So there we have it, the universal urge that Jung understood so well in its unconscious form, as an archetype that needs to be integrated in order for the individual to move on to the next critical stage of growth. But since we are speaking here of the public hero, the archetype's avatars, Byron's tongue-in-cheek choice creates an eerie resonance here in the Land of Oz, where the wizard remains securely hidden behind his curtain of faux reality created by the all-powerful mass media.
Historically these mana personalities, or charismatic individuals, seem to have developed in all societies, in all circumstances, appearing as artists, generals, politicians, spiritual or intellectual leaders, saints, or sinners. Rare, but unmistakable in their effect on other people, and in the fact that they seemed to spring, unbidden, from out of the same soil as the ordinary run of men. In other words, they have always been a natural phenomenon.
But now, back to Oz, and the wizard behind his curtain, from whence issue forth, in a bewildering stream, mana personalities to order, created by the mass media and presented to us as full-blown beings, accompanied, it would seem, by a suitably frenzied fan-base, prepared to vouch for their extraordinary powers. Manufactured mana, the new drug of choice for a society increasingly divorced from reality, the opiate of a nation dissociated from itself. How did we get here? Let us begin with a brief tour through late twentieth-century history.
Of course, public opinion has always been shaped by various forces: the church, the state, the establishment, politics, tribal custom, economics, even arts and letters. But the advent of mass communications radically altered the speed with which any changes could take place. After WWII, as Americans, we began our slide into the consumer economy that can arguably be cited as the beginning of our present moral and spiritual confusion. The Levittowns, the shiny appliances, the life of wholesome conformity and better living through chemistry became the new ideal. America became not only a new world superpower (and superhero) but a model for the good life incarnate.
When that bubble burst in the sixties with Vietnam, hippies, civil rights action, the assassinations of the Kennedys and Martin Luther King, Jr., we suddenly found ourselves jolted out of national complacency in a way that had never happened before. Our heroes were dead, and our sense of national pride and moral certainty was wounded, in some cases, fatally.
Because of mass communications it was impossible to ignore what was happening. We as a nation were finally tossed out of the garden and forced to examine our assumptions about national virtue. Jung might suggest that we had finally been brought into realization of our national shadow.
So, like the groundhog, many of us dashed back into the burrow to see if we could ignore the cold or sleep it off. The seventies became a period of intense national narcissism, the so-called me generation. Meanwhile, the effect of mass communications, especially TV, became more and more pervasive. This decade of extreme self-absorption was fostered by a barrage of both print and electronic messages, urging us to improve ourselves—physically, spiritually, any which way we could, in a sort of reversion to the personal, something that seemed more manageable than a world suddenly grown increasingly ambiguous. This period of national adolescence, with all its insecurities, was bolstered by the post-war baby boom, those born between 1946 and 1964—significantly the year after Kennedy was assassinated. A generation unto itself, the Boomers, encouraged by the media, became their own in-crowd, that bulwark of adolescent identity.
These cultural orphans became the protesters who worked for integration, against the Viet Nam War, and against the establishment that that stood for those things. Eventually, though, as the Boomers grew older, that rebellious fire died down, quenched by the necessity of earning a living and becoming parents themselves.
Then along came Ronald Reagan, in the wake of a low period in the country's history, an old-fashioned father image that brought them back into the family fold, much like the young adult who finally realizes that his father might not have been wrong after all. It was Morning in America, and we were magically transported back to childhood when father did know best, and the work ethic meant material success. Life became simpler again. We were out of Vietnam, the economy was better, minorities were on the way up, and the cultural shadow was dispelled by the benign sunshine of a supremely confident, optimistic father who gave us permission to love our country, and incidentally, ourselves, again.
In The New York Times on June 20, 2004, Frank Rich muses on the recent phenomenon of Reagan's marathon funeral. Rich says that the one question that has still not been laid to rest is: "What in Heaven's name was going on?"
"Was this runaway marathon of mourning prompted by actual grief: A vast right-wing conspiracy? A vast reserve of displaced sorrow about the war in Iraq? Global warming? Whatever it was about, it was not always about Ronald Reagan. His average approval rating in office was lower than that of many modern presidents, including each George Bush. His death at 93, after a full life and a long terminal illness, was neither tragic not shocking."
The writer goes on to cite the media precedent of O.J. Simpson's car chase and numerous other examples of carefully constructed public sentiment for the insatiable beast the 24/7 news business has become. Rich ends his column with the suggestion that Reagan himself might find the whole thing funny, and remarks that he can almost hear him saying, "There you go again."
This is not to say that manufactured mana is a new thing, by any means. We only need look at the pomp and panoply of royalty, of the church, of the military, or the medicine man in his mask, to see that construction of the appearance of power is probably as old as mankind. We have always needed our mojo, our good juju, in order to beat back the evil spirits that lurk just beyond our sight, hidden in the unconscious. But while the practice of manufacturing mana is not recent, it has become so common, so ubiquitous, that we have lost the ability to discriminate between real and false.
After the Reagan years and their credit card prosperity, the nation found itself in the care of George Bush the first, another father figure of a different stripe. The first Gulf War was a terrifying, but brief exercise that bolstered the fatherly presidency for awhile, but Bush lost his temporary popularity with the failing economy, and Bill Clinton became the new and distinctly unfatherly president.
Clinton was the Boomer's own president, a new generation of leadership that, like JFK's years, promised youth and vigor, and hope for a new beginning, but that hope failed too. In the partisan strife and discord of those eight years the country was finally torn apart into two political factions that have evolved into something closely approximating two separate nations. Now, in the reign of Bush II, with the tragedy of 9/11, followed by the disastrous Iraq war, we become a nation constantly more polarized and alienated from itself.
Unable to construct our own images, to connect with our own myths, we remain fixed in a Peter Pan world, not only unwilling, but unable to grow up, and dependent upon Oz to tell us how to feel, how to think, how to live. Our gods are "personalities," constructed, like Potemkin's villages of two-dimensional simulations of real life. Witness the popularity of Paris Hilton, Andy Warhol's prediction come true in a person who is famous for being famous.
Since we remain in this Puer/Puella stage unconsciously, we attempt to give it the semblance of physical reality with the literal trappings that seem to furnish our only clue of what reality might be. A constant parade of Britney Spears wannabes make themselves ridiculous in costumes so brief they seem better suited to toddlers, in a parody of adult sexuality that often shows a pathetic lack of self-awareness. Their male counterparts, in an attempt to simulate the street-smart machismo of the Gangsta/Rapper, also manage to resemble nothing so much as overgrown children in droopy long shorts, backward baseball caps, untied sneakers and T-shirts with various motifs stretched across fat, baby bellies.
Where are their parents? Right there with them in many cases, turned out like aging toddlers as well, attempting to stay young with their children. According to Rob Kyff, who writes a syndicated newspaper column on language use, the current term for this unseemly phenomenon is teenile. The puer and senex have collapsed into one confused and misbegotten entity "In second childishness, and mere oblivion, Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything."5 because their false gods in the machine have failed to produce a desirable model of maturity.
Of course, every action produces a reaction, and the other cultural extreme has become the fundamentalist right wing. Here the model for maturity, although visually more conventional, is a stubborn insistence on the literal that Jung would find familiar. In Memories, Dreams, Reflections he writes about the confusion of his father, the fundamentalist minister whose faith eventually failed him. It was, in fact, the tension between his mystical mother and his literal father that seems to have been responsible for much of Jung's early search for truth. Perhaps because he incorporated both of those extremes in his early consciousness, he was able to liberate himself from absolutism, in the form of his notorious dream about a father god whose enormous turd finally dropped, thus allowing the young Jung to lose his fear of mental sacrilege, and to begin thinking for himself without guilt.
Can we get to that place as a society? Can we overcome the need to place all our faith in the constructions of others and find a way to live with ambiguity? Europeans seem to be much better at that than we are, because they don't appear to project so much of their archetypal content on their leaders. What appears to the world to be national arrogance in this country is much like the dependence of children, for whom their parents can do no wrong because they have not developed a sense of their own ego. But perhaps it is even more like the hubris of adolescents, who having discovered the fallibility of parents, huddle together in their posses, scorning everyone who is not part of their particular crowd and nursing every narcissistic wound. The pervasiveness of this participation myth is manifest in the school shootings and juvenile violence of recent years. Now, shaken to the core by 9/11, we are accused of being unpatriotic should we commit the cardinal sin of criticizing anything our country does. "With us or against us," "your country: Love it or Leave It." The irony is that America, the land of the frontiersman and the loner has become the land of the conformist.
Perhaps the pain of our present experience will eventually serve as a cleansing, as we see ourselves through the eyes of the world, not as saviors, but as oppressors. If we can look at our national shadow, instead of denying its existence, perhaps we can begin the process of integration. In that shadow integration lies one of our biggest differences from our European friends. Nathaniel Hawthorne's God-haunted puritans furnish a vital clue to that shadow that we still attempt to avoid after all these years. His Young Goodman Brown provides the perfect model for a national psyche still unable to integrate its shadow because of a stubborn insistence to reject the duality of human nature. The unfortunate young man, when forced to confront his own shadow projection, in the forest of his own unconscious, sees the image of his friends and neighbors, even of his pure young wife, dancing to the devil's music in a chthonic midnight Witches' Sabbbath . Ever after, lacking the ability to own that part of himself, he becomes a bitter cynic, looking upon his fellow men as sinners, unworthy of his respect.
Until we heal this breach in the national psyche, the either/or dichotomy that precludes compromise and tolerance, that renders us unable to live with ambiguity, we will remain in this peculiar Never Never Land, where maturity is more to be feared than desired. In my Voice and Diction classes, I work with exercises that help to smooth the passagio, well known to singers as the break that occurs when passing from the chest voice to the head voice. It has often been suggested that one of civilization's problems is the lack of an initiation ceremony, a formal passage from childhood to adulthood. If only it were as simple to give some exercises for our psychic passagio.
Can we find our way back to the archetypes and to the notion of the individual as his own hero, or has the mass media so co-opted our minds that we have lost the ability to find our own reality? Since, unlike Dorothy, we can never go back to Kansas, where are we headed?
1 Jung, C.G. "The Mana Personality." The Collected Works of C. G. Jung: Two Essays on Analytical Psychology. Vol. 7, second edition.
Tita French Baumlin, George H. Jensen. Albany: SUNY, 2003.
5 Shakespeare, William. As You Like It. II. vii.


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435 Friday fish frys and counting: Belly Up Bar (Menomonee Falls)
Caleb Westphal
Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. This week: Belly Up Bar in Menomonee Falls.
What was intended to be one week off from the column turned into three. Fish fry #432 was at Stella's Fish Cafe in Minneapolis:
By the time the next Friday came around, I was quarantined with COVID-19. My symptoms were mild—perhaps in part due to being boosted—so my larger concern was what my fish fry would look like. My freezer had some cod that I had bought as backup fish for last New Year's Eve's homemade perch fish fry, and I decided to pan fry it. I ordered some potatoes for delivery so I could make pancakes, as well as some pre-made coleslaw, deciding I should cut myself some slack on the slaw front due to my illness:
By fish fry #434 I no longer needed to quarantine, but since CDC guidelines recommended I still be masking, I opted from eating indoors and instead grabbed fish from the Packing House drive-thru:
It was just after 4 p.m. when I walked into Belly Up Bar in Menomonee Falls (N88W18384 Christman Rd., 262-255-2653) for fish fry #435 this past Friday. I made a point to sit at the bar, instead of at one of the eight or so tables that surrounded it, so I could fulfill the summons of the establishment's name. The long, rectangular shaped bar, which seats 20-25 people, was just starting to fill up, mainly with sexagenarian or septuagenarian men, sometimes swearing, sometimes sitting in silence and sipping beer. "I'd like a light beer and a fish fry," one guy said as he sat down. "You want a fish fry? I'll buy you a fish fry," he later told another guy who walked in and sat near him. Someone else sat down next to me, and was brought a beer even though he didn't order one. He drank two beers in silence and left.
I asked for a menu. Except for chicken and chicken tenders, everything on it was seafood. Listed were cod, either beer battered, breaded, or Cajun ($12/ two-piece or $13.50/ three-piece); grilled cod with butter and onions, seasoned with Old Bay ($14) ("I think you will like it!!!"); perch, available beer battered, breaded, or Cajun ($18); shrimp ($13.50); scallops ($18) ("Gotta love um!"); and a seafood dinner, which consists of three shrimp, five scallops, and one piece of fish ($18 with cod/ $19 with perch). Belly Up used to have homemade potato pancakes, but for some reason—I didn't ask why—they no longer do. Potato choices are french fries, homemade German potato salad, American potato salad, and potato spuds, a kind of cheesy tater tots. I ordered the three-piece beer battered cod with french fries.
The bartender set a wooden tray on the bar, and it wasn't long before the food came out and was set on it. The paper-cupped coleslaw was a triple threat of sweet, creamy, and celery seeds. The sweetness hit first, then the rest. Made primarily of green cabbage, it also had some red cabbage and carrot. Light rye bread sat next to it on the tray. Halved, lightly buttered, and sandwiched together, it had a strong caraway seed-inspired flavor. While not much can be said about the french fries, they were cooked and salted with care.
The cod was rather chunky and of a moderately good quality. All three pieces stayed remarkably hot throughout the meal on account of the batter that covered them—the third piece was still steaming as I cut it open. The batter was thick and soft, and had just a hint of beer flavor. The tartar was thin, acerbic, and largely devoid of relish.
Belly Up Bar might not be a destination spot for a fish fry, but it's easy to understand why it's the neighborhood bar of some. Like any respectable neighborhood bar, it does offer a fish fry, and the fry is satisfying enough for anyone who bellies up to try at least once.
This fish fry column has been running on and off for over five years, and it's time for me to step away from it once again. I haven't decided if it will return at some point or if this will be the end, and I'm leaving my decision on its future open-ended. The initial shutdown of the pandemic didn't permanently knock it or my Friday streak out, and neither did my own COVID-19 experience (I made the decision to step away from the column before that). These feel like their own victories in such uncertain times. Rest assured that I'll continue to seek out fish frys all over the greater Milwaukee area and beyond until there's no breath left in me. Thank you all for reading. Keep the faith and keep eating fish!
Takeaways: Steaming hot fish in a thick beer batter; strongly flavored and thin tartar; sweet slaw; no more potato pancakes but a number of other potato choices.
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Q: members() of a list There is the the member(), but is there members() predicate?
Which accept two lists and checks/unifies if the elements in the one list are members of the other list?
 members([2,4], [1,2,3,4,5])  => true

 members([2,X], [1,2,3,4,5])  =probably=> [2,1];[2,3];[2,4];[2,5]

or probably it should behave like :
 members([2,4], [1,2,3,4,5])  => member([2], [1,2,3,4,5]),member([4], [1,2,3,4,5])

I'm looking for the second interpretation, but the first non procedural implementation!
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second interpretation probably :
  ?- Y=[1,2,3,4,5],maplist( \X^(member(X,Y)),[2,4,5]).

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All right, a new message from MAX. It says "Finally nailed down the About Us page. "Grabbing a drip coffee "and we'll be back in a few with the next wireframe.
"Check out "zero zero two dot about magnifascent wireframe png "and three about magnifascent content dot html "in your Dropbox steps folder. "I'll keep adding files in there as we go. "Thanks.
" Okay, let's go to our steps folder. Again this is in our resource pack. And let's open up the second step "about magnifascent wireframe dot png".
So this is pretty straightforward. We have a place holder for the header and a side bar just to indicate where this content is supposed to display. We have a title.


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Q: netstat showing foreign ports as kubernetes:port. What does this mean? I am using a Windows 10 Pro machine.
When I run netstat, it is showing kubernetes:port as foreign address in active connections.
What does this mean? I have checked and there is no kubernetes cluster running on my machine.
How do I close these connections?

Minikube status:
$ minikube status
host:
kubelet:
apiserver:
kubectl:

A: It seems that Windows docker changed your hosts file.
So, if you want to get rid of these connections, just comment out the corresponding lines in the hosts file.
The hosts file on Windows 10 is located in C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc and
the records may look something like 127.0.0.1 kubernetes.docker.internal.
I am pretty sure it will disrupt your docker service on Windows (yet, I am not an expert), so don't forget to uncomment these lines whenever you need to get the docker service back.

A: That happens because of the way netstat renders output. It has nothing to do with actual Kubernetes.
I have Docker Desktop for Windows and it adds this to the hosts file:
# Added by Docker Desktop
192.168.43.196 host.docker.internal
192.168.43.196 gateway.docker.internal
# To allow the same kube context to work on the host and the container:
127.0.0.1 kubernetes.docker.internal
# End of section

There is a record which maps 127.0.0.1 to kubernetes.docker.internal. When netstat renders its output, it resolves foreign address and it looks at the hosts file and sees this record. It says kubernetes and that is what you see in the console. You can try to change it to
127.0.0.1 tomato.docker.internal

With this, netstat will print:
  Proto  Local Address          Foreign Address        State
  TCP    127.0.0.1:6940         tomato:6941            ESTABLISHED
  TCP    127.0.0.1:6941         tomato:6940            ESTABLISHED
  TCP    127.0.0.1:8080         tomato:40347           ESTABLISHED
  TCP    127.0.0.1:8080         tomato:40348           ESTABLISHED
  TCP    127.0.0.1:8080         tomato:40349           ESTABLISHED

So what actually happens is there are connections from localhost to localhost (netstat -b will show apps that create them). Nothing to do with Kubernetes.

A: OK, it looks like your minikube instance is definitely deleted. Keep in mind that in Linux or other nix-based systems it is totally normal that many processes use network sockets to communicate between each other e.g. you will see many established connections with both local and foreign addresses set to localhost:
tcp        0      0 localhost:45402         localhost:2379          ESTABLISHED
tcp        0      0 localhost:45324         localhost:2379          ESTABLISHED
tcp        0      0 localhost:2379          localhost:45300         ESTABLISHED
tcp        0      0 localhost:45414         localhost:2379          ESTABLISHED
tcp        0      0 localhost:2379          localhost:45388         ESTABLISHED
tcp        0      0 localhost:40600         localhost:8443          ESTABLISHED

kubernetes in your case is nothing more than hostname of one of your machines/VMs/instances. Maybe the one on top of which you ran your minikube you called kubernetes and that's why this hostname appears currently in your active network connections. Basically it has nothing to do with running kubernetes cluster.
To make it clearer you may cat the content of your /etc/hosts file and look for the entry kubernetes. Then you can compare them with your network interfaces addresses (run ip -4 a). Most probably kubernetes entry in /etc/hosts is mapped to one of them.
Let me know if it clarifies your doubts.

EDIT:
I've reproduced it on Minikube on my linux instance and noticed exactly the same behaviour, but it looks like the ESTABLISHED connections are showing only after successfull minikube stop. After minikube delete they're gone. It looks like those connections indeed belong to various components of kubernetes, but for some reason are not terminated. Basically closing established network connections is responsibility of the application which creates them and it looks like for some reason minikube is not terminating them.
If you run:
sudo netstat -ntp ### important: it must be run as superuser

it shows additionally PID/Program name column in which you can see by which program specific connection was established. You will see a lot of ESTABLISHED network connections belonging to etcd and kube-apiserver.
First I try to reboot the whole instance. It obviously close all the connections but then I verified a few times and it looks like successfully performed minikube delete also closes all connections.
Additionally you may want to check available docker containers by running:
docker ps

or:
docker container ls

After stopping the minikube instance it still shows those containers and it looks like the reason why a lot of connections with certain kubernetes components** are still shown by netstat command.
However after minikube delete neither containers nor ESTABLISHED connections with kubernetes cluster components are available any more.


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package org.uberfire.java.nio.fs.jgit.daemon.ssh;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.sshd.SshServer;
import org.apache.sshd.server.Command;
import org.apache.sshd.server.CommandFactory;
import org.apache.sshd.server.PasswordAuthenticator;
import org.apache.sshd.server.command.UnknownCommand;
import org.apache.sshd.server.keyprovider.SimpleGeneratorHostKeyProvider;
import org.apache.sshd.server.session.ServerSession;
import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.resolver.ReceivePackFactory;
import org.uberfire.java.nio.fs.jgit.JGitFileSystemProvider;
import org.uberfire.java.nio.security.FileSystemAuthenticator;
import org.uberfire.java.nio.security.FileSystemAuthorizer;
import org.uberfire.java.nio.security.FileSystemUser;

public class GitSSHService {

    final SshServer sshd = SshServer.setUpDefaultServer();
    private FileSystemAuthenticator fileSystemAuthenticator;
    private FileSystemAuthorizer fileSystemAuthorizer;

    public void setup( final File certDir,
                       final String host,
                       final int port,
                       final FileSystemAuthenticator fileSystemAuthenticator,
                       final FileSystemAuthorizer fileSystemAuthorizer,
                       final ReceivePackFactory receivePackFactory,
                       final JGitFileSystemProvider.RepositoryResolverImpl<BaseGitCommand> repositoryResolver ) {
        this.fileSystemAuthenticator = fileSystemAuthenticator;
        this.fileSystemAuthorizer = fileSystemAuthorizer;

        sshd.getProperties().put( SshServer.IDLE_TIMEOUT, "10000" );
        sshd.setHost( host );
        sshd.setPort( port );
        if ( !certDir.exists() ) {
            certDir.mkdirs();
        }
        sshd.setKeyPairProvider( new SimpleGeneratorHostKeyProvider( new File( certDir, "hostkey.ser" ).getAbsolutePath() ) );
        sshd.setCommandFactory( new CommandFactory() {
            @Override
            public Command createCommand( String command ) {
                if ( command.startsWith( "git-upload-pack" ) ) {
                    return new GitUploadCommand( command, repositoryResolver, getAuthorizationManager() );
                } else if ( command.startsWith( "git-receive-pack" ) ) {
                    return new GitReceiveCommand( command, repositoryResolver, getAuthorizationManager(), receivePackFactory );
                } else {
                    return new UnknownCommand( command );
                }
            }
        } );
        sshd.setPasswordAuthenticator( new PasswordAuthenticator() {
            @Override
            public boolean authenticate( final String username,
                                         final String password,
                                         final ServerSession session ) {
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by Steven Neill
Infrastructure is the backbone of a nation; it connects people to services, markets and jobs. It provides clean drinking water, access to foods not locally grown and allows for the electricity we take for granted in today's hi-tech world. One of the biggest reasons America surged ahead during the industrial revolution was the massive expansion of the railroad system which shortened cross-continental travel from months to days. Eisenhower's push to build the Interstate Highway network unleashed a manufacturing boom that has never been rivaled. But all infrastructures require resources to ensure their everyday running and maintenance. US infrastructure spending peaked in the early 1960's at 3.1% of the GDP; by 2007 it had dropped to 2.4% and keeps falling. While China, Canada, Mexico, Australia and India are putting greater amounts of money into their infrastructure, the US is system is aging and failing in a downward spiral that has serious long term ramifications for our ability to compete in the world marketplace we once led.[16]
Stress, It's a Killer
Spanning the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the I-35W Bridge was a convenient way to get to either the Metrodome or the East Bank Campus of the University of Minnesota. The heavily used bridge was designed by the Civil Engineering firm "Sverdrup & Parcel" in 1961 and opened to traffic in 1967.[1] The bridge consisted of a single steel arched span anchored in place by two load bearing concrete pylons on either end and was designed to carry 66,000 vehicles per day. In the 1990's the shoulders were converted into 2 additional lanes and an extra 2" of asphalt was added,[3] and by 2004, an estimated 141,000 vehicles crossed the bridge daily.[2]
The bridge was intended to last 50 years, but in under 30 years, federal inspectors in 1990 rated the bridge as "structurally deficient," citing significant corrosion in its bearings. In 2001, a study conducted by the University of Minnesota revealed major stress cracks in the cross girders at the end of the approach spans which lead to major overhauls and the adding of support struts to the cross girder to prevent further cracking. In 2005, the bridge was again rated as "structurally deficient" and on August 2, 2007, it was announced that the bridge was scheduled to be replaced in 2020. There was also an internal MN/DOT document in which bridge officials talked about the possibility of the bridge collapsing and worried that it might have to be condemned,[2] as one of the gusset plates supporting the bridge was found to be bowed.[3]
In July of 2007, routine maintenance and safety upgrades closed 4 lanes of the bridge to allow for the construction. On August 1, four of the eight lanes were closed for resurfacing, and there were 575,000 pounds of construction supplies and equipment on the bridge. With rush hour traffic slowed to a crawl the bridge was literally end to end traffic. At 6:05 p.m. Central Standard Time, a witness later testified they heard a thunderous clap and saw dust billowing from the bridge just seconds before they saw the central span collapse into the river below.[4] The southern section of the bridge toppled 81 feet eastward while the northern section crumbled into a rail yard crushing three unoccupied freight cars.[5]
Within minutes it was over, and as the dust settled it revealed a scene from one of the Mad Max films. Vehicles and construction workers were flung up to 115 feet away like rag dolls in a tornado. On one of the broken slabs listing at a crazy angle was a burning truck and a school bus carrying 60 children. Survivors and bystanders began to pull kids from the bus and only ten of them had to be taken to the hospital.[4]
Vehicles lay everywhere, some in the water, some clinging to the road as the slab of road they were on came to rest pointing towards the sky; others were crushed by concrete, other vehicles and road signs. Dozens of vehicles were scattered and stacked on top of each other amid the rubble. Some people were stranded on parts of the bridge that weren't completely in the water and the cries of the injured came from all over. The final toll was 13 killed and another 145 people injured in what is to date, America's worst bridge disaster.
The investigation following the disaster revealed three major contributing factors: 1) the primary cause was undersized gusset plates. 2) The addition of the 2 inches of concrete had increased the overall weight by 20%. 3) The extra weight of an additional 578,000 pounds of construction equipment and supplies.[4], [6]
The investigation also raised the troubling question of why this defect was not discovered in over 40 years of inspections and even more ominously, the specter of this disaster happening again as this same design was used in the construction of 700 other bridges all over the US. Unfortunately, bridges are only one part of the massive infrastructure fabric which is slowly unraveling.
America, we have a Problem
Our power grid is massively overloaded and rapidly degenerating because it lacks basic maintenance and upgrading. It's only a matter of time until the Northeast blackout of 2003 which darkened an estimated 10 million people in Canada and 45 million in the US is eclipsed by the ever increasing demands on our aged system.[7] Another time bomb is our levee system which catastrophically failed around New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina, allowing massive flooding.[8] In fact, the American Society of Civil Engineers has given the US an overall grade of a "D" for our decaying infrastructure and estimates it would cost over $2.2 trillion in 2009 dollars, to raise it back to acceptable standards. This capital outlay does not make a single improvement to our overwhelmed system.[9]
A sampling of the report card shows that while the grade for bridges was a "C," one in four of the nation's bridges is either structurally deficient or functionally obsolete. Our dams received a "D" revealing that of the approximately 85,000 US dams, some 4,000 of them are "structurally deficient," while the average age is just over 51 years old.[9]
Four other parts of the components of our infrastructure which earned a "D –" are:
1. The drinking water system loses an estimated seven billion gallons of clean drinking water each day through cracked, broken and/or corroded pipes.[9]
2. The wastewater treatment system is estimated to dump hundreds of billions of gallons of raw sewage into our surface waters every year because of blocked or broken pipes.[9]
3. The levee system was actually only rated on approximately 15% of the 100,000 mile system as the rest is privately owned and maintained. The majority of the levees are over 50 years old.[9]
4. The road system is so overloaded that Americans are stalled in traffic an estimated 4.2 billion hours a year at a cost to the economy of $78.2 billion. Poor road conditions cost motorists $67 billion a year in repairs and operating costs, and 14,000 Americans their lives. One-third of America's major roads are in poor or mediocre condition and 36% of major urban highways are congested.[9]
"Who goes a borrowing; goes a sorrowing." Thomas Tusser
Every part of our system has reached the point where system failures are going to increase significantly putting more Americans at risk. But this reality comes at a time in which America is facing a $16.39 trillion deficit along with an almost $122 trillion in unfunded liabilities such as Social Security, Prescription Drug and Medicare/Medicaid liabilities.[10] Our State governments owe another $4.19 trillion and[11] since 2010, there have been thirty-one municipalities and 7 cities declaring bankruptcy.[12] Moody's rating agency rated the debt of 30 cities, towns, villages, counties, and school districts as "speculative grade," which is up from 25 last year. A speculative-grade rating for a local government means, at best, its' debt is risky and, at worst, it could end in default.[13] America is swimming in debt and that debt has increased an average of $3.87 billion per day since September 28, 2007.[14] Eventually, this debt will consume an ever expanding amount of the public treasury, reducing the ability to invest the capital we need to rebuild our failing infrastructure system.
Regrettably, the time to deal with the infrastructure crisis in America without major cutbacks in governmental spending is over. There are no longer easy answers for this situation and the current crop of Uriah Heep[15] like characters infesting our government ensures nothing will get done unless they are forced to.
There are three courses of action the reader can do to meet this challenge and two of them should be done simultaneously. First, get involved in electing those who understand the need to reduce governmental overspending while prioritizing the rebuilding of American infrastructure. Second, have extra food, water, supplies and resources for yourself and/or family on hand should the worst happen. Three, do nothing and wait for the government to be there for you when the chips are down.
"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him, better take a closer look at the American Indian." Attributed to Henry Ford. Click here to visit NewsWithViews.com home page.
1- Mississippi River Bridge
2- Saint Anthony Falls Bridge
3. Poor Bridge Design
4. Minneapolis Bridge Collapses
5. Minnesota Public Radio
6. The infamous Guesset Plates
7. Nortwest blackout of 2003
8. Levee failures in Greater New Orleans
9. Infrastructurereportcard.org
10. US Debt clock
11. Finance: How much do states owe
12. Municipal cities, counties, bankruptcies and defaults
13. 13 American cities going broke
14. Debt Clock
15. Uriah Heep: My favourite Charles Dickens character
16. The Alarming Collapse of US infrastructure spending
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Realizing several years ago that the United States is heading straight off a cliff, Steve Neill became active in the local Republican Party and is a current member of the City of Spokane Valley Planning Commission. He was selected to be on the 2008 and 2012 Republican Party Platform, became the Chair of the 2010 Platform Committee and a State Platform Delegate in the same year.
He has had numerous letters to the editors, has been published in local news letters and compendiums. He has been a speaker at workshops, organizational meetings, and on radio, programs giving lectures on effective forms of communications.
E-Mail: scneill@msn.com
Regrettably, the time to deal with the infrastructure crisis in America without major cutbacks in governmental spending is over. There are no longer easy answers for this situation...


This is about a diet that protects your brain. I just thought it was interesting.
Summary: Rush University Medical Center researchers report the MIND diet can help substantially slow cognitive decline in stroke survivors.
A diet created by researchers at Rush University Medical Center may help substantially slow cognitive decline in stroke survivors, according to preliminary research presented on Jan. 25, at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2018 in Los Angeles. The finding are significant because stroke survivors are twice as likely to develop dementia compared to the general population.
The MIND diet has 15 dietary components, including 10 "brain-healthy food groups" and five unhealthy groups — red meat, butter, cheese, pastries and sweets, and fried or fast food.
To adhere to and benefit from the MIND diet, a person would need to eat at least three servings of whole grains, a green leafy vegetable and one other vegetable every day — along with a glass of wine — snack most days on nuts, have beans every other day or so, eat poultry and berries at least twice a week and fish at least once a week. The diet also specifies limiting intake of the designated unhealthy foods, limiting butter to less than 1 1/2 teaspoons a day and eating less than 5 servings a week of sweets and pastries, and less than one serving per week of whole fat cheese, and fried or fast food.
The diet, known as the MIND diet, is short for Mediterranean-DASH Diet Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay. The diet is a hybrid of the Mediterranean and DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diets. Both have been found to reduce the risk of cardiovascular conditions such as hypertension, heart attack and stroke. NeuroscienceNews.com image is in the public domain.
Original Research: The study will be presented at American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2018 in Los Angeles.
Rush University Medical Center "MIND Diet May Slow Cognitive Decline in Stroke Survivors." NeuroscienceNews. NeuroscienceNews, 26 January 2018.


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Inside the Wire
A review of Outside the Wire: The War in Afghanistan in the Words of Its Participants, edited by Kevin Patterson and Jane Warren; Fifteen Days: Stories of Bravery, Friendship, Life and Death from Inside the New Canadian Army by Christie Blatchford; Kandahar Tour: The Turning Point in Canada's Afghan Mission by Lee Windsor, David Charters and Brent Wilson; On Assignment in Afghanistan: Maritimers at War by Chris Lambie (text) and Christian Laforce (photography); Contact Charlie: The Canadian Army, the Taliban and the Battle That Saved Afghanistan by Chris Wattie; and The Long Walk Home: Paul Franklin's Journey from Afghanistan by Liane Faulder
Christopher Waddell
Are We a Métis Nation?
A review of A Fair Country: Telling Truths about Canada, by John Ralston Saul
Andrew Potter
Private Thoughts in Public Language
A review of JPod by Douglas Coupland, The Language of Others by Clare Morrall, Daniel Isn't Talking by Marti Leimbach, Eye Contact by Cammie McGovern, and So Odd a Mixture: Along the Autistic Spectrum in "Pride and Prejudice" by Phyllis Ferguson Bottomer
Ian Hacking
Barbara Klunder has been illustrating and designing for many years. She has won numerous awards in Canada and the United States, and has had museum shows of her textile work. Her first book, Other Goose, illustrates "recycled" rhymes and was published by Groundwood/House of Anansi in 2007.
What's Race Got to Do with It?
A review of Gerard W. Boychuk's National Health Insurance in the United States and Canada: Race, Territory and the Roots of Difference
Gregory P. Marchildon
LRC Weekend
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Daddy Yankee Raising $1.5 Million For Habitat For Humanity's Puerto Rico Hurricane Relief
In response to the tragic devastation caused by Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico native, rapper, producer and "Despacito" singer Daddy Yankee has pledged a personal donation of $250,000 and to raise an additional $1.5 million toward Habitat for Humanity's plans to help Puerto Ricans repair and rebuild in the aftermath of the storm.
"Seeing the devastation first-hand, I know the reconstruction of my home island will require long-term solutions. I am committed to making sure the largest number of affected families have a safe roof," said Yankee. "I am making a personal donation to Habitat, and ask you to join me by visiting habitat.org/daddyyankee to make a contribution today."
With the help of its local office, Habitat is assessing the damage to homes on the island. Habitat for Humanity of Puerto Rico has been building and repairing homes in the U.S. territory since 1997.
Habitat's long-term post-disaster recovery efforts include repair of damaged homes and construction of new affordable homes. Construction plans are determined after evaluations and are dependent on the level of support received from donors, volunteers, corporate partners and other community organizations.
"We are grateful to Daddy Yankee for his generous donation and his support in raising awareness of the desperate need to help Puerto Ricans rebuild their homes and their lives," said Jonathan Reckford, CEO, Habitat for Humanity International. "Traditionally nearly 80 percent of disaster funds have gone to relief, while only 20 percent to long-term recovery. We are focused on that long-term component, as this will take years to fully recover."
Habitat has been responding to disasters since 1997 and to date has helped more than 230,000 families in 52 countries through its disaster response work. Following Hurricane Katrina, Habitat organizations along the Gulf Coast built more than 6,000 homes and removed debris and cleaned more than 2,500 homes in preparation for rehabilitation. Habitat also mounted responses to Superstorm Sandy, tornadoes through the South and Midwest, and earthquakes and typhoons overseas.
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The Top Albums by Veteran Artists of 2020
The following are the albums by veteran artists that have placed the best on over 100 year end charts:
Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple
Rough & Rowdy Ways - Bob Dylan
Ohms - Deftones
The Ascension - Sufjan Stevens
The New Abnormal - The Strokes
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For our friends at The Upper Room, we ended up designing a total of eight separate websites, after realizing that two of their sites needed to be consolidated into one. We worked hard to give each site its own look and feel while making sure each had an aesthetic connection to the other sites we were designing for them.
We were even able to utilize a consistent footer on each site while making sure the footer still matched the look of each respective site.
We began with the mother of all the sites: upperroom.org. The design of this site would provide the basis for all the rest, so it was the best place to start. To fit with their new business goals we designed a space that make their print publications the hero of the homepage and make ordering them far easier than before.
CHAPEL & CHRISTIAN ARTS MUSEUM
As one of the sub-domain sites we stay close to the design aesthetic established for the main Upper Room site. Previously, the Chapel and Museum were completely incorporated in the the .org site. However, this new site gives them their own unified web presence and visual identity. This site has some really great interactive features, be sure to check out the Last Supper Carving and World Christian Fellowship Window in the chapel.
Another sub-domained website off the main site, the Intentional site quickly communicates its focus and key functionality with a beautiful world map.
We made sure the interface quickly lets users find the edition of the Upper Room publication specific to their country and language.
LIVING PRAYER CENTER
The Living Prayer Center allows visitors to post prayer requests as one of its major functions. We designed a modal drop-down form that allows this key function to be available from the main navigation on any page of the site. As an additional part of the design process, we also explored and created a new logo for them.
Both the Walk to Emmaus, for adults, and Chrysalis, for teens and young adults, are managed by the Upper Room. We kept many of the user interface styles established on the other sites but had more freedom to establish a look and feel that allow this site to share some visual elements all its own. We also designed an interactive map for finding events happening near you.
This site is directed to a teen and young adult audience but has virtually the same structure and goals of its parent program, Walk to Emmaus. Nevertheless, it needs its own look for their audience. A simple matter of making the right color and typeface choices gives them just the look they need.
COMPANIONS IN CHRIST
With a heavy focus on a book and devotional series published by the Upper Room, Companions in Christ continues many of the user interface elements established for the family of sites. However, we modified it with a special scrolling function to feature books from the series. We also reflect some of the design associated with the print publications in the website's design.
The Academy's site focuses on both their long-term and short-term events that train Spiritual Leaders. Not only does the Academy site incorporate many of the same aesthetic elements established on The Upper Room site, but it also incorporates design elements from some of their print collateral. Additionally, we include a re-concieved and redesigned online application process for those interested in the Academy.
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NASDAQ:RPD
Rapid7 Stock Forecast, Price & News
Adding Rapid7, Inc.
+1.77 (+2.03 %)
Now: $89.09▼
MA: $82.59▼
Rapid7, Inc. provides cyber security solutions. The company offers a cloud-native insight platform that enable customers to create and manage analytics-driven cyber security risk management programs. Its platform include vulnerability management solutions comprising InsightVM that is designed to provide a way to collect vulnerability data, prioritize risk, and automate remediation; InsightIDR, an incident detection and response solution; InsightAppSec provides application security testing that analyzes web applications for security vulnerabilities; and InsightConnect, a SOAR solution that is used by security professionals. The company's other products include Nexpose, an on-premise version of company's vulnerability risk management solution; AppSpider, an on-premise version of company's application security testing solution; Metasploit, a penetration testing software solution; and InsightOps that enables organizations to store and search data in real time. It offers its products through a combination of perpetual and term software licenses, cloud-based subscriptions, and managed services. The company serves customers in a range of industries, including technology, energy, financial services, healthcare and life sciences, manufacturing, media and entertainment, retail, education, real estate, transportation, government, and professional services industries through sales teams, and indirect channel partner relationships, as well as directly in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It has a strategic partnership with Snyk to deliver end-to-end application security to organizations developing cloud native applications. Rapid7, Inc. was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
Rapid7 has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.82, and is based on 9 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.
According to analysts' consensus price target of $81.00, Rapid7 has a forecasted downside of 9.1% from its current price of $89.09.
Rapid7 has been the subject of 8 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.
Rapid7 has received 470 "outperform" votes. (Add your "outperform" vote.)
Rapid7 has received 596 "underperform" votes. (Add your "underperform" vote.)
Rapid7 has received 55.91% "underperform" votes from our community.
MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about Rapid7 and other stocks. Vote "Outperform" if you believe RPD will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote "Underperform" if you believe RPD will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days.
Rapid7 does not currently pay a dividend.
Rapid7 does not have a long track record of dividend growth.
In the past three months, Rapid7 insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $5,142,525.00 in company stock.
Only 4.60% of the stock of Rapid7 is held by insiders.
Percentage Held by Institutions
98.43% of the stock of Rapid7 is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.
Earnings for Rapid7 are expected to grow in the coming year, from ($1.35) to ($1.28) per share.
The P/E ratio of Rapid7 is -53.35, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.
Rapid7 has a P/B Ratio of 53.03. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Industry Prepackaged software
SectorComputer and Technology
Current SymbolNASDAQ:RPD
Webwww.rapid7.com
Employees1,544
Annual Sales$326.95 million
Price / Sales14.13
Cash FlowN/A
Price / Cash FlowN/A
Book Value$1.68 per share
EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)($0.74)
Net Income$-53,850,000.00
Net Margins-21.61%
Return on Equity-69.25%
Return on Assets-7.68%
Next Earnings Date2/9/2021 (Confirmed)
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Rapid7 (NASDAQ:RPD) Frequently Asked Questions
How has Rapid7's stock been impacted by Coronavirus (COVID-19)?
Rapid7's stock was trading at $41.04 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, RPD shares have increased by 117.1% and is now trading at $89.08.
Is Rapid7 a buy right now?
11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Rapid7 in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" Rapid7 stock.
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What stocks does MarketBeat like better than Rapid7?
Wall Street analysts have given Rapid7 a "Buy" rating, but there may be better short-term opportunities in the market. Some of MarketBeat's past winning trading ideas have resulted in 5-15% weekly gains. MarketBeat just released five new trading ideas, but Rapid7 wasn't one of them. MarketBeat thinks these five stocks may be even better buys.
When is Rapid7's next earnings date?
Rapid7 is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 9th 2021.
View our earnings forecast for Rapid7.
How can I listen to Rapid7's earnings call?
Rapid7 will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 9th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.
How were Rapid7's earnings last quarter?
Rapid7, Inc. (NASDAQ:RPD) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November, 4th. The technology company reported ($0.34) EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($0.04) by $0.30. The technology company earned $105.10 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $101.87 million. Rapid7 had a negative net margin of 21.61% and a negative return on equity of 69.25%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 26.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.01 EPS.
View Rapid7's earnings history.
What guidance has Rapid7 issued on next quarter's earnings?
Rapid7 issued an update on its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, November, 4th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of ($0.09)-($0.07) for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of ($0.04). The company issued revenue guidance of $107.9-$109.5 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $106.87 million.
What price target have analysts set for RPD?
11 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Rapid7's shares. Their forecasts range from $49.00 to $102.00. On average, they expect Rapid7's share price to reach $81.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 9.1%.
View analysts' price targets for Rapid7 or view Wall Street analyst' top-rated stocks.
Who are some of Rapid7's key competitors?
Some companies that are related to Rapid7 include ZoomInfo Technologies (ZI), HubSpot (HUBS), NICE (NICE), Tyler Technologies (TYL), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Citrix Systems (CTXS), Ceridian HCM (CDAY), PTC (PTC), Nuance Communications (NUAN), Black Knight (BKI), Avalara (AVLR), Elastic (ESTC), Bentley Systems (BSY), Symantec (SYMC) and Ubisoft Entertainment (UBSFY).
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What other stocks do shareholders of Rapid7 own?
Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Rapid7 investors own include CA (CA), Micron Technology (MU), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), NVIDIA (NVDA), Alibaba Group (BABA), BlackRock (BLK), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Splunk (SPLK), Square (SQ) and The Trade Desk (TTD).
Who are Rapid7's key executives?
Rapid7's management team includes the following people:
Mr. Corey E. Thomas, Chairman & CEO (Age 44, Pay $786.45k)
Mr. Andrew F. Burton, Pres & COO (Age 48, Pay $663.96k)
Mr. Jeffrey A. Kalowski, Chief Financial Officer (Age 64, Pay $575.93k)
Ms. Christina Luconi, Chief People Officer (Age 52, Pay $435.53k)
Mr. Lee David Weiner, Chief Innovation Officer (Age 46, Pay $518.35k)
Mr. Tas Giakouminakis, Co-Founder & CTO
Mr. Sunil Shah, VP of Investor Relations
Mr. Peter Kaes, Sr. VP, Gen. Counsel & Corp. Sec. (Age 39)
Caitlin Doherty, PR Mang.
Mr. Conan Reidy, Sr. VP of Corp. Devel. and Strategic Alliances (Age 47)
When did Rapid7 IPO?
(RPD) raised $91 million in an initial public offering (IPO) on Friday, July 17th 2015. The company issued 6,500,000 shares at $13.00-$15.00 per share. Morgan Stanley and Barclays served as the underwriters for the IPO and Pacific Crest Securities, William Blair, Raymond James and Cowen and Company were co-managers.
What is Rapid7's stock symbol?
Rapid7 trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "RPD."
Who are Rapid7's major shareholders?
Rapid7's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Red Spruce Capital LLC (0.04%), Diversified Trust Co (0.01%) and Exchange Traded Concepts LLC (0.01%). Company insiders that own Rapid7 stock include Andrew F Burton, Christina Luconi, Corey E Thomas, Jeffrey Kalowski, Judy Bruner, Lee David Weiner, Michael J Berry, Peter Kaes, Thomas E Schodorf, Timothy P Mcadam and Vii Lp Tcv.
View institutional ownership trends for Rapid7.
Which major investors are selling Rapid7 stock?
RPD stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Red Spruce Capital LLC. Company insiders that have sold Rapid7 company stock in the last year include Andrew F Burton, Christina Luconi, Corey E Thomas, Jeffrey Kalowski, Lee David Weiner, Michael J Berry, Peter Kaes, and Thomas E Schodorf.
View insider buying and selling activity for Rapid7 or view top insider-selling stocks.
Which major investors are buying Rapid7 stock?
RPD stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Diversified Trust Co, and Exchange Traded Concepts LLC.
View insider buying and selling activity for Rapid7 or or view top insider-buying stocks.
How do I buy shares of Rapid7?
Shares of RPD can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
What is Rapid7's stock price today?
One share of RPD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $89.08.
How big of a company is Rapid7?
Rapid7 has a market capitalization of $4.62 billion and generates $326.95 million in revenue each year. The technology company earns $-53,850,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($0.74) on an earnings per share basis. Rapid7 employs 1,544 workers across the globe.
What is Rapid7's official website?
The official website for Rapid7 is www.rapid7.com.
How can I contact Rapid7?
Rapid7's mailing address is 120 Causeway Street, Boston MA, 02114. The technology company can be reached via phone at 617-247-1717 or via email at [email protected]


This policy provides guidance so that encryption efforts will use only those algorithms that have received substantial public review and have proven to work effectively. The policy also provides direction to ensure that federal regulations are followed regarding the dissemination and use of encryption technologies outside of the United States.
This policy applies to all YOUR COMPANY employees and affiliates.
Use proven, standard algorithms such as DES, Blowfish, RSA, RC5, AES, and IDEA as the basis for encryption technologies. These algorithms represent the actual cipher used for an approved application. For example, Network Associate's Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) uses a combination of IDEA and RSA or Diffie-Hillman, while Secure Socket Layer (SSL) uses RSA encryption. Symmetric cryptosystem key lengths must be at least 56 bits. Asymmetric cryptosystem keys must be of a length that yields equivalent strength. YOUR COMPANY's key length requirements will be reviewed annually and upgraded as technology allows.
Using proprietary encryption algorithms is not allowed for any purpose, unless reviewed by qualified experts outside of the vendor in question and approved by YOUR COMPANY. Be aware that the export of encryption technologies is restricted by the U.S. Government. Residents of countries other than the United States should learn the encryption technology laws of their countries.
Proprietary Encryption - An algorithm that has not been made public and/or has not withstood public scrutiny. The developer of the algorithm could be a vendor, an individual, or the government.
Symmetric Cryptosystem - A method of encryption in which the same key is used for both encryption and decryption of the data.
Asymmetric Cryptosystem - A method of encryption that uses two different keys: one for encrypting and one for decrypting the data (e.g., public-key encryption).


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Q: Handling the Window without partition on huge dataset I have a dataset like,
col1, col2, col3, timestamp
8,XXXX,XXXX,time
12,XXXX,XXXX,time
15,XXXX,XXXX,time
18,XXXX,XXXX,time

(sort order is the time here)
I am trying to create a new column based on previous row. My approach is.
w = Window.orderBy('timestamp')

df.select('*',when())

when and otherwise logic here by referencing the lag for previous row
The question here is how spark handles this??, As the dataset size is huge, 10billion+rows I just want to understand what happens to a window function without a partition. Thanks!

A: If you do that, you get the following warning by spark:

WARN WindowExec: No Partition Defined for Window operation! Moving all
  data to a single partition, this can cause serious performance
  degradation.

I think they made it quite clear, this will not work for huge datasets


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Posts Tagged 'cancer'
Welcome to NZ: We offer 2nd highest rates of cancer in the world!
Posted by te2ataria on September 17, 2018
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Cancer deaths to rise to 9.6 million worldwide in 2018 –WHO
Despite doctoring the casualty rates, NZ tops the world's cancer death chart after Australia.
More than 18 million new cases of cancer are expected globally with 9.6 million death this year, according to the World Health Organization
In the last global update in 2012, officials expected 14 million new cancer cases and 8 million deaths.
The 2018 forecast [18.1 million cases] represents a rise of 29 percent compared with the previous figure [14 million cases.]
The Deadliest Cancers
Lung cancer tops the death chart with 1.8 million deaths (18.4 percent of the total) followed by
Colon cancer: 881,000 deaths (9.2 percent)
Stomach cancer: 783,000 deaths (8.2 percent)
Liver cancer: 782,000 deaths (8.2 percent)
Female breast cancer is the fifth-leading cause of death with 627,000 deaths (6.6 percent).
Australia and New Zealand Top the Cancer Death Chart
More people in Australia and New Zealand develop cancer than in any other country, WHO researchers said.
10 Countries with the Highest Cancer Rates in the World
Ranked by estimated new cases per 100,000 people in 2018:
New Zealand (438.1)
Ireland (373.7)
Hungary (368.1)
United States (352.2)
Belgium (345.8)
France (344.1)
Denmark (340.4)
Norway (337.8)
The Netherlands (334.1)
Posted in Tourist Deathtrap | Tagged: breast cancer, cancer, Cancer Death Chart, cancer rates, deadliest cancer, death from cancer, lung cancer, WHO | Leave a Comment »
"We've got a health system that's the envy of the world," said NZ's deranged Cancer Minister
Posted by te2ataria on August 9, 2017
[WARNING: SEVERE Negative Karmic Events in Progress across NZ!]
Welcome to the MOST HEAVILY CENSORED blog in New Zealand [and across all other ZOMBIE lands!] We're GUILTY, above all, of TELLING the TRUTH, EXPOSING police BRUTALITY and govt CORRUPTION!
"Actually, I think we are the laughing stock," replied cancer charity head
Free advice: Don't fall ill in New Zealand, unless you're ready to depart!
Take a "look at the number of Givealittle pages – the number of New Zealanders out there currently seeking access to treatment and medicines – we're not doing that well," said Unicorn Foundation New Zealand chief executive Siobhan Conroy.
New Zealand ranks 19th out of 20 comparable countries in the OECD, for waiting times, funding new medicines and innovative treatments, and in some cases funds no medicines for specific cancers, according to data from Medicines NZ, a report said.
That was the case for neuroendocrine cancer, which is the subject of the Unicorn Foundation's work, Conroy said. Yet "we know one person is diagnosed every day."
"Our patients are paying – to start with – $50,000 and travelling to Australia to receive their cancer treatment, and it's life-changing treatment." Read more…
The same deranged Cancer Minister had refused to apologise for calling the Southern District Health Board's urology department "toxic" last week.
Dr Chris Jackson's open letter to Pharmac: Please allow early access to lifesaving drugs
Cancer treatment has become a 'postcode lottery', say campaigners
Dunedin Hospital surgeons operate only twice a month, surgeon says
'People will die waiting for the attention they need'
Today's Murders, Suspected Murders, Unexplained Deaths, Stabbings, Armed Robberies, Violent Assaults, kidnappings/ "Sexnappings"…
Newly-born baby kidnapping incident
http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/update-baby-kidnapping-incident
Taxi driver kidnapped, seriously assaulted
"Shortly after 2:30am this morning the male taxi driver was parked on Jarden Mile waiting for work when he was assaulted and placed in the boot of his vehicle.
"The victim was let free approximately two hours later in the suburb of Grenada Village, and notified Police.
"He was taken to Wellington Hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries."
http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/wellington-police-investigate-kidnapping-taxi-driver-photos
Police Road Fatality Reports [Extreme Censorship is in Effect for Tourism and Commercial Reasons]
Tuesday – Wednesday, August 8 – 9. No one road fatality report allowed by police, today, as of posting, despite at least 3 dozen serious crashes that have been reported locally.
Sunday, August 6. Only three road fatality reports allowed by police, today, as of posting, despite about two dozen serious crashes that have been reported locally.
One of the three fatalities was carried over from Saturday.
Saturday, August 5. Only one road fatality report allowed by police, today, as of posting, despite at least 18 serious crashes that have been reported locally.
Friday, August 4. No road fatality report allowed by police, today, as of posting, despite at least 14 serious crashes that have been reported locally.
Thursday, August 3. No road fatality report allowed by police, today, as of posting, despite at least a dozen serious crashes that have been reported locally.
Wednesday, August 2. Only one road fatality report allowed by police, today, as of posting, despite at least 17 serious crashes that have been reported locally.
Also one driver missing after car found in a ditch.
Tuesday, August 1. Only two road fatality reports allowed by police, today [and yesterday,] as of posting, despite at least 20 serious crashes that have been reported locally.
Sunday, July 30. Only FIVE road fatality report allowed by police, today, as of posting, despite at least two dozen serious crashes that have been reported locally.
Saturday, June 17: Only EIGHT road fatality reports were allowed by police, as of posting, despite at least 22 serious crashes reported locally.
At least three French tourists were killed.
The eight fatalities listed on Saturday log include one that occurred late Friday night.
Welcome to the World's Deadliest Tourist Destination – Truth about NZ Deadly Roads, as We Know it:
Based on insider information, statistical models and local news, we believe about 900 people were killed and more than 8,000 others seriously/critically injured on NZ suicide roads in 2016; however, only 328 fatalities were reported last year. [For every 12 or so victims, who die later in a hospital, only one death is reported. See blog content.]
To protect the tourist industry and massive foreign investment, about two out of every three road fatalities go unreported, or the dead are statistically resurrected by NZ government.
32 Foreigners killed in New Zealand in 32 days [Posted on January 25, 2017]
Police told to keep their mouths shut about overseas drivers
Don't reveal crash driver's ethnicity, police told.
Ministry of Transport (Minitru) Caught Doctoring the Road Toll AGAIN, AGAIN, AGAIN, AGAIN, AGAIN… and AGAIN, and AGAIN, and "AFTER AGAIN"…
Officially doctored road toll as of end August 6: 230 fatalities
No. of reported road fatalities on August 7: At least ONE [driver road-murdered during police pursuit.]
Officially doctored road toll as of August 9th: Still 230 fatalities [Work out the number of Statistical Resurrections performed by Ministry of Transport yourselves.]
Source: http://www.transport.govt.nz/research/roadtoll/
Yet another driver murdered by police in pursuit (August 7, 2017)
Officially doctored road toll as of August 9th: Still 230 fatalities, despite at least one road–murder by police on Monday. Source: http://www.transport.govt.nz/research/roadtoll/
NZ Farcical Immigration: Corruption, Fraud…
Worried 'if word gets out' – immigration official
"A ministry official was worried about the public perception "if word gets out" that people under a deportation order can sponsor others for immigration, documents reveal." http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/336764/worried-if-word-gets-out-immigration-official
Indian student market destroys trust in private institutions – Independent Tertiary Education NZ
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/336823/indian-student-market-destroys-trust-in-private-institutions
Officials' tertiary fraud fears revealed
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/336778/officials-tertiary-fraud-fears-revealed
Indian students paying up to $40,000 for jobs
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/336752/it-s-the-worst-days-of-my-life-indian-community-speaks
Corrupt Government
Did you know Peter Thiel screwed the NZ taxpayers out of tens of millions of dollars, while sodomizing corrupt NZ government ministers, and got a preferential citizenship, too?
Beware of Extreme Bad Karma!
At least 4,000 overseas visitors, international students, foreign workers, recent emigrants and refugees have lost their lives and more than 24,000 others seriously injured in New Zealand between Jan 2000 and Jan 2017. All those Kiwis who remain silent are complicit in the mass killing of foreigners.
Karma boomerangs in mysterious ways!
People living in Wellington, Christchurch, Auckland, Tasman Bay and Hawke's Bay regions are either very brave, or extremely stupid. Then again, karma returns in mysterious ways!
Sudden Death [NZ euphemism for suicide]
Farmer of the Year who died suddenly was a fifth-generation farmer
"Paul 'Butch' Renton, 54, who with wife of 27 years Marie accepted the 2017 Farmer of the Year title at the Hawke's Bay Primary Sector Awards just four months ago, was found dead on Wednesday morning at Glenmore Station, the Mangatahi property west of Hastings on which he grew up."
"Glenmore Station has been in the Renton family since 1858 and in 1996 Mr Renton became the fifth generation of the family on the diverse 544ha property, farming beef, deer and sheep, with 32ha in forestry." http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11898944
NZ Earthquakes on Demand!??
If you believe Wellington deserves a major earthquake – centered right under the Beehive – because the government is too dishonest and corrupt, drop us a line!
WTS!
Posted in Tourist Deathtrap | Tagged: bad karma, cancer, Cancer Minister, Dunedin hospital, Health Minister, Indian Student, NZ Government Corruption, Peter Thiel, road toll | Leave a Comment »
Life made to be so worthless and trivial in "God's Own Country"
Posted by te2ataria on January 16, 2016
New Zealand's Death Sheet 2015 (population: 4,596,700)
Note: nearly all of the following figures released by government agencies have been doctored to make the country look "normal", or just like any other country.
Provisional 2015 road toll as doctored by the authorities: 320 (actual figure: many, many more deaths)
Suicide figures: 2013 data
In 2013, a total of 508 people (365 males and 143 females) committed suicide in New Zealand. This equates to an age-standardised rate of 11.0 deaths per 100,000 population. http://www.health.govt.nz/publication/suicide-facts-2013-data (Blog estimate: at least 900 deaths)
Drowning deaths: 100 (actual figure: probably as many as 180 deaths)
No. of people killed by trains: About three or four peopleper week?
Work related incidents:
Recently released figures show in the past financial year WorkSafe began 724 investigations and, at any one time, between 270 and 280 in progress. http://www.business.govt.nz/worksafe/about/publications/documents/annual-report-2014-2015.pdf/
It is estimated that 600 to 900 people die prematurely each year from diseases caused by longterm workplace exposures. Asbestos is a big contributor; fatality estimates vary from 170 to 300 people per year. (Blog fatality estimate: 1,800 to 2,200)
NZ has the highest rates of cancer deaths in the world (with melanoma included)
Cancer is the country's single biggest cause of death. Most New Zealanders will have some experience of it – either personally or through a relative or friend. http://www.health.govt.nz/your-health/conditions-and-treatments/diseases-and-illnesses/cancer
At least 22,000 cases of cancer were recorded in New Zealand last year, according to Cancer Society. https://cancernz.org.nz/
Skin cancer is the most common cancer in New Zealand. New Zealand has the highest rates of melanoma in the world. In 2012, at least 486 New Zealanders died from skin cancer including 354 from melanoma. http://www.health.govt.nz/your-health/conditions-and-treatments/diseases-and-illnesses/melanoma
(Actual figures? Ask around. You'd be horrified/shocked/surprised to learn the truth. Also, the number of visitors who developed melanoma as a result of staying in New Zealand is NOT known.)
Bowel cancer, also called colon, rectal or colorectal cancer, is the second highest cause of cancer death in New Zealand. In 2011, at least 3,030 people were diagnosed with bowel cancer and 1,191 died from the disease. (Blog estimate: 1,500 – 1,700 deaths.)
Breast cancer is New Zealand's third most common cancer and accounts for more than 600 deaths every year. (Blog estimate: 900 – 1,200 deaths.)
In New Zealand, about 160 women develop cervical cancer each year – and about 50 die from it. (Blog estimate: 300 – 350 deaths)
Lung cancer is the biggest cause of cancer deaths in New Zealand. It has low survival rates; just 10 per cent of people diagnosed with lung cancer survive beyond five years of diagnosis.
Around 5,000 people die each year in New Zealand because of smoking or second-hand smoke exposure. http://www.stats.govt.nz/browse_for_stats/snapshots-of-nz/nz-social-indicators/Home/Health/tobacco-smoking.aspx
Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers in New Zealand. In 2011, a total of 3,023 new cases of prostate cancer were found, and 585 men died from the disease. (Blog estimate: 1,600 – 1,900 deaths.)
Blog estimates are based on figures provided by WHO as well as several other sources.
More govt. stats 2014 – (population: 4,509,900)
Births and Deaths: Year ended December 2014 (latest available as of publication)
57,242 live births and 31,063 deaths were registered in New Zealand, resulting in a natural increase (live births minus deaths) of 26,179.
There were 1,475 fewer births and 1,495 more deaths compared with 2013. http://www.stats.govt.nz/browse_for_stats/population/births/BirthsAndDeaths_HOTPYeDec14.aspx
As for the God's Own Country, it is a phrase first used to describe the Wicklow Mountains in Ireland and has since been repeatedly abused to refer to many other places from Australia to United States, including Kerala state (India), Cornwall, Surrey, Yorkshire (England), Scotland, Wales and of course New Zealand. The phrase has been abbreviated to Godzone and sometimes Godzown.
Posted in Tourist Deathtrap | Tagged: cancer, Death Sheet, Drowning death, God's Own Country, Godzone, Melanoma, NZ Deaths, NZ population, road toll | Leave a Comment »


Here are samples of recent sales in Lincoln Park. This is a big community, probably the most well-known in Chicago. It has housing of every sort: high-rise and low-rise, vintage (older, such as built from 1890 to 1930) and new construction, affordable (though that is debatable!) and very costly. Various organizations place Lincoln Park's boundaries in varying locations but let's generalize them as North Avenue to Diversey (1600 to 2800 North) and Lake Michigan to Racine (1200 West all the way east as far as you can go there). Halsted Street, Armitage Avenue and the "Clybourn Corridor" are popular shopping strips. There are lots of popular bars and restaurants throughout.


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Q: If $f$ is convex, then $f(-x)$ is convex I am working on the following task:
If $f: I \to \mathbb{R}$, $I=\mathbb{R}$ or $I=(-R,R), R>0$, is a convex function, then $f(-x)$ is convex too.
I have already shown that this is true for even functions. But I don't know what to do if $f$ is an odd function or has no symmetry.
Thanks for your help!

A: Let $a, b\in I$ and $t\in [0,1]$. You have
$$f(-(ta+(1-t)b)) =f(t \times (-a)+(1-t)\times (-b)) \leq t f(-a) + (1-t)f(-b)$$
using the convexity of $f$. So the function $x \mapsto f(-x)$ is also convex.


Intro to Federal Public Lands in the U.S.
America's federal public lands are an amazing resource for all kinds of recreation—but how much do you know about the different kinds of public land?
Who manages federal public land?
There are four main federal land management agencies in the United States.
Three of them exist inside the same federal executive department, the U.S. Department of the Interior. These three agencies are: the National Park Service (NPS), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). The last agency, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), is in the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Here's our guide to what you need to know about each of the federal land management agencies.
Map of federal public land managing agencies in the U.S. Image courtesy of the U.S.G.S.
Backpacking with NOLS in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park in Alaska. Photo by Ellen Arrowsmith.
To "promote and regulate the use of Federal areas known as national parks, monuments and reservations . . . to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wildlife therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations."
The National Park Service oversees national parks, but also many other designations such as national preserves, national seashores, national recreation areas, and more. National parks are designated by an act of Congress. However, the President has the power to designate a national monument from any land owned by the federal government. In the past, presidents have used this power to set aside lands that would later become national parks, including the Grand Canyon.
Check the rules of each park before you arrive, as each may have its own regulations to protect wild areas. Parks generally will allow fishing, but not hunting. Sometimes, a separate but adjoining national preserve will allow hunting. Also, check the backcountry rules of a park before visiting, as many parks have guidelines for backcountry visitors.
Allowing current visitors to enjoy the national parks while still preserving those lands for future generations. As traffic to the national parks increases, parks must come up with innovative ways to reduce the impact of visitors. At the same time, they must accommodate a wide range of user groups with diverse interests, abilities, and experiences.
The Fish and Wildlife Service is in charge of the National Wildlife Refuge System, which consists of refuges, wetlands, and other special management areas. This agency also operates national fish hatcheries, fishery resource offices, and ecological services field stations.
Though wildlife refuges are public lands, the FWS prioritizes conservation over recreation. That means you may be restricted in where you can visit, though certain activities such as fishing, hunting, farming or even oil and gas drilling may be allowed depending on the management plan in place.
Determining which populations and species to prioritize, and on what timescale. Urban encroachment and habitat fragmentation and degradation.
NOLS horsepacking course in Wyoming's Red Desert, land managed by the BLM. Photo by Nicholette Hilbrich.
The Bureau of Land Management oversees more public lands than any other agency, mainly in the western states. If USFS lands are typically characterized as forested lands, and in the west often at higher elevations, BLM lands could be characterized typically as lowlands; deserts, plains, sagebrush steppe, and foothills, though many exceptions exist.
The BLM must balance a wide variety of uses, including grazing, resource extraction, recreation, timber, and wildlife conservation. A wide variety of recreation may be permitted that may not be allowed on other public lands, such as off-road vehicle use, hunting, hang gliding, and even BASE jumping. However, restrictions and uses can vary depending on the type of land and management plan, so check the rules in your specific area before heading out.
As a "multiple use" agency, the BLM balances recreation uses with more traditional uses such as grazing, mining, and timber production.
National forests provide many recreation opportunities, from hiking to hunting to mountain biking. The forest service also manages many campgrounds and even old fire towers and cabins that are available for rental. As with BLM lands, you should check the specific area's regulations before heading out.
The National Forest Service is also a "multiple use" agency, so while these public lands are frequently used for recreation, they are also managed for natural resource use, including grazing, logging, and oil and gas extraction. The agency must decide on the best combination of uses to benefit the public while still ensuring productivity and protecting environmental quality. The competing values of conservation, recreation, and commercial use mean that both BLM and National Forest lands are often the subject of conflict and litigation. The Forest Service is also dealing with the increasing cost of managing wildfires. In 1995, the Forest Service spent 16% of its budget on wildfires, but in 2015 it spent more than 50% on fires. Projected wildfire costs are expected to consume a full two-thirds of the budget by 2025.
Wilderness areas can be designated by an act of Congress from land managed by any of the four agencies. Though management varies slightly between the different agencies, wilderness areas generally do not allow motorized recreation, mountain biking, or hang gliding. Hunting and fishing are allowed in many wilderness areas, though not in most National Park Service wilderness areas.
NOLS operates on public lands across the country—see the full list here.
Katherine is an Alaska Backpacking graduate and was the NOLS Social Media Coordinator. When she's offline she enjoys running, backpacking, hiking, and cooking.


A PETROL station worker's habit of keeping his mobile phone in his shirt pocket saved his life after he was shot in the chest during a robbery, US police say.
Florida police say the worker's mobile phone stopped the bullet that a robber had fired at his abdomen.
The service station worker suffered only minor injuries in the shooting, which took place in Winter Garden, a suburb of Orlando.
The suspect entered the petrol station around 4.45am and asked the worker clerk for help, say police.
The suspect fired a round at one of the workers and fled.
Police say the worker had no idea the bullet had hit his mobile phone until he pulled it out of his shirt pocket.


I see too often whites and even some lost black souls who say: Whites are killed at the same rate or higher by police officers or Blacks kill blacks at higher rates.
Lets clear some things up for those who obviously only see one side of the issue at hand – RACISM.
For the outrageous ignorant statement about how blacks kill blacks at higher rates thanks any other group of people is easily put like this.
You've got the psychotic white males and females who kill their own peers, and in the black community we have an issue at hand with gang violence more so than just your random killings. There is no gene in black people that makee us more susceptible to being a more violent group of people.
If you really want to get deep… We're less violent – look all the violence that has been forced upon us since we were brought here to the United States and other paces like the Caribbean where we were made to be slaves, beaten, raped and murdered. We've been quite non-violent for centuries.
Every place in this world that had native people of color has been terrorized by whites. There is no place they have not traveled and forced themselves upon the native people, their unjust laws and their voilence.
We as Blacks were the original inhabitants of this world. We had and did many great things before whites came to see and wanted all that we were. Our spiritual connection to the creator(s), our ways of living, our architecture, our culture was so much more than what they had ever thought of – that is why they fear us.
Our greatness – what our ancestors created – we have to teach our young ones the truth.


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Last Tuesday was Savannah's 6th birthday. I was planning to buy a birthday cake at our favorite bakery in Atlanta but thinking about the drive had already made me lazy. I figured the trip would take 2-3 hours, why not baking the cake myself. Savannah wanted a cupcake, a giant cupcake.
Here's what I make for her.
Bake any flavor cake using giant cupcake pan, link Amazon here.
Rossettes icing using Wilton 1M tip, link Amazon here.
While searching for ideas online, I came a cross so many pretty cupcakes cakes and I want to share them with you. Enjoy !
Minnie Mouse cake by Miss Cupcakes.
If you want to re-create this look, you can purchase the fondant flowers from my Etsy shop.
It took me 2 hours from start to finish. I used any fondant flowers and butterflies pre-made for my Etsy store.
The cake turned out pretty.