Rock n play recalled, now what do I use?
Our baby girl slept 4 hours straight in the rock n play! But now it's recalled and she is not loving a bassinet any others who had to switch? Anything work better for you?? TIA!
Our pack n play has been ok. Better than the crib anyway.
Ours sleeps in the RNP with an Owlet as well. We think she has reflux too.
My LO (little one) has reflux and has to sleep at an incline. She slept 4-6 hour stretches in her RNP so I'm beyond devastated that we can't use it for her to sleep in at night anymore.
I put a baby blanket beneath her crib mattress so there is a small incline and she slept for 2-3 hour stretches in her crib last night which was nice.
I also bought a swaddleme bedside sleeper since you can choose to have it at an incline and it'll be here Wednesday. May end up returning it if she continues sleeping well in her crib but this may be a good option for babies that have reflux.
I have a fisher price playard that has a bassinet type thing on top. It's kinda like the RNP but not quite as inclined. I think it's called the ultra-lite day and Night.
We moved ours to the pack and play. So far she's been okay.
Thanks for your ideas everyone!
My LO has reflux and has to sleep at an incline. She slept 4-6 hour stretches in her RNP so I'm beyond devastated that we can't use it for her to sleep in at night anymore.


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Christian Wirth, bijgenaamd Christian der Grausame (Oberbalzheim, 24 november 1885 - Hrpelje-Kozina, 26 mei 1944) was een Duitse nazi-officier van de SS. Hij werd inspecteur van Aktion T4, het programma voor gedwongen euthanasiëring van geesteszieken en gehandicapten. In dit kader pionierde hij de als douche vermomde gaskamer. Daarna werd hij commandant van het vernietigingskamp Bełżec en vervolgens inspecteur van alle vernietigingskampen van Aktion Reinhard. Nadat dit luik van de Holocaust was voltooid, was zijn volgende opdracht het bestrijden van de partizanen in Istrië, waar hij de dood vond door een kogel in de rug.

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In de Eerste Wereldoorlog vocht Wirth als onderofficier aan het Westfront. Hij was in 1922-23 en opnieuw vanaf 1931 lid van de nazipartij. Vanaf 1933 was hij bruinhemd bij de Sturmabteilung, om in april 1939 over te stappen naar de SS, waar hij in oktober al Sturmbannführer werd. Vóór Hitler aan de macht kwam, werkte Wirth in de Ordnungpolizei van Württemberg. Vervolgens leidde hij de Kriminalpolizei van Stuttgart. Geweld bij verhoren was systematisch.

Eind 1939 stapte Wirth over naar Aktion T4. Hij werkte eerst op het Euthanasiecentrum Grafeneck en werd dan administratief directeur in dat van Brandenburg an der Havel. Daar nam hij het initiatief om de gaskamer te camoufleren als doucheruimte, een praktijk die later zou worden veralgemeend. Het vergassen gebeurde met koolstofmonoxide uit een verbrandingsmotor. Zijn efficiëntie en ervaring leverden Wirth een benoeming op tot inspecteur van alle euthanasiecentra.

Na het einde van dit programma stuurde Viktor Brack hem eind 1941 naar Lublin in het Poolse generaal-gouvernement, dat onder bevel stond van SS-Brigadeführer Odilo Globocnik. Deze stelde Wirth aan tot Lagerkommandant van het vernietigingskamp Bełżec. Volgens Kogon weigerde hij Zyklon B te gebruiken, waarvan hij de aanvoer niet verzekerd achtte, en hield hij vast aan vergassing door koolmonoxide afkomstig van een Russische tankmotor. In augustus 1942 benoemde Globocnik hem tot inspecteur van de vernietigingskampen van Aktion Reinhardt, die de uitroeiing van de Joden en Roma in Polen en Oekraïne bewerkstelligde. In Bełżec, Sobibor en Treblinka kwamen in 1942-43 ongeveer 1,7 miljoen mensen om. Na het voltooien van de operatie in 1943 werden de kampen tot op de grond ontmanteld.

Eind 1943 volgde Wirth zijn baas Globocnik naar Istrië, toen behorend tot het fascistische Italië aan de grens met Joegoslavië. Ze maakten deel uit van Sonderabteilung Einsatz R, een eenheid die partizanen moest uitschakelen. Wirth kreeg het bevel over de zone Triëst. Kort na zijn aankomst werd hij op een officiële reis naar Fiume in een auto zonder dak neergeschoten in het noorden van Istrië, nabij Hrpelje-Kozina in Slovenië. Het is niet opgehelderd wie de kogel afvuurde die hem dodelijk in de rug trof: ofwel viel hij in een hinderlaag van partizanen, ofwel waren het zijn eigen mannen.

Na met eer te zijn begraven op de Duitse militaire begraafplaats van Opicina, werd Wirth in 1959 verplaatst naar die van Costermano, nabij het Gardameer.

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Wirth bekleedde verschillende rangen in zowel de Politie als Allgemeine-SS. De volgende tabel laat zien dat de bevorderingen niet synchroon liepen.

Lidmaatschapsnummers
 NSDAP-nr.: 420 383 (lid geworden DAP 1923, hernieuwd lid 1 januari 1931)
 SS-nr.: 354 464 (lid geworden april 1939)

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 IJzeren Kruis 1914, 1e Klasse en 2e Klasse
 Gewondeninsigne 1918 in zwart
 Kroonorde (Württemberg), gouden ere-medaille en zilveren ere-medaille
 Dienstonderscheiding van de Politie in goud
 Herhalingsgesp bij IJzeren Kruis 1939, 2e Klasse

Externe link
  YouTube: M. Treganza - The role of the SS Sturmbannführer Christian Wirth in Aktion Reinhardt

Literatuur
  Volker Rieß, "Christian Wirth", in: Klaus-Michael Mallmann en Gerhard Paul (eds.): Karrieren der Gewalt. Nationalsozialistische Täterbiographien, 2004, ISBN 353416654X, p. 239–251

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Nikola Nikodijevic, the head of the Belgrade's Parliament said the tourism in the capital grew faster than expected.
"The 19 percent increase compared to 2017, when we had a million visitors and two million overnights, shows that tourism in Belgrade has become the fastest growing part of the economy," a statement from the City Hall quoted him as saying.
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The Monteynard villa, a relic of the Château de Fourqueux demolished in the 19th century, is one of the remarkable constructions of the town. The renovation of this building highlights the cultural and historical identity of the city while offering an alternative to spreading constructions across the town.
To convert an abandoned historical monument into social dwellings in order to satisfy the town's need for housing.
The goal is to renovate the building in order for it to reclaim its original architectural style. The building's façades have been preserved and renovated in a way that respects their initial aspect and geometry. In this respect, the materials and colors used are similar to the original ones. Even though the structure and the walls of the building have been preserved, the floors and partitionning have been entirely demolished. This heavy renovation meets the Patrimoine et Environnement label requirements.


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NextOur Lady of La Vang
Locked-Up Vietnamese California
A Boom Interview with Tin Nguyen
Boom California	on April 11, 2018
Tin Nguyen
Bidhan Chandra Roy
Editor's Note: The Vietnamese diaspora comprises a significant population among California's immigrant communities. For some of these, the trauma of involuntary migration and the subsequent necessity to negotiate Vietnamese and American identities did not lead to enriching new experiences or cultural formations. A less visible demographic than those currently celebrated by food, literary, or cultural critics today are the Vietnamese Americans currently incarcerated in California's vast prison system. Not long ago, almost 65% of California's Asian and Pacific Islander prison population was comprised of either immigrants or refugees, and Vietnamese Americans represented the largest segment of the Asian and Pacific Islander California prison demographic at 22%.[1] This constitutes a significant number of Vietnamese Americans currently incarcerated in California—a fact remaining largely unknown to many Californians.
One such person, for whom the trauma of migration and the negotiation of identities in California produced a path to prison is Tin Nguyen, who is currently serving a "Life Without the Possibility of Parole" sentence at Los Angeles County Prison, Lancaster. As a former Vietnamese gang member, Tin is now a student in Cal State LA's BA program at Lancaster, as well as a published writer. Boom editorial board member Bidhan Chandra Roy sat down with Tin over three meetings to discuss his childhood experiences of fleeing Vietnam as a child in the 1970s, his role in establishing a new wave of Vietnamese street gangs in Southern California in the 1990s, and his hard-fought transformation into the man he is today. Since recording equipment is not allowed in the prison during the interview, Tin wrote up his responses to the questions following the three meetings.
Boom: Can you tell us about your experiences traveling from Vietnam to California as a child in the 1970s? What do you remember of that journey? Do you ever recall these memories today?
Tin: At 145 pounds and thirty-two years of age, I was standing in front of the 'C' section shower in Building 3 on a maximum-security prison yard. A group of muscular, heavyset Crip members surrounded me, disputing for a shower that none of us own; really, the State of California owned the shower. I knew if I didn't back down, I could expect at the very least a severe beating, and quite likely, a knife to the gut or a sliced throat. Yet I stood there, at the risk of my own life, because this shower was claimed by the Asians; the marking of our territory. At that moment, I thought, "So this is how I'm going to die… this is how my life sentence was going to end…."
In that moment, I couldn't help but rapidly wonder, "How did I get here? What happened to the once little Vietnamese boy who pulled his small red wagon along the streets of Pomona and sold flowers to help his mother buy milk for his baby brother?" How did that innocent kid become a monster now tagged P24706?
At that moment, I thought, "So this is how I'm going to die… this is how my life sentence was going to end…."
I remember the boat journey in the late '70s as flashes of images. There is an image of my godparents hugging me tight; through their tears, they tried to act as if everything was normal. I guess, because of the tension in Vietnam, they didn't want any suspicion of what was going to happen, an attempt to escape Vietnam. Then there are images of my mother under the cover of darkness passing—or should I say, throwing (my mother would disapprove of this characterization)—me from boat to boat. Thinking of how our boat sped away from two other boats, I remember the word, "pirates," repeated on everyone's lips and a throng of rowdy men with all sorts of objects in their hands for weapons.
I remember us all on the boat's roof, bowing our heads, and me trying to look over, seeing for the first time, men with pale skin standing on the deck of a large ship. We begged for their assistance, to no avail; they just passed by leaving us to fend for ourselves in the great ocean.
Then our boat finally landed. At the island where I have the fondest memories, images and feelings of happiness, swimming all day and following my brother on the shore as the tide was low, catching crabs and fishes. After that, I remember feeling frightened on a plane as I encountered people of different ethnicities, on our way to California.
Boom: What was it like for you growing up in Pomona during the 1980s and 1990s?
Tin: In Pomona, everything was different. In second grade, I was the only Vietnamese kid in class, and not speaking a word of English, I hated school. Kids can be cruel. Yet, the constant taunts of "ching-chong," "jap," and "dirty gook," were the least of my miseries. Because they wanted to test my kung fu, I was punched in the throat and smacked on the back of my head during long walks home from school. To this day, I still have a vivid memory of being run over by a bike—my books were everywhere, I was facedown, and a BMX wheel was on my back, pinning me to ground, while the guy snickered, "You should've gotten out my way," and spit on me. He then rode over me. I cried as I picked up my stuff off the ground, while other kids walked by and laughed, but no one helped. I cried all the way home, and then some. I thought it was my fault for being in his way, but then it occurred to me that all his friends had rode around me with plenty of room. That's when a spark of anger ignited within me. But that anger from those physical discomforts didn't compare to what ultimately fueled my anger with a real hate.
What truly fueled my anger was the thought of my family being subjected to the same abuse and discrimination. I remember my older sister sitting in the schoolyard lunch area crying, while other Vietnamese kids were making fun of her. What made this especially painful was the American kids were laughing about how they'd gotten us to turn on each other for their amusement. When I was nine or ten years old, I tried to help an older Vietnamese gentleman who didn't speak English. There was a misunderstanding at a store, where the sales clerk was accusing the Vietnamese man, hurling crude comments at him, like, "You gook! You're a thief, coming to the US just to steal and cause trouble. You should've stayed in Vietnam." I remember a feeling of heavy degradation. With my broken English, I attempted to serve as a translator and tried to explain that the Vietnamese man had a receipt. But it was no use. The clerk kept ranting and ended up reducing the Vietnamese man to tears. From that experience, I had the sinking realization that my parents must be suffering similar indignities.
Once I was sitting outside of my older sister's bedroom door, I heard her crying as she told my cousin how an African-American woman had mistreated her at the college's financial aid office. I don't quite recall the exact words, but I do remember clearly the feelings of anger and hate. Hurting me was one thing, but hurting my family was another matter. What made it worse was the helplessness I felt to do anything about it. This is the reason why I'm very protective of my little sister.
I couldn't claim I was Vietnamese because I barely spoke Vietnamese, and I couldn't say I was American because I wasn't born here and barely spoke proper English.
I suppose all these external hardships contributed to who I eventually became, but no less significant were the internal dynamics of my family. Let me start by acknowledging that my father was a very good man who loved his children and always sacrificed for his family. Yet, there were a number of factors that enabled his violent behavior. First, he was raised in a traditional culture where the father's words are absolute and indisputable, and corporal punishment was the norm. Back in Vietnam, my father was a person of some importance and social standing, so for him, it was a letdown being in America—after losing everything and making all the sacrifices that he did—to become a nobody who had to rely on his wife and whose children wouldn't even listen to him. I can only imagine how this ate away at his pride, driving him to the edge. Typical days in our house had fights and arguments; I don't remember a happy moment at home. The Christmas tree tumbled a few times every Christmas. During the year, my mother would vigorously defend her children from her husband's wrath, after she'd worked all day to put food on the table. Even though my father never made a fist, he did freely use the backhand, the front smack, the belt, the telephone cord, the clothes hanger, and my own favorite—the chopsticks, with a hand full of them, they hurt like hell. I remember like yesterday… I was huddled in the kitchen corner while my mother used her petite body to shield me from being hit by an inch-thick stick as she told my father in Vietnamese: "you're not going to hit my son with that." But this was the Vietnamese way, right? Our culture? In such moments, I envied my American friends.
I think what made things worse was that I didn't know where I belonged, who I was. I couldn't claim I was Vietnamese because I barely spoke Vietnamese, and I couldn't say I was American because I wasn't born here and barely spoke proper English. I felt trapped between two generations of immigrants, one who knew they're Vietnamese, and one who knew they're American. My father pushed me to read more and to keep up with my sister in school, and when I couldn't, I was "dumber than a cow" (English translation). During times when I could, I wasn't "dumber," but merely "dumb as a cow." Either way, I was always dumb. This wasn't just my father's assessment, it was everyone's. I guess they hoped I'd at least be good with my hands. To my mother though, I was always good and smart, but her opinion wasn't enough. So I ended up with low self-esteem, insecure, lost, and filled with anger and hate.
Boom: How did this childhood trauma pave the way for you joining a gang? How did you see Vietnamese gangs begin to proliferate in South California during your adolescence, and what attracted you to join one?
Tin: In America, the first Vietnamese generation's youth trend was "New Wave," with its tight pants, pointy shoes, and spiky hair, and dancing to European bands like Modern Talking, CC Catch, and Bad Boys Blue. With no one I deemed worthy as a role model, I turned to my two older brothers. They were cool, and if someone wanted to test their kung fu, they didn't have any problem showing that their kung fu was better. Seeing them fighting and winning, I developed a sense of Vietnamese pride, so it wasn't long before I showed others my kung fu was good too. My first violent act was during a summer camp at Cal Poly. When a Caucasian kid tested me, I didn't hold back, but instead, I punched him. Next thing I knew, a counselor was holding me and a crowd of kids was cheering me on. The counselor sternly stated that I was going to be suspended, and I replied that I didn't give a fuck, at which point the crowd got even louder. This was not only my first act of violence, but also my first act of rebellion, and I knew then that this was how I must act in order to be respected, like my brothers. The final straw came when some of my boy scout troop and I were jumped by a group of African-American teens. After the teens' laughter and us lying on the ground of the parking lot, we looked at each other and decided then that the boy scouts was not for us. We chucked our uniforms and donned blue jeans and chains, going from scouts to hoodlums.
In Southern California, there tended to be two kinds of Vietnamese gangs. The first was the street gang, largely unstructured. But unlike their Hispanic or African-American counterparts, it was rare for Vietnamese street gangs to truly represent a street or neighborhood. Rather, they were just some Vietnamese teens who got together and named themselves, mostly in accord with the city they were from—like "Pomona Boys" or "Santa Ana Boys"—or something to do with Vietnamese pride, like "V-Boys" or "Vietnamese For Life." Since I was Vietnamese and from Pomona, my boys and I decided to call ourselves Vietnamese Gangster (VNG) Pomona V-Boys. We used the appendage "V-Boys" because we were the V-Boys' younger association and under their protection. We started with minor things like cracking arcade games for money, and then moved up to GTA. Fighting was the norm now, and I soon landed in juvenile camp. Three months later, I came out bigger because I finally hit puberty. Everyone who mattered to me knew that I'd just come from the "box" and it wasn't long before I went back to camp. My father still had hope for me, but after this second stretch, I disappointed him again and was no longer welcome under his roof. So with no place of my own, at age sixteen, I reached out to my brother Tony in Los Angeles, where I met the Black Dragon for the first time.
This is the second kind of Vietnamese gang, more exclusive to the LA area. This second kind was more engaged in organized crime, after the pattern of triads, perhaps because of the close cultural proximity of the Vietnamese to the Chinese. Black Dragon (Hac Lun) was one of these, and unlike the unstructured street gangs, Black Dragon had an ordered hierarchy where a soldier could move up the ranks and, if he is lucky and doesn't land in prison for life or die, become an "Anh Hai" or a "Tai Lu"—the equivalent of a "Capo" in the Italian crime families.
The history of the Black Dragon began in the early 1980s. Its predecessor, the Viet Thanh, actually yielded three successors: Cool Boys, LA V-Boys, and Black Dragon. Since each came from Viet Thanh, these three were always at war with its rival, the Chinese gang Wa Ching. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Chinatown consisted of both Chinese businesses and Vietnamese businesses. But the Wa Ching began harassing Vietnamese businesses, so the youths of the Vietnamese businesses decided to stand against the Wa Ching. That was how Viet Thanh started. But what started out as noble acts eventually were corrupted as the Viet Thanh became thugs themselves. After the three-way split, Black Dragon migrated to the San Gabriel Valley where it established new territories.
I chose to be part of the Black Dragon mainly because of the respect their members received. For example, one time my boys and I were walking into a nightclub associated with the Black Dragon, and a new bouncer stopped us and pointed us to the back of the line, but then the regular bouncer told him to let us through. (We were all still minors and this club was for those over twenty-one.) When we entered, the new bouncer insisted that we walk through the metal detector, which, of course, we weren't going to do. This was when the older bouncer stepped in and told the new bouncer, "These guys are the real security of this club." I still remember his words, and the pride I felt then was overwhelming, but it didn't compare with what happened next. After my boys and I settled in at a VIP table, this new bouncer asked if he could speak with me. Sitting across from me, he asked for my forgiveness, pleading that he didn't know since he was new. Here was a middle-aged man humbled, apologizing for his mistake and offering me his services. Respect… at long last.
When I became a member of the Black Dragon gang, I was known as Tin Hac Lun, or Tin BD. I carried that name with pride. When others thought of Black Dragon, I wanted them to think of me. When I was twenty-two, the Temple City Sheriff led the Asian Gang Task Force and rounded up my crew, now known as the "gangbanging" side of Black Dragon. I was facing possible of fifty-eight years for numerous counts of extortion and robbery, so I took a deal for two years and did my time at San Quentin. Obviously, I didn't learn anything, and worse, I was now connected and moved up the ranks because I'd been to the big house. During this time, my crew and I broke away from our Anh Hai, because we no longer wanted or needed to be under his thumb. We could protect ourselves without him, and we wanted to keep all our earnings and not have to give him a cut. No longer a soldier, I had my own crew. However, we still kept the "Black Dragon" name because we'd earned it, and our loyalty was still to the gang.
Boom: Tin Hac Lun sounds like a completely different person to the Tin I have known for the past four years. How did the lifestyle you led as Tin Hac Lun end in a prison sentence of life without the possibility of parole?
Tin: Drugs were a major detriment in my life. At a young age, I inadvertently unleashed a demon so voracious that it consumed me. I started drinking in seventh grade, and met Mary Jane (marijuana) and Coco (cocaine) when I was fourteen. A couple years later, at a party, I was sitting on the bathroom floor across from a beautiful woman in her twenties, and she passed me a pipe with some crack…. Part of me screamed, "No!" But the demon within me seductively whispered, "Don't embarrass yourself in front of this glorious girl—just take a hit, that's all." And the demon was right; that was all. I became the demon himself. Mary Jane, Coco, and later Crystal (Methamphetamine) became the three loves of my life. They destroyed me and brought me to the edge of suicide. Yet for one reason or another, I couldn't find the nerve to do it myself, so I went crazy with drugs and gangs, hoping to end it all.
In 1996, during a robbery in San Jose, I killed Mr. Stanko Vuckovic. Throughout the years, I have replayed that moment repeatedly. I asked myself, "Did I pull the trigger?" or "Did the gun go off during the struggle?" After years of contemplating, I realized there were other factors just as significant. The point that I cocked the gun, that I chose to use the gun in the robbery, and above all my decision to rob this man and take what was not mine were all what caused his death. Yet, these were not the only factors. Other elements, such as abusing drugs, joining a gang and choosing a life of crime, were all the bad choices I made that led me to that very moment. I was going to kill someone eventually. Thus, I am responsible for Mr. Stanko Vuckovic's death; I pulled the trigger and my only hope is that I can make amends for my actions and decisions.
I was arrested a year after I killed Mr. Vuckovic, and in late 1998 I was convicted and sentence to Life With Out the Possibility of Parole. Let me express now, with all respect, what I have wanted to say for two decades. I've run this in my head thousands of times…. I mean, how do I express my remorse and say, "I am so sorry" to a man whose life and future I took, to a family whom I hurt, or to the community I damaged? It's not enough, and I realize that I must do this in person, for words on paper can never be adequate to sincerely express my contrition.
Boom: Thank you for saying that, Tin. I know that you want to return to your remorse and desire to make amends for past actions. But before you had this realization, what was your life like in a maximum-security prison? Was there anything unique about it from a Vietnamese perspective?
Tin: At age twenty-six, I began my journey on the gravel yard track at Pelican Bay, California's most dangerous state prison. On my first day, an elder Vietnamese convict approached me and said, "Welcome to Pelican Bay, we're the worst of the worst in California. You're with us. You run Asian." As we approached a table full of Asians and Pacific Islander, he expounded on the first rule, concerning "the boundaries." He explained that the Whites, Blacks, and Mexicans have their tables, workout areas, and basketball and handball courts, and approximately ten feet around those areas was an invisible line that I was not to cross without their permission—if I did, my well-being would be at risk. Likewise, I was not to allow any other race to cross over our line; my job (and the job of all Asians and Pacific Islanders) was to stop the other races from crossing over, and if necessary, to "take flight" (i.e., stab them). So, that was the creed I lived by for many years. In prison, racial segregation was (and is) the norm; this was one of the many rules I had to abide by.
Here, there are two sets of rules. One is the Administration's. As a prisoner, if you violate those, then you'll be put in "the Hole." The other set of rules is the convicts'. If you violate them, then you'll have holes put in you.
As for the Vietnamese culture in prison, we might be small, but we're no less vicious than the other races. Maybe it's the pride we have. I'd read in a Vietnam War book that there are two nationalities that never stop fighting: one is the Irish; the other, the Vietnamese. At Pelican Bay, we Vietnamese were a tight group, and we helped each other with most things, like food, clothes, etc. Even though we had divisions among ourselves, such as North Cali versus South Cali, we united when troubles came our way—we bowed down to no one, even at the risk of our lives.
Boom: That life seems a long way behind you now at Lancaster. Tell us about the man you are today, Tin. How did such a remarkable transformation take place?
Tin: This leads me back to the beginning of this interview. I believe there was someone up above divinely watching over me. When I was once surrounded and it looked like it was going to go badly for me, suddenly a big, muscular African American guy and his friends approached the crowd. These guys were Bloods, and they intervened and had a side meeting with the Crips surrounding me. Ultimately, the situation was resolved, and I survived another day. The Good Samaritan's name was Jimmy, and we eventually became best friends, a big African American and a little Vietnamese. Today, Jimmy and I are both Golden Eagle classmates at California State University, Los Angeles.
Now, during my incarceration, I've experienced much pain, and I would shut this pain away, because to feel pain was to be weak, and early in my incarceration I chose never to be weak so that I would not be preyed upon. With this attitude, I felt dead, and in a way I was dead, just a walking corpse with no purpose, hope, or love. Approximately two years ago, I was in a very dark place. I know this sounds cliché, but a dog saved my life. It was part of the Paws for Life Program.[2]
I used to be petrified of dogs— definitely not a dog person. However, all that changed one evening when a Boxer put his head on my lap. Before this happened, my ex-girlfriend had left me. A broken heart is never easy, especially while doing "Life," and it is not uncommon to feel depressed. However, it should not make one feel hopeless, or even destitute. In hindsight, I realize that this was the pivotal point of my life; whether I was going make it or break it. All the pains of my life, that I had carefully locked away, came rushing out. The pains of my childhood, the regret and remorse of my crime, the loss of my freedom, and the death of my father and brother during my incarceration came back to haunt me. The break up was the key that unlocked my miseries. The pains were excruciating. I wanted to end it one way or another, wanted the pain to go away. I'd kept on like this until I was so broken that I couldn't deal with it anymore. Once again, I contemplated the forever night, the long sleep. However, an angel came to rescue me. It didn't come with its majestic wings or divine presence, nor even a halo, but rather with four paws and a mean mug. My angel turned out to be "Vic," a battered Boxer-breed dog who'd been used as bait for fighting pit bulls. My encounter with Vic happened in a most unusual way.
One evening as I was talking to my friend Bernik, I noticed a Boxer dog full of anxiety. He stood there constantly watching as if something might attack him. Then all of a sudden, he came over and laid his head on my lap. I was scared, yet touched. Then he proceeded to lay down, and Bernik said, "Wow!" It didn't seem out of the ordinary to me, so I asked why all the excitement. Bernik explained that the Boxer named Vic was a bait dog, who had come here all scarred up with a smashed paw. He had a rough life. Bernik said that since he came in, he hadn't been able to relax, so lying down and sleeping at my feet was amazing. This broke through me in a way I did not think possible. I knew that I couldn't help him amid my own pain, but he was offering his pain for me to help with. So I reached down, put my hand on his head, and whispered, "I got your back, bud. No one on this yard is going to hurt you." From then on, I made sure that I spent as much time as I could to comfort him, train him, and protect him. Through this relationship, Vic got better, and that was the goal. However, though I thought that I was there for him, it was also the other way around; Vic was there for me. He comforted me when I was down and out. He trained me to be strong and get back up, and protected me from my destructive self. The funny thing was that I believed that when Vic came over to me, he was thinking "that guy is suffering like me; maybe I should help and protect him."
What PFL did for me is extraordinary. PFL not only saved my life, but it also gave me life.
Though Vic gave me love, I was still somewhat lost, still believing that I was irredeemable and doomed to a life of constant bad decision-making. Then through PFL came a second angel—you Dr. Roy. With your kindness and untiring passion to see the good in all, in everyone, you amazed me and became for me the role model that I'd never had before. No words can express my full appreciation for what you have done for incarcerated people, me especially. You looked at us not through the eyes of an enemy or through hate, but through the eyes of love, and with respect for our humanity. As a result, you gave us confidence, hope, and purpose.
Now I'm a student on this extension campus inside this prison, and I'm on my way to attaining my dream of obtaining a BA degree. I once thought I was irredeemable, meaning that I thought I had to die first and be reincarnated or something else if I were to have any hope of ever being a good person again. Now, the professors and faculty and students at Cal State LA have taught me that I can take down those walls that I built around my heart. Even if it's day by day, I can take down those walls, because I am the builder. I don't need them to protect me from pain, failure, or disappointment, because I'm not inherently bad. I know now that being good is a choice that I'll be faced with making every day of my life. I once was an advocate of all that's dark and hate surrounded me with those walls. I promoted the Black Dragon and Vietnamese gangs' lifestyles to other Vietnamese youth, but now, I encourage them to get their education, to transform their lives and live with hope and goodness.
I'm serving a sentence of Life Without the Possibility of Parole, which means that if the laws do not change or society has no mercy for me, then I will die in prison. "Life Without the Possibility of Parole" is a death sentence—the only difference between it and lethal injection is that Death Row prisoners get a final meal and a team of lawyers. Still, as bleak as my circumstances are, I find myself happier than at any time in my life since childhood. That little Vietnamese kid with his little red wagon that was imprisoned as P24706, today I walk my dog in the evening on the prison yard, and no longer feel the cold concrete walls with their sharp razor-wire, nor the tower with its gunner and Mini-14. Here, it is just me and my dog… and I feel free.
Editor's Postscript: When the interview was completed at the end of the third meeting, without explanation Tin prostrated himself before Dr. Roy in the middle of the prison yard in front of all the guards and other prisoners. He performed a deeply meaningful ritual, later explaining it in the following way, asking that it be included in this interview to honor the family of Stanko Vuckovic—the man whose life he took.
Tin: I may never have that chance to apologize in person, so I'd like to do this now at least.
I would like to do this in the Vietnamese traditional way.
I am on my knees, and bow my head, prostrating myself, three times.
With each: "I am so sorry, please forgive me."
I promise for the rest of my life, as a living amends, I will do my best to impact others' lives for the good in homage of you, your family, and your community. Thank you for allowing me to be honest and express my remorse.
[1] These numbers, while a bit dated, are provided by the Asian Prisoner Support Committee, https://apscinfo.wordpress.com/2010/10/06/apis-in-ca-prisons/. More up to date details can be found in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's offender data points demographic, comprising the most recent demographic information for those incarcerated in CDCR, https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Reports_Research/docs/Data_Points_Dec_2016.pdf. From December 2016, the "Others" population (which includes American Indian, Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, and Asians, many of whom are Vietnamese) consisted of 8,907 individuals incarcerated in the state system (6.9% of the total population of incarcerated people). Of this number, 598 were born in Vietnam (in December 2014, it was 660). See pp. 10, 17, 85 of the report.
[2] Paws for Life (PFL) is a therapeutic program and unique partnership between the organization Karma Rescue and the California State Prison–LA County that began in 2014. See http://karmarescue.org/paws-for-life/ and also Jackie Fernandez, "CSP-Los Angeles County launches Paws For Life program," Inside CDCR, 3 July 2014, https://www.insidecdcr.ca.gov/2014/07/csp-los-angeles-county-launches-paws-for-life-program/.
Tin Nguyen has been incarcerated for nineteen years, serving a Life Without the Possibility of Parole sentence. A son, brother, uncle, and capable of change. He is a student in Cal State LA's BA program, as well as a dog trainer in the "Paws For Life" dog program at Los Angeles County Prison, Lancaster.
Bidhan Chandra Roy is an associate professor of English Literature at California State University, Los Angeles. He is the founder of WordsUncaged, a platform for men sentenced to life sentences in California prisons to dialogue and critically engage with the world beyond the prison walls. He is also the faculty director of Cal State LA's BA program at Los Angeles County Prison, Lancaster, as well co-chairman of the board of Karma Rescue, an organization that runs the "Paws for Life" dog rescue and training programs in prisons throughout California.
Copyright: © 2018 Tin Nguyen and Bidhan Chandra Roy. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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Ronald Aucutt, a longtime McGuireWoods partner and nationally renowned trusts and estates lawyer whose experience and knowledge has helped Congress shape tax policy, became senior fiduciary counsel for Bessemer Trust Co. on April 1.
Over his 21 years at McGuireWoods, Aucutt served as president of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and he was elected to the National Association of Estate Planners and Councils' Estate Planning Hall of Fame. He holds a Band 1 ranking — the highest possible — in private wealth law and is recognized as a "Senior Statesman" in Chambers HNW Guide.
Since 1976, Aucutt has advised lawmakers as they framed tax legislation and Treasury Department officials as they drafted regulations. He served on the Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council and chaired its Office of Professional Responsibility Subgroup. In 2015, he was appointed reporter for the revision of the Uniform Principal and Income Act.
"I am thrilled with the new opportunity to serve an outstanding organization in this senior consulting role, but I will forever cherish my time with McGuireWoods, where I grew as a lawyer and made lasting friendships," Aucutt said.
He is widely regarded as a top thought leader on trusts and estates and taxation issues. His quotes and insights are published by The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Bloomberg and the ABA Journal, among others.
"When you talk about the best in the business among trusts and estates lawyers, Ron Aucutt is at the top," said Jean Gordon Carter, co-chair of the firm's private wealth services team.
"We will miss Ron as a partner, but we look forward to working with him in his new role. We know that our friends at Bessemer Trust have made an excellent choice," said J. Tracy Walker IV, managing partner of McGuireWoods.


When should I begin taking my Social Security?
Originally published in the News Star and the Shreveport Times on Sunday, August 20, 2017.
Q: When should I begin taking my Social Security?
A: If you'll tell me how long you're going to live, I can give you a perfect answer to that question.
For everyone else, we're going to have to make an informed guess.
But I'll go ahead and show my hand…if possible, I recommend folks at least consider waiting as long as possible.
Workers who have paid into the Social Security system for at least 40 quarters (10 years total) are eligible to begin receiving benefits at retirement. Social Security identifies your "normal retirement age (NRA)" as the time full Social Security retirement benefits are payable.
For example, anyone born after 1960 has an NRA of age 67.
A retired worker may also elect to receive their Social Security retirement benefits as early as age 62, but not without a cost. Benefits are reduced by 8% each year a worker chooses to take her benefits early.
That's what most Americans do…the most common age for workers to begin receiving Social Security retirement benefits is age 62.
So, for example, suppose my Social Security retirement benefits would be $1,000 per month at my normal retirement age of 67. If I do what most Americans do and choose to take those benefits early at age 62, they would be reduced to about $750 per month.
On the other hand, if I choose to wait to take my Social Security benefits until age 70, my benefits actually increase 8% each year that I wait. In the example offered above, my $1,000 that I would have gotten at age 67 would increase 8% annually until it was worth $1,320 per month by age 70.
If Social Security is all you've got, you may have no other choice but to begin receiving benefits early…even if they are reduced by 25%. Yuck.
But for those that may be able to delay taking their Social Security benefits, here are a few other things to think about before you pull the trigger and take your benefits early.
Hybrid retirement. Maybe you're trying to make an all or nothing decision. Work 40 or 50 hours a week at a job you no longer love…or retire to a place where every day is Saturday.
Eight year bridge. If you cannot (or will not) use work as a way to avoid having to start receiving your Social Security benefits early, consider spending other, lower performing money first.
Using our numbers above, if you chose not to take $750 per month of benefits early, you would have to spend that out of savings. That's $9,000 per year for 8 years, or $72,000.
If I take my $750 per month of early Social Security benefits, I can leave my $72,000 in the bank to grow at 1% for eight years and have about $78,000 by the time I reach 70.
Or I can spend $750 per month out of my $72,000, depleting it by age 70, then start up my delayed (and multiplied!) Social Security benefits of $1,320 per month (75% greater!).
Better with age. But by far I think the most important yet overlooked reason for delaying is that guaranteed monthly income becomes more and more attractive, as compared to the alternatives, the older you get.
Market fluctuations and the potential depletion of bank accounts creates fear and uncertainty in the lives of aging individuals. Fixed and growing monthly checks guaranteed for life don't.
There is no one-size-fits all answer to the question of when to take your Social Security retirement benefits.
But one person I think you should consult before you make a final decision is the person you will be 10 or 20 years from now.


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Girls may just want to have fun, but as NAR statistics show, young professional women want homes of their own. "No one in our market was focusing on women who weren't waiting until they got married to buy a home," Hollingsworth says. "I filled a gap." That smart positioning helped Hollingsworth launch her own brokerage in 2006 and close more than $6 million in sales and 24 transaction sides the same year.
A face to launch a business: To differentiate her new company, she created Pixie, whose youthful face personifies the independent woman Hollingsworth targets. "Pixie is on everything from my car to billboards to sports bottles and gift bags," she says. "So far we've mailed more than 60,000 direct-mail pieces, bought 20 billboards, and built a Web site with Pixie on the home page."
Serious about education: Another big contributor to Hollingsworth's success is her commitment to learning new skills. "I love getting new ideas and taking advantage of the resourcefulness of my mentors and coaches," she says. In addition to her NAR designations, Hollingsworth is a participant in Howard Brinton's StarPower program and active with Buffini & Co., a training and coaching company.
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Deadpool 2: What the critics thought
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It's yet another Marvel superhero film - and this time, Ryan Reynolds' Wade Wilson is back with Deadpool 2.
The original film, an X-Men spin-off, was a huge hit in 2016, taking more than $780m (£575m) worldwide.
The film opens in the UK on Wednesday and critics have already given their verdict.
Many have welcomed the return of Reynolds' wise-cracking vigilante and his X-Force team, but it wasn't all five-star reviews.
Some felt that while the sequel stayed true to its predecessor's style of quickfire edgy jokes and send-ups of the superhero genre, it was starting to feel a bit cynical.
Writing in Variety, Andrew Barker said: "Lurking behind its constant self-critiques - pointing out plot holes before you can, acknowledging when its puckish humour edges toward racism but making the joke anyway - is a strange combination of cleverness and cowardice, a self-inoculation against the very responses it goes out of its way to provoke.
"No matter how far Deadpool 2 thinks it's pushing boundaries, it makes sure that even when a gag falls flat, the joke is always on you."
Analysis from Alex Taylor, entertainment reporter
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The return of Deadpool is a welcome one. As blockbuster schedules become oversaturated with increasingly mediocre superhero films, its irreverence and parodying of the genre feels more necessarily cathartic than ever before.
Whether, underneath the ironic sheen, Deadpool 2 avoids the generic traits it persistently insults, is a different question.
Fortunately, it maintains the same, abrasive standard of jokes as the first film - cutting across disability, cancer, gender, sexuality and race. The movie also rips notable genre films to shreds, from Terminator to X Men (Deadpool forms his own team, X Force) and steals Professor Xavier's wheelchair to take it for a spin.
Personally I found the constant stream of irony and self-awareness a little forced and appreciated the darker, drier humour more but there's definitely enough there to appeal to a mainstream audience and superhero fans will love it.
Some others agreed.
The LA Times's Jen Yamato said there was a danger of "sequelitis".
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"Even fuelled by Reynolds, whose likability is practically a super power... Deadpool 2 suffers from the sequelitis that typically threatens gimmicky gambles turned tentpole franchises.
"There's a tedium to the sort of repetition that merely rehashes and recycles the same wink-wink barbs that worked the first time around - but also a relatable, even pitiable humanity in the film's desperation to be liked."
AO Scott of the New York Times also felt a bit uneasy.
"What drives this franchise is the same force that drives so much culture and politics right now: the self-pity of a white man with a relentless need to be the centre of attention. He is angry, violent, disrespectful to everyone and everything, and at the same time thoroughly non-toxic and totally cool.
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"Sure. Great. But there is something ever so slightly dishonest about this character, something false about the boundaries drawn around his sadism and his rage. Deadpool 2 dabbles in ugliness and transgression, but takes no real creative risks."
Digital Spy's Hugh Armitage largely enjoyed it.
"Deadpool 2 has as much heart as the original, and the humour is more consistent. And while we wondered whether Wade Wilson's brand of comedy had had its day, the series has moved with the times and feels as relevant and contemporary as it could be.
"If we have a criticism, it was that Deadpool 2 does fall foul of a couple of lazy tropes that we won't mention because, despite their utter predictability, they technically count as a spoiler. But it's hard to stay mad with so inclusive and good-natured a movie."
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Many other reviewers were delighted with the sequel.
John DeFore in the Hollywood Reporter wrote: "There's action aplenty throughout the film, but Deadpool 2 doesn't bog down in it as many overcooked comic-book sequels do.
"The filmmakers walk a fine line between embracing Deadpool's mock-everything appeal and needing to make Wade a credible, emotional human."
USA Today's Brian Truitt described the movie as "hilariously self-aware and satisfying on multiple levels", giving it three stars out of four.
He added that the film "continues the relentless lampooning and scattershot jokes of the first movie, but pulls together a much better story".
The Rolling Stone's Peter Travers wrote that "despite a tendency toward elephantitis in story and scope, not to mention blatant franchise pandering, Deadpool 2 still plays like the runt of the comic-book litter. We mean that as a compliment.
"Deadpool 2 throws everything it has at you until you throw your arms up in happy surrender. Like its predecessor, the sequel is a grab-bag of humour, sorrow, sensation and silliness. None of it should work - but it does like gangbusters, creating a sequel that will blow you away with nonstop action and hardcore haha."
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The Guardian's Steve Rose felt uncomfortable with the treatment of BAME actors in the film.
"(A) major weakness is its continued foregrounding of the white guys at the expense of the consciously inclusive cast around them. Only Brolin's Cable gets anything resembling a fleshed-out character.
"Worst of all is Karan Soni's taxi driver Dopinder, a weedy, emasculated Indian stereotype whose superhero aspirations make him the beta-male butt of the joke. Looks as if the writers haven't got up to speed with The Simpson's Apu controversy.
"Such concerns might not bother Deadpool 2's core audience too much, but they implicitly suggest that core audience is white and male, and that everybody else ought to just lighten up.
"It's easy to do so, given Reynolds' undiminished charm, and the generous flow of weapons-grade gags. But now that it's no longer the underdog, Deadpool is in severe danger of punching down rather than up."
Other critics pointed out that it should please fans of the first film but may not attract new audiences.
John Nugent of Empire, wrote: "It's fair to say if you didn't get on with the first film's always-winking comedy and unheroic bloody violence, you probably won't find much solace this time around.
"But if you're on board for the ride, Deadpool 2 is more entertaining than ever. Plus, it remains a refreshing superheroic counterpoint to the likes of Avengers: Infinity War or Justice League.
The Telegraph's Helen O'Hara agreed.
"With its commitment to gross-out injuries, pop culture in-jokes and inappropriate touching, Deadpool 2 was clearly made to cater to existing fans with every innuendo-filed moment," she said.
"This film makes zero concession for newcomers or sceptics, and those of a genteel disposition should avoid it like the plague."
Screen Daily's Fionnuala Halligan wrote: "While Deadpool 2 delivers the gags and the gun-shot geeky Marvel insider references, the plot could have done with some more finesse... If Superhero fatigue is ever going to set in (which seems alternatively inevitable and unlikely), it's going to be here.
Perhaps Alonso Duralde of The Wrap sums his thoughts up best.
"Does Deadpool 2 pick up its predecessor's baton and run off to new and exciting places? Not really. Is it as tasty as leftovers on the second day? Absolutely. Temper your expectations accordingly."
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Cops are spending thousands of dollars to distribute spyware to parents
By Timothy B. Lee Oct 2, 2014, 2:40pm EDT
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It's standard advice that parents should monitor what their young children do online. For many parents, that means having the computer in a public area so they can see what's on the screen as their kids surf the web. But some police departments are pushing a far more intrusive option: installing spyware on your computer to monitor every single keystroke your children make.
An investigation by the Electronic Frontier Foundation has found that dozens of police departments around the country are distributing software called ComputerCOP. The software has two features. One is a search engine that lets parents search a computer's hard drive for pornographic images as well as files relating to sensitive subjects such as drugs and violence. But the other is a keylogger, a program that records every key typed and sends it to a third-party server.
ComputerCOP creates different editions of its software for each police department. Here is the packaging for the software distributed in Maricopa County in Arizona. (Maricopa County Attorney's Office / Electronic Frontier Foundation)
Police departments pay a few dollars per copy to ComputerCOP, and in return they get the software in customized packaging that prominently features the department that paid for the software. These law enforcement agencies then distribute the software for free to families in their communities. Some departments have bought thousands of copies of the software.
Even if you're not creeped out by parents spying on their kids like this, there are some practical problems with ComputerCOP. For one thing, the keystrokes are sent over the internet unencrypted. That means that if hackers are snooping on your internet connection, they could intercept any personal information children might type, such as passwords.
Second, as the EFF points out, "ComputerCOP does not have the ability to distinguish between children and adults." That means the software is "giving recipients the tools to spy on other adults who use a shared computer, such as spouses, roommates, and coworkers." And spying on adults in this manner is not only unethical, it may also be illegal.
Finally, EFF says that ComputerCOP's marketing for the software is deceptive. ComputerCOP claimed that the software was endorsed by the American Civil Liberties Union. But the ACLU denies that it has ever endorsed the company's products, and ComputerCOP was not able to produce evidence of the endorsement. The closest thing ComputerCOP could produce was a 2005 article in the Detroit Free Press in which an ACLU spokesperson endorsed the general concept of parents monitoring their children's internet use.
"I can say unequivocally that it was not an endorsement of the product," a Michigan ACLU spokeswoman told the EFF, when asked about the article.
The Treasury Department has also sent out a fraud alert that ComputerCOP was distributing what the department called a "falsified letter" from Treasury endorsing ComputerCOP. According to EFF, the letter was based on a 2001 opinion from the Treasury department, but ComputerCOP doctored the letter to remove the date and imply that the Treasury Department is endorsing the current version of the software 13 years later. "Neither the Treasury nor the Treasury Executive Office for Asset Forfeiture endorses this or any other particular product," the Treasury Department says.
You can click here to find out if police departments in your state are distributing ComputerCOP.
ComputerCOP did not respond to a call and email seeking comment.


Volunteer work is a great way to put your existing skills to use and maybe learn some new ones. Combining paid work with family responsibilities is a challenge – this may be a way to give you some work-life balance whilst remaining flexible. It's also great to have some volunteer work on your CV, if you're thinking about returning to work in the future.
At the WAC, you have the opportunity to join a team of like-minded people, giving a little of your valuable time to keep things running smoothly. Our team of volunteers is international, and our working language is English, but it's not necessary to be a native speaker. Also, no-one expects that you devote hours of your time as we all have families and other responsibilities. Many volunteer roles can be carried out from home and at times to suit yourself.
We are always in need of people to open the WAC Library, which can be for as little as half an hour a week. This involves shelving, checking out books and helping to keep things tidy. Either bring your children with you, or make use of the time whilst your kids are in class.
During the year we have several social events that also need a team of helpers to decorate, organize crafts and activities, and purchase supplies - for example Halloween, Christmas and our Summer BBQ.
If you're interested in a bigger challenge, we elect our new Board of Directors and Chairpersons each March and you could have the chance to manage a team and influence the way the WAC and Learning Tree School develop in the future. During the year, positions may still be open or become available when people move on.


Myriad Media has been a partner with Industrial Bank for the last 10 years. This post is about how we helped the bank think strategically about their digital marketing and branding efforts.We have had the privilege of rolling out a new site design with new CMS functionality just in time to celebrate their 80th year in business. This historic D.C. community bank is looking to make waves with new markets who are looking for the traditional community bank experience but also want the benefits and convenience of internet and mobile banking. Our design was not just functional but strategic as it makes good use of the banks size and capabilities.
It is important for us to develop lasting client relationships. We do this by providing reliable, ongoing support for new and existing solutions. However, we do empower our clients to be self-reliant with the ability to maintain the day-to-day operations of their web solutions. How do we do this?
We do this by providing a web-based, decentralized content management solution that enables our clients to conveniently make content changes without compromising the look-and-feel of their online investment. We understand that content management is no longer a unique service offering. However, after 12 years of serving clients, we also know that ease of integration, ease of use, and ease on our client's bottom line are still differentiating factors.
Whether working with a new or existing website, our content management solution simplifies your effort and allows us to accommodate the rapid development cycles that many project schedules demand. By leveraging the many functions built into our base installation, we can have our client sites up and running quickly. This saves our client's time and money.


Happy New Year everyone! Welcome 2017 -- I hope the new year will bring us all health and Peace and lots of reading time. I'm actually feeling pretty excited about this new year. Sort of refreshed and ready to start anew. It really helped to clean off my reading table (relatively speaking that is--'clean' for me).
On Friday I pulled out a notebook I bought several years ago but never quite got around to using and crossed off that old year and replaced it with 2017 and started jotting down ideas of where I want my reading to take me. Just a start mind you. A few ideas to send me down a first path, and where I turn and go off in a new direction is anyone's guess. But I can tell you where I am starting.
I do have a few plans, but they are more ideas of things I want to try and accomplish. Really my plans are not so different this year than any other year, but it is nice to think about them in a new and fresh way. The last few years prior 2016 were not the best reading years, but last year was an improvement and now I feel more contented. Considering what a mess the world seems to be in, it's a little curious really, but since so much is uncertain, my reading is going to be a refuge I think. A happy place I can always turn to for inspiration and escape and for knowledge and maybe even a little empowerment.
So, a few ideas. My nightstand is all set for January 2017. The top photo are my new current reads. The pile in the back are the chunky books that I had started and knew I would be reading well into this year, and there is a nifty new short story collection which I have started and am excited about. The pile in the front feels a little more restrained than last year's, but maybe that is just my imagination. Last year's pile had eleven books, of which I finished six. I'm hoping that the books in the front might even be finished this month. I have only started the top two books (and am enjoying them immensely at the moment) and the others are the books I 'think' I am going to read this month, but I might do a bit of switching about at the last minute.
As for the bottom photo, it contains a variety of books and other reading accoutrements including all my Persephone Biannuals, a few short story periodicals (that I periodically pull out and peruse), and I can finally fit the holdover books that I had wanted to finish reading last month, but I ran out of time and couldn't manage it. No more massive languishing partially read pile anywhere else. It seems a silly little thing, but to me it is refreshing to have them all together in one place and under control.
Where do I want my reading journey to take me? The usual enjoyable reading projects will continue--my monthly NYRB subscription will offer a dozen new and exciting books; I'll be reading as many of Caroline's choices for her Literature and War Readalong (you can see a book by N. Scott Momaday in the pile as a matter of fact); I already have set plans for little readalongs with Buried in Print and Stefanie at So Many Books (and a few other possibilities as well if a suitable book can be found). I let my short story reading go a little slack last year and this year I do hope to make a more concerted effort to write regularly about what I am reading and keep up with my New Yorker stories and Smithereens and I will continue on with our postal short story exchange. (As a matter of fact I just received two new ones in the mail on Friday which I cannot wait to read, have already read the first New Yorker story of 2017 and the Burnside is in progress!--post to follow soon).
That leaves two new reading ideas for the new year. I like to set little themes for myself (the most recent was 'Reading the 1970s'). I think my next two themes (I'll start with one and the other will follow) are going to be Colonial America and Solitude. And rather than create a list of books I want to read (and then never do), I am going to try monthly prompts. It sounds like it could be fun and if it ends up being a chore, then I will skip it. But here are my monthly prompts--a book for each month to be selected when the time comes).
I chose pretty literal prompts according to month/season, but hopefully I will be more creative in choosing a book to express the theme--they might be literal and they might not. We shall see. January's book coming soon. Actually all sorts of interesting new bookishness coming soon.
May your reading year be as exciting and inspiring as I hope mine will be.


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Q: Device not ready when sending http post with X509 Certificate I have a windows application that makes a HTTP post to send and receive some XML. On a Windows PC it works, but since moving it to the test server (Windows 2008 r2) I am getting "Device not Ready" error when loading the certificate.
The error is a bit vague, and obviously searches are some quite vague results. Has anyone come across this? The code breaks at Dim Certificate....
The certificate is installed and exportable. Be grateful for any suggestions.
Dim SendPropertyUri As String = "http://post.url"
Dim request As HttpWebRequest
Dim byteData() As Byte
Dim postStream As Stream = Nothing
request = DirectCast(WebRequest.Create(SendPropertyUri), HttpWebRequest)
Dim certificate As New X509Certificate("D:\Processor\certificates\mycert.p12", "password")
request.ClientCertificates.Add(certificate)
request.Method = "POST"
request.ContentType = "application/xml"
request.Accept = "application/xml"
byteData = UTF8Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(foo.OuterXml)
request.ContentLength = byteData.Length
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A: After some research this problem was resolved by installing IIS6 compatibility components. Unsure as to exactly what was causing the problem but after installing IIS6 Management console it worked without issue.
Just answering as the error is a vague one so may help someone else or give them a starting point.

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By Philip Jan 3, 2006, 7:55am PST
In another look back over 2005, Ellis Act evictions were up 31% last year. It was intended as a punitive law to discourage condo conversions: landlords had to evict the entire tenant roster and the units were declared unrentable for ten years. But the new ease of financing TIC's and the overheated real estate market have made "Ellis Acting" look like "best use" business practices for small buildings.
There's no such thing as a non-eviction condo conversion in San Francisco. And while rental buildings of any size can be Ellis Acted, rental buildings with ten or more units cannot be converted to condominums or TICs.
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A tour of 'Last Black Man in San Francisco' locations with filmmaker Joe Talbot Several were already bulldozed before the movie was released.
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Rejected, tossed away, and mocked by his peers as a madman with no true wisdom or true power. They stared into his face and didn't acknowledge the threat he could face. They rejected his power as illusion and the breadth of his accomplishments as folly, as a man who simply used luck to obtain the scraps he had received.
He gave them a cruel, cracked smile. He looked into their faces with a face one could only make from within a shattered mirror. They assumed his madness was nothing more than that. There was no rhyme, no reason, no deeper meaning behind what he said or what he did. They looked into his eyes, and refused to acknowledge the webs he had ensnared them in.
It was high time he taught them the difference between madness and weakness.
With twelve Shards of Serendipity and a seemingly random assortment of monsters, the initial look of the False God is that he has no strategy to his assortment of creatures. However, a closer look reveals that the random assortment of monsters has a bit more wisdom to it than it looks. Nebuchadnezzar can draw virtually anything in the game with his Serendipities, and have a card in his deck that will pair alongside it to create an effective combo ; and even on its own, he's capable of putting out a strong rush of monsters that make minor amounts of creature control near-useless. If left to his own devices, Nebudchadnezzar can fill his entire plane with a huge variety of monsters that offer high damage and creature control from varying methods, and can even take on minor amounts of permanent & quantum control to go with it.
The nature of Shard of Serendipity and his wide assortment of creatures means that his deck is capable of pulling something out to defeat just about anything, but this is also his greatest weakness ; having such a massive assortment of potential tools means he's reliant on luck of the draw (which can admittedly be several, thanks to Electrum Hourglasses) to get what he precisely needs, and as such can sometimes be quite slow on his control, if not slow on his offense.
I've tried a couple of the False God grinders against him (particularly Flay 'Em, Limitless Speed, and the Vulture OTK) and he's pretty successful. Curious what y'all have to say.
It could potentially be viable to add a couple of Animate Weapons, so that at the very least all 3 of the weapons + some summoned by SoSe can be played at the same time. Could probably use a couple more Quantum Towers too, but I'm not entirely sure about that.
Don't count on this being in the game, though. Dev won't be back for a while.
Also looks like it would be weak to Poison Dial SoSac, as long as it doesn't draw Purifies.
So it fits perfectly with the other FG's.


It was an amazing weekend - and now we're doing it all again.
Here we take a look at some of the magic moments from Sunderland's last trip to Wembley in 2014 as fans make more special memories.
Fans were elated when the Black Cats beat the big boys to secure their place at Wembley. Nine thousand SAFC fans had travelled to Old Trafford for the second leg of the semi-final, with the club providing free coaches.
The build-up to the final began almost straight away, with the whole city behind the club. Sunderland turned red and white, and businesses of all kinds put on cup final specials.
The feeling of anticipation built as fans began setting off in droves on the Saturday morning by bus and train. Sunderland players had even recorded a special alarm tone for fans to make sure they didnt miss their transport.
Thousands of Sunderland fans gathered in Covent Garden and Leicester Square to celebrate the night before the game, absolutely buzzing with excitement.


The words serenity, hope and faith keep coming to me over and over again lately. Even last night while I was sleeping and dreaming over and over again...serenity, hope, faith. So, today I decided to examine what this all means. First, let's look at their basic definitions.
Serenity...the state of being calm, peaceful, and untroubled.
Hope...to want something to happen or be true and think that it could happen or be true. Hope is a feeling of optimism that something will change. Embedded in hope is faith.
Faith...belief, trust, and loyalty to a person or thing.
The word serenity for a lot of us brings to mind the serenity prayer. I decided to look up the serenity prayer and to examine it more closely and it's meaning to me.
The Serenity Prayer is one of the most widely known prayers. It was written and published by American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr in 1951.
Be calm...Grant me peace and calm to accept the things I cannot change. To be grateful, to let go and to surrender.
Be courageous...The courage to change the things I can. Living with courage, being brave versus living with fear and being fearful. Being brave enough to be me, to be vulnerable, to step into the arena of life and dare to be great. Having hope and faith.
Be still...Wisdom to know the difference. How do we know the difference? By being still. By praying and asking and then being still to hear the answer. By paying attention to the signs. By listening to your intuition. So often we seek, but we do not stop to be still or to pay attention.
Be present...Living one day at a time. Being present with the here and now. Not ruminating about the past or worrying about the future. Enjoying one moment at a time. Cherishing the present, so as to not miss out on life. Being mindful of today and of this moment with hope and faith.
Be aware...Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace. Seeing the hardships and the challenges as learning and growing opportunities. Opportunities to explore who I am, to see my shadow and to determine what I desire to embody. Having hope and faith.
Be faith...Having belief, trust and loyalty in a greater plan. Having hope and faith.
And so be it...Amen means "so be it". Every time you say "amen" at the end of your prayers you are saying "so be it". Another way I like to end my prayers is with the words "and so it is". Amen is truth. Amen is a solemn affirmation. When we say, "Amen" we are saying, "Yes before God I agree with that; I believe that to be true; I want that to be so". When you end your prayer with amen, mean what you say because you are asking God to let things be done that you have prayed for.
I'm going to start praying the Serenity Prayer as part of my daily prayer and meditation time. It embodies a lot of practices that I believe to be important. Peace, courage, stillness, awareness, presence, faith...Serenity, Hope, Faith.
I hope this served you too!
Thank you again for a lovely reminder of ways to live a more peaceful, joyful and fulfilling life.
In particular, I've been thinking a lot lately about your paragraph on 'Be Aware' and accepting hardships as learning and growing opportunities. I'm aware that when pain comes knocking at my door, it's like an unwelcome stranger. However, by the time it leaves, I realize it's a valued friend because those are the times of greatest growth in my life and I'm grateful for the visit. Remembering this helps get me through the tough times (like now).
Thank you sister of mine!
You are so very welcome! Thank you for your feedback. I love the analogy of a stranger knocking at the door.
I love the Serenity Prayer - always a favorite of mine - as is the prayer of St. Francis of Assisi. Powerful words to live by and a wonderful reminder. As always, thank you for the thought-provoking message.
You are welcome! I'm glad that it served as a nice reminder for you. Thank you for mentioning the St. Francis of Assisi prayer. I looked it up and will use it as well!
I like it when parents name their child "serenity". It is very unique and very meaningful. Children nowadays must be educated in school the growth in ourselves, not just physical, but also spiritual and emotional. Since depression is a big issue in the society nowadays, we should focus more on knowing these words. These words will help people to hope more, some people will dream more and that was a good news. I guess it will lessen the number of increasing depressed people.
I love the name Serenity as well. Thank you for sharing your thoughts!


Oskar Blues announced this morning plans to expand both capacity and infrastructure at its brewery in Brevard, North Carolina, furthering the company's commitment to growing in east coast markets.
Per a statement from the brewery, which is headquartered in Longmont, Colo. but opened a manufacturing outpost in North Carolina in 2012, the latest expansion will include the construction of a 9,000 sq. ft. wastewater treatment system and a 17,000 sq. ft. addition for fermentation tanks. In total, the expansion will increase the facility's production capacity to 210,000 barrels.
In its first two years of operation, Oskar Blues produced a total of 110,000 barrels of beer out of North Carolina. That product was distributed to 20 states on the eastern half of the U.S., the company said. This year, Oskar Blues Brevard is pushing towards 85,000 barrels of total production.
In 2014, Oskar Blues, the country's 24th largest craft brewery, produced 149,000 barrels total, a 25 percent uptick over the year prior.
Editor's note: Oskar Blues founder Dale Katechis and marketing director Chad Melis will be speaking at our Brewbound Session business conference in Chicago, tomorrow. To learn more and to purchase tickets, please visit the events homepage. Can't make it to Chicago? Check out the full agenda and tune into our live stream broadcast of the event, which will begin at 8:45 a.m. CDT.


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Clever space-saving solutions and storage ideas for small bedroom design. Ideas for our next house - mainly to build or renovate a smaller space into a space functional. If there's a nook or cranny not being used, then there's plenty of room to expand. To save floor space and create a sense of airiness in a bedroom.
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If someone offers you something there are two basic reactions you can have, you can receive what they offer, or you can reject it. If someone tried to give you something that was not very good it would be natural to resist accepting it. But, it would be strange for anyone to be offered something good and beneficial without that thing being received. Normally, we like to receive good things, but if someone tries to give us something and we don't understand the true value of that thing, we might not be so excited about it. This could result in our resisting something instead of receiving it as we should.
The Bible is filled with good things that we need to know, but we still need to receive those things. In the Book of Acts, we learn about the people of Berea who, we are told, "received the word with all readiness of mind". Not only did they receive the Word, but it tells us about their attitude towards the Word of God, they received it with "readiness of mind". In other words, they were eager to receive the Word rather than having a questioning attitude about it and not being sure if they really wanted what was being offered to them. They did not resist the Word but they were ready to receive it.
There are times when we might hear the truth of God's Word, but we are not too excited about what it tells us. There are times we will see things in the Bible that show us where we need to make changes in our life, to either stop doing something that is out of line with the Word or to begin doing something we have failed to do in the past. James 1 talks about receiving the Word and then doing the Word; if we resist what God has said and we don't receive the Word then we certainly can't do it. We all need to be like the Bereans and be ready and eager to receive the Word and to do the Word.


Spinnova's sustainable fibre innovation has won a Fast Company's annual World Changing Ideas Award. Spinnova was chosen the winner of the Experimental (New!) category award.
The winners of Fast Company's 2019 World Changing Ideas Awards were announced today, honoring businesses, policies, projects, and concepts that offer innovative solutions to the issues facing humanity.
Now in its third year, the World Changing Ideas Award showcases 17 winners, more than 200 finalists, and more than 300 honorable mentions. A panel of eminent judges selected winners and finalists from a pool of more than 2,000 entries.
The Experimental (New!) category that Spinnova won is for concepts, prototypes and just-launched ideas that have the potential to change how we think about an issue.
– We're thrilled to see Spinnova make this remarkable list of innovative solutions. It's important in today's world to give recognition to companies, whose purpose and business are based on sustainability. We work hard to scale up an innovation that global, critical challenges like climate change desperately need, comments Spinnova's CEO Janne Poranen.
Spinnova develops a breakthrough method that can produce textile-ready fibre out of cellulose without a dissolving process or harmful chemicals. The company has recently entered a piloting phase in the development. Spinnova recently completed its industrial scale pilot line in Finland, and will now start carrying out product development projects with brand partners. In practice, this means making prototypes of commercial textile products, where part or all of current materials will be replaced with Spinnova's cellulose-based fibre.
Fast Company is a monthly American business magazine that focuses on technology, business and design. With a goal of awarding ingenuity and fostering innovation, Fast Company draws attention to ideas with great potential and helps them expand their reach to inspire more people to start working on solving the problems that affect us all.
The May print issue of the magazine, showcasing the World Changing Ideas, will be out on 16 April.


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Squid Game Season 2 is not coming to Netflix in September
When is Squid Game Season 2 coming to Netflix?
In an interesting turn of events, Netflix has shown the green light for the second season of Squid Game, one of the most popular Korean dramas that have received unparalleled exponential fame and traction. A source told Variety, "This is only the beginning of the Squid Gameworld."
Ever since its release in September 2021, Squid Game has made Lee, its South Korean actor, one of the most popular actors in the world. It was even successful in having its own cult that is only increasing in number than anyone else's.
If you haven't watched the show yet, take a look at its trailer:
When will Squid Game Season 2 hit Netflix?
There is no specific release date for Squid Game Season 2 announced as of yet, and since it has not begun filming, it's too early to predict. But one thing is for sure it's not coming to Netflix in September.
Owing to its demand and pressure for another season, Hwang Dong-hyuk, the creator of Squid Game, said that he was left with "no option" but to continue with the sequel. He further added, "Yes, there will be a second season; I can confirm that. I'm thinking about that at the moment." Based on this, we can infer that things are now in the planning stage as of yet.
Resultantly, it's going to take at least a year before we get to feel the thrill again.
Who is the cast of Squid Game Season 2?
Hwang Dong-hyuk confirmed quite recently that Lee Jung-Jae would be reprising his role as Seung Gi-hun, the winner of the first games. Apart from him, we still don't know if the other actors will be returning or not. But mostly, we assume that they won't be unless there is a prequel or the sequel constitutes flashbacks.
According to Netflix, "Gi-hun returns. The Front Man returns. Season 2 is coming. The man in the suit with ddakji might be back. You'll also be introduced to Young-hee's boyfriend, Cheol-su."
Hwang Jun-ho mentioned that he would not be returning for a second season. Variety reported that Hwang is currently working on the film, KO Club, which follows a story that constitutes generational fights.
In a conversation with New York Times, Lee Jung-jae, who reprised the role of Seong G-hun, said, "Gi-hun's feelings may be highly convoluted, therefore it's hard to answer this question without knowing more about the story. He's a fascinating figure. I suppose he could take the game's makers to court. Alternatively, he might strive to prevent new players from participating. Alternatively, he might re-enter the game. At this moment, I have no idea."
For more updates on Squid Game Season 2, stay tuned to Web News Observer.


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