Depression is a very common condition affecting millions of Americans. SSRI drugs such a Zoloft and other prescription antidepressants are one of the most common medications prescribed by family medicine physicians. But what is the reason? In functional medicine we always ask the question "why?". So why are so many people depressed in our country? Is it an epidemic of Prozac deficiency, or is there something else going on?
So what causes depression? This is a very complicated question and I believe the answer is multifactorial.
Neurotransmitter imbalance-Some data suggests it is an imbalance of the "happy hormones" like dopamine and serotonin that cause depression. This is how most prescription antidepressants work, by increasing the amounts of these hormones in the brain.
Gut dysbiosis– More and more data suggests that an imbalance in the bacteria in the gut can lead to depression.
Food sensitivities– There is no question that food affects our mood. For individuals who suffer from depression, it is important to identify any food allergies or sensitivities.
Hormone imbalances– Hormone imbalances, particularly the thyroid hormone, can lead to many symptoms of depression.
Stress-Stress can contribute to depression. People who are chronically stressed can deplete their adrenal reserve, and the result can be a constellation of symptoms that are consistent with depression.
Sleep– Poor sleep can result in poor energy, lack of motivation, and a depressed mood.
Alcohol and drug abuse– Alcohol is often used to self-medicate at home, but it is a depressant and can make symptoms worse.
What can you do if you suffer from depression?
Working with a practitioner that is experienced in managing depression is crucial, particularly if you are already taking a prescription antidepressant. Never stop your antidepressant "cold turkey" especially if you have been on it for a prolonged period of time. Always consult your prescribing physician prior to making any medication changes.
Have your vitamin D level checked and supplement at least 2000IU of D3 or 15-20 minutes of sunlight daily. Ideal levels of 25(OH) Vitamin D should be between 50-80 ng/ml.
Supplement omega-3 fatty acids with fish oil or eat wild salmon at least twice weekly. Healthy ratios of omega 3: omega 6 fatty acids are important for proper brain function and mood.
Eliminate problem foods from your diet. You can determine food sensitivities by participating in an elimination diet or undergoing food sensitivity testing. Two common culprits are dairy and gluten. Try avoiding these for 2 weeks and see how you feel.
Add probiotics to help support a healthy gut microbiome. I recommend high potency, broad spectrum probiotics. We use PureEncapsulations or Metagenics. You can order from us online by using our practitioner code kchavers.
Supplement with B12 and folate. Patients with an MTHFR genetic mutation may require methylation support for proper mood. Some people respond well to sublingual methylcobalamin (B12) 2500-5000mcg and oral MTHF 1-5mg daily. Be sure to avoid processed cereals and breads which contain synthetic folic acid and may make your mood worse.
If you are feeling depressed, overwhelmed, or do not know where to start, let us partner with you and help guide you in the right direction. You are not meant to feel down and out the rest of your life, or be dependent on prescription medications to get through the day. I truly believe with the proper nutrition, exercise, stress management, and treatment of other underlying conditions, you can overcome your depression and live up to your potential.


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You will find oodles of great writing advice in these articles by members of the Gotham faculty.
Choose a genre...
Blog Basics
Children's Book Writing
Creative Nonfiction 101
Feature Article Writing
Grammar!
Hit Send: Publishing Short Nonfiction
Memoir Writing
Mystery Writing
Romance Writing
Science Fiction & Fantasy Writing
Video Game Writing
Nine Common Fiction Writing Mistakes
by Susan Breen
Why Write a Happy Story?
by David Ebenbach
Effective Openings
by Jacob M. Appel
Re-Envisioning in Revision
Enlivening Passive Characters
The Seeds of Story
by Alexander Steele
A Short Overview of the Short Story
Finding The Right Perspective
by Justin Kramon
More than once I've been asked why I don't write happy stories. I've been asked by friends, family members, a couple of strangers, and even the president of the college where I teach, who stopped me at a faculty lunch last year to find out why my stories all had to be so sad. Around the same time, my wife, too, messed up a perfectly nice date by reminding me (I was complaining about how hard it is to get published) that, after all, people like to read about hope, beauty, and wonder. The temptation was to just call everyone Philistines and get back to work; if these people wanted me to sugar-coat my writing, then they were asking me to violate the core principle of art: to always seek the truth. But – I began to wonder after that date with my wife – what if I was the one violating that core principle? My wife pointed out that while of course sadness is part of the human experience, so is joy. There's pain and pleasure in the world, fear and bravery. Aren't all those things true?
Still – I wasn't sure the short story could handle that kind of thing. For some time I had believed that the form was built for sadness. When my college's president approached me at that faculty lunch, looking for answers, I launched headlong into a dissertation: in the same way that the repetitive poetic form of the sestina is well-designed to handle obsession and the steadily-unfolding sonnet great for developing an idea in stages, I said, maybe short fiction was a vehicle best-suited to gloom. After all, you hear that in literature only trouble is interesting, and short stories are probably too short to get our troubled characters out of trouble once they're in it. That's especially true if (as we're told) short stories are generally more character-driven than plot-driven, and if the problem is rooted in the character's personality; bad personalities can't realistically change in just a few pages, can they?
But sometimes it's not until you speak an idea out loud, one you've long held, that you start to see how flawed it is. I had read, I knew, some short stories that had left me feeling uplifted rather than sobered, awe-struck rather than bereft. Clearly the form wasn't altogether incapable of dealing with these things.
Around this time I got a fellowship to spend a month writing at the MacDowell Colony in New Hampshire. MacDowell, which meant that I would have room and board, a studio, and a whole month of uninterrupted time to devote to my writing. This was a chance not just to write short stories but also to see what was possible for the form.
Before I left for New Hampshire I asked friends to recommend stories that were oriented toward humor, hope, possibility and awe, but that were not corny or cheap. The suggestions poured in. Then, when I was at MacDowell, I started each day with a story from the stack. I read, and read, and wrote, and took notes – lots of notes.
In my reading, I found that some stories focus on opportunities rather than stumbling blocks. For example, in Sherman Alexie's "What You Pawn I Will Redeem," a homeless Native American man works to earn enough money to buy his grandmother's regalia from a pawn shop. In Melissa Pritchard's "Sweet Feed," a prison cook has the chance to cook a redemptive last meal for a death row inmate. Stories like these can emphasize hope, success and progress – as long as the character seizes the opportunity.
It is even possible to write a story – at least a very short one – where nothing is actually wrong, where there is no trouble at all. Rick Bass' story "The Canoeists" describes an experience defined not by tension but by awe; a man and woman spend day after day exploring the luminous world around them in rambling canoe rides. Bass carries the reader forward only through the pleasure of experiencing the story move toward a climax of greater wonder. I was particularly surprised to realize that I had once written this kind of story myself, a story called "Danseuses Nues," first published in the Greensboro Review, about two people wandering bright-eyed through Montreal. When they're halfway up Mount Royal the narrator says, aptly enough, "Always we moved upward."
This latter kind of story raises serious questions about the traditional understanding of fiction, in which stories must be powered primarily by struggle and conflict. Many stories are, but clearly not all. Even in a story with some tension, a plot can be driven forward by kindness rather than conflict.
In Alexie's "What You Pawn I Will Redeem," the protagonist encounters a long string of sympathetic and helpful people, and in fact the kindness increases and increases as the story goes on, culminating in the pawn shop owner's decision to give up the grandmother's regalia for just five dollars rather than the thousand he'd originally demanded. The protagonist, in the wake of this beneficence, says, "Do you know how many good men live in this world? Too many to count!"
What I kept confronting as I dug deeper into my stack of fiction was the way that writers reveal their worldview – what they think of their characters, and, by extension, people more generally – in their work. And when I saw this I naturally started reconsidering just exactly what it is that short stories are designed to explore. Earlier I suggested that this character-driven form is particularly interested in (and doubtful about) characters' ability to change. After that intense month's worth of reading and writing, I'm convinced that this suggestion of mine was wrong. For the most part, stories do not explore characters' ability to change; they explore who characters already are.
In Raymond Carver's "Cathedral," the narrator – an emotionally shut down man if ever there was one – tries to describe cathedrals to a blind man, and at one point gives up, saying, "I can't tell you what a cathedral looks like. It just isn't in me to do it. I can't do any more than I've done." This is a thesis – a thesis arguing that this character does not have it in him to succeed.
Yet the blind man forces him to continue, and the narrator does succeed. The blind man says, "You didn't think you could. But you can, can't you?" Look at that language; crucially, it's not that the narrator has changed – it's that the narrator has discovered existing inner resources he didn't know he had.
Now, is Carver's narrator – a lousy husband and a schlump of a human being – forever redeemed, his life turned completely around? Probably not. So Carver had a choice – he could have ended the story in the transcendent moment between the narrator and the blind man, or he could have kept writing into the next morning, shown us a largely unchanged narrator.
By choosing to end with the transcendent moment, Carver emphasizes the truth of hope and possibility rather than the other truth of failure and disappointment. Similarly, Alexie ends his story with the narrator receiving the regalia rather than dwelling on his ongoing homelessness.
Our stories reveal what we believe. What do you believe about life? About people? About your characters? Have you decided in advance that they are incapable of success (often this has been my own unnoticed assumption) or, for that matter, that they're incapable of failure – or are both of those possibilities still available? Note that a worldview is not truth – it's just a way of seeing the world. Have you examined your worldview? Is there another truthful way you might see the world?
There's nothing wrong, of course, with writing about darkness. As a matter of fact, darkness is a significant part of life and so we have to talk about it sometimes. People who are hurting need to be able to find themselves in literature. Things that are wrong with the world need to be exposed. To be sure, if you always write uplifting or reassuring stories, I think you ought to ask yourself whether you're paying enough attention to the darkness. Sadness is indeed crucial to literature – but what I've discovered is that it's not the only thing.
Light, of course, is also part of life, and as writers that ought to mean something to us. This is especially important because there's so much fake light on TV and in movies and in popular music. We are told we should be satisfied with infatuation, consumption, conformity – and seeing only that kind of happiness demeans us. We can respond to this fakeness, as I've often done, by pointing out the ways that people are disconnected and alienated in the face of popular culture's myths and promises – but we can also illuminate experiences of deep awe and joy and hope; we can give people alternatives to what pop culture offers. Meanwhile, we can also give ourselves, as writers, alternatives to the writing culture's message that only trouble is interesting.
Again, this is no call for us to swing wildly in the other direction and decide that only happiness and peace are interesting. That would be a lie, too. It's true that, as my wife suggested, people like to read about hope, beauty and wonder, and in some cases that's because they want reading to offer an escape from the real world. In other cases, though, it's because they want to see the real world – in all its richness and complexity – reflected in literature. In fact, what this amounts to is a full embrace of the imperative of the artist: to seek the truth wherever it can be found. As it turns out, that truth can be found in more places than one might ever have guessed.
This article originally appeared in The Writer magazine.

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Mar of To & Fro shares a Days of the Month post at the start of every month and this one inspired me to write this post. Today is Old Rock Day which is apparently to celebrate rocks – see this for more info. If you ask me what my favourite "rock" is I would have to say, slate. I LOVE slate… Welsh slate in particular. I'm from a slate mining town in North Wales and grew up surrounded by beautiful slate slag heaps. Some people might find them depressing but honestly, there is nothing that says home more than seeing those slate heaps.
Now I'm not going to share photos of slate but I am instead going to share a lovely walk through the old slate mines with you. I've done a fair bit of walking with my Taid, Dad and Jimmy Jones* when I was a child. It was Taid's favourite pastime! After he died I gathered all of his photos and started scanning them and I can tell you, there's so many photos of his walks!
Anyway I digress. As an adult I haven't done that much mountain walks but a couple of years back hubby and I did walk from Tanygrisiau over to Llanfrothen over the pass between the Moelwyns and the Cnicht.
It's a fairly lengthy walk – not sure if it was 7 miles in total. But you get to walk through amazing scenery! From Taid's house we walk up to the teeny village of Dolrhedyn and then up to the old slate mines of Cwm Orthin.
Cwm Orthin has a large lake and the footpath takes you along the lefthand side of the lake so you don't actually get to explore the mines – unless you take a quick detour. Along the lefthand side of the lake there's the old quarrymen houses and an old chapel which have both now fallen into disrepair. I actually remember when this chapel had four walls standing!
From there you walk up again to the old mines of Rhosydd. Up there you're standing between the Moelwyns on the left and Cnicht on your right and are looking down to Cwm Croesor.
From Rhosydd you walk down to Cwm Croesor but along the way have to navigate a steep incline to make it to the road. That was fun!!
Once you get to the footpath/road at the bottom of the Cwm you're on a steady decline all the way to Llanfrothen. You walk through the tiny village of Croesor although to be fair there is a cafe/gallery there and an outdoor pool. Well there used to be a pool there when I was a child, made up by having a little diversion in the river to a man made slate pool.
Along the road down you will walk past many of the houses that are owned by the Brondanw Estate. You can tell if they're part of the Brondanw Estate by their white and green colouring. Further down the road you will also pass Plas Brondanw which was the home of the late Sir Clough Williams-Ellis (the designer and creator of Portmeirion). The original house was burnt down in 1951 and apparently Sir Clough was devastated. He had an urn placed near the house which is still there today. On our walk we didn't go passed it as it was slightly out of the way. But I've been told that the urn can be seen from Sir Clough's bedroom window. Not sure if that's true or not!
A little walk further down the road you join the main road which leads into Llanfrothen itself. We walked down to the pub – Brondanw Arms or as the locals know it, "Y Ring". No-one knows why it's known as the Ring but that's what I know it as. After a long walk I can tell you that the pub was a very welcome sight!
One tip, be sure to take money/card with you so you can have a fantastic pub lunch! We forgot our wallet/purse so had to settle for a drink only with what little cash we had in our pockets. Since I don't drink I settled for a lemonade but the hubby had a pint!
After recovering we managed to convince someone to give as a lift home – I wasn't going to walk back over the mountain that's for sure!
I haven't done this walk often but I couldn't recommend it enough! I would love to do it again this year. This time with the dogs. Possibly not the girls because it would be too much for Little Miss' tiny legs at the moment!
What do you think? Interesting walk or not?
Such a interesting day to celebrate, eh? And what a beautiful walk. I love seeing what the mountains look like in other parts of the world. Thanks for sharing!
We live just outside Cardiff and had a few holidays in North /Mid Wales when I was a child – I remember visiting the slate mines. Looks a lovely walk. We hope to take the children to explore more of Wales. My parents are from Plymouth but since we've lived here since 1967, they're known as Nain and Taid to my kids.
Definitely worth a visit! I've only been to Scotland once – and that was only to Edinburgh. I hadn't heard of rock day either but I googled it and it seems to be a celebration of rocks!!
The scenery looks amazing and I'm sure the fresh country air must have done you the world of good. How long were you there for?


The athletic program of BBCS plays an important role in the development of every student involved. Far more important than winning or losing a game are the life lessons learned through sports. Teamwork, self-discipline, leadership, and hard work are all learned through the avenue of sport. It is our goal to make as many athletic opportunities available as possible to our students. Our interscholastic sports include basketball and flag football for 7th-12th grade boys and volleyball for girls in 7th-12th grade. Various intramural sports are available to elementary students.
Wishing you a blessed and joy filled Easter!


We have developed our own custom tools to supplement the available standard tools and reference resources. Custom tools, other than our acquisition management system, are described below.
On the main navigation page, select language—kind—see.
This produces a page where you can choose a range of existing expression counts and a range of existing pending source counts. We call a source pending if we have acquired it but have not yet added data that it attests to the database. Even if you enter "0" in every field, you will get a list of about 2,000 languages, so for most purposes that is probably a good choice.
Submitting that page produces a page showing languages that comply with your criteria. The countries where each language is reportedly used are shown in that table, and the languages are ordered by the first country listed. So, if you wish to focus on languages of a particular country, you can scroll to it and find its matching languages all together.


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Q: Java 8 javax.net.ssl.SSLPeerUnverifiedException: peer not authenticated, but not Java 7 I have an issue when switching my application from Java 7 to Java 8.  After changing the JDK I start getting this SSLPeerUnverified Exception.  Changing back to Java7, there is no exception.
I found this question: SSL connection failing for Java 7 which implies that this may be related to a server side issue. Our server is indeed running on an Ubuntu machine, but it is running Java8 as well (sun Java8)
Not sure what else would be helpful to post. I can provide code samples if needed/useful.  I didn't incude them now because it appears as though the code is not the issue.
Edit - link to my extension of SSLSocketFactory: http://pastebin.com/2j6HDHE7
Edit2 - Http client code:
    private HttpClient getHttpClient() throws GeneralSecurityException, IOException {
        final KeyStore trustStore = KeyStore.getInstance(KeyStore.getDefaultType());

        trustStore.load(CommandChannel.class.getResourceAsStream("myKeystore"), "myPassword".toCharArray());

        final SSLSocketFactory sslSocketFactory = new TrustingSSLSocketFactory(trustStore);

        final SchemeRegistry registry = new SchemeRegistry();
        registry.register(new Scheme("http", 80, PlainSocketFactory.getSocketFactory()));
        registry.register(new Scheme("https", 443, sslSocketFactory));

        final HttpParams params = new BasicHttpParams();
        HttpProtocolParamBean paramsBean = new HttpProtocolParamBean(params);
        paramsBean.setVersion(HttpVersion.HTTP_1_1);
        paramsBean.setContentCharset("UTF_8");

        final ClientConnectionManager ccm = new BasicClientConnectionManager(registry);
        final DefaultHttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient(ccm, params);

        return httpClient;
    }

Including the SSL-debug information from java8 & java7 below.
Java 8 SSL debug trace:
%% No cached client session
*** ClientHello, TLSv1.2
RandomCookie:  GMT: 1389745002 bytes = { 220, 201, 110, 4, 38, 166, 25, 166, 235, 253, 71, 242, 226, 124, 22, 149, 28, 207, 242, 25, 201, 123, 218, 56, 207, 67, 195, 17 }
Session ID:  {}
Cipher Suites: [TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256, TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256, TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256, TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256, TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256, TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256, TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256, TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA, TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA, TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA, TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA, TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA, TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA, TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA, TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA, TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA, SSL_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA, TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA, TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA, TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256, TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256, TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256, TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256, TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256, TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256, TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256, TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA, TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA, SSL_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA, TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA, TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA, SSL_DHE_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA, SSL_DHE_DSS_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA, SSL_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_MD5, TLS_EMPTY_RENEGOTIATION_INFO_SCSV]
Compression Methods:  { 0 }
Extension elliptic_curves, curve names: {secp256r1, sect163k1, sect163r2, secp192r1, secp224r1, sect233k1, sect233r1, sect283k1, sect283r1, secp384r1, sect409k1, sect409r1, secp521r1, sect571k1, sect571r1, secp160k1, secp160r1, secp160r2, sect163r1, secp192k1, sect193r1, sect193r2, secp224k1, sect239k1, secp256k1}
Extension ec_point_formats, formats: [uncompressed]
Extension signature_algorithms, signature_algorithms: SHA512withECDSA, SHA512withRSA, SHA384withECDSA, SHA384withRSA, SHA256withECDSA, SHA256withRSA, SHA224withECDSA, SHA224withRSA, SHA1withECDSA, SHA1withRSA, SHA1withDSA, MD5withRSA
***
JavaFX Application Thread, WRITE: TLSv1.2 Handshake, length = 207
JavaFX Application Thread, received EOFException: error
JavaFX Application Thread, handling exception: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: Remote host closed connection during handshake
JavaFX Application Thread, SEND TLSv1.2 ALERT:  fatal, description = handshake_failure
JavaFX Application Thread, WRITE: TLSv1.2 Alert, length = 2
JavaFX Application Thread, called closeSocket()
JavaFX Application Thread, IOException in getSession():  javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: Remote host closed connection during handshake
JavaFX Application Thread, called close()
JavaFX Application Thread, called closeInternal(true)
JavaFX Application Thread, called close()
JavaFX Application Thread, called closeInternal(true)
18:49:14,951 ERROR [logger] [LoginController] Error logging in due to: javax.net.ssl.SSLPeerUnverifiedException: peer not authenticated
com.limebrokerage.portal.communication.command.CommandChannelException: javax.net.ssl.SSLPeerUnverifiedException: peer not authenticated

Java 7 SSL debug trace of the same bit of code:
%% No cached client session
*** ClientHello, TLSv1
RandomCookie:  GMT: 1389746267 bytes = { 91, 88, 192, 29, 58, 48, 211, 105, 40, 40, 138, 204, 154, 113, 233, 213, 120, 99, 3, 223, 26, 233, 123, 150, 251, 245, 186, 246 }
Session ID:  {}
Cipher Suites: [TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA, TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA, TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA, TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA, TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA, TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA, TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA, TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA, TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA, SSL_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA, TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA, TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA, TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA, TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA, SSL_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA, TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA, TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA, SSL_DHE_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA, SSL_DHE_DSS_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA, SSL_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_MD5, TLS_EMPTY_RENEGOTIATION_INFO_SCSV]
Compression Methods:  { 0 }
Extension elliptic_curves, curve names: {secp256r1, sect163k1, sect163r2, secp192r1, secp224r1, sect233k1, sect233r1, sect283k1, sect283r1, secp384r1, sect409k1, sect409r1, secp521r1, sect571k1, sect571r1, secp160k1, secp160r1, secp160r2, sect163r1, secp192k1, sect193r1, sect193r2, secp224k1, sect239k1, secp256k1}
Extension ec_point_formats, formats: [uncompressed]
***
JavaFX Application Thread, WRITE: TLSv1 Handshake, length = 149
JavaFX Application Thread, READ: TLSv1 Handshake, length = 74
*** ServerHello, TLSv1
RandomCookie:  GMT: 1389746267 bytes = { 179, 44, 184, 192, 189, 56, 33, 48, 248, 204, 248, 129, 1, 214, 77, 185, 206, 200, 3, 148, 58, 49, 98, 42, 213, 229, 106, 218 }
Session ID:  {83, 214, 216, 91, 179, 44, 184, 192, 189, 56, 33, 48, 248, 204, 248, 129, 1, 214, 77, 185, 206, 200, 3, 148, 58, 49, 98, 42, 213, 229, 106, 218}
Cipher Suite: TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
Compression Method: 0
***
Warning: No renegotiation indication extension in ServerHello
%% Initialized:  [Session-1, TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA]
** TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
JavaFX Application Thread, READ: TLSv1 Handshake, length = 1522
*** Certificate chain
chain [0] = [
[
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A: Not for sure an answer, but too long for a comment.
Your real problem is the server disconnect on hello and resulting SSLHandshakeException; SSLPeerUnverifiedException is collateral damage because the handshake didn't reach the authentication stage. The obvious difference is that Java 8 is sending TLSv1.2 ClientHello where Java 7 sent TLSv1.
Java 7 implemented 1.1 and 1.2, but didn't enable them on client by default; 8 does, see https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-7093640 . A correctly written server stack that doesn't support 1.2 should negotiate down to 1.1 or 1(.0), but your unidentified server apparently doesn't, or possibly something in-between like a firewall is messing up your connection. If you have or get OpenSSL, commandline openssl s_client will let you easily try different versions (and ciphers and some options) to see what does and does not work. Or you could have https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/ do their canned but fairly thorough tests.
The bug entry says you can set sysprop jdk.tls.client.protocols and that works for me in a minimal SSLSocket (not HTTP) app on 8u05. Or since you're already doing a modified SSLSocketFactory, I expect you could do setEnabledProtocols on the sockets you create.
FWIW, when OpenSSL release 1.0.1 in March 2012 "silently" turned on protocols 1.1 and 1.2 (it was prominent in the release notes, but approximately nobody reads release notes), the support list got lots of complaints, I'd guess over a hundred total, of servers that suddenly started failing, crashing, or hanging until clients reverted to 1.0. OpenSSL ended up implementing a workaround that can artificially decrease or increase some data in the ClientHello to avoid the most "provocative" sizes; I don't know if JSSE does or can do something similar.

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Two senior students met outside their high school and engaged in a verbal altercation that ended fatally when one stabbed the other in the heart
According to the police officials, 18-year-old high school student was arrested after stabbing another high school student to death outside their school. Authorities announced Thursday they took the suspect into custody on charges of attempted murder and aggravated battery. This unfortunate incident occurred right after 7 a.m. Wednesday morning.
Police responded to North Central High School regarding a fight between two students. When the officers arrived on scene, they found a 17-year-old victim suffering from sever stab wounds. The student was transported to the hospital in critical condition.
The North Central High School officials released the following statement:
"Two senior students met outside at arrival and engaged in a verbal altercation. The altercation continued inside, and one student began to stab the other student with a knife. Staff quickly intervened, and the student with the weapon was quickly apprehended."
The injured student received from the nurse. Another student told police that the victim told the student he and the suspect, Wyatt Maxey, had allegedly gotten into a fight on social media and Maxey threatened him. Maxey reportedly told investigators that the victim was the one who threatened him, but they both agreed to a fight.
The suspect from Indiana told investigators that the victim punched him and kicked him, and he then took out his knife because he was angry and not thinking. Police say the victim was stabbed in the heart. This is a developing story and it will be updated as new information become available.
Former teacher charged with corrupting a minor
"When people did hear screaming on Sunday, nobody called the police", Son killed his father and buried him in his own backyard


The second edition of Khelo India Youth Games was officialy inaugurated yesterday evening by union sports minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore at Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Pune. The first day of 12-day sporting extravaganza was action-packed with many records being broken by the young athletes. Delhi dominated the first day with five gold medals followed by Maharashtra and Haryana with three and two gold medals, respectively. Manipur, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal won one gold medal each.
In weightlifting, the athletes surpassed their own records. Maharashtra's Shubham Kolekar, who won the National Youth championship a fortnight ago, improved his record by lifting 139 kgs in the under-17 55 kg category. Similarly, Bhaktaram Desti from Odisha, competing in under-17 49 kg category improved his record by lifting 105 kgs.
A slew of young Youth Olympic champions, World Cadet Wrestling gold medallists, Olympian athletes and medal-winning shooters will be among the stars in action from today in Khelo India Youth Games at Pune. The athletes will compete in 18 different disciplines, of which six are team sports. The agenda includes Kabaddi and Kho-Kho. The young sportspersons will get a chance make their dreams come alive on a national platform.


Ruby-MT (Ruby for MicroTESK) is a Ruby-based domain specific language geared towards writing compact and reusable tests for microprocessors and other programmable devices. The language intends to look similar to the assembler of the target CPU (TL, Target Language) complemented by higher level features consisting of both standard Ruby and features specific to the Ruby-MT implementation (ML, Meta Language). Ruby-MT, in a sense, is similar to a macro processor - it generates code in the target language based on the provided meta language.
Writing the TL output to target files.
The two core abstractions used by MicroTESK parser/simulator and Ruby-MT are an instruction and an addressing mode. An instruction is rather self-explanatory, it simply represents a target assembler instruction. Every argument of an instruction is a parametrized addressing mode that explains the meaning of the provided values to the simulator. The mode could point to the registers, for instance, or to a specific memory location. It can also denote an immediate value - e.g. a simple integer or a string. Thus, a basic template is effectively a sequence of instructions with parametrized addressing modes as their arguments.
While processing a template Ruby-MT calls its pre, run and post methods, loosely meaning the pre-conditions, the main body and the post-conditions. The pre method is mostly useful for setup common to many templates, the post method will be more important once sequential testing is introduced. Most of the template code is supposed to be in the run method. Thus, a template needs to override one or more of these methods, most commonly run.


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Mission Innovation | Champions Corner
Champions Corner: Anna Skarbek is bringing people together to achieve net zero
Dr Sang Jun Sim (middle) in his lab. Dr Sang Jun Sim is a professor at Korea University in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering. He has dedicated 20 years to developing carbon capture technologies using microalgae. From the development of the core technologies to the demonstration of large-scale CO2 conversion into value-added prod…
Champions Corner: Dr José Amador Honorato Salazar explores biomass as an alternative feedstock
John Olav Tande, Norway's MI Champion (first cohort) John Olav Giæver Tande is Chief Scientist and Research Manager at SINTEF Energy Research (Norway), and a pioneer in floating offshore wind energy. He is the director of the newly launched NorthWind research centre, an 8 year, 31.5 million EUR research centre working on innovations to make …
Champions Corner: Jaafar Benabbou explains how solar electric vehicles can empower people across Africa
Dr Michaela Kendall, the UK's MI Champion Dr Michaela Kendall, the UK's Mission Innovation Champion, is the co-inventor of microtubular solid oxide fuel cells and is chief executive of Birmingham-based Adelan, one of the world's first fuel cell businesses. Adelan has attracted substantial inward investment to the UK to develop hydrogen techno…
Champions Corner: Dr Purnima Jalihal: Scaling the potential of Ocean Renewable energies
Dr Krish Sankaran, Finland's MI Champion Dr. Krishnaswamy Sankaran is Chief Executive Officer of Radical Innovations Group AB and Finland's 2020 MI Champion. Based in Vaasa, Finland, Radical Innovations Group AB is a clean energy and circular economy company. In addition to gaining a Doctorate in Engineering Sciences from the Swiss Federal Inst…
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Jürgen Mayerhofer is CEO and co-founder of enspired, a company enabling small-scale power producers to bring their assets onto power spot markets by using artificial intelligence (AI) trading services. Jürgen is a trained software engineer, has an MBA in Energy Management and received a Stanford LEAD Certificate on Corporate Innovation. Tell us m…


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Kim enhances her rather morbid imagery with delicate strokes and colors – so the ugly body parts go through a metamorphosis and become almost beautiful.
I am really interested in artists' processes, and analog work is very much about process.
Nicole Collins has two exhibitions on at the same time, One Shot at General Hardware and Furthest Boundless at Koffler Gallery.
Solitude embraces you in this winter wonderland. All the artworks use a limited palette of white, grey, the occasional burnt brown. Less is indeed more.
We may be strangers, and we may be alone, but it is a glory that we thrive and survive.


Priory Historians are Durmand Priory members scattered throughout Tyria studying the past.
Welcome to our excavations, Commander.
What interest does the Priory have in this area?
It's an unprecendented opportunity to study dwarven archaeology under teh protection of the Pact.
Many, many old tablets and relics. The research and documentation are ongoing.
Knowledge is the greatest treasure.
Truth and knowledge are two different things.
The past should inspire the future.
Too much has been forgotten.
I learn something new every day.
I do most of my research at the pub.
Study the past to survive the future.
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BAHAMIANS IN THE DIASPORA: MARIA K. SEALY
Maria K. Sealy has established herself as a successful business woman and is currently co-owner of Sealy Cuyler Funeral Home, LLC, in Brooklyn, New York.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Maria K. Sealy grew up on Shirley Street east of Mackey Street in New Providence near an area known as The Pond which produced a number of successful and industrious Bahamians in a variety of professions. Indeed, her sister, Patricia Mortimer, is one of The Bahamas' most successful female entrepreneurs.
So it is not surprising that Maria has also successfully established herself as a business woman and is currently co-owner of Sealy Cuyler Funeral Home, LLC, located on Pacific Street between Franklin and Classon Avenues in Brooklyn, New York.
Born in Nassau, she recalls that she was very athletic. She was a member of the Bahamas National Softball team and played basketball at the Charley Major Stadium, St. Francis Grounds and Paul Adderley Gym.
She attended St. Joseph and Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Churches in Nassau as well as primary and secondary schools in Nassau, subsequently graduating from Miami Dade Community College in Miami, Florida.
Maria has been involved in funeral service for over thirty-two years, starting her career in Miami under the guidance of the legendary Anthelia Range, Funeral Director and Owner of the Range Funeral Home, the number one funeral home in southwest Florida.
Upon completing her training in Florida, Maria returned to the Bahamas. In 1989 she started her own funeral service business, and from 1989 to 1993, she was owner, manager and funeral director of the Good Shepherd Funeral Home.
In 1993 out of desire to further advance in funeral service, she relocated to the United States. From 1993 to 2005 she worked for several funeral establishments in the New York Metropolitan area.
In November of 2006, Maria teamed up with Renaye B. Cuyler to open a state-of-the-art facility built from the ground up, the first women of color to do so in the state of New York.
Sealy Cuyler Funeral Home, LLC, comprises over 5500 square feet of interior space and over 4000 square feet of parking at the rear of the building.
"This facility captures your eyes as you turn on to Pacific from Franklin Avenue as you can see the home's green exterior beckoning to you," Maria proudly says. "Outside it has two flags flying: The American Flag and the other flag representing the home country of the deceased (e.g. Trinidad, Guyana, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, etc)."
Since opening in 2006 Sealy Cuyler Funeral Home, LLC, has served over 500 families and has become known for providing personalized service that is tailored to the unique needs of each family. In 2008 and 2015 Maria was given Business Visionary Awards by the Caribbean American Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CACCI)
Maria is the mother of two sons, Mario and Marcian, and has five grandchildren: Mason, Kaelep, Ariel, Ashanti, Angel, and one great grandson, Jewzl.
She visits The Bahamas at least three times a year and keeps abreast of what's happening in her country.
Asked what are her hopes and dreams for the country of your birth, she said, "I really hope that there is a decrease in crime, particularly murders, and that the Baha Mar Resort soon opens to create more job opportunities."
Oswald T. Brown is the Press, Cultural Affairs and Information Manager with The Bahamas Embassy in Washington, D.C.


Great interview! It's true, in legal marketing it's crazy how many places you have to pay to create profiles if you want to stay competitive. Unfortunately, some of the most authoritative sites in the industry are also marketing powerhouses.
Curious about the real time traffic accident maps… not something I do or have considered in the past, anymore info on this at all?
I think I've seen an example or two of traffic maps "in the wild," but I don't remember where. I'll defer to Mike on this.
Great find, Gene – thanks!
The basic idea is just creating something that could be useful for bloggers or news sites to link to on stories about accidents. The key is you just have to be very quick on outreach.
Guys – thanks for taking note of the Houston traffic map.
Great interview, Phil! I love what Mike and them are doing. We've had a handful of attorney clients, and I've wondered if we should specialize. It's a tough niche.
I wanted to chime in on the Hummingbird thing. That update has caused us some grief as well. It's tough to see the garbage resurface after spending so much time towing the line on respectability and thinking long term. The attorney directories have definitely benefited from this as well.
Its insane. Our most recent big study into legal showed some serious spam is still driving a lot of rankings. Very sad.
Who was it, maybe Danny Sullivan told Google to just not count bad backlinks, and the problem would be solved? Sorry Danny if that wasn't you, can't recall for sure.
But really, you would think that it would be more easy to detect. Sure makes it much more difficult for those that are trying to play within the rules. But, it's the same with just about everything isn't it.
I know how you feel, Bill!
Call OrangeSoda – good one!!
All really great talking points, great interview. +1 on Webmeup I hope they do well. I like their system and subscription plans are attractive. Looking forward to hearing what Nifty presents at Lawyernomics.
You can know how to do Local SEO in general, but learning how to do it well in the legal industry is like learning a whole new job. I have a great respect for Mike and his boldness in tackling this industry. In case anyone hasn't noticed, he's pretty much the stuff when it comes to doing Local for the legal world.
I managed a law firm years ago and they are definitely impatient when it comes to seeing results. This is an excellent interview and can also be used for clients who don't completely understand how local SEO marketing works and the time it takes to see a ROI.
Great post and interview! We are in the midst of focusing on a specific industry. It seems to make life easier.
Great stuff, Mike confirmed what I've long been thinking based on ranking a law firm in a top 5 spot, and then seeing very little clicks and leads that came as a result.
In my mind Pay Per Click and Google Adwords is where it's at – the more geography specific long tail words are approachable but still take work to rank for but have low traffic, PPC allows you to target broadr but still relevant keywords and then geo-target the ad to only run in specified towns and cities.
If you look outside the legal profession most businesses use both and that's what law firms should do. However there's a big opportunity on Adwords for attorneys who are not caught up in the "ranking rat race" and are more concerned w/ driving traffic to generate calls, and consultation request.
I agree, Eric: PPC is huge. Been doing it for even longer than I've been in local SEO. When you get past the barriers that scare off most people, it can be poetry in motion.


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Zuckerberg's former aide Chris Cox returns to Facebook as product head
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc's <FB.O> former chief product officer, Chris Cox, is returning to his role, according to his post https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10105509261342903&set=a.692319249513&type=3&theater on the social media platform.
Cox left Facebook in March https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-moves-chriscox/facebook-product-chief-cox-to-exit-as-focus-shifts-to-messaging-idUSKCN1QV313 last year after Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg revealed a plan to transform the world's biggest social network into an encryption-focused messaging company.
Zuckerberg shared Cox's Facebook post on Thursday, adding "I'm really excited Chris is coming back to Facebook!".
Cox dropped out of a graduate program at Stanford University to join Facebook in 2005 as a software engineer and helped developed its original news feed feature.
(Reporting by Ayanti Bera in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini Ganguli)
COVID-19 robot patrol rolled out in Belgian hospitals
Robots that speak more than 53 languages, detect fever and determine if people are wearing face masks properly have been rolled out in Belgium as a first line of control in hospitals and shops.
What licenses are required by the state board to practice cosmetology in Georgia?
Uber, Lyft drivers are employees, says California regulator
Drivers working for ride-hailing services such as Uber Technologies Inc and Lyft Inc will be considered employees under California's new gig worker law, the state's leading industry regulator said on Thursday.
IBM exits facial recognition business, calls for police reform
International Business Machines Corp disclosed Monday it will no longer offer facial recognition or analysis software in a letter to Congress calling for new efforts to pursue justice and racial equity
UK tells telcos to stockpile Huawei gear in face of U.S. sanctions: letter
British security officials have told UK telecom operators to ensure they have adequate stockpiles of Huawei equipment due to fears that new U.S. sanctions will disrupt the Chinese firm's ability to maintain critical supplies, according to a letter.


Nederlander, a premier theater company, has plans to run an 800-seat hall.
SARASOTA -- One of Broadway's premier production and theater companies has signed on to operate a new performing arts center that, together with a Waldorf-Astoria hotel, would anchor a $1 billion project downtown along U.S. 41.
Nederlander Worldwide Entertainment's commitment to manage a 800-seat theater marks the latest boost to the Proscenium project, slated for a six-acre tract across from the old Sarasota Quay.
Earlier this month, Proscenium developer Lion's Gate Development Group Inc. revealed that Hilton Hotels Corp. had tentatively agreed to open a Waldorf-Astoria with 225 rooms and 35,000 square feet of meeting space.
Though it will be designed to accommodate various forms of entertainment, from concerts to dance to film, Nederlander's theater will primarily present touring productions of off-Broadway and smaller Broadway shows, such as "Smokey Joe's Cafe" and "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change," for two- and four-week runs.
"Sarasota has a strong base in, and interest for, the arts," said Robert Nederlander Jr., president of Nederlander Worldwide. "It has an educated and wealthy demographic that we think will gravitate to the shows we'll bring into the market."
Nederlander Worldwide hopes its Sarasota theater -- for which it has signed a 10-year lease with Lion's Gate, with extension options -- will join San Francisco as among the first in a series of regional theaters nationwide.
The company intends to open its second regional theater in September, in Bethesda, Md., a Washington suburb.
Nederlander said he believes his company's Sarasota theater, which will cost Lion's Gate about $30 million to develop, will fill a niche in the local arts community.
By comparison, the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall has 1,761 seats, the Asolo Repertory Theatre holds 500 and the Sarasota Opera roughly 1,000.
Local arts leaders generally welcomed the Nederlander Worldwide plan, though they remain split on the long-term impact such a theater would have on existing venues.
"Sarasota is growing by leaps and bounds and the arts community has continued to grow with the population. It would be an interesting piece of the mix and it would be something new," said Linda diGabriele, managing director of the Asolo Repertory Theatre. "This town has thrived on all the cultural activity that we have. I have no reason to assume that one more piece of it would bring any kind of chaos."
But John Wesley White, the Van Wezel's interim executive director, said Sarasota already is a fairly competitive market, where arts groups sometimes struggle to fill seats -- especially in the summer.
"Any additional venue of almost any size represents a competitive factor for us," Wesley White said. "It's difficult to anticipate how much business we might lose to that kind of facility."
Still, he acknowledges that groups like the Sarasota Ballet or the Florida West Coast Symphony might be able to use the Nederlander theater during breaks in productions.
Nederlander Worldwide brings with it both a solid reputation and a nearly unequaled cache in the theater business.
The 96-year-old company owns or operates nine Broadway theaters in New York, including the Marquis, Gershwin and Nederlander theaters, and a string of performance houses in cities such as Chicago, San Diego, Charleston and Tucson.
Company Chairman James Nederlander, Robert Jr.'s uncle, is widely credited with introducing outdoor amphitheaters to the United States.
An affiliate operates the Staples Center and Greek Theater, both in Los Angeles, and other concert halls nationwide.
Nederlander entities have produced Broadway shows ranging from "The King and I" to "Music Man" and "The Color Purple," and Nederlander Worldwide is in the midst of expanding its international base from London to China.
"They're among the kings of Broadway," said Gary Moyer, Lion's Gate's president. "It will be excellent to have them in Sarasota, and we feel this is the right location for this, in the city's cultural corridor."
Lion's Gate hopes to complete the Proscenium project -- with the five-star hotel, 175 residences, 360,000 square feet of office, retail and restaurant space and 2,000 parking spaces -- sometime in late 2010.
The development company intends to hold a design meeting with city planners early next month, and formally submit plans for the Proscenium sometime this summer.


When Ski Lifts Go Wrong is ranked in the 70th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
Each level does take a bit of thinking, and they do increase in the amount of time that you'll have to use your brain for. What sounds like a good idea, might not be, but that's the beauty with a game like this--plenty of trial and error. There's enough variety in the puzzles and different types of levels that if you're anything like me--you'll find yourself glued to the monitor for hours. The music is the right amount of soothing, the graphics the right amount of simple and the physics...the right amount of hilarity.
Huge Calf Studio's When Ski Lifts Go Wrong is an excellent physics-based puzzler for Nintendo Switch and PC.
Construction-based puzzlers don't get much better than When Ski Lifts Go Wrong.
When Ski Lifts Go Wrong is very much like Poly Bridge from Dry Cactus, and that's no bad thing.
When Ski Lifts Go Wrong is a brightly colored exercise in balancing creativity and gleeful devastation. You get to choose how your patrons get from one end of a course to another by choosing the most elaborate or elaborately janky means to achieve your goal. For the adventurous parents who want to build with their kids, When Ski Lifts Go Wrong does have a gore filter to keep the bloody mayhem at a minimum.
100 physics-based challenges offers a lot of fun with building varied facilities and extreme sports.
Despite the logo giving the impression of a garish knock-off or mobile port, When Ski Lifts Go Wrong delivers some captivating simulation puzzling, with a light dusting of Excitebike helping to set it apart from the crowd. The UI and controls work very well on Switch and, although not being able to share or sample others' creations online is disappointing, the base game works beautifully to provide a very enjoyable package if you're after some rock solid, physics-based fun.
When Ski Lifts Go Wrong is a fun and intuitive take on the construction genre, with both creation and Trials-like gameplay. In terms of the core mechanics, it's not revolutionary by any stretch of the imagination. There are multiple types of construction type games out there to choose from. However, the thing to remember is that the game keeps it simple and gives the player the freedom to solve the puzzles as they see fit. This is great as it means that everyone of all ages and skill levels can jump in and enjoy the game without any issues or difficulty spikes.
GOOD - When Ski Lifts Go Wrong is an entertaining game with funny predicaments that are often caused by the way you build your structures. This engineering puzzle game will appeal to a wide range of gamers and is an excellent fit for the Switch.
While When Ski Lifts Go Wrong can be laugh-out-loud funny, it also provides a huge number of challenging puzzles as you try (and often fail) to build reliable structures on unforgiving mountainsides.
An excellent construction game. You not only build ski lifts, but ski jumps over chasms. There are a great UI and some twists on the construction genre, definitely one to take note of.
When Ski Lifts Go Wrong by its original proposal seemed to have this little fun and crazy thing that makes the difference for this kind of games, it turns out to be boring in its complex handling, redundant in its execution and finally very little entertaining, except if you are passionate about engineering.


A timeless large wallet which has been handcrafted in South Africa from the finest ostrich leather and is available in a range of striking colours. This wallet will improve with age due to the durable properties of the ostrich leather and will last a lifetime, becoming a much-loved everyday accessory. This wallet features a variety of useful compartments including six credit card holder slots, an internal full length zipped coin purse, six internal full length slots for notes or receipts and one external slot underneath the full-length external zipped coin purse.
With the same look, the slightly smaller Classic Wallet is also available.


see things in a different perspective.
we sold our beloved Airstream this weekend.
as Jeff and I close a chapter of our own.
how our child rearing chapters are truly closed.
for this second half with Jeff and I.
All of a sudden there is a lightness with the future possibilities.
as parenting can be hard on a marriage.
In fifteen I will be 71.
I really haven't thought through at all.
it all seems to be going so very fast.
to live them fully and passionately.
the best of what is to be.
courage, passion and graceful intent.
Such an inspiring post, Tamera! Yes, we need to look ahead with purpose and positivity. I love this gorgeous, ethereal look on you.
Susan thank you ever so much my dear!
Loved your Labor Day wardrobe/travel post!
Thank you very much Esther for your thoughtful words and comment!
I am enamored with your list of 100 happy words! I was struck how just reading through them several times … had such a calming effect. I do think I need to be doing a list for myself. Thank you for sharing such a beautiful idea!
Growing older with courage, passion, and graceful intent, now that's what I call a joyful way to live. So peaceful for the soul. Absolutely beautiful post, my lovely friend. Your words are soul piercing and the photos are breath taking.
Aww thank you my beautiful friend for this gift of words! You are a true gem of a gorgeous soul!
I am sure you are savoring your time on the stunning Lake Powel! Sending big hugs your way!
Beautiful words and beautiful pictures; that Ikea wrap is a fantastic idea. Here is to the next chapter in your life and please continue to inspire us !
An absolutely beautiful and sophisticated look. White everything is wonderful, and your proposal is shocking.
This is a wonderful post, dear Tamera. You truly live what you are saying, I admire that!
You and your photos are beyond beautiful - inside and outside.
You look fabulous! You are an inspiration to us all.
Za Za thank you ever so much!!
Lusting after your BAUBLES.........both neck piece and arm CANDY!
The reality has set in for me too..........funny how we both seem to be at the same place at the same time!
You seem to be doing a good job with DATE NIGHTS and OUTINGS.
A wedding in your future...........Healthy parents...............working in your garden.
As you know I live in France, the situation inside a town is not so easy to practice your wise philosophy as you live in a sumptuous idyllic part of the world with these great iriginal clothes like your Ikea cape impossible to wear here !
So getting older is more difficult for me than you living in complete liberty of what to wear e.g. And to walk near the sea in a wild nature.
Of course your way of loving life is an inspiration of course but so much easier in your way of life.than in a polluted town!
Anyway, continue to make me dream to be in another part of the wold.
Jeanne, whether you know it or not, many Americans would love to trade places with you and live in France. What you see in these pictures is beautiful, but is not how everyday life is for most people here. Southern California is also very polluted and not always as beautiful and you see in these pictures. Tamera's style is stunning and probably not her everyday garb. Life here is not as easy as it appears on tv, movies or in pictures. We all dream and work towards a perfect life, which probably does not exist in this day and age.
Love your wrap Tamera!! It is amazing how quickly the years roll by!
Looking forward and having adventures to look forward to are so important!! What better than a great companion to make plans with!
Gorgeous from clothes to message...such an inspiring post!
You look beautiful, my friend. Another lovely post with inspirational words to help guide us as we enter the different stages in life. I had a birthday this week (my 64th) and you're so right about time passing quickly. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and feelings.
You look like a beautiful angel spreading her wings! Wishing you all the happiness in the world on this next part of your adventure!
My dear what a joy to hear from you! Notes like yours … are what bring me not only joy from blogging … but from creating pieces of jewelry … that can elicit such joy in the wearing! Thank you for this lovely gift of words!
I am 67 1/2 and the second half is great. It is wonderful to look back and see one's accomplishments, enjoying children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Although I am 67, I still love life, and all the beautiful things that go along with it. I stopped thinking about how old I will be and just enjoy being. I enjoy your blog and hope you enjoy your second half as much as I am. And please remember there is life beyond children. They must move on with their own lives, sometime including us and sometimes not. But, eventually they come around. It can often be hurtful, but you can't let what your children do define who you are and how you live your life. I wish you the best as you continue your journey. Much love.


I was so happy of the news that I will be working with Google Android Development. Its cool, now I can use my knowledge in Java Programming. I took up one Java Programming course (one semester) when I was in college. So here it is, I wanna share with you my Java comeback experience – with Google Android.
Android is an open-source software stack for mobile devices that includes an operating system, middleware and key applications.
Step 1: Check the system and software requirements for developing Android applications – http://developer.android.com/sdk/requirements.html. If you think your system submits to Android system requirements, proceed to step 2.
Android SDK – http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html (Choose the latest version installer_r10-windows.exe which is recommended). The Android SDK provides the tools and APIs necessary to begin developing applications on the Android platform using the Java programming language.
Unzip Eclipse Helios to your desired location. I placed mine in C:, then create a shortcut of eclipse.exe to desktop so that it will be easy to find and run on next start up of your computer.
I got installer_r10-windows.exe for Android SDK. I installed mine in C:ANDROID-SDK. Close Android SDK and AVD manager first if it pops out.
Step 4: Run your eclipse.exe, when you run it for the first time, workspace launcher will pop out for you to select a workspace directory, I had C:JAVA-WS as my workspace directory then tick the checkbox "Use this as my default workspace" if you want so that workspace launcher won't pop up on next eclipse start up.
Step 5: Install ADT Plugin.
On eclipse, go to Help > Install New Software then click the Add Button on the pop up.
On the Add Repository pop up, click the Archive Button then browse the ADT Plugin (ADT-10.0.1.zip) we have downloaded earlier, specify a local name (i.e. Android Plugin) then click OK.
You can now see the Developer Tools check box, tick it and click the Next Button. Wait for several minutes while it loads.
Click on Next > Accept the terms of license agreement > Finish > Eclipse will install the software OR you have to Tick Always run in background check box > Click Run in background button.
Wait for eclipse to load/install new software (see the status on the lower right corner). After that it will prompt you to restart eclipse, please restart eclipse.
Step 6: Use the android SDK and AVD manager.
Set Up android SDK location: Window > Preferences > Browse your SDK Location. Mine is C:ANDROID-SDK since this is where I installed my SDK (third bullet of Step 3).
On eclipse, go to Window > Android SDK and AVD manager > Select Available Packages on the left bar > Explode Android Repository > Tick the platform that you want to use (I ticked SDK Platform Android 1.6, API 4, revision 3 for now) > Click Install selected > Accept Radio button > Install button > Wait for the platform to be downloaded.
My next blog could be the undying "Hello World" example — in Android and I'm gonna try to make it more simple.
If you think I missed something in this post, you can ask about it by leaving a comment below.


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Supply vs. demand: Rock-star superintendents
by Justin Snider
They command six-figure salaries, often with annual bonuses and car allowances. (Generous health-care and pension plans are a given.) Sometimes their employers also foot the bill for their life-insurance policies.
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There are very few of them, for their skill set is rare. They must be savvy politicians and managers. They must be obsessed with constant improvement.
They'll be under the bright lights of the media, so the camera-shy need not apply.
No, we're not talking rock stars, pro athletes or even pro coaches.
We're talking school superintendents. Especially those of large urban districts that have struggled from time immemorial. The original rock-star superintendent was Rudy Crew, who asked for—and got—a contract from the Miami-Dade school system in 2004 that paid him upwards of $500,000 a year. He defended his salary by saying, "I think people are really hungry for leadership. We shouldn't underestimate the value of this kind of leadership. This is public servancy with highly developed skills."
The 2010-11 school year is witnessing a larger-than-usual upheaval among the ranks of urban superintendents: Ramon Cortines is retiring in Los Angeles next month, Joel Klein quit mid-year in New York City, Michelle Rhee was done after Adrian Fenty's failed re-election bid in the nation's capital last fall, Clifford Janey is out in Newark after his contract wasn't renewed, Ron Huberman stepped down in Chicago last November, Beverly Hall is leaving amidst a cheating scandal in Atlanta, Paul Vallas is moving on from the Big Easy and Jerry Weast is throwing in the towel in Montgomery County, Md.
And add Seattle to the list, as Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson was fired last night after a state audit found financial mismanagement to the tune of $1.8 million.
Klein, Hall and Weast have all served eight or more years in their most recent posts, which is much longer than the three-year stay of the average urban superintendent. The trouble with filling such vacancies is that the pool from which candidates are drawn isn't deep; everyone's after the same few fish. The predictable result in a free-market economy is that districts must offer lavish compensation packages to woo, and then retain, their preferred leaders.
In the case of Arlene Ackerman, who has run the School District of Philadelphia since June 2008, that has meant offering her not just a base salary of $348,140 but also an annual performance bonus of up to 20 percent her base salary and, this year, a retention bonus of $100,000. According to the Philadelphia Public School Notebook, "The bonuses are in addition to annual raises, [Ackerman's] health plan, and a $65,000-a-year contribution to an annuity. Add to that 34 vacation days, 30 days of paid consulting time (which come out of her vacation or personal days), and perks like a car and premiums toward a $1 million life insurance policy."
Such eye-popping compensation—which more than one observer has noted exceeds the combined compensation of Philadelphia's mayor and Pennsylvania's governor—worries some people, especially in the current fiscal crisis. Among those concerned are Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York and Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, both of whom have recently pushed for upper limits to superintendent salaries. They argue that, with few exceptions, superintendents shouldn't earn more than $175,000 a year.
But when compared to the salaries of top players in other fields—from Wall Street to higher education—most superintendents' salaries look, if anything, rather small. Consider, for example, the case of Cathie Black, newly appointed Chancellor of the New York City Public Schools.
Black earns $250,000 a year to run an institution with a $21-billion annual budget that serves 1.1 million students. That's exactly what Matthew Goldstein, chancellor of the City University of New York, earned a dozen years ago when he assumed his current position. Goldstein's salary has now almost doubled to $490,000, which doesn't include a yearly housing allowance of $90,000. But Goldstein's system—in terms of annual budget and number of students served—is just one-fourth the size of Black's. And the stakes are arguably lower at the university than the K-12 level.
It's little wonder that someone like Geoffrey Canada, the revered leader of the Harlem Children's Zone, is said to have turned down Mayor Michael Bloomberg's request that he run the New York City Public Schools. The task is daunting, the compensation modest and the likelihood of unqualified success slim. Taking the job of chancellor would have meant a major pay-cut for Canada—in 2008, he earned $494,269 as president and CEO of the Harlem Children's Zone—and his reputation might well have suffered if the city's schools didn't show significant improvement on his watch.
The superintendent role is tricky because it generally requires expertise in three distinct arenas: 1) politics; 2) management; and 3) education. Those tapped to lead school districts from other fields—business, politics, media, the law and the military are popular—often have little difficulty with the first two of these. But when they're new to the field of education, teachers tend to perceive them as outsiders whose lack of pedagogical knowledge is disturbing, if not downright dangerous. Hence the decision, in New York City and elsewhere, to appoint someone with classroom and curricular expertise to a "Chief Academic Officer" (CAO) post to serve alongside the superintendent or chancellor. In New York City, that person is Shael Polakow-Suransky, a former city math teacher who worked his way up to deputy chancellor of performance and accountability before becoming CAO.
Just how long Cathie Black lasts as New York City Schools Chancellor is anybody's guess. She's indicated an intention to stay through Mayor Bloomberg's third term, which ends in 2013. But at least one pundit, Michael Petrilli of the right-leaning Thomas B. Fordham Institute in Washington, D.C., thinks Black will be out by Easter.
If she is, New York City will rejoin the long list of major school systems now searching for the next rock star.
Justin Snider
Justin Snider is a contributing editor at The Hechinger Report. He is an assistant dean at Columbia University, where he also teaches undergraduate writing. Previously,… See Archive


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If the informational articles of our magazine have not yet convinced you what bright future is ahead of video screens and video technologies, we want to offer you an interesting material devoted to current tendencies in the area of outdoor advertising and some forecasts of its development. Naturally, forecasts should be treated with caution: it often rains even on a sunny day. Moreover, we should not forget that advertising is closely linked with market trends and conditions. Nevertheless "fortune-telling" was always popular. Let's consider the "fortunes" promised to the industry by the journalist Louis M. Brill.
The video or electronic LED billboards, while having been around for several years as a functional animated outdoor media format, is still in its infancy as a developing medium of video message boards for outdoor advertising. As an emerging media system, LED video billboards offer a greater flexibility of use than conventional static billboards could ever provide. With high brightness, high resolution LED billboards, the conventional billboard has been transformed into the perfect high-tech electronic outdoor display medium.
Not only are electronic billboards full color and large format, but they also have many distinct advantages including displaying animation and in effect showing specialized television commercials outdoors. The electronic LED signs also act as a multiple message provider, where one LED sign can show a loop of continuous messages. As for changing a LED sign message, it's as easy as clicking with a mouse button, rather than sending out a crew to pull down and replace a billboard message.
One of the best features of these electronic LED signs is the possibility of evolving them into a citywide or regional display-advertising network. Here, a series of connected video LED billboards or signs could provide everything from a broad-based advertising presence (sign messages on continuous video loops) to a very tightly controlled demographic-specific displays tailored to week morning commutes or mid-afternoon shoppers (depending on sign locations) or special weekend sales announcements presented to a Friday evening home commute.
To date, video LED billboards and signs have matured into two specific applications of use (spectaculars and roadside displays) and its third application (multiple LED signs as a network system) is just beginning to emerge as a viable outdoor advertising format. In its first and most expensive application, LED video billboards appeared as sign components to Times Square and Las Vegas spectaculars.
In Times Square you can turn in any direction and come face-to-face with three or four LED video spectaculars all at once. Most prominent is the front (its north face) of One Times Square which is filled up with LED signs and billboards as are many of its surrounding Times Square buildings with equally overwhelming LED displays including Nasdaq (Smartvision), ABC News (Multimedia, Rancho Cordova, California) or Lehman Brothers (Daktronics - Brookings, South Dakota).
In Las Vegas, most LED billboards and signs are attached to street side pylons which extend along the Strip upwards of one hundred feet into the air and combine backlit flex face signs with fully lit, full color LED video signs (MGM, Ballegio, Paris, Las Vegas, Bally's, etc.). The use of these signs however is very specialized as either in Times Square or Las Vegas, it's one client with one hundred per cent utilization of the sign to promote their brand identity or services rendered and that's it.
The LED billboard in its second application was developed in a scaled back form from its spectacular counterpart, and set up as a highway sign that is a 21st century counterpart to its more conventional print billboard. Granted electronic LED billboards are much more expensive and there are still sign code issues to be dealt with, but nevertheless electronic signs are beginning to dot the highways as a forerunner to a continuing presence of electronic and video outdoor advertising. Herewith lies the challenge to video LED billboards; will it be a supplement to work hand-in-hand with print as an outdoor advertising presence? Or is it more a technological wonder with a short life span that eventually defers back to conventional static billboards? Or will these LED signs and billboards maintain enough presence to blossom forth and create inner city and regional advertising networks not unlike a television network with its affiliate station relationships?
In Canada, the first LED billboard network has been created by Lightvision Media Network of Vancouver, a media sales company that's set to transform Outdoor TV Advertising with networked digital video billboards. The company uses Lighthouse (Cary, North Carolina) LED video screens as (330 square feet per screen) the billboard display format of choice. "The company slogan, "Where Television Meets Outdoors," says it all," noted president Tom Sponarski. To date, Lightvision has installed four Lighthouse video screens within the Vancouver Metropolitan Area. Sponarski said, "We are looking to install four more Outdoor TV Screens in 2003".
Barco, headquartered in Kortrijk, Belgium is one of the world's leading suppliers for over 20 years of high quality video projection systems and has now opened a new product line with LED billboard display systems through a brand known as Signam!cs. These Barco electronic LED signboards are full-color, video capable screens in a range of sizes and formats available for indoor (shopping malls) and off-road (billboards) displays. The LED signs are available as single unit displays for typical bus shelters right up to the billboard format, or as network-capable, multi-sign setups.
Strauven sees LED signs and billboards as a strategic advertising component in allowing advertisers a powerful way to reach a potential critical mass with its targeted audiences. "These animated, electronic LED billboards incorporated into network sign systems enable advertisers to bring a specific message at a specific time to a specific audience. For the clients who buy time on the boards, it allows them a powerful advertising opportunity of cross platform advertising by presenting television ads and enforcing that campaign in specific markets with an immediate follow up on LED billboards. Other types of content, like flash animations that come from companies' websites, are also extremely impactful.
Although print billboards are the mainstay of outdoor advertising, the addition of electronic LED signs is just beginning to take off. Agreed they are now more expensive than print billboards and that there are also (and probably always will be) sign code issues with their installations; it's more an issue of understanding their point of development as an evolving technology. To put a mark on that would be to say LED billboards are in their Kitty Hawk days now and as to what kind of an impact electronic billboards will have as a companion outdoor advertising system remains to be seen. Certainly, the next time you're cruising the highway, the flashing lights on the side of the road may not be smoky (police patrol), but might, as easily be a new LED signboard. As for electronic LED sign networks, it's a natural outgrowth of a growing population of single signs and more a matter of time as outdoor ad agencies become comfortable with electronic billboards as a niche advertising system.


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As of January 3, 2019, there are 102 confirmed reported cases of measles in Rockland County.
At the end of September 2018, an international traveler arrived in Rockland County with a suspected case of the measles. Per protocol, the Rockland County Department of Health (RCDOH) was notified and immediately activated its Communicable Disease Team to investigate. There have been additional cases of measles from international travelers to Rockland, exposing more people to measles. People who are unvaccinated risk getting infected with measles and spreading it to others.
These cases are presently clustered in eastern Ramapo (New Square, Spring Valley, Monsey), however due to Rockland County's small geographic size, exposure to the measles may occur anywhere in the county.
Since measles is highly contagious, the Health Department, with additional support from the New York State Department of Health and local partners, is working to limit exposures and offer free vaccine to boost the county's immunization rate and protect its residents from the harmful effects of the measles virus.
The RCDOH, Refuah Health Center, and private pediatricians and family doctors have administered over 10,000 doses of MMR vaccine.
To prevent the spread of illness, the Department is advising individuals who may have been exposed and who have symptoms consistent with measles to contact their health care provider, a local clinic, or a local emergency department before going for care. This will help to prevent others at these facilities from being exposed to the illness. Residents who have been asked by a health care provider to "watch for measles", or who are otherwise ill – including flu-like symptoms, are advised to stay home and not go out in public.
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Two doses of the MMR vaccine are recommended for maximum protection. One dose of the MMR vaccines can offer 93% protection from the measles. Two doses of the MMR vaccine can offer 97% protection from the measles. Typically, the first dose of MMR vaccine is given at 12-15 months of age and the second dose is given at four to six years of age (age of school entry), although individuals may also be vaccinated later in life.
Due to a measles outbreak in Rockland County, the Rockland County Department of Health recommends the following:
Children 6 months through 11 months of age get an MMR vaccine now. Getting an MMR vaccine now will help give them some protection against measles. They will still have to get a vaccine at 12-15 months of age and again at 4-6 years of age.
Children 1 through 3 years of age who have already received their first MMR vaccine should get a second MMR vaccine now, as long as 28 days have passed since the first MMR vaccine was given to them. This second MMR vaccine will count for school entry.
Any adult who has not received their first MMR vaccine yet should get their first MMR vaccine now.
There may be medical reasons not to get the MMR vaccine, speak to your health care provider.
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