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The Nihilism of Sanctuary Cities
By Victor Davis Hanson May 02, 2016 8:32 AM ET
There are an estimated 300 or so jurisdictions — entire states, counties, cities, and municipalities — that since the early 1980s have enacted "sanctuary city" laws, forbidding full enforcement of federal immigration law within their jurisdictions.
Most of these entities are controlled by Democrats in general and liberals in particular. Sanctuary officials feel that federal enforcement of the southern border is either unnecessary or immoral, and thus they have decided that there is no real crime in entering and residing in the United States unlawfully. While the majority of illegal aliens are no doubt law-abiding and have avoided public dependence, the pool of unlawful immigrants is so large at over 11 million that even small percentages of lawbreakers can translate into hundreds of thousands of criminal aliens.
The liberal Migration Policy Institute conceded that there are over 800,000 illegal aliens with criminal records, nearly 700,000 of them with felony arrest records.
Those numbers, of course, reflect only those who have been arrested and faced trial, not the unknown number who have committed crimes without being apprehended or charged. In some sanctuary cities, lawlessness among undocumented immigrants has reached epidemic proportions.
Heather Mac Donald of the Manhattan Institute found that two-thirds of all outstanding felony warrants in the city of Los Angeles involved illegal aliens — as well as 95% of outstanding murder warrants.
Sanctuary cities are on record as having released over 10,000 known criminal aliens into the general population whom Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were attempting to deport. In addition, hundreds of thousands of criminals are currently protected from deportation as they await trials and sentences. Among them, most infamously, is Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, a seven-time convicted felon and five-time deported illegal alien who was not turned over to ICE by the San Francisco Sheriff's Department that held him in custody on a drug charge. He was instead released just weeks before he murdered Kate Steinle.
In this July 7, 2015 AP file photo, Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez is lead into a the courtroom for arraignment. More than 1,800 immigrants that the federal government wanted to deport were nevertheless released from local jails and later re-arrested for various crimes, according to a government report released last year. Lopez-Sanchez pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and other charges in the death of Kate Steinle, 32.
The apparent principle of sanctuary cities is akin to roulette. The odds suggest that most illegal aliens detained by officials are not career felons and thus supposedly need not be turned over to ICE for deportation. On the chance that some of their 10,000 released criminals will go on to commit further crimes in the manner of Juan Lopez-Sanchez, officials then shrug that the public outcry will be episodic and quickly die down, or will at least not pose political problems as great as would come from deporting aliens.
Yet the idea of a sanctuary city is Confederate to the core, reminiscent of antebellum Southern states picking and choosing which federal statutes they would abide by or reject. Even before the Civil War, the Nullification Crisis of 1832-33 pitted South Carolina against a fellow southerner, President Andrew Jackson, as the state declared that federal tariff laws were not applicable within its confines. Jackson understood the threat to the union, and promised to send in federal troops before South Carolina backed down.
The problem with legal nullification is always the enduring principle, never just the immediate landscape, of its implementation.
Sanctuary cities are careful to employ euphemisms rather than explicit references to illegal immigration. But not labeling San Francisco as an "illegal alien sanctuary" or even an "immigration sanctuary" only institutionalizes the idea of any city becoming a "sanctuary" from any federal law it finds convent. If sanctuary cities continue to flaunt federal immigration laws and if the federal government does not cut off federally earmarked funds to such offenders — or if ICE does not, in Jacksonian style, threaten to use force to arrest and deport illegal aliens — then the concept will spread, and spread well beyond matters of immigration law.
Much of the rural West opposes the Endangered Species Act. Can Wyoming declare that federally protected rats and bugs are not protected inside its state borders, when such pests obstruct construction of dams or highways? Many conservatives oppose federal restrictions on gun sales. Could Oklahoma City declare hand-gun purchases within its city-limits free of federal firearms statutes? Perhaps Little Rock could ignore a Supreme Court ruling and announce that gay marriage is not legal within its jurisdiction. On what rationale would liberals in California object to such nullifications — that neither state nor city had the right to ignore a federal law or to obstruct the law enforcement duties of federal officials?
As a remedy to such reactionary nullification of liberal federal laws, would San Francisco or Los Angeles advocate cutting off federal funds, sending in federal agents, or nationalizing the local or state police? All of these are proven remedies from when recalcitrant southern states refused to abide by federal integration and civil rights laws in the 1960s.
What if the border between California and Nevada was nullified?
The theory of sanctuary cities is entirely hypocritical and self-serving. The idea of sanctuary from immigration law is predicated ultimately on the belief that there are or should be no national borders and thus no legal right to prosecute those who ignore them. But if California is a sanctuary state and Nevada is not, how is that distinction articulated and maintained?
Obviously California believes it has a clearly demarcated border with Nevada and that such a line is a good thing, allowing the Golden State a quite different approach to politics, economics, culture, and society within its own confines. Furthermore, if an illegal alien were speeding over Interstate 80 and crossed the state border into California, the state would object if any non-state law enforcement agent likewise crossed that line to turn him over to ICE for deportation. In other words, a sanctuary city or state is predicated on its ability to create borders not only to establish enforceable jurisdiction, but also as a reification of difference. Sanctuary cities, then, would insist that they have a right to create and enforce borders, and to create unique places within them that differ from other cities.
Nullification now thrives because our "pen and phone" president has decided to suspend federal immigration law enforcement in the manner that — on over 20 occasions before his reelection — he had warned was unconstitutional. But Obama has also ensured the next Republican president that he will have ample liberal precedent to create or neglect laws as his ideological whims dictate. Donald Trump, were he to be elected, might have a very different idea of what qualifies as a sanctuary city or what executive orders are needed to see through agenda with dispatch.
Forget about principles, because there are no consistent principles: sanctuary cities would never allow their precedents to apply to other jurisdictions that did not share their own liberal pieties. They believe federal law is omnipotent for everyone other than their own exalted classes, and they believe that borders, jurisdiction, and the sovereignty of laws are a good thing — but only to the degree that they enhance their own utopian worldview.
The intellectual pedigree of sanctuary cities is not 1960s one-world ecumenicalism, but 1850s Confederate nullification. Their logical consequence is not a wide-open transnational continent, but utter disunion among the states and a second confederate attempt at destroying the primacy of the federal government.
Their politics are not exalted, but parochial, tribal, and demographic: sanctuary cities are predicated on the emergence of a large and politically potent Latino liberal demographic. Otherwise San Francisco or Los Angeles would be willing to turn over to ICE, for example, a lone Serbian illegal alien who had disrupted an environmental rally, or an Australian who overstayed his visa and began participating in "Trump for President" rallies. If thousands of Hungarian atheists were apprehended for committing crimes in Los Angeles, the Catholic archdiocese would stay mum about their deportation.
Nullification, neo-Confederate, tribal, and cynical are the proper epithets for such cities, which are best summed up as "cities of nihilism."
(Artwork created using multiple Shutterstock.com elements.)


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Floyd Mayweather Responds to the Negativity Conor McGregor and Ronda Rousey Show Him
It's well known that Floyd Mayweather's name has been on the lips of the big players in the MMA world. When his name is mentioned it's not always been in, how do I say, the most positive light.
Floyd Mayweather not happy his name is being mentioned
When you are a famous athlete and you mention the name of the worlds richest athlete you will instantly create headlines, something Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been use to in the world of boxing.
But it seems in recent years, Mayweather's name has been mentioned more and more in the MMA world.
Ronda Rousey and Conor McGregor
Floyd responded recently to all this negative talk: "I've never once, said anything negative about Ronda Rousey, never." "I've never said anything disrespectful about Conor McGregor."
The former boxing champion was responding to numerous occasions featherweight champion Conor McGregor and bantamweight MMA fighter Ronda Rousey have called him out.
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Q: VB.NET/C# Word Interop Add Picture (binary file in DB) I am trying to put pictures from SQL database to MS Word. I'm using the MS.Office.Interop interface. The picture is in binary format.
The only comannd I found was the following:
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But for this I need a conversion to XML.
Could anyone please help me? It is the first time i work with binary files.
Thank you very much!

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Most of you aren't going to like today's topic, because most people consume daily, the most abused drug on the planet and that's caffeine.
And YES, caffeine is a drug. So powerful that Coca Cola's original ingredient contained cocaine and they needed a replacement for it and the substitute was and still is, caffeine!
Whether it's your morning or daily coffee and tea, the usual "energy drinks", sodas, pre-workout products or dozens of other "energy" stimulatory products contain caffeine.
The problem with caffeine is that it "burns out" your Central Nervous System and causes numerous, negative changes in your hormones, which ultimately accelerates aging.
Increase in stress hormones, such as cortisol — this means more belly fat.
Decrease in testosterone — this means less muscle and lower libido.
Decrease in growth hormone & IGF — more fat, accelerated aging.
Decrease in thyroid hormones (T3) — slower metabolism and fat gain.
Decrease in adrenal hormones — DHEA, pregnenolone, etc.
Decrease in melatonin — sleep and anti-aging hormone.
Higher blood sugar and insulin insensitivity — more fat, less muscle, diabetes, etc.
Another major issue is neurological in that it causes issues by decreasing dopamine release and dopamine receptor sensitivity — both are bad because it decreases happiness and can cause Parkinson's.
It also causes a decrease in another neurotransmitter, serotonin. This means again, less happiness, more worry, stress, anxiety, and panic.
Insomnia & poor sleep (shallow REM sleep) — the cause of too many health problems and hormonal imbalances.
Honestly, I can go on and on.
And trust me when I tell you that when I take a little bit of caffeine, I feel AMAZING. I honestly do. I'm happy, very productive, and just more focused.
But I've done so many tests with it and no matter what I do, within a few days my body adapts, I need to increase the dose and my hormones start to change for the worst — as does my sleep.
And people who I've tested who habitually consume caffeine daily, for years and years (like most of us) — trust me, they have a lot of health issues.
But they are not to be consumed in highly concentrated sources as we do in modern society.
Anyway, like I said — I really like how I feel on caffeine, I just don't like to deal with the negatives – especially the hormonal imbalances.
However, the GOOD NEWS is that there are much safer, healthier and even better solutions — natural herbs, plant extracts, and amino acids that will give you all the energy and focus you need, but without any of the negative side-effects that I've mentioned today.
No crash. No negative hormonal changes.
Plus, they are actually GOOD for your health — body AND especially mind. Better for memory, cognition, and mood.
They actually help improve your hormones and neurotransmitters. They have anti-aging benefits, especially for your mind.
If you still want to have your caffeine products, go ahead… but consider lowering the dose and use much healthier and better solutions.


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Miranda Vissers
CV/Statement
Works on panel
Works on canvas
Twined Timber
Swaddled Stones
Urban images
Naturalia
Broken Landscape
Published on the occasion of the exhibition Broken Landscape in Art Gallery De Kunstkamer at Hoogeloon, with an introduction by art historian Liesbeth Schreuder, September 2015.
Text: Liesbeth Schreuder
Number of copies: 200
Text by art historian Liesbeth Schreuder, introduction of the publication Broken Landscape, September 2015.
Miranda Vissers: Broken Landscape
Nowadays the boundaries between disciplines in contemporary art are less sharply demarcated than before. Artists today express themselves freely, using and combining different media to communicate and these media are no longer limited to canvas or panel as in the past. For objects and installations there are no more limitations in choice of material; it is most important that artists allow themselves the freedom to experiment with all kinds of material and tools that lend themselves to the moment or help to express their thoughts.
This freedom offers infinite options to visualize ideas; with the ultimate choice determining the meaning of the work created. It becomes important that the spectator investigates the materials used and the techniques applied in order to fully comprehend the meaning of the work. Repetitions, rhythm, forms, textures - all contribute to the ultimate meaning and often contribute more than the simple representation of the art work.
The art works of Miranda Vissers (1956) accord with this concept. She makes use of different disciplines; she is a photographer and a painter, and she makes drawings, objects and installations. Moreover, she uses and reuses materials or objects by painting them or adding things to them. A distinguishing feature is the way she presents her art work: in series; organized according to material and colour; special combinations; rhythm; repetition.
Throughout her life Miranda has collected an impressive archive of natural materials, stones, branches, bones and shells as well as objects that are not used anymore or have become useless, such as old doors, textiles and postage stamps. Her digital photography archive contains a series of photographs of landscapes, weathered stones, bark and mosses. A collection mirroring the world surrounding her and her memories. The meaning lies in the absence of values, the beauty of decay, the weathering. In the way she observes, travelling through life, she focuses on details to uncover and discover structure and to better understand time, space and distance.
In this exhibition you can see this reflected in her series of landscapes. On her travels she sees the landscape in constant transition. With photographs she documents these precious moments but, once at home, she processes these impressions in a series of landscapes in different colour spheres using small wooden left-over flooring blocks as canvas. Her point of departure is the material and her colour palette. We interpret a horizontal line as a horizon, and so these almost abstract landscapes arise.
The way she builds up series from these blocks expresses more than just a collection of images with coloured stripes. She seeks to bring colour and sphere together. To bring harmony in the diversity of impressions. The art work generates a feeling, the emotion of transition, the passing of time, the smells of nature, the colours in the air. No thing is ever the same.
Liesbeth Schreuder, art historian
Review of exhibition 66° North in Rovaniemi by Tuula Turkki in Lapin Kansa, 13 September 2014.
Kunstwandelroute Hummelo
Catalogue of the Art Walk Hummelo (Kunstwandelroute Hummelo), on the occasion of the Landart Exhibition on the grounds of Country Estate Enghuizen. Catalogue 2014.
Cataloque, of exhibition in Juminkeko Kuhmo, Finland (January-March 2014), ISBN 978-952-5385-79-3 and cataloque Kalevala Mailart project ISBN 978-952-5385-80-9.
Interview in 'Uit in Eindhoven', October 2013, concerning 'Transit', a work periode in Artspace Flipside, Eindhoven.
Review exhibition Maisema/Landscape, during artist in residency in Kemijärvi, Finland. Koti Lappi, 5 September 2013.
Tulips & Hotels, close to home and far away.
Publication with close up photographs of tulips on hotel stationary collected during journeys all over the world. Artist book 2013.
Text: Miranda Vissers
Price: € 30
Photographs of pathways in Finland and poems about walking, inspired by the Finnish epic story Kalevala. Artist book 2012.
Publication with photographs of old doors with locks and padlocks made during a journey in Toscany. Artist book 2012.
Cataloque mailart project Verzamelen/Collecting, 2011. Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Photographs of work presented in the Nederlandsche Cacaofabriek Helmond, during 11th September till 17th October 2011
Cataloque double exhibition Peninsula <> Montanus, 2009-2010. Printed by Mesure, Oudenburg, Belgium.
Review The Manitoulin Expositor
Review of exhibition in Art Galley Neon Raven in 2010 by Nancy McDermid in The Manitoulin Expositor, 24th of November 2010.
Photographs of an environmental art project with a window during a stay on Manitoulin / Neon Raven Art Gallery M'Chigeeng Canada, Artistbook 2010
Synergy 2
Publication with photographs taken during a residence and exhibition in Neon Raven Art Gallery, M'Chigeeng Ontario Canada in 2010.
Gray's Anatomy and Beyond
Publication with photographs of collages in which anatomy images are combined with images of history of art, archetypes and symbols. Artist Book 2009.
Synergy Eindhoven-M'Chigeeng
Publication with photographs taken during a residency and exhibition in Neon Raven Art Gallery, M'Chigeeng Ontario Canada in 2008.
Enter, a world of doors 2007
Publication with photographs of doors, made during journeys between 2004 and 2006. ISBN 978-90-811726-1-5.


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Catalog > Craft & Maker > Business > Email Marketing For Crafters > My Newsletter Story
Lesson 5 of 24
I just want to back up a little bit and tell you my email story. So in two thousand five, I started a blawg called wall she naps, I'd read about blog's in the new york times on dh thought, oh, that's cool, I wonder if there's blocks for people who make things, so I went online and giggled, you know, kraft logs and found a few there were not a lot maybe like, forty I mean, there was, like not a lot at that time, I started reading a few and I went out for date night with my husband one night, and we're sitting in a starbucks attached to a barnes and noble and was pouring rain, and I was like, I think I can start one I think it could start a block and I think it will be about the things I'm making while our daughter, who was at that time nine months old and is now eleven is napping, I'll just be, you know, be a chronicle of things I'm making while she's nothing, so I thought, I'll call it while she's napping and I wrote it out and looked like while she's snapping so like now can't it felt...
just call it while she naps. No, no intention at all that this is going to become anything more than just fun. I had been on middle school social studies teacher and I was on maternity leave and then decided to stay, become a stay at home mom with this plug. Ok, so that was the very beginning. It was on type pad. I had it for many, many years, and then I had no news letter. So in the beginning, I was sewing, but I was also decorating cakes and planting a garden and doing all kinds of different crafts is making work on me. And I was just doing everything but quickly. It sort of started to be more about sewing, um, and more about sewing stuffed animals and dolls, and he started in july of that year, and I set up a nazi shop when, as he was still in bait on very beginning when it was all still free on bond. So I've had man to shop for ten years, um, and quickly started selling things, so it became a business within I mean, a business. It was a hobby business, but, you know, I started making some little money from it right away on and I was selling stuff, finished stuffed animals and then kind of merge into making south sculpture. So is making these soft sculpture birds like all kinds there were like little ones and tall ends and every kind of sets sculpture bird and I was having shows and I would you know go to the opening of the show and people would come by and either by something or not and they would say to me I had meet your mailing list right I wantto your mailing list they give me their card and be like yeah put me on their mailing list and I'd be like like I know mailing list I would just take the card and I would just like throw away like I didn't have anywhere to put their name so you know I was my attitude was I have a blawg I have a book so if you want to know what I'm doing go to my bog but in two thousand five and two thousand six two thousand seven especially people have no idea what that wass I mean really it was a very small group of people understood what a blogged wass or knew how to keep up with a blogger and all that stuff so um and even now you know there are people who are sort of like I get it but I don't really get it but I figured that that was enough ok then I migrated my website from wordpress from type head toward pressing got serious about my business I started filling sewing patterns I wrote three books and things progress on dh when I started feeling sewing patterns, I started actually making a profit I saw pdf sewing powder into their digital passive income profit. Okay, I was like, you know, I think I've been reading all these articles about business, and I think I probably should haven't email us and a riel mailing list. So in, um, new years of two thousand fourteen, I made a hole before two thousand fourteen started so new york's of two thousand thirteen, I made a whole list of business goals for the year on one of them was to start an email list and get serious, so I migrated my arse a female over and set up male chimp. Um, and I spent the first six months just experimenting, just doing all kinds of different things that I would send it sometimes every week, sometimes every three weeks, sometimes every month, and I mean, it was just I put all kinds of stuff in it every time it looked different, I was like, playing with it, and I couldn't figure out what to put in there still felt really guilty every time I cento um, it was just a lot of sort of playing around, and then when my list got to be over two thousand and I started paying for male champ, I was like, all right we'll figure this out you know I'm not paying for this I don't have that much money am I paying for this? I don't figure this out so what I did wass market research and this is something that we're going to do together here in a little while and I really recommend market research when it comes to an email newsletter is subscribing to a lot of email newsletters just get out there and describe so when you're on an artist's or makers website someone you like you know you always buy you know baby gifts for from this one particular person or whatever if they have a but a little box to put in your name put your name in and just hit subscribe and start subscribing subscribed to five subscribe to ten because what you're doing now is really getting serious about figuring out your own email marketing strategies so you need to see what people are doing so I did that it did a lot of market research and I arrived at a recipe for my own email marketing strategy my own each of my own newsletters that I thought was goingto be ok and was going to work and I started sending it out regularly on a weekly basis at the same time on the same day with the same recipe every time and I can't even explain to you how incredibly uh important the results have been for my business it's just phenomenal like it's really unbelievable. So many show you just a little bit so I send it out on wednesdays and not always goes out at ten a m eastern. So this is my block traffic um and you know, my block traffic hovers typically between two thousand three thousand hits on and dad on the day that I send the email wait it's between a thousand five hundred, two thousand hits mohr so because I'm sending it directly to these people who are interested they will click and that's the day I get all the blood comments so I might write a really interesting post on a friday don't just sit there, no comments he made a couple people share it. Whatever come wednesday I when it goes out in the email all the people come on and are like comments discussion, it gets shared so it'll just sit until that day comes and then on wednesdays gets all the interaction and engagement so the block traffic increases and if you have a blawg and you want traffic, this is the way to go for sure. Yes, where can people sign up your news letter? I have people that are already saying that they went and just signed up for yours and how amazing it is thank you I just signed up for well, since I'm not a computer but just go teo while sheen ask dot com right while she naps that come well let's see how many new subscribers we could get for you today you can always try and see if you're you know if you like it you can over the subscribe that's the thing no hard feelings we're going to talk about unsubscribe on how to handle that later but they're one other question yes it is the nature on with reflection design dot com and my question is what is the best day in time to pose such a good question and we're going to talk all about frequency and consistency and centimes the quick answer is the best day in time to do it is the one that's best for you in the long run I got the quick answer love that yeah but we will look more into it later yes that's such a good question I think a lot of people wonder about that ok this is the sales spike so this is august fifth that was a wednesday you can see what happens when I send out the newsletter so if you have justin etc shop you'll see the spike but especially if you don't just have a nazi shop or that she's not your thing and you just have your own standalone site okay on your on your own site you have you're responsible for driving traffic there because without at sea behind you it is just you and it's hard to drive traffic to a standalone e commerce site if anyone has done it you know it could just sit there and you just feel like nobody is ever clicking on this thing. How do we get people to click here? That's the answer you send them an email and tell them to come over and take a look so that's you know that's the number of sales on the day I found the email um and this was I had released the new pattern for a patchwork elefant uh I had released it on a friday. Not maybe the best way to release something. All right, fine. By releasing on a friday it was done that day so I put it up and I made like a couple sails. Uh but then on the wednesday that's when it all comes in wednesday's my day so I want to show you a little bit about that uh all right. Not only does it bring traffic right sales double hooray, but also it brings in responses and that's I think triple hooray! So I get all these e mails so I reserve all of wednesday so goes out of ten I reserve the whole rest today to respond to email because that's part of my business is is helping creative entrepreneurs with their own businesses and so for me that back and forth is part of what I dio on. It might not be part of yours, and you may not want to get a ton of email. But that's how? I do want a ton of email and I do enjoy getting them. So last week I had one hundred twenty four e mails, right? We're came back from my send and I spend the rest of the day responding to them. And what do I get? I get so much from that so much. I get ideas. I get tips. People see things in the home sewing industry they think are interesting or wrong, or need the light shined on them and they tell may what we look into this. What is this? Um, I get so much grade fodder for stories for block post. Great ideas. I get praised. I get critique. A lot of people like to send critique. One thing I will tell you the more you put out in the world, the more there is for people to criticize and that is going to happen. I sent out an email newsletter last here. I had misspelled the well. I had misused the word pedal. Ok, it has spelled it as peddling a bike when I met as like selling things pedal okay? All right, it was a mistake I admit it I got email back from a woman who told me that um it was a sign of a consummate professional to spell things correctly and she was really disappointed on, you know, great she's I always respond with grace I think it's very important to always respond with grace to say thank you and you know, you will try harder and that's what I did, but my point being is that you know you're you're inviting a certain amount of cred take your things or too expensive of, you know all of that, right? You're a business and that's customer service so you right back with grace or you ignore it that's your choice but uh it's not to go sometimes that's the best choice but anyway get praising fatigue I get questions which are awesome for me because it helps me to think about what are people worrying about andi I also get new work. So, uh it reminds people that I'm available for hire. So like I wrote a piece not long ago about how my career has shifted a little bit into becoming a freelance writer and so I talked about some of the recent freelance pieces I have written for some magazines and what I learned about that and a lot of people who are publishers subscribe to my email newsletter publishers in the craft industry and a woman from a mag major magazine who I've never written for email me and said oh we would love to have you submit a piece for our next issue so I get email from like a new projects that way it reminds people that I'm there and available toe work um new collaborations with small so it's super useful that way not just for like that direct purchase but for long term bill dang and long term thinking yeah are you going to talk about how to get people it's not just giving your mom and yeah yeah me and my mom and my sister on the list yes yes well we're going to do a whole lot of this building great that's a lot of people are asking that you know that's a huge question but a quick question I liked what you said about you getting questions from people back in response so do you utilize the questions that you're getting as content for future her e mails that were yours I use it is content sometimes for future emails I also use it it's content for future blawg posts because I write a lot deeper longer articles for me go up on the blog's that they're in a more public forum where everybody can respond and I drive traffic to the block were also my products live s o from the news ladder but definitely gives me tons of ideas for future poet yes is the answer


Since i was a child i was always very interested in cars, my father, JOSEF J. SCHMITZ, and i watched formula one ( we were big fans of Senna racing the black "John Player Special" Lotus and that is the reason why i choose my initianls in gold on black for the logo of my webpage ) and touring car races since the early 70th and my father supported me in my interest in sports cars from the beginning.
My "first love" in automobiles was ALFA ROMEO and i have spent some very nice years in a BERTONE 1750 GT and several Pinin Farina SPIDER convertibles before, relativly quickly, i found my way to the PORSCHE brand and especially the 911. At the age of 21 i bought my first 911 Porsche, a 2.7 SC which was my very first real contact with this CULT CAR. The 2.7 SC was followed by some 911 3.2 convertibles, a 911 3.2 widebody supersport convertible and a 911 Turbo 1- 3.3.
In 1996, when i was already in the car business after i had sold my fashion company, i bought myself my very first 964 RS.
Since then my love for this model and its "relatives" the other Porsche lightweight cars just grows and grows.
On the road and on track these cars are the ultimate driving pleasure and big fun – pure driving, light cars and not loaded with option gimicks which nobody needs, this is the key to real Porsche pleasure for me. Just a pure and realy simple Sport-Porsche !!!
As a logical consequence to my love and interest for these special lightweight cars i decided to make it the central idea of my car business.
i guess my "virus" for RS cars jumped over to many of my customers during the years. Since 1996 i have sold more than 450 – 500 of the 964 RS as well as surely about 250 of the even rarer 993 RS as well as about 25 of the only 172 produced 993 GT 2 cars. Beside this i sold many 964 Turbo 3.6 and several of the ultra rare 964 Turbo "S" lightweigt and quite a big number of 964 and 993 Cup cars.
I think only the porsche factory has sold more of these cars than me and i must say that i am a little bit proud of this fact.
Many of these cars went to customers and enthusiasts all over the world and to Porsche club members all over the world – besides Germany especially to Great Britain, Japan, France, Italy, Belgium, Holland, Sweden, Switzerland, Ireland as well as the USA, South Africa, Ukraine.
I am very happy about the fact that many customers became close friends over the years and that i still have good and friendly contact with almost all of my clients. It is just nice to see that the hobby " Porsche" can bring people together, no matter what country they are from.
Even since the water cooled and more powerfull porsche sports cars like 996 GT 3 and 996 GT2 as well as 997 GT 3 and 997 GT 3 RS are available i always focused on the aircooled lightweight models 964 and 993. I of cause sold several 996 GT3 and GT 2 as well as 997 GT 3 and GT3RS and will do in the future but the aircooled is were my heart is.
Owning sportscars and dealing in sportscars means to me as well driving them as the porsche engineers ment to drive them – sportive and fast !!!
What car is better for use on track than a Porsche lightweight ! Hobby driving, driver schools, track days or even club racing – the Porsche RS or GT is the ultimate solution !!!
I can only adivse every porsche fan to find his own "playground" – collecting cars for the collectors mentality, driving sportive for the porsche fan and track or race for the racer in you.
Best is you do a bit of all and realy enjoy it. I do !!!
There are maybe many other sportive cars in the market, older and younger, but none of them is as pure, as honest and as much fun to drive as an RS or another Porsche lightweight model. In combination with very good reliability, extremly high quality and bullet proof technics as well as always rising value and extremly good to resell this cars are outstanding.
In the sum of all its attributes the Porsche is lightyears ahead of most of its competitors.
Looking at these facts a Porsche does not only have to be a passion but can as well be a very economical decison.
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The women of 'Impeachment' explained: Juanita Broaddrick, Starr report 'footnote'
The following contains spoilers from Episode 9 of "Impeachment: American Crime Story." Read our full coverage of the series here.
Gennifer Flowers. Paula Jones. Kathleen Willey. Monica Lewinsky. Their names are forever attached to that of former President Clinton, whose extramarital sex and alleged misconduct dominated the news cycle in the 1990s.
But one name is sometimes forgotten in that mix: Juanita Broaddrick.
The penultimate episode of "Impeachment," written by Sarah Burgess, largely focuses on grand jury testimony delivered by Lewinsky and Linda Tripp, but it also introduces the woman who accused Clinton of raping her during his 1978 campaign for Arkansas governor.
In the episode, "The Grand Jury," FBI agents visit Broaddrick's home in an attempt to correct her previous affidavit, provided in Jones' sexual harassment lawsuit against the president, which had denied any wrongdoing by Clinton. And she does. But when independent counsel Kenneth Starr is informed that Broaddrick has recanted and now alleges that Clinton raped her, he's unconvinced that it helps his cause: "If he didn't pressure her, then it doesn't go to his criminality."
"Except for the … raping. He raped her," an attorney helping to draft Starr's report to Congress replies, gobsmacked. Starr contends that it deviates from the mission to charge Clinton with lying and abusing his power, arguing that the report can't be cluttered with all his past sexual experiences.
"Put her in a footnote," Starr says.
The allegations
As she recounted in an interview with "Dateline" in 1999, Broaddrick first met Clinton while he was attorney general of Arkansas, during his run for governor. Then 35, she had been volunteering for his campaign for three weeks when he made a campaign stop at the nursing home where she worked.
"We were so excited," she recounted in an interview for the podcast "Slow Burn," which chronicled Clinton's impeachment in its second season. "I mean, I'd seen these commercials on TV. I thought he was absolutely going to be the best thing in the world for Arkansas."
Then-candidate for governor Bill Clinton during a visit to the Van Buren, Ark., nursing home where Juanita Broaddrick, right, worked in 1978.
In interviews, Broaddrick said she approached Clinton in the hopes of getting his ear on the lack of funding the state provided for elder care. Clinton suggested she call the campaign office when she was in Little Rock. She did that and set up a coffee meeting with Clinton at her hotel. According to Broaddrick, Clinton told her there were too many reporters in the hotel lobby, so they should have coffee in her room. "I immediately said yes — I mean, I wasn't frightened," she said in the interview with "Slow Burn." "I'd never been alone in a hotel room with any man that I didn't know before, but I mean, you're talking about the attorney general of the state of Arkansas."
When he arrived, he turned her attention to an old jail he wanted to renovate if he became governor. According to Broaddrick, he then began kissing her. Broaddrick says she resisted his advances as he pushed her onto the hotel bed, until he forced himself on her.
"'The last thing he said to me was, "You better get some ice for that,"'" she recalled in a 1999 interview with the Washington Post, referring to a lip bite she suffered during the alleged assault. "And he put on his sunglasses and walked out the door."
Through a lawyer in 1999, Clinton denied her allegations.
Broaddrick did not file a report of the alleged crime to the police. The allegation was passed on to reporters in the lead-up to the 1992 presidential election, but it wasn't pursued. It wasn't until 1998, two decades later, that the allegation was made public.
During the impeachment process, Broaddrick recanted her earlier denial of the rape allegation in the Jones proceedings, saying she was initially apprehensive about coming forward because she thought no one would believe her. She changed her story during interviews with Starr's investigators and said the president had assaulted her.
As the Washington Post reported at the time, Starr dropped it because Broaddrick stated Clinton never tried to influence her story. Her allegation became an asterisk in their report, where she was referred to as "Jane Doe No. 5."
In January 1999, Broaddrick taped an interview with "Dateline" that detailed her account, but as NBC delayed the airing, she spoke with outlets like the Post and the New York Times, saying tabloid reports that claimed she and her then-husband were being paid for their silence fueled her decision to go public. NBC ultimately aired the "Dateline" interview on Feb. 24, nearly two weeks after the Senate acquitted Clinton in his impeachment trial.
The Juanita of today
I was 35 years old when Bill Clinton, Ark. Attorney General raped me and Hillary tried to silence me. I am now 73….it never goes away.
— Juanita Broaddrick (@atensnut) January 6, 2016
While she had been able to move past the Clinton storm by the early aughts, Broaddrick would eventually reenter the spotlight as a far-right extremist and Donald Trump booster during Hillary Clinton's campaign for president in 2016. Vexed by Clinton's pro-female agenda, Broaddrick tweeted out a statement that went viral: "I was 35 years old when Bill Clinton, Ark. Attorney General raped me. I am now 73 … it never goes away."
Broaddrick wasn't on the Trump train from the start: "I did not know what to make of this man," she recalled in an interview with the Atlantic in 2019. Then she watched a May 2016 episode of "Hannity" in which Trump described Broaddrick's claim against Clinton as rape. "I almost fell out of my chair. That's when I was firmly in his corner. It was personal."
A few months after her tweet, Broaddrick was invited by the Trump campaign to sit in the audience — alongside Clinton accusers Jones, Willey and Kathy Shelton — during the candidate's second debate with Hillary Clinton in October 2016. According to the Washington Post, the original plan was for the four women to walk into the debate hall at the same time as the former president and confront him in front of a live television audience. But the Commission on Presidential Debates intervened moments before the event went on air.
Before the debate, Trump broadcast a news conference-style event on Facebook with the women. During the event, Broaddrick downplayed the inappropriate comments Trump made about women in leaked audio, contending: "Bill Clinton raped me, and Hillary Clinton threatened me. I don't think there's any comparison."
She would go on to make appearances on Fox News and, in 2018, self-publish a memoir, "You'd Better Put Some Ice on That." In the wake of the #MeToo movement and a reevaluation of past scandals and the women maligned by them, there's been a reexamination of Broaddrick. New York Times columnist Michelle Goldberg published an op-ed titled, "I Believe Juanita", while the Washington Post's Richard Cohen wrote, "I thought Juanita Broaddrick Wasn't Credible. I Was Wrong," spurred by listening to the "Slow Burn" podcast in which she recounts her experience.
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Cyber security is the toughest challenge for the car industry
With nearly 112 million vehicles now connected around the world, the global market for automotive cyber security is expected to grow exponentially – to $759 million USD in 2023, according to a new report, "Automotive Cybersecurity and Connected Car," from IHS Automotive, part of business information provider IHS Markit.
One unfortunate result of connected car growth: vehicles are now more susceptible to cyber attacks through the many wireless and wired connections. Hackers are getting more savvy in perpetrating cyber attacks – more easily and cost effectively– on connected vehicles.
OEMs and suppliers are taking these threats seriously, with increased interest in developing and implementing cyber security solutions to address vulnerabilities and system design changes needed to accommodate them.
There are many software approaches to cyber security in the car, and according to IHS Markit research, the automotive cyber security market will consist of two distinct segments. Some cyber security software programmes will be installed on to the many special purpose computers and data buses that control and regulate in vehicle functions such as the airbags and fuel intake. These special computers are known in the industry as electronic control units (ECUs).
The other segment will be cyber security cloud services. These cloud services will track and manage whole fleets of vehicles through management service software that will track and assess irregularities, allowing car makers to identify unauthorised attempts to attack or alter their vehicles. Most cars will have multiple cyber security software programmes to protect the key ECUs in the car, which could be as many as 50-60 (ECUs in today's vehicles) according to IHS Markit estimates.
In 2023, 25 percent of the vehicles sold globally will be equipped with cyber security cloud services. The revenue of cyber security cloud services will reach $389M globally in 2023, according to IHS Markit forecasts. Nearly 65 million vehicles are forecast to be subscribed to cyber security services by 2023.
The royalty revenue for the cyber security software programmes will grow to $370 million in 2023 from less than $1 million in 2016. Due to multiple cyber security software programmes per vehicle that use cyber security protection, nearly 150 million software programmes will sold in 2023, according to IHS Markit forecasts.
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Q: Demand for operations research in industry I want to know how much demand there is for OR in the commercial world, and understand the relevance and prevalence of OR.
Is the airline industry the place where this technique is applied the most? What other areas would OR be in demand from your experience?
Also, is it mainly academics that perform OR for corporates or are consulting firms providing this service as well?

A: Airlines do indeed rely on operations research. So does UPS, which has an in-house operations research group that has generated sizeable cost savings for them.
Rather than listing the various industries that use OR, I'll just recommend that you look at past winners of the INFORMS Franz Edelman Award. You might also want to look through a few issues of the INFORMS journal Interfaces, recently renamed the INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics. Many of the articles in it document OR applications in industry.


A device and method for preparing for and supporting surgical operations includes a numerically controlled positioning appliance which is arranged in a predetermined or measurable geometric relationship with respect to an operating site. A surgical instrument, such as a machining tool or a holder for a graft, can be releasably connected to this positioning appliance for movement in relation to the operation site. A measurement appliance is used for measuring coordinates of the operation site in relation to a stationary reference system. The holder can be releasably secured to the positioning appliance or, alternatively, can be secured on a securing device which is stationary in relation to the reference system. The securing device is arranged in a predetermined or measurable geometric relationship with respect to the operation site. A data processing unit with memory controls the positioning appliance. The memory stores a data record of a three-dimensional structural image of the operation site. The three-dimensional image of the operation site is prepared from individual morphology data determined by noninvasive examination procedures prior to surgery. This image is used as the basis for the planning of osteotomy lines. The coordinates of the osteotomy lines are taken over in control commands for the positioning.
The invention relates to a device and a process for preparing for and supporting surgical operations, in particular for preparing for and supporting bone grafting operations and transposition osteotomies.
When grafting a bone fragment on the cranium, representing one example of bone grafting, a graft is taken, preferably from the area of the iliac crest, after the pathologically altered or inoperably destroyed bone fragment has been removed. The graft is then machined to remove material at its edges in order to match its external form as far as possible to the cranial opening so that it can be fitted into the cranial opening without any substantial edge joints, which delay the healing process.
In the past machining of the graft has been carried out by hand and requires great manual dexterity on the part of the surgeon and a good spatial imagination in order to produce, in a few machining steps, a graft which fits well. However, for less experienced or practiced surgeons, this procedure is very time-consuming on the one hand, since it necessitates frequently comparing the graft to the cranial opening in order to prevent too much material being removed. On the other hand, these surgeons in most cases choose a relatively simple geometric shape as the contour for the cranial opening and for the graft in order to make the matching of the graft easier. But the result of this is that more healthy bone tissue is often removed from the cranium than is necessary, and that accordingly a larger graft has to be removed too, which consequently slows down the healing process at the donor site for the graft.
The invention is based on the object of developing a process and a device which make it possible to match a graft, regardless of its shape, with great accuracy to a grafting site.
In the present device, this object is achieved according to the invention with the aid of a numerically controlled positioning appliance which is arranged in a predetermined or measurable geometric relationship with respect to an operation site and to which at least one surgical instrument, a machining tool for the machining of tissue or bone, or a holder for the graft, can be releasably. The invention is based on the idea of using the high precision of numerical controls in order to machine the graft when matching it and/or in order to position it subsequently at the grafting site until it has been fixed.
In the presents process, the solution according to the invention proposes determining the individual anatomical morphology in the area of an intended operation site prior to surgery, and preparing the determined data as the basis for planning and/or simulating the operation, and also for numerical control of at least one positioning appliance which is arranged in a predetermined or measurable geometric relationship with respect to the operation site and to which a surgical instrument, a machining tool for tissue or bone, or a holder for a graft, can be releasably connected.
In preferred embodiment of the invention a holder can be connected to the positioning appliance, on which holder the graft is releasably secured. The positioning appliance can in this case be used without removal of the holder, both for the computer-aided movement of the graft, at the time of its machining, with great accuracy in relation to a stationary machining tool, for example a milling head, and also for the positioning of the finished graft at the grafting site until it is secured to the site. Alternatively, the holder with the releasably secured graft can be designed such that it can be secured both with the positioning appliance and also stationary in a predetermined or measurable geometric relationship with respect to a reference system. While in the stationary state, the graft is machined into the intended shape by a machining tool connected to the positioning appliance, and then the graft can be positioned by the positioning appliance after exchanging the machining tool for the holder.
In order to ensure high positioning and machining accuracy both during the positioning and also during the shaping, a data processing unit is provided in accordance with a further preferred embodiment of the invention. The data processing unit has a memory in the data record is stored which reproduces in a three-dimensional system of coordinates the individual anatomical morphology of the grafting site which, in accordance with a further preferred embodiment of the invention, was determined prior to surgery by evaluating the results of noninvasive examinations, for example computed tomography, nuclear magnetic resonance tomography, ultrasound, X-ray or holographic examinations. Thus, for example, morphology data can be determined from a series of tomograms, arranged one after the other, of the operation site. In these examinations, the region of the body which is to be examined is advantageously recorded in layers by means of mutually parallel tomograms of sufficient resolution, and the data obtained are evaluated in the data processing unit in order to produce therefrom a three-dimensional structural image of the bones or organs in the area of the proposed operation site. The structural image can serve as a basis for the planning and simulation of the operation. Knowledge of the morphology of the tissue in the operation site facilitates the planning of the osteotomy lines and is also useful, after the osteotomy lines have been established, for searching for a suitable donor site for the graft, since the search with the aid of the data processing unit hugely increases the number of options which can be checked.
In accordance with another preferred embodiment of the invention, the positioning appliance is controlled by the stored data processing unit on the basis of the three-dimensional data record. The system of coordinates of the data record coincides with the reference system in which the movements of the positioning appliance take place, with respect to the origin of the coordinates, the number and orientation of the coordinate axes in relation to one another, and the scale. This can be effected with the aid of a mechanical, acoustic, or optical measurement device with which, before or during the operation, the coordinates of characteristic fixed points of the operation site are measured in relation to a reference point. The reference point is in a known geometric relationship to the origin of the coordinates of the manipulator arm. The same applies to the measurement of the exposed surfaces of the remaining healthy bone or tissue after the pathologically altered or damaged parts have been removed.
During the operation, this measurement device can also be used to measure the spatial form of the graft arranged on the stationary holder with respect to the reference system, before the graft is machined, and a machining tool connected to the positioning appliance can be guided, after correlation of the systems of coordinates by the data processing unit, along the previously measured surfaces of the remaining healthy bone which are in this case superposed synthetically on the graft.
In accordance with an advantageous embodiment of the invention, the positioning appliance has several degrees of freedom of movement, so that the surgical instrument connected to it, the machining tool, or the holder for the graft can adopt any desired spatial position.
In accordance with a further advantageous embodiment of the invention, the positioning appliance has at least one manipulator arm which, in the area of its free end, has a receiver. The surgical instrument, the machining tool or the graft holder can be inserted into the receiver.
A plurality of manipulator arms can be advantageously provided. It then is possible to connect to the receivers of the arms sensors for determining biological or physical parameters, such as muscle currents or brain currents or the pH in the area of the operation site. It is also possible to connect to the receivers surgical aids, for example hooks or the like, which hold the operation site open without fatigue and which can be displaced with high precision by controlling the manipulator arms.
The invention is explained in greater detail hereinafter on the basis of an illustrative embodiment which is represented diagrammatically in FIG. 1. FIG. 1 shows a positioning appliance of a device according to the invention for supporting surgical operations.
The positioning appliance 2 represented in FIG. 1 consists chiefly of a numerically controlled manipulator arm 4 which can be moved with several degrees of freedom of movement in relation to a stationary reference system 6. A patient can be secured on a stationary operating support 8 in such a way that a proposed operation site 10 is located in the area of movement of a receiver 12 arranged at the free end of the manipulator arm 4. A surgical instrument, a machining tool 16 or a holder 18 for a graft 14 can be inserted into the receiver 12.
The movements of the manipulator arm 4, and thus the movements of the surgical instrument, the machining tool 16, or the holder 18 inserted into the receiver 12, are controlled by a data processing unit (DPU) 20 directly or indirectly by transmission of data to a numerical control system of the manipulator arm 4 itself.
The DPU 20 has a memory in which a 3D data record for a three-dimensional structural image of the operation site 10 is stored. The structural image comprises in its own system of coordinates the individual anatomical morphology of the grafting site which was determined prior to surgery by evaluating the results of noninvasive examinations, for example computed tomography, nuclear magnetic resonance tomography, ultrasound, X-ray, or holographic examinations. The individual anatomical morphology also was the basis for the planning of the osteotomy lines, which are likewise stored in the memory of the DPU 20.
An optical or mechanical measurement device (not shown) is used, after the patient has been secured on the operating support 8, to obtain the coordinates of characteristic points of the operation site 10, for example easily discernible bone features, in relation to the stationary reference system 6. The measurement data read into the DPU 20, is compared by the DPU 20 with the data record of the structural image. The system of coordinates of the structural image is brought into coincidence with the reference system 6 by computer means so that the structural image and the planned osteotomy lines can be superposed on the operation site 10. By this means, for example, after the osteotomy has been completed, the bone surfaces surrounding the graft 14 can be subjected to fine machining by the surgeon, with the aid of a machining tool 16 inserted into the receiver 12, for example a rotationally driven milling head, in order to cause the bone surfaces to coincide exactly with the stored osteotomy lines.
The measurement device is further used for measuring the graft 14 which is releasably secured on the holder 18. The holder 18, which has a shape similar to a small osteosynthesis plate, is for this purpose secured in a securing device 22 which is stationary in relation to the operating support 8 and which is likewise arranged in the area of movement of a machining tool 16 inserted into the receiver 12 of the manipulator arm 4. The coordinates of the boundary surfaces of the graft 14 are then determined, and the geometrical configuration of the previously measured surfaces of the remaining healthy tissue or bone is superposed on the graft 14 by computer means, along which surfaces the cutting or milling edge of the machining tool 16 inserted into the receiver 12 is then guided by the DPU 20 in order to match the boundary surfaces of the graft 14 as exactly as possible to the surfaces of the tissue or bone surrounding the graft 14. The movement of the manipulator arm 4 can nevertheless be controlled in such a way that a small joint of uniform thickness later remains in some places between graft 14 and the surrounding tissue or bone. The joint can be filled with bone cement in order to fix the graft 14 against displacement.
After the graft 14 has been shaped, the graft is then inserted together with the holder 18 into the receiver 12 and is positioned in correct alignment in the operation site 10 at the proposed grafting site. The movement of the manipulator arm 4 being controlled by the DPU 20.
The positioning appliance 2 can have additional numerically controlled manipulator arms, into whose receivers it is possible to insert, during the operation, sensors or surgical aids, such as hooks, in order, respectively, to transmit information on the particular status of biologically relevant parameters, for example the muscle currents or brain currents, from the operation site to a physiological monitoring system, and to hold the operation site open in a manner free from fatigue.
wherein said positioning appliance carries said machining tool to machine the graft according to the dimensions stored in said data record and, after removal of said machining tool, carries said holder to implant the graft at the operation site.
2. A system according to claim 1 wherein said measurable geometric relationship is predetermined.
moving the graft from said holder into the resected area at the operation site via the positioning appliance.
a measurement appliance for measuring coordinates of the operation site in relation to said stationary reference system.
5. The system according to claim 1 wherein said securing device is arranged in a predetermined or measurable geometric relationship in relation to the operation site.
6. The system according to claim 1 wherein said memory of said data processing unit stores a data record for a three-dimensional image of planned osteotomy lines.
7. The system according claim 1 wherein said positioning appliance has several degrees of freedom of movement.
8. The system according to claim 1 wherein said positioning appliance has at least one manipulator arm.
9. The system according to claim 8 wherein said at least one manipulator arm has a free end and a receiver arranged proximate said free end.
10. The system according to claim 1 wherein said machining tool releasably connected to said positioning appliance is driven by a motor.
11. The system according to claim 10 wherein said machining tool comprises at least one of a cutting tool, a milling tool, and a drilling tool.
12. The system according to claim 1 wherein said holder for the graft comprises an osteosynthesis plate.
13. The method according to claim 3 wherein said step of determining an individual anatomical morphology is performed by at least one of computed tomography, nuclear magnetic resonance, X-ray, ultrasound, and holographic examinations.
14. The method according to claim 3 wherein said step of determining an individual anatomical morphology is performed by analyzing a series of tomograms, arranged one after the other, of the operation site.
15. The method according to claim 3 and further comprising the step of preparing a three-dimensional image of the operation site by analyzing the morphology data.
16. The method according to claim 15 wherein the three-dimensional image is used as a basis for the planning of osteotomy lines.
17. The method according to claim 15 wherein the positioning appliance is moved according to the coordinates of the osteotomy lines.
18. A method according to claim 3 and further comprising the step of shaping an outer surface of the graft via a machining tool to match a boundary of the resected area of diseased tissue or bone.


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Carter Visits Hamas
I am posting the article below at the request of Mahmoud El-yousseph I although I disagree with it strongly, I hope the article will encourage a debate. My comments appear below the article.
Carter is Right: US Must Engage Hamas
By Mahmoud El-Yousseph
Newsflash: Carter denied permission into Gaza by Israel! The former U.S. president is currently on a peace mission in the Middle East as the head of Carter Center for Peace and not as a U.S. official.
His mission were to include various countries in the region to discuss: truce, prisoners exchange, the siege of Gaza, and reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas. Other high-profile international figures including the prime minister of New Zealand, former South African president Nelson Mendela, and the former U.N. secretary-general Kofi Anan were to join Mr. Carter on his mission.
Carter's mission could have created unprecedented opportunity for peace which must not be lost if this generation and future generations are to be spared the tragedies of war.
The former president cares more about Israel than all 43 U.S. presidents. Thanks for his effort, Israel has signed peace treaty with Egypt in 1979 at Camp David. It was the first peace treaty with an Arab country. And that is how Israel shows its gratitude! It is an outrage that our former president has been shunned by the country that we handout 3 billion dollars in aid every year, which comes from my and your tax dollars.
To me, as American tax payer, that is an affront and slap on the face. Carter was allowed however by Israel to only tour the towns of Sderot and Ashkelon and visit a local hospital.
It is amazing how the former president came under attack once the news of the trip was made public. Our Department of State and few members of our Israeli controlled Congress attacked Mr. Carter and mocked his mission and the prime minister of Israel refused to meet with him.
But the brave Carter refused to budge, even as the other members of the delegation canceled under outside pressures. With rising tension in the Middle East, and our current president is a sitting duck unable to accomplish nothing, Jimmy Carter wanted to give peace a chance.
Telling Carter to "butt off" is undignified and disgracefull. Those who attacked the former president have nothing better to offer, except write fancy speeches and look for photo ops and get free trips. Attempting to appease Israel and its powerfull lobby in the U.S. will only prolong conflict.
Even Mahmoud Abbas, the subservient Palestinian president did not bother to meet our former president. Abbas has off course to obey the wishes of his Israeli benefactors and those of other donor-countries.
So what is the big deal about Carter meeting Hamas leaders- the truly elected representative of the Palestinian people?
Cater who himself monitored the Jan. 2006 Palestinian election in which Hamas scored a land slide victory, has certified the election as, fair, clean, and transparent.
America was able to end the Vietnam war only after it sat down at the table in Paris Peace conference face to face with Vietnamese officials. Neither country at that time recognized the other. What grinds my gears is: President Bush has directed Egypt to negotiate a truce between Hamas and Israel, but when our former president did the very same thing, everyone started jumping up and down! Please, can someone explain this to me?
Let's face it, in the last 8 years, 15 Israelis were killed to due to the rockets attack from Gaza. By contrast Israel has killed during the same time frame thousands Palestinian, mostly in Gaza. Israel's history of violating the human rights of Palestinians long predates these rockets attacks. Here is a short list of these violations which all constitutes war crimes by Israel:
* The strangling and inhumane siege of 1.5 million Palestinians in Gaza.
* The continued detention of 11,000 Palestinians with no charges, no trial.
* Subjecting West Bank Palestinians to daily humiliation at 580 Check points.
* Land theft to be used for new settlement or building the "Separation wall."
* Using Palestinian men and children as a human-shield
* Targeted assassination, where Israel acts as a judge, jury, and prosecutor.
* Uprooting 700,000 olive trees by Israeli army and extremist settlers.
* kidnapping detainee relatives and threatening to rape, their mothers, wives, sisters, and daughters by interrogator in order to obtain a confession.
This has been documented by Israeli and Palestinian human right groups, admitted by Israeli security service, and reported by Israeli daily Haaretz. You will not be able to read this in main stream news media, because once the siege of Gaza began and Israel turned off the light, US media started the news blackout.
Why put all the blame and the pressure on the Palestinian and bend backward to protect and shield Israel? Who articulates our foreign policy in the Middle East? Is it drafted in Tel Aviv or in Washington? It does not take a rocket scientist to figure it out, our Middle East policy is held hostage by the powerful pro Israeli lobby in the U.S.
That is the sad truth. No wonder why America's image abroad has been tarnished. Our policy need to be re-examined, and it is time for new and fresh approach. If America wanted to be an honest broker between Israel and the Palestinians, it should talk to both sides and not favor one over the other. With such a policy and an attitude by our government, a genuine peace will never see the day light.
A lasting peace will only be reached when the occupation ends and the settlements dismantled, the siege of Gaza lifted, and targeted assassination stopped, Palestinian prisoners free, showering rockets at Sderot and Ashkelon quit, and yes, captive Israeli soldier free.
All of this could only be accomplished through negotiation, to which courageous Carter is an expert at. Once again, Israel blew another chance for peace. And yes, the US needs to talk to Hamas.
-Mahmoud El-Yousseph is USAF Retired Veteran. He contributed this article to PalestineChronicle.com. Contact him at:elyousseph6@yahoo.com
Hamas is a terrorist organization. You don't negotiate with terrorists. It just encourages them. Even the far left Barack Obama sees that.
Mr. El-Yousseph bases much of his impassioned arguments on disinformation emanating from Arab sources. I believe the Arabic word is taqyya, sometimes rendered taqquiya. If you begin from bad premises, you will most assuredly reach wrong conclusions. But the article and the actions of Mr. Carter show how effective a disinformation campaign can be. Mahmoud is well-meaning, but deceived.
Fourteen Carter Institute staffers felt they had to resign over the lunacy in Peace Not Apartheid, Mr. Carter's anti-Israel book. I sometimes wonder if Mr. Carter isn't suffering from some form of mental illness.
Challenge to Mahmoud: Do you acknowledge that Hamas an organization that uses terrorism as a weapon? If not, how can you rationalize the suicide bombings and the other murders of innocents (e.g., the recent Jewish seminary massacre)? If you concede that Hamas uses terrorism as a weapon, then you must also address the rationale for why America should dignify that tactics by negotiating with terrorists.
I don't see it. And neither do any of the current crop off presidential candidates.
Update: Carter called a "useful idiot" after Hamas twice disputed Carter's purported agreements. Video available.
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Labels: Hamas, Jimmy Carter, terrorism
Obama: Hamas is a Terrorist Organization
From the April 16, 2008, Democratic presidential candidates debate Senator Barack Obama said:
"That's why I have a fundamental difference with President Carter and disagree with his decision to meet with Hamas," Obama said. "We must not negotiate with a terrorist group intent on Israel's destruction. We should only sit down with Hamas if they renounce terrorism, recognize Israel's right to exist and abide by past agreements."
"Hamas is not a state. Hamas is a terrorist organization," he said.
I believe that makes all three major presidential candidates unanimous in describing Hamas aa a terrorist organization. Of course, it is stating the obvious, but there remain some Americans (especially American muslims) who remain blind to the facts.
Of course, Hamas will never meet Sen. Obama's preconditions for talks. Not unless they amend their charter.
Update: This blog has not gotten many commenters, but be sure to read the comment of Mahmoud El-Yousseph who is a USAF veteran, a Muslim, and an outspoken opponent of US support for Israel. Mahmoud and I disagree on much, but he is passionate in his views and deserves a reasoned response to his arguments, whether agreeing or disagreeing.
Labels: Gaza, Hamas, Jimmy Carter, Obama, terrorism
Global Warming Threat
From Chuck Muth's News and Views email newsletter:
TIME TO TAKE GLOBAL WARMING SERIOUSLY
I have to admit, I've been in the camp which hasn't taken the threat of global warming seriously, but this story from FoodWeek Online has forced me to change my position.
"Beer production in Australia and New Zealand could be cut by climate change within 25 years, a scientist has warned. Climate expert Dr Jim Salinger, of the NZ National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research says that climate change could cause a decline in malting barley production in both countries. 'It will mean either there will be pubs without beer or the cost of beer will go up,' Dr Salinger said."
When the only effect of global warming was the melting of polar ice caps, thereby displacing a few bears, what's the big deal? But if it could affect the beer supply, well, that IS a crisis. Get Al Gore on the phone
I've gotta go with Chuck on this one.
Labels: Beer, Global Warming
Obama: No Guns for Self Defense
Obama approves of guns for hunters. But not guns for the defenseless hunted according the the Investors Business Daily:
Gun Control: Barack Obama says he won't take folks' guns away as long as they're hunters. But when the hunted are his constituents, well, that's different: He opposes concealed carry and the right to self-defense.
There's something about an election that brings out the sportsman in a Democratic presidential candidate. Recall John Kerry's sudden fondness for hunting four years ago.
And speaking in Idaho earlier this year, Barack Obama told the crowd, "We got a lot of hunters in the state of Illinois, and I have no intention of taking away folks' guns."
Except he does.
In a 1996 questionnaire, Obama wrote that he "supported banning the manufacture, sale and possession of handguns." He says now that the survey was filled out by an aide who misrepresented his views. Yet his record since then is consistent with that view. Never mind that Illinois and the other 49 states have a lot of two-legged predators.
Labels: Gun control, Obama
Obama and the Incredible Expanding Ego
The Boston Globe reports:
According to an account posted online on The Huffington Post, Obama was answering a question about what he would look for in a running mate if he wins the nomination. "I would like somebody who knows about a bunch of stuff that I'm not as expert on," he replied. "I think a lot of people assume that might be some kind of military thing to make me look more commander-in-chief-like. Ironically, this is an area -- foreign policy is the area where I am probably most confident that I know more and understand the world better than Senator Clinton or Senator McCain."
Words fail me.
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Status: offline I'm stumped on this week's cross-a-pix (ID:32090100538). How do you get started?
Status: offline Row 15 needs 6. One of the pieces would fill 7, so that piece must be eliminated.
It isn't much and doesn't look to lead anywhere, but that is literally the first move that I see.
Status: offline Turns out, it does lead somewhere.
After eliminating that block, look at column 35. You need 16 there and every remaining block except for 1 has an even number of squares for that column. You can eliminate the block with the odd number of squares.
Once you do that, column 37 will have several blocks you can fill.
I have no clue how Conceptis decides their ratings since they have stated previously that it is not by size. Honestly, just by size is the only way I can see that these two ratings were arrived at. I'm not necessarily against rating them by size. It is just that Conceptis says that that is NOT how they are done.
The 40x30 medium plus took me 2 hours 34 minutes and the average is currently listed as 2 hours 51 minutes.
The 65x40 very hard took me 1 hour 16 minutes and the average is currently listed as 1 hour 27 minutes.
So, half the time to solve a much larger puzzle for both myself and the average solver, yet the larger puzzle is rated to be much much harder.
Anyone got an explanation? Or do you agree that the explanation is that they were rated by size despite Conceptis denying that's how they do ratings?
Status: offline Ah! Thank you, thank you!


Will Aid 2018 is now over, thank you to everyone that has helped make this year a great success. If you didn't manage to get your Will with Will Aid this year, don't worry you can sign up now to be first to get your appointment in 2019.
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We need to recruit more solicitors because in previous years we've had so many enquiries from people wanting Wills that we simply haven't been able to service them all.


FakeSMC is an open source SMC device driver/emulator developed by netkas.
NOTE: FakeSMC & Plugins starting from v915 provide additional sensors information to HWMonitor on Macs. By installing FakeSMC on a real Mac you acknowledge that you know what you are doing and how to recover your system if something goes wrong.
slice for plugins and help in developing the project.
usr-sse2 for help in development and first FakeSMC plugins idea and realization.
Navi for investigation of numeric SMC values encoding/decoding and other useful stuff.
The Real Deal & JrCs for French localization.
RehabMan forced me using mutexes and other contributions to the project.
PHPdev32 for an idea to using NVRAM as storage for kext configuration.
coercion for initial Haswell support.
oswaldini @ www.osx86.org.pl for Polish translation.
Matteo «Marchrius» Gaggiano for the enhanced about window with credits scroller and Italian translation.
k3nny @ www.insanelymac.com for German translation.
Michael Robinson for Cocoa Categories.
Stephane Sudre for Packages (packagesbuild).
Andy Matuschak for Sparkle framework.
Nouveau Project for nouveau linux driver (GeforceSensors base).
Advanced Micro Devices and all contributors for AMD Radeon linux driver (RadeonSensors base).
Matteo Gaggiano for the enhanced about window with credits scroller.
HWSensors Project © 2014 netkas, slice, usr-sse2, kozlek, navi, THe KiNG, RehabMan and others. All rights reserved.


By the time a child is toilet trained, a parent will change between 5,000 and 8,000 diapers, adding up to approximately 3.5 million tons of waste in U.S. landfills each year. Whether you choose cloth or a more environmentally-friendly disposable, you're making a choice that has less of an impact on our planet. Green diaper choices.
What other "D"-things can you do to protect the earth?
We have cloth diapers that were used when I was a baby. My parents used them as burp rags for my other two siblings once disposeable diapers became more available.
Even though,,im not yet a mother i am certainly aware of this issues.Good idea to replace it with cloth or the diaper you are using you can recycle it by getting the foams inside of the diaper and replace it with cloth.That way you can wash and dry it.And use it again!
The more I read about the expense and time it takes to care for a child makes me extremely happy about my long-ago decision never to have them.
Both my children used cloth diapers only.
Good article but cloth diapers use A LOT of water to clean them. I researched a lot about this when I was pregnant. We ended up using G Diapers which are great because the liners are biodegradable - hurrah! However, when we moved to the UK they didn't have this but had diapers that were almost 100% biodegradable and wet wipes that were!
I used both and liked both.


Those who follow me on Twitter already know the exciting news! I could finally announce that I will start working on my first book in December! Now I would like to share more details about it with you. The book I'm going to write will be a collection of essays. Non Fiction and poetry were… Read More I'm writing a book!


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About Us > Staff
Michele Mason
Leadership Team 202 957 3994 michele.mason@50CAN.org @MMasonmichele
Michele Mason has spent the last 20 years working as an education advocate committed to access and success to higher education for students and access to high-quality schools for Black and brown children. She is the Founder and CEO of Kamau Strategies. Most recently, she served as the Executive Director of the Newark Charter School Fund where she worked to ensure that every student in Newark was enrolled in a great school that prepared them for college and future success. She spent the first 10 years of her career supporting first-generation college-bound students to navigate the college application process at KIPP, Uncommon Schools, Friendship Public Charter Schools and Sidwell Friends. For the last ten years, she has been advocating in nonprofits and charter schools at the State and City level at Teach for America and JerseyCAN.
A New Jersey native, Michele has served on the boards of the Newark Education Trust, New Jersey Charter School Association and on NJPAC'S subcommittee on Arts & Education. She is a proud auntie, Philadelphia Eagles fan and Arlington, VA resident
Michele received her bachelor's degree from the College of William and Mary, where she was a four-year letter winner on the varsity soccer team and pledged Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She has a master's degree in education policy and management from Harvard University's Graduate School of Education, and an advanced certificate in nonprofit business management from Washington University-St. Louis.
I aspire to be like ______. Here's why:
I aspire to be like Dr. Howard Fuller. Here's why: Now I know this is lofty, but this guy is fearless. He has a tireless commitment to improving the educational outcomes for kids in the most needed neighborhoods and communities. He is timeless, unapologetic and pursues justice for kids across the country without making excuses for what's possible. Motivating, inspiring, honest and convicted, he walks the walk and talks the talk. His book, "No Struggle No Progress," is a testimony of what it takes to truly love and care about people and to want to fight for what's right — for justice.
Why I love my job:
I love my job because it gives me an opportunity to advocate for kids across the country. I believe that now more than ever we must fight for quality education for our kids and families who are most impacted by the Covid-19 global pandemic. The challenge is great, but I believe we must attack the problem at multiple levels and through our work together, we can make the changes necessary sooner rather than later. I believe with every bit of my heart that every child has the capacity to achieve greatness when they have access to great schools and teachers. I can't imagine doing anything else more urgent.
My connection to public schools:
This picture represents my first and last year in public school when my parents decided that holding me and my sister back a year for a pilot program for "special needs" kids was not going to be an educational path for me and my sister. After this year, they enrolled us in Catholic school. Two roads and my parents chose the path less travelled, and that has made all the difference. I know how important it is for parents to have choice in their education options for their kids.
What I'm bad at:
I've been told I don't "suffer fools," which I think is code for being impatient. Once I'm clear about vision and direction, it's full steam ahead. Get on the bus or hop off! We don't have time to waste….
This image represents why I work at 50CAN:
For my family. For all the sacrifices my mom and dad have made for me to have access to a great education. For the Mason Family Legacy.


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Underground Interview with Addison Lane
From a young age, Addison Lane was always interested in music and dance. In fact, throughout most of her childhood, she focused solely on developing her dance skills, transitioned instruments from organ to piano,
and entered music competitions consistently, often leaving with top prizes. In Addison's teenage years, she had her heart set on moving to New York or Los Angeles since these were the meccas of the entertainment industry. But having to work multiple jobs in her teens, on top of going to school, prevented her from following those dreams.
As the responsibilities and challenges piled on, he music got pushed further and further away, until one day, Addison's friend resurfaced and questioned her about recording. In addition to her inspiration, she found her way back to her faith and decided, from this point on, she was going to follow whatever path God has set before her. Addison started to write music again, and started to pray again. From that point, her life has changed drastically. So many new people and opportunities have come into her life. Addison doesn't know where things will go from here, but she has faith that things will work out just fine.
What Musical Genre Do You Feel Best Describes Your Music And How Would You Describe Your Sound?
This is a tough one. I guess we would fit into the alternative category since we do not play one specific genre. I can't control what I write. It comes from a very organic place, and I simply write what I feel. That comes across as rock, pop, and even country/rock (even though I don't know much country music). We can pound out a kick-ass rock song, play a lighter pop song, and even throw in a ballad all in the same set. I think that's what makes us very unique. All of our songs are very different.
How Did You Get Your Name? Is There A Story?
So, we once spent an entire day texting name ideas to each other, most of which were goofy and not usable. I wanted to use something that had a personal connection but nothing was really standing out. The only word that stuck with me was "addison" because it's the name of the main street in Chicago where several of us grew up. Everywhere we went we seemed to travel down Addison Street. Then at our next rehearsal, we were sitting around talking about how the right mix of people bringing all their unique talents together will create an incredible dynamic. But, everyone needs to just focus on what they do. I jokingly stated that I simply "stay in my lane." I know what I'm good at (songwriting) and once I write a song, I let the vocalists and other musicians do their part without being controlling. I respect them as artists and I don't want to tell them how to play. We put them together and tada..."addison lane" was born.
What Are or Have Been Your Musical Influences?
As a kid, I listened to heavy metal with my brothers, I listened to pop and dance songs with my friends, I learned classical music from my piano teacher (and college professors), and I sang musical theater songs from every production you can imagine. I can jump from Metallica, to Andrea Bocelli, to Justin Bieber, and then to the Grease soundtrack without flinching, like that's normal. Seriously though, I love all of those artists, and so many others such as Nirvana, Pink, Kelly Clarkson, Green Day, Maroon 5, Alicia Keys, Boys to Men, Queen, Hozier, Imagine Dragons, Drake, Bruno Mars, etc. I could go on forever with this topic.
What Are You Working On Now? Any Future Collaborations We Can Look Forward To?
Currently, we're finishing up our debut album. We anticipated an earlier release date, but we had some delays in recording. We're finishing up the final two songs now so it should be available by May 1st. Some of the singles are already available on streaming sites and several of our initial videos are up on YouTube. In the future, I would like to collaborate again with Kenwood "the goodest." He did the rap on a pop song of our called "Livin Angel" and I love his work.
What Is Your Ultimate Goal In The Music Industry? What Is Your Plan Of Action?
Our goal as a group is to share our music worldwide. Someday, we would love to tour and eventually hear our songs on the radio. Personally, I want my music to inspire people, but also I want my story to motivate people to push for their dreams even when things seem incredibly hard or impossible.
What Is Your Favorite Track To Perform Live and Why?
Damn, that's a hard question. I love the music so much, I just love performing everything! I guess if I had to choose, I would probably say Take the High Road or Come As You Are. Both rock songs have killer vocals and incredible guitar solos; I love hearing them live. However, I equally love hearing the intimate version of Don't Give Up On Me because it's very personal.
What Has Been The Biggest Challenge In Your Career Thus Far?
I think one of the biggest challenges is getting people to just give you a chance. I get it... this is a very competitive business and there are a lot of artists out there trying to sell their music. That's why I'm so grateful when someone actually recognizes an unsigned, unknown artist and gives them the stage to share their originals. Most places want you to guarantee a minimum number of tickets sold or provide a list of venues where you've already performed. Some even want a minimum number of followers on your social media sites. But if you're new, you don't have all that established yet.
What's Your Typical Songwriting Process?
There's always Kahlua involved!! Actually, it's very genuine and unplanned. Often times, I come up with ideas right away and the melody just flows. Other times, I can't think of anything so I'll just start playing all of the songs that I've already written which sometimes sparks an idea. I'm very inconsistent because music has to be felt, and you can't force a feeling. A few times I took the beginning of one song and combined it with the chorus or verse on another one to create something entirely new. That was cool, doesn't always work though.
How Has Social Media Influenced Your Career As An Artist?
These days, I don't think it's even possible for an artist to promote their career without social media. It's an essential part of the process so developing those sites and staying consistent with posts and updates is necessary in order to stay current and relevant. It's a new age, anyone doing this without social media is either a genius, super lucky, or magical!
What Are Some Tracks and Artists Currently On Your Playlist?
Travis Scott's Sicko Mode and Halsey's Sunflower have been killing on the charts for a while, but I'm still feeling that stuff. Post Malone's Sunflower is great too. I'm also loving that Avril Lavigne is back with Head Above Water. I've always liked her. I think Alice Merton is interesting; Mint has some cool stuff on it. Lately, I've been checking out Weezer's Black and Teal albums, Hozier's Wasteland Baby, and Offset's Father of 4 (even though that's been out for a month already I think).
What Did You Do Before You Started Making Music?
Before I started writing my own music, I worked as a dance teacher and a private music teacher for a long time. I loved both of those jobs, but I couldn't afford to live on that money. So, I decided to become a reading teacher in order to pay the bills. It was never meant to be a long-term thing, and I stayed in that career longer than I ever expected to. I kept myself busy, though, by continuing to write my own music, directing school plays every year, and finding other creative outlets wherever possible.
Any Advice For Young People (Men or Women) That Want To Succeed In The Music World?
The number one piece of advice is to believe in yourself by staying focused and surrounding yourself with positive energy. It's so cliche' but 100% true. And most importantly, work hard. You've got to be willing to jump in with both feet, take risks, never quit, and be persistent even when things seem impossible or you experience rejection.
What Would You Change In The Music Industry If You Were A Top Music Executive?
I would limit the amount of times that the same song can be played on the radio daily. Some songs are played entirely too often. This would enable stations to have more variety in their rotations.
How Do You Feel About Originality?
I have a lot of friends who play in cover bands or tribute bands. Most of them are talented musicians, and I respect what they do. Sometimes that path is the only way to play live gigs. Not everyone writes their own music, but they have an appreciation for all of the great stuff out there.
Personally, I love writing music, my own music. And addison lane will always be an original band. We include a few cover songs to round out our set, but we play our own music, and that will never change.
Is There Anything Else We Should Know About You Or That You Would Like to Add?
This whole thing started with me and a friend talking one day, and her asking me "Why haven't you ever recorded your music? You write such great songs...people should hear them." And just like that, with a new found energy and source of inspiration, I decided to record an album of my originals. And then, everything just blew up, faster than I could keep up with it all. Before I knew it, I had musicians on board, a website designer, music videographers, social media consultants, and eventually, the drive to teach myself about the business end of music. It's overwhelming and exhilarating at the same time! rdg0op.
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Little one saw snapchat this week and now every time he sees my phone he woofs at it like a dog because he wants the snapchat filter on him to be the dog. I'm not a regular user of snapchat, but it's crazy how he is picking things up so fast now – where did the 'woof woof' come from?!
'We know frogs go la de da de da', is also very popular in the house this week as he says the final AGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH very loud, which is cute. Shaking his head and gesturing no is also popular… mostly when he heads towards the tv stand to bang on the tv…….
Peekaboo continues to be popular and this week, my other half and RLT took to hiding behind a restaurant menu from me. It's been a funny old week with the election happening; My partner runs newspaper websites, around 27 of them, so that is a lot of journalists to manage and MPs to report on, so we've hardly seen him this week. Then because of the hung parliament, there has been lots of opinion pieces etc… so we were glad to get out of the house for an hour when he finished work on Sunday evening.