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Sailing Doodles has made quite a journey since they started as they now have 25 mil...
Sailing Doodles has made quite a journey since they started as they now have 25 million views
Bobby White and his partner Laura have become quite well-known in these parts for their YouTube channel Sailing Doodles, the fourth most watch sailing vlog on YouTube.
But how did they become so popular, so fast?
Let's start at the beginning. Bobby was born and raised in Dallas, Texas; a corporate pilot for two decades, he spent time overseas, including four years in Abuja, Nigeria, and another in Dubai but he had been back in Texas for five years flying Gulfstreams for a wealthy family to their vacation homes in the US and Caribbean when he suffered a stroke that ended his flying career.
One morning, in September 2015, Bobby woke up with a severe headache and took Ibuprofen, a blood thinner, not realizing he had a brain bleed going on. Picking up the phone to text his girlfriend at the time, Bobby realized he couldn't read, so he knew something was very wrong, He was able to drive himself to an ur-gent-care facility, who rushed him to a hospital where he had a CAT scan and they realized he had suffered a Hemorrhagic stroke. He was soon put on a helicopter headed for a Dallas hospital that specializes in brain trauma. He spent eleven days in neuro ICU, undergoing three different procedures. The result was he lost his medical license to fly. By that time, Bobby figured he had flown 7,000 flight hours and approximately 2,000,000 nautical miles.
Bobby had to reteach himself how to read, and that took about two months. The first three months after post-stroke are extremely critical and patients need to be pro-active, oth-erwise they don't recover much more after those first three months Bobby's mother is a successful realtor, so he thought he would give that a whirl, but he lasted eight months. He hated it, "the most stressful job I ever had" he says.
One day, Bobby was listening to the Sailing Podcast (no longer active) and Riley and Elayna from the Sailing Vagabonde were being interviewed (they had 100,000 YouTube sub-scribers at that time, now they have 570,000). Bobby had done some lake sailing and chartered boats in the Caribbean so he started following them. Bobby decided if the Sailing La Vaga-bonde folks could do it, so could he, so he sold everything he owned except for a few clothes and created Sailing Doodles, named after his two Labradoodles, Maverick and Goose.
He went to Houston and paid US$24,000 for a 37ft C & C (1984) and put 29another $4,000 into upgrading the boat. Within a month of buying her, he set sail with his friend Megan on Ruff Seas out of Galveston Bay and they sailed across the Gulf of Mexico in seven days to the Florida Keys. They then continued on through the Bahamas and into the US Virgin Islands.
"In hindsight, you don't really know what you need in a cruising boat until you've gone cruising, Ruff Seas didn't carry enough fuel or water, had a deep draft for its size — not suit-able for the Bahamas — but it was a fast boat."
Bobby's goal with Sailing Doodles was just to offset expenses and the original plan was to sail around for a year and then sell the boat using the experience he had learned to get a job as crew on another boat. He first met Laura, his Sailing Doodles partner, at a regatta in St Thomas in the US Virgin Islands. She was working there as a traveling nurse, and a mutual friend introduced them through Instagram. The irony being that Laura was an ICU nurse who took care of stroke patients; Laura was impressed that Bobby chose not to be sidelined by his injury, if anything it empowered him, so Laura decided to keep tabs on him. Bobby sailed on Ruff Seas until June of 2017 when he left her in Puerto Rico as he took a job delivering a Lagoon 440 from St Maarten to Florida. He had his boat under contract to sell, and then the guy who was going to buy it backed out at the last minute. Hurricane Maria then ravaged Puerto Rico and damaged Ruff Seas, practically beyond repaid. Bobby ended up giving the boat away, as the mast was broken and she had considerable hull damage.
At this point Sailing Doodles was cov-ering Bobby's living expenses. He was posting once a week, and he was getting more and more comfortable with his sailing skills. But with Ruff Seas out of commission, Bobby didn't have enough cash to buy another boat, so he thought about turning Sailing Doodles into a travel blog, using the experience he had learned to get a job as crew on another boat.
He first met Laura, his Sailing Doodles partner, at a regatta in St Thomas in the US Virgin Islands. She was working there as a traveling nurse, and a mutual friend introduced them through Instagram. The irony being that Laura was an ICU nurse who took care of stroke patients; Laura was impressed that Bobby chose not to be sidelined by his injury, if anything it empowered him, so Laura decided to keep tabs on him.
Bobby sailed on Ruff Seas until June of 2017 when he left her in Puerto Rico as he took and picked Thailand as his first destination.
He flew to Thailand in September of 2017, and one of his YouTube viewers said he should talk with Ron Patston of Gulf Charters. Bobby contacted Ron and asked if he could interview him and do a tour of his Island Spirit boat manufacturing company. The video re-ceived 50,000 views in the first days after it was posted, so an idea gestated; Gulf Charters had a boat sitting in Vancouver for three years that Ron was trying to get over to Thailand to put in his company's charter fleet. Ron told Bobby the boat was his as long as he brought it to Ocean Marina by the end of August 2018.


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У человека, который ее взял, есть своя 12 летняя французская бульдожка... Она Плюшу не приняла... А вчера они опять поцапались, и у старушки случился инсульт :( Теперь ей для выздоровления нужен полный покой, а присутствие Плюши в доме ее очень нервирует.
Ань, я забыла, скоко-скоко ей?
Может, в Донецк ее пристроить?
Awww that's so sad. I see other dogs in your journal. Unfortunately I cannot read Russian ...so I have no idea what you are saying but I enjoy looking at the pictures. How many dogs do you have?
I'm the owner of 3 pugs (you saw there photoes). A blind old pug lives in my flat because his owners had left him in hospital, but I hope to find new owners for him. The other dogs in my LJ were lost. Some of them found there old owners, other found new owners. And they lived in my flat for the period of search of owners.
PS I don't speak English well so I apologise to mistakes.
I don't work at hospital :) But I like animals and try to help dogs who lost there owners. There is a group of people who help anymals and we also help each other. It isn't an official organisation.
Poor little guy. Is that the before and after photos? If they are he is looking much better in the second one. We have a few organizations that will help distressed animals and put them up for adoption. Most do find homes but sadly not all of them. Dogs stand a better chance of being adopted out then cats. To me my pets are a life commitment so many people do not realize this and for whatever reason they sell them or give them away or drop them off at a shelter. My Maggie is 3 years old and I hope she will stand me for many more years. The chinchillas are 14 years old.
Yes, he is after 2 month's treatment in the second photo. He has new hair, but he would never see. He is near 7 years old and it is rather difficult to find new owners for him :( People prefer young dogs and he is too old for them.


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01. (01) OMI – "Cheerleader" (*2 weeks*)
02. (03) The Weeknd – "Can't Feel My Face"
03. (02) Wiz Khalifa – "See You Again" ft. Charlie Puth
04. (04) Taylor Swift – "Bad Blood" ft. Kendrick Lamar
05. (05) Silento – "Watch Me"
07. (07) WALK THE MOON – "Shut Up And Dance"
08. (08) Rachel Patten – "Fight Song"
09. (17) Major Lazer & Dj Snake – "Lean On" ft. MØ
10. (12) The Weeknd – "The Hills"
"Cheerleader" remains on top of the Hot 100 for a second week. The Weeknd posts a second entry with "The Hills" in the top 10 and he now has 4 top 10 hits under his belt, of which 3 have been as a lead act.
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03. (01) Meek Mill – Dreams Worth More than Money
04. (–) Kidz Bop – Kidz Bop 29
06. (05) Sam Hunt – Montevallo
07. (–) R5 – Sometime Last Night
08. (11) Meghan Trainor – Title
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Research shows nearly 1 in 3 people in social housing can't access the internet
Research released today identifies eight groups of Kiwis disadvantaged through lack of internet access.
For example, new research shows nearly one in three people living in social housing can't access the internet.
Digital Inclusion and Wellbeing in New Zealand, a research report by Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, identifies people in social housing, people with disabilities, Pasifika, Māori, people living in larger country towns, people over 75, the unemployed, and people not actively seeking work as being the least digitally included in society.
Digital Inclusion and Wellbeing in New Zealand highlights the need to improve access to the internet for these groups to ensure they are able to more fully participate in important civic activities such as voting and to ensure they enjoy a sense of social connectedness and personal wellbeing.
DIA acting Deputy Chief Executive and Deputy Government Chief Digital Officer Ann-Marie Cavanagh welcomes the report's findings encouraging organisations such as government agencies, businesses and non-government agencies to use them to improve internet accessibility for the New Zealanders with poorest rates of internet access.
"This report is an important addition to the government's growing knowledge of digital inclusion in New Zealand – particularly when it comes to shedding more light on access to the digital world," she says.
In May, government launched a strategy and action plan for digital inclusion called The Digital Inclusion Blueprint, Te Mahere mō te Whakaurunga Matihiko.
The Blueprint identifies four elements necessary for someone to be considered 'digitally included'. They are access, motivation, skills and trust.
Ms Cavanagh says: "The challenge now is for organisations involved in digital inclusion, from government agencies, to private tech companies to NGOs, to use the research to ensure all New Zealanders have what they need to participate in, contribute to, and benefit from the digital world.
"This research makes it clear that some people are missing out on what the digital world offers. We know digital exclusion creates inequality in society. It increases social and financial disadvantage and it affects personal wellbeing and the economy.
"Ensuring all New Zealanders are included requires everyone to play their part – from government agencies to telcos and start-ups to the many community groups who provide services at the coal face. This important research begins to give us all direction on who most needs our support and where to most direct our efforts."
Dr Arthur Grimes, Senior Fellow at Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, was the lead author of the research.
Findings include:
69 percent of those living in Housing NZ (or local equivalent) social housing report having access to the internet, compared with 91 percent reporting access across all respondents in 2017.
In 2018, 17 percent of people with disabilities indicated having no internet access compared to all respondents at five percent.
Other groups with low rates of internet access identified by the research included: Pasifika, Māori, people living in larger country towns, people aged over 75 years, unemployed people, and those not actively seeking work.
Note, research questions about internet access, used in the findings above, asked an individual to tick yes to one or more of:
having access to the internet at work
having access to the internet at home
having access to the internet on mobile
having access to the internet somewhere else.
The no internet category was applied to individuals who ticked no access to the internet and did not tick yes to any form of internet access.
To read the report, go to: www.digital.govt.nz


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More than control More than control
More than control
Smart instruments enable the combination of controlling and managing
At Nouryon in Herkenbosch, smart instrumentation based on HART technology has been in use since 2007. But until now the possibilities of the intelligence were not fully unlocked. The signal from these smart instruments was only used for control, not for management. The instrumentation in the installed base was ready for it, but the ecosystem, digital, physical and for the employee, had to be set up and prepared.
Smart instruments deliver data that provides insight into status and health.
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The new ecosystem does not interfere with the control; it is a completely separate system. That is the strength of the solution, and everything works intuitively.
Guido von den Hombergh
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All the intelligence in the HART instrumentation had to be unlocked using a digital ecosystem that made it possible to exploit its full potential. Guido van den Hombergh of Nouryon: "We wanted to prevent interference between the installed and new control systems, and be safe. We thus constructed a bypass system based on the Fieldgate SFG250 HART Ethernet gateway as a fundamental building block to digitally unlock all relevant maintenance and management information from the HART instruments."
Human effort
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An attack on the Lincolnshire countryside
Posted on January 14, 2013 by rogeroffice
Jan 12th, with Mr. Bowler at the Bicker Fen wind farm
Try to imagine 350,000 vehicle movements, mostly lorries, in three years, down a ten-foot-wide country lane with few passing places. That's over 300 a day, every day, including weekends. Plus 120,000 tons of rock and hardcore to provide a foundation for an electricity substation in the fens. Water mains serving the local community broken by weight of traffic and construction work, fifty-seven times during the three years — with supplies lost for three days on one occasion. Think of Cowbridge Road — that's its name — a sea of mud in wet weather, a desert of dust in the dry. Not so much the Lincolnshire fens — it sounds more like the retreat from Moscow.
I could scarcely believe the numbers when I first heard them, but they are provided by Lincolnshire County Council, which monitored the traffic. This was a project to build thirteen wind-turbines and the sub-station in unspoiled Lincolnshire fenland.
On January 12th I went to Bicker Fen, near Boston, Lincs, to meet Mr. John Bowler, who lives in Cowbridge Lane with his wife, three horses and a couple of dogs. Mr. Bowler is not in the best of health, yet he's had to put up with the noise, day and night, and the dirt and dust and disruption, for years.
Now he faces a new threat. The developers RWE want to build an additional substation. This one has nothing to do with the local wind-farm. It's part of the infrastructure for the new Triton Knoll off-shore wind "park" off Mablethorpe. To connect to the National Grid, they need to bring cabling right the way down through Lincolnshire, past Boston, from Mablethorpe. Thankfully the cabling will be (in the industry jargon) "undergrounded". A pity the turbines can't be undergrounded too. And the developers need a substation, and are looking at Bicker Fen — again — as a location. But Mr. Bowler has had enough.
There are many reasons to oppose wind power, not least that it fails in its primary objective of cutting emissions. But if we must have wind farms, surely the associated substations could at least be put in accessible locations, by major roads — not down long, narrow lanes, causing years of disruption for local residents. One of Mr Bowler's neighbours is a farmer, who was forced to do his harvesting at night because the volume of day-time traffic blocked access to his farm.
The planning consent for Bicker Fen imposed a series of conditions on the developer, including regular cleaning of mud from the road. Local residents tell me that the developer made no attempt to fulfil these conditions. Why not? Because the local authority simply can't afford the legal costs of enforcement — especially against developers grown fat on subsidies, who have almost unlimited funds to defend legal cases — and, as we know to our cost, to challenge planning decisions that go against them.
Even in their own terms, can the emissions savings planned (not delivered) for wind turbines ever cover the emissions involved in 350,000 vehicle movements, and shifting 120,000 tons of hard-core? I doubt it. But I shall be writing to RWE to see what their figures say.
8 Responses to An attack on the Lincolnshire countryside
maureen gannon says:
Can someone please tell me what happened to the "We are all in it together ?, people will decide for their communities via the Localism Bill ? we had the housing minister riding roughshod over people before they have a say in the desecration of their way of life by stating " we have no choice but to build more.[ love the we] regardless of what people want . and this will be on green belt land. how many more people are going to be allowed in before there is strife,
mikestallard says:
If it was for fracking, then I would have some sympathy. But windmills only work when the wind blows – I thought even a child knew that. So they do not provide electricity unless the wind is blowing. And all that mess, mud and lorries is in aid of what?
This Emperor really is naked!
Heather Alibakir says:
Am I right, at least partially in thinking that the emperor in this cae is the EU?
Mike Scott-Hayward says:
Children do think windmillss are nice and needed – they are told so at school – the EU is brainwashing your kids.
Ivor Ward says:
Yes ,Mike. Money is being poured into schools to indoctrinate children in the ways of the consensus. The STASI would have been proud to know that their methods are being applied in the UK long after East Germany ceased to exist. We have a Government that only applies the law when it suits them.
fenbeagleblog says:
Well mr Helmer, you will be pleased to know that the intention is to build another x 22 wind turbines 125m tall (the Bicker ones are 100m tall) 5.45 kilometers to the north of that site at Heckington Fen. And it is hoped to build at least another x 17 125m turbines 5.25 to the south west.
(Although the developer at Heckington feels they will not merge visually and create an overall industrialising effect of the area)……. I am absolutely certain they will.
Douglas Colyer says:
Dear Mr Helmer
Sizewell C is a massive EDF programme. The one element is that we must expect the contract and sub-contracting to build it must be advertised throughout Europe. As usual these days the cheapest workforce will come from Eastern Europe, and like Boston and Peterborough, they won't go home, resulting in a massive social problem in East Suffolk.
Nigel Greaves says:
Roger, if you are still in contact with Mr Bowler he may be interested to know that the planning condition imposed to keep the roads clean is not the only one that has not been complied with.
Condition 10 states that a programme of noise monitoring should be agreed in writing with the LPA ~ unfortunately the LPA have no record or data of any noise monitoring at all, meaning that the wind farm has been operating for 8 years unregulated – condition 10 has been ignored/forgotten.
If the new proposals for the substation are passed there will be no point in complaining about the mud on the road as the local authorities are in the process of passing a new policy.
The "Persistent and Vexatious Customer Policy" was unanimously voted through to the next cabinet meeting, which is on the 6th April, where it will most likely be passed as there has been little notice given, and very few people were aware of it before an article in the local paper this week.
Once in place, any complainant who complains several (more than once maybe) times about the state of the roads will fall into the "persistent" category (persistency has now become a crime in this borough), and the complainant then finds himself on a "no personal contact" list which means his complaining days are over.
Ivor's remark above about the STASI now seems quite apt…
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ground located in the center of the city near Kalma Chowk and the jumbled pattern become more complex on holidays. The same situation was being noticed in other playgrounds of the city.
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Multan Development Authority (MDA). The young talent was moving to other big cities for more opportunities in sports because of low space for sports activities in Multan.
A local cricketer Majid Ali said that cricket was his favorite game but unfortunately there was no proper place near his residence where he could play.
become a national cricketer but he could not continue his practice due to shortage of playgrounds. He said that he was also planning to move to Lahore for future of his son.
playgrounds, they did not allow their kids to play in the streets because that could be dangerous for them.
facilities to the students which was irksome for the young people.
playgrounds and urged the officials concerned to provide schools with space which could be used for healthy activities by the students.
A residents Asif Shabir said that a large number of schools are being run in the residential areas in small houses, which are not able to facilitate students with grounds.
streets as playgrounds, which create problems for the residents.
activities to the youth of the city.
He said that district sports department was organizing different events and competitions to polish local talent.
To create attraction for young talent, Punjab government has made an E-Library in the sports gymnasium from where information related to sports are available, he added.
arranged in future to bring more improvement in young talent, he said adding, that several new playgrounds had been constructed by the concerned department.


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The match of Fulham vs Leicester in Barclays Premier League is started at 2018-12-6 03:45. For this match, the initial Asian Handicap is Fulham0.0; The initial Goals Odds is 2.0,2.5; The initial Corner Odds is 10.
For the last 15 matches, Fulham got 4 win, 9 lost and 2 draw with 15 Goals For and 31 Goals Against. The average of Goals For is 1 per match and the average of Goals Against is 2.1 per match. The rate of Over Goals is 47%; The rate of Handicap Win is 27%; The rate of win is 27%; The average of corners is 4 per match and the rate of Over Corners is 33%.
For the last 15 matches, Leicester got 6 win, 4 lost and 5 draw with 21 Goals For and 15 Goals Against. The average of Goals For is 1.4 per match and the average of Goals Against is 1 per match. The rate of Over Goals is 70%; The rate of Handicap Win is 43%; The rate of win is 40%; The average of corners is 5.8 per match and the rate of Over Corners is 53%.
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Ya Ya You Betcha
Adapted by Paul Sills
Co-directed by Jeffrey Herbst and Paul Sills
Additional Adaptions and Lyrics by Lee Becker and Frederick Heide
Beauty, humor, and music come together in this collection of stories from Scandinavia, presented on the AFT stage in its 2003 summer season. Ya Ya You Betcha was co-directed by AFT Artistic Director Jeff Herbst and the late Paul Sills, legendary Second City director and longtime Baileys Harbor resident. Epic heroism, magic, depth, talking animals, and Ole and Lena jokes abound.
WARREN GERDS - June 2003
'Betcha' has something for all
"Ya, Ya, You Betcha!" is the name of a show but also the answer to a question:
"You're going to chop my head off?"
A damsel asks that of the merrily merciless king in the Rumpelstiltskin-like tale, "Tom Tit Tot," that's part of the American Folklore Theatre fare this summer.
The dark humor in the Q&A is a mere fraction of the fun in this super production.
Some of the American Folklore Theatre's shows come from a specific kind of performing called Story Theatre.
Paul Sills, the creator of the style (and founding director of Chicago's famed The Second City improvisational theater company), has a residence in Door County and participated in this show.
In short, this is something special.
Scandinavian folk stories are the foundation of "Ya, Ya, You Betcha!" They are told in a luscious blend of acting, singing, movement, pantomime, song, music, and special effects.
Eight actors and three musicians romp through such tales as "The Princess Who Always had the Last Word," "Swan Maiden" and "The Way of the World."
These are wonderfully funny, touching or haunting.
Woven in are Door County name-dropping and modern-day references – for fresh touches.
Troupe co-founder, Green Bay native Frederick "Doc" Heide, is a musical creator/performer.
Among the outstanding performers are Doug Mancheski, Laurie Flanigan, Jeffrey Herbst (co-director with Sills) and Treva Tegtmeier.
Tossed in are Ole and Lena (or Sven or Lars) jokes.
Here's one: Ole and Lena go fishing to Canada and catch one fish. Figuring expenses, Lena says the fish cost $400 a pound. Ole says, "At that price, it's a good thing we didn't catch any more."
As usual, American Folklore Theatre makes sure there's something for every age.
Along with kid jokes, there are a few earthy wink-winks for Mom and Dad.
It's all packed into 80 minutes.
Shows are played out on the troupe's beautiful new stage, designed by Jim Maronek of the company.
The stage allows lots of freedom for the troupe and retains the woodsy charm that makes the theater so distinctive. Pine trees still grow through the stage floor.
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Ya, ya, it's a fun show, Ole - AFT scores again with story theatre
Scandinavians may have a stoic, even dour reputation – after all, they left the frozen north of Europe for, well, the frozen north of the Upper Midwest – but there is a rich tradition of storytelling and humor in the future, and it's a tradition that American Folklore Theatre is ready to explore.
AFT's latest story theater production, "Ya, Ya, You Betcha" is a recreation of one of its shows from 1992, "Tales of the Midnight Sun."
Some of the elements are the same in the current show, now running a t Peninsula State Park.
Paul Sills – the pioneer of the story theater style – again directs (this time in conjunction with Jeff Herbst), and AFT co-founder Fred "Doc" Heide is still the driving force behind the show.
The company, however, is almost completely different (only Heide and Herbst were in that first production); the technical side is far more developed; and they, of course, have a brand new stage to play on.
Like AFT's other story theater show, "Ya, Ya, You Betcha" is made up of folk tales and music. Props are kept to a bare minimum, and the actors explain the action as they are going along. Think of it as story time for several hundred of your best friends.
The eight tales are drawn from the folk tradition, so there are all manner of elves, dragons, transforming animals and curses.
The stories also dig deep into the heart and the soul. The "Swan Maiden," where a man tries to capture the wilds for his own, shows that love can't triumph over all. Then again, the young heroine of "East of the Sun and West of the Moon" is willing to go to any length to regain the man she loves.
It isn't all wind-swept Nordic epics. Tales like "Little Freddy and His Fiddle" and "Tom Tit Tot" showcase the Scandinavian sense of humor.
A string of Ole and Lena jokes are used for punctuation between the tales. They…well, best just to hear them.
The company has a grand time with the stories. Perhaps the best if "The Princess Who Always Had to Have the Last Word." In it, three brothers travel to try and get the hand of the aforementioned princess. Their task – to somehow make her speechless. Yet the ones who are focused only on the goal are not the ones who get her hand. Instead, it is the one who pauses to see what is around him and who finds treasure in every piece of trash. Doug Mancheski brings the character to life in a few short minutes on stage, making every simple action pure fun.
The rest of the company – Lee Becker, Kari Damien, Jon Hegge, Laurie Flanigan and Treva Tegtmeier – also have their moments in the spotlight, and they take full advantage of them.
The show did drag a bit Tuesday night – it may have been the heavy air or the early part of the season. "Ya, Ya, You Betcha" is also longer than past story theater shows. the energy for the last couple of stories seemed to dip noticeably, even though they were lighter tales.
"Ya, Ya, You Betcha" is still a fun time. And it serves proof that Scandinavians, at the very least, can laugh at themselves.


Again in April 2011, Amir Ben Dov visited two important sites near his home to monitor the gulls that are present at Ashdod and Maagan Michael fish ponds. By April, all adult southern breeding taxa have left for the breeding colonies of course, leaving the immature birds to start for the complete moult. Adult fuscus and heuglini can still be present at the very start of the month, but adults of these taxa as well continue their journey to the tundra to occupy breeding territories.
Armenian Gull (armeniucus): about 300 birds present, all 2cy birds, except for one adult and about 5-10 3cy birds).
The 2cy birds start to get very pale, whitish pale-brown flight feathers, which are very worn and abraded. The condition of the feathers (especially retained juvenile feathers) deteriorates quickly now with rising temperatures and it will get worse in June and July.	Now, mid-April, the complete moult has commenced in armenicus and many birds are seen with P1 missing or P1-P2 missing.
No more than only 60 gulls are present today, and most (40 birds) are nominate Lesser Black-backed Gulls (fuscus) with another 10 heuglini. One interesting bird showed characteristics of the taxon Steppe Gull (barabensis) and a few 2cy Armenian Gulls (armenicus) were there as well.
Larus armenicus adult April 01 2011, Ashdod, Israel. Picture: Amir Ben Dov.
Larus armenicus adult April 02 2011, Ashdod, Israel. Picture: Amir Ben Dov.
Larus group, April 26 2013, Pigeons Island - Maagan Michael, Israel. Picture: Amir Ben Dov.
Larus group, April 26 2013, Maagan Michael shore, Israel. Picture: Amir Ben Dov.


Pies verdict I doubt Fergie will sell Fletcher, but there's a good chance that Milito, who was relegated with Zaragoza last season, will arrive at Goodison.
Pies verdict It's clear that Bouazza will struggle to break into Fulham's first team this campaign; Charlton seem like a good fit.
Pies verdict Nothing more than tabloid guesswork.
Pies verdict I still think he'll end up at Hull.
Pies verdict Seems 95% certain that Crouchy is on his way back to Pompey.
Pies verdict Toss a coin.


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Nature is a great inspiration. May these photos evoke the creative spark within.
Mount Lofty Botanic Garden is on a sloping site.
There are two entrances: upper and lower.
The lower entrance (off Picadilly Road) is the entrance I used during my last visit many, many moons ago (B.C. 'Before Children'). It has level paths (wheelchair accessible) that wind their way around a lake.
A level path at last! I'm not sure where this one leads.
I didn't realise that there were two different gates to the park. When I returned this year with my family, we entered at the upper entrance (off Summit Road) after following signs from Mount Lofty Summit.
I was confused to discover that the paths into the park were not what I remembered. I began doubting myself, wondering whether I had mixed up the Mount Lofty Botanic Garden with another.
The Summit Road entrance was at the top of the hill and the garden was steep.
A view from the upper path.
The access paths were narrow and winding; dangerous for any unaccompanied wheelchair user and many paths were impassable. It wasn't until a passer-by told me that there were two gates to the park that it all made sense! We had arrived at the wrong entrance; no wonder I couldn't recognise the paths.
My intrepid family were determined to explore regardless so I got to see a part of the park that I had never seen before. It is beautiful and the views are amazing. I am more determined than ever to continue on my fitness routine to be able to walk this path one day.
Autumn canopies under a blue sky.
If my memory serves me correctly, the lake was bordered by a stand of deciduous trees which gave a spectacular autumn display, enhanced by their reflections in the water. I was hoping the children would come across that scene during our visit.
Autumn colour mix of native and exotic trees.
Pretty greens as the sunlight penetrates the foliage.
We couldn't reach the lake safely from the upper entrance but that didn't matter. The weather was glorious–clear skies with a warm breeze; unseasonally warm, shorts-and-tee-shirt weather.
Formal plantings give way to the native bush.
I love how the garden provides fauna habitat by preserving tracts of natural bush.
This bush is typical native vegetation of the Mount Lofty Ranges.
We enjoyed our adventure as we tried to navigate tricky pathways but were eventually forced to turn back; it was too dangerous and we were tiring.
It gives us a reason to return soon (using the lower entrance) to show the children the lake vista.
their skeletons have a ghostly beauty of their own.
I do hope we can revisit before all the trees become bare because the autumn colourscapes are magnificent.
A variety of shapes, colours and textures; perhaps to inspire a crochet design?
We emerged from the bush track to find a clearing with a seat for enjoying the views.
I hope you have enjoyed my view of the Mount Lofty Botanic Garden.
Lovely pics Jodie! I've not been in that garden for many many years. Not so much autumn colour here in Sydney - we haven't really even had autumn, yet. I saw a frangipani tree around the corner yesterday that was putting out new flowers...! We need a trip up into the Blue Mountains to really get the beauty of the seasonal changes, so might have to schedule one soon!
I'm glad you like the pictures, Kaz - a few memories of SA! I've heard a lot of talk about parts of Australia not having had a proper autumn with last week still being unseasonably warm. I can't believe your frangipani is flowering - aren't they settling into dormancy at this timne of year?
We have had a good autumn this year - nice days, cool nights and some good rains. The chill is setting in this week with our first temperatures below 10 degrees and the heater has come on. You will definitely need a heater in the blue mountains...do you have any favourite spots in the blue mountains? It is a lovely part of the world with spectacular scenery (if the winter fog hasn't rolled in!).
You certainly took us on a beautiful tour, stunning.
I'm disappointed that I couldn't get down to the Lakeside Trail (I've since learned that is the name of the trail I was hoping to find) because that has many more beautiful photo opportunities but what we did see was still beautiful and enjoyable.
Thank you for the gorgeous nature tour. I loved the toadstools and the fungi the best. My favourite garden these days is my back porch - pansies, mimulus, Jade, gernaiums, fuschias and herbs And a huge bleeding heart bush too.
Your garden sounds like a pleasant place to be, Mary-Anne. Maybe you should put some more photos of it on your blog this season. I have geraniums in window boxes but they need re-potting and tidying up. Which herbs do you use the most? Parsley and chives are popular in my famnily menus this season.
My exercise this year has been digging out mushrooms that have come up in my back lawn so that bunny won't eat them - I can't tell if they are poisonous or not so out they come. Those toadstools in the botanic garden were spectacular finds... they must have been about 10 cm (4") in diameter and their tops had deep red colours in them graduating to a golden colour near the edges. These colours look a little faded in the photographs and despite being amazingly coloured, it was easy to walk right past the toadstools because they blended in so well with the leaf litter. Apparently there are 'magic mushrooms' growing in the Adelaide Hills which have hallucinogenic properties!
The only fungi we eat though are from the green-grocer's!
Sorry you did not make it to the lake area, but like you said it gives you reason to go back soon. The park looks very beautiful.
It is a lovely place, Meredith.
I've probably missed the best of this year's autumn colour now that winter is definitely coming in with shorter, chilly days and cold nights.
Regardless, it was still a fun visit and quite the adventure to explore new paths and see different scenes. I am very lucky to have some beautiful gardens relatively close to home. You can be sure of future tours!
You have to go back! This place is gorgeous.
I definitely will go back, Amalia! I'm not sure when exactly. It will be when I am well enough, have enough time and energy to spare across the week and when someone is willing to drive and accompany me. Every now and then, the conditions coincide at which point I seize the day!


"Discrimination of Tamil's in Sri Lanka" is now gaining momentum in the Southern Indian State!
After former Chief Justice, Sarath Nanda Silva threatened to go to Court if President Mahinda Rajapaksa attempted to seek a third term, the President swiftly moved into action last week to seek judicial assistance on the issue. He first met with his legal experts the week before and was advised to seek the views of the Attorney General and the Supreme Court. Silva argued that with the promulgation of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, the provisions therein did not permit the incumbent to seek a third term. The former CJ's view point had been endorsed by many constitutional experts, legal sources said. Following Silva's threat to the President, groups of constitutional lawyers met and discussed the issue at Hulftsdorp at leisure and referred to the provisions of the 18th Amendment last week and upheld the argument of Sarath N. Silva. They dismissed an argument put forward in the print media by former minister and lawyer, Batty Weerakoon who claimed there was provision for Rajapaksa to seek a third term under that Amendment.
A glance to the past will recall how the architect of the 1978 Constitution, late President J.R. Jayewardene, followed a path when he planned to seek a third term. That was much before the 18th Amendment was even dreamed of. The former President himself accepted the view point of his brother, late H. W. Jayewardene, who conveyed that the incumbent cannot stay even a day after his second term and the provisions did not permit the incumbent to seek a third term. Therefore, Harry told his brother Junius to move an Amendment in Parliament as the brother enjoyed a five-sixth majority in the House and the Amendment only needed a two third majority. Satisfied with the position conveyed by Harry, President Jayewardene summoned his confidantes to Ward Place for dinner one night to discuss his plan. Among them was the late Anandatissa De Alwis. In the gathering numbering 10, there were lawyers and a few civil servants. While the legal eagles and the civil servants backed the idea to please the President, Anandatissa opposed the President's plan giving reasons. He told the President that the UNP was getting unpopular day by day due to the escalation of the JVP and LTTE violence and it was not advisable for the President to forge ahead with that plan. Anandatissa also pointed out that if JR obtained another term, he (JR) would not be physically strong to hold office as JR would come close to late 80s in age.
JR not satisfied with his lifelong friend Anandatissa's viewpoint said he could hold office for at least another four years and claimed he was physically fit to hold office. When JR took a tough stand on his plan, Anandatissa moved that it should be first put before the party as Premadasa too was waiting for his turn after toiling for the party for so long. JR looked a bit annoyed and asked Anandatissa, "So, Ananda you want to continue in politics under Premadasa? Anandatissa replied that he had no plans to continue in politics after the life of that Parliament ended whether JR continued as the President or not. "Well, I will put the proposal before the party as you requested Ananda and let us see how it goes", JR said. Finally, the UNP appointed a committee to look into the possibility of the incumbent seeking a third term. Agalawatte MP, Merril Kariyawasam, was asked to head that committee. When the JVP terror reached its peak, Kariyawasam was shot dead and JR's dream of seeking a third term thus ended. JR later said he handed over a torch burning from both ends to Premadasa who had to battle with a JVP insurgency and LTTE terrorism.
The present status of the Constitution as upheld by several constitutional experts does not provide passage for the incumbent President to seek a third term. The introduction of the 18th Amendment without giving thought to the issue looks to have completely shut the door for an aspirant in that direction. In the present scenario, there is much disgust over the executive system of government within the UPFA coalition. The government musters the two-third majority in the House, pinning hopes on the UNP crossovers with them. The crossovers of the UNP diluted the bargaining power of the smaller parties in the UPFA coalition. A presidential election at this crucial juncture appears to be critical with smaller political parties in the coalition voicing dissent on the continuance of the system.
In addition, there is also division of opinion among the SLFP members on the continuance of the executive presidential system, which undermines the authority of the Legislature. Those coalition partners are even opposed to the proposed Amendment planned by the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) to retain the presidency with powers diluted. The JHU will announce its proposal by end September.
In addition, Ven. Maduluwawe Sobhitha Thera came out on Thursday with a five point plan, which is aimed at the total abolition of the Executive Presidency where he seeks to replace the system with an Executive Prime Minister responsible to Parliament. The monk stressed the need to reintroduce the 17th Amendment to ensure the independence of certain Commissions where the present system would be depoliticized. He has, in his proposal given a six-month roadmap to the common candidate who wins the next presidential election to implement the five point plan to totally abolish the executive presidential system.
Following the meet between Indian Premier Narendra Modi and the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) delegation led by R. Sampanthan, the TNA on being advised to open a dialogue with Colombo announced its desire to resume the stalled talks. However, the Tamil party insisted on certain pre-conditions, while the government stubbornly stands by the current position at the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) process. The TNA wants all powers envisaged in the 13th Amendment to be devolved to the periphery including Land and Police powers. The TNA claims that the government was holding onto a part of the land powers vested in the 13th Amendment. The government claims areas that come within the high security zones came under its purview in the security interests of the country. It had also rejected the call for police powers stating the present situation was not opportune to devolve police powers, as yet there were LTTE remnants trying to re-group in the North.
Indian Premier Modi during his talks with the TNA stressed the need for the full implementation of the 13th Amendment and even beyond to enable the Sri Lankan Tamils to live in dignity and honour. He is reported to have told the TNA delegation that India stood 100% with the Tamils in Sri Lanka in finding a solution to the crisis. That fact was revealed in Colombo by TNA MP, M.A. Sumanthiran, who claimed the Indian Premier made that statement at the conclusion of the New Delhi talks. The issue of Police powers centred during talks with Sampanthan. Modi who did not specifically refer to police powers had told Sampanthan, whatever that was envisaged in the Amendment had to be fully implemented as the first step followed by issues that would go beyond that Amendment. Stating that, Modi advised the TNA to start a dialogue with the Sri Lankan Government also, on the instructions Modi, the TNA has now started to open dialogues with other Tamil political parties, the Ceylon Workers' Congress of Arumugam Thondaman and the Muslim political parties. It is learnt that Modi had advised Sampanthan to take on board all minority political parties in the attempt to find a reasonable and lasting solution. Despite both sides in Sri Lanka standing stubborn on conditional talks, the PSC process is yet at crossroads. With the ethnic issue pressurizing the government by the day and a separate meet with Narendra Modi hanging in the balance, President Mahinda Rajapaksa has decided to call on Modi on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session in New York in the last week of this month.
Sources close to the Palace in Colombo said President Rajapaksa is keen on meeting Modi as the latter's meet with the Tamil National Alliance received much publicity in the Sri Lankan and Indian media, at which Modi had expressed his deep commitment to the Tamil cause in Sri Lanka and to urge Colombo to expedite the 13th Amendment as a foundation for devolution of power to the Tamil-speaking areas where the Tamils and the Muslims are predominant. Rajapaksa has also expressed concern to his ministers about Modi's statement to the TNA that the latter should even start a dialogue with his government irrespective of the PSC process. Sources close to Rajapaksa said the President firmly stands on the position that the TNA should come before the PSC to find a durable solution to the crisis and that the government could not adopt a two way process on the same issue.
The government has felt quite uneasy over the manner the TNA was behaving in trying to get New Delhi to put pressure on Colombo. Despite all reports received on the Modi-TNA meet, Rajapaksa is keen to have a meet with Modi in New York during the UNGA sessions to read his neighbour's mind on the views he had reportedly expressed to the TNA. Sampanthan having concluded his talks with Modi held discussions with Bharatiya Janatha Party (BJP) unit in Chennai where he raised reported comments made on the Sri Lankan issue by Dr. Subramanian Swamy, whom he described as a 'product' imported from India to speak on behalf of the Rajapaksa Government. Sampanthan told the officials of the BJP in Chennai that Dr. Swamy's remarks have angered the Tamil people in Sri Lanka. Following Sampanthan meet in Chennai with the BJP, anti-Dr. Swamy sentiments began to surface in the Southern Indian State and ended up in mass protests last week. That forced Dr. Swamy to seek additional security from Modi's Government and the request was acceded to by the Centre in New Delhi.
The Modi Government seems to be moving away from the earlier Indian tradition of only talking to the main Tamil political party and the Colombo Government. Of course during the Indira-Rajiv administrations they spoke to the LTTE too and it was on their instructions the LTTE formed a political wing as New Delhi wanted to brush off allegations that a supreme government was talking to a terrorist organization of another country. Former Colombo based Indian diplomat, J.N. Dixit was responsible for the formation of a political wing of the LTTE to pave the way for New Delhi to hold separate talks with the terrorist organization. India's latest move for a joint Sri Lankan front of minorities indicates her intention to build a strong minority force to exert more pressure on Colombo over the ethnic issue. Modi has told Sampanthan that such a force would look formidable as the minority Muslims too would want their grievances resolved and also the Indian Tamils living in the Sri Lankan plantations. Moving in that direction, Sampanthan plans to hold direct talks with all Muslim leaders and Thondaman shortly.
While Sampanthan embarks on a journey to unify the minorities in the country, to build a common platform for minority grievances, the majority political parties in the South look divided, with each party competing to get a meet with Indian Premier Modi. The Indian leader who gave precedence to Sampanthan still keeps the Sri Lankan President, Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe and former President Chandrika Kumaratunga in suspense. Kumaratunga, a bitter opponent of Rajapaksa is now canvassing to get an early appointment with Modi using the influence of her friends in the Indian political upper echelons as Bandaranaikes' are known to be close friends of India. Rajapaksa is at his best to catch Modi in New York. Wickremesinghe is yet to receive a response to his request to Modi. Diplomatic sources in New Delhi disclosed that Modi was unlikely to meet Sri Lankan Opposition politicians in the near future until his External Affairs Minister, Sushma Swaraj visits Colombo in end October or early November. They said Modi was more concerned about the ethnic strife in the island nation which had been dragging for decades than the urgency of a presidential election that was likely to be held in January next year. "Our Prime Minister is closely monitoring the developments on Sri Lanka's ethnic issue and much focus is placed on that and not on an election in Sri Lanka," a source at the Prime Minister's office in New Delhi said.
Unlike previous Indian governments, the Modi Government has decided against appointing a special envoy or requesting External Affairs Minister Swaraj to shuttle between Colombo and New Delhi with regard to the ethnic issue in the island nation. Instead Modi has decided to directly engage with Colombo through the Indian Mission located in Colombo. Sampanthan who recalled the role of G. Parthasarathy who was special envoy on the Lankan issue to Indira Gandhi, requested Modi to appoint a special envoy to which Modi replied in the negative. Modi has also decided to use the section of the Colombo Indian High Commission located in Jaffna to monitor the situation in the North directly. He had also indicated his desire to meet the Northern Chief Minister, C.V.Wigneswaran before he sets out dates to meet Sri Lankan leaders from the island's south.
In another development before Rajapaksa emplanes to New York in a few days time, the 'New York Times' ran an editorial on 23 August 2014 highly critical of Colombo's refusal to accommodate and cooperate with the United Nations investigation team on war crimes and human rights violations.
Sri Lanka's Ambassador to the United States, Prasad Kariyawasam claimed the editorial published had made 'insensitive assertions' about his country. "To compare Sri Lanka's human rights and humanitarian emergencies elsewhere in the world is unjust," Ambassador Kariyawasam said in his response. Kariyawasam immediately sent the following response to that editorial: -"Your Aug. 23 editorial -'Sri Lanka's Intransigence'- about the government's refusal to cooperate with the United Nations investigation into suspected human rights abuses during the country's civil war, makes insensitive assertions about my country. Sri Lanka has enjoyed uninterrupted democracy since 1931. Last September we held the first election to the Northern Provincial Council, delayed by more than two decades because of the refusal of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam to politically empower people in the North. Now, the Tamil National Alliance is in control of the provincial administration. To compare Sri Lanka to human rights and humanitarian emergencies elsewhere in the world is unjust.
We reject the United Nations investigation because its intrusive nature exceeds its mandate. It challenges the sovereignty of our country; violates basic principles of international law; vitiates the atmosphere needed for reconciliation; and ignores substantial and progressive socioeconomic and political progress already achieved, including the resettlement of 300,000 displaced people and the reintegration of 11,000 armed cadres.The three-decade-long conflict with many failed attempts at peace because of LTTE intransigence affected the whole country. Local accountability mechanisms, now strengthened with international experts, are respectful of inherent social, cultural and ethnic susceptibilities, unlike the United Nations-driven process, which serves externally motivated interests and will destabilize the intricate balance of the national reconciliation process".
Though the Central Government of India continues to extend the ban on the Sri Lankan terrorist outfit the LTTE, the Indian judiciary took a different turn last week when MDMK General Secretary Vaiko was allowed to present arguments before a special tribunal constituted by the Delhi High Court to look into the ban on LTTE as an "unlawful organization". The High Court in Delhi allowed his application on behalf of the LTTE and Vaiko is known to be an ardent supporter of the LTTE which was a terror organization.
The tribunal headed by Justice G. P. Mittal in July called for responses from the LTTE and any other persons on the application to review the ban. Already, the LTTE stands banned for a further five years under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act by the Central Government.
The Delhi court's final verdict which would be delivered after considering the views of the Centre and Tamil Nadu should be closely monitored in the national interests of Sri Lanka as the LTTE is now gaining momentum in the Southern Indian State which bred the LTTE during the Indira Gandhi regime.
The tribunal will hold its hearing in Chennai on 26 and 27 September, giving an opportunity to any person from the LTTE to appear and give evidence on why the ban on the organization should not be upheld.
Colombo should closely watch that development in Chennai to see whether any Tamils of Sri Lankan origin connected to the LTTE may surface to submit reasons before the tribunal in favour of the LTTE.
There are many thousands of Sri Lankan Tamils who fled the North during the three-decade war and hundreds of LTTE cadres and supporters fled to Tamil Nadu during the final phase of the war.
In a bid to crack the unity that is now being forged between UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe and Sajith Premadasa, a gang led by Karu Jayasuriya is working hard to disrupt the unity of the party. Party insiders say that Karu had solicited the support of Ven. Girambe Ananda alongside Mangala Samaraweera, Ravi Karunanayake and several others. At a party hosted by a businessman close to the UNP at a Colombo residence Ranil was present. Mangala too had been there with his supporters. Those present at the party had begun to discuss the issue of a UNP deputy on hearing that Sajith Premadasa was tipped to take that position. Ranil had a very brief chat with Mangala at that party. Among those who opposed the move to appoint Sajith as deputy leader was Mangala. Ranil left the party early stating he had some other engagements. 'Spirits' went high after that among those present and they were discussing plans to disrupt the move to appoint Sajith as deputy leader.
Some in the gathering asked Mangala whether Ranil would appoint Sajith as deputy leader. He responded, "I just asked Ranil now and he said he had not decided on that direction yet and asked me not to worry". It was hot news to the gathering. They accepted Mangala's statement and started to telephone and send SMS text messages to their confidantes stating Ranil told Mangala that Sajith will not be given the deputy leader's post.
Before Mangala left for London the following day, he ensured that several websites close to him carried the news. He also took steps to educate Karu and Ravi about that latest development. The campaign against Sajith was put into motion. As the websites published the news, Ranil's telephone began to ring uninterrupted. Ranil told those who called that he never said such a thing to Mangala. "I never spoke about such thing with Mangala at that party and there is no reason why I should discuss that with Mangala," Ranil confirmed.
Construction, Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities Minister Wimal Weerawansa who was told about issues facing the people of Moneragala when he visited that District for campaigning last week decided to call President Rajapaksa who had just returned from the United States. The President who patiently listened to Wimal said he looked for Wimal the previous day. "I looked for you to take you to a function in Colombo, so are you coming for our convention in Bibile," asked the President. In response, Wimal courteously turned down the invitation stating he had another engagement on the same day. "Try your best to come," the President said.
Wimal later summoned his party politburo to ask for views. The majority in the politburo pointed out that as the party distanced itself from the UPFA campaign in Badulla it was not appropriate to participate at the SLFP convention in Bibile. Later, Minister Dullas Alahapperuma urged Wimal to at least send a party representative to attend the convention. Finally, Wimal agreed to send Sabaragamuwa Provincial Councillor Deepal Gunasekere.


An applicant submitting I601, Application for Waiver of Ground of Inadmissibility, should be aware that certain circumstances will not warrant his or her application being expedited for review or approval. These include only a strong desire on the part of the applicant or qualifying relative for the applicant to be admitted to the U.S. It aids the applicant if the qualifying relative wants the applicant to be admitted to the U.S., but the qualifying relative must demonstrate a need or hardship. The qualifying relative should show that he or she would suffer without the presence of the applicant in the U.S.
Similarly, only a verification that the applicant would have a job held open for him or her if granted admission is not sufficient. It is helpful if an employer states an interest in having the applicant in the U.S., especially if the applicant is eligible to work. It is the presence and statements of a qualifying relative, however, that are required for approval of I-601.
There are many non-traditional grounds for expedition of I601. One is the applicant's nearing of the age at which he or she will no longer be covered by the Child Status Protection Act, and so could not receive a visa under the Act. Another is the applicant's ineligibility to receive a visa in the following month because of "visa regression" – a lower number of available visas because of high demand. Visa regression can cause an applicant to suffer a longer and unanticipated separation from his or her family, especially from his or her qualifying relative.
When determining whether to expedite a case, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) looks for evidence that the applicant's case is time-sensitive. The applicant should provide documentation of days remaining to the critical date, i.e. the "age-out" date. This includes a copy of documents verifying relevant information. A good example in the circumstances of an "age-out" case would be a copy of the applicant's birth certificate clearly showing the applicant's birth date. The applicant should also consider providing documents that detail already-suffered delays that impeded the submission process.
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Q: Is it possible to create an artificial model in FactoryBoy? I wanted to know if in the tests it is possible to somehow create an "artificial" model using FactoryBoy without touching models.py
I mean a simple model such as:
class SomeMod(models.Model):
    title = models.CharField(max_length=255, blank=True, null=True)
    description = models.CharField(max_length=255, blank=True, null=True)

    def __str__(self):
        return self.title

A: You may be looking for the attribute abstract in the Meta options of the factory class, which is mentioned here in Factory Boy documentation.
from factory.django import DjangoModelFactory
from factory import Faker

class MyAbstractFactory(DjangoModelFactory):
    title = Faker("last_name") # could be "company" or whatever you want to mock
    description = Faker("paragraph")

    class Meta:
         abstract = True

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namespace FileUploadSystem.Common
{
    using System;
    using System.IO;
    using System.Reflection;

    public static class AssemblyHelpers
    {
        public static string GetDirectoryForAssembyl(Assembly assembly)
        {
            var assemblyLocation = assembly.CodeBase;
            var location = new UriBuilder(assemblyLocation);
            var path = Uri.UnescapeDataString(location.Path);
            var directory = Path.GetDirectoryName(path);
            return directory;
        }

        public static string UploadDirectoryLocation(Assembly assembly)
        {
            var directory = AssemblyHelpers.GetDirectoryForAssembyl(assembly);
            DirectoryInfo dir = new DirectoryInfo(directory);
            return dir.Parent.FullName + "\\Uploads";
        }

        public static string ConvertFileSizeToReadableFormat(long fileSize)
        {
            if (fileSize < 0)
            {
                return "Directory";
            }

            double len = (double)fileSize;
            string[] sizes = { "B", "KB", "MB", "GB" };
            int order = 0;
            while (len >= 1024 && order + 1 < sizes.Length)
            {
                order++;
                len = len / 1024;
            }

            return String.Format("{0:0.##} {1}", len, sizes[order]);
        }

        public static long ConvertDimentionLiteralToByteMultiplier(string dimentionLiteral)
        {
            long byteMultiplier;

            switch (dimentionLiteral)
            {
                case "Bytes": byteMultiplier = 1; break;
                case "KB": byteMultiplier = 1024; break;
                case "MB": byteMultiplier = 1024 * 1024; break;
                case "GB": byteMultiplier = 1024 * 1024 * 1024; break;
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            }

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        }
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}


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What's in a hyphen? Why writing anti-Semitism with a dash distorts its meaning
Infinite splits
Regularly spelled with a hyphen in American English but without in academia, some experts claim the punctuation mark slashes the word's potency
By Matt Lebovic	23 August 2018, 3:25 am 14 Edit
Illustrative: People hold up placards and Union flags as they gather for a demonstration organized by the Campaign Against Anti-Semitism outside the head office of the British opposition Labour Party in central London on April 8, 2018. (AFP/Tolga Akmen)
In April of 2015, Microsoft received an unusual memo. Crafted on behalf of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, a group of scholars issued a "Memo on Spelling of Antisemitism," urging a change to the mammoth hi-tech company's auto-correct spelling policy. Until then, a hyphen had been perfunctorily added between "anti" and "Semitism" in the word commonly used for hatred and prejudice against Jews.
Far from being an innocuous debate over semantics, the IHRA claimed that a hyphened "anti-Semitism" gave credence to discredited Nazi racial theories, wherein humanity was divided into superior and inferior subcategories. Additionally, claimed the scholars, a hyphen dilutes and distorts the term's meaning by implying that groups other than Jews are included within the supposed "Semites" being opposed.
Case in point is a 2015 speech given by consumer rights advocate Ralph Nader: "[Supporters of Israel] know how to accuse people of anti-Semitism if any issue on Israel is criticized, even though the worst anti-Semitism in the world today is against Arabs and Arab-Americans," he said.
Addressing a gathering of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, the five-time presidential nominee's remarks focused heavily on Jews and Israel.
According to Nader, a longtime critic of the Jewish state, "The Semitic race is Arabs and Jews and Jews do not own the phrase anti-Semitism." For this and other remarks, Nader was accused of "linguistically hijacking" the term anti-Semitism by some critics.
Thousands of protesters attend a rally against anti-Semitism near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Sunday, September 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, Pool)
Like the word "Aryan," the term "Semitism" is based on a mythical conglomeration of languages and race, as opposed to science. "Semites" were people who spoke one of several related languages, all of whom traced their roots to the Bible's Shem, Noah's son.
The term "antisemitism," coined in 1879, was not a reference to groups of people who spoke similar Levant-based languages. Rather, as "invented" by German journalist Wilhelm Marr, "antisemitism" was intended to give an air of modernity and science to old-fashioned Jew-hatred.
After its inception in Germany, antisemitism — without a hyphen — spread across the continent. The term was never hyphenated in German, Spanish, or French. In English, however, the term has come to appear with a hyphen in most popular usages, outside of Europe.
For the IHRA, the addition of a hyphen to antisemitism is problematic in part because the group sees the hyphen as a "[legitimization] of a form of pseudo-scientific racial classification that was thoroughly discredited by association with Nazi ideology."
Notorious Nazi physician Josef Mengele as a young doctor and the 'ramp' at Auschwitz-Birkenau in May of 1944, where Mengele sometimes selected inmates for life, death or 'experimentation' (public domain)
According to the alliance, adding a hyphen also "divides the term, stripping it from its meaning of opposition and hatred toward Jews. Antisemitism should be read as a unified term so that the meaning of the generic term for modern Jew-hatred is clear.
"At a time of increased violence and rhetoric aimed towards Jews, it is urgent that there is clarity and no room for confusion or obfuscation when dealing with antisemitism," stated the alliance.
'Overreaction to Arab claims'
Since 2015, governments around the world have adopted the IHRA's definition of antisemitism, and Microsoft no longer "forces" a hyphen into the term. However, most English-language media outlets and writers outside of academia — including this one — continue to employ a hyphenated anti-Semitism.
Unlike those in the ivory tower, in the assessment of some Jewish communal practitioners, now is not the time for a semantic debate. When questioned by The Times of Israel, very few experts expressed concern about anti-Semitism continuing to be spelled with a hyphen among the general public.
Nikolay Mladenov, United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process speaks during the 6th Global Forum for Combating Antisemitism conference at the Jerusalem Convention Center, on March 19, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Ken Jacobson, the Anti-Defamation League's deputy national director, believes the conversation is "intellectually dueling and largely divorced from reality."
In Jacobson's assessment, the debate is "is an overreaction to Arab claims that they can't be anti-Semites because they are a Semitic people," he said.
Calling the term anti-Semitism "archaic and strange," Jacobson noted that "it took the shock of Russian pogroms and the Holocaust to bring the term into everyday usage," as he told The Times of Israel.
Because the term anti-Semitism has been spelled with a hyphen "millions of times in every vehicle possible," said Jacobson, "changing it will not enhance anyone's understanding and could even undermine a word that aptly conveys the power of this evil." said Jacobson.
For Rob Leikind, head of Boston's American Jewish Committee chapter, "There are good arguments with which to contend that the spelling 'antisemitism' more accurately depicts anti-Jewish hostility or prejudice than the spelling 'anti-Semitism.'"
A Holocaust memorial created in the 'sauna' facility of the former Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, in Poland, with photographs of people deported there, October 2017 (Matt Lebovic/The Times of Israel)
However, said Leikind, "'anti-Semitism' is the common way to spell the word, some extremists excepted. Nearly everyone understands that this word references Jews alone, and changing to 'antisemitism' would accomplish little beyond causing additional confusion."
Clarity is also on the mind of journalist Cnaan Liphshiz, a Netherlands-based reporter for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
"In my professional capacity I use whatever the style guide requires. Personally, I find the debate too persnickety to feel strongly about one way or another," said Liphshiz, who regularly writes about anti-Semitism in Europe.
"However, I'm inclined to use the non-hyphenated variant because that's how it's spelled in virtually all the European languages that I monitor for my reporting," said Liphshiz.
'Embedded in our collective consciousness'
Among experts questioned by The Times of Israel, several made cases for the importance of "antisemitism," as opposed to "anti-Semitism."
"The term anti-Semitism (as you apparently spell it) is meaningless, because there is no Semitism one can be 'anti' to," wrote Holocaust historian Yehuda Bauer in an email to The Times of Israel.
According to Bauer, "There are Semitic languages, including for instance Tigrean in Ethiopia, and the term hardly refers to antipathy towards the Tigre. You cannot be anti-Semitic just as you cannot be anti-Indo-European," said Bauer.
Illustrative: anti-Israel students at Columbia University erect a mock 'apartheid wall' in front of the iconic Low Library steps during Israel Apartheid Week, March 3, 2016. (Uriel Heilman)
Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, head of the AMCHA Initiative focused on campus anti-Semitism, wrote that "Anti-anything — with a hyphen — describes a state of being opposed to a particular policy, idea or thing at a particular time."
However, added Rossman-Benjamin, anti-Semitism goes beyond "opposition" to Jews, and involves "a profound and irrational hatred of them, a phenomenon embedded in our collective consciousness that has existed longer than any other form of hatred. Anti-Semitism — with the hyphen — does not seem to me to capture this understanding of the word," she said.
According to Rossman-Benjamin, a hyphen-less antisemitism "is also the recognized spelling among scholars of antisemitism and the one we use in all of our scholarly work. The confusion arises because anti-Semitism — with the hyphen — has become the accepted spelling in most dictionaries and spell-checkers."
Despite her case for ditching the hyphen, Rossman-Benjamin was pragmatic about the likelihood of "anti-Semitism" disappearing from popular use.
"The approach we take is to use antisemitism in the vast majority of our work, including scholarly articles, research, reports and presentations," said Rossman-Benjamin. "However, when writing for news outlets we have no problem including the hyphen to be consistent with the preferred spelling of reporters, editors and fact-checkers, and it saves us much back-and-forth on corrections."
Students at a "Hebrew Liberation Week" event at Columbia University, initiated in 2017 (Maccabee Task Force)
Another organization with a focus on combating Judeophobia on campus is StandWithUs, which provides activists with strategies and materials about — for example — how to defend Israel against the BDS movement.
According to StandWithUs co-founder and CEO Roz Rothstein, her organization has always used a hyphenated anti-Semitism.
"As incidents of anti-Semitism across the US and other countries have escalated, and the conversation should address both the incidents and the immediate need for solutions, we don't want to distract people from the importance of the conversation by throwing a new spelling at them," said Rothstein.
Echoing that sentiment was Alvin H. Rosenfeld, director of Indiana University's Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism.
"Will spelling the word in an unhyphenated way as "antisemite" and not "anti-Semite" correct its misuse? Probably not for those who willfully misuse it, but for others, it may clarify that no one ever beat or cursed a Jew because he hated 'Semitism,' but only because he hated Jews," wrote Rosenfeld.


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Farrar battles on at Tour de France
American hopes for better in remainder of race
Stage 4 was a frustrating day for Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Barracuda) as he flatted inside the final 5km and finished 14 seconds behind Boonen.. (Image credit: AFP)
Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Sharp), battered and bloodied from a crash in the stage 5 finale, crosses the finish line in Saint-Quentin. (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Sharp) gets medical attention after crashing in the closing kilometres of stage 5. (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Christian Vande Velde and Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Sharp) (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Christian Vande Velde and Tyler Farrar at the start of the race (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Sharp) was one of the worst affected in the crash-strewn opening week of the Tour de France but in spite of his travails on the first mountain stages of the race, the American sprinter is looking to manage his injuries and continue to Paris.
Video: Farrar anticipates Tour de France sprint stages
Video: Crash denies Farrar chance of repeat Tour victory on Independence Day
More bad luck for Farrar at stage 5 of Tour de France
Farrar hit the deck three times in as many days last week. The crash at Saint-Quentin that ruined his chances of contesting the sprint and saw him in an atypically angry confrontation with Tom Veelers (Argos-Shimano) grabbed the headlines, but it was his fall the following day on the road to Metz that hit the hardest.
"The last of the three was the worst of them," Farrar told Cyclingnews. "That one messed me up pretty well. It was touch and go for a couple of days if I was going to continue but it's slowly getting better and I think I'm slowly working my way back into the race."
Farrar's worst moment would come the following day on the road to La Planche des Belles Filles. While first his own Garmin-Sharp team and then Sky set a relentless tempo on the approach to the final climb, Farrar was left dangling off the back of the peloton. "That was by far the lowest point," Farrar said. "It wasn't even an issue of the speed in the peloton, it was that my back was destroyed that day.
"We actually went straight to the hospital after the stage and had some CT scans to make sure I hadn't broken something in the crashes, because if I had I would have stopped. Luckily it showed that it was all clear and that it was just muscle damage, so I can grit my teeth and fight through that."
Straining to stay in contact with the peloton is as much a mental challenge as a physical one, and Farrar admitted that were it not the Tour, he would already have packed his suitcase and headed for home.
"It wasn't that I was riding as hard as I could, it was that my body was incapable of riding hard so it just becomes more of a mental game than a physical game at that point," he said of weekend. "You just have to remind yourself that this is the Tour. I'll be honest - with the crashes I had, if this wasn't the Tour, I wouldn't still be here, but the Tour is something special.
"This year at Garmin we had more than nine riders who were good enough and deserved a spot on our team. So I reminded myself that there were guys sitting at home who hadn't been given the chance, so I needed to stick it out as long as I could."
Mercifully, Farrar was able to use Monday's Besançon time trial as something of a recovery day - "although I had to move the pads on my aero-bars around a little bit to avoid the various wounds," he explained - and after the rest day on Tuesday, he was hopeful that his Tour had turned a corner.
Farrar finished safely in the autobus on the first day in the high mountains, and lies one place ahead of Lanterne Rouge Jimmy Engoulvent (Saur-Sojasun), determined to give a different slant to his Tour over the coming ten days.
"As a team we had a pretty disastrous first week and we've had to sit down and re-evaluate," he said. "Some of the goals we had coming into the Tour are gone. We don't have a GC rider anymore. The team GC is gone. We've had to change a bit but we still have guys who can go in breaks and try for stage wins. And I would like to think that by the time the next sprint stage rolls around I'll be able to actually take a crack at it again."
Without an individual win since stage three of last year's Tour, however, Farrar is aware that his chances to break his duck in the remainder of this race are thin on the ground. Indeed, that win in Redon apart, Farrar has enjoyed precious little luck in his Tour career.
"That's just sport," he shrugged. "I would love to have things go a little better in the second half of the Tour."


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Football season is finally upon us and Peachtree residents know what that means – watch parties! If you're planning to host guests in your home, though, it's important that you pay attention to party comfort concerns. Basically, what it comes down to is focusing your attention on heating/cooling concerns and indoor air quality.
Get an HVAC tune-up – At least once a year, you should hire a qualified technician to perform a maintenance check on your heating and cooling systems to keep it running properly and efficiently.
Adjust the Thermostat – Even though you should always think about saving energy, it won't hurt to adjust the thermostat to keep guests happy.
Grab a Few Fans – If the temperature is rising, which could certainly happen given the amount of body heat your guests will be giving off during the game, bring out a fan or two to cool everyone off.
Take Care of the Air Filter – Your system's air filter should be replaced or cleaned every 1-3 months to ensure that contaminants are being removed from the air.
Dust with Microfiber Cloths – Since standard feather dusters tend to spread dust around your home rather than remove it, you should use microfiber cloths (which attract and capture dust) to clean up instead.
Install a Whole-House Air Cleaner – These air clearners will clear your home of the majority of the contaminants found in the air. Although these systems are a little costly, their efficiency and effectiveness are worth the price. ?
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This entry was posted in Blog and tagged fall, football, heating and cooling, home comfort, indoor air quality on October 4, 2018 by Powers.


Sioux Empire Community Theatre presents Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Sept. 27-Oct. 7. Single show tickets $30 for adults and $15 for students.
Final week to visit the National Music Museum (NMM), in Vermillion, South Dakota (9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday-Saturday) before its doors temporarily close starting Sunday, October 7th, 2018. Preparations then get underway for the NMM's architectural expansion and renovation. Reopening of the Museum is slated for 2021. More information about the NMM's future metamorphosis at nmmusd.org.