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Carla, a Former Roman Catholic (part 1 of 3)
Description: How a mother of five children discovered Islam at the age of 67. Part 1: Her early life.
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When someone asked me recently how I came into the fold of Islam, I was taken aback and a bit surprised. For I have never thought of my coming into Islam as having one critical turning point. When did I first question Catholicism? When did I first want to become a Muslim? The answers to these questions and many others require more thought than I could have ever imagined. To really answer these questions I have to start at the very beginning so that you understand the point to where I got in my life that led me to finally accept the truth of Islam. I became a Muslim at the age of 67, and I thank God that He has blessed me to become a believer in Islam.
"So whoever Allah wants to guide - He opens his chest to accept Islam; and whoever He wants to misguide - He makes his chest tight and constricted as though he were climbing into the sky. Thus does Allah inflict the penalty upon those who do not believe." (Quran 6: 125)
I was raised in a strict Roman Catholic home, the middle daughter of three children. My father worked hard and long every day. He would leave early in the morning each day and would return late at night. All of this so that my mother could stay home and take care of my sisters and me. One very sad and unfortunate day my mother told us that my father had been in a car accident. He passed away suddenly and our whole world turned upside down. With all the changes that were taking place, my mother told us that she would now have to go back to work. My mother, who had once been a nurse, was now forced to work to support us. She found a job in the local hospital, many times working two shifts. But with this newfound responsibility, my mother was no longer able to oversee our upbringing. And although she sent us to Catholic school, her job kept her from keeping a watchful eye on her daughters.
So, with much time to pass and spend, I found myself spending time with my friends at the local cafes. It was there that I met a very nice Muslim man who later became my husband. My mother did not know that I was spending time with this man. In fact, when I told her that I was in love and wanted to get married, she warned that we were from different backgrounds and that we would eventually have problems. She stated that if there were ever children in our future, problems over religion would undoubtedly develop. At twenty years old, I could not imagine that we would have any problems in our marriage. I was so in love and felt so happy that someone would be taking care of me. My husband was not a very religious man at that time, and deep down I felt that I would be able to get him to convert to Catholicism. As for us not having the same ethnic background, I considered myself more open-minded and was excited to be embracing a new culture.
Everything seemed to be going along so perfectly for the next several years. We were happy and not once did culture or religion ever cause us any problems. God blessed us with a beautiful son and then several years later with a beautiful daughter. Still, we went along with our lives and I even began taking my children to church with me. My husband never prevented me from attending weekly Sunday mass. However, after a few times of my taking our children to church, that is when he spoke to me about his not wanting the children to attend church. Frankly, I was angry and upset. "But why not," I objected. "Any religion is better than none," I argued. I really could not understand the harm in taking them to church. Up until this point, we had never even discussed religion. In fact, I had never even questioned that there could even be a different religion than Catholicism. I was born a Catholic and thought that Catholicism was the right religion. For explanations that I can't even put a finger on, it seemed like from this day on, so many problems were now evident. We argued all the time— about everything and everyone. Now, little things became a big deal. Religion became an arguing point between us. The differences in our cultures became something to argue about. We argued about in-laws and most unfortunately, we argued on the upbringing of our children. Everything that my mother warned us about was now coming true.
The only peace and harmony that was now between us was the wisdom, sincerity, concern and love my husband's father, my father-in-law, had for our marriage. My father-in-law loved his son and grandchildren, yet also genuinely loved me as a daughter. He was a very religious and devout Muslim and was a very wise man. At that time, because I was not surrounded with Islam, my father-in law was the first introduction into Islam I had. He prayed every prayer, fasted during the month of Ramadan, and was very generous to the poor. I could feel his connection to God. In fact, my father-in-law was so kind to the needy that every day after coming home from the dhur prayer at the mosque, he would invite any needy person home to eat lunch with. This was every single day. Up until his death at the age of 95, relatives remembered that he had continued with this habit.
My father-in-law did not like the arguing between my husband and me and counseled us to find a solution before the children suffered as a result of our fighting. He tried desperately to help us find a solution. He warned his son to allow me room to practice my religion, but it was no longer about religion anymore. I felt frustrated and desired to take a break. When I asked my husband for a separation, he agreed that perhaps it was the best thing for our marriage. You know the saying, "Absence makes the heart grow fonder." Well, not in our case. In fact, the absence made our hearts grow further apart. After the separation, we both wanted a permanent separation and agreed on a divorce. Although I desperately wanted my children to live with me, we both felt that it would be better for the children to be raised by their father. He was in a much better position, financially, to raise them and give them many comforts; something I was not prepared to give. How I longed for them every night. I moved back with my mother and continued seeing my children every weekend. My ex-husband would drop off our children on Friday afternoons and pick them up early Sunday mornings. Although this arrangement hurt, it was better than nothing.
Next: Carla, a Former Roman Catholic (part 2 of 3)
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First off, there are no floods in Phuket, or anywhere within about 800km of here. The Thai floods in the last couple of months have affected some areas in the north of Thailand, central Thailand, and as the waters moved downstream, areas in and around Bangkok has been affected. Could last a while yet. It's not like all of Bangkok is flooded, you can stay in Bangkok, the airport (Suvarnabhumi) is open and operating normally. Not very nice for people who are affected of course. The floods will pass, and in Ayutthaya the clean up is underway and factories are getting re-opened. Richard Barrows website has updates on the flood situation.
What about Phuket? Well, we had been having some perfect weather at the end of October. Not much rain except for evening or nighttime thunderstorms, which is normal for the time of year, as the low season winds stop blowing. Heat builds up during the day and you need a nice thunderstorm to cool off. This weather has continued during the last week. Please note when you see the *thunderstorm* symbol on a weather forecast, it does not mean you'll have a wet day. This is tropical weather, and a quick rainstorm is normal. Rain might last 20 minutes, or 30, maybe even an hour.
The photo below was taken a few days ago by Dawn who runs the restaurant at Bon Island. I think this sums up the weather at this time of year - calm clear sea, sunshine and an approaching mass of dark cloud. Then a brief heavy downpour and probably the sun will burn through again.
It's been hot for the last few days, which is not really a surprise in Phuket. Don't be fooled by a few clouds and some thunderstorms. You can still get sunburn (even in a thunderstorm!). Weather is good. The sea has been very calm, great for diving or anything on the water. And officially it's high season now - November. I have been very very busy in the dive shop in the last week. Not much time (or energy) for blogging, though I do try to update the "micro blogs" - please do join the Phuket Page on Facebook, or Follow me on Twitter for regular/daily updates of Phuket news and weather.
We have noticed bookings dropping off in the last week as news, accurate or not, from Bangkok heads out into the international media. I saw a photo on Twitter last week (sorry, can't find the photo now) showing a news crew shooting in a puddle on an otherwise dry road. Be careful what you believe (unless I'm saying it, then its guaranteed cast iron truth)! Check this report on csmonitor.com. Quote "Thailand's devastating flood has made for countless memorable images. But some journalists appear to be staging their own scenes without disclosing that to viewers, undermining the purpose of journalism."
With that in mind... this morning I stopped to take a few quick photos at Kata Beach. Not so many people around at 9am. Sky was blue, clouds just a few, small waves tinkling on the sand. Perfect!
Looking away from the sea, a row of beach chairs, trees and what's that? Dark skies? Clouds? Chance of rain? See, I could have just shown the first photo and everyone would believe it was a perfect day. Well, the day was good, but Phuket does have clouds and rain. If we did not, Phuket would be a desert rather than a very green tropical land.
Happy Loy Kratong! If you are in Phuket well there are big celebrations at Patong, Karon, Chalong Bay and more. We will try to close up the dive shop a little early tomorrow so we can all enjoy the evening with our families. And it better not rain!


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Scholarship to Create Pipeline of DEI-Focused Health Care Leaders
Clif and Deborah Porter recently established the first-ever scholarship to support students enrolled in the new B.S. program in health services at the VCU College of Health Professions. Clif is a graduate of the college who is now senior vice president of government relations for the American Health Care Association. Photo: Tyler Trumbo
In 1989, recent VCU graduate Clifton Porter II was having a hard time finding a job in the long-term health care field.
He had already passed the required licensure exams while still in the health care management bachelor's program in what is now the College of Health Professions, but still he watched classmates who didn't yet have licenses get interviews and employment.
It was support from a professor named Anthony DeLellis, Ed.D., that helped Porter ultimately get his first opportunity in the field.
"Tony was an ardent advocate for me getting into the program and getting me started in my professional life," Porter said. "He kept my resume in his pocket and handed it out to people in Washington, D.C. — yes, he was that aggressive — because he thought it wasn't fair I was overlooked."
Dr. DeLellis's support for Porter and other minority and underserved students helped ensure many graduates would have opportunities to put into practice the incredible education they had just received. Porter, as just one example, now serves as senior vice president of government relations for the American Health Care Association.
The B.S. in health care management curriculum was discontinued in the 1990s, but the College of Health Professions has decided to offer a similar bachelor's degree program — a B.S. in health services — which welcomed its first cohort this fall.
Porter and his wife Deborah, a graduate of VCU's L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs, have wasted no time showing their support. This year, they established the program's first-ever scholarship.
The Porter Legacy Scholarship will be awarded with a preference given to students who demonstrate a commitment to the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion, and whose volunteer work and extracurricular activities are focused on the advancement of the African American Community.
"It is incredibly important to educate leaders in the long-term care field who can identify with patients they're serving, with those patients' stories, and with facility staff," Porter said.
And nurturing those leaders begins with early support in college.
"There is a lot of talk about DEI in corporate America today, but at the end of the day, if you don't have qualified people coming out of colleges and universities around the country to fill positions, none of that matters," Porter said. "We've got to make sure that we pay attention to these 18-year-olds who are trying to figure out what they want to do with their lives. We have got to pitch them and grab their hand to walk them along, just like Tony DeLellis grabbed my hand."
That kind of support, he said, can be transformational. "When you're that young, you don't know what you're capable of yet. You need someone who is going to make an investment in you to say, 'I believe in you.'"
If you are interested in supporting the new B.S. in health services or another program at the College of Health Professions, contact T. Greg Prince, Ed.D., CFRE, senior director of development, at 804-828-7247 or tgprince@vcu.edu.
Invest in Leadership
Scholarships ensure the next generation of health care leaders can learn and achieve their goals.
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Donors are honoring longtime psychiatry chair Joel Silverman, M.D., by establishing a faculty research award.
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Growing up in Southwest Virginia, Donna L. Clevinger, Ph.D., thought the world of her dad, Lawrence Earle Clevinger. He was a pharmacist and, in her eyes, the pillar of the community.
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E-health startup Yapili wins Seedstars Gaborone
By Gabriella Mulligan on November 7, 2017 Events, Southern Africa
Health advice service Yapili has been crowned winner of the Botswanan leg of the Seedstars World pitching competition, and will represent Botswana at the global finals to be held in Switzerland next April.
Global early-stage startups contest Seedstars World has been hosting local events around Africa over recent months, and has already picked winners in Mozambique, Tunisia, Tanzania, South Africa, Uganda, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Senegal, Cameroon, Rwanda, Angola, Morocco and Zimbabwe.
The winner of each local round progresses to the global finals held at the Seedstars Summit in Switzerland in April; where they will go head-to-head against winners from around the world in a bid to win a share of US$1 million in equity funding.
The latest African edition has taken place in Botswana, with nine startups pitching before a jury panel.
Mobile and web-based e-health platform Yapili – which remotely connects users with doctors – was named winner of the Gaborone-based event; with student information service StudentPark coming in second place, and financial services tool Indie Studios Africa in third spot.
The Botswanan winner will join a week-long training programme in Switzerland in April, where the startup will meet the other 75 winners, as well as investors and mentors from around the world. The programme culminates in the global finals of the competition, which will be held at the Seedstars Summit; where shortlisted startups will pitch in front of an audience of 1,000 attendees for the chance to win up to US$1 million in funding as well as other prizes.
Yapili also recently featured in the High Tech Health: Exploring the African E-health Startup Ecosystem report released by Disrupt Africa; which found 115 e-health startups are currently operating across 20 countries in Africa.
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Inspired and excited by the African tech entrepreneurial scene, Gabriella spends her time travelling around the continent to report on the most innovative tech startups, the most active investors, and the latest trends emerging in the ecosystem.


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Q: Is loop unrolling one of the examples of "targeted" compilation and faster instruction set? I'm taking the Computer Architecture course in my undergraduate study.
I see that in loop unrolling, one of the constraints is the number of available registers.
Since the number of registers depends on the architecture, is a generic pre-compiled binary targeted for the worst case (least number of available registers)?
I know that a software compiled from source is faster than downloading a pre compiled binary, and the reason is often explained as the generated assembly being more "targeted". Is the loop unrolling one of the examples of this "targeted" compilation? As in, a software compiled for a processor with more registers than the generic case will utilize ALL those registers for its loops?

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Since the number of registers depends on the architecture, is a generic pre-compiled binary targeted for the worst case (least number of available registers)?

There really isn't such thing as a generic pre-compiled binary.  Binaries that are compiled necessarily target both a specific Instruction Set Architecture and a specific Application Binary Interface.  That same binary won't run on a different ISA or different ABI, it will have to be recompiled for that.
It is the ISA that defines the available hardware register set; the ABI defines how the software is allowed to use the registers, especially when it comes to function calls.
When compiling, the ISA and ABI are selected by choosing the appropriate compiler or sometimes by compiler options.
For example, x86 is an intel 32-bit Instruction Set Architecture that specifies ~8 32-bit registers (not counting any floating point or xmm registers).
x64, on the other had has ~16 64-bit registers.  And there are other processors, too.
A binary compiled for x86 will usually run in 32-bit compatibility mode as a feature of an x64 processor, however, an x64 compiled-binary won't run on an x86.  (When a x64 processor runs an x86 binary that binary runs with the resources of the 32-bit instruction set architecture, which is to say it is limited to the ~8 32-bit registers and has a 4GB address space limit as well; it does not have access to the 16 64-bit registers or larger address space.)
Further, a binary compiled for windows will not run on linux and vise versa due to ABI differences, even for the same ISA.

Is the loop unrolling one of the examples of this "targeted" compilation?

All "pre" compilation is targeted to an exact ISA and ABI pair.

As in, a software compiled for a processor with more registers than the generic case will utilize ALL those registers for its loops?

Yes, to a degree.  But I'd say there is no generic case, there are specific cases.

There is an area of compilation that is more dynamic, and this is Just In Time Compiling or JITing for short.  Java and C# both use an intermediate binary form called byte code (different for each, of course), and then do final compilation on the target machine at runtime.  Since the runtime knows more about the actual processor it is running on, it can do a better job of managing compilation not just for the specific ISA and ABI but also for the specific processor.  This include the registers, and affects the use of optional processor features, like XMM registers.  For example, in C# you can write code that uses the SIMD processor extensions, and if that hardware is present (i.e. it is currently running on a more expensive or more modern processor) the JIT will generate code to use them, and if that hardware is not present, it won't.
In a "pre" compiled environment, you'd have to create two separate pre-compiled binaries for that.

A: Loop unrolling might increase (or decrease) register usage, which depends on the code inside the loop and the compiler. The topic is discussed controversial at this Wikipedia "Dubious" page about loop unrolling. So loop unrolling can lead to code where the optimization gain works better on one machine, and worse on another, but that depends heavily on the individual case.

A: Considering loop unrolling alone, it is just that: save the iteration code, so I wouldn't consider it "targeted".
It does, however, enable all kind of other optimisations - which might make use of the given architecture. Rearranging operations and/or running them in parallel / vectorise, some of this might benefit from more registers, some don't. Some what surely fall into the "targeted" category.
Consider a tight loop that calls just a heavy function vs. one that does some vector multiplication. It depends.

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Kobzarți (în ) este o comună în raionul Snihurivka, regiunea Mîkolaiiv, Ucraina, formată din satele Kobzarți (reședința) și Novopavlivske.

Demografie

Conform recensământului din 2001, majoritatea populației comunei Kobzarți era vorbitoare de ucraineană (%), existând în minoritate și vorbitori de rusă (%) și română (%).

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Kobzarți, Snihurivka, Mîkolaiiv
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Национальный автомобильный музей (, ранее Автомобильный музей Монтегю, Montagu Motor Museum), расположен на территории средневековой баронской усадьбы Бьюли в английском графстве Хэмпшир, примерно в двух часах езды на автомобиле от Лондона, на юго-востоке национального парка Нью-Форест.

История
Музей был основан в 1952 году Эдвардом Дуглас-Скотт-Монтегю — 3-м бароном Монтегю из Бьюли — в качестве дани своему отцу, который был пионером автомобилизма в Великобритании и первым человеком, въехавшим во двор здания британского парламента на автомобиле.

Изначально музей состоял всего из пяти автомобилей и небольшой коллекции автомобильных моделей, выставленных в переднем зале усадебного дома лордов Монтегю (Palace House). Но по мере роста популярности коллекции, количество экспонатов увеличилось и их пришлось перенести из внутренних помещений в деревянные сараи на приусадебной территории. Известность музея продолжала быстро расти, и к 1959 году количество посетителей достигло 296 909 человек. К 1964 году годовая посещаемость превысила полмиллиона, что привело к принятию решения о строительстве специального выставочного павильона на территории усадьбы Бьюли. Для управления проектом была создана комиссия под председательством художника-эрудита сэра Хью Кассона (Sir Hugh Casson), а архитектор Леонард Манассия (Leonard Manasseh) получил контракт на проектирование нового здания. К 1972 году в коллекции насчитывалось 300 экспонатов. 4 июля 1972 года в торжественной обстановке герцог Кентский открыл новое здание музея, которое расположилось в парковой зоне недалеко от главного здания усадьбы.

Открытие музея совпало с запуском новой модели «Ягуара» (Jaguar XJ12), что создало благоприятный повод для празднования недели автомобильной промышленности в Великобритании. Название музея поменялось на «Национальный автомобильный музей» (National Motor Museum), отражая изменение статуса частной коллекции, которая была преобразована в благотворительный фонд. В настоящее время музей управляется зарегистрированной благотворительной организацией National Motor Museum Trust Ltd.

Необычной особенностью нового здания в 1972 году стала монорельсовая железная дорога, которая функционировала внутри музея.

Современный автомобильный парк-музей Болье
В дополнение к коллекции из 250 автомобилей, произведенных с конца XIX века, в музее находятся книги, журналы, фотографии, фильмы автомобильной тематики со всего мира. В 2012 году была открыта выставка автомобилей Джеймса Бонда. Также в музее есть площадка On Screen Cars автомобилей, мелькавших в знаменитых фильмах и телепередачах. Ещё одна часть выставки World of Top Gear посвещяна моделям, созданным ведущими популярной телепередачи «Top Gear» Джереми Кларксоном, Ричардом Хаммондом и Джеймсом Мэем. В музее можно найти одну из самых полных коллекций «Духа Экстаза» (известную также как «Летящая леди» и «Элли в ночнушке») — символического изображения богини Ники, которое размщают на радиаторных решетках автомобилей Rolls-Royce. Также в числе достопримечательностей: монорельсовая дорога, поездка на раритетном автобусе, детская площадка, ресторан, значительная часть усадьбы и частично разрушенное аббатство Бьюли.

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Shot this in my garden today. The cat was found crawling on a wall. I released it onto a nearby plant and hoped it could return to its food plant.
I'm not very good with ID-ing caterpillars, so just wondering if any of the experts could help out.
I have managed to find the food plant this morning.
It is the "Desert-Rose" (Adenium Obesum). The cat has a voracious appetite as it "walloped" all the leaves and shoots of the plant. The Adenium Obesum is now in a baldy state.
Spent this afternoon Googling and realised that this is a cat of the Oleander Hawkmoth (Deilephila nerii or Daphnis nerii).
Grateful if Mod could shift this thread to "Moth Photography" ?
Thats a very nice looking cat, glad that you have got the ID!
Glad to learn something new today.
Yup, its Daphnis nerii. Deilephila is the elephant hawkmoth (deilephila elpenor).
I had thought that the cat was Daphnis nerii, but the absence of the blue eye-spots just behind the head made me wonder.
As this is a moth, perhaps this thread could be transferred to that forum, and then Roger may be able to advise the frequency of these 'blind' cats as compared the the blue-spotted ones.
Sorry about the missing blue eye-spots. Actually it got hidden in between the folds just behind the head.
Here is another shot of the same cat, but this time with the blue eye-spots.
Thread moved to Moth Photography sub-forum.
These cats eat Oleander, Vinca (Periwinkle) and a number of other "toxic" plants. I believe Adenium is also a "toxic" plant too.
Thanks Commander for doing the needful.
Oh yes, the sap of the Adenium obesum is toxic. Got to handle them with caution especially when you are doing pruning.
Indeed the Elephant Hawkmoth is placed in Deilephila, as was nerii until quite recently.
One must remember that as yet higher taxonomy, i.e. understanding lineage, has been a rather haphazard process, and in reality still is, even with the advent of molecular techniques. Most analyses undertaken do not involve the complete range of species within a particular group, whether it be the genus, subtribe, tribe or even higher ranks, simply due to the numbers of species involved and their distributions being such that it becomes almost impossible to obtain sufficient material to undertake a complete analysis. The end result is that stability in Lepidopteran taxonomy has yet to be achieved, even for relatively well known groups like the Sphingidae.
cheers, Roger. Thx Roger. Even groups like macrolepidoptera and microlepidoptera are poorly defined.
Thx Roger. Even groups like macrolepidoptera and microlepidoptera are poorly defined.
Technically, these two terms have no taxonomic standing whatsoever. It is a convenient grouping that separates the more primitive families from the more recently evolved families, the dividing line generally falling at the Pyraloidea (considered microleps, though given "honorary" macrolep status as in many cases they are larger than a good number of "macros", such as the smaller lithosiines, eublemmines, most eustrotiines, Micronoctuidae and most eupitheciines). The Hepialoidea, Zygaenoidea and Cossoidea are also primitive taxa that would fall under the microlep group, though most moth-ers regard them as honorary macros as well. There are so many exceptions, that in reality I think it is confusing to keep using the macro / micro split.
cheers, Roger.Come to think of it, it seems that they are not split according to size as the terms suggest bt rather whether they are monorysian or ditrysian.
Come to think of it, it seems that they are not split according to size as the terms suggest bt rather whether they are monorysian or ditrysian.
This isn't the split used either - as I said the terms macrolepidoptera and microlepidoptera don't hold any water. They are terms of convenience.
Monotrysia and Ditrysia are formal taxonomic names that also don't hold water, as Monotrysia is a polyphyletic group (see Scoble, 1992: pp190-191), and consequently has fallen into a state of relative disuse.
The "Monotrysia" comprise the superfamilies up to Tischerioidea.
Scoble, M.J., 1992. The Lepidoptera: Form, Function & Diversity. Oxford University Press. xi + 404 pp.
Please take great care before relying too much on Wikipedia. Anyone can post entries, and they are not checked or verified or updated. There are many out of date, or incorrect entries there.
Please take great care before relying too much on Wikipedia. Anyone can post entries, and they are not checked or verified or updated. There are many out of date, or incorrect entries there.Thx Les, i'll use it less often.


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Anna Kaaleste (née Mukhina; 17 January 1930 – 16 July 2014) was a Soviet cross-country skier. She competed in the women's 10 kilometres at the 1956 Winter Olympics. Kaaleste was married to  Estonian sprint canoeist Mikhail Kaaleste.

Cross-country skiing results

Olympic Games

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1930 births
2014 deaths
Soviet female cross-country skiers
Olympic cross-country skiers of the Soviet Union
Cross-country skiers at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Sportspeople from Saint Petersburg


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LogInsight 4.0 was released back in November 2016. The product has matured over the time and now is more robust than ever. We have covered the installation/configuration of LogInsight in the past quite a few times, and we liked the "slick" UI and the content pack integrations. The v4.0 introduces New Clarity Theme so we're finally quite curious to see how does it looks like in the lab. So today we will blog about How to Deploy VMware LogInsight 4 and what's new.
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Google's Nexus Player arrives in the UK
The £80 Android TV box offers apps, games and video streaming in 1080p
By Ian Morris 2015-03-26T08:35:00.840Z
Google has finally seen fit to allow us to purchase its Asus-made Nexus Player. The device goes on sale today for £80 with an optional game controller for £35.
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The smoke hole that I discovered a few days ago was finally occupied. Sitting on a bench was a man hunkered over a cigarette staring at the ground. I approached him with a tract to which he quickly refused. Since he would not take the tract, I explained to him what it was and then asked if he attended church. He shook his head no and continued to keep his head down. He looked a bit grieved so I asked, "Are you okay?" He told me that he was about to go to work. I then asked what he did and he informed me that he works with the mentally ill. To see if he had a sense of humor I asked, "I have been referred to as mentally ill. What type of advice do you have?" Still looking down at the ground he said, "I don't care to share with strangers about what I do." At this point I recognized that he was not willing to converse. Hoping for the slightest bit of daylight in this dark conversation, I tried asking one more question, "Do you discuss matters of life and death?" He then finally made eye contact to reply, "Nope." It was a lonely walk back to my apartment. Sometimes when I am witnessing to someone, I think about their family. I have heard countless encounters reply that I remind them of someone in their family that is religious. To me that usually indicates that someone is praying for them. There have been other times where I wonder if I am the only one who has ever prayed for them. Today was one of those encounters when I wonder if he has a family member who is praying for his salvation. If so, I hope the Lord gives them boldness to share the good news, because today, this man was not listening to a stranger.


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Q: getting cannot focus element in chrome and edge using java/selenium I am getting a cannot focus element error when running my test in chrome and edge in FF it works fine.   I have tried posted resolutions but to no avail.   I am not sure what to do about this.  Hoping someone out there can help.   Thanks in advance.
driver.findElement(By.linkText("Add")).click();
List <WebElement> groups = new Select(driver.findElement(By.xpath("/html/body/div[1]/section/div/article/form/fieldset/div[3]/div[2]/div/div/div[1]/select"))).getOptions();
groups.get(3).click();
JavascriptExecutor js = (JavascriptExecutor)driver;
WebElement groupRole = driver.findElement(By.xpath("/html/body/div[1]/section/div/article/form/fieldset/div[3]/div[2]/div/div/div[2]/label[2]"));
js.executeScript("arguments[0].click();", groupRole);
driver.findElement(By.xpath("/html/body/div[1]/section/div/article/form/fieldset/div[3]/div[2]/div/div/div[2]/label[2]")).sendKeys(" ");
// Check to see if the user should be made active and set active checkbox to on if value in file is "active"
if (activeFlag.equals("active"))
{
    driver.findElement(By.xpath("/html/body/div[1]/section/div/article/form/fieldset/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div/div/input")).sendKeys(" ");
}
// If the user role is to be admin then set the Site role to Administrator
if (userLevel.equals("admin"))
{
    List <WebElement> roles = new Select(driver.findElement(By.name("community_role"))).getOptions();
    roles.get(1).click();
}

Here is the stack trace:
 Exception in thread "main" org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: unknown error: cannot focus element
      (Session info: chrome=47.0.2526.106)
      (Driver info: chromedriver=2.20.353145 (343b531d31eeb933ec778dbcf7081628a1396067),platform=Windows NT 10.0 x86_64) (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information)
    Command duration or timeout: 81 milliseconds
    Build info: version: '2.48.2', revision: '41bccdd', time: '2015-10-09 19:59:12'
    System info: host: 'Janet-PC', ip: '192.168.56.1', os.name: 'Windows 8.1', os.arch: 'x86', os.version: '6.3', java.version: '1.7.0_80-ea'
    Session ID: 0a9dbd54a81a42a4178b25b95bb14f63
    Driver info: org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver
    Capabilities [{platform=WIN8_1, acceptSslCerts=true, javascriptEnabled=true, browserName=chrome, chrome={userDataDir=C:\Users\Janet\AppData\Local\Temp\scoped_dir7508_15608}, rotatable=false, locationContextEnabled=true, mobileEmulationEnabled=false, version=47.0.2526.106, takesHeapSnapshot=true, cssSelectorsEnabled=true, databaseEnabled=false, handlesAlerts=true, browserConnectionEnabled=false, webStorageEnabled=true, nativeEvents=true, hasTouchScreen=false, applicationCacheEnabled=false, takesScreenshot=true}]
        at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)
        at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.createThrowable(ErrorHandler.java:206)
        at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.throwIfResponseFailed(ErrorHandler.java:158)
        at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:647)
        at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebElement.execute(RemoteWebElement.java:326)
        at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebElement.sendKeys(RemoteWebElement.java:121)
        at Viddler_create_user.createUser.test(createUser.java:244)
        at Viddler_create_user.createUser.setUpBeforeClass(createUser.java:126)
        at Viddler_create_user.createUser.main(createUser.java:64)

Here is another stack trace.   I am actually getting the error when trying to click the submit button not the active flag.  I had already done the actions steps which I will also provide.
Exception in thread "main" org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: unknown error: cannot focus element
  (Session info: chrome=47.0.2526.106)
  (Driver info: chromedriver=2.20.353145 (343b531d31eeb933ec778dbcf7081628a1396067),platform=Windows NT 10.0 x86_64) (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information)
Command duration or timeout: 52 milliseconds
Build info: version: '2.48.2', revision: '41bccdd', time: '2015-10-09 19:59:12'
System info: host: 'Janet-PC', ip: '192.168.56.1', os.name: 'Windows 8.1', os.arch: 'x86', os.version: '6.3', java.version: '1.7.0_80-ea'
Session ID: f332b496aa54d581c764f7328e770e65
Driver info: org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver
Capabilities [{platform=WIN8_1, acceptSslCerts=true, javascriptEnabled=true, browserName=chrome, chrome={userDataDir=C:\Users\Janet\AppData\Local\Temp\scoped_dir2072_18936}, rotatable=false, locationContextEnabled=true, mobileEmulationEnabled=false, version=47.0.2526.106, takesHeapSnapshot=true, cssSelectorsEnabled=true, databaseEnabled=false, handlesAlerts=true, browserConnectionEnabled=false, webStorageEnabled=true, nativeEvents=true, hasTouchScreen=false, applicationCacheEnabled=false, takesScreenshot=true}]
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.createThrowable(ErrorHandler.java:206)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.throwIfResponseFailed(ErrorHandler.java:158)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:647)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebElement.execute(RemoteWebElement.java:326)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebElement.sendKeys(RemoteWebElement.java:121)
    at Viddler_create_user.createUser.test(createUser.java:244)
    at Viddler_create_user.createUser.setUpBeforeClass(createUser.java:126)
    at Viddler_create_user.createUser.main(createUser.java:64)

Code:
        Actions actions = new Actions(driver);
        actions.moveToElement(driver.findElement(By.xpath("/html/body/div[1]/section/div/article/form/input[2]")));
        actions.click();
//      actions.sendKeys(" ");
        actions.build().perform();

A: sendkeys method is the problem as per the stack trace.
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebElement.sendKeys(RemoteWebElement.java:121)

Please try Actions class to first focus on the element then send required keys.
Actions actions = new Actions(driver);
actions.moveToElement(element);
actions.click();
actions.sendKeys("SOME DATA");
actions.build().perform();

A: For future reference, if others run into this issue, make sure you're only finding one element! Chrome tools can be deceiving sometimes when it comes to this.
I re-checked my selector in firePath (firefox add-on) and it turned out that I had two matching nodes, even though chrome tools showed me one element.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/firepath/

A: The Actions resolution did work after all.   I apparently had an extra driver.findElementBy line that should have been commented out as it was a duplicate to something I had moved to another location.
Thanks for your help!!

A: I Found very important code while reading   "Action class" code.
"Action class" Works  because of
actions.click()

?!?
.
Try Just putting
element.click()

before
element.sendKeys()

in your existing code.
click() method makes element focused!!~~
THX for every senior

A: The chosen answer worked only partially for me. By adding
WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, 10);
wait.until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(element));
element.clear();

before using the suggested answer, it worked completely!

A: This is an edited version of the correct answer, as I was unable to just copy paste that code. With the code below you can copy paste it (If the element is found as id):
elem = driver.find_element_by_id("WHATEVER THE ELEMENT ID IS HERE")
actions = ActionChains(driver)
actions.move_to_element(elem)
actions.click()
actions.send_keys("PUT YOUR TEXT IN HERE")
actions.perform()

A: May be the Xpath you have set is not up to that element level. E.g. if a text box is traversing through Div\div\textarea then most probably, you are taking only Div\ part. I had the same problem and it got resolved after writing xpath upto textarea node.


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Recovery Café Network Expands, Again!
A reflection by Killian Noe
Communities across America are struggling with the growing and catastrophic impact of the opioid addiction epidemic. Take Dayton, Ohio, for example, a city in a state where in 2016 alone, drug overdoses claimed the lives of over 4,000 Ohioans; and more recently, fentanyl flooded the community causing over 200 accidental ingestions and intoxications in Dayton's children's hospital. Other communities in West Virginia and South Bronx, New York experience addiction's most crippling ripple effects with the highest overdose rates in the country. Nearly two months have passed since the White House recognized the opioid epidemic as a national state of emergency, and tragically, no action has been taken. In these communities' most trying times, there is a need for hope, compassion and a commitment to long-term recovery for those suffering from addiction and other mental health challenges.
At the end of last week, we witnessed the beginning stages of what hope can do for a community with the launch of two new Recovery Café locations. The Recovery Café Network began its second learning cohort, welcoming groups working to open Recovery Cafés in Dayton, Ohio and another Café in Clark County, Washington. In the two-day launch, the cohort members came to Seattle to be trained in the Recovery Café's peer-based support model. The cohort members learned how to conduct loving accountability groups called Recovery Circles, provide evidence informed classes on topics including relapse prevention, create a welcoming and healing environment, and raise necessary resources. This training laid the foundation that we will build on together over the next two years.
One of our advocates, Enid Osborne, Public Health Adviser of SAMHSA once said, "Love is underneath everything that happens at Recovery Cafe."
That transforming, healing love is manifested in the Recovery Cafés operating in San Jose, Calif; Seattle, Spokane, Everett, Tacoma and Vancouver, Washington. Our deep desire is that the same transforming, healing love will be "underneath everything that happens" in every Recovery Café that opens; that all those suffering from addiction and other mental health challenges throughout our nation will come to know they are valued and loved.
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How can you honestly support Dr. King's vision if you're not demanding arrests of .01% US rogue state 'leaders' found guilty of assassinating Martin in the King Family civil trial? Truth, justice, peace are not possible while you stand aside and look
"How long shall they kill our prophets while we stand aside and look?" ~ Bob Marley, Redemption Song
"We have done what we can to reveal the truth, and we now urge you as members of the media, and we call upon elected officials, and other persons of influence to do what they can to share the revelation of this case to the widest possible audience."~ Coretta Scott King, Martin's wife, King Family Press Conference, Dec. 9, 1999.
"We as a family have done our part. We have carried this mantle for as long as we can carry it. We know what happened. It is on public record... Any serious researcher who wants to know what happened can find out." ~ Dexter Scott King, Martin's son and King Center CEO, remarks on the verdict
The King Center documents the family's civil trial that found US government agencies guilty of assassinating Martin 50 years ago in 1968.
The evidence of guilt is overwhelming:
US 111th Military Intelligence Group were at Dr. King's location during the assassination.
20th Special Forces Group had an 8-man sniper team at the assassination location on that day.
Usual Memphis Police special body guards were advised they "weren't needed" on the day of the assassination.
Regular and constant police protection for Dr. King was removed from protecting Dr. King an hour before the assassination.
Military Intelligence set-up photographers on the roof of a fire station with clear view to Dr. King's balcony.
Dr. King's room was changed from a secure 1st-floor room to an exposed balcony room.
Memphis police ordered the scene where multiple witnesses reported as the source of shooting cut down of their bushes that would have hid a sniper.
Along with sanitizing a crime scene, police abandoned investigative procedure to interview witnesses who lived by the scene of the shooting.
The rifle Mr. Ray delivered was not matched to the bullet that killed Dr. King, and was not sighted to accurately shoot.
Video and consideration of evidence
Dr. King's 2-minute message to you (full 1967 speech to end the Vietnam War):
Dr. Martin Luther King's family and personal friend/attorney, William F. Pepper, won a civil trial that found US government agencies guilty of Martin's assassination/wrongful death. The 1999 trial, King Family versus Jowers and Other Unknown Co-Conspirators, is the only trial ever conducted on the assassination of Dr. King. The King Center fully documents the case, with full trial transcript (to more fully explain the following summary of trial evidence, here is the best article I've found).
James Corbett interviewing Bill Pepper from April, 2017 (70 minutes):
RT interviewing Bill Pepper for ten minutes:
Obviously, the trial evidence demands arrests in our world of the present of those .01% liars in government and corporate media who act as ongoing criminal accomplices after the fact to protect those who assassinated Martin. Corporate media and US "leaders" ongoingly "fake news" the US public with absolutely refuted claims in this and literally ~100 other central and game-changing facts of history.
Again, the overwhelming evidence of US government complicity found valid by the jury includes:
Also, the FBI acted to cause Dr. King's death by suicide. The FBI illegally spied on Dr. King, used data in attempt to split leadership, and sent Dr. King a letter promising to expose alleged sexual misconduct. This was part of the FBI's illegal COINTELPRO program.
The King family's attempts for a criminal trial were always denied by state and federal government. Claimed suspect, James Ray, said that his government-appointed attorney told him to sign a guilty plea to prevent the death penalty and threatened arrests of his father and brother as co-conspirators for his only part in the assassination plot: delivering a rifle. Mr. Ray produced a letter from his attorney stating the promise that Mr. Ray would receive a trial. When Mr. Ray discovered that he was solely blamed for Dr. King's assassination and would never receive a trial, Mr. Ray's subsequent recants of his guilty plea and requests for trial were denied.
The US government also denied the King family's requests for independent investigation of the assassination, despite the overwhelming evidence produced at the 1999 civil trial. Dr. King's wife, Coretta, spent more than twice the number of years she was married to Martin working to get a criminal trial for her husband's assassination.
Importantly, the US government has never presented any evidence subject to challenge that substantiates their claim that Mr. Ray assassinated Dr. King.
The King family believes the government's motivation to murder Dr. King was to prevent his imminent camp-in/Occupy at Washington, D.C. until the Vietnam War was ended and those resources directed to end poverty and invest in US hard and soft infrastructure.
As a professional teacher of US history and government, the most accurate description I have is that the US devolved into a rogue state empire (link with abundant documented evidence and video walkthrough).
US corporate media did not cover the civil trial, interview the King family, and textbooks omit this information. This is crucial evidence of a controlled corporate media rejecting coverage of a game-changing story. Journalist and author, James Douglass:
"I can hardly believe the fact that, apart from the courtroom participants, only Memphis TV reporter Wendell Stacy and I attended from beginning to end this historic three-and-one-half week trial. Because of journalistic neglect scarcely anyone else in this land of ours even knows what went on in it. After critical testimony was given in the trial's second week before an almost empty gallery, Barbara Reis, U.S. correspondent for the Lisbon daily Publico who was there several days, turned to me and said, 'Everything in the U.S. is the trial of the century. O.J. Simpson's trial was the trial of the century. Clinton's trial was the trial of the century. But this is the trial of the century, and who's here?' "
For comparison, please consider the media coverage of O.J. Simpson's trials:
"Media coverage of the Simpson trial, which began in January 1995, was unlike any other. Over two thousand reporters covered the trial, and 80 miles of cable was required to allow nineteen television stations to cover the trial live to 91 percent of the American viewing audience. When the verdict was finally read on October 3, 1995, some 142 million people listened or watched. It seemed the nation stood still, divided along racial lines as to the defendant's guilt or innocence. During and after the trial, over eighty books were published about the event by most everyone involved in the Simpson case."
Coretta Scott King was certain of the evidence after 30 years of consideration from the 1968 assassination to the 1999 trial:
"For a quarter of a century, Bill Pepper conducted an independent investigation of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. He opened his files to our family, encouraged us to speak with the witnesses, and represented our family in the civil trial against the conspirators. The jury affirmed his findings, providing our family with a long-sought sense of closure and peace, which had been denied by official disinformation and cover-ups. Now the findings of his exhaustive investigation and additional revelations from the trial are presented in the pages of this important book. We recommend it highly to everyone who seeks the truth about Dr. King's assassination." — Coretta Scott King.
The US Department of Justice issued a report in 2000 that explained their claimed investigation into their own possible guilt in the assassination. They concluded that they found no evidence to warrant further investigation. Dr. King's son issued the following statement rebuking the "self-study" rather than independent investigation:
"We learned only hours before the Justice Department press conference that they were releasing the report of their results of their 'limited investigation,' which covered only two areas of new evidence concerning the assassination of Dr. King. We had requested that we be given a copy of the report a few days in advance so that we might have had the opportunity to review it in detail. Since that courtesy was not extended to us, we are only able at this time to state the following:
1. We initially requested that a comprehensive investigation be conducted by a Truth and Reconciliation Commission, independent of the government, because we do not believe that, in such a politically-sensitive matter, the government is capable of investigating itself.
2. The type of independent investigation we sought was denied by the federal government. But in our view, it was carried out, in a Memphis courtroom, during a month-long trial by a jury of 12 American citizens who had no interest other than ascertaining the truth. (Kings v. Jowers)
3. After hearing and reviewing the extensive testimony and evidence, which had never before been tested under oath in a court of law, it took the Memphis jury only one (1) hour to find that a conspiracy to kill Dr. King did exist. Most significantly, this conspiracy involved agents of the governments of the City of Memphis, the state of Tennessee and the United States of America. The overwhelming weight of the evidence also indicated that James Earl Ray was not the triggerman and, in fact, was an unknowing patsy.
4. We stand by that verdict and have no doubt that the truth about this terrible event has finally been revealed.
5. We urge all interested Americans to read the transcript of the trial on the King Center website and consider the evidence, so they can form their own unbiased conclusions.
Although we cooperated fully with this limited investigation, we never really expected that the government report would be any more objective than that which has resulted from any previous official investigation."
Let's summarize: Under US Civil Law, covert US government agencies were found guilty of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King. Dr. King was the leading figure of the Civil Rights Movement, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, and widely recognized as one of the world's greatest speakers for what it means to be human. The family's conclusion as to motive was to prevent Dr. King from ending the Vietnam War because the government wanted to continue its ongoing illegal covert and overt military operations to control foreign governments and their resources.
It is therefore a factual statement that under US Civil Law, the US government assassinated Dr. King.
People of sufficient intellectual integrity and moral courage to apply critical thinking skills will embrace the trial evidence and testimony, jury conclusion, and King family analysis as appropriate and helpful information in seeking the facts.
People who at least temporarily reject challenging information out of fear might say something like, "The government killed Dr. King? That's a crazy conspiracy theory!"
Let's consider that statement.
When someone says that a body of evidence is "crazy," or a "conspiracy theory" (meaning an irrational claim easily refuted by the evidence) that's a claim. With a claim comes a burden of proof. In this case, the person would have to demonstrate command of the facts to explain and prove why the evidence from the civil trial is somehow "crazy" and refute the evidence.
If the person can do this, it would be tremendously helpful in understanding the facts. However, we know from our experience that such statements almost always have zero factual support, and that the person making such a claim literally doesn't know what they're talking about.
We also know from our experience, a person making such a statement is really voicing an emotional reaction something closer to, "The government killed Dr. King? Ok, I read and understood the paragraphs about the trial and evidence. I read Mrs. King's and her son's statement. I haven't invested the time to verify how valid that information is. I'm not stupid, but because the implications of what that means is so disturbing, I'm going to deny anything about it could possibly be true as my first response. If I'm going to continue being in denial and refuse to discuss the evidence, I'll attack the messenger."
We also need to consider the lack of coverage by US corporate media of this compelling evidence, trial verdict, and King family testimony from over 30 years' analysis of the facts. Recall the evidence of US corporate media reporting being infiltrated by CIA agents to propagandize Americans' access to information. This included the Director of the CIA's admission to Congress that they have over 400 agents working in corporate media to make the US public believe what the CIA wants them to believe.
In 2006, George Washington University used a Freedom of Information Act request to obtain the US military's "Information Operations Roadmap." This formerly secret and approved document details present US government strategies to generate propaganda, and then attack Internet alternative media that provides dangerous facts and discussion. The military promoted the term, "Fight the net."
Although I won't enter the burden of proof here, you may know that there are similar and related bodies of evidence that the US government assassinated other American leaders, such as President Kennedy. The 1975 Senate Church Committee disclosed that the US government initiated and helped assassination attempts on multiple foreign heads of state.
If we were discussing how the population of some other nation could employ critical thinking skills to understand current events from anytime in history, we would certainly understand the importance to anticipate disinformation from government, danger of controlled media, and assassination as a political weapon.
Failure to do so would appropriately elicit the label attributed to the first dictator of the Soviet Union, Vladimir Lenin. Such people who believe what their government tells them when the history and present have overwhelming objective evidence to explain, document, and prove that the government is typical of so many other historical self-serving oligarchies are:
"Useful idiots."
To the extent the United States today is any different from all other nations and all other times is up to your exercise of critical thinking skills.
Dr. King's 47-minute speech to Stanford University, 1967:
Demand arrests of Left and Right .01% US "leaders" for ongoing rogue state empire built only and always on "official fake news"
We the People have an obvious solution: lawful arrests of .01% "leaders" for the most egregious crimes centering in war and lies to start them. The most accurate description of the US government is a rogue state empire operating an ongoing psychopathic neocolonial looting scheme with massive crimes "covered" by corporate media.
This is a 1st Amendment responsibility to maintain our constitutional republic under law rather than what we've become with war: "leaders" dictating/saying what we can do completely removed from limitations of the law. Left and Right .01% "leaders" completely violate the rules, and only from public ignorance with corporate media propaganda.
The categories of crime include:
Wars of Aggression (the worst crime a nation can commit).
Likely treason for lying to US military, ordering unlawful attack and invasions of foreign lands, and causing thousands of US military deaths.
Crimes Against Humanity for ongoing intentional policy of poverty that's killed over 400 million human beings just since 1995 (~75% children; more deaths than from all wars in Earth's recorded history).
Looting trillions, such as the Department of "Defense" claiming to have "lost" $6.5 trillion.
US military, law enforcement, responsible citizens, and all with Oaths to support and defend the US Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic, face an endgame choice:
Demand arrests, with those with lawful authority to enact it. An arrest is the lawful action to stop apparent crimes, with the most serious crimes documented here meaning the most serious need for arrests.
Watch the US escalate its rogue state crimes that annually kill millions, harm billions, and loot trillions.
How military and law enforcement choose to honor their Oaths in creative adaptation to the rogue state is up to them. We the People can help with our educated voices in this Emperor's New Clothes environment whereby these crimes only persist from public ignorance.
In just 90 seconds, former US Marine Ken O'Keefe powerfully states how you may choose to voice "very obvious solutions": arrest the criminal leaders (video starts at 20:51, then finishes this episode of Cross Talk):
Our condition requiring YOUR voice is what Benjamin Franklin predicted would be the eventual outcome of the United States. On September 18, 1787, just after signing the US Constitution, Ben met with members of the press. He was asked what kind of government America would have. Franklin warned: "A republic, if you can keep it." In his speech to the Constitutional Convention, Franklin admonished:
"This [U.S. Constitution] is likely to be administered for a course of years and then end in despotism… when the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government, being incapable of any other." – The Quotable Founding Fathers, pg. 39.
These warnings extend to all social science teachers of the present:
"As educators in the field of history–social science, we want our students to… understand the value, the importance, and the fragility of democratic institutions. We want them to realize that only a small fraction of the world's population (now or in the past) has been fortunate enough to live under a democratic form of government." – History-Social Science Framework for California Public Schools, pgs. 2, 7-8
Do you have the intellectual integrity and moral courage to at least act with the honesty of a child to speak the Emperor's New Clothes truth? Remember, I'm just asking you to use your voice in a democratic republic to ask US military and various law enforcement to honor their Oaths and do the job we pay them for: protect and defend the US Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. There is no greater enemy than those committing treason to war-murder US military by lying them into invasive illegal Wars of Aggression.
The converse argument is that US military and law enforcement should not enforce our most important laws, especially not those that annually kill millions, harm billions, and loot trillions. Of course, this argument is Orwellian.


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Q: What is the diminishing return formula for magic find? In Diablo 2, magic find had a fairly well known formula, with no diminishing returns for magic items, and then different curves for rare, set, and unique items (with unique-find diminishing the fastest).
After deciding on the base item type to drop, D2 would roll a chance for it to drop as unique based on the monster, your magic find, and the diminishing return formula, if that failed, it would roll again to see if it dropped as a set item, then again for rare, and finally for magic, dropping a non-magical item only if all of those checks failed.
Does Diablo 3 drop items and use diminishing returns in the same way? If so, is the formula the same, or was it tweaked?

A: I have personally seen the stats showing diminishing returns.. at about 40% each point you put on shows up less points when you look at your stats.  at 50% I put on a 7% item and only got 2%  I hope this helps..

A: Tested in solo(Private game):
Current set I was wearing had 21% magic find.
Added a 10% belt.
31%MF
Switched pants from 0% to 12%
43%MF
Switched a 21% hat to a 25% hat.
47%MF
The percentage shown in details does not reflect this theory.

A: I have a barb in Act 2 inferno and I have been following the game since 2008...

BASHIOK Q/A:
"QUESTION ASKER: Is Magic Find using diminishing returns in the same way as
  in Diablo II, where Magic Find stat affected in a different way the
  chance for blue, yellow and gold drops (actual bonus of MF was
  diminished for rarest items)?
  BASHIOK: No, it's a literal (and lateral) improvement across the board. We may tweak it but that's the way it is right now."

It doesn't include diminishing returns at the moment according to Bash. This was pretty much confirmed in a tweet Bashiok posted a couple of days ago.
Your welcome question asker.