I cry at some point of almost every wedding anniversary. I am a closet spoiled brat. I like the feeling of celebration, of feeling special on special occasions. I can be ridiculous with my internal thoughts while being poker face cool externally. Meanwhile my other half is practical, kind, and loving. He's a good guy. We have opposite approaches to life and opposite personalities by most measures…Myers-Briggs, DISC, Zodiac Signs, Chinese Calendar, and so forth. On paper we should not be together. Fortunately we have overlap on the Gary Chapman Five Love Languages test results. And Jesus. Jesus is our key common denominator.
This year we hit the big 2-5. 25 years married. Wowza.
He warned me when we dated. We were 20 and 23 years old at the time. He said something like, "Things go wrong for me. I am a walking Murphy's Law type person." We proceeded to argue. I said he had the wrong attitude. He said attitude is a result of things that happen to a person. I pollyanna'd that attitude is what you bring to any day or situation.
I maintain that sunshine viewpoint today, but he's right about how little things tend to go wrong in his world. Ride in a car with him to a new location and you'll see what he means by the number of missed turns. The good news is he has adapted what I call Overcoming Murphy's Law Strategies. For example, before going on vacation he spends quality time with Google Maps to the point that when we arrive at our destination it seems like he knows exactly where he is going–because he does.
It's true. Opposites attract. Take time to respect the differences rather than to fight about them.
Less expectations can lead to sweet surprises. Example, Hubby made sure I had my all time favorite donut on vacation: Key Lime from Dandee Donuts. Yum.
Praying for your mate is a better plan than nagging your mate. God has a way of opening up his or her heart so you can communicate.
Children can strain relationships because they create a new kind of tired…an 18 year plus kind of tired. Recognize the tired and take time outs as needed.
Before you ask for what you need, ask if this is a good time to talk, aka a time where you can hear one another.
Our premarital counselor said to always fight naked. I'll leave that right there.
Speaking of counseling, get some.
Grow together. Share how you are growing, maturing, learning.
Grow solo too. Counseling is good for you. Take notes. Untangle the knotted parts of your brain.
Agree to be on the same page.
Agree to discuss what the same page looks like.
When you're on different pages, acknowledge and discuss the pages.
Have family meetings. I love that Hubby has initiated family meetings with our kids several times over the years.
Make each other breakfast from time to time.
Acknowledge seasons that are hard for your spouse and give grace upfront.
Enjoy special songs together. I could make a song scrapbook of meaningful songs from the different stages of our life.
People say hurtful things. Don't be that kind of people.
If you do say something hurtful, then say I am sorry. Be sincere with your apology and do better.
Do activities the other person likes to do. I'm not good at this. Eh, it is good to know about improvement opportunities.
Love your spouse's family. They are your family too.
Stay centered. For us that means Jesus is at the center of our home.
"For better or worse" is in generic wedding vows for a reason. I could not have predicted at 21 years old when we married that I would feel like we won when we figured out how to take a long weekend trip with a wheelchair for the first time.
On the way home I said, "I didn't buy you a card." He said, "I didn't get you one either." And that's a-ok. I didn't cry on our anniversary this year.
We both cried leading up to the day because a painful reality hit when his mom passed away the week prior to our get away. Also, a close family friend passed away suddenly the week before as well. It's been a sad time and a quiet time. A wise friend said, "If you are feeling numb, then stay numb and watch God work." I have taken that advice to heart. Thank you to the family and friends who helped with our kids and home responsibilities while we were away.
*Pic of me sitting on the rock and looking back is from our 1993 honeymoon.
I accidentally deleted today's blog post during the final editing process. That is par for the course when I think I'm fine and coping, but my body proves that I am not fine.
Our family is experiencing loss of loved ones close to us so I am hitting the pause button. No posts this week.
Hug and love on the dear ones in your life.


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Geology (2007) 35 (8): 743-746.
Studies across a broad range of drainage basins have established a positive correlation between mean slope gradient and denudation rates. It has been suggested, however, that this relationship breaks down for catchments where slopes are at their threshold angle of stability because, in such cases, denudation is controlled by the rate of tectonic uplift through the rate of channel incision and frequency of slope failure. This mechanism is evaluated for the San Bernardino Mountains, California, a nascent range that incorporates both threshold hillslopes and remnants of pre-uplift topography. Concentrations of in situ–produced cosmogenic 10Be in alluvial sediments are used to quantify catchment-wide denudation rates and show a broadly linear relationship with mean slope gradient up to ∼30°: above this value denudation rates vary substantially for similar mean slope gradients. We propose that this decoupling in the slope gradient–denudation rate relationship marks the emergence of threshold topography and coincides with the transition from transport-limited to detachment-limited denudation. The survival in the San Bernardino Mountains of surfaces formed prior to uplift provides information on the topographic evolution of the range, in particular the transition from slope-gradient–dependent rates of denudation to a regime where denudation rates are controlled by rates of tectonic uplift. This type of transition may represent a general model for the denudational response to orogenic uplift and topographic evolution during the early stages of mountain building.
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If you were hoping the cost of rent dropped in Toronto this month, we're sorry to say it hasn't. The good news is, it also hasn't risen. According to Padmapper, the ranking for Canada's top five priciest markets remained unchanged despite some minor drops in month-over-month prices. The priciest Canadain city for rent continues to be Toronto with the average one bedroom unit costing approximately $2,270. Two bedrooms in Toronto average $2,850. Vancouver is the second most expensive city for renters with one-bedrooms averaging $2,080 and two bedrooms averaging $3,280. Month-over-month, the average cost of a one bedroom apartment in Vancouver dropped 2.3 per cent. In Burnaby, the average monthly cost of a two bedroom unit dropped 1.7 per cent.
If you were hoping the cost of rent dropped in Toronto this month, we're sorry to say it hasn't. The good news is, it also hasn't risen.
According to Padmapper, the ranking for Canada's top five priciest markets remained unchanged despite some minor drops in month-over-month prices.
The priciest Canadain city for rent continues to be Toronto with the average one bedroom unit costing approximately $2,270. Two bedrooms in Toronto average $2,850.
It's no secret that housing affordability remains a top concern for Millennials living in the GTA, as home prices continue to sit well above their 10-year average. But according to a new poll, the generation is surprisingly optimistic about the future of the market.
Up to 41 per cent of Millennials said they believe that the GTA is well prepared to provide housing for the number of new residents that settle there every year, according to Ipsos poll data released today by the Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) and the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB).
A permanent generation of middle-class renters?
This week's housing newsletter was written by HuffPost Canada senior business editor Daniel Tencer.
To no one's surprise, Canada's mortgage industry really, really doesn't like federal regulators' new mortgage stress tests. Its principal industry association, Mortgage Professionals Canada, released a report a few weeks ago on the impact of the tests that is almost apocalyptic in tone. It blames the stress tests for this year's housing market slowdown, estimating that the reduced real estate activity will mean Canada will create 200,000 fewer jobs over the next three years than it otherwise would have. Continue reading ..
This week's housing newsletter was written by HuffPost Canada senior business editor Daniel Tencer, who's a little worried about what strong population growth means for Canada's clogged freeways. Many Canadian homebuyers are sitting on the sidelines these days, wondering if the slowdown in home sales this year is a sign of lower prices ahead.
Don't bet on it, is the message coming from Bank of Montreal economists. Canada's population growth has accelerated, and that means upward pressure on the housing market, and potentially higher-than-expected interest rates as well. In an analysis issued Thursday, economists Doug Porter and Robert Kavcic noted that Canada's population passed the 37 million mark in the second quarter of this year, having grown by about 506,000 over the past year. It's the fastest percentage growth Canada has seen since 1991, making it the fastest-growing country in the G7.
More than 10,000 jobs are expected to be created in Pickering after the Durham Live site was chosen for a casino and waterpark to open in 2019.
Great Canadian Gaming, the company selected to operate casinos in the Greater Toronto Area, made the announcement.
That means Casino Ajax, the facility that's been operating since 2006, will close.
Ontario Gaming GTA LP, a partnership between Great Canadian Gaming and Brookfield Business Partners, will operate the Pickering casino, which will be built at Church and Bayly streets.
The Durham Live proposal includes hotels, convention space, an indoor water park and film studios, along with the casino. Ontario Gaming GTA LP says the site would create more than 10,000 jobs.
The casino itself would have about 2,000 employees, including 1,700 new jobs. Continue reading ..
You've probably heard plenty about how a new mortgage stress test and an interest rate hike are affecting the Ontario housing market. But these are only some of the factors that could affect the market in coming months.
A provincial election, slippery debt levels, and surge of homebuyer demand could all play a role in where the market ends up this spring.
BuzzBuzzNews has rounded up the latest commentary from industry experts to make sense of the many elements that could affect the market in the spring.
Job creation in 2017 reached a pace not seen in a calendar year since 2002, reduced the unemployment rate to its lowest mark in more than 40 years — and surely came as a profound relief to Canada's embattled federal finance minister.
Statistics Canada's job numbers Friday offered a year-end look at a healthy 2017 performance. The surprisingly strong run was capped off by a December report that led some forecasters to cement, or even move up, their predictions that the Bank of Canada would raise its benchmark interest rate, possibly as early as this month. Continue reading ..
OTTAWA – A wave of job creation last month knocked the unemployment rate down to 5.9 per cent — its lowest level in nearly a decade. Statistics Canada says the economy churned out another 79,500 net new jobs in November and drove the jobless rate down 0.4 percentage points from 6.3 per cent the month before.
The opening marks the first expansion of Toronto's subway route since the Sheppard line opened in 2002. To celebrate the TTC is free on Sunday.
The new extension is the first expansion of Toronto's subway system in 15 years. Transit was free across the entire TTC network Sunday to celebrate the occasion. The $1.2 million cost for the free service will be fully covered by the Ontario government. Construction work on the extension began in February 2010 and was jointly funded by the federal government, Ontario, Toronto and York region.
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The Portland Observatory, built in 1807 at Portland, Maine, is the last surviving maritime signal tower in the United States. Using both a telescope and signal flags, two-way communication between ship and shore was possible several hours before an incoming vessel reached the docks.
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Discussion in 'Map Factory' started by wareya, May 15, 2014.
I just kind of made this.
Every ingame staris is properly bulletblocked.
The only thing I'm worried about for gameplay is stickyjumps away from the intel spawn, but on the flip side it would be bad if I made a proper intel room because engineer exists.
This is still all I can see in your map. Also kinda looks confusing seeing as everywhere looks so similar.
If you don't want people to jump away, add things between the buildings above the ground. That should make it at least a bit harder.
I'd do that, but it kills how interesting it is for people to jump *in*. If someone thinks of something that lets you jump in, but doesn't let you jump away, I'll do it.
I think that having the intel in the back of such a large set of open areas actually helps a lot. It's really hard to pick up the intel with enough health to jump away AND not totally own the area anyway.
If you allow people to jump in over the buildings, they'll just jump out again over the buildings. If you want them to enter the intel room quickly through one route, then exit through another, there are a few examples in game of this in action.
The vents in turbin which leads into the intel room put you almost right on top of the intel itself, but you're completely blind going in, so you have no idea how if there is going to be a sentry or a heavy waiting for you below. Most importantly, after you drop down from the vent, it's impossible to get back up.
The dropdown on Badlands is another example of this, although this is much easier (although still quite difficult) to jump back into with soldiers/scouts/demomen.
Another way to keep people from entering quickly and exiting quickly through the same route is to use one sided entrances like this one on Thundermountain. Personally I'm not a huge fan of these mainly because it's easy to become frustrated when you run towards it thinking it's an escape, only to run straight into it and die as a result.
Sorry for the huge reply, but I thought I could provide some useful stuff.
I totally forgot that one way doors are legitimate in TF2. All you have to do is slap a stop sign or something on it somewhere to make it more obvious.
The problem with doors is that opening speed and low height make it hard to sticky/rocket jump through them at high speed and high distance.
anybody want a gameplay-finished ctf map to detail?
Isn't it a bit early to be thinking about that? It's still only in early alpha; have you given up on improving the layout already?
Yes. None of the trivial changes I came up with worked, and there aren't any critical flaws. If I wanted to improve it substantially, I might as well make a new map.
I also don't feel like detailing it, and I might never feel like detailing it, so I'm giving a chance to anyone else.


How can I find and fix or delete corrupt image files in my iPhoto library?
Let's start by locating your files.
youruserfolder /Pictures/iPhoto Library/ year / month / day where year/month/day equals something along the lines of folders named 2005, 12, and 30 to represent pictures made on December 30, 2005. If you've edited any images made that day, you'll find the edited versions in the date folder and the original images in a folder called Originals.
If luck is on your side, the corrupt image is one you've edited. In such a case, you can select the corrupt image in iPhoto and choose Photos > Revert to Original. As the command hints, this replaces the edited version with the original, which you are then free to reedit. If iPhoto doesn't have the wherewithal to revert to that image, you can always try reimporting the thing from the Originals folder that houses it.
Before tossing images that won't behave, I attempt to open them in a different application. For example, some .jpg files I work with refuse to open in Preview but will open in Photoshop. If you can successfully open the image in another application, put the Save As command to good use and create a copy.
If the image won't be opened for love nor money, you're not completely out of luck. You still have a tiny copy of the image in the date folder's Thumbs folder. It's small consolation, I know, but in cases where you've lost a picture you treasure, sometimes a little is better than nothing.
To delete that corrupt image, just select it in iPhoto and choose Photos > Move to Trash.
And if you're a pack-rat who doesn't take a lot of pictures, check your media cards to see if the image remains there. Or if you've got an iPod with video, perhaps you've stored a copy on it. Count yourself blessed if you've switched on the Include Full-Resolution Photos option in the Photos portion of the iPod Preferences window. If you have, just rummage around in the iPod's Photos folder to find your image. If you haven't enabled this option, you can use Echo One Software's $8 File Juicer to extract images from an iPod.
Finally, if a lot of your images appear to have gone south (or have disappeared), it may be because iPhoto's library needs some attention. You can give it that attention by rebuilding the library and recovering orphan photos from the library. To do so, hold down Command and Option and launch the program. A dialog box will appear that offers you the option to rebuild iPhoto's small thumbnails, rebuild all the photos' thumbnails, rebuild the iPhoto Library database, and recover orphaned photos from the iPhoto Library folder.


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Victims of Hate: Geraldine's Newspaper Collection During the 1960s
Read Geraldine's biography here.
Image taken from the Geraldine Wilson Papers Collection at the Schomburg Center
During her time with Freedom Summer, Geraldine kept record of the events occurring in the South involving missing and murdered blacks and civil rights activists. Most of the newspaper articles within her private archival collection were from The Student Voice, the official newspaper of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). The Student Voice released its first publication in June 1960. Their goal was to provide the student movement with a "system of flash news to alert the nation of emergencies and serious developments." The last publication of The Student Voice was issued in December 1965. You can read all issues of The Student Voice here.
An article that deeply affected me featured the names of those who were murdered in the early 1960s. The list shared some familiar names, Medgar Evers, a black civil rights activist assassinated by a white man in front of his home on June 12, 1963, Viola Luzzo, a white civil rights activist from Michigan murdered following the Selma to Montgomery march by the Klan while giving other activists a ride to the airport, the four little girls killed in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church, and the SNCC workers whose bodies were found in Philadelphia, Mississippi during Freedom Summer. For Geraldine, the deaths of these individuals and all victims of hatred and discrimination were painful memories. She later reflected upon the fear she felt travelling down the Mississippi dirt roads that once claim the lives of fellow activists and innocent blacks–people like her. Reading this newspaper article within the Schomburg Center made me realize the number of people whose stories I never heard of. There names never filled my history books and sadly this was a majority of the names listed within the article. I decided to take the time to learn their stories and to share them with you all.
My hope is for their stories to be known, recognized, and honored in this two part series, Victims of Hate. While I recognize that there are many more names that could be added to this list, I am only focusing on those listed in the article.
Below I have provided you with the links to the biographies of those who biographies I was aware of; however, just because I know their stories does not mean everyone else does as well.
Viola Luzzo
Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, Cynthia Wesley
James Earl Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Micahel Schwerner
William Lewis Moore, April 1963
Do not go down in infamy as one who fought the democracy for all which you have not the power to prevent.
Moore's Letter to Governor Ross Barnett of Mississippi
Born in Binghamton, New York, William Lewis Moore was raised by his grandparents in Russell, Mississippi. Relocating in his adulthood to Baltimore, Maryland, he made his living as a mailman. Much remains unknown about his childhood and adulthood; however, what is known is his passion for civil rights and activism shown through his membership within the Congress of Racial Equality. Moore longed for the governor of Mississippi, Ross Barnett, to change the state's racial discrimination and sought to persuade the governor by hand delivering a letter he wrote himself . He embarked on this journey walking along Highway 11 from Chattanooga, Tennessee to Jackson, Mississippi; however, the letter was never delivered. Moore was shot twice in the head near Attalla, Alabama. His body left on the side of the rode near a picnic area. Klan's member Floyd Simpson was suspected of committing this crime, yet he was never charged.
In 2008, Ellen Johnson and Ken Loukinen continued Moore's walk from his place of death to Mississippi with a copy of his letter in hand.
For more information on Moore, click here. There is also a copy of his actual letter at this link as well.
Dear Governor Barnett,
…Be gracious. Give more than is immediately demanded of you. Make certain that when the Negro gets his rights and his vote that he does not in the process learn to treat the white man with the contempt and disdain that, unfortunately, some of us treat him.
William L. Moore
Vigil Ware and Johnny Robinson, September 1963
We must also remember the sacrifice of an innocent child shot from the handlebars of a bicycle.
Roderick Royal, Birmingham City Council
Virgil Ware was murdered on September 15, 1963, a sad familiar date in American history. This was the day the 16th Street Baptist Church was bombed in Birmingham, Alabama; however, the deaths of two young black youths remain untold and unknown.
"Tommy Wrenn always said the history was incorrect. He kept saying there were six children who died that day. He was so discontent that the little boys were left out."
Shirley Gavin Floyd, chairman of the Civil Rights Foot Soldiers in Birmingham
Two hours after the bombing, 13 year old Virgil Ware was murdered by a two White teens, while riding the handlebars of his brother's, James, bike. Virgil died in his brother's arms from gunshot wounds to the chest and cheek. Larry Sims was charged with 1st degree murder and found guilty of second degree murder. Michael Farley plead guilty to the same charge and both were sentenced to seven months of prison. The judge eventually suspended their sentences giving them two years probation for the death of Virgil Ware.
For more information, click here and here.
On this same day that claimed the lives of four little girls and Virgil Ware, the life of Johnny Robinson was taken as well. Following the bombing of the 16th Street Church, Johnny, along with many others, gathered at a nearby gas station. Young white teens started to taunt the growing crowd. According to responding officers, a few members of the crowd began to throw rocks at the white teens. When the police arrived, they ran down an alley. Another police car blocked the other end with the officer in the backseat pointing a gun out of the window. Police later told news reporters that Parker fired a warning shot at the running youth, but other officers reported that the slamming of the car's brakes resulted in the firing of Parker's weapons.
It was devastating. It really was devastating because we had to get up the next morning to go to school.
Leon Robinson, Johnny's younger brother
Whatever happened that day, Johnny was shot in the wrists and back. Shortly after the shooting, he was pronounced dead at a local hospital. Two grand juries refused to charge Parker and it was not until 2009 when the F.B.I. investigated Robinson's case that the remaining family members learned of what exactly happened to their brother. Despite the reopening of this case, no would could be indicted–Parker died in 1977.
To learn more follow the link here and here.
John Coley
John L. Coley, 20, Birmingham, shot and killed on Sep. 4, 1963, in brutal police action that followed the bombing of Atty. Arthur Shores' home.
Jet Magazine, April 15, 1965, page 10
Army veteran, John Coley, spent two years in Germany returning to Alabama after the war. Following the bombing of Arthur Shore's home, a prominent black civil rights attorney, a protest erupted. Coley, unarmed, ran as many protesters did following a clash with police. Officers shot him in his side and neck.
Herbert Lee and Lewis Allen
Farmer Herbert Lee at the age of 52 was shot and killed by a white member of the Mississippi Legislature, E.H. Hurst. Hurst was never charged with the crime. In fact, several blacks were forced to testify that Lee attempted to hit Hurst with a tire tool. Hurst was acquitted the same day of the killing, September 25, 1961. Lee was murdered because of his participation with the local NAACP chapter. The deputy sheriff and a group of armed whites disrupted the organization's meeting. Several memberss, Lee included, were threatened. As Lee drove to the local gin the next morning, Hurst followed behind him in his truck. An argument erupted which resulted in Hurst shooting Lee in the head.
"I must have pulled the trigger unconsciously."
Hurst swore.
No charges were ever brought against Hurst. Lewis Allen, a key witness in Lee's murder, recanted his testimony saying he lied to protect himself and his family.
Somehow, word that Allen is talking to the Feds is leaked to white segregationists — many Movement activists believe the leak came from within the Justice Department. Death threats are made against Allen and his timber business suffers from boycotts. In September of 1962, Deputy Sheriff Dan Jones arrests Allen on phony charges of interfering with a police officer. Jones beats Allen, breaking his jaw. In November of 1963, Jones arrests Allen again. This time for a "bounced check" and a "concealed weapon." Officials threaten Allen with "three to five years" in the penitentiary for these imaginary crimes. It takes three weeks for the NAACP to raise the $800 bail required to release Allen from jail pending trial.
No judge would ever hear his story for Allen was murdered in his driveway three years later. On the day of his murder, April 7, 1964, he was making the final arrangements on moving North for he had faced constant harassment from police since the Lee killing.
I hope you take the time to read these stories. Part II will be posted soon. There are eight more stories that still need to be shared.
Until the next post,
General, Geraldine Wilson
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2 responses to "Victims of Hate: Geraldine's Newspaper Collection During the 1960s"
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Wonderful work! So relevant!


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Q: Is One Way TSP NP-complete? I know that One Way TSP (TSP but the salesman does not have to return to his original city) is NP-Hard, but is it NP-Complete? I ask this because I recently found a solution to Open TSP but can't find a good resource to tell me whether or not Open TSP is NP-Complete.

A: Here is a self-contained proof for the NP-completeness of one-way TSP.
We can reduce normal (closed) TSP to one-way (open) TSP by solving $\binom n2$ one-way TSP instances, each corresponding to a different edge $uv$ in the closed TSP problem:

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*Add two new cities $a$ and $b$ to the original complete graph on $n$ vertices.

*Add new edges $au$ and $bv$ with an arbitrary finite weight. Call the sum of weights of edges in the graph so far $M$.

*Add all remaining edges that have to be added to get a complete graph, each with a weight larger than $M$.

*It is clear that the one-way TSP solution for this expanded graph with $n+2$ vertices will start with $au$ and end with $vb$, and the path in between is the TSP solution for the original graph when the endpoints are constrained to be $u$ and $v$.

*After solving all $\binom n2$ one-way TSP instances, take the parts of the solutions in the original graph and close the loops there. The loop with the lowest weight is the normal TSP solution for the original graph.

Since the reduction is clearly doable in polynomial time and space, one-way TSP is NP-complete.

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Well, maybe FAILING is too strong a word so instead let's say your business "isn't perfect".
But… why is that GREAT?
The simple truth is that a business that can recognise their imperfections – and make it their obligation to continually improve – outperforms those businesses that can't, won't or don't.
What's GREAT is that every business and its leadership can make a choice on how it approaches this.
The word "problem" can have a negative connotation amongst many organisations but in reality, problems are just opportunities in disguise.
Bringing opportunities to the surface and acting on them to improve goes well beyond the timely application of initiatives, methodologies & tools.
Foundations have to be laid before the structure can be built.
These questions may seem simple, but understand this – setting your perspective before answering them is crucial.
Stop and think about what your business is working towards right now.
Now ask yourself whether what you're doing serves your customers' needs or your own?
But wait a minute, aren't my needs important?
Of course they are – as long as they're connected with those of your customers.
Whether it's at the top of your list or not, what you're competing on daily is the creation and delivery of VALUE (what your customers really want & how they want it).
Those who compete best at this are the world-class performers we spoke about earlier.
This is why you can't stand still and must improve.
So, once VALUE from your customers' perspective is defined, then, and only then, is it time to ask WHERE DO YOU WANT TO BE & WHERE ARE YOU TODAY.
Closing the gap between where you are now and delivering the best possible VALUE for your customers becomes the ultimate (and perpetual) challenge.
Whether the problems – sorry, opportunities are internal, across your supply chain, or elsewhere, your ability to influence THE 4 Ps OF IMPROVEMENT will largely determine your organisation's success.
Is it possible to align an organisation to strive for a common purpose?
The question is then whether there is a great enough understanding of your organisation's culture and operating environment to allow the leadership group to appropriately define and communicate the business' PURPOSE.
The PURPOSE or vision, should inspire, guide and motivate. It also needs to be simply understood by all who are needed to strive for it.
Lastly, it needs to be communicated – clearly, wholly and in context with the roles that each level of the organisation is playing to achieve it.
They're the only appreciating asset in your business.
Sustainable improvement only occurs when it is made through PEOPLE – not directed to them.
When PEOPLE are supported, invested in & involved – they are significantly more likely to believe in the PURPOSE.
With roles defined and clearly understood across the horizontal business value chain, they can act on the PURPOSE collaboratively both upstream and down.
The leadership group needs to enable their PEOPLE with any resource needed to take on the opportunities and bridge the gap from where you are to where you are going.
And in a culture of improvement, serving your team to allow them to continually create and deliver better value for the customer is the essence of Leadership's role.
How you do what you do for your customers determines the difference between delighting them and depressing them.
A successful end-to-end business PROCESS needs to produce the product or service specified by the customer without waste, in a repeatable and reliable way.
PROCESS standardisation is critical. Without standards, there can be no improvement.
Really, having them is the only way that you can be sure that you've made an improvement once an attempt is made.
An understanding across the business that PROCESS standards exist to be improved upon, not to stifle creative thought and problem solving is important.
VALUE needs to flow horizontally through the PROCESS and be unburdened by hierarchy or "silo mentality" which seems to naturally occur when organisations are lacking PURPOSE.
This flow requires interconnectivity – first to the customer, but then to each step within the business to signal action at the right time so that resource isn't spent unnecessarily or prematurely.
Instead, we want to create VALUE just in time.
At the core of our 4 Ps is Plan Do Check Act.
PDCA is a repetitive process of improvement through challenging the status-quo, problem solving, standardisation and embedding of further knowledge towards a desired state – or a PURPOSE.
The goal of every PDCA cycle is to eliminate a gap (the problem).
Your current standard, written or somewhere deep down in the business' tribal knowledge, has to be raised to a level of performance reflecting what you really want to be doing.
Your PLAN needs to define what success looks like, determine what is going to change to deliver a different outcome and how you're going to do that – firstly on a small scale.
Then you have to DO your plan and CHECK the effects of your changes. Sometimes, you even need observe whether the plan was carried out the way it was intended.
Finally, you need to ACT by deciding what changes need to be kept then standardised and whether the improvements need to be expanded across a wider part of the business.
If you haven't fully bridged the gap, you follow another PDCA cycle.
Next time you go to where the value is being created in your business, try asking your PEOPLE how something they're working on should be as compared to what the customer really wants.
Once you have an answer and an insight into the gap, respectfully, bring attention to the business' PURPOSE. Then leave them to think about it.
After an appropriate time, return and ask them about whatever it was they were working on and whether they've had any thoughts since the last discussion.
What do you think this might do?
Well, you have just raised an opportunity for improvement that your PEOPLE can own and that you can then guide them through to its resolution.
This is a simple by effective test for instant feedback on where your organisation is at in its ability to improve from the bottom up.
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About Ben & Andrew's Blog
Today, Ben is 12 years, 7 months, 2 weeks, 4 days old. Andrew is 8 years, 1 week old.
Ben Clothing Size: As of November '12, Ben is just barely is in size 5. His 4T sweatshirt fits him snug. He has a long torso and shorter legs – but we just roll 'em up of they're too long. Ben is big for his age, see here.
Andrew Clothing Size: As of May, 2016, Andrew is in 3T sizes, and getting close to outgrowing some of them!
Diaper Size: Oct '11: Ben has not worn a diaper for months! He has occasional nighttime accidents, but is pretty much potty trained!
What Ben is in to:
Nov 2012: Ben is playing a lot with his Thomas trains. He enjoys watching videos like this one, and then acting out similar stories that draw elements from the video and other stories with which he is familiar. He's also very into "small Legos", i.e. regular Lego bricks.
March 2013: Ben is really into Legos these days. He has even listed a bunch of sets that he would like to have. I made a list of them here.
May 2016: Ben's love for baseball continues. Ben is playing Little League this year on the Yankees. He is loving every minute of it. He plays pitcher and catcher, and also shortstop and 1st base. He enjoys reading including the Ballpark Mysteries, Encyclopedia Brown, Dan Gutman books (e.g. Ted and Me), the "Who was…" biography books. He still enjoys Legos and is also starting to play Pokemon with friends. He's also continuing golf lessons and piano lessons as doing quite well at both!
What Andrew is in to:
May 2016: Andrew loves to have stories read to him. He loves to climb on things, and is now able to slide down a fireman's pole by himself. He is also starting to enjoy going on the swings (big kid swing, with a parent pushing). He's helping Mommy do gardening, and likes to dig with his spade or crush rocks into dust. He's also starting to try swinging a baseball bat (foam) at a teed up tennis ball!
Andrew is potty training and goes most days without an accident. Yay!
Parents' Diary
Nov 3, 2012: Ben's favorite book. We've read these stories constantly since he got the book a few weeks ago. We got a copy because we read a bit from one that we were getting for a friend's birthday, and clearly he really liked it.
Oct 31, 2012: Halloween. Jim and Cathy came over for dinner and to help with trick-or-treaters. We went out with Ben, but it was raining, and we only went to 5 houses. But neighbor Steve gave Ben about 25 pieces of candy, so he did all right. Ben mostly enjoyed handing out the candy to the kids that came to the house. Traffic was down this year (only 140 kids – last year was 250), so it was a pretty casual evening.
Oct 21, 2011:Ben had his 3.5 year well visit with Dr. Faro at Kaiser today. This is the first well checkup that requires some amount of participation by the patient. Ben had his hearing checked, where he had to raise his hand if he heard a sound. He had to read from an eye chart with symbols with each eye. Then he had to jump on his toes, stand on one (each) foot, and also comply with other requests from the doctor like bending over (scoliosis check), or holding still to look in his eyes, ears, etc. Ben was the perfect patient, and I'm not just saying that as his Dad. He could not have been more cooperative, helpful, and cheerful. I was so proud of him today.
July 3, 2011: At SunRiver, Ben noticed that Avery was not wearing diapers, and he decided he was all for that. He hasn't worn a diaper since the first day of the SunRiver trip. He's really embracing the "I'm 3 and I'm a big boy now" line and applying it toward using the potty. He's even gone potty completely unassisted a few times since returning home – he even washes his hands when he's done!
May 12, 2011: Ben bumped his elbow the other day, and was crying loudly. When I told him that he had bumped his 'funny bone', and that it would feel better soon, he just started laughing and saying that he didn't have a funny bone and that he had bumped his elbow (silly!). He didn't believe that we call our elbows 'funny bones'.
Ben was also crying the other day for some reason or other, and when I asked him why, he sobbed: Because…. I… <sniff, sniff, wail…> want…. <sniff> to!
February 21, 2011: M&D have started potty training with a bit more incentive for the last week or so. Today, Ben did his first poop on the potty! And he got an M&M for pooping, a mini mint melt-away for the pee pee, two stickers for his chart, and a gummy bear for washing his hands afterward!
September 3, 2010: In response to my question about whether he like the salmon I barbecued, he said "It's not bad." I wasn't expecting that.
May 15, 2010: Ben went to his first parade today – and he was in it! He did a great job of braving the crowd and watching all the trucks that he possibly could!
May 1, 2010: At 23 months, Ben got his first haircut today.
March 19, 2010: Ben is having what appears to be a pretty severe allergic reaction to something – we're thinking it is the amoxicillin he's on for ear infection. He's got rash-like welts on his upper body and inner thighs. He saw the doctor today and got a new antibiotic and he's on Benedryl. Hopefully he'll be feeling (and looking) better tomorrow.
February 13, 2010: Ben tumbled on the big slide at the local elementary school (Daddy's fault), and split the inside of his lower lip pretty badly. Lots of blood. But he had a snack and going down for his nap right on schedule. What a trooper!
February 12, 2010: I've been meaning to note that for a couple months now, Ben has be demonstrating understanding of conditional logic, such as: "if you eat your broccoli, you can have a cornbread muffin", or "if you sit in your carset, you can have a strawberry". Very cool. And useful.
February 6, 2010:First ER visit.
January 18, 2010: Ben read a book to us tonight! After the usual round of me (Daddy) reading several books to Ben before bed, he stole off with "I'll Teach My Dog a Lot of Words" and sat in the corner. He proceeded to turn pages, and sign words for many of the actions occurring on the pages, including signs such as we've already seen such as 'dog', 'book', 'bird', and 'cat'. What's more interesting is that he mimicked some "signs" (such as dragging his hand up and down his legs where I would be "walking" or "running" my fingers, or covering his eyes for 'dark') while "reading" the book. It seemed that he had some kind of meaningful gesture for most of the pages. That was truly very entertaining. Well done, Ben!
January 1, 2010: Ben enjoyed a trip to So Cal for the Christmas holiday. He enjoyed seeing family and opening presents (and playing with new toys!). Ben is starting to say more words (and babble quite a bit), or first syllables of words. During waffle and egg breakfast at Grandpa and Nana's, Ben managed to say both "waffle" and "egg"! His sign vocabulary is still around 30 words. We're starting to de-emphasize the pacifier now to help him with his verbal speech. We keep it out of sight in the daytime, and unless he specifically asks for it and we can't distract him, we don't give it to him. He doesn't seem to be missing it too much. (He still wants/needs it to sleep.)
Ben is eating mostly cheese, pasta, fruit (apples,pears,strawberries,etc.), veggies (broccoli, cauliflower, zucchini), and peanut butter sandwiches for lunch and dinner, plus whatever is on our plates. He likes BBQ'd pork chops, lasagna, and bread (with butter, please).
Sleep-wise, Ben has been waking in the middle of the night recently about 50% of the time, and he needs help getting back to sleep, usually taking 30-60 minutes. We hope this phase ends ASAP!
September 27, 2009: Ben's sign language vocabulary is coming along. In the last couple weeks, he's added: bear, truck.
September 6, 2009:Ben has been learning more sign language words lately. His current vocabulary consists of: cracker, ball, watch/clock, all done, dog, cat, bird, milk, more, baby, fan, and banana. His verbal vocabulary is spotty. He can do 'Da Da' pretty reliably, and he's hit and miss on the following: cat, bear, 'quack quack'.
August 24, 2009: Ben has been learning to stall at bedtime. When he can sense that bedtime is coming, he always seems to want to read another book (or read the same one again), or have a drink of water or something. It is kind of fun watching him figure this out and try to put one over on us, and then just putting him to bed anyway.
August 23, 2009: Ben had an astonishing amount of dinner today: 1/2 chicken breast, ~1/4 cup each of steamed zucchini and cheese cubes, 1 graham cracker, 20 or so large grapes, 1/2 a raisin-bran muffin. Oh, and for breakfast, he had about 3/4 cup shredded wheat cereal + and entire peach (cut up). Wow. And he had time to work in lunch and two snacks today!
In other news, Ben enjoyed Daddy helping him do some somersaults today. Ben queues up putting his head/hands on the floor in front of him and then Daddy helps him tumble over from there. Good fun!
August 15, 2009: Ben has been doing a lot of new things in the last month or so. He's learning to flip light switches (when he can reach them). He's starting to drive toy cars with his hand, and make car noises with his voice while doing so. He's learned to climb up on the back of the couch… and then throw himself off onto the cushions. Yee Ha!! When reading picture books with Ben, he will point to things and have you read to him what they are, back and forth, over and over. I get the sense that I'm programming his brain while we're doing this. He loves playing with water (like a hose in the backyard). For a couple months now, Ben wants to eat what is on Mommy and Daddy's plate, though he'll still eat cheese and some fruit that's just for him. He get cereal (e.g. Shredded Wheat and/or oatmeal) in the morning with some fruit. His favorite snack food is Graham Crackers.
July 23-August 1, 2009: We took Ben down to Southern California to visit his grandparents. We stopped at the Scherba cabin on the way down, where we overnighted with Uncle John, Aunt Heather, and cousin Avery. Then it was on to Fallbrook to see Grandma Janet and Jay, and where we also got to meet Great Aunt Carol and Uncle Phil, and Great Aunt Jean. After that was a visit to Grandpa & Nana Stark, followed by Ma and Pa Scherba in Palos Verdes. Ben had a busy but fun time at all the new place seeing all the "new" people!
May 31, 2009: Ben has had a whole weekend of 1st birthday celebration. His Grandpa Don and friend David Alton are here to visit (and race Grandpa's race car). His Grandma and Grandpa Scherba are here to visit as well. You can see all 8 of Ben's front teeth, though the last one of the eight has just started in. Ben's favorite food is (by far) cheese. He gets a lot of chedder with his meals.
May 17, 2009: Ben just today has started walking extended distances, such as around the kitchen island an arbitrary number of times. He is extremely pleased with himself!
May 16, 2009: Ben is able to place all of the shapes into his tupperware "shape ball" as long as he has help being shown the right hole for the shape he is holding.
May 15, 2009: Ben is becoming a much pickier eater as of late. He's dropped eating most veggies, and he seems to only like bread and cheese related finger foods, such as his (veggie) pancakes, graham crackers, bagels, PB sandwich, Puffs, Cheerios, etc. He also likes peanut butter and bananas.
May 11, 2009: Ben is getting adjusted to Linda looking after him now that Jen is back to work part time. He doesn't seem to be missing his parents yet!
May 3, 2009: Ben is now walking. He does a pretty good job on going 5-10 steps between chairs, walls, and other furniture, though he still often prefers a parent escort!
May 1, 2009: Ben is just about walking. When he's not paying attention to his walking (he's distracted by something else), he is often walking several steps between handholds. Any day now…
April 21, 2009: Ben has been busy the last month. He's doing very well walking with his walker, but he's only just starting to get the hang of turning it. Ben's new nap schedule seems to be holding for now, resulting in a very cranky and irritable Ben by the time dinner and bedtime roll around. We hope he figures out this napping thing soon! Ben is starting to grab the spoon and meal time and gets the bowl of the spoon in his mouth.
April 19, 2009: Ben gave up one of his naps today. He pushed his morning nap to 11:30, and skipped the afternoon one altogether!
March 26, 2009: Ben is starting to climb up stairs. He can do it by himself, but is a little hesitant.
March 21, 2009: Ben's three teeth are definitely broken through, and it appears he may be starting on the fourth one (upper left/center). Ben's favorite activities lately include pulling himself up (on everything he can manage), and walking all over the place while holding onto Mommy or Daddy's finger. He has also started putting some toys in a small paper bag with handles, and carrying that around.
March 13, 2009: For the last 10 days or so, Ben has been working on three upper front teeth. Sleeping through the night has been tough, to say the least. Mom or Dad is up with him once or twice a night. Today, you can see that the three teeth have pretty much broken through! There's definite white color, but they're not past the gumline yet.
March 3, 2009: Ben is still having a heck of a time teething, but it look like 2 or 3 top front teeth might be making their appearance soon. Hopefully they will, and Ben will go back to being his normal happy self!
March 2, 2009: Ben had a whopper of a night last night. He appears to be working on his two upper front teeth. He cried inconsolably from 7pm until about 11:15pm when he finally collapsed from exhaustion.
February 25, 2009: Ben pulled himself up to a standing position in his crib for the first time. Good thing we had already moved the mattress to the lowest level. Apparently he wasn't quite ready to go to bed! Daddy came in to find him yanking back and forth on the bars like a little prisoner!
February 25, 2009: Well, it's official. Ben has been suffering from his first cold for the past few days. He's stuffed up and coughing. He has more trouble sleeping as his nose gets plugged and he has to "choose" between breathing and sucking on his pacifier. We're rootin' for the little guy to pull through!
February 24, 2009: Ben has been eating a lot of "Puffs" (small Cheerio like pastries) after his meals. He's getting the hang of feeding himself – in fact his pinch grip is getting pretty decent now. Daddy can hand him a Puff and he can put it in his mouth.
February 16, 2009: Ben pulled himself up on his toy basket today (a couple times), then "walked" to the adjacent couch while holding on. This marks the start of the pulling-up phase!
February 15, 2009: These days, Ben seems to be eating about 9 oz. of solid food plus two tablespoons of cereal at a sitting! He's still eating only 2 solid food meals a day, but will be getting a 3rd soon.
February 14, 2009: Ben is now enjoying his new carset, which was installed today.
February 10, 2009: Ben is officially crawling now – not very fast or confidently – but he can move. See him here.
February 3, 2009: Ben has started clapping along with us when we clap our hands!
January 21, 2009: Ben has drunk through a straw (and swallowed) for the first time!
January 20, 2009: Ben seems to be getting the idea about turning pages on his books during bedtime reading. Of course, he tends to close the whole book if you haven't separated out the page to turn (so he can grab it cleanly), but he reaches out and turns the pages right to left. Now if we could just get him to give us a little extra time to read the page!
January 15, 2009: Ben has getting good at saying "Da Da Da Da Da" or maybe "Du Du Du Du Du". He's got that 'D' sound down!
January 7, 2009: For a while now Ben has really insisted on bending down to pick up a nearby toy while he is practicing standing (while holding your hands). This required some assistance on the part of the hand-holder and was often unsuccessful. Recently, Jen said something like, "Ben if you were one of those sky crane toys at the arcade, I'd put a quarter in you now" in reference to his improved ability to quickly and fairly reliably snag an item off the floor. High praise, indeed!
January 1, 2009: Ben had a great trip down to So. Cal for the Christmas holiday. He did wonderfully with the car travel and the busy holiday get-togethers. He didn't seem to mind getting handed from relative to relative, and sleeping in an unfamiliar house and pack-n-play. The worst of it was the teething that he had going on, which he handled like a champ (with a little Motrin and Baby Ambesol!).
On the solid food front, Ben has so far tried (in order) rice cereal, apple sauce, zucchini, banana, sweet potato, pears, prunes, and broccoli. He seems to like it all but bananas, though the jury is still out on the bananas. Next up are potato, butternut squash, and peaches.
November 20, 2008: Ben is becoming more adept at reaching out and grabbing objects, like toys or his pacifier. He can pretty reliably take something from you that you hand to him. If it is his pacifier, he'll pop it in his mouth (sometimes after a couple tries going in the wrong way.) He is also sitting up on his own pretty well now. He still requires some supervision as he'll topple over if he's tired or just trying to reach too far for something. He has started giving "kisses to Mommy and Daddy", which is something of an open-mouthed slobber to the cheek, but good for smiles and giggles all around.
October 14, 2008: Our efforts to get Ben to sleep through the night seem to be paying off – for the moment at least. He's sleeping from ~7:30pm to ~5am, with the occasional wake-up that needs a "re-binking".
October 11, 2008: We started just helping Ben back to sleep at night for what has normally been his first mid-night feeding in effort to get him to start sleeping through the night.
October 8, 2008: Ben's 4 month checkup was today. He's still in the 90+ percentile for weight and up there in height and head circumference. He got another round of vaccinations today, too.
October 5, 2008: Ben is starting to more distinctly reach for and grab things in front of him. If he's interested, he'll grab it, though it is not always totally coordinated looking.
September 24, 2008: Ben had his first trip to the dentist today (only accompanying Mommy, thank goodness). At the dentist's office, he was just about giggling when one of the employees there played peek-a-boo with him. He had a great time.
September 7, 2008: Ben rolled over onto his back from his front a couple of times today during tummy time. He also did it once during the photo session we had today – and nearly rolled off the ottoman!
August 1, 2008: Ben had his 2 month checkup today, and came in at 15lbs 2oz, 24 inches. He's over 95th percentile in weight, about 85th in height, and about 50th in head circumference. He got several vaccinations today, including 3 shots to the thighs. He cried, but seems to have gotten over it pretty quickly.
July 30, 2008: For a few days now, we've started getting smiles out of Ben a few times a day. Cool!
July 21, 2008: Ben's first trip to the grocery store. Mom & Ben went to Oliver's market today!
July 13, 2008: Ben's first time away from both parents. Linda watched him for an almost two hour lunch date for Wil & Jen today!
July 12, 2008: Ben's first evening out to a friend's house. We had dessert with the Thomassons at their house!
Week 5: Ben is starting to suck on his hand when he's hungry. He's also starting to notice his surroundings more, such as toys near his changing table, etc.
Ben's Height/Weight:
Date Age (weeks) Height Weight Official Measurement?
June 1 0 20 inches 7 lb. 15 oz. Y
June 16 2 21.25 in 9 lb. 7.5 oz. Y
June 25 3.3 ~11 lb.
July 2 4.3 ~12 lb. 2 oz.
July 9 5.3 ~12 lb. 11 oz.
July 30 8.3 ~14 lb. 14 oz.
August 1 8.6 24 in 15 lb. 2 oz. Y
August 6 9.3 ~15 lb. 10 oz.
August 20 11.3 ~16 lb. 5 oz.
August 27 12.3 ~16 lb. 12 oz.
September 10 14.3 ~17 lb. 3 oz.
September 24 16.3 ~17 lb. 12 oz.
October 1 17.3 ~17 lb. 13 oz.
October 8 18.3 26 in 17 lb. 3 oz. Y
October 15 19.3 18 lb.
November 5 22.3 19 lb. 5oz.
November 12 23.3 19 lb. 2oz.
December 5 26.8 27.7 in 18 lb. 14oz. Y
March 18, 2009 29.5 in 21 lb. 2oz. Y
June 1, 2009 52 ~31 in ~26 lb.
August 21, 2009 59 33 in
(96th %-ile) 27 lb. 14oz
(89th %-ile) Y
Sept 20, 2009 ~34 in
Jan 1, 2010 ~35.25 in ~31 lbs.
Jan 18, 2010 ~36 in
Jan 15, 2011 ~39.5 in 36 lbs.
July 4, 2011 ~40.25 in 38 lbs.
October 21, 2011 41.5 in 39.5 lbs. Y
June 1, 2012 43.25 in 45 lbs.
Oct 10, 2012 43.5 in
March 5, 2013 44.5 in
May 13, 2013 44.75 in
Oct 14, 2013 46.25 in 50.4 lbs. Y
Feb 15, 2014 47 in
Ben's food preference chart through age 1 or so:
Didn't Like It Jury's Out Liked It Ugggmmmm Ugggmmm!!!!
Rice Cereal* X
Apple Sauce X
Zucchini X
Banana X
Sweet Potato X
Pears* X
Prunes* X
Broccoli X
Potato X
Peaches X
Oatmeal* X
Butternut Squash X
Peas* X XX
Carrots* X
Apple+Blueberry* X
Oat+Spelt+Barley Cereal* X
Pear+Raspberry* X
Butternut Squash+Carrot+Turnip X
Baby Guoc** X
Black Beans X
Mangos X
Spinach-Mango-Pear* X
Spinach-Green Bean-Pea-Brown Rice* X
Plum-Banana-Brown Rice* X
Apple-Apricot* X
Sweet Potato & Chicken Dinner* X
Summer Vegetable Mix* X
Yogurt (plain, Greek style)* X
Banana slices (finger food) X
Mango slices (finger food) X
Blueberries (finger food) X
Vegetable Turkey Dinner* X
Split Pea Soup X
Chicken Tomato Pastina* X
Beef, Carrots, Corn* X
X = first try, XX = second try, etc…
*Store bought baby food or cereal.
** Ingredients: Avocados
Ben has been enjoying these finger foods: Bananas, Zucchini, Broccoli, Cheese, Sweet Potato, Apples, Pears, Tofu, Papaya, Black Beans, Veggie Pancakes, Turkey Meatloaf, Puffs, Cheerios, Toast, Grilled Cheese sandwich, peanut butter, graham crackers, fresh cherries, Noah's Bagels, Rotisserie Chicken (from Cafe Citti – Ben's first restaurant food!).
Ben does not seem to like Cauliflower at all. Update for Dec '09: Ben now eats steamed cauliflower with no trouble.
Andrew's Data
Jan 12, 2013 0 19 1/4 inches 6 lb. 6 oz.(3rd %-ile) Y
Jan 23 1 6 lb. 4.5 oz.(5th %-ile) Y
Jan 30 2 6 lb. 14.5 oz.(7th %-ile) Y
Feb 6 3.6 7 lb. 14 oz. (12th %-ile) N
Feb 7 3.7 8 lb. 0.7 oz. (14th %-ile) N
Feb 13 4.7 8 lb. 12 oz. (20th %-ile) N
Mar 14 9 12 lb. 3 oz. (63rd %-ile) N
Apr 25 14 ~15 lb. 14 oz. (86th %-ile) N
May 11 17 ~16 lb. 10 oz. (84th %-ile) N
May 14 17 24.5 16 lb. 3.1 oz. (76th %-ile) Y
June 9 22 17 lb. 7 oz. (76th %-ile) N
July 15 26 26 18 lb. 7 oz. (67th %-ile) N
Oct 14 39 27.5 20 lb 0.8oz. (41st %-ile) Y
Nov 14, 2014 95.7 34.7 30 lb 12.1oz. (86th %-ile) Y
Apr 15, 2016 169.9 39 38.4 lb (95th %-ile) Y
Totally… Tuckered.
Giants vs. Reds
Volcano Experiment
FroYo
Trying on Daddy's Sweatshirt
8th Birthday Party
Win!!!!
Cement Truck Visit
Tooth #4
In the garden with Mommy
Player's Choice Game
Oodles o' Cuddles
Goat Encounter
Cereal Sorting
Gardening with Mommy
Baseball with Ben
Daddy's Favorites
Mommy's Favorites
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Q: Determining if a leap day falls between two days with DB2 SQL I have a table with two dates, "Start_Date" and "End_Date".  In DB2 SQL, is there a way to determine if a leap day falls between these two dates?
Thank you!

A: Sure, you can do this using some date math and the DAYS function, by comparing the number of days between the the start and end date to the number of days between the start date and end date when they've both been shifted by 1 year.
If the number of days between the two dates is the same in both cases, then no leap day has occurred.  If the number of days differs, then there has been at least 1 leap day.
This expression will return the number of leap days:
select
   ( DAYS(end_date + 1 year) - DAYS(start_date + 1 year) ) -
   ( DAYS(end_date)          - DAYS(start_date) )
from
   sysibm.sysdummy1

This should work as long as end_date >= start_date.
It's trivial to encapsulate this into a scalar User Defined Function.


Causes of constipation – There can be several reasons for constipation, such as consuming more fried things, not to relinquish the stool at the right time, to sit in one place after eating or sleep after eating food, due to all these reasons, constipation can be complained is . Treatment like constipation can be easily treated with natural substances present in the home without medicines with side effects. But most of time due to lack of water in the body, lack of nutrition in the diet, no exercise and poor lifestyle, people suffer from constipation-like illness.
Before you go to the doctor, you should use some effective home remedies at home only to remove constipation, If you use home remedies then your constipation will disappear immediately.
Hot water & Lemon :- Citric acid present in hot water and lemon is used to take out the dirt from the stomach. You can consume it by squeezing lemon in 1 cup hot water.
Olive oil :- olive oil stimulates your digestive system, so your stomach will be cleaned easily. Eating empty stomach 1 teaspoon olive oil in the morning is beneficial. If you want, you can also add lemon juice to it.
Guava and papaya :- guava and papaya both of these fruits are also similar to constipation. These fruits can be eaten at any time during the day. These fruits have enough filaments and give strength to the intestines.
Fiber Diet :- beans, whole wheat bread, cabbage, potato, cabbage leaf, broccoli, tomatoes, carrots, leafy vegetables, onions etc. The fiber diet is also easily digested and also eliminates the problem of constipation. In fruits you should eat bananas, papaya, melon, lemon, mangoes, apples and misaims etc.
Seeds of linseed :- Roast the seeds of linseed seed lightly on the flame and make powder. Then add 20 grams of powder in a glass of water and after boiled it for 3 hours drink it and drink it.
Pranayama and Yoga :- pranayama and yoga also beneficial for removing this disease.
Baking Soda :- By taking baking soda baking soda, your constipation can be up to 95%. To consume it, mix 1/4 cup hot water and mix 1 tsp baking soda.
Constipation is also sometimes quite embarrassing. But this disease should not be punished, but it should be treated early. now don't embarrassed from this because we have told you How to Relieve Constipation Naturally at Home now just use these all type of remedies and get relieve from constipation.


Yes, We have a USDA permit to ship Monarch Butterflies for release to Delaware Delaware has an average temperatures above 62°F with the minimal chance of a Freeze from Mid April through the End of October. You may safely consider having a Delaware butterfly release anytime the outside temperature is above 62°F and there is no possibility of a hard freeze in the forecast.
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Civil War 150 Legacy Project: Document Digitization and Access
Laura Drake Davis ,
Renee Savits
How to Cite: Davis, L.D. and Savits, R., 2010. Civil War 150 Legacy Project: Document Digitization and Access. Virginia Libraries, 56(4). DOI: http://doi.org/10.21061/valib.v56i4.1135
VALib v56n4 - Civil War 150 Legacy Project: Document Digitization and Access
The 150th anniversary of the American Civil War provides an unparalleled opportunity to examine the conflict that defined our nation like no other. One third of the battles were fought in Virginia, and four years of war ravaged the Virginia landscape. To prepare for and commemorate the sesquicentennial of Virginia's participation in the American Civil War, House Bill 1440 was introduced in the Virginia General Assembly in 2006, creating the Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission. The commission has developed numerous plans for the commemoration, including traveling exhibitions, conferences, educational resources, document digitization, and much more. In 2010, the commission and the Library of Virginia (LVA) partnered to establish the Civil War 150 Legacy Project: Document Digitization and Access, a statewide online collection of original Civil War manuscripts that remain in private hands.
A multiyear digital project, the Civil War 150 Legacy Project: Document Digitization and Access focuses on manuscript materials created during the period 1859–1867 that reflect social, political, military, business, and religious life in Virginia during the period of the Civil War and the early period of Reconstruction. The library's experience and recent acquisitions have determined that many original manuscripts concerning the Civil War are still held and maintained in private hands. These items range from single letters and diaries to substantial collections of correspondence between soldiers and families at home. These firsthand accounts, often in fragile or deteriorating condition, are carefully guarded treasures that many families are reluctant to relinquish. By scanning these items and providing online access, the CW 150 Legacy Project will allow individuals to retain their original items, yet preserve the intellectual and historical content of these valuable documents.
A digital donor shares material with Library of Virginia Archivist Jessica Tyree (left) prior to scanning in Danville.
Working with local sesquicentennial committees established by the commission and through a partnership with LVA and a network of statewide connections, the CW 150 Legacy Project will provide individuals an opportunity to have their historic letters, diaries, and other collections scanned to preserve their valuable intellectual content. The goals of the CW 150 Legacy Project are to provide a central digital repository for newly discovered original materials; to seek a broad-based collection, both geographically and topically; to foster cooperation through partnerships with local commissions, heritage organizations, and libraries; and to enhance the commission and library's websites using selected materials gathered during the project.
The digital images will be stored by LVA and made available through both websites. All digital images will be scanned at a high resolution and cataloged using current archival cataloging standards and Dublin Core metadata standards. When the commission ceases its work in 2015, the commission website will be transferred to LVA as a state archival record and made available through the library's website.
In the pilot phase of the project, LVA archivists traveled to Danville and Winchester, Virginia, to gauge interest in the process. Individuals contributing materials for scanning — or "digital donors" — made appointments with their local sesquicentennial committees to minimize wait times and ensure that donors could be accommodated during their scheduled times. At the appointments, digital donors met with LVA archivists, who scanned the material for inclusion in the CW 150 Legacy Project. Information about the scanned materials was collected from each digital donor onsite and used to augment the library catalog records that would accompany the scans. Following the scanning of materials, images were loaded into LVA's digital asset management system, DigiTool, and made available through the Virginia Memory website ( www.virginiamemory.com ). During the pilot phase of the project, a total of 909 images were created from public events in Danville and Winchester and materials from private collectors.
Renee Savits will coordinate CW 150 Legacy Project efforts in the Eastern Region (light); Laura Drake Davis will coordinate efforts in the Western Region (dark).
Following the success of the pilot project, LVA and the commission decided to proceed with the CW 150 Legacy Project in earnest. In June 2010, two library staff members, Renee Savits and Laura Drake Davis, were selected to coordinate the project, with each assigned to a specific region of Virginia. The coordinators have established formal policies and procedures for the CW 150 Legacy Project and have made contact with local sesquicentennial committees to schedule scanning events.
The first scanning events of the project are scheduled for fall 2010. A list of scheduled scanning events will be available on the commission's website, www.VirginiaCivilWar.org/legacy . The coordinators are currently contacting individual local sesquicentennial committees to schedule events and appointments and assist with publicity. Following each event, materials will be cataloged and loaded onto the Virginia Memory website. The CW 150 Legacy Project materials can be accessed through www.virginiamemory.com/cw150 .
The CW 150 Legacy Project: Document Digitization and Access has potential to become a premier resource for Civil War-era materials in Virginia and to help make the Civil War relevant today. By unearthing the numerous manuscripts and collections in private hands across Virginia, the commission and LVA aim to provide access to the personal stories of those who lived in the 1860s, giving today's society a better sense of the challenges they faced, the hardships they endured, and the difficult decisions they made that led to our nation's greatest conflict. This material will strengthen our knowledge of this pivotal event by confirming or repudiating current scholarly opinions and long-held beliefs — either of which can only enhance our understanding of this era in history. VL
Laura Drake Davis is the archivist for the CW 150 Legacy Project, Western Region, at the Library of Virginia. Davis is a member of the Academy of Certified Archivists and an active member of the Society of American Archivists and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference. She can be reached at laura.davis@lva.virginia.gov .
Renee Savits is the archivist for the CW 150 Legacy Project, Eastern Region, at the Library of Virginia. Email her at renee.savits@lva.virginia.gov .
Davis, L.D. and Savits, R., 2010. Civil War 150 Legacy Project: Document Digitization and Access. Virginia Libraries, 56(4). DOI: http://doi.org/10.21061/valib.v56i4.1135
Davis LD, Savits R. Civil War 150 Legacy Project: Document Digitization and Access. Virginia Libraries. 2010;56(4). DOI: http://doi.org/10.21061/valib.v56i4.1135
Davis, L. D., & Savits, R. (2010). Civil War 150 Legacy Project: Document Digitization and Access. Virginia Libraries, 56(4). DOI: http://doi.org/10.21061/valib.v56i4.1135
Davis LD and Savits R, 'Civil War 150 Legacy Project: Document Digitization and Access' (2010) 56 Virginia Libraries DOI: http://doi.org/10.21061/valib.v56i4.1135
Davis, Laura Drake, and Renee Savits. 2010. "Civil War 150 Legacy Project: Document Digitization and Access". Virginia Libraries 56 (4). DOI: http://doi.org/10.21061/valib.v56i4.1135
Davis, Laura Drake, and Renee Savits. "Civil War 150 Legacy Project: Document Digitization and Access". Virginia Libraries 56, no. 4 (2010). DOI: http://doi.org/10.21061/valib.v56i4.1135
Davis, L. D.and R. Savits. "Civil War 150 Legacy Project: Document Digitization and Access". Virginia Libraries, vol. 56, no. 4, 2010. DOI: http://doi.org/10.21061/valib.v56i4.1135


Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Irish writer and satirist. Swift is probably the foremost prose satirist in the English language, although he is also well known for his poetry and essays.
'Tis as cheap sitting as standing.
I won't quarrel with my bread and butter.
She's no chicken; she's on the wrong side of thirty, if she be a day.
…promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.
Ld. Sparkish. Why.Madam, you know, Promises are either broken or kept.
Lady Answ. I beg your Pardon, my Lord; Promises and Pye-crust are made to be broken.
Women's promises and pie crust, says the cynic, are made to be broken.
THE manufacture, and fracture, of cycling road records is a decidedly modern, and almost exclusively English, species of sport. So eager is the competition, too, that road records seem to resemble promises and piecrust, inasmuch as they are only made to be broken.
Records are like pie-crust this season—they are made to be broken, and evidently will not keep good for more than a few days.—Irish Cyclist.
Ocean records, like promises, are made to be broken.
In conclusion it must be remembered that on such a subject it is impossible to he quite up to date, since records, like good intentions, are only made to be broken in a day or two.
It was then thought she had reached the top notch of her speed, but her officers believe that records are made to be broken, and that the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse was built to break them, so on the trip which ended last week she crossed the ocean in 5 days, 18 hours and 5 minutes.
But records are made to be broken, and it seems probable that before the City Hall of Philadelphia is finished its cost will have run up to still higher figures.
Like piecrust, promises and aviation records are made to be broken.
Some one has said that pie-crust and records are made to be broken, but we need to be careful that suspicion as to methods adopted in breaking records do not rise to a point that discredit rather than credit will result.


Need a few apps to keep you occupied this weekend? You'll definitely want to check out the latest edition of Friday 5. Inside you'll find a stylish new Pinball game, a writing app that's great for putting together long-form projects, and a multi-platform podcast app that helps keep you up to date with all of your favorite shows.
I don't play many games on my iPhone, but every now and then I stumble upon a title that keeps me coming back again and again. PinOut is one such game. It's a modern take on pinball that's stylish, easy to pickup and play, but difficult to master. It's made by a company called mediocre, but there's nothing mediocre about this nod to an old-school arcade staple. Everything, from the graphics to the 80's synth-pop sound effects, make PinOut worth looking into.
Writing long-form articles on the iPhone or iPad is super-easy with Ulysseses. This writing app allows you to output text in short bursts, and combine those bursts into a complete composition with the touch of a few buttons. iCloud syncs all of your content across the iPhone, iPad or Mac, and Markdown and publishing support provides an end-to-end writing workflow.
We already went hands-on with Power 2, but I thought it deserved another mention in this week's Friday 5. Power 2 makes it easy to see your paired iPhone's current battery life right from an Apple Watch complication. The app contains several other features, such as the ability to predict future iPhone power levels, using the device's Time Travel feature.
Have you ever wanted to see details like shutter speed, focal length, or the lens used to take a certain iPhone photo? With Metapho's free Photos app extension, such details are just a few taps away.
Shifty Jelly's Pocket Casts is my go-to podcast app for iOS. It's full-featured, with tools like trim silence and volume boost, and does pretty much everything one would expect from a modern podcast app. But it's the multi-platform support, which allows me to sync my favorite podcasts between my iPhone and Android devices, that keeps me locked in.
Also, be sure to check out 9to5Mac's Happy Hour podcast for an entertaining take on all of the latest Apple news.
Do you have an app that you'd like to recommend for future Friday 5 installments? Feel free to share down below in the comment section.
And if you weren't able to catch our previous Friday 5 post, you can view it here and/or watch its video below.


Use the Our Story Keepsake Canvas print as a replacement for a wedding guest book. The couples important dates and locations are referenced on this canvas print making it a great keepsake and home décor piece after the ceremony. Available in White,Navy, Grey. SIZE: 18 x 24. PERSONALIZATION NEEDED: Bride's Name (up to 15 characters), Groom's Name (up to 15 characters), City & Date Met/First Date (up to 20 characters), Engagement City & Date Text (up to 20 characters), Wedding City & Date Text (up to 20 characters).


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Mastacembelus sanagali és una espècie de peix pertanyent a la família dels mastacembèlids.

Descripció
 Fa 16,1 cm de llargària màxima.

Hàbitat
És un peix d'aigua dolça, bentopelàgic i de clima tropical que viu en fons sorrencs.

Distribució geogràfica
Es troba a Àfrica: conca del riu Sanaga al Camerun.

Observacions
És inofensiu per als humans.

Referències

Bibliografia
 Anònim, 1997. Registres de peixos de la base de dades del Museu de la Secció de Vertebrats del Museu Reial de l'Àfrica Central. MRAC, Tervuren, Flandes, Bèlgica.
 Travers, R.A., 1992. Caecomastacembelus taiaensis and Aethiomastacembelus praensis, two new species of mastacembelid spiny-eels from West Africa. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters 2(4):331-340.
 Vreven, E.J., 2005. Mastacembelidae (Teleostei; Synbranchiformes) subfamily division and African generic division: an evaluation. J. Nat. Hist. 39(4):351-370.
 Wu, H.L., K.-T. Shao i C.F. Lai (eds.), 1999. Latin-Chinese dictionary of fishes names. The Sueichan Press, Taiwan.

Enllaços externs
 AQUATAB
 ITIS

sanagali

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I have to admit, I'm spoiled.
I only work 4 days a week at my day job.
I live in Phoenix where the late fall-winter-early spring is perfect.
Here are 4 ways that I enjoy my day off (ha. 3 day weekend, baby) in the "winter".
1. Eating breakfast. Outdoors at a local coffee shop.
There's nothing better than getting to sit outside, enjoy the peaceful morning and eat a breakfast at a local business that uses locally grown vegetables, locally baked goods, and locally raised animals.
2. Sitting outside and reading.
There's nothing better than being able to sit and read a good book. Well, sitting OUTSIDE to read said good book is so much better.
In February. Now... it's been 80 (unseasonably warm) and will drop to the 70s this weekend and there is no better time than now to get a little garden started. Or, if you're like me and live in an apartment- get the patio/container garden started.
Wish me luck. I hope my brown thumb is turning green and NOT going to be a serial killer of plants again. I really, really, really want fresh basil, cilantro, jalapenos and tomatoes from my pots.
4. Preparing for the produce co-op.
I contribute to a local co-op and this week we are getting Vietnamese sub rolls. I am sooooo excited . I love banh mi and I scoured pinterest and curated a board on Vietnamese sandwiches. Hello delicious.
Okay. That's not REALLY winter related but it's pinterest. and produce. and banh mi. They should all be embraced year-round. Amiright?
Of course, it's all even better with the HP Pavilion X360. This 4 way piece of genius is absolutely amazing. AH-MAZING! It is a laptop, a tablet, can be folded into a tent or stand it up. It's the bee's knees. It's the perfect size to carry around so I can blog, keep up with my social media accounts and be all about that bass (streaming, for the win!). HP is partnering with Meghan Trainor to #BendTheRules for her All About That Bass Tour (no treble!). Be sure to keep up with HP and Meghan Trainor here!
How are you embracing winter? Are you curled up inside staying warm, Netflixing, playing games, reading, etc? Or are you in the sunshine states and enjoying the warmth?