Machine translated chapter 969 of Human Emperor light novel.
Chapter 969 70 zhang (3.33 m)! 60 zhang (3.33 m)! The distance of both sides is getting more and more near. After attacks, the counter-attack of Behemoth also finally started. "Bang!" Roared, whole body fiery red lizard shape Behemoth first launched the attack, its mouth, strong flame congealed like the essence, was ordinary like the boiling hot rock magma, crosses dozens zhang (3.33 m) distance, emitted toward the Great Tang defense line. Combustion! This is Caliphate Empire creates, first has Behemoth of special capability. Entire plan time-consuming long time, to train this Behemoth, Caliphate Empire consumes the huge resources, with special medicine training, then transfers the fire that more than 10,000 strength heights varied unceasingly is ability, gives this lizard shape Behemoth to start to pour into the fire unceasingly since childhood is the energy, after six years of day and night uninterrupted irrigation and training, had this strength intrepidly combustion finally. "Shouted!" This flame suddenly, the people absolutely do not have a preparation. In the impression of people, Behemoth by the huge body, has fought with the terror strength. When combustion blowout billowing flame, all people handle to guard. Only listens to an intermittent sad and shrill pitiful yell, the innumerable shield soldier and infantry soldier was lit by the flame in abundance, the whole body flaming burns, changes into a giant fireball. That flame so roasts fiercely, hand including the steel and iron city wall and shield in shield soldier was burnt red, emits the billowing azure smoke. "Be careful!" An anxious big cry, resounds through the lining defense line, that sound has not fallen, only listens to shocking roaring. In four Behemoth, polar bear shape Behemoth, reveals the mouthful white fang, accelerates to attack suddenly. A twinkling, emerges from four Behemoth immediately, accelerates to clash toward the first steel and iron defense line. 40 zhang (3.33 m)! 20 zhang (3.33 m)! The rapidness of this polar bear shape Behemoth advance, Gao Xianzhi and Cheng Qianli slightly changed the complexion.
"Blocks them!" Said without enough time that the Gao Xianzhi anger roar, first after the defense line from out of the blue. The bang, is flushing instant, the Gao Xianzhi wrist|skill shakes, broad Sword Qi is together swift and fierce, be continuous amounts to 20-30 zhang (3.33 m), has divided toward that rush of blood to the head red lizard shape Behemoth. Buzz, the ray dodges, long flame that "combustion" emits, was cut by Gao Xianzhi is two, that boundless Sword Qi in airborne stirs, immediately the terrifying flame will change into invisible. As Anxi Protectorate Army Great Protectorate, the Gao Xianzhi fight skill reaches the pinnacle, he chooses the take action opportunity and angle just right, happen to uses the smallest strength, the flame of combustion will emit, does not have the inheritance of forms after their production by the action of yin and yang to go. "Bang!" Almost is at the same time, Anxi Protectorate Army vice- Protectorate Cheng Qianli also fiercely bellows, incarnation too wild Heavenly God, is steep one step to bridge over the first steel and iron defense line, welcomes sandstorm that more than ten meters are coming in waves high, flushes away toward polar bear shape Behemoth of that advance fiercely rapidly. Crash-bang, a person of beast has not contacted, the Cheng Qianli wrist|skill shakes, if several huge Astral Qi chains immediately have the life to fly to shoot, twined the mouth, four limbs and the body polar bear shape Behemoth separately. "Come!" The Cheng Qianli anger is eating delicacies, the beard and hair all opens, hits maliciously in this polar bear shape Behemoth together, bang, Astral Qi overflows, the billowing sand dust jumps to shoot, a grains of sand dust holds in the Astral Qi in addition, is similar to the iron ore that flies to shoot is common, sends out intermittent ear-piercing roar sharply. But while Cheng Qianli attacks, the flash, the light dodges, together the huge form and Cheng Qianli brush, Wang Chong's father Wang Yan also in this flash take action. Bang, only listens to shake the heavens to move the place the bang, before the first steel and iron defense line, is distanced place more than 30 zhang (3.33 m) away, dozens zhang (3.33 m) high Djinn Heavenly God hits maliciously in another Behemoth together, among them, the earth splits suddenly, the winding fissure rapidly expands together, has passed through the Great Tang first steel and iron defense line directly. The walls of 78 giant steel and iron are under the impact of this strength, immediately is scattered about, shakes to fly away. Gao Xianzhi, Cheng Qianli and Wang Yan, these three Great Tang topest Commander-in-Chief, in this moment completely take action. The roar, only listens to shake the heavens to roar, the last giant ape anger is eating delicacies, raises the billowing mist and dust, clashes toward the first steel and iron defense line. "Be careful!" The defense line rear flurry, among fast, only listens to intermittent steel and iron to thunder, more than 1000 Great Tang Carriage Crossbow first launch the attack, tens of thousands of long crossbow arrows crowded like rain, toward that devils, Wei such as mountain range Behemoth has shot. However the strong winds howl, see only one furry, the mountain peak thick black long arms from the sky have swept generally, at least 50% crossbow arrows were flown by this giant ape racket. That long arms and crossbow arrow hit, sends out unexpectedly is metal hit thundering.
One group of people must become the meat patties by the strength crush of giant ape shortly immediately, among fast, bellows to resound through void, among fast, raging waves Astral Qi, billowing turbulent, is similar to the rivers and streams lake sea is ordinary, the washout in the past, wrapped ape palm below Cavalry, turned toward to fling maliciously in all directions. The critical moment, Wang Chong recovers finally, suddenly take action! Buzz, the strong winds are enormous and powerful, notes without many people, in Wang Chong take action instant, a dark object had been flung by Wang Chong similarly. "Bang!" The mountain range huge ape palm falls, hits hard again on the ground, is startled everywhere mist and dust, after the defense line , the blown sand walks the stone. But is almost the ape palm drops at the same time, that huge giant ape sends out a pitiful yell of shake the heavens fiercely. That flash, the people see clearly, a long awl has stabbed from the palm back of giant ape sharp fiercely. Among fast, Wang Chong has flung his more than ten meters iron rod unexpectedly, the sharp awl will have aimed at the ape palm of giant ape sharp. In the normal situation, the iron rod of that cone-shape is impossible to stab to put on the giant ape palm, but the giant ape huge strength, actually causes this iron rod sharp awl sharp head, stabbed to put on own palm maliciously, was painful this Behemoth Legion strength strongly "god offering a sacrifice to", could not bear the face upwarding noisy wail. "All people quickly draw back!" Wang Chong roars, hurries to rush. Wushang Heavy Cavalry is unrecallable, but last Caliphate Behemoth also cannot do without the person coping, Wang Chong can only depend on itself now. Clang, Wang Chong draws out Long Sword, the whole person changes to together the lightning of distortion, does not dodge does not evade, toward is straightly terrorist, the fierce giant ape to rush at present. Bang, he was sewn on the superhuman hand that puts on to tread in the giant ape, flies vertical to go toward the long arms of giant ape plush rapidly, his speed is extremely fast, after counting breaths, the left leg in the arm summit of giant ape, once more ejection goes. Mortals and Spiritual Beings Annihilation Art! When runs quickly along the giant ape surface rapidly, Wang Chong displayed Great Tang / armed forces god Su Zhengchen to teach own first under heaven swordsmanship strange technique without hesitation. This swordsmanship strange technique striking power excels by far the world, is situated first in ten big unrivalled strange technique, high of position, even also above Wang Chong's Great Yin-Yang World Fortune Art. The Wang Chong's crucial moment has been insufficient, is unable to play Su Zhengchen that terrifying might, therefore Wang Chong, although has learned this secret skill, but little uses extremely. But at this time, facing giant ape type of copper sheet gagger, defensive power extremely astonishing Behemoth, Mortals and Spiritual Beings Annihilation Art was on the contrary easier-to-use than Great Yin-Yang World Fortune Art.
Chapter 969 70 zhang 3.33 m 60 zhang 3.33 m The distance of both sides is getting more and more near. After attacks, the counterattack of Behemoth also finally started. Bang Roared, whole body fiery red lizard shape Behemoth first launched the attack, its mouth, strong flame congealed like the essence, was ordinary like the boiling hot rock magma, crosses dozens zhang 3.33 m distance, emitted toward the Great Tang defense line. Combustion This is Caliphate Empire creates, first has Behemoth of special capability. Entire plan timeconsuming long time, to train this Behemoth, Caliphate Empire consumes the huge resources, with special medicine training, then transfers the fire that more than 10,000 strength heights varied unceasingly is ability, gives this lizard shape Behemoth to start to pour into the fire unceasingly since childhood is the energy, after six years of day and night uninterrupted irrigation and training, had this strength intrepidly combustion finally. Shouted This flame suddenly, the people absolutely do not have a preparation. In the impression of people, Behemoth by the huge body, has fought with the terror strength. When combustion blowout billowing flame, all people handle to guard. Only listens to an intermittent sad and shrill pitiful yell, the innumerable shield soldier and infantry soldier was lit by the flame in abundance, the whole body flaming burns, changes into a giant fireball. That flame so roasts fiercely, hand including the steel and iron city wall and shield in shield soldier was burnt red, emits the billowing azure smoke. Be careful An anxious big cry, resounds through the lining defense line, that sound has not fallen, only listens to shocking roaring. In four Behemoth, polar bear shape Behemoth, reveals the mouthful white fang, accelerates to attack suddenly. A twinkling, emerges from four Behemoth immediately, accelerates to clash toward the first steel and iron defense line. 40 zhang 3.33 m 20 zhang 3.33 m The rapidness of this polar bear shape Behemoth advance, Gao Xianzhi and Cheng Qianli slightly changed the complexion. Blocks them Said without enough time that the Gao Xianzhi anger roar, first after the defense line from out of the blue. The bang, is flushing instant, the Gao Xianzhi wristskill shakes, broad Sword Qi is together swift and fierce, be continuous amounts to 2030 zhang 3.33 m, has divided toward that rush of blood to the head red lizard shape Behemoth. Buzz, the ray dodges, long flame that combustion emits, was cut by Gao Xianzhi is two, that boundless Sword Qi in airborne stirs, immediately the terrifying flame will change into invisible. As Anxi Protectorate Army Great Protectorate, the Gao Xianzhi fight skill reaches the pinnacle, he chooses the take action opportunity and angle just right, happen to uses the smallest strength, the flame of combustion will emit, does not have the inheritance of forms after their production by the action of yin and yang to go. Bang Almost is at the same time, Anxi Protectorate Army vice Protectorate Cheng Qianli also fiercely bellows, incarnation too wild Heavenly God, is steep one step to bridge over the first steel and iron defense line, welcomes sandstorm that more than ten meters are coming in waves high, flushes away toward polar bear shape Behemoth of that advance fiercely rapidly. Crashbang, a person of beast has not contacted, the Cheng Qianli wristskill shakes, if several huge Astral Qi chains immediately have the life to fly to shoot, twined the mouth, four limbs and the body polar bear shape Behemoth separately. Come The Cheng Qianli anger is eating delicacies, the beard and hair all opens, hits maliciously in this polar bear shape Behemoth together, bang, Astral Qi overflows, the billowing sand dust jumps to shoot, a grains of sand dust holds in the Astral Qi in addition, is similar to the iron ore that flies to shoot is common, sends out intermittent earpiercing roar sharply. But while Cheng Qianli attacks, the flash, the light dodges, together the huge form and Cheng Qianli brush, Wang Chongs father Wang Yan also in this flash take action. Bang, only listens to shake the heavens to move the place the bang, before the first steel and iron defense line, is distanced place more than 30 zhang 3.33 m away, dozens zhang 3.33 m high Djinn Heavenly God hits maliciously in another Behemoth together, among them, the earth splits suddenly, the winding fissure rapidly expands together, has passed through the Great Tang first steel and iron defense line directly. The walls of 78 giant steel and iron are under the impact of this strength, immediately is scattered about, shakes to fly away. Gao Xianzhi, Cheng Qianli and Wang Yan, these three Great Tang topest CommanderinChief, in this moment completely take action. The roar, only listens to shake the heavens to roar, the last giant ape anger is eating delicacies, raises the billowing mist and dust, clashes toward the first steel and iron defense line. Be careful The defense line rear flurry, among fast, only listens to intermittent steel and iron to thunder, more than 1000 Great Tang Carriage Crossbow first launch the attack, tens of thousands of long crossbow arrows crowded like rain, toward that devils, Wei such as mountain range Behemoth has shot. However the strong winds howl, see only one furry, the mountain peak thick black long arms from the sky have swept generally, at least 50 crossbow arrows were flown by this giant ape racket. That long arms and crossbow arrow hit, sends out unexpectedly is metal hit thundering. But several other hundred long crossbow arrow fires on giant ape, only then 1020 injected giant ape within the body, other was resisted completely by hard material, falls in the place. God offering a sacrifice to This is one of the Caliphate Empire Behemoth Legion most top Behemoth, not only it the strength is greatly infinite, and has a copper sheet gagger, the defensive power is much more formidable than it any other Behemoth. This ability completely in the process that in this Behemoth grows appear, just like receiving the Deity blessings is ordinary, therefore is called god offering a sacrifice. God offering a sacrifice to little participates in the war, if participates in the war, is very basically difficult to have any thing to resist it. Although like combustion cannot the emitting flame, but the pure theory strength, entire Behemoth Legion any Behemoth cannot place on a par with god offering a sacrifice. Puts Put Puts In the first steel and iron defense line, a Chen Bin iron armor, looks at the front mountain range giant ape, dignified incomparable, in his hand three feet Wootz Steel Long Sword layer on layer wields, shouts oneself hoarse to say. The defensive power of this giant ape is really extremely astonishing, is entirely different from beforehand Behemoth, although the beforehand crossbow arrow attack cannot cause very big damage to Behemoth, but at least can also inject the body of Behemoth, however on this giant ape, absolutely does not have the effect. The Great Tang Carriage Crossbow penetrating power, several feet thick plate armour can shoot through at one fell swoop, however in front of this giant ape, the complete hero does not have the opportunity. Roar Roared, the mountain range common giant ape approached unceasingly. 20 zhang 3.33 m, ten zhang 3.33 m., Bang, black and furry giant sole, fiercely a foot pedal in high steel and iron defense line. 34 meters high, the wall of extremely firm and sincere steel and iron in the under foot of giant ape, is fully ordinary like a small slip of paper, rapid twist deformation, then by the indentation earth. The bang, the giant sole falls to the ground, is startled everywhere mist and dust, the powerful shockwave blows to fly like the fallen leaf the soldiers within all around dozens zhang 3.33 m completely. However has not waited for the people to respond that next quarter, sky one dark, a furry black great gorilla palm, the five fingers pinch tightly, immediately fast has pounded toward the ground by as powerful as a thunderbolt. It is not good Runs away quickly Warhorse startled hissing, after the defense line, Great Tang soldiers look that only blocks the sky, but the duplicate pressure below great gorilla palm, everyone felt that an extremely tiny and scared feeling, that flash, everyone felt strong aura of death. tí dā dā, the mist and dust is billowing, all people escape toward four sides in abundance. However the speed and strength of relative giant ape, as before were too slow. Shunt One group of people must become the meat patties by the strength crush of giant ape shortly immediately, among fast, bellows to resound through void, among fast, raging waves Astral Qi, billowing turbulent, is similar to the rivers and streams lake sea is ordinary, the washout in the past, wrapped ape palm below Cavalry, turned toward to fling maliciously in all directions. The critical moment, Wang Chong recovers finally, suddenly take action Buzz, the strong winds are enormous and powerful, notes without many people, in Wang Chong take action instant, a dark object had been flung by Wang Chong similarly. Bang The mountain range huge ape palm falls, hits hard again on the ground, is startled everywhere mist and dust, after the defense line , the blown sand walks the stone. But is almost the ape palm drops at the same time, that huge giant ape sends out a pitiful yell of shake the heavens fiercely. That flash, the people see clearly, a long awl has stabbed from the palm back of giant ape sharp fiercely. Among fast, Wang Chong has flung his more than ten meters iron rod unexpectedly, the sharp awl will have aimed at the ape palm of giant ape sharp. In the normal situation, the iron rod of that coneshape is impossible to stab to put on the giant ape palm, but the giant ape huge strength, actually causes this iron rod sharp awl sharp head, stabbed to put on own palm maliciously, was painful this Behemoth Legion strength strongly god offering a sacrifice to, could not bear the face upwarding noisy wail. All people quickly draw back Wang Chong roars, hurries to rush. Wushang Heavy Cavalry is unrecallable, but last Caliphate Behemoth also cannot do without the person coping, Wang Chong can only depend on itself now. Clang, Wang Chong draws out Long Sword, the whole person changes to together the lightning of distortion, does not dodge does not evade, toward is straightly terrorist, the fierce giant ape to rush at present. Bang, he was sewn on the superhuman hand that puts on to tread in the giant ape, flies vertical to go toward the long arms of giant ape plush rapidly, his speed is extremely fast, after counting breaths, the left leg in the arm summit of giant ape, once more ejection goes. Mortals and Spiritual Beings Annihilation Art When runs quickly along the giant ape surface rapidly, Wang Chong displayed Great Tang armed forces god Su Zhengchen to teach own first under heaven swordsmanship strange technique without hesitation. This swordsmanship strange technique striking power excels by far the world, is situated first in ten big unrivalled strange technique, high of position, even also above Wang Chongs Great YinYang World Fortune Art. The Wang Chongs crucial moment has been insufficient, is unable to play Su Zhengchen that terrifying might, therefore Wang Chong, although has learned this secret skill, but little uses extremely. But at this time, facing giant ape type of copper sheet gagger, defensive power extremely astonishing Behemoth, Mortals and Spiritual Beings Annihilation Art was on the contrary easiertouse than Great YinYang World Fortune Art.


Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Ten comes to a close by concluding the "Own It" story arc and having the Scoobies come together once more to stop a big bad. In the battle against D'Hoffryn our heroes find an unexpected ally as the vengeance demon discovers he may have made the new Anya a little too well. Granting her boss' wish, Anya is able not only to satiate her own need for vengeance but also give Buffy and her pals a fighting chance.
Following the Scoobies chasing down the no-longer all-powerful D'Hoffryn, much of the issue is epilogue that resets the status quo heading into the next comic series. This includes the return of Xander, a cameo from Dracula, and the setting up of a new magic council.
A bit too reminiscent to the splintering and coming back together of Buffy and friends in Season Four, Season Ten does end on a high note with Buffy victorious not only over the villain but also her own doubts and fears concerning an new slew of responsibilities. Worth a look.


Cheltenham Gold Cup favourite Might Bite will skip Newbury on Saturday and head straight to the Festival. Nicky Henderson had been contemplating running the King George winner in the Denman Chase and a possible clash with other Gold Cup-bound horses.
However, Might Bite's part-owner David Minton told Press Association Sport: "As far as I was concerned he was never really going to run this weekend, it was just at the back of our minds in case Nicky felt he needed another run. Nicky has basically always been happy to go straight there with him. We've seen several potential rivals fail to boost their claims and he's shortened up a bit without running. I suppose Sizing John is the main danger. It depends whether Jessie (Harrington) can get him back to his best or not, but we're heading there on the back of a win. There's no one better than Nicky to produce a horse right for the big day."
Queen Mother Champion Chase ante-post favourite Altior is in line to make his eagerly awaited reappearance in the Betfair Exchange Chase at Newbury on Saturday, as long as the ground is suitable. Trainer Nicky Henderson reports last season's Arkle Trophy winner, who has had wind surgery, ready to return to the fray in the two-mile Grade Two, registered as the Game Spirit Chase. Henderson tweeted: "Altior has been given an entry for @NewburyRacing on Saturday and the intention is very much to run. His work has been good and we're very happy. We'll keep an eye on the weather but if it stays Good to Soft/Soft, he'll be declared."
Samcro stylishly maintained his 100 per cent record in the Grade One Deloitte Novice Hurdle at Leopardstown yesterday (Sunday). He is now 5-1 for the Supreme and a shade odds-on for the longer Ballymore Novices Hurdle which is surely the race they will go for.
The National Hunt fixtures at Sedgefield and Market Rasen on Tuesday must pass course inspections on raceday morning.


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Super Bowl winner Ricardo Lockette on why the 49ers will win Super Bowl LIV
MIAMI (NEXSTAR) — Super Bowl winner Ricardo Lockette won't gloss over his prediction. He's all in for the San Francisco 49ers.
Lockette, who played with San Francisco in a previous Super Bowl, says veteran leadership from guys like Richard Sherman and Joe Staley will be key.
"Joe's role is going to be imperative," Lockette said. "Sometimes you get blinded by the lights. But Joe has been there; he's been there before…It's going to come down to the team that settles in first."
Lockette also noted Jimmy Garoppolo has experience in these big game situations. While he didn't take the field with the New England Patriots when he played for that team, he's seen all the hoopla that comes with the Super Bowl.
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"You're just ready to do it," he added.
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MWC 2017: Huawei and LG Unveil New Phones and Smartwatches
Sunday February 26, 2017 1:17 pm PST by Tim Hardwick
The Mobile World Congress 2017 officially opened today in Barcelona, where some of the biggest names in mobile technology gather annually to show off their latest products. With Apple skipping MWC as in previous years and Samsung choosing to delay the announcement of its next flagship phone, this year's event offers a better opportunity for their smaller rivals to hog the limelight.
Kicking things off at MWC on Sunday, LG announced the G6, its latest flagship smartphone and the successor to the G5. Dominating the front of the new phone is a 5.7-inch LCD display sporting a resolution of 2880x1440 and an 18:9 aspect ratio – making the screen length double the size of its width – with support for Dolby Vision and HDR10 HDR videos.
The unusual screen ratio allows the G6 to display two 1:1 square photos side by side, something LG was eager to promote as a particular benefit for Instagram users. With the phone's bezels taking up minimal space on the front, the power button and fingerprint sensor sit on the back of the phone below the camera, while a virtual home button is located on the main display.
LG also made much of the resilience of the G6 compared to previous phones. The front is protected by Gorilla Glass 3, while the back is encased in Gorilla Glass 5. Elsewhere, the rear dual-lens camera boasts Gorilla Glass 4. The device is also IP68-certified waterproof.
Other specifications of the LG G6 include a Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 chipset, 4GB RAM and a 3300 mAh battery. The front camera has a 5-megapixel sensor and a 100-degree field of view, while the dual cameras at the back pack 13 megapixels each. No announcement was made regarding pricing or the release date of the handset.
Huawei Watch 2 and Watch 2 Classic
Also at MWC on Sunday, the Chinese mobile maker unveiled the Huawei Watch 2 and Watch 2 Classic. The Watch 2 has a plastic chassis, while the Classic is metal. Both are sportier, bulkier successors of the company's original 2015 Watch, despite both of them having smaller 1.2-inch circular displays than the prior model's 1.4-inch screen. The Watch 2 includes LTE (a Wi-Fi only one will be available), and both timepieces offer GPS, heart rate sensors, and NFC for Android Pay.
The watches have two buttons and come with microphones and speakers. Huawei says the 420mAh batteries offer up two days of continuous power, which is double what the original version provided. A new, low-power mode also allows the watches to last up to 25 days, but functionality is limited to showing the time and counting steps.
Huawei P10 and P10 Plus
Huawei's two new phones bore the names P10 and P10 Plus. The P10 comes with a 5.1-inch 1920x1080 FHD display, while the larger 5.5-inch P10 Plus has a 1440p IPS display. Both come with a dual-lens 20 megapixel rear camera and a front-facing 12 megapixel camera.
Like LG, Huawei also touted the photography capabilities of its new phones, pointing to the front and rear Leica-made cameras and the advantages of new motion-tracking facial recognition technology for taking portraits. But it was the company's partnership with Pantone that stood out on the day, with the smartphone to launch in eight different colors, including "greenery" and "dazzling blue".
A Huawei Kirin 960 octa-core GPU, 4GB of RAM, 64GB of storage, and a 3,200mAh battery make up the main internals, with the larger 5.5-inch P10 Plus featuring the same specs but with an option for 128GB storage and 6GB RAM. Prices remains unannounced, but neither Huawei phone is expected to become available in the U.S. anytime soon.
As expected, Samsung didn't reveal any details about the successor to its Galaxy S7, allowing its new Galaxy Book and Galaxy Tab S3 tablets to fill stage time at this year's MWC. Samsung did however confirm the official launch date of its Galaxy S8 would be March 29.
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DakotaGuy
Apple has very little to worry about 2017 competition,
The LG G6 is a nice phone and will do well for them as a minor player in the smartphone market.
The real competition will be the Samsung S8 series.
Santabean2000
Nice phone. But it still runs Android... [Dont get me wrong, Android itself is ok, but getting stuck on old versions is really annoying and a security risk that I'm not prepared to take - for my daily driver.]
The Game 161
There is by far no competition for the iPhone, at the moment.
Cmon that's simply not true.
Samsung flagship will always be a huge comp.
It's February . I think what you wanted to say was that apple fans that only buy iPhone have little to worry about....that that has not changed since 2007
Apple has very little to worry about 2017 competition.


For everything you see, hear, smell, taste or touch belongs to me. So, how can you give to me what I already AM but your Love? And THAT I gave you before time began as your sole possession. When you return it to ME, than I will know you are truly mine And I will dissolve your sorrow and happiness into ME. THAT.... being ME, I will place you in Bliss forever. For, I love you and think of you constantly.


Bad Sports are giving us the first tastes of their upcoming full length from Dirtnap Records and we couldn't be more stoked. It's a track we've been hearing around for a bit now on their myspace and at a couple shows, and we think it's one of their best. You can check it out down there. The record was originally slated for a January release, but it's been pushed back to sometime this Summer. We don't mind as long as they promise to come back to Nashville sometime soon. Speaking of that, here's a little tidbit for you: Bad Sports were the first band to come play a show at Glenn Danzig's House. Not a bad start, right? We're working on getting them back in and maybe some other stuff, but we'll leave that for later. 'Til then, it's teenage girls dancing in the street.


At graduation the theater group bid farewell to four veterans in school productions. Sophomores to seniors were given the chance to show off their talent.
On Monday Sept. 20, the new cast and crew was selected for the fall Virginia Theater Association (VTA) play, The Dark Lady of the Sonnets by George Bernard Shaw.
The Dark Lady of the Sonnets is a fictional story of how William Shakespeare met Queen Elizabeth I. The first performance occurred in 1910 at a fund raising event for the National Theatre of England.
From the first practice held on Tuesday, Sept. 21 to the Halloween weekend in Oct., the six-member team will spend two hours on stage after school perfecting the play each day. This poses a difficult challenge with school and practice.
Junior Gerald Jackson and sophomore Matthew Squires play the Man and the Beefeater respectively. Jennings and senior Rachel Karns-Gall play the Dark Lady and Queen Elizabeth respectively.
With a young cast and a difficult Shakespearian play, a hundred percent effort is necessary in all practices.
Filling the shoes of past theater students seems to be a difficult task in the eyes of the four main characters. Previous experience in other plays and theater classes help these individuals through tough lines and tricky scenes.
A strong show is only as powerful as its back stage crew. The students who make the play run smoothly might not always get the recognition they deserve. Without this crew back stage and working to control the sound and light systems, the show could not go on.
A theatrical team is like a sports team. They create new friendships that help them through all the ups and downs, wins and losses.
"I am friends with everyone that was cast," Jennings said. "I think it would be much harder to work with people I don't know because I wouldn't have the history with everybody and I wouldn't really know them.
Last year the play Eleemosynary placed in the top ten out of a total fifty plays who participated. The cast also won a cast ensemble and alumna Meaghan O'Hare won an actor's award. This year's cast has high expectations to live up to.
All the hard work and practice will pay off when the final production of The Dark Lady of the Sonnets hits the school stage in Oct. during school hours. The play will also be performed in Reston, Virginia, for the VTA competition. This weekend spent with other schools and theater students is a unique experience for everyone.
I have a lot of respect for the backstage crew of any play. They put a lot of time into their work, and they do it well. The backstage crew really helps bring the show to life with lighting, sounds, and props. Without these, the audience probably wouldn't know what was going on. I think they deserve a lot more recognition.
Last year, the performance of Eleemosynary was fantastic and extremely hard to live up to for this year's theatre team. I saw the performance of The Dark Lady of the Sonnets the other day, and the main problem with it was that the actors did not speak loudly and clearly enough. If they can improve on this, then I think that they will fare well at the competition.
A lot of people who watch a theater performance don't stop to think about the hours of practice neccessary. As someone who personally knows Samantha Jennings, one of the actresses, I could see how hard she worked over the past weeks to memorize her lines and prepare for the show. Their hard work will pay off in the end which is a good lesson for everyone!
Kudos to everyone involved with the play. I saw it recently and I could tell a lot of time and effort was put in. I could never get up there and perform in front of a whole crowd of people. This article puts a well-earned focus on all of the hard working theater students.
Being a former actor myself, I know of the extreme amount of effort to memorize lines. The audience does not realize the time and effort the performers put into it. If a play is bad, the audience can tell that the play was not practiced to full potential, but if the play was good, the audience takes for granted the hard work done by the performers.
It will be interesting to see how well these new actors fare in competition since it is almost all fresh faces to the stage. Hopefully the actors hard work will pay off and they will do well in competition.
The backstage crew gives alot of effort into the show and it was portrayed in the performance. I saw the play and it was hilarious! It had an odd mixure of elizabathian and modern time periods, however all together it was good. Great Job Everyone!
The new actors are rising to the occasion. After watching the play twice, I saw that these new young actors are doing well, they have very crisp articulations on their lines. I like the spin they put on a Shakespeare classic.
Unfortunately, I did not get to see the play, but I heard lots of good reviews about it. Being in theatre class, I've also heard lots of funny stories from when they went to competition. Rachel and Gerald are in my theatre class so I know that they are both great actors. Therefore, I can believe that the play was a success.
I did not get to see this play, but I heard a lot of good things about it. The high school seems to put on pretty good plays and musicals so I'm sure this one was no different. Now that the infamous theatre group of 2010 has left, it will be interesting to see who will shine now.
I truly appreciate the photos. It is good to see that recognition of another sport. The photos do not begin to describe the intensity the runners go through especially during indoor season. They practice in the cold. One thing is for sure the pictures capture their determination and heart they have for our school.


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Bantu & Jonas Blue release their "Roll With Me" single featuring Shungudzo & ZieZie
Afrobeat, Music, Pop, World
Bantu is a Grammy-nominated singer/producer from Harare, Zimbabwe. Not too long ago, he and producer Jonas Blue released a music video for their "Roll With Me" single featuring Shungudzo & ZieZie.
Bantu & Jonas Blue – "Roll With Me" feat. Shungudzo & ZieZie
"I don't see no competition, you didn't win the lottery. So you better ask permission if you wanna roll with me. See you whistle out the window. Boy, I ain't your property. Go, go, go switch up your lingo if you wanna roll with me." – lyrics
'Roll With Me' contains an international narrative and rhythmic vocals. Also, it possesses a zesty instrumentation embedded with afrobeat, tribal African pop, and electro-dance elements.
Bantu has produced and written for some of the world's biggest artists including Jason Derulo, Rita Ora, A$AP Rocky, Camila Cabello, Pitbull, and Chris Brown.
He released his first single "Holiday" in 2016. The following year he released his debut EP, entitled, "Africa for the Summer". Also, his "Just a Little" single featuring Shungudzo was featured in the Netflix hit series, On My Block. In addition to that, his "Jackie Chan" single with Dr. Chaii is featured on the new FIFA 19 soundtrack.
Jonas Blue is a London-born producer. His steady string of blockbuster singles includes "Rise" featuring Jack & Jack. The song has spent 16 weeks on the UK singles chart and achieved over 500-million global streams worldwide. Also, it has 30-million global single sales.
Blue's other notable singles include "Mama", "Perfect Strangers", and "Fast Car". Also, he has 4 BRIT award nominations and over 85 platinum certifications around the world.
Not too long ago, he launched his Blue Future label with his manager, Aaron Ross, (Infinite Future) in partnership with Virgin EMI Records.
Shungudzo
Shungudzo Kuyimba was raised in Zimbabwe. Now she resides in Los Angeles, California. Not too long ago, she did a stint on Zimbabwe's national gymnastics team. Her notable singles include her maiden voyage, "Long Live the Billionaire". Since then, she has written and featured on Rudimental's album title track, "Toast to our Differences".
She has co-writing credits with Jessie Ware and penned the multi-platinum Little Mix hit "Touch", performed on My Morning Jacket's frontman Jim James on his "Eternally Even" album. Also, her "Come On Back" single is featured on the coveted Fifty Shades Freed: The Final Chapter soundtrack.
ZieZie
ZieZie is a Croydon-based 19-year-old artist of Congolese descent. He first starting making waves with his 2016 single "Mingle", which has over 1-million views on YouTube. After inking a deal with Sony Music, he's been in the studio with production duo ill Blu, crafting his infusion of Afrobeat productions, dancehall melodies, and high-energy raps. Also, his latest single "Fine Girl" is sitting pretty with 1.5 million Spotify streams.
We recommend adding Bantu's & Jonas Blue's "Roll With Me" single to your personal playlist.
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Zangba Thomson (based on Long Island, New York) is an award-winning author and Editor-in-Chief at Bong Mines Entertainment. His creative works have been seen on or talked about in major media outlets such as FOX 5, NBC, Today, Fox & Friends, Kathy Lee & Hoda, ABC, and Essence Magazine to name a few. In 2016, he received a "Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition" from Congressman Charles B. Rangel for his literary achievements, commitment to strengthening our Nation, and making a difference through volunteering service in urban communities. Show support by purchasing his latest novel, entitled, "Three Black Boys: The Hotep Brother Manuscript", the hellfire sequel to "Three Black Boys: Tomorrow After Supper".
Cara Hart releases a danceable pop tune, entitled, "Glitter"
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Afghanistan Poised to Become Largest Distributor of Crystal Methamphetamine
December 14, 2021 12:37 pm by IWB
by Martin Armstrong
The Taliban has sadly revived Afghanistan's booming drug business and now poses a stark threat to the rest of the world. According to a BBC report, the country has expanded from opiates to producing crystal methamphetamine. Estimates say the nation produces an average of 3,000 kg per day at 500 separate laboratories. The herb ephedra grows naturally in the nation and can be used to create ephedrine, a key ingredient in the highly addictive drug crystal meth.
The Taliban recently eliminated the tax on ephedra by simply banning it from public production. The ban has allegedly caused prices on ephedra to double among the region, where it is sold openly at markets. Dr. David Mansfield, a researcher who tracks Afghanistan's drug trade using satellite imagery, said that the ephedra ban came after cultivation, and the full effect of the ban will not be felt until next July when the harvest is due. Dr. Mansfield believes that the amount being produced could become the Taliban's most lucrative drug.
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Effectively cut off from international trade and the broader world economy, the Taliban is likely to allow the drug trade to flourish. Around 80% of the world's supply of opium comes from Afghanistan, and numerous farmers have told reporters that drug-related harvests are the only lucrative crops for them to plant. An informant told the BBC that a kilogram of heroin, produced from opium, would cost around $66,000 in Britain. Bilal Karimi, a Taliban spokesman, told the BBC that they could not take away opium cultivation from the Afghans until they found "an alternative."
Domestic sales of the drug are also on the rise due to the low cost. Afghanistan's drug trade has overshadowed Iran's as well, with one user claiming a gram of meth that previously sold for $15 now sells for around $0.31 to $0.41. The last time the Taliban took over, they waited six years before publicly banning the drug trade. As a result, the Taliban will continue to illegally export drugs such as crystal meth and heroin worldwide, which is an actual threat to international security.
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CHICAGO BULLS postponing 2 GAMES because 10 of the 15 players got COVID
Australia to Quarantine Even Fully Vaccinated Flying to Australia


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It's that time of year again, where we figure out who will be on the SDA next year! But first we need to have nominations for each position. Nominations will take place March 15th at 5:15pm in the VCD common space. Let's get a big turnout!


Driving shouldn't be the only way to get around. Public transit options can be as expansive and as infastructure dependent as a train system or as targeted as a taxi service that provides non-drivers with rides to and from a doctor's office.
The following list of resources — from AARP and elsewhere — relate to Domain 2 of the "8 Domains of Livability." The content is categorized into three groups by level of difficulty, with the first group generally being the easiest reads for people new to this work and the third featuring deeper, data- and policy-heavy papers and reports.


Thiago the Tiger was born with stripes like no other tiger, stripes that make him stand out. The other animals make fun of him, but a misadventure on a school trip teaches them to accept his uniqueness. Thiago comes to understand that showing his true colors will make everything brighter!


'Number two' is a beautifully appointed first floor apartment, finished to an extremely high standard. Viewing is essential and will reveal perfect accommodation flooded with natural light and providing an excellent arrangement of space totalling over 1400 square feet. Brief highlights include private entrance, ground floor hallway with storage and cloaks cupboard, stairs to first floor, large lounge, a fully equipped kitchen with dining area, three double bedrooms, three piece en-suite to the master bedroom, and a three piece family bathroom.
Externally there is allocated parking and communal grounds that have been faithfully recreated in-line with the original design. Situated in the prestigious 'Ruff Lane' conservation area of Ormskirk and set amongst some of the area's finest homes. With Mullion windows, clock tower and faithfully restored period gardens this property offers a rare opportunity indeed. Totally accessible the property is situated within strolling distance of Ormskirk's bustling town centre with its many shops, fine dining and trendy wine bars. Ideal for commuting there is easy access to motorway and rail networks.


Umpf picked up its second 'Social Media Agency of the Year' award at a ceremony in London last week.
Umpf was named the UK's Best Small Social Media Agency at the UK Social Media Communications Awards 2015.
The awards, held at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium last Thursday evening, recognise the very best in UK social media.
Earlier this year, in March, Umpf was named Social Media Agency of the Year at the PR Moment Awards in Manchester.
🔸In September Umpf's campaign for Park Inn by Radisson was runner-up in the Best European Content Marketing Campaign category at the Digital Communications Awards in Berlin.
🔸Next month Umpf is up for eight gongs – including another Social Media Agency of the Year nomination – at the Social Buzz Awards in London.
An amazing year so far for Umpf – Social Media Agency of the Year (x2).
More on our PR and social media awards, here.


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International Activity Badge
This badge has been discontinued and replaced with the International Spirit Award.
Those that earned it before it was discontinued may still wear it, but it can no longer be earned.
The International Activity badge (#00144) was a 3-inch diameter patch which was worn as a TEMPORARY EMBLEM on the right pocket of the Scout or Scouter. It was awarded to recognize participation in unit, council, and world scouting international activities. It was NOT worn in place of or alongside the World Crest emblem. There was also a 5-inch jacket patch (#00145) available.
Each local Council had the authority to determine requirements for the patch. There was no time restriction for earning the patch.
Below are some examples of the criteria which had been established for this patch:
One local Councils' requirements were as follows:
The unit leader, or his designee, determines eligibility.
From among the 3 categories, a registered youth or adult must earn 100 points.
Category I (40 points each)
Earn the interpreter Strip
Earn the Citizenship in the World Merit Badge
Conduct an international project such as UNICEF, United Nations Day, etc.
Participate in a BSA event with a World Brotherhood theme such as Expo, Day Camp, Summer Camp or Camporee.
Visit a Cub Scout group or a Boy Scout group in another country.
Host a Scout or Scouter from another country.
Category II (20 points each)
Participate in Jamboree-On-The-Air, or similar Scouting program.
Participate in an international theme program at a troop or pack meeting.
Visit an international organization, embassy or World Bank and learn more about what they do.
Visit an international civic club and learn about their international activities.
Assist at an IVIS (International Visitors Information Service) booth at a train or bus station or at an airport.
Participate in the Cub Scouting or Boy Scouts Pen Pal Program.
Collect international Scout badges, pins or Scouts on Stamps and display at a troop, pack, or other Scout meeting.
Participate in a collection for Scouting¹s World Friendship Fund.
Earn the Cub Scout or Boy Scout World Conservation Award.
Category III (60 points each)
Attend/participate in a World Jamboree in another country or a BSA sponsored Scouting Tour in another country.
Cub Scouts only: be able to converse in a foreign language.
Here is what another Council required:
The International Activity Patch is awarded to youth and adult members who participate in International activities. The Council International Committee has defined this as:
Participate in a minimum of seven days of international events. This may be cumulative; participation does not have to be at one single event. (mainly for older scouts who travel internationally or host international Scouting visitors)
Participate in three, separate International Scouting events of at least one day's duration. (For Cubs, events like JOTA, JOTI, and Den supervised e-mail or snail mail pen-pal projects with non-USA units to qualify.)
And here's a third:
In order to wear the International Activity emblem, a pack, den, post, crew, patrol, troop or individual must meet one of the following requirements:
Participate as a member of your unit or a contingent unit in an activity outside of the United States. This must have a minimum duration of three days and two nights.
Participate as a member of your unit or individually host a group or individual scout from another country during their visit to the United States. This must have a minimum duration of one day and night.
Participate in a camporee or scheduled event in which scouts of other nations are involved. This must have a minimum of three days and two nights.
Serve as a counselor in the European Camp Staff program.
For information on the requirements for the International Spirit Award, which replaced this patch, Click here.


"Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed " (Jo. 20:8).
"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives" (Lk. 4:18).
"Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed Jesus' feet, and wiped them with her hair" (Jo. 12:3).
"For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt-offerings" (Hos. 6:6).
"No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish just as they did" (Lk. 13:5).
"Then the devil took him to Jerusalem" (Lk. 4:9).
Did you notice how Luke tells the story of Jesus' temptation in the wilderness? The order of the temptations is different in the Gospel of Matthew and in the Gospel of Luke: both are agreed on three temptations, but Luke places the temptation for Jesus to throw himself down from the Temple as the last in the series, instead of placing it second, as Matthew does.
"Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick; I have come to call not the righteous but sinners to repentance" (Lk. 5:31).


Our journey from Kannur to Wayanad can best be described as mesmeric. We thought nothing could better that experience, but then our halt at a home stay on a plantation proved us wrong! It turned out to be a totally new experience for city dwellers that we were, and an enthralling one at that. We had enjoyed the journey from Kannur to Wayanad and our stay at the plantation and were now enthusiastic about our trip to the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary – not knowing whether it would be worth it.
We woke up early, fresh after a good night's sleep. We woke up to dense fog and the sound of peacocks - the young lad who brought in our coffee confirmed it was indeed peacocks.
The last 48 hours had been ever so enchanting that our expectations of the next few hours were set high. And why not, we were soon to head into a wildlife sanctuary.
Muthanga & Tholpetty the two ecotourism centres in the sanctuary offer a range of activities for tourists. Entrance fee and other charges were pretty reasonable for Indian citizens, but foreign nationals were required to pay more.
We gave the elephant training camp a miss, had been to one in Top-Slip. We'd have enjoyed the bird-watching (we had our own binoculars too), but then we arrived late at the sanctuary. So, we opted for the best option available to us – jeep safari.
One of the recommended stay options close to the Muthanga Sanctuary is the Raindrops Resorts in Sultan Bathery. It is a Nature Resorts in Wayanad, inside the woods, and the best part is that they will arrange a Jungle Safari for you if requested.
Taking a jeep safari proved to be a wise decision. We boarded the jeep with one thought on our minds - would we be lucky to spot free-roaming wild animals!
The people employed in the sanctuary as guides are either tribal or local villagers. They know the forest like the back of their hand. Not just that, they also recognize tell-tale signs that animals leave behind. Having them as guide is advantageous because they know exactly where to look for animals and that increases your chance of spotting wild life.
Like all wildlife sanctuaries this one too is known to have elephants, various big cats (tiger, leopard, panther etc), bears, guars, many species of deer, wild dogs, foxes, reptiles, birds etc; and we hoped to sight at least one of these creatures, if not more.
The dirt roads offered a bumpy ride. The jeep wasn't the best of vehicles; no shock absorbers, uncomfortable seats. But, the surrounding scenery was so breath-taking that we forgot the discomfort we were inadvertently subjected to. We crossed many vantage points that offered amazing views of the sanctuary. Pity we didn't possess a sharper camera.
We witnessed nature's exceptional beautiful. The sights and sounds continued to captivate us - pretty butterflies and birds, and so many of them. In the concrete jungle that I lived in I'd forgotten the existence of butterflies.
Guzzling water in a rivulet seemed the perfect place to wet our feet in, but the guide wouldn't let us set foot off the jeep. Not safe, is what he said.
We reckoned we were in tiger territory, maybe there was a wild tiger in the precincts, hiding behind a thicket. The guide suddenly signalled at us in sign language, gesturing for us not to speak. He peered into the copses along the path we were travelling. I could hear my heart pounding. Was there a tiger around? Alas, we found no tiger, and after what seemed like a very long time, we moved forward. We wondered if that was theatrics the guide puts up for all tourists. Well, maybe not, for a little further down he stopped the vehicle and pointed out fresh pug marks in the moist sand by the rivulet. A tiger had been there, not very long ago.
Pug marks is as lucky as we could get as far as spotting tigers was concerned. And it was exciting, our trip seemed worth it. But, there was more to come, we weren't done yet.
The rickety jeep (that looked it belonged to another era) took us deep into the forest, for an almost hour long ride. The tree cover at places was so dense that it stopped the sunlight from filtering through. Vivid shades of green merged into each other. Also fascinating was the burst of colours when we'd come upon a tree or creeper in full bloom. The forest was naturally aromatic - enveloping us in its sweet-scents, flowers, pine trees and eucalyptus, all so fragrant. Certain events are best experienced, they cannot be described and this is definitely one of them.
We did spot gangs of deer, a solitary gaur, herd of elephants, a languor, giant squirrel perched high up on a tree and a sounder of boars.
It was an excellent culmination of our short holiday in Kerala. A trip worth all the bumpy rides. Kerala is God's own country and I know why.
We visited Coorg in the last quarter of the past year. It was an awesome experience. But, our friends in the city says that Wayanad is much more exciting and cool place to be, especially for trekking and adventure sports. Anyone knows if Waynad is drivable from Banglore for a couple?
That was an awesome read. I would like to visit Wayanad some day and seems it is possible to have a lot many tourist spots in close proximity. Did you go to Chembra peak? Does it need trekking?


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Camp Paradise Valley Changes Lives
May 16, 2018 /0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Judy Hamilton
Annie Catron, her parents and sister, at Annie's Dedication at The Salvation Army of Hopkinsville, Kentucky.
United Way Leader's Path to Community Service Began in The Salvation Army
As a child, Letha "Annie" Catron didn't think of her upbringing in The Salvation Army Corps as anything more than a place of love and safety. Now she sees things through an adult's eyes and understands that those experiences positively changed her life and served as a foundation for personal growth and community service.
As Catron steps in to a leadership role in the United Way, she is grateful for all the lessons she learned in The Salvation Army of Hopkinsville, Kentucky – as a Corps member, a Camp Paradise Valley camper, and as an Advisory Board member.
"The Salvation Army is one of our agencies of the United Way so I am taking on another facet of helping them. The United Way of the Pennyrile helps improve the lives of Kentuckians every day," Catron said of her new job with the United Way.
Until mid-April, Catron's professional life revolved around journalism as the assistant news director at WKDZ in Cadiz, Kentucky.
"On the 16th of April, I'll be officially taking over as the executive director of the United Way of the Pennyrile which serves four counties – Caldwell, Trigg, Christian and Todd. I'm very excited about it," Catron said.
Attending Camp Paradise Valley and the Corps, led to Catron's understanding that the hand of God is active in all the experiences of our life. It also led her to feeling open about opportunities to serve.
"About three weeks before this position opened, I was on my way to a conference for Kiwanis and I had just got to thinking about the good works that are done through the United Way organization and how it would be really cool if I could do something to help full time so obviously He was listening and put this there because I hadn't even considered it until somebody approached me: 'Hey I think you'd be perfect for this job. Would you consider applying for it?'" Catron said.
In October 2017, Catron began serving as President of the Hopkinsville Kiwanis Club.
Annie Catron is part of this group Easter photograph at The Salvation Army of Hopkinsville, Kentucky.
"Kiwanis has a mission of improving the lives of children, one community at a time and I think that goes along very well with The Salvation Army's mission of helping a community to thrive and of helping those most in need in that community. For me, those two missions are almost the same because if you can help the children in a community, then in generations, you've broken that poverty cycle. We talk about that a lot on the Advisory Board because of the Pathway of Hope program," Catron said.
The Salvation Army's Pathway of Hope initiative provides individualized services to families with children who desire to take action to address the root causes of poverty. By helping families overcome challenges like unemployment, unstable housing, and lack of education, The Salvation Army leads families toward increased stability and, ultimately, self-sufficiency.
"It's about breaking that cycle of poverty so if you can send a kid to camp and help them to realize that there are other things out there then maybe a kid that has nothing else gets to spend this week in a place where they're the focus. They get to have fun and they don't have to worry about when they are going to get to eat or where they are going to sleep that night, then you have helped improve their life," Catron said.
Annie Catron's passion for her work helping others comes from her own life experiences in The Salvation Army.
"I grew up in the church. My parents were married there in 1980. Then in 2000 on their twentieth anniversary they renewed their vows. My dad found the Captain that married them and he came back to perform the ceremony. So there is very much a history there. My mom attended the children's chapel and I have pictures of that. So I have very fond memories of growing up in The Salvation Army and Easter egg hunts on the campus and attending Sunday school. I was probably about 10, 11, 12, when I attended Camp Paradise Valley in 1994 to 1996," Catron said.
What she learned at Camp Paradise Valley ultimately led to her interest in a career in journalism.
This close up of the Easter photograph shows Annie Catron in the center.
"I had normal camp activities, games, making bracelets but I remember one night we were gathered to do some worship and the service reminded you of your purpose in life. I remember I enjoyed people telling stories. That is how I got into journalism to help people tell their stories," Catron said.
This passion for helping people to tell their stories led Catron to studying journalism at Lindsey Wilson College. Her education then lead to her becoming a reporter and a news director in Kentucky and Missouri, where she covered every aspect of community life.
"I always had an interest in writing. It was at Camp Paradise Valley that I realized the importance of storytelling because you can preach to kids all day long but when you start telling stories that they can relate to, you really engage them and I feel like that is what happened at camp. So, there were stories that as a 10-year-old I could relate to and I thought I could do that, so I worked on the school newspaper in high school. I worked on the yearbook. It trickled from having that experience at camp. Then I entered the field of journalism and I've been doing it for ten years now," Catron said.
Catron has some good stories about her own life as well.
"I've known several Captains since I've been back in the area but it wasn't until Captain José Marquez asked me to serve on the Advisory Board that I told him a little bit of my history with The Salvation Army. After a board meeting in the new chapel, I informed him that I was in a picture they have hanging up there. It's an Easter picture after a service. Everybody gathered behind the building there on East Seventh Street and just the whole congregation is in the picture. I'm sitting on Ursula Ellis' lap. She works here in the office. She was my adopted mother if my mother couldn't find me, I was usually with Ursula. My sister and my parents are in the picture. It was one big happy moment for the congregation and to see that hanging there, and to know that even though I hadn't attended in a while, to know I am still part of the church family there. I am probably about six or seven in that picture so it would be right after we came back. My father was in the Army and we lived at Fort Knox. My parents are both from Hopkinsville so when he got out, they moved back," Catron said.
As a reporter and news director, Annie Catron has media expertise that is a great resource for her community service.
Growing up in The Salvation Army and attending Camp Paradise Valley has made Catron passionate about promoting all the good that happens through the organization's programs, especially the transformational experience that summer camp can be for a child.
"I would just encourage everyone that if your local Salvation Army has a camp where you can help send kids there, then your sponsoring a child will make an important difference in their lives. Our church will do a taco dinner fundraiser in a couple of weeks. That's their way of helping to fund kids that will go to camp. So be aware and help. It's not just The Salvation Army though, it's all camps. At camp, a kid can spend a week and they are the focus. There will be someone there attentive to them and they are going to help them be a better person in the end," Catron said.
Summer Camp is also a great place for kids to make a God connection while being with people who love and care about you.
"Camp is a great opportunity, which is why the Kiwanis Club, which I currently serve as president of, donates to The Salvation Army to help fund the scholarships there and sponsor camp trips. But beyond that I think that any contact with the church is going to help because you grow as a person and grow in your love for God. That's part of the mission with The Salvation Army," Catron said.
In her new leadership role with the United Way of the Pennyrile, she is hoping to revisit Camp Paradise Valley.
"Based on conversations I've had with the Captain (José Marquez), it has changed drastically in the last 20 years. He's invited me to come back when I have some free time and hopefully I'll do that soon," Catron said.
Media expertise is a useful skill in the non-profit world and Catron looks forward to helping the area's residents with her knowledge.
The Salvation Army has been "Doing the Most Good" serving Hopkinsville, Kentucky, since 1914.
"Serving on the Advisory Board is a way for me to give back to an organization that had helped me in my formative years. My experience with the media will be very handy for them when we get to a place where we are starting our campaign for a new building. Hearing the monthly reports of the need in our community and then having experienced in Kiwanis the community leadership program we have here, it just hit home that there is so much to do in our community, so much need that is still here," Catron said.
As the new leader of the United Way of the Pennyrile, Annie Catron is bursting with ideas of how to meet those needs.
"When I was approached about applying for the United Way position, it just reminded me there are other ways I can do good in our community. So having been on The Salvation Army Advisory Board for a year and being a member of Kiwanis since 2010, I just kind of knew it was there and if there were interested in having me I was interested in helping them. Through the United Way, I can help not only The Salvation Army, as one of the partner agencies, but the other 19 partner agencies in our four county area," Catron said.
For additional information about the United Way of the Pennyrile, visit http://www.pennyrileunitedway.org/contact.html. If you are interested in volunteering or donating to The Salvation Army, go to http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/volunteer for additional information.
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Q: Find $m$ such that polynomial has real roots We have the following equation:
$$2x^3+3mx^2-m=0$$
Find $m\in\mathbb{R}$ such that the above equation has three real solutions.
My first attempt was to find the first derivative and set the discriminant greater or equal to zero. Doing this I get that $m$ can be any real number. Is this ok?

A: HINT
Let consider

*

*$f'(x)=6x^2+6mx=0\implies x=0 \quad x=-m$

then consider $m$ values such that

*

*$f(-m)\cdot f(0)<0$

A: Hint: write $$m=-\frac{2x^3}{3x^2-1}$$ and define $$f(x)=-\frac{2x^3}{3x^2-1}$$
$$f'(x)=-6\,{\frac {{x}^{2} \left( -1+x \right)  \left( x+1 \right) }{ \left(
3\,{x}^{2}-1 \right) ^{2}}}
$$

A: The cubic $f(x)=2x^3+3mx^2-m$ has always an extrema for $x=0$ because $f'(x)=6x^2+6mx$. Besides $(x,m)=(-1,1)$ implies $f(x)=f'(x)=0$ and the cubic has a maximum at $x=1$ and a minimum at $x=0$. Similarly with $(x,m)=(1,-1)$.
For the shape of the cubic $f(x)$, there are three real roots when $m\ge 1$ and $m\le 1$ or equivalently $m\notin (-1,1)$ (open interval).

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IP Law Daily Online sales of surplus Adobe software did not violate Adobe's copyrights or trademarks
Online sales of surplus Adobe software did not violate Adobe's copyrights or trademarks
By Cheryl Beise, J.D.
A district court did not err in holding that an individual's sales of lawfully acquired surplus Adobe software did not violate Adobe's exclusive distribution rights because they were protected by the Copyright Act's first sale doctrine, the U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco has decided. The district court also properly held that the doctrine of nominative fair use barred Adobe's trademark infringement claims (Adobe Systems Inc. v. Christenson, December 30, 2015, McKeown, M.).
The dispute arose out of Joshua Christensen's sales of surplus Adobe software on his website, softwaresurplus.com. In 2009, Adobe filed suit against Christenson and his now defunct company, Software Surplus, Inc., asserting that Christensen's unauthorized sales of Adobe software violated Adobe's exclusive distributions rights under the Copyright Act and its trademark rights under the Lanham Act. Christenson asserted numerous defenses and also filed counterclaims against Adobe and third-party tort claims against the Software Information Industry Association (SIIA), based on an SIIA press release stating that Christenson and his company "sold infringing copies, including counterfeit versions" and "swindled" consumers.
On September 12, 2012, the district court granted summary judgment to Christenson on Adobe's claims. The court held that Christenson's use of Adobe's trademarks constituted nominative fair use and that Christenson's software sales were protected by the first sale doctrine under the Copyright Act. The court also ruled that the Christenson could proceed with his counterclaims and third-party claims against Adobe and SIIA. In October 2012, the court stayed the case pending Adobe's appeal.
First sale doctrine. The Ninth Circuit first considered the contours of the first sale doctrine as a defense to Adobe's claim that Christenson violated its exclusive distribution rights. The first sale doctrine—first codified in the 1909 Copyright Act—creates an affirmative defense to a claim of copyright infringement. In the revised 1976 Copyright Act, Congress explicitly added the requirement that a defendant raising a first sale defense must own the copy at issue, a prerequisite that has been affirmed by the Supreme Court.
Section 109(a) of the Copyright Act currently provides that "the owner of a particular copy … lawfully made under this title, or any person authorized by such owner, is entitled, without the authority of the copyright owner, to sell or otherwise dispose of the possession of that copy."
In digital copyright cases, the distinction between a "sale" and a "license" has become central, the Ninth Circuit observed. "Broadly construed, the licensing exception in the software context could swallow the statutory first sale defense," the court said. In recognition of this, the court previously has acknowledged that some purported software licensing agreements may actually create a sale. In Vernor v. Autodesk, Inc., 621 F.3d 1102, 1111 (2010), the Ninth Circuit held that legitimate license is established where the copyright owner: "(1) specifies that the user is granted a license; (2) significantly restricts the user's ability to transfer the software; and (3) imposes notable use restrictions."
Burden of proof. The appeals court next clarified that the party raising a first sale defense bears an initial burden with respect to the defense. "At the summary judgment stage, this burden is discharged by producing evidence sufficient for a jury to find that the alleged infringer lawfully acquired ownership of genuine copies of the copyrighted software," the court said. The burden then shifts back to the copyright owner to establish "the absence of a first sale, by showing the existence of a licensing or other non-ownership-transferring arrangement when the copy first changed hands." This approach accords with the legislative history of Section 109 and general principals of fairness, the court noted.
In this case, the district court correctly held that Adobe established it copyright ownership in the disputed software and that Christenson established that he lawfully acquired genuine copies of Adobe's software from third-party suppliers.
The burden then shifted to Adobe to produce evidence that "it merely licenses and does not sell" the relevant software. At this point, the parties' dispute became heated. After the parties filed their summary judgment motions, the district court granted Christenson's motion to preclude Adobe from relying on contracts, licenses, agreements that Adobe failed to disclose under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a). Adobe nevertheless argued that Christenson could not have legitimately purchased the software because Adobe always licenses, and does not sell, copies of its software. Rejecting this argument, the district court found that Adobe could not prevail because it failed to produce the purported license agreements or other evidence to document that it retained title to the software when the copies were first transferred.
The Ninth Circuit saw no errors in any of district court's findings. In particular, the court agreed that asking Adobe to produce the license agreements, which would include any terms or restrictions, was not a difficult burden. Adobe was the original source of the software, claimed to control distribution of the software, and held the copyrights to the software, the court said.
The district court also excluded all of Adobe's late-offered evidence of licenses. "After a careful examination of the rather tortured discovery process, we conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in granting Christenson's motion to strike and excluding evidence purporting to document the licenses," the appellate court said. In addition, Adobe's effort to substitute general testimony and generic licensing templates in lieu of the actual licensing agreements did not withstand scrutiny under Vernor. As Vernor made clear, the precise terms of any agreement matter as to whether it is an agreement to license or to sell, the court said. The court accordingly affirmed the district court's order granting summary judgment in favor of Christenson and against Adobe on the copyright claim.
Trademark infringement. The Ninth Circuit agreed that the district court properly rejected Adobe's trademark infringement claim based on Christenson's nominative fair use defense. The defense may be invoked where a defendant uses the mark to refer to the trademarked good itself, rather than to inspire a mistaken belief that the speaker is sponsored or endorsed by the trademark holder. Adobe in this case did not argue that Christenson did not use the marks to truthfully label genuine Adobe products as such.
On appeal, and belatedly before the district court, Adobe argued that Christenson engaged in a "bait and switch" tactic of selling Adobe products licensed as academic or OEM products by describing them as "full" or "retail" versions, thereby misleading consumers as to which version they would receive. However, this argument was irrelevant to Adobe's asserted claims of infringement of registered marks under Section 32 of the Lanham Act, the court noted. Adobe's major gripe was with the sales themselves. "Adobe's primary problem on the trademark claim is that it confuses the claim that it made—trademark infringement—with the claim it wishes it had made—unfair competition, or false advertising," the court said. The district court's grant of summary judgment to Christenson and against Adobe on the trademark infringement claim was also affirmed.
The case is No. 12-17371.
Attorneys: J. Andrew Coombs and Annie S. Wang (J. Andrew Coombs, PC) for Adobe Systems Inc. Lisa A. Rasmussen (Law Office of Lisa Rasmussen) for Joshua Christenson and Software Surplus, Inc.
Companies: Adobe Systems Inc.; Software Surplus, Inc.; Software Publishers Association d/b/a Software Information Industry Association
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On a sudden whim, Daddy suggested taking a walk along the Henderson Waves. Since we all were already awake (courtesy of Baby G), we got ready. We reached the car park around 9am and we started our walk along S'pore's highest pedestrian bridge.
Initially, Baby G didn't want to walk, but slowly, he realised how fun it was to just run up and down the bridge that he didn't want us to carry him after that.
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Power, Price, and Performance – in the old days, every new click of Moore's law gave us all three, automatically. Shrink the gates and you can fit more of 'em in the same space, they switch faster, and you can drop your supply voltage, saving power. As we passed down into double-digit nanometers, however, we started having to compromise more. Now, we have to pick just two out of the three "Ps" of Moore's Law.
Altera is perfectly content with that state of affairs, as they have just launched their new Cyclone III low-cost FPGA family – the first low-cost FPGA at the 65nm process node. They've chosen the "Power" and "Price" Ps from the menu, and packed as much functionality as they can onto the new, cost-optimized family. The density range for Cyclone III covers new turf for low-cost FPGAs, and the power consumption is even lower for a given amount of logic than the company's high-end 65nm Stratix III family.
The battle for low-cost FPGA supremacy has been heating up steadily for the past two or three years. The number and diversity of entrants in this category is far larger than in any other segment in programmable logic. Altera, Xilinx, Lattice, Actel, and QuickLogic all offer devices that could be categorized as low-cost FPGA. Several of them offer multiple families. There are volatile (SRAM) devices, non-volatile (antifuse and flash) devices, and hybrid (SRAM with built-in configuration flash) devices. Cyclone III falls into the first category (volatile SRAM FPGAs) along with Xilinx's Spartan-3 family and Lattice's ECP2 family.
Both the Xilinx and Lattice low-cost families are still at the 90nm node, along with Altera's previous-generation Cyclone II. What does 65nm bring to low-cost FPGA? You'll get higher density (or lower cost for the same density) and lower power operation as the primary benefits.
On the density front, the new family ranges up to 120K logic elements, making it the first low-cost FPGA to break the 100K logic element barrier. Xilinx's Spartan-3 family tops out at about 75K logic cells, and Lattice's ECP2M weighs in with up to 95K LUTs. While the subtle differences between "logic elements" (Altera), "logic cells" (Xilinx), and "LUTs" (Lattice) are in constant dispute, it's important to remember that the logic element count is no longer the only significant gauge of logic capacity, even on a low-cost device. Devices in this category now come with significant amounts of memory, large numbers of hard-wired multipliers, and impressive I/O resources. You'll need to consider all of those elements in picking the best fit for your design. As far as those "other" resources go – Cyclone III will come with up to 4 Mbits of RAM, up to 288 18X18 multipliers, and up to 535 user I/Os.
Altera has chosen an aggressive low-power process technology for Cyclone III – TSMC's 65nm LP (low-power) process, which includes low-K dielectric, triple oxide, nine layers of metal (all copper) and other power-sparing process goodies. These have the net effect of reducing static power consumption significantly – less than 0.5W static at 120K LEs compared with Stratix III's "under 1.5W" static for the same density.
To make the full comparison with their 90nm Cyclone II family clear – Altera is announcing a set of multipliers – 1.7X more logic, 3.5X more memory, 2X more multipliers, 20% lower cost per logic element, and 50% lower power consumption. Additionally, they have added support for lower-cost commodity flash for configuration and higher memory interface speeds for external RAM.
Performance is not the highlight of low-cost FPGAs. Altera doesn't quote any specific Fmax spec (almost nobody does these days because Fmax is highly design-dependent), but they say that it is "on par" with Cyclone II. They cite an example of 166MHz as "typical system performance," which means that Cyclone III is certainly no dog when it comes to toggle rates. With the gap between low-cost and high-performance FPGAs closing with each new product announcement, however, the last big differentiators are probably frequency and I/O capability. You most likely won't ever find low-cost FPGAs competing with their more expensive brethren on these final differentiating specs.
Cyclone III includes many capabilities that are domain-targeted for what the company sees as the big markets for low-cost FPGAs, such as cost-sensitive, higher-volume applications where large amounts of processing power are required. Areas like video surveillance, portable medical devices, and software-defined radio are potential fits for Cyclone III's combination of features and cost, in addition to more traditional low-cost FPGA markets like flat panel displays. The abundance of DSP-friendly multipliers, large helpings of memory, and carefully chosen I/O and memory support make the new family an excellent choice for these applications.
Altera is already providing design tool support for the new family in Quartus II version 7.0, and a host of third-party vendors have announced their support as well. Aldec, Altium, Mentor Graphics, Synplicity, and Zuken have all announced some level of support for the new family. Altera has been investing heavily in low-power design tools over the past few releases, and many of their low-power design features in Quartus support Cyclone III. The new family does not, however, share the architectural power-saving features of Stratix III – its low static power numbers come primarily from the aforementioned process changes. Altera does support the full Cyclone III density range with their free tool suite.
Altera says that over 250 early-access customers have already been designing-in Cyclone III and that their early-access program for the new family began about six months ago. Given Altera's recent record for production delivery of newly announced products, we'd expect to see Cyclone III in volume according to the company's predicted schedule: production-qualified shipping in Q3 2007. Their exemplar pricing of "as low as $4" is based on the 3C5 at 500,000 unit volumes in mid-2008.
Given the volatile nature of the rapidly-expanding low-cost FPGA market, we'd expect Cyclone III to cause a bit of a shakeup. Other vendors will almost certainly be announcing their own 65nm low-cost entries, but for now, Cyclone III is the big fish of little FPGAs.


According to the latest data released by market research firm Gartner, the Finnish giant Nokia falls down from third to seventh place in the global Smartphone market in the third quarter. Market leader Sasmung is on the first place and iPhone manufacturer Apple is on second place.
Gartner said that Nokia was "particularly bad quarter" in terms of Smartphones, having sold only 7.2 million Smartphones and 82.3 million mobile phones. A year earlier, Nokia sold 105 million devices.
"The arrival of new Lumia devices with Windows Phone 8 to the market should help Nokia to reduce the rate of decline in the fourth quarter, although we do not expect 2013 to significantly improve the company's position," – said Gartner.
Analysts say that Nokia is now beginning to sell their flagship devices Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 through operators around the world and by the end of the current quarter will be seen what effect can be expected from this release. Nokia continuously loses its Smartphone market share also falls down his position since he chooses a Windows Phone platform instead of Google's Android. platform.
Gartner expects the Finnish company's new Smartphones will be sold well in the pre-New Year season, and this will affect the market share of the Finnish manufacturer. A leader in the operating system market Android, which took 72% market share against last year's 20%. Apple's iOS in second place with 13.9%, which has not changed significantly.
The largest seller of Smartphones in the third quarter was South Korea's Samsung Electronics, whose sales increased by 19% which is 98 million Smartphones in terms of numbers, while the total Smartphone shipments for the year increased by 47% which is 169.2 million units. Apple shipped 23.5 million iPhones in the third quarter.
In the camp of Android-manufacturers, Samsung is the dominant player, obviously suppressing all other manufacturers. According to Gartner's estimate,Nokia, HTC and Motorola Mobility, which are steadily losing market share amid growing Samsung.
Nokia's mobile phone sales declined 21.9 percent in the third quarter of 2012, but overall sales at 82.3 million were better than Gartner's early estimate, largely driven by increased sales of the Asha full touch range. Nokia had a particularly bad quarter with Smartphone sales, and it tumbled to the No. 7 worldwide position with 7.2 million Smartphones sold in the third quarter. The arrival of the new Lumia devices on Windows 8 should help to halt the decline in share in the fourth quarter of 2012, although it won't be until 2013 to see a significant improvement in Nokia's position.