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Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch
Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army (Retired), Founder & President of Educational Achievement Services, Inc., Author, Motivational Speaker, and Educator
Speaker Categories: Military | Women, Family | Youth | Education Industry | Education | Family Issues | Patriotism | Diversity, Inclusion | Female Motivational | Overcoming Obstacles | Defense Industry | Diversity, Inclusion | Spanish Speaking
Travels From: NV, United States.
Speaker Fee Range: $10,001 to $20,000*
Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch Bio
Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch is a renowned charismatic, passionate and influential speaker who carries her powerful message of what it takes to be an effective leader in today's global marketplace to hundreds of schools, colleges/universities, corporations, and government institutions, both in the U.S. and abroad. For the last ten years Consuelo has dedicated her life to empowering a new generation of Hispanic leaders and has worked with over one million children and their parents across the United States through Educational Achievement Services, Inc. (EAS), a company she founded in 1994.
Born and raised in a tiny barrio in Laredo, Tex., Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch overcame poverty, discrimination and illiteracy to become a successful role model of leadership through her tireless work with the disenfranchised Latinos through uniquely holistic approaches which dynamically connect parents, students, educators and community leaders to move the community forward.
While in the military, Ms. Kickbusch broke records and glass ceilings to become the highest-ranking Hispanic woman in the Combat Support Field of the U.S. Army. In 1996, she was selected out of 26,000 candidates to assume a command post, which would put her on track for the rank of general officer. Ms. Kickbusch respectfully declined the honor and retired as a 22-year veteran of the U.S. Army to fulfill a personal mission of inspiring and preparing Latino families to empowerment.
Educational Achievement Services, Inc.
Realizing her dream, she founded Educational Achievement Services, Inc., which features the Family Leadership Institute, and established the organization's mission of "Preparing tomorrow's leaders today!" The Institute helps parents take part in their children's education so their children stay in school and pursue advanced degrees. To date Ms. Kickbusch as worked with over 1 million students and 5,000 parents nationwide and has graduated more than 2,000 families from her Family Leadership Institute in five states.
To date Ms. Kickbusch has won numerous awards and has been featured in numerous English and Hispanic media nationwide. Recently she was awarded the American University Women of Distinction Award, the City Public Service Amazing Energy Award for community leadership, Vista Magazine Education Award, and the prestigious Hispanic Heritage Foundation Award for leadership. She is also on the board of trustees for Bennett College. Notably, Ms. Kickbusch was one of six Latinos recognized for their work in the community and was invited to the White House to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with President Bush.
As a motivational speaker, Ms. Kickbusch inspires Fortune 500 CEOs as well as educators, children and their parents. Her book, Journey to the Future: A Roadmap for Success for Youth, offers children practical techniques to increase their self-esteem and a framework for early leadership development. As an in-demand motivational speaker and community leader she continues to carry her powerful messages of servant leadership, community service, self-empowerment, parental engagement, and the importance of educational excellence to communities around the nation. Ms. Kickbusch's powerful and passionate messages about the importance of diversity, effective leadership, and taking charge to overcome challenges in our communities resonates with all audiences.
Are you living your legacy? A legacy is not just something a person leaves behind after they die; rather it is the way in which they live their life. Through an interactive and introspective presentation, Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch guides participants through their vision of the future and the goals that they want to accomplish for themselves and for their community. She inspires and challenges participants to become living legends in their professional and personal lives. Her unique emotional style of delivery that has the audiences rolling with laughter, attempting to hold back tears and inevitably on their feet in a standing ovation. Through humor and hard-hitting facts she encourages participants to be servant leaders at work and in their community. Participants learn to live their legacy by leading with their soul.
Going Forward Without Forgetting — Avanzando Y No Olvidando
This keynote focuses on reflecting on ones traditions and values of times past and their importance in our development and growth today. Appreciation of diverse cultures and their contributions to today's society is emphasized. We can "go forward without forgetting" what a rich heritage our cultures offer, and apply under-appreciated ethics and values to today's world. The issues of self-esteem and leadership styles are presented in a context in which the past is melded with the present, and offers alternatives we can use in our personal development that will enhance our leadership styles. This is especially relevant to professionals going into the 21st century with a renewed spirit to meet new challenges, pursue higher educational opportunities, and to cherish the joys of living in today's world!
Servant Leadership: A New Call To Duty
Leadership is not about you. Leadership is about serving. This keynote addresses the philosophy of servant leadership and one's call to duty. Using her life as an example, from barely surviving in the barrio of Laredo, Texas to receiving an award from the President at the White House, Consuelo serves her audience by challenging them to look inwards and rise to the call of action. In this presentation, Consuelo stresses the importance of Preparing Tomorrow's Leaders Today! The audience will not leave without hearing the message that "leadership" is not just a framed, wall decoration, but it is an action that one must take for the betterment of his community and the generation to follow. Her lectures on Servant Leadership move audiences to standing ovations, and move people to serve.
Valuing Diversity
This keynote provides participants with the different dimensions of diversity in today's environment. Learning to accommodate cultural differences is important for managers and employees in order to be successful in the work environment. Moreover, it is important in parenting and education as well. Aspects of cultural differences, strengths and challenges will be examined and examples will be provided. LTC Kickbusch will provide her personal story of challenges and triumphs as a child of the "barrio" who succeeded in spite of many cultural, social and educational obstacles. She gently guides her audience to a better understanding of cultural differences and similarities, as she emphasizes that appreciation of diverse cultures and their contributions to today's society is a very important element of team-building and team-work, which makes for a successful, productive work environment. LTC Kickbusch will provide insights on yet another necessity for successful professional development and personal growth. This introspective keynote will force participants to look inward at themselves, their work environments, and communities and motivate them to take action.
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Free pamphlet to download: `Cuba -- How the workers and peasants made the revolution'
On January 1, 1959, the hated US-backed Batista dictatorship in Cuba was overthrown by the workers, peasants and students. To mark that momentous occasion Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal is making freely available Resistance Books' Cuba: How the workers and peasants made the revolution, by Chris Slee (2008). Please click HERE to download the pamphlet in pdf format, or read it on screen below. If you would like to purchase a hard copy of the pamphlet, please visit Resistance Books.
By Chris Slee
January 10, 2010 -- Some left groups claim that the Cuban Revolution was made by a few hundred guerrilla fighters, and that the working class played no role.
For example Ruth Braham, writing in the Socialist Alternative magazine, claims that the Cuban Revolution "entailed a mere 800 armed guerrillas seizing power, again on behalf of the majority but without their active involvement".
Similar views have been expressed by members of the International Socialist Organisation. For example, Jonathan Sherlock says: "If you believe that Cuba is somehow socialist, however distorted, then you believe that it is possible to bring about socialism via several hundred guerrilla fighters coming down from the mountains at the right moment and seizing power. You will believe ... that socialism can be brought about without working-class struggle".
In reality, "working-class struggle" played an essential central role in the Cuban Revolution. The workers, peasants and students played an active role, before, during and after the insurrection which destroyed the Batista dictatorship in January 1959. The overthrow of the regime was not simply a matter of guerrilla fighters marching into the cities. Fidel Castro called a general strike which developed into a mass popular uprising during the first few days of January 1959. The subsequent transformation of property relations was the result of ongoing mass struggles by the workers and peasants ... Download HERE or read on screen below.
[Chris Slee is a long-time socialist activist and a member of the the Australian Socialist Alliance.]
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There. I said it. I feel sad.
Life is so often riddled with challenges and heartbreak. My autistic son is socially struggling in school. He meets with a school counselor and a speech therapist weekly. Soon an occupational therapist will join his "special needs" entourage. He still wears a pull-up because potty-training has been an unpredictable, ongoing, two-year battle for us. For every figurative step forward my little boy takes, his "puppy-dog" feet take him two steps back.
"I've had a long week. And I'm just so dang sad this week. Sad I have an autistic son. Sad I feel like I'm failing as a mother. Sad my kids are sick. Sad I don't feel that good myself. I sound so ungrateful, don't I?! Anyway, thanks for being there for me."
"So sorry. It's okay to feel sad this week...because next week will be better."
She didn't tell me to chin up or buck up. She didn't try to fix my problems by telling me what I needed to do to fix them myself. Instead, my mom said so simply (and yet, so beautifully), "It's okay." It is okay. She had given me the permission I needed to allow myself to "feel what I feel."
And sometimes we need to do just that--we need to let ourselves feel what we are feeling because our feelings are valid and real. When we acknowledge them, when we give ourselves permission to accept them, we take that first baby step towards healing our hurt. And in healing the hurt we eventually become more refined; braver, stronger, better. In time we can pick ourselves up and dust ourselves off--moving forward with a cleansed spirit and a brighter hope.
Because skies change. Because clouds shift and move. Because next week will be better.
Rainy days don't last forever.
I stumbled on this post because you tagged your mom on Facebook I'm blessed to be her neighbor. I know the place your heart is in right now. I, too, have an autistic son, and there really aren't that many things that can make a mom more sad than attending an IEP. My son is 20 now. We made it through school! It felt like we never would. Here's what I would say to the me of 15 years ago and what I say to you now.... You're amazing! You're doing so, so, so much better than you think you are. Even though it's unbelievably hard and sad and frustrating and downright unfair, you know deep in your heart of hearts that you can't imagine it any other way. And it's OK to be sad. It really, really is. Because next week and next month and next year WILL be better, if not easier. Find joy in his quirks. And write down every silly and amazing and hard minute of it. You can do this! Tomorrow. But for today, grab a bag of Cheetos and go make yourself a bubble bath.
I needed this post! Thank you Mama Leisha!!! I had one of these weeks last week... and felt so guilty that I was feeling this way on my birthday of all days because it didn't go the way I wanted at all.
Your strength and honesty about motherhood is beautiful. YOU are beautiful. I truly hope and pray that the sun shines down on you tomorrow and brightens your soul. Sending lots of love and hugs.


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This is National SnowCare for Troops Awareness Week
When the temperatures start to plummet and the winds begin to blow, it signifies that winter is on its way. It also means that homeowners will have to make sure the snow blower starts and that they have a shovel or two handy for the first winter blast. For families of deployed military personnel and post 9/11 veterans with a service-connected disability, clearing driveways and sidewalks of snow and ice can be a real challenge.
To overcome that challenge, Project EverGreen, in partnership with BOSS Snowplow, established the SnowCare for Troops initiative in 2010 to provide complimentary snow and ice removal services to these deserving individuals who are our nation's heroes.
From November 13-20, 2016 Project EverGreen recognizes National SnowCare for Troops Awareness Week to raise the profile of the program and spotlight the efforts of the initiative's volunteers, military families and wounded and disabled veterans it serves.
Now in its seventh year, SnowCare for Troops has seen more than 5,000 military families and 1,500 snow removal contractor volunteers across the country registered to either receive or provide services.
"SnowCare for Troops provides military families with peace of mind and lifts a significant burden from their plate," says Cindy Code, executive director of Project EverGreen. "We're very grateful for the commitment of our dedicated volunteers and the continued support from BOSS Snowplow. The leadership they have demonstrated in support of military families goes above and beyond the call of duty."
SnowCare for Troops is more than clearing driveways and sidewalks of snow and ice it is a means to allow military families and wounded/disabled veterans to maintain their independence and go about their daily routines taking care of family, going to work or rehabilitating service-connected injuries.
"We are passionate about supporting active and disabled veteran members of the Armed Forces in whatever way we can," said Mark Klossner, director of marketing, BOSS Snowplow. "Supporting initiatives like SnowCare for Troops allows us to make this passion a reality."
More volunteers are always needed for SnowCare for Troops. In particular, Fort Drum, N.Y. and Groton, Conn., are two high-demand service areas. Snow removal contractors, able-bodied veterans or anyone with a shovel are encouraged to volunteer.
For more information on how to volunteer or sign up for Project EverGreen's SnowCare for Troops, visit www.ProjectEverGreen.org


I am a woman who has worn many hats in my lifetime and many of the same labels that you yourself may carry. Through each experience I have worked to remain authentic f and true to my dreams. It hasn't always been easy, but it's always been worth it.
Life has provided me with so many experiences. Many to celebrate, but also, many that took a lot to work through. I have endured the death of a husband, my child and my parents, so when you share that your heart is aching, I can empathize with what you are feeling. However with that said, I can never say I know how you feel...because every relationship and every loss is felt differently.
I have also experienced the joy of having had those people in my life, a sense of accomplishment in reaching my dreams, and a belief that we are all in this together, to help each other on our journeys.
After pursuing my interest in personal and leadership development through the work I do with Mark McGregor here and abroad, in 2010 I became a Certified Life Coach. To continue my love of life long learning, in 2012 I obtained my NLP Practitioner Certification as well as my Passion Tests Facilitation Certification. In 2014 I became certified with Passion Test for Kids and Teens. Most recently I attained certification as a Grief Recovery Method Specialist and as a Certified Life Skills Coach. I believe that life is growth, and the more we learn the more we have to offer the world around us.
My hope is that the tools and lessons I've learned along the way will ease the journey you and I are about to embark on together, as you seek to discover just who you are when you are Truly You!


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A vibrational structure of 7,8-dihydrobiopterin bound to dihydroneopterin aldolase
Hua Deng, Robert Callender, Glenn E. Dale
Dihydroneopterin aldolase (DHNA) catalyzes the conversion of 7,8-dihydroneopterin to 6-hydroxymethyl-7,8-dihydropterin and glycolaldehyde. An inhibitor of the enzyme, 7,8-dihydrobiopterin, free in solution and bound in its complex with the enzyme has been studied by Raman difference spectroscopy. By using isotopically labeled 7,8-dihydrobiopterin and normal mode analyses based on ab initio quantum mechanic methods, we have positively identified some of the Raman bands in the enzyme-bound inhibitor, particularly the important N5=C6 stretch mode. The spectrum of the enzyme-bound inhibitor shows that the pK(a) of N5 is not significantly increased in the complex. This result suggests that N5 of 7,8-dihydroneopterin is not protonated before the bond cleavage of 7,8-dihydroneopterin during the DHNA-catalyzed reaction as has been suggested. Our results also show that the N5=C6 stretch mode of 7,8-dihydrobiopterin shifts 19 cm-1 upon binding to DHNA. Various possibilities on how the enzyme can bring about such large frequency change of the N5=C6 stretch mode are discussed.
dihydroneopterin aldolase
Raman Spectrum Analysis
7,8-dihydrobiopterin
7,8-dihydroneopterin
Deng, H., Callender, R., & Dale, G. E. (2000). A vibrational structure of 7,8-dihydrobiopterin bound to dihydroneopterin aldolase. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 275(39), 30139-30143.
A vibrational structure of 7,8-dihydrobiopterin bound to dihydroneopterin aldolase. / Deng, Hua; Callender, Robert; Dale, Glenn E.
Deng, H, Callender, R & Dale, GE 2000, 'A vibrational structure of 7,8-dihydrobiopterin bound to dihydroneopterin aldolase', Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 275, no. 39, pp. 30139-30143.
Deng H, Callender R, Dale GE. A vibrational structure of 7,8-dihydrobiopterin bound to dihydroneopterin aldolase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2000 Sep 29;275(39):30139-30143.
Deng, Hua ; Callender, Robert ; Dale, Glenn E. / A vibrational structure of 7,8-dihydrobiopterin bound to dihydroneopterin aldolase. In: Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2000 ; Vol. 275, No. 39. pp. 30139-30143.
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Q: python3 subclass is being instantiated as superclass, subclass method not found throwing AttributeError I am attempting to define and instantiate a subclass in python3, but when calling a method on the subclass it throws an AttributeError, much as if I instantiated the object as an instance of the superclass; the method cannot be found. As far as I can tell, I have written the subclass constructor appropriately, calling the super() method without arguments as shown. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Code used to instantiate subclass and call method:
class Player:

    hands = []
    ...

    def __init__(self):
        ...

    def __deal(self, twocards):
        self.hands = [Hand(showfirst=True)]
        self.hands[0] += twocards
        self.hands[0].showcards()
    ...

Definition of Hand class:
class Hand(pydealer.Stack):

    def __init__(self, showfirst, **kwargs):
        super().__init__(**kwargs)
        stay = False
        self.showfirstcard = showfirst

    ...

    def showcards(self):
        for i, card in enumerate(self):
            if i == 0:
                if self.showfirstcard == False:
                    print('***FACEDOWN CARD***')
                else:
                    print(card)

Stacktrace and error message:
    Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/root/python/django_webapp/mysite/webapp/blockjack/src/test.py", line 8, in <module>
    table.start()
  File "/root/python/django_webapp/mysite/webapp/blockjack/src/table.py", line 23, in start
    self.dealer.deal(self.shoe.deal(2))
  File "/root/python/django_webapp/mysite/webapp/blockjack/src/dealer.py", line 15, in deal
    self.seecards(0)
  File "/root/python/django_webapp/mysite/webapp/blockjack/src/player.py", line 39, in seecards
    self.hands[whichhand].showcards()
AttributeError: 'Stack' object has no attribute 'showcards'

TL;DR: Why does it think I am trying to call a method on a parent class object (Stack) when I explicitly defined the object in question using Hand()?
EDIT: Added all relevant code undigested below:
test.py
import table
from pydealer import Deck

table = table.Table()
table.start()

table.py
from pydealer import Deck
from player import Player
from dealer import Dealer

class Table:

    shoe = None
    dealer = None
    player = None

    def __init__(self):
        self.shoe = Deck()
        self.shoe.rebuild = True
        self.shoe.shuffle()
        self.player = Player()
        self.dealer = Dealer()

    def start(self):
        self.player.bet()
        self.dealer.deal(self.shoe.deal(2))
        self.player.deal(self.shoe.deal(2))

dealer.py
from player import Player
from hand import Hand

class Dealer(Player):

    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__()

    def deal(self, twocards):
        self.hands = [Hand(showfirst=False)]
        self.hands[0] += twocards
        self.seecards(0)

player.py
from hand.py import Hand

class Player:

    hands = []
    __chips = None
    __betamount = None

    def __init__(self):
        self.__chips = 5000

    def bet(self):
        type(self.__betamount)

    def __deal(self, twocards):
        self.hands = [Hand(showfirst=True)]
        self.hands[0] += twocards
        self.hands[0].showcards()

    def hit(self, card, whichhand):
        self.hands[whichhand] += card

    def stay(self, whichhand):
        self.hands[whichhand].setstay()

    def printscore(self, whichhand):
        print(self.hands[whichhand].stackscore())

hand.py
import pydealer

class Hand(pydealer.Stack):

    stay = None
    showfirstcard = None
    bust = None

    def __init__(self, showfirst, **kwargs):
        super().__init__(**kwargs)
        stay = False
        self.showfirstcard = showfirst

    def stackscore(self):
        total = 0
        for card in self:
            total += self.__bjval(card)
        if total > 21:
            for card in self:
                if card.value == "Ace":
                    total -= 10
                if total <= 21:
                    break
        return total

    def __bjval(self, card):
        return {
                '2': 2,
                '3': 3,
                '4': 4,
                '5': 5,
                '6': 6,
                '7': 7,
                '8': 8,
                '9': 9,
                '10': 10,
                'Jack': 10,
                'Queen': 10,
                'King': 10,
                'Ace':11
                }[card.value]

    #def receive(self, cards):
        #self += cards

    def setstay(self):
        self.stay = True

    def getsize(self):
        return self.size()

    def showcards(self):
        for i, card in enumerate(self):
            if i == 0:
                if self.showfirstcard == False:
                    print('***FACEDOWN CARD***')
                else:
                    print(card)

A: Figured it out. The object was not being instantiated as a Stack but was actually being converted to a stack upon the result of the += operator. The code for this operator instantiates and returns new stack object and the reference to the Hand object is lost altogether. Within stack.py:
def __add__(self, other):

    try:
        new_stack = Stack(cards=(list(self.cards) + list(other.cards)))
    except:
        new_stack = Stack(cards=(list(self.cards) + other))

    return new_stack

I guess the only other way to go about this is to make the Hand class contain a Stack, since overriding the basic functionality of the superclass in this way seems to defeat the purpose of inheritance altogether?

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Officials of the lower division domestic championship, Nigeria National League (NNL) have backed down on their proposal to promote eight clubs to the top-flight, Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL).
Rather than stick to their guns over the suggestion, which met with critical comments from far and wide, the NNL has now rolled out a tight schedule that will see four teams gain promotion this month.
The scheduled is contained in the NNL's new look Super-8 competition, which is billed to start December 17 in Kano and Lagos, from which the top teams in each centre will be promoted.
Footballlive.ng gathered that the NNL Super 8 to hold from December 17th to 21st, after the second-tier league body concluded plans for the playoffs, in order to determine teams to gain promotion into the NPFL.
The Southern Conference games will hold in Lagos while the Northern Conference matches will hold in Kano, with all fixtures following a round robin format, which means each club will play three ties under a week.


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Bail System Abused
Loopholes in the country's judiciary have made way for a massive abuse of the bail system, according to Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson, who said lawyers and defendants have been able to fly under the radar and go scot-free, due to a system that is plagued with poor record-keeping and file management.
Mrs. Maynard-Gibson said the government is now working feverishly to correct this situation.
"I have discovered that if 'Lawyer A' is going to get bail for 'Mr. X,' he would go down to the bail office and a new file is opened," she explained. "So then 'Lawyer A' goes to 'Judge One,' but the judge turns down the application and bail is denied."
"But four weeks later, or eight weeks later, the lawyer goes back to the bail office and another file is opened, not the same file, another file is opened. 'Lawyer A' then goes to 'Judge Two' and applies for bail and he grants it. Because 'Judge Two' has a new file and doesn't know that 'Judge One' turned down bail eight weeks ago. Clearly, that is not an ideal system."
While opening debate on the 2012/2013 budget debate in the Senate Monday afternoon, Mrs. Maynard-Gibson said for too long this has been The Bahamas' reality and announced that the bail system will get a massive makeover.
The attorney general added that while exact figures are still not available, projections show that more than 400 people accused of serious crimes have been released on bail since 2002.
"We have asked that, so far as the interest of justice allows, that all relevant agencies keep one file on the same accused for the same matter," she said. "And that file is to travel with the accused in the same matter."
Mrs. Maynard-Gibson added that the bail issue also directly affects the victims of crime and their families who are often left out of the loop and are not told that the person accused in their particular matter has been let out of jail.
She said contrary to popular belief, victims have the right to know about every aspect of their cases. She said with the proposed changes, this will be a reality.
"We are not going to [have] a situation where you are in the food store with your wife and kids and the victim of a crime walks up to you and gives you a hail," she added. "The public has a right to know when people will be released on bail."
The attorney general also lamented the fact that cases move through the system too slowly, with some on the books for years before they even reach the courtroom.
With bail numbers still uncertain the attorney general said a better record keeping system is also on the way.
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What is a "Laneway House"? And Why Does Vancouver Have them and Not Toronto?
The Toronto & East York Community Council (TEYCC) recently released a report called "Changing Lanes: The City of Toronto's Review of Laneway Suites".
The report still needs Toronto City Council approval before the way is cleared for permitting, regulating and setting guidelines for laneway suites.


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Manifest

To use the cookies API,
you must declare the "cookies" permission in your manifest,
along with host permissions
for any hosts whose cookies
you want to access.
For example:

{
  "name": "My extension",
  ...
  "permissions": [
    "cookies",
    "*://*.google.com"
  ],
  ...
}

 Examples

You can find a simple example
of using the cookies API in the
examples/api/cookies
directory.
For other examples
and for help in viewing the source code,
see Samples.

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Social Feed: Self-destructing friend requests, skip to good parts in live video
By Display Port Admin on	 March 31, 2018 Facebook
Social media is a fluid technology — nearly every day, the major social media networks are announcing a big change, coming under fire for the latest controversy or moving forward in smaller ways. Social Feed is a collection of those smaller changes that you may have missed in this week's biggest news — like Facebook tracking calls, Pinterest's new Following feed, and Facebook's security-focused updates. Find Social Feed every weekend for the latest social news tidbits.
Twitter's new live timestamp feature lets you skip the boring parts
Live videos may be popular, but they are often shared with a hint of where to fast forward to skip the boring stuff and find what the video is all about. Twitter began rolling out Timestamps, a tool that allows Twitter users to share a live video and choose the starting point. When readers click to view the video, the video starts at that exact spot. If the video is still streaming, a button to jump forward to the current spot in the live-stream will also be displayed with the tweet. The tool began rolling out on March 29 and will make its way into the apps, web platform and Periscope.
Snapchat could be testing third-party app integration
A beta version of Snapchat suggests the app could be considering allowing other apps to connect with the social platform, according to Mashable. The beta program has a section for connected apps, a move that would be new for the network that doesn't integrate with other apps outside of Bitmoji and a Shazam agreement. Snapchat hasn't commented on the potential change, so for now, the integration is only a rumored possibility. After Facebook's fiasco with third-party apps tracking data, launching a similar feature may not be the best move for Snapchat.
Facebook comments on public posts may not have to be public
Commenting on a public post means leaving a public comment — but Facebook is testing an option that could change that. The platform is testing a tool that would allow users to choose between a public comment or a friends-only comment. Facebook says the tool would help friends connect with public comments. Comments may be viewed by the Page owner in a later update, but aren't currently part of the friends-only setting. The option, for now, is only being tested among a small group of users.
LinkedIn is jumping aboard those autoplay video ads too
The Microsoft-owned professional network LinkedIn will reportedly also use autoplay video ads on the platform. The move comes as LinkedIn adds new video options for ad posts. The ads won't play with the sound on at first, according to TechCrunch.
Princeton research suggests only 10 percent of YouTube and Pinterest influencers follow laws on ads
Federal Trade Commission guidelines require ads to be clearly labeled, even on social media. But new research suggests that, for YouTube and Pinterest, a majority don't disclose when links are actually affiliates. The research out of Princeton suggests that 10 percent of YouTubers are following those guidelines and just seven percent of Pinterest users. The study was conducted using around half a million videos and more than 2 million pins, all posted sometime last year.
Facebook's local news emphasis is expanding
Earlier this year, Facebook launched a new focus on local news, boosting locally reported events higher up in the news feed after reducing general news prominence overall. Now, Facebook is expanding that idea beyond the U.S., along with rolling out the "Today In" local news section to more cities. Now, Facebook is boosting local news in all countries and in all languages higher in the feed.
The Today In feature will also be rolling out to 25 more U.S. cities over the next few weeks, Facebook said. The section includes weather, news, events and other local information. The feature is inside the menu, but users in the cities with the feature can also turn on an option to put a daily update in their news feed.
Twitter gives crypto advertisers the boot
Facebook, Google, and now Twitter have all made moves to ban cryptocurrency ads. Twitter announced the ban earlier this week with a new policy. Cryptocurrency scams are becoming more common, including scams run on Twitter earlier this year.
Those Facebook friend requests may soon expire
Ignored Facebook friend requests may soon self-destruct. Facebook confirmed earlier this week that the network is testing a feature that would automatically delete friend requests that haven't been acted on after two weeks. Tested features may never see a full rollout, but the option is one that is currently available to some members included in that test group.
Published at Fri, 30 Mar 2018 21:34:52 +0000


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Q: Scrolling is not smooth in Android RecyclerView using StaggeredGridLayout I created a RecyclerView with two columns using StaggeredGridLayoutManager, every item contain 2 images and text, the size for the first image can be (284*572 , 840*401 or 283*232) the second 35*35 and a text, the list looking great but the problem is that when the user scroll down the scrolling is not smooth and not continuous, the images are taking from the local storage (drawable), what can we do for approving the scrolling experience.
FantasyTabAdpter.java
public class FantasyTabAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<FantasyTabAdapter.MyViewHolder> {
    private LayoutInflater inflater;
    private ArrayList<Fantasy> fantasies;

    public FantasyTabAdapter(Context context, ArrayList<Fantasy> fantasies) {
        inflater = LayoutInflater.from(context);
        this.fantasies = fantasies;
    }

    @Override
    public MyViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
        View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fantasy_tab_item, parent, false);
        MyViewHolder holder = new MyViewHolder(view);
        return holder;
    }

    @Override
    public void onBindViewHolder(final MyViewHolder holder, int position) {
        final Fantasy fantasy = fantasies.get(position);
        holder.setData(fantasy, position);
    }

    @Override
    public int getItemCount() {
        return fantasies.size();
    }

    class MyViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder{
        ImageView fantasyImage;
        TextView fantasyTitle;
        ImageView fantasyStatus;

        public MyViewHolder(View itemView) {
            super(itemView);
            fantasyImage = (ImageView) itemView.findViewById(R.id.fantasy_tab_image);
            fantasyTitle = (TextView) itemView.findViewById(R.id.fantasy_tab_title);
            fantasyStatus = (ImageView) itemView.findViewById(R.id.fantasy_tab_status);
        }

        public void setData(Fantasy fantasy, int position) {
            this.fantasyTitle.setText(fantasy.getFantasyHeader());
            this.fantasyImage.setImageResource(fantasy.getFantasyHeaderImageID());
            this.fantasyStatus.setImageDrawable(fantasy.statusImagePlsgod);
        }
    }
}

Setting the RecyclerView in a Fragment
RecyclerView myRecyclerView = (RecyclerView) rootView.findViewById(R.id.my_recycler_view);

StaggeredGridLayoutManager setLayoutManager = new StaggeredGridLayoutManager(2, StaggeredGridLayoutManager.VERTICAL);
FantasyTabAdapter fantasyTabAdapter = new FantasyTabAdapter(getActivity(),fantasies);

myRecyclerView.setLayoutManager(setLayoutManager);
myRecyclerView.setAdapter(fantasyTabAdapter);

A: You can cache your images to improve performance. first watch these two videos:
Caching UI data
The Magic of LRU Cache
then after understanding the reason and the idea on how to solve it you can use image libraries like:
Glide
picasso
those implement caching strategy so all you need is import one of them and use it for example instead of:
 this.fantasyImage.setImageResource(fantasy.getFantasyHeaderImageID());

you can use
Picasso.with(context).load(fantasy.getFantasyHeaderImageID()).into(this.fantasyImage);


The cast of Mission: Impossible Fallout hits the city of lights, Paris for their global premiere! The cast including Tom Cruise look flawless with the iconic Eiffel Tower in the background as they pose for group photos.
Fans of the movie also lined up to meet their favorite stars!
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Selected Poems (Penguin Poets)
Joanne Kyger, David Meltzer (Introduction by)
This collection of Joanne Kyger's work reveals her as one of the major experimenters, hybridizers, and visionaries of poetry. Kyger is a poet of place, with a strong voice-delicate, graceful, and never wasteful; her poems explore themes of friendship, love, community, and morality and draw on Native American myth as well as Asian religion and philosophy. Kyger's love for poetry manifests itself in a grander scheme of consciousness-expansion and lesson, but always in the realm of the everyday. Edited with a foreword by Michael Rothenberg, and with an introduction by poet David Meltzer, this book is a marvelous overview of a wonderfully challenging and important poet.
Penguin Books, 9780142001127, 336pp.
Joanne Kyger comes out of a West Coast School of writers that included Gary Snyder, Philip Whalen, Jack Spicer, and Richard Brautigan. She has traveled extensively in Japan and India and has maintained a lifelong interest in Buddhism. She is the author of more than twenty-five books and broadsides.
David Meltzer has published numerous works of poetry, fiction, and collections of essays. He has also released four albums of recordings on the Vanguard and Capitol labels.


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I sound like my mother.
In the past few weeks, I used these words to such an extent that I am extremely fearful that I have become my mother. Or perhaps even creepier, has she taken over my ability to think for myself without referring to her judgment ?
Sadly, though she is no longer physically present, I think she is here in spirit, always. However, she seems to be relishing in putting words in my mouth that I promised, as her daughter, I would never say.
Or perhaps, there is a universal, beyond astral, bulging dictionary of idiomatic expressions passed down through the generations of motherhood. A genetic magic marker of maternal graffiti written in code, only to be translated and transmitted, by the secret society of mothers everywhere.
As a mother, WE roll our eyes and those words coming tumbling out.
I miss the sound of her voice. I miss the intensity of her hugs. I miss her laugh. I miss her letters, notes, silly phone calls, and most of all her comfort when times were tough. That's when her words were simple and soothing. Encouraging. Supportive and kind. Plus a solid kick in the pants when I needed a nudge forward out of my fret and worry.
Motherhood is a tough profession with no syllabus. No guidelines to follow. No ready rules to stick on the refrigerator with a magnet. It is a series of try all and do all and be all. Each of us leaping into parenting in a free fall of faith, hit the starting line with foolproof tools in our pockets.
The soft cooing sounds of calm reassurance that everything will be okay. A gentle whisper that comes in the middle of a sleepless night. A twinkle of laughter when we struggle with all those new beginnings with fumbling fingers. I am not sure we are actively listening, but the words are there waiting to be heard.
One more thing. Mothers mother mothers. The circle of life guarantees that at some future point, our mothers will need us to mother them. It is a perfect circle from start to finish.
What started as a gift from Mother to Child, should always be returned with that Thank you Note I mentioned.
Oh and eat your peas.
I hope you hit the Mother Lode…of love.
My Mom is a Nag, a stream of consciousness, relentless where are you going, where have you been, what are you wearing, what were you thinking, when will you be home, who's on the phone, why are you late, when will you be ready, how could you, why did you, when will you…snoop.
She sleeps with one eye open.
She tracks me on radar. She knows what I am thinking before I do.


Fairfield, New Jersey – August 19, 2003 - Kyocera Mita, one of the world's leading document imaging companies, was honored for the second year in a row with top ratings in the second annual multi-functional product (MFP) survey of service managers throughout the United States conducted by Industry Analysts, Inc. Kyocera Mita received the highest supplier rating for MFPs and scored well above competitors in such categories as reliability, quality and cost of service. Results of the survey are published in the July 2003 issue of Industry Analysts, Inc.'s monthly newsletter, The Office Products Analyst (OPA).
The Office Products Analyst performed 152 interviews with dealer service managers in copier dealerships nationwide - which represents nearly 50,000 installed MFPs. Ratings were compiled using a scale of one to ten, with ten representing the highest rating. Out of the 15 categories, technicians gave Kyocera Mita highest rating in 14 of 15 categories, including Product Reliability (9.1), General Ease of Maintenance (9.2), Copy and Print Image Quality (9.1, 9.2) and an overall rating of 9.0.
OPA also compiled a 'Recommended Purchase' and 'Best of Class' list. Based upon the perceptions of service managers interviewed who have serviced each model, Kyocera Mita has recorded nine models on this year's 'Recommended Purchase' list and three 'Best in Class' models which include the KM-2530 (Rated the highest of all units, 9.6), KM-5530 and the KM-6330.
Industry Analysts, Inc. publishes The Office Products Analyst, a monthly newsletter devoted to the cost/performance analysis of office products. Founded in 1974, Industry Analysts, Inc. is a marketing and management consulting firm with offices in Rochester, NY and Fairfield, NJ. It specializes in research, product testing and training program development for the office automation industry. Industry Analysts, Inc. is a veteran member of the Business Technology Association (BTA) and has exhibited at the annual BTA show and convention for many years.
Kyocera Mita is one of the world's largest manufacturers and leading providers of computer-connectable peripherals, including network-ready digital copiers/printers, laser printers, color copiers/printers, digital laser facsimiles, multi-functional and wide format imaging solutions. Kyocera Mita is a group company of Kyocera Corporation, the world's leading developer and manufacturer of advanced ceramics and associated products, including telecommunications equipment, semiconductor packages and electronic components. Kyocera Corporation's consolidated net revenues totaled $9.0 billion during the year ended March 31, 2002. Kyocera Mita's headquarters for the Americas are in Fairfield, New Jersey.


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Play On! – Theatre Columbus State
Sonda Staley, Director: It's a farce – it's
a play-within a play – So it's a play about making a play. If you three-year-olds want to mess around
instead of learning this play, I should just leave. I'm sorry, Gerry. It's like an homage to theatre. It talks about the process, but mostly about
what can and will go wrong. But Percival doesn't own the diamond…the
ruby…the diamond anymore, not since he sold it to Lord Dudley for Lady Margaret's correction… connection… confection… Collection! Collection. So it's kind of a lot of fun, but it's also
really hard to do a scene three times, three different ways, and still know where you are. So it's a big challenge too. **phone rings** What the hell?! Aggie! Sorry, I put my coffee cup down on the phone. Mickey Jefferson, "Gerry": I think that
this is just one of the best productions that I have been a part of. The costumes, the makeup, everything. And we've come up with such an intricate universe.
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import assert from 'assert'
import { Given, When, Then } from '../../../src'

Given(
  'there are {int} {float} coins inside',
  function (count: number, denomination: number) {
    // TODO: implement this
    assert(count)
    assert(denomination)
  }
)

Given('there are no chocolates inside', function () {
  // TODO: implement this
})

Given('there are {int} chocolates inside', function (chocolateCount: number) {
  // TODO: implement this
  assert(chocolateCount)
})

When(
  'the customer tries to buy a {float} chocolate with a {float} coin',
  function (price: number, paid: number) {
    // TODO: implement this
    assert(price)
    assert(paid)
  }
)

Then('the sale should not happen', function () {
  // TODO: implement this
})

Then(
  "the customer's change should be {int} {float} coin(s)",
  function (count: number, denomination: number) {
    // TODO: implement this
    assert(count)
    assert(denomination)
  }
)


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Buli es una estación ubicada en la comuna chilena de San Carlos, que fue construida junto con la unión de la vía del FC Talcahuano - Chillán y Angol con el FC Santiago - Curicó, a fines del siglo XIX. Luego pasó a formar parte de la Red Sur de Ferrocarriles del Estado. Se encuentra una Oficina de Tráfico de EFE, encargada de otorgar las movilizaciones de los servicios de Largo Recorrido, pero no hay detenciones normales de servicios de pasajeros.

Estaciones de ferrocarril de la Región de Ñuble

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When does a raven appear at two writing desks?
One of these sensational twists might be forgivable in a novel as engaging as this one; two of them would be inexcusable for a writer like Moore, who has always demonstrated such dexterity and narrative control; three of them, however, must be willful, and as the histrionics accumulate in the second half of the novel, A Gate at the Stairs begins to appear more and more a 9/11 farce, mocking the very enterprise of fashioning a coherent and conventional novel from those terrible events and the chaotic years that followed. Moore seems to be mocking, too, the novelistic impulses of our hyperbolic public life, in which private histories are reconfigured into broad narratives dictated by distant events. She offers instead a Gothic melodrama for our particular age of anxiety, a new model novel wrapped in its own cautionary tale. In presenting her readers with both a poignant domestic story and a series of contrived and grandiose narrative flourishes, intrusions that seem more to obscure than to illuminate the lives of her characters, Moore appears to be suggesting that social novels need not be master-narrative dirigibles like those favored by Don DeLillo and Jonathan Franzen, among others. They can be assembled instead, like much social history, from the ground up, piecemeal, from minor and private testimony. They can be as local and ragged as a patchwork quilt. The history might even be better that way.


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A look at the common causes for emergency medical malpractice
On Behalf of The Law Offices of Salazar, Sullivan & Jasionowski | Apr 15, 2015 | Hospital Negligence
New Mexico residents who are interested in issues related to hospital negligence and medical malpractice may wish to know the results of a study that looked at the prevalence of claims against emergency physicians. Issues in the diagnosis stage seem to be the greatest cause of patient injuries, according to the data.
In examining hundreds of claims against emergency physicians from 2007 to 2013, the researchers found that the most common claim against these doctors is a failure to diagnose the patient's illness correctly. While diagnostic claims made up 57 percent of allegations, others were prevalent as well. These included, in descending order of incidence, failure to properly manage treatment, failure to perform the treatment properly and not ordering the correct or necessary medication for the patient.
The researchers also investigated data on the reasons for these errors. They discovered that the greatest number of the misdiagnosis issues came from an inadequate assessment of the patient or a failure to use clinical information available at the time. Other factors in the doctors' errors included specific issues with the patients that led to delays in care, such as obesity, and errors in communication between both hospital staff and between the doctor and the patient and their families. Understaffing and workflow issues were also the cause of some physician errors.
All of these issues, including doctor negligence, understaffing and hospital neglect can lead to serious injuries for patients. In these cases, both the medical staff and the hospital themselves may be liable for these injuries and medical complications. An attorney may be helpful in bringing the appropriate legal action against them, which may lead to compensation for the injuries, including long-term care and pain and suffering.


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Pearl Gynnip, age 62, of Eagle Street, Salamanca, New York died Wednesday morning, October 21, 2009 at Olean General Hospital.
Born on July 14, 1947 in Salamanca, New York she was the daughter of the late Eugene & Laura Jones Miller.
Surviving are: 2 sons, Raymond Gynnip, Kenneth Gynnip, both of Olean, New York; 3 brothers, George Miller, Charles Miller, both of Salamanca, New York, Larry (Laurie) Miller, Little Valley, New York; 3 sisters, Mary Higley, Hudson, New York, Betty (Clair) Conklin, Washington Street, Salamanca, New York, Loretta Williams, Bradford, Pa.; several nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by 5 sisters, Ruthie Miller, Jessie Miller, Baby Miller, Edith Miller, Barbara Cleveland, and a brother, Percy Miller.
Friends may call at the O'Rourke & O'Rourke Inc. Funeral Home, 25 River Street, Salamanca, New York on Friday from 10 A.M. – 11:00 A.M. at which time funeral services will be held.


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import json
import os
import time

from nova import utils

TWENTY_FOUR_HOURS = 3600 * 24

@utils.synchronized('storage-registry-lock', external=True)
def register_storage_use(storage_path, hostname):
    """Idenfity the id of this instance storage."""

    # NOTE(mikal): this is required to determine if the instance storage is
    # shared, which is something that the image cache manager needs to
    # know. I can imagine other uses as well though.

    d = {}
    id_path = os.path.join(storage_path, 'compute_nodes')
    if os.path.exists(id_path):
        with open(id_path) as f:
            d = json.loads(f.read())

    d[hostname] = time.time()

    with open(id_path, 'w') as f:
        f.write(json.dumps(d))

@utils.synchronized('storage-registry-lock', external=True)
def get_storage_users(storage_path):
    """Get a list of all the users of this storage path."""

    d = {}
    id_path = os.path.join(storage_path, 'compute_nodes')
    if os.path.exists(id_path):
        with open(id_path) as f:
            d = json.loads(f.read())

    recent_users = []
    for node in d:
        if time.time() - d[node] < TWENTY_FOUR_HOURS:
            recent_users.append(node)

    return recent_users


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Cheapass Games is a small game company in Seattle WA. From 1996 to 2006, we produced roughly 100 games, mostly in very cheap packages, and without the generic components, like dice and paper money. From 2007 to 2011, we hibernated. Some of our games found new publishers in the game industry, and some of our games wound up out of print. We also posted a decent number of our old games as free downloads at cheapass.com. In 2012 we re-launched our publishing business, thanks to some fundraising help from Kickstarter. We started with a deluxe reprint of Unexploded Cow, then followed up with a deluxe edition of Deadwood. Along the way we also released three new games without crowdfunding: Fish Cook, Veritas, and Captain Treasure Boots.


This is the sunrise that greeted me this morning. It might just be the most beautiful morning sky I have ever seen, causing me to jump up and run outside almost in disbelief!
I've been up since my usual 5 am and the odds of me making it to midnight to 'ring in the new year' are pretty much zilch, but I really don't care. We're heading out to a 6:45 pm movie, then we'll drink an early sparkling cider toast, and then I'll probably crawl into bed.
Truth be told, I don't want to celebrate a whole year at once or make giant resolutions on a specifically designated day. I prefer a daily, more ongoing approach. Every day I find something (or many things) to celebrate and appreciate and every day I take stock of my path and make changes where needed.
Today I started off with a celebration of that incredible sunrise sky. I may miss the close of the day, but what an opener!
I look forward to the opening morning of 2013, which will be celebrated appropriately with a run, and probably some quiet reflection.
Be safe out there tonight, everyone. Happy New Year....but also, Happy Every Day.
I am such a creature of habit. I have EVERY single weekly workout printout from 2012 in a single Ziploc® in my pool bag, each folded precisely in half and neatly stacked in reverse chronological order. When I printed out the next two weeks of workouts that start off the new year, I decided I'd treat myself to a shiny NEW empty Ziploc® bag for 2013.
I enjoyed looking through the year's worth of workouts; it's like a time capsule. The schedules tell the story that is missing from the "I ran X miles and biked Y miles". I print two copies out from TrainingPeaks each week - one copy goes into the pool bag, the other on the refrigerator. Then the refrigerator copy gets archived into a 3-ring binder that houses... well.....EVERY workout schedule I've gotten for the past 4+ years. So nerdy and so OCD.
I can go back years and certain workouts will still stand out in my mind. I will remember where I did them, the weather, and how I felt.
I also think about how much work this represents for my Coach who brushes it off like it's no big deal but as the recipient, it's a big deal. I'd be lost without these roadmaps - the structure, the encouragement, and even the admonitions that remind me he knows me all too well.
I look forward to filling up my shiny new Ziploc®.
* I have not been endorsed or compensated by Ziploc® for this post. Haha.
In Sickness and in Health - by Matt Dixon (February 1, 2012) This article goes far beyond the typical "work out if symptoms are above your neck, rest if they are below." Matt is an experienced coach and former pro triathlete so he understands the typical triathlete response to pushing through illness. He explains how that can be detrimental to functional adaptation and suggests how to adjust training, when to stop completely, and when to return to normal loads.
When Women Watch, Men Find Running Feels Easier - by Scott Douglass (October 8, 2012) LOL. I wonder if the reverse is true?
Suggestions for those bookstore gift cards - by...me (December 26, 2012). Just a repost in case you are still looking for good triathlon reading material!
The 100 Most Influential People in Health and Fitness 2012 - Greatist (December 21, 2012) Not a SINGLE triathlete on there. We have work to do. Really, Bethenny Frankel, Tracy Anderson, Jackie Warner? I was happy to see competitive swimmer Garrett Weber-Gale on there. I follow his Athletic Foodie blog.
This makes me want to try rollers. This guy has great skills and balance!
Make your own Bike Chain Bracelet. There's so much that can be made with a bike chain, I am tempted to try, but haven't yet. I've seen picture frames, Christmas ornaments, and sculptures. Each project provides practice with a chain breaker tool.
Have a great wrap-up to 2012!
I had a 50 mile bike ride on the schedule for Sunday, but Saturday is bringing a wintery mix and Sunday it's not supposed to get above freezing. Today was supposed to be in the mid-40s and sunny so I moved the ride today. Despite the forecast, it stayed in the 30's and I never saw the sun even attempt peek through the thick cloud cover.
Pedaling up (and under) the railroad bridge/tunnel at the exact moment a train was coming and waving to the conductor and having him wave back.
Clif Bar in holiday Gingerbread flavor munched along the way and the yummiest orange ever enjoyed 30 miles in.
Wreaths on tiny white country churches, farm fences and gates.
Riding by the little quirky Catawba Country store that was saved from closure not too long ago.
Watching beautiful blanketed horses pirouette and gallop off at the sight of the bike (I think they just wanted the excuse).
Herds of cattle standing at the fence line calmly watching me pass.
The sound of wind in my ears - like a jet engine at times.
Farmers moving round bales to hungry critters.
The smell of livestock/poo/hay that as a former horse-girl I actually quite like.
The truck and horse trailer driver that let the car ahead of me cross the one-lane bridge but then made me slam on the brakes as he went over (nice!).
The exchange of the subtle handwave with the motorcyclists and the head nod granted to the drivers who give the little steering wheel knuckle wave.
obviously not in winter. I didn't take this pic.
trees that look like fur!
I noticed a few recurrent themes -- waving, food, and animals. There's probably some kind of twisted psychological explanation and I'm sure I don't want to know it. Lol.
Even several years into this sport, I still sometimes can't believe the stuff I "get" to do and experience in the course of regular training. It continues to feel very new. Every swim/bike/run is accompanied by a sense of gratitude...and a degree of playfulness. I hope that never changes.
Word Clouds are an interesting way to visualize a piece of writing by representing the most commonly used words by size, according to frequency of use. I used Wordle to create a Word Cloud of my 2012 posts. It turned out not to be a trivial exercise (see footnote) since I had to do some work for it to analyze all 167 posts I've done so far this year.
Swim - bike - run - race feature prominently, as do just and time! It's just kind of interesting to look around and think what words I might like to see pop a bit more next year. Knowing my writing is reflecting my thinking, am I emphasizing the right things, directing my attention in the best ways?
Even though it is a triathlon blog, I couldn't help but notice how small family and kids are.
Footnote: I ended up exporting the entire blog, deleting all but the the 2012 posts, opening it in Firefox, copying text and pasting as text into Word to strip HTML, then doing a bit of find/replace cleanup. There must be an easier way. The RSS feed only 'fed' the most recent post.
I haven't been on a treadmill in probably two years (maybe three?). I've been proud of 'out-toughing' the southern Virginia weather all this time, but I've begun to realize the no-treadmill streak really only attests to my stubbornness. It's time to let it go.
I had a recent conversation with Coach Jim where we talked about some real advantages to treadmill work, and then happenstance brought me to this article on Active about Indoor vs Outdoor Running. I figured this would probably be the winter I would end my no-treadmill 'run' and yesterday ended up being that day. We had temps just over freezing with some kind of frozen rain/sleet/snow mix that left a slushy mess. It wasn't worth the risk and the quality of the run would suffer from my fear of slipping.
...and as the lead singer in this new band that formed Christmas day, I can't afford an injury.
Coach Jim adjusted the workout for the treadmill and broke it up with pickups, hill intervals, and aerobic sections that kept me entertained. I used the treadmill at the gym to get out of the house and because it goes to '12' whereas mine only goes to '10'. I programmed the workout into my Garmin, turned the GPS off, and to my surprise the Garmin automatically tried to determine speed from my footpod. It was pretty far off at the bottom and top-end speeds, but my heart rate told the real story. The treadmill only goes up to 60 min and it was a 65 min workout so I had to stop and reset in the middle to buy myself some time.
I have to say I didn't hate it. I'd even go as far as to say it was fun, particularly the hill intervals and pickups. I cranked that thing up for 30s pickups and felt relaxed and strong! Now I'm kind of motivated to see what I can do on there...once in a while.
Still nothing beats getting outside in nearly any kind of weather.
I hope everyone had a great Christmas/Holiday/December 25th! A lot of bookstore gift cards change hands - did you get one? Here's some ideas to add to your triathlon/running/endurance library. These are my favorites, I've read every page of every one of these unless otherwise indicated. In fact yesterday, I read the entire "Secret Race" by Daniel Coyle and Tyler Hamilton - and that was in between playing Guitar Hero with the kids, napping, cooking, and eating. It was an awesome page-turner!!
Please comment and let me know if you have other favorites!
Can't Sleep, Can't Train, Can't Stop: More Misadventures in Triathlon by Andy Holgate (2012) - haven't read yet, but looking forward to it as I loved his first book!
Triathlon for Every Woman by Meredith Atwood (2012) - it's next on my "to read" pile!
Swim Speed Secrets for Swimmers and Triathletes: Master the Freestyle Technique Used by the World's Fastest Swimmers by Sheila Taormina (2012) - first swim book that is not the same old, same old. truly breaks down the stroke and brings in some physics.
Running on Empty: An Ultramarathoner's Story of Love, Loss, and a Record-Setting Run Across America by Marshall Ulrich (2011) - Incredible journey as he ran about 70 miles PER day across the US. You can feel his pain as you read through this.
Ten Million Steps: The Incredible Journey of Paul Reese, Who Ran Across America - A Marathon a Day for 124 Days - at Age 73 by Paul Reese (1994) - out of print book that is so sweet as Paul makes the journey accompanied only by his wife in an RV.
The Elements of Effort: Reflections on the Art and Science of Running by John Jerome (1998) - the best philosophical introspective work I have come across on running; a quick read but one I re-read often.
The Great Fitness Experiment: One Year of Trying Everything by Charlotte Hilton Andersen (2011) - funny read as Charlotte and her friends try many of the workout "schemes" and report honestly from a woman's point of view.
The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook: Your Self-Treatment Guide for Pain Relief by Clair Davies (2004) - very useful for showing where pain may be originating and where to massage/roll to alleviate.
Happy Reading and Happy Trails!
I couldn't let the day go by without a a quick holiday post to say Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all! I put this picture up on Facebook today - the Island of the Misfit Toys from Rudolph. That's my favorite! Who isn't a misfit in one way or another, especially as triathletes?! Misfit-ness is to be celebrated.
I took a page from Joel's playbook and his "2nd Annual Tri Madness Christmas Eve Swim-Till-Your-Arms-Fall-Off Extravaganza" that ensures a solid Christmas Eve sleep for his son. Spencer and I hit the gym for an excellent back and leg workout with such fun as H-Squat, single-leg squats, glute/ham raises, pull ups, one arm cable rows, one-legged stiff legged deadlifts, bicep curls, and a few sets of bench (for him) and pushups (for me).
I followed that up with 10 x 50 on the minute on the Erg just to see if it was similar to the same intervals in the pool. Only I forgot that (1) there is no wall to push off of half-way and (2) I do those in yards not meters. It was HARD!! I ended up with only about 5s rest between.
I have a feeling the person who will be asleep first tonight will be me!
My day may have looked sort of "normal" but it was all done through that happy lens of the holiday, you know? Kind of like the 3-D 'Holiday Specs' we have that make our tree lights look like stars or snowflakes or Santas. Those things rock.
I hope each of you has a warm, joyful, wonderful evening and day tomorrow, celebrating in your chosen way with good friends and family.
This week I was encouraged to read two pieces -- The first, from the Washington Post, is "Why I'm not angry at Lance Armstrong" by Sally Jenkins (December 15, 2012). She co-wrote two books with Lance Armstrong and takes the defensive position on his behalf. Then Dan Empfield of Slowtwitch offered a post entitled "Sally Jenkins' Omission" (December 17, 2012) in which he describes cycling and triathlon as lifestyles, industries, ways of life, and cultural institutions. He goes on to state that Lance (and others I'm sure, but this is only about Lance), "abused his place as custodian of the sports that earned him his living and gave him his opportunity."
The reason I'm putting this out there is Mr. Empfield's piece seemed a cautionary tale for triathlon. We are each custodians of the sport and have a duty to leave it a little better than we found it. The core values of USA Triathlon include safety, fairness, motivation and achievement in competition and fitness and health through exercise, the spirit of competitiveness and the pursuit of excellence - the multisport lifestyle. It may be an individual sport, but what is not described, and what makes triathlon unique is the fellowship and community that results. We need to remain vigilant to protect it. Let's do one better and leave it better than we found it.
These are two not-new race reports that left a big impression -- and left me just shaking my head, for different reasons. Both are honest, humorous bloggers I follow. Incidentally, Andy's second book, Can't Sleep, Can't Train, Can't Stop: More Misadventures in Triathlon just came out on Kindle and is soon to be released in book form. It's a sequel to his first book, Can't Swim, Can't Ride, Can't Run: From Common Man to Ironman.
A pain in the @rse by Andy "IronHolgs" Holgate (August 25, 2011) - In this account, IronHolgs deals with, let's just say, a MAJOR mechanical issue.
* The author of the syndicated Frazz comic is a triathlete. I met him at a race in 2010 and he autographed his book, Trizophrenia, for me, pretty cool!
Cardboard helmet passes safety tests By Peter Suciu (Bikeradar.com, December 17, 2012) - Great potential for low-cost helmets and bike rental places! I can see a "bike helmet" kit that ships flat and requires assembly giving some jigsaw puzzle fun!
Footstrike 101: How Should Your Foot Hit the Ground by Brian Metzler (Competitor, December 13, 2012). A published expert on gait analysis, Jay Dicharry suggests that "Where your foot contacts the ground is much more important than how it contacts the ground." Forefoot, midfoot, heel -- what matters is that your foot lands under you which is dictated by stride length and cadence.
The Data on Stroke Rate and Efficiency, by Paul (Swim Smooth, December 14, 2012) - this reviews a 2010 study that suggests that we can bump up our "natural" swim cadence without significant changes in physiological measures or perceived exertion. However, the opposite is true when we slow that cadence and lengthen the stroke. This is a good, quick, non-technical read.
Have a great holiday weekend, folks!
How many races do USAT All Americans do?


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The Lenovo Smart Cast, sets itself apart from the rest, with an integrated focus-free laser projector. Are you in the mood to sit back and catch a movie on Netflix or follow up on your favorite show? The Smart Cast allows you to stream and project directly form your phone. Are your thumbs tired of tapping your screen writing emails and texts? No problem, because Lenovo also comes with a keyboard, and it's not the bulky keyboard you're thinking. Probably the coolest feature the Lenovo Smart Cast has to offer, is the touch display projection keyboard. You can type away on the virtual keyboard or even play game apps.
There is no doubt that the Lenovo Smart Cast sets itself apart from the rest of the competition when it comes to this technological advancement. This is probably going to bring in the next wave of smartphone functionality, we can't wait to see what else is in the making. Be on the lookout for more details from Lenovo.


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ConstitutionLawLiberalismReligion
Why the Oklahoma Satanist Monument is Unconstitutional and Insane
A satanic group commissioned a statue of the devil to be placed beside a Ten Commandments monument on the Statehouse lawn in Oklahoma City. "The statue, being sculpted in a New York studio, is nearly complete, according to Lucien Greaves, spokesman for the Satanic Temple." The statue is an image of Baphomet, or Sabbatic Goat, a figure that has been used to represent Satan for centuries.
I love this response to the proposed satanic idol. "Oklahoma officials say there is no way in hell that a statue of Satan will ever assume a position at the Capitol."
So what argument can be used to stop the display of the statue? The Oklahoma Constitution:
"Invoking the guidance of Almighty God, in order to secure and perpetuate the blessing of liberty; to secure just and rightful government; to promote our mutual welfare and happiness, we, the people of the State of Oklahoma, do ordain and establish this Constitution."
It's not invoking the guidance of Almighty God and Satan; it's God alone. In fact, God is the antithesis of Satan. To combine them in a place of authority makes the display philosophically and logically divided against itself: "Any kingdom divided against itself is laid waste; and any city or house divided against itself will not stand" (Matt. 12:25).
The state of Oklahoma would be stupid to allow such a contradictory statement of belief. It would be similar to placing the Constitution of an Islamic nation next to our own Constitution; it would have the same illogical and insane effect.
No person, nation, or state can be religiously neutral. If a government refuses to acknowledge God as the sovereign ruler over its affairs, it is not being neutral. It has taken a position against God and has made itself the sovereign ruler over everybody's affairs with no ultimate authority to which it would have to answer. The State would be God. G.W.F. Hegel (1770-1831) said as much:
"The state in and by itself is the ethical whole, the actualisation of freedom; and it is an absolute end of reason that freedom should be actual. The state is mind on earth and consciously realising itself there. In nature, on the other hand, mind actualises itself only as its own other, as mind asleep. Only when it is present in consciousness, when it knows itself as a really existent object, is it the state. In considering freedom, the starting-point must be not individuality, the single self-consciousness, but only the essence of self-consciousness; for whether man knows it or not, this essence is externally realised as a self-subsistent power in which single individuals are only moments. The march of God in the world, that is what the state is."
There's no getting around the simple and irrefutable principle that there is always a god in authority.
Even anarchists can't be neutral since they establish themselves as individual absolute sovereigns. Anarchists will claim that they operate on the premise that they can do whatever they want as long as none of their action infringe on the rights of other sovereign individuals.
Who made up that law? Who says that I can't bash in the head of another supposed sovereign individual? There is no basis for the claim that harm of another individual is a moral wrong in a godless universe.
If the State ever becomes consistent with its claim that there is no transcendent sovereign and personal God that even the State must obey, then the State will supplant Him. There is no escaping God.
To paraphrase Abraham Lincoln, "'A house divided against itself cannot stand.' I believe the government cannot endure permanently half believing in God and half believing in Satan." I would add, a nation can't survive that capitulates to the belief that either the State or the individual is god.
Roland Watson gets it right:
"The State may indeed be God's delegate for a particular duty at a particular time and place but when the modern State attempts to take upon itself the incommunicable attributes of God then there is a monstrosity in the making.
For consider the omniscience of God and the pretence the State makes to this unattainable goal. Thanks to the massive storage and access capabilities of computers, the State has within its grasp all knowledge within its self-appointed horizons. Like God, the State has access to information about us which we can only guess at or have long forgotten or lost.'
Arthur Leff (1935–1981), who taught law at Yale Law School, concluded that, given atheistic or no-God assumptions, there is no way to prove that "any particular act, no matter how horrible, is normatively wrong." Leff stated:
"I will put the current situation as sharply as possible: there is today no way of 'proving' that napalming babies is bad except by asserting it (in a louder and louder voice), or by defining it as so, early in one's game, and then later slipping it through, in a whisper, as a conclusion."1
In Leff's analysis, good for agnostics and atheists to deal with, "'good' becomes just a function of nosecounting."2
The debate over putting a statue of the devil beside a copy of a Ten Commandments monument on the Statehouse lawn in Oklahoma City is more than a debater's trick. It's a pact with the devil that will lead to national suicide.
George Orwell wrote, "For two hundred years we had sawed and sawed and sawed at the branch we were sitting on. And in the end, much more suddenly than anyone had foreseen, our efforts were rewarded, and down we came. But unfortunately there had been a little mistake. The thing at the bottom was not a bed of roses after all, it was a cesspool full of barbed wire."3
Arthur Allen Leff, "Economic Analysis of Law: Some Realism about Nominalism," 60 Virginia Law Review (1974) 454–455. [↩]
Leff, "Economic Analysis," 455. [↩]
George Orwell, "Notes on the Way" (1940). [↩]
Florida School Bans Bible During Free Reading Time
Abortion Video and Dr. Manny Alvarez's Tepid Response


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Q: rollup.JS and "'this' keyword is equivalent to 'undefined' I'm trying to bundle Angular2 modules using Rollup.js.
this is my rollup.config.vendor.js file:
import typescript from 'rollup-plugin-typescript2';
import resolve from 'rollup-plugin-node-resolve';
import commonjs from 'rollup-plugin-commonjs';

export default {
    entry: 'vendor.ts',
    dest: './Bundle/vendor.js',
    format: 'iife',
    moduleName: 'vendor',
    plugins: [
        typescript(),
        resolve({
            jsnext: true,
            main: true,
            browser: true
        }),
        commonjs({
            include: 'node_modules/rxjs/**',
        }),
    ]
}

It creates a bundled js, but in the process it keeps printing this kind of message:
The 'this' keyword is equivalent to 'undefined' at the top level of an ES module, and has been rewritten
https://github.com/rollup/rollup/wiki/Troubleshooting#this-is-undefined
node_modules\@angular\forms\@angular\forms.es5.js (1:25)
1: var __extends = (this && this.__extends) || function (d, b) {
                            ^
2:     for (var p in b) if (b.hasOwnProperty(p)) d[p] = b[p];
3:     function __() { this.constructor = d; }

What does it mean?
Am I doing something wrong or is it the way it's supposed to be?

A: You could use the context option and set it to this: it avoids the rewrite of this to undefined (in fact this is rewritten to... this).
See Rollup documentation:

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*https://rollupjs.org/guide/en/#error-this-is-undefined

*https://rollupjs.org/guide/en/#context

A: You could safely ignore those warnings as explained in the documentation by adding the onwarn property to your rollup-config.js file:
onwarn: function(warning) {
    // Skip certain warnings

    // should intercept ... but doesn't in some rollup versions
    if ( warning.code === 'THIS_IS_UNDEFINED' ) { return; }

    // console.warn everything else
    console.warn( warning.message );
}

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It overrides the default onwarn method in order to skip annoying messages about the AOT compiler's use of the this keyword.

A: The reason this is happening is that typescript will attempt to shim out await if the language target is too low, and typescript's await shim leans on global this.  The warning is triggered by the use of global this, which it can't prove was safely stubbed out (but was.)
Whereas you can cause the error message to be omitted, since you're bundling, the better choice is to use a language target that presumes await.
In your tsconfig.json, set target to es2017 or higher, and this will go away.


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'If you think about who is feeling like an impostor, it's people not in the privileged class'
Dena Simmons says "it is the easy way out" to think of impostor syndrome as something that just happens at the individual level. She wants us to ask how certain environments make racialized people feel like impostors.
Dena Simmons wants us to ask how certain environments make racialized people feel like impostors.
Out In The Open · Posted: Mar 15, 2019 12:00 PM ET | Last Updated: March 15
Dena Simmons says "it is the easy way out" to think of impostor syndrome as something that just happens at the individual level. (Courtesy of Dena Simmons)
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"What is the environment doing to breed impostor syndrome in people?"
That's a question Dena Simmons wants us to ask when we talk about impostor syndrome - the feeling that you don't deserve your success.
"Usually, if you think about who is feeling like an imposter, it's people not in the privileged class," Simmons told Out in the Open host Piya Chattopadhyay.
Simmons, an educator and academic at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, said questioning her own merits and accomplishments over the years has had to do with questioning her belonging in particular spaces.
It started with her move as a child from an ethnically diverse neighbourhood in the Bronx, New York to a mainly white boarding school in Connecticut, where she was one of a few black children among mostly white students.
"Because of that, the feeling different, I started to feel like an impostor. But it wasn't only that. It was the sort of slights, the unsolicited advice, the public shaming that came with that environment that continued to perpetuate my feeling that I did not belong. That I somehow got plopped there by mistake."
The difference between helping and hindering
Simmons recalls one particular incident when a teacher admonished her in front of her friends in the hallway for the way she said the word "asking."
"I actually said it like 'axing' because that's how everyone around the Bronx, that's how we say it…"
When Simmons shares this story, she said one of the reactions she gets is people wondering whether the teacher was just trying to help, correcting her for her own good.
I realized that in order for me to be successful, I had to erase myself as a way to survive...And I feel like, in many ways, I came to school full and came away empty. - Dena Simmons
"I'm not going to take away that her intentions were not good. It was the way that it happened."
One of Simmons' issues with the teacher's response is the lack of recognition that there are multiple ways of communicating that can change from place and community.
"If she had said to me, 'Dena, perhaps back home you say 'axing.' That's completely fine. But here, we say 'asking.'"
Simmons said privileging one as right and the other as flat out incorrect was just one of many incidents that made her feel like "everything about me was wrong."
"I realized that in order for me to be successful, I had to erase myself as a way to survive. I had to perform another person. And I feel like, in many ways, I came to school full and came away empty."
Changing the school system from within
Despite her continued success, Simmons said she is still made to question her merits, her belonging in particular spaces.
"[A]s a woman academic, a black woman academic, I still experience it. I'm still often times the only one. I still feel I walk into the room, I have to check what I'm wearing. I have to see if my hair is not too 'Afro-ish'...It's the constant emotional labour of asking myself, 'Am I safe to be my authentic self?' And, in many ways in North America, 'Am I safe to be black?'"
One of the goals of Simmons' work in education is "to ensure that no one else has to experience this. No one else has to come into a room and ask themselves 250 questions about their belonging."
OUT IN THE OPEN: 'I am protecting them from whiteness': Why this mom chose to take her kids out of public school
She believes part of the solution is changing curriculum that centres whiteness by meaningfully integrating the lives and backgrounds of racialized students as also being 'official knowledge.'
"Cause you know, when I left the Bronx, the message was sent to me was that the Bronx had nothing to offer me. And when I left the Bronx, I learned that back home wasn't right. I wasn't right…
"I believe every child deserves an education that guarantees the safety to learn in the comfort of one's own skin."
This story originally aired on June 17, 2018. It appears in the Out in the Open episode "Impostors".
More from this episode
'Confronting the truth about yourself is really hard': Rediscovering a complicated youth through adult eyes
How a psychiatry professor accidentally discovered he was a psychopath
Even Canada's top law students can feel they aren't good enough
When my second child was born, I started to feel like a fraud
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