Here is my first Kim Kardashian outfit, lately I've been loving every single outfit she has been wearing.
Aqui esta mi primer outfit inspirado en Kim K, ultimamente me han gustado todos lo que se pone.
My shopping list is complete lets just say I replaced the Neon Yellow blazer for the Mint Blazer I recently bought and this Black Cltuch replaces the small quilted bag :) as for the pink shorts suit I have until the summer to find if not its ok.
Ya termine mi lista de compras, nadamas digamos que cambie la blazer Amarrila por la blazer color menta que recientemente me compre y este clutch por la bolsa negra :) y hablando del conjunto rosa tengo hasta el verano para encontrarlo si no esta bien.
Lovely...I actually prefer your look over Kim K's!
yes your look is better than kims and i love your shoes!!
i love your shoes!! the colour is so great, wanna have them!
Those pumps are fabulous! Great look doll!
I'm loving Kim K. her style, she have such a awesome style!
The shoes are calling my name! This is a wonderful version I love your look better.
I seriously need those shoes!! I'm in Dallas, you have to share the boutique! Haha.
Do you care to share the name of the boutique?
Yes, share the boutique, please? Yo e visto unos paresidos en un bazar en Norte Dallas. You look great by the way, and the girls are right. You look better than Kim K.
Hi Ashley!I really admire you and your looks.I have a question for you if you could answer me it would be very nice of you:before you lost weight did you have any cellulite?And if you did,how did you get rid of it after you lost weight?Thanks!
I think you pull it off better! I'm in love with the pink pumps!
Beautiful I love the pink pumps! you did a great work here!
Your pink heels are AMAZE!
Those shoes are insanely fierce!! I have a similar pair and I hadn't thought about pairing them with a cute patterned top like yours. Thanks for the inspiration. Oh and I like your look better than Kim's!
I did this same outfit! love Kim Kardashian's outfit!
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Billy Turner Sentenced On Lesser Charges In Slaying Of Former NBA Star Lorenzen Wright
by Len Werle · 19. July 2022
Photo Credit: David Sherman/NBAE/Getty Images
A 911 call in Germantown, a suburb of Memphis, Tennessee, in July 2010:
"Hey, Goddamn!" "Germantown 911, what's the emergency? Hello? Hello? Hello? I don't have nothing but gunshots,"
These were the final moments in the life of former NBA star, Lorenzen Wright. 10 days later, Wright had been reported missing by his mother.
K9s were able to find the weather-worn corpse of Wright, that had already been decomposed by animals to a such extent that the body of the 230 pound big man had dwindled to just 57 pounds.
At least nine shots were fired at the 13-year NBA veteran. Shots pierced Wright's head and chest—and the autopsy report stated that 'additional gunshot wounds could not be excluded'.
It took nine long years to get justice for the gruesome murder. In 2019, the ex-wife of former NBA player Lorenzen Wright, Sherra Wright, pleaded guilty to facilitation of first-degree murder, and to facilitation of a criminal attempt to commit first degree murder and was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Per The Guardian:
Sherra Wright and co-defendant Billy Turner were charged in December 2017 with first-degree murder. Turner's trial remains scheduled for September. He has already pleaded guilty to a gun charge related to Lorenzen Wright's shooting. Hagerman would not say whether Sherra Wright would testify during Turner's trial.
Turner, a landscaper in the Memphis suburb of Collierville, and Sherra Wright attended the same church. Witnesses said Sherra Wright masterminded a plan to have two men kill Lorenzen Wright at his home in Atlanta, but that attempt failed, according to an affidavit. She and Turner then conspired to kill him in Memphis, and they dumped one of the guns used in the shooting in a Mississippi lake, authorities have said. A gun that was allegedly used in the killing was found in the lake weeks before charges were filed in the case.
Last week however, Billy Turner, who was serving life in prison after his first-degree murder conviction in the slaying of Wright, was sentenced Friday on lesser charges of conspiracy and attempted murder in the 12-year-old case.
Per ESPN:
Shelby County Judge Lee Coffee sentenced Billy Ray Turner to 25 years in prison for both the conspiracy and the attempted murder charges. Turner was convicted March 21 in the fatal shooting of Wright, a center who played 13 seasons in the NBA before he retired after 2008-09.
Coffee sentenced Turner, 51, to life in prison on the day of his conviction. Turner already was serving a 16-year sentence for possessing a weapon as a convicted felon. Turner was found with two guns when he was arrested in 2017 in Wright's killing and he pleaded guilty in 2019.
The judge decided that the 25-year-sentences will run concurrently. When added to the 16-year sentence for the gun charge, Turner essentially has been sentenced to life plus 41 years in prison, with the possibility of parole, Coffee said.
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RMA reform Bill passes second reading
Legislation to improve environmental management, help increase housing supply and affordability, and support jobs and growth has passed its second reading in Parliament 61-59, Environment Minister Dr Nick Smith says.
"The Resource Legislation Amendment Bill is the largest package of reforms to the Resource Management Act (RMA) since it was first passed 25 years ago. It contains 40 proposals that make significant changes to five different Acts.
"This reform is critical to addressing housing supply and affordability by making it easier, faster and less costly to create new sections. Section prices in Auckland have gone from $100,000 in 1990 to $530,000 today and are the core reason housing has become excessively expensive. It addresses this core issue by opening up land supply, reducing the time taken to get consents, reducing the cost of land subdivision and enabling the construction of infrastructure. Parties that are opposing this Bill are blocking the very changes that will make housing more affordable," Dr Smith says.
This is the second phase of the Government's resource management reforms, and the dozen significant provisions in the Bill include:
"The Maori Party has supported the Bill to this stage and we are continuing to work with them to ensure detailed changes as a result of the select committee process are consistent with their agreement with the Government. I will be meeting with the Maori Party co-leaders on ensuring we have got the detail right," Dr Smith says.
"This second phase of the Government's RMA reforms builds on the first, and will support the additional jobs, infrastructure and housing needed for a strongly growing and successful economy."
Govt invests in West Coast hazard management
Economic Development Minister Simon Bridges and Environment Minister Dr Nick Smith today announced that a tender has been awarded to Tonkin and Taylor to assess options for managing flood and earthquake hazards in Franz Josef.
"The Franz Josef area is a significant domestic and international tourist destination. This funding will assist the community and local businesses so they can make the best decisions for the town's long-term development," Mr Bridges says.
"The West Coast region has experienced 13 per cent growth in visitor spend over the year to January 2017. It is critical that the township protects its livelihood in the long term and continues to keep the region's residents and visitors safe through effective hazard management."
"Franz Josef is situated on an active fault line and adjacent to the Waiho River which is prone to flooding," Dr Smith says.
"This investment recognises that State Highway 6 and Franz Josef play an important role in the regional and national economy. A GNS Science report commissioned by the West Coast Regional Council reviewed the area's natural hazards and recommended that a risk management strategy be developed, including a thorough analysis of the options. The Government is supporting this next stage of work by Tonkin and Taylor."
The work is supported by the Government's Regional Growth Programme and involves the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment; the Ministry for the Environment; the Department of Conservation; the Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management; and the NZ Transport Agency.
The tender process was led by the West Coast Regional Council. The value of the tender is approximately $200,000.
The work will be completed by the end of July 2017. Once the options have been fully assessed, the relevant agencies and the community will discuss next steps.
New Great Walk through Paparoa approved
Posted on Press Releases · March 10, 2017 12:39 PM
A new Great Walk through the Paparoa National Park to be built as a memorial to the 29 men who died in the 2010 Pike Mine tragedy can now proceed with the approval of a new Park Management Plan, Environment Minister Dr Nick Smith announced today.
"The 65km Great Walk will provide access to the spectacular and diverse landscapes of southern Paparoa National Park. The track required changes to the Paparoa National Park Management Plan that have been approved by the New Zealand Conservation Authority. The track will be open to both trampers and mountain bikers. At the Punakaiki end, the popular Pororari River Track is proposed for walkers only, with mountain bikers provided with an alternative route via the southern end of the Inland Pack Track. Construction of the $10 million track is expected to start in late autumn and the Great Walk is due to open at the end of 2018.
"The families want the Great Walk to be an enduring memorial to their loved ones that brings lasting economic benefit to the West Coast. The families also see the track as a thank you to the West Coast community and to New Zealand for the support the families received following the mine tragedy.
"Paparoa Track is the name chosen by the Pike River Families Committee for the track between Blackball and Punakaiki, and the Pike29 Memorial Track for the 9km section of the Great Walk leading from the Paparoa Track to the Pike River Mine site," Dr Smith says.
"The Paparoa Track includes 15km of existing track at its Blackball and Punakaiki ends and about 50km of new track needs to be constructed for the Paparoa and Pike29 Memorial tracks. The Department of Conservation (DOC) is working through the process to appoint contractors to carry out the work.
"Construction of the 20-bunk Moonlight Tops and Pororari huts on the Paparoa Track is planned to start next summer to take advantage of the better summer weather.
"DOC is working closely with Pike River Families Committee representatives on the design and development of the Great Walk and on the planning for an information centre at the Pike River Mine site."
"I commend DOC staff, Ngāti Waewae, Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu, and the West Coast Tai Poutini Conservation Board for their excellent work in achieving the review of the park plan within 12 months. I also thank the New Zealand Conservation Authority for its decisions on the new Paparoa National Park Management Plan and their timely approval of it.
"The Paparoa Track is fantastic news for the West Coast, with multiple benefits. It adds to the West Coast's tourism attractions and is the first addition to the Great Walk network since 1993. It is a fitting memorial to the 29 men lost. It will make a spectacular part of the West Coast more accessible. The $10m construction cost over the next 18 months will also help the local economy."
Labour being tricky on housing numbers
The Labour Party's claim that "the number of dwellings consented in January was down 5 per cent on where it was in January last year" is just plain wrong, Building and Construction Minister Dr Nick Smith says.
"January dwelling consents were up both nationally (to 1752 January 2017 from 1695 January 2016) and in Auckland (to 512 from 506).
"The year to January 2017 also confirms ongoing growth nationally from the previous year (to 30,123 from 27,124) and in Auckland (to 10,032 from 9275).
"Phil Twyford is being tricky by excluding apartments and townhouses to get his erroneous figures. The definition of dwellings by Statistics New Zealand clearly includes apartments and townhouses. Our Government has been openly promoting more townhouses and apartments as part of our housing solution, and we welcome the stronger growth in their construction.
"This is just like the debacle over Chinese-sounding names, with Mr Twyford distorting the facts for political purposes."
Select committee reports back on RMA Bill
Environment Minister Dr Nick Smith today welcomed the Local Government and Environment Committee's report on the Resource Legislation Amendment Bill.
"This legislation improves New Zealand's environmental management, helps increase the supply and affordability of housing and supports jobs and growth. It contains 40 proposals that make significant changes to five different Acts and is the most comprehensive package of reform to the Resource Management Act since its inception 25 years ago," Dr Smith says.
"The Maori Party reached agreement with the Government to support the Bill through all remaining stages in Parliament following detailed consideration of the initial policy and the inclusion of proposed changes to strengthen the original Iwi Participation Agreement. The Mana Whakahono ā Rohe/Iwi Participation Agreement provides a better framework for councils to meet their existing obligations to consult with local iwi. Many councils already have these agreements through Treaty settlements or good practice. The Government supports these provisions because we want iwi involved in how natural resources are managed and because formalising the process will help achieve better outcomes with less delays and costs.
"This is a huge bill and the Maori Party was not a member of the select committee. They need time to digest all of the select committee's detailed changes to ensure they are consistent with their agreement with the Government. I will be meeting with the Maori Party co-leaders on ensuring we have got the detail right."
The Bill will come back to the House for its second reading this week.
River and lake targets need to be practical
The Government's 90 per cent swimmability target covers waterways over 40cm deep and lakes more than 1.5km in perimeter so the target is practical and measureable, Environment Minister Dr Nick Smith says.
"A creek or stream that is less than 40cm deep is not that practical to swim in and there is not the reliable data on water quality in the 400,000km of smaller waterways to enable us to set meaningful targets.
"It is incorrect to claim there is no requirement under the National Policy Statement (NPS) to improve water quality in these 400,000km of creeks and streams. Ninety per cent of these flow into rivers and lakes that have specific targets and monitoring requirements. There is also a general requirement on councils to improve water quality in all waterways.
"I would encourage councils to include in their monitoring and reporting smaller waterways if they are locally significant. However, it is not practical to make it compulsory or to include it in the national targets. I have already had councils raise concerns about the costs to ratepayers of the new monitoring requirements in the NPS. The national targets and monitoring system to ensure progress will not work if each region has different definitions.
"The Government is step by step strengthening our management of fresh water. We introduced compulsory water metering in 2009, the first NPS on Fresh Water in 2011, the requirement to limit nutrients in 2014, the Environment Reporting Act in 2015 and these swimmability targets this year. We have also increased by six-fold funding for fresh water clean-ups to $450 million.
"The Government shares with environment groups an ambition to improve New Zealand's water quality but where we differ is ensuring the standards and targets are practical and affordable."
Parapets, facades to be secured on 38 streets
The 38 streets where building owners need to secure unreinforced masonry (URM) facades and parapets from Hurunui to Wellington within a year have been identified, Building and Construction Minister Dr Nick Smith says.
"The Kaikōura Earthquake has increased the seismic risks in Wellington, Lower Hutt, Blenheim and Hurunui over the next three years. It is therefore prudent to require them to be secured and to help building owners with funding of these high-risk, URM parapets and facades to secure them.
"The 38 streets have been selected by the councils on the basis of pedestrian and vehicular traffic and where the risks from URM parapets and facades are greatest. The next step is for councils to formally notify the building owners affected. Some owners may already have taken corrective work.
"The Government has established a $3 million fund to help building owners with the cost of securing the parapets and facades. I have talked to the Mayors of the four councils involved and am pleased that all have confirmed that they will make financial contributions to this fund, bringing it to about $4.5m. The fund will be used to provide a 50 per cent subsidy for the work up to a maximum grant of $15,000 for a façade and $10,000 for a parapet to help building owners with the cost, estimated at $9m."
The Government is using its powers under the Hurunui/Kaikōura Earthquakes Recovery Act 2016 to require building owners to do the necessary securing work within 12 months.
"Many of the building owners in these four districts will already be aware of the parapets and façades which need to be secured, but notices from councils to the owners will officially start the clock for the 12-month deadline for the securing work to be done," Dr Smith says.
"Falling unreinforced masonry is a major risk to people on the street during an earthquake as we saw in the 2011 Canterbury earthquake, when it claimed the lives of 39 people. It's essential we're proactive about this work so as to avoid a repeat of that terrible tragedy."
The targeted URM buildings are in the following streets:
Hurunui District Markham Street, Amberley Mountainview Road, Culverden
Hutt City Cuba Street, Lower Hutt High Street, Lower Hutt Hillary Court (being the area formed within Hillary Court, Vogel Street, and Treadwell Street), Naenae, Lower Hutt That part of Jackson Street between Cuba Street and Petone Avenue, Petone, Lower Hutt Waiwhetu Road, Waterloo, Lower Hutt
Marlborough District Alfred Street, Blenheim High Street, Blenheim
Wellington City Adelaide Road, Berhampore/Mt Cook/Newtown, Wellington Bond Street, Wellington Central, Wellington Courtenay Place, Te Aro, Wellington Coutts Street, Kilbirnie, Wellington Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington Dixon Street, Te Aro, Wellington Dundas Street, Seatoun, Wellington Egmont Street, Te Aro, Wellington Eva Street, Te Aro, Wellington Ganges Road, Khandallah, Wellington Ghuznee Street, Te Aro, Wellington Hobart Street, Miramar, Wellington Holland Street, Te Aro, Wellington Hutt Road, Pipitea, Wellington Kilbirnie Crescent, Kilbirnie, Wellington Lambton Quay, Wellington Central, Wellington Manners Street, Te Aro, Wellington Miramar Avenue, Miramar, Wellington Riddiford Street, Newtown, Wellington Rintoul Street, Newtown, Wellington Taranaki Street, Te Aro, Wellington The Parade, Island Bay, Wellington Tinakori Road, Thorndon, Wellington Tory Street, Te Aro, Wellington Victoria Street, Te Aro, Wellington Vivian Street, Te Aro, Wellington Wakefield Street, Wellington Central, Wellington Willis Street, Wellington Central, Wellington Woodward Street, Wellington Central, Wellington
1080 regulation standardised
Posted on Press Releases · February 26, 2017 12:14 PM
New regulations have been approved under the Resource Management Act that provide a national approach to the use of poisons like 1080 and brodifacoum, Environment Dr Nick Smith announced today.
"Pests like stoats, rats and possums kill 25 million native birds a year, and if we are serious about ensuring the survival of species like Kiwi, we need to use effective and efficient poisons like 1080," Dr Smith says.
"This new approach standardises the rules for using such poisons rather than the current system of different rules in different regions. This change will reduce costs and delays for operators, ensure consistent conditions throughout the country, reduce mistakes from misunderstanding rule differences and allow best practice approaches to be used.
"The change will not increase any of the risks around the use of these poisons, which are effectively managed by the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996. It is expected to save $11 million over the next 20 years, enabling more pests to be controlled and more species saved."
This change was advocated for by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, who was concerned about the duplication and inconsistency of the differing regional rules. The proposal was consulted on last year, with 70 per cent of submissions favouring the change. The new national regulations come into effect on 1 April 2017.
Dr Smith made the announcement while visiting Tiritiri Matangi Sanctuary in the Hauraki Gulf as part of National's annual Bluegreens Forum.
"I know there is opposition to poisons like 1080 and brodifacoum but they are essential tools to saving New Zealand's natural heritage. Islands like Tiritiri Matangi are only so prolific in birdlife because of the use of these poisons in the past. These new regulations will help us create more special sanctuaries for the future and contribute to the Government's goal of a Predator Free NZ by 2050."
Further information on the regulation is available at www.mfe.govt.nz
Major new litter initiative announced
A major new campaign to stop people littering aims to change behaviour and to educate people, Environment Minister Dr Nick Smith and Parliamentary Private Secretary Scott Simpson announced today at National's Bluegreen Forum in Auckland.
"Litter is a risk to New Zealand's clean green brand and the best solution is where everyone responsibly disposes of their waste. That is why the Government is investing $3 million in a behavioural change campaign, the development of education materials and a national litter survey to help ensure we keep New Zealand beautiful."
"The environmental harm from litter is not just the aesthetics but the harm plastic, paper and cans can do our waterways, marine environment and to wildlife. There is also the risk to New Zealand's clean green brand."
The 'Do the Right Thing' initiative will be funded through a grant to Keep New Zealand Beautiful from the Ministry for the Environment's Waste Minimisation Fund. This is the most generous support the Government has ever given Keep New Zealand Beautiful. The criteria for the fund was changed in 2016 by the Government to included improved litter management. The education component will be run through the Enviroschools organisation and the information campaign aligned with the Packaging Forum.
"Keep New Zealand Beautiful is an iconic kiwi institution and it is fitting in its 50th year we back this trusted name and organisation with the job of getting Kiwis to 'Do The Right Thing'," Dr Smith says.
"This funding includes support for national litter survey data. This will enable areas to celebrate being New Zealand's tidiest kiwis and for those being the worst to be shamed into lifting their game. This data will be used to recognise at the Green Ribbon Awards those groups and communities that best live up to the Keep New Zealand Beautiful ambition."
For more information on the Waste Minimisation Fund visit http://www.mfe.govt.nz/more/funding/waste-minimisation-fund/about-waste-minimisation-fund
For more information about Keep New Zealand Beautiful visit http://www.knzb.org.nz/
Claims of lowered water standards wrong
Claims by some organisations that the Government's proposed standards for improving water quality are lower and accept a higher chance of infection are incorrect, Environment Minister Dr Nick Smith says.
"The 2003 Ministry of Health guideline of not swimming when the level exceeds 540 E. coli/100ml remains. The 2014 NPS included in bold the statement that this is the 'minimum acceptable state' for swimming and it remains so.
"The confusing feature of the 2014 table is that it mixes the concepts of swimmability and wadeability. The 260, 540 and 1000 E. coli/100ml annual medians are all in respect of the wadeable standard. The new attribute state table applies only to swimmability and focuses on the proportion of time a water body exceeds the 540 E. coli/100ml standard, with A (blue) exceeding this less than 5 per cent of the time, B (green) between 5 and 10 percent of the time and C (yellow) 10 to 20 per cent of the time. The Ministry for the Environment (MfE) website further clarifies that to meet the A, B and C attribute states, the annual median needs to be less than 130 E. coli/100ml. This means the infection rate for more than half of the time would be less than one in 1000.
"A good example to illustrate the better approach of the new table is the Hutt River below Silverstream, for which we have E. coli data for the past decade. It has an annual median E. coli of 100/100ml yet it exceeded the 540 E. coli/100ml 15 per cent of the time. The 2014 NPS that focussed on wadeability would have assigned it an A attribute state but gave no information on its swimmabilty. The 2017 NPS that is focussed on swimmability gives it a C attribute state. The new approach is consistent with the Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA) website that today and for more than the last month has described this spot as swimmable.
"It is grossly incorrect to claim that a swimmer in the Hutt River (classed as C/yellow), would have a one in 20 chance of becoming unwell. The river has less than 130 E. coli/100ml for more than half the time, when the infection rate is less than 1:1000. It is only on those occurrences 15 per cent of the time when it exceeds 540 E. coli/100ml that the chance of infection gets to 1:20. I am also advised that the Ministry for the Environment and Ministry of Health joint guidelines were deliberately precautionary.
"There are three good reasons for the new and more sophisticated NPS table being proposed on Human Health for Recreation. The first is that the focus is on swimmability rather than wadeability. The second is that it connects with the real-time information available on the LAWA website on where people can swim. The third advantage is that it is consistent with the international risk levels for swimming accepted by the World Health Organisation, the European Union and the United States.


Our experience with colic was such a frightening experience for both me and my husband that I decided to write this post on colic. I'm sharing this information with you so you won't be caught off guard like we were. Again, knowledge is power. Ignorance is what causes fear and anxiety, which in turn can contribute toward PPD. Fortunately the colic that paid us a surprise visit lasted only a week, but, during that time, my intense exhaustion paved the way for PPD to start a week later.
Let's give you some background on why nearly every parent will tell you that the first three months postpartum are the toughest and most challenging for new parents, not just because babies don't really sleep through the night but also because they tend to cry more on average. To start with, infants aren't born with very sizeable brains or it would make the baby passing through the birth canal and then the even tinier cervix a much more difficult process than it already is. As such, what the newborn is capable of doing for the first one to two weeks is limited to sucking, drinking, peeing, pooping, and sleeping—the minimum with respect to instinctive behavior a baby needs to do for survival with a brain that is not fully developed. In short, the baby runs out of room inside the womb and has to come out to continue developing. The first three months are like a fourth trimester as the baby continues to develop—with brain size increasing, nervous system developing, and muscle control increasing—all while trying to adapt to the world outside of the womb. Unlike the environment in the womb filled with swishing noises, motion, and being curled up and in tight quarters, the baby is expected to sleep flat on their backs, with arms and legs unrestricted, in a quiet, still room. This is a period of adjustment with which many babies have a lot of difficulty. Crying is their way to let mom and dad know that they're hungry, uncomfortable, hurting, or otherwise needing to be comforted.
Even after fifty years of research, no one is really sure what causes colic. There have been many theories as to the cause(s) behind colic. Pediatricians, when faced with having to examine the baby of panicked parents over the literally non-stop crying, have come up with all sorts of possible reasons, including gastrointestinal issues (e.g., lactose intolerance, allergy to milk, gas pain, acid reflux) and the baby's continued development, both physically (immature nervous/digestive systems) and psychosocially (temperament, emotions, behavior). It's no wonder that the majority of colic remedies address the possible digestive issues behind baby's colic—colic remedies that would include probiotic/gas drops, herbal teas, bicycling legs, rubbing baby's tummy gently, applying warm compresses to baby's tummy, hypoallergenic formulas like soy milk, and having the breastfeeding mom avoid certain foods due to baby's possible allergies. Then, to address the "fourth trimester" theory, they suggest womb experience simulation techniques like slings, rocking, white noise generating, bouncing, and swaddling.
There may be a correlation between colic and size at birth relative to gestational age, which may be due to a small placenta, which may be due to the mother failing to take in adequate nutrition during her pregnancy—as in my case wherein I was constantly nauseous from the very beginning to the very end of my pregnancy, and my daughter was born two weeks early and weighing in at five pounds eleven ounces.
According to research by Dr. Ronald Barr, who has performed numerous studies on the causes and cures for colic, less than five percent of babies show evidence of a physical/medical problem that would explain the crying.3 Nevertheless, a pediatrician should be consulted to rule out any potential illnesses or medical causes. Parents should expect the pediatrician to ask about the baby's behavior, including when crying episodes begin and how long they last. Parents will need to be able to indicate how often and how much the baby spits up in order to rule out acid reflux.
Colic hold – place baby face down along your forearm with inside elbow supporting her head and hand supporting baby's pelvis (doing this puts gentle pressure on baby's tummy) while gently rubbing baby's back with other hand.
Bicycling legs – Gently press his legs up to his chest, one at a time, in a peddling-type movement.
Applying warm compress on tummy.
Create motion via carrying in a sling, rocking (in arms while shushing, infant swing, or car seat), setting baby in car seat on drying machine, bouncing (in car seat on drying machine, driving around), swaying, or dancing.
To simulate womb sounds that the baby might be accustomed to hearing all the time, generate white noise via shushing or a white noise machine.
Pediatric chiropractic care (make sure the chiropractor treats infants).
If breast-feeding, try formula (consulting with pediatrician about whether or when you should try a hypoallergenic or soy formula) or try eliminating caffeine, dairy, eggs, nuts, certain vegetables, and even wheat products from your diet.
Our pediatrician suggested that decreasing exposure to noise and interaction is what our daughter needed after what is considered a long day for an infant. Then, even after the colic went away, our daughter was quite cranky over the course of several weeks due to what the pediatrician attributed to gas. Being the antimedication advocate that she was, she recommended making light chamomile tea a couple of times daily, though we gave that up after a couple of weeks and ended up using Mylicon as it seemed to help. The doctor also recommended bicycling our daughter's legs, and we did that for the duration of her abdominal issues, never knowing for sure whether that helped or not. We also had to keep her head elevated while she slept at night in case she had reflux, so we invested in sleep positioners, which also helped keep her sleeping safely on her back to reduce the risk of SIDS.
It goes without saying that a baby that cries inconsolably—crying so hard that his body distorts—can cause parents to feel alarmed and fear that there is something seriously wrong with the baby. It's easy to understand how a mother of colicky infants would experience feelings of guilt, anxiety, frustration, desperation, and helplessness for not being able to find a way to console her baby. Don't be too hard on yourself. Several days of sleep deprivation and/or a baby crying inconsolably for hours can make practically anyone deprived of sleep for several days straight—even fathers and mothers who don't have PPD—feel like they're going crazy and join their babies in crying themselves.
Studies have shown a definitive link between colic and depression. Whether colic contributes to PPD or PPD contributes to infantile colic is yet to be definitively determined. As a parent, you think you're supposed to not only be able to know what your baby wants and needs but also how to fix the problem. After a few days of crying with seemingly no end in sight, at her wit's end with anxiety and exhaustion, the new mom may slip into depression. They say that babies can sense their parents' anxiety, so they only cry harder, louder, and longer, which is all the more painful for the parents to bear. It is a vicious cycle.
In addition to a link with depression, colic can put a huge dent in the confidence of both parents in terms of their ability to care for their baby. Due to the process of elimination to determine an underlying cause of colic, mothers end up weaning earlier and possibly even changing formulas multiple times. With colic, there is unfortunately also an increased risk for shaken baby syndrome.
If you feel like you're having trouble coping, the best thing you can do for yourself and your family is to ask for some help. Make sure you have enough support lined up to take over when necessary. Have someone else watch your baby for a little while so you can get a break. If finances allow, consider hiring a postpartum doula. Postpartum doulas are usually experienced with colicky babies. If no one is around at the time, put the baby down in the crib and go to another room to take five minutes to calm down and take a few deep breaths. You are allowed (and it's important) to take a break. It's the best thing you can do for yourself and to retain your mental well-being!
1 Morris A. Wessel et al., "Paroxysmal fussing in infancy, sometimes called colic." Pediatrics 14 (1954): 421–434.
2 Grace Monfort, "How Much Crying Is Normal?" Parents.com.
3 Ronald G. Barr, "Crying behaviour and its importance for psychosocial development in children." In: Tremblay RE, Barr RG, Peters RDeV, eds. Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development [online]. Montreal, Quebec: Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development; 2006:4.
Thank you for this post – my son was in a similar situation and was born very small at 5lb 11oz and was very colicky and moody now at 6 mos. did you notice that colic has influenced your child's personality? How is your hold doing now? It's always nice to hear how people's babies are doing especially after such difficult experiences.
Thank you for leaving a comment….my daughter was also born 5 lb 11 oz! I believe that a baby's temperament/personality is definitely a factor in the development of colic. I read something recently that said that more sensitive personalities seem to have a higher tendency to go through a colicky phase when they are young. I would love to see if there is research on that, though when I did do a lot of reading up on this a few years back, I didn't look for that correlation. Will have to try to do that because it is still of much interest to me, even though my daughter is now nine and her colic was such a long time ago. My daughter has always been moody. Not looking forward to her teen years, that's for sure!
This is such amazing information! As a massage therapist, I often work with new moms and their little ones……they LOVE massage and especially when "mom" is doing it 🙂 But one really great tool with the colicky baby. Thanks for sharing such detail. So helpful!
The holidays were busy but it was good. I think this was the best christmas that I've ever had. My little guy was really excited opening his gifts!! I was actually able to put aside the anxiety and enjoy the moment. I hope that you had a great holiday too.
As of right now, I am having a difficult time. My bestfriend just had a baby and for some strange reason, it is triggering painful memories. So I'm feeling pretty depressed about it. I see my doctor soon and hopefully we will get my new plan in gear. Thank you for asking.
Happy 2010 to you too!!!
I'm glad to hear you had a nice Christmas! We had a lovely Christmas, but it was short-lived as usual. Can't believe people are already taking down their trees. We have an artificial one, so it's staying up another week.
I am glad you are going to see your psyahitrist (?) about dealing with your painful memories/sadness that's been triggered by your friend having a baby. Sounds like there is an underlying issue at hand that you need to address (through maybe CBT or whatever approach your psychiatrist recommends) in order to cope with your feelings. Please keep me posted!
What a great topic Ivy!!!
There are many things that I believe contributed to my PPD and colic was definitly one of them.
My best piece of advice to any mother or father who has a colicky baby is that if you are feeling angry and frustrated, put the baby down in a safe spot like their crib and walk away. Remember, that you have to take care of you as well. Crying won't hurt them. So take a big breath and a few minutes to compose yourself. If you still feel angry and frustrated, it is OK to ASK FOR HELP. Call a family member, a friend a neighbor…there is no shame in asking for help.
Thanks again Ivy for bringing up this very important topic!!!
Hope you were able to enjoy the holidays and you are feeling much better than the last time we corresponded!


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Staten Island Express Bus Network Redesign
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August 2019 Update
One year after launching the redesigned Staten Island Express Bus Network, data is showing that service between Manhattan and Staten Island has steadily improved across all metrics. Get the presentation here.
Here's some of what we've accomplished.
MORE TRIPS: We added 121 trips every weekday, 76 trips every Saturday and 50 trips every Sunday compared to the previous network, including off-peak and weekend service.
MORE ROUTES: We added three new routes – the SIM11, SIM33C and SIM9
MORE SERVICE: We extended route spans – increased the amount of time a route operates – on the SIM1, SIM34 and SIM4/4C
FASTER BUSES: In July 2019, average SIM bus speeds were 5.5% faster, or 17.2 mph, compared to 16.3 mph in June 2018 under the old network. Average SIM speeds are going up, to 17.2 mph year-to-date from 15.7 mph for the same period in 2018.
MORE RELIABLE: In spring 2019, 71.2% of customers finished their trip within 5 minutes of the scheduled time, up from 63.9% in spring 2018.
SHORTER WAITS: In July 2019, SIM customers waited for shorter periods -- 1m15s beyond their schedule wait time -- at stops compared to 1m40s under the old network last July.
LESS CROWDING: In July 2019, 30 weekday trips and 2 weekend trips had standees, compared to 42 weekday trips and 5 weekend trips under the previous network in July 2018.
IMPROVED TRANSIT PRIORITY: NYC Transit and MTA Bridges & Tunnels are working closely with NYPD and NYCDOT to keep traffic moving near the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel during evening peak hours. The multi-agency collaboration began in fall 2018 has led to faster bus speeds by 29%, increasing to 8.2 mph in July compared to 6.3 mph last fall.
HARNESSING NEW TECHNOLOGY: Seat availability information for Staten Island express buses is now available via the MYmta smartphone app. The technology was first tested by a select group of SIM customers who provided feedback during the bus network redesign, and the feedback from SIM customers will guide the larger rollout of the technology to include all MTA buses.
Reshaping an Outdated Network
We've created updated schedules, maps, and timetables to help understand the new network.
Timetables (including both current timetables and the timetables for the April 28th network update)
Staten Island's express bus service started in the 1960's. Since then, population, work trends, and the number of cars on the road have shifted. For a while, changes to the network happened piecemeal. In 2015, the MTA launched a comprehensive study to find out the best way to improve the network and provide better service. Data analysis and input from more than 3,000 riders as well as bus operators, elected officials, and local community leaders led to the creation of the redesigned network.
The new network is designed to address slow speeds and unreliability. The updated routes concentrate service where possible to streets with bus priority and are, on average, shorter and spend less time on Manhattan streets. They have fewer turns and have more space in between bus stops. Riders' benefits include the following:
Simplified service to Manhattan
More direct routes on Staten Island
Fewer stops to speed up trips
Expanded off-peak and weekend service to Manhattan
Streamlined routing to either Midtown or Downtown Manhattan
Previous Network Changes
2018 Open House Displays
Staten Island Bus Network 2017 Open House Displays
2017 Staten Island Bus Study
Staten Island Bus Study Public Workshop Presentation - Dec 15, 2015


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<?php

namespace ToDo\Bundle\ToDoBundle\Controller;

use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\Controller;

use ToDo\Bundle\ToDoBundle\Entity\Todoitems;
use ToDo\Bundle\ToDoBundle\Form\TodoitemsType;
use Symfony\Component\Finder\Exception\AccessDeniedException;

/**
 * Todoitems controller.
 *
 */
class TodoitemsController extends Controller
{

    /**
     * Lists all Todoitems entities.
     *
     */
    public function indexAction()
    {
        $em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();
        var_dump($this->getUser());
        //die();
        if ((false === $this->get('security.context')->isGranted('ROLE_ADMIN'))) {
            //filter about user
            //var_dump($this->getUser()->getId());
            $entities = $em->getRepository('ToDoToDoBundle:Todoitems')->findByUserId($this->getUser()->getId());
        }
        else
        {
            $entities = $em->getRepository('ToDoToDoBundle:Todoitems')->findAll();
        }
        return $this->render('ToDoToDoBundle:Todoitems:index.html.twig', array(
            'entities' => $entities,
        ));
    }
    /**
     * Creates a new Todoitems entity.
     *
     */
    public function createAction(Request $request)
    {
        if ((true === $this->get('security.context')->isGranted('ROLE_ADMIN'))) {
            throw new AccessDeniedException();
        }

        $entity = new Todoitems();
        $form = $this->createCreateForm($entity);
        $form->handleRequest($request);

        if ($form->isValid()) {
            $em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();
            $em->persist($entity);
            $em->flush();

            return $this->redirect($this->generateUrl('todoitems_show', array('id' => $entity->getId())));
        }

        return $this->render('ToDoToDoBundle:Todoitems:new.html.twig', array(
            'entity' => $entity,
            'form'   => $form->createView(),
        ));
    }

    /**
     * Creates a form to create a Todoitems entity.
     *
     * @param Todoitems $entity The entity
     *
     * @return \Symfony\Component\Form\Form The form
     */
    private function createCreateForm(Todoitems $entity)
    {

        $form = $this->createForm(new TodoitemsType(), $entity, array(
            'action' => $this->generateUrl('todoitems_create'),
            'method' => 'POST',
            'id' => $this->getUser()->getId()
        ));

        $form->add('submit', 'submit', array('label' => 'Create'));

        return $form;
    }

    /**
     * Displays a form to create a new Todoitems entity.
     *
     */
    public function newAction()
    {
        if ((true === $this->get('security.context')->isGranted('ROLE_ADMIN'))) {
            throw new AccessDeniedException();
        }

        $entity = new Todoitems();
        $form   = $this->createCreateForm($entity);

        return $this->render('ToDoToDoBundle:Todoitems:new.html.twig', array(
            'entity' => $entity,
            'form'   => $form->createView(),
        ));
    }

    /**
     * Finds and displays a Todoitems entity.
     *
     */
    public function showAction($id)
    {
        $em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();

        $entity = $em->getRepository('ToDoToDoBundle:Todoitems')->find($id);

        if (!$entity) {
            throw $this->createNotFoundException('Unable to find Todoitems entity.');
        }

        $deleteForm = $this->createDeleteForm($id);

        return $this->render('ToDoToDoBundle:Todoitems:show.html.twig', array(
            'entity'      => $entity,
            'delete_form' => $deleteForm->createView(),
        ));
    }

    /**
     * Displays a form to edit an existing Todoitems entity.
     *
     */
    public function editAction($id)
    {

        $em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();

        $entity = $em->getRepository('ToDoToDoBundle:Todoitems')->find($id);

        if (!$entity) {
            throw $this->createNotFoundException('Unable to find Todoitems entity.');
        }

        $editForm = $this->createEditForm($entity);
        $deleteForm = $this->createDeleteForm($id);

        return $this->render('ToDoToDoBundle:Todoitems:edit.html.twig', array(
            'entity'      => $entity,
            'edit_form'   => $editForm->createView(),
            'delete_form' => $deleteForm->createView(),
        ));
    }

    /**
    * Creates a form to edit a Todoitems entity.
    *
    * @param Todoitems $entity The entity
    *
    * @return \Symfony\Component\Form\Form The form
    */
    private function createEditForm(Todoitems $entity)
    {
        $form = $this->createForm(new TodoitemsType(), $entity, array(
            'action' => $this->generateUrl('todoitems_update', array('id' => $entity->getId())),
            'method' => 'PUT',
            'id' => $this->getUser()->getId(),
        ));

        $form->add('submit', 'submit', array('label' => 'Update'));

        return $form;
    }
    /**
     * Edits an existing Todoitems entity.
     *
     */
    public function updateAction(Request $request, $id)
    {
        $em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();

        $entity = $em->getRepository('ToDoToDoBundle:Todoitems')->find($id);

        if (!$entity) {
            throw $this->createNotFoundException('Unable to find Todoitems entity.');
        }

        $deleteForm = $this->createDeleteForm($id);
        $editForm = $this->createEditForm($entity);
        $editForm->handleRequest($request);

        if ($editForm->isValid()) {
            $em->flush();

            return $this->redirect($this->generateUrl('todoitems_show', array('id' => $id)));
        }

        return $this->render('ToDoToDoBundle:Todoitems:edit.html.twig', array(
            'entity'      => $entity,
            'edit_form'   => $editForm->createView(),
            'delete_form' => $deleteForm->createView(),
        ));
    }
    /**
     * Deletes a Todoitems entity.
     *
     */
    public function deleteAction(Request $request, $id)
    {
        $form = $this->createDeleteForm($id);
        $form->handleRequest($request);

        if ($form->isValid()) {
            $em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();
            $entity = $em->getRepository('ToDoToDoBundle:Todoitems')->find($id);

            if (!$entity) {
                throw $this->createNotFoundException('Unable to find Todoitems entity.');
            }

            $em->remove($entity);
            $em->flush();
        }

        return $this->redirect($this->generateUrl('todoitems'));
    }

    /**
     * Creates a form to delete a Todoitems entity by id.
     *
     * @param mixed $id The entity id
     *
     * @return \Symfony\Component\Form\Form The form
     */
    private function createDeleteForm($id)
    {
        return $this->createFormBuilder()
            ->setAction($this->generateUrl('todoitems_delete', array('id' => $id)))
            ->setMethod('DELETE')
            ->add('submit', 'submit', array('label' => 'Delete'))
            ->getForm()
        ;
    }
}

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namespace NetCreditHub.Extensions
{
    using System;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using Utils;

    /// <summary>
    /// <see cref="DateTime"/> 扩展方法.
    /// </summary>
    public static class DateTimeExtensions
    {
        private static readonly DateTime AllowMinDate = new DateTime(1754, 1, 1);
        private static readonly DateTime AllowMaxDate = new DateTime(9999, 12, 31, 23, 59, 59, 997);

        public static bool IsValid(this DateTime d)
        {
            return d.IsBetween(AllowMinDate, AllowMaxDate);
        }

        public static DateTime MinDate()
        {
            return AllowMinDate;
        }

        public static long MinLongDate()
        {
            return AllowMinDate.ToLong();
        }

        public static DateTime MaxDate()
        {
            return AllowMaxDate;
        }

        public static long MaxLongDate()
        {
            return AllowMaxDate.ToLong();
        }

        public static bool IsDateTime<T>(this T t)
        {
            var str = Convert.ToString(t);
            if (str.IsNullOrWhiteSpace()) return false;

            DateTime dt;
            if (DateTime.TryParse(str, out dt))
            {
                return dt.IsValid();
            }

            return false;
        }

        public static bool IsDateTime<T>(this T t, DateTime min, DateTime max)
        {
            if (t.IsDateTime())
            {
                var d = Convert.ToDateTime(t);
                return d.IsBetween(min, max);
            }
            return false;
        }

        public static bool EqualsMinDate(this DateTime d)
        {
            return AllowMinDate.ToString(FormatStrings.LongDate).Equals(d.ToString(FormatStrings.LongDate));
        }

        public static bool EqualsMinDate(this long d)
        {
            return d.Equals(MinLongDate());
        }

        public static long ToLong(this DateTime dt)
        {
            try
            {
                return dt.ToFileTime();
            }
            catch (Exception)
            {
                return AllowMinDate.ToFileTime();
            }
        }

        public static DateTime ToDateTime(this long t)
        {
            try
            {
                return DateTime.FromFileTime(t);
            }
            catch (Exception)
            {
                return AllowMinDate;
            }
        }

        public static DateTime ToDateTimeFromTimeSpan(this string timeStamp)
        {
            try
            {
                var startTime = TimeZone.CurrentTimeZone.ToLocalTime(new DateTime(1970, 1, 1));
                var lTime = long.Parse(timeStamp + "0000000");
                var toNowTime = new TimeSpan(lTime);

                return startTime.Add(toNowTime).ToString("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss").ToDateTime();
            }
            catch (Exception)
            {
                return MinDate();
            }
        }

        public static DateTime ToDateTime<T>(this T t, DateTime defaultValue)
        {
            var str = Convert.ToString(t);
            return str.IsDateTime() ? Convert.ToDateTime(str) : defaultValue;
        }

        public static DateTime ToDateTime<T>(this T t)
        {
            return t.ToDateTime(AllowMinDate);
        }

        #region 格式时间

        public static string ToStringForEdit(this DateTime d)
        {
            return "{0} {1}".FormatWith(d.ToShortDateString(), d.ToShortTimeString());
        }

        public static string ToStringForFeed(this DateTime d)
        {
            return d.ToString("R");
        }

        public static string ToRelativeDateTime(this DateTime d)
        {
            var time = DateTime.Now - d;

            if (time.TotalDays > 7)
            {
                return d.ToString(FormatStrings.SmallDate);
            }
            if (time.TotalHours > 24)
            {
                return FormatStrings.BeforeDay.FormatWith(time.Days);
            }
            if (time.TotalMinutes > 60)
            {
                return FormatStrings.BeforeHour.FormatWith(time.Hours);
            }
            if (time.TotalSeconds > 60)
            {
                return FormatStrings.BeforeMinute.FormatWith(time.Minutes);
            }

            return time.TotalSeconds > 10 ? FormatStrings.BeforeSecond.FormatWith(time.Seconds) : FormatStrings.JustaMomentAgo;
        }

        public static string ToStringDateTimeFormatYyyymmddHhmmss(this DateTime d)
        {
            return d.ToString(FormatStrings.LongDate);
        }

        public static string ToStringDateTimeFormatYyyymmddHhmmssfff(this DateTime d)
        {
            return d.ToString(FormatStrings.LongDate3);
        }

        public static string ToStringDateTimeFormatYyyymmddHhmm(this DateTime d)
        {
            return d.ToString(FormatStrings.LongDate2);
        }

        public static string ToStringDateTimeFormatYyyymmddHhmm(this DateTime? d)
        {
            return d == null
                ? ""
                :d.ToDateTime().ToString(FormatStrings.LongDate2);
        }

        public static string ToStringDateTimeFormatYyyymmdd(this DateTime d)
        {
            return d.ToString(FormatStrings.SmallDate);
        }

        public static string ToStringDateTimeFormatYyyymm(this DateTime d)
        {
            return d.ToString(FormatStrings.SmallDateOnlyYearAndMonth);
        }

        #endregion

        #region 判断获取指定日期

        /// <summary>
        /// 获取指定时间月份的天数.
        /// </summary>
        public static int ToGetMonthOfDays(this DateTime dt)
        {
            return DateTime.DaysInMonth(dt.Year, dt.Month);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// yyyy-MM-dd 00:00:00.000
        /// </summary>
        public static DateTime ToGetBeginDateTime(this DateTime d)
        {
            return d.ToString(FormatStrings.SmallDate).ToDateTime();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// yyyy-MM-dd 23:59:59.997
        /// </summary>
        public static DateTime ToGetEndDateTime(this DateTime d)
        {
            return d.ToString(FormatStrings.SmallDate).ToDateTime().AddHours(23).AddMinutes(59).AddSeconds(59).AddMilliseconds(997);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:00:000
        /// </summary>
        public static DateTime ToGetStartTimeAndSetSecondAndMillisecond(this DateTime dt)
        {
            return new DateTime(dt.Year, dt.Month, dt.Day, dt.Hour, dt.Minute, 0, 0);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:59:997
        /// </summary>
        public static DateTime ToGetEndTimeAndSetSecondAndMillisecond(this DateTime dt)
        {
            return new DateTime(dt.Year, dt.Month, dt.Day, dt.Hour, dt.Minute, 59, 997);
        }

        public static DateTime ToGetFirstDateOfWeekByADate(this DateTime d)
        {
            return d.AddDays(Convert.ToDouble((0 - Convert.ToInt16(d.DayOfWeek)))).ToGetBeginDateTime();
        }

        public static DateTime ToGetLastDateOfWeekByADate(this DateTime d)
        {
            return d.AddDays(Convert.ToDouble((6 - Convert.ToInt16(d.DayOfWeek)))).ToGetEndDateTime();
        }

        public static DateTime ToGetFirstDateOfWeekByADateForCn(this DateTime d)
        {
            return d.ToGetFirstDateOfWeekByADate().AddDays(1);
        }

        public static DateTime ToGetLastDateOfWeekByADateForCn(this DateTime d)
        {
            return d.ToGetLastDateOfWeekByADate().AddDays(1);
        }

        public static DateTime ToGetFirstDateOfMonthByADate(this DateTime d)
        {
            return d.ToString("yyyy-MM-01").ToDateTime();
        }

        public static DateTime ToGetLastDateOfMonthByADate(this DateTime d)
        {
            d = d.AddMonths(1);

            return d.ToString("yyyy-MM-01").ToDateTime().AddDays(-1).ToGetEndDateTime();
        }

        public static DateTime ToGetFirstDateOfQuarterByADate(this DateTime d)
        {
            return d.AddMonths(0 - ((d.Month - 1) % 3)).ToString("yyyy-MM-01").ToDateTime();
        }

        public static DateTime ToGetLastDateOfQuarterByADate(this DateTime d)
        {
            return d.AddMonths(3 - ((DateTime.Now.Month - 1) % 3)).ToString("yyyy-MM-01").ToDateTime().AddDays(-1).ToGetEndDateTime();
        }

        public static DateTime ToGetFirstDateOfYearByADate(this DateTime d)
        {
            return d.ToString("yyyy-01-01").ToDateTime();
        }

        public static DateTime ToGetLastDateOfYearByADate(this DateTime d)
        {
            return d.ToString("yyyy-01-01").ToDateTime().AddYears(1).AddDays(-1).ToGetEndDateTime();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// 是否闰年
        /// </summary>
        public static bool IsLeapYear(this int year)
        {
            return (year % 4).Equals(0) && (!(year % 100).Equals(0) || (year % 400).Equals(0));
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// 获取现在之前的"days"天
        /// </summary>
        public static DateTime DaysAgo(this int days)
        {
            return DateTime.Now.AddDays(-days);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// 获取现在之前的"months"个月
        /// </summary>
        public static DateTime MonthsAgo(this int months)
        {
            return DateTime.Now.AddMonths(-months);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// 获取现在之前的"years"年
        /// </summary>
        public static DateTime YearsAgo(this int years)
        {
            return DateTime.Now.AddYears(-years);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// 现在之前的"hours"小时
        /// </summary>
        public static DateTime HoursAgo(this int hours)
        {
            return DateTime.Now.AddHours(-hours);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// 现在之前的"minutes"分钟
        /// </summary>
        public static DateTime MinutesAgo(this int minutes)
        {
            return DateTime.Now.AddMinutes(-minutes);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// 获取现在之后的"days"天
        /// </summary>
        public static DateTime DaysFromNow(this int days)
        {
            return DateTime.Now.AddDays(days);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// 获取现在之后的"days"个月
        /// </summary>
        public static DateTime MonthsFromNow(this int months)
        {
            return DateTime.Now.AddMonths(months);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// 获取现在之后的"years"年
        /// </summary>
        public static DateTime YearsFromNow(this int years)
        {
            return DateTime.Now.AddYears(years);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// 获取现在之后的"hours"小时
        /// </summary>
        public static DateTime HoursFromNow(this int hours)
        {
            return DateTime.Now.AddHours(hours);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// 获取现在之后的"minutes"分钟
        /// </summary>
        public static DateTime MinutesFromNow(this int minutes)
        {
            return DateTime.Now.AddMinutes(minutes);
        }

        #endregion

        #region 验证时间段

        /// <summary>
        /// 判断验证时间段
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="inputStartTimeT">开始时间</param>
        /// <param name="inputEndTimeT">结束时间</param>
        /// <param name="startTime">返回的开始时间</param>
        /// <param name="endTime">返回的结束时间</param>
        /// <param name="formatRefTime">
        /// 格式化时间
        ///     true:
        ///         -startTime: inputStartTime -> yyyy-MM-dd 00:00:00:000
        ///         -endTime: inputEndTime -> yyyy-MM-dd 23:59:59:997
        ///     false:
        ///         -startTime: inputStartTime -> yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.fff
        ///         -endTime: inputEndTime -> yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.997
        /// </param>
        /// <param name="inSameYear">判断年份是否在同一年</param>
        /// <return>返回验证信息, 仅验证失败的时候 BoolResult.Result 存在值.</return>
        public static BoolResult<string> IsValidBetweenDateTime<T>(T inputStartTimeT, T inputEndTimeT,
            ref DateTime startTime,
            ref DateTime endTime,
            bool formatRefTime = true,
            bool inSameYear = false)
        {
            var inputStartTime = inputStartTimeT.ToDateTime();
            var inputEndTime = inputEndTimeT.ToDateTime();

            //验证时间段是否有效
            if (!inputStartTime.IsValid() || !inputEndTime.IsValid() || inputStartTime > inputEndTime)
            {
                return new BoolResult<string>
                {
                    Success = false,
                    Result = "当前验证的时间段相关的值无效或者不是一个从小到大的时间范围."
                };
            }

            //验证时间段是否在同一年
            if (inSameYear && !inputStartTime.Year.Equals(inputEndTime.Year))
            {
                return new BoolResult<string>
                {
                    Success = false,
                    Result = "当前验证的时间段范围不在同一年份内."
                };
            }

            //格式化返回时间
            if (formatRefTime)
            {
                startTime = inputStartTime.ToGetBeginDateTime();
                endTime = inputEndTime.ToGetEndDateTime();
            }
            else
            {
                startTime = inputStartTime;
                endTime = inputEndTime.ToGetEndTimeAndSetSecondAndMillisecond();
            }

            return new BoolResult<string>();
        }

        #endregion

        #region 其他

        public static List<KeyValuePair<string, List<KeyValuePair<string, string>>>> GetQuickDateList()
        {
            var quickDate = new List<KeyValuePair<string, List<KeyValuePair<string, string>>>>
            {
                new KeyValuePair<string, List<KeyValuePair<string, string>>>("按天",
                    new List<KeyValuePair<string, string>>
                    {
                        new KeyValuePair<string, string>("Now", "当前"),
                        new KeyValuePair<string, string>("Yesterday", "昨天"),
                        new KeyValuePair<string, string>("Today", "今天"),
                        new KeyValuePair<string, string>("Tomorrow", "明天")
                    }),
                new KeyValuePair<string, List<KeyValuePair<string, string>>>("按周",
                    new List<KeyValuePair<string, string>>
                    {
                        new KeyValuePair<string, string>("LastWeek", "上周"),
                        new KeyValuePair<string, string>("ThisWeek", "本周"),
                        new KeyValuePair<string, string>("NextWeek", "下周")
                    }),
                new KeyValuePair<string, List<KeyValuePair<string, string>>>("按月",
                    new List<KeyValuePair<string, string>>
                    {
                        new KeyValuePair<string, string>("LastMonth", "上月"),
                        new KeyValuePair<string, string>("ThisMonth", "本月"),
                        new KeyValuePair<string, string>("NextMonth", "下月")
                    }),
                new KeyValuePair<string, List<KeyValuePair<string, string>>>("按季",
                    new List<KeyValuePair<string, string>>
                    {
                        new KeyValuePair<string, string>("LastSeason", "上季"),
                        new KeyValuePair<string, string>("ThisSeason", "本季"),
                        new KeyValuePair<string, string>("NextSeason", "下季")
                    }),
                new KeyValuePair<string, List<KeyValuePair<string, string>>>("其他",
                    new List<KeyValuePair<string, string>>
                    {
                        new KeyValuePair<string, string>("ThisYear", "今年")
                    })
            };

            return quickDate;
        }

        #endregion
    }
}


What is a Frowny Frenulum Piercing?
Hint: It's almost never visible.
Definition: Frenulum piercings refer to three possible oral piercings - this page provides information about the lower lip frenulum piercings known as a Frowny. A Frowny is the opposite of a Smiley in that it pierces the thin connective tissue (frenulum) under the bottom lip (as opposed to the upper lip frenulum). Unlike a Smiley, a Frowny isn't visible when you smile...or frown...actually, it's almost never visible unless you have a very pronounced smile or yank your bottom lip down to show someone.
Because of that fact, it's not a very popular piercing but it's a great one for those who prefer to keep their body modifications a secret.
You have to have enough connective tissue in order to be pierced here. If your frenulum is too small, which has to be determined by your piercer, then it won't be possible to pierce. Frownys are already prone to migration and rejection, and forcing a piercing through a too-small frenulum will only increase that risk and could break the frenulum.
Standard jewelry for a Frowny is a small, delicate CBR - usually 16 or possibly even 18 gauge and no more than half an inch in diameter. There is a high risk of gum and/or tooth damage with this piercing, so it's important that you get the right jewelry and keep a very close eye on it. Make it a normal part of your brushing routine; after you brush your teeth, check this and any other oral piercings just to confirm that they all look healthy.
Healing time is pretty short - they usually heal up in about four weeks if you're a healthy non-smoker.
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Navigate 2019: Compliance Fatigue, Who Has Time for That?
June 14, 2019 | George Hulme | Market Views
It's time security and identity teams stop thinking so much about identity. It's time organizations stop having to think so much about access rights and privileges, provisioning workflows, passwords, access certifications, and all that's associated with them. It's all hard, often repetitive, work, and there are other things the organization needs to be concerned about.
No, I'm not saying that we don't need identity management and governance any longer. Quite the contrary. It's just as, if not more, crucial as ever. Identity is central when it comes to securing the environment, meeting regulatory compliance, and providing great user and customer experiences. I'm saying identity has become so important to the organization that it needs to become part of the fabric of business-technology.
Take access certification as an example. Access certification was one of the big themes throughout the discussions at Navigate this year, especially when it came to access certification fatigue. Business users are overwhelmed with requests to certify access to all of their (increasingly growing) list of applications. Too often they don't understand the access and entitlements they're approving, or they're so overwhelmed with requests that they just start certifying access lists to get them the heck out of their to do queue.
These aren't the types of things enterprise security and identity teams want to be working on. They'd much rather find more efficient ways to achieve the required certifications so they could focus on more business-strategic things. At Navigate we heard from many companies that want to improve and automate their processes, improve their customer experiences, get better control of privileged access accounts, improve return on technology investments, and help make their organizations more secure and agile.
Unfortunately, many security and identity management teams – who want to do more and be supportive of the business – are stuck on these painful treadmills. And they're stuck in place just trying to keep up as the business is asking them for help to move forward and advance the business. But the challenge is, despite all of their efforts, the increased complexity of business-technology environments and the sheer number of devices, applications, resources, and data that they must effectively manage access – and the old processes that have been in place for several decades now are no longer sufficient.
As SailPoint co-founder and CEO Mark McClain said during his opening keynote, "We have to be able to enable our teams to get their jobs done. We have to say yes. They need the apps, and the data to do their jobs. But the reality is the complexity, the rate of change, and the scale that in most enterprises now are making it extremely difficult to decide who should have access to what."
I spoke with a lot of identity managers and security officers over the past few days with whom those words resonated. They are taking the steps they need to gain get their identity programs where they need them. They're trying to automate much of the mundane work that you'd expect. They're automating access certifications processes, to the extent they can be. They are automating password resets. They are gaining better governance over critical applications and data. But they're not scaling as quickly as they'd like, or as they likely need to be.
They do see hope on the horizon, however. I spoke with many CISOs and identity executives who hope, and I heard their growing enthusiasm that machine learning algorithms and artificial intelligence can help them scale where decades-old processes and throwing more labor and the challenges haven't.
Effective identity analytics obtains identity insights by looking at all of the identity data already within the organization and reviewing it at speeds humans just can't. The system can identify low-risk access requests and provide automatic approval, and it can spot outliers that should be looked into and bring them to the attention of the appropriate people. And as new applications and digital services come online, machine analytics can provide real-time, data-driven, and risk-based feedback so that the organization remains agile and secure.
That's why it's time security and identity professionals alike should be able to stop soon having to think so much about identity. It's time to let the machines think about the mundane stuff. And as machine learning lives up to its promises, and it certainly eventually will, it will do much more than that. It will help businesses to drive down the complexity of identity management, and for most people in the organization, identity management will fade into the background. Just where it should be.


Excitement about the potential for robotic process automation (RPA) to transform the workplace shows no signs of subsiding in 2019. What are the significant RPA trends and developments that can be expected this year? IDM asked Rob Mills, Vice President, Australia & New Zealand at Blue Prism for his perspective. Mills has a lengthy background in enterprise content, collaboration and information governance, and is looking forward to the arrival of true intelligent automation, what Blue Prism calls connected-RPA.
IDM: What is RPA and why are large organisations globally embracing it?
RM: Blue Prism coined the term Robotic Process Automation (RPA) in 2013 to describe the automation of manual processes by digital workers or software robots. These digital workers mimic the actions of real-life employees by capturing, querying and interpreting data, triggering responses and communicating with other digital systems. Put simply, it's a digital workforce that offers assistance, opinions and insight to customers, staff and other digital systems. RPA can be used for relatively mundane data entry tasks but it is increasingly being used for more sophisticated processes that would previously have required the perception and judgement of humans when cognitive capabilities are added. This moves us into the world of 'intelligent automation' which I'll explore in more detail later.
In terms of why it is being embraced – it is more a question of 'why not?'. Naturally, deploying RPA can be used for efficiency cost savings, but it can also create considerable value. It drives more accurate, faster and responsible processes which in turn lift the customer experience, aid governance and regulatory process and can even open up additional revenue streams.
Today, IT departments often spend most of their budget on maintaining and updating processes and systems, rather than focusing on new initiatives. Blue Prism gives enterprises greater operational agility by providing an intelligent digital workforce capable of self-learning and continuous improvement, empowering users to automate billions of transactions while returning hundreds of millions of hours of work back into the business.
IDM: Analysts agree that the market is in hypergrowth mode and that this will continue for years. What is driving this?
RM: It is growing exponentially as RPA addresses many of the business processes that have remained outside the scope of the large transformation programs of works that organisations undertake to improve their core platforms and services.
When it comes to a business case, RPA offers value across the entire enterprise. For the CEO it delivers increased margins while reducing costs, allowing the business to operate more efficiently; for the COO it's productivity and better services; for the CIO it's providing the business with a flexible and resilient digital workforce that they can self-service; the CFO is attracted by reduced operating costs and improved compliance and security; for the CDOs it's rapid prototyping and ability to leverage and deploy complimentary technologies such as OCR, Natural Language Processing and cognitive services; for the CMO and CCO it delivers a better customer experience by meeting service and response time expectations.
Last but not least, it removes the boring and tedious tasks for many employees and allows them to focus on higher value work.
IDM: Since opening its first ANZ office in Sydney in April 2017, Blue Prism has expanded its client list to include many of the largest financial institutions and telco brands in Australia and New Zealand, as well as the Federal Government. What are some examples of RPA in action?
RM: The range of processes that ANZ organisations are using RPA for is extremely broad. Taking just one sector as an example, you'll see financial institutions use it for a range of things like the processing of mortgages, loan applications, transfer of funds, customer onboarding and switches of investments. Many of these processes can also be quite complex, with multiple process paths reflecting product rules and compliance regulations and touch dozens of business applications and the impact of an RPA deployment can be nothing short of transformational. For example, one large bank we work with has been able to reduce the time it takes to open a transaction account from six days to just 10 minutes. This time reduction isn't just due to efficiency – it was also down to governance issues which previously meant two different teams had to be involved.
Of particular interest to IDM readers is the fact that capture technologies to classify and OCR documents is on the rise and we expect to see a significant upswing in the automation of processes involving unstructured documentation.
RM: Intelligent automation is 'next level' RPA and where its future lies. Essentially, cognitive capabilities like sentiment analysis, emotional AI, pattern learning, computer vision, optical character recognition (OCR); visual perception and collaboration can now enable a digital workforce to carry out more complex and sophisticated tasks.
For example, a digital worker may use OCR technology to understand a document and the data it contains, and then automatically update the appropriate business applications and communicate robot to robot, robot to person or robot to customer, as appropriate. Natural Language Processing (NLP) along with sentiment and entity analysis, language translation and computer vision will also allow businesses to process documents with unstructured data and images and we see this is a significant opportunity for future applications.
IDM: Do you expect we will see a standard emerge in robotics process automation in 2019?
RM: We certainly hope so. As it is a relatively new technology category, it can be hard for customers to differentiate between vendors. From a marketing perspective the messaging is very similar, but not all of the vendors have the enterprise grade technology and the experience to deliver. Unfortunately, this can lead to businesses making an expensive mistake and purchasing technology that isn't fit for current or future purpose.
Robotic Desktop Automation (RDA) - in which a human operator initiates a software robot to execute a predefined activity. This assisted automation utilises the credential of the human worker to access software applications.
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) – this is autonomous execution of a defined process by a software robot using its own unique system credentials just as a human operator would. Generally, this is done in a server environment on-premise or in the cloud.
Unfortunately, the vast majority of organisations that are implementing what they believe is RPA are in fact, implementing RDA.
The difference is vast. It would be akin to comparing a mobile phone Business Card Reader App with an enterprise Capture capability, so our advice to anyone considering an RPA solution is to do their due diligence – or work with a channel partner who has!
IDM: Why has Blue Prism announced Digital Exchange and what does this mean for adjacent technologies like AI, cognitive and disruptive technologies?
RM: The Digital Exchange is at the centre of our connected-RPA vision which aims to gives enterprises a game changing way of staying competitive and accelerating time to market for new services and products by easily accessing and exploiting leading-edge cloud, AI and cognitive capabilities.
The equivalent of an Appstore for enterprise automation, it's a place where our customers, partners, technology alliance partners and development can come together to share and inform - effectively fast-tracking the Blue Prism experience, shortening design cycles and providing insight to the art of the possible.
Many of the downloadable assets are focused on AI and cognitive technologies such as OCR, text analytics and computer vision. These assets don't need any coding or scripting. It is simply drag and drop access to intelligent automation (IA), machine learning, cognitive and disruptive technologies from companies our clients know and trust—like Appian, ABBYY, Google, IBM and more.
Consequently, we expect to reduce the knowledge gap and fast track the application of these adjacent technologies.


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Eviction has reached crisis level in America, driven in part by the lack of affordable housing. COVID has both exacerbated the situation and helped. COVID has brought this problem to the attention of policymakers and provided much needed financial assistance for some. At the same time, the assistance is too little and comes too late for many.
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