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Shelby "Falcon509" Steiner	on December 6, 2017
To Hell and back.
DOOM is one of those games that I always meant to get to, and just never did. These past few years have been tough, financially. However, with Jennifer and I finally finishing college, we've been able to afford a few luxuries. The Black Friday festivities, gave me a great opportunity to pick up DOOM for a steal, along with a copy of MarioKart 8 Deluxe as well (at full price *grumbles*). Rest assured, we went into Best Buy long after the "doorbuster" event on Thanksgiving Day. I'm not about to be part of the crowd that encourages stripping retail employees from their families on holidays.
I'll save that soapbox rant for another time.
Anyways, I had a chance to play with the demo last year, and I snagged a copy for a bit when I still had GameFly, after I got frustrated with the service and quit in a fit of rage because they wouldn't ship me a copy of Quantum Break. Hey, they offered me a month's subscription for a pittance, so I took advantage of it!
Back to the topic at hand though, my recent adventures on Mars and in the demonic dimensions of Hell have been delightful enthralling. DOOM is fun and engaging. So should you buy it if you haven't already?
That's a hint for you to keep reading by the way.
Don't blink, just run.
DOOM is a blast. It's a fast-paced callback to the older shooters like Wolfenstein, Dark Forces, and obviously… DOOM and its sequel DOOM II. This isn't one of those shooters like Call of Duty that pits you against endless waves of enemies until you hit the trigger to stop the flow. It also isn't a tactical shooter like Rainbow Six where you stick to cover and work your way around slowly. DOOM is about crushing demon skulls and big, scf-fi guns.
It's made abundantly clear through the introduction of Glory Kills that this isn't just about shooting bad guys. This game is about brutality. No time to think. No time to cower. The DOOM Marine wouldn't have that anyway. The DOOM Marine seeks only to send the forces of Hell back to their realm, one piece at a time.
Gameplay is quick and frantic. Functionally, you only have two speeds: fast and still, and still is basically death. Moving about the world calls for spatial awareness. You must keep track of enemies while ensuring you don't run off a platform into the pits of Hell itself.
Health and armor form your only means of passive defense, and they don't recharge on their own. Thankfully, health, armor, and ammunition pickups are scattered about quite liberally and overtly. You'll need those powerups as well, because Mars is far for hospitable.
You know something's going down when there's something in the middle of the room
Something I found pretty interesting is that DOOM's combat is grouped into arenas. It's always rather obvious that you're walking into a fight, but the combat is so solid that I never found myself groaning over it like other games with telegraphed battles. I can't tell for sure if this was intentional, or a just result of the way DOOM was designed. Regardless, it instills in me a sense of nostalgia, calling me back to my first time battling Hell's minions on Mars back when I was a young(er) lad.
DOOM possesses other classic qualities, like the inclusion of secrets in each level, as well as segregated levels in the first place. Each map is treated like a stage, with specific main goals, but a plethora of optional side goals accompanying the action. There are armor and weapon upgrades, Rune challenges (which function as smaller arena-style battles with specific conditions to meet for substantial rewards), and milestones to achieve. I haven't even mentioned the DOOM dolls scattered about.
12-year old me would be delighted by this scene
DOOM looks rather impressive on consoles, and I imagine that it looks even better on PC. I've heard reports that it runs well enough on the Nintendo Switch. However, the one thing that the PC, PS4, and Xbox One version has on the Switch version is that Nintendo's platform isn't quite powerful enough to manage running the game at a solid 60 FPS.
Regardless, DOOM is… beautiful? No, that's not the right word. It's… pretty? No. Still not right. It looks good; that's right. It runs buttery smooth, and has decent visuals on console. It's obvious that a first-person shooter like this is best played on a gaming PC though. This sort of game lends itself well to a mouse and keyboard setup, and PCs are far more capable of rendering games like DOOM.
While the Xbox One version doesn't look terrible, it's evident that the Xbox can't render textures as well. The way it appears, lower resolution textures were used for many of the game's assets on consoles; even weapon textures look muddy sometimes. Still, it seems like a decent compromise to achieve a high, stable framerate.
Of course, a game that pits an apathetic killing machine against demons straight from the gates of Hell itself would need a suitable soundtrack for the slaughter, and DOOM has just the right music to pair with the atmosphere. This is perfectly displayed for players upon their first foray out onto Mars' surface, where an appropriate rock intro finishes with a pump of a shotgun action to the beat of the music. DOOM keeps this theme throughout, with light metal-style music paired up with each battle, heavy on electric guitar.
Don't stand still, unless you want to be a rapid blood donor
I'm not sure if it qualifies as being original, but DOOM calls back to ye' ol' good days of video games. Back when using cover meant strafing behind a wall to avoid a kill shot from a boss, when health came from packs you found lying around, and ammunition spent less time in your inventory and more time being drilled into your foes.
Maybe that isn't original, but you know what? This is my site, and I make up the rules. DOOM stands out because it does away with the trends of shooter titles today. You can't play it safe in DOOM in any traditional way. Playing it safe means going by the old adage, "The best defense is a good offense". If you try to stick in a spot and take a breather, you might as well just call it quits.
STORY AND MULTIPLAYER
DOOM Marine takes lessons from the honey badger
Something I find interesting about DOOM's story is one that I've seen touched on in other reviews; that is, the protagonist's ambivalence towards the story itself. It's true that the one known only as the "DOOM Marine" often shows disregard for narrative of any kind – shoving terminals spouting exposition out of the way and completely ignoring advice of talking heads – but the one thing I've not heard is the level of lore depth that id Software implanted in their game.
Every weapon, location, enemy, and subject in DOOM is paired with background information on it. There's a combination of humor and genuinely important tidbits sprinkled throughout the DOOM Marine's journal. Information on what happened, and why, are all in the game. They are sometimes even alluded to during the one-way conversations between the DOOM Marine and those trying to use him for their own ends.
What's novel about this approach is that there's a complete storyline hidden underneath the surface. Other games, like No Man's Sky and the original Destiny, have attempted to fixate on gameplay at the cost of narrative. This is something I've touched on before, but DOOM doesn't hide behind its gameplay. The story is still offered to the player, and the option to delve deeper is obvious and present.
However, it isn't like DOOM's story will win any awards for its narrative genius. The story is merely a means to an end; a reason for the DOOM Marine to continue curb stomping demons. The key here is that you needn't look to DOOM for a meaningful story.
Like the story of DOOM, the multiplayer is serviceable. It isn't groundbreaking, but it works. The solid gameplay carries over to the multiplayer mode, and the SnapMap feature allows players to create to their heart's content. Even though it's a solid addition, it's nothing to write home about, not to mention that the gaming community at large seems to have moved on.
WILDCARD: APATHY
Even the DOOM Marine needs a hand sometimes
Oddly enough, the most interesting character in DOOM happens to be the one character that doesn't give a damn about anything. The main character himself wants nothing to do with anyone else, and is actively disinterested in the events around him. He just wants to bathe in the blood of his enemies; is that too much to ask?
It's novel to have a character that is simultaneously the catalyst for the main story, and also the one character that doesn't care about the events surrounding him at all. It's a humorous addition to the game, and is easily one of the redeeming elements of DOOM. It would've been easy for id Software to go the route of a gritty shooter devoid of any character, but they clearly had something more entertaining in mind.
That might be bad
DOOM is probably one of the best shooters that I've played in years, which is rather surprising. It does away with many of the staples of the first-person shooter genre, like regenerative health, cover mechanics, iron sights aiming, and even reloading. DOOM is all about the combat, through and through, and justice is done for the genre in that concept.
It's a bit of a shame that it took me so long to get to DOOM. Even having played it before, I didn't spend enough time with it to get a good feel.
I missed out… You shouldn't.
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theanomaloushost	 December 6, 2017 at 15:32
"Something I found pretty interesting is that DOOM's combat is grouped into arenas. It's always rather obvious that you're walking into a fight, but the combat is so solid that I never found myself groaning over it like other games with telegraphed battles."
That's the main reason why I don't like the game as much as I want to. It's basically a glorified arena shooter. It's a damn great arena shooter, but arena shooter's aren't my preference when it comes to FPS games.
Shelby "Falcon509" Steiner	 December 7, 2017 at 11:00
That's an understandable sentiment. I found this design interesting because each battle feels a bit like a puzzle, but I can see why that might be less enticing to some.
Thank you for taking the time to read this!
Ashley Hagood	 December 7, 2017 at 08:44
Awesome review! I like your thoughts on the main character's apathy, as I think I missed that part (or what the story was about). I watched my boyfriend play a lot of the game, and it looks amazing, but when I tried to play it I got a little too motion-sick! I don't know why, this and Mirror's Edge I just can't seem to get through for that reason. But anyway, I'm glad you got to it and enjoyed it. Seems like an awesome shooter, I love the atmosphere of it being so different than any other shooter I've seen… just fast-paced chaos all the time!
It's funny you mention the motion sickness thing. I think much of that has to do with the framerate. being so good. There's a setting in DOOM under the Video tab called "Chromatic Aberration". You may try turning that off if you're getting motion sickness or headaches. It might help.
DDOM is definitely great for folks looking for a game that just has tons of fast-paced ultra-violence. It's a good game, but as theanomaloushost pointed out, it may not be a game for those that want a less structured setup. The arenas are obvious to say the least.
Oh thanks! That makes sense about the frame rate. I'll try changing that setting!
Dan	 December 7, 2017 at 13:59
Not just this game, turn it off in EVERY game you find it… For me this is the difference between being able to play 1 hour of The Division and wanting to throw up or being able to play it for as long as I want! I can't even tell the difference but it does something to my eyeballs.
I finished it recently on PC and it was an absolute blast. My favourite part was when you finish a section, it gave you the option to save and quit right there, because it KNEW how freakin intense it was, some of us just wouldn't be able to do more than one at a time!
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Illinois Republican chairman won't seek election to post
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Jack Dorgan at a Thursday committee meeting in Springfield.
Jack Dorgan at a Thursday committee meeting in Springfield. (E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago Tribune)
Illinois Republican chairman Jack Dorgan, who took over during one of the organization's most tumultuous times last year, said today he will not seek election for a full term to the post.
Instead, Dorgan said he will back as his successor Cook County Commissioner Timothy Schneider, a longtime friend of GOP governor candidate Bruce Rauner.
Dorgan, a Springfield lobbyist and Rosemont village trustee, said he accomplished his goal of trying to reset the state GOP after his predecessor, Pat Brady, stepped down in May 2013. Brady quit after a controversial attempt to remove him following his announcement he personally supported gay marriage --- a position opposed to the state party platform.
"I want to win the governor's office," said Dorgan, who will take a position on Rauner's campaign finance committee and will remain on the Illinois Republican State Central Committee. Dorgan said he had been discussing the move with Rauner on and off in recent weeks.
Schneider, in his second term on the Cook County Board representing the Northwest suburbs, had made a bid to replace Brady as chairman last year, but later endorsed Dorgan for the spot.
Rauner said he was fully behind Schneider's bid to replace Dorgan as chairman when top Republicans meet Saturday in Springfield for their organizational meeting.
"Tim has served at the forefront of the fight against cronyism, corruption and fiscal irresponsibility in Cook County," Rauner said in a statement, "and I know he will be an unmatched spokesman across the state for our pro-growth, pro-reform vision for Illinois."
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A Performance Art Event On Instagram, Curated by Brandon Zech
Not Like the Other, A Performance Art Event curated by Brandon Zech Cover Photo depicts Megan Solis' work on Instagram for Not Like The Other.
a performance art event on Instagram
Curated by Brandon Zech
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Individual artists take up residency in Performance Art Houston's Instagram account and facilitate performances and gestures as their works within the show. Every week, the account passes hands to a new artist who will then begin with their performances.
Featuring work By:
Megan Solis
Evan L. McCarley
Lauren Moya Ford
Eric Thayer
Iva Kinnaird
Pierre Krause
"Drawing on the idea of otherness, Zech has assembled six artists who occupy a liminal role in their environment. Each artist does this differently: Megan Solis deals with aspects of social anxiety and hyperawareness; Evan L. McCarley challenges the traditional roles women play in society; Lauren Moya Ford studies the complications of communicating across borders; Eric Thayer draws on the community in which he lives; Iva Kinnaird questions the nature of what performance is; and Pierre Krause navigates what it means to be a human living in the world today."
About the curator:
A practicing writer, artist, and curator, Brandon Zech graduated from the University of Houston in May 2015 with a BA in art history and a focus on interdisciplinary art. He has worked for a number of Houston arts organizations, has curated shows at The Printing Museum and 4411 Montrose, and has shown his own work and performance at Alabama Song, DiverseWorks, and the Houston Fringe Festival. He is currently the Assistant Editor of Glasstire, a publication that covers visual art across Texas.
Megan Solis is a recent graduate of UTSA where she concentrated on painting and performance art with a strong conceptual practice. She has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions across San Antonio at The Lullwood Group, Silkworm Gallery, and R Gallery, among others. In 2015, she participated in an artist residency at Arteles Creative Center in Haukijärvi, Finland, and in 2016, was an artist-in-residence at Hello Studio in San Antonio. Solis will exhibit in a three-person show at the UTSA Main Gallery in the summer of 2017 along with Louie Chavez and John Hernandez.
Evan M. McCarley
Evan L. McCarley is a performance artist, musician and photographer based in Houston. After studying Art History at University of North Texas in 2008, she moved back to Houston and immersed herself in the local music and arts community. She co-facilitated CounterCrawl from its second to sixth iteration, and performed with Continuum Performance Art from 2012 to 2015. McCarley was a member of the artist board and a lead volunteer for Lone Star Explosion International Performance Art Biennale in 2014, and is currently co-directing and co-curating Experimental Action Performance Art Festival. She also serves as special events coordinator for Zine Fest Houston. McCarley is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the University of Houston-Downtown.
Lauren Moya Ford is an artist, writer, and teacher based in Madrid, Spain. Honors include the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center Fellowship for Interdisciplinary Art and the Frank Freed Travel Grant for research in Mexico City. She has participated in performances and exhibitions at the Mexic-Arte Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts Hirsch Library, the Blaffer Art Museum, Fort Worth Contemporary Arts, the Menil Collection, and Rice University. She writes about contemporary art in Spain and Portugal on her blog, Vigo Expo.
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Eric Thayer is a multidisciplinary artist and educator based in Houston, Texas. He is a former Merit Fellowship award winner and Resident Artist at the Post Contemporary in Troy, New York and has lived and worked in Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Florida. Recent exhibitions include Buy Low, Sell High at Florida State University's Oglesby Gallery, SITE Houston, installed at the Silos on Sawyer, and ImageOHIO 2016 at the Shot Tower Gallery in Columbus, Ohio, among others. He is currently a Teaching Fellow at the University of Houston, working towards his Master of Fine Arts degree.
Iva Kinnaird is a multimedia artist. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2014 and now lives in Houston. She has shown at galleryHomeland and Hello Project Gallery in Houston, and at 500X in Dallas. She is a recipient of a Clare Hart DeGolyer Memorial Fund grant from the Dallas Museum of Art, and has had residencies with Sojourn Montrose in Houston and Co-Lab Projects in Austin. Her work is currently on view at Texas Woman's University in a two-person exhibition with Shelby David Meier, and she has an upcoming show at Art League Houston in January 2017.
Pierre Krause is a post-lol multimedia thing-maker living an anonymous life in the United States. Their conceptual whatever works have been exhibited locally as well as in New York, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, and Japan.


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Royce Da 5'9 Responds To "Lighters" Criticism
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Royce Da 5'9 and Eminem team up with Bruno Mars for the track "Lighters" on their Bad Meets Evil release Hell: The Sequel EP. But after the track leaked along with the album, the two faced criticism from fans for going out of character with a track they may not have done a few years ago.
"'Lighters,' the song with Bruno Mars, that's basically just us showing versatility," Royce told Bootleg Kev. "We didn't want to make it too one-dimensional and we didn't realize it until towards the end of the project where we were like, let's make one or two personal joints. We got another one called 'Take From Me' where it's kind of personal, and the rest of it is just us rapping. We gave one or two songs to where we showed that's not all that we can do, because obviously, it's reaching a bigger audience than I ever reached."
Nickel Nine explained that it wasn't meant as a snub to his core fans, but it was something he needed to do. "I don't want that audience to think that I can only do one thing. It shows versatility on my end and it was a good way to set up Slaughterhouse. My core fans, the people who've been following me, the bulk of the album they're going to be into. That's what they want to hear me do. If I got one or two songs on there, of course they're like 'Aw you shouldn't have did that.' But you can't please everybody."
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Third Sunday in Advent B
Reading I: Isaiah 61:1-2a, 10-11
Responsorial Psalm: Luke 1:46-48, 49-50, 53-54
Reading II: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24
Gospel: John 1:6-8, 19-28
In series B the Gospel readings are taken from the Gospel of Mark, supplemented by the Gospel of John. This is necessary because Mark's Gospel, being the shortest, requires supplementing. Also, in the three-year cycle, John is otherwise read only on certain occasions (especially Lent and Eastertide) in series A and C.
Let us first remind ourselves of the structure of the Advent season. The theme of future eschatology—the Christian hope for the final consummation of history—dominates the concluding Sundays of the year and reaches its climax on the first Sunday of Advent.
This is one of the most familiar passages from Third Isaiah (Is 56-66). It is akin to the servant psalms of Second Isaiah (Is 40-55), for although the prophet does not explicitly call himself the servant, he describes his mission in terms of servanthood.
This passage appears to have profoundly influenced Jesus' understanding of his own mission. Even if—which, however, is by no means certain—the sermon at Nazareth (Lk 4:16-22) is a Lucan composition, Jesus himself alluded unmistakably to this text in his answer to John (Mt 11:2-6/Lk 7:18-23), whose authenticity is beyond reasonable doubt.
The Christological interest of this text, however, would be more appropriate for the Epiphany season (a slightly different selection from Isa 61 is used in the Episcopal Church's adaptation of the Lectionary on the third Sunday of Epiphany in series C).
Today's caption highlights the theme of joy in face of the impending advent of God's salvation, a theme that is reinforced by the responsorial psalm (the Magnificat and the refrain taken from its two opening words). This, it will be noted, is in accordance with the tradition of the Roman Missal, where this Sunday was known as Gaudete Sunday, from the opening word of the Introit.
In the Book of Common Prayer, this theme belonged, as generally in the medieval rites of Northern Europe, to the fourth Sunday of Advent. We might note that the Magnificat is particularly associated with Advent, Bach's Magnificat, for instance, being frequently performed on one of the Advent Sundays.
The opening of this reading continues the theme of joy from Isaiah and the psalm (note that in the old Roman Missal this was "Gaudete" from the opening of the Introit). However, the caption underlines the second paragraph with its references to the parousia.
As we have already noted, the theme of the Second Coming is replaced after the first Sunday of Advent by that of the First Coming, but there are occasional echoes of the earlier theme on later Sundays.
Such is the genius of Advent. It refuses to contemplate the First Coming apart from the Second, or the Second apart from the First.
This Gospel reading represents an ingenious combination of two separate passages. The first paragraph is a prose comment that the evangelist inserted into the Logos hymn.
Bultmann thought that the Johannine prologue was first composed as a hymn to John the Baptist by his followers, who regarded him as the bearer of the eschatological revelation. Perhaps it was, even earlier than that, a hymn to Wisdom, successively adapted for "baptist" and for Christian use.
In any case, the evangelist's prose insertion is clearly designed to counter a false estimate of the Baptist: he is not the light but only a witness to the light.
The same tendency ostensibly to downgrade the Baptist continues in the second paragraph of our pericope. John is here presented as entirely repudiating all messianic or quasi–messianic titles. He is neither the Christ, the prophet–Messiah, nor (contra the Synoptics) Elijah, but only the "voice" of Is 40.
This disagreement with the Synoptic interpretation should not worry us unduly. In the Synoptists' environment, it was perfectly safe to interpret John as an Elijah redivivus. But for the Fourth Gospel, in its different situation, Elijah could well have been too high a title, suggesting that he was actually the Messiah, the immediate forerunner of Yhwh.
Perhaps John reflects an earlier state of christology than that of the Synoptists, a stage when Elijah was still preempted for Christ himself—the stage that John A. T. Robinson characterized as the view that Jesus was his own Elijah, in the sense that he was the forerunner of the apocalyptic Son of Man and was himself exalted to heaven to fulfill that role.
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Home Examples of HuffPost reporting alleged hate crimes against people in FAVORED GROUPS
Examples of HuffPost reporting alleged hate crimes against people in FAVORED GROUPS
As noted here, HuffPost has a de facto policy of dividing people into two distinct castes, or groups, and using this division to decide whether or not to report alleged hate crimes (defined here) against them:
Favored Groups: Democrats, leftists, and left-leaning African-, Hispanic- and Muslim-Americans
Worthless Groups: Whites, Republicans, conservatives, Jews (especially Israelis), and active-duty and retired U.S. military personnel
This page contains documentation of how HuffPost consistently:
Showers top-level, sympathetic, often sustained coverage to allegations of hate crimes against people in its Favored Groups
Downplays or ignores the fact that many of these hate crimes are later proven to be hoaxes, some in as little as 24 hours
For contrast, see:
Examples of HuffPost ignoring hate crimes against people it considers Worthless
(1) Hate crimes against Muslim Americans
(2) Hate crimes against black Americans
(3) Other hate incidents against people in HuffPost's Favored Groups
Preface 1: HuffPost set up a comprehensive sub-site to track every allegation of hate incidents against Muslims, which it defines as anything from alleged violence to unkind words
Preface 2: HuffPost has not set up a similar site to track hate incidents against Jews in America — despite the fact that Jews are three to five times more likely to be victims of hate crimes than Muslims
Preface 3: Chronology of recent HuffPost articles about alleged hate crimes against Muslim-Americans, and "Islamophobic" incidents
Preface 4: Fake anti-Muslim hate crimes directory. This directory contains sixteen recent examples of fake hate crimes against Muslim Americans that SaveTheWest has documented, which were discovered to having been hoaxes, or to have been perpetrated by the alleged victims. The relevance of this directory is that HuffPost knew, or should have known that if it were to live up to its repeated public statements that it is a nonpartisan, professional news organization, it would have to:
(a) Exercise great caution in reporting these alleged hate crimes – and, upon discovering that it had given top publicity to a fake hate crime, to
(b) Promptly alert the public to the reality, with the same prominence and emphasis that it reported the original allegation. In every instance, HuffPost failed to do so — which is directly relevant to the contents of this page.
On February 4, 2016, HuffPost launched a sub-site that was completely dedicated to tracking "Islamophobic incidents":
According to HuffPost:
It might be impossible to create a comprehensive list of discriminatory acts against American Muslims and those perceived to be Muslim, but The Huffington Post will document this deplorable wave of hate for all of 2016 using news reports and firsthand accounts. The breadth and severity of Islamophobia in America can no longer go unnoticed. Enough is enough.
The entries on HuffPost's "Islamophobia timeline" range from verbal insults to actual hate crimes.
HuffPost seeks donations to support the site, and has accepted funds from one of the most notorious Islamist front groups in America, Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR); summary; detail.
January 24, 2017 update: HuffPost has now removed the Islamophobia site, and put its contents behind a registration wall:
Curiously, HuffPost has not set up a similar site with which to track anti-Semitic incidents and hate crimes. This is notable because while there are similar numbers of Jews and Muslims in America, according to consistent annual FBI data, Jews are three to five times more likely to be victims of hate crimes than Muslims. SaveTheWest compiled this data into a short infographic slide show:
STW Hate Crimes Report
This omission takes on special significance when one considers the fact that for many years, HuffPost has been inciting worldwide hatred of Jews and Israel, while whitewashing or ignoring those who are attacking them. An array of examples are showcased in SaveTheWest's recent documentary:
"The Huffington Post's Anti-Semitic Bias and Incitement During the Third Intifada"
Several other independent blogs have been documenting HuffPost's endemic anti-Semitic bias and incitement as well.
The following is a partial list of:
Recent articles that HuffPost published, mostly on its front page, about alleged anti-Muslim hate crimes and "Islamophobic" incidents in America, culled from HuffPost's master directory
Items it published in this realm, but later removed, because they were proven to be hoaxes
A Running List Of Shameful Islamophobic Acts Since The Paris Attacks; This is not OK, by Christopher Mathias, National Reporter, The Huffington Post, November 20, 2015.
Muslim Women Say No One Intervened When Man Attacked Them; "I'm used to people looking at me on the street. But I don't want to get used to people attacking me," by Christopher Mathias, National Reporter, The Huffington Post, March 8, 2016.
Note: Two days before the above article was published — on HuffPost's front page, where it remained for two straight days — a beloved U.S. Army veteran and West Point graduate, Taylor Force, was murdered by a Palestinian terrorist, in Israel. HuffPost all but ignored that story, and never published a picture of him, yet it gave sympathetic, pictorial, front-page coverage to a remorseful American ISIS terrorist, and a swan that was abused… in Eastern Europe. See a documentary video that SaveTheWest.com produced about this incident: "HuffPost's Dehumanization of Capt. Taylor Force."
Muslim And Hispanic Students In Kansas Allegedly Beaten By Man Yelling 'Trump, Trump, Trump!'; The man reportedly called them "brown trash" and told them to "go home," by Amanda Terkel Senior Political Reporter, The Huffington Post, March 14, 2016.
Muslim Woman Slashed In Face By Man Who Called Her 'Terrorist' In NYC, by Peter Andrew Hart, Front Page Editor and Andy Campbell, Reporter, The Huffington Post, March 31, 2016.
Note: The above article, which HuffPost positioned near the top of its front page, was proven within 24 hours to be a fake hate crime. In reality, the woman confessed to slashing her own face, and blaming it on an Islamophobic man. Rather than putting up a new headline to alert readers that they had been duped, however, HuffPost instead just changed the story page headline to read, "Muslim Woman Lied About Being Slashed In Face And Called 'Terrorist' (UPDATE)," to falsely make it appear that that was the only story it published on the matter. See details in 1.4.
The Man Planning To Desecrate A Quran At Armed Anti-Muslim Rally Is A Trump Supporter; Surprise, surprise, by Christopher Mathias, National Reporter, The Huffington Post, April 13, 2016.
Women Claim They Were Kicked Out Of A Cafe For Being Muslim; "Beautiful location, mediocre boba, all served with a heaping dose of racism and sexism," one woman wrote on Facebook, by Christopher Mathias, National Reporter, The Huffington Post, April 26, 2016.
UCF Gun Scare Sparked By Rumors After Someone Reported A Muslim Woman In Library; Fifteen minutes of 911 recordings reveal virtually all the callers were reacting to stories they heard via text or on social media, by Tyler Kingkade, Senior Editor/Reporter, The Huffington Post, April 27, 2016.
This Islamophobic Conspiracy Theorist Lectured Police Officers About Islamic Extremism; Ryan Mauro belongs to an organization that peddles fear and misinformation about Islam, Christopher Mathias, National Reporter, The Huffington Post, April 29, 2016.
Police Are Looking For An Alleged Trump Supporter Who Attacked A Muslim Woman; The assailant allegedly called the woman a "terrorist," by Christopher Mathias National Reporter, The Huffington Post, May 3, 2016.
Muslim Student Called 'Isis' In Yearbook Says She's Being Bullied For Speaking Out; In California, over half of Muslim students like Bayan Zehlif report being harassed over their faith, Christopher Mathias, National Reporter, The Huffington Post, May 10, 2016.
Note: In the above article, HuffPost cited a self-produced survey of 621 Muslim students in CA by CAIR, showing 55% felt they were discriminated against or harassed because of their faith. Yet HuffPost completely ignored a 2015 survey of more than 12,049 Jewish students at U.S. colleges, which revealed that 73% of them discriminated against because of their faith, and 33% reported being verbally harassed.
Ice Cream Parlor Responds Perfectly To Anti-Muslim Bigotry; "You can give somebody else your business," by Yasmin Nouh Blog Editor, The Huffington Post, May 26, 2016.
Listen To A Trump Delegate Flip Out Over Church Sign Wishing Muslims A 'Happy Ramadan'; Matthew Jansen said in a voicemail that he was "shocked" by the "despicable," sign, adding that Islam is a "godless," "pagan" religion, by Christopher Mathias, National Reporter, The Huffington Post, June 21, 2016.
Syrian Refugee Family Living In Fear, Again, After Receiving Anti-Muslim Threat; "You are Muslim and not welcome," the note read. But the family says the Tucson community has otherwise been warm and welcoming, by Christopher Mathias, National Reporter, The Huffington Post, June 24, 2016.
Muslim Man Beaten Outside Florida Mosque Attended By Orlando Shooter Omar Mateen; There was disagreement on whether the attack was racially motivated, by Reuters (via HuffPost), July 2, 2016.
'F**k Muzlim' And 'Terroist' Spray-Painted On Muslim Man's Car; The act of vandalism is the latest in a string of alleged anti-Muslim crimes during the final week of Ramadan, by Christopher Mathias, National Reporter, The Huffington Post, July 6, 2016.
Someone Shot At A Texas Mosque In The Latest Attempt To Terrorize The Muslim Community; The shooting comes amid a frightening surge in anti-Muslim hate crimes in the U.S., by Christopher Mathias, National Reporter, The Huffington Post, July 7, 2016.
A Mosque In Rhode Island Was Vandalized After The Nice Attacks, Someone smashed the windows and painted "Muhammad Prophet of butchers" on the building, by Christopher Mathias, National Reporter, The Huffington Post, July 15, 2016.
Muslim Teen Finds Note At Mosque Reading 'F**k Islam', The note, which also said "Muhammad was a rapist," was reported to police, by Christopher Mathias, National Reporter, The Huffington Post, July 26, 2016.
The Killing Of Khalid Jabara Is An American Tragedy; In a time of rising Islamophobia and anti-Arab hate, a beloved Oklahoma man is gunned down, by Christopher Mathias, National Reporter, The Huffington Post, August 23, 2016.
Note: In the above article, HuffPost's "journalist" claimed that the man who murdered the victim is a "monster": "But five years ago, that dream turned into a nightmare. The monster in that nightmare is named Stanley Vernon Majors, a 61-year-old ex-convict from California who repeatedly harassed and threatened the Jabaras, largely because they were Arab-American… [I]f Majors is a monster, he's an American one."
Yet SaveTheWest's research shows that HuffPost has never called any of the radical Islamists who murdered Americans, be they Christian, Jewish, gay or other, as "monsters." To the contrary, on the rare occasions when it even reports on such incidents, it often omits or obscures their faith, or downplays or denies the religious linkage to their crimes. One recent example: the case of Omar Mateen, who murdered 49 gays in Orlando: HuffPost ran a headline that falsely claimed "religion had nothing to do with" his massacre, and ignored he imam who lectured there, two months earlier, and claimed it is every Muslim's duty to murder gays, "out of compassion."
Someone Set Fire To The Orlando Shooter's Mosque On One Of The Holiest Days Of The Year; The fire comes after multiple threats were made against the mosque this summer, by Christopher Mathias, National Reporter, The Huffington Post, September 12, 2016.
Florida Mosque Arson Leads To Arrest Of Joseph Michael Schreiber; The suspect allegedly posted anti-Islamic material online, by Reuters (via HuffPost), September 14, 2016.
Muslim Veteran Who Served In Iraq Finds 'Terrorist' Written On His Locker; Mohamed Abbas says he's been targeted in the workplace many times for his religion, by Christopher Mathias, National Reporter, The Huffington Post, September 20, 2016.
Islamophobia Just Drove This Boy And His Family Out Of America, by Christopher Mathias, National Reporter, The Huffington Post, October 12, 2016.
Note: The above article, which HuffPost positioned on its front page, was later proven to be a fake hate crime. Rather than putting up a new headline to alert readers that they had been duped, however, HuffPost instead just changed the story page headline to read, "N.C. Authorities: No Evidence To Support Father's Claim Muslim Boy Was Assaulted On Bus (UPDATE)", and changed the opening copy to indicate the reality — but left the URL the same. In doing so, to anyone who only gets their news from its front page, HuffPost deliberately perpetuated the false narrative behind this story, and the broader lie about rampant Islamophobia in America. See the details in 1.3.
Right-Wing 'Crusaders' Militia Group Plotted Terror Attack On Muslim Immigrants, FBI Charges; The terrorist group reportedly had "sovereign citizen, anti-government, anti-Muslim, and anti-immigrant extremist beliefs," by Ryan J. Reilly, Senior Justice Reporter, and Christopher Mathias, National Reporter, The Huffington Post, October 14, 2016.
New Jersey Muslim Center Defaced With 'Donald Trump,' Racist Graffiti; "F**k Allah" and "F**k Arabs" were among the messages spray-painted on Bayonne's Muslim Community Miraj Center, by Christopher Mathias National Reporter, The Huffington Post, October 14, 2016.
Two Arkansas Mosques Defaced With Racist, Islamophobic Graffiti; Police are looking for three men seen on surveillance footage spray-painting messages like "F**k Islam" and "F**k Allah," by Christopher Mathias, National Reporter, The Huffington Post, October 21, 2016.
Lawyers Blame Alt-Right For Client's Death Threats Against Muslims; Research shows they may have a point, by Christopher Mathias, National Reporter, The Huffington Post, November 5, 2016.
Police Probe Attack On College Student Wearing Hijab By Man Wearing Trump Hat In Louisiana, by Carla Herreria, Senior Writer, The Huffington Post, November 10, 2016.
Note: Within 24 hours of HuffPost publishing that headline near the top of its front page, it was revealed to be a fake hate crime. Rather than putting up a new headline to alert readers that they had been duped, however, HuffPost instead just changed the story page headline to read, "Police Say Woman Made Up Story Of Attack By Two Men, One Wearing A Trump Hat (UPDATE)," to falsely make it appear that that was the only story it published on the matter.
Women In Hijabs Attacked In Separate Trump-Related Attacks On U.S. College Campuses, by Jasmin Gray, Students Reporter, The Huffington Post, November 11, 2016.
Note: The above article cited two incidents in which Muslim women were allegedly attacked. Within 24 hours, one was revealed to be a fake hate crime. Rather than putting up a new headline to alert readers that they had been duped, however, HuffPost instead just changed the story page headline to read, "Muslim Student Attacked On US College Campus In 'Trump-Related' Incident," and changed most of the copy to indicate only one incident — but the URL remains the same.
Muslim Women Across America Face Attacks In The Wake Of Donald Trump's Win; Just 48 hours after the election, multiple women wearing hijabs have been targeted, by Adam Hamze, Politics Intern, Huffington Post, November 11, 2016.
Countless Acts Of Hate Have Been Carried Out Since Trump's Win; This is just the beginning, by Lilly Workneh Black Voices Senior Editor, The Huffington Post, November 11, 2016.
Here's How To Support Minority Communities Right Now; "We can't stand divided," by Zahara Hill, Black Voices Editorial Fellow, The Huffington Post, November 14, 2016.
Allies Form A Circle Of Protection Around Muslim Students Praying In Michigan; This is what solidarity looks like, by Carol Kuruvilla, Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post, November 16, 2016.
Teacher Accused Of Harassing, Assaulting Muslim Student, by Huffington Post: Islamophobia, November 16, 2016.
13 Times Apparent Trump Supporters Attacked, Harassed Or Plotted To Kill Muslims; Where were they radicalized?, by Christopher Mathias, National Reporter, The Huffington Post, November 22, 2016.
Letters To California Mosques Praise Donald Trump, Promise Genocide; "You Muslims are a vile and filthy people," by Andy Campbell, Reporter, The Huffington Post, November 26, 2016.
More Mosques Receive Letter Threatening Genocide As Police Close In On Suspected Author; However, the handwritten hate speech may not be a crime, by Andy Campbell Reporter, The Huffington Post, November 29, 2016.
Anti-Muslim Hate Group Brags About Influence In Trump's White House; ACT for America's Brigitte Gabriel says the group has a "direct line" to the president-elect. She's not lying, by Christopher Mathias, National Reporter, The Huffington Post, December 14, 2016.
Adam Saleh, YouTuber, Claims He Was Kicked Off Delta Flight For Speaking Arabic, by Mohamed Omar, Huffington Post, December 21, 2016.
New Mexico Store Bans 'Obama & Other Muslims'; We get it, you're racist, by Sebastian Murdock, Reporter, The Huffington Post, January 2, 2017.
Ted Cruz's Attack On Islamic Boogeyman Could Destroy American Muslim Groups, by Christopher Mathias, National Reporter, The Huffington Post, January 13, 2017. [Note: Although this article isn't focused specifically on alleged hate crimes against Muslims in America, it profiles and provides defense for the groups that are most responsible for creating the "Islamophobia" narrative.]
Muslim Helplines Have Been Flooded With Calls Ahead Of Inauguration; And they're expecting even more, by Carol Kuruvilla, Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post, January 19, 2017.
Women's March Organizer Targeted By Vicious Islamophobic Attacks Online; After Muslim activist Linda Sarsour was trolled, thousands showed support with #IMarchWithLinda, by Christopher Mathias, National Reporter, and Carol Kuruvilla, Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post, January 23, 2017.
6 Rules Of Islamophobia In America; The Huffington Post tracked Islamophobia in the U.S. throughout 2016. Here's what we learned, by Christopher Mathias, National Reporter, The Huffington Post, January 23, 2017.
Video Shows Man Harassing Muslim Woman, Asking If She Has A Green Card, "Do you have a green card, by the way? Yeah, you look, are you even — "; by Nina Golgowski Trends reporter, The Huffington Post, January 31, 2017.
The above story appeared near the top of HuffPost's front page on February 1, 2017.
Trump's Disregard For Islamophobic Hate Crimes Shows He Cares Little About Muslim American Lives; Muslim Americans are Americans. And we are being targeted, by Dean Obeidallah, The Huffington Post, February 2, 2017.
The above story appeared on HuffPost's front page on February 2, 2017.
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LB Klein, MSW has dedicated her academic and professional career to ending gender-based violence, supporting survivors, and advancing social justice. She is currently an independent consultant based in Atlanta, GA. LB serves as a lead trainer for Prevention Innovations Research Center at the University of New Hampshire, through which she trains colleges, universities, and community organizations to implement Bringing in the Bystander®. LB is also a graduate student in the Program on Gender-Based Violence within the University of Colorado Denver School of Public Affairs. Her research currently focuses on campus sexual assault and intimate partner violence prevention programs, trauma-informed organizational cultures, and compassion satisfaction. She holds a bachelor's degree in history and a master's degree in social work from Washington University in St. Louis. LB previously lead Emory University's Respect Program and the St. Louis County Domestic Violence Court volunteer program. She is a board member for Jane Doe Advocacy Center and the Association of Title IX Administrators. LB is a fan of handwritten notes, post-apocalyptic science fiction, yoga,being outside, enjoying good food with even better company, and the occasional dance break. You can follow her on twitter @LB_Klein. She is a Co-Facilitator of CAPPA.


Tourist attractions, outdoor activities and sightseeing in Eger and the surrounding areas.
Eger has been inhabited since the Stone Age. Today's Eger was formed in the 10th century by St. Stephen (997–1038), the first Christian king of Hungary, who founded an Episcopal See in Eger. Eger is strategically located at the foothills of Bükk Mountain and the Northern edges of the Great Hungarian Plane (Alföld). Eger is ideally located to become the base, both for individuals, families and groups, for visiting many interesting and famous touristic sites and outdoor activities, like tracking, picnic, hunting, skiing, etc.
Eger is situated 130 km to the East from the Capital City of Budapest and 1h 20 min. drive by highway from the international airport.
In 1985 Hungary joined the World Heritage Convention and integrated it into the Hungarian legal system. Since then Hungary has been awarded 8 World Heritage sites of which 4 are in convenient reach from Eger. The year in bracket is the registration year of UNESCO when the site was included in its list.
Hunting: Three well known hunting grounds can be easily accessed from Eger: Mátra Mountain, Tokaj hills and Poroszló (on the Great Hungarian Plane). Interested parties can hunt for: wild boar, deer, also Hirsch (stag and hind), moufflon, rabbit, pheasant, geese, duck, etc. depending on the hunting seasons.
Skiing: Facilities are available on the slopes of Mátra and Bükk Mountains within one hours drive from Eger. Some places have snow cannons for assuring continuous snow during winter.
Thermal baths andSpa: Hungary is well known for its natural hot springs baths. Eger and its surroundings offer one of the best spa and wellness areas of Hungary.
Wine: Hungary has 22 wine districts four of them are easily reachable from Eger. Bull blood (Egri Bikavér), Star of Eger (Egri Csillag-white wine), and the world famous wines from Tokaj specially should be mentioned.
Marzipan museum: exhibition of the products of the multiple World Champion marzipan Master Lajos Kopcsik.
Pedestrian streets. Eger is having excellent dentists.
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Q: asp.net mvc 2 validating text inputs on modal windows i am tasked with the job of creating client-side validation on a form in an asp.net MVC 2 application, which has a modal window (the modal exists as part of the wrapping form, it is not a form unto itself). how would i go about providing validation for these text field inputs while the modal is visible, but do not validate while the modal is not displayed (as to not cause problems in the rest of the form if the modal window is never required)
What is the best approach to achieve this functionality?
thanks,
Nick

A: If you're using the jQuery validation plugin (unclear from your tags), just give it a dependency expression that includes :visible on required, like this:
$("form").validate({
  rules: {
    formFieldName: { required: "#formFieldID:visible" }
  }
});

A: Flag the fields for validation when you load the form. When the window displays flag the forms for validation when it is hidden deflag them.
Or have an array of the fields to be validated and add the fields from the window to this when it is displayed and remove them when it is not.

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Półwysep Nowowarpieński (do 1945 niem. bez nazwy) – półwysep oddzielający Zatokę Nowowarpieńską od Jeziora Nowowarpieńskiego, przy granicy polsko-niemieckiej. Na nim leży miasto Nowe Warpno, na północ od półwyspu znajduje się Łysa Wyspa oraz Półwysep Grodzki.

Półwysep prawie cały pokryty zabudową miejską, w jego północnej części zlokalizowany jest port morski Nowe Warpno. Cypel tylko częściowo pokryty łęgami.

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Can I just share with you something straight from the heart? I hope my vulnerability doesn't make you uncomfortable, I just want to tell someone.
When Evie is born, I have this dream of her still being alive when she meets Micah. I want so badly for one moment in time on this earth to hold both of my babies and have two little hearts beating next to mine.
Would you be willing to pray for that with me?
I am praying for that very thing.
A prayer from a very blessed mom (and grandma) to a dear person, whom I've never met, but have been praying for. God orchestrates every beat of our hearts and I know He is in control. The heartbeat of a child is a most precious sound. I, too, hope that God allows the two to meet in this life, even if just for a moment, but knowing too, that all will meet one day, completely whole, in God's house, will bring some comfort. I too know that you, even with grief at the doorstep, are cherishing each and every moment of your pregnancy and though it's painful and challenging, reading your blogs (through tears..) shows that not only are you a God-loving and God-fearing woman, but you also know that He works miracles! Only He knows what's in store for little Evie..thank you for sharing her with us.
Praying with you for this gift.
Prayed this a.m., and will whenever I think of you. I am very thankful that you have been especially attuned to your precious moments with Evie, pre-birth. Pregnancy is too often "endured" as a means to the end, and therefor its wonders missed, but it is a miraculous, brief, unrepeatable event. If a day is as a thousand years with God, imagine what He is doing do with your moments. I actually resorted to begging Him on your behalf, not because it would be more effective, and knowing it is unbecoming on every level, but my mother's heart so wants you to have your dream, a dream that seems a simple request. May He make it so Sarah, and abundantly so.
Praying for you! I so hope this dream comes true!!


Have you decided that you would like to embark on a new career as an ultrasound technician in Bonifay FL? If so, you are going to join one of the exciting careers in the health-care field. However, you're going to require the proper training and there are certainly a number of good ultrasound technician schools near Bonifay FL. This education and training is definitely the cornerstone to your ability to succeed as a diagnostic medical sonographer.You can find countless different colleges and training programs out there for ultrasound techs. But then how can you tell which one is likely to be the best for you? As with any other career, you will discover a number of crucial details you must take a look at first before entering into any training program and sonography training is not any different.
Listed here are five details you need to think about before choosing an ultrasound technician school.
The primary thing you must consider is the school's accreditation. This is important as you want to make certain that you are obtaining the best instruction . Every single ultrasound technician training program really needs to be accredited by the CAAHEP or an equivalent accrediting body in your area.
The next thing to consider about your ultrasound technician training program is the focus. Some colleges place greater focus on the best ways to be employed in a medical setting, while others focus more on learning the actual technology of sonography.
Another significant element you must consider is your clinical learning experience. This is your hands-on training , and this is where you should actually be instructed how to use the ultrasound equipment. Some academic institutions allocate much more time on your actual clinical training as compared to others. If it turns out your training program is not spending a lot of time with practical teaching, you might want to inquire why. In most States you need to have a minimum number of clinical hours recorded before you are eligible to test for licensing.
Something else you must consider is your class size. The size of your class will vary from school to school . It is best to ask how small the classes are at the facility you will be attending as this should give you a better idea of how much one-on-one learning you can expect.
The final point you should evaluate before deciding on an ultrasound technician program is the success rate of the school you're considering. It is important to ask the number of people that graduate from the school, what their comments were, and the number of them have actually moved on to become ultrasound techs.
Looking at these crucial steps before choosing an ultrasound technician school will help make your decision much easier and help you to become the highest quality sonographer you can possibly be. Now that your selection is made it is the time to get ready for the path that lies in front of you, what should you be expecting during your sonography training?
Ultrasound technician training consists of training students the right way to monitor and diagnose an array of medical conditions by using sound wave technology to capture images of bodily organs and human tissue. There are various accredited schools which offer this kind of training programs, which involves clinical, laboratory and class-room instruction.
Technicians spend the majority of their time in school learning the abilities necessary to operate and manage ultrasound devices . Allowing for them to generate medical images through the use of ultrasound techniques. Traditionally, employers would like sonographers to have obtained instruction from accredited training programs and to have taken and passed the examination prepared by the ARDMS (American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers).
Those employed in this vocation must be competent in human anatomy, medical terminology as well as patient assessment. Excellent communication skills are also preferred in order to alleviate any anxieties or nervousness a patient may have as they undergo technical procedures. An eye for good quality imagery and skills in selecting and analyzing images are also normally preferred.
Formal training can be obtained by signing up for a training program offered by ultrasound technician schools, universities and colleges. The majority of would-be ultrasound technicians prefer to register in 2-year associate's programs, though bachelor programs are also available. Hopefuls must possess a high school diploma with coursework having been completed in math, basic sciences and health.
An Associate of Science in Ultrasound Technology training program is focused on instructing students how to use medical imaging devices, so that they can recognize a variety of medical conditions and the treatments which should be used . This type of ultrasound technician training degree calls for lots of time spent in nearby health-care facilities, practical training in practice labs and in-class lectures . Generally speaking , the areas of patient care techniques, medical ethics, anatomy, simple physics and acoustic physics, are taught. Supplementary training courses in abdominal scanning, vascular technology and obstetrics , may also be available.
Typically, this degree takes 4 years to complete, and delivers an in-depth study of a variety of ultrasound specialties which are needed for graduates to work as researchers, administrators or shift supervisors. Practical knowledge in gynecological, obstetrics and abdominal ultrasound procedures is acquired by way of clinical internships and classroom teaching. With a B.S. degree you will be in the upper half of all sonographers in terms of education and according to the United States Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median salary for Diagnostic Medical Sonographers is over $65,000.
While the completion of an ultrasound technician training program is sufficient to obtain entry-level opportunities in the field, 5 years of ultrasound experience is necessary for better paying assignments that come with more responsibility, such as administration and management positions.
Sonographers are not required be licensed ; of course, the vast majority of employers would rather hire individuals who possess credentials from a certifying board, such as the ARMDS. The reason being certification provides confirmation that an individual has the skills and experience needed to work effectively and productively.
Individuals looking to achieve a RDMS certificate will need to pass the certifying test set by the ARDMS . Once the examination is passed, a specified amount of units in continuing education needs to be completed, to be able to maintain your certification. This form of ultrasound technician training may cover various specialties, like abdominal, nervous system or breast imaging.
Ultrasound Technician Training in Bonifay, FL reviewed by CAROLINA HORNE on May 28.
Thank You for starting such a helpful web page. I was able to find out info about the ultrasound programs in my area and I was able to find one that is perfect for me. I've now started my training and can't wait to become an Ultrasound Technician.


I received an email the other day that I felt was worth addressing in an article. The photographer who wrote asked, "How can I capture an image based on Dynamic Symmetry composition rules and how can I enhance the power to acquire the knowledge of this system?" Even though I address both of these issues thoroughly in my user's guide, The Art of Composition: A Dynamic Symmetry User's Guide for the Modern Artist, the question is an important one and deserves further clarification.


With our world immersed in technology, many find a career in computer programming a viable option. Everyday, thousands of new games and programs are released which all have to be designed by a programmer and designer. But how exactly do you start a career in this potentially lucrative profession? And where do you get the training?
The traditional route to prepare oneself to be a computer programmer in the past has been to go through a four-year degree in Computer Science. And this is still a good possibility. Doing so will prepare you by exposing you to programming techniques and computer language, applied math as it relates to programming, and other important aspects.
Now that technology is such a focus, programs like this tend to include a lot more "rigor" than they did perhaps 20 years ago.
Someone wanting to go into this field should be pretty good in math and science, since math is the basis of programming language. However, it is possible for one not to be a math whiz and still become a programmer.
Some with an artistic and innovative ability on the more creative side have been able to get into programming "through the back door," so to speak, by simply mastering software programs which do much of the programming for you.
However, if programming is truly your goal, or you wish to make a serious living out of app creation (the latest and greatest programming craze), then it would be a good move to get a degree in Computer Science or a similar field of study.
The typical education for computer programming includes a four-year degree in either Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, or IT (Information Technology), and is a diverse program involving several aspects of software development and basic programming that is relevant to today's changing technology.
Alternately, someone wishing to pursue this path could also get a 2-year certification in computer systems or a similar emphasis area. Or attend an online school or real vocational school which specializes in this field.
Both Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, who wrote the book on success in the IT and software development fields, and whose money would line the distance to the moon and back twice only took 2 years of coursework in computer technology from Harvard, then ran with it to create their own ideas.
If you are an innovator or entrepreneur, and highly confident in your business plan, you, too, could take just enough coursework to light the flame of knowledge, then take what you learn and create your own IT empire. No one path is right for everyone, and you should decide which one fits your goals and talents the best.
1) Get a 4-year degree or a 2-year certificate in computer technology or similar field. Having the credentials sets you apart from those who want to be a computer programmer, and those who actually have the skills to do it. While there are some who are self-taught (as the writer of this blog entry is), it is always wise to obtain the mastery of skills which are based on "industry standards," so that potential employers know you know what the industry expects, not just what you wanted to learn.
2) Focus on a specialty. Once you obtain your education, to set yourself apart from others, focus on what you are best at. If you are a game designer, and that is your passion, focus in on that. Be not just good, but great at it. Create a new app no one has thought of. Study the "app market" on Google Play and Apple Store and see what's hot…and what's not. This information and insight will go a long way toward securing your place in a highly hot and competitive field. As a result, you will be in high demand.
3) Learn how to market. If you want to get your ideas out there in the world of computer programming, learn how to market through multi-channels. Put your app you developed or software package in several markets, rather than focusing on just one. Run analytics and see what works best, then put most of your efforts into that. If you just wish to work for a company, market your portfolio to multiple IT companies in a similar fashion.
4) Research your field and continue your education. Always be up on the latest technology, even if you do not own every new gadget that comes out. Platform is important nowadays when technology is changing so rapidly. The mobile market and other changes has virtually stood the old technologies on their head. If you keep up with the latest research and development, you are more likely to land higher level jobs and know what types of software and what platforms are best to put your time into.
Below is a link to some information on the various programming languages computer programmers are expected to know. Keep in mind though, this changes regularly, as new languages are developed for the mobile market, and other new venues and platforms.
In essence, a computer programmer speaks the language computers understand and this can be composed of a number of different languages from basic HTML and C+ Basic, to Java scripting and the new HTML5 for mobile apps.
Training should begin with a sound formal education, coupled with real-world experience and hands-on training in the IT field. With the field changing so rapidly, a good combination of formal vs. informal practice and education should pave the way for a good opportunity to work and play in this fascinating career field.


Fantasy runway look, featuring Gerbera daisies, anthuriums, and gloriosa lilies.
This year I had the pleasure of attending the 11th Anniversary of Hats in the Garden fundraiser in Naples, Florida. This event marks the start of the Naples social season and was held in a luxurious tent at the Naples Botanical Gardens. All guests were impeccably dressed in the latest fashions fit for an exclusive party in the Garden of Versailles! The women took pride in selecting unique hats and fascinators to top off their runway ready ensembles, while lunching and viewing a unique fashion presentation.
"Hats," as it is referred to by the locals, was particularly special this year. The official title of the show was Couture et Fleurs: Runway Fantasies Inspired & Created from Nature. It featured amazing couture designs from the likes of Naeem Khan and Carolina Herrera that were generously provided by Saks Fifth Avenue. The highlight of the runway show, however, was the botanical garments created by top local floral designers.
"Hats" was at its all time best this year. I am looking forward to seeing what they have in store for 2015!


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Teacher Prep Program Earns Top Grade from Teacher Quality Organization
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The National Council on Teacher Quality rated Texas Tech on its content offerings, degree plans and admissions selectivity.
Doug Hamman
The College of Education at Texas Tech University was one of 35 teacher preparation programs that earned top scores in the high school content standard of the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ).
The NCTQ's biennial teacher prep review considers specific state regulations on teacher certification standards and institutions' course content offerings, degree plans and admissions selectivity. Texas Tech was one of two universities in the state to earn this distinction and one of two Big 12 Conference schools.
"The recognition highlights the important commitment of the College of Education and multiple departments across the university in preparing teachers," said Doug Hamman, chairman of the Department of Teacher Education. "We know our candidates are strong in their content preparation; otherwise they wouldn't be admitted to our program."
Hamman submitted syllabi and degree plans to NCTQ for secondary-level teacher preparation in mathematics and history, which was part of a larger audit and evaluation of the program. The ranking underscores the strong collaboration between the College of Education and the College of Arts & Sciences because secondary-level teacher candidates must major in a core-content discipline and minor in education in order to qualify for state certification.
"The difficult work of creating a teacher education program that truly serves the needs of both our teacher candidates at Texas Tech and students throughout our state and nation is being recognized," Education Dean Scott Ridley said. "We will continue to strive for the highest level of excellence and are pleased that NCTQ is recognizing these efforts."
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The College of Education at Texas Tech University offers a full range of programs, including 9 doctoral degrees, 10 master's degrees, two bachelor's degrees and numerous specializations which can lead to careers in public or private education as teachers, professors, administrators, counselors and diagnosticians.
Programs in the college are housed in three departments.
The Department of Curriculum & Instruction offers advanced degrees that prepare leaders, researchers, and professors with the knowledge, skills, and practical application experience needed to analyze, construct, and evaluate curricula in ways that create optimal learning conditions for all learners. Language and literacy, bilingual education and STEM education are just a few of the specializations offered by C&I.
The Department of Educational Psychology & Leadership consists of a diverse group of academic programs that equip students with a comprehensive knowledge of learning, motivation, development, and educational foundations. The disciplines of counseling and school psychology are housed within the EP&L department as are programs to prepare future college administrators, primary and secondary school and district leaders, as well as practical and academic educational psychologists.
The Department of Teacher Education focuses solely on teacher preparation, ensuring that teacher candidates are ready for the classroom on day one. The Teacher Education Department is home to TechTeach, an innovative teacher preparation program that puts teacher candidates into public school classrooms for a full year and requires that students pass teacher certification tests prior to entering the classroom. Various paths to teaching careers, including fast-track distance programs statewide and alternative certification options, are also housed in this department.
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Sunil Chhetri on the cusp of becoming the most important Indian player of all time!
The tiny frame of Sunil Chhetri has never been threatening. Yet, whenever he is on the ball, he makes the opposition defenders stop and take notice, with his bag full of tricks and brilliant close control bamboozling them more often than not. Chhetri has been a tireless servant of the Indian National team.
He is the highest goalscorer at the National level, is the best and the most important Indian player of the current generation and is soon set to become the most important Indian player of all time. Sunil Chhetri, if he plays against curaçao, will surpass Baichung Bhutia (107 caps) and become the most capped player for the Indian National Team.
It will be an astonishing achievement for the Indian captain, one that will make him the solitary leader in terms of appearances and goal. Chhetri will surely now cement his position in the history of Indian football. It will be an incredible achievement and Sunil Chhetri is ever so humble and coy about it:
"I generally don't think about it. But at the same time it's both an honor and a privilege to have played so much for such a huge country with such a big history. For someone who never even dreamt of playing for his country, or even of making it professionally, it's unbelievable. It's something I don't take for granted,"
Sunil Chhetri is looking forward to the 2022 World Cup and the long road of qualifying in front of the Indian team, should they qualify for the 32 Nation tournament. India will begin this journey with friendlies in the King's Cup and the Intercontinental Cup before the actual qualifiers begin in September. Chhetri was happy with the schedule leading up to the qualifiers this time around:
"Four years ago, we had a terrible campaign. The last time the primary reason that we didn't do well was that we didn't get too many good practice games. It took us time to adjust. This time the games we are getting are against Curacao, either Vietnam or Thailand and then DPR Korea, Tajikistan and Syria. That's a very decent line up.
I don't think last time we played five teams like this (before the World Cup campaign). I hope all the other dates that the coach wants he will get. I just hope that four years later when you talk to me, I don't say the same thing once again."
The immediate challenge in front of the Indian ace is Curacao in the King's Cup semifinals. The 82 ranked team has every member of its starting XI playing in Europe. This has Sunil Chhetri excited, with the quality of opposition only helping the Indian players rise up to the occasion:
"We have seen a few matches of Curacao but many more videos of their individual players. The fact that almost the whole eleven play in Europe and big leagues is very good. It's good because it's not often that you get to play a team of that region. You have to take that and take all the advantage of that."
But the challenge before the game would be to integrate with the National squad and understanding the philosophies of recently appointed head coach Igor Stimac. Stimac has had around 10 days with the National team squad, which is hardly a long time, considering how clubs undergo 45 days pre-season to gel together. Sunil Chhetri was aware of this complication:
"The first challenge is to understand much more of what the coach wants and the way he wants us to play. And that will take time. I just hope we can grasp a lot before we play our first match. The other challenge was that a lot of us are coming from the off season so we had to work hard on our fitness because we only had about 12 days with the new coach. I hope that doesn't come to bite us."
It will be an interesting game against Curacao, with multiple narratives being the talking point. But the biggest talking point should be the celebration of a career and a player who has carried the National team on his back for too long to be starved off the limelight. He is the greatest goalscorer the country has ever seen. He is the most consistent player, always fit and ready to play and he is now ready to lead the country into this new era on the road to the 2022 World Cup qualifiers.


Every inch the elegant Victorian home, Sunrise is one of those properties you just fall in love with as soon as you make your way to the front door. Set close to the cliff tops above Shanklin Beach, this five-bedroom house has everything you need to enjoy time with that group of friends or family you just don't see often enough.
The open plan design of the stylish kitchen and dining space means you can while away long lazy mornings cooking leisurely breakfasts in style. Spacious and contemporary, the kitchen makes the perfect place to rediscover your inner Mary Berry and show off your culinary skills to the rest of the group…or you can just pull up a chair at the dining table and enjoy a chat while the others create something delicious!
When it's time to retreat to the living room, you'll find a bright, welcoming space with access out to the enclosed garden. Complete with furniture and decking, the lawned garden makes a tranquil space to enjoy a sunny day. A secure space for the kids (or the family pet if he's coming too) to let off steam, the garden's even home to a barbecue for those al fresco dinners.
Small Hope Beach is just a few minutes' walk from Sunrise, and it has a licensed café, beautiful scenery and beach huts for hire. If you wander along the cliff path for a few minutes you'll reach one of the Isle of Wight's best-loved restaurants. Sit back and take in the spectacular views of Sandown Bay and Culver Cliffs while you dine on freshly cooked local produce…bliss.
Had an amazing 4 nights at Sunrise to celebrate my Mum & Dad's 50th Wedding Anniversary. What a wonderful house, everything you needed and plenty of room for the 8 of us and our dog. A lovely 5 minute walk down to the beach, with a lovely little bar/restaurant (The Hideaway) 2 minutes walk away. Thanks for a great stay.
My family all had a great time and loved staying in the house. There was so much space to relax in. The house was very well equipped. We were so lucky with the weather and were able to make use of the lovely garden too.
Difficult to find enough superlatives to describe this lovely property. We felt at home straight away with every possible kitchen utensil provided including a very nice utility room with detergents and cleaning products available. The decor and overall design is tasteful and so important - it is spotlessly clean. The beds were so comfortable it was hard to get out of them in the mornings. I could easily move into this property and stay there forever.Full marks to the owner for thinking of just about everything you could want to make your holiday perfect. Thank you so much.
Excellent property in a good location comfortably accommodating 10 people. Pub at the end of the road is great also.
Our only problem was that at 88 years of age I had planned to use the bedroom with the walk-in shower, but the bed in that room was only 6" from the ground, so I used one of the smaller rooms and I was very comfortable.


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Q: Spark: Window and UDAF for Kalman filter In High Performance Spark: Best Practices for Scaling and Optimizing Apache  Spark by Holden Karau and  Rachel Warren it is said (pp.259):

Window operations allow you to compute your data over the last K batches of data, which can be very handy for things like moving averages or Kalman filters

As a reminder, a Kalman is a sequential processing, used to filter a set of data based on previous data.
After looking what at the behavior of UDAFs, it doesn't seem to be adapted as there is no notion of ordering (the merge method merges the results with no order).
So if UDAF are not adapted to kalman and windowing, how can a Kalman filter be computed within a window?
Is there any example of such use of windowing?

A: Please note that the quote talks specifically about Window operations so your assumptions that

the merge method merges the results with no order

doesn't necessarily hold. If window function is applied with ORDER BY clause, i.e.
F(...) OVER (ORDER BY ... [<ROW or RANGE clause>])

or
F(...) OVER (PARTITION BY ... [<ROW or RANGE clause>])

explicit order is defined by the context of the expression and merge is invoked in a well defined manner.
As a side effect aggregate function used with OVER is sequential (globally in the former case, by partition in the latter case) so merge is never invoked.


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The Puffball is a genus of fungi in the family Agaricaceae, commonly known as the true puffballs. The 46 species have a widespread distribution, and are found largely in temperate regions of the world. Various species have historically been used in homeopathic preparations.
Fruit bodies are oval to spherical to pear-shaped, and typically 1 to 8 cm in diameter with a white or light-colored thin and fragile exoperidum (outer layer of the peridium). Depending on the species, the exoperidium in a young specimen may be smooth, granular, or finely echinulate. This exoperidium sloughs off at maturity to expose a smooth endoperidium with an apical pore. They may be attached to the ground by fine rhizomorphs that may appear like a small cord in some species. Spores are brown to purple-brown, roughly spherical or ellipsoid in shape, and 3.5–7 μm in diameter. At maturity, the entire fruit body may become detached from the ground, and the spores spread as the puffball is blown around. In Bovista, the capillitium (a network of thread-like cells in which the spores are embedded) are not connected directly to the peridial wall, but rather, they are made of separate units and branch irregularly, ending in tapered points.
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Q: Use string as public string name? I have the file: dvars.cs
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

namespace GSM
{
    public static class dvar
    {
            static int _pspeed = 2;

            public static int pspeed
            {
                get
                {
                    return _pspeed;
                }
                set
                {
                    _pspeed = value;
                }
            }
    }

}

I want to be able to use a string to define it for example(in a different file i want to set the dvar.pspeed using a string as the variable name):
string mystring = "pspeed";
dvar.mystring = 1;

Does anybody know how I could go about this?

A: I think you could you use reflection to do this.
String mystring = "pspeed";
PropertyInfo pi = typeof(dvar).GetProperty(mystring);
pi.SetValue(dvar, 1, new Object[0]);

A: You can't do this, however you could wrap a dictionary using an indexer:
public static class Dvar
{
    private static IDictionary<string, int> map = new Dictionary<string, int>();

    public static int this[string key]
    {
        get { return map[key]; }
        set { map[key] = value; }
    }
}

And use it like this:
Dvar["pspeed"] = 1;

A: You can just use the Int32.Prase() method or (TryParse() if you need to validate it).


As I've highlighted before on this blog, despite the fact that the goal is to cover as much current UCLA Athletics news as possible, there are times when it's too good to pass up what current, successful UCLA alum are up to in the world of sports.
Well, those damn bandwagoning Clipper fans got what was coming to them.
In all seriousness, though, this may have been the dagger in the "best power forward in the NBA" debate, at least for now.
Through 15 games, Love is averaging a ridiculous 25 points and 14.5 rebounds per game. He's having the best defensive year he's had in the pros with a defensive rating of 98 (which is the number of points allowed per 100 possessions). All while piling on the minutes, as he gets significantly more playing time now than he ever did under Kurt Rambis.
And that "best power forward in the NBA" debate? Kevin Love has to be leading that list, with Dirk Nowitzki off to a slow start and Blake Griffin proving to all of us that his post moves are still incredibly raw and that his defense is terrible.
At first glance, Love's Minnesota Timberwolves are a middling 7-8 right now. But in context, it's a hell of an improvement considering they only won 17 games last year.
Regardless, there's no power forward playing at the level Kevin Love has. But this shouldn't shock anyone — UCLA Bruins in the NBA tend to pan out pretty damn well, and Love is just one great player in a list of UCLA legends.
But tonight? Tonight's Love's night. Thanks for making us proud, Love.


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