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Founded in 2000 as an Archdiocesan Catholic, coeducational, college preparatory school.
2014 National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence.
1000 students enrolled in grades 9-12.
76 faculty members, 43 of which hold advanced degrees.
Student-Teacher Ratio is 13:1.
Average Class Size is 19.
The curriculum is fully college preparatory, and 28 credits are required to graduate.
These credits include a minimum of 22 in the core areas of Theology, English, Social Studies, Mathematics, Science, and World Language.
Distance/virtual learning days were integrated into Blessed Trinity's curriculum beginning in 2014.
The 231 members of the class of 2020 received 1,068 college acceptances, earning 397 scholarship offers
with a total value of $24,870,293 (not including Georgia's HOPE scholarship).
127 members of the class of 2020 will attend colleges and universities in 20 different states, and the District of Columbia.
27 Advanced Placement courses: Number of students who took the AP exam last year - 481;
Number of AP exams administered - 1,039; % of AP exam scores of 3, 4, or 5 - 86.3%
Outstanding Fine Arts Program, featuring a symphonic band, 4 theatrical productions a year including a musical,
and one of the most highly honored dance programs in the state.
22 varsity sports, with 47 State Championships, 40 State Runner-Ups, and 101 Region Championships.
68-acre campus and spacious school with interactive boards in each classroom, 4 computer labs,
a state of the art learning commons, a state of the art STEAM lab, and extensive athletic and fine arts facilities.
The last five classes (2016-2020) had 13 National Merit Scholars, 53 Commended Scholars, and 8 Hispanic Scholars.
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Get ready to fall in love with Dragon Quest VI. In 2011, the DS version of the game is finally headed to North America.
On February 14, Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Reverie will be getting its official English-localized release. Until now, the Japanese game was only available in English via fan translations.
Dragon Quest VI was released in 1995. The Super Famicom (SNES in the West) version was intended for a US release, but it never materialized.


Civilians in Colombia continue to suffer serious abuses perpetrated by guerrillas, as well as by paramilitary successor groups that emerged after an official paramilitary demobilization process a decade ago. Violence associated with Colombia's internal armed conflict have forcibly displaced more than 5.7 million Colombians, and upward of 200,000 continue to flee their homes each year, generating the world's second largest population of internally displaced persons (IDPs). Human rights defenders, trade unionists, journalists, indigenous and Afro-Colombian leaders, and other community activists face death threats and violence. The administration of President Juan Manuel Santos consistently condemns these attacks, but lack of effective investigations means perpetrators are rarely arrested.
The Santos administration continues to promote several bills that would undercut accountability for unlawful killings of civilians by the military, including so-called false positive killings. The proposed legislation creates a serious risk that such cases will be transferred from the civilian to the military justice system, which lacks independence and has a very poor record investigating human rights violations.


We are pleased to invite non-profit community interest groups and organizations to participate in the Vail School District's Twentieth Annual Vail Pride Day celebration. The event will be held on Saturday, February 16th, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Pima County Fairgrounds. Community Interest groups will be assigned space to display and share information about their organization. No pop-up tents are permitted, if your booth space is indoors. You may not sell or give away any items that may interfere with the fundraising sales. This includes but is not limited to food and water. However, you will be allowed to give away candy. Community Interest groups may not be utilized to promote any for profit purposes or services.
Reminders for VPD 2019: Rental space for community interest groups will include 1 table and two chairs at the cost of $25.00, additional tables are available at $15.00 per table. If you choose to be outside and not utilize our tables you will still need to pay the rental space fee of $15.00. If you choose to be outside and utilize our tables, the rental space fee will be $25.00. Also, tablecloths will not be provided; please plan to bring your own.
Community interest groups will be in Old Pueblo Hall or Central Park. Displays must be manned and may not be removed until 4:30 p.m.
* PLEASE NOTE: ALL PLANNED BOOTH ACTIVITIES AND GAMES MUST BE DETAILED IN BOOTH DESCRIPTION BELOW. ALL ACTIVITIES/GAMES MUST BE APPROVED BY THE COMMUNITY INTEREST CHAIR, AS THEY CANNOT CONFLICT WITH FUNDRAISING BOOTH ACTIVITIES.
This application is automated; however, you still need to mail your check for the rental space to VPD, P.O. Box 800, Vail, AZ 85641. The check should be made payable to Vail Pride Day.
THERE ARE A LIMITED NUMBER OF COMMUNITY INTEREST SPACES AVAILABLE, AND THESE WILL BE FILLED ON A FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED BASIS. THE APPLICATION WILL CLOSE WHEN ALL SPOTS ARE FILLED.
Confirmation letters will be sent the week of January 21st. For additional information, please contact VPD Community Interest Committee Chair, Rebecca Manoleas at 591-1000 or RKM714@cox.net.
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Last year was a year of focusing on the new social media channels, but it seems we have been more focused on the "media" than we have on the "social." The buzz for the past year has been on which are the right channels to play in, how to develop your "presence" in social media, and what are the secret tips for getting more fans, friends and followers.
Software makers have capitalized on the buzz, creating programs to help people automatically follow people back, randomly follow people in the hopes of getting followers back, or automatically sending messages to followers as a way of driving engagement. This is the typical response to anything in our capitalist society: How can we profitize it? How can we use it to make more money? How can we game the system better than the other guys?
But what if we thought about social media, not as a business/marketing tool to be exploited, but as a next step in the evolution of the human species? What if we focused not on the technology, but on the human need to connect, to share and learn from one another, to collaborate with one another? How would we use the tools we have with that mindset?
I'm a big fan of Gary Vaynerchuk precisely because he has this mentality. "@garyvee" (in case you have been living under a rock and don't know who he is,) became an internet sensation with his video blog on wines and has since become a highly sought after media and marketing consultant. In his best selling book, "Crush It," he outlines two very simple principles for success: 1. work hard ("hustle" as he says,) and 2. care about people.
"Social Nation," is another recently published book that addresses the importance of our increasingly social culture, especially for business. According to author Barry Libert, "business is personal" and he teaches open authentic relationships as the key to being a successful "social leader." He tells businesses to relinquish control, in favor of more collaborative exchanges with employees and customers.
Libert, who is the CEO of Mzinga, a company that develops social media software platforms for businesses, doesn't use his software to try and manipulate or game the social media space for business advantage. Instead, he teaches people to be truly social, even in the business space. This means thinking about the needs of customers and employees and helping them to achieve their goals. It means creating workplaces where people can be who they are and feel a part of a sense of community, like Analytical Graphics, allowing employees to do their laundry while at work, or Zappos, quizzing employees on how well they know their colleagues each time they turn on their computers.
If 2010 was the year of figuring out how to use social media to drive revenues and attract customers, I hope 2011 will be the year of figuring out how to really bring people together and how to use business to authentically contribute to society. If corporate America is not ready for that yet, at least I think we are taking steps in the right direction.
Libert, B. (2010). Social Nation: How to Harness the Power of Social Media to Attract Customers, Motivate Employees, and Grow Your Business. Wiley.
Vaynerchuk, G. (2009). Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion. Harper Studio.
Vaynerchuk, G. (in press). The Thank You Economy.
Wright, R. (2001). Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny. Vintage.
Looking back at less recent bestsellers, from "How to Win Friends and Influence People" to "7 Habits of Highly Effective People" and "Good to Great", caring is a time-tested theme in business, but alas, so easily forgotten.
We're running so hard after the next thing that we forget the most basic lessons. As our colleague Margaret Greenberg likes to say, "it's the soft skills that are the hard stuff".
Jeremy…Music to my ears! Thank you for reminding us what is most important in all this – how we connect and share our gifts with others so we all can thrive.
I have always believed that the longest distance a person (especially leaders) is the 18 inches between their head and their heart. I am hopefully that we can use social media to connect the hearts of minds of all of us so we can work together to achieve our true potential.
I hope you will consider cross posting this review on amazon.com under Social Nation – it is very thoughtful.
Hi Barry, thanks for popping in to leave a comment. I will try to post this on amazon and will "see" you on twitter!
What a great piece Jeremy! Now I've got four more books to read! Thank you for always planting that seed in our head…..
I agree 100%. There are a couple of social leaders that I follow and they seem to thrive by GIVING instead of always wanting something of having an agenda. Basic human interaction open, authentic and REAL is where I see people winning in the social space.
If anyone gets a chance read Seth Godin's Linchpin. It really will open your mind and allow you to think on another level. Great post!!
You are not the first person to recommend Linchpin to me. It's on my list!
Jeremy thank you very much for reading and saying those kind words, I really appreciate it. I haven't quite updated it with all the social tools yet but I am soon. Thanks for following on Twitter and I look forward to connecting with you more and sharing great gifts of knowledge.
Yes. Get Linchpin it really is in my opinion Seth's best work. Have a great day.
Great post. Being in sales and marketing for years I know that it's all about relationships both online and offline. It's about connecting with those with like minds and finding ways to support one another. To be honest, I only discovered the power of Twitter a month ago, and can already see how it is an incredible networking tool if used mindfully. For each of us the execution may be different, but putting the "social back in social media" is a crucial component no matter what in in order for it to be successful both personally and professionally. Thanks for the thoughtful post!
Thanks Stacy! For a newbie on Twitter you are doing great at engaging in the social media space! For example, I love that you put your twitter handle in your name on your comment, that is a great idea that I never thought of to make it easier for people to find you. There are many times I see an interesting comment from someone and I think, "I wonder if they are on twitter." But it is too much work to find their twitter name so I let it go. You are finding ways to make it easy for people to connect with you and making it easier for you to connect with others. We live in a whole new world, but it's fun learning our way around in it!
I just used random.org to randomly select one of the commenters on this post to win a copy of this book. Congratulations MarieJ! You won! I will reach out to you to get the best mailing address!
While I'm here, Eric, I just finally read Linchpin based on your recommendation. I loved it! Of course now I want to read everything that Godin has written! Thanks!


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package io.druid.segment.filter;

import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
import com.metamx.collections.bitmap.ImmutableBitmap;
import io.druid.query.filter.BitmapIndexSelector;
import io.druid.query.filter.Filter;
import io.druid.query.filter.ValueMatcher;
import io.druid.query.filter.ValueMatcherFactory;
import io.druid.segment.ColumnSelectorFactory;

import java.util.List;

/**
 */
public class AndFilter implements Filter
{
  private final List<Filter> filters;

  public AndFilter(
      List<Filter> filters
  )
  {
    this.filters = filters;
  }

  @Override
  public ImmutableBitmap getBitmapIndex(BitmapIndexSelector selector)
  {
    if (filters.size() == 1) {
      return filters.get(0).getBitmapIndex(selector);
    }

    List<ImmutableBitmap> bitmaps = Lists.newArrayList();
    for (int i = 0; i < filters.size(); i++) {
      bitmaps.add(filters.get(i).getBitmapIndex(selector));
    }

    return selector.getBitmapFactory().intersection(bitmaps);
  }

  @Override
  public ValueMatcher makeMatcher(ValueMatcherFactory factory)
  {
    if (filters.size() == 0) {
      return new BooleanValueMatcher(false);
    }

    final ValueMatcher[] matchers = new ValueMatcher[filters.size()];

    for (int i = 0; i < filters.size(); i++) {
      matchers[i] = filters.get(i).makeMatcher(factory);
    }
    return makeMatcher(matchers);
  }

  public ValueMatcher makeMatcher(ColumnSelectorFactory factory)
  {
    final ValueMatcher[] matchers = new ValueMatcher[filters.size()];

    for (int i = 0; i < filters.size(); i++) {
      matchers[i] = filters.get(i).makeMatcher(factory);
    }
    return makeMatcher(matchers);
  }

  private ValueMatcher makeMatcher(final ValueMatcher[] baseMatchers)
  {
    if (baseMatchers.length == 1) {
      return baseMatchers[0];
    }

    return new ValueMatcher()
    {
      @Override
      public boolean matches()
      {
        for (ValueMatcher matcher : baseMatchers) {
          if (!matcher.matches()) {
            return false;
          }
        }
        return true;
      }
    };
  }
}

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Beginning the celebration of its golden jubilee in 2014, the writers' group called "Mga Agos sa Disyerto" pays tribute to National Artist for Literature, Dr. Bienvenido Lumbera in a ceremony to be held at Recto Hall, Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP), Sta. Mesa, Manila on March 23, 2013 at 1:00 in the afternoon.
Jointly sponsored by the Office of PUP President, Dr. Emmanuel C. de Guzman, "Mga Agos…" writers, PUP College of Languages and Linguistics, PUP Creative Writing Center, and a host of teachers' and young writers' groups in and off several campuses in Metro Manila and nearby provinces, the big role of Lumbera's pen and intellect in the formation of literature with nationalist and progressive orientation, as well as keen robust artistic expressions is expected to be articulated by the invited speakers. Art and culture personalities will speak on the ocassion such as National Artist Virgilio Almario who is also Chair, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino; National Commission for the Arts and Culture Chair and music scholar, Dr. Felipe Padilla de Leon; literary critic Dr. Isagani R. Cruz , former undersecretary of Dept. of Education; literary scholar Dr. Nicanor G. Tiongson; prize-winning writer, Jun Cruz Reyes and poet Herminio Beltran of Cultural Center of the Philippines, as well as PUP President Emmanuel C. de Guzman.
Others expected to speak also are poet and Ten Outstanding Young Man winner Vim Nadera, Southeast Asia Literary Prize winner poet Michael Coroza, prize-winning novelist Abdon "Jun" Balde, Jr., of Unyon ng mga Manunulat ng Pilipinas (UMPIL), creative writing and literature professor Fanny Garcia and a host of young rising writers.
The writers' group "Mga Agos sa Disyerto", actually an anthology of shorts stories in Filipino which is in its fourth edition (2010) are authored by Efren R. Abueg, Dominador B. Mirasol, Rogelio L. Ordoñez, Edgardo M. Reyes and Rogelio R. Sicat. Of the five, only Prof. Ordoñez of PUP and Dr. Efren R. Abueg, formerly of DLSU-Manila and DLSU-Dasmarinas, are living. This is the group of young writers in 1960's whose literary outputs were described by Lumbera as "a landmark in in the history of Philippine fiction because of its link with the tradition of social consciousness of the Rizal novels and its departure in method and temper from the writings of earlier generations." Also proved in the fiction of "Mga Agos…", according to Lumbera is "that modernism and social relevance were not irreconciliable" and as such, "Mga Agos sa Disyerto" sired a more radical fiction in "Sigwa", an anthology of short stories in the early 1970's authored, among others by award-winning screenwriter Ricardo Lee.


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# Chai Assertions for Promises

**Chai as Promised** extends [Chai][chai] with a fluent language for asserting facts about [promises][presentation].

Instead of manually wiring up your expectations to a promise's fulfilled and rejected handlers:

```javascript
doSomethingAsync().then(
    function (result) {
        result.should.equal("foo");
        done();
    },
    function (err) {
       done(err);
    }
);
```

you can write code that expresses what you really mean:

```javascript
doSomethingAsync().should.eventually.equal("foo").notify(done);
```

or if you have a testing framework that follows the [UncommonJS specification][uncommonjs] for handling promises,
simply

```javascript
return doSomethingAsync().should.eventually.equal("foo");
```

## How to Use

### `should`/`expect` Interface

The most powerful extension provided by Chai as Promised is the `eventually` property. With it, you can transform any
existing Chai assertion into one that acts on a promise:

```javascript
(2 + 2).should.equal(4);

// becomes
return promiseFor(2 + 2).should.eventually.equal(4);

expect({ foo: "bar" }).to.have.property("foo");

// becomes
return expect(promiseFor({ foo: "bar" })).to.eventually.have.property("foo");
```

There are also a few promise-specific extensions (with the usual `expect` equivalents also available):

```javascript
return promise.should.be.fulfilled;
return promise.should.eventually.deep.equal("foo");
return promise.should.become("foo"); // same as `.eventually.deep.equal`
return promise.should.be.rejected;
return promise.should.be.rejectedWith(Error); // other variants of Chai's `throw` assertion work too.
```

### `assert` Interface

As with the `should`/`expect` interface, Chai as Promised provides an `eventually` extender to `chai.assert`, allowing
any existing Chai assertion to be used on a promise:

```javascript
assert.equal(2 + 2, 4, "This had better be true");

// becomes
return assert.eventually.equal(promiseFor(2 + 2), 4, "This had better be true, eventually");
```

And there are, of course, promise-specific extensions:

```javascript
return assert.isFulfilled(promise, "optional message");

return assert.becomes(promise, "foo", "optional message");
return assert.doesNotBecome(promise, "foo", "optional message");

return assert.isRejected(promise, "optional message");
return assert.isRejected(promise, Error, "optional message");
return assert.isRejected(promise, /error message matcher/, "optional message");
```

### Progress Callbacks

Chai as Promised does not have any intrinsic support for testing promise progress callbacks. The properties you would
want to test are probably much better suited to a library like [Sinon.JS][sinon], perhaps in conjunction with
[Sinon–Chai][sinon-chai]:

```javascript
var progressSpy = sinon.spy();

return promise.then(null, null, progressSpy).then(function () {
    progressSpy.should.have.been.calledWith("33%");
    progressSpy.should.have.been.calledWith("67%");
    progressSpy.should.have.been.calledThrice;
});
```

### Working with Non-Promise–Friendly Test Runners

As mentioned, many test runners (\*cough\* [Mocha][mocha-makes-me-sad] \*cough\* … but see [Mocha as Promised][]!)
don't support the nice `return` style shown above. Instead, they take a callback indicating when the asynchronous test
run is over. Chai as Promised adapts to this situation with the `notify` method, like so:

```javascript
it("should be fulfilled", function (done) {
    promise.should.be.fulfilled.and.notify(done);
});

it("should be rejected", function (done) {
    otherPromise.should.be.rejected.and.notify(done);
});
```

In these examples, if the conditions are not met, the test runner will receive an error of the form `"expected promise
to be fulfilled but it was rejected with [Error: error message]"`, or `"expected promise to be rejected but it was
fulfilled."`

There's another form of `notify` which is useful in certain situations, like doing assertions after a promise is
complete. For example:

```javascript
it("should change the state", function (done) {
    otherState.should.equal("before");
    promise.should.be.fulfilled.then(function () {
        otherState.should.equal("after");
    }).should.notify(done);
});
```

Notice how `.notify(done)` is hanging directly off of `.should`, instead of appearing after a promise assertion. This
indicates to Chai as Promised that it should pass fulfillment or rejection directly through to the testing framework.
Thus, the above code will fail with a Chai as Promised error (`"expected promise to be fulfilled…"`) if `promise` is
rejected, but will fail with a simple Chai error (`expected "before" to equal "after"`) if `otherState` does not change.

Another example of where this can be useful is when performing assertions on multiple promises:

```javascript
it("should all be well", function (done) {
    Q.all([
        promiseA.should.become("happy"),
        promiseB.should.eventually.have.property("fun times"),
        promiseC.should.be.rejectedWith(TypeError, "only joyful types are allowed")
    ]).should.notify(done);
});
```

This will pass any failures of the individual promise assertions up to the test framework, instead of wrapping them in
an `"expected promise to be fulfilled…"` message as would happen if you did
`Q.all([…]).should.be.fulfilled.and.notify(done)`.

### Customizing Output Promises

By default, the promises returned by Chai as Promised's assertions are regular Chai assertion objects, extended with
a single `then` method derived from the input promise. To change this behavior, for instance to output a promise with
more useful sugar methods such as are found in most promise libraries, you can override
`chaiAsPromised.transferPromiseness`. Here's an example that transfer's Q's `finally` and `done` methods:

```js
chaiAsPromised.transferPromiseness = function (assertion, promise) {
    assertion.then = promise.then.bind(promise); // this is all you get by default
    assertion.finally = promise.finally.bind(promise);
    assertion.done = promise.done.bind(promise);
};
```

### Compatibility

Chai as Promised is compatible with all promises following the [Promises/A+ specification][spec]. Notably, jQuery's
so-called "promises" are not up to spec, and Chai as Promised will not work with them. In particular, Chai as Promised
makes extensive use of the standard [transformation behavior][] of `then`, which jQuery does not support.

## Installation and Setup

### Node

Do an `npm install chai-as-promised` to get up and running. Then:

```javascript
var chai = require("chai");
var chaiAsPromised = require("chai-as-promised");

chai.use(chaiAsPromised);
```

You can of course put this code in a common test fixture file; for an example using [Mocha][mocha], see
[the Chai as Promised tests themselves][fixturedemo].

### AMD

Chai as Promised supports being used as an [AMD][amd] module, registering itself anonymously (just like Chai). So,
assuming you have configured your loader to map the Chai and Chai as Promised files to the respective module IDs
`"chai"` and `"chai-as-promised"`, you can use them as follows:

```javascript
define(function (require, exports, module) {
    var chai = require("chai");
    var chaiAsPromised = require("chai-as-promised");

    chai.use(chaiAsPromised);
});
```

### `<script>` tag

If you include Chai as Promised directly with a `<script>` tag, after the one for Chai itself, then it will
automatically plug in to Chai and be ready for use:

```html
<script src="chai.js"></script>
<script src="chai-as-promised.js"></script>
```

[presentation]: http://www.slideshare.net/domenicdenicola/callbacks-promises-and-coroutines-oh-my-the-evolution-of-asynchronicity-in-javascript
[chai]: http://chaijs.com/
[mocha]: http://visionmedia.github.com/mocha/
[mocha-makes-me-sad]: https://github.com/visionmedia/mocha/pull/329
[Mocha as Promised]: https://github.com/domenic/mocha-as-promised
[uncommonjs]: http://kriskowal.github.com/uncommonjs/tests/specification
[spec]: http://promises-aplus.github.com/promises-spec/
[transformation behavior]: https://gist.github.com/3889970#that-second-paragraph
[fixturedemo]: https://github.com/domenic/chai-as-promised/tree/master/test/
[amd]: https://github.com/amdjs/amdjs-api/wiki/AMD
[sinon]: http://sinonjs.org/
[sinon-chai]: https://github.com/domenic/sinon-chai


Blogger Dena Blizzard thought of a version of the popular game we can all get behind: Chardonnay Go. Instead of catching Pidgeys or whatever the heck they're called, the game would allow you to run around town "catching" glasses of wine.
She runs through the streets like a madwoman, searching for glasses of chardonnay, even knocking down anyone in her path. You have to admit, at least there's a reward here. If we can make sense of hundreds of thousands of people hunting down Pokémons in the streets, certainly we can understand the allure of this.
Now, who's going to make this app happen?


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Key non-Darwinian Evolutionary Scientists in the 20th Century
Evolution Intelligent Design News
Posted on January 5, 2012 Author NewsComments(6)
From the University of Chicago's James Shapiro's 2010 Works of the Mind lecture, "A 21st Century View of Evolution,"
• William Bateson (1861-1926) & Hugo de Vries (1848-1935): abrupt variation as a source of evolutionary novelty
• Richard Goldschmidt (1878-1958): altering developmental processes as a source of rapid evolutionary novelty ("hopeful monsters" and Evo-Devo)
• Barbara McClintock (1902-1992): genetic change as a biological response to danger and evolutionary novelty through genome restructuring resulting from "shocks"
• G Ledyard Stebbins (1906-2000): hybridization between species as a source of evolutionary novelty
• Carl Woese (1928- ): molecular phylogeny and the existence of at least three distinct cell kingdoms
• Lynn Margulis (1938- ): cell mergers/symbiogenesis as a source of evolutionary novelty
If they withstood the trolls, so can the rest of us.
Is fine-tuning a fallacy?
Four kinds of rapid, multi-character evolutionary changes Darwin could not have imagined
6 Replies to "Key non-Darwinian Evolutionary Scientists in the 20th Century"
forests says:
Nice list. Sadly however Lynn Margulis died in 2011.
21st Century Non-Darwinian evolutionists to look out for, would be:
* Bruce Lipton author of The Biology of Belief and more recent books, his latest book came out in 2009, he has criticised neo-Darwinism and the gene centric view of evolution – he claims that genes and DNA do not control biology, instead DNA is controlled by signals from outside the cell.
* Rupert Sheldrake author of A New Science of Life and more recent books – claims a process known as morphic resonance: the past forms and behaviors of organisms, influence organisms in the present through direct connections across time and space. Strong critic of reductionism, materialism and neo-Darwinism.
* Stuart Pivar author of On the Origin of Form: Evolution by Self-Organization and more recent books (even publishing a new book in 2012)- claims the body form of all organisms is not in genes, genetic code, or DNA but is encoded in the Urform a universal "archtype" substance which Pivar identifies as a primordial germ plasm. His theory rejects natural selection, instead complex biological forms arise through self-organization of embryological processes. Pivar's theory is mechanist but strongly opposes natural selection, he describes his work as "evolution without Darwin".
* Antonio Lima-de-Faria author of Evolution without Selection Form and Function by Autoevolution and more recent books. – Claims evolution occurs due to internal physico-chemical factors and not natural selection.
felipe says:
Also, The great French zoologist Pierre Paul Grassé (1895-1985)and his excellent book "L´Evolution des Vivants" (1973)
published in english as "The evolution of living organisms"
Elizabeth Liddle says:
Lynn Margulis was not a non-Darwinian. She was a Darwinist. What she challenged was what she referred to as "neo-Darwinism".
"Evolution" is a word Charles Darwin never used. Rather he wrote about "descent with modification". Even so, the basic modern concept of evolkution is undoubtedly attributable to Darwin. If we raise our hands to swear that we are darwinists, we also swear, with equal fervor, that we do not agree iwth his followers the neodarwinists and other modern evolutionists. Darwin's original views must be distinguished from those of his successors. Everyone today who studies modern biology, indeed virtually every scientifically minded modern person, is a Darwinist. But since neodarwinism and "the modern synthesis" that attributed evolkutionary change to random mutations developed between 1930 and 1960, long after Darwin's daath ( in 1882), he himself never even knew about it. Nor did he know about "evolutionary biology.". The "modern synthesis" was the science invented to unite Darwin's idea that organisms and populations gradually change with Gregor Mendel's concept of genetic stasis.
Lynn Margulis and Dorian Sagan, in "Acquiring Genomes: A a theory of the origin of species", in a chapter called "Darwinism Not Neo-Darwinism".
From an interview with the late Lynn Margulis:
All scientists agree that evolution has occurred… The question is, is natural selection enough to explain evolution?… This is the problem I have with neo-Darwinists: They teach that what is generating novelty is the accumulation of random mutations in DNA, in a direction set by natural selection… Natural selection eliminates and maybe maintains, but it doesn't create.…
I was taught over and over again that the accumulation of random mutations led to evolutionary change — led to new species. I believed it until I looked for evidence.…
There is no gradualism in the fossil record…'Punctuated equilibrium' was invented to describe the discontinuity.…
The critics, including the creationist critics, are right about their criticism. It's just that they've got nothing to offer but intelligent design or 'God did it.' They have no alternatives that are scientific.…
The evolutionary biologists believe the evolutionary pattern is a tree. It's not. The evolutionary pattern is a web
She throws natural selection out, and is critical of Darwins gradualism. And as you can see from the lines you quoted was also a critic of random mutations… she is one of the most non-Darwinist Darwinists that I have heard of then.
She calls herself a Darwinist, and doesn't "throw out" natural selection.
What she "throws out" is random mutations as the generator of sufficient novelty for natural selection to selecdt from. Her big contribution was the role of symbiosis in the generation of novelty.
"Called", I should say. She died a couple of months ago.

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El Calafate: Full-Day Chalten Tour with Hiking
Popular Hiking in El Calafate
El Calafate: Perito Moreno Glacier Mini Trekking Experience
Los Glaciares National Park: Full-Day Glacier Adventure
From El Calafate: La Leona River Kayaking and Trekking Tour
El Calafate: Estancia Cristina & Cascada de los Perros Tour
El Chalten/Calafate: Laguna de los Tres Trekking Tour
El Calafate: Perito Moreno Glacier Big Ice Trek
Our most recommended El Calafate Hiking
1. El Calafate: Perito Moreno Glacier Mini Trekking Experience
Start your trip with pick-up from certain hotels in El Calafate and take the 1.5-hour transfer to Bajo de las Sombras Port. Board a boat to cross the Rico channel. Join a group of up to 20 people and take a 20-minute walk to the glacier. When you arrive, get kitted out with crampons and begin the ascent. Hike for approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes enjoying the ice formations and discovering the flora, fauna, and glaciology of the region. Learn about the phenomenon of glacier rupture. Then, return to the refuge through the Magellanic forest. From there, cross the Rich Arm of Lago Argentino and sail in front of the glacier. After this, spend approximately 1 hour exploring a network of walkways which offer a new perspective of the Perito Moreno Glacier.
2. El Calafate: Full-Day Chalten Tour with Hiking
Your day begins at 7:30AM in the morning from El Calafate, from where you will take the mythical Route 40 which borders the Argentino Lake. Following that, cross the Santa Cruz River, before continuing to the La Leona River where you will walk through its canyon until you reach the old hotel of Paso La Leona. There you can enjoy a coffee accompanied by homemade cakes, and from there you will continue skirting the Viedma Lake with the Andes in the background. Before reaching the village you will stop at the viewpoint of the Viedma Glacier from where you will be able to appreciate beautiful panoramic views of the glacier, the Cordillera, and the emblematic Cerro Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre. You will later arrive at the mountain village of El Chaltén after 3 hours of travel, having traveled a total distance of 220 kilometers. After visiting the interpretation center, there is a walk to Chorrillo del Salto, an impressive waterfall due to its height and surrounding landscape. Towards noon there is lunch in the restaurant, after which optional hikes are offered to the Mirador de los Cóndores and an eagle lookout, both accompanied by your guide. At 4:30PM, you will begin your return to El Calafate.
3. Los Glaciares National Park: Full-Day Glacier Adventure
Begin with a pickup from your hotel and a 37-mile drive to Los Pioneros boarding, in the southern area of Los Glaciares National Park. Sail for an hour before disembarking at the end of the Brazo Sur, where your first trekking of 1.24 miles will start. Go to Lake Frías and navigate your way in Zodiac-type boats to the opposite side of the lake. Begin your second trek of 2.79 miles passing through a forest with centuries-old Lengas, and then through an old glacial valley. Walk until you reach Lake Frías Superior, which is covered with icebergs. See the Dickson, Cubo, and Grande glaciers. Enjoy a box lunch with these amazing views before returning to El Calafate and back to your hotel accommodation.
4. From El Calafate: La Leona River Kayaking and Trekking Tour
Start your outdoor adventure with a convenient pickup from your hotel in El Calafate and head to the Luz Divina Parador. Equip yourself with the gear waiting for you at your destination and get on to the water to begin your river tour. Paddle down the river and admire the scenic views. You'll reach the halfway mark after about 10 miles. Get back to dry land as you take a two-hour trekking tour through Cerro Los Hornos. See petrified logs, fossilized dinosaur bones, and one of the oldest formations on the planet. Stop for lunch at a viewpoint along your hiking trail before heading back to the kayaks to complete your experience. Paddle to your final location, the Turbio Stream.
5. El Calafate: Estancia Cristina & Cascada de los Perros Tour
Located on the northwest coast of Lago Argentino (Argentino Lake), the historic sheep ranch of Estancia Cristina was founded in 1914 by Joseph P. Masters and his wife, and on this full-day tour from El Calafate you will explore the estancia to discover how it maintains the history of the family. First, you will sail among the icebergs and mountains of Lago Argentino to Upsala Glacier, the 2nd largest within Los Glaciares National Park. Departing from Punta Bandera by modern and comfortable boat, enjoy the most stunning up-close views of the blue ice. Upon arrival at the Estancia you will learn how the sheer perseverance of the Masters family made the inhospitable place a small paradise that they could call home. Visit the Estancia's museum, and the old shed where the sheep were sheered. Next, take a short walk to see the estancia's chapel and country house. From here, you will embark on a 2.5-hour hike to the surprising waterfall of Cascada de los Perros, surrounded by native ñires shrubs. Enjoy panoramic views of the Caterina River valley, and Patagonian wilderness, back across to Estancia Cristina.
6. El Calafate: Perito Moreno Glacier Big Ice Trek
The trip begins with pickup from El Calafate and travels 1 hour and 30 minutes to Bajo de la Sombras Port. From here, sail across the Rico Channel and descend on the southwestern coast of Patagonia to reach Perito Moreno Glacier. Upon arrival at the glacier, enjoy a 1 hour and 30 minute hike with your mountain guides along a path next to the glacier. Arrive at a magnificent view point and marvel at the vast frozen landscape that stretches out before you. From here, attach the iron crampons to the ground and begin your hike walk across the ice. Trek across the ice for around 4 hours, admiring the fascinating ice formations from start to finish. From your expert guides, learn about the flora and fauna that thrive in this unique environment, and listen to interesting facts about the glaciology of the region, and in particular about the phenomenon of glacier rupture. Finally, return to Bajo de las Sombras Port to gaze at the view of the glacier from the walkways and balconies, and then return to the city of El Calafate.
7. El Chalten/Calafate: Laguna de los Tres Trekking Tour
Laguna de Los Tres is without a doubt one of the most famous hikes in Patagonia – also known as the Fitz Roy Trek, because the path will lead you through a dramatic landscape with views of Mount Fitz Roy above the lake. Be prepared for panoramic views that will take your breath away. You will be trekking through part of an Andean forest, and if you are lucky, you will be able to see the animals that live there. After the first ascent in the trail, you will be rewarded with a splendid view of De Las Vueltas river sneaking through the valley. The trail then passes through a flat area of woods and gentle valleys. The third and final stage of the trail is a route of about 1km with a more intense slope. After this challenging section, you will reach the base of Mount Fitz Roy, where the Laguna de Los Tres rests beautifully 1,200 meters above sea level. Here you will enjoy the amazing landscape with Mount Fitz Roy towering above you. This is a perfect spot to have a break with a snack and take pictures. You will retrace your steps to return back to town.
Top Attractions in El Calafate
1 Estancia Cristina
Things to Do in El Calafate
1 El Calafate Bus & Minivan Tours
2 El Calafate Day Trips
3 El Calafate Day Trips From
4 El Calafate Tours
5 El Calafate Transportation
6 El Calafate Trekking
7 El Calafate Glacier Exploration
8 El Calafate Cruises & Boat Tours
9 El Calafate Culinary & Nightlife
10 El Calafate Activities
11 El Calafate Airport Transfers
12 El Calafate Hiking
13 El Calafate Nature & Adventure
14 El Calafate Photography Tours
15 El Calafate Culture & History
16 El Calafate Canoe & Kayak Tours
17 El Calafate Sailing Trips & Tours
18 El Calafate Jeep & 4WD Tours
19 El Calafate Sightseeing Tours
20 El Calafate Off the beaten track
Cities in Argentina
1 Buenos Aires
2 Rosario
3 Ushuaia
4 San Carlos de Bariloche
5 Salta
6 El Calafate
7 Mendoza
8 Cafayate
9 San Ignacio, Argentina
10 Córdoba, Argentina
11 Puerto Iguazu
12 Puerto Madryn
13 El Chalten
14 Tigre
15 Jujuy
16 San Martín de los Andes
17 Purmamarca
18 Tilcara
19 Ezeiza
20 San Miguel de Tucumán
Other Sightseeing Options in El Calafate
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What people are saying about El Calafate
this was such an amazing experience! we were grinning from ear to ear! loved getting up close to the glacier on the boat and then getting to actually walk on it was simply wonderful. the whole trip was very well organized from the pick up at the hotel to the various components. I highly recommend this to just about everyone. They made it very easy for people to manage the ice walk - just be sure to wear decent shoes/hiking boots.
El Calafate: Perito Moreno Glacier Mini Trekking Experience Reviewed by Jessica, 3/8/2020
Very well organized trip. The guide was very knowledgeable and attentive. The views of the glacier were spectacular both from the boat and the balconies. Absolutely worth the flight from Buenos Aires!
El Calafate: Perito Moreno Glacier & Optional Boat Cruise Reviewed by tatiana, 3/19/2020
Amazing tour, highly reccomend ! One of my life time experince. The tour is very good organised, and guides are really profesionals !
El Calafate: Perito Moreno Glacier Mini Trekking Experience Reviewed by Petr, 3/23/2020
prompt arrival of vehicle with appropriate dropoff and pickup, and explanations of the trek prior
El Chalten/Calafate: Laguna de los Tres Trekking Tour Reviewed by Shweta, 12/16/2021
It was absolutely stunning. The guides were very friendly and helpful and funny! :)
El Calafate: Perito Moreno Glacier Mini Trekking Experience Reviewed by Kajel, 3/2/2020


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Emerging Trends | Infrastructure | Spectrum Management
High Altitude Platform Stations (HAPS) — bringing connectivity to all
By Michael Tseytlin, Director of Engineering, Spectrum and Standards & Chris Weasler, Head of Global Spectrum Policy and Connectivity Crisis Response Program at Facebook
As emerging economies around the world focus on digital transformation as a path toward socioeconomic empowerment, bringing connectivity to all is increasingly critical. Nearly half of the world's population is still not connected to the Internet. Among those that have connectivity, many are under-connected. Connecting these people requires not just bringing network infrastructure to more people, but establishing a regulatory environment that fosters innovation and encourages investment.
"HAPS systems have the potential to become an important tool for bringing broadband to hard‑to‑reach and unserved areas."
To do its part, Facebook, working with a range of partners, has launched several initiatives focused on connecting unserved and underserved communities. Connecting everyone will require a mix of technological solutions. So Facebook has been investing in research and development for a range of technologies, including mobile, satellite, and aerial, like high altitude platform stations (HAPS).
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HAPS are stratospheric stations, each composed of an aerial vehicle and a payload that operate at around 20 km above ground. HAPS systems have the potential to become an important tool for bringing broadband to hard-to-reach and unserved areas, supplementing existing networks to meet ever-increasing demand, and serving as "instant infrastructure" in emergency communications and disaster relief.
Why HAPS?
First, HAPS can be deployed quickly to cover wide service areas — approximately a 50 km radius — over any type of geography, including difficult terrain, because minimal ground infrastructure is required.
Second, HAPs are reliable. Advances in aeronautics, as well as battery and solar power technology, allow HAPS to operate continuously for long periods of time without many of the risks that other networks face (e.g., accidental damage, theft, conflict areas, and natural disasters).
Third, HAPS systems are broadband-capable, thanks to unprecedented advances in communication technologies.
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These features make HAPS economically viable as backhaul for broadband and 5G, as part of both terrestrial and satellite networks in areas where other technologies may be hard to deploy due to difficult terrain or long distances from population centres. Additionally, HAPS can provide "instant infrastructure" to extend connectivity rapidly during natural disasters.
HAPS development — fuelled by a growing industry ecosystem
The technological development and commercial maturity of HAPS has been fuelled by a growing industry ecosystem that includes leaders in the communications, content, and aerospace sectors. Over the last fifteen years, a significant number of global aeronautical manufacturers have invested in developing HAPS technology. And there is also commercial interest from terrestrial partners that seek to leverage HAPS's cost-effective backhaul capabilities to enable terrestrial network deployment in unserved and underserved areas. Satellite operators too have also shown an interest in incorporating HAPS into their networks to facilitate access to data-intensive applications in remote areas. For example, HAPS could be used to create a "hotspot" of concentrated capacity where needed within large satellite footprints.
More harmonized spectrum needed to fulfil the promise of HAPS
The missing enabler for the short-term commercial rollout of HAPS remains access to sufficient globally harmonized spectrum. This will drive the technology's affordability, and capability to contribute in closing the digital divide.
"The technological development and commercial maturity of HAPS has been fuelled by a growing industry ecosystem."
The spectrum needs of broadband HAPS systems cannot be fully accommodated within existing ITU identifications due to geographical restrictions or technical limitations. Therefore, at the upcoming World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC‑19), ITU Member States will consider modifications to existing regulations to increase spectrum access for HAPS in millimeter wave bands under Agenda Item 1.14.
Extensive studies carried out by multiple parties at the ITU Radiocommunication Sector (ITU–R) Working Party 5C demonstrated that HAPS can be deployed in bands under consideration while protecting incumbent services. Flexible use of these bands can be enabled with properly-defined ITU–R regulatory constraints on HAPS such as PFD limits at the border and out-of-band emission limits.
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Agenda Item 1.14 has garnered support from across regions, notably in Europe, Africa, as well as in the Americas. Regions with large unconnected populations (and compelling use cases for HAPS) have taken a leading role in regulatory discussions on this topic: the African Telecommunications Union (ATU) expressed its support for this initiative to improve global broadband access during its last WRC‑19 preparatory meeting, and African subregions have developed proposals to identify spectrum for HAPS on a co-primary basis with other services. See the African Telecommunications Union Report of the 3rd African Preparatory Meeting for World Radiocommunication Conference 2019 (APM19‑3) (Sep. 2018) at 8 (supporting the designation of certain fixed service bands for HAPS, in accordance with Resolution 160 (WRC‑15)).
Similar positions have been developed by the Inter-American Communications Commission (CITEL) and have reached the status of Draft Inter-American proposals and Inter-American proposals due to the support of multiple administrations across the continent.
Technological advances and the growth of a mature business ecosystem around stratospheric connectivity technologies make HAPS a viable solution to complement extend reach and applications of broadband networks.
To fulfill the promise of HAPS, ITU Member States may wish to give proper attention to Agenda item 1.14, and proposals for identification of harmonized frequency bands for HAPS at WRC‑19.
*This article is one of a series commissioned for 'Terrestrial Wireless Communications' edition of ITU News Magazine. Views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of ITU.
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While President Barack Obama is hearing calls to regulate gun violence nationally through an executive order, some institutions may soon see themselves caught in the middle of the ensuring gun control battle. The Denver Museum of Nature and Science had a long-standing policy restricting concealed weapons at the institution. The policy, in effect since 2003, aimed to "restrict the presence of weapons within [the] facility or controlled parking areas" to everyone except those that specifically authorized to carry guns. Last month, the museum dispensed with that policy, a decision museum board members and officials say is in accord with state law.
Of course, the officials are right. Colorado requires individuals to demonstrate a basic competence in handling a handgun, but once a resident receives a permit, he or she is able to carry a concealed weapon where allowed. Without any security checkpoints or weapon screenings, the Denver Museum of Nature and Science is one of those permitted areas now.
"People ask me what's the new policy, and I say we're just following the law. The law is the new policy," said Ed Scholz, the vice president of finance and operations. The Denver Museum of Nature and Science follows the Denver Art Museum and the Denver Zoo, which have both adopted a similar policy to coincide with state law.
However, encouraging carrying concealed weapons seems to be the very attitude that many gun control advocates, including President Obama, are attempting to change. Following the recent shootings, President Obama has had the opposite reaction—to try and make gun laws more restrictive. With the mindset that reducing gun violence may potentially define his last year in office, President Obama is planning on issuing an executive order that places greater restrictions on who can obtain permits and guns from sellers. Frustrated by the evident stalemate over gun control in Congress, President Obama is taking the administrative authority to go over legislators' heads, a mud fight we're already seeing in the media.
While the phrase "thoughts and prayers" has been so satirized as to make it unusable by politicians, the hypocritical and cynical practice of deflecting by trying to throw the attention onto mental illness in the wake of mass shootings is still very much with us.


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Maoists release all seven villagers abducted in Chhattisgarh's Sukma
On July 18, Maoists had forcefully taken the seven people along with them towards Puvarti village, the native place of dreaded Maoist commander Hidma, and allegedly kept them in captivity.
For representational purposes. (File Photo)
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RAIPUR: Seven people, who were allegedly abducted by Naxals in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district a few days back, have been released and they have safely returned to their village, police said on Wednesday.
Before releasing them, the rebels warned the villagers "not to support police or development works" in the area, the police said.
"These people reached their village Kunded under Jagargunda police station limits on Tuesday night and all of them are safe," Inspector General of Police (Bastar range) Sundarraj P told PTI.
On July 18, Maoists had forcefully taken the seven people along with them towards Puvarti village, the native place of dreaded Maoist commander Hidma, and allegedly kept them in captivity, he said.
When they did not return, a group of villagers from the area went into the forest in search of them.
After being alerted, the police swung into action and launched a search for these people, the official said.
Meanwhile, local representatives of tribal communities were also contacted and they issued an appeal in the media, asking the ultras to release the abducted villagers, he said.
"With the growing pressure from police and appeals made by local tribal leaders, Naxals had to set them free," the official said.
The police will record statements of the abducted villagers, he added.
RAIPUR: Seven people, who were allegedly abducted by Naxals in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district a few days back, have been released and they have safely returned to their village, police said on Wednesday. Before releasing them, the rebels warned the villagers "not to support police or development works" in the area, the police said. "These people reached their village Kunded under Jagargunda police station limits on Tuesday night and all of them are safe," Inspector General of Police (Bastar range) Sundarraj P told PTI. On July 18, Maoists had forcefully taken the seven people along with them towards Puvarti village, the native place of dreaded Maoist commander Hidma, and allegedly kept them in captivity, he said. When they did not return, a group of villagers from the area went into the forest in search of them. After being alerted, the police swung into action and launched a search for these people, the official said. Meanwhile, local representatives of tribal communities were also contacted and they issued an appeal in the media, asking the ultras to release the abducted villagers, he said. "With the growing pressure from police and appeals made by local tribal leaders, Naxals had to set them free," the official said. The police will record statements of the abducted villagers, he added.
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The economic impulses for a united Europe play a familiar part in the discussion of the origins ofEuropean integration; however, the importance of the Christian Democratic philosophical framework underlying the actions of several of the politicians who served as impetuses for the formation of the European Union is little examined in scholarly literature. For a time, a democratic approach to Aristotelian philosophy as Jacques Maritain formulated it provided some of the consensus that held the Union together. While this is no longer the case, nothing else has replaced this focused commitment. The Union faces much disunity now and has been subject to many ups and downs since beginning its expansion to include more diverse member states, starting with the northern members on January 1, 1973, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Denmark. Interest in this philosophical framework is increasing in part because of the incorporation of human rights into the Lisbon Treaty in 2009.
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Filmmaker Velislava Gospodinova joins us on DN for the first time to discuss 'Firebird' - a rhythmic animated short inspired by mythological stories.
Ah Serif tells DN how siderodromophobia inspired him to take a playful animated swipe at our collective irrational fears in 3D animated short 'Phobias'.
An attempt to hit the books is derailed by the invasion of hedonistic party rabbits in Valere Amirault's stylised 3D music video 'Keep My Baby Dancing'.
Director Jake Dypka & spoken word artist Hollie McNish explore the confines of gender in modern society through 3D experiential short 'Pink or Blue'.
Multi-disciplined designer Dimitris Katsafouros walks DN through the evolution and challenging render times of his playfully hypnotic 3D pattern short.
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Armadyl Wants YOU!
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Without a doubt, you're going to want to participate in the World Event that is going to determine who is the first god to die in Sliske's little gameshow. Whether you've already decided what side to join, or if you're still sitting on the fence, you're going to want to read both articles this week.
You're reading this one because you have an open mind, and can still be persuaded by arguments and convinced to pick a side. You're sensitive to logic and reasoning, and while sometimes you're perceived to be indecisive, you're really just considering all the angles before making a final decision.
Guess what? These are the qualities that you'll find in both Armadyl and his followers as well. Not only that, but a sense of fairness and justice is something you believe should be innate to all moral and intelligent beings, and to be without morals is to be evil.
Bandos on the other hand, will stop at nothing to get what he wants. He'll use anyone he can as a stepladder regardless of the consequences. He favours wars of destruction over serene peace, and much like his followers, fails to comprehend the meaning of the word 'elegance'.
So your personality is very much compatible with that of the House of Armadyl. But since you also want to get something in return for your efforts, we should explore what's in store for you should Armadyl be the one left standing.
Items dedicated to either god have shown one thing in the past; Bandos clearly favours hand-to-hand combat, while Armadyl's strategy hinges on taking your opponent out before he even reaches you. But when it comes down to it, the Aviansie aren't afraid to swoop in an take a swing themselves. And when they do they're not waving a silly potato-peeler either. This is the race that created the Godswords, the most powerful mortal weapons in three ages! Just imagine for a second what they can do when the Aviansie race has been restored to it's former glory. And I haven't even brought up the Armadyl Battlestaff.
This brings me to what it means for the world. Bandos favours war while Armadyl favours peace. Armadyl wants to save his race from destruction, Bandos will, when he is lacking an opponent, pit his own followers against one another. Is it a surprise that the only goblin race (the Dorgeshuun) to have ever stepped away from Bandos and his influence has thrived, flourished and prospered to the point where they even invented electricity?
Armadyl also gave us the Citadel. A former home of the Aviantese above the clouds where clans can meet, gather, party and train with some of the best and cheapest rates available in a little palace of their own. Not only that but it's fully customizable, allowing us to get as creative as we want.
Finally, let's look at the way they do battle right now. Currently, the efforts to support Armadyl are about double that of the efforts to support Bandos. Most Bandos supporters tend to go with PvP enabled, while the followers of Armadyl are half-half. Typical to say the least, but it does have the effect that buildings can be demolished and rebuilt without being murdered all the time.
While Armadyl's side may never get back to having double the divine energy of Bandos, the lead is increasing every day. While the outcome isn't set in stone yet, you should get your Bandosian trinkets now for they may soon become rare.
In the end it doesn't matter from which angle you look at it; Everything gets better when Bandos isn't there, and everything got worse when Armadyl wasn't there. The choice is obvious, wouldn't you think?
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At the RAFOM meeting this Monday, county officials discussed Arlington transportation issues. County Board Member Chris Zimmerman noted the growing importance of public transportation in Arlington. The DC-area metro system is the second-largest system in the country. Arlington also has its own bus service, Arlington Transit (ART), that is becoming increasingly important. In FY 1998, its first year of operation, ART had 2 routes and carried about 120,000 passengers. In FY 2008, ART had 11 routes and carried 1.2 million passengers. So total passengers on ART has grown by a factor of ten in ten years.
ART is getting 12 new 35-foot low-floor buses. These will be more durable, will have greater passenger capacity, and will offer passengers a more comfortable ride.
Construction of Central Place across from the Rosslyn Metro will require relocating some bus stops on N. Moore St., which will be turned into a one-way street.
ART routes 61a and 61b, which have a bus stop across from the Quarterdeck (N. Queen & 12th St), have low ridership on Saturdays. On average, only 40 persons are carried in total during the Sat. 8am to 4pm route operation (bus every 20 minutes, total of 24 trips). Given that the bus service costs about $75 per hour to run, that's not economical. ART is looking for ways to either attract more riders or streamline this service.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, 20 October, offered prayers at the Kedarnath temple in Uttarakhand and said his visit to the shrine strengthened his resolve to serve the nation. Stressing that "service to nation was service to god", Modi took a pledge to devote himself to realising the dream of a "developed India" by the time the country marks 75 years of freedom, in 2022.
On the day, Modi also laid foundation stones of five major reconstruction projects at Kedarpuri while also attacking the Congress for not allowing him to carry out relief work after the 2013 deluge. The reconstruction projects include improved facilities for devotees, construction of retaining walls and ghats at the Mandakini and Saraswati rivers, an approach road to the shrine and reconstructing Adi Guru Shankaracharya's tomb that was devastated in the 2013 deluge.
The Capital's air quality nosedived to 'severe' levels after Diwali, even though a Supreme Court ban on the sale of firecrackers in the region prevented a smoggy situation like the previous year.
The city witnessed extremely high pollution levels – its worst in 17 years – around Diwali in 2016, forcing the apex court and several environmental bodies to take remedial measures.
The last time Delhi had witnessed severe air pollution was around 10 months ago, in December 2016.
The Air Quality Index (AQI) of Delhi stood at 403 on Friday, markedly better than 2016's post-Diwali count of 445. However, it did not fare as well as the same period in 2015 – when the AQI count measured just 360.
Good air quality, in this index, falls in the 0-50 range.
The Vasundhara Raje government in Rajasthan is ready with a Bill to replace an Ordinance promulgated last month which prohibits investigation without prior sanction against "a Judge or a Magistrate or a public servant" for any "act done by them while acting or purporting to act in the discharge of their official duties".
Under the new law, the media too cannot report on the accusation against such a person until the prosecution gets the go-ahead from the sanctioning authority, which may take up to six months.
In the assembly session that starts Monday, the government will bring in The Code of Criminal Procedure (Rajasthan Amendment) Bill to replace The Criminal Laws (Rajasthan Amendment) Ordinance, 2017, promulgated on 6 September.
The Ordinance made additions to sections 156 (3) and 190 (1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) which empower a magistrate to take cognizance of an offence and order an investigation.
Months after getting a two-year extension, solicitor general Ranjit Kumar on Friday, 20 October, resigned from the second most important law officer's post, after the attorney general, citing health issues in his family requiring him to devote more time at home.
With Kumar's resignation, the law officers' team put in place in 2014 after Narendra Modi-led BJP stormed to power at the Centre has seen four casualties. First to go was Mukul Rohatgi, who requested the government not to renew his engagement as attorney general in June. He was replaced by veteran lawyer KK Venugopal.
Two additional solicitors general – PS Patwalia and Neeraj Kishan Kaul – found private practice more attractive than the law officer's job and requested the government to relieve them of their responsibilities. The government obliged and their posts have been vacant for four months.
A mob allegedly tried to set a mentally-challenged man on fire after thrashing him in north Kashmir's Sopore on suspicion of being a braid chopper, the police said on Friday, 20 October.
In a video circulated on social media, the mob is heard shouting that the man, Wasim Ahmad Tantray, should be set on fire.
Tantray's condition is critical and he has been shifted to a hospital in Srinagar, the spokesperson added.
The police have registered an FIR and the culprits have been identified.
Moving to reopen litigation in the Bofors scandal twelve years after the Delhi High Court quashed all proceedings against the Hinduja brothers in the case, the CBI has sought government permission to challenge the 2005 ruling in the Supreme Court. In a letter to the government, the CBI has sought permission to file a Special Leave Petition against the High Court ruling. This will effectively overturn the stand taken by the then UPA government.
As reported by The Indian Express on 2 September, the CBI, in a 22 June note to the Central Agency Section of the Department of Legal Affairs (Ministry of Law and Justice), stated that it did not file the SLP since it did not get permission from the then "competent authority".
Patna Police have named eight people, including a sarpanch, in an FIR on Friday, 20 October, for handing out vigilante justice to a 54-year-old barber who was allegedly made to spit and then lick the saliva, and was beaten with slippers by women in Ajnaur village in Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's home district of Biharsharif.
Mahesh Thakur's fault was that he had entered the house of the sarpanch of Ajaypur panchayat Surendra Yadav on Wednesday evening when no male members were at home. He claims that he was unaware that only female members were home at that time.
The infuriated sarpanch convened a meeting in the house one Dharmendra Yadav of the village on Thursday, 19 October, to decide on a punishment for the barber for his 'audacity'.
"He perhaps went to the house of sarpanch on Wednesday evening for tobacco when no male member was present," Nalanda DM SM Thyiagrajan told HT.
The execution of the ambitious Polavaram irrigation project in Andhra Pradesh has run into trouble with Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu approaching the central government to replace the construction company involved for delays that could impact its deadline, official sources told The Indian Express.
Sources said Naidu is "extremely unhappy" with the project allegedly lagging behind schedule and unlikely to meet the revised deadline of April 2019 – the original deadline was June 2018.
The project is being executed by Transstroy Ltd, which is owned by Cherukuri Sridhar, son-in-law of Telugu Desam Party MP Rayapati Sambasiva Rao. Transstroy was awarded the contract in March 2013 when the Congress was in power. Rao was a Congress MP at the time before switched to the TDP in March 2014.
The Indian Banks' Association (IBA) has questioned the jurisdiction of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) in issuing directions to banks under the Aadhaar Act, according to two people aware of the matter.
IBA has written to the ministry of electronics and information technology, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the finance ministry's department of financial services (DFS), arguing that only the central bank is empowered to issue directives to banks under the Banking Regulation Act, the two people said on condition of anonymity.
On 14 July, UIDAI first asked banks to open Aadhaar enrolment and updating facilities in at least one-tenth of their branches by the end of August. Later, it extended the deadline by a month and said it will impose a Rs 20,000 fine per uncovered branch after 30 September, the PTI reported on 5 September, citing UIDAI chief executive Ajay Bhushan Pandey.
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