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Diocese of Derry, 10th Annual Award ceremony
On Tuesday 7, February, 2017 the diocese of Derry held their 10th Annual Pope John Paul II Award ceremony in the Millennium Forum, Derry City.
Archbishop Philip Tartaglia, Archbishop of Glasgow, and Bishop Donal McKeown, Bishop of Derry presented the Pope John Paul II Award to 428 young people from all over the diocese of Derry and beyond.
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These 482 young people came from 21 second level schools representing 49 parishes in the diocese and 16 parishes from outside the diocese. The Award was also presented to young people from Malin Presbyterian Church, Still Waters Elim, and Cornerstone City Church.
Inspiring musical performances on the night
Renowned singer song writer, Niamh McGlinchey who completed her Pope John Paul II Award in 2009 inspired the audience by recounting her experience of the Award and performing 'If you were Me', a song Niamh wrote after hearing Jean Vanier speak at the Derry Diocese Award ceremony that year.
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The Long Tower folk group also performed with I Am worship band finishing the ceremony off with a lively and uplifting set.
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Photographs of each school and parish group can be viewed on the Pope John Paul II Award Facebook page or on the Derry Award web site.
Celebrating 10 years of the Award
This was the 10th Annual Pope John Paul II Award ceremony in Derry. The Award was launched in Derry in 2006 by the Papal Nuncio at the time Archbishop Lazarotto. It was never imagined that the Award would spread beyond the diocese. However in the last 10 years the Award has been introduced in 22 dioceses in Ireland and 2 in the UK – the Archdiocese of Birmingham and the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle. This year an international coordinator has been appointed for the Award, Mr Tony Brennan.
In the last ten years about 25,000 young people have enrolled. 3,845 young people have received their Award in the diocese of Derry since the Award began. It was recently acknowledged that the Pope John Paul II Award is the largest youth movement in the Church in Ireland.
Events to mark the 10th Anniversary of the Award
This year, the Pope John Paul II Award is celebrating its 10th anniversary. To mark this special occasion and celebrate the achievements of so many who have achieved the Award, there are 2 important events taking place this year.
Day of celebration at Knock Shrine
On Wednesday 5th April there will be a day of celebration at Knock Shrine. We are delighted to be celebrating the Award at Knock which Pope Saint John Paul II visited in 1979. This day of celebration is for people doing the Award at the moment and those who have received their Award over the last ten years. Contact your Award coordinator for more information.
Special Pilgrimage to Rome
At the end of October there will be a Pope John Paul II Award pilgrimage to Rome to celebrate the ten years, the highlight of which will be an audience with the Holy Father, Pope Francis.
This pilgrimage is for those aged 18 years and over who are participating or have completed the Award, as well as Award Leaders and Coordinators. Find out more on our events page by clicking here.
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If you would like to get involved in the Award, please contact the Award coordinator in Derry, Seán Farrell, on 028 7126 4087.
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Elijah Allen Got Out Of Columbus But Always Kept His Chip On His Shoulder Helping Achieve A Fruitful Basketball Career Overseas
It was November 2014 as I was sitting in my chair commentating a Pro B game between the Fraport Skyliners Juniors and Lich and enjoying a tight game. It had been a little more than 4 months since Germany had won their 4th Football World Cup, Luka Doncic was relatively unknown and Patriots corner back Malcolm Butler was a few months away from helping New England win another Super Bowl and giving Rusell Wilson long nightmares about making the worst decision of his career. In this game as usual, Frankfurt had many young German talents on the floor and Lich did as well, but also 2 Americans that I would begin to accompany in their illustrious careers. The one player was a energetic guard named Jermale Jones who I had actually interviewed for the first time a season before and had done it twice, while on this evening, I was introduced to Elijah Allen (194-PF-1989, college: NW Missouri St.) a player that was slowly beginning to make his trek up the basketball ladder having played previously in the Regionalliga for the Giessen Pointers. The two Americans had to pay their dues their whole careers having played JUCO and NCAA 2 and on his night demonstrated their unique skills combining for 30 points and helping squeak out a 63-59 win on the road. Almost 8 years later, both guys have had great careers proving that it never matters where you played in school, but only what you bring on the court. Jones last played in Libya while Elijah Allen played his last game in May 2021 with Bochum and now officially has announced his retirement at age 32 playing 10 years of professional ball. He was unable to come up with how many times I have interviewed him over the years, but in 10 years, it was 13 times. It seems like it was just yesterday when we sat down and talked about basketball for the first time. 'Time did fly by. I made sure to embrace it all along the way', stressed Elijah Allen. For some guys deciding to hang it up can be a very difficult decision, but he was at peace with not continuing to play the game he loves despite knowing he could of still played. 'For me it wasn't a hard decision to retire. My business is going well and it made sense to stop. I could have pushed it a few more years but ultimately I don't think It would be worth it to me', added Elijah Allen. He didn't play last season and one could of thought that Covid might have played a role. 'Covid didn't have a role at all. I had a few pro A/B offers and offers outside the country but chose to go a different route', said Elijah Allen who viewed the sequel to the classic Coming To America and actually liked it.
Miles Schmidt Scheuber and Elijah Allen in Frankfurt
Elijah Allen who believes that Steph Curry is the greatest point guard of all-time was born on September 18th, 1989 in Columbus, Ohio began his career at St. Francis de Sales High School where he left as the all-time leading scorer. He then embarked on a career at Northwest Missouri State University (NCAA2) from 2007-2011 playing a total of 103 games and won the 2008 MIAA title. His best statistical season was his junior year where he averaged 17.6ppg, 6.2rpg, 1.2spg, FG: 54.2%, FT: 78.4%. In his last 3 years in school he averaged 15,2ppg and 5.8rpg. His coach in the NCAA 2 Ben Mccullum was instrumental in him leaving school and going into his overseas challenge with the right frame of mind. Of course that and his Columbus upbringing never losing that chip on his shoulder also helped. 'That's just how we are bred from where I'm from. If you make it out of Columbus, Ohio then you feel everything is achievable. Ben showed me how to have a good work ethic and how to handle myself off the court. The values that he put in me I'll keep forever', stressed Elijah Allen. He then chose to go overseas and start a professional career in Ireland. For some Americans that first year is so vital, because they learn if they are cut out to play overseas. Many guys can't handle it and rapidly speed back home and never return. That rookie season wasn't easy for him, but he stuck it out remembering what his wake up call was to being far away from home. 'The culture is just different. The food, the people, the way people dress, the language. Also not getting paid what your worth. The list can go on for days', said Elijah Allen. He then moved to Germany and played 2 seasons for 4th division team Giessen Pointers (Regionalliga)playing a total of 51 games. It is no secret that in lower leagues overseas you play for peanuts, but once again he didn't complain, but just remembered where he came from and that he had always had to pay his dues so why not again. He quickly made a name for himself averaging 16.4ppg, 5.0rpg, 1.0apg, 1.1spg in his first season and made a jump in his second season averaging 20.0ppg, 6.4rpg, 1.3apg, 1.4spg, FGP: 58.7%, 3PT: 30.7%, FT: 68.4%. In these 2 years he played for head coach Dejan Kostic who had the biggest impact of all coaches he ever played for overseas.
The Ohio native who lists Rob Nortman, Viktor Zyring, Killian Dietz, Justin Headly, and Robert Franklin as his best teammates of all-time continued to climb up the basketball ladder, but it went at a snail pace. But once again he took a long breath and just trusted and accepted the process. He continued to grind and get better and showed again that he could be a good player at the next level Pro B. He put on the Lich jersey for 2 seasons playing a total of 55 games averaging 10.4ppg, 4.1rpg, 1.5apg, FGP: 54.9%, 3PT: 20.0%, FT: 72.2% in his first season and 13.0ppg, 5.0rpg, 1.9apg, 1.4spg, FGP: 49.5%, 3PT: 36.2%, FT: 69.3% in his second season. It was here that he became teammates with Jermale Jones. Despite playing together for only 2 seasons, he still has contact to him today. He will never forget how he could take over games at any time. 'Jermale was a good player and stayed humble. He definitely could score on any level', remembered Elijah Allen. Later he would play 2 more seasons in the Pro B with Iserlohn and Bochum. He played a total of 91 Pro B games. He scored in double figures 59 games including exploding for 34 points against Saarlouis in a 100-95 win. He won the duel against Mr regionalliga Ricky Easterling who had 32 points He had other great Pro B gams with 28 points against Bochum and 26 points against Bernau. After 5 years of paying his dues, he made the next step again and played 3 seasons in the German basketball second division called Pro A. He began with Gotha where he played for head coach Chris Ensminger. The ex BBL champion gave him his first opportunity to play in the Pro A. It is fair to say that he enjoyed this season very much. 'Talent wise I knew I could play on any level but having the opportunity that he gave me changed everything. I would say moving Gotha to the BBL was my fondest moment. Many things happened off the court and that made everything bitter sweet', remembered Elijah Allen. He was in his prime during his Pro A time, but he didn't make the next step to the first league BBL. To be able to play so long not only requires determination, will and always grinding, but you also need self-confidence. Having that definatley allowed him to get as far as he did even if he never did get to the BBL. 'I was missing nothing from reaching the BBL. Of course there was room to always get better but as far as missing definitely not. Could handle, shoot, guard different positions and was a good teammate. Everytime playing a higher level club I showed it also. I had my opportunities to go to the BBL but did not take them due to personal reasons', warned Elijah Allen. In 100 Pro A games, he scored in double figures in 33 games and scored 18 points against Trier, Ehingen and Artland.
The forward who ranks Chris Hooper, Jaleen Smith, Rasheed More, Robert Ohle, and Ricky Easterling as his toughest opponents of all-time now is already in full swing with life after competing as a professional player. Currently he is in Amsterdam, Holland working a camp with DBX. In the last years he had already gotten a feel with what he would do with his life after playing, so the transition has been a smooth one. 'I run @progressyourgame trainings for kids and pros and will start up another summer league next summer. I will not do it full time. I have a video business filming things and will continue to travel to different countries teaching basketball', stated Elijah Allen. He never got anything given to him in his career, but he had to work hard every day for everything he got. It is no surprise that his attitude is one where he will never forget exactly how much sweat and pain he had to endure to reach his goals and attain such a long career. One can also see that he must of endured some painful hardships along the way as well with people. 'I am a to myself kind of person so I would say I had the biggest influence on my career. No one had an influence on me staying. After every season you build relationships with people and they fall out because of distance. Keeping my head and focusing on my own goals kept me achieving my personal goals. For me I don't really care what people think. Everyone will have their own opinion. I gave my all to the sport and I did that for me. I pushed my teammates to get better and left my all on the floor. I'm leaving the game with no regrets', remembered Elijath Allen. I will always remember him as being a real fighter and warrior who had a huge heart and always left everything on the floor. We had a very professional working relationship. I was always content when he took the time and patience to answer all my question which were never short. The mutual respect will always be there. 'Thanks for that Miles. I will remember you as someone who took his job seriously and gave people a voice to be able to tell their unique story', commented Elijah Allen. All the best for you in the next chapter in your life. I hope that our paths cross again one day as usual probably in a gym.
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (AP) —The Federal Aviation Admin istration is planning to require installation aboard light air craft of radio direction signal transmitters to aid searchers in the event of a crash.
Such equipment would help in searches for missing planes.
In early 1969 the aviation agency proposed to require all air taxi operators to carry crash locator beacons on all flights. The agency said that it had later withdrawn the pro posal when technical contro versy arose. It said that it was deferring further rule‐making until firm standards could be developed.
The agency's administrator, John H. Shaffer, said recently that final standards for four types of light‐plane beacons were being prepared for pub lication, One would be a hand held personnel device, manually activated.
The others are: a beacon in stalled in the plane that would turn, on automatically, a model that would be ejected from the plane in event of a crash on water or land and a survival type for use on water.
Mr. Shaffer said that the agency planned to keep the standards simple and limited to minimum requirements for ease of operation, durability and ability to operate under very low temperatures.
Standards yet to be set have to do with power requirements and with methods of testing and measuring power.
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, which op posed the earlier rule‐making proposal, has been working with the agency on the pro gram and is encouraging pri vate pilots to acquire the equipment, some versions of which cost as little as $100.


NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton is stepping down as the city's top cop and will be replaced by Chief of Department James O'Neill in September, Mayor de Blasio announced Tuesday.
De Blasio lauded the commissioner's contributions to New York City since taking over the job in January 2014 and praised the man who will replace him, a veteran cop with more than 30 years on the force who grew up in the city and whose experience he said will advance the work of neighborhood policing.
Under Bratton, the city already has made plans to shift toward that strategy, one predicated on building trust and working relationships between police and communities. O'Neill has been heavily involved in those efforts, and de Blasio said neighborhood policing would be in place in 51 precincts as of this fall.
"I don't think anyone could've imagined a more productive 31 months. We will never forget or fail to honor the achievements of Bill Bratton," de Blasio said.
Of O'Neill, he added, "Jimmy is the real thing in every way."
Bratton will stay on with the department until mid-September to ease the transition, officials said. According to a news release from global consulting firm Teneo, Bratton will join the company as the senior managing director and executive chairman of a newly formed risk management division.
Sources close to the commissioner told NBC 4 New York that the job was a "perfect fit" for financial and lifestyle reasons, and that Teneo wanted him sooner than he had planned to be available.
De Blasio joked that Bratton would be able to "afford" to take him out to eat in the new job.
Bratton did not address the new position at the resignation announcement Tuesday, but instead reflected on his long-standing relationship with New York City and the people and politicians within it. The Massachusetts native called himself a "proud adopted son" of New York City and touted O'Neill's prowess, saying he would help make a seamless transition that, in this age of terror and sometimes volatile race relations, is more important than ever.
NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton said Tuesday he would step down in September, and indicated he could not be handing over the reins to a more capable colleague and exemplary department.
The resignation comes days after Bratton told The New York Times in a widely cited interview that he wouldn't serve as the city's top cop after 2017. Law enforcement sources say he has been talking to de Blasio for at least a month about the possibility that he may vacate his office earlier.
Bratton has served as the city's commissioner under de Blasio since January 2014 and was also the commissioner during the Giuliani administration. He is credited as one of the early proponents of the CompStat crime-tracking methodology and the "broken windows" policing philosophy, which prioritizes enforcement of minor offenses to prevent major violent crimes. He also served as the top cop in Los Angeles and Boston.
De Blasio tapped Bratton for the job after campaigning on a promise to change police tactics and the department's relationship with New Yorkers. In announcing his resignation Tuesday, de Blasio vowed to continue that charge, and said O'Neill would be an extraordinary leader of the department.
O'Neill said rather than look at the promotion as the culmination of the career "of an old transit cop like me," he said he sees it as an opportunity and invitation to advance all of the work Bratton has done in the last 31 months.
"I love being a cop. I love this uniform. I love what it stands for," O'Neill said. "We are here for you, the people of this city."
O'Neill spoke of his optimism for the future -- a hopefulness imparted to him by his mother.
"Because of her I learned we can change the world into what we want it to be and that life is about much much more than just oneself, it's about all of us," O'Neill said, choking back tears.
He also emphasized the importance of bridging the divide between communities and police, and reiterated that the department knows most of the crimes in the city are perpetrated by a few criminals. O'Neill said he would focus on zeroing in on those perpetrators as Bratton has done while working to protect the city from broader scale threats like terrorism.
NYPD Chief of Department James P. O'Neill will succeed Bill Bratton as NYPD commissioner after he resigns his post in September, Mayor de Blasio announced at a press conference Tuesday.
Despite some of the lowest crime rates the city has seen in history, Bratton's latest tenure as the head of the NYPD has been marred by tumultuous relations with the public and a tense standoff between the department's rank-and-file union and de Blasio following the killings of two officers in late 2014.
But sources close to the commissioner say he feels comfortable leaving the post with the crime rates as low as they are and in the capable hands of O'Neill.
"I'm leaving because it's the right time," Bratton said Tuesday.
The sources also said he wants to take more time for his three grandchildren, and that he wanted to leave before the next mayoral campaign.
Ben Tucker, first deputy NYPD commissioner, will stay on, and Carlos Gomez, the NYPD's chief of patrol, who has been with the force since 1984, will take over as chief of department. Calling Gomez a great friend, O'Neill said he "has the will to make the change, the vision to make the change."
The fate of others, including Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence & Counter-terrorism John Miller and spokesman Stephen Davis are unclear.
Bratton's resume is unmatched in local law enforcement. He first held the top NYPD post in 1994 and is credited with leading the development of CompStat, a crime-mapping database begun in New York City that has been copied by police in other cities. Crime dropped significantly during his tenure, but civilian complaints about police misconduct and brutality went up.
Somewhat coincidentally, protesters had staged a demonstration outside City Hall Monday night and Tuesday to call for Bratton's resignation. One protester said that he was "very happy" to see Bratton step down and that he "will take anyone over Bratton, even a corpse."
The head of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, the NYPD's largest union, said that he "wishes him well in his new endeavors."
Bratton, a Vietnam veteran who began his career as a Boston police officer, served as chief of the LAPD from 2002 to 2009, where he dramatically expanded the use of stop and frisk. On his watch as NYPD commissioner, the department drastically scaled back that strategy, but stepped up enforcement against of so-called "quality of life" offenses. Critics said that approach still unfairly targeted people of color.
Bratton was also hired by Oakland, California, in 2013 to serve as a consultant to the city's troubled police department.


Whoever said cheaters never prosper forgot to text the message to the current generation of students. According to a 2010 study conducted by Rutgers University, 64% of college students have cheated on tests. In 2009, global research firm, the Benenson Strategy Group, conducted a poll which found almost one-in-three middle school and high school students have cheated on a test using their mobile phone; over half said they've used the Internet to cheat in some capacity. What's more, one-in-four students said they didn't see anything wrong with using technology to cheat. Seems times have changed.
While cheat sheets written on sheathes of dead bark are still used to help students get an upper hand on exams, kids are increasingly turning to more technological means to get over on their teachers. Recently, schools have been catching up, getting hip to the many ways students can use their gadgets to cheat. Is cheating right? No, not really. Is it risky? Yes, very. If you get caught cheating the consequences are now very severe. Is that going to stop us from exploring the multitude of high and low-tech ways you can trick your way to an A? Nope, not in the least. Before we get into it, though, let us be clear: COMPLEX does not condone nor promote the act of academic cheating. Try these tips at your own risk. With that out of the way, let's get to the 50 Ways Technology Can Help You Cheat in School.
Get your Mission Impossible on with this discrete method of cheating. There are a number of companies that make tiny earpieces, but only a few of them can work with such a wide array of applications. Connect the MWE Spy earpiece to your phone via Bluetooth and have your friends feed you facts. Or you can go a little safer with the MP3 version which lets you listen to audio files thanks to a transmitter that plugs into your audio player. It's pricey, yes—but if you really need to pass an exam, this is one of your best, most fool-proof bets.
Pretty straight forward and simple: Before your exam, load your MP3 with audio notes and store it in a bathroom near your exam room. After parsing the entire exam and figuring out what you don't know, take your one bathroom break, listen to the parts needed, and head back to class. Try to keep the smirk off your face, though.
If you think you got balls (or the gall) you can attempt to text your friends—who should be waiting back at your bunker of a dorm room in front of a computer—to get help with certain questions. We recommend developing some sort of shorthand that would be easy to quickly type so you're not caught typing entire messages to your friends.
This may be the oldest high-tech cheating method. This tip is primarily for cheating on some sort of math or science exam where equations and theorem are needed. As you know, graphing calculators are able to store equations and other information for later use. You can use this function, of course, to store data that you need to pass your test. Here's how you do it.
Name the new program whatever you want. The keys will automatically be in alpha mode.
To read the notes/programs, go to "Edit" and select the appropriate one.
Most teachers will walk around and erase the memory from your calculator to avoid this sort of thing. However, if you press the "2nd" key, then the "+" key (it's the memory button), then go to "All," you'll your note/program. Once you find them, hit "Enter". An asterisk will appear next to it. This means it's safe. After the teacher erases your memory, go back to that menu and viola!
We hear you snickering and rolling your eyes; we see you, too, about to click out of this story, but you'd be surprised how many students have done the ol' "Let me Google this answer right quick" trick and had it work. It will only work about two times during an exam (if that), so use this wisely. We recommend bookmarking a few sites that you know will be of use to you while taking your test so you don't have to bother with typing in an URL.
This tip may be more trouble than it's worth, but here you go. In the newer versions of iTunes, you can add lyrics to an audio file. If you put the audio file onto your iPod Touch (or iPhone) and play it, you can have the lyrics scroll down the screen while the song is playing. Instead of lyrics, you can put in whatever text you'd like. If, for some reason, you can manage to take a look at your iPod Touch or iPhone while taking your exam, you can play a song and look at the text your added to the file.
Can't afford to buy a high-tech miniature earpiece? Don't fret, you can still cheat using pre-recorded audio. All you need to do is position the MP3 player somewhere out of sight—say, your pocket—and run one of the headphones up one of your sleeves with the earpiece stopping right at your cuff. While taking your test you simply rest your head on your hand, hit play, and listen to your audio notes. We recommend you do this one in short bursts.
When you think of cheating with technology, this, more than likely, is what comes to mind. Nothing fancy about this method: You gather the info you need for you exam and enter it into the notes app found on your phone. Every smartphone has a notes app—even the cheap ones you can get for free from Walmart. While taking the test, sneak your phone out and peep your notes without getting caught. Done and done.
There are plenty of ways you can sneak a cheat sheet into your exam (there are more on this list); one of the best is in a mechanical pencil. After you type up your miniature cheat sheet, grab a non-see-through mechanical pencil that takes 0.7mm lead or thicker, remove the eraser, remove all but one of the pieces of lead, roll up the cheat sheet and stuff it in the barrel. During the test, when the one piece of lead runs out, act like you're putting more in and take a peek at your cheat sheet. Discretely, of course.
Ever heard of taking one for the team? This is what you'll be doing with this method, as this tips is more for the benefit of your friends than yourself. We're going to go ahead and recommend that you actually study (Gasp! What?!) before attempting this. It's simple, really. Before you head into your exam, have your camera already loaded and ready to go (some cameras take forever to load). While taking the test, snap a pic of each page to send back to your crew. Remember: Ain't no fun if the homies can't get none.
We've never been able to rock sunglasses during an exam, but if you can find a way, you're golden. Maybe you can get a fake doctor's note saying your have some sort of eye condition. Anyway, if you do get to wear shades in class, you should wear the Oakley Thump 2. The Lil Jon-endorsed eyewear has a built-in MP3 player with 512mb of storage that will allow you to upload your pre-recorded audio notes and listen during your test. You will look like a complete jackass, but if you can pull it off, it's completely worth the sartorial sacrifice.
So, out of all your boys, you're the first one taking the test you all have to take. What do you do? Share the wealth. We already went over texting test questions to your friends, but whipping our your phone to send a text is difficult to do during an exam. A slightly less abrasive method would be to get a virtual keyboard attachment for your phone. The Celluon LaserKey projects a laser keyboard onto your desk so you can quickly type away like on a real keyboard. If you have a seat in the back of the room, it just may work.
Very few teachers will make you check your watch at the door. So, naturally, you should take advantage of this oversight. Though not as prevalent in the market as they once were, calculator watches can still be found online or at some RadioShacks or American Apparels. Besides offering you a calculator, watches like the Casio DBC15-1 DataBank gives you 150 pages for you to do whatever you want. Granted typing all your notes into a wrist watch will take a couple episodes of Curb, but it's worth it.
There are some methods of cheating that are more difficult and time consuming than sitting down in a library and studying. This is one of them. If you're handy with photoshop, you can take the label from a Coke bottle, scan it into your computer, and replace the text with your notes. Most professors and teachers allow you bring a beverage to the exam, so it shouldn't seem too conspicuous. However, just to be safe, we'd probably go with a bottle of water or even a bottle of Vitamin Water which already has a gang of text on its label.
Carefully peel label off of bottle. Be mindful of not creasing it too much as that will affect the reproduction.
Scan the label into your computer at the highest possible resolution. Anything over 600 dpi will be fine.
Use Photoshop (or your preferred image editor) to remove the text. This can be done using the clone tool.
Type in your notes. Make sure to try your best to match the font, color, and size of the text you removed.
Print the new label on glossy photo paper and cut it out. Make sure the size of the print out perfectly matches the original label.
Carefully glue the new label onto the bottle.
One of the most low-tech tips on this list, the rubber band method is also one of the simplest. For this trick, you need to make sure the rubber bands are thick enough for you to properly write notes on. We recommend ones at least .25" thick.
Take a rubber band and stretch it over one of your text books.
While stretched out, take a ball point pen and write out your notes. Make sure the text is written closely together; not to the point where you can't make it out, but not super-stretched out.
Let the rubber band shrink back to its original size.
Wear it to the exam. The text will look like black blotches. When you need to peek at your notes, stretch it out.
This method is nothing new. People have been making cheat booklets since before Pimpin' was pimpin'. Students tend to prefer to write these booklets out by hand. Not us. Using even a basic word processor program (we're using Microsoft Word), you can cram in a large amount of info into.
Write your notes in four line paragraphs. Each 'graph will be a page.
Print the notes out and cut out the paragraphs.
These days, more and more cameras come equipped with Wi-Fi so you can wirelessly send images to a printer or a friend's e-mail. Have an old digital camera? Don't worry, you can do the same with an Eye-Fi card. If you can manage to snap a picture of your exam using your digital camera, you can send the images directly to your friend's phones or e-mail, or even to a Wi-Fi enabled printer. Of course, you can do the same with your phone.
If sneaking in your audio notes is a top priority, you should try a MP3 Pen. It's just what it sounds like: a pen that can play audio files. The quality is not the best, and it's not the most comfortable writing utensil, but unlike other multi-purpose pens, this one actually looks like a pen, which will help when getting it past your proctor. The only downside: there is no built-in speaker, you will need to use a pair of headphones. We suggest you combine an MP3 Pen with a Spy Headset.
Go to the "Replace" tab. You will see two text boxes: Enter "." into both of them.
Select font size "14" and click OK.
Your paper will jump at least a half-page in length. The longer your paper (the more periods), the more it will grow.
More than likely, you've already used Facebook to cheat without even knowing it. Or maybe you did. After locating all the students taking the same class as you (or that have taken the class), form a Facebook group and invite them all to join. From there, you pick everyone's brain and try to get some of the members to come up off some test answers.
The Wacom Inkling is a device that allows you to transmit your pen strokes to your computer. Many will use it to transfer their analog drawings into the digital world, but you can use it to bring your answers to your friends after you take a test. The only hinderance is the receiver that needs to be clipped onto your paper. It may be a tad difficult to explain that one to a professor.
We've went over a few ways for you to hip your friends to what they're going to encounter on a test, but this may be the easiest one yet. ZionEyez glasses feature a built in video recorder so you can wirelessly capture everything on the exam without anyone being the wiser. And unlike a lot of other "spy glasses", ZionEyez allow you to switch out the sun glasses lenses for less conspicuous clear ones.
Lets say you forgot to prepare your audio notes for the exam and you feel like you're S.O.L. If you have an Android phone or iPhone that doesn't have to be the case. A free messaging app called Handcent allows friends to text you just about anything: images, documents, and large audio files.
Similar to graphing calculators, electronic dictionaries are one of the few devices you're allowed to bring with you to an exam. Use that to your advantage. Most models have a small amount of memory, but allow you to keep a limited number of notes on the device. Figure out which notes are most important to you, type them into the device, and go to your exam. The only hang-up: Some schools only allow certain types of electronic dictionaries, some of which may not have a notes feature.
This is the most risky tip on this list. The Rock-It is a device that can turn any object into a speaker—books, boxes, cups, it doesn't matter. Hollow objects work better. The Rock-It turns your music into vibrations which it sends via its Rock-It Pod to whatever it's attached to. With your audio notes loaded onto your MP3 player, you can discretely connect it to the Rock-It which will then turn your desk into a speaker. Keep the volume low, and put your head on your desk for a quick listen.
To pull this off, you will have to know exactly where you will be sitting during your exam. If you can secure that, the rest is relatively easy. Using the invisible ink, write your cheats on your desk the night before the exam. You want to make sure you write it after the cleaning crew has made its rounds. On test day, whip out a mini UV light (preferably one that connects to your keychain) and read your notes. Or, you can write your notes on a piece of paper using invisible ink and bring with you to the exam. Whichever is easier for you, homie.
One of the most unassuming ways to bring your paper notes to an exam, the eraser method is relatively simple. Measure your paper note and mark two points on your eraser slightly larger than the note. Using the X-Acto Knife, cut out a portion as wide as the marks and as thin as half the eraser. Now, you can place the note into the erase, put the piece you cut out back on, and go about your day. Not very high-tech, but it's been known to work.
Very simple: Take a picture of your notes using your smartphone and pull them up on the day of the test. Not very slick, but you don't get caught, it can be very effective.
This method is not very technical at all, but it was too good to leave out. When writing your notes, place a piece of paper beneath it and write as hard as you can so each letter is imprinted into the next page. When you start your exam, take a pencil and lightly shade over the text. You should be able to see the notes. When finished, erase the page.
What you need: pack of Wrigley's gum (any flavor/brand), Word processor software, printer.
Wrap the cheat sheet around the stick of gum, then put the wrapper back on and place it in back into the pack.
When at your exam, take out the stick, chew the gum, and take a look at your notes.
For this co-ed tip, all you have to do is print out your cheat sheet in small paper squares (Guys should make them smaller, and more rectangular than the girls'). Once printed, line up the square sheets and tape them together in a row. Girls: Find the skirt you're going to wear on test day and tape the row of sheets to the inside of the skirt's hem, or slide them under your stockings. Guys: Find the tie you will be wearing on test day and tape the row of sheets to the back of your tie. Both should make sure the text is pasted upside down. While taking the test, girls, flip the skirt up a little, and guys slightly turn your tie around, and quickly peep your cheat sheets.
What you need: Apple iPhone, CalcPad App.
Convincing your professor or teacher to let you use your iPhone as a calculator will more than likely end up with him or her telling you FOH! However, on the off chance that your teacher is cool with you using your smartphone as a calculator, we recommend using the CalcPad app. On top of being a calculator, CalcPad lets you store notes and even surf the Web.
Getting your iPhone or iPod Touch past your teacher or professor is going to be difficult. However, it should be slightly less difficult to get an older iPod into your exam room, due to the fact that they can't connect to the Internet. But while the old iPods can't log on to Twitter, they can store notes.
When your iPod appears as a drive in your Finder (Mac) or in your Explorer (Windows) click on it and go into the "Notes" folder.
Drag it to the "Notes" folder on your iPod.
This tip requires two people: One person who either knows the material on the exam or is cheating, and the person looking back at that person. Of course, this method is relying on the fact that your proctor will let you wear sun glasses while taking test. But if they do, you have your friend take the test behind you while covertly signaling the answers to you. It'd help if the two of you set up an easy code beforehand.
This is one of the most blatant methods, but it has been known to work in low-stress situations. Prepare your cheat sheet and before you go to your exam, slip it in the case of your phone or graphing calculator. Done and done.
You can use any pen you want for this cheat as long as the body is clear and there's an easy way to get inside of it. We prefer Pentel's R.S.V.P. because they're comfortable to write with, they come with a screw top, and the ink is removable.
Print a cheat sheet using very small font, 7 or 8 pt should work fine.
Open the pen and, if you can, remove the ink.
Tape the cheat sheet to the inside of the pen with the text facing outwards so you can read it.
If spy glasses aren't your style, you can still sneak in some snap shots with a miniature camera. There are plenty on the market, but we recommend copping the KCDVR Key Chain Camera. As its name suggests, it can fit on your keychain and can record video and take still photographs. And since it looks like the remote for a car alarm, we doubt it will set off alarms with any professors or proctors.
Despite studies showing that Wikipedia is nearly as accurate as commercial encyclopedias, professors, and teachers would still prefer you not use The Free Encyclopedia when studying or writing reports. We say heed their warning and follow the rules. For those of you iPhone owners writing a report from Wikipedia while you read this, download the Wikipanion app. With full-page search, the option to bookmark articles and certain portions of articles, it's perfect for quickly referencing info when writing a report or taking a quiz.
Evernote is one of the best, if not the best, productivity apps available for the iOS and Android platforms. It effortlessly syncs all your documents between your smartphone and computer; it can even analyze text from images and make it searchable. It's great for students looking to stay organized… and cheat. Don't scramble the night before an exam to get your cheat sheet tight. Develop it over the course of the class by keeping it updated no matter where you are. On test day, you'll have a fully curated cheat sheet right there on your phone.
A number of professors base their tests directly on the lectures that precede them. If you find your professor to be of that sort, recording his or her lectures to later study would be wise. However, considering the nature of this list, we'll say that it'll also be wise to sneak a tiny voice recorder into your exam room and weave a headphone up your sleeve to listen to the bits of the lecture that you left an index mark on. Oh, 'cause with the Olympus VN-801PC you can do that.
The truth of the matter is that tests change from year to year. Very few teachers administer the same exam year after year. What doesn't change is the information they teach and test you on. If you're able to find people who've taken a class before you, you can set up a public "message board" of sorts where everyone can contribute to a major cheat sheet. We recommend using the digital whiteboard on Corkboard.me. Share the link and watch as people add on the bits and pieces of info they think is pertinent for you to pass. Power to the people.
The best place to hide your cheat sheet, if possible, is in plain sight. The best way to do this is by printing your cheat sheet using a light-colored ink. Yellows, pale pinks, and light browns will all work well. Just make sure you're able to read it without strongly squinting once it's printed.
It doesn't happen as much as we'd all like it to, but there are rare occasions when students get access to the test before the day of the exam. If you're one of the lucky few to be the beneficiary of this largesse from the scholastic gods, take the exam, scan it, and print out a copy. Fill in the answers and bring the exam with you on test day. Pretend as if you're filling out the test, and switch it with the pre-prepared one before the proctor collects the papers. If done correctly, no one will be the wiser.
What you need: Bluetooth-enabled watch; Citizen i:VIRT M, Sony Ericsson LiveView, Pebble Watch.
Admittedly, checking your mobile phone during an exam is very tricky business. Checking your watch, on the other hand, is not. Though pricey, a Bluetooth-enabled watch is one of your best bets for receiving text messages from your friends while taking your exam. Citizen Japan's latest Bluetooth watch lets you check e-mail and text messages directly from the watch. Sony Ericsson's LiveView does the same at a cheaper price, but looks like an iPod Nano attached to a wristband. Warning: You may get hemmed up for rolling into class with what looks like an MP3 player on your wrist.
There are ways for you to concoct a pen-based set-up where you attach a sheet of paper somewhere onto the shaft or cap of a pen (or mechanical pencil), but that may be too much prep for some of you. For an easier route, there are scroll pens: pens with rolls of paper built-in. It's not necessarily high-tech, but it's a very handy gizmo. Jot down your notes onto the ribbon of paper before you load it into the pen, then pull it out as needed during the exam. Make sure the pen you choose looks like as close to a regular pen as possible.
What you need: Chrome Calculator Belt Buckle.
We usually wouldn't recommend wearing any belt buckle as gaudy and geeky as this. That said, if you're in a math class with a teacher prone to hitting you with quizzes and tests where calculators are banned, this buckle made of a simple calculator may become a wardrobe staple.
What you need: Science Crib Sheet T-Shirt, U.S. History Cheat Shirt.
This tip is neither high-tech or high fashion—but all geeky. Companies like Snorg Tees and Computer Gear have taken to making t-shirts scribbled with formulas, dates, and important terms you may come across during your scholastic career. The U.S. History Cheat Shirt has its text and diagrams printed upside down for easy reading. Your professor or teacher will have to be extremely dense to let this one slide, but it's worth a shot. What are they going to do? Tell you to go home and change? Well, yes, they very well may.
When teachers tell you not to bring anything to a test, the one thing you can usually tote along is a book for you to read in the event you finish early. Take advantage of this opportunity by making a custom bookmark with your cheat sheet printed on some part of it. We recommend putting a bold design on one side, and the information you need on the other. You want to make it look like a real bookmark, so if you can get access to a laminator, the better off you'll be. Don't make it too large: 1-inch wide and five inches long is a good size. While you're taking your test, slide it out and glean as much as you can.
While it's fun to joke around about the many ways we can decieve the powers that be to get an educational edge-up, cheating is not a game. As we said earlier, if you get caught the consequences can be dire. Institutions have been cracking down on cheating over the last decade, taking exteme steps to ensure that students are actually learning (or, at the least, remembering) the information they're being tested on.
Outside of the judicial ramifications that can come from cheating, you're shortchanging yourself. Sounds corny, we know, but straight up: if you don't even study the stuff you're being taught you're setting youself up for failure. And if you're in college and you're cheating, you're also cheating yourself out of thousands of dollars.
Of course, the rub is that in the course of attempting one of these methods, you'll probably learn all the stuff you've been neglecting and refusing to study.


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HighPoint unveils RAID controllers for eight M.2 NVMe drives - speeds up to 28 GB/s
HighPoint has announced new SSD7140A and SSD7540 PCIe expansion cards designed to build RAID arrays from M.2 NVMe SSDs, the former working with PCIe 3.0 x16 interface, the latter with PCIe 4.0 x16.
Both support installation of up to eight SSDs.Image source: HighPointA HighPoint SSD7140A and SSD7540 cards can be combined in RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 10.
The first type is designed for maximum performance, the second for data backup, and the third is a combination of the first two.
Also offered is support for JBOD mode, which allows you to combine all installed drives into a single disk volume.The controllers used in the expansion cards support the installation of up to eight M.2 SSDs.
However, only four fast SSDs are sufficient for maximum throughput.
Each NVMe drive uses four PCIe lines.
Each expansion card offers support for 16 lines.
An additional four M.2 slots on the expansion cards allow for more total array capacity.
The dimensions of the HighPoint SSD7140A and SSD7540 expansion cards are 285 × 111 × 21 mm.
They are equipped with cooling systems consisting of large aluminum radiators and two fans.
The size of the latter is not specified, but they are probably up to 40mm in diameter.Since the HighPoint SSD7140A has a PCIe 3.0 interface, it can only provide a maximum data transfer rate of up to 14,000 Mbytes/s.
The HighPoint SSD7540 with the PCIe 4.0 interface offers double that, at 28,000 Mbytes/s.
However, you can combine two expansion cards of the same model into a Cross-Sync configuration, nearly doubling the speed, if desired.
So with two PCIe 3.0 cards, you can get transfer speeds of up to 28,000 Mbytes/s, and for the PCIe 4.0 model, almost 56,000 Mbytes/s.The HighPoint SSD7140A has a recommended price of $729.
The HighPoint SSD7540 with PCIe 4.0 interface is priced at $1099.
Both novelties can work in Windows and Linux operating systems.


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Table 1 Six Key Recommendations to Improve Teenage Activity
From: Teenage recommendations to improve physical activity for their age group: a qualitative study
Teenage recommendations
Lower/remove of the cost of activities without sacrificing the quality
"And probably if like the leisure centres dropped their prices, you know, maybe people will think, oh that's cheaper, okay I'll go back." (Girl, Focus Group 6)
"What they could do is like get like something in a park… if they say it's like a free thing they would all just like come in and do it, instead of… if they say it's like £3 to come in they'd be like oh okay, bye." (Boy, Focus Group 13)
"...if it was like free and all that you'd see loads of other older kids going to try it out because they know it's free and it's something to do with their friends, and they don't have to spend their own money." (Boy, Focus Group 13)
"…they've got like one indoor pitch which costs a lot to play in, or they've just got outdoor pitches which are, like, really cheap to play but it's, like, really cold. They don't put, like, any lights on." (Boy, Focus Group 9)
"…I feel bad when I have to go up to my parents and ask them for money, because their face is just like, right, and then you can see them as they pass the money over and they don't like it." (Girl, Focus Group 4)
Improving the locality of physical activity opportunities
"Well I would say bring more facilities, bring more stuff so then like more football pitches, basketball pitches, like more stuff so they're going to want to go outside." (Boy, Focus Group 5)
"Just like a little gym, in the park or something, 'cos I would go then 'cos it's like really close." (Girl, Focus Group 6)
"So there's the travel, but if it was, like, in your community, then it wouldn't be so bad." (Girl, Focus Group 10)
"They could spend more money and invest in putting buildings in that area where they could put, for example, badminton, tennis, football, rugby" (Girl, Focus Group 8)
Improving the standards of existing facilities
"Like we said, like, fix the parks and stuff like that." (Girl, Focus Group 10)
"I think they could like, well not even like every year, like every other year they could go round to each park and renew all the apparatus." (Boy, Focus Group 5)
"And in the gym there's umm a few of the machines are broke, you could pay to get them fixed or like help get new ones and stuff like that." (Boy, Focus Group 7)
"They need to make the environment better." (Girl, Focus Group 10)
"But why don't they invest in building more things down there for our age because I, you walk through there and you mostly see glass bottles on the floor, on benches and…" (Boy, Focus Group 9)
"Yeah, council investing in, like, one-way systems and everything and they're wasting money on build, on making these one-way systems and everything when they could be looking at our age and start investing in buildings that we can go to and enjoy ourselves after school." (Boy, Focus Group 9)
Make activties more specific to teenagers
"And they always do adult things, like they never really aim at anything for teenagers, like people our age." (Girl, Focus Group 6)
"Yeah, the government is complaining saying that we're getting like, there's like less people being fit but there's not really more facilities and stuff for like teenagers." (Girl, Focus Group 6)
"No, and like I just think they should put more activities out for younger people, like…" (Girl, Focus Group 6)
"For our age group and under 16's, not so much adults…" (Boy, Focus Group 7)
Give teenagers a choice and variety of activities
"There's like clubs on, it's the exact same every single time you go." (Girl, Focus Group 2)
"…they should give you a sheet at the beginning of the year and then choose which ones you want to do and then they go with the majority…" (Girl, Focus Group 12)
"Rather than doing the same thing, like football, hockey, you know…" (Girl, Focus Group 4)
"Yeah, but they could take us out of our PSE when we have it and then maybe at dinner times?"(Boy, Focus Group 1)
"Yeah I think it's as much quantity as it is quality." (Boy, Focus Group 13)
Provide activities that teenage girls can enjoy
"If I don't like it, I won't do it."(Girl, Focus Group 10)
"You could hold like a football game but then for the people who like football and then for the people who like cheerleading they could let them cheerlead, or people who like dancing and things you could just hold a massive event of sports and have people performing." (Girl, Focus Group 12)
"Make sure, like get their friends to do it as well, so then their friends can encourage them, like oh I'm going to go there, oh come with me, be like oh okay. Ask them." (Girl, Focus Group 12)
"Yeah, just ask them if they want to go swimming, like say it's a normal thing, 'cos nobody would think of swimming as like an active thing isn't it, just for fun" (Girl, Focus Group 6)
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