One of the biggest problems we have when we talk about training is that we tend to only talk about physical stressors.
We like complicated periodization models, manipulating training volume, intensity, and frequency. In short, we like having a sense of control. We like thinking, "If I plan out and control these training factors, I'll get this outcome." Sure, nutrition and sleep play a role too, but as long as those factors (often given the blanket term "recovery") are accounted for, you're in the clear.
However, those factors don't paint the whole picture. Biology is messy. Your body is not a simple machine that you can feed inputs and expect predictable outputs.
Now, you can have a general idea of what'll happen. But 1+1 doesn't always equal 2. Maybe it'll be 2 most of the time, but sometimes it'll be 5, and sometimes it'll be -3. The reason is that your body isn't in a static state, only being challenged by the workouts you put it through. There are billions of reactions taking place in your body every moment affecting what'll happen at the systemic level, while dozens of inputs are simultaneously entering the system via your thoughts and your senses (which then affect and modify other thoughts and sensations). 1+1 won't always equal 2, because your body isn't dealing with 1+1. It's dealing with 1+1 plus a million other inputs and moderating factors. The result may be between 1.5 and 2.5 most of the time, but there's plenty of built-in ambiguity that's difficult to predict, harder to account for, and impossible to quantify.
Biology is nonlinear. You cannot control it. You can, at best, influence it.
Via trial and error, you can get a pretty good idea of how your body will respond to a certain set of training parameters. However, that response is still context-specific, and is largely mediated by how well your body can respond to stress. When you're in a comfortable schedule with a 9-to-5, a predictable social life, no large sleep or diet perturbations, etc., you can develop a good idea of how your body will respond to training stress. The more constant the other inputs, the more predictable the result of imposing a particular stressor (training, in this case) will be.
However, increase the overall stress your body is coping with, and your ability to then cope with a given level of training stress is decreased. Although simplistic, Selye's "General Adaptation Syndrome," (pictured at the top of the article) is still very useful, even 80 years after its introduction.
Even if your training inputs haven't changed, the rest of the inputs feeding into the system have changed, so the system with respond differently and perhaps unpredictably.
General Adaptation Syndrome essentially says that your body feeds all of its stress into a generalized pool of "adaptive reserves" that your body can use to elicit the specific adaptations necessary to respond to the stressor and strengthen the body against it in case the same stressor presents itself in the future. In the case of lifting, the strain on the structural and metabolic capabilities of the muscle are the stress, and your body responds by building larger muscles with more ability to resist strain and more of the enzymes necessary to handle exercise metabolically. However, if other stressors (work stress, poor sleep, heavy drinking, marital issues, moving to a new city, etc.) are present, they're dipping into those adaptive reserves, so your body can't respond as robustly to exercise.
This is something we all "know," but which hasn't gotten much attention in research. In fact, though specific stressors' (sleep deprivation, food deprivation, high altitude, etc.) influence on exercise and subsequent adaptations have been studied for decades, there was actually only one measly study previously conducted on how general stress affects recovery from strength training, and it lasted less than 24 hours (i.e. not long enough to assess recovery on any meaningful scale).
However, now we have a brand new one which is really really good. It's not a 12 week training study, but it's – I think – useful.
The researchers sent out a questionnaire to 1200 people to place them on the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS). Based on their PSS scores, the researchers purposefully sought out people who scored high or low on the scale to make sure there was a significant difference in stress level between the participants.
All the participants were enrolled in college weight training classes.
Once the subjects were selected, they were given two stress-related questionnaires. One was to place them on the PSS scale again (to see if their scores had changed since they last filled out the questionnaire), and one was the Undergraduate Stress Questionnaire (USQ).
PSS evaluates how stressed you *feel.* USQ evaluates how many stressful events are taking place in your life. This is a useful distinction to make, because some people tend to be able to just let the stress roll off their backs, so to speak. Others respond more negatively to life stressors. The high-stress group in this study both had stressful events in their lives, and felt mentally stressed about those things.
The study procedure was pretty freaking brutal. The subjects worked up past a 10rm (i.e. they did sets of 10 until they could no longer complete 10 reps). Then they dropped back to their established 10rm for another set of 10. Then they took 10% off the leg press for another set of 10. If they got all 10 reps with that weight, they stayed with that weight and did 4 more sets to failure. If they didn't get 10 reps, they took 10% more off and did 4 more sets to failure.
Before the training session, the researchers measured Maximal Isometric Force (using the same leg press – MIF), vertical jump height, and cycling power. They reassessed MIF directly after the workout and 60 minutes post-workout, and they reassessed all 3 performance-related variables at 24, 48, 72, and 96 hours post-workout.
They also assessed soreness, perceived physical energy, and perceived physical fatigue before the workout, directly after, 60 minutes after, and at 24, 48, 72, and 96 hours post-workout by having a number line with a statement like "I have no feelings of soreness" on one end and "strongest feelings of soreness ever felt" on the other end, and telling the subjects to place a mark on the line that corresponded with how sore they felt.
First of all, it should be noted that there were no significant differences in any of the parameters (MIF, 1rm strength, jump height, cycling power, etc.) between groups at the start of the study. Additionally, total workload and cardiovascular response to exercise (max and average heart rate) were similar between the high stress and low stress groups, indicating that the results can't simply be explained by saying one group worked harder than the other.
Rate of recovery from exercise was strongly correlated with the stress inventories.
For Maximal Isometric Force, everyone was gassed after the workout, with strength dropping off almost 50% directly post-workout, recovering substantially at 60 minutes post-exercise, and continuing to improve from there.
However, the low-stress group had already fully recovered by 48 hours post-exercise, whereas it took a full 96 hours for the high stress group to recover pre-exercise MIF.
It should be noted – the researchers found this pattern by simply comparing the high stress and low stress groups. Then, to make sure there weren't confounding factors, they made adjustments for fitness, training experience, and workload and found the same pattern still held true.
Cycling power and vertical jump height were less affected by the exercise bout, and recovered much faster in both groups – near pre-exercise levels by 24 hours post-exercise. The researchers theorized that this could be explained by specificity. MIF was assessed on the same leg press used as the workout, so that was the movement pattern showing the most fatigue.
Perceptions of energy, fatigue, and soreness were also affected by stress. The higher stress group had less energy, more fatigue, and more soreness for longer than the low stress group.
The results of your training can't be reduced to how many sets, reps, and exercises you did. Other factors affect how your body will respond to exercise.
Furthermore, you can't take your exercise performance in the gym today as an indicator of how hard you SHOULD be training, given other stressors. Both groups lifted a similar amount of weight, did a similar amount of volume, and had similar cycling power and vertical jump height.
That's one factor that makes overtraining/overreaching tricky to manage. We like looking for objective signs – getting fewer reps, being able to lift less weight, etc. However, if this study is any indication, other stressors start interfering with exercise recovery prior to performance taking a major hit.
One of the things that was difficult to adjust to when transitioning from training 90% of my clients in-person to training 90% of them online was that subjective feedback was harder to come by. When an athlete walks into the gym, you can tell from their body language, how they move, etc. whether they're feeling good or starting to get run down – and you can make adjustments accordingly. You don't get that if the only feedback you're getting from your online training clients in objective.
Online, communication is so much more important. The sets, reps, and weights someone can lift only tell so much. You also need to know how they feel, how they're sleeping, how their appetite is, etc. There were times that someone hit a huge PR one week, then took a nosedive the next week. I saw "this person has acclimated to the workload and is getting awesome results" when, in reality, they had adapted to the stressor as much as they were capable, and their performance peaked right before they started backsliding a bit. Lesson learned.
Physical fatigue often follows psychological fatigue, but the latter is harder to recognize without subjective feedback, meaning the former can creep up on you – or you can inadvertently rush headlong into it by putting your foot on the gas when the purely objective indications mislead you.
As was previously mentioned, the stressed-out people in this study both had stressful events taking place in their lives, AND they felt stressed about them. You can't make any statements from this study about someone who has a lot of life stressors but who manages to stay feeling relaxed, or about someone who has fewer stressors but who still lets every little thing stress them out. My hunch is that the perception of stress matters more than the volume of stressors themselves, but this study doesn't address that distinction. I'd love to see a follow-up study looking as people with high PSS scores, and low USQ scores (feel stressed without many stressors) and people with low PSS scores and high USQ scores (stressful life events, but minimal feelings of stress).
Interestingly, much of the research cited in this article had to do with wound healing. While the connection between muscle repair and wound healing isn't 1 to 1, there are some notable similarities. Namely, both are mediated by the inflammation pathway to a large extent, and both are inhibited by glucocorticoid dysregulation. Psychological stress screws with cytokine signaling (including IL-6, IL-1b, and TNF-a) and results in a chronic elevation of cortisol.
In non-nerd speak, when your body's stress response is switched "on" too much, for too long, the pathways that mediate the inflammatory response and tissue repair don't work quite as well as they should. As a result, wounds heal slower and/or you take longer to recover from training.
Remember, you can't just draw out a plan on paper, look at the volume, intensity, and frequency, and know how your body will respond to it 100%. What may be low volume and easy to recover from in a situation with minimal life stress may be high volume and crushingly difficult when other stressors in your life rear their heads. Ongoing adjustments need to be made, and some wiggle-room needs to be built in so you can alter your training stress based on what life throws at you.
This isn't to say there's no value in having a plan. It just means that plan needs to be interpreted more like a compass than like a road map.
Of course, ambiguity stresses some people out more than others. I love things that have a lot of gray area, while other people hate them, and want everything spelled out. In that case, a training plan with too much wiggle room can, paradoxically, cause more of the psychological stress that it was intended to moderate and account for. I think that's one reason RPE-based training works so well for some people (people who can handle more gray area) but not-so-well for others (people who agonize about whether something was REALLY an 8RPE or not).
You are a psychosomatic being.
You can't divorce the two. Mental stress can manifest itself as physical stress, and physical stress can manifest itself as mental stress.
Don't be fooled into thinking the only thing that matters when it comes to training are the sets and reps you do in the gym.
Don't be fooled into thinking the time between training sessions, the food you eat, and the sleep you get are the only things that matter when you talk about recovery. Those things matter, but so do the other events in your life, and your perceptions about those events.
I started college as a triple major and double minor (History, Psychology, and Leadership, with minors in Economics and Mathematics). I started lifting again after a few years out of the gym the spring semester of my freshman years.
I got back to my old plateaus pretty quickly, but then progress slowed substantially for about 9 months as I took 19-20 credit hours per semester. At the end of my sophomore year, I decided to go with my heart and switch to Exercise Science. I dropped all my other majors and minors.
That summer, I interned at a gym. I only worked 3 hours per day, had very minimal life stress, slept as much as I wanted, worked out 3-4 hours per day, and generally enjoyed life. I added 100 pounds to my squat and ~175 pounds to my total in 3 months, destroying my old plateaus.
My first semester in the Exercise Science program, I took another 20 hours to get all my pre-reqs out of the way to make sure I'd be able to take all the upper level classes in the program (designed for 4-5 semesters) in my final 3 semesters. Progress = zero.
The next semester, I only took 12 hours, and all of my classes were incredibly easy. Stress was minimal, and I added another 100 pounds to my squats (in wraps this time, so realistically more like 50), 20 to my bench, and 80 to my deadlift.
The work situation in the first half of that next summer was a lot more stressful that I was expecting, and I got married in July, so not much training took place after that (nice long honeymoon, and then only a week before going back to school). I got weaker that summer.
This past year (last August to this August) has also been fairly stressful. My wife and I were angst-y because we didn't really have a plan for what we wanted to do with our lives. There was some stress about jobs, finances, and grad school that would take way too long to explain in a blog post about training, but suffice it to say that training wasn't my #1 focus. As a result – very slow progress. Still hovering around where I was strength-wise 15 months ago when I last competed.
I like to look back and see what I was doing training-wise at peaks and valleys in my progress, but the factor that most strongly predicts how much strength I'll gain at any given point in time – more than training (I totaled 1714 at 220 with a program utilizing daily maxes, and 1885 at 242 for a more kosher upper/lower-ish split) and more than diet (I was drinking the keto Kool-aid for most of my training time leading up to 1714, and had a more standard carb-based diet for 1885) is simply how stressful the rest of my life is outside the gym.
Anyway, just wanted to leave you with that anecdote.
Manage your stress and adapt your training plan to what life throws at you. You can't separate your time in the gym from the rest of your life.


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Former Dreams director Greg Suthern joins bed specialist
By Alex Lawson2012-12-05T15:57:00+00:00
Former Dreams chief operating officer Greg Suthern has taken up the same role at retailer and supplier Studio Moderna Brands International.
Suthern has joined the company's Dormeo UK division to spearhead the growth of its Octaspring memory foam mattress brand. The company has more than 220 stores and 130 transactional websites across a number of brands in Europe.
Suthern began his career at DFS and joined Dreams as marketing director in 2003. In his most recent position as chief operating officer at Dreams, he was responsible for retail, marketing, online, buying, format, training and merchandising.
He said: "What intrigued me with Studio Moderna was the opportunity to take a truly revolutionary product international. The product is quite simply the most exciting thing to happen in beds for decades. This is really the iPad of beds, in that it's a true game-changer. As a result demand is already huge, so we need to expand our production capacity and be ready for sales to explode in 2013."
Suthern left Dreams in September, as revealed by Retail Week.
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Alibaba's Tmall online pharmacy moves into Alibaba Health
Alibaba Group's Tmall online pharmacy business will be integrated into Alibaba Health, which will result in the latter becoming a consolidated subsidiary of the Chinese e-commerce giant.
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Alibaba Group has announced that its Tmall online pharmacy business will be integrated into Hong Kong Stock Exchange-listed Alibaba Health Information Technology, after the two companies reached a definitive agreement.
Under the agreement, Alibaba Health will also become a consolidated subsidiary of Alibaba Group. Alibaba Group currently owns a 38 percent stake in Alibaba Health, but the move will see this increase to approximately 53 percent.
Alibaba Health will become responsible for running the business operations of the Tmall online pharmacy business, Alibaba Group said.
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According to Daniel Zhang, Alibaba Group chief operating officer, the integration of the online pharmacy business into Alibaba Health will place the company in a position to be able to execute a greater healthcare e-commerce strategy, such as entering the online prescription drugs market.
"Healthcare will be a strategically important growth area for our ecosystem in the years to come, and we have a strong competitive advantage in this area," he said.
"Healthcare is especially important to Chinese consumers, and we expect that this integration will enable Alibaba Group to build a healthcare ecosystem that can utilise e-commerce, big data, and other technologies to improve the healthcare supply chain, and ultimately provide users with a better healthcare experience."
Alibaba boasted that 186 online-licensed pharmacies offering over-the-counter medicines, medical devices, contact lenses, and other general healthcare products are now featured on Tmall.
While the transaction is still subject to approval, Alibaba Group expects the transaction to be finalised in the third quarter of 2015.
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Are we ashamed of the Gospel?
"My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness."
how will he not also give us everything else along with him?
Who will bring a charge against God's chosen ones?
It is God who acquits us.
who indeed intercedes for us.
What will separate us from the love of Christ?
or nakedness, or peril, or the sword?
we are looked upon as sheep to be slaughtered.
In today's gospel at Mass we all can admire Jesus' resolve to accomplish the mission his Father in Heaven had entrusted him with.
With this attitude, the Lord set out giving guidance on how the messengers of the Gospel should react when they confront persecutions of all kinds, both now and through the centuries to come: not to be afraid of any temporal power. St. Augustine says that, in troubled times, the shepherds are not to abandon their flock: neither those who will suffer martyrdom nor those who will survive.
God is bigger than all of this!
More importantly, God wants to remind us that it is going to be all right because He is the one who is ultimately in charge. Jesus did not die on the cross for the perfect world; He died for a broken one.
'I do not know where you are from.
The readings at Mass today balance challenge and mercy. Jesus tells us to go through the narrow gate. Our call to love and to bring healing and justice requires sacrifice. Making selfless choices is tough. Sometimes even figuring out what a selfless and loving choice would be in a situation puts us in a bind. We get confused. We fall to temptation. We choose anger, frustration, resentment, or selfishness.
Thankfully, we have the hope that comes from knowing that we serve a merciful God. God's mercy gives us confidence to take the step we think is the right step, knowing that mercy abounds to bring us back on track if we misstep.
We are not slogging through a narrow gate on our own. We are not aiming for the narrow gate to claim a short-term win for self-discipline or glory. When we journey with Jesus through the narrow gate, we work with him to open the world around us to the present reality of God's Kingdom. He also provides an advocate to pray with us and for us, Our Blessed Mother. Always turn to Our Lady, she will take you by the hand and lead you to her beloved son.
We don't have to have all the answers or even know the right questions when we pray. God knows we are often confused and don't know what to pray for ourselves and for others. Can we make time and space for the Holy Spirit groaning within us to pray on our behalf and on the behalf of others? Can we take a few moments to listen after that prayer for wisdom and encouragement to take the next steps through the narrow gate? Can we praise God for his hope and mercy and for the joy of fellow travelers in our communities?
Let's stop making so many calculations. Let's hurry up to enter by the narrow gate, restarting as many times as needed, and trusting in His mercy. St. Josemaria Escriva sums it up very well «All that which worries you for the moment, is of relative importance. What is of absolute importance is that you be happy, that you be saved».
Jesus said, "What is the Kingdom of God like?
To what can I compare it?
It is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in the garden.
Again he said, "To what shall I compare the Kingdom of God?
If seeds and yeast remain in their packages, they remain inert. Nothing happens until the package is ripped open and the contents are hidden in something else and given time to work. Then the results can be spectacular.
In a similar way, God's kingdom has been hidden in our hearts through Baptism. That kingdom is so dynamic and powerful that it can overcome every obstacle.
We can remain unaware of this seed's awesome potential. Or we may keep God in a package marked "Sunday" or "rule keeping" or "Church." But when we do, we miss out on the full extent of the gift we have received.
When Jesus says that the Kingdom of God is like a "mustard seed that a man took and planted in the garden" that eventually becomes "a large bush" where the birds of the sky can dwell in his branches, he's forming us all in the confidence we need to have for the coming of his kingdom. Even if at present, the kingdom seems to be one of the tiniest of seeds, we know that that tiny seed - the grain of wheat that fell to the ground and died so that it could bear fruit, Christ himself (Jn 12:24) - already contains within the fullness of the kingdom, just as a mustard seed already contains in "fertilized embryo" the full identity of the future mustard tree.
This process going from "seed" to "tree" is not an easy one. It's in fact arduous. St. Paul describes the sufferings as "labor pains" (ROM 8:18-25) leading to the fulfillment of our divine sonship when we will not only be called children of God but truly be children of God seeing God as he is.
Slow, natural, reliable, inevitable, awesome. That's what the Kingdom of God is like. So let the seeds of the kingdom take root!
In Ephesians we are told that we are a part of the Christian family. Then in the Gospel today at Mass (Luke 6:12-16) Jesus calls his disciples, including Simon and Jude whose feast we celebrate today. We must come to realize that we are part of this family too, the communion of saints in heaven. We are all called with them. We are called to join our voices with the rest who declare the glory of God in the psalms. We are all part of the big family of creation, and we are part of the smaller Christian family called by Jesus.
An interesting legend is told about St. Jude, the well-known saint of the impossible. The story is that a king in ancient Turkey suffered from a terrible disease. He heard about Jesus and wrote him a letter, asking for a cure. Along with his letter, he sent an artist to paint Jesus' face. Since Jesus couldn't go to the king, he sent Jude, along with the artist's painting. Through this image and through Jude's prayers, the king was healed. That's why images of Jude depict him holding a painting of the face of Christ.
This legend tells us something important about Jude and about all the saints. They really don't heal anybody. In the story, the image of Jesus was key to this man's healing. All the power that the saints have ever had to heal comes from the Lord: "It was our infirmities that he bore, our sufferings that he endured… . By his stripes we were healed" (Isaiah 53:4, 5). Jesus is our healer, our comforter, our Savior.
But this legend illustrates another important point: Jesus needs saints. Jude was just a man like us, a sinner who was redeemed by the Lord. But God used him to bring healing and hope to thousands of people—and he still does today, centuries after his death! Jude shows us that we carry in our hearts the treasure of the Holy Spirit, who gives us the power to transform the world in God's image. He shows us that we can become saints, just as he did.
We have been called. This is our dwelling place. This is our home, and we are part of creation. In fact, we are creation. And this Christian family is created by our connection and our faith. We are participants. We are citizens. We are part of this family, members of the household. We are not strangers. We belong here. I like this image of a household, a family. We are all in this together and all share responsibility in the household. We are not strangers; this is our dwelling place, where we live. But we also can't depend on someone else to do everything for us; we have to take responsibility for our part of the smooth running of the household. We are not guests, we live here. This is our home and our responsibility.
Like the disciples, we are called to follow. Like the rest of creation, we are called to declare the glory of God. And through our faith and praise and our connection with each other, we create a dwelling place of the Holy Spirit.
R. (68b) Lord, teach me your statutes.
for in your commands I trust.
R. Lord, teach me your statutes.
according to your promise to your servants.
for through them you give me life.
Sometimes it's hard to be honest with ourselves. There are some truths about us that we really don't want to face. And one of those truths is that our good intentions are not always enough when it comes to following God's laws. Part of us doesn't like facing the fact that we need Jesus and his grace. We'd rather forget that our ability to be righteous or holy comes through the cross and not through our efforts or good intentions alone.
Of course, we know what is wrong. Sin is a very powerful force, and the simple fact of our baptism isn't enough for us to be completely free of its grasp. Yes, God has freed us from slavery to sin. We are all a new creation in Christ, and his life in us has changed everything. But that change won't take root and flourish in us unless we choose to yield to him and the new life he has given us. It's only as we practice leaning on Christ and drawing our strength from his love and grace that we will find true freedom from sin, not just good intentions.
What sinful areas in your life are the most stubborn? What do you do when you become frustrated by your failures to follow God? Are you tempted to grit your teeth and try harder to fix it yourself? Don't do it! Rather, confess the truth about yourself, and turn to Christ. Thank him in the midst of your powerlessness, and surrender to him as Paul did. Come to him, and trust him to bring this good work in you to completion.
I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your nature.
so now present them as slaves to righteousness for sanctification.
For when you were slaves of sin, you were free from righteousness.
from the things of which you are now ashamed?
For the end of those things is death.
and its end is eternal life.
but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Imagine that. In the middle of a discussion about the fight against sin and temptation, St Paul counseled his readers to look at themselves as slaves, ready to yield to a new master. What about fighting? What about aggressively taking up the battle against sin? Isn't St. Paul missing the point?
Not at all. St. Paul is showing us the way to true victory. Rather than rushing headlong into conflicts and trying to overcome temptation on our own, we would be wiser to step back and submit ourselves to some of the truths that St. Paul considered central to the Christian life.
First, we should submit to God's judgment against sin. In Jesus' death, our Father has condemned our fallen nature and put it to death. If we step back from temptation, we can align ourselves with God's judgment and claim in faith that sin's mastery is ended, and we are set free.
Second, we should submit to the presence and power of the Holy Spirit. He is in us. He never abandons us. He is always watching over us, ever ready to help us and do battle for us whenever we call upon him. Submitting to his power can fill us with great confidence and courage.
Finally, we should submit to the new creation God has made us to be. We were made new in Baptism. We are no longer slaves to sin. We are children of God, with all the rights and privileges of a firstborn son and daughter.
Submitting to these truths is like leaning back into your Father's arms. It's true that you can't see him yet, and you may not always feel his arms around you. But that's why faith is so important. It convinces you that your Father is good. It assures you that he loves you enough to have given his only Son for your salvation. The next time you find yourself battling with sin, take a deep breath, and lean back into your Father's love and redemption.
That's the way to freedom.
he would not have let his house be broken into.
to distribute the food allowance at the proper time?
Blessed is that servant whom his master on arrival finds doing so.
in charge of all his property.
and assign him a place with the unfaithful.
shall be beaten only lightly.
As a child I loved to play hide and seek. I loved it no matter if I was the one hiding who was trying not to get caught, or if I was the one seeking. Although I haven't played in a while, I remember the seeker, or "it" as we always called him would close his eyes and count to 100 so that all the others could hide. Now sometimes the seeker would cheat a little bit as he would peep around and then you could hear him count, "One, two, three, fourteen fifteen, sixty one and so on." Then you would hear him scream out, "Ready or not here I come."
Little did I realize as a child how much this fun game paralleled the second coming of Jesus Christ.
The question is not "if Jesus will return?" but "when will he return?" St. Paul answered this question by basically saying, "No one knows." He explained this by describing the time of Jesus return as a thief in the night. Just as a thief plans his entry at an uncertain time when least expected, so will be the coming of the Son of God. Jesus Himself said in (Matt. 24:35) "But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only." And later He said in (Matt 24:44) Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not expect Him."
How can I be ready?
• Schedule your prayer. Put it in your book, create a phone reminder, write a sticky note, whatever, just make it real and be accountable to it.
• Go to Mass as frequently and devoutly as you are permitted.
• Confess regularly with a confessor who can keep you accountable.
• Carve out times in your week for silent reflection. If you can, do it before the Blessed Sacrament.
• Walk in friendship with the Holy Mother of God. Pray the Rosary daily! Our Lady's zeal will suffocate the stench of sin and the snares of the enemy who cannot breathe when the love of her Immaculate Heart consumes a soul in worship of God.
Do not say, "I am only a mom." Do not say, "I am only an office worker or a student or a retiree." You are exactly where God needs you to be today. You are strategically placed on the battlefield, so be alert! Have your spiritual eyes, ears, hands, and heart wide open. Allow the Lord to use you to bring His light to those around you.
ready to open immediately when he comes and knocks.
whom the master finds vigilant on his arrival.
have them recline at table, and proceed to wait on them.
The question arises at every important transition. Are you ready? To go to college? To start a new job? To welcome a baby? To retire? Facing this question, we may list all the preparations we've made and in the hope that we'll be able to handle the future that lies before us.
A similar thing happens to the servants in today's Gospel reading. They gird their loins. They light their lamps and listen for their master's knock. They keep dinner warm, and they're ready to hang up his cloak and wash his feet when he does arrive. They're expecting the expected, all set to serve their master as they have always done.
So how will the Master surprise you today?
Yes, do all you can to be ready to carry out your responsibilities today. Do everything possible to make sure you are obeying God's commands and loving other people as he has loved you. But at the same time, be sure to hold your heart in readiness. God is full of surprises! He may give you an unexpected token of his love. He may fill you with the inspiration to do something you don't usually do, like share your faith. He may call your attention to one of his children who needs your comfort, your correction, or your prayer.
Don't limit what God can do for you, in you, and through you. Life with him is full of surprises!
Then he told them a parable.
"There was a rich man whose land produced a bountiful harvest.
I shall tear down my barns and build larger ones.
Note how many times the rich man uses the word "I" in this reading. The rich man is completely focused on himself alone. He gives no thought to how he could share his wealth or even takes the time to acknowledge this great gift from God. What about sharing his abundance to help others? The rich man is living only for himself and his worldly gain. What he has truly gained? Nothing. Although his barn may appear full, his heart is empty.
The rich man blindly believes that he has secured his future by storing away his wealth. He has fallen prey to the seduction of wealth and the false promise it brings. While the rich man may think his future is set, you and I both know that life is full of surprises and uncertainty. The one thing we know for certain is that God will provide. Just as crops are dependent on water and sunlight, we are dependent on God. Having faith in God and trusting in His will are the only ways to find security in our lives – not in the worldly goods that the rich man falls prey to.
What is wealth? Rather than thinking of wealth as money and materials, what if wealth consisted of God-given gifts that add real value to our lives? Instead of storing materials in houses that can be torn down or replaced, what if we stored love, generosity, joy, peace, forgiveness, compassion, and empathy in our hearts and shared this with our brothers and sisters? This is the true treasure God seeks for us. We only need to see past the temptation and illusion of worldly possessions to find this truth.
about the necessity for them to pray always without becoming weary.
who neither feared God nor respected any human being.
lest she finally come and strike me.'"
The Lord said, "Pay attention to what the dishonest judge says.
who call out to him day and night?
Will he be slow to answer them?
I tell you, he will see to it that justice is done for them speedily.
But when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?"
In an age of fast food, fast cars and fast internet, we seem to be running all the time. Yet, even with our digital calendars, we risk missing the most important meeting of all, our appointment with the Lord. We place our very selves at risk when we do so.
We are all called to persevering prayer, no matter what our state in life or vocation. Preparing ourselves for such prayer means learning to silence the clamor of the age, stop the ever accelerating pace of the futile quests that so often occupy our hearts, and live in the eternal now by surrendering ourselves.
It is there, in the emptied place, in the stillness of the eternal now, where we prepare a room for the King of all hearts. And, in that encounter, we will find the longing of our heart fulfilled.
We tend to believe that the contemplative life is reserved for those who, by special vocation, can "leave" the world, such as contemplative monks and nuns. They are a true treasure and a prophetic sign of the life to come. However, all who are baptized into Christ are called to the same encounter with a different response.
Let us learn to pray at all times - and not grow weary.
R. (8a) The Lord remembers his covenant for ever.
R. The Lord remembers his covenant for ever.
with shouts of joy, his chosen ones.
Why is trust so difficult?
I think it is because trust means sacrificing our pride. By trusting in something outside our self (and in this case something that we have no empirical evidence for) we are making a bold statement that we don't have all the answers or skills that we need to do this. We are being challenged to recognize how limited we are, and that we can't do all these things on our own. We must have the humility to see our own limited scope and knowledge.
We must put aside our pride that we have got it all figured out and allow the space for God to work in us and through us.
to every town and place he intended to visit.
to send out laborers for his harvest.
behold, I am sending you like lambs among wolves.
and greet no one along the way.
but if not, it will return to you.
for the laborer deserves payment.
Do not move about from one house to another.
The key to everything, as Jesus pointed out, is to remember that the Kingdom of God is at hand. It is right here, right now. It is not about something that will happen in the future, but something available now to everyone and we have the opportunity of bringing them that message. This is the heart of the new evangelization.
The Pope also includes a caution: Yet in speaking of the light of faith, we can almost hear the objections of many of our contemporaries. In modernity, that light might have been considered sufficient for societies of old, but was felt to be of no use for new times, for a humanity come of age, proud of its rationality and anxious to explore the future in novel ways.
To many people in the world, our faith seems out of fashion and out of date. Nothing can be farther from the truth. Now more than ever people need a savior!
As Pope Francis points out, this objection does not stop us, but merely provides a context - where our culture is - as we continue to declare our faith in deed and in word.
In our gospel passage, Jesus gives us some wonderful insights on how we commit ourselves to this appointed task.
May we truly be bearers of that light!
"If you really want to love Jesus, first learn to suffer, because suffering teaches you to love."
for they killed them and you do the building.
who died between the altar and the temple building.
Yes, I tell you, this generation will be charged with their blood!
Woe to you, scholars of the law!
You have taken away the key of knowledge.
for they were plotting to catch him at something he might say.
Who are prophets of our time?
A prophetic voice is one that points us to radical grace of the true life in Jesus Christ. A prophet today urges us to reestablish a relationship with God in which we no longer treat others with fear, suspicion, and judgment but where we show willingness to listen, dialogue, and thereby accomplish the works of peace, humility, healing, and hope.
It is truly a difficulty to identify the prophets of our own time—even more those of our own community—but nevertheless they are among us. In all likelihood we may not recognize them: our hearts may be turned against their words. We may have an agenda of our own that takes precedence over other things. It may be that we prefer to be guided by the political voices of our times or by the morality and standards of a world that refuses to consider that a word from God is possible at all.
When we sit down to read the news, and when we read of the woes—of wars, poverty, immorality, disease, and death—we must ask what voice speaks to us today of this world, and what voice of a prophet there is to direct us to a new world, a new life, based on a reality formed in the image of He who came to give us hope for tomorrow.
While the prophets of today may not be easy to identify, and those who are identified are surely to encounter opposition as such, we can nevertheless know that prophetic situations exist among us now as much as, perhaps even more than, at any other time in human history. In a way that we may not have yet considered, the Holy Spirit has given the role of prophet to the Church. Each of us shares by virtue of Baptism in Christ's role as priest, prophet, and king.
While prophets will come and go, and some are surely to be great, we do well to bear in mind that each of us is to share in the voice of the prophet by standing up and acting for what is good, righteous, decent, just, and true. Each of us is to be a defender of the faith in everything it means to live faith by building a world of lasting peace, hope, healing, and restoration.
but you pay no attention to judgment and to love for God.
These you should have done, without overlooking the others.
And he said, "Woe also to you scholars of the law!
Charity ain't easy. Loving souls with the Heart of Christ demands our all. It demands that we not get hung up on what is not important but that we never forget to try to bring every last person around us to be with God eternally.
Look at Our Lady. She was given every grace, merit, blessing, and honor by God, but one thing she was never given - she wasn't ever appointed anyone's judge. She is "Advocata Nostra", Our Advocate. She is the one who excuses rather than accuses. The devil is the accuser. He is the rash judge. Those who step into the shoes of trying to condemn as many as possible, end up condemning themselves along with the evil one.
But wait, you say? Does justice, does holiness not demand us to be exact and correct in our estimation of things? Are we to turn a blind eye to the horrible and gross moral indifference of our times? By saying, "Do not judge," aren't we also saying that we will contribute to the moral indifference by not resisting evil and pointing it out when others seem to apathetically let it suffocate the rightly developed sense of good and evil?
No. Actually, being forgiving, excusing our brother's fault, does not numb our sense of sin, it sharpens it.
By being aware of evil around us, especially the mystery of sin working in my brothers and sisters, we become more capable not of pushing them back down into it, but trying to work in intimate union with the Hearts of Jesus and Mary in pulling as many souls out of the muck as we can. Being acutely aware of my brother's sin doesn't mean that we must condemn him, but makes us all the more alive to the need to help rid him of evil.
When a parent sees a child full of mud, love demands the parent to clean their little one. A little soul tarnished in its original pristine beauty, should arouse in the hearts of disciples, the desire to work with the Eternal Father, to cleanse them and free them so that they may stand shameless before His glorious Face, and thus find salvation.
May the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, the forgiving, excusing Hearts, form disciples to be the lifeboats of salvation in the midst of an ocean of iniquity of our time, to pull people out of the muck rather than push them down.
I am not ashamed of the Gospel.
for Jew first, and then Greek.
of those who suppress the truth by their wickedness.
because God made it evident to them.
have been able to be understood and perceived in what he has made.
they did not accord him glory as God or give him thanks.
and their senseless minds were darkened.
or of birds or of four-legged animals or of snakes.
for the mutual degradation of their bodies.
The atmosphere of "political correctness," "tolerance," and moral relativism that has infected this country has cowed Christians into a corner, making us so fearful to speak out against the wrongs we see that we begin to doubt our own convictions to Christ and the Truth.
Ask yourselves this question: If something is not true, is it worth believing? The answer is obviously no. Why would we believe something that we know is false? So for us to rationally believe the Gospel, it has to be true.
Either Jesus is God who came to earth as man, died for our salvation, rose from the dead, the Gospel is true, and there is a definitive Right and Wrong, or Jesus was just a guy who talked a lot of nonsense, the Gospel is a cool story but nothing more, and Right and Wrong are whatever society says they are. It can't be both true and false based on what one believes. Belief in something does not make it true. Truth can either validate or invalidate belief.
St. Paul tells us in today's first reading at Mass, "It (the Gospel) is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes," then this reading is a call for us today to stand up for the Truth. Stand up for Christ using the power of the Gospel. Stand up against the wrongs of this world. We all have ways we are called to do this in our own lives and in our own unique way with the gifts we have been given. But however we are called, right now is the time to take courage, to be bold, and to stop being ashamed of the Gospel. We must be willing to speak up and to bring the Truth through words and deeds to the world around us.
We are Christians, soldiers of Christ, and it is time to act as witnesses, not as bystanders.
"Prayer gives us a pure heart and a pure heart can do much."
except the sign of Jonah.
so will the Son of Man be to this generation.
and there is something greater than Solomon here.
We hear, but we don't listen. Our eyes are open, but we don't see.
In the Gospel today, Jesus talks about Jonah and the Ninevites. Jonah went to Nineveh and preached a message of repentance. Everyone listened, from the lowliest to the king. They put on sackcloth and fasted and prayed for God's compassion. They heard the message. They listened. They were saved. Jesus says he is bringing that message to our generation. But do we listen? Do we see?
We as Catholics have the best message of love, of understanding, of compassion that we could ever ask for, but we sometimes don't listen. Or we don't want to hear, so we cover our ears and hum so the words don't come through. Or we let the noise of our lives drown out what we really should be listening to – our hearts. I think oftentimes that's our biggest hurdle: We know what we should do, but don't do it. We don't take time for prayer but watch TV or go on the computer. We avoid a sad co-worker because we are not in the mood. We laugh at someone else's expense. We gossip and criticize others as opposed to examining our own shortcomings.
We are so accustomed to being over-stimulated by the ready access to data and information that our technology gives us, that reflection and contemplation can easily be pushed to the margin of our existence. The need for constant novelty is a sign of an unsettled mind and heart.
If we neglect to ponder our life and its circumstances, we will be unlikely to discover the subtleties of God's activity in our souls.
Just as the generation that Jesus was referring to today in the gospel, we to want signs to verify our convictions. However, the signs that God sends may not be what we expect. Perhaps what we really need is the capacity to ponder our life in the presence of God - to pray - in order to discover how the Lord wants to lead us.
he traveled through Samaria and Galilee.
As he was entering a village, ten lepers met him.
"Jesus, Master! Have pity on us!"
"Go show yourselves to the priests."
As they were going they were cleansed.
and he fell at the feet of Jesus and thanked him.
"Ten were cleansed, were they not?
Has none but this foreigner returned to give thanks to God?"
your faith has saved you."
Until recently, a diagnosis of leprosy was a death sentence—a long, slow sentence marked by physical deformity, social isolation, poverty, and despair. Until recently, lepers were shunned by their families and communities for fear of contamination. It was assumed that their disease was a mark of spiritual impurity.
While leprosy is now treatable, there are so many "conditions" today—illnesses, lifestyles, habits, or addictions—that can leave people isolated. And like Francis, our pride can keep us at a safe distance from them. Perhaps we fear that by getting too close, we'll be seen as accepting their stigma, or we will be associated with "those kind of people." But very often it's "those kind of people" who reveal the kind of people we are.
Jesus reached out not only to lepers but to every other person who lived on the margins. He saw them as treasures, as people created in God's own image. Despite the customs and norms of the day, he sought out such people and treated them with dignity and kindness. And he did this as an example to all of us.
Look around today. No doubt at least one opportunity will arise for you to do likewise: to welcome the foreigner, to feed the poor, to visit the sick, or to show kindness to the outcast. As you do, you too will see your own version of "leprosy" turned into sweetness of soul.


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Eguavoen's appointment as NFF Technical Director thrills coaches
Augustine Eguavoen
The appointment of a former Super Eagles captain and coach, Augustine Eguavoen, as the Technical Director of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has been commended by Nigerian coaches.
Eguavoen's elevation into the top position to oversee all technical matters in Nigerian football, was ratified at last Tuesday's Executive Committee meeting of the country's highest football governing body.
Eguavoen is a member of the trailblazing Super Eagles set of 1994 that won the AFCON title the same year and earned Nigeria's first ticket to play in the FIFA World Cup in USA in 1994.
With this new appointment, he is expected to chart the technical direction of Nigerian football, a task that the former defender is all too conversant with having worked as a technical guru all his years in football.
ALSO READ: The football brotherhood, friends for life – the story of 1977!
Speaking on Eguavoen's appointment, a former Super Falcons coach, Godwin Izilein, said it was a step in the right direction, adding that Eguavoen has the requisite wealth of experience to energise the technical arm of Nigerian football for optimum performance.
Izilein described Eguavoen as a person of impeccable character, whose passion for excellence and commitment to the growth of Nigerian football was top notch, tipping him to succeed in his new plum position.
Also speaking, former Enyimba and Rangers Coach, Segun Ogunbote, said Eguavoen's appointment as the generalismo of NFF's technical department was going to usher in new vim and vitality into Nigerian football.
"Eguavoen is a thoroughbred professional who understands technical issues. I see new things beckoning for our football," said Ogunbote, who most recently, was in charge of Lobi Stars of Makurdi.


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Q: Gcc gives [1] 504 ...what is this? I compiled a c recipe and have no idea if I got ir right. It did compile. I matched a matrix to the specified format and ran:
./croutLU matrix1 & tee > b
The response the first time seemed successful but "b" was empty.
The second run of the same command generated:
[1] 654
And a hang...I rebooted, recompiled and ran it again:
[1] 504
I am using a freeBSD.
What is "[1] 504"
Can anyone tell me what happened here. Did something go right maybe? Or wrong?
Thank you
Jonathan Engwall

A: "[1] 654" is typically written when you launch a command in background, "1" indicate you have 1 process in parallel and "654" is the pid of the process
Example :
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ pwd &
[1] 5098
/home/pi
pi@raspberrypi:~ $

Note : the command jobs gives the list of processes running in background
If I enter pwd & tee > t then I enter the line aze then ^d to finish the tee I have that (Fini means done) :
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ pwd & tee > t
[1] 5331
/home/pi
aze
[1]+  Fini                    pwd
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ cat t
aze
pi@raspberrypi:~ $

As you can see pwd is started in background, in your case ./croutLU is started in background and I suppose you just enter ^d to finish the tee so b is empty

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Q: How to force the Drupal form to clear previous results Recently im working on a project and im trying to generate form elements with the help of ajax technology (implementing a form with codes). the situation is that the user should be able to select from a list of options and then due to his select another list of options should be appeared, then due to his/her select from the second sets of options he/she should see the third series of options. now the problem is that when the user tries to change the first option in the first set, the second option will be regenerate but the third one still sticks on the page. I was trying to use the form_sate['rebuild'] = TRUE
but it did not work and all form elements disappeared. can any one help me to see which code should be implemented and where it should be used?

A: Without any code it's almost impossible to help, except to say check out the examples modules, specifically the ajax_example module.
The basic principle is that you need a <div> container surrounding your 2nd and 3rd select elements, which will be replaced by the #ajax set on the first element. Then you need another container inside that one surrounding only the 3rd select element, which will be replaced by the #ajax set on the 2nd select element.
Hope that helps.

A: well.. the form page may contains previous values because of $_POST fields variables..
for example if I want to display clear "add" form on POST submit,
I do this tric to clear drupal previous form values via ajax:
<?php
// AJAX POST handler...
....
$my_form = drupal_render(drupal_get_form("the_form", ...));
$errors = form_get_errors();
if (!$errors) {
  // re-render clean form, unset your POST fields....
  unset($_POST['link_path']);
  unset($_POST['link_title']);
  unset($_POST['parent']);
  unset($_POST['weight']);
  $my_form = drupal_render(drupal_get_form("the_form", ...));
}
?>


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Axel Reinhold Ståhle (Helsingborg, 1 de fevereiro de 1891 -  21 de novembro de 1987) foi um ginete e oficial, campeão olímpico.

Carreira
Axel Ståhle representou seu país nos Jogos Olímpicos de 1924, na qual conquistou a medalha de ouro no salto por equipes em 1924.

Ginetes olímpicos da Suécia
Naturais de Helsingborg
Ginetes nos Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 1924
Medalhistas nos Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 1924
Campeões olímpicos da Suécia
Medalhistas olímpicos da Suécia

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The proceeds from this years ride went to The Wounded Warrior Project. We thank the WWP for supplying the bikes and gear making the ride successful. We had over 100 riders escorting the 11 Arkansan Wounded through Little Rock and North Little Rock.
We also want to Thank The Arkansas National Guard who allowed us to rest on Camp Robinson and Outskirts Bike Shop of Bryant who provided the other rest stop. Year #6 os support to the Wounded Warrior Project Soldier Ride.


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Q: Solving the initial value problems Solve the initial value problems:

*

*$f' = x^3f + x^7, f(0) = 2$

*$f' = \cos(x)f - e^{\sin(x)} \sin(x), f(0) = 1$
I dont know how to solve this problems. Especially the second one because I feel like I dont understand a thing when it comes to cos and sin functions.
I appreciate any help.

A: You can use an integrating factor for the first one. We rewrite the ODE as
$$y^\prime - x^3y = x^7, \ y(0)=2.$$
So, our integrating factor will be $\mu = e^{-\frac{x^4}{4}}$. Then, we multiply both sides of the ODE by $\mu$ and see that:
$$\mu y^\prime + \mu^\prime y = x^7\mu \implies (\mu y)^\prime = x^7\mu.$$
This implies that
$$\mu y = \int x^7e^{-\frac{x^4}{4}} \ dx + C.$$
If we compute the primitive, we get
$$\mu y = -e^{-\frac{x^4}{4}}(x^4+4) + C.$$
Then, we just multiply each side by $\mu^{-1}$ and then apply the IC:
$$y = 6e^\frac{x^4}{4} - x^4 - 4.$$
For the second, we use the same approach. We have
$$y^\prime - \cos x y = -e^{\sin x}\sin x, \ y(0)=1.$$
Our integrating factor will be $\mu = e^{-\sin x}$.
Multiplying each side by $\mu$ gives
$$(\mu y)^\prime = -\sin x.$$
Therefore,
$$\mu y = \cos x + C \implies y = e^{\sin x}\cos x + Ce^{\sin x}.$$
The IC $y(0)=1$ implies that $C=0$ and we have
$$y=e^{\sin x}\cos x.$$
Edit: To address the comment, $\mu$ is called an integrating factor. The purpose is to take an equation of the form $y^\prime + Py = Q$ and turn it into one of the form $(\mu y)^\prime = \mu Q$. To do this, one takes
$$\mu = \exp\bigg\{ \int P \ dx \bigg\}.$$
It's fairly straightforward to check that such a $\mu$ will do the job. Once the equation has been put into the form $(\mu y)^\prime = \mu Q$, the ODE can be solved by just integrating (hence the name).

A: Let us look at a general method (integrating factor method) for solving problems of the following type:
\begin{equation}
\tag{A}
 f'(x) + a_1(x) f(x) + a_0(x) = 0
\end{equation}
For example, in question (1):
$$a_1(x) = -x^3 \quad \text{and} \quad a_0(x) = -x^7$$
To solve the general equation in (A) we need to do the following:

*

*First, we compute the following indefinite integral
$$ K(x) = \int a_1(x) $$
Note that
$$ K'(x) \equiv {d\over dx} K(x) = a_1(x) $$

*The "integrating factor" is
$$ I(x) = e^{K(x)}$$

*We multiply both sides of (A) by $I(x)$ which gives:
\begin{equation}
\tag{B}
e^{K(x)}\left(f'(x) + K'(x) f(x) + a_0(x)\right) = 0
\end{equation}
We have replaced $a_1(x)$ by $K'(x)$.

*Note that equation (B) can be written as:
\begin{equation}
\tag{C}
{d \over dx} \left( e^{K(x)} f(x)\right) = -e^{K(x)} a_0(x)
\end{equation}

*Integrating equation (C) on both sides from 0 to $z$ we get,
\begin{equation}
\tag{D}
 \left( e^{K(z)} f(z)\right) -  \left( e^{K(0)} f(0)\right)= -\int_{0}^z e^{K(x)} a_0(x) dx
\end{equation}

*Renaming variables we get,
\begin{equation}
\tag{E}
f(x) = \left( e^{K(0) - K(x)} f(0)\right) -e^{-K(x)}\int_{0}^x e^{K(y)} a_0(y) dy
\end{equation}
This is the solution of a general initial value problem of the form in (A).
Returning to the original question:
For problem (1), we need to substitute $a_1(x) = -x^3$ and $a_0(x) = -x^7$ in equation (E). First we need to compute $K(x)$.
$$
K(x) = \int a_1(x) = -{x^4 \over 4}
$$
The solution to problem in (1) is:
\begin{equation}
\tag{F}
f(x) = e^{x^4/4} f(0) + e^{x^4/4} \int_0^x e^{-y^4/4} y^7 dy
\end{equation}
The integral on the right hand side is
\begin{align}
\int_0^x e^{-y^4/4} y^7 = 4\int_0^{x^4/4} e^{-u} . u. du \quad \quad \quad (u = y^4/4) \\
{} = 4\left( 1 - e^{-x^4/4} -{x^4\over4} e^{-x^4/4}\right)
\end{align}
Equation (F) simplifies to:
$$
f(x) = 6 e^{x^4\over 4} - 4 - x^4
$$
The above expression is the solution of the first initial value problem.
Similarly to solve the second problem we need to use the following expression for $K(x)$.
$$ K(x) = -\int \cos(x) dx = -\sin(x) $$
Equation (E) eqvaluates to:
\begin{equation}
\tag{G}
f(x) = e^{\sin(x)} f(0) - e^{\sin(x)} \int_0^x e^{-\sin(y)} e^{\sin(y)} \sin(y) dy
\end{equation}
Substituting $f(0)=1$, we find that the solution to problem (2) is:
$$
f(x) = e^{\sin(x)} \cos(x)
$$
(Aside: Sometimes you will see nonlinear differential equations of the following form (special case of Bernoulli differential equation):
$$
g'(x) - b_1(x)g(x) - b_0(x) g(x)^2 = 0
$$
To solve such equations you first substitute $g(x) = 1/f(x)$. This substitution simplifies the above equation to:
$$
f'(x) + b_1(x) f(x) + b_0(x) = 0
$$
We know how to solve the above equation using the integrating factor method. Please check the first wikipedia link for similar nonlinear equations.
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Here is my list of December glass balls for major gift teams.
You are a glass ball. For many reasons, December is a month of extreme stress. Closing end of the year gifts, fitting in holiday parties, increased and broader family responsibilities, gearing up for 2015. When we are exhausted, stretched and stressed, we drop more balls, make mistakes, and frazzle others. Take care of yourself this month. Set time aside to think and breath. Those moments of respite will increase your productivity, not take away from it. Get enough sleep. Drink enough water. Everyone on your team and all the donors you touch this month will benefit from your calm confidence.
Current donors are more important than potential new donors are. You are down to the wire with limited days to make things happen. Your current donors are your top priority. Increased gifts from them are easier than a new gift from a stranger. Sending out volumes of holiday or New Year cards with a scribbled handwritten signature will not yield as much as taking time to write personal, meaningful notes to your most important friends.
Be Donor– I love this list of 35 year-end strategies. Some you can use in 2015. Some you can use right now. I especially like number 5. Just as December stretches and stresses you, it is the same for your donors. Make taking action on your organization's behalf easy.
Gratitude, appreciation and impact sets up 2015 for success. Ask volunteers, mission-staff, and beneficiaries to make gratitude and appreciation calls, thanking current AND RECENT donors for all they have already invested. Share the impact their investments made. Include intellectual, expertise and time investments. This will help start 2015 get off on the right foot. And don't forget your internal partners. Make sure everyone on the team who gave and helped feel the love as well.
Focus. I've talked about this before so maybe you're tired of hearing it, but saying NO to some things allows you to say yes to the right things. We are can-do people. This month, more than almost any other time, picking the right things to do makes a huge impact. You're smart. You can do this. Here are tips for managing your time, energy, and work while still having a life.
Set up your metrics for 2015. If you've not already done this, ask your folks responsible for the database to get the reports you'll need in January set up now for easy retrieval then. Notice, I'm interested in annual giving retention numbers even though my focus is major gifts. That's because within your annual giving program are tons of folks with the capacity to give major gifts. If they are walking out the door because of lack of donor care, it will impact your program down the line. If they are staying, it could impact your major gift program as early as 2015 with new major donors as well as years to come! Higher lifetime giving. More bequests. Increased viral marketing.
Leadership Annual Giving Upgrade rates. Use a similar table as illustrated above. How are you doing? Annual giving upgrades at the leadership annual giving levels are excellent indicators for major gifts.
And oh, did I mention you are a glass ball? I did, didn't I? Well don't forget that. Take care of you so you can take care of everything and everyone else.


All snaps automatically "self-destruct" just seconds after they are viewed by the recipient, making it the perfect app for quick instant messaging by photo or video. As long as your mobile device can access the Internet, you can send and receive snaps from anywhere.
To get started with using Snapchat, you need to download the app for iOS or Android to your mobile device.
Once you've downloaded the Snapchat app, you can open it up and tap the "Sign Up" button to create a new user account.
You'll be asked for your email address, a password and your birth date. You can then choose a username, which acts as your unique identity of the Snapchat platform.
Snapchat asks its new users who sign up to verify their accounts by phone. It's recommended to always do this, but you also have the option to tap the "Skip" button in the upper right corner of the screen.
Snapchat asks its new users who sign up to verify their accounts by phone. If you don't want to provide your phone number, you also have the option to tap the "Skip" button in the upper right corner of the screen.
You'll then be taken to another verification screen where Snapchat will display a grid of several small pictures. You'll be asked to tap the pictures that have a ghost in them to prove that you're a real person.
Once you've successfully verified your new account, you can start sending and receiving snaps with friends. But first, you'll need to find some friends!
There are two ways you can find and add friends on Snapchat.
Search by username: Tap the little magnifying glass at the top of the screen in your friends list tab to start typing in friends' usernames if you them.
Search by your contacts list: If you don't know a friend's Snapchat username but have them in your contacts list, you can tap the little person/plus sign icon at the top of the screen followed by the little booklet icon on the next screen to allow Snapchat access to your contacts so that it can automatically find your friends for you. You'll have to verify your phone number here if you skipped this step when first setting up your account.
Tap the big plus sign beside any username to add that person to your Snapchat friends list. You can hit the refresh button on your friends list to see new friends that have been added.
Navigating Snapchat is quite easy, and all you have to remember is that there are four main screens -- all of which you can access by swiping left to right or right to left. You can also tap the two icons on each side at the bottom of the snap camera screen.
The far left screen shows you a list of all your received snaps from friends. The middle screen is what you use to take your own snaps, and of course the far right screen is where you'll find your friends list.
An additional screen was recently added to Snapchat, which lets you chat in real-time by text or video. You'll find this screen by swiping right from the screen the displays all of your received snap messages.
Access the middle screen where your device's camera is activated to start with your first snap message. You can take either a photo or a video message.
You can also tap the camera icon in the top right corner to switch between your device's back and front-facing camera.
To take a photo: Point your camera at whatever you want to be in the photo and tap the big button in the middle at the bottom.
To take a video: Do exactly the same as what you would do for a photo, but instead of tapping the big round button, hold it down to film. Lift your finger when you're done filming. A timer will be visible around the button to let you know when the 10-second maximum video length is up.
Tap the big X in the upper left corner to delete to photo or video you just took if you don't like it and want to start over. If you're happy with what you've got, there are a few things you can add to it.
Add a caption: Tap the middle of the screen to bring up your device's keyboard so you ca type a short caption into your snap.
Add a drawing: Tap the pencil icon in the upper right corner to select a color and doodle all over your snap.
For a video snap, you have the option to tap the sound icon at the bottom to take away the sound completely. You can also save your snap to your gallery by tapping the arrow button next to it (which automatically save it to your phone's pictures folder).
Once you're happy with how your snap looks, you can send it to one or multiple friends and/or post it publicly to your Snapchat username as a story.
A Snapchat Story is a snap that is displayed as a small icon beneath your username, which can be viewed by any of your friends by accessing their friends list. They can tap it to view it, and it will stay up there for 24 hours before it's automatically deleted.
To post the snap as a story: Tap the square icon with a plus sign inside of it.
Hit the send button at the bottom of the screen when you're done.
You'll be notified by Snapchat whenever a friend sends you a new snap. Remember, you can access your received snaps any time by tapping the square icon from the snap screen or by swiping right.
To view a received snap, tap it and keep your finger held down. Once the view time has run out on that snap, it will be gone and you won't be able to see it again.
There's been some controversy over Snapchat privacy and taking screenshots. You can certainly take a screenshot of a received snap, but if you do, Snapchat will send a notification to the friend who sent it that you tried to take a screenshot.
As you continue to use Snapchat, your "best friends" and score will be updated on a weekly basis. Best friends are they friends who you interact with the most, and your Snapchat score reflects the total number of snaps you've sent and received.
As mentioned in slide #5, Snapchat recently introduced a new feature that lets users send text messages and chat with one another by video in real-time within the app.
To try this out, simply access the screen with all your received snap messages and swipe right on the username you want to chat with. You'll be taken to the chat screen, which you can use to type and send a quick text message.
Snapchat will notify you if one of your friends is currently on Snapchat reading your messages. This is the only time that you can activate a video chat.
You'll be able to press and hold down a big blue button to start a video chat with that friend. Just lift your finger away from the button to hang up the chat.
Fore more cool ways to instant message your friends, check out this article on some of the most popular and free instant messaging apps you can use.


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Q: Reduction Formulae (High School) I've been going through working out some reduction formulae question and I've been finding this question particularly difficult.
Problem:
Given:
$$I_n=\int \frac{\sin(2nx)}{\sin(x)} \, dx $$ to show that: $$I_n - I_{n-1}=\frac{2(-1)^{n+1}}{2n-1}\,$$

A: Applying the Prosthapharesis formula
$$ 2\cos{a}\sin{b} = \sin{(a+b)}-\sin{(a-b)}, $$
(I find it easier to remember it this way round) with $a=(2n-1)x$ and $b=x$, so
$$ \sin{2nx}-\sin{(2nx-x)} = 2\cos{(2n-1)x}\sin{x}, $$
the integral becomes
$$ I_n-I_{n-1} = \int \frac{2\cos{(2n-1)x}\sin{x}}{\sin{x}} \, dx = \frac{2}{2n-1}\sin{(2n-1)x},  $$
at which point I suspect you probably mean $\int_0^{\pi/2}$, which gives
$$ \frac{2}{2n-1}\sin{(n-\tfrac{1}{2})\pi} -0 = \frac{2(-1)^{n+1}}{2n-1} $$
on the right.

A: Notice, given that $$I_n=\int \frac{\sin(2nx)}{\sin x}dx$$
setting $n=n-1$, we get
$$I_{n-1}=\int \frac{\sin(2(n-1)x)}{\sin x}dx$$
$$\implies I_n-I_{n-1}=\int \frac{\sin(2nx)}{\sin x}dx-\int \frac{\sin(2(n-1)x)}{\sin x}dx$$
$$=\int \frac{\sin(2nx)-\sin(2(n-1)x)}{\sin x}dx$$
$$=\int \frac{2\cos\left(\frac{2nx+2(n-1)x}{2}\right)\sin\left(\frac{2nx-2(n-1)x}{2}\right)}{\sin x}dx$$
$$=\int \frac{2\cos\left(2nx-x\right)\sin x}{\sin x}dx$$ $$=2\int\cos (2n-1)xdx $$
Applying limits $x=0$ to $x=\frac{\pi}{2}$, we get
$$I_n-I_{n-1}=2\int_{0}^{\pi/2}\cos (2n-1)xdx $$ let $(2n-1)x=t\implies dx=\frac{dt}{2n-1}$ $$=2\int_{0}^{(2n-1)\frac{\pi}{2}}(\cos t) \frac{dt}{(2n-1)} $$
$$= \frac{2}{2n-1}\int_{0}^{(2n-1)\frac{\pi}{2}}\cos t\ dt $$
$$= \frac{2}{2n-1}[\sin t]_{0}^{(2n-1)\frac{\pi}{2}}$$ $$=\frac{2}{2n-1}\sin\left((2n-1)\frac{\pi}{2}\right)$$
$$=\color{red}{\frac{2(-1)^{n+1}}{2n-1}}$$


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Q: Constantly respawning in the middle of the goblin army! So I just started hardmode and the Goblin army caught me completely by surprise. Summoners showed up that I have never faced before. My spawn is in the center of the map where my NPC's were. I am now constantly respawning now in the middle of the army and they kill me most every time. My items are not far but I can't move fast enough before the apparitions, summoners and wizards kill me.
I'm pretty sure the answer is "You're screwed" and I have to exit the game losing all my good loot (that is one the ground) that I just got from defeating the Wall of Flesh.
Is there something I can do to get out of this that won't risk my items? I took my hellavator and the army went away but when I died, since I could not survive the fall, the army returned.
My current play is I am hoping to walk enough away from my items that I can then attempt a dash, once I respawn, in the other direction to get most of my items and then quickly exit.
I am playing on medium core so just keep killing them is not a good option since copper short sword sucks on a good day.

A: While this might not be practical or possible in all situations I was able to get through this in about an hour after dying a lot.
Since I was located inside my base my stored items were in close vicinity. Enemies would follow me and in a general sense be drawn to my location of death as well. I would move my character, 20-30 squares when I was lucky, away from my base to give me a little lead time ahead of some of the goblins. This proved useless against the wizards but after a few tries I gained enough time to get to a chest in the opposite direction.
However I only had time to remove one ... sometimes two at a time. I selected a flail and a yoyo on a separate occasion. Trick at this point was to move as little as possible with the exception of jump dodging. I would get in a hit or two before I died.
Now when I would re-spawn I would instantly be equipped with a weapon which usually occupied the same slot. Sometime I would pick us spike balls so that death would accomplish nothing. Many deaths were for not and I could not get any hits in either due to knockback or appearing in front of projectiles.
After a long period of working like this the army was defeated and the summoner eventually de-spawned and did not need to be killed. (Would only have been a matter of time before she perished before my infinite lives though)
In the end I lost nothing but some time in my actual life.

A: You respawn with a pickaxe right? You could slowly attempt to dig a hole under or near your spawn point. Once you get a bit of dirt you can make walls surrounding yourself that will protect from all mobs except for the sorcerer's projectiles, but those can be destroyed by hitting them with the pickaxe.

A: Just kill them.
Really. You don't lose anything accept for coins, which you easily regain. If you have killed the WOF, then you should have a couple of good ranged weapons to 1-shot the goblins.
Don't you have rocket boots? Use them to your advantage. Escape the army and fly somewhere safe.
EDIT: Make a new world, get a whole bunch of stuff that is easy to get like Light's bane (demonite), or Fiery Greatsword (Hellstone), and One shot them.
If you keep on attacking with the sword they give you, then EVNTUALLY you will kill the wave off. Just keep respawning and dying, and eventually you can kill them off. Heck, just get one of your friends to do it with you!


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Wyoming Arms Weapon Light Review
In Gun & Gear Reviews, Videos by Eric Wise January 15, 2015 0 Comments
With the advances that are being made with LED technology in recent years handheld flashlights and weapon mounted lights have been getting smaller, brighter and cheaper. In fact, it seems like the advances are happening at the speed of…well, nevermind…
I recently had the chance to review a new weapon mounted light from John Burns at Wyoming Arms. You might recognize John's name from the Beyond Belief long range hunting videos and the Best Of The West cable series. At Wyoming Arms, John is now building AR-15s and by all accounts is doing a great job at it.
Another product that Wyoming Arms is producing is a weapon mounted light based on the popular Fenix PD35. Although not well known as weapon mounted lights, Fenix's lights are very popular among those looking for high lumen, low cost handheld flashlights. Wyoming Arms has come up with an ingenious mounting solution for the Fenix PD35 light that replaces the body of the light with an integral picatinny mount. The integral mount keeps the light very low profile and ensures that the light won't every "shoot loose" from it's mount. I have a 15″ free float rail on my patrol rifle and I found that if I moved the fixed front sight back to the normal gas block position I could mount the PD35 at 12 o'clock on the top rail and still actuate the pushbutton tailcap. With my Troy Alpha rail, I found that I could mount the light at 11 or 1 o'clock without having to purchase any additional offset rails and this is the set up that I've settled on for my rifle.
After my review the only change I wanted to make to makethe button that adjusts the light's brightness nearly inaccessible. For my uses, I'd only want the light set for 850 lumens and I wouldn't want it to get clicked to another setting while in a rack of my patrol car or in use. I mentioned this to John Burns and he explained that he's already developed washers to add between the light's body and head to keep that adjustment button rotated out of the way and had several of those washers in the mail to me the next day.
Wyoming Arms PD35 Integral Mount
To compare the Fenix to more commonly known weapon mounted lights I conducted a test comparing it to a Surefire X300U, a Surefire Scout M600U. I also included a Streamlight TLR1 in the test. The TLR1 isn't in the same class as the other three higher lumen lights, but I included it as a reference in case anyone is currently using a similar light on their rifle.
Method Of Testing
All of the lights in this test use CR123 batteries. I put fresh batteries of the same make in each of the lights prior to testing.
I adjusted my camera's settings for each set of pictures so that the photo resembled what I was actually seeing during the test.
Rather than post 20-something pictures in this review I put them together in a video. Since it would be cumbersome to add notes about the test to the video, there are a few things worth noting here:
I used three subjects for most of the tests. The middle subject held a white sheet of paper and the two subjects on the edges held blue and green paper. It was interesting to see which lights threw enough light on the subjects to be able to discern the color differences in the blue and green paper.
For the outdoor pictures there was faint ambient light, but not enough to see the subjects clearly (if at all).
The indoor pictures were taken in total darkness, although I did take one photo with the overhead lights on so that you could see what the room should look like with illumination.
The large room was approximately 24'x30′. I stood approximately 40′ from the middle subject. The subject to the right (blue paper) was 8′ from center and the subject to the left (green paper) was 16′ from center, both were at 90* from the center. In a large room like this, all of the lights left portions of the room unilluminated, but the lights with tightly focused beams left large parts of the room dark.
The small room was approximately 12′ square. The focused beam of the two Surefire lights was incredibly bright in this room and caused a lot of light to be reflected back at the light / shooter.
The first outdoor test
This test was very surprising. Even at 25 yards, the two offset subjects almost couldn't be seen with three of the lights. The subject to the right was actually farther from the center, but because of his clothing and the background he was more visible that the left subject.
The second outdoor test was at 50 yards. Only two subjects were used for this test. At 50 yards the usefulness of the higher lumen lights really started to become evident. The TLR1 illuminated the subjects, but the green and blue colors aren't easily discernible.
The last outdoor test was at 100 yards. Again, only two subjects were used. At 100 yards, the TLR1 barely illuminated the subjects at all. Until this test, the two Surefire lights were nearly identical in performance. But at 100 yards the more focused beam of the M600U was very useful.
At the end of the video I included two battery life tests for the Fenix PD35 and the M600U. Both lights were left running for thirty minutes and then brought back outside for comparison. During the battery life testing the Fenix light seemed much brighter.
John Burns tells me he has over 8,000 rounds downrange with his PD35 mounted. I'm only at about 300 rounds, but so far the light has held up great. I did mount the light to my competition AR and shot the STI-Texas Multigun Championship with it. Twelve stages over two days of getting slammed into ports and thrown into dump barrels didn't do much for the light's finish, but it's still running like new.
After the test I've decided to forego my planned Surefire Scout purchase and buy the Wyoming Arms / Fenix PD35. For use passed 100 yards I think the Surefire Scout is a better option, as seen in the pictures. But for use inside 100 yards when outdoors and certainly inside a building the throw of the Fenix light seemed better for patrol use.


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Jon Lundblad (born 19 February 1982) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a forward.

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Technology originally designed by NASA's Glenn Research Center scientists to monitor the health of astronauts is finding new applications on Earth that could significantly impact the safety of pilots and be used to rehabilitate cardio-pulmonary patients.
A NASA engineer and a team of scientists at Glenn developed the "Portable Unit for Metabolic Analysis (PUMA) to monitor the oxygen consumption and carbon dioxide production rates of astronauts exercising during long missions. The portable unit was designed to give the crew the ability to move around the spacecraft without being tethered to a large immovable unit. The units are wearable, versatile, small, uses low power, minimally invasive, and able to address the monitoring requirements of multiple scenarios.
PUMA measures six components to evaluate metabolic function such as oxygen and carbon dioxide partial pressure, volume flow rate, heart rate, gas pressure, and temperature. From those measurements, PUMA can compute the oxygen uptake, carbon dioxide output, and ventilation. A small embedded computer takes readings of each sensor and relays the data wirelessly to a remote computer via Bluetooth.
Orbital Research Inc. is currently testing hardware that uses technology to monitor the oxygen levels of Air Force F-22 pilots. A series of accidents involving pilot suffering from hypoxia or a lack of oxygen led the military and the manufacturer of PUMA to approach Orbital for hardware capable of answering why those events occurred.
Today, the first prototype system featuring a fleet of sensors in the pilot's oxygen mask is flying with the pilots and offers warning signals if the sensors detect the onset of hypoxia before symptoms occur. The goal is to give the pilots a warning so they can take countermeasures to start supplemental oxygen or lower their altitude. After 40 flights, data is being analyzed to further understand the problem.
"We have expanded the PUMA technology to create new devices for specific work with the warfighter," reports Aaron Rood, Medical Products Manager at Orbital. "The company has just finished the first phase of a project with the Navy SEALs to develop a sensor suite in diving gear that provides biometric data to both the diver and support staff in the boat during actual combat missions", according to Rood.
In the meantime, the healthcare industry is investing in PUMA technology to use to monitor patients. "Summa Health system has just signed an agreement with NASA to use their headgear to assess patients with COPD. PUMA will help them make physiological measurements to assess rehabilitation efforts," explains NASA Engineer Dan Dietrich lead engineer on the team that developed PUMA.
In addition, the Cleveland Clinic wants to use PUMA to measure the metabolic functions of pulmonary patients. The idea is to have a portable easy to use unit to take measurements during a six minute walk test in the hospital. University Hospital physicians in Cleveland think the technology might work to monitor epileptic patients during severe episodes which would lead to a better understanding of the physiological effects of seizures.
The possible applications for the use of PUMA technology for human health continues to grow and in the future, PUMA could be used to determine the caloric requirements of daily living activities in order to develop nutrition and weight loss programs and to assess the nutritional needs of critical care patients. This would be useful in the case of the critically ill to determine the impact of certain foods on metabolic rate and to quantify the field training of athletes to design effective training programs.


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I started writing a blog partly as a catharsis 15 months following my husband's sudden and tragic death. Although publicly, I saw my purpose as providing helpful information to my consulting clients and followers. What transpired however, was a journey of self-discovery and transformation that showed me how we all have the power within ourselves to find and live our best life – regardless of the challenges we encounter.
I am a runner. In the past 23 years, I have logged over 17,000 miles. I have completed close to 300 races including 46 Half Marathons (1:46:41) and 8 Full Marathons (3:57:51). I'm not the fastest runner. I don't run every day. I run to stay fit. I run to stay sane.
People have told me how strong I am to have endured all that I did. I'm not stronger than anyone. We all have that same strength within us. I had a means through which I could cope. My training runs are where I took out my anger; where I cried. And where I also felt alive. And where I regained my passion for life.
Through tragedy – and running – I found my calling.
I became a Road Runners Club of America Certified Running Coach in 2016 and also started my training to become a life coach that year. I received my Certification as a Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) in 2017; this after spending 20 years as a fundraiser and non-profit executive (if you want to read my biography to find out more about my career and education, look at my profile on LinkedIn). Being involved in my community and making a difference has been part of my life since I was a kid. Even as a runner, I favor races that raise money for a cause and I have personally raised over $90,000 for a variety of charities through my own cause-running efforts.
I haven't shut the door completely on my experience as a fundraiser. Please explore the Coaching page to learn more about how I can help support your cause whether it's personal or philanthropic. I urge you to at least take advantage of the 30-minute, FREE, no obligation session to discuss what you're thinking and see if one of my programs is a good fit for you or your organization. That can be scheduled here.
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Der Ostersamstag oder Ostersonnabend ist im Christentum der Samstag der Osteroktav und damit der Tag vor dem Weißen Sonntag, eine Woche nach Ostern. Der frühestmögliche Termin ist der 28. März, der späteste der 1. Mai.

Gelegentlich wird auch der Karsamstag fälschlich als "Ostersamstag" bezeichnet. Dieser Sprachgebrauch weicht von der kirchlichen Tradition ab.

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