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Q: lseek with 2 gb file in windows
Possible Duplicate:
Question about file seeking position

I am facing one problem related to lseek(). It returns failure in case when we are trying to access 2GB+ file in windows (32 bit machine). Is there any limit upto which lseek can set the file pointer in the file which we are using???
offset valye is 2154654555.
Compiler Details
c:\Program Files\Inno Setup 5\Compil32.exe

A: You should have a look at _lseeki64, which takes 64-bit offsets. lseek() (and its successor, _lseek()) are limited to signed 32-bit offsets, which have an upper limit of 2147483647. Your offset of 215465455 exceeds that (and would be treated as a negative number if stored in a long). See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/1yee101t. (You'll need something comparable for your compiler.)

A: The maximum value of off_t is 2147483647, where off_t is the the type for the offset in lseek()

A: lseek doesn't work with files greater than 2 GB, because the offset input is on a 32 bit variable which cannot take value greater than 2147483647. In many OS it is either supported through compile time macros or by providing alternative functions.
You can try _lseeki64 in case of MSVC Compiler. It takes 64 bit variable for offset. Since you are not using MSVC, you can check for equivalent function.


Your practice is already gathering the data on the measures for the Merit-based Incentive Payment Program (MIPS) reporting under CMS' Quality Payment Program (QPP). But how do you know you will have all the documentation in place and not be scrambling at the end of the year? A documentation checklist would come in handy. Join us for our QPP Power Hour where we'll review steps to help your practice make certain you have all the documentation necessary to be successful.
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SERVE's 'Volunteer to Build Capacity' Programme assigns groups of volunteers to South Africa, Mozambique, Zambia, Brazil, India, Thailand and the Philippines for 4-6 weeks periods each summer. These volunteers work in a variety of sectors including education, childcare, house-building, healthcare and youth work. Since 2005, SERVE has placed a total of 755 volunteers with partners in the developing world.
SERVE'S Volunteer to Build Capacity programme acts as a catalyst for voluntary involvement, mentoring, development education, mutual learning and establishing links and networks based on trust. SERVE's Programmes make a significant contribution to the infrastructure and service outcomes delivered by our partners. For example, there is a good representation of local community volunteers on the partner's Boards – which suggests strong local ownership. It was also possible to measure the percentage of the partners workforce contributed by volunteers, through SERVE's SDP programme in 2012 – the average result was 29%, which is a considerable contribution.
SERVE believes that many of the impacts of our Volunteer to Build Capacity Programme, especially in the areas of social capital, cohesion, personal development and empowerment, are immeasurable. Nevertheless, SERVE does have a responsibility to "tell the story" of volunteerism through case studies, opinion pieces and anecdotal evidence and do so with great success.
SERVE acts as the development agent for the Redemptorists. We represent the Redemptorists at Misean Cara.
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I decided to take advantage of the spectacular Fall weather the other day by shopping and wandering through downtown Oakland. While there, I decided to pop into the Garrett County Museum since I had never been there before. What a treat! The outside of the back of the building is reconstructed to look like the old Deer Park Hotel, which was a widely popular hotel constructed in the late 1890's. One can truly get a sense of how beautiful this hotel was back in its day.
Walking through, you obviously get a real understanding of the history of our area but what I found most fascinating was that the majority of pictures and artifacts were actually donated by the citizens of Garrett County. In one room, you can look at a model of the old B & O Railroad along with some of the original uniforms, pictures, and plaques that were in placed in the station. Interesting fact; Garrett County was actually named in honor of Mr. John W. Garrett, President of the B & O Railroad.
Other items of interest is the room that is reconstructed to look like an old Deep Creek Lake cottage and a room devoted to some of the military background of our area. As an resident of Mountain Lake Park, I was awed by the pictures of the old lake, which at the time was a popular place for those to vacation. Unfortunately it could not be salvaged and was torn down but many years ago, Mtn. Lake housed a 5000 seating Bashford Amphitheater, which William Howard Taft actually spoke at in August 1911. To see the pictures, one cannot help but be amazed at the enormity of the building and to imagine what huge crowds it must have drawn to it.
I highly recommend that you take a day and visit the museum. Make a full day of it and also visit the Transportation Museum located just down the road. Don't forget that Farmer's Market is still going strong throughout the month of October so visit on Wednesday and Saturday and choose from a large variety of fresh fruit, veggies, and baked goods. Stop into Dottie's Fountain and Grill for a delicious homemade milkshake. An eclectic atmosphere combined with awesome diner food! You can't go wrong!
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Roper Tech To Acquire Deltek In All-cash Deal Valued At $2.8 Billion
By Ciara LinnaneMarketWatch Pulse
Roper Technologies Inc. said Tuesday it has entered an agreement to buy Deltek in an all-cash deal valued at $2.8 billion. Roper said it expects the deal too boost 2017 cash flow by $80 million, to deliver $535 million of revenue and $200 million of EBITDA, excluding the impact of fair value accounting of Deltek's deferred revenue. Roper makes software for the health care, transportation, food, energy, water, education and other markets. Deltek makes software for project-based businesses serving niche markets, including government contractors. The deal is expected to close before year-end. Roper will host a conference call on the transaction at 9.00 a.m. Eastern. Shares were not yet active in premarket trade, but are down 4.3% in the year so far, while the S&P 500 has gained 7.9%.

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Q: Javascript: Is there a use case for ever changing the arguments array I was listening to Douglas Crockford's infamous JavaScript video series (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ya4UHuXNygM) and he made a statement about being careful not to change the the extra 'arguments' array parameter to avoid "weird" things from happening.
So that made me curious: Is there every a reason where you might want to do this? I couldn't think of one other than maybe some self-modifying code trickery for obfuscation perhaps.

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Merry Christmas!! Today, as we celebrate the great revelation of God's love for us in the birth of His only begotten Son, we rejoice in Emmanuel, God with us. May the Joy, Peace and Love of our Savior fill your hearts today. May this same Joy, Peace and Love permeate your lives so that you may bring Hope to your families, friends and all peoples you encounter. May the Incarnation of the Word made Flesh truly be present and visible in our Church and in the world.
Next Sunday we celebrate the Solemnity of Mary Mother of God, a holy day of obligation, (and also a Sunday). We will celebrate with the usual Sunday schedule of Masses: Saturday, December 31st Vigil Mass 4:00 p.m. at Sacred Heart; Sunday, January 1st, 9:30 a.m. at St. John the Baptist, and 11:00 a.m. at Sacred Heart.
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25thframe.co.uk > News > The Day Shall Come is given a 15 age rating in the UK for strong language, sex references, drug misuse
US Box Office Analysis 17 - 19 January 2020: Smith and Lawrence return to the top of the box office with sequel movie Bad Boys For Life
The Day Shall Come is given a 15 age rating in the UK for strong language, sex references, drug misuse
The Day Shall Come is the new film from director Chris Morris and has been given an age rating of 15 in the UK.
The director has not made a film since Four Lions in 2010 so the anticipation for this new offering is quite high especially as that film has gained quite a cult following.
Yet again the film will be a satirical social comedy that probably pushes the boundaries of comedy to the limits.
The film stars Anna Kendrick and Danielle Brooks and is release in the UK on the 11th October 2019.
The BBFC have given the film a 15 certificate for strong language, sex references, drug misuse and it has a runtime of 87 minutes (1 hour and 27 minutes).
Link to the BBFC page
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Australia has announced plans to end the controversial tax on female sanitary products.
The 10 percent consumption tax will be abolished following years of campaigning from women's groups.
Sanitary items were included in the 1999 Howard government's introduction of a goods and service tax to the country.
Health minister, Michael Wooldridge, defended the decision at the time by saying that tampons did not prevent an illness.
Governments in the past were unwilling to abolish the tax due to the A$30 million (£16 million; $21 million) generated from the controversial tax.
India abolished its 12 percent tax on sanitary products following similar campaigns. The UK still has a five percent tax on sanitary items, which activists are calling to be removed.


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Niagara Falls, while usually cold this time of year, is looking particularly frigid these days. Winter Storm Harper swept through the nation in mid-January, dumping several inches of snow in the Northwest, the Northeast, and many states in between. The storm brought snow showers to Niagara Falls on Jan. 18, which then continued throughout the weekend. Temperatures sank as low as -1 degree Fahrenheit on Jan. 20. While the weather might have made for a rather brutal experience for visitors of the famous park, the icy conditions allowed for some really spectacular photos. Check out a few brave tourists' photos ahead.


Table allows you to view and edit your map's underlying data as a spreadsheet. You can access Table by clicking the spreadsheet icon in the lower right corner of your map.
Click any cell to edit. Click on any value to edit it within the spreadsheet. Depending on the field type, you'll either be able to edit directly within the cell or a modal will appear.
Customize which fields are included. Click on the settings icon in the upper right to open the sidebar, then select the fields you want to see in the table.
Filter the results. Enter a search term or a selector in the upper left to narrow down the results. The filter will search across all fields included in the table.
Sort a column. Click on the header of any column to sort that column. Click again to reverse the sort order.
Fill down values in bulk. Right click to access the fill down (populate the current value down the entire column) and fill down to value (populate the current value down to the next non-blank cell) options.
Switch between elements, connections and loops. The data editor only shows elements, connections or loops at any one time. Click on the settings icon in the upper right and then use the dropdown to switch between elements, connections or loops.
Return to your map. Click the "Back to map" link to return to your map. All edits are saved as you make them so you don't need to worry about a separate "save" step.
You can quickly and easily add new elements or connections by scrolling to the bottom of the table and entering text into the blank row at the bottom.
Make sure to add a label for elements and both from and to for connections or it won't get saved.
Table is built for fast navigation using keystrokes.


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require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../../spec_helper'

["APPEND", "CREAT", "EXCL", "FNM_CASEFOLD",
  "FNM_DOTMATCH", "FNM_NOESCAPE", "FNM_PATHNAME",
  "FNM_SYSCASE", "LOCK_EX", "LOCK_NB", "LOCK_SH",
  "LOCK_UN", "NONBLOCK", "RDONLY",
  "RDWR", "SYNC", "TRUNC", "WRONLY"].each do |const|
  describe "File::Constants::#{const}" do
    it "is defined" do
      File::Constants.const_defined?(const).should be_true
    end
  end
end

platform_is :windows do
  describe "File::Constants::BINARY" do
    it "is defined" do
      File::Constants.const_defined?(:BINARY).should be_true
    end
  end
end

platform_is_not :windows do
  describe "File::Constants::NOCTTY" do
    it "is defined" do
      File::Constants.const_defined?(:NOCTTY).should be_true
    end
  end
end

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Breeding centered in the state of Indiana after an influx of ponies were imported from the Scottish Shetland Islands starting in 1885.
The formation of the American Shetland Pony Club in 1888 started the selective breeding process that formed the Shetland Pony of today.
Within 50 years two distinct branches of the American Shetland emerged, the Pony of the Americas and the American Shetland.
Refined over the years, the Shetlands of today hardly resemble the hardy island ponies originally brought to North America from Scotland. Today the breeders have engineered a pony built for light driving and riding use.
Bloodlines were influenced by Hackney pony, Arabian and a small amount of Thoroughbred blood to produce a rather distinct confirmation.


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Q: django rest framework many to many field not working I need your help regarding something weird.
I have the following models:
class Profile(models.Model):
    first_name = models.CharField(max_length=20, default="")
    last_name = models.CharField(max_length=20, default="")
    email = models.EmailField(max_length=50, unique=True, default="")
    image = models.ImageField(null=True, blank=True, upload_to=profile_image_upload_path)

class Skill(models.Model):
    profiles = models.ManyToManyField(Profile, blank=True)

    name = models.CharField(max_length=30)
    image = models.ImageField(upload_to=skill_image_upload_path)
    is_tech_skill = models.BooleanField(default=True)

and the following serializer:
class SkillSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
    profiles = serializers.PrimaryKeyRelatedField(queryset=Profile.objects.all(), many=True)
    class Meta:
        model=Skill
        fields=['name', 'image', 'is_tech_skill', 'expertise']

class ProfileSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
    skill_list = SkillSerializer(read_only=True, many=True,)
    class Meta:
        model = Profile
        fields = ('first_name', 'last_name', 'email', 'image', 'skill_list')
        depth = 2

when I do GET request for the profile I do not see any skills:
enter image description here
I added two skills to this profile from django admin panel.
Thanks a lot in advance!

A: There is no "profiles" in your serializer.
1.  You named your ManyToMany to profiles and didn't use it anywhere,after you named an another field to "profiles".
2.  I think you need to add it into your fields in serializer
3.  Add related_name to your ManyToManyField


When Rosemary sent in this quote, she also included the following Ziglar excerpt.
It is so easy to forget that we have the power to choose and the power to be part of the design of our life. First we must decide and dream about what we wish to become, then we must begin our journey, and follow it step-by-step regardless of the obstacles or blocks along the way.
Where have you been giving up power and choice in your life? What do you want to become? Take a moment today to reflect and decide on what you want to become. Realize you can live the dream… the only person that can ever stop you… is you.
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package eu.binjr.common.function;

import java.util.function.Consumer;
import java.util.function.Function;
import java.util.function.Supplier;

/**
 * A series of methods that wrap functional interfaces that throw checked
 * exceptions inside their standard (non throwing) counterparts, so they can be
 * used with streams or other classes expecting standards functional interfaces
 * and have them acting transparent to the exception thrown within the lambda.
 *
 * @author Frederic Thevenet
 */
public final class CheckedLambdas {
    /**
     * Override constructor
     */
    private CheckedLambdas() {
    }

    /**
     * Wraps a {@link CheckedConsumer} inside a {@link Consumer} and rethrow the
     * original exception.
     *
     * @param consumer the {@link Consumer} to wrap.
     * @param <T>      the type for the consumer's parameter.
     * @param <E>      the type for the checked exception.
     * @return a {@link Consumer} instance.
     * @throws E the checked exception thrown in the lambda.
     */
    public static <T, E extends Exception> Consumer<T> wrap(CheckedConsumer<T, E> consumer) throws E {
        return t -> {
            try {
                consumer.accept(t);
            } catch (Exception exception) {
                throw throwActualException(exception);
            }
        };
    }

//    public static <T, E extends Exception> Predicate<T> wrap(CheckedPredicate<T, E> predicate) throws E {
//        return t -> {
//            try {
//                return predicate.test(t);
//            } catch (Exception exception) {
//                throw throwActualException(exception);
//            }
//        };
//    }

    /**
     * Wraps a {@link CheckedRunnable} inside a {@link Runnable} and rethrow the
     * original exception.
     *
     * @param runnable the {@link Runnable} to wrap.
     * @param <E>      the type for the checked exception.
     * @return a {@link Runnable} instance.
     * @throws E the checked exception thrown in the lambda.
     */
    public static <E extends Exception> Runnable wrap(CheckedRunnable<E> runnable) throws E {
        return () -> {
            try {
                runnable.run();
            } catch (Exception exception) {
                throw throwActualException(exception);
            }
        };
    }

    /**
     * Wraps a {@link CheckedSupplier} inside a {@link Supplier} and rethrow the
     * original exception.
     *
     * @param supplier the {@link Supplier} to wrap.
     * @param <T>      the type for the supplier's parameter.
     * @param <E>      the type for the checked exception.
     * @return a {@link Supplier} instance.
     * @throws E the checked exception thrown in the lambda.
     */
    public static <T, E extends Exception> Supplier<T> wrap(CheckedSupplier<T, E> supplier) throws E {
        return () -> {
            try {
                return supplier.get();
            } catch (Exception exception) {
                throw throwActualException(exception);
            }
        };
    }

    /**
     * Wraps a {@link CheckedFunction} inside a {@link Function} and rethrow the
     * original exception.
     *
     * @param function the {@link Function} to wrap.
     * @param <T>      the type for the function's parameter.
     * @param <R>      the return type of the function.
     * @param <E>      the type for the checked exception.
     * @return a {@link Function} instance.
     * @throws E the checked exception thrown in the lambda.
     */
    public static <T, R, E extends Exception> Function<T, R> wrap(CheckedFunction<T, R, E> function) throws E {
        return t -> {
            try {
                return function.apply(t);
            } catch (Exception exception) {
                throw throwActualException(exception);
            }
        };
    }

    /**
     * Forge runtime exception
     *
     * @param exception exception
     * @return Runtime exception
     * @throws E Exception
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    private static <E extends Exception> RuntimeException throwActualException(Exception exception) throws E {
        throw (E) exception;
    }

}


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Indonesian Muslim and union groups to fight new jobs law in court
By Angie Teo and Tabita Diela
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian President Joko Widodo came under increasing pressure to repeal his new controversial labour law on Friday with union and Muslim groups preparing to challege it in court and some regional leaders publicly opposing the legislation.
The KSPI labour group, among the organisers of three-day national strikes ending Thursday, is preparing to lodge a case against the new law in the Constitutional Court, the group's president Said Iqbal said in a statement.
Nahdlatul Ulama, Indonesia's biggest Muslim group with millions of followers, would also challenge the law in the court, it said in its official Twitter account.
The "omnibus" jobs creation bill, passed into law on Monday, has seen thousands of people across the world's fourth-most populous nation take to the streets in protest, saying it undermines labour rights and weakens environmental protections.
Clashes erupted in some cities on Thursday, including in the capital Jakarta where protesters burnt public transport facilities and damaged police posts.
At least five regional leaders, including the governors of Jakarta and the country's most populous province West Java, have said they would pass on protersters' demand to the president or publicly opposed the law
Repealing the law would prevent further clashes "that could create prolong instability amid a pandemic and an economic recession", West Kalimantan Govenor Sutarmidji said in a statement.
The president has yet to make any public statement, but his ministers have defended the law, saying protests were triggered by false news and that the legislation would improve people's welfare by welcoming more investment.
Jakarta police on Thursday detained about 1,000 demonstrators, but most of them were released by Friday morning, Jakarta police spokesman Yusri Yunus said.
Police did not expect a fourth day of protests in the capital on Friday, he said.
However, trade union KSBSI on Friday called on its members to launch another wave of protests from Oct. 12 to 16.
A meeting of many other labour groups is scheduled over the weekend to consolidate their next move, Ilhamsyah of KPBI labour union told Reuters.
Jakarta resident Nathan Tarigan feared clashes would escalate.
"I'm afraid if the government and stakeholders of the state aren't wise, don't want to listen, something bigger can happen and the state can break," the 50-year-old said.
(Writing by Gayatri Suroyo; Editing by Michael Perry)
Tags: court, fight, Groups, Indonesian, Jobs, law, Muslim, Union
UK government prepares jobs support if firms forced to close
Lock down or face state of emergency, Spanish government tells Madrid


Evidence that the housing rebound is gaining strength was apparent last week in a string of economic reports: Housing starts in the U.S. surged in September to the highest level in four years, and home builders' confidence reached a peak not seen since the industry began its decline six years ago. Moreover, the National Association of Home Builders reported the largest number of prospective buyers since April 2006.
Texas Industries (ticker: TXI), the last pure-play cement company in the U.S., stands to be a substantial beneficiary. The Dallas-based company, with strongholds in Texas and California, the two largest cement markets in the country, has been cutting costs and improving cash flow by modernizing plants and adding capacity. At the same time, cement volumes have started to rise and prices have firmed, particularly in Texas. The company declined to speak with Barron's.
When reporting fiscal first-quarter results in late September, Texas Industries posted the highest quarterly shipments since the summer of 2008 and the onset of the global financial crisis. Trends in Texas, which accounts for about 80% of its business, point to continued demand for building materials: The state added the most residents in the country in 2011 and accounted for 19% of the nation's population growth. Single-family-housing building permits were up nearly 20% in July from the year-ago period and multifamily permits were up 81%. Median sales prices were 7% higher than the previous year.
The knock against the company is its high debt load, but it's long term, maturing in 2020, and that gives the company ample breathing room to pay it down. Already, the more positive trends have resulted in loss estimates narrowing to about 75 cents a share for Texas Industries' fiscal year 2013, ending in May, from a previously expected loss of about $1.09 a share. Levels of Ebitda—earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization—are set to more than double to top $400 million once the company's plants are operating at full capacity again. Texas Industries has tripled its capacity in the past 15 years to six million tons and has reduced costs by a $25 million-$30 million annualized rate in the past year.
What's more, the company, with its relatively small market value of about $1 billion, is seen as an eventual takeover candidate in an industry that has been consolidating as high barriers to entry make it more difficult for newcomers to grab a foothold. Environmental regulations have made permits harder to come by, for one thing. Also, sizable limestone reserves and quarries of sand and crushed stone and rocks close to areas of construction demand aren't readily available. Among possible candidates mentioned are France's Lafarge (LG.France), whose board includes Egyptian construction magnate Nassef Sawiris of NNS Holding, who also owns 23% of Texas Industries; Colombia's Cementos Argos ' (CMTOY) U.S. subsidiary, Argos USA, which has been expanding its operations throughout the Southern U.S.; and Japan's Mitsubishi Materials (5711.Japan), which has been adding to its presence in Southern California.
SHARES OF TEXAS INDUSTRIES are up about 40% so far this year and, by many estimates, have further to run. The stock jumped by 8% last week to $42.84 after Glenn Wortman of Sidoti & Co. raised his rating on the shares to Buy from Neutral and boosted his price target to $57 from $38. His new target was based on a conservative valuation of Texas Industries' assets using what Eagle Materials paid for some cement assets of Lafarge last month. By that measure, Wortman values Texas Industries at $250 per ton of capacity. On a replacement-value basis, however, it likely would fetch closer to $300 per ton of capacity.
Adding to the enthusiasm around the shares, Sawiris revealed in a government filing last week that he sold put options obligating him to buy 114,300 shares of Texas Industries at a price of $37.72. Another big stakeholder is Memphis-based Southeastern Asset Management, a respected value investment firm led by Mason Hawkins, which owns 29%. The concentrated ownership has been a source of support for the shares as investors take comfort that their interests will be actively protected. Southeastern successfully pushed to get three new directors added to Texas Industries' board this past summer.
Texas Industries' shares have risen 40% to $42.84 in 2012. Analysts say they could gain another 30% or more if housing and the economy recover.
The good news kept coming last week. Cemex (CX), Mexico's leading cement maker, reported a narrower loss as well as its highest operating Ebitda margins in three years on stronger results in the U.S. and Mexico. Another positive: Mexico billionaire Carlos Slim sees an opportunity in cement. He plans to launch a new cement maker with the aim of supplying 3% of the Mexican market by next year.
For those investors who believe the housing market has turned the corner and the U.S. is in the beginning of a sustained recovery, Texas Industries is a rock-solid choice.


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Overcoming the unexpected
I am a big advocate of the work that a long-time friend is doing in the sporting wellness space. He's recently employed a bright, smart young woman Deanna Niceski to take on the role of General Manager for Global Wellness Tracker. He asked me to share her story.
Why? Because it talks to every single thing that I as a Mindfulness practitioner can invite of you the reader to consider when you weigh up the challenges that life will invariably throw at you.
Life can turn on a dime, but how many of us know how to roll with the punches, come out smiling, stronger, changed, and be a force for good?
A terrible car accident saw Deanna, with a fantastic career ahead of her having to re-adjust her sails, a long road to wellness - her story is testament to how we as humans can learn to adjust and accept the unexpected life-changing challenges that can befall us. And not just adjust, thrive. She shows how managing unpredictability with a softness, but a steely focus, determination, a strong support network, and a great big heart are key to getting not just her body back to wellness but looking after the health and well-being of her mind too.
This is her story - take time to watch her short video and hear in her own words how she overcame the challenge to re-build her life and career. It's really quite something.
What struck me most was her empathy and compassion for others, there is a lot of research that talks to the benefits of extending kindness toward ourselves and others, we feel good when we are kind and supportive of others, it boosts our immune system, resilience levels and hits our reward systems – all of which will be so important to keep her motivated and focussed on her long-term wellness.
Another part to her success is her ability to stay on track, and that requires two things, focus and self-reward. There is no doubt that her journey back to wellness wouldn't have been without it's stress and it's challenges. When we feel stressed the brain is wired to shut down our cognitive control, and inevitably we quit. How did she circumvent this?
How to overcome challenges:
Focussing - on the long-term goal; focus is integral to success. Focus teaches our brain how to re-wire itself for positive change, and this change happens in our sleep! We lay down markers in our brain when we are in deep focus mode, and our brain tracks and embeds those markers for change when we are at rest. So sorry good people if you are planning epic study sessions and to party all night and hope it sticks - don't, get some rest, your brain will thank you for it.
Not being blindsided by setbacks - we take two steps forward and one back, and each step is momentum overall in the right direction, being able to see this and not let set-backs overwhelm would have been key to Deanna's success. This comes when we loosen our grip, softly leaning into the process by expecting things not to always go the way we might like all of the time. Think about holding a pen tightly in the grip of your palm - how does it feel? Muscles tense, you may even be holding your breath, now put the pen in the open palm and let it rest, same pen, less grip...we may have to practice meditation to support us in this challenge, taking in the good meditation practices will greatly support us with this.
Acceptance - it sounds passive, it's anything but, acceptance is an action-based approach, I talk about it here. For what we resist persists, we must accept all that life deals us in order to move forward.
Reward - struggle is part of the process of life i'm afraid. But so is reward - when we look inward and reward ourselves for the small steps we take no matter how small, we feel good, we get a little dopamine hit and a mood boost. Self-reward is often overlooked, typically we tend to focus as humans on when others compliment us or see our inherent goodness, but this means we are reliant on the support and opinions of others to help us to feel good. When we build our own self-reward system we are recognising our value, telling ourselves that we matter, and rewarding ourselves for the steps we take and the progress we make. Simply noticing and rewarding being on the right track is enough to mobilise a dopamine reward.
Life can be a monumental tinker, it sends us moments that rock us, threaten to overthrow us, but it doesn't have to be this way. Even in the darkest of moments there is always something we can do. Spreading kindness, being compassionate, giving love and being a support to others are the cornerstones to wellness for ourselves and our fellow mates in the Universe we spin in.
What can you do today to spread a little kindness? Perhaps share Deanna's story, reach out to someone who may be having a tough day, or make a cuppa and take some time for your own well-being. Either way, look after yourselves, embody kindness it's the roadmap to wellness.
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Ask Your Kids How They Would Like to Help.
Clear the clutter. Every 6 to 12 months, have a household closet cleaning day (that includes the toy chest, and maybe even the garage). Get everyone in the family to help.
Make a donate box. Put it out where your kids can add to it. Donate often, even if it's small.
Make Detours to Giving. When shopping, make a trip down the canned foods isle. Ask your kids to pick a can of food to put in your donate box at home.
Find ways to raise money for donations. Hold a yard sale and give all or a portion of it to a selected charity. Do the same with a bake sale, an art sale, etc. Involve our kids at all stages.
Associate getting with giving. For birthdays and holidays, aside from their other gifts, give your kids a hand-written gift "certificate of giving" with a specified amount of money that they can gift to their favorite charity. Take your child to the charity to donate that money in person if you can. For non-local organizations, write a check, and have your child include a letter.
Volunteer time in your local community. From public gardens that need weeding, to historic buildings that need painting, or food banks that need help, find something age-appropriate that can engage your family.
Tell stories. There are lots of real-life stories about kids or groups of kids who have found creative ways to give back. Encourage empathy. Share appropriate stories of struggle. Ask kids; what would you do in this situation? How would you want people to help you?
Explain why you are doing it and what you're looking for. "We don't need to store all this stuff, when someone else could really use it." Or, "I bet there is a kid out there who would really enjoy playing with that toy. I know you used to love it but how about if you pass it along to someone else, so they can enjoy it as much as you have?" Keep the focus on the people in need and your child's ability to share an experience through an item. Establishing an impermanent relationship to "things" can help kids better understand the important of relationships over acquiring goods.
Develop a language of giving in your household. Find creative opportunities to incorporate it into regular conversation. Nothing is permanent. We are stewards of the planet, and the things we think we own. Everything is in change, and it is our duty to help those in need when we have abundance. If ever there is a time when we are without, we hope that others will think of us and help us.


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Nice crisp satisfying tobacco vape.
A great flavor to enjoy after letting it steep for a week or two. The taste is not off putting when fresh but it really makes a difference after steeping.
I tried this when I first got it and found it to be off-putting and almost had a pine needle taste. I let it steep for the week and revisited it and am pleasantly surprised! Much better vape, as close as I've had to smoking but after quitting don't really miss that taste.


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Abernethy Malformations: Evaluation and Management of Congenital Portosystemic Shunts
Shankar Rajeswaran*, Andrew Johnston, Jared Green, Ahsun Riaz, Bartley Thornburg, Samdeep Mouli, Timothy Lautz, Caroline Lemoine, Riccardo Superina, James Donaldson
Purpose: To assess the utility of preoperative venography in evaluating and managing patients with congenital portosystemic shunts (CPSSs). Materials and Methods: A retrospective study was performed of 42 patients (62% female; median age, 4.1 years) diagnosed with a CPSS from 2005 to 2018. Preoperative venography (n = 39) and balloon occlusive pressure measurements (n = 33) within the mesenteric venous system guided treatment. Primary outcome was serum ammonia levels at 1 month after shunt closure. Management strategies included single (n = 12) or staged (n = 18) operative ligation, endovascular occlusion (n = 8), combined surgical and endovascular closure (n = 2), and observation (n = 2). Results: At 1 month, serum ammonia levels decreased from 82.5 ± 10.3 μmol/L to 38.4 ± 4.6 μmol/L (P < .001). No difference was observed in the decrease between patients treated surgically or endovascularly (P = .91). Mean occluded to non-occluded pressure gradients were significantly lower for endovascular closure (5.3 ± 1.8 mmHg) than for surgical closure (12.3 ± 3.3 mmHg, P = .02). Shunts were classified as extrahepatic in 29 patients and as intrahepatic in 13 patients; all shunts demonstrated filling of the portal system with occlusive venography. Broad and short shunts were closed surgically; narrow and long shunts were closed endovascularly. Shunts were closed in a single session (n = 20) if the pressure gradient was less than 10 mmHg and the occluded mesenteric pressure was less than 25 mmHg. Conclusions: Preoperative venography delineates shunt morphology, and balloon occlusion simulates closure hemodynamics. This information is necessary to determine whether definitive closure should be performed through endovascular or surgical methods and whether closure should be performed in a single or staged setting.
Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvir.2019.08.007
Published - May 2020
10.1016/j.jvir.2019.08.007
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Ammonia Medicine & Life Sciences
Portal System Medicine & Life Sciences
Balloon Occlusion Medicine & Life Sciences
Rajeswaran, S., Johnston, A., Green, J., Riaz, A., Thornburg, B., Mouli, S., Lautz, T., Lemoine, C., Superina, R., & Donaldson, J. (2020). Abernethy Malformations: Evaluation and Management of Congenital Portosystemic Shunts. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, 31(5), 788-794. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvir.2019.08.007
Rajeswaran, Shankar ; Johnston, Andrew ; Green, Jared ; Riaz, Ahsun ; Thornburg, Bartley ; Mouli, Samdeep ; Lautz, Timothy ; Lemoine, Caroline ; Superina, Riccardo ; Donaldson, James. / Abernethy Malformations : Evaluation and Management of Congenital Portosystemic Shunts. In: Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. 2020 ; Vol. 31, No. 5. pp. 788-794.
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Happy Leap Year Day! We did all types of math equations this morning related to today's special date. Mr. Jones asked the class when the last leap year was, and with this information we figured out our age at the next leap year and how old we were last leap year. It was a lot of fun!
During Writer's Workshop this morning , the Kindergarteners worked hard to write and draw about their weekends. We talked about when to use a period and making sure that your sentence makes sense to the reader.
We also formally began Reader's Workshop this morning. We will have Reader's Workshop twice a week. The children have a choice to either read independently, read with their book group, or to write about their reading. There is a checklist they are asked to complete at the end of each Reading Workshop period. When the checklist is complete, he /she will receive a bookmark!
We also started new math stations this week, focusing on 2-dimensional shapes. The children answered riddles based on shape desciptions and learned the hexagon game. Other groups continued to work on math word problems, as well as looking at the number grid to identify and figure out where numbers belong. We will continue these stations tomorrow.


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Interviewer: How often do you get asked by people, "Can you get this DUI knocked down to reckless driving? Can you just get my case dismissed?" How often do you get asked that? Is that realistic at all?
Brian: Honestly, I think every client wants his or her case to be dismissed. They do not want to deal with the DUI. They don't want to deal with the social ramifications of a DUI, and the punishment it entails. Potentially, people can face a very harsh punishment for any DUI conviction. It is possible.
Dismissal is less likely, but if you have the right attorney, if you have someone with experience who knows what they're doing, it becomes more likely that a dismissal is a potential outcome in the case. It's also possible to get evidence suppressed, which may ultimately result in a de facto dismissal. If the attorney is able to get all the evidence suppressed, there's nothing for the prosecutor to go forward on, and all of a sudden the case goes away.
Reducing it down to reckless driving, in a misdemeanor case, is definitely much more viable than with a felony case. The problem is that Arizona law says that a DUI is not supposed to be dismissed unless it is factually insufficient.
There are certain city courts that read that very strictly, and they will not give a reckless driving in lieu of a DUI in any situation. Phoenix is one of those courts. They will not give you a reckless driving. They would rather dismiss a case than plead out a reckless driving. In other cities, it is possible.
There are a lot of factors to consider. Those include if there are any good legal issues in the case, any good factual issues in the case, depending on what the blood alcohol content is, occasionally, rarely, depending on the person himself. I've had situations representing police officers. Sometimes that can be a factor. This also applies for college students. One time I represented a man who had a very rare blood type and if he were to spend any time in custody, he would not be available to the scientific community to test his blood. There's some medical issue where he was a rare asset to the scientific community and he would not be able to partake in that if he were incarcerated. So we were able to make sure that he was not incarcerated.
Interviewer: That's an interesting defense. That's very unusual.
Brian: There are different things that come up with each different client. Every case is unique. Every DUI is different. I've done probably 2,100 of them at this point. I've seen 2,100 police reports, and rarely are any of them exactly the same. You need someone who knows what they're looking for and that focuses on DUI and can consider everything that's in the police report, including the hidden details that other attorneys might miss.
Interviewer: So we talked about possibly reducing to reckless driving or getting the case dismissed, and I don't want ask you which cities that's most likely to happen, but how about which cities it's least likely to happen? Can you say that? Have you seen that it's rare? Like you said, Phoenix will never reduce a DUI to reckless. Are there any other cities that will never dismiss a case or never reduce?
Brian: Phoenix will never do it. The city of Phoenix, which is the largest city court, they refuse to do it. They read the law very strictly and will not reduce down a DUI to a reckless driving. All the other cities are open to it under the right legal and factual scenarios.
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In this expanded paperback edition of his New York Times bestseller, longevity expert Dan Buettner draws on his research from extraordinarily long-lived communities--Blue Zones--around the globe to highlight the lifestyle, diet, outlook, and stress-coping practices that will add years to your life and life to your years.
A long healthy life is no accident. It begins with good genes, but it also depends on good habits. If you adopt the right lifestyle, experts say, chances are you may live up to a decade longer. So what's the formula for success? National Geographic Explorer Dan Buettner has lead teams of researchers across the globe to uncover the secrets of Blue Zones--geographic regions where high percentages of centenarians are enjoying remarkably long, full lives.
The recipe for longevity, Buettner has found, is deeply intertwined with community, lifestyle, and spirituality. You won't find longevity in a bottle of diet pills or with hormone therapy. You'll find it by embracing a few simple but powerful habits, and by creating the right community around yourself. In The Blue Zone, Buettner has blended his lifestyle formula with the latest longevity research to inspire lasting behavioral change and add years to your life.


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Q: How does scipy.stats distribution fitting work exactly? I'm interested in the tail distribution of some given data, so I tried using scipy.stats to fit my data to a Gaussian, Generalized extreme value distribution, and a Generalized Pareto distribution.
This is how the data looks like:
Data Histogram
This is what I tried
data=df.loc[:,'X']
v=np.ceil(np.log2(len(data))) + 1 #This criterion is Sturge's rule, we use this formula  to calculate the "adequate" number of bins to visualize our data's distribution
y,x=np.histogram(data,bins=int(v),density=True) #"clustering" our data for the plot
plt.hist(data, bins=11, density=True)
plt.title("Histogram")
plt.show()
x = (x + np.roll(x, -1))[:-1] / 2.0 #This takes the mid point of every "bin" interval as the reference x-axis point for its corresponding y probability
# =============================================================================
# Fitting our data and plotting the PDFs
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fit1=stats.genextreme.fit(data,floc=0) #The fit method finds the optimal parameters (using MLE) for your data fitting a chosen probability distribution
fit2=stats.norm.fit(data)
fit3=stats.genpareto.fit(data,floc=0)
fit4=stats.weibull_min.fit(data,floc=0)
fit5=stats.exponweib.fit(data,floc=0)
fit6=stats.gumbel_r.fit(data,floc=0)
fit7=stats.gumbel_l.fit(data,floc=0)
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First I had some strange results because I didn't set the initial location parameter to 0, I still didn't exactly understand why.
What surprised me the most though, is that genextreme and Weibull_min gave me different results, when I thought Weibull was a special case of the generalized extreme value distribution with positive shape parameter.
Especially since the Weibull fit seems to work better here.
Here is the Weibull Fit:
Weibull Fit
And this is the GEV Fit:
GEV Fit
Actually the GEV Fit was similar to the Gumbel_r one:
Gumbel_r Fit
I read one could deduce whether Weibull_min or max should be used just from the shape of the data's histogram, how can one do that?
Since I am interested in extreme positive values (Tail distribution), shouldn't I be using Weibull_max since that's the limiting distribution of the maximum?


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MarediModa '20 info
Exhibitors '20
Maredamare Hub: a successful debut amid fashion shows, events and webinars
By franco September 28, 2020 No Comments
The edition 2020 of the Florentine trade show Maredamare recorded a successful debut in its new digital form from 25th July until 2nd August and it's figures are a good hope for the future. "We wanted to make a test and the feedback is positive, despite the fact that our trade show is, by definition, a B2C event, a moment of dating and sharing – underlines Alessandro Legnaioli, president of Maredamare. This feature has made it a real benchmarking for the beachwear industry missing this social aspect of our event. Nevertheless buyers appreciated the formula and our commitment as well. They could access collections S/S 2021 in a very easy and intuitive way. Furthermore, we proposed our buyers outdoor fashion shows and webinars".
Maredamare will be online till the end of the sale campaign which means till the end of October. Maredamare Hub will be further enhanced to become a helpful and service tool in support of the material show.
In the program, fashion shows of ready-made garments proposed by a group of companies belonging to the MarediModa network to present a preview of 2022 collections (click here for the video), on stage also the collections of the contest for young fashion designers THE LINK 2019 (click here for the video).
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Southern Denton County Schools
Hassett to seek re-election to LISD Board
Date: Monday, January 13, 2020
Kristi Hassett
Kristi Hassett announced Sunday that she intends to seek another term for the Lewisville ISD Board of Trustees Place 6.
Hassett was elected to the LISD Board in 2014 and 2017, and she plans to file for the May 2 election this year, according to a news release. The filing period will run from Jan. 15 to Feb. 14.
"I want to continue to serve the community where I grew up and raised my family. Being a voice for our students, staff, and community has been an honor and privilege," Hassett said.
Communication is a keystone for Hassett, and she uses many avenues to keep lines open such as campus visits and school events, open dialogue with other local officials and advocacy for public education at the state and federal levels. Hassett has taken an active role in focusing the board on student achievement beyond the STAAR tests through the use of Program Audits, a centralized, actionable dashboard to support students and monitor board goals, according to the news release.
Hassett is a 2017 Leadership TASB graduate, earning the distinction of Master Trustee, and she has been presented the Texas PTA Lifetime Award. She is also on the boards of TAMSA (Texans Advocating for Meaningful Student Assessments) and MEaP (Make Education a Priority). These organizations keep her connected to statewide public education advocacy issues to better support students and staff. She also continues to serve in local organizations, including 100 Women Who Care, YMSL (Young Men's Service League), and church youth group.
Hassett and her husband Mike are long-time members of the community. She has lived within LISD for 41 years. She went to Timbercreek Elementary, Milliken Middle School and graduated in the charter class of Marcus High School, according to the news release. Hassett earned her BBA from UNT with a concentration in Strategic Management. She worked for BancTec and FedEx before taking the opportunity to stay home and raise her family. Hassett has three sons; the oldest two attended Flower Mound High School and are now in college, and the youngest is at FMHS.
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Control-flow perspective: focuses on the ordering of activities in the event log.
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Discovery: searches for underlying models and knowledge. For example: the discovery of an "as-is" process model from event log data.
Conformance and compliance: evaluates event logs in comparison with an existing process model to analyse where deviation occur, or checks recorded data against documented models, policies and legislation in order to detect anomalies and monitor process execution.
Enhancement: enriches business processes with additional information. For example by adding organizational data to a control-flow based process model to inspect how people work together.
Process discovery is one of the main process mining tasks and aims to induce a process model from real life, recorded event log data.
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New process quality evaluation metrics for robust conformance checking.
Investigating the application of process mining related techniques to marketing analytics and customer-centric scenarios such as customer journey mapping.
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Industry applications of process mining: telecom industry, banking industry, government.
vanden Broucke, S., De Weerdt, J., Vanthienen, J., Baesens, B. (2014). Determining process model precision and generalization with weighted artificial negative events. IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, 26 (8), 1877-1889.
Caron, F., vanden Broucke, S., Vanthienen, J., Baesens, B. (2014). Advanced rule-based process analytics: applications for risk response decisions and management control activities. Expert Systems with Applications, accepted.
Seret, A., vanden Broucke, S., Baesens, B., Vanthienen, J. (2014). A dynamic understanding of customer behavior processes based on clustering and sequence mining. Expert Systems with Applications, 41 (10), 4648-4657.
De Weerdt, J., Schupp, A., Vanderloock, A., Baesens, B. (2013). Process mining for the multi-faceted analysis of business processes – A case study in a financial services organization. Computers in Industry, 64, 57-67.
De Weerdt, J., vanden Broucke, S. (2014). SECPI: searching for explanations for clustered process instances. Proceeding of the 12th International Conference on Business Process Management, BPM 2014: Vol. accepted. International Conference (BPM 2014). Haifa (Israel), 7-11 September 2014.
De Weerdt, J., De Backer, M., Vanthienen, J., Baesens, B. (2012). A multi-dimensional quality assessment of state-of-the-art process discovery algorithms using real-life event logs. Information Systems, 37 (7), 654-676.
vanden Broucke, S., Munoz-Gama, J., Carmona, J., Baesens, B., Vanthienen, J. (2014). Event-based real-time decomposed conformance analysis. On the Move Federated Conferences & Workshops: Vol. accepted. International Conference on Cooperative Information Systems (CoopIS 2014). Amantea, Calabria (Italy), 27-31 October 2014 Springer.
vanden Broucke, S., Vanthienen, J., Baesens, B. (2014). Declarative process discovery with evolutionary computing. 2014 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation Proceedings. 2014 IEEE. Beijing (China), 6-11 July 2014 (pp. 2412-2419) IEEE.
De Weerdt, J., vanden Broucke, S., Vanthienen, J., Baesens, B. (2012). Active trace clustering for improved process discovery. IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, accepted.
Goedertier, S., De Weerdt, J., Martens, D., Vanthienen, J., Baesens, B. (2011). Process discovery in event logs: an application in the telecom industry. Applied Soft Computing, 11 (2), 1697-1710.
Goedertier, S., Martens, D., Vanthienen, J., Baesens, B. (2009). Robust process discovery with artificial negative events. Journal of Machine Learning Research, 10, 1305-1340.
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Caron, F., vanden Broucke, S., Vanthienen, J., Baesens, B. (2012). On the distinction between truthful, invisible, false and unobserved events. Proceedings of the 18th Americas Conference on Information Systems: vol. accepted. Americas Conference on Information Systems. Seattle, Washington (US), 9-12 August 2012.
De Weerdt, J., vanden Broucke, S., Vanthienen, J., Baesens, B. (2012). Leveraging process discovery with trace clustering and text mining for intelligent analysis of incident management processes. Evolutionary Computation (CEC), 2012 IEEE Congress on. Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC), 2012 IEEE. Brisbane (Australia), 10-15 June 2012 (pp. 1-8).
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Caron, F., Vanthienen, J., De Weerdt, J., Baesens, B. (2011). Advanced care-flow mining and analysis. In Daniel, F. (Ed.), Barkaoui, K. (Ed.), Dustdar, S. (Ed.), Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing: Vol. 99. Business Process Management Workshops (BPM 2011). Clermont-Ferrand (France), 28 August-2 September 2011 (pp. 167-168).
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My Comment: The Voice of Europe incorrectly, in my opinion (and having first-hand knowledge of how the Greek people think) claim the cross is placed for the purpose of frightening away moslem invaders. The cross has never frightened ANY moslem, throughout their history. This is only an argument put forward by the Globalist Commies who want to destroy Greece and all of Europe (and of course the rest of the world).
Thanks for the post Arthur. It's incredible to me the number of anti-Christian actions are taken place around the world. And at the same time, the amount of people with arms wide open for inclusion of muslims. If Christianity is killed and the Muslim religion is supported, God help us all.
Even those few parts of the world where they are aware and are fighting back (Hungary for instance), with the money the globalists can pour in to stir up those who only care about today, Christians and conservatives have to keep fighting.
By the way, I also see it as the duty and self-interest of atheists to stand by the Christians, for Christians do not persecute them; let the moslems take over and they and their beloved LGBT brothers will soon be dead.
I see you mention them as the muslims. I refuse to use that word. Originally they were known as moslems. the moslems themselves name their scholars and wise men (imams and that kind of destroyer) muslims. Over the last 20 to 30 years they have been pushing for us to show respect to camel piss drinkers by calling them muslims. When I see a moslem fighting against the extremists and trying to change their people, to civilise them, that person I might call a muslim - otherwise No, no signs of respect to child-f*krs and murderers.
Using names of respect gives your subconscious a message, which is the opposite of what you should be teaching it.
These things happen everywhere including in vandalising churches. These are no refugees.
You are right. They are an army sent to destroy us. The worst of it? They were not just 'sent', they were 'brought' by our own governments and we happily play along and pay taxes so that they can waste most of it on them, while allowing our own less well off to suffer poverty and hunger.
I wish somebody could invent a spray that would turn sheeple into wolves. For instance, they want to kick out a pensioner from his apartment so as to give it to invaders? Burn down the entire building. Burn down a hundred and they'll think twice before doing that to their own people. Also, with each apartment, burn down the house of the councillor who proposed taking the apartment from our pensioner. People say, but yes, we'll have to pay for them to build a new home. And so? Homes are more than just a building. They usually hold most of what we treasure...plus our memories. Lose all family photos. Lose any art you loved and bought. Have your kids lose all they love. We can exact a price for their betrayals of us, but, as I said, most are still sheeple.
People should be able to practice their religion, but remember what Muslims are doing is exactly what Christians did before. The people conquered by Christianity are now defending it as their own. Ask yourself how did you land become Christian. I'm sure it was not a friendly conversation. All Abrahamic religions seek to control people. Return to your native traditions. That is what will save Europe.


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