Foodista user Jessica Glick shares a recipe for her gluten-free fried chicken and cornbread waffles from her blog Jessica' Gluten Dairy Free Kitchen. This classic Southern dish is made with a twist. Instead of sweet waffles drizzled with maple syrup, these gluten-free cornbread waffles are studded with rosemary and served with a honey Tabasco sauce. This comforting meal is guaranteed to please everyone at the table.
Place all the chicken on a baking sheet or cutting board, season both sides evenly with kosher salt, black pepper.
In a shallow bowl scramble the eggs add a small pinch of salt, set aside.
In another shallow bowl add the biscuit flour, paprika, and garlic powder. Set next to the eggs bowl.
Place a large skillet set over medium high heat, when skillet is hot add oil.
Meanwhile begin dredging only a few pieces of chicken (once the first batch is cooking then continue to dredge and flour, set aside).
First dip the chicken into the egg then into the flour, gently pressing the chicken to have the flour stick to it.
Note: I use one hand for egg dipping and the other for flour dipping to prevent clumps of egg white forming in the flour mix and on my hands.
Test oil by dropping a little bit of flour, when it quickly sizzles, it's ready for frying.
Gently add each piece of chicken slowly, do not overcrowd the pan, otherwise, it will not get crispy.
Cook on each side 4-5 minutes.
Transfer to a cooling rack over a baking sheet or onto a plate.
At this point I turn on my waffle maker (I have my waffle batter prepared and set aside before making my chicken) and wait a few minutes for it to get hot while I begin to dredge and cook my second batch of chicken.
Gently and slowly put the remaining floured chicken into the pan.
Again, cook for 4-5 minutes on each side.
Note: When your oil is very hot before frying (350 degrees F) it will not have any oil drippings on your plate or baking sheet so a paper towel on the plate is not necessary.
Follow instructions on the back of the cornbread mix.
Once the ingredients on the cornbread mix have been blended (I use a hand held mixer for this recipe), add almond milk, and oil, mix to combine.
Add the rosemary and chives, stir until just combined.
When the waffle maker is hot, ladle the waffle batter into each waffle mold.
Cook for 3 minutes (set a timer) or 3 minutes 30 seconds maximum.
Note: More cooking time will result in a crispier waffle.
Mix honey and tabasco sauce until combined.
Transfer to individual condiment cups or a small bowl.


Although spiders are generally harmless, and are actually good controllers of the insect population in your home, their appearance lurking in the corners or on the walls in the house can be unnerving for some people. To rid your home of spiders, you will need to eliminate some of the most common causes for these eight-legged intruders to choose to inhabit your abode. Knowing what causes spiders to appear in a house can help you figure out a way to discourage them from hanging out and giving you the willies.
If your house provides spiders with good places to hide and spin their webs to catch prey in peace, then you shouldn't expect them to ignore a good thing. Spiders like dark, dry places with little or no traffic. Try to discourage spider inhabitation by eliminating the best places for them to be. Keep boxes that are in closets off the ground and away from walls, and make sure any boxes are taped up so that spiders can't get inside them to play house. Eliminate cluttered areas that collect dust and provide nooks and crannies for spiders to make their webs and lay in wait for unsuspecting insects to get snared in their traps.
Food is a key to survival for all living things, and a spider's main food source is insects. If you have insects in your home, you can bet that spiders will be along soon to help themselves to the opportunity. Lights around windows and door openings attract bugs, and the lack of screens on open windows or doors also lets insects come and go as they please. Unfilled cracks along baseboards or around other openings can let insects into the house. All of these factors will contribute to attracting spiders inside the home to eat the insects. Preventing insects from entering, or using a pesticide to get rid of the insect population, will also drive spiders away for lack of interest.
If you have never seen spiders in your home before and suddenly they are appearing in the house, then it's possible you brought them in. You may not realize you did it, but if you have moved plants in from outside, or brought firewood or other outdoor items into the house, then it is reasonable to suspect the spiders came along for the ride. They may also be hitching a ride inside storage boxes brought in from a storage facility or a garage.
Sometimes, spiders appear in the home because the homeowner has not kept the place adequately clean. Regular sweeping, dusting and vacuuming will get rid of any existing webs -- and possibly eggs for future generations. A house that is not kept clean can literally be a breeding ground for spiders.


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11 Twitter Pointers for Ecommerce Merchants
June 20, 2013 • Paul Chaney
Twitter is encouraging small businesses to use its service and has created a section on its website and a Twitter channel for that purpose.
There are good reasons for ecommerce merchants to use Twitter. It's a place to share real-time information about the products you sell, engage with followers, provide proactive customer service and build awareness about your business. Plus, the growing use of hashtags makes Twitter a natural place to collate conversations around a specific topic.
Here are 11 tips that can help you use Twitter more effectively for your ecommerce business.
1. Set a Twitter Posting Schedule
Many people use Twitter only in real time. That's the way the platform was originally intended. But posting in real time can be time consuming and demands that you monitor Twitter throughout the day.
Another option is to use social media management tools like HootSuite or SproutSocial to schedule a series of tweets in advance that you broadcast during the week. Twitter makes the following suggestions for what such a schedule could look like.
Monday: Offer exclusive promotions. Launch a promotion that is exclusive to Twitter. Use an offer code that customers can enter when they visit your website. If you have a physical location, tweet a discount code that customers can redeem at the register.
Tuesday: Go behind the scenes. Take followers behind the scenes of your business with photos or video.
Wednesday: Share helpful tips. Provide helpful information designed to benefit followers. Link to a blog post or how-to video to draw them into your website.
Thursday: Spotlight media mentions. Has your business received media attention or been blogged about? Share a link with your followers.
Friday: Focus on people. This could come in the form of a "Follow Friday" — #FF — tweet where you mention loyal customers or vendors. If you have an "employee of the month" program, highlight that person with a tweet.
2. Use Events to Engage with Followers
Retailers can use Twitter to offer special deals during holidays and seasonal events. You can also tie into current events, when appropriate, to use as a hook for product promotion.
3. Launch a Product
Use Twitter to build excitement about a new product several weeks in advance of its launch. Create a product-related hashtag to encourage others to spread the word.
4. Flock to Unlock
Pay followers to retweet your special offers and promotions, such as receiving exclusive content. Reveal the content only when the desired number of retweets has been reached.
5. Use Twitter Cards
Twitter Cards is a new feature in Twitter's ever-growing marketing tool kit. Cards enable users to attach rich media experiences to Tweets that link to your content. Seven types of Cards are available, including those that display photos, app information and product content.
Twitter Card showing product information.
A new Card designed to generate leads, such as mailing list subscriptions, has just been released. It is being tested with a small number of accounts at this time, but will soon be available to small businesses, according to Twitter.
Twitter is testing Cards designed to generate leads.
Assistance from a web developer may be needed to implement Cards as they require HTML code in the section of the web page. URLs containing the code have to be validated to be approved for use on Twitter.
6. Get creative with Vine
Vine is a mobile app for iOS and Android that lets you create short looping videos, which can be shared on Twitter and Facebook.
Businesses are experimenting with Vine to show new products, demonstrate how products are used, take viewers behind the scenes of the company, and run contests.
Read "Using Vine Videos for your Ecommerce Business," my previous article, to learn more.
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7. Express Appreciation
Acknowledge and thank followers who retweet your posts or mention you in their tweets. This simple act can result in followers paying more attention to your brand, which can lead to an even greater number of retweets and mentions.
8. Create Twitter Lists
Twitter lists are curated groups of users based on category. You can create lists or subscribe to lists created by others.
Twitter lists give you a quick snapshot of what users are talking about and provide an organized way to stay in touch with loyal customers, vendors, or others in your industry.
Practical eCommerce maintains a number of lists including one of ecommerce merchants.
Twitter lists organize users by category.
9. Advertise on Twitter
Twitter offers a self-service version of its advertising platform for small businesses. This includes:
Promoted tweets. Regular tweets that are "promoted" to the top of users' feeds, to achieve greater reach and receive more attention.
Promoted accounts. Twitter accounts that are promoted to the top of users' feeds in the same manner as tweets.
10. Optimize Engagement with Analytics
A number of social media management applications can be used to measure Twitter engagement activity. Among these are HootSuite, Sprout Social, SocialBro and Topsy. Analytics are also available for use with Twitter ads. Metrics include number of impressions, clicks, and the click rate.
11. Use Twitter Tools on your Website
Twitter offers a set of tools you can use to gain more followers, share website content such as blog posts or products, and call attention to your favorite tweets.
Twitter is a real-time engagement platform that can bring you closer to your customers, promote your products, and help you stay on top of industry trends. These 11 tips can help you use Twitter smarter and increase the effectiveness of your tweeting activity.

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March 21, 2019/Michelle Gibbs
It started with Europe's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Enactment of the GDPR went into effect in May 2018 with the purpose of protecting personal data and creating more transparency among any organization that communicates with people in the EU. The stringent data compliance and protection rules impact U.S. companies that process personal information and either monitor EU citizens or offer products or services to them.
This is just one example of the stronger cyber regulations taking place in our increasingly digitized world. It will serve businesses in all industries, especially those that handle significant customer data and sensitive consumer information, to take note of the GDPR requirements. If you haven't already done so, it's a very good time to be working toward a GDPR-compliant cybersecurity strategy that takes these and a few other protections into account.
1. More on GDPR
GDPR is fundamentally reshaping how all sectors of business approach data privacy and protect data security. To comply with the EU data protection rules, an organization is obligated to:
Appoint a Data Protection Officer (DPO);
Implement technical and administrative measures for data security and be held legally accountable for compliance;
Deploy data protection impact assessments; and
Report any security breach to authorities within 72 hours, while communicating risks to individuals whose data might have been lost.
Do you need a Data Protection Officer? To better understand the type of organization that would require the appointment of a DPO, think of a hospital that processes large sets of sensitive patient data, a security company responsible for monitoring shopping centers and public spaces, or even a small recruiting firm that profiles individuals on a regular basis. The penalties can be harsh for companies that fail to comply with the GDPR—up to 4% of annual global sales.
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2. California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)
This data privacy regulation is the first U.S. law that follows directly in the footsteps of GDPR, and it's far-reaching. Businesses both inside and outside of California will be affected by the requirement of the California Consumer Privacy Act when it is implemented in January 2020.
The CCPA regulation extends privacy protections and rights to all California residents, defined as anyone "enjoying the benefit and protection of laws and government" in California. It will grant consumers new rights with respect to the collection of their personal information. The law affords consumers the right to find out who has access to their personal data and the ability to stop data from being sold or transferred to third parties through an opt-out capability. If you sell a product or service (through any channel, including reseller or third party) anywhere in California, you will be required to comply—with a few exemptions for smaller businesses.
3. SEC Cyber Attack Guidance
Although not a regulation per se, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's 2018 guidance update put an emphasis on cybersecurity policies and procedures that cover incident response, disclosure, and more robust and integrated risk management programs. This guidance serves as an important roadmap for businesses in assessing and addressing key security, privacy, data integrity, and regulatory compliance issues. It may be a good indicator of what's to come from the SEC in response to the continued uptick in financial sector data breaches and investors seeking assurances of sound risk management practices from public companies.
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4. 23 NYCRR 500
New York State's Department of Financial Services Cybersecurity Regulations (23 NYCRR 500) went into effect in March 2017, but required covered entities to be completely compliant by March 1, 2019. The regulations essentially require financial institutions, including those in banking, insurance, and financial services, to assess their cybersecurity risk profiles and implement a comprehensive plan to effectively protect consumer data privacy.
The regulations call for companies to:
Conduct regular security risk assessments,
Maintain audit trails of asset use,
Create defensive infrastructure,
Develop cybersecurity policies and procedures, and
Maintain an incident response plan.
5. State Regulations
In lieu of sweeping federal law, states are implementing their own measures to improve security infrastructure, encourage best practices in cybersecurity, and apply better measures for consumer data privacy in the private and public sectors. California and New York are states that have taken the lead on cybersecurity, but it's only a matter of time until more states follow suit.
The GDPR, CCPA, 23 NYCRR 500, and other regulations may signal a coming global standard for data protection. Organizations that don't have a sound cybersecurity plan in place and that don't get on board with these regulations could be leaving themselves open to attacks and legal issues.
Cybint recognizes the challenges executives face in addressing today's cybersecurity risks as regulations grow in complexity and frequency. We are here to help you better understand how cybersecurity issues impact your organization and learn to manage your organization's cyber risk. Reach out to a Cybint representative to get started.
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Michelle is a freelance content specialist with decades of creative experience working with companies in tech, academia, health care, transportation and logistics, accounting, and retail. Her work runs the gamut from blog writing and case study development to full website content and email campaign creation.
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Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council gets state grant to strategize shoreline protection
Jessi Smith | Tuesday, August 17, 2021
Sea level rise in Hillsborough Bay could create flooding in downtown Tampa and along Bayshore Boulevard. Photo by Diane Egner
Sean Sullivan, Executive Director, Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council Courtesy of TBRPC
Resilient Tampa Bay is a video story produced by 83 Degrees in 2021.
While homeowners across the greater Tampa Bay Area double and triple-check the items on their hurricane prep lists this summer, the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council (TBRPC) is convening local policymakers with environmental and technical experts to establish a uniform set of best practices and policy guidelines to strengthen shoreline resilience against weather and climate events such as flooding, erosion, and sea level rise throughout the region.
The Resilient Coastlines Project is part of a grant initiative by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) that was signed into state law in May by Gov. Ron DeSantis through the new Resilient Florida Program. TBRPC, working across six counties and 21 municipalities in the Tampa Bay region, received the grant funding in July and aims to finalize a summary of regionally-consistent guidelines by the end of August.
"[The Florida Resilient Coastlines Grant] is unique in this region because it provides resources to TBRPC that allow us to work with legal and technical professionals experienced in developing resilient shorelines policies. We expect to develop guidance for shoreline protection measures such as materials used in seawall construction, recommended height of seawalls, living shoreline best practices and more," says Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council Executive Director Sean Sullivan.
With storm intensity and sea level rise expected to increase into the future, the project is on a fast-track timeline to develop evidence-based coastal resilience recommendations, and to establish consistent guidelines for hard structures, such as seawalls and bulkheads, that prioritize shoreline resilience through 2070 across the region.
Currently, Sullivan says local policies related to seawall height, construction materials, installation, maintenance, and repair -- as well as permitting requirements to create living shorelines on private property -- vary from one local government to the next. This lack of uniformity can create headaches for home and business owners when they attempt to update their seawalls or develop sustainable, living shoreline alternatives to protect against flooding and erosion on their property..
Resilient Coastlines aims to establish uniform recommendations that policymakers across the region can access, but Sullivan underscores that local governments -- which include Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, and Pinellas -- have autonomy to adapt those recommendations to best serve their communities.
"We're very mindful of the sovereignty of cities and counties. We're also very mindful that we can be a helpful resource and provide information, data, and policy guidance to them," Sullivan says.
TBRPC's Resilient Coastlines Project stands out in that it specifically seeks to create comprehensive guidance related to tidal-influenced waterways that are located inland, as opposed to Gulf of Mexico beach fronts where coastal resilience efforts typically concentrate.
"The guidance policies that will be developed in this grant will primarily focus on protection of properties that front on canals, rivers, bayous and tidal influenced water ways. We hope the policies developed can assist governments throughout the Tampa Bay region by providing policy guidance that will enhance resiliency for private property owners as we prepare for anticipated extreme weather events," Sullivan says.
Learn more at Resilient Florida Program, TBRPC, and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
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E-mail authors ignore rules of good writing
Martha Irvine
Experts say people who communicate via computer are becoming increasingly informal -- and sloppy. E-mail is routinely strewn with typos, grammatical errors and various shortcuts, such as no capital letters. The trend -- as relaxed as the Silicon Valley dress code -- really bugs some grammar purists. "A student wouldn't walk into a professor's office asking a question using bad English. Why would they send me that kind of mistake in an e-mail?" gripes Kenneth Brown, an assistant professor at the University of Iowa business school. An avid tracker of e-mail etiquette, Brown says he regularly chides students for sending sloppy e-mail to him and even prospective employers. Some faculty members have also gotten a talking to. Shonquis Moreno, a 28-year-old writer from New York with a penchant for the lower-case, says she likes the "more intimate, casual, off-the-cuff tenor" her e-mails have. In many cases, she has even stopped fixing jumbled letters. "Maybe it's because I know that typos are recognizable as typos and not spelling errors," says Moreno, who works for an Internet startup and finds herself scurrying to answer more than 30 e-mails a day. By the end of last year, there were 335 million e-mailboxes -- more than one per person -- in the United States, according to the trade publication Messaging Online. That represents a 73 percent leap in just one year. Internet experts say the advent of instant messages -- real-time conversations -- has only heightened the casual, abbreviated nature of online "chatting." But even they warn against misspellings and grammatical goofs. On the Web, "you won't be judged by the color of your skin, eyes, or hair, your weight, your age, or your clothing," author Virginia Shea says in her rules of Netiquette, which are posted online. "You will, however, be judged by the quality of your writing." The solution? Re-read your e-mail, not just for mistakes but for impetuous words, says Eric Arnum, Online Messaging's editor. "If you type faster than you think, there's a danger there that your words will do more than offend schoolmarms," he says, pointing to the recent use of e-mails as evidence in the antitrust case against Microsoft. Asked via an online mailing list what they thought about e-mail's informality, everyday computer users replied in droves. Jeff Rubin, a newsletter publisher in Pinole, Calif., said computer communication has become a "forum for people who cannot spell or string 10 words together." "I have a friend who has a daily, paid-subscriber e-mail message with circulation exceeding 500. He misspells words in each transmission," Rubin wrote. "It's embarrassing." Still others raved about the ease e-mail has brought to communication. Now a student getting her master's degree in Internet strategy, Cincinnati resident Carol Boyd was relieved to escape the "legendary one-page memo" she spent years perfecting during her nearly 30 years at Procter & Gamble. "Communication is less disciplined but Oh -- what a timesaver!" Boyd wrote. "It's amazing what my teacher can convey in a one-word e-mail that simply says, 'Cool."' Even Brown -- who uses ellipses in some communication -- says some shortcuts can give an air of informality that is perfectly acceptable "provided that the person I'm writing to understands it." But he still tells students to err on the side of good grammar and spelling. "It's their calling card," Brown says. "It's how people judge them."
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'SNL': Jonathan Majors & Simu Liu To Make Hosting Debuts, With Taylor Swift & Saweetie Set As Musical Guests
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Jonathan Majors and Simu Liu will make their hosting debuts on Saturday Night Live as the NBC variety series returns for three consecutive shows in November.
Taylor Swift and Saweetie have been set as the respective musical guests.
Lovecraft Country star Majors, whose Netflix film The Harder They Fall launches Wednesday, will host the series on November 13 with Swift as musical guest. It marks the pop star's fifth appearance as a musical guest and will come a day after her re-recorded album Red comes out.
Liu, star of Marvel's Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, will host November 20. He will be joined by Saweetie, who is making her musical debut on the show ahead of her debut album, Pretty Bitch Music, which comes out next year.
The November 13 and 20 shows will follow the November 6 appearance of Succession star Kieran Culkin and musical guest Ed Sheeran, who revealed earlier today that he will be appearing on the show, despite recently contracting Covid.
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What attracted you to a career in manufacturing? Manufacturing is one of the backbones of our country with a strong presence and an abundance of career opportunities. My passion for tinkering and taking things apart to determine construction and contribution of each individual piece has led me to my career in manufacturing.
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Photos and interview by Rob Dolecki, with additional questions by Brian Kachinsky
When it comes to progressive and burly street sections, Van Homan has set the bar for almost two decades now, most notably with his "Criminal Mischief" section. His "Holy Fit" part, and his most recent effort in the 2016 Real BMX video comp are testaments to his resilience and relentless determination via blood, sweat and pain to complete a project that lives up to his own exceedingly high expectations.
Then 2018 brought on new opportunities for Van in the form of a white collar job that entailed moving halfway around the world. He stepped past his pro bike riding career, and dove headfirst into an entirely different culture and language that goes beyond dining at a novelty sushi restaurant in Center City Philadelphia. And it's an intriguing change. We sat down with Van on his studio balcony in Ginza and got the lowdown on this new chapter in his life.
While you may not be seeing any double-pegs-to-gap-to-over-grinds out of Homan any time soon, but rest assured, Mr. Homan's undying passion for riding and all things associated with BMX continues on, including wearing a tie and TPS reports Monday through Friday, and exploring an an endless city on weekends.
So what have you been up to?
I've been living in Tokyo, Japan and working on helping organize the BMX freestyle event for the 2020 Olympics. I've been going to work like a regular human, 9-to-5, and just riding and exploring on the weekends.
Is this the first time you've ever had an office job?
Yeah, I rode professionally basically for 20 years. I had a couple things here and there, like I had my bike shop which was a lot of work but not a 9-to-5, and helped out at my friends wood shop here and there when I needed some extra money, but nothing ever like this.
You feel like you living in the movie "Office Space"?
(Laughter) It's definitely funny working in an office. If you watch that movie, there are so many ridiculously funny things I can relate to. My brain just goes to "Office Space" multiple times every day.
Is there a Bill Lumbergh?
Nah, there really isn't a Lumbergh; it's pretty free. You have stuff to get done, but there's no one hounding you. There's never really anyone getting on my case about dumb stuff.
No TPS reports?
Kind of, It can be a slow-moving machine, but no one really hounding you.
You've been in Tokyo now for six months.
Yeah, it's been awesome. The people are super-welcoming and the country is safe. The language barrier is challenging; I've been trying to learn basic things to get me by in every day life. I'm a long, long ways from being able to speak Japanese fluently.
You got "check, please" down pretty good.
There's no way I can transcribe that. (Laughter)
Sometimes I wish I had a little more free time to explore the city and spots, but when I get those chances I'm definitely making good use of my time, sightseeing and riding spots. It would be really easy to think I have all the time in the world. Next thing you know you've been in Japan for two years and you didn't actually do anything other than go to work. It's been awesome; I really love it. I love being able to take the trains everywhere. When I'm in the States, I don't eat outside my comfort zone. You're kind of forced to be adventurous here, which is nice, since you end up eating a lot of good stuff.
What's up with Japanese Denny's?
Denny's is a fraud here. (Laughter) The very first day I arrived here I was super jet lagged and tired, and I saw a giant Denney's and I think, "I'm going to get the Grand Slam breakfast." I walk in there, and it's just all Japanese food. It wasn't Denny's like we know Denny's. I was really let down. I haven't been back. Don't fall for it.
I like the rail into bank spot in front of your crib.
The spots are ridiculous here. Stuff is less tapped than it would be in the U.S.; the architecture is different here. A lot of the playgrounds are concrete slides and things like that. In the U.S. there's more prefab, cookie-cutter, safety-code construction; a lot of the creativity has been stripped away. Kachinsky was here for three days pedaling around, and he's posting spots I've never even been to before that were completely ridiculous. The riders here are so amazing. They are psyched I'm here and welcomed me with open arms. They go out of their way to help you figure out whatever, find a spot, if you need to eat, or get your residency card, etc...
During his stay in Tokyo while putting on the Uncovered comp with Van, BK casually stumbled across this playground paradise, and took advantage of a rare child-free opportunity to throw this fakie bar.
Was there anything different than what you were anticipating?
I've been here twice before, once in like 2002, and last year for FISE in Hiroshima. Something I didn't expect is one, it's easier than I thought to get around on the train systems. It's so well-designed. I guess I didn't expect to feel so comfortable so quickly. Sometimes I take a step back and think, "This is weird; I live in Japan." You go to work, you go home, and you ride on the weekends, like anyone would. You just happen to live in Tokyo. Life just becomes normal. Brian asked me the other day what the exchange rate was, and I have no idea. I get paid in Yen, I pay my rent in Yen, I buy my food in Yen; I think in Yen now. (Laughter)
You think and say, "Excuse me" in Japanese now.
I know so little Japanese. But when I was in Florida (for Swampfest) and bumped into someone, and my instinct was, "Sumimasen". You feel ridiculous when you're in Orlando, Florida and you try to say, "Excuse me" in Japanese. When you're in Japan and you bump into someone, you're going to say "Excuse me" in his or her language since I know that word. You just acclimating the best you can.
Classic maneuvers at a legit street spine a bike ride away from Van's crib.
"I get paid in Yen, I pay my rent in Yen, I buy my food in Yen; I think in Yen now."
-Van Homan
So you're here for two years.
Yeah. It's a pretty simple concept. I'm in charge of helping organize the BMX freestyle event (for the Olympics). I'm the eyes and ears for BMX freestyle. I have to speak up for certain details. There are a lot of different people involved. The Olympics is a huge operation. It's a welcome challenge, and I'm honored to have this opportunity. I'm helping manage an event in the Olympics; it's not where I expected to be.
What would 20 year-old "Criminal Mischief" Van would think?
I think he'd be stoked that he was still riding, working in BMX and having a once in a life time opportunity to live and ride in Japan. You just don't know what direction you're headed in. It's pretty cool. I never expected to be a pro rider when I was a kid and I never expected to be living in Japan. I like to think passion and commitment lead to opportunity.
Who is John-san?
San is a respect thing for a name. Like in Karate Kid. I never thought about why he was Daniel-san. Nobody calls me John, but that is my official first name on paperwork. People were calling me John at work, and John-san. I'm like, "Who's Johnson?" (Laughter) It took me like a week to figure it out, I just wouldn't answer.
You're coming from a biased perspective, but what is your opinion on the Olympics. Some people give it heavy flack.
Honestly, I analyzed my moral compass a couple years ago and after a lot of thought and questions, decided that what was happening was positive and would only create opportunities. At this time I was only judging events and had not even a clue that Tokyo was on the horizon. I'm part of this process because I was open to it, not open to it because I'm part of this process. It's another great opportunity that BMX has provided and I couldn't be more psyched to be here. To me, you take advantage of those opportunities when they arrive, but you also don't let one event, sponsor or opportunity define what BMX is to you.
It doesn't define you.
I'd like to think if opportunities like this are put in the right hands it only creates more opportunity. My being is Japan has already given me and Brian Kachinsky the chance to host an Uncovered amateur event in Tokyo. Its given me the chance to hire BMXers. I'd like to think opportunity trickles down and is kind of contagious. I think the passion you put in is what defines you. BMX is never just a job for us, its our lives.
Speaking of which, how did throwing an Uncovered contest in Tokyo come about?
Last year Brian and I did three Uncovered stops in the U.S.A. and worked with Source BMX to have the MVP get an invite to Battle Of Hastings. We wanted to keep the event going, but it was up in the air. I didn't know what would be possible. We kind of joked about Tokyo Uncovered. I got over here, and went over to a random skatepark one day. They had an indoor street plaza, and thought it would be perfect. I just started asking questions, and then Maja, who is a rider and works at the park, was into the concept. Then the ball just started rolling. The scene just totally embraced the idea and just helped us make it happen. It was so cool how willing everyone was to help. Shoe G, Rim and Yumi were down to judge. Bashi is like a Japanese Crandall on the mic, Pegy and Hiroshi... It was amazing energy; it felt really cool to make it happen. We're from the other side of the world and we pulled it off.
It was funny seeing flyers posted and they were in Japanese. It looked like you really stepped up your Japanese skills.
That's a good example of some of the complications, and trying to organize this- the language barrier, and something as simple as an Instagram post. This is how supportive these guys were; I'm sending paragraphs to my friends, and being like, "Hey, can you translate this?" The people that were going to be at the event were obviously Japanese so we needed to put the information out there in Japanese. It's weird having to do those things like that when you don't know something as simple as reading and writing (laughter), so having that help and support was so important and felt so special that people were down to do it.
What suggestion would you give to someone who's thinking of throwing a local jam or contest?
The way Brian and I approached the first year of Uncovered, we were going to put it on no matter what, and if we got sponsorship money to do it, that just means we can make it better. We can get pros there as special guests, build a special feature, give the judges a few bucks, give away prize money. Even if we got zero money or product, we were doing it. This year Fit, Odyssey, GT, BSD, and Source all gave us tons of product and a few bucks. If you want to put on a jam, you use the resources you have and create something important and special to you. You can complain that there's nothing happening or you don't like what's happening, or you can create the version of BMX you want to see. Whether you have a million dollars or an empty lot with a fly-out jump, you can put on a jam that puts smiles on people's faces.
Mr. Homan reflecting on life, and barspins.
" I think the passion you put in is what defines you."
On a scale of 1 to 10, how do you think BMX is at the moment?
I'll give it a 10. There are always things that can be better. But I think BMX is in a really rad place right now. The other weekend there was a dirt comp in Denver, an am comp in Japan, a Vans Pro Cup in Australia. Everywhere I look, all over the world, there are awesome things happening. People like Trey Jones and Steve Crandall are making things happen. That is spreading like wildfire. There is something for everyone to watch or participate in and that's amazing. There are opportunities for every level and every style of rider. Riding is what you make it. We still have this amazing subculture where there are riders in the shadows, loving life and having fun. I'm almost 40; I've been around awhile. When I see jaded old dudes in their 30s complaining about how BMX used to be, that it was better, I just want to be like, "Pay attention." If you don't like what's happening, go do something. It's easy to do, I guess; people tend to reflect on their glory days.
It's a nostalgic thing. But it doesn't necessarily mean BMX isn't as good nowadays.
I like to say, appreciate your past but don't live in it. Your place in BMX and in life is constantly changing; that can be a struggle. Your role has to change and you need to embrace that or you're living backwards.
Change is inevitable.
For me, it's something that I have to embrace. It's just about evolving, understanding where you can contribute and owning that role. Your riding is going to change, your personality is going to change, your life is going to change and if you can't accept that, you are going to be a really sad person. (Laughter)
How do you see your riding toned down?
Sometimes you get that little itch…
I saw you do that wallride to downside whip at The Slab stop of the FBM DIY Worlds last year; I wouldn't really call it toned down.
I guess that's a good example of getting that itch and stepping outside your comfort zone. Seeking out crazy gap to rail setups, or wild street setups- I feel like after I did that Real BMX part a couple of years ago, I took some serious slams on that. I felt lucky to even get out of those without any serious injuries. I feel like this might be disappointing for people to hear- I felt like I had an epiphany where I wanted to keep riding my bike and keep enjoying it. I'm not saying I don't want to ride hard still; I'm kind of over sending ridiculous stuff on the regular. Moving here, it's an amazing opportunity, because I really embrace the spot itself. I kind of lost my spark a little bit because I was in the same area for so long. Here you just don't know what's around the corner. It's re-sparked the exploration of street riding.
What's the next chapter in life?
It's a good question. I'd been stressing about what was next that for years. I'm happy to have turned the page. It's a weird feeling when you are riding professionally but you know there is an expiration date. I have a new direction now, I happy to still be involved with BMX and I'm excited to see what this opportunity snowballs into next. One day at a time.
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The World Bank Has Praised Ripple's financial transaction service xRapid in a recent report. The report basically confirms what protagonists of Ripple or Stellar have been saying for years. The current system for cross border payments is highly ineffective as different banks with different systems have to work together. Different business times in different time zones further effect the speed of transactions. In addition to that, the service is often not very cost-effective.
The blog also mentions attempts to integrate DLT into the existing financial system. Examples are SWIFT, Visa and JP Morgan. The report also mentions JPM Coin.


The name buckwheat hints at the beechnut-like shape and its wheat-like properties. Botanically a knotweed, buckwheat has been grown since earliest times in Middle Asia and Siberia. Today´s main growing areas are China and Eastern Europe, but buckwheat has also become popular in German organic agriculture. Growing buckwheat has a positive effect on the environment. The plantation attracts and supports otherwise endangered bees, therefore it contributes to the conservation of biodiversity.
Buckwheat is a source of the essential amino acid lysine, which is normally sourced from animal protein – an important point for vegetarians and vegans.
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Computers are being relied on more heavily in order to ensure that your next car is innovative and efficient. Models can be developed in a computer design software program and tested without ever having to be manufactured. This helps to ensure that you don't end up with a car that has inherent problems in the design. Testing can be performed in a virtual environment and modifications can be made to improve the manufacturing process of the parts and accessories.
There's no reason that you have to punch out your own parts in the sheet metal because robots can handle the manufacture of the required parts. This enables you to know that the parts that are being created are uniform and reproducible. The benefit of robotic technology is that tweaks aren't required when it comes to the assembly process. This is because each part is manufactured to the exact specifications as laid out by the design plans.
Parts and accessories are generally created using an assembly line system. This is to help with the efficiency of the overall process. There is one type of tool per station so that you don't have to worry about employees getting bogged down during the manufacturing process. For example, using a direct drive rotary air compressor can help with this starting and stopping process of the stations. It gives the operator more control over how much air is being directed at the particular part during its manufacture.
Quality control is important in the automotive industry because this ensures that the parts that are being manufactured aren't being shipped out defective. The number of parts and accessories that are inspected depends on the number in each batch. Testing is likely to be performed to ensure that the parts are capable of withstanding what's required of them. In some instances, visual inspection may be the only quality control checkpoint for non-moving parts.
The creation of parts and accessories for your vehicle is a complicated process that can involve a large number of steps and tools for the job. Consider these steps that are going on behind the scenes the next time that you purchase a replacement part for your car.


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Murray named Big 12's top male athlete
NORMAN — Kyler Murray has added another accolade to his impressive resume, as the former Oklahoma quarterback was announced 2018-19 Big 12 Male Athlete of the Year on Thursday by the conference office.
Murray is the sixth OU male athlete and third in the last four seasons to earn the league's athlete-of-the-year honor. Eleven Sooners have now been named Big 12 Athlete of the Year in the 23-year history of the league, including seven in the last seven years.
In addition to Murray, OU's Baker Mayfield (2017-18; football), Maggie Nichols (2017-18; women's gymnastics), Buddy Hield (2015-16; men's basketball), Paige Parker (2015-16; softball), Lauren Chamberlain (2014-15; softball), Keilani Ricketts (2012-13; softball), Sam Bradford (2008-09; football), Jason White (2003-04; football), Stacey Dales (2001-02; women's basketball) and Josh Heupel (2000-01; football) have been named Big 12 Athlete of the Year.
Texas track & field's Ashtin Zamzow was named 2018-19 Big 12 Female Athlete of the Year.
Nominees for this year's Big 12 Athlete of the Year awards were submitted by Big 12 institutions and selected by a media panel based on athletic performance, academic achievement and citizenship. Fan voting conducted via Big12Sports.com also was a consideration in the final tallies.
From Allen, Texas, Murray led the Sooners to a 12-2 record in 2018, a fourth consecutive Big 12 championship, a second straight appearance in the College Football Playoff and a No. 4 final AP ranking in his only year as their starter. The redshirt junior completed 260 of 377 passes on the year for 4,361 yards and 42 touchdowns to seven interceptions. He also rushed for 1,001 yards and another 12 scores, becoming just the second player in FBS history to throw for at least 4,000 yards and run for at least 1,000 in a season (Clemson's Deshaun Watson did it in 2015 with 4,109 passing and 1,105 rushing in 15 games).
Murray led the nation in total yards last season (school-record 5,362), points responsible for (324; tied), yards per pass attempt (FBS-record 11.6) and yards per completion (16.8). He also ranked second in passing efficiency rating (school-record 199.2) and passing touchdowns (42).
Murray's 54 total touchdowns in 2018 were the second most in program history, his 42 passing TDs were third most in a season at OU and his passing yardage total ranks fifth in school annals. He became the first OU player to ever pass for at least 300 yards and rush for at least 100 yards in a game, and he accomplished the feat three times during the season.
Murray also became the first FBS player to average at least 300.0 passing yards (311.5) and at least 60.0 rushing yards (71.5) per game for a season. His 5,362 yards of total offense were more than 77 of the country's other 129 teams, including five squads that were ranked in the final AP Top 25 Poll.
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I need to creatively refresh a logo that I currently use. The logo is for a modern dental x-ray lab used for patients that will require dental brackets. Create a modern and eye appealing, friendly logo and deliver the logo in two colors red-gray AND blue-gray, formats JPG, SVG and EPS for vinyl printing. Same or similar font for red-gray, new font for blue-gray. Bid only if you have the time. Must be done in 2hrs. $20 max, $10 extra if you provide an extra option that I like.
The current logo have a meaning. The square is an x-ray sheet, the ruler symbolize measure and the tooth what we focus on. You can symbolize it with 3 teeth and its fine. Please keep this in mind when designing.
I also want more solid so it can be more visible. Current logo is made out of lines but the shapes are not filled with color.
This is a MEDICAL logo! Keep in mind.


With that, I give you the hyperbola of high performance!
The left side of the hyperbola is where most of us live our lives on agile teams. If you're familiar with the Forming, Storing, Norming, Performing model for teams then this covers the first 3. This area is difficult to escape because there is so much room to be lost in it. Now, in this area the team will be getting comfortable with themselves, their team mates, and the agile practices. They will also, and almost more importantly, begin to see these same activities take place throughout their immediate managers. Because these two groups are both somewhat independently finding their own path, most teams take years to get out of this area and wind up jaded and abandon their journey.
If teams get out of this swamp of discovery, they will become more self-directed and self-possessed to do a great job. They will begin to challenge aspects of their job, management, and processes so that they can do better. This is focal point in the image. This is where a team becomes extremely focused and driven. They have the skills, practice, and understanding to start really delivering high quality work. Now, I want to make it clear that this moment is when a team self-organizes around getting something done. They will become zealous towards accomplishing whatever goals that are set.
Now, this sounds great and it is, but there is actually more. What is happening in this time is that the team is pooling together and asking, "What will it take to get this done?" This is a powerful and important moment for a team to go through, but not the end. At this time, the team can almost adopt a sort of tunnel vision where if they see a plan that can succeed, they become blind to all the other alternatives in their pursuit of accomplishing their goals.
Which brings us to the right hand side of the hyperbola. After the team has hit this focal point, and the team has been encouraged appropriately, they will begin to truly become high-performing. Their dogged pursuit of getting things done will relax, but they will still get things done. The team will then begin to take a little longer to explore, discuss, and collaborate with people outside of their group the many alternatives that can exist. They will do this independently. At the focal point, usually a leader emerges that drives the team. At this stage, by contrast, people just take it upon themselves to go investigate. The solutions get better and better at this point.
For a different analogy, imagine a target in a field. This target has many rings and a bulls-eye. The left half of this hyperbola represents the team trying to hit that target. The focal point represents the time when they can consistently hit it, and the right half represents the time when the target is completely and totally eradicated.
Many of us get very excited when the team begins to hit the target consistently. We stop looking to see if the part we hit was the part we needed to or intended to. We believe that our consistency is accuracy. Instead, we need to continue to inspect and adapt, so that when we are trying to hit a target, we aren't satisfied by simply hitting it, but instead hitting all of it through investigation, exploration, and prototyping of all of the alternatives. High-performing teams do the best work, because they already discovered the other possibilities and rejected them.


text: VARIETY 17 LINCOLN SQUARE. The Lincoln Square held a classy look- ing audience Monday evening. It didn't ■top at class but went right along into numbers. It was practically a capacity house. The newspaper talk concerning Maude Odell may have been responsible for many present. Unquestionably not a few friends of Juliet T journeyed down from Harlem to see the impersonators. The bill ran through rather well. Shift- ing about of the numbers left the second half overbalancing the first by a big mar- gin. It appeared to, although there were but three numbers in the second half. The opening division was closed by the Three Dumonds, an important position for a musical number. Amelia Bingham closed the show. It was about the only place the act could have played in this week's layout. Miss Bing- ham deserves "fCiiiy all the commendation" that she is receiving for providing an in- tensely interesting entertainment for the varieties. For "Juliet?" the billing includes the. question mark, and that's the whole thing in a nutshell. It's a question. The usual course over a question is to find the answer. The answer in this case is: "Grace Hazard." There isn't any doubt but that the idea of presenting the imi- tations was taken from the clever and original methods employed by Miss Haz- ard. Juliet's? act has all the ear marks of piracy. It is really too bad the girl has received at her debut in vaudeville such a setback. It doesn't seem as though it would have been difficult to have made her a success without infringing. Her imitations are so good she could have presented them without the character also, working more along the lines of Cissy Loftus, "the" real mimic of them all. Juliet? in the third position scored substantially in her second week at this house. Cliff Gordon is "trying out" an entirely new monolog, and it is enough to say that it ranks with his former material. Of course, he hasn't the topical stuff to work the campaign provided, but there are a few afterthoughts no one missed. Gordon could probably give his entire speech in ten minutes, but the punctuat- ing laughs stretched it out to double that time. The Three Dumonds slipped through no fault of the act. Audiences have been led to expect a big number before the intermission. The Dumonds, however, went very well. The Marco Twins, without their bur- lesque "Salome," did not work more than ten minutes, a wise move. The Bradfords opened the program, Maude Odell and The Stagpoles, New Acts. Dash. FINISH HOUSE ABOUT XMAS. Jamestown, N. Y. Nov. 19. Work is being pushed on the new vaudeville house on East Third Street. The management expects to open it soon after the holidays. It is planned to play United acts, simi- lar to those appearing at the Oeloron house during the summer. At present the only vaudeville Jamestown has is at the picture houses. Charles Wayne and Gertrude Des Roches were married last week in Denver. HAMMERSTEHTS. The "names" on the Hammerstein bill must have been responsible for the ca- pacity house Wednesday evening. The reputation of the show for excellence could not have spread—not even to the Ham- merstein ushers. "Names" look good on the billboards, but it does not follow that they help the program. Howard and Barrison are play- ing two houses this week. The act had to appear early at Hammerstein's, but were they received no better at 125th Street the same night, anything resem- bling applause must have sounded like thunder to them. Position is something, if not everything, and a desire to obtain "No. 3" at the Victoria will never cause a riot among acts. The only novelty on the program was the new"act of ValesTca~8uTatt and~ WiiP" iam Gould, the headliners. Miss Suratt produced a novelty and an oddity in her "snake dance," otherwise known as "Cleo- patra, with Egyptian Movements." It was all there, including the snake, and a snake- like costume Miss Surratt wore, one of three new striking gowns, the last of which, a white affair with short skirts and a high collar, did not follow in the usual run of her most becoming dresses. The live snake of about three feet in length could not be relished by the audi- ence at first glance, and before they became acclimated to something new, Miss Suratt was through with the dance. It was a toss-up which was the more fascinating— the snake or the clinging gown. One showed as many curves as the other. A "Directoire" number and costume re- vealed much of one side of Miss Suratt's physical proportions, while the final song and dance did the rest. Mr. Gould won out easily with his very good songs, espe- cially "Maud and Paul," a "spelling" se- lection with a fan, and "Dad's Philos- ophy." The latter might be placed in the nation's school books for the wholesome lessons contained in the lyrics. By dint of extraordinary hard work and unduly pressing herself forward Claire Romaine managed to make an unneces- sary speech. Opening after the intermis- sion, the spot was not rendered difficult in this instance. Miss Romaine has on*» verse in a new song, "I Only Want to Whisper in Your Ear," which is not re- fined nor undiluted "blueness." It is very English in its idea of humor—for Americans. "The Fifth Commandment," played by Julius Steger and Co., reaped its custom- ary reward, chiefly through the efforts of Mr. Steger, admitting the sketch itself into the consideration. A new "ingenue," Maude Earl, playing the daughter, has three trained movements with her hands, and might practice others or tell her hands to remain still while she is acting. The Empire City Quartet appeared just before the closing number, Wormwood's Dogs and Monkeys. J. Warren Keane opened the show with magic and palming, while Ryan and White, a couple of danc- ers, followed, wearing russet shoes, some- thing new for steppers. The boys fool- ishly sing, poorly enough to offset any dancing. The Belleclaire Brothers in their strong act, working entirely in "one," scored a hit as "No. 4." Sime. AMERICAN. The return of Harry Lauder to New York after two weeks' absence was the* occasion Monday night of a demonstra- tion that quite overshadowed the rest of the bill, a particularly entertaining show, too. A gala atmosphere embraced the audience Monday evening, and in defer- ence to the surroundings William Morris had Julian Rose announce from the stage that for the first time smoking would be permitted all over the house. So by the time Lauder's name appeared in the illum- inated sign the theatre was enveloped in a cosy haze of tobacco smoke that made it quite a congenial gathering. The big band of Allied Scottish Socie- ties was on hand to welcome Lauder. The Scot occupied the stage alone fifty-five minutes, scoring a success that almost matched his opening at the Lincoln Square some weeks ago. While he was singing "On the Deep" out before the olio drop the pipers gathered behind, and the rais- ing of the curtain disclosed the big stage filled with the musicians. They played three numbers, extending the time of the act to seventy-five minutes and starting another storm of applause. It was well that all this happened late, for the show stopped right there. The Australian "tree-fellers" followed, closing the pro- gram. There was quite a gap before they could arrange the set for the Australian novelty, and in this time a large number of the audience took its leave. But when the axe manipulators began operations in- terest picked up and a goodly proportion remained for the pictures. The show opened quietly with Tracy McDermott and Dorothy Raymond (New Acts), and there^was a second quiet spot with the polite musical number of The Romanos. Another number in the first part that belonged to the "straight" class was Oswald Williams' magical and illu- sion act, a number .which made up in speed and swift surprise for its lack of laughing value. The other number was Tim McMahon's "Watermelon Girls," which opened the intermission and estab- lished a generous hit. Altogether the show worked together with extremely good results, playing much better than it looked on paper. Barry Lupino had the "No. 2" place. After the quiet singing and talking opening, his acrobatic dancing and comic songs were an enlivening variation. All the early numbers were reduced in running time, and in consequence the first half of the show ran off at top speed. Julian Rose did not use his new song, "I Don't Know Where He Gets His Ideas," a distinct loss to his act, but his "Le- vinsky's Wedding" talk went extremely well. He was on "No. 4." Up to and including this act the applause increased at each number. Mr. Williams leans toward heavy me- chanical illusions. There are enough in his routine to keep the surprises run- ning and sustain a high degree of inter- est. Some of the cabinet illusions are rather transparent to the initiated, but an ordinary audience find the mysteries impenetrable. The "Chinese Paper Art" matter looks best from a distance. To those down in front on the sides the mech- anism can be seen. Williams rests on the safe ground of speed and variety and easily stands well up among magicians. Ruth. FIFTH AVENUE. One beautiful "souse" in an upper bos all but put the show out at the Fifth Avenue Wednesday evening. One of the acts profited greatly by "kidding" Mr. Souse along. As is always the case, aa soon as the man noticed he was securing a few laughs he immediately overplayed a mile and should have been suppressed. He interfered with Zelie De Lussan at the opening of her act, and it waa soma little time before she could get started. The prima donna accepted it good-natur- edly. The house was very well filled, but was not demonstrative. This has been the prevailing condition for some time. The houses are well filled but they seam to be somewhat hardened. The point la how long will the houses continue to be crowded if the shows do not please? Mile. Lussan is at the head of a very ordinary program. The opera singer ia making her first appearance of the sea- son in thi metropolis. After passing through the disturbance she did well, oc- cupying the stage for only about ten min- utes, singing four songs. J. Francis Dooley and Corinne Sales scored a big hit, aided by the comedian in the box. Mr. Dooley is really the act, Miss Sales merely assisting in a couple of the numbers. She looks very well, several pretty costumes adding dressi- ness to the specialty. Dooley has a good line of songs and talk, some brand new and just about as much dismally old. Hit baa a style and method of his own and gets his stuff over nicely. "The Eight Madcaps" contributed a very lively, pretty dancing number. The girls are all of the "broiler" size and are as good looking a crowd as had been seen. Clarence Wilbur and His 'Ten Funny Folk" got no more than expected when they went head first into a blizzard. It was almost a sure thing that when the act ran into an audience a bit particular what they laughed at, it would "flop," and it did. The comedy is entirely of the old burlesque type, many moons, if not gen- erations, behind the times. The piece has been playing about now for two seasons, but not one new line or bit of busineaa has been introduced. Selbini and Grovini opened the show, but were obliged to retire after a few minutes through an accident to Mr. Sel- bini, who threw his arm out while at- tempting a trick. Chaa. Kenna is showing his "Yankee Fakir" with very little change. Kenna has a novel way of bringing out his mono- log. He holds to the "fakir" character faithfully, and makes the most of his material. The Novellos closed the show with their usual success. It is a big closing number. Mrs. Papazian consumed ten minutes, doing the program no good in telling the story of Annette Kellerman's life. Miss Kellerman appears at the house next week. Pictures accompanied the discourse. The pictures were rather interesting; at any rate they were an excuse for not listening to the singsong voice of Mrs. Papazian. A couple of men in the orchestra made a wager whether Avery and Hart were Williams and Walker or not, even though they had a program. Speaks rather well for the imitation, but still leaves it an imitation. Dath.


Last week I started looking back at the theatre in LA that made a difference in 2018. This week I round out that list with the kind of work I hope fills theaters in 2019.
Echo Theatre Company is on a fierce journey. They're choosing plays that are consistently challenging and all have a deep conscious. It's telling that, among LA's theatre companies - that's becoming a rare commodity.
Playwright Molly Smith Metzler's "Cry It Out," starts out as a well-observed funny portrait of the trials of a new moms. Feeling like you're a prisoner to "nap time", sleepless nights and isolation from the world. But under the surface is a more complicated play tackling the issues of class and privilege that surround who's really going to raise your children. For any parent, it's a profound question.
"Gloria" by Branden Jacob Jenkins starts out as a biting, sarcastic office play. You're in the cubicles of some New Yorker-esque magazine in New York with witty 20-somethings. Mr. Jenkins lulls us into the familiar only to destroy it with gun violence. But the play doesn't stop there, with the sensational - it becomes a commentary on how we process tragedy - both commercially and personally. And, as with all of Mr. Jenkins plays, lurking in the background - mostly through silent omission - is race.
The body of work that Echo is building is substantial. If you wanted to pick one small theatre to add to your cultural roster - Echo is a consistent favorite.
Let's start with Scrooge - I hate sacharine "Christmas Carols." Typically over-sentiment and oddly hollow, most Scrooges feel like little more than a foil to sell you a gift card.
Jefferson Mays changed all that at the Geffen. He made Dickens classic a chilling, dark ghost story and Scrooge a strangely relatable character who's holiday epiphany feels earned rather than inevitable. Mr. Mays performance was extraordinary and the stage design that surrounded him brilliant. More than just a holiday show - it was one of the year's very best.
It'll also be a fascinating test for LA theatre next year. The Geffen Playhouse had the chutzpah to produce this piece and pull off all the technical wizardry to make the stage so mercurial. The question is will this "Christmas Carol" become an LA holiday staple? Or will it be a shipped, gift wrapped to New York next year. It'll be a test of the Geffen's clout and standing. Fingers crossed but not holding my breath.
Which leaves us with nothing but a drag queen.
That's the biggest understatement of the year, Taylor Mac's "24 Decade History of Popular Music" is one of the great works of the American theatre. And Los Angeles has Kristy Edmunds and the Center of the Art of Performance to thank for the wisdom to share it with Los Angeles. For 24 hours across 4 nights, lucky Angeleno's followed Taylor Mac through 24 decades of songs reconfiguring our notion of our shared history, exposing the inequities, and feeling deeply uncomfortable in all the best ways. I've never seen an audience of strangers turned into a collective more masterfully. We all left the theater with souls bigger than we walked in with.
That's a gift… and what all theater should aspire to. Here's hoping the New Year brings bigger souls for us all.


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Q: $P[X_1Given $X_1$ and $X_2$ are exponentially distributed with parameter $\lambda_1$ and $\lambda_2$ respectively, we can see
$P[X_1 < X_2] = \int_0^{\infty}P[X_2 > x | X_1 = x]P[X_1=x]=\frac{\lambda_1}{\lambda_1+\lambda_2}$.
Given the simplicity of this result is there a way to prove this more intuitively like just from the first principles that
$P[X_i \in (x,x+dx)] = \lambda_idx, i=1,2$

A: My acknowledgements to André for his discussions that helped me figure out this answer. Let $A$ denote the event $min(X_1, X_2) \in (x,x+dx)$.
\begin{eqnarray*}
P(X_1 < X_2) &=& \int_0^{\infty}\left[P(X_1 < X_2 | A)P(A)\right] \\
&=& \int_0^{\infty}\left[\frac{\lambda_1dx}{\lambda_1dx+\lambda_2dx}P(A)\right] \\
&=& \frac{\lambda_1}{\lambda_1+\lambda_2}\int_0^{\infty}P(A) \\
&=& \frac{\lambda_1}{\lambda_1+\lambda_2}
\end{eqnarray*}
Similar arguments show that, given two coins with probabilities $p_1$ and $p_2$ for head, the probability that the first tail happens simultaneously in a series of infinite tosses is $\frac{(1-p_1)(1-p_2)}{1-p_1p_2}$ without needing to calculate the infinite sums.

A: the best way to solve this is like this
$$\begin{align}P(X_1<X_2)
&=\int^\infty_0P(X_1<X_2|X_1=x)f(x)dx\\
&=\int^\infty_0P(x<X_2|X_1=x)f(x)dx \\
&=\int^\infty_0P(X_2>x|X_1=x)f(x)dx\end{align}$$
because $X_2>x$ and $X_1=x$ are independent, so that
$$\begin{align}P(X_1<X_2)
&=\int^\infty_0P(X_2>x)f(x)dx\\
&=\int^\infty_0(1-1+e^{-\lambda_2x})\lambda_1e^{-\lambda_1x}dx\\
&=\int^\infty_0\lambda_1e^{-\lambda_1x-\lambda_2x}dx\\
&=\frac{\lambda_1}{\lambda_1+\lambda_2}\\
\end{align}$$

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Government policy focuses overwhelmingly on wind and neglects other valuable renewable sources. Here, Gaynor Hartnell, Director of Policy, at the Renewable Power Association discusses the potential of biomass to help meet energy needs.
Biomass is one of the most abundant sources of renewable energy in the UK. Agricultural wastes, forestry wastes, purpose-grown energy crops and the biomass content of a range of other waste streams can be converted into useful energy, given the right incentives, and in doing so bring a range of environmental, commercial and employment benefits.
The reason for its success during the 1990's was the Non-Fossil Fuel Obligation (NFFO), a policy whereby bankable power purchase contracts were awarded to renewable energy projects according to their need. This policy was a competitive tendering process and was flexible enough to support technologies at a range of different stages of commercialisation.
The Renewables Obligation (RO), which replaced the NFFO, is based on a different philosophy. The idea is that the Government sets a broad framework of market demand for renewable electricity and the market decides on which technologies to bring forward.
Onshore wind energy has been boosted considerably by the introduction of the RO. It is one of the cheapest sources of renewable electricity and, unlike landfill gas, is not limited by the size of the resource available. The increase in activity in wind and the stalling of activity in biomass has lead the Government to declare that it expects the 10% target to be met almost exclusively by existing renewable generation plus new wind capacity.
This is different from expectations at the time the RO was mooted. The first time Government stated what it anticipated from different renewable resources for the 10% target was in a document published in March 1999. The "trends continued" scenario from this document, under which biomass was anticipated to comprise 10%, is shown below. Together biomass and energy crops were to make up 21% under a "constrained wind" scenario, or 6% under a "high wind" scenario .
The DTI Renewables Team has been restructured reflecting this view. The 2010 Target Team concentrates on overcoming wind deployment barriers, whilst other renewables including marine, solar and biomass have moved to another Directorate lead by Bronwen Northmore. Bronwen is speaking at the RPA conference on the Government's "Second Front" on Biomass. There is also a project team for the 2005-6 Review of the RO and a combined policy/briefing team.
The RPA would argue that relegating other renewables to a minor role until beyond 2020 is undesirable for three reasons. From the perspective of biomass alone, there is a loss of rural diversity and waste management benefits from exploiting biomass, along with loss of the contribution it can make to systems benefits as a non-intermittent renewable. There is also a lack of grid capacity in the areas where developers are most interested in bringing wind energy projects forward.
It is hoped that the next upgrades can be undertaken in less than five years, despite the project being larger and likely to be more controversial. If the normal planning process is circumvented there is likely to be a backlash of public opinion, which will focus on wind energy. Indeed there are already signs that this is starting to happen in Scotland.
A report published in 2002 looked at the additional system costs of increasing the renewables penetration from 20% to 30%. It concluded that a mix of predictable base load plant, such as the biomass technologies located throughout Great Britain, and the closer-to-market interruptible generators, such as wind, dispersed around England and Wales, would be three times less costly than one met entirely from intermittent generation, such as wind, located predominantly in Scotland and northern England.
Why has it been difficult for biomass?
Biomass is unique among the renewable energy course in that there is a fuel cost. Some examples are shown in the table below.
Project developers suggest that this fuel cost adds around 2p/kWh to the generation cost for dedicated biomass plants.
There is an added difficulty with developing energy projects; farmers are reluctant to plant crops for a power station which has not yet been built, and banks are not prepared to finance a power station which does not have an established source of fuel.
It is to help overcome this dilemma that co-firing energy crops at existing coal-fired power stations was introduced into the Renewables Obligation.
Many of the cheapest biomass residues are now being used in co-firing rather than as a fuel source for newly-built, dedicated biomass plants. Co-firing has suffered a rather a bad press both within and outside the industry. This is unfortunate, as it certainly brings environmental benefits; every tonne of biomass which replaces coal results in CO2 savings; the emissions associated with shipping biomass are relatively small and because of the large scale of operations there is no doubt that it can be a powerful driver for the establishment of fuel supply chains.
The view that it keeps coal fired capacity going, thereby encouraging coal burn. This is not a view endorsed by the RPA.
The de-stabilising effect it has on the Renewables Obligation, due to the difficulty of predicting the volume of co-fired ROCs coming forward and hence impact on ROC values, also because the rules of the RO were changed to facilitate the establishment or energy crops, with the associated negative implications on investors' confidence.
There are also competition issues between dedicated biomass projects developers and generators and co-firers for fuel.
Ultimately co-firing is intended to be phased out, although it is hard to see the merits of forcibly ending the practice in 2016. The Royal Commission in its Biomass report suggests that the capacity to replace co-firing with completely biomass-fuelled power production is likely to remain limited beyond the 2016 deadline.
Biomass still feels like an area where much more needs to be done and the RPA conference later this month is an ideal opportunity to explore the possibilities. A number of solutions have been put forward, including the Royal Commission report, the conclusions of the innovation review and the RPA's own proposals. There are also the practical aspects to consider.


A family effort and a place where all are welcome.
Little Goat had been in our family's heart for a long time, so when we had the chance to bring it to life, it was all hands on deck.
We took possession of the property on Novemeber 24th and were open on December 4th. We wanted to be open for December, but mostly I just wanted to get back in the kitchen cooking. Some restaurants open and they look and feel "perfect", but this can sometimes make them feel cold and sterile. Not spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on renovations also allows us to provide better value to our guests. Our space is a little rough, a little quirky, but we feel it is warm and inviting. Our kids helped paint, my mother-in-law sanded the tables and re-upholstered the chairs, our friends and cooks pitched in to paint… it was a family project, so it feels a little "home spun". But thats what we like about it.
We like to think that we are a "work in progress". Every week we grow a little, make some changes and improvements, play with the menu a little, add a cocktail list… When a restaurant opens and its "perfect" where is there left to go? Our spot will grow, change and develop organically. Of course, the risk we take is that some of our customers will come in and be disappointed and some may choose to never return. Others will have the grace to give us another try and some customers will love the fact that they are with us as we grow. We are giving people the opportunity to be part of the Little Goat story.
I have been around long enough to know that restaurants will always change and evolve. We will have highs and lows, we will make mistakes. We may have to back track and we may take great leaps forward. Restaurants like to pretend they have it all figured out before they open the doors, but with our philosophy or Little Goat as "work in progress", we are just being honest with ourselves and true to the process.
And honestly, who is cuter, a little goat prancing around trying to figure out his world, or a big old billy goat who has seen it all and thinks he knows it all?


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'Support kids, not guns': Petaluma students plead for stricter gun laws after Texas shooting
Dozens of Petaluma students and parents, alongside city leaders, marched Thursday afternoon from McNear Elementary School to Walnut Park in a protest against gun violence.|
AMELIA PARREIRA
ARGUS-COURIER STAFF
School shooting resources
On Tuesday evening, leaders with the Petaluma City School District also urged students and parents to seek support if needed. Resources they pointed to included the following:
•How to Talk to Children about School Shootings
•National Associations of School Psychologists
•Parent Guidelines for Helping Children After a School Shooting
•How to Help Children Cope with Tragic Events
•Child Mind Institute - English
•Child Mind Institute - Espanol
Dozens of Petaluma students and parents, alongside city leaders, marched Thursday afternoon from McNear Elementary School to Walnut Park in a protest against gun violence after 19 students and two teachers were shot and killed Tuesday in a Uvalde, Texas, classroom.
Organized by a group of McNear Elementary sixth-graders, the demonstration started at around 3:30 p.m. and ended at the corner of D Street, where students chanted, "Support kids, not guns," as passing vehicles honked in support.
"We've tried to push for this before, especially after the Sandy Hook and Parkland shootings, but it's just never happened," said Poppiano, a McNear sixth-grader who organized the protest. "If we can push for more gun laws right now, we'd have the opportunity to affect so many people's lives."
The protest came two days after an 18-year-old man entered a fourth-grade classroom at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, and opened fire, killing 19 students and two teachers, and injuring 17 others. The shooter was later shot and killed by a Border Patrol team.
McNear Elementary sixth-grader Mae Sterns said her school had participated in an active shooter drill just three weeks prior to the shooting. While she was scared during the drill, now, she said, she is even more terrified and feels for other students who feel the same way.
"I think this (protest) is a really good thing to do to make people more aware of how scared kids are getting because of (the shooting)," Sterns said. She added that at school the next day, principal Melissa Becker came into each classroom to discuss the situation with students and address any concerns.
Kennon Fleischmann, whose daughter attends McNear Elementary as a sixth-grader, attended the protest along with many other concerned parents. She said she made the difficult decision in talking to her daughter Tuesday night about the Texas shooting, knowing she might have heard about the incident from her friends the next day at school.
"I wasn't sure at first how to handle it," Fleischmann said, adding that her daughter was crying during the discussion and asked many questions about what happened. "At one point she said she didn't want to go to school the next day and was scared to go to school. Through her seven years at McNear, she's never not wanted to go to school before."
Local leaders, including Mayor Teresa Barrett, Vice Mayor Dennis Pocekay, council members Dave King and Mike Healy, and district supervisor candidate Blake Hooper, also attended the protest to show support.
"What the students have done here today is amazing," Hooper said. "Instead of getting stuck in the sadness of what's happening and the despair, they're focused on taking action."
Barrett, who is also a member of the grassroots group Moms Demand Action, also said she is proud of the students for standing up, but that leaders and lawmakers also need to take the responsibility to make change.
"We're the ones who are failing them," Barrett said. "We can't expect them to make the changes. The ball is still in our court. We have to take action on this."
The students, parents and city leaders urged for tighter laws to limit the number of firearms in circulation and to make it tougher for people, especially young people, to buy guns.
"I think 18-year-olds shouldn't be allowed to get guns and I think we shouldn't be selling military rifles, and (have) background checks when you're buying guns," Sterns said.
Hooper recalled active shooter preparation he would have to do as a young student. Now 32 years old, he notices the same drills taking place, and the same types of shootings happening with the absence of national reform.
"A whole lifetime of these trainings have happened because of a whole lifetime of shooting deaths in schools year after year. We're well past time to take action," Hooper said. "We need to ban assault rifles; we need to make sure we have a restriction of magazines."
After the Tuesday shooting, the California Senate passed a bill to allow private citizens to sue makers or sellers of untraceable ghost guns or illegal assault weapons. California is known to have some of the strictest gun laws in the U.S.
During Thursday's protest, Pocekay and Healy also emphasized that mental health support is greatly needed in a time where people are struggling.
"I think our kids are suffering at all ages from COVID, and then to put this on top of it, it's just going to make matters worse for them with anxiety, depression," Pocekay said, adding that school district officials are also working to make resources more available.
Amelia Parreira is a staff writer for the Argus-Courier. She can be reached at amelia.parreira@arguscourier.com or 707-521-5208.


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Supramolecular chemistry
By: Barendt, Timothy (Lecturer in Chemistry, Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Birmingham), Beer, Paul (Professor in Chemistry, Professor in Chemistry, University of Oxford), Lim, Jason (Research Scientist, Research Scientist, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Singapore)
Part of the Oxford Chemistry Primers series
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Reprint. Originally published: 1999.
The renowned Oxford Chemistry Primers series, which provides focused introductions to a range of important topics in chemistry, has been refreshed and updated to suit the needs of today's students, lecturers, and postgraduate researchers.
The rigorous, yet accessible, treatment of each subject area is ideal for those wanting a primer in a given topic to prepare them for more advanced study or research.
Moreover, cutting-edge examples and applications throughout thetexts show the relevance of the chemistry being described to current research and industry. The learning features provided, including questions at the end of every chapter and online multiple-choice questions, encourage active learning and promote understanding.
Furthermore, frequent diagrams, margin notes, further reading, and glossary definitions all help to enhance a student's understanding of these essential areas of chemistry. Supramolecular Chemistry provides a concise and fully-illustrated introduction to one of the fundamental areas of modern chemical research, the concepts of which are essential to understanding interactions between molecules. The primer is supported by online resources and is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats. The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks
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Subaru Legacy International > SLI RIDES GALLERY > Member's Rides II > OutbackGT's new 300ZX!
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Well, as many of you know, I replaced the beloved Outback with something a little more sporty. A 1992 300ZX 2 seater, 5 speed. Got her for $4700 with 94,000 miles. I love her already.
one of my co workers have one (Click here) (http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2323307), its a kool car, trust me youre going to have loads of fun with it.
Cool, nice ride. A very sharp car. Also, none of that rather complicated twinturbo stuff on there...it should be nice and reliable.
I'd love to get a red T-top turbo... I was looking for one before I bought the WRX. There wasn't any available in the area though. I've only seen two to begin with.
sweeeet. beautiful car man, ive wanted a 300zx since i was like 10. awesome ride, have fun with it.
those are sweet cars! considered getting one myself! very nice.. we need an in car video!
Definitely a nice looking ride. You got any big plans for it?
NICE in white and good price.
BUMP for engine picture FTW!
Hey guys, figured I'd update you on the ride. Just got 350Z wheels and Megan Racing coilovers.
Compared to stock. I had to dial the coilover up about an inch because it sat waaaay to low when I put it on like this.
What I found when I looked at the rear strut tower. Stock unit held on by one bolt. Previous owner was apparently a dumbass.
Wow dude, that is looking really sweet. Nicely done.
And yes, the previous owner was a dumbass.
did you by chance take pics with a 318i and post them on nasioc ?
Update! Fun with green wheels!


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The spanish Grand Prix from a Tyre point of view
New for the Spanish Grand Prix is the latest evolution of the Pirelli PZero Silver tyre, the hardest compound in Pirelli's range. The new PZero Silver has the same basic structure and construction as its predecessor but uses a new compound that reduces degradation and increases the range by 10 to 25%, depending on a variety of factors such as track surface, weather conditions, set-up and driving style. The PZero Silver is designed to represent a bigger step over the PZero Yellow (soft) tyre, which will also be used in Barcelona this weekend. This combination gives teams greater scope to make use of more creative race strategies. THE TRACK The most critical part of the 4.655-kilometre Montmelo track is Turn Three: a long right-hander that is notorious for working both the front and rear left-hand tyres extremely hard. The combined power of KERS and an 830-horsepower engine provide a huge load for the tyres to process, as they negotiate the corner with a lateral force of 3.9G. In the middle part of the circuit the drivers reach speeds in excess of 280kph in sixth gear before standing hard on the brakes in preparation for another well-known corner: Campsa. The drivers use the kerbs to get round this corner, putting vertical loads of 800 kilograms through the tyre. Exiting the turn over the kerbing produces intense vibrations that are absorbed by the tyre carcass. This filters and reduces what is ultimately transferred to the Formula One car: underlining the tyre's crucial role as part of each car's suspension. Under braking for La Caixa, the PZero is subjected to a longitudinal deceleration of 4.85G. A lateral force of 1.8G then pushes the car to the outside of the corner, working the front-right tyre until the very last metre of the corner. By contrast, the final chicane is the slowest part of the circuit. With very little downforce, the tyres are the sole source of mechanical grip. In order to achieve the best traction the tyres must then manage the full power of the engine as the cars accelerate back up to 300kph in seventh gear on the start-finish straight: the quickest part of the circuit. FORMULA ONE AND ROAD CAR TYRES The 50,000 Formula One tyres that will be produced this year are just a small fraction of the millions of tyres that Pirelli makes over the course of a year. One of the latest models at the other end of the scale to the Formula One PZero is the Pirelli P1, which is designed for small to medium sized vehicles with an emphasis on green technology. The P1 is designed to last between 50,000-60,000 kilometres – around 600 times longer than the Formula One tyre – and offers a 30% reduction in road noise over its predecessor as well as a 25% improvement in rolling resistance. Like every single one of Pirelli's tyres, the PZero Silver is built to perform a specific task. Pirelli is the acknowledged world leader in Ultra High Performance road car tyres, which is underlined by the company's involvement in Formula One. The PZero name, used in Formula One, actually comes from Pirelli's range of high performance road car tyres. The PZero Corsa System is essentially a track tyre for sports cars, while the PZero is Pirelli's latest and most prestigious tyre for high-powered vehicles. The PZero Rosso ensures the optimum balance between comfort and performance while the PZero Nero is suited to a wide range of tuned and performance cars. PIRELLI'S MOTORSPORT DIRECTOR SAYS Paul Hembery: "Our new PZero Silver tyre is an evolution of the existing tyre that should provide an extra five laps or so of running compared to the previous version, widening the gap between the new hard tyre and the soft. This will become the definitive hard tyre for the year, providing we see the results that we are expecting from the race. These are tyres that have been extensively tested, so I feel confident that they will add another exciting dimension to the race this weekend – particularly in terms of potential strategies." *** Follow us on Twitter @ Pirelli_Media or Facebook on www.facebook.com/Pirelli For further information please contact: Alexandra Schieren +33 607 03 69 03 alexandra.schieren@pirelli.com Anthony Peacock +44 7765 896 930 anthony@mediatica.co.uk ** Francescopaolo Tarallo +39 334 684 4307 francescopaolo.tarallo@pirelli.com (Head of Product and Motorsport Communications) PDF Version (190KB)


It's the siren song of children across the globe, much to the chagrin of countless parents. Parents who give in find themselves sacrificing their privacy for months or even years. Parents who hold firm must listen to endless sobs and worry that they are dooming their children to years of counselling to recover from the whole experience.
There's a better way, but it's not always easy. Here's what you need to know about children who won't sleep in their own rooms.
Why Won't My Child Sleep in His Room?
Parents are quick to dismiss annoying behaviour by children as deliberate or manipulative ploys. The truth is that, until the age of about 8, children simply do not have the intellectual or psychological wherewithal to be manipulative. And even then, their behaviour usually has to do with attempting to get their needs met—not a desire to manipulate you.
For most of human history, children have slept in the same room as their parents. Infants typically slept in the same bed, while children normally slept in a small hut or home with parents only a few feet away. The way we do things now is a radical departure from how humans have evolved to sleep, so it's no wonder that children struggle with it. Before you do anything, know this: your child can't sleep in her own room because she is reacting to centuries of evolutionary heritage, not because she wants to be naughty or manipulative.
Bedtime is a time for closeness and comfort, and children like being in contact with their parents. Your child's desire to sleep with you is a sign that he or she has a healthy attachment to you. In other words, if your child keeps you up at night, it means you've done something right—hard as that may be to believe!
Night-time is scary. Ghosts and goblins, shadows and noises, and very real fears about burglars can keep children up all night. It's easy to dismiss these fears, but children cannot. Think of the time you've been most afraid in your entire life. Odds are good that is what your child feels every time he or she goes to sleep. Consider this next time you find yourself getting angry about your child's inability to sleep alone.
Your child has extreme and unreasonable fears that do not relent.
Your child has recently experienced a trauma.
Your child shows symptoms of anxiety or depression.
You have recently gotten divorced.
There is violence or verbal abuse in the family.
Create a sleeping space that feels safe. Allow your child to remodel his or her room, and remove anything scary, such as a lamp that casts a creepy shadow. Install a quality night light and a white noise machine.
Show your child he or she can trust you. Do not lock the door to your room, and do not banish him or her from your room. Instead, keep bedtime rituals calm, loving, and full of reassurance.
Gradually move your child back into his or her room. This can take weeks or even months. Begin by asking him or her to sleep in the room alone for brief periods—10 or 15 minutes—and check on her in between these intervals. Gradually increase the time between checks until your child is successfully falling asleep alone.
If you're still having trouble after three months of trying, consider consulting a counsellor.