A good Koh Phi Phi map is still hard to find (2012) as Google maps and Google earth have stubbornly stayed with the imagery of Phi Phi Don Village covered with a layer of cloud. This has ensured that a bit of the old fashion 'map by hand' still plays a part in the standard Phi Phi Map.
The majority of the islands show up well on the Koh Phi Phi map so you can see Phi Phi Ley with it's inlets of Maya Bay, Pi Ley and Loh Samah in all their glory. Bamboo Island Mosquito Island and the main beaches of Koh Phi Phi Don are all visible and make navigation straight forward.
The best Koh Phi Phi Map is found on phi-phi.com as it over lays a street map onto Google maps where the cloud covers the village. As you zoom in the streets and locations of the resorts, hotels and guesthouses, dive schools, bars and restaurants and shops become clear. If you mouse over each icon it describes what is here or click each resort, hotel and guesthouse to go the fact sheet for that page.
If you click on the green icons it gives you the places of interest and the red one for the reefs and dive site. The full list of icons is below the map.
Koh Phi Phi map on the hotel fact sheet pages show you the map without any of the other icons on the page so you get a good geographical sense of the position and location of the accommodation. At the top of these maps there are links to "Hotels near by" and the "All Hotels in the same location". Here is the map for the accommodation in Phi Phi Don Village.
The main Koh Phi Phi luxury resorts are found in the north of Phi Phi in Laem Tong Beach and Loh Bagao but the Phi Phi Island Cabana Hotel is the main resort in the Phi Phi Don Village. Zeavola Phi Phi Resort map, Holiday Inn Phi Phi Island map and the Outrigger Phi Phi Island Resort and Spa map (formerly the Phi Phi Island Village Resort And Spa).
When you arrive at the pier you can pick up a Koh Phi Phi map at Siam UK Travel and Tours which is 70 meters from the pier. Look out for the large yellow sign. This Koh Phi Phi Map is a third of an A4 piece of paper when folded but opens up to A3 size. It shows all the main streets of the Phi Phi Don Village along with a plot by plot description of every hotel, guesthouse, dive shop etc. It also promotes many of the local businesses. It is a great reference guide to the busy part of the island.
If you go to the Overview Articles of Koh Phi Phi you will find further information on 'Best of ..', 'Best diving …', 'Top 10 things to do ..', 'Phi Phi Island Facebook', 'Koh Phi Phi discount', 'What to do on …'.


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Q: continuity of factorization of differential operator We know that the roots of a complex polynomial are a continuous function of the coefficients of the polynomial. (See for example this stackexchange post for a discussion.)
Is there a similar continuity for the factorization of a differential operator?
I.e., given a given differential operator like, for example,
$$ \mathcal D = \partial^2 + A(x) \partial + B(x), $$
where $\partial$ is shorthand for $\frac{\mathrm d}{\mathrm dx}$, do there exist functions $C(x)$ and $D(x)$ which are (in some appropriate sense) continuously dependent on $A(x)$ and $B(x)$ and such that
$$ \mathcal D = (\partial + C(x))(\partial + D(x)) \quad \textrm{?} $$

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It has to be Mara Bushtops in Kenya. Having our own luxury tent with a butler in the middle of the Masai Mara was incredible. I was woken up one morning by Lions roaring, to be told that a pride of 14 lions were hunting right by our tents.
We had arrived into Kuala Lumpur early morning, and jet lag hit us hard we were all in bed by 8pm. We were then woken up to loud bangs at midnight. Me and my fiancé zombie walked to the window (We were 13 floors up!) to find fireworks right outside our room in front of the Petronas Towers. We since found out it was Malaysia's Independence Celebration (31st August) and we had the best view of the fireworks. They only do the fireworks twice a year (New Year and Independence day) and we were so lucky to experience it. We watched the beautiful display for 10 minutes not saying a word to each other, and then got back into bed like nothing happened.
Has to be ticking off the big 5 on my first safari experience. We were 100% sure we weren't going to find the Leopard, however our game driver did his best job and we saw 2 in 1 day. Also the Safari hot air balloon over the Masai mara.
Next on my wish-list will be the Garden Route and Safari in South Africa, then finishing with a pool villa in the Seychelles. Perfect mix of experiences, safari and stunning beaches! My wishlist grows everyday working at Kuoni.
"Whitney was very helpful and patient. We received excellent customer service, which is a rare thing these days."
Whitney is sure her passion for travel came from her first flight to the Philippines when she was two years old. Since then, she's wanted to travel the world and experience different cultures, which she has learnt from her family in the Philippines. Whitney was lucky enough to join the travel industry at the age of 16.


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Q: How to get Windows Mail (Vista) to send mail? It's throwing a "Socket Error: 10060, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E" error on send attempts.  So far my googling and binging reveals that a lot of other people seem to have the problem, but none of the listed solutions help.  Note that this was a clean build just days ago, next to no software loaded yet.  Looking for more suggestions, here's what I've done so far:

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*Updated to Vista SP2 (only change is that now the Nvidia graphics driver crashes if the machine is left unattended for a few minutes (even with screensaver/power management off) :-/  Weird and completely unhelpful side effect).

*Removed Norton (not my choice to install, when I installed the ASUS mobo drivers, it came along with).  Interfering AV apps seemed to be the most common issue that I found online so far, but removal didn't help me (simple removal of Norton worked for others).

*Tried turning off the windows firewall, no change.

*Found one post where typing the SMTP server name in all caps solved his problem (makes absolutely no sense to me whatsoever).  No change (as expected).

Trying to Telnet out to the SMTP service was used to confirm that it's not just Windows Mail.  Seem to be completely incapable of sourcing traffic with the SMTP destination port.  The same configuration works fine on the same ISP on a Windows XP box.  Unfortunately, the e-mail provider doesn't support the MSA port (it's SMTP-AUTH, but on only the standard SMTP port).

A: Did you try other smtp servers or just your ISP/Mail provider's? Maybe you have been blocked for some reason?
If you're not blocked by your provider, I would suspect that something left from your antivirus installation is blocking SMTP traffic. I have seen many cases where the culprit was the antivirus program. Try to download and run the Norton Removal Tool.

A: Usually port 25 is blocked by AV software and is labeled something like "prevent the spread of mass mailer worms." See if you can find an option like that and just disable it instead of removing your protection suite.

A: Installing the Windows Live update/package (with "Windows Live Mail") has made the problem go away.  Windows Live Mail looks identical to Windows Mail, yet it actually works...


Dr. Knotts is a board-certified and fellowship-trained plastic surgeon at Austin-Weston, The Center for Cosmetic Surgery. He has been named a 'top doctor' and 'best of' Northern Virginia and Washington DC.
Dr. Knotts received his undergraduate degree in journalism with a minor in biochemistry and honors in organic chemistry. He graduated with highest honors, the distinction of having the highest GPA in his graduating college, a perfect 4.0. While working as a newspaper editor, his writing and photography were each awarded first place finishes at annual professional press association conferences for two consecutive years.
Dr. Knotts was then granted early admission to medical school at the University of New Mexico, and during his time there received awards for his research on facial reconstruction after gunshot wounds and was nominated for various academic distinctions and societies. A passion for cycling developed while in medical school and he completed his first 100-mile century ride.
After medical school, he was accepted into one of the most competitive surgical programs in the nation, an accelerated 5-year residency in General and Plastic Surgery. During residency, he was voted as chairman of the residency council, continued publishing multiple plastic surgery articles on reconstructive surgery, and completed the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon. After graduating residency, Dr. Knotts completed one of a handful of ASAPS-endorsed fellowships in Aesthetic and Cosmetic Surgery. During fellowship, his academic pursuits continued with articles published on arm lifting and liposuction and book chapters published on various body contouring topics, including the fleur-de-lis abdominoplasty and the bra-line back lift.
As an associate at Austin-Weston, a large private-practice group of plastic surgeons devoted to cosmetic surgery, Dr. Knotts has published articles on thigh lifting and liposuction and lectured on the topic of around-the-mouth surgery at the annual meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. He placed third in his category at his first triathlon in 2015.
Dr. Knotts practice is devoted largely to cosmetic surgery. He performs surgery on the face, breast, and body and also performs minimally invasive procedures. He is a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and The National Capital Society of Plastic Surgeons. His group practice was nominated Best of DC, Best of NoVA and Best of Virginia for multiple consecutive years and has received the distinction of Top 1% of practices nationwide as an Allergan Black Diamond facility.
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Safety and efficacy of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein 2 on cranial defect closure in the pediatric population.
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I have read that, as we age, the fat pads in our upper cheeks descend. Can an older patient detect where the fat pads in his/her cheeks are now simply by looking in the mirror? If so, how? Do both fat pads descend at the same rate? How can a patient know if he/she needs a mid-facelift without consulting a plastic surgeon?
Can your consultation with the patient be private (i.e., no one else present)?
Do you have photographs (before and after) of mid-facelift patients of yours that can be viewed by prospective patients?
Yes the fat pads descend with age. It is difficult to describe via text how to identify whether a patient is a good candidate for a midface lift, but you can peruse our before-and-after gallery to get an idea about achievable correction with surgery. The face does not have perfect symmetry, and thus both sides of the face will age slightly differently. This is worsened if you are prone to unilateral sun exposure (frequent driving without sunscreen and untinted windows for example).
In order to know if you are a candidate for a midface lift, an in-person consultation and physical examination are required. The consultation is private. Those present include yourself, the consultant who takes your paperwork and discusses your desires, and then the doctor who evaluates you. The consultant will then discuss the surgeon's availability, costs and the like. Photographs such as those seen on the website are only published with your consent.


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The Karma of Materialism
8. Luther II
18 September 1917, Berlin
As a continuation of the last lecture I should like to draw your attention to certain matters which will throw light on Luther's place in history. From the outset I must make it clear that today's considerations of Luther will be from the point of view of spiritual science rather than that of religion.
What strikes one immediately when considering Luther in the light of spiritual science is the enormous importance the epoch itself had for his prominence and whole activity. The significance of the epoch is much greater in Luther's case than in the case of most other personalities in history. When we study Luther it is very important to be conscious of the epoch in which he appeared; i.e., the 16th century; which according to the spiritual-scientific view of history is very early in the fifth post-Atlantean cultural epoch. This epoch, as we know, began in the 15th century and the preceding Graeco-Latin epoch began some eight centuries before the Mystery of Golgotha. Thus Luther appeared in history soon after the thoughts and feelings, characteristic of the Graeco-Latin epoch, were fading in civilized humanity. To the unprejudiced observer Luther appears at first sight to have a dual personality, but one comes — as we shall see — to recognize that the two aspects meet in a higher unity. It must be realized that there is much more to the history between the 14th and 16th centuries than modern historians are inclined to admit. Great transformation took place, particularly in the human soul; this is something taken far too little into account. The people of the 13th and 14th centuries still had a direct relationship with the spiritual world through the very constitution and disposition of their soul. This is now forgotten but cannot be emphasized enough. When, at that time, man turned his gaze to external nature, to the sky, to cloud formations and so on, he would generally speaking still perceive elemental spirituality. It was also possible for him to commune with the dead with whom he had karmic links to a far greater extent than is believed today. In this period there was still, inherited from an earlier different consciousness, an immediate recognition that the world seen through the senses is not the only world. The transition in consciousness to later times was far more abrupt than imagined. Natural science, in itself fully justified, was then in its dawn, it drew a veil as it were over the spiritual world behind the physical world. I can well imagine that a modern student of history, who is in the habit of accepting what is taught as absolute truth, will not believe such abrupt transition possible. He would find it neither historical nor substantiated by records. However, spiritual science reveals that at this time the human soul came completely within the confines of the physical world by virtue of changes in man's inner being.
We saw last time that woven into Luther's soul was the after-effect of what he had absorbed, in a former incarnation, in the pre-Christian Mysteries that prepared the way for Christianity. Nevertheless he was in the fullest sense a true man of his time inasmuch as in this, the fifth post-Atlantean cultural epoch, man's former connection with the spiritual world has grown dim. This is so even when the experiences had been as vivid as those of former initiates in the Mysteries. It must not be supposed however, that what has become dim, and therefore fails to become conscious knowledge, is not present and active. It has its effect when, as in Luther's case, the person concerned through his inner karma is sensitive and receptive to what wells up from the depths of his being without reaching full consciousness.
It is not difficult to recognize in Luther the effects of what I have indicated. They reveal themselves in the agonizing torments he went through. These inner torments, while being expressions of his own soul, assumed in his words and ideas the character of his time. They were in fact caused essentially by a kind of realization that man in the fifth post-Atlantean epoch, the epoch of materialism, would be deprived of contact with the spiritual world. All the deprivation a materialistic age would inflict upon the deeper strata of the human soul weighed heavily upon Luther. Today one has to use different words from those he employed to describe what he felt so strongly. It is therefore not Luther's own words that I use in characterizing his inner experiences. But what he felt may be expressed in these words: What is to become of man when his vision is cut off from the spiritual world, as he is bound to forget what he formerly received from that world? If you imagine this feeling intensified to its limit you have the keynote of Luther's inner suffering. But why was it Luther who in particular felt this so intensely?
The reason is to be found in what I mentioned as the duality of his nature. Luther was on the one hand very much a man of the fifth post-Atlantean cultural epoch. But because he was also inwardly very much a man of the fourth post-Atlantean cultural epoch he felt with great intensity the deprivation which the people of the fifth epoch were already experiencing in his time, albeit not consciously. The duality in his nature was caused by the fact that — while being in complete accord with his own time, the fifth epoch — the teachings in the pre-Christian Mysteries had taken such deep roots in his soul that he inwardly felt as a man of the fourth epoch. He felt as related to the fourth epoch as an ancient Greek or Roman had felt. Odd as it may seem this had the effect that he could not understand the Copernican system of astronomy; i.e., a system based purely on physical calculations. This system, however, is in complete harmony with the outlook of the fifth cultural epoch but would have seemed meaningless in the fourth. This fact will seem strange to modern man whose view is that the apex of knowledge has been reached and that the Copernican system cannot be superseded. This is a shortsighted view as I have often pointed out. Just as today the Ptolemaic system is put to scorn, so will the Copernican be looked down upon in the future when it is replaced by another. However, in the fifth cultural epoch the very soul constitution of man enables him to have ready understanding for a system of movement of the heavenly bodies based entirely upon physical calculations.
Luther had no such understanding; to him the Copernican view seemed so much folly. He was little interested in the materialistic, purely spatial conceptions of the phenomena of the universe which occupied the human mind at the dawn of the fifth cultural epoch. Whereas the way man felt and experienced his place within that universe interested him greatly. However the relation to the world, which man perforce had to have, in the fifth cultural epoch was experienced by Luther with all the inner soul impulses of a man of the fourth-, the Graeco-Latin epoch.
Thus we see Luther on the one hand looking back at the way man was related to the spirituality of the Cosmos in the fourth cultural epoch. And on the other we see him looking ahead, being aware of the kind of experiences, feelings and conceptions to which man would be exposed by virtue of a relation to the cosmos which separates him from its spiritual reality. Thus Luther felt and experienced the fifth cultural epoch as a soul belonging to the fourth cultural epoch. The experiences man had to undergo in the fifth cultural epoch weighed heavily on his soul.
In order to have a clearer picture let us for a moment compare a modern man of average education with a man of the comparatively ancient time of the fourth epoch. The former's thoughts and feelings, his whole relation to the world is determined by the natural-scientific view of the world, whereas the latter's thoughts and feelings were determined by the fact that he was still aware of his connection with spiritual reality. What we designate as Imagination and Inspiration were particularly vivid for man at that time. It was a common experience that colors are not seen only through eyes, or sound heard only through ears. Man was aware that by inner effort he received pictorial and audible revelations from the spiritual world. Everyone was aware that a divine spiritual-world lived in his soul. Man felt inwardly connected with his God.
In the fifth post-Atlantean epoch man is subjected to a test and his communion with the spiritual world has to cease. In this epoch he has developed, through special methods and a special kind of knowledge, the possibility to observe the external phenomena of nature and their relation to his own being with great exactitude. But he no longer has vision of the spiritual world; no longer is there a path leading from the soul to the spiritual world.
Let us visualize these two types of human beings side by side. As we saw in the last lecture, Luther's knowledge and religious feelings concerning the spiritual world were not abstract; the spiritual world was not closed to him. He had a living communion with the spiritual world, more especially with evil spirits of that world. But that in itself is not an evil trait. Thus he knew of the spiritual world through direct experience, but he also knew that for mankind of the fifth post-Atlantean epoch this experience of the spiritual world was fading away and would gradually disappear altogether. It became a great riddle for Luther how the human beings of the fifth post-Atlantean epoch would cope with the deprivation of not beholding the spiritual world. As he contemplated the man of the fifth epoch his heart was overflowing with impulses brought over from his incarnation in the fourth post-Atlantean epoch. These living forces constituted a powerful link with the spiritual world which caused Luther to sense its reality with great intensity. It made him feel that it was essential to awaken in man a consciousness of that reality. At the same time he was under no illusion that human beings incarnating during the coming epoch would lose all consciousness of the spiritual world. They would have nothing but their physical senses to rely on, whereas in earlier times knowledge of the divine-spiritual-world had been attained through direct vision and experience. All Luther could do was to tell mankind: If in the future you look towards the spiritual world you will find nothing, for the ability to behold it will have vanished. If you nonetheless wish to retain awareness of its existence then you must turn to the Bible, the most reliable record in existence, a record that still contains direct knowledge of the spiritual world which you can otherwise no longer reach. In earlier times one would have said: besides the Gospel there is also the possibility to look directly into the spiritual world. This possibility has vanished for mankind of the fifth post-Atlantean epoch; only the Gospel remains.
So you see that Luther spoke from the heart and in the spirit of the fifth post-Atlantean epoch, but as someone who also belonged to the fourth post-Atlantean epoch. By means, still remaining from the fourth epoch, he wanted to draw attention to that which, because of his evolution, man in the fifth epoch could no longer reach. Luther may not have been conscious of these things exactly the way I describe them. However as things stood it is understandable that he, at the start of an epoch in which direct insight into the spiritual world would cease, pointed to the Gospel as the sole authority concerning the spiritual world. He wanted to emphasize that the Gospel was a special source of strength for mankind in the coming epoch.
Let us now turn our attention to something different. At the moment I am occupied with certain aspects of Christian Rosenkreutz and the "Chymical Wedding" by Johann Valentin Andreae and this brings certain things connected with the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries vividly before my soul. When one looks at those who during those centuries were engaged in science, one comes to realize that at that time knowledge of nature was alchemy in the best sense of the word. The natural scientist of today would have been an alchemist then. But to understand the spiritual aspect of alchemy it must not be thought of as connected with superstition or fraud. What were the alchemists attempting? They were convinced that there are other forces at work in nature besides those which can be discovered by external observation and experiment. They wanted to prove that while nature is indeed "natural" supersensible forces are at work in her.
To the alchemist it was obvious that, however firmly welded together the composition of a metal appeared to be, that composition could still be transformed into another. However they saw the transition as the result of a spiritual process, an effect of the spirit in nature. This is something that will be known again in future epochs, but in our time it is a deeply hidden knowledge. The alchemists were able to bring about alchemical processes which, if they could be demonstrated today, would greatly amaze modern scientists. In that earlier age it was part of man's knowledge that spiritual forces are at work in nature. The alchemical processes were brought about by manipulating those forces.
This knowledge inevitably had to be lost in the fifth post-Atlantean epoch. A reflection still exists in religious conceptions of the universe. In the earlier centuries, right up to the 13th and 14th, what was taught concerning the Sacraments was different from what could be taught in the following centuries, though for Luther it was still vivid inner experience even if not a fully conscious one. But the experience, that spiritual forces were directly active in consecrated substance, was lost to the faithful. Today the teaching of the Catholic sacrament is something quite different than it was, for example the doctrine concerning the sacrament at the altar, when bread and wine are to be transformed through a mysterious process into real flesh and blood. When one discusses this issue with Catholic theologians the usual answer to modern man's objection is: If you do not understand that you have no understanding whatever of Aristotle's teaching on substances. Be that as it may, one has to say that in the fifth post-Atlantean epoch no real meaning can be connected with an actual transubstantiation; i.e., with real alchemy. Today this process takes place above material existence. Today when man receives the bread and wine these are not transmuted. The divine-spiritual reality of the Christ Being passes into man as he receives the bread and the wine.
This metamorphosis of the concept of the sacrament is also connected with the transition in man's evolution from the fourth to the fifth post-Atlantean epoch. Luther, because of his very nature, had to speak out of the spirit of both epochs. He wanted to convey to man's soul the strength it had formerly gained from religious teaching. As the dawning natural science would never be able to acknowledge anything spiritual in matter, Luther sought to keep religious teaching aloof from the weakening effect of science. From the outset he kept spiritual issues strictly apart from physical processes. He thought of the latter, if not exactly as symbols, then at least as being merely physical. — It is not so easy to understand these things today but spiritual science must draw attention to them just the same.
We must envisage Luther turning his gaze, even if not fully consciously, towards the coming epoch spanning more than two thousand years, during which man would be able to experience something of the spiritual world only in exceptional cases and through special training. Historical personalities such as Luther must be seen in a wider perspective; their thoughts and actions must be seen as expressing the epoch in which they live. Luther as it were represented the human beings of his time, human beings to whom something was lost. What they had lost was caused by the fact that in the fifth post-Atlantean epoch human knowledge had assumed a form that made it impossible to strengthen the human soul, by means of the power inherent in knowledge itself, so that it could look into the spiritual world and have its own spiritual cognition. It is not normal for people of the fifth post-Atlantean epoch to have spiritual cognition through their own initiative. In his ordinary life in the fifth epoch man cannot be conscious of freedom in the real sense, of real freedom of will which is the ability to act directly out of that deepest region of the human soul where it is united with the divine. Today both freedom and knowledge are theoretical. As the fifth post-Atlantean epoch progressed the theory that there are limits to human knowledge has frequently been proclaimed. To speak of limits of knowledge in the sense of Kant 32Immanuel Kant 1724–1804 German Philosopher or Dubois-Reymond 33Emil Du Bois-Reymond 1818–1896 German Physiologist would have seemed meaningless in ancient times, even by the sceptics.
As mentioned already one should take what is said by a historical personality such as Luther as expressing the spirit of his epoch, not as having validity for all time. What Luther recognized as the outstanding characteristic of mankind in the fifth post-Atlantean epoch he interpreted in the light of Christianity. He understood it in the Christian, or better said Biblical sense, as a direct effect of original sin. The fact that man, out of his own forces, cannot attain either freedom, or knowledge of the divine, in the fifth epoch Luther saw as a direct outcome of original sin. Thus when he said that man was so corrupted by original sin that by himself he could not overcome it, Luther spoke a truth that holds good for the fifth post-Atlantean epoch. The force in man most closely bound up with his nature is the force that expresses itself in his will, in his actions. What a man does springs from the very center of his being. What he knows or believes is much more dependent on his environment, the time in which he lives and so on. In the fifth post-Atlantean epoch, the epoch of natural science and materialism, man is not able to perform actions that spring directly from the spirit. That in fact is the essential characteristic of this epoch. In the sixth post-Atlantean epoch it will again be different. But that man in the fifth epoch, in his ordinary consciousness, had lost the link connecting him with the spiritual world was also Luther's conviction.
Yet Luther was also aware that it is essential for man not to be torn out of that connection altogether. He saw that as an inhabitant of the external physical world man, through what he wills and does, has no connection with the Divine. He can only attain it if he regards this connection as something separate and apart from his external physical existence. From this thought originated the doctrine of salvation purely through faith. A typical man of the fourth epoch would have regarded salvation through faith alone as nonsensical. An ancient Greek or Roman would have found it meaningless if told that what he does, what he accomplishes in the world is not what gives him value in the eyes of the Highest Powers, but solely his soul's acknowledgement of the spiritual world. However, it is not meaningless to the man of the fifth epoch, for if his worth were dependent solely on what he accomplished in the physical world he would be in fact just a creature of that world. He would be more and more convinced that he merely represented the highest peak of the animal kingdom. Man had therefore to forge a link with the spiritual world by means of something that in no way linked him with the physical world. That something is faith.
What Luther thus impressed on his own and the following time could naturally not remain the only cultural influence in the fifth post-Atlantean epoch. One may ask who at the present time is a Lutheran? The answer is that, inasmuch as he is a man of the fifth post-Atlantean epoch, everyone is a Lutheran. Those with a sense for the subtle conceptual differences in world views will notice the enormous discrepancy between the views of a Catholic theologian in the 13th or 14th Centuries and those of his counterparts today. The reason is that the Catholic theologian of today is in reality a Lutheran, his outlook and impulses are those of a Lutheran. These are matters that go unnoticed because there is so little feeling for the inner truth of things, the attention is focused only on the external label applied to a person. It is after all merely an external matter that someone, because of family or some other connection, is entered in the Church register as Catholic or Protestant. What characterizes him inwardly is something quite different. The man of today who is truly of his time, who is stirred and influenced by what takes place, is inwardly a Lutheran. Like Luther he articulates the essence of the fifth epoch. Luther was especially suited to do so because of the characteristic duality of his nature. This made him question the fate of future mankind, but it also stirred in him an overwhelming impulse to speak to the people of the fifth post-Atlantean epoch with all the vigorous forces that he wanted preserved as they were in the fourth post-Atlantean epoch. That he was able to speak in this way was due to the higher unity of his dual nature. He spoke out of the very souls of the people exposed to the conditions of the fifth post-Atlantean epoch. He formulated and voiced the very concepts and ideas that stirred in them. But he also spoke so that everything he said was permeated with his impulse to preserve what had existed in the fourth post-Atlantean epoch. That was the higher unity. However, the sixth post-Atlantean epoch could not be prepared within the fifth had the latter not been influenced by other cultural streams.
Thus we see that Lutheranism, in the way indicated, is more particularly an impulse of the fifth epoch, but other cultural streams make themselves felt. The most important for us is the one that came to expression in the German classical period: from Lessing to Herder, Schiller, Goethe and others. A remarkable phenomenon is the fact that we have in the same period a thoroughly Lutheran philosopher in Kant, whose concepts represent the very essence of Lutheranism. Schiller had at one time an inclination to follow Kant but found that he could not; and indeed no philosophic work better illustrates the striving to get beyond mere Lutheranism than Schiller's Letters on the Aesthetic Education of Man. These letters — which are too little appreciated today — and also Goethe's Faust constitute as it were the apex of that other cultural stream. Both works stress that man must turn, not only to the Bible, but to the world and life itself in order to strengthen the human soul so that it can find, through its own forces, the path to the spiritual world. The concluding scenes of Faust represent the complete contrast to Lutheranism. Only a contrived interpretation could possibly bring Schiller's aesthetic letters, Goethe's Fairy Tale of the Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily and the last scenes of Faust in line with Lutheranism. We see in these works the human soul attaining strength through an inner opposition to the natural-scientific interpretation of the world. And in this way it finds, through its own forces, the connection with the spiritual world.
Ideas concerned with the legend of "Dr. Faustus" emerged already in the 16th Century in opposition to Luther's strong proclamations, but these ideas could not yet gain ground… Luther's attention was focused on the man of the fifth post-Atlantean epoch who, though possessed by ahrimanic demons, yet refuses to acknowledge the, to Luther well known, devil. It is not really surprising that Ricarda Huch, after occupying herself so intensely with Luther, comes to place such great importance on his direct knowledge of the diabolical realm of the spiritual world. Bearing in mind the story of the expulsion from the Garden of Eden, it is indeed interesting that in our time it is a woman who has this yearning that man should again recognize the devil who — especially when his view of life is purely naturalistic — has him by the collar. In her book about Luther this longing comes to expression: that if only man could experience the devil it would awaken him to a consciousness of God.
This cry for the devil, expressed by Ricarda Huch lives in man's subconscious. It is a cry she wants mankind to hear. To understand Ricarda Huch is easy for someone who knows that in every laboratory, in every machine, in short in all the most important spheres of modern civilization, the actual devil is present and active. I say this in plain words for it would be much better for people to be aware of the devil rather than, unknown to them, he should have them by the collar.
Luther's consciousness of the devil was for him a living reality mainly because he still experienced the spiritual world as would a man in the fourth post-Atlantean epoch. His vivid experience came to expression in his words, for he strove to make the man of the fifth epoch conscious of the devil by whom he was possessed without knowing it. Luther could not do otherwise than call up in the man of his time an awareness of the devil which differed from the way Faust experienced the devil. Faust deliberately sold himself in order to gain knowledge and power through the devil. Such a relationship to the devil was at first rejected in the 16th century. At that time only a negative submission to the devil could be envisaged. Goethe, and in fact already Lessing protested vigorously against that idea. One must ask why they had a different view of man's relation to the devil. It must be said that neither Lessing nor Goethe had the nerve openly to state their view of Faust's relation to the devil. Today it is much easier to speak openly of these things than it was at the time of Lessing and Goethe. An initiate may have wanted to tell his fellow men something different but if he had they would have torn him to pieces.
Let us attempt to understand Goethe's inner attitude to Faust. Goethe too had insight into the nature of man of the fifth post-Atlantean epoch. He knew of man's close relationship to the devil in this epoch. He knew that whenever man's consciousness is restricted to the material alone the devil; i.e., ahrimanic powers are always present. This state of consciousness constitutes for these powers a door through which they gain entry. Ahriman has easy access to man whenever his consciousness is limited to the purely material aspect of things or dimmed down below normal, as can happen through organic causes, agitation, rage or other uncontrolled behaviour. Goethe's insight made it impossible for him to adopt the materialistic view generally held. While he knew that ahrimanic powers are universally present he could not in all honesty represent them as something to be avoided or rejected. On the contrary what he wanted Faust to attain he had to achieve through direct contest with the devil. In other words the devil must be made to surrender his power, he must be conquered. That is the real meaning behind Faust's struggle with the devil, the evil Ahriman or Mephistopheles.
Now let us turn to Schiller who tries to adopt Kant's philosophy but comes to recognize the futility of doing so. In his Letters on the Aesthetic Education of Man he distinguishes between mere instinctive craving—which according to Luther arises from man's physical nature — and the spirit which reveals itself within his physical nature. A true Lutheran would say that man is addicted to his cravings and he cannot, through his own power, rise above them. Only faith can enable him to do so. He will then have been purified and redeemed through an externally existing Christ. Schiller said: No, something else is present in man: in the craving for freedom lives the power of the spirit which can ennoble the bodily cravings of man's physical nature. Schiller distinguishes physical nature, ennobled through the spirit, from the spirit becoming manifest through it. He shows that man is indeed separated from spiritual existence through matter, but that he nevertheless, out of himself, strives to reach the spirit by transforming matter; that is, physical existence, through inner alchemy.
One recognizes the spiritual greatness that could have enriched Western culture in works such as Schiller's aesthetic letters and also Goethe's Faust which presents in dramatic form the overcoming of ahrimanic powers in external life. What could have been achieved through the strong impulse towards the spirit contained in these works has not come about. And it fills one with pain and despair to see one's contemporaries turn instead, for their spiritual education, to such trash as the American "In Tune with the Infinite."
I cannot refrain from repeating what happened to Deinhardt 34Heinrich Mariannus Deinhardt 1821–1879 of Vienna who wrote a very beautiful essay on Schiller's aesthetic letters in which he discusses the marvelous perspective their content opens up. I do not think anyone knows about Deinhardt today. He had the misfortune to fall and break his leg; when the doctor came he was told that he could not be healed because he was too undernourished. And so he died. But this small book by Deinhardt of Vienna is concerned with one of the deepest spiritual impulses that have sprung from Western culture. If only people would recognize and investigate what has actually germinated in Western culture we would cease to hear the empty phrase, "the best man in the best place," and then people proceed, through lack of judgement, to select a nephew or a cousin as the best man in the best place. Continuously one hears it said that the right person for this or that position simply does not exist. That is not the case; what is lacking is rather people with judgement who know where to look. But that ability can only be attained through inner strength, developed by absorbing the spiritual impulses flowing through spiritual life. There is nothing abstract about what can be gained from great literary works. Rather they fill the human soul with spiritual impulses which further its development along the path that Goethe strode with such vigour, and whose goal he depicted with dramatic artistry in the last scene of his Faust. It has no meaning in our time to preserve the old just because it is old; but we must find those treasures of the past which contain seeds for the future. Nowhere is this better illustrated than in the classic works of Goethe, Schiller and Lessing.
I wanted to show where Lessing, Goethe and Schiller belong in recent cultural development because it enables us to understand better their predecessor Luther. To understand a personality such as Luther it is necessary to understand what stirred in the depth of his soul and caused him to speak the way he did. I believe that if in the light of these thoughts you approach what, especially in our time, comes to meet us with such force in Luther, you will discover many things about him which I cannot go into now. I am convinced that it has a special significance to immerse oneself in Luther in the present difficult time. There is perhaps no one better suited to convey the many aspects of the fifth post-Atlantean cultural epoch than Luther. He spoke so completely out of the spirit of the fifth epoch even though his words had their origin in the fourth epoch.
When faced with the way events are depicted in history we should sense how necessary it is to rethink them. We ought to sense that the present difficult time which has brought such misery upon humanity is the karmic effect of distorted, superficial thinking. We should sense that the painful experiences we go through are in many respects the karma of materialism. We must have the will to rethink history. I have often pointed out that history as taught today in elementary and secondary schools as well as in universities, perhaps particularly in the latter, is a mere fable, and is all the more pernicious for being unaware that it is but a fable that aims to present only external physical events. Should the events of the 19th century be presented just once as they truly were—merely those of the 19th century! — it would be an immense blessing for mankind. Referring to history Herman Grimm once said that he foresaw a time when those, now regarded as great figures of the 19th century, would no longer appear all that great, whereas quite other figures would emerge as the great ones from the grey mist of that century.
Because of the way history has come to be presented in the course of time the human soul must undergo a fundamental change in order to understand it properly. I have often said this but it cannot be stressed enough. Man's concepts nowadays lack the vigour and power required to cope with social needs, because they are based on such superficial views. This war is in reality waged because of shortsighted, obtuse and foggy ideas, and the men fighting it are in many respects mere puppets of those ideas. Today there is an incessant clamour for people's freedom, for international courts of arbitration and the like, all of which remains so many empty words because it makes no difference what is established as long as there is no deeper understanding of the real issues. Yet all these things could be achieved if, as is so greatly to be desired, spiritual science were able to rouse people to recognize the deeper impulses beneath the surface of ordinary life. But these things people today do not want to see. It is quite immaterial what is arranged whether in relation to war or to peace or whatever. What is needed is that our ideas, our understanding of the issues, cease to remain on the surface. One could wish that, just at this time, what Luther so forcefully proclaimed would be heard and understood. People would then come to recognize that in Luther spoke more than the man. In him the character of the epoch which began in the 8th century B.C. and ended in the 15th century A.D. united with the character of the epoch that followed; i.e., our own, which will endure for 2100 years.
In the true sense a historic personality is someone in whom there speaks a being from the Hierarchy of the Archai, a Time Spirit. Through such a personality the voice of the Spirit of the Time is heard. This must be recognized if one is to approach Luther with understanding.

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Preparations for a Brexit VI: views from the EU's institutions, France, and Germany
If Britain votes to leave the EU it will have to negotiate its exit and a new post-withdrawal relationship with the EU. Often overlooked in the UK's debate is the fact that any exit agreement and new relationship will have to be agreed by the remaining 27 EU member states and the European Parliament. What positions might they take in the negotiations? The LSE's BrexitVote blog is running a series of overviews from each member state and the European Parliament setting out what positions they might take. Written by authors based at universities and research institutions across Europe, and compiled by the LSE's Tim Oliver, the overviews build on an introductory piece in which Tim Oliver set out the various negotiations the EU will undertake in the event of a British exit. This post is the sixth and final post in the series and gives views from the EU's institutions, France, and Germany.
The Berlaymont building illuminated with the colours of the French flag
EU institutions: EU first and looking forward
If on 23 June British citizens vote to leave the EU, all eyes will quickly turn towards Brussels. Such a decision would obviously shake the EU. The key question is whether this would be a wake-up call or one that is a first step towards disintegration. Major determinants would be to what extent the EU institutions would remain functional and how they would respond in the following months. Much of their attention would turn to dealing with the aftermath of the British vote and negotiating a Brexit, but also to how to take forward the Union so as to ensure it does not break-up.
The European Council has already postponed its usual meeting that should have started on the same day as the referendum. This gathering of all the EU Heads of State and Government will now take place the following Tuesday and Wednesday (28-29 June). Several issues are already on its provisional agenda (migration, country specific recommendations and European semester, EU-NATO cooperation) but the results of the British referendum will surely be on top of it, especially in the case of a leave vote. Any contingency plans would be taken out of the safe deposit boxes and the European Council would have to decide on the first emergency measures. The first thing would be to provide some general guidelines for moving forward and the European Commission would be mandated to conduct the negotiations following these terms.
The European Commission would proceed as requested but would not hesitate to use its central negotiating role to shape the process. As illustrated by a comment made by Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on the treatment reserved to "deserters", the line of conduct would be tough. The European Commission is likely to uphold its role of promoter of the general interest of the Union by taking the steps it thinks will keep the rest of the EU together. Being conscious that there is no other way than activating article 50 of the treaty on European Union, the Commission would try to isolate as much as possible this earthquake in order to prevent aftershocks and spill-over effects. The Council would be entitled to reach a deal through a qualified majority. However, the consensus rule might in this case remain the preferred option in order to avoid any further division among the remaining 27 member states. A strong voice might come from the European Parliament (EP), which would have to give its consent at the end of the exit negotiation process.
In addition to these roles in the negotiation process, EU institutions would quickly have to adapt themselves in preparation for the UK's withdrawal. They would have to decide how to deal with the British Members of the European Parliament (MEPs), representatives and civil servants. While the British MEPs would probably be side-lined, they are likely to stay until the end of their mandate. The issue would, however, be much more complicated to decide on for the thousands of British employees in EU institutions and agencies, especially for those occupying senior positions.
Beyond these aspects of dealing with the immediate situation, what would be the position taken by the EU institutions towards this unilateral decision?
The EU institutions have until now adopted a conciliatory stance to help David Cameron convince British citizens of the merits of continued EU membership. This willingness to compromise would suffer a backlash if the British voted to leave. Faced with fears of disintegration, the EP and the Commission might want to respond by looking forward towards some new way of encouraging further integration. It should be remembered that making progress through crises has long been a modus operandi of the European integration process.
The EP is likely to look for opportunities to help push forward integration in a new way. Its own internal evolution would facilitate such an attitude. As Simon Hix explains, the "Eurosceptic coalition" in the EP would be considerably weaker without the British and thus the "integrationist coalition" would be reinforced.
Several reports are currently being discussed and drafted that could represent an attempt to move forward: a report on a "budgetary capacity for the Eurozone", another one "on the possible evolutions and adjustments of the current institutional set up of the EU", and finally one on "improving the functioning of the European Union building on the potential of the Lisbon Treaty". Due to mutual interests, economic issues would be at the centre of the UK-EU exit negotiations. On one side the Commission would then be looking for a new economic relationship with a departing member, while on another side the EP will be making proposals to further strengthen its economic core. These different concerns might complicate the inter-institutional dialogue.
These initiatives might also suffer from a lack of enthusiasm from the Member States. Previous failed attempts to further structure the Eurozone, a poor appetite for institutional reforms and short term views due to electoral deadlines could lead national leaders to look for alternative options. Security and defence issues are already high on the European agenda, not least thanks to the imminent publication of the German white book on security strategy and rumours of European plans to re-launch the idea of a European military and cooperation structures. An attempt could also be made to use this area as a way forward in developing new relations with the UK, a country that has often been at the forefront of efforts in this area.
It is clear that multiple variables will determine the road taken by the EU after Brexit, a road which promises to be bumpy. Each proposal risks creating new tensions and divisions within the remaining Member States and their regions. The leeway would therefore be minimal, but in front of a chaotic existential crisis, the status quo will not be an option for the EU.
Dr Yann-Sven Rittelmeyer is a Policy Analyst at the European Policy Centre in Brussels
France: Brexit or not, the EU shall not recede
Should "Leave" be the outcome of the upcoming referendum in the United Kingdom, France will be faced with a series of questions. Is it an opportunity for further EU integration or is it the beginning of the much feared "détricotage" (unravelling) of the EU?
The Franco-British relationship within the EU is marred with difficulties and only rare glimpses of intense cooperation. No need to go back decades to see the fraught relations. At a European Council in October 2011, then President Nicolas Sarkozy told David Cameron that he 'lost a good opportunity to shut up' when the EU leaders were discussing the Eurozone crisis. On occasions, opportunities for a fruitful cooperation between the two countries have emerged, notably for the creation of the European Security and Defence Policy at the Saint-Malo summit in 1998. Yet, even then, they had short term common interests but not long term ones.
Their bilateral relationship has been mostly defined outside the EU, as illustrated by recent agreements, such as the Touquet agreement in 2003 on the issue of migration and the Lancaster House treaties in 2010 on strategic affairs. Whatever some may have said, even ministers sometimes, none of those two agreements would be jeopardised in case "Leave" wins.
France has become increasingly uninterested in the UK's role in the EU. Having shunned all mechanisms the EU implemented since the beginning of the crisis, the UK rarely features in French plans. Indeed, when France thinks about the future of the EU, its focus is entirely on the Eurozone – explicitly paving the way for differentiated integration. A few voices have even argued in favour of Brexit and the French are often perceived as the most ambivalent toward the UK membership. However, French leaders have overwhelmingly said that they do not want a Brexit.
Many reasons can explain the French support for "Remain". The fear of contagion is a strong one. There is indeed a growing fear that if the UK leaves, it could weaken the EU's cohesion and lead other member states to follow suit. It could also boost the far-right Front National and support for a Frexit. While the former is possible, the latter seems overblown. The French are indeed very ambivalent on the EU, but it seems far-fetched to imagine a scenario in which an in-or-out referendum in France – a growing possibility – could lead to France leaving the EU.
The current government has been adopting a position of principle on the Brexit. Whatever the UK citizens decide on June 23rd, the EU needs to move forward. In other words, the French, in close cooperation with the Germans, want to put forward proposals for further integration. The timing is unclear and the content even more. It seems that the first proposals would primarily address closer cooperation in security and defence, as it is, oddly enough, perceived as a less thorny issue than other kinds of integration. Afterwards, there would be proposals for further integration within the Eurozone. The government has limited room for manoeuver, because its popularity is low and presidential and parliamentary elections are scheduled for next year.
If the UK leaves, it is very likely that France will take a hard line in the exit negotiations. An area of particular attention for the French will be on the access to the single market, especially in the services sector. Some in France hope that a Brexit could lead to firms moving to Paris – instead of Frankfurt or other places in Europe. At this stage, this is so theoretical than any posturing should be taken with a grain of salt.
Vivien Pertusot is the head of the Brussels office of the Institut Francais des Relations Internationales.
Germany: Thinking less about the UK and EU-UK relations, and more about the EU as a whole
The German government hopes the "Bremain" campaign will succeed. Berlin has been among the strongest supporters of Britain remaining an EU member, with Angela Merkel herself (albeit in a carefully calibrated way) sending signals to the British public that London is a valuable partner at all level within the Union. During the negotiations over the UK's reform treaty, Germany was ready to accommodate to a certain degree British positions. The formula that Angela Merkel and her negotiators used was that of "a strong Britain in a strong Union". This formula suggested that Britain was to be kept as a strong partner, but not under concessions that would undermine the Union as a whole (in particular in EMU governance and over a fundamental pillar of the Union such as free movement of people).
Having said that, the thinking in Berlin a week ahead of the referendum rotates less around the future of the UK and of EU-UK relations, but around the Union as a whole. There is a realisation that a Brexit vote would be yet another blow to an already fragile Union, and the risk of contagion is seen as a real danger. At this point in time there are discussions about the right balance between a signal towards a constructive future engagement should the third largest member leave, and a signal that discourages others to push their luck with concessions in the months ahead. Germany will therefore respond to a possible Brexit vote in a way that both communicates with the British government and people and to other EU members. While Angela Merkel has been playing a more accommodating role, federal minister of finance has been taking a tougher stance, suggesting that should the UK leave it was far from certain that it could benefit from single market access: "in is in, out is out".
The main German reflex when discussing the future of the Union at large is to first work with Paris, but there are questions about what a strong Franco-German alignment on a Brexit could look like in substance. There is some thinking in Berlin that the time is not yet ripe for another push to deepen integration, but that the EU's wider reform agenda, and in particular that of the Eurozone (such as economic reform and debt restructuring), remains clear. The problem with any big new initiative lies in implementation, partly because of a Franco-German set of disagreements. Berlin is well aware that even within the wider coalition of founding members it is currently difficult to get a sense of togetherness on major questions. There is a risk that a Franco-German initiative would only contribute to more rifts within the rest of the Union.
When it comes to the process of handling a Brexit, Berlin will stick to article 50 of the EU treaties, i.e. the government will wait until the domestic political situation in the UK settles and Britain invokes the withdrawal clause. While some supporters in the UK of leaving don't appear to care about the procedures for leaving, Berlin will seek to ensure a Brexit is dealt with through article 50 and so cements the EU's treaty procedure in an orderly way for years to come in case another EU member embarks on a similar path.
In a nutshell, what we are likely to see the morning after the referendum is a German declaration that expresses this country's commitment to the Union rather than a fully-fledged initiative for moving further along a path of European integration. Berlin will be ready to get back to what it considers the EU's core business – one that is messy, but still worth protecting and fighting for.
Almut Möller is a senior policy fellow and the head of the Berlin office of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR).
This post represents the views of the authors and not those of BrexitVote, nor the LSE. Image: CC0 Public Domain
Dr Tim Oliver is a Dahrendorf Postdoctoral Fellow on Europe-North American relations at LSE IDEAS
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Mr R Ward says:
Whatever the result of Brexit the UK will need a much better team to negotiate the way forward they need to be better motivated negotiators without an axe to grind, and have the welfare of the U.K. People at heart. Cameron's current efforts have been pitiful and suspicious.
His efforts to secure a stay vote using dubious tactics may cause a devastating split in the Tory party and damage to public trust.
I wonder at what point his view changed – no third term as PM !
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A number of M5 and M6 are recalled by BMW due to fractured Driveshaft.
BMW is going to recall 956 examples of M5 and M6 coupes which were released in 2015. Along with that M6 convertibles and M6 Gran Coupe Sedans are included in these recalls.
The Sedans which were affected were manufactures from 4th September to 4th December 2014. Whereas the M6 coupes that have been affected were manufactures from September 3rd to December 3rd, 2014, according to AutoBlog.
The convertibles were manufactured from September 8th to December 4th, 2014. Last but not the least, M6 Gran Coupe were built from September 3rd to December 4th, 2014.
According to the complaints being registered at NHTSA, the BMW's had a faulty manufacturing of drive shaft, according to Carscoops. The faulty manufacturing can lead the shaft to break any moment while causing huge damages.
The faulty manufacturing can result in fail and loss of power in the rear wheel while the car is in motion that can cause different accidents on the spot. NHTSA also claimed that due to the faulty shaft, the vehicles could roll-off any time when they were parked at a place without applying brakes.
No injuries or deaths have been reported so far. If any of you have these affected vehicles, then you will be getting an official message after which you will have an appointment with the retailers. The dealers will make sure that the car is checked for any faults.
If the car will be found clean, then it will be sent home with a green signal. However in case of a faulty driveshaft, the car's faulty parts will be changed. The recall will start from September 6th till then the owners are advised to drive as safe as possible.


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Q: Problem when I try to open another window from a button the app closes completely "Android Studio" i'm a student and i'm working on a mobile app.
The probleme is that my app was working, but now when i click on the button to open another window it closes.
Here is my code:
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   public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
    Button b_inscrire_etudiant;
    Button b_inscrire_enseignant;
    Button b_inscrire_admin;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        b_inscrire_etudiant = findViewById(R.id.b_inscrire_etudiant);
        b_inscrire_enseignant = findViewById(R.id.b_inscrire_enseignat);
        b_inscrire_admin = findViewById(R.id.b_inscrire_admin);

        b_inscrire_etudiant.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                Intent i = new Intent(MainActivity.this , InscriptionEtudiant.class);
                startActivity(i);
            }
        });

        b_inscrire_enseignant.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                Intent i = new Intent(MainActivity.this , InscriptionEnseignant.class);
                startActivity(i);
            }
        });

        b_inscrire_admin.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                Intent i = new Intent(MainActivity.this , InscriptionAdmin.class);
                startActivity(i);
            }
        });

    }
   }

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I worked as usual "using Intent" besides it worked well until now.
Here is my Manifest file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
package="com.example.myusto">

<application
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:dataExtractionRules="@xml/data_extraction_rules"
    android:fullBackupContent="@xml/backup_rules"
    android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
    android:supportsRtl="true"
    android:theme="@style/Theme.MyUsto"
    tools:targetApi="31">

    <activity
        android:name=".InscriptionEnseignant"
        android:exported="false">
        <meta-data
            android:name="android.app.lib_name"
            android:value="" />
    </activity>

    <activity
        android:name=".InscriptionEtudiant"
        android:exported="false">
        <meta-data
            android:name="android.app.lib_name"
            android:value="" />
    </activity>

    <activity
        android:name=".InscriptionAdmin"
        android:exported="false">
        <meta-data
            android:name="android.app.lib_name"
            android:value="" />
    </activity>

    <activity
        android:name=".Connexion"
        android:exported="false">
        <meta-data
            android:name="android.app.lib_name"
            android:value="" />
    </activity>

    <activity
        android:name=".MainActivity"
        android:exported="true">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

         <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>

</application>
</manifest>

ps: I solved the problem, by the way two  were missing

A: Thank you for the answers.
It's true, it was missing a part of the code  which was not written in the manifest file


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Candidates are required to download the application format (Annex.-I of the official advt.) available in ONGC website i.e. www.ongcindia.com and forward their filled-in application along with all documents (selfattested) as mentioned above to the following address by Speed Post or Regd. Post AD only. By hand applications will not be accepted / entertained.


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Home Wrestling News WWE Becky Lynch On What It Means To Be "The Man" & Running...
Becky Lynch On What It Means To Be "The Man" & Running Rousey Out Of WWE
Becky Lynch talks about running Ronda Rousey out of WWE and men, women and children embracing her "The Man" moniker
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Becky Lynch is riding high after capturing the Raw and SmackDown Women's Championships at WrestleMania. The Irish grappler has reached the top of the mountain, but is a marked woman with foes from both brands looking to dethrone her.
Lynch recently spoke with Middle East publication The National about her big night at WrestleMania and what she sees awaiting her in the months ahead.
"Now's going to be the hardest part because not only do I have one target on my back, I have two targets on my back," she said. "So everybody wants a piece of me, everybody's going to want to be knocking me down. Plus, on Sunday I just showed what was possible."
She continued, "I showed the entire women's division that anything's possible. That you can go from the bottom of the card to the top of the card in a year. So everybody's going to be champing at the bit, but they'll find out it's not as easy as it looks."
Based on what we saw on WWE television post-WrestleMania, it appears Lynch's first feud will be against main roster newcomer Lacey Evans.
Lynch gloated about toppling Ronda Rousey at WrestleMania, joking that she ran Rousey straight out of WWE. She also took a dig at Rousey suffering a badly broken hand at WrestleMania. When asked how she feels about "Ronnie" the "little weirdo," Lynch didn't hold back.
"Oh yeah, slap the head off her and chase her out of the company," she said of Rousey. "It was great. It was great. She talked about how my face was so easily breakable and then broke her hand on my face."
Becky Lynch has dubbed herself "The Man," a moniker that has been embraced by men, women and children alike. Although "The Man" is inherently a masculine descriptor, Lynch explains that it is not about gender, but instead about being the best you can be.
"It's amazing," said Lynch. "It's amazing because the message of that is that it doesn't matter who you are or what you are. It's about being the top dog of whatever it is that you want to do."
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Smart house is automated building which involves the control of light, heating, ventilation, security
and home appliances such as washer, oven, refrigerators or freezers, that use wireless communication for remote monitoring.

### Project summary

Entire project is based on wireless connection between Arduinos and Raspberry Pi, which is central point of whole smart house.
Raspberry Pi, in our case Model 3, is connected to Azure IoT Hub, and it's communicating with smartphone through Azure IoT Suite.

### Segments
> Central Unit

> Pet feeder

> Light control

> Vent control

> Light dimmer

> Sunblind control

> Application

#### Central Unit
Central unit will be the "heart" of the house. It will consist of Raspberry Pi 3 and temperature sensor. It's actually a link between application and Arduinos or pet feeder which will perform certain tasks. It's connected to house's router and Azure IoT Hub.
Due to Raspberry Pi's shipment delay we're using Beaglebone Black instead.

#### Pet feeder
Pet feeder's brain is Raspberry Pi Zero. Proximity sensor will send message to Raspberry and it will open feeder's door for animals to gain access to the food. Door will be opened by servo and the feeding mechanism will be controlled by stepper motor better control. Mass of food is going to be measured by BMP180 pressure sensor. BMP's callibration will be required.

#### Light control (OUTDOORS)
Light going on and off will be triggered by motion sensor (Option only available during the nights). It will also serve as a security system, because it will also automatically send message to owner whether light is triggered or not. It will not be  the most effective feature because "thief" could be a mail man etc. This will require a relay and an Arduino.

#### Vent control
Vent will be controlled via one Arduino and one relay. Application will control this feature.

#### Light dimmer
This will also require a relay and Arduino and it will be controlled by application.

#### Sunblind control
Requires an Arduino and a stepper motor and is controlled by application. Simply rotates the wheel which is supposed to raise and put down the sunblind.

#### Application
Application is written in React Native and connected to Azure. It's backend is also on Azure. Most of functionalities will be available to do by application. Since React Native doesn't support WinPhone, app for WinPhone may be written in Xamarin.

### Technologies required

> Visual Studio 2017 (Xamarin and Raspberries)

> Windows 10 IoT Core (Raspberry)

> Arduino IDE

> Microsoft Azure (Backend and IoT Hub)

> Visual Studio Code and XCode (for iOS application)


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Wandering Lizard
An online magazine with information related to attractions, lodging, dining,
and travel resources in selected areas of the Western United States
in the Western United States
Ghost towns are different things to different people. The dictionary defines a "ghost town" as being a deserted community with few or no remaining inhabitants and some evidence of the buildings that were once located there. Ghosts may or may not be present. (I have never seen a ghost in any of these communities, but that does not prove that they are not there.) Some of the towns listed below have been restored, some stabelized, and some are just plain falling to pieces. Some are truly deserted and some are not.
The Western United States is loaded with the remnants of once prosperous communities. Some of the sites here listed have been developed as tourist attractions with museums, arcade amusements, shows, exhibits, and a variety of refreshments. Others are maintained as historic sites and still others are completely abandoned. Many of the more "ghostly" were associated with the mining and/or lumber industries of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
A town like Whitney, Oregon, is an excellent example of an "authentic" ghost town as defined above. Very few people know of its existance let alone visit it. One elderly sign is all that outlines its past importance. Virginia City, Nevada, is at the other end of the scale. It is well publicized all over the world and attracts millions of visitors each year. They are each in their own way interesting places to visit, although one may sometimes find it difficult to find the ghost of the past in the towns that emphasize popcorn, post cards, t-shirts, ice cream, and "genuine antiques." A town like Bodie, California, strikes a delightful balance between fame and authenticity with a minimal intrusion of commercial and preservation efforts.
For some reason few, if any, in mainstream America include any ancient Native American communities in their list of ghost towns even though many of the inhabitants of those communities had a strong belief in the existance of apparitions, spirits, wraiths, phantoms, and ghosts. It would appear that the concept of a "ghost town" does not bridge the cultural divide between the Anglo-European and Native American communities.
Abecedarius, 8/10
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Fruita, UT | Garlock, CA | Ghost Town Museum, AZ | Goldfield, NV | Jerome, AZ | Keeler, CA | Malakoff Diggins, CA
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but assumes no legal responsibility for it's accuracy
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You might know the city of Baltimore, Maryland for a few things The Wire, The Baltimore Ravens, & Dru Hill. Today we'd like to introduce to you a new sensation coming out of Mobtown that you can expect to hear a lot from in 2018, an artist by the name of Mooda aka Mooda Comin Up. After dropping off his Comin Up 3 project he's now delivering a music video for the Cormil-produced tune Be Right There.
The young rapper comes from a very authentic background being the grandson of infamous Baltimore Kingpin – Big Head Brother Carter, who ran with another popular drug dealer, Frank Lucas. It is estimated that Carter who's birth name is James Wesley Carter provided %80 of the heroin in Baltimore during the height of his run in the 60s. He's one of the figure heads that inspired the popular series The Wire. Now his grandson Mooda is carrying the torch in another field, the world of Hip-Hop, and he's a Baltimore artist you should keep an eye out for.


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Q: Where is my mistake , web-pack babel eror I have a issue , i wasted so much time on googling i need to ask here this error
 var config = {
   entry: './main.js',

   output: {
      path: require('path').resolve("./ReactApp/js"),
      filename: 'bundle.js',
      publicPath: 'http://127.0.0.1:2992/js'
   },

   devServer: {
      inline: true,
      port: 8080
   },

   module: {
      loaders: [
         {
            test: /\.jsx?$/,
            exclude: /node_modules/,
            loader: 'babel-loader',

            query: {
               presets: ['es2015', 'react']
            }
         }

      ]
   }

}

module.exports = config;

i don't know where is the issue , i just want learn React.js and this is preventing me to do it , can you please explain to me where is the mistake?
Thanks in advance

A: As it was pointed out most probable you have not installed babel-loader module, so you need to do it via npm install command. Also, I would recommend to choose some react application generator which will setup the development environment for you to start learning React and not spend time fixing Webpack and other issue. The most simple one from my point of view is create-react-app.


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William T. Dix, 32
Army, Specialist
Based: Ft. Lewis, Wash.
14th Engineer Battalion, 555th Engineer Brigade
Died: April 27, 2008
Camp Buehring, Kuwait
Hometown: Culver City
High School: Park View High School (South Hill, VA)
Burial: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
" We'd been waiting to go to California our whole lives. Our only way out was to join the Marines. " — Christopher Dix, brother
At Dix's Ft. Lewis memorial ceremony, commanders and the chaplain publicly acknowledged that his death was a suicide. His brother and sister, however, believe that his death was accidental. Known as Timmy to family and friends, he had joined the Army after scraping by in civilian life after a stint in the Marines.
David L. McDowell, 04/29/2008
Cherie Lynn Morton, 04/20/2008
18 memories of William T. Dix
My brother's death is not a suicide, I will not allow my brothers good name to be smeared by neither the Army nor the News Tribune of Washington. I am contacting General Mathis of his command to confirm no official report has been handed to the Dix Family.
Christopher B. Dix
" — Christopher B. Dix, May 28, 2008 at 3:36 p.m.
Let anyone who has chosen to stand for his Country be recognized as a Hero, and carry the respect of all Military honors. To the Dix family and friends my prayers go out to you. I know that God is Greater than anything we could ever imagine. Remember the only thing that matters is what Gods thinks. He is where you should seek for peace of mind, and comfort.
He who believe in God, shall have Eternal Life.
" — Unknown to Family, September 8, 2008 at 8:55 a.m.
I was the responding officer on scene at the incident. What a saw was shocking. This fine young man had fought a mental battle and lost. It is so sad. What I saw has been burned into my memory, and I think of it often. I am not speculating...I was right there. May he rest in peace and his family be comforted by the Lord.
" — ArmyMP, September 3, 2009 at 10:12 p.m.
He served his country and for that he is a hero!
I find it in extremely poor taste that you would show such blatant disrespect to him and his family by making such a comment, 'Army MP'. You must like hearing yourself talk, but you're cowardly in doing so as you hide behind a vague screen name. Is there an official report to back up your alleged rendition of what transpired? Even if there is, do the family a favor and keep it to yourself... get your 15 minutes of fame by serving your country, not yourself!
To the family of William T. Dix, my condolences, may you find peace in knowing that your son put himself before others first.
May he rest in peace!
" — gounreal, October 10, 2009 at 5:31 p.m.
Suicide or not, this is very sad. A friend of mine was killed by an IDE in Iraq. This solder is no less a hero than he is. They say that only the fallen know the true price of war. I think knowing this price is impossible to live with and soldiers whom have their lives taken in this manner have lived knowing that price. I think it is near impossible for us to understand the extent of what our soldiers live with. May I lead an honorable life worthy of our soldiers sacrifices.
" — Jensen, October 19, 2009 at 12:59 p.m.
William, you are a hero. You always were. May you rest in peace.
" — anonymous, January 27, 2010 at 10:01 a.m.
I was the Operations Officer for Camp Buehring. I arrived shortly after we discovered SPC Dix. It was a sad day for the whole camp. Even to this day, we all ask why. Although I never actually knew him, I often think of this time as a sad day in my life. I pray that his friends and family remember him as a hero who served in our military. Thanks for your service, SPC Dix! Your service will never be forgotten.
" — Maj Shoemaker, April 30, 2010 at 2:21 p.m.
That night was my first night in Kuwait. I was one of the witnesses who heard what sounded like a bullet whizzing through the air at night, though difficult to hear because of the generators. The next day Navy CID contacted those of us who heard that noise. SPC Dix was scheduled to go into Iraq the following day. He had 30 rounds (standard before going to iraq) I want to believe it wasn't suicide, but the circumstances around his death point to suicide. May he rest in peace, and may the family find comfort
" — SGT Joe, June 25, 2010 at 8:43 a.m.
SGT Joe,
Please contact me I would like to talk with you and whoever else was on the scene that day.
Thank you for the wonderful comments and prayers.
brother of William T. Dix
" — Christopher Dix, January 20, 2011 at 10:40 p.m.
I was on scene. I am willing to discuss what I saw that day solely to help you understand what happened.
I truly am sorry for the loss your family suffered.
" — Witness on scene, February 21, 2011 at 11:20 p.m.
I was there that day, it happened in the middle of the morning, Id say around 8ish. I heard a single M16A4 fired and figured it was a negligent discharge. Dix had been unnaccounted for the whole morning and we had a small detail looking for him. At aprox 10am one soldier came to me and said that they found Dix in a port o potty. I didn't see first hand but I did see the bullet hole near the ceiling. He was a fine soldier and we have all been in his shoes many times, truly a tradegic loss.
" — On site, April 27, 2011 at 5:06 a.m.
I was one of Dix battles he was a great person and friend. He is missed by all of us in 2nd PLT C co. 14th.
" — SGT M, April 27, 2011 at 9:15 a.m.
THANK YOU!!!!!!! For your sacrifice, words do little to describe our sincere gratitude. However, There is a hope for a future where such wonderful people will not have to die in the wars of the world. ISAIAH 2:4 And he will certainly render judgment among the nations and set matters straight respecting many nations and set matters straight respecting many peoples. And they will have to beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning shears. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, neither will they learn war anymore....REV 21:3,4-"death will be no more"
" — krystal, March 31, 2012 at 11:14 p.m.
Gounreal, you were not there, ArmyMP was. Did it ever occur to you that he may have seen things that may still bother him?
You are the coward who never served in uniform and hides behind a screen name as well.
Rest in peace SPC Dix.
" — gounrealiswrong, April 11, 2012 at 2:22 a.m.
Four years ago I read a eulogy for Dix in Kirkuk. Regardless of the circumstances surrounding his death, I consider him a casualty of the war and I wear his name on my wrist. I worried then that no one would remember Dix and that his sacrifices as a Soldier may not be honored in the way he deserved. I'm glad to see people coming here to remember him every year around this time. I will never forget him.
" — Alex Dorko, April 26, 2012 at 5:41 a.m.
I proudly served with SPC Dix and I was there when he reuped for another six years at FOB WARHORSE. SPC Dix was a great soldier and a great friend. He is sorely missed everyday. RIP Dix, till we meet again.
" — SGT C, June 6, 2013 at 8:07 a.m.
I am still looking for anyone to discuss the death of William T. Dix, my brother. Please contact me at Christopherdix@hotmail.com, or (703) 309-6126. I have so many questions with no answers. Please.
" — Christopher Dix, August 21, 2013 at 9:02 p.m.
I served with cpl Dix in the corps we traveled the world together austrailia and thailand were my best memories of Dix, we had a blast, i got many pictures and good memories of him, i was sad to hear he was gone, he tought me the ropes in phuket he'd already been there and had been talking about it for atleast 6 months before we got there guy never stopped talking about it lol he exstended just so he could go back. Those were good days, best days of my life and ive done alot.you are missed marine, semper fi.
" — sgt Hunt USMC, March 25, 2017 at 1:21 a.m.
Share a memory of William


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Q: React Native: 'top' property behaving as expected, but 'bottom' isn't I have the following code in my React Native app:
<View
  style={{
    width: 50,
    height: 50,
    borderWidth: 1,
  }}
>
  <View style={{
    width: 5,
    height: 5,
    backgroundColor: 'red',
    top: 10,
    left: 10
  }}></View>
</View>

As expected, this results in:

However, if I swap top for bottom, I get this:

If I change the child element to position: absolute, it works as expected:

What I Want To Know:
1) Why does the red dot go above the black square in the second image?
2) Since the red dot is the only child of the black square, why does adding position: absolute change anything?
3) Why does top behave as expected in all three images, but bottom behaves as expected only in the third?

A: In React-Native, every layout element is relatively positioned by default, so 10px relatively from the bottom of initial position lays out of the container, it is proper behavior.
Set the child's position to absolute, if You want to position the dot against the bounds of the container.
    <View
      style={{
        width: 50,
        height: 50,
        borderWidth: 1,
        position: 'relative' // by default anyway
      }}
    >
      <View
        style={{
          width: 5,
          height: 5,
          backgroundColor: "red",
          bottom: 10,
          left: 10,
          position: 'absolute'
        }}
      />
    </View>

A: 1) Because without specifying position: absolute all position commands are relative to where the element is initially.
2)  It changes how the positions commands (top, left, right, bottom ) are interpreted relative to the parent element
3) Because top refers to the same place regardless of what position is set to, but buttom could refer to a different place depending on if you have position set to relative or absolute


The University of Washington School of Law is proud to announce the 2018–19 Gregoire Fellows: Dayton Campbell-Harris, Jason Grube, Dailey Koga, Quynh La, Ted Lee, Paula Luu, Selena Ng, Mary Anastasia Ruffin and Mackenzie Stewart.
Since 2015, the Gregoire Fellows program has attracted diverse and talented students to UW Law and connected them with leading Puget Sound area businesses, governmental organizations and law firms committed to increasing diversity in the legal profession.
The fellows program is a unique partnership between UW Law and the legal community in Washington that works to ensure the legal profession reflects the incredible diversity in our society, said Mario L. Barnes, Toni Rembe Dean of the UW School of Law.
As part of the fellows program, students receive paid summer internships, which split their summer work assignments between a placement within a participating law firm, and a corporate legal department or governmental entity after the first year of law school. Students also receive scholarship aid and financial assistance for bar exam preparation. Additionally, the fellows participate in a mentorship program with former Washington Governor Christine Gregoire.
The program is made possible thanks to generous support from our sponsors, Amazon, Davis Wright Tremaine, Foster Pepper, K&L Gates, King County Prosecutor's Office, Lane Powell, Littler Mendelson, Microsoft, Miller Nash Graham & Dunn, Nintendo, Orrick, Perkins Coie, Seattle Genetics, Starbucks, Stoel Rives, Vulcan, Washington State Attorney General's Office, and Weyerhaeuser.
Motivated by his undergraduate studies, Campbell-Harris began working with the Low Income Housing Institute as an Advocacy and Program Coordinator shortly after graduation. There he acted as a representative for the organization speaking out at various public forums, advocating for some of Seattle's most vulnerable citizens. Behind the scenes, he assisted organizing volunteers for programs servicing LIHI's many properties across the Puget Sound region.
Grube joins the University of Washington School of Law community after working for a national medical diagnostics laboratory, specializing in providing advanced diagnostics to federally qualified health centers and local health care providers. Before transitioning to the civilian sector, Grube served as an Infantry officer in the U.S. Army. He has served on numerous boards and commissions throughout the South Sound tasked with combating homelessness and assisting indigent veterans.
Koga interned for U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), where she researched economic and healthcare issues. She completed her senior thesis on the intersection of gender inequality and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa, emphasizing the role women play in helping developing countries reduce extreme poverty. Koga spent the last three years working at a private equity firm in Oregon.
With a concentration in comparative politics, La conducted research on similarities between Turkey and Thailand's military coups and their effects on democracy. Before returning to the west coast, she worked in Gibney, Anthony & Flaherty, LLP's IP department as a Brand Protection Specialist, protecting clients' IP rights through online anti-counterfeiting programs.
Lee served in the U.S. Marine Corps with a recognition from the Secretary of the Navy for his meritorious service. Lee's time with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California cultivated his passion in advocating for equitable public policies, and he hopes to serve as a legal counsel for government agencies in the future.
Luu worked for the Washington State Bar Association as a regulatory analyst where she audited lawyers and educational providers to ensure their compliance with mandatory continuing legal education requirements. She discovered her desire to attend law school as an undergraduate while working for Student Legal Services, an on-campus law office that exclusively serves UW students. She is originally from Renton and hopes to stay and practice in the greater Seattle area.
Ng worked at Cox, Castle & Nicholson, LLP in Los Angeles as a civil litigation clerk where she specialized in employing e-discovery software to facilitate pre-trial procedures. She assisted partners in navigating each stage of the litigation process, from reviewing discovery documents to assembling materials for alternative dispute resolution. Throughout college, she interned at entertainment companies, including NBC Universal and Sony Music, working in music licensing and marketing.
At the University of Washington, Ruffin served as a Senator for ASUW and aided in diversity efforts on campus. Ruffin continued her work in advocacy at King County Sexual Assault Resource Center and has successfully advocated for government funding on behalf of formally homeless residents in Seattle. Recently, she partnered with other leaders in her community to form a coalition aimed at empowering marginalized groups.
Stewart joins the University of Washington Law community after her work in the Holly Park neighborhood of Seattle to support Immigrant and Refugee Youth. In her role, she served as community connector, connecting resources to the people who need them most. Her work built bonds between students, volunteers, and community partners to increase community ownership and sustainability.
"I am inspired by the Gregoire Fellows program's commitment to adding a diversity of voices in our legal community and I hope to use my legal practice to advocate and empower others to do the same," Stewart said.


Nag-share si Lauren Young via social media ng kanyang struggle sa timbang. Sa kanyang Instagram account, pinost ng aktres ang kanyang pag-workout at ang matagal na niyang tinagong health problem.
Ayon sa doktor ni Lauren, at risk siya for diabetes. Kaya isang total lifestyle change ang ginawa ni Lauren. Tinanggap na rin siya sa kanyang sarili na may problema talaga siya physically.
"Those who know me know that I've been struggling with weight problems for the past few years.
"What really triggered me to lose weight was when my doctor told me that I was already at risk for diabetes and I got a bulging disc because my body just couldn't handle my weight anymore.
"I've been doing keto, home workouts and yoga which have all helped me get to where I am today, but the most important change I've made in my life is learning about self-love and acceptance.
"Accepting that sometimes I will still struggle, accepting my insecurities and turning them into assets instead of flaws, accepting that cellulite isn't the worst thing in the world, accepting my body shape (#balakangbabe), accepting the help of those around me who only have my best interest at heart.
"But most importantly accepting that we all come in different shapes and sizes and at the end of the day you have to do workouts that work best for YOU and make YOU feel good.
"I've realized as I've gotten a year older that above everything else I have to take care of my health and the looks will follow.
"Be proud of your accomplishments, even the little ones.
Huling napanood si Lauren sa teleserye na Legally Blind.