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Inside JGU
Founding Vice Chancellor
Office of Strategic Initiatives and Institutional Research (OSIIR)
Young Global Business Leader Programme
Examinations Office
Centre for Writing Studies
Global Languages Centre
Research Highlights
Jindal Initiative on Research in IP and Competition (JIRICO)
Jindal Centre for Social Innovation + Entrepreneurship (JSiE)
Behavioral Sciences (JIBS)
International Institute for Higher Education Research & Capacity Building (IIHed)
Leadership Development and Executive Education (JILDEE)
What Defines "JGU"? – By Sue Don M
The University is made, not of the brick walls, steel buildings, reputation or with publicity. The University is made up of the people within. So, what do you think defines Jindal Global University?
"Chai. I have a requirement of at least 2 cups a day to keep me functional. I didn't really drink much of it, I was always a filter-coffee person before I came here. My daily cups of tea have come to describe the contradictory experience that our college is. In all the rush, it's a warm feeling." – Sriya Sridhar
JGU has five schools, the Jindal School of International Affairs, Jindal School of Government and Public Policy, Jindal School of Liberal Arts and Humanities, Jindal Global Law School, and the Jindal Global Business School. It has various groups of people, as in any society, with sportsmen, academics, researchers, dancers, painters, debaters, mooters, actors and more. It also has those quiet ones, the ones people for whom solitude is just as fulfilling as the idea of community. There are few people who have a lot to criticize about JGU, and there are many who find it to be a beautiful home. But through it all, there is a definition, there is a way to defend this place to all the skeptics and critics out there, and that is with the simple fact that this university belongs to us, while we are here and when we leave, we will still forever belong to it. It is the people, and many times the ones we never talk about, who make this university what it is. It is the unexpected experiences, the sudden decisions, the commitment to not let a single night go to waste, to travel, to do more, to be more, and still be entirely crazy people, that defines JGU. For no matter how much law, business or the humanities may matter to us, it is not that which will provide the most identity, but those unlikely moments. What unlikely moments, though?
"So one Sunday evening, Viksit, Ananvay, Saksham, and I had gone out for dinner to Murthal. There, Viksit just at some random conversation tells us that he has never before been on a trip. So we decided to go to Agra. Drove there at night, saw the sunrise near the Taj Mahal. And the best part is, we came back just in time for class on Monday morning." –Yojit Mehra
Forget all the cheesy stuff then. Let's focus on those things we know to be epic. Like the fear of a violent uprising of the Marxist Proletariat, we experienced the feeling of being caught in the middle of the warzone that Sonipat turned into, during the Jat agitations. The boys were evacuated to the academic block and made to spend the night there. Traumatic times, one may call them. But they were traumatic times watching movies, playing cards and a bit of poker, singing, and preparing "battle plans" in our heads, just in case a mob entered campus and we had to defend it.
Even though there was the RAF and the university security force, we had to do something to defend it, or more accurately, defend us. If we had to do something, it had to be something impressive. So for an imaginary conflict with a mob with guns, we took curtain rods to the academic block. We were, for that brief period of time in our heads, the defenders of the hallowed land of JGU. And on that note of nights spent in the academic block, the only other time we do it is with the all-nighters before exams. And I think we learn enough about camping from that.
"Once during the exams last semester, I pulled an all-nighter in the reading room and there was a girl who came in with a massive suitcase. And inside there was a pillow, blanket, water, coke and lots and lots of food."– Aadya Malladi
It's in these little things, the minor quirks of people, the rebellion, and the differences that makes life in JGU so much more beautiful. Like all those people who came together one night near the flagpole, with a bonfire, and the warm music of various languages in memory of a lost loved one, or perhaps playing Holi in the grass and rolling in a specially prepared mud-pit with the Vice Chancellor pushing you in, these moments never leave.
And in most cases, we aren't always the same people all the time, we change, we grow. But we hope that by the end of it, we'll be able to leave memories in the minds of the people who we experienced university with. And that is what JGU is to us – we aren't looking to be just the greatest, or the most significant, but also the most different, giving importance to the usually unnoticed things that matter. We are the chai, the overnight trips, and the reading room campers. We are the sportsmen, the debaters, and the curtain-rod defenders of the campus.
"What is JGU to me? It's about this growth, and coming to know with the utmost certainty that I don't know a lot of things. It's about realising that life is a lot about living the questions, because in my opinion, the most beautiful example we can have is the mysterious."
What's mysterious, what's so different?
What is the weirdest thing you know that is also most beautiful?
"Everything. It's all perfectly imperfect." – Ridhima Kohli
Because here at JGU, you're considered brilliant until proven otherwise. And some of those questions we have, like who were are, or what defines JGU, don't have to be defined by the answers. The questions are enough. It's the things you can't explain that define us most.
"Like my sudden love for a drink that I didn't really have a particular attachment to. Or like having a conversation in the quiet of the library, sitting with a group of friends and collectively procrastinating, or looking into familiar eyes after a long and argumentative day.
That is JGU." – Sriya Sridhar
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I don't know how others feel about the arena server but I feel like it needs a refresher. Some new maps is a good start. Maybe start a poll and let people add arena maps that they want to see. Then we could vote 5 from those if there are too many. Or even vote to remove some if they are unpopular. Add a motd or ingame repeating chat message every few minutes about the voting. This might encourage consistent players to register and engage a little bit.
Just something to bring a some fresh air because playing on same maps for so long is not as fun as it used to be.
I'm happy to add any new maps you want. I think there's a thread somewhere, but you can just list them here. About every month or so I try to look for new maps but I've never found any, so if you find good ones that's even better!
Yeah unless people make the maps we can't add them.
So we can only have AM made maps? Not even ones from the workshop?
Am stands for Arena maps not absurd minds. If there are any good work shop make please point them out because as anubis said we check and there aren't any.
Yeah we can put any arena mod map on there that you want. Just give me a link to it.
I removed water, dust2, and must2 because we have updated versions of those on the server. I removed cubes, coop, and midnight because they're fairly unpopular and removing a few older maps will help it seem more "refreshed". I can add those three back in if requested.
I played oranges earlier and it's really good.
Feel free to post others here you want to see. Generic feedback such as "make changes!" are harder for me to follow through with than specifics like "put this map on the server!"
I thought you meant we can't add maps that are not made within our community. I know am_<mapName> are arena style maps.
Also on the other note I've noticed that people who enjoy arena servers typically are divided into two groups. Those that like them because they can practice on real maps like am_dust2_cat and those that like other fun maps that not necessarily have realistic peaking angles. If we ever bring back the second arena server I think we should divide them into "fun" and "competitive" for like a week as an experiment to see if either will bring more than usual people.
we probably won't bring the second one back just so you know.
Any specific reason or just underused for the resources it used?
It split the community so much. So many times it was like 3 in one and 3 in another. If it were 6 in one, more people would join, but might not join either if it's just 3 in either.
if there was a more efficient way to funnel people to one server or the other until one is full, without using heavy plugins, I would totally be for it. Also, we might anyway, because we kind of like your idea about the different maps. I personally didn't realize there were enough maps that it could be done when I first replied.
Is there a redirect plugin?
Redirect plusins don't work in csgo, actually.
It is ridiculous and honestly kinda archaic when you think that a game in 2017 cannot connect through a DNS name (arena.absurdminds.net) rather than an IP. I cannot even begin to think why it hasn't been implemented yet. The amount of features added just through DNS management would be astounding. Having a round-ribbon or even a load distributor resolution would easily solve this right away.


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Home / Alumni / Alumni briefs: Cagle, MSW '98; Ives-Rublee, MSW '09; Holmes, MSW '14; and Lineberry, MSW '16
Alumni briefs: Cagle, MSW '98; Ives-Rublee, MSW '09; Holmes, MSW '14; and Lineberry, MSW '16
Bobby Cagle, BA '89, MSW '98, the director for the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS), was named as one of 51 "Notable Georgians" in 2017 by Georgia Trend magazine. Notable Georgians are those who are having a substantial impact on the state. As DFCS director, Cagle leads an organization that provides child welfare and economic assistance programs that serve 1 in 5 Georgians each year. He also administers a nearly $1.2 billion budget and oversees the work of more than 7,300 staff in 159 counties. Cagle also serves on the School of Social Work's Board of Advisors.
Mia Ives-Rublee, MSW '09, was recently featured in an article in the Raleigh News & Observer about her work as an "athlete activist spreading disability pride." Ives-Rublee, who works as a research assistant at UNC, helped coordinate and lead the Disability Caucus of the Women's March on Washington.
Marbeth Holmes, MSW '14, director of student wellness for Nash Community College, was among the representatives recently recognized by the White House and former First Lady Michelle Obama for successful participation in the 2016 White House Healthy Campus Challenge. Holmes, along with her colleagues with the college's Student Wellness Center, attended a celebration reception at the White House on Jan. 13. The healthy campus challenge encouraged colleges and universities, and particularly community colleges across the country to assist in efforts to educate the uninsured about affordable health care options and to provide enrollment opportunities for people interested in enrolling in the Affordable Care Act. An article about the Student Wellness Center's recognition recently appeared in the Rocky Mount Telegram.
Sarah Lineberry, MSW '16, recently testified at a bipartisan Senate and House hearing in Illinois about her work as director of professional services for L'Arche Chicago, an organization founded in 2000 that currently operates three licensed "Community Integrated Living Arrangements" where individuals with and without disabilities share life and live together as a family. Lineberry was among those advocating for stronger legislative measures to combat abuse and neglect in Illinois group homes. While fully supportive of "legislation and policies that contribute to safe, supportive living environments for people with disabilities," Lineberry also encouraged lawmakers to "consider the range of service models and not take any actions that would make it difficult, if not impossible, for them to continue."
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An Open Letter to the Reddit Community(self)
116k points116k points116k points submitted 6 years ago * by kn0thing[A] 2 50 & 2 more
After two weeks abroad, I was looking forward to returning to the U.S. this weekend, but as I got off the plane at LAX on Sunday, I wasn't sure what country I was coming back to.
President Trump's recent executive order is not only potentially unconstitutional, but deeply un-American. We are a nation of immigrants, after all. In the tech world, we often talk about a startup's "unfair advantage" that allows it to beat competitors. Welcoming immigrants and refugees has been our country's unfair advantage, and coming from an immigrant family has been mine as an entrepreneur.
As many of you know, I am the son of an undocumented immigrant from Germany and the great grandson of refugees who fled the Armenian Genocide.
A little over a century ago, a Turkish soldier decided my great grandfather was too young to kill after cutting down his parents in front of him; instead of turning the sword on the boy, the soldier sent him to an orphanage. Many Armenians, including my great grandmother, found sanctuary in Aleppo, Syria—before the two reconnected and found their way to Ellis Island. Thankfully they weren't retained, rather they found this message:
"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
My great grandfather didn't speak much English, but he worked hard, and was able to get a job at Endicott-Johnson Shoe Company in Binghamton, NY. That was his family's golden door. And though he and my great grandmother had four children, all born in the U.S., immigration continued to reshape their family, generation after generation. The one son they had—my grandfather (here's his AMA)—volunteered to serve in the Second World War and married a French-Armenian immigrant. And my mother, a native of Hamburg, Germany, decided to leave her friends, family, and education behind after falling in love with my father, who was born in San Francisco.
She got a student visa, came to the U.S. and then worked as an au pair, uprooting her entire life for love in a foreign land. She overstayed her visa. She should have left, but she didn't. After she and my father married, she received a green card, which she kept for over a decade until she became a citizen. I grew up speaking German, but she insisted I focus on my English in order to be successful. She eventually got her citizenship and I'll never forget her swearing in ceremony.
If you've never seen people taking the pledge of allegiance for the first time as U.S. Citizens, it will move you: a room full of people who can really appreciate what I was lucky enough to grow up with, simply by being born in Brooklyn. It thrills me to write reference letters for enterprising founders who are looking to get visas to start their companies here, to create value and jobs for these United States.
My forebears were brave refugees who found a home in this country. I've always been proud to live in a country that said yes to these shell-shocked immigrants from a strange land, that created a path for a woman who wanted only to work hard and start a family here.
Without them, there's no me, and there's no Reddit. We are Americans. Let's not forget that we've thrived as a nation because we've been a beacon for the courageous—the tired, the poor, the tempest-tossed.
Right now, Lady Liberty's lamp is dimming, which is why it's more important than ever that we speak out and show up to support all those for whom it shines—past, present, and future. I ask you to do this however you see fit, whether it's calling your representative (this works, it's how we defeated SOPA + PIPA), marching in protest, donating to the ACLU, or voting, of course, and not just for Presidential elections.
Our platform, like our country, thrives the more people and communities we have within it. Reddit, Inc. will continue to welcome all citizens of the world to our digital community and our office.
And for all of you American redditors who are immigrants, children of immigrants, or children's children of immigrants, we invite you to share your family's story in the comments.
SurfSlut -24 points-23 points-22 points 6 years ago
Stockholm syndrome? Dude was working with an illegal. An illegal hasn't earned their place in society. Remember that next time you fill out bullshit government paperwork.
S1owdown 11 points12 points13 points 6 years ago
Hasn't earned their place in society, what is that even supposed to mean?
Everyone has a place in society, who are you or me to judge anyone for their residential status?
You don't know the person maybe that's the only way for them to make a living
I live in California so I'm not sure what it's like where you live but a lot of the jobs illegal immigrants are doing are dirty hard labor jobs that have garbage pay and no one else is willing to do, try working in the fields on a hot summer day , there just trying to make a living and you have to respect that
You or me or anyone human is not better then another until given a reason to be and something as simple as weather your illegal or illegal is not a good enough reason
kenf709 -2 points-1 points0 points 6 years ago
I'm from California and worked in the fields as a laborer . Illegal immigrants out here don't pay taxes, instead they're on 1099 taxing and put fake info. I like people but, it's like when your kid brings home a wounded animal and you can't afford to take it to the vet. We need the illegals cuz normal kids don't think piece rate pays (it does pay good when you have no tax) And farmers could never find enough Americans to harvest. I still like trump
SurfSlut -7 points-6 points-5 points 6 years ago
Illegal or legal is not a good enough reason until your country turns into an inhospitable wasteland that even Syrian refugees don't want to go to...AKA Mexico. That's why I'm not jumping the the border, (because it sucks)...And it's illegal.
That's the thing™ America is awesome, but there isn't a enough room. We don't need more dumb, migrant fruit pickers, we want your rocket scientists. That's why everyone doesn't get to be American. We want the best.
Paintmeaword 8 points9 points10 points 6 years ago
Actually, you do need more "dumb, migrant fruit pickers" because those are in high demand by unscrupulous employers looking to exploit those without rights by paying low low cash wages and getting troublesome employees deported.
lickedTators 4 points5 points6 points 6 years ago
You don't get rocket scientists by being unfriendly to immigrants, even dumb ones. Smart, highly skilled immigrants are in demand by every country. As you said, they don't want to go to shit holes that treat immigrants like second class citizens.
SurfSlut -1 points0 points1 point 6 years ago
I guess you haven't read up on how America got the majority of rocket scientists originally...by kicking Germany's ass in WWII and being the ideal place for them. It's practically how we got to the moon.
Paintmeaword 2 points3 points4 points 6 years ago
You will note that the post makes no mention that stripesfordays had any knowledge his colleagues were illegal. Given he wasn't kidnapped by his fellow workers and ostensibly attended work voluntarily, Stockholm Syndrome would not be relevant.
I have a hatred of all government paperwork, but don't see how that is relevant with an illegal immigrant...


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US mattress imports fell 27% in October
Washington, DC – In October 2021, the US imported 1.59m mattresses. At 590,000 fewer than were imported in October 2020, this represents a fall of 27%.
The year-to-date total of mattresses imported to the US is 13.73m, also a 27% fall compared with the same time frame in 2020.
The largest source of imports to the US in October was Mexico which provided 278,000 mattresses. Indonesia came second with 266,000 units, Taiwan was third with 199,000 and Vietnam fourth, with 135,000. The fifth largest source in October was Kosovo, which was responsible for 130,022 units.
In October 2020, the largest source of imports was Vietnam, which generated 595,000 units. Indonesia with 392,000 units was second. Malaysia was third and accounted for 323 ,000 units.
In total, the five largest sources of imports accounted for 1.6m units in October 2021, or 63% of the total. In October last year, the top five exporting countries accounted for 75.4% of US mattress imports.
Information comes from the US International Trade Commission, and there is a lag of a few weeks between the end of the month and publication.


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Als Muster bezeichnet man sichtbare Oberflächenzeichnungen oder -strukturen. Im weiteren Sinne kann es sich auch um räumlich oder zeitlich sequentielle Strukturen in Signalen handeln.

Grundlagen
Optische oder akustische Signale ohne erkennbare Muster nennt man Rauschen. Alle für Lebewesen bedeutsamen Dinge weisen Muster auf, deren wahrnehmbare Eigenschaften durch ein Mindestmaß an Wiederholungen (Periodizität) und Symmetrien gekennzeichnet sind, wobei beide exakt oder ungefähr, also stochastisch sein können.

Da Mustern wiederholte Strukturen eigen sind, lassen sie sich gut erkennen. Gehirne sind durch die Evolution an die Mustererkennung angepasst. Allerdings haben für natürliche Organismen in der Regel nur Muster mit einer Komplexität zwischen perfekter Symmetrie und absolut strukturlosem Rauschen essentielle Bedeutung: Was sich ständig wiederholt und mich nicht sofort verletzt oder beeinträchtigt, wie z. B. das Ticken einer Uhr, wird genauso unwichtig sein wie das fortgesetzte Rauschen eines Baches. Muster besitzen also bei mittlerer Entropie die höchste Nutzinformation für jedes Lebewesen.

Die andere musterorientierte Forschungsrichtung ist die der Musterbildung (engl. pattern formation). Insbesondere die Wissenschaftszweige der Synergetik und der Chaostheorie konnten belegen, dass zur Erzeugung von hochkomplexen Mustern oft einfache, rekursiv auszuführende Bildungsregeln genügen, bzw. wie spontan (ungefähre) Ordnung aus scheinbarem "Chaos" entstehen kann.

Musterbildung und Mustererkennung sind komplementär zueinander, bedingen sich aber auch gegenseitig, da einerseits Mustererkennung im Allgemeinen ein aktiver Prozess ist, der Regelmäßigkeiten in Signalen nicht nur analysiert, sondern auch herstellt (man denke an die Wahrnehmung von geometrischen "Mustern" auf rauschenden Bildschirmen). Insbesondere die menschliche Wahrnehmung als aktive mentale Leistung kann so eingestellt sein, dass man Muster zu erkennen glaubt, obwohl keine vorhanden sind. Dieses Phänomen nennt man Pareidolie.
Andererseits ist der Beweis der objektiven Existenz mancher "Muster" ohne einen subjektiven Betrachter durchaus schwierig (man denke an die musikalische Empfindung, die einem geübten Ohr ästhetischen Genuss verschaffen kann, wo der ungeübte Zuhörer nur "Chaos" wahrnimmt).

Beispiele für Muster

Geometrie, Mathematik
 Fraktale
 Parkettierung
 Pascalsches Dreieck
 Figurierte Zahl
 Dreieckszahl, Tetraederzahl, Zentrierte Sechseckszahl

Informatik
 Erzeugungsmuster
 Strukturmuster
 Verhaltensmuster (Software)

Natur
 Kristallgitter
 Chemische Struktur
 Dünen
 Rippelmarken am Strand
 Wasserwellen
 Wolkenformationen
 Pflanzenwuchsformen (v. a. der höheren Pflanzen)
 insbesondere Phyllotaxis
 Belousov-Zhabotinsky-Reaktion (räumlich-zeitlich)

Kunst
 Strickmuster, Textilmuster
 Ornament (flächig oder räumlich)
 Musik (zeitlich)
 Kaleidoskop

Literatur
 Ernst Haeckel: Kunstformen der Natur.
 Werner Ebeling, Jan Freund, Frank Schweitzer: Komplexe Strukturen, Entropie und Information. Teubner, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-8154-3032-1.
 Dennis Pong: Experimentelle Zugänge zur Strukturbildung. CD-ROM. Münster 2002; muenster.de (PDF)
 John H. Conway, Richard Guy: The Book of Numbers. 2nd ed. 1995, ISBN 0-387-97993-X

Weblinks

 didaktik.phy.uni-bayreuth.de

 am.uni-duesseldorf.de

Strukturierte Information
Bildende Kunst
Systemtheorie
Planung und Organisation

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What happens to the brain during and after yoga? What are the biological changes that make yoga so effective in brining about "radiant health, mental sharpness, and peace of mind," as yoga master Sri Dharma Mittra likes to say?
For Brain Awareness Week 2019, our March 24th event will be addressing these questions from the perspective of neuroscientists who practice yoga, starting at 3 PM that Sunday afternoon!
We will begin with a yoga practice including asana (the postures), pranayama (the breathing exercises), meditation, and relaxation. The practice will be followed by a lecture and discussion of neuroanatomy and neurophysiology as it relates to yoga. You will even have the chance to participate in an experiment during class, which will give you real time feedback on the functions of your brain!
Please arrive EARLY (2:30 PM) to participate in the experiment.
All levels of yoga practice (including beginners) and all levels of science training (including children) are welcome to attend. The cost is $10 per person, which must be paid at the Dharma Yoga Center. Please wear clothes you will be comfortable exercising in.
Led by Jonathan Rosenthal, medical student at NYU School of Medicine going into neurology.


Let me tell you a story that took place far before your time. A story about cruelty, envy, strife, fear and hatred. A story about ancient faith, divine knowledge and a very special place.
All of those things happened so many years ago that the memory of this dark time has dwindled from the minds of most Tibians and only the most well-read of them can still remember scrappy details about the very first inquisition.
I have travelled the world for many decades, searching for ancient documents and looking for those people who can still remember.
Throughout the years of my research, I have come across many contradictory statements. It is not unusual that over all the centuries that have passed since then, a lot of information has been lost and supposed facts have unfortunately very often turned out to be nothing more than old wives' tales and falsehoods.
However, everything I have found out, I want to share with you now. I am afraid that I have already gone too far, I digged too deep.
With my research and questions, I trod on the toes of very dangerous people, yet what I have discovered is unbelievable. I am afraid that this letter is my one time chance to tell you about it, they will make sure of that.
My mind is too weak to fully grasp my discoveries. I feel that the flood of information is causing my brain to burst and yet I cannot stop. It is like a drug and I have already passed the stage of a simple addiction. This is now my only purpose in life.
In the best case, I will probably just go insane and die an unnatural death. In the worst case, they will find out about my treason and come for me.
This letter is to warn you, to proselytise, to protect your souls, so listen carefully to what I have to tell you about this place and the first inquisition.
Since the first purgers and the fledgling inquisition, brave men and women have routed out the dark nests of vile sorcerers and other practitioners of the dark arts. They dragged the heathens and blasphemers into the light and put their abominable tomes of sacrilegious knowledge to the torch.
The purging flames burnt away countless of the unspeakable books that were unearthed and the nights were illuminated by the blaze of the cleansing fires of the just.
All the scheming covens, necromancers and consorts of demons received the wages of sin and their legacy and knowledge were eradicated along with them - or so it seemed.
As I have learned from old documents, it seemed that regardless of how many copies of the forbidden books were destroyed, new copies resurfaced sooner or later.
This happened with a daunting frequency as if an unseen hand was constantly undoing any efforts made by the brave followers of what is true and pure.
Again and again, temptable souls were drawn into the darkness by these forbidden tomes that seemingly appeared out of nowhere, sometimes even amid reputable books in common libraries.
More and more it became apparent, that there had to be a source for this possessive knowledge.
A place, secreted away from the mortal eye, which originated those books like a pesthole spewing out its contagious disease.
A place that even the long arm of the inquisition could not reach.
By meticulous research and calling in favours, I slowly figured out a pattern that suggested a disturbing possibility: Barely mentioned in ancient texts and only vaguely hinted in obscure and dark fairy tales, there is a place whose existence is officially denounced by the church of Uman.
In a mockery of all that is true and holy, all those books, forbidden, mind bending, soul devouring, are stored and copied in a single place of darkest knowledge.
It is a place so secret and hidden that only very few chosen ones know about it: The secret library of Zathroth.
I have spent the following years of my life searching for clues to the location of this library. However, every clue I found turned out to be only a piece of a bigger puzzle.
I travelled to countless sites and areas and it took me six clues to find until I was finally able to determine the location of the library more precisely.
What can I say, the library really exists and I found it! Unfortunately, this is also the place where I am going to die. The concentrated knowledge I found here has drawn me into its spell.
The stories, reports and secrets written in the books here exceed human imagination by far.
Manifests and essays on cruel methods and devious experiments that no normal person could even imagine can be found here in every nook and cranny.
Forbidden writings from bygone times, reports from eyewitnesses of the darkest days and wars as well as sordid evidence of corruption and bribery in old noble families create a feeling of disgust and curiosity at the same time in me.
Everything seems so surreal. The rooms, no, actually they are halls, are meters high and filled to the brim with knowledge and wisdom.
I have seen places so full of knowledge that that knowledge has even burst out of the books and spread over the ground as a landmass.
Mighty stone columns, thicker than any tree trunk, tower up in the halls and carry the weight of the ceiling.
Wells filled with pitch-black ink instead of water stand in rooms whose walls are covered with heavy, purple curtains and strange metal eyes that are guarding the area.
The library extends over several floors and although I have been here for a long time now, I am sure that I have only seen a fraction of it so far.
In the light of the flickering torches, scripts, travel reports, and ancient tomes line up causing the dark wood of the bookshelves to sag and creak.
Thick layers of dust prove that only few scholars of Zathroth are still aware of the existence of this source of prohibited knowledge.
That is no surprise, considering that this place was protected from the outside world by mighty seals many centuries ago, seals so powerful that the library has remained hidden from our eyes to this day.
I am not sure if Zathroth's servants have taken me in as a reward for my years of searching for this place or if I am just a pawn for the creatures living here.
Every step I take is being watched. In the walls, in the lamps, there are eyes everywhere, you are never alone.
Endless corridors connect the bigger reading rooms. On their left and right there are often smaller rooms but many are sealed by heavy iron doors.
Other doors are guarded by barking, biting books. They seem to have broken free from the chains, which were probably meant to keep those beasts in a certain place.
Over the aeons in which this library has already existed, numerous scholars must have rendered outstanding services. Busts and statues of these venerable scholars are scattered throughout the library.
I have never encountered any of them, though. The corridors and halls are crowded with all kinds of magical creatures, but I have never met a human being in here.
I still stand firm against the thought that the scholars might have become these creatures over the years. That their greed for knowledge and their numerous experiments with the darkest of all magical spells have turned them into what they worshiped the most.
What if I am going to face the same fate?
These animated feathers, for example. At least 2 meters high and gifted with a quill harder and stronger than the forged metal of the dwarves of Kazordoon, they press thick furrows filled with black ink into the solid base plates of the library. That deafening sound makes my blood run cold in my veins.
I have seen them copying texts at the speed of light but usually they act more like librarians, refreshing protection glyphs in order to keep that dangerous knowledge under control.
The feathers are often accompanied by cursed books, from which I try to keep my save distance.
These thick tomes scroll their pages at an incredible speed, allowing them to float in the air due to the air pressure they release. I have read that they were originally only prisoners in these halls themselves.
Created by failed spells of dilettantish magicians who tried their hand at dark spells, these books were hunted and captured by Zathroth's followers to gain and explore the forbidden knowledge written on their pages.
There are squids with huge brains. They count as one of the highest ranking servants of Zathroth and their word is law for many other servants.
Their mighty tentacles are always covered in ink, but I have never seen them in action. They do not talk to a low ranked being like me and yet I would be incredibly interested in what bizarre and abnormal thoughts arise from their brains.
I know this all might sound tempting, especially for those Tibian heroes that are looking for the next challenge. But again, this letter, if it ever reaches a Tibian, is meant as a warning. A warning to everyone to stay away from this place. I am an advocate of knowledge and I see it as my duty to write down everything I have found out but please do not come here.
Even if you could find a way to break those mighty seals, the creatures who guard this library would tear you to pieces. Their strength is beyond compare. I believe that no one can compete with them!
I can only admonish you of the danger coming from this place. Even though it contradicts my own beliefs, some places better remain hidden.
Find a way into the mystical library of Zathroth.
Compete against the many guards of the library and explore huge reading rooms and endless corridors. Be careful, they are more powerful than any monster you have fought before.
Prove your skills with up to four friends against four powerful bosses. A fifth boss then expects those who have proven their power (maximum ten players at a time).
All bosses can be repeated after 20 hours.
A new outfit and a new mount can be obtained in the library.
Okey wow, i f****** love the new Monsters, Sincerely, so different!


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WITH VIEWING GALLERY IN PLACE, DEVOTEES CAN NOW SEE RAM TEMPLE CONSTRUCTION
Ashish Sinha
Devotees will now be able to see the ongoing temple construction work in the Ram Janmabhoomi complex. Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust has made arrangements for devotees to see the construction work.
On 4 August, The Daily Guardian had reported that devotees will be able to see the construction work of Ram Janmabhoomi temple with their own eyes. The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust tweeted from the official Twitter handle and said: "A viewing gallery has been opened alongside the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir site, to facilitate devotees to get a glimpse of the ongoing construction activity." An iron mesh has been installed on the 15 feet wide site on Darshan Marg for devotees to see the construction work and from here the construction work can be seen. Arrangements have been made to show the construction work from the Darshan Marg of Shri Ramlala.
One year was completed on 5 August of the Bhoomi Pujan done for the construction of Shri Ram temple in Ayodhya. On completion of one year of the Bhoom Pujan for the construction of Shri Ram Temple, the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra tweeted from the official Twitter handle and said: "The construction of the Bhavya Mandir at Shri Ram Janmabhoomi is going on at a fast pace. It will be ready soon and the doors would be opened for all devotees for darshan."
"One year ago, on this day, the Bhumi Pujan for a Bhavya Mandir dedicated to Bhagwan ShriRam took place. The historic moment was after struggle for hundreds of years. Words fail to do justice to the support and blessings received from millions of devotees,' it added.
Ram Mandir Trustee Dr Anil Mishra told The Daily Guardian that 60 percent work of filling the foundation of Ayodhya Ram temple has been completed. The target is to complete the foundation filling work for the construction of Ram temple by September. So far, 24 layers have been constructed. The work of construction of all 44 layers will be completed by September, immediately after that the work of construction of plinth will start. A large amount of field material is being used in temple construction work in Ramjanmabhoomi.
The foundation is to be filled in total 44 layers, out of which about 60% or 24 layer laying work has been completed. On 15 July, Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra trust's general secretary Champat Rai told The Daily Guardian: "The date has been fixed for getting darshan in Ayodhya's grand Ram temple. In 2023, Ramlala will be established at the sanctum sanctorum of the Ram temple. By 2025, the vision of the Ram temple complex in the entire 70 acres will be completed. The decision has been taken in the meeting of Ram Mandir Trust in Ayodhya."
Rai had earlier said that three different types of stones would be used in the construction of the Ram temple. Different stones will be used in its base plinth, the spire, including the temple and the walls. The base plinth will be made of four lakh cubic stones of Mirzapur and the stone of Banshi Paharpur of Rajasthan will be used for the construction of the temple
Indian Olympic medallists return home, receive hero's welcome
Twitter's double standards obvious: Congress on Rahul Gandhi's locked account
BJP's Uttarakhand core group holds meeting in Delhi
Ahead of the Assembly polls, Bharatiya Janata Party's Uttarakhand core group is holding a meeting on Sunday at the party's headquarters in Delhi.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami are also present in the meeting along with the party's National President Jagat Prakash Nadda, State president Madan Kaushik, state election in-charge Pralhad Joshi, election co-in charge RP Singh and others. In the meeting, 70 assembly seats of Uttarakhand are to be discussed.
Meanwhile, Dhami on Saturday had said that he will contest the upcoming Assembly polls in the state from the Khatima constituency and said that the list of candidates will be announced soon.
The Chief Minister added that they have set a target of winning more than 60 seats out of the 70 seats in the Assembly through a slogan ''Abki Baar 60 Paar'.
In the last Assembly election, BJP secured the win on 57 seats out of 70 Assembly constituencies in Uttarakhand.
Polls to elect the 70-member State Legislative Assembly are scheduled to be held on February 14. The counting will take place on March 10.
WITH EYE ON BIHAR, BJP READY TO ACCOMMODATE JDU IN UP
MAYANK KUMAR
In all likelihood, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Janata Dal (United) would contest on equal number of seats in the Bihar Legislative Council elections and, in a bid to show that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is united, the saffron party will in lieu give some seats to Nitish Kumar-led JDU in Uttar Pradesh where there is a sizeable Kurmi population.
Sources told The Daily Guardian that the top leadership of JDU is in constant touch with their BJP counterparts on the issue and finalization of seat sharing is at its last stage. As far as UP is concerned, BJP is most likely to give five seats to JDU. In Bihar, the BJP leadership is agreeing to give 12 seats to JDU despite some opposition from its state unit. Polls are scheduled to be held for 24 seats of the Council in March-April.
A BJP functionary said, "We will give JDU a symbolic representation. In many districts of eastern UP, Kurmis, the caste Nitish Kumar belongs to, have a sizeable presence, hence we can accommodate them there. R.C.P. Singh had met our leaders for that. Even if we would not have agreed to leave a few seats, JDU would fight in 80-100 seats in UP. Therefore, by giving them a few seats, we want to make sure that the NDA stands united. In Bihar, it is certain that the party will agree to the demand of JDU to share the seats equally as we have a long-accepted understanding."
Political observers closely following the developments argue that both parties need each other in the current political scenario in the two states. Having a tall OBC leader like Nitish Kumar on its side will help BJP reach out to the community in the backdrop of recent desertions by some OBC leaders in UP.
Talking to 'The Daily Guardian', social scientist Nawal Kishore Chaudhary said, "BJP will give a substantial number of seats to JDU in Bihar Council polls as the political situation is changing and would not like to displease its coalition partner in Bihar. Kumar's core is Mandal politics and the issues like caste census which has been raised by the Bihar CM is to extract as much he could from the BJP as far as seat sharing is concerned."
Both Bihar and Uttar Pradesh are considered very crucial in the electoral landscape of India as the two states together send as many as 120 members to Lok Sabha. Presently, the NDA has 104 members in the Lower House, which is nearly one-third of its strength there. Many times in the past, BJP agreed to Kumar's demands despite his party coming third by winning only 43 seats while BJP won 74 seats in 2020 Bihar Assembly polls.
Talking to The Daily Guardian from Patna, JDU chief spokesperson and three-time MLC from Patna Graduate constituency, Neeraj Kumar said, "NDA is going to fight the elections together as far as the Bihar Legislative Council polls are concerned. The seats have not been officially decided yet but we have a very clear understanding with the BJP and there is no confusion. Our critics used to say that JDU would get very few seats in 2019 parliamentary polls but you saw the number of seats we got. Hence, rest assured that we will fight unitedly in Bihar under the tested and trusted leadership of Nitish Kumar and win the polls."
Meanwhile, however, fresh tension erupted between BJP and JDU as state president (SC Morcha) of BJP Bihar, Ajit Choudhary on Sunday slammed Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over the prohibition law in the state and called him an autocratic leader. "If you want your allies along with you to run the government, then listen to them too. We asked him to review the prohibition law. Is that a wrong question to ask? He has double standards and it won't work," he said. " Nitish Kumar has become completely autocratic, who has got power for 16 years," he added.
Since 2016, alcohol has been banned in Bihar and any violation of the law warrants punishment.
Rahul's over-reliance on Sidhu, Rawat may prove costly
Ajit Maindola
There are indications that the Congress may have to pay a heavy price for Rahul Gandhi's over-reliance on Navjot Singh Sidhu and Harish Rawat in Punjab and Uttarakhand.
The first list of Congress candidates for the Punjab Assembly elections suggests that Sidhu is dominating the ticket allocation exercise, while Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi is not that effective. Surprisingly, Channi could not manage a ticket for his brother Manohar Singh. The message is loud and clear that Channi is not being given importance in the process of candidate selection. Another message is that Channi's CM job is not safe if the party comes to power again.
Analysts believe that the Congress may lose a good chunk of Dalit votes if this message goes out, as Channi belongs to this community whose presence is quite significant in Punjab. As a result of being denied a ticket, Manohar Singh is ready to contest as an independent candidate.
After the first list came out, it was clear that Rahul was relying too much on Sidhu. Channi's brother was denied a ticket citing the reason that only one ticket would be given to one family. But this formula cannot be applied in Uttarakhand. Congress will have to give tickets to Yashpal Arya and his son. Arya came to Congress leaving the BJP. At the same time, Harish Rawat is also making efforts to settle his son and daughter in politics.
So, Sidhu and Rawat are dominant in Punjab and Uttarakhand, respectively. Both are eyeing CM posts as well. Both of them are taking their opponents head on to consolidate their positions.
All the Congress heavyweights had left the party and joined BJP during the last Assembly elections because of Rawat's "unacceptable" politics. This time round, Rawat has spoiled their plan to return to Congress. A couple of leaders like Kishore Upadhyaya and Arya in the Congress have been sidelined. Harish Rawat is the only leader who is visible in the Congress in Uttarakhand. Rawat is not apparently able to challenge the BJP which is strong in all respect. Rahul Gandhi could not also address the issues that the party has been facing in the hill state.
Similarly, Congress seems to be losing its grip over Punjab due to Rahul's over-dependence on Sidhu. Congress' Dalit card politics is also losing the steam with growing dissidence after ticket distribution. The opposition will try to benefit from any rift in Channi's family over ticket allocation. CM's cousin Jasvinder Singh has already joined BJP.
Former Chief minister Amarinder Singh is already eagerly waiting to welcome Congress rebels. Meanwhile, the BJP wants a hung house in Punjab so as to keep Congress out of power.
PM will address WEF Davos meeting virtually
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will deliver the "State of the World" special address at the World Economic Forum's (WEF) Davos Agenda on Monday, said Prime Minister's Office on Sunday.
PM Modi will address the WEF at 8:30 PM IST via video conference, the office said in a press release. The virtual event will be held from January 17-21. Several heads of state will address the event including Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Chinese President Xi Jinping, and EU Commission's chief Ursula von der Leyen.
The event will also witness the participation of top industry leaders, international organisations and civil society, who will deliberate on critical challenges being faced by the world today and discuss how to address them.
VACCINATION DRIVE COMPLETES A YEAR, OVER 157 CR INOCULATED
Cases have started dipping in Delhi; positivity rate too going down; over 85% beds in dedicated Covid hospitals are vacant in the national capital.
Tanmaya Das
Amid the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, India on Sunday completed one year of its successful vaccination drive. Congratulating India on the successful vaccination drive, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya tweeted, "16th January 2021 will always be remembered! Congratulations India on crossing 157 crore Covid19 vaccinations that too in just 1 year. With PM Narendra Modi Ji's mantra of Sabka Prayas, India has emerged as an example in the world in fight against Covid-19."
On January 16, 2021, the inoculation of the healthcare workers started while the frontline workers got their doses from February 2, 2021. The vaccination of those above 60 years and above 45 years with specified comorbidities started on March 1, 2021. Similarly, the vaccination for all people aged more than 45 started on April 1, 2021, and finally, the vaccination for those above 18 years started on May 1, 2021.
To mark the successful completion of one year of vaccination, the Union Health Minister released a postal stamp. Mandaviya tweeted, "Releasing commemorative postal stamp on India's achievement in developing indigenous Covid vaccine."
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also took to Twitter to mark the success of one year of vaccination. He tweeted, "Today we mark #1yearofVaccinedrive. I salute each and every individual who is associated with the vaccination drive. Our vaccination programme has added great strength to the fight against Covid-19. It has led to saving lives and thus protecting livelihoods."
Praising the efforts of the healthcare workers and nurses, he further tweeted, "At the same time, the role of our doctors, nurses and healthcare workers is exceptional. When we see glimpses of people being vaccinated in remote areas, or our healthcare workers taking the vaccines there, our hearts and minds are filled with pride."
Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that if the government and the people of a country unite to achieve a common goal, then the country can conquer every challenge. "Leadership and determination of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the continuous efforts of the people in India have proved that if the government and the people of a country unite to achieve a common goal, then the country can conquer every challenge and make the impossible possible," Shah tweeted in Hindi.
According to sources, more than 11 crore beneficiaries have received vaccination in tribal districts and almost over 65 crore beneficiaries accounting for 70% of the adult population, are fully vaccinated. Also, more than three crore children (15-18 years) have received the first dose within ten days of the vaccination programme.
As per the Union Health Minister, more than 66 lakh vaccine doses have been administered in the last 24 hours. He has said that India's vaccination programme has been one of the most the successful and largest programmes as compared to developed nations. More than 100 crore doses have been administered in less than nine months. India had initiated the programme of Har Ghar Dastak (Door-to-Door) vaccination drive for people who were hesitant to take vaccines. The health officials have been consistently urging people to follow Covid protocols.
Among the states, Uttar Pradesh has given a total of over 23.06 crore Covid-19 vaccination doses to date. It leads the charts as the number one state with most Covid-19 vaccination doses administered, followed by Maharashtra (14.31 crore doses), West Bengal (11.39 crore doses), Madhya Pradesh (10.74 crore doses) and Bihar (10.70 crore doses).
As per the data recorded by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India on Sunday reported 132,557 more active Covid cases. Till now, the country has reported more than 6,000 cases of Omicron.
CASES START DIPPING IN DELHI
Delhi continued to register a decline in daily Covid-19 cases with the city recording 18,286 cases in the last 24 hours. As per a bulletin issued by the health department of the Delhi government, the positivity rate for the day has declined to 27.87%. A total of 65,621 samples were tested during the last 24 hours. With this, the total Covid-19 cases in the state have gone up to 17,09,970.
During the last 24 hours, 21,846 people recovered from the infection, taking the recoveries in the national capital to 15,94,788.
28 people died due to the deadly virus during the last 24 hours. The death toll in the state due to the virus currently stands at 25,363.
There are currently 89,819 active Covid-19 cases in the national capital, out of which 68,411 are currently in home isolation.
As per Delhi government, there are currently 2,711 patients admitted in hospitals, out of which 120 are suspected to be infected with Covid-19 and 2,591 are confirmed cases of Covid-19.
As per the government, 85.51% of beds across dedicated Covid-19 hospitals in Delhi are vacant, with only 2,711 beds out of total 15,499 beds being occupied by patients.
Similarly, 89.15% of beds in Covid-19 care centres are vacant, with 502 beds out of 4,626 beds being occupied by patients. In the Covid-19 health centres, 81.65% beds are empty, with only 29 out of 158 beds being occupied by the patients.
Mumbai reported 7,895 new cases of Covid-19 out of 57,534 tests conducted during the last 24 hours. According to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) bulletin, the total number of cases of the disease in Mumbai has gone up to 9,99,862. Eleven people lost their lives due to the virus during the last 24 hours and the death toll has gone up to 16,257. The city has 60,371 active cases.
AICTE AND MINISTRY OF EDUCATION'S INNOVATION CELL CELEBRATE NATIONAL START-UP DAY
The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and the Ministry of Education's Innovation Cell (MIC) today celebrated the 'National Start-up Day' and highlighted 75 innovative technologies with start-up potential to receive grants assistance, mentorship, and incubation linkage support.
These innovations were part of the e-exhibition held during the Innovation Week that started on January 10. During the Innovation Week, more than 500 innovations and startups showcased their work virtually. The Innovation Week concluded today with an announcement of marking the day as 'National Start-up Day' by Hon'ble Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi.
The innovations and start-ups were selected from a host of programs like the National Innovation Contest, Smart India Hackathon, and Toycathon that were conducted by the Ministry of Education. These 75 innovations and start-ups have developed a range of technological solutions and services that will work across 16 different themes and sectors.
Among the start-ups, 'BioMANS' (Bio-Based Biodegradable Advance Material) produces a wide range of utility products for daily use like carry bags, medical bibs, cotton earbuds, disposable cutlery, etc. from agricultural waste. The start-up is working to curb single-use plastic pollution.
Another start-up named "Fenice Technical Solutions" incubated at Dr. MGR Educational and Research Institute offers solution in Robotics and Drones segment. Their innovative product 'Clog Removing Autonomous Bot' (CRAB) is to clear blocks and clogs in underground sewer and metro pipelines.
"Motion Sensing Glove" is a unique technical tool to assist the physiotherapists has been developed by a team of students and is currently being incubated at Punjab University. The device suggests the best and optimal moves for a patient undergoing physio rehabilitation treatment. The founding team is working in the direction to use AI and ML-based data analysis to further improve its usability.
The MoE's Innovation Cell and AICTE offers a wide range of policy programs and handholding initiatives to promote and support innovation and startups in educational institutions
Prof. Anil D Sahasrabudhe, Chairman, AICTE emphasised that: "Toycathon and Toy Business league (TBL) are best platforms for both school and college students to collaborate with industries to commercialise their creative outputs. So far 55 toy manufacturers have collaborated with Toycathon winners to refine and manufacture their products".
Commenting on the success of the programme, Dr. Abhay Jere, Chief Innovation Officer (CIO), MIC, said: "We started with 30,000 ideas from students and faculty. After multiple levels of screening, scrutiny, and training, we have now identified 75 innovations that have really good start-up potential. We are offering them funding support up to Rs.10 lakh each and will monitor their progress for the next two years".
Highlighting the importance of the initiative, Prof. M.P. Poonia, Vice-Chairman, AICTE, said: "The AICTE has already introduced and institutionalised a new academic program at master's level on Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Venture Development (MBA/PGDM in IEV) for technical institutions with incubation units to offer this program. So far 21 HEIs are running this program and helping young minds to undertake the career of innovation and start-up as part of the academic. This academic program is a reformative step and aligned with NEP's multidisciplinary approach and to produce job creators from academic institutions".


meet in the eternal now.
I am the eternal now.
One is all, and all are one.
is a part of myself.
Whatever I put out, I get it back.
it crystallises in my circumstances.
reinforces my state of being.
I respond with peace in my heart.
I can imagine in that moment.
It is a constant flow of life.
It is the heart of all existence.
I am always history free.
I am always consequence free.
Yet I can create an illusion of consequence.
yet not everything is probable.
It all depends on my synchronicity.
shall present itself to me.
What I believe to be true, is true.
All illusions are made out of different beliefs.
Yet there is only one knowledge.
It is the wisdom of old, yet new.
when it merges with the feeling.
I feel what I desire.
I always receive what I ask for.
I always manifest instantly with no effort.
My wisdom is to be aware of what I request.


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You guys, we are a quarter of the way there! Donations overall are going well. We are only $75 away from my humble goal and getting some long overdue justice against that snickering dog. Honestly, I'm kinda being smoked by the other members of the group, but it's all for a good cause.
There's a funny thing about gamers. In spite of what some writer at Tor thinks (link goes to Larry Correia's excellent fisking of the Tor piece), we're a pretty diverse and inclusive group. Just take a look at the Retro Gamers Society promotional video for our gameathon.
We didn't hire any actors or make any special calls. These are just the regulars that show up to our monthly get togethers to hang out, play games, buy/sell/trade, and just generally have a good time. We aren't spending our time lamenting any micro-aggressions. We're having FUN. And hey, trying to do some good for our community while we're at it.
Donation link is here. You'll be able to access the Twitch stream from there too starting August 29th. If you want your donations counted towards snickering dog justice, please email me (jennifer AT injennifershead DOT com).
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So the internet is all a flutter with the news of Arizona's right to refuse service law being vetoed. Oklahoma has one in the works to which is being re-worked in light of the activities in Arizona.
In the interest of full disclosure, I am just going to go ahead and tell you that I've not read either bill. All I have seen is the reaction to it on both sides. And really, I sympathize with those celebrating the veto. I have no tolerance for bigotry*. Sympathize, but don't agree.
So now the Christian screen-printer has to print up flyers for the gay rally. Their money is good, right? It's a business offering a service for hire to the public. Don't hate. Don't discriminate. So what if the screen-printers happen to be black? Do they also have to print flyers for next week's Klan rally? Their money spends the same, right? They are participating in a completely legal activity even if you do find them reprehensible.
The Christian bakery has to make big gay wedding cakes. And they'll be fabulous, I'm sure. Going to have the Halal deli cater the reception? Huh. That's funny. That wasn't the conflict that sent anyone running to the ACLU.
Let me introduce you to Gary James, proprietor of Gary's Chicaro's in Enid, Ok.
Love the shirt, by the way. I wish all the bigoted assholes in the world would label themselves so obviously. It should be absolutely legal for them to do so.
Just as legal as making sure that Gary's Chicaro's gains the reputation of being the best little gay bar in Oklahoma. Or setting up on the public street out front with a camera**. I do so love the idea of handling bigots with the ridicule and shame they deserve. Let the market do its justice.
The freedom of speech is not there to protect pretty speech. It is specifically designed to protect speech that makes people uncomfortable. The kind of thing that starts revolutions. Freedom of association has no clause stating as long as your associating with the 'right' people. It also allows you not to associate with those you choose not to associate with. It's set up that way on purpose.
Think long and hard before deciding 'there outta be a law.' They all have consequences, and one day, it won't be your side deciding how to enforce it.
**From a reasonable distance, wouldn't want to be harassing anyone. Know your rights as a photographer. Not that I'm suggesting anything. Wouldn't want to give anyone any ideas.
You are not defined by the color of your skin nor by the actions of anyone that may or may not look like you. You are an individual capable of your own decisions, as was this young man on that fateful night.
His history of violence, drug use, and illegal activity is not yours. His decisions belong to him and him alone. I reject the idea that anyone else is interchangeable with Trayvon Martin. I refuse to believe the character of this young man reflects the character of all the young men in the black community. That would be racist.
I will not paint anyone with a brush dipped in his character. I do not wish to live in a world colored in that way. I cannot change what is in anyone else's heart, but I can determine my own. I reject the idea that the actions of one person define a community.
If it is true that the verdict rendered declared open season on young black men, then I encourage all law abiding young black men to arm themselves. Learn the laws of legal self defense and protect yourself. Don't become the aggressor and perpetuate the violence. Instead, be the protector of yourself and your loved ones. Your life has value. Anyone who wishes to take it from you has forfeited their own.
I do not wish violence on anyone, but I do believe everyone should have means to answer it if it is visited upon them.
You can't turn on the radio lately without hearing someone talking about too many young black men being killed. Too many lives cut short.
And most certainly, I agree. What is so very disappointing to me is that these passionate cries for something to be done are in reaction to the shooting of Trayvon Martin. Why haven't I been hearing these cries in connection to the gang violence that prematurely ends the lives of so many? Why no outcry about all of the black on black homicides? Where are the marches for Allen?
Why the fixation on race?
And Mr. President, really? Did you really just say that all black people look alike? As if any individual is interchangeable with another because of some shared genetics? As if appearance is what defines the value of a human being? That's one of the more racist things I've heard.
I feel no need to trot out my own tolerant credentials because I have none. I don't have any black friends. I don't have any hispanic friends. I don't have any white friends.
I have friends. They are individuals and of particular value to me because of who they are. They don't need an ethnic adjective to be special to me, to be a part of my tribe. I don't need to fill some affirmative action quota because I'm concerned about the content of your character and not the color of your skin.
Sure my friends come from a variety of ethnic backgrounds. Not a one of them is black or white. I had a big box of Crayola brand crayons growing up, you can't fool me. Everyone I've ever met is somewhere in the range of beige to brown and you generally had to blend a couple of the colors to get a good match. Huh. There might just be some kind of metaphor in there.
Are we different? Sure. Just this weekend, I said, "There are certain benefits to being 1/4 Filipino." Want to know what that benefit was? The fact that my sunburn would be a tan in just a couple of days as opposed to what a sunburn does to my red-haired husband.
But that doesn't follow the narrative, now does it? You know, because all of our problems will be solved by stirring the pot. Sigh. I guess it's time to update the definitions again.
Justice: A careful examination of the facts, witness statements, and applicable laws. Stirring up a riot on the basis of a superficial categorization.
And yet this Justice of the Peace will not sign the marriage license of mixed race couples. And it's for the children. Those poor mixed race children never grown up to be anything significant. Why they'll be forced to spend their lives reading other people's words off of teleprompters and accepting meaningless medals from Norwegians. How terrible for them.
This must be another example of the horrible right wing Republican racists right? Indeed, he is listed as a Republican in the Louisiana Parish Elected Officials listing. But something interesting happens when you click on the link to see his office incumbent history.
That's unpossible! What possibly could have happened in 2008 that made him change parties? You don't think it's because of racism do ya? Of course not. Democrats are all so very enlightened and accepting! His denial of this marriage application was certainly due to the evil influence of his new party affiliation. Or, maybe not.
Evidently, Bardwell has long had a policy of not marrying interracial couples, and admitted that Louisiana's attorney general had warned him years ago that he could "get into trouble" because of it.
Or maybe the party of Robert Byrd, former Exalted Cyclops of the KKK, is a little less enlightened than they would like us to believe. At least they are equal opportunity haters. They say vile, childish things about women too. But what do you expect from someone that thinks Twitter is a person. Guess he's really using that "ivy league" education.
Just look at all these mean racist doctors demonstrating against Dear Reader's brilliant plan to take over the world every aspect of your life health-care. Yeah, 2/3rds of practicing physicians are opposed to Obamacare racist. 45% would consider quitting if Obamacare passed because they really hate black people that much.
Of course they don't really care about patients. They're just racist according to Jimmah Carter. You remember him right? Nice peanut farmer guy that was in way over his head as president. Then decided to get all buddy buddy with people that want us dead. I think he realized that his place in history as the worst president evah may not be so secure. Now he's got to be the worst ex-president evah.
Democratic Senator Jay Rockefeller is opposed to the bill on the basis of it raising taxes on the middle class because he's racist. The CEO of Coca-Cola is racist too. And not just because he didn't redesign the company logo in honor of Dear Reader like some other soft drink companies we know. Nope. It's because he is opposed to turning the US into the old Soviet Union.
Yep. The word racist has no officially taken on a new meaning. It is no longer hateful discrimination based on a person's race. It is now any and all disagreement with Dear Reader.
Posted on September 16, 2009 Author JenniferCategories Current Events, Politics, Racism2 Comments on What's Up Racist Doc?
You knew it was coming, if you oppose the president addressing your children without you, you're racist. You know, it would have nothing to due with the fact you might have a problem with who he considers great mentors. Or maybe it's because he hangs out with Truthers.
Fine. Make that accusation. I've actually come to welcome it. Why? Because I know that when you sink to just calling those that oppose you racists, you don't really have an argument. You may as well be doing the I'm rubber, you're glue playground chant.
Racism was once thought of like a cardinal sin. Now the word is thrown around so much that its meaning has been cheapened and lost. It is nothing more that a political tool. When the left can no longer answer logical opposition, they must sink to character assassination.
Cries of racism have become the default setting. I'd hate to take that away from them. Really, it's all they've got.


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New name for Northamptonshire schools trust
The trust's largest school, Montsaye Academy
Sam Wildman
A trust that looks after several schools in the north of the county has changed its name.
Yesterday (Monday) Montsaye Community Learning Partnership (MCLP) became Pathfinder Schools.
They say they have a new vision and values based around inspiring greatness.
In February their largest school, Montsaye Academy in Rothwell, was praised for a remarkable turnaround after jumping from a grade of inadequate to good by Ofsted
All eight schools in the Pathfinder Schools trust are now rated as outstanding or good.
A trust spokesman said: "We want to show our communities that we are a group of schools with something truly different to offer. We are proud to be a trust that empowers each
school to focus on the many small things that make a young person amazing not purely their educational outcomes.
"We believe that life is about more than success. We are proud to be part of something much bigger, making a real difference to our communities."
The trust worked with Sharon Short Marketing and stakeholders to understand what makes them different to other multi-academy trusts.
Chief executive officer Ann Davey said: "This exercise has really helped us to find out what our purpose, vision and values are and distil these into the identity of Pathfinder Schools."
Other schools in the trust include: Hawthorn Community Primary School in Kettering, Havelock Infant and Junior Schools in Desborough, Loatlands Primary School in Desborough, Rothwell Nursery Infant and Junior Schools, Rushton Primary School and Wilbarston Primary School.
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Q: Can't connect to mongodb from node.js I am trying to write a piece of code to connect to mongodb database from node.js using the 'mongodb' library.
here is a piece of code describing what im trying to achieve:
var Db = require('mongodb').Db,
MongoClient = require('mongodb').MongoClient,
Server = require('mongodb').Server,
ReplSetServers = require('mongodb').ReplSetServers,
ObjectID = require('mongodb').ObjectID,
Binary = require('mongodb').Binary,
GridStore = require('mongodb').GridStore,
Grid = require('mongodb').Grid,
Code = require('mongodb').Code,
assert = require('assert');
var User = require('mongo-bcrypt-user');

// Set up the connection to the local db
var mongoclient = new MongoClient(new Server("localhost", 27017), {native_parser: true});
var db = mongoclient.db("test");
var coll = db.collection('users');

when trying to run the file im getting the following error:
D:\mongodb.js:15
var db = mongoclient.db("test");
                   ^
TypeError: undefined is not a function
at Object.<anonymous> (D:\Backups\C Drive New Backup\temp\mongodb.js:15:24)
at Module._compile (module.js:460:26)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:478:10)
at Module.load (module.js:355:32)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:310:12)
at Module.require (module.js:365:17)
at require (module.js:384:17)
at Object.<anonymous> (D:\Backups\C Drive New Backup\temp\MyWebAPI.js:8:20)
at Module._compile (module.js:460:26)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:478:10)

Thanks in advance :]

A: MongoClient doesn't have db method: http://mongodb.github.io/node-mongodb-native/2.0/api/MongoClient.html
It has connect(url, options, callback) method, where callback is connectCallback(error, db) function, so your code must look like this:
var mongoclient = new MongoClient('mongodb://localhost:27017',
                                  {native_parser: true},
                                  function(error, db) {
                                    // use db here
                                  });

Pay attention to concepts of asynchronous programming in JavaScript.  Namely callback and promises.

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Blu-ray Review - Secretariat
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Film Review - Repo Chick
To answer the obvious question right away: No, "Repo Chick" is not a sequel to the 1984 cult hit "Repo Man," despite the reunion of writer/director Alex Cox to the realm of "Repo" titles. Instead of a return to past glory, Cox attempts something wild with his small budget and newfound taste for greenscreen, erecting a subversive satire/romp that stretches roughly 15 minutes of marvelous cinematic ideas over 90 punishing minutes of screentime. I've never missed Emilio Estevez more.
In the near future, banks have seized control of the land, leaving repossession the only job left on the planet. For spoiled socialite Pixxi (Jaclyn Jonet), a repo gig is her only opportunity to return to the good graces of her family, who've abruptly disinherited her, leaving the bubbly blonde in the care of company man Arizona Gray (Miguel Sandoval). Showing a gift for the art of repo, Pixxi is soon fixated on a considerable reward offered for the retrieval of a lost train, taking to the streets of L.A. on the hunt for clues. Instead of acquiring easy cash, Pixxi comes into contact with a terrorist group looking to rid the world of golf courses, armed with an ecological message and a nest of Russian bombs.
To its credit, "Repo Chick" has a highly unusual visual scheme. Shot entirely on greenscreen stages, Cox pastes the eager actors into a shiny world of miniatures, toys, and animation, creating a specialized unreality to backdrop the absurd screenplay. The concept is stimulating, allowing the filmmaker to mount the strenuous particulars of the story with minimal toil, reducing the need for an epic budget by turning everything into a cartoon of sorts, facilitating the broader strokes of imagination. While the execution is bit dodgy from shot to shot, the visual ambition keeps "Repo Chick" alive for the opening act. Once the novelty wears off, the film immediately wears thin.
Cooking up a world of financial ruin, government corruption, and celebutante worship, Cox has plenty on his mind with "Repo Chick." Trouble is, it all vomits out at once, creating a tedious film of lukewarm satire and garish colors, spun with palpable confusion from the cast (which also includes Rosanna Arquette and "Sid and Nancy" star Chloe Webb, who hasn't been in a movie since 1998). Cox goes after the state of the union armed with a marshmallow gun, struggling to stay topical while dreaming up ways to exploit the Barbie greenscreen aesthetic he's created. It's an explosion of Kubrickian madness, but there's no sense of rhythm to the farce, which lunges from scene to scene without generating any laughs or knowing nods.
"Repo Chick" aims to reach a chaotic peak of destiny, where our pop tart heroine strives to save the day from a myriad of "villains," using what passes for smarts and some help from her pals. By this point in the picture, the heroic jolt has rubbed off. I wish I could report how thrilling and refreshing the feature is, especially with such distinctive visual ambition. However, Cox is wearing his crash helmet backwards, leaving "Repo Chick" an aimless, unsatisfying mess that reaches for a cheeky mood of anarchy, only to achieve complete disinterest by the end credits.


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If you are tired of walking to class or simply craving some two-wheeled transportation, the Sonoma State Campus Recreation Center may soon have a solution to your problem.
The center is in the process of creating a new program that will allow students to rent bikes for an entire semester for a mere $40.
Guinn has been the Sustainability Coordinator for Sonoma State University for over two years.
A bike rental program has always been a long-term goal of hers. She said the program has been kicked-started with the help of a $1,500 grant from the California State Students Association's Greenovation fund.
The program is still in the planning stages, as a team works to get it running. The bikes must be purchased by May, per the grant, but the plan is to buy them before that deadline. Many aspects of the program still need to be figured out before it can be instituted.
"I've drafted a rental agreement, we're finalizing a storage space and discussing the lowest possible pricing," Guinn said.
Employees from Campus Recreation, Outdoor Rescources and Adventure Programs are working together with a local bike company, Mike's Bikes, to determine which bikes will best serve a diverse user group.
The rental program will be semester-long because a daily program would require substantially more staffing.
"I think we are hoping to get the program to that point, if it's a success and students want it. But just for the sake of getting this thing going, we are going to start with semesterly and work out the infrastructure needs of making more frequent rentals possible," Guinn said.
The California State Student Association's Greenovation Fund awards grants for student-led sustainability projects, totaling $15,000 each year. The $1,500 awarded to Sonoma State for this project comes under the condition that Campus Rec will also provide funds to start up the project.
"We hope that this program is the beginning of a shift from commuter culture to active transportation at Sonoma State," Guinn said.
Thirty-seven percent of undergraduates live on campus at Sonoma State.
Students at Sonoma State had mostly positive things to say about the future program.
"I think it's a great idea, because students already use bikes or they use skateboards to get around. It's a good opportunity for those who can't afford to buy one themselves to rent one," said sophomore Humberto Chavez Molla.
Molla said he commutes to Sonoma State, so he will not be renting a bike, but thinks it is great for those who live close by.
Not all were positive about the program, however.
Lexi Phan, a second-year student who lives in the dorms, is skeptical of the need for a such a program at Sonoma State.
"I just feel like our campus is pretty small, I wouldn't think that a lot of students would need it, unless they're commuting by bike from a neighborhood next door," said Phan. She also raised questions about the program's viability. "How would you be keeping track of the bikes? What if it got stolen?" she said.
The start date of the program has not been set.


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Small pub opened in this busy town centre at the beginning of December 2016. Unable to rent out the shop, the owner invested on opening it as a micro pub. The pub entrance leads to a set of steps through the heavy sliding door. Seating for about 25 people with room for more to stand. This old picture house was the Hipperdrome when it was built in 1904.