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Romney Lists USA Under 'Foreign Country' on Tax Return
Mitt Romney's 2011 tax return has "USA" in the space for "Foreign country name." Requests for his birth certificate will surely follow.
James Joyner · Sunday, September 23, 2012 · 24 comments
Mitt Romney's 2011 tax return has "USA" in the space for "Foreign country name." Requests for his birth certificate will surely follow.
US News ("Mitt Romney Calls U.S.A. a 'Foreign Country' in His Tax Returns"):
When the former Massachusetts governor released his official 2011 tax return Friday, he (or whoever actually filled out the form) appeared to have mistakenly referred to the United States as a foreign country.
"If you have a foreign address," the tax return instruction reads, "also complete spaces below." In the space below, under "foreign country name," Romney's form reads "USA."
Several tax preparers confirmed to Whispers that "USA" should not have been written in that line—assuming the Republican presidential nominee is actually a citizen of the United States.
The fact that it says "Foreign country" makes that rather obvious without reading the instructions.
What's odd here isn't that the mistake was made—who among us hasn't filled out a form by rote and screwed it up?–but that, since I'm quite sure Romney hasn't filled out his own tax return in decades, it was almost certainly made by a very expensive accountant. You'd think they'd have the top block of the 1040 down pat.
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Commonist says:
Sunday, September 23, 2012 at 07:44
They are so bad at this.
That the Republicans chose this sorry, disgusting excuse of an American as their candidate for the presidency speaks volumes about the state of the GOP.
Do people still fill out these forms? I've been using software to do my taxes for 10 years or so.
Anyone remember the Obama bio for his book stating that he was born in Kenya? And a lot of people on the right shouting about it being a smoking gun?
Here we have Romney's tax return stating that the US is a foreign country.
If Obama had a 1040 that stated that the US was a foreign country there will be calls for having him removed as a President.
JKB says:
What this means is that sometime in the past, this very expensive accountant had a client audited where some IRS bureaucrat dinged them at least initially for not putting a country in that block. So, they put "USA" there to avoid the hassles.
The thing to remember, there are the instructions, there is commonsense and then there is the way the bureaucrats demand a form be completed for them to accept and process it. I used to help federal wage mariners complete and send in their workers comp claims to the Department of Labor. The forms would be rejected if there wasn't something written in every block. If it didn't apply the individual, you'd better put "N/A" or it would get kicked back. If there wasn't an appropriate choice, you wrote the correct on in. Such as the block, "Dependents". The choices were "Spouse, children, other". If you didn't have a spouse, children or other dependent upon you, you might logically not check a box. Big mistake, they'd kick the form back and delay your claim. So single people without dependents had organically know to put "N/A" over that block or get advice from someone who'd dealt with the morons at DOL processing the forms.
Deal with situations like this a few times, and you put something in the block no matter what, on all government forms.
@PJ:
Well, given the "foreign country" block applies to the preceding mail address and nothing else, Romeny could simply be making a statement that Massachusetts is not in free America.
Most lines of my family have been here since pre-1776 and it's starting to feel more and more like a foreign country to me every day.
Jack Moss says:
Well he could have asked Tim Geithner to help him out. Heard he has some great tax saving tips.
Timothy Watson says:
Ah, so this explains why Romney can't spell "America".
@JKB: Well, maybe; however, I just checked my 1040 as filled in by Turbo Tax and the block in question is blank. I doubt that this can be blamed on an overzealous auditor. Just an inattentive accountant. Of course, under the law, that is no excuse as both Romney and Ann both sign the return. Curious though, can anybody tell whether these are computer generated returns or not?
mantis says:
They filled it out that way because for Romney's money, the USA is a foreign country.
You know if Obama's tax return had this error they would be talking about it on Fox for days, bringing birthers and the Republican officials who enable them on to talk about how it raises serious questions that need to be addressed.
We'll just laugh about it and move on.
@JKB:
Indeed, Massachusetts is still under the sway of that tyrant Abraham Lincoln. Wait, what century is this?
al-Ameda says:
… even his tax preparer can't get it right
JESUS CHRIST. WHO CARES!?
Oh god, it's worse. The 1040 instructions say not to abbreviate the country's name.
You know what this means? Romney is the type of person who does things his own way right in the face of the Government's strict directives. It's to late now, it's out. Mitt Romney is not good cattle on the government plantation. On might say he doesn't belong to the government. You know, I'll bet he doesn't use the new coversheet for his TPS report either. Oh, the humanities.
Tony W says:
As fun as it is to pile on the seemingly hapless Mr. Romney, in this instance the culprit is either his accountant, or the programmer of their tax software.
I do want to suggest, however, that it is not simply benign to publish this stuff. My fear when I read stories like this is that folks on the right will use it to rationalize and pretend that all criticism of the governor is unfairly biased and non-serious.
We should, instead, be focused on the many areas of sigificant, and I fear permanent, damage that a cynical businessman such as Mr. Romney would bring to America with his policies and attitudes.
Those of us who prefer to live in a true community, rather than a society modeled on prison-yard rules, are ill served in the long run if we choose to focus on his gaffes rather than a selfish and hateful worldview.
…Romeny could simply be making a statement that Massachusetts is not in free America.
Oh my, what is this, Red Dawn? The chair is against the wall? Be sure to get to those places in free America like Mississippi, Alabama, and North Dakota before it's too late…
Gromitt Gunn says:
It is probably a standard part of the tax prep software at PwC. At least three layers of folks would sign off on a tax form of someone who brings as much money to the firm (PwC also audits Bain) as Romney.
@Nikki: well compared to who's in there now…..really? romney's resume makes obama's look like a career volunteer.
LC says:
it was almost certainly made by a very expensive accountant. You'd think they'd have the top block of the 1040 down pat.
That was my reaction. I've used Turbo Tax for a very long time (anybody remember DOS?) and, in a previous existence, provided IT support for the tax software used by a Fortune 50 company. It's hard to imagine that kind of mistake being made. But, back in the dark ages of IT, tax experts used the software. No doubt today, in that very expensive tax accounting firm, most of the work is probably being done by unpaid interns and checked by newbies not the upper crust who got the account from Romney.
And, no, I do not think it is an issue re Romney's competence, although it did produce a bit of a giggle.
Doubter4444 says:
@Don:
Mine have been here too, and I say your'e full of sh*t
You are …
mattb says:
@bill:
romney's resume makes obama's look like a career volunteer.
Right… except for that entire "President of the United States, 2008 to present" thing.
Unless of course you're arguing that all of Romney's experience is somehow greater than occupying the big seat for four years. And of course, if that's the case, why does Romney have such a hard-on for becoming president?
J-Dub says:
Monday, September 24, 2012 at 10:50
Free America is comprised mostly of states that receive a surplus in Federal assistance. Socialist Massachusetts probably funds Free Mississippi.
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Norway Diary
Photo: Di Taylor leaving the summit of Glittertind, 2,465 m, the second highest mountain in Norway, just 4 metres lower than Galdhøpiggen (dependent on snow depth!).
The problem is, we're biased, so when we say Norway is one of the most awesomely beautiful countries in Europe, you can take it with a pinch of salt -preferably from a fleck of wind-blown spray as you take a ferry across one of those exquisite ice-green west coast fjords. Norway is a gem. Not only is it beautiful, but it is a land unplagued by mass tourism and full of opportunities for adventure travel: trekking, climbing, rafting, skiing, fishing, sailing, canoeing - you name it, Norway has it. We have been visiting there since Tony's Lofoten trip in 1962 and his Troll Wall ascent in 1965, following which Tony was a guide in Romsdal until 1969. We still go as often as we can.
General info for visitors to Norway
The Norwegian Tourist Board is, as they say, friendly and well organised. They have offices throughout Norway. You can also contact them in London at: Tel: 0906 302 2003 (brochures) Tel: 020 7839 2650 (information). Their website is: www.visitnorway.com
For info about mountain trekking in Norway, contact the DNT: Den Norske Turistforening / Norwegian Mountain Touring Association. They organise guided tours and mountain courses, mark the trails with the ubiquitous red capital T, build the essential bridges and run the excellent hut system, the most accessible providing meals as well as self catering as in the smaller huts. The smallest are unstaffed. The huts and trails are marked on the excellent 1:50,000 and 1:100,000 M711 Turkart maps, the one to the Glittertind /Besseggen area being Jotunheimen Aust. Contact: DNT, Postbox 7 Sentrum, Storgt. 3, 0101 Oslo Phone: +47 22 82 28 22 or, in Bergen, at DNT Office, Tverrgaten 4/6
Books and websites
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2003 We were in Norway in the summer climbing in the Jotunheim, 'Home of the Giants' and in Romsdal, where Tony was Guest Speaker at the annual Romsdal Fjellfestival.
2005 Our revised guide to Classic Climbs & Walks in Romsdal was published by Cordee - see 'Publications' for more. We also contributed to the Romsdal notes for a guide to Walks & Scrambles in Norway, with routes in Romsdal by Tony, for Ripping Yarns. Additionally there are Norwegian guidebooks to both scrambling and biking in Romsdal by Iver Gjelstenli as well as a Norwegian climbing guide with good topos. For other guidebook info, you could try the Norwegian Alpine Club: http://www.ntk.no.
2007 Other guide book news is that James Baxter's first book in his proposed series of books on Scandinavian mountains over 2000m is now out. Entitled Hurrungane, it is essential reading for anyone planning a trip to this spectacular and rugged alpine massif on the western edge of Norway's Jotunheim mountains. Everything you need to know from the routes themselves down to the lichen that grows on the rock; distributed by Cordee. For other info see Scandinavian Mountains
Writing in the Alpine Club Newsletter, Anders Lundahl reports that following the many massive rock falls in the past 10 years on the Troll Wall, few routes have been climbed. Our 1965 route (The Rimmon Route) was altered considerably as were other nearby routes though the Swedish Route has been climbed since (2002 and 2003) and there is a rumour that a Swiss team climbed the Rimmon Route at about the same grade. Trollkjerringa is extremely loose in the upper pitches making a new line necessary at A2/3 (1999). Trolldom awaits a second ascent. Locals say the whole centre section of the wall is dangerous. The classic Norwegian Route on the left side of the wall is now graded 5.10. 2011. For
2011 Tony's Troll Wall book was published, the manuscript having remained on a shelf at home for almost 50 years, see publications.
For interesting historical reading, check out 'Norway, the Northern Playground' by W. C. Slingsby, with an Introduction by Tony Howard, republished by Ripping Yarns (see Publications in this website). For general travel as well as a few selected treks, try the informative 'Rough Guide to Norway', and for info on the Romsdal Mountain Festival, a week of mountain activities including trekking, climbing, and sometimes sailing and canoeing, as well as some evening talks, contact: Romsdal Fjellfestival Finally, for rafting, see: Voss Rafting, for ice climbing, click Ice Climbing
2015 The Norwegian Fjellfestival in Romsdal celebrated the 50th anniversary of the first ascents of the Troll Wall. (See Publications.) Three members of the 1965 Norwegian team were there and Rob Holt and Tony represented the English team.
2016 Honoured to have another invite to Romsdal's Mountain Festival. We and other climbers involved in the development of climbing in Romsdal have been invited to the special climber's event associated with the opening of the new Norwegian Mountain Museum. We will be staying at Aak where Slingsby, the great British pioneer of Norwegian climbing stayed in the 1880s. Looking forward to it!
Some other links
Troll Wall, big wall archive, Norrona-Trollveggen, Tony's Troll Wall book
Romsdalshorn http://wn.com/Romsdalshorn
Romsdal and the Jotunheim, see Tony's e-book, Adventures in the Northlands,
Best season For mountain activities in general is generally considered to be mid-July to late August but this can often be extended both ways plus, of course, there is the ski season, especially if you fancy learning to telemark ski, in which case, check out: www.telemarkskico.com
Getting there from UK, 2016 To reach the west coast, with its magnificent fjords and mountains, the quintessential Norway, Fjord Line had regular sailings between Newcastle and Bergen. Sadly this has stopped and there have been no passenger ferries from UK to Norway for a few years, but DFDS Seaways has a commercial ferry from Immingham to Brevik (SW of Oslo) sailing twice a week that can take passengers and vehicles, see DFDS. There are rumours that a shipping company is considering starting the Newcastle-Bergen ferry route again but no firm news. Flights, however, are not expensive.
Jotunheim From Bergen, it's a one to two day drive though magnificent scenery to the Jotunheim. Glittertind and Besseggen are usually approached from the east. Galdhopiggen and the impressive fang of Skagastoltind, first climbed by W C Slingsby, are easily accessed from the west, from Turtagro, where he used to stay. This is now a modern mountain hotel, organising tours and with an annual mountain festival. See: www.turtagro.no.
Romsdal and around Romsdal is best known for its rock climbing and mountaineering, but also with some good trekking is another day's drive further north and has numerous good campsites and hotels including Aak, where W C Slingsby also stayed in the 1800s. Aak also organises mountain tours, fishing and fjord cruises. See: www.hotelaak.no.
The trekking areas of Dovrefjell (with its musk-ox) and Rondane National Parks are one day's drive away, east of both above areas. Nordmøre and Sunnmøre, which are both climbing and trekking areas are nearby to the north and south respectively, whilst the vast Hardanger plateau is half a day east of Bergen.
100 best things to do in Norway, A really useful link if you are planning your first visit.
Norway isn't cheap. At about 10.1NKr / £1, almost everything is expensive. If you are driving there, take what you can in the vehicle and when shopping for food, buy local produce rather than imported. Fuel is similar to UK prices. There are campsites with or without hut accommodation on most main roads but you can't beat the pleasure of 'wild camping', which is allowed just about everywhere in Norway, with almost infinite opportunities by idyllic lakes and fjords alongside quiet roads.
2015, Romsdal, Troll Wall 50th anniversary celebrations:
https://www.fjords.com/the-pioneers-of-the-troll-wall/
After William Cecile Slingsby, "Father of Norwegian Mountaineering", Tony Howard is the foreign climber who has contributed most to mountaineering in Norway."
Dave Durkan, Norwegian Alpine Club, in his review of Tony's book, 'Troll Wall', published 2011, see Publications.
Check out: www.fjords.com
For Øyvind Heen's excellent photos and accompanying info on Norway.
And: www.scandinavianmountains.com James Baxter on mountains in Norway
2016 Information on the new Norwegian Mountain Centre in Romsdal,
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Since there is only one <images> (which happens to contain multiple <image> elements), you're only getting one image.
The other <image> elements inside of <images> are ignored, since you don't do anything with them.
You need to call c.Descendants("image") in the inner query to get all of the <image> elements.
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Julie Foudy was a U.S. Women's National Team soccer star for more than 17 years. A great leader, she was the captain of the United States soccer teams in the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games, World Cup qualifying in 2002, and the 2003 World Cup. Foudy continues to support kids through her Julie Foudy Sports Leadership Academy, teaching girls how to be leaders on the field and in life.
Nathan Adrian:
In April 2019, we teamed up with champion swimmer and 5-time Olympic gold medalist Nathan Adrian and 23 Attorneys General from across the United States just in time for Alcohol Responsibility Month. Together, they spoke to parents about the importance of having conversations in order to prevent underage drinking. Nathan also helped launch a new partnership between Ask, Listen, Learn and Discovery Education. This educational programming provides information for students in grades 4-7 about how alcohol affects their developing brain, body and behavior. The free materials include videos and lesson plans featuring Nathan Adrian, as well as an interactive module to help kids say "NO" to peer pressure to drink underage.
Summer Sanders:
Summer Sanders joined our team in 2018 to encourage parents to talk to their kids about saying "YES" to a healthy lifestyle and "NO" to underage drinking. "I'm thrilled to be a part of Responsibility.org's Ask, Listen, Learn team," said Sanders, who won two gold medals, one silver and a bronze in the 1992 Olympic swimming competition. "As an Olympian and a mother of two, I'm keenly aware of how important it is to make the right choices, be a positive role model, and have meaningful conversations with my kids. I hope these PSAs will remind parents that they are the biggest influence in their kids' decision to drink—or not to drink—alcohol and just how important it is to talk to them about underage drinking."
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I haven't been doing monthly faves for a while so I decided to pick all my fave beauty products at the moment and share them with you!
First of all I'd like to write about some of the new shower and body products that I have been loving in the past month. I have never tried any Soap and Glory products before since living here in the UK for three years but I have heard good things about them so I decided to give them a try and I was not disappointed at all. Both the Orangegasm and the Clean On Me shower gels are really good. I use the Orangegasm when I feel I need to be energized for the day. With the Clean on me shower gel I like the fact that it has built in body lotion as well and it really leaves my skin feel soft and smooth after the shower.
The other two discoveries are actually almost the same product just in different forms. One is the Daily Smooth body butter and the other one is The Smoothie deep moisturizing milk. Both have the same scents to them but obviously the butter has a thicker texture than the milk. Even though I find the milk to be thicker that just a normal body lotion. I find them to do a great job at moisturizing my body all day and I've just been really enjoying using them in these past months.
I have had my eyes on this perfume for more then a year now and now I finally decided to treat myself and get it. I'm not really good at describing scents really so I'm just gonna put the information here that I fund on the Burberry website so you can get an idea what it smells like. I would highly recommend though to pop into boots and give it a little sniff if you can.
This is one of my newly found mascaras and I'm in love with it. It gives you sooo much volume and just basically feels like it doubles the sizes of your lashes. It has an hour shape kind of wand with medium bristles. It does smell pretty nice for a mascara too, almost like a hand cream. It can easily clamp up though so be careful not to apply too many coats. But overall it is a really good high end mascara and I feel like it's definitely worth the money.
After using creamy foundations for years I wanted to try out a bit more watery consistency of a foundation. I rarely try new foundations as I like to stick with the ones I know I like and work great for my skin, but I'm lucky I did find try out this one. It comes in a lot of shades so it's guaranteed that you'll find a match for your skin colour. I am shade 102. I really like the feel of it on the skin, it is thinner on the skin and you can't feel it on the skin either which is what I prefer with foundations. It lasts good on my all day does not cake up, overall it is a good drugstore foundation.
As I said I don't really like to change up my foundation, however I'm always on the lookout for new mascaras and I really like trying out new ones. I have been really unlucky finding not so great mascaras in the past so I was sooo happy with this one as it did it's job and gave me fab lashes. It is a more drier formula so probably easier to apply. It gives you really curly and lifted lashes. Doesn't really clamp up thanks to its dry formula. A really good and affordable drugstore mascara and the best thing abut is that it comes in colours too. So naturally I had to purchase a blue mascara as well. They also sell purple and turquoise coloured ones as well. Can't wait to try those ones out too.
With my mascara collection growing I don't particularly mind if my lipstick collection grows with it too. They are my two fave make up items. I have been loving matte lippies as they are really on trend now , and every brand is releasing their own matte lipstick or liquid matte lipsticks lip paint, name it, a brand has already come up with it. I usually prefer a liquid form that dries down but I saw these lipstick in a Youtube video and I just had to get one of them when I was in Superdrug. I chose the shade Rose which is this really lovely pink shade that I also used in my spring summer make up look tutorial as well. It is a matte lipstick but it is not drying on the lips and actually it stays on for quite a while. I will definitely be purchasing more shades of this lipstick as it is slowly becoming my fave lipstick and the one I reach for the most.
I hope you liked reading this blog post! What are your current beauty obsessions?


The break in the winter weather is the perfect time to take a look around the home. Your Manassas roof repair inspection should include looking for damaged gutters, missing or curled up and broken shingles. Also look for potential problems like tree branches that may be rubbing against your gutters or roof.
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Many more children are developing bronchial asthma these days then there have been previously. Along with family genes, there are several environmental brings about also. You can find stuff that you can do to lower the occurrence of asthma attack episodes, and to help reduce the possibility that the child will experience symptoms of asthma. This short article will offer you some pointers how to just do that.
Concurrent health issues can bring about your asthma attack signs. A lot of people with allergic reactions discover that their asthma attack symptoms turn out to be even worse all around allergic reaction sparks. If you maintain along with your concurrent health conditions, you'll be significantly less probably going to be triggered into an intense symptoms of asthma strike. Check with your physician in case your other diagnoses could contribute to your struggle with asthma attack.
A fantastic hint that can help you ease your symptoms of asthma is to make certain you're correctly making use of your inhaler. Lots of people don't use their inhaler correctly mainly because they get shallow breaths. In order for the medicine to function, you have to inhale deeply when utilizing your inhaler.
Once you have asthma attack, you are much more prone to infections. Rinse both hands as much as possible, particularly well before having. If your kid has asthma attack, train them this routine early. By washing the hands, you may end the distributed of particular parasitic organisms that would create a lung infection.
It may be smart to wear an ID bracelet for those who have symptoms of asthma. By doing this, should you have an asthma attack assault so you are not able to speak for your self, paramedics knows that you may have this condition. Should you not feel comfortable wearing and Identification bracelet, make sure to carry anything to you that says you have bronchial asthma.
It is important that you may not get too stressed out should you suffer from asthma attack. Stress and anxiety are all major causes of bronchial asthma attacks. Also, try not get rid of your temper either. Acquiring mad could cause your inhaling and exhaling to be labored, which in turn, can induce bronchial asthma attacks.
Buy a dehumidifier should you suffer from in season allergy symptoms. Dried up conditions are far far better for asthmatics than high dampness locations. The use of a dehumidifier can provide the best property for your personal asthma problems. The process will help out the whole family members too ever since the property are often more enjoyable to reside in.
If you locate your self using your emergency inhalers over two times a week, you might like to look at altering asthma attack prescription medication. Particular drugs work better or worse for many different people, therefore you shouldn't just stick with the first one you might try. If you feel that your signs and symptoms aren't improving, request your personal doctor about striving one more medicine.
Natural the apple company cider white vinegar is a wonderful treatment for people who have problems with asthma. Blend two tablespoons with seven ounces of water or apple inc juices and drink as much as three times every day. When you use water, darling may be additional making it more palatable. Seek out natural the apple company cider white vinegar from the wellness food items part of most grocery stores.
In case you have bronchial asthma and you are likely to be vacationing by air flow, be sure you obtain a notice out of your medical professional declaring your condition and what medicines you practice. International airports are fussy of what can be delivered on board, but symptoms of asthma sufferers will almost always be able to take drugs and inhalers aboard, if they have got a doctor's note.
If you liked this posting and you would like to acquire far more data concerning olejek konopny cbd kindly take a look at the web site. In case your doctor prescribes a protective inhaler, apply it! Think about your preventative inhaler to become a part of your everyday prescription drug regimen, as with all other medicine. If you don't use the inhaler, the medication it contains can't enable you to. Plus, in case your physician can't have confidence in anyone to acquire your medications, they can't effectively handle your bronchial asthma.
There is certainly good reason to actually have your recovery medication for symptoms of asthma within a convenient, an easy task to achieve place. Touring is tough on your own system, opening up you up to an asthma attack invasion. It's also challenging to handle the planet you're in when you are traveling, which is one more reason you could possibly experience much more symptoms or have an attack.
Steer clear of all the stuff that trigger your asthma attack. Cigarette smoke may be particularly troublesome, but there are other items to steer clear of. Keep indoors during periods when there could be a in close proximity flame as the soot and ash will irritate your lungs and steer clear of solid vapors and substance gases.
Staying wholesome might be a way to overcome your bronchial asthma far better. The normal frosty, along with computer viruses and microbe bacterial infections might cause a flare up or assault of your own asthma attack. Particularly the common cold which develop mucus or even a sinus drip that can end up in your lung area.
If funds are a factor in getting your prescription drugs effectively, or even in any way, ask your doctor for alternatives. They just might prescribe a more affordable medicine, 1 with voucher offers or discounts, and also present you with totally free examples from the pharmaceutical businesses. Their target is to keep you out from the medical facility.
Enroll in a community help selection of other asthma attack affected individuals to acquire more information or advice on experiencing bronchial asthma. Other individuals could possibly have knowledgeable specific causes just like yours and might supply helpful suggestions for sometimes steering clear of them or lessening their outcomes. When you shift to a new community, a assistance team is surely an crucial supply of information about trigger compounds typical in the region.
Should you or a member of family is affected with serious asthma attack, get a recommendation from the medical professional which medical center to see before heading on a break. You don't want to be looking for a certified medical center in the midst of an attack. Knowing upfront what medical professionals are perfect and the way to be able to them can lessen the stress of your circumstance.
As stated at the beginning of this informative article, much more young children nowadays than before are increasingly being clinically determined to have asthma attack. There are several stuff that can be done to assist decrease the possibility that the little one will experience asthma. Utilize the guidelines out of this post, and support ensure you child's lung area remain healthy and strong.


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// Copyright (c) The Perspex Project. All rights reserved.
// Licensed under the MIT license. See licence.md file in the project root for full license information.

using Perspex.Controls.Mixins;
using Perspex.Controls.Primitives;
using Xunit;

namespace Perspex.Controls.UnitTests.Mixins
{
    public class SelectableMixinTests
    {
        [Fact]
        public void Selected_Class_Should_Not_Initially_Be_Added()
        {
            var target = new TestControl();

            Assert.Empty(target.Classes);
        }

        [Fact]
        public void Setting_IsSelected_Should_Add_Selected_Class()
        {
            var target = new TestControl();

            target.IsSelected = true;

            Assert.Equal(new[] { ":selected" }, target.Classes);
        }

        [Fact]
        public void Clearing_IsSelected_Should_Remove_Selected_Class()
        {
            var target = new TestControl();

            target.IsSelected = true;
            target.IsSelected = false;

            Assert.Empty(target.Classes);
        }

        [Fact]
        public void Setting_IsSelected_Should_Raise_IsSelectedChangedEvent()
        {
            var target = new TestControl();
            var raised = false;

            target.AddHandler(
                SelectingItemsControl.IsSelectedChangedEvent,
                (s, e) => raised = true);

            target.IsSelected = true;

            Assert.True(raised);
        }

        private class TestControl : Control, ISelectable
        {
            public static readonly PerspexProperty<bool> IsSelectedProperty =
                PerspexProperty.Register<TestControl, bool>(nameof(IsSelected));

            static TestControl()
            {
                SelectableMixin.Attach<TestControl>(IsSelectedProperty);
            }

            public bool IsSelected
            {
                get { return GetValue(IsSelectedProperty); }
                set { SetValue(IsSelectedProperty, value); }
            }
        }
    }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


To be in with a chance of winning the trip to Cadbury World you must have had your picture taken at the event at the Concourse Shopping Centre by the Wish FM Street Team on Saturday 20th April between 10am and 2pm.
One picture will be randomly selected and be marked with an Easter Egg.
If your picture is chosen you have won the prize which is a family ticket to Cadbury World including travel.


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A screenshot of one of the videos mum Emily Wicks has put on Instagram to highlight what her daughter Ava has to go through on a daily basis.
Ava, from Great Cornard, near Sudbury, suffers with the genetic condition cystic fibrosis, which affects the lungs and places the sufferer at an increased risk of infection.
To generate greater awareness of the regime of medication, nebulisers and physiotherapy that Ava undertakes her mum Emily Wicks has started posting videos on Instagram that have reduced some to "tears".
Ava's dad David Jarvis, a manager at Sainsbury's in Colchester, is also raising awareness of the condition through a charity sky dive in July in aid of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust charity.
Miss Wicks said a lot of people had shown an interest in her Instagram posts, many which feature Ava and reveal how her condition is managed on a daily basis.
Miss Wicks, 25, who also has 10-month-old Chester, said it can take an hour and a half in the morning to get through Ava's physiotherapy, nebuliser, creon medication and antibiotics.
"She doesn't let it bother her in the slightest. She's just so brave and so good with everything," she said.
Ava is still able to enjoy her life like any other five-year-old child, said her mum, adding she hasn't had an overnight hospital stay for about more than two years.
She is an active little girl who loves swimming and her sports club - "the more active she is the better," her dad said.
The family do have to be vigilant about coughs and colds, which could lead to serious complications for someone like Ava.
"We are on it a little bit more," said Mr Jarvis.
What is cystic fibrosis and how is it diagnosed?
The couple are both carriers of the faulty gene that causes cystic fibrosis, but they didn't know this before they had Ava. Chester does not have the condition.
Mr Jarvis said Ava's diagnosis at six weeks old came about from her newborn heel prick test, that looks for several serious but rare conditions including cystic fibrosis.
The gene affected by cystic fibrosis controls the movement of salt and water in and out of cells. Sufferers experience a build-up of thick sticky mucus in the lungs, digestive system and other organs, causing a wide range of challenging symptoms affecting the entire body.
A recent report, based on people with the condition, who are recorded as alive 2013-2017, says half of people born with cystic fibrosis in 2017 would live to at least 47.
But the Cystic Fibrosis Trust says this figure does not necessarily account for significant advances in care, including new treatments that are being developed.
For more information about cystic fibrosis see here.
Mr Jarvis is hoping the sky dive at Beccles on Sunday, July 7, will raise £500, but he will be "over the moon" if he receives more.


Rodriguez, slumped in his locker room chair, added: "At this point in the season, whoever wants it more is going to win because everybody's very, very talented. They wanted it more, I guess, because they outplayed us.
It's really sad that I'm taking off my UM jersey for the last time. This is not how I pictured it ending.
Both teams shot high percentages, but the Wildcats outscored UM 18-9 off turnovers and 14-9 on second-chance points.
"Normally, if I look at a stat sheet and we've shot 53 percent from the field, 58 percent from three, I think we probably won the game," Larrañaga said. "But you look at their stats, 62 percent from the field, 66 percent from three, and 95 percent from the foul line. They're just an incredible offensive team.
It is not the way seniors Rodriguez, Sheldon McClellan, Tonye Jekiri, and Ivan Cruz Uceda wanted their college careers to end.
McClellan, doing all he could to extend UM's season, led all scorers with 26 points on 8-of-12 shooting. Rodriguez, who averaged 26 points in the first two rounds, finished with 13.
Villanova (32-5) had four players in double figures. Point guard Ryan Arcidiacono and Kris Jenkins had 21 points each. Daniel Ochefu added 17 and Josh Hart had 14.
The Canes (27-8) didn't play with the urgency they had in the first and second rounds, and that angered Larrañaga, who stormed onto the court to yell at his players after Ja'Quan Newton didn't battle for a loose ball.
Villanova set the tone early. Keeping with the custom from back home at the BankUnited Center, Canes fans remained standing until UM scored its first basket. They watched the Wildcats take an early 8-0 lead on a three-pointer by Jalen Brunson. Miami finally got on the scoreboard at 16:32 with a three by McClellan.
Murphy followed that up with a monster dunk, and the UM fans went wild. But Villanova's defense was relentless, and forced the Canes into five early turnovers.
Villanova opened up a 15-point lead on a three-pointer by Jenkins, and it appeared maybe the game was getting away from the Hurricanes. But then, McClellan and Rodriguez showed that they, too, could shoot from long range.
Miami got to within one point, 31-30, with 4:33 to go in the first half.
Villanova led 43-37 at the half, and the shooting percentages leaped out of the box score: UM 67 percent from the field, 64 percent (7 of 11) from three-point range. Villanova 64 percent overall and 75 percent (6 of 8) from beyond the arc.
Combined, the teams shot 65.2 percent in the first half, the best shooting first half in the tournament the past three years.
Apparently, those three-point shooting drills Larrañaga shared with Villanova coach Jay Wright on the recruiting trail worked.
The second half opened with a missed dunk by Jekiri, and the Wildcats made their next seven shots to stretch their lead to 53-42 with 15 minutes to go. Meanwhile, Jekiri and McClellan picked up their third fouls early in the second half. Jekiri went to the bench, and the Wildcats took advantage in the paint and never were threatened again.


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Jean Michael Seri agrees Chelsea FC transfer – report
Jean Micheal Seri has penned a pre-contract agreement with Chelsea FC, according to reports
By Transfer Agent Thursday 12 July 2018, 06:45 UK @thesportreview
Chelsea FC boss Antonio Conte Photo: The Sport Review
Jean Michael Seri has signed a pre-contract agreement with Chelsea FC this summer, according to reports in the French media.
French outlet Euro United, as quoted by 101 Great Goals, is reporting that the Nice midfielder has given his word to Chelsea FC about his proposed transfer to the west London club this summer.
According to the same report, Seri has already penned a pre-contract agreement with Chelsea FC ahead of his proposed transfer to Stamford Bridge this summer.
It is also claimed in the same story that the potential signing of Seri would not affect N'Golo Kante's future at Stamford Bridge, after the midfielder was linked with a move away from the west London club this summer.
Chelsea FC are believed to be on the lookout for a number of new signings this summer as they look to build a squad capable of winning the title next season.
However, the west London side are yet to make any new signings as the new season draws ever closer.
Chelsea FC missed out on qualification for next season's Champions League after they finished in fifth place in the Premier League table last season.
They did end the campaign strongly by beating Manchester United in the FA Cup final however.
MORE: Arsenal face competition from Tottenham for 29-year-old – report


Cairo: Egypt has launched a criminal probe against deposed Islamist President Mohammed Morsi for alleged spying, inciting violence and ruining the economy, in a blow to thousands of his supporters who have been staging a sit-in here demanding his reinstatement.
Egyptian prosecutors yesterday announced the criminal investigation against Morsi and several other leading Muslim Brotherhood figures, including the Islamist movement's top leader Mohamed Badie.
61-year-old Morsi, Egypt's first democratically elected president, was toppled by the powerful military early this month and since has been kept under detention along with some senior aides of his Muslim Brotherhood party.
Morsi was last seen in public on June 26 and has been held at an undisclosed location.
A foreign ministry spokesman, earlier this week had said, Morsi is in a "safe place" following his ouster.
The prosecutors said they were examining complaints of spying, inciting violence and ruining the economy against the leaders.
In a statement, the public prosecutor's office said it had received complaints against Morsi and eight other Islamist figures including Badie. It did not identify other Islamist leaders.
The military maintains it deposed Morsi in a justified response to popular demand after millions of people demonstrated against him. The Brotherhood claims it was a coup that reversed democracy.
Complaints such as those against Morsi are a first step in the criminal process, allowing prosecutors to begin an investigation that can lead to charges.
The prosecutors did not say who had made the complaints.
Egyptian law allows them to investigate complaints from police or any member of the public.
Badie and several other Brotherhood officials already face charges for inciting violence that were announced earlier this week, but few of them have been arrested.
Morsi's Brotherhood party yesterday called for more mass demonstrations after a huge march broke up peacefully before dawn, ending a week in which at least 90 people were killed.


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Wacom and Microsoft enhance collaboration at Microsoft Build, unleashing the power of digital pen and ink by leveraging Artificial Intelligence
Seattle, Washington – May 7, 2019 – Wacom announced today at Microsoft Build 2019, Microsoft Corp.'s annual developer conference, that it will further strengthen its partnership with Microsoft in aims to evolve the way people study and work. Wacom will provide its latest digital ink technology, WILL 3.0, to collaborate with Microsoft's Ink Recognizer technology. To further strengthen Wacom's Universal Pen Framework (UPF) partnership with Microsoft, which was initiated in 2016, Wacom also unveiled its upgraded "Bamboo Ink" capable of handling Wacom's and Microsoft's latest pen protocols.
Pen and ink are still a natural fast input method with no constraints, but yet there is a gap between them and state-of-the-art digital services like smart reminders, cloud-based task lists shared among devices, cloud storage and powerful search engines. To close this gap, the content put down with pen and ink needs to be fully understood instantly and digitally in a meaningful way so that an AI assistant can help to assist the user and provide additional information on demand.
During the presentation with Microsoft, Heidi Wang, Wacom's Senior Vice President heading the Ink Division, stated "Wacom and Microsoft are entering a new phase in our partnership, which aims to deliver a true universal and modern experience with both ink and pen. We want to go beyond just digitizing notes to text. We strive to let AI understand the meaning of ink in order to support the customer with his or her daily tasks."
Together with Microsoft, Wacom brings its vision of WILL Semantic Ink, the next level technology of Wacom's new WILL 3.0 generation, to the modern note-taking experience. Toward the end of 2019, Wacom also plans to make this experience accessible for end users by integrating it into Wacom's Inkspace applications.
"We're happy to announce that our first partner to utilize of this new service is Wacom, a leader in the digital pen industry," said Jerry Koh, Partner Group Program Manager of Microsoft's Input.AI team. "Wacom is embracing the service to power the ink recognition capabilities in their popular Inkspace app in addition to enhancing it with new features, such as semantic understanding of the ink content, to give their users the best ink experience possible. We're thrilled to have them as a partner and look forward to seeing the updates to Inkspace hit the market later this year," he added.
Wacom also revealed its upgraded Bamboo Ink pen to best utilize these game-changing efforts by the two companies. The multiprotocol pen, which incorporates both Microsoft and Wacom's newest pen innovation that is capable in alternation among protocols of Wacom's Active ES® and Microsoft's Pen Protocol, and ensures that ink input is even more natural with advanced features like lightweight feather touch pen tip and tilt function. Further details, including price and availability, will be offically announced by Wacom shortly.


Still hate this camera. Apologies for blurry pictures.
Very easy to tie ... maybe 3 to 5 minutes each until you get the hang of it, then just a couple minutes each.
Go buy yourself another ... tank? Bonsai Tree? RC Truck ??? Reel for one of those beautiful rods ???
In what ever way you can, enjoy your day. And may you have many more !!!
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Kids will enjoyfree fly tying & entomology programs.
⦁ 25+ Regional fly tyers – sit and watch them create a fly for the waters they fish.
⦁ Federation of Fly Fishers Certified Casting Instructors provide free casting lessons.
⦁ Spey casting demonstrations & help matching the line to rod.
⦁ Regional fishing guides on hand to share tips & book trips.
⦁ Guest speaker Gunnar Brammer, http://streamersbygunnar.com/ presentations all day long.
⦁ Vendors include area shops, reps, pro tyers & guides all with great deals.
⦁ Club booths ready to answer questions about their activities.
⦁ Dupage Forest Preserve District booth to promote outdoor & youth programs.
⦁ Raffle of donated flies & gear drawn at end of the show.
⦁ Free Youth Fly Tying with all the materials and tools provided.
At the Dupage F.P. Mayslake Peabody Estate, constructed by Francis Stuyvesant Peabody during the American Gilded Age. Experience the splendor of its grounds and learn about fly fishing & tying inside the mansion at the Early Show.
Spey casting lessons by Doug Taylor, Sage pro staff sign in for a free 20 minute session.
Mark Your Calendar Now For The First Fly Show Of The Season!
Admission is $10.00 for adults - kids 12 and under are FREE.


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Eric Mitchell
Eric Mitchell represented Canada internationally in ski jumping from 2008 to 2013, including at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. At 17-years-old, he was the youngest man on the Canadian Olympic team in Vancouver and one of the youngest in the entire ski jumping field. He retired from ski jumping in 2013 to focus on pursuing his Bachelor of Commerce degree at the University of Calgary where he graduated in May 2016. He is currently developing his professional experience for his CPA Designation at EY after successfully writing the Cumulative Final Exam in September 2018.
On December 2, 2014 he was introduced as a founding ambassador for the COC's One Team initiative which he remains committed to today. In 2015 the IOC appointed him as a Young Change-Maker (YCM) for Team Canada for the Lillehammer 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG). This is a role which has transformed him into a mentor for the next generation of YCM's from Canada and around the world.
As a Young Change-Maker, Eric has committed to developing young athletes as leaders on and off of the field of play. Pass the Torch is a program created by him to equip YOG athletes to give back to their communities in meaningful ways. This program is tailored to YOG athletes who want to be more involved in their communities by spreading the values and principles of Olympism, and help them realize their full potential in sport and influence future generations.
Mitchell is a passionate supporter of equality and inclusivity in the classrooms, locker rooms and boardrooms of Canada, utilizing his experiences and stories from sport to connect people with the values of excellence, friendship and respect. Eric has been invited to share his message of inclusion and youth empowerment at events such as the 2016 One Young World Summit in Ottawa, the 2018 Gates Foundations Goalkeepers event in New York and a 2019 meeting of sport ministers from UNESCO member states in Russia.
Notable Results
2013: Won Canadian national title in the large hill in Whistler… 2011: Finished first in the FIS Cup normal hill event in Szczyrk, Poland… Finished a career-high 15th in the Continental Cup large hill event in PyeongChang, South Korea… 2009: Finished 30th in the Continental Cup normal hill event in Otepaa, Estonia to qualify for Vancouver 2010…
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Oct. unemployment rates: Ohio up, Indiana down
Both states still under 5 percent
Updated: 12:50 PM EST Jan 4, 2017
A bit of a mix of results from two reports Friday. State officials say Ohio's unemployment rate rose just a bit from September to October. The state Department of Job and Family Services said Friday that Ohio's rate of 4.9 percent was up from 4.8 percent the previous month. Ohio's rate was in line with the national average 4.9 percent. That's slightly lower than the 4.8 percent rate from a month ago and in October 2015. The state says Ohio's nonagricultural wage and salary employment decreased by 2,800 last month. Job gains were reported last month in sectors including manufacturing, construction and leisure and hospitality. Losses were reported in professional and business services, trade, transportation, and utilities and government employment. In Indiana, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased slightly to 4.4 percent in October from September. The Indiana Department of Workforce Development notes Friday that's below September's rate of 4.5 percent and below the national average. Indiana's labor force, which includes workers and those seeking employment, has increased by more than 83,000 over the last year. The state's total labor force stands at more than 3.3 million. Steven J. Braun, commissioner of the Indiana Department of Workforce Development, said in a statement about the numbers that private sector employment increased 3,400 from September. He says initial unemployment insurance claims are at the lowest point in more than 30 years. Overall, 11 U.S. states reported healthy job gains in October, and the unemployment rate fell in seven, as hiring improved modestly nationwide. Thirty-four states reported little change. The Labor Department says the biggest percentage jobs gains were in Montana, Louisiana, Michigan and Wisconsin, where hiring rose about 0.5 percent. California added the most with 31,200, followed by Michigan with 18,900.
A bit of a mix of results from two reports Friday.
State officials say Ohio's unemployment rate rose just a bit from September to October.
The state Department of Job and Family Services said Friday that Ohio's rate of 4.9 percent was up from 4.8 percent the previous month.
Ohio's rate was in line with the national average 4.9 percent. That's slightly lower than the 4.8 percent rate from a month ago and in October 2015.
The state says Ohio's nonagricultural wage and salary employment decreased by 2,800 last month.
Job gains were reported last month in sectors including manufacturing, construction and leisure and hospitality. Losses were reported in professional and business services, trade, transportation, and utilities and government employment.
In Indiana, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased slightly to 4.4 percent in October from September.
The Indiana Department of Workforce Development notes Friday that's below September's rate of 4.5 percent and below the national average.
Indiana's labor force, which includes workers and those seeking employment, has increased by more than 83,000 over the last year. The state's total labor force stands at more than 3.3 million.
Steven J. Braun, commissioner of the Indiana Department of Workforce Development, said in a statement about the numbers that private sector employment increased 3,400 from September. He says initial unemployment insurance claims are at the lowest point in more than 30 years.
Overall, 11 U.S. states reported healthy job gains in October, and the unemployment rate fell in seven, as hiring improved modestly nationwide. Thirty-four states reported little change.
The Labor Department says the biggest percentage jobs gains were in Montana, Louisiana, Michigan and Wisconsin, where hiring rose about 0.5 percent. California added the most with 31,200, followed by Michigan with 18,900.


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So you need a little more space. Uprooting your entire family into a new home can be costly not to mention the additional time it takes to find the "perfect" new home. Quality Craftsmen specializes in home additions so you can fall in love with your home all over again. Whether it's a kitchen, living room, sunroom, or master suite addition on the main, rest assured our team of experts can develop a solution to meet your needs and budget.
Home additions should only be completed by an experienced general contractor. A home addition requires building permits and industry expertise to ensure the structural integrity of your home is not compromised. Homeowners attempting the DIY route will typically find themselves spending twice the time and money than it would have cost had they hired a professional contractor.
Quality Craftsmen has 25 years of experience and offers an unprecedented 5 year warranty on workmanship. We stand behind our work. Rest assured, your project will be completed on time and on budget with minimal interruption to your family's lifestyle.
We also do wall removal and beam installation, cabinet and countertop instillation, master suite and in-law additions.
What is the Return on Investment of a home addition?
When completing a home addition, it is important to conduct a needs assessment and set realistic expectations based on your budget. Consider adding amenities that are highly sought after in your area. If your neighbors have sunrooms and you don't, then that's a good investment. Below is a list of approximate ROI values based on the type of addition.
If you're already wondering how you're going to deal with your parents or other family members needing more care, consider taking the time to build an in-law suite now. An in-home suite is a great option for anyone who plans to care for someone with mobility issues because it's easily designed for accessibility.
Building wide doorways, keeping everything on one level with flush door thresholds, and building halls and small spaces to accommodate wheelchair access is all much easier from scratch. Almost any homeowner can benefit from the addition of a suite, even if it's just to increase the home's value and attractiveness to buyers who do have aging parents to care for.
Imagine more space, a different layout, or even heated bathroom floors. These could all be possible with a master suite addition and our professional approach to building. You can expect your future buyers to fall in love with your property. Most people understand their home values increase with master suite's but can't decide what to add. Rest assured our team of experts can develop a solution to meet your needs and budget.
Fill your home with natural light, and add the space you've always wanted – with one easy sunroom or screened porch addition. A quality sunroom or screened porch will bring your home to life and create a new room to create new memories. Sunroom additions create a space where your family will gather – not just for special occasions, but every day! The unique presence of a quality sunroom brings loved ones together, from morning coffee to an evening of storytelling. Your sunroom addition is sure to become the most popular room in your home and you'll be sure to fall in love with your home all over again.
A screen porch opens your home to fresh air, offers plenty of daylight, pleasant views and expands the living space of your home. There are many features and options to consider when planning to build your porch. Quality Craftsmen has been building sunrooms and screened porches for Marietta and Atlanta for over 25 years. We'll ensure the proper permits are pulled and your home renovation is completed right the first time.
When it comes to building, we like to reduce our environmental impact, resulting with us being EarthCraft certified. We can guide you in making your home more energy efficient to help reduce high energy bills, improve comfort and help to protect the environment.
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Insulation – Over 80% of all homes are under insulated. The most effective way to lower home energy loss is to begin with a properly insulated attic. With proper insulation you can save up to 25% on your energy bill.
Paints – 25% increased energy efficiency with thermal coating and any color of paint.
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Are you an HCD Leader or an LCD Manager? Managers always choose LCD, and drag everyone down with them.
Management and leadership have nothing in common. Leadership has been around since the dawn of man, but management was lifted from middle age military models and replicated in business on a grand scale in the Factory System of the 1800s. Leadership is essential; management is toxic to everyone around it.
In business, management coalesced around Frederick Winslow Taylor's assumption in the late 1800s that most people are "stupid and lazy". If you want to get them to work, you find the few smart and motivated ones and lord them over the stupid and lazy ones, and thus, management was born. It's a ludicrous and desperate solution to a problem that doesn't exist.
We believe around 81% of the working population will work smart and motivated if allowed or required. Which brings us to why the very idea of management is so bankrupt.
All management is built around figuring out how to keep those few people from being stupid and lazy. Leadership is radically different. It is built around figuring out how to serve and support the overwhelming majority of smart and motivated people.
LCD vs HCD – Do You Manage by Policy or Lead by Principle?
Management is built on polices, leadership is built on principles and values. Management asks, "What is the stupidest and laziest thing someone could do around here, and how do we make sure that doesn't happen again?" Then they create a policy that drags all the smart and motivated people to the bottom in a futile attempt to get the few lazy ones to work better. We call that Lowest Common Denominator (LCD) Management. All management is LCD.
A few years ago when Marissa Mayer at Yahoo found that some people who worked remote were not logging in enough (whatever that means), she created a new policy – everyone working remote would now have to come back to work in the Office Day Care Center and be "supervised".This is classic management, with no leadership in it at all.
Managers always take the easy route – create a policy and blanket (smother) everyone with it. You don't have to have any difficult conversations with anybody. But at what price? What message was sent to the overwhelming number of remote staff who were acting like adults and working even more productively than they ever could in the Office Day Care Center? Simple – it doesn't pay to be a smart and motivated adult at Yahoo, we'll still get dragged to the bottom with stupid policies built to ignore us and cater to the lazy.
A leader would have handled that very differently. They would have investigated why people weren't logging on enough (maybe they work offline first), and then had difficult conversations with the few who weren't performing well. And the leader would have held up those working well from remote as models to be emulated. The few lazy ones would be pulled to the top with the adults, or they would have been pushed out. Instead we got a classic top-down management solution that drags everybody to the bottom.
Highest Common Denominator (HCD) Leadership always pulls everyone to the top, or moves them along. Jack Dorsey says he is, "responsible for constantly raising the bar", but adds that if he is making decisions, he is not leading. He raises the bar and smart and motivated people show up to make decisions, including dealing with the few who don't want to play at the highest levels. All leadership is HCD; built to reward being motivated, not punish being lazy (and drag everyone to the bottom).
On a scale of one to ten, great company leaders function from eight to ten. "Eight is great" and anything less is below the bar. Managed companies (the majority) function from 3-8. They will put up with a three for a year before firing them, "five is fine", and eight is that exceptional, self-motivated freak they wish they had more of. What they don't realize is that eighty plus percent of their staff would function at eight or better if they just stopped creating blanket policies and treating them like they are stupid and lazy.
In 2013, Survey.com found that fifteen of the twenty reasons someone will leave your company, fully 75% of them, are directly related to managers. Douglas McGregor wrote a book that explained that in 1960, called The Human Side of Enterprise. He postulated Theory X (people are generally stupid and lazy), and Theory Y (people are generally smart and motivated), and then went on to show many examples of companies that had made both of these into self-fulfilling prophecies.
If you create policies and treat people like they are stupid and lazy, you will drag them all to the bottom. If you embrace a few principles and lead from those, you will reward the 80+% of smart and motivated among you, and force the few lazy ones to either step or, or step out.
51% of everyone at work has their resume out and are actively looking for another job right now. Are they looking to run toward you because you are HCD Leaders or away from you because you are LCD Managers?
Theory X (LCD Management). Theory Y (HCD Leadership). You choose, and by that choice, you create your own self-fulfilling prophecy.


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using MiniBus.Contracts;
using System;
using System.Messaging;

namespace MiniBus.Aspects
{
    internal class RemoveFromReadQueueAspect : IHandleMessage<Message>
    {
        public RemoveFromReadQueueAspect(IHandleMessage<Message> action, IReadMessageContext context, IBusConfig config, ILogMessages logger)
        {
            _context = context;
            _config = config;
            _logger = logger;
            _inner = action;
        }

        public void Handle(Message msg)
        {
            try
            {
                _inner.Handle(msg);
                _logger.Log(string.Format("Message: {0} - Removing from read queue: {1}", msg.Label, _context.ReadQueueName));
                _context.ReadQueue.ReceiveById(msg.Id, MessageQueueTransactionType.Single);
            }
            catch
            {
                if (!_config.FailFast)
                {
                    _logger.Log(string.Format("Message: {0} - Removing from read queue: {1}", msg.Label, _context.ReadQueueName));
                    _context.ReadQueue.ReceiveById(msg.Id, MessageQueueTransactionType.Single);
                }

                throw;
            }
        }

        readonly IReadMessageContext _context;
        readonly IBusConfig _config;
        readonly ILogMessages _logger;
        readonly IHandleMessage<Message> _inner;
    }
}


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class Media_model extends Generic_model
{
    public function __construct()
    {
        $this->_model = 'media';
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        $this->_id_column = 'mediaId';

        $this->_create_validation_rules = array(
                'mediaName' => array(
                          'column_name' => 'Nume campanie'
                        , 'trim' => true
                        , 'not_empty' => true
                        , 'required' => true
                    )
                , 'mediaActive' => array(
                          'column_name' => 'Activ'
                        , 'trim' => true
                        , 'integer' => true
                    )
                , 'mediaLabels' => array(
                          'column_name' => 'Etichete'
                        , 'trim' => true
                    )
                /*, 'playStart' => array(
                          'column_name' => 'Sectiune start'
                        , 'trim' => true
                        , 'interger' => true
                    )
                , 'playEnd' => array(
                          'column_name' => 'Sectiune sfarsit'
                        , 'trim' => true
                    )*/
                , 'useDateInterval' => array(
                          'column_name' => 'Perioada de afisare'
                        , 'integer' => true
                    )
                , 'startDate' => array(
                          'column_name' => 'Inceput perioada de afisare'
                        , 'trim' => true
                    )
                , 'endDate' => array(
                          'column_name' => 'Sfarsit perioada de afisare'
                        , 'trim' => true
                    )
                , 'order' => array(
                          'column_name' => 'Ordine in playlist'
                        , 'trim' => true
                        , 'integer' => true
                    )
            );

        $this->load->model('media_player_model');

        parent::__construct();
    }

    public function getLastOrderIndex() {
        $query = sprintf("SELECT max(`order`) as maxorder FROM %s", $this->_table);
        $result = $this->db->query($query)->result_array();

        if (!empty($result)) {
            return $result[0]['maxorder'];
        }

        return 0;
    }

    public function create(&$Data, $Neighbour_id = NULL, $After = 1, $Create_with_id = false) {
        if (!array_key_exists('order', $Data) or !($Data['order'] > 0)) {
            $Data['order'] = $this->getLastOrderIndex() + 1;
        }

        return parent::create($Data, $Neighbour_id, $After, $Create_with_id);
    }

    //$Id can be integer or array of integers
    public function update($Id, &$Data, $Validation_rules = NULL)
    {
        $result = parent::update($Id, $Data, $Validation_rules);

        if ($result) {
            $this->load->model('media_player_model');
            $this->media_player_model->updatePlaylistLastUpdateForMediaIds($result);
        }

        return $result;
    }

    public function getAllMediaOnDate($date) {
        $result = $this->read_all([
                'order_by' => 'order',
                'where' => [
                    'OR' => [
                        'AND' => [
                            'useDateInterval' => '1',
                            'startDate<=' => $date,
                            'endDate>=' => $date
                        ],
                        'useDateInterval' => '0'
                    ]
                ]
            ]);

        return $result;
    }

    public function setPlaylistOrder($MediaIds, $Order) {

        if (!is_array($MediaIds)) {
            error('Media_model->setPlaylistOrder: $MediaIds must be an array', $MediaIds);
        }

        if (!is_array($Order)) {
            error('Media_model->setPlaylistOrder: $Order must be an array', $Order);
        }

        if (count($MediaIds) != count($Order)) {
            error('Media_model->setPlaylistOrder: $MediaIds and $Order must have the same number of elements', ['MediaIds' => $MediaIds, 'Order' => $Order]);
        }

        $this->db->trans_start();
        foreach ($MediaIds as $key => $mediaId) {
            $query = sprintf("UPDATE %s SET `order` = '%s' WHERE `mediaId` = '%s'",
                            $this->_table,
                            $Order[$key],
                            $mediaId);
            $this->db->query($query);
        }
        $this->db->trans_complete();

        $this->load->model('media_player_model');
        $this->media_player_model->updatePlaylistLastUpdateForMediaIds($MediaIds);
    }
}


Irrational Games, a.k.a. Ken Levine's studio that made Bioshock, had a concept game in the works back in 2005 called Division 9. In a time when the biggest zombie game was Resident Evil, Division 9 seemed like an almost silly idea. I mean, who wants to play cooperatively against an endless horde of zombies?
Now of course with the myriad of co-op zombie games and co-op zombie modes - we know different.
But this game wasn't just a straight up shooter, that's all fast action like Left 4 Dead. Instead the game offered base building mechanics as well as strategy with ammo, rescues and weapons for survival. The game would even offer branching options throughout play. An example is one mission might have you rescuing a doctor, if you fail or choose not to do it, you wouldn't get the bonuses that come with that - namely the healing he can provide.
The trailer released looks and feels a lot like SWAT 4, and with good reason. The concept was built on the engine. Sadly this game will never see the light of day, which makes us very said here at Co-Optimus HQ. Irrational makes solid and well polished titles with very unique gameplay mechanics.
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Boca do Lobo's timeless designs offer the right balance between classic and modern style. The seductive Angra sideboard with an exquisite marble top, alongside with the iconic Robin mirror reflects a sophisticated décor.
The sideboards and the consoles are particularly created with state-of-the-art designs and materials. These products reflects sophisticated look. With sideboards Boca do Lobo also presents some outstanding consoles which offer modern and classic combination.
Here are some of the excellent products created by Boca do Lobo designers.
Luxurious black high gloss sideboard. This exceptional sideboard offers a tribute to the historical city of "Angra do Heroismo" in Azores, Portugal.
This project conveys Boca do Lobo's mission to interpret in an exquisite way the modern consumer's desire for exclusive décor products.
The console is made from fiberglass. It gives an excellent glossy texture with extremely efficient finish.
Piccadilly Sideboard, another eternal present from Boca do Lobo.