The Fat Suit — Run, Heifer, Run!
Oh hello again, heifers! Two blog posts from me in one day! You KNOW the caffeine just kicked in, huh?!
My friend Brian over at Brian's Running Adventures also asked me to write up a little something for him, about my journey. It's been a long one in the making (my journey, I mean) and it's by no means over yet - but I was happy to write up a little article for him on my story.
Some stories make you think, some make you move…some will change your life. Melissa's story will do all three, Running and No Longer Living In A Fat Suit, a guest post.
Imagine living your whole life feeling intimidated by a simple staircase or being the fattest kid in gym class only to grow up to become the fattest mom in the PTA.
Living obese is like wearing a fat suit, only it's not a suit—it's your skin and you can't take it off. The most backwards part is that you wear it because you want to feel invisible.
Living fat is humiliating, degrading, and downright sad for many people.
I knew it well because, in a nutshell, until about five years ago, that was me. That's when I made a series of lifestyle changes that placed me on a whole new trajectory toward health and happiness. It's not easy, but I can tell you, it's worth it: You're worth it.
Maybe you're not obese, but struggling with a few extra pounds. Or you're 150 pounds overweight and looking for answers—the soul-searching, gut-wrenching truth—as to WHY, what GOT you there, and HOW on God's green earth could you shed the fat suit once and for all.
My own weight struggles have roots in my childhood when I endured sexual and emotional abuse by family members. Home is supposed to be safe and nurturing, this wasn't the case for me. I grew up numbing myself to my emotions, and food became my best friend. If I was sad, food gave me a quick shot of energy. If I was bored, it kept me company. If I was angry, it created a barrier from the pain. Feeling full numbed me to the emotional void I was experiencing.
Everyone hits a limit: the moment when you say ENOUGH. I hit mine after dropping my kids at school. I was mulling over some comments made by my husband the day before. It wasn't anything new; it was a sentiment he expressed often, he was worried about my health. He reminded me I might die of a heart attack, given my family history of cardiac disease.
For one reason or another, that day the comment sunk in. I had already lost 40 pounds from my highest weight, but stalled out and felt hopeless. I was in a perfect storm of shame, frustration, and exhaustion. Instead of heading home to soothe my woes with a bag of Doritos I drove straight to a Jenny Craig center. I had no appointment. I just walked in, sat down, and whimpered, "Help, please." I finally asked for help.
The staff matched me with their toughest consultant who had a reputation for pointing out a person's blind spots and taking no bull. It was a match made in heifer heaven. We became fast friends, and I hung on her every word, including her suggestion to start exercising: Her support helped me lose over 70 pounds— a total weight loss of 110 pounds that year.
Turned out, slimming down was only the first step. I wanted to get fit. A friend of mine challenged me to run a half marathon. I laughed, saying: "The only way I'm running is if someone is chasing me!" I thought about it but I couldn't think of enough reasons to say "no." I accepted the challenge.
I had no idea what to expect during training but figured: How hard could it be? I downloaded the popular app, Couch-to-5K, and gulped. The question changed to: How dumb could I be? On my first run, I wore three sports bras (endowed ladies, you can relate!) and couldn't make it more than 20 seconds before screaming for an ambulance and scanning my surroundings for the nearest AED. It took every fiber of my being to not quit that day.
I managed to graduate from the C25K program and started prepping for the half marathon.
Thankfully, I found a running partner who lived nearby (my friend who challenged me lived in another state). My partner kept me company but our commitment to training outstripped our intelligence. We neglected to find a proper plan and mistakenly upped our mileage. We would run 8 miles every training day for a week and 9 miles the next. This was a bad idea. There are training programs for a reason. As a result, my knees took a turn for the worse.
Fast forward to race day. The energy was electric, and I was excited to share the excitement with the friend who originally issued the challenge. We successfully completed the half marathon, with yours truly limping across the finish line at just past the 3-hour mark. My body was wrecked; my knees were creaking and crackling. I loved every minute of it. I caught the running bug.
I decided to sign up for another race, but I knew I needed a dose of fun to my training regimen. I found a new running group, and discovered I was right: Running CAN be fun. Soon, I was addicted. That's all it took: an understanding group of runners who were in it for the joy of just being out there. The whole world opened up to me at that point.
Cue the "I WANT TO RUN ALL THE RACES!" meme. I signed up for every race I could find, from 5k to 10k and more half marathons. I've been running for over 4 years. I've learned about proper running shoes. I've learned that some days are better than others. I've learned that every run isn't going to be more amazing than the last, and that's ok. It's like life: some days are great, other days not so much. But you don't give up. You just keep running, one foot in front of the other, and you get it done. I learned that runners are some of the most amazingly kind people in the world.
Mostly I've learned that I no longer have to wear the fat suit.
Running has become my sanity, clearing my head on bad days, and my salvation, invigorating me on the good ones. The best part: it's introduced me to a whole new world. The running community is an entire subculture, it turns out. I never met a stranger in a runner; when you share the love for running with someone, there's an unstated bond that lasts a lifetime— at least as long as you've got the spirit and two legs to keep going.
There's no better feeling than knowing that the best is yet to come.


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Q: Run Function if Different Function Fails to Complete Within Time Frame I already have a function on a website for a client that grabs data from a live server to save it locally, but something I didn't expect was that sometimes these local servers aren't in an area with good service, so every now and then the script dies after a certain amount of time because it failed to connect.
I already have a system implemented to disable external calls for these types of situations, but the clients can't get to the option to set this "Offline Mode" to begin with because the service is bad and the server is trying to reach the live server.
So what I need to do, is wrap my SyncTable function with a function like set_time_limit(8) that calls a different function that sets the "Offline Mode" automatically if the SyncTable Function fails to complete in the 8 seconds.
Is something like this possible? If so, I would love to know how so I can save these clients some time in areas with rough service.

A: You can accomplish this using proc_open, proc_get_status, and proc_terminate to start the SyncTable operation as a process, monitor it, and terminate it if necessary.  Note: You may need to create a simple wrapper script so you can start the SyncTable function as a standalone process.
Here's a function I use to do this and enforce a timeout:
/// Executes a command and returns the output
/// If the timeout value (in seconds) is reached, it terminates the process
/// and returns FALSE
function exec_timeout($cmd, $timeout=30)
    {
    $descriptors = array(
        0 => array('pipe', 'r'),  // stdin
        1 => array('pipe', 'w'),  // stdout
        2 => array('pipe', 'w')   // stderr
    );
    $pipes = Array();
    $process = proc_open($cmd, $descriptors, $pipes);

    $result = '';
    $end_time = time() + $timeout;

    if (is_resource($process))
        {
        // set the streams to non-blocking
        stream_set_blocking($pipes[0], 0);
        stream_set_blocking($pipes[1], 0);
        stream_set_blocking($pipes[2], 0);

        $timeleft = $end_time - time();
        while ($timeleft > 0)
            {
            $status = proc_get_status($process);
            $result .= stream_get_contents($pipes[1]);

            // leave the loop if the process has already finished
            if (!$status['running'])
                break;

            $timeleft = $end_time - time();
            }

        if ($timeleft <= 0)
            {
            proc_terminate($process);
            $result = FALSE;
            }
        }

    // check for errors
    $errors = stream_get_contents($pipes[2]);
    if (!empty($errors))
        fwrite(STDERR, "$errors\n");

    // close streams
    fclose($pipes[0]);
    fclose($pipes[1]);
    fclose($pipes[2]);

    proc_close($process);

    return $result;
    }

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Événements

Janvier
  : indépendance du Cameroun.

Avril
 27 avril : indépendance du Togo octroyée par la France. Ancienne colonie allemande, il était sous administration déléguée de l'ONU.

Juin
 4 juin : première révision de la Constitution de la Cinquième République française sur l'indépendance des États africains membres de la Communauté.
 20 juin : indépendances du Mali et du Sénégal octroyées par la France. Les deux États forment la Fédération du Mali qui éclatera au mois d'août.
 26 juin : indépendance de Madagascar. Philibert Tsiranana devient président de la République malgache, jusqu'en 1972.
 30 juin : indépendance du Congo belge octroyée par la Belgique. Joseph Kasa-Vubu en devient président.

Juillet
  :
 Le Somaliland britannique et la Somalie sont réunis et proclament leur indépendance. Le nouvel État se donne pour mission de réunir tous les peuples somalis de la Corne de l'Afrique (Somalie, Somaliland, Djibouti, le Nord du Kenya et l'Ogaden éthiopien).
 Le Ghana, indépendant depuis 1957, devient une République; il reste membre du Commonwealth.

 29 juillet : Signature de la Convention de Paris sur la responsabilité civile dans le domaine de l'énergie nucléaire.

Août
  : indépendance du Dahomey octroyée par la France.
 3 août : indépendance du Niger acceptée par la France.
 5 août : indépendance de la Haute-Volta (actuel Burkina Faso) octroyée par la France.
 7 août : indépendance de la Côte d'Ivoire octroyée par la France.
 10 août : Au Canada, adoption de la Déclaration canadienne des droits.
 11 août : indépendance du Tchad, François Tombalbaye en devient le président.
 13 août : l'Oubangui-Chari devient indépendant sous le nom de République centrafricaine.
 15 août : indépendance de la république populaire du Congo octroyée par la France.
 17 août : indépendance du Gabon octroyée par la France.
 20 août : le Sénégal quitte la Fédération du Mali et déclare son indépendance. Sénégalais et Soudanais sont opposés sur les principes démocratiques et politiques (fédéralisme et pluralisme pour le Sénégal, État unitaire et parti unique pour le Soudan).

Septembre
 12 septembre : l'état de siège est proclamé sur toute la fédération du Mali, qui vit déjà depuis le 30 août sous le régime de l'état d'urgence.
 22 septembre : le socialiste Modibo Keïta proclame l'indépendance de la République du Mali après l'échec de la Fédération du Mali. Il instaure un régime présidentiel fortement centralisé.

Octobre
   : l'indépendance du Nigéria est concédée par le Royaume-Uni. Nnamdi Azikiwe en devient le gouverneur général jusqu'en 1963, puis président de la République à cette date.

Novembre
  15 novembre : indépendance de la Mauritanie octroyée par la France.
  25 novembre : en France, une loi double la peine minimum pour outrage public à la pudeur quand il s'agit de rapports homosexuels

Décembre
  : indépendance de la République centrafricaine octroyée par la France.
 14 décembre : adoption à l'assemblée générale de l'ONU d'une « déclaration sur l'octroi de l'indépendance aux peuples colonisés ». Un Comité de décolonisation sera créé en 1961.

Naissances

Décès
Max Huber, juriste suisse (né en 1874)
Emmanuel Gounot, juriste français (né en 1885)

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Liste des résolutions du Conseil de sécurité des Nations unies

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José Isabel Trejo Reyes (born 9 April 1959) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the PAN. As of 2013 he served as Deputy of both the LIX and LXII Legislatures of the Mexican Congress representing Zacatecas. He also served as Senator during the LX and LXI Legislatures.

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Living people
People from Zacatecas
Members of the Senate of the Republic (Mexico)
Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)
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Up in the gym, just workin' on my Simmons (He's my witness).
What would you say about your gym charging you only for days that you fail to actually show up and work out? That's the premise behind Gym-Pact, a fitness program developed by Harvard University business graduates, that's expanding across gyms nationwide.
The business model is based on motivational economics, basically incentivizing patrons to keep their New Year's resolutions. Rather than tossing down cash upfront, and then putting it out of your mind as the months roll by and the rolls pile up each month, Gym-Pact is turning the entire industry standard on it's head.
Gym-Pact offers what Zhang calls motivational fees — customers agree to pay more if they miss their scheduled workouts, literally buying into a financial penalty if they don't stick to their fitness plans. The concept arose from Zhang's behavioral economics class at Harvard, where professor Sendhil Mullainathan taught that people are more motivated by immediate consequences than by future possibilities.
Zhang and Oberhofer translated that principle to workout motivation. If missing a workout cost people money, they'd be more motivated to stick with it, they thought.
Participation is completely opt-in, but people are volunteering for the service left and right.
"I can't imagine that people want to pay,'' she said.
In order to validate gym-goers attendance, a secret code is refreshed at the front counter of participating gyms every 60 seconds. Patrons text message the code to the Gym-Pact number as they enter and exit the gym on workout days.
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Category: Latin America and Carribean
Blog posts about/concerning/following CAFOD's work in Latin America and the Carribean
The long road to peace in Guatemala
At the beginning of a new year, Laura Ouseley in our communications team has been looking into the situation in Guatemala and hoping for a brighter and more peaceful future for Guatemala's indigenous peoples.
Indigenous women from Alta Verapaz supported by CAFOD's local Church partner Pastoral Social – Caritas Verapaz
Twenty years have passed since Guatemala's decades-long internal armed conflict was ended with Peace Accords signed in 1996. An estimated 200,000 civilians were killed or disappeared during the conflict, most at the hands of the military, police and intelligence services.
The 1996 Peace Accords aimed not just to put an end to the conflict, but to address its underlying causes, and to guarantee the rights of victims to truth, justice, reparation and no-repetition.
Find out more about CAFOD's work in Guatemala
But despite being 'at peace' for twenty years, the country remains one of the most dangerous places in the world, and those who suffered most in the conflict – indigenous peoples – continue to face discrimination and poverty. So, what has been achieved over the last 20 years, and have indigenous peoples and women been able to access the justice they were promised?
Continue reading "The long road to peace in Guatemala"
Author mblackmorePosted on January 6, 2017 Categories Latin America and CarribeanTags Guatemala, Indigenous People, Latin America, Violence against women, women1 Comment on The long road to peace in Guatemala
Fidel and Julia from our C2 El Salvador community reflect on Bishop John's visit
Fidel and Julia live in Puentecitos, where they work improve life for their community with the support and solidarity of parishes in England and Wales through out Connect2:El Salvador programme. They asked us to share this advent message.
Dear Connect2 Puentecitos and CAFOD
We send warm greetings to all our friends working with CAFOD.
Fidel and Julia in their home in Puentecitos
We were very happy that Clare and Bishop John came to our country, and especially that they came to visit us in our home, for Bishop John's blessing on our family, with his hands that have been anointed by the Holy Spirit. This will help us to grow in our faith.
Read Bishop John's blog on his trip
We admire Bishop John's vocation as a representative of Christ, and his sacrifice in travelling from a land so far away to visit our country and our home. We feel blessed to have spent this time with a man who has given himself to God.
Continue reading "Fidel and Julia from our C2 El Salvador community reflect on Bishop John's visit"
Author mblackmorePosted on December 20, 2016 Categories Connect2, Latin America and CarribeanTags CAFOD, Catholic, charity, Connect2: El Salvador, El Salvador, International DevelopmentLeave a comment on Fidel and Julia from our C2 El Salvador community reflect on Bishop John's visit
Bishop John Arnold visits our friends in Puentecitos.
In November 2016, the Chair of CAFOD, Bishop John Arnold, visited El Salvador and Nicaragua. The last stop of his 10-day programme was to visit our friends in Puentecitos. These are some of his reflections.
Closing ceremony of the women's workshop
We set off for a day in the rural area of Guaymango in the Department of Ahuachapan. It was about a two-hour journey to the West, almost to Guatemala. The good roads lasted until just a few miles from Guaymango and the last couple of miles were really nothing more than a single track of unmade road.
The scenery, however, was magnificent with mountains and volcanoes dominating the plain which stretched across to the ocean, which was clearly visible. Everything here is green and manages to remain so for most of the year. Agriculture is the basis of all livelihoods here though factories and assembly plants are increasingly present, together with small hotels which are hoping to see an increase in the tourist trade, particularly for what is apparently excellent surfing. This part of El Salvador was not so much directly affected by the war (1980-92) but many young men here were "pressed" into the army. The area has suffered in recent years by the increasing control of gangs.
Find out more about Connect2 El Salvador.
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Author mblackmorePosted on December 7, 2016 January 15, 2019 Categories Connect2, Latin America and CarribeanTags CAFOD, Connect2: El Salvador, El Salvador, fundraising, Latin America, Pope Francis, women5 Comments on Bishop John Arnold visits our friends in Puentecitos.
Connect2: Peru – updates from Warmi Huasi
Fr. Ed in one of the Chapels in his parish
Father Ed O'Connell is one of our Connect2: Peru narrators. He is a Columban missionary priest who has been working in Peru since the 1970s. He is one of the founders of our Connect2: Peru partner Warmi Huasi. From June until September 2016 he was in the UK on a home visit, and took the opportunity to go to some CAFOD supporter meetings in Bristol and Birmingham.
I have been in Bristol and Birmingham with CAFOD and representatives of Connect2 parishes. It was an opportunity for me to meet people from the parishes and to hear their desire to get closer to the work of CAFOD through the work in Peru. People asked lots of questions about CAFOD in general and the children Warmi Huasi works with. I enjoy visiting as a way to offer thanks for people in the Church here sending me to Peru, and also as a way of staying in touch with the local Church in England and Wales. I think it is important to make links between the local church in England and Wales and the local Church in Peru and the projects they run.
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When I left Peru in June, Keiko Fujimori's party had won total control of congress in the first round of the presidential elections. In the second round, Pedro Pablo Kuczyinski beat Keiko Fujimori only by 0.43% to become the president.
People are mixed in their responses. At the moment, people are unsure how the presidential elections will affect their daily lives at a local level. But people are frustrated. Young people are in jobs that require long hours – working like new slaves. More and more people are studying at university without job prospects once they graduate.
Continue reading "Connect2: Peru – updates from Warmi Huasi"
Author afegancafodPosted on October 6, 2016 Categories Connect2, Fundraising, Latin America and CarribeanTags Connect2: Peru, parish, Peru1 Comment on Connect2: Peru – updates from Warmi Huasi
Human rights: Dignified burials in Peru
Bea Findley travelled to Peru with CAFOD as part of the Step into the Gap programme, and in this blog explains how our partners are working on human right issues.
Bea with Clotilde, who is supported by CEAS
I'm writing this blog today because the political conflict in Peru feels like more than just history to me now; I have a real understanding of what the people went through and the difficulties of the recovery.
CEAS are the social action group of the Peruvian Bishop's Conference. I met two women, Bernadina and Clotilde who receive support from CEAS in response to their suffering during the internal political violence which ended in 2000.
During that terrible time, approximately 70,000 people were killed or disappeared. 75% of these were from rural areas and 73% were speakers of the indigenous language, Quechua. A terrorist organisation called Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) began the violence and the army responded with more violence.
There were horrific mistreatments of people and breaches of human rights: people were tortured, killed, displaced and disappeared. Both the Shining Path, the army and other armed groups were responsible. Nobody could be trusted.
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Spotlight on Brazil: protecting indigenous peoples
Esther Gillingham is CAFOD's Brazil Programme Officer. As the Olympic Games get underway in Rio, this World Indigenous Day (9 August) Esther turns the spotlight on our work with Brazil's indigenous peoples.
Brazil is once again under the world's spotlight. Just two years ago, Brazil spent roughly USD3.6bn of public money on stadiums for the 2014 World Cup. Now, when 25.8 million Brazilians live in poverty, and the country is experiencing its worst political and economic crisis in decades, Brazil is hosting a second mega sporting event: the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro from 5 to 21 August.
7 facts about Brazil you probably won't hear at the Olympics
Brazil's most vulnerable
In preparation, an estimated £3.8bn of taxpayers' money has been spent and 77,000 people have been evicted from their homes. Here in the UK, I've found it difficult to ignore the headlines about the Zika virus, entrenched political corruption, and Olympics-related security breaches. But we rarely, if ever, hear about the threats posed to Brazil's poorest and most vulnerable people.
On 14 July 2016, CAFOD's partner, CIMI Tefé (Indigenous Missionary Council) organised a demonstration of indigenous leaders in defence of their rights, and presented a petition to the authorities demanding effective implementation of public policies. (Credit: CIMI Tefe)
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Author Laura OuseleyPosted on August 9, 2016 Categories Latin America and CarribeanTags Brazil, climate change, indigenous, Indigenous People, Olympics, Rio5 Comments on Spotlight on Brazil: protecting indigenous peoples
Spotlight on Brazil: Passing on the Olympic torch
John McBride carrying the Olympic flame through Barnard Castle
John McBride is CAFOD's Learning and Development Coordinator. Here he shares his fond memories of carrying the Olympic flame for CAFOD, and about meeting some of the partners who have inspired him to continue speaking out to protect our common home.
We are shining a light on Brazil this Olympic Games
2012 was a big year in Britain, Bradley Wiggins won the Tour de France, Andy Murray won at Wimbledon and Rory McIlroy won the US PGA. We also hosted the Olympic Games that proved to be a triumph. We showed the rest of the world that we were good at sports. In a small County Durham town, I made my contribution to the summer of sport by carrying the Olympic flame, representing CAFOD supporters and partners through the market town of Barnard Castle.
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Author Laura OuseleyPosted on August 3, 2016 Categories Connect2, Latin America and CarribeanTags Brazil, climate change, Connect2: Brazil, Kenya, Latin America, Olympics3 Comments on Spotlight on Brazil: Passing on the Olympic torch
12 Years of progress – CAFOD's development work
Tania Dalton works in CAFOD's Latin America Team. As we celebrate the success of our two year water project in Kitui, Tania reflects on the long-term development projects she's been part of in her time with CAFOD, and their ongoing impact today.
Some of the staff at the Ana Manganaro Clinic
I am blessed to work in CAFOD's Latin America team: my life is constantly enriched by the people I encounter. Seeing change over time is especially wonderful. The Ana Manganaro Clinic in Guarjila, El Salvador, is a great example of taking the long view. I visited it first in 2004, and again earlier this year. In those twelve years, it transformed from a small building where community health workers received training in the yard, to a comprehensive rural health centre, with a maternity care unit, dentist, nutritionist, physiotherapist and other key health services. In 2010, the clinic integrated with the Ministry of Health. Now it serves 16,500 people across eight municipalities and is recognised as a model for rural health services.
Find out about our latest Hands On project in Bolivia
Marlene, my guide when I visited this year, helped me to appreciate fully the transformation of the clinic.
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Author mblackmorePosted on July 26, 2016 Categories Latin America and CarribeanTags Ana Manganaro, development, El Salvador, Hands On, health, International Development1 Comment on 12 Years of progress – CAFOD's development work
Colombia's future hinges on an inclusive peace deal that recognises human rights
Monsignor Hector Fabio Henao is Director of CAFOD partner Caritas Colombia.
Monsignor Héctor Fabio Henao, Director of Caritas Colombia, is a long-standing partner of CAFOD. For years he has been close to efforts by the Catholic Church to negotiate peace with all parties involved in the conflict in Colombia.
Here he reflects on the news that the Colombian Government and the FARC guerrilla have signed a bilateral ceasefire agreement; the first time both parties have agreed to put down their arms in over 50 years of conflict.
News that the Colombian Government and FARC guerrillas have agreed a bilateral ceasefire could herald a fresh start for a country that has witnessed the longest-running internal conflict in the western hemisphere.
Find out more about the peace process in Colombia
In the past half-century, at least 220,000 people have been killed in my country. More than 25,000 are missing, more than 6 million have been displaced, and thousands have suffered sexual violence.
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Volunteering: Stepping into the Gap in Peru
Alice is one of this year's Step into the Gap volunteers. She describes her experience volunteering in the UK and seeing the work of CAFOD's partners in Peru.
Although it is Volunteers' Week, and I might be a bit biased, I really would recommend
Alice took part in CAFOD's Step into the Gap programme
volunteering to anyone. This year I have been volunteering with CAFOD's Step into the Gap programme, based at Newman University, Birmingham. I have learnt so much throughout the year, both about myself and the world of work. It has also been so rewarding working towards such a good cause.
CAFOD is running a webinar for Volunteers' Week this year, and me and another Step into the Gapper, Danielle, are taking part. Everyone is welcome to come and listen / see the slides which will show lots of photos from our overseas experience visiting CAFOD partners as well as photos from our placements in the UK.
Sign up for our Step into the Gap webinar and hear more from Alice.
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Australia's ËMMË stopped by to deliver an INSANE mix for RMG's Guest Mix series, combining a whole slew of sounds from all over the EDM spectrum. Hardstyle, trap, dubstep, future bass, moombah, and bouncy club hits are mixed flawlessly together, resulting in a diverse and engaging mix that will please anyone and everyone. And best of all, the numerous genre and tempo changes are never unpleasing to the ear, truly showing off ËMMË's talents behind the deck.
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Ivik Nielsen (* 15. Januar 1998) ist ein grönländischer Tischtennisspieler.

Karriere
Nielsen ist der einzige professionelle und laut seinem dänischen Trainer Martin Lund Nielsen der beste Tischtennisspieler in Grönland; in Grönland umfasst die Tischtennis-Community etwa 200 aktive Spieler. Er ist neunmaliger grönländischer Tischtennismeister.

Nielsen nahm im Juli 2022 bei der Nordeuropameisterschaft in Litauen teil.

Im August 2022 trat Nielsen im Rahmen der European Championships 2022 erstmals bei einer Tischtennis-Europameisterschaft an und ist der erste grönländische Tischtennisprofi bei einer Europameisterschaft. Er verlor alle drei Partien in der Gruppenphase der Europameisterschaft 2022 mit 0:3 Sätzen.

Weblinks
 Ivik Nielsen. European Championships 2022 (archiviert).
 Ivik Nielsen. tabletennis.guide.

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Tischtennisspieler (Grönland)
Grönländer
Geboren 1998
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A Blast To The Past – Double Dragon 4 Review
February 14th, 2017 Albert Perkins 0 comments
When I first heard that Double Dragon 4 was making a comeback, I felt ecstatic. Double Dragon II: The Revenge was one of my favorite NES games as a kid, and after seeing that the artwork being used for Double Dragon 4 was indeed a nod to Double Dragon II I felt even more optimistic about the return of Billy and Jimmy Lee. When I got a chance to dive into the game, what I felt was a combination of nostalgic overload and stale combat. Confused? I'd be surprised if you weren't. Read on and I'll explain what I mean.
Double Dragon 4 follows up as a direct sequel of the events of Double Dragon II following the defeat of the Black Warriors. The twin masters face a new threat from a new gang who call themselves the Renegades who have created the ultimate staple with the Black Warriors to destroy the Double Dragons.
Billy and Jimmy Lee are BACK
In addition to the story mode, there is a two player dueling mode as well as a tower mode. Players can use the characters they encounter in story mode in the dueling and tower mode. I thought these modes were a really cool nod to the original Double Dragon as that game had a dueling mode as well. It was nice to see Arc System Works include this in the game.
Double Dragon Battle Mode From The NES
Tower Mode puts you against multiple enemies in a room. Fight through as many enemies as you can, in order to move on to the next level of the tower. The more enemies you are able to defeat, the more will be available to play in other modes throughout the course of the game.
The graphics for Double Dragon IV are based on their Double Dragon II counterpart which utilized an 8-bit system. It's a nice throwback and while we are so used to playing games that have smooth layers, with realistic textures, I must admit that it was quite nice to throw it back a bit.
Tower Mode. Fight through as many enemies as you can!
The music in the game is great too. Composer Kazunaka Yamane did a fantastic job of mixing in the classic soundtrack with some new mixes that flowed with Double Dragon 4 quite well. One of the awesome features in the game allows you to adjust the music track to chiptune to fit in with the artwork the game encompasses. I thought this was a nice touch and when I play now, I make sure that I use the chiptune version for the music.
Double Dragon 4 is a classic beat 'em up game and for the current generation that may not stand well. Gameplay can get stale after a short time of only being able to use a certain amount of moves. Weapons can be used along the way, but there is no inventory system to keep them as you play. However where the gameplay excels is what it was built for – which is a direct sequel to Double Dragon II. If you were born in or before 1982, you will already know what to expect out of this game. The game plays and feels exactly like it was created for the Nintendo Entertainment System and for that, I applaud ASW. In fact, they are able to take it one step further as multiple enemies can be a part of the fighting experience – which makes the game somewhat more difficult, but it is also a nice surprise to see so many 8-bit sprites on the screen trying to kick my ass at once. It took me a second to get used to it but I realized and quickly remembered that this is 2017 and I'm playing on a PlayStation 4 which can easily handle these kind of graphics and gameplay simultaneously.
I failed MANY times attempting this jump. And you will too – trust me.
Double Dragon 4 is a solid game to play alone or with friends. Sure, the gameplay can get stale after awhile but it serves as one of those types of games that you can always pick up and play and have a fun time. While it may not stand up well with certain age brackets with the jerky controls, the older crowd may come to appreciate a type of game like this to come along and remind us how challenging, entertaining, and fun this series can be. The game is available now on Steam and PlayStation 4 for $6.99. For all things Double Dragon 4 and classic beat 'em ups – keep it locked to Mammoth Gamers!
+ Nostalgic value from the sound to the graphics
+ Familiar characters such as Linda, Abobo, and Williams waiting to get their asses kicked
+ A game that you can pick up at anytime
+ Multiple game modes including Tower, Battle, and Story Mode
– The game gets somewhat difficult in later levels
– Depending on the age bracket, this game will either bore or annoy you with the jerky controls
– Overall story is pretty bland
Final Score: 7.0 / 10
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What used to take me hours, takes minutes.
Hi everyone! Jodi here, Topaz Labs Art Director. 10 years ago I spent a month in New Mexico photographing forgotten locations and parts of Route 66. I developed a style that I love but it took hours to create in Photoshop. With Texture Effects 2 all of the textures, aging effects, and light leaks I love are available for use in the fastest workflow on the market. Now I can shoot, upload, and edit in minutes instead of hours.
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i am in a hurry to try it 🙂 good job !
is it possible to add a brush with color (and eye dropper to pick a color near the place to remove in a 3×3 or 5×5 px average zone) and blur to be able to remove scratches,… from a face… without removing the density and color of the texture ?
Hi Marc! Try using the Detail slider in the Texture or Dust and Scratches Adjustment layer. For a more finite look, try using the Spot or Brush Adjustment Masking Tool. Hope this helps!


Being told by an equally immature and giggly schoolgirl that someone we both knew had "a bun in the oven", would have us spluttering and tittering like the fatheads we were. I didn't know what it meant or alluded to, other than in the literal sense believing that we knew lots of people, usually girls, who enjoyed baking. It must have been a funny 'ha-ha' hobby, if it had everyone giggling so much. Fortunately I grew up and learnt better. So without the slightest titter, I am confident to tell you that as I write, I have a bun in the oven – five in fact.
I'm making brioche – that wonderful French slightly sweet yeasty bread, rich with butter and eggs. I hadn't made it before this last month, believing it to be temperamental and hard work, which it certainly is not.
Reputably a favourite breakfast dish in France with its soft texture, rich flavours and colour, brioche allows you to consume a packet of butter almost singlehandedly. Baked as a loaf, sliced and served toasted with even more melted butter and marmalade or jam is an absolutely must for Sunday breakfast. Brioche also makes beyond-belief French toast served with crème fraîche and summer fruits or berries or sprinkled with cinnamon sugar or maple syrup. Brioche buns are traditionally cooked in fluted tins with a topknot – I don't have any of these so the buns currently baking are in muffin cases having placed a small ball of dough on the top to match the style.
Many recipes use brioche as a base to a dish, in puddings particularly (in a bread and butter pudding, it's a must). However, replacing some of the butter with cheese makes savoury brioche. This is a quite a different thing – equally delicious however, served with wild mushrooms, spinach, duck, chicken livers; bacon – all sorts of things.
Anyway, where has this brioche devotee in me come from? I was recently asked to Sunday lunch with friends – offering to bring something, as I politely like to do but usually regret, the friends suggested 'pudding' for five. My heart sank. I'm not a pudding person. These friends are fans of Ottolenghi, a phenomenal chef developing wonderful Mediterranean creations. So I reverted to one of his first cookbooks with the uninspiring title The Cookbook. My copy is splattered and covered in notes having made most of my niece's wedding reception evening party dishes for 150 guests from this book. I decided to make Ottolenghi's brioche galette for my host and fellow guests. This 'substantial treat' uses a brioche base, mascarpone and crème fraîche filling with icing sugar and crushed star anise, topped with fresh figs, berries and with a crumble mix. Cooked till just golden. Whoa…. FAB-UL-OUS.
Of all the brioche recipes I have tried – and believe me there have been many recently – this works and, whilst it only makes a small loaf, is ideal for most uses.
Makes a small loaf (500g), approx 5 small buns or one base for a galette or tart.
Approx. £1.45 when all ingredients purchased in Ludwell.
1. Put the lukewarm water together with the yeast in the warmed bowl of an electric mixer. Gently stir or swish about until the yeast dissolves. Leave for 10 minutes for the yeast to activate.
2. Add all the rest of the ingredients apart from the butter and work together with a wooden spoon or spatula.
3. Using the dough hook on your electric mixer, attach the bowl to the machine and work on a low speed for around 3–4 minutes. The dough will become smooth and sticky.
4. Scrape the dough off the sides of the bowl and increase the speed to medium high and slowly start adding the cold butter pieces. This is a slow gradual process and could take up to six minutes – scrape down the sides if required to get a good mix.
5. Once all the butter is in keep working until the dough is shiny and smooth and comes away from the sides of the bowl (possibly another 4–5 minutes).
6. Remove the dough from the bowl and place in a very lightly oiled plastic container or bowl. Cover with cling film and leave at room temperature for 1 hour.
8. Don't expect the dough to change in size over this time – it's still fine.
9. Prepare your tin (500g loaf tin – individual tins or muffin cases; flat tray for a 'free-form' tart or galette), by brushing lightly with melted butter or line with greaseproof paper.
10. Place the dough in the centre of a lightly flour dusted work-surface; knock down carefully (punch it gently!) then shape into the size of your tin/tins.
11. Place the dough inside the tins and cover with cling film. Leave your dough at room temperature in its tin for 1–2 hours or until twice its size.
12. Brush the dough lightly with the beaten egg and place in the hot oven for 15 minutes (loaf – check after 8 minutes if making buns) – test with a skewer which should come out clean and dry.
13. Remove from the oven and when cool enough to handle, take out of the tin to cool completely.
Toast, dunk or eat as you like – as always it's ….truly, truly scrumptious.


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Musa és un dels tres gèneres dins la família Musaceae; inclou les bananes. Les espècies d'aquest gènere tenen una gran varietat d'usos. El nom científic Musa probablement deriva dels noms àrabs, perses mawz/mauz (موز) o turcs (muz) que designen el fruit, la banana.

Les plantes d'aquest gènere no són pas arbres sinó que són herbàcies gegants.

Sistemàtica i taxonomia
El gènere Musa tradicionalment s'ha classificat en cinc seccions biològiques (Ingentimusa, Australimusa, Callimusa, Musa i Rhodochlamys) però el 2002 es van reduir a tres i recentment s'ha abandonat la separació en seccions per les proves genètiques.

De les distintes espècies del gènere s'han desenvolupat diferents grups de bananes comestibles. El grup que de bon tros està més estès és el derivat de les espècies Musa acuminata (principalment) i Musa balbisiana ja sigui sols o en combinacions híbrides. Un altre grup més petit deriva de la secció Callimusa (abans classificada com Australimusa) restringit a la Polinèsia.

Història
Des de temps de Linnaeus (segle XVIII) fins a la dècada de 1940 les bananes van rebre diferents noms científics com el de Musa cavendishii com si foren espècie si no híbrids com passa en realitat a més d'haver tingut mutacions i selecció humana. A partir de la dècada de 1950 va quedar clar que era millor donar als plàtans noms de cultivars.

Algunes espècies

Secció Callimusa (incorporant Australimusa)
 M. alinsanaya
 M. azizii
 M. barioensis
 M. bauensis
 M. beccarii
 M. boman
 M. borneensis
 M. bukensis
 M. campestris
 M. coccinea    ]
 M. exotica
 M. fitzalanii  (extinta)
 M. gracilis
 M. hirta
 M. insularimontana
 M. jackeyi
 M. johnsii
 M. lawitiensis
 M. lokok
 M. lolodensis
 M. maclayi
 M. monticola
 M. muluensis
 M. paracoccinea
 M. peekelii
 M. salaccensis
 M. textilis  – Abacá
 M. troglodytarum
 M. tuberculata
 M. violascens
 M. viridis
 M. voonii

Secció Ingentimusa
 M. ingens

Secció Musa (incorporant Rhodochlamys)

 M. acuminata  – Bananito, Apple bananaM acuminata ssp. zebrina  – Blood banana
 M. aurantiaca
 M. balbisiana
 M. banksii

 M. basjoo  – Japanese Fiber banana, Hardy banana. La més resistent al fred.
 M. cheesmanii
 M. chunii
 M. griersonii
 M. itinerans
 M. laterita
 M. mannii
 M. nagensium

 M. ochracea
 M. ornata
 M. rosea
 M. rubinea
 M. rubra
 M. sanguinea
 M. schizocarpa
 M. siamensis
 M. sikkimensis
 M. thomsonii

 M. velutina  – Pink banana
 M. yunnanensis
 M. zaifui

Secció indeterminada

 M. celebica
 M. lanceolata
 M. lutea
 M. sakaiana
 M. tonkinensis

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Referències
  (2004): Orange banana to boost kids' eyes. New Scientist. Version of 2004-JUl-0. Retrieved 2008-MAR-20.
  (1999): Musa - an annnotated list of the species  . Version of 2008-SEP-03. Retrieved 2008-SEP-03.
  (1919): Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World. J.B. Lyon Co., Albany.
  (2006): Musa species (banana and plantain).
  (2001): Diversity in the genus Musa, focus on Australimusa. INIBAP annual report 2000: 14-19. PDF fulltext
  (2002): Assessment of the Validity of the Sections in Musa (Musaceae) using ALFP. Annals of Botany 90(2): 231-238. PDF fulltext

Enllaços externs

 Musa basjoo photos
 Detailed discussion of bananas

Musàcies


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Q: After updating to PHP 8, setting custom HTTP Cache Headers with API platform is not working anymore I use Varnish for my API platform endpoints in a symfony app. API platform version is 2.6 and since I made an upgrade to PHP 8, cache_headers option from API platform config is not working anymore.
I have this configuration for a specific api platform endpoint
collectionOperations:
    voucher_list:
        method: GET
        cache_headers:
            max_age: 3600
            shared_max_age: 3600
        path: /account/{account_id}/vouchers
        requirements:
            account_id: '\d+'
        normalization_context:
            groups: ['voucher_list:read']

This worked perfectly with php 7.4.
Now, Cache-Control has the value no-cache on this endpoint.
Cache-Control will be set only if I set the default configuration in api_platform.yaml
http_cache:
    max_age: 3600
    shared_max_age: 3600
    vary: ['Accept']
    public: true

A: In your collection operations cache_headers, max age is defined as max-age instead of max_age
As i see in this documentation https://api-platform.com/docs/core/performance/#setting-custom-http-cache-headers
max_age seems the correct param name.
As you can see in your generic configuration, you correctly set max_age for http_cache
Even in api platform 2.6 https://api-platform.com/docs/v2.6/core/performance/#setting-custom-http-cache-headers

A: This issue was fixed with update to latest version of api platform


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December 28, 2005 / Press Releases
THE TRIALS AND TRIUMPHS OF THE "RETAIL" WORLD HIT THE FUNNY PAGES
New King Features Syndicated Comic Strip Debuts January 2006
Readers Can Submit Their Personal Retail Stories For Possible Use In The Strip
(New York, NY – December 28, 2005) – In an industry that employs more than 23 million people, (approximately one in five Americans), and handles consumer spending worth $4.1 trillion, the retail sector provides a rich source of humor stemming from the unique interactions between employees and shoppers. RETAIL, the first-ever comic strip to focus solely on this sector, will present a hilarious look at the retail industry by chronicling the daily events at the fictitious Grumbel's department store. Created by Massachusetts retail management veteran Norm Feuti, the RETAIL comic strip will launch in newspapers worldwide on January 1, 2006, syndicated by King Features.
Creator Norm Feuti has worked in retail for more than 15 years, rising through the ranks from salesperson to store manager. He has sold everything from men's footwear, fine jewelry, toys, arts and crafts supplies to giftware, clothing and countless other items. His vast retail experiences became the basis for the RETAIL comic strip. With an insider's perspective, Feuti deftly finds humor in the often outrageous demands of shoppers and the equally insane responses from workers.
"The concept of a retail-based strip has great mass appeal, because everyone can relate to it, either as a former or current retail worker or shopper," said RETAIL comic strip creator Norm Feuti. "Whether it is the headache of returning merchandise, the joy of finding the perfect gift item or some other consumer/salesperson interaction, it all melds into one fertile ground for humor."
The humor of RETAIL will play out through the day-to-day trials and triumphs of four Grumbel's department store employees and the customers they encounter:
• Stuart, the Grumbel's store manager and 'corporate yes man,' who believes that what the corporate office says, goes – no matter what.
• Val, the well-educated (and overqualified) assistant sales associate, who manages to remain levelheaded and sane despite her sometimes challenging job.
• Cooper, the resident clown and sales clerk, who discontented with his "lackey" status, finds ways to entertain himself by speaking freely and pulling the stunts that his co-workers secretly fantasize about doing.
• Marla, the unappreciated middle manager, who has spent most of her adult working life in retail and moving from store to store, only to discover that while the store names change, the game stays the same. She remains optimistic about her chosen career even though it sometimes runs contrary to her idealistic philosophies.
With the addition of a novel element unique to its RETAIL comic strip, King Features opens the door to making the experience of reading a daily comic strip an interactive one. By dialing the toll-free number –1-866-749-0824* — which is the UPC code that is part of the RETAIL logo, retail workers and customers alike can share their own humorous retail experiences. Some of these stories and anecdotes may be used and credited in a future RETAIL strip.
About King Features Syndicate
King Features Syndicate is a member of Hearst Entertainment and Syndication Group, an operating group of The Hearst Corporation, which includes the company's cable network partnerships, television programming activities and newspaper syndication and merchandise licensing operations. King Features is the world's premier distributor of comics, columns, editorial cartoons, puzzles and games, distributing some 150 features to nearly 5,000 newspapers around the globe. It is one of the largest and most experienced organizations in merchandise licensing.
* Please note: The toll-free RETAIL number will not be activated until January 2, 2006.
Kas Rigas or Karen Silberg
DAN KLORES COMMUNICATIONS
kas_rigas@dkcnews.com /karen_silberg@dkcnews.com
Claudia Smith, King Features Syndicate, (212) 455-4121, cmsmith@hearst.com
Rose McAllister, King Features Syndicate, (212) 455-4180, rmmcallister@hearst.com
Comics: Retail Launches Norm Feuti Retail
VON DUTCH TEAMS UP WITH POPEYE AND THE SEACLEANERS FOR A CUSTOM COLLECTION SUPPORTING THE FIGHT FOR A POLLUTION-FREE OCEAN
Norm Feuti ("RETAIL" and "GIL") Art Exhibit
Kenosha Festival of Cartooning (September 27-29, 2012)
Kenosha Festival of Cartooning Kickstarter Campaign
kingfeaturesadmin December 28, 2005
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