Charlotte High School senior Lorena Campes received a scholarship to attend New York University (NYU) in the fall, where she plans to study studio art. She specializes in realistic portraits of people who are close to her. She uses acrylic paint, colored pencil and digital media.
Charlotte High School senior Bianca Torres specializes in painting on clothing. "I feel it would be cool to give something old life again," she said. She will attend the University of North Florida in the fall, and hopes to minor in art.
Eliora Bachman uses ink, water color, color pastel, and chalk pastel, to depict a story she thought up. She is currently working on folding 1,000 paper cranes, based on a Japanese legend that says if you fold 1,000 paper cranes, your wish will come true.
Alaena Massey portrays the people close to her on items that are important to her. Her boyfriend is a baseball catcher, so she depicted him on a home plate, and rubbed dirt from the Charlotte High baseball field on the plate. She drew her grandma atop her favorite recipe, and her dad on a cutting board, because he likes to cook. She will be attending the University of Florida, and minor in digital art.
Hundreds of art pieces from Charlotte High School students will be on display at the Charlotte Performing Arts Center today.
The stage will display art from Advanced Placement art students. The lobby and halls of CPAC will have artwork from other students.
AP students will showcase a compilation of all the work they have done throughout the year.
The art show is open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at CPAC, 701 Carmalita St. in Punta Gorda. It is free and open to the public.


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I find myself needing to apologize yet again for allowing so much time to pass between posts. I finally figured out how to have Live Writer (the program I use for blogging) on more than one computer since I don't spend much time in the office anymore.
I wanted to thank you all for your prayers, for your understanding, for your encouragement. Some posted comments here, and some sent e-mails, some phoned; but all of you were so sweet and gentle in reminding me of God's goodness and giving me permission to be human. I love each of you for that.
My pace through the Bible has grown very slow. I have always read at night. It's the only time the house is completely quiet, and I usually am relaxed and ready to learn. I admit there have been nights when I've fallen asleep before I finished a chapter. I do a fair amount of re-reading. But that's not such a bad thing because sometimes reading a passage twice really helps me get it.
I'm in the book of John currently. In Chapter 9, Jesus heals a blind man. It's a familiar story to me, and I must have fallen asleep somewhere around the part where the Pharisees put the man and his parents on trial to hear testimony about who healed him and how. So the next night I read it again. And this time, the part that jumped out at me was the first few verses.
Punishing you to teach someone else a lesson? That's what terrorists do, and God is certainly no terrorist!
So then why the suffering?
Jesus answered his disciples' question about this issue by telling them it wasn't a punishment for either the blind man or his parents, but that there was a reason for it. God had allowed it so that His glory could be shown when Jesus healed him.
Could God restore Jeff's sight and health?
I do not anticipate a miracle like this one for him. But if I am interpreting the message of this passage correctly, I can trust that the work of God is being made manifest in Jeff. We may never fully grasp the ways God has used leukemia for His glory until we get to heaven and our understanding is perfect.
And when I think of it that way, my perspective can shift from questioning God's plan to feeling humbled for having been entrusted with so great a task as to bring God glory in the face of suffering.
There is only one way to respond to your shared insights - thank you.
WoW! I've been wondering about you - haven't visited in so long. I'm pretty tethered to my situation with dad - so blogging rarely gets my time. But I am blessed by your sharing tonight. I'm glad a took a moment to visit. You sound like you're in a good place - spiritually. I couldn't face the day without Jesus. I know it's the same for you. How do other people do it without Him?
Hi Adrienne, I am so glad to hear from you--but we understand when you can't blog much these days. I admire you so much. You have so much strength. YES--God has a plan for Jeff.. We don't understand it--and just have to keep the faith that everything in life that happens is in God's plan.
You have said it all so well! While the world may lead us to believe the difficulties in our lives are "punishments," the reality is that they may be a "privilige" that God has given us to be his witness and his person, and you certainly are that!
We have such a loving Father. He is a good God!--Don't ever forget it or doubt it. There is no end to His thoughts toward you, Jeff, and the kids, and He is faithful beyond our definition of faithful. Nobody has ever loved you like our Father, and nobody ever will.
We can only see a few stars during the day, but at night God's glory shines.
So very well said from your own deep experience. I love the line-- "that the works of God should be made manifest." perfection! And sometimes we get to see that manifestation.
A beautiful post, Adrienne. Thank you for all you are teaching us! Our prayers are with you, my friend.
I have gotten behind again. I came right to where I left off.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts, even the ones you know aren't reasonable. All of us have some of those.
I am so thankful that in all things, even the bad ones, God works for the good of those who love Him.


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The last known Homo erectus
Published on January 6, 2020 by zooks777
There are a lot of assumptions made about Homo erectus and, indeed, there is much confusion surrounding the species (see: various items in Human evolution and migrations logs for 2001, 2002, 2003 and several other years). For a start, the name derives from Eugene Dubois's 1891 discovery of several hominin cranial fragments in sediments deposited by the Solo River in Java. Dubois was the first to recognise in 'Java Man' the human-ape 'missing link' about which Charles Darwin speculated in his The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex (1871). Dubois named the beings Pithecanthropus (now Homo) erectus. Once the "multiregional" versus "out-of-Africa" debate about the origin of anatomically modern humans (AMH) emerged after a variety of H. erectus-like fossils had also turned up in Africa and Europe, as well as in East and SE Asia, 'Java Man' was adopted by the multiregionalists as 'evidence' for separate evolution of AMH in Asia. Such a view remains adhered to by a tenacious number of Chinese palaeoanthropologists, but by virtually no-one else.
Reconstruction of the Nariokotome Boy from the skeleton found in the Turkana Basin of Kenya (credit: Atelier Daynes/Science Photo Library)
The earliest of the African 'erects' were distinguished as H. ergaster, represented by the 1.6 Ma old, almost intact skeleton of Nariokotome Boy from the Turkana area of Kenya. In Africa the specific names ergaster and erectus often seem to be used as synonyms, whereas similar-looking fossils from Asia are almost always referred to as 'Asian H. erectus'. Matters became even more confusing when the earliest human migrants from Africa to Eurasia were discovered at Dmanisi in Georgia (see; Human evolution and migrations logs for 2002, 2003, 2007, 2013). Anatomically they deviate substantially from both H. ergaster and Asian erectus – and from each other! – and at 1.8 Ma they are very old indeed. Perhaps as a palliative in the academic rows that broke out following their discovery, for the moment they are called Homo erectus georgicus; a sub-species. But, then, how can Asian H. erectus be regarded as their descendants. Yet anatomically erectus-like fossils are known in East and SE Asia from 1.5 Ma onwards.
There is another mystery. Homo ergaster/erectus in Africa made distinctive tools, typified by the bifacial Acheulian hand axe. Their tool kit remained substantially the same for more than a million years, and was inherited by all the descendants of H. erectus in Africa and Europe: by H. antecessor, heidelbergensis, Neanderthals and early AMH. Yet in Asia, such a technology has not been discovered at sites older than around 250 thousand years. Either no earlier human migrants into Asia made and carried such artefacts or stone tools were largely abandoned by early Asian humans in favour of those more easily made from woods, for instance bamboo.
In 1996 the youngest Solo River sediments that had yielded H. erectus remains in the 1930s were dated using electron-spin resonance and uranium-series methods. The results suggested occupation by 'erects' between 53 and 27 ka, triggering yet more astonishment, because fully modern humans had by then also arrived in Indonesia. Could anatomically modern humans have co-existed with a species whose origin went back to almost two million years beforehand? It has taken another two decades for this perplexing issue to be clarified – to some extent. The previous dates were checked using more precise versions of the original geochronological methods covering a wider range of sediment strata (Rizal, Y. et al. 2019. Last appearance of Homo erectus at Ngandong, Java, 117,000–108,000 years ago. Nature, published online; DOI:10.1038/s41586-019-1863-2). No AMH presence in Asia is known before about 80 ka, so can the astonishment be set aside? Possibly, but what is known for sure from modern and ancient DNA comparisons is that early modern human migrants interbred with a more ancient Asian group, the Denisovans. At present that group is only known from a site in Siberia and another in Tibet through a finger bone and a few molar teeth that yielded DNA significantly different from both living humans and ancient Neanderthals. So we have no tangible evidence of what the Denisovans looked like, unlike Asian H. erectus of whom there are many substantial fossils. Yet DNA has not been extracted from any of them. That is hardly surprising for the Indonesian specimens because hot and humid conditions cause DNA to break down quickly and completely. There is a much better chance of extracting genomes from the youngest H. erectus fossils from higher latitudes in China. Once that is achieved, we will know whether they are indeed erects or can be matched genetically with Denisovans.
See also: Price, M. 2019. Ancient human species made 'last stand' 100,000 years ago on Indonesian island (Science)
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Roger Mason says:
There are several Asian Homo erectus sites in China, the best-known at Zhoukoudian near Beijing, the home of 'Peking Man'. If you visit Hubei Provincial Museum in Wuhan don't miss an excellent exhibit of well-preserved remains from a cave in Hubei province.
zooks777 says:
Hi Roger
Thanks for the tips. Afraid I will never get the chance to visit China.
Do you happen to know if any attempts are being made to get ancient DNA from the Chinese fossils currently considered to be H erectus? I know a great many simply disappeared decades ago
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Folksy British songstress Beth Orton appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman last night (August 15) to perform her latest single "Magpie."
The track comes from Orton's forthcoming record Sugaring Season, which is due out October 2 via Anti-. Check out Orton's upcoming tour dates over here, which include stops in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver.
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'It's one of the best times to be in WWE' says Raw Superstar Bayley
Updated: 12th December 2016, 12:43 pm
Bayley was a special guest at Gorilla Position live (photo by Ben Bowles)
Fans of any major sport or entertainment series always have the knack of looking back on past glory – and wrestling fans are no different. Many still laud WWE's boom period in the late 1990's as the pinnacle of the company's greatest ever era. However, one member of WWE's current Raw roster says that the 2016 class is as good as it's ever been – and who are we to disagree?
As part of a roster that has potentially more life-long WWE fans than at any point in it's history, former NXT Women's Champion Bayley told Gorilla Position that this new era very much rivals WWE's 'Attitude Era' days, even if it's in a slightly different way. Speaking as a guest at Gorilla Position's special live 100th episode, recorded at the indigio in London, Raw's resident hugger gave host James Delow her views on the current WWE product.
"I think its one of the best times to be involved and to be a fan – especially if you're a fan of NXT. It's just very different. I grew up with the Attitude Era, which was incredible and you can never compare anything to that, but I kind of feel like this is a different kind of attitude era that we're going through right now. Especially with what we did in NXT and what's going on there. Everyone is so different and there are so many unique characters and there's such a drive, as so many of us grew up as wrestling fans. What we grew up watching is what we strive to be, only better, and I think that's what's going right now. They are all such fans that they want to take it to a level that they remember falling it love with."
Sitting backstage, singing WWE theme songs, getting real excited for #GP100! @WWEGP pic.twitter.com/6pnEdf1l0U
— Bayley (@itsBayleyWWE) December 7, 2016
Bayley was joined on stage by one of those such fans, Finn Bàlor, as well as a surprise appearance from Wade Barrett, to celebrate the fancast's century of shows and the pair discussed at length their journey's to WWE and what it was like to be part of NXT's rise to prominence. A rise so emotional and that went so well that Bayley finds it hard to find the words to describe it.
"NXT was the best, it was so much better than I could have ever imagined coming into WWE. We had the best trainers, best facilities – I thought FCW was heaven and that was just a warehouse and three rings and then six months later we had the performance center with seven rings and a gym – the coolest people and literally the coolest roster. I couldn't imagine coming in any other way, I got to train with Sara Del Ray and Norman Smiley – who's the coolest. I was on the first NXT show outside of Florida and I was on the tours and in all we were just like a family. Even the NXT crowd, we grew up together. They saw us start with just twenty in the crowd, then a hundred at the Full Sail tapings up to the five hundred or so that we had for the NXT TakeOver shows, we all grew together and that made it really special. They saw my first match in NXT with my hair down and wearing super-generic gear to the point where I won the title in Brooklyn. That's why it special to me, that we did it together. They saw us every week in Florida, giving our heart and soul and they gave it back. We fed off them as much as they fed off us. I can't describe it, such an incredible piece of wrestling for me."
Of course, the highlight of Bayley's outstanding run through NXT was her NXT Women's Title match with long-term friend and foe Sasha Banks at the promotion's Brooklyn TakeOver show over SummerSlam weekend in 2015. It's a match that set the bar for this new generation of women wrestlers sweeping WWE and the 27 year-old is proud, if a little surprised about how much it means to WWE fans.
"It's crazy to think it's still being talked about. That's one of things people always come-up to me and talk about, not that it was years ago or anything, but I still get tweets about it and when I have signings and stuff people say to me that they were in tears and how they get goosebumps thinking about it. I'm lucky that I'm always going to have that match, if my career were to end tomorrow, I'll always have that night to look back on and feel proud of. We never expected it to turn out what it was; to Sasha and I it was special anyway. We had gone through it, we had dark matches at the first NXT TakeOver and we were in three minute matches every single week on NXT TV, so much so it became a running joke – we used to say let me guess I'm facing Sasha again. So for us to get to that point and to perform at the first show outside of Full Sail Arena, in front of 15,000 people at SummerSlam weekend it was such a huge deal. We've had parallel careers, but everything literally fell into place and came out perfect. I still get emotional thinking about it, it's just one of those nights. We knew how much it meant to us, but we able to see how much it meant to everyone else and how much they cared and were invested in it. And that showed just how big NXT had become."
NXT may have grown during Bayley's stint at WWE's developmental brand, but the California native has certainly played her role in that rise. So much so that fans are already frustrated with her current place among the Women's title scene on Monday Night Raw. However, she's happy to bide her time on the red brand and build the Bayley story up again, before she gets her hand on yet more title gold.
Bayley added "To me I'm rebuilding myself and grow again. The only reason I got to those matches in NXT with Sasha and Asuka at TakeOver's is because I started at the bottom – and it took me so long to get there. I kind of see WWE the same way, where if they want to put me in the title picture that's fine, but I also don't mind working my way to get there. And that goes along with being backstage and learning from the right people, I like to standby the Gorilla position and listen to Arn Anderson and Dean Malenko and ask them questions even if I'm not on the show. It's my way to get better and see what I can to get to Sasha and Charlotte's spots."
That moment @itsBayleyWWE @jamesdelow & @FinnBalor realise #JellyBayley is trending. #GP100 pic.twitter.com/eniyW70YPq
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.@itsBayleyWWE with her #jellybayleys @WWEGP 100. This was trending on the night! #GP100 pic.twitter.com/ZII4ZimOF1
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Dell Med panel discusses health, social issues black community faces
Alliance for African-American Health in Central Texas executive director, Marva Overton, meets with attendees after leading the Black Health panel, held at the Health Learning Building.
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Published on June 27, 2019 at 10:24 pm Last update on June 27, 2019 at 10:25 pm
By Rolando Hernandez
There is an undeniable link between racial inequities and health status, experts said at a panel on black health hosted by the Dell Medical School on Thursday.
Around 40 professionals, Dell Medical students and community members shared perspectives on the strengths and struggles of the black community while proposing ideas to address health and social inequities in Central Texas.
"This panel is special because it gives the mic to the people who live here," event coordinator Ricardo Garay said. "We are here to stir a conversation and to educate others."
Thursday's panel was one of five hosted by the Dell Medical School's Department of Population Health and grassroots leaders from its Community Strategy Team to discuss social and health issues such as gentrification, language disparity and LGBTQ health.
Garay said the black health panel was meant to educate future medical professionals on different perspectives and issues in order to help them provide better health care.
Before the panel discussion began, a presentation highlighted the history of the U.S. and its relationship to the black community, touching on issues such as slavery, lynching and the civil rights movement.
"Austin, Texas, is the most racist place I've lived," said panelist Charlotte Caples, the owner and CEO of a consulting business that promotes racial equity. "We don't really talk about it, but we have to address it if we are even gonna start talking about health care."
Throughout history and today, African Americans have the highest incidence and/or death rate in several categories, and health outcomes are primarily determined by factors that occur outside of the medical care setting, said panelist Marva Overton, the executive director of the Alliance for African American Health in Central Texas.
Panelist Sharon Ellerby, who volunteers with the Alliance for African American Health, said she has seen the effects of the health care system on herself and her family firsthand. She said when it comes to nutrition and the quality of care at a free clinic versus one that requires insurance, socioeconomic factors can directly affect one's health.
"It's heartbreaking to realize that we can't afford the healthy foods we need," Ellerby said. "But you can certainly go down the store and get candy, soda and chips."
Odera Okafor, a student at the Dell Medical School, said she attended the panel to learn more about racial and economic disparities in the community, which she said are important to understand as a future health care professional.
"There's so much implicit biases ... that affect the way we treat people in on a daily basis and as a health care professional," Okafor said. "Being conscientious of that is how we can fix the problem."


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Climbers in the icefall. Photo: Jon Griffith.


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by GuardianAngel on Wed Apr 24, 2019 6:30 pm
@Agent99 thanks for posting. I've never heard of Mauritius. It looks gorgeous!
Was Gina's HTD has stressful as it sounds in the recaps?
Gina's family hurled millions of questions at Lee over the dinner table, after which Gina's dad had some one-on-one time with him. Cecil said to Lee that as long as Gina was happy, they'd have his blessing.
https://m-net.dstv.com/show/the-bachelor-sa_828/news/lee-picks-final-3-on-the-bachelor-sa/news
by krish on Thu Apr 25, 2019 4:10 am
Michelle is the one who is saying "doesn't know connection is strong enough". Gina is the one talking about vulnerability in the furst part.
I noticed Lee and Michelle are kissing at the "wish tree" in this preview. The wish tree is a popular place to visit in Mauritius. Tourists go there and write their wishes on paper and hang them up on the tree. I must admit a very romantic date.....
krish
I am not sure if Gina is going to be eliminated in todays episode.
Apparently she left for Amsterdam yesterday to celebrate her birthday. She has also removed all hashtags and promotion of Bachelor South Africa from her social media.
by dee on Thu Apr 25, 2019 11:03 am
Michelle is eliminated. Jozaan and Gina are F2. I really think the spoiler was correct (being caught by people on a flight, F1 telling people etc). I don't get a sense the couple is together today though, but who knows. Maybe they've broken up and have since gotten back together. If Gina's F1, the fact that she's met Lee before and probably run in same social circles is totally
Apparently, Lee used the whole "we should stay friends" bit to Michelle when leaving. Boy bye
Wonder if SA will have a bachelorette season. Feel like both Michelle and Jozaan would go for it. They're both kind of polarizing with the fan base.
by Jolena on Thu Apr 25, 2019 11:40 am
@krish wrote: Michelle is the one who is saying "doesn't know connection is strong enough". Gina is the one talking about vulnerability in the furst part.
Where can we see this preview? TIA
by krish on Thu Apr 25, 2019 2:19 pm
Hi Everyone, what an absolute shocker! So disappointed in Lee and his choice. This guy does not know what he wants! I can't believe he friend zoned Michelle at the end! TRASH. I will not be watching anymore. I will write my final thoughts soon and be done.
by Agent99 on Thu Apr 25, 2019 2:33 pm
Lee has said from the start he wants someone who makes him laugh and IMO Michelle, as lovely as she is, does not have that sort of personality. I read a couple of tweets that said he looked bored and checked out by the end of their date.
by GuardianAngel on Thu Apr 25, 2019 4:37 pm
Thanks for the updates everyone!
I'm glad he let the one he knows isn't for him, go.
Body language is very telling. If he wasn't feeling it, no amount of faking it can trick sleuthers!
by Jolena on Thu Apr 25, 2019 5:00 pm
I was surprised to hear he let Michelle go. I thought for sure she would be the F1. IMHO I don't think Gina or Jozann are a good match for him at all.
As you know my favorite Michelle was eliminated in last nights episode. I was totally going for this couple. They fit so well both in the show and in the real world in my opinion.
What happened is the question?
From the twitter talk and the Youtube clips I could see they had chemistry. They were both attracted to one another from the first day out of the limo. His face literally lit up like a candle when she emerged out of the limo. He approached her again and asked for another dance during the night. They looked perfect and happy.
Throughout the season they had so many cute interactions. He was definitely falling for her. Each date he gave her made their connection stronger.
Limo entrance - First impression rose and attraction.
1st 1 on 1 date - dinner date- He noticed how career driven she was and admired this quality. He said he wanted to find out if she had the softer side as well and wanted to explore it.
2nd 1 on 1 date - hot air balloon ride - First passionate kiss and after that all their kisses were very passionate and loving. He would kiss her forehead, and hold her with tenderness and care, he asked her about starting a family, said he was falling for her and said she was warm and loving.
All through out the season he would say "he missed her". He told her father "when I am with her, I forget about everything else". In the final date he even told her "you have my heart". I strongly believe he was falling in love or even in love.
In the real world they were well suited - When I stalked their social media they had so much in common.
Both loved to cook
Both were into charities
Both loved nature
Both animal lovers
Both wanted to have children and start family
So what went wrong? Honestly, I feel like his ego and pride let him down. His other remaining girls gave him confirmation of their love.
Jozzan said "I love you" on her date
Gina said "I am falling for you" on her's
Michelle did not say those actual words. He checked out! What a pity. I thought he would fight for her but he took the easy way out.
Michelle also should take the blame. She knows this is fast process and should have listened to her inner intuition and not hold back.
Lee said that was the reason why he eliminated her. The other girls gave him affirmation while Michelle did not. So sad he was in the bachelor bubble and could not see that Michelle just needed some time to get the "I love you" out.
What makes me so angry with Lee is what he said to her at her elimination. He said he still wanted her friendship after this show. Say What!!!!! He friend zoned her after all that making out and saying all the love words to her. I thought it was so disrespectable not only to Michelle but also to the final woman who he chooses. Twitter tweets also called him out on this.
Funnily enough he even used one of her saying in his Instagram post to promote the show! On her balloon date she said "I wanted to be the best version of myself" when she decided to rebuild her life after her heartbreak. He wrote the same thing in his Instagram post "Be the best version of yourself". Lee you are cancelled!!!!
The two remaining girls, well what can I say
Jozzan - From day one has always been mean. On the first night when she saw Lee dancing with Michelle her words were "I don't like this. Stop dancing".
When she got her 1 on 1 time with him on the first night he had to take another women inside and bring out blanket for her. Jozzan's first words out of her mouth when he came back in "What took you so long!". "I do not have to wait for a man".
Throughout the season she continued to question his motives. When he did not eliminate any of the girls in week 8 she basically said he does not know what he is doing. When Michelle was given another date she and Jacky trashed her. Jozzan's actual words were "I am shocked, I do not know what he wants". She has no faith in this man. In her home town her father said "when guys get clingy with her, she dumps them". Her sister said "she is a handful, and will need a man to put her in her place". Already there was red flags in her personality. What made it worse was her bad mouthing whenever Michelle got a rose and complained how her and the other girls had better connection then Michelle. Michelle never ever said any bad thing about Jozzan.
Gina - The chemistry with Gina definitely faded over the weeks. Many people picked up on this. It was only the Gina supporters who have kept the flame going. His uncut home town visit it was clearly evident that something was not right. I think he was going to eliminate Gina but did the switch aroo to Michelle when she did not confess her love.
One thing for sure Gina is the better girl in the final 2. I do believe he picked her. But her social media has not been very favorable. Filming ended in December. In January, she talked about being depressed and not been in a good state. This week she has removed all reference to the bachelor in her social media platform. People saw her with a ring on her finger and started to speculate it was an engagement ring. She came out on social media and said " I have worn this ring for eight years, it is on my right hand not my left". On valentines day (and the premiere of the Bachelor) she wrote "who needs men when you have your girlfriends". Honestly, I do not know how to read this at all!!!!!
Anyway, these were my final thoughts. A lot of people are asking for Michelle to be the bachelorette. But I do not think that is going to happen. If it does, I will be back with my tweets! and recapping
I really like Michelle and even if Lee did the dirty on her she wrote all her Instagram stories about him and show with respect and love. Those who have met her say she beautiful both inside and out. She deserves to find love. I am definitely joining her fan group in Instagram
Thanks guys for the love. Peace out
Michelle's Instagram
- She seems to be getting a lot of love. People are right. He does not deserve her.
https://www.instagram.com/michelle.reddy/
by djogbenyuie on Fri Apr 26, 2019 2:56 am
On Lee latest post on F3 épisode 90% of comments are pro Michelle.
Usually we get that for F2 or F3 when the F1 or F2 does not seem to match at all with the lead. It's either because they have a bad edit (Alex Nation VS Nikki for instance) or when the lead is not that genuine . Meaning he does not pick the obvious good match (good based on interaction not just the woman personnality) because he doesn't care for a relationship after the show.
I personally don't see any long lasting love story in this season at this point. But as long as everyone involved is happy, it doesn't really matter. Lol
djogbenyuie


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Old School Hip Hop
The History or Rap
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Joseph Saddler (born January 1, 1958), better known by his stage name Grandmaster Flash is an American hip hop recording artist and DJ. He is considered to be one of the pioneers of hip-hop DJing, cutting, scratching and mixing. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007, becoming the first hip hop act to be honored.
Joseph Saddler's family emigrated to the United States from Barbados, in the Caribbean. He grew up in the Bronx in New York City where he attended Samuel Gompers High School, a public vocational school. There, he learned how to repair electronic equipment. Saddler's parents played an important role in his interest in music. His parents came from Barbados and his father was a big fan of Caribbean and African American records.
As a child, Saddler was fascinated by his father's record collection. In an interview, he reflected: "My father was a very heavy record collector. He still thinks that he has the strongest collection. I used to open his closets and just watch all the records he had. I used to get into trouble for touching his records, but I'd go right back and bother them." Saddler's early interest in DJing came from this fascination with his father's record collection as well as his mother's desire for him to educate himself in electronics. After high school, he became involved in the earliest New York DJ scene, attending parties set up by early luminaries, like DJ Kool Herc.
Grandmaster Flash carefully studied the styles and techniques of earlier DJs, particularly Pete Jones, Kool Herc, and Grandmaster Flowers. As a teenager, he began experimenting with DJ gear in his bedroom, eventually developing and mastering three innovations that are still considered standard DJing techniques today.
Backspin technique (or, quick-mix theory): Early New York party DJs came to understand that short drum breaks were popular with party audiences. Kool Herc began experimenting with the use of two identical tracks to extend the 'break', or instrumental section, resulting in what was known as 'break-beat'. Grandmaster Flash perfected this technique where he could play the break on one record while searching for the same fragment of music on the other (using his headphones). When the break finished on one turntable, he used his mixer to switch quickly to the other turntable, where the same beat was cued up and ready to play. Using the backspin technique (also referred to as beat juggling), the same short phrase of music could be looped indefinitely.
Punch phrasing (or, clock theory): This technique involved isolating very short segments of music, typically horn hits, and rhythmically punching them over the sustained beat using the mixer.
Scratching: Although the invention of record scratching as a form of adding to the musical entertainment is generally credited to Grand Wizzard Theodore, Grandmaster Flash perfected the technique and brought it to new audiences. Scratching, along with punch phrasing, exhibited a unique performative aspect of party DJing: instead of passively spinning records, he manipulated them to create new music.
Grandmaster Flash played parties and collaborated with rappers such as Kurtis Blow and Lovebug Starski. In the late 1970s, he formed his own group. The original lineup consisted of Cowboy (Keef Cowboy), Melle Mel (Melvin Glover) and The Kidd Creole (AKA Kidd Creole/Nathaniel Glover), and the ensemble went by the name "Grandmaster Flash & the 3 MCs". Cowboy created the term hip hop. He created the term while teasing a friend who had just joined the U.S. Army, by scat singing the words "hip/hop/hip/hop" in a way that mimicked the rhythmic cadence of soldiers marching. Cowboy later worked the "hip hop" cadence into a part of his stage performance.
Mel was the first rapper to call himself "MC" (Master of Ceremony). Two other rappers briefly joined, but they were replaced more permanently by Rahiem (Guy Todd Williams, previously in the Funky Four) and Scorpio (Eddie Morris, a.k.a. Mr. Ness) to make Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. Quickly gaining recognition for their skillful raps, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five pioneered MCing and freestyle battles. Some of the staple phrases in MCing have their origins in the early shows and recordings of the group. In 1978, the new group began performing regularly at Disco Fever in the Bronx, one of the first times a hip-hop group was given a weekly gig at a well-known venue.
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were signed to Bobby Robinson's Enjoy Records and in 1979 released their first single, "Superrappin'".
In 1980 they signed to Sugar Hill Records and began touring and releasing numerous singles. The seminal "The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel", released in 1981, is a 7-minute solo showcase of Grandmaster Flash's virtuosic turntable skills, combining elements of Blondie's "Rapture," Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band's "Apache," Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust," Chic's "Good Times," and the group's own "Freedom." It is also the first documented appearance of record scratching on a record. That year, the group opened for The Clash and were poorly received by an audience unaccustomed to the new style. The group's most significant hit was the electro rap song "The Message" (1982), which was produced by in-house Sugar Hill producer Clifton "Jiggs" Chase and featured session musician, Duke Bootee. Unlike earlier rap tunes, "The Message" featured a grim narrative about inner city violence, drugs, and poverty. In 2002, its first year of archival, it was one of 50 recordings chosen by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry, the first hip hop recording ever to receive this honor. Critics praised the song's social awareness, calling the chorus "a slow chant seething with desperation and fury."
Other than Melle Mel, no members of the group actually appear in the song. Rahiem lip-synced Duke Bootee's vocal in the music video. The same year, Grandmaster Flash appeared in the movie "Wild Style" and sued Sugar Hill over the non-payment of royalties. Tensions mounted as "The Message" gained in popularity, eventually leading to a rupture between Melle Mel and Grandmaster Flash. Soon the group disintegrated entirely. Grandmaster Flash, The Kidd Creole, and Rahiem left Sugar Hill, signed with Elektra Records, and continued on as simply "Grandmaster Flash", while Melle Mel and the others continued on as "Grandmaster Melle Mel & the Furious Five".
Grandmaster Flash was also interviewed in the 1986 cult documentary Big Fun In The Big Town.
Although frequently credited on the records, Grandmaster Flash does not actually appear on "The Message," "Freedom," or many of the other Furious Five songs. Although Grandmaster Flash provided the central element of the group's sound when performing live (in addition to giving the group its name), there was little room for his turntablism in early singles driven by the grooves of live session musicians. Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five reformed in 1987 for a charity concert, and in 1988 they released a new album. The group reunited again in 1994, although Cowboy died in 1989.
In 2008 he released a memoir, The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash: My Life, My Beats, in which he talks about the origins of his fascination with scratching records and creating new beats. From a young age, Flash talks about how he would sneak into his father's record room to watch the record player spin, and then get punished for touching the records. He found inspiration even from things not associated with music. The spokes of his bicycle caused an interest in how record players create music just by rotating a grooved disc. Flash continued to experiment by taking apart any machine he could get his hands on to figure out how it worked. His early work shows how the innovative ways in which his artistic abilities led to what is considered the first evolution of hip hop culture.
He hosted a weekly show on Sirius Satellite Radio (Friday Night Fire with Grandmaster Flash) and was presented with the BET "I Am Hip Hop Icon" award in 2006.
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were the first hip-hop/rap group inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on March 12, 2007 by Jay-Z. In 2008, he remixed the single "Into the Galaxy" by the Australian group, Midnight Juggernauts.
It has been said that "his pioneering mixing skills transformed the turntable into a true 'instrument', and his ability to get a crowd moving has made his DJ sets legendary."
Grandmaster Flash appears in the video game DJ Hero as a playable character along with original mixes created for the game.
In December 2011, Grandmaster Flash was reported to be at work on his 12th album.
Aired in 2016, the Netflix original series The Get Down features a version of Grandmaster Flash that is played by Mamoudou Athie. The series takes place in 1977 New York City and follows the genesis of the DJing, B-boying, and hip-hop cultures of the city. After the premiere of The Get Down, Netflix premiered Hip-Hop Evolution, a music documentary discussing the history of hip hop in which Grandmaster Flash talks about the evolution of his art.
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Crossfire Youth Ministries | Paris Ragan | Where are the Miracles?
Galatians 3:1-5 You foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified? This is the only thing I want to find out from you: did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by hearing with faith? Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh? Did you suffer so many things in vain—if indeed it was in vain? So then, does He who provides you with the Spirit and works miracles among you, do it by the works of the law, or by hearing with faith?
When I first came into the kingdom of God, I was absolutely perplexed by what I saw in the American church, compared with the church of the Bible. I must admit I was absolutely astonished and very confused when I started going to church in my small town. I went there expecting every single day to see God perform miracles of healing and supernatural signs and wonders. But I was perplexed when I saw that there really weren't obvious signs and wonders. I know people who have been healed. I know people that God brought through illnesses and cancers, and certainly those are miracles. I am talking about the obvious miracles, the ones that you read about in the book of Acts. So I ask the question, Where are the miracles in the American church?
I believe the answer is found in our text. I believe exactly what Paul challenges the Galatian believers with is exactly the same challenge that JSM, SBN and Crossfire Youth Ministries is giving to American church, and the church at large. The American church is in pitiful shape. This may be true for other countries, but this is my focus. We live in a time frame where we are comfortable in a church that has no spiritual connotation. Instead of preaching, they have discussions. Instead of worship, they have concerts. Instead of prayer, they have coffee and devotions. Instead of studying the Bible, they study books. Instead of mission trips, they have tourist trips. There is no real moving and operation of the Holy Spirit, and the worst part of it is, they are perfectly okay with it. Youth ministries are no longer concerned with the spiritual condition of their young people as long as all the seats are filled in their buildings. And we wonder why there are no miracles.
We were crying for miracles and God gave us the Cross. It is not signs and miracles that we need, it is the sign of the prophet Jonah that the American church needs. We need to humbly ask God to forgive us for trusting in our own abilities and ask Him to help us see the power of the Cross. When we return to the Cross the miracles will flow in the church again!


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Q: Can PipeLine Mode and Pool Identity affect an application running with Integrated Security? My application is built on ASP.NET 2.0 and is hosted on a dedicated server running Windows Server 2008 R2.
From the last few days, my users are complaining that the application starts malfunctioning by picking previous SQL Server connection values. The GridView starts displaying options of a DropDown control and so on. When I restart the SQL Server background service, everything starts working fine. I had a lot of discussion with people and few suggested that it has something to do with the Application Pool.
I looked into the IIS properties to see which application pool is running my application. I found that my application is using Classic Application Pool with Managed Pipeline Mode set to: Classic. The application is also running with Application Pool Identity: LocalSystemAccount.
In the database connection string (in web.config file), I am using Server Name as LocalHost with Integrated Security=SSPI.
I want to know whether the above settings have anything to do with this malfunction.
Do I need to change the Pipeline Mode to Integrated and put the application in a separate pool? Is Integrated Security=SSPI has anything to do with the PipeLine Mode?

A: Re: Are Pipeline Mode and Integrated Security setting related: No.
Pipeline Mode indicates the way that IIS handles requests. Classic is essentially the IIS6 model, with ASP.NET code running through ISAPI. Integrated brings ASP.NET processing into the main pipeline in a new model for IIS 7.
Integrated Security is determining the authentication your app presents to SQL when making a connection. SSPI I believe means that you will use the account credentials of the App Pool process. Since you are using LocalSystemAccount, it will be the Local System. This would probably present a problem if the SQL Server instance was on a separate machine, but if it is localhost I would imagine it would be trusted.
As to the root of the erratic behavior... I don't have an answer there. The app pool could be getting into a screwy state, but I don't think that state is related to pipeline mode.

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Here is the transcript of the interview : ...first day we had the passport of Satam al-Suqami. That was given to a New York City detective from the fifth precinct that was down there, trying to talk to people as they were coming out to the buildings. And it was handed him [but] by the time he looked up again, the guy who had handed it to him [had] run off, you know, which made sense. And that passport was given to a detective on the Joint Terrorism Task Force. So, by that evening we had it, the detective Marty Mann, from a detective of fifth precinct had given it to him and it was bagged up, and you know. But it was also -- we realized by then, because we'd gotten some communication back with headquarters that this was the passport of one of the people that headquarters had identified as one of the 19 probable hijackers. We couldn't have done any of that, because basically, the 212 telephone exchange, the building that housed the exchange was on fire and was... didn't work anymore.
It would be good to get Marty Mann to describe the person handing in the passport (and running away).
It would also be good to get Coleman's opinion on the passport - whether he believes it is a "throw down" as reported by the Guardian newspaper at the time. Coleman is not backward from coming forward. This 2006 interview has him poo-poohing Clinton's plan for killing OBL.
Ynda on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 5:02am.
This is one incredible piece of police work.
We don't know who produced it, what the circumstances were or where exactly it was discovered.
Better yet, we have Mr. Coleman saying the determination connecting the passport to the 19 alleged Muslims couldn't have happened because the phone where it would have been reported was not working at the time.
kawika on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 11:15am.


Typically, if a flexible material is stretched in one direction, it thins out in the other; and if compressed in one direction, it thickens in the other. However, in the case of auxetic materials, the converse is true. For example, if a thin, inelastic fiber is wrapped around an elastic core and then pulled lengthwise, the elastic component bulges outwards. This simple, elegant auxetic effect can be the basis of some revolutionary solutions for all sorts of textile applications.
the patented technology. Auxetix now has granted an exclusive license to Houston-based Advanced Fabric Technologies LLC (AFT) to develop and market Zetix fabrics for use in blast-mitigation and ballistic-protection fabrics in North America, as well as first right of refusal to market and manufacture the fabrics elsewhere in the world.
curtain (left) with that of a conventional blast curtain.
"This is a completely new approach to material science, particularly for blast and ballistic mitigation, and we think it's going to be a game-changing, breakthrough technology," said Tony Lentini, AFT's vice president of marketing.
rest to pass through. At the same time, they catch any airborne debris such as glass shards, shrapnel or secondary fragmentation." In simulated car bomb testing and grenade testing, Zetix has shown "remarkable resilience," sustaining negligible damage after eight nearby grenade blasts, he added.
The basic Zetix fabric is made with a Spectra®-wrapped polyester monofilament and ballistic nylon; but materials such as Kevlar®, Vectran™, Hytrel®, Nomex®, fiber optics or telemetric materials may be used for specialized applications.
O'Keefe said Zetix will be cost-competitive weight-for-weight with other blast-mitigation fabrics, and its performance advantage will provide added value. "Because it's not a single-event fabric, the cost of development or installation would be recouped pretty easily," he said.
Although Zetix has successfully undergone official testing in the United Kingdom, the performance data from those tests is not easily accessible, so AFT is conducting testing in the United States so it can provide specific results to potential users. "We want to provide hard data to support Zetix's claims, and we're working with other companies and independent testing labs to generate it," Lentini said.
partners along the supply chain for various aspects of production.


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Q: Qt: Hand over a parameter to a PHP script and execute the script I would like to run a PHP script with Qt. This script is an normal .php file which tries to access the adress. How can I hand over some parameter to a script and execute this script with the corresponding parameter?
Does the following implemention work?
QProcess::execute("User/Desktop/", QStringList() << "script.php");

How can I check, if the script was executed?
Would be a great pleasure, if anybody can help me.
Kind regards


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Does Amazon Prime have what dreams may come?
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What dreams are made movie?
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"To sleep, perchance to dream—ay, there's the rub, for in that sleep of death what dreams may come when we have shuffled off this mortal coil, must give us pause. … The logic of death according Shakespeare through this play is that death is just a long sleep.
What Dreams May Come (1998) – Cuba Gooding Jr. as Albert – IMDb.
Watch What Dreams May Come | Prime Video.
What does the couple refer to this day as? The significance of "Double D-Day" is the point where Chris decides to fight for his marriage and says he will "never give up". This comes into play again later in the movie. Chris was holding a one-way ticket in his hand as well as divorce papers.
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Alpha Omicron Pi's table at the Mocktail competition during the annual Alcohol Awareness Week.
On Oct. 26, students at Duquesne participated in a "Mocktails" drink-making contest for the annual Alcohol Awareness Week, chiefly sponsored by Greeks Advocating for Mature Management of Alcohol (GAMMA) and DU Cares. Campus organizations competed to create the best non-alcoholic drinks.
At a cost of $10 each, organizations had a chance of winning half of the total proceeds as a prize for having the winning drinks. GAMMA kept the other half for its other Alcohol Awareness events.
This year was no different than any other, with organizations ranging from Greek Life chapters to teams representing residence halls to the Panhellenic council, all creating drinks ranging from milkshakes, mock-mojitos, fake moonshine and many more.
For the event, organizations decorated tables and mixed creative drinks to score the most points from the judges panel. There are awards for the most creative, best tasting and best overall drinks. Starting at 8:30 p.m., organizations had 30 minutes to set up their table. After that, participants had 20 minutes to create their concoction.
At the sound of the announcement that the event was ready to start, organizations scrambled to make their masterpieces. Shapes ranging from all sizes, drinks of every color of the rainbow and tons of smiles, everyone finished their drink creation within the time limit.
Congratulations are in order for Sigma Nu Fraternity for Most Creative Drink, Towers RAs for the Best Tasting Drink and Delta Chi Fraternity for Best Overall Drink. Sigma Nu made non-alcoholic Ragniss Moonshine, Towers made Baklava Milkshakes and Delta Chi made Shamrock Ale Bomb.
Vinny McGovern, a member of the Delta Chi team, was pleased to win the Best Overall Drink award.


KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Physics, Nuclear Physics. UM-DAE Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences, Mumbai, India.
Systematic investigation of the known even-even transactinide cluster emitters has been carried out by considering the cluster as a point particle and using the exact quantum mechanical treatment of the decay process. It is shown that the cluster decay phenomenon can be described reasonably well using a simple Woods-Saxon mean field. Sensitivity of the half-lives on various aspects of the mean field has been investigated in detail.


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Q: Loop to check if directories exist I am  a newbie trying to populate a Months drop-down based on whether the directories exists for the particular month.
I know the directories names will be Jan 2010, Feb 2010, Mar 2015 and so on...
I am currently using...
if (System.IO.Directory.Exists("C:\\Desktop\\Month\\Jan\\"))
{
    DropDownList1.Items.Add("Jan 2015");
}
if (System.IO.Directory.Exists("C:\\Desktop\\Month\\Feb\\"))
{
    DropDownList1.Items.Add("Feb 2015");
}
if (System.IO.Directory.Exists("C:\\Desktop\\Month\\March\\"))
{
    DropDownList1.Items.Add("March 2015");
}

How can I make this easier? I just want to loop through and if directory exists add particular name to the drop-down.

A: You can store your months in a list and iterate over it:
List<string> months = new List<string>()
{
    "Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sept", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec"
};

foreach (string month in months)
{
    if (System.IO.File.Exists("C:\\Desktop\\Month\\" + month))
    {
        DropDownList1.Items.Add(month + " 2015");
    }
}

Or if you like Linq:
foreach (string mounth in mounths.Where(mounth => System.IO.Directory.Exists("C:\\Desktop\\Month\\" + mounth)))
{
    DropDownList1.Items.Add(mounth + " 2015");
}

If you want some automatic stuff:
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = new CultureInfo("en-US"); // <== Or any culture you like
List<string> monthNames = new List<string>(System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.DateTimeFormat.MonthGenitiveNames);
foreach (string month in months)
{
    if (System.IO.Directory.Exists("C:\\Desktop\\Month\\" + month))
    {
        DropDownList1.Items.Add(month + " 2015");
    }
}

A: Another approach on this one:
string src = @"C:\Desktop\Month\";
string[] values = { "Jan", "Feb", "March", "Apr", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sept", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec"};
DropDownList1.Items.AddRange(Directory.GetDirectories(src).Where(d => months.Contains(d.Replace(src, ""))).Select(d => d.Replace(src, "")));

A: One idea that comes to my mind is that you can use something like this
    List<String> wehaveadd = new List<String>();
    wehaveadd.Add("Jan");
    wehaveadd.Add("Feb"); // do all the months

   foreach(var item in wehaveadd){
     var path = "C:\\Desktop\\Month\\" + item;
     if (System.IO.Directory.Exists(path))
     {
      DropDownList1.Items.Add(item + " 2015");
     }
   }


I have a few smile lines that I wouldn't mind getting filled or even anti-wrinkle injections in this area if possible? And some dark shadows under my eyes?
Smile lines around the eyes can be treated with anti-wrinkle injections as well as dermal fillers. Anti-wrinkle injections help to relax the muscle that causes crinkling around the eyes. Fillers can help to re-volumise the area, and help to reduce wrinkles in the same way putting more air into a balloon makes it firmer and tighter.
Dark shadows under the eyes can often be due to hollowing just under the lower eyelid. Putting a dermal filler in this groove or hollow can help to lift this and 'bring it out of the shadows' . Also it helps to smooth the transition between the lower eyelid and the cheek, which rejuvenates the eye area.


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package softuniBlog.controller;

import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.security.access.prepost.PreAuthorize;
import org.springframework.security.authentication.AnonymousAuthenticationToken;
import org.springframework.security.core.context.SecurityContextHolder;
import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserDetails;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
import org.springframework.ui.Model;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PostMapping;
import softuniBlog.bindingModel.ArticleBindingModel;
import softuniBlog.entity.Article;
import softuniBlog.entity.User;
import softuniBlog.repository.ArticleRepository;
import softuniBlog.repository.UserRepository;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Arrays;

@Controller
public class ArticleConstroller {
    @Autowired
    private ArticleRepository articleRepository;
    @Autowired
    private UserRepository userRepository;
    @GetMapping("/article/create")
    @PreAuthorize("isAuthenticated()")
    public String create(Model model){

        model.addAttribute("view", "/article/create");
        return "base-layout";
    }

    @PostMapping("/article/create")
    @PreAuthorize("isAuthenticated()")
    public String createProcess(ArticleBindingModel articleBindingModel){

        UserDetails user = (UserDetails) SecurityContextHolder
                .getContext()
                .getAuthentication()
                .getPrincipal();

        User userEntity = this.userRepository.findByEmail(user.getUsername());

        String databasePathImage = null;

        String[] allowedContentTypes = {
                "image/png",
                "image/jpg",
                "image/jpeg"
        };

        boolean isContentTypeAllowed =
                Arrays.asList(allowedContentTypes)
                        .contains(articleBindingModel.getImage().getContentType());

        if(isContentTypeAllowed){
            String imagesPath = "\\src\\main\\resources\\static\\img\\";
            String imagePathRoot = System.getProperty("user.dir");
            String imageSaveDirectory = imagePathRoot + imagesPath;

            String fileName = articleBindingModel.getImage().getOriginalFilename();

            String savePath = imageSaveDirectory + fileName;

            File imageFile = new File(savePath);
            try {
                articleBindingModel.getImage().transferTo(imageFile);
                databasePathImage = "/img/" + fileName;
            } catch (IOException e) {
                System.out.println(e.getMessage());
            }

        }

        Article articleEntity = new Article(
                articleBindingModel.getTitle(),
                articleBindingModel.getContent(),
                userEntity,
                databasePathImage
        );
        this.articleRepository.saveAndFlush(articleEntity);
        return "redirect:/";

    }

    @GetMapping("/article/edit/{id}")
    @PreAuthorize("isAuthenticated()")
    public String edit(@PathVariable Integer id, Model model){
        if(!this.articleRepository.exists(id)){
            return "redirect:/";
        }
        Article article = this.articleRepository.findOne(id);

        if(!this.isUserAuthorOrAdmin(article)){
            return "redirect:/";
        }

        model.addAttribute("view", "article/edit");
        model.addAttribute("article", article);

        return "base-layout";
    }

    @GetMapping("/article/{id}")
    public String details(Model model, @PathVariable Integer id) {
        if(!this.articleRepository.exists(id)){
            return "redirect:/";
        }

        if(!(SecurityContextHolder.getContext().getAuthentication()
                instanceof AnonymousAuthenticationToken)){
            UserDetails principal = (UserDetails) SecurityContextHolder.getContext()
                    .getAuthentication().getPrincipal();

            User entityUser = this.userRepository.findByEmail(principal.getUsername());

            model.addAttribute("user", entityUser);
        }

        Article article = this.articleRepository.findOne(id);
        model.addAttribute("view", "article/details");
        model.addAttribute("article", article);

        return "base-layout";
    }

    @PostMapping("/article/edit/{id}")
    @PreAuthorize("isAuthenticated()")
    public String editProcess(@PathVariable Integer id, ArticleBindingModel articleBindingModel) {
        if(!this.articleRepository.exists(id)){
            return "redirect:/";
        }
        Article article = this.articleRepository.findOne(id);
        if(!this.isUserAuthorOrAdmin(article)){
            return "redirect:/";
        }
        article.setTitle(articleBindingModel.getTitle());
        article.setContent(articleBindingModel.getContent());
        this.articleRepository.saveAndFlush(article);
        return "redirect:/article/" + article.getId();

    }

    @GetMapping("/article/delete/{id}")
    @PreAuthorize("isAuthenticated()")
    public String delete(@PathVariable Integer id, Model model){
        if(!this.articleRepository.exists(id)){
            return "redirect:/";
        }

        Article article = this.articleRepository.findOne(id);
        if(!this.isUserAuthorOrAdmin(article)){
            return "redirect:/";
        }
        model.addAttribute("article", article);
        model.addAttribute("view", "article/delete");

        return "base-layout";
    }

    @PostMapping("/article/delete/{id}")
    @PreAuthorize("isAuthenticated()")
    public String deleteProcess(@PathVariable Integer id) {
        if(!this.articleRepository.exists(id)){
            return "redirect:/";
        }
        Article article = this.articleRepository.findOne(id);
        if(!this.isUserAuthorOrAdmin(article)){
            return "redirect:/";
        }
        this.articleRepository.delete(article);

        return "redirect:/";

    }

    private boolean isUserAuthorOrAdmin(Article article){
        UserDetails user = (UserDetails) SecurityContextHolder
                .getContext()
                .getAuthentication()
                .getPrincipal();

        User userEntity = this.userRepository.findByEmail(user.getUsername());
        return userEntity.isAdmin() || userEntity.isAuthor(article);
    }
}

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