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git-giant
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## This is a dead end, github's LFS is basically a more robust implementation of this! ##

Built for game developers who are used to the world of versioned game data, git-giant will transparently handle your large data separatly from the rest of your git repository. You should never need to directly invoke git-giant after your initial init/clone.

**Important!** *There is an issue with git which can wreak havok on your repo if you fail to catch and properly configure all file attributes before you commit them for the first time through a filter. See https://github.com/LuminawesomeGames/git-giant/issues/1 for more details*

## Goals ##
1. Allow users to version large binaries easily with along side source code.
2. Binary handling must be transparent to non-power users and other tools so that anyone and anything that uses git doesn't require knowlege of git-giant.
3. Allow git power users to work locally in all their normal distributed git glory.
4. Allow users on very large, multi-terabyte projects to fetch binaries exclusivly from a central store. No large file history lives on the client, only the current working set.

## Getting Started ##

### New Repository ###
#### Initing git-giant ####

git-giant uses git hooks & filters to transparently keep portions of your repo in an external store. In order to install those hooks you need to run `git giant init` in a repository.

    git init new/repo/dir
    cd new/repo/dir
    git giant init

####Filtering files with .gitattributes####
Add any files and extentions you'd like giant to track to your `.gitattributes`

    *.max filter=giant
    *.psd filter=giant
    *.wav filter=giant

####Configuring .gitgiant####
git-giant has it's own config file which you use to tell it which stores will be updated when a push is made to a particular remote. It also provides some rules for helping catch new files that may have been missed in `.gitattributes`.

    [repo]
	    text-size-threshold = 5242880
	    bin-size-threshold = 102400

    [store "project-store.onsite"]
      remote = /local/project.git
	    url = /local/project_store

    [store "my-git-store"]
	    remote = https://github.com/user/project.git
	    url = ftps://mydomain.com/project_store
        username = user
        password = pass
        primary = true

In the `[repo]` section, the `text-size-threshold` & `bin-size-threshold` limits are used to help catch new files that may be too big for a git repo. When you perform a commit, git-giant will verify that the staged files are all within appropriate limits. If they're not, it will abort the commit. You can then take action by either bumping up your limits or adding the file/filetype to `.gitattributes`.

The `[store]` sections are used to map git remote repositories to git-giant store locations. The idea here being that when pefrorm `git-push` to a particular remote, the stores that are mapped to that remote are also updated automatically.

Each `[store]` section should have a unique name `[store "store-name"]` which adheres to the git-config format.

Currently stores can be accessed from `file://`, `ftp://`, `ftps://`, `sftp://`

##### Configuring .gitgiantuser #####
User specific override file which should be included in `.gitignore`. This file is intended to specify usernames and passwords for git-giant stores.

For example `.gitgiant` may contain `[store "remote_ftp"]` with a username and password for read-only access. With `.gitgiantuser`, users may override the username and password with their own credentials which enable read/write.

    [store "my-git-store"]
        username = write_access_user
        password = pass

### Cloning Repository ###
git-giant needs to install some hooks and filters before you do your first checkout so `git giant clone` will clone the repo with --no-checkout, install the hooks and then do the checkout.

    git giant clone <repository> <directory>

### Common .gitattributes ###

	# Common
	*.bmp  filter=giant binary
	*.exe  filter=giant binary
	*.dae  filter=giant binary
	*.dll  filter=giant binary
	*.fbx  filter=giant binary
	*.ico  filter=giant binary
	*.jpg  filter=giant binary
	*.ma   filter=giant binary
	*.max  filter=giant binary
	*.mb   filter=giant binary
	*.mp3  filter=giant binary
	*.obj  filter=giant binary
	*.ogg  filter=giant binary
	*.png  filter=giant binary
	*.psd  filter=giant binary
	*.so   filter=giant binary
	*.tga  filter=giant binary
	*.ttf  filter=giant binary
	*.tiff filter=giant binary
	*.ztl  filter=giant binary
	*.wav  filter=giant binary

	# UE4
	*.uasset filter=giant binary
	*.umap   filter=giant binary

	# Unity
	*.unity filter=giant binary

### Known Issues ###

### TODO ###
- Trim internal store after a pushing to a primary store
- If you download a git archive from github, you'll only have the proxy files instead of the actual binary data. Add support for sucking down data from proxy files only without a git repo.
- If you perform `git clone` rather than a `git giant clone`, you're hooped and you'll have to start over. This kind of sucks.
- Add support for optionally compressing files before uploading to store


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Lords: 1 November 2012
Volume 740: debated on Thursday 1 November 2012
Asked by
Baroness Masham of Ilton
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to prevent the spread of the Schmallenberg virus across the United Kingdom, particularly with regard to the development of a vaccine.
My Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper. I declare an interest as I have a farm with sheep.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
(Lord De Mauley)
My Lords, Schmallenberg virus is carried by vectors, including midges, which are difficult to control, but infection outwith pregnancy has minimal impact and is believed to give protection from the effect on offspring in subsequent pregnancies. We understand that several pharmaceutical companies are developing a potential vaccine which will require to be licensed as safe by the Veterinary Medicines Directorate. Use of the vaccine will be a decision for the livestock keeper in consultation with his veterinarian.
My Lords, I thank the Minister for that reply. Is he aware that two companies have vaccines which are ready to go if they can only obtain approval and licensing? Will he please make this a fast-track incident because this horrible virus has a great impact on farms, especially as regards those ewes and cows which have very deformed offspring?
Lord De Mauley
I entirely agree with the noble Baroness that the effects of this disease on young calves and lambs are horrifying. We understand that a number of pharmaceutical companies are developing vaccines which we expect to become commercially available for livestock keepers if, in consultation with their vets and considering their management practices, they think they will be of benefit.
Baroness Trumpington
I have a spray for use against bad insects which I obtained on request from the Royal Horticultural Society and which presumably farmers are using against midges. When I got it home, I discovered that it said at the bottom of the label, "deadly to bees". Is it in general use, or in use at all, because we certainly want to protect bees?
I agree with my noble friend. Generally speaking, midges are very widespread across the country and I think that the application of a spray would have minimal impact.
Lord Clark of Windermere
My Lords, in view of the emergence of a worrying number of animal and plant diseases, which may or may not be connected with the nuances of climate change, will the Minister give us an assurance that none of the drastic cuts being made by the Government in their own research facilities will hinder the evolution of vaccines to counter things such as bovine TB, the Schmallenberg virus and Ash dieback?
If I may, I shall restrict my response to the Schmallenberg virus for these purposes. I assure noble Lords that the necessary funding has been made available particularly to carry out the testing which is so critical in this case.
Lord Myners
Lord Soulsby of Swaffham Prior
The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice
(Lord McNally)
Can we hear from the noble Lord, Lord Soulsby, first?
My Lords, it is good news to hear that vaccines are being developed against the Schmallenberg virus although it takes time to authenticate the vaccine, get it licensed and the rest. A short-term approach could be to delay the breeding of cattle and sheep to a time when the insect vector—the biting midge—is less active because it is only through the biting midge transmitting the virus that this infection is transmitted from animal to animal. Has the Minister information about any work that is going on as regards advising farmers to delay animal breeding until there is less midge activity?
Yes, my Lords, I have looked into this suggestion. It is possible that delayed tupping may help. We recommend that farmers discuss this with their vets as there are many interdependencies for each farm relating to the timing of tupping and the overall benefits need to be considered. If a flock is not infected yet, delaying tupping may work only if disease infects the ewes before tupping takes place.
Lord Elis-Thomas
My Lords, will the Minister, who speaks for Defra in this House, give us an assurance that there is a high level of co-operation between Defra, the other departments of agriculture in the devolved Administrations and, of course, the Chief Veterinary Officers on this matter?
Yes, my Lords. That is a topical suggestion, in view of the overnight reporting of the appearance of the virus in Northern Ireland. We are in very regular contact with the devolved Administrations, both through the Chief Veterinary Officer and at official level, exchanging information on our knowledge of the virus and our actions. Indeed, our deputy chief vet spoke yesterday to the Northern Ireland Chief Veterinary Officer about this specific case.
I should declare that I know very little about the Schmallenberg virus, but I know that it is an insurable risk—as is flooding. I want to go back, therefore, to ask the Minister: will the Government take action to address the deficiencies of the Solvency II directive on insurance, which is significantly decreasing insurance capacity in the UK and forcing up premiums for people insuring themselves against the virus or, indeed, against flooding?
I am sure that the noble Lord will have an opportunity to ask a question about insurance. This is not it.
Lord Stoneham of Droxford
My Lords, given that the midges that carry this virus come from the dreaded mainland of Europe, should not today, of all days, the Government emphasise the need for partnership, co-operation and trust with our European partners? Can the Minister tell us how this country is benefiting from the €3 million that the European Union has provided for research on this virus?
Yes, my Lords. The AHVLA is working closely with similar bodies across Europe and is carrying out joint research funded by national Governments and the European Commission. We are funding research at AHVLA Weybridge into the pathogenesis of SBV and the immune response to it. This will provide valuable information of its implications and impact. We will share this information, when we have it, with our European colleagues.

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COVID-19 – Return of the MAC, or Breathing Space?
Material adverse change (MAC) provisions focus on whether prevailing events and circumstances have a material adverse effect on the borrower.
Case law suggests the key reference materials for assessing MAC, in the absence of drafting to the contrary, are a borrower's existing financial information rather than external market changes.
It is of significance the pandemic has surfaced as we approach the March quarter date, meaning that financial reporting delivered mid-April may not show the full impact and provide a basis for calling MAC. Lenders are likely to adopt a wait-and-see approach for the time being.
Lenders also will need to consider reputational issues with borrowers and the wider public in assessing whether to rely upon MAC as a footing for exercising their rights.
When global macro-economic shocks occur, borrowers and financiers alike may be eager to understand the application of MAC provisions in the context of their loan agreements. The technical, legal, commercial and practical implications of the coronavirus (COVID-19) remain to be fully understood and will continue to be digested by global markets for some time to come. What appears to be certain is economic demand and therefore borrower cashflow in the near future will decline. This Katten advisory discusses principles established in case law arising post credit-crunch which examined the application of MAC provisions in the context of that economic crises and seeks to anticipate how these might be applied in the time to come in light of the current global markets.
MAC, or more precisely the occurrence of an event or circumstance which has a "Material Adverse Effect" (as defined in a typical a loan agreement, which is crucial as discussed below), at a very abstract level operates to enable a lender to have rights (such as to drawstop or even accelerate) where prevailing circumstances suggest a borrower might be in difficulty, even though the borrower might be in full compliance with its covenant package. The focus in evaluating whether MAC can be called is whether an event or circumstance has a material adverse effect on characteristics of the borrower group or their ability to perform their obligations under the finance documents.
In the context of COVID-19 and its unavoidable impact on the global macro-economy, borrowers might naturally be fearful their lenders will reach for the MAC clause and decide to withhold funding or even accelerate in circumstances where cashflow is about to become challenged.
There are however significant obstacles a lender will need to overcome if it is seeking to rely upon MAC.
Facts and Language Matter
It is worth noting that not every loan agreement will include a MAC, and on a number of large-ticket European leveraged deals, the provision simply does not feature at all.
Where MAC is included, it is fundamental that careful analysis of the facts and drafting of the MAC provision itself is undertaken to assess whether it is engaged. There are numerous permutations which are contemplated in the LMA model loan template so it will be imperative to consider the specific drafting in any given scenario.
Urvasco
A key case arising out of credit crunch litigation on the matter is Grupo Hotelero Urvasco SA v Carey Value Added SL and Ors [2013] EWHC (Comm) (Urvasco) which considered a hotel development funding agreement where the lender draw-stopped the borrower for breach of a repeating representation that "there had been no material adverse change in the borrower's financial condition [over a period of time]". It is a trial judgment, but stands as precedent for the following principles:
"financial condition" does not encompass matters such as prospects or external economic or market changes. A lender seeking to demonstrate material adverse change needs to show an adverse change by reference to the borrower's financial information over the period in question;
the adverse change must be material, especially relating to the borrower's ability to make payments under the loan, and it should not be temporary;
the lender must not have been aware of the changes at the time of contracting; and
it is for the lender to prove the breach.
The lender in Urvasco failed in proving MAC. The consequences of a lender failing to advance funds on the basis it has incorrectly alleged a default are damages for breach of contract (Mulvenna v Royal Bank of Scotland [2003] EWHC Civ 112).
However it should be noted the lender in Urvasco succeeded in alleging it could draw-stop for other reasons relating to statements in the borrower's company reports which cast doubt on solvency.
Factors Making It Easier to Call MAC
A key differentiator from the Urvasco case is where drafting for MAC includes 1) reference to events having a material adverse effect on the "prospects" of the borrower; and 2) that the existence of MAC is determined "in the opinion" of the Lender.
Reference in MAC to "prospects" potentially opens up the borrower to forward-looking speculation about the impact of external economic or market changes. This would allow the lender to refer to a much wider range of sources rather than just backward-looking records to support a MAC allegation.
The scales are further tilted in the favour of a lender where it is entitled to determine, in its opinion, whether MAC has occurred. In this scenario a lender has broader scope to allege MAC provided they have not concluded so on a basis which is arbitrary, capricious, perverse or irrational (Cukurova Finance International Limited and another v Alfa Telecom Turkey Limited [2013] UKPC2; Braganza v BP Shipping Ltd [2015] UKSC 17).
Reputation and Other Considerations
Governments and central banks are announcing quantitative easing measures to reduce the cost of borrowing and improve liquidity in the financial markets. Lenders will therefore be expected as intermediaries to pass through such financial enhancements to borrowers. Turning the taps off in these circumstances on the basis of MAC alone might be regarded as contrary to the spirit of public policy or even conflicting with the conditions on which such enhancements were made.
In relation to acceleration, we are not aware of any lender that has relied solely upon MAC to call a default. This is perhaps, on the one hand, because of the evidential difficulties in establishing MAC as outlined above, but also because attempting to exercise such a serious remedy in the absence of a hard payment default or financial covenant breach (or other significant breach) would generally be regarded as sharp practice.
Nonetheless, lenders rightly will want to avail themselves of all remedies in the face of economic headwinds to protect their position as early as possible. MAC can offer a viable basis at an earlier stage to take protective action, especially where the drafting caters for "prospects" to be taken into account and the lender's opinion to be determinative in assessing MAC.
The effects of COVID-19 remain to be seen. It is clear that for some borrowers cashflow will be challenged. The UK Government is endeavouring to ensure credit remains available so that cashflow in the real economy remains liquid.
In the meantime, loan agreements should continue to be reviewed on a case-by-case basis, and particular attention should also be paid to the information covenants contained in a loan agreement. Lenders should look to see what financial information is required to be delivered that may shed light on the "financial condition" of the borrower group, and the frequency with which this information is to be provided. Ultimately, if external market factors translate into a deterioration of a borrower's condition, lenders will need to very carefully review the available information and properly understand how their MAC clauses should be interpreted should they intend to invoke a drawstop, call a default or perhaps alternately allow their borrowers much needed breathing space during these uncertain times.
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Q: How do I best learn Gödel's incompleteness theorem? I'm a math beginner. I am a self-learner. A while ago, I finished reading "How to Prove It: A Structured Approach, 2nd Edition" by Daniel J. Velleman.
Now, I want to learn Gödel's incompleteness theorem to avoid making the same mistakes made in the past by others.
Where do I find the best learning material for Gödel's incompleteness theorem?

A: You can see Gödel's Incompleteness Theorems.
Two good books are :

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*Torkel Franzén, Gödel's theorem : An incomplete guide to its use and abuse (2005)

*Peter Smith, An Introduction to Gödel's Theorems (2nd ed - 2013).
And you can see also this post for other references.

A: I learned Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem in high school in the 1980's from two books,
The Lady or the Tiger by Raymond Smullyan http://www.amazon.com/THE-LADY-OR-TIGER/dp/0394514661 and
Gödel, Escher, and Bach by Douglas Hofstadter http://www.amazon.com/G%C3%B6del-Escher-Bach-Eternal-Golden/dp/0465026567
These are entertaining presentations of the theorem in which one doesn't get lost in the details.
If you want to learn more, I would recommend reading Meta-Math by Gregory Chaitin, where he takes things to a higher level. http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0404335

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package com.ibm.watson.language_translator.v3.model;

import com.ibm.cloud.sdk.core.service.model.GenericModel;
import java.util.List;

/** The response type for listing existing translation models. */
public class TranslationModels extends GenericModel {

  protected List<TranslationModel> models;

  /**
   * Gets the models.
   *
   * <p>An array of available models.
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   * @return the models
   */
  public List<TranslationModel> getModels() {
    return models;
  }
}

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This model is a wide single offset disc featuring hydraulically folding gang bars for ease of transport. When unfolded the wings are held rigidly in place with over-center locking assemblies. Ideal for row crops in leveled fields.
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Unless you autocross or road race you will never notice a difference, except you will be changing your pads quite frequently with drilled and slotted rotors. No need for bigger calipers unless you increase the size of the rotor.
Slotted or drilled rotors are pretty much useless on a neon. They take away precious surface area on the rotor, which equals less material for the pad to contact.
I would recommend using Hawk HPS pads and normal rotors. Tire Rack sells Centric rotors that are very nice, I recommend the Cryo-Stop rotors if you want to spend a little more.
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Home Sports Azhar Mahmood adamant Pakistan 'want more' from Amir
Azhar Mahmood adamant Pakistan 'want more' from Amir
Pakistan bowling coach Azhar Mahmood "wants more" from Mohammad Amir, a challenge he believes the paceman will rise to in upcoming Test matches against Ireland and England.
Amir was the hottest property in world cricket after bursting on the scene as a teenager in 2009.
He was soon earning comparisons with fellow Pakistan left-arm fast bowler Wasim Akram, with Wasim himself declaring Amir a better bowler than he had been at the same age.
At 18, Amir was the youngest bowler to have reached the landmark of 50 Test wickets.
His first 14 matches in the five-day game saw him take 51 wickets at just a fraction over 23 apiece — figures that had Amir on course to be an all-time great.
But Amir's world was turned upside down in 2010 when he and Mohammad Asif became involved in a spot-fixing scandal after deliberately bowling no-balls during the Lord's Test against England at the behest of then Pakistan captain Salman Butt.
In 2011 Amir was given a five-year ban by the International Cricket Council and sentenced to six months in jail by an English court.
Amir returned to international duty in 2016 but his 16 Tests since his comeback have yielded 44 wickets at a relatively expensive 37.25.
"We want more from Amir, as bowling coach I want more from Amir," Mahmood told AFP after the paceman took one wicket for 45 runs in 15 overs during Pakistan's drawn tour opener against Kent at Canterbury on Tuesday.
Pakistan's Hafeez cleared to bowl after remodelling action
– 'Responsibility' –
"If you see his record since he came back it's not great, but he was coming back after five years out," the former Pakistan all-rounder added. "He needs to take a bit more responsibility and get more wickets for us.
"If he's the leader of this attack, he needs to show us a bit more.
"I'm sure he will do that and that's what we want from him."
Given his lengthy absence it is unsurprising that the now 26-year-old Amir has not quite scaled the heights he reached earlier in his career.
Nevertheless, there have been some memorable moments since his return, with Amir taking a superb three for 16 in six overs as Pakistan thrashed arch-rivals India by 180 runs in the final of last year's Champions Trophy one-day tournament at The Oval.
Amir's figures against Kent on a cool, if sunny, day were nothing like as spectacular.
This, however, was a warm-up match, with Pakistan next facing Northamptonshire before providing the opposition for Ireland's inaugural Test and then returning to England for a two-Test series.
And one delivery from Amir, who served part of his prison sentence in Canterbury jail, stood out on Tuesday when he demolished the stumps of Alex Blake with a late-swinging yorker.
– 'Imagination' –
It certainly caught the admiring attention of Kent assistant coach Allan Donald, the former South Africa fast bowler.
"When I saw this kid a few years ago, he's one of the most skilful that's going around," Donald said.
"When you saw him knocking over those 'poles' that's exactly what you expect from him — so much skill, so much imagination and creativity to produce that sort of thing on flat pitches."
He added: "When it gets flat, you have to think out of the box and to see that happening was an eye-opener."
Meanwhile Donald predicted Pakistan, whose last Test series in England ended in a highly creditable 2-2 draw in 2016, would impress again this year.
"There are some seriously good players in this Pakistan team," he said.
"I think it's going to be a great series — I hope it warms up for them though."
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Pakistan ready to facilitate de-escalating tension in region: FM
KUWAIT CITY (Rahnuma): Pakistan is ready to facilitate de-escalation of tension in the region and support peace and stability, visiting Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said here on Sunday.
He made the remarks during an interview with the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA).
"We are concerned about rising tension between the United States and Iran, Pakistan would always be supportive of peace and stability, we would be more than happy to facilitate in de-escalation," he said.
On relations between Kuwait and Pakistan, the minister said that relations between the two countries have been historically cordial.
"Politically we have had excellent relations, we have been supporting each other at the regional level. On many global issues, our policies are common, and our approach on many regional issues, including on the issue of Palestine, they are close to each other," he said.
The visit aimed at building comprehensive economic relations. "I feel that we can facilitate more, by sending skilled and semi-skilled manpower to Kuwait, we can achieve further economic development," said the minister.
As of role of Kuwait in the United Nations Security Council, Qureshi said Kuwait plays a very balancing and mature role, especially during the recent standoff between India and Pakistan.
"They helped de-escalate and defuse tensions," he added.
Pakistan Shah Mehmood Qureshi
France's Macron forced to curb his ambitions for Europe
Kuwait to launch campaign to protect premature babies in Yemen
Indian diplomat tears into Pakistan's propaganda on Kashmir
Pakistan hands over list of 261 Indian prisoners: Foreign Ministry
Pakistan extends Asset Declaration Scheme deadline
Prince William, Kate to visit Pakistan


Content is a big sector for Go-Jek, which had its roots in ride-hailing but has since explored other verticals from food delivery to payments.
Indonesia-based O2O player Go-Jek is doubling down on its digital content strategy by backing Indonesian online hybrid site Kumparan via its investment arm Go-Ventures. The investment amount remains undisclosed.
Founded in 2016, Kumparan is an online platform that hosts both news from media firms and content posts generated by social media users. It is the brainchild of the entrepreneurs behind Indonesian online news outlet Detik.com — Budiono Darsono, Abdul Rahman, and Calvin Lukmantara — which was acquired in 2011. It had previously raised capital from GDP Venture, the investment arm of local conglomerate Djarum Group.
Content is a big sector for Go-Jek, which had its roots in ride-hailing but has since explored other verticals from food delivery to payments. The Indonesian unicorn has plans to expand its presence in original content production through its video subscription service Go-Play and film company Go-Studios, which will specialise in exclusive titles primarily focused on Indonesia.
Go-Jek also runs a news feed, where it showcases the most popular news, reviews of its services, and 'fun' features like polls and predictions. The ride-hailing firm has already integrated Kumparan's content channels with its app interface, according to Daily Social in April.
Go-Jek's main competitor in the region is Singapore-headquartered Grab, whose app shows 'daily deals', 'daily news' and 'personality quizzes', among others, via one screen.
– Go-Jek is investing more on curating and creating more exclusive content. This can be seen through its setting up of Go-Studios, which boasts US-based media firm VICE as a partner, and its latest investment in Kumparan. Having more Indonesia-focused content on board will help Go-Jek get more users to spend more time using it.
– Maintaining synergy between verticals, the company is able to use one service to help it in another; for example, its online movie ticket booking service GoTix might go on to help it with its Go-Studios arm. Alibaba has done this through Alibaba Pictures and its movie booking platform Tao Piao Piao.
– Moreover, the more services and areas it covers, the more data it will sit on. For businesses and investors looking to get insights on the seemingly impenetrable Indonesian market, data is a rare commodity.


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using Org.Apache.REEF.Network.Group.Driver.Impl;
using Org.Apache.REEF.Network.Group.Pipelining;
using Org.Apache.REEF.Tang.Formats;
using Org.Apache.REEF.Tang.Util;
using Org.Apache.REEF.Wake.Remote;
using Org.Apache.REEF.Wake.StreamingCodec;

namespace Org.Apache.REEF.Network.Group.Config
{
    public sealed class CodecToStreamingCodecConfiguration<T> : ConfigurationModuleBuilder
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// RequiredImpl for Codec. Client needs to set implementation for this parameter
        /// </summary>
        public static readonly RequiredImpl<ICodec<T>> Codec = new RequiredImpl<ICodec<T>>();

        /// <summary>
        /// Configuration Module for Codec
        /// </summary>
        public static ConfigurationModule Conf = new CodecToStreamingCodecConfiguration<T>()
            .BindImplementation(GenericType<ICodec<T>>.Class, Codec)
            .BindImplementation(GenericType<IStreamingCodec<T>>.Class, GenericType<CodecToStreamingCodec<T>>.Class)
            .BindImplementation(GenericType<IStreamingCodec<PipelineMessage<T>>>.Class,
                GenericType<StreamingPipelineMessageCodec<T>>.Class)
            .BindImplementation(GenericType<IStreamingCodec<GroupCommunicationMessage<T>>>.Class,
                GenericType<GroupCommunicationMessageStreamingCodec<T>>.Class)
            .BindImplementation(GenericType<IStreamingCodec<GroupCommunicationMessage<PipelineMessage<T>>>>.Class,
                GenericType<GroupCommunicationMessageStreamingCodec<PipelineMessage<T>>>.Class)
            .Build();
    }
}


Professor Jones' areas of expertise include urban ethnography, race and ethnic relations and criminology and criminal justice, with a special emphasis on the intersection of race, gender, and justice. Professor Jones has published three books, including the sole-authored Between Good and Ghetto: African American Girls and Inner City Violence (2010), published in the Rutgers University Press Series in Childhood Studies (betweengoodandghetto.com). Her research appears in peer-reviewed journals in sociology, gender studies, and criminology. Her next book, based on several years of field research in a San Francisco neighborhood, examines how African American men with criminal histories change their lives, and their place in the neighborhood once they do. Her current research draws on the systematic analysis of video records that document routine encounters between police and civilians, including young Black men's frequent encounters with the police. Professor Jones has served on the editorial boards for prominent journals in sociology, including the American Sociological Review and Gender & Society. She is is the past-Chair of the American Sociological Association's Race, Gender and Class Section (2012-13) and has received awards for her research and publications including the William T. Grant Award for Early Career Scholars (2007-12) and the New Scholar Award from the American Society of Criminology's Division on Women and Crime (2010) and Division on People of Color and Crime (2009). Before joining the faculty at Cal, Professor Jones was on faculty in the Department of Sociology at UC-Santa Barbara (from 2004-2013). She earned her Ph.D. in Sociology and Criminology from the University of Pennsylvania.CRRES is excited to welcome Dr. Jones as our Keynote Speaker and April Speaker Series Lecturer!
Dr. Jones will also conduct a workshop over breakfast for graduate student presenters. While the keynote address is open to the public, the workshop is limited to graduate student presenters.


We Notes/Domino zealots have suffered a lot in recent years from rampant FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt) spread by various Microsoft apologists, and we have been particularly annoyed by trolling in the various Notes/Domino forums. A troll isn't really looking for information, and isn't really open to reasoned argument. A troll simply wants to start flame wars and cause trouble.
Given this history, and with Notes/Domino 7 just released, many people in our Notes/Domino community may be just waiting for the inevitable trolls to start downplaying the accomplishments and spreading more FUD. All well and good, but I'd caution you all to keep your Troll-O-Sensors set just a bit lower. Just because someone asks a question about Notes/Domino, or even expresses a concern, doesn't make that person a troll. It may just make that person a potential customer who has reasonable worries, or who has even been confused by the FUD being spread around. But do you really think it is going to convince anyone that their worries are unwarranted by jumping up and down on them and screaming. Not a chance.
The specific example which brought this up was on the (now) Notes/Domino 6 & 7 Forum, where an Imran Ashraf asked about Notes Technology Risks. Some of these concerns are legitimate, some are not, but all are quite plausible concerns that a company might have based on the press and analysis out there in the media. What bothers me is not his list of questions, and he is asking people's opinions of these risks, not simply stating that they are facts. What bothers me are the responses.
Aside from my response, where I actually addressed each perceived risk as best I could, here are the responses.
1) The first person asks if he is just "fishing for a batch of indignant objections?" and ignores all specifics and says these same risks would apply to any technology, which they certainly wouldn't.
2) Someone chimes in that he would "venture to guess that the is (a) MS developer" and derides that choice.
3) Another person piles on saying that these would mostly apply to any platform.
4) Finally somebody who is not a regular in the forum and didn't "get the memo" actually responds to a couple of concerns.
5) The last comment, thus far, is from another regular who asks, in a somewhat confrontational one-liner, "Ok, you (-or your company) are entitled to your opinion, but why not get qualified advice from this group, or a consultant company?" and seems to ignore that that is exactly what the person did just do, and got fairly soundly blasted for doing.
Now, if this person is an MS developer (which his IP address suggests he is not), then everybody has just done exactly what he wanted by responding and drawing attention to the comments without refuting them at all. If he is a potential customer, or even an existing customer, everybody has just made him feel like he has no right to ask any questions, but must unthinkingly remained devoted. That tends to work... not! Finally, anybody else reading the forum is likely to feel like the residents therein are a bunch of rude bozos who aren't willing to listen to any possible objections to their chosen platform, which would have the opposite of the intended effect, since it would tend to discredit their objectivity and make it more likely the questions being raised ARE legitimate.
So, all I can say is, let's show a bit more sensitivity when people ask questions. It is a good and wholesome thing to ask questions, and also a good and wholesome thing to provide reasoned, intelligent answers which convince people you know what you are talking about. That will better serve to bolster both our credibility and the reputation of Notes/Domino. in my humble opinion. Sure, sometimes there will be trolls who ask questions in such a way that no reasoned answer is appropriate ("Senator, is it true that you have stopped beating your wife?"), but there are also people out there who have used Notes since it was a glimmer in Ray Ozzie's eye, and who may have questions that they would actually like answered. Let's be aware of them as well.
My wife's sister and family live in Mobile, Alabama, and I just talked to her from their shelter. They lost electricity, then lost their generator (at the shelter), so they are sitting in the dark watching out a window at 100 miles an hour winds, tree and debris spread everywhere. They have a portable radio, but the radio stations have stopped broadcasting, one by one. My sister is starting to get pretty worried about her home, since the last report she heard was that 30,000 trees are down in Mobile County, and since she keeps seeing parts of roofs blow by.
And all we can do is wait and hope. At least I am glad they are somewhere safe and dry for now. We'll all have to deal with the aftermath after the storm subsides.
We're looking for a way to compare 2 fields (plain or rich text) and somehow highlight the differences (by changing the font, fontstyle, using a highlighter, etc.), as opposed to just saying they're not the same. I saw on your website that you have something called "contextual hypermatching" and wondered if that might do it, or if the Midas Rich Text LSX provided that type of functionality in some other way. Do you have any ideas?
The good news is, this customer had the basic assumption that our product might be able to solve a problem with rich text - a darn good assumption, if I may say so myself. The bad news is, the customer had no idea that we specifically addressed that particular functionality. We have obviously NOT communicated this feature as well as we have communicated HTML generation or MIME e-mail generation or dynamic table generation. People come to us for those purposes, but tend to stumble on us for rich text comparison.


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MTL: Justice for George Floyd & ALL victims of police racism
https://www.facebook.com/events/s/mtl-justice-for-george-floyd-a/537732646906176…
Calendrier anarchiste: Affiche SITES WEB ET GREVES pour le mois d'avril
05 Avril 2020 to 30 Avril 2020
https://www.resistancemontreal.org/./assets/js/ckeditor/kcfinder/files/Avrilconf…
Écoutons la science, pour notre santé et celle du climat
Semaine contre l'apartheid israélien- Montréal 2020
Calendrier Anarchiste - mars 2020
P.I. = ACAB
Projection de UMBRELLA DIARIES: THE FIRST UMBRELLA - Co-présentation de Cinema Politica Concordia - COBP - Semaine contre la Brutalité Policière: 16 mars
https://www.cinemapolitica.org/fr/screening/concordia/umbrella-diaries-first-umb…
Manifestation 8 mars 2020!
Marche le 15 mars contre la brutalité policière
Manifestation large en solidarité avec Wet'suwet'en
Vancouver police officers won't be charged over unarmed man's 2015 death
More than five years after Myles Gray died in a confrontation with seven Vancouver police officers, his family has learned that none of the officer
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-myles-gray-vancouver-police-o…
Watchdog finds RCMP's policing of anti-pipeline protesters reasonable — but sees gaps in surveillance policies
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government will review a recent watchdog investigation that flagged concerns about how the RCMP stores data
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/crcc-pipeline-protest-surveillance-1.5841752
L'ancien chef de police du SPVG blâmé par le Comité de déontologie policière
Le Comité de déontologie policière a rendu sa décision : l'ancien chef du Service de police de la Ville de Gatineau (SPVG
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1757964/harel-mario-coupable-deontologie-mi…
Une plainte rejetée parce que la plaignante ne parle pas français
Une citoyenne qui reprochait à des policiers du Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) de lui avoir manqué de respect a vu sa plainte êtr
https://www.ledevoir.com/societe/591824/deontologie-policiere-une-plainte-rejete…
Racisme: «l'endroit où il y en a le plus, c'est chez certains policiers», dit Legault
C'est chez certains policiers que l'on retrouve le plus de racisme au Québec, croit le premier ministre, François Legault.
https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2020/12/14/racisme-lendroit-ou-il-y-en-a-le-pl…
Ontario's police watchdog clear cops in fatal shooting of Black man in Brampton
TORONTO -- The province's police watchdog has cleared officers of criminal wrongdoing in the shooting death of a 26-year-old Black man suffering fr
https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-s-police-watchdog-clear-cops-in-fatal-shootin…
'Walk-of-shame' comment prompts call to change police sexual assault investigations
VICTORIA - A woman's complaints about being asked about a "walk of shame" by a Saanich police officer after reporting an alleged sexual assault has
https://www.thestar.com/politics/2020/12/13/walk-of-shame-comment-prompts-call-t…
'Violent' arrest of Black SFU alumnus at Burnaby campus draws fire
The arrest of a Black alumnus at Simon Fraser University on Friday night is raising questions among the student body.
https://globalnews.ca/news/7519374/violent-arrest-of-black-sfu-alumnus-at-burnab…
Families of people killed or injured by Peel police question efficacy of SIU
Families of those killed or injured by Peel Regional Police officers rallied in front of the 11 Division headquarters Friday to urge the Special In
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/families-peel-police-shooting-deaths-rall…
'Clear justification' needed after RCMP chase car over sidewalks at rush hour
A federal RCMP investigation that resulted in a dramatic car chase and crash in Halifax Wednesday afternoon has raised questions about whether the
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/clear-justification-needed-for-car-ch…


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Are you losing sleep over choosing a skilled professional to clean and maintain your rain gutters and downspouts? If you are, then it's because you are tired of attempting to carry out the job by yourself. It goes without saying, who wants to waste their precious spare time going up and down a ladder and digging through disgusting rotting debris? That's not anyone's idea of fun, but here at Clean Pro Gutter Cleaning™ that just what, we love to do each and every day. While the majority of people dread the idea of cleaning their gutters, we really anticipate it. We understand that we are supplying our clients with a vital service. We take great delight in providing that service.
Forgetting about gutter cleaning is something that happens constantly. The good news is that we can make sure that you never forget this essential part of home maintenance again. When you hire us to clean and inspect your rain gutters and downspouts, we can in fact schedule out future scheduled visits in advance . That means that you will not need to worry about failing to remember to have your gutters cleaned ever again. So, do not put it off any longer, call us as soon as possible and let us look after all of your gutter cleaning concerns.
Whether you are a company, homeowner, or contractor we'll ensure you more than happy with your cleaning. We are recognized for our outstanding Gutter Cleaning services and ensuring the job is done correctly – every time! We work hard in order that you can rest easy knowing that your home is going to be well looked after.
Our Gutter Cleaning service tech's are courteous and competent. We work diligently and meticulously and are completely insured. We never prop extension ladders on your rain gutters or leave scuff-marks on your wood deck from a rain gutter clean-up. Our service will never ever compromise your landscaping. After the completion of your clean out, we will make certain to check the landscaping and make sure to leave it in a much better condition than when we got here.
Loose Particles on roofing is blown into gutter system or collected using a rake.
Gutters are cleaned by hand when wet.
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Are you interested in stopped up rain gutters and downspouts and the way to unclog them? If so, then you have actually more than likely made the mistake of overlooking your gutters. Maybe you thought that the gutter guards you had applied would keep your rain gutters and/or downspouts from getting clogged. Possibly you really didn't want to make the effort to get up on a ladder and clear, clean and maintain them out yourself. Maybe you didn't plan to spend the money and hire a qualified professional to do it . Or, perhaps you simply failed to remember.
No matter why you have a stopped up rain gutter it is very important that you move as quickly as possible. A clogged up gutter may seem like an inconsequential problem, but in fact, it can easily become a significant problem. In truth, it may already be a major problem and you might not even recognize it.
The fact you have already gotten to this point is regrettable. It's also unfortunate that it has actually taken a real problem to become apparent for you to decide to pay attention to your rain gutters and downspouts. Hopefully, you will learn from the encounter and not make the same costly mistake again. But, now isn't the time to be sorry for mistakes in the past that have already been made. Now is the time to arise and take care of the problem at hand.
If you are bent on attempting to eliminate a clog from your rain gutters and/or downspouts by yourself, you should prepare for what is going to be a very hard and unpleasant job. You are going to require a ladder and of course, a bucket for the revolting rotting and rancid yard waste you are going to dig out of your gutters and downspouts. You ought to also get a pair of sturdy rubber gloves so you won't have to in fact put your fingers in the stuff caught in your rain gutters.
Identifying the location that has the clog ought to be simple, there should be a leakage and even a deformation in the rain gutter as a result of the weight of the clog putting a stress on that section of your rain gutters. Now, here's the cool part. You have to sink your hands into your gutter and start pulling out all of the horrible stuff that is blocking it up.
You definitely should get a suitable container to put all of this muck into unless you want to devote a lot more time cleaning up the yard after you remove the blockage. After removing the obstruction manually, you should use a pressure washer to eliminate any of the debris that is still stuck. A water hose with a brass nozzle tip can do the job, but it does not perform as well as an actual pressure washer will.
You really should also put in the time to clean out the other parts of your rain gutters and downspouts while you are at it. That may be the last thing you feel like undertaking, but if you do not remove the remainder of the rancid nastiness that's stuck to your rain gutters, you may as well get ready to get back up on that ladder in the near future to take on another blockage. After putting in a lot of time and effort getting rid of the blockage in your gutters you probably do not want to invest more time cleaning them, but the truth is that if you don't you are most likely going to end up regretting it later.
Now, you might be starting to realize just how much labor is involved in eliminating a gutter obstruction, and how undesirable the job is. But, no matter how much you long for it, that clog isn't going to just go away on its own. It has to be eliminated. That's why you ought to hire gutter cleaning business instead of trying to do it yourself.


Yesterday a Texas Grand Jury questioned Neal Rauhauser's attorney, Jeffrey Dorrell, about the nature of his relationship with felon, Thomas Retzlaff. It looks like Dorrell could be in big trouble. Big, big trouble.
You can get a hint of what's brewing in this article in the South East Texas Record. We've been reporting on Dorrell and Retzlaff for years because of the lawsuit between Rauhauser and Bullyville. If you recall, Retzlaff posed as an attorney and went to GoDaddy in person and conned them into giving him web domains that belonged to Bullyville aka James McGibney. There were emails between Retzlaff and GoDaddy that implied Retzlaff was an agent for Dorrell and it sure looked like there was correspondence between Retzlaff and Dorrell regarding the web domains.
There've been some lawsuits where Retzlaff took it upon himself to submit his opinions to the court on behalf of Dorrell and Retzlaff has also sent emails to attorneys on cases opposing Dorrell threatening physical harm to the attorney or his family. Bullyville said a long time ago that one of his attorney's quit after being threatened by Retzlaff.
Dorrell has claimed in court that he doesn't know Retzlaff. Retzlaff and his wife called into a blog talk radio show and stated Jeffrey Dorrell is a close personal friend. There's video of Retzlaff and Dorrell attending court hearings together. They certainly aren't strangers.
The Grand Jury investigation will find out just how close the relationship is and if there's anything hinky about it. Should it find the relationship improper, then that would taint any, and every, case of Dorrell's where Retzlaff inserted himself. Those cases would have to be reviewed.
That includes the lawsuit between Rauhauser and Bullyville.
In addition, should the Grand Jury find an improper relationship exists, it would refer that to the Texas State Bar and Jeffrey Dorrell could be disbarred.
From what I've observed over the past few years, I'm pretty sure the law firm of Hanszen Laporte will soon have a job opening for a lawyer.


← Contradictions: What Do They Mean?
Let me just say right up front, THIS NEVER HAPPENED!. There are two unlikely events mentioned in these three verses. The first is the ripping of the temple curtain. To that event I say, who cares! It's a none story. It didn't happen, but it doesn't matter. I'm certain there must be some charlatan selling bits and pieces of the torn curtain. All three synoptic gospels attest to it, but John, it seems never heard about it. In any event, it simply doesn't matter. It is burying the lead.
The real story is that the tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. They came out of the tombs after Jesus' resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared to many people. As far as I'm concerned, these are the most important two verses in the bible. No other miraculous signs or wonders compare. Even the resurrection of Jesus pales in comparison to this event. Jesus is one man from one tomb with a few select appearances to his followers. This is a mass exodus from the grave by many recently departed who reintegrated into the lives of one of the major cities of the world. That's a story worth telling again and again and again. There is just one problem; it wasn't.
The story was not told by Peter who preached the first gospel sermon. What a perfect time to point out a few people in the audience who had been recently dead. It seems non of these newly risen people made it to Pentecost. Paul didn't tell the story, even though he wrote the first of the Christian scriptures closest to the time of the event. Perhaps some would have still been alive. It seems Paul never heard about it. Nor is the story told by any of the other New Testament writers.
The story was not told by the first gospel writer: Mark. Oddly, Mark wrote of the curtain, but not a word about the great zombie uprising. Perhaps more interesting, Luke, who by many scholars, is believed to have had access to Matthew, and therefore would have known about the story, chose not to include it in his account. Could it be that Luke knew it to be a fabrication? Perhaps the more likely scenario is that it was a late addition by a copyist, and was never a part of the original manuscript. That is just speculation on my part.
The fact that no biblical writers other than Matthew seemed to know about this event is extremely suspect. But suspicion increases when you consider that no one in Jerusalem, Rome, or indeed, the entire world ever wrote about the event. These risen people were not trying to hide themselves. They would have gone to the temple and been seen by the priests. They would have been seen by the Romans stationed in the city. They would have been seem by those who came from all over the world to attend the Pentecost celebration. There is no way to cover up this event and hide it from history. Yet, we are to believe that only one man in the entire world cared enough about the greatest miracle ever done, to write about it.
Matthew is lying. He is simply making stuff up. This passage is the proof of that assertion. The only question is, since he is lying about this, what else is he lying about.
I posited that the passages could have been added later by someone else. I have no critical evidence for that. Another equally plausible reason why the passage is there is that Matthew thought he could have Jesus fulfill yet another prophecy. Matthew was nothing if not single-minded. He was focused on making sure his version of Jesus fulfilled as many prophecies as possible. This leads to more than one embarrassment in this gospel.
Sound familiar? I thought so. Either Matthew was a terrible hebrew scholar, (which I happen to believe) or he was an outright charlatan (which I also believe). He abused, bent, and corrupted the Hebrew scriptures to mean whatever he needed them to mean at the time. This is just one more prophecy that he didn't understand, and wanted to use to show that Jesus was the fulfillment of prophecy. It seems this stretch was a bridge too far for Luke, who use much of Matthew for his own writings.
This passage, alone, makes Matthew a joke of a source, but this passage is not alone. As I suggested earlier, there are others in the gospel of Mathew that make it clear he was just trolling prophecies he didn't understand, to make Jesus the messiah of prophecy. Matthew should be stricken from the bible, but what would be the point? Matthew is not the only writer who played fast and loose with the truth to make a point. What set's Matthew apart is that his lies are more obvious. If Matthew is a reliable witness for the Jesus story, then the Jesus story is in a lot of trouble.
That might explain why we do not hear many sermons on the most public and astounding miracle ever done. Even today's preachers are ashamed of that story. How do they deal with it? They try to ignore it out of existence. They hope no one challenges them and forces them to explain the lack of documentation for this miracle. If this is the stuff of the Christian faith, and it is, count me out. I would love for someone to explain to me why I should believe anything in the four gospels with fictions like this filling every page.
Are you embarrassed by this story? Feel free to leave a comment.
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The Broadcaster
Editorial: Severe Underrepresentation of Women on Corporate Boards
Anna Callahan, Reporter
It is no secret that women have been underpaid when compared to the pay rate of men. Women are often underrepresented in senior positions within firms, while at the same time they tend to be overrepresented in low-paying jobs. In fact women with full-time jobs still earn only about 77 percent of their male counterparts' earnings.
Ultimately, women are severely underrepresented on corporate boards.
But a different side of the gender inequality issue is women in leadership positions in the business world. According to the Catalyst, on nearly 7,000 companies in 60 countries, women held 15% of all board seats globally in 2017.
The MSCI says that in the US from 2010 to 2017 97.4% of corporate boards only had one to two female on them. In the Philadelphia area in 2016, women made up only about 16 percent of corporate board.
Some steps however have been taken to solve this issue of underrepresentation. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCLS), In 2018 the state of California had taken the issue to their legislative branch and has become the first state to require every publicly held corporation in the state to have a minimum of one woman on its board of directors by the end of 2019.
This could serve as a problem to some boards set in California because they do not meet California's new requirements. One-quarter of the publicly traded companies headquartered in California don't have any women on their boards.
The requirements of that act are corporate boards must have a minimum of one female director if the total number of directors is four or fewer; two female directors if the corporation has five total directors; and a minimum of three females directors if the corporation has six or more total board members.
The American Center for Progress says that in 2016 the number of companies without any female board directors was 19 and 43 corporations have absolutely no female executives on them.
According to the New York Times, a study by the Alliance for Board Diversity shows that women and minorities occupied 38.6 percent of board seats at Fortune 100 companies last year, compared with 35.9 percent in 2016.
The same study shows that at Fortune 500 companies the figure rose to 34 percent in 2018 from 30.8 percent two years earlier. Despite all of this though the company did not reach its goal of 40 percent diversity.
We have the capability to solve this problem too. We can contact our own representatives for the state legislature and push them towards the steps that California has taken to mitigate this issue. Contact Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf and let him know you want the law to change.
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My Messy Manger: 20 Weeks Pregnant!
I can't believe I am already 20 weeks pregnant... roughly halfway there (depending on when Baby Hutch decides to actually make his arrival)!
I was telling hubby the other day that it seems like the first trimester crawls by because you feel so sick and you know that your change of miscarriage is so much lower once you get past that 12th week. But then after that you start to really enjoy it and it just flies by!
On Thursday morning, I was laying on the couch for a second and started pushing around on my belly to see if I could figure out how he was situated in there. Then out of nowhere I SAW this HUGE kick! I wasn't expecting to be able to see kicks this early! I've seen them every day since, and it is just the COOLEST thing ever! Hubby can't seem to be watching at the right to see them yet, but he still has about 20 weeks and they will only get stronger from here.
I am so excited! This is so much fun!
I think that maybe it is all in your head because all that I have ever seen on the outside is you breathing!!! ;) although, maybe (just maybe) I saw a little something once.
I first saw the baby kick at 20 weeks too! I was on the internet looking up how he was growing and out of no where there he was! It is possible and it is the best feeling and sight ever. I just can't wait until hes here!
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