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The Impossible-to-Find Nike x J.Crew Killshot 2 Is Back
Don't sleep on this one.
Alittle more than a year after it first returned from a long and painful hiatus, the Nike Killshot 2 is back at J.Crew. The understated, classic sneaker has all the clean lines and easy colors you could want as summer approaches. It also has a habit of selling out pretty much instantly, so hurry if you want a pair—some sizes are already backordered until late August.
SHOP $90, jcrew.com
To learn a little more about the style that guys just can't seem to get enough of, check out our original post from February 24, 2017 below.
While there's no shortage of "classic" sneakers on the market right now, one of Nike's most beloved models is also one of its hardest to find. The Killshot is a clean and simple silhouette that's popular with everyone from hip-hop artists to Wall Street bankers, and can be worn with anything from track pants to a suit.
Unfortunately, it's as elusive as they come—appearing only briefly over the past few years, and barely at all in recent memory. Which meant even diehard fans were out of luck. But now, thanks to J. Crew, it's finally coming back.
The official re-release is slated for Wednesday March 1, and the price comes in at a very-attainable $90. And for New York and L.A. fans who can't wait and don't mind working for their sneakers, there's a pre-sale happening tomorrow at J. Crew's SoHo and Grove stores.
Tickets for the pre-sale are available now via the J. Crew men's Instagram account, but you better act quickly—only 50 pairs of Killshots will be available per location.
For those who can't get in on the pre-sale, worry not: In less than a week, the sneakers will be available on jcrew.com and in J. Crew stores. Happy hunting.
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GREEN COVE SPRINGS – Clay High's boys soccer coach Joshua Bookstore got a double-helping of close games with an 11 second winning shot against Bishop Snyder last week and a 3:43 to go losing shot Monday against 3A-power Matanzas at Clay High School.
With acrobatic sideline play from freshman Samaree Lewis and tough defense from Riley Bookstore in front of Schoen, the Blue Devils were able to stave off the fast-moving Matanzas attack. Schoen came up with a half dozen quality saves with the Pirates getting a handful of corner kicks in the second half.
Bookstore, on Friday, got a 0-0 score until the 11 seconds to go mark against Bishop Snyder before the Blue Devils pushed in a rebound with eight seconds to go to get their won/lost record to 4-0-1 with impressive wins of 6-0 over Duval Charter and 8-1 over University Christian earlier in the season.


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September 21, 2020 September 18, 2020 ~ michael j scholtes
Today we are looking at the readings for the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time, aka Proper 21, aka the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost. September 27, 2020. The readings assigned for this Sunday are Exodus 17:1-7 or Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32; Philippians 2:1-13; and Matthew 21:23-32.
In the gospel reading today, Jesus tells a brief parable:
"What do you think? A man had two sons; he went to the first and said, 'Son, go and work in the vineyard today.' 29 He answered, 'I will not'; but later he changed his mind and went. 30 The father went to the second and said the same; and he answered, 'I go, sir'; but he did not go. 31 Which of the two did the will of his father?" [The chief priests and elders] said, "The first."
Matthew 21:28-31 (NRSV)
In the following verse, Jesus makes clear that this parable is an allegory: the chief priests and elders of Israel (who were trying to trick Jesus) are the son who says "yes" but does nothing, and the tax collectors and prostitutes are the son who says "no" but goes and works. One could possibly summarize the meaning as "actions speak louder than words."
But here's another way to look at it. Imagine if the story went like this:
"A man had two sons with bipolar disorder; he went to the first and said, 'Son, go and work in the vineyard today.' 29 He answered, 'I will not'; but later he entered a manic phase and went. 30 The father went to the second and said the same; and he answered, 'I go, sir'; but he became depressed and did not go. 31 Which of the two did the will of his father?" [The chief priests and elders] said, "The first, but…umm…it doesn't seem like a fair question anymore."
Granted, this interpretation is probably not supported by the text. I'm not suggesting this is what Jesus meant. However, it is an interesting depiction of a life lived with bipolar disorder.
People who live with this particular mental illness cycle between two phases of illness: "manic" and "depressed." The depressed phase is often rather similar to garden-variety depression: lack of energy, lack of interest in things that once made one happy, feelings of sadness and despair, that sort of thing. The manic phase can manifest as an incredible sense of energy, not needing to sleep for extended periods of time, a feeling of a "high," a lack of inhibitions, extreme emotions like euphoria or rage. In the moment, someone in a manic phase may not want it to stop; there can be a sense of being able to do anything, accomplish anything.
The time between these cycles can vary widely. Some individuals can be in one phase or the other for several months; others can cycle within the same day. It is not ludicrous to think that the father's sons could develop either a manic or a depressed state within the time allowed by the parable.
Then the question of the parable becomes intriguing: which one of the two did the will of his father? Is the depressed son to blame because he was unable to get himself out of bed? Or is the manic son worthy of praise because he couldn't stop himself from constant activity? It's hard to assign a moral value to action taken while ill. Instead, both sons become people worthy of sympathy and care, who need help to become the people they're meant to be. Both sons, even the one who seems to be working so hard, become more like Peter's mother-in-law, who is sick in bed with a fever — but upon her healing, is able to fulfill her calling to care for those in her home.
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Gay California 13-Year-Old Dies--Youth Hanged Himself After 'Years' of Bullying
A 13-year-old boy who attempted suicide by hanging succumbed on Sept. 27 after nine days in intensive care. The boy, Seth Walsh, lived in Tehachapi, Calif., and had endured "years" of bullying by schoolmates, reported local news channel KGET the following day.
The article reported that Seth was harassed even on Sept. 19, the day he hanged himself in his back yard. Police said that after investigating the boy's suicide attempt, they determined that no criminal charges would be brought. "Several of the kids that we talked to broke down into tears," the town's police chief, Jeff Kermode, told the news channel. "They had never expected an outcome such as this." Seth attended Jacobsen Middle School. Tehachapi lies 35 miles east of Bakersfield, and has a population of about 10,000.
The article said that, according to his friends, Seth had been targeted for bullying and harassment because he was gay. They also told the news channel that the school's staff and administration had not intervened on behalf of the boy.
As Seth lay in the hospital, a relative created a YouTube video with messages of support. "Seth Walsh," text read, "the best person ever." Other messages read, "He's my bestest buddy," and "Stay positive and pray he will up and running around soon!"
"Don't ever bully again," text on the video implored viewers.
Following his death, Seth's grandmother told the media, "He passed away in a natural death. He is in the process of being an organ donor," reported Tehachapi News.com on Sept. 28. "He was different. He knew he was different," Seth's grandmother added. "He was a very loving boy, very kind. He had a beautiful smile. He liked fashion, his friends, talking on the phone. He was artistic and very bright."
The article said that a memorial was planned for Oct. 1.
An earlier article, posted at the site on Sept. 24, said that Seth's family called for calm. "A negative action... by adults and children... will not solve or help anyone!" the family's statement read. "Violence is not the answer. Please everyone, be kind and love one another!"
The boy's death was one more in a grim succession of GLBT youths--and straight youths harassed for being gay even though they were not--ending their own lives rather than continuing to endure torment. Even as Seth lay in intensive care, a Texas boy named Asher Brown, also 13, shot and killed himself on Sept. 23, using his stepfather's gun.
Asher Brown was a straight-A student, but he came in for harassment at school because he was gay, because of his religion, and because he didn't dress the way some of his peers expected he should, reported the Houston Chronicle on Sept. 27. Asher's parents told the media that their son was "bullied to death" by schoolmates, and said that the harassment Asher endured even took the form of simulated sex acts forced on the boy in gym class. The bullies, the bereaved parents said, were "relentless" in their torments--even as Asher's parents attempted on numerous occasions over the last year and a half to get school administrators to intervene.
Nationally, children as young as 11 have committed suicide in recent years, after having endured relentless bullying at school. The bullying often takes the form of anti-gay taunts and harassment, even when the children being bullied are not gay. Groups such as the Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network (GLSEN) seek to provide educational materials in order to promote a safe learning environment in the schools, but some schools have policies in place that deny students classroom learning about human sexual diversity.
In two separate incidents in different parts of the country, two youths, both 15 years old, hanged themselves after enduring anti-gay bullying at school. A news anchor at a CBS affiliate WCCO in Anoka, Minnesota, reported on Sept. 13 on the hanging death of 15-year old Justin Aaberg, a student in the Anoka-Hennepin school district in Minnesota, who had come out as gay two years earlier and endured anti-gay harassment at school. The anchor said that there had been "a record number of suicides" in the school district, "mostly among gay students." The article cited a teacher--who commented anonymously for fear of reprisal--who said that he thought three of the students who had killed themselves were struggling with their sexuality.
Two Anoka-Hennepin School District teachers were accused last year of tag-teaming a student whom they harassed, insinuating that he was gay and embarrassing him in front of his classmates. The student, who was not gay, eventually transferred to another district and brought suit against Anoka-Hennepin. The district settled with him for $25,000. The teachers in the case were placed on leave, and remain on leave currently.
Anti-Gay Religious Groups Protest Safe Schools Efforts
As the rash of student suicides has continued, school districts around the country have taken steps to provide a safe learning environment for all pupils. But anti-gay groups have stepped up pressure on schools and lawmakers not to provide specific protections for LGBT youth, saying that such protections would "sideline" and "belittle" religious students and their parents.
Anti-gay group Focus on the Family told the Denver Post recently that as society in general--and public schools--begin to comprehend that gays and lesbians are a normal and natural part of human diversity, anti-gay religious views may be shunted aside and no loner hold sway in the classroom.
"We feel more and more that activists are being deceptive in using anti-bullying rhetoric to introduce their viewpoints, while the viewpoint of Christian students and parents are increasingly belittled," the FOF's education expert, Candi Cushman, said.
Christian groups in recent years have targeted LGBT youth by pressuring schools not to allow the national "Day of Silence" to be observed. The Day of Silence is marked by students who refuse to speak while outside of class, in order to express a sense of powerlessness and lack of voice, or to show sympathy with gay youths who experience that sense of disenfranchisement.
Handbooks on countering the Day of Silence, distributed by anti-gay religious groups, recommend that parents pull their children from school rather than attend on a day when LGBT youth and their straight supporters make a conspicuous show of quietude. The handbooks also offer talking points for parents and students who wish to confront school administrators or Day of Silence participants, including claims that homosexuality is a "chosen" behavior and not an innate characteristic.
The head of GLSEN, Eliza Byard, told the Denver Post that Focus on the Family had it partially right. "Yes, we want LGBT students afforded full respect," Byard acknowledged, going on to say, "Bullying is a serious public health crisis in this country, according to no less an authority than the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services."
GLSEN tracks anti-gay harassment and violence in public schools. A 2009 survey of more than 7,200 middle and high school students conducted by the group demonstrated that about 9 out of 10 GLBT students had been harassed at school, with about two-thirds reporting that they feared for their safety while at school. This led about a third of GLTB students to cut school at least once per month. Others dropped out of school altogether. Despite efforts at educational outreach and higher visibility of the problem of bullying in the public schools, physical attacks are as prevalent against LGBT youth as ten years ago--even as the use of homophobic slurs has decreased.
"In 1999, GLSEN began data collection on the school experiences of LGBT students in order to fill a critical void in our knowledge and understanding of the ways LGBT issues play out in schools," Byard said in a press release detailing the report's findings. "It could not be clearer that there is an urgent need for action to create safe and affirming schools for LGBT students." Added Byard, "As our nation seems to finally be taking bullying more seriously, it is crucial that LGBT students are no longer left out of efforts to address this public health crisis."
But the efforts of anti-gay groups to gut or obstruct safe schools initiatives continue to play out against a backdrop of violence and death. On Sept. 9--two months to the day after Tammy Aaberg found her son dead in his bedroom--another mother found her son had hung himself. In Greensburg, Indiana, 15-year-old Billy Lucas killed himself in his family's barn after suffering ongoing--and worsening--anti-gay harassment, even though he may not have been gay. He never said that he was, but other students assumed him to be gay, and taunted him for it, reported Fox news station WXIN in Indianapolis on Sept. 13.
"People would call him 'fag' and stuff like that, just make fun of him because he's different basically," said a fellow Greensburg High School student, Dillen Swango. "They said stuff like 'you're like a piece of crap' and 'you don't deserve to live.' Different things like that. Talked about how he was gay or whatever."
Related Topics: anti-gay groups | anti-gay harassment | safe schools | GLBT youth


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US Navy Veterans Lung Cancer Advocate Urges the Family of a Navy Veteran with Lung Cancer to Call the Lawyers at Karst von Oiste if He Had Navy Asbestos Exposure-Compensation May Exceed $100,000
The US Navy Veterans Lung Cancer Advocate is urging the family of a Navy Veteran who now has lung cancer and who had heavy exposure to asbestos in the navy to call the lawyers at Karst von Oiste at 800-714-0303-compensation might exceed $100,000.
WASHINGTON, DC, December 29, 2020 /24-7PressRelease/ — The US Navy Veterans Lung Cancer Advocate says, "We are urging the immediate family of a Navy Veteran with recently diagnosed lung cancer-and who decades ago had asbestos exposure in the service to please call the lawyers at the law firm of Karst von Oiste at 800-714-0303-including weekends and holidays. Financial compensation for a person like this might exceed $100,000 and the claim does not involve suing the navy. The typical person the lawyers at Karst von Oiste would like to talk to is over 60 years old and they served in the navy in the 1960s or 1970s. Most people like this with lung cancer never get compensated-because they do not realize the $30 billion dollar asbestos trust funds were set up for them too. www.karstvonoiste.com/
"The Advocate is appealing to the friends or family of a Navy Veteran who had significant exposure to asbestos decades ago in the navy and who now has lung cancer to please get involved. Without some help a person like this will never get compensated. For direct access to the lawyers at Karst von Oiste please call 800-714-0303. They want to help a person like this." www.karstvonoiste.com/
High-risk workplaces for asbestos exposure include the US Navy, shipyards, power plants, public utilities, manufacturing factories, chemical plants, oil refineries, mines, smelters, pulp and paper mills, aerospace manufacturing facilities, offshore oil rigs, demolition construction work sites, railroads, automotive manufacturing facilities, or auto brake shops. With lung cancer caused by asbestos exposure the lung cancer may not show up until decades after the exposure. https://USNavyLungCancer.Com
According to the American Cancer Society for nonsmokers who have been exposed to asbestos in their workplace the risk of lung cancer is five times that of unexposed workers. https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/lung/statistics/index.htm.
States with the highest incidence of lung cancer include Kentucky, West Virginia, Maine, Tennessee, Mississippi, Ohio, Indiana, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Alabama, and Delaware.
However, asbestos exposure lung cancer can happen in any state including California, New York, Texas, Florida, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Wyoming, Utah, Montana, Idaho, Arizona, Washington, Oregon or Alaska. www.karstvonoiste.com/
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Q: Android send mail not focus on the email's body automatically I have question about send mail, how disable focus text with Intent.ACTION_SEND
Is it possible to:
1) Not focus on the email's body automatically
2) Focus on the top of the email
----> help me :
Code send Mail :
 String to = "aaaaa@gmail.com";
        String subject = "bbbbbb";
        //Intent action send
        Intent email = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
        email.setType("text/plain");
        email.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL,
                       new String[]{to});
        email.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT,
                       subject);
        email.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "Email message goes here");

        //need this to prompts email client only
        getActivity().startActivityForResult(Intent.createChooser(email,
                                                                  "Send mail..."),
                                             12345);

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A:
Is it possible to: 1) Not focus on the email's body automatically 2) Focus on the top of the email

No, that is not possible, because you did not write the email app. That app was written by other programmers, and those programmers are welcome to do whatever they want. What part of their compose-message UI is focused is up to them, not you.
Moreover, the behavior that you will see will depend on the email client. There are many email client apps for Android; not all are written the same.

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'''''Doom''''' is a first-person shooter developed by [[id Software]]. In the game, you play a space marine stationed on Mars. Scientists have been experimenting with dimensional travel and have accidentally opened a portal to Hell, and released hordes of demons on the planet. It's up to you to fight your way through the demons, enter Hell, and stop them from getting to Earth.
[[Image:Doom - DOS - USA.jpg|thumb|256x256px|North American box art.]]
Doom is considered a monumental game being the first hugely-successful multiplayer FPS and breaking ground among 3D games. When it came out, the computer I owned couldn't
'''''Doom''''' is a first-person shooter developed by [[id Software]] and released for [[MS-DOS]] in 1993. It's the first game in the [[Doom (universe)|Doom series]]. In the game, you play a space marine stationed on Mars. Scientists have been experimenting with dimensional travel and have accidentally opened a portal to Hell, and released hordes of demons on the planet. It's up to you to fight your way through the demons, enter Hell, and stop them from getting to Earth.
Doom is considered a monumental game being the first hugely-successful multiplayer FPS and breaking ground among 3D games. When it came out, the computer I owned couldn't handle it, so, to make it more playable, I decreased the view port to its lowest size and bumped up turbo to its highest level, but that ruined the feel of the game. It wasn't until a couple years later that I could run the game at its intended size and speed. I really enjoyed Doom, and spent a lot of time making my own levels with Waded, an editor tool.
==Status==
I own The Ultimate Doom and have beaten each episode on Hurt Me Plenty difficulty.
I own The Ultimate Doom and have beaten all four episodes on Hurt Me Plenty difficulty.
==Review==
{{Video Game Review|7|7|8|7|7|72%|Doom95 for Windows}}
===Good===
* The game is a lot of fun,
* The game is just a lot of fun to play.
* The addition of multi-player, while not necessary, vastly increased the enjoyment of the game.
* There were a lot of interesting small features added to the game like monsters that would get mad and hurt each other, enemies near ledges that would fall off, flickering lights, semi-transparent demons, etc.
* Each of the weapons has its own strengths and weaknesses. For most of them, there is no way to say that it is definitively better than another.
* The game was really spooky at the time, and even today, when I'm playing a new map, I get apprehensive about diving into sludge or walking into a dark room.
* The game has very fitting music including heavy metal tracks, and [[Bobby Prince]] wisely convinced the developers to include mysterious ambiance as well.
===Bad===
* The game allows [[save scumming]]. Ordinarily, I appreciate this, but, since the game is meant to be terrifying, and you can save and reload every time you get ambushed, it kills a lot of the tension.
* The earlier releases of the game had some pretty bad bugs, but id did a great job patching them over the years.
===Ugly===
* Nothing.
==Media==
===Box Art===
This art was designed by [[Don Punchatz]] and used on nearly all of the boxes for all ports, just with various differences in layout. I features a Doom space marine being rushed by demons of Hell, some of which have been cybernetically altered. Punchatz's box art doesn't include the Doom logo he designed.
Doom - DOS - USA.jpg|DOS.
===Documentation===
Doom - DOS - Manual.pdf|Game manual.
Doom - DOS - Manual (Ultimate Doom).pdf|Game manual (Ultimate Doom).
Doom - DOS - The Ultimate Doom Poster.png|Poster from The Ultimate Doom.
===Graphics===
Doom - DOS - Texture - Warped Bones.png
Doom - DOS - Texture - Green Marble Demon Face.png
Doom - DOS - Texture - Green Marble Alien Face.png
Doom - DOS - Texture - Warped Faces.png
* [https://www.textures-resource.com/pc_computer/doom textures-resource.com/pc_computer/doom] - Textures.
===Fan Art===
Doom On a Fingernail.jpg|Doom painted on a fingernail.
Doom - DOS - Windows 3 Mockup.png|[[Windows 3]] mockup.
===Videos===
* [http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1014627/Classic-Game-Postmortem gdcvault.com/play/1014627/Classic-Game-Postmortem] - Postmortem by John Romero and Tom Hall.
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBU34NZhW7I youtube.com/watch?v=eBU34NZhW7I] - Postmortem by John Romero.
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbjOkrrTjhc youtube.com/watch?v=HbjOkrrTjhc] - Boundary Break.
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptHurafdCoQ youtube.com/watch?v=ptHurafdCoQ] - John Romero's level design rules.
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0nlO87evhY youtube.com/watch?v=K0nlO87evhY] - Longplay, Knee Deep In the Dead.
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQdsIQQpHLs youtube.com/watch?v=vQdsIQQpHLs] - Longplay, The Shores of Hell.
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74uPgIMQ5eg youtube.com/watch?v=74uPgIMQ5eg] - Longplay, Inferno.
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqan5L1x7JM youtube.com/watch?v=dqan5L1x7JM] - Longplay, They Flesh Consumed.
==Credits==
! Role !! Staff
| Design || [[Shawn Green]], [[Sandy Petersen]], [[John Romero]]
| Programming || [[Michael Abrash]], [[John Carmack]], [[John Romero]], [[Dave Taylor]]
| Graphics, Art || [[Adrian Carmack]], [[Kevin Cloud]]
| Level Design || [[John Romero]], [[Sandy Petersen]], [[Shawn Green]]
| Music	& Sound Effects || [[Robert Prince]]
| Sound Engine || [[Paul Radek]]
| Tools Programming || [[John Romero]]
| Model Development || [[Gregor Punchatz]]
| Creative Director || [[Tom Hall]]
==Links==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_%281993_video_game%29 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_%281993_video_game%29] - Wikipedia.
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{{Link|Wikipedia|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_%281993_video_game%29}}
{{Link|VGMPF|2=http://www.vgmpf.com/Wiki/index.php/Doom_(DOS)}}
{{Link|TCRF|https://tcrf.net/Doom_(PC,_1993)}}
{{Link|ModdingWiki|http://www.shikadi.net/moddingwiki/Doom}}
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Doom is a first-person shooter developed by id Software and released for MS-DOS in 1993. It's the first game in the Doom series. In the game, you play a space marine stationed on Mars. Scientists have been experimenting with dimensional travel and have accidentally opened a portal to Hell, and released hordes of demons on the planet. It's up to you to fight your way through the demons, enter Hell, and stop them from getting to Earth.
3.3 Graphics
3.4 Fan Art
7 7 8 7 7 72%
Best Version: Doom95 for Windows
— This section contains spoilers! —
The game is just a lot of fun to play.
The addition of multi-player, while not necessary, vastly increased the enjoyment of the game.
There were a lot of interesting small features added to the game like monsters that would get mad and hurt each other, enemies near ledges that would fall off, flickering lights, semi-transparent demons, etc.
Each of the weapons has its own strengths and weaknesses. For most of them, there is no way to say that it is definitively better than another.
The game was really spooky at the time, and even today, when I'm playing a new map, I get apprehensive about diving into sludge or walking into a dark room.
The game has very fitting music including heavy metal tracks, and Bobby Prince wisely convinced the developers to include mysterious ambiance as well.
The game allows save scumming. Ordinarily, I appreciate this, but, since the game is meant to be terrifying, and you can save and reload every time you get ambushed, it kills a lot of the tension.
The earlier releases of the game had some pretty bad bugs, but id did a great job patching them over the years.
This art was designed by Don Punchatz and used on nearly all of the boxes for all ports, just with various differences in layout. I features a Doom space marine being rushed by demons of Hell, some of which have been cybernetically altered. Punchatz's box art doesn't include the Doom logo he designed.
DOS.
Game manual.
Game manual (Ultimate Doom).
Poster from The Ultimate Doom.
textures-resource.com/pc_computer/doom - Textures.
Doom painted on a fingernail.
Windows 3 mockup.
gdcvault.com/play/1014627/Classic-Game-Postmortem - Postmortem by John Romero and Tom Hall.
youtube.com/watch?v=eBU34NZhW7I - Postmortem by John Romero.
youtube.com/watch?v=HbjOkrrTjhc - Boundary Break.
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to our faithful Old English Mastiff who was indeed a gentle giant!!
we have been blessed with good things also.
Having less animals has made it easier to do chores and stay a little ahead of things. We have about 20 goats including bucks and kids. We made difficult decisions and kept only what we thought were the best breedings we had. We don't get to go to many shows but try at least to go to two.
We were thrilled to get a Rendezvous son from Joan and Charles Rowe. A beautiful boy with an outstanding pedigree. The Rowe bucks have always done nice thing for us.
We thank God for all the wonderful friends who have done so much for us as Glen is losing his battle and can not help much. I am learning to be independent as Glen was always there to do things. He really loves his goats !!
I have 12 goats bred, 2 more than I wanted to breed.
Life is good. Our daughters are doing well as are all the grandchildren. We miss our son but will see him again someday!
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Q: What is the folder where the images need to be for mass importing products? What is the folder where the images need to be for mass importing products ?
I seen there in import admin panel that is var/import/images/products_images but no is not working

A: Default location is
var/import/images
and do not include the path before the filename in the CSV data.

Starting with the Magento 2.3.2 release, the path specified in the
  Images File Directory concatenates for import to the images base
  directory - /var/import/images. For earlier
  Magento releases, you can use a different folder on the Magento
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The Biggest Bugs That Ever Lived
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Computer artwork of giant Meganeura resting on a log in a forest. Getty Images/Science Photo Library/Mark Garlick
by Debbie Hadley
Debbie Hadley is a science educator with 25 years of experience who has written on science topics for over a decade.
Goliath beetles and sphinx moths would be described as large by just about anyone living today, but some prehistoric insects would dwarf these evolutionary descendants. During the Paleozoic era, the Earth teemed with giant insects, from dragonflies with wingspans measured in feet, to mayflies nearly 18 inches in breadth.
While over a million insect species live today, truly giant insects no longer exist. Why did giant insects live in prehistoric times, but disappear from the Earth over time?
When Were Insects the Biggest?
The Paleozoic era occurred 542 to 250 million years ago. It is divided into six periods of time and the last two saw the development of the largest insects. These were known as the Carboniferous period (360 to 300 million years ago) and the Permian period (300 to 250 million years ago).
Atmospheric oxygen is the single most limiting factor on insect size. During the Carboniferous and Permian periods, atmospheric oxygen concentrations were significantly higher than they are today. Prehistoric insects breathed air that was 31 to 35 percent oxygen, as compared to just 21 percent oxygen in the air you're breathing right now.
The largest insects lived during the Carboniferous period. It was the time of the dragonfly with over a two-foot wingspan and a millipede that could reach ten feet. As conditions changed in the Permian period, the bugs diminished in size. Yet, this period did have its share of giant cockroaches and other insects we would certainly classify as giants.
How Did the Bugs Get So Big?
The cells in your body get the oxygen they need to survive via your circulatory system. Oxygen is carried by the blood through your arteries and capillaries to each and every cell in your body. In insects, on the other hand, respiration occurs by simple diffusion through the cell walls.
Insects take in atmospheric oxygen through spiracles, openings in the cuticle through which gasses enter and exit the body. Oxygen molecules travel via the tracheal system. Each tracheal tube ends with a tracheole, where the oxygen dissolves into the tracheole fluid. The O2 then diffuses into the cells.
When oxygen levels were higher -- as in the prehistoric era of giant insects -- this diffusion-limited respiratory system could supply sufficient oxygen to meet the metabolic needs of a larger insect. Oxygen could reach cells deep within the insect's body, even when that insect measured several feet long.
As atmospheric oxygen decreased over evolutionary time, these innermost cells could not be adequately supplied with oxygen. Smaller insects were better equipped to function in a hypoxic environment. And so, insects evolved into smaller versions of their prehistoric ancestors.
The Biggest Insect That Ever Lived
The current record holder for the largest insect that ever lived is an ancient griffenfly. Meganeuropsis permiana measured an impressive 71 cm from wing tip to wing tip, a full 28-inch wing span. This giant invertebrate predator inhabited what is now the central U.S. during the Permian period. Fossils of the species were discovered in Elmo, Kansas and Midco, Oklahoma. In some references, it is called Meganeuropsis americana.
Meganeuropsis permiana is one of the prehistoric insects referred to as giant dragonflies. David Grimaldi, in his hefty volume Evolution of the Insects, notes this is a misnomer. Modern day odonates are only distantly related to the giants known as prodonata.
Other Giant, Ancient Arthropods
An ancient sea scorpion, Jaekelopterus rhenaniae, grew to 8 feet in length. Imagine a scorpion bigger than man! In 2007, Markus Poschmann unearthed a fossilized claw from this massive specimen in a German quarry. The claw measured 46 centimeters, and from this measurement, scientists were able to extrapolate the size of the prehistoric eurypterid (sea scorpion). Jaekelopterus rhenaniae lived between 460 and 255 million years ago.
A millipede-like creature known as an Arthropleura reached equally impressive sizes. Arthropleura measured as long as 6 feet, and 18 inches wide. While paleontologists have yet to find a complete fossil of Arthropluera, trace fossils found in Nova Scotia, Scotland, and the United States suggest the ancient millipede would rival an adult human being in size.
Which Living Insects Are the Biggest?
With well over one million insect species on Earth, the title of "Biggest Living Insect" would be an extraordinary achievement for any bug. Before we can confer such an award to a single insect, however, we need to determine how we measure bigness.
What makes a bug big? Is it sheer bulk that defines a creature as large? Or something we measure with a ruler or tape measure, determined by centimeters? In truth, which insect wins the title depends on how you measure an insect, and who you ask.
Measure an insect from the front of the head to the tip of the abdomen, and you can determine its body length. That might be one way to choose the biggest living insect. If that's your criteria, your newest world champion was crowned in 2008, when entomologists discovered a new stick insect species in Borneo. Chan's megastick, Phobaeticus chain, measures a full 14 inches from head to abdomen, and a full 22 inches if you stretch the tape measure to include its extended legs. Stick insects dominate the competition in the longest insect category. Prior to the discovery of Chan's megastick, another walkingstick, Pharnacia serratipes, held the title.
For many insects, its wings spread far wider than the size of its body. Would wing span be a good measure of an insect's size? If so, you're looking for a champion among the Lepidoptera. Of all the living insects, butterflies and moths have the largest wing spans. The Queen Alexandra's birdwing, Ornithoptera alexandrae, first earned the title of the world's largest butterfly in 1906, and in over a century, no larger butterfly has been discovered. This rare species, which lives only in a small area of Papua New Guinea, can measure over 25 cm from wing tip to wing tip. While that's impressive, a moth would hold the biggest living insect title if wing span was the sole criteria. The white witch moth, Thysania agrippina, outstretches any other Lepidoptera with a wing span of up to 28 cm (or 11 inches).
If you're looking for a bulky bug to anoint as the biggest living insect, look to the Coleoptera. Among the beetles, you'll find several species with a body mass that is the stuff of science fiction movies. Giant scarabs are known for their impressive size, and among this group, four species remain deadlocked in the competition for biggest: Goliathus goliatus, Goliathus regius, Megasoma actaeon, and Megasoma elephas. A lone cerambycid, the aptly named Titanus giganteus, is equally massive. According to the Book of Insect Records, researched and compiled by the University of Florida, there is no credible way to break the tie between these five species for the title of bulkiest bug.
Finally, there's one last way to think of bigness when it comes to insects – weight. We could put insects on a scale, one by one, and determine which is biggest by grams alone. In that case, there's a clear winner. The giant weta, Deinacrida heteracantha, hails from New Zealand. An individual of this species weighed in at 71 grams, though it's important to note the female specimen was carrying a full load of eggs at the time she stepped on the scale.
So which of these insects should be called the biggest living insect? It all depends on how you define big.
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Prehistoric Life During the Permian Period
When Giant Amphibians Ruled the Earth
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The Devonian Period: The Age of Armored Fish and Seven-Toed Tetrapods
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Alec Baldwin Attempts to Clarify "30 Rock" Comments
Published Apr 7, 2011 at 12:36 PM | Updated at 2:02 PM EDT on Apr 7, 2011
"30 Rock" star Alec Baldwin turned to Huffington Post to clarify statements he made about the future of the show.
Yesterday, Alec Baldwin made some startling comments about the fate of his NBC show "30 Rock" while backstage at the National Dance Institute's annual fund-raiser.
"I will tell you one thing," said Baldwin. "And that is our show next year is our last year of the show. Our contracts are expired [in 2012], and Tina is gonna have a big career directing films and writing. She's going to be the next Elaine May. She'll be great."
Naturally, this caused some concern among fans of the show, as well as those closely-related to its production. So this morning, Baldwin has written a small piece for Huffington Post explaining his remarks:
Gosh.
I want to take the opportunity to state that although my days on network TV may be numbered, I hope 30 Rock goes on forever. Or at least as long as everyone involved desires.
Next year hopefully won't be the last. Kenneth can run the network. Jenna will get her own talk show. Tracy will become Mayor of New York. Then resign to go raise exotic reptiles. And Lemon will go do.... just about anything she sets her mind to.
Here's to five more seasons.
There has still been no comment from Tina Fey on the matter.
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At Theaters: 2/6/2015 On Video: 6/2/2015
Rated: PG-13 Length: 2 hr. 7 min.
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures Inc.
Jupiter Jones was born under a night sky, with signs predicting that she was destined for great things. Now grown, Jupiter dreams of the stars but wakes up to the cold reality of a job cleaning other people's houses and an endless run of bad breaks. Only when Caine, a genetically engineered ex-military hunter, arrives on Earth to track her down does Jupiter begin to glimpse the fate that has been waiting for her all along-her genetic signature marks her as next in line for an extraordinary inheritance that could alter the balance of the cosmos.
Sci-Fi Adventure Action - This is a very effects-heavy science fiction action-adventure with a lot of strange ideas and visuals. Mila Kunis is the main character, not Channing Tatum, though he does have a large role; Eddie Redmayne fans will enjoy his villainous turns here. Language, brief sexual content, some intense action, and bizarre visuals make the film not for children.
Channing Tatum WHITE HOUSE DOWN, G.I. JOE: RETALIATION
Mila Kunis OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL, TED
Sean Bean SILENT HILL REVELATION, CA$H
Eddie Redmayne MY WEEK WITH MARILYN
Director: Lana Wachowski CLOUD ATLAS
Director: Andy Wachowski CLOUD ATLAS
New Bonds and Old Alliances
Heirs to the House of Abrasax
PROFANITY: 7 S-words; 2 GD's; a few others.
SEX/NUDITY: Fleeting non-sexual nudity; brief sensuality.
VIOLENCE: Fights and shootings with moderate blood.
DRUGS/ALCOHOL: Some alcohol.
ACTION: Fights, chases, explosions, destruction.
COMEDY: Banter and wisecracks.
Pictures © Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. ® All Rights Reserved.
Berardinelli, Internet Critic Full Review
Above Average One can throw many criticisms at Jupiter Ascending but it's never boring. It is, however, occasionally unfocused, sometimes confusing, and saddled with a too-predictable ending. Jupiter Ascending may have enough energy and razzle-dazzle to compensate for some of its deficiencies but there are a few too many of them to lift the film out of the decaying orbit into which it enters.
Roger Ebert Full Review
Average For all its noise and color, "Jupiter Ascending" looks, sounds and moves too much like every other sci-fi or fantasy adventure you've seen in the aftermath of the "Matrix" and "Lord of the Rings" and "Hobbit" trilogies and "Star Wars" prequels.
Below Average Jupiter Ascending is a sharp descent for everyone involved. The story is laughably inane and uninvolving. A ridiculous intergalactic action-adventure... Jupiter is a convoluted, design-happy space opera whose special effects are underwhelming and whose story grows ever more absurd as it goes along.
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13-19 Teens (M) 9 High 100%
13-19 Teens (F) 4 Very High 100%
20-29 Yg Adults (M) 3 Fairly High 67%
20-29 Yg Adults (F) 7 Fairly Low 86%
30+ Adults (M) 39 High 95%
30+ Adults (F) 41 High 95%
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TEENS: Great Reviews from the females and Very Good reviews from the males. Half the males loved "Jupiter Ascending" with another 30% indicating they enjoyed it very much. Unfortunately, just over 20% felt it was only an "average" movie (enjoyable but nothing special or memorable).
TWENTYSOMETHINGS: One male loved it, one enjoyed it very much and one indicated that he hated it. Three females loved it and another three rated it "average." The seventh female hated it.
ADULTS: The male and female reviews are very similar. They show that about half loved "Jupiter Ascending." Another 20% rated it "above average." Unfortunately, 20% to 30% felt it was only an "average" movie, which isn't a bad review, it's just a bit disappointing. A small percentage actually indicated that they hated this movie. I suspect these moviegoers don't like this type of movie but came to it with someone who does like this type of movie.
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Last day to blog. I woke up later than planned but I made it to the morning plenary lecture anyway. Then I attended sessions in the organic chemistry and educational chemistry areas, including Steve Meyer's presentation on the GREET program. In the afternoon there was a workshop for university professors and each team had to discuss different aspects of how to deal with student issues such as turning in late assignments, talking in class, and inattentiveness in class. It was interesting to hear the different perspectives presented by university professors from many countries. It seems that similar student issues arise no matter where the location of the school. The last ACS awardee presented today, Kristen Brown. Due to presentations starting earlier since someone before her was a no show, I only got to hear 2/3 of her presentation, but she did a great job. She had more questions (4) than any other presentation I attended and she fielded the questions well.
Several of us went out for lunch at Maestro restaurant in Old Town and then we did some more shopping. We all returned to hear the final plenary lecture by Professor Grubbs and then the closing ceremony. It was great to see that several research awards for the European Young Chemists were granted to women.
Then 7 of us went out for dinner and back to the hotel. This has been a wonderful experience for me – I will have lots of good memories. Good food, friends, and fun in a beautiful city – Prague! Thank you to ACS and to Steve Meyers and Madeleine Jacobs for awarding me this wonderful opportunity!! ACS rocks!!!
The day began with the plenary lecture by Roger Tsien, 2008 Nobel Prize winner for the discovery of the green fluorescent protein. This was a phenomenal lecture and a lot of work toward imaging has been done to make cancer surgeries more successful. Then I heard some educational lectures involving the teaching of chemistry, and some lectures in the life science and analytical chemistry areas, along with a talk about the challenges for green chemistry. Darci Trader's talk followed, and she did a phenomenal job – she is a very polished speaker. During lunch the employees from Evonik and EYCN helped us with a curriculum clinic with tips on job applications, using social network sites to search for jobs, and reviewing our CVs. I learned a more proper method to organizing my education and work history. I will revise my CV and email it to one of the EYCN people who said he would critique it again.
We also met up with Madeleine Jacobs again for a 5pm cocktail at the Corinthia hotel. She took our group picture on the bridge between the Congress Hotel and Corinthia Hotel and put it on Twitter. I will now have to log onto Twitter so I can see the photo. She is always interesting to talk to and takes a genuine interest in the ACS members, which is really nice.
During the evening we took a boat trip along the river and had dinner on the boat. The food was wonderful and it was fun socializing with the EYCN chemists and the chemists from the Colorado group. I took a lot of people photos on the boat.
Later several of us went dancing at a club with an ice bar – I did not go to the ice bar but did a lot of dancing with the group. Some of the music is the same as they play back in Illinois at the places where I go dancing with friends. But this place had a smaller dance floor and was more crowded than I am used to. Some of the EYCN guys are great dancers!
Today our group met people at the US Embassy to discuss funding and scholarship opportunities for research abroad in the Czech Republic. Then we ate lunch, did some shopping at a mall called Palladium (a mall with an element name – how cool is that!!), and returned to the convention center to view the poster presentations. Many of the students did very impressive work and some had only been pursuing their Ph.D.s for one year. One poster was detailing research on photodynamic therapy (PDT), so I talked to this student for a while, since my project is also involving PDT. He is working on a photosensitizer (PS) using a core of phthalocyanines that had been derivatized with alkyl groups containing a N atom as well as a S atom to create a more water soluble system. He also tested three types of derivatized phthalocyanines – one with Mg metal coordinating with N atoms of the core system, one with Zn metal coordinating with N atoms of the core system, and one reacted with HCl to remove the Mg metal and bond two H atoms to the N atoms of the core system. He tested the singlet oxygen quantum yield and fluorescence yield with the PS dissolved in DMF and also used DMF as the solvent for testing the maximum wavelength absorption which was about 700 nm. The Zn coordinated to the N atoms of the core system yielded the highest quantum yield of singlet oxygen.
I am looking forward to tomorrow morning's plenary session – the speaker is Roger Tsien who won the 2008 Nobel Prize for his work with the Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP). I studied this work extensively since I took a cumulative exam on it back in October, 2008 during my first year of graduate studies.


The Official H-Body Internet Community • View topic - to paint or not to paint?
I have a Mirage with original paint with stripes that have been redone. Both paint & stripes are in fair-good condition. From an originallity standpoint,should I repaint?
Please Post Pictures! Otherwise this thread is useless.
If the strpes have already been done it's not original any more. So, if you are not happy with the condition by all means repaint.


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The National Weather Service is predicting extreme cold and blowing snow this week, and experts are advising area residents to only travel if it's a necessity.
Local emergency officials say they are prepared to set up warming shelters if the Freeport area experiences any sizable power outage as a result of the cold weather.
"Travel must be a necessity if you're going to go anywhere," said Chris Legro, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in the Quad Cities. "It will be near blizzard conditions (at times), and you don't want to be out in this."
Single-digit temperatures or lower are expected for most of the week. The temperature was expected to drop to 1-degree below zero on Monday night, with winds predicted that evening of 25 to 35 mph, making wind chill readings between 20 and 30 degrees below zero, Legro said.
The wind should calm down by mid-day today, but the temperature is only expected to reach a high of 1-degree above zero, Legro said. For tonight and Wednesday morning, a light snow system is predicted for the area which, along with high winds, will make for near blizzard conditions during that time period, he said.
Temperatures will remain low on Thursday and Friday, and are expected to start to warming up on Saturday, when the high is predicted to be 18-degrees, officials said.
Terry Groves, director of the Stephenson County Emergency Management Agency, said Monday his main concern is the possibility of power outages. He said he receives numerous updates from ComEd throughout the day, and that this area is prepared to deal with outages.
Fire stations in the county have backup generators, and these sites can be used as warming shelters for the public in the event of a large-scale power outage, Groves said.
Also, the Northwest Illinois Chapter of the American Red Cross is prepared to establish warming shelters at various schools and community buildings across the area if they receive a request from the City of Freeport or Groves' agency, said Diana Roemer, executive director of the local Red Cross.
"We have a number of shelters we can use for that problem," Roemer said. "We are definitely preparing to activate, if requested."
During below zero temperatures, members of the public can also stop by The Salvation Army, 106 W. Exchange St., and Freeport Area Church Cooperative, 514 S. Chicago Ave., during the day on weekdays to warm themselves.
Firefighting More Difficult
Freeport Fire Chief Kevin Countryman said frigid temperatures can make firefighting very difficult. More fires occur during very cold weather, as heating systems are put under additional pressure, he said. Also, fire hydrants, hoses, and nozzles can freeze during low temperatures, he said.
"It's not good for firefighting," Countryman said.
If you plan to do any substantial driving this week, you should keep food, blankets, and a cell phone in your vehicle, Groves said.
"You've just got to drive for conditions," Groves said.
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Liam Payne Convinced His House Is Haunted
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Liam Payne is convinced his house is haunted.
The 'Bedroom Floor' hitmaker is planning to set up a camera to catch the ghostly inhabitant red handed as he is so sure he is sharing his place with a paranormal being.
He said: "I was in bed the other night and there was a bang. I tried to do the whole Ghost Adventures recording thing.
"I'm sat in my room going, 'Is anybody there? Did you just make that knock?' Then the wardrobe light in my room came on and the door of the wardrobe was closed, so something had to move. It was a freaky moment for sure."
And the One Direction singer admits it "scares the c**p out" of him but he is determined to investigate.
Speaking in a video on YouTube, he added: "I'm going to do a video of something, investigating, to see if I can find something because I like this stuff. It scares the c**p out of me, don't get me wrong, but it's fun."
Back in 2017, Liam revealed his then-girlfriend Cheryl refused to sleep in his bedroom after being told it was haunted.
Liam said: "We've got a really lovely place and when Cheryl was pregnant we were out there in LA, but we've got a ghost in our top bedroom. Her mum went out somewhere with my housekeeper and this woman came up to them and went, 'You've got a ghost in your house'. She said, "It's a man. He wears an army shirt and cargo pants', which is what the guy used to go around in – and this woman was just some random woman off the street. She described this man to them – it's the guy who filmed the 'Jurassic Park' helicopter shots, he's the ghost in my house. He's called Alan. It's ridiculous. I've never seen him but I knew these lights were coming on at three o'clock in the morning in this house. Cheryl wouldn't stay in the top room, being pregnant with the baby."


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Northstar School's annual "Gifts of Hope" fundraising brunch brings together Northstar friends and supporters to celebrate the work of the school and all that we can accomplish when we align our resources in support of our children and the future of our community.
Annual Northstar Supporters' Brunch
Sunday, December 4, 2016, 10:00 am
with DR. RANIA AWAAD (Zaytuna College) ANNA RAINVILLE along with a presentations by Northstar students at the Fremont Marriott Hotel 46100 Landing Parkway, Fremont, 94538 (Map)
Complimentary Brunch (must pre-register)
Pre-registered childcare available (ages 3-10): $10 per child
Program includes brunch, performance by students, presentation of new campus, and keynote address by Dr. Rania Awaad.
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Rania Awaad, M.D., is a practicing Psychiatrist based at the Stanford University School of Medicine. She is a Clinical Instructor in the Stanford Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and pursues her clinical practice through the department's community psychiatry track. She is also a researcher and the Director of the Stanford Muslims and Mental Health Lab where she mentors and oversees multiple lines of research focused on Muslim mental health. She completed her psychiatric residency training at Stanford Hospital and Clinics where she also pursued a postdoctoral clinical research fellowship with the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). Her research and clinical work are focused on the mental health needs of Muslims. She has been the recipient of several awards and grants for her work.
Through community partnerships established by the Stanford Department of Psychiatry, she is currently the Psychiatric Director of the El Camino Women's Medical Group (Mountain View and San Jose) where she pursues her interest in women's mental health. Additionally, through another community partnership with the Stanford Department of Psychiatry, she serves as the Clinical Director of the Bay Area branch of the Khalil Center (Santa Clara), a spiritual wellness center pioneering the application of traditional Islamic spiritual healing methods to modern clinical psychology.
Dr. Awaad also has an interest in refugee mental health and has traveled to Amman, Jordan multiple times with the Care Program for Refugees (CPR) sponsored by Al-Alusi Foundation, a local non-profit organization. She has worked on developing and presenting a "train the trainers" curriculum to aid workers and therapists in Amman working with Syrian and Iraqi refugees. Dr. Awaad is passionate about community mental health and lectures widely nationally and internationally, particularly in communities where mental health is highly stigmatized. Recently, she was invited by President Obama to present her work on Muslim Mental Health at a convening at the Department of Health in DC. Dr. Awaad received this invitation as a leader who is nationally recognized for her work on the mental health needs of Muslim populations.
Locally, she hosts a monthly meeting at Stanford for Bay Area Muslim Mental Health Professionals (BAMMHP) that facilities mentorship and networking opportunities for mental health professionals, paraprofessionals and students interested in working with the Muslim population. Her other interests include psycho-spiritual well-being and interfaith work as it relates to mental health. In this vein, Dr. Awaad co-teaches a course to Stanford Psychiatry residents entitled, "Culture and Religion in Psychiatry."
Prior to studying medicine, Dr. Awaad pursued classical Islamic Studies in Damascus, Syria and holds certification (Ijaza) in Qur'an, Islamic Law and other branches of the Islamic Sciences. She is a Professor of Islamic Law at Zaytuna College, an American Muslim Liberal Arts College in Berkeley, CA. In addition, she serves as the Director of The Rahmah Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to educating Muslim women and girls.
Anna Rainville has taught in public and Waldorf Schools for over thirty years, and has been a class teacher at the Waldorf School in Lexington, Massachusetts and at the Waldorf School of the Peninsula. She has taught in the Public School Institute at Rudolf Steiner College for teachers interested in integrating the arts and Waldorf methods and travels nationally as a mentor and teacher. Her book, "Singing Games for Families, Schools and Communities," includes dances for all ages which she presents in workshops and community gatherings coast to coast. For her work in early childhood, she was chosen outstanding teacher of the year by the California Kindergarten Association. Anna is delighted to share her love for history, grammar and music in middle school and high school blocks.
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With nearly half a million residents inside city limits alone, Omaha is a steadily growing city. While some who live in the area make regular use of public transportation or ride-sharing services, most adults own and operate their own personal vehicles. Because of the amount of traffic in the area and the levels of regular driving that so many must do, accidents are almost inevitable. Couple that with the fact that even the best-designed car or truck can break down from time to time, and arrang for a Car Repair in Omaha NE is something that many will find themselves needing to do.
Get more information on the matter, and it will become clear that the choices which are made from the start can turn out to matter a great deal. While some drivers might assume that most garages would offer a similar level of service at roughly comparable prices, that is not generally the case. In fact, the best repair shops in the Omaha area tend to stand a good deal of the competition in just about every respect.
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import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.AnActionEvent;
import com.intellij.uiDesigner.FormEditingUtil;
import com.intellij.uiDesigner.GridChangeUtil;
import com.intellij.uiDesigner.UIDesignerBundle;
import com.intellij.uiDesigner.core.GridConstraints;
import com.intellij.uiDesigner.designSurface.GuiEditor;
import com.intellij.uiDesigner.radComponents.RadComponent;
import com.intellij.uiDesigner.radComponents.RadContainer;
import com.intellij.uiDesigner.radComponents.RadRootContainer;
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UM | CORRIGENDUM TO UNNUMBERED DIVISION MEMORANDUM RE: 2016 DIVISION SEARCH FOR OUTSTANDING TEACHERS AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS
This is to correct the information provided in the Unnumbered Division Memorandum RE: 2016 DIVISION SEARCH FOR OUTSTANDING TEACHERS AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS dated June 21, 2016. Relative to the Regional Memorandum RE: CALABARZON GAWAD PATNUGOT, the City Schools Division of Dasmarinas shall adopt the awards categories, mechanics and guidelines of Gawad Patnugot in the Division continue reading : UM | CORRIGENDUM TO UNNUMBERED DIVISION MEMORANDUM RE: 2016 DIVISION SEARCH FOR OUTSTANDING TEACHERS AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS
ADVISORY | BEYOND CURRICULUM "LEAD, TEACH & LEARN"
Attached is a letter from Jheanne Lois L. San Juan, Project Head of Anak ng Henyo Club, Beyond Curriculum Advocacy re: LEAD, TEACH & LEARN on August 6, 2016 from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM at Francisco Balagtas Auditorium, Malayan Colleges Laguna, Cabuyao, Laguna for your appraisal with utmost consideration on DepEd policies on time-on-task continue reading : ADVISORY | BEYOND CURRICULUM "LEAD, TEACH & LEARN"
UM | Meeting of Secondary School Science Department Heads
There will be a meeting of Secondary School Science Department Heads at 8:00-12:00 noon on July 29, 2016, Friday at Dasmariñas North National High School, SBM Room. The purpose of this activity is to a. attend in the carbon Footprint Forum b. update schedule of activities for first and second quarters c. consolidate science teachers continue reading : UM | Meeting of Secondary School Science Department Heads
UM | OFFICIAL LIST OF THE VALIDATED APPLICANTS FOR THE 2016 PRINCIPALS' TEST
1. With reference to DepEd Memorandum No. 80, s. 2016, this Office hereby provides the field with a copy of Regional Memorandum No. 231,s. 2016 dated July 21, 2016 which announces the Official List Of The Validated Applicants For The 2016 Principals' Test. 2. For the information and guidance of all concerned… 0721 – Memorandum-JUL-28-16-280
DM No. 76, s. 2016 | Submission of updated School Authorized Receiving Personnel and School Inspectorate Team
Attached herewith are the communications from Director Edel B. Carag – Director III of the Bureau of Learning Resources to Dr. Diosdado M. San Antonio and the undersigned respectively for your reference and guidance. Relatively, the field is informed of the delivery of various learning resources procured by the Department. The delivery of such have continue reading : DM No. 76, s. 2016 | Submission of updated School Authorized Receiving Personnel and School Inspectorate Team
ADVISORY | CITY OF DASMARIÑAS ASSOCIATION OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS "CAMPUS MEDIA CONVERGENCE"
Attached is a letter from Ms. Jean S. Buella, Campus Journalism, Chairman – CDAPS Board re: CAMPUS MEDIA CONVERGENCE on August 6, 13 and 20, 2016 at Blessed Mary Academy, which is self-explanatory, for your information and appropriate action… Division Advisory No. 20, s. 2016
UM | DISSEMINATION OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10869 (AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING THE NATIONWIDE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JOBSTART PHILIPPINES PROGRAM AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR
Enclosed is a copy of DepEd Memorandum No. 111, s. 2016 dated July 20, 2016 of DepEd Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones entitled, "Dissemination of Republic Act No. 10869, An Act Institutionalizing the Nationwide Implementation of the Jobstart Philippines Program and Providing Funds Therefor." For the full text of R.A. No. 10869, please refer to the continue reading : UM | DISSEMINATION OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10869 (AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING THE NATIONWIDE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JOBSTART PHILIPPINES PROGRAM AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR
Advisory | 2016 MTAP-DEPED MATHEMATICS PROGRAMS
The Mathematics Teachers Association of the Philippines (MTAP) will be offering the 2016 MTAP-DepED Saturday Mathematics Programs for regular Pupils/Students and for Talented Pupils/Students. The program for regular pupils/students will be conducted on (6) Saturdays, 8:00 am. to 12 n.n. from July 30 to September 3, 2016. The sessions will be for pupils/students who belong continue reading : Advisory | 2016 MTAP-DEPED MATHEMATICS PROGRAMS
UM | Notice of Meeting
Please be informed that there will be a meeting of all Public Elementary School Heads or MOOE Coordinators on Tuesday, July 26, 2016, 9AM at City Schools Division Office Conference Room re: In house reproduction of Grade 5 Activity Sheets. Attendance is a must. 0723 – Memorandum-Jul-25-16-278
IC-16-347 | 2016 Orientation on the School-based Feeding Guidelines
Good day! The City Schools Division of Dasmariñas, Health Nutrition Unit, attended the "2016 Orientation on the School-based Feeding Guidelines" last July 18-19, 2016 at Malvar, Batangas. All concerns and issues have been discussed and there will be minimal changes in the said program. In this regard, the HNU will conduct a meeting on July continue reading : IC-16-347 | 2016 Orientation on the School-based Feeding Guidelines


Rum is a sugar-based spirit that comes in a variety of preparations, often depending on its origin — it can be dark, white, golden, overproof, spiced, flavoured, aged or blended. Different Caribbean islands specialise in different types, but what they all have in common is huge versatility. As the Jamaicans say, 'sweeten up yuhself' with these 16 rum-based drinks you can make at home.
Starting our list is an easy-to-make Jamaican favourite that can be enjoyed anytime. Pour white overproof rum over ice and add a popular local grapefruit soda called Ting.
Sticking with easy-to-make favourites, we have the perennially popular Cuba Libre. Fill a glass with ice, squeeze and drop in two lime wedges, pour a measure of Bacardi and top off with chilled cola.
The classic Christmas drink, Sorrel is a sort of tropical mulled wine equivalent. The sepals of the crimson red sorrel plant are simmered in water with pimento and grated ginger and then chilled overnight. The following day, strain the now deep red liquid, add sugar, lime and white overproof rum. Stir until the sugar dissolves and serve over ice.
Staying with the festive theme, a tropical spin on the old holiday classic is rum-based eggnog. Frankly, the only way to enjoy eggnog is to 'spike' it — add a decent dark rum such as Appleton's VX and a pinch of nutmeg. Or spice it up with Captain Morgan's Spiced Rum.
If you're going to mess with the old fashioned, then you must use a really good rum — at least a 21-year-old. Add an ice cube, a sugar cube and a teaspoon of water to a glass and stir. Follow by two dashes of bitters and stir. Add 2 oz of rum. Garnish with orange peel.
'I drink to make other people more interesting' said Hemingway, a man who so enjoyed the daiquiri that there is one named after him. Daiquiris come in many flavours and variations; mix your own classic Hemingway Daiquiri: take a shaker and add 2 oz white rum, ¾ oz grapefruit juice, ½ oz lime juice, ¼ oz maraschino liqueur, ¼ oz syrup. Shake and strain over crushed ice or into a chilled glass and garnish with a grapefruit twist.
Make it right and emphasise the rum — not the fruit. Oh, and ditch the paper umbrella! Fill a shaker with crushed ice, add 1 oz Jamaican rum, 1 oz rhum agricole, ½ oz orange curacao, 1 oz lime juice, ½ oz orgeat (a kind of almond syrup) and ¼ oz syrup. Shake for at least 10 seconds before tipping into a glass (don't strain) and garnishing with mint. Serve with a straw.
Cuba has got a lot to answer for — this classic 1920s cocktail is another favourite. Use the best grenadine you can find. Fill a shaker with ice, add 1 ½ oz white rum, 1 ½ oz vermouth, a bar spoon of curacao and a dash of grenadine. Stir until chilled and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a twist of orange.
If you attend a party in the Caribbean, you will almost certainly be presented with rum punch. Many resort hotels will also offer one on arrival to get you in the holiday spirit. But be careful, they sneak up on you! Remember the classic recipe: one sour, two sweet, three strong, four weak. Take one cup of freshly squeezed lime juice, two cups of syrup, three cups of white overproof rum and four cups of mixed fruit juice. Mix it all together, refrigerate and serve over ice.
Make the original: fill a shaker with crushed ice, add 2 oz of dark Jamaican rum such as Appleton's VX with 1 oz of freshly squeezed lemon or lime juice and 1 oz of passionfruit syrup. Shake and strain into a glass and garnish with orange. Maintain your credibility by avoiding the umbrella.
Close your eyes and think of Bermuda! This refreshingly simple drink has just two ingredients. Fill a glass with ice cubes, add a dark rum (for authenticity use Gosling's Black Seal) but a Jamaican dark rum will suffice. Top off with ginger beer and garnish with lime. Enjoy.
This is the classic vacation drink from Puerto Rico. If wandering the cobbled streets of old San Juan looking for the original piña colada isn't convenient, then mix one up at home. Add 1.5 cups of ice to a blender with half a cup of frozen pineapple chunks, 2 oz of chilled pineapple juice, 2 oz of coconut cream, and 1 ½ oz each of white and dark rum. Blend until you have a smooth slushy texture. Pour into a glass and garnish with pineapple.
Don't be put off by the name, this is a grown-up drink. Fill a shaker with ice, add 4 oz white rum, 4 oz grenadine, the juice of a lime and top off with club soda. Stir and strain into a glass. Garnish with maraschino cherries and a slice of lime.
The Painkiller does exactly what it says, if you stick to the recommended dose. Take a shaker and add a handful of ice cubes only. Add 2 oz dark rum, 4 oz pineapple juice and 1 oz orange juice. Then, add in 1 oz of coconut cream and shake for 10 seconds. Pour into a tall glass, add freshly grated nutmeg and garnish with lime.
Place 10 mint leaves, a slice of lime and two tablespoons of sugar in a glass and muddle to release the oils and juice. Add two more wedges of lime, stir, and fill the glass with ice then pour over 1 ½ oz of white rum. Top up with club soda and garnish with lime.
A fun way to finish off our list; this is a proper Jamaican beach drink. Blend 2 oz Tia Maria, 2 oz dark rum, 2 oz rum cream liqueur (e.g. Sangsters), 4 oz milk, 1 oz syrup and one banana with ice. Pour once thick and smooth. Sprinkle with nutmeg or allspice. Easy now.