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January 1, 2019
HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: In wake of transcript fraud scandal, universities silent on admissions processes.
A private school has been accused of numerous unethical practices to help its minority students gain acceptance to prestigious universities including Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, and Yale, and these universities are refusing to clarify how they were fooled by the fraudulent records or how they plan to improve their admissions process to prevent it in the future.
T.M. Landry College Prep, a school in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, has in recent years drawn the attention of several major programs including the "Today" show, "Ellen," and "CBS This Morning" due to many of its students' having been accepted at many of America's most prestigious universities. Numerous students were presented as having surmounted difficulties at home to achieve outstanding grades in challenging courses and earn impressive honors in extracurricular activities.
A recent bombshell report in The New York Times revealed that much of these accomplishments were false. "In reality, the school falsified transcripts, made up student accomplishments and mined the worst stereotypes of black America to manufacture up-from-hardship tales that it sold to Ivy League schools hungry for diversity," the paper reported.
Those schools, however, are refusing to comment on their application processes, declining to say if and how they will improve their administrative procedures in order to safeguard against future fraud.
I don't think they really mind the fraud, as long as they have an excuse to keep their numbers up.


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Gaschurn, Silvretta Straße
Gaschurn, Silvretta Straße
Large tarmac parking located in altitude next to Lake Silvretta. Very quiet location, possibility of spending the night. Free parking.
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The Razer Blade is the best gaming laptop we've ever tested. It's sleek, powerful, and looks the part, with a fantastic display to boot. But it's not the only gaming laptop we love.
We've tested nearly 400 laptops, carefully deliberating how each performs against one another in key areas such as performance, display, battery life, and build quality. Below you'll find out favorite laptops for gaming. We've even included options for larger 17-inch gaming laptops, serious desktop replacements, and even budget offerings.
Further reading
The best gaming laptops at a glance
- Best gaming laptop: Razer Blade
- Most powerful gaming laptop: Alienware Area-51m
- Best budget gaming laptop: Dell G3 Gaming Laptop
- Best gaming laptop under $1,800: Acer Predator Triton 500
- Best gaming laptop under $1,500: Lenovo Legion Y740 15
The best gaming laptop: Razer Blade
Why you should buy this: You want a gaming powerhouse with a MacBook-like sense of style.
Who it's for: Gamers who need something small and light that can still pack a punch.
Why we picked the Razer Blade:
The Razer Blade offers serious gaming performance in a slim package. The system bolsters its slim design with an attractive, matte black, unibody aluminum exterior. The result is a system that looks a lot like the black MacBooks of yore (that's a compliment). With its slick design and impressive, Chroma-lit keyboard and touchpad, it stands out in the crowd. Even more impressive is the 144Hz 1080p display, which should ensure that framerates stay high.
The latest version starts with an 8th-gen Intel Core i7-8750H CPU coupled with the newest RTX graphics, ranging from an RTX 2060 up to an RTX 2080 Max-Q. These are some seriously powerful gaming laptops, and they can handle pretty much anything you throw at them. Even better, Intel's 9th-gen CPUs are also available and Razer has incorporated some interesting new display technology. The panel with a remarkable 240Hz refresh rate will entice most gamers, but the hallowed 4K OLED model is interesting in its own right for its incredible colors and unmatched contrast.
Though it has many strengths, the Blade does fall victim to the limitations of its own footprint. Historically, they've run hotter and louder than competitors with a thicker chassis, and it's not as powerful as some laptops with larger frames. The price is also quite high, but if you're willing to pay it, you get an amazing gaming machine.
Read our full Razer Blade (2019) review
The most powerful gaming laptop: Alienware Area-51m
Why you should buy this: You want to play the latest games on a laptop at the highest settings and resolutions.
Who it's for: Gamers who don't mind a heavy laptop.
Why we picked the Alienware Area-51m:
The Alienware Area-51m is unlike any gaming laptop you've seen. Not only does it have a bold look with its light grey exterior and sci-fi logos, but it's also a true desktop replacement. We mean that in terms of the power this thing enjoys, as well as the actual components inside. The Area-51m comes with CPU options up to an actual desktop-class processor, the Core i9-9900K. That's an eight-core, 16-thread CPU that makes this laptop considerably more powerful than anything else out there.
But the best part? All the components, including the GPU and CPU, can be replaced. In our review, we found that getting access to those parts wasn't as easy as the marketing may have alluded to. All the same, it's an insanely powerful laptop that can run nearly everything at high framerates on its 1080p 144Hz screen. Even if you plug it into a 4K monitor, you'll be impressed by how well games run.
It's not the gaming laptop you want if you're taking it on the go, especially given its low battery life and hefty chassis, but if true power is what you want, look no further.
Read our full Alienware Area-51m review
The best budget gaming laptop: Dell G3 Gaming Laptop
Why you should buy this: It's the best gaming machine you can buy for less than $1,000.
Who it's for: Students, gamers, anyone who wants a gaming laptop but doesn't want to break the bank.
Why we picked the Dell G3 Gaming Laptop:
This budget-friendly laptop may not seem like a gaming powerhouse, but as one of the cheapest systems with a dedicated GPU, it can't be ignored. It's more modest than the other systems here, coming standard with an Intel Core i5-8300H and 8GB of RAM. The real star of the show is its graphics card, an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti graphics card. During our tests, it nearly kept up with more expensive laptops like the Razer Blade. It doesn't look quite as sharp, but it has more than enough horsepower to run the latest games at high detail settings.
Our review unit handled games like Battlefield 1, Fortnite, and Civilization VI at around 60 frames per second — and that's with settings maxed. It has a harder time with gaming in higher resolutions, but there are configuration options for the GTX 1060, which would fare better. A new version is even available, which includes 9th-gen processors and new 16-series Nvidia graphics cards.
The G3 does look like a budget system, though it's not as bad as you might expect. It's a bit heavy, clad in plastic and numerous shades of blue. The screen's bezels are thick, the touchpad feels cheap, and the display is pretty dull. But if you can look past some of those compromises, you'll find a very capable gaming laptop that delivers impressive framerates — and for most people, that's what matters.
Our full Dell G3 Gaming Laptop review
The best gaming laptop under $1,800: Acer Predator Triton 500
Why you should buy this: It's a powerful gaming laptop with a thin and light design at an affordable price.
Who it's for: Anyone who wants to look professional without sacrificing raw gaming power.
Why we picked the Acer Predator Triton 500:
When shopping for a gaming laptop it may seem like you need to drop tons of cash for an option that is both thin and light but still powerful enough for serious gamers. And while that may have been true in the past, the Acer Predator Triton 500 bucks the trend and offers serious horsepower while also being slim and affordable.
Starting with an i7-8750H and Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q GPU and topping out with an RTX 2080 Max-Q upgrade, the Triton 500 can stand toe to toe with many of the other laptops on this list for significantly less cash. A 144Hz G-Sync screen, comfy keyboard, and plethora of connection options only serve to sweeten the deal. The Triton 500's design packs it all into a frame only slightly larger than a MacBook Pro 15 or Dell XPS 15.
There are some caveats. The Triton 500 doesn't look like a standard gaming laptop, but it also lacks the eye-catching build of other thin and light gaming laptops like the Razer Blade 15. Like its aesthetics, the Triton 500's battery performance is also underwhelming. But if you're looking for the best gaming bang for your buck, it's hard to do better than this.
Our full Acer Predator Triton 500 review
The best gaming laptop under $1,500: Lenovo Legion Y740 15
Why you should buy this: If you want fantastic 1080p gaming performance on a $1,500 budget.
Who it's for: Gamers who want great value without sacrificing build quality or chassis design.
Why we picked the Lenovo Legion Y740 15:
Lenovo redesigned its Legion laptops in 2018, and we've liked the design ever since. But the 2019 version does what many gaming laptops fail to do: Keep the prices down without sacrificing performance. The Y740 comes with all the bells and whistles you expect from a high-end gaming laptop. An RGB keyboard, 144Hz refresh rate screen, RTX-series graphics, thin bezels, plenty of ports, and a six-core processor.
What does it lack then? Well, not much. Lenovo cuts some corners in storage, offering either only a 128GB SSD or a super-slow hard disk drive. But if you're looking at saving some money, springing for either the RTX 2060 or GTX 1660 Ti models won't leave you disappointed in terms of raw gaming performance.
Read our full Lenovo Legion Y740 15 review
Research and buying tips
- How much is a gaming laptop?
- What should I look for in a gaming laptop?
- Are gaming laptops good for work?
- Are Mac laptops good for gaming?
How much is a gaming laptop?
Gaming laptops tend to be more expensive than more general-purpose laptops because they generally include a dedicated graphics chip for better game visuals and frame rates. But they needn't cost the Earth.
Our favorite budget gaming laptop, the Dell G3 Gaming Laptop is well under $1,000. There are some alternative budget laptops that we like, although you'll struggle to find something that's great for gaming once you edge towards $500. On the higher end, you can end up spending well over $2,000 if you want the latest components and fastest screens.
What should I look for in a gaming laptop?
If you're going to play anything other than classic games or very low-intensity indie games, you want a dedicated graphics chip. It doesn't need to be something amazing, and AMD APUs with Vega graphics on board are worth considering at the low-end. Either way, you'll want something more than Intel integrated graphics if you want decent frame rates in most games.
It's also worth looking out for a high refresh rate display. We consider them more important than higher resolutions when it comes to gaming and they typically aren't too costly an extra either.
You might also want to consider battery life if you plan to play away from a power socket, although you won't find many gaming laptops that can last more than a few hours in intense games.
Are gaming laptops good for work?
Usually, yes. You don't need a dedicated graphics chip for working, but the fast processors and high-speed RAM that gaming laptops are typically equipped with are just as good at handling spreadsheets and Word documents as they are crunching the numbers for the latest games.
Then again, a larger, thicker gaming laptop with RGB lighting might not be appropriate for every job setting. A more subdued design like the Razer Blade or the G-series Dell gaming laptops fits in much better, though it's an issue to be aware of.
Are Mac laptops good for gaming?
Some aren't bad, but most of them aren't great. Apple only puts dedicated graphics chips in its 15-inch MacBook Pro models, and even they are underpowered compared to far more affordable Windows laptops. There's also software compatibility to consider, as many more games are available on Windows than MacOS, even with the addition of Apple Arcade.
If all you want is a little Fortnite on the side, a 15-inch MacBook Pro will get you by, but these are not gaming machines by any means. That being said, if you really want to stick with a Mac, there's always the option to dual-boot in Boot Camp, which lets you run Windows 10 games on your MacBook hardware.
Editors' Recommendations
- The best laptops for 2020
- The best budget laptops for 2020
- The best 13-inch laptops for 2020
- The best desktop computers for 2020
- The best 4K laptops


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Lemons have been found to be beneficial in boosting one's health.
They have been used by many as ingredients to trigger weight loss, for the treatment of flu among other things.
But, do you know, adding lemon juice to bathing water is also beneficial? I guess you did not. Here are the benefits:
1. Helps with oily skin
In case you have oily skin, worry not; here is a solution to your problem. Squeeze some drops of lemon juice to your bathing water and shower. Do it every day for one week continuously for best results.
2. Freshness
As much as bathing keeps you fresh, adding some drops of lemon juice to water before you go to the bathroom keeps you fresher and alert all day. The lemon scent rejuvenates your body.
3.Kills bad smell
Drops of lemon juice in your bath water could do magic especially for people whose bodies produce a bad odour. Lemon is acidic, an antiseptic and have a deodorizing effect.
4. Makes the skin smooth
The citric acid in lemon acts as bleaching agent hence helps in clearing any spot from your body leaving it clear, smooth and soft.
5. Helps in getting rid of wrinkles
Lemon juice gets rid of wrinkles in your body. It helps you achieve that young look.


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The VeggieTales Theme Song is the opening theme to almost every VeggieTales episode, it made its debut in the video Where's God When I'm S-Scared? and has been used since.
Bob: Okay, Larry. It's time for theme song.
Larry: Uh, yeah, Bob. What do I do?
Bob: Hmm, let's see... I know! You play the guitar.
Larry: Bob, I don't have any hands.
Bob: Oh, you're right. Okay, okay, uh... you play this.
Larry: Oh, I don't want to play that. I'll look silly.
Bob: Oh, come on. It'll be fun.
Larry: Nope. Not going to do it.
Bob: It's for the kids.
Larry: Oh. Okay. But they better not laugh.
Bob: Alright. Well, better go on out there. (Larry walks on the screen with a tuba. While he's playing it, Bob appears.)
Bob: If you like to talk to tomatos
If a squash can make you smile
If you like to waltz with potatoes
Up and down the produce aisle...
Have we got a show for you!
All: VeggieTa-a-ales, VeggieTa-a-ales, VeggieTa-a-ales, VeggieTa-a-ales,
VeggieTa-a-ales, VeggieTa-a-ales, VeggieTa-a-ales, VeggieTales!
Bob: Broccoli! Celery! Got to be
All: VeggieTales!
Junior: Lima beans! Collard greens! Peachy keen!
All: VeggieTales!
Larry: Cauliflower! Sweet and sour! Half an hour!
All: VeggieTales!
All: There's never-ever-ever-ever-ever been a show like VeggieTales!
There's never-ever-ever-ever-ever been a show like VeggieTales!
It's time for VeggieTaa-a-aa-a-aa-a-aa-a-ales!
(Larry collapses then kids giggle and laugh at him)
- The second version excludes Junior and Larry's lines. Mom and Dad Asparagus are dropped from this version too.
- Originally, according to Mike Nawrocki on the Behind the Scenes on the Where's God When I'm S-Scared? DVD, the original theme song was just the chorus singing until "God Wants Me To Forgive Them?!?" had the newer version.
- On the original theme song, the people that appeared in the chorus were: Bob, Larry, Junior asparagus, Dad Asparagus, and Mom Asparagus.
- "God is Bigger" was actually the first song that came before the theme song, according to the "Where's God Whem I'm S-Scared?!" audio commentary and behind the scenes
- Larry dosen't play the tuba in the theme song even though people say he does. Larry is actually playing the sousaphone.
- The version of the theme song has some differences than the revised version. 1. Bob smiles big after saying "Have we got a show for you", rather than Larry popping his head nodding. 2. The lighting is a little dim. 3. At the end, everyone smiles with showing their teeth rather than a small smile. 4. When Mike Nawrocki's name is shown, he has Michael instead of his short name. 6. The Big Idea presents logo doesn't have Bob and Larry smiling, it has average print. 7. Larry has his dopey voice and Bob's voice is a little deep. 8. Clips from Where's God When I'm S-Scared? and God Wants Me To Forgive Them!?!
- Mike Nawrocki wrote the theme song. When he got stuck in a rhyme with "smile" he got so frustrated. It took him a day to find "produce aisle" as his rhyme.
- The theme song is all recorded with live instruments by Big Idea's music director Kurt Heineke. All the other early songs thereafter are recorded by using a sequencing keyboard.


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those are not small numbers.
curious why our elected want to disarm the most peaceful of our populace.
"an armed society, is a polite society"
The Liberals happily shut down the oil industry, worth many times what the sporting arms industry is worth. Ab lost 150 k in jobs alone. Never mind what the rest of the provinces lost in related spinoff employment. The firearms control agenda is about totally disarming the population. The Liberals will go hard on this agenda if they win in October. They will not be deterred by statistics or common sense. I suggest we all put aside our differences and vote to prevent this from happening. In October, we have a lot more at stake than just firearms ownership.
I don't think we need to shy away from the word weapon. We need to unite and stop letting these left wing intruders tell us that we aren't responsible enough to handle them.


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