So I'll start with this past year. 2013 was an exciting year of my life. To be honest, pretty much every year since 2007 has been a progressive attempt to top the previous one in terms of challenging myself, embracing new experiences or diving further into what I'm capable of.
But 2013 started with tragedy. My baby bird, Ender, died at the very beginning of the year and to this day I doubt my ability to talk about his death without tears forming in my eyes. I cried for weeks, was haunted by nightmares of his hollow shell of a body in my hands, and I blamed myself continuously for his death. It was a harsh and crushing beginning to my year.
The following month, my romantic relationship deepened, as our emphasis on each other increased. Cheesy as it sounds, spending a spontaneous Valentine's Day together was one of the sweetest experiences I'll always cherish. It was a turning point in multiple ways, as I also knew at that point it was time to begin my process of moving back to Los Angeles from Las Vegas. I had always known I would (the original plan was to move back springtime of '13) but the process began then. My life began orbiting Los Angeles again, visiting for four days twice a month and every time I came "home" to Vegas was just to work to get myself "home" to Los Angeles. I wrote about my need to leave Vegas.
In April, my best friend in Las Vegas moved home to Hawai'i. She needed to leave, Vegas hadn't treated her well the past year, but losing her was hard. She is an incredible person and her closing the chapter on her life in Vegas involved an abrupt cutting ties with her connections to it, so I felt the loss of her friendship and presence profoundly.
I interviewed for the job in Los Angeles with a financial firm working with one of my closest friends. I was told they'd have an opening in the summer, so I prepared my move for then. Somehow the process of preparing to move back to LA inspired me to write the stories of my initial move there and the adventures that came after which caused me to drive across country for three months. It was nice to tell the stories, finally.
In late May, I packed all my belongings up and drove them back to Los Angeles. To a storage unit in West LA, where they remain to this day. I still haven't found the apartment worth unpacking for.
In May I also bought myself my first big purchase in many years: a 2007 Mini Cooper. Having a car loan again makes me feel a bit like a prisoner, with responsibilities and such, but I'm very happy for it.
As my new job hadn't started yet in June, I returned weekly to Las Vegas to work while spending my free time in Los Angeles enjoying the company of my incredible lover – a relationship which continued to evolve and strengthen. We encountered differences of opinion which shook us, and I learned that though it hurts to admit and face the things we like less about one another, the realization that we're willing to address the problems and fight for better understandings, for our expectations and hopes and desires is eye-opening; that "we" as a unit are worth working on, fighting for and committing to. It's genuinely the first time in my life I've ever felt like that.
My new job began in July and my life shifted dramatically – instead of being a creature of the night, I was a bird of the mornings, working the 9 to 5 in a tall office building while learning more and more about personal finance, investment strategies and regulatory agencies.
In August, I celebrated an anniversary I hadn't seriously considered: how amazing that this casual romantic intersection of two people who continuously comment about our mutual fears of commitment, could actually last an entire year, and still be going strong.
Also over the summer, I attended Freedom Fest & Burning Man, events that deserve blog entries of their own and of which I have hundreds of photos. Consider this a recorded resolution of mine to publish those.
My blog itself evolved a bit, as I began writing about current events: the Boston Marathon Bombing and then a Bad-Molly Scare, I began realizing I have an interest in blogging about things I care about, even if they aren't stories of my personal life. Not everything needs to be an autobiography.
In October, I celebrated my birthday in Los Angeles, like I did the year before. A small group of awesome people came together at my boyfriend's house and we had dinner – and I realized how many incredible people I know in this city. I really have begun building a foundation for the rest of my life . It started when I moved in 2010, but I marvel at how I maintained and grew my own circle even while living away in Vegas for a year.
On my birthday I asked for a promotion. A month later, I got promoted. Four months at my job and I moved up to salary, benefits, and all those things that verify that this is in fact that career I've chosen and the work I'm committing to.
In November, my father came to visit – my first family member to visit me on the West coast. This is certainly a lengthy entry for a later date, but Thanksgiving was a turning point this year. I cooked for a dozen people, my very first Thanksgiving feast as hostess. My father was there – the last time we spent Thanksgiving dinner together I was too young to remember. Family of blood and family of choice coming together: I was so happy to be able to celebrate Thanksgiving that way and with that group of people. There is so much more to be said about that evening, but it will have its own spotlight in the near future.
Christmas was similarly situated, though without blood family in attendance. I was able to Skype briefly with my mother and my brothers. There was another dinner, an orphan's Christmas, and it was such an incredible time (and I made a ton of food again). I am so glad that group of people came together. I learned that I truly love hostessing, cooking, and caring for a community of awesome people. Fostering those friendships is a big deal to me.
2013 was a year of tying up certain loose ends and starting new traditions. It was a year of new friendships that I will cherish. It was a year of committing to things: my city, my car loan, my lover, my career. It was a year of building bridges and connections – opposite of my previous year which was about being an island. 2013 was the year I turned 26, the year I met some phenomenal people who will influence the way I go about my life in the future. It was the year of retiring certain habits. It was a year of self-ownership and self-determination and suddenly walking into the world and realizing that some people were actually seeing me, as I was, as a self-determined adult. It may be the first year I ever truly felt like a grown-up, however brief those moments may have been.
Sometimes truth is ugly, sometimes it hurts, sometimes it's beautiful and funny, sometimes it's hopeful, sometimes it's hopeless. Truth doesn't care about your feelings, it doesn't try to soften the blow. You can't improve the situation you exist in until you let truth take away all of your assumptions, all of your hesitations, buffers, and rationalizations. You can only make strong new realities by letting truth inform your current reality. Let it take away your crutches, let it wash away the things you're afraid to do without. Then it will leave you, naked and raw and fearless, and you will spend the rest of your life pursuing it, becoming a vessel for it, and being one with it.
2014 is going to be a crazy year. I'm studying for my Series 7 & 66 licensing exams, which I expect to complete in the first quarter of the year. I'm turning out to be really good at my job, and as people recognize that they challenge me to do more and be more – thankfully there is a path for this in my company and the people who foster and witness my greatest career triumphs will continue to assist me as I wade into waters deeper than I fully understand yet.
I'm committed to writing this year. I will not let procrastination or excuses or "being too busy" get in the way of telling the stories I feel I need to tell. There is so much to explain about my philosophies & beliefs, the things that drive me, the things I want people to better understand and utilize themselves.
I can't call myself a writer if I don't write, and if I am not a writer, my five-year-old self will time-travel to 2014 to kick me.
There are truths out there, and they need to be talked about. So this year, I will. I promise, I will.
This is sweet. 2013 holds some great memories, and some that are difficult. Thank you for being there with me through them.
I considered a paragraph for a particular partial "victory" but it's not my story to tell and even with a vague reference, I don't think I could do it justice.


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Ankang (en chino:安康市, pinyin:Ānkāng Shì, literalmente:buena salud). Es una ciudad-prefectura en la provincia de Shaanxi, República Popular de China. A una distancia aproximada de 160 kilómetros de la capital provincial. Limita al norte con Xi'an, al sur con la provincia de Chongqing, al oeste con Hanzhong y al este con Shiyan. Su área es de 23 529 km² y su población es de 2 949 700 (2010).

La economía de la ciudad se basa principalmente en textiles, productos de seda, química, materiales de construcción, producción de alimentos y minería.

En la década de 1930 con el nombre de la ciudad de Ankáng fue Shingan.

Administración
La ciudad prefectura de Ankáng administra 1 distrito y 9 condados.
 Distrito Hanbin 汉滨区
 Condado Hanyin 汉阴县
 Condado Shiquan 石泉县
 Condado Ningshan 宁陕县
 Condado Ziyang 紫阳县
 Condado Langao 岚皋县
 Condado Pingli 平利县
 Condado Zhenping 镇坪县
 Condao Xunyang 旬阳县
 Condado Baihe	白河县

Inundaciones
En julio de 2010 63 personas murieron, 119 desaparecidos y 2.824 heridos durante las devastadoras inundaciones de China en 2010.

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Independence Day: 20th Anniversary Edition (Blu-ray Review)
May 5th, 2016 by Aaron Neuwirth
Nothing says great Blu-ray release like the announcement of a sequel or remake to lead to this happening. Soon we will have a follow-up to one of the biggest blockbusters of the 90s with Independence Day: Resurgence and that has led to a new release of Independence Day, complete with an all new transfer for both versions of the film, new extras and plenty of other things to make me happy. I am an unabashed fan of the film and it's great to have a terrific new release of it. Dig in to learn more about the new edition of this alien invasion/disaster movie spectacle.
I remember seeing Independence Day on its opening night with my uncle back in 1996. The scene following the initial alien attack faded in with a shot of the Statue of Liberty having fallen down and the audience sitting in silence (except for one guy who yelled, "Oh sh**!." It was a level of shock not seen before, which was rounded out by groundbreaking visual effects, a great cast of character actors and upcoming global movie star Will Smith, and a story that was tremendously entertaining. This film had it all for 10-year old me and was easily my favorite movie outside of the Star Wars Trilogy and Indiana Jones back then.
Fortunately time has been good to Independence Day. Sure, it is cheesy at times, has a wildly over-the-top score (although I don't know what else would fit) and cashes in on melodrama a lot. That said, the film still looks great. Much like Terminator 2, Independence Day holds up well today thanks to a heavy reliance on practical effects to go with the elements of CG in play. As a result, there is a real weight to the action we see and it is made even better by all the personality director Roland Emmerich inserts into the film.
The story is standard stuff, but we get a good 45 minutes of character work before the action really kicks into gear. The U.S. President (Bill Pullman), a computer expert and his father (Jeff Goldblum and Judd Hirsch), a fighter pilot (Will Smith) and a drunk veteran (Randy Quaid) all get caught up in the global event that is the arrival of aliens in giant spaceships. These aliens turn out to be unfriendly, leading to massive destruction and the eventual plan for how humans fight back.
What elevates the material are all the actors (and more) who I mentioned and the choice to make an alien invasion film that doubles as an Irwin Allen-style disaster film. Let's get back to the actors though. Emmerich allowed for a lot of improvisation and it leads to plenty of wonderful moments that are easily the ones you call back to when thinking of the film. Who was where during what attack is one thing, but the banter between Goldblum and Smith, Goldblum and Hirsch, Smith and Harry Connick Jr. and everyone else is something else. Even in the most desperate of times in the film, it never loses a sense of humor and helps make the film so wildly watchable.
Then you think of the destruction that takes place and while we may have seen endless explosions that take out major landmarks in films at this point, Independence Day was a film that really defined what audiences would expect for years to come, when it came to earth-based films functioning on a grand scale. Add to that some enjoyable dogfights between jets and alien spaceships and you get plenty of balance between character moments and action.
Many who did not write off Independence Day seem to look at the film as a guilty pleasure and I'll never understand it. I don't feel any shame for watching a major blockbuster that is this satisfying to watch. From the multiple times I saw the film in theaters to the VHS copy (complete with holographic cover) that I watched plenty, it's been a movie that always works for me. It has its share of flaws, that's easy to see, but it has tremendous set pieces, plenty of memorable lines and that iconic speech from Pullman's President Whitmore. This was a movie that arrived with massive hype, which it lived up to then and still stands up today.
Encoding: MPEG-4 AVC
Clarity/Detail: Independence Day look good on its original Blu-ray, but the new transfer has the film looking better than ever (except presumably for the 4K edition). The film shows its age when looking at the giant saucers over the cities and the general level of grain that should be expected, but that doesn't take away from the clarity seen throughout the film. Scenes free of aliens have the benefit of featuring a great deal of detail that has you admiring how good-looking a film this is.
Depth: Characters work well in their positioning, with the transfer allowing for a great feel of dimensionality. This is more the case when watching action sequences play out, given the scope.
Black Levels: Black levels are strong here. The film is 20 years old, but you get a great read on the negative space seen and how shadows and nighttime scenes effectively with no sign of crush.
Color Reproduction: There is a lot of color featured throughout the film and it pops. The spectacle and nature of the aliens allows for a lot of brightness and you get a great handle on that thanks to what this new transfer has to offer.
Flesh Tones: Facial textures are strong, with a good number of close-ups that allow for us to see plenty of detail
Noise/Artifacts: Nothing to damaging.
Audio Format(s): English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Spanish and French Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish, French
Dynamics: Fox has gone all out to make sure you can experience Independence Day as if you were watching it in a theater. This 5.1 lossless audio track is a monster that provides plenty of the wow factor you want to enjoy with a big blockbuster such as this.
Low Frequency Extension: The LFE channel has plenty to do with all the explosions and heavy emphasis during moments that are supposed to shake the room.
Surround Sound Presentation: While dialogue and other elements are pushed to the front, this is a well-rounded audio track that really utilizes the various surround channels for an excellent experience.
Dialogue Reproduction: Everyone is loud and clear.
In addition to the new restoration for both the theatrical (2:25:30) and extended cuts (2:33:33) of the film, this Blu-ray has an all-new retrospective in addition to a number of older features that certainly do plenty to dig into the making of the film, not to mention the two commentary tracks.
ID4 Datastream Trivia Track (Theatrical Version) – Pop-up facts appear throughout the film on screen.
Commentary by Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin (Theatrical and Extended Cuts) – The more entertaining of the two commentary tracks, as it has these two enjoying looking at the film and delivering various anecdotes, despite some dry spots.
Commentary by Oscar-Winning Special Effects Supervisors Volker Engel and Doug Smith – This track is a little less engaging, but features plenty of information concerning the making of the film.
Independence Day: Resurgence Theatrical Trailer (HD, 2:30)
Independence Day: A Legacy Surging Forward (HD, 30:40) – Filmed on the set of the sequel, this is a look back the legacy of Independence Day, with plenty of archive footage and new interviews with the cast and crew, minus Will Smith.
Original Theatrical Ending (SD, 4:16) – Even for this film, the original ending involving Randy Quaid and his bi-plane was pretty silly, but it is here, with commentary.
Gag Reel (SD, 2:05)
Creating Reality (SD, 29:19) – A look at how the film built a level of realism around this story.
ID4 Invasion Mock-umentary (SD, 21:57) – A pseudo news piece focused on the events transpiring in the film.
The Making of ID4 (SD, 28:29) – Hosted by Jeff Goldblum, this is a fun retro making-of piece that goes into the various aspects of production.
Combat Review (Random Destruction Clips) (HD, 9:04) – If you want to see all the film's money shots, here they are.
Monitor Earth Broadcasts (SD, 51:08) – Emmerich and Devlin had news footage written and filmed around the world to help add a realistic value to the actual movie. You can find a bunch of it here.
Teaser Trailers (SD) – The marketing was huge for Independence Day and I found it important enough to mention, as the trailers were really good for this film.
Theatrical Trailer (HD, 2:30)
TV Spots (SD)
Gallery (HD)
Digital Copy of the Film
Some may not be as big a fan of Independence Day as I am, but this new Blu-ray is terrific. You get a film that is highly enjoyable and has now been restored to look and sound better than ever. Enjoy the disc for that reason alone, but also be happy to get a terrific set of extras, even if there isn't much in the way of new extras to be found. The film is what I wanted though, especially given the terrific video and audio.
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Written by: Aaron Neuwirth on May 5, 2016.
Aaron Neuwirth
Writer/Reviewer, Film Lover, Podcaster, Gamer, Comic Reader, Disc Golfer & a Lefty. There are too many films, TV, books, etc. for me to list as favorites, but I can assure that the amount film knowledge within my noggin is ridiculous, though I am always open to learning more. You can follow me on Twitter @AaronsPS4, see what else I am up to at TheCodeIsZeek.com & check out my podcast, Out Now with Aaron and Abe, on iTunes.
Tags: Bill Pullman, Independence Day, James Rebhorn, Jeff Goldblum, Judd Hirsch, Margaret Colin, Mary McDonnell, Randy Quaid, Robert Loggia, Roland Emmerich, Vivica A. Fox, Will Smith.
4 Responses to "Independence Day: 20th Anniversary Edition (Blu-ray Review)"
Kris King
Actually it is 5.1, not 7.1.
Comment on May 5th, 2016	at 7:18 pm
You are correct and the correction has been made. The box is mislabeled and I was honestly too impressed by the sound to double-check. My bad. Thanks for catching that.
Comment on May 5th, 2016	at 10:22 pm
Sorta wish it was 7.1.
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Mumbai: Reports of the Hindi remake of one of the Hollywood's hit films, the fault in our stars, were doing the rounds for two years now. the modern buzz is that Alia Bhatt and Aditya Roy Kapoor were roped in to play the lead actors in it.
"Alia became constantly the number one preference for the film. in reality, the assignment had been deliberate together with her in thoughts. Now, impressed with Aditya's overall performance inadequate Jaanu, the producing house has approached him for the male lead. if everything goes as deliberate, the movie has to take off around June-July 2017," a supply related to the crew knowledgeable the replicate.
Earlier, several rumors were rife regarding the well-known man or woman solid of the Hindi remake. Deepika Padukone and Varun Dhawan were additionally rumored to be a lead couple of the homi adjania directorial. in 2014, homi showed that he changed into approached to make the remake, for you to be produced via Karan johar's dharma productions.
"positive, I have been asked to make a Hindi model of the exquisite-selling e-book the fault in our stars. as of now, it is being scripted and best when I lock the draft are we able to finalize the strong and decide whilst to shoot it," Bollywood existence had quoted the director as pronouncing.
it will be interesting to look a smooth couple on the show. the Hollywood film, which featured Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort, is primarily based on the eponymous novel through john inexperienced and was directed with the aid of manner of josh Boone. the story is set the most cancers affected man or woman whose existence adjustments after turning into a member of a help agency.
the specific version is one of the amazing films in Hollywood, and site visitors want that the Hindi version will stay up to the expectations. inside the period in-between, Alia and Aditya are set to entertain with their movies in 2017. after giving exceptional performances with udta punjab and expensive Zindagi this year, Alia can be visible in Badrinath ki Dulhania in 2017. Aditya's good enough Jaanu is ready to welcome the state-of-the-art 12 months and hits monitors on January 13.


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Chelsea 'lining up Romelu Lukaku transfer' in sensational Stamford Bridge return for striker but Inter want £100m
CHELSEA are lining up a sensational transfer for Romelu Lukaku, according to reports.
But they would need to stump up a British-record £100million to convince Inter Milan to sell.
Chelsea may try and lure Romelu Lukaku back to Stamford Bridge but it could cost them £100m
The Blues sold the Belgian to Everton in 2014 for £28m before he joined Manchester United three years later then headed to Italy in 2019.
Since arriving at the San Siro, Lukaku has banged in 64 goals in 95 appearances and fired the club to their first Serie A title in 11 years.
However, Thomas Tuchel is desperate to bolster his squad this summer to mount a serious Premier League challenge.
And one area he wants improvement is up front – especially with Timo Werner misfiring in his first season leading the line, Tammy Abraham unfavoured and Olivier Giroud turning 35 in September.
In fact, in 30 games in charge, Tuchel's Chelsea have scored more than two goals in a game just once – a 4-1 win at Crystal Palace in April.
According to the Daily Mail, Chelsea have identified Lukaku as a more plausible transfer option ahead of Harry Kane and Erling Haaland.
Both strikers are linked with moves this summer but Spurs chief Daniel Levy will be determined not to sell to the Blues while Haaland is wanted by a host of top clubs.
Managerless Inter Milan are in financial disarray and therefore, despite winning the league, could be open to doing business at the right price.
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Asked about potential incomings in the transfer market, Tuchel said: "Two or three could be very, very good. It's a constant thing to never deny change.
"Then you always bring new energy, new guys who question the old beliefs, who challenge everybody in the training and in matches. I think it's a good thing.
"We don't need a complete turnover because it's also our job to keep on improving.
"We have still a young squad that is capable of growing and evolving but we have some ideas, of course, to make the group stronger."
Lukaku joined Chelsea as an 18-year-old in 2011 but he made just 15 appearances in total, including one Premier League start – and failed to find the net.
He enjoyed successful loan spells at West Brom and Everton in 2012-13 and 2013-14 respectively before making the Goodison Park switch permanent.
The striker is now in his prime at 28 and considered one of the best No9s in the world.
And he will be looking to spearhead Belgium to international glory at this summer's Euros with a transfer unlikely to get arranged before the tournament kicks off.
Chelsea have also been linked with strikers Harry Kane and Erling Haaland
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"The Lab"

			B103 is our room -- you must be registered in at least one Computer (COMP) course
			in order to enter the room. It is a place for students to do homework, work on projects, meet
			and chat with fellow students, and host our events. Keep an eye on the whiteboards for events
			and information from CIS3.

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			NOTE: Permission MUST be obtained from a CIS3 Executive before ANY of the following items
			are removed from B103.
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	On Loan from Shiv:

	(1) Nintendo 64 Console w/ Jumper Pak+-
	(1) Composite Cable
	(1) N64 AC Cable
	(1) Grey N64 Controller
	(1) Grey/Blue N64 Controller
	(1) Rumble Pak

	Mario Kart 64
	Diddy Kong Racing 64
	Goldeneye 64
	Super Smash Bros.
	Super Smash Bros. Melee
	Mario Kart Wii

	(1) Gamecube Console (Silver)
	(1) Composite Cable
	(1) Gamecube AC Cable
	(2) Purple Gamecube Controllers (Nintendo)
	(1) Silver Gamecube Controller (Nintendo)
	(1) Black Gamecube Controller (Nintendo)
	(1) Purple Gamecube Contoller (Nyko)

	(1) Black Wii Console
	(1) Wii Sensor Bar
	(1) Wii Composite Cable
	(1) Wii AC Cable
	(2) Black Wiimotes w/ Sleeves
	(1) White Wiimote (No Sleeve)
	(2) Black Nunchucks

	(1) Black Wireless Xbox 360 Controller w/ Rechargeable Battery Pack
	(1) White Wireless Xbox 360 Controller w/ Rechargeable Battery Pack
	(1) Battery Pack Charging Cable

	Beautiful Katamari for Xbox 360
	Dragonball Z Budokai for PS2
	Dragonball Z Budokai 3 for PS2

	On Loan from Will:

	(1) Wireless Guitar for Xbox 360 (Black Les Paul)

	Miscellaneous

	(1) Wireless Bluetooth Speaker (Blue)
	(1) Targus Bluetooth Mouse (Black)
	(1) Connect 4
	(2) Boxes of Christmas Lights
	(1) Orange Exptension Cord

	Furniture

	(1) Silver Wheeled Three-Tiered Cart

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Recep Senturk (born 1964, Çankırı, Turkey), is a Turkish academic and sociologist of religion. He is currently serving as the Rector of Ibn Haldun University and is a strong advocate of non-western sociological theories such as those by the Muslim sociologist Ibn Khaldun.

Early life and education

He was born at Çankırı in 1964. He completed his bachelor's degree from the Islamic Studies department of Marmara University. In 1988, he completed his postgraduate studies from the Department of Sociology at the Faculty of Arts of Istanbul Üniversity. He became an assistant at the same department after his postgraduate studies. In 1998, he obtained his doctorate from Columbia University in New York, US. He became an assistant professor in 2003 and achieved professorship in 2008.

Professional life

He worked for sometime as a researcher at the Center for Islamic Research (ISAM), 29 Mayis University. Afterwards, he worked as the founding director of Medeniyetler İttifakı Enstitüsü (Alliance of Civilizations Institute) at Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakıf University (FSMVÜ) (since 18 January 2017, the institute was transferred to Ibn Haldun University). He was also a member of the board of trustees of Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University. He has served as the Rector of Ibn Haldun Üniversity since 10 Mart 2017, after being appointed to the post by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Books

 Kur'an Meali Mehmed Akif Ersoy (Translation of the Quran MEhmed Akif Ersoy) (Istanbul 2012)
 Türk Düşüncesinin Sosyolojisi: Fıkıh'tan Sosyal Bilimlere (Sociology of Turkish Intellectual Thought: From Fiqh to Social sciences) (2008)
 İnsan Hakları ve İslam: Sosyolojik ve Fıkhî Yaklaşımlar (Human Rights and Islam: Legal and sociological approaches) (İstanbul 2007)
 Malcolm X (Istanbul 2006)
 Narrative Social Structure: Hadith Transmission Network 610-1505 (California: Stanford University Press, 2005)
 Yeni Din Sosyolojileri (Sociologies of New Religions) (İstanbul 2004)
 Toplumsal Hafıza: Hadis Rivayet Ağı 610-1505 (İstanbul 2004)
 Modernleşme ve Toplumbilim (Modernisation and Sociology) (İstanbul [1996] 2006)
 Açık Medeniyet (Open civilization) (İstanbul 2010)

References

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Marmara University alumni
Living people
1964 births


How do emotions affect our ability to be intellectually humble?
difficult to sustain in light of contemporary psychological research on the emotions.
might play in our understanding of intellectual humility.
the University of Portsmouth and she earned her Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh.
of social cognition mainly in young infants.
joking, showing off, or feeling shy which often get ignored in mainstream theories.
ideas of context and situation on different kinds of psychological phenomenon.
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import { ClosedEyeIcon, OpenEyeIcon, space } from "@artsy/palette"
import React from "react"
import styled from "styled-components"

import QuickInput, { QuickInputProps } from "./QuickInput"

export interface PasswordInputProps extends QuickInputProps {
  showPasswordMessage?: boolean
}

export interface PasswordInputState {
  showPassword: boolean
}

/**
 * Password input.
 * Renders the label inside of the textbox; shows/hides the password.
 *
 */
export class PasswordInput extends React.Component<
  PasswordInputProps,
  PasswordInputState
> {
  state = {
    showPassword: false,
  }

  getRightViewForPassword() {
    const icon = this.state.showPassword ? (
      <ClosedEyeIcon onClick={this.toggleShowPassword} />
    ) : (
      <OpenEyeIcon onClick={this.toggleShowPassword} />
    )

    return <Eye onClick={this.toggleShowPassword}>{icon}</Eye>
  }

  toggleShowPassword = () => {
    this.setState({
      showPassword: !this.state.showPassword,
    })
  }

  render() {
    const { error, showPasswordMessage, ref, ...newProps } = this.props

    const type = this.state.showPassword ? "text" : "password"
    const note =
      !error && showPasswordMessage && "Password must be at least 8 characters."

    return (
      <QuickInput
        {...newProps}
        error={error}
        type={type}
        rightAddOn={this.getRightViewForPassword()}
        note={note}
      />
    )
  }
}

const Eye = styled.span`
  position: absolute;
  right: ${space(1)}px;
  z-index: 1;
`

export default PasswordInput


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UBS prosecutor calls bank arguments a 'festival of hypocrisy' in tax evasion case
November 08, 2018, 12:21 p.m. EST
A prosecutor at a high-profile Paris trial said UBS Group AG must be "punished" by a court for helping wealthy French clients hide money from tax authorities.
Eric Russo, a prosecutor at the Parquet National Financier, said UBS "used illegal means" to encourage residents in France to place funds in undeclared Swiss accounts and provided services to launder their money.
"The banks that take part in tax fraud deserve to be punished," Russo said Thursday during his closing arguments at the month-old trial. The prosecution is set to reveal later in the afternoon how big a fine it considers appropriate if UBS is found guilty.
The case is one of many legal obstacles Zurich-based UBS has faced since the start of the financial crisis a decade ago, including a $1.5 billion fine in 2012 for rigging the Libor benchmark. Tax-related investigations have also cut into the bank's reserves: it paid $780 million in the U.S. nearly a decade ago and about 300 million in Germany in 2014.
The French state, which is a plaintiff in the Paris trial, is seeking 1.6 billion euros from the bank in addition to any court-imposed fines. Before the court case started, UBS had to post 1.1 billion euros in bail.
Later Thursday, a second prosecutor detailed the methods UBS allegedly used to launder French clients' money. Serge Roques listed a series of services UBS offered to Swiss account holders such a setting up offshore trusts and providing numbered accounts to "increase the level of opacity" and hide the funds from the taxman.
He dismissed the arguments of the various defendants — that the services were designed to protect privacy — as "laughable." Roques said he wasn't convinced that customers asked the bank not to send mail about their accounts to their homes to avoid family feuds.
"The explanations given by the UBS representatives — past and present — were a veritable festival of hypocrisy," the prosecutor said.
The trial is set to run until Nov. 15, with closing speeches from defense lawyers next week. A ruling in the case is expected several weeks later.
— With assistance from Patrick Winters
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Jananne Al-Ani
Jananne Al-Ani is a London based Iraqi-born artist. She studied Fine Art at the Byam Shaw School of Art and graduated with an MA in Photography from the Royal College of Art. She is currently Senior Research Fellow at the University of the Arts London. Read Full Bio ›
Jananne Al-Ani is a London based Iraqi-born artist. She studied Fine Art at the Byam Shaw School of Art and graduated with an MA in Photography from the Royal College of Art. She is currently Senior Research Fellow at the University of the Arts London.
Recent solo exhibitions include Excavations, Hayward Gallery Project Space, London (2014); Groundwork, Beirut Art Center (2013) and Shadow Sites, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington DC (2012). Group exhibitions include Mom, am I Barbarian? 13th Istanbul Biennial (2013); Re:emerge Towards a New Cultural Cartography, Sharjah Biennial 11 (2013); all our relations, 18th Biennale of Sydney (2012) and The Future of a Promise, 54th Venice Biennale (2011).
Recipient of the Abraaj Capital Art Prize (2011), her work can be found in the collections of the Tate Gallery and Imperial War Museum, London; Centre Pompidou, Paris; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Mori Art Museum, Tokyo and Darat al Funun, Amman.
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Dr. Sussan Babaie
Sussan Babaie joined The Courtauld Institute of Art in 2013 to take up a newly established post teaching on the arts of Iran and Islam. Born in Iran, she attended the University of Tehran's Faculty of Fine Arts (Graphic Design) until the revolution of 1979 Read Full Bio ›
Sussan Babaie joined The Courtauld Institute of Art in 2013 to take up a newly established post teaching on the arts of Iran and Islam. Born in Iran, she attended the University of Tehran's Faculty of Fine Arts (Graphic Design) until the revolution of 1979 when she moved to the USA, to study for her Master's degree in Italian Renaissance and American Arts, followed by her PhD at the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU, where she focused on the arts of Islam. She has taught at Smith College and the University of Michigan in America, and as the Allianz Visiting Professor at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich. Her research and publications span the early modern and contemporary arts. Sussan has published several books including Persian Kingship and Architecture: Strategies of Power in Iran from the Achaemenids to the Pahlavis (2015), Shirin Neshat (2013), and the award-winning Isfahan and its Palaces: Statecraft, Shi'ism and the Architecture of Conviviality in Early Modern Iran (2008), and such artciles as "The Globals in Locals: Implicating Iran in Art and History" (forthcoming Ibraaz 2015), "Practices of 'participation'" for the on-line exhibition catalogue SubRosa: The Language of Resistance, University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, 2013, "Thoughts of a Painting; Reza Derakhshani in Retrospective View," in Reza Derakshani; Selected Works (2010), and "Voices of Authority: Locating the 'modern' in 'Islamic' Arts," Getty Research Journal 3 (2011).
Matthew Collings
Matthew Collings is an artist and art writer. His collaborative abstract paintings, based on patterns and done in partnership with the mosaicist, Emma Biggs, are exhibited at Vigo, in Dering Street, London, and are in collections worldwide. Read Full Bio ›
Matthew Collings is an artist and art writer. His collaborative abstract paintings, based on patterns and done in partnership with the mosaicist, Emma Biggs, are exhibited at Vigo, in Dering Street, London, and are in collections worldwide. He attended Byam Shaw School of Art 1974-79, and Goldsmith's College 1990-91.
Collings edited the international art magazine, Artscribe 1983-87.
He was the art critic on BBC Television's "The Late Show" 1988-96.
He has written and presented many successful TV series on art of different periods, ranging from the Renaissance to contemporary, and broadcast on the UK's BBC TV and Channel 4. His six-part series "This Is Modern Art, won many awards, including a Bafta. Many of his programmes have been broadcast worldwide.
Between 1997 and 2005 he presented the annual, live Channel 4 TV programme on the Turner Prize.
His documentary about abstract art from Hilma Af Klint to El Anatsui, entitled "The Rules of Abstraction," was broadcast by the BBC in 2014.
He is the author of many books on art. These include "Blimey! From Bohemia to Britpop: The London Artworld from Francis Bacon to Damien Hirst" (published by 21),"This Is Modern Art" (published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson),"It Hurts: New York Art from Warhol to Now" (published by 21) and "Art Crazy Nation" (published by 21). He is also the author of a monograph on Sarah Lucas (published by Tate Publishing). He is currently completing a book on contemporary painting for Thames & Hudson.
Together with his painting partner, Emma Biggs, Collings has curated several exhibitions, including a show of Picasso's late works at Helley Nahmad, London, in 2007, which premiered the same year at the Basel Art Fair.
Dr. Andrew Patrizio
Andrew Patrizio is Professor of Scottish Visual Culture in Edinburgh College of Art (University of Edinburgh). His art historical work include the books Contemporary Sculpture in Scotland, Stefan Gec and Anatomy Acts(winner of UK Medical Book of the Year 2007) Read Full Bio ›
Andrew Patrizio is Professor of Scottish Visual Culture in Edinburgh College of Art (University of Edinburgh). His art historical work include the books Contemporary Sculpture in Scotland, Stefan Gec and Anatomy Acts(winner of UK Medical Book of the Year 2007). He has published with New Formations, The National Galleries of Scotland, The Scottish Society of Art History Journal, Architecture and Culture and Antennae. As a curator he worked at Glasgow Museums and Hayward Gallery, London. He has made exhibitions with Alan Davie, Ilana Halperin, Christine Borland, the Llubljana Print Biennale and Giuseppe Penone, among many others. He is currently a member of the Edinburgh Environmental Humanities Network and a Trustee of the Little Sparta Trust (Ian Hamilton Finlay).
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Q: I just wonder why it have to join threads in the second loop When writing code like:
public class TestBasic {

    public static void print(Object o){
        System.out.println(o);
    }

    public static void main(String...strings) throws InterruptedException {
        Thread[] threads = new Thread[5];
        for(int i=0;i<5;i++){
            Thread thread = new Thread(new LittleRunner());
            thread.start();
            thread.join();
        }
    }

}

class LittleRunner implements Runnable{
    public void run() {
        for(int i=1;i<10;i++){
            TestBasic.print(Thread.currentThread().getName()+":"+i);
        }
    }
}

And the output is:
Thread-0:1
Thread-0:2
...
Thread-4:8
Thread-4:9

Which means sequentially printing out.  So, does somebody know the reason?
Thanks a lot and Best regards.

A: You're joining each thread before starting the next thread.
At any single point in time, there will only be one thread running, because you already waited for the previous thread to finish.
You need to start all of the threads before waiting for the first one to finish.

A: Change the main method to:
public static void main(String...strings) throws InterruptedException {
    Thread[] threads = new Thread[5];
    for(int i=0;i<5;i++){
        threads[i] = new Thread(new LittleRunner());
        threads[i].start();
    }
    for(int i=0;i<5;i++){
        threads[i].join;
    }
}

Basically, thread.start() will start the thread in background and move on. Then, when you do a thread.join(), the execution will stop until thread is finished. So, in your version of the program, you were starting each thread and then waiting for it to finish before starting the next thread, hence the sequential execution.

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The ability of foreign lawyers to advise clients in Malaysia on an ad-hoc basis may be restricted by proposed new rules.
However, the Malaysia Bar Council says it is open to discussion on the planned change to the Legal Profession Act 1976 which would only allow foreign lawyers to 'fly in, fly out' for a total of 60 days in a calendar year.
The change could restrict the abilities of foreign lawyers to offer their specialist advice to Malaysian client but the Law Society Gazette says that the Law Society of England & Wales has met with the Malaysian Bar Council to avoid the restriction.
The report says that the Malaysian Bar Council has reiterated its intention to liberalise the market and would meet with the country's attorney general to make that case.
Gadens becomes official legal partner of Gold Coast Marathon
A major event in the annual sporting calendar is being supported by Gadens as official legal partner.
The Gold Coast Marathon takes place in July and will attract 28,000 participants this year of all ages and abilities from over 50 countries across eight races.
"The Gold Coast Marathon is one of the premier events on Queensland's annual sporting calendar and we look forward to working with the team at Events Management Queensland," said Brisbane-based Gadens partner Michael Owens. "Our firm has a close connection with many clients based on the Gold Coast and we look forward to enhancing that network through this partnership."
AI is top trend for law firms' tech investments
Law firms will be investing in artificial intelligence this year but it's not the only technology that will be in focus.
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Among its findings are that 67% believe they will increase the use of tech in their practices in 2019 with AI (33%), court technology improvements (30%) and stricter privacy laws (17%) emerging as the top 3 trends for this year.
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Anthony Rudolf
Non-fiction writer, Translator
Anthony Rudolf is an autobiographer, poet, literary critic, editor and translator. He has also written fiction and art criticism. His memoirs include Silent Conversations: a reader's life (Seagull Books/Chicago University Press, 2013) and The Arithmetic of Memory (Bellew, 1999). His books of poems/short fiction include Zigzag (Carcanet/ Northern House, 2010). Among his works of literary criticism are Wine from Two Glasses (King's College, London/Adam Archive, 1991) and At an Uncertain Hour: Primo Levi's war against oblivion (Menard Press, 1990). He wrote the catalogue essay for an exhibition of R.B. Kitaj (National Gallery, 2001).
He has translated works of fiction, drama, art criticism and, in particular, Yves Bonnefoy's poetry, including Yesterday's Wilderness Kingdom (Modern Poetry in Translation, 2001), as well as that of Claude Vigée, Edmond Jabès and Yevgeny Vinokourov. His other books include pioneering anthologies of contemporary French poetry and 20th-century Jewish poets from all languages.
Rudolf has been an occasional radio and television broadcaster. He has written obituaries for the Independent and book reviews for the TLS. He was visiting lecturer in arts and humanities at London Metropolitan University. He has lectured and read at conferences, festivals and universities in many countries. He founded Menard Press and ran it for 40 years. He is Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the English Association. Anthony Rudolf was born in London in 1942 and studied at Cambridge. He has two children and two grandchildren.
Email:anthonyrudolf100@gmail.com
University of Westminster 2005-08
University of Hertfordshire 2003-05


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We explored some practical ways of praying and then enjoyed hearing more about Zack and Jordan's trip to South America while looking at their photos.
We will meet again on Sunday 8th October at Evie's starting at 7:15pm to make a scene from a New Testament story from lego!
New friends / members always welcome!


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Haijing (Helen) Liu is an associate in the New York office of Latham & Watkins. Ms. Liu is a member of the Finance Department and the Banking Practice.
Ms. Liu represents investment and commercial banks, private equity firms, and borrowers in a broad range of leveraged finance transactions, including acquisition financings and cross-border transactions.
Prior to joining Latham, Ms. Liu was a senior associate at one of the top law firms in Luxembourg. While there, she completed a one-month secondment at a leading Chinese financial institution. Ms. Liu also served as a member of the Events and Communications Committee at the China-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce from March to July in 2018.
Ms. Liu's experience includes advising:
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By Katharine Sanderson2006-04-05T16:48:00+01:00
Liquid crystal spectacle lenses focus on near or distant objects at the flick of a switch.
Aging eyes could soon have an alternative to bifocal spectacles, with the development of liquid crystal lenses that focus on near or distant objects at the flick of a switch.
Guoqiang Li and colleagues at the college of optical sciences, Tucson, Arizona, US, made use of a property of certain liquid crystals (LCs), to create prototype spectacles with lenses made from so-called nematic LCs. The structure of these LCs can easily be aligned by magnetic or electric fields.
Li's prototype spectacles were made with nematic LC lenses, patterned by photolithography with circular arrangements of transparent electrodes. The lenses can change their refractive index, and so their focusing power, with changes in applied voltage. 'Our current lens has two states, on and off,' Li told Chemistry World. 'In the on state, the lens has certain focusing power and performs near vision correction, while in the off state, the lens has no optical power and corresponds to distance vision.'
The age-related eye condition presbyopia makes it harder for the eye to shift focus from distant to near objects. Bifocal lenses are used to correct the condition, but limit the range of vision, with spectacle wearers having to lower their eyes for close work like reading, which can cause dizziness. With the LC spectacles Li hopes to stop the need for peering through the bottom half of the lens.
The lenses have what is known as power-failure-safe configuration, which means no power is needed for distance vision tasks like driving, Li explained.
The prototype spectacles are not about to win any fashion awards, but Li says they will be making them 'more compact and stylish'. Li is in talks to commercialise the specs and hopes to see a product in two or three years.
Katharine Sanderson
et alProc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 2006, (DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0600850103)


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Supreme Court Once Again Considers Future Of Obamacare There would be enormous consequences were the court to throw out the ACA, which has survived twice in the high court. But the court's makeup is very different now than on those past occasions.
< Will Supreme Court Invalidate Obamacare A Decade After It Was Enacted?
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Will Supreme Court Invalidate Obamacare A Decade After It Was Enacted?
The Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare, is back before the Supreme Court today. Opponents are challenging it for a third time. The first two attempts to derail the law failed narrowly by votes of 5-4 and 6-3. But this time, the makeup of the court is so different. There are three justices appointed by President Trump. Among them is new Justice Amy Coney Barrett. NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg has more.
NINA TOTENBERG, BYLINE: Prior to her nomination, Barrett consistently criticized the court's two previous decisions, a critique that Senate Democrats repeatedly bludgeoned her with at her confirmation hearing. But the ACA has remained in place now for a decade, and that has changed the legal landscape so much that even Paul Clement, who argued the first case against the ACA, sees this challenge as a stretch.
PAUL CLEMENT: It's just hard for me to say that even though I said it to the court back in the day, that, you know, the mandate was central - and I think that was a pretty good argument back in the day - it's a little harder to say the mandate is central when it doesn't have any teeth.
TOTENBERG: The most controversial part of the ACA when it was enacted in 2010 was the requirement that people buy health insurance or pay a penalty. In 2012, Chief Justice John Roberts and the court's other conservative justices ruled that the mandate exceeded Congress' power to regulate interstate commerce. But Roberts provided the fifth vote to uphold the penalty anyway, on the grounds that it amounted to a tax and thus fell within the taxing power of Congress. Now comes a new challenge brought by Texas and other GOP-dominated states joined by the Trump administration. They assert that because the penalty has been zeroed out, it is no longer a tax and thus the mandate is unconstitutional. What's more, they argue, the mandate was so interwoven with the rest of the law that Obamacare must be struck down in its entirety. Because the Trump administration is refusing to defend the law, the House of Representatives has stepped in to defend it, along with 20 mainly Democratic states. Arguing on behalf of the House will be Donald Verrilli, who successfully defended the law when he served as solicitor general in the Obama administration.
DONALD VERRILLI: Their argument has got a funhouse mirror quality to it. What President Trump actually said and what the congressional leadership said and virtually everybody said when they enacted this amendment in 2017 was that they were repealing the mandate. Now they're saying what Congress actually did by zeroing out the tax was create a command that everybody go out and buy insurance, which is, of course, exactly the opposite of what Congress did.
TOTENBERG: The Texas solicitor general was unavailable for an interview for this broadcast, and almost all of the groups that challenged the ACA in prior cases have not joined this challenge. So we turned to Chapman University law professor John Eastman, who filed a brief siding with Texas and the Trump administration. Eastman argues that when Congress zeroed out the penalty...
JOHN EASTMAN: That sole hook for making it constitutional no longer exists. And just because there's no longer a penalty doesn't mean there's not still a mandate.
TOTENBERG: Indeed, there is a mandate still on the books, he argues. But ultimately, the question in this case is whether the mandate language can be struck from the law by itself or whether it's so intertwined with the rest of the law that the whole ACA must be struck down. Just about all the actors in the health industry have weighed in urging the Supreme Court to preserve the law, from the American Medical Association to hospitals across the country to the insurance industry. Again, Don Verrilli.
VERRILLI: The easy, obvious answer is to sever the rest of the law and let it continue to operate just as Congress intended in 2017.
TOTENBERG: Lawyer Verrilli, representing the House, says it's Congress' job to make policy, and it's repeatedly refused to repeal the law, including in 2017, when it zeroed out the penalty. He maintains that the Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to take an extreme and radical position.
VERRILLI: They're asking to strike down the entire Affordable Care Act to basically throw the health care sector into chaos.
TOTENBERG: In fact, there would be enormous practical consequences were the court to throw out the law in its entirety. Health care accounts for 20% of the U.S. economy, and the ACA currently provides health insurance for some 20 million people. It protects all Americans from discrimination based on preexisting conditions, from cancer to COVID to asthma and diabetes and much more. That's why attempts to repeal the law in Congress have repeatedly failed. Now the future of the law is up to the Supreme Court. Nina Totenberg, NPR News, Washington.
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I cast my ballot in California, and nobody checked my identity.
HomeRantsI cast my ballot in California, and nobody checked my identity.
On the off chance that I need to purchase something on Amazon or eBay, I'm required to prove I am who I say I am. I will be asked for my login information which includes a username and password. My login information is not publicly available because I don't need any of you to go on a shopping spree while utilizing my credit card.
On the off chance that I need to post something on Twitter, I will again need to go through the motions. It will approach me for a username, a password, and afterward it will utilize Login Versification to make sure that I am in physical possession of the device that I have connected to my Twitter account.
That implies that on the off chance that my password becomes publicly available, the odds of somebody hijacking my Twitter account stay little. You won't have the capacity to tweet that I am a fan of Justin Beiber or that I joined the circus.
Be that as it may, on the off chance that I need to cast a ballot in an election, I needn't bother with any documents. I don't need to have my passport, my driver license or my school ID.
All I have to do is show up to my local polling station, tell them my name and address (both publicly available and easy to find out… mail spammers seem to obtain it with very little effort… just saying), and… well, that's enough. Shoving my ID in their face made everyone back away and I was immediately asked to put it away.
They checked my name off their list, gave me a brand new ballot (because I told them that I lost mine) and welcomed me into this little booth where I was to mark my least disliked candidate, and afterward possibly regret my choice for the following 2 years until we get to go through this whole process again.
Do they endeavor to work out who the phony "Jane Smith" voted in favor of? Do they give me two votes to compensate for the fake voter?
Wouldn't it be better if there was at least some token effort made to verify people's identity before they make a decision which could determine which political party gets to reign for the next term?
I understand that people don't want anyone to know who they have voted for, but an identity check at polling booths wouldn't allow that. Critics of voter ID laws say that the threat of voter fraud is wildly exaggerated and that such requirements disenfranchise certain communities, such as minorities, the poor, and senior citizens. Please explain to me HOW?!
Look, If one must have an ID to drive, buy alcohol, open a bank account, return merchandise in certain stores and even to check out a book from a public library… requiring it to vote is reasonable.
I know for a fact that certain friends of mine did not vote in this election. I also know their full names and addresses. What is to stop me from going to their polling station and voting instead of them? The polling place would have no idea because they did not check my ID and my friends would never find out because they're not voting in the election in question.
Several past elections – for the presidency and other offices – have been extremely close. Accordingly, ballots cast by non-citizen or impostor voters have the potential to improperly alter the outcome of elections. Consider how close some of these elections were. Could the outcome have been affected by these voters?
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Dutch artist Piet Parra and Nike are once again teaming up to release yet another iteration of their beloved Air Max 1 silhouette.
Dressed in a White and Pure Platinum color scheme. This Parra Nike Air Max 97 features a patchwork-like upper that covers the mudguard and heel in mix patterns. It features a White and Grey upper accented with Blue and Red shades highlighted with mismatched striped and polka dot panels for a nice fashionable style.


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Q: PHP DOM: Get Nodevalue without descendant nodes i am using the php dom function nodeValue to extract the text of content. But it returns the descendant values too:
<example>
<inhalt>123<more>45</more></inhalt>
</example>

return for inhalt 12345 and 123 as i prefer. I know that is not the sense and not very well to have text inside inhalt but how i check that there is no text in inhalt like hasNodeValue?

A: As Phil mentioned text is also organized in nodes. Therefore your node inhalt has two children: A text node ("123") and an element node named more, which also has a text node ("45").
If you just want to know, if there is text before the element more, test if there is at least one element and then test if the first element is text (should be DOMText as far as I remember).
If you like to know, if there is at least one element "at the root", iterate over all children and make the same tests.
http://www.php.net/manual/en/class.domtext.php


The possibility of error demonstrates the existence of the Absolute or theologically, a Supreme Being of divine perfection. The permutations of such an ideology depend upon the intent of its meaning. If an idea fails to correspond to what is intended, then that idea is in error. Furthermore, the idea is dependent upon an intelligence that has the comprehension of both the idea and its intent. Since there are possibilities for error, there must be an infinite intelligence that reconciles them all.
Believing in the existence of God is permitted by the principle of it making a difference to one's life and making that decision above and beyond an intellectual exercise. This naturally leads to a justification of God's existence, because the possibility of error is not a factor.
Let's take two people looking at the same garden with a cornucopia of fresh produce. One person thinks there's a gardener and the other doesn't. All attempts to detect a gardener fail, albeit the one observer continues to believe that there exists a gardener by virtue of his works in the garden, even though the gardener is not seen or heard. There is no possibility of error in this regard, merely because one observer does not believe that a gardener exists and therefore tries to falsify the believer's claim that there is an unseen and unheard gardener responsible for the garden.
Philosophers have debated that either God's existence is necessary or it is impossible. Impossible only if the idea of God is self contradictory or nonsensical. The idea of supernatural perfection supersedes the idea of impossibility; it is automatically canceled. If we understand God as a Supreme Being of which nothing greater can be conceived, it must by necessity exist. For the assumption that God does not exist leads to the absurdity that it is conceivable that there is something which is greater than the idea of God i.e. nothing greater can be apprehended by reason or logic. The logical impossibility of nonexistence is in and of itself a perfection. God must exist because of an absence of contradiction.
The nonsensical contradictions are found only in the dysfunctional faculties that God anticipated in people getting the wrong ideas and projecting errors in contradistinction to the intent. That is all atheism has ever offered: improper intentions. A person's faculties function properly without the possibility of error, when they function the way God intended them to function. If God designed people in such a way that they came to hold a belief in His existence, and He did, such a belief is not only justified, it is verified in their own existence.
The problem is that some people have made the willful choice in siding with error and thus limiting their existence to the natural world. The debate is ancient, but the modern voice of error sullies the level of argument to woefully unsophisticated 'Joe Sixpacks' regurgitation of empirical demands and then proceeds to point to the fact that there is no physical evidence that their eyes can see or their nose can smell. For them, there is no reason to think that God exists. Their primary reason is that they don't want to think.
Since the debate begins with definitions, let's take a look at God from the standpoint of a dictionary. To quote Webster, "1. The Supreme Being; Jehovah; the eternal and infinite spirit, the creator, and the sovereign of the universe." There we have the idea of God, the creator and sovereign of the universe. God, therefore, according to the most putative sources available, does, in fact, exist. If there is any possibility of error in this definition, then the promulgators of error should publish their own dictionaries. Of course, it's a war of words and always has been. That's why God is equal to "The Word".
God existing as an idea is so widely recognized, that you can find the divine word in just about every general reference book in any library. God as an idea exists just as much as the ideas of love or algebra or extraterrestrials exist. Not only that, but God exists as a particular type of idea, exclusive of all other ideas i.e. God exists as an ideal. In this respect, God exists as much as anything else. God can be said to exist as a living component of society, His Word is said to be Living, as a revealed concept that many people organize their lives around.
There are enemies of this concept who are the proponents of error and throughout history have misinterpreted the existence of God to the detriment of a nation. Their campaign of disinformation is predictable and the main thrust of divine commentary found in the Word. There is nothing new under the sun for those who, generation after generation, reject the existence of God.
The indubitable existence of God, this easily observable laboratory of social phenomenon, of the supernatural eclipsing the natural world, has nothing whatsoever to do with the type of materialistic God that immature atheists are chomping at the bit to disprove. They cringe at the spiritual manifestations of God, which prove the things they are so fond of demanding. It's the sort of predictive power that believers in God can testify to. How many witnesses does it take to reflect the existence of God? If we acknowledge the social existence of God, we can predict, for example, that a new abortion clinic will meet with greater protest in a community where God's existence is more strongly expressed. We can predict the existence of God in the home, when children are raised up in the ways of the Lord and the family is at peace.
Indeed, many self-professed atheists admit to the validity of faith when they bemoan the long historical record of atrocities committed in the name of God. To fault belief in God for these acts is to admit the existence of God as a powerful ideal capable of directing the affairs of man. It is not the existence of God that is at fault, but the errors of man that confuse what God has communicated. Regrettably, there are those who insist on the existence of a God based upon their own preconceived notions of error. They champion the man of error as the epitome of nature and therefore the possibilities of error becomes the limitation of their existence. Man was not meant to know more about God than what He has wisely revealed.
After all, God to the nominal Christian is more real than a leprechaun only in the sense that God represents more, and to more people, than the leprechaun. The leprechaun exists in the minds of some inebriated Irishmen as a widely understood mythological character, but the scope, complexity and currency of the leprechaun are far far less than those of God or any other small 'g' gods. There can only be one Creator of the universe.
For those who consider God above and beyond myth and superstition, belief is a consideration of reality and credibility that is neither a contradiction or nonsense. No amount of sophistry from burly devils to marshmallow skeptics will persuade those who understand the existence of God. It is a belief in absolute morality (although perhaps never practiced perfectly). The point is that right and wrong is discoverable and an ongoing pursuit. The ideal can be approached through study of and devotion to God.
I have not used any scriptures in this discourse, because it is anathema to those who don't believe in the existence of God. They have been brainwashed to put their ducky arguments in a row. And duck they should, when their day of accountability begins to envelope their soul, spending so much time composing point by point rebuttals mocking God. Who will deliver them?
The idea of God is an ideal act of communication. With this concept, God is above and beyond the material world. An agreeable and perfect moral code can be built upon this foundation. I'm sure there will be those who try and ruin it for everybody. They have nothing better to do with their miserable lives and misery loves company. To such, I say depart to your hellish closets and let God be true. We have a blueprint for happiness. If you stand in the way of God, you stand in the way of error. If you stand in the way of error, you fall by the wayside and have no one to blame for your demise than yourself. The same is true with subcultures such as the WN Movement. Those who feel queasy pondering anything beyond the materialistic can turn to God at any time to bring you up and out of the primordial ooze and into His shining light of glory. There are two kinds of pain in life: one is discipline weighing ounces; the other is regret weighing tons. May this article have triggered one brain cell to dispel the doubts which lurk in a lost soul to climb up and out of the abyss and onward to the mountain tops. You'll see what I mean when you get there. It goes without saying; the idea of God being ideal exists. We wouldn't be having this discussion if the idea didn't exist.


It seems as if everybody is a caregiver for someone – a spouse, a parent, a special needs child, an in-law, a sibling, or possibly an old friend.
Caregiving covers a vast range of responsibilities. You could be raising a special needs child or you could be checking in on a neighbor who recently lost a spouse. You could be the best buddy of a soldier who's just back from the war or you could be the spouse of a police officer. You could be a social worker or a teacher, caring from a distance. For that matter, you could be a long-distance caregiver battling with the guilt of being unable to care for mom or dad at the same time you take care of your family.
Caregiver stress wears and tears on both the heart and soul. Avoid the downhill spiral. Here are some ideas for relieving whatever stress you feel right now.
1. Take a deep breath and let it out slowly. Slowing down helps your heart stop racing and clears your mind.
2. Have a glass of water or a cup of tea. Take it out on the patio or sit on the front stoop. Office workers get a coffee break; why shouldn't you?
3. Call someone you haven't seen in a while just to chat.
4. Don't know who to call? Join an online or face-to-face support group. Whether you join a Yahoo group, a Google group, a Linked-In group, or you google "Caregiver Support" and join a group you find there, reach out to members. Connect.
5. Check local chapters of disease-specific organizations, such as the Alzheimer's Association or the Multiple Sclerosis Society. Every disease has an organization and a support group. Some meet face-to-face and some meet online. Google the name of the condition—whether it's diabetes or cancer, ADHD or Autism, mental illness or PTSD – and support group. Click on whatever interests you. Explore the site. Could they help? Call the 800 number or e-mail the organization for information.
6. Start a journal. It's a proven way to work through your emotions, questions, challenges and triumphs. There are many journaling experts online, including me. Contact one of us for help and connections to a class or group.
7. Play a game. Online games let you play when you want, giving your mind and your emotions a little break. Play simply for the joy of it. Not into games? Read a book or see a movie. If you can't get out, download what you need.
8. Are you losing your temper or fighting unreasonable expectations? Maybe i's time to get away. If you cannot find someone to cover for you, consider using an Adult Daycare Service in your community. Churches, synagogues, and senior centers offer respite because they recognize that the need goes both ways.
Now that we've established that you're entitled to a break, what will you do with your time off?
Escape into a mindless movie or a favorite book?
Hike, bike, or drive out into the country?
Figure out how to use the Kindle that's gathering dust?
Invite an old friend to dinner?
If you're not sure where to start, try this. Take an hour. Go to a local coffee shop. Order whatever makes your mouth water. Then sit down and make a list of the things you used to love to do. How long since you've done any of them? Pick a day and time to give one a try.
Make a list of people you miss. Do you have phone numbers? Addresses? Pick one and reach out. Wouldn't you like to hear from a long lost friend? So would they.
Make a list of local spots you'd like to revisit or the places you've always wanted to see. If your loved one is up to it, take her along. If not, let her enjoy the stimulation and change of scenery that Adult Daycare can provide and treat yourself.
When you make these lists you are journaling, and journaling is one more way to relieve stress.
Start somewhere. Start anywhere. Take care of yourself. Replenish your reserves and you'll be a better for it – whether you're a caregiver or not.
Want to share your list? Post it here or tell me privately. Write to me at Lgood67334@comcast.net, and put InspireMeToday in the subject box. I can't wait to hear from you!
Gosh It was so nice to read this article in re: To caregiver stress Oh my goodness are we suffering just that….. Sometimes you get so emotional over it all , then you feel so guilty if you do something to destress etc… Fortunately i have a very supportive spiritual significant other as well as very dear friends who are going through the very same things we are… We all help each other in every way we can….Honestly it took a long time for us to all get on the same pg with our duties as caregivers…..Other family members we thought would be compassionate and help out turned out to do just the exact opposite… And then we felt all alone doing this….. Our mom are 24/7 care We care for them in our homes…. The financial strains have been so difficult but thank god we have found ways around them and are managing…..With constant prayer to our dear lord and savior ……. We are ever so grateful….. Confused by the roller coaster ride of emotions day to day…..Sometimes its just so hard to keep yourself "IN check" …… Be grateful Everyday is a new day and a blessing gift will come…..
So many wonderful thoughts here. Being grateful is a big one. Do you ever make gratitude lists? They truly help put things in perspective.
I think you have a lot to say, and I hope you'll get a copy of You Want Me to Do WHAT? Journaling for Caregivers–just because I think it might be useful for both you and your spouse. Someday your kids might like to read your record of this time in your life.
No pressure. Just something to think about. I'm pretty sure there are still copies at Amazon, if you're interested.
Kudos to the photo-finder. That one shows me, but I can't decide when I'm the yellow head and when I'm the fingers squeezing it.
Can't wait to read your lists. Short ones are fine.