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Maths Differentiation
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To find the equation of the tangent or normal
- Differentiate the function
- Find the gradient of the curve to that point (using dy/dx)
- Use this to deduce the gradient, m, of the tangent or normal:
- gradient of the tangent = gradient of the curve
- gradient of the normal = 1/gradient of the curve
- Write out the equation y - y1 =m(x-x1), using the points given.
- Simplify to find the equation (or don't if a form is not given - you get full marks).
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Stationary Points, Maximum or Minimum points
- Stationary points occur when the gradient is zero.
- To find the stationary points of a graph;
- Differentiate the expression f(x) (using dy/dx)
- Set f'(x) = 0
- Solve f'(x) = 0 to find the x values
- Put the x values back into the original equation to find the y values
- Once you know where the stationary points are, you may have to determine whether they are maximum or minimum points.
- If d^2y/dx^2 < 0, its a maximum.
- If d^2y/dx^2 > 0, its a minimum.
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Increasing and Decreasing Functions
- You can find out if a function is increasing or decreasing at a given point
- A function is increasing if the gradient is positive - dy/dx > 0
- y gets bigger as x gets bigger
- A function is decreasing if the gradient is negative - dy/dx < 0
- y gets smaller as x gets bigger
- A function is increasing if the gradient is positive - dy/dx > 0
- You can tell how quickly a function is increasing or decreasing by looking at the size of the gradient;
- A small increase in x and a large increase in y means a large positive gradient
- A large increase in x and a small increase in y means a small positive gradient
- A large increase in x and a small decrease in y means a small negative gradient
- A small increase in x and a large decrease in y means a large negative gradient
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Curve Sketching - Quadratic Graphs
- Quadratic graphs
- Need the shape, and the points of intersection
- If the coefficient of x^2 is positive - the graph will be u shaped
- If the coefficient of x^2 is negative - the graph will be n shaped
- To find the intercepts of the graph;
- To find the y- intercept - let x=0 and calculate the value of y (substitute x into equation)
- To find the x- intercept - let y=0 and solve the equation 0=ax^2+bx+c to find the value or values of x.
- Vertex points
- Complete the square and interpret
- A function of the form y=p(x+q)^2 + r has a vertec at (-q, r).
- If p>0, the graph is u-shaped, so the vertex is a minimum.
- If p<0, the graph is n-shaped, so the vertex is a maximum.
- A function of the form y=p(x+q)^2 + r has a vertec at (-q, r).
- Quadratic graphs are always symmetrical, with a vertical line of symmetry that goes through the vertex. You can work out the equation of a line of symmetry by looking at the coordinates of the vertex points - for a quadratic with a vertex of (m,n), the line of symmetry is at x=m. When completing the square, the line of symmetry is at x=-q.
- Complete the square and interpret
- Need the shape, and the points of intersection
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Curve Sketching - Quadratic Graphs
- If the function has no real roots, the shape and the axis intercepts won't be enough to draw the graph. In these cases you'll have to find the coordinates of the vertex point, even if the question doesn't ask you to.
- Use coefficient to find shape, make x=0 to find the y-intercept, make y=0 and solve to find the x axis intercepts (b^2 - 4ac), and then find minimum/maximum to find the vertex points.
- If the root has two distinct roots - use symmetry of quadratic graphs
- The graph of a quadratic function is symmetrical, so the x-coordinate of the vertex is halfway between the roots of the function.
- Work out the x-value halfway between the two roots and put it into the function to find the corresponding y-value of the vertex.
- If the function has two equal roots (i.e. one root) - the vertex is at the root
- If a function has one root, then its graph just touches the x-axis at the root - this point will always be the vertex.
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Curve Sketching - Cubic Graphs
- Cubic functions has an x^3 term in them - as the highest power of x.
- They can be written as y=ax^3 + bx^2 + cx + d (for when a is not 0)
- All the cubic graphs have a characteristic 'wiggle'
- y = x^3 - a positive coefficient of x^3 gives a 'bottom-left to top-right' shape.
- y = -x^3 - a negative coefficient of x^3 gives a 'top-left to bottom-right' shape.
Both of these graphs 'flattern out' at the point when the curve starts bending the other way.
- y= x^3 = x^2 - if the cubic has x^2 terms there'll be more of a 'wiggle'.
- y=5+x-x^2-x^3 - you can tell that this graph has a negative x^3 term because it's got the 'top-left to bottom-right' shape.
- May need to sketch cubics - find where the graph crosses the axes (particularly the x-axis).
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I have noticed that some PM dealers have different prices for what seems to be the same thing. What I am seeing is one price for a one ounce silver bar from a producer named Silvertown for $ 30.87 and another from Johnson- Mathey for $31.07 and another from Engelhart for $ 32.37. There must be a good reason for the difference but I am not sure what that is. Could someone explain the advantage of buying one over the other? Thanks in advance.
Name brand silver premiums
Johnson-Mathey and Engelhart art the name-brand bars. They probably charge more because they are more likely to be easily re-sold and less likely to be questioned. I think they have serial numbers.
I have never heard of Silvertown, but I bet it is more like Northwest Territorial Mint or APMEX house bars. They are probably good but maybe less easily traded to people who might be paranoid about whether they are real or not.
I also think that one or both of Johson-Mathey and Englehart may no longer be producing bars. That may add some scarcity or collector premium.
If you want to just get silver at the lowest mark-up you should buy the house brands as long as you are dealing with a reputable dealer.
If you are concerned with being able to easily sell the bars later, possibly when things are moving fast or markets are confused the name-brand bars are probably a better choice.
If you want to have some silver to trade for supplies if things get really bad then probably 90% silver regular coins (pre-1965) or silver eagles might be better because the average guy may recognize them where he might be suspicious of a bar or round.
Storage space is yet another issue...
If you have the space I'd suggest adding 90% silver regular coins (pre-1965) or even some silver eagles as they are in small enough denominations that you can easily use them without the WOW factor of using a valuble Gold Coin.
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AUGUSTA — Rep. Dawn Hill, D-York, announced recently that Maine's Right to Know Advisory Committee will consider her request that it examine why Maine law prohibits the public from accessing information relating to highway construction projects under the Maine Turnpike Authority.
AUGUSTA — Rep. Dawn Hill, D-York, announced recently that Maine's Right to Know Advisory Committee will consider her request that it examine why Maine law prohibits the public from accessing information relating to highway construction projects under the Maine Turnpike Authority.
The committee has scheduled a meeting for 10:30 a.m. today, May 28, at the Statehouse.
The MTA announced in February its plans to replace the York toll plaza to improve efficiency and safety. Four possible sites have been identified for the new plaza, which could result in a public "taking" of between two and eight homes.
During the process of filing a Freedom of Information request from the MTA regarding its construction of the new toll plaza, it came to Hill's attention that Maine statute prohibits public access to certain information relating to engineering estimates of costs for projects that involve the MTA or the state Department of Transportation.
"It is puzzling to me why there would be a statutory exemption for these engineering estimates," Hill said. "While I certainly understand the need for confidentiality during the bidding process, I am perplexed why this information could never be released to the public."
Hill has been actively working with local residents over the past several months regarding the proposed toll siting in York. She said she was surprised to learn that information relating to engineering cost estimates for projects involving the MTA or DOT were considered confidential and could not be released as part of a Freedom of Information request.
Hill mailed a letter to Sen. Barry Hobbins, chairman of the Right to Know Advisory Committee, asking that the committee examine the need for this statute.
The committee was established by the Legislature in 2005 to serve as a resource and coordinator of information about Maine's freedom-of-access laws and the people's right to know. An additional charge to the committee is to evaluate all public records exceptions according to a schedule set by statute.
"I commend Rep. Hill for bringing this issue to the attention of the Right to Know Advisory Committee," Hobbins said. "Our committee is not scheduled to review this section of the law for several years, but we will certainly consider Rep. Hill's request that we move up the timetable for review."
According to the schedule set in Maine law, the committee will review public record exceptions involving Title 23, governing Maine's highways, in the year 2012. The committee can, however, consider a provision at an earlier time. The committee may conduct public hearings, conferences, workshops and other meetings to obtain information about problems concerning access to records.
The advisory committee may recommend to the Legislature's Joint Standing Committee on Judiciary whether a provision should be repealed, modified or remain unchanged.
Hill said given "the significant public interest involving the operations of the Maine Turnpike Authority, I hope the committee will move up the timetable to examine this statute."
York residents expressed their opposition to the possible toll plaza relocation when they went to the polls on Saturday, May 17, to vote on town officeholders and budget issues.
In a nonbinding referendum on whether they approved of the MTA's plan to relocate the York toll plaza to another location, 3,614 voters opposed the plan, while 383 supported the plan.
Additional information about Maine's Right to Know Advisory Committee can be found at: http://www.maine.gov/legis/opla/righttoknow.htm.


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By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor Veterans Today
"Initially, groups, Zionists, "banksters" and con men of all kinds rushed to the side of the neocons, seeing them as "hapless bumpkins" both naive and "on the make." It was believed that, behind every "family values" type was a thief, a child molester or an ambitious "sell out" looking to exploit the stupidity of those around them and prey on fear and ignorance…and to a large extent, this has been correct."
When President Obama took office in January, 2009, it was expected he would do as he had promised, end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, wars he claimed were illegal and immoral, close the prison at Guantanamo, end the drone attacks on Pakistan and restore the constitutional rights lost under the Bush administration through the Patriot Acts and other ill advised legislation.
A new investigation into 9/11, along with investigations of the manipulation of intelligence leading to the invasion of Iraq and the shameful torture and rendition programs and the massive financial crimes that crashed the American economy in 2007 was also expected. In fact, one of the common discussions prior to the election was whether President Bush and Vice President Cheney would resign, seeking pardon's from their successor, on the expectation that criminal proceedings would lead to their eventual arrest and imprisonment for war crimes or even treason.
Two years later, President Obama is a virtual "ghost." Everything he promised to undo is the same or worse. Even more surprising, the mainstream media says nothing about these promises being broken. How long will we wait for the questions, "When will former Vice President Cheney be arrested," or "Are there plans to control 'death squads' in Afghanistan or begin to curtail the massive heroin exports from that country?"
President Obama is silent on these and other issues and the press, normally on a chief executive like a pack of dogs, remains oddly silent. Does anyone detect the smell of tyranny?
We are now receiving clear evidence from sources within the military that by 2007, civilian control of the United States, though not entirely over, had been severely compromised. Most American's aren't aware of the "Dominionist" movement that began in the late 1970s. Their goal was to take control of the military forces of the United States in order to overthrow the government and replace it with a "Christian" government, a theocracy, overthrowing the constitutional republic we now have.
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The president would be "nominally" in charge but foreign policy, particularly in line with issues involving the Middle East and Israel would be controlled by a group from within the military in conjunction with their allies in the media, banking and extremist groups, both American and Israeli "Taliban." This group would control Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, the Supreme Court, stacked with "Dominionist" allies, backers and those compromised for "other reasons."
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The Criminal Code (1997) of the Republic of Kazakhstan states that rape "with the use of conditions of social disaster, or in the course of mass unrest," shall receive a penalty which is increased by 3-5 years. Article 120(3).
The legislation of the state of Texas, United States, provides that the punishment of certain offenses, including sexual assaults, is increased to the punishment prescribed for the next higher category of offense if it is shown on the trial of the offense that the offense was committed in an area that was, at the time of the offense, officially declared a state of disaster or was subject to an emergency evacuation order. See: Texas Penal Code Sec. 12.50.
For a comprehensive report on systematic sexual violence and torture against women and children prisoners in Iran as a means of silencing dissidents, enabling severe punishment or death, or forcing them into marriage, see: Justice for Iran, Crimes & Impunity: A pioneering report on sexual torture in Iranian prisons (2012). Available in English.
For a discussion of rape as a weapon of war and its consequences, see: "Now, The World is Without Me": An Investigation of Sexual Violence in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (2010).
See also: The Advocates for Human Rights, StopVAW Sections: Sexual Assault and Vulnerable Populations; Custodial Sexual Assault; Women with Disabilities; Sexual Assault During Armed Conflict; and the United Nations, Model Strategies p. 22.
Klein, Sexual violence in disasters: A planning guide for prevention and response (2008) contains guidelines for developing comprehensive plans, making preparations, and coordinating far-reaching policy change. The guide is arranged according to phases of a disaster. The 'Getting Started' work sheets in the back have been designed to facilitate the process of disaster planning. Available in English and Spanish.
Inter-Agency Standing Committee, Guidelines for Gender-based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Settings (2005). These guidelines provide specific interventions for preventing and responding to gender-based violence at different stages of humanitarian emergencies. They include action sheets for response organized by sectors and cross-cutting functions. For example, the action sheet on providing sexual-violence-related services provides a response protocol and a checklist of supplies. Available in English.
Gender-based Violence Area of Responsibility Working Group, Handbook for Coordinating Gender-Based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Settings (2010). This handbook provides practical guidelines on leadership roles, key responsibilities, and specific actions to be taken when establishing and maintaining gender-based violence coordination in an emergency setting, including both conflict settings and natural disasters. The handbook incorporates knowledge of vulnerability factors to assist relevant parties in risk reduction and preparedness efforts. It identifies good practices, critical knowledge, and lessons learned, and also contains information on working with the media. Available in English.
Delaney, ECPAT International, Protecting Children from Sexual Exploitation & Sexual Violence in Disaster & Emergency Situations: A guide for local & community based organisations (2006). This handbook provides practical information for people in the field at all stages of emergency situations (mitigation, response, and recovery) on minimizing the risk of sexual violence and sexual exploitation and creating safe spaces for children. It includes checklists for action in the event of sexual violence. Available in English.
Illinois Imagines, Disability Responsiveness Assessment Tool (2009). This assessment tool is used to assess the accessibility of rape crisis centers to survivors with disabilities. It addresses issues ranging from physical environments, policy environments, and communication environments. Once a review is completed, a barrier-removal plan is developed to address accessibility concerns. Available in English.
Illinois Imagines, Trauma Responsiveness Tool (2009). This tool is designed to help a disability services agency evaluate its responses, both formal and informal, to clients/residents/consumers who have experienced sexual violence. Available in English.
Safety First Initiative Accessibility and Responsiveness for Survivors With Disabilities Review Tool (2009). provides a "framework for domestic violence, sexual violence, and disability service organizations to think about the when, where, what, and how of providing inclusive, accessible, and responsive services." This tool also reinforces collaborative partnerships which are essential to improving services for survivors with disabilities. Available in English.
VAWnet, Special Collection: Violence in the Lives of the Deaf or Hard of Hearing includes an overview of best practices in using interpreters and working with Deaf victims/survivors of sexual assault or domestic violence and training tools. Available in English.
West Virginia Sexual Assault Free Environment, Training and Collaboration Toolkit—Serving Sexual Violence Victims with Disabilities (2010.) The toolkit includes sections on collaboration, sexual violence, and disabilities. Tools relate to programmatic and policy accessibility, facility accessibility, intake practices review, and developing a transition plan. Each section includes a toolkit user's guide. Available in English.
United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), Sexual and Gender-Based Violence against Refugees, Returnees, and Internally Displaced Persons,: Guidelines for Prevention and Response (2003) is a handbook with multi-sectoral strategies for preventing and addressing sexual violence against those uprooted by conflict. It provides extensive guidance for each sector on topics such as designing effective services and facilities and monitoring and documenting incidents of sexual and gender-based violence. It also includes specific procedures for responding to child survivors. The guide is specifically for use in camp settings and provides many useful forms for practitioners and administrators. Available in English, Chinese, Greek, Hungarian, Russian, Swahili, and 11 other languages.
UNHCR, Action Against Sexual and Gender Based Violence: An Updated Strategy (2011). This updated guide includes strategies designed to protect children, persons with disabilities, and LGBTI individuals. It can be used in emergency or stable situations and is not limited to camp use. It also addresses survival sex, engaging men and boys, and the provision of a safe environment. Available in Arabic, English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish.
AEquitas, The Prosecutor's Reference on Violence Against Women, a US-based resource for prosecutors and their allied professionals, published Kristiansson, Prosecuting Cases of Sexual Assault in Confinement (2012) in their Strategies newsletter. Available in English.
The Crimes Act (1900) of New South Wales, Australia, includes a detailed definition of a person who is cognitively impaired in its sexual assault statutes:
For the purposes of this Division, a person has a "cognitive impairment" if the person has:
(a) an intellectual disability, or
(b) a developmental disorder (including an autistic spectrum disorder), or
(c) a neurological disorder, or
(d) dementia, or
(e) a severe mental illness, or
(f) a brain injury,
that results in the person requiring supervision or social habilitation in connection with daily life activities. Section 61H (1A)
Mandatory reporting for sexual assaults against minors or vulnerable victims.
Legislation should provide that persons with knowledge of a sexual assault against a minor, a mentally or physically challenged victim, or one incapacitated by age or infirmity must immediately report it to the police. For example, the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act (2007) of South Africa requires mandatory reporting for sexual assaults against minors or those who are mentally challenged. Article 54.
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|Can Coffee Kick-Start an Economy?
When he set out to wedge his coffee onto supermarket shelves in England
and America, Andrew Rugasira didn't start by making phone calls from his
home in Kampala, Uganda. He didn't begin by sending e-mails. The
distance seemed too great for that. At one end of his business were
farmers who, until he came along, thought their beans were purchased and
carried off to make gunpowder.
At the other were buyers at the corporate headquarters of chains like Waitrose and Sainsbury's, Whole Foods and Wal-Mart. If he was going to succeed, he felt he would have to do it physically; it was as if he believed he could stretch himself to span the divide between the two worlds. So he got on a plane to London, without trying any advance contact.Read More
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October 29, 2011 - Andrew Rugasira Rebuilding Uganda One Farmer At A Time
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If you pay attention to immigration matters, it was hard to ignore the jubilation June 15 as President Obama announced that, via a prosecutorial memo, his administration would change its exercise in priority of deportations for young people who were brought to the nation as children. The young people, between the ages of 15 and 30 and fitting specific criteria, will become eligible for deferred action and a two-year work authorization.
So a lot of my twitter friends — which include a number of DREAM-Act eligible young people and many immigration reform advocates — started celebrating Friday afternoon. "This is HUGE HUGE HUGE," tweeted Jose Antonio Vargas, whose cover story about undocumented young people had appeared in Time Magazine the day before. A friend who's been active in many aspects of advocacy for Latinos sent me a message that read, "what incredible news."
Yeah, okay. Except I wasn't one of the ones throwing confetti around or sending "thank you" tweets to the president. Call me cynical or cautious, but I'm withholding my celebration until this proves more than just lip-service or — to use Washington Post columnist Ruben Navarrette's word — hispandering.
The president's announcement, made as his reelection campaign gears up for November, reeks of desire to sew-up the Latino vote. And plenty on the internet commented on the convenient timing:
- "You waited for four years and you remembered four months before the elections?" tweeted journalist Diego Graglia in Spanish.
- "If this turns out to be another ... PR stunt from @barackobama rather than policy change some peeps better buy teflon shirts," tweeted DREAM Act activist Anja Asenjo.
The thing is, many of us have made note of the president's propensity to sell the Latino community a bill of goods that is never delivered:
- "The last time Obama promised a case by case review for prosecutorial discretion less than 2% of cases were completed," tweeted Alfredo Gutierrez from La Frontera Times.
- "Today's memo clarified the 2011 Morton Memo which clarified the 2010 Morton Memo. All Memo No Action." echoed Rigo in his tweet of June 15. (Rigo is part of the IYJL and NIYA, both groups that had urged the president to issue an executive order to grant Dream-Act eligible students lawful residence and a path to citizenship.)
"I think it's brave of the president," said one of the reporters in the Al Día newsroom, after we had watched Obama deal with a heckler at his Rose Garden announcement of the memo, but before national anti-immigrant groups had disseminated their statements of outrage.
"What's brave about it?" I scoffed. "It's not an executive order. It's not the Dream Act, not even close. It's a two-year reprieve. If they're lucky. That's it."
"Two years can mean a lot," he said.
And it's the way he said it that made me stop my rant.
I was suddenly very aware that this reporter jumps through hoops every year to get his work authorization renewed so he can stay in this country legally and do a job he has a gift for. There is, I suppose, no way to go through the process without concern that someday something could go very wrong and he might not make it back to the life he's made for himself in Philadelphia.
Someday, he's told me, he'd like to have a green card. But only a small number of employment-based green cards are issued for professionals and skilled workers coming from Mexico (just under 6,000 were issued in 2010, for example) and since Mexico is his country of origin, he is also excluded from entering the diversity visa lottery that randomly selects 100,000 winners from a pool of millions of green card seekers.
There is such desire to stay here from so many who recognize this as the country of their hearts, it almost hurts to hear it. "This is real," tweeted Bessuvia, a DREAM activist, who followed her tweet with the hashmark "#Tears."
"First thing I am doing is getting a drivers license," tweeted Gaby Pacheco — another DREAM activist — clearly excited at the prospect of something those of us with documents, or citizens, don't think too much about.
And there it is: People are celebrating such a little step by the Obama administration as if it were huge because even the little steps have been so few and so hard won.
And so precious.
That's the part I don't want to forget. And I don't want the president to forget it either.


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The late Kenneth C. Bass, who helped draft the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 and who was the first Counsel for Intelligence Policy at the Justice Department, later became a critic of its implementation and a proponent of remedial measures.
In a 1994 congressional hearing, he urged lawmakers to introduce elements of an adversarial process into the FISA Court, such as appointing an advocate for the proposed target, so that judges would have a more complete and nuanced record on which to base their decisions to approve surveillance and physical search. See "Amending the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act" (pdf), hearing before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, July 14, 1994.
In 2002 testimony, he reiterated this proposal and told a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the FISA process that it should also "obtain more information and make it public." Neither recommendation was acted upon, and the efficacy of the FISA as a legal constraint upon intelligence surveillance would soon be diminished by the Bush Administration's circumvention of its procedural requirements.
Kenneth Bass was remembered in "Justice Official Helped Pen Surveillance Act" by Patricia Sullivan, Washington Post, May 2, 2009.
"Laws never prevent lawlessness," Mr. Bass said at the 1994 hearing. "But they are designed to check it and give somebody else a second view of what to do with it."
Kate Martin of the Center for National Security Studies, who also testified at that hearing, told Committee members that Mr. Bass' proposal for an adversarial review of FISA applications was unobjectionable but that by itself it would not cure the constitutional infirmities of FISA.
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House GOPs lawsuit to sue the President: Waste of time and taxpayer money
House GOPs lawsuit to sue the President: Waste of time and taxpayer money
By Congressman Alcee L. Hastings
In July, House Republicans passed a measure allowing Speaker John Boehner to sue President Barack Obama over his enforcement of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This lawsuit is frivolous and a complete waste of time and taxpayer money.
In fact, this lawsuit is better described as a political stunt that has nothing to do with enforcing the law, a law that House Republicans voted over 50 times to repeal. After all, if Republicans were really concerned with the way the law is being enforced, they would have sued the President when he made his initial decision over a year ago. Instead, they waited until an election year, because there are many in the Republican Party who cannot accept the fact that President Obama was elected not once, but twice by the American people.
Make no mistake, even if Republicans truly decided to sue the President out of an interest in "helping" the millions of Americans who now have health insurance, a judge will toss this lawsuit from court almost immediately.
Expert witnesses testified on July 16, 2014 at a hearing before the House Committee on Rules that under 200 years of legal precedent, not only do Republicans in the House of Representatives not meet the legal requirements to bring this lawsuit, but that President Obama's actions are well within the legal bounds established by practices of Presidents of both parties. Even one of the Republican witnesses, Florida International University College of Law Professor Elizabeth Price Foley stated in an op-ed that, "Congress probably can't sue the President" in a situation like this. She also went on to describe a number of alternative Constitutional remedies for when Congress disagrees with the way a President enforces the law.
Even worse, Republicans refuse to tell the American people how much they plan on spending on this lawsuit, continuing a pattern of squandering time and money. Let's not forget that it was House Republicans who spent $2.3 million in taxpayer money to defend the unseemly and unconstitutional Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), and intend to spend as much as $3.3 million on their Benghazi Select Committee, the ninth similar investigation into the terrorist attack in Benghazi.
Our nation faces many complicated problems. This lawsuit will not address any of them. It will not fix our crumbling infrastructure and it will not create new affordable housing. It will not help solve the heart-wrenching scene unfolding at our border, as thousands of children flee terrible violence in Central America. It will not help our sons, daughters and grandchildren afford the education they need to succeed in today's competitive job market. Those in need of unemployment insurance will remain floating adrift as they try to navigate the rough waters of our economy, and we will be no closer to passing a plan to create millions of good, well-paying jobs.
House Republicans ought to acknowledge this frivolous lawsuit for what it is, give up their political stunt, and join Democrats in order to actually help hardworking American families. I'm ready to get to work, Democrats are ready to get to work, and the American people are ready to get to work. The only thing that's stopping us now are Republicans in Congress.
Congressman Alcee L. Hastings represents Florida's 20th District, serves as Senior Member of the House Rules Committee, Ranking Democratic Member of the U.S. Helsinki Commission, and Co-Chairman of the Florida Delegation.


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Thursday, July 4, 2013
This week sure flew in! Last week I was preparing for the St. Mochta Family picnic Funday in Clonsilla Dublin. I cosplayed as Rei Miyamoto from High School of the Dead and we cosplayed with Star Wars costuming group 501st Ireland. It was a fun day!
The three of us had to explain to the audience what cosplay is and encourage people at the event to give it a go. It was quite scary talking on the stage to people who are unfamiliar with cosplay but it was a joy to present it. I will blog about this event another day along with the Bloom Festival.
This weekend I will be cosplaying at Arcadecon a large mixed medium convention held in the Ballbridge Hotel in Dublin. Video footage of last year below! See can you spot my Babydoll. :p
Also here is a video of me being interviewed.
My cosplay this year, giving budget is low will be simply be Juliet Starling from Lolipop Chainsaw alternative outfit, cosplaying as Rei Miyamoto. I had the costume all ready therefore I just needed a wig, lolipop and a chainsaw. My chainsaw is being made by Cosplay-Props Eire. I am was going to do Nick's head with help from a friend but it turned out it was too difficult and again low on money and resources. Maybe will do it in the future. Well in the beginning of the game Starling doesn't have Nick's head so...
I am delighted with my wig as it looks the part and I can wear it for other shoots and cosplays! I am literally dying to photoshoot as Juliet in this cosplay! I am only attending the Saturday and will be organising a Cosplay Ireland meet up for 16:00 in the back lounge , behind the tradehall, just a meet and greet if anyone would like to come along. We will be taking some group shots for our site!
I think the next convention I will be attending won't be until August for Dublin Comic Con. I look forward to taking part in the Promotional event in Belfast on the 20th of July. I will be cosplaying as Babydoll and the Predators will be there. More info later to come!
I am looking forward to Nomcon which is on the 30th of August to the-1st of September. Nomcon is a nice cosy, warm convention dedicated Anime, Manga and Japanese culture. I will be presenting a Cosplay Ireland talk and look forward to showing how far Cosplay Ireland has become. I will also like to talk about the rise of Japanese pop culture in Ireland and beyond as I have alot of experience there.
Let the fun commence! :D
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LOL - you sure are sporting that attitude of Juliet Starling in those shots. I have heard from others in reference to budgeting for cosplay. Not everyone has $$$ to drop on new costumes and props.ReplyDelete
Looking forward to hearing more about cosplay in Ireland. From what I have learned reading your posts, you are the voice of cosplay in Ireland. Keep up the great work of spreading the word and love for all things cosplay :^)
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Valley Mills. Inverness County
RIVER: Blue Mountain Brook
CLASS: plunge
RATING: excellent (***)
TRAIL: old woods road
DISTANCE: 400m
HIKING TIME: 30min
CONDITIONS: moderate
Geocache: GC1VHZZ
NS Atlas Page: 22/Y4
NS topo map: 011F14 (Whycocomagh)
DRIVING DIRECTIONS: from Port Hawkesbury, follow HWY1 05 north
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From Day 1 after upgrading to Windows 10, exactly 1 year before, there was an annoying bug which stabs me randomly when I try to use my Windows 10 PC.
Below were various symptoms:
- Start menu not launching
- Cortana UI not launching
- Notification area not launching
- Start menu and Notification area launches, but Cortana UI not launching
In symptom #4, if you try to perform a search after launching Start menu, nothing will happen since Cortana UI can't be launched.
Searching through Microsoft Answers forums showed that this bug is dated back before the RTM release of Windows 10 which means they exists during Preview build days but neither of the solution worked perfectly. It's still an open bug as far as I am concerned. Most of the solution suggested are:
- Run a lengthy PowerShell script
- Create new local account and copy settings
- Series of registry edits
- Scan for file system errors
- Restore your PC to previous state
- Fresh install Windows 10
All the above solution mentioned, involves manual edits, running scripts, changing states, etc. which is a No-No. Because you are spending your times to fix a problem which again takes time to bring your machine back to it's current state. That's not an ideal solution at all since this issue can comes back again anytime and you are gonna spend more time on it.
Luckily, after many frustrated days and trial-and-error, I somehow devised solution to fix the above issue.
This is one of the event message that's logged in Event Viewer;
"Activation of app Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy!CortanaUI failed with error: The app didn't start in the required time. See the Microsoft-Windows-TWinUI/Operational log for additional information."
One main reason for this was, Windows Updates was downloading in background. If that's the case, let the download complete and reboot your system and see whether it's fixed. If that solved you problem, cool.
If that didn't helped, keep reading.
- Open This PC (Ctrl+E), select Settings.
- Select Upgrade and Recovery.
- Select Recovery –> Advanced Settings –> Restart now.
- After reboot, you'll be taken to Choose an option screen, select Troubleshoot.
- Select Advanced options.
- Select System Restore.
- System will prepare for restoring. Enter you account password when prompted.
- You'll get System Restore prompt, choose Next.
- Once your restore points are listed, stop right there. Now, CLOSE the System Restore prompt.
- Turn OFF your PC.
Now, turn ON your PC, wait for system tray items to load.
Check you Start menu, Cortana and Notification area. Everything works fine and your system is back to normal.
Hope this helps.


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In terms of modern Bible versions, is it okay to subtract certain passages from scripture, as long they are not erased completely? My pastor's analogy to this philosophy goes something like this:
So, by this viewpoint, it would be okay if you were in the ocean and a shark decides to bite off only a few toes and fingers and a chunk here and there, as long as he leaves most of the rest of you relatively intact? Sorry, I'm not okay with that philosophy.
Do the scholars think multiple fingers are redundant? That we really don't need them all? If God says something multiple times, I think I need to know it and read it repeatedly. Anything less is a deficiency! Just as I would feel without all my fingers!
This is a big issue to the KJV debate, so it begs discussing. What do you think? Can we remove God's words here and there, as long as no major doctrine is affected? The implication to this argument, is that God inspired the fundamental doctrines, but NOT the "words." I don't know about you, but I believe God is very specific in scripture as to the fact that it's His *words* that are inspired and preserved: "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away." (Matt. 24:35) Doctrines are expressed in words, and with altered or deleted words every doctrine is "affected," and more up for debate that it was otherwise. Acts 8:37 is an example of this, as is 1 John 5:7. God says Himself, that "every word is pure"…and warns us against adding to or subtracting from His words. (Deut. 4:2, Prov. 30:5-6, and Rev. 22:18-19)
What does God say about leaven?
My new approach to all of life's questions, thanks to the final authority found in God's word, is to check everything out via the Book. And as it turns out, a scriptural study of leaven stands us in excellent stead for this discussion. Did you know that every single Biblical reference to leaven is negative? Check them out. References to leaven in the NT refer to doctrinal heresy, evil, sin, hypocrisy, unbelief, and wickedness. If you follow the trail of leaven throughout the NT, you will see that each one speaks of "contamination"and the pervasiveness of sin and evil – how a small amount of leaven spreads quickly and affects the "whole lump of dough".
According to Matthew 16:12, leaven as a corrupting agent is a type of heretical doctrine:
"Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees."
The Apostle Paul made it clear that "one rotten apple will spoil the whole barrel" writing in Gal. 5:9, that, "a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump." To imply that any text is acceptable so long as one can find the desired doctrine somewhere within is not scriptural.
In the Old Testament as well, leaven represents evil. Leaven was forbidden in all offerings made by fire (Leviticus 2:11; 6:17), because it symbolized the pervasiveness of evil, and thus was inappropriate to use in offerings which typified the propitiatory sacrifice of Christ. The Israelites were also forbidden to eat leavened bread for seven days at the time of Passover. Not only that, God forbid them from having any leaven in their homes (Exodus 12:15, 19) or in their land (Exodus 13:7; Deuteronomy 16:4). Can you imagine? The Israelites took this very seriously, searching their homes, purging out every tiny remnant of leaven.
But let's look specifically at the Parable of the Leaven today in Matthew 13:33.
The Parable of the Leaven
"Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened."
At first glance, this almost seems as if leaven is a good thing, but we know from every single other reference to leaven in the entire Bible, that it is a corrupting agent, one we are to beware in no uncertain terms. So we apply 2 Tim. 2:15 , "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." and we study this puzzle out.
Jesus is using a woman for an example. Perhaps He even gestured to one in a nearby courtyard, mixing up a batch of bread dough. Anyone that has baked bread from scratch knows that yeast (leaven) is a very important ingredient. Bread made without yeast would be very flat and hard. So we add yeast to our dough, and let it rise in a warm place…and through the process of fermentation, our bread dough rises and is soon ready to bake.
At this point, we need to realize that this passage is interpreted two ways.
- Some believe that the leaven here represents the gospel, and the bread, the world. This would mean that the church is the leaven working inside the world, the bread, and its influence spreads throughout the world.
- Another way to understand this parable, is that the world is spreading into the church. This picture of 'leaven taken by a woman and hidden in the meal' indicates a mixture of evil within the good. The leaven symbolizes evil that penetrates the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 11:12 tells us that "from the days of John the Baptis until now, the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force."
I believe a thorough study of scripture will support the second view quite authoritatively. I believe this parable is a warning to Christians about the pervasiveness of evil spreading like leaven in the church. Keep with me here, it will become very obvious as we peel back the layers.
The parable says this, "The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened."
At first read through, it appears that we are to believe that the Kingdom of heaven is like leaven…but if you study the parable of the sower, or the parable of the mustard seed, among others, you would see that they begin the same way…yet Jesus wasn't saying that the kingdom was the sower but rather the result of his sowing, or that the kingdom was the mustard seed, but the result of the seed sown. So what is He saying here about the leaven? Again we must continue digging, with the whole picture of the parable in mind…we see a woman, taking leaven, and hiding it in three measures of meal.
So we've talked about the leaven, let's talk about the meal…
Romans 11:16, "For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches."
The "lump" here is referring to dough, to God's people, being holy. In this parable, the measures of meal are referring to "flour". Wheat flour, if you go by the Greek commentaries on this passage. Jesus explained elsewhere that tares in the wheat represent the children of the wicked, whereas the good seed, the wheat, is a picture of the children of kingdom. (Matthew 13:38). In Matthew 3:12, John the Baptist uses wheat to picture believers when he teaches that Jesus would one day "gather His wheat (the righteous) into the garner (barn); but he will burn up the chaff (the wicked) with unquenchable fire." (additions mine in parentheses)
In John 6:35, Jesus says, "I am the bread of life."
1 Corinthians 10:17 says, "For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread..."
So when we see the terms wheat, flour, bread, and hence, meal, they refer to believers in Jesus.
If leaven symbolizes evil and wheat refers to Christians, then the lesson of the parable is that evil is able to penetrate the kingdom of heaven and corrupt it.
The world is penetrating the church with its bad influence and Jesus is telling us to watch out for this.
*Hidden* in the meal…
Notice next, that the woman "hid" the leaven in the meal. Here we see secrecy…can we say that God would hide his gospel from the world? Rather the opposite…
The apostle Paul says in 1 Corinthians 4:9, "for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men." The apostles were there for the whole world to see. There was nothing secretive or hidden about the gospel.
Again, in 2 Corinthians 4:3-4, Paul says,
"But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them."
Wow, pretty self-explanatory. Satan, the deceiver, is the one blinding and hiding the gospel from the world. How does he do this? Study the scriptures on leaven and you soon see.
The influence of the church works as the city in Matthew 5:14, "A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid." Jesus is our light, illuminating the darkness.
By this, I'd say it's fairly obvious that it is not the church that is hiding in the world. Or the gospel that is being hidden in the meal. Rather it is the world entering secretly into the church.
We are warned of this in the Bible. In Jude 1:4, we see,
"For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ."
In 2 Peter 2:1, we read again,
"But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction."
Our conclusion must be that this is the leaven that is hidden in the meal, the pervasive and secret influence of the false teachers and of the world in the church. And that is what Jesus is warning us about in this parable.
(Other NT references on leaven for you to check out: Matthew 16:6, 11, 12; Mark 8:15; Luke 12:1; 13:21; 1 Corinthians 5:6, 7, 8; Galatians 5:9)
In conclusion…
Leaven works only in one kind of environment. A lukewarm environment. If you put bread dough in a cold place, the leaven will not do anything. If you put it in a hot place, again, nothing happens. You have to provide the leaven the lukewarm condition required for the dough to rise.
In this sense again, the church cannot be the leaven. The church must be either hot or cold, as Jesus says in Revelation 3:16, "So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth."
2 Thessalonians 2:3 warns us that in the end times, there will come a "great falling away" of God's people, not a great revival. We have to realize that nothing else but "a falling away" is an option as the leavening agent of evil gets progressively worse in the church. The question is, are we alert to it, and what are we as individuals to do about it?
Biblically, the corrupting agent of leaven is to bread what fermentation is to wine. Neither were permitted in the communion elements which pictured Christ's perfect body and blood.
And we, as Christ's followers, need to follow 1 Cor. 5:7-8,
"Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth."
Luke 18:18 breaks my heart. "…Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?"


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As everyone knows by now, last week's employment report from the Labor Department was much weaker than expected. The table below contains some of the key figures. The biggest disappointment was the fact that the report indicated only 38,000 jobs were added to non-farm payrolls instead of the expected number of 160,000. Despite this, the report was not as weak as this single number might imply. The Memorial Day holiday and a strike at Verizon certainly impacted the job creation number. Holiday weekends are notorious for negatively affecting the Labor Department's estimate.
That being said, Janet Yellen's comments at a speech on June 6th still indicate that the Fed intends to raise rates again this year but she was purposefully vague on the timing. The Fed Funds futures market is an interesting way to judge the likelihood of a rate increase. In today's early morning trading, investors are placing a 0% chance on a rate increase in June or July. The market is indicating that there is a 26% chance of a 25 basis point increase in September and a 58% chance by the end of the year. With inflation ticking up modestly and the unemployment rate at 4.7%, the Fed has the rationale for raising rates modestly. It's also clear they would like to normalize rates before the next recession.
How do the markets feel about this? The USD has weakened fairly significantly the last few days and the yield on the ten year Treasury note is approaching its all-time low of 1.40%. It is trading this morning at 1.65%. The stock market has been more tame and is now within striking distance of an all-time high in the US. This morning S&P 500 futures are trading 0.7% lower at the time of writing. Overall, the economy still looks healthy but growing only modestly. The next big economic releases to look out for are Retail Sales next Tuesday, Durable Goods Orders on June 24th and the June employment report released on July 8th. This should provide more clarity.
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The traditional approach to divorce by family law attorneys is usually far from holistic. Many divorce lawyers in NJ and family law attorneys focus only on what immediately benefits their client, not considering the interrelatedness of the family system and what serves their client in the long term. In mediation, we are conscious of how the well being of each of the family members is interdependent. When one client "prevails," the winning party still has to work together with the defeated party and depend upon them for such things as complying with the terms of the agreement and co-parenting the children.
A licensed attorney in New Jersey, New York and Maryland, Rachel Alexander has a background in social work and multiple therapeutic modalities. Her expertise and years of experience uniquely qualify her to anticipate, identify and address underlying issues in mediation to better resolve legal and financial matters.
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Looking for Web Application Development in Nashville Tennessee of the .NET Variety
There are two fantastic web application development firms (who happen to do .Net web app development as well as some web development in other languages) in Nashville that I would investigate–both firms aim at increasing your workplace productivity and delivering great customer service ….
Finding .Net and Web Application Development in Nashville
First, I would recommend the smart folks at Big Web Apps. They do fantastic work and my experience with their people, specifically Jason Moore, is nothing but good.
The second firm I would look at for .Net Web development is the Sommet Group. I've likewise had a great experience with their people, specifically James Hagewood. I know the Sommet group works in the areas of: C# 3.0, SQL Server 2005, ADO.Net, and ASP.Net.
If you need web development for an application to increase communication or improve the workflow or productivity of your business activties, both firms can create white label solutions for you. And both of these individuals is top notch and both of these firms are highly successful and recommended. (check out their websites, look at the projects they've worked on, and give them a call)
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Microsoft's Patch Tuesday is a relatively minor one, with a single bulletin rated "critical" and two "important." Affected software includes applications within Windows and Office.
The MS11-015 update, rated "Critical," patches vulnerabilities in DirectShow, Windows Media Player and Windows Media Center. In order for an outside entity to exploit said vulnerabilities, the user would need to open a specially crafted Microsoft Digital Video Recording (DVR-MS) file.
"The lone critical issue this month-the DVR-MS vulnerability-will be somewhat trivial for attackers to exploit," Joshua Talbot, security intelligence manager for Symantec Security Response, wrote in a March 8 e-mail. "It also allows attackers to skip a few of the traditional steps needed to get malicious code to execute on a targeted computer. This is because when processing DVR-MS files, Windows Media Player and Media Center use data in these files themselves to determine what code in memory gets executed."
The next "Important" update, MS11-017, patches a vulnerability in Windows Remote Desktop Client that could allow remote code execution if a user opens a Remote Desktop configuration file (.rdp) located in the same network folder as a "specially crafted library file," according to Microsoft. "For an attack to be successful, a user must visit an untrusted remote file system location or WebDAV share and open a document from this location that is then loaded by a vulnerable application."
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The third update, MS11-016, is rated "Important" and aims to resolve a vulnerability with Microsoft Groove. Similar to the vulnerability patched by MS11-017, this one could allow an outside entity to remotely execute code if a user opens a legitimate file in the same network directory as a specially crafted library file.
"The other vulnerabilities fixed this month all relate to the DLL issues Microsoft has been working to address for some time now," Talbot added in his note. "These are fairly easy to exploit, but because an attack would require to take some fairly uncommon steps-such as opening up malicious files from SMB or WebDAV servers-they're less likely to pose a serious threat."
This current Patch Tuesday update follows a far larger one in February, which saw fixes for 22 vulnerabilities across a number of Microsoft software platforms, including Windows, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office and IIS. That followed a relatively sedate January, which included only two security bulletins.


text: Guilty Gear X last edited by LentFilms on 11/23/18 08:22PM View full history OverviewJustice is dead. The original rogue gear has been destroyed, but a new one has emerged to strike fear into the heart of a world. Again a contest has begun to see if anyone is worthy to strike down the gear with a diverse cast of fighters appearing to do battle for the tremendous reward. The game plays nearly identically to it's Playstation 1 counterpart, but with massively improved graphics and sound. Two fighters square off in a best out of three match with devastating Destruction moves capable of ending a match at any moment. Most of the characters from the previous game return as well as several newcomers. The game also continues and expands upon the complex story of the first game.CombatThe game is fundamentally identical to the first Guilty Gear, with one notable exception: the DESTRUCTION moves no longer end the fight absolutely, only the round in which they connect. The game features the same frantic pacing, combos and air-combos as it's predecessor with a new mechanic of a knock-down attack that can be used to interrupt combos as long as the meter is filled as well as the Roman Guard, which prevents damage from special attacks at the cost of draining the tension gauge as long as it's active.StoryTaking place mere weeks after Sol Badguy defeated Justice, Guilty Gear X finds another Commander-type gear emerging and, fearing yet another large-scale war, a tournament begins to see who can bring the new rogue down. The prize this time will be 500,000 World Dollars, an apparently huge sum. The Commander GEAR is named Dizzy and is wild and uncontrollable.CharactersSol Badguy: Having killed Justice at last, Sol returns to the tournament to ensure that this new GEAR doesn't represent a threat to humanity. Interstingly, in any of his three endings, Sol decides that she isn't and allows her to live. It is then revealed that Dizzy was Justice's daughter.Ky Kiske: Having heard news of this new GEAR that supposedly doesn't wish to harm humans, Ky is forced to question his own strict moral code and enters the tournament to see if the rumors are true.Robo-Ky: A robotic Ky Kiske that stalks the world, making mayhem and often ruining the good name of the real Ky. Robo-Ky was built to take those of Japanese descent into custody. There are several of them at any given time, roaming the world and sometimes breaking free of their programming.Zato-1: Zato-1 is no more, he is merely a shell of a man completely possessed by the parasitic Eddie. No longer in control of his faculties, Eddie has gone mad with murder and gone out of control, though few know the truth that the parasite is the one in control.Millia Rage: Wracked with guilt at what has become of her former lover, Millia enters the tournament to put his body to rest at long last and free his soul from the monster Eddie. She finds and kills him, but this merely gives Eddie even greater control over the body of Zato-1.Venom: Another orphan raised by the Assassin Guild, Venom rose quickly through the ranks and became Zato-1's right hand man. He grew to idolize the leader of the Guild and couldn't understand it when Millia turned against him. Out of love for his master, Venom enters the tournament to try and save him from the woman as well as curry even more favor in the Guild. Venom wields a pool cue and can conjur billiard balls out of the air, which he can fire in a myriad of directions at his foes. He has declared Millia his enemy because he does not realize that Eddie has taken control of Zato's body.Faust: Dr. Baldhead, visited by the ghost of the girl who died under his care and informed that her death was the result of outside forces rather than his own negligence, has had his sanity restored. However, he cannot rationalize the horror of his deeds during his insanity, and so dons a paper bag to hide his identity. He enters the tournament as a healer, trying to help as many people as he can, though he still fights ferociously. Johnny: The leader of the Jellyfish Pirates and legendary ladies-man (which explains why all the other members of the Jellyfish pirates are women), Johnny enters the tournament strictly for the prize money to finance his pirates. After defeating Dizzy, he realizes she is neither a threat to humanity nor a horrible monster, and spares her life, even offerring her a place on his ship. Johnny uses a Japanese-style wooden sword and strikes quickly with it. He hits on every female opponent he comes across.May: May enters the tournament strictly to impress Johnny and finance the Jellyfish Pirates. Upon encountering Faust, she phobia of bald people (even though Faust wears a bag disguising his identity) manifests and implies even a past interaction between the two. She is more than happy to welcome Dizzy into the Jellyfish Pirates.Jam Kuradoberi: A lighthearted Chinese martial-arts expert, Jam's primary passion is cooking. She enters the second tournament to win the prize money and finance her own restaurant, as well as seeking mysterious ingredients that will allow her food to be completely unique. After a misunderstanding between Testament and Dizzy, she accomplishes both these goals as Sol refused to claim the bounty so it fell to her. Her ability to wield Ki has made her a target of hostile forces, though she herself does not realize that the ability is so unusual. Through the tournament, she develops a crush on Ky Kiske and flirts with him whenever the two meet. She does not wield a weapon, but uses hand-to-hand combat and ki to be the equal of the other members of the cast.Potemkin: The giant has been freed by Gabriel, the leader of a rebellion in the city of Zepp after the events of the first game. Gabriel declared Potemkin the champion of Zepp and appoints him the guardian of the newly formed democracy. To further safeguard the city, he is sent to the tournament as a bounty hunter to try and convince the rogue GEAR to join the newly formed nation. Despite having been freed from his slavery, he still wears the collar of a slave, though it is no longer rigged to explode if he removes it. He finds Dizzy at the end of the game, but Johnny interferes and Dizzy joins the Jellyfish pirates instead.Baiken: This mysterious samurai continues her search for That Man throughout the new tournament, gaining a follower and admirer in Anji Mito. Sadly for Anji, Baiken finds him to be incredibly irritating and an obstacle in her quest.Anji Mito: Anji Mito is a full-blooded Japanese person, which makes him endangered due to the destruction of Japan in the Crusades. He is placed on a government sponsored colony, but detests the lifestyle as being a captive in a zoo. He rebels, stealing the GEAR killing Zessen fans and begins a quest for That Man and more GEARS. He wields the Zessen fans in a very fluid combat-style. He becomes enamoured of the only other Japanese person in the tournament and begins persuing Baiken to learn more about his lost culture.Chipp Zanuff: Having failed to find closure at the conclusion of the first quest, Chipp Zanuff enters the second tournament to meet and protect Dizzy, believing that Justice deserved a second chance, much like he did, and not wanting to see GEARS unfairly persecuted. After Sol spares her life and she joins up with the Jellyfish Pirates, Chipp ventures into the wilderness to train his skills even further.Testament: Having lost Justice, Testament wandered the Earth in despair until he heard news of a new Command GEAR in a secret grove. He sought out this new GEAR in order to protect her, and defends her viciously from any who would seek to harm her. After Sol defeats him, spares Dizzy, and Dizzy joins the Jellyfish Pirates, Testament is satisfied that she's safe and continues his wandering, searching for his purpose in life.Dizzy: A half-human, half GEAR, Dizzy was extremely conflicted but deep down only wanted peace between the two races. She is possessed by two spirits: Angelic Undine and demonic Necro, one used for defensive measures, the other for offensive ones. The two forces clash within her, vying for control of her immense power. These also act as her weapons and she uses them to generate incredible bursts and beams of energy. 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I've been used Linux for the very first time in my PC was in 2007. My first Linux distribution was Mandriva One 2007. Now, Linux has been 25 years old. There are so many improvement have been reached by its community. There are huge changes and today we could meet Linux in almost every devices, from our personal computer, into our smartphones (yes, Android is a Linux).
Also, talking about Linux desktop, there are bunch of Linux distros exists today –though, based on some statistics, Linux desktop still get very little portion in personal computer market share. There are new Linux distro born, and there are some legendary Linux distro, sadly became unmaintained.
From my personal point of view, I have my own criteria about 'a perfect' Linux distro. First and the most important is usability. Second, the speed. And the last criteria is the look and feel. Here are my own, subjective list of 'The Best Linux Distribution in 2016' :
1. Ubuntu MATE
Ubuntu MATE is the newest Ubuntu family. It uses MATE desktop, the continuation of the legendary, most used, old GNOME 2 desktop environment. I have not much to say about this Linux distribution. This is the easiest, simplest, yet fast Linux distribution I've ever used.
2. Xubuntu
For years, I almost never gave this distribution a serious treat. For long time, I was completely satisfied by GNOME 2 and never dig XFCE desktop deeper. Until there is a little, but very brilian invention in XFCE community called Whisker Menu. Suddenly, I deeply fallen in love with Xubuntu and use it as default distribution in my laptop.
3. Lubuntu
For years, I have sought the fastest but easiest Linux distro and at the end I found Lubuntu. It is the Ubuntu family with LXDE desktop that perfectly fulfill the need of speed and usability. I use it in my old computer and works just perfect.
4. Ubuntu
This Debian based distribution has been the most used Linux distro, based on Distrowatch statistic. But, since the 11.04 version, Ubuntu made a controversial, brave decision to switch its desktop environment, from 'vanilla' or pure GNOME into its own desktop environment called Unity Desktop. Since that, lots of fans criticized and abandon this distribution.
Surprisingly, Unity desktop has been better and so much better. As the Ubuntu launched 12.04 (precise pangolin) version, Unity desktop has been slowly well accepted and personally, I love the way Unity desktop works. Though it is not the so fast Linux distribution, I have to say that Ubuntu with Unity desktop is one of the most easy to use, elegant Linux distribution.
5. Debian XFCE
Debian is the living ancestor of bunch of modern Linux distributions. This is the one of the oldest major Linux distribution that still existed until today and still widely adapted. Personally, I love this distribution. This is fast, stable, and has large software repositoy. There are some Debian spin-off, just like Ubuntu, and I love Debian XFCE because it's so simple, fast, and easy to use.


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Mr Omar was the best math teacher I had in high school, if you didn't understand the material he would go the extra mile to make sure you did. Amesome Teacher!
Mr. Omar was an awesome Math Teacher. He definitely helped to bring my grades up. Thanks Mr. Omar!
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Sometimes you want to make (and eat) something simple. Something humble. Something ungourmet. Something that uses ingredients you know taste amazing, but might not be best for your diet. Something that makes you feel warm, fuzzy and "oh so bad" for eating it. I found that dish last week, from a somewhat unexpected place.
In my Real Simple, I read an article about a woman's comfort food that her mother made – a recipe found on the box of her mother's new blender. The recipe was called Cheddar Chicken and only included 5 ingredients – chicken, Ritz crackers, cheddar cheese, garlic and butter. Now that you have read the list of ingredients, you can surely understand my sentiment at the beginning of this post.
The dish is so drenched in butter (from the pure butter and the crackers) with a hint of garlic and the sharp, gooey cheddar cheese. It tastes nothing short of amazing. Nothing gourmet. No rare ingredients. No need to spend hours in the kitchen.
So anytime you want something that makes you feel satisfied, a bit guilty and takes nothing more than 45 minutes with your pantry staples, put this one in the oven. Serve with rice pilaf and you have a simple, flavorful dinner.
Serves 4
16 buttery crackers (such as Ritz), crushed (about 3⁄4 cup)
6 ounces sharp Cheddar, grated
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
kosher salt and black pepper
4 6-ounce boneless, skinless chicken breasts
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
wild rice pilaf and steamed green beans (optional)
Heat oven to 350° F. In a bowl, combine the crackers, cheese, garlic, and ¼ teaspoon each salt and pepper.
Dip the chicken in the butter, then in the cracker mixture, pressing gently to help the crackers adhere. Place the chicken on a foil-lined baking sheet.
Sprinkle any remaining cracker mixture on the chicken and drizzle with any remaining butter. Bake until the chicken is golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes.
Serve with the pilaf and green beans, if desired.