Justin, aged 5, is being sponsored by Karibuni at the Limuru project. Pictured here with his older brother, younger sister and his mother, Emily. His father died when his mother was pregnant with his younger sister. Emily relies on casual work picking tea in one of Limuru's tea plantations. This is seasonal work and the rest of the time she sells charcoal. Life is very difficult for this hard working mother and she is much relieved that one of her children is being sponsored by Karibuni.
Esther is being sponsored by Karibuni Children at the Limuru project. She is presently studying a Health Education and Promotion course at the Kenya Medical Training Institute. When she completes her training she wants to work in poorer communities educating people in how to avoid ill health. Esther met Karibuni Trustees when they were visiting Limuru, bringing a Thank-you card and a letter of appreciation for the support Karibuni has given her.
Jamila is four years old and has recently been sponsored by Karibuni to join the Meru Township Project. She lives with her sick mother in the adjacent slum area. She is seen here in the project dining room where a nutritious meal is served at lunchtime. Karibuni sets down one criterion for the selection of children to be sponsored: that they should be from "the poorest of the poor ". Tribe and religion play no part in the decision. Hence this little girl is a Muslim who is attending the local Catholic school.
Frankline Kirimi was taken into the Meru Township Project in 2003. He was living on the streets at the time, having been abandoned by his family. He has subsequently progressed in his education and is about to graduate with a BSc Honours degree in Economics. We met him when we visited the project this year. He was understandably proud of his achievements and very grateful to Karibuni for its support throughout his education.
While visiting Tharaka, a very arid and remote area, the Trustees met Kendi and her mother, Jericah. Jericah is a single parent who suffers from poor health and so struggles to earn a living. Kendi is being sponsored by Karibuni. She is a very shy girl and looked very solemn when we met her. Her mother was very happy about the sponsorship and, knowing we would be visiting had put on her "Sunday best". As is the practice in Kenya, we took some bags of groceries with us when we visited their home.
For several years Bierton, Aylesbury Lawn Tennis Club has kindly donated used tennis balls to Karibuni Children. These are carried out to Kenya by visiting Trustees and create great excitement when they are given to the children. The picture shows children at the Njoro Project receiving some of the 2019 tennis balls.
Each project supported by Karibuni Children has a separate Management Committee. On their annual visits Karibuni Trustees always meet with these committees for in depth reviews of the project and the children being sponsored. The picture shows the members of the committee at Njoro together with visiting Trustees, John Cotton, Joy Murphy and David Welsh.
Visiting Trustees met with a group of young people who have been sponsored by Karibuni through two Nairobi projects in the Kibra and Kawangware slums. Some have graduated and are in employment or are looking for jobs. Others are at College or University. It was inspiring to hear some of their stories about the challenges they have faced. They are determined to support each other and to mentor children in the projects, drawing on their own experience.
We thank all those who took part in our Christmas Challenge appeal. We are pleased to say that we were successful in reaching our target which will mean that we will be able to transform even more young lives in Kenya.
The money raised by this appeal will help the very poorest of the poor in Kibra, Nairobi, which is Africa's biggest slum and where the largest project supported by Karibuni Children is based.
During this period donations totalling £5000 were matched pound for pound by pledges already made by an existing group of supporters.
British 10K 2018 – almost £4,500 raised!
A record field of 13 Karibuni runners pounded the streets of London in the British 10K raising almost £4,500 for Karibuni Children!
The British 10K follows a route through the centre of London, including Piccadilly, Trafalgar Square and The Strand.
It was a very warm Sunday in July and after the run participants met up with Karibuni Trustees for drinks and to receive certificates from Karibuni. The photographs show some of the runners, which included a strong Kenyan contingent.
MASSIVE congratulations and thank you to 12 year old Rowan Purrett who on 16th March 2019 completed his 79 Peaks in 79 Weeks challenge for Karibuni. He began on his 11th birthday (September 2017) and the peaks had to be a Graham, Corbett or Munro. The final peak was 765m high Sgurr Beag and was a big challenge because of the snowy conditions.
This is a unique achievement and we at Karibuni Children are most grateful to Rowan and his parents for choosing to raise funds to support our work amongst the poorest of the poor in Kenya. We are proud to be associated with this amazing enterprise.
"I have done it!! Yesterday I climbed the last peak (Sgurr Beag 765m, corbett top) – yahooooo! It was quite a snowy day, (surprisingly snowy) …and got snowier – but thankfully again someone else had broken the trail. There was a bit less of a top than we were expecting when we got up there but the ridge to it was very exciting with an amazing cornice which we were careful not to walk on. It was definitely a day for crampons and ice axes. We were joined by a friend, Kevin (who travelled all the way from Inverness to meet us) and his two lovely black labradors who were a little bit unsure on the ridge – and they had 4 legs!
"I did my 78th peak on 19th February, so I have just one left, yayyyyy! The peak was the Pap of Glencoe, a Graham of 2,434 ft. We finished it in record time – 3 hours and 30 mins, probably the shortest peak so far – which is perhaps appropriate as the last peak I plan to climb is Ben Nevis, which is likely to be quite a long day!
We weren't sure it was going to be very pleasurable as it was raining when we set off and the forecast was not great, but it turned out okay and it was surprisingly busy – we saw at least a dozen people despite the grey day.
"In the last week I have climbed 4 peaks; the first set of three were near the Forcan Ridge on the south side of Glen Sheil, and the latest peak was on Rum (called Askival). I have now climbed 54 Peaks, which means I am more than 2/3 of the way to my target.
The group of 3 in Glen Sheil were: Faochag (909m) Corbett Top, Sgurr na Sgine (945m) Munro and Sgurr a'Bhac Chaolais (885m) Corbett. It started off really nice weather and was scorching hot on the way up (I had to wet my buff to keep me cool) but just a few minutes later as we reached the top of Faochag we were hit by a very hard hail shower and suddenly we were cold and wet very quickly. On the top of Sgurr na Sgine we saw more people than we have on any other mountain in Scotland (7 people) – it was like there was a planned meeting! We were lucky to find some fabulous giant bilberries on the way to the last peak of the day, which we had to stop and eat.
Tusaidie Watoto was started by the small Methodist Church in Kibra when the four small rooms they were letting to families as homes became vacant. The 4 rooms became 2 classrooms and they started in 1997 with 20 children from the Kibra slum. As the numbers grew, the church became the baby class. All the rooms are temporary mud buildings and there is a small play area which is now paved. The provision of water at the project has been improved and drinking water separated from washing up and hand washing. However, high prices have to be paid for clean water from local entrepreneurs and the supply is vulnerable! A school in the UK has raised money for an extra water tank to safeguard the provision of water for cooking and drinking.
In 2016 the nearby railway line was scheduled for widening and one third of the compound and church have been requisitioned by the Government. They lost their pit latrines and much more.
The children live in the Kibra shanty slum which is reputed to be the largest and worst of all the slums in Africa, where thousands of people live in 9 square miles without any basic amenities. Half of those aged 15 – 40 years living in the slum are said to be HIV positive and there are many orphans. Some of the children have parents or guardians who do their best for their children, but are so poor that they cannot educate them and this is when children turn to the streets to survive. Others have unstable or inadequate parents and come to the nursery in a state of gross neglect. Some have a lone parent, or disabled parents, and some live with an older sibling who may be as young as 12, or elderly unsupported grandmothers.
Karibuni supports 51 children in the nursery, 136 children at local primary schools, 58 children at secondary school, and now 4 at university, 5 in college and 1 in vocational training – a total of 255 children. The nursery children have porridge in the morning and lunch every day; the primary children go to the nursery for lunch Monday – Friday. There are 9 full-time members of staff – a social worker, teachers, cooks, caretaker and security guard.
Every February our trustees visit our projects in Kenya to see how progress is being made and how money is being spent.
The Trustees visiting Kenya this year are Joy Murphy, Nigel Roberts and John Cotton. Here they are pictured with Mercy Kendi who heads the Meru Township project.
Today we visited the project in the Embakasi slum. Karibuni sponsors six children per year into the Nursery school. We took a pile of clothing, crayons and pencils, plus used tennis balls supplied by Bierton Tennis Club. We'll be distributing more to other projects in the coming days. The children were delighted!
Here are some of the children sponsored into the Nursery school this year at Embakasi. They are pictured with Johnson, the project's social worker.
Today we visited Kawangware Nursery School. Most of the children at the nursery are fee-paying and Karibuni sponsors three new children there every year who then progress into the Primary School. There's a total of 33 sponsored children in the Academy.
Here are some of the children having their post lunch nap while the sun is at its hottest.
We spent today visiting homes in Nairobi's Kibra slum.
Natalie and Natasha are twins living with their widowed mother Alice and their four brothers and sisters in a small mud walled hut deep in the slum. Alice's only source of income is what she earns as a hairdresser, charging the equivalent of £2 a time. On the day we visited she had her first customer for five days.
The twins have recently been sponsored by Karibuni to join the Tusaidie Watoto Nursery School. When, with Makena Anampiu, the project's senior social worker, we visited Alice in her home, we were able to present her with a knitted blanket made by one of our supporters. She said the blanket will be used to cover the twins at night.
Here are the twins eating their lunch in the Nursery School. They are wearing school uniforms supplied by Karibuni Children.
After leaving the Tusaidie Watoto Nursery School sponsored children go to a local Government Primary School where class sizes often exceed 100. These children come to the project for a meal after school and, when there are no school commitments, they come on Saturday mornings. They sang, recited and acted for visiting trustees and also met Rev Maureen Jones, who was instrumental in starting the project.
Here, trustees also met a group of Karibuni Alumni, young people who have completed their studies or who are in tertiary education.
The Meru Township Project started off as a feeding programme for children from the adjacent slum and has progressed to become a fully developed project, taking children into sponsorship at Nursery school age. Today, we joined children having their lunch.
We also met Martin who has graduated from the project, having studied for a nursing diploma. He was proud to tell us that he has been appointed to a job at a local hospital. He "gives back" by volunteering in the project and mentoring children who face challenges similar to those he had to overcome.
We also caught up with Mercy Kendi, who leads the project.
At Mwithumwiru Primary School in Meru, Karibuni Children provides a regular grant so that children from the poorest of homes can be fed at lunchtime. We also support a Special Needs class.
On arrival we were met by the school's Deputy Head Teacher and the Chairman of the School Board. Joy Murphy was invited to plant a tree to mark the long running partnership between Karibuni and this school.
We met the children and teachers in the Special Needs Class and also visited the kitchen where we met the cook who has been working there for many years.
All over Kenya, people are hoping that the "big rains" will start soon. In the meantime the soil has dried out and dust rises in clouds at the slightest disturbance. There was certainly plenty of dust to see in the playground of the Wesley Empowerment Centre, Njoro when we visited. Some of it found its way onto the children's clothes, as this picture demonstrates!
We've arrived in Tharaka, a very arid rural area. Every year Karibuni sponsors nine children into the Nursery class of Kamatungu Primary school.
he sole source of income is a small shamba (farm) where they keep chickens and grow crops of beans as and when there is sufficient rain. Ann's mother had prepared a cup of tea and boiled eggs and then appeared from her hen house with a squawking hen which she presented to Joy Murphy. Some quick thinking followed and Joy asked that the hen should be kept on the shamba until she returned to collect it. It is really humbling when we are offered gifts from the very little such families have.
Among the other children taken into sponsorship this year at the Tharaka project is 5 year old Tony. He lives with his mother, brothers and sisters in a tin roofed mud hut. The family is very poor yet Joy Murphy was presented with yet another chicken – which we asked Ann's mother to keep until we return some time.
As we left we spotted a toy which Tony had made out of plastic milk bottle tops. He was evidently very proud of it and was happy to be photographed together with his sister who was wearing her Sunday best dress in honour of our visit.
With help from Wingrave Ladies Sewing Group, Karibuni has been supporting the Special Needs class at Kamatungu Primary School for some years. We provide an annual grant to enable the teachers to purchase materials such as beads which the children and young adults use to make craft products such as table mats.
The class are always delighted to see us when we visit.
This time their parents and guardians, who are very poor, were keen to show their appreciation and we were presented with a goat! The idea was that it would provide us with a good meal before we leave Kenya. In accepting the generous gift we asked if the goat could be kept at the school until we have need of it. We all agreed it should be named "Karibuni".
"Karibuni" was last seen making his escape across the school playground!
The Tharaka project is led by George Mwabu, an inspirational young man with a very strong commitment to the development of children from the poorest of backgrounds.
The project operates from an office which was constructed without any external funding, with the cost being met from within the local community, including George and members of his Board. The land was donated by a local school which also donated a tree for roof timbers. Some of the building work was undertaken by Eric, a young man who was sponsored through the project and trained as a mason.
A much larger building is now planned. This will be a Community Resource Centre with a library and computer room. It will also be used for training. Although parents of sponsored children are very poor, they have shown their support in clubbing together to buy chairs for the project. Over 60 have been bought so far.
As well as sponsoring the education of children from the poorest of backgrounds, the Tharaka project aims to help their families to improve their situation. Many are subsistence farmers with small shambas (plots of land). Next to the project office is a relatively small area of land which is intensively farmed. The project has planted several varieties of commonly grown trees, sugar cane and vegetables with a view to showing local farmers which varieties grow best in the particularly dry climate of Tharaka.
Irrigation is via a relatively simple and cheap to construct water storage tank. Chickens are immunised at birth and surplus serum is shared with local families.
This "Demo farm" is popular with families, who see for themselves what works best. It is also valued by the wider community.
Limuru is located in the hills to the north of Nairobi. The climate is ideal for growing tea and many of the inhabitants are employed as tea pickers. The area in which the school is located backs onto the Misri slum. Many of the children sponsored by Karibuni Children at this project come from that slum area.
Although with the help of two generous donations from Karibuni supporters some of the corrugated iron school buildings have been replaced, others are in a very poor state of repair. The thin walls offer little protection from the cold mornings, wind and rain.
Don't forget you can find out more about our projects here.
Our annual quiz night for 2018 took place at the end of January. It was a great success, raising £1,760!
The final total was helped by a £750 donation from Barclays, the former employer of Karibuni Chairman John Cotton.
80 people in 12 teams competed to find the answers to the quiz, run by our Quiz Masters Steve and Vivienne Kemp.
Thank you to everyone who helped out on the evening.
Tickets get snapped up quickly, so make sure you get them quickly when we announce our 2019 event!
even when I did not have hope in myself.
Walter Onyango, from Kawangware, graduating from university with a degree in Business Management, (Purchasing and Supply).
Our Quiz Night is back in 2018!
Come along and browse our Christmas Gift Shop for a variety of presents and cards, from a range of prices starting at £4. Plus stop for tea and cake whilst you shop. It's the perfect way to start your Christmas shopping!
The Ellesborough Silver Band are kindly donating funds raised from their October concert to us. Please do go along and support, it's set to be a fantastic evening.
This summer we held our third annual Family Fun Day in Fairford Leys.
On the 17th June, one of the hottest days of the year, we had a number of stalls, a bouncy castle, BBQ and circus and magic sessions.
The musicians who performed throughout the day were fantastic and gave the day a lively atmosphere.
Thanks to the support of the Fairford Leys community and our supporters, we raised £1000 – a successful day!
Our next Fairford Leys Event will be our Quiz Night on the 27th January 2018.
Thank you to everyone who helped out on the day and for battling the heat!


The table below contains all known Mouseketeer Fun With Music Day skits appearing during the second season of the original Mickey Mouse Club, by order of broadcast. If you find that your favorite number doesn't appear here, it might have been on Anything Can Happen Day. When this season's skits had an intro it was usually done in voiceover by newsreel announcer Hal Gibney.
Storylines and dialogue writing credits for the skits may be assumed to be Sid MIller, Tom Adair, Larry Orenstein, and to a lesser extent Ray Brenner. Song credits are listed in parantheses. Where available, images and video links have been provided from the actual show. For some of the shows there is no picture or information available. Only original broadcast appearences are listed; reruns are excluded. Note that some musical numbers or photos might be incorrectly assigned to a particular show. While all shows are listed, the songs and other credits for them are incomplete.
Most of the information below was extracted from original research done by Bill Cotter, however, any errors of fact or mistakes in interpretation are my own. Quite a few photos, descriptions, and cast lists come courtesy of Rick from Dallas (RfD) and Randall Nakashima.
Shooting gallery operator Darlene laments her single condition until Bobby shows up. The Mellomen provide singing voices for the four guys who serve as targets in the gallery. The second season opener was a surprise for touching on teen romance and even more so for celebrating a non-Disney amusement park. Sid Miller, usually a perfectionist, allowed footage of Darlene being overcome by the giggles to stand at the opening of the second scene.
Jimmie and the kids bop to the first song, then Cubby plays his drums to pay his soda fountain bill. Terrific staging and choreography, and the kid's own feel for the music, made this a real treat. A good example of what the show might have become, but didn't. Introduces two elements common to other skits this season: Bob's Sweet Shoppe, with Bob Amsberry as the elderly sodajerk, and the choreography built around three or four couples. There would be no more character or story type dancing as in the first season.
Jimmie pairs up couples at a party circa 1910; there's square dancing and four boys demonstrate their moves. Later Lonnie and Dennis compete for Doreen, who favors the latter. It seems apparent producer Bill Walsh "front-loaded" the MMC schedule for FWM days with eight strong shows in a row. Thereafter the quality of skits became more hit or miss, a couple of good shows alternating with some weak efforts.
A true ensemble piece with everyone getting in on the action. The kids wander into the Sound Effects room and try out the equipment, the sort of foray that got the Rooney boys canned in the first season. Later Jimmie leads the Mouseketeers in a rendition of a von Suppé overture. Frequently shown on highlight shows, the first song had lyrics by Cliff Edwards (Ukelele Ike/Jiminy Cricket) while the special effects soundtrack for the second number was by Jimmy MacDonald from a 1930's Mickey Mouse cartoon.
Starts off in the Mousekamusic room with Jimmie as teacher and Cheryl reading the lesson then goes to a 19th Century Irish village for songs by Darlene and Tommy. Bobby plays a rather demonic and oversized leprechaun, while Roy is a gruff shillelagh shop owner. Walt Disney's personal likes were well-known to his creative staff. They indulged him with this bit of blarney, which works in spite of the limp storyline. Tommy sang a late 19th Century ballad by an Irish immigrant to Australia.
The mice teach Doreen how to play Hop Scotch Hop, assisted by Bob Amsberry, before lamplighter Roy chases them home. Darlene then sings an evening hymn alone in her room. This day's show illustrates how simple storylines and effects could make for successful numbers by highlighting the talent and appeal of the performers. Tom Adair added a topical reference to what felt like one of the 1940's radio shows he used to write, while Darlene did a beautiful job with Jimmie Dodd's non-denominational evensong.
Captain Roy delivers tourists Lonnie, Bobby, Tommy, Doreen, Eileen, and Cheryl to Trinidad, where banana seller Dennis is worried about his business. Jimmie and the locals help everyone get acquainted through calypso music. The US was swept by a brief calypso craze during 1956, which gave rise to this show and another in the third season. Though the cast was ethnically-challenged, the quality of musical arrangements, choreography, and performers ensured the skit's success.
Karen and Cubby sing, while the other tramps are led by Darlene in the Tramp Ballet. Bob Amsberry plays a sour role as a railway cop. Eileen does a take off on her jumping bit in Sweetshop Rock, while Darlene slips and sprawls head first on the stage but jumps back up and keeps going. An odd storyline for the MMC which usually avoided even mild satire. Odd too the choice of Gershwin's celebration of idleness, a counterpoint to the Doddisms. The third season would also feature a "tramp" show.
A shooting script says the opening number was an ensemble effort, celebrating morning in a Montemarte square, with singing done in turns by different cast members. MMC records however have the song done only by Darlene. The second song had Annette as a ballet student encouraged by flower vendor Jimmie, who sings in praise of her as Bobby joins her in a pas de deux. Annette's serial committments limited her FWM Day appearences.
From the music room class the scene dissolves to Cubby and Karen as little figures in a weather house. The older kids do the Edelweiss Polka then Roberta Shore appears to teach everyone how to yodel. The first number was also shown during the serial Adventure in Dairyland. Polka is Czech for a Polish girl and the polka comes from that country. However, Walt Disney loved Switzerland so a tune by Danish composers was given English lyrics and cast as a "Swiss" polka.
Another Mousekamusic class room start then dissolves to Hawaii where some mice are natives and others are tourists. For Randanll Nakashima's detailed review click here. Walt Disney showed up for photos, but wasn't in the filming. Sherry wore a long black wig and did the hula dancing. The part she played wasn't identified as her in the script and possibly was meant for a guest star. This is the first FWM day filming in which Sherry took part though she had previously done two ACH Day serials.
Promotional skit to publicize the Disney movie Westward Ho, the Wagons, released the same week, which featured Karen, Doreen, Tommy, Cubby, and serial actors David Stollery and George Ferrante (Brand Stirling). Its likely this featured clips from the movie, as was done with the ACH Day show about Cubby called "A Day in the Life of a Mouseketeer".
Guest star Pamela tells the girls about her dream, in which she dances with Bobby then loses him, while the other mice try to get her to smile. Pamela Beaird was already a professional singer and actress when she did this FWM skit and a TRU Day as well. The title song was co-written by Sid Miller's first wife, who later became a well-known talent agent. Sid Miller gave the entire dream sequence a look and sound evocative of 1939-40.
The boys' basketball team and girls' ballet club vie for use of the gym. The first song was an entertaining pre-Title IX number, one of the best staged pieces of the second season. After it finishes the other kids leave, and Eileen who has been playing the piano for them is left alone in the gym. She beautifully renders Beethoven's piece in a dream sequence.
At the opening Darlene also sang a few lines from a jazzy version of One Song, from Snow White. The skit takes place in her bedroom, going to a dream sequence in which she portrays Ed Sullivan, Red Skeleton, and herself performing on Sullivan's show. Darlene drove everyone on the set nuts with her Ed Sullivan imitations, which one Mousketeer said "she did incessantly, all day, every day". What ABC may have thought about a skit built around carictures of its two most successful CBS competitors isn't known.
The skit starts in Bob's Sweet Shoppe in 1955 then has flashbacks to 1925 and 1895 for the songs. Margene as a flapper, and Bob Amsberry waltzing with Doreen are highlights. Watch for Darlene and Cheryl as shocked old biddies at the end. The whole point of the skit was each generation has its own music that seems "too wild" to their parent's generation. It also was a convienent device for including the sort of music Walt Disney liked best.
For storyline and production notes see this summary. Another skit that starts off in Mousekemusic class. Roy draws a caricature of teacher Jimmie on the board, then obliges the mice when they sing "Draw a Picture" to the tune of Aloutte. The second song has Roy as the mayor of Scribble Town, where drawings come to life. Bobby, Lonnie, Larry, Cubby, Margene, Doreen, Sherry and Sharon do the singing and dancing.
A swinging jazz dance number by the three guys was the highlight. The other half was a song by the three younger girls while fishing from the pier. (Jimmie Dodd played a small part as a fish vendor). It's not known which came first in the skit. This was the last FWM skit filmed this season. The girls did an old Hoagy Carmichael novelty song, while the boys' number was a parody of A Whale of a Tale in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1955).
Jay-Jay has a new horseless carriage but after it malfunctions he has to supply the horsepower himself. His friends enjoy being entertained by Herman's German Band and its vocalist Fraulein Darlene. There's some question about the authorship of the second song, which I've credited here to Larry Orenstein. It may have been an old vaudeville or music hall staple updated for the MMC.
The mice take their pig Lulu Belle to the county fair. Darlene, Jimmie, and Bob play judges. This wasn't broadcast until eight months after it was filmed which may indicate how producer Bill Walsh felt about it. There are only a few photos available from this; a shooing script leaves the impression it was mainly talking and singing with little dancing or other action.


Working longer in later life can be more like a portfolio of treasures and increasingly, over the last ten years, one option in that portfolio mix for many people has become some form of entrepreneurship. And for those who may feel that entrepreneurship is too weighty a word, as is often the case, let's call it self-employment.
Over my some twenty years of entrepreneurial coaching, particularly with people north of say, age 55, I've tried to demystify this notion that an entrepreneurial endeavour is impossible or, that it's an all or nothing risk. The most common phrase I typically hear is a riff on something like, "I need and/or want to work longer, but I want to do it differently." The concept of "portfolio income streams" as I prefer to call it, gets away from this all or nothing thinking and also addresses another goal that many in later life are looking for – flexibility with a diversity of income.
This coming June, I will be taking this discussion on the road and in one case I will be a presenter at The Chang School, 50+ Festival at Ryerson University in Toronto.
If working in the "what's next?'" does not end up looking like owning or starting a business in the traditional sense of the word, it certainly will entail adapting an entrepreneurial or independent free-agent mind-set. You can't orchestrate a personal portfolio of work activity (paid and/or unpaid) without that mind-set, even if that portfolio at some point contains a part time job.
Portfolios are fluid and certain entrepreneurial segments may be episodic in nature, reconstructing as, at different stages in later life, personal circumstances change the shape of a portfolio. Not without some structure and strategy, the treasures are of your own making, and you become the entrepreneurial wizard! It requires a more liberal look at who you can become with a little imagination, seeking out support and a new sense of how you can serve what the world really needs or wants you for, in a responsive way. That's a redefinition of entrepreneurship.


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Remarks by President Trump and Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah of the State of Kuwait Before Bilateral Meeting
Issued on: September 5, 2018
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, thank you very much, everybody. We have a very special friend of mine, the Amir of Kuwait. And we've had a long relationship, and especially over the last year and a half. Things have worked out very well between our countries. We practice large-scale trade together, investment together, and also, I think very importantly, terrorism and the fight against terrorism. And Kuwait has been a great partner.
And we especially respect the Amir. He is something that — really, very special. He's very special in the region. Highly respected by everybody. And we appreciate your friendship.
AMIR AL-SABAH: (As interpreted.) Thank you, Mr. President, and how much, really, I am very happy to meet with you for the third time in almost one year. This (inaudible) proved that the bilateral relation between Kuwait and the United States of America, and between us as persons (inaudible) very good relations — to remain to be a good relation.
There is a mutual trust between both of us. Therefore, thank you, Mr. President, for your warm welcome. This visit comes at the continuation of the profound and strategic relations between our two countries, and the significant progress they are witnessing, which we are always interested in consolidating it and promoting it. In this connection, I commend the unwavering commitment of the United States to the security and stability of our region as it had demonstrated in its leadership of the international coalition that liberated my country.
In this context of pursuing and consolidating our bilateral relations, we shall concentrate our efforts to the feat of trade and increased investment, along with our cooperation in the military, energy, and education fields.
I'm pleased to invite United States corporations to participate in the development and efforts, such are projects in the State of Kuwait, and to invest therein according to the Kuwait laws and regulations attractive to investments.
I'm pleased to — we will also discuss means of cooperation to resolve the crisis in the Gulf region, and look forward with hope that an end to this crisis will be reached. Our meeting with His Excellency, the President, coincides with the resumption of the discussions between the two parties in the conflict in Yemen led by the Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations for Yemen, which we have both called for and have been embraced by Kuwait with a view to put an end to this destructive conflict and its destabilizing effects on the security and stability of the countries in our region.
We, alongside the entire world, are looking forward to see the discussions yield their desired results. We will also review our achievements under our sole partnership with the international coalition to combat terrorism as well as issues of mutual interest.
For most of them is the Palestinian issue and its developments. And the latest political developments in the international and regional arena, in this respect, I find it incumbent upon myself to pay a tribute to the positive role and the great and appreciated force that the United States exerts to achieve peace and stability in our region and the world.
Thank you, Mr. President.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, thank you very much. And I have to say that Kuwait has made tremendous investments in the United States, and they're buying a lot of equipment and a lot of military equipment in particular, which we encourage. That's jobs for the United States. Nobody makes jets, fighters, and all of the different components better than the United States. We're way advanced over anybody. And that advancement has really been enhanced over the last short period of time. We've given them great incentive. But we appreciate the big purchases that you've been making. And frankly, we're working very hard to bring some stability into the Middle East.
Yemen is a tragic situation. When you look, there's so many tragic areas in the Middle East. It's a very hard — it's a very hard thing. It's a very complex jigsaw puzzle. But we're making big strides.
Iran is a very much different place from when I first took office. Iran is in turmoil right now. They're in total turmoil. When I took office, it was just a question of how long until they took over the entire Middle East. Now they are just worrying about their own survival as a country. We'll see what happens with Iran. Whether they want to talk or not, that's up to them, not up to me. I will always be available. But it doesn't matter one way or the other. We'll see what happens.
But Iran is a much different place than when I took over the presidency. I can say that for a lot of countries around the world. The United States is stronger now than ever before. We have the highest stock market that we've ever had. If you invested in the stock market, on average we're up over 45 percent on the various markets. You have to be quite happy about that. But I view it differently; I view it as jobs, I view it as a strong economy. I view it as record-setting unemployment. We have unemployment that are at the lowest levels that we've ever had. And in particular, with certain groups — African American, Asian, Hispanic — they're the lowest levels in the history of our country.
So we've been doing very well, and we appreciate the big investments and the confidence that you have in the United States.
AMIR AL-SABAH: I wish you good luck.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Thank you very much. Appreciate it.
Q Mr. President, are you happy with the Kavanaugh hearings, sir?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: I'm happy with the Kavanaugh hearings. I watched today for a little while. I saw some incredible answers to very complex questions. He's an outstanding intellect. He's an outstanding judge. He was born for the position. I heard, as long as 10 years ago, people were saying he should be a Supreme Court judge. I didn't know him at the time, but I was hearing from a lot of people, friends of mine from Washington and other places, saying that Brett Kavanaugh should be a Supreme Court judge someday. And I'm honored that I gave him the chance.
I've watched his remarks. I've watched his performance. I've watched his statements. And honestly, they've been totally brilliant. I think that the other side is grasping at straws. And really, the other side should embrace him because you're never going to find better in terms of talent or intellect than what you have in Brett Kavanaugh.
Q Is Bob Woodward a liar, sir? Sir, do you believe Bob Woodward is lying, sir? Is Bob Woodward lying?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Oh, yeah, sure. He's lying. Sure.
Q Do you believe Bob Woodward is —
PRESIDENT TRUMP: The book? You mean on the book?
Q Yes, sir.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: The book means nothing. It's a work of fiction. Already, General Mattis has come out very, very strongly. And I think you know General Mattis; he does what he wants to do. He's a very independent guy. He was insulted by the remarks that were attributed to him. And he came out with a very strong statement — I assume you read it; I hope you read it — last night.
General John Kelly, the same exact thing. He saw it. He was insulted by what they said. He's right here. He's insulted by — he couldn't believe what they said. And he put out a very, very strong statement. And many others. And other statements are coming out.
The book is a work of fiction. If you look back at Woodward's past, he had the same problem with other Presidents. He likes to get publicity. He sells some books.
But we have done more as an administration than any other administration in already less than two years. It's incredible. We will soon be approaching two years.
But there's no administration, probably — and even you folks have generally acknowledged this — that has done more work, when you look at tax cuts, regulation cuts, Supreme Court justices, the court system generally, and so much more. Even if you look at the healthcare programs that we're passing, and all of the things we've done. We're saving Social Security. The Democrats will destroy social security. We're saving Medicare. The Democrats want to destroy Medicare. If you look at what they're doing, they're going to destroy Medicare. And we will save it. We will keep it going. We're making it stronger. We're making Social Security stronger. We're making our whole country stronger. So all you have to do is look at the achievements.
But I was very honored when, without my even knowing about it, statements were put out by General Kelly, by General Mattis — highly respected people by everybody, including yourselves. And the book is a work of fiction. It's a — really, if you look at it, it was put out to interfere, in my opinion, at this time, with the Kavanaugh hearings, which I don't think it's done, because so many people have come out against it. So many who have been written about said, "I never said that." Rudy Giuliani is another one. He's very insulted by the book and what was stated in the book.
So we run — we do run a strong White House. There's no question about it. And we are doing things that nobody else has ever been able to do. And our country is stronger now than it's ever been. And in a very short period of time, $700 billion being spent on the military. The next year, 716 — $716 billion. We will actually be far stronger than we've ever been. And that's what we need it to be.
Thank you all very much.
Q (Inaudible) the future of the bilateral relations between the two countries?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Oh, we have a great relationship. First of all, I have a great personal relationship with the Amir. And Kuwait is a place that I've known for a long time. I have many friends that live in Kuwait — and they live, frankly, in Washington and New York, mostly — that I know, and I've known them for a long time. Very, very fine people.
Our relationship and our bilateral relationship is very, very powerful. Very strong. And they view us as a place where they've done very well, and they like to invest their money in the United States, and we like that.
Q (Inaudible) a trade deal with Canada?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: So, Canada is meeting with us right now, as we speak. We have to make a fair deal with Canada. As you know, they charge tariffs of 300 percent on dairy products, which a lot of people never understood. They have walls up against us doing business in Canada, and yet they come and do business with us, and we can't let that happen.
Look, we have a very strong position, and we are the one that people want to come in and take advantage of. They've been taking advantage of, along with — and I'm not blaming Canada; I love Canada. I love the people of Canada. But they and other countries have been taking advantage of the United States for many years. And this is a President that has stopped it.
We've made a deal with Mexico, and Mexico has been terrific to deal with, including their new President, who I spoke with. And I think we're going to have a very good relationship with Mexico going forward.
And the deal is a much more fair deal between the United States and Mexico because NAFTA goes down as one of the worst trade deals in the history of our country. It emptied out millions of jobs. It emptied out factories and plants all over the United States. And it was a very unfair deal and a very foolish deal, and in fact, you could say a very stupid deal for the United States to make.
We are straightening out these horrible trade deals. As you know, we had 4.1 GDP. It was just raised to 4.2. Nobody thought that was possible.
When the trade deals are fixed and made fair, GDP will go even higher, and potentially much higher than that. And if you go back to election and go back to campaigning, nobody ever would have said that was possible, except me and maybe a few others that believe in me.
Q Would you like to meet Rouhani at the U.N.? Would you like to meet Rouhani at the U.N.? Would you like to meet the President of Iran at the U.N.?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: It's possible. Anything is possible. Anything is possible. But we'll see.
Q Are you going to get involved in solving the Gulf Crisis? It's been a year since you've been —
Q And also about Syria —
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Say it? What?
Q (Inaudible) ask you about Syria.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: What? North Korea?
Q No, no, no. Gulf crisis. Syria. When President Assad challenges you, if he —
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Did you say Syria?
Q Yes, if he attacks Idlib.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: I think it's a very sad situation in Idlib and the province — what's going on there. It's being surrounded, and they feel they have 35,000 of their enemy there. And yet, you have 3 million people living there.
And I just tell you that they will hopefully be very, very judicious and careful, because the world is watching. That cannot be a slaughter. If it's a slaughter, the world is going to get very, very angry, and the United States is going to get very angry, too. Okay?
Q So you're not going to allow it to happen.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: I am watching that very closely. So it's surrounded right now — the province — and it's surrounded by a lot of people with a lot of weapons. And these are innocent people. You have 3 million, at least, innocent people there. And you have to be very, very careful. And the world is watching, and the United States is watching very closely.
Thank you very much, everybody.
Q (Inaudible) the assassination of President Assad, as Woodward says in his book?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: What?
Q Did you suggest the assassination of President Assad?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Not at all. No, the book is fiction. I heard somewhere where they said the assassination of President Assad by the United States. Never even discussed. The book is total fiction, just like he wrote in the past about other Presidents. You look at what he said about President Bush, what he said about President Obama. Big, scandalous thing. Big — it lasts for about a day.
No, that was never even contemplated, nor would it be contemplated. And it should not have been written about in the book. It's just more fiction. The book is total fiction. Okay?
Q Will you sue, sir?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Thank you very much.

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I keep losing wireless connections on my router whenever I am on ooma phone. And even the wired connections are not good. I keep losing internet connection on the wire computer also. I get the wireless connection back as soon as I hang up the phone.
What should I do to setup ooma correctly. Please help me. I am really getting frustrated with ooma.
Try ooma behind the router. Plug ooma in to the router just as you would a pc.
See if that improves your connections.
I would suggest checking your phone as well. I was using a Plantronics wireless headset and found it killed my connectivity. Wireless networks use the 2.4 Ghz frequency sectrum. Seems like my Plantronics is brutal when it comes to taking over the 2.4 Ghz spectrum. Even 5.8 Ghz phones sometimes have a 2.4 Ghz component - enther control channel or one direction. The solution in my case was to use a DECT 6.0 phone that is network friendly.
With a 1 Mbps upload speed you should set the ooma QOS to 800 kbps since I doubt that your upload speed is a constant value. The ooma hub needs to know what is available for upload.
Agreed take the batteries out of the wireless and disconnect the base altogether and use a different phone preferably a corded one.
That did the trick. Thank you very much for your help. I replaced my 2.4GHZ cordless phone with Dect 6.0 phone. Now I am able to access wireless internet connection on my laptop while I am on ooma phone.
shyamsu wrote: That did the trick. Thank you very much for your help. I replaced my 2.4GHZ cordless phone with Dect 6.0 phone. Now I am able to access wireless internet connection on my laptop while I am on ooma phone.
I had a 5.8GHz phone and have voice quality problem at the other end, changing to Dect 6.0 phone fix that. My router has wireless N, I guess the wireless overpower the cordless phone.


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Northern Humboldt Giants rally to secure District championship
By barstoolfanatics on July 15, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )
Photos by Ray Hamill/HumboldtSports.com – Ethan Thomas delivers a pitch during Thursday's championship game.
The Northern Humboldt Giants 17Us were crowned District American Legion champions on Thursday evening with a 5-3 win over the Humboldt Eagles at the Redwood Fields in Cutten.
And once again they did it the hard way, battling back from a tournament opening loss to win three straight elimination games, similar to how they won the Eagles tournament last week.
Cole Blackburn got the win on the mound on Thursday, pitching four strong innings in relief and allowing just one run while striking out six.
Ethan Thomas got the start for the Giants and pitched three solid innings, allowing just two runs and striking out three.
Designated hitter Ben Lukens led the way at the plate and finished 3-for-4, while William Bommelyn, Miles Oliver, Finn Warner, Ty Ghisetti and Seth Valliere each also had a hit.
The Eagles were led by Jorge Lopez-Cortes, who finished 2-for 3 to cap an impressive week in tournament play.
"We just couldn't quite overcome the walks we gave up that preceded their timely hitting," Eagles head coach Kennan Snipes said. "All in all, we looked great most of the time, it's just those couple of innings where we find ourselves overwhelmed and making mistakes."
Cody Collins finished 1-for-2 with a double a walk and an RBI; Rogan Gans was 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI; Tyler Schlesiger was 1-for-2 with a walk and an RBI; and Sebastian Standish was 1-for-3.
Schlesiger, according to his coach, has shown significant improvement over the past couple of weeks.
Gans got there start on the mound, allowing seven hits in five innings and striking out four, with Miles Sorenson pitching two innings of one-hit ball in relief.
The Giants won back-to-back games on Wednesday to set up Thursday's championship showdown, defeating the Southern Humboldt 76ers 12-2 and the Eagles 5-3.
The young Joe Tanno continued to impress on the mound against the 76ers, allowing just two runs in a complete-game performance and striking out five.
Oliver also had a good day on the mound, pitching six strong innings against the Eagles and striking out seven, before Thomas came in to seal the win.
Another young player also had a big week for the District champions, with catcher Mateo Reiman continuing to perform beyond his years behind the plate.
Several Eagles players, meanwhile, also impressed earlier in the week.
Collins provided the offensive highlight of the game in a 15-5 win over the 76ers on Tuesday, finishing 2-for-3 with a grand slam and a double and five RBIs.
Cole Zeller also continued to impress and finished 3-for-3.
Collins was walked intentionally twice against the Giants in Tuesday's big win, while Drew Franklin was 3-for-3 with a double and two TBIs and Tyler Maples finished 2-for-2 with two walks and four RBIs.
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McKinleyville bats make some noise in impressive Area tournament opener
Efforts under way to rename the Lumberjacks court in honor of coach Wood


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A Promise is a Promise by Robert N. Munsch.
You Promised!
Using the election as a time to teach..
by Flaura Koplin Winston, MD PhD
Yom Kippur has just passed and the importance of vows is ringing in our ears. At the same time, we are in the heart of a heated election season when promises and vows are uttered everywhere you turn. How can we use these opportunities to teach our children the importance of keeping promises?
Children see promises as serious verbal commitments that we must uphold at all costs. I can remember (in pre-HIV days), making "blood pacts" with my best friend. As adults, we smile condescendingly at this innocent view. But should we? As we grow older, we make and break many promises; we begin to accept that "promises are meant to be broken." What lesson does this behavior teach our children? Words are a window into a person's character. Broken promises breed lack of confidence. Many broken promises can lead to lack of trust and hope. Worse still, when children witness broken promises they, too, change. Their innate sense of obligation and commitment begins to erode.
The greatest lesson our children receive is by watching us. Within our own homes and in our relationships with our children, we can teach important lessons by taking promises seriously. This begins with careful consideration before making a promise. How often have we agreed to do something with our children knowing that we will not follow through? In the moment, it seemed like the expedient thing to do, but children take promises seriously, and they will not forget. Keeping promises is much harder than not making them in the first place. One important lesson to teach is to demonstrate taking time for discussion and careful consideration before making promises, especially to your children. They will see the seriousness with which you take your obligations. If you make the promise earnestly but cannot keep it as happens to all of us, admit it and explain why. Coming clean is an important lesson to teach by role modeling. But the most powerful lesson is to make promises to your children and keep them and expect the same from them. Here is where strong character is grown. They learn interdependence: they can rely on you and experience how good it feels to be able to rely on another person.
Children from around Mississippi were greeted by state officials, and the Mayor of Oxford, MS as they held a "Mississippi Kids Convention" alongside the Presidential debate between Senators McCain and Obama hosted by the University of Mississippi. (Photo: Every Child Matters Education Fund)
Election promises provide another natural teaching opportunity. Campaigning has become synonymous with politicians making promises, many of which I assume they know they cannot keep. Sometimes they do this when cornered by someone wanting a verbal commitment on the side of an issue. Many more times, politicians make exaggerated promises to generate excitement, interest, a headline and ultimately, votes. Regardless of the reason, the candidates make promises that they cannot keep, and they should be held accountable. Otherwise, our youth, who have come out in record numbers for this campaign, will feel disillusioned.
During the election, when listening to election speeches, interviews and debates, point out the promises made by candidates. Point out the likely empty promises and why. When possible show your child that you vote for the candidate who is careful when making promises. Keep a scorecard at home with the promises. After the election, hold the candidates accountable. When they break their promises, with your child, let the candidates know that you are aware and keeping track of their action of their campaign promises through letters, emails, phone calls and petitions. For the sake of our children, we need to show our children that we take promises seriously and are doing our part to add integrity back to our government.
The Philadelphia Jewish Voice's In Their Own Words column regularly features politicians and candidates. We hope to not only inform our readers by giving candidates an opportunity to respond to policy questions of interest to the Jewish community, but ultimately we hope to hold them accountable by preserving their responses in our archives as testimony to the promise to our community and the American people.
Here are just a few of their promises that might be of interest to children excerpted from lists kept by the National Journal.
McCain:
"John McCain will fight for the ability of all students to have access to all schools of demonstrated excellence, including their own homes." --JohnMcCain.com
"I will continue to keep the commitment that I have had for many, many years that I will do whatever is necessary to preserve the independence and freedom of the state of Israel, our staunchest ally in the Middle East. I will do that, without fail and without faltering and without changing." --5/2/08, Denver
Obama:
"Obama will launch a Children's First Agenda that provides care, learning and support to families with children from birth up to 5 years old." —Obama's Blueprint for Change
"I will bring to the White House an unshakable commitment to Israel's security." --6/4/08, Washington
Hold our elected officials to their campaign promises.
To view previous editions of "Raising a Mensch", please click here.


This is a really fascinating bit of research carried out by scientists looking into the body plan of snakes. They discover how a single DNA letter change, a C to a T, was able to have a tremendous impact in vertebrate evolution. You can read the full text paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal (yay for #OpenAccess!).
• Hox genes are a group of related genes that control the body plan of animal embryos, from the head to the tail. These genes are so important in development that the DNA code is identical across many different species; if you take a hox gene from a fruit fly and line it up against the equivalent hox genes of humans and worms, it will align perfectly. Why? Because any random mutation in these genes (over the millions of years of evolution between humans and worms and fruit flies) would come with an evolutionary penalty, and therefore these gene sequences are strictly conserved.
• When mutations in Hox genes do occur, the results are dramatic. Most of the work on hox genes have been carried out on fruit flies. Mutating Hox genes produces flies with legs on their heads instead of antennae . Flies with double-sets of wings instead of just one pair. Clearly, having the correct hox gene active at the correct time, in the correct location is paramount to laying down the body plan in animal development.
• Hox genes are transcription factors. This means they act as 'master switches', when activated go on to activate or repress other genes which in turn activate or repress other genes along a 'signaling pathway' that ultimately results in giving a 'make antennae here' or 'here be wings' signal to the body plan.
• One such Hox gene, known as hox10 is expressed in areas that should not develop ribs; hox10 has rib-repressing activity. In humans and mice, in areas where hox10 is active, there are no ribs. So hox10 activity in the abdominal region is why we don't have ribs that extend across our abdomen.
• In snakes, the situation is intriguingly different. In areas where hox10 is active, you would typically expect to see no ribs; in snakes however, hox10 is active even in areas where there are ribs present. What does this mean? Why is hox10 unable to repress rib formation in snakes?
• Scientists attempting to answer this question first took the snake hox10 gene and put it into mice. The resulting mouse embryos had normal development, apart from a lack of ribs, showing that snake hox10 still has the ability to block rib formation. So what was going on?
• The scientists next looked at the genes that were activated by hox10, downstream of the signalling pathway. They found two genes, myf5 and myf6, that hox10 would bind to, to activate the rib-repressing program. They also discovered a region of DNA present in both these genes, known as an enhancer. This enhancer, known as H1, is the actual physical region of the DNA that hox10 binds to, to activate myf5 and myf6. So to recap, in the normal rib-repressing program, activated hox10 binds to the H1 enhancer of myf5 and myf6 genes.
• In snakes, the story was different. They found that the H1 enhancer had a single DNA letter mutation that prevented hox10 from binding to it! This meant that even though snake hox10 still had the ability to repress rib formation, it couldn't do that because it was unable to bind to its downstream target genes myf5 and myf6.
• This single letter mutation, CCAATTG instead of CTAATTG, was found in all the snake species the researchers checked. Intriguingly, they also found this same mutation in manatees and elephants, species that also have extended rib cages.
• What does this mean? It means that a single letter change, from C to T, resulted in the evolution of extended rib-cages, and had a significant impact on the evolution of the vertebrate spine. When I first learned about Hox genes, I was amazed that a handful of genes could control so much. Finding out that just one tiny letter-change was all it took to build a completely different body plan was more evidence as to just how amazing Hox genes are!


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Q: HtmlAgilityPack select data from sub-node I have the following HTML code I'd like to parse:

  THIS_IS_USERNAME

What I need here is to select username ("THIS_IS_USERNAME") and the link to the profile ("http://anysite.com/index.php?showuser=7195")
I can select the top h3 node using the next code:
List<HtmlNode> resultSearch = HTMLPage.DocumentNode.Descendants()
                .Where(
                         x => x.Name.Equals("h3")
                         && x.Attributes["class"] != null
                         && x.Attributes["class"].Value.Equals("bar")
                      )
                .ToList();

But how can I get not the "h3" node itself, but "a" inside "h3" with this attributes link that contains username and the link to profile which I need?

A: You can query for the link node directly, it's pretty distinctive with the Title attribute on it.
In this case using an XPath is probably simpler as it handles all the intermediate null checks and it's just as type-safe, since your Linq query will have a lot of constant strings:
var node = HTMLPage.DocumentNode.SelectSingleNode("//hr[@class='Bar']/a[@title='Profile View' and @href");
if (node != null)
{
    string link = node.Attributes["href"].Value;
    string username = node.InnerText;
}

You can write similar code using the Linq syntax, it first searches the link tag and then backtracks to find a h3 parent for it. That way you don't have to check for intermediate nulls ;):
var node = HtmlPage.DocumentNode.Descendants("a")
    .Where(a =>
        a.Ascendants("h3")
            .Any(h3 =>
                h3.Attributes["class"] != null
                && a.Attributes["class"].Value == "bar"
            )
    )
    .Where(a =>
        a.Attributes["title"] != null
        && a.Attributes["title"].Value == "Profile View"
        && a.Attributes["href"] != null
    )
    .FirstOrDefault();

if (node != null)
{
    string link = node.Attributes["href"].value;
    string username = node.InnerText;
}

Or you can use the position of it being the first  child of "bar":
// the call to First() will throw an exception if the h3 isn't found.
// returning an empty HtmlNode will allow you to ignore that

var node = (HtmlPage.DocumentNode.Descendants("h3")
    .FirstOrDefault( h =>
            h3.Attributes["class"] != null
            && a.Attributes["class"].Value == "bar")
    ) ?? HtmlPage.CreateElement("h3"))
    .Elements("a").FirstOrDefault();

if (node != null)
{
    string link = node.Attributes["href"].value;
    string username = node.InnerText;
}

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Preston Smith can look forward to making Washington regret not matching Packers' offer
Last in a 13-part series on the opponents the Green Bay Packers will face during the 2019 regular season.
Preston Smith can look forward to making Washington regret not matching Packers' offer Last in a 13-part series on the opponents the Green Bay Packers will face during the 2019 regular season. Check out this story on greenbaypressgazette.com: https://www.packersnews.com/story/sports/nfl/packers/2019/07/14/preston-smith-can-make-washington-regret-not-matching-packers-offer/1629876001/
Ryan Wood, Packers News Published 8:00 a.m. CT July 14, 2019 | Updated 11:10 p.m. CT July 14, 2019
GREEN BAY - For a team that's been no NFC pushover in recent years, a lot of uncertainty surrounds Washington this offseason.
While it wasn't a serious title contender in 2018, Washington saw any chance of being competitive crumble when quarterback Alex Smith broke his leg in November, a gruesome injury that sent the team's season into a spiral. Washington had been 6-3 entering its Nov. 18 home game against the Houston Texans. After Smith's injury, Washington lost against the Texans and then six of its final seven games overall.
Smith's leg required multiple surgeries because of infections. It's unlikely he will play in 2019, though his chances have not been officially ruled out. If Smith does return, it likely won't be until late in the season. The Green Bay Packers, who host Washington on Dec. 8, could be one of Smith's first opponents — if the quarterback plays this fall.
Sep 23, 2018; Landover, MD, USA; Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (12) runs with the ball as Washington Redskins linebacker Preston Smith (94) chases in the second quarter at FedEx Field. The Redskins won 31-17. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports (Photo: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports)
In the meantime, Washington will make do at its most important position, and try to stay afloat better than it did in its sinking end to 2018.
A Case for Washington
Given the unlikelihood Smith plays in 2019 — and also the chance he may never play again — Washington used this offseason to prepare for life after its veteran starter. The team traded a sixth-round pick to the Denver Broncos for quarterback Case Keenum and a seventh-round pick. It then drafted Ohio State quarterback Dwayne Haskins with the 15th overall pick. Keenum had a floundering 2018 season in Denver, but he's only two years removed from quarterbacking the Minnesota Vikings to the NFC Championship game. He had a career-high 98.3 passer rating in 14 games with the Vikings, tossing 22 touchdowns and seven interceptions. While that level of play hasn't been the norm in his career, Keenum is cut from a similar cloth as Smith, a proven game manager who can win when insulated by a talented roster. He's only a stopgap solution while the team develops Haskins, who might be the starter by the time Washington travels to Lambeau Field in Week 14. Washington also has Colt McCoy in the mix to start this season. Regardless, the quarterback position is too important to dilly dally, and Washington wasted no time moving on from Smith this spring.
Hot seat
Jay Gruden is entering his sixth season with Washington, a remarkable feat considering the team has just two winning seasons under his guidance. Gruden's 35-44-1 record is hardly impressive, even when considering he hasn't had a sure-fire, elite quarterback in his first five seasons. (His best quarterback in that time was Kirk Cousins.) Gruden led Washington to an NFC East title in 2015, but it promptly lost its home wild-card game to the Packers. Washington had a chance to earn a wild-card slot in 2016, but it lost its finale at home to the New York Giants. Since then, Washington has been an assortment of underwhelming results, with matching 7-9 records in 2017 and '18. Gruden is still employed, but as his sixth season begins, it's clear he needs better results — regardless of who lines up at quarterback.
Familiar foe
The Packers took a bite out of Washington's pass rush this offseason, signing free agent Preston Smith to a four-year, $52 million contract. Smith had 24.5 sacks in four seasons, including eight in 2015 when he led all rookies. He was mostly Washington's second edge rusher, behind Ryan Kerrigan. With Smith gone, Washington still has a pass rush built on Kerrigan, defensive lineman Jonathan Allen, defensive end Matthew Ioannidis and nose tackle Daron Payne. But expect Smith to want to prove his old team made a mistake by failing to match the Packers' offer when they meet again late this season.
Packers schedule glimpse
Dec. 8 vs. Washington, noon, FOX
Week before: at New York Giants, Dec. 1
Week after: vs. Bears, Dec. 15
On the horizon: at Minnesota, Dec. 23
Coach: Jay Gruden (35-44-1, sixth season with Washington).
2018 record: 7-9, third in NFC East.
Scoring offense: 17.6 points per game (29th in NFL).
Total offense: 299.7 yards per game (28th).
Scoring defense: 22.4 points allowed per game (15th).
Total defense: 353.4 yards allowed per game (17th.
Series: Packers lead, 10-8.
Last meeting: The moment the Packers' 2018 season officially started to decay might have come in Week 3. A week later, quarterback Aaron Rodgers would publicly criticize coach Mike McCarthy's game plan after a win against Buffalo, signaling the beginning of the end to their relationship. But the Packers' third game last season, a 31-17 loss at Washington following a miraculous win against Chicago in the opener and a frustrating tie against Minnesota, highlighted many of the deficiencies that would snowball into a second straight year without the playoffs. The Packers couldn't consistently cover deep down the middle of the field, as first seen on the fourth play against Washington, when Paul Richardson ran past safety Kentrell Brice for a 46-yard touchdown pass from Alex Smith. And the offense wasn't capable of making nearly enough big plays, with Rodgers finishing 27-for-44 with 265 yards, two touchdowns, no interceptions and four sacks. (There was also the controversial roughing-the-passer penalty against Clay Matthews.) It was just the first loss in what would become a dismal 6-9-1 season.
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I'm writing in response to the article "Shower Curtain Rises on Ig Nobels,"
October 5, 2001. You know, he may have found something that contributes to the "shower curtain" effect, but it's not the real reason.
I've been experimenting with this for years! Next time you're in a shower, and the curtain is flowing inward, turn off the water, or stand in front of the water preventing it from creating the turbulence. Guess what, the curtain still flows inward. Feel the air coming in at the bottom.
Notice that it's relatively cool compared to the air inside the shower. Open the curtain, and equalize the temperature both in and out of the shower. Once equalized, turn the shower on again, but using cold water to cool everything down. Guess what? It doesn't flow inward.
And if it still does it will not be nearly as much as it was before. While the turbulence from the shower water can contribute the effect, it's not the main force.
The main force is the rising hot air coming out over the top of the shower curtain that creates a lower pressure zone at the bottom, sucking in the cooler air from outside, and pulling the shower curtain in.


AT&T Mobility as well as industry trade group CTIA were quick to express their reservations about a recommendation from the President's Council of Advisors on Policy and Technology that commercial entities learn to share spectrum with the federal government rather than expect exclusive access.
The advisory council wants the White House to issue a memorandum stating it is the policy of the U.S. government to share underutilized federal spectrum to the maximum extent possible.
PCAST justified its recommendations by declaring that clearing and reallocation of federal spectrum for exclusive use is not a sustainable basis for spectrum policy due to high cost, length of time to implement and disruption to the federal government's mission. Further, the council said the fragmented partitioning of spectrum "leads to inefficiency, artificial scarcity and constraints" on current and future federal and non-federal users.
Spectrum sharing "would provide the basis for economic and social benefits," said the council.
PCAST's recommendations raised red flags for incumbent mobile industry players, however. On AT&T's Public Policy Blog, Joan Marsh, the operator's vice president of federal regulatory, expressed concern about PCAST's statement that "the norm for spectrum use should be sharing, not exclusivity." The council's report failed to recognize the benefits of exclusive-use licenses, which enabled "creation of the mobile Internet and all of the ensuing innovation, investment and job creation that followed," she said.
"While we should be considering all options to meet the country's spectrum goals, including the sharing of federal spectrum with government users, it is imperative that we clear and reallocate government spectrum where practical," said Marsh.
Marsh said AT&T is encouraged by PCAST's interest in exploring ways to free up underutilized government spectrum for mobile Internet use. The 1000 MHz that PCAST wants made available for expanded use is twice as much as President Barack Obama directed federal agencies to identify for commercial use in a 2010 memorandum promoting the expansion of mobile broadband opportunities.
In a statement that echoed AT&T's, Chris Guttman-McCabe, CTIA vice president of regulatory affairs, said "the gold standard" for deployment of ubiquitous mobile broadband networks is cleared spectrum.
"Cleared spectrum and an exclusive-use approach has enabled the U.S. wireless industry to invest hundreds of billions of dollars, deploying world-leading mobile broadband networks and resulting in tremendous economic benefits for U.S. consumers and businesses. Not surprisingly, that is the very same approach that has been used by the countries that we compete with in the global marketplace, who have brought hundreds of megahertz of cleared spectrum to market in recent years," said Guttman-McCabe.
The PCAST report suggested numerous methods to accomplish sharing, including geographic sharing where federal spectrum may be available for commercial use in one location but not another. Secondary usage that automatically switches off when a primary federal user enters the spectrum was also mentioned.
The advisory council's members include tech luminaries such as Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt and Craig Mundie, chief research and strategy officer at Microsoft. Google and Microsoft are both part of the Wireless Innovation Alliance, which includes think tanks, consumer groups, and education organizations as well as white-space players Aviacomm, Carlson Wireless and Spectrum Bridge. Not surprisingly, WIA applauded the PCAST report.
"Unused capacity on federal bands can be shared utilizing new technologies, such as geolocation databases, that guarantee federal users have access to spectrum when it is needed for critical public services while ensuring private users access to the frequencies when it is not needed by government users," said WIA.
The group singled out for praise a PCAST suggestion that the TV White Space database approach to shared spectrum "holds immediate promise for opening the underutilized 3550-3650 MHz band for unlicensed devices." WIA encouraged the FCC and National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to make implementation of this plan a priority.
PCAST's report is not the first time the concept of spectrum sharing has been broached in the United States. For example, NTIA found in late March that 95 MHz of spectrum currently in federal hands, the 1755-1850 MHz band, could be repurposed for commercial use, and the agency recommended then that sharing the airwaves might be a way to get the spectrum into the wireless market.
Marsh at AT&T noted the company fully supports NTIA's effort to determine which government bands can be cleared for commercial use.


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What is Cardano? ADA beginner's guide
Cardano has become one of the fastest-growing assets, emerging as one of the top ten cryptocurrencies by market capitalization since its inception in 2015. The Cardano network stands out among its peers due to its emphasis on its research-driven approach to design, aiming to use its resources in academia to drive the adoption of its blockchain. Its technology continues to evolve at a rapid speed and aims to surpass many large blockchains in building an inclusive blockchain ecosystem.
Cardano is a proof-of-stake blockchain, which enables its native cryptocurrency ADA users to operate its network and vote on the changes to its platform. The public and open-source blockchain allow users to build smart contracts and decentralized protocols.
Cardano has positioned itself as an alternative to Ethereum but distinguishes itself from other similar networks through a commitment to using peer-reviewed scientific research to update its platform. The project claims to be "the first blockchain platform to evolve out of a scientific philosophy and a research-first driven approach."
Built from the ground up by a team led by Charles Hoskinson, Cardano brands itself as a third-generation platform, aiming to significantly improve the shortcomings of the first generation, Bitcoin, and the second generation, Ethereum.
Who created Cardano?
One of the co-founders of Ethereum, Charles Hoskinson started the development of Cardano in 2015 and eventually launched the platform in 2017. Following a difference of opinion with the Ethereum Foundation team over governance, Hoskinson started Cardano with his former colleague Jerry Wood.
Cardano is supported by the company Input Output Hong Kong (IOHK), also led by Hoskinson. With a team of developers dispersed around the globe IOHK aims to shorten the time between academic research and its application in the blockchain industry.
Hoskinson aims for Cardano to "provide a more balanced and sustainable ecosystem" for cryptocurrencies. ADA is the only digital currency with a "scientific philosophy and research-driven approach" and undergoes rigorous peer-review processes by scientists and programmers in academia.
Similar to Ethereum, Cardano can be used for comparable applications, including smart contracts, and has the goal to become a decentralized system. Cardano has also funded a non-profit organization, the Cardano Foundation, which supports research and development of the protocol, as well as community expansion.
Who is behind Cardano?
Aside from IOHK, the for-profit company that supports Cardano, the company also signed a five-year contract with blockchain firm Emurgo, which aims to promote better financial inclusion.
The Cardano Foundation aims to standardize, protect and promote blockchain technology through building partnerships with other companies. The non-profit also hopes to shape legislation around the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry.
Where can you buy ADA?
Cardano's native cryptocurrency ADA was named after Ada Lovelace, a nineteenth-century mathematician recognized as the first computer programmer and daughter of poet Lord Byron. The network named its first major release Byron, which went live in September 2017.
Cardano is available on many of the major crypto exchanges in the world, including Binance, Coinbase, FTX, Kraken, Gemini, Binance US, Huobi, Kucoin and many more. Similar to other cryptocurrencies, ADA can be used as a store of value or to send and receive funds.
How does Cardano work and what are its use cases?
The Cardano blockchain focuses on enabling the operation of transactions for its native cryptocurrency ADA. Developers are also able to build decentralized applications on the blockchain.
The blockchain has two layers, including the Cardano Settlement Layer and the Cardano Computation Layer. The former is used for transferring ADA between accounts and to record transactions. The Cardano Computation Layer contains smart contracts that developers and users employ to build a program that moves funds.
Users can join the network as one of three different types of nodes – mCore nodes, relay nodes and edge nodes on the Cardano network. Nodes are computers consisting of a physical network device as part of a distributed system.
The consensus mechanism allowing Cardano to validate transactions – Ouroboros – enables genesis blocks and main blocks to be added to the blockchain. Genesis blocks include the list of all blocks associated with an epoch – an overarching time frame – and main blocks contain all transaction information, including software updates and votes.
Time is divided into epochs and slots under the Ouroboros consensus algorithm, where slots are 20-second increments within epochs. During each slot, a leader is randomly assigned and responsible for choosing the blocks that get added to the blockchain. Only one type of node – the mCore nodes – can be elected as slot leaders.
What are Cardano smart contracts?
Smart contracts are self-executing functions run by codes that allow users to set conditions on payments. Ethereum already has smart contracts as a function, and Cardano will be launching them later this year.
Cardano aims to compete with other blockchains that have smart contract functions. There are many stages to Cardano's gradual smart contract rollout process, known as its Alonzo upgrade, that would allow ADA holders to join in the world of decentralized finance.
The Alonzo rollout takes roughly 90 days, with smart contract capability expected on the Cardano blockchain by the end of August.
As part of Cardano's vision to support the unbanked, it aims to enable DeFi capabilities in Ethiopia. A hard fork is expected in August, with Alonzo being one of the most significant phases in the network's Goguen era – the period before the last era, Voltaire.
What are Cardano staking rewards and how do they work?
Cardano is one of the most decentralized staking models in the world. ADA holders can earn rewards in addition to the market price gains. The more ADA a holder stakes, the more rewards the user earns.
Cardano users could earn up to 4.5% per year by staking ADA. The network relies heavily on staking pools, which ensure that Cardano's validator network stays large and decentralized.
Individuals may choose to stake their tokens with an existing pool by delegating tokens from their Daedalus or Yoroi wallets or run their own pool to earn higher profits.
While users may benefit from staking their ADA, the staking mechanism also allows the Cardano network's validators to create a new block and process transactions.
Cardano staking operates on a cyclical basis, where rewards are paid out each epoch – every five days.
How does Cardano voting work?
Cardano's Voltaire marks the last step of the network's roadmap, which will make the blockchain completely decentralized. Hoskinson wants to build a governance system where participation by people and users outside of the system is allowed.
Cardano's voting system will allow every ADA holder to vote and have the opportunity to decide on fund resources. The funds will be allocated in a treasury system, which gives network participants the authority to decide on the future development of the network. The DC Fund and Project Catalyst are the backbones for the voting and treasury system.
Votes on the blockchain will occur every six to eight weeks, and ADA holders can vote whether or not to support a proposal. The funds can be returned to the treasury or they can be distributed to ballot proposals.
As part of Cardano's goal to become increasingly decentralized, the voting system would promote participation in the ecosystem. According to Hoskinson, the Cardano community would be in total control of the parameters and design of the system.
Cardano's Catalyst voting app was made available on the Google Play store in December 2020.
Cardano vs. Ethereum
ADA positions itself as the first third-generation cryptocurrency, aiming to solve scaling and infrastructure issues that have been witnessed with Bitcoin and Ethereum. While both Cardano and Ethereum will be making big leaps forward in the future, here are a few key differences.
Cardano offers a similar platform and features as Ethereum, but it emphasizes a research-driven approach to its design. Ethereum is an operating system for building custom assets and programs.
The consensus mechanism Cardano uses is based on proof-of-stake, called Ouroboros, that enables users to validate transactions and earn ADA. To enhance decentralization, the consensus protocol divides time into epochs and slots, and within each slot, a leader is picked to choose the blocks that get added to the blockchain. Cardano does not require users who operate staking pools to own any ADA – they are allowed to simply provide technical services to other users.
Currently, Ethereum is running on a proof-of-work consensus mechanism, similar to Bitcoin, for its transactions and block production. Ethereum is in the process of migrating toward ETH 2.0, which will convert its consensus mechanism into proof-of-stake. Ethereum will require operating nodes to stake at least 32 ETH in a contract to earn rewards for solving computations to produce new blocks on the network.
According to Cardano's software rules, there is a finite number of ADA that can be minted, which is set at 45 billion. On the other hand, Ethereum does not have a limited amount of supply that can be created, and the supply is programmed to increase by 4.5% each year.
The Cardano network enables users to send and receive funds instantly for minimal fees. In contrast, Ethereum is powered by another cryptographic function called "gas," which is a unit to measure the fees paid to miners for computing the transaction.
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