Not long ago, I found myself in a slump where all I was really doing consisted of going to work, coming home to watch TV, and not a whole lot else. I wasn't particularly investing a lot of time in friendships, engaging in any hobbies, etc. I just kind of felt like a robot going through the motions and I wanted more than that out of life.
Several bible verses and messages helped me through this time but Colossians 3:23 has always been a guide for me, "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters." While passionate about what I did at work even though it can be extremely difficult (that's a story for another day and another blog), I wasn't really that passionate about my life outside of work and what I was doing with my free time. My wife is a therapist and self care is something she always promotes as well as practices but I never took much time to think of what self care meant for me in my own life. I knew it was something important to think about and practice but I figured there would always be more time to worry about self care later when I had more time, etc.
I've always loved food and I've liked to cook for a while but in the past I always used cooking as a means to satiate my hunger or entertain when guests were visiting. However I started to have an itching to start cooking more, and I ended up realizing how much fun cooking and trying different things in the kitchen could be. In the process, I also realized how cooking was a really effective stress reliever and how it just made me happier overall and even ended up affecting other areas of my life in a good way.
The more I got into cooking, the more I wanted to share this joy with others. When I talk about cooking with people, I get really excited to share my experiences and learn from theirs as well. I can tell most of those whom share this joy of cooking feel similarly. I realized there was only so much I could share with people through Facebook posts or casual conversations. One day my sister-in-law, Jess, suggested that I start a blog to document all my cooking adventures and it immediately seemed like such a good idea; I could share more about my experiences and not only limit this to my friends. By the way, Jess has her own food blog here!
Inspired by this new idea and constantly encouraged by Jon Acuff to follow my dreams, I decided to go ahead and start this blog. My short term goal is to continue engaging in this passion and explore new areas in the kitchen. I want to write at least one blog entry per week to share my successes, failures, and hopefully to provide some helpful tips. My long term goal is to further this passion by posting about original recipes and maybe eventually write a cook book!
I hope you enjoy my blog! I also wanted to say a special thank you to my wife Katie who has been tremendously supportive through this and all other journeys in life.
Great idea Kevin! God will use this also. This has some real potential…..remember this is how pioneer woman started! Great recipes annd you make them sound so easy. We will expect some gourmet stuff next football season…… we'll never buy breaf again!


What makes application files unique and different from each another? First of all, it is their code that is responsible for the main functions of the program. The second thing is the resources of each application: its icons, images, labels, dialog boxes and other objects, the absence of which would make it impossible to comfortably work in Windows aimed at visual interaction with its users.
That is why any modern environment for quick development includes special utilities, which help software developers create and manage resource description files containing these vital components of any application for the Win32 platform.
Unfortunately, despite the fact that most utilities make developers' lives easier, they often have serious drawbacks thus complicating effective work: they are not user friendly, have serious limitations, and are developed rather slowly; obviously lagging behind the overall progress in the field of information technology.
That is why each professional software developer often uses some special utilities from third-party developers, for instance, Resource Builder - one of the best programs in its class.
Resource Builder - a full-featured visual resource editor allowing you to create, edit and compile resource files as well as edit resources in compiled executables. You can easily modify resources in any Win32 executable file such as applications, libraries (DLL) and others, and even create localized versions for them.
You can create and edit any resources in the easy to use visual editors of Resource Builder, and then save them to RC or RES files that can be used in third-party applications. Moreover, Resource Builder allows you to select and load the resources you need from resource files and create their new combinations. You can also select separate resources and save them to a file.
Resource Builder has the unique feature of importing resources from Win32 executables (EXE, DLL …) and from 32-bit and 16-bit binary resource files (RES, DCR).
Resource Builder makes it possible to update resources directly in executables, such as applications and dynamic-link libraries.
Resource Builder allows you to work with images in the JPEG format as easily as with standard BMP images. Moreover, the graphic editor of the program allows you to process images with the help of various filters, making it as good as serious graphic packages.
You can view and edit forms created with Borland Delphi and C++Builder in the text form. Resource Builder can also work with resources stored in Delphi packages.
The program supports the HTML and XML formats, which are becoming more and more popular. Registered users have at their disposal easy to use tools for editing resources in these formats.
These features take the program to the level of professional development tools. The built-in compiler can work with most formats of RC files and combines high performance with stability and correct script processing. Moreover, all compiler features are available both from the graphical interface of the program and from the command line.
As was mentioned above, Resource Builder can import resources from Win32 applications, and update any resources directly in executables.
It should be mentioned that the update feature allows you to carry out this operation in three different modes: complete replacement (in this case all resources of the executable are lost and the resources of the current project are linked to the file), addition (in this update mode the resources of the current project are only added to those already existing in the application), and the so-called smart addition: when only the resources of the executable whose names coincide with the names of the resources in the project are updated with their new versions. This mode is the slowest, but also the safest.
Another feature you will not find in most similar products is the ability to create DLLs containing only resources. This approach is often used for the localization of applications. With Resource Builder, you can create such libraries by just selecting the corresponding menu item.
The entire work with resources is done in the built-in resource editors. Each resource type has its own editor made specifically for editing this type of resource in an easy and visual way. Let us look closer at the main features of these editorsá and take a look at their screenshots for better visualization.
It is possible to perform all standard operations with images in this editor: draw, paint, select colors, and insert text, erase, and fill areas with color and much more.
There are no limitations in working with color depth and image sizes, as well as with built-in effects. This leaves all close competitors behind (for example, Borland Image Editor and Resource Workshop). The option of converting images between the BMP, ICO and CUR formats is also worth mentioning. For sure, developers will appreciate this feature.
This built-in module has all the features of the image editor described above. Additionally, it is possible to work with information about the transparency of separate areas present in most icons and cursors. Vista icons supported very well! The built-in editor for animated icons and cursors (ANI files) will allow you to create nice looking and professional animated icons and cursors for your applications.
Text strings are probably one of the most popular types of resources. They are edited very often, especially when new versions of a program are released. For this reason there is a need for easy to use tools for editing them.
Resource Builder includes a special editor that makes it simple to to edit, add and remove strings, and manage unique identifiers and values.
Modern development tools provide a wealth of options for designing the graphical interface of an application. However, it often happens that it is more convenient to edit something right in the resource file, and Resource Builder allows you to do it.
A few simple drag-and-drop operations, editing a couple of values in the Properties column and you get what you need! To make it it easy to use for developers, the toolbar contains all the common Windows controls: labels, buttons, checkboxes and so on. To place them onto the form, a couple of moves with your mouse is sufficient.
The features of Resource Builders described above make it one of the most convenient and at the same time full-featured resource editors on the market. A single-developer license for the program costs US $79.00, which is very good value for money for a first-rate utility oriented towards both professionals that are more interested in the wide features of the program, and beginners who will be attracted by the amazing usability of all the advanced features in Resource Builder.
A 30-day trial period will allow you to try it for yourself, and make a decision about the purchase based on your own experience.
By the way, do not forget about the feature of Resource Builder, which enables you to check if there is a new version available at its developers' site, and update the existing files if there is such a version.


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Noturus furiosus (appelé en anglais ) est une espèce de poisson de la famille des Ictaluridae. Il est endémique de Caroline du Nord. C'est un petit poisson-chat d'une longueur maximale de presque treize centimètres. Décrit à la fin des années 1800 par les ichtyologistes Jordan et Meek, ce poisson est la seule espèce du genre Noturus endémique de Caroline du Nord, comme l'indique son nom commun.

Description
Noturus furiosus est plus court et trapu que les autres Noturus et possède des motifs colorés caractéristiques. Trois bandes sombres le long de son dos rejoignent une large bande noire le long de son côté, qui s'étend de son museau à la base de sa queue. Sa nageoire adipeuse présente une tache sombre qui n'atteint pas tout à fait son extrémité, donnant l'impression d'une quatrième bande. Des taches jaunâtres à beiges séparent les bandes, tandis que le reste du poisson est beige. Le ventre n'est pas tacheté et la queue a des bandes brunes en forme de croissant près de son bord et au centre. Ses épines pectorales ont des saillies dentelées bien définies (en forme de scie) le long des deux marges. Les épines acérées de ses nageoires pectorales valent à ce poisson le titre de « furiosus » qui fait partie de son nom scientifique.

Habitat
L'espèce est présente dans les gués naturels, les rapides et les mares des  rivières moyennes et grandes. Idéalement, elle habite les eaux douces avec un débit continu toute l'année et une pente modérée dans les régions physiographiques du Piedmont et de la plaine côtière. Son substrat optimal est principalement un habitat stable, sans limon, à fond de gravier et de galets, et il doit offrir une couverture pour les sites de nidification, par exemple des roches, des écorce, de vieilles coquilles de moules et même des boîtes et des bouteilles.

Alimentation
Noturus furiosus chasse à vue, surtout durant la nuit, avec des pics à l'aube et au crépuscule. Il mange des invertébrés du fond des rivières comme des larves de moucherons, d'éphémères, de trichoptères, de libellules et de coléoptères.

Développement
Les femelles produisent chaque saison entre 80 et 300 œufs, qu'elles  et les pondent dans des zones couvertes. Les mâles gardent le nid jusqu'à ce que les œufs éclosent. Les juvéniles grandissent d'environ 5 centimètres au cours de leurs deux premières années, puis deviennent matures entre deux et trois ans. On ne sait pas combien de temps ces poissons vivent, mais ils atteignent au moins quatre ans.

Noturus furiosus n'est présent que dans certaines parties des bassins fluviaux de la Tar et de la Neuse en Caroline du Nord. Il a tendance à n'occuper que les grands affluents de la Tar et de la Neuse, ce qui limite encore son aire de répartition et son abondance. Son aire de répartition restreinte et son exigence de certains types d'eaux ont valu à l'espèce d'être classée par le NC Natural Heritage Program comme « significativement rare » pour la population du bassin de la Tar et comme  « préoccupante » pour celle du bassin de la Neuse. Sa petite taille le rend peu attrayant pour les pêcheurs à la ligne, et il est classé comme non-pêchable.

Menaces

Noturus furiosus fait face des menaces  variées comme le déclin de la qualité de l'eau, la perte de débit et la fragmentation des rivières, la détérioration de ses habitats et l'expansion du poisson-chat à tête plate, un prédateur envahissant. Ces menaces devraient être exacerbées par l'urbanisation et le changement climatique.

Pollution
Noturus furiosus a besoin d'eau propre et courante pour survivre. L'augmentation de la température de l'eau des rivières causée par l'homme a été identifiée comme un facteur de son déclin.

Réduction du débit des cours d'eau
La sécheresse et les retenues ralentissent le débit naturel des cours d'eau, compromettent la qualité de l'eau, entravent les déplacements des poissons, limitent les proies disponibles et empêchent les déchets et les sédiments fins d'être évacués par les courants.

Agriculture et développement
Les cours d'eau aux couloirs ripariens urbanisés ou dominés par l'agriculture ont tendance à avoir plus de sédiments dans l'eau et des berges instables et / ou imperméables, ce qui les rend moins propices pour ce poisson que  les rivières aux couloirs ripariens boisés.

Fragmentation de l'habitat
Les barrages et les buses sous-dimensionnées limitent la capacité de Noturus furiosus à se répartir dans les cours d'eau pour trouver un habitat de bonne qualité. La construction du barrage de Falls Lake sur la haute Neuse en 1981 a isolé leur population du bassin supérieur de celle du bassin moyen de la Neuse. Des distributions isolées ou irrégulières des poissons peuvent limiter leurs échanges génétiques.

Espèces invasives
Le poisson-chat à tête plate est un prédateur invasif des bassins de la Neuse et de la Tar, dont aucune autre créature ne se nourrit. Il se nourrit principalement d'autres poissons. L'hydrilla est une plante aquatique envahissante, qui forme des tapis presque impénétrables de tiges et de feuilles à la surface de l'eau. Elle modifie l'habitat des cours d'eau, diminue leurs débits et y contribue à l'accumulation de sédiments.

Références

Faune endémique de Caroline du Nord
Statut UICN En danger

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Boat Race 2019: Meet the Cambridge University women's crew
These are the women who will be going head-to-head with Oxford on the Thames later today, April 7
Ella PengellyContent Editor
15:35, 4 APR 2019
The Cambridge University Women's Boat Club From Left to Right: Hugh Spaughton, Lily Lindsay, Ida Gertz Jacobsen, Pippa Whittaker, Kate Horvat, Larkin Sayre, Laura Foster, Sophie Deans and Tricia Smith poses for a photo during The Boat Race Crew Announcement 2019 on March 14, 2019 in London, England (Image: Julian Finney/Getty Images)
Following on from Cambridge's win last year The Boat Race 2019 promises to be another thrilling day on the Thames for both the men and women's teams.
This year on the women's side, Cambridge's crew only features one returner from previous Boat Race campaigns. Bow Tricia Smith is back again for her second year in the role after her success in 2018.
Cambridge is once again the heavier of the two women's crews, weighing in at 72.3kg per woman compared to Oxford at 71.1kg.
The height difference is around 1cm per athlete, compared to 4cm last year, with an average height of Cambridge at 178.9cm per woman and Oxford at 177.1cm.
Preparing for the big day here is a closer look at the women representing Cambridge on April 7.
Tricia Smith of Cambridge University Women's Boat Club (Image: Getty Images)
Rowing for her second year on the team, bow Tricia Smith is studying for her PhD in material science and Metallurgy at Christ's.
The 25-year-old has completed a four-year course in natural sciences and has since started a three-year PhD in material science, of which she is in her second year.
Studying in Cambridge also has a very family feel to it for Smith. Her granddad and both parents all studied there before her and her younger brother has now followed suit – but she's the first to have taken up rowing seriously.
She weighs in at 69.9kg.
Sophie Deans
Sophie Deans of Cambridge University Women's Boat Club (Image: Getty Images)
The number two seat will be taken by Sophie Deans, who joined the Cambridge team in September last year.
Sophie is currently studying for her masters in management at Murray Edwards, this will be her first time taking to the river against Oxford.
The 22-year-old moved to Australia with her family back in 2009, the year of the Australian Boat Race's revival. There, Sophie enrolled in a Learn to Row programme at Queenswood School.
Following a successful junior career rowing at Queenswood, as well as Mosman Rowing Club in the off-season, Sophie joined Yale University where she rowed for all four years of her undergraduate career.
3. Laura Foster
Laura Foster of Cambridge University Women's Boat Club (Image: Getty Images)
American rower Laura Foster from Princeton will make her Boat Race debut in the third seat for Cambridge.
The 20-year-old has been a rower ever since she was in high school. She was a student at the University of Michigan when she decided to come to Cambridge for her postgraduate studies.
Laura came to the University last year to do her MPhil in medieval archaeology at Queens. In her first year, she tried out with the Light Blues then, making the successful Blondie crew.
She weighs in at 77.1kg
4. Larkin Sayre
Larkin Sayre of Cambridge University Women's Boat Club
The number four for the Cambridge team is Larkin Sayre who comes from Cambridge, but one a little bit further away. 3,266 miles to be exact.
Originally from Seattle, Larkin first arrived in the UK aged eight. Sayre attended St Faith's and then went on to study at the Stephen Perse Foundation.
The 24-year-old then went back to her American roots to study mechanical engineering at MIT. While studying in the USA Sayre became captain of the MIT rowing squad for two years.
She is currently studying for her PhD in Materials Science at Emmanuel.
5. Kate Horvat
Kate Hovart of Cambridge University Women's Boat Club (Image: theboatrace.org)
The fifth seat will be taken by Kate Horvat, the third American on the team.
Along with Sophie Deans and Lily Lindsay, Kate studied at Yale University before heading to Cambridge. All three were part of the Yale crew that won the team points title at the Ivy League Championship and finished eighth at the NCAA Championship last spring.
The 23-year-old is in her first year of an MPhil in Planning, Growth and Regeneration at Jesus College.
6. Pippa Whittaker
Pippa Whittaker of Cambridge University Women's Boat Club
Having joined the Henley Rowing Club thirteen years ago Pippa Whittaker has never looked back and still claims to be 'obsessed with rowing.'
Since starting she has rowed all types of club from junior to full-time, as a student and in London with a full-time job. But she claims that so far, Cambridge has been a totally unique experience and a club she feels privileged to be part of.
Christ's Student Pippa Whittaker, 27, has also represented Great Britain twice at the World University Rowing Championships.
Having studied her undergraduate degree in Mathematics at Loughborough University she is now studying for her Master of finance at Christ's.
7. Ida Gertz Jacobsen
Ida Gertz Jacobsen of Cambridge University Women's Boat Club (Image: Getty Images)
Taking the seventh seat is Ida, who began rowing ten years ago in a club in her native country of Denmark just outside Copenhagen.
The 24-year-old represented Denmark in the women's double sculls at the Junior World Championships in both 2012 and 2013. Coming away with a Bronze medal in 2013.
Last year was the first time Ida represented the Danish Senior National Team. After graduating from the University of Southern California, she went back to Denmark in June where she made the Danish women's four.
She has said that 'rowing with CUWBC towards the Boat Race certainly provides an opportunity for her to unleash her love of racing.'
Lily Lindsay
Lily Lindsay of Cambridge University Women's Boat Club (Image: Getty Images)
At stroke for Cambridge, this year is former Yale student Lily Lindsay.
Lily Lindsay is the third member of this team who studied at Yale University before heading to Cambridge.
Lindsay stroked the varsity eight that earned a spot in NCAA Championship grand final. She also earned a bronze medal with the varsity eight at the Ivy League Championship and was the recipient of the team's Anne Warner Award back at Yale.
Since leaving America the 22-year-old is now pursuing her MPhil in environmental policy at Pembroke.
Hugh Spaughton
Hugh Spaughton of Cambridge University Women's Boat Club (Image: Getty Images)
This year will be the seventh year competing on the River Thames for Hugh Spaughton.
The Cambridge University Women's Boat Club cox learned his trade at Westminster School. "I'm incredibly proud," he said.
"Ever since I was a cox at Westminster, I've always found it exciting looking at the Cambridge crews, looking at the Oxford crews.
"I was like, 'one day I would love to be a part of it' and it's amazing to do it this year and I'm so excited."
The 20-year-old second-year Jesus College student coxed the men's spares crew last year but has swapped to the women's club this time around.
He weighs in at 57kg.
About the Boat Race
The Boat Race takes place on Sunday, April 7, 2019.
You can find out everything you need to know about times, course and when it is on TV here.
You can follow all the action live, on Cambridgeshire Live .
Meet the 2019 Boat Race crew
James Cracknell's Boat Race record
Meet Cambridge University women's cox
David Bell hands over oldest rower crown
Homecoming for former Perse schoolgirl

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Křižovatka Karmi'el ma'arav (, doslova Křižovatka Karmi'el západ) je mimoúrovňová křižovatka, která spojuje silnici 784 se silnicí 85. Nachází se západně od města Karmi'el.

Křižovatka byla vybudována za účelem vytvoření úrovňového oddělení mezi železniční tratí Akko–Karmiel a silnicí 784, protože zde docházelo k mnoha smrtelným nehodám a dopravním zácpám. Výstavba křižovatky byla plánována ještě před výstavbou železnice a setkala se s námitkami místních úřadů v Bi'ině a Karmi'elu. V průběhu plánování se objevily výtky, že proces byl zdržován z politických důvodů. Přesto bylo výběrové řízení na výstavbu zveřejněno v červenci 2018 a práce byly zahájeny v září následujícího roku. Stavba byla dokončena v červnu 2021 a stála přibližně 400 milionů nových izraelských šekelů.

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Police Remove Hate Group's Memorial to White Woman Killed by Black Officer
Michael Harriot
A display honoring a woman killed by a Minneapolis cop was removed by police when authorities discovered that a white supremacist organization had created the tribute and placed it outside the city's police headquarters.
NBC News reports that the Minneapolis Police Department cleared an Identity Evropa memorial to Justine Damond, the "Australian bride" shot by a Minnesota police officer earlier this year. Minneapolis' police chief, John Elder, told Minnesota Public Radio, "We cannot allow any memorial and anything like that to be put up at that location."
Attorney: Justine Damond Is 'the Most Innocent Victim' of a Police Shooting He Has Ever Seen
Those who want to blame every single black person who has ever been shot by police for their own…
Damond was shot by Mohamed Noor, an MPD officer from Minnesota's large Somali community, after she called 911 to report a possible sexual assault. Noor said that he was startled by a loud noise as Damond approached the driver side door, where his partner, Matthew Harrity, was sitting.
Identity Evropa, a growing group of white nationalists dedicated to making America white again, took credit for the memorial, which included candles, cards reading "United We Stand" and a framed photo of Damond.
The group, known for its white supremacist ideology and its love for tiki torches, is one of the fastest-growing "alt-right" "fraternal organizations" in America. Fashioning itself as a mix between the Nazi Youth and a kinder, gentler Ku Klux Klan for millennials, Identity Evropa spent 2017 recruiting the best and brightest racists to stop the heinous trend of white oppression.
Critics have derided the MPD's investigation of the shooting and the city's failure to bring charges against Noor. Curiously, Identity Evropa and other groups are unwilling to accept the same arguments used by police officers across the country who have walked away from killing citizens with little to no jail time.
"I have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt [that] the moment he shot the gun, he feared for his life. And he used force because he thought he was gonna be killed," Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said of the investigation. "But I can't. He won't answer my questions because he doesn't have to, OK?"
Outside the police station in the Minneapolis suburb of Castle, Philando Castile was still dead.
Read more at NBC News.


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Sébastien Loeb Rally Evo
A realistic rally simulation advertised by one of the world's most successful rally drivers and multiple world champion Sébastien Loeb. The game was developed by Italian studio Milestone – the creators of many acknowledged racing game series, including the first four WRC games.
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Sébastien Loeb Rally Evo is a realistic car simulator advertised by Sébastien Loeb, one of the most successful rally drivers and multiple world champion, who took part in Le Mans race and the Race of Champions cycle. The game was developed by Italian studio Milestone, who had previously created renowned racing game series, such as Screamer, MotoGP, SBK: Superbike World Championship and WRC: FIA World Championship. The title was released on PC and eight generation consoles.
Just as the aforementioned WRC: FIA World Championship, Sébastien Loeb Rally Evo for PC, PS4 and XONE is entirely focused on classic rallying and lets you play as a beginner driver, who is trying to get the attention of the champion. Starting from local competitions all the way to big-prize tournaments, you climb up the ladder under the guidance of Sébastien Loeb himself.
Developers of Sébastien Loeb Rally Evo built nearly 300 kilometers of virtual roads based on the most famous rally courses from all over the world. In the game you take part not only in classic rally OS races – there are 15 different play modes, such as head-to-head races, RallyCross, and Pikes Peak Ascent. You can drive several dozen cars from over 20 manufacturers, including not only modern ones, but also historical cars that helped popularize this motorsport since 1950s. Of course, you can customize them all as you will. To this end you can pick from almost 20 patterns of body work, change numbers, stickers, plates, and add extra elements of the body.
One of the biggest goals Milestone set for themselves was the highest possible realism of gameplay, so to recreate an authentic experience of driving on different surfaces and under changing weather conditions. Combined with its next-gen graphics, Sébastien Loeb Rally Evo for PC, PS4 and XONE wins its place among rally simulators. Another attraction is the robust multiplayer letting you compete against other drivers from all over the world.
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China family planning officials levied £160m in fines in three years
Chinese audit reinforces suspicions that officials reaped financial gains from China's one-child policy
Critics have called China's one-child policy archaic and cruel. Photograph: REX/HAP/Quirky China News
Jonathan Kaiman in Beijing
Thu 19 Sep 2013 07.24 EDT
Chinese family planning officials illegally levied more than £160m in fines between 2009 and 2012, Chinese auditors have revealed, reinforcing widespread suspicions that government officials have reaped financial gains from the country's one-child policy.
The controversial policy, introduced in 1979 to keep population growth in check, has been relaxed in recent years. While most Chinese people are still only allowed to have one child, some groups, including ethnic minorities and only-child couples, are allowed to have two.
Violating the policy can incur heavy fines – officially called "social compensation fees" – which, even for impoverished farmers, can amount to thousands of pounds.
An investigation by China's National Audit Office covering 45 counties in nine provinces from early 2009 through to May 2012 identified 1.6bn yuan (£162m) in "misappropriated" family planning fees, state media reported on Thursday. In response, the country's National Health and Family Planning Commission has "vowed to clamp down on birth control fines" reported Xinhua, China's state newswire.
"The office revealed various problems in the handling of fines, including inaccurate reports relating to the number of extra children parents had, fees not successfully collected and local officials handing out higher fines than what they should have," Xinhua reported. Central government regulations require the funds to be allocated towards public services. Yet the state-run broadcaster China Radio International said that some were used as "hospitality expenditures" and "allowance paid for government staff".
"Maybe curbing these abuses would be one way of progressively relaxing the system," said Nicholas Bequelin, a Hong-Kong-based senior researcher at Human Rights Watch. "Because this is the hard edge of population planning – it's not constructive to say the least, it's a factor of social unrest, it's deeply unpopular, and deeply unequal, because it disproportionately targets people in the countryside and migrant women in cities."
In July, a lawyer in Zhejiang province shed light on the family planning system's notoriously opaque finances when he obtained records from family planning offices in 17 provinces. In 2012, the offices collectively levied 16.5bn yuan (£1.7bn) in fines, he found. None detailed how the money was spent.
Critics have called the one-child policy archaic and cruel. They say it has fuelled a rise in sex-selective abortions, as many rural families prefer boys to girls, and a latent demographic crunch, whereby only children must financially support a large cohort of ageing relatives.
It has also engendered a host of human rights violations. Abductions, forced abortions, and extra-legal detentions are still common in rural areas where family planning officials wield enormous power.
"I think there is a perception that population planning doesn't really matter any more in China – that people don't really care, and that people who do care can just pay the fines," said Bequelin. "I think this is a mistaken view. It might be true for the majority of the urban population, but it's certainly not true for a large part of the rural population, especially in the poorest parts of the country."


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Q: How to design a table that stores name data that can repeat in the real world? I'm looking for direction on a design quandry that's challenging our database designers. I have searched the archives and Google and yielded nothing conclusive, though I suspect this is a simple/novice type of issue.
We have a table that stores event locations. It is the called the Location table. The table requires that the LocationCode be unique. The table also requires that the LocationName be unique. However, there are times in the real world where two locations will have the same name though they exist in different places (e.g. two schools with the same name that exist in different counties in the same state). One designer insists the names should be forced to be different by appending a value to the name like the county name (e.g. Union High School - Francis County). Her rationale for this is about ensuring "controlled vocabulary". Another designer insists the names should be allowed to be the same because this reflects reality and LocationCodes should be used to enforce/track uniqueness.
I'm leaning in the direction of the second designer -- the names should be allowed to be different. A comparable example that I can think of is the fact that people often share the same name (e.g. Jane Doe). In a table that stores contact information about people, it would seem the names wouldn't be forced to be different and a social security code would do the job of tracking uniqueness.
So are there general guidelines or standards for this issue? A link to helpful documentation would be fantastic. Thanks in advance.

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I'm leaning in the direction of the second designer -- the names
  should be allowed to be different.

I think you meant to say that you think the names should be allowed to be the same, that your table should allow duplicate names.

In a table that stores contact information about people, it would seem
  the names wouldn't be forced to be different and a social security
  code would do the job of tracking uniqueness.

While that's true in a simple case, in real-world applications you find that

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*some foreigners living in the USA don't have SSANs,

*SSANs have duplicates, both legitimate and illegitimate, and

*some US citizens don't have SSANs. (Usually due to being born somewhere besides a hospital.)

Unambiguously identifying people is both a hard problem and an application-dependent problem. The local Bureau of Motor Vehicles has its ways of identifying people; the IRS has its ways; employers have their own ways; schools and hospitals have their own ways (privacy laws have a big impact here). You will probably need to find your own way.
Here's what you simply can't avoid: at some point, somebody at your company has to be able to tell which of many database rows that say "John Smith" match up with the angry customer in front of your desk.
I look at location names like this. The full name of "San Francisco" is "San Francisco, Calif., USA". The full name makes it easy to distinguish "Clinton, Miss." from "Clinton, Iowa".
I have found cases where two distinct places have the same informal name. For example, there might be a town named "Natural Bridge, Tenn.", and another place in Tennessee that is a natural bridge also named "Natural Bridge, Tenn." The difference is that one of those places is invariably a city, and the other invariably isn't. (In my experience, at least. I wouldn't be surprised to discover exceptions.)
Whether any of those real-world issues matter to you, though, is application-dependent. I don't have to deal with place names that aren't cities, so storing the "full name" is a simple and direct way to insure good data.
In your case, for event locations, I can't see allowing duplicate names being practical in a business sense. If the names are duplicated, you essentially require people to memorize which location code refers to each real-world location, given its name as a hint. With a database of any significant size, people can't do that reliably without writing down the differences anyway.

A: This is not a question about correct design.  It's a question about information requirements.  It's the analysis phase that should discover which is correct, not the design phase.  It's important to distiguish between analysis and design, even when the same team is doing both
If names are allowed to be duplicates, then users are going to require some other piece of informaton when they need to disambiguate.  Providing the distinct IDs may not be sufficient for the users, because the iDs may be meaningless to them.
Get back to the people who ordered the project.  What do they want?  If they want whatever the users are going to want, interview the users, or somebody that can speak for them.  If nobody can speak for the users, and if the owners of the project refuse to speak for themselves, then you are reduced to taking your best guess.

A: I don't disagree with Catcall (+1), but I think there is a third way which might allow you to have your cake and eat it too.
One of the possible reasons for disliking the unique naming scheme is that it might be bothersome to some people that some locations include a qualifier while others don't.
For many situations, using the indistinct name may be good enough, while for others, you need certainty about exactly which name you mean.  Why not store the basic location name and the qualifier in separate columns.  If the qualifier is something like the county containing the location, then you could store this for every location anyway.  This would give you the option of working with either the simple (but non-unique) names when that is good enough and working with fully qualified names when that is necessary.

A: One way of attempting this is along with the location having extra column's that record longitude/latitude of the place. Always and every time the name of the location, followed by longitude and latitude is unique.
Essentially the table structure would be something like,
Location(location_name, location_longitude, location_latitude)

Trying to defend the choice I made is best is relative to what is available to me as a programmer as well as the limitations I have to solve the problem. So it really doesn't matter until it solves the problem efficiently.
Note: The latitude/longitude can be obtained by writing a web-service to any of the geo-location providers.

A: There are standard codes for almost everything within USA.
State County FIPS Codes give a mail code to almost every inhabitable building the US Census has found.
For example Mellissa:  http://www.melissadata.com/reference-data/zipdata.htm
Check out ZIP CODE lists that can be added to a table that will find almost everything a postage stamp can find.
International addreses or locations are a challenge even in better than 3rd World Countries - especially if it has a large agrarian population.  Until recently, in Costa Rica for example, not only were there no house numbers, there were/are few streets that are formally named and recorded.   You address the letter and the postman uses a bit of creativity to find the recipient.  An address like "Jesus Ochoa, 200 meters from OLD Coke Cola Factory, Street with Biggest Oak Tree, Third yellow house with green shutters" were common 20 years ago.  If they paint the house the address is changed!!  And the OLD Coke factory has been gone for years.
If a country has a standard location service similar to FIPS, there is a good chance they started numbering from one as well will be using he same numbers. Don't expect unique numbering systems.
To make it unique preface the list with a Standard Country Code.  Careful the ISO 3166-1 (Universal standard) has over lapping code structures.

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Smartphones are dead
Why Microsoft isn't making a smartphone, even though you want one
Jason Ward
Before iPhone's 2007 debut Microsoft peaked with nearly 50% of smartphone market share. Eleven years later Microsoft has no hardware horse in the iPhone/Android mobile race duality. Added to this conspicuous absence the story of Windows-on-phone's demise is wrought with anger from proponents, regret from within Microsoft and mockery from opponents.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella who infamously claimed there was no room for a third mobile platform in his opposition to Microsoft's purchase of Nokia's phone business is blamed by many for Microsoft's current mobile woes. However, Microsoft's late move in 2010 to bring a consumer-friendly mobile platform to market, three years after iPhone, is the root of the problem.
Over-confidence and years of innovation "immobility" with pre-Windows Phone Windows Mobile set Microsoft's broader Windows-on-mobile strategy's progress at a snails-pace easily overtaken by the competition. Now, with established platforms, popular devices and user's forced exodus from Windows-on-phone Microsoft isn't making another smartphone, even if you want one. But Microsoft isn't done with mobile.
What makes a mobile platform successful?
Nadella was probably right in his early assessment that there was no room for a third mobile platform in the traditional slate smartphone sense. Nadella made later statements about bringing an "ultimate mobile device to market," that is "beyond the curve." This lends credence to the belief that his reservations about a third mobile platform were limited to refraining from competing in a market with entrenched rivals, invested users, an app store and developer economy that had passed slow-moving Microsoft by.
The current 11-year-old mobile infrastructure revolves around app ecosystems, strong developer and carrier relationships, OEM partnerships in the case of Google and Android, and premium hardware and software synergy for Apple.
From 2010 to 2015 Microsoft tried (perhaps half-heartedly) to adapt its mobile efforts to this infrastructure but failed miserably. Microsoft ultimately realized there was no room for another smartphone platform. And that's okay; smartphones are dead anyway.
Early "smartphones" were more "phone" than anything else. Usage patterns on these keyboard-equipped devices with two- to three-inch screens focused on talking and light email use, text messaging, document review and little more.
Current devices with mini-tablet-like HD six-inch-plus touch displays, high-speed processors, 4 gigabytes of RAM, up to 256 gigabytes of storage, integrated artificial intelligence (A.I.) and more are mini tablet computers. This isn't semantics. What we call smartphones are pocket computers that consumers compare using the same spec categories we've traditionally used when shopping for PCs.
This hardware evolution, the accompanying order of magnitude increase in capabilities and the consistent connectivity to evolving mobile broadband is a very subtle, but notable, shift in the mobile industry. Mobile device usage patterns have shifted from one category (phones) to another (PCs). Usage is no longer phone-first focused. With web-surfing, gaming, content creation, and editing, messaging and more being the focus mobile devices are used as tablet PCs-first, that happen to have telephony. This shift is good news for Microsoft and one reason why it's not making a smartphone.
It's about the experiences
Though hardware is important to users, experiences matter most. A user isn't really concerned "how" he orders tickets to a show as long as his device helps him do it. Traditionally, tapping an app or opening a mobile website helped users accomplish tasks. That behavior and multilayered paradigm (involving developers, app stores, devices) are entrenched. Moving against the inertia of that system is difficult but it's happening …slowly.
Furthermore, digital assistants and ambient computing's evolution lets users speak to devices. Google Assistant and even Cortana now do what some apps used to do. Google demonstrated A.I. that is indistinguishable from a real person setting appointments, or answering a phone call. The experience of getting things done on our mobile devices is slowly evolving to be less app-dependent as A.I. becomes more integrated and capable.
Progressive Web Apps (PWAs), hybrid app and web properties, are also slowly moving computing beyond the constraints of the app economy that Microsoft failed to gain a foothold in.
Though the technology is evolving slowly, a shift in how users experience getting things done is undeniably underway. Combined with a hardware evolution that has categorically moved from phones to literal pocket computers some of the barriers that prevented Microsoft from entering mobile with a third platform are slowly coming down. Microsoft's mythical Surface "Andromeda" needn't be defined as a phone since mobile device usage patterns are more consistent with PCs.
Living on the edge ...with Andromeda?
Microsoft's focus on edge computing and its new game streaming service xCloud leverages the power, accessibility, ubiquity, and device agnostic nature of the cloud to get things done.
Cloud computing and app and game streaming (regardless of platform) on the edge is what Microsoft's cloud strategy is about. Microsoft doesn't need a smartphone to take advantage of this. A pocket computer, that supports common user experiences thorough A.I., PWAs, cloud computing and of course apps (for now) would do.
There was no room for a third smartphone platform eight years ago. As mobile is now "pocket-PC-centric" versus phone-centric, and A.I. and PWAs are beginning to show other means than traditional apps can facilitate user's mobile experiences, perhaps room is being made for a third, non-smartphone mobile platform.
What Microsoft should do
credit Daniel Breyer
Microsoft should wholly eschew any association with Surface Andromeda being a phone (though possessing telephony). And position it as a pocket Surface PC showcasing xCloud and Windows Ink. It would be a specific PC category with Core OS that is admittedly niche, but gaming and inking-focused but with all the capabilities of Windows via Core OS.
Additionally, Microsoft should go all out in its support of OEMs to build this device category. No, Microsoft is not making a smartphone, even though you may want one. That time has passed. It's time for something better. The question is can Microsoft deliver?
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Milk Thistle seeds help stimulate protein synthesis in the liver. They even can help reverse the damage done from eating poisonous mushrooms such as Death Cap (Amanita phalloides) or from carbon tetrachloride, which destroys liver cells and usually causes death. When Milk Thistle seeds are used within 48 hours, the survival rate is almost 100%. When fed to animals that had partial hepatectomies, their livers grew back more quickly. Primary chemical constituents of Milk Thistle include flavonolignans (silymarin), tyramine, histamine, gamma linoleic acid, essential oil, mucilage, and bitter principle. Milk Thistle is also an antioxidant that is more potent than vitamins C and E.
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The Purple Queen bougainvillea is an evergreen perennial plant that grows best in tropical climates where the winter temperatures don't drop below 35 degrees F. You can enjoy this bougainvillea's vibrant purple blooms throughout the summer and fall by growing it either as a spreading groundcover, growing up to 1 ½ feet tall and 6 to 8 feet wide, or as a climbing vine, growing up to 15 feet tall on a trellis. Plant your Purple Queen bougainvillea in well-draining soil that doesn't become waterlogged. Place your bougainvillea in full sunlight, where it can receive at least five hours of sunlight each day.
Water your Purple Queen bougainvillea to moisten the soil deeply and evenly two or three times each week during the first growing season. After the first year, water the plant once every week or two to supplement rainfall when there is less than ½ an inch of rain for the week.
Feed your Purple Queen a liquid plant fertilizer once every two weeks during the growing season when you water the plant. Apply a high-phosphorous fertilizer that contains iron and magnesium according to the instructions on the label.
Erect a trellis beside your bougainvillea to support its climbing growth. Alternatively, you can allow the plant to creep along the ground if you have the space.
Prune your bougainvillea in the spring, before the buds begin to form. Snip back the stems to keep the Purple Queen's shape and thin out crowded, tangled or unsightly growth.
You can enrich the soil prior to planting the Purple Queen by working in some organic compost or aged manure.
If you're growing your Purple Queen bougainvillea in a container, place it outdoors in full sunlight during the growing season to ensure blooming.
Be careful when you're removing the Purple Queen bougainvillea from the nursery container so you don't damage the roots.
Don't allow the bougainvillea's soil to dry out, especially if you're growing the plant in a container. Pot your bougainvillea in well-draining potting soil and water it two or three times each week to keep the soil evenly moistened at all times.


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"The first tapper to break the sound barrier of So You Think You Can Dance"—Dance Magazine
"Ms. Sullivan, with a sly smile and a sense of wonder ... [is] a choreographer and a dancer of high ability and polish"—NY Times
Melinda Sullivan is an American dancer, choreographer and actress. She is one of the most highly sought out tap dance soloists in the world, as well as a true triple-threat with an incredibly diverse resume in dance, television, and theater. Born in East Meadow, New York, and raised in Thousand Oaks, California, Sullivan began tap dancing at a studio at age four, turning professional at age 14. "As a young girl, I found the freedom to be loud. To be brash. To be different than my family. Tap dancing allows me to express my artistic side, my creative side, my funny side, my rebellious side." (Dance Magazine) Her mentors included Jason Samuels Smith, Chloe Arnold, the Jazz Tap Ensemble, and Harold Cromer. As a high school senior, she won a role in the Cats 25th anniversary touring company, followed by the inaugural national tour of High School Musical on Stage! After tour, she moved to NYC, work with Jason Samuels Smith's tap company A.C.G.I., with appearances including Sadler's Wells in London and the infamous Jacob's Pillow.
Melinda continued to diversify as a performing artist, acting in the American soap opera As the World Turns as Zoe Finn. The following year, she finished 9th place in the seventh season of the U.S. version of So You Think You Can Dance; it was the furthest any tap dancer had gone on the show. Melinda went on appear as the first tap All-Star in Season 10, as well as featured in Chloe Arnold's Syncopated Ladies in Season 11. In 2012, Sullivan's dancing and choreography on her work "Gone" won the Capezio A.C.E. Award. In 2016, she danced in the film La La Land''s opening number, "Another Day of Sun", leading to performances on the Academy Awards and the Golden Globes.
Now based in Los Angeles, Melinda continues to appear in television on and off camera, assisting as a choreographer on The Late Late Show with James Cordon, Crazy-Ex Girlfriend, & SMILF. She spent this past December in NY, as one of a quartet of female dancers in MacArthur Genius Grant winner Michelle Dorrance's "Until the Real Thing Comes Along (a letter to ourselves)", which debuted at New York's Joyce Theater. The New York Times called Dorrance's collaborators—Sullivan, Jillian Meyers, and Josette Wiggan-Freund—"three singular and rhythmically brilliant dancers who are part of the traditional tap scene, but who also live in the commercial world." Melinda is on faculty at the Colburn School in Los Angeles, constantly collaborating with musicians and filmmakers (which you can find on her IG @realmelsully). More videos at www.youtube.com/melindasully.
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Indigenous players James Livock and Adrian Davis have been given the experience of a lifetime as "temporary" members of the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles squad.
The Sea Eagles will play host to the lucky pair, as Laurie Daley's non-elite Indigenous First Nations Goannas team prepare to tackle the knights in a trial match at Newcastle's Hunter Stadium on Saturday week (February 8).
The trial will mark the culmination of the week-long Festival of Indigenous Rugby League being held in Newcastle in place of the traditional Rugby League All Stars which is being "rested" in 2014 post World Cup.
"Watching the Indigenous All Stars game, not even playing it you get that passion like you want to be out there with them. It feels like you're out there playing with them, so I feel like we have something to prove playing this game," Livock said.
A response reiterated by Davis.
"It means a lot. It's a great opportunity to showcase my talent and skills and to be a part of a group of boys and role models you looked up to, like Dean Widders, David Peachey and players like that.
Both Livock and Davis, who come from Strathfield, NSW and Scarborough, QLD respectively, are both extremely grateful for the chance to play against some of the game's biggest stars.
"There are a lot of indigenous people who could have been in our boots at the moment, so we're just making the most of what we've got," Livock said.


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Being a good lawyer and running a successful law firm should not be mutually exclusive. However, while being a good lawyer is the focus of years of study and training, when it comes to running a successful firm, practical guidance can be hard to come by. Richard Hugo-Hamman is no stranger to this struggle. The former managing partner and Executive Chairman of LEAP is intimately familiar with the daily challenges of small law firms. Unlike their high profile corporate law cousins, small law firms and sole practitioners are often resource and time poor, with cash-conscious clients who may have much more to personally lose if their matter is not favourably resolved.
To assist, Richard has captured his top tips for running a successful law firm in a whitepaper and podcast, the 11 Habits of Highly Successful Law Firms. Both were based on his own experience of running a firm and working closely with firms to improve their workflow efficiency, client service and profitability through technology.
Efficiency can underpin almost every aspect of what a law firm does, from organising how enquiries are managed to ensuring files are digitally stored and ready to be accessed on a moment's notice. While technology can assist with efficiency, it cannot be effective without a commitment by the firm to find more efficient ways of working.
This advice goes to the heart of good law firm culture. It is particularly important because at its essence, the law is a service delivered by people, so it is important to ensure those people are happy and reflect well on the firm.
Tools could include technology to automate document creation or bookkeeping, but can also range to practical incentives like comfortable chairs, standing desks or tidy work areas.
Enjoying what you do every day can make all the difference between competence and excellence.
Focusing on areas of law which complement each other ensures a steady flow of related work.
By choosing related areas of law, it is possible to build a reputation as a specialist and gain referral work.
Most lawyers are likely to interpret the law in a similar way, having received similar training and read commentary from similar journals and judgements. From a client's perspective, the difference between a good, bad and great lawyer comes down to service - the impression that the lawyer both knows and cares about a client's matter.
"Like it or not, if a firm does not keep up with technology, it will quickly become uncompetitive," said Richard.
Failing to adapt and upgrade technology can prove fatal to a law firm.
"Firms that embrace technology early steal a lead from their competitors. Firms that don't ever embrace technology tend to merge into firms that do - or worse, go broke. I have seen this repeatedly over the years," said Richard.


Before you start hauling all your boxes, furniture and heavy appliances toward the front door, let's touch on a few important points.
Different people have different things they need to move, but consider these few points when deciding what kind of hand truck to buy or rent.
Whether you're moving a washing machine or a single plate, don't go cheap. Get a quality steel hand truck that will stand up to the weight you'll be putting on it.
Get a moving dolly with a strap you can wrap around your refrigerator or dresser, or any other large item. Ask the rental shop or store clerk for a quick lesson on how to ratchet that strap into place.
Protip: DO NOT ratchet pressboard items to your hand truck. They are not meant to withstand that sort of pressure and will splinter faster than you can say IKEA.
When moving boxes, create straight and balanced stacks that won't topple over once you're rolling. Are the boxes not perfectly aligned? Don't think you can trick physics, because trust us, you won't.
Make sure your top box is at least partially resting against the vertical part of your hand truck. If it isn't, it will slide off your stack and slam you in the throat. We speak from experience.
Also, avoid topping your stack with a box so big you can't see over or beyond it. Being able to see where you are going is kind of important.
Before you load furniture up, first wrap your bookcase, dresser or any other wooden item with furniture pads so the metal of your hand truck – particularly the bottom plate – doesn't scratch any surfaces.
Some items, like desks and horizontal dressers, are easiest to move when stood on end. (You might want to empty your desk drawers first!) Vertical dressers, armoires and other tall items can be hand-trucked upside down, especially if they have legs or flat tops. Again, check what's inside first and remove or secure any loose items.
Protip: It is possible to use your hand truck to lift and carry a dresser or armoire with (very) short legs in an upright fashion. But just know the two little legs will be jutting out precariously and can catch on a doorway threshold or the edge of a step, then snap right off. Use your best judgment with deciding how to truck those fun, short-legged items.
When loading washers, dryers and refrigerators, those are best attacked from the rear facing you. This is done to maintain safe weight distribution, as well as to avoid scratching any visible surfaces. So in this order: Unplugging and/or defrost, move your appliance away from the wall, then turn it around.
Keep any wires, plugs and hoses off the floor so you don't roll or step on them. Tie or tape electrical cords to the rear of the appliance (in a way so they won't get crushed by the hand truck). Hoses might be best snaked into the mouth of your dryer, held in place by the lid or the door.
Some movers wrap heavy appliances before trucking them, while others don't because it can be hard to get a good grip on a wrapped washing machine. If you are picking up your appliance from the rear (and you don't mind a minor incidental scratch or two on the rear surface), consider keeping that appliance unwrapped until you get it onto your moving truck.
To get your appliance, a piece of furniture or stack of boxes onto your hand truck, tip it forward just enough to slip the hand truck's bottom plate underneath. When you tip your hand truck back onto its wheels, hold the front of your cargo with your hand (and maybe someone else on the other end) to make sure it tips backward with the hand truck, not forward off of it.
Protip: When tilting heavy items or stacks of boxes backward onto your truck, put a foot on the bar in between your truck's wheels to prevent any rollback.
Roll straight over all obstacles like bumps, thresholds and stairs. If you go at them at an angle your truck will tip and so will your cargo. And it's no fun trying to tame two hundred pounds of falling furniture.
Avoid tilting your hand truck too far backwards when going down those steps. The vertical slats on the rear of the hand truck will slide down the edge of the stair, and if there is too much of a tilt, the wheels might pass right over the next step and create some sudden (and unwanted) momentum.
When your cargo is at all unstable, use one hand to hold the top while holding and steering your truck with the other.
Use care – and cardboard – wherever you use your hand truck so you don't scratch your floor or your steps.
When not in use, keep the moving dolly out of the way! It'll save you from having to move it with couch in hand, or worse yet, fetching it from underneath your moving truck.
Protip: Get a hand truck with a handlebar that runs across the back, not one with two handles that restrict your grip to either side.
Maneuvering a hand truck might feel awkward at first. That's okay. Just take it slow, keep it light, and follow the above tips.
By following these rules, you'll be rolling furniture around like a pro before you know it.


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Painful encounter
"Just sign your name here and here, and your initials here", I said, pointing to a piece of paper.
Glenn read the document and looked at me. He was 40 years old, with curly black hair and a boyish attitude. He was the father of one of our most adventurous models, lanky skaterboy Leo, and he had agreed to put his balls on the line in a nut-crunching contest between three father/son teams. He was wearing blue jeans, a white t-shirt, and heavy, black boots.
Standing next to him, Bradley scratched his head. He was one of Glenn's opponents, the father of Logan, the newest addition to our roster. A muscular, handsome man with dark blond hair that was cut short, Bradley looked younger than his 38 years. His tight tank top and his chino shorts showed off his muscular arms and legs.
"It says here that you are not responsible if there's any permanent damage to our nuts", Bradley said.
"It's a simple liability clause", I explained. "Standard procedure."
Bradley nodded and signed the document.
Glenn grinned and playfully nudged Bradley's shoulder. "You've basically signed over your nuts, you know that?"
Bradley raised his eyebrows. "Sure I know that. As long as your boy doesn't go crazy on my balls, I'll be okay…"
Glenn chuckled. "Leo will mangle your nuts, buddy. There will be nothing left when he's done with you…" He signed the document and handed it to me.
Bradley clicked his tongue. "You know, Logan is pretty skilled, too."
Glenn grinned and adjusted his crotch. "I'll be okay, buddy, I've got balls of steel…"
I nodded, managing to keep a straight face. "He's right. It's tattooed on his nutsack…"
Bradley smiled. "Even better. I'll tell my son not to hold back…"
Glenn feigned a yawn. "Bring it on, buddy…"
"Damn right I'm sure!"
Bradley chuckled and playfully aimed a hard backhand slap at Glenn's bulging crotch. He didn't connect perfectly, but it was enough to make Glenn double over and let out a groan.
Bradley laughed and looked at me. He lifted his hand and smiled, "Want a nut-tap, too?"
"No, thanks", I said quickly and sat down behind my computer, opting to watch the two guys from a safe distance.
"That was nothing", Glenn said in a hoarse voice and rubbed his groin.
Bradley shrugged. "You're wearing jeans, man."
Glenn grinned. "You want me to drop my pants?"
"If you want to show me your stuff", Bradley said nonchalantly.
"I'll show you mine if you show me yours", Glenn countered.
Bradley sighed. "Man, this feels a lot like highschool. I guess I'm too old for this stuff…"
"You're afraid I might scramble your eggs right here and now?" Glenn taunted.
"You wish", Bradley shook his head, grinning.
Suddenly, Glenn fell to his knees and launched a powerful uppercut into Bradley's crotch. His fist crashed into the soft, big bulge in Bradley's chinos, lifting him off the ground and making him moan in pain.
Glenn remained on his knees and watched Bradley double over, grab his crotch and collapse on the ground, coughing and wheezing.
"Your pathetic little nuts are no match for my balls of steel", Glenn grinned.
"Fuck you", Bradley moaned, clutching his sack.
Glenn laughed and straightened.
"Come on", Bradley said after a short while, grimacing in pain. He unbuttoned his chinos and let them drop to the floor, revealing his tightly packed tighty whities. He threw away his shoes and took off his tank top. The dark blond hair on his muscular chest was neatly trimmed. Apparently, Bradley was did a lot to make his body look good...
Glenn shook his head, sighed, and followed Bradley's example, stripping off his boots, jeans and t-shirt until he was just wearing a pair of well-worn black socks and a tight-fitting pair of dark blue briefs. He absentmindedly pulled at his dark chest hair as his gaze rested on the huge bulge in Bradley's underwear.
Bradley noticed Glenn staring at his crotch and adjusted his tighty whities. "Yeah, those pathetic nuts are not exactly little", he chuckled.
"Wow", Glenn said, not even trying to hide his envy.
"Mother Nature has been good to me", Bradley shrugged, pulling the waistband of his underwear down to let Glenn get a good look at his enormous privates.
And they were truly enormous. A fat, long cock dangled in front of a couple of perfectly shaped low-hangers that rested peacefully in their sac of skin. If someone had shown me a picture of Bradley's junk I would have complimented them on their photoshop skills...
I could tell that Glenn was impressed. Very impressed. He tried to play down his reaction by musing, "I bet you don't get a lot of doggy style action, huh?"
Bradley shrugged. "I can't complain."
Glenn took a step towards Bradley and extended his hand. "May I?"
Bradley laughed. "No fucking way, man!"
Glenn blushed. "Hey, I don't want to grope you", he said quickly. "I just---"
"You just wanna cop a feel, huh?" Bradley grinned, his thumbs hooked in his waistband, presenting his mammoth goodie bag. "No means no, buddy."
Glenn bit his lower lip, his eyes fixed on Bradley's awe-inspiring valuables. "How many kids did you produce with that kind of plumbing?"
Bradely said, "Just the one who's gonna waste your junk in the competition…"
"One kid?" Glenn sounded incredulous. "What – do shoot blanks or something?"
Bradley's face darkened.
Glenn laughed. "With those huge sperm tanks you only made one child?!" He shook his head. "What's in those monsters - weak sauce? Mind you, I prefer---"
Bradley let out an angry grunt and snap-kicked Glenn's nuts as hard as he could. His own balls swung wildly and his limp dong slapped against his thighs as he brought his leg up to turn Glenn's nuts into peanut butter.
The tip of his bare foot collided with Glenn's precious balls that were held conveniently tight by his briefs. The two tender plums that were prominently outlined in the thin fabric of his underwear were crunched hard.
I cringed in sympathy as Glenn let out a surprised yelp, followed by some miserable sound that evoked images of a mole that had been stepped on. He cupped his balls with both of his hands and coughed.
"That was a mean kick", Glenn said hoarsely, wobbling back and forth as he tried to keep his balance.
Bradley shrugged. "Balls of steel, huh?"
Glenn looked up at him, grimacing. He straightened, groaning, and pulled down his briefs, showing off his fat balls that hung low in their hairless sac. He gingerly grabbed his nutsack and pulled at the skin, showing Bradley his tattoo.
"That's what it says here", he said, smiling weakly.
Bradley smirked at him.
The two studs faced each other, each of them naked except for their underpants (and in Glenn's case, his socks), and each of them with their junk dangling over the waistband.
They eyed each other cautiously, each of them waiting for the other to make the next move. Right when I opened my mouth to suggest that we called it a day, they lunged at each other, each of them trying to grab hold of their opposite's ballsack.
Naturally, with his extraordinarily large equipment, Bradley was at a striking disadvantage, and Glenn seized his opportunity when Bradley's fat dick swung his way. Like Tarzan reaching for a liana, Glenn caught hold of Bradley's meaty cock and pulled hard.
Bradley let out an agonized moan as he felt like his dick was getting ripped off. "Dirty fucker!" he screamed and retaliated by ramming his elbow into Glenn's neck.
Glenn grunted and intensified his grip on Bradley's schlong, twisting it and bending it as if he was trying to pull it out by its root.
Howling in pain, Bradley sneaked his fingers between Glenn's thighs and closed his fist around Glenn's precious nuggets. He squeezed as hard as he could, making Glenn howl like a werewolf at midnight.
The two studs grunted and moaned, screamed and yelled as they lay havoc on each others' genitalia with their bare hands. Seeing those two handsome guys messing with each others' sex lives was a spectacle well worth seeing.
I leaned back and took a sip of my coffee.
By now, Glenn was lying on his back while Bradley was straddling him, facing his feet. Glenn was pulling Bradley's massive member back between his thighs, mashing his oversized testicles in the process. Both of Bradley's hands were busy squishing and squashing Glenn's allegedly metallic balls.
Proving the claim printed on Glenn's sac a blatant exaggeration, Bradley managed to sink his thumbs deep into Glenn's sensitive tissue. At the same, Glenn tugged at Bradley's meaty schlong with both of his hands as if he was trying to tow away a truck with his bare hands.
Both of them were screaming from the tops of their lungs, now, filling the studio with the unmistakable sound of two guys fearing for their ability to sire children.
Finally, with a desperate move, Bradley freed himself: He pushed his hips forward, increasing the strain on his extralarge cock for a short moment before eventually succeeding in ripping his dong out of Glenn's grasp. The meaty monster snapped cracked against his ass cheeks like a whip before appearing at its rightful place at the front of Bradley's body.
Bradley let out a jubilant yell, lifted his hand, balled his fist and sent it smashing down into Glenn's mangled genitalia, hitting both of Glenn's testicles dead-on and making the handsome stud wail in pain.
Glenn gathered his strength and pushed Bradley away, managing to curl up in a ball, clutching his sore gonads and moaning in agony.
Bradley was breathing heavily. He grimaced as he examined his mangled cock. Despite having served in a disgraceful tug of war, it looked okay, and Bradley sighed with relief. He lovingly caressed his humongous testicles and watched Glenn rock back and forth, groaning miserably.
Slowly, he stood and looked at me. "I guess we are done here, huh?"
I shrugged. "Yeah." I smiled at him. "You got a little preview of what's going to happen in the contest…"
Bradley grimaced. "I thought it would be like a little sports gathering. I didn't know I'd be dealing with guys like him…"
Bradley was facing me, his huge package swinging freely between his legs.
"Look at this", he said, carefully lifting up his limp cock and showing me what looked like the imprint of Glenn's fingers.
"Ouch", I grimaced in sympathy.
Bradley nodded, his face filled with (not entirely unreasonable) self-pity, and looked down at his cock. That perspective gave him a perfect view of Glenn's foot crashing into his huge nuggets, making them bounce up like superballs.
Glenn had sneaked up on Bradley and managed to kick his nuts from behind, creating an awesome visual as Bradley's face fell and turned into a painful grimace, accompanied by an even more awesome slapping sound as Glenn's socked foot connected with his tender testicles.
The slow change of Bradley's facial expression was truly cringe-inducing. What was even more cringe-inducing, though, was the sight of his big, meaty gonads bouncing up until they abruptly reached the limit of his spacious sac and dropped back down. It was fascinating, mind-numbingly painful and captivating at once. I felt like watching a ballet performed by two rotund and not very talented dancers.
Much to my delight, Glenn decided to throw in a little encore.
Before Bradley had a chance to grab his balls and save them from further harm, Glenn kicked him again. The tip of his sock-clad foot slammed into poor Bradley's swaying babymakers with admirable precision.
Bradley looked like his nuts had been knocked out of their sac. His face was filled with confusion, grief, surprise and pain as his body convulsed in agony.
He let out an ear-piercing shriek and clutched his damaged nads, doubling over, his face contorted in agony.
Behind him, Glenn was torn between tending to his own battered balls and indulging in boundless joy at having crippled his amply endowed opponent.
That moment of indecisiveness didn't last very long, though, as Bradley decided to make that decision for him. Doubled over in pain and holding his fragile eggs with his left hand, he spun around, dropped to one knee and crunched Glenn's nuts with a powerful right handed uppercut that sent shivers down my spine.
Glenn's face scrunched up as the renewed pain washed through his body and his eyes crossed slowly, resulting in very fitting yet extremely funny grimace. His mouth formed a small O as he slowly fell backwards, crashing to the ground.
"That's what you get", Bradley mumbled, and I wasn't sure if his voice hadn't jumped up an octave.
Both of the guys were sweaty and out of breath. Glenn was lying on his back, his knees pulled up to his chest, his hands covering his nuts. Bradley was kneeling on the ground, nursing his battered balls and rocking back and forth.
I cleared my throat. "Guys", I said. "Now that you got to know each other I guess we should stop right here before anyone gets hurt."
Both Glenn and Bradley let out bitter laughs.
I smiled. "Okay?"
They both nodded.
I fetched their clothes and watched as they dressed.
"You are a mean fighter", Bradley mumbled, slipping into his tank top.
Glenn shrugged as he pulled up his jeans. "Same as you, I guess." He stretched his arms and carefully tucked his swollen package into his jeans. He winced as he buttoned up. He looked at Bradley and mused, "I guess I'm lucky that I don't have your equipment."
Bradley stared at him, absentmindedly fumbling with his crammed tighty wighties. "What do you mean?" he said slowly, apparently sensing a backhanded compliment that would surely be followed by an insult.
Glenn chuckled. "I'd be having trouble stuffing all that junk into my jeans."
Bradley's face lightened up. "Ah, yeah, well, you're right." He grinned. "You know, actually that is a serious problem." He carefully buttoned his chinos, making sure to touch his battered genitalia as gently as possible. "That's why I'm wearing chinos."
Glenn nodded. "I see."
"You probably noticed that I'm wearing tighty whities", Bradley continued, leaning casually against the wall and smiling at Glenn. "Not my first choice of underwear under normal circumstances…"
"Talk about sexy", Glenn grinned and put on his t-shirt.
Bradley nodded. "But I've gone through boxers and briefs, and everything in between, I even tried tangas – but tighty whities are the only ones that don't make me sit on myself or grind them like grapes."
Glenn grimaced in sympathy. "Ew."
"Exactly", Bradley smiled weakly. "That's just one of many things you have to consider. Like riding a bike?" He grimaced. "Not good… Feels like I'm running my nuts through a meat grinder."
Glenn laughed as he tightened the shoe laces on his black boots. "Seriously?"
Bradley nodded and sighed. "Believe me, I've been there… Or can you imagine trying to teach your son to play baseball?"
Glenn inhaled sharply. "Ouch."
Bradley shuddered when he remembered the situation. "Logan hit a home-run more than just once", he said in a toneless voice. "And don't talk to me about junior high soccer league." He gulped. "Or that incident with the flat iron…" Bradley shuddered.
Glenn raised his eyebrows.
"Don't ask", Bradley closed his eyes and exhaled audibly.
Glenn let out a laugh. "Sounds like your son is quite an expert at crunching nuts…"
Bradley grinned sheepishly. "I guess you could say that…" His grin widened. "Which means that you might be in trouble when he goes for your balls."
Glenn shrugged. "Probably. On the other hand: My son Leo is a pretty experienced ballbuster himself. So it'll probably be an even field. I don't know about the third team, though." He looked at me.
"Lester", I said. "He's a bit older than you."
"And his son?" Glenn asked.
"Sons", I corrected him. "They are twins."
Glenn raised his eyebrows. "Doesn't that skew the competition?"
Bradley nodded. "They could each take a nut and pound away…"
Glenn gulped.
"Don't worry", I smiled. "I won't allow them to tag team your nuts."
Glenn and Bradley looked relieved.
"Okay", I said. "See you on the day."
Bradley and Glenn walked towards the door.
"Let's hope our sons make us proud", Bradley grinned.
Glenn chuckled. "Well, let's hope that we'll make our sons proud…"
The two guys laughed and shook hands.
"It's gonna be painful", Bradley chuckled, adjusting his crotch and wincing as he touched his swollen testicles.
Glenn held the door open and motioned for Bradley to step out.
"Oh, one more thing", Glenn said suddenly.
Bradley raised his eyebrows and turned to face Glenn.
With a mischievous grin, Glenn brought his foot up between Bradley's thighs. The heavy boot smashed into the huge bulge in Bradley's crotch, flattening it like a perforated balloon.
Bradley gagged and doubled over, tentatively reaching for the center of his misery. His face paled and he looked like he was going to throw up any second. He sank to his knees, dry-heaving and clutching his sore genitalia.
"You're right, it's gonna be painful", Glenn said casually. He walked out the door, a huge grin on his face. "See you on the day!"
Labels: Stories 2013, Story: Fathers' day
Another grand installment.
Boy, interrupted
You only cum twice
Poll results: Special Guest Star 3


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Accredify, Asia Pacific's leading verification solutions provider, today announced that it is the only Web3 tech start-up, that has been awarded the President's Certificate of Commendation for outstanding contributions in the fight against COVID-19.
Accredify's first deployment of blockchain technology in the fight against COVID-19 was to aid the Ministry of Health (MOH) and Ministry of Manpower (MOM) in June 2020 to issue foreign worker discharge memos, facilitating their return to work during the ongoing dormitory outbreaks. Accredify's discharge memos aided 467, 000 foreign workers to safely return to work during the pandemic.
Following the successful project with MOH and MOM, Accredify played a further pivotal role during the pandemic by co-creating Singapore's standard for verifiable pre-departure COVID-19 swab results, called HealthCerts, alongside the Ministry of Health and GovTech. The project was developed to combat the surge in fraudulent COVID-19 test results around the world within the travel industry; HealthCerts allowed both immigration authorities and airlines to instantly verify a traveler's COVID-19 status with a QR code scan, facilitating a seamless verification process and travel experience for passengers. These documents enhanced the existing trust of Singapore's healthcare system by overseas governments and allowed many travellers to be processed efficiently, particularly at the causeway with Johor Bahru.
Healthcerts became nationally mandated in March 2021, and eventually internationally recognised by 4 continents, with Singapore becoming the first country in the world to launch such a system. To date, Accredify has issued more than 2 million blockchain-based verifiable COVID-19 medical records which were verified more than 5.6 million times.
"On behalf of the team at Accredify, we would like to thank the Prime Minister's Office for honoring us with such a distinguished accolade," said Quah Zheng Wei, CEO and Co-founder, Accredify, "Technology should always be created with the purpose of improving, and possibly saving, lives. We're grateful that we could play a part to serve our country alongside the many other public and private organisations that aided in upkeeping the physical safety of Singapore and its citizens. We will continue to create new ways to better the lives of every individual with Web3-based verification technology."
Accredify is currently in the midst of developing more verification technology applications in the healthcare and corporate space, whilst focusing on its expansion into Australia's education industry.
For more information about Accredify, please visit https://www.accredify.io and follow Accredify on LinkedIn @Accredify
About Accredify
Accredify is pioneering the world's transition to verifiable data. Headquartered in Singapore, Accredify is Asia Pacific's award-winning leading service provider for the issuance of verifiable documents and has processed over 12 million verifications on 2 million issued documents, known as "Accredified documents", to date. By enabling automation and secure information exchange, Accredify has empowered nearly 600 users in nine markets to simplify complex processes and discover new frontiers of efficiency. With a dedicated team that embraces the highest standards of customer service, security, and privacy, Accredify's mission is to be the foremost verification solutions provider for moments when trust matters most.
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Chief Marketing Officer, Accredify
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Bugzilla – Bug 122933 ENDNOTE enhancement -- endnotes per chapter / document Last modified: 2019-01-24 16:21:58 UTC
Bug 122933 - ENDNOTE enhancement -- endnotes per chapter / document
Summary: ENDNOTE enhancement -- endnotes per chapter / document
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 102835
Writer (show other bugs)
(earliest affected)
medium enhancement
Not Assigned
Footnote-Endnote
2019-01-24 14:23 UTC by peter josvai
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Description peter josvai 2019-01-24 14:23:57 UTC
endnotes are still in immature both on the readers' part and on the writers', including Libreoffice Writer :)
it would be great, to start with, if similarly to footnotes, we had options for endnotes like
"per chapter" / "per document" (that latter makes sense in the case of master document)
the reason for this suggestion is that people not necessarily like to get to the endnotes "blindly", by clicking on a  number...
it could also happen that one wants to go through the endnotes...
just for curiosity...
and once you are reading / studying the endnotes, browsing through them,
it would be GREAT improvement if you could see them under chapter headings...
chapters could be taken as new documents linked into a master document, or/and    text under headings... let's now only mention "heading 1" / "h1"... (and forget h2, h3 depths... cause the point is not to make things complex, like difficult, but to make them felxible and intelligent...
2 NOTEs:
ENDNOTES are, I believe, extremely important cause they are the best known means to place "linked info" into an ebook...
looking at the marked up xml in an ODT document's "zip container", once can see HOW utterly intelligent tasks are being performed whenever an endnote is placed somewhere... not to mention joining documents into a master document...
it is TOTALLY sophisticated already... and my suggestion would very probably just mean a clever utilization of this sophistication, the utilization of what has been made possible already... and would NOT require migrating to a higher level of complexity whatsoever :)
I mean, I'm basically certain that LiO  Writer has long been able to do this extra trick :)
-- thank you for developing Libreoffice! ---
1. create a Master Document
2. insert 2 documents (which both have ENDNOTES) into it (as "insert / file")
3. look at the ENDNOTES in the Master Document
it is beautifully displayed in a merged order...
however, there's no indication as to which document or chapter each ENDNOTE belongs to...
having the suggested ENHANCEMENT, endnotes could be displayed
with separators for chapters / documents...
- - chapter one - -
endnote 1
- - chapter two - -
PLUS, it would be great if the ENDNOTES could be copied as and pasted into a WYSIWYG html editor... or into a libreoffice Writer document as they are...
Reproducible: Always
User Profile Reset: No
Comment 1 Dieter Praas 2019-01-24 16:21:58 UTC
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 102835 ***
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Moody's Investors Service ("Moody's") downgraded to Baa2 from Baa1 the rating assigned to the senior secured debt of Solar Star Funding, LLC (Solar Star) due 2035. Today's rating action is driven entirely by the further weakening of Southern California Edison Company's (SCE) credit profile which was downgraded to Baa2 on March 5, 2019 and has a negative outlook. SCE's credit quality serves as a cap to Solar Star's rating since the project derives all of its revenue and cash flow under a long-term power purchase and sales agreement (PPA) with SCE that expires in July 2035.