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Frequent question: Can foreigner buy condo in Vietnam?
How can a foreigner buy a house in Vietnam?
Can foreigner buy land in Vietnam?
How much does it cost to buy a house in Vietnam?
How much does an apartment cost in Vietnam?
How much does it cost to live in Vietnam for a month?
How long can a US citizen live in Vietnam?
Can a foreigner start a business in Vietnam?
Can a foreigner own a business in Vietnam?
How much does land cost in Vietnam?
The answer is 'yes' for the houses. According to Vietnamese law, at this moment, the foreigners do not have any restrictions on the number of houses, or units, or properties they can buy. All the foreigners who have a Vietnamese visa stamp on their passport are permitted to buy a property in Vietnam.
Foreigners can now buy property in Vietnam. But ownership of this property is limited to 50 years, renewable once.
Home prices in Vietnam are considered very affordable compared to other property hotspots favoured by Chinese such as Bangkok. A high-end property in central Ho Chi Minh City costs USD3,000 to USD 6,000 per square meter while its equivalent in Bangkok costs around USD7,000 to USD9,000 per square meter.
Vietnam's most expensive city is Ho Chi Minh City, followed by Hanoi. Even in these two places, a couple can enjoy a comfortable, middle-class lifestyle for less than $1,300 per month.
Cost of Living in Vietnam.
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Apartment rental (one bedroom) $400 to $900
Electricity $60 to $80
Water $2
Cell phone with unlimited data $3
Cost of Living in Vietnam: $700 to $1,400 per month
Cost $USD
Rent (Western-style 1-bedroom) $400
Utilities (including fast wifi) $70
Transportation (motorbike + gas, or month of Grab motos) $60
Food (mix of local & international) $300
How Long can American Citizens Stay in Vietnam? Americans can stay in Vietnam for a maximum of 30 days in Total then will have to leave or do an in-country extension.
Foreigners are permitted to own and operate their own businesses in Vietnam, either through indirect or direct foreign investment. … Businesses that are wholly foreign-owned or are participating in joint ventures with a Vietnamese business are considered to be direct foreign investments.
Can Foreigners Own a Business in Vietnam? Foreigners may own businesses in Vietnam. Some industries such as tourism, advertising, and entertainment require a local partner. But most businesses can be 100% foreign-owned.
In Ho Chi Minh City, prices average at USD 2,269 per square meter in the central areas. Property in the suburban area costs USD 1,083 per square meter.


1. The number and type of courses you wish to serve.
This is a question of how many pieces each place setting comprises. Most basic canteens are six or seven pieces per place setting. That is, a small knife and fork for starter courses, a large knife and fork for main course, large (or soup) spoon and a small spoon for dessert. If a seven piece place setting then a teaspoon is also included.
Some people prefer to have twice as many small forks so that they can serve dessert with a fork as well as a spoon, and starter to be eaten with a small knife and fork. If one tends to start with a soup course then the need for two small forks per place setting is obviated, and the small knife is used for butter. Some prefer to use a specialist soup spoon, while others (especially on the continent) enjoy using the large dinner sized spoons for soup.
Similarly some prefer to use specially designed fish knives and forks for a fish course, either in the same pattern as the canteen, or with ornamental bone, ivory or even Mother of Pearl handles. The same is true of �fruit� cutlery, which is a charming way to serve a dessert, echoing a bygone era, but of course just as appropriate and practical today.
2. The maximum number of people you wish to seat.
This may be as much a question of how large a dining table you have as anything else! At important family occasions, Christmas or other festivals, extra space can often be found for one or two more guests, and so often a canteen for 12 persons must be augmented with a few extra place settings in the same (or at least a similar) pattern. Many people are happy to buy an extra half service (for six persons) in silver plate for these occasions, which is a cost effective way of getting the numbers up for those rare occasions where a full canteen is not enough.
3. A design of cutlery which suits your taste and home.
There are literally thousands of different flatware patterns. Most British antique silver cutlery patterns are variations on a couple of basic designs. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries. You can find a more detailed discussion of silver patterns HERE. Style and taste are, of course, personal matters. It�s useful to divide flatware designs in to �ornate� or �simple�, although of course many patterns walk the line between the two. We can also see a distinction between �traditional� and �modern� but again some patterns skilfully transcend these classifications. There are so many designs to choose from that finding something you like and that will fit with your home and existing dinnerware is unlikely to present a problem.
The most important consideration in choosing a pattern is practicality of acquiring what you need. If you decide, for example, you wish to purchase a full silver canteen for 12 people in a given pattern, but think that later you will want to add fish cutlery and expand to 18 people, then it is important to pick a design which will be readily available. Happily there are lots of patterns which meet this requirement. The �big three� are Old English pattern, Fiddle Pattern and Kings Pattern, while they are closely followed by Hanovarian (Rat Tail) and Fiddle and Thread. All of these designs are plentiful, and there will be no problem in expanding a set in these designs. Many other silver flatware patterns are regularly seen, but might present a little more difficulty. Others are rare, and best bought in a complete service, or avoided.
Put simply, plate costs hundreds, but if you�re happy spending thousands then solid silver is an option. However, buying a silver canteen of cutlery is like a marriage:- if you get it right you only need to do it once in a lifetime! It also represents a significant financial investment for the future, to be handed down to future generations. Provided the right pattern has been chosen it is a simple matter to build up a service slowly, perhaps starting with a basic four piece place setting of silver dessert fork, silver dessert spoon, silver dinner fork and silver dinner spoon, and bone or synthetic handled knives, (or perhaps even silver plated knives in the identical pattern). In this way a starter set which can be immediately used to serve a 3 course meal for a maximum of 12 people can be acquired immediately for a relatively modest sum, and slowly expanded on as and when possible and desirable. This also makes an excellent (and generous!) wedding present for a young couple starting out in a new home.
Another option for those wishing to eventually have a silver canteen, but not to purchase it all in one go, is to pick an extensive plated canteen in a popular pattern, and replace the pieces bit by bit. Again this allows you to lay a full table at minimum initial outlay, and to spread the cost of a full silver service over the course of a few years or more.
We are always happy to help and advise you on your options while building a service.


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OJEpi> Vol.5 No.4, November 2015
Determination of the Optimal Waist Circumference Cut-Off Points in Benin Adults
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Victoire Damienne Agueh1, Charles Sossa1,2*, Dona Marius-Edgard Ouendo1, Noel M. Paraizo1, Colette Azandjemè1,2, Alphonse Kpozehouen1, Clémence Metonnou1, Jacques Saizonou1, Laurent T. Ouédraogo1, Michel Makoutodé1, Hélène Delisle2
1Institut Régional de Santé Publique (IRSP) de Ouidah, Cotonou, Bénin.
2TRANSNUT, Centre Collaborateur OMS sur la transition nutritionnelle et le développement, Département de Nutrition, Faculté of Médecine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada.
Obesity is an independent risk factor for chronic diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and certain cancers. Early detection of abdominal obesity followed by appropriate interventions will prevent associated diseases. The objective was to determine optimal waist circumference (WC) cut-off points predictive of at least one other component of metabolic syndrome in Benin adults. This longitudinal and observational study included at the baseline 541 apparently healthy subjects aged 25 - 60 years randomly selected in the largest city of Cotonou (n = 200), the smaller-size city of Ouidah (n = 171) and rural surroundings of Ouidah (n = 170) in Benin. Components of the metabolic syndrome considered along with abdominal obesity were high blood pressure, high fasting glycaemia, low HDL-cholesterol and high triglycerides as defined by the Joint Interim Statement. After the baseline survey, the subjects were followed-up for four years. Complete data at baseline and four years later were available in 416 subjects. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve for waist circumference to predict at least one other component of the metabolic syndrome was plotted and the Youden index was used to define the optimal cut-offs of WC. At the baseline of the study, the optimal WC cut-off point to predict the presence of at least one other component of the metabolic syndrome was 80 cm for men (sensitivity = 0.62, specificity = 0.65); the area under the ROC curve was 0.67 (IC 95%: 0.61-0.74). In women, the optimal WC cut-off point was 90 cm (sensitivity = 0.54, specificity = 0.80), and the area under the ROC curve was 0.68 (IC 95%: 0.62-0.75). These optimal cut-offs were similar four years later. Optimum WC cut-off points for both men and women in Benin differ from those currently recommended for sub-Saharan Africans. Therefore, waist circumference cut-off points for abdominal obesity need to be reconsidered for these populations.
Waist Circumference, Cut-Offs, Cardiometabolic Risk, Benin
Agueh, V. , Sossa, C. , Ouendo, D. , Paraizo, N. , Azandjemè, C. , Kpozehouen, A. , Metonnou, C. , Saizonou, J. , Ouédraogo, L. , Makoutodé, M. and Delisle, H. (2015) Determination of the Optimal Waist Circumference Cut-Off Points in Benin Adults. Open Journal of Epidemiology, 5, 217-228. doi: 10.4236/ojepi.2015.54026.
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As it is with every smartphone prior to its launch date, there must be leaks and rumors here and there, some of which might be true, and most of them false. Today we'll be discussing a particular rumor that has erupted prior to the launch of Infinix Latest smartphone, the infinix Zero 5, which states that the smartphone will be coming with a bezeless screen on an 18:9 aspect ratio.
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A witness who was standing on the platform said that she had noticed a very thin woman standing close to the end of the platform looking onto the tracks before she leapt down and was hit by the train.
Coroner Elizabeth Pygot said: "A pathologist and toxicology results found that she had no alcohol, drugs or medication in her system when she died. She had a long standing battle with anorexia and severe depression and found it difficult to accept medication. Considering the evidence provided I can conclude beyond reasonable doubt that the deceased took her own life. She jumped in front of the tube train and clearly knew what she was doing. She was extremely unhappy and intended to bring her life to an end.
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'Gay cure' Apple iPhone app: more than 80,000 complain
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By simonlang, March 22, 2011 in iPhone/iOS
Roger H. 776
Phone: Nexus 5
See it's weird, while i have no problem with anyone being homosexual, but being called out as a homosexual shouldn't be a problem if that's what you are. If i'm male or hetero and someone makes fun of me for being male (like my girlfriends do all the time or female comics) you just laugh it off and whatever.I have a few gay friends (girls and guys, mainly girls - even been to the gay club with em! :D ) but if I were to believe that only men and women should be together and all that, they wouldn't hate me for it and i still wouldn't hate em for their choices either. I got freedom of speech and they do also, they can tell me to go screw myself just as easily or the choice to just ignore me. Now if I was going around killing gay people then obviously that's not legal so i should be tied up and raped and then shot a bunch of times by a bunch of gay people :wacko: LOL
In this case they are forcing their beliefs on other people by trying to kill off choice. If someone wants to make an app that says Gay people should die or print it in the newspaper or whatever then they are legally allowed to. If you are gay and feel threatened then that's different but just to say they aren't allowed to say bad things about gay people is the wrong part. I don't care who you are or what you do, If i think you suck and I want to say it then i should be allowed to. Apple on the other hand, it's their app store and they are and should be allowed to put whatever they want there. Gay people have the choice to not support people that don't support them too. However as we saw, Apple caved to the will of the people because they generally love to be in the press, only good press however.
As for the app in question, while I wouldn't download or use it myself as it serves me no purpose. There are plenty of apps that serve even less purpose (fart apps and other silly apps), but if say if Apple didn't pull it then it shouldn't be a problem to the people who don't want the app either! I don't download "hate apps" as they are dumb and there are plenty of websites out there that do the samething (and worse).
abecedarian paradoxious 326
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There are plenty of apps that serve even less purpose (fart apps and other silly apps), but if say if Apple didn't pull it then it shouldn't be a problem to the people who don't want the app either! I don't download "hate apps" as they are dumb and there are plenty of websites out there that do the samething (and worse).
DeadEndAccount 508
What "side" are crying?
You are just assuming 80,000 gay people are complaining. I showed this to my gay housemate and he doesnt give a ****.
*me waves gay flag* I didn't know anything about this until someone posted the article on the website.
Why do people automatically assume that all 80,000 complainants are gay?
Gotta say, hate the term "moral compass". It's usually less about what people find right and wrong, and more about what they feel comfortable with doing.
"Moral compass" is exactly what people feel comfortable with doing, irrespective of right or wrong.
Nutshell is that
if you make an app promoting heterosexuality, Apple will remove it.
if you make an app promoting homosexuality, Apple will ... --- ... .
Umm... because maybe Apple assumed that?
Or maybe you're suggesting that "straight", "hetero" people complained about it?
James Riske 24
Location: Bath Ohio
There is nothing wrong with the app, nobody is born gay so it is very possible a person can leave that chosen lifestyle of depravity and return to normal, it makes no difference if you are christian or atheist.
But leave it to the hateful and intolerant homosexuals to cry over something so very minor, even though we don't really need an app to show the horrors of homosexuality, just look at the MSM rates at the CDC, if the facts don't change your mind then an app certainly isn't going to.
www.cdc.gov
spenser.d 1,100
Epitome of ignorance right here. You're a joke.
Fid 2
Do I know you?
What a load of ignorant crap you speak.
Again to all those who question what was even wrong with the app, forget all free speech for a moment - this app was getting people to do something that most medical professionals in the US say is harmful. That alone should get the app removed, nevermind free speech.
HSoft 400
....they don't deserve to be ridiculed and belittled because a bunch of narrow minded religious pinheads don't agree with what they do
Thank you for re-inforcing my assumption.
How do you know at all the sexualities of the people that complained? People complain about things they feel are wrong, I would imagine the idea of "trying to turn gays straight" would not bode well with any level headed, intelligent heterosexual person.
You don't see any apps trying to turn straights into gays do you?
Growled 3,880
Real Christianity has no place for bigotry, I'd just like to point that out. There are way too many people misrepresenting it.
I have to agree. I know a few Christians that I would consider "real" and they are the most loving and tolerant people I know. 100% of those people that preach hate are not real Christians at all.
Dark_ph0enix 13
This whole thing just proves, or re-inforces, for me three central points:
1: The App store really, really needs some 'quality control'. Apple have spend an insane amout of resources (time, money etc, etc) developing their hardware - the App capable devices (iPod Touch, iPhone) are the result of I'd wager easily $1bn worth of research and development between them. They engineer and design the hell out of their devices - and yet some of the stuff in the app store - well lets just say they ougta rename it the crapp store.
2: It's 2011. The terms 'Gay Community' and 'Religious organisation' (be it Catholicism, Judaism, etc, etc) don't really apply to peoples real world lifes. For me, the 'Gay Community' is beyond irrelevant to how I lead my life
3: Pretty soon, issues like this - religious morality vs 'Social morality' are gonna come to a head. There's a very, very fine line between protecting people from intollerance, hatred, and opression, and stifling peoples right to freedom of expression. I don't particularly like most 'mainstream' 'organised' religious groups, due to the viewpoints said organisations espouse, but I'd still defend their right to hold such opinions.
[Also - Not every gay guy is a flaming, Queeny McQueen, in the same way that the Fred Phelps isn't indicative of every 'religious' person)
tl;dr: Apple were right to pull the app. Not because it was 'homophobic', but because it isn't an app that's suitable for the classification that it received, and there's no 'cure' for homosexuality. If the app were re-worked, to a different model 'i.e. - "...Struggling with your sexuality? The following bible passages might help you to find comfort..." and the app were to be be re-classified at a higher age rating (I dunno, say 11+), then I personally, wouldn't have a problem with it being in the App Store.
hevidac 0
Right, because drawing attention to something is so much better than letting it fall into obscurity. That worked well for the record industry when they sued Napster.
Hardcore Til I Die 286
And it was pulled:
Apple pulls 'gay cure' iPhone app
I guess freedom of speech and expression only applies to homosexuals.
Tis a sad day when equality is not applied equally.
Now I wonder though... would Apple pull an app that promotes homosexuality or a way for homosexuals to connect if the religious complained vociferously?
In my opinion there is a massive difference between the two things you've just mentioned.
Believing in and following a religion is a choice. Of course you cannot choose what you believe, but you can choose to read a particular holy book. It's possible to believe in a Deity without believing in a particular religion's holy book.
Sexuality is NOT a choice. Assuming you're straight, you didn't just wake up one day and decide to be straight did you? People have a natural attraction to a certain gender and they realise that as they're growing up... it's not a conscious decision.
If people don't agree with homosexuality it's from their own upbringing and outlook on life. Therefore, in my opinion, upsetting religious people is just fine, because those people chose that way of life and must now deal with it. Homosexuals don't have a choice in the matter. They are what they are.
That is why an app that offers way for homosexuals to connect is fine, but an app that hates on homosexuality is not fine. It's no different to racism, ageism or sexism.
WelshBluebird 95
Location: Rhondda, South Wales
if the facts don't change your mind then an app certainly isn't going to.
Perhaps you need to look at the "facts" and the rubbish that you are saying.
In this case they are forcing their beliefs on other people by trying to kill off choice. If someone wants to make an app that says Gay people should die or print it in the newspaper or whatever then they are legally allowed to.
Actually, no they are not.
In the same way that someone can't do the same about black people.
I didn't get around to complaining about it, but that is more to do with how quickly it was removed.
You do realise that you can be straight, and still be opposed to homophobia and bigotry.
Solid Knight 504
If I was Apple, I would have denied the app simply because I wouldn't want my company associated with such idiocy.
The facts can easily be seen at the cdc site, particularly the facts regarding hiv and gay males, if you feel their facts are flawed then perhaps you should send them a letter pointing out the alleged flaws, otherwise the cdc findings are accurate and irrefutable.
alexalex 75
Considering a large percentage of people in the LGBT community are avid Apple users (in Canada at least), I can see this being pulled eventually in order for Apple to maintain a positive reputation within that community.
Apple has removed the app.
A sad day for freedom and morality, a great day for hatred and intolerance.
You *must* be a troll.
Well played, sir.
twist 11
I'm glad it only took a few posts for the whole "freedom of speech" card to be played, the internet never lets me down. Freedom of speech means jack **** in this case, it an app hosted on apple's private network, they've shown in the past they can obviously filter its content to their likings.
I have no problem about the app itself, who cares it's stupid as hell, the problem is the fact apple on one hand says you can't put certain things in the app store and are OK with hateful **** like this.
More like the other way around
The facts are that you do not choose your sexuality. Did you wake up one day and decide that you are straight? Of course not. You just are.
Eric 1,605
Thread cleaned
This thread is about an Apple App Store application. Please go to the Official Homosexuality Thread if you want to discuss that and not the app.
Liana 155
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Valid question I suppose.
I'm not gay and I'm not religious but I find that in general both of those groups are as intollerent as each other.
You don't find the LGBT community murdering hundreds of christians every year simply because they are christian. Lots of LGBT people are religious as well. Based on what I see and hear almost every day, I will absolutely say that religious people are generally much more intolerant of LGBT people than LGBT people are of religious people, but that's getting a bit off topic. I think that a lot of religious people will find this app to be offensive as well, and an app like this does not seem to represent the views of the majority in the US, and hooray for that.
Also, this app has no medical backing.
Should the app have been pulled? That's completely up to Apple.
mad_onion 13
In varietate concordia
The app doesn't do what it advertised. Thus it was removed. That has nothing to do with freedom of speech. Discussion over. ;)
Athlonite 129
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Phone: widows 8.1
'freedom from homosexuality through the power of Jesus' -- Praise da Lawd :laugh:
and look how well that worked out for them :devil: more than a few clergy have been caught out giving personal blessing :hump: to little boys


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The revellers have been enthusiastically celebrating the festival on the banks of the pons and rivers such as Sarobar Gangasagar, Dhanushsagar, Ramsagar, Biharkunda, Rukminisar, Argaja, Maharajsagar and Agnikunda since last night.
The main ritual of the four-day Chhath festival is being observed by worshipping and making offerings to the setting sun.
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A: As of my understanding of your captured screen:
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        })
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For adding a new item into array:
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}

For Deleting:
Delete(index){
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How the pandemic is affecting college enrollment of new high school grads
Hallie Busta
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The higher education sector lost enrollment during the pandemic, but a new analysis based on data from nearly 10 million recent high school graduates provides a more detailed look at who was missing from campuses this year.
Using its own data and that from the National Student Clearinghouse, the College Board found that community colleges generally lost would-be incoming students who are lower-income and lower-achieving, and those from underrepresented groups. Four-year institutions lost higher-achieving students from wealthier high schools.
Four-year colleges had more success retaining students than did community colleges during the pandemic, though the focus solely on recent high school graduates offers a more limited view into trends, particularly at public two-year schools.
The researchers primarily examined enrollment data for spring 2020 high school graduates and persistence and retention data for spring 2019 graduates.
At public two-year colleges, enrollment decreased the most among first-generation students, those from underrepresented groups and lower-achieving students from high-poverty high schools, according to the analysis.
Four-year schools, meanwhile, reported some of the biggest enrollment declines among White and Asian students, along with those whose parents attended college and high-achieving students from affluent high schools.
Four-year schools were more likely to retain first-year students, who graduated from high school in spring 2019, than community colleges. But within the four-year sector, lower-cost schools retained students at higher rates than those with higher posted tuition and fees, compared to students who started the year before. Emergency financial aid from federal relief packages along with more flexible grading policies could have affected retention increases, the researchers note.
Additionally, public four-year colleges saw smaller drops in their in-state enrollment than their out-of-state numbers, while private nonprofits saw equal decreases.
Community colleges took the biggest enrollment hit of all institution types during the pandemic. But the data shows some variation. Community colleges in counties with high daily coronavirus case rates or high unemployment saw slightly larger enrollment declines than other two-year schools.
The College Board says its regression-adjusted rates aim to control for pre-pandemic trends related to student demographics and college-going in order to show only the pandemic's effect on enrollment.
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FAMU Hosts Regional Event On Research Security
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Florida A&M University (FAMU) will host a White House sponsored regional webinar on research security 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30.
The webinar, "Enhancing the Security and Integrity of America's Research Enterprise," will be led by Kelvin Droegemeier, Ph.D., director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and acting director of the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Charles Weatherford, Ph.D., vice president for the Division of Research, said the event will address such topics as faculty members at U.S. institutions unlawfully transferring intellectual property to other countries, ensuring intellectual property is properly protected, including safeguarding research secrets from cyber intruders. Another potential vulnerability occurs when faculty members obtain research funding from agencies outside the U.S.
Weatherford said FAMU has experience in the area of research security and recently responded to questions about this issue from the state Legislature. Hosting the event gives the University national visibility on the research security front, he said.
"This strengthens our reputation as being serious about research security," Weatherford said. "It also shows how prepared we are to deal with this very critical issue."
During the 75-minute event Droegemeier will provide an update on the many activities undertaken by OSTP during the past several months, provide examples of risks to research security that can harm the enterprise, and provide an update on steps being taken by OSTP and agency partners to address risks to security and integrity while maintaining an open and collaborative enterprise, Weatherford said.
In addition to the host FAMU, several other universities from Florida, Mississippi, Georgia and Alabama have been invited to participate.
The webinar will be presented 2 p.m.– 3:15 p.m. Wednesday. The 75-minute webinar will include time for questions and answers from the host institution.
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    g->s = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM,  IPPROTO_UDP);
    if (g->s == -1) {
        return 0;
    }

    memset(&g->sa, 0, sizeof(struct sockaddr_in));
    g->sa.sin_family = AF_INET;
    g->sa.sin_port = htons(port);
    memcpy(&(g->sa.sin_addr), &ip, sizeof(ip));
    return 1;
}

/*
 *  This is really a wrapper to gethostbyname
 */
int gmetric_open(gmetric_t* g, const char* addr, int port)
{
    struct hostent* result = NULL;
#if 0
    /* super annoying thread safe version */
    /* linux 6-arg version                */
    struct hostent he;
    char tmpbuf[1024];
    int local_errno = 0;
    if (gethostbyname_r(addr, &he, tmpbuf, sizeof(tmpbuf),
                        &result, &local_errno)) {
        gmetric_close(g);
        return 0;
    }
#else
    /* Windows, HP-UX 11 and AIX 5 is thread safe */
    /* http://daniel.haxx.se/projects/portability/ */
    /* Mac OS X 10.2+ is thread safe */
    /* http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn2002/tn2053.html */
    result = gethostbyname(addr);
#endif

    /* no result? no result2? not ip4? */
    if (result == NULL || result->h_addr_list[0] == NULL ||
        result->h_length != 4) {
        gmetric_close(g);
        return 0;
    }

    /* h_addr_list[0] is raw memory */
    uint32_t* ip = (uint32_t*) result->h_addr_list[0];
    return gmetric_open_raw(g, *ip, port);
}

int gmetric_send_xdr(gmetric_t* g, const char* buf, int len)
{
    return sendto(g->s, (char*)buf, len, 0,
                  (struct sockaddr*)&g->sa, sizeof(struct sockaddr_in));
}

int gmetric_send(gmetric_t* g, const gmetric_message_t* msg)
{
    char buf[GMETRIC_MAX_MESSAGE_LEN];
    int len = gmetric_message_create_xdr(buf, sizeof(buf), msg);
    return gmetric_send_xdr(g, buf, len);
}

/**
 * "destructor"
 */
void gmetric_close(gmetric_t* g)
{
    if (g->s != -1) {
        close(g->s);
    }
    g->s = -1;
}

void gmetric_message_clear(gmetric_message_t* msg)
{
    msg->type = GMETRIC_VALUE_UNKNOWN;
    msg->name = "";
    msg->units = "";
    msg->typestr = "";
    msg->slope = GMETRIC_SLOPE_BOTH;
    msg->tmax = 60;
    msg->dmax = 0;
    msg->value.v_double = 0;
}


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Warrick Dunn Builds Home for Single Mom
By GreenFish, October 16, 2019 in The Lounge
https://www.tampabay.com/news/st-petersburg/2019/10/15/former-buc-warrick-dunn-surprises-st-pete-single-mother-with-new-home/
Not sure how to paste the article.
Some inspiring off the field news. Warrick Dunn built a home for a single mom. This is the 173rd home his organization has built for single moms. One of those homes was built 10 years ago for a player that eventually got drafted in the first round (Deshawn Watson).
Nice to see some of these guys make positive contributions to society.
So cool. Not shocking Watson turned into an all world man not just an athlete.
Very noble but I would add his charity is quite small and less than half of all contributions go to over head. He raised around 600K in 2017 and less than 250K reached the intended target. Rent of 45K, travel expenses of 35K and other heavy overhead. A 600K charity needs office space of 4K a month? General salaries of 165K?
These athlete foundations are , in all due respect to them, more self serving that not. It's complex but this has been my observation.
If his charity were rated, it would receive a low rating as less than average percent of contributions reach the target market.
https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/421545318/201803199349311910/IRS990
Tell that to the Watson family and the 172 other families that received a home through this charity....
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LocationSyracuse, NY
Warrick Dunn is a class act, and so isn't his former college roommate Charlie Ward. That was a special FSU team in Tallahassee.
14 minutes ago, playtowinthegame said:
Yes they were. Long are the days! Good riddance!
Extend Willy!!!!
pointing out systematic inefficiency is legit,. argument being that 172 coulda been morn 200...
thats just some facts. i ondt think he impugns the intent or impact that is HAS MADE in the REACHED target market...
As long as they don't land Dino Babers.
Another 172 could be helped. You want to excuse the waste that's fine. Noble cause run poorly. 2/3 of donated money is spent on admin. That is really bad in non profit terms.
1 hour ago, southparkcpa said:
my mom and a bunch of her friends started a charity 40 years ago to help widowed women in India (there use to be very little opportunity back then) gain job skills to make a living after their husbands died.
they had something like 98% of donations go to intended use. i.e. zero overhead.
That is a high percentage that goes to general salaries. I don't have experience in non for profit. It does seem high. But let's say $165k employees 3 full staff people. That's hardly freeloading off the organization. They'll need to cover salaries, Medicare, social security, health insurance etc.
The high percentage seems to have more to do with his low fund raising than it has to do with paying high salaries or lack of efficiency.
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2 hours ago, southparkcpa said:
I'm not privy to the details but at first glance, the expense ratio is inflated due to the low amount of contributions. It's conceivable that were they to receive $10m in contributions, the expenses could have been only marginally higher than they are now and would look a lot more reasonable. You need to have employees handling the administrative work and controlling the purse strings, so there will always be overhead. Not knowing the details it's hard to say, but there is an obvious tangible benefit being provided to worthy recipients.
Doh...Ninja'd by GreenFish.
I'm not excusing anything away. The man built 172 homes for people in need. Quite frankly, if he was making money off it, I wouldnt be upset at all! 172 families have homes that didnt and that's probably a better way to earn money than what 90% of us do for a living.
And like others have said, Dunn is not out there getting handouts left and right for this...
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51 minutes ago, batman10023 said:
I think all the money from the Betsy Ross t-shirts goes to Tunnels to towers families that also build houses..
1 hour ago, Green DNA said:
Must have beat you to it by a few minutes.
He's been doing it for years
Dunn is a genuine great dude who actually goes out and makes a difference instead of just posting sh*t on social media about "injustices" like most pro athletes.
1 hour ago, JiF said:
He draws no salary... no one is questioning his heart. 600K in donations and travel expense of 35 K and Rent of 50 K, I view as poor judgement and lack of focus. MANY donors look at stats. I went with the intention of donating, I won't give to a 501 with less than 75 percent going to the cause and many other donors won't either.
3 minutes ago, southparkcpa said:
Gotcha. I know nothing about this stuff. Just know he's helping a lot of people and that's cool. Maybe hit him up, see if he needs your help?
I do 990s for several groups pro bono. My plate is full.
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On 10/16/2019 at 1:07 PM, southparkcpa said:
You bring up super valid points but I would add that this type of thing is the rule rather than the exception when it comes to charities


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Narrowband inverse Compton scattering x-ray sources at high laser intensities — •Daniel Seipt1, Sergey Rykovanov1, Andrey Surzhykov1, and Stephan Fritzsche1,2 — 1Helmholtz-Institut Jena, Fröbelstieg 3, 07743 Jena — 2Universität Jena, Institut für Theoretische Physik, 07743 Jena
Narrowband x- and gamma-ray sources based on inverse Compton scattering of laser light suffer from a limitation of the allowed laser intensity due to the onset of nonlinear effects, which limits the photon yield. At high laser intensity the ponderomotive force changes the electrons' longitudinal velocity and leads to a variable red-shift during the scattering such that the scattered radiation's spectral bandwidth increases. In this talk I will discuss the possibilities to use chirped laser pulses to compensate this ponderomotive broadening and to reduce the bandwidth of the spectral lines, which would allow to operate narrowband Compton sources in the high-intensity regime [1]. The optimal frequency modulation of the initial laser pulse is derived from the strong-field QED scattering matrix element for nonlinear Compton scattering in the Furry picture, where the electron recoil and spin are taken into account [2].
[1] B. Terzić et. al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 074801 (2014).
[2] D. Seipt et. al., to appear.


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Forbes: Bill Gates is World's Fourth Most Powerful Person
By Zak Islam published 6 December 12
Google founders ranked as 20th, while Facebook creator settles for 25th spot.
Forbes has released its list of the world's most powerful figures in both wealth and influence, with Microsoft chairman and founder Bill Gates being named fourth on the list.
Gates, who increased his position from fifth last year, has a net worth of $65 billion even after donating more than $28 billion towards a variety of charitable causes.
As co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the influential industry figure has been aiming to remove a number of diseases. Gates estimates that the foundation's efforts could ultimately help save as many as 8 billion lives by 2020.
He's also been urging his wealthy peers join the foundation's "Giving Pledge", which sees individuals and families in the U.S. donating the majority of their wealth toward philanthropy. Thus far, a total of 91 have joined the pledge, with 23 contributors joining this year.
Pope Benedict XVI took the fifth spot, while the three top places on the Forbes list went to heads of states. U.S. President Barack Obama came in at first, followed by Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel in second and Russia president Vladimir Putin at third.
As for technology figures in the list, Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page both shared the No. 20 spot among the most powerful people. Facebook's founder Mark Zuckerberg followed by taking the 25th spot, while other tech moguls on the list included Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos at No. 27, Apple CEO Tim Cook at No. 35, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer at No. 46, and LinkedIn chairman Reid Hoffman at No. 71.
The richest individual on the planet remains Mexico's Carlos Slim Helu, who is ranked 11th on the list. He made his vast fortune through telecom and has a personal net worth of $72 billion. He's contributed billions in past years to philanthropic causes.
Hon Hai Precision CEO Terry Gou was ranked No. 55. The company, otherwise known as Foxconn, manufacturers tech devices including the iPhone, iPad, Kindle and the Xbox 360. However, it's been criticized for its unsafe labor conditions within its factories, as well as hiring underage workers/interns. At number 64 on the list is Robin Li, the founder and CEO of Baidu, China's biggest search engine.
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Q: Using Identity Server 3, ClaimsPrinciple null even after successful bearer token authentication I have a test console app which I'm pointing at a local instance of Identity Server 3 to request an access token. The following code does this and returns my token fine (passing a single scope "scope.test.client").
    static TokenResponse GetClientToken(string clientId, string clientSecret, string[] scopes)
    {
        var uri = new Uri(string.Concat(ID_BASE_URI, ID_URL_TOKEN));

        var client = new TokenClient(
            uri.AbsoluteUri,
            clientId,
            clientSecret);

        return client.RequestClientCredentialsAsync(string.Join(" ", scopes)).Result;

I then use this token to call an API also running locally. This takes the TokenResponse obtained above and passed it to this method:
    static void CallApi(string url, TokenResponse response)
    {
        try
        {
            using (var client = new HttpClient())
            {
                client.SetBearerToken(response.AccessToken);
                Console.WriteLine(client.GetStringAsync(url).Result);
            }
        }
        catch (Exception x)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(string.Format("Exception: {0}", x.Message));
        }
    }

The API (an ASP.NET WebApi project) uses an Owin Startup class to enforce bearer token authentication for all requests:
        appBuilder.Map(baseApiUrl, inner =>
        {
            inner.UseWebApi(GlobalConfiguration.Configuration);

            // Enforce bearer token authentication for all API requests
            inner.UseIdentityServerBearerTokenAuthentication(new IdentityServerBearerTokenAuthenticationOptions
            {
                Authority = "https://identityserver/core",
                ValidationMode = ValidationMode.ValidationEndpoint,

                RequiredScopes = new[] { "scope.test.client" }
            });
        });

It also ensures all API requests are handled by a custom authorize attribute:
GlobalConfiguration.Configuration.Filters.Add(new DefaultApiAuthorizeAttribute());

Debugging this API, the first line in my overridden OnAuthorize method (in DefaultApiAuthorizeAttribute) is this:
var caller = actionContext.RequestContext.Principal as System.Security.Claims.ClaimsPrincipal;

If I break on this line I can see that actionContext.RequestContext.Principal is always null. However, I can see that ((System.Web.Http.Owin.OwinHttpRequestContext)actionContext.RequestContext).Request.Headers contains an Authorization header with the bearer token passed from my console app.
So it would seem that the API project is not authenticating the bearer token. Certainly the Identity Server logs suggest it isn't being hit at all after issuing the initial access token. So I'd appreciate your expert advice about why this might not be happening, or at least some pointers about where to look.
I suspect it might have something to do with SSL. Both sites are hosted locally under self-signed SSL certs, although Identity Server is configured to not require SSL and uses the idsrv3test.pfx development certificate for signing. I do have another test MVC web app which delegates authentication to the same IS3 instance which works fine locally, so I believe my IS3 instance is configured correctly.

A: You need to call UseIdentityServerBearerTokenAuthentication before you call UseWebApi. When you set up an OWIN Middleware Pipeline, the order is important.
In your case, Web API will be handling your requests before they get sent onto Identity Server (if they get sent on at all).

A: I imagine a range of possible issues could have the impact I described, but in my case I was able to find the cause by adding a diagnostics log to my consuming API. This led me to discover that the problem was an assembly conflict. The Owin middleware was looking for a Newtonsoft.JSON assembly with version 8.0.0.0 but my consuming API (actually running on top of a CMS intance) was using 7.0.0.0.
For anyone else who wants to find the answer fast, rather than spend hours tweaking configurations, here's the documentation that describes how to add this logging: https://identityserver.github.io/Documentation/docsv2/consuming/diagnostics.html


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Texas Ghosts
Texas | Ghosts
THE GHOST IN THE BELL JAR
by Loyd Auerbach
"A Paranormal Casebook:
Ghost Hunting in the New Millennium"
Atriad Press, 2005
Reported Phenomena:
Initially, a "faceless" apparition appearing to a woman, especially when she had a date over. A second apparition of a man began appearing some weeks after the first was dealt with. This second apparition verbally harassed the woman. In 1982-83 I dealt with a case of an apparent apparition invasion in the home of one of the students taking my continuing education course on parapsychology at Westchester Community College. She was a single parent of a 12-year-old boy, her husband having died some time before I knew her. She classified herself as "psychic," due to the number of experiences she had had and some degree of control she claimed. She was considering doing work in that field.
The house she lived in was in northern Westchester County, and was quite old, dating back to Revolutionary War days like so many of the homes in that area. She claimed that several apparitions could be seen from time to time in the home, most relating to the very early days of the house's history. As we discussed these 18th century ghosts, it became clear they were residual impressions of the early inhabitants of the house as opposed to actual conscious apparitions.
However, one of the figures did exhibit interactive qualities, and rather than being as clearly perceived as the others, was a bit on the fuzzy side. He was dressed in modern garb. In addition, she reported an odd smell coming into the house, the smell "behaving" like an intelligent entity.
In assessing the situation, with the exception of the one modern male figure, the apparitions were neither conscious nor worrisome to either her or her son. The remaining figure, who also seemed tied to the odd odors, caused a slight disagreement between the woman and her son. He was pretty clear that the apparition was his late father. She would not even consider that possibility, and it seemed as though she didn't want to recognize her late husband's presence (she was dating, after all).
A visit by another psychic resulted in a conclusion that my original assessment of most of the figures as residual impressions, hauntings, as correct. However, the psychic did clearly identify that there was one conscious entity in the home, who identified himself as her late husband. During the communication with the ghost, the psychic passed along her deceased husband's concern about her and whom she was dating. She took a firm stand with him and stated that while she appreciated him watching over them, he needed to not worry about her or her son, and should move on with his own existence or at least abide by some new rules. The psychic also stressed that he should be moving on, but acknowledged that he (the ghost) needed reassurance that his family would be "okay" without him.
After this, the situation was pretty well in hand. As far as her husband was concerned, she simply asked his "ghost" to stay out of the house at certain times (like when she had a date over), or to stick to certain parts of the house (to which he was apparently agreeable). And, she reported, he did. Eventually he left all together, having been convinced his family was doing fine without him. Perhaps he should have stayed just a bit longer.
As it happens, a few days after the last time they saw her late husband, she called to tell me a new apparition had come onto the scene, one she hadn't seen or heard or experienced before. This one was a bit on the obnoxious side, seeming to enjoy just teasing and bothering her. She attempted to reason with him to no avail, and he became insulting. She felt very put upon, even harassed. She called me for advice.
Given that she saw herself as a psychic, and that she had gone into some of the visualization of "energy" techniques used by certain psychics, we came upon a nice way of removing a ghost. At first, I spoke with her about simply protecting herself, using a visualization of "walls" of psychic "force" to block the apparition out of the house. Such psi-blocking visualizations are suggested for a bit of "psychic self-defense" by many psychics, but she had problems with visualizing such a big job.
"Can you imagine yourself surrounded by a bright light, like a big jar?" I asked.
She thought for a moment. "Yes, I have that."
"Can you visualize a big bell shaped jar of colored light standing on its own in the room?" I asked her.
"Yes, I can do that."
"Okay, here's what I want you to do. The next time the harassing apparition appeared, slap that bell jar around him. Make it bright and strong."
"Got it," she said.
"Then slide the bell jar outside the house, and let him go with a warning never to return." She agreed to try this.
Three days later, I received a call from her. She told me she had trapped him in the imaginary bell jar, but then went on to ask me what to do next.
"What do you mean, what should you do next? I told you to slide it outside the house and tell him to stay away or you'd put him inside the jar again."
"Uh, you said that?" she replied.
She had apparently not heard my other instruction, and was keeping the apparition trapped, giving him a taste of his own obnoxious medicine.
After a short time with him in the psychic bell jar, she began insulting him back, and had continued to do so. Now he was practically begging to be let go.
I told her to get his promise never to return and turn him loose. She did, and he took off, never to be "seen" again.
Now, you might be thinking that this all sounds a bit strange, that there was no evidence of the apparition to begin with, and certainly there was nothing pointing to her actually trapping a ghost. You are correct.
The point is, whether there actually was an entity there or not doesn't matter so much as the person taking control of the situation and resolving it herself. If there actually was an objective entity or apparition there, obviously her own psychic abilities were more than enough to get rid of it, because she took control and believed the technique would work.
If there was no entity there, even if this were some figment of her imagination, the belief in the technique was more than enough to resolve the situation. I've used this same resolution advice with other people since then, and haven't really had a dissatisfied customer yet.
� Loyd Auerbach
Published with permission from Atriad Press
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Q: slach command failed with "dispatch_failed" This is the very simple code using bot of GAS.
e.g.,
/test hello -> bot: hello
But the error appears, why?
function doPost(e) {
  array = e.parameter.text.split(" ");
  if (array.length > 1) {
      postSlack(array[1], e.parameter.user_id);
  }
}

function postSlack(text, userId) {
  var url = "incoming url";
  var payload = {
    text: "<@"+ userId + "> " + text
  };
  var options = {
    "method" : "POST",
    "headers": {"Content-type": "application/json"},
    "payload": JSON.stringify(payload)
  };
  UrlFetchApp.fetch(url, options);
}

/test failed with the error "dispatch_failed"


Changes in today's world are convincing organizations to look at solar energy to help preserve the environment, reduce global warming and decrease expenses. Going Green also gives organizations a competitive advantage over other businesses.
Installing solar energy technology at your site allows you to take advantage of Net Metering and lower your electricity costs. Net Metering is when your renewable energy system supplies electricity back to "the grid", and your utility company subtracts the value of the electricity you supplied from your bill. You pay the "net" difference. The more electricity you produce, the greater your savings.
Solar electricity is generated when the energy released by the sun is captured and converted to usable electricity. The energy is captured using Photovoltaic (PV) modules, commonly referred to as solar panels. Sunlight is composed of photons, or particles of energy. These photons contain various amounts of energy corresponding to the different wavelengths of the solar spectrum. When the photons strike a PV module, they may be reflected, pass through or be absorbed. The absorbed photons provide the energy to generate electricity. When the panels absorb enough sunlight, electrons are excited and dislodge from the material's atoms, creating the flow of electricity (see figure below).
Net Metering is a method used by local distribution companies to credit customers for electricity the customer generates from their own power generator system. A Grid-Tie system will automatically distribute the energy to anywhere it is needed in your home or business. During times when you are generating more electricity than you are using, the system will redirect all the excess electricity back into the hydro grid for the electrical distribution company to direct to other areas on the grid.
The diagram below explains how your solar system ties back to the electricity grid. The process is the same for small residential systems as it is for larger commercial systems – the only difference is the amount of electricity generated.
Solar Power Generation Systems begin with the solar module. Solar or Photovoltaic (PV) modules capture solar energy and generate direct current (DC) electricity. Inverters (power conditioners) convert DC into AC (alternating current) to run your appliances and any electrical equipment.
A photovoltaic module transforms solar energy into electricity.
The inverter converts DC electricity generated by the photovoltaic module into AC electricity and automatically controls the entire system.
The panel delivers appropriate electric loads to electrical devices and appliances.
The kilo-watt hours your system sends to the grid is subtracted from the total you have used and you are billed only for the net difference.
Solar panels and photovoltaic systems have made significant improvements in the last decade and now provide a highly efficient and effective way to generate renewable energy.
At Intervolt Electric, we are experts in the planning, installation, maintenance and grid-connection of electrical and photovoltaic systems. We have sourced the industry's most cost-effective and efficient photovoltaic products, that generate the solar energy your project demands. Our professional team of authorized electricians and installers will design a solar energy system specifically for your needs. We will then install your system, test it for compliance, and connect it to the local energy grid.
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Contact us today. We will provide you with a professional consultation that explains all the details of choosing and installing a solar energy system, and the incentive programs you can take advantage of.


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Published on March 19th, 2020 | by Genevieve Mc Bride
Marvel's "House of X" and "Powers of X Come To Marvel: Future Fight
This looks like fun for fans of the series.
MARVEL COMICS' HUGE HIT HOUSE OF X & POWERS OF X COMES TO MARVEL FUTURE FIGHT!
New Characters, Uniforms, and Battles Now Available for Agents
LOS ANGELES, MARCH 19, 2020 – Today, Netmarble announced a new update inspired by Marvel's "House of X" and "Powers of X" X-Men comic book storylines – in which Charles Xavier and the mutants create a new world order on the island of Krakoa and reveal themselves to the world — for their popular mobile game MARVEL Future Fight. All-new characters, gameplay improvements, and House of X-themed uniforms are now available for Agents to collect and experience.
New uniforms have been added, including a House of X uniform for Wolverine and Magneto, a Marvel Girl uniform for Jean Grey and a Nimrod the Lesser uniform for Sentinel. Three new House of X-themed characters have also been added to the game: Professor X, Mystique, and Mister Sinister.
Additionally, Professor X has new ultimate skills and can now be upgraded to Tier-3, while the 'Awaken Potential feature' for Mystique is now unlocked. The 'Realize Potential' feature is also unlocked for Professor X, Mystique, and Mister Sinister. Other improvements include updates to the S.H.I.E.L.D Academy Mission and tutorial renewal.
Today's update also introduces 'Squad Battle' to MARVEL Future Fight. Squad Battle is a new game mode where players compete with other Agents with obtained battle scores by forming teams of Super Heroes that meet specific conditions. Players are divided into six leagues where they must compete against each other for access to higher leagues. Every week, leagues are re-established and promotions, sustainment, and demotions are determined by ranks within each league.
MARVEL Future Fight celebrated its fourth anniversary with over 100 million players across the world. The game is currently available worldwide in the App Store® and Google Play™.
For more information, please visit http://marvelfuturefight.netmarble.com.
Tags: Marvel's "House of X" and "Powers of X
Genevieve Mc Bride


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This Blind MMA Fighter Is Like a Real Life 'Daredevil'
The world of Mixed Martial Arts is well known for being one of the most brutal sports in the world. A sport where you can throw elbows and knee's to the head and 'ground and pound' your opponents whilst they are on the canvas. Now, imagine entering this harsh world as a blind man.
Lee Hoy, an inspiration to many.
This barbaric world of blood and guts is where Lee Hoy, a blind fighter, has chosen to get his frills. A place that you are caged in by wire fences and are left with only your instincts and split second reactions.
Talking about the sport and how much of a risk it is, Hoy said: "I know it seems a bit nuts, but that's why I love it, it pushes me in a way nothing else does."
Being born with the condition congenital toxoplasmosis gongii, a condition caused by a parasite infection in his retina, Lee has always been used to life being a bit more of a challenge than the next man. Lee's eyesight is limited to the depth of a iPhone, he can't see further than around 5 inches. When he is put in a darkened room with minimal light, he is completely blind.
Unfortunate people who have contracted this condition, a condition that can be caught by striking an infected cat, are normally confined to their home. But not Lee, he chooses to step into the octagon and fight.
"When I step into the cage I just feel this release, like this is what I was meant to do. The noise and lights and all the distractions just fade away. I just focus on winning; beating the person in front of me. I can't really explain what it is that comes over me."
Lee's disadvantage is his blindness, he's advantages are quite apparent, he is a well conditioned lightweight that weighs around 70kg. He has a lean physic that is perfectly adapt for fighting, very similar to that of Conor McGregor. When people have seen Lee spar, they have said that you can't even tell that you are watching a blind man, he's ability to track his opponents is second to none.
Lee explains where he thinks his abilities come from, which coincide with the fictional character 'Daredevil,' who's father was a boxer: "I think it comes from my dad, he was a semi-professional boxer, but he gave it up when I was born. He won a lot of trophies; thankfully it looks like he passed on a bit of that skill to me."
Lee talks about his experiences with gym life: "From the moment I arrived here, I was treated as one of the team. There was no special treatment; there was no tip-toeing around me because of my condition. That's what I loved about it, being treated like any other member of the team. Here, I spar with the pro-fighters and the amateur fighters. There's never a case of 'no Lee, not today', because they respect me and that means something."
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Q: Unitary operator is identity I want to prove that the only positive unitary operator is the identity operator.
My attempt has been to been to consider a negative eigenvalue of this linear operator and yield a contradiction. But the operator may not even have an eigenvalue.

A: As ride the wavelet has pointed out, positive operators are self adjoint. Thus $U^2=U^*U=I$.
Now fix some $x$ in our Hilbert space. If $x\neq Ux$ then $x-Ux$ is an eigenvector of $U$ with eigenvalue $-1$. This contradicts positivity.

A: Since $U$ is normal, $U-I$ is normal, hence
norm of $U-I$ = spectral radius of $U-I$.
From $U^2=I$ we see that the spctrum of $U$ = $\{1\}$. Hence the spectral radius of $U-I$ is $=0$. This gives $U=I$.

A: The spectrum of a unitary lies in the unit circle. The spectrum of a positive operator lies on $[0,\infty)$. So the spectrum of a positive unitary is $\{1\}$, the single intersection point. The only normal operator with spectrum $\{1\}$ is the identity.


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Route 16, which is a new route, will provide service from West Los Angeles (Wilshire Blvd. and Bundy Dr.) to Marina del Rey serving the 26th Street/Bergamot Metro Rail Station along its route. Route 3M will become the new Route 18 with extended southern service from Downtown Santa Monica to Venice's Abbot Kinney. Route 1 routing will change from Ocean Ave. to 4th St. to provide convenient connections to the Expo terminus at the Downtown Santa Monica Metro Rail Station, and provide new service to Marina del Rey. Weekend service will be added on Route 41 along with direct connections to the 17th Street/SMC Metro Rail Station, and new stops adjacent to Santa Monica College. The new Route 42 will provide counterclockwise service to Route 41, seven days a week beginning the first day of Metro Rail service. Additional modifications include regular bus stop changes and schedule changes to Routes 3, Rapid 3, 5, 7, Rapid 7, Rapid 10, 14, and 15. See full details at bigbluebus.com/servicechange.
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Q: ConfigArgParse throwing unrecognized arguments with default config.ini as far as I understood, with ConfigArgParse, I can set the very main config in a config.ini file of my program and make some of those choices available via command line. However, when I set my config.ini file as default in the constructor, I get the following error:
main.py: error: unrecognized arguments: --input_base data

where --input_base is the only configuration not included in my parser as can be seen in the following:
parser = ArgParser(default_config_files=['config.ini'])
parser.add_argument('-out', '--output_base', type=str, help='xyz')
parser.add_argument('--amount', type=int, help='xyz')
parser.add_argument('--num_jobs', help='xyz')
parser.add_argument('--batch_size', type=int, help='xyz')
parser.add_argument('--queue_size', type=int, help='xyz')
parser.add_argument('--kind', choices={'long', 'short', 'both'}, help='xyz')
parser.add_argument('--level', choices={'DEBUG', 'INFO', 'WARNING', 'ERROR', 'CRITICAL'}, help='xyz')
config = parser.parse_args()

Only using config.ini works fine but because of usability I have to include command line args as well.
Thanks for your help. Appreciate it!

A: Try change last line to:
config, unknown = parser.parse_known_args()

This will parse only known arguments (ignoring every unknown).
as in this question: Python argparse ignore unrecognised arguments