics card, but seeing these different cards and their names will not actually give you a clue about its performance. People with technical knowledge might help you solve the confusion.
This year, AMD has released the AMD Radeon HD 7970 that features the Graphics Core Next architecture. This graphics card offers speed and high performance. More specifically, it includes a boosted speed of more than 1GHz, a base clock speed of 925 MHz, 128 texture units, and 2048 stream processors. Aside from this AMD graphics card, there is also the NVIDIA GTX 1080 that is based on GP104 architecture. Furthermore, it features 4096-bit memory bus interface, a total of 17 billion transistors and other incredible features.
For the RAM on a high end gaming laptop, having 8GB will not cause any problem while playing games, even the HD ones. However, if you are planning to run multiple applications all at once, you can have either the 12GB or 16GB of RAM.
High end gaming laptops also feature top CPUs, or more commonly known as processors. You have to keep this in mind: the later the generation, the better. Some very popular processors come from Intel and AMD. Intel offers much better and way ahead products such as the octa-core Intel Core i7 and quad-core i5.
There are a lot of releases in store in 2016 that will definitely excite a lot of gamers out there. There was even a leaked report about Intel's 10-core processor to be released in the second quarter of the year, which comes with other processors.
Here are a couple of 2016 gaming laptops that you can buy.
Cybertron International, Inc. builds and sells gaming laptops along with other products like towers, rack mount servers, custom configured servers, workstations and computers. The CybertronPC Matrix 15 SK-X2 15" Gaming Laptop includes Intel Core i7-6820HK 2.70GHz Quad-Core processor, 8GN NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M and 32GB DDR4 SODIMM. This very powerful gaming laptop features high-definition audio that makes gaming more exciting and wonderful. Through its 1x HDMI, you can connect it to an exterior TV if you are not contented with its 15.6" full HD monitor.
Other special features of this CybertronPC gaming laptop are LED backlit keyboard, 2.0 megapixel webcam, and its operating system is Microsoft Windows 10 Home 64-bit. By using the Matrix, you will always definitely stay ahead of the game.
When it comes to the overall performance, the Matrix will not let you down. Some gamers would say that they enjoy the Matrix's high-definition graphics that make every detail so clear. In addition, the 500GB memory allows you to store not just games, but also your important files and applications.
Despite the outstanding performance of the Matrix, there are still some gamers who are having second thoughts about buying it. Compared to other gaming laptops, it is too expensive for gaming purposes.
Aside from laptops, Lenovo is popularly known for producing and manufacturing smartphones. The Lenovo Z51 is a great choice for affordability and high-end performance. With a 15.6-inch monitor size and a 1080P display, you will experience a clear and high-definition gaming. It also includes the Intel Core i7-5500U 2.40 GHz processor and AMD Radeon R7 M360 graphics card. You can store so many games and other programs because it has 1TB 5400 RPM hard drive. The Lenovo Z51 has the Windows 10 home 64-bit operating system.
One of the reasons why gamers love the Lenovo Z51 is that it has a comfortable keyboard with numpad, which makes it very easy to press hot keys while playing. Aside from that, it has impressive JBL speakers that make you feel that the sound effects are actually real. The Lenovo Z51 definitely has a solid performance.
While this gaming laptop has a solid performance, it does not really have a long battery life. After only a few hours of playing, you would need to plug it to avoid any game disconnection. In addition, the Lenovo Z51's viewing angles have a poor display, which may affect the one's gaming performance.
Another very famous brand when it comes to producing high performance laptops is ASUS, and right now, this brand is already making a big name in making smartphones as well. The ASUS X555LA is the flagship product of the brand in 2016 with a Windows 10 Home 64-bit operating system. This 15.6-inch HD (1366 x 768) laptop includes the Intel Core i5-5200U 2.2 GHz processor with 6GB RAM. Download and enjoy as many games as you want since it has 1TB 5400 RPM hard drive.
The best thing about the ASUS X555LA is its fast performance, which is suitable for playing games. With its best-in-class battery life, you can enjoy playing for a much longer time. Everything will sound realistic because this gaming laptop's strong audio.
Despite its fast performance, this laptop has a dim display, which can be a problem while playing. As much as possible, every detail must be clear while playing to increase the chance of winning.
Another popular brand of laptops is Acer, which released a premium high performance gaming laptop in 2016. The Acer Aspire V Nitro VN7 includes the Intel Core i7-6700HQ Quad-core 2.60 GHz processor and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M graphics card with 4GB GDDR5 VRAM. You can also You can also store as many files as you want because it has 1TB HDD. This gaming laptop has 17.3-inch FHD IPS display (1920 x 1080 Native Resolution) and runs with a Windows 10 home 64-bit operating system.
Because of its affordable price, this Acer gaming laptop is definitely for gamers. Its solid performance, together with a speed boost, offers the best gaming experience any gamer can experience.
The Acer Aspire V Nitro VN7 is great in terms of performance, but a negative aspect of this gaming laptop is its bland design. The design is not as impressive as its performance, which is what gamers first noticed.
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Recently a friend posted an article to Facebook about a colossally stupid thing two individuals did. The story wasn't important, although it was interesting within it's context. What I found really interesting was the first comment, which read "I bet they voted for Trump!". Given our political climate in the United States over the past several years, it got me thinking: What causes people to become politically obsessed to the point that literally everything revolves around politics?
Each year I try to write something on my blog right before school starts up again. This past week has been pretty crazy as I juggle multiple roles while making sure everything is set for Monday when I step back into the classroom for the first time since the end of April. And tomorrow I get to take on a fun new role – the guy helping to drive the Peoplemover during Move-in Day. It's been busy, but I still found some time to put together this post. This year I've decided to write it to the students who will eventually find it over the next few weeks – those intrepid individuals who think "Wonder what's on my professor's blog" or find a link to this on social media. So allow me to introduce myself, using photos!
This is me, in my official Delta State faculty photo. It was taken in August 2014, and since then I haven't lost any more hair. So I'd say that's a success.
This was the first college classroom I ever taught in, Schrank Hall North 452. I was hired in Fall 2001 to teach A+ Certification, an entry level computer technician course at The University of Akron, and in February 2002, I taught my first solo class in this room.
I finished my Bachelors degree in Psychology in 2004, my masters degree in 2007, and (pictured here) my doctorate in 2009. Here I am with my dad (on the left), and my mom on the right. The guy in the middle with me was my advisor in graduate school, Dr. Jasper. Advisors can become family – I still see mine regularly at conferences, and we catch up every other month or so via email.
As I said earlier, I've been at Delta State since 2014, and have gotten to do some really fun things in that time. Last spring we took a group of Psychology students down to New Orleans for the Southeastern Psychological Association meeting (SEPA). Pictured here are the students, along with a few other DSU faculty (Drs Zengaro, Beals, and Zengaro).
I still get some time away from work though – here is a picture of my wife, Karey, and I from our trip this summer to Pensacola Beach (We were celebrating our 10 year wedding anniversary). If you happen to visit the Teacher Education, Leadership, and Research department, you might meet Karey – she's the senior secretary there!
This fall is shaping up to be awesome – in addition to being a professor in the psychology department, I'm also the coordinator of the First Year Seminar program and the Okra Scholars program. This means you'll probably find me in many random places around campus, but I'm always happy to answer any question I can regardless of where you physically find me.
So there is a quick photo summary of your crazy professor. I've been teaching for a long time, but I'm still learning every day. If you happen to read this, come up to me and tell me! Its not weird to "stalk" your professor (here or on social media) – we're all human and we like to learn about other humans. That's why I went into teaching and psychology in the first place! Have an awesome school year everyone!
As a psychologist, I often am asked questions related to children, child rearing, and development (Despite not being a developmental psychologist!). As a generalist in teaching psychology, I do my best to give researched and nuanced answers. One comment I often get from students and parents alike is that they disagree with most experts on spanking. They believe it's an effective form of punishment and (in some cases) have told me that they will not change their mind. I figured today I'd take some time to explain the reasons why spanking is wrong, giving you a chance to think about them and debate.
I'm writing this post, the first in over a month (my bad!) from a hotel room in New Orleans. I'm down here for the Southeastern Psychological Association (SEPA) conference, having brought with me 5 of my undergraduate students from Delta State. The conference seems to be having the desired effect – students are excited to see the very real possibility of themselves presenting material here in subsequent years. What seemed big, ominous, and unknown, is now something they see within reach. It means a lot more work for myself in terms of advising students, but it's work I'm happy to do.
The topic of this post isn't about my academic pursuits, or the symposium that we presented on perspectives on a campus shooting. While the symposium was a success, thanks to the lead author Sally Zengaro, and my collaborators George Beals and Franco Zengaro, there isn't too much I can say about it that hasn't already been said. And while the academic nature of the conference has been fulfilling (I've seen some interesting talks, and gotten some ideas for my own research as well as my students), it also doesn't merit my putting electronic pen to paper. My topic tonight is the one part observation of human behavior, and one part my own warped philsophy of the world. And it's best summed up by the title, Defying Classification.
Psychology conferences are interesting places. Scores of undergraduate students looking to get their feet wet, teams of graduate students trying to be noticed on a larger stage, and professors presenting either to fulfill pre-tenure obligations, out of respect for their science, or out of love for their field (Sometimes all 3!). You tend to notice trends in how they walk, talk, and appear. Undergraduates dress in typical teenage and early 20's style, with some (who were clued in, like my students) dressing slightly nicer and more professional. Graduate students tend to dress in the most professional attire, with professors taking a more laid back approach. Professor standard attire for men tends to be jeans or slacks, with a button down shirt or polo, and occasionally a sport coat. No suits, few ties. We look, more or less, like grown up versions of our undergraduate students. Other conferences differ slightly – the business school crowd dresses more formally, and I assume other professional schools clean up a bit more than us ratty PhDs.
Today I was wearing my standard professor uniform: Khaki cargo pants, black shoes, dark blue Carhartt t-shirt covered by a black polo shirt. On my belt I had my camera in a case and my cell phone in a holster. I like to keep my pockets open during conferences to (a) have a place to put my room key without depolarizing it and (b) have a place for business cards and my conference name badge. After the last session tonight, I went out in the same 'uniform', adding in a black 2600 hat. I tend to shy away from logos, but I make an exception for brands I like to show support for, and 2600 is a publication I feel is important to the technology community.
Anyway, I proceeded to 'take myself out on a date', (because I'm awesome and I'd date me if I were single). I hit a few shops, watched some dueling pianos, caught the sunset over the Mississippi River, and picked up a gift for Karey and a birthday gift for a friend. On the way back to the hotel, I decided to get some food, but didn't feel like having anything fancy. When you're alone, sometimes all you want is something simple. Tonight I thought of something I hadn't had in awhile: Popeyes Chicken. So I wandered over to Popeyes, walked in, placed my order, and walked back out. Holding my drink and Popeyes bag, I noticed a shorter scrawny gentleman come quickly up to me on my left. "Cocaine man, I got good cocaine". I shrugged him off, and wandered across the street wondering if dealers with subpar products strategically make fewer promises. As I got nearer to the other side of the street, a security guard from one of the hotels spied me and asked "Hey, are they busy in there tonight?". I replied "No, they're pretty open" and she thanked me.
It was then that it hit me: I looked like a security guard or a bouncer. I had things on my belt, I had a black polo on, I had cargo pants, I had a black baseball cap with some strange number on it, and I had just bought food in between two other similarly dressed gentlemen who were off to work at different places according to their polo shirts. The lady who put my food in my bag at Popeyes asked how my day was – I had replied "Busy". She replied "The more you do the more you make, huh". I absentmindedly agreed, despite the fact it isn't too true for me. I am huge, a trait normally found in private security personnel. As I came into the hotel, I realized that absolutely no one on the street would have guessed I was a professor, or a scientist, or a published author, or a computer programmer. I looked like a security guard, and likely New Orleans local.
And I'm just fine with that. The point of this long rambling post is simply that joy can be found – true, unabashed joy – in simply being yourself. If you defy classification, than so be it. If you are the epitome of who you're supposed to be – own that too. Be the professor with the tweed jacket and elbow patches (on a side note: I hardly see those anymore). Be comfortable in your own skin, and let others think what they may. Honestly I like blending in – it means people are more likely to treat me as a peer and tell me their story (After all, that's why I got into psychology in the first place). Others prefer to stand out, signaling to the world that they are individuals. Both mindsets are perfectly fine. And switching day to day is allowed. What you shouldn't allow is yourself to be consumed by the tyranny of the shoulds, to use a term from Karen Horney. Be all the bouncer professor you can be.
Today, many professors share the same responsibilities as our counterparts in other industries. We need to answer emails, attend mandatory HR trainings, and have conversations about recruitment, retention, and image. But one thing we don't usually have is the staple of many in the working world: An ID badge to be worn while at work. At the most, we have something like this, a name badge used during "open-house" events where members of the public, or new students, may be in attendance.
When asked* to wear our badges, we generally grumble and dig them out of our bags or desk drawers, reluctantly put them on, and wander out to the event. Most professors consider them a nuisance, however I'd argue that, when used effectively, they are far more important than we think. They are a visible way we show our affiliation, at a time when higher education (whether it wants to or not) needs not only affiliation, but brand presence.
How does a name badge advance a brand? Well if executed poorly, it doesn't. I'll give you an example of good execution (in my opinion) first. At Delta State, all of our name badges have the same size, shape, and style: Black lettering on a gold background. Each year there are very subtle differences depending on the shop that we order from, but unless you hold badges side-by-side you won't really notice the font shift, bolder letters, or 1-2 point size differences in text. When 'outsiders' come to an event, all Delta State faculty and staff are immediately recognizable about a mile away, which means that people have no trouble asking us questions ranging from "Where are the bathrooms" to "Do you teach here?" to "Can you tell me about the XYZ program?". We appear organized because our badges match, even if sometimes we might not have all the answers. Last week, for example, a new orientation student who was visibly confused flagged me down asking for help understanding her schedule. 2 minutes later and a quick look at her schedule and she was off happily, profusely thanking me.
Contrast that to a previous institution I was at where name badges were a very informal thing. Each year the design changed rather markedly – the background was white one year, red another, white again the next. Sometimes the logo of the school was on the badge, sometimes it wasn't. Folks who had been around 10+ years had a much older design with just a single bar and their name, while newer badges had the same information mine does above. And unless you mentioned it a few times, you might not even get a badge (I never did), even as a full time faculty or staff member. While I'm sure the administration cared about them in theory, in practice it was a free-for-all. To the public, this sends a message of disorganization (Which at that school was more accurate than desired), and while we had a quality product to offer, we didn't appreciate how the little details mattered.
The DSU Division of Counselor Education & Psychology at the Greater Memphis National College Fair, September 2014.
At DSU, branding seems to be doing it's job in terms of recruiting students in tough times. Last year we had our first year with increasing enrollment in over a half-decade, and we're hopeful for another increase this year. When we go to academic / college fairs, our tables look uniform, our faculty and staff are easy to spot, and we project an image of professionalism that many other institutions lack. As academics, our number 1 priority is, and always will be, providing a quality education to our students. But we cannot become so jaded as to believe that appearance, marketing, and branding have no impact on our abilities to do our jobs. People notice if your logos are different, business cards vary greatly, and name badges don't match. And what can admissions folks tell to those people when they ask "Will my son be able to graduate in four years or will an advising error happen like it did to my daughter at ?". They can assure them that we take advising seriously (and at DSU we definitely do), but if it looks like they can't even coordinate their own letterhead, will they be believed?
** I originally wrote "required", however if you've spent time in academia, you know that there are always a handful of professors that will laugh in the face of such 'requirements'.
Academia Public Service Announcement (APSA): How Graduate Admissions Work!
As someone who knew nothing about college before stepping on a college campus, day 1, I sometimes find that things I take for granted now were completely unknown way back then. This mostly occurs when I see people on social media make comments that I shake my head at and say "Uh, that's not how it works". So I've decided to write up a few of these "Academia Public Service Announcements".
Student finds college he or she is interested in, and checks admission requirements.
If student meets requirements, and school is not ultra-selective (and unless you're in the Ivys, not many are), student applies. If school is ultra selective, student must decide if the admission liklihood is worth the application hassle!
Student may have a few hoops to jump through, but in the end they are offered admission.
In this scenario, the school is admitting hundreds (or thousands) of students, and unless they're very selective, they will take anyone who meets their requirements. Schools want to take as many as possible, that's how they get tuition dollars!
Student finds program he or she is interested in. Programs exist within departments – the goal here is not to find a school you want, as much as the program you need to go into a career you want to enter. So don't tell your friend or child "Why would you want to go THERE?!?" – they didn't pick the school, they picked the program!
Student does a lot of research on that program, reading all those web pages that most glance by (i.e. faculty profiles, degree requirements, etc…). Student hopefully identifies 1-2 faculty members in that program they would want to work with.
Student applies and must meet minimum qualifications for that college or university's graduate admissions. Assuming that they meet those, the graduate admissions group forwards their application on to the program.
This is where people often get confused: They hear that their's (or someone they know, a son's, daughter's, friend's) application has been forwarded on and assume they have some small level of acceptance – but in graduate admissions, the graduate admission group has very little power over who gets in! They simply check qualifications, gather the paperwork together, and forward it on.
Have a strong background in specifically the areas they're interested in. A good major and overall GPA is nice, but if you did poorly in the specific class that aligns with the research you'd be doing, there is little chance you'll get in.
Have good recommendations from faculty at your current school. Typically 3 letters of recommendation are required.
Be willing to relocate to a school that you may never have heard of if they have a good program.
Be lucky: It comes down to a numbers game as well. I've seen excellent students turned away because the assistantship lines have been reduced and the faculty member can't fund them, and thus doesn't want to work with an unfunded student.
So next time a friend of yours tells you they've been looking at grad school, wish them good luck, but hold off on any congratulations until they tell you they've been offered admission!


Sealux has launched its new generation HD7 housing for Sony HD camcorders HDR-HC7E and HDR-HC5E. One housing suits both cameras and operation of all the important functions is undertaken directly from the handles.
The housing is made from seawater proof aluminium, milled from monoblock CNC. The monitor pane is inclined to 15 degrees for optimal swimming position and comes with a sunshield to make viewing underwater easier than before. The proven RX5 control via Remote-Lanc socket enables you to call up to ten functions by pushing the buttons on the handle controls. The buttons are ergonomically designed to avoid errors, even if wearing gloves.
The unit is guaranteed for 2 years and is tested to 90m depth. A full range of accessories is also available.
Also from Sealux, is the new universal housing UNM190, which fits 100 models of camcorder. This is the only universal housing with a large 3.6inch 16:9 colour monitor.


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In the group of apostles, Jesus had three special friends or intimates who were present at several key events in his journey. These were Peter, James and John.
One of the lessons in life that we all learn in life is that we need people we can trust and talk too and with whom we can take down all masks: people who know us as we really are and from whom we hide nothing.
These people are necessary for our emotional and spiritual wellbeing. In the Christian life we should all have spiritual directors, or confessors, people with whom we share our spiritual journey.
James is also famous for his letter which is a masterpiece of practical spiritual living. It gives a lot of advice on holding our tongue and how we should treat others.
Poor James was also the first of the apostles to be killed, being beheaded by Herod Agrippa in about AD 42, just a few years after Jesus left this world. James body supposedly lies at Santiago de Compostela in Spain and there is a long tradition of people making pilgrimages on foot to this site.
Today we have that beautiful writing which is the commissioning of Jeremiah to be a prophet to the people of Israel. God spoke directly to Jeremiah and told him that before he formed him in the womb he knew him. We all love that phrase because it shows God's loving care for us.
Jeremiah of course, did not want to be a prophet and complained that he was too young and that he had a stutter. The Lord was having nothing of it; he told Jeremiah that he was not too young and he put his hand on his lips thereby healing him of his speech impediment.
There is a very important point here: if God wants us to do something he will give us the required ability to do it and he will not take no for an answer. As usual with God, he chose someone who would not be a likely candidate to be a prophet, young and unable to speak clearly.
But when we allow God to do his work and are prepared to do the work that he calls us to do then he shall look after the rest. Jeremiah knew when he was beat: he gave in and obeyed the Lord. If you remember it was the same with poor old Jonah.
I wonder how many things God is calling us to do and we refuse because we don't want to stand out from the crowd or we just could not be bothered.
Mary is one of those people about whom we know so little and yet there are so many legends about her. One thing we do know is that she was a disciple of the Lord and was with him on his journeys through the countryside.
Mary also stood at the foot of the cross with Mary, the mother of Jesus. Tradition has it that Mary was a prostitute and is the woman from whom seven demons had been driven out and that she was the woman who washed the feet of Jesus with her hair because much had been forgiven her.
There is no doubt that she loved the Lord with all her heart and this is shown in many images on the Stations of the Cross, which has Mary always sitting sorrowfully at the foot of the cross.
It makes you think that Jesus had some special way of calling to her or speaking her name that she knew it when he said it.
What would we be like if we allowed Jesus to heal us in this way and responded fully to his love?
What better line could describe the feeling of the world at the moment when we see planes full of innocent people pulled out of the sky and children playing on a beach being blown apart by rockets? The evil is terrible and yet what makes it a hundred times worse is the use of words to justify and shift the blame.
I wonder what all these important people who find it so easy to justify murder and killing will say to the Lord when they stand before him who is the Truth. Then there shall be no hiding and justice shall be seen to be done.
Pope Benedict in one of his encyclicals said that the need for justice was itself a proof of God's existence. He said that there were certain crimes which were so immense that they cried out for justice to be done, knowing that justice nor anything like it will never be achieved in this world.
The powers that be shall do everything they can to prevent the world from knowing what happened in Gaza and the Ukraine; justice shall never be gotten for those people. But the Christian takes hope in the fact that someday there shall be justice for the little people, the people that the world considers unimportant now, but who have equal value with the rest of us in the eyes of God.
Perhaps the wicked are in for a bit of a surprise!
for that they had not done penance."
There is a stark warning in today's Gospel: Jesus tells the cities and towns where he worked his miracles that their guilt is greater because they have seen the work of the Lord with their own eyes and rejected him. In a very real sense it is the same with us today. We have had 2000 years of Christian tradition and yet so many of us are behaving as though nothing had ever happened, as if all of Christian tradition counted for nothing.
We have formed the opinion that to know God is nonsense and that money, power and wealth are all that is important. We ignore all that we have seen and heard and been taught about God.
Another point about today's Gospel is that once again Jesus is warning us about judgement. It is amazing how many times in scripture Jesus talks about judgement; we definitely cannot say we were not warned.
In the midst of this secular world what position should the Christian take?
Jesus did not come to condemn the world; the world is quite capable of doing that to itself. Neither should we condemn it. There is plenty of good going on all around us, millions upon millions of good deeds every day. We should look to these as signs of the Holy Spirit at work in the world since we know that every good action is done under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
In today's first reading, God calls on Israel to come back to him and he goes on to say that her iniquity shall be the cause of her downfall.
The Old Testament is a succession of stories wherein Israel leaves God and then he woos her back. The promise is always the same, 'come back to me and I will love you with all my heart,' says God. He even declares that his anger he has turned from them and that he had already forgiven them, such is his love for his chosen people.
If you have ever been to Israel you will know that it is a very arid and desert type place. I remember visiting the desert and being left there by the bus for an hour with plenty of water and an umbrella to keep the sun away. It was still a frightening experience. Not being used to the heat I could hardly get a breath. We in Ireland live in a land full of greenery and water, but Israel is totally different.
When God is describing paradise to these people he speaks of places flowing with milk and honey, of well watered vines and evergreen cypress trees. These are the images of plenty for the people of Israel.
God is always calling us back from our sin, he is always wanting us to share in his land of plenty. But we get caught up so much in the material world that we forget that his land of plenty is not necessarily the same as ours: we want plenty of material goods, he gives grace and blessings.
And we should trust him to give us what we need!
These are the opening two lines of today's reading and they describe beautifully a silent retreat I went on last week: we were lured out into the wilderness of silence and there we were encouraged, quite successfully as it turned out, to have an encounter with God.
The retreat was organized by the Foyer of Charity group in Ireland and was held at the beautiful Ards Friary in Donegal. Ards is such a wonderful setting for a retreat and I won't bother trying to describe the place.
The Foyer of Charity has several different retreats that they deliver; this was what they call the 'fundamental retreat' and it consists of sound Catholic teaching on the basics of the faith. It is well worth doing.
However, the five days of silence allow you to go deep into yourself and touch on some of the issues that concern your spiritual life: the silence and the beauty seduces you into going further than you normally can in your workaday life.
What came up for me most of all, was the damage that 'deliberate' venial sin can do to your spiritual life, how it retards your spiritual growth and development. Another thing that came out was the need for regular confession, at least once a month.
I came home with plenty to think about. If ever you get the chance to do a Foyer of Charity retreat, take it. It is well worthwhile.


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China's Jade Rabbit (Yutu) successfully came back from the dead after a serious malfunction in 2014. (*see update below) Scientists have finished analyzing the data China's moon rover Yutu beamed back sometime ago. As it turns out, the rocks the Jade Rabbit collected can reveal more about the moon's younger years when there were small volcanic eruptions all over the place. See, the Chang'e-3 probe that served as its ride to the moon in 2013 landed on a "relatively young" impact basin visible from Earth, giving Yutu the chance to collect samples that are only 3 billion-years-old. The samples brought back by the Apollo missions were as old as 4 billion years.
Since the rocks in the probe's landing basin aren't mixed with debris, the rover was able to gather pure samples resembling the composition of the moon's volcanic bedrock beneath the lunar surface. Various ground teams of researchers have determined that it's quite rich in titanium dioxide and the mineral olivine. They say this proves that moon rocks aren't all the same and are much more diverse and complex than we thought, since the Apollo samples had a different mineral makeup.
Bradley L. Jolliff, a professor at Washington University in St. Louis which helped analyze Yutu's data, explains that the results are significant because "The diversity tells us that the Moon's upper mantle is much less uniform in composition than Earth's. And correlating chemistry with age, we can see how the Moon's volcanism changed over time." Considering it's believed that the moon formed from a piece of our planet that flew out when it collided with a Mars-sized celestial body, the data could shed more light on the Earth's past, as well.
[Image credit: CNSA/CCTV]
Update: While there are reports as recent as September that Yutu is still alive and kicking, the data used for this study was sent back back to Earth sometime ago. We apologize for the confusion.
Source: Washington University in St. Louis
Coverage: LA Times
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The spring has shown its gracious presence these few couple of days here in Trondheim (FINALLY!!!). Oh how I love the feeling of the sun on my skin again. With spring knocking on my door, I need a spring wardrobe to go with it. Well, I don't need, I just want too!
I wanted to make more separates for my wardrobe, so skirts and tops are perfect! The first spring item this year is the lovely Chardon skirt from Deer and Doe. It's the first (and second) time that I've made this. No, muslin needed! I only tweaked the length so it suited me more. The added belt loops on version A of the pattern lets me add a fun little belt to the outfit.
My Jock top is a shorten Olaf top making it to a crop top instead. I also wanted to add more print fabric instead of the solid one color thing I had going on. It's easy to pair with other garments, but very boring in the long run. So when I saw this beautiful big floral pattern on this fabric on my Trusty skirt I had to have it, and it was on sale, so it was a win all over.
I don't wear brown, but I made an exception for this one. You can see why? It's so pretty!
When I first saw the whole outfit together when the pictures were uploaded it strike me of a May 17th outfit (Norways constitution and national holiday). The dark blue Snow White skirt with the white Olaf top and the added red belt makes out the flag colors. Maybe I wear this this year! Or, knowing me I've most likely make something else new. Last year I wore a marine blue and white Cambie dress!
These skirts have triggered me to make more spring and summer friendly outfits. More and more sun, please! So that I can prance around in these without any jackets or tights would be nice!
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The eighth character in Street Fighter V was confirmed. But don't expect to see him in his usual red gi, as the character gained a new wardrobe. Although his special moves will still be the same as Ryu's, their presentation will be most different, especially the Tatsumaki Senpuu-Kyaku move. As we can see on its reveal trailer below, you will be able to use diagonal-based Tatsumakis, for example.
He also seems to be faster and even more aggressive than his Ultra Street Fighter IV version. Aesthetically, his clothes have a more Western look and he seems to have adopted his long hair once again.
Also, his Asian heritage (his mother was Japanese) is easier to detect than in previous games, where he would be easily recognized as an American. Another character is teased at the end of the trailer. His identity is still unknown and most of the players are guessing Akuma will be the next reveal. In my opinion, the character in question is E. Honda, not Akuma. Unless Akuma decided to use face paint as well.
Street Fighter V have seven characters confirmed: Ryu, Chun Li, Charlie, M. Bison, Cammy, Birdie and Ken. Earlier this week, creator Yoshinori Ono sent a video to Brazilian fans confirming a Brazilian stage and announced his visit to Brazil in October, which he will reveal another character, strongly hinted to be Blanka, the electrical green beast. Street Fighter V will be released on Spring 2016 on Playstation 4 and PC.


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Jolee Gonzales, 33, of Cuero, cleans up around her infant son's grave at the Charco/Stockton Cemetery off of SH 239 west of Goliad. The Gonzales family has several generations of family members buried in the historically Hispanic cemetery. Recently a private landowner installed a gate blocking access to the cemetery despite a well-documented land easement. Gonzales said she and her family visit the cemetery several times a year and not having that access on Mother's Day was upsetting.
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Roger Camacho, of Goliad, talks about his frustration after not having access to the Charco/Stockton Cemetery off SH 239 west of Goliad. Camacho and others with family members buried at the historical cemetery are upset after a private landowner installed a gate blocking access to the cemetery despite a well documented land easement.
Wild flowers grow in the Charco/Stockton Cemetery. The historically Hispanic cemetery dates back to 1861. A group of residents with ties to the cemetery is upset after a private landowner installed a gate blocking access to the cemetery. The landowner has offered the familes the code to the gate.
A crucifix marks a grave in the Charco/Stockton Cemetery. The historically Hispanic cemetery dates back to 1861. A group of residents with ties to the cemetery are upset after a private landowner installed a gate blocking access to the cemetery despite a well documented land easement. The landowner has offered the familes the code to open the lock.
Jolee Gonzales, 33, of Cuero, talks about not having access to her infant son's gravesite at the Charco/Stockton Cemetery off of SH 239 west of Goliad. Gonzales has several generations of family members buried in the historically Hispanic cemetery. Recently a private landowner installed a gate blocking access to the cemetery despite a well documented land easement. Gonzales says she and her family visit the cemetery several times a years and not having that access on Mother's Day was upsetting.
A crucifix marks a grave in the Charco/Stockton Cemetery. The historically Hispanic cemetery dates back to the 1861. A group of residents with ties to the cemetery are upset after a private landowner installed a gate blocking access to the cemetery despite a well documented land easement.
Abraham Garza, of Houston, in black shirt, talks with other concerned family members following the Goliad County Commissioners Court meeting Tuesday. After the group formally spoke in protest about a private landowner who recently installed a gate that blocks access to the Charco/Stockton Cemetery, the commissioners said they had no jurisdiction to deal with the matter. Garza's family deeded the right of way to the state in the 1940s to allow access to the cemetery.
Abraham Garza, of Houston, addresses the Goliad County Commissioners Court regarding access to the Charco/Stockton Cemetery off of SH 239, west of Goliad. Garza's family purchased the land in 1940 and deeded the right of way to the state some years later to allow access to the cemetery. Recently a private landowner installed a gate blocking access to the cemetery.
Chris Ramirez Jr., 42, and his father, Chris Ramirez Sr., 73, both of Pettus, walk back toward their vehicle after visiting the graves of family buried at the Charco/Stockton Cemetery off of SH 239, west of Goliad. A group of families with ties to the cemetery that dates back to 1861 have filed a formal complaint with the county after a private landowner installed a gate blocking access to the cemetery despite a well documented land easement.
Joe M. De Luna, of Bee County, asserts the lack of tangible action by the Goliad County Commissioners Court is the same as approval from them after a private landowner installed a gate blocking access to the Charco/Stockton Cemetery off of SH 239, west of Goliad. County Judge Mike Bennett explained the county doesn't have jurisdiction to force the adjacent landowner to remove the gate that is blocking acccess to the cemetery.
Martha Camacho, of Goliad, expresses her frustration with what she feels is a lack of action from the Goliad County Commissioners Court regarding access to the Charco/Stockton Cemetery off of SH 239, west of Goliad. Camacho and others with family members buried at the historical cemetery are upset because a private landowner installed a gate that blocks access to the cemetery.
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Family disputes gate to historical Goliad County cemetery
By Jon Wilcox | jwilcox@vicad.com
Jon Wilcox
Most holidays, Jolee Gonzales finds herself making a drive to the middle of nowhere to see her infant son.
In December, she made the trip from her Cuero home into northwest Goliad County, taking an easily missed turn off SH 239 onto a sprawling ranchland property.
On that property is the historical Charco Cemetery where lie dozens of Gonzales' relatives, including newer burials like her 1-day-old son, as well as those dating back as far as 1861. About 230 people are buried there.
There, she laid a Christmas tree at her son's grave. He died during delivery about four years ago.
"Even though he is not here and present with us, he is my son, and I am going to do my diligence as a mother and visit," she said, cleaning leaves and twigs from his grave.
But, four years after his death, Gonzales said she and other members of her family have run into an unexpected obstacle hindering their visits to the cemetery. Since Houston resident Sean Kramer bought the property containing the cemetery in late 2018, Gonzales' family members said they have had trouble getting past a gate erected by the man at the entrance.
Kramer declined to comment for this story.
Despite recent inattention to the cemetery, which the family blames on restricted access imposed by a new gate at its entrance, the cemetery was as beautiful as ever in late May although the air was filled with heat and humidity.
Birds sang and butterflies flitted among bright bunches of wildflowers and weathered gravestones, some more than a century old.
Since childhood, Chris Ramirez Jr. has paid many visits to the cemetery with his father, Chris Ramirez Sr., 73, both of Pettus. He compared those visits to a kind of family reunion.
"You don't have to look at Ancestry.com. You can just come here," he said.
Although the first recorded burial was in 1861, he said members of his family have been buried there since the early 1800s.
"Some of their graves have been swallowed up by the earth," he said.
Back then, he said, his family worked as sharecroppers in the tiny farming community of Charco. Then, they worked for Kramer's ancestors, who are buried in an adjacent, segregated cemetery.
At a Goliad County Commissioners Court meeting earlier that morning, Gonzales, the Ramirezes and about a dozen of her family members demanded commissioners help them remove the gate.
The new gate that leads to Charco Cemetery, which is controlled by a password-locked keypad, was erected around the property to prevent trespassing, vandalism and littering, commissioners said.
Although Kramer provides the password to those wishing to visit, some of Gonzales' family members said the gate is too restrictive and even dangerous.
That gate seals a dirt-road easement managed by the state through properties owned by Kramer and Gonzales' family members.
"Since 1940, people have been going through the Garza family land," said Abraham Garza, who owns a property adjacent to Kramer's and half the easement. "We never had a problem in allowing people through because we know it's the right thing to do."
During his address to commissioners, Garza said the gate has prevented some family members from visiting their deceased loved ones. He and others in his family cited Mother's Day as an example, saying some had been unable to reach Kramer because of poor cellphone service. He also complained there was no sign explaining how to enter despite promises from Kramer to build one.
Garza also worried the gate and fencing might prevent an ambulance from reaching a visitor with a medical emergency.
Although County Judge Mike Bennett said he sympathized, he added there was nothing he could do and instead encouraged the parties to reach an understanding.
"We want this to be worked out. I absolutely think this is horrendous when someone comes to the cemetery on Mother's Day, and they can't see their loved ones," Bennett said. "That offends me deeply." The county judge also revealed generations of his family were buried in a similar private cemetery in East Texas.
Although county officials said they had reviewed the property's deed and determined the easement to be under the state's jurisdiction, the county's sheriff said he would be responsible for investigating any reports of vandalism there.
Roger Camacho, 61, who has family buried there, admitted he had cut the lock off a previous gate to gain access. Although he acknowledged the cutting, he and others said erecting the gate was the real crime.
"I told him I did not want the code," Camacho said. "These are games you are playing. There shouldn't be a gate, and we shouldn't be dealing with this."
His family backed him up.
"As this individual does not own the cemetery, he does not have the right to be able to dictate in terms," said Garza.
And Garza was not wrong, said Jim Kennerly, secretary-treasurer of the Texas Cemeteries Association, a professional organization of cemetery owners.
Kennerly cited Section 711.041 of the Texas Health and Safety Code, which says, "Any person who wishes to visit a cemetery or private burial grounds for which no public ingress or egress is available shall have the right to reasonable ingress and egress for the purpose of visiting the cemetery or private burial grounds."
But Kennerly stressed the use of "reasonable ingress and egress" in that section, saying the verbiage was admittedly vague and highly open to interpretation.
He also pointed to parts of the section that visitation can be limited to reasonable hours and only to those who enter for the purpose of visiting.
And, Kennerly said, as a landowner, Kramer would be justified in forbidding future burials there.
Family members of those buried at Charco Cemetery said they were deeply troubled by that prospect.
"There are many living relatives who would like someday to be buried next to their kin. I myself included," Garza said.
Although Goliad County officials and Kennerly declined to weigh in on who was right and who was wrong, they agreed on one point.
Taking the dispute to court would be a waste of time and money for all parties involved. Instead, they urged them to reach an understanding, perhaps through a mediation with attorneys.
The younger Ramirez agreed.
"Sean, he seems like a pretty good guy. It's a build up of testosterone – not having access when you want it and maybe not getting a hold of somebody when you want after driving a long distance to get here and then having that restriction that has never been here. It angers people," he said. "If everyone sits down ... I think they can come to an agreement."
Jon Wilcox reports on courts for the Victoria Advocate. He may be reached jwilcox@vicad.com or 361-580-6515.
Under the existing Texas Health and Safety Code 711.041, access to cemeteries is granted to:
(a) Any person who wishes to visit a cemetery or private burial grounds for which no public ingress or egress is available shall have the right to reasonable ingress and egress for the purpose of visiting the cemetery or private burial grounds. This right of access extends only to visitation during reasonable hours and only for the purposes usually associated with cemetery visits; and (b) The owner or owners of the land surrounding the cemetery or private burial grounds may designate the routes of reasonable ingress and egress.
The Texas Funeral Service Commission has been given the authority to write rules under this section of the Health and Safety Code. We are asking if you know of any cases where access has been denied (locked gate, oral or written denied access by surrounding landowner, no response from surrounding landowner on route to the cemetery, law enforcement declines to get involved). Please provide a written description of the situation and send one copy to the Texas Historical Commission and one to the Texas Funeral Service Commission, O.C. Robbins, Executive Director, P. O. Box 12217, Austin, Texas 78711. This subject will be discussed at their next board meeting on June 17, 2008, so they need this information as soon as possible.
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Jon covers crime, public safety and the courts at the Victoria Advocate. Born in Huntsville, Ala., he grew up in Atlanta, Ga. and obtained a bachelor's degree in journalism at Texas State University.
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Freetown, January 30, 2019 – Fostering the Government's commitment to the Free Quality School Education (FQSE) initiative, President, H.E. Rtd. Brig., Dr. Julius Maada Bio today officially launched a program financed by the Global Partnership for Education (GPE). GPE Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Alice Albright, along with representatives of other education partners and senior government officials, attended the event.
The grant of US$17.2 million aims to increase equitable access to education and improve learning outcomes for approximately 1 million girls and boys in public pre-primary and primary schools, with a focus on the most vulnerable children.
The grant will help improve student's reading and mathematics skill in the early grades; expand early childhood development (ECD) opportunities to reach approximately 10,000 more young children; improve early grade reading and mathematics instruction skills of 17,000 teachers; provide teaching and learning materials; and improve decentralised monitoring, data collection and management, including the establishment of a Learning Assessment Unit within the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE).
According to recent survey data, only 11.5 percent of children aged 3 to 5 year old children are attending pre-primary school. whilst 82 per cent of all 6 to 11 year olds attend primary school. Primary school completion rate is 67 per cent but the junior secondary completion rate is only 49 per cent. While there is gender parity in attendance at the pre-primary, primary and junior secondary levels, more boys than girls complete junior and senior secondary education.
Over the past decade, Sierra Leone has made progress in getting more children into school by constructing and rehabilitating schools, procuring reading/teaching and learning materials as well as disbursing performance-based grants. Other areas supported by previous grants of the Global Partnership for Education include funds to support the establishment of the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) to oversee teacher recruitment, development, deployment and overall teacher management including the establishment of TSC offices at district level.
The GPE funding is based on Sierra Leone's Education Sector Plan (ESP), harmonised with other education priorities, plans and policy documents of the Government of Sierra Leone as well as support being provided by education partners and donors such as UK Aid (DFID), World Bank, European Union, Government of Ireland and UNICEF.
DFID is currently the coordinating agency for the GPE programme with responsibilities that include promoting sector coordination in close collaboration with the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education and key education stakeholders.
Mary Hunt, DFID's Head of Office, said, "It is a top priority for the UK to see all children, especially girls and those with disability, access quality education. The UK makes a major contribution to the GPE and we are pleased to see that a significant amount of this funding has been mobilised to help the Government of Sierra Leone deliver on its commitment to give all children a chance to reach their potential".
UNICEF has been designated as GPE grant agent by the Government and in collaboration with the MBSSE will oversee programme implementation. This includes ensuring that progress is on track, funds are appropriately disbursed and utilised to support approved activities, as well as reporting implementation progress regularly to the Government of Sierra Leone and the GPE Secretariat.
"The grant could foster significant change in the educational development of the country and improve results for children in line with the government's Free Quality School Education initiative," said Dr Hamid El-Bashir, UNICEF Representative to Sierra Leone.


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The Flash: Season 3
Forensic scientist Barry Allen, aka The Flash, is living his dream life. His parents are alive. He's dating beautiful, smart Iris West. And he's able to stand back and let the new speedster in town, Kid Flash, step in to protect Central City. But the better Barry's life gets, the more dangerous it becomes. His nemesis, Reverse Flash, warns Barry of serious repercussions if he remains in the alternate Flashpoint universe: In addition to memory loss, his powers will fade. When disaster strikes, Barry must decide whether to continue life as Barry Allen or return to his universe as The Flash. As Barry deals with his identity crisis, he and the S.T.A.R. Labs team fight off lethal threats from the God of Speed, Savitar.
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Paradox Oct. 11, 2016
Magenta Oct. 18, 2016
The New Rogues Oct. 25, 2016
Monster Nov. 01, 2016
Shade Nov. 15, 2016
Killer Frost Nov. 22, 2016
Invasion! (II) Nov. 29, 2016
The Present Dec. 06, 2016
Borrowing Problems From The Future Jan. 24, 2017
Dead or Alive Jan. 31, 2017
Untouchable Feb. 07, 2017
Attack on Gorilla City (1) Feb. 21, 2017
Attack on Central City (2) Feb. 28, 2017
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Into the Speed Force Mar. 14, 2017
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Abra Kadabra Mar. 28, 2017
The Once and Future Flash Apr. 25, 2017
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Finish Line May. 23, 2017


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Occidental Petroleum looks to sublease six floors downtown – ~ News
By James Python Last updated Apr 8, 2022
DENVER (BusinessDen) — An oil and gas firm has put nearly half its downtown Denver office space on the market.
Occidental Petroleum Corp. is looking to sublease six full floors — 130,068 square feet in total — in Granite Tower at 1099 18th St., according to marketing materials prepared by CBRE.
Anadarko Petroleum Corp., which Houston-based Occidental acquired last year, originally leased the space. Anadarko signed a 12-year lease extension for 295,743 square feet in the tower in the fourth quarter of 2018. It was the largest lease signed in Denver that year.
Now, Occidental is looking to unload the building's 13th through 18th floors, which average 21,692 square feet each, according to the marketing materials. The space comes with a tenant improvement allowance of more than $50 per square foot.
Occidental did not respond to a request for comment. The Denver Business Journal first reported the space had been put on the sublease market.
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These lovebirds, Ana and Jesus, got married at St Charles Parish and had their reception at Loxley on Bellbird Hill. The wedding dress, the car, the smile, the flower, everything was absolutely perfect! We are so happy being part of their big day!