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This brand new gaming phone has better specs than the Galaxy S20 and it's a lot cheaper
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A brand new Nubia gaming phone features Galaxy S20-grade specs for a more affordable price tag.
The Red Magic 5G comes with 5G support as well as a few unique features, including a 144Hz and air-cooled interior.
The gaming phone is available in China for the moment, with prices ranging from around $540 and going all the way up to $740 for the most expensive transparent version.
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The Galaxy S20 phones sport amazing specs, especially the Ultra version, which features up to 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage. But they're also a lot more expensive than expected. They're all 5G devices, which is one reason why the cheapest Galaxy S20 costs $999. But plenty of Samsung competitors are ready to launch Galaxy S20 rivals that sport almost the same specs, 5G support included, and much better prices. The latest such device is a gaming phone that you may have a hard time finding in stores.
That's the Red Magic 5G handset made by ZTE subsidiary Nubia. The phone launched in China where it went on sale for prices starting at around $540 (8GB/128GB) and going all the way up to $740 (16GB/256GB), according to xda-developers
Just like the Galaxy S20, the Red Magic 5G features a Snapdragon 865 chip with 5G support, LPDDR5 RAM, UFS 3.0 storage, a huge 6.65-inch Full HD OLED screen with a built-in fingerprint sensor, Wi-Fi 6 support, and a 4,500 mAh battery. The phone features faster wired charging (55W), and the screen has an even better refresh rate than the S20 phones. We're looking at 144Hz compared to 120Hz for Samsung, paired with a 240Hz touch sampling rate.
On the camera front, the Red Magic 5G might not be as formidable as Samsung, featuring a triple-lens camera on the back: 64-megapixel primary camera with a Sony sensor, 8-megapixel wide-angle lens camera, and 2-megapixel macro lens. On the front, there's an 8-megapixel selfie cam.
But the Red Magic 5G is a gaming phone, which means it features a few extra features that aren't available on most Androids. We're looking at shoulder capacitive buttons on the corners, as well as active cooling through a rotating fan. That's right, this phone lets air get into it to cool off the inner components.
The new phone also comes with RGB LEDs on the back, and pogo pins for connecting to an external dock that can recharge the phone and offer ethernet connectivity.
Finally, the handset rocks a colorful rear design that makes it clear this isn't a regular smartphone, it's a gaming device. The phone will also come with a transparent back version, which is slightly more expensive.
While the new Nubia phone is available in China, it's unclear when it'll launch in other countries.
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Big Bang Theory Episode Tournament: Round 2 Posted August 20, 2013
We are running a Big Bang Theory: Episode Tournament to find the fans' favorite episodes of The Big Bang Theory. The first knock-out round just closed and eight episodes have made it through to the second round. Cast your votes in the latest round now.
The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis beat The Justice League Recombination with over 77% of the votes, The Adhesive Duck Deficiency knocked The Robotic Manipulation out with a 68% share, The Panty Pinata Polarization won against The Bon Voyage Reaction with nearly 75% of the vote, and The Staircase Implementation's 72% beat The Zazzy Substitution. The race was closer between The 43 Peculiarity's 52% and The Countdown Reflection's 48% vote. The Parking Spot Escalation won against The Werewolf Transformation with nearly 55% of the vote, while The Pancake Batter Anomaly narrowly beat The Luminous Fish Effect with a 52% share.
The eight episodes now go head-to-head in the following pairs: The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis vs. The Love Spell Potential, The Adhesive Duck Deficiency vs. The Staircase Implementation, The Panty Pinata Polarization vs. The Parking Spot Escalation, and The 43 Peculiarity vs. The Pancake Batter Anomaly. The sixth season is the most represented with three episodes in this round. Two episodes from the second and third seasons, and one episode from the first season finish out the round.
Cast your votes in Round 2 of our Big Bang Theory Episode Tournament. Each round is open for one week so remember to check back next Tuesday for the next round.
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Season 5 Episode Tournament now open June 19, 2012
We are running a Big Bang Theory: Season 5 Episode Tournament to find the fans' favorite episode from the latest season of The Big Bang Theory. The nominations round is now open and allows you to nominate up to 8 episodes to go through to the knock-out rounds.
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The Big Bang Theory Episode Tournament July 16, 2018
We are running an episode tournament to find the fans' favorite episodes from Seasons 1 - 11 of The Big Bang Theory. The nominations round is open now and you can nominate up to sixteen of your favorite episodes of the show.
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Voting has now closed in our The Big Bang Theory Season 11 episode tournament to find the fans' favorite episode from the latest season.

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Popular Norfolk Seaside resorts to receive vital coast protection in a bid to secure their future
Date published: 12th November 2021
Coastal Partnership East, on behalf of North Norfolk District Council, will begin both the Cromer Phase 2 Scheme and the Mundesley Coastal Management Scheme in 2022 subject to consultation with all consultees. This will improve defences and take into consideration the predicted sea level rise, and will benefit residents, businesses and visitors for many years to come.
The second phase of the Cromer scheme is proposed to include approximately 300m rock revetment west of the pier and repair works to groynes, navigation aids, and additional sea wall protection.
The Mundesley scheme will incorporate improved access at the east promenade as part of repairs to existing defences, a rock revetment to protect water infrastructure and the lifeboat station and rock armour to the west to aid existing structures in minimising coastal erosion.
Cllr Angie Fitch-Tillett, Cabinet Member for Coastal Management, said: "The schemes will make the areas safer and more accessible to the public. The protection against the threat of erosion and the effects of climate change will enable these important seaside destinations to be enjoyed for generations to come, along with benefitting local business reliant on tourism."
In 2015, North Norfolk District Council (NNDC) completed the Cromer Phase 1 scheme which included a major sea wall refurbishment. It also further repaired the 2013 storm damage and repair works to several ageing groyne under the same scheme.
In 2016, consultation with Mundesley community was set up to outline the proposed works at Mundesley in line with the Outline Business Case and to discuss the shortlist of preferred options.
Local Liaison Groups have been set up for both schemes to help engage stakeholders with the projects.
An interactive website for the schemes is currently in development containing full project information and updates.
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Now that Cannes 2014 is over, let's check out ten of the most promising films that screened at the festival.
Review: Obvious Child
The funny and bold "Obvious Child" is a successful launching board for star Jenny Slate, but feels posed better as a TV show than a film.
Review: Ida
In "Ida," Pawel Pawlikowski uses stunning black and white photography to capture an evocative, simple story about self-discovery and regret.
Review: God's Pocket
There's always a morbid fascination that comes with watching an actor's "final performance," and with the recent passing of Philip Seymour Hoffman, there are only a handful of upcoming films bearing the actor's name. One of them is "God's Pocket," a crime-drama-comedy that finds the late thespian starring with John Turturro and a host of […]
Review: Blended
Compared to some of Sandler's recent work, Blended is a breath of fresh air, but it's still not on the level of the comedian's classic comedies.
A Fresh Look At: Ra.One (2011)
"Ra.One" is a 2011 Indian superhero film about a video game villain that escapes his game and runs rampant in the real world. It follows the adventures – or misadventures – of video game designer Shekhar Subramaniam (Shah Rukh Khan) as he designs a video game with his son's (Armaan Verma) preference for an unstoppable […]
Review: The Immigrant
Phoenix and Cotillard's performances make "The Immigrant" mostly worthwhile despite a lackluster production.
The Top 10 Films Poised to Win Best Picture in 2014
After what could be described as nothing but an amazing year for cinema in 2013, 2014 seems as though it will struggle to live up to the previous year's greatness… at least at the surface. It may be true that the summer blockbuster will likely rule supreme in the coming months – meaning that sequels, […]
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The University of Sousse is a public academic organization that offers degree programs, masters, doctorates in four families of disciplines namely humanities, social sciences, engineering and technology and health sciences. Its human resources, as well as its international network allow it to offer unique academic training and enriching intellectual experience while ensuring high-level opportunities for its students around the world. The high success rate of Sousse University students who have moved to international universities can be considered a good indicator of the quality of teaching. The opening of the University on its socio-economic environment has taken its first steps in a context often not too convinced of the role that the University can play as one of the major players in the socio-economic development of the country and regions . The pioneering experiences of the Career Center and Skills Certification (4C) as well as the Technological Transfer Office (BUTT) will develop the spirit of success, capacity development, student-business rapprochement, promotion of employability and entrepreneurial development.


PHILADELPHIA – A South Jersey man is among several people facing charges in the wake of the Philadelphia Eagles' Super Bowl win.
Philadelphia police on Friday released the latest account of arrests in connection with unruly fans after the Eagles' Feb. 4 victory and during the team's Feb. 8 parade.
Police alleged the suspects smashed, stole, punched, and even brandished a gun.
Friday's roster included 18-year-old Matthew Klitsch, 18, of Palmyra, who was arrested when SEPTA police officers broke up a fight on the 1300 block of Market Street during the parade.
"It took several officers to get (Klitsch) in custody," a police statement said.
He was charged with disorderly conduct, recklessly endangering another person and resisting arrest.
Among several suburban suspects, a 28-year-old Havertown woman was arrested during a post-parade incident on the 1300 block of Drury Street.
Diane Montgomery's case was sent directly to Accelerated Rehabilitation Disposition, said Ben Waxman, a spokesman for the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office.
The charges against Montgomery were expunged in late January, 2019, according to court documents provided to the Courier-Post in April, 2019.
Police alleged 32-year-old Frank Pike of Phoenixville brandished a gun in a dispute during the parade at 20th Street and Logan Circle.
A 31-year-old spectator punched Pike and put him in a headlock while another parade-goer grabbed the gun and alerted officers, according to a police account.
Police alleged Pike fled the scene and reported his gun missing the next day, saying he last had it at the parade.
He was charged with aggravated assault, risking a catastrophe and other offenses.
Craig Howe, 24, of Haverford is accused of taking a pedestrian timer from a traffic-control device near Juniper and Market streets after the Feb. 4 game. The timer was valued at about $740, police said.
He was charged with theft by unlawful taking and other offenses.
Howe was among several suspects identified after police released videos and photos of alleged offenders caught in the act.
Vincent Lawson, 33, of Philadelphia allegedly kicked in a display window at a Macy's store on the 1300 block of Market Street during post-game street celebrations, police said.
Lawson allegedly covered part of his face with a bandanna while breaking the window, but wore a distinctive Eagles jersey and was photographed in the crowd without the bandanna, police said.
He surrendered to police Thursday and was charged with riot, criminal mischief and other charges.
Another Philadelphia man, 27-year-old Thomas Rose, turned himself in Friday after photos were released showing 15 to 20 people jumping on top of a 1985 Chevrolet Corvette parked near the parade route at Pennsylvania Avenue and Judson Street.
The revelers caused damage of more than $2,000, police said.
Rose was charged with criminal mischief.


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Today's terminology for ornamental iron can be somewhat confusing. What is it? "Rot iron", "rod iron" or "wrought iron"? The best place to begin is probably with the spelling. It's actually wrought iron. Wrought means "worked". Can you picture a blacksmith holding the metal with tongs and hammering it out on an anvil? Those days are gone and so is the metal that blacksmith used all those years ago. So "wrought iron" not only refers to the process but also refers to the metal.
In today's market, true wrought iron can only be imported from Europe or by finding an old bridge or other antique item. And the process has also changed. Forging became so very labor intensive and costly it was discontinued. The scarcity of the metal is unfortunate because wrought iron is an ideal metal to work. It handles stress well and it's resistant to corrosion.
Today when people talk about wrought iron, it's more likely they're referring to metal that is worked. "Wrought" means any metal that is bent, twisted, or hammered into shape as compared to "cast" iron which is poured at a foundry. That vision of the blacksmith still comes to mind.
The definition for "wrought" is – to be forged and formed in a plastic state developing an ornamental effect. Nearly all "wrought iron" used today is actually made of mild steel. This term has evolved from steel making to a term now largely used to describe the fabrication of decorative pieces. Technically any metal can be wrought but the most common usage and perception is that "wrought" applies to ferrous (iron) metals.
Whatever it's called, wrought iron is still one of the most durable and artistic applications for fencing. If you're interested in a free quote here in the Las Vegas area for any wrought iron application, please give us a call or fill in the contact form here on our site.


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A new generation of Numens, called Amatum, have existed underground. Two rebellious Amatums, Dextra and Mika, planned to cease the underground cage to see the outside world. Dextra found a large star-nosed mole to guide them in their journey, as animals who live in the caverns are immune to the traps.
The two made a group, who included Haruto, Mandar and Clara but got their plans messed up by a cunning Amatum, Sethos, and manage to convince Mika over to his side. But the girl proved to be loyal to only the people she cares as she vanquish his existence, meeting Cera and her brother along the way. They met up with a strange man, Tai, calling himself a guardian with Nene.
The group finally exits the maze and visits the local village where they met the shibata Family, which consists of Kaemon, Kazou and Momoko. Cera and her brother meets Graham, a mute boy. And Haruto visits her family.
Tai becomes a prince, who defended the village from the attacking Drekan soldiers. Tai then invites everyone to ride on a Griffin to his castle, and trains Dante and Alkai.
Romance blooms as Tai and Nene become a couple, as well as Clara and Alkai. The Drekan forces has been defeated. Kazou and Kaemon now knows about the Amatums.Just when everything seemed to calm down, Mika has been kidnapped and is to be married to the new Magister. The team rescue's her only to be captured as well.
The team mysteriously get out on Mika's wedding day. Mika, Dante and Graham had been transported to the River of Styx while their father, Tod, came back to the Amatum Caverns to look for their friends. Rito and his father, with the help of Lady Celo Visum, captured the group in a barrier bubble. Lord Liquidus carries them back to the prison.
"Oh, it seems they're already done." Tod stated as he bowed to the approaching group. "Excuse me, my Lords for I must retrieve my children from the river of Styx."
"Back! back I say!" Dante hissed, trying to push away the hands rocking on the boat. A swirl of shadow suddenly grabbed the 3 of them as they disappeared within the darkness.
Haruto had suddenly appered in front of Tai and the others with him."Hey guys!!!"Tenchi appered with Haruto he crashed into the ground."I got to work on my landing..."Tenchi said in pain Haruto smiled.
"Haruto,Tenchi?"Nene said, surprised by their appearance.
"you guys have to escape from here,before they realize that you are not captured yet." Tai said as he listen to the guard movements.
I don't care how things turn out, and I don't care if I'll look uncool,I will desperately try to change my future.
Even If I'm told that my destiny is immutable no matter what I do,I myself can still change, and I will prove to you that I can change myself.
Haruto didnt care."Big deal i can teleport away from here in a seconds notice."She said,headstrong.Tenchi sighed."Haruto ithink we should do what Tai says."He said.
"Too late." Tod was already there and enveloped the two in his summons. Shadows were holding their arms and legs, ready to drag them down to Tartarus in any given movement. Headless horsemen had pointed their axes at their necks, while other creatures were already awaiting any orders and movement created within a millisecond.
"If this keeps up, you two won't be able to attend my daughter's wedding..." the man sighed, massaging the temples of his forehead.
"I don't know where we are or what the hell is this place, but I'm sure as hell that if we don't touch anything, we'll be fine." Dante stated, carrying Mika bridal style. They looked around the various books surrounding them. "Hey, isn't that a painting of us?" the girl pointed to a framed portrait of two children.
One was about 8 years old, a boy, standing with a smile. While a girl of age 5 was sitting in a chair wearing a blank face. "Then... we're in father's room?"
Haruto stared blankly at Tod her bell went dim."Well then..."Haruto started."DONT HARUTO!"Tenchi stoped her from doing anything crazy.
In LIFE...the greatest handicap is FEAR...the most useless asset is PRIDE...the hardest thing to do is BEGIN...the scariest thing is to CHANGE...and the greatest mistake is GIVING UP...FEAR not, forget PRIDE, BEGIN the path to CHANGE and never GIVE UP. . .
"Let them go!They are just children!"Shiranui said as he saw Tod's creatures holding them.
"If you dare hurt them,I promised you that I will tear you up myself!"Tai said,punching the barrier.
"He wouldn't hurt them,"The oracle said calmly as she walked towards the cell bars.She looked at Tod and continue "Am,I right,Tod Inimicitiae,Nobilis in rank."
"Oracle,how did you know all this."Nene asked,surprised by her respond.
Tenchi bit his lip he was shaking,scared.Haruto was calm not one bit of fear in her."This is all your fault Haruto!"Tenchi said."ME?!?"Haruto was angry."Yeah you,you just HAD to be little miss i'll be fine!"He yelled at Haruto."So what if i'm stuborn?!?"She yelled.Tenchi and Haruto kept arguing.
"Of course I won't, foolish man. My children won't forgive me if that happens, I'm only putting them in place unless they want the wrath of Lord Liquidus." Tod sighed, nodding towards the oracle. "If I did want to hurt them, I would've sent all of you to Tartarus to be punished for eternity."
"Eh? But... why does the old man kept pictures of us?" Dante stated in shock, looking at the various albums and drawings of them when they were children. Mika tried walking in her iron shoes, looking at some of the captions. "Mika at 3 years old, pulling out her brother Dante's hair while he cries." The boy pulled it out of her hands as his face turned red. "Okay! Just don't read it!"
"I'm sorry about putting you back, I promise I'll try to get you out properly." Celo said in a whispering voice. She locked the prison cell and called for his father.
Lord Liquidus had already put the escapees back in their cells. Lord Liquidus looked at Lady Celo with pride. He switched his gaze to Tod and said "Well done Tod!"
He looked at the two arguing kids in front of him and smirked.
"I intended to let you all join the wedding but it seems to me that you kids don't want to join." Lord Liquidus said with a tone of disappointment. "I let my son convince me to give you all a fair trial and not give you any punishment, but you would rather prefer escaping again instead of taking the fight you challenged me to." He said with a slight smirk on his face, his voice was getting louder to the end.
Rito was looking down on the floor, not showing his face. He is wearing his wedding suit, looks like the one Dante wore except for the twin tails on the tunic and the golden bow. Celo was shivering with nervousness but smiling because she helped her father on capturing one of them.
Celo looked at Rito and led him towards his room.
"Tom!" Lord Liquidus voice said at he patted Tom on the shoulder. "Thank you for capturing the last two."
"Thank you for being kind Lady Celo." Clara said in a whisper for only Lady Celo can hear, she then bowed and sitted in a corner. Alkai stared in the wall infront of him, and just ingnored what was happening. Lilia was looking slightly bored, her head was in her palm.
but NOW is a GIFT..
that's why it is called PRESENT..
"Thank you, my Lord." Tod bowed deeply before walking off, sighing in relief.
"I don't know how people walk in these. It seems more like torture device set to suddenly heat up and burn me if I try to escape." Mika sighed, sitting down in a velvet cushion, her feet sore. Dante just randomly grabbed a book and started reading beside her.
"You two, your friends are captured." Tod said as he appeared from the shadows, walking towards them calmly. "I take it that they aren't going attend?" Dante guessed, closing the book in his hands.
"Hey, you guys forced her to get engaged and yet you can't even do something as simple as that?!"
"Who said I even agreed to this?" The man snapped in annoyance glaring back at his son's own evil eye.
"Let's just go..." Mika stated, standing up and tried walking away.
Another vision struck Oracle.She saw destruction and death of the place.The souls gems created a portal to Darkness,itself.A little girl was held within the body of the darkness.
Shiranui noticed her reaction,"Another vision?"
Oracle looked back at him and nodded."Worse.Darkness itself will be awaken here."
"What?How is that possible.We killed the Darkness back at Drekan's Fort."Tai said as the memories surface in his head.
"Evil Tai was only a small fragment of Darkness itself.But what I saw was much worse."Oracle explain.
"The gems!"Tai touched his belt as he realized the pouch of gems was gone."No! It must have dropped during the fight with Tod!"
"That will be bad..."Oracle said."Portal to the Darkness will be open..very soon.."
Lady Pax came in the room and said "Everything is ready!" She took Dante and Dextra with her and led them to their positions. Toni on the other hand looked for Rito. Lady Celo was already there with Lord Liquidus. Everything seemed perfect.
Outside on the wooden altar, Lord Liquidus was standing below it. Everyone on the plaza poor and rich came to watch. Rito was already there faking a smile and beside his father. Toni sat down on her seat beside Celo and Lady Pax. Dextra was standing beside Lord Liquidus as Mika's Maid of Honor, and looking very confused. Dante was beside Rito who was unknowingly his Best Man.
The music has already begun and they're all just waiting for the bride. Whilst the prisoners are uninvited.
The bride walked in with her father frigidly, making the atmosphere intense. The girl shifted her gaze towards the onlookers, hiding her melancholic expression by looking down. That didn't escape Dante's watchful eyes, however, as he observed both her and the groom's actions.


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Q: How can I "expand" a list to be arguments to a function? How can I make these three snippets work?
(defn bar [a b c] (println a b c))
> (bar :a :b :c)
:a :b :c

(defn foo [a & args] (bar a args)) ;; some magic is needed here.
> (foo :a :b :c)
MoralException: You're a bad person for trying this.

I have looked all over for how to do this.  I tried lots of things like (apply bar [a args]) but that's an ArityException (which makes sense).  What can I do?

A: You don't need to wrap arguments to apply in a vector.
(apply bar a args)

Intervening arguments are prepended to args.

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The Antidote to Stress is Peace: Mataka Askari's Brush with Post-Incarceration Syndrome
Mataka spent 23 and a half years behind bars for a non-violent drug crime. He's now using that experience to help others. He defines himself by being an educator, advocate, and devoted father. His antidote to trauma and stress: peace. How did he find peace post-incarceration?
Written by Bethany Schoengarth
Post-incarceration syndrome doesn't start in prison. It starts pre-incarceration with trauma. Mataka Askari grew up in St. Louis in what he describes as a predominantly impoverished community.
"Poverty breeds despair and despair breeds criminality," says Mataka. "Not everyone there is engaged in crime, however, poverty drives the mindset of 'let's see how we can get this money' so the strongest influence in the community at that time was criminal activity. I had no influence from the other side that would have guided me down the right path. The influence overwhelmed me. I was involved in the criminal justice system since I was 14 years old."
In 1995, Mataka received a 30-year prison sentence for a non-violent drug crime. He spent 23 and a half years behind bars. He's now using that experience to help others. Mataka defines himself by the lessons he's learned, being an educator, advocate, and devoted father. He discovered his antidote to trauma and stress: peace. How did he find peace post-incarceration?
Mataka explains that complex trauma drives behavior, which leads to high recidivism rates, which leads to people re-engaging in criminal activity. These behaviors are often the result of coping mechanisms born out of the need to survive trauma.
So while in the prison system, Mataka had a lot of time to reflect on his behavior. "Why did I commit a crime? Why was I thinking that way? I was acting out of a form of information that was not conducive to bringing out the best in me."
Mataka picked up a book that would change his life forever: The Autobiography of Malcolm X. While reading this, Mataka realized that he had internalized some unhealthy ideas and images about himself. He started studying psychology, religion, and politics, driven by a process of self-discovery. Through that process, he began to detox from those negative thoughts and ideas.
After being released on August 24, 2018, Mataka knew he didn't want to live his life in his 40s like he was living in his 20s. "I did not want to live in arrested development."
Being out of the prison system brought some unexpected challenges. "I started experiencing some things that I did not experience before I went to prison." Mataka noticed. For example, one night, he and his wife Erica went out to see a movie. "I kept looking around to assess my surroundings and I see some people in hoodies. I started thinking something was about to go down in this movie theater. I told Erica and she said, 'Mataka, they're wearing hoodies because it's cold in here.' I had paranoia from being in an unfamiliar environment."
Mataka also had difficulty sleeping. He couldn't fall asleep and when he did, he had a hard time staying asleep. Slight sounds would startle him.
Erica researched and discovered post-incarceration syndrome (PICS). When she brought it up to Mataka, he rejected it.
"I'm a Black man from the north side of St. Louis–I don't want to hear about no trauma or mental health issues or none of that. I came from a community where if you came across a problem, you pushed through it to the other side." Mataka explained. But the more he experienced it, the more he wanted answers.
Mataka noticed more symptoms. He had hypervigilance. He felt a chronic sense of helplessness due to living a lifestyle without many choices in prison. Living in a cell for so long gave him a sense of security because he knew his space and didn't have to worry about seeing around corners.
He had an exaggerated startle response. Mataka explained that in prison, there were unspoken rules. You don't get too close to people. Out in the real world, people would brush past you or invade your personal space. It made him feel unsettled.
"I felt like something was out to get me. Did I have old enemies or would I fall back into the same cycle of behavior and self-sabotage again and go back to prison?" He had to come to terms with his PICS.
He had been dealing with those feelings for a long time. He turned to literature once again for answers and understanding. He turned to the DSM-5 (Diagnostic Statistical Manual) to study trauma and stress-related illnesses. Mataka started reading about sanctuary trauma, multigenerational trauma, cultural trauma, and complex trauma.
"I realized that I lived in a society that normalizes trauma. We operate on a facade where we create this impression, but then when we get away from societal view, we start engaging in unhealthy coping mechanisms and it brings toxicity into your life in the form of relationships with your partner, your parenting, even into your employment. When we don't know how to identify and deal with trauma in a society that normalizes it, then we operate in a state of dysfunction and you can only do that for so long before things blow up."
He illustrates his point by comparing it to an illness. "If you have a cold and one symptom is a fever and your fever gets to 105 degrees, you know you have to treat the symptom because it has become so bad that the symptom is a threat to your life. But it's not the underlying cause. So when we see our lives taking a turn for the worst and we engage in unhealthy coping mechanisms and self-sabotage and expressions and outlets–these are symptoms. What is the cause? The cause is trauma. The things we still remember in our minds is what's driving our behavior 10, 20, 30, 40 years after they happen."
Now, armed with a wealth of information that gave clarity to his own experience and others, Mataka began to think about how to establish optimal mental health away from the trauma and stress.
"The antidote to stress is peace," Mataka explains.
We live in a society that is so overwhelmingly stressed. On top of that, we have unresolved issues that trace all the way back to our childhood. We just accept it as normal and deal with it in our own way.
"If you have these issues, this brokenness–what are you going to convey to the generations that come after you–your children, your grandchildren? We have to interrupt the cycle and introduce ways to achieve peace and bring our best selves to the world," he explains.
Mataka recalls how much joy and escape that reading brought to him, especially when he was locked up.
"You know what I noticed? Life does not allow you the leisure time to read that prison does because you have life responsibilities. But let me tell you what I understand: In prison, there are still drugs. You can still engage in unhealthy coping mechanisms. You can get high but when you come down from that high, you still have the same problems so it drives you to look for relief. But for me, the thing that got me through to make myself a better person was reading. I realized that with a book I could take my mind anywhere I wanted to take it. I could achieve 'highs' but when I came down from that high, I brought something with me: the ability to take my mind to a different place and bring back the information with me to make myself a better person. That's what got me through it."
Mataka has a solution to help bring forth peace. It involves reading, visualization, and even integrating technology.
"Peace is achieved through conjuring up or having images in your mind because we think in words and pictures. We have our intelligence and our imagination. What's the root word of imagination? Image. Visualization. How can we put in our minds the imagery that brings that natural peace inside of us to the surface and allows us to reach a relaxed state to combat the stresses and traumas of life?"
"Trauma isn't just psychological. It alters your brain and your biochemistry. Scientists have shown how it impacts your brain structure, your digestive system, your overall health; and it's been proven that people who live under functional trauma live 20 years less than people who don't live under functional trauma."
"If you have devices, like Healium, that give you visual imagery of peace, then that peace allows you the stability to move forward. These things are necessary because when you have these images or these devices that can assist you in achieving a state of peace not only does it do more for bringing out the best part of you and putting you in a state of relaxation–it extends your lifespan. What Healium has been able to do is tap into this technology that allows us to combat the most toxic thing that faces the family right now: trauma and stress."
Further driving home his point about how images impact your brain, Mataka reflects on the current state of our media and maintaining a healthy media diet.
"The media gives us images. These images have dominated and saturated our minds in such a way that they pull the best part of us down and have us believe that it's going to be impossible to change. So we just accept it and we move through this life thinking we're incapable of doing anything and we accept things that we know are not right and we compromise ourselves. Any time you compromise yourself and you are not able to be you, it acts in a negative way on your being."
By removing your exposure to these negative images and replacing them with empowering, uplifting, and positive ones, you can begin to reprogram your brain. Mataka goes one step further and stresses the importance of nurturing all of the senses as well.
"Multiple senses bring information to the brain. We taste, smell, feel, hear things that can help us bring peace to the brain, and transform your internal being." Mataka says.
He focuses so heavily on starting within because you can't help others until you heal yourself. The health of the individual is necessary for the health of the community. You can begin to transform the people in the environment in a positive way. However, the opposite is also true.
"Remember MLK said 'Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.' One thing that's toxic has the ability to make the whole environment toxic if it's left unchecked. So if we're operating in a toxic way, what do you think we're bringing to the world? We owe ourselves peace and the ability to live our lives in the best way possible. We owe our families the ability to get the best of us. We deserve an opportunity to be happy."
What does the future hold for Mataka Askari? Being a devoted father to his daughter is a huge motivator for him. He wants to empower her to have her own legacy. It's that kind of forward-thinking that has enabled him to transform his life.
"I want to be the best father for her. Not just financially, but I want to equip her with an understanding that does not allow her to fall victim to self-doubt or influences that make her question her worth or her value for things that have no merit. I want my daughter to bring to this world the best part of her so that her legacy can be one that is enduring."
His philosophy for his daughter and his community to thrive is through a strong education. "I'm a huge proponent of proper education. The word education comes from the word educe which means to draw out. It's not necessarily a bunch of pouring in of information that makes you think along a particular path. But what it means is having a system set up to have your greatness and potential to be drawn out and unleashed onto the world in the best way possible. So I'm a proponent of whatever unlocks, uncovers, unburies, and removes every obstacle out of your way that impedes your ability to be the best you. It's scientifically, theoretically, and otherwise impossible to be the best you when you're under trauma and stress."
At the beginning of Mataka's story, he talked about how he had internalized unhealthy images and ideas about himself. He knew that to bring peace, he had to detoxify himself from those negative images and replace them with healthy ones.
His antidote to stress is peace. Mataka leaves us with something to reflect: "Even with all of these things that we're out here doing–running businesses or helping feed families–the most important thing is, what legacy are you leaving? How are you leaving the world? Are you leaving it better than when you came in?"
Listen to our interview with Mataka in Episode 5 of The Healium Podcast below or wherever you listen to podcasts.
You can connect with Mataka Askari on Facebook and/or through email at matakaaskari@gmail.com.
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From Will Collier via Remote Control
By Stephen Green Jan 27, 2009 8:44 AM ET
Guest Blog!
Tom Maguire notes this remarkable bit of Paul Krugman effluence:
Next, write off anyone who asserts that it's always better to cut taxes than to increase government spending because taxpayers, not bureaucrats, are the best judges of how to spend their money.
Here's how to think about this argument: it implies that we should shut down the air traffic control system. After all, that system is paid for with fees on air tickets — and surely it would be better to let the flying public keep its money rather than hand it over to government bureaucrats. If that would mean lots of midair collisions, hey, stuff happens.
This is a spectacularly specious argument, even for Krugman. Air traffic control, whether practiced by government employees or a private company, is a specialized task with predictable outcomes. To borrow a line from Don Rumsfeld, there are very few unknown unknowns: pilots and controllers are trained to use a specific set of rules for flight and established terminology to communicate with each other. By its very definition, air traffic control is not a chaotic system–if it were, we'd have all those plane crashes Krugman bloviates about.
Krugman is laughably trying to sell the notion that the American and world economies are just like air traffic control: everybody involved knows exactly what they're supposed to do, there are no unknowns (don't start with weather regarding ATC; that's an observable and to a large degree predictable phenomenon, at least in a short time frame and on the large scale), and thus they can be readily manipulated by the smartest experts who went to all the right schools and who clearly know better than all you rubes out there who drive SUVs and aren't Nobel laureates.
This, of course, is nonsense on stilts.
No professor, no cabinet secretary, no "expert" of any sort knows anything close to "everything" about the economy. That's not a slam on any of the above; it's just physically impossible for that much chaotic data to be assembled and comprehended by a single human mind–not least because the data is constantly changing. Suggesting that a few Democratic politicians and their minions in the federal bureaucracy are even remotely capable of "running," much less fixing the global economy is at best foolish, and is at worst a dangerous lie intended more for consolidation of political power than actual economic benefit.
Krugman, whether he'd ever admit it or not, knows as much. Today's risible comparison has nothing to do with economics and everything to do with partisan politics. He's just spouting economic truthiness to build support for an Obama-Pelosi push to buy enough votes to get through several election cycles–and in that, at least, he's on firm historical ground. Party-building with other people's money was the one true legacy of the New Deal, and the one that Krugman and his elected allies are most interested in reviving.
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Dame Zaha Mohammad Hadid, DBE RA, (Arabic: زها حديد Zahā Ḥadīd; 31 October 1950 – 31 March 2016) was an Iraqi-born British architect. She was born in Baghdad.
Hadid was elected a Royal Academician in 2005. She became the first woman to receive the Pritzker Prize (2004). She received the Stirling Prize in 2010 and 2011. In 2012, she was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire and in 2015 she became the first woman to be awarded the RIBA Gold Medal.[1][2]
Hadid's buildings are neo-futuristic, characterized by curving forms with "multiple perspective points and fragmented geometry to evoke the chaos of modern life".[3]
On 31 March 2016, Hadid died of a heart attack in a Miami hospital, where she was being treated for bronchitis, aged 65.[4]
↑ "Dame Zaha Hadid awarded the Riba Gold Medal for architecture". BBC News. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
↑ Goodwin, Kate; Stanton, Alan & Cook , Peter 2016. A tribute to Zaha Hadid RA: 1950–2016. Royal Academy.
↑ "Zaha Hadid Profile". Design Museum. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
↑ "Architect Dame Zaha Hadid dies after heart attack". BBC News. 31 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
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World first as tidal turbine system supplies national grid with electricity
A tidal turbine is pulled out to location Picture: Scottish Renewables
Lynsey Bews
Published: 11:38 Updated: 22:36 Monday 29 August 2016
A Scottish energy firm's tidal turbine system has become the first in the world to deliver electricity to the National Grid.
Nova Innovation said its Shetland Isles project represents major progress in using tidal energy as a long-term source of predictable renewable power.
The company installed its first turbine in the Bluemull Sound in March, with the device generating to full power across all tidal conditions.
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A second turbine was installed in August to work alongside the first. As the firm's goal is to have a large number of turbines connected in an "array", the use of a second one is a major milestone.
Simon Forrest, managing director of Nova Innovation said: "We are absolutely delighted to be the first company in the world to deploy a fully operational tidal array."
He added: "Deploying the second turbine truly sets us apart and showcases our technology."
Jenny Hogan, director of policy at Scottish Renewables, said: "Scotland is already at the forefront of capturing power from the tides and waves, and Nova's latest news demonstrates that lead is well-deserved.
"The country is already home to some of the most advanced marine energy technologies anywhere, as well as the European Marine Energy Centre – arguably the most advanced marine energy proving site in the world.
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"With companies like Nova and others all working on developing this cutting-edge technology, the sector holds huge promise for the future."
World Wildlife Fund Scotland director Lang Banks said: "News that power has been exported to grid for the first time by a pair of tidal devices marks yet another major milestone on Scotland's journey to becoming a fully renewable nation. With some of the most powerful tides in Europe, Scotland is well placed to lead in developing this promising technology.
"The Scottish Government's forthcoming energy strategy provides the perfect opportunity to set out a bold vision for how we could become Europe's fully renewable electricity nation by 2030, ensuring that we secure the maximum economic and social benefits."
Edinburgh tidal energy firm lands £3.5m investment


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St Albans mental health champion on Jeremy Kyle cancellation following guest tragedy
Franki Berry
Jeremy Kyle in an episode from March.
St Albans mental health champion has spoken out after a man died shortly after filming an episode of The Jeremy Kyle Show.
ITV has cancelled the controversial daytime show after a man called Steve Dymond died just one week after appearing as a guest.
He had failed a lie detector test as part of the episode, which is currently being reviewed and will not be aired.
ITV CEO Carolyn McCall said: "The Jeremy Kyle Show has had a loyal audience and has been made by a dedicated production team for 14 years, but now is the right time for the show to end. Everyone at ITV's thoughts and sympathies are with the family and friends of Steve Dymond."
Since the news broke, the government's Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee has launched a formal inquiry into British reality TV.
It will also consider the deaths of two former contestants on ITV's Love Island - one of which was a 26-year-old St Albans City Football Club player, Mike Thalassitis.
In light of the news, the St Albans district council (SADC) mental health champion, Cllr Anthony Rowlands, described The Jeremy Kyle Show as "ritual, public humiliation".
He said: "As adults, we have a responsibility to offer younger generations an example worth emulating. Legitimising intrusive prurience in the name of entertainment sets such a poor example and, in particular, risks exploiting and degrading the most vulnerable.
"All sections of the media share a responsibility to treat people with respect, rather than normalising the debasing of human relationships."
This has come during Mental Health Awareness Week, which takes place from May 13 to 19. The Herts Ad has also been encouraging people to open up about their mental health in a campaign called It's OK To Say, run alongside anxiety specialist Stacey Turner.
Chief executive officer of Mind in Mid Herts, Sharn Tomlinson, said: "It is important that everyone is treated with dignity and that safety should be the highest priority, and if ITV have made the decision to review their processes in delivering this program then we really appreciate that."
Contact Mind in Mid Herts on 01727 865070 or at www.mindinmidherts.org.uk
Mental Health Awareness Week is hosted by the Mental Health Foundation - www.mentalhealth.org.uk
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The Walking Dead 'JSS': Is Enid One of the Wolves?
Monday, 19 October 2015 - 9:49AM
Last night, on an excellent, unbearably tense episode of The Walking Dead, the Wolves rampaged through Alexandria, massacring its citizens (though, predictably, no one whose names we can remember). But the question remains: how did they get in? We can't be sure, but there were several hints that Enid was one of the Wolves, and that she may have been working with Ron to sneak them in.
First, she disappeared directly after the Wolves leave, which is immediately suspicious. We know that Enid is a hardened survivalist, but she's still a young girl, and it would be deeply stupid for her to leave the safety of Alexandria to live by herself. It's much more likely that she was leaving to join the Wolves, especially since she revealed to Carl that she was leaving during the Wolves' attack. If she were planning on leaving on her own, then why would she choose to say goodbye to Carl during an attack on the town? And even more damning, when the two of them are guarding Judith, she says,
"They're just people. This place is too big to protect. There are too many blindspots. That's how we were able to-"
Carl, of course, is too enamored with her to notice that she's about to confess to colluding with the Wolves. And judging from the beginning of the episode, it's likely that she's been a Wolf all along. In the highly unsettling cold open, Enid watches her parents get eaten by walkers, and then ventures into the dangerous world on her own, marking all of her haunts with the letters, "JSS." My first thought was that she wanted people to follow the trail of messages back to her, so she could find a community to live in. But we don't see that happen with Alexandrians; rather, the end of the cold open shows Enid entering Alexandria by herself, a strange look of guilty resolve on her face. We know from the end of the episode that "JSS" means "Just survive, somehow," so it makes sense that Enid would have wanted to survive at all costs.
This is all circumstantial evidence, of course, but there are several mysterious parts of this episode that would be explained by this theory. First, Carl sees Enid and Ron talking and hugging at the beginning of the episode, which seems apropos of nothing. It's too sinister a scene to be explained by simple jealousy on Carl's part, especially since the viewer is not invested enough in his relationship with Enid to care all that much. Many have speculated that the "A" on Carol's railing was marking her for death, and we know that Sam was running around, marking everyone with the letter "A." It seems unlikely that Sam was involved, as he seems innocent enough, but it was established in this episode that Ron is angry at Rick for his father's death, so he could have taken his stamp in order to indicate which houses held Rickettes. Although, Melissa McBride stated to Comicbook.com that Carol was upset to see the "A" precisely because it was a symbol of Sam's innocence, so it's possible that the two are unconnected.
Ron and Sam's involvement is much more ambiguous, but Enid's betrayal of the Alexandrians seems much less debatable. This revelation, while extremely depressing, is The Walking Dead at its best. The show is singularly concerned with the idea that in order to fight monsters, you have to become a monster (note that Carol has difficulty washing the blood "W" off of her forehead), and the cold open made it clear that Enid wasn't evil, she was only trying to survive. Her insistence to Carl that the Wolves are "just people" is indicative of the show's extremely bleak view of human nature, which is always there, but has never been more apparent than this episode, in which a sad 14-year-old girl orchestrates the massacre of an entire town.
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Readers pass along a lot of stuff every week about natural gas, fractivist antics, emissions, renewables, and other news relating to energy. This week: Energiewende, fertilizer and state pushback!
German Energiewende Officially Goes Counterproductive!
Biden to Use Food Shortages As Green Corporatist Leverage!
Hear! Hear! States Need to Take Charge Again!
It's a leftist ant-gas Bloomberg story, so there's no mention of fracking, the green Energiewende, natural gas, LNG or the nearby UK's tremendous shale resources that could be developed in a heartbeat, but the truth still can't be hidden; the truth that the German green Energiewende has been a colossal counterproductive failure:
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government is backtracking from its Group of Seven agenda to push globally for a speedier exit from coal.
Steffen Hebestreit, the Chancellor's chief spokesman, said Russia's war in Ukraine cast doubt over the practicality of asking the world's richest countries to end the use of coal. Germany is the current holder of the rotating presidency of the G-7 nations, which have taken the lead in pursuing sanctions against Russia.
Boxberg Power Station (lignite-fired)
Despite political pressure to end the use of the dirtiest fossil fuel, coal generation is expected to jump 9% from last year, according to the International Energy Agency. That's driven by the economic recovery from the pandemic, while countries are also scrambling to find alternative sources to Russian fossil fuels.
Germany, which has banned nuclear plants, and Japan, where atomic generation is just a fraction of what it once was, have fewer options than others. And so in Germany, coal-fired power plants that were once decommissioned are now being considered for a second life.
The West is governed by the worst ruling class of elites, media and corporatists ever and is now paying the price for it.
Hat Tip: I.G.
Biden to Use Food Shortages As Green Corporatist Leverage
Joe Biden has always been a corrupt politician. He's always been a bumbling buffoon. Now he's losing what few faculties he had. None of this, though, is as important as the fact Joe Biden is effectively no more than a hologram operated by that cabal of corporatists known as the World Economic Forum with that Lex Luthor character who runs the scam. Nothing makes this more clear than this story;
A top Biden official said Sunday that the global food shortage crisis would push farmers toward relying on more green energy.
"Never let a crisis go to waste," U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Chief Samantha Power told ABC's George Stephanopoulos on "This Week."
Speaking of the global consequences of Russia's war with Ukraine, the Biden official said that fertilizer shortages would provide farmers the opportunity to "hasten" their "transition" from fertilizer to more "natural" resources.
Samantha Power: the Biden team member who says your lack of food is an opportunity for green grifting!
"Fertilizer shortages are real now because Russia is a big exporter of fertilizer. Even though fertilizer is not sanctioned, less fertilizer is coming out of Russia," she explained. "As a result we're working with countries to think about natural solutions like manure and compost and this may hasten transitions that would have been in the interest of farmers to make eventually anyway. So never let a crisis go to waste."
That's the mentality of Klaus Schwab, the Great Reset Guy and Devil of Davos who doesn't give damn whether we eat or not, only that the green eggs and scam he and his elitist buds love to dine upon never stop coming. Just as the Park Foundation sees it, the destruction of our lives is but a matter of collateral damage for them as they pursue those trillions in green grifting.
Hat Tip: W.S.
Now, this is what we need to hear a lot more:
What is a universal fact is that carbon dioxide is the foremost ingredient of the elixir of life on this planet, which brings forward the real query of what motivates eco-fanatics to wish to eradicate life? What could they possibly think to achieve? Certainly not an easier existence for themselves by casting society back into the literal dark ages. The self-deceit is monumental and it has sucked-in alleged rational thinkers to go along with institutionalizing language that is detrimental to our way of life.
Yet, for writing, printing and speaking these scientific facts, the Biden administration's Department of Homeland Security has proposed the establishment of a truth detector panelthat will claim natural biology to be misinformation and disinformation. Propagandist wheels of injustice are turning so fast it's hard to counter though congressional members have taken up the challenge.
It is past time to put the brakes on federal government criminalizing so-called fossil fuels and intentionally crashing our economy which is founded on energy – energy to build industry, grow crops and feed people, move products and provide services of every kind.
Time for pushback! Give the Feds and the DRBC the Heisman!
If the federal government and democrat-run states refuse to provide the energy necessary to fuel the economy, it is up to the conservative states to restart energy production, including taking back public lands the feds have illegitimately locked away from the People who own them. Sheriffs, who are the closest representative of the People, have the authority to throw out the feds from county property.
Re-open drilling, mining, refining and transporting energy products. States do not require federal approval to exercise their constitutional power to serve their citizens when the federal government is deliberately disenfranchising and subjugating them.
Governors, state legislators and sheriffs, are you listening?
This is playing offense and it's precisely what should happen with respect to the thoroughly corrupted Delaware River Basin Commission. Pennsylvania's Republican legislature is, no doubt, ready to do it now and all it takes is a Republican governor to not veto legislation that would declare the DRBC has no authority to prevent Pennsylvania from developing its natural gas resources. Let the DRBC, of which the governor is part, just try to stop it. It would be the end of the DRBC and with good riddance!
Hat Tip: R.N.
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Alain Claude Bilie By Nze (born 16 September 1967) is a Gabonese politician currently serving as the Prime Minister of Gabon since 9 January 2023.

Biography
By Nze was born on 16 September 1967 in Makokou. He studied literature at Omar Bongo University in Libreville.

In 2006, he was appointed Minister of Communications, and was elected to Gabon's National Assembly, leaving the latter office in 2011 and the former in 2007, which he left to become Deputy Minister of Transport. In March 2012, By Nze was made an advisor to the President and the government's spokesperson.

By Nze became Communications Minister for a second time in 2015, and was additionally made Minister of State, Minister of the Digital Economy, and Minister of Culture and the Arts in October 2016. In 2018, By Nze was reappointed as Minister of State and Minister of Sports.

In July of 2020, he became the Minister of State and the Minister of Energy and Water Resources. During a cabinet reshuffle in March of 2022, he also became the government's official spokesperson, and in October of 2022, he became a Deputy Prime Minister. On 9 January 2023, By Nze was appointed Prime Minister of Gabon, replacing Rose Christiane Raponda, who resigned to become Vice President.

References

Living people
1967 births
Prime Ministers of Gabon
21st-century Gabonese politicians
Omar Bongo University alumni
People from Ogooué-Ivindo Province

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Becky was on her deathbed, with her husband Jake at her side. He held her cold hand and tears silently streamed down his face. Her pale lips moved.
"Jake," she said.
"Hush," he quickly interrupted, "don't talk." But she insisted.
"Jake," she said in her tired voice. "I have to talk. I must
confess."
"There is nothing to confess," said the weeping Jake. "It's all right. Everything's all right."
"No, no. I must die in peace. I must confess, Jake, that I have been unfaithful to you."
Jake stroked her hand. "Now, Becky, don't be concerned. I know all about it", he sobbed. "Why else would I poison you?"
A dyslexic man walks into a bra.
Chip told me a good saying yesterday. "Snitches get stitches."
Frank was excited about his new rifle and decided to try bear hunting. He spotted a small brown bear and shot it. Right after, there was a tap on his shoulder and he turned around to see a big black bear. The black bear said, "That was my cousin and you've got two choices... Either I maul you to death or we have sex."
After considering briefly, Frank decided to accede to the latter alternative. Even though he felt sore for two weeks, Frank soon recovered and vowed revenge.
He headed out on another trip where he found the black bear and shot it. Right after, there as was another tap on his shoulder. This time a huge grizzly bear stood right next to him. The grizzly said, "That was a big mistake, Frank. That was my cousin and you've got two choices. Either I maul you to death or we have rough sex." Again, Frank thought it was better to cooperate.
Although he survived, it took several months before Frank finally recovered. Outraged, he headed back to the woods, managed to track down the grizzly and shot it.�� He felt sweet revenge, but, then, there was a tap on his shoulder. He turned around to find a giant polar bear standing there. The polar bear looked at him very sadly and said, "Admit it Frank, you don't come here for the hunting, do you?"
A sandwich walks into a bar. The bartender says, "Sorry, we don't serve food in here."
A Greek and Italian were sitting in a Starbuck's one day discussing who had the superior culture. Over triple lattes the Greek guy says, "Well, we have the Parthenon." Arching his eyebrows, the Italian replies, "We have the Coliseum." The Greek retorts, "We Greeks gave birth to advanced mathematics." The Italian, nodding agreement, says, "But we built the Roman Empire." And so on and so on until the Greek comes up with what he thinks will end the discussion. With a flourish of finality he says, "We invented sex!" The Italian replies, "That is true, but it was the Italians who introduced it to women!"
Three dudes kill each other at the same time, but right before they do they ask themselves this one question: Why do I read pointless jokes?
"When I was in Reno I saw they have five religious channels on cable. When they were talking about sins I thought they were reading a list of things to do in town."
- Karen Rontowski
"When I was in Reno i saw they have five religious channels on cable. When they talking about sins I though they were reading a list of things to do in town."
"If it means lower gas prices, I don't care if we drill into the skull of a polar bear. And I'm as liberal as they come."
Three blondes were driving down the highway trying to get to Disneyland. They saw a sign that read "DisneyLand Left."
So they went home.
Two eggs are in a frying pan and one says "Man it�s hot in here."
The other one says "Holy sh*t a talking egg!"
"The runaway bride took a bus cross country. I think she's suffered enough."
- Costaki Economopolous
"I had a woman tell me that I wasn't ugly, I was unattractive. Boy, did she know how to make me fell better."
- Ross Bennett
Q. What is it when a man talks dirty to a woman?
A. Sexual harassment!
Q. What is it when a woman talks dirty to a man?
A. $3.99 a minute!
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Well, that clears that up!
1000 men were asked to complete a survey of what they liked best about a oral sex...
.3% liked the warmth.
4% enjoyed the sensation.
93% appreciated the silence.
Two guys are looking a dog lick its balls and one says "Man, I wish I could do that."
The other guy says, "Really? I think I�d just pet him first."
A man was being tailgated by a stressed out woman on a busy boulevard. Suddenly, the light turned yellow, just in front of him. He did the right thing, stopping at the crosswalk, even though he could have beaten the red light by accelerating through the intersection. The tailgating woman hit the roof, and the horn, screaming in frustration as she missed her chance to get through the intersection. As she was still in mid-rant, she heard a tap on her window and looked up into the face of a very serious police officer. The officer ordered her to exit her car with her hands up. He took her to the police station where she was searched, finger printed, photographed, and placed in a holding cell. After a couple of hours, a policeman approached the cell and opened the door. She was escorted back to the booking desk where the arresting officer was waiting with her personal effects.
He said, "I'm very sorry for this mistake. You see, I pulled up behind your car while you were blowing your horn, flipping off the guy in front of you, and cussing a blue streak at him. I noticed the 'Choose Life' license plate holder, the 'What Would Jesus Do' bumper sticker, the 'Follow Me to Sunday-School' bumper sticker, and the chrome-plated Christian fish emblem on the trunk. Naturally, I assumed you had stolen the car."
"You wonder why other countries hate us? In America we have a gameshow called Survivor! It's a gameshow where we try to survive in places where people already live. The people there are like, 'hey can I have some of that bread'? And we're all 'NOOOOO! I'm starving! We don't have our cell phones out here, this is really tough!'."
- Daniel Tosh
"Money can't buy you happiness! They really should add just kidding to the end of that saying!"
"I just wanna be rich enough that they release a dozen doves every time I walk into a room. They'll be like...'Did you see that guy come out of the bathroom? It was beaaaauuuuutiful!'"
"Have you ever watched a movie, then gotten into a fight with your wife about it afterward, then almost got a divorce? Me neither."
- Chick McGee
"You show me a group of white people I can't make laugh, and I'll show you Canadians."
- Tim Wilson
A husband and wife want to take golf lessons from a pro at a local country club. The man and woman meet the pro and head onto the driving range. The man goes up to hit first. He swings and hits the ball 100 yards. The golf pro says not bad. Golfpro: "Now hold the club as firm as you hold your wife's breasts". The man follows instructions and hits the ball 300 yards. The golf pro says "Excellent!" Now the woman takes her turn. Her ball goes 30 yards. Golf pro: "Not bad, try holding the club like you hold your husbands dick." She swings and the ball goes 10 yards. Golf pro: "Not bad, but now try taking the club out of your mouth and hit the ball."
A man is walking down the beach one day when he comes across a lamp laying in the sand. Picking it up he brushes the sand off of it and a genie comes out. The genie looks the man over before telling him. "I am the genie of this lamp and i will grant you three wishes but be warned for every wish you make your mother-in-law will get double." The man thinks a moment then nods. "Ok genie for my first wish i want a billion dollars." The genie gives the man a curious glance. "Remember your mother-in-law will get double." The man nods. "I understand now for my second wish i want a nice sports car that will never need to be gassed or have any fluids changed, and it will never get a dent or have any problems at all." The genie nods. "You do realize your mother-in-law will get double sir?" The man nods again. "Yes i do." The genie sighs. "Ok sir, you wish is granted, Now what would you like for your third wish?" The man smiles and looks the genie in the eye and says. "I wish to be beaten half to death."
"Wearing a hat implies that you are bald if you are a man and that your hair is dirty if you are a woman."
A Doctor was addressing a large audience:
"The material we put into our stomachs is enough to have killed most of us sitting here, years ago. Red meat is awful. Soft drinks corrode your stomach lining. Chinese food is loaded with MSG. High fat diets can be disastrous, and none of us realizes the long- term harm caused by the germs in our drinking water. But there is one thing that is the most dangerous of all and we all have, or will, eat it. Can anyone here tell me what food it is that causes the most grief and suffering for years after eating it?" After several seconds of quiet, a 75-year-old man in the front row raised his hand, and softly said, "Wedding Cake."
A guy is walking along the strip in Las Vegas and a knockout lady of the evening catches his eye.
He strikes up a conversation and eventually asks the lady of the evening, "How much?"
Lady of the evening replies, "It starts at $500 for manual manipulation."
Guy says, "$500 dollars! For manual manipulation! No manual manipulation is worth that kind of money!"
The lady of the evening says, "Do you see that Denny's on the corner?"
"Do you see the Denny's about a block further down?"
"And beyond that, do you see that third Denny's?"
"Well," says the lady of the evening, smiling invitingly, "I own those. And, I own them because I give manual manipulation that's worth $500."
Guy says, "What the hell? I'll give it a try."
They retire to a nearby motel.
A short time later, the guy is sitting on the bed realizing that he just experienced the best manual manipulation of a lifetime, worth every bit of $500.
He is so amazed, he says, "I suppose oral manipulation is $1,000?"
The lady of the evening replies, "$1,500."
$1,500? No oral manipulation could be worth that".
The lady of the evening replies, "Step over here to the window, big boy.
Do you see that casino just across the street? I own that casino outright. And I own it because I give oral manipulation that's worth every cent of $1,500."
The guy, basking in the afterglow of that terrific manual manipulation, says, "Sign me up."
Ten minutes later, he is sitting on the bed more amazed than before.
He can't believe it but he feels he truly got his money's worth.
He decides to dip into the retirement savings for one glorious and unforgettable experience.
He asks the lady of the evening, "How much for conventional coupling?"
The lady of the evening says, "Come over here to the window.
Do you see how the whole city of Las Vegas is laid out before us, all those beautiful lights, gambling palaces, and showplaces?"
"Damn!" the guy says, in awe, "You own the whole city?"
"No," the lady of the evening replies, "but I would if I were a female."
Two friends, a blonde and a brunette, are walking down the street and pass a flower shop where the brunette happens to see her boyfriend buying flowers. She sighs and says, "Oh, crap, my boyfriend is buying me flowers again...for no reason."
The blonde looks quizzically at her and says, "What's the big deal, don't you like getting flowers?"
The brunette says, "Oh sure... but he always has expectations after getting me flowers, and I just don't feel like spending the next three days on my back with my legs in the air."
The blonde says, ....."Don't you have a vase?"


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Many books and articles have documented the devastation factory farming causes to human health, the economy, the environment, and of course animal welfare. Public figures from Bill Nye to Richard Branson have said that the future of food is animal-free. But we are left with one burning question: How will society actually get from here to there? In The End of Animal Farming (Beacon Press: November 6, 2018), Jacy Reese outlines an evidence-based roadmap to a humane, ethical, efficient food system where slaughterhouses are obsolete.
Reese tells the stories of activists using data to steer policy and behavior, scientists making clean meat — real meat made from animal cells without animal slaughter, entrepreneurs founding million-dollar food companies (even a billion in one case!), and thoughtful consumers demanding the products of this animal-free food system. The End of Animal Farming argues that this will one of the most important social movements of our time. In broader terms, Reese outlines methods for studying social movements and moral circle expansion, paving the way for future effective altruists to analyze and address the world's most pressing problems.
Jacy is the Research Director at Sentience Institute, a think tank researching the expansion of humanity's moral circle. He is known for helping develop the ideas of effective altruism, a growing movement of people using science and evidence-based analysis to do as much good as possible. Jacy's new book, The End of Animal Farming, uses this lens to outline a roadmap to a more ethical, sustainable, and prosperous food system for humans and animals. He has written in outlets such as The Guardian, Vox, and National Review, and given talks on these topics in over 20 countries. He currently lives in New York City with his partner Kelly, their dog Apollo, and their two chickens Snow and Dualla, who were rescued from a battery cage farm. Please get in touch for interviews, speaking engagements, and writing solicitations.
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Steven Pinker argues the world is getting better. What about animals?
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Which Key Ideas Should We Be Spreading with Marginal Resources?
How Should We Account for the Potential Long-term Impact of Organizations?
Why Is It So Hard To Care About Large Groups Of Animals?
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Q: Is there a way to ignore an optional query field in an API url? I'll try to clarify what I mean.
Let's say I have this url:
https://test-api.com/users?age=17&sex=M

There's 2 fields: age and sex. The age field is required but the sex field is optional.
Let's say I want to make a bunch of tests and I use this code:
import requests

def testUserQuery(user_age, user_sex):
    url = f'https://test-api.com/users?age={user_age}&sex={user_sex}'
    response = requests.get(url)

test_query = testUserQuery(17)

Now, assuming that I can't go into the actual code of the API itself and change how empty fields are interpreted...
How can I make this test and leave the user_sex field blank?
In other words, is there a special universal symbol (like "&" which means "and" for every URL in the world) that I can put for user_sex that'll force the API to ignore the field and not cause errors?
Otherwise, I would have to do this:
import requests

def testUserQuery(user_age, user_sex=None):
    if user_sex is None:
       url = f'https://test-api.com/users?age={user_age}'
    elif user_sex is not None:
       url = f'https://test-api.com/users?age={user_age}&sex={user_sex}'
    response = requests.get(url)

test_query = testUserQuery(17)

Imagine if I'm dealing with 10 optional fields. I don't think it would be very efficient to make multiple elif statements to change the URL for every single possible case where an optional field is empty.
I hope I'm being clear, sorry if this sounds confusing.

A: One way to dynamically achieve this is by changing testUserQuery to accept its arguments as **kwargs then using urllib.parse.urlencode to dynamically build the query string.
from urllib.parse import urlencode

def testUserQuery(base_url='https://test-api.com/users', **kwargs):
    params = urlencode({k: v for k, v in kwargs.items() if v is not None})
    url = f"{base_url}{'?' + params if params else ''}"
    print(url)

testUserQuery()
testUserQuery(a=1)
testUserQuery(a=1, b=2)

This outputs
https://test-api.com/users
https://test-api.com/users?a=1
https://test-api.com/users?a=1&b=2

A: Here's a simple way to do this by utilising the params parameter:
import requests

URL = 'https://test-api.com/users'

def testUserQuery(**params):
    return requests.get(URL, params=params)

testUserQuery(age=21, sex='male')
testUserQuery(age=21)

In other words, all you have to do is match the parameter names with those that are understood by the API. No need to manipulate the URL