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Dr. Dre says he's 'doing great' after hospital dash with reported brain aneurism
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Watch: Dr Dre recovering well after being admitted to hospital
Dr. Dre has reassured fans he is "doing great" after he was rushed to hospital with a reported brain aneurism.
According to gossip website TMZ, the 55-year-old rapper was rushed by ambulance to Cedars Sinai Medical Centre in Los Angeles on Monday 4 January after falling ill.
Dr. Dre told his 5.2 million Instagram followers on Tuesday: "Thanks to my family, friends and fans for their interest and well wishes.
Dr. Dre thanked medical staff after being admitted to hospital in Los Angeles. (AP)
"I'm doing great and getting excellent care from my medical team. I will be out of the hospital and back home soon.
"Shout out to all the great medical professionals at Cedars. One Love!!"
A post shared by Dr. Dre (@drdre)
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__author__ = 'alberto'
import random

CHROMOSOME_LENGTH = 8
POPULATION_SIZE = 4
NUMBER_OF_GENERATIONS = 5000
FITNESS_WEIGHT = 0.1
EPSILON = 0.01
chromosome = [random.randint(0, 1) for i in range(0, CHROMOSOME_LENGTH)]

def init():
    return [[random.randint(0, 1) for i in range(0, CHROMOSOME_LENGTH)] for j in range(0, POPULATION_SIZE)]

def print_single(single, fitness):
    print single, " => ", fitness

def print_population(population, fitness):
    i = 0
    for single in population:
        single_fitness = fitness[i]
        print_single(single, single_fitness)
        i = i + 1

def fitness_calculation(single):
    fitness = 0.0
    for gen in single:
        if gen == 0:
            fitness = fitness + FITNESS_WEIGHT
    return fitness

def population_fitness(population):
    fitness = []
    for single in population:
        fitness.append(fitness_calculation(single))
    return fitness

def choose_single(fitness):
    fitness_sum = sum(fitness)
    fitness_average = fitness_sum / POPULATION_SIZE

    expected_values = []
    for single_fitness in fitness:
        expected_value = single_fitness / fitness_average
        expected_values.append(expected_value)

    random_number = random.random() * POPULATION_SIZE  # same as random.random()*T
    partial_sum = 0.0
    index = 0
    for expected_value in expected_values:
        partial_sum = partial_sum + expected_value
        if partial_sum >= random_number:
            return index
        index = index + 1

def one_point_crosses(father, mother):
    cross_point = random.randint(1, CHROMOSOME_LENGTH - 1)
    #
    left_side_father = father[0:cross_point]
    right_side_father = father[cross_point:CHROMOSOME_LENGTH]
    #
    left_side_mother = mother[0:cross_point]
    right_side_mother = mother[cross_point:CHROMOSOME_LENGTH]
    #
    son_one = left_side_father + right_side_mother
    son_two = left_side_mother + right_side_father

    return son_one, son_two

def mutate(single):
    mutation_point = random.randint(0, CHROMOSOME_LENGTH - 1)
    if single[mutation_point] is 1:
        single[mutation_point] = 0
    else:
        single[mutation_point] = 1

def generate_new_population(population, fitness):
    new_population = []
    for i in range(0, int(POPULATION_SIZE / 2)):
        position_one = choose_single(fitness)
        position_two = choose_single(fitness)
        #
        father = population[position_one]
        mother = population[position_two]
        #
        son_one, son_two = one_point_crosses(father, mother)
        #
        mutate(son_one)
        mutate(son_two)
        #
        new_population.append(son_one)
        new_population.append(son_two)
    new_population = population + new_population
    return new_population

def choose_best(population):
    return sorted(population, key=fitness_calculation, reverse=True)

def find_best(n):
    population = init()
    fitness = population_fitness(population)
    for i in range(0, NUMBER_OF_GENERATIONS):
        value = FITNESS_WEIGHT * CHROMOSOME_LENGTH - EPSILON
        if fitness[0] >= value:
            print "**" * 60 + "\n"
            print "Found at %s generation!" % (str(i))
            print_single(population[0], fitness[0])
            print "**" * 60 + "\n"
            break
        new_population = generate_new_population(population, fitness)
        population = (choose_best(new_population))[0:POPULATION_SIZE]
        fitness = population_fitness(population)
        print "+-" * 60 + "\n"
        print "Generation: ", i
        print "Single : ", population[0]
        print "Fitness : ", fitness[0]
        print "+-" * 60 + "\n"
        #
    return population[0:n]

if __name__ == '__main__':
    find_best(1)

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Amy has practiced exclusively in Family Law since 2006 and is an Accredited Family Law Specialist. Amy has extensive experience in parenting and financial matters and in 2019 was recognised in the Doyle's List as a Leading Family and Divorce Lawyer in Brisbane.
Amy knows that no two family law matters are alike. What happened in a friend's or family members case may not necessarily apply in yours. Amy believes that getting specialised family law advice early on in a matter can be pivotal in which path (or trail) a family law matter will take.
Jul 26 Family violence and what effect it has on a property settlement
Amy Honan
Property, Domestic Violence
When determining the overall percentage division in a property settlement, the court will take into consideration a number of factors. These factors can include contributions, the length of the relationship, the care of any children and future needs.
The full court in the case of Kennon & Kennon established that if a there has been domestic violence during a relationship which makes it significantly more arduous for a party to make a contribution to the relationship, then the court can take that into account when considering the parties' contributions.
For the court to be satisfied that a "Kennon" adjustment should be made, the court will require evidence supporting that the domestic violence perpetrated did impact the contributions of the other party. A party should not expect a "Kennon" adjustment to be made by the court because the relationship was one in which domestic violence was present.
The cases that fall within the ambit of the "Kennon" adjustment are exceptional cases.
An example of this is a Family Court case where the court was not minded to make an adjustment in a marriage of 42 years, even though the court accepted that the wife had been subjected to controlling and coercive behaviour, denigration and even physical assault from the husband. This was, as in her evidence before the court, despite the behaviour of the husband she had performed her role within the marriage freely and without inhibition. Without evidence of the domestic violence impeding the wife's functioning and contributions during the marriage the court found that the domestic violence was not a factor that would increase the wife's property settlement entitlement.
In comparison, in a case where the parties had a short marriage of 19 months and the wife suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder after five incidents of domestic violence (of which the husband was charged and convicted for) the wife received an adjustment for the Kennon considerations.
The take away is to remember that the court relies on evidence; a mere assertion is not sufficient when there is a dispute. If you're seeking an adjustment for Kennon, the affidavit should plead where possible all incidents of domestic violence and then how those incidents significantly impacted the party's contribution.
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SELECT is a database of registered suppliers providing Construction, Architectural and Engineering (Consulting) services as well as related Maintenance services. It is used by Public Works and Government Services Canada to invite firms to bid on Real Property opportunities for Consulting, Construction and Maintenance up to $100,000.
Before you can register your firm in SELECT, you must first be registered in the Supplier Registration Information System.
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Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress Episode 11: The Gathering Dark
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Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress Episode 11
In Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress episode 11, "Burning Life," things somehow get even darker. Biba Amatori unleashes his plot on the shogun's city Kongoukaku; Ayame has no good choice but to help him. We find out what happened to Kurusu, and it entails rope. Kajika, Kibito, and others from the Koutetsujou deal with the aftermath of Takumi's decision at the end of the last episode. Finally, we find out if Mumei's knife struck true last week.
Brace yourself: This is another dark episode.
What Happened (Spoiler Free) in Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress Episode 11
Even Kajika Has a Limit
Kajika snapped. In that moment, she didn't seem to care if she lived or died. Capture from the Crunchyroll stream.
Biba's train steams towards the shogun's city, Kongoukaku. Kibito kneels with Takumi's body while Kajika sobs. Biba's people try to clear them out, but Kajika, lost in her rage and pain, dares them to kill her. Sukari and Yukina move to defend her, and Sahari, Biba's blonde mustached strategist/lieutenant is about to strike. Uryuu, one of the Hunters who showed disgust at prisoner mistreatment in the last episode, calls him off and says to leave the car's cleanup to them. The Hunters leave. Takumi's friends carry his body from the car.
Standing in the room with the blue-white pulsating heart, Biba tries to justify his actions against his father to the drugged Mumei. She doesn't react to his words, even when he mocks her kindness as weakness. He then injects her with the same thing he injected into Horobi. He's turning Mumei into a fused colony.
Ikoma is in Shambles
Kurusu, his prisoner the Hunter scientist in tow, finds Ikoma. His spirit broken and his emotions shattered, Ikoma is hiding in the hull of a wrecked ship. Kurusu tries to find out what happened from him, but Ikoma's too far gone to give a clear story. Disgusted, Kurusu turns his attention to preparations to chase after the Koutetsujou and Ayame.
The Koutetsujou is allowed into Kongoukaku. Ayame, saying her crew worked together to capture Biba, convinces her uncle to arrange for a meeting with the shogun. Soon, a shackled Biba's kneeling in front of the shogun. Why is Biba so confident? He has none of his men with him; how does he plan to strike the emperor? Will Mumei turn into a fused colony and loose her mind and soul? What about Ikoma? Will he remain a blubbering, broken man? Will any of our heroes survive the episode?
The rest of this review may have spoilers, so please be careful!
What Happened (Spoilers!) in Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress Episode 11
Sukari and Yukina Save Kajika's Life
Biba's Hayajiro, the Kokujou, steams towards Kongoukaku. Kibito holds Takumi as Kajika sobs. One of Biba's nameless lackeys tells them to get out of the way, and Kajika screams at him not to touch Takumi. Sahari, Biba's blonde mustached strategist/lieutenant, unfolds his baton, saying they'll end up like Takumi if they refuse. Showing just how much despair has claimed her heart, Kajika dares him to do it. Sukari and Yukina immediately position themselves between Sahari and Kajika. The scene teetered on the edge of bloody violence until Uryuu, one of the Hunters who showed disgust at prisoner mistreatment in the last episode, suggests the Hunters leave the scene to let the captives clean it up. Biba's Hunters depart. Takumi's friends carry his body from the car.
On a stony beach, Ikoma rolls over, coughing.
Biba's willing to sacrifice everyone and anyone to achieve his goal of striking the shogun. Capture from the Crunchyroll stream.
Looking at the knife his father had given him, Biba stands in the room with the pulsating blue heart. He tells a drugged Mumei that his father had slashed him with a knife when Biba was young. The shogun had said he didn't strike Biba; the "fear" did. Biba mocks Mumei, saying her kindness at wanting to help him mend his relationship with his father was her weakness. He then injects the same liquid into her heart that he injected into Horobi. Mumei will become a fused colony to destroy the shogun's city.
Kongoukaku is huge. Rails run all through it; its people are prosperous and happy. In his great hall, using a city-wide public address system, the shogun warns the people Iwato has fallen, not only to Kabane, but to Biba and his Hunters. But they shouldn't lose heart; he will protect them.
After his speech, a communications worker who knew of the black smoke's role in Iwato's fall urged the shogun to tell the people so they would be prepared. After confirming the man was the only one who knew about the black smoke, the shogun killed in right in front of everyone. He didn't want anyone to panic.
Ikoma awoke from a dream where his sister morphed into Mumei and tried to stab him to death. He's moved from the rocks to a sandy beach; maybe he crawled there. A scarred shipwreck is to his left. The events of the last few hours, especially Takumi's death, flood his memory. He blames himself for Takumi's death. His despair drives him to wish he had never gotten involved. He tells himself that he can't keep his promise to Mumei to turn her human again. He doesn't even think she remembers the promise anymore.
Poor Ikoma's gone through a lot he's trying to work through… Capture from the Crunchyroll stream.
Hearing a Kabane approach, he panics and hides in the remains of ship's hull.
The Koutetsujou, Biba's Kokujou nowhere in sight, arrives at Kongoukaku and petitions for entry. Ayame presents Biba to her uncle. Her story is that she and her whole crew captured Biba to bring him to judgement for what happened at Iwato. Skeptical, her uncle nonetheless offers to escort her and Biba to the shogun.
Kurusu Finds What's Left of Ikoma
Back at the shipwreck, Ikoma sees a figure enter the hull with him. But it's not the Kabane! It's Kurusu, and he's leading Biba's scientist by a rope tied around the scientist's neck. Kurusu is astonished to find Ikoma, but his surprise turns to disgust as he sees that Ikoma's spirit is broken and he no longer has the will to go on. Ikoma goes on about how he failed to protect his friends and that even Mumei betrayed him by stabbing him. Kurusu leaves him in the hull and begins working on something outside.
Biba kneels, shackled, before the shogun in the great hall. The ruler plainly says he knows Biba's up to something. The shogun has a bushi bring him a knife he found in Biba's stash. It was a small knife in a sheath, and the shogun had given it to his son as a present years ago. Biba says that it's the only thing his father ever gave him, and he wants to return it. He asks only that the shogun personally kill him.
Biba, under heavy guard and in shackles, kneels before the shogun. Capture from the Crunchyroll stream.
As soon as the shogun grasps the hilt to draw the blade, he feels a pinprick. The shogun pauses. Biba tells the crowd that Kabane can hide among people, and that he's survived as long as he has because he can see them before they turn. In fact, he tells everyone, the Kabane are increasing in numbers even now. One of the shogun's men says finding Kabane by identifying bite marks is why they perform inspections, but Biba says that it's impossible for others to tell them apart, and that there are Kabane among them even now!
Biba Sows Doubt and Distrust
The crowd grows uneasy as they look at one another. At that moment, the Kabane virus that Biba had hidden in the knife hilt's needle turns the shogun's arm purple and works its way up his neck. A bushi panics and raises his gun as the virus turns the shogun's face purple. Biba egging him on, the bushi opens fire and knocks the emperor to the ground. The other bushi open fire in response to Biba saying the shogun's heart cage is still intact.
There's a pause in the firing. Biba, using the confusion to free himself, retrieves his Kabane Katana-like sword. The shogun rises, now almost fully a Kabane, and reaches for Biba. Biba stabs him through the heart cage.
Biba's plan is chillingly effective. Capture from the Crunchyroll stream.
Using the shogun's public address system, Biba tells everyone it's not over yet. The shogun himself was a Kabane; who else might be? His hunters have infiltrated the city and have begun injecting random people with the Kabane virus. Panic erupts as people begin exhibiting the symptoms. Ayame, still in the great hall, tires to restore order, but her uncle ushers her out.
The bushi around the city try to keep the people calm. Uryuu and other hunters sneak in, kill the guards at the main gate, and let the Kokujou into the city. When it reaches the city's heart, it opens side doors on several of the cars and rains Kabane onto the population.
The Ill-Gotten Throne
Biba begins shooting anyone who's left around him. Sitting on the shogun's throne, he remembers taking horse-back rides with his father.
Kurusu is trying to repair one of the Hunter's motorcycles. The scientist is anxious to get to Kongoukaku to see Mumei's transformation into a fused colony; apparently, he's in on Biba's plans. Kurusu's not sure what the transformation is all about, but he's almost ready to leave. He approaches Ikoma in one last attempt to motivate him. Asking why Ikoma's still alive, Kurusu points out that Mumei's blade could easily have pieced Ikoma's heart cage, but it didn't. Kurusu says he thinks it's because Mumei spared him on purpose.
The hope that Mumei was still in there, fighting as best she could, was enough to motivate Ikoma. He demanded the scientist tell him everything about the black smoke/fused colony transformation.
The injection begins to take over Mumei's body as she looks out over the fallen city. Capture from the Crunchyroll stream.
Most of Kongoukaku has fallen. Mumei descends a flight of steps, her heart glowing bright blue-white. Her eyes are dead, but her soul still clings to memories. She recalls her mother telling her that butterflies come for people's souls when they die. Seeing butterflies everywhere now, she thinks the butterflies have come for her. Giving into the demands of the black smoke, ethereal wings springing to life on her back, Mumei tells her deceased mom she's coming to meet her. The ethereal wings begin gathering up Kabane and human corpses, just like Horobi's spider-like arms did when she turned into the black smoke.
Only One Way to Save Mumei
The scientist tells Ikoma that injecting the white plasma is the only way to save Mumei; otherwise, the black smoke will consume her. Ikoma rivets his steam gun to the stump of his right arm. Then, much to the scientist's and Kurusu's surprise, he asks for the accelerant — the black blood, not the white plasma — to inject into his own heart. The scientist warns that Ikoma will just burn out. He says he doesn't care. He needs the extra power to reach Mumei in time. His only goals right now are to kill Biba and save Mumei. He's willing to kill himself to do it.
Plunging the injector into his heart, Ikoma convulses with power. The scientist urges him to release his neck limiter to realize his full potential. His failures to save his sister and Mumei flashing before his eyes, Ikoma rips the restraint from his neck. His eyes and heart glow blue-white.
In Kongoukaku, Mumei has taken the form of a four legged beast with ethereal wings. Biba urges her to destroy everything, good and evil alike.
Mumei, transformed, surveys the remains of the city. Capture from the Crunchyroll stream.
What I Liked in Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress Episode 11
Ikoma Has a Lot to Deal With
In Ikoma's dream as he lay on the beach, his lower right arm was always in shadow, almost like his subconscious didn't want to deal with the uncomfortable fact of its removal. I thought that was a nice touch.
As the Koutetsujou entered the city, I could see the huge turret they salvaged from Yashiro Station. It makes the Koutetsujou look seriously badass. I hope they can get free of Biba soon; I want to see them off on their own adventures, humans against Kabane. Though I'm not sure where they'd go after this episode…
Speaking of the Koutetsujou, its animation is so smooth and consistent that I look forward to seeing it on screen. As befits one of the title characters (the Iron Fortress), Kabaneri appears to have taken great pains to make the train as realistic as possible.
Ikoma's spirit had been crushed, and I didn't like Kurusu treating the steam smith so harshly. But it was entirely within character. Kurusu's a warrior. I think he's trained all his life. In that moment, he was worried about Ayame, and all he saw was Ikoma, injured but alive, not trying to catch up with Ayame and the others. Of course he'd judge Ikoma — a steam smith but a Kabaneri — by a warrior's standards.
Evil Doesn't Mean Stupid
I hate to admit it, but Biba's plan is diabolically simple and effective. He began sowing seeds of psychological doubt to weaken his enemy's resolve. He and his agents infected the shogun and other random people to get the crowd into a full panic. Finally, he rained full Kabane onto them to finish the job. The city and its bushi were utterly unprepared for that attack. Yuck — I feel dirty praising that demagogue. I wonder where I can find karmic bleach?
Biba's plan was nothing if not thorough. Capture from the Crunchyroll stream.
The shot of the Kokujou opening its doors looks evil and spidery. Another very effective and deadly tactic, I thought.
Well, Uryuu may not approve of mistreating prisoners, and he may have saved Kajika's life (seriously, he gets a lot of points for that in my book!), but he's not squeamish at destroying cities. I wonder what his story is?
As he was unleashing the Kabane on the city, I wonder what Sahari meant when he said, "Fight, my Kongoukaku brothers." I enjoy hints like this of a broader backstory. I hope the series has time to flesh out this character. He doesn't seem as humane as Uryuu does at times, but he doesn't seem utterly evil. He just seems completely under Biba's spell. I have to again muse on what make — or lets — people follow demagogues.
A Dark Rain
The animation of the Kabane raining down on the people was gut-wrenchingly efficient.
When Biba's idiot scientist worried that they would miss Mumei's transformation, Kurusu couldn't help but look at Ikoma. The scientist said to ignore the Kabaneri who was now no better than a Kabane. Kurusu punched the scientist and used the rope to pull him back. First, kudos to Kurusu for sticking up for Ikoma. Second, I wonder if he could have played paddle ball with the scientist? It might not have been terribly humane, but I'm starting to feel a real hankering for payback about now, and if the evil scientist is handy…
The soundtrack of piano music that played as Mumei transformed was beautiful. Its beauty was a perfect counterpoint to the horror of what she was becoming.
What I Liked Less in Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress Episode 11
Sometimes Being a Good Worker Doesn't Pay
Biba lived through the episode again. Sigh.
I feel bad for the communications operator. Poor guy was just trying to do his job. Capture from the Crunchyroll stream.
So, the shogun killed the communications operator to keep everyone from panicking. "Excessive information creates needless fear." I wonder what the shogun thought people would do seeing him skewer a defenseless man? Of was the point of that scene that this sort of thing happens all the time in Kongoukaku?
They allowed Biba to see the shogun. Really? Knowing who he was, knowing what he'd done, and they let him even near the shogun? See, I work in the field of computer security, and even I know to keep the enemy as far away from the leadership as possible. In my world, if Biba wants to talk to the shogun, fine! He can — by letter! Or carrier pigeon. Or smoke signals. But not in person! Good Lord…
No Need to Invite the Viper into Your Home
Okay, you're a shogun. You've presumably survived countless assassination attempts. Your enemy is kneeling before you. Would you touch anything that had been in his possession? Anything? Especially a weapon? From Biba? No no no and no. I would take a page from the Evil Overlord's List (item number 4) and would have had one of my bushi shoot Biba. Better yet, have multiple bushi shoot him from different angles! Not only would I not have touched anything that had been in Biba's possession, I would not have gotten close enough to stab him. Really, shogun? Are ye daft?
No. He's not daft. He's dead. There's a difference.
I hope the show gives us more information about why a character like Uryuu would follow Biba. Does he owe Biba his life? Did he make an ill-timed promise? Uryuu has shown on several occasions that he's not totally evil; I am having a hard time with him not batting an eye at helping destroy a city full of non-combatants.
Why did Ikoma take the time to shave the sides of his head? Sure, it looked cool and battle-ly, but wouldn't the time have been better spent in transit to the city? For Mumei, every second counts! Priorities, Ikoma, priorities!
Set your priorities, Ikoma! Save Mumei first, cut hair second! Capture from the Crunchyroll stream.
Thoughts about Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress Episode 11
Degrees of Evilness (Evility?)
So, the shogun is an evil man, but a "normal" sort of evil man who wants to amass and keep power. He kills an occasional underling, but all around him, his city prospers. That's quite a contrast to the evil blob of insanity that is Biba, the plague on humanity!
I love the drama when the plot pushes a character past their limits. Anyone can be kind, or loving, or generous, if their life's not on the line. Or if their friends are safe and sound. Destroy a person's friends, their home, everything they hold dear — how will they act then? What decisions will they make? That's one of the reasons I watch anime. This show certainly has a knack for pushing its characters.
The List for Power Affects Judgement
Biba's father's paranoia almost killed Biba. His father also betrayed Biba and the men under his command. So, Biba wants to destroy everything in retribution. He not only wants to watch the world burn, he wants to light the match. He acts like a prototypical narcissist. I wonder which came first: the narcissism or the demagoguery? From the perspective of Ikoma and friends, I suppose it doesn't matter.
Ikoma's lost his best friend, his home, his sister, parts of his body, and even his humanity. So, what's he do? I'd argue he has more reason that Biba to go on a killing rampage. But no. Despair consumes him, and that's only natural, I think. Even in his nihilistic psychological miasma, though, he feels bound by his promise to Mumei to make her human again, or at least to keep her alive. And he feels bound by the duty to protect his remaining friends from Biba. He sets his course: he will spend his life saving the avatar of his little sister and destroying the monster that is Biba.
I just gotta respect that.
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LA Lakers Cult Hero Alex Caruso Gives the Perfect Reason For Wearing 'Black Lives Matter' On His Jersey When the NBA Season Resumes
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Alex Caruso has developed quite the cult following with the Los Angeles Lakers. While he'll never be one of the league's elite players, the 26-year-old Texan has an amazing work ethic that has endeared him to basketball fans all around the globe. He's one of those gritty types of players, which is the polite way to say that he's white, and should see plenty of playing time when the Lakers resume their season on July 30, especially with Avery Bradley choosing to stay home and Rajon Rondo out with a busted thumb.
When Alex Caruso does hit the floor when the season resumes, he'll be one of a handful of Lakers with a social justice message on his jersey, opting to go with the "Black Lives Matter" option. Caruso has been one of numerous white players in the NBA who've been outspoken in the fight for racial equality and his decision to wear "Black Lives Matter" on his jersey is a step he's proud to take.
Alex Caruso has worked extremely hard to earn his spot with the Lakers
It certainly wasn't a surprise when Alex Caruso went undrafted following his senior season at Texas A&M in 2016. Sure, he was a Second-Team All-SEC selection that year, also earning All-Defensive honors, but his career numbers certainly didn't have NBA teams overly excited. In four years with the Aggies, Caruso averaged 8.0 points, 4.7 assists, 3.7 rebounds, and 2.0 steals per game, certainly admirable but obviously not on par with the top prospects.
But Caruso was determined to keep playing. The Philadelphia 76ers gave him a chance in the Summer League but didn't keep him around after that. He signed with the Oklahoma City Thunder in September 2016 but was waived less than a month later. A few weeks later, OKC did give him the chance to join their D-League (now the G League) club and Caruso enjoyed a solid 2016-2017 season with the Oklahoma City Blue, averaging 11.9 points and 5.2 assists in 50 games.
The Los Angeles Lakers invited Alex Caruso to join their Summer League club in 2017 and he made the most of that opportunity. He stepped in for an injured Lonzo Ball and helped the team to a number of big victories, which earned him a two-way contract with the franchise. He split time between the NBA and the G League for the next two seasons and earned Second Team All-G League honors in 2018, averaging 19.0 points and 7.7 assists per game while dazzling crowds with a number of amazing highlights.
Caruso finally signed his first guaranteed NBA contract last summer, a two-year deal worth $5.5 million.
He feels he has the following he does because of his work ethic and the fact he looks like a 'common person'
ALEX CARUSO HAD LEBRON SHOOK ?#LakeShow pic.twitter.com/SMCULdlfcp
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) April 5, 2019
As Alex Caruso began to show up on more and more highlight reels, he began to develop quite the following. Fans have made countless fake videos of him, plugging him into classic NBA situations, and there's even one of him dunking on Michael Jordan.
He's become an unlikely phenomenon in Hollywood despite the fact that he's not Hollywood at all. Caruso himself has said that he fits a more low-key market and finds it funny that he's become a star in LA as he certainly doesn't see himself as the flashy type usually associated with Tinseltown. The Caruso craze is something that nobody expected but he once told Bleacher Report that he understands why some people might look up to him.
"I think it's the way I play—every game I go out there and play as hard as I can, and I think people appreciate that. Then it's the fact I look like I could be a common person walking on the street. They all want to hold onto like, 'Hey, that's one of us out there doing it,' which is funny because I feel like I'm a normal person. I walk around and I don't feel like I'm 6'5″, I don't feel like I'm this guy that plays for the Lakers. But it's the reality of it."
While the fame might have been unexpected, Alex Caruso wants to take advantage of the situation, which is why he's chosen to put one of the social justice messages allowed by the NBA on the back of his jersey when the season resumes.
Why Alex Caruso is choosing to wear 'Black Lives Matter' on his jersey
.@ACFresh21 reveals that he will wear "Black Lives Matter" on the back of his jersey. pic.twitter.com/dqIqH4pXGU
— Dunk Bait (@DunkBait) July 14, 2020
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Alex Caruso knows he's got a lot of eyes on him each and every day, which is why he's chosen to put "Black Lives Matter" on the back of his jersey in the bubble. As mentioned, he's been very outspoken on the matter of social justice and he wants to use his platform in a positive way, which he recently explained in an appearance on Yahoo Sports' "Dunk Bait" program (video above).
"As a white player in the NBA, I feel like showing the support and voicing that as a figure that a lot of white kids growing up around the country idolize or fans of, whatever you want to call it, I think it's important for me to show that that's the right thing and the message is equality and the message is justice. It's making sure that their voices are heard and that everybody treats everybody how they should be treated."
It's no wonder everybody loves Alex Caruso. The Lakers resume their season on July 30 in a highly-anticipated matchup with the LA Clippers on TNT.
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I'm going on vacation for a week, hooray! To a warm and sunny island where I'll be spending lots of time laying on the beach reading books. So, I have of course stacked up books to read for this vacation. I have four e-books and three physical books. Out of these seven books I realized that five of them are the first book in a series!
The fourth and last book of the Finishing School series. I love Gail Carrigers books, they never disappoint! I might re-read the last chapters of Waistcoats and Weaponry before I start this one. Just to freshen up.
First book in the new Custard Protocol series. This book has me so excited! I have been waiting for it ever since finishing the Parasol Protectorate series years ago (2012) and I'm so excited to read it. I've been saving it for the vacation because I know I'll enjoy it. It's better to travel with safe bets!
I've wanted to rad this one ever since I saw the cover design last year. Really, this cover is amazing! I never thought I'd find it in our local book store, but I did and I bought it. They even had a Swedish translation of it too.
I read a sample of this book earlier this year and when I found it on a amazon daily deal I decided to buy it. I'm quite excited to see how this world fans out from the sample I read (from chapter one). It's promising!
I've also read a sample from this book and I liked it very much. It's going to be very fun to read it and I hope it'll live up to the expectations I have. I've heard a lot of good things about this series.
I haven't read this classic before and I downloaded it for free thinking I would like to read it. We do have it in our book shelf since my boyfriend had to read it when he studied English at the university. Weirdly enough it wasn't in my curriculum when I studied English the year after him. Anyway, I want to read it so it might just happen!
This one caught me because of the pretty cover I must admit. This seems to be a quite magical book with illusions and parallel worlds and I'm looking forward to reading it.
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Cardinals Capitalize On 49ers Mistakes To Win 33-21
Filed Under:arizona cardinals, NFL, san francisco 49ers, Thursday Night Football
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Drew Stanton threw two touchdown passes to Larry Fitzgerald in his first start in two years, David Johnson ran for two scores and the Arizona Cardinals capitalized on San Francisco mistakes to beat the 49ers 33-21 on Thursday night.
The Cardinals (2-3) got 17 points off three turnovers by the 49ers (1-4) — two interceptions by Blaine Gabbert and a fumbled kickoff return by Chris Davis — and also had one drive extended by a running-into-the-kicker penalty.
Those three scoring drives totaled just 41 yards, but proved to be enough to beat the sloppy 49ers as the Cardinals survived a week without injured starting quarterback Carson Palmer .
Stanton didn't produce much with Palmer sidelined by a concussion, going 11 for 27 for 124 yards. But Arizona didn't turn the ball over and got 157 yards rushing from Johnson to get the win.
Calais Campbell's interception of a deflected pass set up Arizona's first score on a 21-yard pass from Stanton to Fitzgerald late in the second quarter. Davis' fumble of the second-half kickoff then set up Johnson's 4-yard run that put Arizona up for good.
Stanton then led his only long scoring drive of the night capped by a 29-yard pass to Fitzgerald to make it 21-7 and Marcus Cooper's interception off Gabbert set up a 36-yard field goal by Chandler Catanzaro.
WE WANT KAP: There were several thousand empty seats at the game but the fans who did show up were frustrated by what they saw. At one point in the third quarter, a chant of "We want Kap! We want Kap!" started up as fans wanted to give former starter Colin Kaepernick a shot at quarterback. Gabbert responded by leading an 82-yard TD drive fueled in part by his 24-yard run .
The chants started again after Gabbert threw his second interception .
FAVORITE TARGET: Jeremy Kerley, acquired two weeks before the start of the season in a trade with Detroit, has quickly established himself as Gabbert's most trusted receiver. After nine straight punts to open the game, Gabbert completed four passes for 63 yards on one drive in the second quarter, capped by a 9-yard TD pass to Kerley .
PUNT PARTY: The first quarter featured six drives, six punts, zero points and only five completed passes as both offenses struggled mightily. Gabbert and Stanton missed open receivers, had other throws dropped and neither offense could generate much of anything.
SACK PARTY: Markus Golden and Campbell each had two of Arizona's seven sacks as the Cardinals put constant pressure on Gabbert. Pass protection had been one of the few positives on offense for the 49ers, who had allowed just three sacks the first four games.
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Pedostrangalia adaliae är en skalbaggsart som först beskrevs av Edmund Reitter 1885.  Pedostrangalia adaliae ingår i släktet Pedostrangalia och familjen långhorningar. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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These pop singers are one American Idol audition (or The Voice, or X Factor, or America's Got Talent...seriously how many singing competitions are there?) away from being the next big thing in pop music. So book them now while you can still afford it! Pop is short for popular, so these singers can sing any song you've ever heard on the radio, and a whole lot more. Whether you prefer oldies like "Sugar Pie Honey Bunch" or new hits like "Hey, Soul Sister", these pop singers will keep your guests on the dance floor all night. Search for Pop Singers in Knoxville, Tennessee above.
Please note that these Pop Singers may also travel to Powell, Rockford, Louisville, Seymour, Corryton, Alcoa, Heiskell, Mascot, Farragut, Strawberry Plains, Walland, Kodak, Clinton, Andersonville, Friendsville, Norris, Luttrell, Blaine, Maynardville, Lake City, New Market, Townsend, Lenoir City, Briceville, Pigeon Forge, and Disney.


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Cute iron on patch to decorate your hoodie, hat, jacket, bag, beanie or what ever. Also great and easy fix for those annoying holes in you garments. Please be sure to wash your fabric/cloth (if new) before ironing this patch on it. After proper ironing the patch will stick and you can machine wash your clothes normally in 40 degrees.
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Chrystelle presents a modern approach to a classic design. The cognac finish and inset hardware give a nod to time past while the golden perimeter mirrors give it a glamorized twist. The mirror has beveled mirror glass and wooden supports.


After seeing this beautiful wedding from Emily Delamater and Sweetest Thing Weddings, I'm convinced Maine just has to be my next destination spot — just take a look at these striking landscapes! Jaclyn and Kaleb's wedding had some glitz and glamour, but they kept the day stocked with entertainment and games to ensure their guests would remember all the fun for years to come.
From the bride, Jaclyn: Style and feel? Well, I think I must have changed my mind a thousand times. I wanted it to be fun, to be entertaining, and to be unique everywhere you look. This is where the "game" theme came in. We started by using Mad Libs for the RSVPs, and during the cocktail hour we had activities such as corn hole and giant Jenga. During the dinner each person was given another set of Mad Libs cards at their seats to fill out as well, and after dinner there was of course dancing, but we added a Photo Booth for fun :).
I was told by everyone that the wedding felt warm, and that everyone and everything gave off a welcoming vibe. Draping lights from the ceiling and having as many candles on the tables as possible definitely helped with the warmth. The colors I tried to stick to were blush and grey, and my amazing talented bridesmaids DIYed the chalkboards that we used for signage.
I LOVE these photos – outstanding work all around! And that cake is so so cool!


Galway Bay is an epic novel based on author Mary Pat Kelly's family history. It begins five years before the Great Starvation (potato famine) in Ireland and continues through the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. The main character is a magnificently courageous woman, Honora Keeley, who keeps her family alive and together through one of the most tragic events in world history and manages to bring them to America where they eventually thrive.
Thirty lucky winners will receive a paperback copy of the best-selling historic novel Galway Bay by Mary Pat Kelly from Grand Central Publishing.


Blue Link offers both Hosted (Cloud-based) and On-Premises deployment methods for our inventory management and accounting ERP software. There are many differences between our on-premises and hosted/cloud software including up-front costs, hardware requirements, and pricing structures. To learn more about each option click the images below.
Often used interchangeably with the term SaaS (software-as-a-service), and hosted, Blue Link's cloud software is a deployment method whereby a customer accesses the software solution off-premises via the internet through an RDP connection. With Blue Link's cloud-based solution, customers pay an on-going monthly fee to access the system and then we take care of hosting the software and maintaining hardware, backups and upgrades. With cloud-based solutions, no hardware purchases are required by your business.
Blue Link's on-premises installation is a one-time software license purchase that requires an up-to-date server environment which may result in required hardware purchases. With Blue Link's on-premises installation, our team installs the software in-house on your company's server, and hardware purchases may be required if you do not already have the necessary equipment.
Software hosted through the cloud is continuing to gain in popularity, but can you trust that your data will be safe and secure? Educate yourself on what it really means to have your business data stored in the cloud, how to access the software remotely and if hosted software is the best solution for your business.
Thinking about making the switch from legacy on-premises ERP to a cloud-based/hosted solution? Cloud software can represent new opportunities for your businesses, however, it's important to consider the pros and cons before making the switch.
To determine the best software implementation for your business, you must compare the total cost of ownership of hosted and on-premises implementations. To get a true estimate of costs, we recommend comparing over a 3 and 5 year period.
At Blue Link we have experience with customers implementing our ERP solution as a cloud-based/hosted implementation and as an on-premises based implementation. We understand that each business has unique needs and will help your business make the right decision about which implementation method is best for your company. Whether you implement our cloud-based or on-premises solution, Blue Link customers are able to switch easily from one method to the other at any point in time. As your business operations evolve so do your needs, and with Blue Link you always have options.


Service to the school awards.
Praise letters and phone calls home.
Our main way of monitoring students over the year is the points' system.
All students start the year on zero. It is the expectation that students will accumulate points over the course of the year.
Students can earn or lose points. These are recorded electronically and are monitored by staff in school. Now we are using the SIMS Student and Parent apps the earned and lost points will be communicated home, following the autumn ½ term on a regular basis.
We will also alert students as to when they have reached a particular award point.
The emphasis will then be on the student to come and collect their reward and certificate from the reward shop when they can.
Supplementary to this during the year there will be 6 rewards breakfasts that will celebrate students across the school and how they are progressing up the rewards system.
All students will be part of a weekly attendance lottery, 1 per year group, to acknowledge with vouchers 100% attendance. This will start following the autumn ½ term. As well as this, students with 100% attendance will be acknowledged with points ½ termly and the Tutor groups with the best attendance in each year will be rewarded ½ termly with pop and crisps.


This August is a really good time for a vacation, or at least slacking off a little from the daily routine. It's time to get prepared for the next business season, too.
So we selected some good opportunity to both relax and refocus, through the words of great fintech and wealth management influencers.
Take Chris Skinner, for instance, who delivered an applauded speech as guest speaker at our second International Customer Conference, in Amsterdam. On his blog, in the post titled Some challenger banks are challenging, Chris delves deep in the topic of challenger banks, that are becoming a big trend in UK and seem poised to spread all over Europe in a short time.
According to FinTech Global, challenger banks have raised over $2.4 billion in capital since 2014. Atom Bank raised $207.1 million of venture funding from BBVA and Toscafund Asset Management in Q1 2018, the largest single investment in a Challenger Bank to date. Since inception, Atom Bank has raised over $500 million and has lent out more than $1.5 billion. In fact, the UK boasts some of the most well-funded Challenger Banks with Atom Bank, Starling Bank, OakNorth, Monzo, Tandem Bank and Revolut all having raised over $1 billion combined.
Challenger banks are something really new on the scene and, as Chris points out in a following post, some of them are not banks at all, yet represent competition and a disruption force difficult to ignore.
This could be a glimpse in the next future of banking in the fintech era. Have a look, don't forget to relax, and stay with us for good readings and information!


Today I asked my husband for a word to explore in Hebrew. His answer was, "integrity." If I were to choose a word to sum up his character, integrity would fit the bill. So this one is for him.
According to Wikipedia, integrity is the basing of one's actions on an internally consistent framework of principles.
Our Hebrew word is תוֹם. It is pronounced tome. In the Jewish mindset, integrity is linked to wholeness and perfection.
In Jewish thought, there are three fundamental principles upon which the world stands. They are truth (emet in Hebrew), justice (tzedek) and peace (shalom).
The Talmud tells us: "The signature of the Holy one, blessed be He, is truth." So together, the three great principles of Judaism come together to form integrity.
But what happens when we fail our integrity? We make a vow (or promise or commitment) to something or someone, but we don't carry through. Real life interferes, and we fall short of what we had planned. God is very serious about vows, as the book of Numbers shows us.
Remember the story of the Isra'elites right after they've defeated Ai and destroyed the city? Some men from a neighboring tribe deceive Joshua and the elders by feigning having come from a foreign country and asking them to enter into a covenant so that the army of Isra'el won't kill them. Of course, it turns out that although God had told Joshua not to make a covenant with the people who lived in the land, He nevertheless considers their vow made in His name to be valid. The "foreigners" end up as slaves to the Isra'elites (which for them is assuredly better than the death of their nation).
God expects total integrity in our walk. But He also knows our human frailty and forgives. Blessed be the Name of the Lord!
My daughter sucked her thumb until she was seven years old. Once we offered to buy her a favorite doll if she would quit sucking her thumb for one month. She did. We bought her the doll and she immediately went back to sucking her thumb.
Physical growth happens and eventually we must give up childish things to move on with life. Our old clothes don't fit, our toys don't amuse, and even our tastes change. Spiritual growth also comes at the expense of childish things.
Giving up things we are comfortable with is hard, but to grow spiritually things have to change. And we must count the cost. Are you ready to move out of your comfort zone and start doing only those things God calls you to?
Complete self-denial is how we follow Jesus. If we are to become disciples, we have to be willing to completely surrender to Jesus. This means ALL of ourselves. Those things you cling to must be laid down so you can be transformed.
Did Jews in the time of Yeshua believe in hell?
Ancient thought about sheol (hell) was quite different from Western (Christian) thought, yet Yeshua was a Jew. What did He think?
The word sheol, or שְׁאוֹל, in ancient thought meant the world where bad people, or all people, or maybe only some people went after they died. There were so many different thoughts on what happened when you died that you could write a whole book on that subject alone. It has been described as a deep, dark region, as a pit, and as "the Land of Forgetfulness." Human beings after death, they thought, went to a netherworld called Sheol, cut off from God and man, but still "alive" in some shadowy existence. However, there is no judgment, whether reward or punishment there.
Pessimism was the rule of the day when it came to life after death. Most Jews were "here-and-now" focused and all people came to the same end.
After the destruction of the First Temple, however, the prophets began to speak with more hope about the future.
When the Second Temple was destroyed in 70AD, a theological crisis occurred. It was one thing to claim as the rabbis did—when the Lord's sanctuary was destroyed and His people were scattered—mi–p'nei hataeinu, "because of our sins" but it was very difficult to give reasons that good, pious, individual Jews should suffer also.
Rabbi Ya'akov said: This world is compared to an ante-chamber that leads to Olam Ha–Ba, (the World-to-Come)." In fact, some rabbis taught that the righteous suffered in this world so that their reward in the next world would be that much greater.
So what did Yeshua teach about sheol?
"narrow way" will end up in sheol. He compares the lives of the wicked to those who build their houses upon sand.
1. Sheol is the place for deserved punishment, comprises real suffering, and is eternal.
2. Sheol is the place of destruction, likened to death, second death, ruin, and loss.
3. Sheol is the place of banishment, where unbelievers actually realize what they are missing—their purpose in life and in life eternal: to love and glorify God.
UIOF Week 20: Ride the Wind!
Have you ever gone paragliding? It is touted as the purest form of flying that a human can do. But what it really is, is a partnership between you and the wind. The tiny package in your backpack means that you can take to the skies wherever you go and see the world from a different perspective.
When you step out in faith, you are like the paraglider who harnesses the power of the wind.
Going forward to pick up the reigns of leadership, you absolutely must have power behind you. In Isaiah 55:11, God tells the prophet that His word accomplishes what He sends it to do. That is the ultimate power. He sends His Spirit and we have the power to do those good works He created for us to do beforehand. (Eph 2:10).
When you are lifted up high above the earth in your paraglider, you see the world differently. You have an eagle's vision to see what is truly there and to move toward it as you partner with the Ruach. Let Him be the power– the wind beneath your wings– as you step out in faith to help others find the updraft of His love that lifts you higher and higher.


There is nothing more recharging and invigorating than spending a whole day sailing in beautiful Biscayne Bay. For a whole day sail Capt. Meredith suggests a snorkeling trip at Foley Rocks reef or a trip to Elliott Key to swim and snorkel and enjoy the pristine clear waters which surround the uninhabited island. Another option is to go for a full Biscay Bay exploration tour which includes a stop at no name harbor followed by a sail through the Key Biscayne canals ending at the Sandbar at Nixon's point.
Sailing Adventures staff and Capt. Meredith will be happy to create the ideal full day sailing experience together with you.


SEO strategies have always had backlinks as an integral chunk since its inception. There will be no stopping them, either, but search engine giants like Google will also consider your brand name as a trust factor, with or without a link.
This feature takes care of a website's security by generating secured certificates and having this has a direct impact on the website's rankings. Search now, and the first page will be displayed with websites that are SSL secured. Chrome sites without HTTPS are also marked as unsafe.
It is very well known and has been widely announced by the best SEO services in India that page load time is an extremely important factor in the ranking algorithm. A website that takes more than three seconds to load will be faced with unforeseen consequences. The top SEO company in Mumbai that you choose should be able to optimize your website and boost your page speed. They usually do this by reducing image size, page cache, and other such techniques.
Search engines give first preference to businesses who have websites for mobile devices. This is because most searches happen on these devices. So, mobile-friendliness should not be ignored, and SEO strategies need to be devised accordingly. Certain CMS take care of the themes by themselves, but usually, every page of your website needs to be adapted to be mobile-friendly.
Increased use of smartphones has boosted the demand for voice search. Google being the alpha among search engines, makes sure all websites are consumer-centric and that their content is easy to crawl and indexed for it to be more user-friendly. Using flash compromises on the load speed of the website, so avoiding it would be a smart choice. In case your website uses lots of images, the alt titles used must be readable by Google.
To wrap it up, we highly recommend you to abide by these hacks for your website rankings to soar. Or your SEO struggles are bound to persist. If SEO management seems like a lot, you can always opt for good SEO services in India and regularly monitor your website's ranking progress.


Jon is a multiinstrumentalist who got his start on the trombone when he was 10. He fell in love with music and shortly thereafter started playing piano, guitar and trumpet. He pursued music in college and received a bachelor of music from DePaul University in Chicago. He has been a professional freelance musician for 15 years and private teacher for the past two.
Jon regularly performs in and around Austin with bands My Jerusalem, Monk Parker, the Austin 9's and Groove Knights, and has also had the opportunity to perform with Grammy award winners the Wallflowers, the Psychedelic Furs, and Ximena Sarinana. He has toured the US and Europe, opening up for acts like Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, the Avett Brothers, Sting and more.
As a teacher, Jon believes that learning music should first and foremost be fun. He thinks that if a student is excited about what they are doing, they will be more likely to succeed in that endeavour. Jon loves teaching people what they want to learn while adding lessons on technique, music theory, and ear training along the way. He to strives not only teach them to play an instrument, but also help them develop a love and understanding of music.


Is an iPad 2 plus a desktop Mac at home a good combination for college?
Discussion in 'iPad' started by cobo10201, May 21, 2012.
I will be starting college this fall at the University of Houston. My parents want to help me out with some sort of computer for college and we are having trouble deciding between a laptop or iPad 2.
I have a desktop computer at home that dual boots Mac OS X 10.6.7 and Windows 7 Home Premium and each OS has Microsoft Office. I am thinking that I will be able to go to lectures, take notes with an iPad 2 and wireless Bluetooth keyboard but then come home and work on projects/essays/presentations. If need be, I could use iWork or QuickOffice Pro HD to start assignments and then finish them at home. The only problem is that it may be difficult when trying to study with friends and they all have Microsoft Office and I don't.
If anyone has any experience with this, I'd like to know how it went. I've been doing some research and I've read many articles saying that the iPad doesn't have a proper word processor and things like that, but the articles are from when the original iPad came out. Has the OS been upgraded enough to the point where it could be used as a functional device for college classes?
Just to summarize, I want to buy an iPad and the main purpose of this device would be for taking notes in lectures, then come home and work on assignments on my desktop computer.
Is this a plausible scenario?
It was for me. I prefer the screen size of a desktop but loved the portability of the iPad. The downside of the iPad is that Keynote has less power/transitions for a presentation. I ran into this problem when I tried to spice up a presentation on the aging of twins and smoking but the iPad couldn't handle it. I had to just stick to simple transitions. But it worked really well.
I never took notes with a computer in class but if your professor gives their ppt to the class you can easily follow along and add notes as they go.
I never found the lack of Office a problem since iWork (pages, keynote, numbers) worked with simple Office docs. Not perfect, but useable.
iPad is more portable and battery life last longer yet forms the perfect front ed for your more powerful Mac back at home.
Sounds like a good combo for that purpose.
I am beginning to think it is a good combination! I am currently in my 3rd year in college and have one more year to go. I currently own a custom built computer, also dual booting W7 and OS X and both with Microsoft Office (thank you UW for providing free software for students! ) I also own a 3 year old HP notebook and have sent it in so many times for repair that it's surprisingly stable today. I might pass it on to my mom at home and buy an iPad 3 this summer. That way I can have the desktop at my apartment and the iPad to take with me!
Why would you want an iPad 2 though?
Simply due to the fact that all I need it for is taking notes and possibly electronic textbooks. Of course I will be downloading apps and music, taking pictures, etc., but I don't really need to spend the extra cash for the upgraded features of the new iPad. My friend has an iPad 2 and I feel like it would suit my needs quite well and wouldn't cost a whole lot of money.
Thanks for the reply, this has helped me start to convince my father that the iPad is the way to go. He is still making the excuse that people in this forum may be biased towards the iPad.
But thank you, this really helped me feel comfortable about getting the iPad as well.
I would say that is a good combo as long as you can access your home desktop anytime you want w/ no interruptions. If you are going to be reading books or pdfs' maybe consider the iPad 3 due to better resolution.
There are some great note taking apps for the iPad, so if that's primarily what you need to do with it, then yes go ahead and get it. Particularly because you already have a desktop computer at home.
I appreciate the concern of your father. I am one as well. The iPad is definitely an asset as a learning tool. There are some super iOS apps which can be used for recording notes, even speech and video. I fully agree with your logic to have a mac at home for the more elaborate work you may need/want to do. I am truly envious of the technology available to today's students. Hard to believe, but I actually used a slide rule in my studies. You are doing a good thing by making the inquiries in this forum. I also agree with the logic of getting an iPad 2 if it will meet your needs. I used #2 pencils for years before I moved up to a "mechanical pencil". It was a great move upward in technology and saved me a lot of sharpening. Just the same, the #2 worked fine for me for a long while.
I think the iPad works great for college and university. There are plenty of writing apps out there that also make the iPad a great tool for writing your drafts. I am thinking of distraction free writing tools such as ByWord or iA Writer.
I find taking handwritten notes with an iPad and stylus a little cumbersome. I recently got a Jot from adonit and get a little more into that, but I still find there is a shortage of apps that offer you enough space and flow to make good handwritten notes on the iPad. For flow reason, nothing beats a paper notebook for me.
However, that does not diminish the usefulness of an iPad in college. I am a post-grad student, and the iPad is my main reading tool, and during the summer I love writing outside with my iPad (I use an external keyboard for longer writing sessions though).
Check out my blog for using iPad and Mac in university and college (link below), there are tons of tips how to make the iPad a great tool.
I think it's a good combination. When I was at University I got a Macbook Pro to take into lectures with me, Then I bought an iPad 2 in my second year. If I was to do it again I would probably buy an iMac to keep at home and take the iPad to lectures with me for notes, presentations or to start assignments etc then go home and finish it off on the desktop.


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Luperina madeirae é uma espécie de insetos lepidópteros, mais especificamente de traças, pertencente à família Noctuidae.

A autoridade científica da espécie é Fibiger, tendo sido descrita no ano de 2005.

Trata-se de uma espécie presente no território português.

Referências

Ligações externas
 Luperina madeirae - Biodiversity Heritage Library - Bibliografia
 Luperina madeirae - NCBI Taxonomy Database
 Luperina madeirae - Global Biodiversity Information Facility
 Luperina madeirae - Encyclopedia of Life

Lepidópteros de Portugal
madeirae
Lepidópteros descritos em 2005


DOES GEORGINA GRENVILLE MAKE YOU FEEL SHY?
Still a natural when it comes to modeling, former teenage Supermodel Georgina Grenville nothing less but excelled in this editorial by photographer Hedvig Jenning and stylist Niki Pauls, which saw the three women conquer the streets in a playful and rebellious manner – capturing that energetic teenage spirit still for today. With the resurgence of the original Supermodels, Georgina too is still gracing the pages of numerous acclaimed magazines, and with a stunning presence that is.
Taken from Material Magazine No 33 – get your issue here.


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Tea for the Tillerman é um dos mais importantes álbuns de Cat Stevens. Neste álbum, feito durante 1970, está incluído muitas de suas músicas mais famosas, incluindo Wild World, Where Do the Children Play?, Father and Son, entre outras. O álbum foi eleito como o 206° melhor Álbum de Todos os Tempos pela Revista Rolling Stone e também está na lista dos 200 álbuns definitivos no Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Lista de músicas
Todas as faixas escritas por Cat Stevens.

Edição original

Lado A
 "Where Do the Children Play?" – 3:52
 "Hard Headed Woman" – 3:47
 "Wild World" – 3:20
 "Sad Lisa" – 3:45
 "Miles from Nowhere" – 3:37

Lado B
 "But I Might Die Tonight" – 1:53
 "Longer Boats" – 3:12
 "Into White" – 3:24
 "On the Road to Find Out" – 5:08
 "Father and Son" – 3:41
 "Tea for the Tillerman" – 1:01

Edição Deluxe

Disco B
 "Wild World" Demo – 3:14
 "Longer Boats" Live at the Troubadour – 2:51
 "Into White" Live at the Troubadour – 3:37
 "Miles from Nowhere" Demo – 3:14
 "Hard Headed Woman" Live in Japan – 3:57
 "Where Do the Children Play?" Majikat Earth Tour 1976 – 3:20
 "Sad Lisa" Majikat Earth Tour 1976 – 3:13
 "On the Road to Find Out" Live at KCET-TV – 4:57
 "Father and Son" Yusuf's Café Sessions – 4:25
 "Wild World" Yusuf's Café Sessions – 3:03
 "Tea for the Tillerman" Live at the BBC – 0:50

Créditos
Cat Stevens – guitarra, teclados, vocais
Alun Davies – guitarra, backing vocals
Harvey Burns – bateria
John Ryan – baixo

Del Newman – arranjos
John Rostein – violino

Álbuns de 1970
Álbuns de folk rock
Álbuns de pop rock